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Zhe Oshawa Times Cnt Published by Canadian Mewspopers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Psge 6 Soterdey, Merch 18, 196) 5 Commonwealth Stronger But Principles Tricky Prime Minister. Diefenbaker is on firm ground when he suggests that the Commonwealth is stronger now that South Africa has decided not to epply for membership, The Common- wealth has established its belief in the ' principle of non-diserimination, despite the reluctance and apprehension of one or two members, and this should do much to strengthen the feeling of unity between diverse parts of this strange congregation of nations, "I think that what took place here represents a basic and fundamental change," Mr, Diefenbaker said in Lon- don before his return to Canada. "The implications are very clear that from now On Bo wealth is consistent with membersi The degres unanimity et the conference and the m within the Common. ion p of the of iaim that diseriming! Commonwealth acceptance of this principle of non. diserimination in my indicates that principle be asserted What must be understoor is that sceeptance of does not each member will nov tice, not opinion clearly never will NeCcessari the rusn to 1] b The Canadian government likely tn immigration of Asians, snd there will be Bo dramatic change in the Hindu treatment of Moslem minor- ities, Pakistani treatment of Hindn minorities or Binghalese treatment of newspapermen. The choice given Africa was that of accepling the principle or rejecting it; there was no question of eg commitment to put the principle into practice, A evnieal observer would suggest that the Commonwealth has now gone far enough with statement of snd to go any farther invite complete disinie- gration of the Commonweslth, A pro- posal for equality of citizenship within the Commonwealth, would he embarrassing for Canada, and New Zealand, while wa and Ceylon could not possibly subscribe to the principle of freedom of South principies, would be pretty Australia RXpreEssion, These reminders removal of Africa remove all blemish from the Common- But it afford its white litte self-respect are that the South does not wealtn Anes more ground entions of is time some em more perhag membners 1 € entions, Dangerous Situation Across most of Ontario, and parti» eularly in the there is much more ground the end of February, the Sudbury ares had inches of snow; at the the frost had penetrated 36 inches into the ground What this means is there is a "wet thaw" --- well-spaced and above-normal spring rains -- the danger of forest fires will be greatly increased, Indeed, there could be an explosive situation In the bush country, Worried officials of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests are keeping a close watch on the situation as the forest fire season, which extends from the be. ginning of April to the end of Oec- tober, approaches, Deep frost could cause run-off of what surface moisture there is when the spring thaw sets in, so that little could he absorbed hy the leaving undergrowth dry and highly flammable, An added threat fn the unusual depth of ice on lakes north-central . area, less snow and much frost than usual, Af for example, only = four Lakehead, that, unless ground, seen is streams which fire fighters for this could and on depend water in the forested Serious namper Areas ; the' work of the Department's waters dropping aircraft which perform fires them, valuable work in holding down until ground crews can reach The tion of snow, ice and frost threatening combinas conditions situation preceding present recalls a similar the last bad forest fire year in 1065, 385,520 were when 2247 fires swept over acres, By comparison, there only 956 fires last year, burning 81, A886 acres, The 1961 figure was far better than the average for the past 80 years -- in fact, the past decade has seen a great advance in forest fire prevention and control in One tario, Nevertheless, there could be a major threat in.the next few weeks and months, We as individuals ghould take is much we can do to lessen the threat when we north fishing trips, The forests are our heritage -- and nothing wrecks good fishing as quickly as a forest fire, From selfish heed, because there travel on spring ness alone we must be careful, Children's Security A child's world should be a place of comfort and flatter more than ever, succeeded in providing such a place for our children. We are guarding them against polio, smallpox and many that threatened them in the past, and we provide them with more creature coms forts and shining baubles than our forbears could have imagined, Yet nearly 2000 of our children are killed in Canada each year by The home could be made the safest place in the child's world, but accis dents in the home are taking well She Oshawa Times TL WILSON, Publisher and Generel C GWYN KINSEY Editor security, that and reasonable we ourselves now, we have tuberculosis, other diseases have "accidents", Manager The Osnowe {mes samt o r \ {estabiishea 187 and the Wh Jette ana Chronigls (established 1863 is publisned daily (Sundays statutory holidays excepted © Members ef Canadian Daily Association The Canadian # s A Circulation ang the tare Pravin clarion. The Canadian Prem un republication of ali wwe despalohed credited to 1 om ta (he Amnnciated ters, and ais the focal news published ights ot special despatches are alse fhe Oshaw " Dy and spare Publishers dit Bureau of Dailies Asso exciunively entitied Al v Offices: Thamaen Building 435 University Avenue Toronta Ontar 840 Cathcart Street, Montreal PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivarea Plekering Alban Liverpos! Alax Prince by carriers in Oshawa Whitby Brooklin ort Parr Hampton viane Brougham Qreenwoda Kinsae Pontypael and Newcastle taal By mail lin provings of On sarrign delivery oreas 12.00: elsewhere Rall Circulation for the issue of Feb, 28, 1961 17,223 ) Enniskillen, laremont Blackrock over dhe are) outuiae 1500 per half the lives lost each year through mishaps, A child's over ol voung gafety in the home depends largely on hoth of them adult charges, He must be protected, as a helpless infant, from such things as suffocation, drowning, fire, falls. and poisoning; it is the job of the parent to make which could cause these accidents are well under control that the child is not rounded by pillows and soft bedding, given with removable parts he could swallow, exposed to ultra-thin plastic which suffo- cate him; care.can he taken in baths ing him with two things, sure hazards BUT» toys small can medicines can be administers locked away provided for windows But that is only half is also the develop- ed care, poisons and barriers and the ment of a safety consciousness in the child It would be impossible, as the child stairways joh; there grows in strength: and curiosity, to shield him from all hazards, We have the responsibility, then, to begin to educate him as soon as possible, and this education must anticipate rather than follow accidents, The child must increasingly how to protect himself, Cruelty is no less painful or dans gerous to a child for being inadvers tently inflicted, and to omit to arm the child the dangers that surround him is to be cruel to him, Bible Thought Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall-----Proverhs 16:18 Lovers of earn against self than lovers of God" are doomed to destruction. Even God "resisteth the proud." more lM YOUTH WILL BE SERVED? OTTAWA REPORT Private Horse, A. Member Of Club By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA~Today is Bt. Pa rick's Day, and | w ASSUNE that this occasion affords me a brief "open season few sacred cows But first, a the Mons Fort William "Thank piece on on a word of thanks to Veteran' al who writes to més Blar § you for your classie Canadian Neutralists and the New Crows which you call Didaws, That 'Ottawa Report' is comparable to the eloquence of Churchill's famous speech ahout 'Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few'. Also thanks for vour 'Report' on brain-washing by the CBC, How glad are we, up here in the North where men are men and where we will use anything to repel danger when we have to fight for our heritage, ves, how glad are we to see al least one guy with courage down in trem bling Ottawa." A HORSEMARINE? Do you remember the army's lush days when the late Brooke Claxton was minister of de. fence, and even horses got onto the public payroll at Camp Pet. awawa? An echo of those days was heard recently when every Canadian Guardsman at that camp was given the privilege of paying the $3 membership fee to join the Yacht Club--or else One of the names inscribed on the membership roll was "Pris vate Horse, A SECOND-CLASS GUENTS George Mcliraith, the popular longtime Liberal MP for Ot tawa West, is telling a good story about the recent marriage of his pretty daughter, Janet, to Michael, son of Pemhroke's Judge Thomas Galligan, As the guests filed into the church, the ushers arranged for members of the bride's party and the bride groom's party to be seated re QUEEN'S PARK the spectively the aisle as What usher Conservative one g who hap an MP. The usher at th gathering featuring the ter of a Liberal MP dumped the alien guest, | Gee, MP, and his wife seats which he con propriate--as the possible A PATRIOT HONORED Canadians will have been in terested to read that Mr. 1. 8 St. Laurent has been chairman of the rectors of a cigarel turer Everyone who hope and presume, is blushing to the roots of his or her hair, For that Mr, St. Laurent is the same man who gave 18 of his best earning years to serving all Canadians, as a cabinet. minis ter and as prime minister, It | 2 national shame, unmatched hy our neighbors such as USA and Britain for example, that we are so niggardly that we do not provide an appropriate pen sion for a former head of our government PRINTERN PIE Canada grows the hard wheat and can beat U.8.A at hockey, but modestly re frains from claiming another world championship which 1s ours beyond question, namely that in printing errors, My thanks to a sharp-eyed reader in Quebec City, who draws al tention to 8 new high in this field, noted in a recent news paper supplement containing an illustrated story of the Queen's tour in India. The Indians all dress on the wrong side; sol diers wear medals on the right, customar part are vou asked one guest Party replied wened Lo he an happy aaugh romp M. into dered an hack near elected of dis manufac hoard read that, 1 world's hest Relying On Courts For Interpretation fy DON O'HEARN TORONTO-This government fs remarkably naive about the courts It is passing very, very broad general law and then leaning hack on the courts to carry the ball from there ) When there is objection that more detail should he given there is horrified exclamation: "Don't you trust our courts." You would" think the cabinet was entirely composed of farm» ers = or people from another world=-instead of having nine lawyers in its ranks, including that smoothest country lawyer of them all, Leslie M, Frost These men, unless they are completely hlinded by the fra. ternity of the law, or as labor calls it "the biggest closed shop of them all," must know that our bench today decides matters on technicalities And that if any Parliament really wants a principle of law to be followed it must spell it out using every AR. and C. there is available Otherwise the courts will grab on an incidental and from it decide that the "intent of the legislature" did not mean to do such and such a thing INTEREST CONFLICT? This question came up in des bate of the government's Muni. cipal Act amendment on "cons flict of interest. This is the clause which re- quires a member of council tof state sonal Interest he may have in a matter before the bogrd and to refrain from voting on it Both Opposition groups felt the legislation did not go nearly far enough The CCF particularly wanted penalties, and along with the Liberals, it felt there should be more detail, The Liberals stressed that there should be & quick and easy way to get offending coun- cillors before the courts SINCERE PLEA Liberal leader Wintermeyer took the position on this that it would give the man concerned a quick chance to clear himself, At first glance thi§ is star ting. Accustomed as we are to instinctively put an automatic stigma on anyone who lands in the courts this seems a strange way to ensure a man fair play, Rut there can be no question of the Liberal leader's sincerity He himself, it must be re- membered, had to bear the ac cusation of profiteering in North ern Ontario natural gas Also from that experience he has to be respected when he says that what comprises con flict of interest should be spelled out in detail Premier Frost takes the stand it would be an impossible task to try and bring down defini tions on the question Well one observer who has seen the case for the "impos sible task" thrown up many times in recent years has the suspicion the government is get ting mentally fazy It has in its ranks the brain power to figure its way through many of the supposedly impos. sible tasks. ' J Gren breast; even the sun East; and officers their swords in such @ that only » contortion soiithpaw could use that wedding cake libel EUS stale of to or wrong sets in the hang manner ist or @& WEegpon 1a cut ms which al that the Queen Wester s0 recalls the lacked the symbol of her The WETE rinted hiotos left wedlock C Figh OUR HONORED GUESTS Foreign diplomats in Off eriain h aWA rivileges ana no La faxes Thus some ago doormen al certain EMNAassies cheap to Ca Deal enjoy $1 liguor ang so on en the republ) hought an ar tanana drove Cadillacs but later flogged high nadians, Today 8 New certain European diplo their coun. disrepute hy turning homes into flog- heir "Paris model used furs, and other which have heen of Canadian EES here bringing nto pn for mats ry their shops dresses cast-off imported taxes GALLUP POLL rags free U.K. OPINION Prime Ministers Urged To Form Stronger Body By WM. McINTYRE ROO» Special London (Eng) Correspondent io The Oshaws Times LOBOS -- Comcident with the holding of the Prime Minis ters' Conference in London, # group of Conservative WP's calling themselves the Expand ing Commonwesith Gragg. pro dueed 3 PRMPWIEL WIRER ERVE the members of the conference much food for thought. It was % hard-hitting document, stk wg mt the purely consultative nature of Prime HRsLErs CH ferences. 8 wapls eo have # pew body, capable of making decisions and of adopting pot: cies for the whole Common wealth. That is going much fur ther than the present Prpeses of these periodic conferences The group suggests thet the gunual conferences of the gh party Commonweaith Paria mentary Association should be- come a new Commenwesith Council, open 1s ta crnssfertifize / & rosa HIT AT CONFERENCE itting directly at the punisiers' conference Bem Lip-servic t Wil Enough gnnot the pres ana Create peilolie HINan prime the acy caye iple nf consuialim The ner of it is or whether it 1s tition of the plat I year disinie stement Commeanwesith « NERY ¢ B major sel political jua ther Hen Wh coherence eps of the longer to seek grealer drift tudes to past can ne Cloak ration hi runs Views CORTATrY he expre the mmsLer whe | ween 10 om fhe the Canadas Canada Ci mdon mther da We di nterfere the domestic @ {airs of another member, IL is of the tities Common itself ot the business wealth lo con into 8 court 10 L In Judgment on fellow -member DIEFENBAKER PLAN Prime Minister Diefenbaker's idea that there should be #8 Commonwealth declaration of rights, guaranteeing freedom and equality to all races and colors, has not made much head way this conference His presentation of the idea was sympathetically received there was little inclination to go beyond that, at year's hut Opinion Closely Split On Diversion Of Trade By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION National opinion today splits very closety on the question of cutting trade with the USK. to divert more to the Common: wealth, Four dn ten adults think this is the right course for us to follow, but almost as many disagree, aud helieve that Can ada should do nothing te re duce business with the States, Motivating force on hoth sides of the argument ig, in the main concern for the independent welfare of Canada itself. "Thus most of those who want to transfer more business to the Commonwealth do so because they think there are better chances Canadian trade within group of nations, Typical of these men and women is that the USS, dominates us too much now, and the mere business can be developed with other countries, the better, Sentiment for the Commonwealth itself runs in second place to this business. like point of view Similarly those want to reduce trade States do so, in the main, be. cause they believe Canada's best development lies on a close association with our nearest neighbor. "It's better to keep on good relations with the US," says one man, "We mignt be cut off from the Com monwealth in a war, Many say, in effect, "We depend on the U.S, for help, capital in vestments, for defence we must be friendly, with them." in second place An this realistic approach is thy fact that Cana- dians like Am&uican products, for this attitude da not with the who prices, and ease of transporia tion To pin « point increased helief dians since 1857, be unwise to divert trade from our nearest neighbor, reporters for the Gallup Poll asked those on hoth sides of the argument why they thought as they did The four in ten who want to divert trade to the Common wealth from the States have arguments that fall into two broad areas I, It will help build our own country by making us more sell supporting and giving us a more favorable trade balance The U.S dominates us too much, and we should increase our world trade not only for better world relations but for a bigger variety of goods, (52 per cent) 2. We must keep our ties with the Commonwealth as we are a member of It Everything should be done to make the Commonwealth prosperous (43 per cent). Hemainder have no opinion on the matter However, about number of citizens, just under four in ten, think it would be a mistake to buy less from the States for two main reasons 1. Canada must be friendly with its closest neighbor as prosperity depends on exports and imports from them, We de pend on the US. and it is nat rual and convenient for us to deal with them. (58 per cent.) 2. Prefer American goods; they are cheaper; better qual: ity; more easily shipped, and are in, greaier variety. (40 per cent), Balance have no opinion reasons for an among Cana that it would the same BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Major KE. P. 8 Allen, former adjutant of the 116th Ontario County Rattalion, published a history of the regiment John Harris, pioneer of the Metcalfe Street Church, died at the Rev minister Methodist age of 80 An Oshawa and District Soe. cer Football Association was formed with six teams entered in the league Champions of the YMCA Bowling League were Everett Jackson, Howard James, Harry Stickles and Harold Weir, = The Employed Girls of the YMCA held an organization so cial in the 'Y' parlors with the follawing elected officers: presi dent, Hazel Wotton; vice-presis dent, Gladys McLaughlin: sees retary-treasurer, Winnie Flutter, A meeting of the ladies of St Gregory's Church was held for the purpose of organizing a branch of the Catholic Women's League The Oshawa Hospital Auxil fary purchased a new McKesson gas oxygen apparatus for ad ministering anaesthetics, to be installed in the hospital J. H. Jury of Bowmanville don ated a trophy for inter-school debating among the Bowman ville, Oshawa and Whithy High Schools Board of Education estimates for 1821 were fixed at $85,000, an increase of $12,000 over 1920 The High School Rays' Club Cyvele Corp ganized. M. Mason w captain; "W. McKay and A Myles, vice-captains; and L Nott, secretary-treasurer group of was or elected Yr. Dreferbaker was not Bs eppointed. He did not expect much more then thet at the present conference. In fact, he sain quia Cleaily when he emus: Cigted the plan (hat it would lake some years tn bring it to frition in a form acceptable to @l members of the Common wealth. But he has #8 least slaried some of the other prime ministers thinking, be £Rnse, wie not presented gs sich, he believes his plan would, oH secepted, deal with the proviem of apartheid COSTS OF BOSPITALITY An influential committee of members of pariament, ap pointed 0 study the sstimales has lssued a call for an inquiry ta the government's spending on hospitality and party -giving This call came when © found that through a supple memiary estimale, the govern ment has boosted Ms fund for hospitality from $196 000 F205 000. There was some plain talking shank the cost of cer visits 10 London. The President de Gaulle he King and Queen of Nepal #nd the King and Queen of Thailand were estimated to cost Fil 600. Instead the actual cost $62. it wa it « Was te slits visits of Wi #@ bit of & shock when ame out before the com mitiee that when the Canadian Frade Delegation visited the United Kingdom in the Fall of 163%, the cost to the govern ment's hospitabity fund was E5400. And this was three Limes more than the cost of the ] of the Commonwesith Finance Ministers he the sit i committee was eritical government's method of PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM an the of From Comes unreliable source ' report that a New York disc jockey broadeast the mg Walking in a8 Winter Wonderland', when there was 17 inches of snow on the ground and it became necessary for au thorities to place him in pro lective custody Some people have such poor judgment about what to do with themselves that they go out in A blizzard and dig holes in thick ice and fish through them An increasing number of peo. ple may take up mountain climbing, now that recent tests show liquor is far more potent when drunk at high altitudes, It is hoped that soon after space travel is established, 8 suitable planet will be selected 4s 8 place to which to banish the world's trouble-makers putting # low sam in the maln estimates and then adding 19 i in the swpplementanes, nd made & call for a general n- airy inte the size and wees of the hospitaity fund BUDGET SPECULATION As alwayk at thie time of fhe year, speculative ZHESSRS RIE Being made as 16 the con tents of the Budget. now likely to be introduced on Apok 18 The latest is that of the possi- Wility of & tax being placed on fuel ofl, not solely for purposes of revenue, hot rather 16 give some support ta the coal indus try in what is becoming 8 los ing battle ageinst ol. This is being strongly wiged In some quarters, which declare thet they have some hope that the ides will be severed by Chan eetlar Selwyn Lloyd: He, of Cree, 18 Keeinng Bis Own Coun Lal But it is becoming more and more peeepied that there is likely 10 he a ct in the surtax ravisions on neome tax. Al present, surtax starts with an income of 55608 or more. It is expecied that this starting point will he raised to either $1008 0: $5400. And in line with this some tax cwis in the lower tax FRREes are quite possible One thing | sent. with SOME certainty will be no major reforms this year The government's Schedule A property tax is not likely to be changed until 1963, when a ma- Jor revaluation of property will be effective. And while & capital gains tax is under considers tion, i would take al least an other year to work oul the ma chinery to impose it. 80 it looks as if i will be very much a "hold-the-dine" budget, with no major concessions for anyone, WANT MORE PAY Phere are signs of 8 new campaign by bhack-hench mem bers of parliament for increased salaries for MVP's. The present salary for a member has been $4000 a year since it was fixed at that figure in 1957. At that time MPs' salaries were eon sidered to be on a level with those of assistant secretaries in the civil service. At present, however, the scale for assist ant secretaries ranges from $7000 to $8500 & year The move has been made by #8 Labor member, Douglas Houghton, putting two questions to the Chancellor. of the Ex. chequer, asking what increase has heen made in civil ser vants' salaries in the last four years, and how the salaries of assistant secretaries gompare with those of 1957, Mr. Hough. ton, it is believed, is asking these questions as the first step in a move to bring. salar ies of MP's up to somewhere around the $8000 mark Can as There tax Chartered 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH o RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W, Riehl, €.A, RIA, Burt RK, Waters, CA Hon Gorden W Robert W I. W, Monteith, FLEA, MP, Riehl, €A., KIA Lightfest, €.A Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co, PARTNERS, Accountants OSHAWA, ONTARIO ® TELEPHONE: Oshaws RA S.3507 Alex WH 3-0890 Bowmanville ZEnith 4.3780 A. Brack Monteith, B, Comm CA George £ Trathewsy, CA Burt R, Waters, €A A FINER BLEND YOU'LL BE PROUD TO SERVE! 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