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hye Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 68 King St. E,, Oshawa, Ont. 'age 4 Monday, April 13, 1959 Economic Aid Depends On Domestic Strength Michigan's Governor Mennen Williams wiggested to a Toronto audience last week that the United Nations organize a auge program of economic aid to under« {eveloped countries, The West would, tecording to the proposal, provide $5000 nillion a year for at least five years, wtih the United States putting up $3000. mil- jon, and Canada, Western Europe and fapan the remainder, "If the Soviet Union failed to support the program," Gov, Wililams said, "their oud claims to be the friend of the under= developed nations would be considers ably weakened." He thought the invest- ment need not be all in hard cash, but part of it could be in the form of sur pluses, The idea is not a new one, Farm in- terests in particular have advocated some such plan in order to get rid of North American agricultural surpluses, It is generally agreed, too, that the un- derdeveloped netions must be assisted if there is to be any order in the world community, What the proposal ignores, however, is that the Communist empire has vir- tually challenged the free world to an economic war, The West can carry that contest to a successful conclusion only if its own economic house is in order, and the Western nations are working together in economic co-operation ine stead of rivalry, Our house is not in order. We are competing against each other just as bitterly as against the Communists -- indeed, much more bitterly, Canada, operating under a federal deficit for at least another year, is in no position to take part in any gradiose give - away scheme, For that matter, Gov. Wil. liams is scarcely in a position to advo- cate plans that will add to the tax bills of his own constituents -- his state is virtually bankrupt, and recently had to be rescued by car manufacturers and other industrialists who made advance payments on their taxes, J The Communists have chosen to come pete with the West, for trade and in the field of international aid, The West must meet that competition, and it can only do so successfully by making sure that its own economic position is sound. Most Prevalent Ailment If the amount of bodily disease in the world reached the proportions of many of the social ills with mental and emo- tional causes (delinquency, alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide and so on) not to mention classical mental disease, an epi- demie state would be declared and strong measures taken to combat it, That is the statement of Dr. G, M. Can- dau, director-general of the World Health Organization, This increase in mental ill health, in- volving whole populations, has fortu= nately been accompanied by rapid pro gress in the treatment and prevention of mental disease, and also by a better understanding of the psychological strains and stresses that affect every- day behavior, Dr, Candau notes, In this regard, {it is interesting to note the fresh and vigorous approach to the problem by Ontario authorities. The WHO urges that people every where to open their eyes to the facts of the present mental health situation and its underlying causes. That is one of the objectives of a campaign planned for 1960, which has been designated world mental health year by the World Federation of Mental Health and its member societies, If treatment is begun early enough, between 70 and 80 per cent of mental patients can nowadays be restored to a Candou average place in society, Dr, In some countries the in hospital for patients who go away cured is less than six months, Large numbers of mental institutions have been converted into "open door" hospitals -- as in Ontario -- and very often it is possible for patients to con- tinue living at home during treatment, More voluntary patients are appearing at the hospitals The old hopeless belief that mental disease is wholly predetermined by heredity and therefore inescapable has given way before the evidence that en- vironment plays an important part, par ticularly in childhood. This permits a more optimistic view, and underlines the truth that closely-knit family ties and a stable social structure are the best safeguards against the later devel opment of mental troubles, Psychiatric disorders become much greater among people undergoing rapid social and ec onomic changes, and also among the large floating populations that result from easier transport and communica- tions, This has already happened in the economically developed countries and will certainly become more pronounced in areas where development is proceeds ing at a spectacular rate, It is a matter that deserves far more attention than it is getting. ' useful says. time Mr. Fleming's Audience In future, finance ministers should be more considerate of Canada's hard- working members of Parliament when they prepare to present their budgets, They should be careful to avoid the dis- cussion of such tiresome subjects as taxes and tariffs when there are events of great moment under way--namely Stanley Cup playoffs Any red-blooded Canadian knows that nothing is more important at this time of the year than the epic contests between professional hockey teams for possession of an old silver mug, What's five or six billion dollars? Nothing real- ly, except what the government takes from the taxpayers so that it can carry on its spending--a trifling thing in this great and growing Canada of ours, What is really important is whether Les Ca- nadiens will clobber the Maple Leafs or be clobbered by the upstanding young gentlemen from Toronto. The members of Parliament under. stand these truths, They showed it last Thursday evening, Mr, Fleming started his budret speech shortly before the Montreal 'and Toronto teams skated out for the first game of the final Cup ser- jes. But many of the members were missing: there were empty desks on both sides of the House, and there was pler nty of room in the he gallerie es. Mr, he @statva Times TL WILNON Py Cc GWYA liane: and General Manager fae ning The Oshawa Times Whitby Gazette ond un published daily (Sun days excepted Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation Oritario Provincial Dailies Ay 'usively ene 0" to 4 rob tion of all news atehed in the paper ¢ ted to it or to The ciated Press of Reuters and aha the local news published therein All rights of special despatches are alsa reserved Ottices a King Stiset 640 Ca St Monten SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carriers In Oshawa Whitby, Ajax, i. Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Ibert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Qrono, Leskard Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood. Kinsale, Rage lan. Blackstock. Manchester, Cobourg, Port Mope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c per week By mail (in province of Ontaric) outside carrien' delivery areas 12.00. ehewhere 1500 per veor AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,306 West, Toronta, Ontariey Fleming had lost a good part of his au- dience to a hockey game, The members who stayed to listen to the finance minister make his most ime portant statement of the year are probe ably full of outdated ideas about respon- sibility to their constituents, doing the job they were sent to Ottawa to do, and taking an interest in what is being done about the nation's business. A. psycho- logist might even theorize that they suffer from massive guilt complexes, In that case, we have the same come plex, We think that the place of a mem« ber of Parliament, when as important a document as the federal budget is be- ing disclosed, is in the House, not in a hockey rink or huddled before a tele vision set, Other Editor's Views RUSTLERS IN MANITOBA (Winnipeg Free Press) Shades of the wild and woolly West! There's rustlers in them Manitoba hills and cattlemen in the province are band- ing together to stamp the varmints out. Recently some 350 cattlemen, quite properly riled about the disappearance of good fat beef from their corrals, held meetings in various parts of the prove ince They they of electric demanded action. And action should get. After all, in these days fences and space flight, cate tle rustling and brand swiping simply cannot be tolerated. Bible Thought Let us build us a city and a tower, where top may reach unto heaven, == Genesis 11:4 What need is there for such a mad venture when the Kingdom of Heaven is within us! Go into your closet and close your eyes and listen. God may have something to say to you. He is ex tremely close to you, yet He will not shout, You must listen intently, I have beert a stranger in a strange land --Exodus 2:23. Such a one would have deeper sym- pathy and understanding than most of us have. He would know how to make others similarly placed feel welcome and among friends. THE VACUUM CLEANER OTTAWA REPORT Canadians Plan Dixie Vacation By PATRICK NICHOLSON RICHMOND, Va, Statistics prove that many Canadians look southward when they begin to plan their vacations. At this time of year, when the grey remnants of snow lle against our houses and the night air still has a sharp nip, many of us wonder about a visit to the land where spring has already arrived, where the magnolia trees are blooming in their full glory, and where the famed cherry blossom festival in Washington reaches its colorful peak a full month ahead of our own peach hiossom on the Niagara Peninsula, While the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, year after year we spend more dollars touring in the United States than their tenfold popula. tion spends on vacations in our own holiday paradise, So, partly with the inquisitive. ness of a journalist, partly with the herd instinct of winter-weary Canadians, I piled my family into my car and headed southwards, We took the route commonly chosen from Central Canada: across the St. Lawrence River by the Thousand Islands Bridge at the east end of Lake Ontario, across New York State, into Pennsylvania and winding south Slog the road nestling against the Susquehanna River, DON'T GO THIS WAY I could, like Duncan Hines, recommend this or that motel in Pennsylvania where Canadian visitors could comforiably pass a night; I could advise certain restaurants where we ate along the way, and praise the qualities of great cities where we wan. dered in the stores, and sing the attraction of a historical site ly. ing athwart the road. An esti. mated 1,500,000 Canadians enter Pennsylvania each year, spend. ing perhaps $15,000000 in the Quaker State. But as the result of my experi. ence there, I would advise all Canadians to avoid the tourist facilities of Pennsylvania, and travel southwards by another route, which entirely avoids that state, I was adhering to the "speed of the road" along a straight stretch of four lane highway, with two or three cars moving at a like speed ahead ol me, I no- teed in the rear-view mirror that the road was empty for some dis. tance behind me, bul soon I saw some vehicles closing up towards my car, Then two cars, both bearing Pennsylvania licences, rushed past me; a huge Pennsyl- vania truck roared past, with a whoosh which rocked my car. As I steadied out our course, an other car roared up beside me and blew a siren, The Pennsylvania state trooper asserted that I had heen driving "too fast for the conditions." He told me to follow him to the nearest magistrate, whose court room was a kitchen. And there I was fined for my alleged of. fence, although the policeman had never checked the speed at which 1] was travelling, because as I could see In my réar-view mir. ror, he never travelled on my heels to measure my speed. YANKEE PREJUDICE What struck me as being grossly inequitable about my *'ar. rest" was that it was only the car with the Canadian licence which was picked up. Cars and even a truck with Pennsylvania licences travelling at the same speed, and even passing me, were not apprehended, Such a charge against an out- of-state vehicle constitutes a form of blackmail, The traveller has to plead guilty and pay any fine levied, or else face the incon. venience and expense of halting his journey for several days to await trial. Why were not the Pennsylvania drivers also halted? 1 presume because the policeman knew that they would not be inconvenienced by appearing in court a few days later, where they could effec tively fight their case against a policeman who had not checked their alleged offence This practice of victimizing the out-of-state driver has been con- demned frequently in motoring magazines and elsewhere. There are certain localities where it has been especially prevalent, In such areas, boards of trade have even erected signs to warn motorists, because this inequity ~caid to re- sult in many cases in the magis. trate and the cop splitting the take--drives tourists away. I hope that my warning will enable Canadian tourists to avoid Pennsylvania, and make the eas. fer and pleasanter trip along the fine New York State Thruway and the New Jersey Turnpike, which entirely skirt the Quaker State, FOR BETTER HEALTH Surgery Usually Advised To Ease Hernia Defects HERMAN N, BUNDESEN, MD ONCE upon a time a person with a hernia was considered a cripple. He couldn't lift heavy objects, couldn't perform strenu- ous activities and had to live a guarded life, Fortunately, such is not the case today. Surgery, in most in stances. can repair the defect and return the patient to a per. fectly normal life. Although we most often think of hernias as occurring in the groin, they do appear at various other spots. Perhaps the hernia will be a soft bulge on the sur face of the abdomen. VARIOUS LOCATIONS Sometimes hernias in the abdo- minal cavity aren't noticeable on the outside at all. In fact, the way this type hernia can be dis covered is by X-ray. In such a case, the stom protrudes through an opening in the dia. tag into the chest cavity. 1] us occurs at the point where the gullet and great blood vessels pass from the chest into the abdomen Some persons are born with hernias, others acquire them as a result of years of hard work. But no matter when the hernia anpears, it usually is the result of a weakness in the cavity wall which was present at birth, THE DEFINITION Simply defined, a hernia is an abnormal protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of its cavity, This protrusion may be as small as a finger tip or as large as a baseball You probably have heard such descriptions as "reducible hern. ia" and "strangulated hernia." You undoubtedly have wondered just what they mean. A reducible hernia is one in which the bulge can be gently pushed back into its proper cave ity. This is what trusses are for. REAL EMERGENCY A strangulated hernia, on the other hand, is a real emergency. This occurs when the bulge is pinched and irreducible. It liter ally is being choked by pressure. Unless something is done to remedy the situation, it can mean death within hours. I'll go into this in more detail in a future column. BYGONE DAY 15 YEARS AGO Victoria Loyal True Blue Lodge No. 55 celebrated its 42nd anni. versary at a banquet, Mrs. T. E. Kaiser won the gift for having a birthday nearest to the anniver- sary. Col. R. 8. McLaughlin, honor- ary chairman, and Mayor Gordon Davis, chairman, of a committee of citizens, gave leadership in re. spect to providing comforts for the officers and men who were to take the HMCS "Oshawa" into service, George Found celebrated his 80th birthday at the home of his daughter, Mrs, Anson Phair, Courtice, Mayor Fred T. Rowe, chair. man, and Donald A. Wilson, sec. retary, of the Whitby Ration Board, with the assistance of local organizations, distributed Ration Book 4. QUEEN'S PARK CCF 'Dark Horse' In Next Election By DON O'HEARN Special Correspontlent to The Oshawa Times TORONTO - It is time for a pre-election look-see. With everyone making ready for the hustings there is talk of the probable "morning-line"--the respective chances of the various parties. And the most general con- sensus is that the government should be returned easily, the Liberals should improve and the CCF is very much of a dark horse. THE CONSERVATIVES The government, it is taken for granted, will lose some seals, The combination of a long time in office and an opposition with a renewed spirit are bound to make some mark. The strongest possibility is felt to be in the Windsor area, which has had the most severe uneme ployment stress, It would surprise no one if two of the three presently held were lost. Others held to be in jeopardy are scattered through the prov- ince, a few in the north, a few in the east and possibly one or two in Western Ontarlo, But there is no apparent threat to the party's strong Toronto holding. And this, combined with the large number of safe Tory seats out in the province, is re- garded as a safe road back to office. THE LIBERALS No dramatic improvement is looked. for from the Grits, but it is expected they will add enough members to make a more for. midable opposition. They have been showing good enthusiasm but still reflect in- experience. A few of the present members have strong fights but most are looked on as likely to return. In addition to this there re- portedly are some strong candi- dates spotted throughout the province with a good chance of winning. The party is even hopeful of taking a few seats in the Tor- onto area--and apparently with some ground for its faith, THE CCF The prospects of the CCF'ers are a matter of great conjec- ture Donald MacDonald and his col- leagues express strong confi dence. The opposition Sri do nob - fear them except in the oc casional riding. One would say chances of suc- cess depend on the impact on the public of two matters; natural gas and unemployment. The observer would say the im- pact to date has not been seri ous. But if this is wrong the party could make im) gains. ° EMERGENCY HELP MONTREAL (CP) -- The city executive committee approved in principle a plan for a single tele phone number for such emer gency services as ambulances and fire and police departments. 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