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rt de ate hg oo SE Te he Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Saturday, March 12,, 1960 The appearance of our cities would be immeasurably improved if all over- head wires were removed and placed underground. And if this were done, a great deal of storm damage would be avoided. Why, then, is it not done? The answer was provided this week by James 8. Duncan, chairman of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commis- sion, who told the energy committee of the Ontario Legislature that the cost of putting the Hydro's facilities under- ground in the southern part of the pro- vince would be between $2.2 billion and $3.6 billion. The lowest estimate would require municipal hydro commissions to increase their rates 2.64 times and rural rates would go up 3.15 times. The cost of a complete program, obviously, is prohibitive. Interruption of Hydro service due to storms causes ex- pense and inconvenience, but it would take the concentrated storms of a cen- tury to cause total damage losses equal ~ Cost Prohibits Program | Of Burying Hydro Lines to the amounts given by Mr. Duncan, Between Dec. 27 of last year and Jan, 22 of this year there were four major storms, which were the worst in the commission's history. Hydro damage in cluded 1200 broken poles, 175 trans formers, 90 line switches, 8400 conduc- tor breaks, 31,000 cases of interference by tree limbs, and important damage to high-voltage transmission line towers. Cost to the Commission was $1.5 mil- lion. Damage to municipal systems would have to be adfled to that, but even so the total would be only a small fraction of the cost of putting the facili- ties underground. : The answer is found partly in what the Commission is already doing -- the progressive placing underground of dis- tribution facilities in downtown high- load areas and in new subdivisions. We say "partly" because not all the over head wires belong to Hydro or the municipal systems. Factors In The Budget Finance Minister Fleming has coyly warded off attempts to find out when he will bring down the 1960-61 budget. The factors that go into the making of that budget, however, have been care- fully assessed by experts on tax and financial matters, and after their exami- nation it is unlikely that Mr. Fleming can produce any great surprises. The Canadian Tax Foundation, for example, has made a thorough estimate of the budget situation. The Foundation, an impartial body which maintains a continuous and expert study of taxation in Canada, considers that a "break-even" budget may be possible, and that a small surplus may be achieved without an increase in taxes. The business revival has provided the federal government with more revenue than was forecast, but there has been more spending on welfare, unemploy- ment relief, public works and interest on The great debate between Canada's primary producers and manufacturers of finished goods has gone on for many years -- virtually as long as Canada has been a country. No settlement of differ- ences is in sight, and there cannot be until the opponents are closer to agree- ment on the fundamental question of freedom of trade. This week Robert Winters, Rio Tin- to's president, declared that the gap in Canada's trade accounts would ultima- tely be closed by the primary indus- tries -- the producers and exporters of raw and semi-finished products. He picked an odd time to say it, considering how his company has been hit by loss of uranium contracts. But a couple of days later, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported that Canada piled up a record deficit in commodity trade and other international transactions last year, and went deeper into debt to cover the shortage. The report gives point to the arguments of both sides in the trade debate. Recently W. N. Hall, president of Dominion Tar and Chemical, brooded over the results of a continuing study of graduates in honor chemistry at Me- Master University. Although only one in seven or eight of the graduates is Bye sharon Sines 7. L. WILSON, Puohisher end General Manage: €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whitby Gozette ond Chronicle (established (863) 1s published dbily (Sundays end statutory holidays excepted). of C Daily N ers Publishers Association, The Caonodion Fress, Audit Bureou 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 Associcted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches ore also rese: ved Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario 640 Cathcart Street. Montreol, PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Aloert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpool Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen Orono Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Columbus Fairpori each, Greenwood Kinsale, Raglan, Blacastock Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool and Newcastle no! over 45¢ per week. By mail (in province of Ontario) outsitie corriers delivery ,areas 12.00: elsewhere 15.00 per year. Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 the public debt. So that for the current fiscal year, there will be a deficit as fore- cast in the neighborhood of $400 million. If revenue stays up, and the government can trim some of its expenses and do less borrowing, the deficit could disap- pear in the 1960-61 fiscal year. The presidential election this year in the United States could be a factor in determining the course of business -- and therefore national revenue -- during the winter and on into the spring of 1961. U.S. observers believe that a Democratic victory could result in busi- ness uncertainty, perhaps even a reces- sion, in that country, while a Republican win would not disturb the economic up-swing. One thing is 'certain: if Mr. Diefen. aker is considering an election in 1961, as some political crystal-gazers believe, there will be every effort to prepare the ground this year for a "sunshine" budget next year. Primary And Secondary now in the United States, one in every three who have gone on to the Ph. D, is there. The fault, says Mr. Hall, lies with Ottawa's "fixation" that processing in- dustries must be subordinated to primary industries. He argued: "The longer we persist in importing high-class goods, the longer we will go on exporting our first-class brains. And this is not just true of technologists. If we persist in sacrificing our secondary industries to our export industries, we lose first our scientists and our engineers -- and then our most intelligent men in other academic fields, in business, even in government -- because we are not building up the Canadian standard of living to the point where we can offer them enough incentive to keep on living in Canada." Because of the disadvantages under which Canadian manufacturing has to operate -- disadvantages of tax policies and trade policies -- it climbed only from 29 to 32 per cent of total national output from '1946 to 1956, and "even more serious are the findings of the Gordon Commission that it is expected to be only 25.3 per cent in 1958, and to employ a smaller percentage of our population that it does today." The arguments are strong on either side -- just how strong largely depends on one's self-interest. But this much is certain: we cannot continue to buy more than we sell in the international market, trusting to an inflow of investment to make up the deficit, without putting ourselves in a particularly precarious position. Capital investment in Canada is an asset; it represents physical plant for the production of goods and ser- vices. But almost as much comes here in the form of loans, and sooner or later these must be paid off. In other words, we are putting ourselves in hock. A slowing up of the investment inflow would tend to create a self-adjusting situation, since one of the repercussions would be a reduction in imports. At the same time, there would be less addition to physical plant, while our borrowings would still have to be repaid. The lesson is clear. Our policies can be tilted to favor one particular group, but must be delicately adjusted to in- crease exports and decrease imports, until we have a more favorable balance, 3 . ------ LETS 00 AWAY WITH ALL THESE COLD WAR SNOW BALLS COLD COMFORT UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Socialist Leader Gets Tough With Followers By M. MCINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Hugh Geitskell has issued an ultimatum to the Socialist party and particularly to his party following in the House of Commons. Give me your full support, he is reported to have said, or find another leader. This blunt. demand was the direct result of the defec- tion of 43 Socialist members of the House, who abstained from voting on the opposition amend. ment at the close of a two-day debate du the government's 'e- fence program. As a result the government had a majority of 133, the largest recorded in the house since it came back to power in 1951. Leading the revolt was Emmanuel Shinwell, the former Sociali:t defence minis- ter, who actually spoke vigor- ously against the amendment presented by his party leader. Mr. Gaitskell, however, will not have to resign. He has too much support behind him, especially from the tracs union wing of the party. No one is ready to take over the reirs in his place, and the party members are well aware of that, They supprried him in administering a :tern re- bule to the 43 MP's; who did not vote, They will support him again when the party's national executive meets on March 16 to discuss his proposals for chang- ing the controversial Clause 4 of the party constitution, which deals with public ownership and nationalization. While his critics are confined to some outspoken and come- times erratic left-wingers, he has behind him the overwhelm- ing majority of the nation2l exe- cutive, and they will see that his ideas are carried at the March 1€ meeting. No, there will be no need for Mr. Gaitskell to re. sign. At the moment, the So- cialist party needs him too much to risk losing him. It seems as If the Socialist exe- cutive pulled a boner when they selected March 17 as the day for the by-election in Brighouse and Spenborough, in Yorkshire. Under the British system, the party represented by the previ- ous member has the privilege of naming the by-election date. The Socialists did not pick very wisely in this case. The election day will follow the party executive meeting to discuss its constitution, and while the final outcome js not in doubt, there are sure to be signs of party disunity at that meeting. On top ot that, Prime Minister Macmil- lan is scheduled to mzke a party broadcast on radio and television on the evening of March 16, as one of the regular series sched. uled by the BBC. Both of these events could have a strong influence on the voting the following day in Brighouse and Spenborough, and might cone tribute to the defeat of the So- cialist candidate in a riding in which the party had only 47 of a majority la-t October. RAILWAY PLANS 1 expect Prime Minister Mac- millan to make some revolution- ary announcements in the near future regarding the organiza- tion and oreration of the British Rzilways. The Guilletzud report, reccmmen ing increasts o° 10 per cent in the pay of r:ilway workers, with higher dif'crea- tials for the more skilled work- ers, will cost the railway com. mission at least another £50 million, to bring the estimaled deficit for the next year up to £115 million. Since he returned fron South Africa, Mr. Macmillan hes teen giving top priority to railway problems, and in con:ultation with Lord Mills, Minister of Power, and Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, plans have been worked out for a complete re-organization of the railways from the top level down. There will also be plans for subsidies from the govern- ment to meet part of the esti- mated deficit, but not all of it. Most important of all, there is likely to be a complete re-organ- ization of the financial struc- ture of the Tran port Commis- sion, to give it a chance to oper- a'e without recurring huge defi- cits. For the British public, how- ever, all of this will mean only one thing -- still higher fares on the British railways and other nationalized transport fac- ilities. DECLARE ELECTION VOID The' Amalgamated Engineering Union has a lot more intestinal fortitude in its national execu- tive than the Electrical Trades Union. Faced with evidence that the electior. of a Communist as Belfast District pre_ident was achieved by irregular means, in- cluding stuffing of ballot boxes, it acted swiftly and decisively. It declared the election void, and ordered a new election. This is in striking contrast to the attitude of the chiefs of the Electrical Trades Union. Con. fronted with a mass of evidence of branches being wrongly dis- qualified in the voting for its general cecretary, they refused to do anything about it. The ETU, however, is not quite out of the woods. The General Coun- cil of the Trades Union Congress is undertaking a full inquiry into the ETU election, and h-s order- ed the hoads of that union to ap- pear before it for investigation. By doing so, the TUC forcstalled what might have been an even more searching government in- quiry. TAILPIECE Here is a letter which I have received in my office from a very optimistic Scot, who appar- ently has a high opinion of the power of the press: "Dear Sir, I shall be grateful ii you could find and let me know the addres of my cousin, Mr. Balfour Walton of Edin- burgh. He has been in Canada for some years and the last ad- dress was in Vancouver, but he may be elsewhere now." The letter is signed by John B. Burnie, of 291 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO The Ontario Reformer opened a branch office in Whitby. Williams Piano Co. adopted a plan of group insurance for its cmployees. "Oshawa Hou-e" on the corner of King and Church streets changed hands for the second time in three months, F. J. Bailes had sold it to a resident of Saskatoon who in turn sold it to R. D. Preston of Renfrew. Plans were made for the revi- val of the former Gilmore brick yards in Whitby. The new com- pany was to be named 'The Yiithy Brick and Clay Products The city fathers gave a sur- prise party for Mayor John Sta- cey and Mrs. Stacey on the oc. casion of their 15th wedding an- niversary. A new factory was opened on Ritson road, known as the Cen- tral Spring Co. which was a sub- sidiary of the Ontario Steel Co. Simcoe St.*Methodist Church was undergoing alterations and decorations, Oak panelling was being installed in the choir loft. Crown Attorney J. E. Farewell, KC, returned from a holiday in Florida. A new partnership was formed in Oshawa when Messrs. Morley and Percy Canning became asso- ciated with the clothing firm of Albert H. Ellis. The new firm was known as "Ellis and Can- ning's", et a Set (ona 8 ag mg Att 3 ES RAE GANS Italy Agog Over New Movie Event ROME (CP) -- Italy is agog over a new film depicting cor- ruption and debauchery in high places. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) is the latest work of Federico Fellini, director of La Strada, I Vitelloni and Cabirfa. It includes scenes of sexual promiscuity and homosexuality, and has aroused violent emotions. After top society watched the Rome premiere in icy silence, Fellini was challneged to a duel. The Vatican newspaper, L' Os- servatore Romano, called the film an incitement to crime and violence. Novelist Alberto Moravia, au- thor of Woman of Rome, said the PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM It's difficult for a person to discipline himself to do unto others as he'd have them do unto him when he knows full well that they'd never reciprocate, It's strange the airlines com- panies haven't yet removed the insurance policy vending ma- chines from their waiting rooms. "I wonder how a man can be so deceitful as to fool his wife," says a preacher. It's quite a problem, parson -- quite a prob- lem. picture is one of the most im- portant of recent years. Arguments about the film are splitting households and causing passionate arguments in public places. The film's premiere came shortly before an attack on the "atmosphere of corruption" and the "dangerous downgrade" ia Italian political life launched by the president of the Senate, Ce. sare Merzagora. The film's international cast includes Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noel, Nadia Gray and Anita Ekberg. QUEEN'S PARK "Wonders Of Ontario Now White Elephant By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There are red faces in the department of travel and publi The department got tied in with a US. company, Columbia Pic- tures, in making a film. Entitled the Wonders of Ontario #t was released a short time ago. To everybody's embarrassment an important section of it is de- voted to ElliotLake. This describes the community as a "bustling metropolis of the North." A, very awkward state- ment these days. The department also. is not too happy about the large amount of attention paid to Toronto. Ironically, it was never too en- thusiastic about the film. It went into the deal under some pressure. SLOW DOWN A middle-of-the-road approach has been taken by the govern- ment on the question of school buses. There has been a strong de- mand that approaching vehicles be required to come to a ful stop when approaching stopped buses as they must do now when coming up from behind them). The government has not gone this far, however. Under amendments to the High- way Traffic Act, approach'ng cars would be required to slow down, not to come to a full stop. Another feature of the Traffic Act amendments could mean the end of some of the 'more jazzy accessories on motor cars. The amendment would regulate the uc» and sale of all accessor | jes. The purpose is to take off the road certain attachments which are considered dangerous. Some of these are front-end ornaments. Others are sharp hub - caps which protrude and could be as potent as a buzz-saw. LOCAL SIGNS? An amendment that isn't before the house and well might be is legislation regarding s'gns. This would require better signs in municipalities. The signs on main highways are now of good standard. But there are many signs in local areas which can't even be seen at nighl. There is a disinclination in cer- tain departments of this admin- istration to offend municipalities. This is one field, however, in wise risk . Mother! Is your child irritable, restless and picky with food? If so, the couse may be WORMS. Worms, a common ailment with children can be easily destroyed and expelled with Millers Worm Powder. Used for generations by Canadion mothers. At your Drug Counter. At Your Drug Counter MILLERS oom Powders V 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH eo PARTNERS eo MP, .C.A. A. BROCK MONTEITH B.Comm, Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants @ LICENSED TRUSTEES o HON. J. Pain MONTEITH , CA. 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 OSHAWA, ONTARIO e TELEPHONE o Oshawa RA 5-3527 Ajox 730 Bowmanville ZENITH 45750 & v A Report to the People physiotherapists. other patients. daily. slow and tedious. Canadian hospitals. Oshawa General Col. R. 5. McLaugh The Oshawa GENERAL HOSPITAL Is Your Own Hospital PHYSIOTHERAPY Seven years ago, the physiotherapy department of Oshawa General Hospital consisted of a small room on the third floor, staffed by two part-time Today, with five full-time physiotherapists and two large rooms, the department has hardly enough staff or space to cope with the steadily increas- ing number of patients. Physiotherapy, and the closely related fields of radiotherapy and hydro- therapy, play an important role in providing more bed space in hospital. Through the work of the therapists, patients learn to move diseased or fractured limbs more quickly. They heal more quick! are discharged from hospital more quickly, vacating Mrs. M. E. Buchanan, one of the original pair of physiotherapists at Oshawa General Hospital, is now head of the department. While in a super- visory position, she still has to do as much physiotherapy work as any on th staff, with an average of 75 patients to be treated daily. Last year 980 in-patients paid 8,921 visits to the department, while 1,245 out-patients were treated in 6,207 visits. Seven years ago, there was an average of two or three patients treated The department has extended it's facilities, and added to its equipment as the science of therapy has advanced. Massage, exercise, electrical treat- ment, short-wave diathermy, infa-red and ultra-violet radiation, traction, wax therapy and hydrotherapy are among the treatments given daily by the physiotherapy department, providing the only treatment for some ailments, and a short-cut to health in othets, where previously the road to recovery was The value of physiotherapy is receiving wider recognition every year in " Vice-P , and consequently they Ca urgently needed for J. A. Morphy, H. P. Schell, A. 6. President -- T. Vice-President -- E. G. Storie Storle, W. A. Wecker, and E. H. Walker; Honorary Secretory--Mrs. T. H. Everson. L. Wilson Dr. A. P. Fulton, President Medical Staff Dr. W. G. Y. Grant Vice-President Medical Staff W. Heber Down, Countv Ontario Treasurer -- G. B. Miles Secretary and Administrator -- W. A. Holland £. Marks, Q.C. T. M. Moore K. Ross H. M. Smith . D. Thomas, M.LA. H. Washington Mrs. C. D. Russell, Women's Hospital Auxiliary APPOINTMENTS ie 3 WESLEY ELLIOTT LLOYD METCALF REAL ESTATE Announces The appointment of Mrs. Marion Drew and : Mr. Wesley Elliott to their sales staff. Mrs. Drew has lived in Oshawa all her life and knows the City and your housing problems thoroughly. Mr. Elliott was Fire Chief for 28 years in Oshawa and is in a position to give sound guidance in any real estate transactions you may wish to make. | am sure these people warrant your trust, LLOYD METCALF MARION DREW ATR,