Page 2, Thursday, September 23rd, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS ANOTHER PIECE OF POLITICAL CAKE.... Electedmembersof parliament will Seemingly it makes no difference h a v e to go through M a y o r Desmond that the mayor and his various members Newman or a member of his council in of council will not always be available order to get the information which is or, -as the Reeve pointed out, that they their assigned right in any other muni- are indirectly cutting off the delegated cipality in the Province of Ontario. work of our parliament members. This self-assumed service taken on Two members of council, at least, by the council of Whitby was decided were solidly against the motion, and uponatMondaynight's regular council recorded their opposition in the meet- meeting, and was granted at the re- ing'sminutes. But despite theexcell- quest of Social Services Director, G. ent argument put up by Reeve Edwards Thwaites, :who will now be extricated and Coun cillor Kenneth Hobbs, the from the midst of 'political pressure' motion carried. Our "silent members"' com i n g from local MP's whose tele- of council - the ones who can become phone calls on behalf of would-be and quite verbose when a major issue like on c e- w ere welfare recipients have "whogets to go to the balil" is discus- increased over the past six months. sed, remained silen t when the pros and Mr. Thwai tes as an escapee of 'un- cons of the motion were being debated, due political pressure', was given the and raised their hands to indicate a opportunity to be answerable only to favourable vote. his direct employers (specifically the Come on Mayor Newman and'Town Town of Whitby Council). ofWhitby Counci1, no matter how high The town, on the other hand, seized youpilethat icing - it1s still the same the opportunity to screen these cal Is old political cake. themselves and therefore, cut off the There'senoughtokeepyouoccupied democratic right of the people of this in the outfield of your own municipal community who seek by choice the help baigame. The shoes of our members theirappointedmembersofparlbament. of parliament were filled by a demo- cratic electorateM REEVE VOICES CONCERN FOR RUDDY EMPLOYEES In an open meeting of counci1, Reeve Tom Edwards took to task councillor- representatives to the board of the Dr. Joseph 0. Ruddy General Hospital in an appeal to have them ask the board to r e c o n s i d er employee complaints against the hospital's administration. TheReeve, who said he could pro- duce evidence on employee grievances added that the hospital was a commun- ityproject, and that he would not like to see it fall into the disfavour of the labour board. Employees urged to go through proper channels Councillor Doctor Kenneth Hobbs, executive vice president of the hos- pi tal board said that if thereeve's a i 1 e g a t ions were true, he woulid be al armed. Mr. Hobbs indicated that employees w i th grievances must go through the proper charnd which is the hospital arievance board. "if any attempts by the e m p i oyees are thwarted l'il want to hear about it", said Mr. Hobbs. THE WHITBY FREE PRES S (Voice ot the County Town) Hometown paper of Whilby, Brooklin, Myrtle & Ashburn Published every other Wednesday in and for the people of Whitby Township. Offices- 301 Byron St. S. Whitby. Mail- Box 206, Whitby. 668-6111 Publisher - W., Bill' Durkee Editor-. Judy Durkee Display- Tony Oomen Circulation- Barry Schroeder "i t m i g ht ho spi tai to I a b our board the reeve. n o t be so easy for the c o 1 I ect funds from the the next time", warned Press denied information Earlier i n the week, the WHITBY FREEPRESS vas denied information by the hospital board of directors re- garding the outcome of their meeting of last week, in which grievances from s t a ff against hospital administration, were brought up for discussion. -The ' mSi dventures oe ( the Gy-cek) 'Act of God' Afterall! The Guarantee Company of North America, insurance agent forthe Cor- porat ion of the Town of Whi tby has for- mally confirmed that because the sole cause of the floodings on August 28th is, intheiropinion, the unprecedented severity of the weather conditions pre- vailing at the time, there is no legal responsibility on the part of the cor- p o r a tion arising out of the floodings which occurred on that date. As a consequence, The Guarantee Company of North Amer i ca, w ill "deny each and every claim that may be pre- sented against the absolved corpora- tion.* ANk'14<A$A S/r9 n-: c6aa4czty7 PROCLAMATION FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TAKE NOTICE th a t by Resolution of theCouncil, theperiod of October 3rd to Oc tober 9th, 1971 has been pro- claimed as: FIRE PREVENTION WEEK in and for the Town of Whitby, D a t e d t h i s 23rd day of September, 1971. D. G. Newman, MAYOR TOWN OF WHITBY INTRODUCING Get ..Invoive-d abib 1 -