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tR waul Before he can say "Bob‘s your uncle" he is tackled by the entire Weish rugger team which happens to be emerging from a members‘â€"only cinâ€" ema, and is turned over to the law and forced to run behind the police van, which he can‘t (From Trade Topics, issued by the British information services.) * I see job opportunities in Britain for bank messengers and payroll carriers. It takes a special breed of man to risk carrying the Arrester safety bag. All he has to do, while trotting up the Strand, is absentâ€"mindedly remove his thumb from the release pin, possibly to shift the bag from one hand to the other, and whacko â€" the handle clamps down on his fingers, the 12â€" foot telescopic arms shoot out (probably spearing an elderly female customer prized by his bank), and the police whistle starts tooting from inside the bag. "Payroll thieves who grab a new British safety bag (the ‘Arrester‘) will get a surprise: within three seconds of the carrier‘s thumb leaving the reâ€" lease pin, the handle clamps down on the thief‘s fingers so he cannot let go; three teleâ€" scopic arms shoot out from the bottom and the narrow ends of the bag to a span of 12 feet â€" making it impossible for him to get into a car or truck; and a police whistle sounds an alert from inside the bag. . . ." There is not one province in Canada that can match Quebec for unity, pride, culture and history. Although the Confederation was born in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, as a nation, developed in Quebec along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. The Frenchâ€"Canadians were just as shocked and concerned with the bombâ€" terrorists as the rest of us. The separatist movement was an excuse for maniacs to murder and frighten. Now that these An organization is usually formed beâ€" cause citizens feel something is wrong or lacking and they wish to do something about it. It appears Quebec feels someâ€" thing is wrong in Canada and they intend to act rather than grumble over their mornâ€" ing coffee. Just how detrimental is the Quebec Separatist movement to our nation? Through news reports most of us here have formed opinions this organization is exâ€" tremely dangerous to Canada and should be eliminated at any cost; in connection with the radical bomb terrorists this is esâ€" sential, but what about the other side of the separatist movement we rarely hear about? Long Branch reeve Len Ford voted last June at Metro Council to legalize sweepâ€" Canada‘s Lotteries‘ Act which prohibits gambling (it allows betting at the track however) was created in bygone days when a young country was still not completely civilized, and legislators were probably tryâ€" ing to prevent violence through greed. We are a more mature nation now and it is time we revamped our laws in accordance with modern thinking. Police only raid such functions as bingo games sponsored by various charitable, church, and service organizations upon the complaints of citizens. Everyone, be it butcher, baker, candleâ€" stick maker, performs at least one chore which heads his list as the most undesirâ€" able. Every day now the police perform a duty for which not one man can be considâ€" ered culpable. It probably ranks near the top of the list in unpleasant responsibilities. A typical example occurred recently when Metro Police raided a Bingo game sponsored by the Optimist Club. The money realized from this venture would have been used to sponsor a boys‘ club organized by the police themselves. Crossword A Blessing In Disguise? . . . AND THE WORLD % LAUGHS EDITORIALS More Realism Needed We need Alec Guiness in on a caper like this, but how about costuming our man as a hotel doorman? Then when he grabs the bag and it starts tooting, he can put a whistle into his mouth and appear to be pursuing a cab with the bag of a departing guest. get into, whistling all the way to the pound. But the ultimate weapon against the Arrester‘s teleâ€" scopic arms is a pair of metalâ€" cutting shears that quickly amputate them (see the Yelâ€" low Pages for "Snatcher‘s Snippers"). More challenging to criminal ingenuity is the police whistle that sounds an alert from inside the bag. though this problem too should yield to a truly proâ€" gressive school of robbery. Those latter â€" day Fagins planning a bankâ€"carrier heist will of course be better preâ€" pared to deal with the Arresâ€" ter safety bag. From my own experience I would judge that the thief will put in several hours‘ flight training with a hired film projection screen whose triped opens as he is trying to get it into his car from the street side before being hit by an oncoming bus. This would be subsequent to the basic exercise of opening. an embrella for a feminine. companion preceding him through a revolving door. By ERIC NICOL . 14, 1963 â€" Soluhon 0# 43 Often the Province of Quebec speaks for the other nine provinces when asking for more power in fiscal and other matters. In our opinion the leaders of Quebec are exâ€" tremely concerned about the future of this nation and they intend to frighten the rest of Canada into acting. The strength of Canada lies in her unity and with the excepâ€" tion of the two great wars, nothing has stimulated Canadian unity more than the Quebec Separatist movement. For the first time Ottawa has established Royal Commissions to study Billingualism and Biculturalism. French is now being taught in our public schools; the CBC is introducing plays and programs entirely or partly in French to viewers outside of Quebec. Recently Pierre Laporte, Quebec minister of municipal affairs, said Englishâ€"speaking Canada must agree to breathe a new spirit into confederation. Canada is a federation lacking in strength and needing reâ€"organâ€" ization. bombings are over take a look at what is being accomplished as a result of this threat of separatism. Perhaps our local councils could follow the lead of Metro in recommending changes in the Lotteries act. A bit of prodâ€" ding from these bodies would spur our MPs Ralph Cowan, and Leonard Kelly into bringing the matter up in parliament. Many things we prize in our municipaliâ€" ties are in danger if there is not swift action. We do not call for sweeping changes, but discreet ones, as we do not want to become a king size Monte Carlo or Las Vegas. The same can be applied to bingo games and raffles held for community charities Recently a Legion raffle was raided, the prizes seized, and fines levied. Branch president Albert Rowley explainâ€" ed the money realized from the draw ($826) would have been used for families not reâ€" ceiving enough municipal relief, scholarâ€" ships. and Christmas baskets for needy families. Magistrate James Butler said the remedy for the situation lies in the hands of memâ€" bers of parliament who can change the law. law. stakes. He said something should be done to help hospitals. An interesting aspect of this lobbying will be which of the smaller suburbs will attempt to wrest an executive post away from the East York representative. _ _More|than $5,000,000 will be spent in 1964 on the new water purification plant now under construction on the Ontario Hospital grounds in New Toronto Some lobbyina has started at the political leve! amâ€" ong Metro councillors for seats on the 1964 Metro exâ€" ecutive committee. For geographic, if no ather reason, Etobicoke is certainly entitled to one seat on the execuwâ€" tive committee. Metro plans to spend $21,700,000 in 1964 to furâ€" ther improve and expand its water pollution control and water distribution system. Among the Metro expendiâ€" tures is $400,000 as a contribution towards the new Lokeview sewage treatment plant which will also serve part of Toronto Township. It is estimated that an addiâ€" tional $6,000,000 will be spent between 1964 and 1973 on the continued development of the Humber sewage treatment plant. Metro Transportation Committee will examine the proposal that New Toronto sugnests in the ideo of exâ€" tending Islington Ave. south to L ke Shore Blvd. with an interchange provided at the Queen Elizabeth Highwoy. No doubt provincial authorities will also be consulted in the matter 1 ____With the elevation of Alex Joy to chiet Metro saliâ€" citor the post of deputy solicitor is now open. It will probably go to a member of the Metro legal department. More than 60 air pollution warnings were issued recently by Metro authorities including letters to Islingâ€" ton apartments, Kingsway Transport, the RCAF, a gas company and a hydro electric power commission. Metro Council has endorsed Mimico Mayor Grigg‘s idea for a Canadian court of trees and will place funds in the l’“_civle b_udgn to begin the project. Metro recently built a sewermain through a priâ€" vate golf club. As part of the restoration work Metro has agreed to provide 85 trees and 20,000 square yards of top soil. In five years Metro has spent $19,500,000 to expand its water distribution system. It is being built in such a way that eventually it will be prepared to serâ€" vice communities now outside the political and geoâ€" graphical boundary of Metro government. A major project on the drawing boards of the proâ€" vincial government is the widening of No. 27 Highway north from the Queen Elizabeth Highway or the Queensâ€" way to the Rexdale area of Etobicoke. The roadway is now operating at peak capacity. Reconstruction and widening work is expected to begin about late 1966. Effective from Jan. 1 onwards, Metro government will rebote to each area municipality the amount of money that municipality pays out to persons receiving welfare relief. The big gain by this Metro aid will go to the city and not to the suburbs. It is just another move to equalize the cost of municipal services throughout the Metro area. UE Fund Report Hot Potato Handed To Uncertain Chef Report From Ottawa While low summer unemâ€" ployment and a consequent excess of contributions over benefit payments gave the fund a seasonal respite a comâ€" It was conceived and born of a Diefenbaker regime which promptly left it on the doorâ€"step of the new Liberal Government. Now â€" its new foster parents are finding it no less of an embarrassment and its future is uncertain. During the ‘60 May and June days of decision it was near the top of the program for the session and had been given prominent mention in the Speech from the Throne. The Gill report, the first and only common sense and comâ€" prehensive effort to take a bankrupt unemployment inâ€" surance fund off the back of the taxpayer, is an orphaned and unwanted child. . .. and a Sweet Tooth, Too! When it did, the reason for delay was obvious. It was a pandora‘s box of political horâ€" rors. The committee had not stopped at recommending the end of seasonal benefits and the elimination of fishermen who were to be given a sepâ€" arate fund. It also cut the period for regular benefits in half and, suggested a plan for "extended benefits" to be paid by the taxpayer which would put thousands of present unâ€" In July, 1961, however a committee was appointed unâ€" der a Toronto accountant E. C. Gill to investigate the fund and recommend how it could be restored. The committee was ready to report in May of 1962 but at that time Mr. Diefenbaker and his Party couldn‘t have cared less about bankrupt funds. They had a tough election campaign on their hands as well as a dollar crisis. The committee was diâ€" recled to stall along. When June ballots dropped Conservative followers in the House of Commons from 208 to 115 there was less reason to hurry, A good summer of employment had given the fund a reprieve and, in spite of frequent needling from the Liberal opposition about deâ€" lay, the report did not make its appearance until Decéemâ€" ber. As a result the fund which, in 1956 stood well above the $800 million mark had dropâ€" ped to below $20 million last spring. Faced with heavy unâ€" employment and the choice of increasing Finance Minister Fleming‘s deficit by several hundred million or "reading" a fund built up of contribuâ€" tions of employers and workâ€" ers, the Diafenbaker Governâ€" ment picked the latter. It also means more borrowâ€" ing from the Treasury to keep the fund solvent during the winter months. At the momâ€" ent it has a balance of about $25 million compared with $110 million at this time last year, While these are treated as loans, they are loans that, quite reasonably, will not be repaid. Finally, it means another winter of paying seasonal benefits from December to May to thousands whose regâ€" ular benefits have been exâ€" hausted. Today these seasonal benefits are paid even to fishâ€" ermen, who, even after a profâ€" itable season, get their $36 cheques each week through the winter. But in his recent outline to the House of Commons of preâ€" Christmas business P rime Minister Pearson listed it, in company with the Canada Pension plan and the Canada Development Corporation as matters that could better be handled at the next session, This means a period of nearly three years from the time that a Government decided that something should be done unâ€" til something is done, if, inâ€" deed, anything is done in the end. mittee of officials was put to work to draft the legislation. Western farmers will not be discouraged by Ottawa from sowing another 27 million acres of wheat next year. While in the long run Trade Minister Sharp feels there should be diversion to other crops, prospects of wheat sales between now and 1965 means marketing of all we can grow. 2. It gives some indication of the timetable for the next budget. Meetings of the budâ€" get committee will start in January making budget day possible at the end of March or in April 3. It would seem to indicate no change in the finance portâ€" folio. Mr. Gordon is to be givâ€" en a chance to recoup his lossâ€" es and thote of the Governâ€" ment as a result of the June fiasco. 1. It perhaps means some small degree of budget secâ€" recy may be sacrificed in orâ€" der to feel out reaction in adâ€" vance CAPSULE COMMENTS Justice Minister Chevrier may find it difficult to satisfy the Conservative opposition that he had any legal authorâ€" ity for delaying the arrest of Hal Banks for 10 days after a Montreal court had issued the warrant. But if the procedure proves a little irregular Canaâ€" dians generally will forgive him. The first thing was to get back to work the men Banks had ordered off the ships to march on Ottawa, thus tieing up the grain â€"movement. Only Banks, at that moment could have done this. The secâ€" ond step was to give the new trustees an opportunity to get their feet under their desks. The Government chose wisâ€" dom instead of haste. Finance Minister Gordon has invited national organizaâ€" tions such as the C.M.A., C.L.C. and the Canadian Tax Foundation to submit briefs next month, or at the latest, January to help him in his budget making. The move is significant on three counts: it was the pleasure they must have experienced in handling this unwelcome bequest to the young Liberal Government. Recommended measures were included to eliminate abuses such as the drawing of benefits by married women during pregnancy and by reâ€" tired persons not looking for jobs. If there was one bright spot in the clouds of defeat that surrounded Mr. Diefenbaker and his colleagues on April 8, And, to make it all more politically acceptable the comâ€" mittee warned that if any Government tried to sort out the popular recommendations from the unpopular and failed to implement the whole report as a package the state of the unemployment insurance fund would only be worse. employment beneficiaries on special | assistance â€" with . a "means test", a dirty word in the dictionary of any politiâ€" clan. _ Also there is little to bear out the dilman‘s statement that van Gogh drank to excess for amy extended period. It is certain he was not an accomplishc}ysouse, like gaugin or some other artists of the period. It is also unrealistic to expect an artist to be well orâ€" ganized and fall into line, for inspiration dictates his creaâ€" tive output. Is Mr. Moore‘s idear the Harold Town type? A wit and bon vivant who mingles well socially and cerâ€" tainly seems well organized is Mr. Town. However few artists are as wellâ€"adjusted as Mr. Town seems to be. ON THE ELEVATOR. "I just found out the lamps I gave them for a wedding present are their favorite weaâ€" pons when they get into a scrap". As for van Gogh being a "wouldâ€"be" artist, Mr. Moore seems to be a bit off base. The Dutchman is considered one of the greatest artists of all time and his work certainâ€" ly bears this out. Mr. Moore indicates an artist must prove his worth before he is alloted Canada Council money. With this I wholcheartedly agree, but to use as an example of failure an artist the stature of van Gogh is indiscreet. _ Mr. Moore probably favors Rembrandt. a wellâ€"organâ€" ized fellow with an eye for the guilder, who had his stuâ€" dents do a lot of the initial work on a painting, then came along as "The Master" to add the finishing touches and his signature. He said grants are given Only to the wellâ€"organized artist, not the type that he says van Gogh was. Mr. Moore seems to lose sight of the fact artists in the days of van Gogh were lustv, hard drinking, individualistic, not the type we sec today, who are more interested in rakâ€" ing in the cash than creating works of art. _ The artist of 100 years ago, it seems to me. was more dedicated than his modern counterpart, and spent more time at the easel and among his subject matter than at cocktail parties. It is difficult to envision van Gogh standing around an art gallery sipping something from a small glass, while making asinine conversation with potential customers. ~~ Such a speech was made this week by Imperial Oil viceâ€"president Trevor J. Moore to the Board of Trade. Mr. Moore is. and don‘t ask me why, is on the Canada Council which issues grants to cultural groups and individuals pursuing the arts. A POOR PICTURE OF A GREAT ARTIST. It is nothing short of tragic that people monumentally unqualâ€" ified to speak on art and artists are given opportunities to express opinions which contribute absolutely nothing to the cause of art. Mr. Moore branded Vincent van Gogh a "drunken, unsuccessful, wouldâ€"be artist", and in the next breath said time spent by artists drinking in bars is not entirely wasted, lor while "staring out at the passing scene", they someâ€" times receive their greatest inspiration. Can‘t figure out why the cross is green, since Blue Cross is or was a hospital plan. Common sense would dictate any player wearing a green cross on his helmet would be a marked man, especially by the teamâ€"mates of the player he injured to earn the distinction of wearing the cross. How about a special cheer for the guy with the most green crosses on his helmet. Can‘t you just hear the cheerâ€" leaders chanting: "Knee them ify the pancreas, Kick them in Whe spleen, Gouge themâ€"<# the eyeballs, But get those‘crosses green. Yea FINSTER, you‘re our joy, You got more green crosses Than any other boy. Yea, Yea FINSTER. Now that the days of notches on sixâ€"guns and emblems on aircraft fuselages are gone forever, let us recognize our heroes by the green crosses on their football helme«ts. Let us pay tribute to the youth who is quick with the knee, speedy with the elbow and awfully slow on sportsmanship. Football coaches should encourage this sort of thing. 1t would completely revise the methods of judging footâ€" ball players. Instead of saying, "I‘ve got Finster at right end, he can really haul down those long ones for the big gainer", he‘d say "I‘ve got Finster at right end; he can‘t play football but he whittled a shillelagh out of his father‘s wooden leg and beat him over the head with it, Boy, what a sense of humor". Say the helmet bore a symbol indicating you‘d kicked the crutches out from under someone with a broken leg, boy, would your opponents be afraid of you. Or better vet â€" a drawing which would tell your enemies you‘d shoved an old lady in front of a street car. Respect would be yours, everyone would envy you. THE GREEN CROSS$. During a war pilots paint emblems on the fuselage of their planes whenever they gun down an enemy aircraft. This quaint practice probably carried over from the gunslingers of the Old West, who carved notches on their sixâ€"guns if an enemy was a bit slower on the draw and died of lead poisoning. Now the practice has spread to high school football players, who are entitled to paint green crosses on their helmets if they injure an opponent. I imagine if they kill a member of an opposing team, the cross is painted black. It‘s a great idea, but why stop there? Why not paint symbols of all outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"ordinary deeds on the helmet. This would give the opposing team an opâ€" portunity to figure out exactly what type of chaps they are about to. battle. I suppose this had a psychological effect on one‘s enâ€" emies if one paraded about, the handles of two six guns respendent with notches. However it could also lead to one being shot in the back, or as they said in those days "bushwhacking".