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She Osha Times + Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesday, February 17, 1960 No Smear Conspiracy By Papers In Canada . George Burt, Canadian director of the United Auto Workers, returned to Oshawa this week to give a rousing speech to the Rotary Club. His subject was collective bargaining, and he had some pertinent remarks to make about built-in difficulties in labor legislation. But he also devoted some time to a warm defence of the honesty of labor officials, He was quite right in decrying efforts to blacken the whole labor move- ment in Canada and the United States on the evidence of eorruption and im- morality among a few union officials in the U.S. One or two corrupt union lead- ers do not mean a corrupt labor move- ment any more than one or two thieving business executives mean that all busi- ness executives are thieves. But Mr. Burt, in his argument, left the impres- sion that all newspapers are joined in an evil conspiracy to spread the smear of union immorality -- a generalization just as shaky as one about union im. morality. Had he said "some" or "a few" newspapers, he would have been on firm ground, because some papers undoub- tedly have tried to use recent revelations of U.S. Congressional committees to blacken the whole labor movement. It would be true to say some newspapers have done this, just as it would be true to say that some union officials have been guilty of corruption. Curiously, a rather different story was told by another Canadian labor official just a couple of days before Mr. Burt spoke. Murray Cotterill, public relations director of the United Steel Workers, told a union gathering at Niagara Falls last Saturday that "mem- * bers find out what their union is doing in the daily press." He assured unionists that labor gets a better break on the news pages than do employers, and "if you forget about editorials and slanted head- lines, then labor gets its story across far more effectively on the news pages than does management." The editorials, of course, are statements of union -- and we believe that Mr. Cotterill would agree that slanted headlines are found in only a small minority of daily papers. This newspaper has reported some of the revelations of U.S. investigating committees. That was news, just as im- portant statements by men such as Meany and Reuther are news. But we have never attempted to argue that the corruption of one union official proves that all are corrupt; it would be manifestly absurd to do so. And that is true of the great majority of the daily newspapers in Canada. A Time For Laughter Prime Minister Diefenbaker says that the eelebration of Canada's 100th birth- day in 1967 is to be "a stock-taking of the past and a projection of Canada's Juture and her aspirations." That sounds Jike a pretty sober bit of business -- nd so far everything that has been said indicates that the celebration will be solemn and staid. The chances are that the indications will not be far wrong, Canadians are a staid and solemn people -- we almost wrote "sober", but the statistics on consumption of liquor and beer are against us. At least, that is Xhe impression we give visitors from other countries. We recall chatting with +J. B. Priestley after he had visited several {Canadian cities, and trying to answer his question, "Why are you people so sad? You've got everything, freedom, \prosperity, a wonderful country, a high {standard of living, Do you feel guilty {mbout having so much when others have 80 little? Your voices are sad voices..." {One hears this time and gain from obser- 'vant visitors, Is the charge true? Outside Quebec, #t is probably more than false. There is not much laughter in our streets. In our sports there is apt to be more fisti- euffing than fun. Our writers are ab- sorbed with solemn themes, and our painters have been overwhelmed our vast landscapes and our grubby cities. In business, a laughling man is suspect -- the acquisition of the buck is certainly no laughing matter, Our politicians talk at length, but without much display of wit or humor. And so it goes. But need a birthday celebration be solemn and staid? Could we not shake off our dullness for such an occasion? We agree with Mr, Diefenbaker that 1967 would be a good time for "stocke taking of the past" etc., but it would also be a good time for singing and dancing in the streets, for merry-making the length and breadth of the land, for laughter and joy. After all, we have a great deal to be joyful about -- a rich and fruitful land, a great tradition of law to protect our persons, a stable system of government which we control, a large measure of assured freedom, and a future that pro- mises even more than the present. The Vancouver Sun suggests, "Let's get ourselves in the mood. We have a few years to cook up a real whizzer, Let's organize a celebration -- in the mood of fireworks and marching bands." We agree. Nuclear Club Expanded Only the French cheered the explosion 'of their plutonium bomb in the Sahara-- and not all the French were cheering. Most of the western powers "regretted" the test, while the Afro-Asians were vehement in their bitterness. In other \ words, the reaction was exactly what had ! been expected. President de Gaulle says France will ,eontinue to disregard the uneasy agree- 'ment between East and West to sus- 'pend tests of nuclear weapons, and will carry out further explosions. Technically, the further tests are probably necessary, The Osharoa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Generel Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily , (Sundays and statutory holidoys excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers i Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of « Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled . to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated « Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. AN rights of special despatches are also , reserved. . Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, + Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES livered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Algert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, ' Ono Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Columbus Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. "By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers * delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per veor. Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 from the French viewpoint, because the bomb exploded in the Sahara was ap- parently a fairly primitive machine, more powerful than the atomic bombs drop- ped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but far much less destructive and sophisticated than the hydrogen bombs now in the arsenals of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. As an atomic power, France must now be considered more seriously in the search for international agreements to limit or eliminate armaments and to control or dispense with nuclear tests. That means a certain prestige and power for France, but it also means a greater financial burden for Frenchmen and a deepening of the distrust, suspicion and outright hate of millions of Africans and Asians, And it means that an argument for the resumption of tests has been given the restless military-scientific types, particularly in the United States, whose curiosity exceeds their sense of responsibility, It is no secret that President Eisen- hower has been under pressure to end the suspension of nuclear tests. Some of his military advisers want to know what the latest fefinements to U.S. nuclear weapons will do; they consider this knowledge more important than the sub- stantial increase in fallout that would take places across a good part of the world if the members of the nuclear club ended their truce and began unlimited testing again -- which would happen if the United States resumed the big bangs in the Nevada desert and the Pacific. RED Ching ACCES SI on TRYING TO CATCH HIS SHADOW QUEEN'S PARK New Members Show Lack Of Humility By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Not since the day when Hon. W. M. Nickle entered the House has there been such an evidence of confidence on the part of new members. Mr. Nickle, of course, took over the House as though he owned it, or at least held a hefty mortgage. The group concerned this year may not be quite up to his level. But they aren't far behind. Liberal Vernon Singer has al- ready been mentioned here. Mr, Singer added to his prom- inence by being first man to tee off after Leader Wintermeyer in the throne debate. He made a speech in which the delivery was that of a veteran and the material had some sub- stance. He was preceded by another youngster, Allan Lawrence, PC member for Toronto St. George Mr, Lawrence is not quite a freshman, having entered the House through a by-election in 1958. But he still has a "new boy" status. And he also delivered himself of a ringing address. These efforts are received with a good share of applause. But, applause or not, they do not sit too well with the older members Wrongly or rightly, they like to see a bit of humility--or courtesy --in a new member. They may or may not agree with what he has to say, but they like to like the way he says it. DISTRUST THEM The observer has to share their feelings, though for different reasons. One is that over the years he has seen "'know-it-alls" come into the House. And mostly they have started at the top and slowly descended. A second reason is that he is inclined to distrust both their approach and their material. Mr. Singer, for instance, adve- caicd '"breathalizers." Which would indicate either his power of thought, power of judg- ment or grasp of democracy is not of the highest. Mr. Lawrence made the speech of a "rebel." And he had some good points Bul it had just a bit too much of the "rebel" in it. It had the tone of one who had decided through rebellion came prominence and that he was going to rebel just as much as he could REPORT FROM U.K. Steel Prices Cut By New Technique By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- British steel man- ufacturers have cut their prices to the extent of about sixpence in the pound, or 2% per cent. This is the effect of a new range of prices which has been announced by the Iron and Steel Board. The reason given for this price re- duction, which is in keeping with government policy to keep prices stable to bring them down to lower levels, is that new discov- eries in steel production pion- eered by British manufacturers, have made the reduction pos- sible. It means a saving of some £25 million a year on the steel and iron mills of British industry. One effect of this unexpected steel price reduction is that it gives British steel makers an even bigget advantage over the Am- ericans than they had previously. For some kinds of steel the Bri- tish price is as much as £15 per ton below that of United States producers. NEW PROCESSES 'The new processes introduced in our steel works." says the Iron and Steel Board. 'have pushed the output of plants far beyond their planned capacity. In con- sequence, the cost per ton of making steel has been reduced. Thus the reduction in price to customers of the steel mills has been made possible." Two new ideas in steel making have been largely responsible for the increased output and the resultant droo in costs per ton For both of these the United Steel Companies' group, headed by Sir Walter Benton Jones, can take the credit of being the pion- eer INVENTED NEW DEVICE The chief technical adviser of the United Steel Companies' group, 55-year-old Albert Jack- son, invented and developed a device for injecting oxygen into steel plants. This device, which was named "Ajax" by a com- bination of his first and second names, has raised the output of the plant from 3000 tons a week to nearly 5000 tons United Steel also developed an idea for crushing ore and coke before feeding i into the fur- / naces. This led to a speeding up of the process of producing steel, and lowered the cost. CHANCELLOR PLEASED Chancellor of the Exchequer Heathcoat Amory. who has been calling for lower prices all around is more than pleased at this evidence of leadership in this dir- ection by the steel industry, Steel is basic throughout almost the whole of British manufacturing industries, and the drop in the price of steel will be reflected in lower costs in secondary indus- tries. Certainly the cut in steel prices will have a far-reaching effect on the national economy, as well as in export fields where Britain now has a decided mar- gin over the United States. FOR BETTER HEALTH BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Oshawa Branch 43, Canadian Legion, sponsored a series of free concerts in the Legion Hall. City council appointed John H. Brown to the position of engineer and purchasing agent. W. Gordon Bunker was ap- pointed business administrator by the Oshawa board of education to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of C. H. R. Fuller, who was to fill a similar position for the Torontd board of educa- tion. Rev. Father A, Sarmatiuk, priest of Ukrainian Greek Catho- lic Church was suspended by the Bishop of Winnipeg, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Canada, because he was mar- ried. His marriage was not op- posed in 1920 so the congregation sent petitions to the bishop that the suspension be set aside since he had been married with the blessing of the church. The contract was awarded to W J. Trick Co. for the erection of a third unit of the warehouses at the harbor. James H. Ormiston was elect- ed president of the newly-organ- ized Presbyterian congregation in Whitby. Charles M. Mundy, publisher of the Oshawa Daily Times, had a thrilling experience on a trip to South America. His flight to Brit- ish Guiana over the jungle was made previously only by a few white persons. Broadcaster and sportsman Harry (Red) Foster gave a color- ful and graphic description of a series of incidents from his broadcasting and sports experi- ences at St. Andrew's Men's Club banquet. A total of 808 years of Bow- manville IOOF lodge member- ship was recorded when 50-year jewels were received by the fol- lowing members: J. H. Crvder- man, M. A. James, T. C. Jewell, T. H. Lockhart, W. J. Jeffrey, John McIntyre, J. J. Mason, J. B. Mitchell, J. H. H. Jury, George Maynard, H. Baskerville, J. W. Archibald, F. A. Haddy, J. Roenigk, and W. H. Perrin, TRAIN EMIGRANTS SALERNO, Italy (AP) -- The first of 20 planned vocational training centres, to teach new skills to Italians and Iron Curtain refugees desiring to emigrate from Italy was opened here. Each centre is expected to turn out about 1,000 persons a year. New Drug Helps Deter 'Cancer Cell Seedings HERMAN N. BUNDES » M.D. FOR AT least three vears now, some surgeons have been using a solution 'to keep cancer cells from spreading during opera- tions to remove certain types of malignancies They appear with the results. Can "Reseed" Individual cancer cells often are capable of 'reseeding" themselves during overations. In fact, cancer cell seedings are believed to occur in a substan- tial number of cases of cancer surgery, One study places the number at 27 per tent. While the primary removed, these times redeveloo cancer in the original site or they may be carried through the blood stream to other parts of the body. This has been a big problem in cancer surgerv for vears The first known study of a drug, Clorpactin XCB, used to kill these seedings, was report- ed in 1957 by su ms at the U.S. Naval Hospital in St. Al- ban's, New York. Other studies iiave been reported since then. highly satisfied tumor is seedings some- The latest was conducted by Harry E. Bacon, professor and head of the department of rec. tal surgery at Temple Univer- sity. The drug was used during the operating procedure on 106 pat- ients with proved cancer of the rectum and/or colon. Only two of these persons developed local recurrence of cancer. No Drug Used A control group of 106 patients also was studied. The drug was not used in their operations, Nine of these control patients suffered recurrent cancer; in four of them the recurrence was local. Eight of the nine patients died. The solution is used to wash out the area being operated on in order to destroy any cancer cells not eliminated by the surgery, By washing the surgery wound in this manner, doctors report there is no toxic effect, damage to the tissue or any delaying effect upon the rate of healing. Dr. Bacon says the solution kills the cancer cells in three to five minutes. OTTAWA REPORT Term 'Unemployment' Can Be Confusing Issue By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA How many Ca- nadians are unemployed? This is one of the most be- wildering topics to the public, and the basis for one of the most frequent questions in Parliament. To answer it, one first needs™ a definition of the word '"'un- emploved." One then requires to understand clearly the nature of our economy, and the extent to which it is forced into its pattern by the uncontrollable operations of nature. ' Some of the framework of employment is unchangeable, made strictly "seasonal". by na- ture. For example, Pacific fish- ermen cannot catch salmon ex- cept during the fishes' annual spawning .run in late summer; prairie farmers cannot work on their wheatfields when snow lies deep over them; many classes of ¥*77 have meanwhile found work through their own endeavors and have not troubled to notify the employment office to have their names removed from the list. ' The latest figures available for i these three classes are as fol- lows: i First, without jobs and seeking work on 12th December last-- 70,000. Second, "live claims for unem- vloyment berefits" on 3ist De- cember last--685,691. Third, registered as seeking jobs, at N.E.S. offices on 10th December last--549,084. "income support' which it of- fers. SEEK IMPROVEMENT Third, there is the survey of persons seeking jobs, which is prepared from the records of our National Employment Service of- fices across the country. This total includes not only most of those who are "without jobs and seeking work," but also a large number who are already working yet seek a better-paid job or one more akin to their qualifications and experience. It inevitably in- cludes erroneously a number who have registered for jobs, but who PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Appointment outdoor workers, such as brick- layers, find little call for their services and understandably little inclination to offer them, in mid- winter at least in Central Can- ada and the Prairies. HOW MANY SEEK WORK ? Few people realize that there are three different sets of what are loosely called '"'unemploy- ment" figures. These statistics are gathered by three different government agencies, and relate to three different sets of in- dividual circumstances. First, and normally the small- est total, is the number of Ca- nadians who are "without jobs and seeking work." This is pre- pared monthly by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, as part of the regular Survey of the labor force. It is based upon the fa- miliar sampling method, whereby pollsters visit a number of house- holds across Canada, selected to give due weight ot geographic dis- tricts, type of employment nor- mally followed, and class of community. This survey is based upon standards universally ac- cepted by the International Labor Organization, and provides the most accurate figure of true unemployment. It is derived from a l-per-cent survey, and is re- garded as accurate within close limits--perhaps within 7 per cent of those actually "without jobs and seeking work." Second, there is the total of men and women drawing regular or seasonal unemployment ben- efits. A few of those who are "without jobs and seeking work" are not currently qualified for these benefits, either because they do not fall within an insur- able employment, or because their previous work placed them in an income bracket too high to qualify for this social insurance, or because -their benefit entitle- ment has run out. On the other hand, there are many Canadians drawing unemployment benefits, yet who are not actively seeking work. This may be because their normal occupation does not offer employment 'in the current sea- son of the year for natural or climatic reasons such as those outlined above; or because they questionably feel that, since they have paid money into the Unem- ployment Insurance Fund, they are entitled as of right to sit back in leisure and enjoy the "To cure a cold, éat large quantities of onions," advises a health cultist. Following this ad- vice would at least keep the con- tagion from spreading. Some are beginning to fear that there will be a depression soon and that they will have to work for what they are worth. As distressingly high as the di- vorce rate is, it would doubtless be much higher if it were as easy to secure a divorce as it is to marry. Ontario Motor Sales Ltd. are pleased to announce the return of Steve Mar- ian to their staff as Body Shop Manager. Steve will be happy to welcome any of his friends and would be pleased to serve them at any time. 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