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«‘.‘* Pegp® : Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 30, 1976 _ *4 Waterloo Chronicle office is located on 2nd floor of Waterioo Square‘s Office Tower Enter via the mall entrance beside the Longhorn Restaurant (directly opposite the card shop) or from the elevator foyer beside the Tâ€"D Bank. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor and you are there. _ > A small boy stood before a candy counter. His eyes were wide, the goodies so tempting. He had to have one. A quick look around and into his pocket went a handful. A story so old that it hardly bears repeating. What kid hasn‘t been tempted and given into the temptation, only to suffer the pangs of conscience all night long to the point where the candy beâ€" came tasteless. But there‘s more as we were told one.Sunday recently by a pastor who was witness to the whole thing. Mom was standing with her back to the kid. She turned just as the dreadful deed. was done. Her reaction? _ ‘"‘For heaven‘s sake, Johnny, don‘t do that, a policeman might see you."‘ Perhaps more than anything that illustrates the morality â€" or lack of it â€" that threatens the very fibre of our society. Don‘t do anything dishonest unless you‘re sure you can get away with it. The disease comes in many names â€" new morâ€" ality, situational ethics, passivity, tolerance â€" but its face is the same. Dishonesty is okay as long as you don‘t get caught. So how does Johnny learn? He only learns to watch for police more closely and his conscience will cease to prick him. After all Dad pads the expense account, Mom brings home towels from the hotel, the otherâ€"kids cheat at school and everyâ€" one thinks they‘re so smart. _ e Politicians condone everything but.an open revelation of their actions. Athletes place winâ€" ning ahead of all else. Anyone who disagrees is dismissed as an oldâ€" fashioned square, a common scold. Expediency is the order of the day. The moral fibre of a nation depends on honesty, integrity and the ability to distinguish between right and wrong whether we get caught or not. And integrity begins in the home. United Church To the editor : The election in Italy on Sunday June 20, 1976 could be classified as a struggle for the peoples‘ minds beâ€" tween the Vatican and the forces of communism. This was clearly shown by the statement that appeared in the Vatican weekly Osserâ€" vatore Della _ Domenica. urging Italians to vote for churchâ€"backed _ candidates, namely the Christian Demoâ€" crats, "the only true obâ€" stacle"‘ so they say to Comâ€" munism. You will recall the same propaganda was used by the Vatican in previous elections dealing with aborâ€" tions and divorce. The reâ€" sults of all these elections showed an overwhelming defeat for the churchâ€"backâ€" ed candidates. It also shows that the people have lost Letter fto the editor â€" A View from the Grass Roofs Smart or dishonest? published every Wednesday by Fairway:Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd., owner, address correspondence to Waterico office : Waterloo Square, Waterloo, Out . , telephone 806â€"283G Publisher: James M. Boland Editor: Mary Stupart subscriptions: $10 a year in Canada, $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries 275 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. The people know that «when the Vatican makes a statement â€"regarding Comâ€" munism, she does so with tongue in cheek, for she has entertained several of its top leaders. faith in their religious leadâ€" ers and because of the church‘s meddling in poliâ€" tics, many are leaving the church. It is a known fact that she supported such reneâ€" gades as Hitler,. Mussolini, Franco and other reactionâ€" aries in order to keep her power over the people. To what will the church‘s medâ€" dling in politics eventually lead? The Bible graphically illustrates how God views relationships between reliâ€" gion and politics. Read Reâ€" velations chapter 17. verse established 1854 W.D. Pope Waterloo The old sycamore near the corner of Albert and Central is gone. Sure, there are a few other big ones around, like the one on Norman above Park, but that one was special. It was a rallyâ€" ing point for the Albert street widening crisis three years ago. Now it‘s down. Downtown perspec It was not given much of a chance by the Ecoplan tree study. They diagnosed it as sixty percent diseased, and gave it only â€"a five year life expectancy if Albert Street was widened. Unfortunately a turning lane at Central necâ€" essitated the cutting of two major roots on the west side of the trunk. With the tree only a few feet from the neighbouring house, the city engiâ€" neer feared for the tree‘s stability. â€" Waterloo‘s new Advisory Tree Committee was called in for an opinion. They decided it should come down. Mr. Willis, our engineer, had alâ€" ready made public the news that he felt the sycamore must be removed and city hall had received numerous queries from the neighbourâ€" hood. Residents were willing to accept the verâ€" dict from the Tree Committee however, and the Works Department moved ahead., Hydro was called in to remove the tree as the city does not own the necessary equipment to handle a large tree. When the stump was reâ€" moved, the roots were entangled in gas and teleâ€" phone lines. The old tree went down fighting. Now its trunk is being cut up in sections for coffee tables. And at its next meeting, in late Prime Minister Trudeau‘s comparison of the current air traffic bilingualism dispute to the conscription issue of 1917 represents an unâ€" fortunate inflammation of an issue which should never have become political.. The question of safety in the air ought not to have become a quesâ€" tion of French against English and I must quesâ€" tion the motives of the Prime Minister in comâ€" paring the current crisis to conscription. In the election of December 17, 1917 Prime Those v Minister Borden took his coalition government ticularly to the people seeking support for his "win the ation to t war‘‘ platform. In Waterloo North the Union I am s candidate was W.G. Weichel who had first been area reco elected as a Conservative in 1911. Interestingly, country a the chairman of the nominating meeting at which out their Mr. Weichel was elected was J.A. Harper of Waâ€" tainly, th terloo and Mr. Weichel was nominated by Hartâ€" of biling: man Krug. Both the Presidents of the Conserâ€" methods vative and Liberal Riding Associations were on we are cu that platform in support of the coalition governâ€" Mr. He ment. Cambridg Laurier‘s Wateriloo candidate was W.D. Euler. sociation. SVL YVBACATE 1 J L m 38 August, the Tree Committee will consider a suitable location for a replacement tree. Our politicians take some time off in the sumâ€" mer, meeting only biâ€"weekly. Interesting deciâ€" sions coming up for downtown residents will be the Administrative Committee‘s report on the Minimum Maintenance Bylaw and their report on the policy review for older .streets and sideâ€" walks, the outcome of last week‘s William Street issue. Next month should see us with a new planâ€" ner: Hopefully some word of the status of our Central Resideritial Secondary Plan will be comâ€" ing from city hall once the planner is installed. Planning meetings are continuing throughâ€" out the summer between the Beechwood resiâ€" dents, city hall, and the Freure development team. Albert Street residents will be meeting too, setting up a committee to monitor traffic speeding when Albert Street is reopened. Anâ€" other committee that is actively meeting is the Committee on Downtown Beautification, a body of city hall staff, politicians and downtown busâ€" inessmen. Before you get lost in summer activities, don‘t forget the recommendations that were made by the Advisory Wildlife Committee concernâ€" ing Waterloo Park. If you use Waterloo Park and have followed these improvement recomâ€" mendations, send your comments to Ken Pflug, Community Services; city hall. The people of Quebec were against conscription and so were the conscientious objectors in Waâ€" terloo. The Mennonite people could not: accept conscription and a bitter campaign was waged. Antiâ€"French and antiâ€"German feelings were exâ€" pressed in the local papers. _ Borden‘s union government won a clear vicâ€" tory across Canada but Weichel was defeated in Waterloo. Those were not happy days in Canada and parâ€" ticularly in this riding. To compare that situâ€" ation to the current one is quite inappropriate. I am sure that all reasonable people in this area recognize that Canada must be a bilingual country and French people are entitled to carry out their daily tasks in their own language. Cerâ€" tainly, the Conservative party supports a policy of bilingualism. However, I must question the methods of implementation of that policy which we are currently experiencing. Mr. Hobson is viceâ€"president of the Waterlooâ€" Cambridge Progressive Conservative Riding Asâ€" submitted for the WDRA by Rosemary Rowe 3b By Richard Hobson