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Federal Approach To Municipal Problems g THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, October 18, 1962 The party leaders, discussing the merits of a seven-point govern- ment reform program advocated by the magazine, outline some interest- ing policy innovations. Some of these could lead to a reduction in the mun- icipal tax burden carried by home- owners. In a. statement headlined “We’ve done more than the others . . .” the new finance minister reviews the Con- servative record in negotiating new bases for tax-sharing and grants. He promises continuing co-operation to “promote the well-being of provin- cial 5nd municipal administration.” The opposition parties say this is not enough. They call for an early federal-provincial-municipal confer- ence to reassign total taxation in- come. This would involve establish- ment of a new system of national de- velopment priorities. If elected, the Liberals, Social Credit and the New Democrats would each create their own version of a municipal develop- ment bank to provide low-interest Four national party spokesmen â€" Finance Minister Nowlan, Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson, Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson and NDP Leader T. C. Douglas â€" have outlined their positions on municipal development problems in a “state-of- the-nation debate” published in the current issue of Civic Administra- tion Magazine. Canada's method of financing both local improvements and educa- tion by means of property taxation and a loose system of government grants is developing into the only major “new” issue for the next Fed- eral election campaign. “Need for special emphasis on this aspect of traffic safety was pointed up”, the Minister said. “when our department found that while persons 65 and over represent only nine per cent of Ontario’s pop- ulation. this group constituted near- ly 30 per cent of the province’s pe- destrian fatality toll last year." The department has enlisted the aid of women’s groups. getting them to take on the program as projects for presentation to senior citizens organizations throughout the pro- vince. All pamphlets, posters and the series of slides in the lost art of walking program are provided free by the department to any interested group. Senior citizens are to rediscover the art of walking . . . and it can help save their lives. The lost art of walking is a new pedestrian traffic safety program for senior citizens developed by the Ontario Department of Transport and unveiled today before members of Toronto’s Second Mile Club by H. L. Rowntree, Transport Minister. The V.O.N., the Red Cross, Men- tal Health, Scouts, Blind, Navy Lea- gue, March of Dimes, Society for Crippled Children, and a score of other worthy and varied charities are always well supported in this area. In view of the many appeals from worthy charitable groups, we feel that we should point out again that donations made to the United Now that Richmond Hill Public 'School Board has decided to compel the remaining 11 kindergarten chil- dren to transfer from Beverley Acres to Crosby Heights School, action should be taken in the matter of their safety. Earlier, parents of 22 of 33 chil- dren involved in the proposed trans- fer agreed to send their children to Crosby Heights. At its meeting Thursday evening of last week the trustees decided to give the parents of the remaining children just one week to comply with the board’s order or be refused permission to Beverley Acres School. The drive for funds to make the new hospital being built in Richmond Hill a complete unit ready to serve the community efficiently, will soon be under full steam. Committees are hard at work finalizing the campaign and it is hoped that all citizens will be generous in support of this great- ly needed facility. 77777 Kihaergarten children from Bev- erley Acres must cross North Taylor nnu Qlluvrvnuunnv .v v__..., - _~.v_â€"V~~_,_ v- V - V ‘ U L ’1 Subscription Rate $3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor EDWARD MURPHY, News Ed “Authorized as second class mail. Post Ofl’ice Department, Ottawa” Selfer For Kindergarten Children Your Dollars Are Needed For Our Senior Citizens An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 If): liberal The whole matter of school cross- ing guards falls under the juris- diction of town council and its police committee. Council should assist the school board and ease the minds of the parents by seeing that a crossing guard is appointed as quickly as possible. â€" walking .with back to traffic â€" wearing dark clothing â€"â€" most victims in their 70's and 80’s â€"â€" dark nights Community organizations and women’s groups interested in under- taking the presentation of the Ontar- io Department of Transport’s pedes- trian safety program for senior citi- zens should contact Mrs. Ethel Mc- Lellan. Director of Women’s Activi- ties, Ontario Department of Trans- port, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 2. Earlier this year council turned down a school board request for a crossing guard in the same general area, saying that sufficient funds were not available in the police com- mittee budget. ‘ Appeal in Metro Toronto, where so many of our residents are employed and are expected to contribute, re- main in the metropolitan area. No portion of it is available for the num- erous charitable organizations which make our community a good place in which to live. If we are to have the services of these organizations, we must support them, We do not criticize the methods of collecting for the United Appeal â€" nor do we attempt to minimize the great need for generosity in the Met- ro area. We are simply reminding our citizens that “charity begins at home” â€" that there are many places in our community where our dollars can help alleviate suffering and pro- vide needed services. Accident reports show that the period from October through May each year is the highest pedestrian fatality period among our senior cit- izens. Factors most frequently pres- ent in fatalities involving senior pe- destrians are: Mr. Pearson, reviewing short- comings in Canada’s three-level sys- tem of government, says a new nat- tional plan is needed for municipal de- velopment. He calls for massive fed- eral involvement in a “great co~oper- ative attack” on air and water pollu- tion, traffic congestion, acres of ur- ban slums. He promises long-term loans for the development of munici- pal transit systems, measures to end competition between governments in their borrowing reparations. Social Credit advocates a new ministry of Federal-Provincial Af- fairs and low-interest loans (“which could well be less than two percent”) for financing municipal and inter- municipal services. Mills Drive, which is a main traffic artery, in order to reach their new school. A crossing guard is needed to ensure their safety. Figures point out that the most dangerous pedestrian actions for any person, but particularly for people 65 and over, are walking on a rural highway or road, crossing such a highway or road, crossing streets at mid-block and coming out into traffic from behind parked ve- hicles. capital for improvements. A new system of financing education would be devised in co-operation with the provinces and municipalities . The New Democrats offer free education at all levels and direct fed- eral aid for inter-city highways, municipal transportation, urban re- newal and town planning. They would organize federal-provincial- municipal conferences on a continu- ing basis to solve problems of muni- cipal credit. Mr. Nowlan, promising “fair and just application” of federal resources to local problems, reviews the Pro- gressive Conservative record: 0 Unconditional grants to the pro- vinces increased from 552.7 million in 1956-57 to an estimated $980.5 million in 1962-‘63. 0 Conditional grants and shared- cost programs increased from $111 million in 1956-57 to an estimated $749.2 million in 1962-63. EDWARD MURPHY, News Editor -_.S)emml jéouqéb . Mr. Dost said that when he heard about CPRI for the first time he was under the impression that the institute intended to investigate the causes of the east-west conflict, and that it would put forward proposals about relieving them. It soon appeared however that the avoidance of war was the primary aim of the institute even if this would mean the sacrifice of freedom. Dr. Alcock directs his criti- cism at the US. for John Glenn's orbital flight but is silent when the USSR breaks international agree- ments. This kind of one-sided “research” cannot possibly be in the interests of peace let alone free- dom. The points that Mr. Dost wishes to make are as follows: I object to the CPRI because of these reasons: (a) the overwhelming majority of its sponsors are even now connected with “peace groups” which I suspect to be Communist fronts, (b) the Institute tries to create the impression that it has the back- ing of the Canadian Government (a statement to that effect had to be refuted by Mr. Fleming.) (c) the Institute receives favorable publicity from the Communist Press, (d) the Institute has been quite severely criticized by leading educators, scientists, businessmen and newspaper editors, (e) the Insti- tute takes views regarding the Soviet Union in very much the same way that the appeasers did before World War 2 with regard to Germany." “To me, Peace is meaningless without freedom,” Mr. Dost emphasized, “there is little doubt the people behind the iron curtain have Peace. Never- theless it is for freedom that they risk their lives. Peace Research serves no useful purpose if it fails to recognize the Communist aim of world domina- tion, or the enslavement of 1,000,000,000 people.” Another second thought on the national anthem topic is that the words: “Oh Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee”, are really more suitable for the Americans to sing. Mr. Dost said that he had experienced the sec- and World War in Holland where he learned that freedom is worth more than peace. He also said that he found Canada to be a great country and that her standard of living was very high compared to European countries. He had hoped to be safer in Canada in case of war. He knows now that no- where is anyone safe from nuclear war should it ever come about. “As long as I can be safe from domination by a foreign power,” he declared, “I know that life can be worthwhile.” "CPRI does not need to be a failure at all,” he said. “If Dr. Aloock would take time to acquaint himself with the real issues behind the Cold War tensions viz (a) the untrustworthiness of the Com- munists, (b) their insistence on reaching their goal of world domination, (c) the lack of unity of the free nations in halting the Communist advance, ((1) the inconsistency of the United Nations regarding col- onialism, (e) the apathy and complacency of the free people to preserve the freedom they have, and to stand up for the oppressed.” It is the opinion of Mr. Dost that this institute would attract prominent people from the right as well as from the ‘left if it had a truly objective re- search not influenced by pre-conceived one world or disarmament conclusions and its conclusions would almost certainly prevent nuclear war possibilities. “I can see no valid reason.” said Mr. Dost, “why a firm and consistent foreign policy would increase the danger of war. On the contrary, we have learn- ed that appeasement is a sure road to war.” Richmond Hill's Public Library Board may get the police to recover long-overdue books. Their phone calls to delinquent borrowers have failed to produce returns. . . . So they’re going to get a dictaphone? “To me," he said, “the danger of Communist domination is more realistic than the danger of nuclear war, and I believe that torture is worse than death. Therefore to propose Peace Research is like preparing to repair a house which is on fire.” The Ecumenical Conference in Rome was con- cerned primarily with Biblical matters; but it also sent plenty of people back to the dictionary. Pennsylvania’s State Athletic Commission an- nounces that it is ready to help world champion Sonny Liston in his rehabilitation . . . Well â€" that, and a few million-dollar purses, should do it! The president of a transport firm in Waterdown charges that several fire brigades watched his bulld- ings go up in flames while they argued over which one would fight the blaze. The obvious humor in the “Waterdown” name is topped by the firemen all be- longing to pass-the-buck-et brigades. Herman J. Dost is employed by the Department of Highways as an engineer’s assistant. His hobbies are listening to good music, chess, sailing, playing the organ and reading. He follows the world situ- ation very closely. An exception to yesterday’s news being not nec- essarily dead is the “NOW they tell us” warning from NORAD headquarters that North Americas air deâ€" fences need a high-speed interceptor plane â€" similar to the “Arrow”. “Joey” Smallwood says he is fed up and bored with his job of Premier of Newfoundland and he has felt like blowing it a dozen times in the last year or two . . . Except for the second thought that he might be remembered as “Joe Blow”. A Toronto alderman suggests that the death toll on the city’s crosswalks could be reduced by pamtmg the pavement with such slogans for pedestrlans as: ‘Look both ways’ or ‘Watch for cars’ . . . Or, better still: ‘Run. don’t read!’ Remember the affair last May of the hair-dyeing Don Jail Guards? A recently released report of. the official inquiry into the incident says their dismissal was justified. . . . Wonder if the enquiry was 1nflu- enced by our remark that all the prisoners mlght want to have THEIR locks changed, too? NOTE: Sometime ago, a letter of criticism was sent to this column by Mr. Dost, a resident of Maple. He took exception to the publicizing of the Canadian Peace Research Institute. He was kind enough to say why! by George Maya: 0 Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. C.P.R.I. CRITICIZED BY READER - HERMAN J. DOST ambling flroun by Elizabeth Kelson oug Candidate Saunders Comments About Town Council Service You may be interested to know that my seatmate in the House is Mrs. Tibbie Hardy (L. Mackenzie River) whose consti- tuency covers the Northwest Territories. Her riding is al- most half as big geographically as all of the rest of Canada. She is the widow of Mervyn A. Har- die, who was the Liberal MP. before his untimely. death and one of the most respected men in Parliament. Therefore, we will support constructive measures aimed at the improvement in Canada's general situation. I am putting several questions on the Order Paper and plan to raise other questions in the House that affect this constitu- ency and the country generally. This is one of the constitutional means provided by our system of government to bring matters to the attention of the Govern- ment and the public for action and attention. Question Period It is no part of the Opposi- tion’s intention to stall Govern- ment business or to impede the Government in carrying out its proper functions. It is, of course, the duty of any Opposi- tion to represent the people who elected its members and to op- pose matters whioh are consid- ered not for the good of the country. As you know, there is a daily question hour in the House of Commons so if you have any matters of urgent or national importance which can be asked then, please send them along. Biggest Constituency The fact the Government has a minority of Members makes it difficult for the House to settle down to routine business essen- tial to the country. However. the Conservative Government and the Social Credit Party 31). pear to have reached a working position in which the Govern- ment can count on the Social Credit vote. If this continues, the Government will be able to survive for some time. Learning The Ropes If you wish to write about any matter, please do so. My office is 267 in the West Block. House of Commons. Ottawa, Ont. Sincerely, This is my first report to the constituents of York North since the opening of Parliament on September 27. For a Member of Parliament taking his seat for the first time. it is both an exciting and a sobering experi- ence. The color and interest of the formal opening, meeting of the new Members and the tens-ion caused in waiting for non-con- fidence votes, have surely been exciting. But the unstable con- dition of our present political situation in Canada and the serious state of our economy at present are indeed sobering. Canada’s Problems We, on the Opposition side, were disappointed by the Speech from the Throne, as I am sure many members of the Govern- ment were. My comments are not made in a partisan sense but rather because We had all looked forward to announcement of strong and specific measures to meet the problems Can-ada now faces. It may be that leg- islation yet to be brought down in Parliament will include such measures. Meantime, those of us who are learning the ropes as new Members are being relatively quiet as new Members usually are in the British Parliamen- tary tradition. On our side, Hon. Mr. Pearson, the Opposi- tion leader. has been demon- strating his thorough know- ledge of Canada’s affairs, of House procedure, and is con- ducting a hard-working course. There are some unusually able Canadians in the House of Commons representing various parties. In the weeks ahead. Canada may be in for some of the most interesting parliament‘ ary debate it has known for a long time. Won’t Stall Business A special tour for landowners and families interested in de- veloping farm hands has been scheduled for October 20 by the Metropolitan Toronto and Re- gion Conservation Authority. Farm Ponds Tour Slated For Oct. 20 The tour will visit Glen Haf- fy conservation Area, Palgrave Forest, Wildlife Conservation Area, and local private ponds. Representatives of the Metro Authority, Ontario Water Re- sources Commission. and the Ontario Department of Agri- culture, will discuss pond con- struction, fish management, weed control, water use and treatment regulations. Starting time of the tour is 11 am. People wishing to take part are asked to meet at the Glen Hafiy Conservation Area and bring a lunch. Jig/$.44. John Addison Member of Parliament for York North Politics: Canada. recent read- ings by Paul Fox. (McGraw) This collection of readings on the Canadian political scene to- day, approaches its subject from a human interest point of view which provides fascinating and informative reading. Selections were chosen from government- al publications. critics Pierre Berton and Sidney Katz, and from the politicians John Dief- enbaker and Lester B. Pearson. This is a well rounded anthology covering many aspects of our current political scene, as well as the executive and administra- tive parts of government. In the matter of cost, which he mentions, the books of many‘ publishers are all ‘possible‘, and so no estimate of the num- ber that will be needed in any ‘one year is likely to be accur- ate. Competitive publishing has made the initial cost of the text much higher than would be the case with an authorized ‘text. To have any possible sale for last year’s text depends on ‘the decision of the teachers of that subject the following year. And add to these two cost fac- tors the further situation which affects an increasing number of students to move in the middle of a school year means any- thing from a half to a whole new set of texts. Add to this the confusion of not only a new‘ teacher but a new text for the student, and you can imagine how devastating the results can well be. (Book revieWS from the Richmond Hill Public Libra"! Ripples from Iceland, by Am- alia Lindal (Norton). The author has lived in Iceland since 1949, when she went there with her husband, a young Icelandic chemical engineer. She relates her early impressions and some of the difficulties she had in adjusting to unfamiliar condi- tions and strange customs’. She also discusses various aspects of Icelandic history and life, giv- ing a pleasantly informal and in- formative picture of her adop- ted country. Homblower and the Hotspur‘ by Cecil Scott Forester (Joseph). Adding another chapter to the Hornblower saga the author re- lates his hero’s adventures as a young naval officer aboard his first command, the sloop-of-war H.M.S. Hotspur. Hornblower gathers information on French naval activities, leads a landing- party attack on a French signal station. and participates in sev- ‘eral battles at sea. A stirring ‘tale by this well-known author lot sea yarns. Let us assume that there are any number of adequate texts available. It will still need more than the late date of its inno- vation to justify the cost and the confusion which present practise has given us. I give it as my considered opinion that the Department of Education in A recent issue of "The Lib- eral" carried a news item in which Superintendent Sam Chapman of the York District High School Board says that conformity in the matter of high school texts would not be a desirable thing. Why? HIGH SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS Dear Mr. Editor The Time of Secrets, by Mar- cel Pagnol. (Doubleday). Those who enjoyed Pagnol's delightful: recollections of his childhood in‘ The Days Were Too Short will find equal pleasure in these memories of his eleventh and twelfth yearsl Pagnol is gifted with total recall, but he embell- ishes the simple incidents of his boyhood with a contagious hu- mour. He writes with nostalgic candor of his family. more of his vacation-time trapping. and his sudden awareness of female charm. oil has limited means of fa- miliarizing the electorate with his abilities or qualifi- cations. He may. as I intend to attend club and association meetings as a speaker. he may. if time permits, visit each householder in his ward. I feel however that the most effective medium is the hometown newspaper and for this reason I am asking “The Liberal" to publish this article. A recent editorial in the Newmarket “Era and Ex- press" summarizes with the question, “Where Are The Young Candidates." The text of the editorial clearly indi- cates that the writer recog- nizes the need for “new blood" or more specifically young aggressive leadership in our local councils The need is evident but who will fill the need and why are young, capable men reluctant to stand for public office? fo Robert Saunders) I wish to use the medium of the local press to present my views and my opinions on the problems of municipal government and administra- tion. A candidate for coun- The answer is simple en- ough. They are frightened away. Young men who are interested or become inter- ested in municipal govern- ment invariably discuss their interests with either incum- Have You Read These? “Dear Mr. Editor ” Toronto should again adopt the practice of authorizing a single text as basic for the study of any given subject. Let us avail ourselves of the wealth of ma-t- erial and teacher experience in Enioy Sunday Movies This Sunday Oct. 21 Ir. Richmond HIS BIGGEST. BROADEST. 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The role of the elected representatives in depart- mental administration should ideally be restricted to gen- eral direction and supervis- ion. The council is concern- ed with all of a municipaliâ€" ity’s activities. The determin- ation of the broad general policies to be followed by the administration agencies of the municipality is the major function of the elected rep- resentatives. This is an ex- ercise of legislative power. The complementary function bent councillors or with ex- councillors and are generally told that they must be pre- pared to relinquish a tremenâ€" dous amount of personal time if they are successful candidates. Thurs., Fri., Sat. - October 18, 19, 20 like Auntie Mame’! FREE PARKING AT REAR OF THEATRE HODRUN D nu" RUSsEll-GUINflESS A Mack-TY 959$? ADDING NEW ACCLAIM TO ITS BROADWAY FAMEl! PoSAflND 156,) RAEkVYN LEROY PRODUCTION Continuous Dally From 7:00 pm. Saturday From 6:00 pm. Adult Entertainment a fine list of supplementary texts which might be made available to the student through the library. (Mr. Robert Saunders rc- sides on Benson Ave. He is a candidate for Richmhond Hill Town Council in the Decem- ber voting.) is the overseeing of the ad- ministration. but not in such a degree as to become hope- lessly involved in the admin- istrative details. The council should never become immer- sed in a labyrinth of trifling affairs which only a compe- tent administrator can dis- pose of efficiently. The coun- cil's primary duty is to de- cide policy. not to execute it. The latter is an administra- tive function. It would ap- pear to me that this is one of the major weaknesses ex- isting in our councils today and the reason why council- lors are required to devote so much time to the affairs of the municipality. A glaring example of thls weakness exists both here in Richmond Hill and in the Town of Newmarket when the electorate has been led to believe that the office of MAYOR is a full-time job. It should not be unless the may- ors_of thcse municipalities have taken it upon them- selves to assume responsi- billties justly and properly associated with the appoint- ed ofiicials or in other words have gone beyond the com- plementary function of an elected official. ' William W. Patterson Richmond Hill. "H91! wackyl’, g “1"; cute!