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Donations to the fund are being made- through churches, the partici- pating aid agencies, branches of Can- adian banks, and directly to the fund at 95 Wellesley Street East, Toronto. The money collected is devoted mainly to relief work‘ being Coming together for the first time to raise funds for relief of suffering were: the Canadian Catholic Orgam ization for the Development and Peace, the Canadian Council of Churches, the Canadian Red Cross. the Canadian Save the Children Faind, UNICEF, and Oxfam of Can- a a. It was in recognition of the im- mensity of the relief problem in Nigeria and Biafra that an unprece- dented joint campaign â€" the Nigeria/Biafra Relief Fund of Can- ada â€" was set up August 10. Something of the enormity of the Biafran situation is reflected in the statement in a German news mag- azine that “There will be no more children under the age of 15 left. by the end of the year if the blockade (of Biafra) continues." It does not include casualties in the fighting of a war that is one of the bloodiest in a particularly violent century. It does not tell of the devastation of farm land and the destruction of towns and villages that has led to the establishment of 700 refugee camps for the homeless in Biafra. It does not include the people who are dying in other war ravaged areas of Nigeria, where famine and disease are almost as widespread as in em- battled Biafra. It does not tell of the untold num- bers of chronically undernourished or disease-ridden people who hang onto life by a thread and for whom there is no salvation. The figure, appalling as it is, tells only part of the gruesome story of death, destruction and suffering in the once proud country of Nigeria. This is the estimate of Dr. Ed- ward Johnson, secretary of the overseas mission of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, who has recently returned from a spell in Biafra. The 14-month civil war in Nigeria has led to conditions so grim that starvation and disease is taking the lives of 50,000 persons a week in Biafra â€" almost the combined pop- ulations of Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham Townships. Hell on earth is a place called Biafra. formerly the eastern region of Nigeria. It continues: The phenomenon in public service that is becoming clearer each day is the commitment of vital public functions to a rapidly increasing number of small minor- ities and the equally rapid expansion of community dependence on their faithful performance. “When individuals or groups vol- untarily undertake these responsibil- ities they enter a field of virtual monx ly; the community cannot se- cure tself against rejection of those responsibilities by maintaining a standby force which itself would be open to a similar freedom of action. Our society is built within a struc- ture of interwoven trust, credit and obligation; good faith and reliability are essential to its mode of living; and when these obligations are re- pudiated confusion may be the harb- “A strike in the public service is directed against the public", the Comâ€" missioner said. It is obviously open to the action of that public to with- hold its benefits from/or its protec- tion of the violator. The dependence of the public upon these minorities must at all costs be minimized. Public employees must expect to have their repudiation of responsibility met by effective penalties. the report said. I To those who cavalierly reject any .such limitation on individual or col- lective action Commissioner Rand wrote “What is lacking in their outâ€" look is an adequate appreciation of the structure of their society; the powerful forces that operate in its functioning, and the problems aris- ing from its tensions." In the report of the Rand (‘om- mission on Labor Disputes made public in the early part. of September, Commissioner Ivan Rand' stroneg suggested that strikes in the public sector of the economy be prohibited. He felt there is no justification for strikes in the field of public employ- mentand generally speaking arbitra- tion has proved reasonably satisfac- tory and the fact that it is compul- sory does not detract from the qual- ity of its results. nu Auuoyuuuvuu u vaIAvy - uu..u~...v..v... -v.u “"0 I. k" Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $6.00; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa” THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 19, 1968 Sirikes In Public $mim' Help Those In Hell An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 Em liberal Biafra. and parts of Nigeria, need all the help that can be mustered in countries of goodwill, particularly from peoples in the few countries, like Canada, that have the good for- tune to be both peaceful and pros- perous. “There has been a certain amount of public apathy to the fund,” says Mr. Gluns, “brought about by the problem of delivery of relief sup- plies.” He explains that people hesâ€" itate to donate money for supplies they think may not be delivered at all. The difficulties being encountered in delivering aid, should not however discourage people from giving freely to the Canadian relief fund. The Red Cross has now suspended all mercy flights to that part of Biafra held by Biafran forces. (About one-sixth of the original sec- essionist state). However, supplies are going to Lagos. capital of Nigeria and being moved from there by the Red Cross to areas in the country to which it has access, including the parts of Biafra under federal Nig- erian control. Contributions to the. Canadian joint relief fund therefore will not be wasted. No person who wishes to help should be held back by the misapprehension that his money or part of it, will merely go down the drain. The fund got off to a slow start says Richard Gluns of Canadian Red Cross. By August 30 it had received $49,000. By the first weekend in September it was hoped this would be swelled to $100,000. (For political and military reas- ons the Nigerian and Biafran author- ities have been placing stumbling blocks in the way of deliveries into that part of Biafra under Biafran control.) With Nigerian forces advancing on the war front the end of the conflict seems in sight. Once the war is over. relief aid will flow freely to all stricken areas of the country. There is no limit on the amount of money that can be used for relief in a country as catastrophic-ally dev- astated as Biafra. Moreover, the need for relief will last for a very long time to come â€" at least a year after the end of the war, Mr. Gluns feels. carried out in Nigeria by the Inter- national Red Cross, the World Coun- cil of Churches and Caritas, the Catholic relief organization. Smaller proportions go to other active relief agencies. That individuals employed in the public sector should receive remun- eration suitable to their function is not questioned. The question then is how to minimize conflict and create an equitable balance between those employed in essential services and the government. Commissioner Rand suggests the creation of an 11 mem- ber industrial tribunal with wide powers to regulate labor-manage- ment disputes. Commissioner Rand believes the public is given little or no precise inâ€" formation on the facts of the issues in the public sector. “although the public may be the victim of a virtual strangling of its social and economic life.” ' He comments: “It is the public ultimately that foots the bills for these interrupted services .J. . and it is entitled to be informed on what the disruption is all about.” Commissioner Rand’s comments are particularly timely for Canadians who just recently came through a national postal strike. Strikes in the public sector â€"â€" hospitals, transport- ation, utilities, police, fire, teachers, sanitation and civil Servantsâ€"means a well organized and disciplined min- ority can seriously disrupt life for the vast majority of our citizens. This is especially true in the highly complex industrial society we live in today. Commissioner Rand said the object of such a strike is to, “directly coerce concessions from the public through taxation by the deliberate throwing into disorder of an essen- tial public function.” Essential ser- vices are an auxiliary to government and even a short interruption wreaks its consequences on the entire com- munity. The commissioner stresses that claims of public employees, although of importance to the individual. have an impact on the public interest out of all proportion to that importance, “and their consequences to increas- ingly larger segments of the com- munity soon become intolerable.” inger of social disintegration.” \«ID I wish to congratulate the Kleinburg Festival Committee for a particularly fine commun- ity project well planned and well executed. Unfortunately I had to miss it and some other We also read over 300 briefs to give us a reasonably comâ€" plete public viewpoint and perspective of the 347 recom- mendations made in the 1,300 pages of the Smith Report. It was a very intensive course in taxation for the 13 members 135 well as the staff of ninei. Since our report will have been published when you see this report you will know we have made two or three recom- mendations which break new ground including a major change in the basic shelter grant and sales tax exemptions. We have also provided a de- finition of a working farm. I hope you get the impression our work was worthwhile be- cause I personally have never participated for such an inten- sive period in a more dedicated and better informed group. In addition to hearing over All secondary school students 50 delegations in morning in Canada can win cash awards meetings while the Legislature of from $100 to a grand Prize 0f was still in session, we travelled $1.000 in a student writing 00n- to Fort William, Sault Ste.!test being sponsored by Canada Marie. Timmins. Sudbury. Ot-lPermanent Trust. tawa. Kingston. Peterboro,l Students can write on any Windsor. London, Hamilton andlsubject that interests them. St. Catharines to hear another Manuscripts must be about 50. 12,500 words. and can be in The gap of many weeks since events due to the tax work. the I last reported to you is not an Boy Scout Jamboree and other indication of disinterest or of prior commitments. an idle summer vacation but Mrs. Deacon and I are now rather of a strenuous six-week taking a three~week vacation period following the proroga- during which period Mrs. tion of the Legislature in mid Stephenson at 884-5837 or Box July as a member of the Select‘32 Richmond Hill will endeavor Committee on Taxation. ito assist you. We had been appointed in mid June to study the three volume report of the Ontario Committee on Taxation (better known as the Smith Committee) prepared over a four year per- iod and to make our recom- mendation by September 17. g E E s g E g E E g: . w Fortunately there is a trend away from the elabor- ate. garish signs of groâ€" tesque design that draw their inspiration from Times Square and are such unpleas- llllllllllllllllllll“!lllllllllllllllll“11\lllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“ll“llllllllllull““\llllllllllllllllllll111111111111llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllull“lIll“Illllllllllllll\\\\\ll\ll\llimull“l[llllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllltilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllulll“ av: r-' formed plastic letters, often seen on gas stations and supermarkets. The booklet points out that signs that try to carry as much information as pos: from a sign Simple iron rails and square wooden legs are particularly recom- mended for supports. Lettering is the most im- portant aspect of a sign, the should be situated where it can be easily seen. The simplest material pro- duces the best signs. Highly recommended are wood, metal or smooth plastic. an: cu. . vanguacu, imummmmmmuuumu 'fl Tax Committee Recommends Changes Basic Shelter Grant, Sales Tax, Defines Working Farm 8-ll“\\\llllllllll“““llllllllllllll“Ill“lllImmllllllllmllm““Hmllllllllllllfimlm“llllllleml\lllllllmlllllllllulnnullllllllllll\||\l\llllllll‘llll“\“Wllllllllllllll“ll“lll\llllllll“l“\“11' mmulmuumnulmumummuummmumnummummmmuau\muummlnmunuum The result is that too many signs violate good taste and are nothing better than eye- sores, no matter what useful economic purpose th ey might play. Moreover. they may not be doing the job of attracting an d informing people very efficiently, for ugly signs can repel rather than attract. It is unfortunately true that many people seem to think that the best way of doing the latter is: with signs that are glaringly bright, bold and brash. Signs that almost demand to be noticed. By DYLAN CROSS With advertising playing such a key role in our soc- iety it is small wonder that Canadians are so sign con- scious. Go down the main street of any Canadian city or town and you will be con- fronted at every turn with signs of all kinds. TheSe signs provide information of some sort, or else seek to draw the public's attention in some way to a business or a product. Sign Simplicity Is Significant D011 Deacon Reports The libraries of schools that produce winning entries will be presented by Canada Perm- anent with books of their choice. Its object. says Canada Perm- anent Trust President C. F. McKenzie. is “to stimulate and encourage creative writing tal- ent among our students." Contestâ€"rules and regulations can be obtained from any Can- ada Permanent Trust office. The contest is an extension of the company's Centennial PI'OJ'ect that attracted more than 2.500 entries. Canada Permanent ls Essay Contest Sponsor Manuscripts must be about 2,500 words, and can be in either English or French. The contest closes November 1. and winners will be announ- ed in mid-December. A first prize of $500 and five merit prizes of $100 will be awarded in each of the follow- ing regions. Ontario. Quebec. Atlantic, Prairie. British Col- umbia. The five regional first prize winners will then be jUdged for the grand prize winner who will get an additional $500. as well as a portable typewriter. Also high on the list of eyesores are signs that use large, vulgar lettering, and signs that look cheap be- cause of their loud colors or because of the material of which they are made. Men- tioned as two prime ex- amples of cheap-looking ma- terial are corrugated plastic of the type often used for backgrounds, and large, pre- formed plastic letters, often seen on gas stations and supermarkets. As a guide to what con- stitutes an appealing. effect- ive sign, the Lake George Park Commission in New York State recently issued a booklet on the subject. GIMMICKS First the publication deals with bad signs, and in this regard is particularly crit- ical of those that use gim- micks to get attention. These are signs that try to catch the eye through the use of arrows. stars, flashing lights. spinning devices, etc. ant features of urban life. The simple. straightforward sign that proclaims its mes- sage modestly and tastefully is becoming more in evi- dence. MLA York Centre During the summer months of June. July and August, Rich- mond Hill VON Nurses made 1,094 home visim. Seventy-four of these were in Markham Township, 155 in Vaughan Township, 337 in Richmond Hill. 112 in King Township. 115 in Aurora. 60 in Whitchurch Township, 62 in Markham Village. 55 in New- market and 124 in the re- mainder of the county. During the summer a student from Queen's University spent three weeks with the local VON nurses. Other parents. who feel teach- ers should stop this excess book- work, please telephone your local principal. We are no longer a "back- woods" community. but when it comes to transportation we are still back in the horse and Summer Months Are Busy Time For VON Most students would respect teachers who could say NO to the monsters of our commercial advertising world! MRS. BERNICE LEVER 79 Denham Drive. Richvale I am writing this In an open letter to Markham Township ratepayers. To many members of our society. any material sent home from school automatically has the School‘s endorsement. Thus the insurance people are using our schools to pressure parents into buying their policies. Dear Mr. Editor My first impulse with blanket types of advertising (e.g. mail- box fliers) is to burn them. But each child is compelled, by threats of detention, to return these insurance forms â€"â€" even when the coverage is not de- sired by the parents. I would like to see a public explanation of why our schools sell accident insurance. Why do they act as insurance salesmen? Do the school and teachers earn a percentage? If not, teachers should have more worthwhile and educational activities to fill their working hours. Dear Mr. Editor is not financially feasible it is recommended they follow certain basic rules laid down in the booklet. These are outlined briefly below. SIMPLICITY Simplicity should be the keynote in all signs. Simple forms such as rectangles and squares are recom- mended. Bizarre shapes and pseudo-Tudor. Colon- ial and other “quaint” signs should be avoided. The sup- ports of a sign are import- ant. They should not be too thick and should not detract from a sign. Simple iron rails and square wooden legs are particularly recom- mended for supports. People who want well-de- signed signs are advised to seek the services of profes- sional designers, but if this Overdesign is another bad feature of many signs, it is noted. Overdesigned signs tend to draw attention to the sign rather than to the mes- sage. sible usually defeat their own purpose since their message is often obscured in the clutter of letters. and because passersâ€"by rarely bother to read all anyway. POOR BUS SERVICE PUPIL INSURANCE . -_ “7.”; We must wait up to 40 min- blanket utes for the next bus, in rain. _g_ mail. sleet. snow. sub-zero weather n them, and blazing sun â€"â€" and we get aned, by NO shelter. but must endure , return whatever the weatherman has __ even in store. in the open. not de. Unfortunately everyone does not have a car and those people of our without a car between Steeles m home Avenue and Richmond Hill are “IV has the forgotten and neglected. Nothing will change unlessl we all get together and demand a better deal from the powers that be. Otherwise, it would appear that Markham Township; has no concern for its taxpayers.! MRS. N. SIMPSON, 22 Sussex Avenue. Langstaff Fifteen years ago Yonge Street buses ran every 40 minutes. today Yonge Street buses still run at 40-minute in- tervals. People On the rim of Metro get seven to 10 minute bus service and Metro provides shelters for them. But Markham ratepayers are not so kindly treated. The, positioning of a sign Is important if it is to have maximum effect on people. Above all, it should not domâ€" inate its surroundings, and should be situated where it can be easily seen. The simplest material pro- duces the best signs. Highly recommended a re wood, metal or smooth plastic. buggy days The illumination of signs is recommended only if the lights are not made part of the sign. Preferably they should be hidden from sight where they cannot draw at- tention away from the sign’s message. In decoration, "corny" rep- resentations of human fig- ures and faces and of pro- ducts like motor cars. speed- boats and so on. should 1101 be used. Only simple direct symbols are advocated for decorative use. Colors should not be gar- ish and should harmonize with the surroundings. The colors used for lettering should not clash with those in the background of the sign. booklet states. Whatever form of lettering is chosen from the many varieties available. it should be easily legible. clear and not too large. TORBEN WiTTRUP exam “mum Selling Something? . . Use The Classifieds Phone 884‘1105â€"6 Now! ANOTHER REASON MOST PEOPLE LISTEN TO... @513 d . Stuart's Studio) Katherine, or Kit, as she is called by her friends, is a fine artist who trained at the Ontario College of Art. She now specializes in pastel portraits, which she works on at home â€" a charming apartment in a row of town houses on Clarence Square, that were once used as army officers’ quarters in the 1800’s. Kit met her husband Chiq, also a trained artist who works on sets for the CBC (remember the great production of “Jekyll and Hyde” that was filmed in (Continued on Page 16) In Katherine Ross Robinson they have a. set designer of great talent and imagination, who never fails to design a set that is right for the play, orig- inal, and making the most of every inch of the acting area. That genius of comedy Neil Simon (he also wrote “Barefoot in the Park” which will be pre- sented by the Curtain Club next spring), when he wrote “The Odd Couple” for the Broadway stage would have found even his fertile imagination taxed if he had tried to visualize his production on a stage with a sixteen foot proscenium, but it is no deterrent to the Curtain Club which is quite used to meeting this challenge. You might even notice vibrations on Yonge Street -â€" caused by backstage workers attempting to control their mirth as Neville Cross (Walter Mat- thau in the movie) takes aim with a plate of spaghetti and sends it hurtling across the stage to land (he hopes) in exactly the same spot nightly! With a director who knows how to please an audience and a cast headed by those two Curtain Club veterans. Neville Cross and Dennis Stainer, this show promises to be an excellent choice with which to open the season. The midnight oil burns almost nightly at the Curtain Club these days as the cast of “The Odd Couple”, under the direction of Gerry Crack, prepare for their October 4 opening of this side-splitting comedy that has had audiences rolling in the aisles since it opened on Broadway three years ago. Some bazaars have interesting themes and booths with tables and wall displays keyed to the theme. There is such a variety, from handmade clothes, loaves of bread, house plants to “white elephants”; from knitted sweaters to children’s toys, from aprons, party and practical, to quilts so beautiful that they end up as bed spreads. What fini to choose from tastefully displayed, attractive, worthwhile articles! What fun to find just the right presents at just the right prices! What funito buy something you have wanted or needed and at the same time support your hard- working women's organizations! BAZAARS ARE FUN No occasion brings more delight to the members of church or community than a beautifully presented bazaar. with articles and activities to please every- one. The fish pond is always exciting for the child- ren. The afternoon tea served at most bazaars is a wonderful opportunity for pleasant socializing. One of the most traditional features of the fall season is the custom of holding bazaars. Bazaars are truly wonderful occasions. They are showcases for the skill and talents of homemakers. Just about every household art is highlighted during these significant events. ‘ One of the most attractive aspects of the bazaar is the originahty of the artnfles. ’Fhe creative taL ents of many women are used to produce new items and refurbish old ideas. to create something no one has ever thought of before as weH as to put new and original touches on such ordinary things as aprons. Quality items, handcrafts, cakes, pies, home- made candy. decorated soap. delicious preserves. sparkling Christmas decorations. embroidered dish towels and dainty doll clothes all,are a part of the traditional church bazaar. Rambling Around In 1119 Sp oflighli Bazaars Are Wonderful (Continued on Page 16) By JOAN HAROLD by Elizabeth Kelson