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4The Cassadîin Statesman, Bowmanville, May 2, 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT H'avin g Second Thoughts Since last December when the :Ontario government's regionai pro- Sposais were announced at an 7 Oshawa meeting, loud and long Sscreaming hias been heard from Port liHope, Cobourg and area over the :suggestion they might be inciuded in an Oshawa centred area. They sprotested so vehementiy that an aninouncement is expected shortiy %-wiping them out of the Oshawa region. Now, in anticipation, the protesters are' a bit worried about Stheir future. S According tLo reports in the SCobourg and Port Hopè newspapers, they are beginni;ng to wonder just what, if anything, the province has in store for them. And well they might be. The protections and benefits in planning that might have ~corne fromn a strong region won't be there unless special arrangements are provided for a new region to the east. They couid be left to drift on their own for the time being until the western region is underway, and that could be disastrous, mainly because already at least one developer has moved in, accordingz to an article in the Globe& Mail, has bought up most of the desirabie land in the area. United Counties Warden Weston Banister who is also Reeve of Hope Township has suggested that his township might be better off in an Oshawa region than on its own, if the easteirn boundary is the Clarke-Hope township uine. At present, he isn't receiving much support, but his stand indicates that possibly others who may have been influenced by the concerted campaign against the Oshawa proposai, may now be having second thoughts on the matter. It's a bit unrealistic for the objectors who have been damning the Ontario planners and the local members of the legisiature, to now expect they will receive special consideration. They wanted out and from ail reports they are going to be out ... maybe on a limb of their own making. Time wili tell. Baby Bonus t is hardly surprising that Can-. adians generally welcome Welfare Minister Lalonde's plan to boost the baby bonus to $20 a' month. As a people Canadiansare great gimme exponents, waniting al1 luxuries but r-eluctant, to pay the price. Some 10 years ago when Walter Gordon floated his "buy _Canada bac-k" scheme through a form -of economic belt-tightening, the howl coast-to-èoast virtually destroyed him politically. What appalled Canadians most was the spectre of financial sacrifice. A year ago Lalonde's prede- cessor, John Munro, pianned to cut thie relatively well-to-do off the Baby Bonus and to increase payments to those o n the bottom who need. it most. Apart from the problems of implementing it, theaim had menît and w4as correct.in principle. But t.he Lalonde give-awgy - wow! t may be good politics to bribe voters but this is a form 0of insanity. How in the namne of conscience can responsible leaders actually expand a policy that, encourages people to breed? Pro-jectedî, It is a form of suicide, as well as anl unf air tax burden on ail working Canadians who do n ot have children. Lncreasingly there are too many people to fi available jobs. Sc increasingiy there must be adequate welfare and compensation for citi- zens who cannot get work. But ini humanity's name do not make these payments dependant on the number of children one can produce! Talk of Soylent Green (go sec the movie if- you don't dig the connection) - is this the end Lalonde seeks to hasten? Canada's great fortune is being a large, rich, lovely country with more fresh water than, any country on earth - and a relatively manageable population. If we want more people, for heaven's sake bring in more from abroad, do not unieash a policy that contributes to over-population. The Trudeauvniks know ail this. That is why we say the Lalonde plan is cheap politicking as weii as sociological folly. Mackenzie King introduced the Baby Bonus in order to win an election in Quebec; PET is increasig it in or-der not to lose an election in Canada. t is as sîimple as that. Toronto Sun Child Safety Week May 1- 7 --i acli year the statistics tell the sae story. Accidents are the major cause of death to children. Sorne 2,000 children under the age of 15 die every year as a nesuit of accidents, more deaths than those caused by the leading childhood diseases comrbified," said J. Legge, Q.C., President of the Canada Safety- Council in his Chil!d Safety Week miessage. As an adult, xvhat can you do to help reduce this appalling and needless loss of young lives? Realizing that accidents are pre- výentable, you should dëvelop an attitude toxards safety in every- thing you do. This example of safety-mindedness xiii make an imrpression, on childnen xvho are naturally imitative of the aduits around thern. Traffic is the leading killen of children and accounted for more than 45 per cent of the 1,979 deaths to chiidneni unden 15 in 1971, the last full year fo rxhich statistics are avail'able. t is our responsibility as adu.its tCo see tha t children are taught and understand the ruies of traffic and pedestnian safety before they are alloxved "out to play" and to ride bicycles on public roads. Sec that chiidnen wear ciothes vith retro-reflective tape attached to ensure that motorists can sec the littie ones after dark. Simple common sense xvouid seern to dictate that airtight plastic film or bags nrot be used in crib or carnage. Yet, every year xve read of some child suffocating as a resuit of this very error. Smaii objects such as pins, buttons, coins, etc. shouid be kept xvell out of the reach of curious littie hands and mouths. Suffocation' xvas responsible for just over 17 per ,cent of the accidentai deaths to children. Children are naturally curious and can't resist cliirbing into abandoned refrigenatons on freezers, often xith disastrous results. Neyer discard such appliances xithout first removing the doons. Dnowning is alxvays high on the list of childhood deaths. Teach youngsters to sxim at a very early ge Smail children must be xatched constantly xvhen they are near any body of xater, no matter hoxv small or how shalloxv. Fines start and spread very rapidly and can make rescue impossible in a surpnisingiy short tirne. Keep matches and iightens out of the reach of young chiidnen and teach older children to observe the fire safety ruies as soon as they can grasp their importance. Very young chiidren should neyer be lef t unattended and require constant attention to ensure their safety. i ~ iI~i Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 1, 9 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville NewsP The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 E 0 41 ' Phone Produced every Wednesday by Phone 623-3303 THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED> 623-3303 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanvil1le, Ontario LI C 3 K9 JOHN M. JAMES GEO P MORRIS PATRICKGOULD DONALD BISHOP Editor-Publisher Business Mgr Sales Manager Plant Mgr. 'Copyright and-or properfy rights subsist in the image appearing on this proof Permission to reproduce in whole or in part andin any form whatsoever, particularly by photographic or offset process in a publicat ion, must be obtained f'rom the pubilsher and the prinfer Any unaufhorized reproduction wvill be, subjecf to recourse in law' $7 00 a year - 6 months $4.00 $9.00a yea r i n fh e U. S. A. strictly in advance Alth,'oLgh every precaufion wî il be taken to avoid error The Canadian Statesmnan accepts advertising in its coLns on fhe undierstancling that it wiIt not be fiable for any error irn the a3dvertiîsemenf published h ereunider unless a proof ol such advertfsemnent is requested in writing by the adverfîser and refurned to The Canadian tafesmran ins office duly sî,gneci by the advertîser anid wthSuh error or corrections plainty nofed in writing fhoeeon and nr that c-ase if any error so noted is not cor-rected by The- Canadiani Statesman its hability shail not exceed such a portion of the enitîre cost cf suich adverfisement as the spaceý occupîed by the nioted èrror bears to the who'e space occupied by suchadefsm f Employees of ,Ontario ,Hydro today can say, "My cup runneth over." A binding arbitration award has given' them a back-dated pay increase averaging $18 a week, which will bring the typical worker an extra cheque for something between $950 and' $1,000, iess standard deductions. The back-dat- ing of annual raises is to April 1, 1972, which means that he is already entitled to his second annual raise under the award, and his pay jump, not $18 a week, but $36. will For the two million or so Ontario people who pay hydro bills, the cup runneth over looks like spiiled milk, over which there is no use crying. There is no way OntarioHydro will get the extra $34 million, to pay for the raises in a three-year award, other than, by hoisting rates and getting more from the user. -(Kitchener-Waterloo Record) Wonderland inthe State o'f Limbo 1Fromn The Coborg Star Lt rnow appears for certain tha the Ontario government is not goinq to j oi n Cobourg and Port Hope to, thi Oshawa region. And more and mon there is a. danger that the provinc may have gone "chicken" altogeth er, and xviii do nothing with what it lef t of the United Counties, and ieav( us dangling until we houler for help The Durham MPP Alex Car ruthers says the Oshawa rgo'.t boundary is likely to be drawn at, th( Hope-Clarke uine, a few miles xvesý of Port Hope. If the rernainder of th( United Counties are to be lef t witl enough people and territory t( function as a region, there , h probably a greater need for ClarkE township to be joined to the east thar there is to join it to Oshawa on thE west. The province plans that-muct, of Clarke xviii be greenbeit - an therefore it should not creatE pressure to provide services. But the serious feature we see is thatý thE Wesleyville electricity plant in Hope xviii be right on the edge of Clarke, and that whole section of lakefront should be under one planning authority. Clarke should not be cut away frorn Hope. Friday's Cobourg Star reprin ts a Globe and Mail story whîch summarizes much of xvhat thîs newspaper has been publishing for the past several rnonths - that most of the desirable land betxveen Cobourg and Port Hope has been sold - and that major, developrnent is coming and that we are in no -position to control it, or pay for it. We have a feeling that certain Queen's Park- civil servants whose knuckles have noxv been rapped for the errors of last December are noxv quite xvilling to see nothing done in the Cobourg and Port Hope area in regard. to regional governrnent. There may even be some politicians xvho are short-sighted enough to think the saine way. Queen's Park is forcing devel- opment pressures upon this area, through the Wesleyville plant (xvhich xviii employ up to 2,000 construction workers for years and years), through industrial incen- tives to expand industries here, and through its ownannouncement of an Oshawva region which greatly push- ed land speculation. The old United Counties and the small municipaliti- ties cannot cope with the kind ,iof pressures being applied. Is thene actually someone stupid enough at Queen's Park to, think "a-Il r-ight, you guyS, you xvoulIdnI't Pl ay it it our way, s0 get yourselves in a mess, 9 and you'Ii corne craxving into the e Oshawva region in txvo years time." e The people of 'this area have ýe made it abundantly clear that they 1want something to be done. They do S not xvant Oshawa. But they do xvant e some sort of a regional government. Cail it an expanded counties system. Cal it a consolidation of municipali- tics. Cail it xvhat you xiii. s But somehow... it must be e donc. t Sornehow, for instance, there has to be broad planning control over this xvhole sxveep of ]and, Somehoxv, for instance, there'has to 3be a xvay for industries to groxv in Cobourg but the assessment be shared xith Port Hope where some of the people xiii live. Ontario Hydro xiii make grants in lieu of taxation to Hope for the generating station there. Somehoxv they must be spread to the urban centres xvhere the people are going' to live. Somehoxv or other there has to be a combination of municipal services, 50 xvc stop building up smaii and indîvidual police forces, and small and individual xvorks <departments, and so on. Lt is leadership, responsive, responsible leadership, Which the people from the government which thcy helped to eiect to Queen's Park, Understandably, there is a great deal invoived in estabiishing reg- ional governments ail the, way- from Oshawva to Hamilton. But- if Queen's Park xvants to xin any marks from the people here for leadership, xvhen it announces its final boundary. decision for the Oshawva region - and if it is not yet prepaned to approve a region based on Cobourg and Port Hope at this time - it should also make it very clear that in short order, the remaining pieces of this area xiii be glued together in an effective and bnoad municipal administration. There has noxv been a .big long stail. Since mid-Decemben, muni- cipalities have'not been able to go ahead xith their oxvn planning. Lnstead of helping to organize and to develop joint action in* this area, there has now been five'M'onths of a state of limbo. Five rnonths, lost. WhÎle the farms are sold. While the potholes grow. While the walls corne doxvn. Whiie the xvails go up. Five critical months. Corne on, felioxvs. Out xith it. You caused the panic. 25YEARSAGO Thursday, May 6, 1948 Lorne Plummer, prominent druggist of Port Hope, bas been elected president of Port Hope Rotary Club, effective July 1, succeeding Duncan Shay. Mr. Lewis Truli, fishing on the streamn above Hampton Cre'amery, was going north towards Enniskillen when he was suddenly halted and wheeled about by a tremend- ous strike. It took some manoeuvering for an eighth of a, mile before he landed a battling trout that measured 20" long. Il is the largest speckled trout taken in local streams for years. Bowmanville Cubs and Scouts held a successful paper drive on Saturday with over four tons collected, netting thema a total of $181. Trucks helping were Sheppard and Gill, Bert Parker, Glen Rae Dairy, Lyons Dairy, Frank Jamieson, A. H. Sturrock, Leui Elliott, Bowrnanville Cleaners and Dyers and Gerald Balson of Hampton. The Goodyear Supervisors Club officers for 1948, are Chairman Arnold Lobb, Vice- chairman Bert Colwill, Sec'y, Treas. Reg Harding. St. Paul's C.G.I.T. met April 28 at the home of Mrs. J. Needham wîth Miss Donalda Creasser as hostess. Rose Dilling was in charge of the w 'orship service, Colleen Hutchinson read the Script- ure, Marie Martin read the prayer and Pat Mason read the benediction. Isobel Cruick- shank moved the C.G.I.T. donate a wardrobe of new gowns for the Junior Choir. /0 MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT Week of Apr. 23-29 inclusive Admissions ..... ...... ý71 Births-1 maie, 3 female...4 Discharges .......... 98 Major operations.. ..8 Sugar Spice IT'S TAX 'rIME AND BILL'IS ANGRY y 0 49 VEARS AGO Thursday, May 8, 1924 t A request bas been sent to this office to remind local merchantsthat a by-law was passed several years ago enacting that certain places of business should be closed at 6:30 p.m. on week-days. ex- cepting Saturday, or a day preceding a holiday, when time of closing is 10:30 p.m. Form LA results of B.H.S. students for April: Marion Roach, Joe Reynolds, Ted Mason, Greta Pollard, Clar- ence Hockin, Ruby Wither- .idge, Isabel McMurtry, Jose- phine Mclndoo, Nellie Snow- den, Ruth White, Annie Tay- lor, John James, Beaven Snowden, Lola- Welsh, Elsie Yeo, Gertrude Smythe, Laur- ence Goddard, Elwood Fen- nell, Mary Brown, Floyd Mutton. Rev. G. S. Postlethwaite, Ilector of St. john's Anglican Church, Bowmanville and Rev. E. R. James, rector of St. George's Church, Newcastle, attended the Archdeaconal Conference at Millbrook last week. Newly elected officers of Mission Band, Metbndist Church for 1924 are Pres. Rester Caverly, Vice-Pres. Florence Ives, Sec'y Bernice Fennell, Asst. do Gertrude 'Allun, Cor, do Bernice Bell- man, Mite Box Sec'y Gladys Jamieson, Pianist Marjorie Moore, Strangeýrs' Sec'y Mona Caverly, Asst. Pianist Marlon Hamley. The General Motors Choir of 60 voices and orchestra of 15 pieces, of the City ofOshawa, will render a full evening's programn of song and music in By Bill Smiley labor had producedI had only one hogt: "When is the great C adan Revolution going to start?" Then came other'thoughts. Whati sýymbol shahl we attack?do te~eL anyone to lead the attacks on i! barricades? Which of the dast ards will 1 personally gun down? I have news for those in power. I'm not kidding. If youdon't get it with bullets, you'Il get it with ballots. You can rub our faces in it only s0 long, and, then the hand that robs the cradie, along with every- thing else that can be robbed, is going to be bitten. To the bone. Our national Liberal party, supreme in its power, arrogance and scorn, should have learned a lesson. Lt is still bleeding. In province after province, the people have had their say, and have tossed out the old guard. Ontario is one of the few that have survived. Here's a prediction. Check it later. I've neyer been wrong. Premier William Davis, the most unimpressîve politician I've ever heard, and that ranks from deputy- reeves up, is in for a big fat fali, along with his Party, Why? It's obvioujs, frorn the recent Ontario budget. The party has lost touch with reality,. ,And that's death in politics. An example? The tax on energy sources. It's not going to hurt me. 1 can afford it. ItLS not going to hurt anybody except al those people who can already barely meet their fuel and eiectricîty bis. Tax the luxuries. Whack it on cigarettes and liquor and fur coats and there'll be some grumbling. But stick a tax on light and heat, necessities in this climate, and you are accepting the-political kiss of death. We shahl not forget, at election time. It's the most stupid single fax that I have ever encountered, and that is a big staternent. Ltl'hits the littie guy., the elderly,' those on welfare, and everybody else who is scrirnping to make ends meet. EPILOGUE: My wife asked me, as I paced a hole in the rug, grinding my teeth: "What do we get for al this income tax we pay?" Lt was a typical womra's question, right on the nose. For the life of me, I couldn't give her an answer that made sense. "Well, there's the Armed Forces."5'Prtect- ing us against Iceland. ",Uh, there are the salaries and offices and staff of parliarnent." Producing more taxes. "And, uh, you know, welfare and uhý icebreakers and uh, royal commissions and uh, well, stuff like People xiii put up with alrnost anything, as long as they are lef t in peace. They'll1 take an incredible amount of being pushed around without doing mr than grumble. But there cornes a point when ail the frustrations, the cheat ings, the bullying, merge under some catalyst and the great public heart bouls over with rage and humiliation, When it does, heads roll. This is just a littie advance notice to some of our various governrnents, so that any of their mandarins who want to take to the his on the day of reckoning can get their bags packed and pick out the particular his they want to take to. In the, French Revolution, the Bastille was the symbol' of authority and repression. The people stormed it and took it. The Amreican Revolution, or The War of Indepen- dence, as our friends to the south prefer, also began xith a symbol - chests of tea. A large number of these-were durnped into Boston harbor in a protest that has resulted in the peculiar way in which the people of Boston have spoken ever since. In both cases', the revolutions were produced by the same basic factor - excessive taxation. In the case of the French, the taxation produced extrerne poverty and hunger. With the Yanks, it produced violent anger. In the one case, the resuit was the loss of a head for a great rnany people who had the sarne quantity of brains before the operation as they had atter- it. in the 9ther, the resuit was the loss of a haîf-continent of incredible riches. Both events in history brought their advantages, of course. Without the French effort, which spawned Napoleon, we wouldn't have had the Napoleonic Wars and the Retreat from Moscow, and where would our history teachers be? Without the Arnerîcan Revolu- tion, western culture would have been infinitely poorer. What other nation would have had the initiative and gumption to develop such monumental hurnan achievernents as Hollywoodand the hamburger? You rnay think this excursion into history has no point. But the more discerning readers of this colurnn know that Srniley is gettingj sornewhere,, in his own laborious way. And the rnost discerning readers are chuckling, "L'il bet he just made out hîs income tax." The latter are right, of course. And as I sat there, surrounded byt papers, sick at heart whien I reaiized what a puny amount a year of hard barricades, ViewPoinit -&, Ost::/eas From the Statesman Files Aux, camnarades! C*C N A