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dhe Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Monday, October 2, 1961 Conservative Approach To Monetary Reforms One cannot conclude from the recent annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vienna that & major step was taken to strengthen the free world's international monetary system. What was accomplished was conser- vative improvement, not the radical re- form that some economists have been insisting was essential. The problem is that the IMF's re- serves are inadequate. Resources must be increased so member nations can draw on them to meet temporary bal- ance of payments crisis. It is particu- larly imperative that the IMF be in a position to sustain the so-called "key" currencies -- the dollar and the pound-- from speculative attack because they substitute for gold, supplies of which aren't growing fast enough to under- write the rapidly increasing volume of world trade. Under the plan agreed on at Vienna, the prosperous western countries of con- tinental Europe will lend around $2 billion in their currencies to the IMF in case of need; the United States, a like amount, and Britain, $1 billion. In essentials, the plan that emerged You Can Do The world's problems, in this genera- tion as in other, seem to engulf the individual in a feeling of helplessness and frustration. The conflicts that divide the great masses of the world's population some- times seem to attain a magnitude that beggars the efforts of even great na- tional leaders and powerful governments to resolve them. At the base of these pyramiding problems, ordinary people begin to feel that their influence in decisions about nuclear arms, national sovereignty, eco- nomic competition, is diminishing beyond recognition. And y the world's problems, ultimately, concern the 'destinies of ordinary people -- the hungry, the dise- ased, the frightened. In terms of people, was what the United States proposed. The European countries, however, in- sisted on conditions not included by the Americans. Thus, the Europeans will be able to determine when their currencies can be used; lending will not be auto- matic. And, willing as they are to allow their currencies to be used to offset arbitrary or speculative movements of money, they have indicated that they will not allow them to be used to feed inflation in the united States or Britain. The IMF's executive directors must now work out a detailed scheme and submit it to the fund's governors, prob- ably by mid-December. Some countries, including the United States, will then have to pass legislation to make the plan effective. The whole plan may be inadequate to meet the free world's need for in- creased international monetary reserves. However, the United States got all there was to be had in the face of conservative opposition, led by France. Perhaps the thing to be remarked is that interna- tional monetary co-operation has ad- vanced this far, not that radical reform, which did not have official advocates, failed of adoption. Something problems are immediate, practical and understandable. CARE of Canada, the international relief agency, gives Canadians a chance to attack world problems in a personal, meaningful way. A one-dollar package of flour, milk beans and other staple foods, marked with a Canadian name and the immediate recognizable green Canadian maple leaf, feeds not only hungry bodies but withering minds and hearts. CARE launches its Food Crusade at the season of Thanksgiving, during the celebration of our North American abun- dance, in the hope that we will be moved to share the treasurers of our harvest with other people in other lands who, otherwise, may find little cause to give thanks. Britain's Demonstrators The British campaign against nuclear srmaments hardly causes any stir out- side Britain, the London Economist reports. The Sunday "sedentary exercise" was the largest demonstration of its kind to be seen in London, and the mass arrest of over a thousand people is un- precedented. But most European papers ignored the lengthy stories cabled by their correspondents. The Americans were less restained, more concerned with incipient neutralism. Even the Russians refused to take 'demonstrators at their own valuation . . . . It is in the light of this small impact that the Campaign for Nuclear Disar- mament and the Committee of One Hundred ought to be mulling over their future policy, the Economist argues. Their main policy remains the "moral" gesture of scrapping Britain's bomb, contracting out of western defence obli- gations and ejecting the Americans, to whom they, like the rest of the country, would look if their plans went awry. The journal continues: The unilateralists have to ask them- selves whether their original policy still seems the most efficacious way of promoting the general disarmament that the great bulk &f their followers want The Osha Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted) ot Conodian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provieciol Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canodion Press 1s exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches ore also reserved. . Offices: Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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Nerve racking as a stalemate of terror is, those who seek the deterioration of that balance will have much to answer for. Secondly, the disarmers have to ask themselves whether their antipathy to the bomb in Britain is based on their own desire to live or on a desire to defend humanity from destruction. If the former, they have no claim to morality; if the latter, it is possible to deplore their judgment while applauding their moral courage. But the British are prone to overrate.their moral influence with other countries. ; There is every reason for making fears and wishes known by demonstra- tion. But merely reviling one's own gov- ernment is seldom the best way of earning public sympathy. Other Editor's Views UNCONQUERED SEA Those who read historical novels are prone to believe that the day of the ship- wreck is part of the romantic past, for- gotten since man conquered the sea with steel, steam, and electronics. It's startling, then, to read the latest figures from Lloyds of London on the shipping toll for 1960. Last year, accord- ing to the Register of Shipping, 171 vessels were lost. The sea is far from conquered. Even the Great Lakes, inland waters which offer many sheltering places from a storm, take a small but steady toll of sunken vessels. Man's best efforts are still inadequate against Nature's fury. Bible Thought Esau despised his birthright. -- Genesis 25:34. Esau was willing to pay any price for the satisfaction of his physical appetites. We, too, shall be unfortunate if we count the spiritual strength of our fami- «dies a little thing, S/mPKINGS Ne PLEASANT DREAMS OTTAWA REPORT Optimism Shown By Conservatives PATRICK NICHOLSON The election picture seems to have been sharply changed by a new optimism among Conser- vative MPs, and an opposition despondency. "Most of the voters now think that we are a good government, and I would be returned in an election today." This is what many a Tory is saying after his seven week summer visit to his constituency. This mood, sweet music to the chief, contrasts with the preceding months of gloom for Tories trailing in pub- lic esteem; many of them now hope that the prime minister will call a general election be- fore Christmas. The swing in popular feeling has been felt also by Liberal and CCF MPs, who have ab- ruptly ceased their taunts and no longer dare the government to face the voters in a general election. This public mood, and the improved employment figures, would make an election most un- welcome to Liberal and CCF strategists now. But the interna- tional situation clearly demands that in the months ahead we should have a government con- fident in a long-term popular mandate, rather than one near- ing the end of its term and therefore disposed to do what weuld be superficially popular with the voters. This could lead to the wrong decisions on such vital policies as nuclear weapons and foreign trade. Hence the public interest seems to call for a 1961 elec- tion. SASKATCHEWAN COMBAT Many experienced politicians here expect that the next elec- tion will evolve chiefly into a battle between two strong cam- paigning personalities, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and NDP leader Tommy Douglas. The New Democratic Party ture their Winnipeg seats, whilst other NDPs might win Selkirk 4 and Marquette. will certainly be the big ques- tion mark in the election, when- ever it is held. It is quietly and effectively building a thorough and hard - working organization at the constituency level, and aiming to collect the '$1,000,000 which it deems necessary to mount its election campaign. Erhart Regier (CCl Burnaby- Coquitlam) has long been the national organizer of the CCF and is one of the most astute practitioners of that political art today. He frankly admits that the NDP needs at least six more months to develop its con- stituency organizations, and hence it would make a mini- mised showing in a pre-Christ- mas election, especially in On- tario. Many thinking opposition MPs privately concede that the Con servatives would win an election today--a view held by few even of Conservative stripe a few months ago. The margin of vic- tory would be less than in the record - breaking Diefenbaker sweep of 1958; but a smaller government majority would re. vivify the House of Commons. Striking an average of all party opinion, the expectation here is that the Conservatives would lose four seats to the Lib- erals and one to the NDP in the Maritimes; P.E.I. would hold firm do be our only all-Conser- vative province. West of the Lakehead the Liberals cannot get off the ground, except slightly in Sas- katchewan. The NDP should capture seats where it has al. ready organized strength, no- tably Okanagan - Revelstoke, New Westminster and Nanaimo in B.C; Saskatoon, where Tommy Douglas may run, also Moose Jaw, Rosetown and Kin dersley in Saskatchewan; in Manitoba those old CCF stal- warts, Alistair Stewart- and Stanley Knowles, should recap- INSIDE YOU Rid Of Families In Mental Ills By BURTON H. FERN, MD Both Audrey and Henry felt blue, but each of these mental case histories differs. Audrey loved Bill, her fiance, so much that she wanted to break their engagement, She'd be a burden -- he was too good for her. She cried con- stantly and could barely drag herself around. Her mind wan- dered when she tried to con- centrate. She'd wake up at about 4 a.m. feeling too upset to sleep. During the day her head ached and she could hardly eat. Audrey wondered whether she was being punished for hav- ing felt jealous when her best friend had married years be- fore! Her mind magnified normal doubts into doom and gloom. She knew this, but she couldn't control herself. SPIRITS DROOPED Henry used to smile and whistle as he walked down the streets, Then suddenly his spir- its drooped. You'd feel gloomy "if your liver started to digest itself", he claimed. He felt doomed when no doc- tor would operate. He shuffled about slowly. It took him almost five minutes to remember his name, When he refused to eat, Henry kad to go to the hospital where doctors could feed him through a stomach-tube. Henry's spirits sagged and his mind slowed just like Aue drey's. But he had lost all rea- son. Livers don't digest them- selves. And reasonable men eat when faced with stomach-tubes. But Henry didn't understand. Happiness pills helped both Audrey and Henry. AIRED PROBLEMS With her spirits lifted, Aue drey could talk out her inner problems while the doctor lis- tened understandingly. He help- ed her discover and overcome inner tensions. Henry was bound to bounce back, but pills and treatments hastened the process. Letters and visits made Henry feel wanted back home. Audrey's folks encouraged her without pushing. They'd listen when she wanted to talk. They made living easy. So did Henry's family. THEY WERE LUCKY Both of these patients wers lucky! Their families under- stood mental illness. No one blamed them or preached, "Get hold of yourself!" They would it they could. And they did. Henry is once again smiling and whistling. And Audrey is happy and content and mar ried. The big central provinces will : be the vital battleground, and the district where the Liberals } will make most gains. In Que- bec, Premier Lesage may not | be inclined to deliver the opti« : mum vote to the present Lib. eral leadership, whilst the voters may mark their growing criti. cism of his own administration. Twenty five or more seats may switch to the Liberals. In Ontario, NDP successes will cut into undoubted but insufficient Liberal gains, numbered in the teens. The NDP might lose Kirkland Lake, hold Timmins and Port Arthur, capture York Centre, Cornwall and two Ham- ilton seats--also Sudbury if the powerful Nickel local affiliates with the Canadian Labor Con- gress. Such thinking, striking an av- erage between conflicting views among MPs of all parties, sug- gests a new House of Commons elected at a pre-Christmas vote to comprise 142 Conservatives, 94 Liberals, 24 NDPs and five Socreds. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Eighty boys and girls rang- ing from 8 to 12 years were given a holiday at the Red Cross Cottage at Lakeview Park during July and August. The strike at the Duplate plant which entered its seventh week had reached a settlement and approximately 300 employ- ees returned to work. An announcement was made that the 11th Armored Ontario Regiment had received consid- erable new equipment in readi- ness for full-scale training oper- ations and the Commanding Of- ficer, Lt.-Col. L. W. Currell, stressed that there were open- ings for qualified instructors. Four houses within a block of each other on Simcoe street north were broken into. A quan- tity of money was stolen, plus a varied assortment of ar- ticles, including ration books. Local citizens lined the streets to witness a Shriners' parade through the business section to Memorial Park where the Rameses Temple Shrine Band of Toronto provided a fine evening's entertainment at McLaughlin Band Shell. One of the larger orchards near Whitby reported about 11,- 000 barrels of apples were be- ing harvested but not nearly enough pickers to do the job. The Order of the Red Cross was conferred upon the fallow- ing Knights Templar of Oshawa district: William J. Clark, Stan- ley E. Shine, Henry J. Wells, Kenneth D. Essery, Percy Lunn, Alan F. McKenzie and Ewart Alger. ' More than 1600 young people attended the Youth Rally event held at the Oshawa Arena spon- sored by the Kiwanis Club. The former Flying School Hospital building was moved from its former site at the Oshawa Airport to its new location near the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital and become the new school of nursing. Duncan Campbell and E. H. Pankhurst were among the Osh- awa photographers who attended the zone meeting of the Ontario Society of Photographers. LOOK AHEAD coe buy 1961 CANADA SAVINGS BONDS AT TORONTO-DOMINION ELYTH G. B. MILES, Manager King & Simcoe Branch I. E. ERWIN, Manager South Oshowe, 532 Simcoe South THE BANK THAT LOOKS AHEAD W. R. SINGLETON, Manager East Branch 566 King Street H. J. 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