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The Oshawa Tine 8 Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited ' 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1965 --- PAGE 4 Subsidy System Brings Butter Price Announcement by Federal Agri- culture Minister Harry Hays of a reduction of two cents a pound in the government's subsidy on butter again brings into the publie view the peculiar situation which pre- vails in the marketing of butter. Indeed, it is more than a peculiar situation. From the standpoint of the consuming public, it sets up a system by which the people pay twice for the privilege of keeping the price of butter at a higher price than would be justified by the law of supply and demand. Under the Agricultural Prices Support Act, the government buys in all the butter placed on the mar- ket by Canadian producers, It pays the producers 64 cents a pound for the butter, and then in turn sells it to the wholesalers for 53 cents a pound, In the retail .stores, the housewife pays from 61 to 63 cents a pound, This somewhat complicated sys- Increase tem has had the effect of the gov- ernment paying out many millions of dollars to keep the price to the producer at 64 cents a pound for butter which it sells at 53 cents a pound, Since 1961, the difference has been met by payment of a con- sumer subsidy. . It is this subsidy which has been reduced by two cents a pound, making the govern- ment's price to the wholesaler 55 cents a pound, while the two cents will now be added to the retail price paid by the housewife. While this may be a splendid ar- rangement for the dairy farmers, it has dubious value to the consum- ing public, The taxpayers of the country pay the subsidy in their federal taxes, while they also pay in their butter purchases the high- er prices which is forced upon them by the operation of price supports. Somewhere in between the law of supply and demand has been for- gotten, New Communication Era A new era in communications around the world was opened this week when television broadcast programs between Europe and North America were exchanged through the medium of the United States satellite Early Bird. While the quality of reception at some stages of these broadacsts was by no means perfect, due to both mech- anical and atmospheric difficulties, enough was shown to indicate that this new medium of communica- tions is going to be a new factor in bringing the world closer together. It is something of an .achieve- ment when the people of Europe and North America, through this Jatest scientific wonder, can watch live programs simultaneously. This is bound to result in giving people of different nations and cultures a keener interest in events in other lands, and may even bring about a Bye Oshawa Simes T L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Monager C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawo Times combining The Oshowo Times festoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted Members of Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish. ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associction, The Conadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press-or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. 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Other Editors' Views CHIP AWAY MORTAR (Orillia Packet and Times) We Canadians, both English and French-speaking, are masters of a magnificent habitation in which we have lived together for nearly a hundred years. In our desire to renovate the old home to 20th cen- tury ideas of style and comfort, let us be careful not to remove the mortar which holds the whole thing together. READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times. BRITISH EDUCATION FACTS Dear Sif, I should like to refer to your article in the Oshawa Times of Friday, 30th April, in which you discuss my criticism of your leader in the issue of Wednes- day, 28th April, concerning the relative merits of education and educational administration in Ontario, vis-a-vis England and Wales, There are (despite what your newspaper continues to say, and what I am erroneously quoted as having said) approximately 146 local education authorities in England and Wales. Of these, some one third of the total are county (i.e, territorial county) authorities, while the remainder are county borough authorities. The county borough authorities are entirely sovereign and auto- nomous, and are not the creas tures of the territorial counties. You appear, in the two are ticles mentioned, to have cone fused eounty borough authorie ties with what you term "ree gional authorities with delegat- ed authority'. The latter, more correctly known as "divisional executives" are, as you suggest, creatures of the larger, autonom- ous units (whether "county" in the territorial sense, or "coun- ty borough"), However, "divi- sional executives" are in no sense to be confounded or con- fused with the local education authorities, of which they are mere sub-divisions, established for ease and convenience of ad- ministration in areas of dense population, May I state, moreover, that neither in my telegram to the Oshawa Times nor in subse- quent conversation, did 1 pre- tend to speak "on behalf of the two-dozen British-born teachers in Oshawa", Indeed, I made it abundantly clear to my inquis- itors that I would take full re- sponsibility for any statements that I made, despite my cer- tainty that they were concurred in by a number of my British colleagues. Furthermore, I dis- claim the statement that my main complaint "was with the suggestion that education au- thorities in England are made up of more qualified persons'. My principal criticism was, and is, that the figures given in your 'original article were incorrect and misleading, Facts have an inconvenient habit of remaining facts, Mr, Editor, and should you continue to doubt the veracity or authenti- city of the figures I have quoted I can only suggest that you ob- tain confirmation of them from the British Information Service or some other authoritative source, In conclusion, may I be ex- cused for expressing some mild degree of surprise at your use of the term "'telephone inter- view'. | was approached by telephone on two occasions last week by membets of the Osh- awa Times staff, and was under the impression that I was being asked for factual information, This I was able to furnish, yet I succeeded only in being misquoted, in apparent support of the original errors to which I drew your attention in my tele- gram of 28th April, Yours faithfully, JA 208 Park Road North, Oshawa, Ontario POINTED PARAGRAPHS For the Old Timers: Of course, snows were deeper when you were boys -- and men were taller, ADDISON The off-one-shoulder dress is yet more proof that a woman can't make up her mind "Operates Bulldozer by Day: Writes Risque Fiction at Night," a headline announces, It might he said that he is al- most continuously dishing out the dirt. NOW WE'VE GOT ONE TOO U.S. Automotive Industry Breaking Many Records DETROIT (Special) -- Amer- ican drivers piloted their motor vehicles to a record - breaking 838 billion miles of travel dur- ing the year 1964, This is equal to more than 4000 trips out through solar space to the sun. This is only one fact out of a list of thousands of others which are contained in the latest edi- tion of 'Automobile Facts and Figures.' The 1965 edition of this valuable statistical refer- ence booklet, which is issued every year by the Automobile Manufacturers' Association of the United States, has just been published The new edition is the 44th of this booklet crammed with facts and figures, In its 72 pages it contains data on many wide- ranging subjects related to the automobile industry, including the age and sex of U.S, car drivers, as well as the number of drivers registered in each state of the union. HIGH INCREASE The figures relative to auto- mobile travel in the United States show the extent to which this mode of travel is increas- ing. The preliminary travel fig- ure of 838 million miles repre- sents an increase of over 37 billion miles over the previous year of 1963. It is roughly double the mileage which was reported 15 years ago. This figure, it is stated, will keep soaring An estimate made by statisticians of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, states that by the year 1975, the automobile travel fig- ure will reach 1165 billion miles, with progressive in- creases every year. CAR OWNERSHIP There are some interesting tables dealing with car owner- ship. One shows that of the 13 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, Los Angeles, with 84 per cent of its families owning cars, has the highest percentage. On the other ex- treme, New York has the low- WORLD SPOTLIGHT Divorce Procedure The AP world spotlight this week describes Soviet divorce procedure. It also reports on the inadequate methods of unloading wheat in India, the economic con- ditions in Hungary. MOSCOW (AP) -- In one.of his popular routines, leading Soviet comedian Arkady Raikin giumly announces that he can't find any news in a Russian newspaper. Then he smiles and flips to the back page, claiming "he has just remembered where the news is. "Who's divorcing?" The audience roars. Publication of an announce- ment-in a local newspaper is one of the required steps in the complex Soviet divorce proce- dure. But to the judges who deal with the problem daily, di- vorce Russian style is no laugh- ing matter Under. Soviet law the judge to try conciliation before granting a divorce. In most cases the couple insists on the divorce. Judge Maria Alexandrovna Kartashova, deputy chairman of the Moscow city court, ex- hambers 'he 18.000 tivo « cases were handled in this of 6,000,000 last year, Only 10 to 15 per cent of the couples in- he asks, it i$ up to to effect a re- plained in her other da that volved agreed to a reconcilia- tion, she said. seven leading ports, Is Simple In Russia India's they reported, can handle 650,- Budapest is undoubtedly the brightest of the Communist cap- She said Soviet divorce courts handle many of the same proh- lems as their Western counter- parts--custody of children, divi- sion of property and alimony, HUSBAND USUALLY PAYS But here, either the husband or the wife can be ordered to pay alimony, a fixed percent- age of salary, increasing with the number of children in- volved. If the wife holds a job and responsibility for breaking up the home, she pays alimony, the judge said. But usually the husband pays and the children stay with the mother One major. difference from Western concepts, the judge judge said, is that no grounds for divorce are specified in So- viet law. The judge apparently is given wide leeway in decid- ing'a case The United States is shipping aid wheat to India faster than it can be passed out to hungry people whose lives depend upon it A massive wheat clog is de- veloping in India's old-fashioned ports and the country's bureau cracy ! enouzh trains or trucks to get the grain to villages in the in- unable to. line ip terior 000 tons of grain a month under normal conditions, In an emer- gency, they can unload 780,000 tons. Yet, 1,119,000 tons arrived in April and the same amount is expected in May. Normally, the United States ships 600,000 tons a month but even this has strained port fa- cilities. The American experts say the major reason for the clog lies in India, They found, for example, that a 22,000-ton ship is the largest that can berth in Bombay, Cal- culta cannot take anything with a deeper draft than 22 feet. Tankers of 100,000 tons are being used to cut drastically the shipping costs and unloading times in major ports of other countries, No giant tankers can be used in India unless smaller ships unload grain outside the ports, Under study is a proposal to, take four 10,000-ton Liberty ships out of the U.S, mothball fleet and station them outside Bombay harbor. to unload t he big fellows BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)- Crowded ane gay night spots give a. bright picture of this country but grim, grey sta- tistics loom in the background. é cafes itals. The food in the cafes is good and a gypsy violinist plays sweet music while you sponge up the rich sauce that comes with the pork filet. The economy. isn't so gay. Roth party and church officials talk freely about an apathetic spirit among the young people. They don't seem inclined to go all out, either for the church or the party. Hungarian industry, once promising, has slowed down, and the farms are not produc- ing what they should, An out- break of foot-and-mouth disease has halted profitable cattle ex- ports. The country has been running a trade deficit for years. A visitor can hardly believe his eyes when, after an evening in a cafe full of happy people, he drives in the morning out into the country, THF? the old trouble of commenisit) "Shows up. Scores of workers are doing what one man and a tractor would do in the West. Nobody seems to have the drive that makes a Western farm produce two and often three times as much as similar land in the ter- ritory deseribed in' the local newspapers as "liberated" from monopolists and imperial- ists. est percentage of these 13 met- ropolitan areas, with a figure of 50 per cent Another chart brings out the significant information that 89 per cent of the United States' out-of-town or overnight travel- lers use automobiles to get to their destinations. Far back in second place are the country's airlines, which carry only four per cent Closely paralleling the figures of car ownership, the statistics show that California drivers topped those in all the other States by driving 81,289,000 miles during the most recent year for which figures are available. New York was in second place 'with 50,394,000 miles AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT Besides this array of | little known but interesting facts, the booklet contains up-to-date sta- tistics on the most important automotive developments of the year 1964, For instance, a "new record for total motor vehicle factory sales was set in the course of the year. The total production of motor vehicle units created a new record of 9,292,275. This topped the previous record of 9,169,292, which was made in 1955, The total production of' pas- senger automobiles, on a model year basis, also reached an all- time hig figure of 7,892,090 -- an increase of 7.5 per cent over the previous recorded in 1963. Another record was set in the production of trucks and buses. A total of 1,5562,368 units of these commercial vehicles was produced in 1964, exceeding the total for the previous year by 97,969 units. Another area in which a new record was established was that of the registration of motor vehicles in the United States. The 86,193,000 registered in 1964 represented a new peak. The number of American familes owning more than one car rose to 10.1 million during 1964. This represented nearly 25 per cent of all car-owning house- holds. HELPED ECONOMY One significant figure which is found in the records cotain- ed in this informative booklet shows that motor vehicle and automotive parts manufactur- ers, during 1964, were pouring a record sum of $1,460 million into the economy of the United States in the form of new plant and equipment expenditures, Federal excise taxes, state and local taxes paid by motor vehicle users, amounted to close to $13 billion in 1984, while special truck taxes added a further $3.8 billion dollars during the year, State gasoline taxes amounted to $4.2 billion, and it is estimated that motor user taxes made up 26 per cent of the total state tax revenués, STATISTICS OF DRIVERS The statistics regarding car drivers show that there are 93,811,000 drivers registered in the United States, Of these, 56,710,000 are male and 37,101,- 000 female. In the families with a single car, 41.6 per cent of the drivers are women, and 58.4 per cent men. In the two- car families, 44.3 per cent of the drivers are women and 55.7 per cent men. Eight per cent of the drivers are under 20 years of age. Be- tween the ages of 20 and 34, are 32 per cent of all drivers; 32 per cent are between 35 and 49, 20 per cent between 50 and 64 and eight per cent over 65 years of age, In the jatter group are 4000 drivers over 70 years old. MAC'S MUSINGS As I look back to the Days of youth, I have a Feeling of envy of the Young people of today who Will soon be graduating From universities and from Various types of colleges. As they go out into the World, the young men and Women of today have before Them the glowing prospect Of a country on the march To a glorious future, and Of opportunities to take Their proper places in That future according To their capabilities, Back 50 years ago the Young men of Canada were Flung into the maelstrom Of the first world war, And again 25 years ago That was their fate when Their school days ended, 8 While there are still Trouble spots in the World, and incipient wars Do threaten its peace, We cannot conceive of Another world war coming To disrupt the lives of The young people of today, The challenge they face Is that they should take Part in the building up Of the greater Canada that Is certain to be developed If our greatest natural Resource of trained people If used wisely and well, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 6, 1965... Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, officials of the British gov- ernment of Ireland, were murdered in Phoenix Park, Dublin, 83 years ago today-- in 1882--by James Carey and members of the Fenian group, the Invincibles. The public outery blocked par- liamentary attempts to win more freedom for Ireland. When caught, Carey turned Queen's evidence and be- trayed his fellows, in return for secret emigration to South Africa, He was recog- nized by the Invincibles and murdered while on the voy- a 758 Maximilien de Ro- bespierre, French revolu- tionary, was born. 1952 -- Dr. Marie Montes- sori, child educationist, died. First World War Fifty. years ago today--in 1915 -- Austro - German armies beat back the Rus- sians at Dukla Pass in the Carpathians; French offi- cers estimated German losses in two weeks' fighting on the Western front at 35,- 000; the second battle of Krithia, in the Dardanelles, began. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--the third Ger- man probe in three days against the Maginot Line was repulsed; Germany claimed: the capture of a British submarine in the Skagerrak. 8 OTTAWA REPORT Four Are Ahead In Leadership Talk By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Conservative politicians on Parliament Hill are privately .deploring a giar- ing gap in the affairs of their party. This is the lack of a short list of impressive candi- dates willing to respond in the event of a call for a new leader, For every top executive posi- tion, whether in business, de- fence forces, the bureaucracy or politics, there should be either an heir-presumptive or else a small group from whom a suc- cessor could be quickly chosen in case of need, This is not dis- loyalty to an incumbent; it is merely insurance against hu- man uncertainties. Hence, many Conservatives rue the shambles left by the events of 1963, and by the more widespread- turmoil within the party this year, John Diefen- baker is only mortal; he is near three-score years and 10. Who could succeed him as national leader of the Conservative party? In 1962, the answr was ob- vious. A leadership convention then would predictably have been contested by four men then sitting in the cabinet: George Hees, Donald Fleming, George Nowlan and Davie Ful- ton -- with their prospects of winning rated in that order, NOW TOTALS 19 The measure of Conservative anxiety today is vividly high- lighted by the far-ranging spec- ulation, embracing no less than 13 hoped-for or self-suggested candidates for the leadership. These include two Conservative MPs in good standing and in good health, one in bad stand- ing, one who was a 19th century baby, and one who is not a member of the Conservative party, also, three' provincial premiers, one senator, and four men who no longer sit-in any legislative assembly. One candidate has seemingly put himself in the field already and is running fast. That is Davie Fulton, Some months ago QUEEN'S PARK Child Welfare he made his move, trying to organize "Fulton for leader" committees across Canada, and even inviting one of his ob- vious rivals to join such a com- mittee. This has prompted a vigorous stop - Fulton drive among the many Conservatives who ider that his ful leadership in B.C. has am- ply demonstrated that he can- not attract votes, Talk here discounts the three . provincial premiers; Ontario's John Robarts as yet lacks suf- ficient experience; Nova Sco- tia's Stanfield lacks color; Man- itoba's Roblin lacks national stature, WANT EXECUTIVE ABILITY Many thinking Canadians have been unimpressed by re cent cabinets, These would have preferred, sight unseen, the proven competent board of di- rectors of any successful com- mercial giant to run the nar tion's affairs, So there is some realistic support for the sugges- tion that Senator Wally Me- Cutcheon should be drafted & be leader. Alvin Hamilton, whose brain is fertile of ideas and whose prestige among farmers is still growing, denies his leadership ambitions, but he will play an increasing role in Conservative affairs in some manner, The preponderance of the party at the grass roots evi- dently hopes that George Hees, potentially the greatest vote- attractor in Canada today, will move out of his arduous but humble role as party organizer in Quebec when a new leader is sought. Don Fleming is increasingly missed from Ottawa; even civil servants would lay out the red carpet for him, He exemplifies the qualities now in short sup- ply here, and is affectionately remembered by. house wives whose dollar he protected against inflation. These four seem to be to- gay? leaders in the race that sn't, Act Has Good Points By DON O'HEARN TORONTO Initial accept- ance of the new Child Welfare Act has been good despite a lot of controversy. Starting with the report of the child welfare committee last fall, much criticism was launched at the government and at the minister of welfare, Hon, Louis Cecile. The bill, of course, is re- garded as one of the most im- portant pieces of business of the session, The new act makes a lot of changes in detail. But broadly speaking it marks further ad- vances by the province into child care. If approved by the House, it would make children under care wards of the Crown (instead of the children's aid societes as at present), And another significant step would put all financial respon- sibility on government (provin- cial and municipal) and end the YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO May 6, 1950 Corinthian Lodge 61, IOOF, Oshawa, and Beethoven Lodge 165 of Brooklin, held a joint celebration in honor of their 80th and 75th anniversaries re- spectively. Miss Margaret Pellow was chosen as one of 15 Canadian delegates to represent Canada at the World Conference of YWCA's. Albert Street United Church honored Rey, E, Doneyan Jones who retired as the church pastor after nine years. 30 YEARS AGO 'May 6, 1935 Thousands of Oshawa citizens attended an impressive service in honor of the "Silver Jubilee" of King George V and Queen Mary. Ald. Allan F. Annis was elect- ed president of the Oshawa Ro- tary Club to succeed Dr. W. J. Langmaid, Chief of Police 0. D. Friend was one of 12 Oshawa citizens who received the King George Jubilee Medal. FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL Representatives For All Major Canadian Resorts Contact Four Seasons Travel ebout their popular conducted tours of the HIGHLIGHTS OF CANADA, For Information Call or See t Four Skasons Jrewel 57 King St. E. 728-6201 need for children's ald societies to solicit private funds, HOW FAR? In fact the question of great- est concern to some people in child care work now probably is how far will it be going; whether it will be taking ove child care completely? ; Some day we may see this, There is a question whether child welfare should be left largely in the hands of volun- tary agencies--which the. s0- cieties have been--or whether all responsibility should be with the state. In recent years there has been a bit of criticism of the societies; it having been al- leged that in some cases they have been inefficient and waste- ful. But it is most improbable that the government would want to take over from the societies at any early date, They represent an old and large organization with a long record in this area, and they have a great number of dedi- cated workers. The biggest concern here has been that standards of care (and spending) have varied between the 55-societies in the province, And by taking over full cost government can now control this. Another noteworthy step in the new legislation is provision for information on '"'battered babies," Anyone knowing of such @ case would be required to re- port it to the local society or Crown. attorney. There are some controversial sides to this measure, as pro- posed, but there is no question but that there is a large de- mand for it. BIBLE "Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.' 1 Chronicles 28:10. It is important to live for God as well as build for Him. Make sure that both are founded on Christ. RUBBER STAMPS Walmsley & Magill OFFICE EQUIP LTD. 9 KING ST. E. OSHAWA 725-3506