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She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesday, July 20, 1960 Adoption Difficulties And Welfare Minister Cocking a wary eye at Prime Minister Diefenbaker's announcement that Canada will welcome for adoption re- fugee children from anywhere in the world, Ontario's Welfare Minister Cecile says he will refuse to support any policy which may be detrimental to the pro- vince's adoption program or would jeopardize the chances for placement of 8,000 to 10,000 children now under the care of the Children's Aid Societies. He did not want to discourage help for suffering refugee orphans in countries like Korea and China, he said, but "I'll have to adopt a wait-and-see policy-- it's all very well for Ottawa to make all these pronouncements ,but we have to wait and figure out 'how it's going to affect us" A more encouraging attitude by the welfare minister would have reflected a stronger determination to re-examine the mechanics of Ontario's adoption policy. The policy itself seems to be sound, but too often in practice it becomes snarled in red tape. Some Children's Aid Socie- ties appear to be more concerned with procedures than with the primary busi- ness of aiding children by finding homes for them. It is a paradoxical situation. All over Jobs, Profits A survey of Canadian manufacturing companies reports that in 1959 on each $1.00 of sales the average profit was 5.1 cents. This was an improvement over the 4.6 cents profit averaged in 1958 but it is likely only one-quarter or one-fifth of what most people would assume to be the average manufacturer's earnings. Also of interest is the point that of each §.1 cents of profit, 2.6 cents were retain- ed. in the business for upkeep and ex- pansion, and 2.5 cents went to share- holders as rental on their money. A final point is even more interesting. On each $1.00 of sales the average tax payment was 4.2 cents. That is, govern- ment sits in as a partner and takes out more than either the companies or the shareholders. If you take the attitude that the first function of industry is to provide employment, the tax collector's share of earnings is away out of pro- portion. The money that industry is able to keep certainly maintains and prob- ably expands employment; at least part of the money paid out in dividends is re-invested to provide jobs; but the cash collected by the third partner, govern- ment, only indirectly and only to a minor degree ever comes back to pro- ductive use. Nor does government spend- ing create new tax revenues as does the spending of the other two partners. the country there are people who want to adopt children--so many, indeed, that several baby-selling rackets have flour- ished before being exposed. At the same time, the Ontario welfare department has found it necessary to advertise for adoptive parents. Many of the would-be parents are highly selective, of course; if they can't have children of certain ages and coloring, they don't want any. But there must also be couples who simply become discouraged by the ob- stacles placed in the way of adoption by over-zealous or procedure-proud welfare officials. Mr. Cecile would do well to check on the obstacles to adoption in Ontario before discouraging adoption of refugees. He says that charity begins at home, but is home just Ontario, or are people human beings wherever they may live? Moreover, just as there are people on the unemployment rolls who are not employable, there are children who are not likely to be adopted and who will remain wards of the state or institutions until they can fend for themselves. That is unfortunate, but it is a fact. To dis- courage adoptions because of this fact would be like arguing against unemploy- ment insurance because there will always be some unemployable. And Taxes On the same theme and even more startling is the statement made to the Atlantic Tax Conference by W. O. Twaits, president of Imperial Oil Limit- ed. Last year, said Mr. Twaits, his com- pany paid $225,000,000 in taxes, while net profit amounted to $54,000.000. He noted, too, that to give one man a job with his company costs $60,000 in capital investment. No doubt the nature of the oil industry makes this per-man job-cost higher than in most businesses. But in primary steel the cost of creating one new job is now about $22,000, and even in a branch of manufacturing that requires only the simplest of tools the per-man cost of acquiring plant space and machinery would run to several thousand dollars. In the final analysis, government is able to take such a large slice out of industrial earnings because there is a prejudice against profit. Everyone ap- plauds when industry builds new plants or expands old ones and thus provides more jobs. Overlooked is the point that such expansion is achieved only because profits have provided the capital. It is lack of understanding of the role of profit that helps government to declare itself in as the senior partner in industry, sharing none of the losses but taking the biggest share of the earnings. Women More Cautious Are women more cautious than men? It would seem so, since 92.8 per cent of compensation claims settled in Ontario concern injuries to men, while only 7.2 per cent concern injuries to women. There are actually 27 per cent women in the labor force, says the Peterborough Examiner. That little exercise in relative figures doesn't take into account the fact that heavier and more hazardous tasks are usually done by men, so men are not really that much more reckless than the ladies. But across the province there must be quite a number who get careless She Oshawa Times ¥. L. WILSON, Publisher end Gencral Menage: €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond onicle (established 1863), is published. daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 45¢ per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year, Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 from time to time, for carelessness must of every seven in indusries under the Workman's Compensation Board had some type of accident requiring medical treatment. One in 25 was compensated for four or more days of disability. One in every 700 had a claim settled for permanent disability. The total number was 2,612, highest number of such cases since 1930. It must be ob- vious to anyome that this a great humanitarian task, done every year by the WCB. Injuries caused by contact with electric wires account for the largest individual claims. But, because they affect a large area, explosions are the most exepnsive type of industrial catas- trophe. One such blast may claim many victims. It costs a substantial sum to carry out varied activities in restoring health to the injured insofar as possible. But we wouldn't want to be without Ontario's Compensation Board and the aid it provides to individuals. Other Editor's Views LEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE (Woodstock Sentinel Review) On a children's television program out of Buffalo the other day the pro- gram's master of ceremonies said how happy she was to know that many Canadian children were now joining in the pledge the flag ceremony along with children in the studio. With hand over heart the children were pledging their allegiance to the United States and the Stars and Stripes. / ROCK *N' ROLL TS Ulli Dre FORSOOTH, JUST DIG THAT CAT! i H z ! ' QUEEN'S PARK success In the placement of older | and handicapped c¢ for . Lower Wage Areas Political Problem By DON O'HEARN TORONTO Should lower wages be paid in smaller com- munities? This is a problem with which politicians may soon have to wrestle. Trade unionists at present have a drive on for uniform wage rates across the province. This has been prompted largely by the transfer of various large plants to lower wage areas. The natural union feeling is that if there were no wage dif- ferential there would be less in- clination to move. The communities concerned in turn are starting to fight back. The Georgian Bay Development Association, speaking for some of them, says it is only right that there should be lower wages in smaller centres. It claims for one thing there is a higher cost in getting goods to market for them. And it also points out that there is cheaper and better living in the less crowded communities. The problem this presents here is the question of decentraliza~ tion of industry. It is recognized that this is an ideal. And all parties more Or less support it--with the Liberals being the most aggressive. But to date there has been very little positive action to foster it. Essentially this has been be- cause a large-scale decentraliza- tion program could offend voters in metropolitan centres. They can be just as jealous about their commuaities as can small town- ers. If now a conflict between labor and the small towns is to READERS' VIEWS Listener Concert Saturday evening's band con- cert at the McLaughlin Band- shell in Memorial Park, opened with a brief and pleasant intro- duction by Mayor Lyman A. Gif- ford, proved to be, as billed, an outstanding musical . event unfor. tunately marred by the lengthy, meaningless, and irrelevant com- mentary of the master of cere- monies The massed bands performed extremely well, with flash and verve and only a very occasional dissonance presumably caused by a lack of rehearsal time togeth- er. Gwyn Beynon of Ingersoll, a young cornetist with a promising future, played very well, show- ing only traces of an uader- standahie nervousness. It was un- forunate that the piano was 'so poorly iocated that the effect of his accompaniment was lost. This listener questions the necessity and desirability of in. cluding a vocal soloist in a band concert. especially when the pro- gram is already lengthy. Miss Bowen undoubtedly performed as Gives Report well as possible, but the result ieft much to be desired, no doubt because of distortion caused by the microphone. Mr. George A. Fletcher, billed as Master of Ceremonies, might well have omitted his efforts as 2 humorist and confined himself to announcing forthcoming num- hers and their composers with clarity and correctness, A dis- tinguished audience including the members of the Canadian Band- masters' Association, presumably attends a concert to listen to mu- sic rather than to tired jokes. The members of the bands and their conductors deserve much credit for 2 well planned, well played program, It is always a pleasure to watch conductors of the calibre of Mr. Francis and his associates and also to listen to the results. Musically, a high standard has been set, and, un- der the leadership of Mr. Fran- cis, will no doubt continue. It is to be hoped that the quality of the announcers can be brought up to equal that of the bands. Oshawa MRS. D. L. DAVIS REPORT FROM THE U.K. See Collapse OTTAWA REPORT Federal MPs Suffer Under Pension Plan By PATRICK NICHOLSON Eight years ago the Liberal government hustled through Bill 392, "to provide retiring allow- ances, on a contributory basis" for our long-service members of Parliament. Like all hasty meas- ures. that bill was ill-considered, and some of its provisions are entirely uncatisfactory. In a remarkable contrast there pow comes Bill 149 introduced into the Ontario legislature by Premier Leslie Frost, to provide pensions for members of the as- sembly. This bill corrects most of the deficiencies of the earlir federal act, so it insistently raises the question whether Prime Minister Di bak tary pension, plus about $10,000 as ministerial pension; and should he die, his widow would be entitled to half that total, or about $7,250 a year, The whole question of remun- eration of our federal politicians, including pensions, is due for a review. No labor union members would agree to work this year under the terms of a contract drawn up in 1953; no other Ca- nadians would toil for rewards adjusted only once in the past 40 years, with financial effects which are making a number of MPs go broke for Canada here this year. should not have the two pension bills compared, and then have an amending bill drafted to en- able this Parliament to amend the errors of that earlier pension plan, The criticisms of the present pension coverage for our Federal MPs include such points as: 1. It makes no provision for the widow of an MP who was qualified for the pension. 2. It does not differentiate in scale of pension between, say, an fl ex-prime minister who worked ! long and faithfully for Canada Premier's Home By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The structure of peaceful coexistence and relax- ed tension built so laboriously by Prime Minister Macmillan over the last 18 months, has proved to be a house of cards. It has col- lapsed, not because of any fault of his. The summit meeting on which he pinned such high hopes was sabotaged by Russia, al- though the Unitéd States cannot be exempted from blame for that failure. Now the disarmament conference on which Mr. Macmil- lan had built such high hopes, has also been wrecked, but this time, from the viewpoint of Brit- ish observers, Russia alone is responsible. One thing which seems rather strange is that many British commentators are confident that in due course this disarmament conference will be resumed, and that it will eventually produce re- sults. Mr Macmillan's prompt ang dignified letter to Mr. Khrush- chev sets forth so strongly the British desire to achieve agree- ment on disarmament that he Russian leader cannot ignore it entirely. The British prime min- ister is regarded here as likely to find himself in the role of medi- ator between Soviet Russia and the United States. It is conceded that there is little hope of any new and fruitful steps being taken in this direction until the United States has a new president. But great emphasis is being placed here on one sentence in Mr. Mac- millan's letter, in which he says: "I will do my best to see that these negotiations -ontinue." I think it is fair to say that Mr. Krushchev does trust Mr. Macmillan no matter what his opinion of President Eisenhower might be. That is a factor which is being stressed in the British press, and it is the only hopeful omen to be seen in the whole situation. GAITSKELL UPHELD Hugh Gaitskell has received an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Labor members of par- liament. This was earried by a vote of 179 to 7. Eighteen other members did not vote, and 53 stayed away from the meeting. This last figure is regarded as significant. It is felt that the ma- Jority of these 53 absentees might w. have stayed away becatise they were not in sympathy with the vote of confidence. Even so, the Gaitskell supporters are pointing to the vote as a vindica- tion of their leader, and from a parliamentary standpoint, that is exactly what it was. The press, however, has been quick to point out that the main opposition to Mr. Gaitskell does not come from within the parlia- mentary group of his party. It comes from union leaders who op- pose his policies, and from radi- ~al left-wingers including candi- dates defeated last October, like Jan Mikardo, and Michael Foot. On the very day of the vote, too, Frank Cousins, with powerful union following and a bitter opponent of Mr. Gaitskell, was telling a Scottish delegate conference of his union that Mr. Gaitskell's views were "not socialist beliefs which this union can support. There can be no compromise", he said, 'on de- fence policy. It is not our job as a union to paper over the cracks that will be split asunder at the Labor party conference." MAY BE DIFFERENT Securing a vote of confidence fron his parliamentary col- leagues is bound to he encourag- ing to Mr. Gaitskell. But it does not alter the fact that his policies will come under mass attack at the Trades Union Congress confer- ence, and the annual conference of the Labor party. At these meetings, his victory might not be so overwhelming, Just a straw showing how the wind is blowing. Jim Griffiths, former deputy leader of the party, has decided not to coatest the treasureship of the party, which carries with it a seat on the na- tional executive. Only one candi- date is now in the field, Harry Nicholas, deputy to Frank Cou- sins, general secretary of the powerful Transport Workers Union. It is regarded as certain that he will get the job by ac- clamation, which gives Cousins one more powerful supporter on the executive. CYPRUS SETTLI VENT After months of delay and dif- ficult negotiations, the future of Cyprus has been settled, and the necessary bill granting it inde- pendence will be passed before parliament takes its summer re- cess. There has been a complete agreement on the size of British bases, their sovereignty and ad- ministration, and the final owner- ship of these bases. While no- thing official has been revealed at and an ex-faceless burgess who dozed silent and lethargic on a back bench for a similar period. 8. It ignores the accepted prac- tice that retirement allowances are payable from late middle age onwards; with no minimum age limit for beneficiaries, a per- son could, under unusual circum- stances, qualify for this lifetime pension beginning at age 26. Ross Thatcher, the Liberal leader in Saskatchewan and. for.' mer MP, was probably the youngest ex-MP to receive this pension when he began to draw it just after his 40th birthday. The Ontario pension, in con- trast, becomes payable at full rate at age 55; it is payable to the widow of a qualified MP at half the rate earned by her late husband. Further, it is not sub- ject to a maximum of $3,000 a year for all ex-MPs, as at Ot- tawa; it can be increased by long service for 21 years to the equivalent of the MPs' indemn- ity; while 10% years service as a minister earn the maximum additional pension amounting to half the minister's annual sal- ary. A vivid example of the differ- ence between the Ontario and the federal pepsions can be seen in the case of the former prime minister Louis St. Laurent, He served as an MP at Ottawa for over 16 years, and he draws the maximum pension of $3,000 a year. But for his services as a cabinet minister for over 13 years, or for his responsibility as our prime minister for over eight years, he draws no pen- sion. And should he predecease his wife, she would be entitled to no pension at all after his death. In contrast, if the new Ontario legislation were applicable to Mr. St. Laurent for his service in our federal Parliament, he would draw about $4,500 as parliamen- BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO : W. H. Moore MP was again nominated as the Liberal candi- date for Ontario riding in the coming federal election. William Kirby, of Oshawa, was chosen as the outstanding all round camper at the YMCA camp at Fisher's Glen on Lake Erie, te which the Oshawa Rotary Club sent 10 boys. Rev, R. J. McCormick was in- ducted as the new minister of King St. United Church. Alex C. Hall was nominated as the Conservative candidate for Ontario Riding in the coming federal election. The Ontario Regiment held its annual sports day at Uxbridge Rifle Range, with "C'* Company ot Whithy winning the champion- ship trophy. General Motors of Canada an- nounced a $300,000 program of enlar t and rearr of its Oshawa plant. Dan M. Douglas, assistant su. perintendent at the Oshawa Em. ployment Office, was transferred to Peterborough as superinten- dent of the office there, The Dept. of Public Welfare approved a project of local pub- lic works for cash relief. City treasurer P. A, Blackburn reported a considerable improve- ment in payment of city taxes over the year 1934. Oshawa Golden Jubilee Ladies' Flute Band was. successful in the annual contest and won the Davis trophy at Newmarket, City treasurer P. A, Blackburn announced that 530 parcels of Jand were to be offered for sale. The outstanding taxes on the PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Parachuting from a and twirling a baton as one in California" added to this a proper decentral- ization program will be even further away. TV STORY The Boy On Page One is a new booklet issued by the Department of Welfare, New and unique, for it is the transcript of a television program ut on by the Armstrong Circle eatre over 4 major U.S. tele. vision network last winter. 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