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The Oshawa Ses Published by Canadian Newspopers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 6 Thursday, October 6, 1960 Nations Are Prisoners Of Arms Developments Even when the leaders of the great powers talk about disarmament, there is an odd ingenuousness in their remarks, Khrushchev makes a vastly over-simpli- fied offer, Eisenhower criticizes it and makes his own offer, and wise commen~ , tators point out that what really separat- es the West from the East on this par- ticulars subject may only be a twist of # phrase ~ the Russians want the West to accept the Russian plan of disarma- ment and then the Russians will accept the West's plan of controls; the West wants the Russians the accept the West's plan of controls and then the West will accept the Russians' plan of disarmament, It sounds simple but of course it isn't, What the leaders do not mention is the complexity of each aspect of dis. armament, What does arms control mean? Different kinds of arms, less arms, new arrangements superimposed on old armaments? What about the in. ternational agency that would be needed after the great powers disarmed? How would it be armed? Would it, too, be in danger of surprise attack? The West more readily admits the difficulties im- posed by such questions than does the Soviet Union. But both the West and the East may be trapped by their mili. tary technology. Weapon developments of the past 15 years, especially of the last seven or eight, have themselves been responsible for the most alarming aspects of the present strategic situation. They have enhanced the advantage, in the event war should come, of being the one to start it. They have compressed the time available to make the most terrible de- cisions, They have almost eliminated any belief that a really big war either could be or should be limited in scope or brought to a close by any process other than the sheer exhaustion of weapons, It is. against this background that the proponents of this or that disarmament plan bicker and haggle and snarl It also explains why the great antagonist are slowly, perhaps unwillingly or une consciously, working out some ground rules; they are controlled by sheer self« interest, if nothing else. Suspension of nuclear tests is an example of this deve lopment. There was the curious distinc tion between North Koreans and Chinese as enemies in Korea, and the "sanctu- ary" of U.S, ships engaged in the bomb- ing of Korea. Use Of Leisure Time Considering the inevitability of shorter hours of work as automation. proceeds, the Sudbury Star asks: "What of the average man in the age of the four- day work week? What of the nation whose citizens are blessed with abun. dant In answer to the question, the paper says: om leisure time "It is quite obviously true that you can have too much of a good thing, and this rule applies just as much to leisure time as it does to the small boy with a large dish of ice cream ,,, Perhaps the time to start to prepare our nation for future leisure hours is upon us now, Perhaps in the schools we should begin to prepare the men and women of the future toward the fruitful use of time which otherwise may become valueless and go to waste , , , Perhaps with the proper training given early in life, the men and women of future generations may become citizens with a great capa- city for public service, Perhaps by an abundance of leisure time we can ene courage our posterity to more evenly share the load of service to their less fortunate brothers," A discussion of "fruitful use of time" could be fruitful in itself, When is time valueless? It could be argued that a man contemplating the way of a bird in the air or a fish in a stream is putting his time to better use than a man who spends tiresome hours producing some gadget that adds nothing to the joy of life. Yet the man doing nothing but looking at a bird or a leaf or a fall of water would probably, in orthodox circe les at least, be described as a dawdler, a waster of time. The use of time is a very personal thing, and for that reason we hesitate to comment on it, But increasing leisure will have some quite predictable results, There will be, for instance, much greater pressure on the recreational facilities of our country = our parks, our lakes and wilderness areas, With no let-up in the present energetic policy of the Depart. ment of Lands and Forests, Ontario should manage to keep pace in this regard, There are some dangers, too, More leisure for some men will mean nothing more than more time to handle a second or even a third job, a procedure that will greatly narrow the job oppor tunities, Labor leaders have condemned this sort of thing already, It could be an increasingly diff.cult problem for them in the future, Commonwealth In Space British Aviation Minister Peter Thor neycroft, who has been visiting Ottawa, is reported to have found the govern. ment cool toward a British proposal for a joint Commonwealth-European "space club", Rather than coolness, it may have been confusion in the face of a consider- able dilemma, the Vancouver Sun coms ments. So far, the fairly modest Canadian space program has been tied to the United States, Rocket probes have been sent up from Churchill, Man, by the two countries in collaboration. The Churchill effort is important to the United States as well as to Canada be- cause of the base's location close to the area of electromagnetic disturbance, around the magnetic pole, which influ. ences radiation patterns in space. hve Oshawa Times 4, Publisher and Generel Manager < SEY, Editor The Osho combining The Oshawa Times {estallished 1571 i the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), I published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Assos ciation, The Canadion Presa is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of all news despatched In the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reulers, and also the local news published therein, All rights of special despatches are alse reserved, Oftices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers In Oshawa, Whithy, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry Prince Albert aple Grove Mampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broughham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Roglon, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week, By mail (in provinge of Ontario) outside corrigrs delivery ores f2 00; elsewhere 15.00 per yeor Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 At the same time, Canadian scientists are building a satellite for launching by an American rocket from California in 1962, The British "space club" plan has already been welcomed by Australia, which would contribute the facilities of its Woomera rocket range, and by West Germany, The main unanswered ques. tion at the moment is, the attitude of France, whose membership is considered essential to the club's success. If the project does go ahead, can Canada afford to stay out? The Sun asks, The proposed Commonwealth-Euro- pean satellite program is intended en- tirely for peaceful research. As a sort of third force alternative to the military= angled American and Russian programs, it has a clear political attraction. It also has a more practical appeal. Much of the proposed research will be into long-distance communications using satellites. The British believe that this method will begin to replace cables in the Commonwealth - wide communica- tions network within ten years. And Canada has a considerable stake in that network, ; The question facing Ottawa is whether it can afford to join the proposed space club and still maintain its research links with the United States. It is a question not only of cost but of the possible frustration of Canadian scientific effort by spreading it too thin, It will have to be answered soon. Bible Thought Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.--Mat- thew 5:3, The opposite of this are those who lay up treasures on earth and are not #ich toward God. ghee THE DEALS 2» o sani QUEEN'S PARK Archaic Opinions On Car Insurance By DON O"HEARN TORONTO~Who makes asses of the privileged classes? Why, of course, the privileged classes! The insurance people were in here a short while ago. They appeared before the commitiee on compulsory automobile insur ance, It was a scene that should have been lit by candlelight The insurance people were liv. ing, and talking, in a day of 50 years ago, A day slightly before the Colonel Blimp era and after the first use of the word 'reaction. ary." Their only real theme was. that all insurance should be done by insurance companies Govern« ment should not be in the busi ness, They were an example of every- thing bad about the public outlook and approach of "Private Enter. prisers," Just one old comment needs repeating. Out of our Workmen's Compen. sation dollar more than 90 cents goes out in premiums, In New York State, where the fnsurance Is carried privately, between 60 and 70 per cent Is paid out (we have a good number in the i house now), And from the trade Government obviously does be- long In the insurance business And if the heads of the insurance companies don't come down to earth--1960 earth--it will be in a lot more of it There isn't much of a real so- clalist threat in this country any more But what threat there Is comes from short-sighted groups such as the insurance people and certain sections of big business, You see it sitting here, where it might not be so apparent out~ side CRY MURDER Take the matter of public rep- resentation, for instance, Mr. James Duncan in his edict against Hydro employees engage ing in politics noted that many large corporations are following the same policy, Instead of criticizing them Mr, Duncan follows along, Suppose everyone else followed his lead, Just where would we get the members for the Legislature, From the farms, yes. Lawyers, ves a few either dedicated or ine competent, Some small business men, including insurance agents REPORT FROM UK. Historic Buildings All Being Listed By M, McINTYRE HOOD - Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON «= A project which 1 can commend most heartily to historical societies in Canadian towns and cities is being under- taken In the borough of St, Albans, one of the oldest of Eng- lish towns, with a history dating back to the days of the Romans, It is a plan which would be ine valuable to those communities in which there are people who are interested in preserving the his. tory of their old buildings and other features which have histor- lc Interest, This project involves compil- ing a record of all the historic buildings in St, Albans. Since there are so many of them, it will be no light task, It has been undertaken, however, by the members of the architectural study group of the St, Alban and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Soclety. T0 TAKE FIVE YEARS Under the sponsorship of this group, teams of business men, office workers and students have started this historical survey. They will walk down every street in the town knocking at doors and securing information regard ing the history of every house and building. Thus they hope to compile a full record of the town's historic places, Secretary of the group is Derek Poole, He says: "We have now started this sur. vey after 12 months of prepara tions for it. We expect that it will take five years to complete the Job. In addition to securing all the information possible about old places, we are also compiling a pictorial album of all old houses in St, Albans, and other buildings of historical interest "The city has been divided into eight areas for this purpose. We have at least 14 people at a time working on the survey, backed by seven photographers, BACKED BY COUNCIL "Householders and property owners have been very helpful, The city council is giving us splendid co-operation, and lets us know of any house or buildings that may be of special interest, If a house is about to be pulled dewn, the council notifies us. We ean then photograph the building end obtain information as to its ai age and design, so that the facts can be put on record." It is the aim of the society to publish progress reports on the work from time to time, and, if possible, publish a book when the survey is completed, The work is being financed entirely by the so- ciety, and so far a dozen build. ings have been photographed and put on record. All buildings up to the late Victoria era will be included in the survey, but others of outstanding interest will be recorded as well, It is hoped that when the task is finished, there will be a com- plete record of the town's his. toric dwellings for students and historians This seems to me to be an ad. mirable sort of project to engage the attention of historical so- cieties in Canadian communities, BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO McLaughlin Coal and Supplies Ltd. celebrated the 13th anniver- sary of the establishment of the business at a dinner, L. F, Me- Laughlin, president of the com pany, presided over the enter tainment C. F. Cannon was chosen to head the Oshawa Hockey Club in 1036, Neil Hezzlewood was secre. tary and Stewart McTavish, treasurer, Board of education secured the services of Miss Lorraine Lover idge as assistant secretary for 3 ucipal A. E, O'Neill's office at Rev, Frank M. Wootton, new pastor of Northminster United Church, and Mrs. Wootton were welcomed by members of that congregation at a social gather ing. The Hon, H. H. Stevens, leader of the Reconstruction Party, ade dressed a mass meeting in the armories and R. M, Holtby of Port Perry, leader of the F struction Party of Ontario ing, was introduced by Lock, chairman of the meet Building permits issued by John H. Brown, city engineer, for the month of September, total led $120,47 unions, But what about business, and the great middle classes, No soap, There would be nobody who could | represent them It is always remarkable--and if irritating--to read from this point of vantage the frequent blasts and ridicule of "spokesmen" for various big businesses against the calibre of our public representa. tives They are superior and smug, And you can't say to them , . . "Well, what in the hell are yon doing about ft!" You can't because their ears for self criticism are obviously closed, PARAGRAPHIC WISDOM A pool shows the typleal Amer- fean voter doesn't believe either political party would keep its platform promises. This attitude is due, of course, to sald voter's Judging the future by the past, If you think you know a great deal about a subject, you can soon disillusion yourself by set ting out to try to learn every- thing there is to know about it, Firemen have a tough life, The other day a crew of them were called out to get 8 woman down out of a tree she climbed trying to get a cat down out of it, Having no mechanical ability is an advant in some cases, as, for example, in the case of the woman wi icked jail locks with a bobby and escaped. "What do you think of women in politics?" Asks an editor. We don't know what to think of women in or out of anything. The absent - minded eoflege professor has been topped by one of his students who wrote and forgot to ask for money, "Ants in certain sections of Africa have been known to eat bagpipes". --. 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