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A SE i OR OES ES I AE EES GEE EES SHG I NE ONES PP NEE ie MOE Na 4 ' She Oshawa Zines - Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited . 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario YT, L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1963--PAGE 6 Extension Of Allowance No Influence On School While members of Parliament were hurrying through legislation to give themselves a big raise in pay (and it's amazing how quickly they can act when their personal interests are involved), a few be- mused voices were heard in pleas on behalf of family allowances, Some want the allowance age ex- tended, others want the amount increased and still others want both increase and extension, The impres- sion created was that the MP's pay boost would be more palatable to the electorate if another little bribe were tossed to the public -- or at least to the child-bearing portion of the public. The appeals for a bigger and better family allowances were not new, however, The matter has been cropping up throughout the session, At one point a Conservative member said that 16 to 18 was a "crucial period:in life" and that extension of allowances would help present many school dropouts. Another suggested that if such action were not taken, the new technical schools would be partly empty. New Demo- cratic spokesmen agreed, and a Social Creditist went farther -- he wanted the amount of the allowance increased, The family allowance, or baby bonus, has always been a question= able handout. It was originally de signed as a bribe for those of the country where procreation seems to be the major activity. It served its purpose so well that it has become embedded in the welfare structure and no government would now dare to tamper with it, But surely the MPs who want it extended cannot be serious when they argue that it is needed to keep youngsters in school past age 16. They cannot be ao far removed from the social facts of life in Canada as to believe that $1.85 a week will make the differ- ence between a school drop-out and a stay-in. Whatever the sum might mean to the students, however, it means a lot to taxpayers. There are about $5,000 private school students and about 400,000 public school students in the 16-18 years age group in Canada, The baby bonus extension therefore would cost the working people of Canada -- for they carry the tax load -- about $42 million more a year, Wheat Policy Queried The federa! government's wheat policy, whatever good points it may have, bears no resemblance to the wheat policy which the Liberal party advocated in the last two elections, charges the Montreal Star, a newspaper with definite pro- Liberal leanings. The matter is of more than regional concern, it ar- gues, because the wheat industry is one of Canada's biggest export interesta and the cost of dealing with it -- if costs are involved -- is borne by every part of Canada, The important question is why the policy has been changed, The Star reasons this way: There are cynics who dismiss the whole business by saying that the Liberal platform was designed to catch votes, and that this was the reason for the more generous provi- siona it contained. The next stage is to dismiss the failure to adopt it on the ground that, since the farm- ers did not take the bait, they are to be punished by the Liberal gov- ernment. The Star does not think that this cynical notion can be discarded out of hand, There have been pro- vinces in Canada where highway construction has proceeded only after the closest scrutiny of election results, poll by poll. But nobody would like to elevate this kind of performance to the level of prin- ciple, Certainly no shadow of it should be cast by the federal gov- ernment. Trade Minister Sharp has told the House of Commons that his present proposals carried the assent of the western wheat pools, Says the Star: "We don't doubt this is so, and the approval of the pools is important, But where is the announced policy If the wheat policy once advocated was nothing but a handout, it should never have been proposed in the first place. But we should be tol, instead of watching it swept quietly un:lor the rag." But we do not think the Star is naive enough really to expect to be told, Test Wood For Houses There may be an expanding market for Canadian lumber in Britain. The British government, working on the enthusiastic re- commendation of a U.K. housing mission recently returned from Canada, has decided to build a ser- ies of experimental Canadian-style frame houses. Works Minister Geoffrey Rippon told the British House of Commons this week that the project, aimed at proving that timber homes are auitable for Britain in terms of eost and value, will start with three pairs of two-storey demons- tration houses ia the south of En- giand, the Midlands and Scotland, Later a 200-home project would be established in the campaign to ease Britain's serious housing short- age. The Oshawa Times TK & WRSON, Pebinte S, GWYN KONGEY, Getter Tre Qerzag_ Timea come, Tee Oeicec Timea Pi Grd he" Whitty Gazette ore phameg $862 & pedishee Gey SAI MAHA Gace ed Comedian Dew Neweere Avan am Tre Coegder Prem, Auge Sarees a Crcweren emg We Oerere Peewnce: Ooiiee Tee Caradan Prem 8 each Reet THismet Merem AL + ASME Ie Dar waar Offices Tremaen Sulideg "423 Geivereay Aer® Ceres 648 Cacert Maaeres, PS SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered Be coirers im Oeheee, Wht Am Pererrge Sremmemvig Serie, Peet Peery Perey Albert, Meme Gewe, Nertgea Ferctoae y Ray, Ginengee, Taumten, Tyrone, Doeterten, Bae stiien, ame Leskard Giesghem, Surketen, Crrenenn German, Krane Rapier Becta Poemepeet ard NewcmMe wet ger me ~ Pewrce ot Onrena CaP LEO. Shi wey Sree [EOD per wear OCrmee Provrcen ord Commcrseotn Cowntree %5.08, MLA one twege OD Trenete, The mission to Canada was led by Sir Donald Gibson, director-gen- eral of research and development at the works ministry. [ts report was published this week. The mission said it was impressed with the ease of assembly, high standards of workmanship and simplicity of components of frame houses that were inspected, It found that Canadian homes were "strong and sturdy", durable "well beyond the usual mortgage term of 25 to 30 years, and presented no prob- lems of dry rot or attack by wood- boring insects, One weakness, in comparison with British homes -- where most houses are of brick or stone -- was that they were not as well insulated against noise, but insulation against heat loss was found to be three times that of the British house. The group suggested that British builders visit Canada to study Cana- dian methods. The report is flattering to Can- ada's construction industry, bat its obvious significance is to the lumber trade. Judging by the enerzy with which Canadian lumber com- panies have pursued foreign sales, the significance will not be missed by Canadian producers Briefly Noted "The US. Labor Department pre- dicts there will be no decline in liv- ing costs during the next few months." -- Press report. That's nO prediction -- it's a foregone con- ciusion. COOLING OFF A HOT LINE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Ottawa Journal: The MPs who propose to raise their own annual, mcome' = substantially have ah obligation to consider another branch of public serv ice in a less favorable situation The Glassco Commission found that pay rates in the Goy- ernment service usually comd pared well with the national average but added 'Some classes of administra tive and executive personne! in the public service are the vic- tims of a very noticeable aber- ration in salary policy, Whether by comparison with outside em- ployment or. with patterns for classifyied jobs in the lower ranges there is a marked com- pression of rates at all levels above $12,500 per annum. Dif- ferentials in salary, between deputy ministers and. assistant deputy ministers and the next junior level of administrative officers, are very narrow, Sal- aries at the senior level are significantly lower in the Fed. eral public service than out. side," The wisdom of senior adminis trative officials helps develop policy and when heeded, as it normally is, saves governments from disastrous acts The commission found officials were paid less than comparable officials in com- merce or industry and con- ciuded that their devotion to duty and sense of public service were factors in keeping them here As a matter of simple justice the commission asked whether it was fair they should be paid jess than they would earn other. wise and raised the question of whether this would ensure re- cruitment of suitable new gov- ernment employees, An increase im pay was recommended The plain fact is that the $24,- O00 'salary of the Finance deputy, for instance, is not near. ty what such a man could earn m private enterprise. When MPs say the nation's Dusiness can be better done if their pay is raised, they must think al ance of the need to re ward adequately the senior civil servants whe really guide and implement the decisions of Par hament Financial Post: Two writers in the Canadian Forum, Andre Laurendeau of Montreal and - Prof, Ramsay Cook af Toronto, complain that English Canada is stlent, or has aothing con- structive to say, about the prob- lems raised ty Quedec national. ism and separatism The plaintiffs in a discussion the people with a grievance, may reasonably be asked to Start the ball rolling by tating their wishes clearly. But the two writers appear te reject this such view Thus Laurendeau, just ap GALLUP POLL pointed co-chairman of the Royal Commission on Bilingual- ism and Biculturism, offers only one explicit suggestion, which is that the legisiature of New Brunswick, a province now 40 per cent French, should be bi- lingual. This is an entirely rea- sonable proposal, It should aiso be attainable, by provincial ac- tion, without any uproar, Ramsay Cook presents the odd argument that if (as he con- cedes) Quebec nationalists hesi- tate to be specific about the pro- posed re-making of Confedera- tion, this is because each fears his own scheme would at once be eclipsed and pushed aside by a more ambitious, more revolu- tionary design It is hard to take this propo- sition seriously, The French, contrary to legend, are not hot- heads but coolly logical in politi- eal. debate, Nobody can beiieve that 'they are too mixed up at present to formulate a program that would represent their con- sensus. The real difficulty is neither the alleged "'silence of English Canada", a myth, aor Quebec's supposed emotional instability, another myth, The real difficul- ty, a very formidable one, is discovering exactly how this federal system can be made te work more smoothly. Apart from the few sep- aratists nobody at ail has yet proposed any change in the BNA Act's division of powers between the Dominion and the provinces. The true area of debate, and urgently needed adjustment, is the middle ground where they share the power to tax and to legislate on matters ke health and social insurance. But in this area there is no question of English Canada be- ing consistently lined up against French, The actual situation is far more like a contest between the provinces as a whole, includ. ing Quebec, and Ottawa, espe- cially about the sharing of tax revenues In settling these hand ques- tions Quebec is one province among ten, with a voce as powerful as any and more pow- erful than most, In the approach to questions concerning Quebec uniquely, as "a province not like the others", it is cloa.ly up to the French Canadians te take the initiative and put their pre- posals in discussable, specific form. They are certain ot a fair hearing. In the total context of the dis- cussion 'the silence of English Canada" is a phrase without any content or sigaificance whatever Ramilten Spcctater: Motel eperators and restaurant keep- ers in northern Ontario report a new sduree of revenue this year. American tourists from the western slates are taking a grand circle tear from Vancoe- Popularity Of Pearson Declines As By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINTON More people teday approve @f the way the Leader of the Op- position, John Diciendaker, is handing Ris job than approve ef the way Prime Minister Les. ter Pearson is handling his rele This is nm a preeedem Canadian political hte. In 1961 , Brore penple (3 per cent) ap proved the then Leader of the Oppesitien Mr Pearsea, than they Gi Prime Minister Diefendaker, 48 per com Bet as Prime Minister, Mr. Dief Gains Pearson's popularity has de clined to 36. per cent approval by the peonle. Highest appre. bation fer Mr Pearson comes from eastern Canada, inchading Qardec, Bui even im this sec ton of the country, Mr. Deifen- baker's handling of his Oppesi- ten job is admired by more people -- 42 per cent -- than Mr. Pearson as head of the government -- Sh per cent The tend qacstion 'Do you approve or disap- prove of. the way Mr. Laster B. Pearson is handling his job @S prime minster?" QATIO ....nsceneesenceess BB Wea en | ver to Halifax via Canada, and then homeward through = the USA What do they report when they discuss the first leg of the journey with their Canadian hosts? Scenery: great, especial- ly through the Rockies and at the head of the lakes, High- ways; excellent, especially the new Rogers Pass in B.C. and across the foot of the Saskat- chewan prairies, The people: friendly just like home. The parks: tops. Accommodation and food? Well! The good-mannered say if you don't want to eat or sleep too often or well you'll manage. Here and there it's excellent, And on the whole you pay more for jess than below the border. It seems they are finding what Canadians have been find- ing when they travel across the middie western and. western states and then across mid and western Canada, The Creator has done well by the scenery: The governments are doing we.l in parks and roads. But private enterprise hasn't been enterpris- ing enough as far as the tourist business is concerned. Tillsonburg News: "The cus- tomer who paid for the lumber paid a certain price for it. He did not pay a tax." So said Finance Minister Gor don in answer to a question con- cerning refund of sales tax on building supplies The customer didn't pay a tax? We have news or the finance minister and all the other politicians who don't know where taxes come from Ultimately the customer pays all the taxes -- plus all the costs, labor and otherwise, of bringing a product to him The whole string of taxes -- sales taxes, income taxes, Property taxes, business taxes, licence and permits for this and that -- are all part of the cost of doing business. This in- Cludes taxes levied dire:tly against the business and also the increased labor cost result- ing from taxes levied against the individual employees of the business, There is no other way for business to recover these costs, except te add them to the price of the product which the consumer must pay. AN our wonderful "free" government services become part and parcel of the price we must pay for goods and serv- ices, Government is undouaied- ly the largest single factor in the cost of living. Aiming towards a more bal- anced budget seems to be the Ottawa fashion at the mo.neat -- and we ceriainiy think Otta- wa should be very careful about Spending more money than it takes in. here is one easy way te do it -- recomme: by ex. perts appointed by government itself -- start operating more economically, and stop addiag more and more services that we cant afford. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 3, 198... Renry Hudson, English mavigater and explerer, dis- covered Hadson Bay 353 years ago teday--in 1610-- in the SS-ton ship Discovery. For a number of years pre- viows to that Hodson had been trying to find a north. erly route te China. Hudson spent that summer explor. ing the great bay and win- tered im the extreme south of James Bay. The follew- ing pear matineers cat Hud- son, bis son and several sick men adrift in a small beat. They were never seen again 8 -- Latvia was sorbed by the USSR. 3838--The July Revoletion & France ended. ab- UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Fast By-Election Writ Sparks Commons Debate By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng,) ' Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Something quite unprecedented happened in the House of Commons when Chief Government Whip went through the formality of asking the Speaker to issue his writ for @ by-election to be held in Strat- ford-on-Avon on August 15, This is the seat rendered vacant by the resignation of the former War Minister, John Profumo, under deplorable circumstances, : This procedure is normally quietly accepted as part of the machinery of parliament, and is not debated, But this time it was different, It was violently opposed by Emanuel Shinwell, former Labor defence minister and other Labor and Liberal MP's, It was an interesting and sometimes amusing discussion. Shakespeare was quoted, Tenny- eon was quoted and past by- elections recalled to show why it was wrong for the Conserva- tive party to decide to have a by-election in August -- usually understood to be a close season for elections -- because so many people are on holidays then, Sir Joselyn Lucas, Conserva- tive MP, put forward the most amusing. precedent for hurrying on an election, In 1939, when he had been candidate at Ports- mouth, a by-election had. been hurried on to get it over before the Goodwood races. GOOD ARGUMENT The government, however, had a good argument for fixing an early date, Under the cir. cumstances in which the Strat. . ford seat became vacant, .the election writ could not be issued during the summer recess, as it could in the case of the death of an MP or the creation of a peer. This would have meant a delay of three months or more before the election could be held, The Labor front bench, how- ever, Was not too serious in its objections. The Chief Whip look- ed very stormy when those Laborites who had spoken call- ed for a division, He signalled with his hands that the division should not be proceeded with and that was the end of the mat- ter -- at least until the speeches starts at Stratford-on-Avon, It was obvious that the Labor and Liberal members felt that the government had stolén a march on them by calling for an elec- tion in three weeks' time LABOR ELECTION PLANS The preliminary agenda for the Labor party's annual con- ference at Scarborough in Oc- tober indicates that. the Labor party intends to concentrate on home affairs and issues in figh- ting the next general election campaign. More than a third of the 411 resolutions submitted by the unions and the local Labor parties are concerned with pure- ly domestic issues, such as housing, rating reforms, educa- tion, free health services and social security. The conference wil] not have time to deal with nearly all of the resolutions, but their nature indicates the trend of Labor party thinking; Some Labor resolutions are aimed at outdoing the Tories. The government housing scheme calls for construction of 350,000 homes a year. Some of the Labor resolutions call for an an- nual program of up to 450,000 houses, The demand for new houses, for the return of rent control, the curbing of profiteer- ing on houses and land values and charging rates on empty properties are bound to be re- =-- in the conference deci- ions, FOREIGN AFFAIRS In the field of foreign affairs, the resolutions include conflict- ing demands on renunciation of nuclear weapons and withdraws al from NATO, There are at least 10 resolutions from uni- lateralists, recalling the hectic conference of three years ago, when this was the major issue. Strangely enough, there is this year no resolution on this sub- ject from Frank Cousins' Trans- port Workers' Union, which has the biggest vote in the confer. ence and backed unilateral nu- clear disarmament three years ' ago, Indicating how quickly . the Common Market controversy has been sidelined, there is only one request, from the Chemical Workers' Union, for the reopen- ing of negotiations to join the European Common Market, The whole agenda leaves me with the impression that Labor is deliberately selecting home affairs as the area in which to fight the general election, in an effort to minimize any advan- tage the Conservatives might gain from the conclusion of suc- cessful negotiations with Russia on a nuclear test ban, YOUR HEALTH The House of Lords had @ Spirited debate on the Television Bill, with Lord Morrison of Lambeth presenting three amendments to ban newspaper shareholdings in commercial television, The Lords, by 35 votes to 15 -- a government majority of 19 -- rejected all three amendments, Lord Morri- son followed the Beaverbrook line that newspapers should keep clear of television, and that they should be completely independent of each other. Speaking for the government, Lord Chesham pointed out that there were already enough safe- guards in the bill against any possible abuse ajising from newspapers having television in- terests, "I should have thought," he said, "that it was a fair claim that newspapers regard their shareholdings in television as a normal financial investment." In any event, the bill was passed by the House of Lords unchanged. DEFENCE PLANS Britain's defence chiefs are taking it for granted that once Kenya and Malta attain their independence, the British mili- tary bases in these countries will cease to exist, In fact, at the opening of the Malta inde. pendence talks in London, Dun- can Sandys, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, said that Britain had no longer any need for a base in the Mediter- ranean, but that it would like to retain some facilities for its forces, With the centralizing of the three defence services, there will of necessity be some re alignment of disposition of forces in many. parts of the world. Ignorance Breeds Fear Of Epilepsy By JOSEPH G. MOLNER MD Dear Dr. Molner: My grand- daughter, 18 years old, suddenly fainted one night. The doctor diagnosied her case as "epi- lepsy." Until the time she fained, she was never sick. Can epilepsy be cured? Is it hereditary?--S.C, Epilepsy clearly needs more understanding by the public. It isn't a "popular" subject, evi- dently. People may mention "my operation," but rarely "my epilepsy." And while we may ve bored at hearing about somebody else's operation, at least infor- mation is disseminated that way. Epilepsy used to be a hush- bush condition, and this stemmed no doubt from our complete wnorance many years ago. The epileptic might have convulsions (or "'fits") and we didn't know why. We were afraid of such people. This was BY-GONE DAYS # YEARS Building permits issued in July represented a value of $329,080. The total included a $100,000 permit for North Sim- coe Public School and two per- mits for $40,000 each issued to the Oshawa Housing Commis- sion, Permits for 60 new homes were issued during the month, The work of installing a sewer on Bloor street, between Ritson read and the Oshawa Creek was completed. It was estimated 300 sewer connec- tions would be made in the town before the end of the year. A capacity audience was on hand in the Chautauqua tent in Alexandra Park to enjoy the famous comedy Cappy Ricks." The Oshawa Baby Clinic, con- dacted by Public Health Nurse Miss B. E. Harris, held a prize @ay. Sixty-five babies were brought by their mothers The volunteer fire brigades from Whithy and Oshawa held @ parade in Oshawa to show off their uniforms and march style. The brigades were to take part in a demonstration at Burling- tor The Oshawa Reformer held its first annual picnic for tts carrier bays. Sports and a picnic lunch were features of the event held at Corbeit's Paint. Dominion Clothing Co. 6 King street west, held its trad anniversary sale. Among the bargains were men's suits priced at $3, $15.5 and $12.49 and mens brown aoxfords priced at $4.25. Lightning demazed two inse- laters and Oshawa was without power from 4.39 p.m. 'e 1] p.m. As the result of a pebtion from parents, protesting Ime dis- tance their children had te walk, pars of Schoo! Sections 3, 4 and 3 im Bast Whithy Towaship were taken to form a new School Section te be knowa as SS Ne. il More than 888 members Oshawa and Whithy Lodces, Sons and Daughters of Pag. land, went on an excursion % MNaagara Falls. of AGO The increasing use of the auto- mobile among farmers of the Rice Lake district has been fol- lowed by the disappearance of a number of steamers from Rice Lake and the Otonabee River. A few years ago the steamers had made daily trips from Rice Lake Peter. borough. Many of the fine shade trees about town are being stripped of their leaves by tent cater- pillars. These pests seem to be unusually large and healthy this year and consequentiy are doing more than the ordinary amount of damage. The annual picnic of St. George's Sunday School was the Oshawa Railway under the Callaghan, Supervision of Mr. the manager. A sign of the times ts able on Division i unkind, but we didn't know any better then. So the hush-hush attitude prevailed, In fact, only in the last sev eral decades has any great pro- gress been made in combatting that. attitude, as well as in treating epilepsy. Now for your specific ques- tions. Strictly speaking, epl- lepsy cannot as a rule be cured, In some cases there is a here- ditary factor; other times it is entirely absent. The: e@ several kinds of epilep aad all sorts of mix- tures and shadings of Tt can be traumatic -- the result of a head injury. In such cases, after the brain injury heals, the epilepsy may dis- appear. Or we may be dealing with the idiopathic form of epilepsy, with the cause unknown. In many such cases, while we can- sions or seizures. By the use of sedatives and anti-convulsant drugs, of which a number are available. It sometimes re- quires careful study of a case to know exactly which combi- nation of drugs will be best. The result, however, is that thousands of epileptics now have fewer seizures. 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