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Ellie Barrie Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus Henshaw Managing Editor 4The Barrie Examiner Saturday Sept I976 One law for the rich another for the poor Is there law for the rich and law for the poor in Barrie It seems there is cottage owner in Innisfil was charged with assaulting police of ficer He was convicted The judge wanted to send the man to jail But he didnt Why The man told the court his job depended on having licence form the Ontario Securities Commission jail term would mean losing the licence and his job The man was fined Another man appeared in court this week on shoplifting charge He was given conditional discharge despite the judge saying in the same court the same day that shoplifting is becoming pro blem in Barrie The man was given conditional which means no criminal conviction is registered because he must be bonded to hold discharge hisjob The bond would be lifted if he were convicted of crime and he would be out of job If your job depends on you keep ing licence or being bonded chances seems to be good that Bar rie courts wont convict you or send youtojail By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service GRAVENHURST nt Dr Norman Bethune the erratic and complex Canadian surgeon with profound political mis sion was enshrined as Ca nadian hero in Gravenhurst Ont the other day in manner only Canadians would under stand Like so many other things Ca nadian he came to us from somewhere else as national hero namely from the Peoples Republic of China Even on the day of converting the Victorian home here where he was born in 1890 into an his toric museum retired Canadian diplomat Chester Ronning who has been sup porting the cause of Com munism in China since the late 19305 still was pleading with humor and whimsy for Ca nadians to give this Canadian doctor due recognition in Can ada We dont have too many ex iperiences in creating national heros We would not have had this one if the Communist Chi Cnese had not long ago created him national hero of China Indeed even while Frank Miller Ontario health minister was praising the irascible Beth lune as effusively as visiting Chang Chihchiang Chinese viceminister of public health many of the folks in the Grave nhurst audience knew the On tario government had earlier refused to buy the home as an historic site Why Because it didnt con form to that governments silly bureaucratic rule that such homes must be at least 100 years old So the federal government took up the work of converting the Bethune birthplace throw ing its own special snafu into theevent ZYou see Parks Canada that branch of the federal depart 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7266537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return tageguaranteed Dai ySunda sand Statutory Ho idays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year yNational Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto ammo 640 Cathcart St Mon treal Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of Cir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Copyright in all original adver tising and editorial material created by its employees and roduced in this newspaper yright Registration Num r2038 reglstersl Such concern for mans job is commendable Or is it Is the same consideration given to people who have jobs but arent licensed by various government bodies or bonded Is the same consideration given to the factory worker sentenced to term in jail Or is he just sent to jail and left to ex lain to his employers why he di ntshow up forwork Every man is supposed to be equal under the law character The everyone The law But Barrie courts seem to he say ing there is difference in how you will be treated And that difference is whether or not you have piece of paper which says you are supposedly of good law applies equally to is not different for those whose employment relies on not be ing convicted not being sent to jail The law should be applied equa1 1y regardless of an accused social position income or job And Anything other than equality makes mockery of the law legal system that is mocked that is laughed at is legal system not doing its job Bethune enshrined as hero at ceremony at Gravenhurst ment of Indian affairs and natu ral resources which looks after historic sites and the depart ment of external affairs still havent agreed who in Ottawa should declare Norman Bethune an official national hero Again the public affirmation by the assistant deputy minister for Parks Canada and rumpled Transport Minister Otto Lang representing the ab sent external affairs minister that Bethune was great Canadian even if we didnt ac cept it and our bureaucracy still cant In effect Norman Bethune the Montreal surgeon and oper atingroom innovator who gave up wealth and status to work with the Communists in Spain and China in the late 303 is still not fullfledged national hero in the eyes of Ot tawa Then leave it to the many of ficial guests here from Chinas big Ottawa embassy from Pe king and to the many aging ones who knew Bethune in life to give quiet meaning to the Norman Bethune day of hom age Dr Bethunes Canadian nur se in China of nearly 40 years ago now confined to wheel chair was here shy but clear memoried traveller from Van couver So was his lab assistant from the famous blood transfusion clinic which he started in Re publican Madrid during the Spanish Civil War couple of years before finding his way to the hardpressed 8th Com munist Chinese Route Army holed up in remote Yenan province And then there were the Ca nadian faithful to the cause of Bethune and of the future New China now the present Com munist one They saw it as the only alternative to 15 centuries of landlordism corrupt govern ments and massive human deprivation And add to the townspeople of Gravenhurst and closeathand cottagers in for the day the fine high school band which played the Chinese and Cana dian national anthems without wrong note And among them all moved the eversilent gray jacketed men of Maos China who presented bust of Com rade Bethune to the town suppose if our politicians meant what they said on this brisk late August day in this very conservative Muskoka town then Norman Bethune in China nearly 40 years ago where he met an untimely death from battlefield blood isoning in 1939 has really rought together two totally different peoples The Communist Chinese ap pear to respond to the selfsame Canadian casualness and lack of ideology which almost lost for us Bethune as national hero even if they are baffled by it By comparison the many Ca nadians permitted to visit China are fascinated with self sacrifice and selfdiscipline as public policies even though the Chinese system is as author itarian as ours is casual INTERPRETING THE NEWS Possibility of conflict raised by military rule By JOIIN IIAY LONDON CPiThe military ruler of Bangladesh has embarked on risky path toward civil government while raising storm warnings of possible conflict with India Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman who took power after series of army coups last November has announced that open political activities may be resumed in Bangladesh with the promise of elections next February In disasterprone Bangladesh which broke away from Pakistan in bloody civil war in 1971 political hatreds run high and memories of old feuds run deep To try to prevent an outbreak of renewed strife political ac tivity has been restricted Par ties must register with the dic tatorship and rallies must only be held indoors CLASHES LIKELY Reports from Dacca how ever suggest that relaxation of Gen Ziaurs control may mean resurgence of the politi cal squabbling and partisan thuggery that ed to last years coups detat At the same time Ziaur has recently raised the threat of war with Bangladeshs giant neighbor India He told rally of Mukti Ba hinithe freedom fighters of the 1971 independence warthat th might soon the independence Bangladesh Two stubborn issues have erased the mutual euphoria that dominated relations bet ween the two countries after In dias decisive intervention in the civil war as the Bengalis ally against Pakistan The Farakka dam was built just inside the Indian border to control Ganges floods in Bang ladesh and divert needed wa ters to the Hooghly River which flows through the Indian city of Calcutta PADDIES STARVED But Bangladesh says India broke the agreement starving Bangladesh rice paddies of vita water during the dry season Second Bangladesh has re tedly com lained that India as supporte guerrilla actions across the Bangladesh border with the Indian state of Assam The allegation now is that the guerrillas are sympathizers of Sheik Mujibur Rahman the na tional fatherfigure and first beader of Bangladesh who was murdered at the start of last years coups These claims underscore Ziaurs difficult domestic prob lems Mujib was often accused of neglecting the welfare of the ar my in favor of the Mukti Ba hini and other private guerrilla outfits at led the fight against of new Shootings beatings apartheid what more do they imml FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Post office dings you for $1 then says you get bargain By STEWART MaclEOl Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service wish to come to the defence of the post office that much maligned institution which re ceives publicity only when it loses letters or increases postal rates At the moment it isnt fash ionable to defend the post of fice since it has seen fit to in crease postal rates by 25 per cent Furthermore it has de cided to charge buck for hav ing mail redirected to new ad dress And to top if off the poor old post office is receiving let ters of outrage about the pic ture of the Queen on the new 10 cent stamp One unkind letterwriter said the Queen appears to be in dire need of Kleenex Tut tut So why come to the defence of the post office Well there are several reasons First you really have to admire the in testinal fortitute of the post of fice officials who called press conference to announce the in creases They proudly unveiled twofoothigh reproduction of the new 10cent stamp just as General Motors would unveil new Cadillac model They smiled and stared in awe at their new creation Proud par ents so to speak ARTWORK John Mackay deputy post master general drew the atten ttion of everyone to the con troversial drawing of the Queen If you look at it enough he explained you tend to appreciate it and be comeempathetic No one even noticed the meanacing 10 on the corner of the stamp And in the cir cumstances it would be crass to talk about monev You dont YOUR BUSINESS Its buyers market for housing this year By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Its buyers market in hous ingin 1976 For the first time in many years people with houses to sell are finding that the market value of their property isnt ris ing automatically with the pas sage of time The most reliable Canada wide indicator of the housing market is the semiannual com pilation of sales through the Multiple Listing Service MLS In the first six months of this year there were 70810 MLS sales down 08 per cent from 71387 in JanuaryJune 1975 according to the Canadian Real Estate Association Unit sales in last years first half were 209 per cent higher than in the 1974 period Yeartoyear declines of be tween four and five per cent in Ontario Quebec and Alberta more than offset the increase in MLS sales in other parts of Canada In the six months to June 30 1976 only 347 per cent of houses listed for MLS sale were actually soldand those CANADAS STORY Chain complete Sept 1905 By BOB BOWMAN On Sept 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan became prov inces of Canada instead of ad ministrative districts of the Northwest Territories as they had been since 1882 This com pleted the chain of provinces mm the Atlantic to the Pacific which began with Con federation in 1867 The original four were Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec and On tario Manitoba was added in 1870 British Columbia in 1871 and Prince Edward Island in 1873 Newfoundland added to the Atlantic representation in 1949 The elevation of Alberta and Saskatchewan to provinces was the result of an imml ration drive organized by Sir lifford Sifton in 1890 By 1905 nearly one million immigrants had come to Canada most of whom settled on the Prairies Ap proximately 38 per cent of them were from Britain 34 per cent from the US and 26 per cent from continen Europe Althou rta and Sas listings increased 16 per cent over the previous halfyear This salestolisting ratio has been declining each year It was 407 per cent in firsthalf 1975 down from 477 per cent in the 1974 period and 548 per cent in 1973 PRICES HIGHER Average crossCanada sale price was $51271 in the 1976 pe riod 147 per cent higher than the $44788 average in the first half of last year The levellingoff of the hous ing market is primarily result of the federal antiinflation pol icies says Blair Jackson CREA executive vice president In the past optimism about the economic outlook gave buy ers the c0nfidence they needed to pay everhigher rices Now Mr Jac son notes prospective purchasers are more cautious and restrained in their outlook They are looking for better value and are less optimistic about future wage increases Nevertheless he sees solid steady demand for reasonably priced houses and good opportunity for people with genuine need or desire to buy katchewan became provinces in 1905 the federal government retained control of their natural resources and this was sore point until 1930 There were exciting ceremo nies in the two new provinces beginning on Sept 1905 when GovGen Earl Grey and Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier appeared in Edmonton Laurier spoke to 20000 people outdoors It might be wondered how man actually heard him in those ays before electronic public address systems The ceremonies were trans ferred to Regina on Sept and one of the features was game of football played by six mem bers of the Northwest Mounted Police on horseback The must have been the origina Sas katchewan Rou hriders The football was muc larger than regular soccer ball and was kicked by the horses The game ended rematurely when the ball col sad after hard kick by one the horses No doubt the Roughriders could use kicker like that today talk dollars and cents while staring at work of art This was only one reason why the post office deserves our ad miration That department QUEENS PARK Overseas trip seeks money By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO This is one trip that isnt to be criticized Late this month Premier Davis will take off for Europe with Industry Minister Claude Bennett on sales mission Since housing is so basic to the economy generally wide range of economic activity is affected when the housing mar ket turns flat as it has this year Feeling the pinch are the manufacturers and sellers of such housingrelated products as paint hardware appliances furniture and furnishings Also adversely affected are job opportunities for elec tricians plumbers decorators small contractors and others who are normally kept busy with renovation rojects when housing sales are uoyant OTTAWA BLAMED The CREAS Mr Jackson blames the federal government for limiting its housebuying in centives and assistance to people who are prepared to buy new housing Some families who would normally be in the market for new houses arent buying be cause they encounter difficulty in selling their old houses in to days market He urged that builders and government maintain balan ce between the supply and af fordability of both new and existin houses Peope with houses to sell would do well to remember that on average they are at least maintaining the value of their investment If prices are no longer sky rocketing they can console themselves with the knowledge that inflation is being reducedr which in the end is in everybodys interest must also get credit for being first off the mark with the gov ernments new public relations program on spending restrain ts Their goal will be to try and convince financial leaders in the United Kingdom and Eu rope to invest some of their capital in productive industry in Ontario NEW STEP This is the first time Ontario has ever done this at least on grand scale We have gone to Europe be fore looking for money But this has been mainly to sell govern mentor Hydro bonds Never before has top level team gone overseas to seek venture capital Other provinceshave done it In the last couple of years premiers Lougheed Bourassa and Regan have all been to Eu rope and Barrett among oth ers was in New York But Ontario has not had to hit the bricks And in the fact that it has to now is story which doesnt hold very much com fort FORM ERIN CHOICE At the heart of this story is the fact that since the war this province has largely depended or its continuing pros rity on steady flow of outsi capital into new enterprise The phenomenal growth of population in the province and even larger growth in its work force has been met largely through the employment pro vided by the new enterprise and its many offshoots which has been provided to big de gree by foreign investment And this investment for the most part came naturally For Ontario had stable ex panding economy with good climate for business and was one of the choice investment locations in the world But the bloom from this rose now has almost completely dis appeared Foreign investment has drop ped disastrously The experts fetch out many reasons for this They put blame on the antiinflation pro gram on the foreign in vestment review process and on some of the Ontario govern ments own olicies They ten to overlook the un derlying root that Ontario just does not represent good cli mate for venture investment to day But nevertheless the root is very much there THE PICK OF PUNCH This one didnt ueoin to be working Armstrong agrees With their view Dear Sirs Re Letters to the editor by Alvin Robinson and Joe Waterer regarding downtown association concur wholeheartedly with their comments The socalled Fat Cats of downtown have still not been named by Mr Cherry and think in all fairness this should be done Or retraction should be put in this paper Spring and summer along with fall and Christmas are our busiest seasons so if seminar is held as far as we are con cerned it should be held in January February or March or do the ones running the seminars go to Florida in these months If there is any doubt about com titive prices downtown wou invite him to check our prices and those of modt stores Quality and value have kept most people shopping down town Is it also the Fat Cats downtOWn who buy certificates at Mr Cherrys place of em ployment ADowntown Merchantof 50years RON ARMSTRONG Armstrong Hardware Eds Note Mr Cherry has already enlarged upon his comments Postal service worse says Mmesmg reader DearSir am absolutely outraged with the increased postage rate Postage rates keep in creasing and service becomes worse For instance recently was in urgent need of some informa tion from Barrie This informa tion look exactly seven days to reach me live less than 15 miles from Barrie and we have daily delivery Yesterday received per sonal letter from Ottawa it too spent seven days in transit Today the rates will in crease it does make one wonder Yours truly ELLIS BR Minesing Weve bummed out says Examiner reader Dear Sirs Its unfortunate that Cana dian music had to suffer another setback at the hands of jock reporter for our own dai ly newspaper Especially after so many people were trying to support what feel is most worthwhile cause The Grass Roots Concert at Molsons Park was without question one of the most exciting events this sum mer in Barrie and its disappoin ting to know that our local newspaper does not have staff that can do it the justice it deserves At no particular time was it mentioned in the said article that one of Barries most com mitted organizations The Ys Men were benefactors and sup porters of this cause Nor was it ever mentioned that the pro ceeds would be used to set up musical foundation to support NOTES AND COMMENT Is humming out telling the truth By SEAN FINLAY City Editor The Examiner Tell thetruth and somebody isnt going to like it Mrs McCann doesnt like it Reporter Richard Dunstan who knows something about music was assigned to review the Grass Roots Concert Satur day at Molsons Park That review just wasnt good enough for Mrs McCann She says the review is annother setback for Cana dian music at the hands of jock reporter for our own dai ly newspaper was on holiday when the concert came up and when the review was published So hurried to our files to see what on earth Dunstan had done to Canadian music In the review found phrases such as raving artistic suc cess the quality of the music was enough to justify return engagement its hard to say enough about Black Creek one of the performers whose socalled devils bluegrass was worth the price of admission all by itself their act was firstrate speaking of the Good Bro thers So wonder just what Mrs McCann is talking about Well says Mrs McCann the Examiner just didnt do the concert justice Why We didnt mention that the Ys Men were the benefactors and supporters of this cause Or that proceeds of the concert would be used to set up musical foundation to support Canadian talent No that was not mentioned in the review But it was mentioned in stories in The Examiner on Aug Aug 24 and Aug 28 But says Mrs McCann Reporter Dunstan does not believe in either of these causes But then when reporter is assigned to cover an event he is not asked if he believes in the event WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although the will not be published Le ters which can not be authenticated phone cannot be published or the sake of space bile inmost and good taste Examiner was the right to edit con or reject letter Canadian talent It appears that our local reporter does not believe in either of theSe causes as his ar ticle was derogatory immature and irresponsible wonder if the same can be said for his employers As previously said this inci dent is truly unfortunate for the ones that will really suffer will be the Canadian musicians themselves If this type of reporting and publicity is to be expected from events like the Grass Roots the people and organizations that financially back these functions will hesitate to become involved And we will all be losers Horray for our great Cana dian newspaper Youve really bummed out this time Sincerely disappointed MRSS McCANN RR1Barrie The article says Mrs Mc Cann was derogatory im mature and irresponsible There are two reasons Mrs McCann might think this The first is the review was not an unqualified rave about the whole thing Reporter Dunstan did not say it was ab solutely the best concert ever anywhere Mrs McCann apparently thinks Reporter Dunstan should have said so After all believer in the causes would have wouldnt he Mrs McCann fails to under stand very simple thing The Examiner and its reporters are not public rela tions lacks for anyone Not the Barrie Ys Men Canadian musical talent foun dations Molsons Breweries Downtown Improvement Board or the RCMP The second reason Mrs Mc Cann might feel the article was derogatory immature and ir responsible was the mention of marijuana in the article There was marijuana at the concert It was being smoked by many people quite openly The smell of marijuana hung heavy over the concert area Just ask anyone who was there as was There was also lot of beer there Not only in the tents set up for that purpose but at the concert area That too was done quite openly Illegally but quite openly The pot and the beer and the wine were all part of the concert The Examiner told the truth about the concert Mrs McCann says the Ex aminer bummed out If humming out means telling the truth then we bummed out We do get nice letters Real Mrs Bertah Cameron sent us very nice letter thankin The Examiner and Reporter ila McGovern for the coverage of the Scottish Day at the Simcoe County Museum Mrs Cameron director of the museum says the museum staff are highly gratified to see it so well reported Thanks for the nice words BIBLE THOUGHT Pleasant words are as an honeycomb sweet to the soul and health to the bones Pro power of the kindwoldl Itlstoobodttls even thoolwho verbs 1824 Behold the ra rel ok on somot mes mimic bunt tual i¢4ras5ma