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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont, Puge 4 Saturday, November 14, 1959 'Costly, Flippant Gifts Recall Late Twenties Whatever" the Romans may have thought about ides, for those who .can remember 1929 the ides of October occur near the end of that month. The late days of October 30 years ago brought a Wall Street slump and a financial crisis. Well, another October has passed and the New York Stock Market has shown no signs of large-scale danger, says the Christian - Science Monitor, and con- tinues. Elsewhere, however, there has ap- peared, if not handwriting on the wall, at least a little fine print reminiscent of the twenties that twinkled so gaily be- fore the lights went out. At first glance one smiles. At second one becomes re- flective. J For note. One famous jeweler is offer- ing as a possible gift for a friend who has too much of everything else a gold golf putter, priced at $1,400. Another store catering to the now numerous prosperous is advertising an Angus steer for nearly two thousand dollars which the store says it will gift wrap as well as possible, and add a small book of instructions for Nationalism Some Americans are becoming irri- tated by Canadian 'nationalism." Here is comment in the Wall Street Journal: "Any American who has spent much time in Canada is aware there is "anti- Americanism", Some of the feeling, which can also be described as "Canad- ian nationalism,' is understandable on a variety of grounds--economie, cultural, emotional. Beyond that, when does any sovereign nation have to put foremost any interest but its own? "But the United States also is a sover- eign nation and if many of its citizens are bothered by Canadian anti-Americanism it is not wholly that their feelings are hurt. It is that a certain amount of amity among the two nations on this continent is presently in the US. self- interest. Yet even Americans who are concerned over such amity sometimes have trouble finding much in Canadian statements to be amicable about. "For example, a few years ago the word from Ottawa was that there was too much long-range U.S. investment in Canada. This produced, in official Can- cooking steaks. All good: seasonal fun? Well, hardly --Christmas being a time for joy rather than raillery. The gifts of the Magi may have been expensive but they were not extravagant: reverence made the differ ence. But aside from the seasonal angle, advertisements such as these prompt the question whether there is not too much money around these days--especially in the wrong hands. : After all, this expensive and vulgar flippancy is only a manifestation of one kind of thinking in these times, It would border on superstition to say that be- cause some of. the trappings of 1929 are with us now, 1959 is in for "another 1929." But traders in the stock market are interested not only in how high a price a stock is bringing but in what kind of people are buying it at that price--in other words, what kind of experience, thinking, resources, are back of the trading. What Americans should try to make more sure of, though, is that they don't deserve a "29." Irritates adian eyes, a threat of U.S. domination, "By chance or design, however, there has recently been a decline in long-term investments and an increase in short. term U.S. investment in Canada. So the other day Lester Pearson, head of the Liberal party, declared that this pre- dominance of short-term investments is a bad thing because Americans could suddenly withdraw the money. "Certainly we do not intend to single out Mr, Pearson in noting these things. Prime Minister Diefenbaker won office on a program which included much of the same. Though many individual Can- adians may hold other opinions, the fact that both leading parties espouse them indicates wide support. "We do not know where Canadians be- lieve this thinking will get them, nor do we pretend to advise them otherwise as they pursue what they presumably believe is Canadian interest. "But we do say that Americans and their elected representatives should note and bear in mind that whatever they do it is often seen across the border as con. trary to Canadian interest." Exercising Freedom We need the occasional reminder that freedom will die unless we use it. Per- haps we should also remind 'ourselves that freedom is the real issue in the dispute between the world powers today. If we are to keep freedom alive, we have to take an active interest in its welfare. We must become much more interested in public affairs and in gov- ernment than we have in the past, or we shall discover that bit by bit our free- dom is being taken from us. To pre- serve freedom, we must practice good citizenship. But most of all, let us re- member that if we don't think about it, if we don't work at it, that it will dis- appear. Opposition Leader Lester Pear- son, writing a guest editorial in a recent edition of the Saturday Review which was largely devoted to Canada, con- cludes with a few words to the fine point, where he says: "Public opinion polls provide some startling examples these days of the ignorance of and indifference to public affairs of the free man who talks so much about his freedom. The greatest menace to our freedom today is not attack from without but disintegration from within. And that menace starts from within the individual." Big Burden Of Weight "Fat ladies and their reducing pro- grams have long been the favorite topic of comedians whether on the vaudeville stage, in the movies or on the television screen. It has become a worn out joke that Russian women are noted for their beefiness. But now the punsters had better beware, The Oshawa Sines 7. L. WILSON, Publisher and Generel Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) ond the itby Gozette ond hronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). of C ion Doi P Association, The Conadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, Canadian Press is exclusively entitled 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 re Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchmon's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus « Fairport h, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope, pool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areos 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year. Average Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement as of March 31, 1959 16,260 The Society of Actuaries in the United States--the mathematicians of the life insurance business--have labored at a cost of $2,500,000 and produced a re- port that puts the finger on the elepharft- ine male as a likely candidate for an early grave. The study by the actuaries is the first of its kind in 30 years. It takes the joke out of the bulging waistline of the male and seriously warns the overweight man that he is heading for trouble. Politicians in Ontario who have attempted to make capital out of the dismissal from teach- ers' college of an overweight student have overlooked an important fact--the action may be a man whose physical bulk incurred the official action. Some 5,000,000 persons were exam- ined in the 20 years prior to 1954 and it is from these statistics that the actu- aries obtained much of their information. The actuaries found the average Amer- ican to be 15 to 20 pounds over the best biological weight. Men and women be- low the average weight live longer. The penalties of excess weight have been carefully calculated. Men whose weight is 20 pounds above average incur a penalty of about.10 per cent higher mortality; 40 pounds above average, 25 per cent higher motality. As for blood pressure, it was found the death rate was lowest among the groups with low blood pressure. OTTAWA REPORT wy Money Criticism Touch Of Hypocrisy By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--There is more than a hint of hypocrisy in the crit. icism of government over-spend- ing, which has become the theme song of Opposition politicians. Few Canadians would approve of budget deficits as a perma- nent feature of our economy. But manv benefited from the pump- priming by the Diefenbaker gov- ernment to minimise the effects of the recession, and most wel- comed the social welfare im- provements which the Diefen. baker party had promised in campaigns. So it comes as no surprise to find old campaigner Diefenbaker rounding on his critics, with the annihilating question: "Which of these steps do you object to?" TWO MAJOR SPEECHES Within a 10-day period, the prime minister spoke at the an- nual meetings of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Associ. ation in Winnipeg, and of the Ontario PCs in Toronto. They say that love is blind; even if Mr. Diefenbaker had done no more than recite Old Mother Hubbard, he would have brought the roof down at such gatherings of his supporters. But the Golden Voice of the Prairies still takes as much trouble now to make his speeches punchy, as he did be- fore he attained the summit. Battling fearful odds in his oflice, with too many cooks spoiling the broth, and his snippets of paper creating a veritable snowstorm around his desk, he prepared his speeches, Then he preached to the converted in convincing words which would have con- verted the unpreached at. This is how he checkmated his critics: "Much is made of the fact that we have had a deficit which arose in large part by the action we took on behalf of the people, as we had undertaken to do. "Which of the following items do the Liberals object to? *(1) The increase in old age pensions, and ather social secur- ity measures, including old age assistance, blind and crippled pensions, civil service pensions and the like. (2) The increase in civil serv. ice salaries, which we brought in in 1957, whereby $110,000,000 a year was added to the national expenditure. "(3) Do they object to bringing in the National - Hospital Insur. ance Act, which costs $150,000,000 a vear? "(4 Do they object to the in creased assistance to the prov- inces which this year will amount to $523,000,000 more than in the last year of Liberal rule?" No Liberal spokesman and no CCF spokesman, not even that babbling brook Douglas Fisher, has criticised the Government for these expenditures, HUMAN BETTERMENT Mr. Diefenbaker elaborated on this theme in Toronto. "I told the people of this nation that the welfare of the average person and of the unemployed would be of first consideration-- delicit or not," he told his audi- ence; and the fact that he was cheered to the roof, and not booed, shows that the modern Toronto Tory is not the miserly money - bags of the Mackenzie King propaganda. He went on to list increased government expenditures, every one related to the welfare of Ca- nadians. "We did these things, believing that the attainment of the good life for the average person is the responsibility of gover t, in keeping with the human better- ment policies of the Progressive Conservative party." It's an argument which the critics have foul it impossible to answer. To date, none have come out with a platform to shoot Santa Claus and introduce an era of human debasement. FOR BETTER HEALTH Sometimes It's Better Not To Tell The Truth HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD TRUTH, they say, is the best policy. and as a rule it usually is--but not always. For sometimes evading the truth might serve a better pur- pose, if it can be done honor- ably and ethically. Doctors frequently are faced with such situations. DOCTOR MUST KNOW Some patients can stand the truth, others cannot. A doctor must know just how much truth an individual can take. Telling a patient that he Is not going to recover from an illness might have a disastrous effect. On the other hand, some persons with incurable illnesses want to know the truth so they can put their afairs in order. HOPE FOR RECOVERY Just shout everybody, how- ever, will hold out some hope for recovery no matter how seri- ously. 1 they are. It is a doec- tor's duty to bolster that hope, since it increases the patient's will to live And the will to lve can do some very remarkable things sometimes. The doctor's dilemma goes even further. NEVER SURE Take cancer, for example. Even when it is fairly wide. soread, and a!l indications are that it will be fatal, we can never be absolutely certain, The disease reacts differently in dif- been cases of spontaneous re- missions. Some patients say they want to know the truth, yet it is obvi. opis they really don't want to face it. If a verson refuses to have an immediate operation when this is necessary, then his doctor must Place the facts plainly before TELLS RELATIVE When a patient doesn't know he has a progressive disease, the doctor usually tells some close member of the family. Ordinar- ily there is no need to spread such information to a number of persons. The fower who know about it, the better -- generally speaking, that is. The more persons who know the truth. the more chance there is of the patient finding out, REALIZE IT EVENTUALLY Actually, T suppose, most per- sons who are incurably ill sooner or later realiza. it themselves; they just don't want it put into words. It doesn't seem to be so final if no one comes right out and says it. : As long as the patient accepts the fact that he is ill. and per- mits and accepts treatment, then there probably is no harm in withholding the truth, providing those closest to him know the situation for what it is. course, each patient is an individ- ual case. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. J. F.: Is surgery the only means of getting rid of fibroid tumors? Answer Surgery Is the now- est and best method of removing fibroid tumors. X-ray treatments are occasionally used under spe- cial circumstances. But, of * UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Details Not Principle Of Wager Bill Rapped lating to gambling, which make the House of Commons. : duction By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) : Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- While there is general agreement that the Brit- ish laws regarding betting and gambling are in need of a dras- tic overhaul, the bill introduced House of Commons by R. A. Butler, home secretary and 'controversial measure. There is a large measure of acceptance of the general principles of bill. But there is plenty of for criticism of the details of the bill, and it is on these that the attack will be concentrated. There is little inclination on the part of the Labor opposition to make an all-out party fight on the bill. In fact, there is every reason to believe that Mr. Gait. skell will allow his followers to exercise a free vote on it, He recognizes that within his follow- ing there are many rigid non. comformists, ably about one-third of the par- ty's members, who will vote against the bill simply because it legalizes gambling. BETTING SHOPS The provisions which allow the e:..ablishment of betting shops are welcomed because they will drive betting touts off the street corners, and while legalizing off- course betting, it will bring it under a measure of control. Some church dignitaries are quite in favor of that. The Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Son of England Benefit Society held a banquet on the occasion of Hho anniversary of Armistice y. Ratepayers of Cedardale made a plea for extension of hydro power to the village. Veterans of the 116th Battalion held their first reunion banquet in Toronto. Major A. F. Hind, Captain A, Mason, Lieut. George Guy, Lieut. R. C. Henry and Lieut, E, Pearson attended from Oshawa. William Smith, MP for South Ontario, voted against his party on the question of veterans' gra. tuities, Six cases of smallpox, all of mild nature, were reported to the Board of Health here. An inter-Sunday School basket- ball league to play at the YWCA was organized here. Oshawa Board of Trade was sharply divided on whether a vote of the electors should be taken on the proposed hydro ra- dial project. George Annand, Grand Trunk station master for 41 years, died at his home in Cedardale in his 93rd. year, A successful box s~cial was held in St. Gregory's hall, The attendance was large and the boxes sold at prices ranging from $3 to $10. Lieut. F. C. Palmer was elect. ed president of St. George's An- glican Young People's Associa- tion, Miss Ruth Welsh, secretary, and Walter Bunker, treasurer, * Oshawa ratepayers endorsed the Hydro project after hearing an address by Sir Adam Beck. A branch of the Independent Labor Party was organized in Oshawa. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "A pig can't look straight up without lying on his back." -- Newspaper filler. This explains why pigs know nothing about as- tronomy. (P.S. -- However, a lot of people who can look straight up while standing don't know any more about astronomy than pigs ds.) North Americans have achieved by far the highest hand-to-mouth standard of living the world has ever known. Overheard in 1975: "The moon's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't live there if they'd give me the place." "Do you have tired blood?" -- Catchline of an advertisement, Probably it is. It has been run- ning around day and night for Years, without ever stopping for rest. In one respect male beatniks could be even more repulsive -- if in addition to wearing beards they were careless tobacco chew- ers. From an unreliable source comes the report that a deaf and dumb man is suing for divorce because his deaf and dumb wife puts phoszhorescent paint on her fingers and nags him at night. "Why doesn't a fish have toes?" someone asks. It's be- cause a fish has no feet. Crea tures don't have toes if thev don't have feet to have them on. Maybe the fellow who regretted that he had only one life to give for hiz country figured if he had two lives, he could give his coun try one and keep one for himself. Note to those no longer young: You can't recapture the joys of you'h by acting as the young do. Making a fool of yourself isn't any fun when you realize what you're doing. Bloomer, says that if there is to be betting it is better to haye it in the open than hole in-the-corner operations. Rev. K. G. Greet, secretary of the Methodist Church's depart. ment of Christian Citizenship, says: "We wel the bill b it will end illicit gambling, I think we shall oppose the betting shops as hard as we can, and approve the parts of the bill re- it cleaner." bringing the present chaotic situation." NOT MUCH EXPECTED In spite of the enthusiastic numbering prob.' and other items. The reason for this is that it would be difficult for Canada and the United States, higher production costs, to come pete with the home products in these lines, In addition, customs duty and purchase tax will still have to be paid on these lines of imports, and this gives ample protection to home industries. The fact that not too much can be expected In increased im- ports from dollar countries is further emphasized by the fol. lowing official statement: "It is impossible to estimate precisely the effect of the new measures on the balance, of pay. total post 'oul in So is not expected to be substantial," CHANCELLOR OPTIMISTIC Chancellor of the Exchequer Heathcoat A: was in an timistic polled By he Ren Britain's economic position in QUEEN'S PARK Liquor Regulations Seem Out Of Step By DON O'HEARN TORONTO ~-- Surely Mr, Frost will now soon agree to a review of the liquor question. It seems everyone except Judge Robb is critical of the liquor rules or administration these days. In one week the Ontario Feder- ation of Labor, Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner and the premier's own Young PC's all had words to say on the question. One has to wonder. Is everyone really out of step but Johnny? THIS RIGHT? Down at treasury board the whip is cracking more strongly than ever. The board is a sub-committee of cabinet which scrutinizes all departmental budgets. It was set up a few years ago by Mr. Frost to keep a rein on spending. Opinions differ on its success. Some people believe it is a good idea that hasn't worked. A control project that has plugged holes while water spilled over the dam. A mother who looks at finger- nails but neglects a dirty face. NO GAS There have been anguished, if secret, howls from the profes. sional end of the government-- the civil service, Top men say the board is really cutting down on the pen- nies this year. One to-be-unnamed deputy says there is no reason to the only a steady rhvme: ord, "All you ask we shall not pass, OPPOSITION JOB This reflects a general state here at the. moment of not look- ing at the real point. It is a condition which in a little while should pass. A resting period in government, you might say. A good opposition at this wine ter's session could do much te correct it. The opposition, in fact--means ing the lack of it in recent ip largely the fault. point, Our groups have failed to do this. In fact it is remarkable the government has been able to stick to the point as long and as well as it has. Opposition members have tended to give their attention to igor points and incidentals also. public can not be interested in fundamentals--only scandals, sex and dollars.) There now is a better opposi- tion. And it appears to be ap- proaching its job in a better way. Tus could mean better govern. men REPORT FROM U.K. Improvement Asked For Farm Workers By M. MCINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON ~ Britain's 600,000 farm laborers, on whom the pro- duction on the country's farms depends, claim that their indus- try, one of the biggest in the United Kingdom, is also one of the worst paid. So the Agricul tural Workers' Union, to which they belong, is going to try to do something about their plight. For the last 10 years, this union has (been Sting for shorter hours as well as higher wages for farm laborers. Six times, the Agricultural Wages Board has re- jected the claims made. In that 10-year period, the wages farm workers have been in. creased by an average of only six shillings (about 90 cents) a week. The Agricultural Workers' Union is now making a drive for a double improvement in the standards of the industry. It is placing before the Agricultural Wages Board a demand for both higher wages and shorter hours. The farm workers are asking for an increase of at least 14 shill ings ($2.00) in the basic wage of £7.16.0 ($21.00) a week. The" are aiso asking for a reduction of three hours in the working week, which is now 47 hours, As part of its campaign to bring farm workers up to the wage level in other industries, the union has distributed 35,000 pamphlets explaining its case, ASK FOR SQUARE DEAL These pamphlets appeal for a square deal for workers in an industry which has increased its production by 29 per cent since 1947, and saved Britain from ow spending £400 million a year in imports, The union claims that farm workers producing half the feed which the people of Britain eat are expected to put in four hours a week more work than workers in other industry and to do it for £3.9.0 less pay. The 3vefage Aarmings on the land are £9.14 a week, compared with £13.3. in the factories. FARMERS' ARGUMENT On the other hand, farmers, who are the empl argue that the agricultural industry cannot afford a reduction of three hours a week, as this would cost it £20,000,000 in extra A The union has an ex rt to this. It points out that rising efficiency in the industry, helped by mechanization and new techniques, is making it possible for fewer men to do more work. This, it claims, is proved by the large increase in food production in spite of a drop of 200,000 in the farm labor force in the last 10 vears. "The conclusion is inescapable. There is now scope for some measure of price reduction at increaze demands, Heathcoat Amory s2n refraining from wage freeze, but used the more moderate phrase' of "'exer- ¢ising restraint in wage de- mands." WINDOW FOR BRANTFORD A beautiful stained glass dow, depicting scenes from fellow's poem on the life of watha, is being shipped to ford, Ontario. It has been by M, C. Farrar Bell, guished de-igner in stained whose work is to be seen in eral famous London The window depicts Hiawatha because It js stalled in the Chapel Royal Mohawks, Brantford, years after English missionaries had been ment to work among the Indians of North America. 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