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'She Oshatwn Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1963----PAGE 6 Revenues Not Increased By Bookkeeping Entries Bookkeeping entries that shuffle funds from federal. to provincial to municipal more equally distribute public funds, but they do not produce more revenue, All levels of govern- ment are taxing as much as they can -- and, economists agree, more than is healthy for ,the national economy -- but juggling the en- tries cannot balance the . books because total spending now far surpasses total income. For the five calendar years up to and in- cluding 1962, total government spending amounted to $56.3 billion while revenues came to only $52.3 billion, leaving an over-all deficit of $4 billion. By comparision, in the precéding five-year period the combined spending of all govern- ments totalled only $37.3 billion, while revenues were $37.9 billion. Finally, there is the point that total government expenditure is now nearly equal to one-third of the country's gross national pro- duct, and many economists believe that national growth is impaired Habits And This is the time when people start thinking about New Year's resolutions. The resolutions are generally concerned with habits one wishes to change or break. To keep them calls for will power. And on this subject, The Printed Word discourses as follows: The chains of bad habits, most people will agree, must be broken. This only requires will power. The word "only" is invariably inserted in that sentence by those who have been succsesful in giving up smok- ing or drinking or staying up too late. Those who are still in the chains may well believe that the word makes the sentence a dep- lovable understatement, There is one aid to acquirement governments may when the state consumes even one- quarter of national output. Prior to the Ottawa conference there was speculation that the pro- vinces would combine in a demand for larger shares of income and corporation taxes and_ succession duties. The estimated cost of these demands ran as high as half a billion dollars. However, in this area the federal government was in a very strong bargaining posi- tion. Ottawa makes revenue available to the provinces in three main ways: by' surrendering a_ portion of its direct taxing rights, by equal- ization grants, and by conditional grants for shared programs that vary from hospital insurance to municipal winter works. In the last fiscal year these three sources provided $1.85 billion of provincial revenues, of which the shared-pro- gram grants provided over $875 million. If the provinces had' in- sisted on a larger share of personal income and corporation tax reven- ues, e Will Power of the necessary will power. If one analyses the habit one wishes to break it will usually be found asso- ciated with a good or innocent habit; if the first cigarette of the day is associated with the breakfast cup of coffee, one can omit the coffee and the craving for the cigarette will .vanish. Altering good or indifferent habits may return unexpected re- wards. If one is accustomed to going to lunch at one o'clock, for example, one will meet the same persons at the club or restaurant every day. Alter the time to half an hour earlier or later and one will see a whole new set of friends or acquaintances whose lives are bound by a different chain. Cutting Campaign Time The possibility of shorter elec- tion campaigns is indicated by the government's authorization of a study of the adoption of a perman- ent voters' list. At present the Canadian Election Act requires: a minimum of 49 days between the issue of election writs and the actual polling date; in practice, to permit the enumeration of voters and corrections to the list, the min- imum is about 59 days. It is possi- ble that a permanent voters' list, at an estimated cost of $8 million a year to maintain, could cut the required preparation time in half. As far as the electioneering is concerned, four weeks would seem quite adequate in these days of travel by airplane and automobile, comprehensive news coverage, and speech-making on television and radio. A shorter campaign would certainly ease the physical. strain on party leaders, and the financial strain on all candidates. Shorter campaigns would be a lot easier on the public, too -- not only in the matter of having to pay heed to all of the embellish- ments that are added to party plat- forms during an eight-week cam- paign, but also in the matter of having to pay for all of the prom- ises of higher spending that are patched into the platforms over the longer haul. More Exercise Needed One resolution all of us should consider is that suggested by the Canadian Heart Foundation: "Resolved that in 1964 I will get the regular exercise needed to im- prove my health." The Foundation recommends what it termed a common sense approach to exercise as follows: Select a form of exercise com- patible with your age and physical condition, The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher ; C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa-Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily {Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). 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Other es ond Countries 15.00, U.S.A, end foreign 24,00, Choose -the exercise you like. If you approach exercise with a Spar- tan attitude, you're bound to fall by the wayside soon. The idea is to fit physical exercise (whether outdoor hiking or home calisthen- ics) into your daily routine, and then add some weekly activities, like bowling, roller-skating, curling or other in-season sports. Once you have worked out a reasonable -schedule, try to let nothing interfere with it. Be prudent. If you haven't had much exercise since you left school, don't try to start where you left off. If your age and physical con- dition warrant a return to strenu- ous activities, work up to them gradually by daily moderate exer- cise, Try walking to work, or if you have to drive, park your car where you have to walk an extra few blocks. Do your weekend shopping on foot if possible. Begin your exercise routine with a walk to your doctor's office for a physical examination; he will tell you if some forms of exercise should be avoided. oust 'TS HE SENDING A MESSAGE, OR RECEIVING ONF? REPORT FROM U.K. Hovercraft Makes Notable Progress By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times COWES, Isle of Wight -- In the plant of the Saunders-Roe division of Westland Aircraft, Limited, on the Isle of Wight, I have been given an insight into the tremendous progress which has been made in the last four years in the development of the world's most modern form of transportation the Hover- craft. It is just four years since the first Hovercraft, the SRN 1, was built at Cowes, and was demon- strated as a potential commer- YOUR HEALTH cial vehicle on the English chan- nel, I saw it in action at the Farnborough Air Show in 1959, when it captured attention by the success which attended the adoption of a new principle in travel -- the use of a cushion of air to enable a Hovercraft to speed along a few-feet.above the surface of land or wate Its in- ventor, Christopher S. Cockerell had shown that his idea of a craft skimming potentialities. And as a result 'a great new Hovercraft industry has sprung up in Britain. NEWEST MODELS On a visit to the Saunders- Roe division of the Westland Kneecap Is Armor To Protect Joint By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: What about removal of knee caps? Would such. surgery make my legs stiff? I have osteoarthritis, and the .doctors say. removal will give partial relief--Mrs, L. M. No, removal of the knee caps won't make your. legs stiff. The knee is an intricate and vulnerable joint, because it has to bear your weight all your walking life, and move in a number of directions. The knee cap exists for the prime purpose of protecting this joint. It isn't part of the joint. It is a shield. There are two primary reéa- sens for removing a knee cap. One is that it has been shat- tered, such as in an automobile accident, for example. The other is that, in certain cases, it relieves some of the secondary miseries of arthritis (osteoarthritis in most in- stances, but rheumatoid arth- ritis, obviously, can also be in- volved), . Orthopedic surgeons remove knée caps quite often, and with good results. Remember that the knee cap (or patella, which is the tech- nical name for this movable piece of bone) is not part of the joint itself. It is merely armor, to protect the joint. COMMON SITE Now let's say that a patient develops: arthritis of the knee joint. This is a rather common site for the disease. In most cases, only the joint is painful and stiff. Occasionally, however, the de- formation of the joint puts stress TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 30, 1963... The steamship Caroline, used by Canadian rebels under William Lyon Mac- kenzie, was burned in the Niagara River by Canadian soldiers 126 years ago today --in 1837. At least one American citizen was killed and the incident caused a diplomatic impasse between Britain and the United States, 1944 -- King George : of Greece virtually renounced iis threne.-when he pro- claimed a regency to rule his native land. 1948--France granted do- mestic controls to the state «f Viet Nam in another Step toward giving it free- om. on the knee cap itself. Then you have not only 'arthritis of the joint, but interference with the knee' cap, and its removal re- lieves that secondary stress or pain. It does not, you can see, have any effect on the original diffi- culty in the joint. That's why your doctors said the removal will afford "partial relief' but will not solve the whole prob- lem. Well, partial relief is better than none, so there's good _rea- son to go aong with this plan. However, with the knee caps gone, you must be careful not to damage the joints, since their protective shields aren't there avoid kneeling, for the same reason, A physician of my acquaint- ance had this same operation, and he was told to give up his hobby of trout fishing--too much kneeling, too much risk of hurt- ing the joints when shorn of their "armor." The surgery was successful, and by being careful he has had no further damage to the knee joints. GALLUP POLL MY ', Aircraft Limited on the Isle of Wight, I saw: four different models of the Hovercraft, in- cluding the original SRN 1, The progress which has been made since then has been. re- markable. I saw -the SRN 2, which created quite a sensation when it was taken to. Canada last summer, and rode smoothly over the Lachine rapids, as well as being demonstrated on the St. Lawrence River, It was a craft of 27 tons capable of carrying 70 passengers, and eight tons of freight The next model, known as the SRN 2, Mk. 2, is a much larger craft. It is 37% tons in weight, can carry up to 150 passengers, and has a freight capacity of 12 tons. The other model was the SRN 5, a smaller craft of seven tons, but carrying up to 20 passengers and two tons of freight. ADDED FEATURE There is one new feature in these later models which did not exist in the original Hovercraft That is the addition of a. skirt built around the hull of the craft, varying in depth with the model and size, and which con- fines the air cushion within it, and gives a higher lift to enable the oraft to overtop higher ob- stacles and waves. This has been the greatest single de- velopment, because it will make possible the use of large Hover- 'craft as ferries across the En- glish channel, Under construction, at the mo- ment, is the SRN 4, which is being developed as a cross chan- nel ferry. It will weigh 200 tons, and will be able to accommo- date up to 600 passengers and from 50 to 60 automobiles. Much of its construction is on the secret list at the moment, but the scientists who are working on it this plant on the Isle of Wight see unbounded possibil- ities for its use over stretches of water like the English chan- nl, or the channel between the mainland of Canada and Van- couver Island. Already some of the Hover- craft have been used in ferry services in England -- between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and across the Bristol Channel, as well as being used as a pleasure craft on the Thames at~London, They have been proven prac- tical and economic, The extent of their future development is limited only by the skill of the scientists who are working ceaselessly for their improve- ment and greater utility. _ Johnson Gets Big Edge As Democra By THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) President Lyndon B>Johnson has a commanding lead today as the choice of the rank-and- . file of the Democratic party for the Presidential nomination in 1964, In fact, Johnson receives 68 per cent of the first choices of this group, with Attorney- Genera! Robert Kennedy second with 16 per cent. It is generally assumed that Johnson will have no real competition for the top position of his party in the forthcoming election. 4 Democ F Nom Lyndon Johnson Robert Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson Hubert Humphrey Edmund (Pat) Brown Stuart Symington William Fulbright Undecided tic Nominee In a survey conducted after the State funeral of the late President Kennedy, Gallup Poll interviewers measured the pop- ular appeal of seven men who have been mentioned as pos- sible presidential candidates by asking: "Here is a list of men who have been mentioned as pos- sible presidential candidates for the Democratic party in 1964. Which one would you like to see nominated as the Democra- tic candidate for president in 1964?"" rx. Choices Independent. Choices or 1964 For 1964 : ination: Nominations: 68% 66% 11 'Sharing Of Sweep Money Hot Topic In New Zealand AUCKLAND (CP)--New Zea- land has found that controversy over state - run lotteries has diminished, but fighting con- tinues over what to do with the profits, New Zealand's government- sponsored lottery, the Golden Kiwi, has been in operation for two years. Objections still are made from time to time to the whole principle of a lottery by anti-gambling interests. But these complaints make little real impact. The lottery has been accepted as part of national life and in itself it is no longer a political issue. The distribution of the profits, however, is a live topic most everywhere and especially in politics. Tickets in the Golden Kiwi cost five shillings (about 75 cents) and after administration costs, government duty and prizes amounting to about half the purchase price, the govern- ment has a profit of one shill- ing five pence (about 21 cents) on each ticket for distribution to good causes. In a year, the brings about $4,000,000. That's where the snag comes in now. Distribution of the prof- its originally was left solely to the internal affairs minister, who bestowed gifts on a district hall committee here, a ladies' bowling club there, a Boy Scout group somewhere else. : At once an outtry arose. that this was political patronage, and on a vast. scale. In vain the minister and the govern- ment protested that decisions Shelter Program Pushed Despite Public Apathy WASHINGTON (CP) -- While diplomats talk of peace and the declining arms race, United States. civil defence authorities are pushing ahead with expan- sion of a national fallout shelt»r program amid signs of increas- ing public disinterest. So far, the main effort has been in finding and stocking buildings that could provide some measure of temporary protection against, the poisonous byprod -*ts of nuclear wars. But Assistant Defence Secre- tary Stuart Pittman says mucn more must be done. And he feels that Congress and the fed- eral government must show leadership even though there may be widespread disinterest and even. some hostility toward shelters in some communities. "Regardless of how one rates the chances of a nuclear war," he says, "'the stakes are too high to ignore any practical measures to minimize the de- struction." JOB PROGRESSES Space in existing buildings that could provide shelter for 104,000,0% persons threatened by nelear fallout has been re- corded. And the job of stocking these buildings with dried bis- cuits, water, sanitation kits, medical kits and radiation de- tection instruments is moving ahead. Space for some 20,000,000 per- sons has been stocked and Pitt- man estimates he will have a total of 50,000,000 stocked by the end of *964. "That doesn't satisfy me," he said in an interview. "My even- tual aim is to provide 240,000,- 000 shelter spaces--enough for our population of 190,000,000 on a round-the-clock basis, no mat- ter where they are." Pittman says he realizes that achieving his aims in the pres- ent mood of "resistance" in some civilian quarters is a tough proposition, His most im- mediate objective is a piece- mea' approach--trying to get Congress to agree to a one-year. program under which federal funds would be used to encour- age more shelter construction in public buildings through federal payment of part of the construc- tion costs. This proposed $190,000,000 project has been approved by the House of Representatives but has not yet been approved by the Senate. Congressional progress has been slowed by lack of public enthusiasm com- bined with growing demands for economy in government spend- ing. ' CHANGED MOOD The mood is in sharp contrast to the near-panic for shelters that existed at the time of tue Berlin crisis in 1961 and the Cu- ban nuclear threat in 1962, At that time some Americans talked of building shelters se- cretly and shooting their neigh- bor's if they tried to get in. But Pittman says responsible officials cannot wait for another crisis to stir up, public 'response. The time to build the shelter program is during a time of peace. This would prevent panic in time of crisis and would save countless millions of lives if nu- clear bombs should strike. "The Soviet Union is doing a lot more than we are doing," he adds. "The Soviet shelter program is a !ong-term, contin- uous effort to build up a wide range of different types of shel- ters." While the Canadian govera- met has made no policy an- nouncement on public shelters, a survey of some 4,000 federal buildings in Canada as possible public shelters has been com- pleted and surveys by the prov- inces and municipalities are continuing. Perhaps between 3,000 and 4,000. shelters have been built privately in Canada, the Emergency Measures Or- ganization estimates. IDEAS STUDIED "We know the Canadians are studying the shelter program, though their government hasn't been doing much to encourage construction," Pittman says. "However, the Canadian Army's civil defence survival mission is attracting a lot of at- tention in the Pentagon and we are moving toward adoption of some of the Canadian ideas." Pittman finds that more ac- tivity is going on among Norih Atlantic allies and other coun- tries in Europe. "Six European countries have either new or long-standing mandatory shelter programs," he has told Congress. "Coun- tries which have surpassed the U.S. in civil defence organiza- tion, training and shelter devel- opment are Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, The Nether- lands and Switzerland... . Countries with mandatory shel- ter programs under considera- tion are Germany, Belgium and Portugal." QUEEN'S PARK weye made strictly on the mer- . its of each case. a Critics insisted that however fair the government tried to be, suspicions would always arise with. the distribution of such a large annual sum. And every one of the thousnds of organi- zations that applied for aid felt it was being slighted if its ap- plication failed. Over a period of trial and er- ror a board of control was evolved, containing representa- tives of both government and opposition. In addition six ad- visory committees were ap- pointed to recommend grants in the fields of welfare, arts, scien- tific research, medical re- search, aged, and youth and recreation, % NOT SATISFIED But the public is still not sat- isfied and frequently complains that the funds should be de- voted to a big project such as a hospital, that the prize should be increased, that the profits should be used to reduce tax- ation, The minister of internal af- fairs, Sir Leon Gotz, widely known as father of the lottery, made the Golden Kiwi the cen- tral feature of his campaign for the general election of Nov. 30. A kiwi--a flightless New Zea- land bird--appeared on all his campaign literature and he con- centrated on the benefits of the lottery in his speeches, He was the only minister de- feated at the polls. He was con- testing a marginal seat, but many observers attributed his decisive loss to dissatisfaction with the profit distribution sys- tem. Sir Leon rema'ns unrepent- ant. In a speech since the. elec- tion he has advocated the intro- duction of an occasional mam- moth lottery, to be called the Golden Moa. The moa was a huge' New Zealand bird, now extinct. This, Sir Leon considers, would com- pete with the occasional big Australian lotteries with fabu- lous first prizes. MANY BENEFITS New Zealand had accepted the principle of conducting its own lottery, Sir Leon said. It should develop the idea to its logical conclusion and bar par- ticipation in lotteries abroad. Surveying the benefits the Golden Kiwi had brought, Sir Leon said the lottery had saved New Zealand some $1,500,000 which formerly went abroad in overseas exchange, had re- turned $750,000 to the state through. lottery duty. T:cket sales had brought busi- ness to printers, the post office, newspapers and others. Prizes alreadp paid out totalled $12,- 000,000 and 128 persons had made small fortunes. Golden Kiwi grants, Sir Leon said, had enabled many pro- jects to "get off the ground," projects that would have been delayed for years except for this assistance. They included 20. to 39 Olympic-size swim- ming pools, community. cen- tres, hostels, sports stadiums and many others. Robarts Dominates Ontario Politics BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Ontario's Man of the Year? There, really doesn't have to be much thought this year. The man obviously is Pre- mier John Robarts. Consider what Mr. has done. He fought an election. A new man, an untried man, a rookie you might say. And he won magnificently He brought in a_ legislative program of his own, This year was really his first as leader. Before he had been steering the program of Leslie Frost. And he showed he was able to originate a program of his own. He stepped into medical in- surance, he did bold things with margarine and liquor. He showed he was not a man of fear. And then he became a Nna- tional figure. RESPECTED BY PREMIERS A relatively new, and young man in the ranks of the pre- miers of Canada, he showed Robarts BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Dec, 30, 1948 Work was completed on the construction of a new platform at the CNR station. John Meagher, Leo Karnath and Gordon A, LaRush were re- elected to the Oshawa Separate School Board for another two- year term. The Oshawa Kinsmen Club members served dinner to the young folk. at. the Children's Shelter on Christmas Day and distributed gifts. The Colborne street foot bridge was being erected over the Oshawa Creek. A. A. Archibald was installed as Worshipful Master of Com- posite Masonic Lodge, Whitby. William E. Noble was given an acclamation to. the reeve- ship of East Whitby Township, and Elmer J. Powell was- ac- claimed deputy-reeve. bg Residents of the Westmount , District School Section re-elect- ed William Pierson by acclam- ation to the School Board. The Oshawa Ministerial Asso- ciation planned annual Week of Prayer with services held if St. Andrew's United Church and St. George's Anglican Church. Albert E. Salter was install- ed as. Worshipful Master of Cedar Lodge, AF and AM, 270, when the lodge celebrated the Festival of St. John The Evange- list. Twenty-six rinks competed in the Oshawa Curling Club's third annual Ontario Teachers' Bon- spiel. M. F. Kirkland's Oshawa rink won.a prize for two wins. During the past season, pon- ies rode by Bobby, Billy and David from the stable 'of M. Leggette and Sons of Oshawa district, won 105 ribbons in Ontario shows. 30 DAYS OVERSEAS (OCT. Ist -- MAR. Ist) $312.00 ROUND TRIP AT FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL (OSHAWA) PHONE 728-6201 statesmanship in their councils and ended the year as a man respected across the country. There are still things to be proven about John Robarts. What is his real stature? He has largely made his way to date by keeping his own patient counsel. By not getting into 'trouble. Is he perhaps a mirage? He has shown himself to be a "traditionalist." On such mat- ters as medical insurance he has shown himself to be a great man for the-status quo; some say he is immured in the insur- ance industry, others that he is conservative, small '"'c". Is he? Does he perhaps lack the imagination that can be needed to guide us through our public affairs at this immediate and critical moment? HE WON You can't say. Much more will have to be seen of the man, and of the tines we are living in But still 1963 was his year. You can't take it away from him. He faced considerable odds. There were those -- many -- who felt he probably would be beaten in his election. There is the question of how much of a win this actually was and how much a Liberal "loss." But he did "win." And won rowwy IT'S A FACT! Yes, Nu-Way has over 50 rolls of car- pet on display. No matter what type of carpet you want, you will be able to see it of... Nu-Way Rug Co. 174 MARY ST. 728-4681 Ail, Si. SB. Al.