She Oshavoa Tunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Tuesday, April 26, 1960 Firm Place Established In Community's Life Oshawa and district chambers of eommerce this Chamber of Commerce Week. It has become tride to say that the setting aside of weeks for celebrations and publicity purposes is now overdone, and such organizations as chambers of commerce might well take the lead in dropping a practice that has been followed to the point of absurdity. At the same time, one must recognize the vital place that an energetic and enlightened chamber has in a eommunity. The chamber of ecommerce movement has as its two basic stated principles the promotion of individual initiative and the promotion of collective action in the interests of the whole community. A chamber is therefore a voluntary asso- ciation of citizens to promote the com- mercial, industrial, agricultural and civic welfare of its community. One of the stated objects if to "develop and pre- sent an informal public opinion and secure thereby effective action at the municipal government level on ques- to the economic and week are observing tions relating public welfare." It goes beyond the municipal level, however, through organization on Ppro- wincial and national levels. Its broad eoncern becomes "the development and maintenance of the principles of free enterprise within Canada's economic system and the maintenance of fair re- lations between labor, management, capital and the consumer." it is non- political, non-sectarian and non-see- tional. The Oshawa ehamber is associated with 240 others in Ontario and belongs to a national federation of more than 800 chambers and boards of trade. In this way, the views of community and business leaders in Oshawa help to in- flunece the broad thinking of the pro- vincial and national communities. One of the purposes of Chamber of Com- merce Week is to inform citizens in general of the role of the ehambers and boards in community building at al three levels. As all eourse, the effectiveness of the chambers is the sum of the effectiveness of the individual members. When members are enlightened, energetic and their efforts well directed, their organization is an effective one indeed. In Oshawa, the Chamber of Commerce has rightly won a place of respect by its work on be- half of the community. Much of this work may not be apparent to all the organizational assistance it gives to com- munity campaigns, for example, or the information it provides citizens on busi- ness endeavors and sales promotions-- but the work goes on, quietly and effec- tively. in other organizations. of Losing Trade Battle For some years now Canada has been working, in its foreign trade policies, towards the ideal of internationally lowered tariffs and freer trade. Unfor- tunately, a good part of the world seems to be going in the other direction. In 1947 Canada was a founding mem- ber of the GATT group, the agreement by which each participating country extends to all others tariff concessions and most-favoured-nation trade treat- ment. But not even its most ardent ad- mirers would say that GATT has been an unqualified success, and recently about a third of its members have en- tered into supplementary trade treaties that, in effect, make them tight little trade groups, with Canada probably on the outside looking in. The most important of these groups # the European Economic Community, the so-called Common Market or Inner Six. The six countries are Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, France, West Germany and Italy. They aim to establish a close economic association, so close that within ten to 15 years they hope to have abolished all tariffs between themselves and to have estab- lished a common tariff against the out- side world. Present combined popula- tion of the Inner Six is about 170,000.- 000, and each country looks forward to the advantages to be gained through the mass production and mass distribu- tion techniques that can be applied in such a market. The Common Market had its first full year of operation 1959 and, significantly, imports from Canada to the six nations declined by $106 million from their combined purchases of $421 in the previous year. There were declines in our sales of wheat, flax, flour, copper, nickel, eggs, wood pulp, lumber, drugs and chemicals. As a sort of competitive enterprise to the Inner Six, the United Kingdom has organized the Outer Seven -- con- sisting of Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal and Austria. This group of nations has a pre- sent population of about 90,000,000. Its trade organization has just come into being and it will be at least a year before its effect on Canadian trade can be gauged. But here again the trading to mutual advantage. In 1959 Canada's trade deficit was $386 million, 'and over the five years foreign producers have sold in the Canadian market about $2.5 billion worth of goods more than we sold in their markets. So our conscientious pur- suit of an open-door trade policy has cost us a good deal, and seems likely to eost us a good more in the future. m million exports member countries will be past Victory Of Moderation Canadians in general may have paid little attention to the victory of Senator Clifford Case in the U.S. Republican senatorial primary in New Jersey. But it had considerable significance in U.S. politics, because it represented a smash- ing defeat for the extreme right wing of the Republican party -- the wing that would like to see a return to Mc- Carthyism, to restrictions on freedom of association and on labor organization. The Milwaukee Journal commented he Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Monager €. 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Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Deljvered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay Liverpool Teunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont Columbu Fairpori Beach, Greenwood Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00: elsewhere 15.00 per vear Average Daily Net Paid as of March 31, 1960 16,857 thus on the New Jersey result: The landslide victory of Senator Clif- ford Case in the Republican senatorial primary of New Jersey marked the de- feat of an amazing assortment of Nean- derthals dedicated to turning the Re- publican party to the extreme right. Case won over Robert Morris, right winger who worked for some time for congressional committees with such men as the late Senator McCarthy of Win- consin, former Senator. Jenner of Indiana and Senator Eastland of Mississippi. He not only worked for them, he thought as they did. And he got the backing of their supporters in his attempt to unseat Case. Extreme right wing Texas money backed Morris, as did the most rabidly conservative leaders over the country-- including many who are looked upon as erackpots. The drive was so powerful that only five Republican county units endorsed Case. And President Eisen hower, who had advocated Case's elec- 1954, refused to take part spite of the fact that Case supported Eisenhower policies 83.7% of the time tion in mn over the last five years This was the main fight this year of those who argue that the Republican party has been captured by moderates and must be turned back to the days of McKinley. The fight failed. Case won in a breeze. And that ought to be heartening to anyone either news mn party who believes in moderation. enlightened "LOOK, I HAVE A BEARD TOO" REPORT FROM U.K. Last Steam Engine Put Into Service By M. McINTYLE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON--A sad little group of mourners officiated at a cere- mony at the British Railways depot in Swindon when the last steam locomotive to be built for the railway system was com- pleted and put into service. It was made a ceremonial occasion, with the last steam engine for- mally given an apt name. In large brass letters on the side of the engine was the name '"'Eve- ang Siar". On a brass plant underneath was the inscription: "Number 92220. Built at Swin- don, March, 1960. The last steam locomotive built by British Rail- ways." VICTIM OF PROGRESS This naming ceremony which saw the passing of the steam era in rail locomotion as a victim of progress was foreshadowed three FOR BETTER HEALTH years ago by Sir Brian Robert- son, Chairman of the British Transport Commission At that time he said: "It 1s virtually that we are not building any more steam locomotives." So the 159-year era of the snorting, puffing magnificence of the steam engines has come to an end They are rapidly being replaced by diesel and electrical engines fo bring modernization to the British railways BEGAN IN The era of the steam engine began in 1796 when Richard Trevithick, a Cornish engineer, started his experiments with steam locomotive models. In 1801, his first steam engine took passengers, along the roads, not on rails. On February 21, 1804, the first steam locomotive suc- ressfully hauled a load on rails. true to say 1796 A Warm, Dry Climate Won't Cure HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. THE WARM, dry climate which some of our western states boast s not the panacea for all ills which some persons apparently believe it is While this type of weather does benefit many persons suffering from various illnesses, it only increases the problems of some others Doctors in these areas, I'm sure, would be the first to admit this AN EXAMPLE Let's take hay fever and asth- ma for example In most of our western areas the grass pollens are different - from thos found in the East and Middle West But the western states do have grass pollens There is no ragweed in some western sections and that cer- tainly sounds good to both hay fever and asthma victims. How- ever. there are related pollens. NEW SENSITIVITY So although a ragweed sufferer probably will experience mo symptoms during the first year he spends in a ragweed-free area, he may later develop sen- sitivity to some of the related pollens Sunshine effect on certain particularly discoid thematous And despite the popular opin- ion that a warm dry climate will cure tuberculosis, such weather alone can do little for TB. The climate will help some, of course but proper medical attention is the most essential need However, the dry heat which we find in much of the western area is beneficial for many ail- ments Some chronic skin diseases such as allergic eczema, neuro- dermatitis and psoriasis probably will be helped by such a climate So will most nasal and sinus diseases Heat and ultraviolet light have long been regarded as extreme- ly helpful in the treatment of arthritis. And the hot, sunny weather we are talking about is somewhat similar USUALLY BENEFICIAL Most doctors agree that maxi- mum sunshine, dry climate, dry soil and a reasonable altitude usually are beneficial to arthri- tis. Moreover, this type of cli- mate generally permits outdoor exercise all: year long All in all, our western states iave much to offer. Just don't expect their weather to be a remedy for every ailment you might have. also has an adverse skin diseases, lupus ery- Every Ill QUESTION AND ANSWER J. B. G.: I have heard that blowing up balloons is an excel lent exercise for the lungs and that children should be encour- aged to blow them up Is this true and. if so, are the benefits derived from ? Answer: Blowing up a balloon is a useful exercise in certain chest conditions to promole ex- pansion of the lung In. a normal individual it has no special value Over-indulgence in hard blow- ing, as in trumpet playing, may cause overexpansion of the lung air sacs, called emphysema, what there- In 1825, the first steam-oper- ated passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington Rail way, was opened with George Stephenson's engine, "Locomo- tion". At their peak, Britain's rail- ways operated 20,000 steam en- gines, Already this number has dwindled to just over 14,000. And by 1963 there will be only 7000 left. After that, they will dis- appear at an even quicker rate- pushed out by the mighty diesels --so that in a few years' time children wil! ask their parents, "Daddy, what was a puff-puff?" I'EARS IN EYES It was a mournful group which assembled at the Swindon Works when Reginald Hanks, chairman of the Western Area Board, ad- dressed more than 100 railway chiefs and friends from all over the country, at the christening of the Evening Star. Many of them had more than a suspicion of a tear in their eyes. There were damp eyes, too, among the 12,000 men and women railway shop workers who had gathered to hear him say: "This is a moving occasion. I am sure it has been truly said that no other product of man's mind has exercised such a com- pelling hold on the public imag- ination than the steam locomo- tive. No other machine has con- tributed more to the cause of industrial prosperity in this the iand of its birth, and throughout the world." There was an. audible sigh of relief when Mr. Hanks promised that the 'heroine of the day" will never be taken to the break- ing-up yard, but will go into the Great Western Museum when its useful days are: over. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Don't argue with a woman when she is tired," advises a psychologist. That's excellent"#id- vice--and it would be just as good if the last four words were omitted. Beware of the person whe shoots the bull, lest he give fou a bum steer People no longer ask, 'What will we use for money?" They use eredit cards. ee r--------n it Church Visits Slightly By Canadian Institute of Public Opinion Average church attendance in Canada is 'down a little, com- pared to five years ago. While the people crowd the nation's churches on great festivals, the fact is that in a typical week the proportion of adults who at- tend a church or synagogue is lower than in recent years. The same thing is happening in the U.S. Evidence is that increased population groups and not added religious fervour are bringing men and women to church. Up to five years ago the Gallup Lower Poll showed a very steady ratle of church attendance. Today's report shows that it has dropped. Because no organization makes a nation-wide check on church- going, the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion and its American affiliate has lent their fact- finding organizations for this purpose from time to time. In addition, this year, the World Organization of Gallup Polls has made the same check in a dozen countries. Findings will be re- vealed shortly. The same question as in the past was used by Gallup Poll interviewers for today's report from Canada and the U.S.A. "DID YOU YOURSELF HAPPEN TO GO TO CHURCH (OR SYNAGOGUE) IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS?" On both sides of the dropped in the past five years. In Canada Went to church No, did not In U.S. Went to church No, did not Those who think that women border average church attendance has 1955 58% 42 1957 TODAY 60% : 56% 100% 497 51 100% 100% 1 are more plentiful in the 53 % church pews than men, do not know the facts of national church-going. As the columns below show, a larger proportion of men, than women, attend church in a typical week Went to church No, did not WOMEN 54% 16 MEN 58% 100% 100% World Copyright Reserved OTTAWA REPORT my Committee Endangers Right To Fair Trial By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Parliament is the supreme court of the land, the ultimate champion of the rights of every Canadian. But neverthe- less, through the activities of one of its committees, it appears to be prejudici the inalienabl right of certain accused men to receive a fair trial. This unhappy situation is the incidental and accidental by-pro- duct of one of the most aimles complex situation. The commit- tee has desperately needed a leader to pursue the main thread in questioning each witness, to lay bare the basic facts, and then to permit every committee mem- ber to amplify his own ideas by his own questioning, against a broadly - painted backdrop. The unco - ordinated meanderings of the parl ary babes in this circuses perpetrated by our Par- liament in recent memory: the meetings of the standing commit- tee on railways, canals and tele graph lines. This committee was empowered by the House of Commons to "consider the toll-collection oper- ations at the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal." Its enquir- ies have been as unconcerted as a swarm of hungry bloodhounds following the diverse scents in a slaughter-yard. The proceedings have been a disorganized sham- bles, with every dog for himself, and each sniffing the odour sweet- est to his nose. This enquiry involves a very BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO 8. H. Jackson was awarded the contract of building an addition to the City Hall as a police sta- tion wing, at an estimated cost of $2500. Forty families in Oshawa be- came self-supporting and were removed from the relief lists, bringing the total down to 468 on relief. A lengthy discussion emerged at the council meeting over the fee of $250 charged for licences for pin-ball machines. Alex C. Hall contended that the owners of the machines should pay li- cence fees instead of the oper- ators. The girls' bowling team of the Oshawa Tennis Club held a sea- son's closing banquet. Prizes for the high scoring ladies were pre- sented to Phyllis Corrinn, Anne Walker and Jean Jarrell. The Oshawa Generals defeated the Kenora hockey team at Win- nipeg to take the Canadian junior championship for the second suc- cessive time and were pres: d corrupted wood brings to mind as a contrast the magnificent job performed by David Walker, the Conservative MP for Toronto Rosedale, when he "led" the pub- lic accounts committee on its en. quiries into a similarly complex situation--the government print- ing bureau--two years ago. A Walker on the tolls committee would have saved time and elic- ited a more clear-cut picture of the Jacques Cartier situation. However, this was not to be. Frustrated committeemen have roamed all over the landscape in their questioning, and chairman Gordon Fraser (PC -- Peterbor- ough) has permitted them to get entirely out of hand. Not being a lawyer, the chairman perhaps does not know where the delicate demarcation line should be drawn. It is difficult for a rea- sonable observer not to presume that the scope of this commit- tee's enquiry may be prejudicing the free and open mind with which men and women should ap- proach their task as the jury, at the expected trials of former toll- collectors who may be charged with fraud. MAY INCRIMINATE SELF By a long-established principle, dating back 132 years to the case of the East Retford disfranchise- ment bill before the British Par- liament, a witness summoned be- fore a committee of Parliament may not refuse to answer any question, even if the true answer would incriminate himself. But no It is surprising that the chair- man of this committee has not urged that it should refrain from its enquiries until the criminal proceedings in our law courts have been completed; or at least, that he has not ruled that the committee should meanwhile re- frain from a line of enquiry tend- ing to raise the names of indivi- duals concerned and even already charged with an offence. An equally important lesson lies in the contrast between the time - wasting and inconclusive proceedings. of this committee, and the efficient novelty of a committee "led" by one of its members, as demonstrated by David Walker in the printing bureau enquiry. Insecticide To Aid Lumber Industry LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. (CP) Tiny ambrosia beetles are in for a surprise when they start look- ing for lush, winter-cut logs as new homes. More than 40,000,000 board feet of logs tied in booms on Cowi- chan Lake 40 miles north of Vie- toria on Vancouver Island have been sprayed with an insecticide and scientists are confident it will repel the beetles. A solution of benzedrine hexa- chloride which does not mix with water and will not harm fish is sprayed by helicopter. Entomologist Hector Rich- mond, employed by the B.C. Log. gers' Association, says the indus- try will save millions of dollars annually if the insects can be prevented from filling lumber with holes. HELP & THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR CIVIC PROJECTS TO IMPROVE OSHAWA evidence given before Parli may be used against the witness in any other place; so the pro- tection of a witness is complete. Nevertheless, an enquiry such as this may turn up evidence not otherwise known to the police; and reports of the committee's proceedings must tend to pre- judice the minds of possible jur- ors. 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