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The Oshara Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 6 Friday, August 4, 1961 Canada Shouldn't Whine About Trade Bloc Move Prime Minister Macmillan had barely finished informing the British House of Commons of his govern- ment's intention to seek membership in the European Common Market be- fore Canadian cabinet ministers were wailing about the "adverse effect" such a move would have on Canadian trade. They would be better employ- ed in studying ways and means of making the best of the situation. Logic and realism are on the side of the British. Morever, enlightened ac- tion by Canada now could mean bet- ter trade relations, instead of worse, in the future. Mr. Macmillan told the House that Britain in isolation from Europe would be "of little value to our Com- monwealth partners," and it was wrong to regard "our Commonwealth and our European interests as con- flicting." Mr. Macmillan, it seems, can see ahead much more clearly than can our ministers. The current issue of The Economist points out that an enlarged Common Market in Europe can, and probably will in due course, lead to further en- largements. It reverts to the North Atlantic Treaty with its hitherto ne- glected clause: "With Europe recov- ered and groping for unity, America is beginning to need Europe as much as Europe needs America . . . In the postwar years America helped Eu- rope and did what it could to egg the Europeans on to work together. Now the age of benevolent patronage is over, and a need for partnershp is beginning to be felt." To this movement Canada should lend whatever weight and influence it has. Certainly we should avoid ery= ing over spilt milk at least until the milk is actually spilled, the Montreal Star suggests. We should do some- thing more than voice doleful pro- tests about the "adverse effect" on a billion dollars' worth of present ex- ports. Most suppliers of goods re- joice when they learn that a group of their biggest customers is growing more prosperous. Britain is still a long way from membershp in the Common Market, but it has taken the first steps. We should not put obstacles in the path, but help to clear the way. a) Mis-Managed Economy Advocates of the managed econ- omy are not hard to find either in Ottawa or Washington. The trouble is, however, that the advocates of the managed economy fail to recognize the consequences of mis-management on a national scale. Consider, for example, the proposal of US Senator Javits for the estab- lishment in Washington of a "peace production board." This body, pre- sumably, would have powers allowing it to decide, for the country as a whole, what should be produced and in what quantity. Sooner or later, the board, were it to be established, would find the production was closely related to costs and prices. So the next step would be wage control and price control. Finally, the board would have to have authority to decide on the allocation of labor. So people would be told where and in what in- dustry they should work, and their Victory In A We hear much today about the possibility of nuclear bombs being let loose which could kill most of the population of any country being at- tacked and yet do no property dam- age. Now a distinguished Danish pharmacologist comes up with an- other idea and this is a dreamy one. Top-secret research to produce a drug which can be spread over an entire population by military means to put everybody in a dream-state for 20 or 30 hours while the enemy is disarmed, and its strategic strong- holds are occupied, is envisaged by Dr. Erik Jacobsen of the Medicinalco Research Laboratory at Copenhagen. Writing in the summer issue of Addictions, published by the Alco- holism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, the Danish pharmacologist, says that such drugs have been seriously proposed for use as war gases, and although reports Fhe Osha Times 7. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times -- i C71) and the. Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). _ ' o din pal) Audit Risin of iati anadian ress, i ot vig Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Reuters, and also the locol news published All rights of special despotches ore also Press or therein. reserved. : Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Yormmor ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES iver: carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, iia Bling Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, 'aunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Brougham, ood, Kinsale, { A Burketon, Claremont, Raglan, Blackstock, ter, Pontypool a! he, not Pres 45 week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside sil TI areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year, Circulation for the issue of March 30, 1961 17,363 wages would be decided by decree in Washington. Happily, people like Senator Javits are still in the minority. Most Ameri- cans, like most Canadians, recognize the fairest, freest and most efficient way of regulating production is by the operation of the free market. Were the free market to vanish, to be replaced by a regimented economy, there is every reason to believe that production would slow down and that economic growth would cease. Cer- tainly, under such a system the pros- pect of a continued rise in living standards and welfare would be re- mote indeed. Growth cannot be achieved by more and more regimentation. It can be achieved only if governments are will- ing to adopt anti-inflationary, lower spending, lower taxing policies neces- sary for the most efficient function- ing of the free market. Dream on such matters belong to the top- secret files of government depart- mentments, some of the hints have leaked out. As an example he cites a compound, that in minute doses, produces most pronounced symptoms. It could be spread by explosive shells or by other means on enemy area. For the first 15 or 30 minutes after the inhalation of this tasteless and odorless sub- stance, the victims would notice noth- ing. Then those exposed would feel some disagreeable, though not alarm- ing symptoms of nausea, cold shivers, alternating with heat flushes and other signs of disturbed function of the so-called vegetative nervous sys- tem. After another half hour or so, these symptoms would disappear and an incessant stream of quite pleasant dreams would begin. While the population and its sold- iers were occupied by these brilliant and fantastic dreams, they would be disarmed and their strategic strong- holds occupied. When they sobered up after 20 or 30 hours--without a hangover -- they would be just as useful as before but in other hands. Dr. Jacobsen observes that such a science-fiction possibility must be ex- tremely tempting for a state fearing internal or external enemies and doubtless much secret work is still going on in government laboratories with the object of exploring the stra- tegic possibilities of this or other sub- stances with similar effects. He ad- mits there are many technical dif- ficulties in achieving this weapon, but suggests that the world may be within range of such "psycho-pharm- acological warfare" techniques be- fore too much time elapses. Bible Thought From you sounded out the word of the Lord.--I. Thessalonians 1:8. Who has heard the word of the Lord from you this week? TRADE MINISTER HEES SAYS HE PLANS To VISIT AND SXPLORS MARKETS IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE FAR EAST we NEWS ITEM FROM OTTAWA AN ops Could FIX THAT LEANING To! HOW ABOUT GETTING YOUR RICKSHAWS FROM WINDSOR 2 THE EXPLORER QUEEN'S PARK Liberal Platform Being Constructed By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The Liberals? Here we have a real question- mark. In the next while practically anything could happen to the provincial Liberal party in On- tario. It could easily take over power and form a government. And just as easily it might be decimated -- practically wiped out. A PLATFORM? Much of the test will come in the next 12 months. This period will be the point of decision for the party. And the key to it probably will be whether during this time the leadership can come out with a good platform. There are other questions within the party. One of them is the leadership itself. Another is organization (which also in- directly rests with the leader- ship, and its ability to rally the membership behind it). There have been obvious shortcomings on both these sec- ondary points. But a good platform which caught the imagination could bring the party to life and do away with much of the present disunity. HOW GOOD? At present work--and a lot of it--is being done on this plat- form. Some outstanding men -- in- cluding a number who would be a surprise to the public if their names were known--have been quietly drafting background re- ports for some time now. But the proof will be in the pudding. These study groups at last should come up with a new look at our problems. But whether they come up with answers which will appeal PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Some people are so lazy that it unnerves them even to think about doing a little work to- morrow. In many a case a pessimist is a person whose mother was a poor cook. "The bigest possible news story would be the end of the world," says a managing editor. Yes, and it would make an appropriate story for the final edition. "Women will not allow them- selves to be bossed by mem- bers of their own sex," says a psychologist. That makes two sexes, the members of which women will not allow them- selves to be bossed by. The reason the average per- son is far more discourteous under a steering 'wheel than anywhere else is that power - even a little mechanical power -- goes to his head. Regardless of the direction in which lawmakers hurl a tax, it always hits the ultimate con- sumer. In order to be snobbish, it is necessary for some people to have props, such as fine houses, expensive cars, etc., but others are egotistic enough to be snob- bish on their own. At this period of the year you have to be unusually alert and wary to escape the shuiterbug who has returned from vacation loaded with snapshots. to the public only time, and the platform, will tell. In the last few years the Lib- erals to some extent have been a new party. The movement which put leader Wintermeyer in office has been noticable down through the ranks of the party. There is a fighting spirit; and a will to do. But there has been a lament- able lack of direction. Though Mr. Wintermeyer gets some of the blame for this, he really does not deserve too much. He inherited a party which was in a pathetic state. For years it had not really stood for anything except a de- sire for survival. Its policies--and even its prin- ciples -- were almost non-exist- ent. Its individual members were in great disagreement. The new leader has known from the start that only a com- pletely fresh approach could really put the party back on its feet. The only justified criticism of him is that he has taken so long to bring it about. OTTAWA REPORT GALLUP POLL period at the start of each day-- known as the question period or "'orders of the day". Instead of # brisk, crisp questions designed to Political Queries Waste House Time Patrick Nicholson is on va- cation. His guest columnist to- day is Murdo Martin, CCF- MP for Timmins, Ont. OTTAWA--From time to time various MPs and news reporters have complained about the amount of time that is wasted in the House of Commons. As Mark Twain said about the weather "Everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it." This could well apply to the time wasted in the House of Commons. Government members, from cabinet ministers down, have the pat answer--they blame it on the opposition. They are par- tially right. The opposition, at least on a pro rata basis, take up more time in the House than do the government members, but that is their job. The gov- ernment tries to get their legis- lation through quickly, and with the least possible embarrass- ment. The opposition's job, of course, is to scrutinize and criti- cize in an attempt to improve the government legislation and highlight any faults or weak- nesses. So because the opposi- tion uses more time does not necessarily mean that it wastes more time. However, we have seen devel- oping more and more as this Parliament goes on what I con- sider to be a colossal waste of time, particularly during the INSIDE YOU Doctor Answers Readers' Queries By BURTON H. FERN, MD DEAR DOCTOR: Are lemon juice and powdered vegetables included in a salt-poor diet? Do you have to cook powder- ed vegetables, Mr. W. H. Dear Mr. H.: Lemon juice is included in the strictest salt- free diet. Two helpings of fresh vegetables -- whole of powder ed -- are permitted, providing no salt is added. Vegetables like potato, carrot and turnip con- tain more salt than green, leafy spinach, lettuce, etc. Without water, powdered vege- tables won't have much taste. Will they with water? RH VS. LUKEMIA Dear Doctor: If they change the blood of an Rh baby, why can't they do the same thing for leukemia victims? Mrs. M. F. Dear Mrs. F.: You can sweep up grass tramped around the house and count on it staying clean. But you can't mow your lawn and expect that no grass will grow back. The Rh baby's blood contains antibodies and jaundice-coloring caused by antibodies which he received through his direct pipeline to Mom. Like your lawn, leukemia vic- tims keep manufacturing leu- kemia cells no matter how often you change their blood. iis Dear Mrs. G.: The eye's lens reduces the size of everything you see. Even with regular glasses, each of your eyes sees a different-sized picture. A contact lens--if you can wear it in your bad eye -- can solve the size problem and with regular glasses to correct for focusing, you'll be all set for stereo vision. THICK TOE NAILS Dear Doctor: What makes my big toe nails thick and rough? One doctor blames cigarettes, deficiency. another vitamin Who's right? Mrs. C. H. Dear Mrs. H.: Neither--unless you continually stub your toes or against cigarette cartons empty vitamin jars. You can label those toe nails -- a big rough, brownish-black large toe nails! Tight shoes and other injuries start the toe nails manufactur- ing-horn-like material for pro- "'onychogryphosis" word = meaning hard, seek information, we see most every day from one to two hours wasted in long political ques- tions, cabinet ministers giving long, evasive political answers, which give rise to further po- litical questions or phoney points of order or points of privilege which go on and on ad nauseam. 'NOT IMPRESSING' This by-play is in the main between the Liberal front bench- ers and members of the cabinet, and I am proud to say that the members of the CCF-New Party caucus, with rare exceptions, do not take part in these silly trivialities. Just who they think they are impressing, I do not know. I do not think they are impressing the public, and I am sure they are not impressing members of the House, and 1 am even more sure that they disgust rather than impress members of the press gallery. However, the reason the ses- sions are becoming longer and longer all the time is the appar- ent unwillingness or inability of the government to bring forward its legislation. The opposition feels in pure self-defence that they must retain estimates on the order paper to provide a cushion which will give them time to study new legislation when it is introduced. With the double handicap of their small numbers and lack of research help and facilities, the opposition realizes if all the esti- mates were cleared away then the government, with its steam- roller majority could ram legis- lation down the throat of the oposition and through Parlia- ment without proper scrutiny or study. Recently we had a power shortage which turned off the lights and loudspeaking system in the House. Suddenly it struck me how much time this could save. Without lights no one could read speeches. This would elim- inate 75 per cent of the time wasted in the House. Without loud speaking half of the rest could not be heard. What inter- esting possibilities. MEASURES SUGGESTED To sum up, the best recom. mendations I can give to save time in the House of Commons would be: 1. Have the govern- ment bring in all its legislation tection. When injuries stop, your for the current session by the toe nails may straighten out! CURE FOR PHLEBITIS? Dear Doctor: phlebitis? Is there any cure? Mrs. L. F. Dear Mrs. F.: Infection often end of the first month; 2. Cut out the trivia on orders of the What causes day; 3. Strictly enforce the rule prohibiting the reading of speeches. These three measures alone triggers phlebitis -- inflamma- would cut time wasted in half tion of a vein. A blood clot usual- ly forms and blocks the vein. bate, but would improve the per- Antibiotic germ-killers and med- formance of the MPs. After all and would not only improve de- Rmericans Taking Grim View Of Berlin Crisis By AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Most Americans face the pros- pect of a fight for Berlin with the sober realization that such a showdown could trigger World War Three. If the Russians insist on con- trolling the former German cap- ital -- in the opinion of a major- ity of those familiar with the crisis -- fighting is likely to break out. Yet many Americans today are pessimistic about the chances of Khrushchev revising his position on Berlin in the coming months. And many of those who fear that a fighting war might ensue concede that such a conflict could spread into another all- out war. Some take the view that even a "limited" war over Berlin would involve the use of nuclear weapons. In getting the public's views on the likelihood of war over Berlin, Gallup Poll reporters asked a series of questions of those who have been following the situation there. This group was asked: "If Russia insists on control- ling Berlin, do you think this will lead to a fighting war, or not?" The results: WILL BERLIN LEAD TO FIGHTING WAR? @ Pet. Yes, Will .corsrarnsersass 60 No, Will 'Not «eesecscenes 31 No Opinion ...cecsssnsas To see how the public rates the "chances of Khrushchev's backing down on the Berlin stand, the following question was asked of those familiar with the crisis: "What do you think the chances are that Russia will change its mind between now and the end of the year and not insist upon controlling Berlin -- very good, not too good, or al- most no chance that Russia will give in?" The results: CHANCES RUSSIA WILL CHANGE ITS MIND? Not too good ...... Almost no chance Don't know ........ Two further questions were asked of just those persons who feel that a Russian insistance on controlling Berlin will lead to a fighting war: 1) whether such a war would be on a small scale or end in World War Three, and 2) whether even a "limited" war would or would not involve nu- clear weapons. Roughly two out of three in this group fear that a fight for Berlin would ultimately lead to an, all-out war. About four out of ten in this group believe that even a small scale war would see the use of nuclear bombs and other nuclear weapons. The fact that Americans would be willing to fight for Berlin -- while many fear that such a conflict could end in a nuclear holocaust -- is convincing evi- dence of the importance of Ber- lin, in the public's eyes, to the total East-West struggle. To many persons it is not just a question of giving up a city to the Communists. As much at stake is eventual Russian dom- ination of all Germany, then all Europe. These views lie behind the vote of an overwhelming major- ity (eight out of ten of those familiar with the crisis) that the U.S. must keep troops in Berlin even at the risk of war. .. World Copyright Reserved .. . 25 BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO The annual picnic @nd reunion of the Annis family was attend- ed by 115 family members and friends. Allin F. Annis, of Osh- awa, was elected president for the coming year. The family is supposed to have originated on the east coast of Scotland. A request for a reduction in gas rates made by City Council to the Hydro Electric Commis- sion was refused because of added expenses the commission had incurred in meeting sink- ing fund charges. A letter from the Oshawa Ro- tary Club to City Council stat- ed the club would offer to the city the five acres of property on Centre St. it had just bought. The club planned to build a club house and recreation facilities for boys on the lot and to take care of maintenance. It was necessary, however, for the city to officially own the land. Marjorie Connell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Connell was married to Orril Grandby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grandby, in the First United Church by Rev. T. E. Holling. Playing at local movie thea- tres were two adventure stories. One, "The Fighting Peace- maker", involved a man sent to the penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit. "Siberia" was a movie depicting Russian intrigues and the horrors of the salt mines. Representatives from the Can- adian Legion of the British Em- pire Service League held a meeting at the GWVA Hall to discuss forming a league branch in the city. Main speaker was the league's vice-chairman Lt.- Col. J. Keiler McKay, now Lieutenant-Governor for Ontario. A. W. Brown, city relief offi- cer, tendered his resignation to City Council. EYE PROBLEM Dear Doctor: I've lost the lens from one eye. Separately, each eye can see well. Why won't they work to- gether? jcines to prevent and dissolve you could speak only on a sub- blood clots all help. ject you knew well if you could Sometimes the arm or leg not read a speech written by continues to swell after you're yourself or someone else. better, but this harmless pale At the rate Parliament is milk leg shouldn't make you dragging something will have te Mrs. H. G. blue! be done. What Your COMMUNITY CHEST Means To You! This Is The First Of A Series Te Aquaint YOU The Public With The Op Of Your € ity Chest! WHY A COMMUNITY CHEST? Your Community Chest is an organization of the contributing public to support a health and social welfare program that will satisfy all of the needs of the community in this field, to the extent that funds will permit. As such, the Chest directorate are the Trustees of the funds raised. It has two main functions -- budgetting and fund-raising. Each Chest | agency prepares a budget estimating its need for the coming year. Nine local people who form the Budget Committee do a careful item-by-item study of the budget submitted and keeping in mind the needs of the community, recommends the allocation that each agency should receive. The total of the allocations is the campaign goal and it then becomes the responsibility of the Campaign Chairman, with his wide and varied committee of commun- ency to ity-minded citizens, to raise the funds needed to allow the Chest y: public perform the work required of it in the community. This year 1 service groups will depend on the Chest for their funds. The Community Chest is now operating as a corporation under Charter requiring that a certain number of the Directors shall retire each year, By- laws have been enacted governing the business affairs of the Chest. A primary objective of the Chest is to unite, as far as possible, the financial campaigns of local, provincial, national and international charit- able organizations engaged in service work in our community in one cam- paign. i For a number of reasons, such as national policy, service club work, the Community Chest will not end multiplicity, but will limit it, More importantly, it will provide the individual giver some relief from the nuisance, waste, duplication and confusion arising out of multi- plicity in the health and social welfare field. The degree to which it can limit this multiplicity must rest with the giver himself and the extent to which he wishes to place confidence in the Chest as the best medium for proper distribution of his charity dollars. GREATER OSHAWA COMMUNITY CHEST 11 ONTARIO STREET PHONE 728-0203 E. G. Storie, President E. A. Doyle, Executive Secretary ee a ---------- kes Sinn