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he Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesday, February 3, 1960 Only The Best Speeches At Ottawa Worth $1200 William Houck, Liberal member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, estimates that it costs $10,000 a day to run Par- liament. A 40-minute speech by an MP therefore costs $1200. Mr. Houck used the figures in a proposal that speeches in the Commons be limited to 20 minutes, except for those made by party leaders and cabinet ministers. The time limit now is 40 minutes, except in some specified circumstances. A 20-minute speech would still cost $600, he said. Anyone who has sat through a session of speech-making in the Commons will heartily agree with Mr. Houck. Most of the 40-minute speeches could be boiled down to 10 -- and many contri- bute so little to the business of the House that they serve only to delay the proceedings. The 40-minute limit is an encourage- ment to verbosity. Except for special occasions and particularly involved sub- ject matter, 20 minutes is sufficient for any exposition, if the speaker has given his topic some thought. In 20 minutes the average speaker can utter upwards of 2000 words, or the equivalent of two full columns in a daily newspaper. The person who cannot express himself ade- quately in that space simply eannot express himself. Speeches could be shortened or eli- minated, however, if the Speaker insisted that the existing rule against the read- ing of speeches be followed. Theoreti- cally, members must use only brief notes, but these have a habit of expanding into virtual manuscripts, Without the copious "notes" many of the members would be tongue-tied. Recruiting The Critics Three thousand "arm chair" critics, recruited by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, have made their report to Mrs. Kate Aitken of Toronto, Mrs. Aitken, who proposed this device of sounding out public opinion, will pass on the findings of her viewers to the CBC's program committee. In Detroit a television news commen- tator, concerned about the recent ex- posure of short weight in New York grocery stores, is taking it upon him- self to talk to Mayor Mariano to see about making all members of the weights and measures committee of the city to take an affidavit that they will not accept money from people who would profit by dishonest inspection of scales and gasoline and oil pumps. Mrs. Aitken and the Detroit man are undoubtedly acting from the purest of motives and the highest of ideals. But the findings of Mrs. Aitken's 3,000 armchair eritics will prove nothing beyond the fact that the people selected by Mrs. Aitken think along the same lines. They have discovered that they are not particularly fond of the bare flesh exposed by dancing girls. They find that the young fry are more im- pressed with the horses in western that the riders and gunmen. And they are eritical of some of the commercials. Ideas About How expert are the traffic experts? Do the specialists in accident prevention know most of the answers, even if they can't always apply the cures? Or are there lots of good, practical ideas that could save lives on the highways but have not yet received official considera- tion? These are some of the questions that Attorney-General Kelso Roberts hoped to have answered when he organized the recent Jack Hammell Highway Safety Suggestion Award. The compe- now been judged, prizes tition has iwarded and the winning suggestions circulated for study to interested authorities : The Ontario Safety Léague from the variety of opinions and suggestions brought out by the competition The white line marking middle of the road should be fluorescent. High- way curves should be marked on the inside and outside as well as the centre. There should be glass reflectors on all road signs. Curves and hills should have escape lanes for emergency pro- he Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawo Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays end statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspapers Publisher Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso ciation, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitle s, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are alse reserved Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, B Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince chman Bay, Enniskillen, Cleremont Co D> Greenwood Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in. province of Ontario) outside carriers eifvery ateos 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 Ajax owmonville, on , Broughanm What concerns the Detroit television reformer is the fact that payola may cast its shadow over Detroit's weights and measures inspectors. When assured that there appears neither likelihood or opportunity of skullduggery such as hap- pened in New York occurring in De- troit, the television man still insisted that, while he meant no reflection upon the officials in charge of pounds and gallons, making inspectors sign an affida- vit would remove temptation from their path. Signing affidavits has never deterred a crook. This very thing which was sup- posed to screen out Communists has failed of its objectives because the men they were supposed to catch signed them readily. Those who were later caught were marked off as calculated risks. Those who protested against the signing were usually the innocent who considered the move as casting doubt on their patriotism and integrity. It is unlikely that Mrs. Aitken or the Detroiter will provide anything to raise the standard of the medium to which they are dedicated. The westerns and girls will stay on television until the viewers grow tired of looking at them. Vice and corruption will continue until public clamor forces action. Traffic tection against reckless over-takers. All fatality locations should be marked with luminous white crosses, just off the shoulder of the road. More color and originality should be used to make high- way signs more effective. All trees on much-travelled highways should be cut down. At the brows of hills, three yellow lines should be painted each side of the centre line. Slow-moving farm vehicles should be equipped with flashing lights. Auto- matic dimmer controls should be man- datory. Brake lights should be a different regular tail Seat be high enough to sup- port heads. Approved harness should be attached to each seat. There should be a periscope on top of the car for rear viewing. Driver education in the high schools should be compulsory. Licensing quirements should be more rigid and re-examination should take place every three to five years. Drivers should be required to know English, and new drivers should attend recognized driving schools. Elderly drivers should undergo reaction-time tests. The age limit for new drivers should be raised, and there should be more plain-clothes traffic police. color from lights. backs should re- Other Editor's Views CHINESE ON MOON (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The Chinese in the little British Colony of Hong Kong don't seem to be too excited about Russia's moon shot, according to Reuter's News Agency. Why should they? More than a thousand years ago (according to Chinese legend), a Chinese emperor made a successful landing on the moon! Bible Thought Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is per- fect.--Matthew 5:48. Only a, perfect standard can produce a high quality of life. O.STraBrINS GETTING THE BUSINESS OTTAWA REPORT .Oshawa Publisher Praised In Parliament By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- A prominent _cab- inet minister today paid tribute to one of the great figures in Canadian journalism, Mr. T. L. Wilson, publisher and general manager of the Oshawa Times. "I want to congratulate my old friend Tom Wilson, on his cele bration on 4th February of 40 years association with mv home- town newspaper," said Hon. Mike Starr, minister of labor. *'This is indeed an achievement, and it brings back to my memory those days in the mid-1920s, when he d as foreman of the compos- oom of that newspaper, of I was then a junior mem- Mike Starr reminisced to me how Foreman Tom Wilson had a desk on a raised platform at one side of the room. In front of him under eve, were the typesetiers, nis of type, and the cauldron of hot metal tended by our future labor nister. "I was actually called a print. er's devil," said Mike Starr, who still treasures his unemployment registration card. GIFT FROM GUELPH *"*A product of Guelph's newest industry," mounted in a gift pres. entation case lined with royal blue velvet, awaited everv MP .at the beginning of this session, on the initiative of Guelph's great publicist, Alf Hales, the Conserva- tive MP for Wellington South. Guelph's "newest industry," Alf Hales told me, is a highly mech- anized plant, which will cost ap- proximately $30,000 for each of the 300 jobs which it will create when in full operation. Built by the Imperial Tobacco Company, it turns out cizarets such as those contained in the 300 gifts supplied to parliamentarians by company President Edward Wood. Situated in Guelph, it is conveniently near Ontario's great tobacco farms, and it. performs the complete job "From the Leaf to the Lip." This new plant is a great boost for Guelph, declared Alf Hales That bustling community now proudly adds another nationally- known brand name to it's prod- ucts, which already include such headliners as Fiberglass curtains, his SEIZE BATISTA PROPERTY HAVANA (AP) The Cuban government Friday confiscated $150,000,000 in property belonging to former dictator Fulgencio Ba- tista and about 300 others who held office in his The confiscation was ordered on the grounds the property was. ac- quired illegally. regime Biltmore hats, and General Elec- r 'mers. FAREWELL TO OTTAWA? After savoring both the ups and the downs of political life, Hon. Walter Harris appears to have stepped permanently off the see- saw of parliamentary affairs. First elected to the House of Commons in 1940 as Liberal mem- ber for the Ontario riding of Grey- Bruce, he quickly won advance- ment when he returned from war service. In 1947 he was appointed parliamentary secretary to our then foreign minister, Louis St. Laurent. On the very day Mr. St. Laurent became prime minister, he moved Walter Harris as his arliamentary secretary to his ier office, and 14 months later brought him into his cabinet. | But i and the niggardly increase in the When further advancement made him minister of finance, it ap- peared that he was indeed being groomed to succeed Mr. St. Laur- ent as leader of the Liberal party. the unpopular 1957 budget old age pension led to Mr. Harris i being snubbed by his former col- i leagues at i convention the 1958 leadership Then he was per- suaded to run for the provincial leadership in Ontario, onlv to be severely beaten. Now his appointment has been announced as vice-president of the Victoria and Grey Trust Com- pany; he is also chairman of its finance committee. From this wholetime job, he might reason- ably expect to follow former vice- president H. J. McLaghlin into the top post. It looks like voluntary with- drawal from the active political life, after the 2% years of spece ulation following his personal de- feat in the 1957 general election. The Liberal machine, which ap- peared so powerful and smooth- running as a cabinet, is suffering a steady erosion which eloquently expresses its own disbelief in the possibility of a quick comeback. QUEEN'S PARK Procedure Change By End Of Session By DON O'HEARN FORONTO -- This House, as noted yesterday, has quite a dif- ferent character than recent legis- latures By the end of the session it also may have quite a different way of doing business, It at least is heading that way. NOT CLEAR The complexities of the times have caught up with our parlia- ment Abetied by the Gordon commit. tee report it now knows it must change its practices and pro- cedures. But as to just what form the changes should take it is not too clear It knows that the members must have more opportunity to inspect the work of the govern- ment It also is aware that more eon- trol must be brought back to the House. But it is still groping for the ways and means to best accom- plish this MORE COMMITTEES Premier Frost has proposed that even more use should be made of committees The trend during all of Mr, Frost's administration, of course, has heen to emphasize committee work To further this now, he is sug- gesting that the House should not ¢, FOR BETTER HEAL TH Atherosclerosis Cause 'Subject Of Research HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD Today is National Heart Re- search Day. So I think it would be timely to discuss one of the many heart research problems on which scientists are now work- ing. Preventing or curbing athero- sclerosis has been the target of much research for many, many years. THICKENS ARTERIES Atherosclerosis is a disease which thickens (narrows) arter- ies and often sets the stage for strokes and heart attacks. Now many persons with ar- tery disease or heart attacks are found to have abnormally high levels of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood. Cholesterol is a fatty sub- stance that is found in many foods and also is manufactured in the body 8 IT TRUE? Because it is found in so many persons with heart trouble, many of us believe that cholesterol con- tribute« to these difficulties. Ab- norma: blood levels of this sub- stance, they say, is evidence that atherosclerosis is present or is de- veloping. However, it is generally recog- nized that there is no definite proof that high levels of fat in the blood are a direck cause of heart attacks or artery disease. NEW DRUGS DEVELOPED Despite this difference of opin- ion among medical men, both drugs and dietary measures have been developed to lower choles- terol levels. One drug, developed last year, is triparanol. It apparently blocks the body's manufacture of choles- terol at one stage in the com- plex processes through which it is synthesized. In one test of 50 persons it brought an average drop in chol- esterol levels of about 40 per cent. BAD SIDE EFFECTS Another drug called cholesterol inhibitor, benzmalecene, reported- ly produced a "striking drop" in cholesterol levels, but prolonged testing was ruled out because the drug also caused stomach and in- testinal upsets. Therefore, further research was planned to develop a similar drug which did not have such side effects Now all this research is to de- velop drugs to combat a eondi- meet at all on certain days. These would be entirely devoled to com- mitlees There are both advantages and disadvantages to this. SOME FUMBLE One of the second is that com- mittees are not all that they are cracked up to be--particularly in the mind of the premier, who has not been very close to the com. mittee rooms since taking over his high office. Many of them don't know par- ticularly just what they are sup- posed to do. So they fumble along and end up by doing practically nothing worth-while, FEW KNOW Another disadvantage is that they tend to keep public affairs in the dark No stegographic record, or even any extensive report, is taken of committee proceedings. The daily press, of necessity, must give them spasmodic cover- age. So what goes on in them--and some of their work can be both important and significant -- only gets known to the relatively few members who make up the com- mittee. A further disadvantage is that they give this or any other gov- ernment the opportunity to evade controversy by shelving off bills them. ALSO BENEFITS There also are distinct advant- ages, of course. The committee system allows close examination of legislation, particularly technical bills, which could not be given in the main House, or would tie it up unneces- sarily if it were. It also is a machinery through which deputations can be heard by the members, broadening the public voice. tion which may not even have a bearing on heart disease. HEREDITY GREAT FACTOR Another study of 2500 persons living in Manhattan and Staten Is- land, N.Y., reported that heredi- ity is far more important than environment in determining the level of cholesterol. All ofthese studies and all of this research are necessary steps in trying to establish a cure and preventative for heart disease -- something which we may never actually achieve QUESTION AND ANSWER W.B.! My daughter, 11, whili watching television, has picked out all of her eyebrows and eye lashes. How can I stop her from that habit and will her eyebrows and eyelashes ever grow in again? Answer: This is a nervous habit and probably is due to ex- citement, tension or anxiety. Cut down the TV viewing and see your doctor about getting at the child's basic problem These hairs will grow back if left alone. Socrates Knew It 2400 Years Ago SASKATOON (CP) -- Stirling McDowell, an executive member of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, drew some noas of agreement when he read this de- scription of youth at the opening of Howard Coad School: ' 'Our youth now loves luxury They have bad manners, con- 'empt for authority, disrespect or older people. Children nowa- days are tyrants. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their pa- rents, chatter before company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.' " Then Mr. McDowell disclosed the source of the paragraph-- Socrates wrote it in the fifth cen- tury BC. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Miss R. E. Harris resigned from her position of senior pub- lic health nurse after 15 years of service. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ro:c, Port Perry, celebrafed their 58rd wedding anniversary on Mr, Rose's 80th birthday. F. 8. Ebbs resigned the posi- tion of Separate School Board representative. He was succeed ed by Rev. Father Bench, W. G. Corben and G. A. Dew- berry were elected wardens of Christ Memorial Anglican Church at the annual meeting which was presided over by the rector, Rev. R B. Patterson. Masonic Lodges and visitors joined in a brilliant function at the Masonic Temple when an other milestone in Osnawa's Ma- sonic history was marked by the presentation of a memorial bronze plaque, the gift of Bro. G. W. McLaughlin to Bro. George Hart, to be placed at the main entrance of the Temple. Wor. Bro. John Gibson who had served for many years as freas- urer of Cedar Lodge, was pre- sented with a gift in recognition of his loyal work Bro. A. G. Storie was honored for having been appointed Hon orary Inspector General of the Scottish Rite. He was presented with an illuminated address Formation of a new Young Men's Bible class in St. Ap- drew's United Church was headed by Don Storie as president Bylaw was passed that high school trustees be appointed by county council to sit on the board of education in Whitby, Port Per ry and Uxbridge for a period of three years. Master Dewi Jones, Welsh boy soprano, who made his first pub- lic appearance at three years of age, gave a recital at King St. urch. Leon E. Osier was appointed Oshawa Fair manager for the year 1935, Miss A. A. Maxwell, BA, Desa of Ontario Ladies' College, Whit- by, addressed the Oshawa Ly- ceum Women's Art Association on the subject of "Children in Literature". PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "This is to be a year of deci- sions," says a cosmic columnist. Yes, of course. All of them have been years of decision, and judging from the state of the world at the present writing, more bad decisions have been made through the centuries than good ones. "The bride's table was decorated with tall tapers and a four-tiered cake topped with the bride and groom, circled with orange blos- soms,"'--Lewiston (Pa.) Sentinel, It is fortunately rare that the bride and bridegroor get that high at their wedding. Y IN ONTARIO... just a few hours £1) a + + « fishing ice . . . snow shoeing . . . fun and fresh air. You don't have to worry about equipment--you can get all you need at most resorts. Just a few hours and you can be on a . or relaxing with excel- crisp ski-slope . . from your door Ready to enjoy winter sports in Ontario? Then take a short trip to the winter playgrounds. Here the whole family can enjoy ski-ing . . joring . . . curling . . . hockey . ski- skating n " 5 Ld through the lent company in a luxurious lodge. And you'd probably spend no more than you would just 'filling in' a weekend at home. Why delay when pleasure's so near at hand? Take a trip to Ontario's winter resort- land this weekend --you'll get a whole new outlook on winter. write today for a free folder and list of winter resorts ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL AND PUBLICITY Hon, Bryan L. Catheart, Minister Parliament Buitdings, Yeronto ANOTHER HINT FROM MILLWORK... Family Room Flooring Must Be Durable The basic decorative reguirement for the recreation room or family room is 1 carefree ability to take hard wear. Floor coverings, especially, must be able *to toke hard wear, and require a minimum of maintenance if the family's recreation is to be truly relaxed. Prime favorites for the flooring of the modern recreation room are resilient rubber and solid vinyl. Architects consider these longwearing aristocrats of the flooring family as structural elements; colors go all the way through, so con't rub off. And, best of all, the debris from an uninhibited party can be removed speedily with just a domp mop. Both rubber and solid vinyl have the additional advantage of muffling sound It is easy to give a custom look to the floor that will be in tune with family hobbies. Both rubber and solid vinyl are easy to cut in custom shapes with a rubber flooring knife; and nowadays, feature strips and special insets are available in such profusion, that the distinctive pattern of the flooring need be limited only by the designer's own ingenuity. There are more than o thousand different shades to choose from and on enormous number of textures and fascinating abstract patterns You can de- sign your rubber or solid vinyl flooring to look exactly like wood planks, terrazzo or traditional, marble, for example. Solid vinyl in metallic patterns will even give the illusion of a floor paved with gold in fairy tale fashion os good looking P.S.--Here aot Millwork we carry all the man: be hoppy to help you figure quantities needed, Since the main feature of the recreation family room is ability to withstand wear, riot only the flooring but oll the furnishings should be practical os well types of floor tile. We will Millwork & Building Supplies Ltd, 1279 SIMCOE ST. NORTH RA 8-6291