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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961 --- PAGE 6 Proposal Would Deny Vehicles To Criminals With law enforcement agencies across the country battling an increase in crime, a suggestion by Police Chief William Allen of Port Arthur is worth study by legislators, The chief's theory is that most criminals carry out their nefarious work with the aid of fast motor vehicles and, it this facility were denied them through licence cancellations or other laws, much of their hitting power would be gone, The chief goes so far as to suggest life- time driving suspensions for those using vehicles to commit indictable offences, Police readily admit that crime has taken an upward trend and that it is their responsibility to do something about it. They are concerned over the increase of crime being carried out by operators of .motor vehicles. Police records reveal activities of criminals moving around the country every year, committing bank holdups, sexual crimes, satebreakings, carrying and passing counterfeit money, uttering forged docu- ments, breaking and entering, transport- ing narcotics and numerous other acti- vities. "Why", the chief asks, "are these habitual criminals allowed to continue to use a motor vehicle to carry out their purpose?" Chief Allen would like to see legis- lation which would not only suspend the criminal-driver from driving for life but also any accomplices with him in the car. He urges, too, that any vehicle involved in a serious crime be forfeited to the Crown. Police are in the frustrating position where they may be fully aware that ctiminal elements may be heading into their area for unknown activities and ali they can do is stop the car, check the driver's credentials, and let him go. It would be a far different story if police had been forwarned that the driver and his accomplices were under suspension for life because of previous crimes while using a vehicle, the Port Arthur News- Chronicle declares, supporting chief Allen's argument, Chief Allen will present his views before the annual convention of Cana- dian police chiefs early in the new year. Tax System Certainty Canada's income tax system is one of the most violent in all the world in trying to level out all mankind and to share the wealth. Thig we have had for only about two decades, the Financial Post commented recently, but these things we know for a certainty: Enterprises which create employment and wealth are those which are organized and constantly maintained by people with substantial accumulated capital. A tax system which makes the accu- mulation of some capital possible almost solely for the fortunate speculators cer- tainly needs re-examination. Where is the new crop of entrepre- neurs and business creators going to come from to provide the dynamics of our economy in the next generation? Between (a) violently share-the-wealth death duties which so much diminish probable family inheritance and (b) violently share-the-wealth income taxes which demolish hope of capital accumu- lation save by fortunate speculation, young Canadians on whom our country could otherwise depend for leadership and vitality in our economic activity in the decades ahead are now being con- demned to a kind of economic paralysis, Their future is as hired men, not creators. We are fully aware of all the valid arguments for "social justice", of the political problems of significant tax re- form. But the fact should be faced that our tax system punishes the energetic; that it is creating a most serious national problem for the decades ahead; that it most seriously diminishes the amount of Canadian business which in future will be controlled by Canadians. It should also be recognized that our present tax system makes it easy and enticing for politicians to spend our mil- lions in ways which please them. But if Canada in coming decades is to retain a suitable degree of economic prosperity and if it is to retain its present system of individual initiative as the dynamic of its economy, drastic re-examination of our whole approach to taxation -- in the national interest and not just the interést of any particular group of individuals--is, in truth, urgent. Chamber's Viewpoint Some interesting observations on Socielism and social welfare are con- tained in an article appearing in News Letter, official publication of the Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce. The writer asserts that: "the Canadian Chamber of Commerce stands for liberty anc individual freedom. A totally dir- ected economy is incompatible with this freedom and the Chamber is opposed to true Socialism as well as Communism. Even though a country makes progress under collectivism, it is always at the expense of personal freedom. The Cana- dian Chamber believes fact which cannot be "What is needed thing else in the i ippreciation of freedom implications. We must fall with freedom. We must it and believe in it, and desire it so strongly that nothing can The Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor . The Oshowe Times toy Gazette and ts published daily excepted) The Oshowo fimes combini (established 1871) ond the Chronicle (established 1863) ~ (Sundays ond statutory holidays Members of C Daily ' Association. The Conadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The C Press is th ty tled to the use for republication ef ali news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein All rights of special despotches ore ciso reserved. Offices: Building, 425 University Avenue, Teronto Ontario: 640 Cathcort Street Montreci, °.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville Brooklin. Port Perry Prince Albert, ~-- Grove, . Frenchman' § Liverpool, Taunton tyrone Orono, Leskard Brougham. Burket ¥ Columbus Greenwood Kinsale Rugien Blackstock, Manchester Pontypool end not over 45¢ per week By mail fin Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 1500 USA ond Foreign 24.00. Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 18,006 shake our purpose to maintain it and expand it. This is a positive philosophy. Name-calling and witch-hunting are themselves denials of freedom. It is to be hoped that there will be no division among those who recognize the need for and the true worth of freedom. The most effective way to fight communism and socialism is to make our own sys- tems of democracy and capitalism shine torth before men so that they will be immediately recognized as superior to any opposing systems. News Letter also notes that there ap- pears to exist a great deal of confusion with respect to the terms Socialism and social welfare. "Inevitably when the Canadian Chamber of Commerce op- poses Socialism there are those who claim that the Chamber is opposed to social welfare. This is simply not the case" the writer declares. "In the policy approved at the last Annual Meeting a declaration made it quite clear that the Chamber is in favor of a well-balanced Program of social welfare, of a scope consistent with what the economy can afford without damaging the enterprise system which produces the tax revenue to support welfare payments. "The Chamber opposes socialism which means State ownership of the means of production and distribution. Such government ownership and con- trol reduces the freedom of the individual and makes him merely a cog in the machinery of the State. While Socialism and Communism are not the same thing, Khrushchev himself has said that Social- ism is the vestibule to Communism. Social welfare, however, is a vastly different thing. No one is opposed to social welfare. It is only reasonable, however, to suggest that if you contract to spend more than the economy fran produce then you run into debt and run into the danger of destroying the sys- tem which makes true social welfare and security possible." S4OW DOWN NOW OR MAKE... A DEAD STOP LATER OTTAWA REPORT Diefenbaker Holds Press Conference By PATRICK NICHOLSON Ottawa was in festive garb when Prime Minister John Die: znbaker held a rare formal press conference just be'ore Christmas, The snow lay deep and crisp and rutted on Parliament Hill; and even our staid "External Affaiis" had let its hair down to the extent of pinning one Christmas Card onto the depart- menta) notice board. Walking along the spaciously 19th - century corridor towards the Prime Minister's office, one coala see the names of the aristo - bureaucrats within, printed on each green-covered door: 'No. 105 Gordon E.Cox," "Ne 107 G.Charpentier", 'No. 109 See . . . ." oppos, here was zome Christmas licence: "'No. 109 See you at Chinese lunch." At the door of his office, a smiling prime minister warmly shook the hand of each journal- ist and wished him a merry Christmas. MUSEUM-GARDEN-OFFICE Uitawa's top office in the his- toric East Block is a room 28 feet square, its high walls, painted "public works" beige, being separated from the white ceuing by a hideously ornate p'aster cove. Each occupant. in turn brings his own trimmings. Mr Diefenbaker swept out any remuining Liberal trappings, and hung a huge oil painting of his hero, Canada's first prime REPORT FROM U.K. Concessions End Along With Cash By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special Lnn (Eng. Crrespnent To The Oshawa Times LONDON--During the Christ- mas shopping season, it has been very convenient to find the stores staying open for longer hours, so that people who work in factories and offices have an opportunity to do their shopping after. they have finished . their. daily work. In some areas, stores have done away with the weekly half-holiday in order to cater to the needs of the public. Now that the Christmas shop- ping season is over, however, these appreciated concessions to the buying public have come to an end. They were only tem- porary. But they did serve to emphasize in my mind the dif- ficulties which are the normal lot of the British shopper and the shopkeeper. They are sur- rounded by such a network of outdated and almost unwork- able. regulations that at times both feel frustrated and annoy- ed. The buyers often find that when they can buy there are no stores open, and the storekeeper : can do very little about it. QUEEN'S PARK Robarts Strikes Weary Old Note By DON O'HEARN TURONTO--Come, come Mr. Robarts! Please Mr. Prime Minister. Won't you take the opening and iead us into more intelli- gent--and more effective--poli- ties? SOUR NOTES In a pre - Xmas television spvech on provincial affairs Pre- micr Robarts talked about the crime controversy. And he hit--to this observer at .east--a sour note. Talking about allegations that had been made he said that bad motives and other things had been "imputed" against 'senior officials and had been '"'thrown around." This is not language which is particularly in keeping with Mr. Robarts as we have known him, auven less so was the state- meni he made that the crime incident was "designed to' sow suspicion in the minds of our people" and "'to induce an at- mosphere of disquiet and worry." TRUE CHARACTER? fais is not the true Mr. Rob- arts speaking. Or we hope it is noi. 'They are words of a political hack. It is true they are words we have heard a lot of in recent years--probably, in fact, in po- litical years immemorial. But nevertheless they are hack words. Mr Robarts/ in using them, is only playing the game of poli- tics But if the next time he thought twice before he used them, if he acted according to his true self, he just might bet- ter the whole game of politics. BE INTELLIGENT Sit in the galleries of this house for 18 years and you get terribly fed up with the way the corflict is handled. With the abuse and the waste. Tne political approach is to impute indecent motives to the other side and do one's best to indecently attack them. At one time this was perhaps the way it had to be. In the days when the affairs of gov- ernment largely centred on bouze and roads and the little reo school house. bu these are not the affairs of today. Today's concerns of Ru.ernment are intricate prob- lems which require intelligent so;utions. AERIAL CHECK WINNIPEG (CP) -- Manitoba conservation officers took to the air this year to check hunting viclations. Resources Minister C. H. Witney said the aerial pa- trols were an experiment, and may be extended. ' Surely before there can be these intelligent solutions the government and the House it- self must act intelligently. It is intelligent to know that we aren't always right, can't be always right. And it is intelli- gent to recognize that the prime purpose of an opposition in our system is to fill the gaps where government is not right and pressure it until it is as right as possible. Mr. Robarts, we believe, could set a lead in reaching a higher level of intelligence. If he would act as though the opposition was really trying to be helpful, rather than just to cut his throat, we think that eventually it would grow more inteliigent itself. And we feel the public would like him for it. For we are cer- tain it must be as fed up with gutter wrangling as we are. It 1s such a waste. There are some restrictions which seem foolish. Take the man who had a small store of his own and employs only mem- bers of his family as the staff. He cannot do what he would like to do. He may often feel it would be worth while to stay open late in the evening. But the law does not permit him to do so. In London, a butcher cannot stay open after seven o'clock. But the nearby self-service store can continue to sell its stocks, meat included, up to its more general closing hour of eight. A store may stay open to sell candies on early closing days. It can sell eggs. It can sell milk. But it may not sell tea or coffee to go with the milk, even if the packet or tin is on the shelves. A newstand, on early closing days can sell news- papers. But it cannot sell books, even of the paper-back variety. SUNDAY REGULATIONS The man who runs a delicates- sen store can open on Sundays to sell fresh fruit and vege- tables. But he cannot sell the same food if it comes in tins or frozen packages. But the sale of fodder for horses, mules, ponies and donkeys is perfectly legal. The railway bookstall can sell books. But not the book store. And so on goes the long list of restrictions, contained in the Shops Act of 1950, which runs to 77 sections and eight schedules. Ever since I came over here to live I have been hearing the groans and grumbling, and often the apologies of the shopkeep- ers, and also of the shopping public. Public feeling is growing that the time has come when both sides of this aggrieved body of the irritations to which they are subjected by the rules and regu- lations which are well out of date, and do not meet the needs of the people of today. The Christmas shopping sea- son has shown how great is the convenience to the public of allowing stores to extend their shopping hours. This has helped to put goodwill into the season. That goodwill could be extend- ed throughout the whole year if these laws were changed dras- tically, and the-storekeepers and their customers given more freedom of choice as to when shopping can be done. INSIDE YOU More Questions About Vitamins By BURTON H. FERN, MD Q. Will the vitamin A in fish liver oil help acne? A. No. High doses of non-oily vitamin A he'p prevent white- heads and blackheads, but oily vitamin A can magnify the acne problem. Q. Does vitamin A prevent skin infection? A. No. In vitamin A lack, open cracks in the skin invite infec- tion, But vitamin A can't defend heaithy skin any more than a tattooed battleship. Q. Will cortisone - containing vitamin A ointment cure patchy baldness (alopecia areata)? Does walnut juice help? A. Neither vitamin A nor corti- sone help on the patch itself. Walnut juice might. Its dark stain can camouflage bald patches -- providing you're not blonde! B2 DEFICIENCY Q. What is this vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency I'm sup- posed to have? My doctor says Pll need daily vitamin B2 pills the rest of my life. A. Riboflavin deficiency may bring on greasy scales around nose and mouth, open sores in the corners of the mouth and bloodshot eyes around each pupil. Other conditions cause these same troubles Are you sure your doctor said vitamin B2? Any vitamin B de- ficiency usually involves several vitamins. Meat, milk and even beer can help supply your daily riboflavin ration. Q. Do vitamins affect blood pressure? THREATEN HEART _A. Definitely. Vitamin defi- ficiencies can lead to heart fail- ure with low blood pressure. Bleeding in scurvy (vitamin C lack) may empty the circula- tion, plummeting blood pressure below shock level. Vitamin D poisoning clogs kid- heys and skyrockets blood pres- sure. The more you worry about vitamins, the higher your blood pressure orbits! Q. Will creamed spinach sup- ply both extra calcium and extra iron? WON'T HELP 4. No. In the milk-spinach mixture, iron and calcium are changed 'into little lumps that my be eee into the blood stream. he: ss right through! , ie - Q. What vitamin doses are "too much"? A. Check the label for the Minimum Daily Requirement (MDR) of each vitamin in every capsule. Stay under 2-3 MDR un- less your doctor prescribes the giant size. For real economy, eat a bal- anced diet and avoid the need for vitamin supplements. , Sir John A. Macdon- alg, above the fireplace. In three corners are splurges of greenery--not Canadian maples ----and on one wall is a huge stufied fish, souvenir of a rare Dietenbaker holiday. Miscella- neous Toriana lie or stand on tables or emplaqued onto furni- ture The big desk in the middle of ihe room always carries a few files, and books of typewrit- ten letters awaiting that care- ful check before signature. A neat brass and glass three-faced clork-radio catches the eye. IFfty folding chairs crowded into the office were insufficient for the audience; late-comers had to sit on window-sills or floor, or stand. Some routine questions about Katanga and the U.N. set the bal! rolling and the pens scrib- bling. not least that of Basil Rob-nson, the PM's factotum fur ioreign affairs, who main- tains liaison and makes sure BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Three candidates were nomin- ated for mayor, 40 for city council and 20 for Board of Education for 1927. C. A. Kinnear was unani- mously elected president of the Thirty Club for the ensuing year. Communicable diseases in the city, principally among children, totalled 206 for the month of December. Dr. T. W. G. McKay, medical health officer for Osh- awa, stressed an urgent need here for an isolation hospital. City Treasurer P. A. Black- burn predicted a reduction of three mills in Oshawa's tax rate for 1927. G. W. McLaughlin was chair- man of the annual Poultry and Pet stock Show held in the Armories. J. Askew and Len Fisher were in charge of the various poultry sections. Special holiday services were observed at Knox Church with the pastor Rev. A. C. Reeves preaching at both services. H. M. Gilchrist, superintendent of the Sunday School, had charge of the White Gift service. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wigg, pioneers of the district, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. Wigg was in business here for 4% years having conducted a_ furniture and undertaking business. D: B. Carlyle was chairman of the annual Williams Piano Co. employees gathering held in the spacious hall of the plant on Duke St. The elaborate pro- gram was broadcast to all parts of Canada. The 23 oldest employees in the GM Oshawa plant -- which was first the McLaughlin Car- riage Co. and later the Mc- Laughlin Motor Car Co. recorded a combined total of 827 years of continuous service. D. Haverson and J. Gibson, each of whom joined the company in 1885. had the longest record of service. J. Rinneard, the youngest 'old'? employee, had 36 years service. Thirty-three competitors took part in the annual poultry shoot event. W. Braund, B. Robinson, S. Brooks, M. Soules, R. Sher- rard, G. Conant and T. Miller were among those who won prizes. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "A man is as brilliant as his wife thinks he is,'" says Dr. Lucile Brankhart. Aw, come now, Lucile -- no man could be that dumb. "My doctor reports that my condition is satisfactory," a hospital patient stated, 'but he's much easier to satisfy about my condition-than.I am." 7 above each othe that his department's policy and the PM's speeches coincide. As «he scatter shot questioning preceeded, the PM replied eitnex with a quip delivered dead-pan--he must have been the terror of the poker tables in his younger days in Northern Saskatchewan, if he played--or with a shake of his long boney finger and an admonishing smue. Repeated probing upon the timing of such events as the burget, the election, the Com- monwealth Conference and new appointments all] brought refer- ence to some "corner" that they are just around. Finally came a variation: some events must be fitted in with others, so these tend to be not just around + sing.¢ achievement in the corner but "escalated" r. 'the year jast ending did the prime min- ister regard with the greatest * pride of satisfaction?" per- haps 75,000 miles of travel, men- tally 1eviewing their events with the same obvious pleasure. with which a proud father might look at hir large and healthy brood, "Well, now, I don't think I would want to answer that by mcd wih tac" agus pate pic ct, like that proud parent. "There are sv many things to be thank- ful for. It's been a wonderful year for me, and I look back on every month--no, every day --wvith a great deal of plea- sure" hy Big news? He gave us none--- with his tongue, But his appear- ance betokened a robust, poised, conf.aent person; and a couple o° remarks that he } ching whose distant odor already titil- latcs the war-horse's nostrils, Jobs Remain Question In Canadian Recovery By ALAN DONNELLY OTTAWA (CP) -- Two ques- tions hang over the current eco- nomic recovery in Canada--how fast and how far will it go? After nearly nine months of slow growth, most year - end forecasts are for a somewhat faster pickup in 1962, nurtured by the evident revival of the United States economy. A government report predicts "significant further gains in output and employment." Some economists foresee con- tued growth to the end of 1962, perhaps into 1963. But a major question re- mains: Will it provide enough new jobs to make a sizable dent in unemployment? Economic recovery in 1961 was less vigorous than in the U.S. A well-informed official said the rise in Gross National Product will likely fall short of the three-per-cent gain that Fi- nance Minister Fleming, in his June 20 budget, indicated would occur without the stimulus of his budget measures. DROUGHT HITS GNP Despite a strong 2.7-per-cent growth in national product dur- ing the third quarter, to an an- nual rate of $37,364,000,000, the total output in the first nine months of the year averaged just under $36,500,000,000 due to a first-quarter slump. Although an over-all gain of three per cent in national prod- uct to "about $37,000,000,000 is conceivable, the final figure is likeiy tobe up only about two per cent to around $36,700,000,- 000 or $36,800,600,000. This compares with gains of 3.2 per cent in 1960 when na- tional product was just under $36,000,000,000, and 6.1 per cent in 1959. The country had one es- pecially hard knock -- a sharp drop in drought - hit Prairie grain crops which chopped some $400,000,000 from. the national output. However, the year saw some headway in whittling down un- employment. Jobless totals in August finally dropped below 1960 levels after 12 consecutive months in which unemployment was at post-war record highs. Since April the number of per- sons with jobs has been about 100,000 higher each month than a year earlier. The index of industrial pro- duction, representing about 30 per cent of national product, rose nearly three per cent be- tween the first and second quar- ters. From the low .point in March it rose six per cent to the end of September. Main goals of the June bud- get were a reduction in the ex- change value of the dollar--to boost export earnings and dis- courage imports--and a decline in interest rates. Lower interest rates were aimed at stimulating business activity and discouraging in- flows of short - term capital which had helped keep the dole lar's exchange value up. 'The margin between Cana- dian and U.S. interest rates was reduced and the Canadian dollar exchange rate dropped from parity with the U.S. dollar to : discount of about four per cent. National Housing Act interest rates were reduced in m= ber to help maintain 1961's in- creased rate of house-building. INVESTMENT PICKS UP Capital investment by busi- ness showed signs of recovery in the third quarter. But for the first nine months of the year as a whole, expenditures for new plant and equipment were down five per cent Some economists are looking to an indicated rise in U.S. capital investment to spill over into Canada However, there still is ample productive ca- pacity in most industries to meet a moderate rise in de- mand. Exports were one of the main expansive forces in the econ- omy. They rose 6.2 per cent in the first' nine months and showed a promising 12.7-per- cent gain in the third quarter from a year earlier. A government report, refer. ring to prospects of economie growth, said "'much depends. on the behavior of consumers." Consumer spending hasn't been vigorous. Until an August jump caused by last-minute buying before the Sept. 1 start of On- tario's sales tax, retail sales had shown virtually no gain from 1960. INCOME HIGHER But there is more purchasing power if Canadians want to use it. Labor income rose 4.2 per cent from January to Septem- ber. Savings accounts in banks --more than $7,500,000,000 at the end of November--were up $375,000,000 from a year earlier. Consumer debt rose, too, how- ever. At Sept. 30 a total of $3,265,000,000 was owed to fi- nance and small-loan compan- ies, furniture, appliance and department stores and char- tered banks This was a 12- month rise of $216,000,000 and almost all of the increase was in personal loans from banks. Living costs remained stable for most of the year. A half- point rise in the consumer price index during October to 129.7 on Nov 1 put it a shade above the previous peak of 129.6 a year earlier. : High Death Rate Keeps Laotian Population Low VIENTIANE (AP) -- Laos is often referred to as a tiny king- dom, yet the land is as large as England. It is the population that is tiny. For years it has held at about 2,000,000 people of various ethnic groups. Why, when everywhere else Asian populations are explod- ing, has Laos remained at the same level? "An appalling mortality of children and a high death rate among mothers during deliv- ery," said Dr. Mark Martin, a Briton sent here by the World Health Organization. He finds: Lao women are pregnant an average of 12 times in their lives--but more often than not have fewer than six living chil- dren. At the request of the Lao gov- ernment the World Health Or- ganization sent Dr. Martin with one English and two Thai nurses to do something about it. They had to start from zero: Laos had plunged into independ- ence with few medically trained people. Dr. Martin, former director of the Children's Relief Organ- ization in Morocco, devoted two years to training 14 Lao nurses specializing in mother and child health. Last November came the first important breakthrough. The queen of Laos, accompanied by cabinet ministers, solemnly in- augurated the kingdom's first national mother and child health: centre, a one - storey building on the premises of the French - built Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane. The results were spectacular. "During the training period we have examined 3,600 preg- nant women and delivered as many children," said Dr. Mar- tin. "To our knowledge, not one woman and only two children died. "Normally, 1,200 children and more than 200 women should have been dead." FEW LARGE CENTRES The staff hopes to train in three years sufficient personnel to set up mother and child health centres in each of the 12 provincial capitals, at the same time training village girls in midwifery. Laos is composed of half a dozen sizable towns and 11,300 villages. The enemy is ignorance. A Lao-custom is to sever the um- bilical cord with a sharp piece of bamboo split vertically. "They don't sterilize the bam- boo and the babies get tetanus and many thousands die' in ter- rible condition," the doctor says. "We tell them: If you have scissors, boil them; if you have a knife, boil it; if you use bam- boo, boil it." Babies also die b of ig- norance about weaning--"They give glutinous rice to abies aged two or three days." "Across the river'," Dr. Mare tin said, pointing through his of- fice window at the Thailand side of the Mekong flowing in front of the 'hospital, '"'child mortality was as high as here 25 years ago. But today it is less than three per cent. We can do it here too."