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The Os howe Times [7 Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. 5., Oshawa, Ont, ope 4 Friday, December | 2, 1956 Cobourg Vote Does Not Solve Town Hall Issue [At the same time they voted in their tawn council earlier this week, Cobourg chtizens voted out the proposal fo reno= vite the lakeshore community's 08« ypar~old town hall---and thereby crea tec a first-class headache for the new council The fine old building badly needs renovation, The majority vote against shending $112,000 to do the job could engine be interpreted as approval of the scrapping of the town hall---permits tng it to deteriorate into an historie Miin, Few people, it seems, want to see the building destroyed; the vote simply meang slow death, If this is permitted, however, the tbwn will need te build a new town Hall, And if it eannot afford $117 000 to menoviate the old one, it surely cannot afford the much greater sum that will Be required for a new -one, { That is the problem handed by the voters to the new council, The court doom, the eouneil chamber, the admini« girative offices, the Opera House (with ft uperb acoustics) will have to be Gsed as long .s possible, Unless work is done on ther, they will in due course becom untenable, But the job of ade ministration will have to continue, Will it be carried on in renovated chambers and offices, in a new building, or in rented quarters? Ottaws war in something of the same fix after the old town hall burned down in the early thirties, The new hall was opened last year, and an expensive building it proved to be, For nearly three decades Ottawa councillors never sat in anything but rented chambers; the seeumulated vent would have paid for a very handsome municipal build« ing, There Is a possible remedy for couns eil's headache, The Cobourg town hall is an historic building, an excellent piece of arghitceture, and contains an auditorium that is almost perfeet acous= tically, It is a tourist attraction, and more; it is known to professional and lay students of architecture, historians and others all across Canada,' An ageney such as the Canada Council might well be persuaded to assist In the renovation of a building that has an importance not limited to the municipal boundaries of Cobourg, Singing Of Anthems The Whitby Arena has been criticized for not playing "0 Canada" and skimp= ing on "God Cave the Queen " If one wants to be technical about it, one must argue that our national anthem is "The Queen" and "0 Canada" is noth» ing more than pn patriotic song, Custom is gradually making a national anthem of ' but it has no official recog~ nition, This was pointed out recently by the Hon, Ellen Fairclough, Minister of ('itizenship and Immigration It's fairly pafe to predict, however, that the cus~ fom of singing "'O Canada' at public ga~ bherings, with or without "The Quee n" will continue and become stronger, and at this national acceptance will force ficial recognition of the song as the 0) Canada, 3) nf Canadian anthem, The desire of many Canadians. for a Histinetive national song is understand= khle as is their desire for a distinctive hatlonal flag. We are in a period of na- JAlonalistic fervor among developing na= tions, and Canadians are not immune, Canadians have a curious distinetion, however, They stand and sing or listen to their anthems more frequently than the people of any other nation, except possibly the Americans, If more than two or three Canadians gather in one place for anything from a luncheon to a fight the unthem must be played or sung and @ dreary business it generally is, with people mumbling, bellowing and fidgeting Is this constant repetition of "Cad Save the Queen' or "0 Canada," or both, necessary to demonstrate our patriots ism? We doubt it, Indeed, it can be ars gued that by over-doing the anthem singing we are turning something fine into something commonplace and ordine ary, If our patriotism needs constant demonstration, it must be a pretty feeble thing, On this hasis, Whitby Arena offi= cials ean be congratulated rather th It seem criticized 'Trade Political Weapon with the Russians, They sold ships, lo= Nations that economic salvation in Russian credits and trade do not seem to realize that in the economic of« fensive now boing waged against the free world by the Communists, trade and credits are the two most powerful weapons, In the hands of a state mono= poly they can he devastating, particuls arly when that monopoly does not have 1G Worry the hardships it may impose on {ts own people, © A week ago a political crisis develop ed in Finland, It was made in Russia, After the Finns paid their $300 mils lon reparations bill to the Soviet Union, they trade agreements see about entered into College In A The board of regents 18 emerging as the villain of the piece in the Manitoba United College squabble, It has refused fo accept the resignation of the princi- pal, Dr, Wilfred Lockhart, made it vire tually impossible for Prof, Harry Crowe, the key figure in the squabble, fo return to the college, and by ita obe durate stand pushed other staff mem- bers into submitting thelr resignations, It all started when a letter written by Prof, Crowe to a colleague at the cols Jege was somehow intercepted and dis yerted to Dr, Lockhart, who objected fo some of the statements In the letter, The board fired Prof. Crowe in a man» per that the Canadian Association of University Teachers sald was "arble trary and therefore improper," The firing was not simply arbitrary, hows ever, It irvolvea questions of academic responsibility, freedom of opinion, and pampering with the mails, The matter Fhe Osha Time T, L. WILSON Publisher and General Manager, GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa limes, combining The Oshawa Times } 871) and the Whitby Gazette ard ished 1883), In published daily (Suns utory holidays excepted) Daily Newspapers Pubiishen The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of ang the Ontaria Provinglal Dailies The. Canadian Press a exclusively - ens the we for republication of all news n the pape: credited 0 t o ta The or Reuters, and alia the local news All rights of special despatehes - i ot Canadian 44 King Street atheant $t West, Montreal, PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whithy, Ajax, rering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Part Perry, Prince bert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenshmons Bay, verpoal Taunton, fyrone Dunbarton, Ennikilien, ona. Leskard Broughani, Burketon, Claremont, lumbus, Fanpert Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale. Rage \ Blackstock Manchester, Cobourg, Bort Hope, ntypool and Newcastle not over 400 per week, mail tin pravinge of Ontaria) outside carrier' very areas 12.00. elsewhere 15.00 por vear AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16.166 Toronte, Ontariey 40 ( + fun (SOIBOTE 4 ng - comotives and various machines to Rus» gia, and bought in return grain, fuel, fertilizers and some other commodities, The Russians were hard bargainers, and the Finns began looking for markets in the West, The Russians got tougher, A short time ago they cancelled orders for several ships and delayed renewal of the trade agreements The result in Finland was rapidly in- creasing, seriou Anos ther result will probably be an increass ing Communist influence in a coalition government Mess incidentally, unemployment of tampering, Is still not resolved There is little doubt that Prof, Crowe was victimized, There is little doubt, too, that there was considerable dissa- sisfaction at the college before the ins cident of the letter, indicating that there was considerable faculty opposis tion to policies pursued by the prinels pal and the board, One cause of trou ble was the federal government's unis versity grants, The University of Mani toba used its grant to raise teachers' salaries, The United College used only a quarter of Ita grant for the same' pur= pose, Prof, Crowe was on the faculty committee that protested, The board of regents has tried to bull its way through th meas it has ite self created, The academic prestige of the college is tottering, Students as well as teachers have Yegun to resign, The more the rot is allowed to spread, the more difficult it will be to restore the college's standing in the eyes of teachers and students, The rot can only be stopped by a more enlightened board of regents -- and stopped it must be, because the country needs a strong, ves spected United College Other Editor's Views HULA HOOPING (Calgary Albertan) How does one hoop a hula? A medis cal house-journal, suggesting that exs cessive undulation for adults is perilous and unnecess tells just how children do it "The hoop is kept in by rapid reciprocating movements of pelvis in sagittal planes. Al flexors and extensor of vertebral column, pels vi Gireatest strain is on lumbo-sacral and inter-vertebral Joints, Rapld tilting of pélvis 1s syne chronized with sagittal felxion sion, Muscle groups In concert ta proauce Is it ally TY the rotary motion and thigh ave used - extens and then "w acl singly vratory motion ] Bd re worth all EE -------------- "WORLD GALLUP POLL "NEW MAP OF FRANCE Space Travel Now Near One In Three Predicts By WORLD GALLUP POLL NEWS SERVICE Surprising numbers of people in cities around the world believe that mankind's oldest dream that of a human being reaching the moon may he achieved within the next five years, In the latest World Gallup Poll approx. imately one in three persons in key cities thinks this will be an actuality hefore the end of the year 1063 Although the program of earth satellite launchings announced last week hy the JK, Defence Des partment Is currently talking only in terms of mice and monkeys as passengers, men and women in such centres as West Herlin, Paris, Stockholm, New York, To ronto and other centres confident ly ¢ .pect a man to take the jaunt wit! . five years, In Toronto, the Canadian eity studied by the Warld Gallup Pell, 20 per cent look for it contrasted by the 43 per cent in Vienna and West Her lin who predict it To illustrate how fast man's mind leaps ahead, the Poll re ports that in 1048 a nation wide U.8, study showed that only one person In six thought that man READERS' VIEWS would be able to reach the moon or the planet Mars in the next 50 years, In today's survey, one per soi in four, In New York, Chicago and Ban Francisco thinks man will reach the moon within the next five years Germany (West Herlin) Austria (Vienna) Denmark (Copenhagen) Norway (Oslo) Greece (Athens) UKA, (New York City fan Francisco) France : South Africa (lohanneshurg) Canada (Toronto) India (New Delhi) Sweden (Btoekholm) Finland Netherlands World Concensus! Another Gallup Poll census in these eltles shows that, on an average, 50 per cent think a rocket will reach the moon in the next year; B7 per cent don't think this will happen, and 13 per cent don't know, In Toronto, about one in four say "Yes" In these World Opinion Centre Sees Productivity As Key To Shorter Hours _ Dear Sir The question of leisure time with a shorter work week has been raised In your columns, May 1 he permitted to comment To conjure up the image of a shorter work week without saying anything about productivity Is to deceive the worker, It is elemen. tary economies that any redues tion of working hours without a corresponding increase in produc: tivity to balance the loss of works ing time Inevitably means less production at greater cost, There may he some Industries where such Is not the case, hut only brief study of today's costs (n re lation to productivity must eon vince the student that there are more immediate problems than benefits in any proposal for a sharp reduction of working hours Automation may make the dif- ference, Through automation it may he possible to increase pro. ductivity to the point where a shorter work week is possible But that must be demonstrated, Otherwise, the chief vietim will be the worker himself, a vietim not of boredom but of vising costy of everything he must buy, including the product he helps to make, AMATEUR ECONOMIST Cobourg, MUNICIPAL VOTES Dear Sir: Recent municipal voting per centages show that only about 30 per cent of eligible voters In most municipalities have any in terest in municipal elegtions From this 1 deduce thal per cent, or a substantial jority, would not ohjeet Af municipal elections were held, This Is an aver-governed couns try. Why not eliminate municipal elections? Administrative boards could be appointed hy the provin clal government, and the areas administered would be more re glonal than municipal REFORMER 70 ma no Whitby DECORATING HOUSES Dear Sir Oshawa was beautiful last Christmas. The downiown mers chants and the people at the Shooping Centre gave the busi ness sections wonderful décora tions, and people in their homes got Into the Christmas spirit and decorated their homes. The re sult was beautitul The downtown merchants and the Centre have already put up ai even better display than last vear, and a few houses have been decorated this week, Now all of us should co-operate to make Oshawa the most beautiful Chrlstman elty In the country This can he done If more people decorate thelr homes, It 1s not very expensive MRS, A, P, SHARPE Oshawa, Dear Sir: May I have a small space your paper again in regards the arena problem, Why should the ehildren of this good city of ours and surrounds Ing distriet have to go to Whithy or to Howmanville to thelr arenas! Not that | have anything against the people of the two towns, as 1 know they also have many wonderful people in them, Hut why should the person who signed himself "Dissident" not want a rink in this good city which has .s0 many schools, where the ohildren and teen-agers would not have to travel on two buses to get enjoyment and probs in to Fi llowing are the results of this ques'ion asked of eltizens from Johannesburg to Helsinki and from New Delhi to Ban Francisco "Do you think a human heing in a space ship will reach tie moon in the next five years?" Yes No No Opin, an 1 47 10 A f Eh) a 41 44 LH} i 4 HY) Chicago i 2 20 20 2 a 00 on 16 #0% it) an LIA) a f0 LL fin 0 M% 17% Polls comparative points of view ave reported in key elties because of the problems of time involved in national surveys, The World Pol' are taken periodically In this way on current news events, by the affiliates of the Canadian Institute of Publie Opinion World Copyright Reserved ably go right by the rink out in North Oshawa Park where there have heen several thousand dol lars already spo \ ow more would make it a wonderiul place, of whieh I'm sure the people would be just as proud as those in the park area Folks say that children should he home hy 10 or 10.80, How ean they if they have to go to other centres to skate?! This looks like a large project for council but they have always come through with a little extra effort , , , Please consider all our own ehils dren's welfare, As we all know the traffic is heavy, where the children are concerned, at night ' The Park clubhouse has all the city facilities, such as wash» rooms, change room and snack bar, N -A MOTHER PRARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Since It was placed in eampetis tion with a popular TV western program, a certain musical pros gram hasn't been doing so well, Oshawa President Eisenhower doesn't stay in the White House almost as much as Mrs, Roosevelt didn't, He rests beneath the sod and dew ar He stopped in traffic to tie his shoe , , Property Committee, c/o P.M, for the purchase, for the Oshawa, CITY OF OSHAWA TENDERS FOR DEMOLITION SEALED TENDERS, addressed to Chairman, City "Tender for Demolition' will be received until 5.00 MONDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 1958 the building located at 56 King. Street West in Tender Forms and further information may be ob- tained at the office of the undersigned. Highest-or any tender not necessarily acgepted, F. & Crome, P, Eng, City Engineer, Oshawa, Ontario City Clerk and endorsed purpose of demolition of REPORT FROM THE U.K. Season Produces Street Singers By M, MeINTYRE HOOD Bpecial London (Eng,' Correspondent For The Times LONDON = The advent of the Wiristmas season has brought to the streets of London a flood of additions to the number of side walk musicians and strolling troubadors ong sees in this eity, During The last six months, 1 have hetgme gnite accustomed to these sidewalk musicians, 1 first encountered them on Arundel street when walking from the Temple underground station to yi street, On that street, at nine o'¢lock. In the morning, there vere always four or five of them, at different points of vane tage on the street leading wp from the Embankment to the Strand, There was one vather good violin ist, a couple of accordion players, and one who provided music on a harmonica, 1 used to see them every morning, and wondered if anyone ever dropped coins Into the caps or hoxes placed al an inviting location at thelr feel, There are other favorite loca tions for these itinerant musielans and the fact that they appear there day after day, vain or shine, indicates that they must at least make a living out of i ON BUSY KTREETK It has heen very noticeahle, however, since the rush of Christs mas shopping started, that these musicians have multiplied in number, On Oxford street, the other day, they were spotted all along the street, At one point was a four plece hand consisting of a violinist, two trumpeters and an accordion player, playing well: known tunes from current musis eal comedies, A little further along, a blind man was singing In a hoarse voice, accompanied hy a companion with a small eon certing, while a third did the cols lecting from the crowd of shops pers On Regent street, there were two pairs of musicians, One pair had a vielinist and cornet player, the other an accordionist and a cornetist, 1 had never seen them before on that great shopping street of London In other places such as Knights: bridge, another, popular shopping area, sidewalk musicians seem to have sprouted overnight They have heen doing quite well, Even at this date, the Christmas spirit seemed to have eaught the crowds, and the flow of coins into the receptacles pro vided for them was generous I have not noticed any of the Christmas singers around © the residential areas as yet, hut in due course they are hound to make thelr appearance, They are indissolubly associated with the observance of Christmas In this country, TRABETAMPAIGN To offset the possible detri- mental effects of the Inauguration of the European Common Mark J wo on January 1, Britain has launch. ed an energetic campaign (o ine crease exports to Germany. A twelve-man German retail (rade mission ha. already arrived in Hritain to survey the field of Brit § ish goods for which larger mar- kets can be found in thelr coun try, This is being followed im- mediately by a conference British commercial experts to he held in Bonn, And a larger-scale campaign of advertising of Brit ish goods has heen started In the leading West German news: papers, Launching campaign, Bir Christopher Steel, British ambase sador to West Germany, sald that if the six-nation Common Market went ahead without the Free Trade Aves, It would he a tragedy, One possible casualty BYGONE DAYS #5 YEARS AGO Bliss Carman, distinguished Canadian poet, gave a recital Bimeoe Street Methodist Church, Hoviard Simpson, William St, wim. the $10 prize offered hy the Board of Trade for having heen the first to submit the pseudonyn "Motor City" which was voted as most popular for Oshawa, Alexandra MoKenele, a ploneer of "Gast Whithy, celebrated his 00th birthday, Councillor A, W, Brown was appointed Relief Officer at a palary of $60 per mont; Rev, ¥, J, Maxwell received 61 communicants into the fel lowship of 8t, Andrew's Chureh, This brought the total of new members to 160, since he had hecome pastor six months pres viously Following a petition to council, Councillor C, Lambert was ne structed to see that traffic signs were erected al Kingston and Park roads H, P, Behell was reelected pres' 'ent of the Ontario County Children's Md Boclety, Other of. f' ws elected were; G, W, Me. Laughlin and T, H, Everson, vice-presidents H. E, Tayler, treasurer and W, E, N, Sinclair, MPP, solicitor, Coulveill Thomas Hawkes of the GMC Mill Dept,, was sent to Adelaide, Australia, for 10 months In an advisory capacity, D, A J, Bwansen, local attors ney, acted as crown counsel at the general sessions of cowrt in Whithy, R, 8 McLaughlin gave a gift of $1000 to the Oshawa Hospital for new Instruments, Ex-Councillor, Roland Moffat, declared his intention of contests the mayoralty In the muniel election on Jan, 1, would he British-German trade which probably offered the best trading possibilities in Europe, EXPORTS RISING Trade figures hear out his cone tention, Britain' and West Gers many constitute the two bi font markets in Western Europe, 4 4 mutual trade at present amounts to about £210 million & year, Bub thelr share In each other's mare kets 1s still only a fraction of what It was in 1013, before the. first world war, when Britain and Germany were each other's best customers in what was, In effect, virtually a free trade area, Brite sh exports to West Germany this year are running at the rate i £180 million a year, compa with £08 million in 1057 © The visit of the 12-man German mission to Britain is being fle nanced jointly hy the British gove ernment and the Federation of British Industries, The campaign is also being hacked by the Gere man Boclety for Trade, Industry, and Commerce, Thus it Is 8 mus tual-undertaking from which both countries hope to benefit, TIME FOR REVIVAL, Speaking (o this German Boe elety In launching the campaign, Bir Christopher: Bleel sald; "If the trading Ynks between us, broken hy M0 years of war a distrust, could be reforged, what. Iittering future would open up ore us, This is the moment for Germans and Britons to come (ow gether," UNDERSEA COAL TAIPEL (AP) = Two shafts are heing dug in an attempt to tap rich coal deposits believed tg lle under the ocean floor off the North Formosa port of Leelung, One of a series of TILDEN TIPS CAR LAID UP? Aveld werrles! Til your ear Is ready vie @ 45 King Street East RA 5.6553 Jaycee HRISTMAS TREES and up ALL TOP QUALITY SCOTCH PINE COLORED TREES AVAILABLE AT SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE TREES are on SALE at lot . . . OPPOSITE GENOSHA HOTEL CORNER QF KING AND PROSPECT STS. wr AND OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE FREE DELIVERY ANYWHERE IN OSHAWA ¢ OSHAWA JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE o Rea J