The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-02-08, Page 6t' 1'HHE-4.1.1CKMO'WSENTINEL. t.UCKNOW.. ONTARIO
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EPRTFRQM.PRUAME.
BY JOHN 1,014hY,
;Thegovernment's controversial
bill to unify . the .arm navy and ' •
air force' int8 ar single service to be
known
a§the Canadian Armed For
cesg assed second reading in„the
p
Hoiuse,of 'Commons this, week and
will now go to, the House Corntnitt=
ee . on Defence for detailed, •
consider tion 'by' that body.
.The.vote on''approval in principle
of 'the bill carne. following a week
of debate during which' Progressive
Conservative. M. P,'s spoke: .out
vi "gagainst-the a g ainst -the idea of . •
.
unification, until such time as it
• becomes clear.tha this is'the•best
course to follow., At' the present •
time there is a great deal of evil
dence suggesting that a unified' '
force is not 'the bestvehicle 'to
carry out Canadian, defence and. • °'
meet Canada's corntnitmen,ts to.
the defece. of • the western .world
Fears havebeen expressed in
some areas of the country where
,the economy is.• heavily reliant on
defence eitpentlitere that pursuance
of •the course apparently set by 'the
• Minister of National Defeince:will
deal a' severe blow ti;; the people le ,
p •
whodepend for their livelihood on':
thecontinuation Of reasonable
flow ,of tithe defence- _dollar through
present'channels. • '
The• matter: of Morale in the, ser-
vices is also an important one,
through something•that is difficult
to assess: Many, of the members who participated in the debate
have had distinguished careers its” : .
the 'services., 'arid almost to a man'
.they ",pointed out:that a likely
result of passage of the bill will be
a deterioration of the esprit de
corps which has made Canadian
fighting forces respected tthe':World
over.
• Defence policy is in Many ways
related' to foreign` policy; The
struCture of out defence forces is"
influenced by our commitments to
western 'defence: and the assistairde
we receive from our allies in the ;
t utual guarding of.the fret world
from attach from •whatever sd nee;`
T HI
In the,past few years. Many sen :
ior officers in all the services have.
expressed. ,reservations :about and
in :shine cases'outright opposition
to, the idea of fdfees unification.
This e.x �.ression of ;a inion .has been
F N .P
both public 'andrivate and has`.
P.
resulted in the firing:of of .several: of
these' officers • or their voluntar
Y..
retirement from the 'services;
r..
It.was''forthese reasons that` the
Conservatives, not satisfied with, •
theDefence 'Minister'sex. osition'.:
P
of the'thinking ,behind the bill,
and concerned about how. it will
be implemented., moved that
further consideration be :given .to
it .by the committees an, defence
and external affairs 'Meeting
gether before approval in principle
On 'thin vote the Ctinsertratives •
and •NDP were defeated by a'''tom'-
bnation •of the. Liberals; •Creditist
es, and Social •Credit. ;•by: a count. ,
of 88 to 75 , Once .again the' goy
ernmetlt was forced to..tely on •
support 'of the .minority° parties to.
wrl a crucial vote. .
Thee •N,DP, however , .did •,an about
face whets. the vote on second teak-
ing, Bailie almost iminediately
atter defeat cif the motion to refer
the bill to.cornmittee' before.
second reading. The -Conservatives
stood altrie'in opposition to the• ..Y
principle of unification and second
:reading carried •98' to 62'
The bill will now,'go to°the: Stand'
ing cornr'nittee ori:National'
'Defenc'e: where witiiesses faniiliar
with tb.e ,services may .give, evid`4,:
ence, The result ,may be, some
changes in the specific• provisions •
of the, ji1•esent bill but it is Unlike-
ly that any of these' will vitiate its,
underiOng principle. 'Conservat}..
v2 ,members of the committee 'are'''.
not yet satisfied that the bill;; is a
goods one.and:" will be endeavouring
to obtain as much information as'' '•
possible from .,the w"itnesses iri,'ot
der • to try to clarify government
polityin the areas Of defenr~e and
icy '
foreign polyR . .•
l`AN. MgMpERSHoP • 1D. IV
Gordan!'
S eek T Union.
ONTARIO FARMERS UNION
•MEE'T'ING, .ASUFIELD LOCAL
The ,eleventh commandment
for fanners is "Thou, shalt not
stickout like a sore thumb" , .or,
so some fanners think, said •Oar
don Hill from Varna•; as he spoke
to the Ashfield Farmer's Union .
of February .2,, in Lueknow . !The
2.only thing that is standing in, the
way of the farmer=s are the farm •
ere. •The world is full:of willing
people - sone are willing to do
the -work, and.-
to
nd• to let them ,, Farmers have to•have
more returns for what they
prodtarce , na. matter whether it'
comes from the consumer or
from 'the government.. It' s` up to
the. farmers' to ,get us out of thais •
•position and the -people' who will
do this are•.ri ht here in this
room„
"Canada has •a :cheap food policy
or. philosophy. I am not opposed
'to this as•long as. the farmers don't'.
have to bear the :load. This policy:
is very advantageous, for large "
families.„ -pensioners, those living
`on 'a small . or fixed income etc.
To make sure that Canada,can'
contintie.this, policy.; but•to in-
clude. the farniers,in on the • sav
Ings . is hto . initiate. a "Transfer
System ". We would market our
produce as we do now however
at the end; of the year. let the
• Federal Government make a'•trans•
fer• t•o the'producer .of the:differ-'
ence 'between'the average• price'.: :.
and the rice' •aid':"
• Speaking on"the 'newly. formed
"Special Income Committee"'set,,
up at;'the..Vineland Conference,
Mr,.Hill. echoed the same refrains
as Malcolm Davidson,, one of Ont
ario's:.leading•farm thinkers •';that
the:bi g g est • 'r"oblem. facing Ibis •
Sg p g
body is ,to acquire_ farm statistics.
"In the •,p ast , we have always used °,
the'figures acquired' by the Dom
inion ;Bureau of Statistics, but I
'feel `that these.are always subject •
Y j.
he. We should ould'have'bett
er information, and use it wisely...
-.One of Mr: 'f•`lill's plans to'work
out 'a s.Y stem of records and also a
way to store them. Then have in;,,
dividual farmers in eatli•catintY
keep .records :and have them super-.
vise&
sur-
vised :'U t date statistics are 1 -fon-
t,
Q t, a
WEDNESDAY:
FEB. $th. 1967
W�ri�cl�� gibe i Hoid Bockwirds
Winter storms
Meeting Ai'WL
PURPLE GROVE
WOMEN'S WSTITUTE'
WHITECI;IURCH 'NEWS
Thursday was Ground Hog Day
and an the Whitechurch Community
he could See. his shadow. This
meanswinter stays for 6 weeks
•
Since this is Centennial -Year owe
think' back" tallow the old t'imer`s
looked at Ground'Hog Day. They
•figured winter was half over. in;
those days when 'it stormed it ••
lasted 3 or 4 ;days and when it had
blown -itself out -they 'leaked_
a world unknown; as the'punp
was all covered•.with snow.. and
roads would;be drifted from one
rail.fence:to the other.
There were - no powerful snow•-
ploughs in those.days. The men
witl f their shovels, sleighs and
horses, set out 'to open the roads
The• ' horses had often to be talte•n
singly,. through the drifts-•befote
attempting to drive them as a
team attached to a, sleigh. A •
horse could just stand so much of
this wading snow banks. Hence •it'.
took days to, open all back roads.
existant at'the present. time.
"i believe that -there 'is a great
deal of difference .between the
Commercial Organizations and
.General Organizations. The comm
ercial organizations, like the OFA
or Co, -ops etc. deal with the
c onditions as they find` them The;
general or^r anizations for instance
: the Farmer's Union, .can change
things. 1 have studied ; the ;different
organizations. and I believe,that.a
million dollars, are, spent yearly on
all of them" .• Mr; : Hill feels -strong
ly-toward one 'aggressive militant`:
t structure• With common; objectives ':
in mind. This will'not •come •
overnight he said., " :1 also
feel,that it 'ts the farrmer's''fault
that the OFA is in the: state .it is 5
'because. of the lack of interest
shown by 'the farmer."
Duringthe business'part of the
meeting, the members agreed•. to 'a
Membership drive throw hout the
township. The executive will
meet,,at the home'of Jim Martin .to
of anize. the campaign, i It. was
,g � pa gn,,
reported that'sbt new Members
have joined :since .last month.
Did you ever 'attend a Backwards
. Meeting? Wear your clotheshack-
yards,, and' go fpr the noon meal
and conduct the .meeting .w :
baekwards.? It's fun , as Purple
Grove ladies
loathe At their 'Feb-
ruary meeting held• 4,the Borne df.
Mrs, Francis Boyle., After a delle-
ious' pot hick dinner, Mrs, Don
Reid , .clayerior for "the. progran .,
opened ere meeting With the Queen
and thanked the hostess. Several
..valentine 'earnests Were enjoyed,'
:g _
:„and Mr's. Jim Needham' put the ..
ladies through their .daily work: -
,out... The ;March meeting will.be
held at the -home of •Mrs. Don
McCosh'.. Mrs: George' Harkness
read •a poem on "When Father is
Ill". Belmore"W.;I. are having
.tea on February 8.
Reports, were given by Mrs.` Jack
Fanelli,. Wt. Herb Farrell and; MTs;
Wim. Arnold who,said she had .
•Written the minutes :of,Concession'
10, Beefring into the Tweedsmuir-
Book.' The postponed . party, was •
a being held the coming Friday nighi
and Mrs;. Don Dore.and Mrs. Har-
vie Thompson -Will look after one.
fPr' February l'l
". Mrs. Don Gillies .read the: min-
• ute.s,and thea F. W . L. O.. President's
N.ew Year''s.letter, and, Information s
on. this 'year's Officers"Conference
Mrs..Don McCosh reported. on the..
Community" Night held in Ripley •
.on •January,'30 . The. rnembers
answered the Roll Call by telling •
.how they relieved ,tension:. Ways
ranged from-ahot bath; to.going
away somewhere; to square danc-
ing; to listening -t0 ,the birds; Mrs'.
Don Reid and, Mrs. • Howard •Thomp
son were the mutt successful mem-
bers in. Awning''the personalities'
, F
n.the Gallery of Famous Persons.
Mrs'.• Morford; MackaY 'asked for the
loan of old' treasures' for the 4-H:
Achievement. Day in April.
Mrs, 'Tom Farrell.' showed ,
slides on her tri,P jto"the Maritimes;:
aceompanied by a talk; Judges
could riot decide on•a_ winner for
:the .Candy Contest: so awarded',
.priZes,to Mrs:' Wm. Arnold and:..
Mits. Ed .th ell r><s 'Members
.sarnP...led the Candy as,a pleasant .,
ending, for a goad :meeting •.
For assures supply
of fertilizer ..
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Wherever you nmv die,; then' tr enrol to stuck of Cd -OP Fcrtiliterti ia't'arhy.::
CO -operatives I&tatcd i/, os,,Khtria Ontario .nrOtidc1hc.Jiresi service:aka Rabic..
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