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i] fl i She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1962 -- PAGE 6 -- Ontario is appeasing the recent "court decision that the 50-year-old provincial act dealing with loan agree- ments is unconstitutional, Under the act, "unconscionable transactions" or agreements wherein charges were con- sidered to be out.of proportion to the risk involved, could be reopened and changed by the courts. It is not the best possible act, but at least it gave borrowers some protection against deceit and extortion. A province should not have to pass such an act, however, nor should it be forced into the position of testing its constitutional powers to protect borrowers, The protction should be part of the law of the land. Efforts have been made to introduce federal legislation to force lenders to give borrowers full information on interest rates and charges, but all have foun- dered on the stubborn indifference or calculated opposition.of the majority in Parliament. In such fashion, the majority has failed to do its duty. The Consumers' Association of Can- ada has suggested to the Royal Com- mission on Banking and Finance that Protection On Loans _ Federal Responsibility every lender should provide the. bor- rower with at least an approximation of the cost of the money whenever a loan is obtained. As the Financial Post notes, this is a sensible if not always simple proposal. Exact calculations are difficult in some forms of instal- ment loans. But as the Post points out, -"many unsuspecting borrowers discover too late that hidden costs make their loans too onerous to repay, particularly when. they are dealing with fringe operators in the lending business, Unless they can prove fraud -- and this is seldom possible -- they have to recourse to the courts. "Requiring lenders to spell out the real cost before a loan is made would prevent much of the distress. that some borrowers get themselves into. If this isn't possible, federal legisla- tion along the lines of the Ontario law now being tested in the courts should be introduced promptly. "Such Jaws would not bother legi- timate lenders. Britain and many states of the U.S. protect borrowers by allowing courts to review and re- open loan agreements, Only the pre- datory would suffer." Provincial Park Use -- An estimated seven million people "were attracted to Ontario's provincial "parks this summer -- as many people ps settled in Canada from the time 'Champlain established his tiny settle- ment at Quebec in 1608 to the 1911 census. It is also more than three times as many as visited the parks in 1957. Camping permits this year totalled 257,215 -- and each permit represents about four people. Since 1957 the number of provincial parks has grown from 39 to more than 80. Less than 10 years ago there were but eight. The figures alone show an obvious need for a continuance of the policy of vigorous development of pro- vincial parks. There is another aspect. A given park will support only so many camp- grounds, a parking area so many cars, a beach so many bathers and a picnic area so many tables. There is a danger point, when crowding destroys pur- pose and the environment suffers from over-use. An organized picnic or developed camping area has a comparatively high carrying capacity. But wilderness recreation, which many people enjoy, ealls for solitude and does not have a high carrying capacity. A. F. Hems- ley, interpretive supervisor of On- tario's provincial parks, point out: "One may say that not enough people can uge the larger parks, Actu- ally, the number. of canoe-trippers in Algonquin and Quetico provincial parks has more than doubled in the past three years to at least 58,000. This is a substantial figure for a recreational use on land with a low carrying capacity for such a recre- ational use on land with a low carry- ing capacity for such a recreational activity. It must be protected from ease of access in order that canoe- tripping and the full experience of primitive travel may survive as a part of the Ontario scene." We agree. Getting The Message A coroner's jury last week ruled that excessive drinking and speed caused Ontario's most serious Labor =sDay weekend traffic accident, in hich four children and two adults were killed in a two-car collision near Timmins. Five of the dead were pas- sengers in one car, which carried a total of nine people; the sixth victim was the driver of the second car, which was carrying no passengers. The Jury heard evidence that both drivers had consumed quantities of liquor. Prof. Joslyn Rogers, consultant to the attorney-general's department and a recognized expert on the sub- ject, testified that 40 per cent of all "fatal accidents in Ontario are caused "by excessive drinking. ~ Pungent -- and justified -- com- ment on the case is made by the Sud- bury Star, which says: Are provincial attorneys - general impressed to the extent they will now demand tougher laws for impaired and drunken drivers? Are magistrates impressed to the point where they will impose the maximum penalties for drivers convicted of impaired or Aye Oshawa Simes T, L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa T established §=1871). and the Whitey Gazette "on Ct ronicle (established 1863), is published daily a y ¥ bers of Canadian Daily Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied news despatched to the use for republication of eli in the paper crndited to it or te The Associated Slag gp os , also the local news »ublished rein, rights of special despatches ere also reserved. " Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Mentreal, ?.Q. 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But four children die in a highway crash, the victims of drinking drivers, and the public and the politicians are silent. If the four children died in a house fire the shock of the tragedy would likely see hundreds of people lined up to watch the coffins carried out, and the funeral procession. But four children killed in a highway acci- dent? Isn't it too bad! A man can steal a loaf of bread for his hungry family and be sent to prison for two years; an impaired driver can kill and get a $50 fine if it is his first offence. When are law- makers and law enforcement agencies going to "get the message" that they share the guilt for the blood spilled in 40 per cent of the fatal highway accidents in Ontario? Other Editors' Views CONTROL LOTTERIES (Hamilton Spectator) One must be reasonable about some of man's less noble urges. As gamb- ling is one of these urges, it might be wiser to attempt to keep it under control through legalized lotteries than to allow its only outlet to be the. heavy - wagering enterprises sponsored by organized gamblers. In any event, it is a matter which. re- quires mature consideration before it is outlawed as a sinful attempt to raise money by preying on a human weakness, a z XII vw (fy Ys 4 MIL EBS Y et y leek WITH A HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HIS ARM? READERS' VIEWS Multi-Storey Buildings Urged On School Board Dear Sir: I often wonder just how much money, members of the Board of Education have cost the local taxpayers over the last few years, because the board al- most fanatically insists on building schools without upper or third floors. I refer primarily to the public schools. They have acquired acres of valuable land over which are sprawled these un- economical structures when they could have quite easily built the same schools in per- haps a third of the space, with the obvious considerable saving to the taxpayer. I do not advocate that we should revert to the little red school house, several of which had redeeming features which are not so obvious in our mod- ern schools, but I strongly feel that the Board should look into the possibility of adopting a policy in regard to the future construction of schools, Certain people no doubt favor YOUR HEALTH Sugar Not Direct Cause Of Diabetes By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: Recently a drug clerk told my sister that there are many cases of diabetes among young people and he at- tributed this to the fact that they consume so many sweets, candies, soft drinks, etc. I had always thought that any sugar taken into the body was eliminated via the kidneys. Al- though my four children eat well-balanced diets of meat and fish, cereals, vegetables and sal- ads, they are often treated to sweets after meals--not as a re- placement for meals. 1 would appreciate your opinion.4+K. My opinion is that your sister ought to listen to smarter drug clerks: Sugar doesn't cause dia- betes, except to the extent that people who are fat are more likely to develop the disease than those who aren't. There's substantial reason to believe that diabetes is increas- ing simply because in the last 35. years we have found out how to keep it from killing people Many who used to die in mis- ery at an early age now live to have children and raise them, and see grandchildren grow up. Heredity plays a big role in dia. betes. Reasonable amounts of sweets aren't dangerous. They are good, Just keep desserts as des- serts and there's no need to be earful, Dear Dr. Molner: My sister's five-year-old son, had a fit the other day for the first time, She took him to the hospital and tests showed signs of epilepsy. The doctor said to watch him and to come back in six months for another test and maybe by that time it will have cleared up. I recently read that there is a medicine for this disease. Shouldn't the child be taking it for these forthcoming six months?--B.M. Not necessarily. While: it is true that several medicines have been developed for epilepsy, they do not '"'cure" the disease in the sense of correcting the basic defect. Instead the medications-- called. anti-convulsant drugs-- relax the patient enough to pre- vent the convulsions or "fits" from occurring, They do not cure the epilepsy; they suppress symptoms, The symptoms -- convulsions are the principal consequence of epilepsy, so preventing them renders the disease harmless to the patient for all practical pur- poss, Since the boy in question has had only one, it is possible that It was not caused by epilepsy but by something else, perhaps a transieht childhood infection and fever, plus being too tired: If it isn't epilepsy, starting medication now is wasteful. If _it is, and another convulsion oc- curs, go to the doctor at once and medication can be started. Dear Doctor: I've heard of ar- thritis, neuritis and rheumatism, but what do I have? I'm only 14 and I often get a terrible pain in my shoulder. It started about eight months ago and most often comes when I sit still a long time as in church or assembly in school, or when I have a heavy coat on for a long time.-- HLK. If it were arthritis or rheuma- tism it would be in the joints and worsen with motion; if neu- ritis, in the nerves, and it would be persistent and in muscular areas. It could be bursitis, too. Since it comes only when you sit a long time and are feeling bored, or under a strain, let's guess it's muscle spasm or just plain tenseness. Some of us at 14 noticed that an equal amount of sitting at a movie or football game never caused the pain! the single type as they say it presents a lesser fire hazard. I say this idea is poppycock. Some of the older. type schools were built on the mul- tiple floor plan, and who has ever heard of them described as fire hazards? In ay case we assume that the pupils would be instructed in fire drill. Also, the modern fire proof mater- ials, which are used in con- struction now almost eliminate the possibility of fire. In regard to relative property values and the number of pu- pils that, say, the A. E. Lovell School and the Dr. C, F. Can- non School which incidentally is due for another drawnout addi- tion) I'm sure that there would be an interesting comparision, which if the board studied may even influence them to change their present expensive policy. ONE OF THE CROWD Oshawa. THANKS On behalf of the directors and staff of The Associated Milk Foundations of Canada, may I thank your. newspaper for your . recent news coverage of our an- nual meeting. I would like to pay a tribute to Ford Lindsay and his staff for carrying out their assign- ments tn a professional manner. It is my observation that they got their information with no fuss or bother and they co-oper- ated with us in every possible way. DONALD D. CLAYTON, Secretary-Manager. Toronto PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM From one standpoint you should pity the poor atheistic Russians, as his life is a dull trip from nothing to nowhere, According to one recent re- port, porpoises not only aren't smart, but they are rather dumb. A scientist says they are no smarter than people. BY-GONE DAYS 20. YEARS AGO The Canadian Women's Army Corps opened a recruit- ing centre at the Oshawa Ar- mories. . September bus traffic of 1942 increased by 60 per cent over September of 1941 when 177,249 passengers were carried as compared with 116,003 in 1941. Mrs. W. J, Trick, King street east, had completed 275 pairs of socks and held the record for the number of socks knit dur- ing the war. ' Dr. Bryce A. Brown, of Osh- awa, was elected president of the Ontario County Medical As- sociation for the ensuing year. Lt,.Col, Murray Johnston was the new commanding officer of the 11th Army Tank Regiment serving overseas: Ruth Chatterton, stage and screen star, visited Oshawa on behalf of the Third Victory Loan campaign and presented honor certificates to employees of var- ious plants in the city. Representative citizens of Oshawa and of Ontario County honored the new Ontario Pre- mier, Hon. G. D. Conanat, KC, in a testimonial dinner when an illuminated scroll was present- ed to him by former Oshawa Mayor, Frank L. Mason. Congratulations were extend- ed to the Oshawa Blood Donor Service by Dr. W. S Caldwell, supervisor of Health Services, Canadian Red Cross _ Society, Scout Association at the annual meeting, to succeed W. G. Cor- ben. Dr. James A. McRae, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of On- tarion was tendered a reception at the Masonic Temple by the 13 lodges of Ontario District. A Ration Board office opened for the Whitby centre' with Mayor Fred T. Rowe as chair- man and Owen Davies named vice-chairman. Since the first Oshawa Blood Clinic was held on May 18, 1942, 4000 donations had been receiv- ed. Ross Mosley was the 3000th donor: OTTAWA REPORT Federal Liberals Helping In Quebec By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- "How long can MPs keep this up?" This was the big question at the opening of the new Parlia- ment of minorities, when a full roll-call of members attended at the first. divisions. Had every last MP attended in the House of Commons on, the call of the division bell ever before? Opin- ion here suggested that this was the first time votes had ever been attended by the full mem- bership of the House, without even one single absentee. But would the excitement of close votes, and the driving am- bition of the Liberal party to overthrow the Conservative gov- ernment, keep a full attendance in the House? The answer has come quickly. Less than two weeks after those 100 per cent divisions, the Com- sont mons chamber has been nearly half empty at the opening hour, and by no means full even after bog late-comers have straggled in. Last Monday, for example, saw only 140 out of 263 MPs at the opening. The full member- ship of the House would be 265, bu: Tommy Douglas had not yet taken the seat he had just won in a byelection, and one Liberal had been unseated for irregular- = in his election in Newfound- weed : 'THE WEEK-END CLUB At first one might have as- sumed that the 123 absent MPs represented the infamous . old "Tuesday to Thursday Club'. This was the name given to MPs REPORT FROM U.K. Remembrance Day Issue Once More By M. McINTYR EHOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON With the ap- proach of Remembrance Day, which in Britain is officially ob- served on the Sunday nearest to November 11, there is once again a controversy as to how this day should be observed. It so happens that this year No- vember 11 falls on a Sunday, which rather simplifies the problem of its proper observ- ance, but the issue of restoring some of the former features which marked the day has been raised by the Bishop of Chelms- ford, the Rev. John Tiarks. The Bishop claims that No- vember 11 has lost much of its significance since the govern- ment fixed Remembrance Day as the Sunday nearest that date. He is pressing for the restora- tion of the former traditional two minutes of silence to be observed at 11 a.m. on the ac- tual date of Armistice Day. RECALL SACRIFICES "For many years," says Bishop Tiarks, "the whole na- tion at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year stopped for two minutes to remember its dead, to recall the sacrifices of war and to dedi- eate itself to the cause peace." It was natural that gradually memories should grow dim, however, and 20 years after 1918 the observance of Armis- tice Day was beginning to be treated perfunctorily by many people. But still the nation stop- ped in its track on a working day, (five years, out of seven) and gave itself i thoughts of remembrance. In the 2ist year after 1918, the nation was again engulfed in war, and for five years remem- brance was joined to desperate struggle, but by November 11, 1945, the old habit of remem- brance according to the original pattern was resumed. GOVERNMENT DECISION That pattern was retained for only a few years, however. The government decided to fix Re- membrance Day on the Sunday nearest to November 11 and with that change, in the view of Bishop Tiark, the day has lost much of its significance. | The Bishop says: "The observance of it is now confined to those who would be TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 6, 1962... The first Dominion Par- liament assembled at Ot- tawa 95 years ago today-- in 1867. The British North America Act of 1867 pre- vides: "There shall be one. Parliament for Canada, con- sisteng of the Queen, the Upper House, styled the Senate, and the House of Commons."' Today there are 265 members of partiamnt and 102 senators. 1879 -- Thanksgiving Day was first observed in Can- ada. 1945 -- The French gov- ernment was taken over by the constituent assembly from General De Gaulle after the Second World War ended. ity the PLAIGTLIEST WHISKY W th ¢ Toronto, on the remarkable pro-- gress made by the organization. William L. Pierson was elect- ed president of the Oshawa Boy \ NAM vorld i of in church anyway (with perhaps a few casual worshippers add- ed) and groups of representa- tives that the civic authorities were able to muster at the local war memorial. I think I am not alone in finding this arrange- ment unsatisfactory. It presents many of the clergy in charge of civic churches with the dilemma of choosing between staying in the church or joining in the service in the open air." Pleading for a return to the two minutes' silence on Novem- ber 11, the Bishop said, "'Who would deny that a sense of unity and of dedication is needed today perhaps more than ever before in our nation's his- tory?" from ridings in Ontario and Que- bec, near enough to Ottawa to permit their representatives to return home for the week-end; The length of the so "called 'week-end" reveals that som: from even further aw: stretelt their imagination and even ' Jonger journeys! ' But even the following day, Tuesday. sew 77 MPs etl mM. the reason was to item Sra las e vite bi Club, pore : group of absentees Monday ie ae Somat Credicre; ana Sem rediters; a the 18 New Democrats. 'a able by te cal, 9 e e 5 the 95 Liberal' MPS Hoge, from that province, only seven were in the House. But of the 14 Conserva- tive MPs from Quebec, 10 were . present. This readily explains on probable cause for absen- teeism: The federal Liberals are playing a fully co-operative and very active part in the provine= jal election in Quebec. Liberal Leader L. B. Pearson has report- edly instructed his organisation in Montreal to give all possible assistance to the Liberal Party in its struggle to retain power in Quebec, and evidently the fed- eral MPs are in most cases stay- ing away from Ottawa so that they to can stump the prov- ince on behalf of their provincial colleagues. The Conservative party as such is taking no part in the Quebec provincial election, which is why most Conservative MPs from that province would be in their places on Parliament Hill. WHERE THE BATTLE IS Many other MPs are no doubt also beginning to fight thir own next federal election. While the Conservatives must be kept here by thir whips, ready to face a crucial vote which the opposition might forc at almost any time, MPs of other parties have the advantage that they cannot be incommoded by any surprise tactics in this way. So they are able to spend more time out in the constituencies, working on their own behalf and in the cause of their defeated cole leagues. Fn + 5S x Bese ASa QUEEN'S PARK Winter Election Hot Rumor Topic BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The hot rumor here these days is that there is a chance of a winter election: The rumor is strong enough that most of the politicians are paying it serious attention, even though there is really nothing at all in the way of confirmation. And the reasoning behind it makes enough sense that it has to be taken seriously. LOSE PRESTIGE? This resaoning is that Premier Robarts definitely won't want to get mixed in with a federal elec- tion campaign. This not only divides the ener- gies of the party, if the federal wing dosn't do any better than it did in the last national vote it can reflect against the pres- tige of the provincial party. Politically therefore Mr. Rob- arts would want to get his vote out of the way before the fed- eral campaign. MORE MONEY: Another very important factor is money. A lot of the'money which goes into support of political parties was drained off in the last fed- eral election--all parties ended up broke. The provincial PCs, being the party in power, can still depend on a good election fund if they go to the polls before a federal vote. : But the next national election will probably set a new record on spending. And after it is over there just won't be the money around for provincial campaigns. WINTER VOTING? i The mention of a winter cam- paign in Ontario brings on im- mediate shudders, of course. This has always been taboo. Just not done. ; But really the root of this has been that weather 'conditions have militated against it. he. conditions have been greatly altered in recent years. With year-round roads and motor travel there is actually very little reason why a cam- paign shouldn't be held in winter oday. , Except for the possibility of a blizzard on voting day, the vote could be relatively the same. And the politicians themselves can get around in winter just as well as they can in summer. Certainly if a winter vote were desirable enough this old taboo would not be enough to restrain the government from calling one ++. and help speed your mail! 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