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-- She Oshawa Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1965 ---~ PAGE 4 Lack Of Flexibility In City's By -Law Deplored Municipal bylaws have a habit of being so inflexible that they can work hardships on individuals and organizations affected by them, in a way which was not in the minds of the city council members when the bylaws were passed, An instance of this has arisen in the past week in which the victims were the officers and members of the Ontario County Tuberculosis and Health Association, at present engaged in conducting a mass tu- berculosis survey in the southern half of Ontario County. As they had always been able to do in the previous surveys, this organization secured a large supply of posters and arrow signs for use in directing citizens to the locations of the sur- vey clinics in Oshawa. As.had been done in other years, a start was made this week in plac- and directional the areas affect- ing these posters signs ed. However, on poles in as quickly as the pos- ters and. signs were put up, they were taken down again by police, According to Chief Constable Flin- toff, putting up these posters was a violation of a municipal bylaw which had been last TB survey was held, passed since the We do not believe that when this bylaw was passed, the city couneil members ever that it would apply to an event such as the intended mass TB survey, They may have believed that some discretion would have been used and flexibility ap- plied for a cause of such a worthy and important nature, involving the health of the citizens, Unfortunately, there is apparent. ly no loophole which gives the police chief powers of discretion, Further, Oshawa is the only one of the muni- cipalities covered by the survey in which such a restrictive bylaw ex- Whether the to intervene and have an ex- ists, mayor has the rignt ception made in this case is uncer- tain, but it would be unfortunate if the scope and success of the TB sur- vey were to he impaired hecause' of the inflexibility of the bylaw. Politics In Civic Voting Mayor Charles Vaughan of Hali- fax, president of the Canadian Fed- eration of Mayors and Municipali- ties, predicts that organized party politics will invade the arena of municipal elections in full force in the next five to 10 years. Saying that he would not welcome this in- vasion of the municipal government field by party Mayor Vaughan pointed out that he be- lieved this step to be inevitable. polities, Up to the present, there has been little or no intervention of political parties, as such, into Canadian mun- cipal elections.' An effort to do so on a small scale was made in one of the Toronto suburban municipali- The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (estoblished 1871) and. the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundeys and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Conadion Daily Newspaper Publish @ry Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau et Circulation and the Cntario Provincial Dailies Associotion,. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of ali news despatched in the paper credited to It er te The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. All rights of special des potches are also reserved Gftfices: Thomson Bulldir Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by ca » Oshawa Ainx, Pickering, Bowmor nok Port Perry, Prince Manie Grove, H ton, Frenchman's Bay, D ton, Enniskillen, 425 University Cathcart Street, Whitby Mancheste 50¢, per outside Other Significance Of Victoria Day Forgotten On Monday, ada will be observing a holiday the people of Can- which is fixed by statute of the Canadian Parliament, known of- ficially as Victoria Day. That is the time-honored designation of the day, so far as Canada is con- cerned. In Great Britain, this date, May 24, is now officially observed as Commonwealth Day. Until comparatively recent times, there it was known as Empire Day, and prior to that time, it was called Victoria Day, in honor of the day on which the late Queen Victoria was born, on May 24, 1819 1 can recall that in my boy- hood days in Scotland, Victoria Day was commonly known sim- ply as the "Queen"s Birthday" That was responsible for the rhyme which we used to sing in unison a day or so before that date, and which many of our readers will reca "The 24th of May The Queen's birthday If we don't get a holiday, We'll all run away," over ENGLISH CUSTOMS So far as 1 car a we un away was always a holiday, and was the occasion for patriotic celebrations, bonfires and fire- Strange to say, while in ast six and er had to because works England during the a half years, little attention was paid to the May 24th holiday the only noteworthy function of te day being a Commonwealtb ties Jast December, but it did not meet with any great measure of public support, Even there, the people were content to vote on the basis of local issues and the quatifi- than which candidates, party cations of rather because of the label they wore, That method is much to be pre- ferred to the holding of municipal elections on a partisan political bas- is, as is the custom in the United Kingdom, elections are openly carried on by the politi- cal parties, with the result that in every municipal, one of the political parties, through its majority, con- trols the This council decisions being made in the party caucus rather than in council meeting, so that comes before the council in a cut- and-dried state, Another fault in that it robs councillors of the right There, these council, leads to open business this system is to use their own judgment in deal- ing with have been council business, There many cases in which a council member who voted contrary to the wishes of his party caucus was removed from that party's offi- cial list of candidates for the next election, and dropped from public life, That sort of thing is debasing to the conduct of civic business, and it would be regrettable if it became part of the system of electing municipal governments, Canadian Church Service held in St, Paul's The Cathedral on that day, Bonfires and fireworks were reserved for rectly quite a different occasion, that I being Guy Fawkes Day, on No- vember 5, the anniversary of the date on which the notorious Guy Fawke blow up the Houses of ment, The observance of \ what famous or tried to Parlia- toria other In the century latter part of the 19th tion and became an impor tant holiday, It was then annually on May 24 held for QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY In recent years, however, if there has been a change in the Day of the and in. its provided that observed i mmediate- 5th day of imation alse lid be JUST irst Monday cerned immediat N eding 'the 23th of Ma fixed t ens Park stands f m calendar ve ! showing May 17 as the holiday @Jocal purchases of hospital re- » the majority had the as May 24 imagine, however, that few Canadians are aware that course, holiday is the day of the-official and celebration in sovereign's nothing new than the Day was transplanted to Canada tual birth date for this celebra« In Britain, the second Sal+ urday in June is the official date observance of the Queen's actual And while May Britain to be Commonwealth , that in Canada is the name birth given to proclamation fore \ m January day ti toria Day, and on re wealth programs to occasion A HOLIDAY So fa the methods of observ- ised to where for a great inted id a progra a 1 entertainment. READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times, ONTARIO HOSPITAL SALARIES Dear Sir: The article in your Friday, April 23, edition head- ed "791 on Payroll at the Hos- pital' was of value in pointing out to your readers just one example of the effect govern ment service may have on the economy at the local level, It was stated that the annual pay- roll at the hospital amounts to approximately . $3,250,000, and quirements to between $333,000 and $500,000 annually, It is not difficult to imagine the benefi- cial effect the circulation of thes funds would have on local business, The Ontario government is largest single employer in the province, and as such, for the immediate and long term benefit of the community St has a responsibility to maintain a position among the better em- ployers, in its relations with the employees of the taxpayer, In addition, the taxpaver them- selves would not be justified in expecting their own employees to work for less than they themselves would - receive for comparable work. It is dy for this reason that it is-nec- correct some of the which may have from the article precise- essary to impressions been gained One statement in particular V's comes to mind, Le salaries and wages have been greatly increased,"' This, to say the least, is misleading. The total payroll cost has undoubtedly in- creased but certainly not reatly,"" by comparison with private industry, The majority of the employees at the hospital received a very insignificant in- crease in salary in September 1962, but have received no increase at all since 1959 Even for who did receive the increase, there was little or By volved insufficient to off- ease in the cost of Salary This of doubt statement once a great lowest level since the Min- ently real some those no gain: in since the amount wa QUEBEC set the int ing since the previou adjustment in 1959 course, about a "staff problem, is. at i more leads to which some second turnover, eve Especia ister of. Health stated re that the Department is still ex- lere, 48 difficulty in attract- been professional periencing ing and retaining staff, It was only classification salary that adjust- professiona a few significant ments were made tions Our records indicate that many experienced employees in the professional and non-pro- fessional fields are leaving the Government Service to take up better paying positions in pri- vate employment Taxpayers should not'. be led to believe that. the situation is anything approaching the desirable and police ated in dividuals legal ets Attracting and retaining ¢x- perienced staff in Ontario Hos- pitals will continue to. be a major problem until salaries and . working conditions are tion brought into line with private Revenue industry to recoup Quebec has nually to bankruptey bandits It has never been denied that the majority of employees at the Ontario Hospita Whitby, are receiving at least $1000 per annum ie than the rate for a 'laborer' in private industry, How this can be justi- fied in any Ontario -Hospital employees are engaged in- the care of our mentally ill, is hard to imagine, Since men- stated health our modern societ t follows should placing patient "We rings here ganiere going *° where down, 30 tal ne s te ye the ta i At h numbe one hazard. in that the Ontario taxpayer accused of involved in lower salary level laborer in, 'Industry gave Mr witnesses, not stand employees care, ona than a chatacters spectable yers Service Associaon,,. A few of Ontario (ine,) G. 0 Organizer Yours truly The Civil hined of calendars, of In later years fe pive ; date given co Park was no what ily gatherings, Day were held at call the Victoria Canada of the birthday. There is in selecting a day sovereign's ac holiday, How different is in these present country her lation of motor birthday, date is 24 is considered although April 21 Day occasion for ed up for the the last school day be- weekend. for are special Common: mark that freed from i spiri as Canadians are con it is only by Victoria Day Many of the aspect of all cerned, that ha forgotten and overlooked have it wed to be union t because it has now their xo to Prospe Parkwood long a ommunily r but marked b fact that memhe \ t e day whict I muir Queen's actual GERALD government cien Mercier than have from $40,000 to $3,000,000 in Que- bec during Meanwhile prosecutor flamboyant Gerard Says action has started pleas or Authorities say international Quebec who have loopholes been up to 20 years in the white-collar They add ring has fled to South The others have gone elsewhere wanted by in connection with fraud- ulent bankruptcies are reported to have disappeared several The bankruptcies reflects Minister $2,000,000 in tax losing an. haven't said It's getting moved out government and the United States ing to gather An order-in-council Mercier to demand documents only shady outwardly re- pawe! and to question not months Canadian Jones, law enforcement team recouped $400,000, 47 longer Alexandra occasionally Park, In some years horse race meeting marked the DIFFERENT TODAY modern with a saturation popu Victoria become the sume weekend has going mer coltage and gelling it open- that by enthusiastic anglers it is just one of holidays in which the people are their labors can enjoy the moves catching arrears of work in the garden have 4ul so far as the -occasion ich inserted in Oshawa, the t contractS as a Statutory members with little ref®rence they birthda birth anniver great Queen Victoria. MceNEIL keen-eyed named Ju is quietly studying bankruptcies ranging five years, Monts Lagan- the last seven months in 35 failures and among the so far 18 to sulted in guilty have re convic- or six big have oper- with in using rack- least one America, investiga- anxiety of Kierans bankruptey Mr, La- interview, for them, GIVEN SPECIAL POWERS In Quebec's determined crack- to 35 police and other agencies in Canada are help- last fall to call as law- trustees and businessmen, a com- American of which when Prospect publie place of amusement and of fam- the celébrations Park Lakeview a two-day the observance ofa a fishing expeditions In fact, Statutory as even if with patriotic cons been Trad their holiday is re« to honoring he the GETTING CROWDED was taken in Quebee by an out- fit called Gulf Attorney-General Claude. Wag- Intercontinental, ner was a crown prosecutor when he initiated this case in 1962. The Quebec Securities Commission followed up fast by freezing Gulf Intercontinental's assets The money was obtained from 380 low-income families by a promise of &¥-per-cent interest on invested cash by four Amer- icans who set up shop 24 years ago Centred in Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton but extending to nine provinces, the group trans- ferred the money through New York to interlocking companies in Miami, Fla., and other U.S, cities Of the four men involyed, one has been given a 25-year sen- tence in Miami and another faces a murder charge Extradition proceedings against two of the men have been started by Canadian au- thorities RESORT TO ARSON Two years of hard work-- sometimes 20,000 cheques must be 'studied in a single case resiited in the break for small investors, and Mr, Wagner says criminal action may be the next siep This is one effectiveness of our example of the drive,' the attorney-general said, "Most of those who got their money back had invested $200, $500 or $1,000, the smali people." Mr, Laganiere says tion from government agencies in Ottawa, Toronto, Washing- ton, New York and Florida, and ale? from such groups as the Canadian Lumbermen's Associ+ ation, has helped crack the racket 4 Montreal bank that had al ready lost thousands spent $55, co-opera BIBLE "Tesus said, 'lL am the bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.' John 6:35 Jesus satisfies, hope nor Christ There is no SAVES secures happiness without him TODAY IN Ry THE CANADIAN PRESS May 22, 1965 The last invasion°of Eng took place 749 ago today--in 1216 Prince Louis of France (la. ter Louis VILL) landed at the land years when invitation of the English barons to. overthrow King John, John died a few months later, being suc- ceeded by the infant Henry Ill, 'The excommuni cated the armies, so Louis retired, after being paid a small sum for. ex- penses, and turned his at- .tention ta the massacre of the Albigensian heretics. Italy of steel.' pope rebel 1939-----Germany and Signed the "pact 1949---James \ former U.S lary, Forrestal, defence seere committed suicide First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 lialy began mobilizing troops a violent engagement took Quinque artillery place near Belgium: Rus sian forces recaptured some villages on the San River. Quebec Official Fights Racket In Bankruptcies 000 in legal costs to help the Crown obtain a convictior The Mercier will result in tightening of the Wind- Quebec legislation more smartly inquiry probably federal Bankruptcy. and ing Up acts already is being enforced And authorities . feel enforce- ment rather than amendment is the most effective means of wiping out a racket Mr. Wagner has said "causes more. grief than gambling or prostitubion ever did," MAC'S MUSINGS The warmth of the sunshine Following the recent raing Is bringing out the green Leaves of the trees And at long last the Landscape is being touched With beauty and freshness Typical of this season There is something that Inspires the soul about This reawakening of all About us in nature, When spring sunshine and Showers join in reviving All that seemed to be Completely dead only A short month ago upon winter As we looked out The bleakness in With trees gaunt and bare Raising their blackened Arms ta the heavens it Seemed impossible that Thay could ever be renewe To beauty and greenness One cannot watch this Annual miracle of spring Without realizing that There is a higher power Which orders all the Movements of nature and Brings about the annual Reawakening that comes With the warmth of spring The hand of God is seen When He paints the In their fresh green tints And transforms the bleak Landscapes we have known Into a rare picture of Loveliness such as only The master band could create eAVOS May 22, 1985 HISTORY Second World War Twenty-five years age to day in 1940 the British government was granted the right to conscript life, labo and property, and the death penalty was established for treachery; Romania called up more than 1,000,000 men it was first proposed to fly U.S.-built aireraft to Britain across the Atlantic "air bridge." May 23; 1968... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--Italy declared war on Austria - Hungary, and hos- lililies began inthe Tren- tino; British submarines sank four Turkish vessels in the Sea of Marmora Second World War Twenty-five years ago to day--in 1940--British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and Captain Archibald Ramsay, MP, were arrested, together with other possible fifth-col- umnists Allied = armies attacked at Amiens and Cambra in nada, the RCMP ( the head quarters of the National Unity Party, counte THE BOOK CORNER Ottawa Author Traces Times Of 13th Century Housewife By BRENDA LARGE Canadian Press Staff Writer A medieval castle was a cold, cheerless place to live unless its owner was wealthy enough to afford lots of candles and a big roaring fire on a winter's night, says a Canadian historian, Margaret Wade Labarge of Ottawa is the author of A Ba- ronial Household of the Thir- teenth Century, (Macmillan). a scholarly and sprightly account of seven months in the life of housewife Kleanor De Montfort, Countess of Leicester, during the year 1265, It concerns the household ac- counts of two of the castles she and her husband Simon De Montfort owned at the time, Woven in is a good deal of added information about the customs, eating habits, clothing and entertainment of both the high and lowly people. of the 13th century, The reader will put down A Baronial Household with a fresh appreciation for modern plumb. ing. Castle privies usually emptied into the moat, compli- cating medieval sanitation prob- lems The book, Mrs, Labarge's sec ond, is a natural outgrowth of her first--a biography of the master of the household, Simon De Montfort, He was a French- man who married King Henry IlI's sister and w one of the most powerful English barons of his day DETAILS REFLECT ERA Mr Labarge the wife of Roy Labarge, deputy minister of national revenue, is a tal- ented h wide ysread praise for her first work She became interested in the 13th century while studying for her bachelor of literature de- gree at Oxford University Mr Labarge belie that significant historical events of any age---war, famine, plague and s0 on---are accurately mir rored in the smaller details of life, such as the sort of food bought in-a certain week, style of clothes being worn and who comes to visit Her second book should make fascinating reading both for the Jayman who is curious about the eating and. drinking habits of the feudal age and the serious historian who wants an accur- ate and colorful picture of ev- eryday life in the mid-l3th cen- tur Her preoccupation with detail is shown throughout the book, Here is one passage as an ex- ample "For a thirteenth-century ba ron, life indoors was always a poor substitute for outdoor ac- GALLUP POLL torian who won tivity, Despite the great fire place and the sereen blocking the draughts, the hall was fre. quently damp, dark and cheer- less during the long winter, "The high cost of candles and the inefficiency of rush-lights drove most to bed soon after nightfall," MORE THAN ORNAMENTS Mrs, Labarge explodes the popular idea that the fair ladies of the medieval age were sim- pering, empty-headed beauties, Some of them defended the cas- tle in their husband's absence and most shared equally in the duties of administering the land around it, Though their lands and goods theoretically were under the control of their husbands, they were in fact the equal of men in all matters of private law, The author has included an interesting chapter on foods eaten by the De Montfort house- hold. Eggs were usually used in cooking other dishes and were rarely eaten by themselves, They were forbidden during Lent but for Faster Sunday the countess ordered 1,000 eggs. Ap parently the old custom of EBas- ' 2g8 was already well es- tablished in 1265, YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO May 22, 1940 Temple Lodge, AF and AM marked its 12th anniversary Rt. Wor, Bro, ©. F, Cannon of Toronto, former Oshawa public school inspector, presided, Nearly 200 aged residents of Oshawa.and District received invitations to the Dr, Kaiser Memorial banquet. C. M. Mundy was presented with the Boy Scout Medal of Merit, the highest award in Scout Movement, 40 YEARS AGO May 22, 1925 George T. Morris: was ap- pointed to the Board of Mana- gers of the County House of Refuge at Whitby. Although Council had voted against Oshawa going on. day- light saving time, the question was presented again because of a petition made by more than 5,000 people that the city keep abreast of the times with other cities, A bulldog from the Hermitage Kennels, owned by the Rice Brothers, Burk street, was sold for record $3,500, REASONS GIVEN FOR NOT.HAVING ELECTION By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC (World Copyright After ascertaining that a OPINION Reserved) majority of Canadians (51 per cent) do not want Prime Minister Pearson to call an election at this time, Gallup why the no-election group Roll interviewers then asked felt that way, | Thirty-two per cent say elections cost too much and the country cane not afford it About done by the Liberal two-in-ten express satisfaction with the job being Government Another one-in-len say the Liberals are now in a position to get some legislation should be given Liberal passed and The present about two years 'and othe feel the ide Elections too Prime Minister Pearson <¢ With him. 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