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She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario : T. L, Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1963 -- PAGE 6 ~ i i i | Canada Cannot Delay Decision On Defence Canada cannot much longer put off a decision on the matter of nuclear weapons for its armed forces. It is a decision which has to be made if there is to be any coherence in our defence policy, and if the expenditure of $1.5 bil- lion a year is to be justified. It is difficult to discuss nuclear arming in a .ool, reasoned way be- cause of the super-heated emotional approach to the question taken by so many people. But it is still a decision that must be reached only by the exercise of cold logic. There are three aspects to the matter, Canada has a responsibility for its own defence; it has a res- ponsibility in the defence of the continent; it has a responsibility, as a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, in the defence of the West. Clearly, two of these three respon- sibilities involve decisions which are not. Canada's alone and which, in fact, Canada may not be able to influence in any substantial way. The third responsibility, the defence of Canada itself, is a matter for domestic decision, but even here we must admit that we cannot do the job alone. These considerations have led some observers to the conclusion that Canada should forget all about defence, proclaim herself a neutral and maintain armed forces only for use by the United Nations. This is an appealing proposal, because it would put us in a pious position and also save us a great deal of money. But it simply is not prac- tical; the fact of geography alone forbids it, It boils down, then, to the ques- tion of how best we can use our resources, limited as they are, to carry out our domestic, continental and international responsibilities. Does these mean our forces should be armed with nuclear weapons? * Firstly, we cannot afford to develop and produce our own nuclear weapons. Apart from any other consideration, we could not pay the bills, Secondly, nuclear weapons are defensive only in the sense that they are a deterrent to attack by a nation also armed with nuclear weapons. They are, in fact, THE deterrent -- but only when there are enough of them, placed in come paratively invulnerable positions. Both the United States and the Soviet Union are so armed end are in a position of nuclear stand-off. No other country at present can mount enough of an effort to affect that position. Thus, even if the handful of Bomarcs in Ontario and Quebec were armed with nuclear warheads, they would not have the slightest influence on any Soviet thinking about an attack on the United States; nor would they play a decisive role in the weight of the strike against the United States. They are, therefore, a waste of money, with or without atomic warheads. Thirdly, if the NATO forces are committed to the use of nuclear weapons, the Canadian contribution to NATO must either fit into that plan or be withdrawn. Until there is such a committal, however, there is a very definite role for forces equipped and trained to carry on a conventional battle. And as long as the nuclear stand-off is maintained, there is every reason to believe that any battles to be fought will be conventional. Recognizing these various factors, we can reach certain conclusions: Under present circumstances, Canada can best carry out her various defence responsibilities by maintaining a well-trained, well- equipped conventional force. If, for some reason, sophisticated nuclear weapons are required for the defence of Canada -- and the Bomarc can- not be called a sophisticated weapon --we must rely on the United States for their supply and probably for their manning. This would not place Canada in the nuclear club, and would not mean any greater loss of sovereignty than we have already conceded in our Norad and NATO agreements. Sensible Resolution This is the day, of course, when people are still full of all sorts of new year's resolutions. By the end of the week, many of them (resolu- _tions, that is) will be only vague "regrets. But here is an eminently "sensible one that should not be too difficult to keep. It is suggested by the Canadian Heart Founda- tion: ,. "Resolved that in 1968 I will get _the regular exercise needed to im- "prove my health," The Foundation' recommends what it termed a common sense approach to exercise as follows: . Select a form of exercise com- patible with your age and physical éondition. Choose the exercise you like. If you approach exercise with a Spartan attitude, you're bound to fall by the wayside soon. The idea is to fit physical exercise (whether outdoor hiking or home calisthenics) into your daily routine, and then add some weekly activities, like bowling, roller-skating, curling or other in-season sports. * Once you have worked out a The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times end statutory holide ted). of C ity ' 'sp Publish- 3 Associotion, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau r F Cireviction and the Onterio Provincia! Dollies Association. Cenadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news ee oe eee Serene eo We ee news published therein. All FA Puy = oe : % r specia Sgotches cre also reserved. 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Do your weekend shopping on foot if possible. Begin your exércise routine with a walk to your doctor's office for a physical examination; he will tell you if some forms of exercise should be avoided. Finally, try that most difficult form of exercise, pushing yourself away from the table to avoid over- weight, Other Editors' Views IGNORANT VOTING (Hamilton Spectator) What is the wisdom of gimmicks which urge voters to go to the polls on election day. We see no virtue, for instance, in the cry of 'Vote as you like, but vote., If he votes with no knowledge of the candidates and the issues than if he does not vote at all. The premise of ignor- ance is not a sound one for demo- cracy. Bible Thought This is the love of God that we we His commandments. -- I, John 3. If men say they love God and fail to keep His commandments us revealed in His Word, they lie. If we love God we will keep His cum- mandments. f a: ap uote aba oy Drug Industry To Come Under Further Inquiry ¥ KEN KELLY OTTAWA (CP)--The drug in- dustry, focus of attention for several years during an aati- combines inquiry, comes under further scrutiny in 1963, partly as a result of the thalidomide keting and sale of drugs in Can- ada. Decision to launch this in- aquiry followed parliamentary approval of a bax on the sale of thalidomide, blamed for deform- ities in about 60 Canadian babies born to mothers who used the drug during early pi aney. While thalidomide dominated the health field in 1962, consid- erable attention also was di- rected to two other develop- ments--an alarming rise in in- fectious hepatitis and the with- drawal and later reinstatement of Sabin oral polio vaccine. Hepatitis, a virus disease af- fecting the liver, began a increase several years In the Commons, Health Min- ister Monteith recommended such control measures as in- creased personal and home cleanliness, care with eating and other utensils used by any- one ill with the disease, rigid enforcement of public sanitary OTTAWA REPORT Gordon Outburst Serious Protest By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The burning of effi. gies of CNR President Donald Gordon by French-speaking Ca- nadian students was no mere childish prank of the Christmas On the contrary, it is REPORT FROM U.K. Courses Arranged For Shop Stewards By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Large employers of labor are becoming more deeply concerned about their in. dustrial relations, and particu- larly the part which the shop stewards play in keeping these relations either harmonious or in a state of turmoil. That is why six well-known large firms, employing a total of well over 10,000 men, are holding a resi- dential course of lectures and informal discussions for a group of shop stewards from their plants, and are paying the whole cost of the venture. The trade union workers, whose ages range from 27 to 53, are attending this five-day course which is being held at the 800 - year - old Missenden Abbey, a Buckinghamshire Adult Education College. And, except for tea breaks and time out for two meals, these shop stewards are putting in a 12-hour day in an intensive program of lectures and infor- mal discussions, MONEY WELL SPENT The six firms involved are paying substantially for this ex- periment in the training of shop stewards, but they consider it is money well spent. The fee for five days' residence and for the course is $32. Apart from this, the firms, which, like the shop stewards, prefer not to' be named are making up the men's full wages and paying their fares to Great. Missenden. Pocket money, also paid by the employers, varies from $4.50 per week to $4.50 a day. At least one man was given carte blanche by his employers to put in his own bill for expenses. The program is a broad one, covering many aspects of indus- tril relations. Strike actio#, the redundancy implications of auto- mation over the next five years, and occupational diseases are among the controversial topics on the daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. agenda. Tape recordings are made of YOUR HEALTH Many Wrong Ideas About Epileptics Sia By JOSEPH G. MOLNEK, MD The old belief that adults with epilepsy are more accident- prone or miss work more fre- quently has been proved to be wrong, according to recent sur- veys. "One study," Dr. Harry E. Carnes writes in a publication, Therapeutic Notes, has shown that their safety and attendance records, as well as job attitudes, are better than average. It's doubtless wise (as he points out) for epileptics not to work at heights or around mov- ing machinery. However, with medications now in use, 80 per cent of epileptics can eliminate or control seizures to such an extent that there is no interfer- ence with normal jobs. It is significant that there are enough epileptic workers to make possible comparative sur- veys, becau.: for a long time such people had great difficulty in [pose jobs or when they did find employment, they kept their epilepsy a secret. Today great progress has been made in the old habit of hiding epilepsy. Except in extreme cases, this ailment is no excuse for depriving a person of a chance to earn a living and pur- sue a normal life. The change has beer long in coming. I remember easily when a few communities started special schools for epileptics. These schools denoted progress because in many places victims of epilepsy weren't even allowed to attend classes. But now we've gone a step further. These special institu- tions have been converted to other uses, and the former pu- pils there now attend regular schools. We're making head- way! Dr. Carnes brings out another valuable point. When epilepsy appears in adult life, prompt and careful diagnosis is urgent, From the age of 18 or 20 up to about 35, its most frequent cause). is brain injury; next is the pres- ence of a brain tumor. From 25 to 45 per cent of brain tumor Patients will have epileptic seiz- ures. After the age of 35 the most prevalent causes, in order of fre- quency, are tumors, head in- juries, and bardening of the ar- : teries. After 55, hardening of the arteries ranks first, followed by tumors, and then injuries and other such causes. The precepts, as I see them, are these: e person who has epilepsy from childhood (or from birth) has an excellent chance of adjusting to normal life provided he makes .regular use of medicines now available; second, those who first notice the symptoms in adult life should waste no time in getting expert attention, because with prompt treatment many of them can have the trouble corrected, Dear Dr. Molner: Is it possible for cigarets to cause muscular cramps and soreness I have arthritis of the neck but the symptoms stop when I quit smoking and begin again if I resume.--L.B. Yes, smoking can produce odd symptoms in certain individuals. Nicotine also has quite an affect on the blood vessels. Your ob- servation makes sense. the speeches of the shop stew- ards, so that they can spot their own speaking faults and man- nerisms and rectify them, One member confessed that he had just made his first speech and found it no ordeal, One of the shop stewards, in summing up his thoughts on the course, said: "We were a bit suspicious and skeptical at first. But the lectures and discussions have come as something of a revela- tion to some of us. It is a good thing to see ourselves as others see us. We have had some good wrangles, with no holds barred, across the table, and not every. thing we have learned is to the employers' advantage. We all know a lot more about the law as it affects unions and the men than we did at the beginning of the course." CLEAR THINKING The course was opened by Griffiths, MP for Lianelly, a Labor member. The two organ- izing tutors, G, F. Thomas and E. E. Coker, are from Slough College, although in the. infor- mal atmosphere the tern' tutor is_a misnomer, Said Mr, Thomas: "One of our greatest aims is to get some clear thinking that is not governed by the emotions that the factory floor can en- gender. I think all the members of the group have seen how the most trivial thing can get out of hand when employers and unions have no clear way of communicating with each other, and understanding each other's problems." Similar courses to this one are to be held im February and March, and already most of the eg have been taken for both ates, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan, 2, 1963... Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to conquer Mount Ev- erest, reached the South Pole overland five years ago today--in 1958--the first man to make such a jour- ney since Capt. Robert Scott 46 years previously. Sir Ed- mund and his four New Zealand companions com- pleted the 1,200-mile trek with only enough gasoline left to cover 20 miles in their snow tractors, 1908 -- A branch of the Royal Mint was established in Ottawa, 1955--President Jose An- tonia Remon of Panama was assassinated. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Alex G. Storie was installed as Worshipful Master of Cedar Lodge AF and AM 270 for 1938. Members of the Oshawa' Ssot- tish Rite Club, of which he was a member, attended the cere- mony in a body. Lyman Gifford and Henry Hazell qualified as candidates for reeve of East Whitby for 1938. The old city hall was packed to capacity for a meeting to hear the municipal election can- didates, Reeve Fred T. Rowe was elected aper of Whitby by ac- clamation for 1938. Oshawa Kinsmen Club provid- ed a splendid Christmas party for the children at the Shelter. Inspector 0. M. Alger and Ma- tron Ida Carr distributed the gifts. Van Valliant, chairman, Robert Lundy, Walter Branch, Russell Storks and Sam Collis were fhe Club's committee William Nesbitt, chief con- stable of Port Perry for the past 15 years, died while in Toronto for the Christmas holi- days. Organized labor selected 11 candidates for municipal of- fices; six for aldermen; three for the Board of Education and two for the Public Utilities Com- mission. - Gus Jackson, John Fisher, Frank Carr and Stanley Ward were elected officers of the Osh- awa Motorcycle Club for the 1938 season. W. M. Letcher, warden of On- tario County for 1937, was re- elected reeve of Port Perry for a sixth term by acclamation. Forty - six candidates were nominated for aldermen, eight for the mayoralty, thirteen for Board of Education and seven for Public Utilities Commission. Alex C. Hall, A. S, McLeese, S. R. Alger and A. N. Sharp qualified as mayoralty candi- dates. r widely regarded in political cir- cles here as a serious protest by French - speaking Canada against the English - speaking conspiracy to subjugate Quebec. We can be sure that this is no new situation suddenly develop- ing, no chance temporary dis- coloration of .he Canadian scene which can, like a snowfall, be made to disappear by the breath of a warm wind of camaraderie. But what we must guard against, in the view of many wise and worried figures on Par. liament Hill, is the risk that Quebec's warning may now be aggravated by a_ supercilious stance by English-speaking Can- ada, with the result that tempers lead to an irreparable cleavage in Confederation, We are now within sight of our 100th birth- day as a nation. But we are also within sight of our complete and final collapse as one nation. The path we take from this unex- pected and underestimated crossroad in our history will de- pend upon the wisdom and toler- ance of our political leaders in the weeks ahead. NO FAIR BREAK This column has_ recently drawn attention to one smail and overlooked but typical. ex- ample of prejudice against our French-speaking. fellow - Cana- dians. There are 32 posts in the federal government service of the very tiptop rank of deputy minister of its equivalent. Just three' of these were until re- cently held by French-speaking Canadians, of whom one has just died. Yet that race, in Quebec and now overspilled extensively into New Brunswick, Ontario and with scattered communities elsewhere, makes up about one- third of our population. Why does that race not enjoy the prestige and power of one-third of 'those senior civil service posts One answer frequently given in this and similar cases, such as by the now detested Donald Gordon, is that French-speakin; Canadians are not educated ai trained up to the standard which would qualify them for such posts, This is complete balder- dash, of course, On this argu- ment, half the delegates at the United Nations should not be permitted to participae in he work of that body, and our own prime minister should not have been allowed to assume that of- fice when he did, never having sat in cabinet before. So obvious and _ steel-bound and outrageous is the discrimin- ation against the French here yo that one senior official well known to me recently told. me that only the mouths of his chil- dren keep him at work here. "Otherwise" he said, "I would move to the States where no- body would care if my name is Guillaume or Mactavish or Du- blinsky." B.N.A. OUTDATED Our constitution is the British North America Act. This pre- scribes, in section 133, that either the English or the French language may be used in any federal or Quebec legislative as- sembly or court. At that time, this was fair and reasonable, But the overspill of French-Ca- nadians into other provinces now establishes a. reasonable case for the recognition in other provinces too of our bilingual, bi-racial and bicultural nature as a nation. This situation was unex- pectedly and thoroughly aired in the closing debate of the House FOLLOWED THE MAGI LONDON (CP).-- West End caterer Harold Kerswell -- pre- sented friends this Christmas with a small box containin three vials--one of gold, one a frankincense and one of myrrh. "Christmas cards are so un- original," he says. WARNER WILLIAMS SERVICE CENTRE REPAIRS TO ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES! 178 BOND E. 725-3531 of Commons before the Christ- mas holiday. There were distinct signs that it might become the subject of partisan politics, might even be selected as the chosen battleground between the parties. That way can lead only to disaster and disconfederation. Either Canada recognizes all Ca- nadians as equal, or the now in- alienable right of self-determina. tion will take out of confedera- tion whatever minority group finds itself condemned to per- manent second class citizenship within confederation. Confederation was our act of faith in 1867, heralding our be- lief that we can create one na- tion within our borders, We must fulfil that dream of our ancestors, by compromise and tolerance as necessary. None of us would benefit by, a splinter- ing of our ten provinces today. Many politicians are indeed gravely worried by this unex- pected but overdue swelling up of this great issue. No complete estimate was ever made public by federal health authorities of the num- ber of birth deformities thought to be associated with use of tha- ference in Ottawa in mid-Aug- ust, the federal government of- fered to share with the prov- inces rehabilitation and other costs to parents of deformed babies. DRUG BANNED : When Parliament met in Sep- tember, the government intro- duced legislation to ban thalido- mide and opposition parties pressed for an inquiry into the nsing of com mittee investigate the whole field of introduction, sale and marketing of drugs in Canade. seest wor blag, SODA ae ernment was or a report from the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission which ends Jan. 21, QUEEN'S PARK Last Year Proved Puzzling, Confused By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Good - bye 1962, What kind of year really were you here? i You started out as a bawling, brawling infant fighting over crime in the province. And you ended up still fight. ing, of course» but not so lustly. Your last few weeks were rel- atively quiet. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT You did some exceptional things which you will be remem- bered for in later years. You put on the road a program of economic development which we have sorely needed -- and which already has had some out- standing success. You gave us every assurance that Ontario will have a pro- gram of medical insurance-- though leaving it to the future gg just what shape it will ake. You saw a government which hadn't lost a by-election in 19 years, lose four of them. And two were reversals. And you saw Premier Robarts complete his first year in office.. NO FUN But you weren't too much of a "fun" year, PB. really weren't too inter- ing. There wasn't much color to u. You. did have the brawl over crime. And there were a few mo. ments of good fighting in the house, But even your by-elections were relatively quiet. And ex- cept for crime you didn't come pa with any 'big main-bout is- ues. How much you s things to come it will take future to say, You didn't have a general election--or even tell us when we will have one. You shook up the cabinet here -rand left it yo r and in what looks to be better shape. This could mean you did quit 8 lot for our big problems in ed- ucation, municipal affairs, labor etc, But just how much remains to + ie adds tly dpoealiiin tote 'ou made lon Liberals and = very ob- viously stronger. But whether you left either or both strong enough to upset the government can only be told by an eection. At first glance you would ap- pear to have been not too ime rtant a year as years go. ut also it is to be admitted that you were puzzling. CALL 728-5123 LLOYD REALTY (Oshawa) sichgieeeatinnememeneneee collection. CITY OF OSHAWA Christmas Tree Pick-Up In order to facilitate the disposal of Christmas Tress discarded after the Holiday Season in the City of Oshawe, the City Works Department has arrang- ed a special collection during the week of JANUARY 7th TO Tith INCLUSIVE Christmas Trees should be put out during the abo-e- mentioned week only and et the same time and in the seme place as the garboge for the regular NO CHRISTMAS TREES WILL BE COLLECTED AT TIMES OTHER THAN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. Dealer's leftover stock of trees will not be taken. Realtor 101 Simcoe North F. E. Crome, P. Eng., City Engineer.