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The problems, of course, are not just those of Premier Robarts. They are ours too. If we demand services, we must pay for them. It's up to a wise administration to see we don't go overboard. It's also about time our administrators stopped trying to hoodwink us into believing we got something for nothing, just because some other form of government footed-lthe bill. There is as little excuse for over indul- Renee as there is for being over demanding. Both show a lack of discipline. It may be that the administered as well as the administrators need to grow up. The federal government has indicated it is willing to discuss a revision of constitutional duties with the prov- inces. Robarts admits that machinery for a constitutional review has been set up - but suggests he cannot wait that long. And anyhow, he wants the money without obligation. Like smaller and bigger government offi- cials, he talks about money from the federal body as if it were a purse that manufactured the stuff. But the only alchemy there is whatever we, as individuals, can produce - and there won't be any magic in trotting that out. The premier might also investigate one other angle. Half his expenditures (and for the 1969-70 fiscal year, they'll total $3,000,000,000) go to education. So far, they don't seem to have produced any economical wizard, capable of conjuring up a solution to his problem. - A failing of many of our public meetings was again Apparent last week,- when the newly formed county school boards held their inaugural, meetings. Statements and questions of some separate school representatives were completely lost to spectators, because the individ- uals making them spoke too quietly - too quietly that is to reach the four corners of the room. School trustees, public or separate, are no more guilty of transgressions in this field than are men and women in other areas of public office. The fault is all too com- mon - in council chamber, courtroom or community hall. All concerned may argue that they fulfill their tune.. tion by transacting the business in hand, but this is really only half the truth. There is more than a grain of com- mon sense in the saying, that it is almost as important to appear honest as it is to be honest. As well as that, courtesy demands that members of the public, who show enough interest in attending these events, might at least be let know what is going on. The householder or small businessman, facing such a situation, would quickly realize he had to give up his home or business. Ontario's premier is no less desperate. He might lost his ship of state and pretensions to prime ministership, if a backer is not found, and quickly. - Lately, the quirk has gone a little' bit further. Recent pronouncements suggest he would like something more concrete than a title reserved for federal headmen. Premier Robarts would, in fact, like a financial slice of the pie, which up to now was strictly the preserve of federal spending. He is claiming more pickings from personal and corporation income taxes. It's not that he got greedy all of a sudden: It’s just desperation born of Ontario’s financial status. In the next five years, revenues collected by the province will rise 40 percent. Spending, on the other hand, will jump by 74 percent. Obviously, something has to give. School board members, remembering the turnout on election day, may feel cynical about public interest in their business. They"would be less than human if they 'didn't. However, they are still representatives of that phlegmatic electorate and as policy makers and trea- surers for them must conduct their stewardship for all to see and hear. Formerly, school boards were cosy little meetings, but the new county units have changed all that. In view of the tremendous importance of the larger units and the scope of their jurisdiction, it might even be wise to in- stall some form of amplification for those with a short voice range. . Premier John Robarts has 'developed a harmless little quirk during his years at the provinee'ts helm. He likes to be called prime minister of Ontario. a t.-.dlhesakab8h-dsre3sraorrv$68- Established 1854 A division of Baulk Publiahen Ltd. Published every Thursday at Waterloo Square, Waterloo, Ont. Philomena Rutherford, editor SUBSCRIPTION RATE In Canada: one year 86; in United States and foreign countries: one year " Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aaoociation and the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. A little louder, please Provincial headaches From individual test co Em cases, to restaurant sitins, to free- dom marches to riots they devel- oped their strategy. The potent- ial was tested last year in Watts, Newark, Miami and Chicago. Canadian Indian leadership is arising as much to offset the an- tics of Kahn Tineta Horn as to plead the case for their people's rights. Federal and provincial government moves towards lan- guage rights are stealing the thunder from the violent separa- tist groups. By HENRY F. HEALD OTTAWA - When the prole- tariat of the great North Ameri- can industrial giant failed to fol- They had all kinds of excuses why the American working man was not ready to cut his boss' throat, but they eventually had to accept the fact that the clas- sic Marx-Engels model of class revolt was not going to work. In fact the only successful Commun- ist takeover in the western hem- isphere, in Cuba, was worked on the Mao Tse Tung model. The alternative they hit upon for the United States (with the foregone conclusion that Canada would naturally fall at the same time) was civil rights. Slowly and carefully, with the painstaking and long-range planning that only the ideologically trained can un- derstand, they built the civil rights movement into the vehicle for violent revolution. But civil rights is a touchy mis. tress. She cannot be easily order- ed around like a docile peasant wife. And the affluent, sophisti- cated society in which the Com- munists have done their courting is vastly different from the back, ward, superstitious, agrarian mil.. ieu of China or Cuba. low the lead of their Russian counterparts after 1917 and rise up to throw off the yoke of capi- talism, the Communist heirarchy was puzzled. Conscientious negro leaders in the United States are not content to be pawns in the Communist game; they don't want to see their sons and daughters egged on to suicidal frenzy by the Rap Browns and the Stokely Carmich. aels; they are not convinced that bloody revolution is the road to equal partnership among all races on earth. Even the man on the street, that humble plank that supports the Establishment, is beginning to wonder if he hasn't given away too much of his freedom in re- turn for a modicum of material security. The result is a reversal of form. Instead of the usual pat- tern of a Communist takeover of a popular revolution, we are wit- nessing a popular takeover of a Communist plan. From the gallery Are we taking over red plans? 40 YEARS AGO Jan. W. Town Clerk N. A. Zick presided in the town hall at a sale of 11 parcels of land for arrears of taxes. Eight were sold. Five others parcels were pre- viously redeemed by their own- ers. Sometime Friday night, the automobile of Alois Haumm, local constable. was stolen from his garage and another stolen car, with steering rod broken, left in its place. No trace of the constable's car has been found so far. Oliver S. Scheitele, widely known as the Willow King, sail- ed from New Orleans Friday for Guatamala' and the Honduras, Central America. He will spend some weeks consulting with government officials about wil- low planting to prevent river bank erosion. Jan. 13. Council will appoint a medical officer of health next month at a salary of $700, or eight cents per capita on the town's 8.537 population. An in- digent doctor will not be ap. pointed. Czechoslovakia is the most dra. matic example only because it took place in an area where dir- ect Communist military retalia- tion was possible. Everywhere, even among top government officials and conser- vative defenders of law and or- der, the big question being ask- ed is: "How can we protect each individual's rights to language, culture. job, property and free. dom of choice?" The worker is asking by what right is he required to pay dues to a union whose views he does not support? The student is ask- ing by what right is he required to pay dues to a student union as a condition of his getting an edu- cation? The, landowner is asking by what right can the government expropriate his property without a public hearing? The individual citizen is asking by what right does Ottawa decide how he shall pay his doctor bills and save for his retirement? P. V. Wilson has been named an honorary president of the Western Ontario Drama Festival to be held soon in Hamilton. F. FILES or YESTERYEAR 'BOMMGHT SPIBOI' 30 YEARS AGO In a game crammed with ac- tion and featuring 29 penalties, the Waterloo Siskins, Monday night, defeated the Terrier Pups, 4-1, in Galt. Both clubs will clash again Friday .night. 10 YEARS AGO . Jan. TS. District Campaign Chairman D. A. Pollock announ- ced last week that the campaign to raise $4,750,000 for the develop. ment of Waterloo College Assoeb ate Faculties - soon to become the University of Waterloo - will begin tomorrow. ' K. Staebler, president of the K-W Little Theatre group, is a member of the advisory commit. tee to the festival. Plans for a footbridge across Laurel Creek were shelved by the board of works this week because of an unanimous deci- sion that the bridge may not be needed. The $2,000 project would have a $400 return through the winter works subsidy. Segregation of age groups in our public schools has caused considerable concern among par- ents of younger children. Such a move means the abolition of the present school patrol by the older pupils and their possible replacement by paid crossing guards.- _ A similar debate can be expeeb ed when the Commons goes to work on the massive amendments to the Criminal Code. It deals with matters that affect human rights, and human rights are not the prerogative ot any one race, class or party. The broader the base of argument the better. It was a classic debate on a point of principle. It was a battle between two ideas: "We are the government, get out of our hair so we can get things done:" vs. "Make haste slowly, there is no point in doing it if someone‘s rights are trampled in the pro- cess." Like most things involving hu- man nature, especially in a demo. cracy, the issues are not cut and dried. There is no clear, unequi- vocal line between the pros and cons. The debate on parliament. ary rules, not of great interest outside the confines of Parlis ment Hill, was closely folloWed by gallery reporters and House officials.