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| She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962---PAGE 6 Quality Is Important | In Drive For One of the facts brought out at the Washington hearings into the com- plaints of Pacific Northwest woods industries about loss of markets to Canadian producers is that the Cana- dian supplies are of higher quality. The prospect is that Canada will export about a million tons of steel this year. A quarter of that amount will go to Common Market countries, where it will be used in the manufac- ture of consumer goods; Canadian producers think that they can hold and possibly expand that market during the next few years. And a big factor in their success is the qua- lity of their product. It is true that, particularly in the sale of wood products in the United States, Canadian prices have been at or below the levels of competitors. But that factor of quality cannot be ignored. Canadians in other lines of business are finding that they can compete, even at a price disadvantage, when they can offer superior quality. Exports That factor may well be the key to success in Canada's drive for increased exports. At the same time, the price factor cannot be ignored. Half of Canada's steel exports this year will go to the United States, which may seem sur- prising, considering the enormous capacity of the U.S. steel industry. The Bladen commission recommend- ed an increase in the Canadian content of vehicles and parts of vehicles im- ported from the U.S. In response, U.S. auto manufacturers are now buy- ing about 200,000 tons of Canadian steel a year for vehicle stampings. However, the remaining 300,000 tons -are sold on a purely competitive basis, despite a five to seven per cent U.S. tariff on steel imports. Dollar devaluation has helped give Canadian producers a price advan- tage. But also, the U.S. steel manu- facturers claim that their costs do not permit them to meet foreign com- petition. There is a lesson there fur Canada, Morality And The Law It is generally recognized now that public morality cannot be ordered by legislation. The legislators try from time to time, and a few groups on the fanatical fringe keep pressing them to try but the attempts are. pitiful failures even though the laws remain on the statute books. The most mas- sive failure was the Volstead Act, which attempted to impose prohibition on the United States and succeeded only in producing the multi-million- aire gangster. There are other notable failures, such as Canadian divorce, 'iquor and bling laws. It was odd, then, to read of profes- sors of law mixing morality and legis- lation at the recent conference on criminal law at Osgoode Hall. One thought that the trend towards great- er religious tolerance would lead to a@ more permissive society, in which event, he wondered, which morality would the public enforce? Another suggested that the occasional murder or rape may have a good effect on society, by alerting people to. the value of a human life or of a woman's chastity"; he also thought that if there were no laws against homosexuality, abortion and similar acts, they would increase enough to endanger society. Both seemed to miss the point that law exists not to enforce someone's idea of morality (and whose, one won- ders?) but to preserve an orderly and just society. The Kingston Whig- Standard quite rightly pointed out that 'private ideas of morality are not ministered to in criminal law and, indeed, as one speaker at the confer- ence pointed out, public morality, the sum of prevailing personal views; is often completely immoral." There are strong arguments for revision of present laws concerning such matters as sex offences and abor- ton, and not even churchmen agree as to their worth -- from a moral standpoint. Each society has its sanctions, and these comprise a sort of moral law and inevitably influences the attitudes of those who enforce the criminal law. But this, in the light of pure justice, is a weakness rather than a strength. Nehrus Double-Think Jawaharlal Nehru, who coos like the dove of peace when he gives ad- vice to countries distant from India-- and this he does at the drop of a tur- ban has been directing some mighty militant talk at China, and Indian troops have been scuffling with the Chinese in the remote province of Ladakh. But the two faces'of Nehru no longer surprise Westerners, not since his turnabout on the matter of Kashmir and his invasion of Goa. Mr. Nehru and his evil genius Krishna Menon are expert praction- ers of double-think. In November, 1947, for example, Nehru made a broadcast to the Indian nation, in which he said: "We have decided that the fate of Kashmir is ultimately to. be decided by the people. That pledge we have given not only to the people of Kashmir but to the world. We will not and cannot back out of it." But last year he was saying, "There is no question of any plebiscite in Kash- mir, now or later... Iam sick of the talk about a plebiscite which does not interest anybody." She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON,. Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times Hahah ogy 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and ronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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Other Provinces end Cemmonwecith Countries 15.00 U.S.A, ond Fereign 24.00, Krishna Menon made the following statement in London in August, 1951: "We adhere strictly to our pledge of plebiscite in Kashmir -- a pledge made to the people of Kashmir be- cause they believe in democratic gov- ernment." In may of this year, Menon told the UN Security Council: "We regard the accession of the state of India as full complete and _ final, 'Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of irrevocable, and what is more, perpe- tual." Menon told the Indian parliament in April, 1960: "Every delegate (to the UN) has been instructed and has said it before the Security Council that we are not bound by any resolu- tion which we have not accepted." A year later he was telling the General Assembly, "My government has al- ways taken the view that resolutions, if they are passed, must implemen- ted." In 1955 Nehru to the Indian parlia- -ment: "From the very outset our policy both at home and abroad has been to solve all problems peacefully. If we ourselves act. against that policy we would be regarded as deceitful hypoctites." But of course, that was before Goa. Other Editors' Views TIME CHANGES CRISES (Ottawa Journal) Can we take any confidence in re- alizing that it is almost four years since Mr. Khrushchev first declared that Russia would sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany? ROAD DANGER GREATER (St. Catharines Standard) Stock car racing drivers say the most dangerous part of their sport is driving to and from the track. After a holiday weekend on Ontario high- ways, many people would agree. Ll FALL FASHIONS REPORT FROM U.K. Scottish Silver Search Proposed By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times EDINBURGH, Scotland--With the price of silver sky-rocketing to its highest level for about 45 years, there are suggestions that there should be an investi- gation into Scotland's resources of silver. At various periods, silver has been found, and in considerable quantities in Scot- land; and at the present prices, interested parties claim, it YOUR HEALTH Fallout Mania might be worth while taking an- other look at this natural re- source. Silver is found in a raw state, but more often in galena ore, from which lead is extracted The galena and silver occur in veins which in many cases cut vertically through the rock formation. DISCOVERY IN 1606 The Evening Dispatch of Edinburgh has been doing some research into the history of sil- ver mining in Scotland and has i edge Damaging Diet By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Frankly, I was somewhat hes- itant about printing today's let- ter, for fear of alarming nerv- ous people. Then on second thought, I decided to go ahead on grounds thai the whole: truth doesn't hurt, and anyway there's no point in coddling our- selves and pushing unpleasant * topics into the background. The letter, from a woman who was graduated from an excel- lent medical school a decade ago, but now is a housewife and mother, writes: "We are electing to remove the one constant source of ra- dio-active strontium, etc., from our children's diet with the knowledge that it may be so negligible as to mean nothing, but it may lessen their: statisti- cal chances of having blood or bone malignancy 40 or 50 years from now. "We no longer serve them milk to drink. The occasional cheese, ice cream, and the uni- versal use of milk additives we are ignoring. The children otherwise have a well-balanced diet.--S. M. A." I'm disturbed to have such a highly-trained person take this attitude. What's been said about radioactive fallout has been overdone--or let's say that it has been over-interpreted. Members of my staff tell me that if there was a_ 1,000-in- crease in radioacjive fallout, and we lived in it for, oh, maybe 100 years, we might have some ill effects Therefore, while it's well for us fo know: about fallout, I see no logical reason for 'being so terrified by such a tiny amount. In any case, why attack milk? There is radioactivity from fall- out in-meat, in vegetables, in fruit. The reason for the em- phasis may be that we HAVE figures on the radio-activity in milk from week to week. It is a handy food to study. It is not as feasible to kill cattle once a week to test the radioactiviy, although this. has been done on oceasion We do, of course, keep a con- finuing check on the radio- activity of major rivers, but for some reason we never hear anybod; talking about not drinking water, See what I'm getting at? I have, however, been told that I should watch the type of fertilizer I use in my own back- yard vegetable garden, which is certainly about the height of the ridiculous Naturally I am -horrified' to speculate on the consequences of nuclear war but that is quite a different thing from such fall oul as we have or ever will en counter in peacetime 1 can't find any reason to worry about the amount of ra- dioactivity in our food. I am particularly upset when this fallout-mania singles out such a valuable food as milk and de- prives children of it. Dear Dr. Molner: I get mi- graine headaches and_ have been using an ergot compound with good results, but can't help worrying about after-effects.-- KE. C. Continued, frequent use of er- got can predispose (o ergotism, or ergot poisoning, but the doses must be large as well as continuous. With migraines, only a mod- erate dose is required, and it is intermittent, so you are wor- rying needlessly. [ do not know of any instance of ergot poisoning from use of the var- ious compounds for migraines, Dear Dr. Molner: What is 'thy- roid heart' and should a person with it be allowed to smoke?-- M. C. D. "Thyroid heart' is heart di- sease caused by an overactive thyroid gland. It causes ex- treme nervousness, rapid heart beat, shortness of breath. The condition is corrected by treat- ing the thyroid disorder. Smok- ing should not be allowed. Ex- cessive coffee or other stimu- lants should be avoided, too. come up with some interesting information. In the year 1606, silver was found in considerable quantity at Hilderston, between Bathgate and Linlithgow. So rich was the vein that, accord- ing to reports, 24 ounces of fine silver were obtained from every hundredweight of ore. At pres- ent prices, this would mean over $300 from every hundred- weight of ore. A Mr. Aitken of Falkirk was the last person to work the silver mines at Hilder- ston, but he gave up in -1898 after losing money on.the ven- ture. In a glen north of Alva in the Ochit Hills, Sir John Erskine, in 1712, discovered his famous silver mine: This was worked with considerable success for a time, and its owner recovered $90,000 worth of the precious metal. Sir John, however, was involved in the Jacobite rebel- lion of 1715 and was outlawed. But his sentence was remitted in consideration of the knowl- of the mine workings which he was:able to impart to the government. South of Falkland can still be seen the remains of the lead mines worked principally' for the quantity of silver obtained. This venture began in the year 1780. when the mines were worked by Alexander Stewart of East Couland. Other finds of veins of galena have been made at Finmount to the north of Kirkcaldy, at Blebo, south of St. Andrew and at Cast- land Hill near North Queens- ferry. The largest lead mines' in Scotland were at Leadhills and Wanlockhead. The lead pro- duced at these mines also con- tained much silver. DIED WITH SECRET In 1620, Sir Thomas Menzies, provost of Aberdeen, went to london with some fine speci- mens of silver ore found in Sutherlandshire. These were very rich in silver.:But as he died without disclosing in which part of the coufity he found this rich silver ore, the mine has Still to be discovered In 1760, silver was discovered on the estate of Airthrey in Stirlingshire, but only to a limit- ed extent These mines, worked in the primitive: manner of bygone days, proved that there are re- sources of silver in Scotland. And there are those who believe that with the advent of electric power, modern machinery. and new metallurgical processes, it might be worth while to renew the search for this valuable metal and bring a new industry to Scotland. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO More than 500 representatives of the armed and auxiliary forces took part in the patriotic meeting held in the Arena when the Hon. Angus lL. Macdonald, Minister of Naval Affairs, de- livered an address. Attendance records at the Osh- awa Blood Donor Clinic were broken with 99 donors. The highest previous attendance was 89. Alvin Humphrey, Allan Fry, Roy Turnbull and Bill Karn, members of Sea Scouts Troop 8, received badges of merit at their Hillcroft street head- quarters. Ajax citizens formed a com- munity service committee 'to look into questions of civic. wel- fare and community service Establishment of a general store held the greatest need of the citizens. A proposed day nursery for children of war workers was to be established in the Children's Aid on Centre street. Attend ance would be limited to 50 children. Branches, if necessary, would be established in Whitby and other County centres. Several district farmers were given the opportunity by the Oshawa Selective Service Com mission to assist with the har- vest in Western Canada George W. McLaughlin, for- mer vice-president and sales manager of General Motors of Canada, died at his home, Sim- coe street north. Announcement fr-om Ottawa that restrictions on building would be more extended, cur- tailing residential work Lucas §, Peacock was named the new president of the Osh- awa Fire and Casualty Insur- ance Association at the annual meeting of the organization, Deputy president Mrs. Marie Swartz, of Oshawa Rebekah Lodge No, 3, and other install ing. officers visited Benevolent Rebekah Lodge, Whitby, and in- stalled its officers. J. Kochany; resident of Drew street, was the winner of the Kinsmen Club model home at King street east, as the result of a draw made at the conclu sion of the successful jamboree held by the club in the Arena. OTTAWA REPORT é Fleming's Record Declared Bright By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Donald Fleming, whilst the star student at the University of Toronto, won the Governor General's Gold Medal. Did Hon. Donald Fleming, whilst serving Canada as our 20th Minister of Finance, from June 21, 1957 until Aug, 9,. 1962, deserve the Canadian taxpay- ers' gold medal? Our judgment upon Mr. Fiem- ing's stewardship as finance WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING VANCOUVER PROVINCE: The disappointed convener of a charity fund drive says that tag- ging has become a lost art. Perhaps the important ques- tion here is: Was tagging ever an art? It is the sytem whereby volunteer collectors cover the town shaking tins under people's noses and giving lapel tags in réturn for contributions. There is nothing artful or ar- tistic about it. The rattling cans and slogans usually seem more designed to annoy than create an aura of generosity. However worthwhile the cause, seeking charity in this way is only a short step above a tug on the sleeve and a plain- tive "Can you spare a dime for a cup of coffee?" ST. THOMAS TIMES-JOUR- NAL: Sonic booms caused by planes travelling \faster than sound are one of the annoyances new to mankind, They may not he too easy on wildlife either. Some complaining citizens in an Ohio town have presented what they claim is evidence on this subject. They charge that the night air is: perfumed by the neighborhood skunks when they are startled by the blasts. Maybe the government should issue gas masks. LOUISVILLE COURIER. JOURNAL: We are now almost at the halfway mark for con- gress and president, and the former has effectively dashed many of the inspiring hopes with which the latter took office. Is a silent public reaction against this strange shadow box- ing building up for November? Only November will tell. But the world which looks at the actions of a congress. both petulant and jittery may be forgiven for worrying whether we are, as a nation, yet ready for the great- ness which world events have thrust upon us, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct.. 16, 1962 . - The RCMP Arctic patrol vessel St. Roch reached Vancouver after. an 86-day veyage from Halifax 18 years ago today--in 1944--to become the only vessel to make the trip via the North- west Passage in both direc- tions. She left Vancouver June 23, 1940, reaching Hal- ifax Oct. 11, 1942, after spending two winters 3n the Arctic because of unusuatiy severe ice conditions 1710--Port Royal in Nova Scotia was captured from the French by British troops and named Annapolis in honor of the reigning queen. GALLUP POLL minister must be assessed against current statistical evi- dence and the long-term hist »r- ical panorama. Statistisc prepared by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics show that in those five years, 671,000 new paid jobs were created in Canada, enough to absorb nearly nine-tenths of the unprecedentedly large increase of 773,000 in our labor force. The yardstick of average hourly wages in manufacturing rose from $1.61 to $1.89 in that pe- riod. Allowing for increases in liv- ing costs, that was an improve- ment of exactly 10 per cent in real wages. At the same time, retail spending soared by nearly 25 per cent, and corp»ration profits jumped from. $674,000,000 in the first quarter of 1957 to $942,000,000 in the same period of this year. Finally, as every Canadian housewife has noticed with pleasure, our dollar has maintained its purchasing power better during the past four years than during the more inflationary final four years of the regime of Liberal finance ministers: These statistics speak vol- umes for our economic well-be- ing under the care of Finance Minister Fleming. They argue that we all owe thanks to him for maintaining so effectively the value of our dollar in our shops, and for protecting us against crippling increases in taxation. HISTORY REPEATS To appreciate the long . term panorama, we must remember that Canadian confidence in the Conservative Party has given it some rough responsibilities. On Oct. 29, 1929, the great stock market crash heralded an almost world - wide depression. Nine months later, the Canadian electors threw out the Liberal government, and asked the Con- servatives to clean up the mess. Hon. R. B. Bennett achieved QUEEN'S PARK one very valuable aim, through the Ottawa Conference in 1932 which created the Imperial preferential tariff system. But not until Hitler launched the world into war was full eco- nomic activity restored in the western world. Then in 1956. the long post- war boom began to pete: out. The Liberal government was warned of impending recession, as Mr. Diefenbaker later re- vealed by discovering the Lib- erals' "Hidden Report'. Again the Canadian electors threw out the Liberals, and asked the Conservatives to rescue them from the mess. How successful the Conserva- tive government has been in. maintaining prosperity in Can- ada, even amidst a slow-down in the United States, is shown by the above statistics. HISTORY DISTORTED But for their own poiitical purposes, Liberais have not bes- itated to distort historical facts, by alleging that in 1930 and again in 1957 the Conservatives brought about the slump. "Tory times are hard times," chant the Liberals. But the dates clearly show that, on both occa- sions, the slump began under a Liberal regime. Maurice Lamontage, chiet economic adviser to Liberal Leader Pearson, acquits the Conservatives: "Canada experienced a long economic wave of rapid growth, from 1896 to 1956, caused pri- marily by the impact of tech- nological factors, Then North America seemed to reach the first stages of a new period of Stagnation," he says. The bril- liant British bank president, Lord Franks, confirms _ this: "The long postwar boom ended in the summer of 1957. Befsre that climacteric, the North At- Jantic nations had enjoyed a pe- riod of almost continuous pros- perity. Since 1957 it has been a different story," Against this historical back- ground, it can be asserted that Donald Fleming, as finance minister, deserves a gold meda! from us the wage-earners and tax-payers of Canada. His pol- icies did not, as has been ar- gued, run the nation's finances into the ground. On the con- trary the facts show that, in the Quebec idiom, Mr. Fleming has won his epaulettes. Byelection Result Marks End Of By DON O"HEARN TORONTO--The Huron-Bruce byelection unquestionably was one of the most significant de- velopments in many years. Since 1943 it probably has been matched by the retire- ment of Premier Frost last year and the abdication of George Drew in 1948, And it could be more impor- tant than either of these, Neither the Frost nor Drew retirements might have marked the change that this byelection result could indicate. It could be very portentous in- deed, NOT AUTOMATIC Politically the election cer- tainly means the end of an era. For 19 years now we have had a situation in which the Con- servative party was practically indestructible. All our elections, the whole temper of the era, has not been whether the government would be beaten but how much would it win by. It has been automatic that the government would win. But not any more More Liberal Optimism About Election Chances By The CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Almost half the voting public looks for a Liberal win at the next Federal election. Only one in four voters expects Conserva- tives to be ahead in terms of popular vote, This is a_ big change from March of this year when the voters were closely split on the question. Who will get most votes ? Conservatives - Liberals NDP Soc-Cred and othe: Can't say Liberals are more convinced their Party will win than are Conservatives that theirs will be ahead at the next Federal elec- tion. Among Liberal voters, eight in ten look for a Liberal Who will get most votes ? Conservatives Liberals NDP Soc-Cred . Other Can't say Final figures for othe June election gave Liberals a small lead in terms of popular vote. The dramatic contrast in how the average voter looks at the possibilities is shown in a com- parison of Canadian opinion to the same question used in a pre- election Gallup Poll study last March, and again for today's report. "Regardless or how you plan to vote, what is your best guess as to which political party will get most votes over the country as a whole in the next federal election?" MARCH TODAY 5% 1 100% victory; among Conservatives rather more than six, in ten have the same belief in their own Party's dominance at the polls. Among PC voters, more than one in five look for a Lib- eral win. Guess Among Those Who Vote Other . Parties 20%, 25 Libs. 7% 81 1 7 2 30 Be 1 9 17 100% 100% 100%, This was the guess of 32 per cef} of 'the electorate last March, while 35 per cent picked Conservatives. Era Now it is once again a two-or three-way fight. The PC's are now down on the ground: Nobody really disputes this, They now are even-stephen with the other parties, It is not a case any more if they will be beaten, but if they can win, Which, of course, is a mo mentous change. FUTURE QUESTIONS One can't say what shape the developments out of this situa- tion will be. All that is certain is that there will be developments and very substantial change. Developments and many questions. One key question is whether the PCs will be able to revive and remodel their organization. The byelection showed that this was just as weak as it had appeared it probably was. And there must be at least some doubt as to whether it can be brought back. History has shown us that political organizations aren't built just for the wishing. Then there is the question of Premier Robarts' leadership, of solidifying the party, of finding new appeal, of finding new spirit. . . . The list is long. EARLY BIRD GETS THE ROOM! 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