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She Ostyawa Times 86 King St. E.,: Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1964--PAGE 6 All Ontario Taxpayers ave Share In Dancer A Canadian-bred horse, Northern Dancer, won the Kentucky Derby last Saturday, and did it in record time. Oshawa residents may be par- ticularly interested, because the horse was bred at E. P. Taylor's National Stud Farm on the north- ern edge of the city. And every Ontario taxpayer could feel a warm glow of pride in Northern Dancer's achievement, because Ontario tax- payers contribute in quite a sub-° stantial way to the care and breed- ing of Mr. Taylor's horses -- nearly $40,000 worth in the past couple of years, as a matter of fact. ~ Since Mr. Taylor is one of the wealthiest men in Canada, he needs public help about as much as Gen- eral Motors needs a handout from Studebaker. But we are governed by generous, far- sighted men who realize how important it is for the future of this country to have well- bred race horses. That is why we, the taxpayers, are contributing $70,000 this year to the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, a poverty stricken organization which numbers among its members no more than a couple of score or 80 millionaires. By winning the Kentucky Derby, Northern Dancer earned a mere $114,800 for Mr. Taylor -- bringing his total earnings in purses to $394,872. Still, race horses need a lot of expensive care, and they do not always win. It's only logical, isn't it, that the public should con- tribute to the great cause of im- providng the breed--of horses, that is -- so that the poor horse owners can obtain animals more worthy of that care? The matter of breeding fine race horses is very important. When the horse players lose their money, it takes much of the sting away when they know that they lost on a horse bred only from the most aris- tocratic blood lines. Some coarse character is bound to suggest that the horse players would bet on anything with four legs that could gallop, run, trot, stumble or crawl the distance between a starting gate and a finishing pole. But that is the anti-cultural ap- proach. Besides, it would mean no government handouts. And that would never do. Airline Integration There is considerable sense in the federal government's proposal that the two big Canadian airlines, TCA and CPA, inegrate their inter- national air routes. They would still compete on domestic routes, but would co-operate on services to other lands. The government is not telling the airlines how to go about the job of integration. They can do it by amalgamation, by partnership or by a clear division of their fields of operation. The government is not even instructing the airlines to act -- but there's just the faintest suggestion that it would be very wise them to do so. They un- will, As a matter of fact, CPA arguing for some time that a rationalization of the international routes was necessary. It is the government's sensible contention that the airlines, acting together, would be able to provide an improved overseas service. A Canadian who wants to fly from, The Deadly The Oshawa Jaycees, in co-opera- tion with the city's: police depart- Ment, have been running weekly "safety tips" in this newspaper. They are co-operating with the police and the Safety League in the promotion of Safety Month. The effort is needed, and the Jaycees are to be congratulated for striving to impress on all citizens the need for the greater care in the handling of vehicles. The Jaycees and others engaged in safety work are fighting an enormous public apathy. People geem to get excited about all sorts of things, but not about the tragic' and unnecessary daily toll of lives on streets and highways. Wilson Hirshfield, a Cleveland. newspaper writer, tried to break through the apathy by dramatizing the problem of road deaths this Way: Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lished 1871) and the itby Gazette and le (established 1863) is published daily and Statutory holidays excepted). of C Daily Publish- rs Association. The Concdion Press, Audit Bureou af Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial' Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exci gntitied to the use of republication of all news in the paper ctedited to it or to The orice. Press or Reuters, and also the local yews published therein, All rights of special des- gatches are also reserved. ices: Thomson Building, 425 Universi Feito Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcert Sti Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES by carriers in Oshowse, Whitby, Ajox, Po runatyy Be nville, Brooklin, Port Perry: Prince Albert, ja Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, erembol, faunton, tyrone. Ounbarton, Enfiskillen, Fone, Leskord Brougham, Burketon Claremont. Zolumbus, Greenwood Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester. Pontypool and Newcastle noi over 45 per week By mail (in Province of Ontario) ide carriers delivery areas 12.00 per al Other Commonwealth Countr 15.00, and and foreign 24.00. ' say, Bermuda to Australia, can fly TCA to Vancouver, but no farther; there he must switch to CPA, since TCA has Atlantic rights and CPA Pacific rights. The.same situ- ation used to exist before the CNR and the CPR operated pool trains; the two railways still compete strenuously for business, but they also co-operate to provide an effi- cient service which also cuts out ruinous overhead in certain cireum- stances. Canada also negotiates for air- lines rights with other nations. Negotiations with the United States have been particularly tricky. The negotiated rights are generally reciprocal; for example, an American line gets the right to fly into a Canadian city in ex- change for a Canadian service to a U.S. city. Government negotiations will be able to bargain more effec- tively when they speak for one ser- vice -- though one. of two airlines might provide that service. Statistics Let's crash airlines, each carry- ing 118 precious men, women and children. We'll crash one a day, killing all aboard. After seven days -- seven jet disasters -- the government could well drop all other business to de- bate the crashes. Yet "only" 826 men, women and children would have died in those seven jet tra- gedies. Let's crash jet airliners for the rest of the month -- a jet crash a day for 30 days. By this time the jet toll would be 3,540 lives -- just about the number expected to be killed on Canadian roads this year. The: civilized world would be aghast. And on and on, a jet liner crash- ing every day, month in, month out, for 365 days, a full year, Three hundred and sixty-five jet crashes! One hundred and eighteen men, . women and children dead in each tragedy! A year later, the death toll would be 43,070. That would be fever than the 43,400 men, women and children who died in U.S. high- way accidents last year, according to U.S. National Safety Council figures. Bible Thought Therefore will I look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. -- Micah 7:7. The full prescription for a troub- led heart: Look up -- Wait -- Tiust! $y Da ao eumceacaaaa Vit aes REPORT FROM U.K. Gambling Instinct jeaeaet 1 Attracts Councils By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The British peo- ple are inveterate gamblers, In the last year, they spent some- thing like $3000 million in back- ing their fancies, through the medium of horse-race. betting, football pools, greyhound race betting, bingo games and all kinds of lottery schemes. This . is a fantastic amount of money used up in gambling on the chance of making a big win for a small investment. And it does not seem likely that anything can happen in the foreseeable future to change this British YOUR HEALTH habit of having a flutter on something. It is not too surprising, there- fore, to find municipal authori- way for the school building pro- gram of the county of Ayrshire is to be placed before the coun- ty council. The council has g.ven its clerk instructions to draw up a report on the possi- bility of running a lottery or sweepstake for the purpose of raising funds for new school buildings. This move was made after the Scottish Education Depart- ment cut the county's school- building program from over $21 million to slightly under $9 million, to be spent over three ties looking into the Possibility years. After a lengthy debate, of taking advantage of this the council voted by 43 votes to gambling instinct of the public 23 to have the clerk submit a to raise funds which wouid re- lieve the burdens of the prop- erty taxpayers. TWO INSTANCES Within the last few days, two instances have been reported of municipal councils tinkering with the idea of allowing their gambling citizens to contribute in a more painless manner to the municipal treasuries. A plan to raise money in this Cigarettes Factor In Lung Condition By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: How about ipe smoking and emphysema? FT never uraoee cigarettes, and in the last few years J have had only three or.four pipes after dinner. I have read that emphysema can be caused and dangerously aggravated by smoking. Does this include moderate pipe smoking?-I am 74 and my health 4s good.--H.G.H: HEALTH IS GOOD.--H.G.H. If your health is good, you don't have emphysema, and I certainly don't think you will get it now from your moderate pipe smoking. If you have emphysema, . I would tell you to give up all smoking. Cigarette smoking is defin- itely an aggravating factor in causing emphysema, and some inborn physiological trait per- haps another. Dear Dr. Molner: Six months ago I took a cousin home from a mental hospital where she has been for six years. She has tranquilizers three times a day. She is 60, about 5 feet 8, and weighs 180 pounds. The problem is she is tired all day long, after making her bed, or walking two blocks..She smokes and coughs a lot and sometimes has a pain in her abdomen, Do you think the pills cause this? Does the problem call for a checkup with my doc- tor? She has a good appetite. . She is very dear to me and I worry--L.0. She is, of course, too heavy. She may have some abdominal trouble, judging from what you tell me, and I reply yes, have her checked by your doctor. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS The Battle of Oswego, an engagement in the: War of 1812-14, ended 150 years ago today -- in 1814 -- with the victory of a British squad- ton under Commodore Sir James Yeo over an Ameri- can force. The squadron, with a landing force of about 1,100 men, attacked the American fort, defended by 500 men, at the east end of Lake Ontario. The Brit- ish dismantled military in- stallations: and carried off a quantity of supplies the following dav. 19°0 -- Edward VII died and Geerge V succeeded to the throne, 1950--A fire at Rimouski, Que., caused $20,000,000 damage. Although she has had a mental illness, it is still possible that a physical disorder could ac- count for the 1 fatigue. report on the possibility of hold- ing a lottery. MUNICIPAL BINGO The other instance was that of a town council in the Midlands of England which voted to au- thorize the holding of bingo sessions in the town hall, under council auspices, with the pro- ceeds from these sessions be- ing used to relieve pressure on the tax rates. There was some opposition to it. A local minister objected, saying that the coun- cil's sponsorship of a game of chance was detrimental to the welfare and good name of the town, The Evening Standard takes up the cudgels on behalf of municipal lotteries. Referring to the comments of the min- ister, given above, it said: "We cannot see why, After all, many churches have organ- ized lotteries of various kinds in aid of their own funds. Other enterprising local councils have The tranquilizers could cause this. Dear Wr. Molner: I am 14 and have a problem. During my menstrual period I go swim- ming (in summer) or take baths. org' d considerable 'flutters' for specific public works. One built a $140,000 lido on the pro- ceeds of a lottery." PRECEDENT SET It should be noted, too, that the government has set a pre- cedent in this direction in its Premium Bonds Scheme. No- In school I was told this 1s boqy objects to investing in all right, My mother even\has these bonds, although the fact a doctor's book that agrees. Rut that its function is to encour- she doesn't agree. She says national savings does not might not have anything now make it any other than a sheer (meaning. menstrual trouble) but maybe later on In life I will--I.D. lottery conducted on a gigantic scale. But there are signs that the OTTAWA REPORT» Flag Plans Raise Storm Of Protest By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- "Surprise! Sur- prise!" exclaims a big - city newspaper as, with the proud flourish of a magician produc- ing the stale rabbit out of his hat, it "reveals" that the Pear- son government plans to. give Canada the handsome present _ Of a new national flag. As several readers hurried to remind me, this column long ago had described these Pear- son plans in some detail. Among the chatter and the clutter of this column, readers find many advance stories of the girders and drapes of to- morrow's stage settings on Par- liament Hill. Thus on August 13, last year, this column disclosed: "Canada QUEEN'S PARK will have a new national wa _ ibe ler halt of toe Coe dian coat of arms contains three red maple leaves con- eae) v Ms ke to bet . If you wan you might make money by bac this as the ultimate Ae soge | the Liberal government. But then, listen for the howls of dis- approval." Exactly as this column dicted nine months ago, this' de- sign is now the Pearson gov- ernment's first choice for a new Canadian flag--the first such flag in the world, incidentally, of a do-it-yourself advertising nature. Why D-I-Y? Take any out- worn and holed bedsheet; soak Ahe label off any jar of Vermont Controls Damage Tobacco Exports DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Should the state shelter the inefficient producer? This old and hard question, it is now becoming clear, is the root of the problem of the | to- bacco industry. agriculture committee gpent an interesting and valu- able morning here with the Stinson committee . . . the com- mittee which, in a split report, recommended that acreage con- trols should be done away with in the industry. And much clarity was added to the reasons for the decision,, MUST EXPORT Ping problem boiled down to is: If we were to grow tobacco just for the Canadian market, controls might work. But the Canadian market is not big enough for a healthy in- dustry. It takes only two-thirds of the present Ontario flue- cured crop. And this, of course, is held down considerably. Which means for health we must export, To export we must compete. And controls hold us back severely. For controls indirectly add to the cost of our tobacco, The controls are exercised through acreage "rights." These rights add a cash value to the tobacco farm. And the financial cost can add up to 10 cents a pound to our tobacco cost (roughly estimated at an average 50 cents a pound), Then why not do away with them? Because at least some farm- ers would suffer losses, The value of their farms would go down. This would not happen, ac- cording to the committee, to all growers. Tobacco farmers, under pres- ent controls, can use only about 50 per cent of their land and equipment. If they could use it all their farms would double ion and could have the same net worth. But the inefficient farmer would be hit. In open competition he would lose money. And without the builtin value of "'rights" the worth of his farm could drop off drastically. It appears right to say that this is probably the only real reason why controls are being continued today, Whether they will be and should be, in the future is, of course, a hard question. Our society is not founded on ea hard heart. But also it has been built on open competition. This has been its strength. The government, in the long run, will have to decide what to do about these controls. And its final decision will be of much importance to all of us, I. don't like to disagree with Premium Bonds lottery is los- what a mother tells her daugh- ing its appeal, in spite of its ter, but apparently she has a monthly distribution of prizes fixed idea in this case. Maybe ranging from $75 to $15,000. It it is something she was told when she was quite young, and ideas we get early in life usu- ally are the hardest to change. However, her book and your booklet are right--and now you can tell her that Dr. Molner says so, too. Neither swimming nor baths will cause trouble now or later in life. has been reported that many citizens have been cashing in their Premium. Bonds, _prob- ably because they have not yet won a prize. But it would be quite logical to presume that a 'full-blooded national flutter of this kind every week would bring back many of the desert- ing investors. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO May 6, 1939 At a victory banquet J. B. Highfield, president of the Osh-. awa Hockey Club, accepted from W. A. Hewitt the Memo- rial Cup won by the Generals. Oshawa went all out to fete the champions, Building took a big iump in April. There were nine permits issued for a total value of $12,000. This included three houses at $1,500 each. J. M. Roblin of Whitby was elected by acclamation to the town council, Billy Taylor, star centre piay- er of the Oshawa Generals, was signed for a place on the To- ronto "Maple Leafs' hockey team. Automotive experts and sev- eral journalists were given a preview of the specially-built McLaughlin + Buicks for the Royal Tour. The quick work of Officer Frank Fawbert and George McCammond was _ responsible for two thicves being caught as they! tried to escape from a grocery. store which they had robbed, \ \ Announcement was made that there would be room for 700 Oshawa Scouts and Guides in Toronto at the visit of the King and Queen. Ladies' wear stores of the city agreed to close on Wednes- day afternoons during the sum- mer months. Rev. W. Harold Redd, MA, astor of Knox Presbyterian Ohurch,. was officially inducted into the pastorate of the church. He had served for 18 months as supply minister. Over 300 Oshawa veterans registered for duty in the event of war. The annual church parade commemorating the 120th anni- versary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Osh- awa Rebekah Lodges was large- ly attended. Rev. J. V.. Mc- Neely, minister of King Street United Church, conducted the service, Mayor J. A. Coleman re ceived word that the King and Queen. would not stop in Osh- awa during the Roval Tour. "Here is me Sad- Lo! You have a Pearso.. rag, of course not Can- or Ca- lobby, and to encoure age Canadians te exnres ' Prime Minister Pearson their wish to retain the Canadian En- sign as our flag. He casually asked the secre- could only count 738 signatures? LETTERS INUNDATE PM In the three weeks since Mr, Coates asked this question, let- ters and petitions have: poured into his office; many of these are copies of letters addressed to State Secretary Maurice La- montagne or Prime Minister Pearson; many of these come from organizations with memberships. I have read through Bob Coates' files and I found only one signature oppos- ing the Red Ensign. This came from the Province of Quebec. - There is obviously a very deep affection for our Ensign among Canadians, an affection which has hitherto not been ex. pressed very loudly. But now many aroused Canadians are taking advantage of the free mailing facilities and writing their letters--unstamped -- to Bob Coates or Prime Minister Pearson at the House of Come mons, Ottawa, to express their objection to the proposed sub- stitution of what one calls "a colored rag and new-fangled de- sign" in place of our Canadian Ensign, now you can go to college." A frightening figure, you'll agree, but a conservative one. Your son or daughter will thank you and you will thank the Sun Life for guaranteeing the needed funds for a college education. However, these funds should be provided for NOW. With a Sun Life Educational Endowment Policy, your child will be guaranteed funds for college, even if you should die in the meantime. For further particulars, use the coupon below. W. 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