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Barrie Examiner, 20 Nov 1957, p. 9

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i9 Arierldance For Nomination Nighi Tomorrow night nomination night in Barrie The most encouraginghappening of the year would betovrind full auditor mm at the Barrie District Central Collegiate forthis important function It would be encouraging to know that so many people although only small percentage of the wholetown took some interest in how their town was governed For the past two yebrs nominations in Barrie have attracted few taxpayers and it has been said that only major issue will bring the people out on nomination night Yet when the new council has been elected and takes office in the new year there will be in due course the annual grumbling and rumbling about the stupidity of council the ever increasing tax burden the short sightedness of council their unrealistic iviewz the favoritism of council and so on It is almost too late to do anything but grumble at that stage but at nomination there is an opportunity to hear what pros pective candidates think and intend to do There is an opportunity for the taxpayers to nominate the representatives they want to stand for election Uniniormed criticism of any person or body is unfair cruel criticism For that reason this paper through the year has endeavored to keep the public well informed on local municipal affairs But for rate payer to be well informed is of little use unless he exercises his civic rights at nom ination and election time The distinction of carrying the tax burden embodies with it the responsibility or taking an active inter est in municipal affairs There is one other factor about well at tended nomination meeting Even with criticism it can be tribute to the men who at no little personal sacrifice have guided the towns affairs duringthe past year It can make them feel that the hours they have giVen to town business have been worthwhile Ma i9 Russias launching VonNov cl secdnd space satellite carrying dog is major achievement in the fieldof stellar science No one in his right mindscientist or lay manminimizes the importance and slgnif icance of this feat But the timing of the second satellite was unfortunate for Canada It pushed off the front pages and tended to minimize the importance or major Canadian achieve ment in the science of atomic energy Some seven hours after the Russian dog carrying satellite soared into space Canad ian scientists put into operation the free orlds most powerful atomic research re ctor This reactoran experimental machine andnot an atomicPQWer plantis housed in huge building at Canadas multimil liondollar atomic research establishment at Chalk River Ont 130 miles northwest of Ottawa NEHNational Research Universal The launching of the Soviet satellite Was byfarthe most spectacular story However the design and building of NRIlfiat cost of $57000000 also represents spectacular con tribution to research inthe mysteries of the atom It is even morespectacular when itis realized the Canadian resources for scient iiic research are iminute compared with those of thespviet Union the Unitedstates andlBritain Yet Canada has buiitand nowe pment and testing rpassed It is known by the code name experiments in the development of eleotlfic ltyproducing nuclear power stations and for manufacturing wide variety of radio active isotopes used in medicine industry agriculture and research OEinions of Others II ll No Holiday one llih Toronto Daily Star Just Another Holiday the Ottawa Journal called Remembrance Day and said as this news paper did on Tuesday last that it is mistake that publlcnseparate and high schools in the province should be closed on Remembrance Day Before the next Remembrance Day comes we hopeihat the department oi education will change its policy of closing the schools More respect thought and reverence can be paid the occasion in the schools ihan on the streets or in movie houses The seniorchaplain of Canadas armed forces the Rt Rev Wells said last Sunday evening in Barrie that national holldayfor Remembrance Day is an appalling thought The suggestion that The Star has put forward is that Remembrance Day be observed not as holidy but as holy dayon the Sunday falling before Nov ll This is done in Britain Making the occasion week day holiday even in the limited way followed now tends to profane it People take holiday mere ly as holiday not as day of remembrance and dedication Survival To Fight Toronto Globe and Mail Lieutenantheneralv Guy Simonds former Chief of GeneralSiaff has complained that there are people in Canada working toward the disinte gration and destruction of our militia But is he not doing the same thing when be repeatedly as sens thalvthe Canadian Government has decided to relegate the militia to civil defence role and that this will sound its death knell There is no reason to believe such decision has been made none certainly has been announced In October it was announced that the militia would receive instruction in civil defence work in addition tonot in lieu ofits usualmllitary train ing Militiameniam pledged to thedefence of Canadian citizens and Canadian territory General character is essentially Hail andfqrewénr Grillia Packet and Times Thcpassing of William Rob insonBill Robinson to every rcsidenl of Central Ontariowas sudden and unexpectedrblo Bill Robinson was smallfowl lawyer who entered politics on behalf of the Liberal parryland wan an uphill fight to eventually enter andiinslly win thcvcontest for the East Simcoe riding Ho represented this riding must ably as member of Lheallpowerfui Liberal government of the post war years and during his term of office many important projects were undertaken throughout the riding as result if his eifom on Simonds has declared he does not believe thermo Ila nuclear weapons will ever be used in warfare He could nevcrtheless be wrong wi ieaderlries in providOfolevefy foreseesblélboifli gency It is noiuhreasonablelhen togive the men charged with the defence of ihecountry in struction in how to survive so that they may carry out that defence portant return to the militiamen for his service is not the admittedly meagre pay but the knowI ledge and skillthe can acquire in the service The man who believes that the addition of civil defence instruction to the training schedule is an insult to the uniform he wears is blind to his own interest ability to survive surely is valu ableacqu lion Im Too Busy Smiths Falls fiecordNews There is an overworked word in ourvocabulary but perhaps it isubecause there are also lot of overworked individuals We are thinking of the word busy and the creasing commitments that consume time that pnor to shorter work Awecks was confined to business and the social comments exchanged when everyone was not unite so busy Todays dozens of activities that cover service clubs civic groups and church organizations as well as multitude of sports and social groups claim ever increasing hours All of hichrc sults in the phrase so often repeated lm too busy Perhapsit is sign of our times or feeling that to begenerally accepted everyone has to be busy But there are certainly growing number of social agencies who are continually impressing the importance of their work With the only listen ers being those Who are already committed to the support of severaloiher services In our mind there seems to be sense of urgency in introducing many new citizens lomany new activities rather than running through the list of faithful workers and depending on them tolend more unlixnitedsupport to another job they have not time to do one of the problems of any town of this size is in finding willing workers for the dozens of good things thetown that can be under taken The pop tion slarge enough but the centage of citizensi crested beyond their plutonium metal used in atomic produce significant quantities There is further consideration the most imI unbuilt and forthe sale of the old post office tofthe Town of Drillls But these proJects valuable were only the minor part of Mthobinsonfs cont Canadian public aff showed grasp of the complexi ties of parliamentary procedure and hmness of decisionwhich backed with the legal knowledge acquired from his profession brought him iuloihe frontrauk of parliamentarians on the go ernment benches After experi cnce gained in committee hear ingsbe was named deputy speaker of the House of Commons as the Englishspeaking aesistant to Rene Beaudoin the Frenc Canadian speaker of the lions ance with longstandi giraditiom Botli he and Mr Beau oiueue joyed to aualmost unpre dented extent the confidence ofall sec lionsof the House for impartiality find integrity in their many diffi cult rulings on procedure unlll the bitter battles of lost Winters pipeline debit Mrrrltobinsou was inevitably ndunfortunaiely linked with his senior colleague iln ihe healed controversy arising from Mr Beaudoinsmontradiciory Lrullngs in the initial stages of the debate WhenMn Beaudoin foli owed with tragic reversal of his originaloffervto résign and an advised discussion of his stand aFreneh language newspaper fate of both speakers and of he government was sealed uln LheJune election Mr Robin on losthis seat to the Conservo ive nominee Dr Rynard Bynnrd owed muchof tohls wn hard cam nnil organizathL it is If to say the really tipped the scales against Mr Robinson wasthe unpopular ity his partys stand in apply great national issueand its falllt ure to support the United King dam and France in their coura geous effort iq salvage the Suez canaland the Middle East from threatened chaos These two blunders undoubtedly brought about the fall of the gov ernment and Mr Robinson was simply another ctim of tre mendous political upset He tsemd his riding and his country to the best of his ability This paper sometimes supported sometimes criticized both Mr Robinson and his government but regardless of fat ude onthe issue of the mending Robin son always enjoyed both our friendsal and respect We in his riding and Canadians every where are poorer for his passing By Lewis Minions Juvenile delinquency was cently repented to be rampant in the United States particularly among high school pupils in big cities The situationwa serious enough in call tor an investigation and it was attributed to disrespect for authority nattention to But the problem is ently not confined to the States world polling been Mien in Majo ties polled felt th he vejabovutthe some Very row said they are bettetldndsbout half condeinned currentcrop of youngsters as Dutch moihefiisduoied PublishedvMonday Wednesday Friday owmrrns Th Wilson Building Post on eSquare Barrie Ontario Canada yun Teenagersof tbese daycare in much difierent We were no dar lines either Aloe mon mentwas they act 00 free lheydont even listen their parents oreld rsptbe nae representing lt means French grocer remarked the children whol experienced iheIoccupairion are above all anxious toilyevwl if xertion and no respect their ecl tiers om oomplaingdlhat teen There mind like rockand 011com and jit terbugging They are oping Arn erican false outouk on ife ada was not included Lb poll Presumably be caus we areasoyclose to the United Statesliand on the assumption that ourteen gore alongwlth therest of us are doininatedhy Amer enoughinman respects and particularly anreferenee to youngskmfwhnse studies are fly all merica strips ovle mag zlnesnud televlsi programs With so mmybuc luring It tractionsj Edu him good cit around and does hour ing You are just making bum out of bim NOVEMBEIiZO i954 ingclosure idthe debate on geeProblem i¥nswhich give them icanKinfluence That is true Coexistence Of More La nguages Greai Misfbriune Bulwenrie Collage Shanty Bay Nov 15 195 To the Editor The Earrie Examiner Sir is it not fact that the co existence of two or more lau guages in country is one of the greatest misfortunes that can befall it lihat the settlement of town ships by distinct bodies of non English great evil and daily or weekly newspaper with foreign prefix published and printed here in other than our language is perpetualbreeder of national minorities and an effectual bar toihe Clnadianizailon of the for eign population 15 it not also fact that when nation is conquered by another see history which it would hold in port subjection it has to be again conquered especially if its opposed to that of its conqueror and the second conquest is often the more difficult of the two To kill it effectually Its nationality must be killed and this can only be done by killing its language for it is through lib language that its nationaiprejudiees its loves and hates and passions live When this is not done the old la urge slowly dyingoui if in deed it everydoes has time to convey the national traditions in iothcnew languag peiuatinglthe enm two nations asunder Perhaps these es are fit llnz Let foreign nations of their language boast What finavarieiy eachtongue affords like our language as our rnen andeoast vv Who cannot dress it well want wit not words George Herbert Yours truly KENNEDY Ihg fia mt Over MI Article lniegraiipn 32 Sanford SI Barrie Nov 18 1957 To the Editor The Barrie Examiner Sir The article by Lewis Milli gan entitled Racial Integration mademe boll This is man has only smathering knowledge of great question yet he has the audacity to write in such one cause education is too cbeap and easy The only education worth while is that acquired by personal applicatifm and hard work All play and no work makes Jacloa dull tudent and de ficient citizen Parenis and teach ersshould notbe lljoys but neither should thefspare the rod of mentaldisclpllne upon the dul lards and playboys committed to their change In forme days befor second ary education wasrfiree to all most public school pupils grad notedvimfmedllflely into theuni versityof adve ty wheredhey scan leaned there wasgno place £0 Mr condemn passing poor ntc highergrades with out thorough examination He ulIf ma Infill de M1 ytscer no due lack opportuniflq 15 Heller educaii Itlie speaking peoples is nor mumu mmm Sill erter OTTAWA nov 18 CPA Commons statement by Prime Minister Diefcubaker may mean that federal mishnco with Nova Scolia and New Brunswick power programs proposed last week is to be first step in implementing national development policy The Progr lve Conservatives have advocate such policy for some time Mr Diefenbaker announced in the Commons ouNov 14 multi milliondoilnr federal plan iof loans and subsidies tohelp the two provinces expand and con nect their power facilities during thenext 10years When CCF asked him about similnr old to Saskatchewan the Primeldinisier rcplled The basic concept and the spirit of this policywill apply wherever case by piovincial gov ernments is made out Sound Project Mr Dieleubaker described the Mari edevclopmeut largely selfltiinannlng and selfliq dating li included $3000000011oan to New Brunswick and federal sub veniion on Maritime coal used to produce powerfor industrial use in ihearea The Prime Minister made no estimate of thevdevelopmeuts full cost But Resourcesldlnlster Al vin Hamilton later toldra reporter that more then $100000000 in federal funds is expected to be spent on construction of steam power plants in the two provinces and transmission lines connecting their power sysiems Both the $80000000loan and the plantslines expenditure will howeverbe repaid eventually lo the federal government Therefore the only outright federal financial aid would be through the coal subventions Mr Diefenbakei said these would be made to the extent nedcd to bring coal costs in the two provinces down to the level paid for such al n0niario Hamilton declined to go into details as 3to how the con struction of fhermal plants and interconnecting lines will begin There were still details to be worked out with provincial offi cials Mr Diefcubaker said the $30 000000 would aprovide financing necdedfor the Beechwood hydro electric project on the Saint John river now nearing completion Interest would be based on the governments ownborrowi rate sided vein He statesthat he has visited the United States at times but one has to live there to become an authority on this subject As third generation Canadian Negro let me stdte that those of my race in fighting for social status with the white race All my people are righting for isthei Section TwoPo leader Cdldwell the South are not WEEK mm but plus service charge of about one elghth of one per cent with the loan to be repaid in eight years Following Mr Dicfeubnkcrl statement Mr Hamilton tabled in the Commons report of de tailed study by the Montreal En gineering Company Limited of 1he power situation in the two provinces andifesiimating future needs Generally speaking the federal program was expected to follow the reports broad sugges tions Ii recommended construction of up to 10 steam power units at four and possibly five points in the two provinces during the next 10 years rug Issue Raised Requests by ihe resolutions sponsors that the proposals be dealt with on their merits were rejected by Works Minister How ard Green government house leader Herald the government viewed the motions as noncon fidenccvoies Opposition leader St Lament repudiated one of the motions by Wilfrid Lacrolx iiQuebec Mout morcncy and said the Liberal party wouldstick to its stand of not voting against the government on any nonconfideuce motion in the throne speech debate Fortyone of tbe 105member Liberal pariy were preseuhand only two weutjiong with Mr LaCroix in ha ugthe motion which demanded immediate con sideration of truly Canadian flag gt An amendment by C01 whip Hazen Argue asked the govern ment to allow Parliament to reach an early decision on such flag Support for them came from the CC party the two Quebec independents in the house and the three LiberalsMr Lacrdix Hugh Proudfoot of PontiacTeln iscsmingue and Joseph Langlois of BenbierMaskiuopgeDelanaud iere when the votes cameLlust be fore the weekend adjournment 117 memberswere absent Thélliib echfdebate ilfén closed With no opposition shown to Cohsarvative mdtionUWhich in effect called for the confidence of the Commons in the legislative program of the minority Progres sive Conservativegovernmenti DefencoCoslly Prime Minister Diefenbakers statement Parliament that Can adowillgive high priority to creation of defence against the intercontinental ballistic ssilc means big Canadian def ce ex penditures are iuprospect Officials said it is far to deienninewbatthis will in the waytof defence spending but the cost of defence system againsrtha missilehas been esti mated at vszpoopoopoo or inan probably more Mn efenbaker said ans thatcimadtls Deg fence Re arch Board and the es Force collaborating on reseafc gram aimedat devising dinteicept thegdlssile

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