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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Oshawa Traffic Report Calls For Examination Close study of the Damas and Smith traffic planning report for Oshawa convinces us that city coun- cil should give the recommendations the most critical examination, be- cause virtually all of the recom- mendations are open to serious ques- tion. Caution is called for, not only because the report would commit the city to something like a $29 million expenditure over a period of 20 years, but also because the re- commendations, if adopted, would have a far-reaching effect on the present structure of the city, parti- cularly in the downtown business area. We propose to deal at length with the weaknesses of the report, as we see them, in the days to come. This serves as introductory comment. The city decided to proceed with the transportation study -- in co- operation with the Ontario Depart- ment of Highways -- early in 1961. It was a wise decision, because such a study was certainly needed. A technical co-ordinating member de- veloped the terms of reference, which were: An origin-destination study of the movement of persons and vehicles within the City of Oshawa Planning Area between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 p.m.; an evaluation of the existing traffic service; ana- lysis of the existing problems, to- gether with present and future street deficiencies; the development of a master traffic plan outlining solutions, preliminary plans and 'costs, minor needs, and a "program of implementation" for the plan; a study of parking in the central busi- ness district; a study of the public transportation operations including routing, bus stop locations, and the effect of these operations on street traffic particularly in the central area, Under those terms, obviously, the consultants were given a big job to do. In doing it, they collected and recorded a substantial amount of ,valuable information. It is the conclusions they draw. from this in- formation that can be questioned. For example, the consultants seem to have been intent on moving traffic through Oshawa as quickly as possible; the smooth flow from Point A to Point B within the city appears to be less of a concern. Immediately, then, we come up against the question of the purpose of traffic control; and surely, this purpose is not simply to get a maximum number of _ vehicles through a built up area, from the southern boundary to the northern, or the eastern boundary to the western, in the shortest possible time. We shall continue our examina- tion of the report in this space in the days to come. * Delusions Linger On It is a sad commentary on our society that a board or other gov- ernmental agency is considered by a vast number of people to be the appropriate cure for virtually every economic ill. From Newfoundland come reports that Premier Smallwood has asked the federal government for a $50 million Canadian Fish Board which would do for the Newfoundland fisherman what the Canadian Wheat Board has done for the Prairie farmer. One can argue, with admirable logic, that if the Canadian tax payer is underwriting the risks inherent in wheat farming and cushioning the wheat farmer from the vagaries. of the international market, the same taxpayer, reasonably, can be expected to do at least as much for the hard-pressed Newfoundland cod fisherman. And so he could, were it not for the fact that there is very grave doubt as to whether the govern- ment should be in the wheat busi- ness in the first place. If wheat and cod, why not coal and petroleum too? And what of the butter that refuses to melt in Canadian mouths, the uranium and copper mining industries where capacity far exceeds the amount of metal that can be sold? . There is an old adage which holds that governments cannot create wealth but that they' merely re- distribute such wealth as they have appropriated from the toils of their citizens. In much the same way, governments cannot create markets. They can only reapportion those markets that already exist. It is high time, therefore, that Canadians stopped deluding them- selves that the bringing of an ailing industry under state control can produce a painless and permanent cure. Netherlander Puzzled It may hearten -- or at least surprise -- people in business in Canada to know not all govern- ments in the world take the attitude that business is always in the wrong. A trade magazine in the U.S. recently printed a letter from a reader in Holland that reflects the considerable difference between Europe and North America that exists in the government-business relationship. "T can't understand your federal government," the letter commented. "Industry contributes so much to your welfare, yet it seems that your government consistently does .very- thing in its power to destroy it. You charge the same price for your She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Osha i (established 1871! and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863, is published doily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). s of Daily 1p Publish- ers Association. The Canodion Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cothcort Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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I just can't understand your government's attitude towards business," Other Editors' Views SIXTY SECONDS WORTH (Punch) A new and speedier race of hu- mans may be developing as the result of television commercials, a species that can nip out of the room while the commercial is on, get back when it is over and as the fellow said, fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run. We hear of a 12- year-old boy who on May 10 last, just as a smiling figure had begun to say "Man, man! This is real coffee!" went to the kitchen, pre- pared a peanut butter sandwich, drank half a pint of milk directly from the bottle, was rebuked By his mother for this, promised. he wouldn't do it again and had a fight with his brother, all in 52.3 seconds, returning exactly at the right time for the resumption of the main show. z 'BRAVO, HAROLD!" REPORT FROM U.K. Shortage Of Hats For Fish Porters By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The most treas- ured possessions of the fish port- ers who work at the famous Billingsgate Fish Market in London are their porters' licences and their traditional Jeather hats. They still have the licences, but these fish port- ers are running short of their black leather hats, which give protection to their heads as they carry heavy trays of fish around the market. There is a special art to the manufacture of a fish porter's YOUR HEALTH Skin Infection leather hat, and the last hat maker who specialized in them retired some time ago. Young men entering the hat making trade have been hunting fever- ishly for a second-hand hat from a porter promoted to be a foreman or salesman, Jim Wickes, chairman of the 500-strong Fish Porters' Union, echoed the thought that the porters' leather hats were high- ly treasured, but he added: "Mind you, we do not need them as much as we used to. ~When I started, a porter walked twice as far as he does now, and carried up to 20 stone (280 pounds) on his head. Today he Also Contagious By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: I have chil- dren, aged one and two. My daughter had impetigo when she was five months old, and now my son has it. I keep them as clean as I can. What can 7 do to get rid of this condition? --MRS. C.M. Impetigo is an infection of the skin, not only infectious (caused by germs) but comagious (passed from person to person). The germ can be either a form of the streptococcus of staphylococcus. Either, once it starts, soon sets up infected pustules. It can, of course, be a dangerous infection as well as messy, unpleasant one. True, cleanliness is extremely important but that isn't the whole story. Despite all reason- able care, it is still possible for the infection to spread because you can't see the germs. They may be transmitted by a child touching another, or by use of another's handkerchief, toys, pencils or whatnot. : Today's case gives at least a "hint that in this instance the disease may have been passed, not from child to child, but from adult to child. Someone in or close to the household may be a carrier of the germs, more particularly the staphylococcus variety. This has been known to happen many times and is one of the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 4, 1963... Brother Marc Comtant died at St. Thomas de Mont- magny, Que., 114 years ago today--in 1849---and the Ca- nadian branch of the Rec- ollet Order, one of the Ro- man Catholic men's com- munities, passed out of ex- istence. The Recollets first brought Christianity to Can- ada, establishing parishes and missions and accom- panying soldiers and ex- plorers as chaplains. They also made 'a valuable con- tribution to the written his- tory of early Canada. 1881 -- The city of St. Thomas, Ont., was incorpor- ated. 1949 -- V. M. Molotov was replaced by Andrei, Vishin- 'sky as Soviet foreign min- ister. threats against which well-run nurseries are constantly on guard. These germs can be carried in the nose, cause no trouble to the carrier, yet become devil- ishly mean if they reach a per- son who possesses poor protec- tion against them. It sometimes is necessary to have laboratory cultures grown and examined from nose and throat swabbings of others in the family, especially the par- ents, and I think that is the logical starting point in this case. Dear Dr. Molner: With ane- mia, can the person merely add iron to the daily diet or is 'iver also required?--MRS, S.S. It depends on the type of ane- mia. There are several. In some cases iron in tablet form is suf- ficient. In pernicious anemia, Vitamin B (or 'iver extract) is necessary. Revolt Of The Squares Organized By Egghead LONDON (CP) -- An oval- headed peer-politician, long a defender of the eggheads in modern life, now has initiated the "revolt of the squares." Lord Hailsham, science min- ister in the government, sent a thrill of delight up the spines of British squares when he de- clared in a Glasgow speech: "The beatniks and cynics are not always going to have their own way. Th-re is going to be '@ revolt of the squares and, as it is the squares who do all the useful work in the world, the beatniks and cynics will be in for a thin time." Newspapers picked up the idea for a prolonged run and -Terence Wray, 26, national chairman of the young Conserv- atives, set about organizing the Society of Squares. MANY APPROVE "It's too early yet to expect a large response, from ordinary squares, but many people I have spoken to _ are all for the idea," said Wray. scarcely carries about stone (112 pounds)." MATTER OF PRIDE Trolleys have today come into use as an alternative means of transport, and have done away with the head-carrying of fish eight _ to a large extent. Even so, the younger men still like to use their heads, even if only as a matter of professional pride. Some of them try to make the leather hats for themselves, but, in most cases, the craft of cutting and moulding the strips of leather, handed down from father to son for generations, is beyond them. When properly made up, these hats, in.spite of the tough usage they undergo, last a long time, up to 30 years or. more. Usually a newcomer can get hold of one from a retiring or promoted porter. But the number of these porters have gone down stead- ily. In 1930, there were over 1200 licensed porters. Today, a number is down to. about PADDING KNACK Mr. Wickes had some interest- ing things to say about the hats. After buying his hat -- and a new one used to cost up to over $30 -- the porter has to pad it with cotton wool or damp paper until it assumes the shape of his head. "There is a knack in this," said Mr. Wickes. "It takes three months to break im a hat. Until it really feels a part of you, the chafing on head and ears is painful. And if a hat is not properly packed, it can tften cause baldness." To maintain its condition, a hat must be permanently damp. Otherwise the leather strips spring apart. Normally, each man sees to this for himself, but when he is away, his mates keep his hat covered with wet sack'ng. This is all part of the market comradeship. Mr. Wickes explained that the hats must be of leather be- © cause that is the only thing light and flexible enough to fit the shape of a man's head. Be- sides, no metal would withstand the chemical action of the vari- ous fish juices. So, unless more skilled makers of the traditional leath- er hats appear in the next few years, it looks as though the trolleys at the Billingsgate mar- ket will increasingly take the loads off the porters' heads. BY-CONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO An Oshawa landmark, the Dominion Hall on King street west, built in 1897, was being demolished for a parking lot. Mrs. Sylvanus 'Luke, life-long resident of the Oshawa district, celebrated her 84th birthday. Alfred Howell, who designed the war memorial in Memorial Park, met with the Legion Com- mittee of C. J. Wilcox, W. J. McIntyre and Ben Jacklin, for the purpose of placing 176 names of veterans who gave omg lives in the Second World ar. Sixteen past presidents of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club were entertained at the club meeting in Hote] Genosha. The following members com- prised the first Public Utilities Commission after the hydro- electric system was taken over in Oshawa, T. B. Mitchell, W. H. Ross, Gordon Conant, John Stacey and F. L, Mason, chair- man. Whitby Kinsmen Club cele- brated the 28th anniversary. of the founding of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs by Hal Rog- ers. The guest speaker was Roy Dibbon, past district governor and past president of the Osh- awa Club. Oshawa Board of Education forwarded a request to the Board of Police Commissioners that painted lanes or safety zones for pupils crossing streets be installed at all schools, The Board also requested of the On- tario Motor League a 20-mile- per-hour speed limit in school zones, Of the 1,600-odd pupils attend- ing grades 5 to 8 in the city's . public and separate schools, ap- proximately 62 per cent resid- ed south of King street, accord- ing to the Board of Education. Of the 36 Oshawa eating es- tablishments, 34 were approv- ed under the Public Heaith Act regulations which became effec- tive Jan. 1, according to Dr. A. F. Mackay, medical officer of health. Court Oshawa, Independent Order of Foresters, cel!ebrat- ed its diamond jubilee. Mayor Frank McCallum, guest speak- er, was entertainment chair- man. The North Oshawa District Ratepayers' Club was formed at a meeting of the district residents. An executive of R. Dpvie Frank (Welch, Frank rawford, Chagles Smith and Henry Shemilt }were elected. i What apparently touched off Hailsham's outburst was wide- especially - spread criticism of the govern- ment following breakdown of the Common Market negotia- ticns in Brussels. Students of Hailsham say it is 'inconceivable that the ebul- lient peer -- who sometimes writes genteel love poetry--was inspired to think of squares by his audience, a political group of women, some of whom were well-rounded. Just what is a square, any- way? The Daily Sketch came out with a list of dos and don'ts for squaremanship under such ° categories as home, food, books and clothes: Do put converted oil-lamps in most of the rooms; don't pre- tend you understand the wine list; don't hide your copy of Lady Chatterley; do wear eo agg shirts, tall 'boots, fur ats. r + Another newspaper printed a cartoon showing the British ship of state as an automobile with four square wheels, one of them being Hailsham. It was also noted that square is a jazz term, and one or two musicians Spring Launching Season For Canadian Rocketeers WINNIPEG (CP) -- In spring the fancies of. about 30 Cana- dian scientists and technicians will turn again to the problem of putting Canada into space from Canadian soil. It is then that rebuilding the Black Brant Arctic launching pads near Churchill, Man., 650 miles north of here, is ex- pected to be completed. Technicians at the Winnipeg plant of Canadian Zristol Aero- jet now are preparing several Black Brant rockets of three types for the spring testing. The project started eight years ago, but when the Church- ill base burned two years ago, testing was switched to Wallops Island. Va. The main purpose of the 100- to 800-mile shots is a study of the Aurora Borealis (northern lights), a phenomenon of the Arctic, and the effect this elec- trically charged panoply has on communications. The 30- to 300-pound payload of instruments carried in the rockets also will record and re- lay information on the earth's atmosphere, meteors and solar particles. RANGE IN SIZE The rockets range in size from the Black Brant III at 18 feet and the Black Brant V at 28 feet to the two-stage Black Brant IV at 36 feet. The small rocket costs $10,- 000, the intermediate $40,000 and Black Brant IV as much as $70,000 with its five-foot, $30,000 nose ione jammed with detailed instruments. None of the rockets are re- coverable at this stage, al- though there are plans to try to perfect a recovery system. The federal government is paying, one-third of the cost of the project with Canadian Bris- tol Aerojet and its parent com- pany, Bristol Aero Industries, the remainder. In addition to the Winnipeg plant for production of the rock- ets and the Churchill launching base for the May-June tests, the company also has a solid fuel plant at Rockwood, about 20 miles north of Winnipeg, a $2,000,000 adjunct to the pro- gram, The rockets will be fueled at Rockwood on their truck trip north for the tests. politely od ailsham himself should considered hip, not square, SELF-RATING GUIDE The Daily Mail provided a "square quiz' under which readers could rate themselves under headings of sex, travel and television preferences, Those with a score of 50 or so could consider themselves in the Hailsham class but' that gentleman reported in a post- card to the newspaper that he was able to amass only four points. ; Hailsham, sometimes spoken of as a future prime minister, had a promising career in the House of Commons as Quintin Hogg before sui to the peerage. As a lawyer once told a judge: "Even in this court, some attenticn should be paid to the evidence." Later he issued this call in a speech: "Eggheads of the world unite! We have nothing to. lose but our brains." He may have been inspired by Adlai. son of the United States, whose version was: 'You have nothing to lose but your yokes." PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Don't drive too fast. It is far better to be later than the late lamented. . f Even if machines are made that can think, they won't throw many people out of work. Getting drunk makes a person feel like a superman for several hours, and like a worm for sev- eral days. as saying The average person white- washes his prejudices and tries to pass then. off as principles. RICH IN OIL An estimated $500,000,000 in oil royalties will be paid the kingdom of Libya between 1963 and 1968, Voting Is Not Confined To Canadian Citizens OTTAWA (CP) -- Voting in Canada's general election is not a privilege confined exclusively to Canadian citizens. The law states only that a qualified voter in the- April 8 election must have lived in Canada the day the election writ was issued, be 21 on vot- ing day, and be a Canadian citizen or a British subject with a year's residence in the coun- try before the issue of the writ, Feb, 6 this year. The term "British subject" for voting purposes covers citi- zens of the United Kingdom and of all Commonwealth countries, and also of the republics of Ire- land and South Africa, former Commonwealth members. Other foreigners, including visitors and immigrants who have not become Canadian citi- zens, are not entitled to vote. A "landed immigrant" must live in Canada five years to qualify for citizenship. AMERICANS WRANED Warnings are usually issued by the United States govern- ment that American citizens who vote. in a Canadian elec- tion face possible loss of their U.S. citizenship. American residents in Canada may inadvertently find their Standards, Controversy Needed By Art Galleries VANCOUVER (CP)--The new director of the Vancouver Art Gallery likes controversy. Richard B. Simmins, 38, says: "Most art gallery directors do. They cannot accept being ne- glected. There's nothing worse than indifference." Indians Have Voting Right OTTAWA (CP)--Indians now enjoy the same federal voting privileges as all other Cana- dians, whether they live on or off the reservation. It's another question whether all Indians will exercise their rights on April 8. In the June 18, 1962, general election an estimated 60,000 In- dians were eligible to vote for the first time federally. But some were skeptical of the newly acquired franchise, sus- pecting mistakenly that if they used it they would be denied their treaty rights. Several Indian bands in Que- bec, Ontario and Alberta passed resolutions saying they wanted no part of the new right to vote. As a result, no enumeration of voters was carried out on those reservations and no poll- ing stations were set up there. However, voting 'ists were com: piled from names provided by the federal Indians affairs branch and polls were located close by so that any Indian who wanted to vote could do so. No figures are available on how many actually voted. Until the 1962 election, Indi- ans living on reservations were consifered words of the gov- ernment and--with certain ex- ceptions--were denied the fran- chise. Canada's total Indian population is approximately Canada's other group of na- tive citizens, the Eskimos, have enjoyed federal voting _privi- leges since the 1953 election. Mr. Simmins is no stranger to controversy. He resigned as director of the National Gallery of Canada's exhibition extension services in Ottawa amid controversy over the Chrysler collection. When the National Gallery showed this collection last Sep- tember, there was debate about the authenticity of some of the pictures. The matter was raised in the House of Commons when Judy La Marsh, the Liberal member for Niagara - Falls, said there were serious allegations against the gallery and it was lending the weight of its prestige to "unauthenticated and perhaps spurious paintings." Mr. Simn.ins resigned Oct. 20 while the show was still on and said simply: '"'No public com- ment." Now, he says, people can draw 'their own conclusions. "No art museum must ever show works of dubious authen- ticity, Ethics in the museum field are simple. Maintaining standards is the essential thing." He was a public servant at the National Gallery and one of the rules involves not discuss- ing confidential matters in pub- lic. If one disagrees with the gallery's policy one must re- sign, says Mr. Simmins. -- He succeeds Gerald H. Tyler, who is retiring, at the Vancou- ver Gallery. SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial The established, reliable Ges ler in your area. 31 CELINA ST. (Corner of Athol) 728-9441 names on voting lists, though this in itself is not proof that they have actually voted. Many Americans request the electoral revising officer to remove their names. The constituency in which a person votes is determined by place of residence when the election writ was issued. A per- son who moves between then and voting day casts his ballot in the constituency of his for- mer home. Exempted from this provision are clergymen and _ school teachers and their wives who take up new postings in a dif- ferent riding after the writ was issued. They are permitted to vote in the new constituency. A member of Parliament and his family are not considered to have changed their ordinary residence from their home. rid- ing by moving to Ottawa. Times Revived By Pilgrimage NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) -- From a high bluff 180 miles orth of New Orleans, over- looking the mighty Mississippi that was once the economic jugular vein of the south, Natchez beckons to the roman- tic and the curious wih its pilgrimage, a 30-day display of fine homes and fond memories of the confederacy. They gather from far and near, those who want to st back a century and join caval- iers in uniforms grey and gold seeeeine low before their la- es. They pass through halls that once looked down on some of America's great. Their nostrils quiver to. the scent of wood- smoke lying heavy over the land in the- cool March air. At The Brier, the visitors re- call that on this spot Varina Howell became the bride of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states. Behind great water oaks stands Springfield, where An- drew Jackson's turbulent mar- riage to Rachel Robards began. NQW EXTINCT The eye brightens and the pulse skips at nature's lavish- ness--pink and paler azaleas, blood red camellias and the cotton: white buds that line the long driveways of the great mansions that once buttressed a way of life long vanished. The doors to the mansions-- 30 are cn display during t he pilgrimage--open to visitors, or pilgrims as Natchez calls them, during the month of March. An average day finds between 500 and 700 making the indi- vidual tours. At day's end, when weary pilgrims take to things more relaxing, a Confederate pageant awaits them. In tableaux, the great days of the south come alive again-- days when cottcn was king and cotton's masters lived as em- BROADLOOM, DRAPES, TILE, PAINT AND WALLPAPER