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The Oshonon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Puge 4 Thursday, November 12, 1959 Day After November 11: - Thoughts About Future Remembrance Day has is business as usual, but we hope and pray that there remains today and for "all the days of the year a close remem- brance of why there are cenotaphs and speeches and rilence on Nov. 11. ~The derd are honored. Their names are inscribed on honor rolls and the memorv of their gallantry and sacrifice is undimmed. What may be forgotten is the purpose of their dving, and were the dead to sverk to us todav their thoughts would be not of the past but of the pres- ent and the future--of the living and the unborn. : That is why, on this dav following : Remembrarce, let us think shout pence, its mesnin~ to ue, its cond'tions and its sacri"ices, For we are in an age when peace is still an unreached asl i» a come and 'gone again, Yesterday there were par- ades t« cenotaphs, speeches, and a cou- ple of minutes of silence. Today there time of no-war; an age when the des tructive probabilities of war can shock even those who gorge themselves on power and degrade the fragment of di vinity that is in every man, Bombs may not drop, but every day is a small battle in the campaign for peace. It is fought with money, ideas, words and commerce in the chanceller- ies, in the legislatures, in the market places, but above all in the hearts of men. As individuals we can abdicate our responsibilities and leave the fight- ins of our war to the statesmen, but when we do so we dishonor not only ourselves and those who died for us in battles, but the generations still to come, For each man the struggle for peace is a personal affair. When that private camoaign+is won, then there will grow such a peppahle demand for decency in haman relations that the trumpets of wa ill forever he «tilled. Community's Maaning : We Lear a great deal these days about 1 commurity growth, community plane ! nin~. community services : Bit what i= a community? ' The question is discussed in the Oc- + tober letter of the Rove] Bank of Can- ada, which starts: "Community, in the sense of 'a better communitv,, does not mean ? municinality, a treding area, or : a district. There is a richness in the i word 'community' that goes far beyond all these and has something to do with the flowering of human lives . . . The : dynamic cuality that makes a commu- nitv 704 does not reside in the official strreture, hut in the interests, desires ane nnrnnses n* the peonle in it." . Wise nlennire. sound firancing -- + these are essentiale in a community, : But the core on" community huildine is = the spirit of the neople. Machires, nos- * sessions and utilitiec are nssfu! onlv to the evtent that thev 2dd to the comfort of livine, Thev are not substitutes for a 'cmmunity epi-it--the communion of peonle. The writer argues that "any munici- pality Is ccpable of providing what its and so on. [ » » » ' 3 « & . . + . » . . There has been much favorable com- : mert on a recent proposal by J. B. Bis- » sor, chairman of the Unemvloyment « Insurance Commission, designed to per- + manently relieve the unemployment I situation, ¢ The proposal contemplates the train- : ing of jobless persons of long standing for other types of work, with a view to * making it easier for them to find em- : ployment and thereby cutting down the cost of unemoloyvment. w= «The economic recession of 1957 and 1958 resulted in a heavy drain on the Unemployment Insurance Fund. From *4ts estahlishment in 1940 it had built up reserves in excess of $900,000,000; by 0 May of this year they were reduced to « a record low of $432800,000, With im- proved conditions the fund came back to the extent of $448,600,000 by the end of Sentember, which will be further bolstered by new and higher rates and the extension of the income brackets that are eligible. The problem is not merely one of fi- nance; though; it is linked with advan= ces in automation and scientific devel- opments as a result of which long-es- tathished trades become outdated or in need of adjustment. Mr, Bisson illustrated this by point- . ing out that while there were some 270,000 Canadians currently reristered + ar ' "ing for work with the National Employment Service, employment offi- cers were having great difficulty filling jobs that require some new skill, some education and some training. Frequently a job goes begging be- cause of this condition, which is most regrettable. As Mr. Bisson put it: "Workers loafing make a mockery of a Phe Oshoroo Times I. A. WILSON Pubdlisne: and Generel Manage C. GWYN KINEY Editar The livres Spmbining, The Oshawa Tu...» tabnished 1871) ond the Whithy Gozette ond onicle (established 1863) 8 published dally (Sundovs and statutory holidovs excepted) ot GC Dok spopers Publ ciation The Conodion Press Audit Bureou of ion ord the Ortari Provincia! Lailies Asso ciation The Conadion Press w ewclusively entire fo the use tor republication of all mews despatched in the cope credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the loco! news published therein All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices 44 King Street West foronto. Ontarie: 640 Zotheort Street Montreol PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Deliverva ny cortiers in Ushawa Whitby Ajox Bowmanville Bruykiin Port Perry, Prince le Grove Hampton Frenchman's Bey Liverpool founton rune Cunbarton Enniskillen ono Leskora Br hom Burkeion Claremont lumbus Fairport leach Greerwoon Kinsale Roglar: Biackstnck Manchester Cobourg Port Hope Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 45¢ per week, By moll (mn orovince of Onario) outside corrien "lwery oreos 1200 elsewhere 'S00 oer veor. Average Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement s of March 31, 1959 16,260 people want if the people reach agrec- ment about their desires - and pursue their deals witl. vlanned energy, The question challenging everybody is: Are you sincerely interested in working to meke your neishhorhood the best place on eartk in which to live and brine up your childrer? If the answer is 'ves,' then vour ides] personality will find it- sel', and work out its hopes, in joint action with other like-minded persons." Alfred Adle. said, "People always make mistakes if they do not see that their whole sienificance must consist in their contribution to the lives of oth- ers.". Thus the respected citizen in a community doe: rot merelv live there. He sehieves dionitv through his contri- bution to the community as a whole and o" hich he is on'v one part, The good community is not built by peonle whn think that their preferred wav of living is the only right wav, We need skill in the process of working to- gether. Our plens can be denrived of their goodness if we allow ovr commu- nitv to become poisoned by bigotry or snobbery. Retraining Of Workers fine piece of social legislation when thev do nothing but draw benefits." Mr. Bisson has proposed intensive five-month training courses for persons receiving benefits during the winter season when.the number of Canada's jobless is at its peak. He also sugrests or-the-job training where an emolover may have a vacancy that cannot be fill- ed but where there is a person of po- tential ability who might do the job with some training, While this plan is not the whole ans- wer to the problem of unemolovment it seems to have some interesting and rea- sonsble poscibilities of helping to do so even thourh it may take one or two seasons for it to get into its stride. Labor Minister Starr is revorted' to have greeted the proposal symnathetic- al'v. We would hope that not only will he help to steer it throuch to a logical climax, but that all Canadians will shnw # readiness to give it a try. For the labor movement, as for var- ious members in it who may be affect- ed from time to time, such a plan as Mr. Bisson proposes may need some rather radical adjustments to make it workable. It may mean a new policy, for example, for a woodworker turned metal worker so that there will be no conflict between the respective unions concerned, We feel that if it is in the genuine interests of the workers, labor will give the necessary support. With the back- ine of all Canadians, this plan could well mean a turning point in the unem=- ployment picture of this nation. Other Editor's Views BIG CITY TRAFFIC (Saint John Telegraph-Journal ) It costs the City of New York $750, 000 a year to tell its own 8,000,000 in- habitants and millions of visitors how fast they may travel, when and where they may park, stop, stand and turn. To do this 125 employees are required to place and service the 270,000 direc tion signs on city streets. Since that averages out to 45 sign: per mile, a stranger has to be fast reader in order to keep out of traffic conditions in the American metropolis do not per- mit time for friendly route directions from traffic cops. Bible Thoughts Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.--Psalm 50:15. God answers every sincere prayer and solves every difficult problem that we bring to Him, but we must surrender to His will. OTTAWA REPORT Amer | Civil Service Pay + Has Many Benefits Bv PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- There is no let-up in the pressure for a pay increase being exerted by officials of civil service "unions." Spokesmen for the joint action committee of the various assoc- iations of civil servants have de- nounced the government -- which means the taxpayer--as 'mean' and 'a poor employer." They suggested that the efficiency, the morale and even the loyalty of the civil service, will suffer as a result of the refusal of pay in- creases. Determined to enlist the support of th= public (i.e. the taxpayer) in its struggle against this mean em:loyer (i.e. the tax- payer) for higher pay, the joint action committee announced a nation al advertising campaign culminating in meetings across the country, a mass rally, and a march on Ottawa. AUTOMATIC RAISES At the same time, Finance Min- ister Donald Fleming took the wind out of their case by remind- ing us that, even during the pres- cnt freeze on the range of pay fer each grade, every civil serv ant obtains annual raises auto matically by the regular incre- ments provided within the range of pay for each job. In addition of course, every civil servant can win an increase on merit by earn- ing promotion to a higher paid grade. The last general increase in rates was approved more than two years ago. But nevertheless sipce then these factors described by Mr. Fleming have been oper ating, so that the average pay of all civil servants paid through the central pay office has increased from $74.03 to $77.64. That aver- age raise of nearly 5 per cent does not look like 'no increase" a "mean" employer, To study this repeatedly head- lined problem, the taxpayer needs the answers to three basic questions: How do the working conditions in the civil service compare with working conditions in industry? How do the true rates of pay in the two fields compare? Do civil servants gen- erally quit government employ to take better jobs elsewhere? If the answer to the third ques- tion is ""No", we can assume that pay and working conditions in the civil service are as attractive as elsewhere. However, let us down to get the facts. A GOOD EMPLOYER The true civil servant, working in a government department, has the best jcb security and the shortest working week in major industry in Canada. He virtually is never fired; he works a 5-day 31%z-hour week; he gets 10 statu- toy holidays with pay; three weeks annual vacation with pay; three weeks paid sick leave which is cumulative, i.e. if not used one year, it may be carried forward indefinitely; and he can retire on a 70 - per - cent pension, pre- dominantly paid by the taxpayer. These benefits are so substantial that the word "fringe" is an in- acecquate description; they amount to "'all the fixings." While the average civil servant received per week this summer, the average employee in industry, from manager to jan- itor, earned $73.71. This industrial worker typically enjoys eight stat- utory holidays and two weeks vacation. Such fringe bene- as paid sick leave and em- ployer - contributions to pensions vary widely, from nil to not so d as the civil servant enjoys. How do average earnings in the civil service and in industry com- pare, when adjusted to compen- sate for the different hours. of work and different fringe bene- fits? One hundred economists would produce as many different answers. My own calculations suggest .that the earnings of the civil servant, adjusted for a 41- hour week and average industrial benefits, average $98.75 per week; comparable average earn- ings in industry, including fringe henefits, are $76.69. The above figures relate to the administrative and executive grades in the civil service. Ma. nipulative grades, or 'blue col- lar' workers, are paid at pre- vailing rates, namely the hourly cates currently paid in each dis- trict for similar work in industry, ranging now from 90 cents an hour for a labourer in P.E.IL. to $3.30 an hour for an electrician in Toronto. We may assume that P.R. employees, making up 14 per cent of federal government payrells, are disinterested in the present dispute. dig 0 THE TEETH BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Substantial decreases were an- nounced in hydro rates for Osh- awa. Brig.-Gen. D. C. Draper, To- ront®, was guest speaker at the armistice banquet of the Oshawa branch, Canadian Legion. Magistrate A. F. Hind was granted six months' leave of ab- sence by the city council on ac- count of ill health. Official count in the South On- tario Provincial election was Sin- clair 9791 and Mason 8408. Oshawa board of health urged immediate acti>n on construction of a sewage disposal plant for the city. A three-storey parts and serv- ice building for General Motors was nearing completion. Council decided to organize a Community Federation of social service workers to handle all re- lief work in the city. Albert St. School won the Dr. Kaiser Shield for fire drill com- petition. Horses from Parkwood stables registered many wins at the Madison Square Garden Horse Show in New York. Building permits numbering 35, for a total of $429,485 were issued in October to bring the total of building in Oshawa for the year up to $1,383,365. Oshawa Boys' Work Board, under the chairmanship of Clif ford Baker, held an athletie meet for city church groups. King St. group won the trophy. "Leon Osier, manager of the Regent Theatre, won first prize in competing against cities of this size in a Dominion-wide cone test conducted by Famous Play- ers, between all its managers for efficiency and results in theatre management. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Woman Sues for $25,000 for loss of Her Thumb". -- Head- line. It must have been the one 'che had been keeping her hus- band under. There wasn't much juvenile delinquencv when I was a boy," said old Sorehead, "as parents followed Proverbs 23:13-14 then." FOR BETTER HEALTH Squint Eyes Blamed On Emotional Causes HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD. A person's, emotional attitude might play an important part in establishing binocular vision, or the ability of both eyes to work together in unison. When the eyes are out of alignment, we call the condition strabismus, or squint. It makes no difference whether the ten- dency is to turn in or out, the term is the same. DIFFERENT CAUSES The causes, however, appasent- ly are quite different. At least the possible psychological causes are. Internal strabismus -- you pro- bably call it crossed eyes--ap- pears to' be acused sometimes by a chronic state of anger. On the other hand, external strabismus apparently often comes from resignation and apathy. SCIENTISTS' THEORY This, at least, is the theory \dvanced by some scientists, Actually, it is a logical as- sumption. Inasmuch as the eyes turn outward when you are as- leep, it is natural to assume that relaxation makes them diverge while tension makes them con- verge, Cross-eyed children are known to be destructive, as a rule, and this, too, tends to bear out the theory. NEUROTIC WITH SQUINT The Better Vision Institute re. ports the case of a neurotic wo- man who was found to have an internal squint. The squint was reduced con- siderably by surgery, but she was advised that she would have to have another operation with. in three months in order to com plete the cure. However, three days before the scheduled second operation she reported that she didn't think it would be neces:ary. The doctors examined her and found that the cross-eyed condition had almost disappeared. A check of her emotional at. titude was made. This study found that she had been work- ing in a department store under a superior she thoroughly dis- liked. The superior had been transferred to another depart. ment just before her sudden im- provement. REMOVED TENSION This transfer had removed the Large chunks of ice from outer space have fallen on several points on the earth recently. It is hoped this doesn't mean a plan is slowly being put into effect to place the in cold storage. As if things weren't already too complicated, somebody has suggested that the modern kit. chen be called a culinarium. "Some British leaders are find- ing the law against committing suicide ineffectual." -- Press re- port. No doubt. Punishing those who violate this law poses rather a tough problem. Castro is an excellent rtearer- downer, but he evidently doesn't have the first qualification of a builder-upper. woman's tension and her eye trouble had promptly cleared up, However, she became nervous again after About eight months and the squint returned. Investigators surmise that she was in such a continual state of anger from experiences earlier in her life that her tenseness Sou be relieved only temporar- ly. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs, H.C.: What would cause a severe pain in the bottom of the heel, esfecially after resting and then walking for a while? Answer: This may be due to a spur on the heel hone. An x-ray may show the cause, Various 'treatments are avall- able for this condition. MAL d MEANDERING Canadian Soldiers Camped In History By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special Londop, England Correspondent fo The Oshawa Times SOEST -- This has been a busy day, spent in the area of West- phalia, in Germany's Ruhr val- ley, which is occupied by the 4th Canadian Army Brigade units of the NATO forces in West Ger- many. I have been visiting the quarters in which the families of the Canadian troops live, seeing the hundreds who arrived here two days ago settling down in this Canadian community in a for- eign land. I have visited schools where their children are being given a Canadian education, have seen the clubs which are the centre of their social life, and the Canadian supermarket type stores where the housewives do their shopping. Soest itself, however, is a fas- cinating town. It is an ancient place, and it still retains its anti- quity of appearance, and has a strange old-world character about it. It suffered little or no dam- age during the second world war. There were a few patrol skirm- ishes within the town, but no bémbardment and only a few iso- lated air attacks on a factory which was making batteries for German submarines. So it was possible to see the town in all its old beauty and quaintness. OVER 1000 YEARS OLD Soest is well over 1000 years old, It was first mentioned in his- torical documents in the year 836 AD. The Roman Catholic Church, built in 954, still slands majestically dominating the town. During the Middle Ages, Soest was one of the larg- est and most important gentres in the state of Westphalia. It was a member of the old Hanseatic League of Free Cities. As far back as the beginning of the 13th century, Soest received its town charter, giving it the right of self-government. In the ensuing 500 years, its people had to take up arms on many occa- sions to protect this cherished right. At the beginning of the 16th century, free cities in Germany began to lese 'their prestige and importance. In this period, Soest began to develop as the centre of many small agricultural commu- nities. Today it is an agricultural town, inhabited by a s'olid, hard- working peori2. Its industries in- clude a flour mill, a sugar beets factory and a battery factory. It is the only town in this section of Germany with its ancient town walls still surrounding two-thirds of the community. OTHER TOWNS IN AREA Also in the Canadian area, and with camps located in them, are other. ancient towns." Iserlohn, cence owned by the Archbishop of Fort St. Louis, Fort Anne, Fort Victoria, Fort MacLeod, Fort Beausejour and Fort Prince of Wales. Since the start of the Canadian forces in West Ger: many, Fort St. Loujs has been occupied by the Royal 22nd Regi- ment of Quebec, Now the 22nd have gone, and it has been turn- ed over to the Royal Highlanders of Canada (The Black Watch), which has brought a suggestion that the name might be changed to Fort St. Andrew. ANCIENT FESTIVAL For the second year in succes- sion, my visit to Soest has co- incided with a great annual festi- val, the Kermesse, which has been held there continuously for 750 years. As I went through the streets of the town today, great preparations were under way for this five-day festival. Originally, it was purely religious in charac- ter. Now it is almost entirely a commercial' affair, but the whole district takes art in it. Every street in the town is filled with various types of en- tertainment booths, games, and rides. In the large square in front of the old church, a huge roller coaster has been erected. The whole town is set up just like the midway at the Canadian National Exhibition, and all ve- hicular traffic has to stop at the outskirts, or make a wide detour around the town. For the rest of the week, Soest will be the centre of attractior for tens of thousands of people from a wide district around it, It is the one great occasion of the vear. when the motto is '"'eat drink and be merry." And the Canadians join in the fun and festivities with great gusto, mak- ing the Kermesse a truly inter national festival LAST YEAR'S EVENT I recall that when I was in Soest last year, there was a rath- er amusing contretemps.. I had gone there oan the train with Prime Minister Diefenbaker when he was on his European tour. When the train which brought' us from Cologne arrived at the Soest station, the whole town and the area in front of the station was jammed with thousands of people. Those who were in the Prime Minister's party were amazed at the great turnout of people. They all thought the people were there to welcome Canada's prime Fainting Hent New Proposal LONDON (CP)--Canadian artist Llewellyn Petley-Jones may try a new way to boost the sales of his paintings .He may "rent" them. With the paintings in their homes, patrons may become at- tached to them and decide to buy. Under tentative plans, a num- ber of paintings would be offered on a year's rental, would cost from $2 a month upwards, according to size, Petley-Jones says he got the idea from Cana- dian hostesses who used to rent paintings to impress their guests. Born in Edmonton, 51-year-old Petley-Jones has not lived perma- nently in Canada since 1934, al- though he retains his Canddian passport. He was last there with an exhibition in 1950, and hopes to return shortly. minister. It was not until the next day that we learned that they were there enjoying the Ker- messe and did not even know that so distinguished a visitor was coming into their community, Mr. Dielenbaker was never enlighten ed, so far as I am aware. SPECIAL LOW RAIL FARES TO THE ROYAL FGRICULTURAL WIKTER FAIR TORONTO, NOV, 13-21 FARE AND ONE-HALF FOR THE ROUND TRIP Good going--Nov. 12-21st incl. Return--Leave Toronto not later than midnight, November 22nd. From Oshawa First Class $2.25 Coach $1.90 Full information from any agent. Ut on = CANADIAN | CANADIAN PACIFIC | NATIONAL 2 Awake NiGHTS {fi Cologne, dates back to 1237, Werl, which also came into being in the 10th century, is a flourishing town of 18,000 people. Hemer is a smaller community, but also bas a history dating back for several hundred years, In the areas around these towns, are the camps of the bri- gade, all bearing the names of forts which are associated with Canadian history. These are Fort Many people never seem to get a good night's rest. They toss and turn in bed--and then are dull and listless throughout the day. due to a temporary toxic condition which Dodd's Kidney Pills. All of which may be and calls for the use of i Pills. You can depend on Dodd's! SERVING CANADA AND THE WORLD y One of the 16 participating Agencies of the - GIVE THE UNITE ~ucadquariers Oshawa Red OCioss 1909-1959 gregter Oshawa Community Chest WAY -- 262 King St. East DONALD H, HOWE, Pres.