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_ ‘The only difficulty to be antiâ€" â€" eipated â€" so slight as to prove g,i..o deterrent to immediate printâ€" _ ing of the nameplate "Mr. Jiggs" â€" is that banks empicy _ attractive girls, and the addition _of personnel given to pinching eould complicate matters and perhaps work to the advantage Of the .more opportunistic type â€"of #or accountant. Es main â€" consideration | is t T CC Wl . 3 f forward by these parties for total these reasons do not apply 109 to many of the suburbs. _ . It isn‘t difficult to see why the City and _jts mayor want amalgamation. Toronto has _z $30 million city hall under construction many of its streets are in deplorable P Amaigamation would force the §wmwhdpfoott}ubm{or these rather costly projects. f ‘Through the cloud of tears spread by _ the amaigamationists about duplication of services, one fact shines very clearly: The | By BRIC NICOL I Word from Thailand thaq All in all, a banking career for;indication of a new dignity to monkeys are being employed in the lesser primates looks exâ€" accrue to the term "monkey banks, to test coins by biting tremely promising, with every|business." them, has arrived at this desk in |â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" tA t t remmas woncert with the 143rd anmul] m 1t * A 1 ‘The report includes a spread on the new head office, as plush a den of usury as ever put & chimj the small change. The new branch is largely auto= mated "documents are whiskâ€" * At the moment the Thai banks have restricted their simian staff to the detection of counterfeit This could save the bank thouâ€" sands of dollars in pilferage remarkably strong index finger the monkey has a tail that enâ€" ables him to push a button or turn a dial behind him without taking his eyes off the customer. Wt to another by simply dialing ‘a number" â€" a developâ€" ment that may well tie in with the ascendancy of the monkey in the banking world. After all, pushâ€"button techâ€" niques are right up the monkey‘s alley, or tree. In addition to a finitely indicates bigger things "Big monkey training proâ€" grams Aar_o).;cing plnnnlfl _by dcnd:‘&bd banks in Thailand have iX special accommodaâ€" tion for housing their superbly trained animals. One bank manâ€" . Here the new main branch of our bank is a jump ahead of sisâ€" ter banks in southâ€"east Asia. The whole place is airâ€"conditioned. There is no reason why our bank eannot offer a wellâ€"trained monâ€" key working conditions equal to those closer to home. ie SE n C proâ€"merger lobbyists are all in need of more money and amalgamation is the easâ€" lest way for them to get it; they aren‘t one whit worried about duplication of services. ~ _A prime example of how ludicrous this can be is the amaigamation of the departments. All the 13 forces were into one big unit and then split into divisions. It is now costing the suburbs up to 30 per cent more for police protection, which claim isn‘t as good as it was under the old system because of theâ€"lack of men on the beat. As for the bank‘s human perâ€" sonnel, lately grumbling about low wages, it can only be saluâ€" tary, from the point of view of management, to have somebody in the next cage who is literally working for peanuts. Moreover, the monkey teller may be trusted with money. He may be tempted to embezzle a banana, but this is readily coverâ€" ed by insurance. ‘This proves that it still takes the same number of people in a department to serve 134 million people and that there would be no decrease in cost. _ ‘The Toronto dailies have been ripping into Metro Council for not "reforming" the Metro form of government. While there nkey reasonably hope to rise the position of bank manaâ€" Office Christmas tree? _ m balance, the chances of a ikey‘s becoming at least a ble indeed. The two main s involved â€"â€" shaking hands shaking the head â€" are ily acquired by any monkey iverage intelligence. Interâ€" w-mmdtmkd ) can be referred as in gumming slugs and being to put the star on top of of one of our largest s again the mayor of all the people ng a bid for total amaigamation of and 12 suburbs, and once again the airâ€"conditioned quarters outside his office. nature â€"â€" a statement which is Like A Cracked Record are backing him to ITORIALS AND THE WORLD LAUGHS 4 A gl'lfl.‘l SPEAKS offensive to parents who are by‘ Eileen Morris 'fundamem,alists and Bible literâ€" Noted Canadian Magazine Writer alists. From the Grade I text the Last of a Series “teacher explains that there is It seems to me that the govâ€"|"° death, a remark which causes [ erniment | of. Premier Jonn p, _ confusion to children coming n es LR CY LCl ze Ifrom families of liberal rehgpn. parents of Ontario our Godâ€" given right to determine the reâ€" ligious instruction which our children receive. Canada proâ€" fesses freedom of worship, yet here in Ontario since 1944 the law has limited individual freeâ€" dom to worship as one pleases. It seems to me that the govâ€" ernment of Premiet John Roâ€" barts would gain new respect if, in the upcoming session of the Legislature, the new Conservaâ€" tive leader would restore to the My husband and I, active mem bers of particular church, are undel?xinz the unâ€" happy experience of watching our first son being inculcated in the public school with religiâ€" ous beliefs which are in deep conflict with our own. In this province a schoolteachâ€" er‘s desk is a pulpit for a reliâ€" gion sponsored by our provinâ€" cial school administratorsâ€"a reâ€" ligion which is a melange of the In our own family religion is our heart, giving meaning and nourishment to each one of us, and to our life as a family. Yet the most sacred duty of parents â€" offering spiritual guidance to the growing, questioning childâ€" has become for us, and for countless other parents in this province â€" an embittering exâ€" perience. We are forced to teach our beliefs in a defensive, abrupt manner, hastening to present our point of view to counter the latest Scripture â€" according â€" to â€" school. We know that our Spiriâ€" tual insight is in conflict with the textbook held out by a beâ€" loved teacher. The teacher‘s lesâ€" son, supported by hymns and prayers negates the deep convicâ€" tions of our home. "The aim of the course is to teach the common faith." Whose comimon faith? It is not mine, nor my husband‘s, nor the faith celebrated in a great number of homes, churches, temples and synagogues. The school adminisâ€" trators‘. religion cannot satisfy but a small minority. The Grade 8 textbook explains that much prayer to God is of a juvenile dogmas of c Christian sects The: State religion displays a strong streak of naivete in thinkâ€" ing its textbooks will suit parâ€" ents who are Quakers, Jews, Seventh Day Adventists, Ba‘nai, Christian Scientists, Unitarians, Greek Orthodox, Jehovah‘s Witâ€" nesses, Roman Catholics, Humanâ€" ists, Pentecostals, Buddhists or Mennonites. In the face ‘of such wide â€" ranging viewpoints, the Grade 1 Teacher‘s Guide asserts: We feel concern that our child will lose all respect for the teacher, will lose confidence in his parents, or may find, in time, that his own faith is underminâ€" ed.. His spiritual growth is inâ€" hibited. certain Protestant system. C ‘There would be no advantage to amal« gamating the fire departments, since each d.pmthap;bholmmfin‘mm bailiwick. M e aop are a few inequalities which should be straightened out such as representation, there is little else wrong with the Metro ‘ Increases in the costs ohservices natur« ally hits the average citizen in his tax bill and there is no proof that amalgamated serâ€" vices wouldn‘t cost more. _ _ In case of emergency, mutual aid pacts between departments assures each munici« pality help is not far off. _‘ _ _ Tax hikes are a major concern of Metro residents and it is certain that with amalâ€" gamation would come a bigger tax billx. L | ArverntdbereBrenndbdbt.a.4 Why should the people of established communities like the three Lakeshore munâ€" icipalities, Weston or Leaside be forced to help pay the bills of Toronto andâ€"Scarborâ€" ough? hi Antl No doubt Mr. Phillips would like to be mayor of all the people but it is doubtful that people outside of Toronto would be willing to pay extra taxes for this privilege. soool o B io o m a s ola t Seogc M T If the Province steps in and makes changes, let us hope they can be more conâ€" structive than the Toronto mayor and his dailies. A recent letter to the editor of the Torâ€" onto Star urged representation by populaâ€" tion in the U.N. The editor turned this suggestion down, commenting that the smaller nations must have a say in order to exert their independence. It is a pity this paper doesn‘t take the same stand toward the smaller Metro municipalities, who too, would like to retain their independence. ut by a beâ€"| Religious indoctrination should eacher‘s lesâ€"\not infringe on public school hymns and|time. As a parent of a child vic= deep convicâ€"|timized by theâ€"present system, I plead with all churches in Onâ€" nat our child|tario to stand on their own {eet, ect for the|revitalize their own educational onfidence in|programs and with the aid of taâ€" find, in time,| dio and TV, learned clergy and is underminâ€"\modern publishing presses, pass rowth is inâ€" on their doctrines to their chilâ€" ‘dren without causing unhappiâ€" n displays alness to the children of others. ete in thmk-"'l'hoy must do their job â€" not ill suit parâ€" evade it by having schools of all akers, Jews, the citizens teaching a Ryerson tists, Ba‘nai,|Press series for which schools , Unitarians, are not fitted, and which will hovah‘s Witâ€"|weaken their effectiveness and lics, Humanâ€"| unity. + 3uddhists or| The law reads, "Subject to the face ‘of lueh(regulations. pupils shall be alâ€" What ‘common faith‘ is this, when our child must suffer conâ€" flict, must pretend agreement. or must withdraw from the classâ€" room to make it so? We do not wish to be forced M to segregate our child from his|UP classmates. To withdraw is to be| 1 set apart, labelled, "queer." Thefwa child who must walk out of his|his class for two halfâ€"hour periods|spe every week is subjected to an it embarrassing special attention.|si0 How can the bright, receptive|anc seven or eight â€" year â€" old under-ibr( stand the difference betweeniclu education and indoctrination in . ] an alien doctrine? lwe As parents we are being forcâ€" ed to make a kind of religious decision â€" which should never arise in a Canadian public school. The schools belong to the public, not to a picked commitâ€" tee of clerics from certain blocs. It is unjust that as taxpayers, our dollars help instruct our child in religious beliefs conâ€" trary to those we uphold. One‘s faith, essentially private, a matter for the family, is now a cause for bitterness or segregaâ€" tion. Matters of religious consciâ€" ence are not ‘majority‘ or ‘minâ€" ority,‘ although the clerics who set up the course in 1944 assumâ€" ed â€" they took it as self evigent â€" that their views are the Onâ€" tario norm. The solution to our problem, they cheerfully imply, is for all of us who dissent either to go back to Moscow, or join the United Church. lowed to receive such religious|l!9" 9 iNe CATNESL PDSMA instruction as their parents or| * i guardians desire." This meantlmtke up our world. We could precisely nothing. My child is gdo this, beginning in the senior not permifted such religious inâ€" vears of the public school. Let struction as I desire of a public our high schoolers delve more school. The present texts conâ€" deeply, studying the history and tain insulting remarks about the|concepts of Buddhism, Tacism people of Africa and the East, Confucianism, Islamism, (3hrmlI Indians, Jews and nonâ€"Chrisâ€"|anity, Judaism. The world is inâ€" tiahs. Instead, I desire that my finitely various, its peoples and child understand and nppmlah]thflr beliefs are diverse, and the richly varied backgrounds of| there is no place for implications the many cultural streams which|of ‘better‘ or ‘worse.‘ Members of Parliament are diâ€"| vided as to just when they will be going to the Country. Before the throne speech was read by Governor General Georges Vanâ€" ier the majority opinion among: the members was that it would be a short session with an elecâ€" tion in the spring. But, after ‘huring the throne speech and after studying the results.of.the Ontario byâ€"elections the concenâ€" sus swung the other way. The |election fever cooled off, and many began to favor a fall date. The fifth session of the 24th parliament met under the shaâ€" dow of dissolution. Doubleâ€" Barreled Throne Speech Signals Campaign Now Started many began to fu:"t;;-a tva.l-l, d:te_‘Mr Diefenbaker followed Mr. ‘That‘s the way it is going to|Pearson in the throne speech deâ€" be throughout this session. ’I‘t_le!bate. Agaiq as last year the members will blow hot and c"d on the election question. Only one man knows when it will be, that is the Prime Minister and there are many in Ottawa . who are prepared to wager that even Mr. Diefenbaker has not made up his mind about the date. Meantime â€" Mr. Diefenbaker was playing his cards close to his vest. He drafted the throne speech so that in general terms it forecast bigger old age penâ€" sions, more aid to universities and prairie farmers and some broad reforms of Parliament, inâ€" cluding the Senate. | This session he did n.| Mr. Pearson in his role of chKf| critic under our Parliamentar}| system, accused the administ#Aâ€"‘ tion of "shocking mismanageâ€"| ment" of international economic policy. He also totalled up the| cost to the Canadian taxpayer| |and calculated that it had cost |them over three billion dollars |to "Follow John." in the tour | land oneâ€"half years the Tories ‘have been in power. | It was apparent that social welfare benefits will loom large in the Government‘s electioneerâ€" "Â¥You have just won ing. It is traditional that after the: throne speech is read the Govâ€" ernment‘s mover and seconder‘ have their say. Comes the secâ€" ond day and the Opposition leadâ€" er, Hon. L. B. Pearson gets his chance to attack the administraâ€" tion and spell out its failings. But last year the Prime Minister pulled a fast one. He listened while Mr. Pearson belabored the Conservative government then he rose to speak in the throne speech debate. He unveiled a number of new proposals that had not even been mentioned in the throne speech. It was in efâ€" fect a second throne speech. It had the effect of stealing the headlines from Mr. Pearson‘s speech, and Mr. Diefenbaker chuckled wheaâ€" d the newsâ€" papers the next dny.\. Opening the éightâ€"day throne speech debate Mr. Pearson preâ€" sented a motion of no confidence in the Government "because of their continuing failure to bring forward policies to deal with the real problems confronting the Country." He challenged the Prime Minister to call &n elec« tion "at the earliest possible" v d the newsâ€" t day. he did in. his role of chief ur Parliamenta 1 the administ#aâ€" Silmcne w en A C date but not before the Governâ€" ment had presented its next massive deficit budget. His point by point indictment of the Government aroused the Conservative cabinet ministers to make heated interjections. It brought frequent shouted interâ€" ruptions from Tory backbenchâ€" six dollars, would you like to try for 65?" ers. It was a good hardâ€"hitting speech. But it was pushed off many of the front pages of the Country‘s newspapers by A Prime Minister who has learned how to steal the Opposition leadâ€" er‘s thunder in the great parliaâ€" mentary debate. Prime Minister had kept some cards up his sleeve. One by one he brought them out. He proposâ€" ed, he announced, to implement the recommendations of the O‘Leary Commission on Publiâ€" cations. Through tax and tariff measures the Government will stop the flow of Canadian adverâ€" tising dollars to imported Ameriâ€" can magazines. He also announced a oneâ€"third| that a increase in federal grants to uniâ€"] would I versities. He said the present| Awar grants distributed to universiâ€"|fidence ties, based on $1.50 per capita of|will do population in each province, will| election be increased to $2. \baker 0 Mr. Diefenbaker also listed three suggestions which he said would receive consideration in a Government measure to reform the Senate. The three are: an age limit for senators, who now serve for life; depriving the Senâ€" ate of its remaining legislative jurisdiction concerning money bills; and a given length of term for senators. All would receive consideration, said the Prime !Minister clearly indicating that he had not yet decided just what to do about the Senate. Apparâ€" ently any decision he makes will ‘be a part of his election platâ€" I INDOCTRINATION 1 | The school has been charged| with ingoctrination in rcligimul classes. This is true, if indoctrinâ€"|, ation means instilling in the| minds of pupils, traditional| !idnls and moral principles basâ€"|| ed on the Canadian way of ‘ife.| {Thue are derived from the Holy |, Scriptures but have no conrecâ€"| ‘tion with indoctrination of any ‘p.mcum religion. Nothing else} |can be used as a substitute for| \the Bible which is the source of| |our moral laws. w Nature abhors a vacuum. If we fail to teach young Canadians what is their rightful heritage, true Canadian idealism, the imâ€" pact upon civilization by the Hebrew and Christian religions, \the source of their culture and| loyalty to God and country, then _we shall leave a vacuum, for which many are waiting to in | form. At the same time the Govâ€" ernment released to the press its revised version of legislation aimed at determining the finanâ€" cial structure and control of corporations and unions. _ Under that barrage of news the Opposition leader‘s cr_luciqn of the Government was lost in *THIS 16 df Religion In Education By Dorothy McGuire the back pages of most papers.} among the truss ads. It is a highly effective technique the Prime Minister has developed for preventing the detailed inâ€" dictments of the opposition parâ€" ties from getting across to the public. _ But Mr. Pearson and Hazen Argue, house leader for the New Democratic Party, are convinced that the people are wakening up to the grave weakness in the present administration. They cite the Coyne affair, the wavering regarding the United Kingdom and the Common Market, conâ€" fusion over nuclear weapons, continued high unemployment, the Columbia treaty mess, the Quebec hospital scandal and the assault on the Senate, as indicaâ€" ltive of a weak administration. People abroad are asking, "What‘s wrong with Canada?" Mr. Pearson told Parliament. The Country‘s prestige abroad had slumped. But the Liberal | party retained its faith in Canaâ€" da and believed that there was 1nothing wrong with the Country that a change in Government | would not fix. "‘Af;are of the increasing conâ€" fidence of the Liberals that they will do well at the next ggnernl election Prime Minister Diefenâ€" baker obviously intends to make all the election capital he can out of the present session. ‘On the second day of his lengthy contribution to the throne speech debate â€" three hours and 20 minutes â€" Mr. Diefenbaker anâ€" nounced that the old age pension would be increased by $10 a month and federal contributions to old age assistance, blind and disabled pensions will be boosted on a similar basis. _ Liberal Lionel Chevrier snapâ€" ped that the paragraph calling for higher old age pgmions was a lastâ€"minute insertion in the throne speech. It was thrown in after Liberal Leader Pearson unveiled the Liberal plan for imâ€" proving old age benefits, he claimed. Clearly â€" the â€" election _ camâ€" paign is on with a vengeance. It will be fought out in parlianâ€"nt as well as on the hustings. All that remains to be fixed is the date We cannot teach Old Testaâ€" ment without teaching the reliâ€" gion of the Hebrews. Christians are not converted to Judaism beâ€" cause the law permits TEACHâ€" ING, not PREACHING it. Preachâ€" ing involves commitment and conversion which are the funcâ€" tion of the synagogue. O with philosophies, that would destroy the soul of the nation. We cannot teach New Testaâ€" ment without teaching Christiâ€" anity. Nonâ€"Christians are not converted to Christianity beâ€" cause the law permits TEACHâ€" ING not PREACHING it Preacning is the function of the Churen.; Therefore there is no indnEtriLution. WOT UL MIC BJ O CBUEOC Un sn is 7 We cannot teach New Tem.hrue about religion also, Childre®| gyer since the fall of man ment without teaching Christiâ€"\need guidance. The brief tim®| merp has existed an eternal Wit anity. Nonâ€"Christians are not|Allotted to religion must D4 k°P!| petween Good and Evil, between converted to Christianity beâ€"|for its true purpose,. No vague!gejjes and Unbelief. Today it cause the law permits TEACHâ€" principles . without Biblical seems to have reached its peak. ING not PREACHING it,! foundation are of enduring valu¢} "f; would be w««l, in thes» Preacning is the function of the| &4 eannot replace the HvlÂ¥ wryypjesome times, to restore the Churcn.; Therefore there is no Scriptures. . family altar in the home which indoctrination. After all, is it illogical for A|is the greatest of all sources of In history classes pupils are| Christian country ‘to include iA|influence. There we should inâ€" taught about pagan religions. education its own religion which| doctrinate our children with "the Paron‘s do not entortain fears/is the murt:txlf'l its culture and|faith of our fathers." Religious that their children will be inâ€"\ moral laws? y religions outâ€"/ education can never be more doctrirated with paganism |side the Judaeoâ€"Chfistian tradiâ€" than a supplement to that 6t the The opponents to our system‘tion are fNot compatible with the| home and church. L] 80 WHAT ELSE IS NEW? If anyone ever wonders whyth,‘t‘mmm-uuwhuluothumdn:' let him read the account of the extinguishing of a B.C. well fire last week. \ Oil well fireman Red Adair, a tallâ€"inâ€"theâ€"saddle Texan, told newsmen after the blaze was squelched that he hated to cmmtlorl"llby"llhcthi‘omu‘withdumo‘ut! inberent in all Texans commented that it was "Duck Soup compared to some of the others he had put out. Then he went on to contradict himself by uy::s the blaze was "Mean and dirty" and that he was needed to end the daysâ€" old conflagration. oA o 4 One of the men holpln&l!bo man from the second lltrot state in the Union said Adair "wouldn‘t burn in hell." Since vanity is one of the greatest of sins, Adair probably thinks he‘ll be safe after his own flame is doused. > TAME HUSBANDS â€" Saturday morning I heard from a youngish (I presume) husband who started off: "If you think that I SAW about the two husbands crying into their dish towels was funny â€" you‘re wrong !" What was unfunny about it? I inquired. . "It‘s bad enough to be stuck with the supper dishes," he continued. "But on Saturdays we get stuck with the breakâ€" fast dishes; as well as having to get lunch for ourselves and the What did he mean by "we?" "The other husbands around here," he replied. "Our wives go off downtown on Saturdays, right after breakfast." All the wives in the neighborhood? "About ten of them, sometimes more. They call it their Saturday Outing Club. This year they‘re taking dancing. Then they have lunch and go to a movie." If it annoyed him, why didn‘t he squawk? "I‘ve tried squawking. But my wife squawks right back at me. She asks if I want to be known as the only husband in the neighborhood who‘s so mean he doesn‘t want his wife to enjoy herself with the rest of the girls." Maybe he should talk some of the other husbands into & bit of organized opposition, I suggested. "I‘ve talked to some of them. But it‘s no use. Either they‘re scared of their wives, or they don‘t mind doing houseâ€" work. They‘re so tame and wellâ€"trained they don‘t even grow! any more about jumping through the hoops y‘ + And with that he went back to his domestic duties. COFFEE BREAK CHATTER â€" "Your guess as to how she holds her job is as good as mine â€"â€" and probably the same!" _ MIND MOULDING â€" "Take a look at the average group of parents â€" they‘re not very bright, are they?" she said, after identifying herself as a teacher. $o? I asked, knowing she didn‘t question. to my me!" who fear indoctrination recomâ€" mend the teaching of comâ€" parative religions. Pupils in pubâ€" lic schools are too immature to be burdened with conflicting . THOUGHT FOR TODAY _â€"â€" Sellishness all} #**"0/, far from being identical, are actually opposites. The selfish person does not love himself too much but too little. in fact he hates himself. Selfish people are incapable of loving others, ideologies of many religions. Out of a pool of ignorance one can hardiy expect children to comé to their own conclusions and make their own choice. or themle];-e-sv.fi-'â€"i Erich Fromm. It is suggested that moral valués be taught from literature, history and other sources in-‘ stead of the Bible. A branch may be kept in water for awhile but it will not bear fruit or survive when severed from the root which is its source of.life and power. ‘Moral values will not survive either for long when se vered from their source, the Holy Scriptures. _ . Religion is taught for Mealisâ€" tic reasons not to provoke conâ€" troversy and confusion. All conâ€" tributions we make to progress in many fields are founded upon the experience of those who have lived before us. That is true about religion also, Children need guidance. The brief time allotted to religion must be kept for its true purpose,. No vague principles . without Biblical Iloundntion are of enduring value and cannot replace the Holy Scriptures. For the above item Mrs. Johnson Capitol Theatre. KEEPING COOL â€" Aifter spanking my daughter (who is not quite two) I SAW her go straight to our dog‘s wash dish and sit down to cool her posterior. Mrs. R. Johnson. F 1 SAW Â¥i historical, political, religious and cultural fibre of the nation but could be taught in senior social studies and history classes. This is not a derogatory inference, as Christianity would not be comâ€" patible either, in Russia for in« stance. Pupils must always be inâ€" structed to respect the faiths of others and not pass judgment. People of other faiths are as sincere in their beliefs as we are. In fact, in many cases they reâ€" veal a zealous devotion that we could well emulate. Pusils should be reminded that we ar® apt to judge by appearances while, God alone, knows what is in the hearts of men. Canada is unsurpassed _ for granting religious liberties. This means freedom for all to enjoy their own religions but it does not mean the' right to attempt to thange the character of the naâ€" tion which has developed through the Judaeoâ€"Christian inâ€" fluence, true from the earliest days of their history. receives by mall two tickets to the expect me to answer her t