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The Osha Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe tS, Oshawa, Ont. -- Page 4 Friday, December 5, 1958 ! Display of Confidence Or Remarkable Apathy Fewer than three out of every ten eligibte--voters went to the polls in Osh- awa's civic.election this week. There were 29,414 names on the voters' list, and 8048 people cast their ballots, for a voting percentage of 27.36. There was no mayoralty contest to add to the election excitement, no by- law proposals to be considered and no controversial issues to be decided. Even so, it was an important election, . be~ cause the mayor and council now have a two-year term to serve. The few who did vote apparently had this in mind, because they showed their preference for experience. The new council has only one change from the one voted in last December, and that brings back an ex- perienced alderman, Gordon Attersley It will be a sound council, but that's no credit to the 73 out of every 100 vo- ters who were too lazy to travel the short distance to the polls Crisis, Made Berlin is no Quemoy or Matsu, Hand- ing the Chinese off-shore islands over to the Communists would mean little more than 1éss of face for Chiang Kai- shek and his Nationalists. Handing Ber- lin ovér to the Communists would be a major defeat for the West. The Berlin problem involve existence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the status and form of a united Gm any and of the Western powers throughout world. It would be a major the democracies. Virginia reviewing | the Berlin paper (ssued by the Canadian lustitute Internationel Affairs, recalls that af Poevdam in 1045 the victorious agreed that Ger. many would be placed under four-pows- er rule and that Berlin should be set aside withir Russian of occu=- ® pation as an allied centre to be admin- istered by the commanders, The main occupation agreement con- tained no provisions for specific routes of access to Berlin, which were defined in later agreements between the milit- ary commanders. At the time, it seemed expedient to demonstrate faith and goodwill to the Russians, who soon demonstrated that had neither faith nor goodwill, The Russians walked out of the Al- lied Control Council in March, 1948. Soon after this interference with the traffic to and from Berlin and the West hegang and developec into a full-scale blockade. The West defeated it with 'he famous air-lift In the fall of {transferred control of 'traffic into Berlin to the East Ger- imans. Then the Russian commandant Finformed the American commander that {East Berlin was no longer "an occupied \ and that the East {sector of the German republic a sovereign state with Berlin as its capital. The Western Powers regarded 'his as a partial { abrogation of the four-power agreement on Berlin the authority on which rest- red the allied occupation of the city. The IRussians, however, did not follow through with a demand that the West- ern Powers also leave Berlin, so there Twas no change in the: administration of the western part of the city Then last month Khrushchev: lit a fire «under the Berlin issue once more by f declaring that "The Western Powers have long since destroyed the legal basis of their presence in Berlin . Obviously the time has come for the !signatories of the Potsdam Agreement to do away with what is left of the oc- Zcupation regime in Berlin and thus make it possible to create a normal at- mosphere in the capital of the German » Democratic Republic, The Soviet Union {for her part will hand over to the sov- %ereign German Democratic Republic Bible Thought 1 will both lay me down in peace jand sleep, for thou, Lord, only makest sme to dwell in safety. --Psalms 4:8, . We are not traveling a robber-infest- 'ed highway when we walk in the Way the me the prestige the defeat for Kerkheide situatior \ of allies the zone they 1955, the Russians non-military city" was 5 he Oshawn Times ¥ eT, \. C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times WILSON. 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Y Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c (per week. f gy mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas, 12400; elsewhere 1500 per veor AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 Toronto, Ontarie; corriers In Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Port Perry, Princes Frenchman's Bay, Not since 1947 has Oshawa had such a dismal voting record. In that year the percentage was 25.07, and it was a vote on a money bylaw only. The highest percentages = were recorded in 1946 (50.24) and 1052 (51.624). In both those years there were lively mayor= alty contests and strong contention for council and board of education seats, In 1946, too, there was a proposal for a community centre, to be built on the present site of Oshawa Central Collegi= ate Institute, Even with lively contests and contro= versial issues, it seems, only half of the city's voters think it worthwhile to ex- press an opinion by way of a ballot, It is either a remarkable display of con- fidence in the type of person who runs for office in Oshawa or a dismal dis= play of apathy. Probably it is a combi= nation of both. In Russia those functions still held by Soviet au- thorities in Berlin..." This new crisis created by Commun=- ist moves has given rise to all kinds of speculation as to what the Soviets hope to gain. The most obvious solution, Miss Kerkheide points out, is that they are trying to force Western recognition of their puppet state in East Germany b, forcing the- West to deal directly with it if the; wish to maintain thein supply routes into Berlin, Some West= sources are inclined to believe that Khrushchev was trying to impress the Eastern Europeans with the dangers in« herent in a resurgent West Germany-- they should look to the Soviet Union for protection, He may "ave been 'vrarning the West Germans that their survival lies in dealing with the Soviet Union. He has said that West Germans "cannot forget the geographic position of West Ger- many, which in view of the present mil- itary technology, would not survive one day of modern war." Ernst Lemmer, West German minis- ter for All German Affairs said that he believed that a four-power confer- ence would have to be held next year and that the Russians were, by threat- ening the security of V.est Berlin, try- ing to build a strong pre-conference position. In support of his thesis is the apparent Russian desire to. force a surhmit conference on Berlin at which, under the threat of a new Berlin block=- ade, the Soviet could dictate the terms. The Russians plans in Germany call for separate peace treaties for East and West Germany. Since the Communists know that the West will not accede to such terms, they now apparently seek to substitute the threat of force as a pre- paration for a summit meeting. The Institute's writer suggests that the Russians may be preparing a bold new proposal for a German peace trea- ty. They may offer a bargain-sweeping political concessions to a neutralized, united Germany in return for German withdrawal from NATO, The idea of a neutral, united Ger- many has many advocates in the West. There are two strong arguments against a deal of this sort with the Russians, however, The Russians haev tried for years to destro: NATO: the removal of Germany would at least seriously weak- en it. Even this could be considered a reasonable bargain, however, if it meant a united and independent Germany and an honest disengagement between East and West in Central Europe. But there is the second argument: the Russians still have to prove that they will honor their commitments, In the first two years tol- lowing the Potsdam Agreement, they broke no less than 32 clauses in that agreement -- and the new Berlin crisis indicates that they are still at it. taught us by Christ. We can fall asleep with complete safety if God is on guard. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that secketh * him. --Lamentations 3:25. Yet many regard God as a stern Judge and forget that He is a loving Father too and a wonderful Friend, often when all others turn from us. 'Ne are exceedingly filled with con- tempt.--Psalms 123:3, I' we regard our own false steps with contempt it is well, for we then will turn from them, 2 . A . : Other Editor's Views RESCUE CHARGE RATES (L'Aurore, Paris) Paris police have announced in municipal® bulletin the rewards to paid the rescuers of people who into the Seine river If you save them merely by offering your hand, a rope or the end of a stick, you will get $5.25 - If you use a boat. you'll receive $12.50. If you have to swim, the reward rises to $20, and to $25 if you have to use special heroism, the be fall Zon EA * lie LORD SPARING ME, 1 AM GOING TO FIGHT THIS AS HARD AS T KNow --* -- ON HIS PLANS FOR THE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER NXT TWO YEARS 'HORATIUS ON A SHAKY BRIDGE OTTAWA REPORT % Stornoway Given Life Once Again \ By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--On one of the nar. row winding streets of Ottawa's favorite tree-lined suburb stands a house, named only hy a board: "Beware of children" That was a relic of wartime days. when the refugee Queen Juliana of the Netherlands lived there and raised her family Since then, the old home, named Stornoway, was bought by a group of Liberal and Conserva- tive supporters, to be the official Ottawa residence of the leader of the Opposition in our Parliament Mr Drew lived there for a until about a year afte his resignation. Neither Mr. John Diefenbaker nor Mr. Louis St, Laurent, as leader of the Opposition, wanted to live there, so the house re- mained empty. But now it has come to life again, and the board warning about children has been removed, as Opposition Leader Lester Pearson and his wife have moved in, perhaps sorry to leave their upper duplex in Ottawa's old-fashioned Sandy Hill district, just behind what is proclaimed as Maison Laurier. That is not, as it sounds, a beauty salon; it is where Prime Minister Macken- zie King lived for nearly 30 years. LOWER WINNIPEG A TV fan here recognised the face of Charlie Lynch when she recently saw him in flesh and blood for the first time, and praised his broadcast talks. Then she turned to his companion and asked 'Are you on TV too?" "No, " replied Vie Mackie. *'1 write for the Winnipeg Free Press." "Oh," flashed the unexpected retort. *'I live in Upper Canada, and we don't read the French press there.' WHAT YOU WRITE ABOUT Fan mail continues to pour in to cabinet ministers, even to the absent Prime Minister; from all parts of Canada One of the top topics is still the restriction which prevents Canadians, who are qualified for the Old Age Pen- sion, from drawing it if they re side permanently outside Canada. Many Canadians contribute to private pension plans, to com- George long time, FOR BETTER HEALTH Ca ~ pany plans, or receive their pen. sions from the civil service or the armed forces or even from Par- llament itself. Since all these may spend their Canadian pen- sions In whatever country they choose, the unfairness of this.con- tinuing restriction in the national pension plan maddens those pen- sioners who realise that $65 per month will give them more in other countries and balmlier clim- ales HEES AS HOST Transport Min ster George Hees and his popular wife Mibs were hosts at one of the most sue. cessful parties In Ottawa's meme ory, successful largely because it broke across the usually re spected barriers of Ottawa differs ent communities. Their many guests Included the world-famous names of Ottawa and the unher- alded nobodies of Bytown and their wives. Nicholas Monsarrat talked about his forthcoming maritime history of the world and Mrs. Ottawa talked about her latest baby. All the guests will go on talking for a long time about the gay evening when judge met ambassador, civil ser- vant mixed with artist, and for- mer Liberal Transport Minister Lionel Chevrier and present Con- servative T ansport Minis ter George Hees forgot their po- litical differences. TRIBUTE TO CANADA Hon. Alvin' Hamilton, minister of northern affairs, showed me that the staid Times of England has discovered our Arctic. For a whole column, that influential newspaper devoted its leading ed- itorial to our vision of northern development. "Canada's high place among the powers has been won not only by her diplomatic skill, but by the native strength'she is draw- ing from her resources. One of her boldest endeavours is even now little known. By land, sea and air, the Canadians have been pushing north. Since the war, and particularly since the new Con- servative administration took of- fice, the mineral wealth of the North has attracted a new "ave of private investors." And so on flows this sincere tribute. Watch Out for Trouble From Carbon Monoxide HERMAN. N. BUNDESEN, MD With winter officially only a short time off, I think a few words of caution about carbon monoxide poisoning are in order. Oh, I know that most of you are too smart to run the engine of your car in a closed garage. Everyone by now realizes how dangerous that can be Yet people do it every year, In 1linois alone, there were B86 deaths from carbon monoxide in a single year. And 39 of them were caused by motor vehicle fumes LONG-TIME HAZARD Carbon Monoxide 1s not some new poison developed by our ad- vancing civilization to plague us. It has been poisoning human beings ever since®we first learned to build fires in closed places. Development of commercial gas and the combustion engine, how- ever, have increased the danger greatly, Carbon monoxide tasteless and colorless in its pure form. Generally, though, impurities in it give it an odor. If you have walked behind an auto with its engine running, I'm sure you have noticed the odor coming from the exhaust pipes ON THE STREET Now, while none of you Would think of sitting in your car in a is odorless, closed garage with the engine running, most of you would think nothing of parking your car on the street and sitting inside with the engine operating and the win- dows closed. This could be almost as dan- gerous. Exhaust fumes can find their way up into most cars if there is no wind or automotion to sweep them away from the vehicle. Safest thing probably is to keep a vent window open if you have to park for any length of time with the engine running. SYMPTOMS OF POISONING And always be on the alert for symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, While these symptoms vary according to the amount in- haled, they generally include diz- ziness, headache, sleepiness, nau: sea and vomiting: There may even be a muscular weakness which renders the victim com- pletely helpless. Carbon monoxide is lighter than air and is readily diffusible, When it is inhaled, it combines with the red blood cells which or- dinarily carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body. The body depends upon these cells for life-giving oxygen. If they carry carbon monoxide in- stead, the body suffocates. The brain, especially, is sensitive to this lack of oxygen. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Monkeys can reason, but they can do so for only short and in- frequent intervals,' says a zoo- logist. This is another itern of evidence that people and monk- eys have much in common. Overheard: "I feel as jumpy as a kangeroo and as nervous as a rabbit's nose." J When a big-chot responds newspaper reporters' questions with,"No comment," it's usual lv because he is afraid anything he might say could probably be used against him to "Why are most people far more interested in making money than in improving their minds?" asks an educator. It's probably because people can live without improved minds, but they can't live without money ng ch are better shooting Into space than large ones," says a rocket expert, These rocket experts are regular mental wizards, aren't they? for "We are working towards hav- ing interplanetary transportation in a few years which will enable us to visit Mars and Venus," says a rocket expert. Wouldn't it be better to work out local traffic to the moon satisfactorily before attempting to set up ex- press routes? QUEEN'S PARK REPORT FROM THE UK. ~ Cyprus Volunteers "Go To Australia By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Times LONDON--Hundreds of women who volunteered to go to Cyprus to. work for the NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute) may land in Australia instead. Recently the NAAFT, which oper- ates all armed forces canteens and supplies the rations for the armed forces, decided to dispense with the services of Greek Cypri- ots in its Cyprus establishments. 1t advertised for women to go fo Cyprus to replace them, The response was, overwhelm- ing, The NAAFI offices were be- sieged with applicants, Thousands of letters of application poured in from all over the country from women eager to go to Cyprus to work, in spite of the dangerous conditions on that Island. NAAFI could only employ a frac. tion of the women who applied, but already the first contingents are on the island. Then Australia House in Lon- BYGONE DAY 35 YEARS AGO H. P. Schell, president of the don stepped into the picture. It announced an offer to take as emigrants to Australia any sur- plus volunteers for work in Cyprus. Australia House stressed the fact that the country had over 20,000 surplus men of marriage- able age. This fact is believed to have had something to do with the flood of hundreds of applica. tions to take advantage of the Australian offer. A man for Australia House : It will cost those who are found acceptable very to make the long journey to Australia, where guaranteed employment is wait. ing for them. They will be trans. then ported to that country under the normal assisted passage scheme of the Australian government, which involves a cost of only £10 ($27.20 at present exchange to the immigrant. Canada has nothing to. compare with this inducement to prospective migrants from Britain, DISPLAY OF GOODS A glamorous display of British designed goods, largely in field of home furnishings and equip- ment, will be on exhibition in Ot- tawa early in the new year, and will make a tour of the major Canadian. cities. This display has been arranged by the National Industrial Design Council of Can. ss <Esp¥ SHEL a more dollars from Ca pocket books, Norman Hay, director of British National Industrial Council, made the selection items to be included in hibition to tour Canada. so with the Canadian mar! mind. It is very much a , to show the Ca public the high quality design, Products of 117 manufac- turers are included, and all of arranging dor The n display will be on exhibition in Ottawa from Febru- ary 2 to 27 of next year, and will go or to Toronto, Montreal, Haliiex and other large Canadian es. Mail Simpler For Obtaining Chinese Trade VANCOUVER (CP)--Negotiats ing trade with Communist China is easier by mail than by per- sonal contact, says Trevor Jordan-Knox, partner in a Van. couver rug firm, He has just returned from a HSH FE sax LH Ontario County Children's Aid So- ada, in co-operation with 'the visit to the Chinese trade fair * clety, presided over the annual paar of Trade, the United King- at Canton, where he went to fol- meeting at which H. W. Elliott, 4.0 Trade Commissioner in Ot- low an order for $25,000 superintendent, outlined an en (ayn and the British Council of worth of rugs, the first to be eouraging year's report, H. J. Johnson,, Alex, Storie, § J. Babe, J. C. McCormack, George Haverson and Dr. §, J. Phillips were elected elders of S Andrew's Presbyterian Church. R. 8. McLaughlin gave an in- terview to the "'Ontarié Reform- er" regarding his recent trip to Industrial Design. It is part of the growing campaign to produce more dollar exports for British industry. A preview of this display of British goods has been arranged in the London Design Centre on Haymarket, and I had the priv. lege of visiting it and seeing what kind of materials will be exhibited to the Canadian public, shipped here direct from China since 1939. "I wanted to discuss new rug designs and other business with manufacturers, but got no farther than Canton," he said in an in- terview, When he asked permission to visit the manufacturing areas Chinese officials replied: "It isn'f necessary." Britain and France where he was 1t was an impressive display of WAIT FOR RULINGS 0 studying Canada's car export trade. G. W. Hezzlewood was elected viee-president of the Rotary Club to succeed J. L. Whattam who had stepped up to president when Mr. Hicks, former president, re- signed at the time of his moving to Toronto, Hambly Brothers announced that they would add. to Oshawa's growing industries by erecting a $50,000 fce plant on King street west A $7500 greenhouse was erected al Park road north by Russell Perkins Thomas Hawkes, superinten- dent of the Mill Dept, at General Motors, was appointed to take charge of production problems at the Branch in Adelaide, Austra- lia. Oshawa citizens were asked to vote on their favorite pseudonym for the town which was soon to become a city. The Bowd of Trade offered a prize of $10 to the person who had submitted the favored name, Mayor Trick, E. A, Lovell, president of Board Trade, and George Miller were asked to count the votes, The maximum for women teachers' salaries in Oshawa Public Schools was $1150. Legislatures Are Human Places Too By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent te The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- Hear this, hear this . . . and wonder! George Wardrope, Port Arthur, in quotes: "Some day I am going to find out about this mil' control board. 1 can't discover who Is on it, what it does . . . o an; thing." Donald MacDonald tried to pin down 'John Wintermeyer with statements made hy the Liberal leader's law partner. Did Don never hear of the law fir 1 of Lang, Michener and Jol- liffe? Lang was treasurer of the On. tario Liberal party. Michener-- now Speaker at Ottawa--was a prominent Conservative candid- ate. Jolliffe was E. B. Jolliffe, Ontario leader of the CCF and leader of the Opposition in the legislature. NOT SAMY BELIEFS That was back in 1943-45. But then as now law firms didn't have, or weren't expected to have, the same political beliefs, Highways Minister Fred Cass in one of his first duties as a cabinet minister had to meet a delegation from his department to discuss wages. One of the problems was that department MPP for newspaper pay rates area. vary from area to The delegation had one choice bargaining card in its deck. The scale in Mr. Cass's home riding of Grenville-Dundas was the lowest in the province. Then there is the promin- ent civil servant who bought a country hotel with a liquor li- cence--a purchase duly reported in the Ontario Gazette, A little later when asked how he was Ji"iner the hotel business he re- plied "Oh I'm not in that. told'y ...X....: would have to get out." J . . .. X. . « Is one of the better known pri members. YA SHIM "OUGHT And these days one runs into a surprising amount. of speculation that Rev. A. W. Downer will be the successor to Premier Frost r, party leader, The observer would say the chances are about as good as the CGIT winning next year's Grey Cup. But those I omoting the thought are ex- tremely serious about it. They are mainly a group of veterans who have not been among those chosen to rise to the higher ranks of the cabinet or appointed jobs. Just some of the incidental happenings around here that demonstrate that legislatures like other spheves of life are essen- tially very human places. Premium Quality ® Prompt Delivery ® Courteous Service ® Reasonable Price RA 5-1109 OSHAWA NEW REDUCED PRICE -- ON -- STOVE OIL For Delivery By Metered Trucks Phone: VIGOR OIL CO. LIMITED of over 200 different items, ranging from sports goods and toys to carpets, furnishing fabrics, glass and pottery. 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