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Oshawa Times (1958-), 10 Aug 1963, p. 6

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he Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, AUGUST: 10, 1963--PAGE 6 Juries Are Only Human But So Is The Coroner Attorney-General Cass is fully justified in ordering an investiga- tion into the inquest in Sudbury which examined the death of a miner buried under tons of rock. The Sudbury coroner refused to call a jury because, he said, they some- times return "with stupid verdicts." Juries are made up of people and people can be stupid; it follows that juries -- in inquests as in criminal or civil actions -- can bring in stupid verdicts, But coroners are also human, and they too can be stupid. This self-evident fact is demonstrated by the comments of the Sudbury coroner and, judging by the press reporters, by opinions expressed in the course of the hear- ing. Dr. Morton Shulman, Metro Tor- onto's chief coroner, may have been exaggerating a little when he said that he had attended several hun- dred inquests "and have yet to see a stupid verdict -- they have been good ones in every case." But he was on sound ground when he ob- served that the jury system is the cornerstone of the whole coroner's system. One person, whether he is a coroner or not, can too easily be influenced by one side or the other -- "that's why we have five men on a jury." One must agree with him, too, when he says that if a jury brings in a stupid verdict, at least part of the blame must rest with the coroner, whose responsibility it is to see that the evidence is presented fully and fairly to the jury. The Sudbury coroner is entitled to his opinion, but he is not entitled to force that opinion on others through arbitrary assumption of authority. He can try to persuade others that his opinion is correct, but when he arrogantly assumes that he is the of all wisdom, he must also be prepared to face the inevitable charge that he acted as he did for some other reason than the alleged stupidity of juries. And that, presumably, is why Mr, Cass has ordered an investigation. font A Logical Appointment When M. J. Coldwell retired. as national leader of the CCF, this newspaper -- and many others -- suggested that he be appointed to the Senate. Nothing happened then, but lately there has been renewed talk about such an appointment, and the reasons which were valid then carry just as much force now, Senator J. W. de B. Farris of British Columbia put it neatly when he said: "He (Mr. Coldwell) is a man who, if he were a member of this House, would give his un- divided and conscientious time and thought to the welfare of the country as he saw it." Any list of outstanding Canadian parliamentarians or public figures of the past several decades would have to include the name of M. J. Coldwell. Even his political enemies freely and ungrudgingly acknow- ledge his unswerving devotion to his country and its people. They might disagree with his political philosophy but could never question his sincerity or the remarkable depth of his intellect: While his convictions have been strong, he has never been narrowly partisan in debate. The late Mackenzie King. had a great respect for Mr, Coldwell and persistently tried to get him to join the Liberals. Mr. Coldwell remained with his party, even though it was obvious that he would have step- ped into a cabinet had he switched. But while he did not get Mr. Coldwell, Mr. King took many of Mr, Coldwell's ideas, so that even though he spent all his parliamen- tary years in opposition, Mr. Cold- well and his party managed to exert a strong influence on the direction of government legislation. For these reasons alone, "Mr. Coldwell deserves appointment. to the Senate. He has fully earned some recognition for his long career of public service. But there is still another reason: The Senate should not be considered as an exclusive club for Liberals and Conservatives, The time is ripe for more non- partisan appointments. post Probing Unemployment takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place, If you At their recent gathering, the provincial premiers expressed con- cern about unemployment but they did not offer the federal govern- ment any. really constructive ideas about the way the problem should be tackled. They did not even start with the fundamental question, what does unemployment j of? But this, surely, is the start- ing point. Canada, like the United States, has more people at work than ever before, but a large area of chronic unemployment persists despite re- lative prosperity. In the United States, for example, addition of a million jobs in little more than a year was still not quite enough to keep up with the increase of the labor' force. Noting this, the Christian Science Monitor com- ments: "Here, you see", said the Red Queen to Alice in Wonderland, "it The Oshawa Fines Tv. L. WHSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshewa Times combining The Oxshows Times jestablished. 1873) ord the te ond Chr e ftestobiched 196 & published daly $ s ond Stetutery hobceys excepted m of Conodion Daily Newspe: The Conndion Press Whitby Ga pen wiert, ond siso the % i nghts of special Thomason «Bu 1d: . 425 University Toronto, Ontaris Sree, i, 640 Cothcor? SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Whithy, Ajex, Pickering, Sowmanville, Brovkim, Port Perry, Prop Maple. Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, £ Brougnem. Burke Omer 15.03, % bs e guteide corners Gelwery cress '2.00 pe: year Provrces and 4 'Commonweoith = Countres BSA 24.08, want somewhere else, you must r twice as fast, "If Americans want materially to reduce the rate of unemployment, it appears, they will have to run twice as fast "Samuel Lubell, the traveling ia- terviewer, came to the conclusion from an extensive investigation that unemployment in the United States is of many kinds and that "a drastic overhauling is needed in the nation's thinking" about it. "Many of the situations that are jumped together under the heading unemployment are no more alike than apples and oranges -- or even bananas, tomatoes, radishes, and peanuts, The Labor Department statisticians do as good a job as they can, with a of expert advice they face a situation to get ina ASt but even lot so complex that a great deal of un- derstanding beyond mere figures is necessary 'In order to develop effectual remedies for unemployment, Amer- icans must first find out what types of unemployment exist and what are the causes characteristics of the more serious types." and Bible Thought As many walk according to the (Gospel) peace be on them. -- Galatians 6:16 There are panaceas for the world's preached today, many ways to peace suggested. But there is the transforming pe tnarough Carist over again, as many ills omy one sure way to peace> rer God making & person of . Stories of two 'WE REWROTE THE RULES A LITTLE' WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Kingston Whig-Standard; Con- sumers everywhere will, of course, greet every decrease in the price of sugar with enthusi- asm, Probably very few of them will ever bother to ask them- selves why there has been such a fantastic fluctuation mm prices over the past few months The retail price is still higher than what is considered its nor- mal level, but it is possible that t will soon be at or near the old price. There was another 55- cent reduction in the price of a 100-pound bag at the refinery level the other day; the third drop ifi one week. Sugar prices have now changed 53 times this year -- 38 increases and 15 de- creases -- and could have changed again before this edi- tion of the newspaper has been received, The price reached its highest leve! since 1920 last May 23, when it rose to $17.65 for 100 pounds. Last Friday the price was $12.75 The increases were said to have been caused by a world: wide shortage of sugar. The equ sudden decreases should indicate that this was not the cause at all. Is it not obvious that manipulators in the world Sugar market rigged the whole business. -- and probably made millions in the process? The consumer, in short. has been conned Kitchener-Waterioo Record: Saiaries of graduate nurses on staff in Ontario hospitals are well below the average for women teachers in Ontario ele- mentary and secondary schools Rates paid for special duty also are below the incomes available for teachers ps it is me responsible zed that nursing 3 ! have to be brought more into line if the supply is to become adequate to the de mand Hamilton Spectator: The front pare of the final editions last urday. told the separate deaths One was that of the London osteopath who died of an over- dose of drugs he had taken be- fore his conviction on two vice charges. He was a principal figure in what has been billed as "Britain's biggest sex and political scandal of the cen tury." The second story reported the death of a young Hamilton lad im a railway accident near Beach Road only one of hun dreds of thousands of eight-year- ola children in the world who in their trust and gaiety, fear nuthing from death It would be too easy and false iv melodramatic to say that the London man the embodi- ment of a'i that is evil, obscur- mer undoubted talents and possible genius, He can be ered- ned with courage, despite his mora! corrupnor However that may Ward's death made headiines around the world. But when young people die, it is a deeply personal and local affair, The @eath of one boy or girl, any piace, may be a tiny dot in the huge black square of catas- trophe -- but a at deal of in- norence, love and laughier are And who is to say that one of a. hundred different veils would not have been lifted from the eyes of humanity, had not Geath intervened suddenly? It is this eternal promise of youth, unremarkable or which leaves no doubt about which of Saturday's deaths was the greater loss was his be, Dr pone genius Ottawa Journal: Learned papers and solemn speeches have been asking why so many college stadenis today are poor sprliers \ reader 'who thinks he may have chanced on the answer =e ment of from the University of Water- ioo: "Department of University Extention and Adult Educa- tion," Perhaps a student is made or marred as a speller long before he reaches university. Sull that sort of thing on a university let- terhead betrays a lack of at- tension and makes a bad im- pretion Montreal-Matin; And now our remarkable Quebec premier be- heves he has fed us into a new era by sacrificing the province's rights for a few dollars Ottawa condescend to lend our sipahties has dazzled Mr nstead of the \ directly to Quebec's municipalities, it will be deposited in the hands of Mr, Lesage, and it is he, Mr. Le sage, who will pass it on to the municipalities In other words, the important Mr Lesage be- comes Otlawa's commissionaire, the carrier of Mr, Pearson's bags Jean Le Soleil, Quebec: That the excellent climate of the confer ence ma the beginning of an easing of tension in the rela- tions between Ottawa and the provinces is undeniable, By their attitude, the representa- OTTAWA REPORT tives of the federal government ave shown a greater openness toward the provinces, and so iong as they keep it the search for solutions to the problems arising from federal provincial relations will be easier and will have more chance. of success Nevertheless, the principles constituting: the letter and the spirit of Confederation will con- tinue regularly to be brought into question Detroit Free Pres; President Kennedy was skep ! about it at his news conference last week, but it stil! sounds like a good idea to review our man on the moon project, and exchange notes with the Russians No less an authority than Sir Bernard Lovell, head of. Bi.t- ain's Jodrell Bank Observatory, doubts that the Russians ar ing with us. They doubt feasible, and see little anyway Which means we're rac with ourselves, to the tune of some $20-$40 billion over tae next few year feanwhise we're hurting for schools, men- tal health, air and water pollu. tion control, and scores of other more worthwhile pro jects If the cold war thaws suffi. ciently, couldn't we and the Rus- sians exiend co-operation to in- clude getting to the moon? Let'a get there, but at a reasonabie pace Russig are tat vaiue ed Boffins Exercise - Potent Influence PATRICK NICHOLSON The boffins of are the execu and special as- ministers By OTTAWA PR ame sist to cabinet Thes a gove backroom boys can make they not nment if f they are ak a gover are erie hey can ment example of what hould be and do was course effectively demon trated by 'the gr of them Mel Jack, who was execu live assistant to G Hees when he was transport minis ter and when he was trade min im Ube nmi Conservative government Mel wa prime minister in the Ontario "boys' Parliament," 35 aco: he has been "in always in backroom No body but nobody. knows his way about politics and Parliament Hill better than Mel Jack So effective was he in aiding George Hees, im producing ideas, in steering his minister politically and departmentaiiy, that his fame was widespread in Otlawa, It is a secret that can now be told thal, when the Pearson cabinet was sworn in, Mel Jack the longtime dedi- cated Conservative worker could have had the job of ex- eculive assistant to any one of four of the new Liberal minis- ters yb Th boffin classic atest iste ret years pelitics ever since Hees ran the most giamerous and effective depart. government in the fume Lerorge Gearge Conservative re Hees, by his own hard work and with Mel Jack ma dance, de- veloped fo the man who is the majority choice for the leadership of the Conservative party. 'I is not tee mach to say that this new Hees is "the Hees that Jack built." NEW LIBERAL TEAM With these hind the ministers play an important = rele, been great jaterest to see whe would be recruited into these powerful and important jobs by the new Liberal government. Gradually the team took shape, and beean to be known around Patiament. Ri Then Doug Fisher, the New Democratic MP for Port Arthur, asked a series of probing questions im men be- hg such has TACCIESS taere Parliament. Wh tive assistant or Sistant to each asked. What is are his qualifics job'. Hew mu Thus unusual The %% sierial appointed to date from 68 years v Their pay bracket } runs from $9,000 to $1°.000 there are exception Austin, the 3l.vea to §=Norihern Arthar Laing ing and draws the execu: have a on the we now rather record assistants n ag 1 ag survey min but Jacob old assisiant Affairs Monister has an outstand student, teacher practitioner of law he plional $15,000 recerd as ai exer ONE WOMAN IN GROUP The prime minister's the "dean' of th reoup, whe has been Gir) Friday to Mike Pearson al mast since th his ¥ own eX ecutive a tant is . wd Of the war in ries reles as underscore elary of State for Affairs, Oppasitien and how YM donald wean her BA tary and then § "magna cy ated M.A served al headquarters in En the war She is the est paid, al $13,600. the only woman in Two ex Liberal MIs Quebec, both defeated by creds, a retired army dier, a serving RCAF, 'two federal civil service. Liberal association affic PRblic relatior practitioners and news; the usua lawyers 4. ? political Red 4 land during second high ana Ane 18 aun madian OSS from No briga- officer im the the former als, recruits from men weit spattering of young make up the group Mactnnis, the oldest at 68. is also the lowest paid at $7,500. He 'is assisiant.te Solici-: tor-General Watson MacNaucht For 18 years he was a reporter on the Charlotictowa ( rdian, and he was also manager ©n another Themson Daily Newspaper, the Chronicle Telegraph in Quebec Cit So these advisers, trouble. shooters and workhotses, each ene. hand-picked awn mit as adv sing by his c Sec x lence, wages, age and back- ground. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION LO AR I A RR AONB Former Peers Way Clear To Take Seat In Commons cINTYRE HOOD London (Eng,) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON. I With the passing of the peerage bill, Viscount Stansgate legally reverts to his turmer status as Anthony Wedg- wood Benn, and as soon as a by-election is held in Bristol Southeast, he will return to the seat in the House of Commons which he his father died and the title of Na Stansgate passed to am There will be a by-election for the Briste! seat he Yormerly held, because the sitting mem- ber, Malcolm St, Clair, two years ago gave him a pledge that should the law be changed to allow Wedgwood Benn to sit again in the House of Commons, he would resign, This pledge was given because while Mr, St. Clair was defeated by Mr, Wedgwood Benn by over 13,000 votes, the High Court ruled that as Viscount Stans- gate, Mr, Benn was ineligible to be.a candidate, ana that Mr, St, Ciair was the member for Bris- tol East, CARRIED OUT PLEDGE St. Cla honorably his pledge. On the When the Peerage Bill given the royal assent, he nounced in the House that he was resign to make way for Wedgwood nn, And under the circumstances that ensures the ter re-election to pariia- By M Sp ful- day was an- filled rhe Conservative and Liberal parties quickly announced they would not contest the by- ction, Perhaps this was be- cause = they recognized the merits of the battle put up by Mr, Wedgwood Benn to re- nounce his title and remain in the Commons, Or it may be that they realized that to oppose him in the by-election would be espousing a hopeless cause, and they would rather let him have the seat by default than risk an overwhelming defeat at the polls, which they would undoubt. ediy suffer So, unless seme independent candidate steps into the arena, Mr. Wedgwood Benn will be elected ' by amation and if an independent does 'make a he will be ¢lected same,. by a huge The whole country has watch- the battle Benn to re- ed with ke nterest of Mr, Wedgwood main a commoner, and the majority opinion rejoives with him that he has won it, and has been means of effecting an mmpor "ce aw re- ghis of the heirs in the sp tu peerages Mr. Wedgwood Benn is not BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO aro rtised k"' had put in usy time during the last few sts were being hy detours d west of tarted on ween liiby and a de. four miles ? 4 r Oshawa. Work. had ng. the raac¢ and. W ring up the lo ast week fers in ; h 2 red nre- vad crop of b'eom ght. while pasture | Were all leakng as a result of the heavy showers ands General Motors won the Southern nd Distric they championsh Sectior Soex Les feated Wh of © : e when 41 he ST) 1€ pole was snapped ard feace was nolished and dane te a street when a the Oshawa Street the the wa way Campany ieft alter er at King ne street ag of Ontarie Coun- passed borrowing of roads and the ¢ $59,009 the Beaverion and Larkin bridges ta meeti bviaws were aulhorizing the $90. 000 for county raising of for Whitby Scout ana Treaps Nos, 1 camp at Seugeg Is- were at the wson's Point A most enjoyable pic was held by Kir Street Methodist Epworth League at Snudden's Grove at and tomatoes at 2c. for two pounds or $1.40 a basket Nors- er rep campment the Sess'an of the Grand Encampment af the I00F heid in Peterborough, had to vacate when' that: going to be the only peer to sep down and seek re-election to the House of Commons, The Rar! of Sandwich, who was for- merly Viscount Hinchingbrooke, Conservative MP for South Dor- tet, has announced that he in- tends. to disclaim his title, and resume his family name of Vic: tor Montagu, which he last used as a boy, He intends to seek re- election to the House of Com- mons as soon as possible, which means that he will be a candi. date as*soon as he can conven: iently find a seat to fight, One of the significant things about the peerage bill is that the renunciation of the title ap- plies only tothe present holder, and does not extinguish it. If the heir to the title wishes to assume it again after the death of the holder who has re!nquish. ed it, it will be legally possible for him to do so, So in the next generation, it will be quite pos: sible for the names of Viscount Stansgate and the Earl of Sand: wich to appear on the roll of the House of Lords, _Lord- Altrincham, a Conserva- tive peer who has won some notoriety by past attacks on the royal family, has also intimated that he intends to give up his title and revert to his former name of John Grigg. But he does not at present, at least, inlend to seek a seat in the House of Commons, Although entitled to do so, he has never applied for a writ of summons to the House of Lords. He holds very strongly the opinion that only life peers and peers of first creation should sit in that aug. ust body ON TO THE SUMMIT "Let us keep things moving" is the popular reaction to Bri- tain to the suecess achieved in the agreement between Russia, the United States and the Unit. ed Kingdom for a partial nu- clear fest ban. Thiy important breakthrough in the\ deadlock which has existed for years in PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM In many a case the number of times a man has been fired can be ascertained by the num- ber of recommendations he sub- mits in seeking employment, In many a case, conscience, that "still, small voice" is never stiller and smaller than when money is talking. Most people don't understand money because they don't keep it long enough to become ac. quainted with it, The reason there are quite a few sorry women drivers is that their husbands taught them to drive The person who snoots status seekers unwittingly reveals that he is so egotistical he doesn't fee! the need to resort to status symbols to bolster this egotism. GALLUP POLL discussions on nuclear armay ments and general disarmament is accepted as a definite indivas tion that there has been a change of wind in Moscow, and that full advantage must be taken' of this to press forward towards other steps to relieve and remove international ten sions, The nuclear test ban agrees ment came at a crucial moment for Prime Minister Macmillan, The crowning glory of 'his career now woukl be a summit meeting between the heads af these three governments, to carry even further the steps necessary to ensure lasting peace on a basis of mutual agreement. This agreoment has put an end, for the time being at least, to all the demands from within his own party that Mr, Mac, millan should resign, His preg tige throughout the country has risen significantly, and in one of the public opinion polls, he has regained all of the support: he lost over the Profumo affair and other spy revelations. Tt is conceded that if there is to be a summit meeting, then Mr, Macmillan is the man to represent the United Kingdom, And the ovation he received from the whole body of Tory MP's when he announced the Moscow agreement in the House of Commons was concrete evis dence that he is the man who can best lead Britain in further moves towards disarmament and possible new agreements with Russia, CUNARD GOING HEAD In spite of the refusal of the government to make a direct contribution to the building of a mew "Queen" liner by the Cunard Company, the company intends to go ahead with the project, When Mr. Marples an- nounced that the application from the Cunard Company for a joan of $54 million to help build the Q4 had been rejected, he left a wide loophole open, He announced that the govern: men's loan fund for shipbuild, ing had been doubled, fram $90 million to $180 million, He sug. gested that the Cunard Com. pany could take advantage of this credit scheme for the build: ing of ships The Cunard Company quick to take the hint, At its annual meeting, ils. chairman, Sir John Brocklebank, said that application has already been made for a loan from this fund and he is hopeful that it will be granted, In any event, he said, that if this loan was granted, tenders would be called for the buildng of the Q4, a vessel of between 59,000 and 60,000 tons, with accommodation for 550 first-class and 1,500 cabin or tourist passengers. This news has been joyfully received on the Clyde and on Tyneside, as the order is likely to goa to one of these two ship. building areas, both of which are suffering from heavy unem. ployment in the shipbuilding in- dustry. was Declining Belief Seen In Need For U.S. Funds By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION . (World Copyright Reserved) . Efforts to restrict United States investment in Canada, in the budget of Finance Minister Walter Gordon, would be against a majority of public opinion in this country. But be- lief that Canadian development, financed by U.S. money, is a good thing for Canada is de- easing year by year ven years ago, in 1956, ab most seven in ten Canadians claimed U.S, financed projects in Canada were beneficial. To- A good thing Not a good thing .... Don't know Relief that U.S. money in Can- ada is a good thing has dropped day httl more than five in tea hold this belie? Division of opinion is strong. est in Ontario where there are also fewer with no oninien, In Ontario 39 per cent say U.S. in vestment is a good thing for Canada and 30 per cent say #® is not a good thing The trend question which Gal. lup Poll interviewers ask per iodically is as follows "As you may know a let of Canada's development has beea financed by United States money, Do vou think this has been a geod thing for Canada, er not a good thing?" 1956 Teday 5% 29 18 1004 68% cannes ae 5 eeeeess 100% heavily in the Eastern provinces --and at about the same level in Ontario and the West. What About U.S. Investment In Canada? A Good sss eeesene TODAY sasees Net A Ne Geed Thing Opinier 8% BE 23 2 bes 30 Bt) i Bi) BS) 8 is 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Ricbt CA, RAA. Bert R. Weter, €A. Robert W. Lightfest, Ca. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants @ TELEPHONE: PARTNERS: Hon, 3. W. Monteith, B.C.A, MP. A. Brock Monteith, B. Comm, CA. Gordon W Riehl CA. 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