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EDTORIAL COMMENT Think This One Over! Management and striking employees at the Goodyear plant here and in New Toronto might be well advised to take a look at the following method of solving their employment problems. It appeared recentlyin the Wingham Advance- Times and could have some merit. An entirely new concept in the disposition of labor-union problems aimed at more rapid settlements when strikes occur, has been made by a Goderich man. Bob Stewart, a member of the International Chem- ical Workers, obviously believes that delays in reaching agreement are frequently occasioned by the fact that neither employers nor unions are sincerely trying to reach a basis of settlement. Mr. Stewart, who is employed by the Sifto Salt Company, made his proposal to the parent company recently. He suggests that 50 Sifto employees whose contract expired on May 4 and face the possibility of strike action if negotiations break down, should continue working and place their wages in a trust fund administered by the town treasurer. Since the average worker involved makes about $200 a week they would contribute about $10,000 a week. His plan would call for the company placing $15,000 per week in the same trust fund. If the labor negotiations lasted for 10 weeks thé workers and the company would have placed $250,000 in the fund, which, says Mr. Stewart, could be turned over to a suitable community project or charity, to be agreed upon by both union and company. Basic idea behind the plan is to emphasize to both the union mem- bers and the employine company that every week's delay mn reaching a settlement would be costing them a good deal of money, Mr. Stewart said, "The plan brings economic pressure to bear on both parties, and only them. Production and wages are not lost to the economy. The federal and provincial governments don't lost tax money, and the company wouldn't lose customers." He also pointed out the fact that strikes are no longer totally effec- tive in bringing a bout satisfactory wage agreements, since the workers fre uently accept other eniployment while on strike and because the large compames are often so diversified in their sources of revenue that they can afford to wait for a favorable settlement. Those who suffer, according to Mr. Stewart, are the innocent non-parti- cipants - the company's customers and workers in other industries dependent on the strike-bound company for supplies. Atfirst view the idea seems unworkable, given the hard-nosed attitude which so often prevails in both union and company circles, but it has been used in the United States, according to J. Bernard O'Reilly, labor relations director of Domtar Chemicals Limited, the company which owns Sifto Salt. In the American version the workers donated 50 per cent of their wages to the trust fund and the company matched that amount. Whether or not the plan could be operated effectively here is not known, but at the very least its proposal is evidence that thinking people in unions as well as in management are beginning to recognize the impossibly high cost of work stoppages to the nation. As we have said frequently before, strikes are as outdated as wars. A new and less costly, as well as more effective means of settling labor disputes must be found. Our economy is crippling itself and placing Can- adian goods and services beyond the reach of the poorer nations. In the Stewart plan there would be an incentive clause for reaching speedy agreement. If a contract were to be negotiated after six weeks of talks ý25 per cent of the accumulated money would go to the charity. A larger portion of the money would be permanently lost each week the strike continued and if, at the end of 16 weeks an accord had not been arrived at, the entire fund would be turned over. Without doubt both sides would be trying pretty sincerely to work out a sound agreement. Dr Can't Understand Reasoning jear Sîr: You are aware, I know, that on last Monday evening the Advisory Planning Committee of the Town of Newcastle recommended that the Town Council turu down the Amendment previously passed by Clarke Township ap proving the Wilmot Creek Cove retirement park as a mobile-home development -- this despite the fact that there is a proven need for this kind of housing. and a proven demand for it in Durham County. I do not quarrel with the democratic process by which the committee arrived at their decision. However I do wonder, with all the facts to the contrary that have been presented to the committee, how they could have arrived at the decision they made. We have demonstrated that over $400 000 in much needed tax dollars would accrue to the benefit of the Town of Newcastle from this mobile- home park' we have displayed a model mobile home in the Village of Newcastle since the first week of June; and your news columns have reflected the fact that the public is overwhelmingly in favour of this type of housing development. We have proven that the Depart- ment of the Environment's new sewame Dlant has the reauired sewer capacity for these, 1,000 housing units, along witn extra capacity for any new development, and that the Town is in need of a new source of water that could be provided in co- operation with our water system. We have gone overboard to get experts and professional reports at great cost, to prove our points. We have shown, in other words, that from the points of view of ecology, engineering, finances, and esthetics, among. others, that Wil- mot Creek Cove would be a definite asset to the Town of Newcastle, and yet the same four people who voted against it on tnhe old Clarke Township planning board voted against it again last week - just as if they had done nothing in the ensuing year to acquaint themselves with the facts. It's little wonder that I can't help feeling that our case has not been given a air hearing. The decision would not be so surprising if we were asking the Town to accept a proposition that has never been tried and proven elsewhere, but the same peop e who have conceived and developed and maintained Sandycove Acres at Stroud, Ontario, which independent organizations such as the Toronto Star and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have praised as being a model community full of happy eople, and the same organizations hat have recently been given the green light to develop a second mobile-home park at Grand Bend, Ontario, are the ones behind the Wilmot Creek Cove proposal. We have the experience, we have the backing, and we have the will to make Wilmot Creek Cove the kind of development that can make the Town of Newcastle the envy of less fortunate parts of this province and country. I am at a loss to understand why it is being held up. Vours sincerely, RIDGE PINE PARK LIMITED L.A. 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OUt 0fTeuh 0 Babe I realize that most journal- ists don't take criticism too seriously, but this being my first attack and the first time I've been misunderstood, I'd like to clarify my views in regards to my article of July 10 toan Anna Cassidy, wherever she might be. May I firstly assure you that I am truly fot a radical or a bigot. I1believe that democ- racy is the greatest torrn of government that can be insti- tuted in a nation. I also believe Canada and her government to be the prime example of the way to rua a country. But this is nottperfection and neither is a communist or dictatorship form of government. Howeverwhen a nation is bora it draws up a few documents that tryptoaestab- lish a perfect form of govern- ment. Again I refer to the Anierican Bill of Rights. Again I refer f0 the Canadian Bill of Rights of 1960. Both are beautiful docu- ments. But, as recent exam- pies prove, their true worth is somewh- tquestionab1e, True, at the time the American Bill of Rights was drawn up, Watergate or Richard Nixon hadn't yet been born. But, nevertheless, if the Bill of Rights and the American Constitution had been used as they had beca itterr(as a- means to make sure the people got what they wanted), Mr. Nixon would be in prison, or at least out of office by now. The tapes incident would never have occurred because Mr. Nixon would never have violated the "tapees" right to privacy. With regards to the Can- adian Bill of Rights, my statement with regards to its irrelevancy and inconsisten- cies, if you will, is also shared by many lawyers, for example the authors of the iawbook for laymen, "LAw LAW LAW", Clayton Ruby and Paul Cope- land (published by Anansi, 1971). 1 assure you, Mrs. (Ms. Cassidy, I truly respect dem- ocracy and I truly love my country (there isn't any place I'd rather be). I am simply In the Dim ands Distant Past 49YEARSAGO Thursday, August13, 1925 The unveiling of the Sold- iers' Monument la Bowmaa- ville will fake place eiher Sunday, August 30, or Septem- ber 13th. Wateh for definite particulars. Miss Grace Trewin was hostess at a miscellaneous shower, af her home on King Street, on Monday evening in honor of Miss Lena Horne- Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Smith and family, Lovers Lane, have returned from a year's so- journ in England with rela- tives. When the time comes to pay taxes in September and De- cember next, many citizens will wonder where all the money goes. The tax rate of 40 mills will be the same as last year, based on an assessment roll of $2,156,502, which at the 40 mill rate will realize in taxes $86,260.80 to meet the current expenses of the corpo- ration. The Staples clan held their first reunior t Horse Show Park, Cobourg, Ontario on Wednesday, August 5, 1925. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Joll, Mr. and Mrs. Moat, Miss Dorothy Richards and friend of Toronto, accompanied Mrs. J. E. Richards home Saturday to Orono and remaiaed over the weekend. The tournament played by the Ladies Bowling Club, of Newcastle, for the prize dona- ted by Mrs. W. Jamieson was won by Mrs. J. R. Fisher's rink. Other members of the rink were Mrs. F. Fligg, Mrs. J. E. Philp and Mrs. Earl Fisher. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August11, 1949 Dr. C. W. Slemon who recenfly retfurned from a seven week's tour of the British Isles and Europe, has been kept busy the past week speaking on his trip at both the Lions and Rofary Clubs. Crossing the bighway to retrieve his cane, Stewart Bratley, 69 year old farm helper, was struck and fatally injuredGby acar,dwest of Ma p e Grove, Saturday nighf. T os. Lymer, this year's weed inspector for Bowman- ville is asking co-operation from citizens la keeping the weeds cut, on their properties. Also, if you are not familiar with poison ivy, call Mr. Lymer at 379, and he will show you some. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cole, were pleasantly surprised by friends, on Monday night who arrived at their home on Scugog Street to help this popular couple celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. The following boys are attending Scout and Cub Camp at Pigeon Lake under the leadership of Denis Pie- kardandjohn Brooks. Junior Leaders are Art Maguire, Ted Buttery, Doug Heyland, Camp Cook - Bob Kennett: Gary Chant, Ray Crawford, Glen and Alan Richards, Gary and Jack Humphries, Denis and Douglas Hughes, Boyd Woo- ley, Dean Allin, Alan Porter, Ted Colwill, Frank Harvey, Bill Clarke, Ralph Rogers, John Stacey, Harold and George Kennett, Gary and Wayne Pickard, Charlie Bruce, Rae Burns and Bruce Colwill. stating that political docu- ments which guarantee us rights are often hypocritical or totally useless when used against the governmental powers. The views put forth in these documents are. ideals, whichwhenthe perfect gov- ernment comes along (if there is one), will become an undeniable law, to which everyone will answer and no one will be above.t e About the only thing else I can say to you Mrs.-Miss-Ms. Cassidy is voltaire's-"I may not agree with your opinion," (or you with mine) "but I defend to the death your right to have it". Thank you for your opinion. by Ted Chant Letter to the Editor July 21, 1974 Dear Sir: 1 just wanted f0 say a most siacere "fhank you" to ail the wonderful nurses on the third floor of your hospital and also to Dr. Cunningham. As a travelling salesman, I recently became extremely iii nearing Bowmanville and was admitted immediately with no "red tape". The prompt and friendly actions of your hospital staff saved my life and I couldn't have received better treat- ment and attention, had I been the Prime Minister. t have neyer ever been in any hospital where if was more efficiently run or the staff more friendly, soI thought a few words of grateful praise were most certaitly in order and I just wanted the people of Bow- manville and district to know of this stránger's experience and to teli them they can be justly proud of their hospital i t's the greatest! Sincerely, B. Hamilton Pefferlaw, Ontario ran1 Alex Carruthers, M.P.P., Durham, la a press release from Queen's Park reports that the Minister of Commun- ity and Social Services, the Honorable Rene Brunelle has sent a cheque for $900.00 to the Beth'any Athlefic Association to finance the operatiAg of the Bethany Sports 1974 project as part of Experience '74. In a further statement, Alex Carruthers reports the dona- tion of baseball equipment to the Millbrook Minor Baseball Association through the sports and Recreation Branch of the office of the Athletics Com- missioner. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 31. 1974 *By Bill Smiley Matamneea =mm=igm FAREWELL EUROPE I'M STUCK AT HOME Well, I thought this column would have a fairly exotic date-line: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stock- holm, Rue de Something-or-Other in Paris. That's what I had in mind for the summer. My youn brother has an apartment, with lots of sleeping space, in the Black Forest of Germany, or the Schwarzwald, as we jet-setters call it. He offered it to us as a base for bashing around western Europe. It was ideal. About five hours from Paris, the same from Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Berlin. A day to Sweden. A mere bagatelle to Holland. I had it all worked out. A one-day trip to Zurich, a two-day spree in Paris, a smash at a Munic biergarten (that's a coffin where you have to keep your socks up), with thc occasional foray into Frankfurt or Hamburg. Unfortunately, most of our forays this summer will be into hamburg. That's all we can afford, and that only once a week. There's an old nursery rhyme, which doesn't even rhyme, "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of a victory, the kingdom was lost." Or something like that. I'm quoting from memory. I read it in the Book of Knowledge when I was eight. And along with all those nails and shoes, a good bit of my memory has been lost. At any rate, you get the message. One thing leads to another. Or something. That's why I'm not writing this column from the Eiffel Tower in Paris or God's Badburg in Germany. It ailstarted with the Good Samaritans. You may recall that I wrote a column a few weeks ago about some former students who came around and fixed m garag e door for nothing. They a solutely refused to accept a cent. It gave me quite a warm glow at the time. That warm glow bas, over the intervening weeks, turned into a blazing ulcer. Not their fault. She's been saying for about two years, "Bill, we've got to get the house painted." I always agree. "Yep. Sweetie, next summer for sure.' Now, our bouse is not something you paint on a holiday weekend, buy a case of beer and getting some of your old buddies to come in and help. It's a two-and-a-half storey edifice of brick. Driving past, you might say "Hell, I'd paint that for $85.00." There's just the trim that needs painting, you see. But that is some trim. There are thirteen storm windows, thirteen screens, eleventy-four shutters, two French doors, and at least twenty- seven blackbirds in a fir tree. That's before you start painting the trim. Well, in a burst of sentimental- ity, my old lady suggested we give "the boys" the job of painting the trim. I would have given them a case of beer and felt I was all even. The "trim" is costing me $500. Fair enough, in these days. I could have done it myself, but I'm not going to climb a fifty-foot ladder unless there's a mighty fair damsel at the top. And all they found was a hornet's nest. Next. The boss, who still calls me "Mr. Smiley" or "Sir" bless him, said, "Sir, you've got troubles, with that roof." My heart sank. I've been through it before. Well, I don't have to go into detail. Any home-owner knows the rest. The roof is shot, everythin is rotten, though it hasn't leaked a drop since we came here. The only thing leaking is the downstairs toilet, just after we've spent $16 having it "fixed". Farewell, Amsterdam. Fare- well, Copenhagen. Hello, roof. Hello, bank manager. I shouldn't complain, I guess. Suppose those boys hadn't come to fix mygarage door. I might have been oling around in Copenhagen, saying "Pas de nuit, cherie," instead of answering the door ten times a day to loan t he construction gang a screwdriver It's going to be a $2,000 summer holiday. At home, It tunns out that the garage has to be painted, too, and the back porch. Rather bitterly, I asked one of the "boys" if the shouldn't paint the woodpile, as wel, to go with the decor. An dwith a nîce twist of witlhe said "Would y oulike us to paint the cat as well?" 11e sleeps there. Why not? Green. Shu tter green. With a high gloss. byT ROM caQUEEN'SP by Alex C2rruithers, M.P.P. The energy cisis of last winter now seems quite remote but we should, perhaps, remind ourselves that this is no time for complacency. The recent energy shortage in the United States is a powerful reminder of how the future can get out of control. For those of us living east of Metropolitan Toronto where great- er emphasis is to be placed on economie development, energy will be an important issue for many years to come. The sources of energy available to Ontario dictate that policies with respect to the provision of electrical energy must be farsighted and relevent to the realities of future industrial production and need of the citizens. It is on this basis that Ontario Hydro is busily engaged in the planning and development of the proposed 1977 - 1982 Generation Programme. The one area of energy over which the province has complete control is in tie generation of electricity and in terms of this form of power the province is making major and positive moves. In this connection the Davis Government has approved the plans of Ontario Hydro to undertake the following projcts: a) A 2,000 megawatt oil-fired station at Wesleyville, at an estimated cost of $672 million, b) The construction of a second niclear generation station of 2,000 megawatts capacity at Pickering at an estimated cost of $1,250 million. c) Two additional heavy water plants in the Bruce Peninsula each with a nominal capacity of 100 Kilograms per hour, at a cost of some $700 million. The total investment will be in excess of $2,6 billion, While some opposition to the policy has been raised by the Canadian Union of Public Emplo- yees, Ontario Hydro has invited the private sector to submit proposals with respect to the construction and operation of the heavy water roduction at Bruce. The policy has een adopted for a number of reasons including the following. 1) It will provide bold initiative and original proposals for the financ- ing of the facîlities. 2) It will avoid unnecessarily expan- ding public investment at a time when Hydro's investment is very large. 3) In accordance with the recom- mendations of the Task Force Hydro, the practice is to involve Ontario Industry to the gréatest extent possible in modern tech- nology associated with electrical generation. 4) Involving Ontario Industry in the high technology field associated with the nuclear programme will strengthen their ab ity to com- pete f or work on the world scene and, concurrently, broaden the market for the product of Canada's technological industry. ARE THE KIDS REALLY TO BLAME? We read in the paper, we hear on the air Of killing and stealing and crime everywhere. We sigh and we say, as we notice the trend This young generation - where will it end. But can we be sure its their fault alone? Too much money to spend - too much idle time. Too many movies of passion and crime. Too many books not fit to read To much evil in what they hear said. Too many kids encouraged to roam, Too many parents who don't stay home. Youth don't make movies, they didn't write the books. That paint the gay pictures of gangsters and crooks, They don't make the liquor, they don't run the bars. They don't make the laws, they don't make the cars, They don't make the drugs that idle the brain. It's all done by older folks, greedy for gain. How maiy cases, we find that it's true - The label "Delinquency" - fits older folks too! -Contributed mm