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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 15 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontano Walls Publisher Brian Sleight General Manager TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 1062 Scouting Plays Large Role For Boys In Each Community Last week was Boy Scout Week in Canada and 309000 Scouts held open house meetings from sea to sea Parents were Invited to visit their nearest Pack Troop or Crew meeting to see what Scoutin is doing for the boys of our communi Even the Eskimo lads at lnuvlk celebrated the week GovernorGeneral Vanler and De uty Chief Scout Commissioner Nicho son watched Boy Scout Week with personal interest and 2000 Boy Scouts overseas sons of armed forces personnel shared in this observance Sunday February 25 BP Sunday saw church parades as well as father and son banquets through the week throughout Canada honored Lord Baden Powell founder of Scouting Hundreds groups shared in Boy Scout Week lion Boy Scouts of handicapped boys in regular Scout groups as well as those in 48 special 43 countries there are nearly nine mil In Canada we have 31500 leaders who give their time free over five million hours to provide lea dershlp for 11000 Cub Packs Scout Troops and Rover Crews Scouting is open to all re ardless of colour race or creed Canad an Scouts represent 25 re ligious denominations and every raceun Canada Man Canadians will learn With surprise that Vorld Scout Headduarters is in Ottawa and the director of he Boy Scout World Bureau is Canadian MajorGeneral Spr was chief ex ecutive commissioner Canadas Boy Scouts before becoming director of the World Bureau More Pay For Less Work Less work but more pay Thats what labor leaders have their eyes on now The latest contracts show how the wind blows national fivehour work day is not likely to come very soon but the doshour week already has disappeared in many laces In the US the irst fivehour day as just been negotiated by the electrical workers in New York City At five days week this adds up to 25hour basic work week Electrical workers in New York are to earn as of July an hourly rate of $496 as base pay They will receive $744 for each hour of overtime Their contract calls for at least one hour of overtime each day So their daily pay comes to $8224 When worker under this contract puts in sevenhour day five days week he will be paid $19840 before tax es Electrical workers in New York have been working 35 hours week includ Ing five hours of overtime under the old contract The fivehour day however is not to be an early obective of organized labor on an extende scale Union leaders and government officials are inclined to doubt that the New York contract will spread rapidly over the country They oint out the basic 30 hour week for ectricai workers in New York has been in effect for more than 25 years but has not spread widely The Kennedy administration however is op used to shorter working periods at this ime No doubt the unsettled con ditions throughout the world is the rea son Over the year however the trend has been toward shorter hours for the nat ions workers At the turn of the century six days week was standardsix days of 10 hours By 1925 the average work week had been cut to 50 hoursfive days week of nine hours and five hours on Saturday In 1040 the basic work week was cut to 40 hours and it has generally remained there since then Other Editors Views THE CASE FOR CUTS St Catharines Standard There are those who argue that it is not realistic to urge reduction in Can adian taxes at time when federal ex penditures are running ahead of federal income at atime when provincial and municipal governments are seeking more than ever before But lower taxes would not necessarily mean less government revenue reduc tion in corporation taxes long advocated would mean an increase in the nations productive capitalthe raw material out of which new jobs are created The more new jobs there are the more people to pay taxes And the fewer to collect un employmentinsurance Similarly reduction in income taxes may be expected to result in increased consumer spendingwith more taxes being paid on the higher sales volume Lower taxes have even been known to result in lower prices and correspond ing reduction in government expenditur es Such is the case for tax cuts It is something Ottawa should ponder well SOLVING SALT MYSTERY Sudbury Star It isnt the lack of salt that causes ac cidentsits the drivers Conclusive proof of this fact came in an unexpected manner recently There had ben much publicity on an order which would instruct the public works department to reduce the amount of salt being shoveled on city streets Then came rash of minor traffic ac ci is It was assumed that no salt policy had gone into effect Police and motorists were complaining that lack of salt was responsible for slippery streets Motorists were exhorted by police to drive carefully because there was no salt at interactions Sudhury Star reporters questioned City Engineer Hennessy He reported no change had been made in the salt policy pending confirmation from city council The public works department was using The Barrie Examiner Authorized Ia ncnnn clui mall Post office Department Ottawa and for nlyniant of basil in cash Dally Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted KENNETH WALL Publisher nIrulN SLAIGHT General Mnnaner McpllEnsoN Managing Editor CHARLES wanna nnsinm ninnarcr HARRY WILSON Advertlslril rinanr sonN aonmm Clrculatlon manner Subscri tion rate dall on sides yegr singi copyy 1c Byrrliazril sis OIiEtIiiiiiS no Van $400 six months $150 tnru months sum month Outsido Ontario $900 vcar Outside Cari ldl $2000 ylnr cities as Univnrsii Ave SITEEL lidontrali iizs vor Iilcmber of the Canadian Dllly Newspaper Pub umm Association nunnun Press and the Audit uurenu of circulations Tho Clnldlln Press ll excluslvnidy entltled to the use for reagubilcntion of all news is etched in this war ci ftld to it ol The Allocltcd Fran or sum Ind also the tonal nun published therein Toronto 610 Cathcart est Georgia Street Vancou thousands the saltsand mixture which is used in extreme temperatures when salt alone is ineffective In the face of this statement th police reasoned the cause of the acci dents was not lack of salt but failure of drivers to adjust themselves to driving over snowpacked surfaces after becom ing accustomed to bare streets The past few days mark the first period of sus tained subzero temperatures this winter Motorists who normally drive in excess of 30 miles an hour in the city or ap ply the brakes at the last minute at inter sections found their stopping distances increased There could have been no more con vincing argument for driver responsibility than that of the rash of accidents this past week The proof was conclusive that the application of salt does not prevent acciden although by making road sur faces less slippery at times it undoubt edly cuts the number The fault lies with the drivers who do not take into account the road conditions REAL PROBLEM Guelph Mercury Residents of the larger Ontario cities are becoming well acquainted with the many transportation problems they have in getting are being encountered especially when the weather is stormy Now those who live in London Eng land found out how difficult itwas to get to their job when the ordinary means of transportation were disrupted It all came about during the oneday strike of employees of the underground railways More than million workers travel by underground railway to the heart of London each day Another 500000 come in by trains These two modes of trans portation simply stopped for the day and all the workers had to find other means of reaching their places of busi ness The net result was pandemonium and traffic jams on all the highways lead ing into London Hundreds of thousands of people liv ing in the suburbs make habit of driv ing their cars to the nearest underground station parking them there for the day and going into the city When the one day work stoppage became evident the London police wasted no time Realizing what was likely to happen they set aside Royal Parks and other open areas for car parking and at the same time sus pended the operation of parking meters for one day It was not long before every parking spot was filled and the cars were still pouring into the city by the At times there were lines of cars bumper to bumper stretching for seven miles and many peo le didnt even get near their place employ ment It seems to take such setback how ever to make most people realize the value of the many services they today take for granted own to their job each morn7 ing And almost daily more difficulties In ill LH Ill 447 C5 QUEENS PARK TESTING THE ICE Rumors lire Denied About Tax Boosts By DON OEEARN TORONTOThere will be no increase in taxes here this year rumor that another cent would be added to the gasoline tax has been deniedemphat lcnlly Next year increases perhaps but after an elect The minister of energy Hon Robert Macaulay is still trying vigorously to sell his proposal to amalgamate the Hydro sys tams His most recent effort was missionary tour of the north BOOB Al LAKEHEADT further reason for the amal gamation being bandied about now is that the Hydro commis sion made bad boob when it built the big new steam plant at the Lakchead The report is that it sadly overestimated future demands If the cost of the plant is buried in the system as whole rather than isolated in the northwest ctio the error wont show nearly so glaringly Professional Hydro people in cidentally cant see any value in the proposed national power grid The government presumably will go along because it is thered by Prime Minister Diet enbaker But the nonpolitical element will need lot more convincing before it can agree The Farmers Union is the latest group to spotlight the problem of vertical integration in farming The Union probably advanced the argument substantially by showing how confused it is On one hand it argued that the acreage of farm land should not be reducedas some have proposad 0n the other it contended that if the present acreage were formed intensively we would produce 10 times as much as at presentand as we need OPPOSED REGIMENTAIION It gave highpitched argu ment against regimentation In the next breath it moved on to advocate marketing as the curesll and what It would really like to see in marketing is prices of all farmproducts including imports artificially controlled Hegimentntion The Union in its formal pres entntion has cleared up the sit uation lot It has shown that it is es unclear that the first thing to done is to sort it all out before real thought is attempted Probably everybody here and most people in the community have the greatest sympathy for the family farm But it is going to need more than contradictory words to save itif it should be and can be saved REPORT FROM ILK Risk oisisu Fine By MulNTYRE HOOD Special London Englandt Correspondent for The Barrie Examiner LONDON One of the rules for municipal councils laid down in the laws governing them is that if councillor has fin ancial interest in any project or subject being discussed by the council he must declare that interest and take no part in proceedings or voting con cerning it Now municipal coun clllors through the local auth ority associations are petition ing Dr Charles Hill minister of housing and local govern ment to change these rules They claim that unless he does he will find very few in dustrialisis shopkeepers and professional people prepared to take the risk of giving their services in municipal affairs The municlpal clerk of town In the Home Counties ex pressed this view very strong ly He saldi The hazards are so great that many men and women with firstclass business brains are just not coming forward for election Tile risk of fine of $150 always hanging over their heads is too much for them RULE T00 STRICT Under the present rules be said councillors who have any possible interest in contract firm or proposal or any other matter are rdebarred from voting and taking part in dis CllSSlOnS It Is contended thrt the word ing of the rules is such as to lead to some undesirable situa tions Thus tenant of cow Hangs Heavfly ncil house who as council inl votes on question affect ing rents is liable to prosecu tion So also is printer can ncillor who takes part in de bate on the councils future printing arrangements Says London Councillari We regard this as plain non sense for the printer is able to contribute specialized know ledge to help us on our way in such discussion But be cause of the financial interest rules be just stays away from the meeting when the subject is being debated PLEA T0 MINISTER ec of this counciilt lors and the local authority or ganizations are telling Dr Hill that the time has come for complete review of the law on this subject It matters stay as they are they argue local gov ernment is bound to suffer Recent cases In which chain men have lost their seats and councillors have been taken to court have made the position more serious say experts on municipal law One of them ommittce and council bus iness is very difficult to get on with as result of court decis ions which havo made memb ers rightly extremely nervous find It personally very diffic ultto advise them as the posi tion seems to change from year to year am convinced that unless radical amendment is made in the law we shall be left with councils composed of re tired vlcurs pensioners and few stouthearted ladies of inde pendent means LETTERS TO EDITOR Dear Sirs The Kempenfeldt chapter Im perial Order Daughters of the Empire Harrie wish me to convey to you their sincere thanks and appreciation for the excellent coverage given to them by your paper throughout the year 196162 We trust we will enjoy the same cooperation during the current year Yours truly Mrs Kittnier Secretary RAPE ARGUE Dear Sir If the Liberal party holds its arms out to enfold Hazen Arg us we should all be thankful man so unprlnclpled that he would run for len arshlp of party that he was even than by his own admission planning to betray can he no great as set to the Liberals and cert ainly no loss to the New Dem ocratic Party Blacken the ND is favor ite theme of todays big busi ness controlled press It mere ly reflects the fear the big shots always feel when the little shuts act together We all know there is and never will be political party that has no faults Despite this many Canadians are convinced that the two old parties are nothing more than the play things and the salvation of the liquor industrial and market ing millionaires More and more ordinary citizens are realizing that the ND is the party of the future As it grows it will become the symbol of progress and economic justice to all Canv adians No doubt the MD has its falllts and as Canadians we must defend Mr Arguas right to do and say what he pleas es But in the minds of many of us his recent actions can only bring contem to himself and to the Libera party upon whose breast he will be hence forth nursing Yours truly Ron Hobbett Barrie THANKS Dear Sir Please allow me through thp medium of your paper to exp ress the thanks of the Barrie and District Association for Rs tarded Children to everyone who helped in the recent Benefit Hockey Night at Barrie Arena The active interest and sup port of so many people is most encouraging The money raised will help to purchase site on which to build new Sheltered Workshop PUBLIC Sincerely yours Jean Gable President TODHY IN HISTORY By run CANADIAN pnnss Feb 27 1962 The Reichstag in Berlin was destroyed by fire 29 years ago todayin 1933 in Nazi plot Adolf Hitler had been elected chancellor of Germany short time earlier and the fire was seized upon by the Nazis as meims of eliminating their enemies lsSIMrs Adelaide Hood lcss founder of the Wom ens institutes was born at St George Ont 1700The English naviga tor Willinm Dampler dis covered the Pacific island of New Britain LEGAL ADOPTION Legal practice of adoption was first made possible in Eng land and Wales in 1926 TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH Enlarged Heart Can Be Quite Nomal By JOSEPH MONK MD Dear Dr Molnar What is an enlarged heart Can one live with it cant give you general an swer but your doctor can after examining you if the heart is put under some unusual and continued strain it tends to get lulu Sometimes the itrain ia Nile tively temporary that is in time it is corrected in one way or another in such cases the enlargement may gradually be reduced Or the enlargement may remain but it no longer is anything to worry about There is some variation In the sire of hearts Inywly so in some Instances it is difficult to say whether heart la slightly enlarged or whether it Is quite normal lust larger than aver age After all we dont all have feel or hands or shoulders the same size Thus there are over sired hearts which arent cause for concern On the other hand if the strain that has caused the heart to enlarge is still present then the case deserves careful study to see whether treatment of any kind is necessary as for high blood prcssure or whether perhaps the person is over weight and can reduce the strain by losing weight Still another possibility is that there may be no particular treatment that will be of value but the patient should simply know that his heart has been damaged and should be careful not to overvexert himself Too much puffing and shorb ness of breath may in good many such cases be natural builtIn warning to the patient that he is straining harder than his heart allows and he must rest or at least take thing easier until his breath comes normally again There are thousands upon thousands of enlarged hearts but their owners go along nicely for years by taking care of themselves dont of course mean that you should Ignore it if you find you have an enlarged heart it means that either there is or there his been soma excesaire main You should find out Just how much damage than has been and whether improvement can be made which many times is the case and howcarelul you need to he to relieve the heart of any future strain Get the facts and act accordingly Dr Dr ltlolner My fouryear old sons teeth have turned green What caused this and what can he done ltIS fliis discoloration is thought to be due to bacteria that prir duce pigment or color Both green and brown have been reported These bacteria are not like disease producing germs Cleaning with an abra sivo dentifrice may help Dear Dr Molnar would like to go to psychiatrist hilt dont know where to find one dont want to go to clinic BES Talk to your regular physi cian Hell know psychiatrists in your area You can also in quire at hospital or phone or write to your county medi cal society BIBLE riiouciir The coming of the Lord draw eth nigh Jamel 58 Christ first entered the great drama of human affairs in the role of Saviour He will return in the role of Judge Negroes Indians Quieten British Guiana Situation MP By BURCHELL WILLS GEORGETOWN British Gul ana CPlErhart Regier CCF NDP member of the Canadian House of Commons for Burnaby Coquitlam believes recent dis orders In British Guiana could have developed into bloody revolution were it not for the fact that the East Indian and Negro populations are generally opposed to violence The power of Gandhis phil th osophy and the non violent philosophy of the African have saved this country from bloody revolution said Mr Regicr who came here for three week visit at the invite tion of Premier Cheddi Jagan Mr Region was asked by the premier to investigate ways Ca nadians could help with the de velopment of the country now seeking its independence from Britain WITNESSED RIOTS Mr Regier witnessed the Black Friday riots which cul minated week of demonstra tions and strikes called to pro test new taxes proposed by Pre mier Jagan British troops fin ally were called in to restore ob der after some $30000000 dam age had been caused by fire and looting The loss translated to the Ca nadian scene where there is so times the population said Mr Regier would mean loss of 590000000 It would take many years to bring BritishGuiana back to where it we before Black Friday With Mr Regier as he spoke was Dr James Endieott of Tor onto leftist chairman of the Ca nadian Peace Congress and vice chairman of the World Council of Peace guest of Dr Jagan Dr En dicott said he came here to in terest people in the World Con gress for Disarmament and Peace planned to open in Mos cow July Dr Endicott looked on the da monstratlons and riots here as well organized pre de termlned plot to overthrow the overnment by force and vio shoe Mr Regier did not indicate he shares this view Ha said he feels that if British troops had arrived 14 hours earlier there would have been no rioting and looting He dismissed as un founded rumor talk that Cuban troops had been lurking at sea while the riots were in pro KTCSS Basically both the Indian and Negro populations of this country are non violent said Mr Regier At the height of tension when any Canadian prime minister of any party would have been firm and used brute force the premier of this country made concession after concession and retreated from the budget proposals to the ex tent of practically mining any hope for real development but in the interest of maintaining peace and getting the goodwill of the people to the point where they would return to work The people of this country have had political and eco nomic dictation for so long that it is difficult for them to decide the course of action to advance themselves But while they want independence do sense the inability to meet the prob lems of the day and hence ori ginates the great plea for inter national aid and assistance CALLS CHARGES FALSE Mr Regier said he believes the best interests of world peace would be poorly served it British Guiana had to depend on either Washington or Moscow for aid Recent charges of commu nism in British Guiana are completely false and poten tially dangerous The United Kingdom in granting independence to its Caribbean territories was mor ally bound to give the people of these territories chance for economic growth Mr Regier said that on his return home he plans to appeal to all levels of the Canadian community to give practical asst sistance to British Guiana HUBERT zZb King Futures Syndicate Ind 1952 World rights reserved