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QUEENS PARK Wont Pick Man Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 16 Hayfield Street Barrie Ontario Walls Publisher Brian Sleight General Manager THURSDAY DEC Is 1961 Pul People Deserve Rewards For Working The Canadian economy must have on annual growth rate of at least four per cent to provide the jobs required by our expanding work force but the nations production of goods and services since 1956 has increased at rate of only one and onehalf per cent per year More difficult is the definition of the causes of the slowed rate of growth What must be clear is that substantial contributing factor has been the Can adian tax system As Trevor Moore vice president of Imperial Oil told the recent conference of the Canadian Tax Found ation when governments tax private and corporate incomes to the limit in addition to imposing all sorts of hidden taxes that bite into private and corporate budgets they dull individual and corporate in centives and consume earnings that should be employed as productive capital He suggested that the financial rewards for the successful use of skill foresight energy and risktaking should not be hea vily taxed just because the money is pre sumably there for the taking Jobs dont just happen Someone in the hope of higher income puts in extra toil and takes extra risks to expand an old business or build new one But with todays progressive tax rates on income And Risking taking bigger slice of every additional dollar earned reward is no longer in pro portion to work There is more chance of wealth for the speculator than for the builder Just as individual success is enalized so it is for industry know no part ner in business said Mr Moore who would insist on 50 per cent or more of the beforetax profit without any thought be ing given to the possible use of that mon ey for expansion in the buslne Yet that is precisely what happens wi the tax on corporate profits This applies to ev ery successful company and it is the suc cessful compK ny which keeps our labor force at wor Mr Moore went on to suggest that on personal incomes lower rates or higher exemptions could spur consumption that exemptions on capital investment could generate more funds for industrial ex pansion and that as in other countries tax relief on export earnings could spur exports Above all he said we need to end the tax jungle where the three levels of government tax by expediency rather than by plan often at crosspurposes and almost always without thought that tax ation can either inhibit or permit econom ic growth Canadians Branching Out The Aluminum Company of Canada plans to build four and half million dollar plant in Nigeria where it has other operations under way The new venture will be financed largely by the Canadian firm and it will supply technicians The Bank of Montreal will establish an office in Tokyo to serve not only Japan but the entire South East part of Asia It is the first Canadian bank to make its services available in the Orient the move is based on the belief that Canadas inter national trade will expand in the Far East in the future These two announcements stir thought about the extent of Canadian investment abroad We have become very conscious of the readiness of American British and other foreign investors to help the Cana dian economy develop But few of us are aware of the extent to which Canadian investment has extended beyond the bor ders of this country According to the 1961 issue of the Can ada Year Book private Canadian invest ments in foreign countries rose from $671 million in 1939 to $2304000000 in 1959 Coupled with this are government in vestments and credits and other outlays which bring the total to more than six and half billion dollars in the calendar year of 1959 The proportion of private investments abroad is still small in relation to the non resident stake in equities in Canada But they have steadily grown and have trebl ed since 1948 Private investments are also widely distributed About half of the 1960 total went to Commonwealth coun tries and in nonCommonwealth coun tries outside the United States Latin Am erica received substantial Canadian in vestments Naturally one would expect substan tial amount of investment to go to the United States and Britain and some isol ated cases stand out There are the world wide interests of MasseyFerguson the expansion of the Loblaw groceteria chain to the USA the development of the Weston confectionery business in Britain Outstanding has been the growth of the Thomson newspaper interests in Britain the US Africa the British West Indies and Australia Other Editors Views LONDONS FAMOUS FOGS Kingston WhigStandard One cannot blame Lord Mancroft chairman of British travel firm for trying but even the most optimistic might hesitate before giving his cum paign to convince tourists that there is no fog in Britain There was one ad mirable note of restraint about his com ments however he only went so far as to suggest thatBritaln has the best climate all the year round he did not say which countrys climate it is better than Lord Mancroft writes off the idea of perpetual fog in the Old Country as mere legend and indeed legend that does great harm to the tourist trade This could be argued from reverse position of course for there must be hundreds of visitors to London who are drawn to it by tales of peasoupers and handled buses Visitors from North America for example might adopt negative attitude about making the voy age or the flight this year if they thought for moment that the weather over there was just about the same as ii is at home Anyone who attempts to debunk legends is on pretty shaky ground and Lord Mancroft is no exception Who for example could find it easy to dis assoclate fog from London after hav ing been practicallyweoned onto diet of Sir Arthur ConanHDoylé and his Sher lock Holmes or Sax Rohmer and his The Barrie Examiner Alitharlzcd on sonond class in Post Office Department oftids and toi payment of posture in cash Dolly Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted KENNETH warns Publisher xnmu surcrrr General Manager If McPIIBltsON nunagln Editor cllnnnes wanna Business Manuel nAnnv wlLson Advertising nunm JOHN nonnnn circulation Manner Subscription rate daily by carricr 350gtwcokllh unzu year single copy 72 By mall in coccilo who year $400 six months 5250 throo months4100 month Outslde0ntarla $900 year Outside Curl min $2000 year Offices 425 University Ave Toronto Clthcnfl smu Montreal 1125 Wu dealm Street Vancou you Member of the Canadian Dally Nowipupn Pub Ilshera Association The Canadian Press Ind the Audit Bureau of circulations The Camdlun Press in exclusively entitled to on use for re ubllcntlon of all now on utohcd In oil over on ltcd to it 01 Thu Also utcd Press or cuter unn Ilan the loan nlwl bublillud thlraln deliciously evil and usually fogshroud ed Fu Manchu when one recalls these almost legendary figures one cannot do so without also recalling the fog that inevitably accompanied nearly every existing chapter Perpetual it may not be But fascinating it will always re main ROAD TO KILLARNEY sudbury star Sightseers by the hundreds and hunt ers by the scores travelled the newly opened Killarney road on Saturday and Sunday It was an historic occasion for the North Channel fishing village to have such surge of visitors in No vember Opening of the Alimile stretch of road from Highway 69 to Ktllarney marks the first time it has been pos sible to reach the village by road from the outside All travel previously was by water or air The Ontario department of highways can be given one small bouquet for building the road The department can also be criticized strongly for the phys ical features of the road The rough surface is to be expected but the twists turns and curves are entirely unnecn essary Nor was it necessary to boys so many narrow places where two cars can scarcely pass in safety The pioneer motorists who made the trip to Killarney last weekend do not need to have any knowledge of highway engineering to know that there will be more contracts awarded to straighten out the curves The road cannot be considered as scenic drive it is an access routepure and simple Forlthls reason alone it would have beendesirable to build the road as straight as possible and to build the shortest route between two given points namely Highway 69 and Killarney The longawaited Killarnéy road is disappointment to those who had hoped it would be delightful journey and short cut to the North Channel After one return trip over thlsrrood Sudbur ions will find that common sense dlc totes the continued use of the Espanola Little Current road as the best meons of reaching the North Channel Oi Year For 1961 By DON OIIEARN TORONTO This year we wont to picking man of the year here for 1961 There are number who might partially qualify But ac tually there is not oneat least not one who stands out in recol lectionwho has made the no cessary contribution beyond all others MR ROBARTS Tb obvious choice of course would be Premier Robnrts Mr Roberts certainly made the biggest strides ahead dur ing the year and he had the most prominence UNEXPLOBED TERRITORY REPORT mom UK West Indians Ready To Adopt UK Life By MoINTYRE IIOOD Special London England Correspodncnt for The Burris Examiner LONDON While the fate of the governments bill to control immigration lnto Britain is be ing decided in the House of Commons report has been issued by the British Market Research Bureau on the rela tions of colored people with the rest of the population of Bri tain The report was based on answers given by West Indians now in Britain to series of pointed questions It is an at tempt to gauge the degree and desire of assimilation into Bri tain The general tone of the report suggests that West In dians are much more anxious to adapt the countrys way of life and mix with the rest of the population than is general ly believed One of the lending questions was Over the past year or so have you made more new friends among West Indians or among other people In re ply 58 per cent said theyvhad made more new friends among West Indians 15 per cent among other people and 33 per cent had made friends equally in both groups To another question Would you personally feel happier sticking together with West In dians or mixing with all types of people who are not West In dians The answers given were surprising Only 25 per cent said they would be happier mixing with West Indians only but over 70 per cent said they would be happier meeting and mixing with other sorts of people Hornsby managing director of Flamingo Britains only Negro magazme discuss ing the report at press con ference said that so far as he knew on statistics of the kind included in the survey were avaflable to the government when the new Immigration Bill was drafted 100000 HOUSEHOLDS The report shows that there are an estimated 100000 West Indian households in the Unit ed Kingdom with an average of 272 people per household The average net income per household was found to be about $4350 week about 66 per cent of the average forths population in general In house holds where there was male at the bead only two per cent earned less than $24 week More than 19 per cent of the households with male at the head had an income of 558 week or more That figure is above the average for the whale of the population CLAIMS POOR HEALTH Almost simultaneously with the publication of this report Dr Miller medical officer of health for Birming ham expressed the view that immigration should be con trolled but not entirely stop pe Pension Plans Education Goals lire Affecting NationsLabor By FABMER TISSINGTDN Ottawa Bureau The Barrie Examiner OTTAWA Special The gradual spread of pension plans and the drive to encourage young people to stay longer in school is having some effect on the Canadian labor force The federal Department of Labor reports that some signi ficant changes have taken place in the male labor force partici pation rate in the last 15 years While the total number of men in the Canadian labor force has increased by about one million lince 1946 there has been decrease In the percentage of men of working age who are actually in the labor force In 1945 851 per cent of the males from the age of 14 up were working or seek ing work By 1960 this figure had dropped to 305 per cent of the young males in the 14 to 19 year age group their were not as anxious to contiiiue working and their labor force participation dropped to 302 per cent Again population sbift ac counted for part of this But the Labor Department reports that the increase in the number of industrial pension plans which permits older workers to retire earlier is principal factor In the total male labor force last year almost half 477 per cent were in the 25 to 44 year age group 76 were in the 14 to 19 grou 09 in the 20 to 24 group 299 in the 45 to 64 group and 39 in the over 65 age group participation in the labor force dropped from 605 per cent in 1046 to 48 per cent in 1960 Part of this Is attributed to shift in age composition within the group with more younger people making up the total in 1960 than was the case in 1946 But the other factor is the pro longation of school attendance Many young men of 16 17 lb and 19 years of age who were formerly leaving school and en tering the labor force are now staying longer in school at tending unlverslty or taking special tedmlcal or vocational training of those men 65 years of age and over 475 per cent of them were still in the labor fares in 1046 By 1000 those older man These four men pirate two political leaders and Russian spacemnn made headlines early in 1061 Left Who Likes To Be Blown Up LONDON About the only people in the world who relish being blown up are air force pilots heading for crash The pilot ejector seat first conceived by Britains Martin Baker Aircraft Company in 1914 and put into service in 1948 has saved 502 lives in the last years Recently the company cele brated the news that the inven tion had blasted 100 pilots to safety in 1961 alone Nearly 40 countries fit the companys seats in their planes The first ejector seats were comparatively primitive After pulling back the canopy of the doomed plane the pilot fired one or two cartridges which shot him out of the cockpit Once in the air he had to wait until parachutes stabilized the seat and then presuming he had time unharness the seat and pull the ripcord of his own parachute Today the pilot merely pulls handle 24 cartridges explode him clear of the aircraft and everything else is done automa tlcnlly The company now is working on lowlevel ejection seat which is first blown clear by cartridges and then kicked 400 feet in the air by rocket James Martinthe companys yearold chairman and chief designer says blueprints are being prepared to keep pace with the latest aircraft develop ments and seats are being planned which will eject pilots safely from vertical takeoff fighters Missiles Bump Saucer Tests WASHINGTON CP The US Army and Air Force are abandoning the flying saucer project originally handled by Avro Aircraft Limited of Mal ton 0nt the Pentagon said lucsday night The saucer was built and tested in Melton but later was moved to California for further tests Purpose of the project was to produce light low flying machine for quick transport of troops across rivers rough ter rain and similar obstacles defence department spokes man said $7500000 appropria tion will be used up by the end of the year and no additional funds will be requested One factor in the decislon was the hlgb cost of US till missiles the spokesman But his contributions are yet to come He has had little chance as yet to be on than caretaker while he ms the plans for his goverrunent MR WINTERMEYER Opposition leader John Win terrncyer rates special atten tlon The Liberal lendcr really be gun to come into his own dur ing the year However his contribution still also is one to come His most significant effort so for as he personally and his party were concerned was his handling of the crime contro versy However In terms of the fu ture thls most likely was not his most important step More probably it was the pro posal he brought forward for $5 sales tax This was the first product of the study program he bosin ltiated And it was promising one But once again it was princi pally promise of thefulur MR MACAULAY Former Premier Frost Ris act of retiring was themost noteworthy of the year And his sales tax was the most radical But neither were essentially constructive Provincial treasurer James Allen No He does more than generally known to keep the ship on even keel but principally he administers other peoples legislation The one further possibility is Ron Robert Macaulay In 1961 Mr Macaulay did much to add further to his early promise During his PC leadership campaign and in the closing weeks of the year he showed that he probably has construc tive contribution to make and possibly big one But it still has to be made The real kudos for this your perhaps should go to that intri cafe system of ours and its sense of timing It has brought about the start of great change And it is one that is due Foreign Policy Experts Face Big Crop Of World Problems By JACK BEST OTTAWA CPlA big crop of problems and anxieties hold overs from the troubled past will confront Canadas foreign policy experts in 1962 The year could well be pivotal in the development of Canadian relations with the rest of the Western Hemisphere as well as with Britain and Western Eu rope Canndns expanding trade with Cuba will undoubtedly spark periodic expressions of resentment in the United Stalcor where some prominent people have never quite conccdcd Can adas right to go on doing hus iness with the Communistori ented Castro regime Relations with Britain dc cide chilly at times in 1961 as Lon on undertook negotiations for entry into the European Common Market are likely to be affected by the same irrit out in 1962 Aside from the fear of loss of markets in Britain the Com mon Market question as seen by the Canadian government has far wider ramifications in volving the very future of the Commonwealth Membership in the Common Market would entail degree of political association which some Canadian officials behave might be incompatible with Britains position as leader of the Com monwenlth Flst WITH 0A5 noteworthy aspect of Can ndas foreign policy in 1951 was its evercloser association with the other nations of the hemis phere manifestation of this was the decision to send an of ficial observer Associate De fence Minister Pierre Sevigny to the Punta del Este confer ence where the Alliance for Pro gress was launched in August At the time of the American backed invasion of Cuba Prime Minister Diefenboker told the Commons the island nation had become the focal point of an ideological struggle which is progressively reaching into every corner of the world In our country we cannot be indifferent to this new danger which affects the hemisphere in which we live Seldom before had Canadian Ieader spoken in terms of such intimate involvement in hemis pheric affairs But observers waited lnvain for any definite indication that Canada woldd formally join the hemisphere al liance by taking out member ship in the Organization of American States President Kennedy during his nrws MAKERS or 1961 to right Capt Henriqlm Gal vao who led pirate crew aboard the liner Santa Maria in the Corlbbeap Patrice Lu mumba Congo premier slain by villagers Prime Minister Vcrwoerd who Ied South Africa out of the Common visit to Olinwn in May urged Canada to join the associatlon which embraces 10 Latin Ameri can republics and the United States But the Canadian gov ernment would say no more than that the matter was under consideration PM TRAVELS Mr Kennedys visit was the first he made to another nation after taking office Jan 20 It re turned getacquainted call by Prime Mlnister Dicfenboker in Washington several weeks car lier Other trips by the prime min istcr included journeys to Japan and to London for the Common wealth prime ministers con ference in March That was the meeting at which South Africa under fire for its race segrega tion policies withdrew from the Conunonwealth Mr Diefen baker was reported to have played leading part in bring ing the issue to head At the height of the Berlin crisis last summer the Cana dian prime minister came out with suggestion that perhaps the time had come for interna tionalizing Berlin under United Nations auspices The suggestion made in the Commons and similar to one made earlier in that particular debate by liberal Leader Les ter Pearson attracted some at tention in world capitals In disarmament Canada played what Mr Diefenbaker said was very important part in formulation of new plan that President Kennedy placed before the UN Its main feature was provision for disar mament in the first stage of controlled program not just in stallation of inspection machin ery The year also witnessed the revival of the Canada India Poland truce comrnisslon in Laos It had been inactive for three years but was reconvened when civil war flared in the Southeast Asian kingdom Ex ternal Affairs Minister Green journeyed to Geneva for the 13 country conference called to work out formula for guar anteeing Laoss neutrality hfi BIBLE THOUGHT Peace leave with you my peace give unto you not as the world givcth give unto you John 1427 Everyone desires inner peace It can only be found in the peace that comes down from above God is willing to give it to us if we ask in faith and humble ourselves to do His will wealth and Yuri Gagarln of Russia who became the worlds flrst spaceman Photo