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a She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Today's Life Not Easy But Splendid Challenge By REV. JOHN K. MOFFAT Simcoe St. United Church From the amount of moaning and groaning issuing from the lips of { people these days, one can hardly escape the impression that of all the generations that have ever lived on this earth we have been the most "hard done by" at the hands of the Eternal God. "Why," folk ask whin- ingly, "should we, of all people in history, be compelled to live out our days in these frightful, tension- ridden times? Why should we be condemned to live under the imme- diate and unrelenting threat of com- plete annihilation by 100-megaton nuclear devices, or the lingering, cumulative danger of radiation fall- out, damaging' beyond calculation to generations yet unborn?" The message comes through, loud and clear, from today's mass media of communication that in our kind of world there is no further scope for faith or hope or love; no room any more for vision or courage or understanding or the expression of a power that is not of this world. These resources of the Spirit have all been down-graded until they be- , come little more than meaningless irrelevancies. Admittedly, there are some aw- fully ugly and forboding entries on the negative side of the ledger. But, in spite of these, I believe this age in which we now live is a truly great time to be alive. Not an easy day, mark you, or a relaxing day, or a comfortable day, or a secure day, but a great day; a challenging day, an adventurous day, a day that affords more opportunity for vision and courage and self-sacrifice; that demands more faith, more hope, more love than any other period in history that I know about. Has any other age had so tremendous a potential for good or demanded so vast an expression of faith and understanding and undiscourage- able goodwill on such a world-wide scale? What a dramatically challenging time this is for any individual, or any church, or any nation that dares to look forward and go forward in faith, repudiating a defeatist atti- tude that says: "Look at the prob- lems, aren't they terrible; how shall we ever face them? How can we possibly live through them, let alone with a victory over them?", but embracing the dynamic spirit of the early Christians who said: "Look at the Christ! What a wonderful Saviour is this! How mighty to help and lift! With Him all things are possible." Hunters And Safety Examination of the 1962 hunting accident data collected by the On- tario Department of Lands and Forests indicates that the hunter safety training program started in 1957 is having some effect but that far too many youngsters armed with shotguns and .22 rifles go hunting without any knowledge of correct weapon-handling: There were 126 hunting accidents last year, 17 of them fatal. There _ were 126 in 1961, with 22 of them fatal. There isn't much doubt, how- ever, that the total number of hunt- ers was greater in 1962 than in 1961; there has been a steady in- crease in the numbers of both hunt- ers and fishermen during the post- war years. And both years showed a substantial improvement over 1960; when there were 154 acci- dents, 36 of them fatal. The training program must be given some of the credit for the improvement; since it was started, 45,995 men, women and youngsters have been trained in safe gun handling and proper behavior in the hunting field. Last year's gradu- ates numbered 15,082. They were instructed by members of the On- tario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, of game and fish clubs outside the Federation, and of other interested groups across the pro- vince. The need for more intensive ac- tion to promote hunter safety, however, is evident when one looks at some of the other figures. Of the weapons involved in acci- dents, shotguns caused 46 per cent of the injuries, .22 rifles 36 per cent, high-power rifles 17 per cent and all others one per cent. Shot- guns and .22 rifles, of course, are much more commonly used than other weapons, and therefore can be expected to cause more mishaps, just as rabbits are the most com- monly hunted game and were the quarry in 38 cases of hunting acci- dents. But 57 per cent of the acci- dents resulted from unintentional discharge of guns; in the case of intentional discharge, 15 per cent of the victims were out of sight of the shooter, 12 per cent were mis- taken for game. And hunters be- tween ages 15 and 19 accounted for 31 per cent of the accidents, with the 20-29 year age class accounting for another 21 per cent. American Commitment Reassessment of the American commitment in Southeast Asia is recommended in a report produced by a U.S. Senate study group, and. Washington correspondents think that the Kennedy administration agrees with much of the thinking of the senators. The report suggests that#Amer- jean aid should be curtailed, and even ended wherever possible, in all areas except South Vietnam. But it also suggests: "Extreme cau- tion . . . is indicated in this con- nection, and the discretion of what to do and when to do it must rest She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combini (established 1871) and the itby Chronicle (established 1863, is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). s of C ily N Publish- ers Association. 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For, if the at- tempt is made to alter these pro- grams via a congressional meat axe cut of foreign aid to South- east Asia, it runs the risk of not merely removing the fat but of cleaving a gap which will lay open the region to massive chaos and, hence, jeopardize the present Pacific structure of our national security." Vietnam, understandably, draws the most attention. There the U.S. has some 12,000 troops'as "ad- visers" helping the Vietnamese fight the Communist Vietcong -- and 52 of the "advisers" have been killed in action. The senators do not sug- gest that the American effort be curtailed or halted, but they do warn against its expansion to the point where the fighting could become an American rather than a Vietnamese war. The report stresses the fact that "what further effort may be need- ed for the survival of the Republic of Vietnam in present circumstances must come from that source" -- from Vietnam itself. In seven years the U.S. has sunk $2 billion into Vietnam, This has resulted in some military gains, but the Americafis have so far failed to persuade Presi- dent Diem to give the country the kind of government. which the great mass of Vietnamese think is worth fighting for. LETTER TO AN AMERICAN COUSIN OTTAWA REPORT Old Party Wails Denial Of Rights By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Two million Cana- dians cannot be wrong! Yet those 2,000,000 electors, who together voted for the So- cial Credit or New Democratic Parties last June now are being scolded by spokesmen for the Conservative and Liberal par- ties, each of which attracted barely more than 2,000,000 votes. "It is dangerous to vote for 'splinter parties'," cry these old-party spokesmen, "Canada will be safe only if the electors choose a 'stable' old party gov- ernment, backed by a comfort- able majority," they assert. This is a denial of the voter's basic democratic right, to vote for whichever candidate he pre- fers, It is the whine of the po- litically incompetent running for cover. Constitutional authorities here have been quick to point out that the electors of each con- stituency are fully entitled to send whomever they collectively choose, to represent them in the great assembly of the na- tion at Ottawa. It is then the responsibility of those elected MPs to arrange to govern the YOUR HEALTH country for five years. The old 'parties, each of which has now been rejected by the voters within the past six years, have no justification or right to thus hector and haramgue the voters. SHOULD WORK FOR PAY The "futile twenty-fifth" has been called the least effective, just as it was the shortest, Par- liament Canada has ever had. But the fault lay not with the voters who elected a House of minorities, but with the elected politicians who failed to work out any coalition or modus vi- vendi by which they could per- form the task of government for which we the taxpayers se- lected and paid them. Regimented and © dragooned political parties, moving with the uniformity of performing seals, and. as lacking in individ- uality as an old-fashioned mus- ical comedy chorus--which they often r ible--are a Ta- tive innovation in the long his- tory of parliamentary govern- ment. But statesmanship, prin- ciples and policies are mot novelties. By a combination of these, our politicians of many parties should have worked out --as did their predecessors--a Wide-awake Baby Cause Of Worry By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: I have a beautiful, happy, contented baby of six months (my fourth) who cries only when he is hun- gry or sleepy. He takes good naps during the day, but when he goes to bed et night, he sleeps only an hour or two and then is wide awake for a long time. I've tried romping with him before bedtime. Or feeding him. Neither noise nor quiet makes any difference. He is up and wide awake after a couple of hours, and until 11 o'clock. Then he is all right until morning. I never had this trouble with my other children. I suppose it is trivial, since he is so perfect in all other ways--Mrs. M. Yes, I suppose so. But a trial too. I have one _ invariable rule about babies. They're all different. Each child picks up his own little tricks. My guess is that"this vigor- orous, healthy, apparently hap- py (for the most part) little fel- low has somehow stumbled onto the fact that if he stays awake late in the evening, he gets some extra attention. There is no indication that snything is wrong, but that he has acquired an odd habit. You might cut short some of the naps. He may be so rested and full of steam at night that he is not ready for sleep. Dear Dr. Molner: I observed something..which I think is in- jurious and would like your opinion. I saw a man twist a little boy's ear and rub the top of his head with his knuckles. Isn't that harmful to the brain? --A. W. No, it won't harm the brain, but it is a nasty, ornery, un- called-for way to treat a child. If the youngster remembers it, he may in the future "get even" by doing it to somebody who, in turn, is smaller. Meanness breeds meanness. The Maa can injure the boy's ear. Dear Dr. Molner: I am a woman of 69 and have had se- vere pains in my back and hip for about two years. The doc- tors call it osteoporosis and recommended hormone tablets. These tablets just about wrecked my pelvis. I wonder if other women have the same pain from this treatment that I have.--Mrs. A. E. H, No. And I am not sure what you mean by "wrecked." Osteoporosis, whick rarely de- velops until after menopause, is one of the causes of pain in the back. : The treatment consists of a combination of male and female hormones, calcium, and a high protein diet. There seems no reason why you should suffer from the hor- mones. My suggestion is that perhaps your doctors can try using smaller doses and work up to a point at which you will get maximum benefit without discomfort. For this, of course, they will need your willingness to co-operate. 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA, Burt R. Waters, C.A, he Gordon W. Riehl, 'C.A., R.1.A. Robert W. Lightfoot, C.A. Aontieth, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants @ TELEPHONE: PARTNERS: Hon. J. W. Monteith, F.C.A., M.P. A, Brock Monteith, B. Comm., C.A. George E. Trethway, C.A. Burt R. Weters, C.A. OSHAWA, ONTARIO Oshawa-Bowmanyille 728-7527 Ajex 942-0890 Whitby 668-4131 means of giving Canada effi- cient and stable government. Instead, like petulant children they picked up their marbles and refused to play. Our history shows that never before have we had anything like the present disruption, ex- pense and indeed boredom of the fourth general election within 70 months. This is vivid proof of the mental and political bankruptcy of our old parties, which 2,000,- 000 Canadians condemned when they cast so many votes for the Social Credit and NDP candi- dates last June. LESSON OF HISTORY Prime Minister Mackenzie King, faced with a_ similar House of minorities 40 years ago, made the best of the heterogeneous MPs chosen by the voters. He put together a loose coalition which gov- erned Canada for nine years. He included under his wing, and finally absorbed, MPs from French - Canada, from British Columbia, from the Maritime fisheries and from Prairie farms with varied political phi- losophies, What a diverse cara- van was his Liberal party! Yet last June the French- Canadians largely voted Social Credit, B.C. workers voted NDP, Newfoundland fishermen voted Liberal and Prairie farm- ers voted Conservative Macken- zie King's ombibus party had fallen apart five years earlier. The constitutional authorities here question the justification and the moral right of politi- cians' demands that the voters should revise their election choice. Section 50 of our consti- tution, the British North Amer- ica Act, says that 'Every House of Commons shall con- tinue for five years . . . (sub- ject to be sooner dissolved by the Governor General)." Three Parliaments in a row have now been prematurely ended. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 9, 1963 The Battle of the Iron- clads between the Union ship Monitor and the Con- federate vessel] Merrimac was fought 101 years ago to- day -- in 1862 -- during the American Civil War. The Merrimac had an iron sup- erstructure and was able to ram northern ships. Al- though Merrimac appeared invincible, her funnel was shot away by the Monitor and she had to withdraw from the action. The victory was credited with saving the Union navy. 1796 -- Napoleon Bona- parte married Josephine. 1942--The Japanese com- pleted the conquest of Java in the Second World war. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Wilson's Arrival Puts Propagandists To Work By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Although by any kind of reckoning, a general election is at least a year away, the political propagandists are already hard at work on the kind of blasts and counter- blasts which usually comes "with the launching of an elec- tion campaign. Prime Minister Macmillan, in addressing a conference of Young Conservatives, did not reveal when an election was likely to be held, but he did make some remarks which might be a clue to government thinking. Referring to what he termed the last 'short and rather unhappy period of Labor government," he said: "During the next year or so which may divide us from an election, 'we may have some- thing to say about it." In closing his speech, he made this rather cryptic remark: "While my colleagues and I are charged during the reinain- ing years of this parliament, we will lay the foundations on which you can build." This made it rather obvious that Mr. Macmillan contem- plates another session of the present parliament, starting in late October or early Novem- ber and carrying it on until the eary! summer of 1964 before go- ing before the electors. Perhaps it was the advent of a new leader for the Labor Party which sparked off the propaganda flood; especially when on his first day in the Commons after being elected leader Harold Wilson declared his allegiance to the Labor party's policy of all-out national- ization, The Conservative central office moved in quickly after Mr. Wilson had thus commit- ted himself to Clause Four of the party constitution, and with- in three days had produced a telling. pamphlet under the title "Entitled to Know," giving its version of the lengths to which nationalization will go should Labor win the next election. This pamphlet includes a list of 104 of Britain's major indus- trial concerns which are threat- ened with nationalization in the event of a Labor victory. PUBLIC OPPOSED This was potent propaganda, for if there is one thing whch the majority of the people of Britain do not want it is more nationalization of anything. The railways and the coal industry have provided terrible exam- ples of how costly and un- ov nationalization can e. This public attitude is reflect- ed very well in a Gallup poll finding on the subject of nation- iaztion. In this vote, 51 per cent were in favor of leaving things as they are, 29 per cent want more de-nationalization of serv- ices now nationalized, and only BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO A problem of school facili- ties. arose because of the an- nexation of Cedardale to the city, Pupils whose homes were not in the annexed area but re- mained in. East Whitby were not eligible to attend their for- mer school, Eggs sold at 50 cents a dozen and butter 50 cents a pound on the Oshawa market. Oshawa Board of . Education 1923 estimate was set at $125,- 846, which was an approximate increase of $17,000 over the pre- vious year. Teachers' salaries amounted to $27,300 for. High and $64,275 for public schools. Thornton's Corners Boy Scout Troop was reorganized with three active patrols in the troop. They were the Eagles under Patrol Leader W. Buss, the Wolves under P. L. Pascoe and the Lions under Jim Low- ington. Rev. A. M. Irwin was guest speaker at a meeting of the WCTU, At this meeting an ap- peal for soap wrappers was made to help the Travellers' Aid Work. In the primary competition at the Oshawa Curling Club C. M. Anderson's rink defeated George Evans' rink in the finals to win the Hatch Trophy. Four hundred boys attended the banquet in Simcoe Street Methodist Church to end the year for the Sunday School Hockey League. League presi- dent &. L. Petley was emcee. St. George's Church captured two of the trophies with South Oshawa taking the main trophy and St. Gregory's taking an- other. Whitby Presbytery recom- mended church union. Influenza was on the decline here, according to the Oshawa medical health officer. Five "flu deaths were reported in Febru- ary. J. T. Althouse, formerly prin- cipal of the Oshawa High School, presented Oshawa Ro- tary Club Trophy to Brace- bridge High School hockey team, champions of the Cen- tral Ontario Interscholastic Hockey League, at a banquet in Welsh's Parlors. READERS' VIEWS RIGHT TO VOTE Dear Sir: Once again it is election time. The candidates seeking election have begun their campaign with much enthusiasm. Yet, despite the publicity given the election by the press, radio and tele- vision I'm appalled at the lack of interest shown by various members of the community. These same people, many of them proud of belonging to the so-called intelligentia and also claiming to be good citizens, have emphatically declared their intentions of not voting on election day. Their reasons are many and varied. At the moment these reasons are of little concern. What does concern us and should interest every man, woman, and child is the abuse of the franchise; re- fusing to vote. Amongst the many rights and privileges we enjoy in this dem- ocratic country, is the right to vote, to exercise the franchise. Like everything worthwhile, this right was not easily achieved. The forefathers of democracy paid for those rights, not only by sweat and hard work, but with their lives. What has happened to the men and women of today? Just what is the reason for such com- placency and lack of interest in an election of such import? Could it in any way be due to the constant threat of war? Or ANNUAL The Public Is Invited TO THE : OF THE Victorian Order of Nurses OSHAWA BRANCH MONDAY, 5:00 P.M. AT THE BOARD ROOM CITY HALL MEETING MARCH 11 has selfishness and greed left little time and energy for inter- est in the government and the forthcoming elections? Much is at stake. By voting you are not only selecting the candidate of your choice, but appointing members of a gov- ernment chosen by you, the vot- ing public. How can parents explain to their children their refusal in not exercising the franchise? Set the children of today, the voting adults of tomorrow, a good ex- ample by exercising the fran- chise in the forthcoming elec- tions. The right to vote should not be taken lightly or abused as, unfortunately, are so many other things. In exercising the franchise thoughtfully and care- fully, your hands are helping to guide not only the future of your children, but the future of. your country as well. Therefore, on election day go out and vote, place your X which marks the spot where it belongs: L. V. BROWN Oshawa 21 per cent favor more natural- ization. It is interesting to note that in the case of those who declared themselves to be Labor sapporters, 46 per cent favored leaving things as they are, 15 per cent favored more de-nationalization and 39 per cent were in favor of more nationalization. These figures prove that more nationalization in the event of a Labor government coming into . power can be a'real bogey with which to frighten the eiectors away from that party. Yet, there might be some signifi- cance in the fact that just be- fore the 1059 general election, on a poll on the same ques- tions, only 12 per cent support- ed more nationalization. This figure has in the latest poll gone up to 21 per cent. TAX ON WEALTH : James Callaghan, Labor's shadow Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, on the other side, un- leased a barrel-full of what could be election propaganda of a potent nature when he came out flat-footed for a tax on wealth. He first mentionad it briefly in the House of Com- mons, but later devoted a speech to a Young Fabian meet. fing in London he spelled it out in detail. What Mr. Callaghan is aim- ing at if he ever becomes Chan- cellor of the Exchequer is to put a tax on all personal for- tunes of over $60,000. He said this would make possible in- come tax cuts for people in the lower income brackets and more money for old age pen- sioners, Mr. Callaghan said: "Our tax system hits the wrong people hardest -- for ex- ample, the pay-as-you-earn tax- payer and the pensioner living on his small saving; but the Speculator goes his way un checked. We overtax and under- pay the best scientific brains in the country, and then wonder why they emigrate." This was heady stuff for the wage-earner who finds his week- ly pay packet hard hit by in- come tax and insurance deduc- tion, but the timing of it was all wrong. It was the kind of speech which should have been reserved for the opening blast of an election campaign. PEACE RESTORED With George Brown argeeing to continue as deputy-leader, although denied the post he wanted, that of Shadow Foreign Secretary, peace has for the time being been restored with- in the Labor party, Mr. Wilson, very wisely from the standpoint of party unity, has leaned rath- er heavily towards the right wing in choosing his shadow cabinet. This was not expected in view of his own leanings to- wards the left wing. His selec- tions indicate that he recog- nizes the importance, for the time being, of continuing the Gaitskell line of party unity. Mr. Brown seems to have meekly accepted his rebuff by Mr. Wilson, but how long the partnership will remain a happy one only time will tell. Mr. Brown indicated as much when, on telvision, he admit- ted that while he was retaining the deputy-leadership, there was "a- difference -- yes, indeed." Just what he meant by that 'enigmatic remark the inter. viewer was unable to pry loose from him, just as Mr, Callag- han, also on television and radio, declined to discuss any details of how he proposed to operate his plan for the tax on wealth. CARPET COMPANY 282 King W. sd 728-958). BROADLOOM, DRAPES, TILE, PAINT AND WALLPAPER . dnetrial Industrial Commissioner CITY OF OSHAWA Should have proven record of hi in p ging ii end tracting potential industry. Must be familiar with probl to be d in the stabil, to services locating of en industrial enterprise, particularly with respect the Oshawe Industrial C Experienced in dealing with senior level management, cap- able of preparing reports of sales p i ments, use of necessary publicity. To be responsible for over-all ad 9 ing land use. briefs, adverti pnistration, reporting to Act as y to Commission. 22nd, 1963. will be ived until 5:00 p.m., Friday, March Apply by letter only stating experience, education, marital status and salery expected to: Personnel Officer, City Hall, Oshawa, Ontario.