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LN eh. spit. home Fhe Oshavon Somes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King $t. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge é Friday," April 8, 1960 Peel County's Handling Of Hospital Problem Organizations concerned with the pro- vision of hospital facilities. in Ontario are praising the recent move by Peel eounty. They are ealling it the most progressive step ever undertaken by a punty to ensure good hospital eare. jcials of the Ontario Association and Qntario Hospital Services Commis- in the Peel legislation an b one of the most serious prob- ng hospital authorities -- that ing sufficient funds to meet the easing demand for additional al beds. L _dder the new legislation, Peel jounty will pay a grant of $8000 per bed where the cost of hospital eonstrue- tion is not less than $12,000 per bed. If construction cost is less than $12,000 per bed, the grant will be proportionately less, and if higher than $12,000 the eounty will consider an additional grant #f it is satisfied all other means of obtain- ing funds have been exhausted. It is understood that Peel county's new system of grants is mot meant to replace personal and gorporation gifts, but rather to ensure that once these sources have been tapped to the fullest extent, the county's grant, along with federal and provincial grants, will guarantee that the balance of funds re- quired to finance and equip new hos- pital units will be available. Anthony F. Fuerth, president of the Ontario Hospital Association, stated: Moving The There will be considerable agreement with the contention of Lloyd Letherby, Conservative member of the Legislature for Simcoe East, that the provincial parliament and its buildings would be better placed outside Toronto. Mr. Leth- in thigrby naturally suggests that the logical fir! fir! mew site would be Orillia, which is in dren his constituency; it may have been pro- 24 ehial pride that inspired the whole idea, start and he may even have had his tongue left to Mrs. =» his cheek. But if the prochialism be most {iscounted, there is still good sense in quent homesWhat he has to say. And what he had i to say was this: wher ed. T in "What with Toronto being the smel- lest and the noisiest and most polluted eity on the continent, as well as the most overcrowded, I question whether this is a fit and proper place to have the eapital of this great province." The superlatives may not be accurate, but there is no doubt about the smell, the noise and the pollution. Toronto often suffers from what is called tem- perature inversion; a layer of cooler air eovers the eity, with a layer of hot air "The problem of providing adequate hospital facilities has become so acute in some areas that it is obvious a well- planned approach by eounty and muni- cipal authorities is essential # a solu- tion is to be fund . .. This is one sure way through which we ean hope to reach an equitable solution te the problem of eapital hospital financing." Dr. R. W. Ian Urquhart, ehairman of the Ontario Hospital Services Commis- sion, said the Commission heartily em- dorses the Peel legislation, and "so long as local authorities continue to play such an active part in hospital financing, the autonomy of our local hospitals will never be in jeopardy." The legislation was recommended by the councils finance committee after a long study of hospital problems through the eounty. The money needed for required hospital construction will be eontained in the county's general budget and levied against the county's eleven municipalities, It was the eouncil's feel- ing that such legislation was the only fair way of distributing hospital eosts among all the people in the county. Peel county's action is in startling eontrast to that recently taken by On- tario county council, which threw the whole matter of hospital grants over to next year's council -- and next year's eouncil well be made up largely of the people on this year's eouncil And so it goes Legislature above it. When that happens, a blanket of smog chokes the downtown area. One can stand on a roof in the vicinity of Queen's Park and see no more than two or three blocks south along Univer- sity Avenue. Queen's Park might be a good location for university buildings, or even for municipal offices for the city of Toronto or Metro, 'but it no longer has much to recommend it as the site of the provincial government. With each pass- ing year, with the increase in traffic and the eontinued urban sprawl of the Metro area, it will have less to re- eommend it. The legislative buildings themselves are, in general, inadequate. Land values in Toronto are high and building expensive. It might be good business for the government to move outside the Metro sprawl. We would like to see a serious study made of the Letherby proposal. It has much to recommend it -- including the possibility of a "government town" that would be the pride of Ontario people and a magnet for tourists. may very Poisoning Of Wildlife Canadian authorities might well con- sider legislation along the lines now being introduced in the United States Congress. Several members of the House and Senate of Congress have prepared bills that would require advance study of the effects upon fish and wildlife before large-scale use of chemical pesti- cides by any government agency. Con- servation authorities in the U.S. call this a "common sense appioach to the urgent problems created by ill-advised aerial spraying of chemical poisons, the effects of which have not been adequa- tely studied. The sponsors of the proposed legisla- tion do not lack for examples of the destructive effects of the misuse of pesti- cides. Forested watersheds in Montana The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Meneger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editer The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times hed 1871) ang the Whitby Gazette and [¢ cle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadion Daily Newspapers Publishers ciation, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of C ation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched n the poper credited to it or to The Associated Pr or Reuters, and also the local news published All rights of special despatches are also estol Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenus, Toronto. Ontario. 640 Cathcort Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax ickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay. aunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Beach, Greenwood, Kinsal Manchester, Cobourg, Port Ho stie not 'over 45c per wi of Ontario} outside cdr (in. provi 00: elsewhere 15.00 per veor : ivery areas 12 Average Daily Net Paid as of March 31, 1960 16,857 were sprayed-- and the trout streams had to be restocked, because the fish died. Spraying operations were eon- ducted to try to halt the spread of the imported fire ant in the southeastern states, and the widespread die-off of wildlife that followed was more eostly than the depredations of the insect. "In the fire-ant program," one Con- gressman said, "needless kills of game birds, furbearers, songbirds and other valuable wildlife could have been avoid- ed, while the nuisance aspects of the ant were controlled, if the research, ex- perimentation and consultation had been carried out in advance of large-scale spraying operations. My bill would assure that in any program proposing to drench the Jand with highly toxic chemicals, we know what we are doing before we expose wildlife, domestic animals, and man himself, to unknown hazards." Man is quick to disturb the balance of nature. Then he finds out that by solving one problem he has created a bigger and more costly one. He spends more and more money to try to eorrect the mistakes that need not have been made had he only taken the time for a little study and thought. Spraying is a quick and easy way of getting rid of insect pests and weeds. It can often be done without harm to other life. But it can also do great harm. At Michigan State University, for example, a 185-acre tract was sprayed to control mosquitoes. Earthworms ate the fallen leaves under the sprayed trees and accumulated the poison in their bodies. The following spring birds ate the worms and died. The birds were virtually eliminated from the area, and the insect pests flourished because a natural eontral had been destroyed. % SHSOTER RECESS FOR PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARIANS? OTTAWA REPORT 4 Q 5 MINUTE COFFEE BREAK CO. STviPrive IN STEP WITH THE TIMES QUEEN'S PARK Tremendous Ovation For Popular Member By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The legislature's most popular member has only been in the house for a couple of hours this year. But it was a memorable easion. C. Harry Lyons, the PC from Sault Ste. Marie, has been in the hospital since last summer. He has had amputations on both legs. But he eame up from the hos- pital and into the House in the wheelchair. And he is the same Harry Ly ons, with a twinkle in his eye and a friend to everybody The members gave him a really tremendous ovation. He did not make a speech, and it will be one of the losses of this session that he won't be speak- ing. It is not an exaggeration to say that his annual speech on northern affairs has been one of the highlights of each session since he entered the house in oc- WARDROPE FOOT? Another popular member been in a bit of hot water Reform Institutions Minister George Wardrope is not unused to mildly hot water. You could say he has been known to lie in it with his foot in his mouth. This has been because the Hon. has REPORT FROM UK. George is not very cautious about what he has to say. And as he often speaks from a soft heart this can lead to trouble NOT CRITICIZING: But because everyone knows thie there wasn't much real con- cern here when Mr. Wardrope made his remarks about the Sieven Truscott case. The minister made a formal apology and made it clear he was not criticizing the administration of justice But nobody who knew him for a moment suspected that he had been. He would not have thought about the courts or the adminis- tration of justice. He just felt the Truscott might have been innocent, WHY NOT? As far as that goes is it possible to eriticize the courts? Like every other entity that in- volves human beings they can't be perfect. In fact when one sees the ped- estal on which the administration of justice is sometimes placed there is the impression that a bit of criticism might be a good idea. Perhaps not by cabinet minis- ters, however. And Mr. Ward- rope's great sin was he forgot that as a minister he ean't al- ways be a "person." boy not Little Change Seen In Migrant Figures By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London, England Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Immigration fig ures for 1960 from Britain to var- ious parts of the Commonwealth are not likely to show much in- crease over the low levels of the past two years. This is the con- sidered opinion of the Overseas Migration Board, presented to parliament by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs. The figure for 1958 was 142,000 emigrants leaving the United Kingdom, and for 1959, about 141,000. This was a drastic drop from the total of 230,000 mi- grants, of whom 175,000 went to Commonwealth eountries - in 1957. Over 83 per eent of last year's emigrants went to Common- wealth countries, and about 20 per cent of them travelled by air. One noteworthy aspect of the migration picture is seen in the high quality of last year's mi- grants. Of those who went to Can- ada, 58 per cent were in what might be termed the "white col- lar" class, especially professional men and women CANADIAN DECLINE The chairman of the Overseas Migration Board, R. H. M. Thompson, parliamentary secre- tary for Commonwealth Relations, is optimistic about the future for emigration, although this year's total may not be substantially higher than that for 1959. The re- port says: "Given economic stability and freedom from recessions, we be- lieve the flow of migrants will tend to increase. The decrease on emigration to the Common- wealth was due largely to econ- omic recession in Canada. which occurred immediately after its highest intake of immigrants from all parts of the world for 44 years, With reports of unemploy- ment in Canada, the intake fell from over 109,000 in 1957 to 25.000 in 1958 and 1959." The improvement in Canadian conditions, however, is likely to produce an increase in the num- ber of people migrating to that country OUTLINES SITUATION The report outlines the present situation in Canada as follows: "Housing varies, but with the exception of the Maritime Prov- inces, particularly around ° Hali- fax, rented places are fairly easy to obtain. Skilled workers should do well, but they have to take unskilled jobs until they are ae- by a trade union." The reports includes the results of an inquiry regarding condi- tions for United Kingdom emi- grants in the five main receiving countries of the Commonwealth, of which Canada is one. It says: "The board is satisfied by the information obtained during this inquiry that the great majority of emigrants have settled down successfully. The board does not consider that the number of re- turning emigrants, on whom re- poris appear from time to time, is a reflection on conditions in the receiving countries, or the ar- rangements made by Common- wealth governments for promot- ing immigration." BY-GONE DAYS 34 YEARS AGO Committee for the War Mem- orial Fund made an appeal for $2728 to remove the deficit of fl the fund. Fiscal year of the Customs Dept. showed a record in re- ceipts for Oshawa, Year ending Mar. 31, 1926, the returns amounted to $8.048,421.30 as com- pared to $4,553,181.84 for the previous year. D. A J. Swanson donated a trophy to the Whitby Lawn Bowl- ing Club to be competed for an- nually. As a fittiag memory to two of Oshawa's pioneer families, Dr. T. E. Kaiser, MP, suggested in a letter to the city council that the name of Centre St. be changed to Cowan Ave., and that Athol St. be changed to Whiting Ave. Rev. John Gault of Sudbury accepted a call to the pastorgte of the First Baptist Church, Oshawa In the Ukrainian ballet given in Toronto by Ukrainians under the direction of a European bal. let master, Marie Yourrevich, five-year-old star of O<hawa, was the star of the ballet Gordon Lefebvre was appoint. ed General Manager of General Motors of Canada to succeed K. T. Keller. E. W. Drew succeeded C. H, Peacock as president of the Osh. awa Curling Club for the ensuing year. The Easter Challenge of the Cross" presented at King St. Church SS. Those who took part were Marjorie Blewitt, M, Lennox, J. Larmer, Ruby Armour, Irene Winter, Marjorie Fisher and Mrs, Sanderson. pageant, "The was well K. T. Keller was honored by colleagues at a farewell ban- quet attended by 200 guests which also took the form of a reception to Gordon Lefebvre, new GM manager. Butter was offered at 50 cents a pound on the market, while 35 to 38 cents a dozen was being asked for eggs. W. McKay, W. Hart, E. Henry, R. Schofield and J. Hart were selected as delegates from the Oshawa Hi-Y Club to attend the Hi-Y convention held in Hamil. ton. FOR BETTER HEALTH Is Smoking Related To Premature Childbirth ? HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD The controversy about the re- lationship between cancer and excessive smoking still continues, although the evidence appears pretty overwhelming in the light of our present knowledge. Menwhile, another study seems to point an accusing finger at cigaret-smoking for yet another offence, FINDINGS OF STUDY A preliminary study indicates hat cigaret smoking might be at times related to premature birth. According to a report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7499 mothers were surveyed in the study. The results showed an incidence of premature births which was about twice as great for smoking mothers as for non-smoking mothers Moreover the prematurity rate 'increased with the number of cigarets smoked each day QUANTITY A FACTOR The heavy smokers had the highest prematurity rates and the non-smokers the lowest Now these studies were con- ducted in private hospitals by Dr. Winea J. Simpson of the San Ber- nardino County Health Depart- ment and the College of Medical Evangelists. He also conducted similar stud- ies at the County hospital which showed less differemce on prema- ture rates between smokers and non-smokers. There was some dif- ference, all right, but it was not as pronounced as in the studies in many private hospitals. Dr, Simpson feels that this doesn't tend to discount the smoking - prematurity rate. Rather, he 'says, it probably re. flects a difference in socio-econ- omic factors between the patients in the private and the county hos- pitals. The same socio-economic fac- tors that cause prematurity rates to be higher in county hospitals generally apparently play a role in the difference in the findings of the prematurity rates, LOWEST PREMATURITY RATE Dr. Simpson found that Mexi- can mothers at the county hospital reported less smoking than any other ethnic group. And they showed the lowest prematurity rate, which tends further to sup- port the theory. However, Dr. Simpson and other physicians are planning further research on the subject. It is interesting, to say the least. QUESTION AND ANSWER F. A. B.: Is there any treat- ment for an elderly woman in good health but suffering from "blue moods" or neurotic depres- sion? Answer: Depression in an elder- ly woman may be helped by "mood ameliorating drugs" which your doctor can pre seribe. Emergency Measures I my only a few minutes of warning"; but even so, 'a considerable "fraction, probably more than half Matter Of Life, Death By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Did you ever hear of EMO? Probably not: but EMO is a matter of life and death to you. Our parliamentarians have been reported at length discus- sing the Bomarc; Finance Minis- ter Fleming has been described in detail predicting our 1960-1961 national accounts to show a small surplus 12 months hence. But very little has been published about the far more significant parliamentary discussions on EMO, and the possibility that half our population of 17,700,000 may not be alive next March to hear Mr. Fleming's report on the outcome of his estimate, while the other half may lack the wish or the means to hear it. WAR OR ARMAGEDDON? It is a very, very grim pie- ture. The House of Commons im- portant standing committee on estimates has nevertheless been comparatively overlooked as it reviews the spending by the min- istry of national health and wel- fare, which significantly includes a vote for civil defence prepara- tions. It has also reviewed EMO, or the Emergency Measures Or- ganization, which is intended to preserve '"'continuity of govern- ment" in the event of a nuclear war. Our preparations for civilian survival, the estimates commit- tee has been told, include the detection of enemy attack, warn- ing the population, cheap do-it- yourself shelters against deadly radio-active fall-out, and the res- cue of survivors by re-entry inte contaminated areas. Approximately one Canadian in every 12, being an adult post-war immigrant from Europe, is in some measure familiar with the destruction, death and problems caused by an air attack with conventional bombs, and the at- tendant agonies and dangers of wounds, fires, contaminated wa- ter supplies, no communications and refugeeism. But none of us is familiar with the holocaust of nuclear attack, except theoreti- cally. Our defence minister, Hon, STILL CONFUSING GILLINGHAM, England (CP) Police constable Constable has been promoted to sergeant in the police force of this Kent town, George Pearkes, told the esti- mates committee that there is an air force warning network, which may learn of the approach of enemy bombers, or of 'the actual explosion of missiles on this continent". The warning would then be passed to civil defence centres in each provin- cial capital, all of which main- tain a 24-hour watch. You and I would then be warned either by sirens, or by a broadcast mes- sage over the radio saying "There is danger of an impend- ing attack. Listen to your radio for further instructions." Those of us who do not maintain an all-night watch on our home radios would presumably sleep peacefully into Kingdom Come-- lucky people. PREPARE However, if you happen to re- eeive the warning, you could probably protect yourself at home against the deadly fall-out, but not against the all-destructive blast; for Cabinet Secretary R. B. Bryce told the parliamentary committee that it may be pos- sible for families to provide shel- ter in their own basements, back- yards and so on, for protection against fall-out. He did not de- scribe how or when we emerge safely into the contaminated community, how we manage per- haps for a long period to pro- vide ourselves with uncontami- nated food and water. Bryce warned that "we may couut on of the Canadian population, would be left to carry on" But of these, many would be killed by radiation, while more would linger only to die a slow death or to give birth to monsters, Why is so little information given _to the public? "We have not put out much publicity of this kind." admitted Bryce; "my own tendency has been to describe things without too many adjec- tives and without getting people too emotionally worked up about it." There was however, a 'civil defence pamphlet printed, with the title "Season's Greetings," and looking, as Hazen Argue MP said, like an elaborate Christmas message. ol J CHILDREN DO HAVE WORMS Ever since Grandmother's doy par ents have relied on 'Mother Graves' to give relief from worms. Easy end SAFE to give to children from 1 yeor up. Quickly effective. Aa Use Mother Graves' WORM EXTERMINATOK "Pleasant... 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