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She Osha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St E., Oshawa, Ont. Saturday, Nevember 21, 1959 Po me -- Page 4 - Skilled Workers Leave As Qthers Are Sought The federal government is beginning to beat the immigration drums again. Ottawa expects that there will be a shartage of skilled workers in Canada next year, and apparently steps are be- ing taken te encourage such workers to come here from the United Kingdom That is the easy way te meet shor- tages, Indeed, it is the traditional Cana- dian way, whether the shortages be of manufactured goods or men. But it is net necessarily the best or the only way. "It is a truism to say that Canada needs a bigger population, to swell the domestic market, help national develop- ment and broaden the tax base. The population growth sinee the end of the second great war has been remarkable, outstripping all predictions, partly as the result of immigration and even more because of the increase in the birth rate. There is every indication that the growth will continue. But while we welcome newcomers through our front door, we den't bother about the Canadians whe are slipping out the back door, We are like people who keep pumping water into a leaky bucket -- if we pump hard enough we can keep ahead of the leaks, ' If there is a shortage of skilled worke ers next year, it will be partly due te the number of skilled workers who have left Canada fer the United States in re. cent years, There was quite an exedus, for example, aftr the Avro layoffs. We should be giving as much er mere thought te the keeping of human reseur- ces in Canada as te the obtaining of new resources from elsewhere. And at the same time, as much thought should be given the training of the unskilled workers to help fill our labor needs, 1t is fair to say that we have an ebliga- tion to do more of our own training, for when we take skilled workers fram another country we are getting the bene- fit of training that has been paid fer by other people. When we speak of "skilled" people, of course, we are using the word in its broadest sense. It covers people who are skilled not only in the handling er build- ing of machines, but in producing tele: vision programs, writing boeks, running hospitals, organizing preduetion sche- dules, diagnosing illnesses and so on. It covers all with special training. We have taken for too fatalistic an attitude towards the loss of such people to the United States. It's time we changed that attitude. Pawns In Middle East Dr. John H. Davis, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, told a UN committee the ether day that relief work for the Arab refugees from Palestine would probably have to continue for another decade. For ten years UNRWA has taken care of nearly a million Arab refugees whe left their homes, voluntarily or other~ wise, during the establishment of the state of Israel Dr. Davis estimated that to find work for 600,000 of the refugees it would be necessary te have them cross "a demarcation line or a national boun- dary." What Dr, Davis was saying, of course, was that the problem ef the refugees could not be selved by keeping them where they are, largely in the Gaza strip. Resettlement, however, has so far had a very hostile reception, Israel has said it will take back some of the refu- gees, under certain conditions, But any suggestion of resettlement is violently rejected by the Arab states which sur- round lsrael--and every avowal of ven- geance makes it continuingly difficult for the Zionist state to accept a hostile population within its borders, Yet it is difficult to see how the matter can be worked out without-moving the refugees from the area of their present miserable existence, with the whole Middle East ac» cepting responsibility for the movement, The movement would necessarily be linked with land development projects in such countries as Syria and Iraq. Resettlement could scarcely be ex pected to succeed in any case without prior preparation by the refugees. One of the most regrettable aspects of Dr, Davis' report was an implication that vocational training will have to be eut back. Without such training, many of the younger refugees would be ill-equip- ped to go anywhere. But the present situ- ation is one in which cause and effect chase each other round and round in a dizzy, stupid circle, So long as trans- plantation of people is resisted, the natural increase among refugee families imposes @ continually rising eost for subsistence alone and tends to limit educational possibilities, The UN General Assembly must con- tinue the existence UNRWA beyond its expiry date next June. The United States will probably continue to carry two-thirds of the financial load. But the Middle East states cannot expect that the present highly unsatisfactory arran- gement will become permanent, If the US. decides to start cutting back its contributions, it isn't likely that other UN members will pick up the tab. What The People Want Many observers in the United States believe that creoked quiz shows are only one symptom of the sickness that afflicts television in that country. Probably the most damning indictment came from the New York Herald-Tribune, which commented thus: What if anything, is going to happen as a result of the great television expose? W have had the truth, now what of the consequences? Not the consequences for individuals, or programs, or even net- works, but for television as an entity. For television has been hurting all She Oshawa Limes T. L. WILSON, Publisher gnd General Monager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combini established 1871) ana the hronicle (established 1863), (Sundays ond statutory halidoys exgep! The Oshawe Times hitby Gazette and is published daily ted). P of Ca on Dail hy Assogiatien, The Canadian rave, Audit Bureau of Girculation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso giation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication eof all s despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news publis therein. All rights ef special despatches are also reserved University Avenue, Rrivgd ou Bow P.O. Offices Thomsen SUBSCRIPTION RATES Yoronte, Ontarie; #4 Deliverad by corrigrs in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brookiin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Taunten, Tyrone, Dunborten, Enniskillen, gran Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, columbus Fairport leach, eenwood, | Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Pert Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45c per week, y mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers livery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year. Mrvrage Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement as of March 31, 1959 16,260 uilding, 42 Cathcart these years from mere than creoked quiz shows. It has been suffering from many ills, nearly all:of them stemming from its concentration on the mass audience. If you want to known what's wrong with television, turn it on, Its few worth- while evening programs struggle for life in a sea of mediocrity, Its daytime pro- grams are a uniform mass of triviality, Its children's programs are of a sort that a conscientious parent puts en only after great hesitation, Many quiz shows, as it turns out, were fraudulent and deceitful, but they were an intellectual treat compared to the general average of television entertainment, The argument in favor of television's operations as presently constituted i that they give the people what they want. And there is truth in this conten. tion, as can be demonstrated by ratings and sales charts, But the truth is only partial. For tele- vision doesn't give all the people what they want. In its race for ratings it deli- berately ignores ghe needs of the intelli- gent adult, the inquiring child, the nation which requires intellectual nourishment as well as empty diversion. Who can say how large or how «mall this audience is -- or whether its ime portance is measured by its size? Who can say what price may even- tually have to be paid for the current debasement of taste and deterioration of all standards except the fast sell? The quiz shows may well represent only the first installment of the bill, and not the largest one. -- UNITED KINGDOM LONDON - i y 0 Hi sum- mer ae Ev gale" scour" 01 Te 'ser N are some © Sh ole i that S44 Wee tr inher 8 sian premier himself has heived to clear the air at, dispelled the feeling that De 5 IN AND OUT OF THE BOOTH Gaulle was responsible for the late date of this visit, whieh ha been a factor in pushing bac! the probable date of the summit meeting. The latest statement by General De Gaulle has sreated the feeling here that there Is less difference between the British and the French viewpeint than had been expected. BRITISH VIEWS - The French president, it is felt here, has come around fe the Rritish viewpoint that theve will have to be a series of summit meetings, and that all the pelnts which create problems between East and West need not he en the agenda for the first meeting, The general's attitude that there GALLUP POLL OF CANADA More Canadians Think World War Not Likely By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Fear of Werld War III is trou. bling Canadians less than ever before, In spite of the Bomb, the Missile age, and man's eonquest of space, or perhaps hpcause of these developments, four in ey- ery ten Canadians believe that another world holocaust is un- likely. This eptimism stands at prac. tically twice the degree, propor- tionately, as it was about tem years ago, when only 21 per pent believed that World War ITI was unlikely. International tensions today do not trouble the publie nearly as much as an out-break the Korean about a dee- ade ago. In 8 . the average Canadian's eynicism about Mr, Khrushehey's 'open heart and ood Intentions as reported by e Poll last week, fear of an in- ternational war has skidded. As in all questions of this kind, desianed to h e any in public points of view, inter viewers for the Gallup Poll put the same question to a erogs-see- tion of the public, as it did in 1650. : "HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE BEFORE THERE I§ ANOTHER WORLD WAR -- OR DO YOU THINK IT'S UN. LIKELY THAT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER WORLD WAR?" World War unliKely Within a year Ra From one to five years .. From five to ten years Over ten yeas must be tharough preparation and agreement in the western y side before a summit meeting is also in complete accord with the British view, In fact, the De Gaulle proposals have strength ened the hope that by full dis. Woe OPINION fas Be cb gsesic.t of oh Et p a; ay do YR-v carry Li H re-elvilization of te ai rd £ perverted which brought about bloodshed and tragedy in Kenya. One effect of the new measures will be the relegse of some 3000 prisoners who have been In prison or detention. Only these under life gentemce for murder will be detained, The leader of the Mau-Mau terrorists, however, will mot be given his complete freedom, but will be restricted fo the north province te which he was banished after serving his prison sentence. : These measures are timely, be: cause they pave the way for pus sihle success in the coufevence whieh opens in London en Janu- ary 18, fo considr and plan foy the constitutional development of Kenya. UNANIMOUS SUPPORT Kt was significant that the So. elalist i ition a" ot Sal - a vote after a two-day debale the government's local employ. Reconciled To Delayed Date For Summit Talk HP of years are belnf ministered to about s of 1 id carers which Ay won for themselves a 40-hour week, not by strikes or threats of strikes, but by to the management that it wou! pay off in higher production, Phe fivm Involved is the British Bleos trical Resistance Company of Em field, near London. } Wade [ ] voluntary arrangemen workers to give the 40-hour a three months trial, with sides abiding by the result, Bro wa Sar ahervise our week would stay: y the 44-hour week would remalp. The trial proved that produe- tion improved with the adoption of a 40-hour week. has confirmed that the shorter work week will continue, and that the workers will reeeive the same pay as they did for week, plus any overtime. Everyone is happy About i result. management spoke "Fhe experiment hay man said: ihe success because of barns" family spit of RADRY OTTAWA REPORT Civil Service Pay Degree of tension in June 1030 is shown in the within the year, or it had already started, as com- paied with today, June 1000 Has sfarted already; anytime now n Don't know Men are far more optimistic in believing that another World War is unlikely than are women, To- day almost half the men (48 per cent) have this opinion, as com- pared to women (32 per cent). One reason for this contrast may be due to the fact that far more women (37 per cent) won't even hazard a guess as to when the next Werld War will eceur, ag compared te men (21 per cent), However in all reports on the nation's fear of war, the Poll has shown that men tend to be more 100% optimistic than women, Canadians have felt as ch within ten 4% per cent of the ing the decade, large » who predicted another Worl about looming war clouds as they do teday, Back in 1658 well on to six In. ten (36 per cent) expected a Wi ears. In 1847, with the last holocaust barely over, adult popula. tion looked for another ene with. ment . wa Criticism Answ thought that I ti sm By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- This eolumn's re- eent reference to' eivil servige wages has pttracted critic from Mr. R. A. Tombs ef the joint action eommittee represent: ing two of the three associations of civil servants, According to Mr, Tombs, I have "distorted the figures," I "know very: little about the civil service as compared to industry," 1 "have used the figures released by the minister of finance," an I "should get my facts straight." TODAY 0% 2 100% Mr, Tombs ignores my come ment that some senior civil ser. vants are so brilliant that they eould undoubtedly earn higher wages elsewhere, and that cer tain classes of government em: ployees appear to have Just unds for seeking a review eir pay scales, This column always strives to avoid factual errors, Mr, Tombs not always orld War Current optimism may make ov pe surprised to learn that the path of Civil Defense Meas: 5 go not suck my words out of my ures still more difficult, Werld Copyright thumb, but always research the Reserved groundwork and basle faets con QUEEN'S PARK Political Patronage Storm In Miniature By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- On nonsense! Give some opposition members 2 bone and they will chew away as if they had a sirloin steak, They got a bone in the blow-up ever 'patronage' at the Civil Service Association. And immediately they started chewing away. RUSHED IN CCF Leader Donald MacDonald and new young Liberal, Vernon Singer, rushed into print. They decried the practice of Highways Minister Cass having them endorse eivil service ap- pointments. (The writer was wrong in say- ing these applied only to casuals, Permanent appointments were included.) Mr. MacDgnald made a speech in which he sald "Appointments to the public sefvice must be made on the basis of merit and experience, not political or per sonal favoritism," The basic integrity of govern. ment, to a degree, was at stake, he said. A FLUSH oUT Balderdash! If there is widespread patron- age the basic integrity of govern. ment is challenged, But there is no challenge in the matters they have currently been talking about to date. Mr, MacDonald, for instance admits he has worked on hehall of - people trying to get govern- ment employment. It is part of a member's job to do so. ' Let him flush out the real meat and then start chewing. SERIOUS THREAT? There are some current cases of political patronage in govern- ment employment at present. There Is one here in the main huilding that is almost notorious. A minister brought In a hench- man for a senior post in his de- partment. There undoubtedly are others. Particularly there probably are a number of instances where men with seniority have been bounced from "casual" work in favor of party supporters. Whether these in the aggregate represent a threat 'o th rity of government can't be said. viost probably they represent the need for a whack on the fanny to sharpen it up. The failing of squabbles like thid ene is that they get things out of perspéctive, They breed excitement ever what are relatively minor mat. ers. And with their sex-appeal they tend to take attention from ime portant questions. Our old baseball coach used to say: "Keep your eye on the ball not that babe in left-field," Words our opposition members might do well to keep in mind. / scientiously. In this case, I vis- "PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM ited the Civil Service Commis sion, and also had talks at the bureau of statistics and at the overnment's central pay office, fir Tombs is at liberty to make use of the facts which I elicited, "The British Medical Associa- tiop has launched a eampaign to eure soring Press Tepunt, This is a laudable undertaki To date, the only known certain way to cure a person of snoring Is to take some action that will stop him breathing, How far in the eurrent cam- palgn against deception to be carried? Will efforts be made eventually to ban the wearing of falsies? According to the Russian pier ture of it, the back side of the moon seems even less desirable as a real estate investment than the front side. FOR BETTER HEALTH Appetite Is By Built-In HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD "A wonderful bird is the peli ean, y 'Its bill can hold more than its bellycan," Remember this old rhyme? Well, fortunately we humans have a bullt-in regulator which often prevents us from eating more than we can hold, But reliable as this device is repeated abuse can knock it out of order, And the result is usual ly obesity, Researchers have found that ¥ the controlling centre for the ap. petite is the ventromedial hypo. thalamus area of the brain, Its function is similar to that of a thermostat, It regulates the ap- petite in accordance with the body's need for food In fact, the action is so much like that of a thermostat that Dr. Norman Jolliffe, a New York ex. pert on nutrition, has labeled it the 'appestat', Now there are times when your body requires more calories than usual, such as when you perform greater activity er when you are recovering from an oper. ation or an illpess. On such occasions the ventro medial hypothalamus prompts you to eat more than usual with out giving it a second thought, And when you eat more than vou should, the device causes you to eat less next time. This, at least, is what when the ventromedial Ra vc amus is functioning properly. Controlled Regulator Certain diseases or low blopd sugar might cause a malfune. n. Usually, though, when the ap pestat gets out of order it is be- cause of deliberate or habitual overeating, I think many of us have over. eaten on purpose on a few occas sions, We become angry at some- one or something an feelings a Often a child will eat more than he should simply to please a nag- mother, - such heavy ea is con tinued, either deliberal or be cause of habit, the appetite-regu- lating device becomes adjusted to a higher than normal level, Thus, you have to eat more than you actually need to satisfy your appetite and as a result you be come overweight. : and he has my guarantee of their accuracy. THESE ARE THE FACTS First, he complains that I "used the figure released by Mr. Flem- ing, that the average wage in the civil service 1s 877.64," "This figure of course repre. sents the entire government bo roll," continues My, Tombs, "And any intelligent person would reals ered reference to the "fringe benefits" apd attractive working conditiogs in the eivil service. I mentioned the three weeks pald annual va- cation after 18 months employ- ment, the three weeks cumulative paid sick leave, the 10 paid statutory holidays, the 37% hour week, employer contributions te the pension fund exceeding six per cent of salary, Mr, Tombs agserts that yecent surveys have shown that private industry sup- plies benefits on a scale as good as, and in some cases better than, these, But he did not mens tion the names addresses of the private com jes doing so, which is a pity Whee 1 feel that and Indeed many Jol --- of many civil servants--weuld wel: be put come information, Mr. Tombs also points out that a civil servant's annual wage in- crease is not automatic, as I sald, but ean be withheld "lt he does not perform his duties satisfaes torily," That of course is true. But I seem to have heard of an employee in private business who suffered for not orming his duties satisfa : he did net have his wage kept stationary, he abruptly got the sack, » This column Is Canada's most aggressive champion of a. fair day's pay for a fair day's work, especially in the civil service, But 1 staunchly sup) the govern- ment's attitude that pay increases which are not earned by pro ductivity increases, should be re- sisted as inflationary, And I still BY-GONE DAYS 41 YEARS AGO Ontario Reformer praised the work of Miss Mae lama. hes tal sul , and the de voted of other nurses, for the work dong during the influen- za epidemic, A few weeks ne lously, a new wing had opened which made It possible to accommodate 88 beds. Town council asked the Demi nion Sova. wilde, i stopped all public worl ur! the war, to proceed with estab lishing a harbor for Oshawa, Citigens on Kenneth avemsue petitioned council to lay a plank walk on their street. Oshawa contributed $706,600 to the Vietory Loan campaign. Water Commission announced i z: £ : i ? Br 2 = ¥ i Rev. E, i brought about id res the community, The Fire B had made one call to a three months. At 2 council » Mis B. MacWilliams, hospi tendent, re ens § H 5 consider that the taxpayer is, on D8 the record, a good employer in respect of his employees in the I government service. ize that this figure includes sa aries of ministers, deputy minis ters, crown corporation directors and so on. It ean be easily seen, therefore, that this is a tremend- ously inflated figure,' On the contrary, Finance Min. {ster Fleming quoted $77.64 as being the average weekly wage of all civil servants paid through the eentral office, That is far from being "the entire govern. ment pay roll"; it includes all classified civil servants, only, but not those employed outside Ot- tawa by the artment of na- tional defence. This average does not include about 75,000 other government employees; but it does include more than 000 members of what might be called white collar workers in the elvil service proper, It definitely does not include 'crown corporation directors and so on." But It naturally includes deputy minis. ters since these are, as "any In telligent person would realize," eolvil servants, Mr, Tombs is cor- rect in part in that the figure includes the departmental salary, but not the parliamentary indem- nity, of cabinet ministers. Take this out, and the "tremendou inflated figure" would be redu by three cents, THOSE FRINGE BENEFITS Mr. Tombs also criticizes my LOCAL DISARMAMENT HERTFORD, England (CP) Among war souvenirs sun rendered to police of this Hert. fordshire town were 210 rifles, 212 pistols and six machine-guns. 133 SIMCOR ST, NORTH eo PARTNERS o HON, LADO i, A BROCK MONTEITH B.Ceomm. CA Jordon W. RIENL, C.A. R.LA ROBERY F LIGHTPOOTY, C.A GEORGE §. TRETHEWEY. C.A. 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