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provoke war should be provided '!i}l such fortresses, paid for by beem dubbed, should help to make public life more attractive. It‘s not the bunk, it‘s the bunkâ€" er â€"â€" a motto that should prove fetching to future candidates. I may seem anomaious, howâ€" ever, that those empowered to For some time now it has been deplored that so few outstanding citizens volunteer for the pillory of political life. Our best men know of more pleasant and cerâ€" tainly more private ways of acâ€" quiring a headache. Buflding of regional Aâ€"bomb shelters for members of governâ€" ment is the first solid encourageâ€" ment we have had to enter poliâ€" tics sinee invention of the kickâ€" Provision of a "fallâ€"out citaâ€" The answers to the question are not to be given by the educators or by the minisâ€" ters of churches involved, as they are, by natured, biased. ‘The answer to the major question of the worth of religious instrucâ€" tion must come tant viewpoints. Therefore the decision must be made based on complete integrity â€"â€" an honest, practical anawer to the quesâ€" tion "Is Religious Instruction essential to the well being of every school child." The debate which was held in hl:lde; waod night on the teaching religimxmg was & step forward in the finding of an answer to this question but such meetings are only instructive and cannot be decisive in their conclusions. taught in our schools is a question which cannot be settled by the majority of the population since it is the minority groups who are most likely to be affected by the continuing of classes in religion stressing only zfi“fizm Catholic and the Protesâ€" around by groups who think they have all the time in the world to réach some basic decision. By the time an answer is found the children of today will have passed through the classrooms and into parentâ€" hood, with or without their religious inâ€" struction. h o * W O 1 ltlfl'xi flIflFI EHEIH oo s old scacen Bame SEIEWUE SISIV] $ 9ls uoo i c Ecor_n3G J ~1 »uil 1 â€"vaimel BEET® _ EHECRRNE] 3 â€"* [Â¥ ~â€" B OnDs _ EEEDE _G" i pate. a bhe (w ioiA 5 onl ainy ; essico stous ec5ca Rowie# _ . i (dlalsh z{;.'nl';‘ L«k ds ce 3# ECE _ HBEC ig -:s 35â€"â€" SFW\F'E'»H FEII‘J“EH n * SLEO LUBCO EBC fpmme 4 4 beee 00 [stoinbMiUiStofMIONL avention . i; + 4t Cotlign dheer ctation @864 While every other question concerning education, politics or fluoridation of water syppliu is being settled by probes, plebisâ€" cites or personal opinions, religion in schools is still being debated and bandied When are parents going to be given a concrete answer on whether or not religion should be carried on the school cnrricu?um as a subject? â€" â€" In the report the judge states that conâ€" ditions regarding violation of bylaws in the Town for the last 10 years, has been "deâ€" plorable". M as councilior shortly before the probe got under way. Presumably the counciliors calling on H.flcdtnndoingnbocumoih!snl- leged actions as clerk. The clerk cannot be held responsible for the actions of an electâ€" ed body since he takes his orders from them. If he abused his authority or was misdirected, it is the fault of council, thereâ€" fore there is no valid reason for calling for his resignation. Of the other two councillors asked to ~EDITORIALS â€" We Must Have An Answer expected Ambrose Shea‘s 80â€" w-m«.mw;u md& 'hhhvfl'mx lfl“thulm‘dt;.hmux a tempest in a teapot a called for the resignation of the . . . AND THE WORLD LAUGHS from the parent who is the ‘Elections Will Tell It is indeed natural to ask whether the protection being given to . government against bomb attack should not be exâ€" tended to those governed. Perâ€" haps this is why the capital has taken some pains to play down the sighificance of the building of the government emeÂ¥gency shelters. A report by a leading paper which quoted a defence official as saying: "The whole scheme is prediâ€" cated on the theory that nuclear those powerless to prevent war and completely exposed to the bomb‘s fireâ€"storm and fallâ€"out. The serfs of feudal tithes were somewhat better off, warâ€"wise, than this. They at least had l‘ chance to nip across the drawâ€" bridge to safety ‘before the asâ€" sauiters let loose with the long! Officially the Church and the State are separated in Ontario, but the Church is such an integral part of Canadian life that it takes part in all official functions. Let us hope that the people involved settle this controversy soon before it gets too far out of proportion Some compromise must be reached soon, however, for the majority must reâ€" spect the rights of the minority, Exempâ€" tion fromâ€"religious classes doesn‘t seem to satisfy the antiâ€"religious education faction, who claim children are embarrassed and inconvenienced by it. Parents have the say in whether or not their children are exempted from religious fla.uu, b_ut i#f they feel their children are being embarrassed by being exempted, they naturally feel religion should be ousted While it should be left to the parents to give their children religious guidance, many parents are openly hostile toward teligion. If these partictilar children carry their reliâ€" gious learning home this is bound to cause conflict between the pupils and their paâ€" The arguments of one side always seem shallow to the other side which discourages compromise. ; Unless something is done to put an end to the present situation the battle will rage on and on and on. ‘The tragedy is that the children are the ones who are affected most. prime moulder of his own child. If any number of parents, be they even in the minority, are against religious eduâ€" cation in the schools then their attitude will have an effect on their children. The public will have an opportunity to make known its feeling next December, when election time rolls around. . While it is up to councillors to keep the Town clean and to demand action when corruption rears its ugly head, nothing would be gained by the resignation of two fairly new eoumfl{on. who, as counciliors, couldn‘t possibly have prevented the infracâ€" tions. While we know Mr. Johnson has been an honest administrator, he shouldn‘t cast aspersions on other councillors with nothâ€" ing more tangible than Judge Shea‘s report. Councillor Cecil Johnson, one of those demanding the resignations has served two years longer on council than $mith and four more than Ferric. It is ludicrous to assume that Councilâ€" lor Smith, in his first term could have been any more responsible for the "deplorable" conditions than those presently serving or those before him. resign, Murtray Smith is now only in his :our\m:.dfin.unoqud':l‘m opped out ear after serving a nmb«o(ym‘{humminm than councilior $mith, yet no mention is made of this fact. youth?" government, let us, each one of u6, advise our elected represenâ€" tative that we demand the conâ€" solation of the cost deductible for the home shelter. Work cures some troubles, and makes us forget others. lack of vitamins," says an adverâ€" Such a concession will in no why weaken the new incentive for good meh to seek election to government and the prize of a political career: a locker in the official funkâ€"hâ€"ole. It will mereâ€" Iy mean that the rest of us merit a chance of protection aiternate to running for office, namely running for the basement. However, this column is crude enough to propose that we deâ€" serve better than , the governâ€" ment‘s winking at the peril to the general public. If we are to pay for fallâ€"Out shelters for the government, let us, each one of What the government is trying to say is that the international situation is just critical enough to warrant the immediate calling of tenders for government emerâ€" gency shelters, yet the situation is not serious enough for us to demand that the government give some thought to protecting the public as well. That is a very delicate interâ€" national situation indeed. It reâ€" minds one of the Winkie doll that was popular a while back, the doll whose eye opened or closed with a slight shift in poâ€" sition. ~ However, this column is crude enough to propose that we deâ€" ; This outlandish and sensationâ€" mongering s t ate m ent has promptly been repudiated. The government has the ticklish task of persuading us that the shelâ€" ters are necessary for the govâ€" ernment, but that there is no real need of them for us, parâ€" tieularly if anybody is going to suggest that cost of such home fallâ€"out shelters should be made deductible from income tax. tized. T is at least a possibllity," has en branded as "Oover â€" dramaâ€" Such a state did not exist beâ€" fore this campaign. Children are used to iedving the room for many reasons. If &hy ohe of them were made the subject for headâ€" lines, it would also make them selfâ€"conscious. Séparation frotm religious classes is no different to division for other reasons, physical training, sports, the school choir, medical or dental Children are remarkabi y semâ€" Sible about all school procedures if not. disturbed outside the ‘ sEGREGATION The exemption clause was inâ€" cluded in the law to preserve the principles of religious freeâ€" dom. Instead of appreciation of this a case is being built against if to aid in the expu}sion of rb‘ ligious instruction im public schools. 1 There are compiaints that sep.|th@ Warm, kindly atmosphere of aration from classes causes emâ€" "®}8}0%U8 Classes, they would deâ€" barrassment. If children do remi:;:‘:"';u l:lpm‘ ““ mh‘fm that way now, it is because of|‘° d promo Canaâ€" outside influence. These children|Jian idealism. Upon this deâ€" ate caught in a whirlpool of emo.|Pends the finuu_ unity and inâ€" tionalism produced by those camâ€"| !°&"tY 0f the nation. They never paigning > to | abolish . religion| Sn 3: "rflo{heflth “';_fi:hth;yw;«@ from . education. ogether e Father Such a state did not exist \,,_“God. As only about one~half of fore this campaign. Chiidren .n‘the children of Canada receive used to iedving the room m]chumh teaching, the school must thany reasons. If &hv ahe af them | 8CCOPt this responsibility. and not others, etc., ote spOkesmen lost no time in at-{provide the grain growers with tacking the Administration on its an acreage payment. It sh&Hd be agricultural policies. regularized by legislation. The outspoken house leader ol' The acreage payment plan the CCF â€" New Party group|provides $1 per cultivated acre Hazen Argue is the chief farm|up to a maximum of $200 a farm. criti¢ in the opposition from the It was paid by the Government Prairies. There are strong ruâ€")in 1958 and again in 1960; mours that he has been flirting| Mr. Harkness, who as Agriculâ€" with the Liberal party and may|ture Minister before moving to decide soon to join its ranks the defence portfolio, told the with the disappearance of theiHouse that the Government had CCF. The Liberals would welâ€"\examined various programs for come him. improving the income position of He was critical of the acreage|the Western farmers. The Govâ€" payméent pjan on the grounds|ernment had decided the acreâ€" that it only provided the Wesâ€"|age payment plan was the most tern farmers with half as much _ The Government, with the consent of the opposition, interâ€" rupted the throne speech debate to bring down the supplemenâ€" tary estimates, including the item for acreage payments. Tnis cleared the way for a fullâ€"scale debate on the acreage payment plan and the Liberals and CCF â€" New Democratie Party farm ' Soaring expenditures and reâ€" venues that failed to be realized in amounts sufficient to offset the increased outlays are expectâ€" ed to boost the deficit by around another $150,000,000. This wili make the deficit for 1961â€"62 about $800,000,000. The millions of dollars in payâ€" ments to the farmers to help boister their sagging incomes was not taken into consideration by Mr. Fleming when he preâ€" pared his budget l&st spring. In that budget brought dow n in Jurie he forecast a budgetaty deâ€" ficit of $650 million. The new session of Parliament was only five days old when Fiâ€" nance Minister Donald Fleming tabled supplementary estimates that added another $42 million to the Federal deficit in the curâ€" rent fiscal year. That amount was to provide for acreage payâ€" ments to Western farmers. Farmers Getting The Old Bull | On Acreage Pay Argue Charges Religion In Education By Dorothy McGuire that we might love and serve Him as Father of us all and love our neighbours as ourselves. Religious classes in public sthools should be able to proâ€" mote unity and not be a eause Ignorance, narrowâ€"mindedness, bigotry, false pride and lust fot power have caused segregation of peoples and untold misery in the field of religionâ€"that area of life bestowed upon us by God that we might love and serve If, instead of being exempted, all children grew up together in the warm, kindly atmosphere of disturb children, would not Jéewâ€" ish parents hesitate to withdraw them on their own holy days? No child is ever refused admisâ€" sion to any class. It is a case of voluntary absence. Mr. Harkness, who as Agriculâ€" ture Minister before moving to the defence portfolio, told the House that the Government had examined various programs for improving the income position of the Western farmers. The Govâ€" érnment had decided the acreâ€" Age payment plan was the most equitable and practical method. to see if the Government was prepared to bring down an item in supplementary estimates to provide the grain growers with an acreage payment. It sh#Hd be regularized by legislation. The acreage payment plan He suggested that it was unâ€" satisfactory to the Western farâ€" mer to have to wait each year He said with ‘heavy sarcasm that aroused bitter interjections from Western Tory backbenchâ€" ers: "The Prime Minister wants the farmers to come begging. He wants to keep them on tenterâ€" hooks. He wants to have a cartot on a stick. He wants to Ieed them a little before the election and withdraw it after the elecâ€" tion, if he should be in that posiâ€" tion." It is very apparent this session that members on both sides of the House are acutely conscious of the Federal election looming over their heads. The acreage payment debate was no excepâ€" tion. Mr. Argue needled the Government members and stirâ€" red up a verbal storm when he accused the Conservative adminâ€" istration of "gypping" the Wesâ€" tern farmers out of an‘ acreage payment on their 1960â€"61 perâ€" mit books. as they had a right to expect. He said the Government had failed to provide acreage payments for the 1960â€"61 crops. "Aâ€"Aâ€"ABOUT TURNE‘ stocks are now closer to world requirements making it less of a buyer‘s market. wheat stocks that in the past overshadowed the world wheat market have dwindled. Wheat CAPITAL HILL CAPSULE Canada‘s delegation to the Inâ€" ternational Wheat Agreement taiks in Geneva left this counâ€" try confident that modest inâ€" creases in the prices will be estaâ€" blighed under the new agreeâ€" meht. They cautioned farmers against expecting "extravagant increases" but said that large ’ The speech had said the "drought in the Prairie provâ€" inces during 1961 had resuited in severe losses" and that the| Members of Parliament would be "askea to provide assistance by acreage payments to farmers who have been affected." Mr. Pearson and Mr. Argue suggestâ€" ed ‘the Government should aipo’ act on its throne speech and| provide special aid for farmers) hit hard by the drought. ‘ It was a dingâ€"dong battle that raged for three days in the House. Finally it ended with all parties supporting the pian after the Government‘s Agricultural Program had come under sharp criticism. Clearly there was the smell of an election in the ait. The acreage payment had no, relation to drought stricken farâ€"| mers. It applied to all farmers) and as such the Liberals welâ€" comed it. But he suggested the’ farmers hard hit by the drought! had been "deceived" by the: wording of the throne speech. | Liberal Leader L. B. Pearson called on the Government to wiâ€" den Canada‘s trade opportutities and remove obstructions to trade in the face of developments in Europe. He said such moves toâ€" wards freer trade were of vital importance to Canadian farmers. Mr. Argue snapped that the farmers had been asking for parity prices, not charity. In ask~ ing for parity they asked for a set of prices related to costs of production. They did not want handouts. * An important advantage of acreage payments was that they did not stimulate production of particular commodities. Acreâ€" age payments were a type of payment which did not serve as an impediment to the marketing of agricultural commodities or to free trade in them. Many of the alternative schemes of assistance suggested would have that undeâ€" sirable feature, according to Mr. Harkness. It ensured that the smaller, worseâ€"off farmers received the greatest proportion of benefit from the money provided. , \zl‘vyP,?’PD’?AfiNsi g’y ; â€" SPANK OR SPOIL â€" "I‘ve got three little ones and I certainly believe in spanking," said a caller, after referring to a recent item. "When children are small a smack on the bottom is something they understand far quicker than any lecture." prmvoreâ€"mamentmne [ || ( ft Wfi t« SHINE STAND STUFF â€" "Sure he‘s changed a lot since he got married â€"â€" and, if you knew his wife, you wouldn‘t wonder!" * THOUGHT FOR TODAY â€"â€" When our activity is set toward a precise end, our mental and ofganic functions beâ€" come completely harmonized. The unification of the desires, the application of the mind to a single purpose, produces a sort of inner peace. â€" Dr. Alexis Carrel. IN THE CORNER STORE â€" "Knowing her the way I do â€" nothing her daughter did would surprise me!" â€" BEER PARLOR TOPIC â€" "You wouldn‘t feel so inâ€" sulted if you didn‘t think he was telling the truth!" . This has started many arguments as he says there is something seriously wrong when a wife gets to feeling that way about her husband when he is feeling loving towards her. But I say neatly all women have those sort of moods so that‘s why 1 am writing in hopes other wives will agree with me. â€" Reader: P.S.; I also say that men have ups and downs in moods just as often as women, but they won‘t admit it. But I do get gloomy spells during which nothing seems worthwhile and I couldn‘t care less about anything or anyâ€" body, including my husband. Most of the time, when I‘m in one of these gloomy moods, I am just indifferent towards him. But soméetimes I actually dislike him (almost hate, I guess) and I snap at him to keep him away as I can‘t bear the thought of him even touching me, â€" Also I don‘t want you, or your readers, to think 1 am one of those people who have "black" spelis during which they are on the verge of being mental. T had an uncle who had those and know what they‘re like, so I‘m glad I don‘t get them. GLOOMY MOODS â€" Dear Mr. Foster: Tam a married woman and my probleth is moods. I must explain these moods are not caused by me being a recent bride going through what the books call the period of marital adjustment, nor are they due to the later period of adjustment in a woman‘s life. 5 For S$.B.B.: Send your inquiry to Master of the Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa. ° s For W.G.VW.: Inquire at your local public library. S$.B.].: You can get that info from the veterinary who deodorizes your skunk. BEER PARLOR TOPIC â€" "As a matter of fact I conâ€" trol my drinking far better than she controls her temper â€" that‘s why I daten‘t say so." o2 â€" s __Q AND A â€" For "Romantic With One": Thanks for kind words. Didn‘t use your letter because I feel interest in that subject has waned. Liked your exclamation: "Wonâ€" derful, wonderful, nineteen!" Being ninety can be wonderful, too, if you still have love in your heart. _ wale _BEER PARLOR PROTEST â€" "I wish you‘d quit sayâ€" ing I‘m wrong â€" long enough to listen to what I‘m saying!" At 50 you are young enoush to enjoy the little ones more. And, as they grow older, they seem to make you feel younger. â€" â€"I am now getting along in years and am kept young by my teenâ€"age grandâ€"daughter. My only wish now is to live long enough to be a greatâ€"gtandmother. â€" Reader. _ ___ So I would say your corresvondent is all wrong. She should look forward to her first grandchild‘s arrival with pride and joy, and pray to God it will be all right in every way. _ _ CROBSING THE CAMPUS â€" "Of course he always puts it in such a way that â€" if you get indignant â€" he can ask what you‘ve got in mind." YOUNG GRANNY â€" Dear Cliff: In regard to the letter sent in by poor "Not Fifty Yet." who was feeling so upset over the thought of becoming a grandmother. I am afraid Mother Nature doesn‘t con;idger the age of anybody in the cycle of life and death. I will say I became a grandmother at 50 and was so ¢xâ€" cited I started knitting and sewing as if it were my own first baby. It is better to become a grandmother at 50, than at 70 â€" or not at all. It‘s easy enough for these psychologists to say you should find out why children do things. Maybe a team of them study a single child for months and come up with their anâ€" swers. A mother can‘t take months off to study one child. She has the others to look after. $o, I say to this teacher: Start raising a few kids of your own, then you won‘t be so busy spouting theories. â€"â€" Average Mother. _ â€" AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN â€" "I know eighteen‘s not too young to get mharried â€" but it‘s awful young to stay martied !" I mysélf have five kids (the reason this letter is so scrawly is because I have the baby on my lap and she keeps grabbing for the pen) and believe me, I haven‘t time to force my ideas and opinions on them, or do any moulding. If I ‘manage to keep them clean, and fed, and out of hospital, I‘m doing all I can in the tithe I‘ve got. Nor do I know any other mothers who have time or the wish to do any moulding. _ "moulding*" them. She also accused a mother of being "utterly ignorant" because she punished her little girl for Tying, Ift stead of finding out why she lied. ‘That sort of stuff z just the way my sister‘s oldest gifl talks. She is finishing at university tlil spring with a dnfi in whatever they get for teaching and she is full of payc a:hmd mlom and philosophy, and goodness knows what, more theories than you can shake a stick atâ€"when it comes to bringing up children. She can spout by the hour from her books*about experlâ€" ments in this and tg.t which prove thus and so forth. But lt‘hc has no more practical knowledge of kids than 1 have 6f yenas. _ THEORY VS. PRACTICE â€" Dear Mr. Foster: Re that teacher who called |;p And accused us Mt-so-briz:t (in her opinion) parents of forcing our ideas on our children and For the above item Mrs. P. receives by mail two tickets to Capitol Theatre. CITY SCENE â€" While passing an automat laundry I SAW four wellâ€"trained husbands sitting playing cards while waiting for their washing to be finished. Mrs. R. P., Etobitoke. 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