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r. CUPU SUT FES eV ETERS ia ale = : ' Pe ga ee a - 5 : s songnec ener bona a net ned rT Ieee Pee hee The Oshawa Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario © T. L, Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1962 -- PAGE 6 4 ' r r oters Should Support Commissioner Proposal Next Monday Oshawa voters will » asked to express a "'yes" or "no" inion on bylaw 4122, a measure to r@peal bylaw 636, under which the Mresent parks set-up has developed. If the voters want the city to take a substantial step towards more effi- cient and better organized adminis- tration, they will vote "yes" for by- law 4122. : There seems to have been a whis- pering campaign against the proposal put forward in the Woods, Gordon report on municipal administration in Oshawa. People who have not read the report or the lengthy excerpts from it published by this newspaper ¢dould be hoodwinked into rejecting the proposal, out of pure ignorance. We strongly urge that those who do not know What bylaw 4122 is about, or have only a foggy-notion, find out for themselves and not rely on the hearsay of the "undergrourid" opposition. If they cannot obtain a éopy of the Woods, Gordon report, or have mislaid the accounts still being carried by this newspaper, they can question candidates and balance the pros and cons. Having done so, we believe that they will give bylaw 4122 a massive approval. + There are several advisory boards, such as the recreation 'committee, parks board and Memorial Stadium, which have much in common, but be- tween them have 30 appointed and 10 aldermanic members. The employ- ées of each board are paid by council although they operate quite indepen- dently of both council and of one another. The Woods, Gordon report said: » "We recommend the establishment of a new city department to combine all of these similar activities under the control of one department head who would be known as the parks and property commissioner. His duties - would include maintenance of all city parks and of Union Cemetery; main- tenance of all buildings at present controlled by the boards and com- mittees mentioned above; main- tenance of grounds and buildings at the airport; coordination and ad- ministration through the recreation director of the city recreation pro- gram; acquisition, maintenance and disposal of property required for city development; and operation of the city dog control program. We re- commended also that the parks and property commissioner take over maintenance of the civic administra- tion building and grounds from the treasurer, and the tree trimming which is done at present by the city engineer's department. "We recommend that a parks and property standing committee of coun- cil be established; and that all other boards and committee concerned with these matters be discountinued. "In order to carry out these duties the parks and property commissioner would take over the staff who are doing the work at present. We expect, however, that because of the similar- ity of work it would be possible to pool staff in some cases, so that the total number required would be less than now. In addition, some consoli- dation of facilities should be possible, such as moving the dog pound to the parks board property." Clearly, the proposal is one designed to provide more efficient administra- tion. It is fully endorsed by five of the six members of the parks board. It should also be endorsed by the Oshawa electorate. Action On Automation ' If the federal government's four- point program to meet the growing problems of automation is to be effec- tive, management and labor will have to co-operate. The government's proposal is a sound one It proposes not only a service to help train displaced work- ers for new jobs but a groundwork for movement of workers to where jobs are available. In addition, it is willing to pay 50 per cent of the costs of union-management studies on automation problems, and pro- poses the establishment of an "ad- visory council on indusrial change and manpower adjustment." There is obviously much for the advisory council to do, and plenty of problems for study by labor and management, but hostility or lack of enthusiasm on the part of any of the proposed participants could sabotage the entire effort. That should not happen; the threat of automation to the jobs of many workers is not a distant. but an immediate one -- and more than a threat to some work- ers who have already found them- selves out of jobs. Labor Minister Michael Starr is to be congratulated on his part in plan- ning a constructive approach to one of the massive problems of our day. Jurists Condemn Castro Apologists for Fidel Castro should read the 267-page report recently made by the International Commis- sion of Jurists of its investigation of Cuba. The commission is a non-political organization which has a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is supported by 40,000 lawyers, judges and teachers of law in some 90 na- tions. Its main purpose is to be defend the rule of law. SIt found that the Castro govern- ment is a dictatorship of the worst kind has "betrayed the trust of the Cuban people.' The report makes clear that Cuba has no rule of law. It finds that in four years, Castro "moved from a moderate climate of democratic reform into the violent atmosphere of an extremist authori- tarian regime"; the Castro slogan "Freedom with bread and without The Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher Cc. 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In other words, law in Cuba is a tragic farce. Briefly Noted If the person who crosses' a bridge before he gets to it also burns it be- hind him, it's a pretty good trick. In many a case the person who is trying to get you to put your shoulder to the wheel is trying to promote a free ride for himself, A lot is being said and written about "casual" living, but the truth is that few can afford to live "casually". Bible Thought For we have not an high priest ; which cannot be touched by the feel- ing of Our infirmities: -- Hebrews 4:15. God has a deep interest in each one of His creatures, and understands our weaknesses, OTTAWA REPORT Memorial Planned For All War Dead By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Since we have no National Memorial to those Ca- nadians lives for our freedom in. the 1939- 1945 war, those dates might be carved additionally on our 1914- 1918 national memorial, this col- umn suggested last week, A coat trailed so flamboyantly of course prompted the prédict- able protests as well as sympa- thetic agreement. *'The first World War memor- fal is so obviously just that, that it could not and should not- be adapted to cover any later war," said the protesters, The bronze statuary on that memor- ial in' Ottawa's heart is one of Canada's best-known sights. The soldiers in it depict the Cana- dian uniforms and equipment peculiar to that war. The horse- drawn gun certainly does not represent the mechanized war- fare of 1944-1945. The whole group of statuary is so dated that the memorial would be in- applicable to the second World War. Nevertheless, all of us who are veterans of that war natur- ally wish to see our. fallen friends remembered, PLANS LONG LAID So we recognize that, to adapt our national cenotaph of 1914- 1918 to include also 1939-1045 would be as inappropriate as it would have been to carve those earlier dates on the South Afri- can war menjprial in Ottawa. who sacrificed their 1 Yet every veteran must pon- der the reason why our bureau- erats have delayed already for 7 years in getting action on our tribute to our comrades. Espe- cially when those same bureau- erats did not delay 17 weeks in collecting their own little tri- butes for their wartime anguish and sufferings as chair - borne warriors in their safe offices in Ottawa: I refer to those who collected their OMG and MBE decorations and the like. But now plans are at' last maturing. It is good news for alt veterans and for the families of the fallen that the years of inaction are ended. A start will soon be made on the construc- tion of an imaginative and pleas- ing memorial, dedicated to the honor of all those who, through the years, have laid down their lives in the defence of Canada. A memoria! sanctuary is to be established on the pretty clifftop overlooking the Ottawa River, which is known as Nepean Point. This park is almost directly be- hind the Parliament Buildings, and juts out into the river right beside the outlet of the Rideau Canal locks. It is today a green tree-dotted parkland, empty ex- cept for a statue to Samuel Champlain, who first passed this way some 345 years ago. FINE MEMORIAL SITE The green lawns, almost in the shadow of our Peace Tower, will provide a perfect setting for YOUR HEALTH REPORT FROM U.K. Small Businesses Feeling Pressure Sy M. MCINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON The National Chamber of Trade of the United Kingdom is launching a campaign in support of small shopkeepers who are threatened with the loss of their businesses and their living by the multi- plicity of development schemes going on all over the country. The Chamber claims that the butchers, the bakers, the gro- cers and the ironmongers, the men who have given English character to the main streets of villages and towns, are he- ing pushed out by the redevelop- ment schemes. They are suffering from the fact that their stores are occupying land once worth very little, but now valuable and coveted by proper- ty speculators. It is estimated that some 350 of these redevelopment schemes are in progress or are contem- plated throughout the country. These schemes are in the ma- jority of cass directed at de- molishing the old traditional small stores and putting up large shopping areas or super- markets. CHAMBER'S REQUESTS The National Chamber of Trade is putting forward some specfic requests on behalf of BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Thieves broke into the vault of Simcoe Street United Church and stole over $200. Ninety-three children attend- ed the first session of art classes sponsored by the Osh- awa Women's Lyceum Art Asso- ciation, Rev. ,Luke Standret of Osh- awa was elected president of the Ukrainian National Federa- tion. Oshawa Rotarians enjoyed a venison dinner provided by club members who had return- ed from a_ successful hunting trip. Finley M. Dafoe was elected president of the Oshawa Co-oper- ative Commonwealth Federation at the club's annual meeting. Several articles, including an oxygen tent, were added to the equipment of the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital! through the efforts of the Ladies' Auxiliary. The Court of Revision ended its hearings of over 900 assess- ment appeals on city prop- erties. : Oshawa Generals were oust- ed from the SPA hockey series by Stratford Midgets. Nora Quigley of Pickering was awarded the second prize in the Carter scholarship, open to all High School students in Ontario County annually. Members of the Ontario Coun- ty Council were guests of the General Motors of Canada and made a tour of the company's plants. Most Wor. Bro. W. J. Dun- lop, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, was honored by 13 district lodges at a ban- quet in Oshawa Masonic Temple. Wor. Bro. George Hart $200 acted director monies. as of cere- R. G. Mills was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Fish and Game Association for the 1938 Geason. " these small shopkeepers. It asks that shopkeepers who are dis- placed and cannot be given pre- mises on the same site, should receive compensation. There is no fixed formula for such com- pensation, and it is often ridicu- lously low. The Chamber is also asking that traders who are offered new premises after redevelop- ment should be charged fair rents, It also sees this as a social problem, and asks the question: "Does the housewife really want to see in the country's main shopping streets a series of supermarkets and multiple shops, with the elimination of the private trader, the small man who prides himself on building up his business by per- sonal attention?" A typical example is cited of what happens when re-develop- ment of business sites takes place. In a Birmingham re-de- velopment scheme, a_ store- keeper who formerly paid $12,000 a year for his lease was offered a new lease at $43,500 a year. In another case in the Mid- lands, an independent merchant was required to pay a premium of $12,000 to secure the lease of a new property at double his former rent. In many cases, the redevelop- ment schemes are put forward by private property companies. These companies rely on the local authority where necessary to exercise their powers of com- pulsory purchase, or expropri- ation goes great lengths to keep the compensation as low as pos- sible. On the other hand, the developer demands the highest possible rent for the new pre- mises he builds; QUEEN'S PARK Tax Study Group Omission Noted : By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There was one noticeable omission in Premier Robarts' announcement of the appointment of his tax study committee. When the premier first re- ported that he would be setting up the committee, back in Sep- tember, he stressed that & prime function would be to see how it could be brought about that gov- ernments raised the money that they spent. In the lengthy release on the appointment of the committee there was no mention. of this point. This could have been just an oversight by whoever drafted the announcement. But also it could have been intentional. And it would be regrettable if it were. There are two basic underly. ing problems in taxation. One is how it should be raised --how it should be spread most equitably and in the best inter- ests of the health and progress of the community. The second is how it should be spent, how spending' can be controlled. so that no more than necessary burdens are put on the taxpayer. MEANS LOOSENESS And anyone who has been close to government knows noth- ing contributes more to over- spending than the grant or hand- out system. The fact that the municipali- ties get a gréat share of their revenues from the province, and that we, in turn, have had to go begging to Ottawa automatically has implied some irresponsibil- ity. ; As municipal costs have risen they have come here and ap- plied pressure and we have re- sponded, at least in part. They have not been faced with the problem of meeting their in- creased costs through an equal boost in their local tax rates. And as a result they have not given the full consideration to new spending--and whether it really is necessary--that they otherwise would have. READERS' VIEWS CLOGGED STREETS Dear Sir: It seems to be about time something was done about the parking of cars on William street. We are lucky to have skilful bus-drivers to turn the corner of William and Simcoe. If a car is parked on the north side, there is just enough room to pass. The street is always jammed with parked cars, and no room for cars to pass. BUS PASSENGER Oshawa EXPENSIVE TRIP Dear Sir: I feel moved to write fo your paper, first of all because we shopped for the first.time in your city at your attractive shopping centre just this past week. We were much impressed with the excellent quality of your merchandise, as well: as the prices within the average price range. Needless to say we did quite a bit of purchasing, amounting to approximately However, our trip was mar- red while leaving the city when driving up Simcoe street north. Traffic was light -- it was the middle of the afternoon -- and the four-lane road a pleasure to drive on, Suddenly, from behind a tree a policeman jumped on the roadway, waving our car to a standstill. What had we done wrong? We could see no police cruiser -- the policeman had secreted himself behind some trees until his sudden appear- ance. We pulled to the side of the road, and he confronted us with the remark: "You were going 39 back there' -- back where? Wordlessly, we watched as he filled in a lengthy sum- mons, told us our court date and shoved the card at us without another word. Now we find, by pleading guilty (unless of course we wish to take another trip to your city to appear in court which you'll agree isn't the most practical thing to do when time is at a premium), we are fined an amount of $10.50. Rather an ex- pensive shopping trip for us, don't you think? Don't you think also that these law enforcers. of your city could be more like ambassadors of good will to an out-of-town car? Our last trip to Oshawa for a long time, I'm afraid. My sincere hope is that not many letters of this type reach. your desk, as frequent incidents as the one above tend to tarnish the image of any community H. F. McISAAC Orillia * Learning To Live commorative services and for parades of our veterans, of. our uniformed services. and for gathersing of the kin of thosé honored. The construction to be placed in this park consists of a small building, and a memorial. The latter will be a simple shaft of stone, symbolic of service in the defence of Canada but not re lated to any particular conflict. The building will contain three Aivisions. First there will be a large entrance hall. Then there will be a memorial chamber in which Books of Remembrance will record those who fell in each war, Finally, there will be a sanctuary in which visitors may quietly remember their loved ones. ¥ The Book: of, Remembrance containing the names of those who fell in the First World War of course now reposes in the memorial chamber in the Peace Tower above our Parliament Building. That chamber was de signed and dedicated for that purpose, and the Book will re main there. A-copy of it will be placed in the new Memorial Hall, which will also contain the original Books of Remembrance their lives for Canadian free War, the Korean War, the South African War and other conflicts. When finished, this will be @ magnificent and unique national war memorial, a fitting tribute to all those who have given a lives fo r Canadian free- om. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "An increasing number of peo- ple these days are soured on the world," says an editor. Per- haps this is because the world is in such a pickle, A' manufacturer advertises F that his insecticide "kills bu With His Illness By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.C. Dear Dr. Molner: My husband is 49 and last year began losing weight. It was found that he had diebetes. Almost at the same time he developed a cough and after X-rays and bronchospy we were told that he had bronchiec- tasis and "some" emphysema. The diabetes was brought un- der control with pills but the bronchiectasis was "spattered in both lungs' and surgery was not possible. He lost 55 pounds of which he has gained back 10 to 15. Our doctor says it would be good if gained back 30, as he was 25 pounds overweight. I am concerned at his lack of energy and pep. It has been seven months since the lung diagnosis. The specialist told him he could '"'live to be 90"' if he takes care of himself, that he must "'learn to live with the coughing," and at times the chest condition will seem to be better and sometimes worse. Are we being impatient about his weight? He breathes shorter than he used to, and any heavy lifting or pushing makes him cough, but he is able to work as usual. Will his energy improve: Are we overly concerned about the bronchiectasis? How serious is it? Is it very common? We never heard of it before we were told he had it--Mrs. R. B Yes, you're too impatient in my opinion, but I think you've had excellent medical advice and care. The diabetes is con- trolled. You've been assured that the lung conditions aren't a threat to life if he takes care of himself, and you have been warned that they aren't curable --that's what "learning to live with a condition" means: Can't be cured but you can get along in spite of it. Bronchiectasis (or pouch-like places where phlegm can pud- dle) is far from uncommon but it isn't a "dramatic" or highly- publicized ailment so you, like many others, don't remember hearing about it until it becomos a personal matter. I've written about it numerous times be- cause so many people, like you, skim over things that don't at the moment concern them. This is human nature! Your husband has been pretty sick. Now the diabetes is under control, but he has two lung con- ditions which will continue o hamper his breathing. It's up to him to keep his activity within the limits of his breathing ca- pacity. His gain in weight so far in- dicates that he is improving. Why be in a hurry to add more pounds? Weight alone won't in- crease his pep. If he will resign himself to less exertion that the degree that makes him huff, puff and cough (and I assume he has been smart enough - to quit smoking!) he will find that he "pep" will increase. If he thinks he can push him- self to the point at which he coughs, wheezes, or has to gasp for breath, he won't improve by it. On the contrary, he will make his condition worse. His shortness of breath his cough are nature's built-in- signals telling him 'to rémain within his physical limitations, Many of us have to "learn to live with' various problems. Don't forget the wisdom of the old saw about the way to a long life: Have some chronic condi- tion that forces you to take care of yourself! dead'. Some believe this is t only way bugs can be killed. Give automotive vehicles credit for greatly reducing number of horse thieves and train robbers, : Those who favor paid tele- vision seem to be of the opinion that the TV programs we get for nothing are worth that. "There is no condition when it is in order for a girl to pro pose," says a woman writer. Oh, yes, there is: When she wants to get married. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 28, 1962... At least 491 persons died in a "flash fire" at Boston's Coconut Grove nightclub & years see today--in 1942. jozens of persons were crushed to death or jammed too tightly to escape the flames as the blaze roared through the packed pleasure spot in seconds, Nightclub singer Bill Payne saved 10 patrons by leading them into a huge basement ice box. 1916 -- Germany made its first air attack on London in the First World War. 1698 -- The governor of New France, Count de Fron- tenac, died. Authors! Leading book publisher seeks manuscripts of all types: fic- tion, non-fiction, poetry, scholarly and religious works, etc. New authors welcomed. Send for free booklet CP-23 Vantage Press, 120 W. 31 St., New York 1. | MPERIAL EST'D, 1858 LLL Mra fale & Sons Lamited Walkewille, Canada