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The Osharon Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Canada Cannot Afford To Ignore Trade Move Things are moving in the world of international trade. As a response to the growth of the Common Market idea in Europe, Washington is seeking initia- tives through the Organization for Economic Co-operative Development -- the OECD which has replaced the Marshall Plan-created OEEC and is different because of the presence in it of the United States and Canada. The OEEC was purely European in mem- bership. The U.S, Congress will soon be de- bating the extension of the reciprocal trade agreements powers which were first created in the early days of the Roosevelt administration away back in the '30s. Successive administrations have sought, and received, periodic extension of the power to make reci- procal trade agreements. But this time, a more ambitious scheme is at least in the blueprint stage. It is to widen the scope of the old agreements and to bring the United States somehow or other within the ambit of the European trading area which is now gathering so much strength. Support for it is, in the initial stage, bi-partisan in nature. Mr. Herter, President Eisenhower's Secre- tary of State is in favor of it, while Mr. Will Clayton, an old Roosevelt veteran, backs it from the Democratic side of the fence. The hope is that the protectionist elements in the European Common Market might, on the basis of trans- Atlantic concessions, widen the scope of their arrangements to lay a founda- tion of some kind for the creation of a North Atlantic trading community. If such a scheme took shape, Canada would, or should, associate itself with this movement, the Montreal Star declares, and we agree. It it did so, it would remove to a very large extent its objections to British entry into the Common Market, objections the real validity of which has been difficult to comprehend without accepting them as just the narrowest possible basis for trade negotiation. The new circumstances might well change Canadian attitudes. If the United States is able, by. offering con- cessions, to enlarge its trade with Con- tinental Europe, it would be difficult for Canada to maintain an attitude rigidly limited by the existence of the 1932 Commonwealth preferences. Can- ada could hardly stay out of a new arrangement in which the United States was a participant. In any case, Canada should be working for a movement towards Atlantic trade unity. Panic With Profits The BBC last week rejected a photograph record by an American singer, contending that it reflected an hysterical attitude towards the inter- national situation. The song, "God, Country and My Baby", concerns a young man in military service, and the BBC wrote the British company ghat issued the disc: "The sentinent in the lyrics reflects the somewhat hysteri- cal attitude . . . which is said to be prevalent in America but which is not shared in this country and which -- in our view -- would be undesirable to encourage under the guise of broadcast entertainment." British comedians and commentators on radio and television have recently got many laughs with jokes U.S. interest in fallout shelters, a Canadian Press correspondent in London reports. It may be the Americans have too hysterical an attitude towards present tensions, It may be, too, that many British and Europeans are complacent or apathetic or even wilfully negligent. But what is certain is that some business men in the United States are doing their best to capitalize on fear of nuclear fallout or nuclear attack, and through their sales schemes are doing more to create fear and panic than to inspire courage and calm thought. A few days ago we looked through a prominent New York publication. It carried scores of advertisements of "necessities of survival." You could buy, for example, four one-gallon water storage containers for an emergency fallout shelters for $2.50, delivered to your home. Another company will deliver six sealed half-gallon bottles of drinking water for $3. A 14-day nuclear survival kit containing water, food, medical sup- plies and tools sells for $47.50. Also offered are air blowers (the foul air of the shelters to' be replaced, it seems, by contaminated air from outside) and walkie-talkie sets to enable you to chat - with people in neighboring shelters. Some thought about the matter of survival is only prudent but profiteering on panic is something else again. Problems For Russians The constant boasting of the Russians and the curious awe with which some Western spokesmen regard Communist progress can create the impression that the Soviet Union moves from one vic- tory to another and that its people are supermen. Soviet achievement has been great, it is true. But there are some facts which should not be forgotten. They have their foreign and domestic troubles -- differences with China, a cancer in the satellites, refusal of neutrals to be bought with arms and dams, increased unity in Western Europe, failure of capitalism to behave according to the Communist book, internal 'woes. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Genera! Manager C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Times combining The Oshawa Times festoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicie (establisned 1863) is published daily (Sundoys ond statutory holidays excepted) Members ot ian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canodion Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despotched in the paper credited to if or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despotches cre also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario: 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowa Whitby. Alox, Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin. Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, aunton, Tyrone. Dunbarton Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard rougham, Burketon. Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood. Kinsale, Raglan Blackstock, Manchester Pontypodt- and Newcostle, Not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario carriers' delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other and Commonwesith Countries 15.00. Foreign 24.00. outside rovinces Circulation for the issue of October 31, 1961 17,783 economic Because theirs is a totalitarian state, the Russian bosses can concentrate money, material and their best people in certain areas and achieve substantial results. They have done this in missile and rocket development, and in space exploration. But this is far from being the whole story. With more than ten times the population of Canada, for instance, they have less than twice the railway mileage. The Soviet Union has less than 900,- 000 miles of highways, with only 145,- 000 miles hard surfaced. Canada has more than 267,000 miles of surfaced and improved concrete cement, bitumi- nous and stone roads and streets as well as 206,000 miles of unimproved roads. Canada's per person production of electricity, calculated in kilowatt hours, is about five times that of the Soviet Union's, Canada's producers of grains potatoes, get a per-acre yield twice or three times as great as that of the Soviet farmers. When a comparison is made with the United States, the Soviet record be- comes even poorer. This should not cause any compla- cency on our part. The Russians are certainly not standing still, But at the same time, they are not supermen they would have us believe they are. Bible Thought David become greater and greater, fcr the Lord of hosts was with him. -- I. Chronicles 11:9. Humility, service, and obedience are marks of greatness One moves toward greatness when he is "a man after God's gown heart," which was also said of David. eon @& (Pa o «om C SAP ONS ---- we = REPORT FROM U.K. London's Housing Problem Worsens By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London Eng. Correspondent For the Oshawa Times LONDON -- In spite of the removal of tens of thousands of people from the congested areas of greater London out into new towns and overspill areas since the end of the second world war, the housing problem which is facing the London County Council is growing and is reach- ing critical proportions. New houses are not being built quickly enough to take care of families in need of them. Over- spill areas and new towns are absorbing the surplus population of greater London far more slowly than the situation demands. More new towns, and greater areas willing and able to take more of the London over- spill will have to be developed to. cope with a worsening ac- commodaticn problem. At the present time, the Lon- don County Council is providing temporary accommodation for nearly 3,000 men, women and children who are classed in the category of being homeless. This figure is 150 per cent higher than it was a year ago, and 200 per cent higher than it was in 1957. SITUATION DESPERATE A report issued by the London County Council housing authority Aescribes the situation as desper- ate. It says: "The situation is worsening because of the decreasing avail- ability in London of reasonably- priced housing accommodation largely due to the creeping de- INSIDE YOU Diabetes Can Be Easy To Control By BURTON H. FERN, MD YOUR SPECIMEN shows sugar! What happens next? A. blood sugar examination. Then, a drink or injection of quick-energy glucose and hourly blood tests to measure. your "glucose tolerance.' Gluc ose floods your blood for a longer time when you have diabetes. Lacking enough insulin, dia- betes-sufferers can't burn extra sugar. It acc lat in the es He lin shock. A diabetes identifica tion card guarantees an instant- cure glucose injection at the nearest hospital, if you're un- conscious. As long as diabetes doesn't sneak up on you, it should be easy to control. A simple test can warn you ahead of time. control arising from the Rent Act of 1957 "All the indications are that a high proportion of the home- less families are decent young Londoners with several small children and incomes not often exceeding $30 to $35 a week. Their chances of finding homes of their owr is remote." 213,600 TENANTS The magnitude of the problem with which the London County Council has to deal is shown by the report that by next March, housing officials of the council at County Hall, the largest local government au- thority in the world, will have 213,000 tenants of council pro- perties, paying in the neighbour- hood of $45 million a year in rents. Despite this amount collected in rents, and a subsidy of almost $13 million from the govern- ment's exchequer, the London County Council will still be operating at a deficit in pro- viding homes for Londoners. A report from County Hall shows that the expenditure on housing including $36 million in loan charges, will exceed the income next year by nearly $10 million. This is equivalent to adding some three per cent to the municipal taxes. In an effort to overtake the housing shortage, the LCC is expanding its home - building drive this year. Since 1946, over 100,000 new houses, apartments and maisonettes have been created by the council. In ad- dition, the council has provided nearly 8,000 prefabricated homes during the post-war period, and has reconditioned a very large number of blitzed properties. Difficulties are increasing, however, because of booming land prices, which affect the building budget adversely, and the fact that costs of building have also risen sharply in the last three or four years. GALLUP POLL blood and pours out the kidneys dragging along extra water. And so diabetes - sufferers need special diets that limit sweets and starches. Fats can supply the missing calories, but cut calories if you're over- weight. Slimming down often cures mild diabetes. Your doctor will prescribe the exact diet. He may advise several small meals to keep from overloading your sugar- burning machinery three times a day WHEN IT'S MILD Mild diabetes-sufferers can burn all the sugar they need, and a diabetes menu guards against eating too much. Perhaps you need just a pinch more insulin. Modern dia- betes pills can often squeeze out this extra bit. Most diabetes-sufferers need daily insulin injections. You take only enough to help burn all the sugar you eat. But your insulin need varies You néed less when you race around; more, when you're bat- tling infection. You regulate the dose by testing specimens. Extra sugar calis for upping the dose, But danger sometimes lurks behind sugar-free specimens. BLACK-OUTS POSSIBLE An insulin overdose may be draining too much sugar from the blood stream. Cold and gray, you shake, shiver and sweat. The world blurs and you black out. Candy can prevent this insu- ATOMIC POWER PARIS (AP)--France's atomic energy commission says it hopes to produce electricity from atomic fuel at a competi- tive price by 1970. "he commis- sion expects that by that date France will have generators with a capacity of 1,600,000 kilo- watts, from natural uranium re- = using graphite and car- gas. More Voters Expecting NDP To Make Progress By The Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion The New Democratic Party has made a definite impact on the Canadian voter over the past six months. Check on how the wide publicity given to its founding session in mid-sum- mer, he election of Tommy Douglas as leader, and his en- suing series of speeches which affected public attitudes to- wards the NDP, reveals these facts: Knowledge of the NDP's ex- istence has changed very little from early April when it was without a name and without a formal organization. Considerably more voters to- day think the NDP will make headway in political history, than did so early this year. Voters still name Conserva- tives as most likely to lose votes in much the same degree as they did previously. Only half as many think the Liberals will be worst. sufferers. Today there is a far greater belief that both old-line Parties will lose equally. To establish these facts, re- porters for the Gallup Poll ask- ed a series of three questions. First: "Do you happen to have heard or read anything about the new Democratic Party?" April Today 65% 67% 35 33 100% 100% Those Canadians who said they knew something of the Party were asked a second ques- tion. "Do you think the NDP will make much headway in the po- litical life of this country or not?" Yes No eeeeeereree Response shows that the num- ber of voters with no opinion one way or the other has been more than halved, with the larger segment moving into the camp which thinks the NDP will become an important political factor. However those who, to- day, think otherwise form a bare majority of the voters. Will the NDP Make Much Headway? April Today 22% 34% 42 51 Yes NO: .cscesvsseces Qualified ....... No Opinion ..... eeescocees 1 & 35 15 100% 100% Finally, interviewers asked: "From which political party do you think the New Demo- cratic Party is likely to take most votes -- the Conservatives, or the Liberals?" A changing view-point across the nation results in a sizable drop among those who think the Liberals will suffer most; a smaller drop in those who name the Conservatives, and almost six times the number who think both parties will lose votes equally. Who Will Lose Most Votes? April Today 26% 16% 38 33 Liberals ...... Conservatives .. Both Equally . Others ... Can't say secess 100% 100% Because of the fact that at the time of the earlier study the NDP did not have its name, wording of the questions was. of necessity, slightly different. But they are comparable enough to reflect changing pojpts of view. World Copyright Reserved OTTAWA REPORT Trade Possibility In South America By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Can it be that, nearly five centuries after Chris- topher Columbus, Canada will discover South America? We have traditionally turned a cold shoulder to all sugges- tions that we should regard our- selves as an American nation and content our friendships ac- cordingly; we have refused to claim the seat prepared for us in the Organization of Americn States; our trade with South America is negligible. But we recently took a first step, in joining the United Na- tions Economic Commission for Latin America. And now a cabi- net minister has suggested that we might take an initiative in forming a common market of the Americas. Hon. Pierre Sevigny; associate minister of national defence, last week proposed this step be- fore the annual convention in Montreal of the Quebec Associa- tion Professionelle des Industri- els. TO HELP TRADERS In the situation where the European Common Market threatens our traditional trading patterns, he said, it seems logi- cal to protect ourselves by plan- ning to open up new markets for our products. * own Prairie oil, . spend ourselves into a trade, def- "The creation of a common market combining the countries of North America and of Latin America now becomes a neces- sity," he declared. "In fact, south of the United States there is a whole world which is still unknown to the majority of Ca- nadian or American citizens. And yet in Latin America there are about 200,000,000 people who not only need our products, but who in addition are eager for a closer relationship with Canada on both the economic and com- mercial levels, and the cultural, intellectual and social levels." "There is a whole world there, which needs us, just as we need it." Statistics of our trade with South America show a far from happy picture today. Our total sales to that continent amounted last year to a mere $121,000,000, barely two-thirds of our sales to Japan alone. On the other hand, we spent there more than double that amount, namely $277,000,000. Thus South America altogether cost us last year, which was not an unusual year, a trade deficit of $156,000,000 dollars. Our purchases from those countries of South America re- pay some study. A staggering QUEEN'S PARK Cabinet Problem Of New Premier By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--A prime minister taking over another man's gov- ernment is at a handicap. He does not have complete freedom of choice when select- ing a cabinet. He inherits a full complement of ministers. And though there may be some of these he would not choose if strictly on his own he has a difficult task to drop them. He can, of course, tell them he doesn't want them. But this means bad feelings, both personally and probably within his party ranks. When assessing Premier Ro- barts cabinet, keep this point in mind. KEEP ROBERTS? One illustration of this is At- torney-General Roberts. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO William Wagar, mail carrier, retired after 15 years in the postal service here and a pre- vious period of 12 years at Tamworth, Gntario. Lt.Col. LW. Currell who retired as commanding officer ot the 11th Armored Ontario Regiment, was tendered a com- plimentary dianer by the officers of the unit at the Armories. The Royal Winter Fair re- opened after a lapse of eight years with William A. Dryden of Brooklin its general manager. Fifteen houses in the Veterans Land Act development on Bloor Street East were completed and six had already been sold. City and District Softball Champions were tendered a ban- quet at Legion Hall to wind up a most successful season. John Brady, president of the Softball Association, presided as chair- man of the program which featured the presentation of trophies and crests to the players. An historic landmark, the for- mer North Oshawa Station, built abou: 1912 when the Canadian Northern Railway was construc- ted through the district, was being movei to a new location to a lot on Orchard avenue. The converted station was occupied by the James Vardy family. A meeting of the Public School Men Teachers' Federation, Dis- trict six, was held in King Street Schoo] with the president, Sam Cawker of Port Perry presiding. A sports committee consisting of Franklin Lawless, Lloyd McKee and Ray Doble was named. The following offi- cers were elected: President, Graham Pinkney; vice-presi- dent, Ray Mark and secretary, Arthur Korry. Oshawa wartime brides were the guests of the Oshawa Branch of the Red Cross at tea at the YWCA. Anrouncement was made by Dr. J. V. Williams, General Motors plant physician, that more than 12,000 plant em- ployees received chest X-ray exarninations during the past five years. North Simcoe Home and School Association held open house at the school and heard a fine address on "The other R in Education, Religion' by Merle Thompson, student pastor of Westmount> United Church, and a former teacher. SAFETY TIP Water on the bathroom floor should be wiped up imme- diately, so that the user of an electric razor does not stand in water. Mr. Robarts, if he were pick- ing his administration from scratch, might have chosen Mr. Roberts. (The Attorney-General, to his credit, is a dedicated public ser- vant and a prodigious worker. But also he is a bit of a prima donna inclined to monopolize his own show--and everybody else's if he can get his hands on it). But again he might not have. And the point is that nobody will really ever know--including Mr. Roberts. Mr. Robarts was landed with the attorney-general -- a man long in office and his chief rival for the leadership He really had no alternative but to ask him to carry on. SIMILAR CASE It is noteworthy that in a sim- ilar position in 1949, Attorney- General Blackwell retired. He had thrown his dice and they had come up against him, so he withdrew to private life. He told friends at the time that his temperament being what it was he would never work well with Premier Frost. Another handicap on Premier Robarts in forming a govern- ment is that he must keep an eye on the coming federal elec- tion. The major reason behind the whole change-over here--or at least in its timing--has been to have the party in shape to win the federal election. This means that party har- mony must be preserved at all costs. And dropping cabinet ministers doesn't build har- mony. They all have their fol- lowing. 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Then we spent $32,000,000 on ' coffee, $21,000,000 on bananas, $3,500,000 on iron and other ores, and $1,500,000 on canned beef. The balance of $27,000,000 was spread around on minor quantities of fruits and nuts and minerals. SALES COULD EXPAND _ Our sales to those countries of South America were spread over a wide range of raw ma- terials, semi-finished products, and manufactures. They would almost certainly expand consid- erably with any rise in living standards there -- until South America itself became ade- quately industrialized. Our trade with Central Amer- ica last year was approximately in balance at around $140,000,- 000. Apart from trade, Mr. Se- vigny's proposal has a powerful ideological pull. "If we do not want Commu- nism to win territory beside us," he said, "'it is time to act, and the creation of a common market of American states might become one of the formu- lae which will help us to counter effectively the growing power of the enemy confronting us." 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