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Fhe Gshava Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont.' Page 6 Wednesday, January 20, 1960 Soviet Union Still Has Its Secret Police Body Khrushchev has not rid Russia of secret police. He has abolished the dread MVD of Stalin. But a secret police organization called KGB remains, ready if necessary, the Milwaukee Journal points out. The Communists have always had a secret police. Lenin and Trotsky built the first organization, the Cheka, on the lines of the hated Okhrana of the czars. Over the years it was given different names (GPU, OGPU, NKVD, MGB and MVD) but it remained the Com- munist party's first weapon of power-- policeman, prosecutor, judge and exe- cutioner, all in one. It was the MVD that Stalin used to fix his evil grip on Russia. Its grisly chiefs, Yagoda and Yezhov, guided the treason trials and bloody purges that destroyed all Stalin thought stood in his way. It is believed that a third of the best brains of the nation perished. Tens of thousands of citizens disappeared into labor camps. At one time the budget for secret police operations exceeded that of all other organs of government combined. ; Khrushchev began to draw the teeth of the MVD as soon as he came to power. Beria, its last strong chief, was executed in 1954, allegedly after a power grab. Khrushchev transferred secret po- lice duties involving espionage and counter intelligence to the KGB, the committee for state security. He left the MVD with the job of issuing internal passports and exercising certain border controls. Now he has disbanded the or- ganization, distributing its remaining duties among the separate Soviet re- publics. The initials and memories of the MVD have remained a symbol to the Russian people. They will welcome its liquidation as further evidence of a new deal in Khrushchev's Russia. But the KGB remains. Ultimately a dictator must depend on this omni- present force--the secret police--which envelops every sector of society in an ominous cloud of suspicion and insecu- rity. Is it not significant that only last April the Soviet government issued a 500 page book glorifying the Cheka and justifying the use of terror against ene- mies of Communism? Paper And Literacy According to a report of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organiza- tion, the world's consumption of paper has doubled in the past 20 years and should double again by 1975, with a large part of the increase being for news- print. T'his should be good news for Canada which is a leading world . producer of pulp and paper. At the present time it is second only to grain on the export list. But the figur f the FAO! more than econom.c significance. i ney indi- cate not only a growth in the world's population, but a marked increase in the literacy rate among those people -- in- cluding the vast populations of newly awakening Asia and Africa. That there is a definite link between literacy and the demand for paper is not only logical'to conclude but it is substan- tiated in figures of the FAO report. This states that North America will continue to take the lion's share of world output --expected to reach 134 million tons in 15 years. Of that total, this continent will use an estimated 57 million tons, 10 million of it for newsprint. This, in turn, places an increasing re- sponsibility on the publishers and print- ers who make use of the paper. The greatest single amount will be used by the newspapers of this and every country. We have been flattered at times to note how judges in citizenship courts and those in other responsible places have recommended that New Canadians hoping to learn or to improve their English should read newspapers. Simi- larly we have been pleased to note how newspapers have been used as a means to supplement textbooks in class as a means of keeping those in our educa- tional institutions abreast of the swiftly moving events of the modern world. At the same time, this circumstance presents, or at least it should present a challenge to all those charged with the preparation of reading material -- whether in a newspaper office or else- where. Much has been said of the power of the press. The figures of the FAO report have indicated in no uncertain terms, that despite the inroads of radio, televi- sion, the moving picture and other means of influence, the printed word still stands as perhaps the most potent factor in moulding world opinion. In this very confused and complex world it calls for renewed effort to use such power wisely. Another Day For Hunt The quadrennial phenomenon known as Leap Year brings a vague color of right the age-old art of husband-hunt- ing, and offers unattached females 366 days to achieve the same goal they seek in 365 days of every other year. Place the blame for this strange calendar squarely on the learned astro- nomers attached to the court of Julius Caesar. In the year 46 B.C, they fixed the solar year at 365 days, six hours. Every four years those dangling hours totted up to one day, and not having any better ideas they just tacked them onto the fourth year. Nobody knows, however, where to place the blame (or is it credit?) for the custom of allowing women to woo even more aggressive than usual. The Oshavon Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher end General Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the -poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario, 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 published daily , The Scots are canny ones for seizing an opportunity however, and in 1288 they enacted a law thusly: "It is statut and ordaint that during the rein of hir maist blissit Megeste, for" ilk yeare knowne as lepe yeare, ilk maiden ladye of bothe highe and lowe estait shall hae liberte to bespeke ye man she likes, albeit he refuses to taik hir to be his law- ful wyfe, he shall be mulcted in ye sum ane pundis or less, as his estait may be; except and awis gif he can make it appeare that he is bethroit ane ither woman he then shall be free." A few years later, the news spread (the Scots got around a lot in those days, too) and a similar law was passed in France. In the fifteenth century, the custom was made legal in Genoa and Florence. Other Editor's Views LIVE AND LET LIVE (Victoria Times) Statistics show that three times as many men as women commit suicide in Canada, and observers misogynically inclined may remark that "it figgers." On the other hand, the comparative picture is much more attractive, for our suicide rate of 11.7 per thousand for men and 3.3 for women is modest alongside the Austrian combined rate of 22.8, Denmark's 22.5, or Japan and Fin- land's 224. Canada's likewise satisfactorily low, 1.1 per 100,000, com- murder rate is 'pared with Mexico's extremely high 36.3. On the whole, Canada appears to be a very good place for a man to live-- and three times as good for a woman, TWO-RING U.S. CIRCUS OTTAWA REPORT Capital Punishment Promises Hot Debate By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The new session of Parliament will discuss one subject which will generate heat and fury in nearly every Cana- dian home. The business of the House of Commons normally follows a pre- dictable pattern of mild disa . ment and quickly forgotten - i- line. Only very seldom does a subject of debate reach deep into the feelings of a very large num- ber of Canadians. One such occasion will be when Parliament discusses a pr posal to abolish capital punishmen The importance of this debate will be multinlied immeasurably for every MP by the intention that the proposal will be ac- cepted or defeated by a "free" vote. That is, MPs will not vote in solid party blocks, following the example of their own lead with the "'whips" applied. E MP will be expected to vote ac- cording to his own conscience. So this will be one of the ex- ceedingly rare occasions when the voters at home will have un- disputable grounds for violently criticizing their own MP if they disapprove of the way he votes. STRONG FEELINGS AROUSED Casual conversations in homes, and letters written to newspapers already show that bitter and bitter and reasonable opposition is being aroused by this propo- sa! to abolish capital punishment, It is fashionable, in circles which consider themselves vanced in thinking, to say the state should not kill as pun- ishment. When a joint committee of Senate and Commons heard Jengthy evidence on this subject in 1954 and 1955, some members argued that it is barbarous to execute a murderer 1 well remember discussing this with one member of that committee, still active in polities and well-known across C: He urged that capital punishment should be abolished. "Even in the case of those kid- nappers who last week got scared and buried the kidnapped boy in a lime pit which they had pre- pared for that purpose some days earlier?" I asked "Oh yes, of course they should not be executed," he asserted "And would you still feel same way if it was your that ada the own teen-age son whom they: had killed so brutally?" I suggested. He blushed and his grandiose osture crumpled as ke mum- le "Oh, that would be an en- tirely different matter." After that episode, I have never believed in the sincerity of those loud advocates of aboli- tion. That same experience made me think that nobody, who has never had children of his own, is ied to advocate leniency in ng the dastardly crimes of napping, rape and subsequent murder TO DISCRIMINATE Certainly our law should be amended. I believe very strongly that it should recognize different degrees of guilt, even in murder. Execution should not follow a crime of passion, an unpremedi- tated killing committed when hot-blooded, or accidental killing unrelated to another crime. I would strongly urge the death pen~'ty in any planned and pre- meditated murder committed in cold b'ood, and for a murder committed in the course of an- other crime, such as by shooting or bludgeoning while holding up a bank or robbing a store or a home. We certainly owe it to our police force to make execution obligatory in the case of the killing of a policeman perform- ing his duty. Red herrings are drawn over the main 'issue by such argu- m as that hanging is bar- ba ; if so, the gas chamber should be used. And that an in- 'ent man may be executed in r--but how often is an inno- cent person murdered? Capital punishment, I believe, is justi- fied if it serves as a deterrent to save even .one person from pre- itated murder. The most urgent need for our protection today is a stiffening of prosecution and punishment of persons in possession of lethal weapons. The second greatest need is for realism among mis- guided idealists who would turn Canada into a jungle where ruth- less killers and killers-for-kicks and killers-for-hire could roam with comparative immunity. Our MPs must do some realistic thinking before they cast that im- portant vote. FOR BETTER HEALTH Shortness Of Breath And Iis Real Cause HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD MOST OF us tend to blame shortness of breath on too much smoking, the fact that we are getting older or are out of con- dition, or maybe upon chronic bronchitis. While these conditions may, to a degree, contribute to dyspnea, or shortness of breath, far too often the real cause may be congestive heart failure. Sgme trouble in the mechan- ism of the respiratory system obviously causes dyspnea In the case of heart there just isn't enough in the blood. Perhaps this is caused by an accumulation of fluid in the lungs or the pleural cavity, or maybe because a defect shunts the blood directly from the right side of the heart to the left side, avoiding the lungs entirely. NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN But whatever the cause be, the result is that there is not enough oxygen being. car- ried to the tissues by the blood and too little carbon dioxide being removed by the from the blood. Various persons suffer dyspnea in different ways. Many times shortness of breath is noticed only after the patient performs some kind of effort. Walking might be enough to do it. disease, oxygen may is lungs On the other hand, walking on level ground won't cause dif- ficulty for some patients, while climbing even a slight incline will result in shortness of breath, Some patients suffer from a special type of dyspnea which we call orthopnea. Such per- sons probably can spend most of the day without any discom- fort at all, but when they get into bed they experience diffi- culty in breathing. This sympton is tic of left ventricular failure, Some persons get to sleep all right, but soon wake coughing and gasping for breath. Others suffer dyspnea as soon as they. lie down A helpful solution to the sleeping problem for such per- sons is to let them assume the position most comfertable for them. Maybe elevating the head and upper half of the body slightly will be enough. Other atients might find it easier to to sleep while sitting in a characteris- heart chair. QUESTION AND ANSWER L. A. C.: Would it be possible for a person to be allergic to the material used in making dentures? Answer: Very definitely yes, and a new denture of different material may be necessary. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Open House was held for the public to see the new House of Friendship located at King St. W. which was opened to accommo- date unemployed transients. Rev. D. M. Rose, rector of St. George's Anglican Church, was guest speaker at the Whitby Rotary Club. He told of some of his experiences during his 13 years in India. H. J. Aughe, secretary of GMC, was elected president of the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meet- ing held in Toronto. T. Palmer made a score of 299 of a possible 300 at the weekly shoot held by the Oshawa Rifle Club. Mrs. L. V. Disney was elected president of Centre St. Home and School Club. Other officers elect- ed were» Mrs. C. O. Miller and A. W. Jacklin, vice-presidents; Mrs. A. W. Jaeklin, secretary and Mrs. Broad, treasurer. A banquet was held for over 150 Oshawa and district laymen. J. C. Anderson, president of the Men's Brotherhood of Simcoe St. Church presided over the gather- ing. In the National Inter-City Fire Association prevention activities during the year 1934, Oshawa was awarded second place in the small city class. Joseph Wray of Brooklin re- turned from spending ' three weeks in the Oshawa Settlement at Hawkesville, Northern Ontario. He reported the settlers enjoyed ristmas and they were \ preciative of the Osh- aw! a Times library there. The following elected at Society Eccles, and Mrs. dents; C.V officers were the Oshawa Humane annual meeting: T. president; A. P. Loban R. B. Smith, vice-presi- N. Hodgson, secretary and Colley, treasurer. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Don't kiss a girl while driving a car. If you should do so, you'd either lose control of the car, or fail to satisfy the girl. It seems the average beatnik's mind isn't clean either. QUEEN'S PARK Health Minister Fighting Scotsman By DON O"HEARN TORONTO -- This is a testi- monial to a man small in stature but big in capacity, The man? Health Minister Dr. Matthew Dymond, about five- feet-five of fighting Scotsman. And a fighter one can't help but respect. THREE DIRECTIONS There has been no man who has been in more hot water around here recently than Dr. Dymond. He was in up to his neck in the Babinetz case, Then there was a hassle about private training schools for nursing assistants. Finally a stinging criticism of the Ontario Hospital "at Orillia was thrown at him. NO ERRORS And you can't really fault him for his handling of any of the situations and you can give him praise, In the Babinetz case he admit- ted quite frankly that the pro- cedure where new students were examined after the start of the school year was bad. | all And he acted in a hurry to get the rejectees re-examined and back in school. On the private nursing schools he was under probably the hot- test gun of all. But he worked out a compro- mise. And it should be remem- bered that when the restriction on this type of school was put on, many of them really amounted to a racket backed by U.S. inter- ests. ORILLIA REPLY Best of all, in a reporter's opinion, was Dr. Dymond's han- dling of the Orillia case. He admitted quite frankly that most of what CCF Leader Mac- Donald said was true, There were bad conditions at the hospital. But there had to be priorities in government spending and there just wasn't enough money to take care of the Orillia situation at the present time. Also there was a shortage of mental hospital staff, and there REPORT FROM U.K. "Lack Of Recruits Hits Scots Guards By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The famous Scot- tish regiment, the Scots Guards, is in grave danger of losing its second battalion because of a lack of new recruits to fill up its ranks. Recently the Duke of Atholl and some others aroused an agitation with the question, "Why does Scotland not see more of the Scots Guards?" In the light of the recruiting figures, a more pertinent question would be, "Can two battalions of the Scots Guards survive?" The War Of- fice here in London says quite bluntly that unless recruiting to this regiment improves in the next year, the number of men leaving it will so exceed the in- take of new recruits that the Sec- ond Battalion might be in jeo- pardy. The figures for 1959, released by the War Office, show an alarming drop in recruiting as compared with the year 1958, Only 380 new men were recruited into the Scots Guard in 1959. This com- pares with 623 for the previous year. New men are coming in at only about half the rate of the departures of those who have completed their terms of service. SCOTS ARE LAGGING A further analysis of the fig- ures reveals the lamentable fact that only 60 per cent of the year's recruits came from Scotland. Glasgow provided 80 recruits, Edinburgh and Dundee each pro- vided 43, and Aberdeen 29. These were the principal centres for the direct Scottish contribution of 195 new Guardsmen. Recruiting cen- tres in the North of England must- ered more than 150 "bona fide" Scots for the regiment. If this trend continues into 1960, the future of the Second Battalion will have to be re-assessed, says the War Office. Although the gov- ernment's policy is to retain,the regiment at full strength, modifi- cations may have to be made if recruiting figures do not rise sharply. REMEDIES SUGGESTED Three measures are being sug- gested which might help to avert this catastrophe. One of them in- volved the Duke of Atholl's ques- tion about seeing more of the Scots Guards in Scotland. The Scots Guards cannot have a base in Scotland, but the authorities are willing to have them take part in more functions in Scot- land than they have been doing. This might instil greater pride in the regiment among the Scottish people. The second move would be for the War Office to order a higher priority for the Scots Guards in Scottish recruiting offices. The third suggestion is that there would be greater co-operation be- ion . tween the Scots Guards and local Scottish regiments, so as to have more recruits made available for the Guards. If these moves fail to produce the desired results, the Scots Guards, once described by Field Marshal Montgomery as "the finest infantry in the world," will be in a grievous position. was a problem of getting people to enter this not. too attractive field of work. | HONEST FIGHTER The most admirable aspect in cases, of course, was Dr, Dymond's complete frankness. 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