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a She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1963--PAGE 6 Census And Church Roll Figures May Not Tally By REV. JOHN R. LENG St. Andrew's United Church, Oshawa. It is interesting to drive through the streets of Oshawa and see the number of churches. If the number of church buildings and denomina- tions is an indication, we are left with the impression that Oshawa is church-conscious. This impression is strengthened further by looking at the 1961 cen- sus figures for Oshawa. If we in- crease these by 1.7 per cent to allow for population growth to mid-1963, we come up with these figures: Anglican -- 10,252; Baptist -- 2,- 394; Greek Orthodox -- 1,650; Jewish -- 384; Lutheran -- 1,344; Mennonite -- 7.; Pentecostal -- 937; Presbyterian 8,596; Roman Catholic -- 15,395; Greek Catholie Life Saving The Royal Life Saving Society, meeting in Toronto this weekend, is expected to give the green light to a new training program for supervisors of beaches, pools and waterfronts. The aim is the efficient training of life guards to a nation- ally recognized standard -- and no one can doubt that such a standard is required after reviewing the sad record of drownings this summer. The ever-growing use of lakes and beaches means an increasing risk of accidents, and adequate pre- cautions are needed if a mounting death toll is to be avoided. In recent years increasing con- cern has been voiced over the qua- lity of training of persons by com- munities, private organizations, camps and beaches to act as life guards. The new national standard has been jointly developed over the past three years by the Royal Life Saving Society, the Canadian Red Cross Society and the YMCA. It will be administered by the Royal Life Saving Society, which will ® -- 1,888; United Church -- 23,271; Others -- 2,852. Eeveryone knows, however, that the figures showing the number of churches and the religious affilia- tion of the people do not necessarily mean Oshawa is a hundred per cent church-conscious. It is safe to say that the figures on church rolls are less, perhaps much less, than the census figures. If everyone who told the enu- merator he belonged to a certain denomination were active, the exist- ing churches in this City would be hard put for accommodation. The Churches have a job on their hands to make their figures come up to those of the census. Likewise, e person who said he belonged to & denomination and had a loose con- nection or none has a job on his hands -- HIMSELF! Standard issue certificates to those who suce cessfully complete the training course. Requirements for the award of certificates include not only special- ized training but also first-class swimming ability and a thorough knowledge of water safety, accident prevention methods, artificial res- piration and other life-saving tech- niques, and first aid to Red Cross or St. John Ambulance standard. Above all, candidates for certifi- cates must demonstrate in their examinations, both written and in the water, that they have a super- jor knowledge of the causes of water accidents and how they can best be prevented, plus a high level of maturity and the ability to re- main calm in an emergency. This is a welcome step, one which cannot help but improve the pro- tection of those who use the water for recreation. What is still needed is less foolishness by those being protected. France Scorns Friends French anger over the campaign being directed against the planned hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific indicates a sensitivity in Paris that may be in part com- pounded of feelings of guilt, the Vancouver Sun suggests. The U.S. and Britain were also subjected to campaigns of sorts when they tested in the Pacific. But neither went so far, as France has done with Australia, New Zealand, Peru and Chile, as to issue the warning that the cam- paigns might damage friendly re- lations. The strange thing is that the French government seems blind to the possibility that it is France that 'is endangering friendly rela- tions with its neigbors in the Pacific, the Sun continues, The big test is to take place. on Mururoa atoll in France's Tuamotu Archi- pelago, about 3,000 miles from the North Island of New Zealand, 4,800 miles from the Pacific coast of South America. New Zealand's Cook Islands, however, are a mere 1,700 miles or so westward of Mururoa and there She Ostaron Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times lestablished 1871) and the itby Gozette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). Members of C Daily Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies * Associaton. 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Even without the existence of the test ban treaty, which this French action may be judged to jeopardize in some measure, there is bound to be concern and anger among the neighbors over the well-advertised danger in H-bomb testing. It is unlikely there will be more atmospheric tests in the Sahara. The French do not wish to embarrass Algeria's Premier Ben Bella. Un- derground testing is believed con- tinuing there. It will be 1966 at the earliest before the French are ready for their Mururoa blast. By that time the Americans,, Russians and British may have felt their way to even more significant 'nuclear prohibitions. The cards would then be more definitely stacked against nations which, like France, scornfully in- sist on their privilege of being equal to the best. All in all, it hardly seems worth the candle to anger friendly nations in the Pacific. Other Editors' Views PETTY PATRONAGE (Vancouver Sun) There is a simple way in which election costs not only can be re- duced but efficiency increased. The only conceivable reason that every level of government insists on pre- paring its own voters' lists and man- ning its own electoral machinery is that elections are a traditional medium of petty patronage. With major elections occurring at the rate of almost one a year, isn't it reasonable to expect our govern- ments to pool their electoral ma- chinery, prepare one master voters' list and keep it constantly' up to date? , 4 i NWN YW G fh aD, ip i PUNCH AND JUDY WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Hamilton Spectator: A United Nations police force is a dream that will never come true as long as the world's five "big" powers (Britain, the United States, Soviet Russia, France and Nationalist China) have the power to veto. Ideological war- fare is such that a police force would be ineffectual if one of the big powers could effectively block action on a matter of per- sonal principle. Thus, while Can- ada's minister of external af- fairs, the Hon. Paul Martin, is right idealistically to attempt to persuade the UN to adopt a permanent police force, realis- tically he must know that the cause is almost hopeless. A UN police force would only be effective in the unlikely cir- cumstance that all world powers agreed on the action to be taken by it. What a chance! The Congo operations, imaginative and necessary as they have been, have not received support from the Communist bloc and of necessity must be financed by those countries friendly to their aims. Obviously no major power is going to support a plan, -how- ever logical, if that plan would at any time interfere with its personal aggrandizment. After all the United States originally took the responsibility of reply- ing to the North Korean Com- munist attack on South Korea off the UN's shoulders because it knew that decisive "police" action was needed and that the UN, because of its unwieldy and impractical constitution, could not provide it. A permanent UN police force is what is needed, of course. It could deal with problems and in- surrections before they develop- ed into major conflicts, and it would be able to move rapidly and effectively, and without the language and organizational nightmares that plagued the Congo operation. But for all its vast and obvious advantages, it is a pipe dream, because it can never exist until the UN can agree on what constitutes a crime. Houston Post: The announce- ment by West German Defence Minister Kaiuwe von Hassel that his country will develop a 50,000-man independent national military force is causing some concern in Washington. It will be the first major West German military organization not under NATO command. There is no question of Ger- many's legal right to create the independent military force. Under the Western European Union and NATO agreements that permitted West Germany to establish military. units again, only nuclear, bacteriological and chemical weapons are pro- hibited. But since the new Bundswehr was started in No- vember, 1955, almost all of West Germany's defence forces have been committed to NATO. Nine West German divisions -- which will be increased to 12 by the end of 1964 -- make up a major part of NATO's European ground force. The announcement of the in- dependent force has caused some eyebrow raising because only last year Chancellor Ad- enauer resisted a United States move to increase the West Ger- man contribution to NATO to 16 divisions, roughly from 500,000 to 750,000 men. The West Ger- man chancellor claimed the country has sufficient available manpower because of its boom- ing economy. : +The 50,000-man force will be a volunteer unit similar to the United States National Guard, and according to Von Hassel, would not be sent to the front BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Seven classes from Centre Street Public Schvol were housed in Simcoe Street Mcth- odist Church until room was provided in the building that was under construction. More than 23,000 persons at- tended the Oshawa Fair. Tnere were Over 2,590 items exhibited. The exhibits shown by public school pupi's proved very pop- ular. King gtreet east was in the . process of being widened from the Post Office to Mary street. Messrs. Lander and Hari with D. M. Tod provided milk and rolls which were giv2n free to children at the Oshawa Fair in the Red Cross and Board of Health tent. Bishop Bethune College open- ed with a good attendance. Headmistress Miss W. M. Wil- son said the curriculum pro- vided courses of instruction, leading from Kindergarten to Honor Matriculation. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Thomas Masaryk, states- man and first president of the Republic of Czechoslo- vakia, died 26 years ago today--in 1937. At the close of the. First World War Masaryk and Eduard Benes proclaimed the re pu blic. They were joined by Milan Stefanik who during the war had been an organizer of freedom fighters against the Austrians. Benes suc- ceeded Masaryk in 1935. 1901 -- President McKin- ley died of wounds inflicted by an assassin. 1852--The Duke of Well- gton died. ' Lakeview Park was closed for the winter season. Plans for a war memorial to honor the fallen in the First World War met with the general approval of Oshawa citizens. Dr. T. W. G. McKay, Medical Health Officer, announced that accommodation in the Oshawa General Hospital was inade- quate for the increasing popula- tion. The Local Council of Women urged the formation of a Girls' Club and that the YMCA build- ing be secured for its quarters. The Oshawa Board of Educa- tion called for tenders for the new addition to the High School. Four hundred and eight stu- den's had enro'ied for the fall term. Town Council and the Oshawa Railway was in a deadlock over the repaving of Simcoe street north if the spur line were laid from Alexandra stres' to Ross' Corners. The Ontario Reformer headed @ campaign to raise funds for stricken Japan where a severe earthquake had bee suffered. im war, but would function in rear areas, maintaining secur- ity and helping with logistics and supply matters. The strength of 50,000 is expected to be reached by 1966. However -- and here Von Hassel became ambiguous -- he added: "After 1966, we will see what to do next." Among the things Washington is wondering are: 1. What effect the creation of the force will have on continuing Soviet charges of a revival of West German militarism? 2. Exactly how large and how active do Bonn's long-range plans envision the unit to be? 3. How does it jibe with Bonn's contention that West Germany cannot increase its commitment to NATO? The only other semi-military force West Germany has is its 25,000-man border guard, which patrols the frontier with Com- munist East Germany. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hos- pitals apparently are taking the lead in the use of disposable items, along the line of paper towels, laboratory trays and water pitchers. Nurses at one British hospital are going to try throw away paper uniforms; at another a 12- month experiment in the use of 170 disposable items, including paper jackets, aprons and caps for nurses, is beginning. We understand a Washington hospital is considering the use of disposable laundry bags. Laundry and bag are thrown into the washing machine; the bag disintegrates and goes down the drain. ee These may seem like timid steps once our disposal civiliza- tion really digs what's up. We have long had paper plates that will not leak, paper cups that will hold hot and cold liquids, and machines to dispose of kit- chen wastes. But the field for disposing of things remains un- limited, except by human in- genuity; and that may be un- limited, too. MIXED UP CANADA (Calgary Herald) There is much more taking than giving between the differ- ent levels of government and regions of Canada. Agreement has been blocked on the choice of a national 'lay. There is no national anthem. There is neither the will nor the imagination at hand to romanti- cize the more exciting and in- spiring episodes. of Canadian history. Perhaps the closest thing Can- ada has to a national symbol, capable of producing a feeling ,of identity across the country, is the Grey Cup, which symbol- izes supremacy in Canadian football. This is largely an im- ported sport, and Grey Cup teams are made up mostly of imports. 282 King W 728-958) RUG CLEANING EMPLOYER WANTED Experienced and qualified mole J}CCOUNTANT - OFFICE MANAGER, Presently employed in Toronto. Wishes to locate in or near Oshawe, future home ef Canado's finest erence. if you're having problems belancing fi i collecting your books, obtaining coping with the of- fice staff, etc. etc. Solve them by writing te BOX 131 THE OSHAWA TIMES nar tng en UNITED KINGDOM vs Cee eee _ -- w tr a ere a © OO te Map ES ne ADI Shenae ERAT Ht - ----e TOS IEE PE TOT AE LT ie cae as een aa ee eee alle ty OPINION ais ---- Trades Union Congress Creates Much Confusion By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent et the annual conference of the Trades Congress at Brighton have created the im- pression that the TUC is more likely to be a liability rather than an asset to the Labor party et the next general election. After a session of confused though debating, thinking and voting, one felt that the TUC was trying to ride three horses at one and the same time. The result has been to leave the public and even the leaders of the Labor party in grave doubt as to where the Trades Union Congress really stands on the important questions of eco- (nomic planning and wage re- straint, And on the wage re- straint issue, the votes were di- emetrically opposed to the offi- cial Labor policy as expounded by the party leader, Harold Wilson. Out of it all came only one clear conclusion That is the re- fusal of the unions to accept any policy which cails for wage re- straint. But even this decision was qualified, because Ted Hill, the champion of those who are opposed to any measure of wage control, grudgingly admitted that if the Labor party came into power at the next election, there might be some second thoughts on wage control. Three resolutions were adopt- ed in the course of the debate. But they were quite contradic- tory to each other. This is what makes it difficult to know exact- ly where the TUC does stand. By a majority of 6,845,000 on @ card vote, the conference de- cided to back the TUC execu- tive's document on the need for ecénomic planning at all levels, includirig wages. But on another card vote, it gave a majority of 3,979,000 to a composite resolu- tion which declared that no in- comes restraint policy would be acceptable without control of Profits and capital gains. Then it adopted a third resolu- tion, presented by Ted Hill's Boilermakers' Union, calling for opposition to any form of wage restraint whatever. This was carried by a majority of 380,000. But after the result of the vote was announced, Ted Hill said that this policy would only hold good so long as a Tory govern- ment is in power. And that is just sheer political dynamite for is that the three-way vote has failed to produce for the TUC any clear cut wages and plan- ning policy. In its session of vot- ing confusion, it first accepted a statement approving wage plan- ning, and then gave backing to a demand for all-out opposition to all forms of a curb on wages. TUC planners were frankly gloomy about the effects of the chances in the next general ote wit be interesting It to see what emerges from the Labor party's annual conference in Oc- tober. At that conference, al- it is dominated by the trade unions' delegations, the delegates from the party's con- stituency branches might well hold the balance of power be- tween the divided school of thoughts, In its last major policy mani- festo before the holding of a general election, the Liberal Party calls for a re-shaping of the national structure "'to meet ern needs." It calls for rad- ical reforms in parliament and the civil service and a de- centralization of power from London "'to give the people a greater say in the decisions that affect their lives". The manifesto says: "Parliament has lost author- ity. Whitehall is remote and im- personal. The word 'Establish- ment' describes the dominance of a clubbish, snobbish and above all, amateurish clique which in so many walks of Brit- ish life smothers change, makes a mockery of the idea of equal- ity of opportunity and frustrates , those with ability, creative ideas and a true professional proach." Here are some of the pro- posals the party makes for the reform of Parliament: more de- bates to be freed from the party whips; an all-party stand- ing committee to be set up to watch over major fields of pol- icy -- economics, defence and foreign affairs; better pay and conditions for MPs; regional councils to handle regional af- fairs; the House of Lords "which today represents noth- ing" should be composed of members partiy elected from the regions and partly nom- inated for ability. The Liberals also want a big shake-up in the ministries, with the establish- ap- ment of a new Ministry of Ex- pansion. ever, is so academic in its phrasing and at times in its meanings, that it can make little impact on the average voter, who likes to have omen policies spelled out in terms that he can understand and of six Common Market countries. And the same is true of the of the other countries of the Com- monwealth They are also step- ping up their sales to Europe. A striking ot comparison European and Commonwealth trade is given in a report issued by the Commonwealth Eco nomic Committee. It showe4 that the exports of the whole of the Commonwealth, including Britain, to Common Market countries have risen from $3183 million in 1958 to $4,476 million in 1962. Against this record, the report shows that Britain's sales to Commonwealth countries fell from $3720 million to $3579 mil- lion in the same period. The situation as revealed in the report is that in recent years the Commonwealth countries have markedly increased their trade with countries which are outside the while their trade with each other' has declined. These are facts which ere likely to come in for discussion when the finance ministers of the Commonwealth countries meet in London in the near future for a conference. Pres- sure is strong on the govern- ment to make this conference an occasion for doing something specific to stimulate an im- pressive increase in the volume of trade which the Common -- countries do with each er, 30 DAYS OVERSEAS (OCT. Ist -- MAR. Tet) $312.00 ROUND TRIP AT FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL (OSHAWA) PHONE 728-6201 ACCOUNTANT Our client, located in Oshawe, @ small but growing compeny ires @ young mon with ec- in the distribution industry ible for the operation of the ining to be office. PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING TO Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Go, 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH, OSHAWA, ONTARIO saving time). ONTARIO Form 416 NOTICE OF HOLDING AN ADVANCE POLL Notice is hereby given that a poll for the Electoral District of Oshawa will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 19th 20th and 21st days of September, 1963, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., standard time (9 a.m. until 6 p.m. daylight saving time) dnd from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., standard time (8 p.m. until 11 p.m., daylight The Polling places for the said electoral district will be located at 10 SIMCOE STREET NORTH, OSHAWA; at the residence of Mrs. T. Fletcher, 13 OAK STREET, AJAX, and at the residence of Mr. Stan Balsdon, 96 KINGSTON ROAD EAST, PICKERING. for the purpose of receiving the votes of voters who expect on the day fixed for polling, to be absent from and unable to vote in the pie Si subdivisions for which their names appear on the lists. . . The ballot boxes will be opened and the votes counted at 7 p.m. standard time (8 p.m. daylight saving time) on the 25th day of September 1963, at the said places. " Dated at OSHAWA this 3id day of September, 1963 GEORGE C.. MARTIN, 10 Simcoe Street, North OSHAWA, ONTARIO, Returning Officer.