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The Oshawa Times, 23 Mar 1959, p. 4

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The Osha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 4 Monday, Merch 23, 1959 City Now Big Business Needs General Manager ! Oshawa' budget for 1950 has climbed fo $7,780,800 from last year's $6,642,648, with the accompanying increase in the till rate, The people who must meet the tax bill will grumble--they would not be human if they didn't--but at the same time it is difficult to see where any appreciable paring of the budget ¢ould have been done, ' The increased city expenditure ls fargely accounted for by factors over which city council has no control at all or only partial control. This year, for example, there is a substantial total ine drease in the amount of money to be paid out In salaries and wages in the various clvie departments and board of éducation, But a city cannot afford to be too parsimonious if it expects to ob= tain and keep efficient and loyal staffs, { The size of the budget and the ine ease in the tax rate, however, inspire two lines of thought, It has been more than 20 years since a general reassessment of the city was undertaken, Values have changed in that time, and another reassessment eannot be long postponed, It would ap- pear that council is thinking along these lines, for some budgetary provis- fon has been made for it, although ac- counting for only a portion of the cost of such a project, Action may be delay=- ed; a reassessment is always a ticklish proposition, But it cannot be too long delayed, It is either reassessment or a soaring mill rate, The other obvious lesson of the bud get is that more consideration should be given Mayor Gifford's recommenda tion that Oshawa adopt the council manager form of civic government. A corporation handling a business of near- ly $8 million a year needs a general manager to go with its board of direc tors and board chairman, Balance Or Stalemate Municipal elections in France are cone ducted on a party basis, although like dimilar elections in other countries, the party line is often obscured by local fssues and personalities, Even so, the two recent rounds of local elections in France indicate clearly that the political pendulum there has started back from the extreme swing to the right it took - the National Assembly elections last 1 ! The Communists have regained much f the ground they lost in the assembly lections, and so have the Socialists. he latter are more likely to co-operate ith the moderate political forces in rance than with the Communist left, put the general shift to the left can nly be interpreted as a decline in the prestige of President de Gaulle, { Senate elections are coming up in Anti-Jargon Agriculture Minister Harkness is a jon but cruel man, He has started a ampalgn to eliminate jargon from his epartment's communications, and has gun by banning the word "finalize." he crackdown on jargon is just; it will vide some relief for a belabored lan- ge. It will also force those addicted ito jargon to think about the words they 'use, and this could be cruel; it could leave them frustrated and tongue-tied. { The action by Mr, Harkness could 'even be subversive, What if its influe jence spread? How would business men communicate, for example, if they were iforbidden the use of their particular brand of jargon? They would no longer ibe able to explain to a subordinate that {due to the fact that stock market-wise {there has been a technical adjustment od inventory-wise we are in a condi- 'tion of surplus, we must be motivated iby recognition of cost factors"; they France, and in these only the mayors and municipal councillors will vote. The more leftist composition of the muniel- pal councils is certain to produce a sen- ate that is considerably more leftist than the present national assembly, Thus, through an apparent disen- chantment with his policies, de Gaulle may get a balance that he reportedly desired in the government, The presi- dent was disturbed by the overwhelms ing return of rightist deputies last fall, The municipal results may be his cue to dissolve the assembly, a move he has been considering, according to some observers, What could happen is that the oppos- ed senate and assembly will fight each other while legislation stagnates, In that case, de Gaulle will be forced to break the stalemate, one way or ano- ther, Campaign would have to mumble something about "we've got to watch costs because busi- ness is bad" Broadcasters would be hard hit and #0 would people in advertising and sales. They are forever finalizing something or other, and are just as addicted as business men to the indiscriminate use of the suffix "wise." Thus we get such curious combinations as weather-wise, baseball-wise and quota-wise; such substitutions as "motivate" for "move" or "impel," and "same relative magni- tude" for "same size." The professions have spawned jargon to such an extent that they now almost have languages of their own, which the layman must learn if he is to under- stand what is being said to and about him. And newspaper men are probably as guilty as any--although it can be said in their favor that they have twinges of conscience, 'The Things They Teach ) } 1 i \ Canadian school children are taught {a good deal about the United States, which is only natural, but very little | about Russia and less about China, even i though the lives of the children as they ; grow older will be more and more in- | fluenced by the policies of the two { Communist nations, Yet it may be bet * ter to teach nothing than innocently or | deliberately. to stuff the children with « misleading propaganda, «Judging from a recent Russian book, "Canada and Anglo-American Contra- { dictions; Russian students are being { given a curious picture of Canada. Sta- { tistics are plentifully and accurately + reproduced, but they are interpreted to show that. Canadians are nppressed and | exploited under capitalism; Canada's {| economic growth has been hindered to , serve either British or U.S. interests; ! Canadians are imperialists, because we { helped Britain in the Boer War, and \ . itby established 1863), i published daily (Sune ond statutory holidays excepted), ot C Day $ la ru. The Canodign ress, Audit Bureou of reulat Ontario Provincial Street West, Toronto, Ontorie; Catheart St. Mentreet, PQ. i SUBSCRIPTION RATES now use financial investments to domi- nate other countries; we took over New= foundland because we wanted her raw materials, and will replace Britain in the West Indies for the same reason; we are using the Colombo Plan to get a foothold in Asia, The book further explains that the workers are united behind the Labor= Progressive party, but are held down by the money barons who are the ag- ents of Wall Street. But the workers will (in the words of the fight announc- er) emerge victorious to establish Com= munist-type Socialism in Canada, prob- ably through parliamentary rather than revolutionary methods. That sort of thing, of course, is not education but misinformation. Out of it comes not enlightenment but misunder- standing Other Editor's Views CIVIL SERVICE OVERSTAFFED? (Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) At the risk of offending a lot of good people we would suggest that the civil service is overstaffed, The review of the activities of the Government service should have made an honest appraisal of the needs, How many of the present employees could be eliminated? Is it necessary to go on hir- ing thousands of new workers each year? We regret that the commission made no attempt to answer these questions. OTTAWA REPORT Diefenbaker Tour For Fact-Finding By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- For seven weeks last year, Prime Minister John Dietenbarer toured western Eur- "Our prime minister's world tour". For Dr. Rynard, the Con- servative MP from East Simcoe, was honored by the prime minis- ter's invitation to accompany him on his tour in the dual capacity of political colleague and medical consultant, Mr, Diefenbaker set out de- termined to make his trip a fact. finding tour, sald Dr, Rynard, Knowing something of the condi tions he was likely to encounter in the under-developed but over. populated Commonwealth coun. tries of Asia, he declared his key- note bellef that "onie cannot i empty stomachs with high-sound- ing words of empty platitudes." First his visit highlighted Eng- land--pulling herself up after a victory which nearly bankrupted her; Germany--rising from rub- ble and defeat to be the world's greatest non-give-away exporter, thanks to dedicated workers toil ing a 60-hour week; the Middle East--which would be only miles of sand without "the diamond of the desert", oll, ROMANCE AND RAGS And so to Asia. First stop was Karachi, the capital of Pakistan. Its population has multiplied so much in 10 years that for many home is a strip of As stretched b Jour sticks, with no toflet facili- es. Pakistan's at problem is a lack of natural irrigation, with an annual rainfall of only seven inches. So that country is deeply ateful to Canada for giving them, as Colombo plan ald, the A Watsak Dest, up near the It will irrigate 120,- ow acres and supply 250,000 kilo- watts of power. Hitherto in that Sigist they have produced wheat unwatered unfertilized dust i bushels to the lied and that only made possible by water portaged long distances in buck- ets on the heads of women. gre economy support so many, so families are rationed by the government to three children, COWS EVERYWHERE India, as is only fair with so many no less than one quarter of the f./ anybody bles, has lots of cows; says PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Jf you have 8 ascret you want kept, keep It yourself -- don't ask help you keep it. The pig that was born with yes that function independently each other can stand in the middle of the week and look both ways for Sunday. It seems that no matter how long a person lives in this world he never becomes completely world - conditioned. The New York poet held up and robbed of must have been earning his liv. ing by serving as a bank mes. senger, unrelen toll and tol --- Sens world now," an editor, Well, A world's cattle tion roams nl wild in Sine ua sacred and hence none are destined for the table. Milk is delivered, with con- venience but without riza- tion, by driving a cow to the itcher at the door of one's home. ut 'even with all those cows, the anilk supply in arid India aver- ages five quarts per day for four months in the year for one cow, and that means half an ounce of milk per Indian per day. There is however an interest. ing by-product of cattle, of which fuel-less India makes full use, Cow dung when dried makes ac- ceptable fuel; 70 per cent of In dia's power comes from that, home done over it when there is any food to. cook; a common sight is Mother walk. ing home with the day's supply of fuel, all six pieces, neatly stacked on her head. Thosa are some of the astonish. ing facts of life among our have- not brothers which Dr. Rynard told us had been noted by our prime minister; he also noted with admiration their determina. tion to progress, and their dedi. cation to toll to that end. Have we in Canada, is the important question raised in the prime min. ister's mind, the determination to raise our productivity to match our rising wages--without which ye will lose our export markets for that invaluable 30 per cent of our national productivity which we sell abroad? We cannot turn a blind eye to the aspirations, the needs and the benefits to our- selves which are stirring in Asia; how can we best develop our present and future possibilities with our have-not brothers? How can we get our full share of the growing Aslan trade? The Kiwanis enjoyed a most enthralling and masterly descrip- tion of Canada's prime minister visiting the bazaars and com- munities of the Orient; Doc Ry- nard, surgeon, politicfan, and cattleman, has shown a great new talent as guest speaker at club gatherings. FOR BETTER HEALTH Kissing Baby on Lips Can Spread HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD Resist the temptation to kiss Pu baby directly on the mouth. 'ou can cuddle and snuggle him all you want, but don't take the chance of passing on Vincent's disease or, as it is more common- ly known, trench mouth, A bacterial infection of the soft tissue, trench mouth can easily be passed on to infants through a kiss on the mouth from an infected person. UNAWARE Now I know that you wouldn't check {intentionally infect your child, or anyone's youngster for that matter, but you might have a case of trench mouth without be- ing aware of it. Vincent's disease got the nick- name "trench mouth" because it was so prevalent ameng our sol diers overs eas during World War I. When they returned home, they brought the infection with them. Since the germs thrive in dampness, it is no wonder that the mouth is a perfect breeding place for them. Kissing isn't the only way this infection is passes from person to person, although it is by far the most popular. AVOID FOUNTAIN GLASSES If you are the mother of a newborn baby, or even an expect. ant mother, I suggest that you avoid using drinking fountain glasses which might not have been sterilized properly. BYGONE DAYS 18 YEARS AGO Mr, and Mrs. James Dalby, of Whitby, celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Dominion Stores Ltd. pur chased from the Etta B. Craig estate the property next to the Commercial Hotel on King street west for $19,000, with plans to build a new store after the war. H. A. Rogers, founder of the Kinsmen Club Association, ad- dressed the members of the Osh- awa club during a coast to coast tour on behalf of the "Milk for Britain Fund". On behalf of the citizens who supported the club, he was presented with a cheque Infection While the health departments of our large cities keep the re. staurant standards pretty high, If there is any question in your mind about the cleanliness of a place, don't eat there, The infection can also be pass- ed on to a number of unsuspecting "No news is good news" -- but alas, there are few areas of consequence on the earth today from which there isn't flowing a stream of news. A woman can get her name in the paper by having triplets, but there are easier ways. K. D. CRONE, (ohn Sexton) C.LU. The London Life Insurance Compo A. B. CRAWFORD, C.L.U. "5. LA " + D, Crone, C.LU, od pony hoi d the ap District Manager of its Central Ontario li Branch, ich includes i In Barre, Orilc Orillia, Peterborough, with headquarters at 64 King Street East, Oshawa, Mr. Crone Jol In "1929 ond served seven years at the Head Office before assuming field responsibilities. 1941 he has been District Manager at Stratford. Me, Crone is one of the who rd OF Boe, founded the Stratford Shokesperian Festival, and Is a member of its The Oshawa Industrial Branch agency of the London Life is under the supervision of Superine tendents A, B, Crawford, C.L. since 1951, Mr, Lane 'transferred here from Toronto last D expansion of the Company's Industrial Bronch business in this + U., and R, S. W. Lane. Mr. Crawford fin had wpirtendeney duties here consequi oan QUEEN'S PARK Sessions Closing Under Work By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent to The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- The last days of this session are driving ones. To date there is no promise of the all-night sessions which fea- tured the Drew regime. But for straight hard, high. pressure work the session prob- ably will exceed any of recent years, EARLY ACTION The work started early when Premier Frost had committees called days ahead of the usual time. It continued when there were not only many more committee meetings than usual but the main House itself started sitting longer. Two o'clock opening, usually a practice of the final two weeks, was started early, And the premier brought in a completely new feature when he started Friday morning sittings of the main House. FAST FINISH Now, with Wednesday the 25th the target date for prorogation the whip is really being applied. There are three or four com- mittees every morning, the main House in the afternoon and even- ing sessions most nights, is no let-up except for the week-ends. NOTHING MAJOR Oddly enough, in view of the volume of work being done, there is a surprisingly small record of progress to show out of the house, Gas, of course, has taken up much of the time of the sittings. And there has been no striking advance in dealing with it , , . at least at time of writing. Aside from it there has been a great amount of 'promotional proceedings. Presentation of the roads and streets needs study, the promise of a great mental health pro- victims by one or two infected persons in a crowded movie thea- tre or other fairly confined place, How can you tell if you have trench mouth? In some instances it's difficult to spot because good oral hygiene habits hold it in and prevent the common symptoms from becoming re- cognizable. DRY LIPS Most of the time, however, victims of trench mouth will have abnormally dry lips. At the beginning of the infection, the moist mucous membrane as- sumes & very red appearance. Later, it becomes covered with a gray mucous coat, Along about this time you' will notice a rather unpleasant odor to the breath, Unfortunately, the disease ad- vances more rapidly in babies than in adults and it can unbal- ance a youngster's general sys. tem, Sc, take it easy with the kissing, huh? QUESTION AND ANSWER W.K.: Could you tell me what would relieve neuritis? I have high blood pressure and have to urinate excessively at night, Answer: Neuritis may be due to an infection, vitamin defici- ency, general disease such as dia- betes and other causes. Its treat- ment depends upon the cause. It is advisable to consult your doctor for proper treatment, Establishing a record in O%h- awa, the 10 members of the 8th Oshawa Sea Scout Troop who re- ceived King Scout badges were: John Irwin, Robert Kerr, Sydney Stone, Stirling Morison, John Bull, Bruce English, Abie Black, Gordon Umphrey, Gordon Day and Bill Karn. Members of the five counties represented at the an nual Bar Association dinner extended a warm welcome to Mr. Justice W. D. Roach of the Supreme Court of Ontario who delivered an out. standing address on the place of law in national life, SWEDISH BANK Stockholm's oldest commercial bank, Enskilda, celebrated its centenary in 1956, Whip gram and 'other matters so im- portant in an election year. But there has been a notable absence of strikingly progressive legislation. REFORMS BEST Out of .all the departments, in fact, reform institutions would seem to be the most significant at this session. In presenting legislation to im- plement the Fauteux report, Hon, George Wardrope was marking a major turning point in the devel. opment of his department and our custodial and reform pro- cesses. The Fauteux development only marks a change which has fol- lowed all the way down the line in bringing this department well up to par, if not ahead of, any jurisdiction on the continent, TUESDAY SEWING MACHINE SPECIALS SEW FOR EASTER SALE 1 SINGER TREADLE 1 SINGER PORTABLE 1 SINGER CONSOLE 99. 95 SINGER AUTOMATIC Reg. $300. 139 00 SALE USED 2 MONTHS ELNA SEWING CENTRE OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE RA 5-2591 Philanthropist And Timber Co. Man Dies of Timberland Lumber Company in nearby Surrey. Born at AL, Ont, he came to B.C. about 1906. EUROPEAN CARS South Africans bought 40,058 British - made cars, and 33,063 from Germany, in the first 10 NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. months of 1958. (CP)--James Goodfellow Rob. 72, one of British Columbia's Now Many Wear best ann Vallauturvpicty Aud died FALSE TEETH Saturday, Mr. Robson's gent years was giving away is money. Known bequests With More Comfort FASTEETH, pleasant alkaline (non' and) oh holds false teellh more firmly. To eat and talk in more hobby in re- amounted to $650,000, including comfort, Just sprinkle a little FASe $250,000 to the University of B.C.. on yout plates, No gummy, taste or feeling. TEETH" un and $100,000 for construction of odor" (denture breath), Ges Hate dor counters Queen's Avenue United Church. at any drug He amassed a fortune as owner HOME FOR with a prepaid Eo s " return fare, first class or coach. Meals can be paid in advance, too! All details will be handled by your Canadian Pacific agent af wo extra cost. And remem- ber--travel by train is safe, dependable, economical: Get fll information end reservations from amy Conodion Pacific agent. Choice Top Floor OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Excellent bright office space is now being @® the offices can be arranged in various - ak for $1500. footages almost as required @ all new arranged for rent in the new Times Build- AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,306 [---- Bible Thoughts He carried away all Jerusalem . . . even ten thousand captives, and all craftsmen and smiths, -- II Kings, IRN But the captives at long last returned and flourished greatly. No one knows what finally became of the eonquerors. Eileen Pickell, of Courtice, was the winner of the ATCM Asso- ciateship, at the Turonto Com. servatory of Music. W. M. Pringle was elected chairman of the Whithy public utilities commission to succeed Charles E. Harper who was chairman for nine years. The daily average circulation of The Times-Gazette was 7957. The Nurses' Alumnae enter tained at a St. Patrick's tea at the home of Miss Evelyn Lick, Simcoe street north, Miss E. M. Stuart poured tea and Mary Rae's committee served. Miss Edith EW, VON, was the speaker, G. B. Mothersill, well - known East Whitby township farmer, and former reeve of the township, died at his home March 16, ing--modern passenger elevator service. Apply : OSHAWA TIMES -- T. L. WILSON construction @ extremely moderate rates including heat @ long leases arranged if desired.

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