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It's time to project
Is Defence Minister JIellyer,
as he presses relentlessly for
unification of Canada's armed
forces; marching them straight
into the twenty-first century,
or straight into an abyss?
It depends on, whom you lis-
ten to, these days, as one ad-
miral after another goes down
with all guns. blazing. But I
don't 'like the idea myself,
What will happen, for ex-
ample, to the old, friendly
give-and-take atmosphere that
was prevalent among the serv-
ices in World War II? You
remember. When, our air force
used to bomb and strafe its 'own
troops and ships. • And the
army and navy regularly took
pot-shots at their own aircraft.
All this jovial camaraderie will
be, lost.
nother thing. Who will the
new forces fight when they go
ashore on leave? If there are
no soldiers, sailors or airmen
to tangle with, they'll have to
fight among themselves or
beat up civilians. 'A bad show,"
either way.
,But. these are minor 'things,
which could probably be
ironed out in about 80 years;
There is another, and more
frightening prospect implicit
The Unite i States is angry
with it for Xs crushing taxes
on the two-thirds of the coun-
try owned by U.S. cor-
poratid t The United States is
also disgusted with it for its
vacillating foreign policy.
A dim p i c t u r e. Yes, but
there is one flaming torch in
the heart of this d a r k n e s s.
That is Uniforce:
It's the only thing in the
country that Canadians are
proud of. It is a crack force in
every sense. Every one of the
100,000 m e n' is handpicked.
They are the physical and
mental elite of the generation.
Their pay' equals that of the
average university professoi°,
Their equipment is the best in
the world. Their esprit de
corps is superb.
And they've earned the 'richt
to swagger a bit, and push
civilians off the sidewalk and
openly pinch the "bottoms of
young matrons. In the Lower
F r o m b o s i a incident, they
proved themselves a tough, 07
and ruthless fighting
machine. In the Upper Cambo-
dia affair, they stamped out
communism, socialism, de-
mocracy and the entire native
population in two weeks. Time
in the ' formation of a single Magazine nick -named them- the
force. Dictatorship. Canadian Cobras,
"Oh, come now", you say.
"Don't be ridiculous. It could
never happen here. -"This" is a "
democracy. Canadians w o u 1 d.
never put up with it,"
Don't kid yourself. Ca-
nadians who will put up with
the kind of government, taxes
and weather we have now
would pet up with anything.
And the whole business would
be as painless as kicking tiff
your old galoshes and putting
on a new pair of rubbers.
i Let's project a little. Say 20,
years into the future. Here's
the picture. We have a dod-
d e r i n g, fumbling, inefficient
government. So what 's .new,'
you ask.
D o n 't interrupt. The only
reason this government is in is
that the opposition is even
more hopeless.
By its tax policies, this fee-
ble federal government has
alienated both rich and poor,
and' has infuriated., the
middle-class_ T h e provinces
thumb their noses at it. Que-
bec treats it with Gallic scorn,
while bleeding it to death with
blackmail.
And' the creator of this mag-
nificent fighting force, -envied
-fiy . the -IOW-- -vvorld'.'
fisted, jut -jawed .foe Garibaldi,
the aggressive young Defence
Minister, the only man in the,
cabinet who got things done.
And people done in.
Before entering politics, the
f-Ionorable Joe, as the papers
called him fondly, . had -fought
his way to the -top in the trade
unions, thus learning what de-
mocracy was all about. His
tough, no-nonsense treatment
of creeping socialism in union -
ranks made him feared and
respected by all.
He ruled the unions fairly,,
with an iron hand. As Presi-
dent of the Canadian De-
struction Workers Union, he
once shouted from the plat-
form, to wild applause, 'If you
can't- beat 'em in the union
hall, beat 'em in the •alley'."
Oh, dear. We've run out of
space. But all will be revealed
in next week's column. In the
meantime, don't rush out and
buy a shotgun, or start form-
ing a resistance movement.
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PORTERS HILL— The UCW of
Grace Church met at the home of
,Mrs. Alvin Bettles with the pres.
ident. Mrs. Elgin Cox in charge.
Hymn 86 was sung and the Lord's
Prayer was repeated in unison.
The Scripture was read by Mrs.
A. Harris. The_ study book was
taken by Mrs, A. Jongejan on
the story of Mary. Mrs. Bill
Townshend read the secretary
report and corespondence. The
treasure report was given by °
Mrs. T. Sowerby.
Pl.ns° were made fbr a bake
sale to be held May 20. Meeting
closed with the Mizpah Benedict
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GODERICS OWN ..
Rev. J. Spillenaar, flying pastor whciraveh
a sub -arctic route to . his many charges in
the north, with his Cessna 180 aircraft -
"Wings of the Gospel",„while on a visit
"Sky Pilot"
Serves North
' Early last week, R. 'Bob' Pat-
tison, radio technician at Sky Har-
bour Airport, serviced three
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by the Cessna 180, on the sides
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Gospel'. -
•' he A. D. F. , radio is used
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the pilot relies on the HF radio.
. NTTERAN PILOT_
Rev. Mr. Spillenaar,4 who has
now been flying and preaching 17
years for the Pentecostal Assem-
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three radios during his solitary
flights over sub -antic terrain.
Some of his more distant mission
stations are located at the tip
of the Ungava peninsula in Quebec
•province.
When he landed at Sky Harbour
last Sunday, Rev, Spillenaar was
en route to Kitchener to pick up
his daughter. After returning to
his- base-_atBouth RorcupinP, the.
Pentecostal missionary intended
to make his next -flight to Port
Severn on Hudson Bay, one of the
22 inission stations reached by
theying minister'.
Mr.; Spillenaar arrived at Sky
Harbour using skis to land on
the snow-covered grass sectionof
the runways. --When he left, the
skis had been, removed and were
stowed -in the cabin.'
MANY HOURS
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" NEWS IN BRIEF
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lockhart
spent Wednesday in Dundalk
attending the funeral of f the form-
er's . uncle, Mr. J. McConnell.
The Porters Hill committee
of the Goderich Township Cen.
tennial Consisting of Mrs. Bill
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Cox, Mrs. A. Betties, Mrs. Don.
ald Harris, Arlie Lockhart, Art
Bell and Mel Vander Wal inet at
the home of Mrs. A. Betties to
begin their plans for the Cen.
tennial celebration to be held
the middle of June in Holmes-
v111e.
The -
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ates that he logs over 300 flying
hours during the course of a
year's missionary service. -The
lonely stations where he preaches
the gospel are quite oftennothing
more than frame or logchurches
erected by the natives.
Frequently, ant interpreter •is
on hand to convey the message
which may be intended for either
Indians or 'Eskimos.
When° he is not flying, Mr.
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Northland Mission from his office
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