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Fhe Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Saturday, February 6, 1960 Racial Schools Could Destroy Nation's Unity It was a wise statement the Coffey made to the Oshawa Separate School Board this week. He warned the board of the danger of establishing, per- + haps unwittingly, schools that would serve particular ethnic groups. "Everyone who came here came to be a Canadian," he was quoted as saying, "and the best way we can give them a Jove for this country is to keep the chil. dren together . . . Let the different nationalities keep their own languages, but we all want them to be Canadians. What I want to foster is a good, strong Canada." With that statement we heartily agree. The aim in Canada has been to in- tegrate rather than to absorb people who have come here from other lands. In that way, Canada can be enriched by various cultures and strengthened through var- iety instead of conformity, so that the de- veloping Canadian character can have a strong but varied fabric. It has been de- scribed as the achievement of unity with diversity. There is always the danger, however, of emphasizing diversity to the point where we achieve not integration but disintegration, and Canada would be- come not a nation but a congregation of ethnic groups, all jealously preserving their own ways of doing things. Thus Canada would become only a name, a convenient tag for a strange congrega- tion of transplanted groups of English men, Dutch, Germans, Italians and se on, with all their loyalties centred in their own particular groups. That would be disintegration, and a sure way of obtaining it would be to establish racial schools. In such fashion the school system itself would first suf- fer, and then the cause of national un- ity would wither to the point where the first breath of inter-racial argument would blow away. Sanctuaries For People In all the talk about the growth of a great urban complex from east of Osh- awa to the Niagara Peninsula, the em- phasis has been on planning and control of the growth itself. Nothing so far has been said about the pressure that the complex will exert on Ontario's hinter- land. Yet the growth will be one of peo- ple--the people who will occupy the thousands of new streets and the hun- dreds of new factories and businesses. On weekends and holiday periods, these people will be looking for places to re- lax, and those places will be to the north, in the woods, along the lakes and streams. That is why there is an urgency to the provincial government's parks pro- gram, and why it is an absolute neces- -gity that large areas of the province be preserved unspoiled by commercial ex- ploitation. Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court, said, not long ago when pleading for the preserva- tion of the Potomac Valley and its his- toric towpath as a national park, "We establish sanctuaries for ducks and deer and other animals. Is it not time that we establish a few sanctuaries for men? Our sanctuaries in Ontario are the pitifully few municipal parks and green belts, and the areas set aside by the pro- vincial - government. Fortunately, the provincial parks program is being ag- gressively expanded, but it is still a race against the pressure of population. Gregarious types find relief from ur- ban pressures at cottages sitting cheek- by-jowl on the shores of an easily acces- sible lake. They do not seek solitude -- indeed, may be appalled by it. But there are many others who find solitude necessary every so often, who need the quiet of unspoiled nature to heal the ravages of an artificial existance. For such people recourse to a wilderness area is virtually a necessity ---- as much of a necessity as hospital treatment for serious physical ailment. This must not be forgotten when we talk of the urban spread now under way Penalty No Deterrent With a free parliamentary vote on the death penalty strongly indicated in the next few weeks, opponents of abolition are again sending up cries of alarm, the Vancouver Sun notes. Unfortunately they do not seem to learn from experience. Once more they furbish up the one argument left to them that might be described as rational. It is that capital punishment must be kept for its "deterrent effect." Ootherwise, heaven help society. We'll all be killed in our beds It was not until 1861 that capital punishment in England was abolished for the last of the scores of petty crimes for which it had been imposed. The House of Lords had always been the main obstacle to reforms. The anti- abolitionist majorities even included bishops, as well as most of the lawyers. Their attitude might be summed up in that of the Lord Chancellor when he argued against an abolitionist bill of 1820. It might seem harsh, he said, to hang a man for cutting down one tree or wounding a single cow ' (which was still the case then). But if this were not done, someone might cut down a forest or destroy an entire herd. But in 1886 the report of the Com- Fhe Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established ' 1871) ona the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863 is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). 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By mail (in province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areos 12.00; elsewhers 15.00' per veor Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 missioners on Crime had this to say: "It has not been found that the repeal of capital punishment with regard to any particular class of offerices has been attended with increase of the offenders." an Since those days the number of coun- tries and federal states which have abolished capital punishment for mur- der has risen to close to 40. The British select committee of 1929-30, studying the effects of aboli- tionist legislation abroad, said: "Our prolonged examination of the situation in foreign countries has increasingly confirmed us in the assurance that capjtal punishment may be abolished in this country (Britain) without en- dangering life or property or impair. ing the security of society." In 1949-53 a British royal commis- sion on capital punishment went further in its studies. It took into account various sociological factors both in abolitionist and non-abolitionist coun- tries. In the abolitionist countries it studied these factors both before and after abolition. The commission found fluctuating murder rates in both types of country. And usually at the same time and in the same degree in both types. They decided the fluctuations had nothing to do with the existence or absence of the death penalty. They said: "There is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that... abolition... has led to an increase in the homicide rate or that its re-intro- duction has led to a fall" If the experience of these committees and commissions is given proper weight, Canadians who previously have been impressed by the argument of deter- rence can abandon it. They will then stand before their troubled consciences. The same goes for the members of Pariament who may shortly be called on to debate this question and make a momentous decision. Bible Thought He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it--Ecclesiastes 10:8, Evil designs of digging pits for others are boomerangs. How much better to extend a helping hand to one who has fallen into a pit. "Rescue the perishing." Pr RN 5 N/ Zl / // / Xi A & NN [f= = SPEAKER'S PLATFORM / THE ANGEL rt oF Feacey re IE UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Aneurin Bevan's Illness May Affect Party Future By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent, LONDON -- There are many diverse opinions regarding the effect on the Socialist party and its leader, Hugh Gaitskell, of the serious illness of Aneurin Bevan, its deputy leader and foreign af- fairs spokesman One thing is certain. Mr. Be- van can be ruled out of the poli. tical arena for a long time to come, He will not be able to take his seat in the House of Com- mons during the present session. It is very doubtful whether he will have recovered sufficiently to take any part in the next La- bor Party conference in October. There are even those who are of the opinion that Mr. Bevan's political career as a power in the party has ended with the serious mature of his illness, PREVENTED SPLIT Various ideas are being put for- ward as to how this will affect his party and its leader. It is recalled that at the election post- mortem party conference Mr, Bevan alone prevented a split in the party at Blackpool and came strongly to the rescue of Mr Gaitskell at a critical moment. Looking ahead, there is some speculation on what would hap- pen at the conference next Octo- ber if Mr. Gaitskell insists on removing nationaliation from the party platform, and finds his views in the minority. On the other hand, Mr. Bevan has always been regarded as the leader of the left wing, although othes have tried to usurp that position. There are a few left wingers who are insisting that Mr. Gaitskell must either give up his ideas of changing the party constitution or resign, They do not have strong support. Indeed, with. Mr. Bevan out of the pic- ture, even if only temporarily, the left wingers have no strong leader. And Mr. Gaitskell"s 1 i- tion has been strengthened .m- measuably by the fact that there is no one near his calibre to re- place Mr. Bevan. This would seem to leave Mr. Gaitskell away out in front of the critics within his own party, especially as he has the unqualified support of an overwhelming majority of the Labor members in the House of Commons. MORE BOYCOTTING That nasty word "boycott" is appearing more and more in the news. Hugh Gaitskell was not at all happy when he returned from the West Indies to find the Labor party committed to a boycott of South' Africa on account of the apartheid policies of its govern- ment. He is wise enough to know that such a boycott would be a political boomerang. The Trades Union Congress had taken a mild. er attitude than the Labor poli- tical party. It is simply asking that its members, as individuals, refrain from buying South Afri- can products, without any or- ganized effort to make this effec- tive. The boycott disease is spread- ing. The Liverpool City Council has' decided not to buy any South African goods. BAN ON EIRE TRAVEL Another instance has arisen in connection with the trade done by Eire in horses shipped to France and Belgium for use as hore meat. There has been a storm of protest based on charges of cruel- ty to those horses in the methods of shipping. One of London's leading ticket and travel agencies has an- nounced that it will boycott trav- el to Eire as part of this pro- test. So long as this trade in horses goes on, it will sell no more tickets for. trips to Eire. The whole business is con- demned in the press as most il- logical, and as one which could be carried to ridiculous extremes if people were to use the boycott weapon to give vent to all their private grievances. NONE FOR THE ROAD The old familiar phrase com- mon to the breaking up of drink. ing parties, "One for the Road", has been replaced by one which QUEEN'S PARK Ontario 'Kelly Strength Increased By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Ontario's corps of "Kelly Girls" is to be doubleq in strength. The Kelly Girls are the certi- fied nursing assistants who have been such a valuable aid to your hospitals. They get their name from the late Russell T. Kelly, health min- ister in 1946, when the first of them were trained. RELEASE RNs Health Minister Dr. M. B. Dv- mond has announced that at least 1,000 of the assistants will be trained and graduated this year. This will be a most constructive step in meeting the shortage of hospital nurses For it has been found that the assistants can do a great deal of the work that registered nurses used to do around hospitals And each assistant means as- other nurse can be relieved of some duties. NO MONEY To some of us, of course, it is passing strange that more of the assistants have not been trained in the past. Certainly the critical shortage which hit us last year must have given some advance warning But the government could not see it that way--at least not to the extent of spending money. Lower rankers in the health de- partment will tell you it has wanted to train more girls but the budget has never allowed for it. The current cost is $1,250 a girl 5 sounds a great more sensible, mn view of the terrible toll of deaths on Britain's highways. Tne new phrase, suggested by the pro- ponents of more severe punish- ment, and more effective meth- ods of detection of drunkenness -in motor accidents, is 'None for the Road." This is the slogan coined by those who are cam- paigning against driving while under the influence of liquor, and it has been taken up as a very apt one in the public inter- est. Incidentally, the London police are having their hands:full tow- ing away cars which are illegally parked in the central area of Lon- don. Police began towing away cars from this area on Novem- ber 30 last, when the pink zone regulations came into effect. The other day it was announced that they had towed away the 10,000th motor car since these regulations became effective. In the last week, the number of cars towed away averaged over 250 a day. URANIUM HUNT FAILS For the past two years, the Atomic - Energy Division of the Geological Survey has been con- ducting an exhaustive search for commercial quantities of uranium in Britain. In that period, aire craft equipped with sensitive geiger counters have been at work in many parts of the coun- try, from Cornwall to the High- lands of Scotland, Some 70 veins of uranium were located, but none of them were of any eco- nomic importance. None of the deposits investigated was esti- mated to contain more than five tons of uranium oxide. So the search has been abandoned as being a hopeless cause. There is considerable interest in Commonwealth circles in Lon- don in the appointment of Rich- ard Casey, Australia's Minister of External Affairs, as the first life peer to be created from a Commonwealth country outside of Britain. Mr. Casey had another distinction to his credit during the second world war, when he was appointed a member of the British war cabinet. There is much speculation as | to whether this step marks a new i departure in the way of bringing Girls' They are allowed $60 to cover board and room while taking the ten months course. DEFENCE ORGANIZED The grand snarl of civil de- fence may be ending. Reorganization plans look prom- ising. At least in future each area of responsibility should know what is expected of it. The army will be in complete charge of warnings, as well as testing for radiation and ordering evacuation' where necessary. The new provincial organization (comppsed of chairman Fire Mar- shal W. J. Scott, OPP Commis- sioner Clark and a number of deputy ministers) will be fin charge of all matters dealing with outstanding Commonwealth citi- | zens into the House of Lords. If this is the case, Canadians will be about the only Commonwealth citizens ineligible. The House of jj Commons of Canada stands on jl record as asking the ruling sov- ereign not to confer any titles on Canadian citizens. Bushebs of Ripe TOMATOES - From ONE VINE rs vet) 20r3 vines will produce e es 2013 vious wit radon proud THE NEW CLIMBING TRp--Crop 'TOMATO rapidly grows w # height of 15 to 12 feet often _as high as 16 to 20 feet. Grow on trellis, on side of home, barn or anywhere, Can be grown as a sh is garden. Beautiful, large, crimson, solid, meaty fruits a, Of best quality. The most productive of all tomatoes, "ry (Pkt. 25¢) postpaid Jy FREE big new 164 Py & wi & Nursery N23 DOMINION SEED HOUSE, GEORGETOWN, ONT. CS p---- a -- civil government. 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH e PARTNERS eo Pa CA, A. BROCK MONTEITH B.Comm., C.A. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants o LICENSED TRUSTEES o HON. J. WALDO MONTEITH M.P FCA Gordon W. RIEHL, CA, RIA, ROBERT F. LIGHTFOOT, C.A. GEORGE E. TRETHEWEY, C.A. Res. Partner G. W. RIEHL -- RA 5-4478 OSHAWA, ONTARIO ® TELEPHONE oo Oshawa RA 5-3527 Ajox 730 Bowmanville ZENITH 45750 BY-GONE DAYS 55 YEARS AGO St. George's Anglican Church choir under the direction of Mrs. W. A. Hare, accompanied by the rector and Mrs. Talbot, presented a fine concert at Whit- by. The quartette of Mrs. Hare, Miss Pedlar, Mr. Stedham and Mr. Carswell was a feature. L. C. Hall, town treasurer, re- quested council that his salary of $150 a year be increased. Joseph Pengelly, Chief of Po- lice, received a salary of $50 per month. Councillor Farewell submitted a report from the finance com- mittee recommending t town pay $192 towards the salary of a new night constable and the business men pay $288. Citizens who lived near the Oshawa Railway tracks objected to the GTR shunter being used, as it burned soft coal which was against the bylaw. Oshawa Athletic Association, Lid, held its annual meeting with the president John Cowan, presiding. Secretary's report showed a revenue of $136.50 fer the year during which $100 was paid on the mortgage leaving a debt of $200 on the grounds. Town clerk gave the auditor's report which showed that $350 the had been paid in fines during 1904: This was the largest amount ever collected by the Police Dept. Those elected to County Council were: Dr. T. E. Kaiser, Oshawa; A. E. Henry, Taunton; John Vi- pond, Brooklin; David Whitby; Thomas Poucher, Brougham; R. R. Mowbray, Kin- sale; James Carnegie, Port Perry; R. M. Holtby, Manchester and A. Millard, Altona. The pupils of the Oshawa schools made a donation of $27 to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. A Report to the People special equipment to with a just answer. following day. BED SPACE precise date. URGENT LIST future. accommodation. procedure. Your hospital and the surgical de- partment, with an inelastic number of beds available, have attempted to meet this by alloting bed space on that most dfificult of criteria, greatest need of any one individual in relation to another, Even Solomon with all his wisdom mi INCREASE IN WORK One might wonder why it was possible to show such a tremendous in- crease in work passing through the operating room as portrayed in our initial figures. In part it was due to the decreasing length of stay following an operative procedure. In part the results were achieved by the performance of many relatively minor and short-stay type procedures. Finally, the institu- tion of a system for the admission of patients into the hospital over the week- end for operative procedures on Saturday morning with discharge on Sunday Of necessity these admissions had to be limited to those requiring a minor or relatively minor operation so that they could be safely discharged the President -- T, Vice-President -- E. G. Storie The Oshawa GENERAL HOSPITAL Is Your Own Hospital SURGERY: THE GROWING DEMAND The absence of an adequate number of beds in the hospital continues to be a problem to the surgery department, as well as other divisions of the hospital. Notwithstanding this obstacle, our operating room records show that approximately 390 patients underwent some form of surgery during the month of January. This can be compared with a total of 325 so handled during January of 1959. The complexity of types of surgical pro- cedures that may be required tends to increase with the growth of population in any given area. In our rapidly growing community it has been noted that there is a growing demand for space and armamentarium for the perfor- mance of surgical procedures of a special nature. As this demand grows, or becomes great enough, individual doctors especially trained along these lines tend to take up residence and establish practices in the area. This has happened in Oshawa. The presence of many patients suffering from conditions or to diseases that may be cured or relieved by doctors skilled in their recognition and management increases the demands on your hospital for beds, and of necessity increases the demands upon facili- ties and space available in the surgical depart- ment. This calls for additional operating room time, the purchase and the procurement of facilitate the required L. Wilson ©r. A. P. Fulton, President r. Y. Grant Medicel Staff W. G Vice-President Medical Staff W. Heber Down, Countv Ontarie patients J. 0. RUDDY M.D. (Whitby) CHIEF OF SURGERY ght have been puzzled to come up This department can justly take pride in the existence of an up-to-date group of operating rooms, six in number, and their ancillary equipment. They compare favorably with those available in modern hospitals throughout the country. It is staffed by fourteen graduate nurses, as well as receiving the help of other trained personnel, and not overlooking the assistance of student nurses who spend four weeks of their second year in the operating room and two weeks during their final year, To round out these facilities, the well equipped and well staffed recovery room is located on the same floor where patients are kept until they have returned to consciousness and have overcome any operative shock that might have ensued. Alf in all, they are an efficient, loyal and long-suffering staff who demonstrate most commendable interest and foresight in performing their many and sometimes onerous dutiies. HAZARDS, EMERGENCIES The general public may not realize the extent to which these people, and the surgeons, devote time and effort towards prevention of operating room hazards and having in readiness supplies and equipment to take care of any pressing emergency. All fatalities or untoward complications that are in any way associated with surgery are discussed and analyzed by all surgeons at a monthly meeting, to prevent difficulties when similar problems present themselves on some future occasion. Acting in. conjuction with the department of pathology, which studies and gives reports on all tissues removed at operations, assess- ments are made by the surgeons, acting as a unit, as to the necessity, etc. of any procedure performed. These safeguards are in the interest of the public and self-imposed by your staff. The problem of this department and the surgeons connected thereto, is the finding of bed space in the hospital, after convincing the patient (which may not always be easy), that a certain operation is indicated. When the individual suffers from conditions that do not demand imperative interven- tion, some definite date in the future may be secured. Unfortunately this may be and is from six to ten weeks after the patient has accepted the idea of surgical treatment for bringing about his recovery. If the problem is life saving and intervention is imperative, the department willingly and the hospital itself accepts these patients at any time or any hour of the day or night. However, again beds must be found for them, often at the expense of patients who have elected and arranged to come into the hospital on some A further group of surgical problems requiring intervention as soon as possible but not meeting the requirements of emergent admission, are placed on an urgent list. Many of the cases so assigned, are there because surgery seems imperative in the near future. Many others are on the same list for socio-economic reasons and others because the surgeon himself has not the heart to tell his patient he will have to wait 6, 8 or 10 weeks before his condition can be remedied. Both he and the patient hope that cancellations of future entries, rapid discharge of cases, or other reasons will perhaps free a bed that will permit the admission of the patient in the not too distant In the majority of instances these hopes are shattered because each day brings nw problems, new emergencies and more patients clamouring for In closing, it is my hope that | have shown why the greatest problem of this department is inadequate supply of hospital beds. Oshawa General Hospital Honorary President--Col. R. S. Mclaughlin; Honorary Vice-Presidents--J. A. Morphy, H. P. Schell, A. & Storie, W. A. Wecker, and E. H. Walker; Honorary Secretary--Mrs. T.° H. Everson. Treosurer -- G. B. Miles Secretary end Administrator -- W. A. Hollend E. Marks, Q.C. T. M. Moore K. Ross H. M. Smith T. D. Thomas, M.LA H. Washington J. Wootton, Town of Whithy $. T. Hopkins, City of Oshawa Mr C. D. Russell, Women's Hospitet Auxiliary