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Clinton News-Record, 1962-06-07, Page 2Page 2 --Clinton News Record .Thursday, June 7, 1962. Clinton News-fl.ecord THECLINTON. NE„W ERA .Est.. 1065 • 0 J -ok t Q. 0 L THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD'. Amalgamated 1924 Est, 1881 1Pubihed everyThursdaY aThe - Heart of Huron, County` clintor, O tarso — P.o ulat on 3,369 A. L COLQUHOUN, Publisher e WILMA O, DINNIN, Editor CCNR SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and. Great Britain: $4,00 a United States and Foreign: $5.5(); Single Copies Ten Cents. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash year; Ecli.torials . Predictions, Perilous IT WAS AT the 1957 Dominion election, yoti will recall, that one of the best taught lessons of journalism Was laid on, It was basic: "Never take any- thing for granted.” Remember that Canada's national magazine, MacLean's . appeared on the newstands the day of the election, or very shortly following it, with editorial material based on the premise that the Liberals had .been re-elected, and reas- ons set forth pointing out why they had been. Of course, the reason was that MacLean's was trying to be timely, and had to go to press much too early to have the results of the election at hand: They were following an old daily paper ruse, of writing the story ahead of time, and hoping that the facts would fit, It was a strong reminder that pre- dicting the future (especially with re- gard to election results) was in the realm of fool's activity, and even the mighty could fall with a resounding smash. But predictions continue to fascin- ate us. For instance, it is easy enough to • make 'the sweeping statement that John Diefenbaker will be re-elected and most of his cabinet with him, and enough of the other Conservative members to form ,a government. But where do you go after that? ' Analysing the rest of the situation is a tricky task. Will the entry of Social Credit steal votes from the Liberals, or, • from the Conservatives? Will the Lib- erals be able to gain enough seats that they can make the 'Conservative mem- bers hue more closely to their knitting than, they have done in the past few years? ' Will the New Democrats 'come through w,.ith flying colours as their many supporters hope, and at least show up tri Ottawa in enough numbers to have their modern ideas heard? Mr. Diefenbaker says that the New Democrats have no chance of forming the next government, and urged the people in British Columbia to vote for someone who will have a chance to "take part in a crusade on behalf of an expanding Canada". That is a fine thought. d However, again analysing the situation, we would wonder if Mr., Diefenbaker has for- gotten so soon the exhilerating• sweep into power that his own party exper- ienced in 1957. After all, that was as a result of people wanting a change. Then we ponder just how much of a change it would be for Canada to return a Liberal government. at Ottawa. And we ponder many other things. Among them is why the political party headed by Lester Pearson feels it can honestly grumble at John Diefenbaker for devaluating the Canadian dollar, when it was under the Liberal govern- ment prior to 1957 that we as a nation started feeling so all mighty sure of ourselves, that an inflated dollar seem- ed a healthy thing. It was not healthy, as more recent events have proven. It appears now that in terms of world wide trade our dollar should never have gone up so in value, and now that we have to tuck in our belts, it hurts considerably more than it would have if it had not gotten out of hand in the first place. But we will go on pondering -even unto election day, and the announce- ment of Canada's decision that night. Of one thing only can we be sure, and that is that we'll be glued to a tele- vision set that night, right after the re- sults of our own Huron riding are known. The cross -Canada unveiling of votes is more fascinating than the Stanley Cup championship. A Victim of 'Circumstances The little dog across the street Looks so forlorn and sad; He wonders why he's tied all day, "Has he been very bad?" We're • To Blame "We cannot blame anybody other than ourselves, if the results of living beyond our means have now caught up with us," says Stuart Armour, ecbnomic adviser, The Steel Company of Canada, Limited. "Actually, we must in all fair- ness blame ourselves rather than gov- ernment for what has happened to our economy. No nation can survive if its citizens seek to,. evade their personal responsibilities. There is no ' point in lopking to someone else to solve the problems which we now face. We must avoid the fatal mistake of thinking that government—any government—can do for us what we should do for ourselves." He has a strap around his neck, Attached to it, a chain; He'd like to rid himself of both And wander off again. It seems so cruel to tie a dog When he would like to run, But laws were made to be obeyed By each and everyone. So, for the present he must stay In his own small domain; When garden things are gathered in He will be free again. (Inspired by the little d'o'g which had to be kept tied all summer. Thetis the law in Mount Forest.) ELIZABETH BUNSTON, Mount Forest. SUGAR and SPI(:E Fellow suggested I write a column this week about the election. "You know the sort of thing," he said airily. "Dief- enbaker drivel, Pearson poppy- cock, Douglas dribble." It's .all very well for .horn. But it's not so easy fear a columnist who is scared stiff of offending his readers. Besides, I'm - not that type of fellow. I, have enough faults of my .own without'p'ioking hal- es in dedicated chaps who are ready and wiling to give aWa(r every nickel they can squeeze out of •us. * * Why should I ,admit that every time .Diet shakes his wat- ales at me on the television, 1 almndst ,burst out laughing? Why should 1 confess that each :time Mike lisps 'another platitude I plunge into despair? Why should I coarse right out and state bluntly that Tommy's folksy manner and oarefelly studied •anecdotes . bore me rigid? There's another character around there somewhere called Johnson or Swa'nsen 'or Gonvpe son •ar something, but I haven't seen much cif hiin and I don't knew much about the Crucial Septic party, or whatever they call it. He's the beet lboikin;g one of the lot, but 1 quit voting for the .best -looking candidates iliiany last year in ht Every day I read • h school: the .papers and stay ta aK certain Who... is aliaad: And every der T bee aline mere confused. All they tell me is that Diefenibakem' is gathering inoanenbum, Pearson is gaining strength, Douglas is (By W. B. T. SMILEY) rolling them in aisles out west and the Crucial Septic chap is packing them in down in Quebec. * * As fon platforms, they are even more confusing. The whale thing reminds me of one of those Three Stooges comedies. One of the parties nails a plank into his plaitfoxm. As soon as he turns his back to get an- other plank, one of the other comedians walks away with the one he .jest nailed down. Whole. each of the three is trying to build a platform with planks swiped from the others', their idiot cousin is down in the basement constructing a mas- sive platform which he will never be able to get either out of the callar window or up the cellar stairs. * * * The giveaway programs have ,also become inextricably inter- woven. By this tame I haven't a clue es to which party is giv- ing the biggest old -age pension, which is giving away free medi- cine, which 'is going to reduce taxes, or which is going to end unemployment by sending all the unemployed .to school and paying them a 5'alary to •go. About all :that I have been able to gather in concrete farm, as the whirlwind campaign kicks up the chaff, is that all parties are an favor of the common mean and 'motherhood, and that alt parties. are againstwar, lung cancer, sin, crop flail= u -ries and the other tliffee per ti'es. Wewere trying .bo, govt things out at the dinner table .the oth- er night. My eon, who IS 14, came up with the idea that suggests he aright have a bril- liant political future. He thought one party should offer a national pension of one dollar a month for each year of your age. This would eliminate 'a lot of the squabbling over the old- agepension. Of couns'e,. to get it going, en the right foot, we'd throw out tihe baby bonus. Those kids are getting so much money when they're little that mast of them are ruined by the time they're about six years old. Then we'd give everybody a straight dollar a month per ,birthday. If you were seven, you'd get seven smackers a month. If you were 84, you'd get $84 a month. What coulcl be more fair? And it's the only thing I've ever heard of that might ease women over that 39 -mark gracefully. ,a * And that seems to be my only solid contribution, until I can spend another week or so: an'- ,alyzing the campaign, Let's see, now, if we can get things 'straightened out a bit, before we leave it: The socialists are lndeepee. The Crucial Septics are going to put bhe dollar back lap to what it's worth fifty cents'. The Liberals, laving up to their name, are going to give away everything that isn't nailed down, The Tories are going to run on their record and, brother, they'd 'better get their track shoee ten, By George, it is a lot clearer when you sit down and sort of think about at for a few minute es, asnit It/ 8 ign :... . Long - ee arms a� n Q°.,,.. , :.. Election By .44.T. - ARGYLE h H�ading into the s tretch; the federal. el'eot• on fin ally' caught ' fire .chi's week in the •wake of tumu tuauseea'nd sometimes rowdy camipaign meetings across the country. Atter a month. of apathy, the public finally began tic! tehew signs of ca'tdhing election fever, It was a rough week for both Rnime •Minister Aiefes b. Aker• aivd Liberal leader Pearson. N e w Dem'ocxatic chieftain Tommy Douglas, used to the rigors of cahnpaignieg almost ,single handed, 0and' Social Cred- it leader Robert Thompson, both said they saw ssgns of a last -Minute upsurge for their parties. • When nomination day rolled• around this week, moot politic- ians. were in agreement that an eight-week ,campaign is 00 long, Itis likely that the next poi Jia- rent wills authorize a per fan- en't voters' list, which would eliminate the need for emuarier- aters and enable an election to be held on a mond:lee notice. The Prime Minister and the Liberal leader turned their at- tention this week .main to East- ern Canada. But the East will have to go some to match the headlline-snaking reactions, of politically -conscious Westerners In Vancouver, Mr. Diefen- baker last' week wet subjected to the rowdiest reception ever to befall zany Canadian Prime 1Vtinister. Although the big majority of the 8,000 who crowded the Van- couver Forum to hear him were PC rsupporters, the meeting was disrupted by violent demonstra- tions from persons protesting unemployment, t •h e :nuclear weapons issue, and dollar de- valuation, The. PM had to ,ap- peal for order :amid 2istefights and brawling, in the .aisles, Liberal leader Pearson fat: lowed the PM into Vancouver the next night, drawing as crowd of about half the 'size. Earlier an his B.C. tcxur, Mr. Diefenbaker had drawn 5,000 in Victoria but that; meeting was also marked by violent heckling. SHED CLOTHES That followed a large meet- ing at Trail,. B.C., which was enlivened by five Sons of Free- dom Doukhobor- women disrob- ing as the PM spoke. Mr. Pearson, meanwhile, glowed with encouragement •after outdrawing Mr. Diefen- baker in both Winnipeg and Edmonton, foll'owed'by a warm reception in Whitehorse. Questioned in; B.C. mare often on unemeloyrnent than any other issue, Mr. Diefenbaker said in Victoria that the Liber- als did nothing before 1957 to prepare for 'the unemployment they knew was coming. He pre- dicted - the unemployment pro- blem would be overcome by this fall, "to a degree that has been unequalled in many, many years." it . ,, Britain, s rePerted d cols is n week to accepto can lest we..k .:Eur � ... coalmen Market 'trade ,barriers against :Canada. and other Cc?re rnonwealt'h countries brought a naw factor Into the campaign. Mr. Diefenbaker earlier 'said he had been 'assured by Britislh. Prime Minister MacMillan that if it cameb o a ,choice ;between the Coinmorrwealth :awl the Common Market, •Britain; would choose the Commonwealth. In view of Britain's go-ahead decisiion,, a promise by Mr, Pearson to invite the U -K to join a Free Trade bloc with Canada if it decided not to enter the Common Market, seemed to many an empty gas- tire. In Prince George, BC, the PM indicated Ottawa was 'ab - cut ready to come to terms. with Premier W. A. C. Bennett on the Columbia river, • Rough Week Faorr Old PartyLeaders......:..::. . htaJy Bites The Voters: Last week's downtrend d on the stock mar ket also brought the foreoast from Mr. Douglas that the economy is in, for "stormy weather — perhaps stormier than at any time since the 1930'5." The NDP last week under- took court action alined at 'pre- venting the Communist party g from supporting NDP candid- ates with ,paid advertisements and leaflete. "We don't want their supporta" an NDP ,spokes- man Said. WESTERN OUTLOOK The four western; provinces:, plus ,Xukon and the North West Territory, send 72 MP's to Ottawa and at dissolution of parliament, ,the Conservatives held 66, the .N'DP four and the Liberals one, with one form- erly Liberal seat vacant. T .h -e Conservatives' b i g The PM said he was in favour of ,all possible hydro projects; including both the Columbia river and the. Peace river. The PM also hurled a chat- lenge at Mr. Pearson to tell whether the Liberals would re- store the .devarued dollar if they are elected. "I will be frank," Mr. Pear- son said in reply. "We aren't going to restore' the dollar to par or above. Too much dam- age has been done for that." Meer: While, .opposition parties have begun circulating 92% cent "Diefenbueks," many of them printed by the Pas, Man., Northern Mail. Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson, pushing his cam- paign in Quebec, called it Die- fenbaker funny money:" He also predicted Social Credit would win 50 seats in Quebec. As if to underscore the ap- parent headway the Socreds are making in; Quebec, a Socred candidate in Quebec City drew 250 listeners one night last week while Justice Minister Davie Fulton was addressing only 160 in. a 1,300 seat hall at a PC citywide rally in support of the party's four Quebec City MP's. While the Saskatchewan gov- ernment made pleris to airlift doctors sand patients if neces- sary after July .1, New Demo- cratic leader T. C. Douglas con- tinued to make medicare the big' issue of This oanipaign. Mr. Douglas said the Liber- als had been promising a health plan since 1919 while "the Conservatives oannot even mus- ter a vague promise." From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, June 8, 1922 Apples are setting perfectly in .Goderich Township orchards and a good crop is expected, though caterpillars are rather plentiful. Clinton band is re -organized and has been practicing. Bert Langford left Toronto yesterday evening after four o'clock and motored up in the cool of the evening, arriving home shortly after midnight. Luck ow is talking of instal- ling a wireless receiving service in ,the 'town hall so that con- certs from distant cities may be heard. The outfit would) cost in the neighbourhood of , $200. "A ,hammock, •a book and a shady nook are good compan- ions," says W. D. ,Fair. "We can ,supply the hammock and the book. You do the REST." 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, June 8, 1922 Council plans to move the machine guns from in front of the 'town hall to tihe front of the library. Complaints were received that some septic tanks had direct connection with the Mary Street drain. Chairman ,Middle- ton reported be knew of none: Wail Fulford is up and around again after a bout with blood paisoningg in his toot since 'a lacrosse tgame with Mitchell, John r1VYurdoch, Stanley Towh;ship, has 220 celonies of bees 'about six Miles froth his place. Thiervet broke into W. Brom- ley's 'cellar, Londes(boro, last Week .slid stole several jars of fruit. Prank Libby has resigned from the Clinton Knitting Co, and wile go to New York: 25 Years Ago CLINTON NLWS-RECORD Thursday, June 3, 1937 Sutter -Perdue has sold the funeral and furniture depart- ment to George Beattie and he will occupy the F. T. Jackson store. Bert Glidden has purchased the dry cleaning and pressing business :from H. W. Clark. Girl Guides have been organ- ized under Freda Schoenhals and Mrs. Sam Castle, Jr. R. Pepper and Sons, Tucker - smith, .attended a Shorthorn sale near Dashwood last week, Mr1s. N. W. Trewartha has returned home from a visit at Coniston with her daughter, Mrs. (Rev.) Peter Addison. The W. D. Fair Co. offers basealls° from 15 cents to $2.25 and softballs from 45 cents to $1.75; new tennis balls at 40 cents. A. T. Cooper had house paint at $2 a gallon or only 59 cents a quart. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, June 5, 1952 Official opening of the ohil-- dreres wading pool in Clinton Park will take place June 11. W. E, Perdue, chairman of the park board will turn on the water. Sixty applications for kinder- garten halve been received. There were over 4,000 people attending th Spring Shaw Sat- urday and gate receipts set a record of $1,500. There were 108 heavy horses and 351 other live stock entries on the grounds: Huron County Home has tak- en delivery of a• new Bell "Im- perial" threshing machine. E. J. "Dick" Jacob is Eaten man- ager. 1VCr5 D: G. Forest is the new president pf the Officers Wives Association at Station Clinton: A officials approved Ohl - ten arena for OHA: hockey matches, strength' remains in the wheat belt stretching from Winnipeg to the Peace River country, As Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton joked last week, "farmers can hardly go to the post office these days without getting a cheque." • PC's carried all 14 of Mani- toba's seats, .and party pros- pects 'there appear mixed, with both Liberals and Nl?P claim- ing they'll win upwards of Ralf a dozen seats. The most interesting fights are i. n Winnipeg. Former CCF'er Stanley Knowles is W- ing to recapture Winnipeg North Centre and ex -CCF MP Alistair Stewart is helping Dav- id Orlikow in his bid to take neighbouring Winnipeg North. Both look ,strong. Liberals hope to pick off St, Boniface and several country ridings, but PC strength retrains high in the southern wheat belt of the pro- vince. In Saskatchewan, where PCs to.ok 16 of 17 seats, the medi- care - care issue could swing the vote either way, It seems to be a question "of whether the prospect of losing the services of the doctors will make voters mad enough at' Che NDP to vote PC or Liberal, or whether it will make 'them mad enough at the d'octor's to vote NDP. Prime Minister Diefenbaker has only token opposition in Prince Albert and Mr. Hamil- ton is :considered safe in Qu'Ap- peile. New Democratic leader Douglas ishoubd defeat PC Ken More in Regina City, but an upset can never be ruled out. The Liberals have not fielded a strong candidate and if Lib- erals decide to swing behind bhe PC nominee, Mr, Douglas could be in far trouble. Other main Saskatchewan contest is .in Assiniboia, where Hazen Argue, who won largely a personal victory in 1958, is defending his switch to the Liberals. In Alberta, Social Credit is running a well-financed cam- paign aimed primarily at elect- ing Mr. Thompson in Red Deer. He should make it, and don't be surprised if Alberta returns several Socreds. Safest PC seats in Alberta are these of Defense Minister Harkness in Cal rY North and N a., g Art Smith in Calgary South. In Edmonton, n former o n, rm r attor- ney -general Lucien Maynard' is mErnest to unseat PC L nest Skoreyko in Edmonton East. b C's Mar- cel L In Edmonton West, P Lambert .is getting a stiff fight from former Alberta Lvb- eral leader Harper Prowse .and Soared! national organizer Ory- is Kennedy, Conservatives admit their prospccts, are bleakest in B.C,, where they took 18 seats in P goingF 1=958, w. With our CCF, The... New Democrats are considered the strongest threat there, and could win up to ten seats, with the Liberals picking off per,. haps ,half a dozen. For the government, Extern- al Affairs minister Greene in Vancouver and Justice Minister Fulton in Kamloops are con- sidered state, but all other seats are up for grabs. • New Democrats expect to re- turn their four present mem- bers. Other hopes are 'pinned on Vancouver newspaper col- umnist Barry Mather in New Westminster; Colin Cameron in Nanaimo; and Arnold Webster in Vancouver. The Social Credit campaign has been surprisingly quiet in B.C. and the party is not ex- pected to do much mare than draft} off PC votes, thus helping Liberals and NDP. In the West, Liberals and New Democrats look to me ,as if they should each win about 15 seats, with perhaps: five go- ing Social Credit. That would leave the PC's with 37 seats. A tight race in the East could thus bring all parties to the "moment of truth" in the West election night. NEXT WEEK: What to look for election night. Messages To Huron Voters. Following are two articles published free of charge in the interests of supplying readers with information about candidates in the June 18 election. Space on this page has been offered t o each of the four candidates. Social Credit The four basic principles were ,covered in last week's Is- sue. From these basic principl- es Social Credit offers a com- prehenniive and practical seven paint program to develop a freer and more prosperous Canada, and to guarantee econ- axnic security to every citizen. These seven paints will be de- tailed in this and next week's issue. Free Enterprise To encourage free enterprise, and to restrict monopoly, Social Credit would: —Provide for all sections of society, and for all branches of industry, a just and equitable economic climate designed to encourage enterprise, reward initiative, and preserve the in- dividual's freedoms and respon- sibilities. —Prohibit abuse and exploit- ation of the public by vested interests, combines, and other forams' of monopoly. '-Respect and preserve the dignity of man and the rule of la w , guaranteeing absolute equality before the law to all men irrespective of colour, race, creed or social status. Economic Development To provide the economic cli- mate necessary for expansion and development of Canada's resources and industries, Social Credit would: —Set up a two price system parity pool for agriculture and basic industry. Tariff income derived from goods purchased through the sale of agricultural exports will be reserved to sup- plement this parity pool —Explore new home and for- eign markets, and develop freer trade through agreements with the United States, the Common- wealth, Latin America, and other ifiiiendly nations. Fiscal Policy To effectively limit Canada's growing burden of debt . and taxation, Social Credit would: —Establish a pay-as-you-go system of government designed to ,haft Canada's ruinous deficit finance policies. —Make the Bank of Canada an effective 'agency of Parlia- ment, so that Canada's credit can be used for the benefit of every Canadian: —Lower taxes to encourage individual and corporate enter- prise by; Progressively decreasing cor- poration taxes, with special consideration far companies having at Least 51 percent Canadian ownership and man- agement. Allowing equitable recapture and depletion allowances to en- courage Canadian investment and devellopment. Authoriziig depreciation ail- lowances an private homes, Increasing family ittcoane tart exectfiptiotig for d IiefdaEitt, Social Credit Candidate, Earl Dangles, New Democrats As intimated in my last art- icle I will try to give you my idea of Canada's economic con- dition. When we speak of billions or even millions I feel as if I were travelling in space so I will think of Canada as a family size farm. Let us suppose there was a family farms of 100 acres beside a town back in 1951. The faxen income ,is good, due to the post- war boom, and the farmer is happy. Prices drop a bit but the Korean war keeps the economy going fairly well and the farmer still has money to spend, 1955, money starts to get scarce but the farmer has be- come accustomed to spending. He makes $2,000 but unfortun- ately finds near the end of the year that he has spent $2,500. It just 'happens that one of the factory employees in the town has saved enough money in the "boom" years after the war to build the house he has al- ways wanted. The factory worker buys •a lot from the farmer' at $1,000. The fanner is happy he hacl a "trade defic- it" but by selling some of his "natural resources" he is $500 up. The businessmen love him. His money is at a • premium. ($1.06 es reported in last week's article by the Liberal oandid'ate. This was in the per- iod of Liberal Administration,) The following year, since the farmer had sold some of his land and because of lower pric- es his income dropped to $1,900 but again a factory worker appeared to purchase another lot at $1,000. The far- mer Lias only $400 to the good. This is repeated for a few years with the farmer's income dropping due to reduced acre- age but the deficit made up, fiest with the sale of one lot a year, then two, then three. Butt the factory is now working re- duced hours. Suddenlythere are no more buyers f or lots and the farm income has dropped to $1,300. He needs $1,200. He wants a mortgage. The money lenders look the situation over and are not pleased with the risk. But, "Yes he can have .a ''bonus' mortgage." That is for a $1,500 mortgage they will give him $1,200. (These "bonus" mort- gages are an actual fact in ur- ban areas at least.) The tanner's dollar has drop- ped to 80 cents. (Incidentallly to the exact figure of the Cana- dian.d'ollar of the near future as ,forecast by a hobby econom- ist of my acquaintance.) The farmer's position? In- come reduced, a percentage of his means of production gone, a debt to repay with a devalued dollar. Canada's position:? Income reduced through unemployment, lost means of production through U.S. ownership of nat- ural resources (particularly oil). The New Democratic Party is• not bound to protect corpor- ation pro'Pits by cheap food -and cheap labur policies for the sake oe campaign funds. J. Carl Hemingway, NDPCandidate. QUALITY ANb 60 AND IN HANDS, THIS ®S THE CO 1,5 OF ETHICS ON WNW N eiEY STAND EATING OILS -GASOLINE GREASES-MOTOR.OILS'