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She Os haron Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1963-----PAGE 6 Conservative Speaker Calls For Principles No political speech of recent months has inspired more comment and started more arguments than the one delivered last weekend by George Hogan, secretary of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association, at a party conference. The following two quotations in- dicate his theme: "T believe the time has now come for a major political party to con- cern itself with the needs of the person who has a job, who does make provision for his own old age, who doesn't need and doesn't want subsidized housing, who pays' his own medical and insurance prem- jums, and above all who pays taxes." "T think that today the average Canadian is beginning to realize the effect on himself of the steadily rising size and cost of government, of steadily increasing taxation, of creeping. infllation and of the enor- mous part that the simple servicing of our debt is now playing in our annual expenditures." It was, of course, a plea to Con- servatives to start thinking about principles instead of seeking poli- tical expedients. A policy of fiscal responsibility would, in today's jargon, mean a shift to the right. The political centre and moderate left are jam- med with parties which can be distinguished by their labels rather than by. any appreciable difference in principle or policy. There is, in fact, no real choice for voters who would like to veer right or left. Would a party preaching fiscal responsibility stand a chance in an election? The politicians -- in un- guarded:moments -- say, no. For too long, they say, the voters have been sold the idea that government can provide all sorts of "free" ser- vices; now it's too late to start being truthful about the costs of election promises. Well, maybe. Prime Minister Pearson made several speeches on the theme of fiscal responsibility during the most. recent federal campaign. They were good speeches. -- even if his cabinet colleagues after the election found the prin- ciples difficult to practice. They were widely applauded, but there is no way of telling whether they won him or lost him any votes. Mr. however, Hogan believes, that the working Canadian is now -- giving thought to the cost of gov- ernment -- which' necessarily in- cludes all the services provided or administered by government. And he has plenty to think about. The federal debt is now close to $14 billion -- the equivalent of about $900 for every man, woman and child in the country, or more than $2,000 for every worker. This takes no account of the debts of the provinces or the municipalities. The carrying charges alone on this huze debt are a heavy burden. The figures are so big they may defy , understanding, but one has only to think of the interest on a mortgage to get some idea of what they mean. Mr. may be optimistic in his there would be large-scale for a party which pledged itself to check the cost and tax spiral and offered con- crete proposals for the accomplish- Hogan view that support ment of this-policy. But there is no such party; those. who would vote for it 'are forced, at present, to vote for what they considered the least of the evils offered them. Precious Water Supply A large part of Southern Ontario now suffers from water -- either a lack of it or a.surplus. Two or three weeks of dry weather, and we have a drought; two or three weeks of wet weather and we have floods -- largely because we have des- troyed the natural reservoirs, made it easier for water to rush away instead of being absorbed or checked. The December letter of the Royal Bank of Canada is a timely plea for a deeper understanding of the importance of water in the con- servation of human as well as na- tural resources. On a watershed where 24 inches of rainfall reaches the soil, says the letter, a plot only ten feet square receives and disposes of 6.25 tons of water a year. An acre receives 2,718 tons. This is an astonishing amount of water, yet in many. cities there are shortages, reservoirs and tanks run dry.Our forests have been ravaged, first the pioneers who felled, burned and blasted with gunpow- der, then the lumberbarons who axed the great seas of blue pine which had grown cathedral-like through the centuries. Now the wisdom of conservation must be shaped into legislation, Where there is felling, there must be replanting. An understanding of water con- servation' alone is not enough. It The Osawa Times by ding, 425 - Univer 640 Cathcart SUBSCRIPTION RATES n Oshawa, Whitby A we + Province: ot very.atecs 12.00 per year. C ther 15.00, r week. & 4 carriers de rovinces ond Commonwecith Countries je P USA. and tereian 24.08. earnor>sy forms but a part of a deeper un- derstanding of natural laws. Unlike the animals, man is the enemy of his environment; he is intelligent, but he plunders without thought, As the bank's letter observes, the emblem of his species is the bull- dozer, The law of nature is delicate, simple and subtle. It exacts its own punishment for each offence. The greatest task that faces the human being is to-learn to live harmonious- ly with nature, not to ravage it, the Hamilton Spectator comments. This is the challenge for survival, not for this generation, but those who will come after. It means, perhaps, of a new reverence and all that live the discovery for the earth upon it. To find this attunement in a society of growing industrialization is a severe challenge. Yet it must be met and won if those who come after us are to have a world to live in, Other Editors' Views NO COMPLAINT (Fredericton Gleaner) What ult to understand is American irritation with Canada on the grain sale issue. The U.S. has now paid us the compliment of following our example in selling wheat to Russia. the same time, it is taking an inexplicable stand regarding the terms on which Canada sells to the Soviets. Can- has been long-term contracts at prices fixed when the contracts are signed. The United States, on the other hand, insists on making its wheat deliveries at the day-to-day prices of the world market. is d > ut at ada making Both' are legitimate ways of doing business. Bible Thought We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will. set-up our banners: the Lord fulfill all thy petit Psalm ions. -- 20:5. Here is another banner verse for Many an occasion. REPORT FROM U.K. Better Uniforms Asked By Postmen By M. McINTYRE. HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain's postmen believe they have a_ serious grievance, one which they are demanding to be rec This has to do with the un which they are provided by the Post Office Department, and in particular with the trousers which are part of these uni- forms One might well feel by the burden of compl the postmen, but tl are in dead eamest about it. They claim that their trousers are ways out of style as the pendu- yum of men's fashions swings one way or the For in- stance, when style dictates that trouser bottoms should be wide, the postmen fing them- selves going on their re with. tight trousers. But narrow trousers are the word in what the smart m wearing, unfortur I men is still left behind times, with wide trousers A unanimous protest directed TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sir Francis Drake: started his three year vo around the world-- undertaken by an E man--386 years ago toda) in 1577. He sailed in com- mand of the Pelican, re- named the Golden Hind, and four smaller ships, with about 160 men, The from the voyage--its tives remain obs amounted to £500,000 Queen Elizabeth knighted him aboard his ship on his return, 1921--Britain, France, the United States and Japan Signed the four-power Pa- cific Treaty. amused 1int of al- othe the the ob ure-- avainst the postm has come from the 5000-strong Tanchester brench of the Union of Post Office Workers. This is the largest branch of the union im the co i The official journal of ¢ branch makes this comment: "We need to alter the ¢ . that condemns us jook as though we were w ing an old suit handed down by an ancient forbear." Describing the British t ete ar- post- men as one of the worst dress- ed in Europe, it said: y, the design lounge suit. It is very GALLUP POLL all is that of a. normal, though antiquated remini- scent of the rather disgusting suits in which we were demobil- ized from the services 17 years ago," A switch from rain to sun- shine also finds British post- men in a fashion muddle. In summer, they could either lug around a waterproof or risk be- ing caught in a heavy shower. In winter, when it was both cold and wet they could wear a waterproof -- and stay dry but: cold. Or they could wear an overcoat and be warm but soggy. The Journal says: "The third alternative is to wear our overcoat and on top of that our waterproof coat. This Way we are both warm. and dry, but with two coats, a hand- ful of letters and a delivery bag, we look like a cross between a pack mule and a 'spaceman. "Is it beyond Post Office in- genuity to jevise 'a lightweight nylon coat for Carrying in sum- mer, and a coat which is both warm and waterproof for win- ter?' the journal asked. Fewer Canadians Think Major War (World Copyright Reserved) By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Canada's. growing belief that Russia is. sincere in clai g it wants to end the cold. war 1s reflected in.the confidence .of almost half the nation that west ern countries can conu live peacefully with R day more people beli than think a = major j bound to come sooner or later. Two y ago, the situation was reversed more Cana- dians expected a war with Rus- sia than thought peace was pos- To check on what curren events have done to publie opin- 21 - 29 Live peacefully 49% Bound to be war 32 Qualified 3 Undecided 16 "100% Inevitable jon, the Gallup Poll repeated a question used previously in 1962. "Do you think the western countries can continue to live peacefully with the Russians, or do you think there is bound to be a major war sooner or later? ; 1962 TODAY Can live peacefully 42% 48% Bound to be war 48 32 Qualified 4 Undecided 16 100% 100% While older people tend to be a little more optimis than younger Canadians, 2wpoints between all age groups are much the same, 30 - 39 40 - 49 47%, 43%, 51% 34 33 29 3 4 7 16 20 13 100% 100% 50 and over 100% ,to members of OTTAWA REPORT Blanket Of Words Suffocates House By PATRICK ,NICHULSON OTTAWA--Our parliamentary system of government is being assassinated before our 2yes, suffocated to death beneath a mortal blanket of irrelevant and unnecessary words. The murder- ers are our members of Parlia- ment, who have collectively downgraded our once-effective legislative assembly into an un- seemly electoral hustings. Future historians will the beginnings of this mentary disaster to the lived Parliament of 195 when the Diefenbaker govern- ment was in a minority position, That was in one respect a good Parliament; in its brief life it enacted some excellent legisla- tion. But it saw the Speaker's control weaken, permitting irre- levant speeches which were not debate concerning tion but the refighting of the past election and the preliminary skirmishing for the next By 1958, the Diefenbaker tidal wave crushed and silenced the Liberal party. But by: 1960, the Grits had recovered their heart Then for two years the 'Four Horsemen" -- "Pick and Paul and. Pearson and Chevrier" adopted obstructionist tactics and, aided by the scrapping Tor- ies, turned Parliament into a shambles PARTY BEFORE COUNTRY Early 1962 saw both old par- ties primarily skirmishing for position for the forthcoming election; the nation's business took second place, The second part of the year brought another Diefenbake minority n- ment and the skirmishing grew into total warfare on the floor Canada didn't even "get a that year Since the 1963 election, sitions of the Liber servative parties hz od, 'but: the -- politi > has continued un- abated the business to the nation for which we elect our MPs, has been relegated to minor significance in a House better paid and worse attended than The Liberals ate clinging to their precarious mi- nority posit trving to weather storms cré by some inexper- ienced new min The Tory opposition to be moti- levi partisan of the House budget al. guer- ever yn ters seems vated more by narrow partisan ambition than by. a real desire to ensure good legislation: They act as if they are trying to cre-' ate a favorable issue on which they could force Canada into an- other and unwanted general election, The onlookers and_ surely many of the participants are well aware of this long downhill slide in parliamentary proceed- ings, which over six years has degraded the House of Commons into a brawl as shoddy and un- principled as a business meet- ing of the stall-holders of an un- profitable midway. But only an experienced outsider, with fresh eyes unaccustomed to the daily deterioration, can measure the full shame of this debasement of Parliament. FORMER GREAT SHUDDERS Hon, James Sinclair is such a man, A brilliant and prominent member of the House from 1940 to 1958, an able administrator as a cabinet minister from 1952 to YOUR HEALTH dagger in debate at all times, business tycoon Sinclair revis- ited the scene of his political ca- reer last week. And what he saw: made him sick at heart. Disregard of the rules, con- tempt for the nation's well-being and disrespect for' the Speaker were the points which he espe- cially deplored in a talk with me. The House elects its own Speaker: to regulate proceed- ings and it draws up its own tules. So it should submit with grace to the authority of the Speaker and to the provisions of the rules, he insists. And the Speaker for his part should not fear to exercise with an iron hand the authority with which is invested, 'asserts the Hon, Jimmy Bu tof course some of the blame must attach to the elec- tors. We wou'dn't keep in our own home a baby sitter who be- haved irresponsibly. Yet we elect and re-elect as our MPs some candidates who are chronic absentees rule - break- ers, irresponsible or just not competent for this most import- ant job in Canada. And we re- elect MPs who are prodigal with our tax money Meanwhile our parliamentary system of government is with- ering on the Ottawa vine. Pain Reflection Of Heart Damage By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: Do some people have a myocardial, in- farct in which the scar tissue does not heal completely? I had a heart attack 22 months 'ago. When I lift, use my arms or get emotionally upset, pain trav- els. up into my shoulder and down my left arm.--K.L.C. This isn't a problem of heal- ing. Sometimes pain disappears promptly after recovery from a heart attack; sometimes it takes months, as you know. Infarct means that, a segment yf the heart muscle has been damaged by the attack, from having its blood supply cut off. This area turns into a "scar."" The rest of the muscle, of course, remains active. When the pain (often called the "'shoulder-hand syndrome") per ; it think of it as not having healed. Instead, think of the pain as being a form of an- BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO December The Sunday School auditor- jum of Albert Street United Church was dedicated by Rev. J. E. Griffith, chairman of Osh- awa Presbytery. members the fellow- Street pastor Ninety-nine new were received into ship of North Simcoe United Church by .the Rev. A. M. Irwin Gold medals were the) Te the juveniles for winning its Northey lacrosse title.. George was the team's captain. City council decided that building permits for the erection of apartment houses were to be withheld until approved by the Fire Chief The annual Military Ball of the Ontario Regiment held in the Armories was considered the most successful social func- tions in many years D Boddy G, W. t of Chamber .of Com- and:Leon Frazer, s tary, conferred with Ontario Hydro Power Commission on agreement city would' make with the Commission if Oshawa took over local electric and gas distribution, Public was to vote on issue in January, Aldermen G ow Conant, J. Ma ghlin 13, 1928 At the annual commencement exercises of the Whitby High School Jean Mathison was awarded the Maundrel Trophy for highest number of points on Field Day. Dr. T. W. G. McKay, medi- cal officer of health, reported no cases of influenza in Osh- awa, while the disease had reached an epidemic stage in several Ontario centres. Ratepayers were to vote on proposed new civic buildings at the January municipal election. The three-storey $90,000 ramp garage for. Mercury Service, corner Mary and King streets, was nearing completton. A large open-air rink was built on the flats of Oshawa Creek, just-north of King street bridge Oshawa's share of the subway construction at CNR crossing, Simcoe street south, was $64,- 000. Ronald W. Bilsky, D.C. CHIROPRACTOR @ Workmen's Compensation Injuries @ Spine! Disc Conditions 100 King St. E. 728-5156 gina pectoris. And you can do something about it. When the heart has been dam- aged, the muscle niay not be able to do aS much work as before. When too much exertion is demanded of it, it rebels with pain, And this pain can be re- flected (or "referred") to shoul- der and arm MUST GAUGE EXERTION Learn to estimate how much exertion brings on pain, and stop short of that, Learn not to get too wrought up--for you.-al- ready have noticed that emo- tional upsets are harmful. Var- ious medications can stop or prevent much of the pain. Some exercise is advisable, but to a degree that you cay tolerate without pain or short ness of breath, calculate combinations of fac- tors involved. For instance,: di- gestion requires increased blood circulation, Hence exertion within an hour or so after din- ner may cause pain, whereas the same exertion at some other time might not. And add, as well as you can, the factor of tension or emotional turmoil. To some degree, most heart attack patients must rearrange their living habits. So be smart about it, Dear hea Dr. Molmer: I have 1 of an antibiotic named Bicillin which is being used to prevent recurrence of rheu- matic fever, I thought penicillin is preferable for this. Whith is best? R. P. Bicillin is a trade. name ap- plied. to a brand of penicillin-G, t is a long-lasting form. It is excellent for keeping rheumatic fever from recurring. But it is not the only one that is good for this purpose. Dear Dr. Molner: Is a dias phragm 100 per cent safe in preventing pregnancy? -- R. H. 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