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iliarric Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 16 Baylield Street Barrie Ontario MONDAY NOVEMBER 21 lestPm An Import Canada Does Not éNeed From US4Garigstors Canada imports many things from the United States but there is one thing that fwe can well do without the gangster We have enough nativeborn of crim inal intent without having our country overrun by these hoodlums which Com missioner Harvison of the Royal Canad ian Mounted Police told Toronto aud ience were showing growing interest in Canada Unfortunately they are smooth bperaiors They prey on human weakness es and use gambling and dope addiction among their principal means of penetrat ion These vices are by no means new to Canada Certainly all have been practis ed from the start of the country and it is not likely that there will be any and to these vices in the near future What we need to recognize of course is that popular patronage makes these vices pay Commissioner HarVison men tioned that gambling in Canada involv ed many millions of dollars If the Am erican syndicates muscle in We may he sure that they will push the trade to still higher levels Vo could forestall this invasion if Can adians in eneral were to accept the need of strengt enlng opposition to these vic es That is if every Canadian refused to play the hooks gambling ndlcv ates would not find the market so ucra tlve But this is undoubtedly expecting ens no sweram game wins BOTH too much of Canadians So we must look to an alternative that could remove much of the enticement the market now holds for syndicates in the United States Canada could follow the example of Britain and number of other nations in removing the legal prohibition on gambling Crime will always thrive on prohibited traffic but if gambling were legalized it would eliminate the profit that accrues to the syndicates Our legislators should give this ques tion serious thought We do not know what percentage of Canadians indulge in gambling but certainly the many who do are creating profitable market for the American syndicates and also making it more difficult for our law enforcement agencies to fulfill their task The Neutrality Of Mr Frost Mr Frost was barely out of the prem iers office before he was bitterly critic ized for lack of neutrality in the Royal York Hotel strike By some pretty dev ious sleightoflogic it was proved that Mr Frosts profession of neutrality in the dispute was discredited by his mov ing out of the hotel where he has had suite for number of years It was most unfair attack particu larly in view of Mr Frosts personalef forts to bring about settlement of the dispute As it happened he did not sucm ceed in his mediation but his efforts would have been made futile even before they started hadhe continued to live in an establishment that was being picketed by the striking employees By moving out of the hotel Mr Frost may have been neutral on the side of the strikers By the same token had he stayed in the hotel he would indisput ably have been neutra on the side of the management If he wished to hillp bring the disputants to ether then only course was to do at he did What Mr Frost was saying in effect was this do not want to become involved in this dispute except as peacemaker and to do that must remove myself from the scene of the dispute That to us makes better sense than the savage and highly partial attack made on the ex premier in Toronto Dovvn Memory Lane MARINE TRAGEDY 50 YEARS A60 The Barrie Saturday Morning of Sept 23 1911 had an unusual and sad story almost unbelievable of the tug Martin lost in GeorgianBay on the morning of Aug 22 As time went on the evidence was picked up as one of the saddest in the annals of marine tragedies on fresh water Five bodies were recovered and circumstances seemed to point out that these men and also Engineer Hook had landed alive and were starved to death in sight of safety Had searchers been dir ected to PointeauBaril and south in stead of Byng Inlet and north the raft which they made after their boat struck shoal might have been seen in time and at least number saved Two vessels were lost the Albatross and the Martin This was beforeaircraft became prac tical GUTHRIE KIRK WIPES OUT DEBT The Barrie Examiner told of celebrat ion in 1933 when Guthrie Presbyterian Church congregation wiped out all debt upon their building When the church was completed in 1927 there remained balance of $2000 unpaid Instead of tak ing out mortgage certain members bac ked note to the bank and in addition to paying the interest the congregation also managed to make reduction and with the assistance of bequest were able to wipe outthe small amount re maining thatyear New electric fixtur es were also installed On Sept 25 gathering included friends from other Presbyterian churches in Oro Barrie Orillia and Toronto when with glad and grateful hearts they celebrated the occas ion in their beautiful kirk The Board of Managers wereAngus Cameron Angus McCuaig John Caldwell William Gil christ Norman Campbell Alex Gra ham and Alex Graham secretarytreasur er Elders were Norman Campbell Geor ge Lyall George Campbell andAlex Graham START OF IMPERIAL THEATRE 25 Years Ago 1936 there appeared newsitem that Richard Garrett had planned new theatre with contracting by himself and to be operated by himself and known as the Imperial TheatreL Location was to be at 41 Elizabeth Street plans by Herbert Duerr Toronto archi tect It was to have 600 seats and he ex pected to have the roof on in about five weeks Other Editors Views SOCIALISTS OF HOPE Ottawa Journal Donald Cameron MacDonald the name sounds like pibroch has been elected leader of the Ontario New Dem ocratic Party and rallies his clan behind the national chief the Douglas of Sas katchewan The old parties might envy the New Democratic Party its conventions just as in an earlier day they envied the COP Canadian Socialists have wonderfully op timistic outlooks and their conventions assume that the electorate simply awaits the next election to usher in the sun light of the planned economy Everything the Ontario NDP convenv The Barrie Examiner Authorized as second class mail Post omen Department Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash Sundayg and Statur oiiaoyr gxcepleilh KENNETH WALLS Publisher BRIAN BLAIGHT General Manner ii MclHEBSDN Mme Editor ciinnnes is wanna Busin aner HARRY WILSON Advertising Manager gt aorm omen Circulation Manager Subscription rate daily by carrier are weakly siszo year Single copy By mall in Ontario s7no year sion six months $250 three months $lfl0 month Outside Ontario sane year Outside Can edit scone year Offices 421 Unlvcrsit Ave Toronto ale entirert Street Mnntrcal liza est Georgia Slreet voncon VET Member of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Pub llrhcnliuoclrilen This Canadian Press and this Audit nuruu of clr ntinns The Canadian Pm is exclurlvnly entitled to the use My Icnuhllcntlfln all new dispatched in this credited to it or The Associated Press or ionic and also to local news puhllaiied therein tion learned was in orbit When Prem ier Frost goes from the Ontario Con servative command Mr MacDonald indic ated the NDP will be ready to takeover the government Mr Douglas looking at the national scene said the new party was born at just the right minute with both the Con servative and Liberal parties losing steam Mr MacDonald like Mr Douglas is formidable politician During the last war on leave from the RCN he would spend hours watching House of Com mons proceedings not usual occupat ion for holidaying sailors He has been dedicated member of the legislature and an effective campaigner In 1959 the COP elected five of the 98 members of the legislature and Mr Mae Donald to say the least has long way to go to power And so has Mr Douglas Twentysin yearsagoJfSWoodswoith as leader of the brave new CCF was out EXTINQT as our DINOSAUR T0 morass AT THE LIBRARY Travel Books Recount Charming Discoveries Seven Rivera Of Canada by Hugh MneLennnn The Seven Rivers of Can ada is more than travel book it is the story of nation In this book Hugh MacLennan records the journeys that be has taken on the following seven rivers of Canada the St Law rence the MacKenale the fled the Saint John the Ottawa the Saskatchewan and the Fraser lilaclennan feels that to knnw these seven rivers is to know Canadafor much of thetgrouh lng nations character and exlt perience is bound up with them The St Lawrence is still of great importance in commerce and its story is part of Canadas history And with the other rivers Hugh MacLEIImill makes us see and feel the pulse of life along their courses History geology personal an ecdotegeography and classical allusion are woven together in this book to give us the story of these rivers The Curve of Time by Wylie Blanchct Mrs Blanchei tells of her summer cruises with her chil dren through the islandstudded waters that lie between Vancou ver Island and the indented coast of the mainland of British Columbia The boat was small but ade goats and the family lived on it camped minted and swam This book tells of their many ad ventures and discoveries and the dangers they encountered One section of the hook is de voted to their visit to deserted Indian village and the discovery of the remains of the Indian burial grounds The family had little contact with other people but on new sion did meet nnd visit with loggers fishermen reeluses and mi onaries This narrative is woven from many long summer months covering number of years when Mrs Blanchet tookgther children on these cruises adven turingin wild lovely country Watchers At The Pond by Franklin Russell This book is the story of the cycle of year within the teem ing universe of pond in South ern Ontario Mr Russell brings to light many unsuspected sect rets of the pond and the drama of its life The story begins in the bitter cold of midwinter with the pond creatures some in hiber nation others awake and watch ful struggling to survive As on the October hustings predicting that the general election would give his party from 50 to 60 seats in the House of Com mons and make it the official opposition The rafters rang with applause in hun dred halls When the votes were count ed the CCF had seven seats Good conventions good speeches and high expectations are handsome political assets but the NDP like the CF be fore it is in danger of mesmerizing it self and assuming it need only wait for success wouldnt less creatures awaken spring comes to the pond coqu These creatures have been asleep in earth and water and wood Spring also brings many migra tory lrds from the south At the same time flowers add to the beauty of the pond and it is time when the ceaseless war fare among the spccics is earri ed on The drought of summer brings another struggle for survival with the approach of autumn the birds begin their flight south and other creatures pre pare for winter Some of the creatures head into the earth into the water or underneath stones into caves or tree trunks The story ends as does the cycle of theyear with ica and snow once moregripping the pond Mr Russell writes with skill and the authority of natural ist inviting the reader to share him the hidden life of the pen The Continent We Live On by Ivan Sanderson Here is book that presents clearly the whole of the Ameri can continent in well organ ized and vivid narrative with many beautiful photographs in colour and black and white as well as maps mAlthough we are proud of our continent few of us know how rich and strangeand full of natural wonders it ls and fewer understand how itcame to be this way The author zoologist and naturalist travelled across this continent before starting to write the book Although he had seen much of this country be fore lie was again impressed by the variety of the American landscape the grandeur and lovehoess of some of its least known regions the vastness of lLS scrubiand the destruction wrought by exploitation litter ing and pollution and the great National Parks Mr Sanderson concentrates on number of outstanding themes such as the marshes and mangroves of Florida the goats and geysers of the Rockies and the spruce and muskeg of the Canadian Northwest Some of the subjects discussed are vol canoes salt and alkali flats the work of beavers the plight of the whooping crane musk ex and buffalo the reputation of wolverines petrified forests deserts and the terrible power of glaciers In this book we get general picture of this continent as call that exactly wins Eminence whole along with the fascinating aspects of animal plant and other natural wonders Brown Paws And Green Thumbs by Carol Pearson As small child Mn Pearson preferred animals to toys and would discard her toys for life in any form This love of ani mals was encouraged by her Parents who gave her animals as companions in balm for childhood disappointments and simply for the sake of lovrng them gt When she was young girl her family moved from Ontario to Victoria and she became ac quainted with the artist Emily Carr who kept strange men ngcrie This great Canadian ar tist helped Mrs Pearson in many ways but most of all helped her to understand ani mals According to Miss Carr the gift of understanding ani mals was natural gift like green thumbI and she called it brown paw After her marriage Mrs Pearson and her husband train ed horses and ran White Pickets Farm as shelter for animals wild and tame This book tells stories of some of the animals Mrs Pearson has known Each story has its star performer and all the stories are true The stories are about some of the following Tarzan the monkey Prickly Pete the porcupine Samba the crow Frankie and Johnny the twin bears Queenie and Sheba the lions Brown Paws and Green Thumbs is book to be read by all those who love animals The American Cowboy by Will James This book portrays the histo of the cowboy through three generations It tells what cow boy has to put up with to hold his cattle and range from the 1830 up to the present genera tion Bill of the first generation was boy in the days when the Indians were roving Texas Af ter Bills family was massacred by the Apaches his chance meeting with an elderly rider started him on his first adven tures as cattlerrian The fol lowing chapters tell how Bill grew up married and roamed the plains He built up his herd and established his ranch and on his death passed it on to his son Bill During that period there were cattle wars and the menace of sheep herders to contend with There was the expansion of the cattle business the change in methods and the coming of the farmer The later part of the story concerns the third Bill and pres ent day cowboys The cowboy today takes his place in vastly different world from the 1850s OTTAWA REPORT Speak 0t Retiring Senators Ht lige 75 PATRICK NICHOLSON it sometimes seems on Par liament Hill that old senators never diebut they certainly fade away Our prmnt Senate conlllns so many old men that the empty seats of the ailing present con stant rebuke to our constitu tional provision that senator shall hold his place in the Son ate for life One of the privileges of the modern welfare state is that our citizens shall be entitled to en Joy leisure in their declining years The state provides uni versel old age pension for men from the us of 70 years the state orders that judges shell re tir at the age of 75 that civil servants shall take their leisure at 65 and that generals shall hang up their words at 55 But our senators mult serve true life sentence PENSION LACKED No doubt many of Ihein would gladly exercise their statutory privilege that senator may by writing under his hand ad dressed to the GovernorGeh eral resign his place in the Senate But we the people are less en lightened as employers than we demand that our employers be we do not provide pension for our servants the senators and they have no union to bargain collectively for this ring bene fit Thus there are strong often compulsive economic grounds prevailing moat senators from retiring from their £1000 your appointment even when they are so sick that they need assistance in taking their place in our upper chamber For If senator does not attend even on one day in two whole ses aions he becomes liable to dis charge There is much speculation on Parliament Hill now that the probable measure of Senate re form in the coming session of Parliament will be the introduc tion of compulsory retirement at 75 years of age This will possibly be accompanied by the prevision that Senators shall be entitled as members of our lower chamber already are to parliamentary pension QUEENS PARK Start Of New It is widely agreed that he legislation should be made ret roactive Hence it Is sometimes argued that the new retirement age lhould not be applied to senator who have already Men appointed for life But in fact legislation imposing retirement would be prospective not retroactive and there was the recent exact parallel of leg islation imposing retiremmt at age 75 for Judges of provincial superior courts Alternatively one been here the suggestion that retirement should be made Fermirive for existing senators at once for these past 75 and on attaining that age for those now younger This might be aceordlng to comment here on the basis that they would all within short period after the enactment of the legislation express their in revocable choice to accept firsmcnt or serve for life SENATE LONGEVITY Today there are five senators who have passed their 85th birthday have passed their 30th birthday 33 have passed their 76th birthday And 55 or more than half the Senate will niiver sea 70 candles on their birthday cake again Eleven years ago the then government leader in the Sea ate Wishart Robertson hinted that compulsory retirement at 75 might be instituted In what wnsdescrlbed al the liveliest session seen in years Hugessen one of our most able senators today voiced his con currence with the generally ex pressed views that there should he an upper chamber of Parlia ment that it should continue to be appointive rather than dupli cate our elective lower chamber but that all future appointments should be subject to automatic retirement at 75 This proposal was welcomed by Cairine Wilson Canadas wonderful first woman senator who declared her whole geflllfid support of that resolu ori Thus there is consider able body cf influential opinion within our Red Chamber itself that retirement should be en forced at the ripe old age of 75 years Era Calls For Brains By DON OHEARN TORONTOThis ll more radically changed house even than is generally recognized Every dy knows there is new pre er and new govern ment But not so well appreciated is that this third session of the 26th Legislature also marks the end of an eraone that started 16 years ago in 1948 OLIVER DADDY Willi Labor Minister Charles Daley quitting the cabinet along with Mr Frost there is now only one minister in the government that entered the house with George Drew in that year This is Goodiellow now minister of highways Mr Good fellow of course didnt go into the cabinet until 1945 and he has said he also will be getting out at the next election The only other man to date back prior to 43 on the govern ment side ls Rev Downer He first sat in the 1937 house And on the opposition side the lone pro1943 member is Liberal Farquliar Oliver He ofcourse is the daddy of the house going way way back to 1976 Tommy Thomas NDP from Oshawa is the next veteran in line in the opposition He was first elected in 1948 BIG CHANGE The times too are in tune with this end of an era of course There is no question but that we are inthe early days of new era economically and eul turally There will be lot of chang ingeround to be done of aims and means and values imagine the governor of NewYoik being divorced And this calls for thought and new thought and new ap proaches In fact it is quite reasonable to expect that the next five years will see more significant but still holds an important change than have the past is place If we are going to keep this economy and society of ours strong they will have to So this is house to be watched Really watchedmuch more closely than we have in the past NEED THOUGHT The start of any era calls for thought brains and imagination whlch George Drew supplied In 1943 So that is what we will be watching for most With apologies to the politi cians today is not day of free enterprise versus social ism which at least two of the parties would try anddelude us it is The point of decision was reachedao years ago The test more is whether our democracy operating in an ln dustrial world can find the fare sight and selfdisclplines which will enable it to operate in that world and today it isa world practically and comfortably And this calls for imaginative but sound way down below earth thought BIBLE THOUGHT Feur not for am with thee be not dismayed for am iliy God will strengllien lbee Isaih 4110 Each of us is given task for today Be it great or small is have the assurance that if it is Gods plan and purpose for its we cannot fail QUEER DEER ALBERNI BC iCP hunter wearing white alum inum hat and red checkered jacket was accidentally shot here Saturday by another hun ter who mistook him for deer Dead is Ted Brooks about 30 of Alberni He was shot in the chest by 303 ealibreuifle fired from about 170 feet RCMP said No charges have been Truly as Canadian as its name