The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

it . "ul Associated. Press or sree Co a Rear 2028 hi LPM TET ELLE ONO S She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Mayor Stresses Economy And Woods-Gordon Plan Mayor Lyman Gifford's inaugural address was divided between posi- tive and negative proposals. On the positive side were the references to the Woods, Gordon report, the traffic survey report and a city parking authority.. On the negative side -- but only in the sense of a refraining from action -- was the stressing of the need for economy and the holding down of the tax rate. Mayor Gifford, who had previous- ly spoken in favor of a city-man- ager system for Oshawa, could be expected to approve of the Woods, Gordon recommendation that the city hire a director of operatiuns. He did. In his address he said: "I believe the Woods, Gordon report to be most comprehensive and up until a very short time ago, I did not have the opportunity to go over it in detail. However, I do feel that it deserves serious consideration, more particularly where it recom- mends a director of operations. I would strongly favor the appoint- ment of such a man immediately, realizing that his duties must be spelled out by this council first. When this is done, a good start would be made on the adoption of this report and we would then find that other portions of it would automatically fall into place, Mem- bers of council could then give more attention to matters of policy and divorce itself from a great deal of detail." ' There will probably be general approval of the mayor's emphasis on strict economy and the curbing of the tax rate. There is no doubt that the city must do some penny- pinching, loaded as it is with sub- stantial debt. Indeed, even if there were no debt at all, thriftiness would be called for, if only to prevent the smallest waste of the public's money. At the same time, what must be borne in mind is that penny- pinching can sometimes be costly. Oshawa has a substantial public debt because it has had to cope with the costs of dynamic growth. That growth is still under way. If the demands of growth are dammed up for too long, the accumulated costs not only will come as a Shattering shock to the city's financial structure but will probably be greater than they would have been. if rated over a longer period. Search For Silence Many municipalities will be keep- ing a close watch on the effective- ness of Toronto's new anti-noise bylaw, which was passed against the advice of the Ontario Depart- ment of Transport. The Depart- ment, which has done some research on the subject, says that there is as yet no effective way of measur- ing city noise so that the require- ments of law and justice can be met. The question, how loud is a noise? is just as hard to answer as, How long is a piece of string? Nevertheless, if Toronto can do something to curb street noise, it will earn the plaudits of suffering citizens all across the country, and at least a start will have been made to curb one of the great excesses of our time. Some researchers now suspect that deafness is not strictly an in- firmity of old age, but the result of years of erosion by constant noise of the hearing mechanism. In other words, it is an infirmity of "civi- lized man". A Dr. Plester of the Dusseldorf Medical Academy has conducted experiments among primitive people whose ears have never been assaulted by the ma- chine-made noises of civilization, and he has found no deterioration in the hearing of aged tribesmen. Thus those who would control noise as far as possible in the cities are not only trying to save people's nerves; they may be help- ing to preserve hearing itself. The Montreal Gazette recently remark- ed: "Deafness may be nature's uwn desperate cure for too much noise." The Saturday Review's comment is apt: "We live at a time when thought alone represents the differ- ences between safety and total mad- ness. One of the prime requirements of such thought is privacy and a little silence, at least now and then. We will get it once we attach value to it." Burden Of Taxation An interesting line of study for the federal tax inquiry now going on would be the manner in which the English-speaking nations got themselves trapped by income taxes. A government can raise money by taxing income and by taxing con- sumption. The European govern- ments which 'have developed the strongest post-war economies have concentrated on consumption rather than income. Canada, the United States, Britain have concentrated on income. Canada ranks third in the world in the proportion of central govern- ment revenue raised by taxation of income -- and third in maximum tax rates imposed on personal in- 'come. These facts come out in an article on tax reform in the month- ly letter of the First National City | Bank of New York. In the United States 83.4 per C.. GWYN KINSEY, Editor le (established 1863), is published daily rculation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies : T. L. WILSON, Publisher The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronic! 3 (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). A s of Car Daily + Publish= ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Stole The Canadian Press is exclusively use of republication of all news Asséciation. on print Na in the paper credited to it or to The Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. : Thomson Building, 425 University Pi Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. i carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, ee ieamille, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince impton, Frenchman's Bay, iverpoo! ton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, rane Vadord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45c. per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) sutaide carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces and Commonwealth Gountries 15.00, | USA, end foreign 24.00, Albert, Maple Grove, Hi cent of federal revenues comes from taxes on income; in New Zealand the proportion is 66.5 per cent, and in Canada 65.0 per cent. As to the progressive taxation on personal in- comes, in the U.S. the maximum rate is 91.0 per cent, in the U.K. it goes up to 88.75 per cent, and here it reaches 80.0 per cent. The Letter makes the point that while a progressive income tax structure impairs economic growth, it brings in relatively little revenue from the upper brackets. In the U.S., taxable income that is sub- ject to an effective rate of only 20 per cent provides 86 per cent of receipts. In Canada two-thirds of Ot- tawa's revenue from this source is taken from persons whose incomes are subject to an effective rate of up to 21 per cent. The obvious argu- ment is, if the progressive rate were greatly modified, it would strength- en the national incentive to produce wealth, would reduce government income tax revenues by only a fraction, and could very quickly boost such revenues to new highs. The Letter states that high taxa- tion of business income discourages the incentive to invest, distorts bus- . iness judgment, and _ preoccupies businessmen with saving on taxes rather than with earning more in- come. High tax rates on individual income make it difficult for a man to accumulate risk capital for the formation of a new enterprise, en- courage a slackening of productive effort, or even withdrawal from the labor force of some of the ablest people. , Shi sy: ' OES Ss CITT SEE ASO EOCEU OCT OE SS GT OE OE EWG 'NOW LET'S GET YOU STARTED OFF RIGHT' REPORT FROM U.K. Population Down In London Proper By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Detailed figures for the 1961 census of London just issued by the General Reg- istrar Office, show that in the 10-year period between 1951 and 1961 the population of what is officially known as London de- clned by 147,472, to. 3,200,484. This represents a rate of de- crease of 0.45 per cent for each year. These figures cover what is known as the London Admin- istrative County, the City of London proper, and the 28 Met- ropolitan boroughs. The number of people resident in the City of London, that mile square area which encompasses the business and financial heart of Greater London, was given as only 4,767, At the other end of the scale, the borough of Wands- worth is listed as having the highest population, with a figure of 347,422. .Among the other large boroughs, from the stand- point of population: are: Isling- ton with 228,345; Lambeth with 223,763; and Lewisham with 221,. 753, The smallest of the bor- YOUR HEALTH Hormone Warning 'General Advice' By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: I have two large varicose veins the length of my leg. If I have these veins stripped, how great are the chances of new ones forming? <<" operation dangerous?-- Once the veins are stripped (removed surgically) they are gone for good. This does not mean that other veins cannot become varicose later, but it doesn't mean that they will, either. Sometimes removal of the faulty veins ends the trou- ble. As to the operation, there is some risk involved in any sur- gery, however, slight, but this ranks among the low-risk ones. Dear Dr. Moiner: For three years I have been taking andro- gen and estrogen once a month for Paget's disease» but lately I read that it is not advisable to continue hormones over a long period. Could you advise a bet- ter medicine?--Mrs. D.G. This warning about hormones was in the nature of general ad- vice, not specific, just as we would not advise the continued use of any medicine, even as- pirin, for long periods unless the need outweighed any possible objectionable features. One excellent example is hor- mon use by women having hot flashes in menopause. They get used to the relief afforded by hormones and don't realize that after a moderate time they don't need the medication any more. But they keep demanding hormones becatise they are afraid the hot flashes will re- turn. Or to take another example, some people become habitual "aspirin eaters" and may wind up with stomach irritation if they happen to be somewhat sensitive to this common drug. There can be _ unpleasant symptoms from over-use of hor- mones in some cases: Acceler- ated hair growth, or a tendency to develop either masculine or feminine characteristics, de- pending on the sex of the patient and the type of hormones. In your particular case, I would say: 1--You need the hor- mones, so keep taking them; 2 --I don't know the dose, but you are getting balanced male and female hormones which is a guard against putting your na- tural hormone balance out of equilibrium; 3 -- Your doctor knows all this, and is spacing your medication plus, I am sure, watching to see whether any undesirable symptoms ap- pear. The net advice: Keep on as you are and don't worry. Dear Dr. Molner: Is_ there danger in sitting in a closed car P fas the motor running?--Miss Yes, from. carbon monoxide poisoning. Any leak in exhaust gases into the car is dangerous. The risk is somewhat less when the car is moving because some of the fumes are blown away, but they may still be present. Carbon monoxide is odorless (other fumes may or may not warn that monoxide may be present with them) and only a very small concentration is needed to cause unconscious- ness and, in minutes, death. If you must sit in a parked car with the motor running, at least keep windows open. If there is a monoxide leak, it will be diluted by fresh air and drowsiness may then come on slowly enough to warn you. Re- member: You can't smell car- bon monoxide. Dear Dr. Molner: Can dam- age to hair roots result from use of the new type of hair dryers with plastic hoods?-- rs. E.S. No, oughs are Holborn with a popu- lation. of 22,008 and Finsbury with 32,887. INCREASE IN FOUR An increase in population was registered in only four of the boroughs, heading this list was Wandsworth, with an increase of 16,975, followed: by Hamp- stead, 3,713; Stoke Newington, 3,165, and Kensington, 3,112. All the others declined in pop- ulation. The largest. numerical loss was in St. Pancras, where the population fell by 18,522, but the smalier numerical losses in Bethnal Green» Bermondsey and Westminster represented great- ber proportional losses in terms of percentage. The report issued by the Gen- eral Registrar Office contains a number of other interesting facts concerning London's popu- lation. The average number of people living in London per acre was 42.7, This figure, however, varies a great deal between bor- oughs. In the city of London, for instance, where few people live, the density was as low as seven to the acre. Other areas with relatively low density of population were Woolwich, with 17.7 per acre; Greenwich, 22.1 per acre and Poplar, 28.4. These boroughs, however, include large areas used for non-residential pur- poses, HIGH DENSITY At the other end of the scale, however, boroughs with high density of population were Pad- dington, with 86.2 people to the acre; Southward, with 76.3 and Kensington with 74.7, In London, there were 1,124, 747 private households in 917,395 dwellings. This population occu- pied 4,010-914 rooms. The average figure of persons Per room worked out at 0.77, which varied for individual bor- oughs between 0.68 and 0.88. - In London as a whole, 11.5 per cent of the population in private househoids were living at a density of more than 1.5 per- sons per room, which, the re- port says, gives some measure of the crowded housing condi- tions, This proportion was con- siderably higher in Paddington, with 20.9 per cent; Kensington with 18.5 per cent and Islington with 17.7 per cent. It was much lower in the City of London at 3.3 per cent; Woolwich 3.8 per cent and Lewisham, 5.9 per cent. For a purely statistical docu- ment, this report gave a mass of interesting information on how and in what conditions the people of the British capital live, BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Alex S. McLeese was elected Mayor of Oshawa, defeating Alex C. Hall, S. R. Alger and A. N. Sharp, All six Labor candidates were elected to the City Council for 1938 with Alderman Clifford Harman heading the polls. Oth- ers elected were J, A, Coleman, Dr. G. L. Bird, John Stacey, E, E. Bathe, F. M. Dafoe, J. C, Anderson, William Walker, James Haxton and W. H, J. Harmer. E. A. Lovell, Dr. B..A. Brown, W. J. Naylor.and Dr. Hartley Lewis were elected to the Board of Education and N. C, Millman and S. J, Babe to the Public Utilities Commission. Oshawa won first place in the Canadian fire prevention con- test for 1937 for cities of from 25,000 to 100,000 population. W. A. Alchin retired as presi- dent of the Oshawa Horticul- tural Society. E.. Coakwell was elected his successor. Oshawa readers borrowed 136,957 books from the Public Library in 1937, Of that total, 95,939 were borrowed from the adult section and 41,018 from the juvenile. Milton J. Cork, president of Loblaw Groceterias Limited, presided at the opening of the new Loblaw Marketeria, 29 Simcoe street south. The Regimental Band of the Ontario Regiment opened a ser- ies of band concerts in the Regent Theatré under the di- = of Bandmaster J. Broad. ent. Dr. Stanley J. Phillips was elected chairman of the Osh- awa Board of Education at its inaugural meeting for 1938. Dog licence collections in 1937 amounted to $4265 to set a re- cord for the city. The number of tags issued was 1302. Walter Branch was installed as 1938 president of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club, Lyman Gifford was elected reeve of East Whitby Township with a majority of 105 over Henry Hazell, . + OTTAWA REPORT Capital Survives 'The Big Freeze' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- People living in Ottawa today will prou re. count to their grandchildren how they survived the historic New Year's celebrations at the close of the year 1962. It wasn't the parties that men- aced us, although engagement books show that Ottawans were hosts and guests at more con- viviality than ever before. No, the danger lay in leaving the gay and hospitable warmth of a party to return home. The year - end newspapers headlined the trouble briskly: "Bitter cold and blizzards hit Ontario. No relief expected un- til 1963." So Ottawa was not alone in the Big freeze, But Ottawa, with no settlement bigger than a cluster of igloos between it- self and the North Pole, gen- erally feels very much chiller than othr Ontario centres. At this time of the year, we Ot- tavans envy balmy Oshawa with its lakeshore beaches, and mg deep in the Banan Other parts of Canada felt the year-end chill too, as did the Old Countries in the Old World. One Ottawa newspaper _re- ported: "It was cold today in the Yukon, High temperatures for the day were 51 below at Dawson City, 44 below at Snag, and 34 below at Whitehorse," Does that make you shiver? Well, here in Ottawa it was 66 below, or a mere 98 degrees of frost on the Fahrenheit scale, when I switched on my car on New Year's Eve, (It's a Chev- rolet, it started--Ad.) DEGREES DON'T COUNT "Sixty - six below in Ottawa? That's impossible!" you may say. Well, it was the equivalent of 66 below when you take into account the Wind Chill Factor which I, as a shivering veteran QUEEN'S PARK Ontario Liberals Take Big Chance By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The Ontario Lib- erals are living dangerously. The party, as you have read, has scheduled a '"'policy" con- ference for late this month. It is to be a wide open affair. Delegates will' attend from all over the province -- more than 1,200 are expected. And all are being invited to give their views on policy and party platform, HIGHLY DEBATABLE To the observer this is invit- ing sudden death. The question of party "'policy conferences" has always been controversial in our politics. It has been the custom of the CCF--NDP to hold them, For the most part the older parties have not held them--at least provincially. And the question of whether they are wise to attempt them probably will always be debat- able. LEADER "LEADS"? One reason for this is that traditionally in our country the political leaders have set the party programs and policies and have lived or died on them. The more firmly this has been followed the more success- ful the men and their parties have been. One good reason for this is that it is almost impos- sible for conventions to really set policy. Delegates can express opin- ions on what they think the pub- lic wants. But the greater share of them are always totally ignorant of the practicalities of providing these things. And too often their opinions are based on what they think might. appeal to the public -- their ideas on good "bait" -- rather than in any firm belief in the real wants. THE ECCENTRICS Aside from this any party holding any such public, catch- as - catch - can, policy meeting suffers the danger of being damned by its eccentrics. At any meeting eccentrics can be the loudest talkers, and political parties have more than their share of them. And unhappily their proposals and opinions can often be the most widely réported part of their proceedings. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 9, 1963... Sir Anthony Eden re- signed as British prime min- ister six years ago today-- in 1957 -- because of ill health. The resignation came less than three months after the Anglo -F rench invasion of Egypt during the Suez both in Britain and abroad crisis of 1956. The action raised a storm of anger and Eden came under ex- treme pressure in Parlia- ment. He was ordered to rest and went on holiday to Jamaica but shortly after his return he resigned and Harold Macmillan took over the government. 1873 -- Napoleon the Third died. 1816 -- The Davey safety lamp was first used in a coal mine. And stamped in at least part of the public mind is the belief that the party itself stands for whatever whacky thing they may have been espousing. It is true that in the U.K, the Political parties do have na- tional policy conferences. But there both the press and the public are politically more ma- ture. They can pretty well put a crack-pot in his proper slot. But here they are dangerous things to play around with. FE pe gO el BE Sat, ee! = pea IO go eng ee Yom 4 to It took the highly Canadian Army to measure what the E and the fur-traders had for centuries without aritl fai fet ing le ic, had to know just when to up battle and concentrate bare survival. So the army up a new system of the effective t i z Sey rsged. uty 3 8 gs reli 2a te eS em) the but _unscientifie discove cold feels much colder is a strong wind blowing too. As the army's pamphlet Arctic Survival asserts: " perature alone does not give a true picture of the relative com- fort of outdoor activities." Hu- man comfort depends upon the rate at which heat is los the body. The number ories which will burn up square metre of skin in is called the Wind Chill At a WCF of 100, one can bath in comfort; but when the WCF rises to 1400, exposed flesh will freeze. e OTTAWA BRRRH! Normal January conditions on the airfields at Vancouver, Ot- és i tae 38 Zoo aif: oe a= ey tawa and Winnipeg rere es, ¢ tt iS show WCFs of 780, 1450. tawa, the temperature was a not unbearable nor unusual 15 below. But the wind blew:at a rare and bitter 35 miles an hour. That combined to give an intolerable WFC of just over 2,000, which is equivalent to 66 below in still air, At that WFC, according to that same army pamphlet, "exposed areas of flesh freeze within one minut, Travel, and life in a tempora: shelter, becomes dangerous. Ignorant and perhaps blissful, the entire population of Ottawa was risking danger in order to travel that night. With that memorable Big Freeze now not more than chapped ears and broken finger nails, Ottawans are thinking of petitioning: the local meteorolo- gists to announce not the tem. perture which we can expect, but the Wind Chill Factor which we must fear--just as they do way up north at Fort Churchill, GALLUP POLL Few Changes Observed In Political (World Copyright Reserved BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Liberal gains in party favor as reported last October have not continued. Today's figures are much the same as they were at that time with Liberals ahead on a national basis by 15 per cent of the popular vote. Nationally, the NDP remains at a lower level than the June elec- tion, with Social Credit at about the same standing. Standing Today's report, the second re. On New Year's Eve in Ot- leased by the Poll since the ., Federal Election is based on the classic Gallup Poll ques- tion: : "If a Federal election were held today which party's candi- date do you think you would favor?" Columns below compare party standings reported periodically throughout 1962, with the actual vote in the June election. Progressive Liberals N.D.P. Social Conservative Credit January 1962 March May June 16th June 18th election (Actual Vote) October January 1963 Regionally, Conservative forces have gained slightly to Ontario and Quebec, since Octo- remaining at about the same figure in the West. Liber- als show no change in Ontario with a slight increase in Que- bec and a fairly stationary posi- and Other 12% 8% ul 8 9 8 12 14 14 12 9 ll 10 il tion in the West. Social Credit has dropped a little in Quebee but has gained in the West since the June election. The NDP today is below its stand- ing in the June election in Que. bec, Ontario and the West. other im for detailed literature, A reicenet ie Plan for Individuals By joining the Guaranty Trust Retirement Savings Plan, you become eligible to deduct up to $2,500 or 10% of your earned income (whichever is the lesser) from your 1962 taxable income. Any person earning an income may join this plan; Find out how it gives you the opportunity to share and profit in the future growth of Canada . . . mini- mizes the effects of inflation which could lower the value of future pension dollars and provides many ant benefits, "Phone, or visit our office GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA 32 KING ST. E, 728-1653 Ist- 1Sth 9,86 49.28 98.55 492.75 985.50 $ 10.00 50.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 Cost in Janua 16th- 'Yara. 22nd 9.87 49.32 98.64 493.20 986.40 The discount allowed above is for the use of mone first instalment and in no way affects the CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF OSHAWA TAX PREPAYMENT RECEIPTS To be applied in payment of 1963 Taxes, may be purchased in multiples of $10.00 at the office of the City Treasurer at the following rates: Cost In February Ist- 7th $ 9.89 49.43 98.86 494.30 988,60 8th. 14th 9.90 49.48 98.96 494.80 989.60 31st 9.88 49.39 98.77 493.85 987.70 y from the periods shown to date of the Cost in March Ist- 16th- | 15th 31st 9.94 9.96 49.68 99.36 496.80 993.60 15th- 28th 9.92 49.58 99.15 495.75 991.50 entitling a te to first instalment. Purchase early and obtain th for paying additional instalments with the @ maximum discount. G. Assistant Treasurer on the tex bill W. ELFORD, 4 29 ~- Lar 4 ' Ce LN MOLEC LEA PERO REDS HM wows moved ne lad