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The Oshawa Sunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher wt --_ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Government Should Back Bill On Interest Rates For the third time Senator David Croll is trying to gain parliamentary approval for his bill to give bewildered buyers some accurate idea of interest rates before they commit themselves to financial obligations, The time is long overdue for such approval, and if the bill is once again tossed out we can only conclude that most' of our legislators approve of the deliberate duping of people who buy on credit. This time Senator Croll has simplified his bill. He has cut out the references to loang and mortgages, and has con- centrated on consumer credit -- in the hope, no doubt, that this may make the bill less offensive to those MPs who seem to have set themselves up as par- liamentary guardians of the loan agencies. What he asks is that the docu- ments signed by those who purchase goods on time-payment plans clearly indicate the exact amount of interest that is to be charged for the credit. Now surely this is a simple and reasonable proposal. More than that, it is necessary. The companies who now honestly inform their customers about credit charges will not be affected and will have no complaints. Only those less honest operators who go to curious lengths to deceive customers about their interest rates and credit charges will object. How many of our parliamentar- ians will admit to being the protectors of these leeches? It is silly to say that the purchaser should calculate the interest charges for himself, particularly when many of the contracts to be signed are not even understood by the salesmen. Such con- tracts are too involved, too obscure to be unravelled by the average person and to be understood must be subjected to examination by lawyers and accountants, The government should give its sup- port to Senator . Croll's bill, and go further, to restore the items which the Senator has left out of this bill but which were included in his two earlier proposals. Even the most wary of buyers and borrowers can use such protection these days. And it is protection, too, for the ethical businessman. No Strange Sixth Sense "Blind persons have no mysterious sixth sense," stated Mrs. J. T. Patterson, president of the Canadian Council of the Blind. She was explaining some of the misunderstandings frequetly associated with blindness in a special White Cane Week message. This Week is an annual education period, never associated with fund raising, sponsored by CCB and The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. "Instead of a sixth sense, blind people develop their four remaining senses, They listen harder, concentrate keenly and use their ingenuity to make up for sight", she said. Mrs. Patterson told of one blind mother whose small son did not like to tie his shoe laces. The boy could never understand how his mother knew when the laces were undone; she could hear the metallic lace tags on the floor every time the youngster moved. "Blind people do not always recognize your friendly 'hello'" Mrs. Patterson said. She explained that many sighted people are disappointed when the blind person does not recognize their voice. "Give your name in your first sentence and save the blind person the nervous strain that comes from groping in his mind for an identifying note." Mrs. Patterson exploded another old myth. "Not all blind people are totally blind. Some blind persons see a little," she said. They may. see through a mist or with an extremely small area of vision in one part of the eye. "It is not useful vision. The partially sighted, as they are called, go about well and some can read a little but when godd vision is needed for employment their sight is not suffi- cient. They are sometimes worse off then we who are totally. blind." "Think What the White Cane Means!" It means more than a cane. To the blind it is a morale builder and the symbol of a freer life. To the sighted it is a reminder that the blind have no special powers. They will be glad of a guiding hand at street crossings and a moment's conversation. Even if they are partially- sighted there will be many a tight spot when they will be glad to borrow your good vision. Good MPs Not Overpaid Many people have the idea that being a member of Parliament is a pretty soft job. It isn't and certainly not in a finan- cial sense for the conscientious MP. Most members serve at a pecuniary sacrifice to themselves and families. The Windsor Star points out that "They get an idemnity of $8,000 which is taxable. They get an additional $2,000 in expense allowances (which are not taxable) or a total of $10,000. People in the lower income brackets may think that a satisfactory income. "They forget that members of the Commons, if their homes are far from the Capital, often must maintain them- selves in Ottawa and their families back home -- or go to the expense of trans- porting their families to and fro. They are expected to dine visiting delegations, to give to all sorts of causes and often put something aside for their campaign expenses. "Mr. Douglas Fisher, CCF member She Oshawa Fines T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GY/YN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). ot Canadian Daily h Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciotion. 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Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 16,006 for Port Arthur, has gone through an 'agonizing' appraisal of his own financial and family circumstances. He previously announced he would retire but has been prevailed upon to accept the New Democratic Party nomination. "He has made certain stipulations most unusual for a political candidate. He has made it clear that he will move his family to Ottawa (if he wins) so that he can have a 'decent family life'. He has asked his riding association to keep in touch with his constituency on his behalf, so he won't have to spend much time in it. He has requested con- sent to his writing newspaper columns to supplement his parliamentary income, so that he will not go: further into debt. His riding association has agreed to these conditions. "It would be a pity to lose Mr. Fisher from the Commons just because of financial and family reasons. He has been one of the better members, dis- tinguished for his frank and indepen- dent opinions. He wears no man's political collar and Parliament needs more of this character." Other Editors' Views PARIS PINPRICK (Financial Post) A senior official of the Quebec gov- ernment says that on a recent visit to the Canadian embassy in Paris he was received by a doorman who could not speak or understand one word of French. He is not indignant about it, only astonished. Pinpricks like this, each trivial in itself,, must irritate our Quebec com- patriots. Added together, they could even account for a political movement. Having anyone in our Paris embassy unable to speak French is carelessness that ought to be avoided, YOUR HEALTH X-Ray To Reveal Break Or Sprain By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. "Dear Dr. Molner: What about sprains? Some people say to soak it in hot water, others advice ice water. Mrs. B. B." Some people have said opti- mistically after an injury: "It isn't a break; it's just a sprain." And others, having had experience with a bad sprain, have said: "A sprain is worse than a break." The word sprain comes from the root meaning '"'to press out." It is a wrenching and twisting of a joint. The bone doesn't break, but ligaments or cartilage can be torn; liga- ments can be pulled loose from the bones to which they are at- tached; the joint capsules, con- sisting of fibrous tissue, can be stretched. Such an injury may not heal as rapidly as a broken bone. Besides, there invariably is some inner bleeding at the in- jured place, and hence swelling and pain. The degree of sprain makes a difference, of course. It also makes a difference whether the joint is one which is under pressure. A_ sprained ankle, which has to hold up the weight of the body, may thus be more serious than a sprained wrist, which doesn't have to bear such weight. From a surface examination it is often hard to tell whether a case is a fracture or a sprain, but it's important to know, and if there is the slightest doubt, an x-ray will show the answer. Indeed, I'd say that if there is any swelling, tenderness or black and blue mark under the skin, it's wise to x-ray. Treatment of a sprain is more REPORT FROM U.K. Schoolboy Finds Cache Of Silver By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON ---An ll-year old schoolboy, Kelvin Critchley, has become involved in one of the most exciting treasure trove incidents ever recorded in this staid old city when engaged on a beach-combing expedition on the bank of the Thames. When it was over, it was found that he had unearthed a cache of silver valued by the police au- thorities at over $15,000. Kelvin's father, Kenneth Crit- chley, 42, is a house-painter by trade, but he is also an amateur boat-builder. It was quite a usual thing for him dnd his young son io stroll along the banks of the Thames to collect pieces of driftwood to be used in the construction of his latest craft. CUP IN MUD As the sun shone on the mudbanks near the Chelsea Bridge, young Kelvin suddenly began dancing with excitement, and let out a yell to his father. He had spotted a large silver cup shining in the mud. "T thought it was his imagina- tion', said Mr. Critchley. "'He often says 'Perhaps we will find a treasure today, dad'." And this was the day when they did find a treasure. Ten minutes of digging in the soft mud uncovered a haul of silver bracelets, silver candlesticks, silver trays, silver snuff boxes, a silver watch and locket, a ruby bracelet and a gold-faced clock, "T never thought it was going to end" said Mr. Critchley." It was like something out of a story book of pirate adven- tures."" But end it did, with a silver incense burner engraved with the address of a synagogue at Palmers' Green, in North Lon- don, which had been burgled last year. CALLED POLICE Amazed at this unexpected discovery, Mr. Critchley hailed the first police launch that came along the river. The police landed, and took charge of the treasure trove accidentally dis- covered by young Kelvin Critchley. After examining the array of valuable articles, a senior po- lice official said. "This was an amazing dis- eovery. The stuff is all genuine, and is undoubtediy worth thou- sands of pounds. It is obviously a haul from a robbery, I should think that the gang dumped it into the river when they found it was impossible to get rid of the stuff, and it stayed there until Kelvin found it " Kelvin, who was allowed to stay up late that night as a treat, at his home on Kathleen Street, Battersea, said: "Tt is the most exciting day I have ever had. The chaps at school will hardly believe me when I tell them about it. I can hardly wait to get to school to tell them." The police are now engaged in trying to trace the owners of all this valuablc loot so that it can be returned to them. There has been no mention as yet of a possible reward for young Kelvin, but it will pro- bably be forthcoming. than just heat or cold. With an ankle, a light cast may be needed to carry the weight while letting the sprain heal. Dr. M. H. Leonard, an orthopedist, says comparative trials show that use of such a cast results in much quicker healing, as well as less disability -- stiffness or weakness--afterward. In mild sprains, simple taping and immobilization -- not. put- ting any strain or weight on the joint -- may be enough. Some- times injection of an anesthetic drug is necessary to subdue pain. Basically, the joint must have rest and time to heal--a lot of time. If it's an ankle -- keep off it! It may take four to six weeks to recover. Elevate a sprained ankle. As for cold or heat, in this case, cold may lessen the pain and minimize the swelling at first. "Dear Dr. Molner: With all the talk about lung cancer and cigarette smoking, what about the effect on non-smokers. I at- tend social gatherings about once a week where the air is clouded with smoke. I hate to give up this reaction, but don't want to impair my health. Cc, &, §." Go to the meetings and re- lax. The relative ratio of con- centration of smoke in the air and the smoke drawn into a smoker's lungs is probably 1,000 to 1, or more. So if it takes 25 years of smoking to cause lung § cancer--if it does -- it would take 25,000 years of breathing i the air at a party. My advice ' is not to start worrying unit! 24,000 years have passed. Note to A. R. M.: Yes, the tranquilizer drugs are often very helpful in relieving the discom- fort of tic douloureux. The one you are taking is quite mild and I'm sure your doctor would ap- prove taking more than ope a day to keep you comfortable. The art of medication is to give enough to do the job without (in this case). causing drowsiness or lethargy. It's a fine art and it often requires some trial and error. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The comedian who said a London Fog will float an anvil is guilty of exaggeration. It will not float anything that has a greater specific gravity that that of a football. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO T. R. McEwen, inspector of public schos!s in the city, was re-appointed to the Public Li- brary Board for 1947-49 by the Board of Education. D. G. Peebles succeeded W. G, Julian as student minister of Cedardale United Church. A new streamlined street flusher arrived in the city as additional equipment for the Board of Works. E. G, Storie was elected direo- tor of the Royai Canadian Fly- ing Club Association fer the Central Zone at the Associa- tion's annual meeting. Various women's groups of St. Andrew's United Church joinéd in making a special gift t Ralph Wilson, who with) Mr. Wilson, were preparing to re- turn to Angola, Portuguese, West Africa. OCVI basketball seniors won their game from the Port Hope Trinity College team by a score of 34-24. Rdddoch, Crawford and Dell were in top form for the locals. Centre Street Home and School 'Association observed 'its 26th anniversary in the school auditorium with Mrs. James Foy presiding. Miss Grace Richer, program secretary of the YWCA, was in charge of the program activities. Twenty-two hundred chicks were destroyed in a fire at Wil- lowdale Farm, Thornton's Cor- ners, owned by Herbert Schuer- mann. The 6th Oshawa Boy Scout Group held its first annual ban- quet in North Oshawa School with over 150 guests in attend- ance. A, H. Bramley presided over the banquet and. presenta- tion of badges, and Tom Hop- kins, president of the local Boy Scout Association, addressed the gathering. Seven building permits were issued in January, valued at $16,550. Permits totalled $5300 for the same month of the previous year. Skaters from the Oshawa Skating Club were guests of the Rotary Club Follics at Fenelon Falls. Dawn Steckley, Wanda Beasley ard Marnie Brerton were acclaimed by the huge crowd for their outstanding per- formances. Totalling $24,664, the city's fire losses in 1946 were the low- est since 1943, according to Chief W. R. Elliott. Of the total loss, only $3184 was not covered by insurance. OTTAWA REPORT - Retirement Limit Seen For Senate' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Eleven words in the Goyernor - General's speech from the throne have touched off mdre talk among senators than all the other 2,000 words together. This is not surprising, since those eleven words announce cryptically: "'A measure relat- ing to the Senate will be placed before you." Speculation among senators of course centres upon what that measure will specify, and how individual senators will react to its terms. It is widely antici- pated that the purport of the legislation will be to ensure that the rights of all Canadians, es- pecially the rights of minorities and of smaller provinces, shall in future be safeguarded in the manner intended by our Fathers of Confederation. At 'present such rights too often repose in the inactive hands of old men confined to sick beds, rather than in the strong hands: ¥ *- orous defenders taking their al- lotted places in our upper legis- lative chamber. This column recently analyzed the attendance record of sen- ators during the past session. There are three Progressive Conservative senators who had passed their 75th birthday; on average they attended 79 of the 92 sittings held by the Senate. There are 30 Liberal senators who have also passed their 75th birthday; their average attend- ance. was only 47 of the 92 sit- tings. FORESEE RETIREMENT That 75th birthday is singled out, because speculation in the Senate today agrees that the government's intended reform of the Senate will almost cer- QUEEN'S PARK Macaulay Setting Publicity Pattern. By DON O'HEARN TORONTO --- Roll out the drums .. . and BEAT THEM! We are going into a propa- ganda era here. The outlook on publicity in the Frost. regime was low key. Mr. Frost wanted--and got-- plenty of press play. But he never obviously went after it. But now things are different. Robert Macaulay had an an- nouncement to make on govern- ment plans for economic de- velopment. And he handled it like an ad- vance man for a circus. First he made a speech and "hinted" there was something big in the wind. Then he had his office an- nounce a joint press conference with himself and Premier Ro- barts. SETTING PATTERN Then the announcement. He got every ounce of blood out of the stone. And he is setting a pattern. We have here now a govern- ment which is very hungry for publicity --with one result of course that never before have we had so many publicity men around here. The Liberals, on their part, Pacific Jugs Still Mystery VICTORIA (CP) -- A Victoria fisherman has discovered an- other of the "mystery jugs" which have baffled historians up and down the Pacific Coast since early last spring. Ray Lund found a_ sealed earthenware jug with a small neck on the beach at Cape Cook, Estevan, on the west coast of Vancouver Island and took it to Dr. Clifford Carl, di- rector of the B.C. provincial museum. The jug is similar to a suc- cession of pottery vessels of unknown origin which have been washed ashore along the coast of Washington, Oregon and B.C. over the last nine months. Some experts believe they are Korean burial urns; others that they once contained food and drink for the souls of the departed. "This jug has evidently been made of clay and fired in a kiln," says Dr. Carl. '"There is a suggestion of Oriental origin but I would not care to guess its age." Mr. Lund said the jug was sealed when he found it, but contains some liquid which could be sea water. It stands about 15 inches high. Seven jugs have been picked up south of the border but only one of them has been opened. It was one - third full of "a syrupy substance of sweetish- sour odor and may have been wine or food pickling concoc- tion -- or even the juice of a poppy." Not all the jugs are alike in shape or design, but they do fall into two distinctly different types. Most of them are in graceful, vase - like shapes, but two or three are simple, unor- namented, glazed brown or black vessels with one or two, handles. All are stoppered with the same grey mudlike cement. TODAY IN HISTORY By The Canadian Press FEB. 5, 1962... A royal commission was appointed 21 years ago to- day--in 1941--to investigate and evaluate information taken from the Soviet em- bassy in Ottawa by cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko about Soviet espionage in Canada. 1920 -- King's College at Windsor, N.S.. was de- stroyed by fire; governors agreed to affiliation with ---- University, Hali- 'ax. 1954 -- The most northerly group of islands in Canada was named Queen Elizabeth Islands. are not going to be left behind in the publicity war. They have taken on one of Ontario's top newspaper men as an assistant to Mr. Winter- meyer. Harold Greer, a leading politi- cal and feature writer with Tor- onto dailies for a number of years, is now actively beating the drums for the Liberal leader. Mr. Wintermeyer has been looking for such an assistant for some time but the right man didn't come along. HAS GOOD-WILL Roca now feels that he has got m Mr. Greer starts his new job at least with the good-will of his newspaper colleagues, for they have respected him. The N.D.P.? They don't need a newspaper man here. They have leader Donald MacDonald. No matter how other me may try, it is unlikely they will be able to keep up the output of press statements of Mr. Mac- Donald. A man who had a short spell in the business himself, Mr. MacDonald is his own press agent, and probably the hard- est-working one in Ontario. There's seldom a day he hasn't at least one release, and usually delivered personally by his own hand. tainly take the form of impos- iug retirement at that age. : This retirement can of course readily be made applicable to all future senators, There is a remarkable degree of unanimity among senators that this would indeed be a wise step, to which nobody could reasonably take exception -- especially since a similar retirement age was re- cently enacted for judges. But it is recognized that legislation should never be made retroac- tive, and this compulsory re- tirement could not fairly be en- forced for present members of the Senate -- even though it is suspected that at least five will never again be able to attend on more than a token basis, if at all. Many of our older senators would evidently be willing and even happy to accept voluntary retirement at once on two con- ditions. First, that some pension be offered them to replace the senatorial pay which w cease upon retirement; second, that they be permitted to retain the senator's form of address as Honorable for life. A senator, like an MP, is -per- mitted to be absent on 21 sitting days during each session of Par- liament. For each day of ab- sence above that number, $60 is deducted from his remunera- tion, unless a doctor certifies that the absence was unavoid- able on the grounds of fll health. It would be common sense that in any voluntary retirement plan for present senators, this medical loop - hole should be plugged, so that any senators who are chronically ill should opt for retirement rather than continue to draw their full re- muneration from a_ sick bed. The significance of this Hes in the fact that 10 senators to- gether totalled only 82 attend- -- between them last ses- sion. URGED BEFORE If "the measure relating to the Senate" should prove to fol- low these lines of the senators' educated guessing, it will re ceive widespread public ap- proval: Senators themselves will agree that it is both reasonable and overdue, and will recall that 12 years ago retirement >t age 75 was proposed by the then leader of the Senate, Wich- art Robertson. This met with widespread approval at the time ° among senators, although some deplored the assertion of sen- ator J. T. Haig, now 84, that our older senators were "the -- paid pensioners in Can- ada Some senators near and even above the speculated retirement age are still near the height of * their mental powers. One of these, 85-year-old Tom Crerar, is among the wisest and most experienced parliamentarians in Canada. Another is his former colleague .in the Mackenzie King cabinet, 74-year-old 'Chubby' Power, who sat in the Commons for 38 years. One hears that Senator Power may accept im- mediate retirement and one again stand for election to the Commons in his old seat of Quebec South. Angry Editors Challenge Secret Army By ALAN HARVEY LONDON (CP)--Angry words by two leading editors show how a daily deluge of blood in the streets sickens the French soul. As the nation stirs in uneasy sleep, and the cult of violence luxuriates under a government that seems unable to distin- guish friend from foe, writers are reacting with the kind of crusading passion that inflamed Emile Zola during the Dreyfus case. In Le Monde, a Paris news- paper noted for independent re- porting, Editor Hubert Beuve- Mery grimly challenges the as- sassins to come and get him. After the second of two plas- tic - bomb attacks against his home, Beuve-Mery asks why the "fanatics" of the OAS, or Organization of the Secret Army, should strike when they know their intended victims are likely to be away from home. TAUNTS TERRORISTS "One hesitates to be personal. But if you judge, gentlemen, that my existence is so harm- ful . . . why pull your punches in this way? "My hours are known, my habits have not changed and no 'gorilla' guards my steps. The deed, then, is easy, and impu- nity, as you know, is almost as- sured." Beuve-Mery's paper has be- come a sharp but sorrowful critic of President de Gaulle's government. ' The blind violence of the OAS, Beuve-Mery says, apparently dictates a strategy of planting plastic bombs just when chil- dren are going to school. "Does not such cowardice sicken those of our officers who order and approve these crimi- nal acts?" WOMAN WARNS OAS Tart talk also comes from Francoise Giroud, a handsome woman of intellectual tastes. She is co-editor with Jean- Jacques Servan - Schreiber of YExpress, the left-wing weekly magazine whose deep - roote: hostility to the Algerian war is expressed in every issue. In short, harsh sentences, Miss Giroud warns that repris- als will follow if any members of l'Express are injured by the OAS. Addressing an imaginary member of OAS, she says: "You, mister, are a member of this gang. You don't even try to hide it. Why should you? You know that if your friends win, you will get a few crumbs from the cake. If not, you know that a democratic regime doesn't liquidate its enemies. Terrorists "But you, mister, will be our hostage. Is that clear? "For every successful act of violence committed against one of our staff, we will hold you, mister, responsible." SAYS TEMPER BAD This unusual public warning from a law-abiding citizen in the land of liberty, equality and fraternity is accompanied by a pugnacious threat that |'Ex- press has a "bad temper" and a good organization. "Reflect, mister: You are neither threatened nor con- demned. You are merely warned." A few days later, Miss Gir- oud's home was damaged by plastic bombs. An earlier at- tempt failed. And a bomb placed outside the house of Philippe Grumbach, also of l'Express, did not go off. De Gaulle's government has declared war on the OAS, some 13 months after its formation. But critics are cynical. Pre- mier Michel Debre, clinging to a policy of "political symme- try" which involves one blow at the left for every one at the right, has renewed his appeal against the two "extremes," Communists as well as the OAS. One is as bad as the other, said Debre, who nevertheless called on all citizens to save France when a parachute coup on Metropolitan France was ex- pected last April. REDS ARTICULATE Up to now, the only articulate and determined opposition to the OAS has come from the Com- munist left. The Gaullist goy- ernment's obsessive fear of the Communists thus blurs resist- ance to the OAS. Speaking of the government's seemingly equivocal attitude, former premier Pierre Mendes- France said: "At a time when de Gaulle claims to be waging war against the extreme rig he plays into its hands by remov- ing or suppressing the only force that could resist it, q namely the mass of thé peo- ple." Mentholatum Ointment quickly helps to clear head cold stuffiness! Eases pate Sees tsseslte dry soelb-beenteing. Soothing Comforting Mentholatum Ointment At -- Sl PEEL fo NN EBA VEER gL REREG AO BL hE EI SG EEE INGO RGAE ND RGR a RS oe ree emer Oa ee re Sete Sie + 2 ace