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| She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Drivers Get Licences For Three-Year Period Ontario Transport Minister James Auld has announced that a new system of three-year- drivers' licen- ces will be put into operation at the end of this year. The licences will be timed to expire on the date of the drivers' birthdays. This will result in a simplification of departmental procedures and a convenience for motorists. For the present, vehicle permits and licence plates will continue to be issued in the usual way, although Mr. Auld says that his department "is con- tinuing to study the feasibility of applying a somewhat similar pro- cedure to the issuance" of the plates and permits. This means, of course, that the annual trip to the licence bureau will still be made -- and Mr. Auld might give some thought to this procedure. The issuing of plates, permits and licences was started earlier this winter ostensibly in an effort to reduce the last-minute rush. To some extent it succeeded in its pur- pose, but a more constructive action would be the opening of the bureaus for one or two evenings a week and possibly for a few hours on Satur- days, through January and Febru- ary. Many motorists find it difficult, because of their working hours and the nature of their jobs, to get away during the day for long enough to obtain their driving documents and plates. The more fortunate are able to get friends or relatives-to do the chore for them. An evening or Saturday opening of the bureaus would answer this end and contri- bute substantially to more regular business at the bureaus, Another point not mentioned by Mr. Auld was the periodic testing of drivers in possession of permits. If renewals are to be made every three years instead of every year, surely this is all the more reason for the establishment of periodic tests to determine the continuing, capacity of drivers to handle their vehicles. Education And Spending Last week we published a very Tong and very angry letter written by six citizens who believe there is a crisis in education in Oshawa, brought about -- one gathers from the letter -- by the questioning of school costs by members of city council and Times columnist, and by doubts raised about the imme- diate need for a multi-purpose room at one of the schools, Such interest in education by citizens is highly commendable, and were it more general there is no doubt that the cause of education would benefit. It should be recognized, however, that if there is a crisis in Oshawa, there is a similar crisis in most com- munities which have experienced rapid post-war growth. And essen- tially, it is a crisis of cost. City councils all across the province are questioning costs, not only because they have to raise the money spent by boards of education, but because they cannot see the end of increases in costs. Not so long ago it was heresy to question spending on education. But latterly there has been a growing and logical tendency to distinguish between spending on essential edu- cation and spending on what might be termed the apparatus of educa- tion, and to recognize that since every thing cannot be done at once, that priorities be set. One can question purchase of wall-to-wall broadloom and the in- stallation of colored instead of plain black telephones, for example, with- out undermining the cause of edu- cation. The appointments in an ad- ministrator's office have a bearing on the school system only in so far as their costs affects the total amount that can be spent on the school system. The fact is, of course, that there is a limit to any kind of spending. This means that some effort must be made to distinguish between what is essential and what is not-- and to remember that any school system's reason for being is the intellectual development of its stu- dents, not the relief of parents, from the responsibility of bringing up children or the erection of sterile monuments, Unemployment Figures As they should be, statistics gn unemployment are a main topic of debate in the federal election cam- paign. Unfortunately, and perhaps inevitably, most of the discussion is colored by party bias and much of it -- particularly discussion deal- ing with the phrase "full employ- ment" -- is almost entirely unreal- istic, writer C. J. Harris comments. As example of party bias, he sees the contrasting interpretations of the Labor Department's labor force statistics. Liberal candidates point out that there were 541,000 persons unemployed at mid-January, almost no improvement over the figure of - 645,000 one year earlier. But Con- servative candidates emphasize that the total of Canadians with jobs was 6,956,000 at mid-January, a consid- erable gain over the total of 5,864,000 a year before, and that in the perinod the increase in em- She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond ch 1863, is ablish daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou et Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dallies sociation, The Canadian Press: is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news itched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local fews published therein. All rights of special des- ypotches are also reserved. Otfices: Thomson Building, 425 Universi Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cothcort Streot, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Fs Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Ounbarton, Enniskilien, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypoo! and Newcastle, not over 45c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) Qutside carriers delivery oreas 12.00 per year. Other ge 'ond ge hy alana Countries 15,00, and foreign 24.00. ployment was greater than the in- crease in the labor force. An impartial view would have to be that there is some truth on each side. Unemployment is serious, but less so than it would have been if in the past year the number of new job openings had lagged behind the growth' of the labor force. and the writer notes that a pertinent point avoided by all parties is the fact that the official unemployment statistics include some who are not anemployed in the sense that they are needfully and earnestly looking for work. A calculating machine cannot tell the difference between the person who needs work and the person who is in the process of changing jobs or who is without work for some other voluntary and temporary reason. Nor 'can the ma- chine identify the individual who chooses to get along for a spell on unemployment insurance benefits, perhaps plus family allowance pay- ments and odd job earnings. In part, it is these recognized shortcomings of the statistical ser- vices that bring ambiguity into the meaning of the phrase "full em- ployment" -- a phrase introduced, or at least popularized, by Lord Beveridge, architect of Britain's welfare state. Even more important in this connection is the erroneous notion that this phrase literally means no unemployment at all . The fact is that Lord Beveridge assumed that an unemployment rate of three per cent of the labor force would constitute full employ- ment. IN LIKE A LAMB, OUT LIKE A LION QUEEN'S PARK Watch U.K. Move On Grant System By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The United King- dom may have given us a lead on one of our great problems of government today, The U.K. got deeply into the grant system before we did. And it is ahead of us in working its way out of it. For years it provided local YOUR HEALTH grants for health, education, fire service and other purposes, just as we do. It ran into the same trouble as we have. Local municipali- ties were spending money freely and then asking the central government for more as a mat- ter of right. There were the same pres- Woman Is Pleased By Vein Operation By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: I read the letter from E, D, about the vari- cose vein operation. I had one three years ago and am glad I did. My legs feel so much bet- ter, not to mention their appear- ance. I have some pressure at times, but not too often, and I think if I watch my weight the other veins 'vill be all right. I hope E. D. goes ahead with the operation.--Mrs, P. C. : Dear Doctor: I had my veins stripped eight years ago. They have returned in one leg only, with a small ulcer. Will I need another operation? -- I am 73.-- HAROLD 5S. As I've pointed out before, stripping (removing) varicose veins doesn't absolutely guaran- tee that there will not be further trouble. You may never have any more; however, after a period of years, you may. Mrs. P. C. is smart. She rea- lizes that reimaiming veins can become varicose, so she_ is taking precautions. Watching her weight is important. I pre- sume that she also tries not to remain on her feet for exces- sively long periods'at a time, and remembers that standing still is harder on the veins than moving around. A person with varicose veins has had warming: the veins just aren't as rugged as average. They need pampering. So get in the habit of sitting (or lying) down periodically. When you sit, use a foot stool or another chair, or even your desk to ele- vate your feet. This relieves the pressure on those veins and gives them a chance to re- cover a bii. In the case of Harold S., he's had eight years of relief. The stripping has been worth it, even if troub!s is startng again. Note that the new trouble is only in one leg. That's a gain, too. Those veins that were TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 19, 1963... Canada and the United States signed an agreement to go ahead with construc- tion of the St. Lawrence Seaway 22 years ago today --in 1941, The massive un- dertaking was completed in 1959 and permitted deepsea shipping to move into the Great Lakes. This elim- inated the need to unload cargoes from ocean - going vessels onto smaller ships able to navigate the various canals aivig the St. Law- rence River and the Lakes. 1628 --The Massachusetts colony was founded by Eng- lish settlers. 1913 -- The first territor- jal legislature of Alaska granted suffrage to women. stripped are gone permanently. These are other veins, becoming varicose. This. in turn impaired circulation that lets ulcers form and makes it difficult and often impossible to heal them. So my amswer would be yes, he doubtless does need another operation. Maybe not stripping, because just ligating (or tying) one of two of the veins can be Sufficient in some cases. Dear D. Molner: Why don't you mention that a specialist in foot problems, even skin and fungas infections of the feet, is known as a podiatrist? So many people go to M.D.'s first, or are treating themselves for foot trouble before someone tells them. I work for a podia- trist and have seen cases that have become irritated through ignorance.--Mrs. R. W. They used to call themselves chiropodists, and then the term "podiatrist" came along, but I'm in favor of these foot spe- cialists, regardless of what term they use. Yes, they're good with many skin gilments, but I must also insist that some stubborn skin problems will resist just about everything except care by a physician who has specialized in dermatology. (and even then, some cases can be terribly dif- ficult.) sures, indignation and general dissatisfaction as there are here. Above all there was waste. Soa few years ago the cen- tral government threw up its hands, MADE BULK GRANT It bulked all its existing sub- sidy payments into one general grant. Then it told the local governments here it is, you make out as best you can with it, it is all you are getting. Eventually we might well end up doing the same thing here. It is unlikely we will ever be able to do away completely with the hand-out system and reach the ideal where every government raises its own rev- enues, The system is so firmly bedded in now that it is unlikely it could. ever be completely uprooted. But a bulk grant would have certain very definite advan- tages. The greatest one, of course, being that it would force mu- nicipalities to budget strictly. Many of these say they do this now. But they always have an eye on old Uncle Pay-Out up here, and don't watch their spending as closely as they would if they were digging strictly into their own pockets. BALANCED GRANTS There are, of course, factors on the other side of the picture. One of these is equality. One of the prime purposes of provincial grants-and one of the few reasons on which you can really justify them-is to level off standards of education, health service etc. They are intended to be weighted so that poorer areas can have at least minimum standards compara- ble to more wealthy communi- ties. Also, of course, the grants are supposed to take some of the weight of taxation off real estate. A general grant would still meet this second purpose. And the first, equality, is not being very well met now. Assist- ance has grown so large, and has been subject to so many political pressures, that the original concept has been largely lost and the present grant structure is based largely on expediency. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO University of Toronto Stu- dents' Council announce the ap- pointment of Harriet Leigh- Mallory, of Oshawa, fourth year student, as editor of the Uni- versity year book for 1943-44. J. L. "Lew" Beaton was named president of the Oshawa Curling Club at the annual clos. ing meeting. The General Motors Choir, under the direction of R. G. Geen, drew an overflow crowd in Simcoe Street United Church. The choristers were supported by Edouard Bartlett and string ensemble, with W. H. Wickett at the organ. The books circulated by the Oshawa Public Library in Feb. ruary totalled 10,424 for both adults and juvéniles, was re. ported by the chief librarian, Miss Mildred Webber. A band was authorized for the Oshawa "Chadburn'"' Squadron, at a meeting of the Air Cadets' committee, of which Dr. O. G. Mills was chairman. T. K. Creighton, president of the Oshawa General Hospital Board, opened the annual meet- ing. It was reported more than 3,908 patients, an all-time_re- cord, were admitted to the hos- pital during 1942. Attendance at the local Blood Clinic reached the monthly ob- jective of 104 donors, Forty-six qualified for bronze buttons. Alpha Pinch, native of Osh awa, celebrated his 87th birth- day. Subscriptions to the Oshawa Win - the-War and Community Fund totalled $88,000, nearing the objective of $90,000. George Hart was committee chair- man of the campaign, Gordon S. Adams, BA, of Osh. awa Presbytery, was ordained into the United Church minis. try at the Bay of Quinte Con- ference. At the Oshawa Kiwanis Club weekly meeting "Music Day" was observed in keeping with the proximity of St. Patrick's Day. S. Pankhurst and Alex Dobbs provided musical num. bers. An address of music ap- preciation was' delivered by Leonard Richer, Fred E. Hare, city clerk for over 25 years, and charter member of the Oshawa Rotary Club, gave some interesting and informative figures relat. ing to the growth of the corpor- ation in an address at the club meeting, OTTAWA REPORT Election Campaign Gaining Momentum By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- This election etarted like a turtle. Political leaders sensed that Canadians have had a belly-full of electioneering, and would be sickened by another dose last. ing the. full eight weeks. So Parliament was adjourned for more than two weeks before the first leaders tiptoed gently into the campaign water to test its temperature. Then Liberal Leader Pearson and Social Credit Chieftain Thompson both braved the lions' den of Quebec, which is the battlefield where the election of 1963 will be won or lost. The surprise of the first week of all-out husting was the size and warmth of the audiences which turned out to hear the prime minister. In his personal preserve of Prince Albert, this was to be expected. In Winni- peg, previously deplored by top Tories as a falling bastion, it was unexpected. In Tory rural southwestern Ontario, it was reassuring; but in the hostile Toronto lakeshore area, it really gave the pundits cause to pause, and reassess their pre- dictions that 1963 would be a cataclysmic 1935 all over again. This upswing from 1962 came on top of a public opinion. poll which showed the prime minis- ter way out in front of his party in Popular a p peal, and ahead of other party leaders as Cana- -- Preferred prime minis- APPLAUSE MISLEADS Politicians are easily gulled by warm receptions, Time after time they forget that at Polit. ical rallies they are addréssing the converted and the faithful, This is especially true in this election, in so far as Tory, Grit 'and NDP meetings are con- cerned. Only at Meetings fea-. turing Bob Thompson or Real Caouette are "strangers" no- ticeably showing up, either spurred by curiosity or else genuinely shopping around to see if Social Credit merits their support, - If the sympathetic welcomes given the prime minister and his Canadianism proved a sur. prise of the early 'campaign, so too did the reception of Thompson on television "He's a doll!" exclaimed one Ottawa teen-ager, "He's so sincere, and I understood all about his policy." Typically, an older woman, of prominent Grit - ancestry and with-her vote un- committed for the first time in 40 years, scans the broadcast programs to note when she can see or hear Bob Thompson on the air. The Liberals have changed _ READERS' VIEWS NURSE SHORTAGE Dear Sir: I read with interest the ar- ticle in your paper regarding the shortage of nurses in Ontario. I would like to correct the writer on one point where he states that some nurses are re- luctant or refuse to work the weekends or the night-shift. That is not so. I have known nurses who have left the hos- pital because they were not al- lowed to work the night shift, despite the fact that working that shift did not entail an in- crease in salary. So how about looking into that, Dr. Dymond. C. TURCRED Willowdale. ' ALDERMAN WRITES Dear Sir: I would appreciate your co- operation by publishing the fol- lowing comments for the benefit of the people in the following general area: east of the Lake Vista area, north of the water works, and the general area just west of Lakeview Park, com- prising 100 acres more or less. During the last civic election, I had several complaints about littering of the fields with junk, just about everything imagin- able. I promised to do what I could to rectify the situation after the election, and for the 'benefit of those people in the general area, the following is an account of my efforts to keep my promise. I reported the situation to our city engineer, Mr. Crome, and suggested he take photos of the junk-strewn area and endeavor to get the situation rectified by taking appropriate action. I met with Mr. Lloyd Gifford and Mr. Druz on the location about the same time. Mr. Druz promised Mr. Lloyd Gifford and myself that he would start cleaning the area. Having given the eng'neer and Mr, Druz considerable time to correct the situation I called the engineer to remind him of the same and asked him what had been done. "Well", says he, "I referred it to the city solici- tor, Mr. McNeely." So I called Mr. McNeely and asked him what had been done. "Well," he replied, "nothing has been done." I said, "Is there any in- tention of anything being done?"', Says he, "I don't think so". I then called Mr. Wandless, the plann'ng director, and made him acquainted with the situa- tion and asked him to see what he could possbly do. That was several weeks ago. A recent visit to the site convinces me nothing has been done. I am of the opinion that existing legis- lation permits actions to rectify the' situation, I want to know as much as the public why our officials do nothing about such situations, As an alderman I am fed up with the buck passing that goes on in certain areas of the city hall, and I may give you some classic examples at a later ate, To the people in that area -- I have done what I told them I would do and though nothing has been done to date, I am still trying and I don't intend to quit until something is done. There seems to be no way to get action on some civic problems without the aid of the press, which is why I' have penned this unapologetic article, ALD. FINLEY M. DAFOE Oshawa. | ry tneir canipaigning methods Mike Pearson plays the role 0" leader without fanfare. The ok "four horsemen" are getting less prominence. But emphasis is laid heavily upon the team | of new Liberal candidates an¢ their new Liberalism of, in Mr. Pearson's wo Gi truth and difficult decisions." His party has lined up some good candidates,. including some oj anya "isms" as [ y One successful or asserts that, pointe get yo. Liberal aspirant, he hds: never xen ae Mr, 'Pearson ig criss-cros, the country in - his chartered airliner to' pro. Pound item by item: rebuild confidence, help for the' Mari. ey igo ge for the nsign, more vigorous ; ticipation in NATO Ste ae bonus throughout higher educa. tion, a nationwide $300-million medical plan, and so on. Tommy Douglas and his merry men of the NDP are blasting their foes, standing by their principles, and forswear- ing nuclear weapons, Perhaps the best quip was made by veteran MP Alistair Stewart, who is taunting .his Liberal opponent in Winnipeg South Centre--another Rev. Douglas --asking, "How can a repre. sentative on earth of the Prince of Peace support a party which pe spead sem: Canada with nu- clear bombs?" This election campaign 'started like a turtle--but it is already showing signs of finish- ing like a hare. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Actually, truth may not be stranger than fiction. It may be that it only seems stranger be- cause it is rarer, "What is considered the dan- gerous age?" someome asks, Many consider it the period from birth to death, "What Is Home Without Chil- dren?" Quiet, A man hasn't been beaten inte the ultimate stage of henpecked- ness until he meekly accom: panies his wife when she shops for clothes. 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