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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesday, March 28, 1956 Who Will Succeed Massey As Next Governor-General? aroused in proposal Much interest has been many quarters by a veiled which has come out of Ottawa that the term of The Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey as governor-general of Canada be ex- tended for one year. This proposal has not been made officially, but it has been given sufficient emphasis to lead one to believe that it is a political kite which is benig flown to ascertain pub- lic reaction to it. Naturally, this suggestion has rais- ed some speculation as to its purpose. It has also renewed talk as to who is likely to be the next governor-general, to succeed Mr. Massey. Extension of Mr. Massey's term for a year would probably keep him in office until after the next general election. Then the governm~nt which is returned to pow- ér after that election would have the duty of selecting the next occupant of this office. Undoubtedly, it is the rich- est political plum available in Canada today. With a Liberal government still in power, if that party won the election, the successor to Mr. Massey would as- suredly be another Liberal. If the Con- servative party were returned to pow- er, a member of that party would re- ceive the appointment. Perhaps this is all wrong, but that is the way things are done in this country. If one looks at all the signs that are in evidence, is is just possible that the wind might blow the political kite so that it would point in the direction of Louis St. Laurent, the presest prime minister of Canada. This would be an excellent answer to the arguments that have been advanced that the position should alternate between English-speak- ing and French-speaking Canadians. The year's extension would point to some rather obvious signs. One is that it would not be politically astute to ap- point a new governor-general on the eve of an election. Another is that the Liberal party strategists are determin- ed to have Prime Minister St. Laurent lead them through at least one more general election campaign. And the other is that in looking over the field "of "eligibles" it would appear that the governor-general"s mantle best fits the shoulders of the Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent. On Production And Prices The other day, in response to a ques- tion by Stanley Knowles, MP., Hon. C. D. Howe. tabled some interesting fig- ures in the House of Commons. Mr. Knowles asked for figures showing the consumer price index for certain years dating back to 1926, and also ures for the gross national production in these same years. The figures were interesting, because they that 4s the gross national production rose and fell, the consumer price index fol- Jowed an exactly similar-trend. The year of lowest gross production was 1933, the worst the depression, «+ when it fell to $3552 million. In the same year, taking 1949 as representing 100 in the consumer price index, the cost of living index was 58.8. In the years since 1933, both pets of figures showed a steady and the fig- howed national year of almost parallel increase. In 1949, the base year of 100 in the consumer price index, the gross national production had risen to $16,462 million. In 1955, the consumer price index was national production of -26,624 mil- when 116.4, the gross has reached a figure lion. It would appear that as the coun- try's production increased, so did the cost of living. The theory that greater production, or mass production, means lower prices is nullified entirely by this record. The question which natur- ally arises is the extent to which the increase in gross national production is due to higher costs of material: and wages, and how much is due to the volume increase in production. There must be a balance somewhere in re- gard to this. Propaganda Machine At Work We are going to have to secure a larger wastepaper basket for our edi- torial office. The one we have has a large capacity. It is needed, because of the tremendous flow of useless mater- jal that comes with every mail. Publi- city agents of all kinds keep pouring in the products of their propaganda machines. Nearly every country which has an embassy or a consular office at Ottawa has now developed the practice of sending out voluminous re- leases, for no other purpose than the glorification of their own countries, They have very little or no interest for the general public, and certainly do not come within the category of news The need for a larger wastepaper basket, however, stems from the addi- tion of a newcomer to the producers of propaganda. Recently, the Russian propaganda mill in Ottawa has joined the list. Every day now, the mail con- ve press Editorial Notes Fourteen countries took part in the winter Olympics without scoring any points. Oh well, it was a nice trip any- way. The Duchess making a mistake when 20 g8he charmed a king away throne. Too late now! of Windsor admits years ago from his - The Daily Times-Gazette T. L WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Editor The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), com- bining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette amd Chronicle (established 1363), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays ex cepted), Members of Camadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cir; culation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper eredit- ed to it or 0 The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local pews published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, University Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax, and Pickering, not over 30c per week By mail (In province of Ontario), outside carrier de Uvery. areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR FEBRUARY 13,041 Ontario: 229 tains voluminous articles dedicated to the glorification of the ideology and life in Soviet Russia. Some days, two or three packages of this material received. Only today, there came ten pages of material prais- ing Russia's relations with her neigh- bors, plus a booklet of speeches made by Bulganin and Khruschev at the re- cent Communist party Congress. They were enlightening as revealing the kind of that is fed into the ears of the people of Russia. Possibly the Russian propaganda- mongers have the idea that by sending out all this material, some of it will finds its way into Canadian newspapers. If they have that idea, they are all We cannot imagine any self- respecting Canadian editor doing any- thing different from what we are do- ing--consigning it to the wastepaper basket. are material wrong. Bits Of Verse THE WAGE SLAVE MUSES The papers and the magazines Are showing lovely summer scenes Of swimmers lying on a beach While overhead the sea birds screech, . And husky fishermen in shorts Haul in big fish of many sorts. The Southland beckons with its charms; 'Twould welcome us with open arms, Outside today it's cold and snowing, An icy northern wind is blowing. Shall we go south? We greatly doubt it, And yet it's fun to think about it. -- Robert D. Little, Other Editors Views TIPPING AND GOODWILL (New York Times) There was a time, when great great-great- grandpa was young that the honest American toiler would accept tips from no one. But that time is past. The vain, the exacting and the merely scared among us would invent tipping tomorrow even if it had never been heard of before. Within limits it isn't too bad. Its require- learned, and except in where it makes somebody feel superior to some- as for example where a taxi man "5 ten or a waiter expecting it can co-exist with ments can be cases body else expecting 25 cents a dollar gets 50 cents good nature and good will. Communist POSTHUMOUS PURGE 1h : YR FL ' eo ommn 283 i, GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Happiness Trend Is Linked Up With Living Standards CANADIAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION This is going to raise the old question about which came first, the hen or the egg -- but here are the facts. Canadians who feel stand of living is higher to- day than it was five years ago, also feel that they are happier to- day than they were five years ago: those who feel their standard of living hasn't changed, also feel they are no happier than they are five years ago, This fact, elicited by the Cana- dian Institute of Public Opinion in its regular cross-country sampling of public attitudes, could prove that higher standards of living bring greater happiness or it could prove that people who feel happier also feel that their income is higher, The Institute, in a carefully word- ed interview with representative Canadians from all walks of life, first ked people whether they felt the standard of living was higher today, or not as high as it was five years ago. Then, after, By that their discussing a lot of other subjects, from high school homework to tip- ping, the interviewer asked: 'Thinking seriously for a min- ute, would you say you are hap- pier, or not as happy as you were --say five years ago?" The national replies to this ques- tion were not exactly exhilerating: Happier 42 Not as happy About the same Don't know It is interesting that only one in every 100 persons interviewed was unable to say whether he or she felt happier or not. On most issues polled, the 'don't know" is ten times as great. The interesting connection be- tween standard of living and hap- piness shows up when the views of those who think their standard of living is higher is compared with the views of those who think their standard of living is about the same, or lower. That is what this table shows: THINK STANDARD OF LIVING IS Feel; Bappier ......:sceseeseens Not as happy About the same . Don't know ... The table above reads like this: "Of those who feel their standard of living is higher than it was five years ago, 56 per cent feel they are happier than they were, com- pared with only 21 per cent of Higher About Same Lower :1 24% 21% 9 35 65 43 2 1 100% 100% those who feel their standard of Hv- ing is lower." Incidentally, people in the Mari- times are not neatly as likely to feel happler today as are people living in Ontario. --World Copyright QUEEN'S PARK Complacency Of Gov't Is Shaken By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazette TORONTO: It was too bad it had to happen to Hon. Charles Daley, but the blow-up between him and CCF leader Donald MacDonald should do the government good After their long term in office with very mild opposition the Pro- gressive Conservatives have been skowing many signs of complac- ency. In recent years they haven't been used to the spirited opposition they have been receiving at this session and they haven't looked at all well in their handling of it. With their weight of numbers they have been prone to break out in great roars of self-righteous in- dignation at any suggestion they are not perfect. Certain self-appointed defenders such as John Yaremko, of Toronto Bellwoods and Alan Grossman of Toronto St. Andrew have been prone to get to their feet at the least excuse, take a pious look at the premier's desk, and launch in'o set holier-than-thou tirades which were monotonous the second time they were delivered. Others such as Gordon Lavergne of Russell and James Maloney of Renfrew South, have made raise their main contribution as hecklers. SMALL STUFF With the smugness there has been a pattern of grade-school political tactics. A favorite one has been to take a statement out of context, or to twist its meaning, and throw it back at the opposition with derision. An instance of this was an effort by J. W. Spooner of Cochrane South to label Mr. MacDonald with anti- discrimination because he had spoken of cheap Italian labor com- ing into the country. GAVE CASES Another favorite trick has been to continually challenge opposition speakers to '"'Give us the facts. Give us cases." This one that probably won't be followed so much in the future. For that is precisely what Mr, MacDonald did. And he said he was doing so in reply to govern ment members' demands. Whether he did do so or not, their ward-level politics gave him a handy opening, Once again, it is too bad that Mr Daley had to be the butt, There are few more human men around the buildings than the Labor Minister. He is a person you don't like to see hurt. But he was politically foolish enough to have a relative on the pay-roll. He admitted that he him- self had been doubtful about it. And so he gets hurt. Government members meantime are still highly indignant and are castigating the CCF leader. But with time their heads wiil probably cool and they will 100k at themselves in the mirror and prob- ably gain from the look. Motorists Can't Get New License Plates WAWA Ont. (CP)--Motorists in this northern Ontario town are grinning smugly at police as they drive about with 1955 licence plates, Local licence - issuer Les Weeks is out of town and driv- ers can't obtain their new li- cences: There's one 'catch. Wiih no major road out of this town, 120 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, there's nowehre to £0. in the MAC'S MUSINGS Many of Oshawa's gardeners Are scanning through the Pages of seed catalogues Waiting for sprring, and Making thcir garden plans, But they know that the Greatest menace to these Plans is also walting In his kennel next door. & We know that the dog Is often referred o In very loose terms, As man's best friend, But that does not alter The fact that dogs are Jubt waiting for real Spring weather to give Them a chance to get Into a newly-planted Garden or a fresh lawn, People should face facts And realize that the best Place for a dog is Out in the country and Not in a city where he Can wreck great damage To a neighbor's garden, And also endanger human Lives by dashing into The path of automobiles. We admit that a dog Can be a lovable pet, But when allowed to Run free of all restraint And ruin the efforts Of neighbors to create A beautiful garden, he Becomes to them not A lobable pet, but a Nuisance and a pest To be kept under the Strictest kind of control. UNWELCOME LIGHT FAVERSHAM, England (CP)--A street lamp installed in lovers' I2ne in this Kent district has been smashed: with only one payment hey UPERIOR 17 SIMCOE ST. N. Open Saturdays till 1 p.m. You can borrow $50 to $5000 without endorsers or bankable security to pay all your bills. This gives you a fresh start month -- in easy instalments. Open Wednesday till 9 p.m. Loans Monthly Payments $7.78 Examples of You Receive $100 a TT51500 | $67.05 $2000 | $89.40 Amounts and meny plans to suit your Finance -654 MAC'S MEDITATIONS How City Manager Plan Operates By M. McINTYRE HOOD In view of the decision of the Oshawa city council to have a Jommiitee investigate, various syst {pal 'adiniiistes. tion, including the council - mana- ger system, and the board of con- trol system, we undertook a bit of investigating on our own account. The purpose of our investigation as to pass on to our reader such information as we could gather from cities where one or another of these plans was in operation. The first reply we received came in the form of a letter from the city clerk of Niagara Falls, which has had a city manager since 1923. His let- ter is quite objective, simply set- ting forth the facts with reference to the operation of the system in Niagara Falls. This is what he has to say about it: SECURED SPECIAL ACT "As far as the city of Niagara Falls is concerned, under the au- thority of a special act of the legislature of the province of On- tario passed in 1922, council was enabled to appoint a city mana- je and to pass a by-law or by- aws defining the duties thereof, As a result, in 1923 a city mana- ger was appointed. "Since its inception in our mu- nicipality, there have been three incumbents, with the present one combining the duties of city man- ager and engineer. The city mana- ger has complete jurisdiction over all employees of the city of Niagara Falls, excluding, of course, the board of education, library board, police commission and of a similar nature, subject always to the approval of the mayor and council, which bod: constitutes the only one to whic he is accountable. CAN HIRE AND FIRE "In the case of statutory offi- cials, he cannot interfere with the performance of their duties which, as you probably are aware, are Gefined in' the statutes of the province. It is, however, his re- sponsibility, in the event any such official is not performing his duties properly, to see that this is done. He has power to hire and fire, and to purchase up to an amount of $1200, without the pur. chase being approved of by coun- cil. Of course, all purchases are approved by council at the time they are considering the finance by-laws. 'The aforementioned power is rarely exercised, inasmuch as we have a full - time purchasing agent. He purchases alt the ma- terials for the city departments, with the exception of office equip- ment and Supplies, and major equipment which is purchased by the council after calling for ten- ders or quotations. "As you may or may not know, the city manager form of gov- ernment originated in the United States, and was designed to meet conditions peculiar to that coun- try. However, in the somewhat modified form, it seems to be rapidly taking a hold in the Do- minion of Canada. NOT CIVIC PANACEA "The city manager does not necessarily constitute a panacea for all ills, but seems to be a logical step to co-ordinate and centralize certain various tions of munici; government, that is, the administrative phase. Councils are and will continue to be the policy makers, but should not have to busy themselves with the intricate details of administra- The letter is signed by D. M. Patton, city clerk of Niagara Falls. He also recommends for study a bulletin issued by the Citizens' Research Institute of Canada, which was published on January 17, 1952, and which deals with the council - manager plan and is quite infirmative and in- structive. Any citizens interested in acquiring further information on this subject, which will be one for much discussion iz Oshawa in tke not too distant future, can se- cure - a Sony, by writing to Eric Hardy, Director. Citizens Re- search Institute of Canada, 24 Isabella street, Toronto. OTHER VIEWS COMING While this letter expresses no definite opinion for or against the city manager plan of civic admini- stration it does give some idea of the machiner through which it is operated. We are hoping to have letters from other cities which Lave city managers, and from at least one in the Oshawa size bracket which has a board of control. The city council committee will, of course, make its own inv . tions, and we understand after information has heen secur. ed by correspondence, the com- mittee may visit some other cities to study their systems. In the meantime, in order to keep the. veople of Oshawa well ~ informed on the subject, we hope to have some other interesting replies to the inquiries which we have made through unbiased sources in the communities where the system of civic administration differs from that now in effect in Oshawa. To- morrow, for instance, we will have a highly enlightening statement from the city of Sarnia, which has had successful operation of the city manager plan since 1981. BYGONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Seven groups of the CGIT of King Street Church held a joint meeting with Mrs. Crozier and Mrs. Cragg present. Bernicg Mc- Quaid led in a mission theme. St. Andrew's Ladies' Aid held its regular meeting with president, Mrs. A. G. Broomfield, presiding. Mrs. F. McLaughlin read the scriptures and a greatly enjoyed program was presented by Mrs, Farrell, Master Teddy Morgan, Jean McLaughlin and Velma Har- 5. A handsome silver cup, on dis- play at J. H Luke's office, was secured by the local branch of Ontario Prohibition Union for the winning team in a series of debat: duled on t ance topics. Dr. Grant Bird was guest speak- er at the Oshawa Rotary Club's weekly luncheon. F. L. Mason, Ernie Marks and John Stacey, three of Oshawa's outstanding citizens, played. a prominent part in the campaign in support of the three gas plant bylaws which carried by substan- ua majorities at the election polis. The Oshawa Rotary Club bade farewell to Lt.-Col. E, C, Hodgins, one of its directors and manager of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce, on his departure from Oshawa to take over the manager- ship of the Kingston Branch, Ca- nadian Bank of Commerce, The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion held its second successful euchre party at the home of the legion's president, R. M. Cotton. Prizes went to Mrs. H. J. Thickson, J. Living, B. King and H. Lathrope. Members of the Oshawa Scottish Rite Club and their ladles attend- ed a banquet held in the Genosha Hotel, Entertainment was provid- ed by pianist Helen Johnston. George Hart presented a toast and Albert Wilson made a fitting re- sponse, The annual meeting of the Osh- awa Women's Welfare league was held with Freda Held, supervisor of the Neighborhood Workers As- sociation, as guest speaker, A. W. Armstrong was re-elected resident of the Central Ontario 'ennis Association. BOOST BUSINESS WHITSTABLE, England (CP)-- Municipal authorities in this Kent town plan to employ 'glamor girls" to collect fees for deck chairs. FOR BETTER HEALTH Optimism Will Speed Recovery From Polic By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD Now that we have an anti-polio vaccine, fear and tension present in combating this. disease. When polio strikes you or a mem- ber of your family, your get wor- ried. That's perfectly natural, But it's something we doctors have to combat to aid recovery. NERVOUS FEARS Just mention the word polio and most people immediately envision wheel chairs and crutches. Both the patient and his family become nervous and fear the disease will leave him a cripple. Actually, most victims recover completely from a bout with polio. Worry about the condition, how- ever, will only aggravate it, Anxiety and tension tend to in- crease the severity of the disease the severity of the disease and to extend the period of illness. They serve to tense the muscles which must be relaxed for better re- covery. TRANQUILIZING AGENTS In many cases we can prescribe transquilizing agents to relax the patient without interfering with his mental alertness. Not only are such drugs prescrib- ed for the patient, but for other and unworried atmosphere and alds recovery. Generally, young patients need these tranquilizing drugs no long. er than three weeks. Adult 0 vietims can get along without eid much sooner, Once a cheerful, optimistic at- titude has been achieved in the home, a good part of the battle has been won. TO PREVENT STIFFNESS There's another type of drug some doctors employ in treating in- fantile paralysis, It's called "cur- are" and is an anti-stiffness agent. It must be used carefully and only under the doctor's direction. When it is, it permits the affected muscles to be exercised even when the disease is at the acute stage. So just remember, there's a bright side to everything -- even polio. Think of your chances of recovery and you'll heip speed that recovery. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. P. T.: My daughter, who is 13, has a deviated nose septum. Is she too young to operate on? Answer: If your daughter's symptoms are severe enough and if the operation has been recom- ded by your physician, it members of the h hold as well. This helps to produce a relaxed should be done. Use Is Found For Old Films ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)--Jessie Payton, a patient at the general hospital here, has developed a hobby she believes is unique. She makes colorful handbags utility cases, sewing kits and numerous ornaments--from used x-ray films. Nurses in the occupational ther- apy department remove the dark emulsion from the film leaving sheets of transparent material. To these Mrs. Payton adds color b; inserting colored paper or Cloth between two sheets of the flexible 'material. Then she sews the edges together. : To obtain the finished product she cuts, stitches and glues as her fancy dictates. Her work finds a ready market. It's A CITY MEDICINE HAT, Alta. (CP)-- Chamber of Commerce secretary R. H. A. Lacey listened at a meet- ing in the mayor's office as a speaker continually referred to Medicine Hat as a "town." Finally, he interrupted to expain Medicine Hat has been a city for many years, It has a population of 21,- 000. HURLS CHARGE CCF Leader MacDonald, speaking in the Ontario legisla- ture, accused Labor Minister Daley of political patronage be- cause the latter's son and son- in-law work for the government. Mr. Daley challenged the CCF lander to settle the matter with travel treats for... St. New Orleans ROUND TRIP BY BUS [ 0SHAWA BUS TERMINAL 14 PRINCE ST. 13.70 31.00 50.90 Louis RA 3-2241