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Fhe Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Thursday, July 28, 1960 Candidates Too Young? Politicians Think So An Ottawa reporter recently polled members of Parliament on their attitudes towards the presidential candidates and competing parties in the forthcoming United States elections, One of the things revealed was a curious prejudice against youth -- if men in their forties can be called youthful. Many of the members thought Senator Kennedy at 43 too young for such a high office, and were even doubtful about Mr. Nixon, who is 47. What puzzles us is the apparent belief that wisdom in government comes only with age but develops much more rapidly in other pursuits, such as business, science and the arts, Men in their forties can be the presidents of huge corporations and great universities but, if our politicians are to be believed, lack the mature judgment to qualify as heads of state-- even when, as in the cases of Kennedy and Nixon, they have been practising the gentle art of politics for 20 years or more. What is puzzling, too, in the light of this faith in the wisdom of age, is the apathy of the members about age bar- riers to employment, particularly in the civil service of Canada, If indeed a man does not acquire mature judgment until he is in his late forties, why is there such a reluctance to hire men over 35 years of age for civil service jobs? By the standard of the politicians, a man in his forties should be able to handle more responsibility than a man in his thirties, and a man in his fifties more than one in the forties, and so on. The explanation, of course, is that the members queried were expressing their prejudice more than reasoned argument. Youth, particularly brilliant youth (and again one must question the youthfulness of middle age) is suspect in politics, which has always been the preserve of old men -- sometimes vigorous and wise old men, but all too cften tired and suspicious old men, We doubt if much of an argument could be made for the proposition that "young" Kennedy or "young" Nixon will give less energetic and mature leadership than has President Eisen- hower through the last six of his eight years in the White House. Certainly, with the shape international relations are in today, the young men can scarcely do much worse than the old, in the United States or the other countries of the West. less Slow Motorist Menace A few days ago traffic began backing up on the east-bound lanes of Highway 401 between Ajax and Whitby because two cars, almost side by side, were dawd- ling along at little more than 40 miles an hour -- a speed that causes no trouble in the right-hand lane but quickly delays traffic and frays tempers in the passing lane. Fortunately, the situation on 401 lasted only a minute or so -- but that is precisely the sort of situation that creates the conditions for traffic acci- dents, particularly on two-lane highways. This is not a plea for more speed on the highways, but there is such a thing as sensible speed, and driving at 30 or 35 miles an hour on a 50 or 60 mph. highway is not sensible. It is a menace. Not long ago the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, the chief U.S. federal agency in the traffic safety field, made a detailed study in 11 states of the causes of vehicular accidents. It found that there were six times as many accidents, per vehicle mile travelled, at 35 miles per hour as at 70 miles an hour -- and this was on the open road. In no uncer- tain terms the Bureau informed Con- gress that. "accident involvement rates are considerably higher at low speeds." The slow driver is the motorist who lags behind the normal rate of traffic flow, for no good reason; the one who persists in going at about half the legal speed. He seldom gets into accidents himself, but is the direct cause of a great many accidents involving others. As one safety official stated: "When a 'snail' picks up a long 'tail' of following cars, sooner or later somebody is going to lose patience and pass. Who's to blame if a crash occurs? "But it is not only a question of creating the condi- tions for accidents; slow driving seriously reduces the capacity of the highways to carry traffic, and costs the taxpayers millions of wasted road dollars. Ontario has a regulation that permits police officers to charge the laggard driver. Unfortunately, it is not enforced with enough stringency. Ontario might also consider a rule similar to that en. forced by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, which bans all cars that cannot keep up with fast-moving throughway traffic. In built-up areas, a speed of 30 miles an hour may be excessive. But on the open road that same speed can be an invitation to disaster, Soft-Currency Deals The Financial Post believes that Ca- nadians have every reason to be indign- anit about the action taken by the Eisen- hower Administration in Washington, which has concluded a soft-currency deal with India, for sale to that country, over the next four years, of 587 million bush- els of wheat. The rupees provided by the Indian Government in payment will be spent by the U.S. Government en- tirely in India. "Under ordinary circumstances India, fo be sure, could not be blamed for a deal that would be to its advantage", the Post asserts. "Highly questionable, however, is the action of the Indian Government in asking to be allowed to cut by half its commitment to purchase some 14,650,000 bushels of wheat annu- ally from Canada. "Surely trade deals between two le Oshawa Stmes €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Do Newspapers Publishers Association, The Conodian Press, Audit, Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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Newcastle not over 45¢c per week By mail (in province of Ontario) outside corrie delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 Commonwealth countries such as India and Canada should not be determined in this way by the deliberate policy of the U.S. Government in dumping sup- port price-accumulated wheat in an already well-established market for Canadian wheat exports. The upshot of the U.S. action is that Canada, and Cana- dian farmers, are being made the scape- goat of U.S. politics in an election year, in which the U.S. Government wants to reduce its embarrassingly large wheat surplus, regardless of the consequences to her northern neighbor. "How long, as The Fort William Times-Journal asks, can Canada be ex- pected to remain a market for 26 per cent of all US. exports, when the Ad- ministration in Washington embarks on a course of action which has the effect of impoverishing Canada? How long will the Government at Ottawa continue to sit idly by, its trade policies un- changed, in spite of such a threat to the economic of the country?" well-being entire Other Editor's Views Silver Lining (Financial Post) Everyone can relax now. An atomic war, it seems, would not be so bad after all. According to Capt. R. H. Murphy, writing in the RCAF Staff Magazine: "While certain small countries like the United Kingdom might be destroyed, many millions of people in other coun- tries would most certainly survive . . . As the missile age is just beginning, antagonists might wreak havoc on one another but by no means all the popula- tion would be killed" What have we all been worrying about? The atomic arms race is really no more dangerous than Russian roulette, REPORT FROM U.K. FACE ON THE BAR-ROOM FLOOR Gibbet On Sign Starts Argument By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- A curious contro- versy has arisen in the Norfolk village of Bradenham. This vil- lage is the birthplace of the late Sir Rider Haggard, author of "King Solomon's Mines" and a number of other novels which were highly popular in the early part of this century. The village has given recognition to its famous son by a sign which stands on the village green. On this sign is an engraved profile of the bearded author. But it does not cover the whole sign. On it, also, is a representation of a miniature set of gallows. This is supposed to represent the vil- lage's other chief claim to fame. It was the last place in Norfolk where a man, hanged for murder- ing his wife, was publicly display- ed on a gibbet. The Haggard family lived for a long time in Bradenham, Sir Rider Haggard was born there and was himself squire of the village for a period. KINSMAN OBJECTS The controversy has been aroused by a letter which Sir Godfrey Haggard, nephew of the author, has written to the village council. It is a letter of protest against the pictured set of gal- lows sharing the place of pride on the village sign with his esteemed uncle. The rector ,of the village church, Rev. C. M. Smith, a close friend of Sir Godfrey, says: FOR BETTER HEALTH Nutritionists Analyze Football Players' Diet HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD THE CUSTOMARY athletic training table diet which so many college coaches will be stressing this fall may be for the birds in- stead of for the football players. A couple of nutritionists from the Harvard University School of Public Health looked into th's matter of athletic diets a while back and decided that the coaches might do well to sudy nutrition along with their secret plays. NUTRITIONISTS' COMMENTS The nutritionists -- both women -- declared flatly: "Many of the more bizarre nutritional beliefs of coaches echo Greek, Roman or even older tribal advice." They cited as an example onc of the most popular training table practices. the consumpiion of large amounts of meat be- fore a big game. The theory is that this helps replace the pro- tein 'losses' incurred during heavy muscular work. ANCIENT BELIEF This practice, according to the women--Jean Mayer and Beverl Bullen -- has been traced back to the Fifth Century, B.C. So maybe it's about time that we changed our thinking a bit The nutritionists found that wide variations in protein intake do not seem to influence perform- ance. Large amounts of meat several times a day, thoy con- clude, are unnecessary. It is recommended that, in gen- eral, athletes should not eat less than three meals a day. As many as five lighter meals a day may be helpful when the sports are particularly long and grueling In the case of an athletic event of short duration, the nu- tritionists found, the relative composition or size of the meal preceding the contest has little influence on the performance of the athletes. CARBOHYDRATE DIET It appears that in sports re. quiring endurance and prolonged mustular effort, a high . carbo- hydrate diet will maintain per- formance better than the usual high fat diet which is customarily consumed by many athletes for several days before the event Even if such a high carbohy- drate diet results in only a slight increase in efficiency, it may be enough to win the game. NEITHER FOR NOR AGAINST As for alcohol and mild stim ulants such as coffee and tea the women say there is no rea- son to ban them or to advoca'e them In other words, it appears that athletes can eat the same foods that are served to other college students. 1f the athletes need v more nourishment, they can order second and third helpings. QUESTION AND ANSWER L. W.: What are the symp- toms of an irritated gallbladder? The X-ray shows no stones are present. Answer: 'A diseased "gallblad- der may cause no symptoms, In many instances indigestion, belching, intolerance of fatty foods, fullness in the abdomen and attacks of pain may be present. "Sir Godfrey says the whole thing is open to misrepresenta- tion, People may get the wrong idea that Sir Rider was in some way connected with criminals who had been hanged on the gal- lows." By a strange coincidence, the original gibbet on which the last victim hung was actually found by Sir 'Rider Haggard's brother John, and was later presented to the Norwich Museum, where it is still an object of interest. Lady Buchanan, who lives at Norwich and is a niece of the author, has not added her name to the protest, but she, too, feels that the association of her uncle's profile and the gallows is open to misunderstanding. WOMEN MUST DECIDE The question of whether the sign will remain as it is or be changed, however, will be de- cided by the women of the vil- lage. Mrs. C. Slegg, the 78-year- old secretary of the parish coun- cil, does now intend to bring Sir Godfrey's letter before that body. She says: "The Women's Institute must decide. They put the sign up, and only they can say whether the gallows should come off." So now over to the Women's Institute. Its secretary, Mrs, F. Matthews, sald: "We shall discuss the matter at our next meeting, but I do not think our reply will please Sir Godfrey." One member of the Haggard family who did not object was Admiral Sir Vernon Haggard, who died recently, When he un- veiled the sign at the time it was erected, he sald: "This is a precious addition to the amenities of the village, and 1 am delighted to think that Sir Rider, who was the village squire, is being remembered." SCOTTISH NAME The Manitoba town of Delor~ aine, 200 miles southwest of Win nipeg, is named after the Scot- tish hometown of its first post master. GALLUP POLL Wives Declare Mates Selfish By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION When Canadian wives get their innings at naming the chief faults of husbands, first-ranking com- plaint can be summed up in four words. "Selfish; egotistical; in- considerate; impatient." While the crime sheet is a long one, almost four in ten wives say they can't think of a fault to name. An even larger proportion of husbands (44 per cent) stoutly maintain the same thing. When wives look critically at husbands they rank criticisms in this order -- selfishness; drinking too much; lack of interest in home life; taking wives for granted. When husbands look at themselves they confess, as third place fault, that they don't stay home enough as they have too many outside activities. Married men and women who were selected for interview in such a way as to represent the views of the great army of hus- bands and wives across the na- tion, agreed in the main as to the faults of husbands. But there are some interesting differences, re- vealed with statistical accuracy in the columns below. The question: "What do you think are the chief faults hus- bands have?" The question: "What do you think are the chief faults husbands ve?" have Selfish; egotistical; Drink too much ... Inattentive; take wives for granted; don't take wives out 8 no appreciation; inconsiderate impatient HUSBANDS WIVES TOTAL 13% 19% 16% 10 1 Lack of interest in home life, in children or household duties lazy; put off chores § Don't stay at home enough; run too much, around too many outside activities Spend too much money; don't make enough money; stingy; don't discuss money matters with wife Infidelity we Late for meals; for appointments. .. Smoke too much, careless with ashes No faults or nothing important , Other ...... Can't say .. 108% * Less than 1% (some named more than one) Some of the faults grouped to- gether in the "Other" column include points of view of those who feel that husbands are too easy going, or do too much for wives. So few named jealousy that this fault too, is in the "Other" group. Fourteen years ago when Gal- lup Poll reporters first gave Ca- nadians opportunity to mount a statistical soap-box and reveal the truth on what criticisms hus- bands and wives had for each other, first place complaint was that husbands drank too much, while criticisms of selfishness were in second place. Except for this reversal the over-all ure of what husbands and wives think of each other has changed little. LJ BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Dr. T. E. Kalser, Conservative and W. H. Moore, Liberal, were nominated as candidates in the federal election for Ontario rid- Sister Ada Gillard, a charter member the local Temple, was installed as Grand Chief of the Grand Temple, Pythian Sisters, Hundreds of Oshawa citizens attended an "open house' party at the new Kiwanis Boys' Camp at Kedron, The Eighth Oshawa Sea Scouts under the leadership of Scout mester J. H, Rigg, entertained a party of sea scouts from Mon- treal, who arrived aboard a 45 foot yawl. In spite of strong objections from residents, a miniature golt course wag opened on Bagot St, opposite the Memorial Park by the Tom Thumb Co, The (irst complete King radio unit was manu'actured in the Williams Plano Co. plant. A. H. Hall was promoted to director of purchases at GMC, following the resignation of E. W Drew. Samuel Burgoyne and George Scott lost imp'ements an ' poultry in an epidemic of night raiding in North Oshawa. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Due to the enormous total lenght of a person's circulatory system, during 24 hours the blood travels 168,000,000 miles," says an anatomist. No wonder there are so many cases of tired blood. "People who have little money for luxuries are better off than those who are wealthy," says a psychoanalyst who is probably doing what he can towards mak- ing patients better off. About all a man knows for sure about a woman is that she's con- tinually fiddling with her finger- nails and patting her hair into place, and that her feet hurt. "Fish grow as long as they live," says a naturalist. In many a case they grow as long as the fisherman who caught them lives. "In Pickett, Wis., John Klepp, 45, angered besause his wife went to bed without washing the dish- es, burned down the house." -- News item. This action was a bit drastic, Under the circumstances, it would have been enough to raise the roof. Oshawa Rebekas Lodge No. 3, 100F, held a reception in honor of Sister M. Disney on her ap: pointment ag Grand Warden of the Rebekah Assembly of Ontario. Willam J. Bufns, prominent Ochawa merchant, dled sudden- ly at his home, 61 Alexandra St. J. Holden made a new record for the Oshawa Golf Course when he scored 67 for the 18 holes. H. M, Black, manager of Bell Telephone Co, d that pew telephone, circuits linking Oshawa with Bowmanville and Whitby was completed. - do WAYS TO SAVE when you Group Economy Plan SAVE! For two or more people travelling together. 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