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Oshawa Times (1958-), 17 Jan 1963, p. 6

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| Dhe Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963 --- PAGE 6 Liberal Chief Reflects Arms Policy Confusion Liberal leader Lester Pearson has shifted his stand on nuclear arms so many times now that one hesi- tates to comment on his most recent statement of policy. By the time the comment appears he may have changed again. During the past three years Mr. Pearson has wandered from "nuc- lear arms if necessary but not necessarily nuclear arms" to the flat statement in January, 1961, that "we should not acquire or use nuc- lear weapons under any kind of national or joint control" -- and now to a reserved endorsation of a limited nuclear capability for Can- ada. Perhaps by the time the next election campign rolls around he will have changed his mind again -- or had it. changed for him by his brains-trusters, who seem to be having just as much trouble making up their minds about a variety of issues as the titular head of the party has with the nuclear question, Mr. Pearson's antics on the nuc- lear see-saw are urderstandable, however. They reflect the confusion about defence policy that blankets the whole country, and the major part of the blame for this must be laid on the federal government, which itself gives the impression of utter confusion. We think Canada can make her best contribution to Western de- fence by concentrating on conven- tional armament. The defence de- partment may have information which could force us to change that opinion, but if it has, it has clearly not conveyed it to the heads of some other departments, let alone to the Canadian public, which must pay the bill for it all. Some facts are known: Only two powers are capble of fighting an all- out nuclear war, and the nice balance between them remains the strongest deterrent to such a war; there is no reason to believe that a limited nuclear war is possible -- the limit being the use of tactical nuclear, weapons by the opposing armed forces -- and this means that a few Canadian warheads are not going to make any difference one way or another, while a well-equip- ped and well-trained conventional force could be extremely useful. Canada must, of course, live up to her commitments to her allies, and these commitments may involve nuclear arming. But there seems to be no reason why Canada could not live up to her commitments with- out acquiring nuclear weapons. If there is a reason, the country has not been informed about it -- which is why there is so much uncertainty and confusion. Mr. Macaulay's Answer Economics Minister Macaulay has made a vigorous reply to A. J. Coventry, president of the British Canadian Trade Association, who recently complained to Premier Robarts and Mr. Macaulay about gome aspects of Ontario's Trade Crusade. Mr. Macaulay reviews the reasons already given for the Crusade: the need to create jobs for people now unemployed and for new workers coming on the labor market ; the need to reduce our adverse trade balance; the need to develop manufacturing-- "it is not to the primary field that we can look, in the future, for em- ployment for a growing labor force" ; the need to increase the size of the Canadian manufacturers' market; the need to impress on Canadians the importance of buying Canadian goods which are competitive in price and quality with imported goods; the need to sell more before we can buy more; the need to avoid discrimi- nation against the goods of any one country. He hits back hard on some points: Canada has a surplus in merchan- dise trade with Britain, but Canada has consistently paid more to Britain than it has received in non- merchandise trade items, such as tourist expenditures; the Crusade has not been responsible for the decline in British exports, because exports figures are not available for the period since the Crusade got under way, and British exports to most of her trading partners have been declining; "as our number one trading partner, the United States will naturally bear most of the effect of our import replacement pro- gram." The next statement in this con- tinuing debate will undoubtedly be Mr. Coventry's. Business Information There will be widespread support for the effort of the Canadian Ins- titute of Chartered Accountants to have the Companies Act revised to require fuller and more accurate financial statements by public and private companies. An Institute brief submitted to the federal gov- ernment this week notes that "both in the United Kingdom and the United States measures have been taken to promote higher standards of disclosure, whereas the Canadian Federal Companies Act which be- came law in 1934 has remained virtually unchanged for almost 30 years." : The brief points out that in the field of annual financial reporting which is within the scope of the federal and provincial companies The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor combining The Oshawa Times The Oshowa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and icle (established 1863): is published daily s ond h 'Members ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- 'ers Association, Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dallies "Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news "despatched in the © credited to it or to. 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The brief ranges over such issues as disclosure of operations of sub- sidiaries in consolidated statements presented to shareholders and dis- closure provisions for private com- panies -- "the shareholder of a private company is, perhaps, more in need of protection than the min- ority shareholder of a public com- pany--we can conceive of no reason why he should not be entitled to a financial statement based on com- parable standards of disclosure." A controversial proposal concerns the disclosure of sales or gross revenue. On the ground that the amount of sales or gross revenue is normally of considerable value in studying the trend and "profita- bility" of a company's business, the brief urges that the law require disclosure, unless it can be shown that the information would be detrimental to the interests of the company. The Insitute has a strong case, and should get attention. Bible Thought And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? -- Acts 9:6. : When one recognizes: his Sove- reign Lord, it inevitably means his surrender and recognition or respon- sibiliy that begins with "What are your orders, Lord?" REPORT FROM U.K. Clyde Hopes Based On Polaris Plans By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times GLASGOW, Scotland -- High hopes of improved employment conditions in the shipbuilding in. dustry on the River Clyde have arisen from the government's decision to build submarines to use the United States Polaris missile as its nuclear deterrent. It is reported that the govern- ment is planning to award con- tracts for two, and possibly three of the Polaris-firing sub. marines to Scottish shipbuilding yards. This would be a decided de- parture from past practices. So far, the firm of Vickers-Arm- strong, of Barrow-in-Furness, has done all the work on Brit- ain's nuclear submarines. They built the pioneer vessel in that class, the Dreadnought, which YOUR HEALTH Surgery Likened To First Plunge By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: I have vari- cose veins in both legs but am afraid of surgery. I would have a lot of pain the first day after the operation. I am 58.--B.A. Your fears are completely normal for anyone who is facing what we call an elective opera- tion, meaning the kind that can be done at the convenience of patient or doctor, or whenever a hospital bed is available. Indeed, I had one myself some time back. When my sur- geon called on me the next day, I gave him some crabby com- ment about being "'sick of lying in bed already." He said, "Yes I know. If you're sick when you come in, you feel so good the day after the operation that it's wonderful. But if you come in feeling well, and the next day you're in bed, you feel terrible." All I could do was comment, "I guess you're right--you big bully." Or words to that effect. Aside from feeling a little bit sore (not as much as after a hard kick in the shins) and re. senting being kept in bed, the first day after a varicose vein operation isn't too miserable. Recently I stopped in to see a man who had had an operation on his heart the day before. He was rather quiet, naturally. The incision was tender if he wig- gled around. But when I asked him how he felt, he grinned cheerfully and said, "Pretty good. And I'm glad the job is done." In his case it was a matter of life and death, and the sur- gery was five times as tedious as for varicose veins. He went _ to the hospital for a serious problem and he felt quite com- fortable the next day. But when TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan, 17, 1963... Benjamin Franklin, Amer- ican statesman and scien- tist, was born 257 years ago today--in 1706. Among his scientific work was the es- tablishment of the identity of lightning with electricity using a boy's kite. He also discovered the Gulf Stream and its course. Franklin as- sisted in drawing up the Declaration of Independence and, largely through his diplomacy, France entered the American War of Inde- pendence on the side of the Americans. After independ- ence he assisted in framing the constitution. 1952 -- Prime Minister Winston Churchill ad- dressed the United States Congress. 1821 -- A Mexican land grant to Moses Austin opened the. American colonization what now is Texas. you go for elective surgery feel- ing good at the time but a little sore and tender when you come back from the operating room, it's different. Yes, I know. But while there are some few painful operations that I'd just as soon miss, and by the law of averages probably will, I'm not worried about surgery if I need any more. It's not bad. To get to your case, the un- sightliness of the veins, the risk of acute phlebitis and also of ulcers on the ankle and lower leg are factors, I'd rather have a day or two of soreness, and then know that the trouble is behind me. ' It's similar to going swim- ming. You stand around and shiver and dread getting into the water. The first plunge feels cold, But then you're in and it's over, and you start hollering to the others on shore, "The wa- ter's fine." But they don't, be- lieve you until they've plunged in, too. So you won't really be- lieve me. Not until after you've "taken the plunge." Dear Dr. Molner: I have de. , veloped the odd habit of crunch. ing a glass full of ice cubes. Recently a friend told me he knew of a woman who did this and died of cancer of the throat. I have never had any health trouble, but this worries me.-- Mrs, K.G. Just another scare story. I know of nothing to support your friend's dreary "warning." was recently commissioned, and are now at work on the second of this type of submarine, the Valiant. CHANGE OF PLAN It had been thought that Vickers' experience in this field would qualify this firm for the building of the submarines of the future, including the Polaris- firing vessels. But it is being made apparent that the govern. ment will give consideration to the unemployment situation in other yards, and particularly in Scotland, in placing the orders for these submarines, While it is too early as yet to speak in terms of definite orders for the Polaris submar- ines, it is understood that the government has formed tenta- tive plans for building either five or seven nuclear sub. marines. The reason for doubts as to the number to be built is mainly political. If Britain suc- ceeds in retaining primary con- rol over the submarines, it is likely that seven will be order. ed, These will probably have a combined role as hunter-killers, and as carriers of Polaris mis- siles, If the Nassau agreement is interpreted to mean that the submarines will remain under virtually full-time Nato control, only five are likely to be con- structed. These would each carry 16 missiles, whereas the dual purpose underwater craft would carry only eight. DEPENDS ON DECISION On this decision depends the number of Polaris-carriers like- ly to be built in shipyards on the Clyde. Glasgow, however, is not the only shipbuilding centre, apart from the Vickers-Arm- strong yard at Barrow-in-Fur- ness, in the running for orders. Birkenhead will also be in the running for a share of this long- term business. The firm likely to be involved on the Clyde is the Scott Ship- building and Engineering Limit- ed. At Birkenhead, the firm of Cammell, Laird and Company is freely mentioned as sharing in the contracts. Up to the pres- ent, however, neither of these firms has received any official word from government about contracts being offered. But on the Clyde there is an optimistic feeling that its skills in all fields of shipbuilding will not be overlooked in the placing of the orders for these impor- tant vessels, the building of which would provide for a large force of the Clyde's ship. building craftsmen and en- gineers. BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Rev. 8. C. Moore retired from his pastorate of Albert Street United Church. Sgt. Jack Barker was re- elected president of the Ser- geants' Mess of the Ontario Regiment. Mrs, R. S. McLaughlin was re-elected president of the Osh- awa General Hospital Women's Auxiliary for the 25th consecu- tive year. A water heater explosion did approximately $16,000 damage to the residence of D. E, Steck. ley, 146 Simcoe street north. Ald. George W. McLaughlin was elected chairman of the fi- Nance committee of the city council. A campaign was launched to raise funds for the East Whit- by Welfare with Col. R. B. Smith as chairman. Many General Motors offi- cials took part in the opening cf the National Motor Show in the CNE Automotive Building in Toronto. Frank L. Mason was re-elect- ed chairman of the Public Utili- ties Commission for 1933. Miss Edyth Cawker who grad- uated from the OCVI and the University of Toronto, was ap- pointed to teach domestic sci- ence at the Owen Sound Voca- tional School. A. L, Bouckley was re-elected president at the annual meeting . = Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety. The total number of books cir- culated from the Oshawa Public Public Library was' 174,602 dur- ing 1932, This was an' increase of 4268 books over 1931, E. A. Lovell was elected chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education for 1933. Rev. J. E. Glover, Smithfield, accepted a call to the pastorate of the Claremont United Church. The Fire Underwriters' Asso- iation presented a report to the city council stating that the Fire Department was considerably under strength. ydro-e 'and waterfalls OTTAWA REPORT More Electricity From New Sources By PATRICK NICHOLSON . OTTAWA -- The 'white the end of our hydro-electric ex- pansion in central Ontario is in horses" on our rivers, which sight, ma a curse Poel -- -- ers, are pe valuable but least-thanked con- of living yp Hed to provide ving. Harne: h lectric power, the rapids on our rivers contribute enormously to our national work force, not only h automated factories but also by means of push-button domestic conveniences, Two years ago, Hon. Alvin Hamilton, who was then minis- ter of northern affairs and na- tional resources, told me that Canada had achieved an all- time record in the growth of our harnessed water-power during the previous calendar year. New hydro-electric generating capacity brought into operation during 1959 totalled 2,503,800 horse - power, he said, That raised our total capacity of wa- ter power plants to 24,884,848 horse power, while an 'esti- mated 58 million horse power still remained unharnessed. But much of that is in as yet unde- veloped areas of Canada, and Chinese Stress Farm Science PEKING (Reuters)--The Chi- nese Communist government has launched a campaign urging scientists to support current ef- forts to improve the agricultural situation and put the nation's food supply on a solii basis. The importance the govern- ment attaches to scientific re- search in agriculture was illus- trated recently by the attend- ance of Prime Minister Chou En-lai at a government-spun- sored and much publicized meeting of. agricultural scien- tists here, Observers said his speech, and the prominence it was given in the Chinese press, appeared to confirm this branch of science would be given top priority de- spite the still backward level of Chinese science in general. Industry, said a communique issued after the meeting, will have to continue "'coasolidating and adjusting' advances made during the 'great leap forward" of 1958 to 1960 and increase pro- duction only within the limits of the task of the "technical trans- formation" of agricu'ture. On science it said: 'It is nec- essary to strengthen scientific and technological research and particularly to pay attention to scientific and technotogical re- search in agriculture." The government report on the development of -- power in Canada during now re- veals this trend. PS iy the first u * seven- years," says report, "there was no increase in On- tario's total installed hydro- electric capacity. In thermal- electric development, however, peg yall saw the addition made of ,000 kilowatt of generating city." "Sarkis more significant than the tapering off of our "white ogg " was al og launch- our ai age power, e 20,000 kilowatt nuclear power demonstration station near Rolphton, Ont.,. produced its first electric power on June 4, 1962. Its successful operation has, not surprisingly, caused widespread interest in many parts of the world. For this promises to offer abundant cheap power from similar nu- clear power plants to countries which lake the natural benefits of our rivers, In past years, our "white horses" have provided the equivalent of one hundred ro- cheap power from our rivers, in the government view. But the ing nuclear power at Rolphton, QUEEN'S PARK Ontario Borrows US. Fund Dodge ~ By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Now we have $100 a plate dinners. We're getting very big league. They don't do better than that for the President of the United States. When friends of Premier Ro- barts. staged the fund-raising dinner for him here in Toronto --at which 200 men paid $100 each--they were looking south of the border. And we imagine there will be many more U.S. electioneering practices introduced by the PCs before the election campaign is over. The Tory Night in Metro pro- motion later this month here in Toronto is another stunt out of ol _ See political hand- The coming election campaign should be a good one. Anything might happen--though it might not win elections. MR. TREMBLAY There probably is no better known civil servant in Ontario READERS' VIEW MOONLIGHTING Dear Sir: As a construction worker in the City of Oshawa, from which I derive my living, I have fownd out that a number of workers from industry who work nights, etc., are working on construc- tion during the daytime at a greatly reduced rate of pay. If these men would demand such pay as they derive from their regular job, they would not be doing so. What they do not realize ap- parently, is that they are taking the bread and butter out of the regular construction worker's mouth. It seems to me that it is a sad state of affairs when fac- tory workers are not paid enough at the regular place of employment to maintain a home, wife and family without taking the work away from the regular construction worker who depends on this and this alone. He does not work at his regu- lar job and then take part-time work #1 the factory to supple- ment his earnings which are a great deal smaller than the fac- tory workers. If these men were union mind- ed they would not do these things as they are nothing but union breakers in the construc- tion industry end also scabs as they cut rates to take the jobs away from others who depend | upon this work for a living. I trust you will see fit to print this in your newspaper so that some of the union officials in our fair city may see how we feel about their members and perhaps check on these scabs. HAROLD A. WHEELER Oshawa THANKS Dear Sir: We would like to take this opportunity to express our ap- preciation for the fine response you have given our news service program in connection with the Convention of Jehovah's Wit- nesses held at the Ajax Com- munity Centre. The Assembly was not only beneficial to the hundreds that attended, but also to the many good people in the area who ex. tended their hospitality so gra- ciously to us. T, DOWN Public Relations Whitby NO SUBSIDIES Dear Sir: I wish to commend you on our editorial "Ontario Lacks oney to Subsidize Subways". I notice Mayor Summerville in his inaugural address was asking for more help from the provincial government. Unless the smaller municipal- ities speak up, Toronto, the Hog Town, will walk all over them. ROSS STEVENS THANKS Dear Sir: On behalf of the Official Board of Southminster United Church, I wish to express our most sincere thanks to The Times for the publicity which we recently received on the oc- casion of the dedication of our church organ. A special thank you to Mr. Ford Lindsay for the write up and to Mr. Bruce Jones for the excellent photo which appeared in the paper. KATHERINE WHITTAKER, Southminster United Church: Oshawa. tee alae Naty tl tive a lerpa' including, Leslie Frost and. Ist inc' pote pre of Lands and Forests. Mr. Tremblay has written the 8) and held the han rye ministers since Pa' Leduc brought him into the gov- ernment service back in the 1930s. Since then his cheerful gallic temperament, and wit, have won him countless friends--and various. governments countiess votes--in all areas of the prov- ince, particularly the north. Mr, Tremblay is now in the Toronto East General hospital, having suffered his second heart attack. He is not at ail dismal about it, however. When a man has given the years of loyal and devoted serv. ice he has, his heart can be at- tacked but it is hard to break it. If breakable it would break in the early years from the lack of appreciation one' most often receives in the public service . sycophants excepted. Hokay Maurice? . STOP SWINDLING! The lieutenant-governorship is the highest honor in the prov- ince. But people are human, and it doesn't necessarily follow that absolutely honorable people have to be appointed to this honorable job. They are ex- pected to be so once in office, however. Which led to the following re- mark about one of the many men rumored as a potential suc- cessor to Lieutenant-Governor lackay. ' "Oh he woul/n't be interested. He wants to go on swindling the people for a while!" GALLUP POLL Destructive Criticism Charge Against Leader (World hand g Reserved) THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION While the majority of voters-- 56 per cent -- say their opinion of Mr. Pearson, Leader of the Opposition has mot changed since the Federal election last June, about one in five says it has gone down. Main reason for this lies in a belief that Mike is too critical too often, without giving enough construc- tive ideas. On the contrary, among the segment -- 11 per cent -- whe have an increased regard for Mr, Pearson today, most' refer to his ideas and policies as -- for their changed attl- le. Here's a blue-print of voter reaction among those whose opinion of Mike has gone up or down in the past six months, recorded by interviewers for the Gallup Poll. Explanations for having a low- er opinion of Mr, Pearson given by 19 per cent of the voters, concentrate on wet ee Voters Opinion of Mr. Pearson has gone DOWN because: He criticizes too much; is too antagonistic to everything; runs everyone down; not inter ested criticism ..........+ He's pushing too hard for an the time for one. see seseseasie 25%, election; it's not ' Seeeeeoceeccccsesocseeeees He hasn't done Much .....cccscccccscsssceens Too much talk; not enough action; hasn't kept his promises He is politically ambitious; only out for himself not for the country and the people He is not a leader ....sescesesess He has no definite policies; his id Other reasons or not stated ...ssecssccccsees (Some gave more than one reason) Among the 11 per centof the voting public who report that Opinion of Mr. Pearson has gone VW 101% their opinion of Mr. Pearson has gone UP in the last six months, main reasons given are as follows: 11% of the Voters UP because: He has good ideas; his policies are more defi- nite; like his policies He is better than Mr. Diefenbaker; Tore able; 31%, . seeesece a very clever man; more stable ........... He is doing a good job; he's doing his best'... He has gained seats; he did well in last elec- tion; Liberal wins in Quebec .......sccssece He gives good opposition in the H ° Other reasons or not stated .....cccccccsccees (Some gave more than one reason)

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