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se AE TI SE FSO ro rT, NRA RE SE HPs 7s hye Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Monday, July 4, 1960 Election Results Give Ottawa Liberals A Lift Results of the Quebec and New Brunswick provincial elections have clearly put new vigor and spirit into the Liberals at Ottawa. The opposition is now operating as an opposition should, pressing home attacks on weak points in government policies and stirring up meaningful debate in the House. If the spirit and performance can be main- tained, there will be a revival of interest of Commons proceedings and better homework by members of the govern- ment. The House last Wednesday saw a display of the Liberal's new spirit, with that excellent parliamentarian Paul Martin combining with Lester Pearson in an adroit maneouvre that put the government strictly on the defensive. Declining farm income and unemploy- ment were the topics introduced, after Mr. Martin had started off with a motion to set aside the regular business of the Commons to discuss a matter of urgent public importance, namely, the "neces- sity" of an early meeting between the government and the western farm lia- ison committee. In an hour of sharp debate, Justice Minister Fulton and Labor Minister Starr were drawn into the discussion, and Prime Minister Diefenbaker rebuked the Speaker, come plained of Opposition discourtesy, and made the rather remarkable statement that the government felt the farm organizations should produce a policy for the government to consider and perhaps adopt. Despite their decline in income, the western farmers have gained little supe port or sympathy outside the prairie pro- vinces for the demands about equaliza= tion payments. The grain growers have for too long enjoyed a preferred status to expect warm support now in more industrialized regions. But for the gove ernment to suggest that it is up to a representative group to produce a pose sible answer to a problem of mére than regional importance is tantamount to admitting that the government is bane krupt of ideas and incapable of hammer« ing out a policy of its own. Governments are elected to shape and carry out policy, not to wait until electors come up with some bright ideas for acceptance or rejection. Liberal and CCF members" are sure to seize on this slip by Mr. Diefenbaker. There should be some livelier times in the Commons. Cuba's Sugar Quota a Castro is carrying out his threats to take over 'U.S. investment in Cuba "penny by penny" -- except he's doing it in multi-million dollar grabs. He has been creating excuses for the pirating; in the case of the oil companies, for examp- le, he has demanded that they handle Russian crude at uneconomic rates, knowing full well that they could only refuse. He also talks about retaliation for possible U.S. cuts in the Cuban sugar quota. The U.S. Congress has given the presi- dent discretionary power to cut the quota. The action was described as pre- cautionary, to give the administration a ready economic weapon. Secretary of State Herter has said that no immediate cut is contemplated, and leading U.S. legislators have indicated their reluc- tance to take a move that would hurt the people of Cuba. A quota reduction would push Castro farther towards Moscow, and would also disturb the cosy arrangement that world sugar producers and major users have established to maintain supplies, markets and prices. But the violence of Castro's abuse of the United States and his pirat- ing of US.-owned assets in Cuba are building up a pressure that must soon demand release. U.S. public opinion seems to reflect a growing impatience with foreign insults. Cuba is the world's largest producer of sugar. More than half of the Cuban crop goes to the United States, account- ing for a third of the annual U.S. de- mand -- and the U.S. pays from two to 2% cents a pound above world prices to the Cuban producers. In 1959 this extra payment amounted to more than $150 million. : Now Castro has pledged the Russians one million tons of sugar annually for the next five years. He is selling sugar to the Soviet Union, East Germany and Communist China at world prices and lower. He is expected to take over sugar mills later this year, and this will pro- bably mean lower production. These were the factors behind Mr. Herter's statement that "this might be the time for the United States to seek ways to diversify its sources of supply and re- duce dependence of its consumers on Cuban sugar." The Americans could start by refusing to pay the higher price -- in other words, by eliminating the $150 million subsidy. A quota cut would well follow. And castro will have the pretty problem of selling less sugar at cut-rate prices. It \ will be interesting to see how long a speech he makes when the sugar work- ers become restless. Price Of Adventure Salmon bred from roe in fisheries have a rough time of it when released in tidal waters. Thus begins a tough assessment of business competition in Dun's Review, thus: Risk is the price of a day's adventure. Complete security is an obvious contra- diction in terms, just as 100 per cent insurance against any danger or diffi- culty is as meaningless as it is unwar- ranted. Risk is an inherent quality in life, and with risk is the compensating impulse to survival which is competi- tion. For instance, thousands of business enterprises fail each year, with financial loss to suppliers and personal loss to Fhe Oshava Times 7. L. WILSON, Punfisher and General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Time. 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Most commercial failures are personal failures caused by a mix- ture of overconfidence and undertrain- ing for the responsibility. For more than a century, Dun and Bradstreet has maintained commercial insolvency *records, and although the rate of failure fluctuates with good times and bad, the reasons for failure are con- sistent. Most failures are due to control- lable errors in the judgment of men, rather than "acts of God" in which man is a victim of accident or circumstance. Innovations in technology, styles, or marketing methods influence the trend of a business, and the real test of mange- ment skill and stamina often occurs during such shifts. The loss of capital in commercial failure is less significant than the loss in morale, because dollars are easier to recoup than faith in one's ability as an enterpreneur. Some enterprises fail, recover confi- dence as well as capital, and start again. There are thousands of business men who have converted the stigma of ban- kruptcy to a wound stripe, and those who have paid their creditors in full have made it a badge of honor. There can be no immunity from danger, whether in little, middle or big business, DIFFICULT HANDSHAKE READERS' VIEWS Recalls Early District Days Dear Sir, I herewith want to thank you most heartily for the nice write up in your paper re my mother's Booklet of Reminiscences of the early pioneering days back at Baltimore, Ont. T figure she left us a nice little legacy in this and what a wond 1 chance the homesteaders had of being good neighbors together and every body helping the other fellow. Their resourcefulness too was magnificent. They were like steam-rollers, and just rolled all their troubles down till there was nothing left of them. They were brainy and con- ceived the idea, building into the south side of a hill and had what they called a summer-kitchen, In hot weather they had a place to cool off while eating at noon and in winter they had a wonderful place to keep all their vegetables and fruit. Granddad Plews had cne of these, and across the front it had lots of windows and a heavy stone wall. It was a grand hgme. Plews was mother's maiden name. She doesn't tell you that she raised thirteen children, eight of them boys, or the way she worked along with Dad to keep us fed and clothed and we never went hungry. Her work seemed and was her recreation. Day in and day out, month by month, year by year, late and early, she never stopped, but the three old- er girls soon were of great-help to her. The boys, too, were taught to work. 1 might say, too, if you will pardon the reference, that Don Fleming is the son of one of the older boys. My sister Genie (Mrs, Ferber) in Oshawa told me by letter of the thriving Historical Society you have in that city and I heart- ily wish them great -and greater success. Thanks again, ED. FLEMING Winnipeg. SCHOOL BUILDING Dear Sir, W ld you allow me a little space in The Times regarding our present schools. Just about 30 years ago the OCVI was built, an. the comment on the 'school was, there were too many frills and folderols on it. As a man who knows what a building is, I thought the OCVI was one of the nicest buildings in the city. It brinrs out the architectural part of a building. What a contrast to tte OCCI. To me the OCCI is nothing but a mess. The Dr. Don- ovan School is. another school with its stone walls for what no- body knows, walls taking no part in the building, only to look at, and a very big cost to the tax- payers. Getting back to the OCVI, it does not look very good placing two wooden blocks as dn addition that could easily be burnt down. Not very good fire prevention. Those who pass the plans to go ahead with a school building do not seem to have very good knowledge of building, the tax- payers are really paying the shot. A TAXPAYER. Oshawa. THANKS Dear Sir: The Women's Auxiliary of the Ajax and Pickering General Hos- pital wish to express their thanks for your generous support and kind co-operation given our ac- tivities during the past year. Shirley Urquhart Secretary. Ajax. SCOTS INDUSTRY Dear Sir, May 1 be allowed to comment on the editorial confidence shown in Scottish trade, Report from U.K., by M. McIntyre Hood. Mr. Hood trumpets the good Scottish aspects but seldom does he mea- tion the bad ones. His recent re- port concerning the Grangemouth Docks is an example. The follow ing quote culled from the Scots Independent dated June 11, 1960 might serve to prove the point in question: "Ever since the war ended in 1945 we have been hearing about these thousands and thousands of QUEEN'S PARK Funds For Party Present Problem By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There has been a report from Quebec that Ontario highway contractors "pay off" the government here. The pay off, it is said, is for party funds. And behind the Quebec report is a boast that the system fol- lowed by Duplessis there was bet- ter. 2 One of his cabinet ministers, it is claimed, said the former Que- bec chieftain imposed a straight five-per-cent tariff on all con- tracts for the party coffers. A much better practice, he de- clared, than that of catch-as- catch-can shakedowns followed here. ALL CONTRIBUTE There would be very few here who would doubt that Ontario contractors do cough up for the party funds. It takes a lot of money to run a political party today. And the money doesn't come out of popccon boxes. It is an accepted fact that busi- ness, including contractors, chip in for party funds, Accepted, but denied, of course. For the public would not '"'under- stand." NOBODY LIKES Accepted, also, and deplored. The pay-off system of raising party funds is something no pol- itician really likes, : It is something, in fact, that so far as possible they keep at a distance. Elected representatives seldom get close to it. It is a job that is left to the professionals. Premier Frost, for instance, when asked about funds denies any knowledge of them, He will reply "I know nothing about any contributions." And he probably doesn't. The Liberals have publicly dis- cussed the desirability of some other way of raising funds. But they have yet to come up with an answer. CCF "RICH" And no practical answer ap- pears on the horizon for the fore- secable future. The ideal, of course, would be to have all parties supported by personal contributions. But even the CCF has not had much success with this. It has had to resort to union funds. (And if it gets the new party launched could actually be the "richest of .the three parties.) The other parties have not even been able to keep their local riding associations afloat on local support, Unless there is a revolution in public interest in politics in Can- ada it would seem we are stuck with this disagreeable system of political support for a long time to come, new jobs to come. Where are they? Why does our unemploy- ment persistently grow? What of the jobs we have lost in Scotland because of other government pol- icies? We lost 6600 jobs in the mines by the closure decisions of 1958. And 4000 more by the shut- down of government enterprises at Donibristle, Dalmuir, Irvine, Greenoch and Cairnryan. Another 1000 jobs were lost when the -gov- ernment gave to a Canadian firm the order for planes which Prest- wick should have got. "These cheap politicians jibe at us 'or lack of self-help and yet the government is quite com- plaisant when English firms step in and close down the Blackness foundry group in Dundee and the II-~t Nelson factory at Mother- well so that their 1600 jobs may be taken to England." JAMES MYLES, Oshawa. THANKS Dear Sir, On behalf of the Games Com- mittee. of the Oshawa Public Schools '"'Annual School Games held on Thursday, June 16, 1960, at Alexandra Park, I wish to ex press to you and your staff our sincere appreciation for the com- plete coverage of this important closing event in our school year. The importance of this training in sportsmanship and clean *om- petition derived from the Annual School Games, and the stress and importance placed on the values of this event is made more im- pressive and more lasting for the boys and girls of our school by you and your editorial staff. Again, we thank you for assist- ing to make the 1960 Games the success that it was. T. W. COTIE, Director and Secretary, Annual School Games. Oshawa. THANKS Dear Sir, On behalf of the members and officers of Calvin Evening Group of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church I am happy to have this oppor- tunity to thank ygu for the fine coverage we haVe received on the social pages. I would also like to say how helpful Mrs. Ald winckle has been and how very much we appreciate her interest and help. So once again we all say thank you. JOY PERRY, Sec., Calvin Evening Group, Oshawa. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Succeeding the late Leonard Richer, Wallace Young, of Tim- mins, was appointed director of music in the Oshawa Public schools. Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association took over the Oshawa airport as a base for repairing and distributing Tiger Moth air- craft for Eastern Canada. Women's war service groups of the city presented plans to the city council for a civic reception for the boys returning from over- seas, St. John's Anglican, famed church near Whitby harbor, cele- brated its 99th anniversary with the rector Rev. D. B. Langford presiding over the services. Maj. George H. Earle conduct ed farewell services at the Osh awa Salvation' Army Corps who was leaving to take charge of the work in Belleville. Members of the Whitby and Oshawa Ministerial Associations, along with their wives, were en- tertained on the grounds of the home of Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Crozier, Whitby. George F. Shreve was present- ed with a travelling bag on his retirement as president of the Rotary Club, D. M, Storie, presi« dent elect for the 1945-46 year, made the presentation. Col. R. B. Smith presented Sgt. George Hood, Sgt. John Tay- lor and bandsman W. Jenkins with 12-year service ribbons for efficient service with the Ontario Regimental Band. OTTAWA REPORT ERAS Se 777% Play some years ago, 1 was ae- ~ commodated house of "Judas Iscariot; and judging by Passion Play Holds Tourist Attraction , By PATRICK NICHOLSON Some Canadian travellers are bezinming to trickle back from holidays in Europe with de- lighted accounts of a visit to Oberammergau to witness the famous Passion Play. Oberammergau 1s a small vil- lage in Bavaria, nestling be- neath the towering Alps. KH is only 60 miles from the busy in- dustrialized capital of Munich, yet time has passed it by for more than three centuries. It is a pretty little village of simple bomes, inhabited by some 1700 peasants, and probably boasts the highest level of civie virtue and christian non-delinquency of any lay community in the world. The history of Oberammergau is very simple, In 1633, the plague known as the The Black Death swept across Western Europe. It's infection took a huge and tragic toll in sudden death; beyond the then limited means of medicine to avert or to cure. In gratitude for final re- lief from this deadly scourge, the surviving villagers swore to demonstrate their faith by ene acting every 10 years a repre- sentation of the passion and death of Jesus .Christ. VOW OBSERVED 300 YEARS The first passion Play was staged the following year, 1634. Half a centuty later, the dates were switched to the even ten years; tha vow has been ful. filled regularly ever since, ex- cept in 1870 and 1940 when war prevented it. ; The script of the play was written by the monks in the nearby monastery of Ettal. It consists of many scenes, repre- senting the chief évents of the last week of the life of Our Lord. Fach scene is preceded by a tableau representing a parallel event in the Old Testament. The whole performance lasts eight hours, and calls for a caste of PRARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The average woman, who exer- cises no judgment-at all in se- lecting shoes, would be 43 per cent happier if she would go barefoot. Overheard: "My husband has an excellent memory, with the exception that now and then he forgets he's married." "If a man fears women driv. ers, it is because he has gynale- terophobia," says a psychologist. It's also because he's fond of living. 700 performers, or nearly half the population of the village. Starting at 8 a.m., with a brief interval at mid - day, the nlay continues all day on a huge open-air stage, with the au- dience of 6,000 seated on wooden benches under a huge roof. When one buys a ticket for the play, one gets a package deal including a bedroom for. the night before and the night after the performance, and meals. These are probably in one of the pretty little houses where the villagers live, and half the fam- ily are likely to have roles in the play. As neither makeup nor false wigs or beards are per- mitted to the actors, your meal may be served by a Bavarian peasant groomed to look like a biblical character -- long-haired and bearded if a man, proud in nature's unadorned beauty of a woman, When I saw the Passion the healthy farmyard smell, he kept his milk - supplier beneath my bedroom. » VILLAGE INDUSTRY Starting the first Sunday f8 May, there are perhaps 60 pers formances spread over five months, The villagers mostly™ live for the honor of playing a role to which they aspire, and this applies to their character as ~ much as to their appearance. While the hundreds of thousands of tourists who come to see the play, plus those who just come to see the village of the play im off-years, constitutes a bonanza, the villagers also cater to tours ists by specializing in woods carvings appropriate to the theme of the Passion Play, and similar touristic sourvenirs. The village itself is a feast for the. eye and the colour - photograph fan, for nature's setting is ime proved by the beautiful fres- coes painted on the coloured stucco homes, ; It is very surprising that some pretty little Quebec village has not felt the financial urge, evem if not the religious yearning, to make itself into "an Oberame mergau of the New World." 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