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dhe Asha Ses Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Friday, April 1, 1960 Minister's Statement Jeopardizes | Reforms Minister Wardrope has said he is sorry that his enthusiasm for penal reform led him inadvertently to cast doubt on the process of justice in On- tario. He made quite an abject apology to the Legislature for his public state- ment of doubt about the guilt of Steven Truscott, the boy convicted of the murder of a 12-year-old girl at Clinton last summer. He also told the Legislature that henceforth no person will be per- mitted to interview any inmate of a provincial prison without the minister's permission -- this after a Toronto news- paper had been permitted to interview young Truscott and as a result publish a hysterical story that was calculated to do as much damage as Mr. Wardrope's first emotional statement. An apology simply isn't enough. It might be more easily accepted (at the risk of severely straining a principle) if the error had been committed by some other minister. But the wor of the re- forms minister is intimately linked with the administration of justice, and it takes no great intellect to understand how much damage to our system of justice can be done by such a statement as that made by Mr, Wardrope, Position By saying that he thought young Truscott innocent, Mr. Wardrope was saying in effect that there had been a miscarriage of justice, that there was something unfair about the trial. Mis- takes can occur; our courts are human institutions and their officers are human beings. But there are processes designed to correct the mistakes, and even if Mr. Wardrope did not know about them, surely common sense should have directed him to consult with the At- torney-General if he had any suspicion that there had been a miscarriage of justice. Mr, Wardrope did not seek any consultation before blurting his doubts, and thereby cast a serious reflection on the Attorney-General's department -- the department which was responsible for the arrest and prosecution of Steven Truscott. Attorney - General Roberts called the Wardrope statement "entirely incomprehensible", and he might well have used much stronger language. Mr. Wardrope may have some ad- ministrative abilities that make him valuable to Mr. Frost as a member of the cabinet. But it must be obvious that he is out of place in the reforms port- folio. It is no place for a man who lets emotion run away with good sense. Gaps In Production The Trade and Industry branch of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development has again published its "Fabrication Gaps in Canadian Industry." It is at once a guidebook for the enterprising manufacturer and a revelation of the extent of our dependence on foreign manufacturers. The introduction to the booklet has this to say, in part: "The manufacturing industry is the foundation upon which the Canadian economy rests, accounting as it does for 55 per cent of the net value of all commodity production ... Today, Ontario manufacturers produce 50 per cent by value of Canada's total industrial output in a market contain. ing over one-third of Canada's popula- tion. Manufacturing in the province ac- counts for two-thirds of the net value of all commodity production. The con- tinued growth of Ontario's prime ine dustry and the employment of her grow- ing population can be accomplished by fabricating for the Canadian market more 'Made in Canada' products, that informative bulletin, will replace imported products and em- ploy Canadian labor and materials. In 1959 Canada's total imports amounted to $5.7 billion worth of goods and mater- ials -- 78 per cent of which were in the form of fully-manufactured pro- ducts . . . An analysis of these recent import statistics may disclose to Cana- dian industries and investors alike op- portunities for the manufacture of new products and establishment of new in- dustries. , ." It may surprise readers to know that Canada, a great agricultural nation, in 1958 imported $652.7 million worth of agricultural and vegetable products, and $1289 million worth of animal and animal products. We like to talk about our forest wealth, but in that same year we imported $235.6 worth of wood, wood products and paper. We have dairy product supports, but we imported $5.3 million worth of cheese from Switzer. land, $1 million of pickles and $3.1 mil- lion of tomato paste from the United States. So it goes. The "Fabrication Gaps" are many indeed. - Car Insurance Study The Ontario government, according to Premier Frost, will set up a committee to make a comprehensive study of auto insurance and "all matters relating to compensation of persons who suffer financial loss or injury as a result of motor vehicle accidents." Such a study is long overdue, and we hope that Mr. Frost will impress on the committee the need for a prompt report, and that the report, once completed, will not be pushed into some dusty file and forgot- ten. The Unsatisfied Judgment Fund was set up as an alternative to compulsory auto insurance. It has not been an un- qualified success. We understand that the process of settlement of awards made by the civil courts is painfully slow and clumsy, the delays causing hardship to the accident victims who have been awarded damages and who often des- The Oshawa Sines YT. L. WILSON, Publsher end General Manager €. 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It seems likely, how- ever, that the ones who do not bother to obtain insurance are the ones who act like fools when they drive. There may be defects in any plan of compulsory auto insurance, but it is in- credible to us that drivers are still permitted to use public highways and streets without public liability insurance. Use of the roads may be a right, but it is a right that carriers with it a heavy public responsibility. Acceptance of that responsibility in these days can scarcely be considered a matter of choice. The results of irresponsibility are too deadly. Mr. Frost's committee, then, will have two ready-made subjects for study: compulsory auto insurance, and the con- ditions under which such a plan should operate. In the latter regard, for examp- le, some thought might be given the matter of rewards through lower prem- iums to drivers with accident-free -~ecords. 2, ie THE CHEER LEADERS REPORT FROM U.K. School Children's Continental Tours By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent To The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Over 10,000 Brit- ish school children will be spend- ing their Easter holidays visiting some part of the continent of Europe. And already 16,000 more have made application for places on continental tours to take place during the summer holidays. Even at this date, 15 special trains, more than 40 planes and 50 motor coaches have been char- tered to take care of the move- ment of these 26,000 or more school children. All of them will be going in specially conducted parties organized through the schools at which they are pupils. The first of the special trains booked is due to leave Victoria Station on April 4. It will carry 400 passengers. Among them will be 51 girls and four teachers from Our Lady of Sion Grammar School, in Holloway. On the same train will be a party of naval cadets and officers from HMS Worcester, the nautical training college at Greenlithe. The 400 passengers on this train will be bound for Basle, in Switzerland. In all, some 8000 of the 26,000 young travellers have Switzer- land as their destination. There are other attractions on the continent this year, however, to draw these young people. Two special Rome expresses have been completely booked for ever 1000 school pupils who are going there to see the Olympic games. Harry Jarvis, official of the School Travel Service, says: "A winter sports train for Christmas has been laid on for the past few years for school children, but never before have school specials been run during the Easter and summer holi- days." Arranging of train schedules for the summer has been made increasingly difficult this year, he says, because more than 1600 secondary school pupils are being taken to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau from different centres in Britain. PARTY OF SPASTICS One of the unusual parties go- ing on a European holiday is a group of spastic children. Special arrangements have been made to have them accommodated in rooms on the ground floor of hotel in Paris while they visit the French capital. Some of the seats will be removed from the coaches in which they will travel to make room for their wheel- chairs. A total of over 10,000 boys and GALLUP POLL Pension Travel Given Approval By Canadian Institute of Public Opinion Canada's old age pensioners should be able to live wherever they want to, all the year round, and not be restricted to six months a year in Canada. They have earned their pensions; spent their incomes in Canada. Now they should have the per- sonal right to "live wherever they like. This is the basic belief of the great majority of Canadians. Only about one in four object to the proposal, be- lieving that since the pension funds are Canadian, they should be spent in Canada. "It's our money -- and should stay here," say the minority, 'Let them enjoy themselves anywhere they want to," says the majority. Whether workers are young or old makes little difference to popularity for the Government proposal to rescind regulations that pensioners must spend at least six months of each year in Canada. Almost seven in ten They have earned it, deserve where they live--spent income here... Canadians in their twenties think this is a fine idea. Just over seven in ten of those who are fifly and over agree. Interviewers for the Gallup Poll rang door-bells across the provinces to put this question to a national sample of the voting public, "As you may know Canadian old age pensioners must live in Canada' for at least six months of the year. The government has announced that it plans to per- mit those pensioners who want to, the right to live outside Canada altogether and still col- lect their pensions. Do you ap- prove of this idea, or not? Approve Disapprove . No Opinion ...... 70 .. 28 100% Practically every Canadian has an opinion on this one. Those who think the idea is a good one, do so for these reasons--in order of importance. it, entitled to it no matter 26 They have personal right to live where they want, shouldn't suppress their freedom; let them enjoy themselves They might want to live in a for health reasons They may want to live with visit longer than six months; warmer ciimate, may need children, families, : relatives; go back to homeland... It might be cheaper to live elsewhere, have a higher stand- ard of living; live well with less money.... If they have lived here long enough to go Because they need 'the money they should be allowed Because they are still Canadians; as long as they don't be- come citizens elsewhere Other countries allow this and still pay pensions; Americans can do this If it's the only old age pension received i Other No opinion - Bible Thought We command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietnéss they work, and eat their own bread.--II Thessalonians 3:12, . People, like machines, usually work best and produce most when they don't make too much noise, They should spend their money in Canada; : 57 should stay in Canada..... Should live in Canada to collec part of year, otherwise no pension .. If they can afford to go elsewhere they shouldn't need pen- sion our money t Canadian money at least If they are 'still classed as Canadians, should live here They should get pension from are living....... . This could be abused. Other No opinion the country in which they girls are booked to go abroad on special conducted tours for a week or 10 days during the East- er holidays. Of these, about 3000 will be heading .for Switzerland, 1600 of them for ski-ing resorts in the Swiss Alps. Paris will claim about 2200 others. The bal- ance will be going on varied tours of Belgium, Holland, Spain, West Germany, Austriia, Italy, Den- mark and Norway. This vogue of tours for school children is growimg, and it is a definite reflection >f the increas- ed prosperity of British families when so many can afford the cost of having theis* children take part in them. BY-GONE DAYS 32 YEARS AGO Oshawa retail mer chants elect- ed a council of nine members to aid the Chamber of Commerce. Those elected wers:, John J, Burns, chairman; E. A. Lovell, G. Hart, J. C. Ward, D. F. John- ston, D. J. Brown, F'oy Beaton, Elmer Dixon, W, H. Karn and J. C. McGill, The 35th anniversary of Prin- cess May Lodge, Daughters of England, Whitby, was held in the form of a banquet. Mayor J. W. Bateman and J. H. Ormis- ton spoke briefly. Oshawa Golf Club yilanned to erect a new $10,000 clubhouse. D. A. Hubbell of Oshiiwa, pres. ident of the Plumbing and Drain Inspectors' Association., presided at the annual conventitn held in St. Catharines. Miss Mary Blow, Whitby High School, won the Nelson Shield trophy, an honor which was con- ferred every year upon the boy or girl who had done the most for the school. W. A. Dewland was president of the newly organized company cf W. A. Dewland,' Ltel. W. A, Clarke and R. R. Harper were also associated with tktie enter- prise. Major H. E. Smith was named chairman of the committee in charge of organizing an Oshawa branch of the Kiwanis Qlub, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hajjerman, John St., were honored by their many friends and neigh'bors on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. With $10,553,707.80 as total rev- enue for the year from the cus- toms office, Oshawa established a record for all time. Merritt Paint and Auto Repair Co. reported a loss of $75,000 from a fire which gutted the building. $45,000 worth of furni- ture stored in the second storey was included in the loss. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Man says He Shot Wife: Be- cause She Constantly Nauged Him." Headline, Umpty million women should be thankful that their husbands are more foler- ant. "It is reported that women's hats will soon be made of pa- per.""--Press report. They will last at least as long as their shapes, colors and trimmings. Any kind and amount of pay is "incentive pay" if the periion receiving it needs it to live on-- provided, of course, that he has an incentive to live. Statistics. pulled from thin air: Sixty-seven per cent of car own- ers manage to convert a car inilo a beat-up heap by the time it is paid for. DOWN THEIR ALLEY ATIKOKAN, Ont. (CP)--Wonk stoppage lasted about an hour when pin boys demanded a pa)v increase at the bowling alley her:> operated by Loc. 3466 of th: United Steelworkers of Americsi. After higher wages were agreei to, a further slight delay resulted when one. of the boys argued thi: increase should be made retro Note: adds to more than 100% as some gave more than one reason. active, OTTAWA REPORT Glaring Omission + In Pension Setup " By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The welfare state provides one scale of pensions for its employees, the civil serv- ants; a considerably less gener- our scale for its shareholders, the citizens; and a much more lavish pension-perhaps the most open- handed in the country-for former members of the House of Com- mons who have sat in three or more Parliaments. But the wel- fare state offers no pensions at all to its "directors", the mini- sters in the cabinet. This glaring omission has not passed unnoticed here. A group of senators is planning a timid first nibble at this cherry by proposing that our taxes should be increased to provide pensions for retired or defeated prime ministers. Of course the Senate has no power to initiate any measure which would call for the expendi- ture of our taxes, so in this in- stance the members of our upper chamber can do no more than sow the seeds of an idea. EX-PRIME MINISTERS If a pension were to be pro- vided for former prime ministers today, there would be two im- mediate beneficiaries: 85 . year old Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, and 78-year old Right Hon. Louis St. Laurent, Mr. St. Laurent is entitled to the same old age pension as any other Canadian who has passed his 70th birthday, namely 55 a month. In addition, as a former " i i 4 MP he draws a parliamentary pension which in his case is $195 a month. For a man who once was the executive head of our govern- ment, who lived in splendor in the official residence of our prime ministers at 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, a total pension from the state of $250 a month is not lavish for his last years. But it seems that a step more immediately important than im- proving the' grazing in retire- ment would be to increase the size of the piece of cheese in the mousetrap of public life. I note that the United Steel- workers of America have re- cently negotiated a wage settle- ment with the Iron Ore Company of Canada, which will include a basic labor rate of $2.14 an hour, compared with the comparable U.S. figure of only $2.10 an hour. I do not know whether the out- put of a Canadian miner justifies this' premium on his services, But the Canadian Labor Con- gress recently issued some figy ures showing that the average value of the output of all Cana- dian workers in industry is only two-thirds of the output of their U.S. colleagues. FOR ALL-NOT FOR ONE However, it would be equally fair to apply this pay scale to all Canadian workers, not just to miners. In that case our parlia- mentarians should have their present basic pay boosted from QUEEN'S PARK Ontario Legislature Hard Work For MPPs By DON O'HEARN TORONTO See that man walking down the street with his eves closed? No it isn't a zombie. He's your local member. And he is trying to catch up on his sleep. Members here at time of writ- ing are about as weary a crew as you will find anywhere, This session has been so tough it has been almost vicious. A real killer. One new member who thinks it is usual--which it isn't--said "Why didn't somebody tell me about this!" He had left a nice quiet law practice at home. "Better I should have taken un marathon racing," he declared. SPARE TIME? A conscientious member can easily put in a 20-hour day. He would have to use all of his spare time for sleeping, how- ever, He can sit in committees and in the main house from nine in the morning until midnight. And can spend the rest of the time on his book work, Lost Island At Burin Peninsula BURIN, Nfld. CP -- Down in Placentia Bay, just east of the Burin Peninsula, is a small island of mystery--mystery, that is, for those who do not know its history. Ram's Island, a few miles from the U.S. naval base at Argentia, Nild., was until 30 years ago one of Newfoundland's most prosper- ous fishing settlements. Today there is nothing but the rotting timbers of abandoned houses and fish sheds, What caused the people to leave this island? First, it was the depression of the 1930s when fish prices dropped. ,In 1935 a lightning storm struck and destroyed the island's public school, Next year the parish church was destroyed in a similar fire. In 1937 a'furious North Atlantic storm splintered the island's fish- ing fleet and washed away many homes and sheds. Ram's Islanders carried on as best they could in the face of re- peated misfortune, Then in 1941 - the U.S. Navy set up shop at Ar- gentia and the island's fishermen decided to seek jobs there. By 1949 Ram's Island was deserted. Like other places in Placentia Bay, Ram's Island was first oc- cupied in the 1860s. Its earliest settlers were Irish immigrants. of course, some quite In former years, there have been strenuous sessions. George Drew used to keep the House up all night. But members then had an ad- vantage. They could get in a lot of sleep at their seats. But this year they can't. The house is too noisy. At one session of former years that wonderful old veteran Rus- sell T. Kelly slept through a full four hours. Always a fashion plate he sat there perfectly groomed and in perfect peace. There was so little interruption there wasn't even a sign of a wilt on the flower in his button. hole. NO MORE If a member nods today he is lucky if he gets in less than half of 40 winks. Many get an eye closed for a moment or so. But then Premier Frost will blast across at the opposition: "You are like monkeys in cages!" And who could sleep through that--even In a monkey house, $10,000 a year to a figure $500 above the $22,500+paid each year to a member of the U.S. Con~ gress. And what of our cabinet minis~ ters? Our prime minister is paid about one - third of the salary paid to the former civil servant who now runs our national rail way company, which is a ridicule ous contrast. Hon. George Pearkes, minister of national defence, draws as pension as a retired major-gen- eral a mere $1,392 a year; but the significance of this figure is that it is not his true pension: it is the difference between the $15,000 he receives as a minister, and the higher figure he would be paid if he were still serving as a major - general and taking orders from the minister of na- tional defence. 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