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The Osha Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ae by Canadian Newspapers Limited T.-L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Lack Of Help Should - Not Cripple Ontario Liberal Leader Wintermeyer did' the province a service when he made his "crime speech" in the legis-, lature. It led directly to this week's ap- pointment by Premier Robarts of a one- man royal commission to investigate the charges. And Premier Robarts did not flinch from his duty when he reacted as he did. But Mr. Wintermeyer will not add to his political stature by bleating about the "limited" terms of reference of the commission. The terms cali for inquiry into: The administration of laws and regulations regarding the #ncorporation and operations of social clubs, having regard \t0 allegations made by Mr. Wintermeyer in his speech on Nov. 29; any improper relationships, as alleged by Mr. Wintermeyer, between senior offi- - cials of the legal staff of the Attorney- General's Department and any person or persons -- and more particularly re- lating to the termination of investiga- tions, the suppression of evidence and the payment of money; the extent of crime in Ontario and the sufficiency of Exercises In The Russians surprised most of us when the complete text of an interview given by President Kennedy to the editor of Izvestia was published in that newspaper. But Izvestia followed this up by comparing Mr. Kennedy's present views about German and Japanese armament with what he had to say 15 years ago, immediately after the end of World War IT. Several Western observers have pointed out that this could be a dangerous practice for the Russian editors, particularly at a time when Khrushchev is doing everything he can to erase even the name of Stalin from the Russian countryside and history, Some Russians readers may start re- calling that Khrushchev sang an entirely different tune when Stalin was alive. In the 1934 Communist Congress, for example, Khrushchev spoke of Stalin as "our wise and beloved leader," and two years later he was saying, "Stalin is the hope, the beacon, which leads all pro- gressive humanity! Stalin is our banner, . Stalin is aur will, Stalin is our victory!" At the execution of Red Army. boss, Inquiry the law enforcement agencies to deal with it. These terms give the commissioner a very wide area of investigation. They alsc cover the main allegations made by Mr. Wintermeyer, 'and the answers obtained should do much to clear air that has been polluted by a lot of un- proved charges and honest fears -- a , sort of smog of suspicion. If there is any criticism of Premier Robarts' decision, it is in the area of investigative assistance to the commis- sioner. Mr. Wintermeyer is quite right when he says that the necessary job cannot be done if the commission waits for voluntary witnesses. The commis- sioner will, of course, be able to sum- mon witnesses, but he will require much expert assistance. An investigation of this sort requires a considerable amount of administrative and technical work to enable the commissioner to conduct his inquiry with knowledge. and order, Premier Robarts should certainly see to it that Mr. Justice Roach, who will con- duct the inquiry, has all the assistance he needs to do the thorough job that he is capable of doing. Memory Marshal M. N. Tukhachevsky, Khrush- chev called the military man "a traitor that the party had unmasked and liqui- dated, throwing him like dust to the (wittds so that no trace should be found." Now Mr. K. recalls Tukhachevsky as "a distinguished military leader." Simi- larly with the liquidated Ukrainian General Hakir,.now remembered as a "trusted party man" but then "that scoundrel who opened the gates to the German fascists, feudalists and capi- talists." Khrushchev once credited Lazar Kagae novich with being his guide and mentor, but now labels him as "a Stalin hench- man guilty of exterminating many out- standing party and state workers and himself taking part in the killings." An Italian Communist leader who at- tended the 22nd party congress in Mos- cow this fall, worried openly. He was quoted as wondering, "If the de-Stalin- zation process is pushed too far, people may begin to ask what Khrushchev him- self was doing the period of the per- sonality cult." 'Pinpricks We Endure' A French-Canadian view of how English-speaking Canadians may look at Quebec is given by Quebec City's Le Soleil. The translated comment goes thus: English-speaking Canadians have dif- ficulty explaining the nationalist pres- sures which periodically rock the French- Canadian scene. They have a tendency to view us as touchy and capricious partners, as part- ners who are impossible to satisfy. To understand our reactions, they would have to become the target of the innumerable pinpricks which we endure, and which end with us losing our tem pets, our capacities for tolerance and cur will to co-operate. If we took the trouble to protest officially every time a government body violated the principles devoted to Can- Bhe Oshawa Simes T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. 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Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 per corr' 18,006 ada's bi-ethnic and bilingual characters, they would doubtless find us disagree- able -- but they would end up giving us reasons. What passes for French in many " federal departments and crown corpora- tions is almost completely ignored, or doesn't occupy. the position it deserves, If ever there were an organization where bilingualism should be scrupu- lously practised, it's TCA -- not just because of our country's bilingual charac- ter, but also because of the international character of this enterprise. On big in- ternational airlines, the staff serves trav- ellers at the airports and aboard. the planes outside their native tongues, and conveniently speak at least one other language, if not two or three. , This is far from being the case aboard TCA aircraft -- both on international and domestic flights. Thus, on the routes which have Montreal as 'an arrival or departure point (this includes the Montreal-Quebec flight) riot one mem- ber of the crew speaks French -- which is inexcusable, and unexplainable. TCA, replying to complaints from French-Canadians, always drags out the old argument about the impossibility of recruiting a bilingual staff -- even though TCA flies to countries which have succeeded in doing this. Isn't. it the truth that TCA scorns bilingualism ang its French-Canadian clientele? How else can. we explain the impossibility of procuring French cus- toms fotms for use aboard its planes-- as happened on the. flight that took Premier Jean Lesage and-his party to Paris for the opening of Quebec House? Bible Thought The Lord is with you, while you 'are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. -- II. Chronicles 15:2. QUEEN'S PARK 9-To-1 Rejection 4 Of Fluoridation = ES By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There must be some serious thought through the province these days on fluor- {dation. : ; Five out of the first six mu- nicipalities to vote on it turned it down. ' : This brings the immediate thought, of course, of what about those municipalities who aren't voting on it? What about those local areas where there has not been a group on hand to organize a pe- tition and get the necessary 10 per cent of names to call for a plebiscite? : Are the councillors in these now satisfied they are doing the right thing? There have been crackpots on both sides of the fluoridation question. Crackpots, and screamers. It has been the writer's exper- ience that the greatest scream- ers have been on the pro side. And also the narrowest think- ing. | This has not been the com- mon impression, it is true, and particularly among colleagues in this business. But almost invariably it has appeared that those who have been preaching mass _ public fluoridation have also shown themselves to be narrow-minded on other questions. There are those of us who have the conviction that the public as such usually has more common sense than its leader- ship. That in elections and other matters put before it for deci- sion it usually comes up with the best choice available to it, And the fluoridation votes are another illustration of this. FEAR DOMINATED But the screamers have been inclined to dominate 'our leader- ship in public affairs in recent years. Mf it had been on.a straight would have passed in this House. é There are' enough men of .in- telligence in the assembly to know that mass fluoridation is wrong on principle. But fears outweighed their principles. And the same fears are ruling many of our local councils, OTHER METHOD There is one key pojnt to al- ways remember about fluorida- tion. This is that it can be made available -- by government, if that is desirable--through other. means than addition to water supplies. If this weren't s@sthere might be some argument to justify it. It could be contended it was so important to health that the im- portance over-rode principle. But this argument, under any cire tance would be highly REPORT FROM UK. Mysterious Blight Attacks Village By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times STRONTIAN, Argylishire This little village in North Ar- gyll, Scotland, has a peculiar claim to fame. Iwas from the name of this village that the term "strontium", given to one of the measurable factors aris- ing from radio-active fallout from nuclear bombs, was de- rived, It was at this place that the nuclear chemical: now known as "strontium" was first discovered. Whether there is any rela- tions between this discovery in the Argyll village and what is happening there now is de- clared an inexplicable mystery. Perhaps there is something in the atmosphere, or the soil of the district which -makes it particularly susceptible to the influences of radio-active fall- out. But here are some facts which have been reported from The village postman, John Millin, verified this. "My potatoes look as if they have been sprayed with acid," he said. "I feel it might be caused by _ radio-activity be- cause gale-glown spray could not have caused all this dam- age." There is one authority in the village, however, who does not share the theory of radio-activ- ity causing the blight. He is John McLeod, the local fores- ter. His view is that salt water from the sea, picked up by the phenomenal gale of the pre- vious weekend, was the cause of the damage. "There had not been a hurricane like it within living memory,"' he added. But that did not satisfy the residents of the village. Experts on radiation were called to the scene in an effort to solve the problem of the mysterious blight which drained all the col- or out of Strontian. Strontian which some peopl claim are directly due to the resumption of nuclear weapon tests within the Soviet Union. MYSTERIOUS BLIGHT A mysterious blight suddenly attacked the village and its im- mediate surroundings. The heather on the hillsides, just at the time when it is usually in its most glorious purple, turned black. The hitherto green grass on the Jawns changed to a dirty. brown. Trees, flowers, and shrubs in the gardens withered and died. People throughout the whole district were very much wor- ried. It seemed as if life had suddenly gone out.of all grow- ing things. News of this mysterious blight was slow in leaking out to the outside world. A strong gale had wrecked telephone lines and put all the telephones in that part of the Highlands out ok action. When the telephone lines were repaired, the first news to come through over the wires was concerning the blight which had struck the district. DRAINED OF COLOR Major George Cassidy, man- ager of Strontian Hotel, was the first to tell the story. "There is definitely something strange about this," he said. "The gree village has been drained eoler," BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO A meeting, of the Oshawa Anglers' Association was held in the Hotel Genosha when Joe Sheedy of Toronto, the. presi- dent of the Ontario Anglers' Federation, gave an address on conservation President George Robertshaw presided over the meeting. Thomas Hawkes was elected debatable. And in this case it is not necessary. There is the alternative of providing free fluoride pills. This is the approach that really was favored here. And don't bet against it still prevailing throughout the prov- ince. a Rw dew tare dee yee Se OTTAWA REPORT bie FRR ss Hees Oil Policy Termed Success » By PATRICK NICHOLSON Our new national oil policy is already proving triumphantly successful in furthering the in- terests of Canada. But howls of anguish are being heard from U.S. oil interests, which hitherto enjoyed a ride on our backs. When the Diefenbaker govern- ment took office, one of the very satisfactory situations which it inherited was that oil-rich Can- ada was spending some $500,- 000,000 each year on foreign oil, whilst our own huge resources were only partially utilized. This was perhaps the most glaring case where our adverse balance of international pay- ments was being needlessly ag- gravated, to the detriment of our whole economy. Directly and indirectly, this caused large numbers of Canadians to be un- employed. It is widely recognized now that immense damage was done to.Canada by the fact that, dur- ing the post-war Lotus years, we were buying abroad much more of everything than we were sell- ing. On an unprecedented scale we bought U.S. gadgets, for- eign travel, oil and many other things which could in large part have: been provided from Cana- dian sources. To a much less extent we sold Canadian vaca- tions, our minerals, wheat and forest products, and a trickle of manufactured goods. DOLLAR DAMAGED We had to borrow U.S. dollars to bridge the payments gap, going into national debt in this year after year at a clip which rose to more than $250 per fam- ily per year. The result was that the exchange value of our dol- lar rose to a level disastrously above the U.S. dollar. This con- tributed to: making , Canadian goods unduly expensive in the home market, and especially in foreign markets; the conse- quence was wholesale unem- ployment of Canadians. Oil seemed to be one very ob- vious field in which we could correct this terrible trend, which was compelling us to sell off the old homestead acre by acre every year to pay our bills. Hon. George Hees, our trade minister, declared our new na- tional- oil policy in Parliament INSIDE YOU Doctor Answers ~ Readers' Queries By BURTON H. FERN, M.D. Dear Doctor: For years I've hunted for diabetic bread. Is "low-sodium bread" just as good? Mr. H, Dear Mr. H Diabetes- sufferers can't go wrong eating low-sodium bread, expecially if they have heart, kidney or blood pressure trouble. One bakery claims less car- bohydrate (sweet starches) to the slice because its: slices are thinner. But no one seems to know about any real diabetes bread. Have bakers considered a low-sugar loaf? Dear Doctor: What is the tape test for fertility? Mrs. J. E. Dear Mrs. E: When -- and only when -- the egg cell leaves the ovary each month, certain feminine secretions change chemically. By detecting this chemical change, the tape pin- points this most fertile time. An unchaaging test tells which women need special treatment to help mature egg cells monthly. With medical help, once- hopeless childless couples now enjoy a large family life! EXERCISES FOR HEALTH Dear Doctor: Can you recom- mend any exercises to help me get in shape physically? Mrs. C. B. Dear Mrs. B:. Calisthenic {n- structions can be found on li- brary shelves, in "Y's'"' and on many morning TV channels. But you: won't need calisthen- ics if you walk, hike, swim, golf, bowl, To build muscles-- "Don't ride, when lyou can walk!" ; CRAVES ICE Dear Doctor: I crave ice cubes--5 or 6 trays each day. I don't chew them; they simply melt in my mouth. " Any ideas? Mrs. E. W. Dear Mrs. W: Perhaps mouth- moistening salivary glands have grown sluggish, leaving your tongue dry. Sucking on tart lemons, hard candy or ice helps saliva flow, and melting ice cubes supply extra moisture. Not so long ago, Pennsylvan- ia Dutch people used to suck on winter's first hailstones to guar- antee health until spring. Here's your chance! NURSE IS WRONG Dear Doctor: Is hardening of the arteries the same as a high red corpuscle count? My nurse says they are. Mrs, N. H. Dear Mrs. H: No! Hardening of the arteries de- scribes blood vessels narrowed and "hardened by thick, stone- like calcium. A high red cor- puscle count tells how many redd blood cells are circulating about. , Both a narrowed highway and too many red) cars on the road lead to sticky traffic jams --blood clots! early this year. His intention was that more Canadian of should be used by Canadians, and that our exports of oil should be boosted to match more closely our imports of oil from Venezuela and the Middle East chiefly controlled by U.S, interests. Last year our Canadian oil- fields were able to sell an ave» rage of 545,000 barrels of crude oil per day. This was to be raised to 625,000 by mid-1961, ' said Mr, Hees, and this target was attained. The average for the whole year was to be 640,000 --also approximately achieved. By 1963 this is to rise to 800,000, which will still be substantially pal the capacity of our oil- elds, USE CANADIAN--OR ELSE By 1963, our own steadily ris- ing consumption of oil will be equivalent to some 925,000 bar- rels of crude oil per day. Our own refineries, enlarged by re- cent additions in Ontario, could now process 1,040,000 barrels daily. Our exports--all to U.S. have risen to 228,000 barrels per day . during the past month, com- pared to an average of 115,000 last year. This has made 'the U.S. producers howl, as this is equivalent to 1% days produc- tion per month for the Texas oilfields. Nevertheless we now are importing, largely through the nipeline from the Maine port of Portland to Montreal, 333,000 barrels of foreign oil per day. Mr. Hees' new national oil policy has already slashed the excess of our imports above our exports from 210,000 barrels per day last year to-105,000 today. President Kennedy, in re- sponse to howls from Texas, has ordered a study of U.S. oil requirements, te be com- pleted by mid-summer If he decides to impose any curbs on our expanding sales of oil to U'S., Ottawa will, it is ex- pected, reciprocate by similar curbs on our imports of oil through Portland. Thus Ottawa would export unemployment from the Alberta oilfields to Maine and foreign oilfields. The gap would be filled by Canadian oil, shipped through the long- proposed and widely-advocated rg running east to Mont- real. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Wolgograd, the third name for the uRssian city most recently called Stalingrad, will probably be permanent, as it doesn't seem likely that the Volga river will ever be accused of "anti- party activities." -- "Poverty, if it isn't extreme, is a blessing," says a preach- er. If so, it must be the best disguised and camouflaged of all biessings. ....- nen wii Toast by a moralist none too sure of himself: "Here's to Temptation and Opportunity: May they never meet." "The person who drives reck- lessly and at excessive speed is subconsciously trying to escapé from himself," says a psychol- ogist. No doubt. It must be a terrible ordeal for that type of person to have to live with him- self. tN tans _ Ca U at - (S : Al At 4 |} f yt | i) N ey first president of the newly or- . ganized men's organization at St. Andrew's United Church. Board of Governors of the Oshawa General Hospital was considering -plans for the erec- lion of a new wing to be built north of the building which would provide a new children's ward and additional accommo- dation for patients and staff. 'Thirty Oshawa unemployed single men left for a highway construction camp wes! of Ot- tawa. Mitchell F. 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