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Clinton News-Record, 1966-03-24, Page 10Matter of Principle Principles J. Carl Hemingway F of A Celebrates 25 Years In Township Thurs., March 24, 1966-—Clinton News-Record—Page 9 W. H. DALRYMPLE A SON I The past few weeks have pro vided a real field-day for news reporters. The variety of sub ject matter would satisfy the most ambitious writer and gives everyone .the opportunity of expressing an opinion on the subject of hlils choice, be it mor al, political or financial. But let’s stick to matters of Principle. Let’s look at the Spencer case. Mr. Spencer was fired from his joib and his pension contributions confiscated. He was publicly branded as a se curity risk and placed under ' police surveillance for the rest +THANKS YOU FOR YOUR HELP | of hlis life. As far ais I under stand it this is a podite way of staying he is a, traitor, As a postal employee Mr. Spencer was hired with the approval of the Ppsitmasiter- General. When, he was fired and his pension benefits denied it was apparently with the ap proval of the Posttmaster-Gen- eral, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice. I doubt very much that any of these men have any personal knowledge of the case. Their opinions were formed on the basis of what someone else re ported. Perhaps the police did some investigating but whom did they interview? Certainly the decisions that were made were arbitrary since no defense was possible, In a Democracy we are led to believe that a man is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law; also the guilty is to be punished according to law. I Now Syi you can't 111 **07 see a weed for the beans with 'reflan (trifluralin, Elanco) ■<g> 0 IE.C. "Excellent control of both grasses and broad- leafs." That's the comment of many large, successful growers of soybean and fieldbean crops. Treflan stops weeds before they start to grow by killing the weed seed as it germinates. The result, you get greater yielding crops be cause there's more nutrients, moisture and light for your crops; less time-consuming harvesting stoppages caused by weeds; and , more efficient use of fertilizer. For dependable weed control that helps you make more profit contact Shamrock Chemicals Limited, London, Ontario, your exclusive Elanco distributor. Elanco—the company that shares its experience with you Elanco Products Division of Eli Lilly and Company (Canada) Limited Scarborough, Ontario. Contact your Shamrock Technical Representative London —' Phone 438*5652 Mr, Spencer has been declar ed' guilty but not by a court of law. He has been punished but again not according to law. Now I suppose. I must make some comment on the Mun- singer scandal. Here again we have a person accused of being an enemy agent but no evidence put forth. Indirectly members of parliament have been' accus ed of being traitors to their country but again evidence has not been produced. Immorality has also-been im plied. Both ,of the old parties are deeply involved1 in irrespon sible controversy, The solution of all this is the appointment of Royal Com- missons to investigate these cases. So what! Can we be sure that this Will result in justice? It seems to me that there has been considerable evidence of government corruption for a great many years. Seems to me that I remember from history something of a CPR Scandal way back at the time of Sir. John A. MacDonald with, sever al other questionable events in government right up to the present. Our Commissioners 'are ap pointed by Government but can we be sure that a government accused of corruption is bound to appoint a Commissioner who is "Simon Pure”? Surely by this time we should realize that our Can adian Democracy is in jeopardy. The disease cannot be cured by Royal Commissions. It can only be cured by the people. We must have honest voters electing honest candidate's and then we needn’t worry about the honesty of our government. -----------o----------- HOLMESVILLE — Goderich Township Federation of Agri culture met March 17 in the Holmesville tia'll to celebrate its 25th birthday. This organization first came into being on March 31, 1941, The first president appointed was Wilmot Haacke and the first secretary-treasurer was George Ginn. Jim Lobb, secretary, gave a summary of the accomplish ments of (the F of A through the years. In 1942 it prompted Farm Forums and the sale of Victory Loan Bonds. In 1943 studied the school area system. In 1944 the one-fifth mill assessment was adopted. In 1945 joined the national film board and f ilms were shown at each meeting. In 1946, through.the use of films, war ble fly control was studied; also that year the first township Hog Producers committee was set up with Alf Warner as chair man. In 1947 Lome Jervis was ap pointed first 'dream producer director to the county organi zation. The county health scheme was also studied. In 1948 Mrs. George Ginn was ap pointed first woman delegate to the county. School section directors’ wiv es were appointed to the town ship directorate. In 1949 George Feagan was appointed CIA salesman for the township. In 1950 a petition, necessary to pass the Warble" Fly Act, was circulated with 66 2/3 per cent favouring the plan. This year also, the first annual meet ing in the form of a banquet was (held at Porter’s Hili Church. In 1951 the two-fifths mill assessment membership levy was adopted. In 1952, Harold Tyndall was appointed first director to the Poultry Marketing Scheme, In 1953, the F of A co-operated with the Department of Agri culture by distributing and col lecting soil sample boxes to pre pare a soil map, In 1954 the compulsory Calf hood Vaccination Plan was stu died and a petition circulated for the same. The result was 87 percent in favour and the township counoil passed the by law making it effective. Also the responsibility of dis tributing literature, etc., for the annual Cancer Society cam paign was accepted. A petition was circulated calling for a vote on a Wheat Producers Market ing Scheme. In 1956, donations were given to 4-H members completing their projects. In 1959 an Es say Contest for public school pupils was sponsored1. Winners were Patsy Cox, Bob Pearson and John Leishman. In I960, a survey was made of the township for the TB Clinic. In 1962 a vote was cir culated on an Egg Marketing Plan. At the January, 1965 meet ing, members of the Farmers Union met with the F of A to (Continued on Page Ten) | M BRUCEFIELD, ONT. I PHONE 482-9211 We have, and will continue to carry, a LARGE STOCK of STUDEBAKER We are in a position to carry obt all warranty work on new cars whether they were purchased from us or not. 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