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, '- ESTABLISHED 15. leer, Pear It F-at' M ' 'tsas-f 'utte.titedtety.ef - .0“! S withdrihuno WWwI‘mb-w Wall-I'l- (H Warm - k d Canada's swinging bachelor prime minister, who seemed to have operated on the belief it would be unfair to make millions of girls miserable just to make one tsupremely happy, has pulled an about-faeeamd taken upon himself abride. Our hearty congratulations. ' _ -- Pierre Trudeau has married Margaret Sinclair, ‘a girl about whom the Canadian people know little. But then, many knew little about Mr. Trudeau before he became prime minister. They were married secretly. Perhaps that was more her doing than his. Ever since coming to office, Mr. Trudeau has protested that the news media has continually imm- ded his privacy, and that he won't be treated as public property. At the same time, he has worked hard, through his behavior, his attire and his choice of dates - including his choice of wife - at attracting attention. He has chosen to be prime minister and he has chosen his own life-style: No one forced either upon him. The resultis that Canada, which acquires its chief-of- state on the old British parliamentary system but looks upon him as if they had chosen him omthe American re- publican system, has at its head the best-knowp Cana- dian of all time. . _ And already the media has referred to Mrs. Trudeau as Canada's first lady. This unofficial title has been adopted from the United States, but when it has been used in the past it has been in reference to the wife of the Governor- General, not to the prime minister. We have the feeling that Mr. Trudeau may like the change, Tonight a group of Kitchener-Waterloo people are com- peting in Owen Sound for honors in the Western Ontario Drama Festival. They are the members of the cast and crew of The Lion in Winter, a production of Tempo Thea- tre (Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre). This group, which has'its headquarters in this city at , Princess Street, draws its members from the Twin Cities and a wide area: In this play, the leading lady is from Guelph and several other players are trom the Uni- versity of Waterloo, as is the director, Maurice Evans. The" theatre group has set itself up as the community theatre for the Twin Cities area. As such, it ranks are open to all comers. It is a worth-while endeavor. _ While citizens reel beneath the continuing assault of internally provoked conflict, we are also intimidated by the very establi- shment that proclaims freedom and democracy while moving closer and closer to the Big Bro- ther bureaucracy of socialism. How did it happen? Largely be- cause we forgot that freedom is not free - that the cost is eternal vigilance. We have forgotten that freedom is not a gift of govem- ment - but a gift of God; that it does not mean freedom from re- sponsibility but the freedom to stand as a man accountable for his actions. It does not mean the freedom to push people around or to elect public officials to do the pushing for ts! Freedom is not an abstract or an ideal, but a human right which must operate from the pre- mise of doing what we ought to do because we want to do it, not be- cause we are ordered to do it. The free man recognizes that his freedoms are restricted by his own nature, temperament, intelligence. abilities and inclina- tions: that his free will permits him to wallow in the gutter or to reach for the stars. That while justice demands that we yield a We wish the group well in this and future efforts. beam: nun-t8; ietthtitqdStates ' _ "ttr'tteeg-rMies:tt-year8t0 Memtterottttecediar"+ Nam Amoeba: Firstfirst lady? wo DL entry mm mum”. editttr tRmMm'Mmottrumts Chronicle readers”-letters to the editor measure of our freedom to the state when it can better maintain the good order of society, it can- not be bought at the expense of any man's freedom - by govem- ment equalization, government philanthropy or government redis- tribution. Freedom means the right to worship as we please; to vote as we please; to dissent and to dis- sent against the dissenters. It means non-violent freedom of as- sembly; freedom to travel at home and abroad; to own pro- perty and to dispose of it as we choose; to work to the extent of our ability, desire and capability for commensurate rewards; to bargain for goods and services in a free market and to "build a better mousetrap" without arbi- trary government interference and limitation of our resource- fulness. Freedom means the right to handle our own earnings and tools; to select our own friends, part- ners and associates; to direct the education of our children and the medication of our own bodies. Freedom springs from the soil of eternal and unchanging truths which are not subject to human pragmatism. Unfortunately. when commodate our readers' views last week, since it seems only tair they should get preference when space is at a premium. Well, it's nice to get back in the regular spot after last week's ab- sence. The - normally occu- pied by this column had to ac- And now to catch up on what's been happening. So our swinging prime minister has upped and gm himself a bride. More power ioGirn and luck galore to both IN “I“. All! I INK w “Iv-cf . . 't Keep your heart up, girl. There va'deLd he or She leomes Into_the are other fishinthesea. office“? the mean and signs . . -' - ttgift',": rth ting . . it's wo repea ; we Reading and hearing accounts welcome letters from our read- of the F'ryierf1ay fray makes ers. These ate among the best- 'Pe question for the zillionth - read items in every newspaper. tte, why we 20th century toll: We are happy to publish them, don't accept the fact we re just whatever their subject but ask around the corner from harbar- that the writers km them as: While one might have thought he was too oldTo Ineligible, the way therdamsels chased him it seems he was just too eligible to be old. And a note to Barbra-- Keep your heart up, girl. /Nere are other fish in the sea. man becomes apathetic or indif- ferent to his heritage of freedom, his enemies move in quickly with the shackles of slavery. If there's something of the noble art of self defence in two men clohbering each other around a ring to the point of near insensi- bility, it escapes us. - Today, we stand at the cross- roads of courage and confidence, cowardice and captivity. One can only wonder which way we will Monsieur Pierre has finally taken a wife. I hope they don't revive that old song, I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now, for she does seem like such a sweet rich little thing according to the Cana- dian women's lib committee. I must say I was rather disap- pointed in our playboy for not having settled for a bunny girl. There is a chance that she might have outhopped him. In all truth you haveghand it to our prime minim ' being shrewd. After all he is a former minister of justice. He chose a Western gal with all due respect to good timing. By marrying the fine young lady he also married the East and the West, the Eng- lish and the French. and last but not least he made a small contri- And ign't the_thought of ring- Philomena Rutherford 's Bits and Pieces PATRICIA YOUNG side and remote audiences lap. pirtgupthesightatittteremin- iscent of the crowds in the mar- ket place for a hanging in those pre-civilized days we think we have got away from? - Every now and then we receive unsigned letters, 1eaualtrlibeilous inmature and damaging to some- one’s character. Theée are speed- ily deposited in the nearest wastepaper box and almost ad speedily forgotten. _ This week, however, an unsign- ed letter made a valid comment about a local matter. It will be published trthrt week under a pen _ . . . _ If you haven't got your ticket If you fell in your bathtub, for Friday night's game between broke your arm, dislocated your our local polic’e and firemen and shoulder and lay there for over - the National Hockey League Old- 11 hours before being discovered, Timers, you may still be in what do you think your first words time. . - read items in every newspaper. We are happy to publish them, whatever their subject but ask that the writers keep them as briefaspgssible. bution to the ecumenical move- ment. Not even the Quebecois can find fault with such a move. I am quite sure that come next election all the ladies in the coun- try will be more than happy' to vote for Pierre now that hs is a married man and hopefully will be living an exemplary life. He certainly has satisfied all the busy- bodies who can no longer say, “I think that the prime minister should beespoused." Even though we are so terribly overpopulated in this country' you can be sure these same chicken pluckers will force the poor guy into becoming a papa so that they will have some thing else to talk about for at least another nine months. I thought for sure that our coun- try's mouthpiece would break himself of the Fuddle Duddle habit after taking the vows. But alas, he disappointed us and he said it again. I earnestly hope that the prime minister doegn't spring the White Paper upon us like he sprang his marriage. His marriage was cer- tainly none of our business. But the White Paper, if it hasn't al- ready become our business had darn well become our business This is one time that Father Prompt action by Alfred Jan- zik, owner of the Gun Shop in Waterloo Square's lower mall, prevented a fire from getting out of hand this week. Frank E of the Beaver Hobby tat noticed smoke coming from pan- elling in the hall outside the Gun the blaze with a fire extinguish- er from his shop. Damage to the wood panel was about $40. Evi- dence suggests the fire was set deliberately behind a garbage container, possibly by youngsters. whisked you off to hospital? "Well, I guess I won’t be going bowling this Monday." That's what Mrs. Flora Bud- dell, not 250 Mary St., said to tterresettHiasoreek. _ k Those of us who make a big todo about every little ache and paio mightn't understand it, but Mrs. Buddell’s friends do. That's the kind of 'to-no-tre courage she’s got - and she’s no mean bowlertoboot! doesn’t know best. I suggest he take it up with the entire house- hold for it affects the entire house- We are by now no doubt con- vinced of Mr. Trudeau‘s discreet way of doing things. We had bet- ter leave him alone in his own bed- room. He did make the statement once that it is nobody's business what anyone does ih his or her bed- room. Ever since that time Ca da has been the only countrynm possess ll commandments. ’1“ point we all agree. However, should watch what he does outside his bedroom. ' It's up to us now to put him to the test for 1972 is not too far off. I am sure any smart employer would do the same. Even if he does become a father we should not let fatherhood overpower bro- therhood. Now that the completely cov- ered honeymoon if over, it is time for us to forget about his recent elopement and concern ourselves with less important crises such as unemployment, inflation, foreign intervention into Canada's businesses and the increasing rate of VD, and far less with who isontheVIP list. CARL REKTOR 2:5" 'q * t .