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6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTS, Thursdsy, November 97, 1008 Editorials . The Daily Times-Gasetie Sitios Sse Ton Boab. Gua re Uma Interest is Growing In - [ City Manager Government There are indications that several Ontario municipalities are interesting themselves in adopting the city manager system of muni- cipal government. Some 30 years ago, there was quite a flurry in favor of this type of civic administration, but it died down, and some of the cities which had adopted it reverted to the conventional methods. Now, however, there has been a distinct revival of the idea. - At the forthcoming municipal elections, Fort William ratepayers will vote on its adoption. The civic affairs committee of the Ottawa Board of Trade has come out in favor of it, and is asking the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to take up the question with a view to recommend- ing that it be made the subject of special legislation of the Ontario Legislature. The City of Sarnia has just completed its first year of the city manager plan, and the Sarnia Observer comments on it as follows: "From our own observation, and our concep- tion of the reaction of industry, commerce and the individual citizen, we can safely say that the council-manager plan, or city manager plan as it is more familiarly known here, has been gn outstanding success, Much of the success, we feel 'sure, is due to the fact that Sarnia has been fortunate in obtaining in the person of E, Royden Colter, a city manager who is not only _ enthusiastically in faver of the system, but vho has had experience in various branches o' civie administration which makes him unusually well fitted for contributing to the success of its N . 3 In the City of Chatham, Ontario, the city manager plan has been in effect, success- fully, for 30 years. The Chatham News makes this comment on its operation there: "Those 30 years have produced great changes in general conditions and municipal business, so much so that this municipality would find it hard to carry on without the contro] and co- ordination of its business provided by City Manager Kingston. In our experience, the system achieves its best results where the municipality adheres to the basic idea of an elective council determining its policies and sa manager seeing thet they are carriéd out efficiently." It would seem, therefore, that the idea as outlined by the Chatham newspaper is wdrth investigation by the Oshawa munici- pal authorities. We can see many directions in which both efficiency and economy would b2 promoted in this city's affairs by a com- . petent city manager working in harmony with the elected representatives. Perhaps the new council that is elected next Monday will take the matter under consideration after it is organized. The Sunday Sports Issue The wording of the ballot in reference to the Sunday sport issue is not entirely clear, but our civic authorities have no responsi- bility for it. The wording set forth in the "Lord's Day (Ontario) Act 1950" is as fol- lows: : "Are you in favor of public games and sports on the Lord's Day to be regulated by municipal by-law under the authority of the Lord's Day (Ontario) Act, 1950?" Strange as it may seem, any reference to "commercialized" -Sunday sport has been omitted. Just why this is we do not know. It has been left to citizens' committees and newspapers to make the public aware of the fact that the issue is not one of re- creational activities on Sunday, either by individuals or groups, but simply one of commercializing the Lord's Day by arrang- ing for sporting events for which an admis- sion fee is charged or where the contestants receive payment for their services. We quote from a letter in the Ottawa Citizen, in which city the issue is also be- fore the electors: : L) L ] Churchill Holding The Churchill government in Britain is now more than a year old. Off and om for months there have been contentions that it is basically weak, and predictions that it must ultimately fall be- fore a resurging Labor Party. Yet obviously the time is not yet. Win- ston Churchill has just won a thumping vote of confidence in the House of Com. mons on the issue of his government's eco- noniic policies. And, perhaps more of a measure, his party recently captured by' decisive margin an important parliament- ary seat that had been vacated. The fight for that seat had been. widely recognized as a test of strength. The trend of such by-elections is always. closely watch Editorial Notes This evening the Jaycees have their Town Hall meeting--the last opportunity to hear from election candidates. v If Eisenhower makes his promised trip to Korea, how about inviting Joe Stalin to be there at the same time, so tha' they could get together and settle things. The Daily Times-Gazette BL nS, WHITBY) ( ) and (he ) 18 published dally (Sun "Rub out the gate receipts of Sunday games, and the whole issue will collapse like the straw house that it is. Behind the drive stand the com- mercial promoters, whose god is money and standards of human behavior based only on gate receipts and net profits". The above is pretty strong language but perhaps not too strong to describe at least some of those who have no deep respect for the Lord's Day or no real desire to promote clean, wholsesome sport for our young peo- ple, such as ig available to them through our many city playgrounds, the Community Recreational Association, and other worth- while agencies. ' To paraphrase Mr, Churchill, "Never in the field of human sport did so few ask for so much from so many." We are convinced that Oshawa has noth- ing of importance to gain from approving the commercialized Sunday sports proposal. It has much to lose, actually and potentially. Vote "No" on the question of Sunday "sports. ® ® [J i His Position ed for signs that the government is weaken. ing, holding its own, or gaining. If all the reports of weakness had been true, the Conservatives ought not to have taken the vacant berth. That they did is viewed in Briain as pretty conclusive sign that the incumbent part is as strong with the electorate a swhen it was voted in last year. The people seem to be recognizing that. good progress is being made towards recovery under Churchill. Evidently the people are not as dissatis- fied with the Conservatives as many ob- 'servers suggest. At the .very least, they seem determined to give more time than it has so far to prove its ease, 4 R Bit Of Verse / HH #3 HAVENT You ARRANGED TO CONSERVE SOME OF THIS FOR. IRRIGATION AND POWER ? OTTAWA REPORT St. Laurent And Abbott At London Conference By PATRICK NICHOLSON (Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette) OTTAWA --Prime Minister St. Laurent, accompanied by Finance Minister Abbott and a group of advisers, will represent Canada at the Commonwealth conference opening in London today. Winston Churchill will preside over the conference which, so Anthony Eden told us when he was in Ottawa last week, will be the most important held since the war. It will review the whole field of trade and economic policies within and between the nations of the Commonwealth, It is important to us that the economic stability of Britain should be restored. So is it that the British pound, the Indian rupee and all the other Commonwealth currencies should once more be 'made fully convertible with our dollar. Only so can we ever regain our markets in those countries for our manufac- tured goods, lumber and newsprint now so'seriously reduced, and for our salmon, cheese, apples, to- bacco, pork @&nd many other Sraditiona) expoits now entirely ost. SQUEEZE PLAY THREATENS In fact our exports to Britain are now virtually limited to wheat and to raw materials which . she must have for her rearmament drive. These are emergency sales which, so long as she remains short of our dollars, may be ended with the same drastic effects to our miners and wheat growers that our dairy farmers, tobacco growers and others have already felt. In the past 12 months we have spent an average of $46 per Canadian on British goods, but we have sold her our exports to the value of $72 per Canadian. This unbalanced trade is very vulner- able and a source of danger to our prosperity. The solution could lie in us switching Britain some of our sutplus pupchases from the States, who buys from us only four fifth of the value of our purchases from her, The objective towards which our representatives will work at this Commonwealth conference is the expansion of international trade in the Free World to the full potential of supply and demand, CANADA'S AMBITION This objective of course includes such intermediate steps as free convertibility of currencies, the removal of import restrictions, the progressive elimination of tariffs, the development of colonial sources of raw materials, and the raising of consumption in under-privileged countries. Our government officials believe that this objective should be ap- preached step by step, using tife existing , well-oiled tools which are available for the purpose, such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Inter- national Monetary. Fund for currency exchange matters, and the World Bank for capital develop- mept assistance. : Canada certainly hopes to see something much larger than a mere Commonwealth plan aimed at in these talks. Not only the Commonwealth, not only the Sterl- ing Area, not only the Atlantic community, but the whole Free World is, our government believes, concerned with the problem . of stimulating a full and free flow of trade; so the whole Free World 'should tackle this problem. It will certainly be the most important post-war Commonwealth conference, as Mr. Eden predicted, 3 the ruling party -- FOR THE FIRST TIME SOLDIER SENTENCED LONDON, Ont. (CP)--One of two soldiers who tried to hold up a London woman in Victoria Park Nov. 14 pleaded guilty in city court Wednesday to attempted Morrison, 18, was sentenced to 18 months definite and six months in- determinate in reformatory. The intended victim was Mrs. Charlotte Sass. Police search for the sec. ond man is continuing, It may turn out to be a steppin stone to something much Fn as he did not predict. And it Senaitly should do, for another sl g crisis for Britain mi well be her last, i -- PORTRAITS -. ~~ WE THANK . Sy JAMES > METAL YOU, GOD We Thank You, God, for everything , , . That we possess today e+. And most of all we thank You for... Our. democratic way e+. The right to live in liberty «.. And from all fear = ++. In comfortable security . . And- brotherhood sincete', . . The | right to vote the way we want We thank You for Your- blessings --. And human sympathics .. and . . . The turkey that we eat : «.. And ask that You will hear our prayers... As humbly we entreat . . . And fhank You, God, for all Your gifts ... However old or new .., We love You and we worship You... And give our thanks to You. 7 Copyrgnt. 1993 "ield Gnterprises. (ne AU Rights Reserved o ¥ IN DAYS GONE BY , 30 YEARS AGO Ontario Ccunty Council gave its approval to the scheme for electri- fication of the Toronto and East- ern Railway from Toronto to Cobourg. Oshawa's Fuel Committee re- ceived a shipment of two carloads of coal to help relieve the shortage in the town. Reeve George Morris, Deputy Reeve Frank L. Mason, Coun- cillor R. P. Preston and Councillor R. F. Johnston announced their intention of standing for re- election for 1923. Fittings Limited gave a banquet in hcnor of the firm's baseball team whith won the town League championship. rd The County Council passed a grant of $2000 to the fund for relief Ontario. Col. J. E. Farewell, K.C., was appointed' as special advisor to the County Council on all matters of business pertaining to the county, at a salary of $600 a year. Oshawa Town Council gave its approval to the agreemént for the annexation of Cedar Dale to the town. Mayor John Stacey reported to the Council that there was only five days' supply of coal in Osha- wa. Oshawa had its first snowfall of the winter -on November 27, Principal J. G. Althouse of Oshawa High School was appoint- ed headmaster of the University of Toronto Schools. of forest fire victims in Northern A] rr MACS MUSINGS Peace is more precious To the world of today Than to any previous Generation of its people Because in our lifetime We have seen the two most Horrible wars in history, And have learned to know Of the wastage of life Devastation and destruction That wars can bring. That is why today our People hate the thought That another war might come, And why it is difficult To arcuse interest in Recruiting for the armed Forces of our country. Today we pray for peace In a world in which There is no real peace, But a war of wills, A war of ideologies Fought not on battlefields But rather in the minds Of men who are now free, But whose freedom is ever Threatened by these who Use nefarious means To poison their minds And weaken their defences. Peace is so precious to us Of the generation of today That we will not stand by And 'see it saerificed For age-old shibboleths 'Which brought about wars To satisfy men's greed And lust for power. We the people of today Demand that there be peace And we call upon those Who rule the nations To see that every means Known to human minds * Is called into play to halt The onrush of forces which Seem headed for war, and Which could be halted If our leaders determined There must be no more war. The Strand in London was first mentioned in Anglo-Saxon chron. icles of A.D. 1052, ¥ N-tyes NY NOT ND pr : Shephard"s NOW. 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