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The Asha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Friday, July 14, 1961 Investigation Of Drugs Necessary To Clear Air Canada's manyfacturers of medicines --as their counterparts in the United States have recently been -- are now being subjected to public examination. They, as much as their millions of cus- tomers, should welcome such an inquiry. A three-year governmental study has precipitated this probe by the Eestric- tive Trade Practices Commission. While it would be wholly wrongful to pre-judge the examination now going on across the country, such is the public interest in this particular sphere that it will be useful to recall the report of D. H. W. Henry, the combines investi- gation director who has submitted the federal report. Of primary concern is the charge that Canadian drug prices run about eleven per cent above United States' levels. Viewed in the light of the conclusions drawn by the U.S. Senate anti-trust and monopoly sub-committee, the Montreal Star suggests, such an alle- gation is enough to drive Canadians to a wider use of tranquilizers -- were they cheaper! In Washington Senator Estes Kefau- ver is introducing legislation designed to impose price controls on medical drugs generally. He and his committee feel they have uncovered sufficient evidence to justify the move in the belief that retail prices are "unreasonable whether compared to costs, to profits, or to prices in foreign countries." The job in hand now is precisely to discover if a parallel situation exists here; whether, in the words of a sub- mission by the Canadian Association of Consumers, among others, manufac. turers have a tompiete monopoly of the sale of their patented products and are charging "exorbitant" prices. We agree with the Star that on what- ever level, whether it be that of the pharmaceutical concern or the corner drugstore, the question needs airing for the benefit of all. The outcome could well have a bearing -- as it already has had in the United Kingdom and certain European countries -- on the. matter of national health and govern- ment participation in its direction. Profit And Incentive It is heartening to find among the papers delivered at the recent sessions of Canada's learned societies, one by Professor Brian Dixon of Queen's University, of which the purpose of the profit-and-loss system and the free market is stated with great clarity. Professor Dixon has no patience with those who deplore the profit system. Rather, he makes the point that the so-called profit motive is the most effec- tive incentive to assure that enterprise functions to produce goods and services at maximum efficiency and consequent- ly at the lowest possible cost. It is important to distinguish, as Professor Dixon does, between the objectives of enterprise and the objec- tives of welfare. Both have a proper end legitimate place in contemporary Canadian society. But all too often, it is assumed that enterprise has no purpose other than profits when, in fact, profits are the yardstick by which the efficiency must be measured. When profits as the yardstick of effi- ciency are abandoned, or blunted, as all too often happens in the case of state- owned production costs whether of goods or services inevitably rise to the detriment of the consumer and the taxpayer alike. enterprises, No one questions the importance of welfarism in modern society. What must be questioned, if welfare costs are to be met and growth and prosperity achiev ed, is the tendency on the part of many to relegate enterprise to a second class position in the scheme of things, and to attack the profit motive. Those who do so are in fact attacking the only effective device for a real economic growth and rising living standards yet devised. Law And World Peace A civilized society lives under the tule of law; its respect for and accep- tance of that rule is what distinguishes it from a primitive society In this regard, the sociey of nations is still primitive, even though the nations themselves may be considered civilized. It may be trite to say, as the Indian Ambassador to the United States, M. C. Chagla, did recently in a speech to the Law Alumni Association of New York University, that "we have to bring about world peace through law." Yet it is trite because it is true. Disarmament by agreement and under controls is only a technical step towards peace. A state of peace will not exist until proud nations accept the yoke of law as readily as they expect their citizens to obey the law. The ambassador had this to say: "We have to think in terms of a world community. War and peace have now become indivisible, so have pros- perity and poverty. We have to éstab- fish a law for this world community. "Poets and philosophers have dreamed of a world parliament of men. The dream can be realized through the United Nations, though we often do nct The Oshawa Times 1. L WILSON, Publisher ond General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY. Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), Is published ty {Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). Me: s of Daily pan i : Associot The Canadion Press, it Bureau © Chreviation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for. republication of all ews despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the tocol news published therein. 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"The task is not easy, but if we ere ever going to pass from the stage of international barbarism to the stage of world peace through law, then it is the duty of every lawyer to make his in- dividual contribution towards that con- summation." It is, indeed, the duty of all people, not simply lawyers. Law demands res- pect, but it also demands critical at- tention, because it is a dynamic, not a static, thing, It must be enforced, be- cause there will always be those who for various reasons try to break it, but enforcement itself must foster respect for the law and its officers. Other Editor's Views CONFIDENCE IN CANADA (Halifax Chronicle-Herald) There is no to a fuller measure of ownership in our own eco- nomy. Discouraging or blocking foreign short-cut investment will not achieve it. It will come about only when Canadians fully realize their responsibility and assume part of the burden which has been car- ried for so many years by capital from foreign nations, Our confidence must match theirs. Bible Thought He shall give his angels over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. -- Psalms 91:11. It is foolish to suppose that the amaz- ingly complex business of life could go on without oversight and direction. We should eagerly welcome God's interven- tion in our behalf. Be not forgetful to entertain stran- gers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- Hebrews 13:2. Barbarians regard strangers as ene- mies and treat them accordingly. Civile ized people look on foreigners as God's children and entitled to courtesy and kindness, JUST NEEDS A SHOT IN THE ARM THE 111s OF LAT, AMERICA w [7 Wee [= yo RIVAL DOCTORS OTTAWA REPORT receive a pension, also draws un- employment benefits for a pe- "4 riod up to a year and a half. Revision Needed For Jobless Fund By PATRICK NICHOLSON This column recently revealed that the funds of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Fund had fallen to $143,651,927 on April 30 last, compared to just under $862,000,- 000 when the Diefenbaker gov- ernment came into office. At the rate of depletion of the past three winters, this fund would go bankrupt before we could pass through another similar winter, just as the similar fund in Great Britain went bankrupt in 1929. This situation has been stud- ied by the public accounts com- mittee of the House of Commons. The Liberal chairman of this predominantly Conservative committee, Alan Macnaughton, MP has particularly drawn at- tention to the relevant portion of his report: "The committee views with alarm the sharp reduction in the balance at the credit of the fund, and recommends that the entire matter undergo immediate and careful study and that action be taken to re-establish and main- tain the Fund on a basis con- sistent withinsurance prin- ciples." The fund was set up in ac- cordance with insurance prin- Other points of criticism con- sidered by the committee include . the fact that all persons earn- 4 ing up to $5,460 are insurable, : yet certain workers on hourly or { piece-work rates at a much ; higher annual level are permit- ! ted to contribute to and draw ciples, and the cantributions and benefits fixed accordingly. The auditor general has pointed out that changes have been made, broadening the coverage given by the fund, and contravening the principles of insurance. Thus as originally conceived, the fund was intended to cover only those periods of unemployment which fall upon a person unexpectedly. But subsequent broadening of the benefits have covered many classes of workers who expect to go through regular periods of unemployment by reason of our winter climate. Furthermore, as Mr. Mac- naughton now makes abundantly clear, there have been unfore- seen malpractices which have seriously damaged the cash po- sition of the fund. These include married women, who are not really in the labor market and genuinely looking for work, ap- plying for and obtaining ben- efits as if they were genuinely unemployed. They also include the practice whereby a person, who retires from the labor market and loses his job by virtue of his age, and who in many cases begins to INSIDE YOU Stimulant Or Depressant? By BURTON H. FERN, MD IF ALCOHOL doesn't stimu- late, why was Jack dancing on the piano wearing a lamp shade after only a few drinks? Because you get a lift when your brain slows down. Spinal cord and brain resem- bles a one-corporation towering skyscraper. Top executives enjoy large carpeted offices on the highest floor. Down below workers oper- ate the business under strict executive orders. Without direc- tions, efficiency would disap- pear. Each worker might pull in a different direction. Executive brain cells ordinar- ily control spinal cord activity. But when injury, illness, or drugs -- like alcohol--slow down these brain cells, control is lost, For no reason at all, you feel gay, giddy and excited. EVERYTHING FINE Memory fades and the world takes on a happy glow. You're ready to battle three men at a time, even though it takes four to hold you up. Bashful Bruce becomes a lov- ing othario; shy Susie turns into a torrid temptress. Tongue- tied at the first toast, you may expand into a Winston Churchill or Clarence Darrow. Many drinkers swear that cer- tain cocktails hit them faster than others. Perhaps! But alco- hol's effect changes with time, place and circumstances. EMPTY STOMACH NOT GOOD Even though you can toler- ate a pint or so, a few drinks on an empty stomacn may overs whelm you. In gay company, many people are sailing high before they touch the first drop. If you keep drinking, alcohol slows down the rest of your nervous system and puts you to sleep. However, cocktails can't re- place the operating room's ether and gas. The amount that would be needed borders on a fata! dose. And who wants to look fore ward to the morning after sur. gery, anyway?! BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Graham Bickle was awarded the Wolfe Miller trophy, pre- sented annually to the best all- round member of St. George's Boys' Club. C. F. Cannon of Picton was appointed supervisor of public schools for Oshawa, succeeding A. E. Garbutt. Oshawa proved that it was one of the leading rose-growing sections of the province at the Ontario Rose Society show in Toronto, when several of the prizes were awarded to R. S. McLaughlin "Parkwood" gar- dens. Stanley Young defeated E. J. Goodman in the finals to cap- ture the Singles trophy for the second successive year, and rep- resent Oshawa Lawn bowlers in the singles tournament of the Dominion Lawn Bowling Asso- elation. Michael Finigan, pioneer of Oshawa and one of the founders of St. Gregory's Church, passed away in his 78th year. General Motors of Canada output for the first six months of 1926 beat all former records. W. P. Bredin, Vice-president and General 'Manager of Can- ada Bread Co., announced that tenders were called for the construction of a distributing plant for Canada located on King street west. James Watterson and John McEvan, local soccer enthu- siasts and members of the Gen- eral Motors Football organiza- tion, visited Scotland. Dr. T. E. Kaiser, MP, was the guest speaker at the Ceme- tery Board decoration cere monies at Orono. He paid tribute to the pioneers of Ontario while a monument was being erected in their honor in the cemetery. from the fund; and the fact that some classes of workers, who draw high wages because their work is only seasonal, in effect obtain a second compensation through drawing on the fund in times of unemployment caused by the climate. CONTRIBUTIONS TOO LOW Figures presented to the com- mittee make it apparent that contributions to the fund must be increased by an average of 50 per cent to restore the fund to an economic condition. Al- ternatively, the various new fea- tures and abuses must be strictly eliminated. In 1945 logging and lumbering in B.C. was brought under the provisions of the fund; in 1950 lumbering in the rest of Canada was covered; in 1946 shipping, which is a highly seasonal occu- pation, was brought in; two years later, stevedoring was cov- ered; in 1957 fishing, another highly seasonal occupation, was covered. On all these industries, the fund loses money heavily. For example, it pays out to fishermen $9.26 in benefits for every dollar it gets as contribu- tions from fishermen; taking a typical year, there is a drain on the fund of $7.48 for every $1 contributed by loggers; and a drain of $8.92 for every $1 con- tributed by workers in transpor- tation on inland waters. Thus the sums contributed by year-around factory workers, for example, as insurance against their unexpected loss of jobs, are now being used to compen- sate outdoor workers for the vagaries of our climate. This departure from the insurance principle calls for, and no doubt will receive, early consideration by the government. READERS' VIEWS Pickering Reeve Voices Thanks Dear Sir: May I avail myself of your columns to express the thanks and appreciation of myself and the Township Council to all who so willingly and ably assisted in making the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the Township an outstanding success. An undertaking of this type is only successful when it has the support and assistance of the public at large and this ceie- bration had that support from all parts of the Township, and indeed from outside our boun- daries. It would be almost impossible to list the names of all who so ably assisted without missing some one, but a special word of thanks is due the committee chairmen who, without excep- tion, did an outstanding job so that all the events and indeed the whole celebration went smoothly and without incident, and to the Ladies' organiza. tions which provided such zp- petizing refreshments at the Museum grounds. Thanks is due to all who as- sisted at the official ceremon- jes at Brougham on the Satur- day afternoon, and very special thanks to the top flight enter- tainers who gave freely of their time and talents to provide an outstanding concert at Brough- am on the Saturday evening; and also to the ministers, choirs and music director, who made the devotional services on the Sunday evening a fitting cli- max to the celebrations The Historical Society of the Township deserves special men- tion for the tremendous effort made in such a short time to have their historical museum and log cabin completed so that the official opening of the mu- seum could coincide with our celebration and be one of the focal points of the whole event . . . also, to the author and the Historical Society a very special thanks for "The Picker- ing Story". Our thanks to the Service Clubs, the Canadian Legion, the Scouts and Guides, the Bands, and all others who took -art in the parade, making this one of the best, if not the best, parade ever seen in these parts. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Isn't television just too won- derful for words: Through its magic we have seen and heard, among many marvellous things, a talking dustcloth. Imagine! During your next spare mo- 4 ment you might wish to mull this over: "Carla Christine Hen- derson of San Francisco, has petitioned that her name be changed to Carla Christine Clinkerboard." -- Press report. Those who believe ignorance is bliss will not buy, borrow or steal a copy of a recently pub- lished book titled "The Fate of Man." Question many an oldster is asking himself: 'Shall I con- tinue on the job and work my- self to death, or retire and die of prolonged boredom?" "Prices aren't really high -- they merely appear to be," says an economist. Nevertheless, these false appearances are keeping us broke. This Is lo certify that Dow Ale is brewed by the exclusive Cool Control process. This process Our thanks also to the Village of Pickering, the Pickering Dis- trict High School Board, the Village of Pickering Park Board, and the E. L. Ruddy Estate for the use of their racil- ities which were so generously given, We are also indebted to the Department of Highways for permission to use the Highway for our parade, and to the Pro- vincial Police, the Police Force of the Village of Pickering, and the Police Force of the Township for the excellent job done in controlling traffic; and to the Boy Scouts who assisted in parking cars. Mr. Editor, many others de- serve mention, as a great many people assist in a celebration of this magnitude, and if I have missed thanking them specifically it is through an oversight on my part, and not lack of appreciation of their as- sistance. To. you, Mr. Editor, a very speical word of thanks for the excellent advance publicity our celebrations received in your paper. This publicity was in a Jarge measure responsible for the good crowds and general success of the celebration. J. SHERMAN SCOTT Reeve Township of Pickering PRESS FREEDOM Dear Sir: I recently visited in Canada where I read your newspaper. On your editorial page one day there was an explanation of Freedom of the Press and its importance to a country. It was artistically presented and clear- ly written. May I compliment you upon undertaking to re- mind your readers of the foun- dations of democracy as the English-speaking nations under- stand it. GLADYS REYNOLDS WINBLAD Albuquerque, N. Mexico PLANS STUDY Dear Sir: How may I contact intelligent men who would contribute to a sociological investigation? I am a graduate of UBC in Psy- chology and Sociology. For the purposes of my study I need the co-operation of unmarried (single, widowed, or divorced) men of all ages (21-81!) with university, technical, or profes- sional training. You will be sent a copy of my report as soon as it is completed. Box 313, D. LATHAM New Westminster, B.C. QUEEN'S PARK Ignorance Chief Cause Of Errors By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Now Ottawa has a municipal "scandal." In a way this will probably speed new controls over mu- nicipalities by the government here. The name of the capital city added to the large list of others which have undergone inquiries in the last few years could be enough to persuade even the hard-heads that some strong ac- tion is necessary. But also there could be a re- verse English twist which could actually set back supervision of municipal affairs. BAD LABEL For once more there is great publicity about alleged wrong- doing. Another wave of excitement. And another wave of sus- picion. And also, unfortunately, an automatic label for any action that is taken here. For any such action will be labelled as a step to curb dis« honesty or graft. And in fact any such inten- tion will be only incidental. NEED CHECK There is need for a check on the affairs of municipalities to- ay. Practically everyone can see it except for municipal officials themselves--and a number of them do also. In part this need does centre onprotection of taxpayers against fraudulent practice. But much more it is based on the necessity of guarding against blunders and mistakes by local authorities. Blunders that are based om straight ignorance. NOT ADVISED As anyone close to the field knows there are many munici- palities which are continually breaking the law, largely through ignorance. This is what the assistant dep- uty minister of municipal af- fairs, J. W. P. Carter, was re- ferring to when he said he knew of cases worse than those of York Township, Eastview and Belleville. He was referring to municipal- ities where councillors don't know the law, and in many cases haven't the chance to know it. They are municipalities prin- cipally where the city solicitors either through ignorance or lazi- ness aren't doing the proper job and advising the council. And in other cases where the clerks--the chief advisers when the solicitors aren't around-- either don't know their jobs or are too timid to lay down the law to their councils. It is here that the great need lies for spot inspections and audits. But unhappily any setps taken to meet it will be confused in many minds with a witch-hunt. CANADA'S ORIGINAL MUTUAL FUND HAS DECLARED ITS 114™ CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND ELEVEN CENTS PER SHARE PAYABLE AUG. 1, 1961 TO SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD JULY 14 THIS DIVIDEND IS 10% GREATER THAN THE CORRESPONDING QUARTERLY DIVIDEND A YEAR AGO. ,000,000 sce oroanzanon Canadian Investment Fund, Ltd. 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