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-tt- PROTECTION FOR WORKERS Compulsory National Health Insurance Is A Major Need It is disappointing to the point of dismay to read a press report to the effect that the Canadian chamber of commerce has declared itself firmly opposed to a national compulsory health insurance service Such position reveals a total lack of appreciation of Canadas primary health needs So far ahead among the na tions of the world in so many fields of endeavor Canada in its absence of a national health in surance plan lags behind with the less advanced nations of the world Such a plan has been ad- over a period of many by authorities closely the working populace the nation- Nine years ago the federal of health at that time stated Public opinion favors a onwide insurance program the resolutions passed in its in the past years would a volume The health de nt has been hammered pounded all through the to initiate such a pro gram Having regard to all the sice favoring a nationwide Service of compulsory health in surance it is apparent that the members of the Canadian cham ber of commerce are sadly out of with the realities of the situation Aurora News Page J SINCLAIR Editor HALL AURORA OFFICE TELEPHONE PA 74573 PAGE ELEVEN THURSDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIRYFOUR a la The government in in the year staked its on the passing into law of a national health insurance plan This compulsory contrib utory health service involved iiyment by three contributors the state the employer and the employee This plan directed by the then of the exchequer Mr David Lloyd George was met powerful opposition from in- companies and from the profession The insur ance companies feared the loss premiums paid by millions of poorer policyholders and the doctors feared a loss of in come The insurance companies cam- against the plan and the did likewise But this opposition did not daunt the de termination of the British gov ernment from pursuing its of illness or hospitaliza tion After the passage of the meas ure the medical profession found that their fears of loss of in come were baseless and that in deed they were much better off financially Over the years the British compulsory plan of na tional health insurance has been repeatedly implemented with the result that today it is a model plan for all nations Coats The haunting fear that pur sues great numbers of Canadians today is the cost of tion the loss of savings and at worst the incurring of heavy debt Such fears could be re moved by a national insurance service This urgent necessity was un derstood by former prime min ister Mackenzie King who be fore the outbreak of the last war had such a plan under consider ation- The war put a halt to the plan The labor unions have re peatedly called for its revival as have farsighted health auth orities and economists It is understandable that there will be opposition to such a hu mane program as health insur ance from the same quarters as those who opposed the British plan But the health and well- being of the nation as a whole should have prior claim over purely vested interests Cannot Save Enough The great majority of the workers cannot save enough from what Is left over from their earning to meet illness and hos pitalization A national health insurance plan would protect them in such circumstances Various group and other insur ance plans are generally too costly and lacking the compre hensive and overall national services It is deplorable that the Can adian chamber of commerce should have gone on record as being opposed to such a EDITORIALS REMEMBRANCE There is a deep poignancy associated with the date November 11 which only those who were of adult age during the tragite events which preceded it in the year 1918 can fully understand When news of the signing of the armistice which was to end more than four ter rible years of war swept the world a solemn hush sud denly it Then came a sense of inexpressible relief and later rejoicings When the toll of was finally taken ten million men the flower of all races lay dead Such was the irreparable price paid arising out of an tention It meant that millions sary and humane service as com- workers would be protected health insurance for from the loss of savings in conse- Canada national condition a famous British prime hated one v because men LAB AND MANAGEMENT I Peace In Industry Depends On Just Rewards Of Labor An enquiry has come to this column asking what we think about strikes The question can be answered instantly We do not think thai strikes can benefit any one least of all the But the question goes deeper than that If it is suggested that the workers ore mainly cause of strikes we would say that that Is a one- way viewpoint which cannot bo supported by all the facts The main thing that the average worker has in mind is steady employment and a steady income to maintain his depend ants and himself But beyond this necessary margin of maintenance there should be some resources left over for leisure and recreational purposes In other words when all the dues have been met and the bills paid there should be something left over for a of family pleasure and enjoyment Below The Margin Industrial history provides abundant evidence of the preva lence of wages far below the margin of reasonable means of family maintenance much less of the wherewithal for form Of recreation classic if tragic example low wages and was the uprising in the Strike in Great Britain when five million work ers were ultimately involved ft began with a strike on the part of one million BOOK MUSIC SHOPPE Stationery Greeting Cards etc Agent For Era Classified Ads I THE MISSES WOOD St Aurora tor Personal Service Shop At DRUG STORE Aurora Telephone PA WILLIS tilt Drug Store News- mam its who were demanding a raise of only a few cents daily So universal was the sympa thy shown for the miners who had been grossly underpaid over a long period that at least four million other workers from a multitude of trades joined the miners in their struggle for a living wage Even the printing trade sympathetically joined the strikers and for a period lasting for about ten days few news papers were published Hant Want Strikes If industrial history proves one fact more than another it is that workers do not want Strikes What they want above everything eke is a feeling of security together with rewards for labor that permits them a reasonable way of life Those desirable and indeed necessary objectives have been achieved in many industries through systems of profitshar ing that reasonably reward workers for their labor and skills A profitsharing system in a large industry induces in the worker a deeper interest in the produce of his labor Where profitsharing is not possible nor perhaps advisable in smaller types of industry the alternative of a reasonable liv ing wage plus some seasonable bonus is always possible in any kind of industry or private en terprise of successful charac ter Concealment Of Facts While it appears undeniable that strikes injure all concern ed the workers employers and the public the difficulty In the way of getting a true picture Is that of the absence of full and unprejudiced Information It has too often been the fault on the part of the major news agen cies to conceal the facts as af fecting the workers while giving prominence to the claims of employers If a full and impartial account were given at all times of the cause which produce strikes the public would be in a better position to assess the rights and wrongs of industrial disputes that end in strikes The ideal situation is that where Industry appreciates the claims of workers and especial ly of long service and whore employer are as conscious of t just claims and the general quarter of a in which aiaeratiml lay dead hag the freedom of ip mm the world Queen Vic torias predicted a par liament of and the federation of the world But it her first artel most favored prime minister Lord Melbourne whosaid of the present day is that men hate another so Are there more ignjEro the coming of the Brother hood of Man than there in the times of Burns Mel bourne and Tennyson Have we moved nearer to the Celestial Age The manufacture the hydrogen bomb and other methods of destruction scarcely endorse the hopes of Platonic visionaries All the more reason why we can humbly salute the memories of brave men who gave all in the sacred Cause of Peace and pray that somehow somewhere self less and dauntless sacrifices may yet be justified More ardently than ever the civilized world longs for eh during peace HANDSOME APOLOGY At the last meeting of town council Councillor Moffat charged that the town solicitor had prepared a bylaw in quick time when it thought that land for a new park would bo acquired by a vote of a majority of members Unexpectedly Councillor Davis welshed on his earlier yea vote and by so doing the park pro position was killed and the bylaw became defunct The town solicitor said ho was glad of the oppor tunity to inform Councillor Moffat that he never pro- pared bylaws unless he was instructed to do so and that in the instance concerned ho had acted under in from the head of the table He said he was anxious to have that matter clearest up Councillor Moffat immediately rose to say that she wished to express an apology to town solicitor adding that sho too was glad to have had the matter cleared up Councillor Moffat bad previously stated that the bylaw had been pushed under her nose by the town solicitor and she did not like it Following the solicitors clarification of author ity under which he acted Councillor Moffat made the amende honorable in handsome terms NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORANCE It is to be hoped that present town council will not repeal the mistake made by the council of and pass legislation which they do not clearly understand The frictions and disputes that have taken place between the council the planning board dur ing the past few years mostly stem from the error made in in passing a Land Use Plan without thorough examination of its meaning in the present case of the zoning bylaw which bus had a first reading only there is no excuse for re peating the former error For the reason that tho town solicitors report of October PJ52 on the zoning by law is available for all members of council lengthy ami comprehensive examination of the provi sions contained in the proposed bylaw and it gives most of the answers WHERE DID IT COME FROM Wirt re did the material come from that the proposed z bylaw to implement Auroras Official Plan according to the intentions of the Auro ra planning board Some time ago a friend In the United States sent us a batch of planning literature which has a strong resemblance to all the other plan ning we have seen It was published by the chamber of commerce of the United Stales at Washington What may be good for American cities is not neces sarily good for a small Canadian town such as Aurora And it would be a pity if we became too Americanized Tho zoning bylaw proposed for Aurora is all very technical and legal and would need a Philadelphia lawyer to unravel its complexities It will be a minor tragedy if because it has been so long on the shelf the should take it down and throw it in the lap of COUNCIL REPORT Anticipating New Park Move Murray Asks Vote Of People At last weeks general meeting of council with all members present excepting Councillor Davis who was reported absent for business reasons the chief subject of discussion turned on the question of whether a vote of the people should be taken on acquiring or accepting it new tenacre park at the south end of the town Among other correspondence there was a letter from King of York County Health Unit ex pressing appreciation the War ter department and waterworks foreman J the abnormal created by conditions during the recent flood A report from DeputyReeve D J Murray indicated that the Centre St sewers had been com pleted Vote On Park Soon after pm the mayor asked to be excused In order to attend another meeting and the chair was taken by Reeve Cook DeputyReeve Murray said that although council by a ma jority had voted down the pro posal to buy a new park at the south end of the town there was still he asserted an intention on the part of a small group to buy the land and make It a town responsibility Mr Murray said that in his opinion the best way to settle this matter was to ask the peo ple to vote on a question as to whether or not they wanted a new park Councillors Corbet Davidson Moffat and said they agreed that it should bo put to the people Councillor Juries said he agreed but there was nothing now for the people to vote on The question is a dead issue Mr Jones declared Objections Expressed Reeve Cook took tho view that there was no proposal to buy the park at the present time Therefore ho maintain ed there was nothing to ask the people to vote on Councillor sold he un derstood that certain organiz ations had decided a buy the land and then ask years council to take it over Reeve Cook said they could not be responsible for what next years council did Some of them he added might not be on council then Councillor Davidson said that certain outsiders had expressed their intention of buying the land and pulling It over on the town He said that back num bers of the Banner had made that intention clear What will you ask the people to vote on Councillor Jones queried Ask them if they want new park replied Councillor Davidson Motion Submitted Murray then moved a motion which was sec onded by Councillor to the effect that people be ask ed to vote on whether they to acquire or accept and maintain a now tenacre park at south end Of the town Councillor Jones said that while ho had no objection to going to the people he could not vote for the motion The offer had been turned down by council ft was a dead issue Reeve Cook said that mem of council had been elected to do the business of the town ami he considered it showed weakness to ask the people to on what he thought was a question DeputyReeve Murray replied that he considered it perfect ly reasonable question to put to the people Councillor said he would like the question put to the people on whether or not wanted the park He fav ored such vote but thought tho motion could have been worded WHAT THEY ARE SAYIN6 Murrays Illness Stirs Town Alex Bell In Mayoral Contest The sudden serious illness of DeputyReeve D J Murray shows what can happen in the space of a few hours Around 1115 pm on Tuesday night November we left him and other members of council engaged in an informal talk after adjournment By the following morning Wednesday he was fighting for his life in York County hospital The said he would ask for a vote For the motion DeputyReeve Murray and David son Moffat and Op posed Reeve Cook and Council lor Jones Solicitor Called In Reeve Cook instructed the town clerk to call the solicitor to find out if such a question could legally be put to the peo ple and council was told by Mr Lee that there was nothing whatever to vote on The solicitor said they did not know whether the organizations which previously had offered to put up money to buy the land would now do so Nor did they know if land was still for sale and if so what price would be asked for it A bylaw would have to be prepared and published DeputyReeve Murray said the intention was simply to ask the people if they wanted such a park and to be guided by thojr votes Several exchanges took place between tho solicitor and Mr Murray and at one point Coun cillor Moffat said it had not taken the solicitor long to pre pare a bylaw intended to cover the proposed purchase of the park Mr Lee said he was glad of opportunity to answer Coun cillor Moffats remark and that the bylaw had prepared on instructions from the head of the table and he himself never prepared bylaws unless ho received in structions to do so Councillor Moffat said she was glad to have that matter cleared up and offered her ap ologies to Mr Lee Motion Withdrawn Councillor Jones said Uireo things were necessary First they hod to find out if the board of trade was still willing to of fer money to buy the land sec ond they had to find the same answer from the agricultural so ciety and third they had to find out if the owner were still will ing to soli and at what price That makes sense of the mat ter said Reeve Cook Repealing that there was no thing before council to justify culling for a vote of the people the solicitor said he did not know anything on which people could bo asked to vote- iutciligcntly on Councillor Davidson interject remark that Banner files proved the case of those of them who wanted vote of the people adding that if Mr Picking were allowed to speak ho might be able to tell them a good deal Deputy- Reeve Murray said he would be willing to withdraw his motion it the solicitor would prepare a suitable form of ques tion that could be put to the peonlt solicitor said he would da his best hut council would have give Mm In structions arid ft might tarn a month or six weeks to get necessary information I offer to withdraw my mo tion now you tell we are beat said Mr Murray Shortly after It pm Reeve Cook declared council adjourn- after Mr had asked for special meeting of council to gain all possible Information to assist the solicitor in draw ing up a suitable to put to the people Mr Murray was taken ill at 3 am Wednesday morning Nov with heavy internal bleeding caused by the bursting of a stomach ulcer Not wishing to disturb his physician at that early hour and in the belief that the bleeding would soon cease he refused to let his wife call Dr Crawford Rose At six the bleeding was renewed and a call was put through to Dr Rose who was at the patients bedside within minutes He had Mr Murray immediately removed to hospi tal where the bleeding con tinued throughout the day nec essitating an appeal for blood donors This was immediately responded to by members of the junior chamber of commerce of which organization Mr Murray was formerly a member Not only so but as Mrs J Murray reports as news of Mr Murrays serious condition be came known a large number of citizens women as well as men offered to give blood donations The response of offers of blood from so many sources was over whelming Mrs Murray stated Worked Too There is little doubt that Mr Murray as councillor for two years and deputyreeve for al most one year has worked too hard in the service of the mu nicipality from the time he was first elected to council he has never spared himself in performing the promise ho made to the electors that he would serve them to the best of his ability and try and carry out what Ihe majority wanted However we are quite sure Mr Murray has thoroughly en joyed public duties he has undertaken for which he ap pears to have a natural flair He would be the first to deny that he had hard which is the opinion of his friends and not his own We have given Mr Murray a good deal of publicity during post three years but he ha earned it because of dogged perseverance his defence of go many things of value to the town his refusal to submit to what appeared to be prejudiced local press attacks and his per sonal courage in furthering pro jects and opposing others in the of taxpayers We are writing this at a mo ment when Mr Murray is still seriously HI but where some little improvement has been made It is our very sincere hope that better news of him will soon come to hand and that in a short time he may be on the road to full recovery and a re turn to public life and the ser vice of his native town Public Sympathy Mrs D J Murray told Au rora News Page that her hus band had been deeply moved by the great number of sympathetic messages not least from some of those with whom he had found himself in opposition on public questions bouquets had been received from the York County council the Aurora town coun cil the Aurora branch of the Canadian Legion the Au rora Presbyterian church anil from many private citizens Telephone calls for news of the patient had been received daily in increasing numbers since the news of Mr Murrays serious condition had become generally known Election News We hear that Mr Everett Kerr has been asked by a number of taxpayers to accept nomination at the forthcoming elections but that he feels his present business arrangements may preclude him from doing so At his first attempt three years ago Mr Kerr polled near ly votes for hydro commis sion election He has been as sociated with the Toronto Stock Exchange for the past thirty years His home is on Cousins Drive An aspirant for council is Mr Keith who served for several years on the Public school board and lost out at the last election by only two votes Although urged to do so Mr refused to consider a re count Mrs Morning whoso dismissal from the Public school staff by Henderson and his board so deeply roused public opinion and who immediately received a teaching ap pointment to St Andrews col lege is also being mentioned for council where it is felt that her ability and interest in pub lic affairs would prove great asset at this time to the munici pality As we go to press we hoar that Mr Alex Belt has- definitely de cided to enter the con test decision that will gkvo great satisfaction at this time to great many people in Annuo News NEW PARK QUESTION Small Group Planned To Jettison Council Vote What Councillor Jones dismissed as a dead issue nut so accepted by tin Aurora Banner in its issue of Following the defeat of the pro- posed purchase of the Woods land fur the a new park the other steps that taken to it ultimately by the town It is true that council by vote of five to four defeated the proposal to buy the park Councillor Davis having voted No In place of his former Yea vote Banner later pointed out that board of trade and the agricultural ciaty had agreed to provide half of the needed funds for purchase bo made up from wtferlptlohs property is taken over by the town they would receive their individual advances back Why Vote Asked For President of the board of trade threatened a cleanup of town council the threat directed apparently against those who had voted down the purchase of the land DeputyReeve J issued a leaflet containing an Mr and Mrs Philip formerly of of York County home for aged at Newmarket and now of Dr John Homo at London are reported tobe re signing to important posi tions elsewhere but are being urged to remain at the Dearncss Home so friends of theirs Au rora learn Marjorle of the Womens Col lego hospital anil Mrs spent Halloween weekend with Mr and Mrs Hex many friends will be glad to hear that Mrs J Charles is now sufficiently recovered from her recent accident to be able to walk again Miss Georgia Charles Toronto is visiting her brother Dr Charles Calgary Mrs Win Powell Mrs Al ibi and Ml as sisted the choir the annivers ary service at Wesley chimb Sunday rooming St Andrews church under the direc tion of Miss Andrews took charge of the music at the evening service at Wesley church Make It A Habit Meet Friends At The HESS IDA Drug Store Two Graduate Pharmacists St Aurora Tel PA Emergency Calls Telephone PAi J A I I t l i i l i i i i i prise her morning with a beautiful robe of nylon pulled satin or wool Wrap mound style with sleeve and self belt iaH and up