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The Oshavon Tomes Published by Canadion Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont, me Soturdoy, Jonuery 7, 196) Difference Of Opinion Healthy For Douglas Fisher, CCF member of Par- liament for Port Arthur, has never concealed his lack of faith in the so: called New Party, When the New Party idea was first proposed he saw no reason why the CCF should lose its identity in # new and vague political organization. He was st it sgain this week, writing in a labor union publication his belief thet the New Party will be a flash in the pan, that it has no long-term future, that it will enliven political interest for one or two federal elections and then fade from the scene within the next decade or 80, Mr, Fisher bases his argument on these points: unions are unpopular with the majority of Canadians; Canadians are politically cautious and uncomfortable with radical parties; organized labor is faction-ridden, lacks outstanding leaders, lacks political savvy, lacks academic and intellectual leadership, and with the rise of the white-collar worker is running downhill, Eamon Park, United Steelworkers official, answers Mr, Fisher's charges in the same issue of the publication, but more interesting is the contrast: between Mr, Fisher's views and those of Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan, At s New Politics Party seminar in Calgary, Mr, Douglas predicted that Canadians will be living either under Socialism or under a dic tatorship of the extreme left or the extreme right We gather that Mr, Douglas sees the New Party's Socialism, which he described as economic planning under a democratic Socialist government, as the middle course of the future, This sort of discussion is healthy, It helps to stir political interest and may even promote serious thinking about the present condition of Canadian poli- tics, The curious fact is thet Canada does not now have a right-wing party that has national support. Mr, Diefen- baker has steered the Conservatives somewhat to the left of centre, and jud- ging by recent speeches and conferences, the Liberal party may move even farther left than the New Party, 80 what we have is a traffic jam along the middle and left of the political road, It would add still more interest if an honestly right-wing party bucked the jam. As for the differences between Mr, Fisher and Mr, Douglas, the subject of argument is still a party without a firm doctrine, basic platform or national leader, One can only wait through the gestation period, Merchant Marine Aid It seems that the federal government is planning some sort of action to keep Canada's merchant fleet from complete extinction, Details have not been an- nounced but Transport Minister Balcer has informed the Commons that legisla. tion is being prepared. It is interesting that this followed the announcement by Canadian General Electric that it was contracting for a half dozen ships to be built in Canada. Operating costs have been blamed by owners and operators for the virtual elimination of Canada's merchant marine - oxcepting, of course, the fresh-water fleet. In 1947 the Canadian merchant navy listed 135 ocean-going dry cargo ships of more than 1000 tons. Now there are 10 ships, most of them old and tired. It is generally accepted that without government aid a Canadian ocean fleet cannot flourish, because of the higher costs incurred in comparison with those of most foreign cargo vessels, Costs are also high in the United States; but that country subsidizes its merchant fleet in order to keep it afloat, Supporters of the subsidy idea point out that it is a shortsighted policy to become completely dependent on the Hit-And-Run There should be general approval of the announcement by Attorney-General Kelso Roberts that hit-and-run drivers will face stiffer penalties, Hit-run cases have shown some increase since On. tario's demerit point system came into effect. In instructing crown attorneys throughout the province to ask courts for heavier penalties, W, C, Bowman, director of public prosecutions, said, "It would appear that the risk of punish. ment is being outweighed to some extent by the fear of losing driving privileges plus the possibility of punishment for any offence that may have been com. mitted in connection with the accident itself," The proper action is being taken; The Oshawa Times To L WILION, Publisher and General Manager € GWYN KINSEY, Rditer The Oshawa The Oshawa Times evtoblished 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), a published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted), A of Canad ally N Publi Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Zireulation "and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asses clation, The Canadian Press Ia exclust ta the use for republication ef all nm the paper credited to it or to Prams or Reuters, and also the local news published aren, Al rights of wpecial despatches are ale Times combini Offices: Thomaon Building, 425 University Avenus Toronto, Ontarie; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers In Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, ort Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Sono Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, alumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 4d per week, By mail tin Province ot Ontario) outsioe carslers delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per ear Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 ships of other nations to carry Canadian goods, In time of national emergency # merchant marine is indispensable, and in time of peace lack of it can be a handicap in the competition for foreign trade. The Canadian Shipowners Asso. ciation has stated that Canada pays more than $100 million a year for the ser. vices of foreign ships, There is another cost factor to be considered now, The wartime fleets have become obsolete and competition demands modern vessels, The Ottawa Journal points out that a second-hand but efficent freighter could be bought for $700,000 in world markets 10 years ago. To replace this ship with a modern freighter would cost $3 million ~~ and considerably more if built in Canadian yard, These high capital costs have brought a change in the competitive situation, Ten years ago Canadian ship. owners said they could not compete with ships of Panamanian and other registry because of rates of sailors' pay, Today the cost of the ship has become more important than wages, the latter now being estimated at 17 per cent of the gross annual operating cost com. pared to 38 per cent 10 years ago. Crackdown it is not to weaken the demerit system but to impose harsher penalties on offenders, Under the Criminal Code a hit-and-run driver may receive up to six months upon summary conviction and up to two years if convicted before a higher court, In addition, a convicted driver loses nine of the total 12 demerit points. Hit-and.run drivers totalled 1702 and accounted for 1.4 per cent of all accis dents in the province in a 12.month period immediately preceding the intro. duction of the demerit system in April, 1957. The end of the first year under the demerit system saw the number of hit-run accidents increase to 1.6 per cent, The year ending in March, 1959, had the percéntage reduced to 14, but the year ending last March saw it incregse again to 1,5 Statistics covering April to November 1960, show 1596 hit-and-run accidents for 1.7 per cent of the total, There has been a tendency for courts, when there is a choice, to impose lesser penalties on offending drivers, This leniency has helped to create a general impression that traffic offences are ex» cusable misadventures rather than criminal acts, This impression grew even as the toll of traffic deaths and damage grew, But now, happily, there are indica. tions of a change in attitude, More and more shocked courts are imposing stiffer penalties, This change should do much to im. press on the public mind the need for more care and courtesy on streets and highways. Unfortunately, however, many of 'the maximum penalties are still far too lenient, and the laws themselves must be made more severe if drivers are to be convinced of the seriousness of traffic offences. ALWAYS IN HOT WATER OTTAWA REPORT Seaway Good Deal clusively wheat on the downward voyage and iron ore from Labra- dor on the upstream trip, Thus « we see that the figures show a Despite Decrease By PATRICK NICHOLSON Was the St, Lawrence Seaway a $458,000,000 flop? The expenditure of $600,000,000 by Canada and the United States jointly, to produce $40,000 kilo- watts of hydro-electric power in each country, is heyond re proach; for this additional power was desperately needed to faclll- tate the further industrial devel. opment in central Canada and in northern New York state, But figures of waterborne traf: fe on the seaway this year show a disappointing drop from the total freight carried in the first season of 1959. The initial short fall from the estimated demand for the waterway's facilities, coupled with the 1060 decline, must inevitably make one wonder whether the critics of the costly development were not correct, 2 INSIDE YOU Reward Offered slight Increase In grain, chiefly ' being shipped to Montreal for ex- | port, The huge drop in iron ore mov. ing from Beven Islands at the mouth of the Bt, Lawrence to the | Inland steel ports, chiefly in the Further thought, however, makes it clear that we can rea- sonably and indeed confidently expect that time will prove Can- ada to have been right in press ing for this huge new cheap freightway., REASONS FOR SLUMP The totals of seaway trafic during the 1060 season, just re. leased here by the St, Lawrence Seaway Authority, reveal a stag: gering decline of onefith In the uphound bulk cargo on the sea way, Downbound bulk cargo la. creased by 16 per cent; down. bound general cargo jumped by a welcome 90 per cent; up-bound general cargo declined by about 45 per cent, Bulk eargo is almost ex U.S., was readily accounted for by the steel strike in the U.S, Last year there was heavy stock. piling of iron ore against the strike threat; in contrast, this year the UBS, steel industry has been operating at only 60 per cent of capacity It is reasonable to consider 1960 as an exceptional year, hit by a temporary slump; the longterm prospect is for considerable in- creases In iron ore shipments in future years, The pattern of movement of general cargo, namely packaged and manufactured articles chiefly is Interesting, The figures tend to reflect a sharp increase in Ca. nadian exports to Europe, and a small decrease in Imports from those same markets, This latter is at variance with the trade fig. ures, but is probably accounted for by the fact that shipping on the ocean routes is in a world. wide depression, Freighters are [4 available as carriers on all the For Information My BURTON W, FERN, MD $SREWARD ~ For Information Leading to the Arrest of Shingles, allas Herpes Zoster, Suspect is a tiny virus with the same height, welght and {identifying marks as the chicken: pox virus, Evidence on hand in. dicates that shingles and chicken. pox may be the same virus, Approach with caution, This virus is armed with a poison that reddens and blisters skin, Sus. pect generally chooses vietims who have recovered from chick: enpox years before, Suspect attacks nerves which carry pain sensation and spreads pain along all the branches of these nerves, Suspect is believed to belong to an International ring of shingle Virusel. his syndicate has helped move large shipments of narcoties to vie tims who could not bear the pain of shingles, WATCH FOR CLUES Be on the lookout clues: (1) fever (2) pain eireling half the body (3) flushed skin over the painful area three or four days later (4) crop after crop of tiny blisters which merge So overlap like shingles on a house (5) gradual crusting after a week, with a slow return to normal skin (8) persistent pain after the attack in some elderly people, Suspect often travels with leu kemla, tuberculosis and other known offenders, Likes to attack while victim is busy with these other offenders, Suspect has been captured many times, but illness never arrested, Make victim comforts able, Apply calamine lotion if pain is mild, For more serious in, aspirin and codeine often for these elp, When strong narcoties fail, PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "It is more blessed to give than to receive," but it is inadvisable to follow this precept to the point of being blessed into bank. ruptey, It seems that a recent US, rocket that was supposed to give successful birth to twin satellites had a miscarriage "An engineer has built a motor smaller than the head of a pin" -- Press report, It probably doesn't develop more than one gnatpower, You can't win. A man painted in bold letters the word "cow on both sides of his milk cow, but a deer hunter who couldn't read shot and killed her, afflicted nerve may be injected with novacaine to numb pain, DOUBTFUL VALUE The following weapons are of doubtful value: X-ray, antibiotic erm-killers, vitamin B12, and in. ections of pitultary gland chem. lcals, Injection of gamma globulin known to contain virus » killin chickenpox antibodies shoul not be relled upon, They often fall, Suspect seems Immune to numbing antiseptic ointments and powders, special paraffin coatings and ultra « violet sun lamps, ACTH INJECTIONS The cortisone « like effect of ACTH injections will relieve fw and shrink blisters but the drug helps spread shingles into new territories, Suspect Is not a killer, Often attacks the same victim several times! Suspect has committed offences in most countries around the world, Arrest impossible = repeat impossible." If you find evidence of shingles, do not call this news. paper, Instead, notify your local doctor's office Immediately! [| world's ocean routes at distress rates, It seems that shippers have seized on this opportunity te economize by using ocean ports rather than Inland ports this year, WHEAT SHIPMENTS CHEAP The seaway has made an im. mense difference to the com. petitive position of our wheat in world markets under conditions of free marketing. To ship a bushel of wheat from the lake. head ports to Montreal before the seaway was bullt cost just over 17 cents; today it costs 12 cents, thanks to the elimination of the necessity for trans - shipment along the upper 8t, Lawrence, To send the same bushel of wheat by rall from Port Arthur to Mont. real costs about 40 cents, Pre-opening forecasts estimated the total seaway traffic to be 25,000,000 tons in the first year, rising steadily to 50,000,000 over the first 10 years, On this basis, the amortized costs of the sea: way should be paid off by the year 2008, Last year, shipments fell 4,600,» 000 tons below that estimate; total shipments have actually fallen back by a mere 260,000 tons this year, So the seaway has not exactly got off to a flys ing start, but the hoped - for growth in the economies of cen. tral Canada and the north-eastern states in the U8, may prove the seaway to be a successful plodder like the tortoise in the fable, GALLUP POLL Increase Among Those Who Would Ban Bomb By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION How have several years of ime ternational tensions affected the way Canadians think about the "Ban-the-Bomb" crusade? For one thing split of opinion on whether or not this is the wisest course to follow to keep World Peace, has narrowed cons siderably, Today, almost four in ten think halting the manufacture of such bombs is the only solution, Just over five in ten disagree, and say that its manu. facture should be permitted under strict control and inspees tion by an international body. In 1954 instead of this four to five ratio, it was about three to five, Changing opinion towards ap. proval banning thw bomb means that the undecided segs ment is dwindling. In the Gallup Poll's previous report, 13 per cent Qu could mot make up their minds, Today this proportion has drop. ped to 9 per cent -- most of the attitudes shifting into the camp which wants A-bambs and simi lar developments, outlawed, To find out just what events of the past few years have done to points of view, cross pe nation interviewers for the Gallup Poll repeated question used in 1954 to another sclentifis cally selected sample of the pops ulation as a whole, "SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE MAKING OF THE ATOM BOMB SHOULD BE FOR. BIDDEN BY INTERNATIONAL LAW, OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THE MANUFACTURE OF THE A-BOMB SHOULD BE PERMIT. TED -- RUT SHOULD RE CON. TROLLED AND INSPECTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL BODY WHICH OF THESE YOU FAVOR?" For comparison, here's how Canada thought in July 19584, compared to today. A-Bomb should be banned .... RL) International Control 80 5 CL ROR | 1 15 J} 100% 100% Last fall the Gallup Poll ree vealed a sharp increase among Canadians regarding the threat theaf war, with about one in four thinking another holocaust pose sible, within ten World Copyright Reserved DO amounted to $23,088.32 U.K. OPINION Macmillan In No Rush With K e is concerned To Talk By M, McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) att domest first few weeks in office, For that Prime Minister Mae- , Kennedy ed pending the lat- ter's pleasure, EUROPEAN TALKS The postponed visit of the West German Chancellor, Dr, Ade nauer, will be brought back on to the agenda for early in the New Year, It was postponed be- cause of Dr, Adenauer being in- disposed, but he is expected to come to London to have discus sions with Mr, Macmillan within the next few weeks, And follow. ing that, Mr, Macmillan is likely to go over to Paris to have fur- ther talks with President de Gaulle, These two European leaders hold the key to Britain's future so far as the European future relations of Commonwealth with South Africa, Mr, Bands is, in effect, doing some ui fig spade work in prep. the wealth Prime Ministers Confer. ence, at which this will be one of the hot subjects on the agenda, A test is being made of the feel. ings of other Commonweslth countries as to whether South Africa should stay in the Com- monwealth, and it is understood that considerable progress has out of been made, When Mr, Bandys returns from the Far East, he will be only a few days in London before ong off to Balisbury for the talks on the constitution of Southern Rho- sia, UNEMPLOYED PARADOX Over the United Kingdom as a whole, the latest figures of un employment show an lncrease of 13,244, But there is a strange paradox in the figures in that over most of the country there ble, nnedy was 8 decrease i SRE pi i] THER {EE y of the ment in the light of the un alist resolutions passed at Scarborough Conference in ber last, The meetings are being ot the instigation of the party, which is seeking for a w the defence impasse whic) has split the party in two House of Commons debates, At the fitst meeting, which will be largely of an explori nature, both the national execu- tive and the committee of the Parliamentary Labor party will take part, Both of these groups have the feeling that the division within the party on defence pol- icy has gone much too far, and that steps must be taken to heal the breach if that is at all possi gi TE British Defence Expert : Sees Unified Command LONDON (CP)-8ir Frederick missile - equipped submarine as Brundrett, an authoritative name the most effective deterrent, *'I in British defence planning for 40 believe , , , years, predicts that by 1076 Com- monwealth forces will be merged under a unified command, From a British point of view, changing in relation to Russia Sir Frederick sees this as the and the United States, so It was solution to maintaining Britain's' in relation to the Commonwealth contribution in the same world countries, Increasing populations ants - the and scientific and technical prog: ress were enabling the resources with two growing United States and Russia, "It now is generally accepted that this country will never again be strong enough to enter by our~ selves into any territory which is not willing to recelve us," he says, Sir Frederick, whose views are valued by British military offl- cials, Is voloing his opinions for olicy committee a Pe pulls no punches ahead for 16 years, Writing in Hawk, the magazine of RAF staff colleges, he tells his air-minded readers that ballist missiles with ranges of miles have made alr defence "meaningless," "National air defence syaeme of the type developed in the last 20 years or so must therefore disappear." op the proposed Common. wealth command, he suggests the BY-GONE DAYS Young Brunette Lawyer 40 YEARS AGO Mayor John 'Stacey received a letter from Premier E, C, Drury of Ontario offering to hay part of the cost of relief in Oshawa, Aldermen elected for 1031 were 0, R. Hall, A, W, Brown, C, J, Wilcox, William Ross, W. L Law, A. J, Graves, G, T, Morris, A. R. Goyne, William Allen, Thomas Hawkes, R, A, Wadge and A, N, Ellis, Strong protest was made to the federal government against the closing of the South Oshawa Post Office, The Imperial War Graves Com. mission had offered to place uni. form markers on all veterans' graves in Oshawa cemeteries, Mrs, F, C, Hare, Mrs, H, A Gray, Mrs, HL, Harton, Mrs, W, A, Luke and Mrs, J, Manual took part in the deve. tional exercises of the Women's Missionary Societies' Day Prayer service of Oshawa Churches held in Simcoe Street Methodist Church, H. C. Brace was appointed manager of the Regent Theatre in succession to M, Smart who had returned to Port Hope. John Braund, oldest member of the local Gun Club, won the first prize for fowl in the first shoot of the New Year, In the sweeps: takes event, Frank Worden and Milt Gay tied for first place, The customs receipts, which for the month of December showed a decrease of over $75,000 from the previous month, At the market eggs were selling at 80 cents a dozen, butter, 63 cents a pound, chickens 35 and 40 cents a pound, apples, 33 cents a basket, turnips, three for 10 cents, onions, 50 cents a peck and carrots 2 cents a basket, James Richardson, District Deputy Grand Master of Ontario rs Pickering, installed the officers of Phoenix and Corin. thian Lodges of Oshawa, Among those yr hgh many mem- bers years' standi in the Order, ' eomed most profitable form to Just as Britain's position wa of older members to be devel: oped more fully, "Anyone who is familiar with Australia and Canada, for in stance, cannot fall to recognize the almost fantastic rate of cent years," Bir Feedarien, White militaty ime since he retired as career began in when He hast pes the defence research joined the navy following his year ago And graduation from Cambridge, has in looking been on the scientific side of de. At various has worked for the three armed serv. lo lcse and between 1050 and 1054 he was sclentific adviser to the fence since 1919, stages in his career he defence ministry, Until now his opinions seldom escaped from the closed doors of committee rooms, In his predictions for 1975, Sir Frederick doesn't say whether Commonwealth countries will Place all their forces under a uni led command but he clearly re- this would be the be lopted by the Ci ha" ress In these two countries go fers to "the abandoning separ ate forces for the UK." He says the Commonwealth force should be well balanced with individual members contributing "as seems appropriate rROsLEMS DUE n e also predicts that Britais by 1976, will be a full member of the West European community, creating the problem of reconc ing Britain's position as a mem» ber of both groups, Another prob lem would the difficulties involved in w Commonwealth in what amount to a Commonwealth gov. ermment, The Commonwealth force, he says, should have a naval unit on permanent station somewhere between Aden and Hong Kong to deal with any outbreaks "east of Suez where they will primarily affect the Commonwealth," He predicts little change fin Europe over the next 15 years and It will still be necessary to maintain Western troops there, "The Commonwealth will still be required to make a contribution to these but I would expect it to be smaller than at present," During the next 15 years, he expects a "considerable relaxa. tion" of world tensions but he does not foresee complete dis armament, Marks First For Quebec MONTREAL (CP) -- The tele phone rang in the office of law. yer Gervalse Brisson and the caller sald Premier Jean Lesage wanted to see her at 4 pm 'I was worried," she said in an interview, "I thought I might have done something wrong," Instead the premier asked her to become secretary of a seven member royal - commission ap pointed to investigate activities of the Union Nationale government, in office from 1944 until defeated by the Libreals last June 23, "I am very happy at this honor, for I am the first woman to have such a position with the provincial government," she said, Her appolntinent also was wel the some 20 women n Montreal, lawyers many of * whom telephoned their congratu: lations, Miss Brisson, a tall, hazel-eyed brunette, obtained her law degree from the University of Montreal seven years ago and has been aclising since in her father's aw office, She became interested in law while substituting for her father's secretary during her holidays, HOLDS MANY POSTS She Is honorary president of the Quebec Association of Laws yers, executive member of the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, and member of the University Women's Club, Yet these many activities do not keep her from riding--she once owned her own horse--ten- nis, piano playing or, on the weekends, cooking, She particularly likes to make desserts, "very sweet desserts such as rum tarts or pecan ple", Also fond of travelling, she has holidayed in many parts of Cans ada and the United States, in cluding Hawaii, She would like to take a trip to Europe, but said: "You have to spend two or three months there, I am still too young in my practice to take off $0 much time." 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