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The Oshawa Times, 29 May 1959, p. 4

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The Osharon Tes published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 68 King St. E.,, Oshawa, Ont, Pdge 4 Friday, May 29, 1959 Second Network 'Would Face Tough Dr. Andrew Stewart, chairman of the new Board of Broadcasting Governors, has sald that Canada could use a sec privately-operated television net- work. But the Board cannot accept ap- plications from would-be operators of private network stations until the gov- policy monopoly for the ond ernment of CBC is changed From the given before the Commons committee on broadcasting this week, it is clear that if a second network were permitted to operate it would find itself competing with a crown corporation that not only can draw on the public purse to pay its op erating expenses but can afford to put im advertis= than the programs cost vate network, in other words, self in almost impossi« would forced to try to that subsidized by pub- evidence for commerical The pg would find in position, It ble be to sell program advertisers were already being CBC admits that it sells its pro- to commercial spon=- that cost $88,353 t cut rate ten programs Opposition to produce, the sponsors paid only $44,460, The CBC--that Is, the publie-- paid the rest, Who was it said TV is free? As the Vancouver Sun points out, JCBC's claim that it 'spent more than sponsors would pay in orde) to 'Im- prove' commercial programs is out of line with the average viewer's experi- ence . . . CBC's attempt to picture sponse sors as generously 'helping to pay the bill' for outstanding Canadian pro- grams is a reversal of the real situa tion, Canadian taxpayers are helping to pay the advertising bill for large cor- porations." The private network, unable to tap the publie till, would have to compete with this curious splitting of costs by the CBC, Perhaps, through more effici- ent management and more inspired pro- gramming, they could compete success fully for the advertiser's dollar, But what seems more likely is that the com- petition of unsubsidized and subsidized networks would result in an even great- er deterioration of quality and an ex- tension of the deadly mediocrity of tele- visio: entertainment Food For The World for a world food bank will at the forthcoming Food- Washington all reduce Proposal be considered conference in food bank that threaten the costs of for-Peact Sur= prices alter heing paid the taxpayers of the whicl were produce ed. The would not be allowed to find the back into the mark- f the worl ut would be sold at to coun= the world vould to production Into the gO plus below countrie they deposits given away them at food bank 1s not new we recall, by | when headed the nd agriculture organization theory, an excellent idea roposed, as he ly freedom of immediate con- hungry people is the People with empty in noble talk nically from want wre not interested The ays it wants to Western countries, long-term credits : buyer of western time, it been Soviet Union has ences in the amount been produce is: If the n exchange, foreign pure i nines have question of for finance The ratural USSR is so why short doe is supplied by London Ob- affairs. He One possib answel Edward Crankshaw, the server's authority on Soviet decades the Russians have been but nobody knows ey may have stashed away, 1 fig madly. mining gold production SS€S vary €8 no § a melodramas the Soviet government by about other freedoms until they have some assurance that they will live to enjoy them and not die of starvation, People who have never known anything but hunger give their first loyalty to those who feed them--or give the im- pression of feeding them, There are other practical considera tions, however. One is the extent to which a producing nation can afford to subsidize agricultural over-production, In Canada, we cannot do more; our government expense already too great and our taxation too heavy for economic health, Another consideration the Influence that the food bank might have on world prices and the of the organization that will be required to make sure that the banked food does not get back into the world market=it will obviously be a great temptation to unscrupulous people The food bank is a fine idea, but one to be pursued with realism, Is is size oviet Gold Stocks notv has accumulated a sort of Fort Knox hoard with a view to unloading it a a critical moment and wrecking the western economy "Such a plan would be quite in keep- ing with the classical old-time Bolshe« vik approach, and if the Russians cone sider such suggestions slanderous, all they have to do is to publish proper statistics like any other adult nation "My own view is that the Russians need a great deal of their gold for se- cret propaganda in other countries." Mr. Crankshaw's theory would ex- plain why Communist groups in coun= tries outside the Russian empire al- ways seem to, have unlimited funds for subversion, despite all their pleas of poverty. The agents who organize street mobs, buy carrupt offilcals, produce pamphlets by the ton are not likely to accept their pay in roubles, Stabilizing Influence regularly read the d it to their ad- realize vertising has become in the Canad- ol always 1 expanding a Canadian daily news- with one published half more, will emphasize tent to which commer- ewspaper space become a major and in the Ca- the pronouncement d, preident of the As- and and marketing Canada Ltd, who s face a severe chal- bility nadian Advertisers sales Clark feels that adve The Oshavon Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Os Times mes combining The Oshawa " and d the Whitby Ga excepted Newspapers Publishers Audit Bureau of Dailies Amo Press ad tree! We elsewhe AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,306 lenge in complex economic keeping pace with increasingly factors, "It has been estimated that one dol- lar in every 50 of the gross national product is spent on advertising and re- lated good indication of the ral part being played by ad- vertising in Canada's growth," Mr. Whitehead says rvices -- a Integ "Advertising has been credited with ending the serious recession in the Uni- ted States in 1954, Certainly it was a positive factor in stabilizing the lagging economy here in Canada in 1957-58, Although there was a short lull in ad- vertising activity, there was no panicky decrease, and we felt the stepped-up advertising in recent months has defi- ni'ely reflected in widespread consumer buying." With intelligent and increased use more concentrated advertising, Ca- nadian advertisers can play a large part in combatting any future recessions," Mr, Whitehead adds. been of Other Editor's Views RECORD BABY'S FIRST CRY (Hospital Highlights) A hospital at Asaka in Japan is of- f fering a special service to its maternity patients--a free recording of their ba- by's first wails. The record starts with a frag Brahm's Lullaby, fol- lowed by the baby's first cry. Then there are words of congratulations the hospital director, and lastly the voice of the chief nurse, anpouncing the date and time of birth, as well as the baby's body measurements The service has popular w ent ol from prover extremely mothers, and more than 1.500 of the recordings were given out last year, y th Japanese OTTAWA REPORT CRATER LAKE - Delegations For Canada 'Rookies' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The low calibre and meagre contribution of Canada's representation at International conferences has regrettably be. come an International joke. In United Nations and In North At. laniic treaty circles In other coun. tries, 1 have found that .our best friends won't tell us what they think of Canada's deiegations Several vears ago, Parllamen. tary giants such as that then Op- position firebrand John Diefen- baker, and the CCF foreign af. fairs expert Alistair Stewart, and the Liberal party president Sen. ator Wishart Robertson, won high repute for Canada, when their eloquent speeches and construes tive comments gave a lead to NATO conference, Since then the standard has slipped. Too often our leading parliamentarians have considered the home front to be of exclusive Importance; all - expenses « paid trips to exotic faraway places have been handed round as sops to back-benchers and ward-heel ers rather than to potentially ef- fective delegates; experienced British debaters and prominent American senators have easily stolen the limelight from Cana- dians who had been making too merry too late In dubious night spots FARM TEAM IN BIG LEAGUE A new low has been achieved by Canada's delegation to the At lantic congress, assembling in Britain's capital this week, Our delegation consists of two elements, parliamentarians and private citizens, The 15 MPs and senators contain a few who would make an adequate supporting caste, such as Okanagan's Dave Pugh; Fort William's Hubert Ba. danal, Wellington Huron's Marvin Howe and Albertas' Dr. Kindt The only experienced parliamen- tarian in the group Is Manitoba's Walter Dinsdale, a young former Parliamentary Assistant who is likely to mature in time into cab. inet material One parllamentarian com mented that 'the outstanding delogate Is good op agriculture, but neither knows nor cares about foreign affairs." But why is there no front. bencher of any party? Why must Canada send a sandlot team against the "Giant: ' and the "Yankees" from next door? Surely our Parliament can spare a few cabinet ministers and op. position front bench men to rep- resent Canada at a five-day con ference? The private citizens in the dele gation have been recruited by two unknown vice chairman. One'is a former Conservative MP, uare- membered here and inexper- fd i lenced In NATO conferences, Yet he rejected, when suggested as delegates, former MPs of other parties who have won high repute in NATO circles, such as Que bee's Charlie Cannon and Win- nipeg's Alistair Stewart, The other vice chairman, a Conservative party worker un- known on the national stage, shared in rejecting the nomina- tion by the United Nations Asso clation of Canada of the well known foreign affairs expert, Willson Woodside, as a delegate, Yet among the delegates he named ls a person unknown at international conferences of this type, and heard of chiefly in as- sociation with the vice chalrman a8 "The Gold Dust Twins." WILL VOICE BE NEEDED A prominent senator, impressed by the 'wellknown people in cluded in other countries' dele gations, gloomily read Canada's list, and comment: 'I don't know a single soul, except Admiral Grant." The latter, formerly a successful chief of the naval staf, should be a stand-out on our dele gation, able to make a valuable contribution to the military com- mittee at the congress, NATO circles in U.S.A, which have contributed internationally. known headline names to their delegation, have declared that "The list of Canadian delegates is disappointing--but the real rep- resentatives of Canada at the Ate lantic congress will be the splen. did list of Canadian signers of the Declaration of Atlantic Unity." These signers, all but one omitted from the Canadian dele gation, include polijelans John Diefenbaker, Gordon Churchill, Mike Pearson, Paul Martin, M. J. Coldwell and George Hahn rep resenting all political parties; labour leaders George Burt (UAW), William Mahoney (Steel Workers) and Percy Bengough; university president Dr. Larry) MacKenzie and Professor A, R, M, Lower; J. S. Duncan, chair man of Ontario Hydro; K. R. Thomson, George Ferguson and Elmore Philpott of the newspa- per world, and very many others equally prominent. The object lesson of this con gress is that our delegations to international meetings should be chosen to represent Canada, not the political party in power; that our leading politicians of all par ties, always so ready to leave Ot tawa to speak before Canadian voters, should equally be pre pared to go to address interna. tional audiences; and above all, that the taxpayers' money should not be used to provide junkets to exotic faraway places as a re wand for party, as opposed to na- tional, services FOR BETTER HEALTH Sodium-Restricted Diet Continues on Vacation HERMAN N. RUNDESEN, M.D. There are many things for those of you on a sodium. restricted diet to remember when travelling on summer vacations. Even a mild sodium re "ction naturally causes some changes in your daily diet. And you are apt to have difficulty following your prescribed diet when eating out NO SALT AT TABLE Just about any diet of this type prohibits the use of alt at the table. This won't be any problem since you can control the salting of foods in front of you However you can't always con- trol the chef in the restaurant kitchen. Generally, foods should be salted only a.out half as much a Is customarily done ' cooking for those on a sodium. restricted diet, At least mention this to the waitress It might do some good, No matter how hungry you are, stick to your prescribed diet Eat only the foods your doctor recommends, even If you don't get a full meal Foods served by restaurants are often salty 'or they are salt preserved or high in calories Sodium, you must understand, is not salt. But salt (sodium chloride) contains a great deal of sodium. As a matter of fact, it is about 50 per cent sodium. That's why you have to cut down on its use Many foods contain natural so dium and some contain more than others, i i BYGONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Thomas Henderson, one of Osh awa's most esteemed business. men, died at his home on Elgin St, after a brief {linens A. B. Fisher, assistant man. ager of the Central Canada Loan and Savings, was elected presi dent of the Dominion Mortgage and Investment Co, Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club opened its season with the pres- ident Dr, T. E. Kaiser's team playing the vice-president, Dr, A. A. Farewell's rink, The latter team won the competition by eight shots, Dr.T. WG ed 2nd Health Ontario McKay was elect vice-president of the Officers' Association of Miller and Libby announced that they had sold six of the new oll-burning furnaces which had appeared on the market, Marcus F. Smith, former pro. prietor of the Oshawa Canning Co,, and a Justice of the Peace of Ontario County, died at his home on Elgin §t, At a meeting of the Parks Board, the matter of fire insur. ance for the new grandstand at Alexandra Park was discussed, and It was decided that ratings from various concerns be secured and submitted at the next meet. ing. QUEEN'S PARK Liberal Upsurge In Ontario Seen By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent fo The Oshawa Times TORONTO-An observer ls go- ing out on a bit of a Wmb, He Is Hoing #0 far as to say he believes ere Is a bit of a Liberal up. surge. There Is nothing concrete on which this can be based, It is neipally a matter of Sensing ] rend. But one does pick up the feeling that something of a trend is there , . , not to say there is any sign of a sensational im. ovement In Grit fortunes, There won't, But there Is enough in the alr to confirm first Impressions that the party may pick up some seats , , , one handicap to the pundit in the current campaign is hat no Gallup poll 1s being taken, In the last several elec. tions the poll has heen # handy checking source It was always nae in keeping tab on the { 1s. And if one sensed changes 1 cold be verified with it, This time all forecasters are on their own PC CAMPAIGN Premier Frost got back from his Southwestern Ontario swing in high spirits He wan ens PARACRAPHICAL WISDOM Quite a few people don't eat breakfast, and it is wondered what incentive they have for get. ting up. Don't confine all of your worry. ing ahout radioactivity to stron. lum 90: devote some of It to strontium #9, which is also dan. yerous On an average, if 71 per cent of a person's income will cover Ms anticipated expenses, the re. maining 20 per cent will take care of unexpected items Many fear we've already had the next war the next to the last one, that is "Six quarts of oil will cover a square mile of water. News. paper {il'er, The film thus form. ed would probably he almost as thin as the veneer of civilization, 'Most people are smarter than they think they ave," says a col Inca professor, Wish he'd name one "Don't he afraid to handle pa. per money; the chance that you may contract an illness from the germs on it is very slight," says a bacteriologist. Who's afraid? W. C. Smith, city engineer, was asked to prepare the contract which had been awarded to the Standard Paving Co. for the cons struction of the War Memorial stone which arrived from Egypt All local barbers, except one, signed an agreement to charge 20 cents for shaves, The W, J. Trick Co, erected a sign at the corner of King street east and Albert street announcing a new subdivision with Fairview Park in the midst, thuslastie both about the crowds and the welcome, The best he has ever had, he feels . , , In Cooks ville last Saturday night close to 1,000 people turned out for a "re. ception', Which means there must be tremendous organization In Peel riding . . To an old hand It 1s entertaining to watch Mr. Frost in action. As the man In power he s on the defensive, This means he has to principally de fend a record--which can bé a dull procedure, To keep his aud. lence alive he uses a technique You might eall it sort of a verbal striptease, He gives a peek hut never peels, It Is the "1 could tell you" technique, He will say: "1 could tell you about our great sion in conservation." "1 could tell you about our Jireat parks ram." Always 'I could tell," is he can keep up for 30 min. utes, And at the end he hasn't broad told" anything CADE FLOPPED Biggest boob of the campaign way the Liberals early claim that the government had '"stolen' 11 of Its platform points, The pre. mier says "They say 1 don't have a platform, Yet also 1 mm sup posed to have stolen 11 of their points." The 'steal' Idea was not a thought of leader Winter meyer, It was an inspiration of one of his brain-trusters, . . . Another Liberal idea that fell flat was a plan™o have a hig motor. cade tour Toronto, No one re membered you need a permit for parades in Metro, Need them, and can't get them often, The traffic is too bad. The motorcade was announced hut was not held At least, however, the Grits are both work!"n and trying to use some imagination, W so, visit Superior Finance, the fastest growing oll-Canadian Loan Company, 1 did! Why don't you? $50 10 $5000 without endorsers or bankable security SUPERIOR FINANCE 17 SIMCOE ST. N.--RA 5.6541 Op.n Friday till 8 pm Qpen Seturday till 12 neen Offices throughout Ontarie MEN WHO THINK » OF TOMORROW PRACTICE MODERATION TODAY Che House of Seagram DISTILLERS SINCE 1087 leave from the CENTRE of one city... arrive in the CENTRE of another... on time, on the ball, on your way! More and more smart people who are going places, A BY TDOaa ~ CANADIAN NATIONAL "uy LATER b -* \ \

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