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SEAFORTH, ONT.ARIO, JULY 171959'
• Member of
Canadian Weekly
Newspapers
Association
obile Homes" Require Proper Park Accommodation
There is an increasing awareness young couples to start housekeeping,
among Canadian municipalities . of and isofgreat advantage to persons
the -role which mobile homes - and whose duties take 'them from place
trailers play in the lives of Canadian -
citizens. And this awareness is re
-
suiting in action being taken—albeit-
slowly --. to provide suitable trailer
Parks.
to place for two or three years at -a
time. Men in the arnied forces are an
example of this. --- -
The Citizens goes on to say peni;
sioners find trailers an excellent
rrimasly_winch_they_c_an_limexa_the
Perhaps we in Huron are more North in summer, and the South in
aware of the problem than other cen- winter. Ordinary touriststoo are
tres, for at Hensall is located - the ab1e to travel on their vacations if
largest and most modern mobile home they use trailers, where their trips
manufacturing plant in Canada. With might not be possible if they had to
production ranging as high as one rent accommodation
newvacation model every twenty Warning that well -laid out trailer
minutes, the management and ern- parks are .needed, in Ottawa :as in
ployees of General Coach Works na- oth-er Canadian cities, the Citizens
turally are concerned about the in- - says sewer and water services should
,adequacy of the average trailer camp, be, provided, each trailer site should
And this concern is shared by their be landscaPed, electricitylyrtild be
fellow Huron citizens -trailers- -serve - as'
- - - permaitent---hornes,--an --attractile;
Properly established trailer camps - stable conununity can be built Up
around them.
Seeing no problem -wQr ing out
-cost arrangements, the Citizen adds:
"It should not be difficult to arrange
license fees and other levies so that
Pointing out that given proper , trailer residents pay their -share of
facilities, trailer parks are neither taxes. Similary with parks f o r
eyesore nor a potential slum, the Ot- transients trailers. They can e, an
tawa Citizens, in -a recent editorial asset to the city, attracting visitors _
says a trailer home can be made at- here, many of whom, if they are pen -
tractive and comfortable. sioners, might wish to stay for, ex -
If used permanently, it enables tended periods during the summer."-
Saftey ,On thi Farm Is -Only Common Sens
must take into account the different
- needs of both transient and perman-
ent trailer residents. Mobile homes, :
whether used by tourists or by perm-, ,
• anent residents are .here to stay.
An estirnated 1200 farm people are
killed in, accidents every • year in
Canada, and 100,000 are injured, says
• the Ontario Safety League, It is to
combat this tragi toll that a num-
ber of Seaforth and district firms in
an appeal .on page 9 are supporting
. Farm Safety Week, July 19-25, "Saf-
ety Makes -Sense".
Highway traffic is the leading, kill-
er, of farm residents'. But on actual
farmlands and around service build-
ings, machinery claims the greatest
number of victims, as can be seen
from this percentage breakdown of
fatal accidents: -
Machinery ...... . 34.11
'Drownings . . : .......... 15.04
rearms • . 11,99
Falls ..... ..... .. .. ... .. 9.10
Blows ••5.74 '
• Burns . . , 5j_5;,-••
• Animals •4.90
• Electrical current ••3.41
• Lightning 2.53 .,
--- Poisoning '-- . -1,64 .
Suffocation .. . ... - • • 139
,-. Other 5.00
,
100.00%
-The biggest single death• -dealing in- '
stniment in the machinery category,
is the tractor, which accounts for -
one -third of the machinery deatho-rA
tragic and illuminating fact is the re-
port that each year more fatal tra,c- ,
tor accidents occur in the 10-14 age
group than in any other age cate- -
.gory. This seems to suggest strong-
ly that young people not adequately
.qualified to handle tractors are be- -
mg allowed to operate them.
iiigin accidents which are
• weliknowrn to competent farmers but
not. always followed are: 1. Make,
•sure that all farm equipment is
kept in safe operating condition. - 2.
'Keep_ guards and safet,y devices in .
place. Always stOp machines be,
for .unclOgging, oiling and adjust--
mg4 Do not allow machinery to be
. .
•
used by anyone of 'uncertain ,compe-
tence and reliability.'
.Better' Serve
• The editors and publishers of Can-
• -adals 725 Weekly newspapers are
meeting in, Regina this week to con-;,
fer 6n ways to better serve their-com- .
inunities.
Improving °service for both read",
,
•
ers arid advertisers will be the dom-
inant concernofmen and women
..
from Newfoundland to •Vancouver
Island at the 406 annual convention
of the Canadian -Weekly Newspapers -
• Association. They will listen t6 ex-
perts and swap, suggestions among
'themselves On how to'do better job.
One of :the 'things they_have done
collectively through the CWNA is,tp
. set up, a c8eries of'awards for excel-
• lence in the weeklies to encourage
editors aniv
d publishers to stre...for
greater improvement. • This news-
paper iS -among those who -won. an
• awafd in the GWNA competitions.
•
And at., this 40th annual meeting
they undoubtedly will take -further
action to help them to do a still bet-
, ter job for their readers and adver-
Four general principles for reduc- `Users. .
NT THEMOWVIIIEELS!..'&r..
•
011 know Ifind it 'Very difficult to get' mad at you?.
•
Disney Visits ;Distract
• Herbert D;1j brother ai
WaltDisney, called atthe haYhoad''
heine • ik-lais-faiher, 'Elias. Disney;
on the lst line of IVforris on Mon-
day. The farm' is now owned by
-SteVart-MereriliarCaltr:' -Disney
Was disappointed in riot,being,Able
to -.Vet picture post cards of Blue-
vale.-Witighain Advance -Times.
Class-"A"Water
• The water supplied for the vil-
lage of Zurich has again been
'classed as A, according to the lat,
est report from the Ontario Water
Resources Commission( On June 3,
1959; an insPection was ,made of
the water system' by A. B. 'Bede-
koop, of the Conimissiori, who was
accompanied by • superintendent
Milfred-Schilbe and the clerk W.
11. Brokenshire. - Zurich Citizens
•Cadets in Tents
There are 425 cadets inpresidence
iii -tents at 'RCAF Station Clinton
for a two -Week course, starting on
Sunday_afternoon, July -5,511e boys
are from Ontario •and ',Quebec.
They are ,billetecl in tents 'this year
for the fiat time, because the Sta-
tion did not have enough barracks"
Space, available for the young stu-
dents. This IS the sixth. year that
_Station Clinton has assisted' in the
training program: of 1-ligh School
Cadets.-Clinfon-NeWs-Record.
"Big -Little -Steer"- -
Clifford Kilpatrick shipped a
Hereford steer last week that tip-
ped the scales- at 1,700. Rising
three; it fooled its owner as it did
most everyone else who tried, to,
,judge its weight. But at the stock'
yards the "rrien in the ,alley" spot-
ted „it as . ektraordinary beast
• and dubbed it "tliebig little steer"
• whichled, to its individual weight
being checked. It was one of 14
steers which Clifford shipped last
Thursday.-Luclmow Sentinel:
Constraction Underway
Construction is to get under way
RS AGC1NE
• From The Huron Expositor
JulY, 20; 1934 „.
The brick cottage on ,Goderich
Street, owned y the estate "of the
late Fred Gales, has.been sold re-
cently to Rev. C. C, _Kahle. The
Sale ,was,made through the A. D.
Sutherland agency. '
This week will see a nUmber of
swings and teeters installed at the
Lions Park for the use of the hun-
dreds of children that „patronize
the pool and park*each -eek.
Std. Williani ,is doing the *.ork,fin-
L der the direction of the riarks
com-
mittce • ,
• John Beattie -and M. '1VIcKellar
• captured, first prize %life third ev-
ea at Goderich • Scotch Doubles
touniament on.Wednesday evening.
It cost Seaforth $93.55 to take part
in the provincial election.
This was the amount of the bill
presente'd to the town by the Huron
Election Board, and represents the
town's sharelof the cost of prepar-
ing, the lists., -
Members 'cif the Seaforth Lawn
Bowling -Club to the number of 64,
erijayed a mixed .twilight tourna-
Ment on 1VIonday evening. Prizes for
the •tournament were donated by
, Dr. H. H. Ross. A few of the win-
ners were Lorne Dale,'2 wins phis
16; J.`A Westcott, 3 wins, plus 12;
Wm. , Hart, 2 1,Yins PlUs 16; yliss
• Belle Campbell, 3 wins plus 4; Mrs.
W. Hatt, 3 wins plus 16, and Mit
-
Grieve, 2 wins phis 16. -
• The Hough Om, won -recently by,
the '-Seaforth Collegiate Institute
'soccer tearnbas been receive& and
is now on display iir the window Of
The t xpositor, office,'
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FroThe" titircni 'Expositor .
• AllY[ 16,1909•
1VIr. Henry Cash, of McKillbre
met with a painful accident on Fri-
day last, He wa.s helping shinglea
barn for*Mrs.:..T. McMillan, when
ho fell from the roof to the ground,
'a distance cif about 18. feet.- As a
• result his shoulder blade Was frac-
tured and he was considerably
btuised. '
Seaforth can' toW boast of two
handsome automobiles._ Mr. W. T.
Box and Mr. T. Garbed returned
from Detroit this week after, hav-
ing purchased their, ears. They
made,the. trip twine, overland, Mr.
Box arriving 5afe1y in Seaforth
With his. Mr. Cal:heft, however,
• Was•not so fortnnate. Some part nE
hs ear brelte (M. the Way and he
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1957 FARGO y -TON EXPRESS
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lINTY PAP
(By REV. ROBERT HARPER)
COFF' BREAKS
In. the restaurant of- large hoteL
,in -a city, I `came to breakfast late
one morning and found the place
fined with prosperous-looking_nien.
When I remarked to .the hostess
-
about the great nUmber of" Patrons
at that hour, she told: me it was,
the coffee hour. ', •
Judging, from that little exPeri.
'el -ice and from other instances 'and
from . the' papers 'and • magazines,.
the.eOffee break has become
ed institution It Would be incon-
sistent for. Me to say anything
critical of it because I ant fond.ef
coffee. Only. I' like it' a darker
roast -and a stranger breW7thaff'tlie
Coffee 'consumed. in many ,e6ffee
By W. (Bill) B. T.. SMILEY
Somethingthat has been
i
sish-
iog around' n my Mind for a long
time was •crystallized when I read
of the overwhelming reception the
people of Chicago had given the
Queen -during her visit' there,
*
I think it's time we shook off
our selfishness, did the fair .thing,
and offered to let the, tinited
'States become part:of Canada, It's
downright hoggish for a" measly
.17 million Canadians to be sitting
here in this bfg, fat, wealtbY
county, while 150 million neigh -
hors are Lerowded into a much
mallear ar'da. that is practically
depleted of natural resources, '
• We may think it is more than
coffee that brings men together.
The coffee is only the oceaieon of
-their-getting-together--at-a--certain,
time. They meet for fellovvship and
a little breathing spell. And , it
would be wrong to figure the tithe
tt takes and charge it off as a loss,
It is More likely that it should be
credited as again. And if theeof-
fee break takes the place of the
getting together of men with feet
on a brass rail, let us encourage
irnthediathly011,' a 14-uniton
..hSing
• developpientliere Thevlan.alls
• far seven - ,serni - detacheei' units
Which .are'to. ,bUilt, on South', St.,:'lietWeen,Blake and Bennett Streets,'.
It ;will be thethird tental.lionsing,
deVelOpnientherev-soine-25Tlibuses-
..haire: been in the first del'
oPment and about in the Second,
one. The $115,154' contract for the:
.third. rental 'housing- develop/Ont.
• lias.,been awarded. to :the G. Baker
Construction Li -nailed; of Westet4;
Ont.GoderiCh Signal-Star.
2-441oni Stint '
Work
Canadian: Canners; Ltd, ". faeed
With an exceptionally good crop of
peas; ...wee -forced .to .begin round -
;the -creek Operation- ,at . the; local,
.plant Wednesday night. Manager
on Graham 'Said ,night 'workers'.
ate being sought to fill'the ,second
shift: -:.Opetationa were extended• :
Monday night With sixty personnel
from RCAF.Station:Centralia cola -
'nig :In until,.midnight. Even this
move, :however, was not enough',.tn
handle the 'harvest' The pack is
.expected ..to cantiime for ..anather,
two wecks.:.,--.Exeter Tinies-Adve-.
Shakes Queen's Hand
, •
. A queenly:handshake and a chat
with the Pririm minister of Canada
were just two highlights iw a trip
whichMayor Ernie C. Fisher made
to 1VIontrearc Qiiebec. City- and Ot-
tawa. In an informal report to town
• council Friday, the mayor §aid
,and Mrs. Fisher had a "wonder-
*ful". trip. His Worship saw Queen
Elizabeth II ..at Montreal and Ot-
tawa, an& shook hands with her
once: lle was ' very impressed
when She spoke "flawlesS French"
at the St. La wiverieSeaw ay, opening
ceremony. 'The mayor was alse
surprised at the remarkable mem-
ory of Prime, Minister. John pief-
enb,aker, who singled out the Goile-
rich' mayor and chatted with him
at a reception -for '..;690 people.-
• Goderich Signal -Star.
McBride Of -win6Ori,
Visited withfriends:, this diS-
• •
.Mr.' and Mrs': ,James l)inSnatire
:sPent the weels_end 'in Windsor,.
Frier-W:1'16M. -Kitelfetter7-snent-
Sunday with Mr. • and Mrs. P'eter..
Gingerich
, Mt. iiarold Finlay and far/illy
visited With Mk. and Mrs. William
,Landsborough, of Clinton,',
• 'Mr. Robert Dinsmore, of, Wind-
sor, spent a fe'w days with Mr. and.
Mrs. TiaOrnas
ZION
'Blythe tannin Spent the,past
'week It. Bbnimi Camp.• , •
' 'Mr. and Mrs. Dalton' 1VIalealril
and -Sons were at Turnbull's Grove
On 'Sunday arid visited Arr. - and
Misses JOan, and Margie:Britton
. and Naney Larinin ate speridingl
.week,iat-Mer1e3L-Lannin"s cottage;
Mr. -And Mrs. Lawrence Barker.
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.„.„Geo..
Pepper visited 'Mr. And .Mrs., Sohn
•Barbour, Lenclon, on-Sunclay.
, Mr. and 'Mrs. George Stewart,
Ftegina,,.....and Mrs.. Norris 'Sillery.
visited. Mr. :and IVIrS. Albert Raney
•and. , Mr. and .Mrs.. C. Renek- -on
.IntereSting items' gleaned from
The Huron ExpeSitor of ,25, 50
and 75 years. ago.' '
had to leave it in London for, re-,
aira, but it Will be here in a few
N '
. Between 12 and ,1,-.00 o'clock
-Thursday, word was received herd
that the church at St.: Coliimban
was on fire. A large 'number of
, the firemen and eitizens Went down
and aS we gO to presie, we -learn
that the chureh"waS completely de-.
stroybil,..and ,onlythe walls are left.
stiMrir.-Tit
d111gonias. SteP•e1;-g, Sr., ofthe
Queens. HoteL''' had a bad fall 'on,
Tuesday afternoon, ite was picking
eherries at Mr: G. R. Hoger,s', and
fell out of the tree:. just how -the
aceiderit happetied Mr. Stephens
does' not 'rertiember; iti'fact, he
was unconscious until after he was.
taken home. Mr. Stephens -was pret:'
ty badly shaken tip and bruised,,
but no bones were broken'. • ,
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From The Huron Expositor'
, •
July 18, 1884
Mr. Andrew Young, of this town,
has gooseberries growing in his
garden which...weigh over half an
ounce each. -
Mr. Leopold Van Egmond, of Eg;
mondville, had a valuable heavy
draught mare die from 16-Clcjaw 011
Sunday last. 'Pfe purchased .her on-
ly a few months ago for $200','"
• Mr. D. D. Wilson has leased -a
residence in Goderich and Mrs.
Wilson and family. are residing
there now ,and will remain there
during the hot summer months.
• Mr, John, Mills, of the 14th con-
cession of I-Iullett, has purchased'
the faxen of Mr. James McIntyre,
near -his -own, being lot 9 on the
146 conceesion of Mullett • The
,farm contain80 acres, and was
purchased for $3,000.
• Mrs. a Tewaley, of Clinton, met
with a painful accident one day
last vveek. She was, using a rake to
pul Mawr( the lirribs of a cherry
tree, when. it broke, the teeth of
the rake entering her forehead,
making a painful wound that bled
prothsely. -
Mr. Patrick O'Neil has sold his
farm of 50 acres on the Huron
Road, east of the- town; to his
neighbor, Mr. Carlin, for the .strin
of $3,250.,
Miss M. Daley, daughter of Mr.
John 'Daley, of. Egniondville, fell
down Stairt• on Saturday last and
fraettired her leg and injured her,
tide. • \
'Mr.:and Mrs -Bill Stephens and
soliS called on Mrs. M., IVIalcolin
and Mr. ,And Mrs. 'Morley Lannin
Saturday afternoon. .•
• It's'like a 'Miser, with a minim?,
in the bank, sitting all alone in his'
great big house,,,too cheap' to spend
the fuel to warm it, while „his.
'happY-go-lncitY cousin;..'Who • has
spent his inheritance,lives in a
trailer---0-with-ten=kidc1S",--and-has=to,
work' dike : a' demon just to keep
them -all.fed and..warm and eloth-•
WALTON
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•
The Canadian Girls in Training
n
camp opeed' at Goderich on Sun,
day. Mrs. Ed. IVIcCreatla and Miss
Clara Buchanan are, two of the
leaders in charge. Other girls at-
tending summer school are Bar-
bara Turnbull, Marion Turnbull,
Jean Waltersi-lViary Lou Kirkby,
Marilyn Johnston, Brenda Houston
and Ruth Ritchie. -
A miscellaneous shower in how -
or of Miss Mary Whyte, bride -to -
he, *as held at the home of Miss
Olene. Dundas on 'Saturday after-
noon. The guests included fornier:
schholmates. •
• Duff's United- Chtirck Sunday
Scheel picnic will be held- in the
Community Park On Monday 'eve-
ning, Jtily 20, at 7 p.fri. A basket
lunch will be served with every-
one bringing their own dishes and
eutlery. The program committee
• consists „of • •Mrs. E. McCreath,
Miss Clara Buchanan, Mrs. lVferton
-lIankwell; Mr. James Smith arid
M. Walter Bewley. , •
Mrs.' Edna' Henderson, of Dun-
das, and Mrs. Gordon Myers, of
Capetown,, spent the. weekend ;at
the:home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Diindasi -
Mr. and Mrs', Wallace Shannon
and Kathy, of Sarnia, re 'week-
end guests at the home of Mr, arid
Mrs. Sohn Shannon. • •
-Miss Joan Ryan, Reg.N., Corn!
'Wall, is spending three weeks with
her parent, Mr. and Mrs. Lavvr-
ence Ryan. •
Misses Sheila and Lorraine Rid-
dell, of Woodbriage, are visiting
With their aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Barrows.
• Mr. George 'Kirkby, of lturwash,
-visited with relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd,Porter spent
a few days in Landon with their
daughter and son-in-law, 'Mr. and
• Mrs. James Lamont and other rel.-
atives. '
Karen and'COnnie Coutts holiday-
ed with their 'grandparents, -Mr.
and Mrs. James Coutts, last week.
• Miss Beatrice Gibson and Miss
Ruth Anne ',Ennis, student' nurses
at K -W Hospital., -Kitchener, spent
a few days with•Mr. and Mrs. D.
Ennis. .
Master Jinimie Rutledge, of Lon-,
don, is luilidaying with relatives
here.
• Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lydiatt and
family, of Midhurst, visited' over
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Ritchie. -
Mrs. J. Livingstone andfathily,
of Preston, are visiting with Mr.
M. Fraser and Other relatiVes.
The Walton Women's" Institute
will hold their July meeting in the
Community Hall on Thursday eve•
ning, July 23, at -8:30 p.m., with
Mrs. Ed. Miller and Mrs. Lawr-
• ence Ryan as co-cOnveriers. 'The
roll call will `be •answerect with
• "my Worst mistake in cooking".
HosteSses Will be Mrs. E. Perdtte,
Mrs. II. Sellerar-Mrs, H..William-
son, Mrs, George Love, Mrs. G.
Medavin and Mrs.,t,. McCreath,
The Seaforth Vttomen's Ttstitute
be guests at this meeting.
• Aside from the seffighness angle,
,it would-rnake sense:, iwe -took
:it the: States, Canada Would be the
biggeSt country; in the world.' Fol-
low that up .with 20 year§ Of wide-
open inirnigtation, and We'd have
half of Europe overliere. Then we
Coidd. look those Chinese and lids-.
slang right in the eye and say:
"Slow 'down Buster, or yoti'll ',Yet
a. fat lip."' ' '
• There's never beenarry teal am-
mo Sity ''between the two nations;
.So there'cl.beino :trolthle 'that way.
Oh,- they'vetried to .grab, an- odd
-fewhundred thbos and squ aremiles
of ours, in border disputes, but
;that was '..before.' vve.beame :a
thin' in our .',OWn rigIrM"and -they,
• haven't taken an inch '.s.inee::;They:
-tried-to ,'conquer-the-CatintrYi-bacicT
in '1812, but Made a .botelirofjt.
-.Anyway; most of Our .aridestors.
-Politically, there'd he no prph;
lem. Instead of. having ten prov:
inces,„ we'd have 59 -or• 60: It would;
be a' dire blow JO 'Texans to learn
that they ,were numbered among
the ,middle sized provinces. But
think what fun it would be at a
Provincial -Federal tax conference,
with 59 provinces demanding jus,
tice from Honest John, "or whoever
was Prime Minister. ,
• Of course, if they were allowed
in, the Americans would have to
change their habits, • NO - more -
walking -into a drug store and say -
"Gimme a fifth of bourbon."
They'd have to line -up like good
Canadians, consult • the hierogly.
phics, present. their 'permits, and
.buy it from the government, with •
proper humility and gratitude for
the privilege.
• No more of those easy divorces!
-T1ey41_have to learn that in _Can-
ada, it doesn't, matter, if your hus-
band is a drunk, a wife -beater, in-
sane, or has deserted- you, you
:can't get rid of him unless
lies an adulterer and • you can .
prOve it. 4
yon, I, don't think. we
should jiist threw. open the border
and let them, come trampling in
hvv
ere to allow in- our, 'wealth and
culture. „That would 'spoil them
right of:f thetat. And besides, they
wouldn't appreciate it if they got
if for nothing.:No, I'd charge them
a neminal sum,' say $1:00 ..a head.
That would retire Canada's nation-
al debt. Of course we'd have to
take on •ilie 'U.S. national debt, but
d
we'd immediately- repudiate it an '
start -off with a clean slate.
It might .be a little hard On the
ILT:S, farmers who are making so
'mach money •in 'subsidies for not
-gravVing7Lstuff that they've -retired.
But we could relocate them in the
rnuskeg,-arid put them ,,to'kiliing
mosquitoes.
were hoeing spuds in. Ireland, , *
stealing cattle in Scotland, or piill- • Of Course, there'd be the ties-
ing the foreleek,-to the -squire 111 tion_of „where ' to put the Tn. ons •
England Whenthat was going onwho flocked rierth ,When they. saw. -
Since then,, aside from the Fenian the gates ,opened . Personally, I'd
raids, a typical Irish farce, the have it in the agreement that the ,
only attempt at invasion has been, first 50 Million of them would he
notwith guns, but... with dollars, settled north of a line -frorii„ Hud7
and we welcome them with open son Bay due west to the Roekies,
arms: ' • - ".,"" , , . That would ,keep out the carpet.
* 5.' * baggersand ' open up, the north.
..-Some of our people are descend: And we.'d feel a lot safer with 50,
ed from United EmpiteLoyalists„ million Yanks between us and the •
and they'd probably want some Russides.. N
compensation; but that eould be ,,, , * *
handled. ' We'd merely • give them I can really see no hitch in the,
back the land their forefathers plan. We use the same' currency. ,.
both -speak. -English, though
would be forgiven. Of course, most they'd have to become blImguaL
of that land is in, and around New, like ns, and able to toss off asides
York City, and runs, they tell me, in French like:, "Papa est encore
as high as two or three hundred 'dans la ,maisert du chien".,,
dollarsan acre. As recompense to __d.e ' * N* ; , -
the dispossessed of Wall Street and Mid just think there . would, be
,Madison Avenue, we'd give them free trade,' and, those -things dear. ,
ten square miles of tundra for each est, to our? hearts -our cars, our
acre of N.Y. real estate. That'S liquor and our smokes -Would .,be
• fair enough, surely. , a 'let. cheaper. '
ANEIED FOR, RE -ORGrANIZATIGN
• OTTAWA -Two heetic clays :saw
the Cothrnons Broadcasting .Cein-
rnittee carry ,out - a whirlwind
quiry into charges -that "clandes-
tine political influences" had been
brought to bear -on -programming
Within the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation. They ended with the
'charges not proves '
• The charges weremadehy-three
producers. They • demanded• to
know why -a political commentary
program=-,--- :originating in Ottawa,
"known as "Preview Commentary";
had been- suddenly, cancelled. When
they could get 'no satisfactory an-
swers they 'walked off the. job.
More than 30 other CBC, employees
followed them.
'
it was the oiggest crisis to con-
front the CBC in a series Of major
crises. • The Conimons Connnittee
decided to intervene. It invited, the
producers to apPear and tell their
sthry. In a drama -packed day, the
producers told of hearing from
their superiors suggestiens. that po-
litical .pressures had been the rea-
son the program was dropped?, but
they -could not ,be specific. -
The producers' snperiorswere
called.' They told a the CBC act-
ing president, EL, Bushnell, Warn-
ing that the controversial pregrani
must be cancelled or "heads would
roll".. The heads, he hid indicated,
Would include his own; the „Presi-
dent's Alphone Ouirnet; and even
the head of -Han. George Nowlan,
Minister of National Revenue. -
Surprised and -shocked, the com-
mittee wenti,right to the top of
• the CBC. It Called Mr. Bushnell to
We stand and he denied that po-
• litical influences had been brought
to bear,' anct--statecl that the deci-
sion,,to cancel the program had
been his own. Mr. Bushnell has a
penchant for colorful language,
hence his warning that "heads
would roll." - .
• Mr: Bushnell admitted he had
heard eriticisan of some CBC ac-
tions from Mr. Nowlan,.'who re-
ports t6 Parliament for the cor-
poration. Re -had heard criticism§
from other members of. parlia-
•ment, but he had never received
any orders or directions, ,He had
made his own decision -a bad on,e.
His timing was poor., Had he
waited, a few more weeks until
the, end 'of parliament and. then
cancelledthe program, there would
have been little reaction. His tea-
SOTiS for killing the commentary
Were Sound, but he made the ser -
Mus Mistake of leaving the bnpres-
sion that it had been. pushed off the
air by political pressures.
Mr. Bushnell emphatically denied
that political influence had played
any part in the cancellation. The
• Conservatives were satisfied.
Not satisfied were the Liberal
and CCP melnbers,on the commit.;
tee. They* asked that Mr. NoWlan
appear. Iledid so readily. 118 vig
OrbUgY denied having given any in-
structions to cancel "Preview Cora-
mentarY". He had passed along
some criticism of the program and
Sortie praise, but he had not asked
. .
r• o •
• Nowlaitmade a practice of
-: t Ik
having .freque4. a s • with •
Mr.
ushnell. Ithee talks herelayed
ocmplaintS he had received about
Pregramming, But .he leftit en.
tirely up. hi the actihg preSident, tci ,
dedide what action if any should "
follow such complaints.
The Minister was amazed at the
lack of discipline that' existed with:" .
in the CBC's management. ,Mr.
'Nowlan bad suggested the only an,r
swer Should be some firings. The
suggestion had shaken the acting
president. There ' had " been' no fir-
ing -151 the CBC 'since 1942. But
the minister, made it, clear he had
never suggested there should be .
firings in the tep management, ot
the CBC..,Ife had suggestedfirings.
lower down to restore diecipline
and end the defiance:by:some- pro- -
ducers. Ile•,had not interfered. He
had merely made the suggestion to
he acting president. '
• In the xne,antime, the CBC Board'
a Directors reversed. Mr. Bush.
lien's decision . and they ordered
'Preview Commentary" back on
the air. The- three prodticers and
other .30 -odd CBC etnployees, who
had :milt, went back to",their jobs,
they were happy;;with the Outcome
of the committ,ee's' hearings.
It appeared' from the evidence
that there had been, a. breakdown
in the management of the CDC. A-
tendeneY to establish small' em,-
pires thet.eorporation 'had •
developed; due in part to the min.
agement being located in Ottawa,
While the. Chief production centres
• are in Toronto and Montreal.
.
Sortie producers had come to re-'
gardthemselves as above or be:
yond the CBC management, even
• alxive and beyond the government
selves or parliament. They regard
themselves as the trustees of free
speeeh in Canada. Their word is
law; They spend money as they
see fit, and obodt should inter- "
fer6,, not even the acting president.
A re -organization within -the Cl3d
Was obviously long overdue.
Capits1 Va. Capsule's •
Prime Minister Diefenbaker has
set a new pattern for official eu.
tertaining-no liquor is to' be serv'.
ed. 'The teetotalling P.M. tried the ,
social extieriment of a dry recep.
• tion' when he entertained_ 2000',
guests at the St. Lawrence seaway
.opening in Montreal. No cocktails
were-- served, but the buffet was
elaborate.i. The affair was 'a sue,
cess. Now the P.M. is convinced
that a dry reception IS an excellent,
*. .
A:last-Minute plea by the prld .
heard of Direetors to the CO:noun:is, '
breadcasting,„ ComMittee fell On.
deaf "errs, • The ;Board urged that, ,
the 'eOrntiiittee notinsiat on having:,
Made public the castsof sponsored.-
rv prograina‘and.the atilOtints paid,;
by sponsors; But the committee diiI
insist andthdtigureswere releas-
ed the"press. TheY, shred that .'
Canatliati:,tptpaYerS: Were:,paYing„'
thou:sail& of dollars 'ti• Month .for •
thepkiVilege of Watching those 'FV