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' ' In Canada's | She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspopers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T, L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964---PAGE 6 'Farm Tractors Outside 'Ontario's Vehicle Act -- 'If you collide with » farm tractor ' on a etreet or highway, you can ' eollect no damages from the pro- > vinee's unsatisfied judgment fund, > even though the driver of the trac- tor may be one h per cent at 'fault. That is because the Ontario Highway Traffic Act excludes farm tractors as motor vehicles, and + therefore the tractor is not a motor vehicle in terms of the Motor Vehicle Claims Act. A Mount Brydges man was awarded damages and costs in a civil suit last year, following a collision with a farm tractor. The transport department rejected the claim, and the man's lawyer sought a legal test of the definition of a tractor under the act. Mr, Justice | Brooke ruled this week that the After a period in which the Cana- dian trade position has shown such a remarkable improvement, it is not ' @asy to maintain needed perspective on Canadian trading policy. But as the current. monthly review of the Bank of Nova Scotia points out, there continue to be many ten- dencies 'which the existing struc- ture of the Canadian economy is not well-suited to meet." Among the structural complica- tions are the broad regional spread of the country and the competition of several companies trying to serve the one market. In addition, the * European Common Market, in par- : ticular, has been moving more and 'more towards a large-scale indus- trial economy similar to that of the United States and with elements of discriminatory treatment which have become of increasing concern to most outside countries. Hope for progress in providing answers to these internal and ex- tractor is not a motor vehicle, and therefore the damage award had to be set aside. The judge agreed with counsel for the minister of transport that because the new claims act makes go many references to the Highway Traffic Act, it is reasonable to con- sider related statutes when cone 'sidering the claims act, It is time that the Traffic Act be amended either to include farm tractors as motor vehicles or forbid their use on public roads. This week's ruling exempts the tractor driver from any liability in a colli- sion, and this may well make tractors even more of a traffic hazard than they are now. It is an unjust and dangerous situation and should not be permitted to persist. Interest ternal questions underlies Canada's support of the Kennedy round of trade negotiations. Though original aims of the negotiations have had to be modified, they could still go a considerable way in im- proving the access for Canadian goods in the major industrial countries, the bank suggests. They could also introduce com- petitive pressure in the Canadian economy which are part of the process (indeed, the more difficult part) of bringing about a lower-cost and more efficient structure of Canadian industry. For Canada's own narrow interest, the Kennedy negotiations are important, not be- cause they offer an ideal approach for bargaining (in fact they present serious difficulties to this country) but because they represent the only avenue open to us over the next few years to bring the Canadian econ- omy into better alignment with the changing outside world.' Parents And Vandals Vandals did more than $5,000 damage to two schools in Oshawa during the weekend -- certainly not the first time that extensive damage has been done to city schools by young hoodlums. Other areas of the city continue to be plagued by vandalism. The same story comes from other eommunities, and suggestions for combatting the vandals are many and varied. One worthwhile pro- posal is that parents be held respon- sible for the damage done by their children. Steps can be taken to make an adult pay in one way or another for destroying public property, but children -- and a very substantial amount of wanton vandalism in parks, schools and similar public areas and institutions is done by juveniles -- are another matter. If Coming Out Moderates in the Republican party in the United States have finally made some show of opposing the drive of the reactionary Senator Barry Goldwater for the party's presidential nomination. Now the She Oshawa Fines T. L, WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times festoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (estoblished 1863) is published daily and Statutory holidays excepted) - rs of © Daily Ni Publish- ars Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associction. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocol yews published therein. All rights of special des- etches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Ng. Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drono, Leskerd. Brougham, Burketorr Claremont, Solumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Manchester Pontypooi and Newcostle noi over 45c per week By mail {in Province of Ontario) gutside carriers delivery areas 12,00 per year, Other Provinces ond monwealth Countries 15.00. U.S.A, end foreign 24.00, the parents found themselves pay- ing the bills incurred by their des- tructive offspring, they might be inclined to take more interest in the outside activities of their children. Orillia has suffered from a wave of vandalism, and the town's 'news- paper, the Packet-Times, suggests that family counselling mightpe a means of relieving the ston The paper argues: "The child who spends his time breaking church windows, breaking into schools, smashing park benches or defacing private homes, is the child of a home that sadly lacks something. Such a home is also the spawning ground of most of the social evils which bedevil our society, and it is just such homes which could: benefit from the counel of a professional family counselling ser- vice." Of Shock big question is: Is the effort too little and too late? Perhaps not. The moderates were _ shocked into paralysis by the Gold- water victory in the California primary, but Scranton's decision to enter the nomination battle seems to be bringing them out of it. They have been encouraged, too, by one Republican survey which estimates that with Goldwater heading the ticket the party would lose from 30 to 47 seats in the House of Represen- tatives, five seats in the Senate and five governoships; they could end up with 28 instead of 33 senators, 11 instead of 16 governors. But with a moderate candidate they had hoped to pick up 10 Senate seats, 12 governorships and an appreciable increase in the House, This will have no effect on con- vention voting, of course,. but the mere fact of Goldwater's being in a position to win the nomination has puzzled and shocked many people outside the United States, the : REPORT FROM U.K. Red Tape Blocks Milk For Kiddies By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LUTON, Bedfordshire -- Tke British welfare system include special concessions by which milk is made available for children either free or at low cost. But because. of shortage of school teachers, and the ram- ifications of official red tape, nearly 1000 children in the bor- ough of Luton have fallen be- tween the stools, and have been deprived of their daily pint of milk, The whole thing reads QUEEN'S PARK like a fantastic errors. These children are five-year- olds. Normally, they would have started school after the Easter holidays. But because the town has a drastic short- age of school teachers, they cannot be accepted in school until September, This brings them into a prob- lem class on account of the regulations regarding milk for children, Because they have passed their-fifth birthday, they are no longer entitled to cheap milk at home under the Na- comedy of Time To Develop Leaders Required BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--One hope for the Liberal leadership could have been Joseph Greene. Mr, Greene is the member for Renfyrew South. At time of writing he is.a prospective candidate. Being in the federal field, he is relatively unknown here. He made one important pro- vincial appearance, At the 1057 convention he was a last-min- ute entry. And, on the strength of some old-school oratory, he got considerable attention and a fair vote. But for the most part he has not figured on the provincial scene. To those who feel the candi- dates who have announced themselves do not show much promise, Mr. Greene has been a potential life-saver--perhaps the man. who could give the party the leadership that it needs, But the word from Ottawa is no. The Renfrew South member apparently does quite a bit of talking in the federal House. But it is not talk that is taken too seriously. One gathers that he is looked on as a homely philosopher, a Will Rogers of the back-benches that it's fun to listen to but nothing more , . . not the type of man you would pick to lead anything more important than a prayer meeting. You wonder -- as Liberals throughout the province must be wondering -- whether the party might not be wise to still try and. postpone its con- vention. As the "candidates" get into TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 18, 1964... The War of 1812 began 152 years ago.today when the U.S. declared war on Brit- ain. One of the major causes of the war was the system of blockades imposed by Britain in an attempt-to cut off essential French sup- plies by sea. During the first of the three distinct phases of the war, when Britain was hard - pressed in Europe, the Americans were free to undertake in- vasions of Canada. The handful of British regulars, supported by Canadian mi- lit'ia and Indian llies de- feaied the invaders. 1815--The Battle of Wa- terloo was fought. their campaigns it becomes ever more apparent that the party does not have a man ready to be its leader. Some of the aspirants might have the potential. Given another half dozen years perhaps Robert Nixon or Andrew Thompson or Charles Templeton might have the breadth, depth and experience for good leadership. Let Eddie Sargent get to know his way around provincial affairs and he might develop. But as of now. . . you just feel that it is sad. You simply can't take these men seriously as prospective leaders. Apparently as yet, the party hasn't even been able to agree on a firm date for the conven- tion, While it still has time it could be well served to. postpone the whole affair and try and dig up 2 least one man of real prom- se. Or perhaps it has to go ahead and land deeper in the mire. Then it could end up with a thorough upheaval such:as the Port Hope meeting of the thirties which put the Conserva- tives back on the road. tional Health scheme, And be- cause they are not actually at- tending school, they cannot re- ceive the free milk which is issued to the children daily in their classrooms, Dr, John Corbett, director of education for Luton, admits he has had many complaints from parents, but says there is noth- ing his department can do, "The provision of cheap milk at home is a matter for the ministry of health. We cannot provide. milk for children who are not at school unless they are certified as not being suit- able for education at school," he explained. MINISTRY VIEW From a ministry of health spokesman comes his depart- ment's view of the matter, "Cheap milk is available to children up to five years and one month of age. Beyond this age, it is the education author- ity which issues a third of a pint each school day to: chil- dren who want it." Geoffrey Young, deputy man- ager of the ministry of pen- sions office at Luton, says, "Unfortunately, these children seem to have fallen between regulations." One of the mothers com- plaining is Mrs. Yvonne Turn- er, whose son, Stephen, has just turned five. "It is not a ques- tion of whether you can afford to buy milk for the children or not," she said. 'It is a matter of principle." But what really annoys the parents of the 1000 Luton chil- dren who are being penalized through no fault of their own or of their parents, is the ironical situation in which it seems im- possible to get two closely allied departments of the government to reach some understanding and devise a workable formula by which children who cannot be accepted into schools at the school-starting age of five will still be able to get their extra milk daily. The tree and cheap milk sys- tem was started as a measure aimed at improving the health and development of the chil- dren of the country. In_ the case of these~Luton children, the aims of the scheme are be- ing completely frustrated be- caus of the unwillingness or inability of departmental. offi- cials to get together and work out a satisfactory solution. To the average layman, it is just as simple as that, but the will- ingness to take any action is obviously lacking. BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO June 18,1934 5 Dr. John Althouse, dean of faculty of education at the Uni- versity of Toronto, and former principal of the Oshawa High School, was guest, speaker at the Ostawa Rotary Club. A sudden thunderstorm ended weeks of drought. It caught sev- eral hundred people attending a Girl Guide garden party staged under the direction of Mrs. O. S. Hobbs, district captain, and held on the lawn of W. E, Phillips. Dr. S. J. Phillips, manager of the Rotary Fair, announced the success of the fair. Proceeds ex- ceeded $10,000 with returns still incomplete. Frank E. Charlton, one-time foreman of the Board of Works, and officer of the Ontario Regi- ment, died suddenly, followed a heart attack. He was accorded a full military funeral. His Honor Judge J. A. McGib- bon, of Lindsay, presided at the Whitby Assizes during the illness of Judge. Thompson, Capt. H. Ray Hobbs was named president of the Feder- ation of Ontario Fire Fighters at the convention held in Hamilton. Ernie Marks, W. E. N. Sin- clair and Andrew Glen were contestants for the Ontario Rid- ing in the forthcoming provin- cial election. R. 8. Morphy, who had been manager of the Bank of Mont- real for eight years here, was promoted to-the managership of the City Hall branch of that bank in London, Ontario. Walter Branch was presented with a gift from fellow employ- ees of The Times-Gazette on the occ sion of his leaving the com- pany to go into business for himself, The election of officers featur- ed the meeting. of Lebanon Lodge AF and AM 139. Those elected were, Wor. Master, Harry A. Suddard; Sr. Warden, C. W. Lambert; Jr. Warden, Cc, E. Eadie; treasurer, F, Hal- litt, and secretary, Wor. Bro. W. A. Hare. Rev. J. S. Shortt, MA, DD, Moderator of the General As- sembly of the Preshvter'an Church of Canada, laid the cor- nerstone of the Knox Presby- terian Church, OTTAWA REPORT | free of import ud be net gos Al Imports From U.S. Trade Balance Key By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--More jobs for Ca- nadians in manufacturing and fn mining and other resource industries will be created by the planned drive to increase our exports to the United States. "The U.S. government spokes- men agree with our policy to achieve something closer to balance om our current account, . and we can only do this throug' increasing our exports to the U.S.," Finance Minister Walter Gordon told me yesterday in a OH in his office on Parliament Lil, The government is rightly anxious to achieve the dual ob- jective of increasing employ- YOUR HEALTH ment in Canada, and of balance, ig our international payments. The finance minister is the eco- nomic czar of the government, and as such, Mr. Gordon is charged with co-ordinating this achievement. The minister gave me his bird's-eye view of the large pic- ture, by way of explaining his reply to my question on a smaller point which is of great pesrent to all Canadian tour- sts, "Will the government raise the present low limit of $25 every four months on foreign purchases which returning Ca- nadian tourists may bring home Acute Infection Can Cause Croup By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My four- year-old daughter recently went to bed feeling fine, but she woke up at midnight having difficulty in breathing. She could also hardly speak. The doctor said it was croup and that when she got over it she should have her tonsils out. What causes croup? Can she get it again? What does a ton- sillectomy have to do with it? --MRS. DEN Croup, which usually comes on ag suddenly as you describe, is a spasm of the larynx, re- sulting from an acute infection of throat, larynx or upper bron- chial tubes. These infections can develop witn startling abruptness in children. Since their respiratory passages are very small, the spasm makes breathing diffi- cult, Why croup occurs principally in very young children, and sel- dom past the age of five or six, is not known, but that is the case. It occurs primarily at night, also for unknown reasons, but it can happen at any time of year. Removing tonsils will not stop eroup; however, if they are chronically infected, this can be a source of sore throat (meaning infection) and can have an indirect bearing, What to do when croup de- velops? Both you and the child are, naturally, frightened. But don't panic. Call the doctor; antibiotics or other medications usually are indicated. Steam, with or without some aromatic material such as tince ture of benzoin compound, either in-an improvised tent or just in the child's room, is very helpful. A cough mixture may help if the child is old enough to take one. Here's one old trick I found to work very well with my own youngsters -- hot packs or plasters on the chest. Butter @ piece of flannel with one of the medicated pastes, (numotizine and antiph|ogistine), and spread it across the chest, It eases the cough and sometimes helps the child drop off to sleep. In some severe cases breath- ing can be 80 restricted that a tracheostomy (cutting an air vent into the windpipe below the larynx) is required' as & life-saving measure. Fortunately this is rarely nec- essary, but it used to be the last resort when diphtheria was the cause. Some of you may have read Harriette Arnow"s The Dollmaker, some years ago. If so, you probably never have forgotten the opening scene of the novel which de- READERS' VIEWS SEEK PLEBISCITE Dear Sir: 'The Emergency Committee to gave the Canadian Red Ensign was formed by a group of citi- zens in Toronto immediately after the Prime . Minister's speech in Winnipeg announcing his intention to introduce a new » flag for Canada. The purpose of the Committee was to save Canada's Flag, with the history and tradition it sym- bolizes. This purpose was put into practice by the circulation across Canada of a Petition to the House of Commons urging that the flag question be demo- cratically resolved by means of a plebiscite. The resp from every part of the country was immediate and gratifying, and within a very short time close to 20,000 people had signed the Petition. The Committee does not be- lieve that the fight is yet over, and is urging all Canadians to express their views and to show they care by writing or tele- graphing their Member of Par- Hament and by securing signa- tures to the Petition and return- ing them to the Committee's central office at 6 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, This is a vital national issue, to be resolved democratically, not politically. All Canadians have a right to make this de- cision. Let it not be decided by default. BRIAN A. KELSEY, General Ser" "y, Emergency Commitiee to a the Canadian Red En. 50, Toronto t as scribed a mother in the hill country performing such an op- eration herself, because there was no doctor within miles and her little boy was turning blue for lack of air, I don't 'offhand think of a more vivid angument for diphtheria immunizations, Dear Dr, Molner: Can I be about three months pregnant without my doctor being able to tell? He told me I wasn't, but I'm not convinced as I'm gain- ing quite a bit of weight, mostly around the stomach.--MRS. BL When it is difficult to tell for sure, a laboratory test can be made which will give you a positive answer, This is done with a urine sample, A pre- paration from it-is injected into a laboratory animal (frogs, rab- bits and mice are used) and the results will show if you are pregnant. NOTE TO MRS. NP: Tape- worms do exist, but they are suspected too often by people who happen to have trouble gaining weight. After the. care- ful medical examination you've had, I'd forget about tape- worms, terity 'trade has been imp figure of $100, is the it of the "te ry" = measures Diefenbaker government, after the foreign exchange crisis of June 1962, Sie TOURISTS MUST PAY striction con i don told me. "A balance on. international ¢urrent or something closer to than at present, is very able, And this restriction © tourist purchases is a direc -- help on," ; Our balance on merchandise $420,000,000 in the red in 1059, to $480,000,000 in the black last year; it would have been even that country, which last year resulted: in about a $700,000 def icit. This is the key factor in our imbalance on current ac count today. ' Mr. Gordon told me that pre- viously the U.S. government seemed to have no real undere standing that, instead of being a drain on their foreign re- 'serves, we had been assisting them to a considerable extent, despite the heavy flow of U,&. capital into Canada, . TALK FRANKLY However, one of the little no- ticed benefits accruing from this spring's meeting of Cana- dian and U.S. ministers, at the joint trade and economic affairs committee, was this, in Mr. Gordon's words: "Top U.S, offi- cials have now agreed that to seek to bring our international payments more nearly into bal- ance is the right approach for Canada to follow; and that to accomplish this objective, we must increase our exports quite considerably. And, in practice this. means we shall have to sell oods to more manufactured dustrial the U.S. as well as raw materials." Our longstanding {imbalance of trade with the U.S. has brought about three disastrous effects, Mr. Gordon told me: 1. We were importing uneme ployment by our excess pur chases in the U,S. 2, To raise the money to meet our international bills, we - sold more of our natural re- sources than pure development dictated. -- ae 3. 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