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| She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1964 -- PAGE 6 Commonwealth Useful Because Of Weakness The Commonwealth prime minis- ters will be meeting in London in July, and the main subject of dis- cussion is expected to be the Com- monwealth itself -- its values and uses, if any, and its future, if any. Britain's Prime Minister Douglas- Home was prodded into the, pro- posing of the conference. His gov- ernment has been under heavy at- tack by Harold Wilson, leader of the Labor party, who has been charging the Conservative govern- ment with lack of faith and interest in the Commonwealth, and in the process has made his party the champion of Commonwealth inte- rests. In addition to the attack from the left, Sir Alec has had to. face sharp criticism from within his own party, in the form of an acidulous article in the London Times, signed by "& Conservative", who ridicules the Commonwealth organization and assails the government. for trying to preserve something that is dead. Thus Sir Alec is smack in the middle, between opposed forces. Mr. Wilson has been talking about the Commonwealth as if it could be transformed into a great trading area, with a high degree of political unity. It's extremely doubtful, how- ever, if this is a valid proposition, or even expectation within the for- seeable future. Were all the coun- tries in the Commonwealth fairly well developed, and their economies sound an@ productive, the organiza- tion could indeed be a very powerful factor in world trade and foreign relations. But such, unfortunately, is not the case. Paradoxically, it is this imbalance which may be the strength of the Commonwealth, for here is an organization in which East does meet West; in which emerging'and undeveloped or under - developed countries meet "in family" with countries which are highly deve- loped ; in which black, brown, yellow and white can discuss their prob- lems with respect for each other. And this could well be enough reason for sustaining the Common- wealth idea. Guidance In Welfare A six-month test program recent- ly concluded in Toronto indicates that many chronic welfare families can be guided back to independence and self-support. The study was a joint undertaking of the provincial and municipal public welfare de- partments, and despite its heavy overlay of social work. jargon, it makes interesting reading. The six-month program measured the results of ordinary welfare ser- vices given to a control group of 100 families against the results of concentrated guidance given to a special group of 100 families that had been on welfare rolls for more than a year. "Time and effort on the part of the welfare workers proved to be effective," the report says with reference to the special group. "These persons, like others, display surprising resourcefulness and self-reliance when confronted by necessity, The direct and firm approach of the welfare visitor gave structure and motivation to some recipients who had let them- Caution On As the so-called Kennedy Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade approaches, the argument over the wisdom of tariff reductions by Can- ada becomes more heated in this country. It used to be that agricul- tural producers were the free-tra- ders and the manufacturers the pro- tectionists, but this no longer holds true. The farmers remain devoted to free trade principles, but the manufacturers are divided. Many manufacturers believe that Canada, as a trading nation, must welcome all moves to lower barriers to trade -- and tariffs are the main barrier. But others -- an example is J. Herbert Smith, president of Canadian General electric -- look with suspicion on the U.S. proposal for a round of tariff cuts. Imports of manufactured goods are $37 per person per year for the U.S., compared to $237 for Canada. She Oshawa Times T, 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 (Sundeys and Statutory holidays excepted Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local fews published therein. All rights of special des- oatches ore also reserved. Offices: - Thomson ° Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Srono, Leskard,. Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcostle not over 45¢ per week By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery oreos 12.00 per year, Other Provinces. and Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA. end foreign 24.00, { selves adopt a rather passive ac- ceptance of their situation." Of the 100 families in the study group, only four failed to improve their circumstances ; 42 families left the public welfare rolls; the remain- ing 54 families showed "a notice- able upgrading in economic, health and family circumstances." By con- trast, 64 of the families in the control group showed no progress in the six-month period; only 23 families left the welfare rolls and only 13 others showed any improve- ment. Also significant is the fact that jobs were found by some persons who had been considered unem- ployable for physical reasons. The report advises that welfare officials need to develop a new concept of the unemployable; a medical ex- amination for physical fitness is not enough and personal and social factors as well as occupational his- tory and economic conditions in the community must also be taken into account, Tariffs "It is obvious," says Mr. Smith, "why the United States is prepared to assume some risk in reducing tariffs. It can increase its imports by over 500 per cent before it reaches the Canadian level -- and long before, that point is reached the United States could, and ob- viously would, take refuge in the various escape clauses in our inter- national trade agreements. Con- gress has a sharp ear for domestic industry problems." Canada has managed an economic recovery -- per capita production, in constant dollars, dropped from $1921 in 1957 to $1911 in 1960, rose to $2050 in 1963 -- but not through tariff cuts. "The recovery," says Mr. Smith, stimulated by government actions a directly opposite nature. The first was the short-term emergency import sur- tax of five, 10 and 15 per cent, The second was the devaluation of the Canadian dollar to a realistic level. Both of these actions were directly opposite to the program being promoted by the United States." : The belief that access to the U.S, market would create more factory jobs for Canada's growing labor force, argues Mr. Smith, is falla- Manufacturing plants. go where the market as demon- strated by the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement on farm imple- ments, "The report of the Bladen toyal Commission," notes Mr. Smith, "stressed the fact that the Canadian farm implement business in a free trade climate' has not grown as fast as Canadian. man- ufacturing as a whole, despite lower labor rates here." "was of cious, is, Cd THE SAFETY ZONE KEEPS GETTING SMALLER REPORT FROM U.K. British Indulging In Spending Spree By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON Evidence that the British people are in- dulging in a grand spending spree which might bring them face to face with serious infla- tion unless steps to curb it are taken is found in a report is- sued by the Board of Trade. In it is found ample justification for the measures taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald Maudling, in his bud- get, to cut down the spending power of the people by extract- ing an extra $324 million from them in taxes in the new fis- cal year. The statistics compiled by the Board of Trade officials reveal that the housewives of Britain-- and their husbands have since the beginning of the year been out on their biggest ever spending spree.. They show boom - time conditions prevail- ing over the whole range of the county's retail business, in both instalment buying, or hire pur- chase, as it is called in this country, and in sales for hard cash. INSTALMENT DEBT So far as instalment buying is concerned, the nation's debt on this account ait the end of Feb- ruary hit an all-time record peak of $2900 million. This was an increase of $36 million over the total at the end of the pre- vious month, and approximate- ly $300 million. more than at the same date of 1963. It works out at roughly $58 for every man, woman and child in the country, The increase in instalment debt covers the whole range of consumer goods. In shops and stores throughout the country, Salesmen handling household goods, furniture, radio and tele- vision sets, and electrical goods, have been kept busy writing out thousands of new agreements for instalment plan deals. Peo- ple are using their credit to ac- quire articles which would. have been considered unattainable luxuries even a decade ago, but which are now regarded as essential equipment 'for every home. Leading the parade for the phenomenal spurt of instalment buying is the motor car indus- try with business in the auto- mobile showrooms and at the motor shows zooming ahead of all previous records. SOME COMPARISONS The Board of Trade summary points out that instalment busi- ness in the household goods stores in January and February YOUR HEALTH was one-eighth higher than a year ago. For furniture the in- crease was about one-fifth, and for hardware, radio and electri- cal goods, business was up by 10° per cent. Credit for both new and used motor cars in February show- ed increases of over 65 per cent compared with the previous year, but the 1963 figure may have been kept below normal by the exceptionally severe win- ter weather. Cash turnover in during February maintained the January level, and con- tinued to run at an increase of six per cent over 1963. A breakdown of the figures showed that chain stores and super-markets have increased their business by 11 per cent, as against a five per cent jump for the small independent' trad- ers and only one per cent for the Co-operative Societies, the shops Factors Affecting Meals, Medica By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: What fact- ors determine whether medica- tions should be taken before, during, or after meais?--T.C.M. A eane, sensible question! It depends on the purpose of the medicine, sometimes on its ir- ritating qualities (or "side ef- fects'), and others. Aspirin, for example, taken on an empty stomach can irri- tate the membranes of that or- gan to the point of bleeding. Not much, but a little. Taken with or after meals, it is less likely to do this. Aspirin is a good drug but it can have its bad points. That's true of nearly any medicine. Preparations designed to stimulate the appetite are taken before a meal, Those intended to aid digestion (such as dilute hydrochloric acid for some peo- ple, or digestive enzymes) are taken with a meal. In cases of hyperacidity (ex- cess acid in the stomach, a common problem with ulcers) a drug to neutralize acid is most effective when taken one or two hours after a meal, because the acidity is high then, but the stomach is nearly empty. Drugs to reduce spasm in re- BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO April 24, 1929 Oshawa Little Theatre pre- sented Sutton Vane's . drama "Outward Bound," under: the direction of John Craig. Tak- ing part in the performance were Mrs. A. H. Smith, Philip Sims, E. N. Lewis and Frank Chappell. General Motors of Canada announced that a tunnel would be built at a cost of $75,000 for supplying heat to various parts of the plant. Rev. Duncan Munro of Knox College, received a call to be- come pastor of Knox Presby- terian Church, to succeed Rev. A. C. Reeves. A. purse that was found at Harmony Creek, near Clifford road, was believed to have be- longed to Helen Wright, who Jost her life in the car which plunged into the creek when the Harmony bridge was wash- ed out during a storm. Although two weeks had pass- ed, there was no trace of the girl's body. Clifford Baker was' elected chairman of the Oshawa Boys' Work Board. The industrial Development Company organized by several local citizens for the assisting of new. industries in locating in Oshawa, received its char- ter with the following direc- tors, George W. McLaughlin, T. B. Mitchell, Frank Mason, George Hart and E. C. Hodgins. Six-year-old Stanley Craw- chuk was drowned while play- ing on a raft on the pond back of the Ontario Malleable Co. plant. Court Oshawa, Independent Order of Foresters, marked its 4lst anniversary. Peter Kyle of Cedardale cele- brated his 83rd birthday. Robert H. James, city assessor, died suddenly. He was buried from the home of his son, Dr. Howard S. James. Ross McKinnon made a "hole in one' on the second hole of the Oshawa Golf course. Oshawa was unable to make connection with Toronto by tele- graph because of the flooding of cables during a fire at Union Station. tion lation to eating are taken either before or after eating, and the choice depends on when the pa- tint gets the best results. In some forms, penicillin, when taken by mouth, is more effectively absorbed on an empty stomach, or before -a meal, Maels are used for the timing of medicines which should be spaced four to six hours apart. Thus 'taken at mealtimes' or "three times a day" is no more than a 'convenient way of re- membering when to take them. When a medication is pre- scribed daily and continuously, breakfast is a good time to take it. Digitalis is an example. Also the diuretic (water-releas- ing) drugs are best taken in the morning so the patient is not inconvenienced -by excessive urination at night. These are the main consider- ations but obviously there can be other special cases. So fol- low the doctor's directions, even if, on occasion, the purpose is just to help you build a habit of taking the medication at a cer- tain time Dear Dr. Molner: Does sinus trouble cause distress in back of the eyes and at the temple? Yes, those areas, particularly around the eyes, can ache be- cause of congested sinuses. Dear Dr, Molner: Is it safe to eat the skin of an aple? Or to cook apples with the peeling on? Most of them probably were sprayed.--H.D, Cooked or not it is safe to eat the skins except for special cases, such as perhaps a per- son with an irritable colon who finds the roughness bothersome. ' As for the sprays, fruit and veg- etables should always be washed before 'using, but that is all the precaution that is necessary. Combine Two Techniques To Fight Heart Disease MONTREAL (CP) -- -Mont- real doctors, combining two surgical techniques developed earlier, have come up with a method of attacking heart dis- ease which they say approaches an "ideal" treatment in certain specified cases. A team at Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill Univer- sity's experimental surgery de- partment under heart surgeon Arthur M. Vineberg reports in the Journal of the Canadian OTTAWA REPORT Medical Association on patients virtually incapacitated by pain- ful heart trouble who were able to resume normal activities fol- lowing surgery. The report is presented by Dr. Vineberg, who developed the two techniques combined in the latest method, and doctors John Shanks, Roque Pifarre, Rosendo Criollos and Yutaka Kato. ' Both surgical techniques are designed to proyide the heart Trinidad Premier Has Ottawa Talks By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Ottawa is welcom- ing this week Rt. Hon. Dr. Eric Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, as he travels homeward from an ex- tensive 10-weeks tour in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. 'He is accompanied by a group of nine cabinet minis- ters and senior civil servants; he also has at hand his skilled adviser on Canadian affairs, High Commissioner Wilfred An- drew Rose, who was himself a minister in the cabinet of the short-lived Federation of the West Indies between 1958 and 1962. There was lively speculation here concerning the reason for the impressive size and status of this mission from our old friend, the southernmost island in the West Indies. Dr. Williams had talks plan- ned with his opposite number, Prime Minister Pearson, and with External Affairs Minister Paul Martin. His is also meet- ing other ministers, while the ministers accompanying him are conferring with their oppo- site numbers in the Canadian cabinet. TRINIDAD-CANADA TIES Trinidad became an indepen- dent republic within the Com- monwealth less than two years ago; but she has been a mem- ber of the 'family' almost as long as Canada. In fact we can boast that we have had trading relations with Trinidad for longer than we have been a na- tion. Symbolic of this tie, we presented two cargo-passenger ships, the Federal Maple and the Federal Palm, to sail be- tween the Commonwealth West Indian islands, Dr, Williams' 'goodwill tour through Africa and the Middle East was designed to enable him to learn of the néw nations of the African and Arab worlds, and to explain the position and aims of his country. Trinidad: can play an impor- tant role among the United Na- tions, as a bridge between the nations of the North Atlantic basin and the southern hemis- phere. Trinidad is neither Euro- pean nor Afro-Asian; yet it is a cosmopolitan country, draw- ing its cultural traditions from both, and enjoying roots of both in its population. Trade no doubt is playing a prominent part in this week's talks between the leaders of the two governments. We pride our- selves on being a great export- ing nation; we sometimes claim to be the greatest exymter in the world on a per capita basis. But this false claim overlooks the magnificent record attained by Trinidad whose exports, on a per capita basis, actually ex- ceed ours by a substantial 10 per cent. Trinidad is leading role in trying to create a "Caribbean Economic Com- munity." TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 24, 1964... Voyenny Vestnik, a publi- cation of the Soviet defence ministry, attacked Joseph Stalin's wartime leadership eight years ago today--in 1956, It blamed him for enormous losses of Soviet manpower and materials. Two days later, the theo- retical magazine Kommu- nist accused Stalin of blun- ders in the field of agricul- ture. 1800--The Library of Con- gress was established in Washington. 1953 -- Winston Churchill became a knight of the Or- der of the Garter. ONTARIO COUNTY CHAPTER DISTRICT 5 R.N.A.O. SPECIAL MEETING OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL IF, LECTURE ROOM MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1964 - 8 P.M. Informal Discussion On Collective Bargaining now playing a' Thus, on the ashes of the idealistic but ill-fated project of a West Indian Federation, the islands together may be able to build economic prosperity, leading to greater employment opportunities; and from that in time might follow a more suc- cessful attempt at political union. An early step in this line may well be a drive to increase the two-way trade of Trinidad and associated Caribbean is- lands with us. SEEK ENTRY TO CANADA Immigration to Canada from the West Indies has without any doubt figured on the agenda of the talks between the two prime ministers. Trinidad is building up a fine system of education, with free primary and second- ary schools, and with participa- tion in the new University of bshan fie way seg which Can- ada donated a Hall of i in Trinidad. sae anied But only one of every five teen-agers leaving school can find work. This creates a pres- sure on emigration channels, and raises the question why rate admits such small num- ers. Our government has failed in its Public relations task of ex- plaining in the West Indies that we have to enforce Strictly our regulations limiting unskilled immigrants, owing to our own very high level of unemploy- ment among unskilled or partly- trained Canadians. The development of the Uni- versity of the West Indies, and the expansion of other training facilities in Trinidad, will do much to ease this apparent Ca- nadian barrier against immi- gration from the Caribbean as lange numbers of West Indian girls who have trained as nurses can testify, a marketable skill can be marketed readily here, QUEEN'S PARK with new supplies of blood to re- place sources cut off or reduced because normal artery routes have been blocked or narrowed by disease. The first, known as the mam- mary artery implant operation, was first used more than a dec- ade ago by Dr. Vineberg and has since been taken up. else- where. It involves detaching an artery from inside the chest wall and attaching it directly to ie blood-starved left side of the eart. GRAFT TISSUE The second, the more recent free omental graft operation, takes a slice of the greater omentum---an abdominal tissue which seeks out its own blood supply and grows tiny blood vessels--and wraps it around the heart muscle. The combined operation, tried first on animals, was developed to help persons whose heart dis- ease was so severe that one or other of the operations alone would have been of little use, particularly when both left and right sides are starved of blood. The medical journal report outlines results in 17 surgical cases between December, 1962, and last summer, 15 of whom underwent both operations, the other two receiving only the omental graft. The patients, ranging in age from 25 to 67 and including five women, had been suffering the chest-pain symptoms of heart trouble, most for more than five years. Most had suffered at least one attack which left 'sear tissue on the heart and all were taking nitroglycerin tab- lets for relief -- from two or three a day up to one patient who required 120 daily. UNABLE TO WORK Only two of the 17 were work- ing full time and four worked part time before the operation, In a follow-up study last No- vember -- from 11 to four months after surgery--11 of the patients were working full time and two part time. Twelve were having no chest pains and the rest suffered less pain than be- fore surgery. Only three were known to be still taking nitro- glycerin and in those cases the number of tablets required had been sharply reduced. "It is our definite impression that the free omental graft op- eration speeds up the rate of recovery and return to activity of the patient in comparison with the result obtained by an internal mammary artery im- plant operation alone," the doc- tors report. Among specific cases, the re- port cites that of a 45-year-old housewife with angina for 10 years was able to walk less than 150 yards, slowly, because of an insufficient supply blood to the heart. The combined surgery was performed last June and she has suffered no chest pain since. Following the operation she was able to go swimming last summer, Legislature Gives Day To Principle BY DON 0'HEARN TORONTO -- There was one great day this session. The House spent a full after- noon and evening debating the Ontario Police Commission re- port on crime. It was not an "'exciting" day. Crime has excitement.. But this day had not much of 'the Shrillness and emotionalism that usually surrounds crime. But it was a thrilling day. And in the long run, probably, the most important day we have had here in years. For it was a day spent in re- dedication to principle. FREEDOM RINGS "It is better that a thousand guilty men go free than one innocent man go to jail." This was quoted by Liberal Vernon Singer, and it was good to hear it. And this was the tenor of the whole debate. Thanks to the Police Act amendments and the subse- quent controversy the mem- bers of the House have become conscious of principle as never before, And in this debate they were examining principle and_ re- pledging themselves, and the House at large, to stronger ob- servance in the future. It is perhaps surprising to you that this should be necessary. L 10 So many people today think our principles are so deeply steeped that observance of them is automatic, FAR FROM TRUE This, however, is far from true. One speaker in this particular debate said there had been a "nibbling away" at the roots of our system, And this is quite true, and without anybody being particu- larly venal. The "democratic" way is not often the easiest way of doing things. And, in what appear to be relatively unimportant things, we will slip into doing them in an undemocratic way--or at least without the protectipns there should be. Thus our marketing legisla- - tion is undemocratic, at least in some of its phases, And we have become careless in other fields, such as the right to bail. Sloppiness creeps in. And be- fore we know it our system it- self is slipping. This had been happening here--as well as in other juris- dictions in Canada. Our respect for principle was getting to an unhealthy stage. And for what it has done to- wards correcting this, Bill 99 has been one of the best things that has happened for years, ark ale 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