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he Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 6 Thursday, May 5, 1960 Method Of Distribution Of Votes Needs Change It seems that parliamentary review of the Elections Act may include dis- cussion of the proposal to lower the voting age to 18, There is no particular reason why the limit should not be set at 18, since young men of that age are presumed to be old enough to die in battle, to be taxed on their earnings and so on. We'd guess, too, that though they might not vote any more wisely than their elders, they might very well do a better job of getting to the polls, If age is to be the main qualification of a voter, the limit might just as well te set at 18 as at 21 -- or 25 or 30, What would be really interesting would be a Commons discussion of how the right to vote should be given to fewer people instead of to more. This, however, is not the most urgent reform needed in the matter of elections. The great need is for an impartial com- mission to replace the parliamentary committee that reviews the boundaries of constituencies after each decennial census. The parliamentary committee has proved at each sitting that it is not only incapable of doing what is necessary to give some equality to in- dividual voters but all too often con- siders nothing but political advantage in setting riding boundaries. There are federal constituencies with only 15,000 to 16,000 eligible voters, and there are others with more than 50,000 voters. In Alberta, for example, the population of the Vegreville riding Function Of What precisely is the function of the various boards the government sets up in important areas of administration? The Financial Post answers the question thus: Last week, with a fine oratorical flourish reminiscent of Imperial Rome, Transport Minister Hees said he had overruled a decision of the Air Transport Board on the grounds that the board's requirements were "ridiculous", Autair Helicopters Services Ltd. was refused a licence last summer by the ATB which stated: "The licencee has consistently refused to provide the board with the information requested and con- tinues to do so". The Transport Minister reversed the decision, which in effect meant Autair is exempted from comlying with the is 45,322, of Edmonton West 106,778; in British Columbia, Okanagan-Revel- stoke has 32,744 and New Westminster 104,632; Ontario has Wellington-Huron with 31,712 and York-Scarborough with 167,310; Quebec has Isles-de-la-Made- leine with 11,556 and Mercier with 124, 913. And so it goes in province after province. The vote of a citizen in Isles-de-la~ Madelene obviously has much greater weight than the vote of a citizen in York-Scarborough. A voter in Welling- ton-Huron can exert a stronger influ- ence in an election than one in Mercier, Because of the size of the country and the way the population is dis- tributed, it is virtually impossible to redistribute the ridings in such a way that voting weight is balance. But it is possible to reduce substantially the amount of imbalance. Much of the trouble results from the method of redistribution. It has been done by parliamentary committees, who have never been chary about using the redistribution to gain political advan tages for their parties. Committee mem- bers would be less than human if they were not swayed by party considerations. A permanent, impartial commission would be free of the party temptation. It would be able to put some sort of sense into the distribution of Commons seats -- and the votes that elect the people who will occupy those seats. This is an electoral reform that is long overdue. Boards regulations imposed by the Dominion of Canada. Is it "ridiculous" to ask, when grant- ing a valuable public licence, if a com- pany is financially responsible and. if it is able to prove that it can provide a necessary service that would be in the public interest? If Mr. Hees wants to overrule the expensive and allegedly expert board which is supposed to advise him be- cause he or the government want to do something else, then he can expect to be asked if HIS policy is in the public interest. But to undermine this board by calling its regulations "ridiculous" is to mock the public interest. Mr. Hees should either change the board's regulations by legislative act, if they don't fit his policy, or abolish the ATB completely and give the money back to the taxpayers. Boats Need Attention The Ontario Safety League says a good sailor always knows the condition of his craft from stem to stern. This is the time of year to find out any weals spots in your boat and make the ne- cessary repairs. : Here are some suggestions: All boats sheuld be thoroughly inspected, inside and out, before launching. Fibre glass and metal boats should be checked for damaged or weak spots and necessary repairs made. Steel boats should be scrapped, sanded and painted. Wooden hulls should be scraped and sanded to remove loose or flakey paint and varnish. Give special attention around ribs and between ribs and plank. ing in lap-streak construction. Wash with detergent and flush thoroughly. Check for dry rot or spongey planks Fhe Oshavon Sines ¥. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times cumbining The Oshawo Times (established 1871) ona thw Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays end statutory holidoys excepted) Members of Canadion Dolly Newspapers Publishers Association, The Conodion Fress, Audit. Bureou of Circulation end the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso ciation. The Caonadion Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news despatched in the pcper credited to 11 or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of soecial despatches are also reserved. Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario 640 Cathcart Street. Montreal, P.Q - SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajon, Pickering, Bowmanville Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Aloert, Mapie Grove Hampton, Frenchmon's Bay, Liverpool Tounton [yrone, Dunportion, Enniskillen, Orono Leskord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Columbus Fairpori Beach, Greenwood Kinscle, Raglon, Blacastock Monchester. Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypoot and Newcastle no! over 45¢ per week. By mail (in province of Onlario) outside corriers delivery ores 12.00. elsewhere 15.00 per year. Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,989 by testing with the blade of a pen-knife, especially along the keel, ribs and tran- som. Defective planking, knees or ribs should be repaired. Cleaning scraping, sanding and repairing takes moré time and pat- ience than the actual painting and var- nishing. But without this careful pre- paration the finished job will not be satisfactory, Never apply a heavy coat of paint or varnish. Two light coats last longer and give greater protection to your boat. Check all ropes and lines for wear. Twist open strands of rope and check inside for signs of rotting. Replace if doubtful oi condition. Be sure life jack- ets, safety cushions, oars, paddles, an- chor and anchor rope, fire extinguisher and navigation lights are in good con- dition. Be sure safety equipment as authorized by the Department of Trans- port meets with required regulations for you hoat, Unless you are an expert yourself, have your outboard motor checked by a competent mechanic and overhauled if required. Proper spring inspection of small craft will add much to the safety of the sailing thereby assuring pleasure to a form of recreation which is steadily increasing in popularity. season, Bible Thought We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren , . . because that your faith groweth exceedingly.--~II Thessa- lonians 1:3, Some people, like stalled cars, will go no farther than they are pushed. The ones who go on are cause for fervent thanks, "TAILS We LOSE WE REFUSE Too/ The CHANGE AND MAKE TOURISTS ANGRY - HEADS WE LOSE ~-- IF WE AccePT "Tie SILVER AND LOSE THE EXCHANGE -- SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T WIN OTTAWA REPORT Role Of Opposition 4mm on this coming change was good, Described In Negative By PATRICK NICHOLSON Canada's Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Hon, Lester B. (Mike) Pearson, recently addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, He was joined by two other distinguished politicians, Britain's Hugh Gait. skell and US.A.'s Adlai Steven son, In wit and percention, Can- ada's representative led the pa- rade, BRITISH COMMENT An English newspaper an- nouncing the occasion used these words: "Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Parliamentary La- bor Party, has accented an in- vitation to talk at a Washington conference of newsnaner editors on the role of a political opposi- tion. Speaking with him will be Mr, Adlai Stevenson, former Democratic presidential candi- date in the U.S.A, and Mr, Les- ter Pearson, leader of the Cana. dian Liberals. Between them these three have led their porii~s to four resounding election de- feats." WHAT IS OPPOSITION? The pithiest comment in Mr. Pearson's description of the func. tion of a parliamentary opposi- tion was a negative statement of what it should not do, a state- ment which reflects the high pur poze for which Mr. Pearson was remarkable in his leadership in past sessions, but a standard from which he has been inclined to slip regrettably at times dur- ing this session: "The geod Opposition leader in a good democracy doesn't go around lcoking for beits so that he may hit below them, or on the other hand looking for a pa- rade merely to head it." PARLIAMENTARY PAY A very unpopular cause which this column repeatedly espousas is the urgent need to adjust the remuneration of our parliamen- tarians and cabinet ministers to modern realities: To pay them approximately the salaries, plus the expenses, current for similar work in private business or as nezotiated under labor contracts. Many readers write to express their agreement with me, that we should pay what the job is worth, if the job is to be periormed with ability worthy of Canada, The government's reluctance to ap. point a royal commission to m2ke an impartial study of this subject does not truly reflect the feeling most widespread today. Certainly many Canadians de- plore such anomalies as that an MP's remuneration, less his un- available expenscs, is smaller than that of a truck driver in the Labrador iron mines, while the PM is paid net, for 12 months' grave responsibility, no more than the head. of the Canadian National Railways is paid by the taxpayers for four months work. The wife of one MP, whose name ghall not be mentioned, even wrote to me regretiing that her husband's public service is costs ing his family so dearly, FOR WHOM THE TOLLS? As peinted out some weeks a%o in this column, the collectors at the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal are sometimes as lax about toll payments by traffic passing beneath the bridge as about road traffic above it, It was recently confirmed that over $100,000 in tolls is now owed by ships which used the St. Lawe rence Seaway last year, and may now not be collected as the come pany owning those ships is clos. ing down. DEFENCE STAFFS Also as predicted several months ago in this column, and nowhere else, Air Vice-Marshal Frank Miller, Deputy Minister of Defence, has been appointed cheirman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the top Canadian job for a brass hat. My information FOR BETTER HEALTH Role Of The Kidneys An All-Important One HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. Recently 1 wrote a column about the widespread use of the artificial kidney. Then it dawned upon me a short time later that relatively few of you know much about your own kidneys, let alone the artificial variety. So let me try to explain a little about these all-important organs today. CHEMICAL FORMULA Our lives depend upon the ma'ntenance of a definite chem- ical formula within our hodies. For example, the liquid within our bodies must remain at a set pattern. Yet we are constantly eating, drinking and, of course, breath- ing. This means the formula is continuously being unbalanced. And too many or too few of the components actually act as pol- sons, EASILY - SOLVED PROBLEM Seems the balancing process would be quite a problem, doesn't it? Well, it is, but the problem is solved easily and efficiently by the kidneys, the half-pound organs which daily filter out and reas- semble almost 10 times the entire body weight in water and salts. Let's take a close-up look at the kidneys. Take both of your fists and clench them together, Now try to imagine 138 miles of tubing com- pressed into those two fists. This tubing comprises 4,000,000 units, half of them tubes and half of them tufts. The tubes are a mere three-thousandths of an inch thick. The tufts are pinpoint- sized. These, then, are the kidneys, the all - important kidney -bean- shaped organs located right in the centre of your body. They manufacture chemicals as well as acting as a flter system, But let's stick to the filtering pro- cess. FILTER 300 QUARTS The tiny tufts filter about 300 quarts a day. All but about one quart are taken back in by the kidney tubes, They select the chemicals needed by the blood, The remaining excess is sent to the bladder and excreted from the body. Simple, huh? QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. J. B.: Is it normal to pass & large amount of mucous mem- brane in the urine for as long as six months with no ill effects? Answer: This is not normal and warrants a careful examina. tion by your doctor, including urinalysis. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Overheard: "My wife i-n't hard to get along with, All she wants is to have the first say and the last word." "A dog never thinks of the fu- ture," says a zoologist. Is it to be as-umed that a dog buries a bone just for exercise? since the person whom I regard as the second most influential in Ottawa--not a cabinet minister-- declared privately that this ap- pointment would be made, no matter what the minister con- cerned might think. And it was. H 'BY-GONE DAYS 31 YEARS AGO Announcement was made that the Christian Church would be received into the union of the United Church of Canada at the next conference convention, During the month of April D, A. Hubbell, sanitary inspector, con- demned six garages which were being used as dwellings, A heavy rainstorm caused a wash-out of the CNR tracks near Port Perry, The passenger train from Lindsay enroute to Whitby was derailed at the wash-out and the engineer and fireman nar- rowly escaped death, G. H. Collacutt of Port Perry graduated from Ontario Veterin- ary College, standing third in his class in general proficiency, Whitby harbor was in great danger from high water which had reached a level unheard of previously, Magistrate A. F, Hind return ed to the bench as chief magis- trate after several months' ab- sence due to illness, Cecil F, Cannon, supervising principal of Oshawa Public Schools, received his BA degree from Queen's University. T. B. Mothersill, King street west, was awarded the contract to build a $12,000 golf clubhouse, John Dryden, OCVI student, who had taken first place in the district oratorical contests, came third in the Ontario finals held in Toronto, Rev, Capt, 8, C, Jarrétt was named rector of the new Holy Trinity Parish to serve the south- east section of the city, Miss Eleanor McLaughlin won first place riding "My Delight" in the ladies' saddle class at the Toronto Horse Show. TRIMMED DOWN LONDON, Ont. (CP)--A 185 year-old elm tree towering 110 feet, with branches spanning four houses, was cut down to about 20 feet, City workers feared it posed a danger to the homes in event of a storm, Announcing o, Highest quality cut stone used in all orders Prompt, courteous service. 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