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i SSF TEM ee ae She Oshawa imes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1964 -- PAGE 6 Government Considers Pension Plan Changes The federal government is con- sidering drastic changes in its pen- sion plan legislation in an effort to obtain a compromise with Quebec -- and, by inference, Ontario, The aim is to settle on a common pension standard across Canada -- and it is a good one. Premier John Robarts of Ontario has welcomed this announcement. He now indicates that Ontario may be willing to join the Canada pen- sion scheme if the benefits in it and the Quebec plan are made comparable. Thus some logic is being injected into the pension fooferaw. If the federal government had moved with more deliberation on its original pension proposal, much of the pre- sent controversy and uncertainty could have been avoided. Mr. Pearson had promised a na- tional pension plan and it is to his credit that he tried to make good on that promise. But a national contributory pension plan is an enormously complicated under taking under the best of circum- stances -- and in Canada made even more complicated by the constitutional fact that pensions are a provincial responsibility. One must assume that the Canada plan was rushed for strictly political purposes -- there was a provincial election in Ontario. A national plan is what is needed. Ontario's withdrawal could be an- other blow at national unity -- but Ontario has every right to fight for the best possible plan. The an- nouncement that the federal gov- ernment is abadoning its stub- born defence of a plan with many questionable aspects is indeed wel- come news, Those Drinking Voters There was a time when Cana- dian politicians filled their suppor- ters with pioneer whiskey and trundled them happily to the polls. Not everyone gets happy on hootch, of course, and the combination of liquor and partisanship led inevi- tably to bloody battles around the polling stations. There was a quick, simple solu- tion: Close down the drinking places. This, of course, is a tradi- tional Canadian solution; if -some- thing leads someone into trouble _ sometime, forbid it, close it, ban it. In recent years, however, more - Canadians have been arriving at the heretical opinion that prohibition may not be a complete answer to everything from cirhosis of the > Yiver to adolescent sex fantasies. few have even suggested that prohibition is seldom an answer to anything. These iconoclasts will be cheered by what happened recently in Milwaukee. That city decided to open its drinking places during the Wisconsin presidential primary. The results were highly unexciting. One restaurant owner, who said he had served 150 meals on the morn- ing of the election, found that not one customer asked for an alcoholic drink; in previous elections, when the service was banned, there had been numerous requests made, ap- parently, by customers who knew they would be refused. A tavern owner reported that he had sold one bottle of beer during the whole morning -- to a woman who wanted to use it in a shampoo. It's just possible that most adults act like adults when they're treated as adults. Another Silent Spring Rachel Carson was that rare combination, a scientist who could handle language with skill, clarify and grace. She did not seek popu- Jarity or notoriety, but' her books were best-sellers and her last one, Silent Spring, shocked a continent into awareness of the danger of indiscriminate use of chemical pes- ticides. Silent Spring was a controversial book. Miss Carson set out to argue a case, and she did it with power and conviction. She may have been too much the committed advocate, too little the detached scientist -- but ever since the publication of Silent Spring, details have been ac- cumulating to show that its warn- ing about the careless use of pesti- cides was necessary. The book quickly became a best- seller. Chemical companies rallied their forces for a. counter-attack. And out of the resulting argument came government-directed investi- gations, most of them still going on, and much proposed legislation, some of which will be passed. The controversy and inquiries are needed. Man's ability to mess up his environment is now so great' and often so blind, that he must either stop to think about what he is doing or mess himself righ out of existence. If Rachel Carson had done nothing but write Silent Spring, her contribution to our age would deserve to be remembered. Try These Questions You're a good driver, of course, It's the other fellow who acts like a goon on the road, causes acci- dents and threatens your life. But just for fun, and with no one look- ing, try giving honest answer to these questions: How long is it since you: Went through an intersection on an amber She Oshawa Times T. L.. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor hawa Times combining The Oshawa Times pacsiishes 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle {established 1863) is published daily (Sundays. ond Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publish- 'Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou bog Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies The Canadian Press is exclusively Associated Press or news lished therel ag also reserved. : Building, 425 University Massage 640 Cathcort Street, Offices: Ontario; Avenue, Toronto, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES in Oshaws, Whitby, Ajox, Delivered by Swille, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Rickert, 4 ton, Frenchman's Bay, one, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, hom, Burketon, Cloremont, ood, Kinsale, Ragion, Blackstock, ool and Newcastle not over 'eek. By mail (in Province of Ontario) herve delivery oreos 12.00 per year, Raped Commonwealth Countries 15/ light? Made a rolling stop only at a red stop sign? Jumped the gun on a green light? Failed to reduce speed at a blind intersection? Tailgated at highway speeds behind another car? Passed another car on the right when such passing was an offence? Double-parked? Tried to make time by weaving in and out of traffic lanes? Got out of your car on the traffic side? Day-dreamed, if only momentarily, while behind the wheel in a moving vehicle? Left your engine running when you left the car? Drove your vehicle with two or more drinks under your belt? Dominion Automobile Association recently conducted a survey of com- mon lapses from safe driving prac- tices -- the infractions committed fairly frequently by 95 per cent of the otherwise' "good" drivers throughout the country. The ques- tions listed above were based on that 'survey. What was your score -- your honest score? Maybe you're not such @ good driver after all, ee ie ae al MR. PEARSON CALLED FoR AN "EXAMINATION IN DEPTH * OF EXISTING "TAX RELATIONS BETWEEN OTTAWA AND THE PROVINCES wiez' Bebe a nena 6. mod © ree ------ NEWS RePoRT Fey IN THE DEPTHS REPORT FROM U.K. Devastated Area Being Developed By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- A dynamic trans- formation is taking place in the wartime blitzed arva which lies to the north of St. Paul's Cathe- dral, and whch for 20 years re- mained in a state of almost complete devastation, Much of the devastation is still there, and it may be another two or three years before it has all been cleared away and the area covered with new buildings. But in this area of the City of Lon- don, known as the Barbican, one of Britain's greatest post-war development schemes, esti- mated to cost close to $100,000, is now beginning to take def- inite shape. ; When I walked through that area a day or two ago, I saw workmen busy building the foun- dations of what will be the Jargest and tallest block of apartments in the whole of Brit- ain. When. completed, it will have 43 storeys and will be a skyscraper block of 120 apart- ments, ' 436 FEET HIGH This block of apartments -will tower to a height of 436 feet, It will be more than twice the height of five new office blocks which have already been erect- ed to the north, and which form a background to the Barbican project, These office blocks are 18 storeys high, and they face on to a new. through road which will flank the London Wall. As I looked over the scene, right in the centre of it I could see the lantern-topped tower of St. Giles Church, Cripplegate, which was burned out in 1940 along with the rest of the Barbican, on the nights of terror when enemy bombs were dropping on the area. GREAT PAST This' little church has now been restored. Founded in the year 1090, it has had a great past and ahead of itis a great future. By 1969, it will be the parish church of the 6,500 peo- ple who will come to live in the Barbican, in a new "city within a city", Even so, this will represent only half the poulation of St. Giles Church parish in 1851, when it numbered 14,361, Today, the resident population of the parish is only about 30, al- though the church is used by the congregation of St. Luke's on Old Street. Flanked by a bastion of the old London Wall, which is also being preserved in the restora- tion project, St, Giles is full of YOUR HEALTH history. Oliver Cromwell was married there in 1620, and among those buried there were John Foxe, John Speed, the map maker, Sir Martin Frobish OTTAWA REPORT Close Fight Seen In Saskatchewan By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The outcome of the Saskatchewan provincial . election on April 22 is awaited with intense interest in Ottawa. This will complete the round of elections in all 10 provinces within little more than a year; and it is remarkable that not one government has been over- thrown in the nine elections al- ready held. "Will Saskatchewan follow the 'no change' pattern?" Ottawa wonders, The CCF government in Sask- atchewan, now three months short of its 20th birthday, is the oldest provincial government in Canada--with the exception of Albert's 28 - year - old Social Credit government. It.is today the only Socialist government in any province or state in North America, It was formed by Tommy Douglas,.and guided by him until 30 months ago when he resigned from the pre- miership to assume the leader ship of the federal NDP. At that time, it was in consid- erable disarray and dismay, and it was widely conceded that it would be whipped at the next election by Liberal forces led by Ross Thatcher. This belief was strengthened by the high quality of Liberal candidates be- ing recruited by Thatcher, and by his energetic organizing and his successful fund-raising din- ners, HEADLINED MP Thatcher won his seat in the federal House in 1945, three weeks after his 28th birthday. He showed himself to be engag- ing, industrious and able. In 12 years he became one of the and John Milton, Around St. Giles' Church will rise the apartment blocks and maisonettes of the new Barbi- 'can, the new theatre, a concert hall, art gallery shops and the inevitable public houses. Life will come back into that area of devastation in the heart of the city. It will be a com- pletely new tity. And it will usher in a new age for the church that has stood on the same spot for more than 800 years. Cross-Eyes Cured | By Early Surgery By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr, Molner: My baby is eight 'months old and his eyes are crossed. We noticed it at three months. The doctor said an operation might have to be performed when he is about two years old. Is this dangerous? Is it quite successful? Will there have to be more than one operation?-- MRS, L.J. Crossed eyes rarely are no- ticed before the third month be- caus newly-born babies usually can't co-ordinate very well. The eyes look every which way until the baby begins to focus so that he sees only one image. A network of muscles moves the eyes. Some defect in one of the muscles can upset the deli- cate balance which. should exist. Result? Crossed eyes. (There are other defects which also can-cause this.) Simple treatments (a patch over one eye, glasses, and the like) sometimes help enough 50 the muscular balance is re- stored and the eyes straighten out, Other cases require sur- gery. Emotionally, it may give us the cold shivers to contemplate surgery on a baby's eye. In ac- tual fact this operation is not dangerous. In properly seleced cases (some are suitable for surgery and some are not) the results are excellent and rewarding. Yes, further surgery may be required, depending on the na- ture and severity of the defect. It should be done quite early BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO April 17, 1929 Work was being rushed to erect a new bridge at Harmony to replace the one washed out in a severe thunderstorm. Miss Kathleen Best, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Best of Whitby, won a_ scholarship of $1,000, offered by the Royal Bank of Canada for 'the best essay written by a Canadian University student. Miss Best was attending McMaster Uni- versity. The General Motors Blue Devils, winners of the Ontario Rugby Football Union 1928 championship, were guests. of honor at a dinner held in the GMC auditorium, Rev. S. C, Jarrett, rector of Holy Trinity Anglican. Church, was appointed judge of the Juvenile Court to be established in Oshawa. Dr. Kaiser Shield was award- ed to Ritson road school in fire drill competitionin Oshawa. Several friends of Harry Salter gathered at 'Mike's Place" and presented him with a in honor of his 81st birth- ay. Stanley F. Everson was elect- ed president and Neil Fraser secretary of the Oshawa Tennis Club. ' Oshawa Little Theatre, under the direction of John Craig, presented a play 'Outward Bound." Taking part in the performance were Helen John- ston, Harold Smith, . Herbert Kelly, Mrs. R. B. Smith, Phil- lip Sims, Doris Ainley, E. N. Lewis and Frank Chappell. Rev. C. E. Cragg, pastor of King Street United Church, bap- tized 51 infants with water brought from the River Jordan. City Council passed a bylaw prohibiting the use of the fire department's equipment for pumping water out of flooded cellars. ' in life. A cposs-eyed youngster is at a great disadvantage as he grows older, not just because of his difficulty in seeing (na- ture tends to take a hand so that the child "sses" with one eye and doesn't use the other, be- cause his way he avoids a double image), He also can be self-conscious, and the butt of teasing from his thoughtless playmates. If you delay the procedure beyond the age of six years, he runs into such troubles. And besides, the chances of success diminish rapidly after that age. In a word, you have had sound advice from your doctor. Dear Dr. Molner: I read that weakened but live polio vaccine could cause polio in an un- protected adult if his child took the oral vaccine. people you work with or have dates with? Couldn't they give you polio? Also, if a person did get polio and in its early stages unknowingly took the vaccine, bl ib the case be far worse? You are worrying quite need- lessly on all counts. There is no evidence that a person taking the oral vaccine can pass live virus on to any- one else, Indeed, if that were possible, then the vaccine would cause polio in the person taking it. If a person gets polio, shaving either the oral or injected vac- cine at that time would: make no difference in the course or intensity of the disease, Dear Dr. Molner: What causes glaucoma? Is it con- tagious and can it be cured?-- MRS, B.W. The cause is not known, but Glaucoma is not contagious. The fluid pressure inside the eye increases and in time dam- ages or destroys vision. Diag- nosed early, this condition can at least be slowed down, and in many cases the pressure can be relieved so that no further dam- age occurs, Note to Mrs. G.M.: Anyone who continues to drink cocktails (or anything alcoholic while suffering from acute gastritis is asking for more trouble. Insist- ing on it, in fact. And two or three cocktails is certainly not *"moderaion," in such a case, What about - most popular, yet most contro- versial MPs--paradoxically, a Socialist who fought his way very near the millionaire class as a hardware merchant. His always lange headlines reached their peak when he defected from the CCF and won appoint- ment_as Liberal leader in the provincial field. Today Thatcher is ideologic- ally perhaps the last true Lib- eral in Canadian politics, He has not joined the helter-skelter rush of his party colleagues to the left side of the political road, in the thinly disguised at- tempt to bribe the voters with their own money. This stand has not endeared Ross to other Lib- erals; nor has his alooofness QUEEN'S PARK from the Piew nig canny 8 age array, n e ly during Ideologically, the Thatcher grand of free-enterprise social- welfare politics could probably command a popular majority across Canada today. But his rough tactics do not win friends. His only serious opponent in this election is CCF Premier Woodrow Lloyd, who has ad- vanced far in public esteem since he assumed the frayed mantle of Tommy Douglas. He has proved himself in office, and he points to a happy record of prosperity to bolster his argu ment that this is no time for a change. Last year Saskatchewan's farmers for the first time top- party will climb into a victory; it will surely improve on the 33 per cent of the popular vote which iit in the last elecion. But NDP members here are confident, and seemingly with reason, that Woodrow Lloyd, in this, his first campaign as party leader, will complete the record of "no change" in this round of provincial elections, READERS' VIEWS PAPERS SOUHT Dear Sir: It is the hope of the Faculty and Board of Trent University that the University will become a centre for Cana- dian Studies. The valley of the Trent and this region of On- tario are particularly rich in history and tradition, and in the literature, arts and crafts which are a part of these. The University is very happy to be located in this historic area of Canada and looks for- ward to contributing to its de- velopment and to serving its in- terests and traditions. To this end, Trent University is willing and prepared to undertake to gather together and to preserve, under the care of its Library, such historic papers and docu- ments as may become avail- able to it -- perhaps in particu- lar, a certainly not ex- clusively, the papers and docu- ments pertaining to the history and culture of this area of the country, The gathering and care of such papers is a proper respon- sibility -- indeed, duty -- of a university, and is one of the important ways in which a uni- versity can serve its commun- ity. Too, such papers are the raw material for the work of the scholars who staff a uni- versity through succeeding gen- erations: the historians, politi- cal scientists, economists, socio- logists and more. If Trent is to become a significant centre for Canadian Studies, as is hoped, Move On Shortage Of Hospital Beds BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The govern- ment has done probably the only practical thing it could do about the Toronto hospital bed shortage mentioned here yester- day. : It is providing loans of $5,000 a bed to the hospital boards to build new accommodation. This will do the trick. Along with regular govern- ment grants it means the board will have to raise only 20 per cent of their new costs from charitable donations. And now there will be a crash program to get new facilities built. This approach gives as little offence as possible to the rest of the province, which has paid for its hospitals. There is a form of subsidy in the loans, They are being given at three per cent interest, which is probably two per cent less than the money will cost the province. This, however, minor. : And similar loans will be available to the rest of the prov- ince -- which takes out a bit more of any sting. Health Min- ister Dymond denies that this is a further step towards gov- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 17, 1964... Turkey declared war on Greece 67 years ago today-- in 1897. Revolts had been in progress on Crete since 1890 and Greece hoped to annex the island, Turkey declared war on the ground that Greece inspired the revolts. Turkey inflicted a severe de- feat on Greece, but inter- vention by the European powers ended the war and Crete was put under inter-- national control. 1939 -- The 37,000-ton French liner Paris burned at Le Havre. 1961 -- Anti-Castro rebel forces landed in Cuba, is relatively COLD @ FREE PICK-UP @ BONDED DRIVER @ FREE ESTIMATES desired -- 48 SIMCOE ST, NORTH FUR STORAGE oumumemmmems ON THE PREMISES que Repairs & Remodelling By Expert Furriers No Notice Required when coot immediate service. MORRISON FUR CO. 725-6312 OSHAWA over the build- Is. This denial; ver, prob- ably was mai political, so as not to offend the many people on hospital boards throughout the province . . . and not to hasten the day when govern- ment will have to put up more money for hospitals, It is obvious that eventually hospitals will be paid for en- tirely through government funds. Incidentally, some days be- fore the government's action was announced Liberal Andrew Thompson of Toronto - Dover- court proposed something along the same lines. Mr. Thompson suggested that there should be a government loan fund, of say $25,000,000, which would be available for hospital construction. PENSION POSITION Premier Robarts' position on pensions continues to hold ma- jor attention. A speech he made here to the Canadian Club particularly got a lot of play, and perhaps an over-play. Reports of the speech could have left the impression that Mr. Robarts pretty well de- clared himself out of the Can- ada Pension Plan. This was not correct. Ac- tually the premier did not go much further than he did at Quebec and at a press confer- ence following his return, It is still accepted here that most probably Ontario will end up with its own plan. But still there is an outside chance it will be in the national program, particularly if Ottawa upgrades its benefits. it is essential that the Univer- sity. should become a repository of many documents, early papers, collections of family correspondence, diaries, minute books, et cetera, which illus- trate and illuminate the history of this y and nation. Trent has made a good start upon this aspect of its work. Recent acquisitions include some papers pertaining to Sid- ney Smith, the Postmaster- eneral in Sir John A, Mac- | donald's pre-Confederation * emment; extensive P ' help of its neighbors in de ing its program in Canadian Studies in general, and in the history and culture of this area in particular, Yours sincerely, Peterborough. WAR ON SMOKING Dear Sir: Through the columns of your paper I would like to comment on the 'War on Cigaret Smok- ing" as an endeavor to curb increase in human lung can- we do about you attention is being drawn to the free Five-Day Plan clinic to be held at the UAW Hall April 19- 23. Sponsored the Kiwanis club, qualified instruction is given by a local doctor and pastor. Those availing them- selves of this aid are in no way obligated neither to churches nor. clubs. We appreciate the interest and co-operation of Mr. Mel Smith on his Sunday Morning broadcast of April 12, in inter- viewing those leading out in this work, thus advising the people of Oshawa and surround- ing. area that tickets to this clinic may be had by phoning 725-4283 or 725-2506. To service elubs, groups and organizations, there are inform- ative films available, by ap- pointment, by phoning 725-4283. These depict the effects of to- bacco on the human body. The first and very importan warfare on cancer of the lung would seem to be to educate the younger gen regard- ing the dangers of the smoking habit and to encourage them to shun it like the "plague." The second phase of the at- tack is by this '"Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking" to help those now addicted to break the habit and thus cut down on the risk of contracting lung cancer or dying prematurely from a heart citizens will of this opportunity to get help to stop smoking. WILLARD GRAY, Co-ordinator "Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking." Oshawa, ark ) Corby's soft, smooth, true . Canadian whisky. Aged 10 years in wood. Now available. Worthy companion of Corby's : fifteen year old Park Lane. " H, Corby Distillery Limited, Montreal