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" THE DAILYsTIMES-GAZETTE : Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawy, Ont. Page 6 Thursday, February 21, 1957 Moscow Changes Show Stalinism Is Returning Capitals of leading countries of the world received something of a shock when it was announced from Moscow that Dmitri Shepilov had been removed from his post as Soviet Foreign Minis- ter. It was an even greater shock to learn that he had been replaced by Andrei A. Gromyko, former Russian representative on the Security Council of the United Nations Organization. This change in foreign ministers by Russia looks very much like a return to the old Stalinist policies which were 80 bitterly renounced by Krushchev, the boss of the Soviet Union. Gromyko was trained and operated in the Stalin- ist tradition. He was an apt pupil of Molotov, the unbending proponent of ruthless cold war. He became known as the perpetual "No-man" because of the frequency with which he utilized Rus- sia's veto powers in the U.K. Security Council with his explosive vote of "Nyet." It is always difficult, of course, to know what is going on within the walls of the Kremlin, the seat of the Russian government. The demotion of Shepilow, an advocate of peaceful co-existence, and his replacement by Gromyko does give rise to the feeling that Russia is going to follow a tougher and more ag- gressive foreign policy. It may be, also, that Shepilov is being made the goat for Russia's failure to make any pro- gress in intervention in the Suez canal situation. That was a definite setback to the hopes of the Soviet Union, which had had to watch a rich prize slipping from its grasp. The change, however, will not worry the western world unduly. The free nations know to expect the worst from Russia at all times, regardless of who holds the post of foreign minister. The Value Of Good Spelling In Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and other places in this district, in the last two weeks, hundreds of school children have been taking part in good old-fash- foned spelling 'bees. Once regarded as a means of entertainment, these spelling bees have been revived all over Ontario a8 a means of stimulating greater pro- ficiency in this subject of the school curriculum. The Oshawa winners, Ca- rolyn Werry and Christopher Chaytor, will now have the opportunity of com- peting in provincial semi-finals, and possibly the fina! competition for all- Ontario honors. This revival of interest in accurate spelling may go a long way towards correcting the poor spelling habits which have been noticeable in recent years. Business men have complained bitterly about the difficulty of secur- Jubilee Of Boy __ This is an important year in the his- tory of the Boy Scout movement. In 1957 will be celebrated the 50th anni- versary of this great brotherhood of Boy Scouts which, from a small be- ginning, has become almost world wide in scope. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ba- den-Powell, the beloved founder of the Boy Scout movement. It is only natural that Oshawa with its splendid record of Boy Scout or- ganization and development should be interested in the proper recognition of these anniversaries. This city has be- come one of the great centres of scout- ing in Canada. In proportion to its population, its enrolment of Scouts and Cubs is exceptionally high. Thanks to the generosity of Col. R. S. McLaugh- Other Editors' Views NO THEATRE PLAYS (St. Thomas Times Journal) Visitors to Detroit or Buffalo who may hope to see a good stage play in a theatre, are surprised to find that these big cities--De- troit nearly 2,000,000, Buffalo about 600,000-- have no theatres in regular operation. Pre- sumably radio and television have killed the theatre, which is a great pity. USE FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS (Financial Post) Cheaper animal feeds are coming, made from old newspapers, wrapping paper. Paper doesn't need much processing, because, like hay, it's mostly cellulose; ink and sizing apparently have no effect. Researcher reports that cows really enjoy newspapers shredded and mixed with molasses, - The Daily Times-Gazette T. Lu WILSON, Publisher aud General Manager, M. McINTYRE HOOD, Editor. The Daily Times-Gazells (Oshawa, Whitby), eom bining Ihe Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is dally and ing clerks who can spell accurately. In our own experience we have found the mis-spelled words in material which comes to our desk rather appalling. It seems incredible that so many people should be unable to spell even simple words accurately. The widespread nature of these province-wide spelling bees should have a good effect. Starting at the level of individual classes in elementary schools they go on through community and district contests to the provincial final. Thus practically every child in certain grades in the elementary schools is a participant. So even althcugh there can be only one boy and girl as winners in a community, the benefits of this dili- gent application to spelling should be very great in the case of all contest. ants. Scouting lin; it has in Camp Samac and its Ad- venture Camp in Haliburton, the fin- est scouting facilities of any city in Canada. And the movement here is backed up by: an energetic and progres- sive body of citizens in the Oshawa Boy Scouts Association. For these reasons, Oshawa's celebra- tion of these two important anniver- saries in Boy Scouting should be some- thing out of the ordinary. There is a widespread recognition in this com- munity of the value of the movement in building strong and self-reliant char- acter, a love of the outdoors and an in- terest in the essential elements of good citizenship. We look forward, along with all other citizens interested in scouts and scouting, to the special com- memorative events which are being arranged for this year. Editorial Notes One would never imagine, from his undiplomatic statements, that John Foster Dulles was a diplomat. An optometrist claims that blue and violet lights stop headaches. The same headaches you get when you ignore a red light. The Indian was no inventor. He grew pop corn before the white man came, but he never built a theatre in which to eat the stuff. Bits Of Verse INCREDIBLE WINTER This is a blue more blue Than June skies or October-- It frolics and pranks and shouts, Denying the whitely sober Look of the earth ben The thrall of winter. Under its ardency The prisons splinter And all of the heart flings ou Abandoned shouting cepted) of tL Dally P Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associa: tion The Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to I or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Street West, Toronto, Ontario; 229 ullding, Montreal P.Q. Offices: 44 Kin, University Tower 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 livery areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JANUARY 14,214 Clear as a song and free Of winter's doubting Bible Thoughts We may imagine ourselves alone and friend- less, but the Infinite father has numbered the very hairs of our heads, so precious are we to him. He watches over us when we are asleep and keeps our pulses throbbing and the breath of life fresh and constant and thousands and thousands of functions of the pody operating that are nameless We are not alone to us Lo, 1 am with you always, even unio the ends of the world. --Matt. 28.20, GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS OTTAWA REPORT How Parliament Does Its Work By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazetle OTTAWA--The purpose of this column is to tell you about the highlights and trends of our par- liarmentary government in this national capital. And in doing this, I try to describe the work performed by our national figures and outstanding politicians of all parties, with special emphasis from time to time on the MPs who represent the 55 constitu- encies where this column is read. The House of Commons meets for 5% hours on four days of each week, for 3% hours each Wednesday, and not at all on Sat- urdays or Sundays, under normal conditions. This 25% hour week does not represent the total work done by your MP in Ottawa. He spends perhaps several hours a day in his office, attending to the requests contained in letters from constituents. Once a week or per- haps more often he meets with his colleagues in party caucus, and again with his colleagues in smaller provincial party caucus if he is a Liberal. And he probably sits on two or three committees during the session. In a year such as this, with a general election expected, your MP will also spend some time mending his political fences around his constituency. These rival claims upon his time, coupled with the lures of drinking coffee, playing cribbage, smoking and "chewing the fat," cut deep into his attendance dur- ing those 25% hours each week when the House is sitting. WORK IN CHAMBER The largest attendance in the house is always for orders of tiie day, at the opening of each day's sitting, It is then that important current topics are introduced by means of questions addressed to some cabinet minister; it is then that the government gives notice of its intended legislation. It is then that the house tends to be at its liveliest and most interest- ing pitch, But during this past week, the shadow of the election has loomed larger than ever, as reflected by absenteeism of members dredging up support for themselves back home To report "A day in the life of your member of parliament' last week, it would have been neces- sary to be in about 150 different places at once. The house today consists of 169 Liberals, 50 Conservatives, 22 CC¥ers, 15 Socreds and three In- dependent members. There are six vacancies caused by the death of the sitting member. Of this house of 269 MPs, I counted 106 only on orders of the day one day, and 109 another day. On one of these days, Conserva- tive Leader John Diefenbaker rose to his feet when Finance Minister Walter Harris moved that the house should go into com- mittee of supply. Mr. Diefenbaker moved that "this house is of the opinion that the welfare of the Canadian people hoa" requires the adoption now national development policy which will develop our natural resources for the maximum benefit of all parts of Canada, encourage more processing of those resources in Canada, correct the present ser- ious unfavourable trade balances, foster wider financial participa- tion »v Canadians in the develop- ment of our resources, and pro- mote greater opportunity and em- ployment for a steadily increasing population," NO CONFIDENCE This of course amounted to a motion of no confidence in the government. I counted no less than eight cabinet ministers listen- ing very carefully indeed to Mr. Diefenbaker ripping into them for inactivity and lack of imagina- tion. In due course, two of their numbers, Mines Minister Prud- ham and Resources Minister Les- age replied on behalf of the cab- inet; the latter falling back on the oft-heard but very weak excuse that natural resources are a pro- vincial responibility, and that the federal government should not and could not interfere with pro- vincial rights by taking any lead to foster such a programme as that sought by the' Opposition. There are of course many ex- amples where it has suited the eral government to trample on provincial rights, notably in the field of taxation; and in that case y the. federal trespass has severely handicapped the provincial gov- ernments in implementing their responsibilities. FOR BETTER HEALTH Mother's Stress Might - Cause Defect In Baby By Herman N. Bundesen, MD) Severe emotional stress exper- fenced by some expectant mothers during early pregnancy may be linked to cleft 'palate, harelip and other congenital abnormalities of the newborn baby. However, it is thought that adequate amounts of vitamins BS, B12, C and other essential nutri- ents in the diet during pregnancy may help prevent such defects. These at least are the indica- tions of experiments and tests conducted by two New Jersey doctors, Lyon P, Stream and Lyn- don A. Peer. SUFFERED STRESS Investigating 232 cases of hare- lip and cleft palate, they found that most of the mothers suffered kind of stress during the eigth and tenth week of preg- nancy, This is the period during which the maxillae, or upper jaw bones, fuse in the human embryo. The emotional distress took various forms. In some cases, there was a death in the family; in others, some member of the family lost a job--or there were other family difficultie some The anxiety of the be- cause t her first g nan was found in 40 per cent of the cases. mother preg SIGNIFIGANT FACTORS Niness such as measles, chick- enpox. diabetes and others, as well as injuries and accidents, also wer significant factors in S0Nig -~SASES. Tests with mice further sup- ported the studies. When mice were exposed to stress at the time when the jaw bones would ordinarily fuse, 87 per cent of them produced off- spring with cleft palate. DOSES OF VITAMINS However, when other mice also were subjected to stress, but pro- tected by massive doses of vita- mins B6, B12, C and other nutri. ents, the incidence of cleft palate was reduced, Since these investigations were conducted, other studies along these lines have been expanded. Scientists are now. seeking to determine = whether such con- gentia! abnormalities can be pre- vented by neutralizing the cata- bolic effect of the stress reaction with anabolic effect of vitamins and nutrients needed for protein synthesis Cleft palate is not uncommon, It oceures in about one of every 770 births The age of the parents doesn't seem '» me a factor, MAC'S MEDITATIONS Striking Results 0f Colombo By M. McINTYRE EOOD One of the great efforts of the western world to raise the stan- dards of living in the South East Asian countries is the Colombo Plan. Yet in recent discussions we have found that very few people in this county know very much about it and about what it doing, We are rather surprised at this, because Canada an important and active part In it. For some years Canada spent $25 million a year to aid countries backward in their development. Last year the amount was raised to $34 million a year. The idea underlying the Colom- bo Plan is to provide backward countries with the means to im- prove their own economy. A nu- clear reactor for India, an aerial survey of Burma's mineral re- sources, a cement plant for Paki- stan, and in building up Ceylon's fishing industry . . . these typify the kind of economic aid brought to Southeast Asia by the Colom- bo plan. In the 1956-57 fiscal year alone, more than two and a half billion dollars is being spent to help the Asians help themselves. ORIGINALLY BRITISH In its initial stages, the Colom- bo plan was purely a Brit ish Commonwealth undertaking. Now it involves 17 nations, in- cluding the United States. The Asian beneficiaries are Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, India, Indon- Plan esia, Laos, Malaya, Nepal, Paki- stan, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines. Concentrated in these underdeveloped countries, accord- ing to the National Geographic Society are 600 million people, more than 25 per cent of the world's pulation, TREMENDOUS PROBLEM The plan, initiated in 1951, was originally scheduled to 'end in June of this year. In view of its success and Asia's continuing needs, the six-year program has been extended to 1961. The prob- lem facing the Colombo planners in 1951 was appalling. Per capita income equalled less than $100 a year. Illiteracy and disease were rampant. Millions were starving on land with a rich productivity otential. 00D OUTPUT HIGHER The plan's primary emphasis was placed on increased food pro- duction. Irrigation projects have reclaimed millions of acres of previously unusable land. Intro- duction of modern farm tech- Jiues has stepped up yields. In India, where there has been a spectacular rise in food output since 1951, the middle of 1957 will see seven million newly-irrigated acres under cultivation. Pakistan will have four million new acres, Thailand over two million. Large- ly responsible for this progress is a series of hydro-electris projects which, besides pro- diag water for irrigation, also power to wing ine dustries, and tames the tion- al Eastern scourge of floods. Lack of adequate roads has prevented farmers from getting . their products to markets before * they spoiled. To offset this, about ,& one-fourth of the jnoliey spent to +i date under the Colombo has * been used to improve communi- | cations. India has modernized - and extended its railways. In ® Thailand, a network of now | runs to the formerly-isolated - northeastern plateau area of fer- tile soil. A ferry across the Me- kong River has opened the bor- der between Thailand and Laos. On the technical front, more than 4000 Western experts have been sent to Asia, and 11.000 Asians have been trained in West- ern methods. The United States | is building a $20 million nuclear research centre in Manila. Cana. da is spending $15 million to build | in India an atomic reactor for re- . search purposes. . k There are other important, even | if not so spectacular aspects of the plan. As a result of it, more han one million Viet-Namese have learned to read and write. Burma is building a pharma- ceutical plant to manufacture its own drugs. The death rate in Cey- lon has been reduced by almost one-fifth. So one could go on with details of this noble experiment in hel ing backward 'peoples to themselves. Southeast Asia is be- ing brought out of the economic doldrums. And as these lands be- come prosperous and contented laces, so will the danger of their alling prey to the Communist ideology be lessened. | | QUEEN'S PARK Hospital Plan ! By DON O'HEARN Special Cor Rant MAC'S MUSINGS We recently attended A conference of editors From all across Canada, At which were discussed Many subjects which had To do with the kind of News services and other Reading material that is Published in newspapers All over this country, One thought that was Expressed during one Of the discussions was . That Canadians, because Of the world-wide nature Of the news published In their newspapers Rank as among the Best-informed people To be found in any Country in the world. This is true because in Canadian newspapers one Can read not only the News of the cities in Which they are published, But also the news of Events all across Canada In most other countries. Canadian newspapers all Take pride in the broad Picture they present daily Of the whole world scene, So that anyone wishing To be well-informed on World-wide events need Only read their pages to Acquire a broad knowledge Of what is going on ir All parts of the earth BYGONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Reeve A. W. Jackson of Whitby was elected Warden of Ontario County at the inaugural meeting of Ontario County Council. Reeve Jackson was elected on the third ballot, his rivals for the honored office were Reeve Byron Stiver of Scott township and Reeve W. J. h. Philp of Brock township. The good work accomplished by the Oshawa YMCA was empha- sized by L. W. Petley, general secretary, at the weekly lunch- eon. A home away from home was the name given the city's most central serving station. Each week, over 250 boys enjoy- ed the four fold privileges of the The Oshawa Bell first aid team was victorious in a rreliminary contest at Brampton in a first aid ition among Tesp » The Dally Times-Gazette TORONTO -- There was great mystery at the finalization of hospital insurance arrangements. Hon. Paul Martin was sneaking in and out of the buildings here like a foot-pad. It was announced from Ottawa on a Thursday that' Mr. Martin would be seeing Premier Frost on Monday. Monday morning Mr. Frost's of- fice officially didn't know any- thing about it, But Monday afternoon Mr. Mar- tin had managed to sift through the walls and was seated in the cabinet council room. The same thing happened the next day. The federal minister supposedly had gone back to Ot- tawa. But when reporters, acting on a tip, waited outside the cab- inet room sure enough he event- ually came out. They didn't get any results for their wait. All Mr, Martin would say was "We are making pro- gress." READER'S VIEWS ,, ,, Supports Idea On Car Buying The Editor, The Times-Gazeite, Sir: I have been interested in a letter signed "OSHAWAN' which appeared in your paper February 7 wherein it is urged that all Osh- awa people should buy General Motors cars and trucks rather than cars and trucks manufac- tured elsewhere In a general sort of way one must come to the conclusion that this is a sound idea Certainly the cars and .rucks manufactured and assembled in Canada by Gen- eral Motors are high in quality and compare with the best produced elsewhere. It is a good rule in all one's personal relation- ships to deal with your friends and benefactors whenever pos- sible, There was a time a few years back when it was difficult tn get the kind of car that most Canadians like and it was at the same time possible for less money to acquire the four wheels and an engine and steering gear that were imported from Europe, I think "OSHAWAN" has the vight idea, namely that com- pulsion or boy~otting is neither advisable nor democratic, but certainly everyone should go along with his idea that, other things being equal, we should deal t home. I frequent.y drive past the as- sembly plant of another manu- facturer in Canada and note that the number of General Motors cars in their parking lot is pretty gh. Telephone ip Yours truly, E. R. SEAMAN. - Mystery Grows The same reply came from Mr. Frost. However there is little doubt the last few knots were tied at the two sessions, Mr. Martin, of course, wants a health program in process by the time of the federal election. And Mr. Frost doesn't want to do anything that will look as if he is cluttering up the wood-pile. SUNDAY PAPERS AUDLEY Family Night Great Success MILDRED PUCKRIN Corres t us 10 1 Pon Slee sat down to a pot-luck supper in the Sunday School room as Suests of the Women's Associa- on. The predseint, Mrs, Bert Guthrie welcomed everyone and then sondusted a short worship service, Mrs. George Squire, a group leader was chairman for a very interesting program. Mrs. L. Saunder played two piano selec tions, Jeanette Astley . a humorous reading. Mrs. G. yd cock played some numbers on the piano di R. McKinzey With two Toronto spapers reported to be planning week-end editions the laws are being stud- ied to see whether they can pub- lish on Sundays. The Telegram has announced a straight week-end edition, but the Globe and Mail is said to have in mind a straight Sunday paper, along the lines of the New York Times which would be designed specifically for sale on the Sab- bath. It has been generally agreed that such publication isn't legal in the province, in a strict sense. But so many other things which would be strictly illegal are being overlooked that there is a possi- bility it will be decided not to bring down special legislation. ane. Sunday L apers together wi a move vies major cha 48 n prospect or Sunday observance laws. Flea Circus I. Going Concern SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- This Tourist city on the Gulf Coast of Florida, where the Ringling cir- cus has wintered for 30 years, now boasts also a flea circus-- the last to survive in the country, its impresario says. Roy Herbert Heckler, trainer, keeper and curator since 1925 of Hubert's Museum on busy 42nd street in New York City, shut up shop last fall and with his wife has reopened a spot north of this city. The program advertises seven acts, including chariot races, jug- gling, playing football, operating a merry - go - round and a flea hotel; fleas dressed in costumes and dancing to music and a flea named Paddy carying a flag and jumping through a hoop. While there are 500 species of fleas, Heckler trains only the "pulex irritans," the common house flea, because of its intelli gence, endurance and length of ife. It took Heckler two years to train himself but it takes only three weeks to train a flea, he said. "I first separate the bright from the dumb with an intelli- gence test," said the professor. gave a reading on a boy's views | about, school. The men's choir sang "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and '"'Bless This House', John Puckrin thanked the ladies for planning this annual fami night. The even closed wit singing of a few favorite hymns, the benediction and the Queen. During the church service om Sunday, the men's choir sang 'Trust and Obey". Next Sunday, Mr. Stephen Saywell of Oshawa will have charge of the service. The Community Club meets on March 2 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Bell. Mr. W. £. Mur- kar of Pickering will be the guest speaker and will show some ple- tures taken on a trip to the wi coast, k 0 x ov : session, chm 10 | four schools on the way. Enterin| the Baggotsville school, through a basement window, he found about three dollars Red Cross money which was locked in a box. Hi also made use of some band-aids for cuts he received. At Audley school he broke the glass in a'fire- door. However he didn't succeed in finding anything to his liking, but left a trail of blood. Six of the ladies from here en- joyed the WA Valentine Tea at Pickering United Church last Thursday. " Roughing If At Miami Beach The $16,000,000 Hotel Fon tainbleau is a paradise for high livers and big spenders. It is the hugest, gaudiest, highest priced pleasure paloce ever erected on the gilded isle, where daily rates during the winter season range from $35 for one room to $175 for o three-room 'presidential suite" ond a steak dinner with wine may cost around $25 or more, It leaves no whim un- satisfied. Read this exciting ar- ticle in the current Saturday Evening Post, now at all news- stands. the local teams of this district, known as che Toronto Suburban District. Members of the Oshawa team were J. H. Connor captain: K. C. Haskill, G. Fleming, Frank Roberts and E. McElray. A. C. Cameron, Fire Chief of Oshawa presented his tenth an- rual report for publication for 1926 showing fire loss to be less than $19,000. Work was started on a new loading dock which General Motors of Canada were building on the north-east section of their property, and south of Alice street, The dock would be six hundred feet long and situated between two vailway tracks. An adjourned tax sale of various parcels of land held at the office of the county treasurer, § Miss E. A. McKay, at Whitby, saw farm land knocked down at the rate of approximately a dol- lar an acre, Lots west of the Osh- awa Golf Club about one-eighth of an acre in size were sold at a dollar apiece and some lots south and east of Cedardale went at about the same figure, St. George's Parish Hall was the scene of a minstrel show given by (he Anglican Young Men's Club members. More than 1300 people saw the show during the three nights presentation and the proceeds were around $300. Stephen Saywell, Si. 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