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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday april 2s 1949 the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized u kcocd clo mall post oitice department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa s250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments ontario government pays more but hon leslie frosts statement before an audience in welland to the effect that ontario municipalities were grad- uallv being relieved of the cost of social services will not be too convincing in the sight of present taxation true the ontario government sharply increased their contribution towards education but at the same time they forced high school areas over the province which brought about in creased taxes for the municipalities in no uncertain manner the department of education sent out inspectors to sell the high school areas create a system of transportation that is costing as much or nearly so as the education itselt all this is upping taxes for the private citizen and offset ting any good the department may have done by assuming a greater share of educational costs the school areas too provide the signal for increased salaries all along the line which coupled with transportation has advanced taxes in some municipalities to a point that is alarming when we think of these things we wonder what the general tax payer will think about mr frosts claim report of the minister there came into our hands this morning a 250page marooncovered booklet fresh off the press it is the an nual report of the minister of education for ontario it is a handsome booklet considering that it is an official publication the paper is the glossy white kind the print is large and clear the graphs are distinctive the illus trations are illustrative there are photographs of new reading rooms of libraries and of a bookmobile which carries over its wheels 2200 volumes the minister of ed ucation is also the minister in charge of libraries there are exterior and interior views of the north hastings high school at bancroft which with other pictures of other new schools show the present trend in school architecture there is an abundance of information such as that 129 per cent of provincial expenditure is on education and 185 per cent on highways we would be inclined to commend the booklet whole heartedly except that a it contains more information than we care to read or would attempt to digest b the infor mation is old and cold for this book first given distribu tion in april 1949 is the annual report of the minister of education for the year 1947 some of the reports in it are concerned with the academic year 194647 which is rather an old story it is even difficult to remember who the minister of education was in those years oh yes mr drew it seems that it might have been better to whip out a brief simple report without the fuss and frills of this one and then whip up the staff of the department to get its next annual report out early enough that the statis tics would not be in the nature of ancient history davlight saving mixup the oshawa times on saturday next at midnight many communities in canada and the united states will by reason of municipal bylaws change to daylight saving time even more of them however will remain on stardard time and in al berta a law passed next year bars the change to daylight saving time the people of the rural areas are all against it in all provinces and adopt it only when compelled to do so because of their proximity to cities and towns where it prevails we are not going to argue for or against daylight saving time in this editorial what we want to do is to protest against the patchwork system by which it is applied in canada and the united states it would be all right if it were on a nationwide or even a provincial basis but leaving decision to the municipalities creates a hit and miss system which causes endless confusion there is not even agreement amongst those municipal ities which have adopted summer time in some commun ities it starts on april 23 in others april 24 and others april 25 most municipalities will return to standard time on september 25 but toronto will carry on daylight sav ing time until november 25 and cornwall on november 26 while montreal and quebec are scheduled to end daylight saving time on september 15 on that basis the whole thing is a mess and a muddle and it requires some government either federal or provin cial with sufficient courage to rule one way or the other to end the confusion by enacting that this country will either stick to standard time or have daylight saving time on a national or provincial basis facing the facts of life peterborough examiner we have been much impressed with the judgement which judge curtis bok delivered recently in the quarter sessions court in philadelphia five booksellers were charged with selling obscene books and nine of these books were read by judge bok he acquitted the defendants for he said that the books did no more than present everyday facts of life as these occur in the lives of thousands of men and women in the usa who are compelled for one reason or another to live squalidly here is part of his summing up i should prefer that my own three daughters meet the facts of life and the literature of the world in my library than behind a neighbours barn for i can face the adversary there directly if the young ladies are appalled by what they read they can close the books at the bottom of page 1 if they read further they will learn what is in the world and in its people and no parents who have been dis cerning with their children need fear the outcome this appears to us to be an opinion with which most wellbalanced people will agree the world contains much that is sordid and disagreeable and it is desirable that boys and girls should know that poverty is ugly that ig norance begets fear and crime that sexual passion can sink into lust and that every human emotion abused creates some conponding enormity if they do not know these things they are not fit for life and the chances are that their knowledge will come to them in some cruel and per haps ruinous form they can learn about these things by reading and by going to plays and movies surely it is wise to let them gather their protective information thus too many amateur reformers who know nothing what ever about literature work themselves up into unseemly fusses about the supposed lewdness or pornography of books which they do not understand the touchstone which distinguishes pornography is one of taste rather than one of morals a lewd book is one which is written to excite when will the pubpc get rid of top heavy civil service by c- basset in financial post three times the 193s payroll nearly three times the number of people to run the business of gov- tnmtriu than in prewar years and more than the wartime peak though the government lias lory since lost a lot of customers like topsy the federal bureauc racy has just growed thats the position with our fed eral civil service today and while the situation has been under some scrutiny since 1940 its now thrown into sharp focus by the hoover commissions findings on federal housekeeping in us the hoover commission estimates that at least s3 billion a year could be saved by reorganizing the ls fed eral government along business lines alarming say many citizens of canadas swollen civil service pay rolls and its very much their business since its costing them close to 300 million a year as a- gairist ss millions in 193s to put it another way the aver age family head now kicks in ss0 a year to the federal civil service payroll kitty as against s2s in 193s and 85 in 1945 whats the truth behind this growth in the business of govern ment what are we getting for our money is anybody on a gravy train at our expense do we need such a swollen civil ser vice above all what can be done about it little was done about it after the first world war civil service strength jumped roughly 130 in the years 19121920 from 20000 to 47000 and it took another four years to pare a mere 23 off that peak 1920 figure while the payroll remained roughly the same about 00 millions little looks like being done now although the government appoin ted a royal commission in 194g to examine in effect the efficiency of the civil service none of its im portant recommendations have been put into effect nor is there any move toward doing so in fact the reverse has happen ed when the commission was sit ting the total on dominion civil service payrolls was 117000 three fourths of that 117000 were temporary civil servants and the commission recommended a reduction as speedily as circum stances will permit of this large number of temporary staff as ob viously a matter of the utmost im portance today there are 122000 on civil service payrolls and the additions made since 1916 have been 90 to the permanent staff the tempor aries it appears remain with the exception of a net reduction of a more 32g how temporary a word about this business of permanent and temporary for heres one key to the situation un der the present setup these are the only two classes of civil ser vants permanent means what it says despite any shortcoming on the part of the individual temporary means far from what it says everyone entering the service below deputy minis ter grade spends a year as tem porary theoretically this is to keep the man on his toes during a probationary period theoretically at the end of the year he can be fired on the spot if he doesnt meas ure up or if the job he fills be comes redundant but how often does it happen just like that the figures of civil service growth give one answer between the wars only one third were tem poraries today they make up 75 of total strength where have the increases taken place the most striking instanc es are found in labor national uefence national revenue trade and commerce transport of these only labor and nation al defence are below peak war time strength but its also these two departments which have mushroomed most strikingly lalxr now employs more than 32 times as many people as it did in 193s 7700 in march 194s as against 244 in march 193s national defence has more than 1 1 times as many on its payroll to day as it did in 193s 15039 as a- gainst 1300 in terms of expenditure labor costs 15 millions a month today in payrolls as against 49000 in 193s national defense 21 mil lions as against s21s000 national revenue spends alxnit mothers doy will be moy 8th mothers day is being eager ly awaited by youngsters in all the land as they prepare to pick out the nicest gift for the test mom ever actress el- yse knox and daughter shar on four are planning to wear identically styled white organ dy styled dresses come may s the best way to solve many of our problems is to work hard asserts an editor whats the next best way rival of game fish for food supplies in many canadian lakes the carp is also suspect ed of game fish while foraging in ontario the department of lands and forests fish and wildlife division trap the carp by use of a not the game fish are tossed back and allowed to live to take anglers bait ar thur fulford ontario conser vation officer exhibits one of the scavengers the thousands of lakes throughout canada with a carp problem cannot all be given such treatment it would cost too much money and take too many men 3 millions a month on a staff of 10090 0000 more than at war time peak incidentally as against 840000 in 193s on a staff of 5s00 transport 26 millions for s000 as against 535000 for 4800 in 193s trade anc5 commerce 090000 for 3500 as against 2so000 for 1600 and external affairs 270000 for 1050 as against 33400 for 1s5 now lets take a look at whats happened in what might be termed the purely housekeeping depart ments of government in particular the civil service commission which runs the whole civil service setup and treasury which hands out the cash to keep the service going the civil service commission its strength has more than doubled since 193s today it has a staff of 30 paid 100000 a month as a- gainst 230 in 193 27000 a month treasury shows a whopping fivefold increase from 990 in 193s au 131500 a month to 4900 today 751000 wkllkxowx achoka builder dkad active as a bricklayer and con tractor for 00 years james albert knowies s3 died friday at his home 60 catharine st aurora he suffered a broken hip in a fall two weeks ago many of the homes in the community were built by mr knowies as recently as last sum mer he completed a house on catharine st mr knowies was a lifelong resident of aurora and a member of the united church last novem ber he and his wife celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary surviving are his widow the for mer annie mckinnon and one son edward bangor maine marsh planting a1ikad two wkkks with spring planting two wees ahead of last year holland marsb vegetable growers finished ml of their onion planting last week a lot of lettuce and spinach has also been planted and celery has been transplanted from ho houses ta cold frames putting celery into cold frames is a transition plant ing before it is placed in the fields providing slightly warmer condi tions than the natural environ ment uk liioi when you shop insist on maxwell house coffee its blended by ex perts from choice latin- aiucrieaii coffees each chosen for it special tpia- lil of fragrance flavor or liodv stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gravel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125j office phone 370 mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 am 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm see your favorite picture first at the stanley theatre friday and saturday april 29 30 a riot r xs a hagen girl s temple wild horse messa tim holt 11 jsvcetetrs tiicovov turner f the senses and which does so coarsely vulgarly and cheaply many an interested child has pored over the pages of the song of solomon in its bible or shakespeares venus and adonis seeking sexuttl knowledge and sexual pleasure and do they come to any harm thereby no they do not they are learning what they must learn from the best masters and the novels of erskine caldwell and other au thors who have chosen to write of the seamy side of life will do them no harm either better that they should meet the shocks of life vicariously through books than that they should discover the dark secrets of human nature by bitter personal experience we agree with judge bok that a good home atmosphere and the free run of a library are the best protections for youthful virtue fi monday and tuesday may a 10 every girl should be married cary grant franchot tone