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She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Diefenbaker Proposes Senate Reform Debate Prime Minister Diefenbaker has stated that senate reform will be one of the items to be placed before the House of Commons at the next session. Surveys of public opinion have shown time and again that most Canadians do not have a high regard for the Senate and would, indeed, shed no tears if it were abolished, It would not be a disaster if Mr. Diefen- baker's proposals for reform went so far™ as abolition, but it would be more than a pity. There is definitely a place for a second chamber in the Canadian federal system of government, if only as a brake on an impetuous Commons loaded with members of one party. It is not the idea of the Senate that needs reforming, but the attitude of gov- ernments towards the Senate. As con- ceived by the Fathers of Confederation, it was to be a place for sober second thoughts --- and such a place is still needed. But then the ideal was forgotten, and prime minister after prime minister used the Senate as a convenient pasture for old party workhorses or as recep- tacle for political gratitude. The inevi- table result was that the Senate became loaded with men who were too old, too decrepit or too inadequate to carry out the proper functions of the second chamber. There have been brilliant men in the Senate, but they have been far too few to force the institution itself into anything but very sporadic effectiveness, We do not think that election by popular national or regional vote would provide the sort of Senate that would be in truth a chamber of second thoughts. We do not need any more rubber stamps for elected governments. It may well be that a sort of restricted vote could provide an effective Senate, however -- a selection by a widely representative committee or commis- sion, to be presented to the government for approval, with the full knowledge of the public. One definite step that should be taken is the placing of an age limit on members of the Senate, Doctor's House Calls Refusal of house calls apparently is the policy of more and more North American doctors. Not all physicians think this a good trend. But others say it's the only way to practice modern medicine. Now there is growing debate in the medical profession. Should doctors stop making house calls and insist that patients come to the doctor's office for the treatment of nearly all ills? An article in a United States maga- zine started the debate. "It's time we broke the house-call habit. House calls for the most part are out-dated as the horse and buggy," it said. Medical Economics says that with clinics, hospital rounds and committee meetings, on top of office hours, doctors are too busy to make house calls, It's hard to practice good medicine in most homes, and doctors can do a much better job in their offices where they can use their laboratory facilities, and even call in a partner for a consultation. The New York Times has entered the new controversy, and quotes New Jersey and New York physicians on both sides of the argument. The Ladies Home Journal has also taken up the issue, but expresses the opinion that it will take 10 to 20 years to outgrow house calls. A prominent California doctor said, "Let's face it. Present comfort and fi- nancial gain are the only things that stop most doctors from making house calls. The excuse that you can't examine a patient properly in the house is a lot of malarky". But Medical Economics insists that "time after time we hear of doctors who go out on a house call only to find the patient needs an examination that can't be done in the home. Such house calls waste the patient's money, And they are financially unsound for the doctor because they waste his time." Russians And Capital That non-capitalist Russia should be plagued by a shortage of capital might seem a great paradox but that apparently is the truth behind Khrush- chev's announcement, in his speech to the 22nd Communist Party Congress, of at least a year's pause in starting new industrial projects. And that may be the most significant point in the Russian leader's speech. Russia's shortage of ca- pital, in 'fact, belies Khrushchev's pre- diction -- repeated again to the party congress -- that communism's planned economy would soon bury capitalism's free economy. Walter Lippmann has written a thoughtful analysis on this point. "The Soviet economy," says Mr. Lippmann, "which is progressing spec- tacularly in industry, rests on an agri- cultural economy which is extremely inefficient and backward compared with the best in the Western world. It is back- ward as compared with our own, with Canada's, with that of most of Western Europe, that of Australia and New Zea- land. This weak and expensive and in- She Oshawa Cimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher ond General Manoger C. GWYN' KINSEY, Editor The Oshowe Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863) ts» published daily (Sundoys ond stotutory holidoys excepted) Members ot Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Conadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ond the Pntario Provincial Doilies Asso~ ciation. 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U.S.A. and Foreign 24.00, Circulation for the issue of October 31, 1961 17,783 efficient agricultural base is probably the underlying reason for the shortage of capital. This shortage of capital is made up of shortage of labor, which is held on the farms, and of raw materials which are not adequately produced. "This indicates where and why and how the Western world can and will com- pete successfully with the Communist orbit. On the continent in Western Europe, today there is in progress a high- ly successful industrial revolution. In the efficiency of production, and in the rate of growth, it is more than a match for the remarkable developments of the Soviet economy. It is demonstrating that a progressive economy is quite possible within the Western liberal way of life. At the same time, there is under way an agricultural revolution which, together with the industrial development, is put- ting the general standards of life in West- ern Europe far above anything achieved, or even promised, in any Communist country. "It is here that the future of the Western society begins, Great Britain is joining the Western continent. The Com- monwealth, like the French community, will become associated with it, and in not too many years we shall work out a close relation with it. All this will be something to live for. All this will come to pass as we shake off the nightmare that the world is going to be destroyed in a fit of suicidal mania." Other Editors' Views ELOQUENT SILENCE (Ottawa Journal) Bertrand Russell, after a talk with the Soviet Charge d'Affaires in London, reported: "He said it was a wonderful bomb, very clean and no fallout. He said they had been forced into the tests by the Americans and it was a purely de- fensive move. The Russians were so in- nocent. Never had there been such in- nocence in the history of mankind. I could see no point in staying. I just took my leave and left." Sometimes silence is more eloquent than words. REPORT FROM U.K. Mark Anniversary Of Hastings Battle By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) correspondent To The Oshawa Times HASTINGS, Sussex -- In 1967, Canada will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Con- federation as a Dominion, an event which changed the whole outlook and history of the coun- try. Already plans are being discussed for an appropriate celebration of the centenary of the Dominion of Canada. In this ancient seaport city of Hastings, Sussex, on the south coast of England, similar prepa- rations are under way for a celebration which will be ob- served in 1966, a year before the Canadian centenary. The observance at Hastings, how- ever, will be that of the anni- versary of an event which took place 900 years ago, in the year 1066. In that year, William of Normandy invaded England, and in a hisfvric battle at Hast- ings defeated the Anglo-Saxons under King Haro'd, who died in the battle in defence of his country. CHANGED HISTORY That battle marked a turning point in the history of what is now the United Kingdom. Wil- jiam of Normandy became Wil- liam the Conqueror, and King Villiam I of England. Thus Norman blood came into the country's: royal farnily, and the Norman infivence was felt in the life of the people and the architecture of mansions, INSIDE YOU Infections Boost Diabetes Trouble By BURTON H. FERN, MD IN SPITE of insulin, diabetes remains a mystery. Insulin may keep sugar from flooding the circulation and pouring out the kidneys, - while fats burn into sick making acids. But why are diabetes- sufferers so vulnerable to in- fection? Laboratory germs _ don't thrive so well in sweetened test tubes. Also infections even ordinary boils and colds -- can transform mild diabetes into a life-threatening monster. Expectant mothers find insu- lin need growing along with Baby, If weight skyrockets fast- er than Baby and his attach- ments, diabetes often rages out oof control. Headaches, high blood pressure and kidney com- plications plague many diabetes- sufferers who are expecting. TESTS FAH. Ordinary tests don't work, be- cause all expectant mothers manufacture milk sugar which also pours through the kidneys. Blood sugar examintions can tell the difference. Salt and water bloat Baby and womb until Mom looks like she's carrying quituplets. More delicate than a tiny prematire, Baby weighs in at more than r POS 10 pounds. These large babies often arrive years before Mom's diabetes, Blood vessel trouble eventual- ly follows diabetes. Kidneys weaken, nerves numb and vision fades as blood vessels break down. Your feet become tinder boxes where the slightest scratch explodes into violent infection. HELPFUL TREATMENT Daily foot baths help prevent this. Lubricate dry, cracking skin with lotion or lanolin, Rub- bing. upwards aids circulation. Wear clean stockings and wide shoes without irritating stitches and. wrinkles. For a toenail 'trim, see a_ podiatrist, or cut each nail U-shaped, with the outside edges jutting for- ward. Ingrown toenails can kill; with each one you, take your life in your hands, " FOLLOW DOCTOR'S ORDERS You can prevent most com- plications by controlling your diabetes. with that diet, insulin and. medicine your doctor pre- scribed. Call him for even minor infections. You can't fight back if your diabetes lurks -- undiscovered. Ask your doctor for the simple test. Any week can be Diabetes Detection Week! BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Fifty mechanized army ve- hjcles invaded Oshawa as a demonstration in support of the Oshawa and East Whitby Town- ship War Savings Campaign. Ada Ruth Twilley, Reg.N., of Oshawa, was one of a group of other Canadian nurses to leave for duty in South Africa. Gracie Fields who was mak- ing a tour of Canada and the United States, raising funds for the Navy League, was a guest of honor at the Chrysanthe- mum Tea at which Col. and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin enter- tained for the Navy League of which Col. McLaughlin was honorary treasurer. The youthful choristers of South Simcoe Public School with Miss Doris Aitchison, one of Oshawa's war guests, presented a delightful program at the luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club. Miss Helen Day, literature secretary of. the Women's Mis- sionary Society, was the guest speaker at Simcoe Street United Courch WMS meeting. Mayor J. C. Anderson, KC, of Oshawa and Reeve L. T. Ormis- ton of East Whitby Township officiated at the re-opening of the Oshawa branch of Kresge's en'arged store located at Simcoe street south. Keith D, Gahan was the store manager. Flying Training School air- men of Oshawa were invited guests at the exhibition hockey game played at the Oshawa arena between Oshawa Gen- erals and Atlantic -City Sea Gulls. In view of the war emergency, the Second Battalion of the On- tario Regiment received instruc- tions from the Department of National Defence to recruit up to full war strength of 613 offi- cers and men The _ present strength was about 275 officers and men. Miss May Dillon presided at the November meeting of the Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association in the Genosha Hotel. Mrs. Adrian Brook - of Toronto was the guest speaker and Mrs W. Floyd rendered a solo accompanied by Reginald G. Geen, } churches and other public build- ings. Although it is five years yet before the 900th anniversary of j the Battle of Hastings will be celebrated, committees of the f civic authorities and historical bodies are already at work on the detailed plans for the occa- sion A budget of close to y $300,000 has been suggested as the iikely cust of the celebra- tions and the various events associated with them. RE-ENACT INVASION The program of events which is being prepared for the occa- sion includes a suggested re- staging of the actual invasion of Britain, to be carried out in conjunction with the ---- ties on the French side of the Enylish Channel. It is also suggested that a pageant of the Battle of Hast- ings, as true to the historical record as can be arranged, will be staged at Battle Abbey and in the neighboring area where the sctual battle of 1066 was fought. MARCH OF THE SAXONS Another feature suggested is a representation of the\ march of King Harold's army from Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire, where the Saxons defeated the Norwegian invaders, to Sussex, to meet the Nerman invaders. Historical representations at Hastings Castle, the first Nor- man castle to be built in Eng- land, will a'so be staged. Behind the plans is the idea that the program will be suffi- cientiy spectacular to provide interest not merely for the peonles of Sussex and Kent, but also to draw tens of thousands of holiday makers to the area in 1966 to join the celebra- tions. QUEEN'S PARK Stronger Cabinet For New Premier By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Now we have it. A new prime minister, a new government--a new chapter in Ontario's story. And what do we have? In Prime Minister John P. Robarts a leader who must be classed as still relatively un- known and untested. We know that he is a young man--but a young man with dignity and an apparent matur- ity beyond his 44 years. We know that he is not a man on a diving board Not a man to plunge into sudden changes. We know that as' minister of education he has shown himself to be a good administrator, who in a quiet way has affected important, and _ progressive, changes in our educational poli- cies, MUCH UNKNOWN But we don't know: how far his imagination extends. We don't know with what courage he can face decisions. We don't know how he is as a captain of a team, whether he can draw good counsel from his ministers and mould this into effective courses of action (though we suspect he can). We don't know how he will be as a political leader, and whether he will be able to re- organize and revitalize his party. We don't know whether he will be the 'man in control, or whether he will be a man trying to control men who want to run things their own way (again, we suspect he won't be). We do know he is heading a government which should be stronger than the one it imme- diately succeeded. 3 GOOD CHANGES Three changes should assure this. One {s handing over eom- merce and development and the department of economics to j Robert Macaulay. Here is where youth and vigor --and intelligence and imagina- tion--will begin to show. Another is in putting the Fred M. Cass into municipal affairs. Mr. Cass will bring force and the capacity for decision to this department -- something it has needed. He will also bring a fearless character which will talk tur- key tc municipal people--some- thing that also has been needed. The third is in making W. A. Stewart minister of agriculture. Mr. Stewart is aggressive. And our farm industry today eries out for aggressive thought and action. There are big problems in it And Mr. Stewart could turn out to be the big man to solve them. But this js only a start on the "big' government that today's conditions call for. 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