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Ml-m!_wmâ€"m.mn. 1967 The efforts by governments at the two levels to solve the probâ€" lem have been of little avail even though the minister responsible don‘t seem to think so. Those efâ€" forts, in fact, have demonstrated how partâ€"time minister can get out of touch with the situation Clifford Fowke. editor of Canaâ€" dian Builder, blasts the federal and provincial governments in a blistering editorial in his current issue of their failure, despite their claims of success, to solve eurrent housirg problems. Blasts blistering Fowke: Never before h&s the need been more nbvious or urgent for the creation of separate ministries of housing federally and in the provinces. Recent events have shown all too clearly that our present pattern of gart-time departmental responsiâ€" ility for housing does not lend itself to the tackling of the situaâ€" tion in the fundamental and pracâ€" tical ways essential. We specialize in all types * of furniture upholstering Why We Need Housing Ministries â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"Most p,egple must wonder at times whose interests the Ontario governâ€" ment is supposed. to represent â€" thoseâ€"of the general public or those of the industrial titans. Opinion ° Alfred H. Herman 1. Oil refineries are charging serâ€" vice stations an exorbitant price for the wholesale product, a practise that could be called profiteering. 2. All the ginimic](s, gift and proâ€" motion campaigns which include "free" kitehen ware, trips to Haw@ti, The alarming answers to/ these questions could be a ‘yes‘. /4 _ in alh e ontntnudliincmetao e wl ie 4o o mE : There are two possible r‘asnns that come readily to mind ort why gasoline costs 13 p.c. more here than it does in Quebec: M Is the motoring public throughout Metropolitan Toronto and Ontario being duped? Does the Ontario government, as the Liberal member implied, not care what price its) subâ€" jects are compelled to pay for car fuel? / UPHOLSTERING NUâ€"LIFE Upholstering Ltd. When Downsview MPP _ Vernon Singer complained last week that Onâ€" tario motorists pay 46.9 cents a gallon for gasoline which sells at 41.9 cents a gallon in Quebec. he started a lot of *people thinking including this newspaper. BARRISTERS and SOLICITOR® Howard G. Ashbourne, B.A. . Carl W. Caskey, B.A., Q.C 2077 LAWRENCE AVE. W. (Just West of Weston Rd.) Barristers â€" Solicitors 1944 Weston Road Opposite John Street ston. Ont. CH 1â€"1911 Fraser & Simms BARRISTERS 1 Wilby Cres. WESTON, ONT. â€" 247â€"6677 Robarts Should Tell Us Why Gas Is Cheaper in Quebec ASHBOURNE and CASKEY Professional â€" Business Directory Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager B. M. Holmes, Editor Telephone CH 1â€"5211 Authorized as Second Class Mai!, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment cf postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada â€" Other countries $6.00 Editorial Page Nicholson, who has housing as a sideline assignment, recently said there was no longer a housing crisis( Hansard, May 31, 1967) He was obviously referring to the way in which housing starts are beginning to zoom. Did he stop to"think that all these new housâ€" ing units now being started will probably be too expensive for 70% of the people who desperaâ€" tely need them? What real plans has he introduced to cut land costs and provide a plentfful supply of mortgage money? They have come to believe that, ties so that he can devote full volume in itself is the cure.‘ attention to his important labor| whereas the industry and lhe‘ portfolio and leave housing prob-' people looking for adequate ; lems to another fullâ€"time minister. | homes at a price they can afford|In the provinces, Ontario has led | know that volume is useless un-f the way its muchâ€"vaunted HOME; less it is accompanied by low$;§ (Home Ownership Made Easy){ costs. | plan for housing on leased lots.‘ Federal labor minister John but the carrying charges are too Nicholson, who has housing as a high for the average family. Here sideline assignment, recently Saldi again, a separate ministry of houâ€"| there was no longer a hOusing) sing. one feels, would have beâ€"‘ crisis( Hansard, May 31, 1967"’ ‘come aware of this flaw, and a He was obviously referring 10 the| _ o/s pracica) plan launched. . | This is why he should be re lieved of his housing responsibili Mt George W. Bull Barrister and Solicitor Suite 202 The Westlaw Bidg. 1920 Weston Rd. Weston, Ontario CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 Piano Tuning And Repairing Work Guaranteed 1230 Jane Street MUSIC On the second point concerning "free" gimmicks; if. as suggested, promotion stunts are a major reason for the price ‘difference between Montreal and Toronto, the oil comâ€" panies should drop them immediateâ€" ly. If they refuse, the Province should pass legislation compelling them to. In summary, gasoline pfices are too high .and Premier Robarts should waste no time in finding out why. ‘super bombshell XKY‘ cars and proâ€" mises that if you buy brand ‘X‘ you may win up to $100,000 for adding up 2 plus 2 equals ? correctly. The Government of Ontario has an obligation to determine if the giant oil companies are profiteering at the expense of the genéral public. Severâ€" al years ago, a British Columbia member of the provincial legislature raised such a stink about the exorbiâ€" tant price on gasoline in northern B.C., Premier Bennett was forced to establish a royal commission to find out why. It found no justification for the gaping price spread of the Vanâ€" couver product and that sold in more remote parts of the province. (Needâ€" less to say, the price of northern B.C. gasoline took a nose dive when the commission made this discovery.) We need action now to get the cost of serviced land down to keep the supply of mortgage money plentiful and continuous, and persuade municipalities to accept lowâ€"cost housing as a neâ€" cessity for the community. These things will only be achieved when full time ministries of housing. responsble for all aspects of the industry. are established. Full guarantee on mutor, automatics. Free scope check with tuneâ€"up, free wheel alignment check. and estiâ€" mate. Courtesy car. 1778 Jane St. CH 7â€"6590 Weston Weston , C. W. LEASK Walter‘s Garage Marsh, Goulding & Co. Chartered Accountants ACCOUNTANTS Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road 1969 Weston Road GARAGES 655 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontario Phones 241â€"3522 â€" Res. 241â€"2891 Member Toronto Stock Exchange + J. Harry Frogley; manager S. J. BROOKS & CO. SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH CH 4â€"6061 CH 111129 INVESTMENTS Insurance For Every Purpose Some â€" welfare cases are professional bums who spend their days in beer halls instead of on the street looking for work. One welfare workâ€" er in a downtownbranch would occasionally patâ€" ronize the hotels on Jarvis St. until (in his words) _ "I _ discovered half my ‘clients‘ freâ€" quenting these places too." The case workers charged that 50 p.c. of the young men on relief could and should be out This charge hardly comes as a surprise as it amounts to something the working public has suspected for a long time. | Scarlat Albright, O.D. Despite denials from the Metro welfare comâ€" m iss ioner, practically everyone has a neighbor or frind who is living quite _ comfortably _ on welfare or unemployâ€" ment insurance or both. A few years ago, when M etro _ municipalities handled their own welâ€" fare cases, New Toronto hired a new â€" welfare commissioner. Within a month, this official reâ€" duced the numhgr of recipients in half. Four of Metropolitan Toronto‘s small army of welfare workers charâ€" ged recently that a high percentage of Metro‘s 10,000 welfare cases are free loaders. Optometrist 2936 Dundas St. West (Dundas â€" Keele)~ Evenings By Appoinflent J. R. Currie, O.D. Optometrist 1894 Weston Rd., Weston tawa (left) and Stephen Marshall of W eston march smartly off to their bunks at the Royal Military College, Kingsto n, where they are taking part in the inâ€" ternational Sea Cadet Centennial Must er, along with 1,100 other Cadets from eight countries. The muster began Aug ust 6 and ends August 20. For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 G. H. RICHTER eneral Insce. Agency 337 Queens Drive OPTOMETRY Should There Be a Welfare Probe? INSURANCE 766â€"2946 Metro Hands N. York $1,116,000 For Parks & Library Improvement Metro government has authorâ€" ized $1,115,930 in capital spendâ€" ing for North York which will include funds for improvements in certain parks, furnishing of the Jane St. and Wilson Ave. brancb library. and provide for construction of the first stage of the Finch Ave. W. branch library. Funds are also included The TTC and Metro authorities have agreed on the location of various bus stops to be located on Keele St. after the widening nf the roadway in North York from Wilson Ave. to Steeles Ave. Repâ€" resentatives of York University attended various conferences to deal with bus stop locations near the campus. Some bus bays on the east side of Keele St. will not be installed because of an underâ€" ground telephone line, It was found that it would be too costâ€" ly to move the telephone line. in the approval for sidewalks to be built on 18 residential streets. The borough of York has ‘reâ€" ceived Metro authority to spend $50,000 to buy books fop" the new Trowell Ave library apd also MEDICAL BUILDING 2160 Weston Rd. (at Church St. Traffie Light) The case workers also complained that some aldermen exert pressure to keep illegitimate welâ€" fare cases on â€" relief There doesn‘t appear to be much merit to this In our estimation if a man is capable of workâ€" ing. and there are jobs available, â€" Metro should have an efficient enough system to see that that person does not live out of the taxpayer‘s pog=~ ket. ® New Bus Stops For Keele St. working and some woâ€" men use taxis to collect their weekly cheques. DISPENSING OPTICIAN NEIL J. MOREAU Duplications & Fittings Shutâ€"In Servieofl" Oculist . Prescriptions 248â€"1821 to spend $52,000 for paving lwo} sections of Outlook Ave. and the west side of Bronoco Ave. The first section of the Outlook: Ave paving job is from Jane St.i to Teston Rd. and the nd from Teston Rd. to Ro{:c‘;‘l)}(r‘ Blvd. The Bronoco paving is from: Rogers Rd. to Summit Ave. ‘ yfi:d out. fact from ficâ€" tion. At any rate, the four case workers have openâ€" ed a can of worms. A thorough in\/’éstigation should be latfinched to Few would deny that welfare serves a noble purpose in needy cases. But often it can be exâ€" ploited by unscrupulous people and this practise should~ stopped immedâ€" iately. charge, as an alderman would;.collect very few votes bÂ¥ using his influâ€" ence in this way. ~ You should make application for your ; Old Age Security pension six months before your 67th birthday. An Old Age Security application form may be obtained at your local Post Office, or by writing to the Regional Director of Old Age Security in the capital city of your province. With it you will receive a pamphlet giving full information about Old Age Security. As soon as your Old Age Security pension is approved, you will be sent information about the Guaranteed Income Supplement and an application form. You may be entitled to a supplement which, together with your Old Age Security pension, will guarantee you a monthly income of at least $105.00. By applying now you will receive your first payment in January J968, when persons who have reached the age of 67 become eligible for Old Age Securfl. OLD AGE SECURITY PENSION ISSUED BY THE HON. ALLAN J. MacEACHEN, MINISTER THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE If you were born in 1901 If you were born in You should apply now for your GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPLEMENT <It is my fervent hope that the U.S. public diagnoses the cause of the disease and finds the solution before it is too late. The United Stateway be a mighty nation, but it will only fake one or two siummers of rioting of the magâ€" nitude of this summer‘s disturbances to create wounds that will never heal. 1 The other school contends that riots of the Detroit magnitude are the byproduct of countless years of suppresâ€" sion and inequality that exist in colored areas and deâ€" cruged yhi'tg sections of the large industrial qties'. Surely it was the other poverty and fanned by hatred. Instead of then going on to agree with one school or the otker however, our friend went on to blame the violâ€" ence on President Johnson and his war on poverty. This university teacher, who is supposed to know what he is talking about, claimed that Johnson‘s domestic ‘war‘ was a failure, disappointed the poor, and, therefore they rioted. Such wishful simplicity. Johnson‘s soâ€"called war didn‘t spark all those outbreaks. The whole U.S. system which treats the underdog like a piece of dirt, the miserable, degrading poverty, from which millions cannot escape, is the cause. The problem dates back to the slave traders and that was long before Johnson was born. Telegram columnist Lubor Zinc, who sees a pinko or Communist under every bush, has a theory just as wild. Zinc claims the riots were organized or manufactured in Peking to tear out the domestic guts of the U.S. The editor visited relatives in Detroit during the upâ€" risings, and wrote an eyewitness account of whites as well as blacks, looting stores and setting buildings on fire. But I choose to pick a bone~with his opinion too. He said the riots were sparked by hatred and fanned by poverty. Of all the viewpoints I have heard on the reasons for the American turmoil, one of the best came from the pen of the editor of the Preston Times, a weekly newsâ€" paper which serves a community near Kitchener. * _ The schools are fourth rate in these districts and reâ€" creation facilities such as parks and playgrounds are alâ€" most nonâ€"existent. While it is extremely difficult to con. done arson, looting and murder, only a fool would refuse to admit that there is an extreme danger of uprisings in neighborhoods like these. P Commenting on theâ€"racial strife in Newark and other centres on CBC‘s Viewpoint a few weeks ago, an associate professor Rom Simon Frazer university said there are two schools of thought on what causes the riots, just as I have noted above. * When the Buffalo riots began just over a month ago, the city fathers all but admitted that there is a tremendous amount of job discrimination, by promising Negroes a better deal and by making an appeal to industry and commerce to look about and find work for the colored people. â€"_ _ I‘m inclined to go along with this reasoning because its thinkers can easily produce mountains of evidence imâ€" possible to refute. In Detroit, huge sections of the city are slums, ghettos and hovels and contain such unsanitary housing as to make a Toronto resident sick. â€" _ But this school of thought has yet to prove its conâ€" tentions with substantiating evidence. group, which includes police and the mayors of the riot profe cities, blame the chaos on organized gangs of Negro militants and Communists who stump across the nation planting strife wherever the ground is fertile. â€" Bloodshed and anarchy in a nation which is supposed to settle grievences through the democratic process must have severely disturbed President Johnson and the states of New York and Michigan where the disturbances were the worst, because the destructive vengeance of those mobs certainly shook me. The big question now on the lips of the public is: What or who sparked the riots and will they be prevented from bringing so much death and destruction in America again? The mad mobs brought on death, chaos and untold millions in property damage in riots that haven‘t been equalled since the 1930‘s. 1900 Probably every thinking Metro resident was as horriâ€" fied as I was to read about last month‘s (and apparently continuing) racial riots in Detroit and other great northern US. cities. There are two schools of thought on this question. One Theories on What Sparked the Riots way around â€" sparked by