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< w Con or the trustees to disolve the Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers + Association is E STAR EDITORIAL PAGE . are Ew pF Ae sed ib si iimgdon pon vin ty pur slain codrriins v Nomination Conventions" The sweeping victory of Adlai Stevenson in the Democratic Convention in Chicago indicates that the coming election for the presidency of the United States may be closely fought. The politici ouvered victory for Adlai are most astute men and women. They are a group from those who managed his presi- dential cam aign in 19562. They realize that the Eisenhower posi- tion has two weak spots. cans are seriously concerned about Eisen- hower's health and few of them are con- fident that he is really well enough to face the gruelling struggle of years as the chief executive, weakness has to do with Nixon who is the ol young protegee of the old Republican guard. The Americans have never really trusted the Republican diehards since the days of Harding and most of them would oppose anything which appeared likely to throw the government of the country into If Eisenhower the hands of this faction. Tribute td Quebec... For the past eight years "column has been taking swipes at the. political leaders in Quebec. doing this because we felt there was plenty of 'evidence to show that Maurice Duplessis and his gang had introduced all kinds of graft, corruption, and injustice into the politics of our French-Canadian province. Now apparently things have come to such ~ a_pass that even the Church feels that something must be done in spite of the fact that Duplessis was very caseful to . safeguard the interests of the Church in his province. The conscience of Quebec has been deep- ly stirred in the past two weeks by a writ- ten report compiled by. the Rev. Girard _ Dion, head of industrial relations at Laval, and Rev. Louis O'Neill, chaplain of Cath- - olic Union at the university. that the election®of last June 20 was from a moral standpoint the worst i of Quebec; methods used to bribe and electors. legalities. The systematic they gave "details of the 'Montreal provided the worst incidence of strong-arm activities and il- i were ¢ provided ans who man- down, very different Most Ameri- another four The second publican. representative this editorial We have been hospitals--and ~The Catholic _-- NOTES AND COMMENTS | © with a running ats whom the people could heartily endorse there would be little doubt about the forthcom- ing election, Eisenhower would win hands The question is whether or not the Republican Convention in San Francisco can ditch Nixon, ...Democrats are hoping against hope that it doesn't--there is a good possibility that Stevenson may prove to be the new presi- 'dent of the United States. An interesting feature of these conven- tions of the past four years.is that of turning them into a national spectacle by means of television. communication has really served to * weaken the hold of professional politicians on the parties--both Democratic and Re- And it may well be the means by which the Republicans can force an open convention which probably would reject Nixon in favour of Herder or some more If it doesn't--and the Here the new media, candidate. myth were used to hide the real issues that fated the public. Duplissis maintained that social security led to Marxism----this is not so; he insisted that foreign aid aided Communism--this i is not so; and he argued and asserted that health insurance would hurt the religious orders that operated this is not so. Church. has appealed to the people to develop a moral civic backbone 'and is pressing for public education in the field of public affairs. The Church asserts that what makes a Christian country is not just outward piety (apparently the essence They claimed to reject this) in the history support. Itis to intimidate lie and pure of Duplissis) but rather a respect for truth, . belief in justice, and a respect for freedom. have been violated in the machinations of 2 the Duplissis regime and the Church.de- . serves great praise for having the courage 'integrity. of conscience All of these man who was quite willing 'and anxious to bribe it in return for its very encouraging to see the Catholic Church which has all too easily been bribed throughout various periods of its-history, now standing firmly in this outspoken manner for "truth". District Doings CLAREMONT STILL A POLICE VILLAGE To clarify any misunderstanding, Reeve Wm. Newman pointed out to the press on Monday night that the Village of Claremont still holds the status of a "police village" and con- tinues to be governed by village trustees. 'Some weeks ago the agreement be- tween Claremont and the Township was cancelled. This was done on the request of township auditors, so that a new agreement could be drawn up. The auditors felt that the present 48- year-old agreement was too outdated for present times. The Reeve also said it was never: the intent of the; status of Claremont and that the vill- age will continue as in the past until the new agreement has been drawn up. He added that a meeting with the trustees will be held as soon as possible to get the matter cleared up. PICKERING VILLAGE NOW HAS OWN SPEED TRAP A warning should be sufficient but no doubt drivers will be caught just the same. The village Police Chief was out with the new "stop watch speed trap) (we don't like that term Ed.) just purchased by the village, on August 8rd and charged 39 speed- ers going through the village. The cost of the machine ($497) will soon be met if this number of speed- ers are caught with any regularity. In the past, the village has had to rent a machine, and Council decided some time ago that it would be mon- ey well spent, to purchase one of their own. PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR $300,000 PLANT MARKHAM TOWNSHIP--Permis- sion to build a plant to cost approxi- mately $300,000 has been sought by James Sabiston, to be erected on his gravel pit at German Mills for the manufacture of cinders for. making cinder blocks. INSTAL PARKING METERS. RICHMOND HILL--Parking met- ers should be in operation within a month. Orders have been placed for CUB BEAR SEEN IN THE AJAX AREA A cub bear was sighted.at dawn by two Ajax constables while patrolling the south area. The officers gave chase but the anima] evaded them and disappeared into a wooded section. Police believe the cub to be the off- spring of a bear sighted some months ago near the garbage dump. A close watch is being kept. Clipped Comments PROTECTION 'FOR THE FARMER Agricultural imports from the Uni- ted States are playing hob with farm incomes. Such is the view of the Hon. Earl Rowe, M.P. for Dufferin-Simcoe, who said recently in the House of Com- mons that tarifffs on many farm! commodities now imported from the United States ought to be substan- tially increased. 1 Tariffs on agricultural imports, Mr. Rowe points out, would actually help solve the wheat surplus problem. Turkeys imported from the United States last year, he states if raised in Canada, could have consumed no less than 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. Mr, Rowe also deplores the adverse effect upon producers of livestock in Can- ada of imports of vast quantities of cheap tinned meat from the United States. ee Such views seem to sake sense, according to our grass roots philoso- phy. There is littlé that Canadian farmers can do to protect themselves against U.S. agricultural dumping in export markets, No one however can deny the fact that protection for Canadian farmers is badly needed, and would be effective in the domes- tic market. --Canadian Statesman. J -- THE HABIT OF BUYING ON TIME Our fathers and mothers used to gave their money and pay cash for the things they needed -- but today "buying on time" has become a way of life observes an article in a nation- al magazine, The high interest charges involved in buying on time make it a very costly way of life, but this is little realized by the aver- age wage earner, A few young couples in the middle- the old meaning of the word. Though most are salaried employees, home- owners, and conservative by nature, they have become prey to the habit of committing themselves to regular monthly payments, against bank loans or store credit plans on all ma- jor living expenses. Few of them understand the high cost of such fi- nancing. Though they are the peo- ple who will some day run our capi- talist economy, they are our true prodigals, the article observes. Using bank credit to pay for their autos or refrigerators, they believe they are paying b or 6 per cent in- terest. They would be amazed to know that interest charges amount, in the end, to 12 per cent and often up to 19 per cent. In departnient -- store vevolviiig credit" plans actual carrying charg- es run 12 to 18 per cent annually on a perpetually unpaid balance. So many people stay 'bought up" that some stores make more profit on interest charges than on the goods themselves. Through tax-withholding, packaged mortgages and budgeted instalment buying of everything from a radio to a new roof, the government, the cor- poration and the bank have taken per- sonal spending into their own hands, claims this same magazine. The con- venience of fixed monthly payments for all major items has so bemused today's young householders that they overlook the high cost of the con- venience. ; ' --~Canadian Statesman, THEY IGNORE A VITAL FACT No informed person will deny the urgent need of fast growing munici- palities for more revenue. But no sane person, argues The Financial Post, will believe for one minute that municipal governments have any God- given right to the same percentage of the taxpayer's dollar as they re- ceived 20 years ago. Yet that fiction was suggested to an Eastern Ontario meeting of reeves and mayors. The case was outlined this way: "Since 1939 the Federal Government has increased its share of. the Cana- dian tax dollar to almost 769 while the municipal share has declined from 82% to 18%. Restore those propor- tions, take away a large chunk of the Federal revénue and turn it over to the hardpressed municipalities and all would be fair and dandy." There's one great big loophole in that sort of nonsense, the hot war of 1939-46 and the cold war that has income brackets believe in saving. in 180 single unit type meters. ee. a '| PEOPLE HAVE BEDS: . . expensive and. steadily getting more 80, must be paid for by federal, not municipal governments, Prior to 1939, defence expenditures by the Federal Government averaged less than $60 millions a year. Today they are 40 times as much. More than 26 cents out of every tax dollar collected by Ottawa last year went directly into military expenditures. " --The Financial Post. THE NATION'S BIGGEST BUSINESS = In 1939 the net generil revenue of the Gavernment of Canada was $48,- 0000,000. Six yeara later 'it had skyrocketed to 02,382,000,000 and citizens were shaking their heads, saying that it just couldn't continue--that this was too much of a good thing altogether. Another six years went by and the figure had jumped again, this time to $3,787,000,000. This. surely was the end, thinking people said. Again they were wrong. The fol- lowing year the total was up again at $4,479,000,000. In 1954 it receded slightly to $4,202,000,000 but last year "| was on the upswing again at $4,493,- 000,000. "In the case of provincial govern- ment, the trend was the same, the in- crease being from "$236,,000,000 in 1939 to $1,008,000,000 in 1955. The jump in municipal government earnings was from $317,000,000 in the J year 1989 to 949,000,000 in 1955. These figures in themselves sound tremendous. But add them together and they provide a really staggering | picture of what it is costing the tax- payers of this country in the form of the various taxes that they pay. In 1989 this figure was $1,033,000,00. It had increased more than five-fold by 1965 ta $6,450,000,000. All of which indicates that avers ment is, by long odds, the biggest business. ' NEED IS CARE 'Many thousands of sick people in Canada who cannot be cared for in hospitals because of the lack of hos- pital beds might get adequate care in- the beds they have if home aid and, home nursing training and em- ployment became attractive enough. Many chronically ill patients who are now in hospital might be better off at home amid the curative con- cern of family and friends if persons trained in the practical bed care of non-surgical cases were available. It appears to be unlikely that the people of Canada ever will be able to provide expensive fully modern hos- pitalization for every person who may need some medical care in bed. dern hospitals for patients who can get all the care they need through | hoth Sey aril the U.S. The provision of fully equipped mo- | general practioners, home nurses and home aides is a public expense that is not justified unless and until. we are forced to conclude that relatively in- expensjves and possibly: more effec- tive home cdre cannot be organized and provided, = The extension of health insurance payments might be stretched to co- ver home care. The cost of provid- ing checks against unwarranted claims might prove to be small when compared with the incscapably high cost of hospitalization. It is waste- ful to provide the utmost in protec- tion against contingencies that could be met by transfer from home to hospital as the need might arise. --The Rural Scene. JOAN BLACKMAN Only 19 years old, has already carved out herself in the top ranks of Canadian Joan Blackman a place for acting. She is seen frequently on any of a dozen CBC radio and television ?v=== «hows but in spite of Lhis ows rinas Won, she Abpediane es in ' on Ni Scugog The Head Sunday School held a very successful picnic last Sunday at' Gerrow's farm. Our thanks to An- son and Don Gerrow for arranging this enjoyable afternoon at thelr lake shore. Mr. and Mrs. Joe last Sunday with Mr. Powell at Markham. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Espie, nee Geraldine Farry, on the birth of a daughter last Satur- day. : Mr. Ken Dowson of Port Perry spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowson and Jim. Mrs, C. Carter, Janis and Ann pre Dowgon and Mya. spent James ---------- -- =» for the patients', ERR EE J SATE . % ' 5g RTE Ass Po Ss Ya aaa an a PR Rn Thursday, August 23rd, 1966 livery day is Monday in your hos- pital! At least, as far as laundry is concerned. In hospitals throughout the world today cleanliness is more than a mere word. It is a policy! It is also an essential part of the pa- tient's care. Whether your hospital is large or small, this policy of clean- liness is rigidly adhered to in every department and ward -- from boiler operating: This i= why its laundry the most important--and busiest de- partments of any hospital. Seldom even thought about by the average patient or visitor, the laundries of most hospitals in Ontario are in op- eration at least 44 hours a week. In addition, the members of their staffs frequently work on Saturdays, Sun- days and holidays to build up a sur- plus of clean linen or to meet, emer- Approximately 40 different linen, ranging from bed sheets to baby's diapers, flow in and out of cvery hospital laundry, with constant monotony, week after week. Here the various items are hand sorted and bagged and, in quite a number of hospitals, tabbed for faster sorting after being laundered. Linen wards might bear a case room linen a yellow tab, and so on. room, 1s one of gencivs, items of blue tab, xtreme care has to be exercised to insure high temperature of water to kill bacterin. Furthermore, unlike an ordinary. commercial laundry, spe- cial soaps, detergents and bleaches are used to prevent irritation to ten- der skin should any of the soap or detergent remain in the linen even after: several thorough rinsings. Some of the more modern hospitals have «chutes from the various floors 'through which soiled linen is dropped directly room. At present, the ment of the average patient in hospi- tal is shorter than ever before. This means a greater turnover of patients and, consequently, more changes in hed linen, towels, and so on, and this, of course, means increased: work for the laundry and its Staff. Coupled with this is the fact that need two or three chan- ves of linen each day. It is interest: ing to note in this connection, that the standard of linen usage varies from 9 to 12 pounds per patient day. into hoppers in the laundry period of confine- OWNS, some patients spending a few days with Dr. and Mrs, Best in Burlington. INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW Beoathtaking aerobatics, the world's most modern aircraft. Sept. 7th & 8th CHE waterfront. ! \ \ followed. And wars, always terribly MRUION DOLLAR PARADE Toe NUE OF THE al Dramatis gps of Canada's Provinces. TE GRANDSTAND _-- SHELL TOWER Nine story glass and steel observation tower. pn OF LIVESTOCK COUSEUM --SEPT. 8TH FA hour, WOMEN' hati ind you will 9) " HIRA GORGEOUS A new fashion show avery COLISEUM WEST ANNEX New features . TORONTO the AUG. 24 around the world . sports for every fan. Plan now for a visit With laundry in the wash, some MRS. CHARLES McLEAN PRESICENT, ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION room to laboratory--from kitchen to' in the linen room ready for distribu- tion, some in use, and a surplus on hand for replacement or emergency, the average hospital needs at least four of each washable item per pa- tient. This explains why a 420-bed hospi- tal in Ontario, which is a typical case, has 2,400 bed sheets in circulation all the time, as well as 2,000 pillow slips. About, 58 per cent of all this hospi- tal's linen is used in patients' wards, while, 12.8 per cent is used in the op- erating room. © In this same hospital, which has 90 bassinets in addition to its 420 adult beds, a total of 125,303 pounds of laundry was processed in a four week period. The processing of this huge stockpile of soiled linen required 593 pounds of detergents, 498 pounds of soap, 3b gallons of bleach, 84 pounds of starch and 3,800 pounds of salt. The records of this particular hos- pital, which are similar to those else- where throughout the province, in- dicate that 69 per cent of the cost of operating the laundry is spent on salaries and wages. Yet, experience has proved that usually it is more convenient and economical for a hos- pital to operate its own laundry than to utilize the services of -a commercial laundry in the neighbourhood. Yes, never seen and seldom thought of by the average patient, the hospital laundry is in the front line of attack in the constant and unending war a- pgainst pestilence and disease. New 'Chicken' Game Devised PORT PERRY. Teen-agers con- verging on this village to attend Sat- urday night dances have devised a new death-defying car game to replace "chicken". Unlike "chicken", in whic h two cars race head-on, the driver swerving first being declared the loser, the new game ostensibly is designed to test the nerves of both drivers and girl friends. The girls are lined up and the cars are driven toward them at high speed The last girl to break is the winner Chief Constable Archie Menzies said he hasn't vet learned the name of the new game, but warned that anyone caught playing it will face charges. CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME WEST OF AUTOMOTIVE SHIONS $ BUILDING -- NATIONAL EXHIBITION wr [IE breed Exivibilion-Oiner than aver th yaar. Cnew exhibits whole. Ey . at the world's, largest, fabulous 1956 C.N.£. For the first time the Inter- national Air Show with breathtaking aero- cs. See international exhibits from . the newest in science, istry and the ants... agriculture . 'Il never forget. IAM A HARRIS, President ME. McCallum, General Manager INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS ON wonderful displays )) from the United King- Ns dom, Austraha, India } 7 Belgium, Denmark, Rd! Germany, Holland, I, WV Japan, Poland, Spain, United States. DAIRY QUEEN See the Dajy_ Queen compe- titions in the Coliseum. Aug. 24 10 Sept 5th 6-7 pm new wonders for the ~~ ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTIES RCMP. "Musical Ride" will thoi thousands every afternoon and evening at thebigGrandstand Shows. Eh -