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dhe Oshawa Sones Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Friday, September 29, 1961 Reports Of Manpower Waste Need The report that the Treasury Board has told the cabinet that there is con- siderable waste of manpower in the armed forces has not been confirmed, but neither has it been denied. One must assume, therefore, that it is true. What necessarily follows is that the Diefenbaker cabinet is divided (since the Treasury Board is composed of a committee of five cabinet ministers, with a sixth, the Minister of Finance serving as chairman), and that the recent call for an addition of 15,000 men to the armed forces may not have been necessary and should in any case have been delayed until the evidence of misused manpower was examined and the situation corrected. The difference of opinion between External Affairs Minister Green and Defence Minister Harkness has been obvious for some time, with public opinion clearly favoring the former's re- luctance to have Canada join the nuclear club. Now it seems that Mr. Harkness differs with other members of the cabinet, but has Prime Minister Diefenbaker on his side, since it was Mr. Diefenbaker who told the House about the proposed increase in military manpower. Checking Of more direct concern to taxpayers than cabinet squabbles, however, is the suggestion of waste in the armed forces -- and worst form of waste is the misuse of manpower. This was a favorite charge of the Conservatives when they were in opposition, along with the claim that they could save the country millions of dollars by more efficient handling of the nation's defences. There has been no evidence to show that they have man- aged to do so since they came to power. On the other hand, there is still the evidence that there are savings to be made, and that Canadians are not get- ting full value for the billions they have been spending on defence. Anyone who has had anything to do with the armed forces will be willing to believe that there is waste in the use of manpower. A few years ago Maj.-Gen. E. L. M. Burns wrote a book showing how a more efficient use of manpower in World War II would have provided fighting units with the reinforcements they so desperately needed, even without conscription. Canada at that time had the poorest record of any army in the war, in the ratio of rear-echelon person- nel to combat troops. It seems that things have not changed much. Case For The Court The Canadian government is sending to the UN data on the increase in radio- active fallout over this country follow- ing the renewed Soviet nuclear tests in the atmosphere. Why not a direct, sharp protest to the Soviet government? The Japanese government has made such a protest, and with good reason. Because of prevailing winds, the Japan- ese are generally the first recipients of Soviet fallout. Tokyo regards the matter with enough seriousness to make an offi- cial assertion of Japan's right to claim damages. There is no reason why the case should not be taken to the World Court. Collecting damages might be difficult, and so would proving damage under present circumstances, since the scien- tists know so little about the long-range effects of fallout. But at least it would be an attempt to establish the right of innocent bystanders to breathe clean air. The Russians might say that far more damages is done to those bystand- ers by the pollution they themselves have created with their heating applian- ces, vehicles and industrial chimneys. But that is no defence. The Russians, and any other country that pollutes the air of its neighbors, are guilty to aggres- sion against living humanity and pos- sibly against generations yet unborn. There is a case for the court. Distant African Vision Sooner or later, many of the emerging "countries" in Africa must merge with neighbors to form viable states, because they have neither the physical nor the human resources to support indepen- dence. But it will be later, rather than sooner. And still later will come -- if it comes at all -- the pan-African federation which is now the vision of many African leaders. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor-Gen- eral of Nigeria, predicts that pan- Africanism will be "shining example of how peoples "can live together in poli tical unity in one continent with their territory safeguarded from aggression and their civil liberties guaranteed by the entrenchment of fundamental human rights in their constitution." At the same time, he calls attention to the obstacles to pan-African federation; they are all but overwhelming. Racially, Africa is not homogenous. Northern Africans are predominantly members of the Mediterranean branch of the Caucasian race. South of the Sahara, Africans are mostly Negroid. There is a sprinkling of white Europeans. A multiplicity of languages hampers communication. On the fringe of the . Mediterranean, Africans are Hamitic speaking. In the west they are mainly The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), ws published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Burecu of Circulation and the Ontarie Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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In the east there is a mixture. The whites have several languages of their own -- English, French, Afrikkans, Portuguese, some German. Various culture divide African so- ciety. Tribalism poses almost insur- mountable barriers to unity. The Arab League seeks to enlist the loyalty of Arabs in Africa as well as the middle east. One version of pan-Africanism proposes a Negroid federation that would exclude all nonblacks. These are basic barriers. There are others. Separate currencies keep Afri- cans apart. So do separate rail, road and air systems. Animosity, jealousy and fear militate against union. Morocco claims sovereignty over Mauritania, for ex- ample. If the African states should ever get down to discussing what sort of union to have, a host of complications would arise. Should the federation be tightly or loosely knit? How much authority should be given a central government? Should there be an executive and a congress or a parliament and prime minister? The vision of pan-Africanism is an appealing one. But a vision it is cer- tain to remain for years to come. Bible Thought Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. -- James 2:10. Men think of sin quantitatively, but God judges it qualitatively, Other Editor's Views EAST GERMAN HI-JINKS (Chicago Daily News) They have a dandy new game for youngsters in East Germany. Communist youth organizations are encouraging the kids to sabotage television antennas turn- ed in such a way as to pick up trans- missions from the West. We haven't heard how the campaign is making out, but the invitation to wreak mischief by climbing a neighbor's roof must be irres- istible to teens and pre-teens--something like Hallowe'en every day with a merit badge for adventurous destruction. = RRA---------- WATER SKIING IN THE CHANNEL OTTAWA REPORT Drive For Trade In New Nations PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--As part of Can- ada's drive to capture more ex- port markets, Trade Minister George Hees will launch the first planned Canadian trade offensive into Africa next year. There our exporters will com- pete head on against Japan, Israel and the Communist coun- tries, in addition to our custom- ary rivals Britain, U.S.A. and France. "The opportunity is wide open for Canadian goods, if only our salesmen will get out and sell," Mr. Hees told me after his re- turn from Africa last week. "Our prices are competitive in Africa, our quality is competi- tive, and the 'Made in Canada' label has a warm welcome awaiting it." This drive for huge new ex- port markets in Africa will be initiated in our sister - Domin- fons on the west coast of Af- frica, Nigeria and Ghana. Nigeria is slightly larger than British Columbia, yet has a population twice the size of Canada's. Its capital city is Lagos, nearly as large as Ot- tawa. Nigeria's total imports amount to some $500,000,000 per year. Last year Canada doubled her previous year's sales to Nigeria, but still they did not amount to 1 per cnt of all Nigeria's purchases. Ghana is twice the size of the island of Newfoundland, and has a population of 5,000,000. Its capital, Accra, is about the size of Windsor, Ont. Canada last year provided about 1 per cent of Ghana's imports, from Britain, with the Communist countries and Japan making a strong bid for trade. OUR GOODS ON DISPLAY All-Canadian trade fairs to launch our export drive are being arranged by Trade Minis- ter Hees and his officials, to be held Jan. 17-28 in Lagos, Ni- geria, and Feb. 14-24 in Accra, Ghana. The department will it- self set up the fairs; it will provide exhibition booths free of charge; it will ship reason- able quantities of exhibits to Africa free of charge; it will provide a Canadian government exhibit. This invaluable assist- ance to exporters who wish to try to break into those markets is to be supported by individual exhibitors advertising locally, and sending out their own sales- men and demonstrators to man their own booths. To date 86 exhibitors have been allocated booths, and an equal number have been crowded out. About three quar- ters of the exhibitors have never before sold to Africa. Their products include a wide range of consumer goods and equipment. INDUSTRIES ABROAD Among these are Pontiac cars made by General Motors in Oshawa -- one of the few Ca- nadian items already said to be selling very well there. "Day old chicks" will be shown by Shaver Poultry Breeding Farm INSIDE YOU Provides Answer To Sweat Odors By BURTON H. FERN, MD WHAT causes disagreeable body odor? How can you make it evaporate? Skin glands occasionally man- ufacture pungent oil or sweat. Sometimes clothing reeks from some home cleaning concoction. Perspiration mirrors chemi- cals in the circulation. One whiff can tell you who is loaded with garlic or arsenic - containing medicine. Oldtime doctors could smell typhoid, smallpox and cholera blocks away. Atmospheric con- ditions change when sweat glands have to substitute for failing kidneys. PRIMARY CAUSE Still, rivers of perspiration launch most unpleasant - body odors. Skin bacteria quickly curdle all this sweat. Salt, potas- sium, lactic acid and urea in perspiration is a rich diet for any bacteria. All this becomes a bacterial banquet as germs eat away all acidity. This fermenting sweat fills the air with rancid aromas. Some women take an offen- sive odor during each menstrual flow. Their sweat glands shift into high gear at this time. An overactive thyroid can de- stroy fresh daintiness. When it soups up bodily function, sweat glads turn into little Niagaras. You can often smell the cold sweat of nervous tension. And some people just sweat more than others. Fight body odor two ways: stop perspiration and erase skin bacteria! Ordinary de- odorants do both. FAVORITE REMEDY Use them on the feet as well as under arms: you can be completely safe both places! » One or two teaspoons of fore maldehyde in a pint of water is an old favorite for sweaty feet, Medicated foot powder also helps. Don't forget to treat shoes and socks, too! Alcohol rubs dry up sweat glands and kill skin bacteria. Ordinary soap will erase skin germs if you scrub hard enough. Your washcloth can rub out any unpleasant odor, BYGONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Native Sc.us of Canada plan- ned to institute a branch in Oshawa. Dr. T. E. Kaiser, MP, don- ated a shield for competition among the Oshawa schools con- ducting fire drills. The Crystal Theatre building, Simcoe street south, was being demolished and replaced by a new structure for Adams Furni- ture Co. Colors of the 116th Battalion were moved from Cannington and deposited in St, George's Anglican Church, Oshawa. Plans werc announced for a drive to raise $50,000 for an extension of Oshawa General Hospital. J. Carroll Anderson, a grad- uate of Osgoode Hall, was the new associate with W, E. N. Sinclair's law office. The organization of a branch of the Canadian Legion in Osh- awa was started. of Galt. The rising standard of living in Africa will be catered to by West Bend Aluminum of Barrie, offering outboard mo- tors, and by Galt's Royal Metal Manufacturing Company's mod- ern steel and plastic furniture. From Woodstock are going King Lowbed machinery trailers made by Truck Engineering Ltd., and from Guelph there will be freezers and ranges made by Gilson Manufacturing Co. Mr. Hees is reinforcing these trade fairs by an idea never be- fore tried. His department will make available to television stations and cinemas in Ni- geria and Ghana, free of charge, a series of 32 film pro- grams. Some films have been made by our National Film Board; others have been made commercially to the order of in- dividual industries, such as the film "Kitimat" describing our aluminum industry in that new B.C. centre. Films showing Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Mr, Hees will introduce the se- ries. This will be Canada's first exploitation of the proved adage that "trade follows film," which has done so much to help U.S. exporters over the years, by popularizing the American way of life and the American labor- saving home. It is interesting that Ghana and Nigeria have welcomed these Canadian programs, after rejecting similar offers from U.S.A. and Russia as being likely to contain 'propaganda.' READERS' VIEWS Praises Effort On Schedule C Dear Sir: As a pupil who graduated from "Schedule 5" on Sep- tember 22, 1961. I would very much appreciate it, if you would publish a few words of credit due to the people who .have contributed so greatly to the success of the courses. 1 believe that I have the sup- port of all the people who at- tended these courses, when I say how much we all appre- ciated the effort made by the teachers, her Worship, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Baxter and Mr. Pineau of the National Em- ployment Commission and all the other people behind the scenes, who made these courses possible. As you are aware, our group was comprised of people with various backgrounds and levels of education. A minority was even handicapped by learning subjects in a language not their own. It, therefore, must have been a herculean task for the teachers to impart their knowl- edge in a manner understand- able to all. And it'is to these teachers I am extending our very sincere and particular thanks. We know that they gave of their time un- stintingly, at the expense of their summer holiday, and QUEEN'S PARK Lots Of Talking On Tap For PCs By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- By Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 25, loyal PCs should have had their fill of speeches for a while. The tentative agenda for their three-day leadership convention makes allowance for plenty of talking. Premier Frost will make a long address on the Monday night. Prime Minister Diefenbaker will have the floor Tuesday af- ternoon. At the same session candi- dates will be nominated--with speeches by each mover and seconder. And that night the candidates themselves will hold forth. This, of course, could be a long, drawn out session. For there are already seven candi- dates in the field--and the con- vention is still some weeks away. STILL PUZZLED However, talk or not, the con- vention still is living up to its promise of being as exciting as any we have ever had here. In the lobbies of the buildings it is about the only thing being talked about by the politicians. And most of them are still puzzled. They aren't saying who will take the honors. There are some men, of course, who are firmly pledged and are boosting their candi- dates. The camp of education minis- ter Robarts is doing probably the most effective job in this line. It has been expressing such confidence it at least has people listening. But still, most independent LIBRARY BUILDER Gaius Asinus Pollio, Roman soldier, politician and author who died in 5 AD, constructed the first public library in Rome. observers wouldn't put up a dime at this stage on anyone's chances. NEW POLICY? A feature of this convention, somewhat overlooked to date, is that it will be tackling the ques- tion of policy. This could or could not result in something concrete and sig- nificant. F. G. Gardiner, Metro Tor- onto's super-mayor, is chairman of the policy committee. And Mr. Gardiner undoubt- edly has the ability to provide fresh thought. But also" he is an old pro politician. And if it seems wise to play down policy at this time he will be able to handle the assignment in spades. There is an element in the party which feels it should come out with a new program and policy now. But there is another field of thought which believes it would be better to carry on more or less playing it by ear. when day classes began, at the expense of their leisure time in the evenings. : For some of us this was a refresher course, but for the majority this was a branching out into a new field. : I like to think, that we have not merely passed our time but rather that we have filled it. These courses, 1 believe, have done more for us than teach us the rudiments of Basic Book- keeping and Office procedure; they have opened new vistas, they have given us back a feel- ing of being a little more than a vegetable, they have shown us a way to seek knowledge, attainable at any age. Above all, it has shown me personally, that I am not really as clever or smart, as I al ways liked my children to be- lieve. We all hope to show some tangible results of our newly acquired skills by obtaining suitable employment according to our ability, but the intangi- ble value cannot be measured in dollars or cents. In summing up, I like to re. iterate how grateful all of us feel for being given the chance at proving ourselves to our- selves and to the people who had sufficient faith in our abil ities. I feel sure, we shall all en- deavor to give our best to any employer who is willing to take us! May the next course be as successful as ours has been. Ajax Mrs. Ursula Beeching THANKS Dear Sir: The United Senior Citizens of Ontario are most grateful to the officers and members of UAW Local 222 for the wonder- ful facilities provided by them for our annual convention. Nothing was overlooked to make this the best convention we have held. The Ladies' Auxiliary added much to the occasion in arrang- ing luncheon on both days and an excellent banquet. These services were not only enjoy- able but practical. So we say many thanks. Let me also thank you and your efficient staff for the coverage you have given us. Toronto J. A. ALLAN, Vice-president, United Senior Citizens of Ontario. REGISTRATION: -- Monday, Oct. CANADIAN POWER SQUADRONS OSHAWA SQUADRON "Courses in Boating" LEARN . . . Rules of the Road, Seamanship, Safety ot Sea, The Mariner's Compass, Aids to Navigation, Charts and Piloting, Manners and Customs on Ship- board, Government Regulations, OSHAWA YACHT CLUB 2nd, 8 p.m. This is to certify that Dow Als is brewed by the exclusive Cool Conlrol process. This process DOW JUT THE BEST CONTROL © ', BREWED is continually tested, thereby ensuring uniform high quality. Frikuratlon DR. RH. WALLACE, ( DIRECTOR, QUALITY CONTROL WATCH IT ON CFTO -TV CHANNEL , A.D Only one brewery guarantees that its beer is Cool Control Brewed. That beer is Dow! Cool Control Brewing produces full-bodied beer by eliminating all adverse temperature variations throughout the brewing process. That's how Dow brings out the bestin beer. Rigid quality controls check every step in the brewing of this fine ale to maintain the most uniform flavour in beer today. Have a Dow . . . beer at its easy-drinking best! Hamilton at Ottawa, Saturday, September 30th at 2 p.m.