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-.-- or a cB | - SN | i k ------------------ on - i) dl Russia Speaks 14 . boasts! Hitler shouted and swore that it was noth,' in lies our cratic political government; Member of ' The Canadian Association When Hitler 'wrote his "Mein Kampf", Europe and the rest of the world laughed. © What a_ book of fantastic lies and- idle "This was their reaction. But ing but the truth and per ilously close to be- ing right he was, indeed." This week the boss of all Soviets, Krutschev, made a singular and a prophetic speech to the Com- munist parliament. He spoke for hours with boldness and unassailable con fidence." He told its members that the Soviet would win the world for Communism and that the fight would be no bloody struggle either. - He admitted that atomic war was futile, and asserted that it was unnecessary. There was something about his speech significantly reminiscent of the things Hitler -had to say. He explained how easily and quickly France and Ttaly could fall into the hands of the Soviet. He was certain -that.there was no weapon yet devised by the West which could arrest the winning of the idealogical war the Supreme Soviet. There was a time when we were con- vinced that democratic. government would provide the kind of state in which the free citizen could work and live in the secure knowledge that his very freedom was a basic guarantee of progress and strength. Against such freedom autocracy was pow- erless; the free mind could always success- fully and surely triumph over the slave \ 'mind. But the troube in the West has been that war and fear have so damaged our concept of freedom that we do not attack eur pro- blems as men with free minds. * And here- greatest danger. The military opportunists got such a hold on government during the last war . that we have never been able to Teally shake them free. McArthur in the States almost brought about the collapse of demo- dous budgets of Western governments pro- "vide for billions of dollars for armaments: and our legislators and diplomats wrestle with the new problems of this. century in ~ History Repeats Itself During the American Civil War, Lincoln was possessed of some curious generals. Among this strange coterie was McClellend, a pompous little Blimp. In spite of his small stature, or because of it, hé was'given to highly de sorated uniforms and a very long Hl long, in fact, that he often tripped over it, . Some people must have questioned the military tactics of a general who tripped over his own sword---but then again many didn't for:as in these days, even so in those days ----- generals are im- mune from criticism. One day, McClelland had delivered to Lincoln a despatch. Lin- -coln opened it'in the presence of his cabinet and began to read. "From niy headquarters in the saddle," Lincoln paused, frowned and then said, "That's the real trouble with Me- Clelland, he always has his headquar ters where his hindquarters ought be be." And so it is with the American Depart- ment of State to-day. The story of the 18 light tanks for Saudi Arabia is a precious point in support of the reversed positions of the Department of State. Clipped Comments stop reporting lurid and crimes, has < - seven full indecent We will only mention what happened in Weekly Newspapers er A --_ A---- A NOTES AND COMMENTS dom; the tremen- : pl SCH GEL, wa avde 3: Ee Tb THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, February 23rd, 1956 'terms of outmoded thinking, and miliary power, Such thinking has brought: France to the : roink of political ¢haos and financial ruin. it he Poujadists threaten to disrupt thelaw- ful, process of government. "Her African territories are in the throes of hopeless rebellion: Great Britain fares not much better. Malaya must be'granted her free- Cypress is in open revolt; the Arab world is up in arms -- our arms and the Soviet arms---over the Jordan pact. Israel is prepared to start a war, ts The Americans have inherited the title of 'muddlers'. - Thejr foreign policy is an enigma that brings nothing but criticism from both her opponents and her allies. The truth of the matter is that our economy is so based upon defense spending that we seem to be powerless to make the reconstruction programs that are so neces- sary to the world. Russia has such pro- grams and is embarking upon them in all those areas where she can do most to un- dermine our position, Even in Western Gérmany. It the reports that we ave now getting {rom our own correspondents are true, then the Soviet is to be more greatly feared than we ever dreamed. Until our leaders and our people begin to get as clear ideas about freedom and democracy as the Rus- sian people have of Communism and the totalitarian state we'll continue to flounder around making new messes here; there, and everywhere. - - One of the Cabinet Ministers this week read his speech to parliament. Reporters discovered by checking with Hansard that it was the identical speech he had given the year previously. = Imagine 'a Cabinet Minister! The kind of thinking that per- mits a high officer in government to do this, and the kind of laissez-faire on the part of the public that lets him get away with it, indicate a terrible weakness some- where. It is this kind of weakness com- "founded in private life, in business, and in politics that makes a Krutschev so certain that" Communism will win a bloodless struggle against the West. Some anonymous person let the news- papers know that eighteen light tanks were zbout to be shipped from a New York port, Thursday. The State Department reluc- tantly admitted that it was so. Loud wails from the Israeli delegates and Friday the shipment was banned. The delégates from Arabia threatened to throw the American: air-base into the Gulf, so all military ship- ments to both Israeli and Arabia were ban- ned. Israeli pointed out that all she had on order were automobiles and a few spare automobile parts. So Saturday the ban was lifted and the tanks loaded with the ex plana tion that it was in conformity with existing treaties. Since then Israeli has been demanding some action on her fifty niillion dollar loan to buy arms. The facts could not have heen improved upon even if McClelland by some chance "could have been Dulles. short, Eisenhower's doctors say that he can run, but Eisenhower must he asking him- self whether or not he can stand five years of leading a party which has its A quarters in the saddle. accounts of the pundetermined land of promise aspects of our able concise" ac- | Moses appears ? taking the risk of being misled by innumer- false prophets before the true CLAIMS PAPERS CREATING CRIME The above heading tention recently in a daily newspaper. For some time we had had the same opinion and intended to go out on the proverbial editorial limb and express our views on the subject on the grow | ing tendency of crime, As the article pretty well covers our thoughts, and "as many of our readers know the auth- "or here is the despatch as it appeared in the press from Kitchener: "A Waterloo College professor said Thursday night that newspapers are 'ereating our crime by running full accounts of the indecencies of crime'. "Dr. G. E. Reaman, professor of English 'and dean of men at the col- lege, told members of the K-W and North Waterloo Humane Society that 'we all have temporary urges, or im- pulses to commit crimes --even mur- der'. } Dr. Reaman is a former Superin- tendent of the Ontario Training School for Boys at' Bowmanville. N SThere are persons, he said, who have those urges in excess and are on the verge of committing indecent of- fences of murder when along come the blaring writeups and set off the trigger. "That is why tiie of various types come in waves," het said, "Sooner or later we will' wake up and ~ aught our at-' counts." -- Canadian Statesman THE FUTURE WE PLAN FOR BEGINS TODAY ~The following arc excerpts from a speech delivered by- C.D. Johntson, Chairman of the Board, U, S. Chamber of Commerce, As we read it we thought it worthy of reprinting. Read it and see if it doesn't set you thinking on a higher plane: Business and religion are not sepa- rate worlds. Business is people, sixty. five million of them in our country alone-- they take their religion to work with them and they frequently take their work to church with them. Religion will not fulfill its function by stressing "thou-shalt-nots", True religion in the life we live, not the creed we profess, and some day it will be recognized by quality and quantity and not by brand, A' character standard is" even more important to a' stable world than an international gold standard. Just as democracy is the most diffi- cult to maintain of all political sys- tems---so a- program of individual ex- pression of individual convictions is the' most demanding of all religious 8ys- tems, But this is the challenge we face, 1 Do we want to stand by and wait for some new Moses with some modern counterpart of a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire to lead us at some yet- to-be-determined time to some as-yet. We have an alternative! We can pull up our socks, re-read for ourselves the Golden Rule, the Sermon on the Mount, and the Ten Commandmends, firm up our inward resolutions and start in to lead for our- selves, each in his own way, the fuller spiritual life that and in- dustrial progress, scientific progress, and educational and cultural advances have now made ppssible. We can continue in our comfortable lethargy and invite disaster, Or we can embrace the most difficult alternative spiritual pioneering. Pioneering may be thrilling on ocea- sion, but it also involves many uncom- business fortable or bitter experiences, mis- steps, 'tumbles, blisters, {rials and hardships, . But. through spiritual pioneering, one nigy gain a sense of fulfillment, a sense of participation in the creation of a far, far better world, . The future we plan for begins to- day. - Hushands! Wives! Weak, Run-down, 01d? Phsuiarids of couples are weak, ? ited Taek snergy and pe they feel run-down, ofd be- cause bodies- Bx iron at 40, 50,60, Tey Ostrex Tonic Tablets today. Supplies invig- orator you, too, may need to revitalize, stimu- late, energize and - Torii Id-up entire body. Feel years younger... "Get-nc qu vinted™ size costs little. Or start with big, popular "Economy" size and eave 754. At all druggists District Doings 1,000 CATS AND DOGS ARE VACCINATED LINDSAY.---More than a 1,000 cats dogs and cats were vaccinated against rabies in a 2-day federal agricultural department clinic Monday and Tues- day in this community, : "br. G, Leslie of tHe department of animal health division, said - about 1200 dogs and 300 cats have been re- ceiving free vaccination in Victoria county, le said the ofiiic will visit Bobcay- geon Thursday, Kinmount on Friday, Fenelon Falls on Monday, and Wood- ville, Tuesday. BEGIN INSTALLATION OF DIAL TELEPHONES A'l' BEAVERTON Istallation of new dial telephones in homes, stores and offices in Beaverton area got under way on Feb, 14, This is a major step in preparation for the cutover of all Beaverton stélephones to dial operation next spring. The streamlined new telephone sets are being installed daily, but as therq are some 650 to be installed, the work will take several weeks, according to C. B. Symonds, Bell manager for Beaverton. Mr. Symonds stressed that the in- struments would not operate until the actual cutover, MAN HAS NARROW ESC APE IN. BOG A Clarement_ hunter, Mr. Eddie Or- tiz, had a narrow escape last Saturday, north of Claremont, when he stepped into a bog hole, Mr. Ortiz with two cousins from Toronto, was hunting in an area with which he "was familiar, for scveral years. It was the first time hg had ever encountered such an experience. "L was walking along when suddenly I sank in black muck up to my arm- pits", he recounted. "I threw my arms out to the side to keep from sinking. [ went down in a matter of seconds. 1 put my gun across in front of me and held on to it for support. I called for help and my cousins came to assist me." | i Mr. Ortiz was bundled into'a car and taken home. His rubber boots were frozen to his legs and had to be thawed out before they could be taken vif, "The bush where he was hunting is several miles north-east of Claremont. APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS JUDGEMENT MADE HERE A judgment handed down in Whitby in a fatal accident case has been up- held by the Court of Appeal. At To- Yonto last week, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by Fred and Peter Carswell seeking relief from a judgment handed down by Mr. Jus- tice Stewart in May of 1965. In the dase heard in Whitby, Mi Justice Stewart had found Fred and' Peter Carswell, farmers, residing north of Oshawa, 20 percent negligent in a car accident which caused the death of Bernard Thompson. His Worship had found that Howard Tims, of Myrtle, driver of the car, was 80 percent negli- gent. The Carswells, in appeal, sought to upset this 'judgment. "The Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge had come to the correct conclusion that Carswells had been negligent in failing to give any warn- ing to car drivers that they were mov- ing cattle across the highway that ex- tremely foggy morning, bearing in mind that a great deal of motor traffic could be expected on that main road between" Oshawa and Port Perry at that time of the morning and knowing that the road wis heavilg used by workers coming to Oshawa plants, Carswells had been owners of cattle which were crossing the roadway as Tims, with Thompson, a passenger in his car, approached Oshawa, near Col- umbus, The Tims car struck a tree and Thompson died in the accident. Mr.Justice Stewart had granted the widow, Dorothy Thompson, damages of $21,000. : At thé Court of Appeal, A. W. S. Greer, Q.C., of Oshawa, and C, L. Du- ibn, Q.C., of Toronto, represented Mrs, Thompson. J. J. Robinette, Q.C., of Toronto, represented the Carswells, and A. R. Dick, of Toronto, represent ed Howard Tims. BLAST : STOUFFVILLE TO INCREASE PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF Stouffville Public School Board, at a special mepting, held on Thursday evening, made plans to increase the local Public School staff from eleven to fourteen teachers beginning this September. - The school is now hand- ling about four hundred pupils, having doubled the attendance in the last five years, with fifteen new entrants since January 1, this year. f At this moment, in the more than two hundred hospitals and gsanitaria throughout Ontario, over 30,000 pa- tients are receiving treatment and care. This care does not merely en- tail visits from the attending physi- cian and the nursés who serve the patient, but necessary visits from other hospital personnel as well. In- ternes, day and night head nurses and supervisors, technicians from the. lab- oratory, the dietition or her assistant, particularly if special diet problems are involved--all have their duties to perform in the all-over care of the patient. In addition, consulting physicians and surgeons may be requested to see the patient, and, if it were not pos- sible to record complete information for 'the business office when the pa- tient' was admitted, a visit from that department is required. And of course members of the housekeeping - staff and those who serve the - patients' meals and in-between refreshments make many visits to each patient's room everyday. All these, as well as many others from varrious 'depart- ments in the hospital who are involved in the treatment and care of the pa- tient, are required to visit the patient many times during the stay in hos- pital. Indeed, the techniques and therapies of modern medicine and surgery add up to a very busy time for the patient, especially during the first, or acute, period of hospitalization. In addition to the above, of courge, there are visits from family and friends. It is rather staggering to contemplate that in one day, counting only dn average of two visitors per patient, the hospitals in Ontario are apt to receive over 60,000 visitors, and this fact often poses a problem, not only for the patients, but for the hos- pitals as well. - As a homemaker, I think of one im- portant factor of this daily influx of visitors to our hospitals, and that is the effect it has on the problems of good housekeeping. A hospital must be kept clean, and, in many of its de- partments, not only clean, but sterile. Thus dirt and dust and wet and slush become the particular bug-a-boo of the housekeeping staff. If the weather is inclement, or snow or slush cover the ground, freshly washed and waxed cor- ridors in the morning can look like a mucky. country lane after visiting hours, with little by-paths of soil and dirt leading off into each patient's room. Infections, too, can accompany a visitors, and sometimes linger behind to bedevil the patient whose weakened condition plays a perfect host to its tenacious stay. Some visitors, even, have a tendency for "tenacious stay", and the weary patient often pays a- price for this well-intentioned, but un- wise visiting habit. ® In this regard, iit is interesting to note that in 1960, when people were prohibited from visiting the hospitals because of a dangerous flu epidemic, patients' charts showed a definite beneficial result. There was a marked reduction in increased temperatures which patients often experience fol- lowing visiting - hours, and' patients rested better and progressed move rapidly during this period of 'nq visitors", All of this is not to say, of course, that a "no visiting" regulation should be employed by hospitals. It does, however, indicate that families and friends should use caution in the mat- ter of how many, or how often, visit- ors should attend. Perhaps, therefore, a few "do's" and "don't" for hospital visiting might be considered. First, it should be borne in mind that the patient is taken to hospital because, in most cases, an acute need for diagnosis and treatment exists. Fortunately for the patient, and for thé anxious familties and friends as well, there are many and varied tech- niques to assist the physician in ar- riving at the correct diagnosis and re- quired treatment, But these tech- niques take time, and often a patient is kept busy as tests and midications are administered. Rest, too, is impor- tant to the sick person, and the best- intentioned visitor sometimes infringes on this necessary period of quiet. A visit from one member of a faniily each day' dyring the acute period if illness is perhaps the wisest procedure, Second, consider the many other ways in which you can manifest your interest and devotion, To send flow- ers immediately is often the first im- ¢ MRS, CHARLES MCLEAN PRESIDENT, ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION pulse of anxious friends, but many patients are too sick in the first few days of illness to know that the flow- ers are there, Sometimes it might be a more thoughtful act to send flowers to the family at home, with a message of hope and cheer. I well remember one such bouquet which came to me during the critical illness of a loved one. The card car- ried a simple message, but brought comfort and a sense of sharing when | read "Thinking of you---with or in my heart". Later I was able to tell my "patient" about it, and he, too, was made happy by our friend's remem- brance. . Some people send fruit. or other items of food. But here it should he remembered that the patient may he on a restricted diet and therefore not able to enjoy the gift. Indeed; itis usually wise not to take any type of food to the patient in hospital. I know of a diabetic patient, hospit- alized for treatment, who was not re- sponding as her physician had expeet- ed. After two or three days of puz- zling chart statistics, a nurse discover- ed a hidden pound of chocolates, brought to the patient by a well- meaning friend, which was being con- sumed secretly by the patient, and un- doing all the good that her treatments were expected to produce, One can always, of course, visit their friends in hospital by mail. A cheery card, or a friendly message, can be on hand when the patient is able to enjoy it. : 'When it comes to the telephone, it is best to wait until the patient can make the call, rather than to run the risk of interrupting a rest period, « of overtiring the patient by too long a conversation, In no instance should a 'No Visitors' sign on the patient's door be disre- garded. This restriction can some- times be as beneficial to the patient as medicine, - It is, in fact, usually placed on the attending physician's order, and even members of the family will be wise to seek permission to visit the patient's room when this card is on the door. When the attending physician" in- dicates that visitors are permitted, those who come to call will wish to observe the restriction of no more than two visitors at one time in the patient's room, _ They will also wish to bear in mind that a short visit will do the patient twice as much good as a long visit; that personal or family problems should be left at home; that "my operation" is of no value to the patient --and probably or no interest at the moment; tht anxiety and fear should never UT shown, and that any news of the patient's condition should be given by the physician Usually the best medicine is just to let the patient know that you them-----and then leave before they get too tired to care. love None of the foregoing is offered in the spirit of criticism, but rather as suggestions to protect the patient's welfare, Good patient care is fhe hospital's continuous aim, but in this, as in all things that affect our hospitals, the attending staff need the understanding co-operation of those whose loved one we serve, The compassion which prompts peo- ple to visit the sick is a generous and lovesome part of the character of man. At times, it is the only way we know to express our anxiety, or love, or devotion. to preserve and to cherish--but wisely, and thoughtfully, and always for the patient's i good. : Honeydale W.I. The regular meeting of Honeydale Women's Institute will be held in the Anglican "Parish Hall, on Thursday, March 1st, at 2.30 p.m. Mrs. William Day's group in charge of the program. The Women's Institute is appealing to the women of the community for donations of used white cotton such as sheets, pillow slips, shorts, ete. for use in making cancer dressings. Anyone having any such cotton please contact Mrs. Sam Cawker, Port Perry, or Mrs. " Earl Bryant, Seagrave, It is, therefore, something Of Many Things By Y mbrose mg " Glor to the government, which all blessings flow! We were in cultural darkness, so it club dancers from Toronto; wrestlers from New York; dramatists "from ngland; . + 3 We were cursed with children, 50 it gave us family allowances, even to those of us who did not need or want them, for the generosity of the ZOV- ernment is abundant! We were old, so it gave us pensions, whether we needed them or not; ana by this spreading the money thin, nt assured the poorest of us that we will not over-eat and tins déstro. health, while the rich will be Lui feited The wisdom of the government is astounding! We were restless, eager for travel; so it gave us TCA, prudently making it a monopoly sa that we might learn patience, and know the luxury of ex- pensive flight. Most of us our and soon gone. were employed, so it gave a few of us unempolyment in- surance, tempting us into the rien green fields of leisure, where we mignat taste the kindliness and courtesy of officialdom in Unemployment Insur- ance offices. We were in business, so it gave us A few of us were sick, so it id hold- ing meetings now to buy health for us, so we may know the fabulous power of government to make us breathe more deeply, eat properly, live clean- ly. Soon faltering hearts will beat soundly; trembling hands will steady; an overdose of alcohol from the gov- ernment liquor will no longer cause a hangover -- there'll be laws against all these, or some device will Perhaps they will take health from the healthy and give it to the sick -- a graduated scale, of course, with an excess-health tax slap- store he discovered. ped on those who have acquired ab- wormal health under the old, outmoded laissez faire system. The blessings of government only begun to flow. Rumours indicate a Department of National Sin is soon to be get up. If there must be sin, it certainly should be controlled by the government, and handled through ap- propriate channels, fully suitably watered, with proper permits Only die-hard reactionaries hack this have issued, holding ment. > are new develop- U [] fica On March 2nd Utica Hall Boad ar cuchre and dance in This is the last so high lady holding another Manchester Hall party in group of five in five Bowls, 'donated by Carnegie's, and the high gentleman will receive an electric group will receive a nest of Hamilton on Saturday. Gerald's many friends are very sory to hear of his illness. Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Till. of Green- bank spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. W. Philp. Mrs. Hugh spent a few days Inst week with he Rogers, Bowmanville father Mir. Russell Harper. Mr. and Mrs, F. Kendall visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ward, Whitby on Thursday. Mrs. Roy Suteliff is in Bethesda Hospital, Willowdale, having an oper- ation on her eye for cataract. Her many friends sincerely hope this oper- ation is successful and she will soon be home. The euchre and dancesin Manchester Hall on Feb, 17th in aid of Utica Hall Building Fund was quite a success, with 18 tables playing euchre. [First prize for ladies going to Mrs, Chester Geer, second prize, Mrs. Murray Geer and consolation to Miss Corrvinna Bea- cock. Gentleman's first prize, Robt, Aird, second, W, J. Beacock, consola. tion, H. Calberry. Thanks to all who helped make this party a success, ufc MENT OF NA' TIONAL SIN y from gave us ( 'arbet, from W innipeg; night: the. business! : - taxable,. clock, donated hy 'Alan Walsh, electri cian, There will be "no time limit" on cuchre playing as suggested at last party. Committee in charge, Roy Bobson, Henry Skerratt and Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly ; Mr. and Mrs. Farle Nelson, Canip bellford, visiti ~~ « G. Nel : the week-end. Mr. Sinclair Roborteon spent a few a days last week at Meo RO Wiha so We hope Sinclair will coon be quite res covered from his accident. Mi. Henry Barnes had quite a sue- cessful sale? We are sorry they are leaving us and moving to North Caro lina. Mrs. Toogood has p hased Mr. Barnes" home. Welconn Utica. Mrs. Ralph Wilbur returned home from Port Perry hospital on Saturday, We all wish her a speedy recovery, Mes. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs, 1. Nel- son visiting Mr. Gerald Nelson at LS AN or er I > a a ms ug AN Y 5, SO) ' Cy No) No "3 ~ £