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Tye Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T, L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1963--PAGE 6 Trade Minister Sharp Balances Cabinet Flops The "old pros" in the Pearson government must be highly em- barrassed by the clumsy partisan- ship displayed by some of their younger colleagues. One wonders whether such experienced and sharp-minded men as Paul Martin and Jack Pickersgill have tried to share their political know-how with the neophytes and have been re- buffed, or whether they have simply decided to let their stumbling colle- agues learn the hard way. The way was certainly hard for Finance Minister Gordon, not so long ago considered by Liberals as the brightest of their political stars, but now an uncertain a guttering light. When Mr. Gordon decided to go against parliamentary tradition and make the unveiling of the budget the occasion for a highly partisan speech, it was certain that the opposition would give him a very rough ride, even if his budget was a good one. But the budget was a badly conceived presentation, and the opposition had a wonderful time tearing it -- and Mr. Gordon -- to ribbons. -- The question now is, how long will Mr. Gordon remain as finance minister? In the spotlight at present, largely due to her extremely clumsy attempts to intervene in the On- tario election campaign, is Health Minister Judy LaMarsh. She has fumbled the federal contributory pension proposal as badly as Mr. Gordon fumbled the budget. She has not shown a mastery of hef subject in interviews. And she has made powerful enemies in Ontario with- out making any corresponding gains for the Ontario Liberals. One must wonder how long Prime Minister Pearson can afford to carry such an encumbrance -- and he has no lack of promising replacements. On the other hand, Mr. Pearson must be greatly cheered by the bril- liant performance of Trade Minister Mitchell Sharp, the real star of the freshman group. Mr. Sharp, grace- fully acknowledging the fact that in many ways he is continuing work started by his predecessor, George Hees, has moved with sure energy, in and out of the Commons, and has won the plaudits of political opponents as well as the uncom- mitted. - Invisible Barriers Custom administration proce- dures have created a network of "invisible" barriers to trade be- tween Canada and the United States, according to a report re- leased by the Canadian-American Committee. The Committee is com- posed of business, agricultural, labor and professional leaders from the United States and Canada is spon- gored jointly by the National Plan- ning Association to the U.S. and the Private Planning Association of Canada. Authors of the new report are Dr. Francis Masson, now with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Dr. H. Edward English, direc- tor of research of the PPA's Cana- dian Commerce, and Dr. H. Ed- ward English, director of research of the PPA's Canadian Trade Com- mittee. Barriers erected by administra- tive procedures can have the same Ampact as barriers arising from ~ tariff and quota laws, it is pointed out. Decisions on valuation and classification alone "could easily be manipulated to exclude almost any dutiable import from the United States or Canada." The effectiveness of the invisible barriers "makes them an appealing means of retreat from tariff com- mitments when a growing number of industries are pressed by import competition, and direct departures from trade agreements is politically embarrassing". But the cynicism implied in manipulating such bar- riers soon becomes apparent to in- dividual importers and can embitter relations between nations. As one means of easing the prob- lem of invisible barriers, the authors recommend that the United States and Canada take a more active role in the work of the Customs Co-operation Council. The Council, established in 1950, has developed an internationally agreed upon system, known as the Brussels Nomenclature, for classifying all goods entering into international commerce. Council members are pledged to follow this nomenclature and to take disputes about it to the Council. Canada and the United States have so far limited their participation on the Council to sending observers to meetings of Council committees. They are, in fact, the only members of OECD which have not joined the Council. Reminder For Drivers The first deaths of children struck by vehicles on their way to or from school have already occurred in Ontario. Motorists need to be re- minded again that extra alertness is called for, if they do not wish to run the risk of snuffing out some precious young life. During 1962, there were 250 children between the ages of five and 14 years killed in Canadian motor accidents and 9,600 were injured in the same period, many of them very seriously. Seventy per cent of these casualties were chil- dren who were on foot and who were struck down by unwary motor- ists. School traffic patrols perform a She Oshawa Times T. tL. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Times combining The Oshowo Times ished 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays ond y : a8 alg P poe Me Eoaaatien. and the Ontario Provincial Dailies The © ress is i ty to the use of republication of all news Pe ee ee ee Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. Thomson Bullding, 425 University Pre sbi gg Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES femont, Columbus, |, Kinsale, Ragion, Blackstock, Manchester, Poritypool ond Newcastle not over 45c per week. ot) mall {in vb gp of Ontario) ivery areas 12.00 per year. Other outside carriers del ry +. 12.00 ry on valuable service in reducing the hazard, where the patrol operates, But such safety measures cannot hope to cover every crossing and intersection, or every one of the hundreds of thousands of school- agers who throng our thorough- fares during the week-day rush hours. . Through the summer months motorists may have become accus- tomed to travelling past empty school yards, and the subconscious impression of lack of use thus created may linger on into Septem- ber. But the yards are no longer empty; there are thousands of chil- dren who are going to school for the first time, and there are thou- sands of others who must re-learn their safety lessons.. And safety lessons can be easily forgotten in the carefree moments of play on lawn and sidewalk; a ball to be chased, for example, as it rolls on to the street between parked cars, or a tag to be made, or a friend to be reached on the other sidewalk. It is a situation calling for alert- ness, which does not cost anything -- while lack of alertness can cost a life. Bible Thought In thy presence in fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. -- Psalm 16:11. Sree, WAVE LENGTH i amr Nan | --|-- ------ CANT You GET ON THE SAME 1 a | 4 7 REPORT FROM U.K. Four Scots Cities Provide Statistics By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times EDINBURGH, Scotland Edinburgh, with 116 females to every 100 males, is very much a women's city. And on top of that it has the highest propor- tion of unmarried people of all the major cities of Scotland. These are among the interest- ing facts which the General Reg- YOUR HEALTH istry Office includes in its de- tailed report on the 1961 census. This report has just been issued, and it gives a summary of com- parisons with Edinburgh, Glas- gow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Among the facts set forth are these: Aberdeen has the highest pro- portion of women to men, with Edinburgh in second place, but the percentage of excess fe- males has dropped by two per Many Precautions Against Influenza By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Moiner: Last win- ter my entire family came down with 'flu, one after the other. Are there any precau- tionary measures we can take Mg ag a repetition? -- MRS. Yes, several, and they may apply to diseases other than "flu, too. Some, such as the first rule, apply to virulent infection in the household: Isolate the sick one. Keep him in his room, and don't let others visit him. Be sure there are plenty of tissues to cover the mouth while coughing, wiping the nose, etc. The used ones should be put in a@ paper bag, and disposed of. In the case of flu and other respiratory diseases, the germs are transmitted in droplets of moisture. They are invisible. You don't see anything when a patient coughs, and often you don't when he sneezes, but the tiny droplets are there. Let's go back to the old example of breathing on your glasses to moisten them enough for clean- ing. That gives you an idea of how much moisture is present. Hence a cough can expel thousands of droplets, each cap- able of carrying a colony of virus particles which are so small that an ordinary micros- cope won't make them visible. Talking, and even ordinary breathing, will scatter these germs, but not as far as a cough. Anyone caring for a patient gains added safety by wearing a face mask, which can be im- provised from an old handker- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 16, bes Andrew Bonar Law, the only British prime minister born outside the United Kingdom, was born 105 years ago today--in 1858-- at Rexton; N.B. Son of a Presbyterian clergyman, he was educated in New Brunswick and Glasgow, Scotland, before entering business in Glasgow. In 1900 he left business and en- tered Parliament as a Glas- gow MP. He later held * other seats and gained the Conservative party leader- ship in 1911, In 1915 he joined the war coalition as colonial secretary and when the coalition fell in 1922, he became the prime minister. 1920 -- An explosion on Wall Street killed 30, injured 100 and caused $2,000,000 damage. 859 -- Lake Nyasa was discovered by David Liv- ingston. chief. It's simple, yet it makes a difference. Don't touch the bed unless it is absolutely mecessary, Besides avoiding actual contact, you au- tomatically thus stay pretty weil out of sneeze or cough Tange. Wash your hands frequently, and always immediately after leaving the sick room. Viruses apparently cannot survive very long except in an environment which exactly suits them. If you have picked up the germs on your fingers, it probably does little good to wash your hands 15 or 30 minutes later. Everyone in the household should get ample rest. Avoid fatigue. A rested person has better resistance against invad- ing germs. So far I haven't mentioned "flu vaccine, because it is too late once the illness strikes a household. But keep it in mind for next season. The 'flu vaccine has been improved by addition .of more strains of viruses. The best time for vaccine is in September or October to pro- vide maximum immunity in the usual " 'flu season." Figure on having two shots, about a month apart. in subsequent years, a single booster each fall probably will be sufficient: GALLUP POLL cent in Edinburgh since the 1951 census. The percentage of unmarried people is highest in Edinburgh, but more marriages per cent of population have been recorded since 1951. BETTER HOUSED One comparison which is in Edinburgh's favor is that its population is far better housed than in the other major. cities. More than 40 per cent of the homes in Edinburgh are owner- occupied. In Glasgow and Aberdeen the percentage of own- er-occupiers is 24.2, and in Dun- dee 16.2 per cent. All four cities showed sharp increases in the proportion of populations in the age range covering what is termed the bulk of the "economic section" of the community. This is the group of men between 15 and 64 and women between 15 and 59. The 1961 census shows that 61.9 per cent of the population of Edinburgh is in this category, as compared with 64 per cent when the 1951 census was tak- en, Slightly higher decreases have been recorded in the other three cities. More households having mo- dern amenities such as fixed baths and water closets were reported in all four cities. Sharp decreases in the number of people without these ame- nities were reported in Edin- burgh. LOST POPULATION All four cities lost population by overspill and migration to other countries, notably Canada and Australia, during the 10- year period, the census shows. But in spite of this, with na- tural increases Edinburgh's pre- sent population is the highest in the city's history. Glasgow, largely because of the move- ment of excess population into the new towns of Scotland, shows a decline in population, and is now down to below its figure for 1931. This city lost 118,000 population by moving to the new towns in the last 10 years. There was a noticeable im- provement in the way people were housed in all four cities. Edinburgh had 0.85 persons per room, and an average of 2.93 persons per household, better than the other three cities. All four cities shared in the improvement in the density of population per room. In Edin- Unemployment Remains Biggest Single Worry By The Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) Tirty-three percent of the people say the federal govern- ment is not doing a good job on the problem of unemploy- ment while 51% give a good or fair rating. Since 1958 the view of the grass roots in Canada has been that 'unemployment is the greatest problem facing gov- ernments. This has been estab- lished by a Gallup Poll trend question, asked periodically during the past five years. ~ Today a different question was asked, to ascertain whether Or not the federal government was doing a good job in solving this dominant problem of unem- ployment. The greatest number (39%) te disapprove of the way the gov- ernment is handling unemploy- ment falls into the white collar job category. Farmers are sec- ond with 36% disapproving. Here is the question: "IN GENERAL DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB IN HANDLING THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM?" A g00d job ...ssccce. 24% BIOS 10D. ssecnssece: 47 Not a good job ..... 33 Undecided 16 100% > In an occupation break-down it is shown that all groups pretty. well follow the national average, me Good job Fair job Not a good job Undecided Professional, Executive White Collar Labor Farmer All others 26 24 28 26 30 % 30% 39 31 36 18% 14 17 12 21 OTTAWA REPORT Machines Prefer Numbers To Names By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- A knowledge of geography may be the next vic- tim sacrificed to the machine. Soon our post office sorters may no longer need to remember from their schoolroom lessons whether Punkeydoodles Corners is near Gopherville or 'ear Collegetown. While as for our rovinces, their names will be ustled into the museum. This would be the effect of the adoption by Canada of the new "efficiency" system of ad- dressing mail, using numbers instead of place names, It seems strange to the lay- man that the robots who are -- taking over our lives the name of progress are so sadly lacking in public relations skill; that in their streamlining of our daily processes to attain greater efficiency, they are Teally inefficient. For these robots are convert- ing everything to numbers; the letters of the alphabet are everywhere being replaced by Arabic numerals. LOVE OUR NAME The sweetest word to every human being, no matter what language he speaks, is his own name. But the robots turn aside names, and give numbers in their place. 'Johnny Canuck" is becoming just plain "123-456-7." "Champlain" and 'Montcalm' have already been eliminated from our telephone system; soon maybe they will be ex- pelled from our street names. The next step could affect our mail. The efficient Germans (free, not Red) started the ad- dress-by-numbers system. Now out neighbors across the line, ever anxious to bolster their reputation for efficiency, have adopted it. ' "Use ZIP Code--the last word in mail addresses." This exhor- tation by the postmaster of the U.S. is plastered on every mail collecting box and posted to Sad householder in that coun- 'y. ZIP Code is "a new nation- wide zone system to improve your mail delivery." "It's an extension of the old familiar local zone system, ensuring faster, more efficient service to any delivery point in the United States." At first, a five-digit ZIP Code number is to be added to the address written on the envelope and, of course, added at the end of the return address to in- form one's correspondents. Ulti- mately, the ZIP Code number will replace the state, and the city or. town, and even the dis- trict within the city. _ The entire U.S. has been divided up into major distribu- tion areas numbered 0 to 9. This gives the first digit in the code number. Each of these major distribution areas has been di- vided into 100 numbered minor distribution areas, to give the second and third digits. Thus the postmaster has arbi- trarily overruled history and geography and state lines, Each minor distribution area has again been subdivided into 100 tal delivery zones, numbered rom 00 to 99, to give the fourth and fifth digits of the ZIP Code number. QUEEN'S PARK ZIP major distribution aree "0" covers Maine and adjacent states; New York City is in the "1" area; Washington, D.C., in "2" and so on 'round the coun- Figs Oregon and district is The objective in this project is to use "electronic sortation" for mail. Then the name of city and state will not be required on ve-digit envelopes, just the code number. ' Why do robot machines hard-to-remember poe sad stead of letters--of which there are a large number, permitting a@ greater variety of combina- tions? Will the ZIP Code be intro- duced into Canada? Post office officials here tell me that it is "some time off." "We are not so large at the moment that sorting is a major problem in our 11,000 post offices." But ZIP Code is being studied here in a preliminary way, as a possible assigtant at some ture date when "we adopt "' mated sortation" -- (what's ee Robarts Juggling Pension Argument By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--What will the is- sues, or issue, be in the final days of the campaign? Premier Robarts has been trying to get out from under on pensions. His last-minute trip to the Ot- tawa pension conference was an obvious move to try and rid himself of this bothersome campaign question. As noted previously, the Ot- tawa appearance may have been enough to take the heat off. But then again it may not have. There is little question now that eventually Ontario will go along with the federal Canada Pension Plan. And eventually the Ontario portable pension program will disappear so far as its initial purpose is concerned--that is to provide a compulsory basic pen- sion for workers. SEEKS CREDIT But Mr. Robarts seems to want to keep alive credit to him- self for this program. And if he does we may still see pensions continue as our main issue. He has been talking of work- ing an adjustment between the federal and,the provincial plans, and really there is little com- If the federal plan is not fought by the province and goes BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Dr. R. E. Cox was chosen as the Kinsmen Club's outstanding. member of the year, and was presented with the Doug Crews trophy. The second annual Leadership Training Camp of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario opened at Geneva Park when some 100 campers from all parts of the Province began a week of intensive activities. In order to secure a larger educational grant, and to re- duce costs, East Whitby Town- ship formed a high school board to handle the payment of fees for pupils to the Oshawa Board of Education. Miss Melba Dodd, missionary- elect to China, was tendered a farewell at Calvary Baptist Church. Miss Joy Bennett was Oshawa delegate to the YWCA National burgh the percentage of people living at a density of over 15 per room fell from 30.2 per cent to 18.6 per cent. In Aberdeen, the drop was from 33.5 per cent to 19 per cent, in Dundee from 37.7 per cent to 20.6 per cent. Glasgow's per- centage dropped from 46.9 per cent to 34.3 per cent, so it is still the most crowded of Scot-- land's_ cities, so far as the housing of its people is con- cerned. Assembly et Winnipeg, Mani- toba. General Secretary of the As- sociation of Kinsmen Clubs, S. H. Bantick, who originally form- ed the Oshawa Club, 20 years previously, presided at the in- stallation of new officers. They included J P. Holloway as pre- sident; E. Bassett and R. Wil- gon, vice - presidents; J. Jack- eon, secretary and W. Dunn, treasurer. F. Cowle's loft won the Osh- awa Pigeon Association's race from Glencoe to Oshawa, an air-line distance of 165 miles. Bruce McMechan and Ronald Darou were winners of the Tal- ent Contest, which was one of the features of the Community Night held at Connaught Park. Thomas Newman, Whitby oc- togenarian, presented one of his own paintings to the Whitby Branch of the Canadian Legion. L. M. Souch was elected pre- eident of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy created by the resignation Of [in this area for some years and Keith D. Gahan, who was trans- ferred by the S. S. Kresge Co. to London, Ontario. W. A. Wecker was elected Honorary vice - president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce in recognition of valuable ser- vices rendered into operation, then the main purpose of portable pensions is met. There will be a basic pen- sion; and portability, of course. The only remaining field for provincial action will be to en- sure that pensions in industry over the amount of the federal payments are portable. And with the size of the payments being talked of under the fed- eral plan this might not be a substantial problem. And if the premier continues to give an importance to the Ontario plan which it really doesn't have then he might unin- tentionally keep the whole pen- sions question to the forefront in the campaign. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE? The observer still has the feel- ing, however, that now the ques- tion the parties might be bat- tling over at the wire could be medical care. And again, cen- tring on private insurance. The root difference in our three political parties today-- and today, for once, we really have one--is in their approach to private enterprise and the at- titude that should be taken to- wards it. The PCs essentially put it on a pedestal, The Liberals agree ith it but say we shouldn't ave blind adherence to it. The NDP really is agin it. The government medical care proposal, being based on private insurance,: can bring this out. And now we suspect this is where the final abttle will cen- tre. ANNOUNCEMENT MRS. PHYLLIS JUBB Mr. Horry Millen of Harry Millen Real Estate announces the appointment of Mrs. Phyl- lis Jubb to the Sales staff of the office. Mrs, Jubb has been in real estate with prominent offices is well qualified to handle real estate problems. ; _ The appointment Is effective immediately. HARRY MILLEN REAL ESTATE 9 Bagot St. Oshawa 726-1679 000,000) @ No of funds to teac at public expense. 5S QUEEN ST. EAST CALLING ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORTERS! @ Ontario Government's FOUNDATION TAX PLAN (Sec. 3, Equalization grants) gives additional money (estimated $50,- to Separate Schools from Ontario taxpayers -- 85% of whom are not Separate School supporters. ~ @ In 1960, Gov't grants to S. S. were 150% of their local tax levy; but to P. S. only 37%. denomination enjoys local taxes and public eir religion. @ Liberal and New Democrat parties favour similar (or more generous) schemes to further subsidize Roman Catholic schools @ ASCERTAIN WHERE YOUR CANDIDATE STANDS ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. THE ORANGE ASSOCIATION IN ONTARIO PUBLIC SCHOOL DEFENCE COMMITTEE TORONTO 1