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___ selves into gi committee deterâ€" mined to mhm-- eouum:-. ‘This testimony recalls to mind the favorite slogan of a byâ€"gone genre of theatre: "Burlesque â€" As You Like It." news and stories appearing in blications like Time and The g&ler's Digest are frequently distorted with political bias is irrelevant, others point out, so long as the magazines are giving Canadian readers what they Burlesque as we liked it often led straight to the paddyâ€"wagon the royal commission on Canaâ€" dian publications. Several Amerâ€" ican publishers of magazines popular in Canada have defendâ€" ed these as N" "what Canaâ€" tunity for ebscenity may, howâ€" ever, be found in the hearings of E irchmen. > ‘The clue to a new ments it may be fairly inferred that the word obscenity faces unâ€" employment. Unless some definiâ€" tion can be found for it other than that concerned solely with sex, the unhappy word will deâ€" cline into a philological bum, depending on the odd handout Alee e e m e Ie the book several million readers interested in missionary work. Simiarly by her incorporation as a public institution, Miss Marilyn Monroe has been responsible, acâ€" cording to one observer, "for the increasingly accepted notion that it‘s in proper good taste for & girl A British court has given its imprimatur to Lady Chatterley‘s Lover as a work of moral rightâ€" â€"lAn solving nothing except to form themâ€" lppdll:n.g.. Mayor Griggs was kept busy just taining order among the spectaâ€" tors. It is surprising the council chambers were not cleared of spectators. â€" As Councillor James Ferrie put it in a show of anger, "I didn‘t come here to be insulted." ‘The comments of the audience throughâ€" out the meeting not only insulted the counâ€" cillors but were also insults to the intelliâ€" gence of many people present who sincerely wished to give the councillors a chance to The public did not seem to appreciate the council‘s desire to have their comments open to all. Their lack of manner‘? while w; to council discuss the report was meeting was a committee of the whole meeting, and as such the council had every right to declare the meeting closed. It is to their credit that the pub?ic was invited Tmhom the meeting the audience was ng with individual criticism, not woiced in whispers but shouted and mutterâ€" «d, interfering with council debates. The f mlfin’n report was compiled in u with one thought in mind â€" to the forms of civic administration in Mimico, and, in generally, to investigate mistakes which may have been made in Mimico with an eye to making recommenâ€" dations to improve municipal government in every town in Ontario. Some of the reâ€" port‘s conclusions condemned Mimico‘s administration while others found many of the complaints to be tempests in a teapot. zo be constructive, the conclusions and t of the report must be taken in good faith, especially by the member of the Ccommunity who initiated it, the Ratepayer‘ Association. This they are not prepared to do, judging from Thursday‘s display of auâ€" dience reaction to the council‘s attempts to digest the essential portions of the report. ~A Disappointing Aftermath Crossword EDITORIAL Ratepayers‘ Association and private juals who sat in the bleachers during =u-d-‘c;lue. Council, last pages udge Shea‘s report on imico Probe have little ing for Mnflouâ€"-.und::!‘hm ed they have spent time and money . . . AND THE WORLD LAUGHS from the attitude of members attracting to job opporâ€" developâ€" Two major projects were disâ€" |cussed by the Social Planning Council ef Toronto Township, Port Credit and Streetsville at their first meeting in 1962 at |Cooksville Township offices. |_ _A Mentai Health Committee lhns been set up, composed of Dr. D. Copping. Miss Betty Mink, lun. D. M. Morrison, and Mrs. Mental Health Interests Social Planning Council pervert the news either to the right or to the left makes the oldâ€"fashioned obscenity of the calendar nude look positively wholesome. Civilization has lived with the oldâ€"time obscenity, and generally felt little illâ€"effect, beâ€" The fate of civilization perâ€" haps depending on the fair and informed judgment of â€"men, the obscenity of publications that pervert the news either to the right or to the left makes the oldâ€"fashioned obscenity of the Corrupting the mind with slanted writing and sly sifting of the facts in the news should be readily established as being more repulsive and infinitely more mischievous in effect than anyâ€" thing Lily St. Cyr ever worked up in the way of wiggles in her towel. on the charge of an obscene perâ€" lfinruum. Why, then, should we not find work for the same charge of obscenity laid against publications that "give ‘em what they want" regardless of how they may corrupt the mind? Johnson. The aim and purâ€" Feb. 15, 1962 â€" Page 4 If the Mimico councilliors were wrong in what they did, if bribes were accepted, if the builders were unmindful of laws, let‘s coâ€"operate in finding a solution. Accept Judge Shea‘s recommendations or throw them out, but let us not stoop to sitting in a protected chair in an audience looking superior while passing snide comments to ed in facts, before the inquiry started. Any defense, any recommendations from an imâ€" partial source are useless against such people. They are the judge, the jury and the executioner, all self appointed. our neighbours. In fact several top members of the Rateâ€" payers‘ Association who screamed the loudest did not even give the council the courtesy of staying in the chambers to lisâ€" ten. They posed for pictures in the hallâ€" way, and talked to each other in the corriâ€" dors about, of course, justice and fair play, pausing for a while to give advice to counâ€" cillors on how they should continue with their own meeting. They played up to mass reactions, and twisted reason without bothering to hear the defense offered by the councillors who were criticized in the report. _ The Mimico Inquiry is not over, in fact it never even started. It was decided in the minds of individuals who weren‘t interestâ€" A tape recording of the comments of many in the audience would be a wonderâ€" ful commentary on the feeling toward jusâ€" tice and fairness which prevails in the Canadian heart. The members df the auâ€" dience who felt it necessary to pass judgâ€" ment on the speeches of the counciliors even before they were finished speaking do not care about justice they did not s¢em to care about the right of each of us to a defense against charges made by our peers. They seemed to care only about being vinâ€" dictive and about their own rights to criticâ€" ize, to condemn and to drag reputations through the mire without a thought for others. The statement, "Oh, that‘s a lie," was one of the more popular floating over the spectators during the meeting, and it came from people who couldn‘t possibly know for certain whether or not the comment was made in good faith by the councillor speakâ€" ing, nor did they care. defend themselves and to see the report become a basis for building a better town. Inquiries are being made reâ€" garding local employment ofâ€" fices. There is a need for a Youth Placement Officer for this area. The Social Planning Council are hopeful that, in the not distant future, this problem may also be taken under consiâ€" deration. 4 Johnson, Mrs. D. M. Morrison, Mrs. W. A. Portwood will meet in Applewood Church, Feb. 7 at 1.30 p.m. Representatives from the various agencies from South Peel have been invited to meet ‘thi; committee to brief them on the various services that these ‘Vllm offer to the public. The aim is that each member of the committee will be thoroughly versed on all available services, so that, when amy question is posed, an intelligent and straight» forward answer may be given as to the proper agency to approach for the required service. its prime function will be to disâ€" pense reliable information. This committee composed of Mrs. A. Beale, Mrs. F. Diver, Mrs. G. B. Gilroy, Mrs. W J. Gregory. Mrs. W. L. Hogarm,‘ Mrs. J. W. Hooton, Mrs. D. M A committee of 10 volunt will staff the office at 6 Stz bank Road, Port Credit, five ternoons each week, Mon through Friday, from one to | pose of this committee is to asâ€" sess what has or is being done, to study all angles of this probâ€" lem, and finally to formulate a reasonable and sensible approach in assisting in establishing & Mental Health Clinic. But, as individuals have done in the past for sexy mags, we have the right to be audibly shocked to find certain publicaâ€" tions on the display stands of our lhvorite vendor. As we pick up our copy of our favorite magaâ€" zine, we may justly point at those other publications and eluck: "Dear me, do you" handle that kind of obscenity?" The word deserves a break, and so for that matter do we. _ t Nothing in its etymology bars this new sense of the word obâ€" scenity, which derives from a Latin word meaning illâ€"omened and therefore offensive. The leâ€" gal definition of obscenity, alâ€" ready outmoded, cannot of course be brought to bear for the banâ€" ning of politically warped periâ€" odicals, nor is it desirable that it should be. fore Ovid and since. The obscenâ€" ity of modern brainwashing could be the nemesis of mankind. Credit, five afâ€" week, Monday one to four volunteers 6 Staveâ€" shion :sns When Australia was opened to settlement in 1788 the primitive nntivl? nufinbnd 80‘,J.M1‘hum were litera ynant-ct * Today their number dwindled to 50,000 and is still de-d.u:_ They still sometimes steal graph insulators from whith to i The Conservatives, who capiâ€" | talized on the Liberals‘ failure to [offer a liberal pension increase }befone the 1957 election, are imâ€" plementing a universal rate of $65 a month, and dangling a carâ€" rot of, a contributory system 1benefits at the age of 62. _ It‘s a race to the wire with the day of electroal decision apâ€" proaching. and the current rival offers may. well be sweetened even further before this analysis appears in print. The New Democrats, whose CCF predecessors were always first to offer the most aithough they never formed a Federal Government, are holding to the $75 level at age 65, plus a contriâ€" butory supplement of unspecified dimension. The three political parties repâ€" resented in Canada‘s 24th Parliaâ€" ment are each out to prove their deepâ€"seated belief in the welfare of the most popular member of society at election gime â€" the old age pensioner. j The Liberals, who first introâ€"| duced pension legislation in 1926,! are out with a promise to estabâ€"| lish a universal rate of $75 a month, payable as fast as a new Liberal Government can win the approval of Parliament. There‘s Little That Is New _ For Our Oldâ€"Age Pensioners The word history comes from a Greek word meaning inquiry. It was first given its modern meaning by Herodoâ€" tus, an lonian Greek. In the middle of the fifth century B.C. he wrote his "History," an inquiry into the causes of the long wars between the Greeks and the Persians. Even though he was not an accurate historian, Herodotus reconâ€" structed a past period and made it live again. The pensioner may feel flatierâ€" Checking Under the Hood on Education In North York, opponents to the teaching of the Bible in pubâ€" lie schools are demanding that a hew questionnaire be sent to parents. Formerly, parents were given the opportunity to ask for exemption for their children from religious classes. This in keeping with the law of Ontario, in effect since 1843. ! The _ proposed â€" questionnaire would give parents the opporâ€" tunity to ask that their children be given instruction. This is not within the interpretation of the THE QUESTIONNAIRE A DOCUMENTED STATEMENT by The Christian Women‘s Council Dr. Robert Clark of Vancouver was commissioned in the Winter of 1957â€"58 to do a full study of the U.S. system on which the Canadian pian will be based. The _ They certainly acted quickly to redeem their promise of a furâ€" ther increase before returning to the electorate in the Spring of 1958. But they stalled for four years on a companion promise to implement a contributory retireâ€" ment scheme, over and above the basic pension system. So much for the "sixâ€"buck boys." Have the Conservatives done better? But the pennyâ€"pinchers found soon after that they had won a battle and lost the war. Three months after the $6 increase was announced, the Conservatives triumphed in a general election and proceeded to add another $9, raising the pension rate to $55, where it has remained since. Nothing more happened until the Spring of 1957, when the Liberal cabinet split on the measure of relief to be granted just before another election. Deâ€" spite the fact that the Governâ€" ment was enjoying a comfortable budget surplus, the pen.ny-pinch-} ers won the day and the increase was fixed at a relativelyâ€"tiny $6.‘ f It wasn‘t until they received the greatest electoral scare in their history as a governmentâ€" in 1945, when they clung to power with a majority of only two in the Commonsâ€"that the Liberals acted to broaden the scheme. \ By 1951 the pension had beâ€" come universal, without a means test, paging $40 a month at the age of 70. In addition, old age assistance at the same level was made available on a means test at the age of 65, in coâ€"operation with the provinces. The Liberals did in fact initiate Canadian pension legislation â€" but only after the most embarâ€" rassing insistence by Labor M.P. and CCF founder J. S. Woodsâ€" worth, and over the most intense opposition of the Conservatives of that day. In 1926, they proâ€" vided the munificent sum of $20 a month for the elderly, payable only after an exhaustive means test. ed by this sudden intense interest in his wellbeing. But if he‘s been a pensioner long, and can reâ€" member the history of the Canaâ€" dian social security system, he will have cause to ponder and examine the promises with a criâ€" tical eye. To shatter the illusions one by one: Religion In Education By Dorothy McGuire Christianity in its r;\oneov;ip;!a education, there would have been no need to include an exemption clause in the Act. In public schools, pupils then as now, could ‘only be taught The Act did not say that chilâ€" dren MAY be given instruction IF their parents request it, but SHALL receive SUCH instrucâ€" tion as their parents desire. The iAct of Union had united Roman Catholic province of Lower Canâ€" ada with Protestant Upper Canâ€" ada, thereby creating an educaâ€" tion problem. Religion had alâ€" ways been a part of education. Now parents had to state which of the two religions they wished their children to receive. if reâ€" ligion had not been a part of _ Agriculture Minister Alvin iB-nilton's continued illness may relegate him to the sidelines in the coming election campaign. Aides say he worn out from overâ€" work, and is suffering from exâ€" tremely low blood pressure. He‘s been in bed since early January. Prince Philip will make apâ€" pearances in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver later this spring. He‘s due to arrive in ’Canlda May 11 or 12 to attend the second Commonwealth study conference in Montreal, and will join in other sessions in Toronto ‘md Vancouverâ€" before flying home June 6. The result appears to be that another stopâ€"gap pension inâ€" crease will be implemented for this year‘s election, but the supâ€" plementarly system, first promâ€" ised five years ago, will not. As for the CCFâ€"New Democraâ€" tic promise, it was first brought in at a time when both older parâ€" ties rejected it as unattainable and unsound. Prime Minister Diefenbaker once sniffed that it was easy for a party with no exâ€" pectation of winning power to make promises it knew would never have to be kept. j The New Democrats will have to spell out their plan in more detail before it can be judged against the Liberal and Conserâ€" vative proposals, All that is obâ€" vious about it at the moment is that a substantial increase in taxation would be required to fiâ€" nance it. And higher taxes, of course, is one subject that all parties choose to avoid at election time, no matâ€" ter how much they revere the old age pensioner. CAPITAL HILL CAPSULES Five provinces quickly anâ€" nounced their approval. But the Liberal Government of Quebec demanded full details of the Fedâ€" eral plan before making a deciâ€" sion. Prime Minister Diefenbakâ€" er opposed the demand. it was not until last month that the matter was revived. The Government announced it would seek the concurrence of the Provâ€" incial Governments for a constiâ€" tutional change to make a contriâ€" butory scheme possible. idea was that he would report within three or four months. The study, however, continued until March, 1959. For the next 2% years, the Government sideâ€" stepped every question with the explanation that the Clark report itself was being studied. The subject of Bible Teaching | is an AUTHORIZED one, as are | Arithmetic, Spelling and History, | but it is subject to an exemption clause. Other authorized subjects| hensive sense of the term, as they belonged to various branches of Christianity. No sectarian teaching was allowed. Oniy in private and separate schools could dogmas of particular faiths be taught. Failure in that respect â€" while the children are young and their minds and souls impressionable â€" will mean the children will later fail to realize their full potential as adults â€"â€" Another Mother. There was a lot more, but that‘s the gist of it. The task of looking after her children‘s physical need: may be the most timeâ€"consuming and tiring of a mother‘ duties, but it is only insofar as a mother looks after her chil dren‘s mental or spiritual needs that she differs from as animal mother. No matter how busy she may be, a mothe: must by word and personal example implant in her childres a love of truth, beauty, and kindness towards others. YOUNG MINDS â€" Dear Mr. Foster: This is for "Aver age Mother," who figures that, if she manages to keep he children fed, clean, and out of hospital, she is doing all sh: can in the time she has got. I want to tell her she is not only NOT doing all she can she is neglecting her most important duty as a mother. Chil dren in orphanages are kept fed, clean, and healthy. Thes: fundamental needs are the same as those provided by any female animal for her young. I‘m pretty sure those speeches, ten years from now, wil sound corny. I remember my mother bringing out a bunc} of dad‘s love letters on their 25th anniversary. She read then for laughs. I almost cried. What‘s past is past. Tender me mories are fine. ‘The real thing just can‘t be recalled. â€" Isla Of course most of the romance has been replaced by 1 less dreamy picture of each other, but the romance has als« been replaced by a more solid respect and appreciation fo each other‘s real love in times of trial. To the girl who i: making tape recordings of her sweetheart‘s romantic speeche I would say don‘t waste time and tape. PAST IS PAST â€" Dear Cliff.: I don‘t agree with Brid of 1953 that, after a girl is married, reality hits her in the face I don‘t suppose any couple was more romantic than we wer‘ before we were married. Yet, after being married 11 years there has been no disillusionment like falling out of bed in th« middle of a wonderful dream, like she said. THOUGHT FOR TODAY â€" If a world without op posites there could not be, who can tell us that in such i world to make a home for the human race was a short ant easy task? If history has any meaning, we are upon a voyagt hardly yet begun. â€" W. Macneile Dixon. BUS BUZZ â€" "She doesn‘t know I know the girl she‘s telling what she knows about me to!" BEER PARLOR COMMENT â€" "But being friendlj when you‘re drunk doesn‘t mean you‘re a friendly type." DV»S BUZZ â€" " When you get to our age you realiz it was largely a matter of imagination in the first place." "But a BEDâ€"BUG!" she exclaimed. "How many peoph have bedâ€"bugs?" The questions I get asked. BUS BUZZ â€" "When you get to our ase vou realin a bedâ€"bug"" I interrupted, ruess-u_xg a-g;mJ i "So you‘ve heard it before!" said she. "I KNEW it wa made up! That‘s why I said I didn‘t believe it!" Because I‘d heard a story along those lines, that didn* mean this friend of her friend wasn‘t telling the truth, | pointed out. It was possible the same situation had occurret more than once. "And she picked up thirten cards of the same suit," interrupted, trying to guess the punch line. "No! Nothing like that! Just as they were about to play the first hand the hostess came into the room and said ‘Shâ€"shâ€"sh! The kiddies are going to say their prayers â€" a_n? I always listen.‘ So there was dead slience as they listened "And one of the kids hollered: ‘Mummy! Bobby fount L ccakll on in 2200 S . R HOW MANY? â€" One of my first callers this morning was a lady who said it‘s hard to decide what to believe. Tha statement, I replied, was one I had often made myself â€" t« myself. Then I asked what she had in mind. ‘"Well," she said, "I was just having coffee with the gir} when one of them â€" this was when somebody mentiont playing bridge â€" one of them said a friend of hers was o playing bridge the other night â€"" As I said, I don‘t want advice. But I was wondering i you would have any comment. â€" Bored Stiff. My comment is: If you didn‘t get perverse satisfaction out of being bored stiff you‘d have snapped out of it long ago REEF GRIEF â€" There are many ways in which swim mers enjoying a plunge in the waters of Australia‘s Grea Barrier Reef can come to grief. Lurking in the depths an« shallows are more than 100 species of sharks, eight of then manâ€"eaters; as well as barracuda, great mantas, and viciow moray eels. IN THE CORNER STORE â€" "She says she and he boyâ€"friend should have the livingâ€"room to themselves, afte nine o‘clock. But her dad won‘t give up his easyâ€"chair." Well, I‘ve tried them all, including the sea cruise whic} I found most boring of all, spending hours just looking o1 the sea, the same sea hour after hour, not even a change o scenery. And impossible to get away from boring fellow passengers. One of the psychologists, after 20 sessions at $2: each, told me my trouble was I hated myself because I wa subconsciously aware of my selfishness and egomania. Bu he offered no cure. DIRT SQUIRT â€" While stopped at a‘red light I SAW the driver of another car jump out with a couple of water pistols which he used to wash off his windshield. Ricky F., Islington. For the above item Mr. R. F. receives by mail two tickets to the Capitol Theatre. If you answered me in the column you would give all th stockâ€"inâ€"trade answers which would include the following turn to a Higher Power for help and direction; do good t others and forget self; probe the sellâ€"conscious for lack @ motivational dynamics; go awa;y on a trip Of a sea cruise think POSITIVEL Y about HAPPINESS; or imagine how you would feel if the doctors told you that you only had i month or two to live. I have discussed .this subject with many people, includ ing clergymen, psychologists, doctors, and positive though practitioners, as well as social acquaintances. None of then have been any help. The reason I don‘t expect you to answer is because | know the kind of answer you would give. Regardless of wha you actually do to relieve your own boredom (such as gettin; drunk) you would never admit it in writing. BOREDOM â€" Dear Mr. Foster. What do you do abou boredom? I don‘t expect you to answer that question but . always have trouble starting letters and that seems as goot as any other way. iT MAPPENS EVERY DAY 1 SAW are fully compulsory. No on« should expect any Board of Edu cation to send out a question naire to request the teaching o ANY AUTHORIZED subject. N« one has the right to demand tha they do so. It is not only a mat ter of principle but simple obedi ence to th > Province. A «1