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The Osha Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont, Page 4 Friday, October 31, 1958 More Nuclear Nations Increase War Dangers President de Gaulle insists that France be included in the ranks of the fiuclear powers. That is why he op- poses an immediate ban on the testing of nuclear weapons, His stand gives point to the observa- tion of the German physicist, von Wez« "aecker, that the world was safe from nuclear extermination only so long as the weapons and the facilities for mak« ing them were confined to the United States and Great Britain in the West and to the Soviet Union in the East. He argued that these powers may flex their muscles and make threatening gestures, but they all have too much at stake materially and morally to fake a chance on starting the bombing that can end only with civilization it~ self defeated. France can be included among the powers that have their own built-in de- terrents against the unleashing of a nu- clear war, But there are other countries that have no such deterrents, The proe duction of atomic ard hydrogen bombs is no longer much of a secret, and it is conceivable that within the next few years several nations could strain their resources to gain the dubious prestige of producing the new, devastating wea- pons, In Neville Shute's novel, "On The Beach," a nuclear war begins when a small country drops a bomb and each of the big powers immediately assumes that the other it to blame, By the time the ghastly error is recognized, it is too late. Now this is not so fanciful as it seems, If nations without any particu« lar moral or materialistic scruples arm themselves with these weapons, the chance of nuclear war will be immeas- urably increased. It is another strong argument for agreement on control of nucelar tests, Canadians And Imports A "Buy Canada" policy at all levels was advocated by J. Herbert Smith, president of Canadian General Electric, in a recént Canadian Club address. He produced some interesting figures to support his argument, In 1956, he said, Canada imported $273 worth of fully manufactured goods for every n.an, woman and child in the country. That same year the United States imported goods to the value of $26 per capita, and the United Kingdom's imports averaged $48 per capita, Even if Canada's imports were cut in half, we would still be the lar- gest net importer of fully manufactur- ed goods in the world, Mr. Smith recalled 'the prediction of the Fathers of Confederation that Can- ada by 1941 woul" have a population of 49 million, and remarked: "If the Gordon Commission's forecast of a to- tal population of 27 million in 1980 is to be realized, Canudian manufactur. ing will be called upon to provide sharply increasing employment oppor- tunities," His suggestions for the crea« tion of these opportunities were: Canadian manufacturers should be allowed to contribute their full poten- tial to Canadian defence through a "Canada First" policy in defence pro- curement and the participation of man- ufacturers in the early stages of wea« pons planning, An agency should be established similar to the U.S. Import-Export Bank to give long-term credit to countries which would like to import from Can« ada, Mr. Smith's alternative: To surrene def not only our natural resources but also an Increasing measure of economic autonomy, which would inevitably" bring about a proportionate decline in political, socipl and e¢ultural independ. ence, Sequel To Bull Fights + 'The report of the Ontario Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the bloodless bull fights at Lindsay last August is rather revealing. It had this to say, in part: "There appeared to be no evidence of injury or actual physical pain to the hulls during the display itself. Because of the temperament of the animals it was not necessary for the promoters to unlawfully provoke them in order that they would perform their part in the 'show. During the exhibition up to 45 minutes of constant prodding with bamboo poles was required to drive the bulls into the ring, and up to one hour and 45 minutes oi chasing and stone- throwing, roping, dragging and prod- ding to get them out so the next show could commence. But a check of the carcasses of the animals after slaught« er by one of our inspectors and vetere inarians failed to disclose any evidence of injury or bruising which could be used to establish , , , a conviction under existing laws." What was all the shouting about? Before the "fights," the promoters had given assurance that there would be no cruelty, and (ha only blood-letting would come if »ne of the matadors got in the way of a bull, As it turned out-- on the evidence of the SPCA « there was far less physical damage done to crntestants than there would be in an average boxing match or footbal. game, On the ground of cruelty to animals, there is obviously little that can be sald in criticism of the Lindsay bull fights. It is as publié entertainment that the promotion must be criticized-- as an exhibition of bad taste. The Reluctant Martyr The Swedish Academy has stirred up more than a literary storm with its award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Russian writer Boris Pasternak. The Soviet authorities are infuriated and the writer has been reviled as a traitor. Pasternak was honored for his work as a poet and translator, and for his novel "Doctor Zhivago," the manuseript of which was smuggled to Italy and published there against the author's wishes, Critics are not agreed on the merit of the book as a literary work, but there is not auch argument about its being a valuable revelation of the oppression and corruption of thought under a Communist regime One is forced to the opinion that it was the novel and not Pasternak's pre- vious work that influenced the Acad- emy's choice There are many other writers in the world with at least as good a claim to the prize as Pasternak, and one novel, no matter how good it The Oshawa Times T. LL WILSON, Publisher and General Manager, C. 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THANKS FOR THE REMINDER 5 OTTAWA REPORT - Witches, Probes And Accusations ¢ By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA ~ Tonight is Hal fowe'en, the night when all the witches and warlocks hold their wicked revels, This is a good time to ask who hunts the witches when the witches are busy hunt. ing witches? Some witches, self - appointed rdi of the Liberal con. science, two months ago image ined that they saw a witch-hunter in every Conservative's . seat in Parliament. But now they are In full retreat all across Can- ada, after taking a sober second look at the exposures of past Liberal misdemeanors, and at the criticism which those exposures stirred up. The House of Commons com- mittee on public accounts uncove ered the fact that the new Gov. ernment Printing Bureau Build- nt was planned to cost $6,000, , but that after four years of construction it had al ready cost nearly three times that enormous price and was still unfinished and afloat on an un- donground river, als tried to drown the shed protest by over-taxed A set up a counter-cry of "witch-hunters," elaiming that the leading Conservative MP on the committee, David J. Walker, 'was being uncourtly in his ques- tioning of witnesses, and was using unfair methods. Many ac- cused Mr. Walker of hunting witches in the style of the late U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. DON'T BE FOOLED This column warned that these Liberal tactics were an unjusti- fied red herring; a partisan po- litical trick to try to fool the tax- payers and to smear the commit tee; an attempt to discredit the damaging findings about the ex- travaganoe and incompetence of the Liberals in power. This column pointed out that "an lotensive and clumsy cam- was being waged to this , especially by the corres- gondents of Liberal newspapers, either in print or over the CBC." Last Friday, Oct. 20, one of the most lurid critics retreated In complete surrender. The Toronto Star, a newspaper never exgotly sympathetic to the Diefenbaker govertiment, published a long statement on its front page under the headline: "Star apology to David J. Walker." It said: "The Toronto Star published editorials which accused Mr, Walker of using unfair tactics in his examination of civil servants, of bullying and displaying rude- ness to civil servants and using third degree methods in his ex- amination of them." The apology then admitted that "These charges against Mr, Walker were unfounded. "The editorials also suggested that Mr. Walker would not allow his political career to be held back by a sense of fair play." Again The Ctar was complete and generous in its retraction. "This comment Was improper and unjustified," it admitted, and concluded: '"P.e Star gladly pub. lishes this apology and expresses its regrets to Mr. Walker." AN HONORABLE COUNSEL That matches the opimion of this column, published two months ago, that 'the leading Conservative on the coinmittee, David Walker, Q.C., has not in any sense, as has been suggested by the critics, damaged either Parliament's dignity or the status of our senlor eivil servants." Mr. Walker has been in Parlia. ment only a short time; but he has been ¢ leading counsel at the bar for a long time. Enjoying the honorable appointment as a Queen's Counsel, he knows how an examination and a Cross. examination of a witness should be conducted with propriety. A Queen's Counsel knows the rules, and does not flout them, es- pecially when he is operating not in an ordinary court of law but, as David Walker was, in the high= est court of the land, Parliament, The Star's criticism, now apol- ogetically withdrawn, overlooked the fact that David Walker com- mands very high fees as a coun sel, far higher than the com. parative pittance pajd to our buck privates in Parliament. He is not seeking a "political career" in Parliament; at the height of his career he is dropping it to do what most wealthy Canadians are too greedy to do. And for this great eredit must be given to Mr. Walker, as to some other MPs. He is devoting his time, at a considerable fi- pancial sacrifice to himself, te try to help our Parliament to make Canada a better place for other Canadians who have been less successful than he has. ed in destroying the author, The enraged Russians have degraded and reviled Pasternak. He is a virtual house prisoner, He may not long ree main even that, but even if he lives it will be as a broken man, The Academy must have known they were passing & harsh sentence on Pas- ternak. One can only hope and pray that it was worthwhile, Other Editor's Views IN SAME BRACKET (Brantford Expositor) A dispatch from London, Ontarie, quotes the Ontario Fire Marshal as saying that a workman who lit a match while investigating a gas leak caused an explosion which blew the house apart and damaged two other dwellings. This seems to be in the same bracket as lighting a match to see if the gasoline tank's empty, 'ONE TONGUE ENOUGH' | (From Coronet) John Milton, the English poet, was asked if he planned to teach his daugh- ters any foreign languages. "No," was the reply, "one tongue is sufficient for any woman." Bible Thought Let us meet together in the house of Gud. within the temple. -- Nehemiah Witholit ch meetings, humanity would still be deep in barbarism. Ne family, ne individual ean absent himself from such meetings without lees. FOR BETTER HEALTH , Bre You Safe Drinker? " Maybe Yes. Maybe No HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD How much can you drink -- safely? I'm speaking, of course, about that social lubricant, alcoholic beverages. Now it Is impossible to set down any hard and fast rules which. | govern everybody. Your capac! may be considerably over or under that of the next fellow. However, we can take an aver. age, and most of you can be gov. erned pretty well by that. ONE OUNCE On the average, a person achieves the optimum stage when he drinks about one ounce of whiskey. This much alcoho: starts to remove a few of his inhibitions and, as a rule, makes him feel relaxed, at least for the time being. Again, on the average, a pers son can metabolize one-half to one ounce of alcohol per hour, By maintaining this rate, the feeling of wellbeing van be continued. NOT SATISFIED But many persons aren't satis. fied at this relatively slow rate of drinking. They try to insure or in orease this rosy feeling by cons suming another drink before the previous one has been burned up. Naturally, the aléolfo: accumu- lates in the blood. As this alco- holie concentration increases, the drinker becomes even more gay, much more. He becomes loud, he WAY even stagger, and be fumbles. In other words, he is drunk. Therefore, from one-half to one ounce of alcohol per Jour (for a maximum of a couple of hours) is just about the safest way for most 'of you who feel that you 'must drink. 1 would like to emphasize that even one drink is too much. for anyone who is driving. The secret of drinking is to use both your judgment and your body. You judge how much your body can accommodate and then permit your body to consume the alcohol from the first drink be. fore you take another, REAL TROUBLE Not many are going to become intoxicated at this rate. A person usualiy becomes drunk when he follows one drink immediately with another and another and an- other. This is when the real trouble begins. \ He becomes an alcoholic when he is unable to control his own compulsion, Please don't misconsirue this column as my permission for all of you to drink alcoholic bever- ates. But for those of you who do drink, this, I think, Is the safest way to do it, QUESTION AND ANSWER A. A.: 1 have had one baby who is a Mongolian idiot What are the chances of an. other one y Answer: The birth of a second Mongoiian idiot is not frequent, However, it is possible, BYGONE DAYS AGO i C 35 YEARS REPORT FROM THE UK. Desperate Shortage Of British Teachers | : i A re Bes? g all sider taking up teaching as a i : £3 ai E 1 | ; E¥ ! i &2 | il | is 1: is i i 5 4 i 2 career, and setting forth the mer- ts, of f t hi toad as a pr In the last year, Sir Ronald points out, there was an increase of 4,300 in the number of teachers in the gphools. But before classes could be reduced.to a reasonable size, it would be necessary for the training colleges to produge 12,- 000 new teachers in a year. But even then, the objective in the smaller size of classes could not be hed until 1968, The Town: Pl © sion considered the advisability of insisting that lots in the new sub-divisions be at least 45 feet wide. John Dryden won first prize in a public speaking contest at Brooklin 'Fair, St. Gregory's Parish celebrat- ed its 80th anniversary. The Dominion Bridge Co., was awarded the contract for build. ing a new 500,000 gallon water tower near Simcoe st. north. The members of the Oshawa Hunt Club took their annual trip north for hunting - deer and moose, Prizes in the South Ontario Crop competition were awarded as follows: best stand of oats, W. F. Batty, Brooklin; W. A, Dryden, Brooklin; W. D. Dyer, Columbus, Best 5 acres of corn, W. F. Batty and C. L. Mackey of Brooklin and R. Heron, Myrtle. J. D, Storie, president of the Board of Trustees of the Osha- wa General' Hospital, received word that the local hospital was included on the approved lst of institutions of the American Col- lege of Surgeons. Particular areas, such as -the due for a sharp reduction, with the possibility of being eliminated entirely. This is the ultimate aim ada of Britain's rubber industry, as revealed by George Beharrell, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company. Mr. Beharrell announced that his company, in conjunction with seven other rubber companies in the. British Isles, have completed plans for the buflding of the Unit- Kingdom county of Essex, the Mjdlands ed 1 Transport Lack Hits Islands DENPASAR, Ball (AP)-Lack of transportation is hitting Bali's tourist industry and "the export trade of the Lesser Sundas. "If only we could improve our transportation and communica tion facilities, we would soon be a plus area and not a minus area," said Governor Tungku Daudsjal. The Lesser Sundas, or Nusa Tenggara island group, stretch from the Indian Ocean to the Banda Sea. The chief ones are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba Flores and Indonesian Timmir. all, an island of temples pat- terned after old Hindu culture, is Indonesia's greatest tourist at- traction. "Now our tourist business Is not as flourishing as it used to be," said Daudsjah. He blamed lack of sea and air transport- ation. The islands need financial help from the. central government in Jakarta to get tourist and export trade rolling. The territory has ved of the foreign PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "It's deplorable that so many people try to get something for nothing," says a sociologist. Yes « and it's downright lamentable that so many of them succeed in doing so. wear blue .have says a psy- "Girls who their minds on men," chologist. Girls have their minds on men no matter what they wear or don't. When schicol 'subjects are taught via television, no doubt many puplls play hookey by switching to other channels. Oh, yes you have the right of free speech, but it is inadvisable for you to make uninhibited us? of this freedom when talking back to a traffic policeman. Even & man with one foot in the grave will drag it out and try to cha » any pretty girl whe may happen to come along. To us "Whistler's Mother" doesn't look as if she were over. worked. She looks as if she were the type of lazy person who is apathetic from over-resting. "Slot machines were played in Greece 2,000 years ago." - Newspaper filler. It seems that even among the highly educated and cultured Greeks there were some suckers. Another tough way to live for most people, which ah increasing number of them are avoiding if possible, is to live within one's income. People whe think for themselv« es aren't vulnerable to snob. appeal commercials addressed to "people who think for them. selves', "Hell fs full of teers!" shouts an eva st. We're sorry to hear that. We wish there were Noon there for many more of them. "Harshly lecturing children is harmful to their personalities,' 'says a psychologist who children listen to lectures. You doubtlessly know quite a few people, particularly women, who are afflicted with. cacoethes logquendi Another diffigult thing one often has to do for the sake of politeness is to stifle a yawn with a convincing smile. For safety"s sake it is hoped the driver in a swivel seat will not yield to fhe temptation to turn around and stick out his tongue at the back-seat driver, "Do you ever have the feeling that you don't exist?" asks a psy- chologist. Well, yes, at times as, for example, when we're try. ing to attract the attention of a Waitress. not r any ald received by Jakarta, an offi cial said. QUEEN'S PARK Tribute Is Paid Grand "Old By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent {so The Oshawa Times TORONTO---They dined an "old pro" in Ottawa the other night. Four hundred friends met at From list of notables had fine words to say about this Ottawa veteran who has been in the Legislature since 1987. Grattan O'Leary, president of the Ottawa Journal hit a true note when he described Mr, Dun- bar as/an "old pro." FITTING TRIBUTE Those friends who know both George and" politics there isn't a more fitting tribute that could be paid him. Check Reactions To Healing Drug reduced by taking.a number of ie By JOHN TALBOT GENEVA (Reuters) -- Penicil- lin has been called "'the queen of drugs," but can this description be upheld in view of the increas- ing number of severe and fatal reactions reported in medical pa- pers? A The World Health Organization asks this question in the current issue of its official publication. Its answer is ves. id Penicillin came into general use in 1943, says the article, but the first death from penicillin therapy was not reported until 1946. Another three years elapsed before a second fatality occurred. DEATHS INCREASE During the last 10 years, how- ever, severe reactions have been reported with increasing fre- quency and the number of fatal cases has multiplied rapidly. By 1955, some 560 severe reactions had been reported, 81 of them fa- tal, and by 1957 it was estimated that some 1,000 deaths from ana- phylaxis due to penicillin had oc- curred in the United States alone. The W.H.O. Article continues: "To obtain a true picture, how- ever, these figures must be set beside the phenomenal increase in the consumption of penicillin that has taken place during the last 15 years. "In 1943, the first year of com- mercial production in the United States, only 29 pounds of crude penicillin were produced, whereas by 1085, the world production of venicillin exceeded B00 tons a: ~ enough to provide 260, 000 courses of treatment of 3,000,000 units each." The increasing frequency with which reactions have been re. ported in recent years thus is seen to be largely a natural cons uence of the vast scale on which penicillin is being used. In fact, the article adds, it is the general absence of untoward reactions that hes ehcotiraged such lavish use of penicillin, "Unfortunately, it has also en- couraged its indiscriminate use. WIDE-RANGE USE "Penicillin has been widely pre« scribed for all kinds of minor ine fections and for conditions in which it is ineffective or not more effective than other drugs. Since it can be bought without prescription, velf « medication is common. The W.H.0. article emphasizes that severe reactions occur only in patients sensitized by previous exposure to the drug. It is known that many of the fatalities that have ogcurved following the leg- itimatg' "use of penicillin have been 'attributable to previous une necessary medication The frequency of severe reac tions to penicillin can be greatly simple precautions, says the W.H.0. article, and it should be possible to eliminate fatalities al- most entirely if the physician giv- ing the injection has at hand the necessary drugs to deal with an emergency. Before administering the peni- cillin, the patient should be ques- tioned carefully regarding previ ous exposure to the dyug and any manifestations of an allergic dia- thesis in himself or his family. When the entire picture is viewed in perspective, it is seen that penicillin does indeed do its task and that there is ample justification for continuing to re- gard it as "'the queen of drugs." "But," the W.H.O. article con- cludes, "not unlike many queens of the past, she may retaliate on those who do not respect her powers." Parents who fieared their little girl had the ('shingles all the way around her waist were re lieved to learn the redness 'vas caused by the chafing of a hula hoop. Pro" will 'teil you Accent the "human." Among the members of Parlia- ments you will find all have an understanding of the needs of some group or section of the communi ty. But it 1s the pro only who has an understanding of the needs of the community at large, and can weigh the respective needs of one part of the community against that of the other, KNOW PEOPLE Another remark of Mr. Dun- bar's is pertinent here. He told the dinner he had "made more votes" in Bowles Lunch than in any "club." Made more votes, yes. But also got to know more about people. The successful politician and the one who makes the best con- tribution is the ome who knows and understands all classes of people--particularly the less well- el . George Dunbar has always been one of these, And it is good to see him getting the recognition he so well deserves, Che House MEN WHO THINK OF TOMORROW PRACTICE MODERATION TODAY DISTILLERS SINCE 1087 of Seagram