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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-10-22, Page 4WO 'SIPNA .4 'rft, TBURSDAY, QCToBER 22,1970 The Olt way: • 'The stand taken by the federal government and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the events that have taken place in Quebec in the. past two weeks is to . be commended and should make the people of Canada proud ° to say they pare • Canadians. It takes great courage to face a band of thieves and cutthroats Who threatened to take the life of an innocent man and say ;No. We are a free people and will not buckle under°to the blackmail of such people." ". It was a hard . decision for the government to make, but one for which • there was no alternative but to lose the • democratic freedom Of 'the country if the . demands of the ` murderers, who call themselves the F LQ, had been'-niet. • The murder -of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte shows the calibre of the men with whom the government must 0 " fight. The way they have chosen 8 fight, -them is the right way. The people of Canada can show Mr.; Trudeau and the federal government they - have !their', support all the way in exterm inating the rabble who diem to be fighting for "freedom" while murdering innocent Canadians; while depriving families of fathers and husbands; While • commiting almost every kind- of treasonable act imaginable While the bombings -were taking place in Montreal, the people of Canada were wondering ghat these' ." . . young Frenchmen . . ." were really protesting about. It has become apparent that these "young Frenchmen," are neither young, nor French, nor men. They may have been of French Canadian birth, but their . actions show them only as traitorous cowards. - the wrong way - The •federal government in ~ its stand against' the F LQ in Quebec has shown it . tt —is...untrortunata. that the.,- --^•s' ?'Yp—. .• t 5F -0o.,. ,. p. . p. . Y, ,R..,...-. +,�ta.r�9wi�t.. rSllir,�+r ia�ii dfat' g vete neeinf 'has nr i3een 'abSe • F .: to showy that same virtue in its dealings. with the tax problem' of farmers. . Last week we -learned the government hada backed down in a hurry following tai' withholding by some farmers who object to the present methods of taxation. Obviously the move was one- . of appeasement rather than justifiable action takeh to right a wrong. No one.disputes the fact that present systems of taxation are inequitable and that steps must be takeo' to bring the taxes in line with an .equitable society taxation program, but the provincial government chose the wrong way. Undoubtedly the , comparison of the federal ”government's probleim with the FLQ.cannot be. directly compared with e provincial problem of the farmers and me'wiil;` nc 'doebt, be critical of anyone however who draws a comparison, -remote. But there is a comparison, if .we get down to basic law. The farmers feel they are being wrongly treated under the present taxation system. 'They, at the urgingof their farm organization, proceeded to employ a form of blackmail,. however much we •do not' like `the word, and force the government into --acceding to their demands. Ip other words,bringingpressure to bear rather than relying upon -the democratic process of changing the laws. TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA (WHOM IT MAY CONCERN) I have. just~ left our farrnbouse living room where fifteen minutes ago our Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, delivered -his statement concerning the government's action to end the violence involvipg - the kidnapping in Quebec. For the past fifteen minutes, .numerous television reporters have 'carved Mr. Trudeau's speech • to uneatable mush. They have hashed and rehashed what the _ Prime Minister has said trying to find loopholes in every word r•that they are able to put a question mark behind. If we are free as Canadians ,to listen with • our own ears, to think with our own heads; . andto understand with our own hearts. and minds (and I sincerely believe we are or the P.M. wouldn't have felt it necessary to give the speech at all), then why do television personalities feel destined to The F LQ has done the same thing, in ,the same way, except on a much more ..v.iolent. scaje. They.00m'mlttedarnurderc take the steps the electorate expects it to take and treat al l ''people' in the same way =- under the law, decided instead to bow down to the demands,of.the farmers • and give them a tax rebate. That's the wrong way. The only difference between the actions of the farmers and the F'LQ is in the degree of wrong to which .they went to attempt to achieve their aims. Vie would ask the provincial government, and the provincial treasurer in the „ Hon. C. S. MacNaughton in particular, if we permit some members of society to receive treatment beyond the - faws'Orthe Land however iii ignificant`the action might seem, where would you draw the line? Does a motorist passing through a red light secure better treatment if he .feels he did it because, in his opinion, the - tight stayed red too long? Are housewives allowed to change the price on a package of meat in a store if they feel the price is too high? Are we allowed to disregard the laws of the land or expect; to receive special treatment if we disagree with them? The answer of course, in all cases, is no. If we feel we have a grievance, we try, to have the law changed,through legislation. If the government cannot change the law. .with which we disagree, we elect a government. whom we think will be able to change that law. That's the democratic process. letters to the Editor enlighten the listener upon what was said. Pierre spoke in English for English speaking Canadians. We had 'no need of an interpreter. We could read the compassion in his face. We didn't have to be told the matter 'was of grave importance. The TV reporters discuss endl ssly•' pointing ,,flaws and poking question marks where people already have established .ideas yet never really giving an opinion so that listeners become bored to tears •with non-commital intelligent rabble. What would someone else do in Mr. Trudeau's position? We have would be Prime Ministers all across the country none the least are Stanfield and Douglas. They realize, Pierre put Ms government in a difficult position by inflicting the War Act but the opposition leaders are scared hairless of what might happen if the government misuses the emergency . laws. Would a more excitable person have let loose hardened criminals in panic in order to save two lives at the trust of terrorists and given our country up to future terror? Would a more .,cautious person have hummed and hawed to government procedures to get something done and watched Montreal burn down while passing" bills? If we don't trust our government then how can we hope to have them work in our best interests? Mr. Trudeau 'was relying on an intelligent people to listen to .hist speech and' understand that fear is the only fear at the moment. Trust is the word our democracy is standing on. Canadian people want a free Canada ' run by "a - free "government, not a few scared puppets in the hands of terrorists. If television is a free media then it would be wonderful if the right was used intelligently rather than to insult the mental capaeity "of ,the population with repetitious explanations of straight forward speeches. Nothing could have been better prepared or presented than Mr. Trudeau's statement. I pray for' true Canadians to trust, a 1ABL°ISNEty YEAR .Jir (niirut ''t �uat- D'tar''12d r of —0— The County Town Newspaper of Huron-, --07- PUBLICATION Published • at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by • Signal -Star Publishing Limited TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 ROBERT C. SHRIEK, president and publisher RONALD'P. V. PRICE, managing editor .SHIRLEY J. KELLER, women's editor EDWARD 'J. BYR'SK1, advertising managir F E. C "�"_,.. '-. b . - y Ron Price SOLITUDE �uunnuuuuuiururuumoraauuuuuauirrurnunuuriirinlunmunuunuuuuuniunnuununununuumuuuuuiouunuumm�uuuuuunuunuunugnulur� ' a�Iprinters were determined not to, print -anything till. th¢y were sur¢ :it. wouIc� oifenci no one,.there'wou�ci te very [ift[e printed f94 • 9f Benjamin Franklin Remember When .2 ? ? 60 YEARS -AGO ft was ay�disappointed crowd that -thronged the court house last Friday night, when drown Attorney Seager arose and asked for another adjournment of the' enquiry into the death of Lizzie Anderson. , It had been ascertained early in the day that Mrs. 'Jardine and her youngest son, Frank, had not returned to town to ' give evidence as .they had been bound to do, so Crown Attorney Seager applied for a warrant to ensure their. appearance at the next session. Mrs. Jardine and Frank arrived back in town on Monday. They. had been at Hagersville on a visit and support our Prime Minister in our country's crisis. Sincerely, Gloria Lutz. Editor's Note: We would concur wit& the writer's ' statements about the, necessity for the federal governrncnt to invoke the War Measurer Act. With regard to the comments about the reporting of • the Prime Minister's announcement by television newsmen, we would add only that, unfortunately, all the peoples of Canada are not endowed with this writer's powers of comprehension. Many are new Canadians who speak little of the language and often understand even less of it. Many are poorty educated; some are feeble of mind; But all are Canadians .and as such are entitled to the fullest explanation of what an announcement succi' as that made by Mr. Tricckeau would mean to thein in ' their lives. Regardless of what public opinion is of members of the press, whatever avenue of the media they chose to take, they are trying to do one thing- bring the news to the people in a way that all may understand. . ubseriptron43ates. fi.a_ Yeah Second class .rail registration rtur. tber * 0716 NOT CONVENIENT Very sorry train service to Stratford is to be eta off, because the bus service is not very convenient and coming up from Toronto there is a 'wait of about 2'/2 hours in Stratford. It is also- nice to be able to cheeko r y u suitcase on the train .1.1thie yottne t endo ttectltatus: Would an electric trolley be cheaper than the oil burned?' Dorothy Allm, o to Nrrs. *Jardine's father,' Jbseph Jardine. They rendered arrest unnecessary by " voluntarily. returning to town when they learned that warrants had been issued,; It• is said that Mrs. Jardine will be subjected to a thorough cross-examination by Mr. Blackstock on Tuesday in an attempt to clear up . the discrepancies between her story of, Edward Jardine's movements on , the • night of Lizzie Anderson's disappearance and the original stories told by•other members of the Jardine . family. Right Reverend M. F. Fallon, Bishop of London, spoke at St. Peter's Church. He impressed upon the congregation the necessity of daily prayer if they would be good Catholics. Many. people, he declared, said their prayers at night because they , were afraid to go ,to bed in the dark. They felt secure in the morning and did not think of prayer when the sun was shining. "Get away from the pagan customs," was his appeal. , ' 25 YEAR AGO There is a prospect that the " lands 'and buildings at Sky Harbor — or as much of them as may be necessary for the purpose — will,be acquired by a firm of airplane manufacturers now operating in an Ontario city which is seeking room for expansion. Members of the 1944-45 graduating class of Central Public. School were guests at a banquet given at the school Thursday night by the Central Home and School Club executive. 4, ., 10 YEARS AGO Winner of $504 at the Booster Club banquet was Harvey Kennedy of . LondeSboro. „pwever, he had made arrangements to 4 split,, his winnings with Grant Cfiisholni, "Y RR 3, Goderich which was done. .Winners of $56 each were: Bruce Dolson, Len Westbrook, ' Bill Bogie, •.Bob Jewell, Gord Crawford, George Buchanan and George Thompson. Goderich; Doug Wakely of Toronto; Elwin Petrie of Fort Albert; and Harvey Cglbert, Dungannon. Neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. James Ruddock, Colborne Township, • formed bucket brigade when the Ruddock garage -caught fire last Thursday. Mr. Ruddock lost his sight several years ago atYd was unable to detect the fire until it'gbt beyond his control. a Adopting new 'format, -.Scy^de�ri'c it e including a . theatre workshop in fits plans for the. 1960.6 i winter season. ONE YEAR AGO ` William J. Vidler, 43, has been named aasessrvent commissioner fo'? the Huron -Perth region, the Department of Municipal Affairs announced this week. • ,Something new is happening this year at. Robertson Memorial School 'where,students in the Victor Lauristn wing will have an opportunity to broaden their horizons through a program of electives. Over 70 children from Victoria 'School- took part in a bicycle safety rodeo last week in' the„ schot l grounds. Winners were Scott Little, David Prouse, Joni Thompson, Terri ' Prouse, Jim Horton, Ken Shelton, Wendy Thompson, Dale Nivins and Jeff Harrison. - William J. Mills of Mills Motors, Goderich, was honored recently with the presentation of a plaque commemorating 25 years as a Chrysler dealer. Mike Miller was recently _,appointed assistant agricultural representative . for Huron County. .x... Dy'G. MsmcLwd RON DUPLICITY* The record of the Kremlin duplicity in •Interntional affairs would fat an . encyclopedia. It flouted the Yalta understandings by subjugating Middle iurope after the second World War. Its 'foreign. minister looked President Kennedy in the eye and told him no Russian aggressive weapons hadbeen installed in Cuba before they were removed . from Cuba. More than a score of SAM rnissB.es. were moved into the buffer zone on the western side of the Suez Canal after the Russians had promised nothing of this kind would• occur for -90 days allowedd'for peace negotiations, Russians call the tune in Egypt and ' it is their experts • who install• and-. operate the sophisticated SAial's..It is the Russians who cannot be trusted. Apologists have always excused Soviet badfaith, saying this is a new nation, struggling to become a great,'power'and suffering from a sense of inferiority. Experience suggests the "Soviet primary purpose is to test President Nixon, just as t,,�,liey tested President Kennedy in the Cuban missile crisis.. `p THE. ROYAL NAVY It is only 62. years ago, in 1908, that the fust Sea Lord could have heard his countrymen shouting in Whitehall: "We want eight and we "won't wait!" Now depressingly, in Britain, as in Canada, a generally '► apathetic attitude has developed regarding the profession of arms. Preparedness is decried and as little Money is being, spent on defence as possible. A • (Of Course ir„, our own particular case we have wasted almost as much as we have spent. First with insensate integration of the three services and latterly by sheer irresponsible waste of funds voted. The $18 million spent to revamp the Carrier Bonaventure is hardly complete before it is _decided to sell the ship •for $1 million. Such political. ineptitude being resultarit on the absence of any form of defence policy.” ' The Royal Navy consists of 80,000 men and women, including marines and WRNS, 180 ships and 600 aircraft. This is what Britain can afford to contribute against the hazard of the Soviet fleet with its 1080 surface warships and its 370 submarines. 'The First Sea Lord, aged 5b years, is Admiral Sir Peter Hill -Norton; who will beeome Chief of the Defence. Staff in April 1971. While the role of the Polaris submarine ,fleet contributes to the Western deterrent, the rest of the Navy continues the role it had always played; "To...bear,safeguard_1:oz heJnhabitantsItahwettisetsolarosnds.and a ecu ty or eu�cltAas i7tass' nis ize easmpon Britain is still highly vulnerable at sea for 95 per cent of her trade is seaborne, and whilst she can no longer .undertake the sole responsibility for policing the seas, she had also Learnt that total reliance on others is a dangerous policy. Her volunteer, Navy rejects 200 for every 100 it recruits, which is a way of indicating that only men of the highest quality can make the grade -today. It is no longer- accurate to judge a Navy by the number of ships it comprises, because since costs have multiplied by 20 in the last 25 years, the ships pack a punch which iNigger by the same proportion as their increase in cost. Even so it is not the hearts of oak or of steel which make „the Navy, but the hearts of men. Added to this the Navy works twice -or three times as hard as pre-war, just as the job of each man is more demanding and difficult. Fortunately for all concerned the present Secretary of State for the Navy • has recentl3 declared:."The ;first role, the most important of any goverment, must be to ensure the safety of those who live here. We must, make people realise (the profession of arms).; .iis the most honourable and important of careers that anyone can undertake," Finally today's Navy requires no bases or fortresses, and wherever it i goes it takes its own support ships ' with it. That, in a nut shell,;is what the Royal Navy of today s all about. EGYPT•- - Like many of his predecessors Abdul Gana! Nasser became a hero in • death. It was Lord Acton . whopointed- out that most great men of history have been great criminals. In World War II Nasser conspired with Nazi. agents against the Army of the Nile. He swore loyalty to' .his king, then broke his oath.. He disposed of a goodly number of his friends. He provoked two wars in which, he was, defeated and launched ,an aggressive war in the Yemen, which he also lost. He built the Aswan. Dam, a dubious enterprise -which destroys the richest land along the west bank of the,Suea Canal. He nationalised that waterway,, which so far, has netted Egypt less than the prior • management would have paid in taxes. (Barron's Weekly) KIDNAPPING PAYS? When the Palestinian commandoes released six American "hostages" they received in • exchange seven Arab criminals, two top Algerian policemen, and 10 Lebanese -prisoners of war. This reward 'of lawlessness was a giant step backward for civilisation. When Anthony Grey, Reuter's agent in Peking was kidnapped by the Chinese, the attitude of -Hong Kong -was that -appeasement and concession merely led to humiliation ,and defeat. This had been established already at Macao, which still pays the price for its surrender. Had Hong 'Kong :Communist prisoners been released, Grey's release would have been the precursor to more hoodlum "cultural" arrests of other innocent hostages. The steady Hong Kong line was: No appeasement fiver! The Egyptians merely echo their master's voice. * 5 * ' The sole hope for peace in the .Middle East now rests on Moscow's desire to see the Suez Canal re -opened f& the use of its°navy. . Yuan Yf, . SAFE AT ANY SPEED. Ironically if half the money beingspeltin Europe and America went on teaching people to drive 'existing. cars better, there,would be much less need for such elaborate measures andthe world would be a safer place: BONELESS-- TENDER SWEET MADE FRESH DAILY • USAGES OVEN READY Dressed Roast Pork GROUTENDO ND LET US FI WITH OUR Ib.9, 21b. 89° lb 59,� 9 ,m....,�.tiiY. � We B Uiree rom BO '"T�°e'�P'rtlNdlu�er �= v � i� he Cost Of The Middle Man All Pio Meat .Is Goyer<ninent insoiteti r.� 0 "