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She sharon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. es oY SOTaGian NEY Page 6 Tuesday, March 15, 1960 Parliament Means Honor And Chance For Service Blair Fraser, Ottawa editor of Mac- lean's, pities the lot of the backbencher in Parliament, picturing him as "a pre- destined drone in the hive of demo- cracy," without chance to prove his worth and condemned to a "demoral- izing life." The Ottawa Journal wonders whether Mr. "compassion isn't mis- directed -- or wasted." The Journal's comment follows: Fraser's For we ask ourselves why any young Canadian worth his salt, or any old Canadian for that matter should be bored by the privilege of sitting in the Parliament of his country? He sits in a House which makes our laws and guards our freedoms, a place which once knew MacDonald, Cartier, Howe, McGee and Laurier. He may take part in discus- sions of national issues or hear them discussed at first hand. He may attend and speak his there to his heart's content. He may be a member of committee which debate and recommend policies. And he has party caucuses ideas for his personal use and enjoyment one of the great libraries of the nation. Are such things, availed of, demoral- izing? Things to bore? To the dull, all things are dull. And while it may be that the House of Commons has its proportion of dullards, we find it hard to believe that it holds any large number of members so bereft of imagination, so lacking in a sense of history, that they fail to understand what a seat in Parliament means--what it means in honor, in opportunity for service, as a place for the satisfaction of ambition. In brief, we cannot pity a member of Parliament, over the member of Parliament who indulges in self-pity. And the reason we cannot bring ourselves to such a state is that we think of the story Parliament from the day Sir John Eliot withstood Charles I, and trust we understand what nor grieve of James Maxton meant when he spoke of the House of Commons as a "sentient" place in (an adjective which delighted Churchill). Lastly, we have a notion that Mr. Blair Fraser, seeing what he wrote in cold print, is wondering why he wrote it at all. Difficulties Inevitable The other day at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Quebec, an ad- dress was given by the headmaster of an English public school, who also happens to be President of Rotary In- Great land. It was an impressive discourse and inspired the Quebec Chronicle-Tele- graph to the following comment: At one point Shaw, touched on the purpose of edu- beileve his thought merits repeating here. For he has pointed out a pitfall that lies before very many people in their understand- ing and appreciation of the instruction we offer to our young folk. Education, he suggested, is not intended to make things easy for young people, but rather is intended to prepare them to meet difficulties, We have heard a lot in recent years ternational in Britain and Ire- the speaker, Harry cation, and we about our modern way of living becom- ing easier. We already know some of the advantages, for there is the shorter work-week with more leisure time, there are countless labor-saving devices. This is all very nice, and we should appreci- ate the ease that modern technology has brought to our existence. But we stumble into the pitfall, we deceive ourselves, when we believe that life will be without difficulties. No matter how much our skill may produce comforts, we can never create a living that is without problems. We create all manner of welfare schemes to take out the bumps that life has to bring, but there will always be those occasions when man's mettle is tested, those personal crises for which techno- logical skill has no answer. If we pretend that life will always be easy, we deceive ourselves. The only life that offers complete security is that of the slave, provided his master is be- nign. But that is not good enough for free men. We must be trained to face the realities of life and educated to overcome the difficulties that confront. us. No other satisfactory, whether for ourselves or for the rising generation. It is only in meeting and difficulties that living, and are training is conquering our we understand victorious able to live life to the full. The challenge that faces our young people is tremendous, and our program of education should be such as to train them and encourage them to meet that challenge victoriously. Truth Can Be Shocking An Highway on .the Trans-Canada Medicine Hat ago claimed the lives of six people. In the carried accident near a while reporting accident, the Medicine Hat News tures of the wreckage The from readers who referred to the report some graphic pic- and the carnage. result was a series of complaints and pictures of the accident scene in such terms as: "shocking," "cruel," "vul- gar." It may be that the description was unduly graphic, yet if the vivid descrip- tion forces on the minds ofthe motor- ing public the need for "eternal vigi- lance," then surely the effort of the newspaper has been a real public ser- The News defended these words: vice its action in "Violent death is shocking and cruel and vulgar, and it is impossible to dis- dhe Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager ng The Oshawa Times Whitby Gazette and e is published daily ays and statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers The Canadion Fress, Audit Bureou of Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- Press is exclusively entitled tion of all news despatched it or to The Associated the local news published ecial despatches are qlso 425 Ur 640 Cathcart Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES son Building, Avenue PQ versity Montreal Claremont »d Kinwcle, Port Hope oC per week outside carriers 15.00 per veor Average Daily Ne* Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 Beact Manchester Newcastle not over 4 province of Ontario) 12.00; elsewhere guise. If some people were shocked by the word and pictorial descriptions of this visit of death, we can only hope that they and all other readers were shocked so deeply that they will never forget that death is an eager potential passenger vehicle on every road. Death needs only a split second in every of inattention to gain control and kill the incautious. "We hope they were shocked so deep- ly with the horror of sudden, violent death on a darkened highway that they never cease to think of the anguish and heartbreak left behind for the families of those who died so needlessly and so cruelly. "We viewed the tangled wreckage and the cold. mute bodies and we will never forget. ' "Perhaps everyone who has ever rid- den in a motor vehicle should be forc- ed to view the stark, soul-wrenching scene created by violent death on the highway. Then, possibly, it would have the lasting effect that words and pic- pictures seem unable to create." Other Editor's Views Reason For Price Cuts (Baltimore Sun) When a steel warehouse in St. Louis dropped its prices this week (ware- house prices, of course, not mill prices) a competitor remarked sourly: There is absolutely no justification for lower prices at this time, except. a move to grab more local business. How true! That is always the reason for price cuts: An effort to grab more business. Henry Ford was out to grab more business when he cut prices of Tin Lizzies. in the early days -- and it wgsked. It put the nation on wheels. = SEVEN YEAR PLAN QUEEN'S PARK Where Is Democracy In Modern Unionism? By DON O"HEARN TORONTO Where sheuld democracy lie in the trade union movement? Should the union member have protection to ensure he will have free choice of unions? Should there be security of a union in a plant and the demo- cratic assurance be founded on freedom of cheice of officers? Or should there be democracy at all in unionism? THE ROOT These are which answers some time. They are at the root of much of the confusion regarding unionism at present And there is some possibility we may begin to apprcach some decision on them at the present session, STRAYED AWAY 'It has been taken for granted throughout the growth of the la- bor movement that it was, and must be, based on democracy. However in its struggle for recognition labor leadership wan- dered far from demccratic prin- ciple as we know it In its fight to become solidly established, it used every means it could to become entrenched. And this meant closed shops and other devices which are not democratic practice as we have been accustomed to regard it Very few question that much of this was probably necessary But now many must question whether it has gone too far- questions for found basic must be whether unionism has gone away REPORT FROM UK from democracy altogether. And if so, where the line should be. WHICH CHOICE? Traditionally we have felt that freedom of choice between unions was the avenue in which democ- racy should be follcwed However today there are many fields in which there is really only the one union. How is choice then ercised? Should there be legislation that gives protection that there will be compulsory sctions or some machinery to guarantee freedom of choice in leadership within the unicn? Or should there be an attempt to have democracy in unionism? (Of course there must be. bu still the way things have gone this is a consideration. BASIC PROBLEN The initial debate on the labo: relations bill showed that these are the questions really bother. ing the legislators. though none of their, amendments say so in $0 many words The Liberals, for instance, ob- ject to a clause which would protect the job of an employee suspended from his union. Their real reason for objecting is that they feel the section would weaken union security In presenting their arguments they showed no firm opinion on how far such security should go But as their proposals are de- bated this question will be brought out. And through the debate some opinion will be formed to be ex- Impact Of Trading Block Will Be Felt By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The full impact of the operations of the Common Market of six European nations will soon begin to be felt by the other trading nations of the world, particolarly Britain, the United States and Canada. Up to the present, the only practical steps taken by the six national group, acting through the Euro- pean Economic Community, has been the systematic reductions of tariffs in their trade relations with each other. Of even more importance to the outside world, however, is the structure of ex- ternal traffic set up by the Com- mon Market against imports irom other countries, From European Community sources is Brussels, I have learned that this struc- ture of external tariff is now al- most complete. The EEC Com- mission announces that agree- ment has been reached among the six member states on a com- mon external tariff which will cover 95 per cent of the Com- munity's trade with non-member countries, There will be only a single set of tariffs for all six countries, and this will cover all imports into any of them. They have agreed to waive their sov- ereign rights on external tariffs to further the objective of hav- ing a single economic policy for all of them LISTING REDUCED After long and careful study, the commission has been able to reduce the number of listings for tariff purposes from 19,000 to approximately 3000, and for these there has been agreement on a common tariff, Still to be dealt with are a number of prod- vets on what is known as List G, items on which there variations in the fm mei s of the six individual Economic ist of were « _it does help to show external to nations. The common tariff rate on these has still be worked out. Commenting on the progress made, Signor Giuseppe Caron, a vice-president of the Common Market Commission, said that this achievement underlined the political determination of the Community countries to continue ---- ------. 515 ---- [ Moscow 16 To LAY OUT A GOLF COURSE IN THE SPRING FoR. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S VISIT NEWS [TEM BY-GONE DAYS 55 YEARS AGO Residents of the College Hill district petitioned for the opening of a new road to serve the area. Farmers' Insti- tute held a series of district meetings to discuss plans for co-operation of packing and mar- keting of apples. South Ontario Council disagreed on the ap- pointment of a night watchman for the town, all three applicants far the post being rejected Board of Education requisi- tioned for $10.000 for school pur- for 1905. Public Library r $870, same as Anthracite coal was selling at $5.75 a ton in Oshawa. Annual | organization meeting Oshawa b ball league in Oshawa House. the was held W. J. Burns was elected presi dent and L. G. Cassels, vice- president, at a direcic meet- ing of the Oshawa Gas Co. Royal Templars held a bun feed in the Sons of England Hall, The McLaughlin Carriage Co, installed a special stoker to elim- inate the smoke- nuisance and to add heat produced by the fuel consumed. Town council granted L. C. Hall, town treasurer, an increase of $25 in his salary, The Vindicator published a list ol Oshawa citizens who had in- stalled telephones, along with their numbe RW wrote that creek St. wW, Dixon of the flour mills the town council asking the ice be blasted in the near the bridge on King Brn nA will have had, the member countries to overcome a mass of technical problems in the formulation of their common external tariff. He hoped this would lead to a further develop- ment of trade by the Community with non-member countries. He stressed that the Community in- tended to follow a liberal policy, and not to form an autarchie protectionist trading bloc. Details the proposed mon tariff structure will not be made known to the rest of the world until they have been trans- mitted to the GATT organization, m the meantime, discussions are continuing on the remaining products on List G, on which no agreement has yet been reached. TH tegration, This common he said, enabled of com= Did You Know Colors Attect The HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD YOU MAY be in the pink of health until you remember that this is blue Monday. Then black despair. may set in, but it shouldn't Of course bit too this statement is a dramatic, perhaps, but how much our emotions are affected by colors. At work or at play, colors help set our moods DEPEND ON ENVIRONMENT Our efficiency and emotional stability depend a great deal upon our environment. And one of the most important elements of that environment is color We may be completely uncon scious of the colors 'around us yel our moods, tempe raments and behavior may actually be affected by them. PHYSICAL REACTIONS Colors sometimes produce physical reactions, For example persons may feel warm in a red room and cold in a blue room although there is no change in the actual temperature According to the , Color search Institute of Chicago ors are divided into two distinet psychological groups -- cool and warm Re col Emotions ? The cool colors are blue, or pre- dominantly blue in cast. The warm colors are red and yellow. Cool colors gencrally have a sedative effect. They often are calming to highly nervous per- sons who feel uncomfortable in an environment of warm colors. Persons who are less excitable can become distressed when sur- rounded by strong blue colors. Reds and yellows, on the other hand, can lift their spirits, SEEK BALANCE Most of us seek a balance of stimulating and calming colors by using tints and tomes de- rived from both warm and cool hues. A mildly 'stimulating effect can be created in a room by covering the walls with peach. This can be done by 'diluting orange - red or by having orange- red objects or accessories in a room with a neutral background, Maybe you had better give a thought to these unconscious re- actions to colors if you plan any spring redecorating, QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. T. D.: What causes en- ephalitis? Does it always cauge brain OTTAWA REPORT Memoirs Of Pope . Footnote To History By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- A rare personal fecotnote to our history is pro- vided by Public Servant, the memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope, just published by Oxford University Press of Toronto, price $4.50. We can all read the bare bones of history. Indeed we all have history thrust down our throats when we are too young to enjoy it. But it is seldom that we can gain admission to the intimate delails of our historical charac- ters and the personalities behind the news, for memoirs and bi- ographies of Canadians are dis- tressingly rare. But here we have the reminiscences of a top civil servant, who in 44 years was friend, confidant and private sec- retary to prime ministers, ad: viser to governors-general, the founder of our department of ex- ternal affairs, the planner of royal tours in Canada, and even the creator of our national motto: "A Mari usque ad Mare". From his experiences in such labor, from 1881 until his retire- ment in 1925. Sir Joseph Pope dipped into his diary, and him- self wrote the first part of these memoirs; the account of the later cars has been compiled from his papers by his son, Maurice Pope, a former general and a former ambassador, and father of the present executive assistant to Hazen Argue, leader of: the CCF in the House of Commons. Canada's great and first top civii servant, Joseph Pope was born in Charlottetown, P.E.IL, in 1854. He was the son of a Father of Confederation, and the nephew of a premier of P.E.I. So he was raised in an atmosphere of pol- itics unusually tense even for that politically-consctous province where national affairs were and still are taken very seriously; on the principle, said Pope, that the smaller the pit, the fiercer the rats fight. OTTAWA'S EARLY DAYS In the first days of the settle- ment on the Ottawa River which i now our capital, the sound of sharp axe was heard falling on tall pine, When our infant gov- ernment was sited here, our na- tional leaders seemed to be as busy as those axemen, with little time to record their thoughts and deeds daily. King was perhaps the first Ca- nadian statesman who began his political career confidant of at- taining national significance and who accordingly documented it each day, with a voluminous diary and a magpie collection of papers. This grew through the vears and, like a postage stamp collection, ultimately proved to damage and, if so, will this damage be permanent? Answer: Encephalitis is an in- flamation of the brain and may be caused by many different virus or bacterial infections. It occasionally complicates common diseases like measles or mumps. In many . instances, complete recovery occurs. In other cases, there may be permanent dame. age, depending upon the sever. ity of the disease and the areca involved Indeed, Mackenzie haunted by his very spirit, "The Chief" was hospitable and witty, and Pope tells us how he de. lighted to entertain each of his parliamentary supporters there at dinner twice in every session. Those, it seems, were the days when Parliament was the best man's club in Canada. Today it has becgme--for some at least-- our country's worst sweat shop, contain some (reasures as well as some junk. A GAP FILLED Against such a dearth of vivid delineation of events and person- alities, the Pope memoirs give us a valuable picture, of the foibles and the triumphs, the worries and the grandeur, of Otizv.'s early days. We learn how, three years before Sir John A. Mac- donald's death, that great prime minister confided that cne mem- ber of his cabinet could not pos- sibly succed him, as he "had not a single qualification for the of- fice." Yet on his death, that very man became prime minister of Canada. We learn even that as recently as 1884, some Americans slipped across the border, and hid them- selves in the grounds of Govern- ment House to ambush the gov- ernor. Fortunately his excellency stayed indoors that bitter win- ter's day, and so escaped the assassin's bullet. Life was easy-going in those spacious days. Macdonald lived a full life in that beautiful riverside mansion of his, Earnscliffe. The home of 'our first prime mini: er still stands, full of furnishings and belongings of the great man, bearing his. stamp, indeed YELLOW PAGES Souler FINANCING - HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY ON EASTER ISLANDS IN DAYS WHEN NATIVES USED BOULDERS FOR MONEY. GET AFTER THAT COUGH! 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