Fhe Osha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Thursday, October 30, 1958 Sop 4 Vague Generalizations Don't Help Immigrants Speaking at the World Federation of Mental Health which met in Vienna recently, John C, Sawatsky of the Uni- versity of Toronto staff said that "Ca- nadians lack interest in old world cul= ture. The Canadian is self-conscious about lacking obvious national charac- teristics and of not having the high standard of living of the United States. So the Canadian doesn't show much social interest in the immigrant." This is the sort of vague generaliza- tion that so often these days passes for profundity. There is no doubt that a great many Canadians lack interest in old world culture. They also lack interest in new world culture, if by culture is meant a serious appreciation of such arts as mu- sic, painting -- and even politics. This is also true of a great many Americans, Englishmen, Frenchmen and Outer Mongolians. But it is manifestly untrue of other Canadians, Americans, E..glish- men, etc. It is particularly dangerous to 'generalize in this fashion about a country such as Canada, whose popu- lation has such a large proportion of people only a year or a generation re= moved from the old world and its cul- ture, g The same argument applies to the re- mark about Canadian self-conscious= ness, Quite a number of Canadians are self-conscious about the national char- acter and so on, but they are almost all in positions that enable them to be vo- cal about their feelings--editors, uni- versity professors, lecturers, writers. But the average Canadian in the fac- tory or the field is about as self-conse cious, in this respect at least, as a new= born babe at a nudist colony, He may look with envy at some of the wage rates in the United States, but he does not seem to envy the Americans their school system, their politics, their ra- cial troubles and a number of other things that o into a standard of living. If he did, Canada would be depopula- ted. The third sentence of Mr, Sawatsky's statement is, of course, a perfect non sequitur. What Canadians may or may not think about old world culture and living in 'the United States has nothing to do with the social interest in immi« grants, There is no doubt that Canadians could make the "settiing-in" process for immigrants a little easier, But what ob= servers such as Mr, Sawatsky seem to forget is that quite a number of the un- interested, self - conscious Canadians were immigrants themselves to begin with and fitted into Canadian life with a lot less coddling than more recent arrivals have received, If there is ine deed a Canadian social attitude to- wards immigrants (and we believe that there is only » community attitude, which varies greatly from place to place), this matter of experience could have a lot to do with it, Canada needs immigrants, and Cana- dians need to do more thinking about the best ways of absorbing the new ar- rivals into Canadian society, But let's cut out the generalizations and get down to specifics. Water For All Uses Some months ago we suggested that the Ontario Water Resources Commis- sion consider the problem of use of wa- ter from rivers and streams. The speci- fic problem was the heavy drain on streams through the use of water for irrigation of cash crops such as tobac- co. We noted that in some parts of southwestern Ontario streams that used to harbor trout had virtually vanished under the pressure of irrigation. Now provincial authorities will be forced to make up their minds about this aspect of the water problem. At the conference of conservation authori- ties in Toronto this week, F, K, Kent of the, Big Creek Authority said that his group and that on Otter Creek (both in - southwestern Ontario's tobacco country) would seek provincial ap- proval for a plan to register and charge a fee. on non-domestic water pumps along their streams, The conservationists do not want to stop the irrigation of tobacco, he em- phasized, but there must be a plan to guarantee water for all uses, He point- ed out that as the population of On- tario increases, there will be more con- flicts over water use, and something must be done to end conflict between tobacco growers and stock farmers. A series of public meetings in communi- ties. north of Lake Erie will discuss the problem. The riparian doctrine pro- vides that owners whose land fronts on a river may m-' ke reasonable use of the water, but such a right could not be well defined without reference to the courts. Mr. Kent was not sure whether there would be any conflict between a conservation authority's program of stream use control and plans of the Water Resources Commission. There should be none. The Ontario Water Re- sources Commission Act specifically states that "it is the function of the Commission and it has power (a) to control and regulate the collection, production, treatment, storage, trans- mission, distribution and use of water for public purposes and to make or= ders with respect thereto; (b) to con- struct, acquire, provide, operate and maintain water works and to develop and make available suprlies of water to municipalities and persons." Section 26 (1) of the Act states "the Commis sion has the supervision of all surface waters and ground waters in Ontario used as a source of water supply." Tt is not the function of the Commis= sion to destroy water supplies, which is what happens with misdirected, un- restrained irrigation, but to conserve them for the best possible public use, Causes Of Boat Mishaps Only the hardiest boating enthusiasts still have their craft in the water, so this is as good a time as any to review the boating season and the accidents sthat marred it. From such a review may come ideas that will make next year's season : safer one. A survey by the Canadian Boating Federation shows that "wild" juvenile operators, 'storms, collisions, fires" and explosions are not the big causes of boating accidents. The chief reason is plain lack of common sense. Foolish op- eration, overloading, standing up in the boat, unbalanced load, turning too sharply and other similar misjudgments caused 35.51 per cen* of the boating fa- talities investigated by thd Federation. The average ag: of operators involv- ed in the surveyed mishaps was more thah 35 years. By contrast, 9.2 per cent of the operators were under 20 years old. Fhe Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor. The Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the hitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sun- days and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Assaciation, The Canadion Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news despatches in. the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontarlo; 6401 Cathcart St, Montreal, P.Q. ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pcikering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbartori, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rage lan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c per week, By moil (in province of Ontario) outside carriers' delivery areas, 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year. AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 Storms caused 9.5 per cent of the ac cidents and collisions rated 8.07 per cent. Only 1.52 per cent of the mishaps could be traced to fires and explosions. Of the 35.51 per cent of accidents at- tributed to lack of common sense, 3.27 per cent were due to overloading, 4.79 to standing in the boat, .87 to an un- balanced load, .87 to reckless opera- tion, 13.51 to falling overboard and drowning, 1.52 to falling from and be- ing run over by a boat, 5.67 to being thrown from the boat and 5.01 to turn- ing too sharply. The survey was based on an analy- sis of newspaper reports of boating ac- cidents during a six-months. period. Boats found overturned with no indi- cation of how the accident happened were placed in a "capsized and over- turned" cstegory and accounted for 30.72 per cent of the accidents, Freak and other miscellaneous accidents am= ount to 3.92 per cent of the total while unknown or unstated causes totalled 10.02, Fishermen were involved in propor= tionately more accidents than people engaged in other forms of boating ac- tivity, Since fishing, as an activity, does not require high speed operation, the speed factor must be discounted as a major contributor to fatal accidents. The Federation, urging further educa- tion as the best way to help reduce boating accidents, points out that edu- cation is appa ently doing a good job since the number of fatalities directly traceable to small boat accidents has been decreasing despite the sharp in- crease in boat and motor ownership. Bible Thought Call to remembrance the former days. --Hebrews 10:32, We are always sure there were giants in those days. Everything looked bigger and better, but these days are the best in truth and we can make them still bet- ter, ARCHERY PION'T LAST IN THE AIR FORCE -- gut LACROSSE HAS CAUGHT ON WITH "THE ARMY -- OTTAWA SPORT SEASON Effort To Stop Air Travellers BANGKOK (AP) -- About 190,- 000 air passengers went through Bangkok in one year without stop- ping. If all had been induced to spend just qne night as tourists on the town, promoters sigh, the lo- cal economy would have reaped $2,375,000. With this as an illustration, a campaign is being waged to capi- talize on the abundant but neg- lected tourist attractions of South- east Asia. The campaign is being consoli- dated by Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Burma, Malaya, Sin- gapore and Indonesia® and the problems will be threshed out at the Pacific Area Travel Associa- tion meeting next January in Sin- gapore. TOURISM NEGLECTED Travel executives say almost every country of the area, agrar- fan by nature, has overlooked tourism as one of the easiest ways to earn fortign currency. While the number of interna- tional air passengers on 18 lines passing through Bangkok has in- creased by 85 per cent in five years, little has been done to en- courage them to stop in Thailand. An average tourist spends about $25 a day in Bangkok to cover the cost of hotel, meals, transportation, sightseeing and perhaps the purchase of one gift. Thailand has color, master- pieces of architecture, tradition and good local industry to whet the tourists' appetite, Chief irri- tants are a gouge- the -foreigner philosophy and sometimes fantas- tic cab fares of $5 a mile. In Cambodia, a tourist often is ruined financially before he ever sees the fabulous ruins at Angkor Wat. NEGATIVE ATTITUDE Burma, one of the most scenic nations, has lost almost all tour- ist traffic by a negative attitude. Few are moved to travel Kiplings storied Road to Mandalay. Indonesia bars commercial air traffic to its big travel lure, Bali. Singapore and Malaya do little to call attention to their tourist lurcs. Few travellers between Singapore and Bangkok are aware of one of the memorable train rides in Asia--up the Ma- lay Peninsula to Penang. It is a pw. Bday air-conditioned ride, but most travellers fly. Thailand grossed more than $6,- 000,000 from tourism in 1957, and it is perhaps the most advanced country in encouraging tourism. To meet the challenge of tour- ism, travel agents in Southeast Asia say the region needs to: 1. Build more moderately priced hotels, 2. Eliminate cumbersome cur- rency, export and immigration regulations. 3. Better understand what the tourist wants. FOR BETTER HEALTH Are You Able To Keep Control Of Tensions? HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. Relax, brother. You're not the only one with tensions. Almost everybody, in fact, has them to some degree. Tensions, you see, are self- protective reactions. They are an automatic response to threats to our general wellbeing, whether it be physical, mental or finan. cial. UNIVERSAL PROBLEM And since everybody faces such threats, most everybody has ten- sions. Most of us are able to keep these anxieties under control, at least most of the time. Although an occasional case of anxiety may be downright painful, it is a perfectly natural thing, You have to live with it, conquer it and then forget it. ' Some persons, however, be- come anxious and tense over every little thing. For them, life is just one crisis after another, and such persons are ripe for prolonged emotional upsets. How can you tell when anxi- ety and tension are becoming in- tense, when there is danger of real trouble? EIGHT TEST QUESTIONS Dr. George S. Stevenson, na.' tional and international consul- tant for the National Association for Mental Health, has devised a series of eight questions which will give a pretty good indica- tion of the seriousness of the situ- ation, When emotional upsets become frequent and persist, that's the time to ask these questions: 1. Do minor problems and dis- appointments throw you into a ditcher? 2. Do you find it difficult to get along with people, and do people have trouble getting along with you ? 3. Do the small pleasures of life fail to satisfy Sou? CAN'T STOP ? 4. Are you unable to stop think- ing of your anxieties ? 5. Do you fear people or situa- tions that never used to trouble you? 6. Are you suspicious of \peo- ple, mistrutful of your friends? 7. Do you have the feeling of trapped? 8. Do you suffer the doubt? y TIME FOR ACTION If your answer is yes to a con- siderable number of these ques- tions, it probably means that disaster is siaring you in the face and it also means that you should take some action. Dest advice I can give you is to see your doctor and ask his help in straightening out your troubles. But there are also sev- eral things yeu can do to help yourself, For one thing, don't expect per- fection either in yourself or others. Don't bottle up your troubles; talk things out. And don't insist that you are always right. Even if you are, give in occasionally. QUESTION AND ANSWER D. B.: Recently I have been ga'ing a burning of the eyes. Would the burning be caused by a vitamin difficiency ? A. Burning of the eyes can be feel inadequate, tortures of gelf- RYGONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Thieves entered a window of the Bishop Bethune College and 'ole money and valuables to the amount of $150, Some 40 members of the Scot- tish Rite Masons and their wives were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 'L. B. Osier at a theatre party. At a supper following the show, A. G. Storie, president, presented Mr. and Mrs. Osier with a token of appreciation. General Motors Soccer Team won two games o: the same day. They defeated TTC 3 to 1 and London CNR 5 to 1. "Parkwood" was the scene of a brilliant social function when Miss Eleanor T. McLaughlin made her debut, L. F. McLaughlin, president of McLaughlin Coal and Supplies Itd., announced that the comp- any's new office building on King St. West was open for business. City Council refused to hear a delegation from the Minister- ial Association regarding the question of a brewery being built here. Only Aldermen Graves, S. C. Carnell, G. Alchin and A. R. Alloway voted against the erection of the brewery. South Nirican Aid For Boers PRETORIA (Reuters) -- A na- tional appeal has been launched in South Africa to assist in the repatriation of the Angola Boers, an impoverished group of 450 no- madic farmers who trekked with their few possessions from the northern Transvaal to the Portu- guese territory of Angola about 80 years ago.' P ing only the clothes they wear and with children as old as 15 who have never been to school, most of the farmers will be placed with South African farm- ers until they can establish them. selves. The National Committee for the Resettlement of the Angola Afri- kaners is appealing for £20,000 ($56,000) for their rehabilitation. PITIFUL EPISODE The repatriation of the Angola Boers is the final episode in the tragedy of. the ""Thirstland Trek," one of the most pitiful episodes in South African history. About 900 men, women and children Jeft their homes in the Transvaal between 1874 and 1877 in search of a land of peace they never found, For four years, they endured thirst, fever and hostile natives in their journey through the arid Kalahari Desert, the home of the bushmen, and the wild, unknown but di d-rich Kaokaoveld. due to an allergy, # , & growth in the eye, or to a lack of vitamins, as well as anemia or tuberculosis. "Your television set would probably be in operational condi- tion after an atomic blast at some distance in your vicinity," says an electronics engineer, Maybe so, but we'd be too jittery to operate it. 'Men must be able to under- stand a thing in order to like it," says an educator. Not necessar- ily. Nearly all men like money and women. The young man wobbling down the street may not be drunk. He may have had roving parents and learned to walk in a trailer. "One of few laws people never violate is the law of gravity," says a judge. Yes... but some of them would if they could. "If the doctrine of reincarna- tion is true," said Old Sorehead, who suffers considerably with rheumatism, "I hope my next life on earth will be as a boneless creature, preferably a butterfly." Many died. The few survivors settled in Angola. Their trek was almost a con- tinuation in a minor way of the Great Trek--the early 19th cen- tury mass exodus of Dutch farm. ers from the Cape to the Orange Free State, Transvaal and Natal. LANGUAGE BANNED There was constant friction be- tween the Angola trekkers and the Portuguese Authorities, which came to a head in 1928 when Af- rikaans, the language of the trek- kers, was banned in Angola schools. The dissatisfied farmers started to trek back to South West Af. rica, but when near the border stories of the economic depres- sion forced them back. Last year, a special mission found that they were living in conditions of pov- erty and backwardness. Only a few could read and write, most of them having learned from the Bible. The rehabilitation of the Angola Boers will not be easy. Although they are Afrikaans-speaking, aod have Afrikaans customs, they have had no contact with people of their own race for about 80 years. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM If you haven't eaten~tried grasshoppers, and you say you wouldn't do so because you know you wouldn't like them, you are prejudiced against fried grasshop- pure -- a prejudgment Is preju- e. "Higher Prices Seen by Econo- mist," -- Headline. He must have pointed giant telescope at Mt, Palomar, Calif., straight up and Moked through it, It costs more to exist now than #t used to cost to live. Hard Luck Ave. and Easy St. both lead 'to the River Styx. Blind love's eyesight is quickly restored by marriage. Charging a. movie star with mental cruelty in a divorce case is highly flattering in many cases. "A snake is immune to its own venom," says a naturalist. So, #t would seem, are cynics. " Nov. 18 QUEEN'S PARK Lack Of Interest In Power Inquiry By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent to , The Oshawa Times TORONTO---Where is Labor? such word from labor. Not any branch of it, Neither the Congress, Federa- tion or any local unions appar- Satly are roing to appear before This is very strange. The sommities. it will be re- DOES LABOR NOT CARE? called, is to st government It must be the first government boards and commissions. P body of any ronsquence in re- ularly, it will try and discover if cent years that labor hasn't been are too autocratic. I in the front line. ens atic principles are threat- pinions have covered very § widespread fields. MANY TO APPEAR But apparently they don't go so It is now some months since far as basic freedoms. the committee was formed. A Ope has to assume it doesn't number of groups have given no- care about autocracy. Jie they will be appearing before yore is jogs apparent interest in the inquiry generally than But to date there has been no might have been expected, emocCr REPORT FROM THE U.K. At time of writing it appears only about 20 briefs, in all, will be presented. New Agency Site Stirs Arguments By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London, (Eng.) Correspondent For The Times LONDON -- One of the deci. sions to be reached at the Com- monwealth Trade Conference in Montreal last month was that a new central consultative agency, to be known as Cc wealth A moral could be drawn from this. But it is the same old one of lack of interest in the import- ant things. And perhaps there has been too much moralizing on it. GOOD CONTRIBUTION The observer can have faith that despite no extreme interest trustees for the contribution of the committee the National Gallery. For a long will be important, time they have had an eye on the Of those briefs that are pre- Old Hampton property for expan- sented some, at least, will be of sion of the gollery, to provide high quality, more adequate space for the pic- The Law Society, for one in- tures which have overcrowded it, , stance, has heen putting a lot of and for the hundreds now stored ' effort into its presentation. in the cellars. They have been 1t could be very good--and val- trying for some time to make ar- yaple, particularly with the House, should be set up in Lon- don. This involves the securing of a building to house the new agency, with which will be merg- ed the already existing Common- wealth Economic Committee. One of the first reactions in London to the establishment of Commonwealth House was the starting of a mild controversy as to where it should be located. At once, various sites were suggest- ed, some discarded at once, and others started arguments. TRAFALGAR SQUARE SITE One of the first sites suggested was one on Trafalgar Square, known as the Hampton House, situated right alongside the Na- tional Gallery overlooking the square, It was considered to have many advantages, papticularly because of its proximity to the offices of the various High Com- missioners for Commonwealth countries, and the many agents- generals from provinces and states. The suggestion, however, did not go down with many people, I to have th rt; turned over 0 them. Aang id CHAIRMAN ASSURING And the, fact Walter Gordon Is aghast at the suggestion that it should be made the location of chairman of the commitiee gives the new Commonwealth House. a nice assurance. For days the controversy raged _ Mr. Gordon has shown he has in the newspaper columns devot- a Bood perspective on govern- ed to letters to the editor, ment and its position today. With Dr, MacKintosh and Clif- ANOTHER SUGGESTION ford Magone to work with him Out of this came another sug- there is on the job a good fund gestion which seemed to have of knowledge of government and merit. This was that Marlborough what it should be doing. House, the former home of Queen One can look forward with con- Mary, when she was the widow fidence to a clear statement of ° of King George V, and standing the problem presented by second- unoccupied since her death, ary growth of government today, should be made available to the and with hope for at least some agency. Located in close proxim- ronstructive proposals. ity to Whitehall, it also has many advantages, one of the chief being that it is not at present time being used, nor is there any Through the centuries it has cost nations far too much ia Jute % one another. Greatly need is , Sltenisnve use for it contem-, o,, means, other than war and pia.ec; preparations for war, for them So the argument goes on, with- to manifest their hate adequate- out any official pronouncements 'Jy and satisfactorily. as to where the new Common- wealth House is going to be, or The uvnpremeditated and une when it is likely to become an witting comedy often seen. in accomplished fact, western movies is enormarsly READERS' VIE Wheat Surplus Sales And Divorce Decrees WHEAT SURPLUS Dear Sir: In Monday's Times you had an editorial on the current bumper whea' crop in the Soviet Union. You said no doubt the Soviet far. mers had learned from us how to grow wheat, You also said that the Russians would be able to dispose of their wheat with- out trouble . . . Now if they learned from us how to grow wheat, how would it be if we learned from them how to sell the same staff of life? Thus while helping to ease the cold war it might also help the hungry people in many lands. We are all in this world togeth- er . . . and with two such big neighbors on each side of us we are doing a nice job of keeping them both happy in their differ- ent economic systems. JAMES CORSE Oshawa STAUNCH GROUP Dear Sir: The few but determined young ladies of the Genosha Hotel Coffee Shop that recently struck for a measure of security and due benefits . . . can be justifi- ably proud . . . These stalwarts fought gamely and won, not only for themselves but the en- tire staff. All organized labor should, when tipping for example, show their appreciation of a job well done by this staunch group. STEVE MELNICHUK Oshawa OTTAWA DIVORCES Dear Sir: In. your editorial on the 'par- MHamentary divorce mill," you note that the CCF members funny, as, for examnle, the hero, who according to the story is trying to slip up on the villain, - being shown riding a white $e. ns the crest ea hill. ad "The old"fashioned parlof is' coming back," says an architect, That's highly doubtful, . The old- fashioned parlor was a dismal room used only for somber occa- sions such as marriages, « have fought to rid Parliament of deaths, and visits by the parson. - this ill-advised duty. You failed ow to note that the CCF members have been accused of wasting ne of a series of TILDEN TIPS Parliament's time by calling for closer examination of some of these cases. It is not a waste of time, The fact is that Parliament wastes its own time by continue ing to handle divorce cases . . . SOCIALIST WINTER OR SUMMER Whitby Dear Sir: . . . Perhaps it is true that Parliament should not handle divorce cases. What is the alter- native? Newfoundland might be persuaded to set up its own le- gal procedures for handling suits for divorce, but no reason able person would expect Que- bec to do the same, So, if Par- lament refuses to handle the cases and Quebec does the same, what is going to happen to the people wanting divorces? They will hav to go to the expensive length of establishing residence outside Quebec . . . L. S. H, Dear Sir: The granting of divorces by Parliament is. bad because the granting of divorces by any body is bad. The courts are defiled by divorce cases, It is common knowledge that evidence in many cases is rigged, which makes a mockery of justice. Let us clean the divorce cases not only out of Parliament but out of all courts. ne marriage contract is sac- hh 45 King Street East FAITHFUL o Oshawa RA 5-6553 enjoyable way to travel is by TILDEN rent -Q-COr age ~ GOOD GOING TUES, & wep. NOV. 1 1-1 2 RETURN LIMIT -- 7 DAYS RETURN FARES BETWEEN OSHAWA YOU SAVE $ 85 AND TORONTO OTTAWA ... 5.75 MONTREAL 7.75 Bargain fares also apply between TORONTO AND YOU SAVE HAMILTON ........ LONDON .... OWEN SOUND . WINDSO Watch for Next Month's Bargain Coach Fares Effective December 9-10 $ 165 eC 8 Pacific