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hye Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Saturday, August 18, 1961 Parks Are Needed Now For Future Solitude "In the past seven years the Ontario government has increased the number of provincial parks from four or five to nearly a hundred, and has set apart large tracts as wilderness areas. The wisdom of this policy has been apparent as more and more people are attracted to the parks -- this summer, as last, the camping and picnic areas have been full. This use is only one reason for continuing the energetic expansion of the provincial parks program. The second reason is found in the long-range view: in the decades to come, the pressure of population will be tremendous on all recreational facilities, The talk about the "population ex- plosion" is concerned almost exclusively with the problem of supplying the physi- cal needs of the millions added to the world population each year. Too little thought is given other needs. Even if production kept rising faster than popu- lation, there would still be plenty of problems to be faced, and not the least of these would be the need of the think- ing person to be faced, and not the least of these would be the need of the think- ing person for occasional solitude. We have quoted John Stuart Mill, the 19th century English political economist and philosopher, on the subject of con- formity. Here is what he had to say, & century ago, about the increase in population: "There is room in the world, no doubt, and even in old countries, for a great increase of population, supposing the arts of life to go on improving, and capital to increase. But even if innocu- ous, I confess I see very little reason for desiring it. The density of popula- tion necessary to enable mankind to obtain, in the greatest degree, all the advantages both of co-operation and of social intercourse, has, in all the most populous countries, been attained. "A population may be too crowded though all be amply supplied with food and raiment. It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the pres- ence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character .. "If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of ena- bling it to support a larger, but not a better or a happier population, I sin- cerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be station- ary, long before necessity compels them to it" When Mill wrote that passage in 1848, the world's population was about one billion. Now, it is about three billion. Proposals On Pensions A question which has long been of interest to a majority of workers has been brought into the political limelight by the proposal of Premier Leslie Frost of Ontario for a portable pension scheme. The idea is that it should be a com- pulsory plan introduced on January I, 1965. This would give ample time for employers and employees to study the benefits and financial requirements, as was explained when Mr. Frost presented his plan this week, The chief feature of the legislation as proposed is that it would allow for the mobility of the worker without en- dangering his pension rights. It has long been felt that this vested interest should be established so as not to discourage workers from moving to more attractive jobs. There would be no interference with existing pension plans. The government would exercise close supervision of pen- sion operations but would not enlarge its actual participation in the pension financing field, now held chiefly by the insurance and trust companies and the federal government's annuity branch. The draft legislation is the result of over a year's work by six experts on insurance economics, social welfare and public administration. Their designated task was to study possible improve- ments in pensions and to make sugges- tions regarding their mobility. The subject is one that should be given full consideration with a view to its implementation at an appropriate date. Its wider application is something which should not be overlooked. "For obvious reasons," says a statement by the com- mittee accompanying the plan, "this bill is drafted as an Ontario Act although the committee hopes that participation by the federal government and by other provinces can be obtained." Pursuit Of Happiness The greatest question of antiquity and of modern times, proposes a thoughtful article in a recent Monthly Letter of the Royal Bank of Canada, is "What is the happy life?" And the essdy, directed mainly at the generation just leaving school but perhaps having even greater significance for that generation's elders, defines happiness as "a satisfied self, not merely a succession of gratified impulses and desires." "There are some factors," the writer goes on, "which seem to hinder us in our pursuit of the happy life. High among them we must place love of security. As soon as preoccupation with security begins to dominate our thinking the scope of our life begins to be dimi- nished. "We can go to history for confirma- tion. The Greeks prevailed magnificent- The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Genero! Manager C. 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Webster, the cartoonist, drew a sketch of Abraham Lincoln's log cabin, and under it he wrote this caption: 'Ill-housed, ill-fed, ill-clothed.' "To measure the goodness of life by its delights and pleasures and safety is to apply a false standard. The happy life does not consist of a glut of luxury. It does not make itself content with commercially produced pleasure, the night club idea of what is a good time, mistaking it for happiness. The happy life is made. up of substantial things and attributes and purposes . . . "What matters in the history of any race, as in that of individuals, is progress to higher values . . . No man or woman pursuing the happy life will turn away from an opportunity or spurn a respon- sibility. The categorical imperative about which we hear the philosophers talk is the imperative of duty. Only very selfish people and people with very thick skins and peoplé who are satisfied with lower forms of life can do what they like always, Intelligent people who are seek- ing the happy life use all their know- ledge to do the best they can in every situation, and they accept responsibility for the consequences." Bible Thought The trying of your faith worketh pa- tience.-- James 1:3, Only that faith is real which can endure the tests of adversity. ITS AN OLD STORY QUEEN'S PARK Changes Now Made In Civil Defence By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Reality is creep- ing into civil defence 'ome common sense ginning to show. And about time The public apathy here has been remarkable You couldn't imagine that so many people could care so little about so much And who could blame them? There was "'planni ng," 'pl ning" "planning"'--and all of it unrealistic Planning for the public to build bomb shelters -- and no- body could really what type of shelter was best, and if it really would work if it was built. Planning for mass evacuations --and official schemes that were ridiculous. Any kid who had ever led his kindergarten class in fire drill could tell you they wouldn't work. There have been some useful developments out of the activity to date. One of them is the standardi- zation of fire hydrant and hose to date INSIDE YOU - any couplings throughout the prov- ince. This probably could not have been easily achieved in other way. But the effort as such has. got nowhere. And principally be- cause it was dreamy and un- realistic. And now made. Instead of plans for evacuation studies are being made of pos- sible local shelter points. Rather than propaganda for shelters, talk is of survival kits and of other reasonable precau- tions the householder may be able to take. The impression is business is getting down earth. WELFARE PROGRAM One of the moves being made, for instance, is by the depart- ment of welfare here. It is taking an inventory of all local organizations in the prove ince, and possible facilities or personnel of value in disasters. The list will include servic changes are being that the to Several Viruses Can Mimic Polio By BURTON H. FERN, MD THAT BOUT of nonparalytic polio may not have been polio at all! Many viruses mimic polio. A few even cause paral- ysis. The first polio- masquerader turned up near Albany in Cox- sackie, New York. Named for his home town, Coxsackie virus was soon discovered around the globe. Newer tests showed sev- eral different types of Cox- sackie viruses. Mumps and other viruses may also mimic polio. Still Coxsackie viruses account for most imita- tion polio. You have to catch the germs directly from someone ese. They swarm into your intestine, where they rest, gathering forces, for a few days. Then they invade our blood stream and attack the nervous system, "causing meningitis. NO SYMPTOMS At first your throat's sore. Soon your head throbs, eyes ache and fever drenches your bedclothes. You feel queasy and your stomach erupts. Back muscles stiffen and the neck becomes rigid. For a week or ten days the world seems like a nightmare. Then, temperature plummets and you suddenly feel like your old self again. Coxsackie viruses hardly ever result in parlysis. The meningitis is, usually a carbon copy of nonparalytic polio. Only special laboratory tests can tell the difference. The viruses may be grown in special test tubes, while blood tests show which antibodies are developing. GOOD RESISTANCE Good general resistance may keep Coxsackie infection from erupting into full-blown polio- like meningitis. A mild infeciton may cause only a few canker sores in the back of the mouth. And sometimes the infection can be stopped cold. While Coxsackie viruses pre- ter to strike children, they hit adults with greater force. Keep your. rseistance up! PREVENTIVE MEASURES Enjoy a helthful menu chock- full of vitamins, minerals, pro- teins and calories. Get plenty of rest. Don't swim on cool days; chills seem to lower resistance, Stay in top form and you won't be caught in any mas- querade -- at least not until Hallowe'en! BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO A party of British bowlers was given a royal welcome to Osh- awa, and defeated six -district rinks. Norman G. McDonald was ap- pointed town engineer for Osh- awa at a salary of $200 a month. Robert Henderson defeated W. P. Knight in the final match of the golf competition to win the Cowan trophy About 5000 members of the Royal Black Knights visited Osh- awa for their annual celebration --fine parade, addresses and sports. A contract was let to T.B. Mothersill and Son for the King Street West bridge at a cost of $13,500, and a grant of $1000 was given to YMCA by the town council. Donald W. McNicol took over the secretaryship of the YMCA, succeeding Robert Megaw The 1921 census figures gav Oshawa a population of 1 an increase of 4116 in 10 years. Oshawa rinks skipped by D. F. Johnson, D. A. J. Swanson and C. W. Detenbeck entered in the third annual Bel- leville Lawn Bowling tourna ment for the W. B. Riggs trophy Three Work was started on the cons- tructton of the foundation for the new St. George's Anglican Church, corner of Centre and Bagot streets, with a view to starting on the superstructure early next Spring The Elliott Memorial Park at Hampton was offi turned over to the township for use as a public park. clubs, church groups... wide field. It is expected there will be some 10,000 organizations on it when the survey is completed. A church group of no value-- a waste of time? Oh no, it isn't. Many 'church groups, for instance, have cater- ing facilities--and halls valuable for billeting. The beauty of this program of course--and how often this fol- lows once you follow practical thinking--is that the inventory won't only be of value if an atom bomb drops. It will be helpful in any case of disaster--from floods to fire. a very UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Five-Year Plan Sought To Strengthen Economy By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent ¥or The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd is call- ing on employers and the trade unions to join with him in blue- printing a five year plan which will set Britain's economy on the right long-term track. What he is seeking is the co-operation of both groups in devising a plan which would perpetuate the prosperity Britain is now en- joving. True, Mr. Lloyd has initiated a period of restraint, to enable production to catch up with spending. But that is a short- term measure. When it has achieved its objective, his aim is to have ready a longterm plan for improving living stand- ards, creating price stability and avoiding a recurrence of periodical crises. INVITES GROUPS Towards that end, Mr. Lloyd is asking the leaders of indus- try and the labor unions to take rart with him in an examina- tion of the country's prospects for at least five years ahead, and to help him in planning the economy so that production and consumption are in ba'ance The Trades Union Congress will represent the Labor side On the employers' side will be the Federation of British Indus- tries. the British Emnlovers' Confederation, t he National Union of Manufacturers and the Association o" British Chambers of Commerce, The first talks are scheduled to take place at the end of Aug ust, and if the co-operation sought from both sides is forth- coming, this group could he a powerful planning body LABOR GE' Meanwhile, the Trades Union Congress is doing some eco- nomic planning on its own ac- count. It has set up a commit- tee of 16 members to conduct a major review of every aspect of economic policy. This is the first time the TUC has undertaken such a review since it produced massive reports on post-war re- construction in 1944 and 1945. Significantly enough, these re- ports formed the basis on which Labor won the 1945 general elec- tion. The present review has two main objectives: to enable the TUC to match the government's long-term measures with some of its own; and to equip union officials with the knowledge and inclination to co-operate in the management of a planned econ omy. While this study has not pro- gressed very far as yet, enough has been done to make it pos- sible that Selwyn Lloyd may reap some benefit from it when he begins his consultations with the unions and employers. He already knows that he can ex- pect no support for his wages restraint appeal. But on the long-term picture, the Trades Union Congress will at least be able to make a reasoned contri- ubtion to his hopes of improving the quality of Britain's economic management. AIRPORT CONTROL The government has reached a decision to set up an airport authority to own and manage Britain's four main international airports. These are the airports of London, Gatwick. Stansted and Prestwick. In addition, the authority. will be required to build and operate any new air- ports which mav be required in the future, and may have to provide for an international heli port in Central London. This is exactly what the inter- national airlines have been de- manding for a long time. They are very happy -at the idea, which was forced on the govern- ment by the heavy losses which were heing sustained by these airports under the ministry of transport and civil aviation. The other state - owned air ports, which serve the main centres of population, will be turned over to the local author- ities for management. Negotia tions have already started with Blackpool. They will be started soon with Bournemouth, Car- diff, Belfast, Glasgow, Edin- burgh and Aberdeen. An agency may be appointed to manage nine airports which serve the remote parts of the north and west of Scotland. These air- fields, which are unlikely ever to be pro itable, are essential to the economy and social welfare of their areas. WILL TAKE TIME It is not expected that all these changes can take place overnight. There are many legal complexities to be overcome in connection with airport proper. ties. The new authority must be set up before any of the prop- erty and leasehold transfers can be made. This will require par- liamentary legislation, for which time will have to be found on gram. The most optimistic guess at the moment is that it will be from two to three years before control of the main airports will pass from the ministry of avia- tion to the proposed airport au- thority. NO COAL IMPORTS Welsh miners' union leaders are jubilant at a decision of the government rejecting an appli- cation of the Steel Company of Wales to import cheap coal from Maulding, in announcing this de- cision, said: "My decision was not on prin- ciple, but on the fact that while the new chairman of the Na- tional Coal Board is looking at the whole position of Coal Board development, it would be un- wise to make what would be a maior departure of policy." The Steel Company of Wales made application for the import of United States coal on the ground that British coal prices were too high in comparison. Miners' leaders had threaten- ed strike action if U.S. coal im- ports were allowed. Now, re- gardless of the reason for the claim that their campaign has met with success, and they are delighted with the outcome. NOTED MEMBER LONDON (CP) -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 86 - year « old sci- entist, humanitarian and Nobe;} Prize winner, has become a foreign member of the British Medical Association. He is working at a leper colony at Lambarene, West Africa. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY ONTARIO - NO. 1 POTATOES => 99% IDEAL FOR SANDWICHES - OCEAN RED SALMON 3 CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN KING COHOE O\ Prices effective in Oshawa end Whitby until 6 p.m. Wed., Aug. 23