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The Oshawa Times, 4 Oct 1960, p. 12

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i . ---------------- -------------- TS -- -- ---------- 7% id "NEW HIGHWAY FIRST-AID KIT Launching a new Ontario suffering motorists and accident Highways Rally Ser vice HE er Courtice UC COURTICE Sunday, September 25 pulpit ed special music, A reception was held Wednes- day evening at the church tothe church on Thursday evening Frank Walter for the on the occasion of their marriage'absence of the president, Mrs, M Walter has been the Ellis was in charge organist and choir master for a nolds led the devotional as honor Mr. and Mrs Mr recently number of years. service for others injury Minister F. M, Case, left, and Carl D. Wilson, Presi- dent of the Ontario Retail Rally service at Courtice United Church was held ed by Mr. Russell DeCo¢ The Rev- half of the community and by Mr erend Harold Stainton and Super-| Walter Shortt intendent W, E. Warburton in the choir members. The senior choir provid- A commercial vehicles, which identified with a window er and lice plate The pharmacist to administer first as assist doctors at scenes Pharmacists' Association. Be- ginning this month, during Pharmacy Week, ne 1000 Ontario pharmacists are carry- ing special "life saver' first d kits in their private and nce pla are ald as music was presented by tainton ac accompanied by Mrs, ( found. Mrs, C duced the special guest, Mrs nold Bowler, in costume; a sionary from Kenya, Africa, home furlouzh and Mrs. Bowler and their daughters have been visiting Gifts of furniture were present. on be 1 on behalf of the Mrs very pleasant dience by showing spent. The ladies of the WA met at evening was moving Ouestions and answers follc regular meeting. In the PERSONALS Mrs. G. D arines is visitin by Mrs. C, Fulton, A program of Mrs. C. Fulton and Mrs. G. Rey- £104 Mr, ¥ 'which will be home to him for a are stick que are prepared well accident Mrs. Mr: ooley Pen- Simmons intro. Ar- mis- who Mr little with relatives and friends in Oshawa Bowler delighted her au- pic- tures with running commentary wed The west group served lunch, Gratton of St, Cath- with her sister, Fulton 'Glassco An Expert Commission Head By JACK BEST tired auditor - Watson Canadian Press Staff Writer Sellar, 66. They are old friends OTTAWA (CP) -- Towering J. and kindred spirits, with a habit Frank Glassco, 55, has been as- of saying precisely what they sociated with royal commissions think ' er for many AN . of one kind or another : J Y SEVEN AIMS years. Now he is to head one of Mr. Sellar' nual reports to the most sweeping inquiries ever| AVI. Dears annua' ports lundertaken in Canada. Parliament were sprinkled with her ne 3 warnings about departmental The forthright, silvery . hailed budget - padding and spending Rorons busied: suuciive ban ont eek Dames <a Than will exam-| Third member of the commis ine the whole wide field of fed-|Slon 18 B. ¥ugeve Shorten, 3 eral government operations, The semlor pariner in the 3Vontrea study is expected to take two law firm of Therrien and Coderre Pars. 4 4 and president of Caisse Nation years, . : tive viee Al d'Economie, an insurance Mr, (Massco, as exec utive vice- company, president of Brazilian Traction, ' Light and Power Co, Ltd., is a The order-in-council setting up Er i aut in the business world, the commission called for rec- cl business he will be investi ommendations to achieve seven gating is the biggest of all in specific purposes having to do Ran 1da employing nearly 200.000 with increased economy and ef- people with a monthly payroll of ficiency, Mr, Glassco has a more $60,000,000 succinct way of stating the com- adh ission's terms of reference: | The inquiry has often heen re- grok 3 , vw as i ver-type com a Jor pe Ri Hoo pd Us sive inquiry into the manner in al who carried out a which the public business is be broad study of American govern. 'N8 conducted. It is aimed al Hf " eliminating extravagance, over- » strative machinery. 5 4 ment administra y lapping and duplication of serv ices FAMILIAR FIELD Mr, Glassco has been a ated with five royal commis sions, either directly or through accounting clients called as wit nesses, The only one he headed was a super-secret wartime in quiry into irregularities in the A ira ,, flow of Canadian uranium to the "It will not be a witch hunt," |; ¢ Manhattan Project which said the six-foot-two, 210-pound developed the first atomic bomb. chartered accountant in his room yy, 4. 0ked down the source of m a downtown Ottawa hotel, ype tronhle--which turned out to at the American end--in what good part of the next two years. po. terme a "ecloak-and-dagger "It i» not aimed at any particu- . operation lar element of the public serv- ice." serious, fairly inten NO WITCH HUNT It will, indeed, be a vacuum cleaner job--a top-to-bottom re view of government departments agencies, boards and Crown cor- pora culminating in recom mendations for their improve- ment. The chairman emphasizes however, that he and his associ ates will have no knives out, oc ons Some years ago when he was with the Toronto accounting firm of Clarkson, Gordon and Com- pany, his partner, Walter Gor- don, was named chairman of the royal commission on Canada's {economic prospects | experience] When he retired from public in- accounting 3'%2 years ago to be- {come executive vice-president of Brazilian Traction after being the company's financial adviser for 10 years, Mr. Glassco had barely stepped into his new job when his boss, Henry Borden, HIGH ESTE was chosen to head a commis- And he confesses to holding a sion on national energy re- higher opinion of public servants sources "than some who don't know them Mr. Glassco was born in Los so well I often wonder, in Angeles of Canadian' parents anti fact, how we manage to keep moved at an early age to Win ome of them." But, he adds: |wipeg, where he ew. up--"'1 "1 would be amazed if one suppose in that sense | am a could not come up with recom- westerner," He attended McGill mendations which would have and spent a year at the Sorbonne the effect of bettering the lot of before joining the Montreal ac- the civil service and producing a| counting firm, McDonald, Currie better average performance , and Co., in the mid-1920s. "I am quite sure there are, He 4s married to the former things in this system which has/Willa Price of Quebec City, and grown like Topsy since Conféder-|they have four grown childrep-- ation, that must be susceptible ofitwo girls and two boys. In his improvement," younger days he played hockey The California-born chairman and football. His hobbies are will be assisted by an old hand stamp collecting, fishing and at sniffing out irregularities and farming, i inefficiency In government, re-! Regarding the kind of inquiry A businessman to the bone, he left no doubt, however, that he believes the government service {will prove fruitful ground for an [inquisitive trio looking for in- stances of inefficiency and waste He has had wide with government operations, cluding wartime controllership of De Havilland Aircraft Co. which was taken over by the depart- ment of munitions and supply to manufacture Mosquito bombers. / 4-3 bd ds THE CLIFF MILL MOTORS LTD. Invite You dnd Your Famuly To See The New Co 1961 BUICKS TOMORROW FROM 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED KING ST. W. at PARK RD. + | efits, SNA RA 3-4634 No Name For | Business Lag | NEW YORK (AP)-Finding a name for just what's happening to U.S. business and finance these days is blowing up almost as big a debate as is interpreta- tion of the statistics, One school hangs the tag of re- cession on the current US, situa- tion. Another says it's no such thing, just another rolling adjust ment, A few still stick to the old- fashioned hoom or bust, But| many hold that the days of the| real boom and the real bust have been legislated out of any chance of return, | | WIDE CHOICE Here are some of the terms now being used: Recession--The term now being bandied about again has been used twice before since the war, It means a turn-down in busi-| ness, an upturn in unemploy- ment, a slackening all along the line--but milder than the old- fashioned term of depression. Rolling adjustment -- This de- scription of today's happenings means that industries tend to have their own depressions at different times--some laid low while others are still climbing. Sidewise on a high plateau-- Some still think that's what's go-} ing on today. It means the econ- ymy climbed up, stopped to take a breather, and at the moment isn't going either up or down for sure Control'ed This is the theory that the old days of big upswings followed by inevitable downswings have been made ob- solete. In other words, we won't let a real big cycle happen any- more Built-in These evel stabilizers or cushions are the cycle controls, They include unemployment ben- regulation a ainst too much speculation, turning tight money on or off, long-term wage contracts and government moni- toring of the economy. Profitless prosperity -- That's what many companies who today | report record or near - record sales but lower earnings call their predicament They mean that costs can't be cut enough to keep profits climbing while sales do. Profit margins are badly squeezed, | | he will conduct, Mr. Glassco says: "I would think the le formality there is, the easier it will be to do the job." He expects that most of .the work will be) carried out right in Ottawa, with| public servants themselves being the chief witnesses | He does not see the need for extensive public hearings, but emphasizes that the publle is 'welcome as the flowers in May' to present its views. ' about whisky Mx this simple, inexpensive test at home: Pour an ounce or two of Seagram's "83" into a glass. Add ice if you like, Then pour in clear, cold water® (plain or sparkling) until the mixture is just the right shade of pale amber. Now lift the glass and breathe in that clean, fresh fragrance . . . like fields of golden rye in the sun, That is Seagram's "83" as Seagram's and Nature made it -- with nothing added but honest, all-revealing water. If it tastes better than any other'whisky with water, then you'll be sure to like it as well with any other favourite mixer. CANADIAN WHISKY DISTILLED AGED AND BOTTLED Iw BOWS UNDER CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION distinguished new decanter. J FOR HAPPY SMOKING.. always fresh ~ qualily that never varies 210 .1d §o.V5 | / BR > - \ al] Vi mi! ih

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