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| She Oshawa Times -- Published by Canddiah Newspapers Litnited 86 King St. £., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1964--PAGE 6 3 Redistribution Scheme Must Not Be Weakened The federal government's redis- tribution legislation is under attack = afid there is ar alarming lack of toughness in the defence. The at- tacks is being spearheaded by the Conservatives, whose main strength --in Cotimons seats--lies in rural aiid agricultural areas, backed by régional represetitatives who forsee & loss of representation under the proposed new system of adjusting eonstituericies to the last decennial census. The government proposal, briefly, is that redistribution of. constitu- 'encies be carried out by impartially appointed commissions, instead of by a pafliamentary committee as is the present custom. The commis- sions would be given a population standard of 70,000, with a 20 per ent leeway on either side, as a guide for drawing the new boun- dariés. There is little significant opposi- tion to the proposal to have the job done by commissions. The point under attack is the population standard; the critics want more of a leeway. ; The whole point of having a com- mission do the job of redistribus tion is to bring constituency popu- latiotis more into balance, and thus avoid the sort of political juggling which has fesulted in the present laughable situation. Every province shows the lack of balance. In Al- berta, for example, Edmonton West has a population of 150,257, and Vegreville a population of 42,798; in British Columbia, New West« minster has 142,803 and Okanagan- Revelstoke 86,009; in Manitoba, Winnipeg North has 116,266 and Dauphin 40,179; in New Bruns- wick, Saint John-Albert has 101,- 736 and Charlotte 23,285; in On- tario, York-Scarborough has 267,- 252, and Wellington-Huron '32,638; in Quebec, Mercier has 233,964 and Isles-dé-la-Madeleine 12,479. And so it goes. The figures show that rural votes carry much greater weight than urban votes. That situation must be changed to pro- vide a fairer balance -- and a 20 per cent leeway errs on the side of generosity, if anything. Reducing The Deficit s Finance Minister Gordon prepares to bring down his second budget, it is being predicted that he will be able to forecast a lower deficit than had been expected last year, despite the record size of the spending estimates. The Canadian Tax Foundation, for example, has forecast a deficit of about $550 million, or $100 million less than expected, and the smallest deficit in three years. This expectation has led' some commentators to speculate on the possibility of Mr. Gordon's being able to achieve a balanced budget, possibly next year, in view of the buoyancy of revenues. But the Financial Post is not impressed. The Post growls: "Loud hallelujahs over Ottawa's perspicacity would be sadly premature. The extra $500 million in revenues in the next fiscal year will not be the reflection of a booming economy. Instead, it is like a tidal wave or volcanic eruption that results from a conjunction of forces not likely to occur again for years." All Canadian companies known where a large chunk of the bigger revenue is coming from. At least $170 million in extra taxes will be produced next year by the current speed-up in the corporation income tax payment schedule. In addition, the extension of the sales tax to building materials and machinery and the doubling of the rate next month will produce another $150 million or so in additional tax re- venues. Only a small portion of the big boost in the tax take will flow from the growh of the Canadian economy. "The dramatic decline in the bud- getary deficit, in short, is mostly illusion," the financial paper points out. "Once the taxpayer has ac- commodated to the speed-up in payments and to the higher sales taxes, the tax gatherer will have pumped these wells dry -- what- ever the best new revenue needs implied by the vast new revenue needs implied by the 1964-65 spend- ing estimated at $7.6 billion. This, very plainly, ¢aves both the Cana- dian taxpayer and the Canadian government caught in the same old squeeze," Pension Plan Finance One of the big arguments sparked by the proposed Canadan Pension Plan has been over the method of financing the Plan. The govern- ment favors a pay-as-you-go method; its critics insist that no pension plan which is not fully funded can be considered sound, and specifically point to the need for investment funds. The pay-as- you-go method,they say, will take too much money out of investment 'resources, while a funded plan would provide a great pool of in- vestment money. Interestingly, the advocates of the fully funded plan do not have the unanimous support of financial experts. For example, Mercer Ac- tuaria] Bulletin, published monthly by William M. Mercer Limited, says She Oshawa Zines T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronich h 1863) is bli daily (Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despotched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press of Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of specicl des- patches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 0 Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby; Ajox, P Bowmonville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, iple Grove, ,. Frenchman's Bay, ti |, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drone, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery oreas 12.00 per year, Other P ealth Count 15.00, USA. end foreign 24.00, sil { 425 University Cathcort Street, that "apart from the holding of a small stabilization fund to smooth out the fluctuations that will occur on a pay-as-you-go basis form of funding, it is undesirable for the government to accumulate a large fund." The Mercer Bulletin is sharply critical of some other. as- pects of the Pension Plan, but on this point says: "The only appropriate invest- ments for such a fund are those which will create future wealth for present contributors. Government bonds do not meet: this criterion, and it is not, of course, desirable for the State to invest in the com- mon stocks of private enterprise. The creation of industry by govern- ment is theoretically sound, but historically unsound. There may be exceptions to prove the rule, and Quebec appears determined to make the experiment. History may be in the process of being changed." There is another objection to government investment in common stocks of private industry, of course. The government now wields a tremendous influence on business in general. If it were heavily in- volved in the financial fortunes of this or that company or industry, it would be open to the accusation ~- and certainly the temptation would be there -- that it was favoring the businesses in which it had money. Another objection would be that government invest- ment in common stocks on a large scale could come close to. nationa- lization of the concerns thus "favored", Qi LU es Wf --_ Bie, -- Os f, MAITRES CHEZ IGLOO REPORT FROM U.K. Families Yearning For Old Slum Area By .M McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The transition of thousands of families from the slum areas of London to the comfort and comparative luxury of life in modern homes in the new towns which have been cre- ated outside the green belt is YOUR HEALTH one of the marvels of modern England. At the same time, it does not always work out in the way in which it was intended or hoped. It is being found that many of the families which have moved out from the poorer dis- trict of London to the new towns have a strong desire to get back to their old surroundings, and most of all, to their old friends. The authorities of Stepney Ankle Rash Caused By Varicose Veins By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: I have varicose veins real bad and a skin. rash from this around both ankles. I have been to several doctors 'and they don't seem to know what to do about it. They suggest an operation on my legs to dry up the veins and then they said the rash would clear. Please help me if you can.-- MRS. I K You say they 'don't seem to know what to do about It. Meaning the rash. In the next breath you say they have ad- vised ai operation to correct the varicose veins. In plain language, they do seem to know what to do about wee faulty circulation, result- ing from the varicose veins, makes it all but impossible to heal the "rash" or ulcerated areas. which can be expected to occur in such cases. Let's compare the problem to that of a leaky pipe in the bath- room unstairs, from which wa- ter seeps down and spoils the ceiling below. So you call a contractor and tell him you want the plaster repaired. He says no; you'll have to get the leak in the bath- room fixed first. You decide that he "doesn't know what to do about it," and call another contractor, who tells you the same thing. You can keep on calling con- tractors until the ceiling falls down. You can keep on getting new doctors until the misery on your ankles forces you to real- ize that until you correct the circulation problem (have sur- gery for the varicose veins) ythere isn't anything you can do about the secondary condition, TODAY IN . HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March i3, 1964... Austrian union with Nazi Germany was declared 26 years ago today--in 1938-- in a decree by Austrian Chancellor Arthur § ey 8 s- Inquart. Former. chancellor. Kurt von Schuschnigg had wanted to hold a plebiscite on the question of Austrian independence March 13, but Hitler, accompanied py German troops, entered the country March 12. A plebi- scite was held April 10 throughout "Greater Ger- many" and the vote was more than. 99 per cent in favor of Hitler. 1941--More than 500 per- sons were killed in night air raids in the Liverpool area of England in the Second World War 1952 -- British Columbia permitted the Sale of col- , ored margarine. Dear Dr. Molner: Is it safe to use a meat tenderizer? If so, please explain why. If it breaks down the muscle in meat, what about the stomach? +MRS. F M Yes, it's safe. A meat tender- izer is an enzyme which softens the texture of meat (not the gristle, though). Heat, such as from ordinary cooking, stops the action of the enzyme. That's one reason. Second, the stomach and_in- testinal tract are specialized tissues that are quite capable of handling a tenderizer. Dear Dr. Molner: Concerning kidney stones, are tomatoes, lettuce and vinegar high in ox- alates?--RS, W K Meaning that you want to know whether to eat salads? Well, tomatoes are moderately high in oxalates, but lettuce isn't and neither is vinegar. Vinegar is about 4 per cent acetic acid, but in the amount usually used, this is too small to have any effect on stone for- mation. Note to Y. J. and Others: I, too, have heard all sorts of ru- mors about the age at which women can become pregnant. But when they are beyond. the very early 50's, proof is prac- tically lacking. The British Med- ical Association has offered a prize to any woman who can prove that she gave birth to.a baby past the age of 53 years, seven months and 12 days, which was a record established in 1906, a have on their hands at the moment just such a case, which illustrages the point that the en- vironment of a new home in a modern setting does not bring the happiness that was antici- pated. WANT TO GO BACK From one family, that of Mr. and Mrs, John Smith, who have six children, has come a begging plea 'Send us back to where we came from". Theirs is a story that is typical of many others. Three years ago, John and Joan Smith, with their six chil- dren, Terry, 15; Larry, 13; Alan, 11; Paul, 10; George, 9 and Diane, 8, moved into the new town area of Dagenham, Essex. They had come from a tumble- down, two-up and two-down house in the Stepney district, one of the slum areas in London. Everyone in the family was enthusiastic about the move. It was grand going out fhe coun- try, where there would be plenty of fresh air, open space and a garden all their own. That was three short years ago. Now. Mrs. Smith is asking the London County Council: "Please find us another house --back in Stepney." LIVE LIKE HERMITS Mrs, Smith, at her new three- bedroomed house at Dagenham, explained why she wanted to go back. Her words are worth not- ing as a study in psychology. "It. is like living in a desert here. Honestly, the people are like hermits. The only time you see them is when they peep around their curtains. I cannot understand it. undrstand it. 'Most of us all come from the East End," went on Mrs. Smith. "You would think life would be pretty much the same -- you know, friendly cups of tea and helping each other out when one of the kids is ill. But, no. All we seem to get are complaints, because the children are mak- ing too much noise or playing on the grass. What is really so dreadful is that the children hate living here. They don't seem to make any friends. They are all waiting for the day when they can go back to London." Mr. Smith, 38, is a builder, so his wife figured he would have no trouble finding plenty of work in London, She confess- ed that he really did not want to move to Dagenham, but thought it would be better for the children. "When the children are' all out, it is so quiet, I could go mad sometimes," , said Mrs. Smith. "To get back to Stepney we would make any sacrifice, anything, just to get back to a street where everyone is your friend." P BY-CONE a DAYS __-- 45 YEARS AGO March 13, 1929 D. Frank Johnston and H, P. Schell were elected to the board of directors of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce. The total number of books circulated for February at the Oshawa Public Library was 11,931 as compared to 8,392 of 1928, : Dr. J. Afcher Brown, of Col- borne, purchased the Lyman Smith property on Simcoe street at Elgin street and intended establishing a practice here. The highway at Pickering was flooded by an ice jam at the creek, The General Motors Blue Devils Rugby team decided to enter a softball team in the City Industria) League. A new fire alarm box was installed at Lakeview Park. The Ontario Regiment Stayed @ successful carnival in the Armories, The Ontario Regimental Band under the direction of Band- master Thomas Dempsey, gave an Irish concert. Guest soloists were Miss Leah Garrow and Mrs. A. Fisher, C. E. McTavish was elected president of General Motors Lacrosse Club for the ensuing year. City Council received the pers mission of the Oshawa Railway to open Third avenue over the tracks. Public Health Department re- ported 155 cases of measles and seven of scarlet fever in the city during February, Rev. Ira Smith, 80-year-old pastor residing in Oshawa, céle- brated his 60th anniversary in the ministry by preaching at a service in the First Baptiso Church, The 21-year-old High School was being demolished to make way for the proposed new tech- nical school and collegiate, OTTAWA REPORT Nice-Nelly Truce | eat ep tae e deserves a * erected in his honor, for | finest deed he has ever doné as ; CAN BE FAIR GAME Ended By Fisher By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- Douglas Fisher, the Member of Parliament for 'Port Arthur, who is also a newspapér writer, has broad- east his views on Canadian journalists, ""Newsmen are a pretty des- Picable crew," he declared in a radio interview. "They are lushés and boozers. Newsmen as a whole, particularly the fel: lows in the press gallery here in Ottawa, are an incompetent drinking lot." . This comment was broadcast by stations in Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. On thé latter station it was her alded by this introduction: "Tonight on City Mike: The MP who moonlights as a news- QUEEN'S PARK paperman himsélf, who thinks) the members of the press gal-| lery in Ottawa--the men who cover the nation's business--are | drunks afd lushes and incom- | petents."" Fisher had second thoughts about his words, which indeed ht be the grounds for legal - action against him for slatider. He wrote a letter to the press gallery, apologising for what he confessed was a "vicious in- sult." He ts that his re- marks were intended face- tiously, In afiy ease, his retrac- tion should have exactly the satne exposure as his initial eomments. Seldom has a little-known mi- not-party MP sparked an epi- sode which could have such Autonomy Barrier Finally Breached BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--We may now be going to see it. For a long time it has been evident our machinery of mu- nicipal administration was prob- ably out-dated. Designed for the horse-and- buggy it has not been tuned up for the jet age. This has been apparent to many people. But little has been done about it. The obvious. reason behind wis has been 'local autonomy". The stimulus for municipal reorganization must come from here. But there has been such a fear of offending the feelings of local politicians that nothing has been done. Nothing, that is, until this ses- sion. CUT BOARDS Now there have been amend-. ments to various education acts. These. amendments will cut down the number of school boards in the province by about half. This is significant. Significant, because one of the weakest points in our municipal machinery has. been the large number of school boards--about 3,000 -- many of them very small, Forcing these into larger units obviously is a strong first step towards revamping school ad- ministration machinery, But even more significant is that it is an almost startling invasion of municipal autonomy in view of the attitude of the past. It could be an indication that finally we are going to move in the wole municipal field. Further bearing this out is the second major move made in ed- ucation administration this year --the' amendment to authorize payment of school trustees. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Sex is here to stay and we should try to make the best of it," says a moralist. It's a goal set by many. "For we have the poor with you always." -- Matthew 14:7. Also always with us are politi- cians promising to abolish their poverty. This has beén so obviously de- sirable that when the amend- ment was introduced in the House it was grected by strong applause from members of all parties. It is not so sighificat a move as cutting down on the boards, But it does infer that finally we are beginning to think--and act--progressively in the whole field of local administration. Those tfgitig that trustees Should be paid, of course, have said mainly that it should mean a higher calibre of elected rep- resentative. It aiso cold mean. boards that are less anxious to spend money than some in the past, particularly in the larger centres. READERS' VIEWS BUS SERVICE PRAISED Dear Sir: We would like to take this 0 portunity to thank the Public Utilities of Oshawa for their wonderful bus service. It takes something like the blizzatd we experienced this past Tuesday to make us realize just how good this service can be, We found it is only as good as you wish to make it. To go from the four comers of Oshawa to Thornton's road it took our bus two hours. Of course we rea- lized this delay could not be helped so we sét out to enjoy this rare experience. And enjoy it we did. It was as though we were in our ovn homes. We all joked about the situation and had a rare time on this great two mile-two hour bus ride. , We must also give some credit to the bus driver. He was really great. Had he been grumpy or miserable because he should have been off duty at six-thirty we would not have enjoyed the ride as much as we did. An- other factor which entets the picture is the fact that this bus was not even supposed to be tak- ing our route, but what could the inspector do with six frozen people standing at the four cor- ners waiting for the bus? So in closing may we say thank you to that wonderful su- pervisor and a special of the hat to the driver who Ts badge number 45 in his hat. SIX THAWED RESIDENTS OF THORNTONS CORNERS Leads the par in true vah Corbu's KG ROYAL RESERV to an $18,000 a year MP. His achievement lies if wt gatting the longs' pact which has protected his fel- low MPs, Now that journalists have been treated as fait gathé by an MP, any MP can hence ag be fait game for jouffial- There has long been @ understanding betweén foe the journalists who ribe for distant readers a part what goes on here, Under $ pact of hice-neéllyism, sts 'egeigy ey an comments to what in public lives; there is tio listic peeping behind the Scetes to report their 6 ery, very seldom in re- rs has afiy journalist tten even a hint of a séamy side to Parliament compare to Washington's B ker 5 and Lon: don's Chistine Keeler saga. As &@ rewlt, Canadian readers assume tht their Capital knows no such backstage life. Per. haps. But t would be an exag- geration to\suggest that Parlia- ee sembles a Sunday school. GUTTERS ARE NEWS ,, piete may be screams that a gutter pres" is not wanted in Canada. But if, beside Par. Mament Hill'e clean green lawns, there i a Stinking gut- ter, the préss\should report it factually and filly. Well, maybe 'there is such a gutter on Parliament Hill, but as far as the press gallery is concerned, Fisher has over+ drawn it. As a longtime mem: ber of the press gallery, I can truthfully assert that I have never seen any Ganadian jour- Nalist, now a metber of the gallery, displaying any evidence of dipsomania while on the job; and I hope evety Canadian newspaper publisher will read this, before condemning his em- ployees on the evidence of Fish- er's broadcast, So Fisher has torn th pact, and declared open pF Some of his colleagues may not like him for ending this tacit 'Muzzle. But the press in its turn fan now feel free to observe isher's open season, This jould have the salutary effect raising grtais standards in awa--and this would g00d thing. ms \ DOW BREWERY \ APPOINTMENT ARTHUR |, WEST W. J, Beaupre, Vice-President + Marketing, Dow Brwery (Ontario) Limited, announces the appoint- ment of Mr. Arthu\ P, West os Soles Manager, Ce\tral Region, Mr. West joined theDow Ontario marketing organizotinm in 1952 os a sales representatve and has held sales maonogemett positions in Toronto and Westen Ontario. He will continue to report to the Vice-President + Maorketng, 'ade 1e ) KR ? E Ao. Sty Viitikig AGED AND MELLOWED WN Woop » . eis PUR T Jaatenld. Piewe (ar rot eres t eee e waes gE #4 cesta ix ae ee ee teed Be at at EER