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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1963---PAGE 6 Minister Under Attack For Reasonable Action Canada has been spending up- wards of a billion and a half dollars a year for defence for some years now, and we've. mighty little to show for it. There were screams of outrage when a military observer described the Canadian brigade in NATO as the best-dressed, best- fed and worst-equipped force in the alliance, but there was enough truth in the statment to make it hurt Now Defence Minister Hellyer plans to lop about $50 million a year from defence spending, and while most Canadians will probably cheer him for his efforts, many others are attacking him furiously. It's difficult to understand his critics, Witness after witness has told the Commons defence commit tee about the great need for new equipment for our armed forces. Mr. Hellyer has pointed out, quite for this reasonably, that mone) new equipment must come from economies elsewhere. He is taking what seems to be a practical course to add to the muscle of the armed forces by eliminating some of the f at lat And there is no doubt that there is plenty of fat. Even in wartime there was inefficiency in the use of manpower; padding along the Cana- dian lines of communication was notorious, It was reported that Mr. Hellyer was appalled when a manpower study be had ordered showed that Canada's 39 senior military at- taches abroad draw annual living and rental allowances -- totalling 3,200, Most of these plush embassy posts are filled by colonels or their equi- valent in the navy and air foree --- captains and yroup captains Does Canada need to maintain a military attache at the Canadian embassy in Bonn, when a more senior Canddian officer commands the bripade in West Germany, with headquarters only 90 minutes' drive from. the West German capital? Why is there a military attache in Paris, when dozens of Canadian senior officers serve at- Supreme Allied = Head- quarters there? So it goes. We hope Mr. Hellyer has only started to use the pruning shears, A Frail Superiorit Many Canadians seem to regard public housing in a curiously divided way; tney are not against it in principle, but they don't want it in their neighborhood. A strong answer to these people has been en by Dr. Joseph E. Laycock, a man with a great deal of experience in wel- fare work, in the publication Cana- dian Welfare. He says: "We work every' day with people from every income class, mingle with them on our streets and buses. We welcome them as producers and consumers. We want and need their taxes, direct and indirect, we solicit Community Chest dollars from them,share hospital rooms with them. Children of low income fam- ilies attent the same schools, the same churches -- at least in prin- ciple... We do not want them as neighbors. We accept them when it is in our interest to do so and Reasons For and persona! income tz The trr that 4 The yUbie ls tha AX not accompiisn i ~uts accepted with a f sense f responsibility by government de- partments, business, industry and the working force would undoubt- edly spark great. economic activ- to broaden j probably enough t the t3\.base to'a point at which tax revenues would go beyond the totals reached before the cuts. Commentator C. J. Harris writes that a leading businessman sent him a:'memo headed "What I would do if l were "finance minister." It rather crude over-simplification, { but nevertheless it provides a good Ohe Oshawa Cimes SUBSCRIPTION RATES er S.A. end foreign 24.00, reject them when they appear as a threat to the alleged comfortable- ness of suburban living, We are not prepared to give up very much in the interest of removing long- standing inequities." It is.easy indeed to be self- righteous © if public housing is moving into someone else's. neigh- borhood. Dr.° Laycock refers to efforts to protect a 'frail superior- ity" against 'the presence of other Canadians and fellow citizens whose present economic status is. some- what less than our own.' Is there really any superiority, except in the matter of pay cheques? It is the same feeling, of course, that leads to segregation of people because of color or race or creed, They are, as Dr. Laycock says, inworthy of our heritage", a small, "immature concept of the. great stream of human freedom." Tax Cuts f cussion, Here minister, I xf heads of and government and T would say, -gen- I am tired of hearing about being too high. I am going to them. Not two or three per cent, but 25 per cent, possibly more in some case For this, Mr. Businessman, I want lower prices. From you,' Mr. Union Leader, I want the heat off wages. From Mr, Government De- partment Head, 1 want more effi- ciency in running your affairs; we alony with fewer govern- +8, SO SNUY Up as peo- lie t, are pensioned or. dis- rged for cause. "Reduced taxes will give employ- er and employee more earnings. Re- duced taxes should stimulate more business volume ahd perhaps pro- vide as much revenue as the pre- vious higher rates on lesser volume, With more efficiency in govern- ment anda possible reduction in the cost of its supplies,-we should be { f able (with fewer dollars of higher puchasing power) to maintain gov- ernment services at their former leve 3 and prices, through vould enable us to export more easily and to compete to better advantage .against im- ports. Current. earnings as well as past .savings would -have greater purchasing power, a double gain. "Gentlemen, we ll try this for ir. If it doesn't work be- 1 won't o-operate, then | pet taxes right back where now, Maybe even: higher," YOUR HEALTH ? 2', 3 y) DIRECTION SIGNALS Dangers Observed In Boric Acid Use By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner:; What about boric acid as an eye lotion? I used one teaspoon to a pint of water I had a red guess from some gut eye lotion from didn't help, so I used boric and now the eye is oka friend told me borie acid was an old remedy but now should not be. used. Is' this so?--ECC (71 years old.) I don't like to say that mod- erate use of boric acid is wrong, but my conscience won't let me GALLUP POLL Widespread Lee Oswald By THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) The need for such a commis- sion as President. Johnson has now set .up to investigate the assassination of John: F. Ken- nedy is revealed by. widespread fears that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act on his owr A Gallup Poll in the U:S shows a majority of the Amer can public holding the view that some. group or element or individua was also in- the assassination. An- cent. express uncer- about a third of nterviewed think ation was the act of ing person alone President Johnson. recently named a_ top-level .seyen-man commission, headed' by Chief Justice Earl Warren, to try to br ght all the fact ur rounding the tragic death of President Kennedy say that it is perfectly all right, either We once considered it a "safe" antiseptic. Then we learned that it-can be absorbed through the skin. For a specific example, a good many babies were made mysteriously ill un- til it was found that they (or their - diapers) were being dusted with boric acid powder It has reached a_ point at which some hospitals don't even keep any boric acid in the. dis- petisaries Other medications can do the job as well without the risk. U.S. Fears Not Alone While about a third of the pub- lic blames the death of Kennedy on the deranged and depraved mind of a single man, there are many more who are dissatisfied with such a. conclusion Of those who think the plot may be deeper than has yet come to light, views. vary all the way from the belief that the assassination was part. of a major conspiracy to persons who think the assassin was hired by another. person to carry out his ends The question "Do you think that the man who shot Kennedy acted on his own, or was some group or ele- ment also responsible?" The results Assassin acted on his own Some group or element aise responsible Uncertain EVA YOE as ' P hee f Why Don't You Investigate the Same Possibilities That Led Her to an Interesting, permanent job? A NEW TERM WILL COMMENCE AT THE OSHAWA BUSINESS COLLEGE Monday, January 6, 1964 Free Literature is available -- Just. 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A strong west wind whipped the Red Ensign on the flag staff top- ping the Peace Tower, In the Red. Chamber, little more than half filled with senators, the Honourable the Speaker had read p rs, and Senator Nor- man Lambert had reported two bills back from the Banking and Commerce Committee Then Senator William Taylor moved the third reading of Bill C-95, to amend the Income Tax Act. Third reading is usually a perfunctory vote of approval, after a bill has been debated in depth on second reading and tooth-combed as to detail in committee. But on this occasion, the mere handful of spectators had stum- bled little knéwing into an his- toric Session. When Mr. Speaker asked; "Honourable Senators, is it your pleasure to adopt the motion?", there was a rustle on ip front Opposition bench, a genator arose, and declared: "Honourable Senators, in amendment | move that Bill C-95 be not now read a third time ne The Hon. M. Wallace McCut- cheon, the senator from Gorm- ley, Ontario, is by' seniority quite low on the Senate totem pole, But in the 16 months since his appointment to our upper BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO December 16, 1948 New woodshop equipment was installed by the Community Recreation Association. The Ontario Regiment held its Christmas party in the Armor jes. LA, FE. V. Davies, Capt J H. Richardson and Sgt. Jack Hele were in charge of *the fes livities The Oshawa Jewish congrega tion purchased the Llewellyn Hall property on King street east to be used as a synagogue 'The Hall was formerly owned by the Foreign Mission Board of the United Church of Canada W. Tippett was installed Chief Ranger of Court Oshawa, Cana dian. Order of Foresters. He ucceeded Chief Ranger H, C. Stark Very Wor. Bro. William A. Hare, oldest Past Master of Lebanon Lodge No. 139 AF and AM, was presented with a 50- year jewel. The presentation was made by Very Wor. Bro Samuel J. Babe, Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 16, 1963 An amendment to the British North America Act, giving the Canadian Par- liament power to amend the constitution in matters lying solely. in the federal juris- diction, was passed 14 years ago today -- in 1949. The amendment does not apply to provincial and educa- tional rights and rights ap- plying to the English and French languages -- The Boston "tea party" was staged in pro- test against taxation 1945--Japan's former pre- mier, Prince Konye, was found. to have committed suicide A 10 project street develop- ment plan prepared by Chair- man Norman Millman of the Town Planning Board was sub mitted to City Council for ap- proval Jack Burtch was re-e president of the Oshawa B of the Canadian Legion at the annual meeting. Thomas Bouck ley and William Beaton were elected Ist' and 2nd vice-presi dent, respectively, and C. F Grant, secretary In keeping with the unit's tra- dition, 14-year-old Don. Bickell took over command of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps 'Sir Francis Drake' from Lt. Her- bert Maynard when the. Corps' annual Christmas dinner was held Work was started on the old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery on Bond street west, prepara- tory to its establishment as a city park. The tombstones were being removed for construction of a fitting memorial. Miss Lillie M. Lockhart, -on the staff of the Oshawa Bell Telephone Co completed 35 years' service with the Com- pany chamber, he has been minister without portfolio, then minister of Trade and Commerce, and is now more than an ornament of the Opposition, front bench, Among the elder statesmen of the Senate, he is respected as a successful veteran of the world of -business. Senator McCutcheon argued, forcibly and persuasively; that Bill C-95 had chosen the wrong way to do right: things He agreed that Canada badly needs to reduce unemployment, to in- crease Canadian ownership and to improve our balance of pay- ments. But the government's proposa] to increase the with- holding tax on foreign-owned Canadian corporations might not achieve this, is certainly not the best way of skinning that particular cat, and could even have undesirable side - effects, argued Senator McCutcheon To rebut the amendment, the Grand Old Mar. of the Senate, 87-year-old Tom Crerar, rose to his feet. 'Il was unaware that this amendment was going to be moved,"' he began, 'I do not like seciions of this bill any more than does Senator McCutcheon. I think much of it is bad legisla- tion. Within four or five months another budget will be brought down, correctng blunders in the recent budget,"' OLD WARHORSE The great old senator, who has spent more than half his life on Parliament Hill--he was first sworn into the cabinet as a min- ister during the First World War--spoke fluently off his cuff, arguing that the bill be now passed, in the hope that correc- tions will follow next session, He was followed by Senator Thorvaldson, an experienced and successful businessman-law- yer from Winnipeg; by Senator Grattan O'Leary, one of the greatest orators in Canada to- day; by Government. Leader Ross Macdonald and by Senator Dave Croll, who carried the bur- den of defending the govern- ment's position; and by other Senators, notably Hon. Jacques Flynn Finally, the amendment was put to the vote, and was de- feated by a_ division strictly along party lines But on this bleak, chill winter afternoon, we saw the Senate at its finest. 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