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1 PN TT 2 ee a Government : : $ See oye: 'tia a Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited . : 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ae ' -T, L. Wilson, Publisher ' SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1964 -- PAGE 6 ; * Prepares For Any Eventuality a Only an ostrich wouldn't want to 'study the possible effects on the 'rest of Canada-if Quebec opted out" 'of Confederation, states the Ham- ilton Spectator in a recent editorial. ' "The Federal Government is quite right to make such a study. And the fact that it is doing so doesn't necessarily mean it is preparing for a day when Quebec does in fac 'secede from Confederation. It means only that it is preparing for any eventuality. : "Any successful businessman will agree that foresight is more bene- 'ficial than hindsight. "Actually, the prime reason for the study is to show Canada how dependent each province is on the others. Without Quebec, for example, the other nine Canadian provinces wouldn't be as financially well off as they are. And without the other nine provinces -- well, Quebec would be lost. "As Prime Minister Pearson ex- plained to the Commons, the study is based on the economic inter- relations between the parts of the country. Only incidentally will it provide a background for plans that would have to be formulated if Que- bec decided to secede. 8 similar study is being con- ducted by the Quebec government, which, like the one. at Ottawa, doesn't want to see Confederation wrecked on a sea of passions. "MPs who dig something sinister out of these economic studies are playing -into the hands of those over-emotional Canadians. who are only interested in maintaining the status quo of their own experience. Or they are merely playing politics, and to play politics with a problem like separation is to be really sinister." 'Rich Pay Lion's Share If the old saying about the rich getting richer holds true in Canada, "the department of national revenue "can hardly be blamed for it, says +the Ottawa Journal. Figures re- leased by the department show that three per cent of Canadian wage 'earners (those making more than $10,000 in 1962) paid 31 per cent "of total income tax but earned only 15 per cent of total income. At the same time, adds the Journal, the revenue department can hardly be charged with keep- ing the poor penniless. For instance, the 18 per cent of taxpayers who made less than $2,000 paid only 1.78 per cent of the total income tax -- as it should be. The present facts of our tax life 'are dictated by economic needs. "That these needs call for the "rich" Youth And Politics With all the pronouncements on the importance of young people participating in public affairs, some were bound to take them seriously. None more so than Leonard Tagg, a 16-year-old Weymouth, Mass., youth who has sent flurries of excitement through the Massachu- setts State House by disclosing that , pwhe has 800 of the 1,200 adult signa- -tures needed to make him eligible as an independent candidate for election to the U.S. House of Re- presentatives. According to Massachusetts law, there is nothing to prevent a per- son under 21 from running provided the runs as an independent. But, notes the Charlottetown Guardian, emergency measures may be taken to head young Tagg off. The reaction of Secretary of State Kelvin White has been to indicate that he will meet with leaders of the House and Senate asking them to accept late-filed legislation to prohibit the candidacy. * Several of lLeonard's friends served as campaign workers for him, ut this doesn't explain why so Many adults in a Massachusetts community should sign papers for he Oshawa Times . WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times tablished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette ond ronicle {estoblished 1863) is published daily {Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted) A 8 of C Daily Sp Publish @rs Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Conadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news @espotched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local yews published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, Avenue, Toronto, Ontarfo; Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshaw., Whitby, Ajex, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton,' Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard Brougham, Burketon Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Monchester Pontypool and, Newcastle not over 45c per week By mail {in Province ot Ontorio) outside corriers delivery creas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, U.S.A. ond foreign 24.00, 425 University 640 Cathcort Street, to subsidize the poor few will dis- pute. But to take for granted that this tax trend should continue in- definitely is dangerous. on at least two counts: (1) there is a limit to the capacity of the few to subsidize the many; (2) it can lead to a philosophical tolerance of the poor as a fact of economic life. The comfort we might find in knowing that the poor.carry a small tax burden should not keep us from being uncomfortable in knowing the poor exist at all, and in such large numbers. Consider too that $2,000 is no magic income level -- there are poor people making a good deal more than that. Instead of envying the handful of Canadians at the top of the in- come --'and tax -- scale, we would be better attacking the causes that keep so many others at the bottom. a 16-year-old candidate for political honors. It seems that "a lot of people just don't care what happens in American politics," said one of the workers. He added that over 800 people signed without asking any questions as to the candidate's qualifications. But there were others who doubtless felt that the oldtimers needed to be jolted out of their complacency. "It sounds fantastic," says The Guardian. "But the thought per- sists that if the law permitted, the same thing could well happen in Canada. Those pettifogging squab- bles in which our politicians are engaged at Ottawa, for example-- what juvenile parliament could match them in immaturity? Not a few electors would probably wel- come the chance of sending a house- full of sober-minded teenagers to replace them." ' Other Editors' Views WHY DO YOU ASK? New Statesman A case in a London Magistrates' Court the other day included some- thing rather odd. A coloured man was charged with annoying a girl at a bus-stop -- pestering her to speak to him, pulling at her coat and hair,.and the like. All very straight-forward: then, "This girl'"', asked the magistrate, Mr. Sturge, of the police witness, '"'was she a coloured lady?" I have read that question forwards, backwards, by the light of the new moon, through glass, aloud, silently, in my bath, set to music in the key of C sharp minor, and while sitting-cross- legged in the position recommended for maximum concentration by leading exponents of Yoga. And I still can't think of any reason for its being asked except the obvious one. THE HIGH ROAD AND THE LOW QUEBEC OPINION Society Brief Seeks Quebec Independence This is a selection of edi- torials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada, Granby La Voix de l'Est-- The St. Jean Baptiste Society of. Montreal has submitted a brief to the Quebec legislature committee on the Canadian constitution which seeks noth- ing more nor less than the in- dependence of Quebec within a confederation of two asso- ciated states, French and English... . The government 'of Quebec would be the national govern- ment for all citizens under its authority and 'this state and English Canada would asso- ciate to form a true confed- eration in which legislative power would be exercised in a unicameral parliament where the representatives of the two states would sit... . Th brief requires serious study by all French - Cana- dians to understand its real meaning and its extremely important effects. It is to be hoped that English Canada it- self will study it seriously be- fore expressing an opinion and above all before deciding in favor of a definitive separa- tion of Quebec from the rest of Canada... . We do not doubt that in the present climate of relations between French and English Canada, and between Quebec and Ottawa, This brief will have wide repercussions. It proposes a new conception of Canadian federalism, the evol- ution of two distinct nations towards independence and free association aimed at sav- ing, not destroying, the Can- ada of tomorrow. So before totally rejecting this proposition, let us ask ourselves whether, within 25 or 50 years, this formula will not show itself to be the best one for assuring the survival of our country, (June 22) Quebec L'Action--Three so- lutions now are being offered to French-Canadians (in the debate of Quebec's future)-- separation, pure and simple; a voluntary association of two distinct states, and co-opera- tive federalism. It is useless to hide our heads in the sand to avoid seeing that the separatist movement is growing. .. . In the study of the problem of French Canada's future we therefore cannot ignore the existence of such a group... . No one will deny them the right to think as they do, or to try to become a majority which one day would take Quebec out of Confeder- ation . . . but this eventuality is not for tomorrow. Rather than separation, we believe a majority of Quebecers would prefer one of the other solu- tions, the association of two distinct states or the new co- operative federalism. = PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Birth control would be of enor- mous benefit to the world -- if it could be made retroactive in a number of cases. Not a diploma, buf a death certificate is isdued when a per- son graduates from the School of Experience, 'Women have every right to speak for themselves,' says a woman columnist. Yes, of course; but shouldn't they do 60 in moderation? The St. Jean Baptiste Soci ety of Montreal is supporting the idea of two distinct states, a Quebec state and an Eng- lish state which would be as- sociated in a confederation for two instead of 10 units. The fundamental weakness of this formula is that it com- bines a nation and a state which are two distinct enti- HOS sus The formula ignores . . . on the one hand the existence of one-fifth of the Quebec popu- lation that is not French and, on the other hand, the exist- ence of a part (more than 1,000,000) of the French-Cana- dian nation living outside Quebec. In addition, is it not illusory to think that the other nine provinces would agree to re- nounce provincialism to create a single English state?.... Finally, the new co-opera- tive federalism .. . which is a return to the spirit of the Fathers of Confederation--it is an association of two cul- tures and two nations, with both assured the freedom to grow ... on the federal and provincial levels. If English Canada wants to avoid separatism it will be necessary to return to the spirit of the Fathers of Con- federation and adapt the cen- tury-old constitution to pre- sent requirements. -- Louis- Philippe Roy. (June 23) Sherbrooke La Tribune -- . . . The emphasis placed on Quebec in recent months is certainly an éxcellent thing but only if it does not lead us into a state of self-centredness that would prevent us from seeing the Canada - .wide aspect of the world we live in. Those who preach separat- ism, by violence or otherwise, would have us limit to Que- bec the concept of the French- Canadian nation, But then what would be done about the hundreds of thousands of Ca- nadians with the same ethnic background as us who live by choice or accident of birth in other provinces? (June 23) Quebee Le Soleil -- Nothing shows the urgency. of Canada to repatriate its ¢onstitution more than the amendment to the British North America Act concerning the portable pen- sions plan. After being adopted by the Commons the amendment must, as a sim- ple formality, be submitted to London where in practice the British Parliament can only approve what Canada has de- cided. But, the fact that this could happen at a time when Can- ada is giving itself distirftttive national symbols shows how laughable the situation is... . We now are ripe for the re- Patriation of the constitution. Mr. Pearson said in the Com- mons it was humiliating to turn to a foreign parliament for this procedure. .. . But are the provinces them- selves ready to agree, not on the principle of repatriation but on the formulas for amending the. constitution? That is the stumbling block... . One thing is certain, once the flag and national anthem are adopted Canada will soon have to give itself the last symbols of an independent nation. This independence ex- ists in fact, we must now put it into practice. . . . The time has come to act. (June 22) Trois - Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste -- Premier Lesage out- lined his government's princi- pal objectives during the graduation exercises of Dart- mouth College in New Hamp- shire, Never has the head of our government expressed himself with so much vigor and precision. He gave spe- cial place to a statement that Canadian federalism should undergo a profound change. Federalism as it is now, he said, will be seriously jeopar- dized by forthcoming changes, but it is false to say that the country itself is endan- gered. ... Fortunately, the authorities in power, at least those in Quebec, now know how to dis- tinguish between popular sup- port for immediate and pro- found changes and, on the other hand, the extremist groups which no longer be- lieve in the possibility of changing the system as it was set up at the time of Confed- eration and call for final sep- aration, sometimes using methods of violence. It must be said that anyone confusing the two trends of opinion works unconsciously to increase the importance of the extremists and as a re- sult to favor their propa- ganda. It is obsolutely neces- sary to distinguish between the reformers who still give Confederation at least a chance and those who have repudiated it for a long time and count on its defeat. (June 22) BY-GONE DAYS -- 45 YEARS AGO July 4, 1919 Rey. A. M. Irwin preached his first sermon in' his new pas- torate of King Street Methodist Church. The former pastor, Rev. J. S. I, Wilson, had accepted a call 'to Cobourg. Kighty pupils of Oshawa and district, tried their entrance to High School examinations dur- ing the first week in July. The Board of Education de- " cided to add four rooms to the Mary Street School. General 'Motors purchased 50 acres of land in the north end of the town as a subdivision for housing purposes. George W. McLaughlin was elected president of the Child- ren's Aid Society of Ontario. A police patrol telephone had been installed at the corner of King and Simcoe streets. D. T. McCarthy was appointed town solicitor for Bowmanville. The Chautauqua season for Oshawa' opened with a program by the "Old Home Singers". About 50 men started prelimi- nary work on the construction of a new plant for Ontario Steel Products, Limited. George Hart and Sons had in- stalled a new pasteuring plant in their dairy premises on Sim- street south. At the field day held at the Oshawa Golf Club on Dominion Day the following won prizes: Mrs. George McLaughlin, for putting; Mrs. H. E. Smith for long driving; Miss Eileen Me- Laughlin and T. B, Mitchell for mixed competition. A report given at the annual meeting of the YMCA showed a surplus balance of more than $18,000. Rev. W. H. Truscott began his seventh yea* as pastor of South Oshawa Methodist Church. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Govarnshaut. Creed © Road, Traffic Policies BY M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent To The Oshawa Times ~ LONDON -- One of the most scathing attacks ever to be made on the government is dir- cected at its road - building and traffic policies by the British Road Federation. The report . 'was issued coincident with the annual meeting of the Feder- ation in London. It describes the government's road program as woefully inadequate. In it, the government is accused of refusing to face the facts about growth in vehicle population, and the government's rate of investment on roads is regard- ed as amounting almost to cri- minal neglect. Speaking at the annual meet- ing, the Earl of Gosford, chair- man of the' Federation, said that 'Streets buried under the weight of 11,500,000 vehicles bear grim witness to the years of idleness." On the government's promise to provide 500 miles of new motorway by 1968, the report points to the fact that only seven and one - half miles of extra new road will be brought into service this year. Ironically it notes that this figure is not a printer's error. HUGE SUMS NEEDED Quoting the minister of trans- port as estimating that spending on urban roads will amount to 1320 million by 1970, the Federa- tion's report estimates that a sum of at least $1350 million is necessary to meet the country's needs. While the government may have saved money by not investing in roads, it adds, the nation had Jost a great deal. Congestion meant higher prices YOUR HEALTH No Specific Time Patients Release By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: Twenty years ago my husband was ad- mitted to a tuberculosis sani- tarium for a spot on the lung. He was released six months later, doctors having found everything negative. Four months ago he had x-rays and a sputum test, and the sputum was positive. He was sent to the same sanitar- jum and is taking medication. All sputum tests now are nega- tive but the doctors do not speak of a release. Is there a specific time for which such a patient must be confined? -- Worried Wife It doesn't sound as though you have. too much cause for worry; your husband evidently is making progress. No, there is no specific time. Some patients respond better to treatment than others; some have suffered more lung in- volvement than others. The continued negative spu- tum tests (present-day drugs do a wonderfully good job in suppressing the germs) are an excellent sign, naturally. In a good many cases patients are released very quickly, once re- peated tests show the absence of germs, and such patients then can be treated at home or on an out-patient basis. They have reached a: point at which they no longer are a peril to others. They won't be spread- Ing TB germs. But that isn't the whole story, If x-rays, taken at intervals, show the lungs to be continuing to improve, it is often best to keep the patient where he is. Don't rock the boat when you are making progress! When the situation stabilizes, that is the strategic time to talk about release. There is no reliable way to predict exactly when this may occur. We all can sympathize with the patient who feels good, knows he is no longer a men- ace to others, and would like to leave the hospital. ; We can sympathize, too, with his wish that somebody would tell him exactly how much longer he ought to stay, Yet that can't be done, dependably. If you specify some number of weeks or months, at the end of that time it may be neces- sary to tell him to stay still longer. And that's when the patient becomes really frus- trated. So it's better to wait un- til you are sure-before you tell TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS The independent Republic of the Philippines was pro- claimed on this date in 1936, in accordance with an act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1933. The Philippines were visited by Magellan in 1521 and _ conquered by Spain in 1565. Following the Spanish-American War the islands were ceded to the United States by the 1898 Treaty of Paris. Japan oc- cupied the islands between 1932 and 1935. ' 1883--The Statue of Lib- erty was presented to the US. by France, WeR--The 'irst train {to reacl the Pacific Ocean from Montreal arrived at Port Moody, B.C. _ Thomas White, and a deteriorating environ-: ment, And as a consequence of overloaded roads, it says, "the pleasantness of civilized life can frequently deteriorate into a nightmare. Is there any indica- fion, other than the optimism of the ministry, that the future roads program will come to grips with the situation in time? "The Earl of Gosford told the annual meeting that only one conclusion could be enacted from the report -- that the busi- ness of providing modern. con- ditions for modern develop- ments was bankrupt of vitality and initiative. "The. government" he said "'purveyed only platitudes, when it was action that was so sorely required. It solemnly calls for the modernization of Britain but obdurately refuses to provide adequately those concomitants © of modernization, -- better roads."' The report has attracted a great deal of attention, because it is regarded as a strong con- demnation. of the government's road policies from a highly res- ponsible organization. : WHO SO OPTIMISTIC It is difficult to understand why. expressions of optimism regarding the result of the com- ing general election continue to come from Conservative party headquarters and leaders of the party. This is all the more puz- zling because of the persistent lead which the Labor party holds over the Conservatives in the public opinion polls. Even if these cannot always be accep- ted as absolutely dependable, they usually come near enough to the mark to be an accurate guide to the state of public opi- nion. One of the most reliable is the patient he should be re- leased, The goal of the doctors for all patients is to send them home as soon as possible. They aren't keeping your husband without good reason. Dear Dr. Molner: Is it pos- sible for the lining of the lower colon or rectum to sag? I was told to have an operation for this.--M K. Yes. The condition is called prolapse of the rectum -- the membranous wall of the lower bowel can protrude through the rectal opening. It can be cor- rected by surgery. YOUR INCOME TAX the Daily Telegraph Gallup Poll. Its latest report shows that Labor has alead of 10 per cent over the Tories, the figures - being 50% to 30%. In the report of the previous week, Labor's margin was 8% per cent, so that there has been a' renewed swing towards the Socialists. In Peon s Tory claims to be regaining favor with the ic, * the Gallup Poll auras Seed persistently shown the Labor party ahead to a sufficient ex- tent to enable it to win the gen- eral election and have a work- ing majority. Yet the prime minister and his cohorts seek to ignore these forecasts, and claim that they see victory ahead. It would be interesting to know on what they face yo optimism,, because ni happened since Sir Alex . las-Home became prime minis- ter to dispel the spectre of Bri- tain having a Socialist govern- ment after the October election, Time is running out for the Tories, and it will take some- thing sensational to reverse the present trend in favor of the Labor party. WHAT LABOR WILL DO It is rather significant to find a prominent Conservative spec- ulating on what a Labor govern- ment will do it it wins the gen- eral election. Yet this is exactly what has been done by Enoch Powell, former cabinet minis- ter who left the cabinet when Sir Alex Douglas-Home became prime minister. Speaking to a conference on 'Investment. Af- ter the Election," he predicted that if Labor won and formed the next government, it would "play it cool" and be "most an= xious to avoid words or actions likely to provoke a early re- action," "If Labor reach the top of the greasy pole' said Mr, Powell, "their tactics will be directed to staying there for as many years and as many parliament as possible. To achieve this, Labor is ready to modify' cer- tain of its attitudes. An obeis- ance has to be made to lower interest rates, but to safeguard ~ sterling, Labor officially would be prepared to staunch any out- flow of short term capital. And whatever else might be below surface, its desire to keep the political temperature down. would mean that Labor was in no hurry to send further indus- tries to the block of nationali- zation." These views, coming from an ardent Tory are significant, not because of what he predicts a Labor government is likely to do, but because it acknowledges that there is a distinct possibili- ty that there might be a Labor government, From a Conserva- tive standpoint, that is akin to sacrilege, List Exemptions On Tax Retum By WILLIAM C. HALL B. Comm., CA An individual filing a tax re. turn may claim one or more tax exemptions -- a basic exemption of $1,000.00;. an age exemption of $500.00; a married or equiva- lent exémption of $1,000.00, etc. It is interesting to trace the history of personal tax exemp- tions beginning in 1917 when our first income tax measure was enacted. The Minister of Finance, Sir proposed per- sonal exemptions of $3,000.00 for married persons and $2,000.00 for single persons. Strong pro- tests were raised -- it was thought that the differentation between the two exemptions was too small; that exemptions should be available for children and other dependants; that the exemption for single men was too high. The last point was de- fended by Sir Thomas -- "many single men have dependants," he stated, "and for that reason do not marry.'"' In a burst of oratory, he added, "The people of Canada are pretty careful of their relatives. That is to me one of the great glories of this coun- try." One member replied, "We have some striking examples of unmarried men in this House. . . Of course, with some of them it is not their fault." An unusual feature of the 1917 Act was that it gave the $3,000.00 marital exemption to each of the spouses. When asked why mar- ried couples should be allowed exemptions of $6,000.00, a mem- ber suggested that a wife earned money by keeping hotise for her husband, so that it was unfair to add her income to her husband's This attitude prevailed until 1926 Considerable pressure was aip- plied by members of the House for a child allowance, It was con sidered unfair to treat a man with no children in the ie way as a man with seven er"a dozen children, In reply, Sir , Thomas stressed the administrative dif- ficulty involved. He remarked, "If you make a distinction of $1,000.00 in exemptions between the case of a man who has de- pendants and a man who has not, it will be found that 99 per cent of the people of Canada will have dependants --in the returns." Eventually, Sir Thomas agreed to reduce the single exemption to $1,500.00. He indicated that if the House insisted he might con- sider an exemption of $4,000.00 to a married man with 6 child- ren or over, but he felt that an allowance for dependants could not be dealt with so easily, "if an allowance were given for them," he stated, "there will be no tax collected at all." Nothing came of the idea of giving an allowance to the man with 6 children (if given, one can imagine the indignation of a man with five children). Sir Thomas came to the conclusion that it was not possible to dis- criminate with regard to the number of children in a family. He stated, "I agree with the right honorable leader of the Opposition (Sir Wilfred Laurier) that in a measure of this kind there are bound to be anomalies, and we must draw the line some- where, decide upon a scale, and then allow the anomalies, such as they are, to exist. Other wise you would be making so many exceptions that the meas- ure would be unwotkable." 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