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She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Leadership In Regional Planning Seen Necessity The shuffled Ontario cabinet and the realignment of duties in the provincial government may result in an improve- ment in the government's attitude towards the need for more enlightened and more vigorous regional planning. The key to such planning is the leader- ship which should be, but has not been, supplied by the provincial government. For two decades a huge industrial complex has been growing from Oshawa to Niagara and on into southwestern Ontario. With it there has been the inevitable urban sprawl across some of the finest agricultural land on the con- tinent. Big stretches of lake shore have been lost to the public and more have been rendered unusable by pollution. If ever there was a situation that demand- ed planning on more than a municipal basis, this is it. But so far, the leader- ship that can only come from the pro- \ascial government has been lacking. Now comes a university geographer, Dr. Ralph R. Krueger of Waterloo University, to charge that an Ontario government report on the Niagara area is deliberately misleading and aimed at making people believe that there is no danger of the Niagara fruit belt disap- pearing because of urban sprawl. Dr. Krueger has been involved in land-use studies of Niagara districts for six years. The report was issued by the community planning branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs. Dr, Krueger questions figures on land- use used in the report, and concludes: "The rate of urban growth is likely to accelerate, and the tendency towards a low density sprawl pattern is increasing each year. Therefore, in view of the facts presented in the community plan- ning branch report, and considering current trends, it would appear that the Niagara fruit belt will disappear as a major tree fruit area long before 1980, In fact, unless effective regional plan- ning is established before 1965, it may be too late to preserve Canada's irre- placeable and most valuable agricultural resource... The tender fruit soils can be preserved for agriculture without limiting industrial and urban growth, With orderly urban development there is space in the Niagara fruit belt for an additional million people, without re- ducing fruit production." Quick Way To Cut Taxes When Trade Minister Hees was asked at an export trade promotion conference in Toronto whether the government planned to reduce taxes in order to help Canadian business his reply was, "You tell us how to reduce taxes and you'll be our friends for life." That answers implies that Ottawa has tried and failed to find ways to economise; it also implies the government's agreement with the claim that high taxes add to the cost of producing goods and make export sales just that much more difficult. It may seem an over-simplification, but Ottawa might find that at least a partial answer to its money problems is just to decide to cut taxes and then leave it up to the various government boards, bureaus and departments to find the way to get along on less. This proposal and an examination of its po- tentiat benefits were a main point of a recent speech to the annual meeting of the Canadian Exporters' 'Association by its retiring president, J. S. Vanderploeg. "The way to cut taxes is -- cut them!" eaid Mr. Vanderploeg. "Such action should take the heat off prices and the steam out of wage demands, because business and individuals would have more of their own money left to save, invest or spend as they see fit instead of having the government spend it for them. Any reduction in prices made possible by tax cuts would increase the purchasing power of past savings as well as current earnings -- a double gain! Lower prices would or should re- duce the cost of government, as an ex- penditure of less money would buy the former volume of goods and services, if indeed the former volume was needed. Obviously, a high level of government spending, if warranted, can be achieved through fewer dollars of higher purchas- ing power just as readily as through more dollars of less value. "History shows examples of reduced tax rates that resulted in an increase in the volume of sales, from which was realized more tax revenue than was true at the former higher rates, More indivi- dual income tax revenue was also derived from the resultant higher employment, and unemployment insurance payments declined. "If Canadian exporters can't expect special tax treatment (which our com- petitors get in some countries), the alter- native, as previously implied, is a general lowering of the tax rate which certainly would squeeze some of the inflation out of our costs, and enable us not only to export to better advantage but to more readily meet import competition as well. A more active domestic market helps offset possible loss of exports; and -- don't we all want more Canadian fabri- cation of our indigenous raw materials?" Jobs On Privy Council The recent appointments to the Privy Council have served to draw some at- tention to a little-understood parliamen- tary body. When prime minister Diefenbaker named secretary of state Noel Dorion as president of the Privy Council, he dee cribed it as "an ancient and most im- portant position." The fact is, however, that the post has actually been vacant since the Conservative government teéok office in 1957. Mr. Diefenbaker, as prime minister, has been acting president of the Council. The post of president The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowo Times onnwine The Oshewo Times tablished 1871) and the thy Gazette ond cle (established 1863), t published daily (Sundoys bagel statutory hangers excepted). Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureau of Canodion Press is exclusively entitied Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontarias 640 Cathcart Street. Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowo, Whitby. Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince A Maple Gr Hampton, F "a Bay, lumbus, Greenwood, lockstock, Manchester Pontypool end over 4S5¢ per week, By mail fin Province of corriers deliver' oreas 12.00 per year. and Commonwealth Countries 15.00. Foreign 24.00. Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 18,006 to) outside Provinces USA ene does not involve any additional remun- eration and Mr. Dorion's main duty will be to preside at cabinet meetings When Mr. Diefenbaker is absent. At the same time, former Ontario premier Leslie Frost and Senator Walter Asseltine, government leader in the upper house, were both appointed to the council, These are honorary appoint- ments for life and carry the title "honor- able." About a year ago the government similarly honored a Conservative back- bencher, Robert H. McGregor, MP for York East in Toronto. The appointment and the title of honorable were given in recognition of Mr. McGregor's lengthy service in the Commons, which dates back to 1926 and makes him the dean of the house. The privy councils of Canada and of the United Kingdom are the only ones of their kind in the Commonwealth. The Governor-in-Council igs the Gov- ernor-General, acting by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. But, in actual practice, the work- ing. body is a committee of the council which is composed of the members of the cabinet. - Since the Privy Council was establish- ed for Canada under 'the British North America Act in 1867, several changes have taken place. Its function of hand- ling despatches was transferred to the Department of External Affairs in 1909, In 1940 the clerk of the council was also made secretary to the cabinet. Present holder of these offices is Robert B. Bryce. Since it was established in 1957, the Emergency Measures Or- ganization has been under the direction of the Privy Council IT'S NOT ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT YOUR HEALTH Bouncing Babies Display Energy By JOSEPH G. MOLNER "Dear Dr. Molner: Can parents do anything to stop children from rocking on their hands and knees in bed? "We have four children. Our eldest daughter, now six, finally stopped bumping , in bed when she was five. The next one, a four - year « old boy, is still going strong, as is our three - year - old daughter. And now the baby a boy, just eight months old, recently gol up on his knees and started rocking. "When the last one started I could have cried to think of going through another four or five years of crib rocking. And the Ah-Ah-Ah ee they make. -- Mrs. HO" Most young children have one sort of trick or another. In this instance it's an odds-on chance that each child has learned it from another. Well, when you have four little ones, there isn't much chante of keeping them all in separate rooms, is there? Babies (in case you, after REPORT FROM U.K. Vanguard Replaced By VC-10 Jetliner By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON --. The production line of the Vickers - Armstrong Company for its Vanguard turbo-propeller passenger air- craft has been stopped. The line jigs at the factory at Wey- briage, Surrey, where it was produced are being dismantled. Production has been called to a halt because the orders for tiis plane have been insufficient to keep it going. Only 43 of them have been built, and the cecmpany is estimated to have lost something like $43,500,000 on this project. The orders for the Vanguard were 20 for the British Euro- pean Airways and 23 for Trans- Canada Airlines. The plane was originally designed to suit the special requirements of the BRA, OUTDATED BY JETS With the introduction of jet airliners, the value of turbo- propeller aircraft was thrown into doubt. The position of the Vanguard was further preju- diced by trouble with the Rolls-Royce engine which de- Jayed the introduction of the Vanguard. The space vacated by the Vanguard lines at the Wey- bridge factory of Vickers-Arm- strong is now being turned over to the production of the VC-10 jet-liners. The prospects of the VC-16 are brighter, although it is not expected to be an out- standingly profitable plane. So far, 57 have been ordered, most of them for the British Overseas Airways Corporation. The Royal Air Force has ordered five, and there is a strong probabil- ity of more being required for Service use. WILL BE QUIETER The VG-10 has about the saine range of performance as the later versions of the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC 8 jets, but it will be able to take off in a shorter length of runway. The cain is also designed to be quieter because of the four jet en,ines being mounted in the rear of the plane. The com- pany which is building it is to receive advice from the French Sud Aviation Company on the installation of rear mounted en- gines. This is the French com- pany which built the Caravelle, the first type of aircraft to use rear-mounted engines. The VC-10 is also the first long range airliner to be de- from the outset for the introduction of automatic land- ing devices. These innovations, it 1s hoped, may help to at- tract further orders. The government is providing a subsidy for the development of the VC-10. The amount has not been revealed, but it is estimated that the aid given will be sufficient to enable the company to break even with a sale of about 90 aircraft. A con- siderably larger number than this would have to be sold to enable it to break even on a normal commercial basis of production and development. having four, don't know it!) have ways of making it known if they are unhappy They cry, whimper, sometimes moan, or lie in silent, obvious pain. They don't bounce in bed and cheerily chirp if they are sick. Your little ones are not un- happy or unhealthy. They are having fun with a trick they happened to acquire. So here are my suggestions: 1: Don't let their bouncy fun worry you. It's perfectly normal behavior. 2: Maybe your husband can find some way to fasten their cribs down tight, so you don't hear them squeak, rattle or bump. 3: Do you shut the door to the children's room? If not, try it. Maybe you are trying too hard to be good parents, and think you-have to hear every little exuberant sound they make. 4: Be glad you have such healthy, energetic kids. *'EMBALMER'S ITCH? "Dear Sir: My brother works as an embalmer in a funeral home. His hands are in terrible condition. He was told it was 'embalmer's itch.' He gave up his work because of this trouble, and his hands healed. He was unable to find work that he liked and yould-pay as well. so he went back to embalm- ing. His hands are now very bad again. He cannot wear rubber gloves.--Mrs. B.W." He is lucky in this sense: By staying away from that work and seeing his hands heal up, he has identified the 'contact der- matitis" that happens to bother him. Others have no trouble from the same work. The chem- ical he uses -bother him, but may not bother others. My suggestions, if he can't find suitable work elsewhere: One, try using a silicone. cream or lotion on his hands; two, wear plastic gloves. QUEEN'S PARK Leadership Major Problem Cf NDP By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--More frank talk: Douglas Fisher is federal MP for Port Arthur. He is not the leader of the On- tario New Democratic Party. He probably never will be leader of the party. Which in a way~is too bad. For if Mr. Fisher were, or were to be, provincial leader of his party one would take quite a different outlook towards it. As it is one can't take it too seriously. And the reason is its leader- ship. ONE SIDE! This leadership is one-sided. Particularly one-sided in that in forming its opinions and decis- ions it seems tq almost com- pletely ignore the other side of questions. And what question doesn't have another side? Because of this same im- maturity it is impractical. It dreams. Its theories, as they have been presented here, have been based on ideals, without any spade-work to back them up. It is not only not willing to pay the price, it is not willing to face the fact there is a price. It will not acknowledge there must be stock to make soup. And, not acknowledging, it won't consider where the stock must come from. DOESN'T KNOW If recollection is right it was In it there were certain finan- cial proposals--to tax corpora- tions, weight-distance tax etc. The writer at the time asked what these would mean finan- cially. He was told that this hadn't- been. worked out yet. A few weeks ago it still hadn't been worked out. There was talk in the house here of taxing the "huge profits" of corpora- tions. ' But absolutely missing from it was any fact---or even any in- dication that facts had been con- sidered in making the propo- sals. The observer has to conclude --and it is a conclusion that has been built up over the years-- that the NDP really doésn't "know what it is talking about." TWO SIDED Mr. Fisher was. picked -here as a NDPer who does seem to know what he is talking about. He doesn't purple with indig- nation. Though you may not agree with his conclusions--and sometimes you do--they at least usually appear to be weighted ones, He does not apparently look on any preaching, any policy or any attitude as dogma. In con- trast to the many "'intellectuls" in the NDP, his is an intellec- tual approach. There are undoubtedly others such as he in the party ranks. One day they may emerge as its leadership. But it is doubt- ul. , at least four years ago that the ful old CCF brought down a "'spe- cific" program, More likely they will emerge as Liberals. , OTTAWA REPORT plant emphasis from Canad into Europe. This will hit Can Creation Of Jobs Seen Impressive . By PATRICK NICHOLSON War babies and wheat lie be- hind two important reports upon the state of our economy, which our Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics issued just before Christ- mas. One was widely heralded as a welcome Christmas gift to our government, because it reported a big increase in our national productivity and in our export sales. In contrast, the other, which reported our November employment picture, was treated as quite unimportant. This column does not share these assessments, and believes that readers would also take very different views on learn- ing the basic facts. First, let us look at that em- ployment report, which showed that the number of unemployed had fallen by 80,000 in Novem- ber, compared to the previous November. But 46,000 new work- ers had been added to our stead- fly growing labor force, so in fact the number of jobs avail- able in Canada had been in- creased by an impressive 126,- 000 during the year. WAR-BABY TIDE ; This reminds us of the very significant point that, to reduce our actual number of unem- ployed, our economy must not only create jobs to absorb those currently without work, but must also create yet more jobs to absorb the swelling number of war-babies now entering our labor force. The immense importance of this flood of war-babies can be grasped by the barest figures. In the past four years, more than 500,000 workers have been added to Canada's labor force. Jobs had been found for a stag- gering 430,000 of these up to November last. In contrast, during the post- war conversion period between 1946 and 1950, only 334,000 were added to our work force, and only 310,000 new jobs were cre- ated despite the oo consumer spending spree 0: ose years. In contrast again, during the four years 1951-1955, which in- cluded the Korean armaments boom, only 267,000 new jobs were created in all Canada, while 387,000 more workers sought jobs The achievement of our econ- omy during the past four years, when our great neighbor was passing through two recessions and hence inevitably exporting some unemployment to Canada, was thus very healthy indeed. 1 Against the background of those previous four-year stretches, the past four years have been by far our best period since the war when oe eval a agg im- portant yardstick num- ber of Be jobs created for Ca- nadian workers. Little wonder then that Cana- dians are a more, spending more saving more tein ever before. Little wonder too that Labor Minister Mike BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Mayor Frank N. McCallum was re-elected for 1947, defeat- ing F, M. Dafoe by 2063 ma- jority. Major H. G. Roberts assumed his duties as the new officer commanding the Oshawa Corps of the Salvation Army. Oshawa ratepayers were being asked to vote on a proposed addition to Ritson Public School. A. M. Wooton, formerly as- sociated with Grierson, Creigh- ton and Fraser, Oshawa, took over the law practice of K. H. MacDiarmid, of Whitby, who had joined a law firm in Toronto. Col. R. S. McLaughlin donated a complete new set of instru- ments to the Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band. A "pop" con- cert winter series was planned, to be held in OCVI Auditorium under the auspices of the CRA. A testimonial dinner was given in honor of Fred M. Campbell by the county's Junior 'Farmer Association. Having been appointed agricultural re- presentative for Kent County, he was succeeded by Herbert Lynn Fair as representative of Ontario Counpy. Dr. F. J. Donevan, Mrs. Ger- trude Colpus, Dr. Grant L. Bird, Dr. S. J. Phillips and L. M. Souch were members of the Board of Education accorded acclamations. Mrs. Clark Slack of Nassau St. was elected Worthy Mistress of Victory Lodge, LOBA. E. L. Glover, W. E. Noble and E. J. Powell, councillors of East Whitby township, were re- turned by acclamation for 1947, R. G. Mills and William Boddy were also returned to office by acclamation as public utilities commissioners, A. E. Grass started his second term as reeve and T. D. Thomas as deputy-reeve of the township. City Council authorized a five- year lease dated Oct. 1, 1946 on the Oshawa Airport, The area consisted of 492 acres and the city assumed the upKeep. Lt.-Col. L, W. Currell, former commanding officer of the llth Armored Ontario Regiment, Lt.-Col E. Pearson, also a for- mer commanding officer of the Regiment; Jimmy. Smart and Harry Price were each pre- sented with life memberships by the Sergeants' Mess of Regiment. 'Starr has acquired such a sound reputation. EXPORTS LESS BRIGHT In contrast, the other report showing inc d national pro- ada very hard, if we remain os the outside looking in. Our exports showed a much heralded increase in the firs eight months of 1961. But ex- rts to our two best customers, ° et Japan; so did our sales to Com- munist China, on the precarious basis of a big wheat deal. Exports of our important duction and increased exports is less rosy, except on the surface. Although residential construc- tion was running slightly ahead of 1960, the two very important indices of economic expansion, namely new machinery and in- dustrial construction, were both This trend could well be the first backwash of the creation of the European Common Mar- ket, as U.S.A. shifts its branch taples, newsprint, lumber, cop- per, aluminum and uranium, dropped. Wheat sales soared, But our manufactured goods, which contain the most signifi- cant labor content, did not. Our exports were aided by the desirable elimination of the ar- tificlal exchange premium on our dollar. But our export pic- ture was not as rosy as was sug gested by figures casually swol len by wheat sales to Commu- nist China. No Action Now Expected On Corporal Punishment OTTAWA (CP) -- More than five years have passed since a joint Commons-Senate commit- tee issued a non-partisan call for a halt in corporal punish- ment in Canadian prisons. No action has yet been taken and informants say it is un- likely that the necessary amendment to the Criminal Code will be proposed by the government at the new session of Parliament. Since the 1956 report there have been 15 to 20 cases an- nually of the cat-o'-nine-tails or the perforated leather strap be- ing applied, by court order, to the backs of persons convicted of certain indictable offences. This is a small fraction--per- haps less than two per cent-- of the cases for which corporal punisliment could have been or- ti dered--namely, convictiens for rape, attempted rape, armed burglary, robbery, indecent as- sault, incest and others. Why is it continued? OPPOSED CHANGE Qualified observers here say the best answer appears to lie in the kind of opposition heard by the 1956 committee to sug- gestions for complete abolition. Most of the provincial attor- meys-general favored retention of corpora) punishment and, after all, they are the ones who administer the law written in Ottawa. It is felt here that any change in the situation would not be proposed by the federal govern- ment without consulting the at- torneys-general to see whether Long views have changed since But it is far from a dead is- sue. Each session of Parliament sees a private member's bill on the order paper to abolish cor- poral punishment. The most persistent sponsors of such a move have been Frank McGee (PC -- York - Scarborough) and Harold Winch (CCF -- Van- couver East), the two who led. the 1960 campaign against cap- ital punishment. Debate on such @ measure has been infrequent. The last occasion in 1959 saw seven Con- servative back-benchers support the bill, with one objecting. But the bill never came to a vote. 'Meanwhile, informants say the resentment of federal prison officers to corporal punishment has continued. Prison officers carry out such sentences as a matter of duty and under strict procedures that include medical supervision and the use of a blindfold to keep the officers anonymous to the pris- oner, But the officers don't like it. And reliable sources say that feeling is shared by their sen- iors in the justice department here. They are convinced that cor- poral punishment is miles re- moved from the current new deal in federal penology -- the shift in emphasis to training and reformation, and away from sheer punishment and retribu- on; There is much doubt about the deterrent value of a beat- ing, these officials say. They also claim that it is no deter- rent at all to a hardened crim- inal or one convicted of a sex offence, and that it causes a bitterness that hampers reha- bilitation. APPEALS PERMITTED The National Parole Board can remit a sentence of cor- poral punishment '"'on applica- tion." The law doesn't specify who must apply for remission, It is seldom the prisoner. Usu- ally it is a prison psychiatrist. Three such sentences were re- mitted in 1959 and one in 1960, The board received no applica- tions for remission last year. In each case remission was granted following a_ psychia- trist's report that whipping or strapping would cause'a mental regression. Board chairman is T. George Street, a Welland, Ont., magis- trate for 12 years who imposed a sentence of corporal punish- ment about six times--in each instance, to justify a shorter prison term. In an interview, he was asked whether he would remit a sen- tence of corporal punishment on application from a prisoner who was in good physical and men- tal condition and who had no support for his cause from @ prison psychiatrist. "No," he replied. BOOK CORNER Tense Drama Of Harsh Life In Pond Unfolded By THE CANADIAN PRESS Something of the basic nature of the universe is visible in the smallest portion of it. In the microcosm of a pond Franklin Russell, a penetrating observer and skilful writer, has found tense drama whose protagonist is life itself. Watchers at the Pond (Mc- Lelland and Stewart) is bles- sedly free of semi-human ani- mals in a semi-human drama. Also absent is the cloying cute- ness of the "mother nature knows best" routine. Life in the pond survives in a harsh, de- manding, unendingly hostile uni- verse, created by the '"'match- ing of forces, silent and un- seen." Russell's period of observa- tion covers a year in the life of the pond and the creatures who live in and around it. They are the Watchers at the Pond, the hunters and the hunted. CONSTANT STRUGGLE It is a world of struggle for survival, not of the individual but of the species. Creatures of the pond are linked in an end- less chain. They must eat to survive and in turn must be eaten not only to ensure the sur- vival of some other creature but to keep a from overrunning the world From the blind groping of an amoeba engulfing its prey to the attack of a pair of hawks, planned with military precision, the hunt went on and "'ied in- flexibly to death" even for a TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan, 8, 1962... The French explorer LaSalle, then 36, reached Niagara Falls 283 years ago today--in 1679-- in one of several unsuccessful searches for the mouth of the Mississippi. Five years later he was murdered by mutinous col- onists during an overland search for the river's mouth. 1869 -- The first suspension bridge over the Niagara gorge was opened to traffic. 1959--Gen.- Charles de Gaulle the was elected president of Fréa ice. master hunter such as the pray. ing mantis. He had that season eaten more than a score of wasps who hunted among the flowers of the pond. But one day he was also vulnerable. "In the deep shade of the southern undergrowth one aft- ernoon, the mantis gripped a plant stem firmly in readiness for his skin change. . . . In that brief moment of emergence the mantis had been seen. . . . The wasp seemed to know he was helpless. "Once. the mantis was clear of the old skin, the wasp flew up behind him, settled on his new wings. and stung him twice. The mantis fell, and by later afternoon he was being ow by @ dozen yellow jack- The Serpent's Coil (Mc- Clelland and Stewart) by Farley Mowat is a gripping tale of Canadian deep-sea salvage crews and their res- cue of an abandoned British freighter from the grip of successive Atlantic hurri- canes. The first half of the book is used to set the stage with meticulous detail and background; then the story moves quickly once the Halifax - based tugs a tow line abeard the listing Leicester. Reading Great Canadian Dis- asters (Longmans Green) you get a feeling that they might have happened only yesterday, or the week before. Author Frank Rasky, former news- paper man now editor-in-chief of Liberty magazine at Toronto, has achieved this by the re rter's method of interviewing undreds of survivors and eye- witnesses. There are survivors today with keen memories of the earliest in Rasky's selected dis- asters, the rock slide that buried at least 100 people in Frank, a town of 1,000 in the Alberta Rockies, in 1903. He quotes David Bayne, now 86 and liv- ing in Medicine Hat, first to cross the jagged gauntlet after the slide, as being told by one survivor that a particular boul- der which crashed in the main street weighed at least 509" tons, ne ate RE EAU RINE aR