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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Saturday, Januery 23, 1 960 More Young Canadians Increase Responsibility On some date during 1960 the total of Canadians under 15 years of age will pass the six million mark. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has just reported the 1958 total in that age group as 5,649,300, compared to 5,431,- 100 in 1957 and 5,214,210 in 1956. Since World War Two the under- 15-vears group, as a proportion of the total population, has increased from 27.6 per cent in 1945 to 33.2 per cent in 1958, So in 1960 something more than one-third of Canadians will be in this age category. Canada's eontinuing high birth rate has been a surprise to the prog- nosticators. In the late thirties the rate stood at about 20 per 1,000 population. In 1947 it hit a record high of 28.9, not unexpected in the wake of war. But since then it has eontinued to hover around 28 per 1,000 population. Canada's birth rate, in fact, is one of the highest among the more industrial- ized countries of the world. Such a high birth rate is an ad- vantage to a country that needs more people, as Canada doés. Natural in- crease, the excess of births over deaths, has accounted for the greater part of our post-war addition of about five and a half million people. And the high proportion of younger persons in the population is a forecast that our growth through 'natural increase is going te continue at a good elip. However, there is one point that should not be lost to sight in our satisfaction with the fact that this is getting to be a younger country. This is the point that as we increase the proportion of the population not in the working force, those who are actual producers have to work harder to pro- vide for those who are not. And the same factor applies in the case of those at the other end of the age scale, the over-70s, of whom there are now nearly a million. One measure of the increased pub- lic burden on the working force--en- tirely apart from the private responsi- bility--is the increase in the cost of family allowances. Back in 1946 the cost of this welfare service was $240 million; this year it will exceed $480 million. And at the end of the age scale, the universal old age pension will cost about $580 million this year. Our Means Of Support Canadians have been pretty smug about the way foreign investments have come in to the country in sufficient quantity to balance our big trade deficit. We think it doesn't matter that we keep on buying more than we sell Everything is set right by the magic of "foreign investment". But it isn't. What we are doing is living beyond our means, Governor Coyne of the Bank of Canada has been ealled a prophet of doom for urging that we must change our ways. But one does not need to be a prophet to understand what is hap- pening in the present. Mr. Coyne put it this way, in a recent speech in Winnipeg: "It is most unusual for any family to be in a position where it ean afford to have whatever it wants as soon as it wants. There will always be many desirable things it would like to have or do, but cannot afford--at any rate not yet--not until it has built up its earning power (production) or is able to increase its savings by doing without something else it wants less. What is taken for granted in the case of a family is no less necessary in the case of the nation as a whole." He pointed out that many nations, particularly those devastated by the last war, had followed prudent policies with such success that the kind of troubles now facing Canada had been overcome. He urged Canadians to adopt similar disciplines. But discipline is a dirty word. It will be interesting to see if Finance Minister Fleming tries to clean it up in his budget speech. Help Against Crime Last week a vicious murder took place in Vancouver, B.C., another in Birmingham, England. As yet neither murderer has been caught. Police in both cities are doing their best but, they complained on Monday, are badly handicapped by the failure of the pub- lic to help them, the Winnipeg Free Press notes, then comments: In Birmingham the murderer made his escape on a bus; 80 passengers saw him, Yet only 10 people have come forward to give the police information. In Vancouver the chief of police ap- pealed to anyone who may have seen the murdered girl before her death, in the hope that she may have been with someone. But although rewards totalling $6,500 have been posted for the capture of her killer, not one wit- ness has come forward to help the in- vestigation, What prompts = this ostrich-like attitude on the part of the public? Fear of retribution? The desire not to get involved in something "unpleasant? What the British call the "I'm all right Jack" attitude--in other words, selfish- ness and selfcentredness? Whatever the reason, the attitude is deplorable. Our society depends on its members to uphold the law;' more, they are required to assist law enforce- ment officers when requested. The Criminal Code provides that "Every- one who omits without reasonable ex- cuse to assist a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty in arresting a person or in preserving the peace, after having reasonable notice that he is required to do so, is guilty of an indictable offense." Second Career Proposal The wise men of this confused and complicated era are confronted with a serious problem. How can each individual be given the chance to labor to advantage as long as he has the health, the capacity and the willingness to work? Dr. Wilder Penfield, director of the Montreal Neurological Institute, in an address to the Canadian Club at Toronto, discussed some aspects of this problem. He noted that at 60 a man's body may have passed its greatest strength, "but the brain quite often is ready for its best performances in certain fields." Dr. Penfield's suggestion is that men should prepare to continue a second career, for the man about to The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher end Generel Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established hitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established , is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). retire does not need a rest but rather a new and different job. He says: "The eapacity of the human brain for certain purposes often increases right through the years that are marked for standard retirement. And who ean say, those purposes may well be what the world is needing." It is an intresting thought. Cer- tainly if society can work out a scheme that will permit men to continue work after the present age of retirement, it could have a profound effect upon the economy. Much of the high cost of govern- ment is wrapped up in old-age security, Much of the high cost of production in industry ean also be traced to provision for retirement. As Dr. Penfield notes, society may well discover "that this growing army of senior citizens need be no added load." Bible Thoughts We have this treasure in earthen vi Is, that the excellency of the power Members of Canadian Daily N Publi Association, The Canadian ss, Audit Bureau of Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Conadion Press is exclusively. entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are olso reserved. Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenus, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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Sin, not righteousness, qualifies us for God's gift of salvation. NOT MUCH BANG FOR THE BUCKS UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Labor Demands Boycott Of South African Goods By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON British Labor's boycott of South African goods, in protest against the apartheid poli- cies of the government of the Union, is official. It has behind it all the weight of the Labor Party and the Union Congress. Morgan Phillips, the Labor Party's gener- al secretary, 'called a special press conference to announce the boycott, which will start on Mar. 1 and will last for a month. He also sent out a special message to all constituency parties and all trade unions affiliated with the Labor party, urging concerted and organized action to make the boycott effective. The message listed South Afri- can products on which the boy- cott will be concentrated. It said: "The goods to keep your eye on are all kinds of fresh fruit (oranges, apples, grapes, pears, grapefruit, pineapples, peaches and plums); jams and marma- lade, tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, some pork and dairy prod- ucts and wines, especially sherry." Mr. Phillips asks for organ- ized meetings, parades and pick- ets, and also for an approach to all grocers and greengrocers re- questing them not to sell or stock South Africa goods during March If the boycott were 100 per cent effective, it could cut imports from South Africa by as much as £2,000,000, he said. SOME DISAGREE Labor, however, is not unani- mous regarding the boycott. The powerful Co-operative Union, with 1000 societies all over the eountry, has advised them not to support the boycott. Their view is that such action, at a time when Prime Minister Macmillan will be visiting South Africa, will do more harm than good. Public reaction is that the bovcott is ill- advised, and the national press in every instance deplores and con- demns it. Monday, February 1, may see transportation in a state of chaos in London and the South of Eng- land. The leaders of 40,000 mem- bers of the National Union of Rail- waymen, which includes the Lon- don underground railway crews, have decided to hold a one-day token strike on that day in an effort to bring about immediate pay increases. The strike has been decided upon against the ad- vice of the union's general secre- tary, Sidney Greene, who urged the London leaders to call it off. Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commis- sion, made a bold effort to fore- stall the strike move. A special report on pay for railwaymen is due in April. Sir Brian pledges that the wage increase he expects to be granted then -- and it is practically certain that there will be an increase -- will be back- dated to January 11. This report is coming from an independent commission on inquiry into rail- way pay set up in 1958. WANT MONEY NOW Announcing the strike decision, James Prendergast, spokesman for London District Council of the NUR, said: "We are not interested in the pay review. We will deal with that when we come along to it. We want more money mow." As a result of the strike call, Sidney Hopkins, secretary of the London District Council for the last 17 years, has tendered his resignation. He disagreed with the one-day strike decision, claim- ing that Sir Brian Robertson's atement removed the necessity for it If the strike takes place, it will be unofficial, without support from the NUR executive, All that it will achieve will be to arouse the animosity of hundreds of thou- sands of the general public, who will be deprived of their means of transport to and from their work on that day. AIR COMPANIES MERGE n the short space of three months, Duncan Sandys, minister of aviation, has brought about a revolution in Britain's aircraft in- dustry. When he took his new post after the general election, he intimated that if civilian avia- tion were to receive greater gov- ernment support, there would have to be amalgamations of the major aircraft building com- panies so as to put Britain's avia. tion industry on a more competi- tive basis in relation to that of other countries, particularly the United States. In this short space of time, that has been accom- plished. The various large aircraft manufacturing firms have been brought together into two groups, both of them powerful. In one group is the Hawker-Siddley giant operation, which has taken over De Haviland, Blackburn and Fol- land. It will form the spearhead for the country's research into 2000 miles per hour heat-barrier- bealing planes and will have wide missile interests. The other group has been form- ed by the amalgamation of Vick- ers; English Electric and Bristol Aeroplanes. Bristol, makers of the Brittania airliner, will have a 20 per cent interest, and the other two companies 40 per cent each. All of the Bristol Company's assets, except the helicopter divi- sion," which is being taken over by Westland Aircraft, will go into the new combine. There has been an immediate reaction from Mr. Sandys. On the day after the second merger was completed, he announced that the government would be increasing very substantially its financial aid to civilian aircraft developments. ABERDEEN STILL LEADS Aberdeen's reputation as the thriftiest city in the United King- dom has been further enhancel by its 1958 record, according to Sir George Williamson, chairman of the Aberdeen Savings Bank. Dur- ing 1958, savings of Aberdeen citi- zens in the bank increased by two and three quarter million pounds to reach a total of close to £50 million, far ahead of rival cities of comparable size, and well be- yond the per capita savings of any other city. FOR BETTER HEALTH Proper Blanket Care Vital To Your Health HERMAN. N. BUNDESEN, MD Watch those blankets -- they may spread more than comfort, Recent hospital studies indicate that woollen blankets can be a prime breeding place for a num- strains of bacteria that spread infection. BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION Doctors found that the bacter- ial contamination of such blankets often is high, because woollen blankets are not necessarily disin- fected frequently by the usual Jow temperature laundering. While this primarily is a prob- lem for hospitals, some of you homemakers also might benefit from the results of these stud- ies. MADE SAFE Researchers found that woollen blankets can be made safe with- out any harm to the fabric by im- mersing them in a reliable disin- fectant solution before launder- ing Obviously, this is important in- formation for hospitals where blankets are used by different pa- tients. In the home, too, it might come in handy when laundering a blanket used by an ill member of the family. OTHER TIPS Here are a few other tips about the use of blankets in the home: For one thing, don't let mem- bers of the family use them as wrans while ling or watching television. k ) ly pick up germs spread by coughing and sneezing. You are going to use ts ea these blankets on your bed, remember, and you don't want to re take germs to bed with you, USE COVERLETS During the wintertime, use cov- erlets on the beds. The air currents created by heating units and temporarily opened doors are much stronger in the home during the colder months and more germs are pres- ent in the home at this time of the year. Coverlets will help keep these germs from being swept onto the blankets by the increas- ed air currents. STCRE SEPARATELY Once the blankets are launder- ed and disinfected, keep them in a clean storage space. Don't park your vacuum cleaner or other cleaning tools in the same closet where you keep your blankets and clean linens, Blankets used in the nursery, of course, should get the best care of all QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. R. E. F.: Will you please tell me the normal pulse for a woman of 29. My pulse is 95. Is this a sign of weak heart? Answer: The normal pulse for a woman of 29 is usually between 72-78. A rate of 95 is abnormal and may be the result of nervous- ness, heart trouble, overactive thyroid or some 'other condi- tio Better have a check-up trom your doctor, he knows best. BY-GONE DAYS 36 YEARS AGO Oshawa and district Chosen Friends held their annual oyster supper with 80 members and guests present. Dr. Kaiser, ehair- man, was in charge of the pro- gram. District farmers were well pleased with their last year's sugar beet crops. They realized up to $25 an acre profit, ¥ was announced. From the mayor's inaugural report it was learned that the assessed value of the town was $1,314.875 with a population of 4757. He recommended that a street commissioner should be hired since there were 50 miles of walks in the town. C. French was asked to accept the nomination to fill a vacancy on the town eouncil. The Oshawa Cabinet Co. busi- ness progressed well, due to a great deal of new machinery being installed. After 60 years of existence the Oshawa Harbor Co. was dis- solved by mutual agreement. Mayor Fowke suggested that a bylaw be passed regarding the laying of granolithic walks. He thought they should be laid ac- cording to the importance of the street and of uniform size. The Bowmanville male quartet consisting of F, H. Frost, A, E. McLaughlin, H. J. Knight and W. J. 8. Richard assisted by Miss Ethel Y. King, contralto soloist and pianist, accompanied by Miss Nellie B. Hall, gave a fine con cert in Medcalf St. Methodist Church. OTTAWA REPORT Credit Card System Goes Out Of Style By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA "Since when did eash go out of style?" This was the provocative ques- tion posed by Abe Robin, the per- ceptive young proprietor of the first cash-and-carry store selling at wholesale prices to be opened in Canada's capital. He was ap- pearing on a CBC television pro- gram debating the high cost and dangers of credit-card buying, which proved to be one of the most hotly-discussed TV shows ever seen here. "Do you think that credit costs too much?" Abe Robin asked his Cttawa audience, which makes 55 per cent of its purchases on credit at department stores. One listener replied: "Why should I line the finance companies' pockets with gold, when I can only afford to patch my children's clothes?" Ottawa's largest employer is of eourse the federal government, namely you, the taxpayers of Canada. The civil service payroll is a first charge on your income through taxes; even in the worst depression, there are no lay-offs in government service. So the merchants of our capital city know that they can extend credit to their customers with almost guaranteed safety. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Day in and day out the year round, no doubt people enjoy talking more than they do any- thing else. "Riding a bicycle will keep you young,' says a physician. Well, at least riding one in heavy ftriffic will likely keep you from growing old. In order to enjoy loafing, a person either must have nothing to do, or be able to keep his mind off what he ought to be doing. | i "But what does this credit cost?" asked Abe Robin. "Would you not rather pay cash, and get a lower price?" A typical small loans company dled charges 2 per cent each month, equiva'ent to annual interest at 24 per cent. In contrast, your bank will lend you money at only one- fourth of that rate of interest, or 6 per cent per year. A representative department store here charges 1'2 per cent per month on outstanding ac- counts. Such high charges for loans and credit are again under attack in Parliament this session. Abe Robin asserted that re- tailers of almost everything from automobiles to electric irons to- day frequently boast that they make more profit on the financing of a sale than on the actual sale of the article eoncerned. This boast is often correct. Consider typically a "nothing down and 27 months to pay" pur- chase costing $3,000, covered by monthly payments of $149.93. The purchaser pays $1,049 in "service charges," but the true bank inter- est on this loan would only be $203. So the retailer makes about $700 profit on the sale, but a larger $846 profit on financing that sale. Abe Robin also criticized fhe even more subtly hidden cost of the credit card. He referred to such a card available here, which ; can be used at a wide range of restaurants, hotels, stores, the- ° atres, taxi companies and clean- 3 ers. The customer charges every- thing, and receives one consoli- dated bill at the end of each month. The credit card service advertises that there is no charge to the purchaser for 30-day credit. But it charges the retailers from 5 to 7 per cent for accounts han- Obviously, therefore, the retail ers' prices must include sufficient profit to cover this charge. Thus all customers pay up to 7 per cent more than they would have te if this credit system had not been adopted, and cash customers are forced to share the cost of the service given to credit customers, The logical development has now come, as the tide turns against this credit buying. Ale ready one astute promoter is sell- ing "No Credit" cards for $8 each. Holders get a discount of 10 per cent when they pay cash for meals or rooms in over 200 hotels and restaurants across Canada which already honor these "No Credit" cards. In the good old days, a house- holder who was a known cus tomer did not need these danger- ous modern gadgets to "charge it," and his cheque was as good as gold. I eall the eredit card dangerous, because a lost or stolen card may be misused by a finder or a thief, making its owner liable for the cost of all charges until its loss is reported. Chartered 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH e PARTNERS eo WP. FCA. A. BROCK MONTEITH B.Comm., C.A. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. o LICENSED TRUSTEES o HON. J. WALDO MONTEITH M Gordon W. RIEHL, C.A,, R.LA, ROBERT F. LIGHTFOOT, C.A. GEORGE E. TRETHEWEY, C.A. Res. Partner G. W. RIEHL -- RA 5-4478 Accountants OSHAWA, ONTARIO Le TELEPHONE +o Oshawe RA 35-3527 Ajox 730 Bowmanville ZENITH 45750 A Report to the People patient. Daily, more than ted to Oshawa General important. The housekeeping nually. members. of items bought for the iately brought forward treatment of disease. "hospital Oshawa Honorary P Col. The Oshawa GENERAL HOSPITAL Is Your Own Hospital People do not feel completely secure in an area where there is ne hospital. It is comforting to know that a hospital is near, and ready to serve. Yet, public knowledge of the operation of a hospital is at best vague. Few know of the organization of a hospital, the teams which contribute to the welfare of each 35 patients are admit- Hospital. Few of these patients see anything of the operation of the hospital other than the activity in the immed- iate vicinity of their beds. Some hospital departments have been described previously in this space, but there are others, less glamourous perhaps, but still For instance, the hospital laundry, with a staff of 20 people using $80,000 worth of equipment, cleans the tons of linen which are used daily. Each patient uses an average of 12 Ibs of linen each day. staff, numbering 120, is responsible for keeping the hospital clean, and the rooms neat. This duty is most import- tant in maintaining sterile technique, and preventing cross-infection. A constant supply of steam, for heating the buildings and sterilizin maintained by engineers. 7 ; The hospital retains a maintenance staff of 15, to carry out the mechan- ical repairs, carpentry, plumbing, and painting necessary to keep the hospital running at full efficiency 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Of prime importance in a hospital is the quality of the food. Cooking and serving food at Oshawa General Hospital requires a staff of more than 70. To make patients feel more at home, the hospital recently instituted selective menus. This had the double effect of bringing grateful comment from patients, and cutting down food costs. The surgical supply department--never seen by patients--provides surgical dressing and dressing trays 24 hours a day. The sewing and linen room repairs damaged linen, and provides uniforms for certain of the staff The business and administrative offices require a staff of 25, to handle purchasing, accounts, payroll, and to sign cheques for the many thousands hospital. The record room sorts and files charts and data on every patient. A staff of seven transcribes and files these valuable records which are immed- if a patient is re-admitted. A staff of seven is maintained in the pharmacy, which requires an in- ventory of more than 5000 items to provide the drugs required in the modem More and more patients are treated now by the physiotherapy depart- ment, which enables patients to be up and about more quickly. The general stores--a regular sized warehouse---stocks $100,000 worth of material, and makes daily shipments to the various departments of the With these, and many other departments, administration of a hospital is a complicated, but very rewarding effort. While we realize that patients are not fully aware of the operation of a hospital--being primarily interested in regaining health--we would like to think that as time goes on the public will become more familiar with the workings of the hospital. In effect, the hospital is a small city, complete in itself, with almost every type of business being operated within its walls. General R. 5S. Mel [1] WILLIAM A. HOLLAND instruments is provided by two massive boilers, his plant consumes 500,000 gallons of oil an- y P Storie, W. A. Wecker, and E. H. Walker; Honorary Secretory--Mm. T. President -- T. L. Wilson Vice-President -- E. G. Storie Br. A. P. Fulton, President Medical Staff W. G. Y. Grant Vice-President Medical Staff W. Heber Down, Countv Onterie J. A. Morphy, H. P. Schell, A. @& H. Everson. Treasurer -- G. B. Miles Secretary end Administrator -- W. A. Holland Superintendent £. Marks, Q.C. T. H. Washington J. Wootten, Mrs. C. D. Russell, Women's Hospitel Auxiliary