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Siye Hshawn Sane ' Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited | 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher > FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1963---PAGE 6 Macaulay Resignation Weakens Robarts' Team * The resignation of Robert Macau- lay from the Ontario cabinet not dnly weakens the Robarts govern- ment but means a sharp loss to the province as a whole. We can only hope that his health will improve sufficently and rapidly enough for him to rejoin the cabinet. In the meantime, he will make a continuing contribution to public service as a member of the Legislature. A man of enormous energy and scintillating mind, Mr. Macaulay has literally worked himself into bad health. His problem from now on - will certainly not be one of looking for ways to fill his time but of heeding the advice of doctors and friends to try to do less with his time. There are men in the govern- ment who are as devoted to their jobs as Mr. Macaulay has been; men with as much administrative ability ; and a few with much more political . acuity. But there is none with as much intellectual curiosity and crea- tivity. To use a trite expression, he has been a self-starter. Hs weakness, perhaps, has stem- med from the curiosity, creativity and energy which were also his strengths because they have octa- sionally led him to lose sight of main issues -- to explore interest- ing but unfruitful bypaths. The calm and pragmatic Mr. Robarts could keep his brilliant colleague on the main path; together they made a superb team. When Mr. Macaulay takes on a job, he does not assume that he knows all about it; he masters his subject before reaching firm conclu- sions about it. Typical was his action when he was named to the Ontario Hydro Commission. Elec- tricity he knew about, but what about the future of Hydro in a nuclear age? He went to physicists at the University of Toronto, studied furiously -- and produced a primer on the atom as a source of peaceful energy. We hope he returns to the cabinet when he is well. There are too few of his kind in government. Dispute Affects Nation Those who think that the dispute between shippers and longshore- men in Montreal (and by this time, probably in other eastern ports) is just another argument of little more than local importance are badly mistaken. The strike can affect the well-being of the whole nation, be- cause of its interruption of wheat shipments to Russia. Canada has undertaken to ship tore than 230 million bushels of wheat and flour to Russia, at a price of around $500 million. The wheat is to be shipped from Cana- dian ports by the end of July, 1964. The wheat farmers, of course, will be the direct beneficiaries of the sale, but they are also custom- ers -- for clothes, housing, machin- ery, automobiles, household ap- pliances and a hundred other things. The effects of that $500 million pumped into the western economy will be felt from one end of the country to the other -- in Oshawa just as in Regina or Moose Jaw. But the $500 million depends on delivery. This is how Trade Minis- ter Sharp described it in a recent speech: "If the 239 million bushels of wheat sold to Russia were put in box cars at the same time, the train would be 1,024 miles long and stretch roughly from Medicine Hat to Fort William. The Canadian railways have never before been faced with a grain movement of the magnitude involved in meeting this sales commitment to Russia plus sales to other markets. Before the sales contract with the U.S.S.R. was signed, I took the precaution of discussing the implications with the heads of the two major railroads who assured me that given a reasonably quick turn-around at the terminals, they could meet the program, At our seaports, appoxi- mately 640 vessels of 10,000 tons average will be required to trans- port the wheat. For all practical purposes the terminal elevators and our ports -- east, west and north -- including the Atlantic ports for the winter months, will be working at full capacity from now to the end of next July." Erosion Of The Dollar The cost of living was down a little in August from July but was a couple of points higher than during the same month last year. This is typical of the movement of the cost of living index -- some Slight variation from month to month, but a general, steady in- trease from year to year. * Most of us realize that the cost of living has been steadily going up Since the end of World War II, but few of us know how substantial that rise has been. As a matter of fact, the federal government's index of consumer prices has advanced from 78.4 in July of 1946 to 133.5 in July of 1963, an incrase of 70 per cent. There are many causes for the increase, but one of the most im- portant has probably been the least publicized. That is taxation. Tax revenues of all governments in Can- ada increased from $2,985 million in 1946 to $10,141 million in 1962, or from $243 to $546 per capita. She Osharon Sanes T. &. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lished 1871) and the itby Gazette ond icle (established 1863) is. published daily end Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- rs Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Doilies Associaton. The Canadan Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the Credited to it or to The Associoted or fers, and also the local Tews published therein. All rights of special des- Patches ore also reserved. * aga venue, Toronto, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, fro Pickering, Bowmanville, Brookli Perry, "Albert, gerne ory Sree Bay, Liverpool t j eg «i ngy | 'yrone. Ounbarton, Enniskillen, Columbus. Greenwood. Kinsole, Ragion Blackstock, hester Portypool ond Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provnces Commonwealth Countries 15.00, 2%) Catan Smaak Taxes levied on business are a business cost and post-war in- creases in tax rates -- for example the manufacturers' sales tax from eight per cent to 11. per cent and the corporation tax from 30 per cent to 52 per cent -- have had to be reflected in price increases. No doubt, too, that the déficit financing of recent years -- part and parcel of the policy of encoura- ging consumption -- has contri- buted to the rise in prices. Large increases in the quantity of money, created to finance government ex- penditures in excess of tax receipts, is acknowledged as a major cause of inflation. Over the past five years, the deficits of all govern- ments in Canada have totalled $3,- 838 million. It has been the attitude of most post-war governments that "a little inflation is a good thing," or at least not a bad thing. Those whose salaries and wages have 'kept in step with or outpaced rising prices probably agree. But it is a mis- fortune for those who try to save for the future. Briefly Noted What with the number of fisher- men growing by leaps and bounds and the alarming increase in the pollution of streams and lakes, it may not be so very long before there are more fishermen than fish. "There are more mental cripples outside institutions than in them," Says a psychiatrist. This statement will surprise only those who don't circulate among people. ' Se ee ONWARD AND UPWARD REPORT FROM U.K. Council Suspects Green Belt Theft By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Municipal coun- cils throughout Brita'n general- ly regard their green belt prop- erties as something sacred, and attempts to break through the green belt' regulations and build homes in these areas receive short shrift from these bodies. Brentwood council members, however, fear that they have been grossly misled, and, as one of the councillors said "taken for a ride" by get-rich-quick landlords. The council claims that 'under the guise of "agri- cultural cottages"', luxury homes -- with a view -- have been springing up in the heart of Brentwood's green belt. It has been reported to the council that two such "'agricul- tural cottages", the building of which is allowed in the green belt, after standing vacant for two years, have now been rent- ed at $45 a week: each. GREEN BELT ROBBERY The story of what has become known as the great Green Belt Robbery: was uncovered when the council's town © planning committee decided to defer an application for the construction of two agricultural workers' homes in the green belt area. The committee said it wished to inspect the detailed plans for the cot'ages before giving approval. The situation which is causing concern was outline by Coun- cillor James Reddell, who told the committee: "I am concerned at builders and business people obtaining farm property and slapping in applications for agricultural cot- tages which are not really in- tended to be used for that pur- pose, In fact, these Green Belt dodgers have been hoodwinking us right, left and centre for years. A good number of the applications are fictitious. One so-called gardener's cottage has four bedrooms, a double garage and a swimming pool." Councillor Reddell added: "This situation means that un- scrupulous people getting hold of Green Belt land can use a family as a lever for permis- sion to build an agricultural cot- tage and then turn it out and rent the house at an exorbitant figure, It is being done, and 'n YOUR HEALTH mocent people are being used as pawns to get swanky houses built in beautiful 'licensed' coun- tryside." The Brentwood Council pro- poses, however, to put a stop to this hoodwinking, and to en- sure that if some one applies to put up a dwelling in the Green Belt zone, it will really be used for an agricultural purpose, as the regulations require. Councillor Geoffrey Green, a Brentwood solicitor, stressed: "We can impose a »condition that a dwelling for which per- mission is given can be used for that -pecific purpose only. From mow on, the council has resolved to put this condition on all applications for farm work- ers' cottages. We have been ad- vised by the minister of hous- ing and local government that this condition is enforceable, and we intend to see that this position is not abused any more." Daintiness Chief Swimming Factor By Joseph G. Molner, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My daugh- ter is going to take swimming lessons at an indoor pool and her period will probably come on the Jast couple of days of the session. Would it be advisable to con- tinue with the lessons? -- Mrs. T. J. S. To swim or not to swim dur- ingthe menstrual period--that's a question that deserves some answers. Medically, there is no harm in it, Nor, for that matter, is there harm in any physical ac- tivity or sport in which a yirl or woman ordinarily engages. In fact, the girl or woman who is reasonably active has a great deal less trouble with cramps and similar troubles than do BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, Excavation was started for a new storage garage on the northeast corner of King and Mary streets which was being built by Mercury Service Ltd. at a cost of $90,000. H. C. Leckey was elected vice- president of the General Motors Rugby Football Club. W. M. McKay was appointed news editor of The Oshawa Daily Times to succeed H, J. Davis. Ernie Parsons was elect- ed secretary of the Oshawa In- termediate Hockey Club to fill the vacancy created by the death of Jack Nott. Dr. D. R. Cameron was elected president of the Club. The Christian Church was ad- mitted as a member of the Unit- ed Church of Canada under the name of Centre Street United Church. W. C, Richardson was appoint. ed manager of the Winter Gar- dens, Simcoe street north. Returning the visit of Dr. T. E. Kaiser to his home in Cal- gary, P. H. Scott and family motored from that city to Osh- awa, a distance of 2,400 miles, in six days. oe The Oshawa Public School Rugby League was well under way for its second year. Mur- ray Johnston donated a trophy for junior competition and Neil Hezzelwood donated one for the senior section. Robert Fraser, manager of Nut Krust Lid. an 1928 nounced a $40,000 addition to its cafeteria at Brock and Division streets. An apartment was in- cluded in the alterations. The Ontario Regimental Band under the leadership of Band- master Thomas Dempsey, assisted by Mrs. Alex B. Fisher, soprano soloist; gave the first of a series of fall and winter con- certs in the Regent Theatre. The Williams Piano Co. was forced to adopt the system of overtime work to keep up with the demand for radios which were manufactured by the firm. Mayor R, D. Preston, direc- tor, and Leon Frazer, secretary of the Oshawa Chamber of Coin- merce, were delegates to the an- nual convention of the Associa- oe Chamber Boards at North y. % Jesse Arnott, principal of North Oshawa Public School, was elected president of the Southern Ontario Teachers' In- stitute. those who don't ordinarily get much exercise. But that's some- what beside the point. Swimming can be continued, if you like, in the ocean or lake or river. However, in a pool, it is some- what di'ferent, not from a health standpoint but from ene of daintiness or esthetics. Contamination of the water isn't a problem. Chlorination in the pool would take care of that. Any well-operated pool, whether at home or at a club or gym- nasium is (or ought to be) chlorinated to prevent the pas- gage from person to person of euch itinerant bacteria as may frequently be in the nose or throat, or on the skin. So make your decision on the basis of the facts, I consulted a prominent swim- ming coach, and he said that it is customary tp excuse a girl from practice or training swims while she is. menstruating, but if she is -on the team, ahd there is a competitive meet, she is allowed to compete. A race usually lasts only a matter of minutes, so that's why he follows that policy. Dear Dr. Moliner: What are the symptoms of a_ disease called Wegener's granulomato- vat Can it be treated?--Mrs. S. 0. It is a rare lung disease. The caust is not clear; but it may have its origin in a special kind of allergy. Symptoms may include fever, cough, asthma, difficulty in breathing. X-rays have a spotty appearance which may be. cen- fused with cancer of the tung, and often a biopsy is required to make a positive diagnosis. To my knowledge, the steroid (cortisone-type) drugs are the only effective treatment. 30 DAYS OVERSEAS (OCT. Ist -- MAR, Ist) $312.00 ROUND TRIP. AT FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL (OSHAWA) CANADA'S ORIGINAL MUTUAL FUND | HAS DECLARED ITS 123" CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND THIRTEEN CENTS PER SHARE PAYABLE NOV, 1, 1963 TO SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD OCT. 18 THIS DECLARATION BRINGS 1963 TOTAL DIVIDENDS TO A RECORD 41¢ PER SHARE cash ovioeins exceo $57,000,000 snice orcanizanon Canadian Investment Fund, Ltd. .Ses_ MONTREAL (CP) -- fans believe they have located the remains of Canada's first steamboat, Accommoda- tion, built in 1809 by John Mol- son. A hulk has been found sub- merged in 15 feet of water near the south shore of the St. Law- rence River opposite the eastern end of Montreal Island. Marcel Fecteau, a diver for the Ile Jesus Historical Society, has inspected the hulk and re- moved several lengths of wood from its side. One of the lengths was pierced by hand-cut nails 8% inches long. Another nail was longer. "If it is the Accommodation, and indications certainly point that way, one of Montreal's greatest historical mysteries will be solved," said researcher J. Raymond Denault. ? A history of the Molson fam- fly published in 1955 says the steamboat "simply vanished, Jeaving not the slightest clue as to_her final disposition." Built in three months, the steamboat made her first trip from Montreal to Quebec City in November, 1809. A reporter of the Quebec Mer- ecury described her as having a el 75-foot keel and 85-foot-long deck, Diver Fecteau says the submerged hulk is about 80-feet long. The Ile Jesus society's inter- est in the hulk was aroused' by Rev. Laurent Charron whose ancestors owned Charron Island near the spot where it was found. Father Charron obtained a statement from 73-year-old The- odore Brien Desrochers_ which said: "It was 117 years ago that my grandfather, Narcisse Brien Desrochers, bought Molson Is- land from a Mr. Provost who, two years previously, bought it directly from Mr. Molson. "My father told me the Mol- son brewery company wintered its boats in the channel between Charron and Molson islands." Father Charron said Mr. Des- rochers disclosed recently he was told by his father the Ac- commodation's bottom structure was submerged in the channel. His father said the machinery had been removed earlier. QUEEN'S PARK , _ 'Hulk May Be 'OTTAWA REPORT eS n Report * Shows His Worth By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--New Zealand has recently instituted the parlia- mentary office of 'ombuds- man" or 'grievance corrector." This development attracted the great interest of Social Credit Leader R. N. Thompson during his visit to New Zealand last month, because he had himself attempted to introduce in our Parliament a bill which would create the same post in Canada. The ombudsman originated in Sweden and the idea now has been copied in' Denmark, Fin- land and New Zealand. The world-wide trend to greater bureaucratic activity, coupled with Parliament's delegation of law-making powers to the civil service, has created a need for protection of the citizen against error or negligence by the bu- reaucracy. Hence the post of ombudsman or "parliamentary commissioner" has been de- signed to ensure justice for the tizen. The New Zealand ombuds- man, Sir Guy Powles, has re- ported that during his first six months in office he received 334 complaints from private citi- sens. * ; COMPLAINTS JUSTIFIED Some of these complaints were not proceeded with after preliminary study and discus- sion with the complainant. Others referred to matters not within the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Parliament, such as municipal affairs, and were therefore outside the concern of the ombudsman, But 117 cases were completed and in every instance the complaint was found to be justified, and cor- rection set in train. Twenty-two of these con- cerned the department of na- tional revenue and were com- plaints about taxation, 28 re- ferred to injustices in the ad- ministration of social welfare and 15 related to customs duties. Twelve involved health matters; nine related to educa- tion; while labor was concerned Macaulay's Loss Felt By Ontario By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There was shock here when Hon. Robert Macau- lay resigned his portfolios. Oh yes there had been rumors for months that he intended to get out. And you knew his driving, bold temperament didn't meld so well with that of some of his colleagues. And that some of them were jealous of his pub- licity. That they referred to him as a one-man band. But he had put down such strong roots in this place, in the province itself and its economy. You couldn't conceive of him not being here. : But he did resign--and sud- denly--and dramatically (There actually were tears in his eyes when he faced the press.) GREAT MAN The government and the peo- ple of Ontario have lost a man. A man of potential greatness. In politics, of course, you don't have to be a great man to achieve greatness, The record shows we have some men we consider. great who achieved their fame more through caution than any meaty virtue. But that was not this breed of man. He was a man with a mind, with imagination, boldness, dar- ing and courage. He was a man of whom les- ser men could be truly jealous. When you take a quick look at his record in the last few years it looks almost like the record of the government itself. Outstanding, of course, was his Trade Crusade. It lifted the economy of the province. It possibly even won for the government the recent election. For it was dynamic-- in' a government which is es- sentially not dynamic--and was proudly talked about on the hus- tings. But he did other things. He stood up to the entrenched brass at Hydro and brought it back, at least partially, into the control of the province. He organized the department of energy resources and set up machinery to bring under con- trol natural gas and oil. Indirectly he made his drive felt in other departments--such as the recent shake up in travel and publicity which he_ insti- gated. Along the road, of couse, he inevitably made opponents and enemies. Officially his retirement was id to be for "reasons of . It is 'noteworthy that his illness is heart sickness. Ronald W. Bilsky, D.C, CHIROPRACTOR @ Rheumatism @ Migraine Headaches 100 King St. E. 728-5156 in seven cases, justice in three, lands and surveys in five, and the police in seven: gives an idea of the This broad field of pg sey and explains why, as Thompson ing ment velotie tthe tokens vi of New Zealand politicians, Many Canadians depend their own MP for the rearees of any they have against a department of the fed-. eral government. But, as Bob Thompson reminded me, an MP can only attain the desired and just result if the civil servants concerned will co-operate with him. But if they dig their toes 4 there is nothing an MP can Unlike an MP, the ombuds- man has power to investigate a department and examine all relevant files. He can get at facts and circumstances which might even be concealed from the minister in charge of a de- partment, CANADA COULD USE ONE Sir Guy Powles made one very interesting comment in his first report, He discovered that many patients in hospitals are not always made fully aware of the implications of certain major operations, so the form of consent to undergo surgery does not give full protection to the patient--nor, for that mat- ter, to the surgeon. But this field is removed from the more usual activity of an ombuds- man, Sweden has had this office for a long time and has found it very satisfactory. In countries familiar with the office, discus- sion or positive steps have con- cerned the extension of it be- yond just government. adminis- tration, so that there might be a justice ombudsman or a miii- tary ombudsman. Canada might also have had this evidently useful public ser- vant at the suggestion of Bob Thompson but for a somewhat narrow - minded interpretation by the Speaker of the House of Commons. He ruled Mr. Thomp- son's proposal "'out of order," on the grounds that only a cabi- net minister may introduce a bill which would call for the ex- penditure of the taxpayers' money. But Mr. Thompson's bill was specifically framed to ob- viate this, by proposing that a judge of the Supreme Court, who is already on the public payroll, should be appointed as ombudsman. : TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS chapter in the annals of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was added 21 years ago to- day--in 1942--when the po- lice schooner St. Roch ar- rived in Halifax after the first west to east traverse of the Northwest Passage. One of the eight-man crew died of a heart attack as the schooner wintered in the ice less than 50 miles from the magnetic pole. 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