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dhe Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 6 Monday, April 25, 1960 Alliance Means Sharing Of Defence Production It is becoming increasingly clear that military leaders in the United States, either from conviction or self-interest, tend to pursue a "buy American" policy even when it weakens the U.S. armed services, the strength of the Western elliance, and the bank rolls of US. tax- payers. Lt-Gen. William Tunner, head of the U.S. Military Transport Service, told # eongressional subcommittee last week that 90 per cent of his 447-plane fleet is obsolete. He said he would accept some Canadian-made CL-44 turbo-prop cargo planes immediately if he could get them -- but he only mentioned them after he was pointedly asked whether he could use them. He made it clear that his first thought is to get planes made in the United States, even if it means waiting a year or two for deliveries. While he spoke, there as in the hands of the U.S. Secretary for the Air Force & report produced by a committee head- ed by Gordon W. Reed, board chair- man of Texas Gulf Producing Co. This report says that Canada is four years ahead of the United States in modern cargo plane development and that the CL-44 would be available for almost immediate delivery. It suggested that the U.S. government might obtain the Canadian planes under a production- sharing swap with Canada. Mr. Reed estimated that the air force could get 232 of the Canadian planes for a total of $881,600,000, while equivalent U.S. planes, not ready before 1965, would cost $1.36 billion. Under the circumstances, ene ean wonder where Tunner's loyalties lie.. Because of the cost of developing modern weapons of offence and defence, nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations are being forced to rely more and more on U.S, production. They do not have the economic means to pursue independent lines of research and development, particularly in the missile field. Canada found this out, and had to make a bitter decision. The United Kingdom did the same thing a couple of weeks ago. But NATO na- tions cannot keep on buying U.S.-pro- duced weapons without further weak- ening themselves; when they buy, they employ Americans not their own work- ers. If NATO is indeed an alliance for mutual strength and defence, a sharing of defence production must take place as long as defence production is neces- sary. If Gen. Tunner and his military colleagues of similar mind have their way, they will find themselves pain- fully alone. There will be no alliance to produce for. Trade With S. Africa The Steelworkers union has urged the Canadian Labor Congress to launch a boycott of imports from South Africa, How much trade does Canada carry on with the Union? Canada sold two per cent more to the South Africans in 1959 than in 1958, for a total value of just over $51 mil- lion. But our imports from South Africa had a value a little in excess of that amount. In other words, we bought more than we sold. The value of our exports to South Africa has been maintained because of substantial South African purchases of Canadian wheat, according to "Foreign Trade," the official publication of the Department of Trade and Commerce. On the other hand, the value of many of our other exports to the Union has declined. Eleven-month figures for 1959 show that lumber tumbled by 331/3 per cent, automobiles and parts by 50 per cent, and railway rails (with other steel products) by some 60 per cent. Also dropping in value were tallow, sur- gical! and sanitary cotton, agricultural implements, locom "tives and parts, cop- per products, mi ng machinery and fire-brick. Wheat was not the only Canadian commodity that g :d ground, however, We sold the South Africans more hops, leather, wood pulp, newsprint, cotton fabrics, rubber products, aluminum in primary form, bookkeeping and calcu- tating machines, sparkplugs, drugs and chemicals, and aircraft. An understanding of what we sell to South Africa is necessary, because presumably, if the proposed boycott were effective, the Union would reduce its imports from Canada. Even now, Canadian businessmen are worried by an easing of controls on goods from Japan. South Africa also cuts into poten- tial Canadian trade with some other areas in Africa through a system of preferences. The federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, for example, has a five per cent tariff less one-tenth on earthen- ware and porcelainware from South Africa those commodities from most- favored-nation exporters and Canada are dutiable at 15 per cent and from the United Kingdom at five per cent. This kind of treatment has helped the Union boost its share of the Federations trade to 70 per cent. The boycott of South African goods organized in the United Kingdom was not effective. A protest again South African policies is justified, but a boy- cott is a blind weapon, in that it hurts a lot of people besides those against whom it is aimed. Extension Of Parkinson Parkinson's two laws -- work expands to fill the time available for its comple- tion, and expenditure rises to meet in- eome -- are now well known. Various eommentators have suggested that the line of thought pursued by Prof. Par- kinson could be extended to almost all phases of modern life. The Christian Science Monitor mused along these lines: Vehicular traffic always expands to fill the amount of expressway available to it. Garbage eollects in a household at a dhe Oshawa dimes T. L WILSON, Bublsher end Genera! Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editer The Oshawa Times esmbining The Osh (established 1871) ond the itby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays end statutory holidays excepted). s of C Dally Px Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and alse the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches ere also reserved. Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue. Teronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Harnplory Franchman'y Baw: Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Oran Leskoed, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Columbus Fairport ch, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope ond Newcastle not over 4 per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery eres 12.00: elsewhere 15.00 per vear. Average Daily Net Paid as of March 31, 1960 16,857 faster rate than it is produced. (Two bushels of groceries in containers create, after the food has been consumed, five bushels of trash to be removed). Discussion of extraneous subject at civic meetings take up exactly the amount of time that remains after per- tinent discussion ends. Temporary taxes last enly until more lucrative revenue source is found. Suburbs recede from city work areas as fast as commuting speeds increase. Editorials fill the amount of space allotted to them. There are a few that might be added to the list. For example: The housewife's need for closet space increases in direct proportion to the closet space available. The quantity and extent of political promises multiply in proportion to the adds against the eandidate's election. Leisure time does not increase in the same ratio as working time decreases. And laws proliferate whether there is a need for them or not. Bible Thought Let us hear the eonclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man--Ecclesiastes 12:13. Have a loving reverence for God and seek His will for your life, it means. Our souls are restless until we come into that position. But when God reigns within, there is rest and peace QUEEN'S PARK Land Inquiry Points To Municipal Affairs inquiry, eommissioner Mr. Justice G. A. vray, has been convening at 10 o'clock in downstairs com- mittee room 2. It has been evidence. The evidence has And feathers could fly. It was quite startling here to see Mr. Gray's name involved in , under the Sarnia situation. Startling, but not toe municipal affairs. some new personalities into the the brightest. picture. Some of these have verged on the sensational, but the evidence itself has not. There has unex- The 'present Metro assessment commissioner is regarded as one slowly eompiling of Ontario's brightest men in produced There are many who say he is He ran municipal aMfalrs here for a pumber of years. Then he and Hon. George Dunbar could not get 'along, He moved on te Metro. And he has been its high- est-paid civil servant ever since ($20,000 plus). INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT. At the same time he has main¢ tained he should have the privile ege of being an independent con sultant. a This came up before Meire council, which gave him a semis blessing, semi-condemnation. = It said they had no power 8.4 stop him. But they did not think. it was quite fair, vo Whiéh gives just one more, problem in our melange of mune. icipal affairs. hd Should a civil servant be en- abled to engage in outside work or not? ha ONTARIO been mention of HOSPITAL A. J. B. Gray, assessment eom- missioner for Metropolitan Tor- onto and former deputy minister I) THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND OTTAWA REPORT . | BY-GONE DAYS Toll Of Traffic Not "Accidental' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--One in every 197 Canadians was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1959. Every day of the year, approximately 3 Ontarians, 3 Quebeckers, 2 Prair- jans and 1 Maritimer were killed on our highways. Our safest large community to drive or walk in was Sarnia, Ont. where there were no highway deaths in 1959--nor for several months prior to the beginning of the year. These highlights of a revue of 1959 On The Road, just pub. lished by the Canadian Highway Safety Council in Ottawa, show how murderous are some Cana- dian drivers; and how needlessly the fools and the knaves ignore the good example of our knights of the road--such as the drivers of Sarnia. But even if we each indiffer- ently scoff at this daily mas- sacre, on the grounds that "it could never happen to me", per- haps we might all pause to pon- der the hard punch to our pocket book caused by drivers' mal- feasances in traffic. 1 refuse to use the common euphemism "traffic accidents", because these are not accidents: they are the inevitable and predictable re- sult of the competitiveness, hos- tility, irresponsibility and care- lessness of the average driver on Canada's Highways. WHAT IT COSTS YOU One in every ten drivers last year caused damage to property whilst at the wheel. This, reports the Highway Safety Council, was a rise of 30,000 accidents over the previous year. The total eco- nomic loss to Canada caused by these 500,000 erring drivers is es- timated at $400,000,000. But if those drivers had driven prud- ently and avoided accidents, the money saved would have been enough to double the pension of all our old age citizens from Jan- uary Ist to November 1st this year This economic loss caused by traffic accidents consisted of cal treatment and lost wages for the victims. This $400,000,000 bill last year was largely paid by all drivers, who typically each pay an aver- age of $70 in insurance premium. This enormous and rising in- surance cost could of course be happily reduced if the average driver would forswear his or her competitiveness, hostility, irres- ibility and carel when behind the wheel. In fact, if everyone would observe the golden rule, our insurance cost could be measured in cents rather than in dollars. There is of course the outrage- ous loophole in our laws which permits financially irresponsible persons to drive cars--generally cars which are mechanically ire responsible--on our public high- ways. Thus it happens that inno- cent road-users sometimes have to bear the cost of damage and wounds inflieted by another driver who is neither insured nor possessed of sufficient means to meet the bill for his er her wrong-doing. That is a scandalous gap in our laws which every provincial gov- ernment should long ago have closed. If a person eannot afford the $40 or so for "third party" in- surance to protect his victims, he certainly eannot afford to run a car, nor to maintain it in a roadworthy condition. "Third party" insurance should maintain a more realistic differ. entiation between the premiums charged to drivers with good rec- ords and those charged to juven- ile delinquents who think it is clever to play chicken and in- dulge in similar wanton and mur- derous caprices on our public roads. In contrast it is heart-warming to learn that the Canadian High- way Safety Council will present ial merit awards to our cities damage to vehicles and their contents and to buildings and other artifacts beside the high- way as well as the cost of medi- with the best traffic safety im- provement records last year: first Sarnia, second Three Rivers third Quebec City. FOR BETTER HEALTH Don't Think You Must Bathe Baby HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. AS A RULE, you don't have to bathe a baby more than twice a week. This every-day bath business is for the birds-- not for the babies. As a matter of doctors recommend that ag lit fle water and soap as possible be used on infants. The skin of newborn babies, of course, is extremely sensitive and requires special care to prevent rashes and other skin troubles. You may sponge the baby as much as you think is needed but, again, don't over - do it. After all, babies secrete little oil and practically never de- velop what is popularly -- or, rather, unpopularly--called body odor Dr. Seymour L. Hanfling, chief of dermatology at the East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital, recommends that the diaper area be cleaned' with oil rather than with soap, and then only when needed. He also suggested that cotton balls, and not the diaper itself, be used for cleaning the fact, most area, Since it is important to keep the infant as dry as possible, it is advisable to change the diapers Every Day Use powder freely, where need- ed. It will act as both a drying and a slipping agent, thus de- creasing the friction between the baby and the diapers. Dr. Hanfling recommends the use of edible fats, rather than lotions or creams, to replenish infant nourishment #0 the any oil that is used is absorbabl Lotions or creams that contain a largespercentage of water are generally less effective, Drying is faster with the water or air such lotions or creams contain, but the greater the percentage of water or air, the lower is the per. centage of other ingredients which will aid the skin. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. C. L. B.: What causc spasms of the stomach? The doc: tor says this condition is from a virus, but the medicine he pre- scribes does me no good. May I have your opinion? Answer: "Spasms of the sto- mach" is a rather vague diag- nosis. Although certain virsues at night as often as is y. t h sympt they If the baby is sleeping whe you go to bed, pick him up, let him urinate, and then put two or three diapers on him so that he will keep reasonably dry until morning. cause usually are soon over. More chronic attacks are more likely to be caused by gall blad- der disease, ulcer, tumor or just plain "nerves". Have you had xways? 15 YEARS AGO At the 20th anniversary dinner Knox Presbyterian Church mem- bers presented a gift to Rev. W. | McRoberts who had accepted a pastorate in Toronto. Stewart Storie, secretary-treas- urer, and Fred Storie, vice-presi. dent and plant manager of Fit- tings Ltd., retired after 40 years of service to the business. Alex G. Storie, president and general manager, announced the follow ing appointments: W. G. Bowe den, vice - president; Don Storie, sec.-treas.; Douglas Storie, plant manager; Ed Storie, plant super- intendent. The Oshawa String Orchestra presented a concert in the OCVI auditorium, The artists were: Miss Louise Pearce, the vocal soloist and Miss Caroline Fro- lick, piano soloist. At the annual meeting of the Oshawa General Hospital, the following directors were re-elects ed: T. K. Creighton, KC, J. A. Morphy, Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin, C. Waite, H. P. Schell, J. H. Beaton, A. R. Alloway, E, Brad. ley, Miss J. Dillon, G. W. Finley, E. A. Lovell, C. E. Schofield, Don Storie and G. W. Garner. Cyril Chesebrough, on behalf of the Kinsmen Club, presented a resuscitator to the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital. It was the second equipment gift from the service club. Sunshine Rebekah Lodge eele- brated its 24th anniversary NATURAL GAS i$ YOUR BEST BUY for NOTHING DOWN No Payment Until September !! Easy payments over 5 vars on monthly gas bills $14.60 Justalls_sompiots cluding nearest existing base. ment ducts. $5.00 monthly installs a 4 most furnaces, CHANGE-OVER CAN BE DONE IN A FEW HOURS Units for all types of home heating FREE BURNER SERVICE Your Gas company does not amploy door-ia. door salesmen nor tele canvassers, For Information about deal Ilo by the Ontario Fuel Board to sell and Install natural HL ool or write' The Sales riment of 2] Eonsummery Far RA 3-3468 ? SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL DRIVE! of municipal affairs here. But to date there has been no suggestion of anything which is too exciting. The probe 19th BIRTHDAY? -- keep insured! "scandal"--or of moves next inte PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "We Completely Finish Shirts" Laundry sign. Thanks for the warning. "nothing is sure but death and taxes," and you can be thankful you don't have to die as often as you have to pay taxes. * No news is good news when you don't hear from your son in college. It means he hasn't yet --if you haven't one, ask your employer or write INSURANCE «You're ne longer insured under your parent's Hospital Insurance Certificate. When you become 19, separate premiums ore re- quired. Application forms available from hospitals, most banks or any office of the Commission. ONTARIO HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION TORONTO 7, ONTARIO run out of money. Peop MAKE iil: "We like meeting people" Service is a specialty with Russ Collier, the genial fellow pictured here. As Manager of one of The Toronto-Domimion Bank's busiest branches--at 25 Adelaide Street West m Toronto --Russ, and his staff, are fully aware that the banking business » a mrve you . . . wad i 3 job they thosonghly sap. A 27-year-man with "The Bank™, Russ Collier i» an avid golfer and curler during his leisure hours. He is typical of the friendly, efficient people you'll find at your nearby branch of The Toronto-Dominton Bank. Drop m and see for yoursel why . . . people make the difference at ToronTO-DOMINION [EINTY THE BANK THAT LOOKS ANEAD ---- G. B. MILES, Manager, King end Simcoe Branch I. E. E" WIN, Manager, South Oshawa, 532 Simcoe South W. R. SINGLETON, Manager, 566 King St. East Branch H. J. HISCOX, Manager, Whitby Branch ErTRBRRdaNl BE a