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& betieve that it is time for Canada t mummuc.nmmuve‘m _ international peacemaking and security. _ _ Defence is essential to national sovercignâ€" + _ ity but the competitive and ceaseless accumulation of arms is an ominous threat ‘ _ to Canadian and gliobal security. * e Initiatives that would reflect a positive ‘The inference of Mr. Copland‘s selfish motive would not appear to exceed that of Mr. Lyon who would hopefully direct traffic away from his Hallman Road property. A visit by Mr. Lyon to the engineering department will reveal also that the access road to which he refeps has long since been discarded. The project should be considered strictly on the basis of economics and urgency. The necessity for the extension has not been proven and should be delayed until positively justified. It is also recommended that our local administrators exercise restraint and diâ€" vorce themselves from the ‘"What‘s a Million‘‘ philosophy so currently prevalent amongst government agencies. . C.I., Waterioo C.I. and Bluevaile C.1. attended a U.N. Association Seminar on Disarmamept at the University of Western Ontario. Local counciis have discussed the issue. The Kâ€"W Giobal Community Centre is sponsoring a panel discussion on May 31 at Conrad Grebel College. I will be leading an allâ€"party Canadian delegation to the forthcoming U.N. Parliaâ€" mentary. Forum on the eve of the second Specia) Session on Disarmament which convenes at the United Nations on June 7. Fuelled by the knowledge that nothing politicians, doctors and others have been focusing on this issue. In the past year, the public has become more aware that in a nuclear war there wil} be no winners. Human survival is at stake. The media, churches, students, I am with Elaine Murray (Chronicle letters, May 12) on the University Avenue question. Let‘s make it a greenbelt/bicycle path. It is no secret that Canada is beginning to deâ€"industrialize. If the city wants to anticipate the transportation needs of the 1990s, let them look to Peking, not New York City, for their model. It will be bikes and buses, I‘d guess. Five years ago, world arms expendiâ€" tures were half the current figures. Today‘s estimates are $700 billion per In 1978, the first United Nations Special Session of Disarmament addressed the pressing concerns of global security. The meeting concluded: ‘"Mankind is faced with a choice. We must halt the arms race and proceed with disarmament or face anâ€" Let common sense prevail w l”fl)htw:tyefln&(fiddflh proceed with the million doilar University Avenue extension appears to be somewhat _ Common sense should prevail during these difficult times in our economy. If the city bureaucracy cannot suppress its vested interest in spending the $1 million budgeted for the road, let them use the money to rip up some asphalt from that jungle Murray describes so well. Bicycle path preferred, not another road LETT WALTER McLEAN John Goyder 85 Melbourne Cres. Waterioo 359 Cambria PI. Waterioo 1 would like to reply to the letters written by Elaine Murray (Chronicle May 12 and m.c-uumms;‘.’um to the extension of University Avemue. This roadway linking Hallman Road and Erb Street was planned before their homes were built. In 1959 the plan for the Maple heights subdivision was approved. This plan included a 120 foot wide rightâ€"ofâ€"way, which was dedicated to the city of Waterioo for road purposes â€" THE UNIâ€" VERSITY EXTENSION. twoâ€"lane road to a wide, fourâ€"lane thorâ€" oughfare. Erb Street between University Avenue and Hallman Road, less than 3/4 of a mile, is densely populated with over 1,000 residents. We have waited for over 20 years for the University extension. This is to be the year. . traffic has increased by almost 30 per cent, according to the engineering departâ€" ment. At peak times it is considerably more, making it almost impossible to back out on to Erb Street. The University extension has been planned with berms, etc. to prevent noise. There are no driveways or frontages on this extension. J only wish that Westmount Road and Erb Street were as well This is not the way of life; it is the way to protected from noise. Special Session were sought recently when the Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence investigated disarmament and its relationship to secuâ€" rity. Expert witnesses from the Canadian and international community appeared before our committee. Unhappily, the commitâ€" tee‘s final report to Parliament on April 2 did not go far enough. 1 formaily dissented from the report, along with MPs from all three parties. We, the minority on the 30â€"member standing committee, join in spirit with Senators Edward Kennedy (Democrat) and Mark Hatfield (Republican) and over 200 members of the. U.S. Congress, in calling on the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. "to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on ployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and delivery systems." This is to be followed by a reduction of nuclear warheads.:â€"Senator Kennedy states: ‘"‘We cannot afford to live in a It is to this plan of action thet I am committed. The arms race must be defused. In the minority report, my colleagues Paul McRae (Liberal) Thunder Bayâ€"Atikokan, Bo::g- (NDP) Saskatoon East, Douglas (PC) Edmonton South, Terry Sargeant (NDFP) Selkirkâ€"Inâ€" For the past 32 years 1 have resided on Erb Street, and I hoped to live here for many more years. In the past 30 years Erb Street has increased from a narrow, the testing, production, and further deâ€" where hbuman beings will} only have Reader has waited 20 years for‘ road extension The Maple Hill area was once a lovely green area where my older children played. Today there are houses and pavement â€" that‘s progress and we accept it. In reply to Elaine Murray‘s detter on save, don‘t pave, as far as this area being used as a greenbelt, it is a narrow passageway, cleared for a road many years ago, and to my knowledge only used as roadway for dirt bikes and probably a crossover to the golf course. and responsible world view at the U.N. Erb Street and Westmount Road will always be busy streets, but if the Universiâ€" ty traffic can be bypassed it would make it more acceptable for many people. f Since Hallman Road has been extended, Nuclear disarmament ada establish six departments of external affairs ‘"chairs‘" on disarmament at Canaâ€" dian universities. The Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel College would surely be a prime canâ€" 4. that Canada should devote oneâ€"tenth of one percent ($7 million) of its defence budget to disarmament education, inforâ€" mation and research. We particularly recommended that Canâ€" Canada should cousider, among other initiatives, such instruments as a U.N.â€" sponsored global referendum on multilatâ€" eral, balanced disarmament. Already, 27 Canadian municipalities, representing 2.5 million people, have decided to hold such a reférendum. Kitchener and Waterloo councilis have debated the issue. Public opinion has begun to set the pace. Thirty thousand concerned Canadians protested in the streets of Vancouver last month. The hllom day, 1,500 gathered on â€" Parliament . outraged by the Westmount Read residents who will be affected by the University extension to come to a public hearing tomorrow night, t 7: 45 p.m. at Presbyterian N hureh, 35 E4 5+ W . Wiigriny :’ence on security through nonâ€"nuclear ans; 3. that Canada should press all nations to pledge never to be the first to use nuclear 2. that, consistent with the freeze, the Canadian government should deny the United States permission to test the cruise missile on our soil, and continue Canada‘s government‘s "headiong race to objivion.‘‘ 1. a nuclear freeze on the testing, deployment and production of nuclear weapons and their delivery s . stems; terlake, Pauline Jewett (NDP) New Westâ€" minsterâ€"Coquitiam, and I are calling for the adoption of four proposals: Those who force people to drink toxic, accumulative fluoride in the public water supply are irresponsible and mischieâ€" The writer claims "that only new and wellâ€"documented evidence collected over a significant period of time ought to be deemed adequate grounds for raising the matter again."‘ Shame on you‘ Two court decisions in the U.S. where this "hoax" started have ruled fluoride as hazardous to health. The latest case was in Alton, Illinois. The other was the famous Pittsburgh case. Please update your reading. The people in the U.S. are waking up to fluoride danger. Canada is now following. _ â€" the more apathetic the voter. Fluoride affects the brain cells! Leaving it in the water for five years would bring about the writer‘s "dream state" â€" complete lethâ€" Canada is awakening to fluoride danger It is beyond my comprehension how seemingly intelligent educated persons such as Rod Preece (Chronicle letter April 28, "Is another piebiscite warranted?") can still cling to the archaic ideas expressed in his letter. The "democratic decision‘" of the voters in the last election was questionable; otherwise, the Waterioo Safa Water Sociâ€" ety would not be forced to again go through this unrewarding hassle with the ruling monarchy. When pompous "dictocrats" force their ideas on the populace, we spaewn revoluâ€" 1 would like to remind the Erb Street and estmount Read residents who will be The longer it (fluoride) is in the water, 371 Erb St, W. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1082 â€" PAGE 7 P.O. Box 681 The mipority report, copies of which are available from my Waterioo Office (885â€" 4900), has presented a clear course of action for the government of Canada. We condemn the continued arms race. Let Canada continue as a peaceâ€"keeper and A delegation of distinguished parliamenâ€" tarians from five continents visited Mosâ€" cow and Washington 10 days ago. Led by Douglas Roche MP, the delegation includâ€" ed Sr. Luis Echeverria, former Mexican President; Rt. Hon. John Sillkin, MP British Opposition, Critic on Defence; Alhaji Ibrahim, MP Nigerian Deputy Speaker; and N.K.P. Salve, MP, Deputy Government House Leader in India. Their mission was to echo global voter concern to the super powers, that a way be found to remove the nuclear threat to survival. Commons: "On the whole, the Minority Report has been a genuine effort of concerned members of the committee to ease worlid tensions. It has stimulated debate on the points of view which vary from the Majority Report. I think we can live with them. I think they are impor Ron Irwin, MP, parliamentary secreâ€" tary to the Secretary of State for External A Gallup poli released in the Toronto Star on April 10 shows that 84 per cent of Metro Torontonians favour a U.N. referendum to asséess world opinion on disarmament. When asked how they would vote in such a referendum, 77 per cent stated that they would vote in favor of nuclear disarmaâ€" ment. celebrating with you your 125th anniversaâ€" ry and wish you every success with the exciting special events your committees have planned for 1982. . The various projects and displays sponâ€" sored by school groups in the city of Waterloo will no doubt form a vital part of the festivities. QOur restoration date of 1856 coincides well with your founding date of 1857 and the lifestyle represented by the house and its furnishings paraliels that of the many farm families and Pennsyivanian German descent that settled the Waterloo area. Both were essentially farmers although saw mills were erected and operated by both men in the early years of the settlement. Both built substantial frame houses for their families within a few years of each other and within a few miles. Both worshiped at the same Mennonite Meeting House. After 1830, the two families were even closely connected by marriage, Erb‘s widow, Magdalena married Schneider‘s brotherâ€"inâ€"law, Bishop Benjamin Eby. We would be delighted to meet with your classes in conjunction with your 125th anniversary, introduce them to ‘the lifeâ€" style of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 1850s and discuss with them the incidents and events that made 1857 a very special year for the people of Waterloo. Susan Burke, Curator The Joseph Schneider House The following is a copy of a letter sent to all teachers in Waterioo schools: We in Kitchener who have been neighâ€" There are certainly striking similarities between the two men who founded Waterâ€" loo and Kitchener. Abraham Erb and Joseph Schneider were both part of the first wave of Pennsyivania Germans to migrate to this area at the beginning of the 19th century. We suggest that a visit to the historic Joseph Schneider Haus would assist greatâ€" ly in the preparation of such projects and would help the students grasp the "spirit of the times‘"" when the village of Waterloo was founded. School children iInvited to Schneider House ted in the House of Kitchener