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The Oshawa Times, 26 Feb 1959, p. 4

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TE EE EE ET as a She sharon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. boge 4 Thursday, February 26, 1959 Industrial Development A Local Responsibility The help that the federal department of trade and commerce can give persons and agencies engaged in industrial de- velopment work was succinctly outlined at last week's meeting of the Lake On- tario Development Association by James A. Roberts, associate deputy minister. He had a sound warning, however: "While we are always prepared to as- sist communities, wherever possible, the basic responsibility for the industrial development of a municipality lies with- in itself." Mr. Roberts pointed out that the community must make a careful assess- ment of its assets, see that its house keeping is in order, and prepare a short factual presentation of information that will be available to firms of individuals interested in establishing new indus- tries. We were happy to hear him fol- low up with this statement: "In making an assessment of your community, you should give very careful study to the situation with respect to industry that is already within your municipal limits, Your economic existence may depend upon the established firms. Therefore, the expansion of this local industry could mean greater employment than the bringing in of a new organization." Industrial Commissioner Tom Mc- Laughlin has been emphasizing this point in Oshawa, but he seems to be having difficulty convincing a few crit- fes who cannot seem to grasp the idea that it means as much to the city if a domestic industry can be helped to ex- pand as if a new plant 'of equivalent capacity were established. Mr. Roberts went on to give his views on what an. industry expects from a community. A favorable industrial climate must be created, and this should include fair treatment from public servants and elected officials in such matters as as- sessment, taxation, zoning, building bylaws, police and fire protection and power and water supplies, Industry today, it was pointed out, is not concerned necessarily in going into a community which has the lowest tax- es. The true measure of tax cost is the measure of municipal service, So indus- try is more concerned now with wheth- er the tax administration is sound and whether, for every dollar paid, it is getting value, The physical appearance of a come munity is of vital importance to indus try. This is particularly so if the con- templated plant is sizeable and expen- sive. The approaches to a community, if attractive, indicate to Industry that planning and zoning are understood by the authorities, This includes the char- acteristics of the residential areas in whihe the plant workers live. Industry is conscious of the value of a happy worker; if he takes pride in his home, the worker wi'l naturally have pride in his community and the company for which he works, Industry also looks for adequate hos- pital, educational, recreational and cul- tural facilities. The ability of personnel to attend night courses, the ability to round out engineering training in a local school are important advantages. Good road and rail connections are im=- portant, and the importance of an air- port has grown in recent years, Labor supply, of course, is always a vital factor. Adequate zoning means that indus try's investment will be protected. What does an industry mean'to a community? A hundred additional manufacturing workers means approxi mately 427 more people, 131 more households, 66 more school children, 117 more workers employed in services etc., three more retail establishments and just under $1 million in increased retail sales, U.S. Consumer Buying What happens to the U.S. economy has considerable influence on the Cana- dian economy -- and the good news is that the U.S. consumer is buying again, plugging the recession holes with dol- lars, Retail merchants in the U.S, expect consumer purchases to set new records during 1959, according to a survey by Fortune magazine, Dealers in five lines 'were queried: cars, clothing, home goods, department stores, and building materials and hardware, The pickup in sales of goods were found to have been sharpest in cars, but other lines are doing well also, Ex- penditures on clothing have risen about $1 billion from their 1958 lows, or by 4 per cent, and similar rise lies ahead, according to retailers. Sales of women's wear, chiefly sportswear, accessories and furs, have teen improving most, and some imprcvement in men's suits is reported. Sales of home goods are up by six per cent from recession lows. With in- ventories down and sales up, produc- tion of home goods has risen 35 per cent above the 1958 bottom. Sales of appli- ances, chiefly dishwashers, refrigerators and laundry equipment, have increased, as have furniture sales. All in all, home goods stores expect to raise sales ano- ther billion by the year end and, as they benefit from the increase in home building as well in income, Department store executives are looming for a four per cent increase during 1959, Drugstore sales keep ris- ing, as do sales in sporting goods. To- bacco, gas and oil sales have resumed setting new records. Fortune reports that dealer optimism is backed up by facts. It is probable that disposable income will rise by about $16 billion th's year, and consumer spending will go up by.an almost equal amount, Confusion Of Weights Among the barriers to trade general- ly the world over, and also operating to hinder closer understanding among peoples as they visit in countries other than their own, are the monetary sys- tems and the different methods follow- ed in such things as weights and meas- ures. Probably not a great deal can be done about the former, human nature being what it is, but some progress is being made in respect to the latter. The Government of India, for exam : ple, has long recognized the inconyen- fence and expense occasioned by the lack of uniformity. Now this is to be changed and the authorities there are introducing, step by step, standard weights and measures for the whole country, based on the French metric system and authorized by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act of three years ago. She Osharon Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor. Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the itby Gazette end ronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sun days and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation ona the Ontario Provincial Dallles A ion. C Press is lusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news despatched In the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights "of special despatches are also reserved. Offices 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontarle; 640 Cathcart St., Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Haompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rag- lan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c per week. By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers' delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year, AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 This information comes from John H. Nelson, who is assistant commercial secretary for Cauada at New Delhi, and who has contributed an article on the subject to the latest issue of Foreign Trade, official publication of the De- partment of Trade and Commerce at Ottawa. Mr. Nelson points out that the proposed changes will be spread over the next ten to fifteen years. All engineering designs and plans will be based on the metric system, giving foot-pound equivalents only where nec- essary. Other Canadian exports to In- dia will be handled in the same way as exports to other countries using the metric system. As changes are intro- duced, due notice will be given by Ca- nadian government officials to firms and trades in Canada which will be af- fected. Some day, maybe, there will be a uniformity in the matter which will embrace the whole wide world. The United Kingdom clings to stones, hun- dredweights which belie the name and to what are usually called long tons, Here and in the United States the Brit- ish system generally has been followed, with some modifications, There seems to be little "prospect for the present of lining up the English-speaking coun- tries in one uystem which will be com- mon to them all. Bible Thoughts The glory is departed feom Israel: for the ark of God is taken. -- 1 Sam- uel 4:22. : No army likes to lose flags and ban- ners, but armies are not defeated by captured flags, but through loss of faith and courage. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear, --Psalm 27:3, We fear because we imagine we are friendless. We really have an infinitely powerful friend very meer at hand, [J KHRUSHCHEV INVITES EISENHOWER Td Moscow HOW DO YOU BUILD A GOLF COURSE OTTAWA REPORT Defends Opinion About CBC By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--'"Ottawa press gal- lery members, hired by the CBC to comment on current events on radio or television, are selected from a very small closed circle, who predominantly present only one side of our public affairs." I have repeated this assertion in two or three recent columns, and have presented facts which fully substantiate my criticism that the state - owned broadcast- ing system displays improper bias. In reply, CBC officials have written to several newspapers in which my column is published, to allege that "Demonstrably, this is inaccurate." Let us see who is inaccurate. My revelation of the CBC's ap- parently deliberate attempt to News once. Does this ratio of 51 to two represent balance? CBC officials in their letters also objected to my inference that they are "second . rating' their audience by not hiring the top press gallery reporters. "When did you last see or hear Pres- ident Jimmy McCook, or imme- diate past presidents Vie Mackie or Harvey Hickey on the CBC?" I asked. "James McCook aplieated on both TV and radio, while Harvey Hickey appeared in various CBC radio programs last year," huf- fed the CBC. But the inaccuracy of the CBC's attempts to whitewash its short. comings is clearly shown in its own answers to Senator Thorvald- Dr. L. E. Hubbell was re-elect ed president and Frank V. Evans wag elected vice-president of the Kinsmen Club. Robert Fraser, prominent busi- nessman and former president of the Robert Fraser Ltd. Bakers with branches in Oshawa and Peterborough, resigned from the business and G. L. Kirkwood of Peterborough was the new man. ager, J. P. Sam, who had been a police interpreter in Toronto for 25 years, settled in Oshawa to manage the Capitol restaurant. The campaign to raise funds for the striking British miners was continuing. Local citizens had already donated $700. The Oshawa Citizens' Band under the direction of Bandmas- ter R. Fountain and accom- son. Those answers reveal that shape public opinion has d widespread interest, which has even surged into our Parliament, where many questions have been asked on this topic by Senator G. 8S. Thorvaldson, by that great tiger-tail-tugger J. W. Murphy, Sarnia's Conservative MP, and by others. CIRCLE SHOWN AS SMALL The information given by the CBC in reply to Senator Thorvald- son vividly shows how extremely small is the closed circle of CBC regulars within the press gallery, exactly as I have alleged. 1 have carefully analysed the lengthy answers. They reveal that 66 per cent of press gallery mem- bers did not appear on CBC at all last year. But a tiny 16 per cent of members gave no less than 78 per cent of all comment coming from the gallery. Glaring evidence of the small- ness of the closed circle is the fact that, on Press Conference, 54 per cent of the participation was entrusted to a mere four mem- bers of the press gallery. These figures, supplied by the CBC itself, amply prove my point that the CBC uses predominantly "a small closed circle". Turning to my other criticism-- that the CBC deliberately pre- sents only one side of most impor- tant public questions--let us com- pare the extent to which the CBC hires journalists from the two English - language newspapers in Ottawa, which give perhaps the most intimate attention to our parliamentary affairs. Last year the CBC hired five writers from the Liberal Citizen to talk 51 times; but it only hired two writers from the Conserva- tive Journal, each to speak only ther Mackie nor Hickey ap- peared at all on CBC last year, while McCook made only one ap- pearance--on TV, It would be obvious even to a simpleton that Senator Thorvald- son's questions were seeking a comprehensive record of the use made by the CBC of press gallery and other commentators during the past year. Yet the answers supplied by the CBC did not con- form to known facts. It appears that the CBC split hairs, to sub- mit a wilfully incomplete reply to the senator--an act which, com- ing from a group of public serv- ants, almost constitutes contempt oi Parliament. Typically misleading was the further comment in those CBC letters, alleging that the CBC's "wide circle of press gallery com- mentators included Charles Lynch Gene Griffin." A Griffin at once pointed out to me that he has only been on the CBC twice in 13 years, whereas Lynch had appeared on three separate programs all on the previous day. That reminded me of the fa- mous recipe for Belgian game ple, which is said to contain the costly delicacy, rabbit, and cheap horsemeat in equal proportions-- one rabbit to one horse. The CBC has got itself into em- barrassing difficulties trying to explain away what Liberal MP Hubert Badanai from Fort Wil- liam has described to me as "an attempt to mould political thought through the medium of TV*. But my revelations have already be- gun to bear abundant and ripe fruit, for a CBC producer recently confided to one of that "small closed circle" that "We have to spread it around now". FOR BETTER HEALTH Useful Tips for Those Weight Gain Desiring HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, While many persons want to lose excess weight, there are many others who are under- weight and want to gain a few pounds. If you are one of those who want to put on weight, here are a few tips that will help you to do it, First, you must eat more at each meal. Take extra bread and butter and ask for seconds of everything. While most of us would find this a pleasure and no problem at all, it might not be a simple matter for persons who are con- siderably underweight. STOMACH CAPACITY Many of these persons, you see, appear to have a relatively small stomach capacity. And eating extra large portions, or two por- tions instead of one, might be a bit difficult at first. If this is the case, I think you will find that it is easier to add foods with high caloric content than it is to eat large portions that contain large cream (not milk) on your cereals and in your coffee. You might add cream to the milk you drink, too. Use butter and fat generously in cooking and when making salad dressings. Add extra eggs in puddings and salad dressings. You might even put them into some of your drinks, Here is a list of some high calorie foods. Check with your doctor and if he says i is all right for you to eat them in quantity, then they probably will help you gain weight: Cake, especially with icing, candy, cookies, chocolate, coco- nut, cream, sugar, puddings, beverages. Also, butter, gravy, fatty meats, fried foods, jam, jelly, honey, marmalade, olives, nuts and avocados. BETWEEN-MEAL SNACKS Naturally, you won't eat all of these foods with your regular meals. So I recommend between- meal snacks, providing they don't interfere with your regular meals. You ean ost something before panied by Mrs, G. Carnell at the iano, gave a concert in the New artin theatre in aid of the British Miners' Fund. The Oshawa Dally Times began using an automatic telegraph printer connected with the Cana dian Press for receiving direct news, Mrs. A. W. Bell was re-elected president of the Oshawa Club Ladies' Auxiliary for a third year, A presentation was made by the congregation of Calvary Bap- tist Church to Mr. and Mrs. W. H Shipp who were leaving the city for Teeswater, Dr. T. E. Kalser was named chairman of a special committee which was sought to perpétuate Mr, the names of the early pioneers of this district. J. D. Storie donated a block of city land on Centre St. to be used EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS ? Teacher Views His Profession By J. A. ADDISON It is a matter of tradition that rag southern Irishman, while as- a representative chers, is likely to similar lancholy ef- Nowadays, it is fashionable for the more sudacious of education. ists to compare teaching with some of the highly lucrative pro- fessions. Yet one has still to meet the teacher who excludes mem- bers of the public from his class: room, as does the surgeon from his operating theatre, by a bland reference to the notion that the would-be watchers ave carriers, actual or potential, of dangerous germs, Bearing in mind that the teacher is more concerned with the germs of - dissension than H ' : sti those of disease, the | might in truth be taken further. It is no more pleasing or edify- ing for the layman to witness the perpetual struggle between the ed often unwilling student and the determined teacher, than for him to watch the surgeon perform his painful and urgent tasks, with, > it noted, the aid of anaesthe cs. Perhaps #t is the case of the teacher's work that renders him such an easy target of uninformed criticism. For in- stance, it requires litle expert knowledge to realize that such matters as the adequate prepara- tion of lessons, legible writing on the blackboard and efiective class control are prime essentials of the teacher's craft. It demands little but common-sense to appre. ciate that the efficient teacher does not deliver his lessons from the semi - recumbent position, or recite them dully from a text book. These elementary points excepted, it is doubtfu) whether e members of the lay public are justified in criticizing the teacher's work. . Should it be urged that both parents and the public at large are at once interested and con- cerned in the teacher's results, then an impartial investigation of the causes of failure would fre- quently lead away from the siderably retarded Boys and girls are somewhat they wish to set the world to rights, while sometimes they tend to surrender to cynicism and self- pity. Many of the less - gifted among them have difficulty in appreciating the value of any- thing which is not strictly prac- tical in education, since it may have no observable effect on the volume of their future A Indeed, to many students, edu- BENS i experience, = fi ft if ! ! i i | | i | i : i J + H : 1 2 Hi Bp 1 HEH pli feet Hits EE Ie Ai tion, and a amuse stud: i R5F ESEEF trionie ability verbal facility perceptiveness scholarship of a hysical agility a Whether it is proper to so much of one mere mortal, it is beyond the scope of this short article to enquire. a INTE! If: jority of their elders were for- tunately preserved. The belief prevails among some of their ber that pulsory SC) je ing represents a deliberate at. tempt on the part of the govern. ment to indoctrinate them in cer- tain matters of which they are ignorant, and about which they prefer to remain uninformed QUEEN'S PARK Gas Controversy Considerations By DOM O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- 1t is hard for the into a new step--the | | the new look in mathematics. Does the observer criticize? No, not really. teaching of og a particularly noxious form of fession is about to be an otherwise progressive polis in the vicinity of River, will meet with Iii thusiasm among those who staff the schools. The latest attempt of the butchers, the bakers and Much that they oud 1p the ooo: the candlestickmakers to foist & papers or glean from radio or system of "Merit Rating" upon & long - suffering profession, cannot fall to provoke cy. among the generality of teachers; and the more thoughtful elements' of the public alike. x So far as one can learn the proposed system derives from the desire for ecomomy; the notiow that teachers, like so many ine animate and inarticulate oysters; may easily be graded according to size and quality; and the ques« tionable assumption that teachers 'would and 'welcome 3 increasingly harried by professional lay minions of Day the boards. It is particularly . tunate that such a development observer to make up:his mind _ This is all just part of politics. being seriously considered at = about the still-continuing natural gas controversy. Just how im how much attention should be paid to it? A great deal of the time of the house has been spent on it. There has been an extraordin- ary amount of newspaper space * given to it. And it undoubtedly is alive in a large section of the public mind. Not only good reasons, but also some obligation, to talk about it. POLITICAL MOTIVES - But against this there is the consideration that any talk adds to. its importance. The further fact that one knows that at least part of the motive of ition groups is keeping it as a site for the pr d new Children's Aid Shelter, City council adopted a salary schedule for the fire department, raising Fire Chief W. R. Elliott's salary to $2500 and setting a maximum of $1500 for other full- time employees. , you go to bed, too. Milk is a good before-bedtime drink, since fit helps induce sleep. In fact, you should drink extra milk through- out the day. So you see it is usually about as difficult for some people to gain weight as it is for others to lose it. QUESTION AND ANSWER A widow: I have a large lump in my left breast and have very _ little money. Could you tell me where to go or what doctor I could see who would not charge a large fee? Answer: You may consult a clinic in any large hospital or a clinic connected with a medical alive is straight polities. That the CCF believes it has uncovered a scandal and that by continuing to dwell on it it will help its political fortunes. And that the Liberals feel there is no choice but to help ke a noise. "The gtill further fact that though there is a shrill demand for further inquiries and com- missions there is not too clear a point as to why there should be such inquiries and just what they are expected to find out. The announcement consists of a report on some new step or other and with it a great recital of achievement -- government achievement, ALL NEW Thus one day we had Health Minister Dr. Dymond make a speech about a great new mental health program. Provincial Secretary Dr. Phil- lips reported on a new citizenship branch of his department. And Education Minister Dr. Dunlop, while he didn't have a new step to announce, why he wasn't moving quickly (0 Bugg By wai, \ Why take a chance -- in payment of mail order purchases, send Post Office money orders. Simple fo procure of your Post Office or from your rural moil carrier, Post Office money orders cost little, and for additional protection you get a receipt of time of purchase. Post Office C.O.D, may suit your mail order purchasing requirements beter = you pay the post office or your rural mail carrier the amount of your bill plus @ nominal charge for handling, \ USE POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS ¥. POST OFFICE C.0.D.-BuUr DON'T SEND CACH BY MAIL! rere yy "ty CANADA POST OFFICE You can even say it is part of government. Mr. Frost would cer- fessions" is becom is #? And tainly declare it was "informing woman, and when the teacher is the public." And one can't complain of that. But it does point up the ad- vantage a government has while in power as against the opposi- tion. The government can talk about things it is going to do. The opposition can talk about things it might do if it were in power. But this is dreaming as against action. And the public soon gets weary of dreams while it always can listen to stories of action. The underdog never gets a break in life! time when the 'harlot of the pro» ing an honest more for his services, If for no other reason; the Canadian teacher has, in res cent years, come to enjoy the res spect of the citizenry, because of his improved earning capacity. The winds which assail us from the Wild West seem to threaten both the teacher's re- spectability and his pocket "Merit Rating" will fail in Manitoba bes cause of its impracticability. May one express the hope that Df. 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