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She Oshawa Gunes 2 Published by Canadian Newspopers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Reliance Of Government On Management 'Horde' Viscount Amory, British High Commissioner in Canada, expressed the view the other day that democ- ratic parliaments the world over could be in danger of losing control of their affairs to a growing horde of professional managers in the civil service. He had an interested audience-- the Professional Institute of the Public Service, an organization made up largely of engineers and scientists employed by the federal government. He emphasized, of course, that he based his opinion only on his experience in Britain, but clearly it applied to all parlia- ments. He could have included totali- tarian as well as democratic states in his view of the growing power of the professional managers. Premier Khrushchev makes lengthy policy pronouncements, but the per- formance is in the hands of his state executives; he can fire them, but he cannot dispense with them. He is the boss, but he is also de- pendent on his hirelings -- at least as dependent as the premiers freely chosen by their people. The fact which must be faced is that as soon as there is a govern- ment apparatus, there must be people to run it on a permanent basis -- people who are professional executives and administrators and technicians, people who do not live from one election to the next, The more responsibility shifted by the individual: from himself to govern- ment, the bigger and more intricate the apparatus will be, and the greater the need for the executives and administrators. Framing the legislation for a health scheme, for example, can be done successfully by serious legislators after some research; but making that scheme work from day to day calls for specialized knowledge and training. No one has yet suggested how we can have governments looking after us from the cradle to the grave without the horde of professional managers deplored and, rightly, feared by the High Commissioner. A Difference In Food In a message for Health Week, which is celebrated during the first week in April, Dr. M. G. Candau, director-general of the World Health Organization, draws attention to the health problems that spring from the amount of food available to people in different parts of the world. He notes that the theme chosen for this year's World Health Day (April 7) is "Hunger, Disease of Millions," and says, "I hope that the events in which so many people throughout the world will be taking part will help, forward the great Freedom from Hunger campaign launched by the Food and Agricul- ture Organization of the United Nations." He continues: In the developing countries to- day, many people do not have or simply cannot afford meat, fish, eggs, milk or nutritious vegetable foods to go with the usual cereal; widespread malnutrition results which brings low resistance to disease and diminished working capacity. All this adds to the na- tional burdens of ill health and economic loss. In the affluent societies, on the contrary, obesity is widespread and seems to be becoming prevalent. Greater quantities of high quality food are available, while people do less and less physical work, take less exercise and eat more than they really need, What applies generally in the more highly developed coun- tries applies also among the well- to-do in the developing countries. Obesity is associated with a high incidence of the middle-age type of diabetes. Furthermore pronounced overweight increases susceptibility to diseases of the heart and blood- vessels, which are the most fre- quent causes of death in the highly developed countries. Thus it appears that while one half of the world suffers from hunger and malnutrition the other half faces problems created by pos- sible over-nutrition. The balance surely needs to be set right. Arabs Tough On Reds Long before the Communists took over, Russia had greedy eyes on the Middle East, the Milwaukee Journal notes. Since World War II, and especially since the Suez crisis, the Russians have tried to gain influ- ence in the area,by posing as guar- dians and benefactors of the Arabs. It hasn't worked, and today Rus- sia's status in the Middle East 1s at a new low, the Journal points out. The Arab leaders see domestic Com- munists as potential traitors and constant troublemakers. The Com- munist party, therefore, has all but been booted out of the Arab coun- tries. The new regimes of Syria, Yemen and Iraq are running down their Communists and getting rid of them. In Iraq it has been a bloody busi- ness -- so bloody that in Moscow "spontaneous" riots have broken out before the Iraqi embassy, which has been a target of snowballs and . She Oshawa Times - T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Ti established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette 'and ct ynicle (establisnea 1863) is published daily Li Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou ef Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dallies Association. Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news t in the credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocal mews published therein, All rights of special des- potches ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ing, Bi Boh bo ah Brooking Port tay" Fi , Maple Frenchman's 425 University Cothcart Street, A a . mot over Ontario) @utside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other ommonwealth Gountries USA, end foreign 24.00, assied ink bottles. It wasn't so spontane- ous, of course, that the police weren't able to arrive well in ad- vance of the rioters and set up barricades and decide where anti- Iraqi signs could best be posted. Syria has announced that it in- tends to smash its home grown Communists "without mercy." President Nasser of the United Arab Republic, of course, has long banned the party. Russia tended to overlook the Nasser ban and tried to woo him with sizable aid and military equip- ment. But it has had little' success. Nasser's government has become increasingly friendly to the west and to the United States. There are signs that Russia's policy toward the Middle East is now changing. United Nations sour- ces gay that the Soviet foreign ministry has asked Soviet satellites to "get tough" with the Arabs. The policy of. playing at being 'friends hasn't worked. Other Editors' Views HOME TRUTH . Kitchener-Waterloo Record Speaking in his home riding of Prince Albert where he was being nominated, Prime Minister Diefen- baker made the flat assertion that if Canadians want more social ben- efits they are going to have to work harder to get them. This is the political equivalent of announcing that there is no Santa Claus, and the viewpoint is so rad- ical that most of the readers of the story must have had to take a second look to believe what they read, F 'Ul REPORT FROM U.K. New Railway Look | To Include Clothes By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The new look of Dr. Beeching's 'British Rail- ways is to be extended far be- yond" the rolling stock and physical properties of the rail- way. It is going right down to the uniforms of. the railway staffs, and a whole range of new type uniforms has been specially designed for the use of every one from the top YOUR HEALTH station-masters down to the humblest railway porter. Instead of the traditional navy blue which has been worn by railway workers for years, they will have continental style grey uniforms, For summer - time wear, the porters will have slip- over jackets, or smocks, with black and yellow striped sleeves. No longer will the station- masters. appear in morning coats and tile hats when im- portant personages are travel- Love Ice Cream 'But Have Doubts By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My 'us- band and I are great lovers of ice cream, In summer we eat approximately two gallons a week. Friends have told me that a great deal of ice cream can cause too much cholesterol in the blood, thereby resulting in heart attacks. What is your opinion? -- MRS, I. M. H. Personally I think that the out of hand. However, the evidence seems to be valid that fatty sub- stances (cholesterol is one) are found in the plaques (or globby deposits) which form on or in the linings of our arteries. Over the years, these de- posits gradually increase, faster in some of us, slower in others. This «is called atherosclerosis, or thickening, and hence par- tial obstructing, of the arteries. I wouldn't try to argue that the problem doesn't have some bearing on heart attacks. It builds up a condition in which some portion of the coronary heart arteries can more easily become clogged and cause a heart attack. * But now let's look at the problem another way. The quantity of fats we eat can in- fluence the amount deposited in the arteries--less the amount we burn up in energy. Arctic explorers have lived for long periods om mostly seal meat and blubber, which are high in fats. But the men burned up much of it in exercise and in keeping their bodies warm. There wasn't much left to settle in the arteries. Therefore I can't see much point in being tco concerned over cholesterol or other fats in the diet if we are doing some of the other important . things, like getting regular ex- ercise. ; The character who sits in an easy chair and pontificates or "cholesterol," and. gets no ex- ercise and is fat as a pig, doesn't swing much influence with me. He's getting too much fat, regardless of how he tink- ers with the kind of food he eats. But the fellow who gets some exercise, follows a few other simple rules of health, and keeps his weight within fair limits--well, I doubt if he has. much need to worry about what particular kind of fat he @en- sumes. So now let's get back to eat- ing ice cream. Your two gallons a week, for two people, translates into a pint of milk a day for each of you--more or less, but that's close enough. jo addition, if you eat lots of pork chops, fried potatoes, thickly - spread butter, bacon for breakfast, etc., you are cer- tainly getting too much choles- terol-producing materials and you'll probably pay for it, if not with a heart attack, then in some other way. On the other hand, if the rest of your diet is sensible,,and you use up sufficient calories (from fat and all of your food), I can't see anything to complain about. How do you know whether you're too high or too low? I'd say the bathroom scales will give you a good answer. If you are overweight, cut down on the ice cream--and other things. If you are slim, trim and ac- tive, go ahead the way you are. To my way of thinking, the bathroom scales are more im- portant than a lot of learned 'chatter'? on cholesterol. Dear Dr. Molner( What is the proper weight for a woman 51 years old, five feet, 3 inches tall?--Mrs. Ry)M. L, Depending-jon natural build (light or heavy bone structure) ali between 113 and 4 £ a fa a HLL NED HIM ling. They will in future wear what is described as "a well- cut suit', with a bowler hat, or a peaked gold-braided cap. ___ The new uniforms for various grades of railway workers have been on display at the London Design Centre on Haymarket, and are attracting a good deal of attention, because they are so different from the traditions of the past, : George Williams, chief de- sign officer of the British Rail- ways Board, said: "The general idea is to have a less military and more casual cut to the uniforms. British Railways has not got a public image. This is something it is determined to get, and I think it can begin to get it with the new uniforms." The. new uniforms, said Mr. Williams, will be introduced gradually. It is aimed to have between 500 and 600 men at five or six of the main stations equipped with them this year. The uniforms are of . better material than the old ones, and the men's unions have reacted very favorably to them. Some of the railway workers, however, are not so happy about the changes, particularly the men with 30 to 40 years of service. At one station which I visited in London, not one of the ticket collectors, inspectors or porters approved of the mew outfits they will have to wear. One porter said that the color scheme is all wrong for the work porters have to do. The new uniforms, he felt, would be filthy in no time. One ticket collector said he was quite satisfied with the present uniforms, but that they should be better cut and made of better cloth. TOP HATS Stationmasters will be sorry to see the traditional top hats go. Mr. Williams said he did not know if it would be, aban- doned for good, but thought it was a bit archaic. "I would not expect to see a top hat at London Airport," he said, 'so I do not think we want it on Fritish Railways." But R. A. Slater, station- master at King's Cross Station in London admitted he would be sorry to abandon his top hat. He said "it has been associated with London stations for so many years. I think a top hat is also an advantage from a ptb- licity point of view. Everyone knows who the stationmaster is, and Americans love to see them worn." BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Maj. H. E. Smith, past presi- dent of the Rotary Club, gave an address to the Kinsmen Club on the difficulties of a newly- formed organization. A Volunteer Fire Department was organized in Westmount. J. H. Smithers was chosen presi- dent and H. S. Weeks, vice- president, of the organization. The city tax rate was fixed at 43% mills, which was a reduc- tion of half a mill from the pre- vious year's rate of 44 mills. The 26th anniversary of Vic- toria Lodge No. 55 was featured by a banquet under the leader- ship of Mrs. I. Follest. Dr. T. E. Kaiser, MP, was the guest speaker. William McKnight, life-long Oshawa resident, died at the age of 92. Oshawa Rotary Club enter- tained the farmers of -the dis- trict at Welsh's Parlors when the guest speaker was Dr. J. B. Reynolds of Guelph Agricultural College. Rotarian Dave Tod in- troduced the speaker and Ro- 'tarian Arthur Alloway thanked. him, Mrs. C. Barnes was re-elected president of the Parent-Teach- ers' Association of Westmount. Rev. G. W. Irwin of Cedar- dale Church was guest speaker at a supper meeting of the com- bined adult classes of ining Street United Church nday School. King Street Home and School Club held a successful Donny- brook Fair. George W.\Mc- Laughlin declared the fair open. The Oshawa Dairy Bowling League held a "get-together" when George Hart presented the prizes. John J. Burns was elected chairman of the Retail Mer- chants Council, a sub-committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The Parts Department of Gen- eral Motors held its third annual dinner at Welsh's Parlors. George W. McLaughlin was chosen president of the newly- organized Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. G, D, Conant, H. A. ° Brown, E. A. Lovell were vice- presidents, with F. L. Reddin, treasurer. OTTAWA REPORT ~ Packaging Found Puzzling Process By PATRICK NICHOLSON 'OTTAWA -- The Canadian housewife is utterly confused in the groceteria. I know she must be, because after two visits to the groceteria myself, and half an hour's hard figuring, I came down with a bad case of '"'housewife's hyper- tension" through trying to de- cide whether the giant 'size or the king size is the best buy. Yes, I had to make two visits to the groceteria, because the first time I did not think to take the necessary mathematician's slide-rule and pencil and paper to do the calculations, I was driven to make my own investigation by the way 500 women consumers took the of- 'fence against the representa- . tives of 100 Canadian manufac- turers at the National Con- sumer - Producer Conference. Senator Wallace McCutcheon, Canada's minister of trade, kicked off the talk at this conference arranged by his department. He heard many suggestions, but perhaps most interesting were three com- plaints, all from the girls with the: shopping baskets: "Confusing" packaging, ad- vertisements which deviate from biblical honesty, and '"'con- cealing" packaging, That one about "confusing" peccemes and the comeunan Idering pricing intrigued me, There are many lines on the _ groceteria shelves where the comestible is offered in pack- ages of different sizes. Tomato juice, for example, commonly comes in cans containing 20 ounces, 48 ounces or 105 ounces. Naturally, the per-ounce cost is slightly reduced for each larger container. Pos Barca are the bewilder- varieties of popped, puffed, flaked and crisped cereals eee for ~-- gag ese come regular, large and giant sizes, of perhaps 8, 12 and 16 ounces, Again, the larger the package, the cheaper the per-ounce price. The Sask- atchewan farmer receives less than 3 cents per pound for his top quality wheat. I noticed that transporting, husking, puffing, packaging and merchandising it adds 1,200 per cent to the price, but this provides jobs for many Canadians. It is in the field of laundering powders that the poor housewife really gets put through the marketing wringer. She might see on the groceteria shelves a profusion of similar-colored car- tons containing a detergent named, say, Super Soapy Sudsy. These cartons are of three "*READERS' VIEWS BUS SIGNS Dear Sir: In reply to "Another Sub- sidy Payer.' I would like to answer the @bove person's views with a couple of my own. Firstly, we do not install poli- tical parties signs on the buses on a charitable basis. Secondly, since the PUC began handling the advertise- ment franchise themselves (January, 1963), an added and much increased source of reve- nue has been realized, thereby helping to keep the bus sub- sidy to a reasonable level with- out affecting operating effi- cieney. The PUC doesn't make an extra cent for hydro pole adver- tising. BUS MECHANIC, Oshawa ANSWER TO PARENTS Dear Sir: The letter signed by the six, "Public School Parents" has attracted a good deal of atten- ticn. In Tuesday's "Times," an editorial dealt with it, Mr. Gearin devoted half his column to it, Mr. Pilkey replied to it, and' the Mayor congratulated the writers. To thre present writer, it is always delightful to observe signs of cultural resurgence, especially when it reaches the stage of real controversy. It was with pleasure, then, that he read the speech of Dr. Elliott, stung even to eloquence, on the subject of a recent Secondary School Panel. Perhaps a word of commiseration is due here to Mr. Hall and Mr. Coulter who have been so singularly, and maybe misleadingly, un- fortunate in the young people they have met. It would not be too difficult to produce, even from one class in OCCI, a good- ly number of recent graduates who do not fit the panelists' sorry categories. Not Shake- speares yet or Churchills, they have at least grasped the good in the gospel of Keats, wherein he says, "For any man whose soul is not a clod, hath visions and would speak, if he had but loved, and been well nurtured in his mother tongue." The letter from our angry "Parents" was a sad disappoint- ment; difficult to read, con- fused, repetitous, petulant, its theme "'Down with everybody." The letter was so clogged with fnapt. Mr. Pilkey would, I am certain, laughingly disclaim the white, rg be amg of vir- gin political ity. No man, who has caked: & alee from polemic jousts with such redoubtable. opponents as Wal- ter Reuther and George Burt, can be called a _ novice. Althoogh the Mayor supported Mr. Pilkey in the recent de- bate -- as did seven other alder- men -- Mr. Pilkey's stand was so far from the Mayor's sweep- ing "If they ask for eight rooms, ag them four' ap- proach t even "those who run may read" the difference, In effect, Mr. Pilkey suggested that while we have trouble pro- viding the meat and potatoes of the main course, we should mot concentrate on fancy des- serts. He believes that by be- ing vigilant over our school building costs, we can all the sooner take our teachers -- and our children -- out of the shanty portables, and into proper, well- equipped classrooms; a con summation degoutedly to be wished. Blinded by anger and prejudice, the "Parents" can not see the logic in this view. The individual share of the per capita debt was well pub- licized in the "Times", just before the meeting of the Council and the Board of Edu- cation, to which the. Mayor invited the citizens. It was also fully discussed at that meeting. What a pity the "Parents" did not attend. They would have been saved the trouble of searching out the percentages of tax dollar revenue allotted to education by some 21 commu- nities. Mr. George Fletcher very courteously read the fig- ures slowly, so that all: might note them. Finally, this writer would re- spectfully suggest to the "Pub- lic School Parents" that a "few weeks of thought" on this fair City's educational problems have not been sufficient to qual- ify them as oracles. With a bow to Byron, may EF say of the "Parents", "Tf they have made the town their debtor, I wish their bard would sing it rather better." BILL MARSHALL, SR. Oshawa QUEEN'S PARK cliche, so spattered with gratuitous . insult, that one's boredom Was relieved only by the shock of its callous dis- gard for the courtesy of de- bate, and Its cavalier attitude to the decencies of our gram- mar, According to our six pontiffs, the Mayor was careless or » Mr. Gearin intoler- rT. ajority of the members of ard of Education were previous Councils composed of fools, and the pres- ent Council incompetent. It will be conceded that parenthood, not difficult in its initial stages, does not confer wisdom upon us, per se, but it should help, later, to bring control to our anger, and some charity to our philo- sophy. Only. laziness prevented this writer from nominating Mr. Gearin as citizen of the year 1962, for his good work in pub- licizing important City issues, and for bringing to our paper, as a bonus, many well-written letters-to-the-editor. On some of these issues, I strongly dis- agreed with Mr. Gearin's view, but I respect his integrity, and appreciate the grace with which he has frequently and publicly apologized for an inaccuracy or an unfair comment. It is mani- festly malicious for the "Par- ents" to suggest that he be de- barred by denomination from this debate. On this ground, he is not in a position to defend himself, so an apology to him is in order. Matching the frankness of the "Parents" on their voting, I may say I voted for Mr. Pilkey. I am not disappointed in his showing. Of all the epi- thets hurled at the young alder- man, surely, "neophyte", with its source deep in the Eleu- sinian Mysteries, was the most cou pon for 15 cents and a plastic beaker, The third contains dishcloth, of undisclosed color and pattern which may not match the decor of Jane Ca- nuck's kitchen, yet she must take it, sight unseen, and bear its cost in the price of' the deter- gent. Even with a mathematics professor and a domestic econ- peopel her ont the Canadian jousewife could not possibl: decide how best to lay out red busband's hard-earned -- dollars in this marketing maze. The "frustrated five hundred" who blew off in front of Senator McCutcheon may , well have started a drive for standard size packages and simple shop- ping. It couldn't come too soon. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 22, 1963 ,.. The United States agreed 29 years ago today--in 1934 --that the Philippines would be granted independence by 1946, The decision however did not foresee the Second World War, during which the islands were lost, to in- vading Japanese forces and regained after costly fight- ing by the Americans. The U.S. stood by the agree- ment, and the Philippines gained their independence in 1046, 1765 -- The British par- -- passed the Stamp 1946 -- Food riots broke out in Hamburg, Germany. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The gap between the number of world problems arising and the number of solutions being found for them is becoming in- creasingly wider, Perhaps there are hig' y .i- telligents on our nearest planet. Some scientists believed dol- phins are smarter than people. If one half of the world didn't know how the other half lives now, it isn't the fault of the news media. "Recent information secured about Venus and Mars," said Old Sorehead, "'has caused me to be far less critical than I used to be of conditions on planet earth." LIVED IN BUSH HALIFAX (CP) -- Dr. John Barry Dawson, who spent the first 2% years of his married life with his wife Christine working as a geologist in South Africa and Tanganyika, now is on a post-doctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University here. For six months of the year they lived in the bush, eating from cans and hauling water more than 50 miles. Spooner Displays Softened Attitude By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--One wonders. A year ago when Hon. Fred Cass was minister of municipal af- fairs there were signs of a get- tough attitude in the depart- ment. .Mr. Cass didn't precisely come out with six - shooters cocked at the municipalities. But in various public state- ments he showed a new aggres- siveness and a freedom from the servility towards municipal councils' which had been the hallmark of the government for a decade, Now apparently the govern- ment is on its knees once more, In presenting his estimates the minister of municipal af- fairs, Hon. J. W. Spooner, made regular and frequent mention of the sanctity of municipal gov- ernments. We heard once again, and perhaps more than ever be- fore, the old plant that these are elected representatives too," "we can't order them what to do." j The old groove obviously has been all slicked up and we are back falling over ourselves in it again. The question is, do Mr. Spooner and the government really believe everything they are saying, or is it because they can't get staff to do any- thing else? MUST LEAD The positicn taken towards the municipalities in recent years has probably been the weakest link in the structure of government here. The government does have a function in regard to the muni- cipalities. It's outlined in hua- dreds of pages of legislation. And the theory behind it is very clear. The province must lead and protect the general interest be- yond the local interest, and where the local interest inter- feres it has to over-ride it. There are some smart men in the goverment. Mr. Spooner is one of them. He and they have the brains to know their job, and know the way it must be done. And one can only conclude - that really they are being held back by a shortage of staff. For it has been almost impossible for them to get good men for the department in any number, and it needs a great many if it is to do its proper job. TO CLOSE Also the writer has often won- dered whether it is a good idea to put a man with a municipal background in this portfolio. There probably isn't a better minister around here than Mr. Spooner, But he was head over heels into municipal govem- ment before he landed on this door-step. And there is a suspi- cion that perhaps he was so close to it he can't take a truly Objective look at it. At that he is infinitely better than some of the members here who live in their minds on the glory of their days of munici- pal politics.