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She Oshawa Cines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Full-Scale Probe Best Answer To Hot Speech The best response to Liberal leader John Wintermeyer's devastating speech in the Ontario Legislature this week would be the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate his charges and suggestions about the growth of syndicated crime in the province, The next best response, but still a poor one, would be a detailed reply by Attorney- General Kelso Roberts -- not an angry denunciation of his critics but a calm, carefully prepared statement, as com- prehensive and as deliberate as Mr. Wintermeyer's. A Royal Commission, of course, is what is wanted by both the Liberals and the New Democrats. It is what Mr. Roberts has repeatedly refused to con- sider But one wonders, as the evidence in favor of such an inquiry piles up, how long Mr. Roberts can persist in his refusal -- or how long Premier Robarts can permit the Attorney-General to persist. There is a nice point of law involved in M1. Wintermeyer's references to men involved in a case now before the On- tario Appeal Court. That might be -- and under different circumstances un- doubtedly would be -- construed as contempt of court. But there were other charges and other evidence that simply cannot be ignored, that scream for proper answer or thorough investigation. Have there, for example, been negli- gence and carelessness in the depart- ments of the Attorney-General and Pro- vincial Secretary in the failure to en- force the laws governing issuance of charters for social clubs? That question certainly demands a satisfactory reply. It is no secret that many so-called social clubs are nothing more than covers for gambling operations. Have syndicate operators taken such a hold on gambling in the province that they now feel free to move into the narcotics racket? U.S. police officials obviously think so -- and recent murders and bail-jumpings in Toronto would seem to bolster that belief. Mr. Roberts should now admit, as gracefully as possible, that a full-scale, public. inquiry into big crime in On- tario is badly needed. Christmas Preparations By THE REV. W. NIVEN AITKEN Calvary Baptist Church, Oshawa We are being confronted on every hand by the preparations for Christmas. Store windows are decorated, counters are gay with novelties of all kinds, chil- dren's eyes are popping out of their heads at the beautiful selection of wonderful toys. Very soon the lights will appear outside our city homes, and we keep telling ourselves we cannot be- lieve Christmas ig so near. In our churches special music is being prepared, carols are being practised, and everyone is anticipating something. Is it not all too true that Christmas has come to mean SOMETHING when it should really mean SOMEONE? Have we lost the Christ from Christmas? Then we find we are left with a "mas"-- just a thing -- and the central figure of the Son of God has got lost in the parcels and the turkey. Christmas began with a gift -- "God so loved the world, that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life' (John 111.16). There never was such a gift bestowed upon such undeserving folk, but it is obvious from the secularizing and com- mercializing of this season that we have lost the Christ. We are treating the wonder of the Incarnation as a child who is so taken up with the beautiful wrappings of the parcel that he refuses to look at the contents, or the young lady who admires the casket in which she receives her ring and neglects the diamond itself. We have all the wrap- pings of Christmas but have lost the Christ -- the gift of God's love. This is a plea that as we make all the preparations for Christmas we might also prepare our hearts to receive the Christ in Whom alone is salvation, Tax Collector's Bit On just the taxes that can be traced, even the middle-income earner in Can- ada works about one-quarter of his time for governments. That is the estimate of the Canadian Tax Foundation. It is based on the example of $100-a-week urban worker who has a wife and two dependent children. Out of his $5,200 a year he pays at least $1,232.19 -- ap- proximately one-quarter of his earnings --to federal, provincial and municipal governments, The largest single item, and the one he is no doubt most aware of, is federal income tax, $430. But, based on the buy- ing habits of an average city family, Ot- tawa also nicks him for $115 through the 11 per cent general sales tax collect- ed at the manufacturer's level on made- in-Canada goods, 'and another $100 in customs duties on imported goods. Excise taxes on some luxury items cost $39.54, and excise duties on Canadian liquor and tobacco add $42.74. Unemployment in- surance amounts to $48.88. Through She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher and Genera! Manoger Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), i published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). M ot Daily .h per Publishers Association, The Canodion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ang the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, The Canodion Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news. despotched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the focal news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario: 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Alox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin. Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton yrone Ounbarton -- Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord Broughom. Burketon. Clarernont, Columbus Greenwood Kinsole Ruglon Blackstock, Manchester Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail {in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces and Commonweoclth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. end Foreign 24.00. Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 18,006 those items Ottawa has separated him irom a total of $776.16. In the provincial field (Ontario is used as the example) ,this middle-income earner pays $20 car registration, $4 for two automobile operator's licences and $39 gasoline tax. Entertainment tax ac- counts for $2.88; hospital insurance premiums for $50.40; sales tax on retail goods for $44.25; the gallonage tax on beer for $5. Those items total $165.53, In the municipal field only a property tax is entered in the calculation. Using the metropolitan area property rates, ona $15,000 house assessed at $5,000 the tax is $290.50. But even these amounts, which add up to a tax payment of $23.70 out of his $100 weekly pay, would fall short of the real total. Shopkeepers and tradesmen pay busi- ness taxes and licence fees to municipali- ties. Provincial governments collect sales taxes on materials used by the service industries. The federal government levies a corporation tax, and so on. Each of these is part of the cost of doing business, and each is paid in part or in whole by the consumer. Whatever the final total is, it is certain that no one escapes the tax collectors, Other Editors' Views TEAM WORK (Montreal Star) A preacher on looking up from the sermon he was preaching was horrified to see his youn son in the gallery pelting the congregation below with horse chestnuts. Before he could get out a word of reproof his son cried out: "You "tend to your preaching Daddy, I'll keep 'em awake." Bible Thought Help us, O Lord, for we rely on thee, and in thy name we have come against this multitude, -- II. Chronicles 14:14, if a man is on God's side, he is in the majority! Do we rely on God or do we trust in military strength? THE RUSSIAN EVOLUTION GALLUP POLL More Canadians Think US. Influence By CANADIAN INST: TUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION The past few years have almost doubled the number of Canadians who believe that this country is being influenced too much by the U.S.A. Just over four years ago about iwo in ten thought this way; today almost four in ten do so. To- day's opinion on the matter goes back to repeat the pat- tern of public opinion as _ re- ported by the Gallup Poll in 1951, with less than half the people unconcerned about the problem. In the years between, Canadians were becoming less Too Big inclined to think the U.S. was affecting our way of life too much, but there has been a big shift in attitudes recently. At regular intervals through the years the Gallup Poll checks on how average men and women feel on the most impor- tant aspects of Canadian life. Today's question has been used a number of times. The col- ums below show how the public mood has been swung back to that of a decade ago after a decade of decreasing worry. "DO YOU THINK THE CA- NADIAN WAY OF LIFE IS, FLUENCED TOO MUCH BY THE UNITED STATES?" DO YOU THINK THE CANADIAN WAY OF LIFE IS, OR IS NOT BEING INFLUENCED TOO MUCH BY THE UNITED STATES? Too much ...... covvccvevecs Not too much No opinion ... The people of Quebec prov- ince are the ones who have made the most startling in- crease in objections to US. in- fluence, jumping from 17 per cent who felt this way in 1957 to almost half the population, 46 per cent. In Ontario the pro- portion, over the same four years has jumped from 25 per cent to 37 per cent; in the West the increase is exactly the same. TODAY 38% 49 16 10 22 13 100% 100% 100% 100% Men and women in the na- tional sample who felt that the U.S. was influencing Canada's way of life too much were ask- ed to give some examples of what they had in mind. Replies show that U.S. control of this country's economy is by far the most dominating factor in cre- ating concern. Here's the way Canada gives examples of too much U.S. influence, 1951 36% 48 1956 27% 63 1957 21% 57 Examples of Too Much U.S. Influence: American capital controls our industry We copy the Americans in our way of life; they are faster living; more materialistic American advertising through American periodicals, radio and TV. Their labor unions have too much control here They control our defence; influence us politically ...<¢ We buy too much from them; trade balance is bad .. We copy their fashions in clothes ........+++s+s++eeees ° Their movies, entertainment of all sorts;their sports .. Their culture in music, literature, language Other reasons .....+s.eeeeeeee Can't think of an example (Some gave more than one example) 17 124%, World Copyright Reserved QUEEN'S PARK Education Group Talks Questioned By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There are two "'rages" today. One is the twist. The other is education confer- ences. Everywhere you look, it seems, groups are getting to- gether to settle the problems of education. And it might be better if they were learning the twist. A GOD These conferences attract from a few hundred people up into the thousands. The usual procedure is for them to break down into a large number of "'study" groups. These groups then bring in resolutions. And the conference - at - large gives the resolutions its bless- ing. Education being a god today these recommendations then get holy status. And not only the people who attended the conference, but all those who read newspapers then get worried when the proposals aren't hurried into reality. FREE BEANS? There is an experiment the observer would like to see. It would entail having one of the god-heads of education--say a university president--a man with a sense of humor, take a proposal he knew was ludicrous to one of these) conventions. Say a suggestion that all Grade 13 students should be given baked beans at 10:17 a.m. every day. Let the man take this pro- posal and argue it before one of the study groups. Ard we will give you even money odds he could get it adopted. Conferences to make one con- tribution. They keep interest in education alive. But by their nature the poten- tial threat they hold must out- weigh any benefits such as this. Out of any mass conference you can only really get shallow and very incomplete thought. No group of people thrown into a room for a few hours, or a few days, can possibly do any- thing but either skim along, the surface or get tied down in the detail of one point. But they will arrive at "con- clusions', nevertheless. One doesn't conform today if one doesn't arrive at conclusions. Se a neatly wrapped bunch of these will be presented for addp- tion. And the main body of any conference also being conform- ist, will give these hearty en- dorsement. And. some more fog is shot into the clouded education pic- ture. Much better the twist. It is recognized as nonsense. The education question is cer- tainly one of the most perplex- ing today. And it has so much caught the popular fancy that anything could happen. What one observer, at least, would like to see is not confer- ences, but a_ representative smali group of good thinkers tackle the question and bring in some balanced recommenda- tions. H with about BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO A local company of 185 people presented the musical comedy "The Girl in Red", at the Regent Theatre, in aid of the Children's Aid Society. Oshawa Boy Scouts celebrated their first anniversary with a banquet at the Scout head- quarters in King Street Method- ist Church. Major. A. F, Hind was the chairman of the meeting and Mayor John Stacey was one of the guest speakers. A Business Men's Club of the YMCA was organized at a dinner meeting. Ross McKinnon was chosen president; J. Black- well, vice president and Percy Canning, secretary + treasurer for the year 1921, A draft agreement for annex- ation of Cedardale to the town of Oshawa was presented to the town council. A" sum of $3500 was raised at the annual carnival of the St. Gregory's Parish. Canadian Authors' Week was observed in Mary Street School by Miss Ross' class. Dr. Hoig was the guest speaker and spoke on the subject of French Canadian authors. The older boys of South Osh- awa Methodist Church organ- ized a hockey team with E. L. Petley as manager, Harry Marks, captain, Arthur Willard, treasurer and Ken Cunningham, secretary. Paul G. Purves of Columbus was appointed East Whitby township clerk at a yearly salary of $800. Oshawa's population was 11,582 with a total assessment of $7,950,580, according to the 1921 assessment roll completed by Assessor R. H. James. St. George's Anglican Church built an extension to its Sunday School building on Centre Street. The price of eggs advanced sharply to 75 cents a dozen at the Oshawa market. A total of 35 men were em- ployed on the St. Julien sewer two-thirds of the excavation work now completed. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Hees Proposal Arousing Commonwealth Interest By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Considerable in- terest is being shown in Com- monwealth circles in London in a statement made in Toronto by Canada's trade minister, Hon. George Hees. Mr. Hees had urged greater Commonwealth trade if Britain fails to reach an agreement for entering the European Common Market. He suggested some kind of new trade plan as an alternative to the Common Market for Britain. This is not the first time this has been urged on the British government, but it is the first time such a suggestion has come from an official source in Can- ada. It is exactly in Jine with what was put forward, but much more forcibly, by some of the delegates to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference re- cently. The leader of the Niger- ian delegation, in pariicular, made a brilliant speech in ad- vocacy of a Commonwealth Common Market as an altern- ative to, the European Common Market. He was strongly sup- ported by other African dele- gates, and by the leader of the Australian delegation. CANADA NOT HEARD None of the speakers froni Canada at that conference, how- ever, took up the lead given by Nigeria in suggesting altern- atives should Britain's Common Market negotiations fail. There was no indication from any of them that Canada was even in- terested in the idea. In fact, one Ontario delegate said that if Britain entered the Common Market, Canada's only hope was a much closer association with the United States. N In circles which are apprehen- sive about Britain being able to enter the Common Market with Commonwealth interests proper- ly safeguarded, Mr. Hees state- ment, which was given frort page news treatment, has arous- ed some interest, particularly in the London offices of other Com- monwealth nations. GOVERNMENT IN. TROUBLE A great test of strength and willpower, between the govern- ment and the trade unions, is sure to come in the next few weeks. The break made in the pay pause by the nationalized Electricity Council has created a difficult situation. When it granted wage increases in de- fiance of the government's wage policy, it brought to a head the question of the gov- ernment's power to control wages in nationalized industries. Prime Minster Macmillan was quick to intervene in the House of Commons debate, and, on the principle that one swal- low does not make a. summer, to point out that this one break was an isolated freak incident which had no effect on the gov- ernment's determination to keep the pay pause operating as effectively as possible until the dangers of disastrous inflation are over. The Trades Union Council was quick to show its reaction. It had been ready to become a partner with the government and industry in the proposed economic planning council, Fol- lowing Mr. Macmillan's out- spoken declaration that the pay pause was to continue, it chang- ed its mind, deferred its decis- ion and demanded another meet- ing with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. DANGER AHEAD The danger which lies ahead for the government rests in the mounting number of pay claims OTTAWA REPORT Redistribution for substantial increases, with the threat of widespread strikes, involving many industries and some government services, if these are rejected. The serious- ness of the situation is reflected in an editorial in the London Evening News, calling for a truce until April 1, when, there is some reason to believe, the wage freeze will be relaxed In part, it says: "We hope that there will be a truce until that date, and that the power men's victory will not be the signal for further dam- aging assaults on the pay front. Damaging, that is, to the whole British economy. By that time we trust that Mr. Selwyn Lloyd will be able to share his prob- lems with the proposed econom- ic planning council, so that some sort of peace terms can be ham- mered out." What I fear, however, is that the plea for a truce has come too late, and will not be accept- able to the Labor party or the The "'d ing assault on the pay front" is already un- der way. SLAP FOR AIRLINES Independent airlines seeking to extend their operations have been given a slap in the face by Peter Thornecroft, minister for aviation. Early in the sum- mer, the Air Transport Liceny- ing Board granted Cunard-Eagle Airways permission to operate a North Atlantic service between Britain and the United States. This decision was appealed to the minister by the state-owned British Overseas Airways Corp- oration. Mr. Thorneycroft had upheld the appeal, and barred the Cunard-Eagle Company from operating its proposed North Atlantic service. How seriously this is taken ts shown by the fact that another independent _ airline, British United Airways, similarly with- drew from the licensing board its application to operate a sery- j ice between Britain and Africa. No Simple Task By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Preliminary popu- lation statistics, as established by this year's census, are now becoming available. Upon these figures will be based the redis- tribution of representation in the House of Commons. It is evident that this task will require the wisdom of a Solo- mon and the tact of an Emily Post. If population alone were to be the basis, there would be some abrupt and painful changes. For example, our most crowded province, Ontario, should be given six more seats to raise its total to 91; Quebec would add one seat to have 76; B.C. would add two to have 24; Alberta would add two to have be the same basis, Saskatche- wan would drop four seats to 13; Manitoba would drop one to have 13; New Brunswick would drop one to have nine; Nova Scotia would drop one to have 11; and Prince Edward Island would drop half of its present total of four seats. The Yukon and the District of Mackenzie, which each now have one seat, should Jose that representation. Newfoundland alone would re- main unchanged, with its pres- ent total of 7 seats. SPECIAL TREATMENT The Fathers of Confederation laid it down that "a province shall always be entitled to a number of members in the House of Commons not less than the number of Senators repre- senting such province." This was the first case of spe- cial treatment, adopted as a INSIDE YOU Long Story Told By Your Kidneys By BURTON H. FERN, MD Doubting Thomas: Do you really need a specimen? It's such a nuisance! M.D.: Yes! Kidneys pour out hidden health secrets that few people know about. D.T.: How can you tell? M.D.: By looking! Dark amber may mean early jaun- dice. or late dehydration. Beets and bleeding can redden speci- mens. Smoky cloudiness often hides bleeding or infection. D.T.: All this without opening the bottle? M.D.: More! Raging diabetes and ailing kidneys often pour out colorless fluid. Sugary speci- mens are thick and heavy; ail- ing kidneys -- unable to con- centrate fluid -- drain almost pure water. D.T.: Are acid bad? ACID MAY HELP M.D.: No, normal. Acidity sometimes pinpoints the invad- ing germ in raging bladder in- fections. Carbon dioxide--trap- ped in your system by emphy- sema -- increases body acidity. To regulate this excess, kid- neys pour out a strongly acid product. T.D.: How about albumin? M.D.: Bleeding and infection anywhere can poyy protein -- specimens albumin -- into the specimen. Ailments like nephritis, high blood pressure and back pres- sure from falling hearts may force protein through usually closed kidney pores. If you stand slouched, gravity may drag down albumin. A spe- cial protein sometimes signals hidden cancer. D.T.: And a microscope tells you more? UNDER THE MICROSCOPE _ M.D.: Yes! It uncovers bleed- ing and infection too tiny for the naked eye. Bleeding from bruises, poisoning, tumors and scraping kidney stones! Remem- ber that protein from any- where? DT: Yes, M.D.: Microscopic molds shaped like tiny kidney tubes an- nounce that protein poured through the kidney. D.T.: Anything else? MORE POSSIBILITIES M.D.: Lots! Crystals that warn about sulfa drug danger. Others that predict stunted growth. The list goes on and on! D.T.: Imagine! All without ever examining me! M.D.: I wouldn't say that. This specimen is part of you oa we take to the lab to exam- e! matter of good sense and prac- tical politics. It already prevents P.E.I.'s representation from dropping below four members. It would likewise maintain New Brunswick's representation at a minimum of 10 members. Then, after the last ten-yearly census, Parliament laid it down that a province should not lose more than 15 per cent of its rep- resentation, That reduced Sask- atchewan's due loss to three MPs at the last redistribution. Should that provision be made permanent? Or should it be re- applied in the forthcoming re- distribution? Those are questio calling for astuteness if they are to be answered by politicians. The importance of our de- veloping Arctic was recognized in the granting of representation to the Yukon and the District of Mackenzie. But what about the Districts of Keewatin and--larg- est of them all -- Franklin? Should not they be represented? Should not their qualified resi- dents at least be entitled to vote, for at present they are disen- franchised entirely. WHO SHALL PAY? And if these special cases are to be considered, how should the It was felt it was only a waste of time and money to go ahead with the appplication in view of the government's attitude to- wards maintaining the monop- olies of the state-owned airline companies. There may, however, be some justification for refusing the Cunard-Eagle's application. The past year has been a disastrous one for airlines on their North Atlantic routes. As Mr. Thorn- eycroft said: "I fully accept the picture of too many seats chas- ing too few pasengers which the BDAC presented", and said that to "'institute further serv- ices would cause a waste of capacity and serious financial consequences to the principal British operator." SAFETY-BELT HAZARD HARROGATE, Yorkshire -- Spinal accidents in car crashes are increasing because more safety belts are being used, a St..John Ambulance Conference at Harrogate was told by R. Myles-Gibson, army surgeon. He said: "When a car driven by a man wearing a safety harness strikes an object, his body is held firm but his head jerks forward, often displacing the neck bones and injuring the spine." requirement be met? Under the application of existing law and precedent, the special treatment of P.E.I., New Brunswick, and the territories outside the prov- inces would result in apparent injustices to other provinces. For example, Ontario would re- ceive three seats less than its arihtmetical entitlement; B.C. would receive one less, And Que- bec, instead of adding one seat, would lose one. Is the answer to enlarge our House of Commons above its present size of 265 members? This has been the steady trend ever since Confederation, and there is no reason why it should not happen again now. The addi- tion of seven seats would enable Ontario, Quebec, B.C. and Al- berta to add their merited quota of seats; it would permit P.E.I. and New Brunswick to maintain their present representation; it would permit Yukon and Mac- kenzie to keep their seats; and it would permit Saskatchewan to repeat the previous formula, dropping only two seats instead of the arithmetically - justified four. Parliament has in the past en- dured some humiliating wrang- les and seen some shameful gerrym ing in tion with our decennial redistribu- tions--all in the interests of sel- fish political ambition. 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