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She Oshawa Gimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963---PAGE 6 Healthy Prospect Seen For Canadian Business As 1963 dies, Canadians 'can look back at a year of steady if unspec- tacular growth -- a year high- lighted by the largest wheat crop on record, with sales to match, a significant increase in exports and more tempered growth in other sectors. And, as the Bank of Mont- real's current business review points out, there is every indication that business activity in Canada is still expanding. The current business expansion, the bank thinks, can, be expected to continue well into 1964. During the year, rising personal incomes were reflected in higher consumer spending on and services, with a key being increased expenditures on durables, goods factor particularly automobiles. Private capital outlays, while less than expected, are higher than in 1962, with outlays for new machin- ery and equipment particu- larly strong, the review notes. In the first ten months, housing starts showed an increase of seven per being cent over last year, and 90,000 new housing units are expected to be under construction by December 31. While the devaluation of the dollar has helped Canadian exports by making prices more competitive for some products, the review states that "some of the increases have clearly resulted from more aggres- sive selling policies by Canadian manufacturers in markets outside Canada." It goes on to that perhaps the most important factor in export been the buoyant economic conditions in the United Kingdom United States. The though there are some uncertainties preventing longer say has growth and the review concludes that, al- "development of.a clear prospects, at present business . the tuture tempered with some view of range faces with optimism degree of caution and the judgment that continue the current' ex- moderate into the new seems to be pansion will its rate of growth well year." Short Holiday For PM It seems that members of. Parlia- ment can act with great energy and speed when their own interests are involved. They were swift and re- solute when they got a chance to give themselves a handsome raise in pay: And again last' Saturday, they disposed of a mass of busi- ness in a few wanted to start holidays. There weren't many of them left in the House as Saturday wore on -- some had left Thursday, others Friday and by late Saturday after- noon less than a quarter of the members remained, The rest of the country worked Monday and at least part of Tuesday -- including the $18,000 executives employed by private business. But our members of Parliament were in a hurry to because th Christmas hours their ey start their brief, six-weeks holiday. needs a respite Parlia- It can do more work amount of islation to Parliament. can The government from the ment, however. the great still to be presented And Prime Minister ponder cabinet daily routine of on Pearson the changes which . His minis- and p and' im- stellar of measured up to her are obviou necessa ters of defence, trade and _.citizenshi labor, commerce, migration have turned in performances ; health job, his finance feited the confidence placed in him, and two or three party wheelhorses are obviously at the time when they to pasture, but his minister has not for- minister has must be turned out The question of ship will give new Pearson's qualities as a | cabinet member- wers on Mr. eader, ans Aid For Truly Needy Both the Conservative and Labor parties in Britain have expressed concern that the welfare state ap- paratus, despite its steady expan- sion, has largely failed in one of its chief purposes -- to provide an ade- quate living standard for the truly needy. Similar misgivings have been expressed in Canada -- but not by politicians, It is interesting that political realism is 'being shown in Britain, where a general election will be held within the next than in. Canada, where no holds a clear mandate and all are jockeying for political position. What few Canadians realize is that, while they hear a great deal about Britain's being an advanced welfare state, in fact Canada spends a higher proportion of its resources ritain, Wel- are the cent of with cent in the greater year, party on welfare than does Br fare equivalent of over here 12 compared expenditures per personal income, less than eight, per United Kingdom -- a remarkable difference, even in the light of the higher income level of Canadians. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining Oshawa Times {established 1871) or Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (e' shed 3 : Sa ° shed daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadion Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Conad ef Circulation j Association. entitled to despatched Associoted news published there patches are. also reserved : Themson' Building, 425 Uni Ontario; 640 Cathcart SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oshawo, Whitby n, Port Perry, Prince Frenchman's & 2a Gnd- also. the local | rights of special des- versity Street, Delivered by carriers | Pickering, Bowmanville, B Albert, Maple Grove, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyr Orono, Leskard, Brou Columbus, Greenwo Monchester, Ponty 45c per week. By outside carriers de! Provinces ond Commoriwe U.S.A. end foreign 24: 00. very are aith "Countries" 15,00, * ment Ajax, * But apparently to shield us from The Times of reported that of the Conservative ma the shadow a radical recasting of Family. our politicians want harsh facts. London recently an important section general election will state social security provisions." allowances, pensions and unemploy- The to benefits, according to Times, will redesigned to the more vulner- pe 30 as give more help able sections of the community and, ure the at the same time, avoid expendit on those who do not need money. Lord press went beyond this point and, headline "Pension Sur- prise -- Means Test P lated that "'flat-level everybody are to be scrapped under Beaverbrook's Daily Ex- under. the * specu- for lan, pensions ill be selective This improbable. Welfare But it Conservative and the plan. There w pensions _ insteé course seems entirely schemes are never cancelled. that both Labor parties feel that le bene- must be increased for the rising cost of the welfare is clear whi fits the needy, state is an obstruction to. national growth. And they seemed prepared to tell the voters that the fault has been in the principle of providing benefits a flat level of for body. every- Other Editors' Views NO DANDRUFF FOR SPACE (Toledo. Blade) When a spacecraft for travel to Mars workers with dandruff and other minor. affictions will not is constructed, be 'permitted on the as- sembly. line. The idea, the officer of agency, is earth's with special planetary quarantine space along thenr out the U.S. civilian to. avoid taking microhes to conf use any that may exist yonder, way according to : Repuce 0 Retin og 'REMEMBER, ANAESTHETICS COST MONEY' REPORT FROM U.K. Southern Housing Much More Costly HOOD (Eng.) By M. MCINTYRE Special London Correspondent For The Oshawa LONDON doxes of the housing situation in the United Kingdom is. that although the movement of pop- ulation from the Midlands and North to the south-east area around London continues, the cost of housing accommodation in the south-east is as much as double what parts of England land This is borne out by a report YOUR HEALTH Times -- One of the para- it is in the northern and in Scot- the Co-operative Per- Building Society sum- its operations for the issued by manent One of the striking revela- tions of this report is that just over six per cent of all homes bought through the Society in and near London during the first six months of 1963 cost Jess than $7500, while 66 per cent of the homes bought in the North of England were below that figure On the other hand, more than 35 per cent of all the homes bought in London and the south- east cost from $12,000, while in Natural Fatigue Can Cause Jumps MOLNER, MD When I am nearly asleep all body ' sud- denly jumps at once, as though from an electric shock. This times a somethir JOSEPH G. Dear Dr. Molner: | my By happens about three week. I always have : to do and am not the nervous type.--MRS. M. D. Most of us have had this ex srience at times, but not as and usually not. as as seems to be the probably related to fatigue. The muscles somewhat the way when you. Have a not so severely as Just enough to jump. This is natural contract they do eramp, but to. cause pain make the muscles The next time this happens, review your activities of the day, You say you "'alway$ have something to do." See if these muscular starts don't occur after you have had more than the usual amount of strenuous activity that day. Dear Dr. Molner: smear test reveal the of cancer in in the Does a presence a cer- whole or absence tain area only, or body?--H. D. Only -in a certain area--not the whole body. There is, as yet, no test which will show cancer everywhere Deas Dr. Molner: My _ hus- band has had bleeding hemor- rhoids for at least 20 years. He has a great deal of pain After years of insisting on my TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 26, 1963... John Reeves, credited with having reformed New- foundiana's chaotic judicial tem, was appointed the British. colony's first chief justice 172 years -ago. today --in 1791. His submission of a voluminous. report on the system resulted in the cre- ation the same year by the British. parliament of the Supreme Court. of New- foundland, with both civil and criminal jurisdiction 1941--British Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill ad dressed. -a joint session. of the. United States. Congres 1944--United States trooy Ss captured Palompon, the last Japanese stronghold in the Philippines. part, he finally visited a spe- list who (he says) told him need an operation. The said hemorrhoids in cancer cia he didn't doctor also never result I frankly believe my husband minimized his condition be- cause of fear of surgery, What's your opinion?--MRS. K,. N. G. That's what it: sounds like to me, too. It's true that: hemor- rhoids don't lead to cancer, but they can result in chronic ane- mia, And if I had the trouble your husband has, it wouldn't take me 20 years to have them corrected In your husband's case, obvi- ously,. surgery is the only an- swer. I'm sorry for the misery he insists on perpetuating Dear Dr. Molner: | am an old lady and a diabetic, I have been told that tennis. shoes should not be worn by a dia- betic, Is this true?--MRS§, R. L. Be sure they fit well and have a good sole. Diabetics must be careful to avoid foot injuries-- stubbing the toes, dropping something heavy on the foot, stepping on a_ nail. Leather shoes will give more protection, but tennis shoes are not harm- ful in themselves the northeast, cent were at or price REASONS FOR DIFFERENCE The Society explains that this difference is partly due to vari- ations in the age and type of dwellings found in the different regions. More older terraced houses, for example, come on to the market in the North of England than in the southern half of the country. However, it adds "Nevertheless the differences between the prices of compar- able properties, in many older industrial districts and in the southeast of England is consid- erable."' less than five per above that This situation produces some interesting results. A. survey of home buying by more than 12,000 people shows that more young people buy houses in the Midlands; the North and East Anglia than in the three south- ern. regions of England. The extremely high price of proper- ty in the southeast prevents many young married couples from buying a house --' particu- larly a new house until they have spent several years either in rented accommodation or in the parential household. On the other hand, in the prosperous industrial belt in the Midlands, the average house purchaser is younger than elsewhere. T-his seems to reflect the migration of younger workers towards the highly-paid jobs offered by the motor industry and other boom- ing trades. A larger proportion of wage- earners purchase houses in the Midlands, East Anglia and the North than in the south of Eng- land and in Scotland. The concentration of "white- collar' workers in London and the southeast is reflected in:a higher proportion of -purchasers in the salaried and' service occupations HIGHER LOANS ' A final factor which illus- trates the difference in home values between the various re- gions is the amount of the loans required by home buy- ers. In the north of England, 60 per cent of all loans were for sums under $6000. In. the Lon- don and southeast region, less than 15 per cent of the advances Were for less than this amount. Advances for over $12,000 were proportionately twice as numer- ous in London and the south- east as in any other region. In spite of these differences, one does not notice any trend to- wards going north to secure lower housing costs. In fact, the trend is all in. the opposite direction. BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 26, Joseph J. Flavelle was elect- ed by acclamation as president of the Westmount Ratepayers' Association Dr. D. S. Hoig was honored by his medical colleagues at a banquet to mark his 53 years of practice' in Oshawa Council passed a bylaw for debentures to the ampunt of $65,000 to pay for the city's share of the cost of the subway under the CNR on Simcoe street south Mr. and. Mrs. William. Ander- son, Albert street, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 3roomfield was elected president of the St Andrew's Women's Association for a fifth term, Rev. A. D. Robb presided over the election of officers Mrs. A. G Reeve Everett: Warne and Deputy-reeve Lyman _ Gifford were returned to office' by acclamation in East Whitby. 1953 Local merchants reported that Christmas business had in- creased over the previous year in spite of the difficult times. Warner L. Brown, local busi- ness man for over 30 years, died after a lengthy illness. J. C. Anderson, E. A and Dr. B. A. Brown were re- elected by acclamation to the Board of Education, J. Samuel Babe and J. B; Hutcheson were also elected by acclama- tion as two new members to the Public Utilities Commission. Lovell The 1934 McLaughlin-Buicks were on display. for the first time on December 23 Five men for mayor for were nominated the forthcoming civic elections; 47 persons were nominated for city council, 11 for Board of Education and 15 for Public Utilities. Four mayor- alty candidates' withdrew to give acclamation to Mayor W. E. N. Sinclair, KC. Pearson, Johnson Have Plenty For Discussion WASHINGTON (CP) -- When Primé Minister Pearson pays a one-day visit to the White House Jan. 22 his aim likely will be to convince President Johnson that Canada has special prob- lems and should get special consideration in the formation of U.S. policy. But even if he is successful, there is some question how far it will go toward clearing away the irritants that have marked relations between the two coun- tries during the last year. For although Pearson's meet- ing with the late president Ken- nedy at Hyannis Port, Mass., in May established a close per- OTTAWA REPORT Canadian Scenes sonaj relationship, it by no means ensured there would be agreement on all issues. One reason is that in certain fields, such as labor matters, the U.S. president is unwilling or unable to intervene person- ally. In some instances, such as U.S. criticism of Canada's w eat pricing from basic policy differences with neither side showing any inclination to change. TALKS ON COLUMBIA The over-all relationship be- tween the two countries is not without bright spots, however, Columbia River negotiators hav worked out » renort to he eth. mitted to the Canadian, U.S, and British Columbia govern- ments and the way soon may be cleared for a start on the multi-million-dollar hydro and flood-contro! project. The main question has been what the U.S. would pay British Columb'a for power generated in the United States that would have gone back to Canada. Pre- mier W. A. C. Bennett wants to sell this power to finance con- struction of three dams on the river in British Columbia. The one major issue solved to the satisfaction of Washing- ton in 1963 involved nuclear warheads for Canada's armed forces. Charges by Kennedy ad- ministration officials that Can- ada was dragging its feet by de- laying a decision to accept war- heads he!ped produce a political crisis in Ottawa that led to de- feat of John Diefenbaker's Pro- gressive Conservative govern- ment The April 8 election created 'a minority Liberal government and carried out his pledge to accept "nuclear arms. ' fore new issues, Feature Of Cards By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- The season of goodwill to all men sees letter carriers burdened with mes- Sages of goodwill from cabinet ministers, judges, ambassadors, politicians, public servants, bus- Iness associations and of course from friends in the Christmas- loving capital. The MPs' own post. office, deep in the bowels of the Par- liament Building, -has had a record year, despatching the hundreds of thousands of greet- ing cards to political. friends and supporters in all parts of Canada. I certainly want to thank the taxpayers of Canada who unknowingly have paid for s0 many Christmas cards which I_ have received from some MPs; cards printed on House of Commons stationery, enclosed in House of Commons envelopes, and mailed free under the frank granted to every MP. CABINET VARIETY A vivid and imaginative var- iety of greeting cards was sent out by ministers. this year. Health Minister Judy LaMarsh, for example, chose a striking colored photograph of Niagara Falls appropriately part frozen and snow-covered. Northern Af- fairs Minister Art Laing equally appropriately chose a black and white screening of three Canada geese by an Eskimo. artist. Mines Minister Bill Benidickson settled for the family 'group, al- ways a popular choice for poli- ticians, showing himself and 'his wife. and children grouped in- formally in their home. This card was notable for the magni- ficent quality of' the color re- production of the photograph. Paul Martin chose an elegantly simple card with the Canadian coat of arms in red on which he added the appreciated personal touch of his written signature-- as did Miss LaMarsh. Finance Minister Walter Gor- don and Mrs. Gordon chose one of the increasingly popular. UNICEF cards, which this year offered a good choice of spec- tacularly colored cards. As -one friend commented to me: "It makes me feel good 'to use UNICEF cards when. 1 think that each packet of those cards which I buy will pay for a weeks supply of milk for 10 children somewhere in the world." READERS' VIEWS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC. Dear Sir Replying to Mr. L. Emmons Neighborhood the letter from North Oshawa Association, and published in The Oshawa Times, Monday, Dec. 9 inst., we would like to point out that not all parks experience lack of interest. We at Woodview have been very fortunate, in that our members show an in- terest and willingness to help keep our Neighborhood: Asso- ciation very active with both adult and children's program- ming, and the supervision and planning thereof. The Executive, Woodview Neighborhood Association. MRS. J. FRANCE, Secretary. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC Dear Sir: On long holiday most everything stops at the same time, and our highways are overloaded. The results: too many people killed or crippled and the cost of sorrow and damage is staggering. Every year it gets worse. Would it not be better if every factory, or store or business, kept going if possible and let each man or woman or employee have their time off separately instead of the whole nation at the same time? I think this would save or help cure a lot of accidents, as our highways were not built to handle everybody and his little dog at one time. Maybe it could not be worked out, or it. could be no one is in- terested, but it would ease traf- fic a bit, and each driver would have more time and space on the highway to correct himself if needed. You take the Christmas sea- son. They who give the figures claim there are more dead peo- le than any other time of year Now.we humans, or what ever we aire, may be the cause of a lot of this. In the old days it was not so bad, with a man on snow shoes, or horse and sleigh wita bells jingling, and everybody alive and quite happy. But what a change! Even Santa Claus comes by plane. He may be the next one to get killed ORA DOBSQN weekends Oshawa Lester Pearson promptly It wasn't long, however, be- mainly in the economic field, confronted the two governments. | CRITICIZE TAX Jean Casselman, the Conser- vative MP from Prescott, was among the UNICEF patrons, as was the CBC. Mrs Casselman's father, former Conservative cabinet minister Hon. Earl Rowe, is now lieutenant-gover- nor of Ontario, and his card aptly depicted the Ontario legis- lative building, photographed in color in summer when the beds of calla lilies were ablaze. CANADIANA More than any other year, Ca- nadian printers seem to have blossomed forth with a praise- worthy selection of cards decor- ated with Canadian scenes. I have mentioned Miss LaMarsh's photo of Niagara Falls, of course printed by the Niagara Falls Evening Review in her constituency. Macmillans, the Toronto publishers, chose a vivid colored print of The Battle of Queenston, 1813, in which graphic picture of the amphib- ious operation the choppy river is taking as heavy toll of the American invaders as is the musket fire of 'the redcoats. From B:C., Premier W. A, C. Bennett sent me his card decor- ated with an effective water color of Okanagan Lake, near his home town of Kelowna. An- other distinctive and different piece of Canadiana was the Es- kimo screen of a kayak in which an Eskimo fishes, successfully, while three plump geese fly overhead anxious to swoop down onto the caught fish; this was the choice of former trade min- ister George Hees. Thus 1963 could be called the Christmas when Canadian cards came into their own. QUEEN'S PARK Washington expressed concern over the Canadian decision to boost the withholding tax'on for- eign - owned firms in Canada which do not agree to offer at least 25 per cent of their stock for purchase by Canadians, Canada was equally unhappy with the U.S. move to impose a tax on certain foreign bor- rowings and stock sales in the United States. A degree of ex- emption for Canada was ar- ranged but Ottawa continued to plump for full freedom from the effects of the tax, In October, U.S. officials made public the fact that the Cana- dian wheat board had sold 30,- 000,000 bushels of wheat to Japan at a price set on day of sale for later delivery, They protested that this in ef- fect pegged the world price dur- ing the eight - month delivery. period and were unhappy be- cause they felt the price should rise at least temporarily as 'a result. of crop failures in' the Soviet Union and Europe. Trade Minister Mitchell Sharp reacted by saying that in mak- ing the Japanese deal public Washington had leaked confiden- tial information. He added that in any. case the wheat board \as merely fotlowing its cus- tomary practice. STRIKE ON LAKES In the automotive field, Can- ada widened a tariff - rebate scheme aimed at boosting home production of car parts while re- lying less on imports from 'the U.S. The commerce department in Washington criticized - the move as, in effect, a subsidy. More Help Sought By Municipalities BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The Association of Mayors and Reeves pulled a fast one on the government. An association delegation met with the cabinet for its annual discussion, And it brought up only two things: The cost of edu- cation and the cost of adminis- tration of justice. It wanted the government to take over pretty well both of them. (Actually from 75 to 90 per cent of education and all of justice), When it meets the association again next year the government if it hasn't done anything about these at least will have to talk about them. In other years the association gave it an easy out from get- ting into a trap like this.- It would come in with a whole bundle of requests. The government could act on some of these and could avoid criticism at the next meeting by pointing to them with pride and a pat on the back for the association, It's a technique that other delegations might be advised to follow. STRONG CASES The case for the municipali- ties getting out from under edu- cation costs is getting stronger and stronger. Many groups in the commun- ity now advocate this. FRONT-END About the only thing now it would seem. that may keep the status quo in the future is the question of local autonomy. Not even the municipalities themselves advocate that the province take over the entire cost, They want to continue' to pay a small share so they can keep local control. Whether or not there should be this local autonomy in edu- cation is a question you could argue from here to eternity. ADVANTAGES SEEN There certainly would be dis- tinct advantages to the prov- ince taking over the whole sys- tem of lower education. There also are recognized advantages in having a keen local interest. However the question of auton- omy is so deep in the emotions of the public that it's unlikely there ever will be an entirely provincial system. Eventually, however, we may end by paying nearly the whole shot. The best case the municipall- ties have would seem to be in the justice costs, As they point out they pay practically everything from the cost of court-houses to magis- trates' salaries. Yet very little local law (mu- nicipal bylaws) is being admin- istered. The courts are almost entirely concerned with federal and provincial statutes. wvvVvy, ALIGNMENT ALL CARS JOHN BEAN "Visualiner"' SPECIAL 95 MOST CARS PHONE 728-6221 for appointment GENERAL GENERAL TIRE TIRE 534 RITSON RD. S. OF OSHAWA 728-6221