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Bye Oshyoron Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 4 Soturday, February 14, 1959 Tougher Parliamentary Attitude On Divorce «Robert McCleave, chairman of the Commons committee that handles di- vosce bills, has warned that his come miitteé is resolved to stamp out attempts to rig evidence in divorce cases coming Before Parliament, He also said that if he hears, with reasonable proof, that gnyone has lobbied in Parliament for passage of a divorce bill, "I shall re fuse to move for the adoption of that bill in the House of Commons." » He spoke as the Commons dealt with the first batch of divorce bills this ses- sion -- 11 bills already approved in the Senate. Parliament deals with divorce cases from Quebec and Newfoundland, the only provinces without divorce courts, We wish Mr. McCleave and his com- mittee the best of Irck. If Parliament cannot rid itself of the messy divorce business, the next best thing, presum- ably, is for Parliament to make sure that it does not further demean itself by cynically passing bills based on rig- ged evidence. But Mr. McCleave needs 'GUEST EDITORIAL all the help, as well as the good wishes that he can get, He is not the first to be disgusted by much of the evidence presented to the divorce committee, Mr, McCleave himself observed that "none of us is a human lie detector, It is difficult to say when Parliament is being imposed upon." It is difficult ine deed, when men and women give sworn testimony, and attorneys present airtight cases -- even when the odor of perjury is thick in the air, Judges hearing divorce cases in provincial courts have become almost speechless with fury under similar circumstances. The best solution would be for Pare liament to refuse to go on being a di- vorce mill for two provinces, Until that happy event occurs, Parliament can become tougher in its examination of evidence, as Mr. McCleave suggests. Parliament has certainly not been tough in the past, handling the divorce bills in assembly line fashion, A higher rate of rejection of the applications "for relief" might serve to discourage the practice, Treasures Of The Snow * By the Rev. Warren G. Dickson Centre Street United Church, Oshawa This wintex we have had much more snow than for many winters. It has been very costly for towns, cities and municipalities to remove the vast am- ount that has fallen, "Hast thou entered into the Treasur- es of the Snow?" asks the Living God in Job 38:22. The first treasure of the snow is its Beauty. Snowflakes are a work of art almost beyond comparison. Under a microscope they assume many shapes and forms. Each flake is different from any other, yet each is based on the same pattern of six points, or hexag- onal shape. One authority on snow has photographed more than 4000 different crystal forms, preserving them in a plastic fluid which hardens rapidly. The, second treasure of snow is that # is a Blanket for the soil, keeping warm the little roots that will make green gras¥ and help to make a bounti- ful harvest when the warm days re- turn. Scientists have learned that snow has a beneficial effect on soil. Snow is more readily absorbed by the soil than rain, and has been known to protect many crops from frost. The Bible confirms this belief in Isaiah 55:10: "Fer as the rain cometh down and the sncw from heaven and returneth not hither, but watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it might give seed to the sow- er and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth," The third characteristic of the snow is its Power, It has power to paralyze the transportation of any city. It has power to bog down armies, The final treasure of the snow we are going to mention is its Enjoyment. What fun children and youth have in coasting, skiing, tobogganing, in build- ing snow forts, ete. Truly the treasures of the snow move us to laud and praise our Creator. Oshawa's Fine Poet , The Everson name has long been a distinguished one in Oshawa. It is also g namg that is becoming more and more familiar to discriminate readers across Canada. The person responsible for this is R. . (Ron) Everson, who has been stead {ly building a solid reputation as a Ca- nadian poet of outstanding talent. He is also well known as a partner in the highly: successful public relations firm pf Johnston, Everson and Charlesworth, which produces the literate periodical, The Printed Word. Mr, Everson has a good deal to do with The Printed Word, but it is his poetry that gives him a firm claim to literary fame. ' His latest volume, "A Lattice For Momos," takes its title from the dedi- catory passage: "Momos, son of Night, said man should have been arranged with a lattice in his chest, to reveal emotions, if any." It is a well-produced attractive little book, tastefully illustra ted by Colin Haworth, a colleague of Mr. Everson's. It is well worth a place in anyone's library. The title and dedication are indica- tive of Mr. Everson's poetic approach. He is at once the classicist and the mo- dern. He has freed himself of the rigid conventions of "old-fashioned" poetry without losing: his sense of discipline. He is modern while avoiding the con- fusion of thought and language that has afflicted so many latter-day practition- ers of the arts. He speaks with the voice of his gen- eration -- occasionally, perhaps, a little too much so, There is wit, there is bite and there is compassion, but one could wish for a little more passion, But that may be a niggardly eriticism of one who uses words with such love and respect for sound and meaning. Affair Of The Heart i Today is St. Valentine's Day, a day dedicated through the year to "affairs jof the heart." ! The origin of the day has been debat- ied by scholars for generations. Some romanticists say it began in England, iwith gentlemen carrying gifts to their 'ladies on the day the birds traditionally chose to begin ti.eir mating. Others, with 'an historical bent, say it is a day honer- ing two kindhearted 3rd Century mar- ityrs, both named St. Valentine, whose 'good deeds are symbolized by the giving of gifts, The Osharon Times ' [ 1. L. WILSON Publisher and General Manager. : C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor. | The Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) end the itby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sune « days ond statutory holidays excepted). . _ Members gt Conadian Dail Nawipapere Publishers 3 AS TT Canadion, Brey it Buregu of Circulation ana the Ontario Provincial Dailies + Association, . The Canadion Press is exc! i despatched in the paper credited to it i Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news | published therein All rights of special despatches are also reserved. § _ Offices 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart St, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajex, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince + Albert, Maple Grove, Hempton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborten, Enniskillen, { Columbus [2 yy re i Reg- ' irport % Ki 3 ' lan, Blackstock, Manchester, Coburg Port Hope, , Pontypool and . Newcastle not over Oc por week. + By mail (in province of Ontarie) outside carriers' delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per yeer. AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 The academic reason for St. Valen- tine's Day is of less significance than the fact that February 14 is now well-estab- ' lished as a day for making gifts to those we love. We are happy to rote that, this year, St. Valentine's Day acquires an added significance: It marks the half-way point in the 1959 Canadian Heart Fund campaign, This séems to us to be entirely appro- priate, for what other agency is more dedicated to "affairs of the heart?" And on a day celebrated by giving gifts for the heart, what greater gift could we give than a gift to the Heart Fund which helps all hearts? Such a gift is indeed the perfect Valentine. Other Editor's Views CHANGED TIMES (Hamilton Spectator) We have come a long way since the days of our grandparents when to be in debt was a social disgrace and a reflec- tion on a person's stability of charac- ter. By & change of labels this genera- tion has transformed debt into credit and made it thoroughly respectable. Society has sanctioned the change and the material rewards abpear to have confirmed it. ~ Bible Thought Be sure your sin will find you out. --Numbers 32:23. Every penitentiary and jail is filled with people who never expected to be found out, \ y/ » 3 : eA 'Y JACK THE GIANT-KILLER UNITED KINGDOM OPINION General Approval Given PM's Journey To Soviet By M. MCINTYRE HOOD .Special London (Eng.) Corre.. spondent for The Times LONDON -- A warm glow of satisfaction is the bezt term that can be used to describe the pub- lic reaction to the announcment that Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan has accepted an invitation to visit Moscow and talk with Mr, Khrushchev. 'Newspaper comment is completely one-sided in praise of this bold decision by Mr. Macmillan, There is great faith over here in the value of sitting down at the conference table with one's adversaries, and that is noticeable in the tenor of the reception of the announce- ment. There is also a surprising ele- ment of satisfaction in the thought, freely expressed, that Mr. Macmillan may have gone contrary to the wishes of John Foster Dulles, who flew over here to see Mr. Macmillan prior to the announcement that the Moscow in- vitation had been accepted. Some political commenators expressed the idea that Mr. Dulles' mission was to try to dissuade Mr. Mac- millan against the trip to Russia. Having been presénted with that idea the British people are de- lighted, to an extraordinary de- gree, that Mr. Macmillan is going. They accept that as a sign of British independence, and an answer to the oft-repeated charge that Britain is simply a political tool of the United States. TYPICAL COMMENT A typical comment on the Mac- millan visit to Moscow is that of the Daily Express which' says: '"The news that the prime min. ister and the foreign secretary have been invited to go to Mos- cow is welcomed by the people. Such a visit will have their warm support . . , This visit to Moscow will give Mr. Macmillan a unique opportunity to speak for Britain and the West. He can speak the language that the Rus- sians understand -- the language of trade." The general note found in other editorial comment is a fer- vent wish that the visit to Mos- cow will be a fruitful one. GOLD POURS IN General satisfaction is being expressed in the financial world in Britain over the excellent re- sults of the first month's opera. tions since sterling was made more freely convertible into dol- lars. The view is freely express- ed that the month has been a highly satisfactory one. The actual rise in the coum try's dollar and gold reserves in the month was 45 miilion pounds. This included a sum ot 30 mil- lion pounds which was used lo pay an amount owing te the now defunct European Payments Union. This left a net increase in reserves of 15 million pounds, which reveals the continued 'and growing strength of sterling. Bri- tain's gold and dollar reserve now stands at 1,111,000,000 pounds and has risen steadily since Sep- tember, 1957. DRIVE FOR DOLLARS Britain's drive for dollar ex- ports is meeting with a remark- able measure of success in the Latin Ameican countries, At a recent meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Luis Thomen, Dominican Republic Ambassador, pointed out that in the last two years period, British exports to Latin America in- creased by 45 per cent, In the same period, the U.K. exports to his own country increased by 70 per cent. British exporters are not just keeping pace with increased de- mand in the Republic" he said, "but are taking trade away from keen competitors." CANADA'S POSITION On the other hand, Sir David Eccles, president of the Board of Trade, speaking to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London, expressed concern about the large British deficit in trade with Can. ada. "No other country in the GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Can't Agree On Causes Current Labor Unrest ' By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Canadians can't find a clear- cut reason for the current labor unrest. asked to some exp fon for it, the av. erage man and woman brings up ideas which fit into half-a-dozen reasons all with about the same importance, Just about as many, for instance claim that the um- to have the higher wages to pay for higher living costs, gs believe that wage demands are unjust. high, For every person who blames the labor leaders-- there's another to disagree, and say the fault les in current con. ditions, such as unemployment Jitters, fear of war, and general economic problems. main in much the same propor- tions, even when attitudes of those who are associated with labor unions are studied separ. ately from those who have no personal identification with the unions in any way. As part of a series reporting Canadian reactions to some of the labor questions of the day, the Gallup Poll sent its corps of interviewers across the provinces to ask this question of a nation- al cross-section: "AS YOU KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN- CON- SIDERABLE LABOR UNREST DURING THE = PAST MONTHS, WILL YOU TELL ME IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT , with give YOU THINK THE CAUSE OF general conditions, Need higher wages because of stitiably higher Iinmigration problems Non-partisan replies on general explanations . tions lies a myriad of view- points, A shipyard FEW EERE Fess nnaannes Other reasons Can't give any explanation ........coseerssrssnensssnnnns (Some gave more than one) Reasons re Back of these main explana. steel-worker In THIS UNREST HAS BE! Answers ran the gamut , to anti-m many high costs of living .. ages SEES R EARN WND §| == FERMI Ontario sweeping co! ; worker in one is to blame -- B.C. thinks: "There always has¢too pouch, been unrest, and always will be, It never stands still," A Mani- toba farmer says "Labor's hours . agitators "like the toamsters' union" as an Ontario line-man said, Tight money, poor leadership in both management and unions, and political interference in the labor scene were all named. A retired be. dy!" tion given in many forms. * bor has not realized there h been a recession" says an surance manager in Quebec, World Copyright Reserved A SL OTTAWA REPORT Printing Bureau Posting Queried By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The Civil Service Cc ission has appointed to the post of Assistant Queen's Printer Mr. Clifford E. Watt, 53, whe has been an employe in the govern. ment printing bureau for the past suven years. There are several aspects of that appointment which may well be the subject of probing by any MPs keenly concerned for the smooth working of the adminis. tration of our federal govern- ment, In the first place, the appoint. ment was made by the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners, which Is proper. But from that point the fog--if not the mud--thickens It vould be pertinent to ask whew - v the Civil Service Commissi are acting smartly enough make our civil service as effl- client and economic as it should world sells to us so much more pe than that country buys from us. I ask you to impress on your people in Canada that it goes hard with us to see so much of the money you earn here spent in other markets." Sir David, however, expressed gratification on the fact that Brit. ain's exports to Canada were up to six per cent in 1958 as com- pared with 1957, in spite of the late decline in Canada's total im. ports, TAILPIECE A son of E. P. Taylor, the Ca- nadian industrialist and financier, has been working with some suc- cess as a free lance in radio and television in London. He is referr- ed to in the Daily Express as Canada's most eligible bachelor, but he is thoroughly in love with The appointment of the new as- sistant Queen's Printer was made on the recommendation of a board set up by the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners to interview candidates for the post, The interviewing board appar- ently consisted of five members. Mr. J. Neville, of the personnel selection branch of the Civil Ser- vice Commission acted as chair- man. Other members included the following: L. M. Chesley, as- sistant deputy minister (require. ments division) of the department ot national defence: Lucien La- londe, deputy minister of veter. ans affairs; R. Merold, produc tion manager of the United States government printing office; C. M. de Salaberry, superintendent of the administrative services branch of the Queen's Printer. didates interviewed for his work in the United Kingd Mr. Taylor, who has a flat on Baker street near Hughie Green, another former Canadian radio and TV artist who is now one of the Lig names in the entertain- ment world over here, is having a two weeks' holiday with his fa. ther in the Bahamas. But he is coming back to his work in Lon- don when the holiday is over. BYGONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO St, Gregory's Church members held a bazaar and carnival at which they realized the gross receipts amounted to $2600. It enabled them to burn the church mortgage and the history of the building was reviewed at an ime pressive ceremony. Reporting for the board of works, W. Tonkin recommended that the council have the Osh- awa Railway open Olive and El. don avenues. H. S. Smith was elected chair- man of the Board of Education at {" e organization meeting. Kathleen McLaughlin, Beatrice Stacey, Reta Taylor and Flor. ence Cox passed their Toronto Conservatory "of Music exami. nations with honors. Council discussed the paving of King street west from Nassau street to the town limits. Coun- cillor T. B. Mitchell contended that the sewers should be laid before any paving was done: The home of Dr. R. J. Hazel , Bowmanville, was badly damaged by fire, with damage amounting to an estimated $10,- 500. H. E. Ebbels of Port Perry, had sold his law business to W. H. Harris, after practicing 40 years in that town. The Young People's Associa tion of the Church of the Ascen- sion, Port Perry, presented H. G. Hutchinson with 'an illumina- ted address and a gilt, on the oc- casion_of his appointment as manager of the Standard Bank, Oshawa. As the heroes of the war re- turned, the Great War Veterans assisted the Oshawa Reformer in giving all the men the recog. nition they were entitled to. QUEEN'S PARK Dean Shakes Up Education Ideas By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- Members left the first meeting of the education committee with quite a different picture than when they entered. The government had arranged that Dean B. C. Diltz of the On- tario College of Education should be on hand. And the explanations of the dean threw quite a different light on some of the points that have been so controversial in recent times. SUPPLY MET One of the first matters he knocked in the head was the question of availability of second- ary school teachers. He had with him a report from his research department to show that within two years there would be more than enough teachers to fill the demand -- including not only the new teachers required for school growth but also re- placements for the withdrawals. In a year or s6 more there would be enough supply to replare all those at present teaching with- out certificates. SCHOLARSHIP MONEY Another surprising development was his report that there was plenty of scholarship money available today for students look- ing for it. The problem was in finding enough students of a calibre to qualify. While he felt that the Liberals' suggestion of paying students while at the QCE might be of some help he wasn't very en- thusiastic about it. EN The best recruiting ground, he indicated, was in the high schools. GOOD REASONS Opinions, of course, are only as good as the man behind them. But in Dean Diltz's case one would say they have great merit. Certainly he gives the impres- sion of being thoroughly grounded in his job and yet able to look at it in good perspective. He didn't approach anything at the meeting with the apparent motive of just talking it down. When he opposed something he gave reasons, and good ones. DIFFERENT APPROACHES Thue when it was suggested that there should be teachers' courses attached to other univer. sitiés (a pet project of President Hall of Western) he sald no. And no for the very good rea- son that university training and teacher training had to be from very different approaches. The one taught knowledge, and the other the teaching of knowledge. There will be a further session with the dean and one can fore- cast that the meetings with him will play a strong influence on the development of education in the province. The reason many a person who sallies forth to clean up the world doesn't first sweep around his own door is that the accumulated pile of debris is too large and heavy to sweep. Physicians and psychologists who hold that people can imag. ine themselves sick, and cultists who preach that people can think themselves well, are crediting the mind with far more power than it possesses. The the job of Assistant Queen's Printer were all present em- ployes of the printing bureau; In- cluding, I understand, the above- mentioned Mr, de Salaberry. CLOSED SHOP DEAL In other words, this important government post, paid at $12,000 a year, was not advertised pub- licly, and was not thrown open to competition by the most exper- jenced commercial printers in Canada. It was treated as a closed competition, strictly for promotion within the department. The judges included two civil servants believed to have beeh appointed by ministers in the for- mer Liberal government, without examination or competition; the judges also included one of the candidates for the job. But worst of all, the judges included an American citizen, who has never resided or worked in Canada or been employed by our govern- ment, ~ If the Civil Service Commission considers it so important to have expert technical knowledge on the interviewing board, and has to go outside our great country to re. cruit an interviewer with that knowledge, why does it consider that the depu'y head of our print. ing bureau does not require sim. flar knowledge? Mr. Watt is an accountant. He was no doubt ap- pointed as being the "best pro- curable" from among the candi. dates interviewed. But is an ac- countant a printer? Mr, Watt has worked on the accounts side of the printing bureau. To make him deputy head of the bureau, and in fact to make him now acting Queen's Printer, seems rather like appointing the cashier in a restaurant to serve as acting head cook, It is likely to end in both cases in a terrible hash and 1 nasty stew, OUR COSTLY BUREAU Perhaps some MP will probe this matter of practical knowl. edge and experience in printing in our printing bureau. Surely this is urgently needed there, at the very top; for in many cases you, the taxpayers, have two or three times as much for government printing as it would cost to have the same job per- formed on contract by a commer. 'cial printer. The act of Parliament estab- lishing the post of Queen's Prin. ter states: "No person shall be appointed to that post unless he has been actively engaged for at least 10 years in the business of printing or publishing." Yet the person now appointed to serve as acting Queen's Printer is an accountant. That he has accounted in a printing office seems to be stretching the defin- ition. Many an accountant in a printing shop might be illin- formed enough to think that "a flat bed press" is a device for ironing a "mat." This appointment merits study by our elected representatives. Do we need foreigners to appoint our top eivil servants? Might not a id PARAGRAPHIC WISDOM ---- picture the or her neck Tn clothes. © ~~ 7 Those folks who save money - Miss many things funny. F ¥ LS H s=f To whom it may concern: To lick the dandruff problem, shave your head every day. a rouble a auite a- tow people ey're yapping when they ought to be napping. It is well that American manus facturers will build some medium... sized cars to meet the demand of those with small-sized incomes, - Those with medium-sized incomes will, of course, continue to buy the large-sized cars. . It costs the U.S. almost as much _ to launch a satellite into outer . space as it costs rich parents to launch a daughter upon the sea of matrimony. A street corner ogler says autos, mobile manufacturers are badly mistaken if they think they in- . vented swivel seats. to pay the rear of the church our govarnment service some. times be strengthened by hiring experienced outsiders, especially, when greater experience LJ thus be obtained? And is the Civil Service Commission acting in the best interests of the taxpayers by ~* methods such as those adopted in this case? AUTHORS WANTED BY N.Y. PUBLISHER; Leading book publisher seeks manus scripts of all types: fiction, non-fiction, poe gle. ow, ey card. i ree booklet CP- 'antage Press, 120 W., 31 St. New York 1. Shi Dial RA Hon. J. Walde Monteith, M.P., P.C, F.CA. Gordon W. Robert F. Lightfoot, C.A, Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 135 SIMCOE ST. N. Res. Partner -- RA 5.4478 Licenced Trustees -- AJAX 730 35-3527 A. 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