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a et el til NS She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Votes Can Be Wasted By Marking By this time voters have had ample opportunity to assess the issues, the promises, the programs, and the candidates involved in Mon- day's federal general election. And for the past couple of weeks they have been exhorted to "get out and vote". There's not much point, however, in 'going to all this trouble only to spoil the ballot arid thus the vote. Yet in Ontario riding alone last June there were 765 rejected ballots. Chief Electoral Officer Nelson Castonguay if of the opinion that more Canadians deliberately spoil their election ballots than lose their vote through ignorance of the rules. Last June, 82,522 ballots were re- jected out of a total of 7,772,656 cast -- slightly over one per cent, which is regarded as a normal number. If the rejections rise to over one and a half per cent, elec- toral officials consider the situation serious. People deliberately spoil their ballots in a number of ways, accord- ing to the chief electoral officers. Of Ballot In 1957, for example, 15,447 put an X opposite the name of more than one candidate. Another 5,585 took the trouble to go to polling booths and then turned in blank ballots. Some 3,313 wrote facetious or un- printable remarks across the face or back of the ballot. Some even signed their names. A few placed a large X across the face of the en- tire ballot; others 'wrote zeros op- posite, the names of all the candi- dates; still others blacked out the names or draw heavy lines through them all. The two most common errors arising from ignorance are the use of a check or tick mark instead of an X, some 11,731 doing this in 1957, and use of a ball point pen instead of the black pencil provided in the polling booths. Ball points, says Mr. Castonguay, could encour. age the use of colored inks which in turn might lead to voter identifica- tion. So on Monday, it's not enough just to mark a ballot; what's re- quired is a properly-marked ballot. Guidance For Monday BY REV. D. R. SINCLAIR St. Luke's Presbyterian Church On Palm Sunday, the Christian world rejoices in commemoration of our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It recalls, at the same time, how the crowd that gave Him a hero's welcome on Sunday de- manded His execution on Friday. It is easy to honor a leader who we think has the very program to satisfy our selfish desires; it is just as easy to turn against that leader when it becomes evident that his program and our desires are not compatible. Many who have sought to serve in positions of public trust and responsibility have so exper- ienced the fickleness of their fellow men. To many Canadians going to the polls on Monday, the message of Palm Sunday will still be fresh in mind. Is there any possible relation- ship between the event commemo- rated on Sunday and the action taken inside the polling booth? One's judgment can easily be influenced in favor of the person, or party, that appears to be offering what he thinks is the closest thing to Utopia as far as he is concerned. Those, however, who are the most easily swayed in one direction too often are the most easily swayed in the opposite direction when their idea of Utopia does not materialize. How long can a nation of unstable people expect stable government? This is one Palm Sunday when all Canadians who like to be known as Christians should, in-as-much as it is possible, be in their church -- not only singing about palms, or waving them, but seeking divine guidance for Monday; seeking also to be made worthy of the best kind of government the nation should decide upon. Travel Big Business People have always had the urge to travel for pleasure, but until the advent of the so-called affluent society comparatively few had the means or the opportunity. Now travel has become such an important item of international commerce that it has a substantial influence on national trade accounts; Canada, for example, suffers a serious loss each year because Canadian tourists spend more money away from home thaa foreign tourists spend in Can- ada. Travel has become such an important item that governments "Twage vigorous campaigns to attract tourists from abroad. The equivalent of about $5.6 bil- lion was spent last year by tourists from non-Communists countries in Europe, including Great Britain, and from Canada and the United States. This year the figure is ex- pected to be at least 10 per cent higher. Tourism is a critical factor in the She Oshawa Times 1. Lb, WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times tablished 1871) and the. Whitby Gazette and Seon (established 1863, is published daily Gundays ond presets} Amsoriation. The Canadien Press," Audit Bares , i . The ian Press, $F Creuiation ond the Ontario Provincial Dallies itled the epublication of all news Ganorched in the puper credited to: or to The Associated Press or » and also the local ews published therein. All rights of speciol des- potches are also reserved. * Offices: Thomson Building, hone, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Montreal, P.Q. d SUBSCRIP TION RATES , piccering, Bowmerilie, Brocklin, Port Perry, Princs é Dane Tyrone, Dunbarton, suet » i i burketon, cere Greenwood, jac Manchester, Pontypoo yp gg Be <n not over 45c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery reas 12.00 per year. ree and USA. and foreign 24.00. University 425 Cothcort Street, economies of Austria, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. In Austria the spending of 5,600,000 foreign visi- tors all but offsets the national trade deficit. Tourists, a record 21,- 150,000 of them, enriched the Italian exchequer by about $840 million in 1962. In the same year tourists added $448 million in foreign cur- rencies to Spain's income. Britain ranks second only to Italy in earnings from tourists, but enough Britons travel to other countries to make the U.K. a slight loser in the exchange. The Mil- waukee Journal points out, how- ever, that the two major losers are Canada and the United States. Dollar devaluation has helped to re- duce the Canadian loss since last June, and the U.S. government has made some minor adjustments to persuade more Americans to do their travelling in their own coun- try. But both governments realize that the best answer is to persuade more foreigners to visit Canada and the United States. The U.S. has opened a world-wide advertising campaign to attract tourists. Beside the U.S. effort -- which is already bearing results -- the Canadian plan to spend $140,000 on a campaign in Britain seems puny, Bible Thought For we have not followed cun- ningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- IT. Peter 1:16. Christian faith rests not 'upon legend but upon historical fact. JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK OTTAWA REPORT Absentee Voters Decisive Factor By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- An _ estimated 1,969,839 enfranchised Canadi- ans will irresponsibly discard their democratic privilege on April 8, by not troubling to vote. This would be the effect of an 80-per-cent turnout at the polls, as has been predicted by Canada's chief electoral of- ficer, Nelson Castonguay. The mathematics of the poll show how important it is that every Canadian elector should give the time and the thought to exercise the vote. This year for the first time four parties are contesting the election, each one of which can confidently expect to attract more than one million votes. The Conservative and Liberal parties attained the status of million-vote parties long; ago. Last year the New Democratic Party, on its first run at the polls, achieved that distinction -- which its predecessor the CCF was never able to do. YOUR HEALTH The predictions of public opinion polls suggest that in this election the Social Credit party will not only attain entry into this '"'one million vote" club for the first time, but will soar comfortably past the total achieved by the NDP. With an expected total poll of just under 8,000,000 and this beng split between four widely supported parties, it seems probable that the vote support- ing the top party and the vote supporting the lowest party will be divided by a gap smaller than that stay-at-home vote. Thus if that absentee vote should decide to go to vote, and should all "plump" for one party, it would swing the whole election in favor of that, party. Similarly, by not exercising its vote, it has a decisive ef- fect on the election. That is one reason why every voter should go to the polls, so that Canada has a government rep- os "i Treating Trouble In Man's Elbow By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My hus- band has pain and stiffness in his right elbow, and two doctors have diagnosed it as tendon- itis: One suggested x-ray treat- ment and the other cortisone. My husband finally consented to having a cortisone shot, which helped him only tempor- arily. Should he try the x-ray treatment, or more cortisone? He isn't having anything done now because he believes his condition is chronic and he "must learn to live with it."-- Mrs, J.F. I wouldn't be warranted in trying to decide an either-or question concerning a patient I've never seen, but here is one fact to keep in mind: Cortisone is very effective in these cases. However more than one injec- tion may be required. If one shot afforded temporary relief, that's a good sign. Heat and salicylates (aspirin) also are very effective. Why not at least make use of whatever gives relief? That is no more than simple logic, Why suffer when you don't have to? True, tendonitis (inflamma- tion of a tendon) might be slow to cure, but I can't agree that it .necessarily is chronic or something you "have to live with" until a reasonable amount of treatment has been obtained. There are ailments you have to learn to live with, and some- times a doctor has a rough time in persuading a patient of the fact. But here it's the other way around. One injection of corti- sone already has given tempor- ary relief, and there are oiher means yet to be tried--the heat and aspirin. There's another step which at times is helpful in cases resem- bling this one. Gout should first be ruled out. (Doubtless in this SS case this has already een done.) Gout sometimes settles in a tendon, as well as other places. Tests for excess uric acid give a ready indication as to whether gout is involved. FOUND ANCIENT TOOLS Arrow heads, stone tools, pot- tery and copper goods dating to between 3,000 and 4,000 BC have been found at Batiscan, Que. Tf it is, the obvious place to start is in treating the gout, rather than just its symptoms. Dear Dr. Molner: Several women recently have started to take plain gelatin to improve hair, eyes and nail condition. Is this wise? Will it cause har- dening of the arteries?--E.C. Gelatin is protein -- although an incomplete one--and since some people don't get enough protein, it may help strengthen nails and some times aid in other ways. It won't harden the arteries, resenting the true choice of all Canadians. Statistics of the past four general elections suggest that the days of the blindly loyal voter, who supports "my party, right or wrong," have gone beyond 'recall. In fact not since 1930 has any general election in Canada seen the two old parties overwhelmingly split the total vote between them- selves, Today the Tories and the Grits each have a hard core of over two million supporters. The NDP has won around one million, The Social Credit's phalanx of longtime adherents is centred in Alberta and B.C, where it mumbers up to half a million; but in Quebec and adjoining areas of Ontario and New Brunswick it has recently wooed perhaps another half million voters away from the ancient parties. That leaves two million voting Canadians, whose pattern over the past four elec- tions suggests that they consti- tute a_ substantial "floating vote", willing to be attracted by whichever party's programs and personalities currently carry the greatest allure. PRIZE OF CAMPAIGN This big thinking group is the prize for which political parties struggle during the elec- tion campaign. The vote of this group swings the outcome. But this spring there seems to be a great uncertainty and even discontent. Many voters, largely those within this float, indicate that they care for none of the parties, and will abstain from voting as a protest against all politicians. But neither abstention nor a deliberately spoiled ballot paper is an effective protest. Your voice is only heard if you have your vote counted. We take very much for granted our democratic privil- ege of choosing our own govern- ment, while in other countries men are fighting and dying 'o win that privilege for them- selves. That gay spoof of the current U.S. political scene, The First Family record, urges all U.S. electors to "Go to the polls and vote--vote for the Kennedy of your choice--but vote!" We can fortunately vote for the "cendidate" of our choice--we should. BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO A new maternity wing to the Oshawa General Hospital was donated by G. W. McLaughlin and R. S. McLaughlin in mem- ory of their father, Robert Mc- Laughlin. George W. McLaugh- lin officially opened the new ad- dition. 'The Oshawa Post Office was given city status and empioyees became civil servants, paid by the government. J. F. Tamblyn was the postmaster: F. C. Palmer was re-elected president at the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Plumbing Inspectors' Association of On- tario. Two world records were broken when a boys' Hexathlon meet was held at the YMCA, Silver medals were won by M. Mitchell with 586 points out of a possible 600; A. Grant with 60 points and H, Wins'anley with 555 points. Bronze medals Were won by W. Gummow, G. Mundy, G. Creamer, H. Luke, M. Johnston, V. Wilson, T. Daniels, W. Meath and B. Engel. . Town Engineer W. C. Smith recommended the erection of an elevated steel water tank with a capacity of 500,000 gallons to re- place the existing tank at Sim- coe and Alexandra streets. L. 0. Clifford, MP for South- ern Ontario, was selected as one of the judges at the Inter- national Livestock Show in Chicago. Dr. D. R. Cameron was elect- ed president of the Oshawa La- crosse Club, Honorary presi- ents were G. W. McLaughlin, C. Robson, Maj. R. C. Cowan, R. S. MeLaughlin, C. Schofield and Alex Storie. Other officers elected were George Henley and E. A. Donald, vice-presidents; Paul Irwin, secretary and George Terry, treasurer. Miss Gwendolyn Jones, librar- jan of the Oshawa Public Li- brary, attended the Ontario Lib- rary Association in Toronto. Those from Oshawa attending the Ontario Educational Asso- ciation convention were C. N. Henry, J. A. McGibbon, W. P. Knight, J. B. Thompson, Mrs E. C. Myers, H. S. Smith, Mrs. E. L. Petley, Mrs. G. Colpus and Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin. Oshawa postal revenue dur- ing the fiscal year amounted to $54,555.49. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Heavy Imports Of Beef Alarm Farmers And MPs By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Cc pondent LONDON -- Excessive im- Ports of beef from Argentina and Yugoslavia are ing. the British government millions of pounds in subsidies to British farmers, and have exposed the government to sharp attacks from both sides of the House of Commons. Because of these heavy imports, the prices paid to the farmers for their beef animals have slumped sharply. Since under the farm review ar- rangements, the farmers are guaranteed a certain price, and when the market prices drops below that figure, the balance is paid to them in government subsidy. In the House of Commons, a Conservative member pointed out that at one market cattle were selling at $15 a hundred- weight, as against the guaran- teed price of approximately $25 a hundredweight, leaving the government to make up the dif- ference of $10. TORIES ALARMED Conservative members, alarmed at these increases in guarantee payments, are carry- ing their protest right to the prime minister. Some 80 of them are demanding that action be taken to halt the excessive flow of beef from the Argentine ai Yugoslavia, which is blamed for the slump in prices. The Nation- al Farmers' Union is also up in arms against the unrestricted beef imports, and making a similar demand. 'The only beneficiairies of this situation are the housewives, who are able to buy their beef supplies at the butcher shops at the lowest prices known in this country for a long time. Since November, the price of steak has dropped by from 18 to 20 cents a pound. So far, the government is not inclined to take any action, al- though it has politely requested 'the exporting countries to hold down the supplies they are ship- ping to the British market. The farmers' spokesmen, however, are not satisfied that a polite Tequest is sufficient to remedy the situation in which they find themselves. They declare that an embargo or quota restriction is the only way in which the Tush of imported beef can be slowed down. TO HELP CONSUMERS Another helping hand to the country's housewives has been extended by the government. Frederick Erroll, president of the Board of Trade, has an- nounced the appointment of a new Consumer Council, to en- sure that they receive full value for their money when they go shopping. Baroness Elliot of Harwood, a 40-year-old Scots- woman, has accepted the chair- Manship of this new body, which will be made up of 12 members. The terms of reference, as outlined by Mr. Erroll, are somewhat vague and indefinite. The Council is instructed: "To inform itself about the consumer's problems and mat- ters affecting his interests. "To consider after consulta- tion with other affected inter- ests, the action to be taken to Strange Future Faces French Foreign Legion By FINLAY CAMPBELL MARSEILLES (Reuters) -- For the first time since it was founded 131 years ago, the French Foreign Legion has no battles to fight--and few pros- pects of any in the future The main occupation of is fighting corps, which has dis- tinguished itself in battlefields as far apart as Mexico, the Crimea, Indochina and northern Norway, is to set up new head- quarters at Aubagne, near this French Mediterranean port. In addition to renovating and improving the camp, the legion. naires have transferred the library, records and museum from former headquarters at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, in western Al- geria, to Aubagne. FUTURE IN DOUBT Many rumors have since cir- culated here as to the future of the legion. When King Louis-Philippe established the legion in 1831 the decree setting it up defined its mission as "to serve outside the kingdom." When Algeria, last of France's big possessions, became independent last July, it looked as though this mission no longer existed. In addition, the first para. chute regiment of the legion was implicated in the attempted "generals' putsch" in Algiers in April, 1961. The officers were disciplined, the regiment dissolved and the men absorbed into other regi- ments. With at least part of the legion thus identified with the abortive "'keep Algeria French" HISTORY TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 6, 1963... Commodore Robert Peary, Matthew Henson and four Eskimos planted the United.. States flag at the North Pole 54 years ago today--in 1909. It was Peary's sixth attempt to reach the pole. In 1911 the United States Con- gress gave him the rank of rear admiral. His party reached the pole with dog teams and, after building an igloo at the pole, stayed there for 36 hours. 1652--Cape Colony, now the Republic of South Af- rica, was established. 1886--The city of Vancou- ver was incorporated. BRAZILIAN WINS TOKYO (AP)--Eder Jofre of Brazil, the world bantamweight champion, scored his 14th con- secutive knockout and 44th pro- fessional win without a defeat Thursday night when he knocked out Japanese challen- ger Katsutoshi Aoki in the third round of a scheduled 15-round title bout. Aoki won the first two rounds but Jofre floored the challenger midway in the third with a smashing left. movement, rumors began to circulate that it would be dis- banded. However, Armed Forces Min- ister Pierre Messmer recently told Parliament: "We do not envisage issolving thy legion. The personnel of the legion will be adapted to new missions." In addition to the units now at Aubagne, there are others in Corsica, Madagascar. French Somaliland and a few still in Algeria. LOSSES HEAVY During the Indochinese war, the legion was at its peak strength of nearly 40,000, Ahout 14,000 legionnaires were killed in that campaign. The'r losses in. the Algerian war are given at about 2,000. Officially, the present strength of the legion is secret. But officers say that an esti- mate of 15,000 men is "not far from the truth." Some 40 per cent are Ger- mans, with a high percentage of Hungarians and Yugeslavs. The remainder are Scandinav- ians, Italians, Spaniards and other Europeans with a handful of English and Americans, Although officially French- men are not accepted, hundreds serve in the legion by posing as Belgians or Swiss, for the recruit is never asked to prove his 'identity. About 1,000 men a month apply to join the leg'on. deal with these problems or to bac pet my aban "To provide advice and guid- ance for the consumer through through the Citizens' Advice Buruea and other organizations and by its own publications." ~ One thing the Council will not do is to test rival products for comparison, nor will it take up. compiaints of individual consum- ers. But there is nothing to pre- vent it from seeking scientific or technical assistance in as~ sessing the quality or value of consumer oi a it will have the right to advise cabinet or exploitation of the public. ' While the terms of refer ence are not as ic ag some would like, there is a gen- eral acceptance that a body of this kind can do a useful job, the value of which will increase as experience in dealing with consumer difficulties is gained. - SAVINGS RUN HIGH One figure in all the masses of statistics which come before him must bring joy to the heart of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Reginald Maudling, This is the figure of $6168 mil- lion, which represents the total of personal savings uae le the people of Britain as ed at the end of the last year. That figure is three times great- er than it was four ago. And these savings ve been entrusted to the government through the various national savings schemes. The amount increases each week, In the last week to be reported, the total rose by $19,500,000. This means a great deal to the Chancellor of the Exchequ- er, because these voluntary de- posits by the people help to fi- nance the operations of the gov- ernment, This should make it possible for him to reduce taxes, and at the present time, al- though the budget has now been presented, it is imperative that taxes should be reduced to en- able the country's economy to expand. There can be no surer guide to the chancellor in help- ing him to decide where and how to reduce taxes than the rate at which the personal sav- ings of the British people in na- tional savings schemes are gr ( STILL OUTSIDE The five rebel Labor mem- bers of parliament who were expelled from the party a lit- tle over two years ago are try- ing to return to the fold, now that a new leader is in charge the chief whip, Herbert Bow- den, was to write asking them io agree to a strict code of con- ct. cian sconnien " Two of the five, William Bax ter, a Scot, and Stephen Da-. vies, a Welshman, have agreed to abide by these rules, but for some reason, much stiffer terms for readmission have been im- posed on Michael Foot, Sydney Silverman and Emrys Hughes, and they have refused to accept the conditions. One reason given is that as they have continued to give serious offence to the party leaders since their expul- sion, the Shadow Cabinet is in no hurry to even discuss their readmission. So these three rebels are like- ly to stay on the outside for some time, although they may be welcomed back into the fold when a general election be- comes imminent. They are too powerful as campaigners to be left outside. READERS' VIEWS TOO MUCH NOISE Dear Sir: I must protest against the in- creased use in reccnt days of loudspeakers travelling through the downtown area and bellow- ing election propaganda, This is an invasion of pri- vacy, as well as a deplorable addition to the already high noise level of downtown, A person can decide for him- self whether to read a mews- paper article or advertisement; if he does not want to read an item he moves on to one that attracts him; he has a choice. If he does not wish to listen to a radio program or watch a television broadcast, he can switch to another program or switch off the set; he has a choice. But when his ears are assailed by the impudent blasts of a loudspeaker, he has no choice; the high noise level in- trudes on him, whatever he is doing -- trying to make a calcu- ation, preparing a bill, making a sale or answering the tele- phone. I realize that this sort of thing is legally permissible. But it is still an offence against good taste and an imposition on good nature, DEAFENED CITIZEN Oshawa CONFUSED Dear Sir: I recently attended a coffee party in honor,of the NDP can- didate for this riding, Miss Aileen Hall, and ever since I have felt rather confused. When Miss Hall was question- ed in most instances she made no reply but turned to a gentle- man who was her campaign manager I believe, and he made the replies, after consult- ing their literature, in some cases. I am wondering if Miss Hall-is elected, will the party she is representing also send her manager to Ottawa with her, so then in reality we will not be truly represented by Miss Hall, but rather by a team. PUZZLED VOTER Oshawa SPECIAL EDITION Dear Sir: Thank you for the copies of the 'Progress Edition" of the Oshawa Times which we duly received a couple of days ago and which we have made avail- able here. 1 have also forward- ed a number of copies to Ontario House, which will probably be able to make more vital use of them than we are le to, With best wishes for the same growth and development of the Oshawa Times as is illustrated im your special edi- tion. J. C. STEPLER, Special Adviser on Press Relations Office of The High Commissioner for Canada Canada House, London, S.W. 1 and home phone number. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES A prominent Canadion company with tremendous expansion program, has distributorship available for Oshawa and Ontario County , company training. $4,900 investment required by interested parties, Write immediately, name, address, business BOX 520 OSHAWA. TIMES 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS * Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA. 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