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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE published by Times-Gozette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. South Ont, OL, Page 6 Monday, April 2, 1956 Natural Gas Pipeline Ads Become Big National Issue Debate in the House of Commons on the building of the Trans-Canada Gas Pipeline to bring Alberta natural gas to eastern Canada shows the extent to which this project has become one of the biggest national issues in Canada today. Strong objections have been raised to the fact that the company which is expected to build this pipeline will be controlled by Americans. It is distasteful to many Canadians to have the natural resources of our country placed in the control of citizens of an- other country, particularly in the case of what should be a Canadian public utility. It would appear, however, in spite of the fact that the Ontario and federal governments are financing a section of the pipeline to the tune of over $125,- 000,000 the whole scheme is in danger of being bogged down. The company was allowed a dateline of April 30, 1956, before which to complete its arrange- ments for financing the rest of the pipe- line. Already the province of Alberta has granted a six months extension of this dateline, and it is now announced that a similiar request has been granted to the federal government. This may not be the fault of the company, but it will undoubtedly delay a start on the pipe- line, probably until next year. ; The time has come-for a complete re- assessment of this whole project. In our opinion, the gas pipeline from Al- berta to eastern Canada should be a publicly-owned project, operated in the same way as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. We believe this is a project in which all the provinces involved, from Alberta to Quebec, should be partners in making it a nat- ional undertaking, built by the govern- ments of Canada for the benefit of the people of Canada. Under the present setup, too many of the benefits will go to the United States, and too few of them to the Canadian people. Radio Auction Worthy Project On Wednesday evening of this week, the Oshawa Kiwanis Club will be stag- ing its large fund-raising project for the year, the annual auction. Some years ago, the chief fund-raising activity of the club was the raffling of an automobile. A few years ago, how- ever, the club very wisely decided to abandon this gambling device as a means of raising funds, and turned to the radio auction as a substitute. This inovation, in the years in which it has been held, has been a great suc- cess. Thanks to-the industrial firms, commercial and business establishments which generously donated goods and services to be sold at the radio auction, it has provided the funds for the wide- spread community services carried on radio by the Kiwanis Club. Not the least of these have been the summer camp for boys and girls, the work done for under- privilileged children, the sponsorship of sports for boys and the work done in support of the junior farmer movement of the district. These commendable ac- tivities have been maintained because the public liked the idea of the radio auction, in which there was no element of gambling. This year, the response of donors of goods and services to be auctioned over the air on Wednesday evening has been even more generous than in past years. There will be more articles than ever before to be sold, and they are of such a character as to ensure keen bidding. This is a worthy project, and deserves the full support of the citizens of Oshawa and the surrounding district. Pakistan Becomes A Republic With colorful ceremonies, the state of Pakistan a few days ago became an independent republic. This means that Pakistan has followed the lead of India form n deciding what Af cavarnmaant Cl BOVIILn<av 1 it wished to have, as a free and inde- pendent state has the right to do. What is even more important, how- ever, is that Pakistan has also followed the same course as India by deciding to remain a member of the British Com- monwealth of Nations. This the nation al assembly of Pakistan has decided to do by a vote of 42 to 2 of its members. The new status of Pakistan was well defined in the assembly by the Prime Minister; Hon. Mohamad Ali, when he spoke in favor of the resolution declar- ing his country's intention to remain within the Commonwealth. He said; "What this declaration implies is this. When we become a republic, as by God's Bits Of Verse IN PRAISE OF THE UNSUNG Cloaking its flower in a hood, Skunk cabbage tries to hide its shame For having what no flower should -- Unsavory smell, unpleasant name. And yet how welcome to the eye, Scanning a landscape bleak and drear In early March beneath gray sky, Is its unfaltering green spear. Forerunner of the beautiful Flowers we gather in the spring, Skunk cabbage that we never cull Still merits kind remembering, BETTIE CASSIE LIDDELL The Daily Times-Gazette T. L WILSON, Publisher ane i M. MCINTYRE HOOD. Editor Swen Nasu, The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshaw bining The Oshawa Times (established Whitby Gazettes and Chronicle published daily (Sundays and cepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Te nets culation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. 'The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credit ed to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local newo published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: 44 Ki Street West, Toronto, University Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whith N y. Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax, and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By mail (in province of Ontario). outside carrier de livery areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR FEBRUARY 13,041 Whitby), eom- 1871) and the (established 1363), 1» statutory bolidays em Ontario: 39 "has been held up slightly grace we shortly shall, we will naturally cease to owe allegiance to the crown, but by virtue of this declaration we shall con. tinue, nevertheless, our full membership in the Commonwealth. In doing so we accept the Queen, as the Indian Republic accepts her, not as our sovereign but as the symbol of the free association of independent na- tions which constitute the Commonwealth, and as such the head of the Commonwealth, This would not imply any derogation what- soever from our free fully sovereign and independent status. Our association with the Commonwealth, as that of its other members, would be a completely free and voluntary association." This declaration by Pakistan can be regarded as an important statement of the value of the which bind to- gether all the nations of the Common- wealth in that free and voluntary assoc- ation, It will strengthen the Common- wealth in promoting the common weal of all its people and in striving for international peace and goodwill. ties Editorial Notes A United States newspaper has re- surrected this from Eisenhower's memiors: "I learned a lesson I dare not hereafter violate. A full measure of health is h-sic to successful com- mand." Hardly fair to bring that up now. The new fashions are to feature the normal silhouettes, which in these days would be about as new as any. thing could be. Weather note--The arrival of spring by prevailing weather conditions. Six Royal Commissions are working all at once. If that does not solve Cana- da's problems, nothing will. Other Editors Views BLAME FOR CRIME (North Bay Nugget) That some scandal sheets do report details of a crime too luridly we will admit, But it is a known fact that publication of the details of a court case often has more effect on the guilty party than the fine or jail term impos- ed. The knowledge that immunity from hays ing one's name appear in print cannot be pur- chased often acts as a deterrent and a lesson to these who commit crimes daily newspapers for crune waves is ridiculous. THOSE SHOES ARE BIG! "US. GALLUP POLL Electoral College Reform Backed By 2-To-1 Majority By AMERICAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION PRINCETON, N-J. -- As the U.S Senate takes up the proposal for a basic reform in the American political process of electing a presi- dent, an institute survey finds sen- timent better than 2-to-l in favor of changing the present 'winner- take-all'"' system of the Electoral College to make it more represent- ative of the will of the people. Under the present method, the candidate who receives a plurality of the vote in any state wins all of its electoral votes, The Senate proposals, although differing in mechanics, have as electoral vote among candidates more nearly according to their popular vote. In sounding out public opinion on revising the electoral college sys- QUEEN'S PARK tem, the Institute first sought to determine how many voters know what is meant by the "electroral college". More than four voters out of every ten, or 42 per cent, had an approximate idea. of the meaning of the term, while 48 per cent said they didn't know what is is. The remaining 10 percent gave incor- rect answers Each person in the survey was then asked a second question in which the general idea of the pres ent system and the proposed change, in principle, were describ. ed as follows: "Today, the presidential candi- date who gets the most popular votes in a state takes all the electoral votes of that state. Do you think this should or should not be changed so that each of the candidates would receive the same Salary Increases Fully Justified By DON O'HEARN Correspondent to Times-Gazette Already there repercussions to raise in members indemnitie Some sections of the press been quite caustic about members "raising their own salaries' while civil servants, old pensioner and other are fruitlessly looking for money This is hardly fair From a realistic view is no room for doubt members earn, deserve more money. Even from the consideration of the session alone, they are involved in a lot more work, and expense, than they were just a few years ago. This year there will probably he 12 weeks of sittings by the time they are through and just a few years ago there were only six But, and this is most often for- gotten, this is only the start of a member's work. And the other im portant function, that of servicing the riding, also has been getting heavier with the years Special The TORONTO been some have the have have however point there that the and need It is common practice to com- pare provincial members with fed eral representatives, and because the latter have to spend more time sitting in Parliament to consider them much the more hard-work ng This doesn't apply when it comes to servicing ridings however I'he federal member has a relat- vel job in this end of the business: Kix up a new post-office every now and then, and appoint a post-master or so and he is about through But a provincial member con- tinually has a host of things to look after, He has the whole field of welfare, highways, health and hospitals, ed- ucation; municipal affairs, labor you can make a very impres sive list, and all of them mean work-at one time or another This means that his parliament ary duties are only a small part of his job. He must be constantly at work with his constituents--that is if he is a good member--and he must €as) IN DAYS GONE BY 15 YEARS Employees of the Robson Leath- er Company, largest fine leather compeny in the British Empire, went out. on strike over the dis- missal of 24 employees. Union President Paul Krawchuk, Vice- President Dick Chappel and Sec retary Andrew Stark reported ne- gotiations for a new agreement were pending and re-instatement of those dismissed, Mrs. Jean Mrs. Fred Mrs. H. C. Mills Cowie, Mrs. B. Clause Smith, Mrs. Leo Hambly and Mi J. Claus were hostesses al the ladies' afternoon Pleasure Skating Club A bingo was held by the patri- otic committee of Sunbeam Chap- ter of the Order of the Eastern Star under the convenership of Mrs. Nance McLeese Special priz- es were won by Mrs. Walkinson, Mrs. Lynch and W. Charlton. Rus sell Weir acted as bingo caller. Cyril Waite was appointed man- ager of the Dominion Bank, assum ing his duties as successor to the late Hugh Hall Mr Eddie Goodman enter ed M N\ hing Street oup of the Legg WA. The program AGO was arranged by Mrs. G. Bunker and Mrs. H. Hurlbert rendered two lovely solos accompanied by Mrs. R. Holden at the piano. Ellen Roddick and Dorothy Stephenson also delighted the guests with Songs Frank L agent for the connected with nearly 50 years, resignation ewing to ill Mr. Mason's position was filled by John G. Geikie, with the Ped- lar People for over 10 years, Mason, purchasing Pedlar People ana the company for tendered his health Arthur and William Harden sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Har den. of Whitby, two prominent and outstanding amateur athletes, won 12 trophies at the Whitby High chool and inter - high 'school athletic meets including the Whit by High School senior and junior championships, inter - colle sen- ior and junior championships, The Ontario Athletic Commission championships and the Canadian junior championships. Cedardale Women's Association held its monthly meeting with M Hartman Carr presiding Mrs. Clifferd led in prayer and \ Lyman Gifford read the scriptures. proportion of electoral votes that he gets in the popular vote? "This would mean, for example, that if a candidate gets two-thirds of the popular vote in a state, he would then get two-thirds of the electoral vote of that state." Hére is the way opinion divided among all persons questioned in today's survey. All voters: Should be changed Should not . No opinion a viens Here is the vote among the "in- formed" group -- those who could give a reasonably oorest defini toral coll MAC'S MEDITATIONS Sees Advantages In City Manager By M. McINTYRE HOOD In Thursday's issue, we gave some of the reasons for adopting the city manager plan in Sarnia, and cited the by-law under which appointment was made, defining his duties and responsibilities. To- day we go a step further, and tell hew the system is operated there, provided by an entirely unbiased source in Sarnia. In general, the role of the city n anager is to act as the chief administrative officer of the mu- nicipality and as council's princi- pal adviser on matters of policy. He Is responsible to council for the efficient administration of all city activities, and the heads of the various departments are re- sponsible to him. *The council is thus relieved of much of the re- sponsibility for the day-to-day ad- ministration of the city depart- mente. The council now deals only vith one official, the city man- ager, instead of several COMMITTEES FLIMINATED Shortly after the appointment of the standing com verte gradually husinesas is not the pe appointed specific council week meeting isslon of councll proceed a cily manager mittees of count ined all a vammitiee of eliminated transacted by Oeensionally a nay he hole cone cial committee by counel) 1a deal Meet problem ngs pf cit are now held ser ond pieceded br in curmmitier matters This ings Ti. ality council ines culled tions fatning helore speeds up Cuuncil thanager atlends tings and all be any ques depart Il finds a par- further referred to the and rec when the recoms- miny upon Vo Bnswer relating tu ap When couune y Civic ment Lie ilnr mater study, it city manager ommendation city manager a mendation, Lhe council is not obliged to act on it, The final pow- e of decision still rests with the MAC'S MUSINGS requires may council. In this connection, the manager's role is purely advisory. CIVIC DEPARTMENTS Municipal administration in Sar- nia under the council - manager system is conducted through 10 established departments. The heads of these are appointed by the city manager and are respon- sible iv him, except where their duties are defined by statute. One of the primary duties of the city manager is to ensure that council policies are fully administered by the departments concerned, and that where necessary, the activi- ties of various, departments are co-ordinated. In Sarnia, the city manager ac- complishes these objectives in two vays. First, he has frequent con- sultations with department heads. He discusses with them council pclicies, and where it is neces- sat ives the departmental head ne fication of such policies. He often provides the department heads with decisions based on council policy. If no established policy exists, the city manager refers {:e matter to the next coun- ¢il meeting. Because the city manager is vested with the over all responsibinlity for ahe operation of the various civic departments, he can frequently make immedi- ate decisions regarding purely ad- ministrative proplems, which un- der the former council commit- tee system might have to be de- 'WEEKLY MEETINGS Fother technique which has heen developed in Sarnia is the he'ding of bi-weekly meetings of all department heads. The city mconager presides at these meet- irgs, and cach department is ask- ed to report briefly on the pro- gress of work in his department He is also required to report on any problems in the department. Minutes of these meetings are re- cerded and distributed to mem- bers of the council. This proce READERS' VIEWS It has become almost a Fixed principle that all Of our governments never Look for ways of reducing Their expenditures, but Keep on year after year Raising them to higher levels Regardless of the loads Of taxation they create. We suppose this is because A government, whether it Be municipal, provincial Our federal, once it has Acquired a bit of Spending lavishly never Seems to learn how to Curtail expenditures For the benefit of taxpayers. We can recall the time When in election campaigns Candidates used to stand On platforms calling for Rigid economy in public Spendi but we doubt if tion of the term, 'Informed' group: Should be changed Should not No opinion a World Copyright Reserved be continually visiting the buildings here during the year to do bus- iness on their behaif, NOT ENOUGH From the stand-point of the ob- server, the only real criticism of the members of the indemnities question is that they didn't vote themselves enough money while they were at it. Premier Frost said something most significant when he remarked that he hadn't expected to have to deal with a second raise in pay while he was premier and he hoped this would be the last In any reasonable expectation fit undoubtedly will be the last for quite a while. And frankly it isn't enough Looked at in terms of the real dollar the members actually now are making very little, if anything, more than they were in 1940, Yet their work has increased greatly in that time and will continue to increase It would have ben more com forting if they had taken a true appraisal of their position now, and while they were putting through a raise put through a 'suf- ficient one. THE SIGN OF FRIENDLY LOANS $99 SHORT of CASH Let BELLVUE help. Bring your problems here. Loans quickly and easily arranged on a pay from income plan. BELLVUE FINANCE CORP. LTD. 29V2 Simcoe St. South OSHAWA G. H. WILSON, MGR. DIAL RA 5-1121 Ever again a government Will be elected to office On a platform of economy Because our political parties Are all of the same stripe When it comes to spending. We can recall when the Party now in power in Ontario howled loudly When in opposition at Provincial spending Reached $100 million a yea But today it asks for $400 million for a year Without batting an eyelash; So much as we would like To see governments reduce Their spending, we fear It is a forlorn hope KILLED IN CYCLE CRASH TORONTO (CP)--Robert King, 18, of Toronto, was killed when his motorcycle crashed on the Queen Elizabeth Way at suburban Port Credit. 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He carefully analyzes them in the light of the city's financial position, and, after consultation with the department head, they riay be altered. Departmental es- t'mates dnd other estimates of the city's financial requirements are subsequently consolidated into a preliminary budget document for submission tu council. This budget document is then considered by council, and altered or amended as 'council decides. When finally approved by coun- cil, the budget becomes the re- sponsibility of the city manager to acminister. He has to ensure that civic departments do not exceed their appropriations. A monthly report of revenues and expen- ditures is submitted to council. This report shows the estimates revenues for the whole year and .« accounting of the revenues ac- tually received at the date of the report. It also indicates the bud- getted expenditures for each ac- tivity, and gives an accounting of the actual expenditures made by each department at the date of the report. The unexpended bal- ance of each department appro- priation is also shown. This keeps council members well informed on the financial affairs of the city. This information, and that con- trined in the previous two ar- ticles, will give Oshawa citizens a' least some authentic informa- tion on which to base opinions on the merits and demerits of the city manager system. It is pre- sented without comment either for or against, because we would not venture to express an opinion un- til such time as the report of the investigation made by the city council's committee is available for study. But we are told by newspaper colleagues in Sarnia that it works so well there that criticism of it is meagre. The chief complaint is one of regret that the system had not been adopted there 20 years earlier Associated Press Story Protested By Indonesie The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir, To avoid misunderstanding of your readers, may I draw your attention to some inaccuracies in an Associated Press report of Mr. John Foster Dulles' visit to Indone- sia, appearing in your issue of March 12th, Firstly, Associated Press men- tioned that Dr. Ali Sastroamidjoyo is the 'premier designate". This is not correct since according to past practice in Indonesia if some has been appointed by the Presi- dent to form a cabinet, he is not necessarily and automatically the Prime Minister. Secondly, the same Associated Press report said that "Dr. Sas- troamidjoyo has headed a pro- communist government for the past two years." This statement is ab- surd, since having in a democra- tic parliament the support of com- munists 'does not consequently mean that the government is pro- communist: Only a few days ago, Premier Mollet of France won a confidence vote with the support of the communist party. HYs pre- decessor Premier Edgar Faure, won three votes of confidence in a vow backed by the communists. No one would say that these French governments were pro-communist. Thirdly, Indonesia's former premier, Dr. Ali Sastroamidjoyo, was not "ousted" from office as stated by Associated Press, He ten- dered his resignation because of some trouble with senior army of- ficers. We very much regret that press agencies are inclined to report their own views instead of facts. On March 24th, 1956, Dr. Ali Sastroamidjoyo was officially in- stalled as Indonesia's Prime Min- ister. He heads a coalition cabinet which is composed of nationalists, Moslems, Protestants and Catho- lies. : We would appreciate having this letter published. Yours very truly, JOHN SEND Press Attache, Embassy of Indonesia. Ottawa, March 31, 1956. BLAZE DESTROYS BUSSES T ' A Fire' & MONTREAL (CP) -- A fire in suburban Ville St. Michel last Friday night destroyed the Laval Transport garage and 12 busses stored inside. There were no in- juries. Damage estimates were not available but they would probably run high, as the small inter-city busses themselves were worth be- tween $20,000 and $25,000 -each. Family 6108 ¢ under par? Borrowing is a sensible solution when it comes to 80 many springtime needs--like getting your car back in shape, paying b ills, home repairs, the kind of money problems that are always sprouting up this time of year. And you need look no further than the nearest HFC office for sound, sensible money help. The men and women at Household Finance are specialists in putting budgets back on a sound basis. At HFC you can get as much as $1000--usually in one day or less. If you have a steady income and can meet the convenient monthly payments, you can borrow without endorsers. To get that money problem off your mind simply phone or drop in at HFC today. HOUSEH OLD FINANGE 64 King Street East, leph RA 5-6526 P d floor, 11% Simcoe St. South, second floor, phone RA 5-1139 OSHAWA, ONT.