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Cl One of the largest of these domains was ruled by a reeve called Norman.. For many years, Norman ruled wisely, unafraid of the leaders of the largest domain, who sought to seize all the neighboring domains. The leaders of the largest domain worâ€" shipped a strange curved idol and chanted strange incantations which sounded like "AMâ€"ALâ€"GAMâ€"Aâ€"TION®". Ti CBP i)i ol k. . . ow6it ontiine Loh ictand on This irked Norman no end for the treasâ€" ure chests of his kingdom were not for plundering. Indeed, neither were those of his smaller neighbors, he promised as he shined his armor for another foray against the enemy. the words "ANTI AMALGAMATION®, many times took the lead tenor‘s role in the battle against the enemy. Etobicoke has received approval for capital spendâ€" ot $516,156 in school projects and $172,300 for storm sewer and watermains. The school projects are tor on addition to Kingsview village school of tour classrooms Long Branch has received Metro approval for $4,500 capital expenditure to provide a storm sewer the Laoburnham Ave. areo â€" Metro Finance Commussioner Lascelles reports that all but two of the suburbs sent the first instaliment of the Metro levy, on time. It appears that Mimico did not, due to its own tax collection period starting at a later time As a result of this report, however, and other tac #ors, a much stiffer air pollution control bylaw appears Aa be in the preparation stage. Housewives have been warned by municipal modice’ officers to keep salads, gustards and cream filled desserts in the retrigerator these summer days. _ On June 3 the city and suburbs were required to send Metro government 40 percent of this year‘s Metro tax levy. For the town of Mimico this amounted to about The question now is whether Metro will enftorce its penalty of an extra charge against Mimico for being late with its tox payment. The town sent the money about a week after the due date. i , A conference of medical ofticers of health from the Metro area, is scheduled soon to discuss the problem ef air pollution. A vital report dealing with the problem of air pollution in the Metro area was prepared by Metr: officials for interâ€"department use It has never been seen By Metro Works Committee which would undoubtediy be concerned by the contents The report was prepared last March. $338,000. _ EDITORIAL His singing sword, emblazioned with hu’“.dmthflcwua kingdom , Metro, in this kingdom there existâ€" domaing, some 1:2. and some small, The Darkest Knight â€"â€" Thursday; June 20, 1963 «â€"â€" Page 4 ° asked Norman. â€" To which the trusty mirror answered "A suburban great you are, But they‘re going out of fashion ‘Benevolent dictators‘ are IN With the amaigamation passion". ‘Togetherness is the word t Get on the old bandwagon Don‘t worry about your neighbors Thair feet are always draggin‘. Then one day as Reeve Norman passed his tusty mirror, he glanced therein and beheld a strange image. "Yoiks Nortb," cried he perceiving this strange sight, "$ must speak with my faithful mirror, for this is truly an odd sight". "Mirror, mairror, on the wall Who is the greatest suburban leader of all? Forthwith he outlined a plan to merge all the Metro domains BUT . . . the first step would be to divide Metro into four, splitting the enemy camp down the middle "A most interesting observation", mused Reeve Norman, as the millstones within his cranium ground upon an idea. Hastily he donned his armor, mounted his steed and galloped full flight into the camp of the enemy, the worshippers of the camp of the curved idol "Peace be with you Brothers", he cried, noticing the looks of shock on many of their faces, "I have a plan". in the process, then later all would merge into one. There was great rejoicing in the enemy camp. "His armor has finally been chinkâ€" ed", said the enemy leaders as they contemâ€" plated the treasures this would bring their curved idol. This", he pointed out, "may require the services of a ‘Benevolent Dictator‘, of which I am the best in the kingdom". In the small domains, the leaders watchâ€" ed sadly as Reeve Norman rode gallantly off into the sunset. They too contemplated the treasuresâ€"the enemy would receive. "Verily, he has turned his back on us‘ they said. "Not really", said Reeve Norman as he wode further and further away. and a library and Hightield school which will provide eight stondard clossrooms, kindergorten and an auditorâ€" iumâ€"playroom. Watermains will be placed on Skyway Ave., Meriâ€" dian Rd., and a service rooad of No. 27 Highway. Metro has just ordered the purchase of 1,800 hospital bed gowns which carry an 11 percent federal sales tax and a three percent provincial sales tax. Municipal government is not allowed to enter the sales tax field Metro Roads Department plans to spend $50,000 for engineering studies relating to the Eglinton Ave, W. extension across the Humber River,. A clothing company is asking Metro for $1,250,000 and a grocery store $1,â€" 500,000 for property taken for road construction. Forâ€" mer Federal Public Works Minister David Walker has been given some Metro government legal work. Metro Police Chief James Mackey has been invited to attend the F B.1. graduation ceremonies in Washington DC There is considerable cooperation between Metro and the FB 1. and the RC M.P. in crime control in the Torpnto area. Bookmaking and narcotics particularly has on international Tink Long Branch taxpayers shouldn‘t worry about the amount of money, $250 awarded Reeve Ford to attend the conference in the downtown hotel. Some other subâ€" urbs spent triple this amount to entertain visiting digâ€" nataries etc. br Metro Police Department is now ready to test the validity of the antiâ€"noise bylaw passed by Metro Counâ€" cil in 1958 which is aimed directly at the trucking inâ€" dustry and sports cars. The only trouble being that the noise level on the sound machine being used by the police department can‘t find a lpoxs car that exceeds what the police consider a reasonable amount. * Metro has put off until September the appointment of a special committee to study unification of fire deâ€" partments A Records show that more persons died from lung cancer in 1962 thon in traffic accidents in Conada A night traffic court is to be established in one of the Metro suburbs. Senior Magistrate Thomas Elmore will select the municipality Af New Toronto Mayor Russel! will be one of the nference chairmen next month at the annual meeting the Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association in Pemâ€" oke, north of Ottawo, He is also on the executive of the sociation i ©_ Metro ?ovemmem is once agoin considering a tax single fomily dwellings used for accommodation by re than one family. . Report From Ottawa Unlike U. S., Minister, Not Servicemen, Answers Questions On Defence Policy The general feeling here is the Canadian public must be getting awfully tired of hearâ€" ing the politicians at Ottawa talk about nuclear warheads. During the recent general election the voter heard deâ€" fence policy of the political parties discussed at length. Some politicians kept insisting that nuclear wespons were not a major issue in the campaign and then proceeded to devote half of their speeches to the subject. Since the election the Liâ€" berals in Parliament have deâ€" clared repeatedly that they want to get on with the busâ€" iness of Governing the counâ€" try. But on each and every occasion that an opportunity arises the Conservatives and the New Democratic Party have raised the question of nuclear weapons. . During the Throne Speech debate the NDP group seized the oceasion to introduce a want of confidence motion based on nuclear weapons. This brought about a prolongâ€" ed debate on the subject and when the vote was finally takâ€" en it almost resulted in the defeat of the Liberal minority Government. But the Liberals survived | that crucial | test, with the assistance of a few Turies and some Social Credâ€" "Whoever said cutomation offers more leisure time was iters who rallied to their supgâ€" port. Then the Liberal Governâ€" ment introduced the resoluâ€" tion to set up a committee on defence: Prime Minister Pearâ€" son, during the election camâ€" paign, had promised to set up such a committee at the first upportunity. He was carrying out that promise. Once again the opposition â€" primarily the Conservatives â€" seized the opportunity to go back over old ground and launch a debute on the acquisition of nuclear weapons for Canadian forces. Earlier the House had passâ€" ed a â€" motion introduced by Stanley Knowles (New Demâ€" ocratic â€" Party Member for Winnipeg, North Centre) askâ€" ing the Government to proâ€" duce any document that would prove ‘that the former Proâ€" gressive Conservative Govâ€" ernment committed Canada to acquire nuclear weapons for its armed forces. External Aifairs Minister Paul Martin said such documents existed but it might endanger Naâ€" tional security to make them public. He promised to go over them and see whether it would be possible to bring down in the House extracts from the documents. This promise provoked a heated exchange with Opposiâ€" tion Leader John Diefenbaker. It was a revival once again of the hot issue of the election eampaign. Mr. Diefenbaker insisted â€""as he had insisted during the campaign â€" that his Government never made any such commitment. He said no such documents existed. He insisted that if anything was to be produced the entire documents should be produced not just a summary or exâ€" tracts as Mr, Martin proposed. But the House overruled him and his Tory colleagues and voted to have Mr. Martin look at the documents and decide whether they could be brought down in whole, or in part, or not at all. Then came the debate on the move to set up a defence committee. Once again, Mr. Diefenbaker was off on a faâ€" yourite subject for him â€" the discussion ofâ€" Governmental policy in regard to nuclear weapons. He has been harpâ€" ing on this question so much in the past four or five months that many questioched in which the Minister said did exist setti obligations to whether the public is not getâ€" ting weary of the rehash, The debate saw Mr. Diefenâ€" baker attacking the Liberal administration and P rime Minister Pearson in particular on the subject of the acquisâ€" ition of nuclear weapons. Mr Pearson _ responded with â€" a spec of h ofi Commons, The Prime Minister to bolsâ€" ter his arguments cited stateâ€" ments made by two previous defence ministers in the Conâ€" servative Government. They were Hon. George Pearkes and Hon. Douglas Harkness. Mr. Pearson went back to the records of a previous defence committee to read into the record what Mr. Pearkes had to say about the Government requiring | nuclear _ weapons. And, he quoted a recent interâ€" view Mr. Harkness had given in which the former Defence Minister said that documents did exist setting out Canada‘a obligations to acquire nuclear i in reply that was one best efforts in the House * * pHMAPPENS C weapons The debate ended, the House voted to set up the deâ€" fence committee, and in that committee the 24 members will have ample opportunity to probe into defence policy. The battle over nuclear policy will therefore be transferred from the floor of the Comâ€" mons to the confines of a comâ€" mittee room on Parliament Hill. There are 12 Liberals on the committee; eight Conservaâ€" tives; two Social Crediters and two members of the New Democratic Party. The Liberâ€" als will presumably pick a chairman from among their members. Prime Minister Pearson durâ€" ing his major speech spoke appreciately of the knowledge possessed of defence problems by Harkness. As a former Minister of Defence in the Diefenbaker Government, Mr. Pearson said he was confident Mr. Harkness would be able to make a valuable contribution to the committee. But when the Conservatives came to select their members to sit on the committee, they left Mr. Harkness off the list Mr. Harkness was naturally disappointed that he had been barred from the committee by his own Party. He told newsâ€" men that he found it ‘very strange‘. However, it is likely that the Liberals will have Mr. Harkness summoned as a witâ€" ness to appear before the committee. He will thus be in a position to put his views on record. Mr. Harkness® views in the nuclear weapons field contlict with the position adopted by Mr. Diefenbaker. It was for this reason that Mr. Harkness found it necessary during the last days of .the Dicfenbaker regime to resign from the Government. The defence committee should produce some interestâ€" ing material. Prime Minister Pearson has made it clear that the committee is to be emâ€" powered to examine issues in the field of policy. This is unusual as in the past the deâ€" fence committee has been prevented by the Government from delving into policy. The Parliament committees on defence in the past were frustrating exercises in futiliâ€" tv. They had to confine their discussions to defence expenâ€" ditures and whenever, they straved over into policy they were called up short. However, the committee unâ€" like the practice in the United States,. will not be allowed to call and question serving offiâ€" cers about matters that fall into the realm of policy. The Minister of Defence will handle those questions. It may be that at this point the comâ€" mittee will break down and once again the old tiresome wrangle about nucleat weaâ€" pons develop. If it does the public will quickly lose interâ€" est and the committee will end up by making no real contriâ€" bution. It rests with the 24 members to make sure that the comâ€" mittee does its work well, Unâ€" fortunately, the committee membership is short on exâ€" perts, lacking even Mr. Harkâ€" ness. The members will have to do their homework if they are going to study al! aspects of the Country‘s defence esâ€" tablishment. with wanting to go along with everyone else , my callier wanted to know, as she drew my attention to an item in last week‘s paper in which I agreed a South African doctor was right when he said Canadians just love being average. If you don‘t go along with the crowd, the doctor, now Le ing in Saskatoon said, you‘re rejected. "If my husband was easy to get along with, we‘d be far better off", she said explaining that he‘d missed a promotion last year because he "couldn‘t stemach" one of his immediate superiors. $o maybe he one person I poin posttion. ECRCCCCT "He‘s a bullâ€"headed soâ€"andâ€"so and can‘t take being ordered around, so he‘s antagonistic toward everyone in authority", she said. They could use the extra salary and she can‘t see why the family has to suffer for Daddy‘s independence. I pointed out that if Daddy works in a place where promotions are doled out on the whims of an immediate superior, rather than on the merits of the employees, he‘s lucky to have a mind of his own. "Lady", I said gallantly, "what you‘re saying is you‘d have your husband sell his independence of mind for a fur coat". She admitted she hakin‘t looked at it this way beâ€" fore, but somehow I dgn‘t think I changed her mind, and Daddy will still get nag ecause he can‘t get along with the right people. I told the woman her hubby shou everything just because she figures money. She told me they had a car one year old, their OWn home, complete with power mower, and a cottage at a lake 60 miles away. They also have a boat with a 35 horseâ€" power outboard, and a patio at the cottage. They also have two children. She also said they are not in debt, but that she doesn‘t have a fur coat. "Tough"â€"I said, mostly to myself. Eo on t kc es nes en t ce e se P The Ontario Safety League says this is true and if anyone should know, it‘s the Ontario Safety League. Most people, the League says, take the power mower as just another gardening tool and this is probably why so many people are deprived of fingers and toes, and are hit and often killed by flying objects. UNGUIDED MISSILES. Did all you grassowners know a power mower, with a rotary blade spinning at 4,000 rpm can hurl an object at a speed of 200 miles per hour? bow o : uS C Nsnt a ud The league urges power mower pilots to comb the grass (not literally) for objects which might become caught in the blade and shot at some innocent bystander. Never let children operate a power mower is another safety hint passed on. Mower chauffeurs should wear sturdy shoes and cut sideways on hills to avoid the possibility of feet slipping under the machine, the league says. Don‘t fill the tank when the engine is hot or running. Be sure to disconnect the sparkplug wire or electrical plug when refuelling or working on the underside of the mower. Never try to remove objects from blades without stopping the motor. Finally, have the mower inspected and mainâ€" tained by a reliable serviceman. This may sound like it‘s more trouble to maintain a mower than a temperamental sports car, but the facts are there. Power mowers are dangerous if not properly hanâ€" dled, and too many people make a point of not taking the machine seriously. AT A CAR STOP. "I didn‘t mind him asking me to marry him twice, but the second time he came up with a much cheaper ring than he did the first time‘. SHORTCUT TO A NEUROSIS. Ever successful at folding a road map? For years now, I‘ve held the belief there should be giant rewards for those who fold roadmaps successfully. There wouldn‘t be many takers, I thought. 1 figured the road map and railway schedule have been responsible for putting more people in straight jackets than all other causes combined. Now The Ontario Motor League has come up with a foolproof method of folding a road map. Read on, innocents, and see how foolproof it is: Patience is the keynote; practice, the watchword, acâ€" cording to Efnest Berzins, Manager, Domestic Travel Department. "‘Take any road map", Mr. Berzins explained, "and place it flat on the table in a normal reading position. Place the palm of the hand over the centre fold, fingers toward the top, thumb toward the bottom. Squeeze and lift up. The wellâ€"made map should fall readily into position for the next step." "Still holding the map between thumb and fingers, lay it on the table again with the fold toward you", he added. "You will pote that the next two principal folds divide the map in even thirds. Slip your left hand lightly under the fold to the left and bring your palm over to the right hand segment. Then turn it in either direction and press it together "k}.\ an accordion." See how simpleéit is? This last remark is certainly not mine. Must be Mr. Berzins‘. BEER PARLOR BIT. "I can hear what you say, but I can‘t say what I‘m hearing." THOUGHT FOR TODAY. All skilled work can be pleasurable, provided the skill required is either variable or capable of indefinite improvement. If these conditions are absent, it will cease to be interesting when a man has acquired his maximum skill.â€"Bertrand Russell. gvERY DAY | For the above I SAW Mr K Capitol Theatre soOME HITCH, THUMB DON‘T â€" When a wouldn‘tâ€"be hitchâ€"hiker on No. 5 Highway gave .a thumbâ€"up signal 1 SAW a passing motorist signal baék with thumb down. . | e i kV C THE AVERAGE CANADIAN. "Se what‘s wrong " L ichicliiiiinen t lt on ols ce 9 A ybe he gets along with everyone else but this I pointed out, and this only cost him a boost in her hubby shouldn‘t have to sacrifice se she figures she could use the 1 SAW one year old, their own by mail two tickets to the Michael K