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Fine, Meaty. Wie We wake : § Mm etre P. gue WG 6 od Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1964--PAGE 6 Obvious Revenue Source Ignored In New Budget There was a grim sort of logic about the Ontario budget. More money was to be spent on roads, therefore road users should be tax- ed more heavily; hospital insurance costs have gone up, therefore in- dividual payments to the fund must be increased. Actually, there was some relief that the levies were not steeper and more widespread, because there | had been an intersting build-up of apeculation about possible stiff tax increases. We had the picture of Premier Robarts and his colleagues looking desperately for new sources of revenue. But we can wonder now how closely they looked. They had, of course, already raised liquor prices, but tobacco was left untouched -- possibly for a future levy or because the govern- mMment's tax experts thought that the point of diminishing returns had been reached. But also un- touched was race track gambling. For the past two or three years there has 'been talk about the lega- lization of off-track gambling, but the Ontario government seems to view this possibility with horror. But while it piles enormous taxes on such things as liquor and gaso- line, it takes only a modest six per cent of the betting pool in each race at the Ontario tracks. Possibly the government fears that a heavier levy on those who have money enough to gamble on horse races would discourage the breeding of finer race horses -- or something. The Kingston Whig- Standard suggests darkly that "there is something fishy about the way in which the Ontario govern- ment steers away from this subject -- as Metropolitan Toronto found out when it tried to get the govern- ment, to agree to a one per cent municipal tax on Toronto track betting." It may not be fishy. But it's very odd. Occupying The Horizons The report of the Glassco Com- mission noted the degree of respon- sibility unassigned or unfulfilled throughout the federal government * organization -- a shortcoming that, along with others, cost the public e@ sum estimated by the commis- sion at a minimum of $300 million @ year. This lack of assignment or ac- eeptance of responsibility is not peculiar to Canada, it seems, A significant comment was made re- cently by Dean Rusk, U.S. secre- tary of state, At a US. Senate committee hearing, Mr. Rusk was asked how he gave "real responsibility to the junior officers destined for greater things" in his department. His reply was: 'This comes into what to me is the principal problem of bureau- cracy, about which I think there is a good deal of public misunder- standing. 'There are those who think that the heart of bureaucracy is a struggle for power. This is not the case at all. The heart of bureau- cracy is the inclination to avoid responsibility . . . Our problem is to get people to occupy the horizons of their responsibilities." Mr. Rusk seems to have defined a problem that, in varying degrees, plagues all countries with rapidly expanding government structures. By design or default, ever-bigger government is the trend today, and the expansion seems linked with an ever-growing inertia. Electrical Subsides The propriety of giving special advantage to a particular group of 8 publicly-owned utility's customers was recently questioned by the Toronto board of control. For the purpose of promoting electric heat- ing in homes and commercial build- ings, the city-owned hydro system put into effect a 25 'per cent rate cut for "all-electric" cusomers only. The board of control quickly urged that any rate cut should also apply to any customers who wanted "all-electric" service but could not have it because their properties do not meet the standards of super- insulation required for electric heating. One controller noted that Toronto Hydro was proposing that all other customers be forced to subsidize those who installed elec- tric heating. The fact is that Ontario Hydro also seems to be going to extremes to sell electric heating. In areas the Ontario commission is spending considerable money to advertise suburban subdivisions if the developer builds "all-electric" houses. In a very real sense this is public money. Ontario Hydro obtains its revenues from the municipalities to which it whole- sales power, and the municipal utilities obtain their revenues by retailing the power to the public. Finally, now that Ontario Hydro has had to fall back on more expen- sive coal-generated power, it is a bit of a puzzle why the provincial system or any of its municipal outlets wants to get into the elec- tric heating business, some They Waited In Vain As Barbara Ward, the noted British economist, recently pointed out, Communist theoreticians have waited in vain for capitalism to destroy itself through inherent contradictions as Lenin's theories say it must. The Oshawa Times 1. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor . The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle {established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidoys excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. 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Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45c per week By mail {in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year Other Provinces and Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA. end foreign 24.00, 425 University 640 Cathcart Street, Indeed, what's played the most havoc with Lenin's teachings is the fact that the imperial powers of Europe Britain, France, Holland and Belgium -- have prospered even after they have lost their once vast colonial empires and that Germany has achieved a meteoric economic rise even though it is actually only half a country. The obvious conclusion is that prosperity depends not so much on territorial or colonial resources as it does on hard work, individual initiative and resourceftlness, former Bible Thought For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? --Matthew 16:26. This balance-sheet reveals every- man's estimate of his true net worth, e¢eeea yl OTTAWA REPORT bec by the Pearson govern- + ment. Report Reactions To Quebec Demand By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- Parliamentar- ians returning here for the new session are bringing back their impressions of the mood of the nation, gathered during two months of Christmas recess spent with their ears to the grass roots. The predominant reaction re- ported from all districts outside French-Canada is.a rising hos- tility to the extremism and ex- cesses which unfortunately are mingled with the more reason- able expression of Quebec's po- siiotn. Thus there is coming about what responsible Cana- dians in other provinces antici- pated and feared: An English- speaking separatist movement, The reaction seems' to be closely following the same. pat- tern in all parts of Canada. It says: 'We made a pact in 1867; we observe the letter and the spirit of that pact; we rec- ognize that Quebec has _ not utilized its share in the partner- ship to its best advantage, and we will gladly help Quebecers correct that handicap of their own making; but we will not accept the unreasonable de- mands of extremist elements for more than the 1867 pact.' Then comes the crunch: "If Quebec presses unreasonable demands, we will retire into union with the United States, Then Quebec will be economic- ally squeezed into a similar move, and will lose everything in the great melting pot. of the U.S., which does not permit anv second language: or legal sys- tem, and makes no special con- cessions to any ethnic group." The position of the rest of Canada has been crystallized neatly by Ottawa's mayor, Charlotte Whitton, In response to demands that street signs be replaced by new bilingual signs, she said: "Cerainly, But first show me where the law author- izes me to spend the taxpay- ers' money on the expense of replacing the present legal and adequate signs with costly new two-language signs.' From all parts of Canada the same story is reaching Ottawa. English - speaking Ontario is sympathetic to reasonable re- quests by Quebec, but is grow- ing adamantly opposed to ex- cessive demands. The Icelandic colony in Manitoba lines up with English-speaking Ontario. The same stand is taken by the Ukrainian and German popula- tion on the Prairies, by the Scandinavians in Alberta where French is only the fifth lan- guage, by the Highland Scots of the Maritimes, by the Italian colony in Toronto, by the Dutch and Germans in B.C., and by the Poles in Manitoba. NO COMPULSION The British North America Act, which is our: constitution, stipulates that the French lan- guage may be used equally with the English janguage in the fed- eral and Quebec legislatures and law courts. There is no permission for French to be a universal language in Canada, and no compulsion for anyone to speak it anywhere. There are other aspects, very important aspects, of the more extreme Quebec demands; but the objection to being forced to use French seems to be the most widespread reaction oddly enough by non-French Ca- nadians who in unprecedented numbers, are now learning French at school, in night classes, in business classes and privately. On the broad front it is widely believed that the surge of re- sentment against Quebec's ex- tremist elements could cost the Liberal Party seats in all other areas of Canada at the next election, on account of the un- due concessions made to Que BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Feb. 19, 1939 Admiral .N. Sharp was ap- pointed city tax collector with Clarence L. Cox as assistant. The UAWA Tocal 222 asked the city council to build low rental houses as a civic project. Dr. Brenton J. Hazelwood died suddenly at his home on King street east, shortly after returning home from a profes- sional call. He was 64 years of age. The Canadian Knox Glass Co. took possession of the old Orien- tal Textile Co. building but was unable to begin operation until extensive remodelling was com- pleted. Harry J. Carmichael, vice- president and general manager of General 'otors of Canada, announced that all GMC equip- ment would be available to the government for defence _pur- poses. T. B. Mitchell, former mayor of Oshawa and well-known busi- nessman, died at the Oshawa General Hospital after an illness of 10 days duration. He was. 67 years of age. The 1939 tax rate was set at 32 mills -- an increase of two mills over 1938, Oshawa "GM-Men" defeated a St. Catharines hockey team in a sudden-death game to enter the Senior OHA finals. "Doc" Rowden, Lex Chisholm and Clifford Maudrell were the herges of the game. Gold medals were awarded to Jimmie Lee and Winnifred Langfeldt in the WCTU elocu- tion contest. The bronze medal was won by Joy Eastman and the silver by Eieen Winacott. Jack Gillett, member of the Bank of Montreal staff who was moved to the Harlscourt branch, Toronto, was honored with a presentation by the manager §. E. James and staff. Acting City Engineer 0. G. Miller announced that less build. ing was done during 1938 than any year sifice 1934 at the height of the depression. There were 159 building permits issued at a total value of $103,085, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 19, 1964... Thirty - nine miners lost their lives in a fire at the Hollinger gold mine at Tim- mins, Ont., 36 years ago to- day--in 1928. The mine was staked in 1911 by Benny Hollinger and reached an annual production of about $10,000,000, being surpassed in the world only- by the Rand mine in South Africa. 1473 The founder of modern astronomy, Coper- nicus, was born in Poland. 1930--The Quebec Ilegis- lature rejected a b'! 'to admit women to the prac- tice of law. Responsible politicians, how- ever, deplore this prospect, and fear the cleavage of the nation's politics along racial lines. In times past, the Liberals have come very near being the party of Quebec, and it is well known that a confidential Tory paper recently argued that an election could be won without-- and hence against--Quebec. But the Conservative Party created Confederation, and true Conser- vatives today seek to strenghen Confederaion, not to utilize the mounting racial antipathy for a short-term #'ectoral advantage. YOUR HEALTH Chronic Infection Calls For Culture By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr, Molner: For five years I have had a chronic in- fection in the right ear. Now it has developed in the left. The doctor says it is most dif- ficult to clear up this sort of thing but that, with a special culture taken, it may be pos- sible. Is this true? Rather, is there hope?--PN Yes, there is hope. QUEEN'S PARK A great majority of casual in- fections can be cleared up in short order with the antibiotics, as you know. As you--or a dermatologist-- can testify, some infections can become very stubborn indeed. The infection may be from a breed of germ which resists the antibiotics. It may be a funcus. Or some dermatitis may have developed, perhaps not origin- Budget Preserves One-Third Legend BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- A_ remarkable statement in the budget speech was that the hospital insurance program continues to be paid for one-third each by the prov- ince, the federal government and the insured. This is the continuation of an old myth, The province never has paid one-third of the cost. In fact it has never paid a quarter. The federal government has paid 45 per cent and premiums have accounted for up to 35 per cent and more of the balance. This dates back to 1959 the first year of the plan, and an election year. The government claimed on the hustings that it was paying one-third. And it has continued to say this since, What it does is pay about one- third of all hospital cost. But these include mental: hos- pitals and sanitoria. The gov- ernment has paid the full cost of these for years and years and they are. not part of the hospital insurance program, LEGALIZING IT An amendment to the Highway Traffic Act will give police authority to remove the plates of vehicles they consider in an unsafe condition. This actually is to legalize something that police in larger centres have been doing ail along. The police, of course, can stop any car and if found faulty order the owner to have it re- paired. Where they have come across particularly bad vehicles in some cases they have been re- moving the plates, The department of transport has warned them they have been on shaky legal ground in doing this--in fact they had no authority. So now it is saying "All right boys, we'll make it legal"--that is if the house agrees and passes the amendment. BUDGET CRITICISM Opposition speakers haven't started their budget debates at time of writing. But it's reason- ably clear what their main crit- icisms will be. The Liberals, it. seems, will take the theme that rather than raise taxes the -- government should economize--not a bad theme. And the NDP will say that taxing cuts down on spending and can curb the economy. It will favor borrowing rather than the new taxes that have been put 'on. Both parties, of course, will be against the increase in hos- pital premiums. Tender EAT'N TRUE-TRIM BEEF (\:. ¢ THURS., FRI., SAT. SPECI G ally from germs; the rough, !r- vitated- akin has heen f by 4 new bacteriai infection im addition, This is the sort of. trouble that makes dermatologists fret, because you don't get rid of it until both problems, the'old and the new, are solved. And if that weren't' enough, there is always the question of allergy lurking in the back- ground, After five years of struggling with this ear infection, you have good reason to agree with your doctor: It is almost impossible to clear up such a condition when it has resisted the trea- ments which usually are effec- tive in such cases, A culture should be taken. This means that particles from the infected area are sent to the laboratory, there allowed to grow in "'cul- ture' form, after which studies are made to determine just what organisms are present, I suspect that it might prove to be a fungus, very bly complicated by the presence of some other organism which has become a stowaway for a free ride at your expense, Dear Dr, Molner; My » who is 24 years old, has ha a bad habit of biting his finger- nails for the last five years, It is worsening, This habit, of course, originates in the nerv- ous system, What treatment do you recommend -- medical or psychiatric? --Mrs.: §,A, Let me be blunt. If you are worrying about it, when he is 24, instead of letting him worry about it; if this is a habit that has been present five - years (since he was 19); if it is, as you say, something that origin- ates in the nervous system, then here's my advice: Let this man (no longer a boy) go! If he needs help, let him come back and ask for it, if he chooses. But let aim go? He may be biting his nails be- cause he wants to get away on his own, but can't. Or if this flimsy gues; of mine is wrong, and he is still a "child" to you, by his choice but not yours -- then turn the whole problem over to a psy- chiatrist at once. When a parent is worried about nail-biting in a son of 24, it is a serious situation, Either the son is ill, psychiatrically, or the parent has fallen into a blind error, Skinless WIENERS AYA Lean, Meaty SPARE RIBS Eviscerated FOWL Fresh Killed 33: SLICED COOKED HAM Special! PORK For Your FREEZER BEEF Hind Quarter Front Quarter PORK LOINS 555 39; 595 CUT AND WRAPPED FREE Tenderloin 79 STEAK & ROAST SALE Boneless Sirloin Rump Roast Boneless Round Steak Roast Sirloin -- T-Bone -- Wing Steak 39: lb Ty END CUTS 69° BY THE PIECE LB. CENTRE CUTS BY THE PIECE OR SLICED PEAMEAL u. 89° Ib, 99° 3 Ibs. Rib Stew 2 Ibs. Shoulder Pork Steak 4 Ibs.Coun 4 Ibs. Pork Hocks 3 Ibs. Veal Patties 3 Ibs. Bologna by the pee. 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