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Steven O. Casey, a Kitâ€" chener lawyer who resides at 65 Dietz Ave. S., preâ€" sented the brief on behalf of two groups â€" Westâ€" mount Road taxpayers and owners of lands abutting 4 â€"..on the street between John and Erb Streets, and 582 other voters who were sigâ€" | natories to a petition. @ Socialists‘ meeting told class, not creed, is Ireland‘s issue Topics ranging _ trom Quebec independence to women‘s liberation _ and tenant organizations to the Irish political _ situation were discussed here this week by about 500 young ialists holding an educaâ€" s conference at the versity of Waterloo. The event, the first of its kind in Canada, attracted delegates from _ Canada, the United States, New Zeaâ€" land and France. It tied in with the foundaâ€" tion of Canada‘s Communâ€" ist Party in Guelph 50 years ago. Sean Kenny, billed as the North American representâ€" ative of the Irish Republiâ€" can Army and joint general secretary of Sinn Fein (the political party aligned with the IRA), got a standâ€" ing ovation Sunday when he spoke on The Struggle for Irish Freedom and outâ€" lined his hopes for an Westmount Road resiâ€" dents presented a threeâ€" point brief to council this week calling for prohibiâ€" tion of truck traffic, inâ€" stallation of pushâ€"button lights or crosswalks, and stricter _ supervision _ of speed in the area. Mr. Casey said residents learned recently that Kitâ€" REMINISCINGâ€"Hans Roth (right), German representative of the Roundtablers, a European service club, chats with Mayor Meston (left ) about the latter‘s visit to Germany, when Mr. Roth visited city hall this week. Escorting the German visitor is David Fisher of the local Kinsmen Club, an affiliate of the German organization. l e 0 v..-'u""""'; h # agh :.* grdft obe > 2 + oc ak & e on cA l 5 â€" : s i d3 5s "ir s *% 3 hx 2e 8 o. L * Faag mir t ; Lt . C k mA + & & k\ 4 f ‘ Pb h * y ® 2 f uin 4 o is _ Es * 4 M $ BP# 1P m\rem.w f , m $ & _2 , " ; # ” d ¢ 4 L THURSDAY, 26, 197 1 Seek truck ban, crosswalks "It‘s not religious strife. It‘s working people looking for the right to a home, a job and a vote. ‘‘Protestant and Catholic are fighting side by side against British troops. If the British left tomorrow there would be no conflict. ‘"It is our duty to give solidarity to those working class children facing imâ€" perialism with petrol (gasâ€" oline) bombs and stones on the streets of Belfast." Charging that Ireland‘s industrial and commercial wealth was controlled by the British and that the country‘s natural resourcâ€" es are being handed over to foreign speculators, inâ€" ‘‘You may have got the impression the trouble in Ireland is all about God," said Mr. Kenny. ‘"Well, it‘s not. God is not the issue in Northern Ireland. Questioned by aldermen, Mr. Casey declined to disâ€" cuss how the trucks got on or off the Waterloo section without infringing the Kitâ€" chener prohibition, too, but said there was considerâ€" able truck traffic on the street, beginning as early as 6.30 a.m. s to prohibit through truck traffic on Westmount Road, when the road, since exâ€" tended, was complete. He charged that Kitchenâ€" er has abided by this agreeâ€" ment and asked that simiâ€" lar prohibitions be effected here. independent Irish socialist republic. chener and Waterloo counâ€" cils agreed in January 1966 He also asked that one Claiming that recent upâ€" heavals in Ireland repreâ€" sent a class struggle, he said his organization is conducting an education program â€" among â€" British troops there, pointing out that since most of them, too, come from working class _ backgrounds _ the struggle is also their struggle. A small number have already deserted to the IRA, he said. Mr. Kenny, out on $1,000 bail following a picketing charge in Ireland, is a former businessman who has given this up to work full time with the IRA. He said he is on his seâ€" cond trip to North America to _ organize _ republican clubs and to counteract ‘‘We face extinction as a nation and dispersal as a people."‘ cluding Canadian and Belâ€" gian, for nominal sums, Mr. Kenny said: adult crossing guard and two student safety patrolâ€" lers be replaced by either push button lights or crossâ€" walks, and that firmer supervision of the traffic speed law be put into effect immediately. Cyril Schnarr of 50 Westâ€" mount Rd. S., pointed out that while crossing guards were on duty when childâ€" ren were going to or comâ€" ing from school, there were no patrols for youngâ€" sters going to school early, kept in after classes, or those attending guide and brownie events or crossing the street to visit their friends. (See Page 2) _ ] Music, marriage reduce city staff The organization, which exists since the 20s and to which most of the Repubâ€" lic‘s MPs and at least one prime minister and one president of Ireland in the last 30 years belonged at one time or another, split over ideologies two years ago. Mr. Kenny‘s side chose a Marxist line, setting a 32â€"county socialist repubâ€" lic as its goal. Ontario‘s public housing shouldn‘t be operated on a misinformation on Ireland being _ disseminated by some of the wire services. The organization he reâ€" presents (He describes it as the "official" IRA) is a splinter group of the parâ€" ent organization now known as the "provisional"‘ IRA.*>Wwhich continues to fQ%_’military tactics in an‘ #ffort to oust British troops from Ireland. ployee in the city clerk‘s The â€" presentation _ was made at the Knights of Colâ€" umbus Hall on University Avenue this week. Acceptâ€" ing the cheque on behalf of the school from â€" Grand Knight Dave Deppisch was Rev. F.A. Scinto, principal of the school. An accomplished singer, she is going to Germany to further her music studies. Her resignation is effective Sept. 23. She will be replaced by Mrs. B.A. Clarke who was formerly employed in the treasurer‘s department. Waterloo Knights of Colâ€" umbus _ have _ presented $3,000 to St. Jerome‘s high school in Kitchener. The money is to be used for equipment. Waterloo is losing two emâ€" ployees to music and marâ€" riage. Council this week acâ€" cepted the resignations of Viola Wiens and Elaine Fischer. City hall to move Nov. 6 Going to Marsland Centre Miss Wiens has been emâ€" ployed in the welfare deâ€" partment for about two years and earned a reputaâ€" tion for courtesy and huâ€" manitarianism in her dealâ€" ings with clients to that ofâ€" fice. Square to Marsland Centre Baird Moving and Storâ€" age has been awarded the contract of moving furniâ€" ture and equipment to the new location. The firm‘s > $1,317 bid was the lowest of four received this week City offices will be transâ€" $3,000 gift Miss Leger, president of Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere (League for Socialist Acâ€" tion), who spoke in French, said her group is striving to free Quebec from the English _ and _ American business â€" interests which control it. Another speaker, Manon Leger of Montreal, a canâ€" didate for mayor in that city‘s 1970 municipal elecâ€" tions, said the language question is still the major concern in Quebec. Aug. 23. The Kâ€"W Dutchboy Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps won the provincial bantam drum corps championships in Sarnia in competition with 28 other teams. The group won firstâ€"place trophies for the best parade corps and best color guard. Twin City temperatures fell to 39 degrees, only one degree above the record low for Aug. 23, set in 1928. Wayne Roberts of Toronâ€" to, who attempted to orâ€" ganize a rent strike in an Ontario Housing Corp. proâ€" ject in 1970, said Ontario laws are on the side of the landlords, leaving tenants in the position of workers prior to the industrial reâ€" volution. Waterloo Chymers had a 7â€"3 victory over Woodstock Hotelâ€" men to qualify for zone finals in the Ontario Amateur Softâ€" ball Association intermediate A competitions. Aug. 24. The local council of the Knights of Columbus preâ€" sented a $3,000 cheque for equipment to St. Jerome‘s high school. Grand knight Dave Deppisch made the presentaâ€" tion to Rev. F.A. Scinto, principal of the school. profitâ€"making system, anâ€" other speaker told the conâ€" vention. Aug. 21. About $200 worth of goods was taken in a breakâ€" in at University Billiards, 12 University Ave. E. Included were 21 cartons of cigarettes, pipes, watches and a $35 pool cue. * Aug. 22. About 500 young socialists met at the University of Waterloo for an education conference timed to coincide with the 50th anni ersary of the founding of Canada‘s Comâ€" munist Party. Speakers, films and workshops will be feaâ€" tured over the next few days. Aug. 20. Twenty sheets of ply wood and 276 2x4s, valued at $276, were stolen from a construction site on Old Post Road. department, has resigned effective Sept. 3, to get married. She plans to make her home out west. Another city hall emâ€" ployee, Arthur Allin, has been granted permission for an early retirement. He has been in failing health for some time. by council. And if the city pays up within 10 days it will receive a five percent reduction on the cost. §$519 lower than the next in line and $709 lower than the highest bid. â€" Partitioning of offices in the city $11,750. Week in retrospect will 2 PERENEE y batided EECCAVCLE KOL street widening. â€"Accepted the $7,000 ofâ€" fer of Frederick Quigley for a lot on the west side of Conestogo Road. â€"Approved bus accounts Street Preston, city clerk; and Ald. Herb Epp, traffic and transportation _ committee chairman as its representaâ€" tives on a proposed Kâ€"W committee to study traffic and transportation agreeâ€" ments. â€"Agreed to an exchange of about 2,085 square feet of cityâ€"owned land at 2 Union Street for a oneâ€" acre parcel on Weber totalling $4,933. 30. â€"Approved general ac coungs totalling $817,591.85. â€"Named D.C. Schaefer, city treasurer; Durward Sean Kenny for