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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarlo T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY FRBRUARY 21, 1964---PAGE 6 Inquiry Into Election Campaign Cost Planned Fifteen years ago C. G, Power, then a member of Parliament, in- troduced a bill requiring publica- tion of the income and expenditure of political parties and limiting the amount to be spent by any one candidate to 20 cents per voter plus $1,000 for personal expenses, The measure received second read- ing but Parliament was dissolved and a general election called before the necessary third reading could be given, Since that time a great deal has been said about the need for some control of election expenses but nothing has been done about it. Now the federal government proposes to take. a coutious step towards giving effect to a Liberal campaign pro- mise to control the mounting costs of elections, This week's Throne Speech said an inquiry will be instituted 'to advise on the best practicable way to set enforceable limits to expen- ditures in election campaigns." The inquiry will not be conducted by Parliament or by a royal commis- sion but by a special board set up Driver Merit The Dominion Automobile Asso- ciation recently invited its members to suggest ways of improving the country's deplorable traffic accident situation, One of the more interest- ing responses was the suggestion that there be public recognition of accident-free drivers, just as there is of the bad, "demerit" drivers, The correspondent pointed out that hu- man nature being what it is, most drivers would be responsive to a pat on the back, and 'merit points" would give drivers an incentive to maintain an -accident-free record from year to year, A DAA official, developing the idea, suggests a plan whereby the accident-free driver could be awar- ded a merit sticker, year after year, by his insurance company, the color and type of the sticker changing with each year, with perhaps a "gold merit" sticker to be awarded at the end of 10 years, There are some obvious bugs in the proposal, but it seems to have for the purpose, It will also examine the cost of winning votes and prob- ably the source of campaign funds, It's doubtful whether there'll be any parliamentary opposition to the move. Mr, Diefenbaker has already called it a. "commendable move", and added; "It may well be that one of the courses for con- sideration will be that the state make a contribution to the actual cost of parties carrying out their duties during the election cam- paigns," It has been obvious for some time that a control is needed, The democratic principle calls for equal opportunity; but modern conditions make it almost impossible for a candidate of very: limited means, representing a party without any substantial campaign funds, to fight an election on equal terms with a rich representative of a rich party. There is also the question of how much control of a candidate or a party may be exercised by heavy contributors to campaign funds, The sooner the inquiry gets under way the better, Points possibilities, Accident-free drivers have every right to be proud of their records, and public acknow- ledgement undoubtedly makes an added incentive. Truck drivers are honored annually by their com- panies and safety organizations, and there is every evidence that they treasure the honors--as indeed they should, Perhaps, too, the safe driver is taken too much for granted, pos- sibly on the theory that virtue of this type is its own reward, The safe driver, too, is much put upon, All too often he becomes the victim of some fool on the road; and he pays in cash and hazard for the misdeeds of the reckless, the stupid and the negligent drivers. Insurance companies might do well to investigate the DAA sug- gestion, The cost of the stickers would be negligible -- and if an appreciable reduction in insurance rates went along with each suc- cessive sticker, the results might be spectacular, Refuge In The Arctic Late winter dampness and sud- den changes of temperature create a hospitable climate for the com- and that season is upon the cold can mon cold - us. Unfortunately, strike at any time of the year; it . accounts for over 80 per cent of all iliness from birth to age 18° and cosis the country uncounted mil- lions of dollars in medical services, drugs, nostrums and lost working time, - Researchers are hard at it teving to nail the common cold to the wall, the search for a handy, all- purpose vaccine is unbelievably complex, More than 130. viruses causing respiratory infections have been identified, one specialist points out, and the total probably is great- er still, Down the centuries,, man has fought back against bugs in his own gallant way, observes Medicine at The Oshawa Ties ¥. L, WILSON, Publisher CG, GWYN KINSEY. Editor The Oshawa Time: combing The Oshowe Times festodlished 1871) and the ithy Gorette ond Chronicle fextodiiahed 1863) & published daily (Sundays end Stetutory holidays excepted) 2 ot C Daily t Publioh eta Association, The Conedion Prem, Audit Bureau of Cireuletion ed the Ontario Provincial Dailies Ameciation. The Cenedion Prem i exctusively entitied to the ute cf republicetion of el) news Gexpatehed in the paper. credited to i oF to The Associoted Press or Reuters, ond alto the tocol news published therein, All rights of special dee patches ore also reserved, Olficen Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronte, Ontario: 640 Cathcert Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES tivered by carriers In Oshawe, Whitby Aljox, eberve Bowmonville Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, je Grove, Hempton, Frenchman's " ¢ Dunder Enniakitien but Columbus. Greenwood. 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Sir Christopher Andrewes of England's common cold research center at Salisbury recently recom- mended the one infallible way to prevent colds, "Go off and live by yourself in the arctic," he said. ° ° Other Editors' Views FALSE SAVING (Victoria Times) To skimp on social welfare ser- vices today is merely to incur farth- er costs tomorrow for prisons, hos- pitals, courts and other agencies of last resort. -- far more costly media to cater for society's mistakes. and misfortunes, GeT in THERS ----~ AND START SCORING ON THE BENCH ALL THE TIME REPORT FROM U.K. Helicopters Used On Power Project By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Faced with a race against time to have a 400,000 volt transmission line in opera- tion by next October to meet the south of England demand for power, the Central Electricity Generating Board has had to turn to the use of helicopters to convey essential materials to YOUR HEALTH the exact locations of the trans- mission line towers, The line is to run from Dunge- ness in Kent to Bolney in Sus- sex, Parts of the area through which it passes became s0 waterlogged by the heavy. rains of last summer and fall that the ground jis still a morass, and vehicular transportation of the vital materials was impossible, The project was at a stand- still until a few days ago, when, Woman Seeks Aid In Quitting Drink By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD Dear Dr, Moiner: I'm writing this with a hangover, I drink beer too much. I can't quit but I want to, I'm the mother of three children ---- 11, 8 and 5 years old, There is always beer in the refrigerator, If I get disgusted with something, [ll open a quart and then go on and on, I'm sure I must be an alcoholic I'm getting worried more now because I don't remember about the night before. Today, I drove through a red light, I have never done this before. Last weekend I woke up in a strange bed in a settlement house, I don't remember driv- ing there but my car was parked on the wrong side of the street, the motor off but the key in the ignition and the parking lights on How can I stop drinking? Isn't there a pill that makes a person feel sick even to look at beer? I need someone to put a good scare into me, Please frighten me into ttopping.--MRS, LM You certainly. have the typi- cal signs of a fult alco- holic and I'm glad you are worried because being that up> set may mean that you are ready to do something about the problem, The drug antabuse makes you sick at your stomach if you drink alcohol in any form, But the weak point is that you have to take the drug every day or the effect soon wears off It is a powerful drag and has to be taken under the supervi- sion of a doctor .The doctor can't follow you around and watch you take the pills every day, So with this, as well as other methods of swearing off, in the final analysis it comes down to you, You aré the -only one who can give up alcohol, Nobody else can do it for you, Others can help, though, and a lot, if you really want to. stop. You live in a big city which has all sorts of facilities to aid you. Your own doctor may or may not be able to manage your case But you have alcohol clinics, and if you can't find one in the phone book, then call the health department There is also that fine and reliable group, Alcoholics Anon- ymous, It has chapters in all of the big cities and most of the smaller ones, too Look under "a" in the classi- fied directory, Call the number, if you really want to quit the bottle, and AA members will give you the help you need, They have all been through what you are going through. They know you can succeed be- cause they did But don't rely on having any one, including me, "frighten you into it."' There are at jeast three pérfect reasons that are better, Their ages are 11, 8 and five Dear Dr, Molner: I am 48 and have had this trouble for many years but now it is getting worse. -- an undesirable dis- charge from the navel.--MRS, TKI Such a discharge Is always undesirable, It means a chronic infection of some sort, fungus or bacterial, Not knowing what kind of infection it is, I can't give you a ready answer, But it's well worth telling your doc- tor about, and getting it cleared up Dear Dr. Molner: After a to- tal hysterectomy, for cancer of the uterus,: is it necessary to take hormone shots?--MRS, JG No, it isn't necessary in most cases, Rather, it is more a mat- ter of relieving such symptoms of menopause as may occur from the operation--hot flashes, and so on, With somewhat older patients, there may be no oc- casion for hormones at all, In short, it is a question to be an- swered on the basis of the in- dividual case, Dear Dr. Molner; Is a pre- scription necessary to buy birth control pills? SS Yes, and for very good. rea- sons, They are a potent drug, and evidently a good one, but in some cases they can have troublesome. side-effects, They should be taken under medical supervision in order to have it completed in time to be in service next win- i tor, a large-scale air lift of ma- terials by helicopters was start- ed on the section of the line be- f tween Lydd and Ninfield. | BASE ESTABLISHED To make the airlift possible, a base was established for the assembly of concrete, construc- tional steel, insulators and other equipment a few miles from the site of the towers. Helicopter landing areas were covered with thick square logs, Concrete mix- ing machines were working on the site. From this base, two large Sikorsky helicopters, of Ameri- can make, and each having a lifting capacity of two tons, are in constant operation transport- ing materials and supplies to the exact spot where they are needed for the erection of towers. I saw one helicopter lifting large metal skips, each contain- ing 3000 pounds of ready mixed concrete, and flying off with them to the scene of construc- tion, and returning to the base for another, The round trips took from three minutes, 10 sec- onds to three minutes 40 seconds each, by actual timing. Another helicopter was lifting bundles of heavy steel com. ponents and carrying them safe- ly over the morass of the ter- rain to the locations where they were to be used, Smaller com- ponents were assembled in huge nets, suspended under the hell- copters, and transported to where they were needed, SMOOTH OPERATION The whole operation was go- ing on so smoothly and speed- ily that it was difficult to realize the tonnage of materials moved to the construction sites during the period we were there. The operation is also expen- sive. The rental charge for each helicopter is. just over $5000, plus $180 for every hour of fly- hour of flying time. But the work being done makes it worth the money. The only alternative to the use of helicopters was a com. plete stoppage of work until the terrain, always marshy, had dried out enough to allow roads to be built on it, That would have meant that the transmis sion line would not have been ready for use next winter, and one official told me that would have involved a loss of some $300,000 a month to the board, plus possible power shortages in the East Sussex area, Within the next three months, all the materials required in this section of the line will have been flown in by helicopter, and the stringing of the power cable can then be undertaken, BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Feb, 21, 1929 Robert Fraser, prominent bus- nessman, retired from the bak- ery business, The campaign to raise funds for the striking British miners was continuing, Oshawa citizens had already donated $700, The Oshawa Daily Times began using an automatic tele- graph printer connected with Canadian Press for receiving national and international news, City Council adopted a salary schedule for the fire depart- ment, raising Fire Chief W. R. Eiliott's salary to $2,500 and fixed a maximum $1,500 for other permanent moployees. Oshawa Shamrocks hockey team defeated Peterborough to win the group title by 11-goal margin. "Doc" Rowden was the outstanding star of the game. J. D, Storie donated a block of land ov Centre street to be used as a site for the proposed new Children's Aid Shelter. J, P. Sam, who had been @ Chinese police interpreter in To-- ronto for 23 years, settled in Oshawa to manage the Capitol Restaurant. The Oshawa Citizen's Band under the direction of Bandmas- ter R. Fountain and accompan- ied by Mrs. G. Carnell at the piano, gave a concert in the New Martin Theatre for the British Miners' Fund, Dr. L. E. Hubbell was re- elected president of the Kinsmen Club and Frank V. Evans was elected vice - vresident, GMC employment figures showed 609 more men were em- ployed here in February than for the same month in 1928. A total of 5,110 were working in the factory and 754 in the office, ° In keeping with the Canadian Girls' in Training Week the Sun- day service of North Simcoe United Church were conducted by the members and leaders, Felen - Boddy, Helen Chapman and Margaret Haines. ReRAT MN OTTAWA REPORT Swedes Rate Wite At $200 A Month By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- How much is a wife worth? An article in a life insurance magazine in Sweden has just come up with the mat- ter-of-fact figure of $200 per month. as the value of a house- wife, This figure is based upon the market price of her labor only, with her sentimental value being assessed at nil, or, in the old legal manner, at "a pepper- corn," ; Comparing the varied tasks of a housewife with those per- formed by a paid worker out- side the household, this cour- ageous Swedish magazine pro- duced this estimate. 1, Preparing food, 124 hours r week at $1.46 per hour, 18.10 per week. 2, Cleaning, 10 hours at from $1.04 to $1.24 per hour, $11.40 per week. 3, Washing up at 83 cents per hour, $6.45 per week, 4. Mending and sewing, $6.86 per week, QUEEN'S PARK 5, Washing clothes and house- hold linens, $6.86 per week, U.S. WIFE CHEAPER Three years ago, this column reported that the Washington State Unversity had priced a housewife as being worth $2,080 per year, or $320 lower than the Swedish housewife, This U.S. figure was based upon the surely unrealistic esimate that a housewife's working week is only 40 hours, and at- work worth only $1 per hour or say three-quarters of the going rate for a job as a cleaning woman in one of our big cities, Ten years ago, when of course prices and wages were lower than now, the Women's Institute of Ontario heard an agricul- tural economist assess the value of a farm wife to her husband as $69,000 throughout their mar- ried partnership, This ungenerous valuation makes the average wife, say weighing 125 pounds or more, Insurance Flavor Makes Him Uneasy BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--I don't want to worry this Canada Pension Plan question to death, But it is probably the most important internal question we have before us in Canada, And Ontario is in it up to its neck, Ss 1 AR le Mr. Laurence E. Coward is chairman of the Ontario Pen- sions Commission and chief ad- viser to the government in this field, And as a citizen of the provy- ince, and of Canada, I, for one, would feel more comfortable if he weren't, SUSPICION THERE Mr, Coward is. an insurance man, a man who has spent his life in the heart of the indus- try. There is an acknowledged bitter battle being waged by the insurance industry against the Canada plan, There is an aura of suspicion. The Robarts administration TODAY IN HISTORY By be CANADIAN PRESS The union of Egypt and Syria as the' United Arab Republic, with President Nasser of Egypt as head of state, was ratified over- whelmingly in a nationwide plebiscite six years ago to-- day--in 1958. Lebanon, I[s- rae] and Jordan lie between the two states. Syria later broke away from the UAR, but decided to return, 1921--Quebec became the first province to establish government control of liq- uor, effecti May 1. 1941--Sir Frederick Bant- ing, co-discoverer of insulin, and two others were killed in a bomber crash In New- foundland, has shown that it ance, Premier Robarts has strong association with people in the insurance industry and has been accused of bias towards it. The rightness or. wrongness of this is not important. What is important is that the charge has been made and that there is the suspicion, The battle by the insurance industry is quite all right, As citizens of the we want the best pension pro- gram that'we can get, - Let the industry fight for its side, And let the government planners fight for theirs, This will help us get the best pro- gram. But personally I would feel a lot happier if the top man here were not an insurance man, As it is I can't feel confident of impartiality, PRIVATE MAN This struck home very much the other day when Mr, Cow- ard, at a press conference, spoke for the government. He made it quite apparent that really he wanted not much, if anything, to do with a public pension program, At one point he went so far as to say the national program was a political "gimmick," (A strange statement; from a civil servant), He had a wealth of technical objections to the program technical and far from -clear, This is, nothing against Mr. Coward himself. He is a private insurance man, and of course he believes in his field, And he has a place in the government deliberations -- a place to put forward the indus- try's case and its objections, But at least this one person, the writer, would feel happier if he didn't have the top posi- tion he has. It would be more reassuring if there were an im- partial man In the top spot. through medicare favors private insur- province < worth leas than her waleht in gold -- which is obviously ab- sara * Se I a a What is the working week of the average Canadian house- wife? This varies considerably through the cycle of marriage and: motherhood, With a young child, it is a seven-day week of 17-hour days -- with coffee breaks and brief meal times. With older children at school five days a week, the working hours are shorter; but there are innumerable evenings and weekends of 'baby - sitting' when mother js confine to barracks and unable to go out to bowl or bridge or bee ow 4 her friends and her hi "8, Through all these yeats.. ov 25 years for the average mother --it is considerably more han the 45-hour week estimated by the Swedish authority, LIFETIME EARNINGS Taking an average ©" 45 years as the span of marriage, the Swedish caleulatio, make a wife's value to her hus oa $108,000 for her free serv- ces, This estimate seems un- reasonably Jow, Writing on this topie three years ago, I made a statement which provoked no objection from any reader but did receive widespread approbation. "The astute male," I wrote, "binds a robust maiden to him and his home with a gold ring costing him perhaps no more than $25, In exchange for this bable and his . name, that maiden contributes over the en- Sulng years nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of labor, with love thrwn in as.a bonus," That figure, $225,000, Is, I still _ believe, a more reasonable es- timate of the material value of a wife to a Canadian, The Swedes, I believe, have under- valued this unique and unself- ish comforter to man, NDP Member Declares War On Tobacco OTTAWA (CP) -- The argu- ment over cigarette phe a will be heating up Commons de- bates this session, Barry Mather (NDP -- New Westminster), a non - smoker and anti-cigarette campaigner, gave notice today of a private bill "to restrain the use of tobacco." On the other side of the ar- gument Jack Roxburgh (L -- Norfolk), from a major tobacce growing area, proposed larger federal grants for research in tobacco production and process. ing "in order to ensure the con- tinuance of the vital part being agg by the tobacco industry in the economy of this nation." PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Relatives say it is not known why the deceased poured gaso- line over his clothing and ignit- ed it.' -- From a news story. Maybe he was tired of living. Pleasing personality is an at- tribute that enables many a per- son to get by on banana oil in stead of having to use elbow grease. 'From the time you are born, till you ride in the hearse. . . 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