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She Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1961 -- PAGE 6 | Robarts Offers Heavy | Basket Of Legislation Throne speeches are deliberately vague, and Wednesday's edition at the opening of the Ontario Legislature was no exception. As usual, we shall have to wait for details of the legislative pro- posals before any reasoned comment on it can be attempted. What is promised, however, is a fairly full basket of legis- lation -- surprisingly full, when one considers the short time Premier Robarts has had to get organized in his new office, form a new cabinet and prepare for a session. Catching the headlines was the state- ment that "the government will intro- duce legislation providing for the cre- ation of an Ontario Police Commission vested with comprehensive powers re- lating to the maintenance of law and order in Ontario." But that was all that was said about it, and it came close to the end of the lengthy outline of govern- ment plans and proposals. It was im- mediately followed, too, by a paragraph of at least equal importance that got little if any attention. This read: "A report recently prepared on county and district court jurisdiction and re- lated matters will be tabled and will be the basis of a plan to provide better utilization of our judicial services at the county and district court levels. Plans are being drawn to make our civil courts more readily available to the public who have occasion to seek justice there. Appropriate legislation will be intro- duced to give effect to a number of the recommendations in the report." If the "appropriate legislation" does in fact clear away some of the roadblocks in the way of judicial service in Ontario, this session will be a useful one indeed. The attention given the Police Com- mission proposal, more aid to education, highway plans and the merger of the departments of economics and commerce and development, tended to cause other significant items to be overlooked. There were these, for example: Amendments to the Highway Traffie Act will be proposed to keep pace with new concepts of traffic demands and to further the cause of safety; the policy of re-examining selected driver groups will be expanded; "the Royal Commis- sion on Industrial Safety has now pre- sented its report and it has been made available to the Members of the Legis- lature and.to the public... Legislation will be introduced at this session in reference to many of the recommenda- tions contained in the report." "Action will be taken to strengthen the government's legislation and ad- ministration in support of the main- tenance of human rights irrespective of race, language, sex, color or creed... The Province's liquor legislation, inclu- ding education, research and control, is under review ... Plans will be presented to establish a committee of the Legisla- ture to deal with the matter of redistri- bution." Pressure to curb the expansion of provincial parks facilities has obviously been resisted. The throne speech noted: "The Department of Lands and Forests will expand its program of forest man- agement, preservation of wildlife. and the maintenance and development of additional park areas ... Seventeen new parks were brought into operation last year and many others are now under development or being planned. More wilderness areas will be added to the 35 already established." are Mr. Robarts has made a vigorous start as premier. It will interesting to watch his direction of the legislative Program at the newly-opened session, be Light For Dark Road The 1962 Canadian Conference on education does not open until March in Montreal so the reappraisal of our edu- cational goals and methods is only be- . ginning. But already in a series of studies which will form the basis of the con- ference's discussions some of the issues ate sharpening into focus, the Ottawa Journal points out. One of the most challenging of the nine study papers has been written by Dr. Edward Sheffield of Ottawa, search officer of the Canadian Univer- sities Foundation, and by Dr. Lewis S. Beattie of Toronto. Te- The paper takes up the problem of the students who fail to complete high school and are thrust untrained into the employment market. It has already been demonstrated beyond doubt how the unskilled comprise the great bulk of the unemployed in Canada today. This paper points out that almost two-thirds of our students are leaving school before obtaining the basic education required for skilled or professional work. The result is that two-thirds of the labor force is competing for one-third of all the jobs available. The problem is neatly and. concisely stated. But what is the answer? The Jcurnal observes: We have placed so much prestige upon university education that those who would deliberately choose otherwise She Oshawa Zimes T. LL WILSON, Publisher end Generali Monoger C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combinii {established 1871) and the itby Gozette and Chronicle {estoblisned 1863), ts published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Doilies Asso- ciation. 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USA. and Foreign 24.00, The Oshawa Times Circulation for the issue , of October 31, 1961 17,783 seem to be placed in the position of choosing an inferior way. It is also true that society provides much more for those who go on to an academic education than those who fall out along the way. It should be remem- bered that of every 100 boys and girls in Grade 2 only nine get to college and only six win degrees, But the burden of supporting higher education for that small percentage seems to be about all we can afford, As it is universities are forever asking for more funds. The problem posed is this: Should society offer free vocational education to all those dropping out of high school? Can society, even a wealthy society, afford to do that? Can it afford not to? Certainly it is offering some voca- tional training, more than ever before. But how long can we keep building trade schools? Shouldn't we think again of the apprentice system and allow industry and the trades themselves to recruit and train more of their own personnel? Perhaps this is trying, to turn back the clock and the clock really can never be turned back. Perhaps the kind of technological world we are making will force us to turn out young persons all with marketable skills, But we should know what we are taking on, its cost and its implications. If the next Canadian Conference on Education can explore this whole subject it will light the way along a dark and difficult road. Other Editors' Views FACE.THE FACT (Wingham Advance-Times) Despite all the social services we can invent (much less pay for), since this is a human society, the smart guy will always be on top. Is there any point whatever in trying to pretend to our kids, whether they are at the top or the bottom of the list, that competition doesn't exist? It isn't a fad; it's a phase. It's one of the facts of life. Bible Thought THANKSGIVING: Giving thanks always for all things. --Ephesians 5:20. Every day should be thanksgiving day for those who love God and appreciate all His boundless blessings. ® REPORT FROM U.K. Effort To Solve Traffic Problem By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON Two projects which will bring joy and relief to the tens of thousands of motorists and pedestrians who are daily bedevilled by traffic jams along the Strand, Aldwych and Fleet Street have been an- nounced by the London County Council. As one member of the public who every day encount- ers this traffic congestion on the route from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street, I consid- er these projects as improve- ments which are long overdue, and which will be welcomed by the public. Both vehicular and pedestrian traffic problems will be solved when they are com- pleted. The first project will deal with the hour by hour conges- tion of traffic flowing along the Strand meeting with that com- ing down Kingsway to Aldwych, and then finding its way by a circuitous route down to Water- loo Bridge. To solve this problem, the London County Council pro- poses to use part of a Kingsway tramway tunnel and convert it into a quarter-mile long Strand Traffic Underpass. The present plan, estimated to cost $2,300,- 000 will normally be for north- bound traffic from Waterloo bridge only. Ramps to the sur- face will be built in Lancaster Place, the approach' to the strand from the bridge, and in Kingsway. As the height of the tunnel is 12 feet six inches, there will be some restriction on the size of vehicles using it, and some form of automatic light ray de- tection and warning system for high vehicles may be installed. But when the job is com- pleted, and the streams of in- tersecting traffic no longer exists, it will be a real boon to motorists, and to those using buses, along the Strand and around Aldwych. Just as important from the GALLUP POLL Most Say Army Should Get Nuclear Weapons By The Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion Should Canada arm its forces with nuclear weapons? If the decision were left to the people, it would be done. Nationally, about six in ten of those who have read something about the controversy, believe Canadian fighting forces should have the best modern equipment avail- able. About three in ten object National Yes, have heard No, have not heard .....- to the proposal mainly because of the belief that Canada should become neutral. Interviewers for the Gallup Poll asked a miniature elector- ate of men and women as a starter, whether they had heard or read anything about arming Canada's forces with nuclear weapons. Among men, about seven in ten have heard of the debate; among women barely half have done so. Men 69% 31 100% Women 52% 48 100% The 61 per cent of the people who said they knew some- thing on the subject were asked another question: "Just from what you know or have heard, in your opinion should Canada's armed forces be armed with nuclear weapons or not?" National 61% Yes No eee No Opinion eeeeeeseesreconesses 100% Men Women 67% 54% 26 36 1 10 100% 100% In explanation as to why they believed that Canadian Forc- es should be armed with nuclear weapons, men and women spoke in these terms -- almost half of them keyed to one reas- on alone -- need for our own protection. We need them for our own protection, to defend our- selves and North America Other countries are doing this and we them in our defence .... must be equal to Our armies are useless unless equipped with modern It may help to avert war If war starts we will be in the front line We should not rely on the U.S, to defend US .....ssse00 Other reasons ...ceseveee <s No Opinion * Less than 1% On the other hand, those who object to the idea gave as main reasons for their attitude. Canada should stay neutral; we are in less danger of attack if we are neutral We are not big enough, nor advanced enough for nu- clear weapons; not a 'eading power It might increase danger of war; we could get into real trouble Nuclear weapons are too dangerous .......+.ssse0 és It would not do any good as it wouldn't protect us We can't afford them ...... The U.S. will defend us in case of war There won't be a nuclear war; there's no need for them The fewer countries which have them the better; nu- clear power should be used for peaceful purposes only Other No Opinion ....s.sse0e oe cesccseeseecccscccenves deccceees (Some gave more than one reason) World Copyright Reserved standpoint of public safety, and for the convenience of the tens of thousands who travel to and from the city by way of Charing Cross Station is the second proj- y ect. It calls for pedestrian sub- ways to be built under the Strand from that station and the f adjoining Strand underground railway station, to connect with Duncannon street, Adelaide street and the north side of the Strand. This is a section of the Strand almost continuously congested with pedestrians trying to cross the street in the face of a steady stream of cars, taxis and buses. It takes several policemen on point duty there to. ensure the safety of the ped- estrians and keep traffic mov- ing with some degree of regu- larity. This pedestrian subway will be 16 feet wide at its south entrance and will widen to 18 feet passing under the Strand. While it is in process of con- struction, a partial closure of the Strand will be necessary, ogg some interference to traf- ic, It is estimated that the sub- way will be large enough to eope with four-fifths of the peo- ple who cross the Strand dur- ing the day between Trafalgar Square and the Charing Cross Station. Having to use the Strand at this point every day, I can read- ily visualize what a_ transfor- mation there will be in the traf- fic picture when the subway is completed and its several en- trances and exits in use. Peo- ple will no longer be risking life and limb in getting from one side to the other. UNDERWATER HUNT ORTONA, Italy (AP)--A big increase in skin-diving activity around here is easily <xplained. Skin - diving instructor Luigi Sanvitale found a giant oyster containing a black pearl as big as a pea. GENEROUS OFFER CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP)--Girls » ho value their ny- lons too much to get down on their knees to pray are offered a replacement for damaged stockings by the dean of Cape Town, Very Rev. E. L. King-- 'if they pray in the right devo- tional position.'"" No immediate takers were reported. OTTAWA REPORT Reform Effected bush clearing, land drainage, and the construction of nature , trails and park sites--all im- 4 provements which the federal government could not otherwise have had done for at least 10 } years. In Penal System By PATRICK NICHOLSON Justice Minister Davie Fulton has just made public a very thorough review of the humane and understanding treatment now accorded to criminals, un- der new policies instituted by the Diefenbaker government. | The work of some government departments is subject to the constant spotlight of public at- tention, either because it im- pinges on our daily lives or be- cause it is of wide interest. But the spotlight seldom shines on our minister of justice and his department. Hence, as Davie Fulton pointed out, his policies of penal reform are little known and less understood -- perhaps because, as he said, few of us expect ever to enter a prison. "Within the past three or four years," the minister told his au- dience in Montreal, "'we have instituted reforms so far-reach- ing that they have put a com- pletely new face on our correc- tional system." PENITENTIARY REFORM The major task, which is still under way, has been the reor- ganization and modernization of the federal penitentiary system, and the implementarion of a new correctional program. Some 18 months ago, approxi- BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO St. Andrew's juveniles, win- ners of the 1926 Ontario Church League championship, were hon- ored by the St. Andrew's Sun- day School Athletic Association at a banquet and were awarded the Mail and Empire Ontario Trophy, Dominion Life Trophy for Church League and the OBA Spalding medals. The Conger Lehigh Coal Co. purchased the Hart Coal Co. business here and appointed J. H. R. Luke as m s mately 6,200 inmates were con- fined in federal penitentiaries. Except for a scant 400, these in- mates were literally 'ware- housed" in maximum security institutions across the country. The 400 were housed in newly opened medium security institu- tions at Joyceville and King- ston, Ont., and in the new mini- mum security institutions at William Head in B.C. and Val- leyfield, Que. Today the picture has been completely changed. New insti- tutions of various types have been opened, and two of the existing eight maximum secur- ity institutions have been trans- formed to medium security. The government has placed great emphasis on its reformed program of treatment and train- ing in all institutions, to provide the greatest possible assistance to every inmate who hopes to re-enter society as a law-abid- ing citizen after his release. In the past year, the number of inmates kept under medium security has been raised from 200 to almost 1,600, and the 200 kept in minimum security has increased by well over 300 per cent. The Federal Penitentiary Sys- tem now consists of six maxi- mum security, four medium se- curity and four minimum secur- ity camps, with five minimum security farm camps to be added soon. These new institu- tions are bringing to fruition one of the main planks of the penal reform program: to se- gregate the various types of in- mates in appropriate institu- tions. NO EYE FOR AN EYE The labor of the inmates in correctional work camps is now beginning to make a full con- tribution to our national de- velopment. Their work includes Other new policies instituted by the present government of course include increased use of parole, more curative treat- ment of drug offenders, a re- form in the law relating to mur- der, and steps to raise the effi- ciency of the RCMP. "I am convinced," said Mr. Fulton, "that the effect of these reforms will be to increase the protection of society, and to deal with its lawbreakers in a man- ner which places the emphasis on correction and rehabilitation, rather than on punishment alone. And I am convinced that this is the most positive and at once the most humane, practi- cal and effective way of dealing = those who transgress the aw." PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Everybody and his- brother urge retired persons to take up a hobby, and virtually every possible hobby is recommend- ed except the most enjoyable of them all, namely, loafing. "The use of salt lowers human intelligence," says a French sci- entist. He's mistaken. Those who take a lot of things with a grain of salt have a high order of intelligence. Our idea of something not to enjoy would be spending sev- eral weeks in a space ship en- route to a planet, seeing noth- ing but a monotonous sprink- ling of stars in a black sky, weighing nothing and having nothing to eat but algae. "Complete control of the weather is just around the cor- ner,"' says a scientist. Man is that peculiar creature who can contrive to control almost any- thing except the one thing that most needs to be controlled namely, man. QUEEN'S PARK Oshawa Dairy Co. took out a building permit for a new dairy building on Simcoe street south. John Stacey, Conservative, and W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal, were officially nominated as can- didates for the provincial elec- tion in South Ontario. A meeting of members of the Masonic craft in Oshawa was held to discuss plans for the erection of a new Masonic Temple in Oshawa. Rotary Club purchased addit- fonal property on Centre street from Bishop Bethune College to enlarge the boys' playground. The new section added 188 feet frontage to the present property. Miss M. G. Quii.i, teacher In the commercial dept. of the Osh- awa Collegiate, was successful in obtaining a BA degree at the University of Toronto. A bitter election fight was being waged in Ontario riding on the provincial issue of pro- hibition versus liquor control laws. Motorists were able to drive the eight miles from Whitby to Dryden's corner, north of Brooklin, for the first time over the new concrete pavement. John Stacey, Conservative candidate in the provincial elec- tion, predicted that a liquor store would be established in Oshawa. Announcement was made from the local Bell Telephone office that an Oshawa resident talked successfully over long distance telephone to a party in British Columbia via Los Ange- les.. It was the first time such a feat had been accomplished in the city. INSIDE YOU Doctor Answers Readers Queries By BURTON H. FERN, MD Dear Doctor: Does safflower oil help release fatty acids which, in turn, burn body fats? I need to lose 20 pounds. Mrs. H.C. Dear Mrs. C.: Acids from un- % saturated fats like safflower oil may combine with fatty choles- terol inside the intestine. This combined cholesterol can't be absorbed back into the blood stream. And so you may lose up to one gram of fat each day -- one pound in 15 months! Dear Doctor: Why should cor- tisone make me gain weight? I've never had trouble with my figure before. Mrs. O. B. Dear Mrs. B.: Extra water is weighing you down, not extra fat. Salt gradually builds up in your system when you take cor- tisone. You need loads of water to dilute this salt. And water is heavy -- a square basin, 1 foot on each side and 1 foot high, holds 6244 pounds. TUBAL OPERATION Dear Doctor: Will a tubal operation affect my monthly menstrual flow? Mrs. D. L. Dear Mrs. L.: If the womb and one ovary remain, the oper- ation shouldn't disturb your reg- ular schedule. Still, worry, con- cern and congestion from the E le S operation may make matters a little irregular for a while. But once the wound heals, you can count on that old calendar again! WHAT ABOUT THIS BUNION? Dear Doctor: Can you have a bunion on the little toe? Mrs. R. T. Dear Mrs. T.: Yes! Most bun- ions start when the big toe is squashed and bent towards the pointed tip of narrow shoes. Tight shoes can also bend in little toes. _Daintily called bunionettes, little-toe. bunions can pain just as much as their big-toe breth- ren! REMOVING TONSILS Dear Doctor: When is the best time to remove tonsils? Mrs. T. G, Dear Mrs. G.: When they're incurably sick or causing other trouble! Repeated tonsilitis, ear infec- tions, tonsils or adenoids that interfere with breathing and eat- ing, all call for surgery. The surgeon may remove tonsils, adenoids or both to prevent any possible need for a second oper- ation. Don't judge tonsils by their size. The large--usually healthy --tonsils found in every eight or nine-year-old are no reason to rush to the operating room. Opposition Punch Could Be Slipped By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--This will be an in- teresting session. It can't help but be. The Frost era is over. There's a new man at the helm. And in more ways than this it's the start of a new day. But still it may not turn out to be quite the whirling dervish that some people expect. These people are looking for a lot of action from both the gov- ernment and the opposition and for good fights every day. NEXT YEAR? One reason they may not get them is that it would be asking a lot to expect much base-hit action from the new govern- ment at this session. It has only been in office a few weeks and is getting right into a session-- and there isn't much time for thought or planning once it starts. One would say Commerce and Development Minister Macau- lay may come up with some- thing out of the ordinary by win- ter, but for the most part the legislative program should be orthodox. It should be next year's ses- sion before the new government as a whole really starts to get airborne. FIGHT CUSHION? Again, the opposition undoubt- edly will be trying harder this year than ever. Both Liberals and NDP have strong attacks in mind, and probably are build- ing a few dreams on them. But they may find they are throwing their bombs at a cus- ion. A good fight needs two peo- ple. And if Premier Robarts is one to get into fights unless he wants to get into them, it would be very surprising. Mr. Robarts is untested in many ways. But one impression he has given in the past is that he will always be cool and under con- trol. In fact the opposition may be able to get to him even less than it could Premier Frost, and it was marvellous watching Mr. Frost's footwork if there was a scrap brewing that he didn't want at any particular time. SOME FIGHTS There may be some fire-works out of Attorney - General Rob- erts. He will be the opposition's number one target. And recent events wouldn't serve to have improved the attorney-general's temper, always a touchy thing at best. Again Macaulay who is a brawler at heart (though, he also picks his spots), may feel _ a bit less under wraps with Mr. Robarts. Fred Cass and Health Minis- ter Dymond may also square off a bit. But most likely the real fight- ing session will be in 1963. NEED MONEY ? Get a low cost Ist or 2nd Homeowners Mortgage Loan. BORROW $1800 OR MORE TAKE 5 YEARS TO REPAY NO BONUS NO HIDDEN COSTS Oshawa residents for a private No- cost interview call operator and ask for, ZE 76540 (no toll charges). Other area residents call Guelph TA 29062 collect. 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