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PAGE 2. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1973, WHITBY FREE PRES Nr. Kainins: Your article on the Mon- arehy and your side remn- arks about OUI Queen in-this %weks Free Press are insul- *tmng to say the least. Our Government invited the Qu- een1 to corne here, and we are very proud to have a Queen whos a lady and we entertain ber by having her open a few buildings and visit hospitals and fNI her àays so full she'nevet- has a minute to do things she would probably much rather do but she can't complain - and as far as spending Tax money on the Royal Visit - so why flot? We spend mil- lions on Unemployment In.-' surance for people who will flot work and also tîtese LI. P. grants to young people who are having a good time renting apartments for them- selves. 1 amn enclosing ait article whichi was in a Detroit paper on our Queen and Prince Phiip so Mr. Kainins read it and probably you may real- ize that the people in the U.S. would very much like to have our Queen whose character is above reproach and if you don't like ber, write your article on some- one else - Nixon for exam- pie, but leave OUI Queen alone. Sincerely, W. Boyd. Last Friday over 300 people attended the graduation of the Registered Nursing Assistants at the Witby Psych- iatrie Hospital. Thbis graduating class of fourty was the last R.N.A. class to graduate from the W.P.H. Future classes wiIl attend Durham College. Whitby graduates were: G.L. Haiju, Paul iordan, MIrs. S. Noecker, Gayle Morton, INancy Pollard, Greg Swain and Paul Wilson. Cabbi*es Hock Ut Out In Councl Whitby Town Counceil was put to the test last Monday as deputations were made by opposîng- factions regarding the repealing of the taxi license by-law restricting the number of taxi licenses. Mr. Homer Pelgrim, apparently the new owner of Bowman Taxi, represented by attorney Fred Schwartz, asked Council to postpone the repealing of the restricting by-law for a period of two or tbree months "pending further investigation." Mr. Schwartz said that lie feit that some council member would feel fit to put the matter over for sometime giving time to permit proper preparation of a submissionto Council. Under present by-laws the number of taxi licenses in Whitby is restricted to twenty-four and council was considering passing a by-Iaw to repeal this restricting by- law to enable six (ex-Bowman) cab drivers to obtain licenses. Mr. Pelgrim, who is reported to be the owner of Whitby Taxi, Bell Taxi, and Speedy Taxi, apparently recently took over ownership of Bowman Taxi at which time the six drivers now applying for licenses left the employ of Bownaan Taxi. The six drivers are: Rod Mowat of Whitby, Marcel McCuîloch of Oshawa, i Casky of Oshawa, Harold Taylor of Oshawa and Donald Bryant of Whitby. Ibese six drivers are hoping to form a co-operative cab company made up of independent drivers (themselves) with privately owned cars to be known as 'Circle Taxi.' Attorney Sheldon Stein represented the six cabbies and ktated"I submit that these gentlemen are highly qualified and reputable citizens of this comniunity." iim Casky drove taxi for Bowrnan Taxi for eight years, and Donald Bryant bas heen in the taxi business for 35 years, Mr. Stein said that bu fuît as Councillor lrwin did that there is in Whitby a tendency to a monlopolistic situation, and that lie fuît a nuw company in Whitby would be more conducivu to butter competition. Coiinicd on Page' 10 WOMEN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL lon. John Munro announced the appointment of 28 memnbers to the Advisory Council on the Status of Women. l'li members arc of varying backgrounds and ex perielices. Il1e fuli-time Chairruan of the Council is D)r. Katherine Cooke, a sociologiet. She witI work with two fulI-time-Vicc-Chairmen in Ottawa. 'Me Council wiII consuit with women's organizations; it wilI undertake rescarch and establish programs to change attitudes and prejudioes; and it wilI propose policy and legisiation to improve the status of women. 11w Council's reports and recommendations wilI bc made public. STRICTER PRISON MEASURES Soicitor General Warren AU]- rnand outtinecI in the House of Commons a series of new measures to deal with prîsoners. Under the regulations, prison- ers no longer will be allowed consecutive three-day leaves. They wiU bc required to serye more of their sentences before parole is granted and won't bc allowcd out on passes wvithout guards. More guards and parole officers will bu hired and their working condi- tions will be improved. Ten new regional memnbers wvilI be added to the National Parole Board to copc with the inecased work load. The minister also announced that Miss Inga Hlansen, a Van- couver Iawyer, %%iII serve as Can- ada's first correctional investigator (ombudsman). LAWYERS' FEES T10IIIGII Urban Affairs Minister Ron Basford said in an interview that Iawyers are pushing up housirig costs by cha.rging too much for légal work on real ustate deals - "Fées charged by the légal pro- fession in the wholc land business are exhorbitantly high." SEED MORE GRAIN Even though prairie farmers are winding up their scee*ding opérations, Otto Lang, minister responsible for the Wheat Board, urged thern to "go out and put one more field into barley, rape- sced or wheat ... the price outlook for ail grains this next crop is 50 strong that the returns per acre wiIl probably 1w good." BROADCASTING POLICY Communications Minister Gérard Pelletier reaffirmed in Jas- pur, Alberta that the federal government bas complete juris- diction in national broadcastmng policy - but he said that Ottawa should atlow for a provincial con- tribution in the development of that poticy. FEED FREIGHT ASSISTANCE Agriculture Min ister Eugene Whelan announced an increase of 40 cents per, ton in freight assist- ance rates for fred grains in Eastern Canada and British Colum- bia to heip increased transporta- tion costs that took place during 1972. CLOS URE 0F ATLANTIC PORTS A spécial study is to bu made into the possible effets of closing Canadian East Coast Ports to foreign f ishing vessuls. Fisheries Ministur Jack Davis has asked Dr. Ernest P. Weeks of Otta,,wa.Chiairman of the Canadian Saltfish Corporation, to carry out thc study to assuss the economic eonsequeiçces of port closurus upon Caniadian merchants and the Canadian fishing îndustry. !lÎil TH S WEEK from Ottawa