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jl United States and should speed it up
by removing tariff barriers. The fact
itself, in their opinion is a foregone
conclusion. The question is merely of
"when".
Such an integration, of course,
would completely change our indus-
trial character but at the same time
would pay off in greater productivity,
improved economic climate and higher
living standards.
Which brings us back to the open-
ing sentence with the following con-
siderations.
Our labor force will progressively
strive towards parity with their breth-
ren in the United States. The move
has started and can not be stopped. It
can only progress.
Our politicians at the same time
seem to be out of step with the reali-
ties, advocating retardation rather than
progress.
This makes us wonder, if instead
of training politicians in the great art
of unearthing scandals and compromis-
ing situations in regard to their op-
ponents, we should not rather concen-
trate on developing politicians who
would be specialists in managing the
business of the nation.
As far as fear of losing national
identity is concerned we have only to
take a look across the Atlantic where
a European community is forging
ahead and doing so successfully to the
detriment of Canada.
We can not turn the wheel of
history back but at least we can turn
the lessons thus learned into an ad-
vantage.
The recent strikes on waterfront
may well deserve a closer scrutiny as
an indication of things to come.
The issues put forth in the dis-
pute, among others, for the first time
seriously demanded pay equity with
the United States.
And the contention is not SO ab-
surd as it sounds if viewed without
prejudices that so far have governed
the economies of this country.
For the past decades we have
grown accustomed to accept as a mat-
ter of fact the higher living standard
and higher salaries across the border.
To justify our complacency in
this we have tried to hide behind ex-
cuses of a more accelerated industrial
development in United States and to
some degree, in the inferiority com-
plex of our own younger nation.
And at the same time Canada has
been proud of its superior natural re-
sources often still untapped and unex-
hausted, only to realize that these are
being "sold out" at a disadvantageous
price to our greater neighbor simply
because this nation lacks the adventur-
ous spirit for the money) to fully uti-
lize them itself.
In recent months the general pub-
lic has been presented with warnings
by politicians who have been closely
associated with the economies of this
country that Canada should still fur-
ther withdraw in its inner shell if it
wants to preserve its national identity.
(Whatever this should mean).
Contrary to this view, some seri-
ous economists with established inter-
national reputation, paint out that Can-
ada faces economic integration with
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Who can blame them?
Mrs, Wm. G. ( Sandra ) Pollen at Lake Huron
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ers are all wrong, of course.
Their protests started before many
of them received the federal subsidy
far manufactured milk. Besides, they
were never promised $4.00 per cwt.
f.o.b. farm.
They aren't being fair because
they haven't allowed the Ontario gov-
ernment time to work out the prob-
lem created by the Quebec subsidy to
its farmers
And it's not cricket to bypass the
county milk committees or to ignore
the provincial milk marketing board
before it has a chance to prove what
it can do for dairy farmers, Nor is it
fair to shirk the good old Federation
of Agriculture in favor of the upstart
Farmers' Union.
Despite all that, however, it's dif-
ficult not to sympathize with the farm-
ers who have decided to harass motor-
ists on the highways with their trac-
tors.
For years, farmers have watched
labor unions use all sorts of unortho-
dox and sometimes illegal methods to
secure shorter working hours, higher
pay, more benefits and less physical
strain. (It might be interesting, for ex-
ample, to compute how much it would
cost to produce milk if farmers were
paid the same wage and benefits, and
worked the same hours, as union em-
ployees in government offices or work-
ers in plants which produce the equip-
ment farmers are required to buy.)
And for years farmers have heard
political parties promise all sorts of
subsidies, parity prices and what have
you.
So who can blame them for being
fed up with the proper procedures?
Who can score them for being tired
of briefs, studies, consultations, dele-
gations, which have produced ineffec-
tual results over the decades?
Not us, — Stratford Times
po, and Christians of this coun-
try will be present there through
their involvement, financial and
otherwise, in this Christian Pa-
vilion. They will be there
together, The seven major Com-
munions of this land, including
within their membership 95% of
Canadian Christians have under-
taken this as a co-operativepro-
tect, Their 'Common Declara-
tion" has this to say: "Joined
together through their baptism
in a same faith in Jesus Christ..
the Christians of Canada.. wish
to express their love of their
fellow-men throughout the world
and to alleviate the anxieties
and fulfill the expectations of
our century by a common pro-
clamation of the Gospel, . ,We
will erect a CHRISTIAN PAVIL-
ION capable of showing the world
that God was made Flesh to
dwell among us and that He
is present in all that is happen-
ing concerning Man and his
World."
The pavilion is designed to
provide the vialtor with an ex-
perience of himself in the world
which is his home. Photographs,
mechanical equipment, mirrors,
motion pictures, sound, space
and light will all be used to
help the individual to see him-
self surrounded by the noise,
tensions and problems of today.
Man may be proud of his tech-
nical achievements, but what a-
bout the relationships of home
and community, of nation with
nation, power bloc with power
bloc? Here man dare not be so
proud, and it is the realization
of this that suggests the old
question—"What must I do to
be saved?" — saved from our-
selves, our selfishness, our pre-
occupation with the wrong things,
our lack of love? These are
thoughts which will stir those
who enter the Christian Pavilion
and find themselves reminded of
some of the frightening issues
which confrontcontemporary
man.
In the last stages of the ex-
perience, the Christian message
will be presented by the use of
the same modern audio-visual
techniques which earlier helped
to depict man in his mixed-up
world. There will be the word
of hope to a world which is
anxious and afraid, There will
be an expression of Christian
concern and love for all man-
kind. There will be an intrusion
into each visitor's awareness of
the fundamental fact that Chris-
tianity is concerned with people,
and with those specifically human
values without which the most
spectacular achievements of
technology are of little use.
I personally have not been in-
volved in any of the planning,
and the details and aims of the
pavilion which I have presented
have been culled from some notes
by H.St.C. Hilchey. I believe
that this is the right approach
that the Churches of Canada have
made, and I suggest that as you
plan your visit to Expo, you
reserve a definite time to go to
the Christian Pavilion.
Guest erticle
by Rev. J. Philip Gandpn
Last week we velebrated the
99th anniversary of the Confed-
eration of Canada, and the "Cen-
tennial pace" is being stepped
up all over the country. In al-
most every community plans are
being made to mark our 100th
birthday in some appropriate
way. And of course in Montreal
we shall be inviting the world
to Canada's birthday party. We
shall have a unique opportunity
to witness to the very latest
results of man's inventiveness.
The theme of Expo 67 is 'Man
and his World", and the mes-
sage to be presented is unmis-
takeable — "See what we hum-
ans have done. See what we can
do. See what promise there is
for a future of unprecedented
prosperity and efficiency and
comfort," Honour will be paid
to Man the Explorer, Man the
Provider, Man the Producer, man
the Creator. Man will be shown
set in the amazing environment
of 20th century scientific power,
surrounded by all his most re-
markable inventions. Space of
course, will be represented, to-
gether with modern means of
global transportation and com-
munication, and there will be a
place for all the gadgets that
make life so comfortable and
profitable for modern man. In
other words Expo 67 seems to
be designed to present Man as
master of all things — needing
no God but his own brain —Man
the all-powerful.
This presents a great chal-
lenge to the Christian concept
of life. How does our belief in
"God the Father Almighty, Ma-
ker of heaven and earth...."
fit into the theme of Expo? Quite
a while ago some of our church
leaders, laymen as well as cler-
gy, got to thinking about this.
Many hours were spent discus-
sing ways in which some Chris-
tian witness could be made which
would speak effectively to mod-
ern man about God, in the con-
text of Expo. Many ideas were
examined and dismissed. One
suggestion, for example, was that
there should be a huge statue
of Christ with arms outstretched
in welcome to the people of the
world, Another idea was a pa-
vilion with three courts, one for
fellowship, one for dialogue, one
for contemplation.
Finally something definite
emerged from all these sugges-
tions. There would be a Chris-
tian pavilion which would not
be a chapel or a series of cha-
pels. It would not be an informa-
tion centre for enquirers about
the faith where clergy would
dispense the answers. It would-
n't be a place primarily for
Christian fellowship or for dia-
logue. Rather it would be the
"Christian presence" manifes-
ted to "Man and his World",
speaking the Christian message
in the modern idiom to people
of the 20th century.
The building is now in the
process ,of construction at one
of the busiest crossroads of Ex-
The other side of the fence
lives but paradoxically we tend
to pussyfoot around them.
It is understandable that once
touched these issues can raise
quite a stink, but then, the stink
is no less because they aren't
touched. The only difference is
that in the former case we might
eventually start doing something
about them while by closing our
eyes the issue will stink just that
much longer.
On this note then I would like to
raise my glass filled to the brim
with iced tea and propose a toast
to a spirit of healthycontroversy.
As I said earlier, a newspaper
column is not written to win a
popularity contest.
And while at it, don't miss the
conclusion of last week's column
in which a very immoral "vil-
lain" (Canadian immigration
authorities) contributed to the
heartbreak of deserted East Ger-
man families by helping the hus-
bands and the fathers to escape
into the free world. This merely
proves that words can be weapons
and that so much depends on which
side of the fence one finds him-
self in a particular situation.
and then in a calmer mood sug-
gested. "Better leave now or
it will take the whole day",
Humbly I must counter, that
all my points could not have been
that bad. After all, writing a
column is not the same as win-
ning a seat in the federal elec-
tion. One just does not fish for
approval to get "in".
After I wrote the paragraphs
about respectability of our press
it occurred to me, that I had
overlooked an aspect of "ir-
respectability" which seems
creeping into light lately.
The offending aspect is term-
ed sensationalism or s e ek i n g
controversial issues, though my
logic does not readily grasp the
relationship between the two. It
seems that controversies have
been accorded some dirty mean-
ing in this tranquil life of ours
and for the sake of peace on earth
it is advisable not to touch them.
It appears to me, that a con-
troversy actually is a sore on
which quite a number of people
have exceptionally strong views.
Thus it would qualify a number
one problem in our everyday
By V.B.
Mercifully, the time has ar-
rived when I can begin my last
column for this page. We will
have somebody Batt'n Around in
the next issue and will that ever
be a welcome sight after these
weeks of hectic goings on. The
weather, of course, was no help
either.
Thus, taking my demise, I find
myself in the position of that
long-winded speaker who stepped
down from the platform and ex-
claimed. "Boy, I sure am glad
it is all over". To which one of
his friends wryly remarked.
"You might be glad it is all over
but you sure went a mighty long
way about it"
* * * *
All in all, I am grateful to my
readers for their indulgence, and,
even if I say so myself, this
column seems to have been well
received. As our proofreader
said after I asked whether she
liked my last masterpiece.
"Sure, it was good", she answer-
ed then added somewhat thought-
fully. "Only I could not under-
stand it". •
I have also ran into friends
who wanted to argue the points
I had taken. One of them took a
deep breath, opened his mouth
"Wilfried Pohl, 27, worked in
a coal mine. His mining com-
bine sent him to study engineer-
ing. After graduation he joined
the East German deep sea fish-
ing fleet. Monica met her hus-
band while he was a student,"
(One might ask what a mining
engineer was doing on a deep
sea fishing vessel but we will
leave that for the concerned to
answer. A deep sea fishing ves-
sel, of course, has a chance of
reaching foreign ports and that
just might be a clue. - v,b.)
, "As usual when a letter
from her husband arrived she
eagerly tore open the envelope
. . It started; As you can see
I am no longer on the Erich
Weinert. When she sailed from
St, John's . . I did not re-
turn on board ship but remain-
ed in Canada." Mr. Romberg
continues "Three years have
passed since then but Monica
Exeter High School, died in Lon-
don in his 74th year.
Continued from lost week
by Y. B
still has difficulty tr. speaking
about A.
Three years have passed. Mrs.
Pohl loves her husband as much
as ever. And the attachment is
mutual she tells me. They are
corresponding. Wilfried Pohl
writes that he is lonely and un-
happy. He is working in West
Germany. From the money he
saves he bought a car, but does
not enjoy it. Why does he not
return':" He wants to return. He
will return. But fear of facing
the consequences of his deser-
tion makeshim postpone the
step." . .
(He will return, even if he
fears the consequences of his
desertion is the author's opin-
ion. He further states that such
fear is not based on fact, but
is merely Cold War propaganda.
If so then the following para-
graphs are especially interest-
ing - v.b.)
10 YEARS AGO
Dominion Day greetings were
sent to the town from the Mayor
of Exeter, England,
Guenther - Tuckey Transports
Ltd. this week received delivery
on a 31-foot bulkmobile conveyor
tank truck for salt, the second
of its kind in Ontario.
. . "Meanwhile Mrs. Pohl
is waiting for her husband to
return, knowing that when he
returns they will both be happy.
Does she urge him in her let-
ters to return home, I ask. No,
she does not urge him. Mrs. Pohl
replies. I am astonished, I can't
understand that, Mrs, Pohl ex-
plains: with all her being she
wants her husband back, but not
as a result of her urging. He
is an adult, she says, he must
know what he wants to do. It
must be his decision and his ac-
tion. Suppose, she says, he re-
turns at my urging and is dis-
satisfied. Will we be happy if I
am blamed? • .
(The husband is unhappy and
wants to return. He tells his
wife so. He is afraid of the
consequences but one day he
will gather the courage and come
to face them. In the meantime
according to the author of this
LETTERS TWE EDITOR
50 YEARS AGO
W,S, Howey is moving his fa-
mily to Grand Bend this week
and will re-open his drug store
there for the summer.
Mr. Thomas Smale of Elim-
ville is again to the front with
early garden vegetables. Tues-
day he brought into the office
some splendid samples of new
peas and potatoes.
The following candidates for
high school entrance have been
suCcessful: Thelma Connor,
Eddie Davis, Mildred Harvey,
Czar Harness, Maurice Harvey,
Greta Harness, Clyde Heaman,
Viola Jones, Verda Rowcliffe,
Cora Sanders, Stella Sanders,
Blanch Senior, Vera Sweet, Ed-
ward Taylor, Edward Yellow,
Alice Vincent.
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25 YEARS AGO
Two hundred members of the
First Hussars from London and
Exeter headed by the Hussars'
Band and accompanied by the
municipal council and by the
veterans from Exeter—liensall
Legion paraded to Main Street
United Church Sunday for public
service. Rev. N. J. Woods
preached the message.
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masterpiece, his fears are un-
founded. But does the wife urge
him to come back, knowing that
he would like to. No she does
not. She could assure him, that
he has nothing to fear but ap-
parently she can't for he has
grounds to fear, She wants the
homecoming to be his decision,
but he already wants it, Still
she would not urge him - they
Might be unhappy. They prob-
ably would at that, with the hus-
band serving his sentence. At
the present moment the hus-
band is enjoying a superior liv-
ing standard and in all probabil-
ity is sending food and clothing
to his family. - v.b.)
And here is the crux of the
tirade (it repeats in variations
throughout the case histories)
with the pathetic statement: "I
look at this young woman and
marvel at her maturity and wis-
dom, It is lack of such maturity
and of such wisdom in the prac-
tices of the Canadian immigra-
tion department that has made
the Pohis an unhappy family.
Why is it done? For whose bene-
fit?
The above are short quota-
tions from a pamphlet that has
been produced and mailed in
Canada, It is but one weapon
used In the peaceful destruction
from within utilizing words that
are familiar to everyone of us
that kind 1 e compassion and
understanding and thus push us
into thinking that is strange to
our everyday thoughts, And we
travel along the preconceived
lines of the communist propa-
ganda machinery unless we use
our logic and critical thinking in
evaluating this material..
(V, B. Is the author of a book
"The Whirlwind of Lies-Soviet
Press and Propaganda Methods",
published Riga, Latvia 1944) by
the Latvian Department of Pub-
Ile Affairs).
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and he must don the apron and
get to work.
When his holidays come
around, the pace triples, No put-
tering about the house for him.
No sitting in the back yard, un-
der a shade tree, and restoring
himself.
It doesn't matter what has
been planned for his holidays.
Whether it's a mad motor trip
of 3,000 miles, or a cottage at
Crud Lake, or a tenting excur-
sion, he's going to have to be a
human dynamo for about 18 hours
a day,
What's happened in three dec-
ades? Cars, affluence, desire for
status, and women.
Cars, and the subsequent high-
ways to accommodate them, have
opened up the hinterland. Beach
areas that used to be quiet, little
summer settlements at the end
of a rugged gravel road are now
roaring, raucous neon jungles
by night, flesh strips and scream-
ing motors by day.
The eternal pursuit of status
in our society hag played its
part. if that crumb next door
can afford a cottage for two
weeks, Joe can afford a flight
to the West Coast, If he has a 50-
'verse motor, Joe needs a '75-
horte. If his kids are going to
camp for two weeks, Joe's are
going for the whole of August.
And women? Ah, how theyhave
helped change the face of
Canada's summer! They used to
be content to stay hoMe, look
after their gardens and put up
preserves In the summer. They
used to be happy with a family
picnic on Sundays.
Now they want a cottage for
two months, or a new and big-
ger boat, or a second car, plus a
membership at the golf Club,
plus a new patio, plus a Couple
of weeks at a swank resort,
It's no wonder poor Joe is a
whimpering alien at the end of
the summer, exhausted, broke
and frazzled.
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In about the last three decades,
the face of a Canadian summer
has changed almost beyond re-
cognition.
Think back to your summers
as a child. The sights and the
sounds and the smells have all
changed. You'd scarcely know
you were in the same country.
Summer itself has not changed.
As a nation half-frozen after a
long, weary winter and a cold,
wet spring, we still greet it with
rapture and incredulity. It is
the celebration of the season
that has been transformed.
Thirty years ago, summer was
a quiet time. The pace was lei-
surely. The mood was one of
peace. Today, it's just the oppo-
site. It is the noisiest time of
the year, the pace is frantic, and
the mood is jazzy.
In those days, summer pleas-
ures, for the working staff, were
simple. And for a couple of good
reasons. He worked nine or 10
hours a day; and he didn't have
any money.
When he got home, he was
whacked. After supper, he might
water the lawn, or do a little
weeding, or just sit on the front
porch until dark. Occasionally
he'd take in a ball genie, or
maybe drive the family around
for a while, and buy everybody
an ice-Cream cone.
When his holidays rolled
around, he didn't do much. Put-
tered around, painting the trim
on the house, or worked in the
garden. Maybe took the family
to visit relatives for a few days.
In those days, summer cot-
tages, and power boats, and re-
sort hotels and golf were for the
wealthy,
What a difference today! The
working stiff gets home, and his
day has just begun, He has a
golf date, Or the family wants
to go out in the beat. Or the kids
demand he drive them for a swim.
Or his wife has asked somebody
Over for drinks and a barbecue
Dear Sir:
As a parent with children en-
rolled in Stephen Township
School Area, I would like to
throw out a suggestion for the
consideration of the board and
the teaching staff at the new
central school.
Since the educational system
in the area is to be entirely
new beginning in September, I
wonder if an Open House for
interested parents could be ar-
ranged prior to the start of
fall classes, perhaps in late
August.
I am certain parents would
have a better feeling about send-
ing their children off to school
on September 6 if officials at
the schbol could take a night
Out to answer the many ques-
tions mothers and fathers must
have concerning transportation,
facilities, procedures and Spec-
ial opportunities to he offered.
A tour of the building would
also be most welcome.
Ititereat of this kind could prove
Valuable in this period of change.
Sincerely,
Just One Mother
15 YEARS AGO
A school teacher at Exeter
High for almost 15 years, Miss
M, E. Ross died in Toronto
June 28.
The Children of the Huron Park
area have found a coal spot in
the hot weather In Victoria Park,
corner of Carling and Huron
Streets. The park has been im-
proved by the Sorority.
Edmund J. Wethey, who for
many years was principal of