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The Osha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. €., Oshawa, Ont. Page 4 J Tuesday, November 17, 1959 Action By UN Prevents Bigger Mess It is easy to criticize the United Na- tions. Its debates are wearying, its powers of decision often frustrated, its sociologi- - cal expeditions sometimes wildly di vorced from reality. But if it did not exist, something like it would have to be invented. The Laos furore is an example of its work. : Two or three months ago there were disturbing stories coming out of Laos daily. We read of all-out offensives, raging battles, captured villages, massing troops. At one time the Loatian govern. ment reported that the capital was in peril. There were open charges that troops of Communist North Viet Nam were involved and hints that Commu- nist Chinese were waiting in the wings. At one point the United States and Communist China exchanged warnings. It appeared that big trouble was in the offing in southeast Asia. In Laos Then the UN Secuirty Council step- ped in, It ordered a fact-finding com- mittee to Laos. The committee hurried there. Almost immediately there was a halt to the talk about war. The frigh- tening stories out of Laos stopped. Threats no longer flew between capitals. The fact-finidng committee reports that it has failed to find evidence to substantiate charges of Communist agres- sion in Laos. There is a suspicion that the Laotian government caused most of the furore, to cover up its maladminis- tration of the aid received from the United States. Now, despite Soviet objections, Sec- retary General Hammarskjold has spent time in Laos to get first-hand informa- tion about its troubles and possibly to establish some UN representation there. The UN action has eased the threat of trouble, will probably reduce the extent of future threats, and may put a salutary check on Laotian administration. Conservation Policies Hearings on a bill that proposes a national policy of conservation of U.S. national resources will begin in Wash- ington early next month. It would set up under the president's 'office a coun- cil of resources and conversation ad- visers, which would assist the govern ment in its efforts to put into effect that national policy. Sponsors of the bill, 29 senators mostly from western states, want a serious attempt made to assess the total conservation needs of the U.S. and to coordinate and codify existing and needed conservation policies. Canada needs similar action on con- servation. It has been talked about for many years, by both Liberal and Con- servative party spokesmen. Government action has been promised but nothing of any substantial nature has been accomp- lished. Conservation is such a broad and complicated subject that hurried deci- sions or legislative action would probably do more damage than good. It is not simply a matter of how rapidly such renewable resources as renewable resources as minerals should be harvested. It concerns the whole inter-play of nature --- of how earth, soil cover and weather act one upon the other and what happens when man in- terferes with the reaction. It is a matter that directly concerns the daily life of every Canadian, be- cause it deals with the fundamentals of living -- the soil, the water, the air. Canada, too, needs a national poilcy on conservation. The first step towards the making of such a policy should be a Royal Commission. trees or non- Surpluses And Hunger Agriculture Minister Harkness, who attended a meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, has expressed regret that the delegates show "no general disposition" to grapple with the problem of farm surpluses. While we can agree with Mr. Hark- ness that countries such as Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zea- land cannot be expected year after year to underwrite surpluses to nations on the borderline of starvation, we must also be sympathetic to their plight. The fact is that the nations holding food surpluses are those which enjoy the highest standards of living in the world, end, it should be noted, the highest costs. The nations which are at the starva- tion level are unable to meet our prices, and if there is "no general disposition" to grapple with the problem, this is most likely due to the feeling of hopelessness which encompasses these people. What can these other delegates suggest? They are only aware of the near-starvation level of their own people. And they read of bulging granaries and cold-storage plants in Canada, the United States and elsewhere. What can they say or do? Since they cannot afford to buy at our prices, they have to depend on our generosity. And that generosity seems to be drying up. Canada also shares the feeling of hope- lessness, it would appear, for even the Canadian delegates had no, real LIF" INGURANCE STATISTICS ow OVERWEIGHT i. vieaowe vor Tom GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Suggest Canadian Title For Royal Child, If Boy } O. SimPKINS EAT, DRINK, FOR TOMORROW... READERS' VIEWS Position Given By Postal Clerk Dear Sir: With reference to Pat Nichol son's column, which appeared in a recent paper, 1 would like to picsent, for the public's notice, the truth about our feelings in the current fight for better wages, working conditions etc. First, let me point out that we have the finest Civil Service in the world, bar none. Aside from the fact that we are below the average wage paid employees in outside industry, as I shall show later, the main issue confronting us is the government's complete and advertised refusal to make publie the findings of the appoint- ed Pzy Res» ch Bupoau, and the recommendations of the Civil Ser- vice Commission. The govern- ment has dealt a grievous blow to the prestige of the Commission, after praising it constantly as be- ing free of government interfer- ence and patronage. Never before in its history has the Civil Ser- vice "Commission been treated so shabbily. These facts alone would be enough to make an is- sue, Mr. Nicholson is not telling the full story when he states that we receive annual increases auto- matically. As a postal clerk here in Osh- awa, I shall use my case as an example of annual increases. I started in the Post Office in 1052 at the grand salary of 2350 per annum. Every year since then I have tried two exams, one in August, the other in Septem- ber. These exams, by the way, will continue for 20 years. After that I may drop one, but I must try one exam until I retire. If I fail even one of these exams, I lose my raise, and if 1 am at top salary and fail, my salary will be reduced to the next level of pay. No matfer how hard I try, 1 ean- not bring myself to believe that these raises are automatic. My salary now, after being here over six years, is $3900 per year. The increase between $74.08 and $77.64 is, of course, not hard to understand in view of these earned | increases. to the problem. Rights In Foreign Aid Indonesia is on the verge of political and economic bankruptcy. Yet Presi- dent Sukarno stood before the Colombo plan conference in Jogjakarta the other day and said that he would accept tech- nical and economic aid only on his own terms. ' Nations desiring to help Indonesia, he said, must not dabble in the fields of "principles or ideology." These are internal Indonesian matters, he added, Te Osiyaton Times €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ona the Whitby Gazette, and Chronicle (established 1863). is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). bers of Canadion Dail Publishers Association, The Conadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news All rights of special ore also { Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenues, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in , Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus Fairport ach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Lobourp, Port Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 4 per week. By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery orecs 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year Average Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement as of March 31, 1959 16,260 and Indonesia will draft its own pro- gram for development. Basically, these are sound sentiments. A nation's internal affairs are its own business. But indirectly they are also the business of nations offering aid. A donating nation has the right to seek assurance thatthe recipient nation has agsurance that the recipient nation has use. The Milwaukee Journal observes. It has the right to expect assurance of political stability that will enable development to take place. It properly can insist that its loans or grants are protected from waste in dream projects, from graft and inefficiency and from political manipulation. A nation has a right to run its own affairs. But other nations have the right to deny help if they feel that those af- fairs are run without purpose and waste- fully. Other Editor's Views IN THE INTERLUDE (Detroit Free Press) In New York a 14-year-old seventh grader hit his teacher so hard she was hospitalized for possible brain concus- sion. We await word from the child guid- ance. experts as to whether he felt un- wanted or was seeking status. While waiting for the verdict however, it would be a good idea to turn the lad over to somebody with a strong arm and a heavy paddle It is quite apparent that Mr. Nicholson hasn't read the notices of Civil Service positions open, when he asks if eivil servants are quitting their jobs to take better jobs elsewhere. Ta say, as Mr. Nicholson does, that civil servants are never fired, is gilding the lily. Of course we are not fired: as long as we maintain an efficient stan- dard. I work 40 hours a week, not 7%. Now, let us take a closer look at the pension plan that has been given so much lip service lately. I'll admit that it is a good plan. Why shouldn't it be? We pay for it out of our earnings. I contribute 6 percent of my pay towards my retirement. This 6 percent is used by the government to help run this country, without having to pay me a cent interest. The gov- ernment pledges another 6 per- cent into a consolidated superan- puation fund, to be used when, and only when, I have complet- ed 35 years service, have reached aged 60 and have used up the 6 percent that I have saved. The only way anyone could ar- rive at $77.64 as an average would be to include the salaries paid Crown Corporations, etc. We wonder what kind of a school Mr. Nicholson went to, when his calculations arrive at the sum of $98.75 as an average per week, He must be including the Cabinet and Mr. Diefenbak- er's wages in his figuring. 1 wonder why, if the wages are $0 good, the average civil servant can't meet the yearly salary re- quirements to buy a government sponsored NHA house? We will not let up pres-ure on this parsimonious government until we have convinced them to clear some of the cobwebs off their opinion of what a good em- ployer is. We will continue our fight until all civil servants are granted their democratic rights in a free coun- try, i.e. collective bargaining, ar- bitration, conciliation and a fair and just means to appraise working conditions. I am thankful, however, that biased thinking such as Mr. Nie- olson has, is the exception and not the rule. DAVID J. POWLESS Oshawa. Dear Sir, If our politicians are so con- cerned about the deplorable un- employment situation in Canada, why don't they build a steel mill in eastern Canada where they have the raw material, the un- employed and the most poverty? Oshawa N. BEGG OTTAWA REPORT New Record Height Of National Product By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The reports which are pouring out of our Dominion Bureau of Statistics here read like any government's dream. The recession is over. Our na- tional economv is booming as never before. Its quick upward surge is n the point at which its speed reflects the dan- gerous characteristics of a runa- way boom. Joe, which is a worrying fea- ure. In August, the earnings of our labor force were 7 per cent above last August, another record. Em- ployment in September showed a seasonal decline, largelv caused by the withdrawal of over 200,000 students who had taken summer jobs. But employment remained 3 per cent higher than last Sep- ber, leaving 3.4 per cent of gross national p a in the second quarter of this year, the latest period. for which the figure is available, shows that the young Conservative government hae pulled the country up out of the recession, even "spent its way out of the recession", as the critics assert. While Prime Minister Diefen- baker and Finance Minister Fleming both modestly deny any responsibility for the tight money policy, it may well come to be argued that, if credit had been available in substantially larger volume, we would now be in the midst of a runawav boom and surely headed for the imevitable hangover which would follow. TRADE HITS RECORD Despite the handicap of the § per cent premium on our dol lar, our succeeded in achieving record sales / abroad during the first nine months of this year, overtopping sales in the same period last year by 2.7 per cent. Our imports in the third quarter also hit a new record; and so did our unfavourable trad- ing balance with the rést of the the labor force seeking work. That significant index, the sale of new cars, showed a jump of 22.6 per cent in August over the same month last year. This adds up to a rosy picture indeed -- superficially. But there are 3 MUST HO! LINE How long we can continue to es substantially Aigher tae a the minerals, wood ye and farm produce which we export, is an uncomfortable question. Perhaps already for too long we have reased the mortgage on our country to pay for this high- living spree each year, as we im- port capital to balance our trad- deficit. It is not urgent, it is essential, that we should capture more ex- port markets, even in competition with the hard-working European and lowly-paid Japanese manu- facturers. And for us to be able to do this, a prerequisite is a stable dollar and a halt to infla- tion. The government is setting an example to the nation in holding BY-GONE DAYS By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION ¥ Queen § particular- 3 i it i § BL | i gs iis i ge 3 2 : X : "iF fee ith : : g i 3 Bs gE : 5 i ge Ei, Eg of g ck i = i 3 i be - 5246 H E , he be given a Canadian at 21 -- perhaps the Duke of Elizabeth's baby is a Ottawa. Do you think this might attachment to this country be a good or not?" & : 2 8 iF od: 4 ig 8 ¢ | i i : j i [ : i Ex iH 3 1 ii =53REE i EETES IEEE HHL : i hi fax Because the Queen seems to Canada, and wants to show Other reasons i £2 i fe 3 beh LJ E Te i § : i =k | g s Hf] 3 i 5. to pil 3 | REPORT FROM U.K. 21 YEARS AGO Oshawa Kiwanis Club tendered a banquet to the Junior Farmers of the district, with Don Henshaw as guest speaker. Oshawa branch, Canadian Le- gion, Poppy Day sale netted an amount of $495. N. H. Daniels was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa district Uni- versity Alumni Association. Marking the termination of over 22 years of service as su- perintendent of the Oshawa Rail- way Co., J. J. Callaghan was hon- ored by former | Pressure To Change House Procedures By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- As the new Par- liament starts om its first session, there are moves on thé way, par- ticularly among the old members who are back again, to have a great deal of streamlining done to the way in which the House of C does its business. Al- associates when he was the recip- ient of a lounge chair. Charles C. McGibbon was elect- ed president of the Oshawa Fish and Game Association for the en- suing year. Schofield Wollen Mills was the scene of a blaze which threaten- ed the plant, but was quickly con- trolled by the fire department. Mrs. O. 8. Hobbs, Divisional Commissioner, and Mrs. R. B. Smith, District Commissioner, at- tended the first enrolment cere- mony of the First Bowmanville Guide Co. in Bowmanville, Dr. 0. G, Mills was elected president of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club for the year 1989. Choir members of King Street Church entertained for their new organist and choir leader, Frank Wharram. Lord Elgin, descendant of one of Seotland's oldest families, was the guest ker at the Osh ready there are murmurings from the back benchers which lead me to believe that the party leaders and whips will be asked to do something more than the last parliament did to modernize House of Commons procedure. This subject was debated in a rather perfunctory way last July, when a report from the select committee on proc: du' lished in February, was the sub- ject of an exploratory 4 3 The decision of the House then was simply "to take note of" the report. POINTS AT ISSUE The report contained several interesting proposals for chausg- and some mire legalistié points. The fornfer government did agree with the select committee in rejecting proposals for morn- ing sittings and mechanical vot- ing. On this (after point -- the nse of mechanical voting ~ new in- terest nas beer aroused by the report that the French National , Assemoly has adopted mechan ical voting, using am electronic push-button 'machine. In the new French system, each member has three buttons on his desk. These are marked "Yes", "No" and "Abstain". Op a vote being called, the mem- bers push the appropriate button. The result of a vote is ther known witnin a minute. In » ing the ways of doing business House of Commons division with in the Horse But the members a full house, it takes 45 minutes were unable to reach any de- to come un with the result. cision, in the July debate, on pro- posals for more conveni of sitting, the QUEEN'S PARK Fluoridation Issue Put Off For A , By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Fluoridation fans will bite their mails for another year. | It has been learned the com- mittee of inquirey headed by Mr. Justice Morden will hold public hearings, These won't start for a few months yet. Which means debate will be closed off at this winter's Rotary Club. The distinguished visitor was to judge cattle at the Royal Winter Fair and his visit to Oshawa was arranged through W. H. Dryden, manager of the Royal Winter Fair and honorary member of the Rotary Club. Alex Durie was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Property Owners' Association; C. W. Con- nop, secretary, and F. 0. Kirby, treasurer. The Ontario Regiment (Tank) was highly commended for its efficiency by Brig. R. 0. Alex- ander, District Commanding Of- ficer, on his visit of inspection. Oshawa Generals, OHA Junior A Champions, won their first game of the 1938-39 season when they defeated Owen Sound Greys in Owen Saul b.2 scwe Wf 4 to 1. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Why, certainly, of course, in- laws are hard to get along with In-laws are people. Query re placing the motor in the rear of the car: If a small motor can push a small car, why can't a larger motor push a lar ger ear? : "It is possible for people to have affection for machines," says a psychologist. Yes. An ex- ample of this is shown in the fol- lowing advertisement placed by a woman who owns a tractor; send photo of tractor". What happens when an irres- istible blonde meets an immov- able bachelor? "Is the Human Race on the Way Out?" -- Title of Magazine Article. Maybe so. It's on the way somewhere in an awful hurry and it could be out. "The sum of an atom's com- ponents is greater than the whole atom," says a scientist. The atom must be packed as tight as a woman's suitcase. the line against wage increases which are not matched by pro- ductivity increases. Finance Min- ister Donald Fleming expressed the government's belief clearly in these recent words: "If Canada does mot maintain the stability of her currency while all the other principal coun: tries are doing so with thiers, we will most certainly be priced out of world markets, with results that will be a catastrophe for Canada." One woyldn't say the govern- ment had whispered in the com- mittee's ear. But one can say it must be very relieved to know a fluoride decision is put off for another year. LABOR COMMITTEE Labor Minister Daley made an apparently strange statement about another committee a few days ago. He said he would be darned if he could 'make out what much of the labor committee report was driving at. i A commentary that might be under-lined and, kept in mind for the future. Not for what it implies about the labor committee and its re- port. But as a guide in weighing all special inquiry reports -- partic ularly those of select committees. FALSE GODS Many of us are inclined to give inquiry reports a false god status. Because they are so "official" we take for granted they are also able and the findings correct. And this often is a lot of non- sense. - OVER HEADS It would be much better if we could look on them strictly as what they are. Year In the case of select commit. od ts voting arrangements, ions committee did make a study of time allotted for questions | oN ossihilities of mechanical IDEA WAS STUDIED As a matter of fact, the select voting, but its report showed the typically conservative British mind when it comes making radical changes. On this ques tion, the report said: "The iastaliation of the voting hinery wouid red 3 not destroy, the amenities of the division lobbies; congestion during would be inevitable voting and there is no guarantee that any time will be saved." 'The committee, quite obviously tees this is most often the com- ¥ posite opinion of a number of ranging members few if any of them trained study and assess, on a subjec! with which largely unfamiliar usually is far above most of their heads. Mr, Daley was speaking poli- tically--he doesn't want fo star a fire by any important chang: ing of labor legislation, But he also was talking to a good point NEW CARPET they have been SOme aew ideas : and which to bear on the g from store- keepers to professional men and to With a large number of new ¢ men in the House of Commons, be brought of simpli fying Commons procedure te make its proceedings less labor fous. But at the same time, there ; are still enough of the 6d die hard members ready to resis! any change which would involve a serious break with tradition. during a period of three to fow weeks might do it. Progress report on main floor "renovations": The carpet - laying stage has been reached in the suite of Energy Minister Macaulay, It is a pinkish shade. Decorators prob- ably call it "blushing rose." A double-shift crew has started work on the suite of Provincial Secretary Mackinnon Phillips. Mr. Macaulay originally was slated to take over Dr. Phillips quarters and the Secretary to move to the new Energy habitat. But it was decided to get the off to a So mow Dr. Phillips is getting cleaned too. A kindly pro could do two fa- vors to new cabinet ministers: 1. Give them miniature "gold" coal scuttles to remind them that one Ontario government was de- feated largely over a question of office "furnishings." ~ 2. Note for them that Premier Frost the only man in the gov- ernment who has never had his cifice "renovated" and that he is a pretty successful politician, FOR BETTER HEALTH Cause And Prevention Of "Television Bottom" HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD ARE YOU troubled bv 'tele vision bottom'? You might be if you spend as TV set as much time hefore tl some Americans do. "Television bottom' is a coin- ed' term for the medical condi- tion coccygodynia. And I'm sure you don't recognize the condition by this name, either. PAIN IN SPINE Coceygodynia is a pain in the tail of the spine and can result from long auto trips or from prolonged sitting while watc! television. Hence, the name, * bottom", which was suggested at a recent meeting of the Interna- tional College of Surgeons at Chi- cago by Dr. Wilford L. Cooper, a Lexington, Kentucky, surgeon. Victims of this condition gen- erally complain of pain in the s02c 7x, the tail bore of the spinal column. It is caused by pressure on the sciatic or gluteal nerve and often is accompanied by pain in hip and leg. Women appear to more sus- ceptible than men. Their s"mp- toms become considerably worse immediately before and during their menstrual periods. Poor posture is the villain io this problem. Few, if any of us, think much about posture when we are watching TV. Instead, we slump down, permitting the middle por- tion of the sacrum and coccyx to press against the chair. The lower portion of the back is con vex instead of concave. SEVERE DISCOMFORT After a while, prolonged sit- ting in such position will cause rather severe pain. The victims will - shift thier positions from one side to another and some- times may prefer to stand. Tven at .night wv of them wot le comaartsbly on thei DAacxs. / There are varius ways pf relieving the pain, Massage on the average of about six times WITH SURGICAL TREATMEN1 Sometimes' massages are giver combined with surgical treatment of infections. And in some cases heat treatments alone are enough to bring relief. Of course, improvement 'n pos ture is necessary to prevent the condition from recurring again. Five-year-old overtaken en route to North Pole When Robert P, aged 5, was overtaken recently at the city limits he explained to police officers and his anxious father that he was on his, way to the North Pole. His reason: to give Santa Claus a hand for Christmas 1960. Robert's father supplied the explanation. An enthusias- tic member of Imperial Bank's new Christmas Club he had said to his son: Saas going wie al busy man delivering next Christmas Bobby". Robert promptly decided Santa needed help and "had set out. ; Joining Imperial Bank's' new Christmas Club is a ood wav to keep Santa usy at your house mvext year, T. tonly requirem: ts are weekly deposits of dug, $1, $2, §5 or $10. The result will be a hapoy, bountiful Christmas, free budget worries. Join up at your nearby branch of Imperial Bank today. rea pew py ~a k } \ \ hands ll We 2 struc eit! Ep I NR a A Sp AT EE SEE Ee NN a HE El I