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THE ERA WED JANUARY 1970 VOL 119 NO 1 Editorials Poor example for his skiing and problem facing Before Prime Minister Trudeau we scuba divine holiday he snid that inflation i Canada in the next decade He urged everybody to use restraint to fight rising coats manufacturers were asked not to raise prices and unions were asked not to make exorbitant wage demands And as he wheeled on his heel to go to the sunny south he an nounced that he was considering raising the salaries of members of Parlia ment Prime Minister logic is baffling Out of one side of his mouth he urges the private sector to hold the price line hold the wage line Out of the other side of his mouth he says hes considering raising MPs salaries almost 100 per cent At present MPs are paid 18000 per year of which is tax free In addition they receive a free plane ticket to and from their ridings once a week They can also telephone free from Ottawa to any where in their ridings at anytime They can also use Her Majestys mail without licking a sixcent stamp The new salary figures for MPs which are being bandied about range between and without any cutback in the fringe benefits If the salary raises go through it will mean that our Federal legislators the ones who are passing all the laws cutting back employ ment in the civil service contemplating raising the income tax to the already soaked middleincome bracket and cutting out urban renewal pro jects will be raising their own salaries from about a week to about 5575 a week Heavens to Betsy Our MPs maintain that they are finding it difficult to live on their 518000 50000 of which is taxfree salary This is probably so what with maintaining two residences buying color TV draw tickets etc Mr Trudoau chose an inopportune time to salary hike and produced a puzzle by doing so He and his fellow MPs are setting a poor against inflation the proposed ample in the fight SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley Smileys forecast You probablv have some pre- dictions for the as I do Lets see how they match Remember this i3 for the whole decade not just Lets get rid of the dirty ones first There is going to he more and more racial trouble And this means more and more violence hat red killing and cruelly both physical and psychological The whites are go ing to he beleaguered and are going There is going to lie more and more pollution noise Mr water despite the strenuous efforts of a irity to do something about The only solution would he rigid controls of wages rent food etc and no poli tician will have the guts to impose them And if he did the public would raise a holocaust of hue and cry that would send him smartly back to his law practice The standard of living will increase and so will the standard of dying Well have more things and we will kill ourselves faster setting them There will be just as many poor people in as there were in 1966 and probably more people talk ing about it and doing less People will drink more and think loss The ding scene will make the Sixties look like a Sunday school picnic where somebody had too much lemonade The Vietnam war will peter out ignominiously The Communists of North Vietnam will take over There will be vicious purges And then the Vietnamese will go about their business of rebuilding and liv- bloody noses in the pro Husbands will continue to beat up their wives on Saturday night Or years as the discipline of learn ing is replaced by having a bait do ing projects and talking when you havent anything to talk with or about Canada will become a very junior partner of Uncle Sam Inc That is if it first doesnt become a gaggle of minor republic with about as much international prestige as Monaco Sounds like a pretty sordid Seventies doesnt it Hut it wont be that bad Thats the big picture and big pictures are often thirdrate as In the little subjectne world where the hi lividua lives it isn all black Babies will continue to be tarn and chuckle and have their little soft hollies blown on and be precious and funny and utterly delightful for a few And the foul brown mud of March will gradually give away to the lush green grass of May and the And the brutal wind- anil biting cold of February will inevit ably turn into the broiling brown beach of July And the wheat and the peach es will turn to gold And potatoes will come up plump anil firm and And the fish will lie fat and the beef will lie beefy And perhaps you will do something good and kind And per haps someone will say something that makes you think you are worth while And perhaps you will have model teenagers hah And perhaps you will grow in understanding and love And perhaps your cat wont have kittens Personally I think the Sev enties will be like most of the other black and white grey blue- and gold Weil all we can do is ee chaps But dont hold as a precious gift which to you again Happy Seventies ifm fet TOE Readers era To the editor In regard to pensions and in crease of monies to MPs and civil servants it is interesting to note that the civil servants in the Domin ion government will get from two per cent to 10 per cent the Ontario government per cent It is noted that no mention is made about pensions or increases for war veterans and their depend ents Some years ago a Commission was appointed to investigate this matter A member of the Dominion House staled that since the appoint ment veterans receiving pen sions had died The government was supposed to issue a white paper on the report but to my knowledge no thing has been said or done An ex- service Minister for V A could have done something on this mnt- of sal ary He could have followed the ex ample of exPrime Minister who did not accept his their increase I could mention that I was in charge of prisoner of war camps recognized by the British and Germany Olio in particular Camp pensions for Dominion and Provin cial servants I sincerely hope that those facts will be well considered by the Canadian Legion members and their depei drills at the REG Keswick Veteran World War I and The Era will not publish Letters to the Editor signed with a pseudonym A Concerned Mother An Unhappy Commuter unless he writer includes his complete name and address Names will be withheld upon request There arc no specific restrictions on length hut we ask thai letters be as brief as possible By BILL GAMBLE Hats off Browsing through the mens fashion pages of my newspaper the other day I was reminded of the time not long ago when 1 had the wine of success dashed from my lhirst lips and instead bet con fronted with the truth that I was a proven and predestined failure a misfit in the wondrous world of sophisticated men It ail started when I was being interviewed for a job as an insurance salesman The gentleman behind the plush desk rose to great me then paused slights In his ascent Shooting a fast glance from my bead to my hand he raised one eyebrow and asked Have you forgotten your hat sir Oh nothing I said lust leave it exposed to lite- good good he Hut without a tin He shook his head in sadness Whats with this hut busi ness I demanded getting a hit fed- up his insinuations hit I is some kind or social eccentric Any way I added I cant understand what difference it makes whether I wear a hat or not Let me try to explain be argued A hat is the mark of man among men Now I ask you whal would you look like all dressed up for a social gathering say the led Id check your hat And that would cost money I said He had to agree thai here I had gained a point in favor of Hie ilmlhnuni of all hits lo keep what little ground I had gained I followed with And beside- the expense of paving these lnlil youll agree that for the most part the average hat spends home or in church or executive meetings In rail yon wear it anywhere except in the street And then are that von wouldnt move two yards without meeting same IuIn to whom feel oblig ed to lift it And of course a knows what a few dozen litis of lite lull will do to a well groomed head of hair itll look like a janitors I thought I had him beaten until lie pointed prime pur pose or a bat is to keep dirt sun and rain mil the hail the suite sun and rain hat is responsible fin nuns headed -bald- he me off Hats he said are the very essence of respectability If persist in slogging iround hit less your boss will look upon you as a silly idiot personnel managers will shun you on sight and you will be risking ostracism by your He had practically convinc ed me thai I had irrevocably sinned against Die Establishment but I had no intention of reforming Let soc iety throw their away and join Are you married he then asked When I answered yes he pondered a moment and said That is funny Whats funny about it I snapped back Well generally speaking he said throwing me a censuring smile women prefer men who wear hats Few can maintain a code of rigid selfcontrol when the man they arc attemptinir to control themselves against maybe youre seemed just by wax of changing the sat ion 1 asked in ante business long Fifteen years he replied And before that I ventured Ilefore that I sold hat be whispered quietly with a smile Around the county By DAVB HASKELL When the topic of comes up there doesnt seem lo be any people are ar dently for it or violently against it Me well Im one of the ones who is for Mainly be cause I own a snowmobile And there seems to lie the division Those who own snowmobiles dont want to have too restric tions placed their use Those who do not own one want plenty of rcstric- lie right in between I own a snowmobile and believe their should bo restrictions placed on where and when and by whom they should be calls and more letters on the pros and cons of restricting snowmobiles than any other subject since the last federal election When I voiced mv position on the use of snowmobiles I drew reaction from both the pros and tho cons In all cases as I wrote earlier those who owned snowmobiles wanted lite taws to be left as they are and those who didnt wanted their use lo be severely restricted Lately though I have begun to find there are more and more peo ple who feel the same way I do use snowmobiles but restrict their re made w ill not ha ieemenl The Provincial and mam iron municipal No child under the age of 16 allowed lo operate a snowmobile unless lie is under the direct sup ervision of a parent or responsible adult Easy to apply and easy to remove speed governors for all new and used snowmobiles unking it com pulsory for manufacturers lo down the noise factor by making better mufflers Legislation making il com pulsory for snowmobile drivers to submit to breathalyzer tots wheth er they arc on roads or private prop bo banned on all paved roads but make it p imisaUe lo cm these roads at right angles parkland facilities unhampered These are onh a few thin I would like to co I know pe pie will think Im too h and will think Im too lenient If reader- have any trig on the matter dont call me call the THE ERA Serving York County Since Incorporating THE POST Cue impress THE HERALD 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