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a THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Tuesday April 30, 1957 Hints Of Complacency On Defence Of North America 'A new items which has emanated from Ottawa indicates, to our view, ,a rather dangerous sense of compla- cency on the part of those responsible for the defence of Canada and of North America. This news item says that Canadian defence planners are con- fident that North American defences are strong enough to make anti Rus- sian air assault useless. This makes us wonder if our defence planners are not afflicted with the Maginot Line type of outlook. These planners go even further in whistling to keep up their courage. They say they believe that the Rus- sians are hard-headed enough to real- ize that it would be folly to risk an undecisive blow, realizing the full and terrible counterstroke they would re- ceive in retaliation. There is even more to it. Ottawa authorities believe that some Russian bombers might get through the North American air defences and perhaps make their targets. But they have con- fidence that these defences would so blunt any attack that the Russians would lose the battle. They feel sure that Russia knows this and would not risk such a dangerous gamble. So they are telling us that there is no need for alarm. ; The experience of the second world war proved that it does not do to take anything for granted in war. The French believed they were very safe and secure behind the Maginot Line. It proved useless when the day of attack came. Similarly, the Germans pinned their faith on the Siegfrid Line which was just as ineffective on hold- ing back the allied advantage. We do not think it is wise for the defence planners of North America to take for granted such conclusions as they have already reached. Three years ago, Russia surprised the world by the power and range of the new bombing planes it had produced. These planes were a jolt to the NATO plan- ners. What they might do in the event of an assault on North America is a matter for speculation. But they did serve notice that North America could not afford to be complacent about de- fences. MPF. Kirkland Scholarship Fund It is gratifying to note that steps have been taken by the staff and stu- dents of the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute to honor the mem- ory of its late principal, Maurice F. Kirkland, by the raising of a scholar- ship fund bearing his name. During the many years of his service in the OCVI, as teacher and as principal, Mr. Kirkland made a great contribution to education in Oshawa. What is per- haps more important, he made a great contribution to the lives of hundreds of individual pupils, by the impact on them of his fine personality, It is indeed fitting that graduates of the OCV], as well as the present staff and pupils should have an opportu.ity to keep the memory of his work alive in the manner suggested. With thousands of OCVI graduates out in the world of industry, business and commerce having warm memories of Mr. Kirkland, we are confident that the canvass for cotributions to this scholarship fund will meet with a Alert Electorate Looking back over the records of the last federal general election, we find that 76 per cent of the possible voters cast their ballots on that occasion. The other 25 per cent did not vote. There may have been some good reasons for this 25 per cent of non-voters. As we recall it, that election was held on August 10. Large numbers of Cana- dians were at that time on their vaca- tions. We recall that the election came in the middle of the annual vacation period of General Motors workers. The date of this year's election, how- ever, rules out that excuse for not vot- ing, and normally, there would be » much larger vote this time. It all de- pe~ds on how alert the people are as to the workings of government in this country. It is important to look back at the last election, because the fact remains that if the 25 per cent of non-voters Editorial Notes Vancouver nudists want part of » beach set apart for themselves, claim- ing "the public would soon get used to us." Probably few on the beach would notice the difference, The Daily Times-Gazette T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Man, M. MeINTYRE HOOD, Editor. n-. The Times-Gazette (Osh: com. ace EE Sa Times "established To nd the eepted) azette and Chronicle (established daily (Sundays and statutory holiness' er Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper, blishers Association. The Canadian Press, a Bal of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Assoels- ton The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the mse for republication of all news despatches in the Rover credited to it or to The Associated Press ters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, #9 University Tower Building, Montreal 2 en SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brook! Port Perry Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per ine ly mail Un province of Ontario), outside carrier de ny areas, $12.00 Elsewhere $15.00 per year DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR MARCH 14,867 ready response. We hope that this will be so, not only because of its associa- tion with Mr. Kirkland, but also be- cause of the great need today for schol- ships to assist worthy and capable students to continue their education into higher fields of learning. Every scholarship that is added to the list that is now available is the means of enabling such students to go on to uni- versity when that might not otherwise have been possible. There is one thought which we have in mind regarding the scholarship. We pass it on for what it is worth. During his lifetime Mr. Kirkland was an orna- ment to the teaching profession, which is to day suffering from a dearth of recruits. Possibly the M. F. Kirkland scholarship might be devoted to giving assistance to students intending to en- ter that profession, and who require some financial aid to carry out their plans. That is merely a suggestion, but we h pe it will be found worthy of consideration by those in charge of the fund that is being raised. Is Needed had cast their ballots, the entire pic- ture of the result might have been changed. The Liberals elected an over- whelming majority of the members, yet their tot-l vote was a little less that half of the votes cast. If more of the people had voted, the complexion of parliament could easily have been different. Looking forward to the election on June 10, it is to be hoped that a much larger proportion of Canadians will make sure to cast their ballots. It does not necessarily follow that a heavy vote will ensure better government. But it will at least indicate that the people of Canada are becoming more alert to the responsibilities which rest on their shoulders in the selection of those who will govern them. If the public can give indication of being on the alert, it may stimulate the members of the next par- liament to" take a greater interest in the affairs of government. Bits Of Verse OVER THE HEAD Over the head, blue-- green for the feet, and for the eyes pale pink buds! Oh, warm the sun, and the strong silver wind-sheen bending the sheer leaves. So soon the winter passed; now the singe:s, the newly returned, weaving patter. of nest, and egg, and wide open beak . . , Almost the heart beats too fast, remembering hushed winter. and now this' Gertrude May Lute Other Editors' Views GOOD PLACE FOR THEM. (Belleville Intelligencer' Soviet Defence Minister Georgi Zhukov says that the Soviet Union can "carry atomic and hydrogen weapons to the remotest corners of the earth." The remotest corners of the Earth seem to us an excellent place to which to earry these weapons and we hope that they leave them thers, ' MAC'S MEDITATIONS Over 65 Workers Present Problem "By M. McINTYRE HOOD There has been a good deal in and other periodic ther burden is being placed on wel- departments which ha It is not only retirement at 65 that is creating a problem. There is also the factor that many em- ployers are reluctant or even re- fuse, to employ as new workers those who have just passed 40 rs of age. In this regard, the ational Employment Service has produced some striking figures. Last August, with Canada en- joying a booming economy, there a level. Unless their homes are fully paid for they are able to live only in slum areas. In a recent NES survey of 1138 unemployed Toronto workers 65 or over, it was found that could live Pomiortably wil " a A great class", says this official, ap) - at 65." ven labor leaders ; cerned about this problem. E. A. Forsey, of the research depart- ment of the Canadian Labor Con- men says as: ad : skills of "In a soc) motivated by a desire for improved calendar shows standards, and burdened with the This is a difficult problem results of world tensions, this ap itself A s ih g i ki B fs E 5% one that does not lend pears to raising econo: legislative remedy alone. problems of some consequence." haps, h REASONS GIVEN fermen KEEPS HIM HOPPING were 172, 64. In October last, in the On- =z HE men and women re- . Reasons for retirement at 65 help the worker forced stered as uiring employment. and reluctance to employ new tirement at these, 16,082 were or over workers rized time 36,395 were between 45 and bits Svet % are summy into 65, and at the same Soa give Causda ihe benefit of The cost of pension plans. ae Tn va QUEEN'S PARK OTTAWA REPORT Predicts Harris on the retinas and produce clear As Next Leader By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazeite OTTAWA--"'St.. Laurent will be succeeded as leader of the Liberal party by Ottawa's most able poli tician's politician and least known public politician." I made that remark six years ago to the editor of one of our most widely read magazines as we chatted over a cup of coffee in Toronto, My companion was in- trigued and asked who I was re- ferring to. When I told him, he hardly knew the name of the then 47-year-old minister of immigra- tion, Walter Edward Harris. He asked me about Mr. Harris: What made him tick, why did his parliamentary colleagues in the Liberal party think so well of him, how had I come to conclude so far ahead of time that he would ultimately succeed Mr. St. Laurent? My answers evidently carried conviction, for he asked me to write a profile of Mr. Harris for his magazine. 'The unknown heir apparent" might be an appropriate title, he suggested. HAS WHAT IT TAKES Mr. Harris was unknown, he re- mains largely unknown, and he is very hard to get to know. But to a resident observer here in Ot- tawa, the picture builds up, surely and convincingly, that Mr. Harris has what it takes to be the driver of a present-day political machine. He understands the business; he has an ear to the grass roots where he senses public reaction and desire; he is ever ready to assist and "advise his junior col- leagues. On top of that, Hon, Walter Ed- ward Harris is honest, genuine and sympathetic. For example, as minister of finance he is honest enough to dislike and to try to halt our galloping inflation; he is gen- uine enough to mean it when he says that something must be done to curb our rising government ex- penditure; he is sympathetic enough to feel that his fellow tax- paying Canadians are human beings, not just tax - yielding oranges which tan be squeezed until the pips squeak. THE UNWRITTEN ARTICLE So, I set out to write the profile asked for by that magazine. The 1951 article, intended to introduce the unknown heir-apparent to the dian public, r i n 1957 the unwritten profile. I combed the records; I delved in available press-clipping files; I invaded the National Liberal Federation of- fices; and I searched in vain his department of immigration for the government - paid 'trumpeter' which every cabinet minister keeps in active captivity--every cabinet minister except Walter Harris, that is. u itions, Mr researches yielded the bare propa bones subject's "'curriculum vitae." It did not even yield such interesting personal figures as those euphemistically called in Hollywood "vital statistics' --you knew what I mean, '36, 24, 38" in the case of that box-office film magnet Miss Warmlips Jiggle- walk, The truth is that Mr. Harris is an exceedingly modest man, al- though he has very little to be modest about. It is almost impos- sible to break through his pro- tective crust of reticence, his path- ological dislike of that publicity which is the ripening sun to even the most delicate political flower. So I asked him for an appoint- ment and went to see him in his office. There, I thought, I will be able to gather some information which will clad in warm appeal- ling personal details and anec- dotes the arid bones of his age, birthplace, and political ladder- climbing. SHY PUBLIC FIGURE "What are your interests outside Parliament? Do you read books, or play with your children, or pur- sue some hobby?" I asked him. "No. Politics are my only in- terest," he told me. I shut my notebook, wasted no more of his own or my time, and decided the article could not be written, I had discovered public life's first cold fish. Now six years later, I still know that Walter Harris was born in 1904; is a devout Baptist church- goer and married choir - singer Grace Morrison; has two daugh- ters and a son; was a lawyer in a of m obtain the best vision possible. sharp images. Let me emphasize that only a vision specialist should prescribe ghouting has started glasses. If you need glasses, You n eed the advice of an expert QUESTION AND ANSWER E.M.: I have been troubled with dizziness for a period of six weeks. What would be the cause of it? Answer: Dizzi is d among whic! sure, heart and kidney trouble and disturbances of the eyes or ears. to have a thorough physical exam- ination by a physician to deter- punting" And declared they knew of nothing wrong with the team- sters. mine its cause. BYGONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO The church on Athol owned by she Missionary Taber- nacle Congregation in Toronto name of "Bethel as a unit of the Associated Gos- pel Churches. Labor Committee would cause a certain amount of noise. The expectations have been jus- tified. the word go. MacAula gestion that the Teamsters Union h blood pres- should be brought before the com- mittee. the ball right away, It would be advisable for you COUNTER-CHARGES the committee officially got to- ge! street Uproar. tles with loud noises. And there is was being re-opened under the RO reason lo suppose Church", it wi OLD TECHNIQUE Labor Committee Tumult Started By DON O'HEARN use screams more than logic in its arguments. With the forces it opposed, they were a much more powerful weapon. The nature of opposition has changed sinice then, but the old habit still continues. And a'ong with the reasoned argument of today, one also hears a bit of hys! y Typical is the statement of labor leaders of stature that they have heard nothing wrong with the Teamsters in Canada. If haven't, they must have been blind and deaf over the past few years. PUBLIC CONCERN Just about a year ago, if recol- lection is right, the public was so aroused by the union, and its pol- icy of remote control, that Prem- fer Frost talked of stepping in. And this was only one incident that brought the organization be- fore the public in recent years. Whether the Select Committee should inquire into one union migh. be questionable. But in this case there would seem to be good justification, The T ters have followed a policy of having locals run by ap- pointed "trustees." This policy has a number of dis- TORONTO--The tumult and the It was to be expected that the The noise got under way with Progressive Conservative Bob started it with the sug- And labor spokesmen picked up They blasted Bob for "witch. All of this was on the first day ther. It could herald an uproar in the ar ahead, It would be surpris- g, in fact, if ther. weren't the proar. Labor is used to fighting its bat- it will change the i In its early days labor had to Will be just as lovely. Whitby was the mecea for - the youthful singers, musicians and dancers from Ontario and ad- joining counties when a music festival, noncompetitive, under the direction of Arthur W. Lynde, music supervisor of Whitby, took place. Over 600 pupils partici pated, coming from 22 schools, A feature of the event was a 10 piece boys orchestra under the leadership of Grant T. Lyne of Yhilby. R. A. tor of public Ontario presided. Work was progressing quite rapidly in preparing the Downs- view, Oshawa's public nine-hole olf course on Oshawa Boulevard, or the season. The Oshawa Golf and Country b opened its with all modest way, also a Fr Then the war broke out. in 1939 he volunteered for the army; in 1940 he was elected to Parliament. He is the only cabinet minister who was wounded in action. After 10 years apprenticeship in Par- liament, he was appointed to the cabinet. What else? He is in his fiscal be- liefs so right wing that his civil service advisers are apt to dis- agree vehemently with his '"'hon- est dollar" policy. He is so ac- G cessible to every Liberal MP who seeks his advice--and the advice which he gives is so sound--that they are his supporters to a man, There has, over the past few months, been a flutter of specula- tion that he might be nosed out for the Liberal leadership in the convention which follow St. Laurent's retirement -- probably next year. But his nearest rival, Hon. L. B. Pearson, has slipped so badly over his handling the Norman case that today the know- ing money is staked only om Harris. FOR BETTER HEALTH Three Types Of Myopia Can Demand Attention By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN MD While we generally Ay a per- son is nearsighted and let it go at that, there actually are three broad varieties of nyobia, or nearsightedness. The ordinary, or most frequent type, attacks eyes that are other- wise normal. Generally, this type of visual difficulty oceurs in. chil- dren between the ages of eight and 16 who are very fond of read- ing. We suspect that heredity has something to do with it. USUALLY STABILIZES Although it might become worse as the child grows in size, it usually becomes fairly stabil ilized by the time adulthood is reached. A more dangerous type of near- sightedness is termed progressive myopia. Almost always this (ype strikes a sickly child, whether he likes to read or not Its advance is rapid and is ac companied by a destructive pro- cess which might terminate in blindness. Fortunately, few per- sons suffer from it MIDDLE AGE The third type begins with mid- dle age. While many victims seem to be in perfect: health, it usually attacks those with poor general health or unhealthy eyes. Sometimes, we believe, it re- suits irom certain blood disorders. Nearsgightedness occurs jn some rsons because their eyeballs are too long from front to back. In such cases the light rays from objects any distance away come to a focus in front of the retinas, This results in blurred images. FOCUSING DIFFICULTIES Other victims have similar fo- cusing difficulties because the lenses of their eyes bend the light rays too sharply. No matter what the cause of the trouble, all victims of myopia require glasses which will bend the light rays so that they focus Clu 18 holes, regular greens in per- General Motors Employes re- turned to work following a 17 day strike for union 'recognition and better working conditions. A musical and dramatic even- dents will have to first master ing under the auspices of the Ly- anese bef tering i ceum Club and Women's Art As- Japanese DIS elering 180 ie sociation was held at the Hotel ha with ol the am under the direction ment for an exchange of staff and students with Japanese universi- : ties has been made by the pres- dy ident of the university of British > \ Columbia. returned here from a three-week Japanese tour during which he gave several addresses on the theme: , "The place of universities in fect condition for golf enthusiasts. ety absorbing Japanese students here for English is a second language to them. 1 part of and 1 attend UBC, agreeable features, and has been widely questioned publicly. As Mr. MacAulay said, he spoke against it in the House a year ago. QUEBEC (CP)--Eleven firem Certainly it would seem proper were slightly injured early for the committee to form an opin- day while battling a fon on whether this policy favored fire which destroyed three w. good industrial relations. houses with loss estimated FAIRBANKS-MORSE DIAL SCALES FIREMEN INJURED UBC. Japs Exchange Students VANCOUVER (CP)-- Arrange- oench or portable dial scale, or portal Whe Great new Fakrbonia Mare The. As modern as tomorrow, these scales are completely new . . . from dial chart fo lever system. Nothing has been thet would contribute te vimost accuracy, tvggednem, long ie, sate of we, imped "The exchange in the first maintenance and services. lace will be nearly all ene way. il ' They're modern . . . sireamiined . . . t will be comparatively easy "oie, ns favre bucked by more scale "imow-how". In Toronto: 137-167 Harbour Se. Tel. EMpire 8.8321 Dr. N. A. M. McKenzie has just moting an . international so- "On the other hand, our stu- At present 12 native Japanese Canadian-born Japanese the progr of Leonard Richer, Mrs, W. G. Corben was in charge of the dramatics. Mrs. D. Rollo, low was named winner of the Blanket Club draw. Two quilts were raffled and were won by Mrs. W. Skirrow and Mrs. D. Brown. Mrs, C. Vernon and Mrs, A Twine were lucky win- of {] ted as chairman of the e Improvement Plan Committee of Oshawa, Two new members in the = sons of 8. A. Bone and Jack Brown, city engineer, were init- {ated and welcomed to the Kins- men Club by the president, Rob- ert Lundy. Prince Mingles With Welsh Folk CARDIFF, Wales. (AP)--Prince Philip ducked quietly out of an official city reception Saturday and mingled with thousands of Welsh folk. His bodyguards didn't notice him go. The result: A near-melee as dozens of surprised women fought to get close enough to touch Queen Elizabeth's husband. Policemen were called in to hold them back, Philip spent some time strolling among the throng, pausing now and again for a chat with people he met. After returning to the re- ception he told Cardiff officials: "'I just wanted to meet the people." Philip visited the Welsh capital to receive the freedom of the city. Hink of morrow practice moderation 4 OF INTEGRITY AL crarrsmansiny & TRADITION 47 Che House of Seagram Distillers since 1857