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| She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. $., Oshawa, Ont. bas | 1 ! Poge 4 Thursday, November 6, 1958 N ews Flow Threatened y Increase # is imperative that as free a flow of nes 'as possible be maintained be- twhefi countries of the Commonwealth, At important factor in this flow is the Coshmonwealth press rate, a fixed rate of .& penny a word--a rate now enjoy- edi by much of the world's press. Any bopst in this rate must inevitably re- dupé' the flow, at a time when it is vi- tally important that it be increased in a world that demands improvement instead of a worsening of communica- tions between nations, An attempt to increase the rate is being made by some governments and telegraphic companies, The .move is being opposed by newspapers not only because it would mean a considerable increase in costs but also because it will inevitably be a new impediment to the flow of news--a commodity that is not the exclusive property of the newspapers but rather a trust, for the enlightenment of the whole world com- munity, The matter of cost is serious enough for newspapers. The costs of produc- tion have increased and still are in- créasing at a rate that quite properly has been described as shocking. Any newspaper worth the name spends a good deal of money on telegraphic In Rates communications, directly or indirectly, An increase in the press rate would mean that many of the newspapers could not carry the added burden. Their only recourse would be in a re- duction of the amount of telegraphic news carried each day. The great losers, then, would be readers all around the world, We can talk as much as we like about the need for free communication in a frec world, but we cannot be very serious about it if we permit agencies within the free world to put a barrier in the way of that communication, It is something we cannot blamc our enemies for; it is not a Communist plot to impede and subvert understanding between na- tions; if we permit it, it is our own do~ ing The London Times has already asked Britain's Prime Minister Macmillan to join the battle, Other British newspa= pers are following the lead of the Times. In this country, the newspapers have a duty to impress on Mr, Diefen- baker and his government the importe ance of maintaining the strength of this vital link betweer Commonwealth countries, This is no whining plea for help from the feceral government, but the discharge of a responsibility . by newspapers to their readers. Miner And A Governor Maurice Ruddick is quite a guy. He is known as "the singing miner.' Trapped in the depths of Springhill's No, 2 Colliery, he kept up the spirits of his mates with his songs and his laugh- ter, They called him the real hero of the disaster, He refers to himself jok- ingly as a "boogie," because he hap- pens to have Negro blood in his veins. The rescued miners were invited to spend a paid holiday in Georgia by the state's Governor, Marvin Griffin. Then the good Governor learned that one of the miners was a mulatto, and he has- tily pointed out that Georgia's segrega- tion laws would still apply. That would mean that Mr, Ruddick would not be sble to stay in the same hotel as his friends, or travel with them in public vehicles or even go to the same wash- room. He is an equal in Springhill, but nat in Georgia, 'One could have expected Mr, Rud- dick to tell Mr, Griffin what to do with his invitation, But Maurice Ruddick is not only a singing, jovial man -- he is a big man, He decided to accept the in- vitation, "I know that if I refused to go be- cause of the segregation angle, my mates would refuse also," he said, "I got to thinking that I could always get along with anybody if you turn me loose anywhere." He did not want his mates to lose the holiday. The reaction of his mates? 'There was no segregation down that hole and there's none in this group. But if we make an issue, we know Maurice will feel very bad about it because he'll be~ lieve he is spoiling our trip." We are glad that Mr. Ruddick has decided to go along, He and his mates may give the segregationists some glim= mering of an idea of what brotherhood means and how people live together with respect and dignity outside the color curtain of the Deep South. It isn't likely to hapnen, of course, but' the Springhill miners already know the meaning of miracles, In any case, vhom would you prefer to have as a friend--Maurice Ruddick or Marvin Griffi? Improving The Debates One of our columnists recently ob- served that Mr. Diefenbaker was not as effective an orator in the Commons as he was before becoming Prime Minis- ter, That is understandable, He must be careful of his speech--an ambiguous word or phrase could give an entirely wrong impression of what the govern- ment is trying or proposes to do. At the same time, he realizes that the House of Commons is properly a place for de- bates that will reveal and illuminate rather than impede and bore. To put more life into the debates, he would like to shorten the speeches and re- move the desks All too often the proceedings of the Commons are not debates at all They are simply a succession of members reading speeches that may even have been by someone else, Since members are not supposed to read speeches, the prepared material is con= veniently réferred to as "yoluminous notes." A "ood many of these speeches are not intended to interest the listen= but are simply pieces of dictation written ers, specifically designed to be recorded in Hansard: the member then can send copies of Hansard or reprints to the people he was really interested in, This is no new development. Back in 1900 Sir John Bourinot, then Clerk of the Commons, remarked: "Members make long speeches for Hansard and then circulite them to their constitu- lye Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette: and Chronicle (established 1863 s published daily (Sun- days and statutory holidays excepted Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news publisned therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices 44 King Street West 640 Cathcart St, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajex, Pcikering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Ororio, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rag- lan, . Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers' delivery areas, 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year. AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16.166 Toronto, Ontarlo; ents, No paper reports them; no one listens." And 850 years ago Harold Spender, the British parliamentary cor- respondent, was saying: "I would sug- gest to Canadian parliamentarians that the most efficient reform would be to take away the desks and compel them to listen to one another." Without the desks members could not spend their time in the Commons reading and writing -- but not listen- ing. Without desks, they would find their 'voluminous notes" much hard- er to handle. Without desks it would be much more difficult for members to use the Commons as a place to catch up on lost sleep. If they were at their places in the House, they would almost be forced to pay attention to what was going on, Debate could not help but im- prove, particularly if the length of speeches were cut, With all this' accomplished, the only problem would be to persuade mem- bers that they were sent to Ottawa to spend at least a reasonable portion of their time in the House, Other Editor's Views ABOUT GOVERNOR FAUBUS (By Hy Gardner in New York L} Herald Tribune) " wonder if Governor Faubus, whe won his high school diploma at the age of twenty-three wants to keep the schools closed long enough to make sure that twenty-three becomes the standard age at which all Little Rockers win their sheepskin spurs, MORE CANADIAN BABIES (Ottawa Journal) Mrs. Fairclough, speaking in Boston, carried the glad tidings that the "birth rate in Canada now is one of the high- est in the world, even exceedng that of some Asian countries." This is accept- able news but must we add to our wore ries the fear that the Asian countries will begin speaking of the paleface peril ? Bible Thought Whose goings forth have been from of old, from cverlasting--Micah 5:2. Some of us plan a day or a week or a year ahead. The Creator planned countless ages ahead, We are a part of His plan. Lat ue slay sur mart * countries as YE shore ISCAND® THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA OTTAWA REPORT Diplomatic Jobs Toughest To Get By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA-The most sought-af- ter jobs in our federal civil ser- vice are those as diplomats, who represent our country abroad in the various grades from ambas- sador to third secretary, These are also the hardest jobs to at- tain on the government payroll, $70,000,000 budget of the department of external affairs provides for the operation of more than 70 missions in foreign well as the head- quarters here, The total. staff of the department is about 2,000 but the elite are the less - than - 350 foreign service officers who are the working diplomatic staff. The others are administrative, cler- ical and technical help who smooth the way for the front men. The foreign servic e officers normally join "external'"' when they are about 25. During their 40-year career, they Have the opportunity to work their way up steadily to ambassador if suc- cess ultimately crowns their abik ity and they keep their social skirts clean. To get into external as an em- bryonic striped-pants worker, the candidate must have. the basic qualifications of youth, citizenship and education. A man or woman not more than 30 years old may seek admission, 'provided he or she has British Commonwealth citizenship, has been resident in Canada for 10 years, and holds a university degree, COMPETITIVE TESTS If the candidate meets these requirements, there is then a stiff exam, written and oral. Finally, each candidate who passes must hope there will be enough va- cancies to reach down the list as far as his name. Normally a va cancy only occurs through retire- ment, at the usual wage of 65. But there are also voluntary resignations, transfers and the creation of new posts which en- able the ambitious to enter our foreign service. The exam is in two parts. First there is a written test lasting 2% hours, designed to reveal the de- gree of knowledge and interest which the candidate possesses in the field of Canadian and inter- national affairs. Then there is an oral exam, only for those who shine in the written, This is largely an interview designed to explore whether the personality , and presence of the candidate measure up to the required standard for officials who will represent Canada in other coun- tries. To show the kind of probing carried out by the examiners, the department has just published the latest examination paper. The following were some of the 12 questions of which two required essay answers: "What would be some of the results of the application to the contemporary world of the prin- ciples of Adam Smith?" "What features of Canadian life should a government . sponsored information and cultural program try to project abroad?" "Is Canada a 'welfare state'; should it be?" 'Suggest means by which inter. national law could effectively make for a more orderly world." FEW ARE CHOSEN That prominent Montreal jour- nalist James Oastler, long one of Ottawa's best - informed writers, has just drawn my attention to the unusually small pere.ntage of successes achieved In this exam. No less than 273 young men and women entered this year's exam, and only 47 passed. Less than half of the successful ones were admitted to vacancies in external, and the 25 unlucky ones can only wait patiently and hope that further vacancies will arise to admit them, Any candidate for our civil service of course has to meet the requirements by examina- tion. But the general civil serv. ice exam is not comparable to the tough external test; it might be said that the commissioners of the civil service don't test a candidate's head, they only count it The rewards in external, how- ever, are high enough to attract the best of Canada's youth, and the job needs that. Starting at $4,200 a year as a Grade 1 for- eign service officer, the young diplomat can aim to rise to a Grade 10 at $16,000 a year, to be under secretary of state in Ot- tawa at $18,500, or to be a top- ranking ambassador -- said to France--at $14,000 plus a tax- free 'living and representation allowance" of $28,000 in that country but at lower rates else- where. Retirement normally comes at 65, with the usual gen- erous civil service pension, FOR BETTER HEALTH Virus Might Of Multiple HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. Scientists are taking a new line of investigation in their search for the cause and cure of multiple sclerosis. They are checking the possible role that herpes simplex, a very .common virus, might play in the MS picture Such an investigation was sug- gested recently by 'a Cincinnati physician, Dr, Albert B. Sabin, at a meeting of the National Muitiple Sclerosis Society. THIRTY-ONE PROJECTS There are already many lines of investigation of the exact na- ture and cause of MS. In fact, the National Society alone is sponsor- ing 31 such projects at the present time. : But Dr. Sabin's suggestion is important because the herpes sim- plex virus is so extremely com- mon that most persons are in- fected by it at some time during . their lives. Generally, however, it causes an acute skin inflamma- tion Now of course not everyone in flected by it contracts multiple sclerosis, a chronic and usually progressive disease of the cen. ma) narvous wetem hnain Vv Be Cause Sclerosis and the spinal cord. And apparent. ly not all multiple sclerosis pat- lents are inflected with the herpes virus. Then why the interest in herpes simpiex so fai as multiple scler- osis is concerned? Well, Dr. Sabin found the same incidence of antibodies for the herpes virus -- 83 per cent -- in two groups to whom he gave sera tests, The tests were con- ducted on 47 healthy adults and 47 persons diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. SAME THEORY Dr. Sabin is not the first to suggest the possibility that MS Is caused by a virus, but his work did help to bring it to public attention, Others, too, have ad- vanced this theory from time to time There are other theories, too. One is that MS is caused by allergy: another that it is caus- ed by inadequacies or excesses of daily diets, and still another is that metabolic or vascular dis- turbances might he to blame Thus far, none of these theories has been corraporated To andan fam a wie BYGONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO A. J. Parkhill was elected president of the newly formed Oshawa Kiwanis Club Mayor R. B. Smith was elected vice-presi- dent: J. B. Waterous, secretary, and T. W, Joyce, .reasurer, Oshawa was far ahead of most cities in disease prevention with 60 percent of the school children immunized from diphtheria. The Little Theatre movement was received with great enthusi- asm. John Craig, director, was pleased with the results. Members of the City Planning Board unanimously approved the project t+ extend Golf St, north- werd to make another north and south main artery. GMC announced that in the future Chevrolet cars would be "all-Canadian made." The vol- ume of sales had warranted their manufacture here. The population of Oshawa showed an increase of 3,530 over Yet bring the previous year to total to 24,139, Venerable Archdeacon Warren, of Toronto, laid the cornerstone of Christ Anglican Church, which was under construction. Rev. R. B. Patterson was the rector. A carload of furniture arrived for the new Genosha Hotel, GMC announced that $80,000 would be spent to put a basement under the stamping plant. The additional space would double the capacity of the plant and 300 additional men would be hired. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Why is it that a person who has nothing to do always wants a busy person to help him do it? A driver who goes to sleep at the wheel is lucky if he wakes up in a hospital--lucky, that is, to wake up. Possibly the average person would b> happy if he had all the money he wanted--if there were that much money. The general world situation has got on the™nerves of some people to the extent that they wouldn't much care what hap- pens if it would only go ahead happen. He who leans over backwards in being fair runs the risk of receiving a hard jab to his solar plexus. "Newborn babies ery because they are uncomfortable," says a pediatrician. Maybe so, but some believe they cry because they are from disappointed to disgust- ed with the kind of world they landed in. "A man killed himself in INaly because he had lost all his hair." --Press report. At that, one won. ders if he didn't have about as much on his head as in it. A skunk that blundered inte the US. headquarters of the GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Ike's Work In Crisis Considered Just Fair By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Tuesday's vote * the U.S will what the election figures mean in terms of the 1960 Presidential election. Whatever the regults may imply in regard to the lead- ership President Eisenhower has been giving, Canadians are like- ly, in the main, to rank his work as only "fair." Almost half the Canadian voting public put the job Mr. Eisenhower has done through the recent critical per- fod of world history in this cate- gory. About a third think it should be termed "excellent." About ome in ten is down-right , and the rest don't er's work as held by voters across Canada. In Quebec pro- vince, for instance, well on to twice as many rate it as "'ex- cellent" compared to the West- ern provinces, In Ontario more than half will say "fair" only. . CELLENT, INTING? A JOB DO PRESIDENT EIS- IS DOING -- EX- FAIR, OR DISAP- WHAT KIND OF YOU FEEI ENHOWETF PO Nationally, the voters line up ranks: : in these BE Most Nkely to call Mr. Eisen- hower's record "disappointing" ar the men and women who are in the C.C.F., Social Credit and other parties outside the Liberal and Tory fold. In these groups 1 14 100% p The ' regional comparisons . show the strong contrasts of op- inion on the work the has done as leader of the U.S. Mar, Que. Ont. West 34% 40% U% 2% 51 46 4 13 19 A 2 12 12 v 32 per cent give Mr. Eisenhower - this low rating, compared to 9 per cent among Conservatives .. and only 10 percent among Lib- eral adherents. World Copyright Reserved a QUEEN'S PARK School Salaries In Liberal Plan By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Oshawa Times By DON O'HEARN TORONTO---One definite plank in the Liberal platform would ap- pear to be the paying of school teachers salaries by the province. Mr. Wintermeyer hasn't an- nounced the platform, and still hasn't said positively he will in- clude the salaries plank. But it is a suggestion he has been throwing out now for nearly a year, and unless it receives some particularly destructive criticism there is an almost cer- tain chance of it being a main point, TWO AGAINST PROPOSAL To date the proposal has been opposed by the teachers associa- tions and the CCF party. How much this represents two different fields of thought is ar- gueable. It has always been assumed there is a strong CCF element in the teachers' leadership. By temberament and character the two have a natural affinity . . . both bv nature stressing theory as opposed to practicality. NO ROUNDED CRITICISM Neither group has brought out a rounded or deep criticism as The essence of .the teachers complaint has been a fear they would be regimented. CCF Leader MacDonald bas argued the remote point that the plan would tend to lessen interest in local politics. Neither takes into account the emphasis in the Liberal proposal of continuing full local autonomy. And neither has apparently tried to take a real look at the ad- vantages of the plan. WOULD EASE FINANCES A prime one of these, of course, would be to ease the problem of municipal financing, A further one should be to help smaller municipalities get better teachers. Again, it would give a central status, and thereby the standing of the profession, could be bet- tered, GOVERNMENT STAND? Against this there is the possi- bility the plan admittedly would tend to a certain amount of regimentation in that bargaining for the teachers would be on a province-wide basis. Then, of course, there must be the question if this is a desirable way of assisting the munici- palities. The observer would like to see what the government's position is on the plan. : A guess would be that it won't debate it head on, but will resort * to the general argument of the lack of money in its till. A scientist says he's on the verge of discovering what is holding the universe together. If and when he finds it, we'd feel much more secure if he'd tie a knot in it. An expert on aging advises old- sters to keep their sense of humor . . and seek out things to laugh about. Those with a macabre - sense of humor can find many things to laugh about by keeping up closely with the news. The front grillwork of the 1959 cars isn't nearly so massive as that of models of recent years. It seems the industry eventually . learned it was futile to try to. bluff the pedestrian. i CITY OF In recognition of t | hereby take pleasure of November as Home City of Oshawa. part by becoming an attending its meetings. and you will benefit thro special attention to the this organization. PROCLAMATION NOVEMBER 1S HOME AND SCHOOL MONTH by the Home and School Associations in Oshawa, Citizens may observe Home and Schl Mon by becoming better acquainted with the ex t service being rendered to phy in Ontario' by the link of the Home and School Association. If you are a parent of a child attending our Public Schools ond you are not'yet a member of the Association. in the area of your school, you may take an active | am pleased to give my support and approval to the idea of setting November as the month for LYMAN A. GIFFORD, OSHAWA he good work being done in proclaiming the month and School Month in the Association member and Your school, your child ugh this closer association. great work carried on by Mayor control: whereby the fi TIME IS RONNING 007 FOR BONUS Months en Semi-Private Hospital Coverage A Ble Cron FEATURE ON THIS INITIAL PRESENTATION ONLY Individuals enrolled for Ontario Hospital Insurance, effective Janmary 1, 1959, will receive three months' coverage for their initial ome moath 's payment. Blue Cross is extending the same bonus feature to all individuals enrolling for semi-private coverage effective January 1, 1959. o< . but time is renning out. Te be eligible for this extra benefit, your application must be made without delay. Mail the application form below, sogether with your remittance toe ONTARIO NOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION TORONTO 7, ONTARIO criminal hood! who d. it; schools and churches came out hurriedly, holding his nose. as the main cause of MS it would have to possess these properties: It would have to be capable of lying dormant in the nervous sys- tem and be provoked into repeat- ed bouts of activity, and it would have to attack the glial cells which regulate formation of mye- lin sheath, a substance which sur- rounds the nerve fibers of the central nervous system and which degenerates in cases of multiple sclerosis. QUESTION AND ANSWER R. G.: Does tropical climate have any effect on diabetes? Answer: Warm, dry climate would have no effect on this con- dition. 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