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] ~ THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, April 45th, 1957 - 'A Sense of Proportion o Lr 3 "N " * the Skinner Trophy. Alderman Gor- <0 FIRE AT SUTTON "week. The Norman affair is assuming propor- tions that affect all our lives, We were upset and outraged by his treatment-and we have called our own government into question 'as well as administering a proper rebuke to our American neighbours. On the eve of an election we challenge wherever and whatever we may and per- haps Mr. Deifenbaker is right to do so-- but there are issues that are above party- ism. Is this one of them? : What is the responsibility of the Liberal party in this matter and in other matters involving the withholding of pertinent facts from the public? We have just lived through an era of unparalleled prosperity. Our government has been: in power a long time. Is it per- haps too easy to lapse into a policy that funetions without too many referents to the people? On the supface it looks as though both Mr. Howe and Mr. St. Laurent + have been-careles in this respect. A Gov- ernment which may well go into power again 'with a good majority bears a great responsibility to its people. Our democratic tradition demands con- stant consultation and the sharing of as many facts as possible for the integrity of Off To. Toronto Some nine thousand teachers, educators and trustees attended the sessions of the 97th Annual Convention of the Ontario Educational Association in Toronto this It is the largest convention of its kind yet held. Each year it grows a little bigger and this year the convention offi- cials were hard put to find suitable ac- - commodation for the innumerable depart- ments, groups and organizations making up its' membership. The problems that came under discus- sion included'the improvement of teaching, teacher recruitment, and finance. . At least two of these are old perennials; teacher recruitment is a new and increas- ingly important problem facing education- ists. One of the peculiarities of the present status in education is that all three of (creeping into modern life. the broader, © NOTES AND COMMENTS all eoncerned. There is no doubt about it there is a tendency toward totalitarianism The leaders make the decisions the great herd of the . people merely follow. This is a dangerous tendency. It is well for it to be checked-- to be nipped in the bud. But exposure for exposure's sake is quite another thing There are those who would pull Mr. Pear- son dewn from his high place if they could. Are the opposition being shortsighted in singling out this affair to such an extent at this moment ?'when they might play in- to the hands of those they would least like to touch, Mr. Pearson has done Canada great ser- vice in the past few years. One feels he is a statesman rather than a politician: Statesmen today are rare. Two wrongs do not make a right. ~ Cer- tainly government methods of handling in- formation of this character would bear a good deal of re-thinking and re-organizing but let us not be guilty of a smear cam- paign ourselves just because politics seems more important near election time than deeper issue of Canada's integrity. these problems are closely related ones. Each effects the other in subtle and in- direct ways: Education is a very compli- cated business and this was cl to -any- one who tried to follow the courbe of this week's conversation. It was clear, too, that there are no easy, ready-to-use patent remedies for the ills that affect our edu- cational system. It seems certain, however, that we must continue to show an ever increasing inter- est 'in education, that we must pay more for education, and that we must find better ways of securing the teacher's posi- tion in our community if we are to expect any real improvement in education. Ap- parently, these things are a matter -of rather slow:growth and development. They do not blossom overnight, difficult manufacturing situation can fact, the reason behind the limited export business is basically the same as the cause of many of our internal our comparatively small population-- CBC NEWSCASTER Larry Henderson, who brings his viewers the nightly roundup of news from all over the world on CBC tele- caster in Canada. led to trouble spots all over the world to give viewers coverage, to the Middle East to report on the vision, is the most travelled Bows. orisls there. . Larry has travel- on-the-spot news His most recent trip was Clipped Comments PEOPLE AND PRODUCTION It has been argued so often that one main hope of Canada's industrial ec- onomy lies in expanding our exports, that sometimes the argument seems to suggest that industry is not aware of that need or, being aware, is do- ing less to meet it than might he ex- pected, We don't think that many industrial officlals who are intelligent enough to assure their firms' survival in a be unaware of this need and, being aware of it, it does not seem that they would do less than their utmost to ex- tend their markets. As a matter of business .problenis. That reason is we have too few people to achieve the economies in production possible in manufacturing for a large domestic] it market. There is the additional fact that we have not the standard of pay to permit us to achieve low-cost pro- terials, but until our basic situation changes 'there is little help for it. other countries of Europe with whom we do a substantial business, the out: look is hardly more favorable. We have a third orya quarter of the U.K.'s population, but--we cannot key aur manufacturing to the mass market there so long ag we produce our goads at a wage cast three or four times theirs, the products of ouy industry, Canada needs: a larger population, and a lar- ger domestic market. recognition of the truth that higher wages must be earned through higher productivity. be demanded on the basis of what somebody else gets. some relationship to the volume of sales available to produce them. THE NERD FOR TRUTH ed enemy, we have read. Therefore Freedom's mos gainst the spre, With the United Kingdom, and To secure more export business for Too, we need Wage increases cannot They must bear --Canadian Statesman, Truth is Communism's most dread- be the Crusade for powerful weapon a- d of Soviet aggression. pio examines the blows continues to Anyone District Doings RAISE COUNCIL PAY IN SMALL TOWNS The intervention of Dr. Matthew B. Dymond (PC, Ontario), resulted two weeks ago in an increase in attend- ance payments for councillors of smal- ler municipalities. The member told the Legislature's government bills committee that the effect of an amendment to the Muni- cipal Act raising the ceilings for such payments was discriminatory. It sug- gested that an alderman in a city was worth $25"a day while the rural rep- resentative was worth only $8 a day. "The fact. is", Dr. Dymond said, "the rural man has to work much harder than a city councillor. The man in the country doesn't have a trained staff to advise. He has to be his own adviser." New maximum approved by the committee will give those in commu- nities under 10,000 a daily payment of $18. 1 AN -- MARKHAM GIRL WINS OSHAWA FIGURE S8KATING HONORS Miss Myrna Robb, daughter of -Mr, and Mrs. John Robb, south of Mark- ham Village, a member of the Osha- wa Figure Skating Club, captured the senior championship last week in com- petitions held in the Bowmanville Me- morfal Arena. A good crowd was on hand to view the events. Miss Robb was donsisleifie in both figures and free skating: Shé was presented with don B, Attersley made the presenta- tions, Miss Gloria Tatton of Gormley was the runnér-up for the Senior honours. The 'judges agreed that both Miss Robb and Miss Tatton were very good. The owners of Sutton Printers, High 8t.,, Sutton, estimated damage at approximately. $2,000 from a fire Tuesday night. The fire destroyed paper stock and' damaged equipment. Sutton fire brigade arrived in time to save the building and prevent ex- and social implications. PICKERING 'ENGAGES PLANNING CONSULTANT A) At a special meeting of Pickering Township Council on Monday evening, a firm of Planning consultants, Pro- ject Planning Associates of Toronto' were hired to make a survey and study of the proposed residential and indus- trial development at Whitevale. The cost of the survey will be $1,500. They will present their recommendation to Council next month, The study will be made with respect to economic Councillor Glenn Julian informed Council that he had learned that the Dept. of Education intended to cut off their grant to the East Woodlands Recreation Association, Councillor Julian said that he understood that since the Association did not benefit the entire municipality, the grant would - be discontinued. Reeve Wm. Lawson stated that he felt such a move by the Department was a very serious matter, Councillors Sid Pugh, Edgar James and Robt. Stewart were appointed to investigate the problem and bring in a report at the next meeting, NEW BUILDING FOR COUNTY York County Council agreed dur- ing their session on Tuesday of last week to proceed with the erection of a new administration building esti- mated to cost $150,000. Chairman of the Property Committee, Reeve Elmer Daniels of Stouffville presented the committee report recommending the building 'due to severe crowding and dation. : : i. The 'new. building will house both and will be built to the #suth of the present quarters on" David Dr., New- market. : (Reeve John Perry and. Deputy-Ree- ve: Kirk-of Vaughan Twp. opposed the: move as well as' Deputy-Reeve Deacon of Markham Twp. and:Deputy-Reeve Jones of Aurora. The four claimed the new building unnecessary, Mr, Deacon charged council with merely trying to provide itself with fancier quarters, ' . CONSTABLE RESIGNS Constable Norman Jarvis of the Stouffville Police Department sub- mitted his resignation last week. Council will endeavour to fill the va- cancy as soon as possible, Constable Jarvis joined the force in mid-Janu- tensive damage. ary, replacing P.O. Arnold Leader, over-taxed council chamber EY which bodies. are concerened chambers 'and: administratiye, offices | PLAN OFFICIAL OPENING OF NEW COUNTIES BLDG. Reeve J, Brown, Clarke Township, disclosed that the official opening of .the new counties' building, in Cobourg, will take place in June, 'probably on the 19th," at the second day session of Counties' Council. Mr. Brown declared: "We are think- ing of having 'several high ranking government officials here. We have- n't the facilities inside for a large' crowd:and we. thought that the June date would be best, although it is not official," * Garnet Rickard, Deputy-Reeve of Darlington, said: "The Reeve of Co- as well, try. bourg and I have been thinking about the same thing, maybe we shouldn't, but isn't the election in June?" Mr. Brown replied: "We hope the battle will be all over by then and the smoke cleared away." APPOINT POLICE CHIEF At the regular meeting of the Town Council, Cannington, on Monday night of last week, Mr, Douglas Bryant of Pefferlaw, was appointed Chief of Police of Cannington. Mr. Bryant was a former member of the Provost Corps and will move to town soon. Can. Cancer Society USE THE MONEY FOR:-- : "Research The Society is affiliated" with the National Cancer Institute of Canada} and is closely connected with the Ont. Cancer Treatment and Research Foun-' with fuidamental research and clini- 1 treatment of Canada, respectively. Nearly 6509, of the funds collected by the Ontario Division are directed into these channels. In addition, the So- ciety sponsors its own awards for spe: cific projects. . ~ A major objective of the Sdclety is to foster education of an.increasingly large proportion of the population re- | garding the facts of cancer. This is! done through the distribution of liter- | ature, speakers, films, and an Indus- | trial Educational Programme carried out through the Mobile Little Red Door. The entire programme stres- ses early diagnosis and tréatment, and | results in the saving of lives. Part of the finds raised are alloted to this Unit to provide cancer dreass- ings, Nurse calls, sick room supplies, and transportation to elinfe centres as' cancer patients {n this district, well as other aids and comforts to they need, duction for export, We must find the bulk of our ex- port market -in those countries that deal most largely with us. - That sug- gests as our logical markets the Unit- ed States and the United Kingdom. Beyond these our imports drop rather sharply and, naturally, our exports With the United States, of course, we are. faced with competition from industries based on a market about ten times our own and enjoying to the full the benefits of mass production. Not only have we but a fraction of that domestic market, but our pay rates are relatively very little lower than those in our neighboring coun- So there is very little hope of in- vading that market with fabricated goods, which means that to come close to a balance of trade we are compelled to share the commodities we have and That means the less pro- fitable course of exporting raw ma- DR. VIP CLAUDE Speaks over CKLB (Oshawa) MONDAY, APRIL 29th 7.650 p.m. "SOCIAL SECURITY" -. V8, "SOCIALISM" Ontario Riding Liberal Association BE dealt to MOviet policy and prestige during 1Y56 can understand the power of truth. The uprisings by desperate people in Poland and Hungary, the unsettled conditions in all the [Rus- siansdominated satellite countries, and the unrest in Russia itself, have pro- ved that the most unrelenting barr- age of lies cannot stifle the facts, But even though the Soviets have suffered setbacks from which they { may never recover, they have intensi- fied their propaganda campaign. It is obvious, therefore, that the West- ern Democracies must intensify their efforts to show proof of democratic principles by which all free men can live ih peace and economic security and thus counteract ethe untruthful teachings of the Communists. To an unsettled people, controlled by force and confused by lies, the truth is more vital than ever. . Through its support of Radio Free Europe's broadcasts to the satellite countries of Eastern Europe, the Cru. sade for Freedom has kept a window open between the captive peoples and the free world. This window must be kept open, or the brave struggles made in the name of freedom will be con- verted into a bitter memory. The free people of the Western world have a clearly defined duty to- ward these captive peoples. The West must prove that the West is not weak, that it is not interested solely in its own affairs. Free people everywhere must realize'that only a lie left un- challenged is a potent weapon.--Vir- ginia Gazette. - ~z-Capadian Statesman. o i] NAMES MAKE NEWS Nothing is more irfiportant in any news item in a local newspapér than names, Whether it is a report of a meeting, or relating to an incident such as ac- cident, human interest story or any- thing having to do with the actions of people, names make news. Yet nothing is more common or more exasperating than the habit of people sending items to a newspaper and either leaving out names or put- ting initials or othér identifying marks. An item comes in about Mr. Smith. Which one? Where does he live? Somebody reports a church service in which Rev, Jones preached. Who is he? Where does he come from? What church? Besides, Rev, is not a title of address and without an initial is improperly used. Nothing is easier than for the per- son on the scene to secure these es- BOSPITALS ' Today and Tomorrow "HERE IS HOPE-H ELP-AND HEALING" Editors Note: ciation. During World War II photographs, particularly aerial views, were used extensively and successfully to locate and pinpoint enemy concentration of troops and mechanized units and to plan strategic attacks. ' Since the cessation of hostilities more than a decade ago, 'Phohographs, drawings, slides and moving pictures have been used for a variety of edu- cational and beneficial purposes, This trend toward the "video" means of communicating ideas has even had an influence on a great many hospitals. In Ontario toady most large teaching hospitals have one, or more, medical photographers on staff. *A specialist in his field, the medical photographer is helping to plan stra- tegic attacks against illness and dis- ease and is contributing toward the major objective of improved patient care. This bi-weekly article series will contain interesting facts « about hospitals, and is published as a public service newspaper in co-operation with the Ontario Hospital Asso- y this Pictures of individuals in various stages of progression of their illness, photographs of specimens from: the hospital's laboratory, "shots" to illus- trate various phases of an operation such-as a tendon graft, are all part of a day's work for a medical photo- grapher. For teaching purposes these pictures are usually tranferred onto a slide and then projected onto a screen By this means an instructor can point out and expain to a class of nurses-in-training or internes, actual and authentic facts and data about a particular case, Medical photographers have been quite commonplace in hospitals in England for some time, Here in Can- ada, however, it is a relatively, new profession. Their worth and value have already proved and as time goes on they will, undoubtedly, play a. still greater role in alleviating suffering and restoring the afflicted back to healthy, normal life. sential "details. And nothing is har- der for an editor than to try to find them out after the event. Mr. Smith's address being unknown, identifying him becomes impossible. Rev. Mr. Jones having gone on to some other place his initial and background are lost. ) Names are the meat of the news item. So if you are a publicity chair- man, press reporter for your organi- zation or are in any way connected with submitting written material to your newpaper, spare the editor gray hairs and put names complete with initials, addresses and other details. P.S.--It's not a bad idea to include place and date too. You'd be sur- prised how many forget. --Canadian Statesman. Utica Several children from this district were christened at the special service held in the Epsom United Church by the Reverend Mr. Kennedy, Uxbridge. They were Dianne, Robert and Donald, children of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Card; Connie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sutherland; and Timmie, son of Mr. and Mrs, Bert Mitchell, Winners at the last Hall euchre were Mrs. Oliver Lane, Mrs. A. Prentice, and Mabel Leach for the ladies and George Harper,; Fred Carnochan, and I'red Middleton for the men. The next euchre party will be held this Saturday evening, April 27, at the Manchester Hall. The committee in charge is Mr, and Mrs. Bill Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ross. All proceeds go to the Utica Hall building fund. The April meeting of the W.A. was held at the home of Mrs. Geo. Harper with the president Mrs. Lloyd Ross in charge. : Bob Sutherland and Hillis Wilbur were in New Jersey this week with a truck-load of cattle, The baseball teams of Utica and Epsom Public School had a game last Thursday afternoon, Epsom won, get- ting most of their runs in the first two innings. Mrs. D. Robertson acted as umpire, Jane and Christine Storey are visit- ing their grandmother, Mrs. Toogood, in Toronto, while Tony Toogood of To- ronto is here with Mr. and Mrs, M. Storey." Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Crosier on Sunday were Mr and Mis. Bruce Beare and family and Mr. and Mrs. H. Fitchett, : Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilbur were Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair. Robertson, Jr., Mrs. Roy Robertsdn, and Miss Carol Beare. Roy Robertson has been improving some of the village lots with his hull- dozer. Sorry to report that Mr. and Mrs. Ray Macdonald's aunt, Mrs. Jessie Cunimins, is very ill in the Port Perry Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gordon and Robt. of Toronto, were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Rudling, of Toronto, were at Mr. and Mrs, Wm, Philps' home last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cormack and Mrs, dirace Swan visited Mr. and Mrs. F., Kendall on Monday, Mrs. Swan re- cently celebrated her 80th birthday with a party. 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hills THE COMEBACK We got talking about men who had made comebacks. Fellows who had been right down to their uppers, then suddenly started to climb up again and never stopped. We all admired them, and perhaps envied them a little for the adventure they muat have found on the comeback trail. Then one of our group made a wise obser- vation I'd like to pass along. "You know," he said, "you don't have to tumble down the ladder to make a comeback. Wherever, you're standing right now, you can still start climbing. You know what I mean-- use the same kind of energy those comeback boys used, only start from the spot you're in right now, high as it may be. "I remember a fellow who did fit. He was riding high, too, and proud of his position. He had a good job, belonged to one of the finest clubs, owned his own home. You know the sort of things. "Then his Company sent him on a trip. During the trip, he was to sce his counter-part in another branch of the Company . . . a man with a sim- ilar job, and presumably a similar place in life. "He had his eyes opened. His counter-part was not only doing the job better, but had taken up addition- al studies and was, to all intents and purposes, ready to climb another rung or two in a hurry. . "Henry came back a new man. Within six months we all knew he was slated for bigger things. He really began to extend himself, and every- body was surprised at his capacity for work and learning. "Maybe you couldn't call that a comeback, but it took the same kind of stuff -- a willingness to do better each succeeding day. That's all a comeback amounts tol!" I thought about that a great deal. Maybe the man who is already fairly high on the ladder needs even moro courage to climb than the chap who has fallen to the bottom and has no- where to go but up. One thing I am sure of, - Wa live in the kind of nation, where such choices are up to the indiviqual, You are free to climb or free to slide. There was a trend, a few years back, to try to haul everybody down to the same level, to reward failire and punish success, But fortunately that trend is changing. This country is too young and vigorous for such none- gense. Young countries admire the man who climbs, whether he is re- covering from a bad fall or going forward from a good start, Have you got a comeback in you? More power to you, then! : --r rd ho Sn A ; ci TN 1 y POL wg pi a y ' yl