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and By Andrew Murdison Heart Throbs Humor Says From The Files And 50 Of Years Ago HEADLINES The press is hard put these days to dig up newsworthy items from Ottawa This past week however was a contradiction and produced many headlines which taken in company with news item from other parts of the world seem to warrant these few lines The first headline we noticed blared PARE DEFENSE BILLS This refers to national defence where the Finance Minister has reduced the estimates by millions Vo mention is made of the abortive BO- MARC the biggest and most expensive fiz zle of our times Another headline which fits into the puzzle was CRUSADER FOR DISARMAMENT This refers to External Affairs Minister Howard Green who says The time has come for the West to accept Russian protestations of sincerity at face value Wasnt it Chamberlain who trusted Hitler and forecast Peace Then we read HEROIC MEASURES SAID NEED One Gen M Taylor 1950 Chief of Staff states The military tide will run against the unless we take heroic measures now That statement was in sup- pert of her BILLION budget After many months of ominous silence the CBC is back in the headlines A maga zine devotes its entire February issue to the glorification of Canadian talent in radio and TV An advertising publication gives re search facts on Canadian viewing and listen ing habits With the exception of Quebec Canadians from coast to coast showed an overwhelming preference for programs and the Canadian advertiser sponsors the show There wasnt a Canadian the first five popular choices Now for the headline CHARGE CBC IGNORES NA TIVE TALENT QUOTA INCREASES TV IMPORTS The accusation is made by the disgruntled Canadian artists The public doesnt want them despite policy and ignores its own policy by permitting the stations to feature shows Well at least in these parts theyre realistic if we dont like the CBC fare we just tune in on Buf falo Most people do anyway PENSIONS FOR Thats a Lulu Two provinces already provide 3000 per an num for who have served 10 years or more The contributes five per cent of his indemnity At Ottawa the member gets paid per year plus tax free expenses They pay a year to the fe deral pension plan then must serve in at least three Parliaments to draw the maxi mum pension of per year ARE MPs OVERPAID AT A YEAR is the next headline to intrigue us The headline continues MANY VOTERS IT SEEMS This leisure of ours is an amazing has plenty of it is often envied but when it is available to all it is invariably wasted One of the most sig nificant changes that is affecting our lives which to use it In the good old days when regularly worked hours a week digging ditches all he wanted to do with his spare time was sleep Now however with the 37hour week being threatened by replacement with a 35hour s from the sublime to the ridiculous This is progress we understand more efficient production but we are wondering where it will end If a line on a graph were drawn showing the decline in working hours since the end of the last century it would show a steep downward plunge The graph showing per capita production would show a steep rise This is wonderful say at we wanted a rise in the standard of living Some of us less enlightened souls remain unmoved however In one breath they tell us that automation jobs but a better life In an other they threaten us with national bank ruptcy if we dont work harder We are left bewildered since we cant see that these di vergent views are compatible Perhaps the most startling illustration of what leisure has come to mean to our way of life is the great number of workers who now make a living manufacturing articles or offering services for our carefree hours We now have the anomaly of vast numbers of people involved in the hotel business va cation centres boat building movie indus tries and television manufacturing These people are producing not for productions sake or the economic betterment of our coun try but are catering to our offduty periods Its a weird situation when a big slice of the natural income is derived from these luxury industries At one time it was intended that work should provide food and shelter but now life has become so complex that our leisure is becoming as expensive as the es sentials We are not economists but we can not help feeling uneasy over the seemingly endless talent the nation has for making two in i fixed as the in their Stupid man however with all knoU-lt- will rush in will J plus five Theres Passing Glances By A Gamble The last paragraph in besides herring and wlilcfish the other day While twilling herring from his hole Old people have got to be Sound and unbiased thinking mild quality for looked alter and theyve got to live somewhere Its a hard and courage to unashamedly and publicly declare and live up to the best of our convictions fin this outline of rare we interested in everything but County and people everywhere their children Most people We accept bill one The Highest allotted flhonioIiFAClT nil I- a mouse A what all the fuss is about a Hon oduSSo IS KIND from land George Haskell Sports Editor taken from two editorials A Voice From The Past this year seem to reveal a weeks column of Fifty Years Ago which told of Newmarket beating Toronto Canoe Club presentday selfishness and lack FOB hockey and our HORSE TROUGHS The attitude exemplified by of our lS Shortly before games sacrificially than Immediately afterwards some- founded by people who ex- if our city officials take this one or passing them around from M knew from which was their Z I poodle all of Ugh mouse or I manufactured dog collar And A Parallel From Today west highway from New Colling- rs had one of their fill be Hockey by jumping on the plat- my any of my weight La I thanked it with a goi resident of Larder Lake I table old Rinly about the dread decision wave of his think I pinched myself to poodles Rut the most enraged figure benefit fori ire eioiiily 1