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+2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturdoy, February ¥, 1703 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN HON, JAMES W. SPOONER PASSES THE BUCK There are two distinct and contradictory sides to the Hon. James W. Spooner, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs, in this 'Conflict of Interest" dispute. There is the side he displays so well on the banquet cir- ""euit, at important social functions such as the 33rd. annual '@ivie Day Luncheon of the Oshawa Rotary Club -- this is "where he makes impressive generalizations to create the ers ,,Toneous impression that the Provincial government is pretty well on top of the "Conflict" situation, is protecting the best interests of the public, which, of course, is not so. There is another side. This 1s when Mr. Spooner is ap- proached direct for guidance or Clarification on some complex "Conflict" problem. What happened this week when Mr. Spooner was for- warded a copy of a letter by this department from City Solicitor E, J. McNeely of Oshawa to Chairman George K. Drynan, QC, of the Board of Education, con- taining some of Mr. Mce- Neely's legal interpretations on the 'Conflict' issue ? Mr, Spooner passed the buck, turned and looked the other way with this pat ex. planation: "T am not in a position to clarify anything in regards to the Schools'. Administra- : tion act, 1954, Such matters ee should be referred to the Department of Education, It is not my position to interpret ~ Such acts, especially as I am not a lawyer." 'This is the "same Mr, Spooner who addressed the Oshawa Rotary Club ** last month. If the highest municipal officer in the Provinctal govern- * ment ducks on such an issue, what purpose would be served ° by taking it to a sister Provincial department ? . Mr, Spooner's evasiveness, aloofness does more than « irritate big editorial guns in the metropolitan centres -- it = also creates the decided impression in many circles that he is * not ready to come to grips with this troublesome problem in . a realistic manner, HON. J. W. SPOONER = WHY THIS MAJOR UNBALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO ACTS? To get back to Mr. MoNeely's recent letter to Mr. Dry: nan -- it said, in effect: 1 -- A limited company of which a Board of Education member is the principal shareholder and director can legally enter into a contract with the Board of Education, 2 -- The affected member must disclose his interest and oy not take part in any discussions or vote on the subs ect. 3 -- The failure of such a member to disclose his | nterest would not result in his disqualification (as it would in the case of a member of a municipal Council, Mr, McNeely was referring to "relevant provisions" of Sections 35 and 198 of the Ontario Municipal act and Section 50 of the Schools Administration act, 1954 (which, in our Opinion, is at odds with section 82 of the SAA). ere "PT prteeereeeernavee SCHOOL ACT NEEDS FAR MORE (EETH Under Mr, McNeely's interpretation the limi ted com- rie referred to above (in No, 1) would be doing business : with the board, but not the member of the board who is the «Principal shareholder and director of the firm because thd ' . * ' . . . ---- latter does not participate in the Board's action. : Without challenging Mr. MeNeely's interpretation in any * way, this sounds like a silly, unrealistic law, one that should » be discarded without delay in the best interests of Education, . Members of a City Council in the same category will find no such leeway under the Ontario Municipal act which ' has far more teeth and contains many disqualification clauses : for elected representatives who have "interests" in firms ; dealing with Council. This is the $64,000 question: "Why should Ontario's laws governing schools board -- : ander the Schools Administration act -- be so lenient in such "Conflict" matters as compared with laws governing muni- « cipal councils -- under the Ontario Municipal act ? No official answer is available, but the best reason seems ; to be that several of the municipal scandals in recent months ' have involved Council bodies, hence the tendency to put + More teeth in the "Conflict" sections of the Ontario Municipal act, which certainly adds to the confusion th oon at already * _ These Municipal act amendments were badly needed, but why was uniformity not maintained with the Schools Ad- : ministration act? Does a school trustee not hold a position *-Of trust and responsibility equal to that of a City councillor ? rpms there be such a difference in the restrictive clauses : use one group administers 'at dé Woe, eee @ $12,000,000 business annually ba Ontario's laws on "Conflict" are lopsided -- to establish > uniformity, and maintain sanity, the Schools Administration * act must be amended without delay, assuming, of course, ~ that Mr. McNeely's interpretation is correct, It should be amended so that no firm under the above- = mentioned category could legally do business with the Board. : APRIL 8 JUST AROUND THE CORNER The upcoming Federal election cam i paign in Ontario riding will be in full swing shortly, and not too soon, Election day is just around the corner, April 8, to be exact The unexpected dissolution of Parliament has caught * many party workers unprepared for this important event « which is unfortunate, All Federal election campaigns are ; important, but this, undoubtedly, will be one of the most = important in history. The verdict could help immeasurably to plunge Canada into a period of gloom and depression -- it could also pave the way for an era of unheralded prosperity and progress. Tt is to be hoped, therefore, that more doors will be Opened in the riding so that the candidates, whoever they » May be, can be given ample opportunity to speak, regard- less of their party affiliation. In this regard, there have been some sad examples of discrimination in past Federal campaigns in Ontario riding. Some of our larger and. more influential social organiza- tions, not excluding service clubs, have been among the worst offenders. They have taken this course of least- resistance to appease members who are afraid that "'the Other members are afraid of eenerenre other sides' may be heard. "political controversy'. This reluctance to hear all candidates in a political cam- paign, on a non-partisan basis, is deplorable and a sad commentary on the sense of civic responsibility displayed by the executives of these organizations. Let's open the doors wide in this campaign, Poe e eee eee eee eee eee seer BOY SEARCHES Peter McKenty, 12-year-old is believed to have been liv. lie ti eon - page ing for the past week, Peter collie Lassie Friday soug' " " R his pet on Peche Island in the used Toots * Labrador 8 Detroit River where the dog ttiever, in the fifth abortive ., \Charles de Gaulle, villain of the FOR MISSING PET search for the dog. Peche Is- land is in the background, with open water in between. (CP. Wirephoto) Cold Weather Keeps Tourists TORONTO (CP)--A_ small storm brewed in the legisiviure Friday over what the govern: ment described as a $1,000,000,- 000. business for the province. A 24-hour barrage of ques- tions and argument left the 1963-64 estimates of the travel and publicity department still to be approved. Travel and Publicity Minister Cathcart said foreign tour'sts spend about $350,000,000 a year build a year-round resort in a lake region capable of handling large conventions, Mr. Cathcart faces increased from other countries U.S. tourist dollar. To meet this the provincial treasury department undertook a study that resulted in reor- ganization of all travel and pub- licity branches, he said. The minister added that tour- said Ontario competition for the Blame Away program without the depart- ment's 1962 annual report being tabled. Without the report de- bate could be only "a second- rate job." Mr. Catheart said the report is being printed and it will be tabled before the House pro- rogues, L. P. Spence (L--Kent East) wanted to know what the gov- ernment was doing about U.S. weather broadcasts that talk about cold air approaching from ,|trip was that her presence in in Ontario and along with the money Canadian tourists spend in the province it adds up to a ist operators and allied service industries shared an eight per cent increase in income from tourist spending in 1962, There has also been a shapr increase) in winter activities. DEMANDS PROBE NDP Leader Donald C, Mac- Donald demanded an investiga- tion of the cost of public rela- tions men employed by the gov- ernment "to refurbish the tar- nished image of its cabinet ministers," He said the cost of 'this new era in image making' should be included in next year's esti- jmates, "Apparently this government \feels that each of its individual If it were true that 15 per) members has a public image cent of tourist spending in On-|that is so frayed at the edges tario comes back to the govern-|that each minister must have ment, Queen's Park should "be/some public relations done for willing to pump real money in"|him." to assist development of tourist] Ray Edwards (L--Wentworth) resorts, he said in urging thelobjected to the House consider- province to spend $25,000,000 to'ing the department's spending WEATHER FORECAST Clearing Sunday Turning Colder Trenton Peterborough «+... Killaloe Muskoka .... jNorth Bay siessces Sudbury .ssceseees Barlton .sceseeeee Kapuskasing ... White River ... $1,000,000,000 tourist industry. This wasn't good enough for Opposition Leader Wintermeyer who wanted to know why only 22 per cent of the Americans going abroad come to Canada compared to a figure of 45 per cent in 1948. He charged that Mr. Cathcart had evaded the real problems of promoting tourism and !nh- stead substituted "platitudes" for a discussion of "the real fundamentals," The govern- ment needed a "policy of con- science" to guide it, URGES SPENDING Forecasts issued by the Tor- onto weather office at 4:30 a.m Synopsis: Cloudy and milder weather with. occasional light snow prevails over Northern Ontario, -Later today this weather will spread into south- ern Ontario accompanied by a little light snow, to be followed Sunday by clearing skies and a|Moosonee slight drop in temperature. Gen-|Sault Ste. Marie .. 5 erally clear and colder weather|-- " is due for northern regions Sun- -10 -20 15 aay " OUTPUT HIGHER . ; ' utput of steel ingots in Jan- Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, yary Saeed 15 oer cent to Lake Huron, Niagara, Lake On-| 650,338 tons from 565,557 in De- tario, Haliburton, southern) cember. The month's production Georgian Bay regions, Windsor,|was 14.9 per cent greater than London, Hamilton, Toronto: Oc-)the January, 1962, figure of 566,-| casional light snow towards eve-/043 tons, January output of pig| ning, ending Sunday morning jiron totalled 410,000 tons, up 5.7) Clearing and turning culder|per cent from the month-earlier Sunday afternoon. Winds be-/total of 387,975 and down 2.1) coming northwest 20 Sunday. |per cent from the year-earlier Northern Georgian Bay, <Al-|figure of 418,875 tons. | goma, Timagami, White River, Cochrane regions, North Bay,, LIST NOW /| Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie:} Clearing and colder tonight.) Mainly sunny and cold Sunday. | we have the Knowledge Buyers Winds becoming north 15 Sun- inancing day. : JOHN A. J. BOLAHOOD Ltd. REAL ESTATE -- MORTGAGES 725-6544 Forecast Temperetures Low tonight, high Sunday Windsor ..sscsceee 25 St. Thomas ....... London ....e06 St. Catharines .... Toronto .. -| Negro Canada, He was afraid the cold weather talk would scare off po- tential tourists. "We are working on that one," replied Mr, Cathcart. Order Priest Before Court In Que. Case QUEBEC (CP)--Judge Paul Roy is to wender judgment March 22 in the case of .Mrs. Ovila Marier, accused of steal- ing $6,400 from her 83-year-old father, The money was removed from a jar kept in the basement of the Marier home while the fa- ther, Joseph Gariepy, was liv- ing with the Mariers, After a family quarrel, he moved up- stairs to live with another daughter, Mrs. Michel Beaupre, and when the jar was sent to him he discovered it contained only $100 of $6,500 he had in it, Gariepy testified Friday. Abbe Arthur Papillon, parish priest of St. Ubald, Que.. ap- peared Friday to testify in the case, Thursday, Judge Paul Roy issued a warrant ordering the priest brought to court after defence lawyer Alexander Le- sage said Father Papillon had not answered a summons ear- lier and did not want to testify Father Papillon explained Fri- day that the first summons had come too late for him to an- swer it. Father Papillon's testimony was that he knew of Gariepy as a religious man, who con- tributed money to support a studying at a Quebec seminary, Ovila Marier, husband of Mr. Gariepy's daughter, fied that the basement was ac- cessible to other people. INTERPRETING THE NEWS By ROD CURRIE Canadian Press Staff Writer The decision to cancel Prin- cess Margaret's scheduled visit to Paris appears to be a shin- ~. example of snubmanship. he aim of the apparent snub obviously is French President Brussels Common Market nego- tiations as far as the cold: shouldered British are con. cerned, «. The reason given the public for cancellation of Margaret's Britain is necessary during the Queen's absence--on a visit to New Zealand and Australia--be- use Margaret is a member of the Council of State. But it holds little water, first because the Paris visit was not announced until months after it was known the Queen would be away at the time, and second because only two members of the Council of State are re- quired for a meeting. Three others -- the Queen Mother, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince William of Gloucester -- all would have been at home while Margaret was in Paris. And, of course, if necessary the princess could have flown trom Paris to London in little) more than an hour, SOME MPs ANGRY Some members of Parliament, presuming the cancellation is something of a retaliation by Prime Minister Macmillan for de Gaulle's veto of the British Common Market application, ate angry that a member of the royal familp should appear to be used as a pawn in a political disagreement. - They say they will question) Macmillan on the subject next} week in Parliament. Snubmanship Cause Of Royal Tour Axe |MIGHT BE MISLEADING The cabinet in general, and Macmillan .in particular, still are smoldering over de Gaulle's attitude toward the Common Market issue, If the main aim of the Mar- garet decision is a slam at de Auto Production Up During Week TORONTO (CP) -- Canadian motor vehicle production this week totalled 12,803 vehicles compared with 12,679 last week, says the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Output conisted of 10,006 cars compared with 10,541,, and 1,897 trucks compared with 2,188. Production to date this year with 55,019 in the corresponding period last year, made up of 63,642 cars compared with 47,087 rt aaed trucks compared with Car production by companies this week and this year to date, with figures for last week and for the corresponding period last year in brackets, was: American Motors 666 (740), 4,103 (2,082); Chrysler 1,505 (1,- 480), 8,877 (4,024); Ford 2,917 (2,422), 16,163 (12,435); General Motors 5,641 (5,739), 34,198 (27,- 100); Studebaker 177 (151), 801 totals 74,172 vehicles compared' (546) Gaulle, then it seems unfortun- ate that it hits also at the French people--notorious fans of the royal family who see) Margaret as a_ glittering ro- mantic figure and who cer- tainly would have given her an enthusiastic welcome, There are suggestions that the affair will be interpreted as an indication the British no longer can take a@ political set- back without losing their tem- per, But few who know Mac- millan would regard him as a man given to childish temper tantrums, A more acceptable suggestion is that the government fears the presence of the princess in Paris would give the world a misleading impression that al! is forgiven, that goodwill has COMING EVENTS | WHITBY BRASS BAND BINGO WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13th CLUB BAYVIEW Early Bird Games Jockpots --~ 54 - § ial Games Watch Wednesday Paper TEEN-AGE DANCE U.A.W. HALL 1 P.M. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH MARDTIME ADMISSION 25¢ BINGO been restored, De Gaulle, having got his own way in the Common Market,| would no doubt be delighted) with such a tern of events, He probably looked forward to the opportunity of presentihg to his people the picture of their tall president and the pe- tite British princess, joined in friendship over a_ convivial luneHeon in her honor, This is not to be, however. With cne stroke, the British have hit de Gaulle right where he lives, Where others might have ranted and sputtered in righteous indignation, the Brit- ish, without any angry word, have taken the French presi- dent down a peg. WASHINGTON (AP) -- It began as a relatively uncom- plicated White House-Mar.ne Corps rivalry over physical fitness. Friday it bulged into a con- test among President Ken- nedy's assistants -- with a showdown scheduled for next Friday. First of all ,Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announced he would lead volunteers from the White House press corps on a hike along a canal tow- path starting at 7 a.m. Feb, 15. Salinger acted because of Kennedy's recent suggestion that a group of marine offi- cers make a 50-mile hike to see if they meet a fitness test prescribed in 1908 by Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt. Fourteen officers did it Fri- day at Oceanside, Calif., in 18 hour's, 44 minutes, In the light of this, Salinger said "the situation has reached a point where there's going to have to be some demonstration of physical fi'- PORTLY PRESS SECRETARY SPARKS FITNESS RIVALRY ness by the press secretary." Salinger also reported that Kennedy was taking a per sonal interest in a report that his air force aide, Brig.-Gen. Godfrey McHugh, was ready to hike 50 miles in a day. Ken- nhedy suggested McHugh and the two other military aides at the White House join the Salinger entourage next Fri- day. WILL MAKE HIKE McHugh then announced that the military aides and other volunteers from the White House staff would make the hike. He said Salinger could go along--"if he can keep up the pace." The air force general indi- cated it would be an endur- ance hike, to see who could stay on his feet the longest. The portly Salinger, asked how many miles he expected to walk, replied: "Well, until I give out, so I don't think you have to worry. I have a feeling we won't have too far to go." PRODUCTION RISES | Production of motor vehicles in Canada in January showed sharp increases compared with December and January, 1962,) the bureau of statistics said) Friday. Output in January rose} to 58,916 units, up 19.9 per cent/ from the December, 1962, total] FUEL OIL... 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