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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967 Study These Studies The consultants' report on the con- sultants' report calling for a six-lane expressway running under the heart of Ottawa (the "downtown gives the city a 20-year breathing spell before that enormously expensive project be undertaken. Motor vehicles are not likely to become extinct in the next two But perhaps' cities will come to their senses and see that the answer to traffic strangulation is not more expressways. It is the Parkinsonian law of the road that traffic increases twice as fast as highways are provided. See Los Angeles, Detroit, Toronto and, yes, the' Queensway at rush hours It would be foolish to say that no new first-rate roads should be built. But the long term solution is in making public transportation more efficient and in discouraging, not encouraging, private cars from daily pouring into and out of the downtown.

The consultants who prepared the first transportation study and those who have reported this week in more detail on the specific question of the downtown distributor are from the same company. They are undoubtedly experts in moving vehicles and. building expressways. But is there not danger in having consultants who are oriented so. much towards private transportation? The second study has put off the downtown distributor until 1986.

Perhaps a third review will- say it is not necessary at all! At a new cost of $102,000,000 this is one project we cannot afford to make a mistake on. City Hall is not yet out of its dilemma of whether to acquire land for the downtown distributor in order to save expensive expropriations later. But at least the pressure for moving ahead soon on the distributor has been relieved. In the breathing space the city should be examining the proposition of providing better public transit. Tory Students and NHL The Conservative Students' Federation annual meeting this weekend would not amount to much if it were predictable.

The elders of the parties await the debates of student gatherings with a mingling of pleasure and apprehension. Young bright minds may be a promise of future party strength but they insist on turning over stones, turning up rugs and rushing in on delicate issues. That is very good for parties, espe: cially in this day and age when the younger generation, and some of the not so young, believe politicians have been doing indifferently well in their service to Canada. Every party is apt to benefit from a new venture of the Conservative gathering. Representatives of Liberal, New Democratic and Social Credit student federations are to participate in a panel discussion on "Youth in Politics" tomorrow morning, with David Mac-Donald, MP, himself a young Conservative, in the chair.

The panelists probably will conclude their chat in total disagreement about policies but it would be disappointing if they were not unanimous in believing young people have a truer vision of Canada's needs than their elders. The old brigade-in'politics is all the better for feeling a new generation is pressing at its heels, restless, discontented, a little angry. The 250 or so Conservative students from universities across the country will discuss educational needs; foreign policy. Including Vietnam and NATO; compensation for the victims of crime; water resources conservation, nationalization of the National Hockey league, among other things. There's nothing on the agenda for discussion of party leadership but no one expects that lively issue to be Ignored.

The students would have benefited, had they been here yesterday, from hearing Davie Fulton put forward in calm and cool language his for" support in seeking the party leadership and the policies he proposes to follow. A bit of cool and calm in all things will do the Tory party good at this moment in Its history, even in its students' movements. Eastview Pioneer Le Droit has recalled in an article the role of William "Bill" Kipp -who ied the other day at 91. This pioneer of Eastview moved there from Ottawa at the age of 11 in 1887, later establish-, ed a thriving business and became, in 1916, a. hero of the terrible Influenza epidemic.

"Afflicted families knew fcitf to be active 24' hours a day," says Le Droit. "Mr. Kipp (as acting mayor) obtained permission to convert the Eastview Hotel, into a hospital, to which he was responsible for bringing most of the During the winter of '16 there was a serious shortage of coal in Eastview and Mr. Kipp was instrumental in solving it. As well he had proposed in 1914 purchase of an old school house on Montreal Road which was to become the Eastview town hall.

He reared 17 children, nine daughters and eight sons. Le Droit isays "he will be remembered in the annals of Eastview history" and well he should. That's the Way The Ball Explodes- One thing they'll have to say about Senator Keith Dayey, whose career as a pro football "quarterback" ended tllis week, is that he really set the backfield in motion with his razzle-dazzle style of game. But when he called the vote-of-confidence play on Thursday not only did he run out of motion but the, Toronto Argonauts were the only teammates willing to block for him. Rather than get smeared for a loss, the commissioner-quarterback hung up his cleats before they were grass-stained.

Canadian football won't soon forget some of the "long-bomb" forward passes thrown by this quarterback. Some of them 'were surprisingly accurate for1 a rookie but his teammates "didn't appreciate it when the "bombs" kept exploding right in their hands. When the pass-catchers started com-plaining the fans got some embarrassing glimpses into the- long -closed Canadian football and that just wouldn't do. Things will be more "efficient" now that the huddle's closed again. Those who would make an all-star out of quarterback Davey should think twice.

Good strategy is important in scoring points and there's reason to doubt that the daring Davey was really interested in scoring. It's, fine to be' "people's quarterback" but a fellow has to wait until his team gets to the line of scrimmage before he grabs the ball and runs. Every armchair quarterback has a secret desire to try that exciting play where he sends his entire team in motion to the right and then he runs left. Not only did the senator call that play too often but he didn't even bother to "bootleg" the ball on his hip a la Russ Jackson. As for the boys back in the huddle, we'd strongly advise against return-ing to the old "two bucks and a of play, particularly if they plan to go after the bucks while the spectators take the kicking.

The tycoons who run that closed corporation may yet hear them crying in the stands not for Jackson or Stewart but for Davey. Let's First See What Carter Says The long-awaited report of the Carter commission on taxation is to be presented to the Commons this evening. Within an hour of its presentation critics of all shapes and sizes will be posing as authorities on it, wrapping it up in slick labels as being the wisest thing since 1867. or unspeakably "wild-eyed and half-baked. A glance at this country's varied wealth and poverty, its areas of rapid progress and quiet backwater, should remind us that nothing can be more complicated than devising a useful and fair taxation scheme.

The Carter Commission has worked at its studies since the spring of 1963. Before them the Rowell-Sirois people went at the subject in 1941, the Gordon Commission looked again in 1955, the Porter Commission again in 1964, and John-Deutsch's Economic Council reckons with it in its survey each year. All of this should suggest to the quick-fingered politicians, financial experts, -editors and commentators that whatever the Carter Commission reports, it should be studied with some awe. We're developing in this country a kind of instant-opinion complex the. politician who would dare to say he'd like to reserve judgment on a matter, is a goner.

The man asked by CBC to put on make-up and go before the TV screen to discuss taxation won't be asked again if he says "I'm not The Carter Commission on taxation Could prove of great and lasting im portance to A hockey really? ill. Lets try and why, Notes Let no getting his snow tires. the NHL play he want this country for good or to know what it is' about, before we curse or bless lt: and Comment driver complain that he isn't money's worth out of his man asks, "Why shouldn't richt Into June? Docs that we should A man complains that all his clothes are wearing out at the same time. They, might as welt they all. go out of style at the same time.1 Lord Brabazon has written that if a rrjan can't" say what fie wants to say in 20 minutes he should go away and write a book on' it.

This year some ski operators have, learned the consequences of using the word "excellent" to describe skiing con- ditions when they were not' nearly as good as they are now. Committee of Tension By YESTERDAY the collection of senior officers' caps parked outside the Defence Committee room in the West Block was worthy of the Pentagon. Brigadiers and generals and their counterparts of the navy and air force had left their gold-encrusted caps on a rack and gone in to hear their minister, Mr. Hellyer, answer what had been said in criticism by other (retired) generals, air marshals and admirals about unification, The uniformed officers, a dozen, sat together along one wall. Among (he spectators in the centre of the room were an equal number of men in civilian clothes who were slim enough that it could be said they were resisting middle age better than most of us.

They were senior officers recently out of the1 services', indignant over the Unification program. Sometimes when the minister made a statement that displeased them they joined a sort of growl of protestv There they all sat. the men In with their medal ribbons i brave campaigns and the, critical ex-officers, -while the minister read for one hour and 40 minutes from a misnamed brief 54 pages long. Then they sat two hours more while he answered questions. When they left the serving officers picked up their imposing caps and the ex-officers their battered hats and you'd think they'd never seen each other before.

Anyone accustomed to the easy-going ways of Commons committees "senses the tension here. Usually committees have an air of informality and an MP sits where the fancy takes him. a Conservative contentedly in a cluster of NDP-ers or a Liberal beside a Social Crediter. In the Defence Committee it has become nearly as formal as in the House, with the Liberals- almost to a man sitting to the right of the chairman and the opposition members on his left. They have worked effectively, if not harmoniously, while the three-week parade of witnesses on unification has passed through.

They have benefited from the competence of a good chairman, David Groos (L-Victoria), a former naval officer without quarterdeck mannerisms who has an orderly mind and a low, clear -voice. J-JELLYER is a calm, confident witness, who made heavy weather only when- he was questioned forcefully by former JAMES McCOOK of The Journal Defence Minister Harkness. Harkness has the knowledge of defence organization to make the present minister get down to cases, to explain just what he means about the condition of the services. The oppo-, sition complaint all along has been that Hellyer not explain exactly what was involved in unification. In the long day of statement and questioning more of the implications of the totally unified force became clear.

The watchful officers kept countenance when Cordon Churchill, a Conservative critic, said the minister's brief appeared to argue that integration and unification of the forces was the same thing. What, the Conservative wondered, had the minister done with the word "amalgamation" he had also used. Hellyer said he was sorry "unification" had ever been used because it had been so widely misinterpreted. Late in the evening he was asked what he would use if not "unification." The minister said he would substitute "single integrated force." Yet the argument had been about "unification." The parade of critics indicated that officers who retired in disgust had been eager participants in integration of the forces but balked at hasty unification, the final step to a single force. Suddenly the word seemed' to have lost its meaning.

But Hellyer was yielding nothing but words. He had explained the advantages of a single service, he said. He stood by his case. LOOKING over the three weeks any observer might regret the divisions which have developed among seniors in the forces but at the same time be proud of the men charged with the defence of the country, today and yesterday. They have been excellent witnesses.

Two outstanding ones were Lt-Gen. Robert W. Moncel and LL-Gen. Frank Fleury, both retired in protest against unification in a hurry. Moncel, Who looks young enough to be a subaltern, actually wrote unification plans "gladly enough but quit when he saw unification in haste headed for a "dim destination.

Fleury is the build of man a Hollywood producer would choose to play the role of general of U.S. Marines. He put the complaint of himself and those who agreed with him in these biting words: help cool off booming conditions. When this happens, the usual result is that people spend less, companies are more reluctant to invest and unemployment tends to increase. This deflation is just the right remedy for certain European countries, particularly those that have experienced inflation and price instability.

In Britain's case, the current "squeeze" is the price that must'' be paid to help close a dangerous balance of payments deficit and to strengthen the pound. If restrictive policies bite too harshly, however, and If unemployment rises too much, then deflation becomes a polit Unemployment Creeping Wnm ika Mllmakn Jaoraal JTOR the first time In eight years, the number of unemployed workers exceeds the number of jobs available in West Germany." In Britain, the rate of unemployment has risen to more than 1.5 per cent, a high percentage for that country. Jobless statistics also are beginning to creep upward in other European countries France, Belgium, the Netherlands. Although there are many varying reesons for this disturbing trend, one common factor is that governments are pursuing more restrictive spending and taxing policies to If 1 I II 1 I WHO THE number -two I Popularity -spot I gfW Mirror, Mirror, on the Wail (Drown far In "There was talk of unification but people were never told how they would be affected." The army and air force officers seemed more effective on the witness stand than the admirals. The latter were concise and forthright in their replies but would have profited from a study of Mr.

Mackenzie King who never made a statement that didn't have an escape clause somewhere. Probably the junior services officers have had more experience in Ottawa while the sailors have been Off with their ships, self-sufficient commanders. During days when the senior serving officers were not in attendance. Rear Admiral W. M.

Landymore at times was the only uniformed officer in the committee room. The time may be coming when the present naval uniform will disappear. That will be a pity. The slight Landy more, dapper in his Blue uniform with black tie and fivl rows of ribbons, seemed to have a 'Nelson touch. So do most admirals in uniform.

IT IS indeed a fiery contro- "versy and the fight is by no means over in the Defence Committee. But the end is predictable. The forces are launched 'on integration and the policy is to lead on to unification." Although it may take far longer to implement, than Hellyer hopes, there is no sign it will be deflected. The Liberals on the 1 1 1 who sit in silence most of the time, are convinced of the Tightness of the Hellyer plan. is probably too late to turn back now.

The Government may expect to muster a majority when the unification bill is called for third reading. At times during the questioning of the minister it seemed possible that he regretted he had not gone about the business of integration and unification more gently. It was a sore moment last night, perhaps for the minister as much as for anyone else, when he publicly accused Landymore of "constant disloyalty" during a period of 18 months. The admirals in civvies growled at that and then there was a hush. The committee is meeting again today, continuing a discussion in which grave and painful Issues will be argued further in a tension uncommon in this capital.

in Europe ical liability. When this happens, economic rationality sometimes takes a back One. potentially serious implication of all of this is the effect on the great migration of workers from the poorer southern regions of Europe to the prosperous north. Even before the northern countries' demands for labor began to slack, some resistance to the hordes of Italians, Spaniards and others had begun to develop. If this trend continues, the likely result will be to escalate levels sharply In southern Europe, where job opportunities are not so plentiful.

Morftranl Count end Tho Journal) I Duties of a Director 1 Tougher Than You Think By MICHAEL BARKWAY In the Financial Time of Canada pillS is a column about morals. It was inspired by Mr. Arthur S. Pattillo. who of.

course is senior partner of the Toronto law firm of Blake, Cassels and Craydon. I say "of course" because no one learned in the law now expects the name of the firm to match the name of the senior partners. When lawyers talk about dis-, closure, I sometimes wonder how they reconcile themselves to these cover names. But I decline to take the role of the Duchess and say what the moral of this is. I merely want to shed tear in passing for the legal names of yesteryear.

The last distinguished Canadian entry disappeared when the Pitbiado firm in Winnipeg sacrificed poetry, rhythm and romance for practical convenience, ft used to be: 'Pitbtado. Hoskin, Grundy, Benest and Hoskin, McEwen, saker. Hunter and Sweat- That was a name which not only 'commanded' confidence; it stirred, the blood. You could sing it inyour bath. JyjY NOSTALGIA Is but not entirely, irrelevant to the problem of morals, on which Mr.

Pattillo got me started. Mr. Pattirlo, along with Mr. Arthur Dean (of Parole Board Revoke Whipping Sentence, 'Startles' NB Judges mm Um Jka Tikmrk-Jwiil National Parole Board has clear authority to "revoke or suspend any sentence of whipping" imposed by the courts. It has had that power ever since it was set up in 1959.

but when the' board stepped in to block the use of the lash on a man sentenced in New Brunswick, the action startled judges, lawyers and private citizens and outraged a good many of them. The prisoner Involved raped a child. He admitted guilt. The judge obtained a pre-sentence report which showed, among other things, that it was a second offence. He Imposed a penalty of six years in penitentiary and six strokes of the lash.

The sentence awas appealed. The Appeals Division of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick upheld it Incredibly, the Parole Board was able at this point ,0 5tcP in and prevent the whipping from being carried out Our system of justice is based on the courts having the final say. Even governments lose appeals and bow to the decisions of the courts. But the Parole Act sets up an administrative board, over which the government has some regulatory powers, and places it above the highest courts in the land. Section 18 (1) of the Parole Act, 1958, reads: "The Board may, upon application therefor and subject to regulations, revoke or suspend any sentence of whipping or any order made unr'er the Criminal Code prohibiting any person from operating a motor vehicle." Section 19 of the act makes the board's authority final.

"An order, warrant or decision made or issued under this Act is not sub ect to appeal or review to or by any court, or other authority." If use of the lash is. wrong, then the remedy is to legislate it out of the prisons. It is ridiculous and dangerous to provide an escape hatch instead, to empower a board to second-guess the courts on its use. To say this is not to question the Idea of parole, which is the Parole Board's main function. Then 25 Years Ago Trim Tho Jaoraal at Frk.

tl. I HI JJRITAIN made her commander In chief In India, General Sir Alan Hartley, responsible for operations In Burma. General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Polish premier, announced that a Polish' armored division was being formed in Britain. Magistrate Robert Forsyth, of the Toronto Police Courts, was appointed a solicitor with the Justic A Japanese submarine near Golota, seven miles south of Santa Barbara, California, was reported to have shelled an oil refinery. Dr.

Max Kloti, of Ottawa, was appointed to the branch of the Ontario Attorney General's Department. He was chief pathologist, Ottawa Civic Hospital. G. V. Howard was given presentations on his Sullivan and Cromwell.

New York) and Mr. J. R. M. Wilson (of Clarkson, Gordon and Co spoke at a seminar organized bv the School of Business Administration of the University of Western.

Ontario last year to discuss the duties of corporate directors. They were accompanied by Mr. E. H. Cordon Simmons, head of an English law firm called (by some freak chance) Simmons and Simmons.

It was a private conference attended by senior of Canadian companies, but the principal papers have now been published with a Summary of the discussions. They are fuH of meat, both about directors' legal responsibilities and the more, basic problems of nnrali inri nrartfire Mr. Pattillo set the tone when he said: "Society's (moral) requirements of today may become the legal requirements of tomorrow." The legal obligations of director even in Canada, where they are much lighter than in the U.S. may come as a shock to a good many directors; but the consort sua of the seminar was that the moral obligations are even less well understood. The transcript repeatedly recalls the bitter words of Mr.

Harold Lawson after, the collapse of British Mortgage: "The directors of British Mortgage did not know a lot of what was going on Looking back we should have nown. eiadvice to those Invited to join a board of directors is not abite as drastic as to those contemplating marriage; but it also echoes Mr. Lawson: Think twice about It. If you do join, take an Interest in it Above aH. look under the surface.

Get information, pry-into things and make yourself a nuisance to management." "THIS Is easy to say.mucta more auiicuii 10 acnieye. The seminar agreed that it almost impossible on hugeN boards numbering 50 or more. The ideal size suggested was about 10, including at least a majority of dierctors who are not also employees. Even then, and certainly with a larger Jk board, much emphasis was put on small executive committees including "outside" directors. The director's problem is to be sure of getting all the Inforrnatlon' tie 'neefli to judge management performance.

Auditors have a complementary problem, that they cannot dictate the accounting practices of management. Both directors and auditors are nominally appointed by the shareholders. In practice, -they do not communicate with the shareholders at all. except in periodical formal statements. Nor do they even communicate with each other.

Which, as Euclid said, is absurd. The UWO seminar was part of a continuing study of directors' duties. It raises more problems than It answers. But the questions are fundamental and pressing, and I hope the good work started at Western will be widely studied and vigorously pursued. "IroMnf ftpoaitlMm Cor-Patau Dtrattor School of Bual-Dn Aflmtnlilralton OntvrrtHr of Wrtrrt Ontario.

OataJsabla from tbo School for ti "ENGLISH INFLUENCES Trois Rivieres Le Nouvelliste Three Rivers, the city with the largest percentage of French population in North America, 97 per cent, gjves Itself an English face with Its "gift shop," "machine shop," "snack bar." "tire shop," "ready-mixed." "car wish," and ever so many other signs. And yet it is not the "wicked" English who impose these signs on us, but rather our own lack of pride, of determination and especially our complex of a vanquished people. and tow tirement as treasurer. Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa. Commander Charles Tascher-eau Beard, RCN, (retired), was of a Royal Navy film being produced In Hollywood.

and With Ben Wicks.