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Tye Osharon Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont, Poge 4 Tuesday December 30, 1958 Cannot Be Complacent About Lakehead Plan The federal department of trans- port and others who pooh - poohed stories of Duluth's proposed harbor de- velopment must now be convinced they cannot overcome opposition by ignoring it, Approval of the plans for the harbor project was given a couple of weeks ego by the state of Minnesota, The project calls for construction of bonded warehouses, exhibition build ings for display of goods, international offices with three-level underground parking, auditorium, grain elevators, coal and oil storage, edible oil tank field and a helicopter terminal. The project is expected to cost $100 million, and its promotors claim it will turn Duluth into North America's largest fresh - water port. This is the same project that has been described in newspapers for months, A few have paid heed and have urged the federal government to speed up plans for the development of harbor facilities at the Canadian Lakehead so that this area will be in a competitive position when the Great Lakes deep waterway is completed to tie in with the St. Law- rence Seaway, The government has been adamant. Transport Minister George Hees sald in 8 public statement last month that the Canadian Lakehead would be in the van of Duluth, He gave assurance that Duluth's project was only a $10 million investment (one-tenth of the actual fig- ure) and that $8.5 millions was for dredging. Other publie figures, even at the mun= {cipal level, refused to believe that there was any possibility of Duluth be- coming a competitor in the filed of lake shipping to and from Western Can= ada, It is true the Duluth development plans do not include a new four-lane highway connecting the port with Win- nipeg, as was intimated in the original story. But such a highway is unneces- sary: there is already a good highway linking Duluth with Winnipeg. The Canadian, British and American interests backing the Duluth develop= ment obviously feel the American p~rt has a great future, We hope it has, but it would be a pity if its greatness was achieved at the expense of the Canadian Lakehead, which has so many great and obvious advantages to Canadian ship- pers, Flattery Works Better The female of the species, 'tis said, is more deadly than the male, This is something which the president of the British Board of Trade, Sir David Fecles, is likely to discover to his sorrow, In a recent address aimed at stimula- ting the sale of British fashion goods in Canada, this British cabinet minister tactlessly observed that Ottawa girls are "not at all well-dressed." This injudicious remark will cost Bri tish manufacturers dear in the Canadian market. It has already evoked a storm of protest among the career women of the civil service. One Ottawa girl is quoted as saying, "What does an English- man know about being well-dressed?" Another irate government girl asks, gd § i he thinks we're badly-dressed now, why does he want to send us those hairy old tweeds?" Even Civil Service Commissioners have gotten into the act. Commissioner Paul Pelletier gallantly comes to the defence of Ottawa womanhood with the state- ment that "I can say without hesitation 1 have always found, with very few ex- ceptions indeed, that our many and valuable civil servants of the fair sex not only dress with taste but frequently with distinction." And Commissioner Ruth Addison, who has often been singled out as Ottawas' best-dressed woman, adds, When I visit the different government offices here, I often remark on how at- tractive most of the girls look. I think they compare well with girls anywhere, The chic of women in Western Canada also came in for a spirited defence. A Northern Affairs Department official, Jacques La Riviere, says "The women in Winnipeg, as a group, have earned the reputation of the - eatest - looking women in North America, Britain's Sir David Eccles, it would seem, has committed a major "goof", In« sulting Canadian womanhood hardly seems an auspicious way tb begin an export drive aimed at the Canadian fash- fon market, Shipowners Are Worried Canadian shipowners are beginning to worry about the possible effects of sub- sidized American shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, The federal govern- ment forsees no effect on Canadian lake carriers, arguing that the U.S. subsidies will apply only on carriage of U.S. goods from American lake ports to overseas destinations, 3 The Canadian Shipowners' Association counters with the opinion that the U.S. competition will free other foreign bot- toms to enter the Canadian trade, and take up much of the business which has moved down the lakes to tidewater ports fo' transhipment, It may be quite true, as W. J. Fisher, manager of the association has remarked, that Canada will have to sit back and watch others reap the benefits of the seaway after Canada has paid two-thirds of the seaway cost. It is well known that Canada has ocean-going merchant fleet,so it is impossible to expect Canada to share this trade. Yet if the seaway cuts the cost of transportation of Canada's export goods, it should surely make our exports more attractive in foreign markets, It is re- ported 'that a number of foreign ships have already booked full cargoes of Ca=- nadian grain from the Lakehead to over- seas destination. no Threat To Wheat Sales Canada's wheat sales, especially to West Germany, could be reduced by the development of a highly protec- tive agricultural policy among the six countries of the European Common Market which goes into effect within a month, The Financial Post comments and continues: This reminder that Canada Is going to be very much on the outside of the Common Market was made this week by President Neil J. McKinnon at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, The high quality of Canadian wheat could moderate a possible decline in wheat sales, but for some other Cana- dian export items there may be no such saving factors, The Oshawa Times T. LL. WILSON, Publisher end General Maneger, C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor, The Oshawa Times, combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gozette ard Chronicle (established 1863), Is published daily (Sun= days and statutory holidays excepted), Members et Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation eno the Onta Provincial Dailies Asso@ation. 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 Pr or Reuters, and also the local news published t All rights eof special despatches are also reser Offices 44 King Street West, Toronte, Ontario 640 Catheort St, Mentreel, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers In Oshawa, Whitby, Alex, Pcikering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rage lan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port I Pontypool and Newcastie not over 40c per. weel By mall (in province of Ontario) outside carriers' delivery areas, 12.00; where 1500 per yeor AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 McKinnon points out that once ex ternal tariff unification gets under way among the six, our expanding trade in manufactured products with some members of the community may be adversely affected. And prospects for Canada's raw ma- terials and semi-finished items appear even less optimistic, It's apparently the intention of the Furopean six to direct development cap- ital into members' overseas territories, This in {itself is good for world trade. But the implication when the six sur- round themselves with a common tariff, is not only preferential treatment for the raw materials from these territories, but also increasing competition with Canadian products, Those may be some of the effects of the Common Market on Canada in the thort run. In the longer term, points out McKinnon, these and other adverse influences should be offset by a higher level of industrial output and living standards inside the union with a re- sulting stimulation to everybody's trade, Other Editor's Views NEW CUSTOMERS (Vancouver Province) The idea that new markets can best be created by raising economic stand- ards in backward countries is gaining ground in the highest quarters these days, and is passing out of the stage of theory into that of planning, Bible Thoughts Thou wilt keep hin Vhosspming is stayec Isaiah should k He through years of conquest and and still found perfect peace! fect fect pel thee 1 peace, i on Isaiah ow passed slavery THE LAUGHI bs i ) NG MAN MAC'S MEANDERINGS Dismal Journey Back To Scotland By M, McINTYRE HOOD Special London, England Correspondent to The Oshawa Times EDINBURGH -- This is being written on Christmas Day, the first Christmas I have spent in Scotland since 1911, But it doos not seem a bit like Christmas as we knew it back in Oshawa, Cer- tainly it is by no means a White Christmas, unless one takes into consideration the deadly white pall of fog which descended over the country last night and linge ed on until well into the morn- ing. Outside it is raining, a piti- less drizzle coming out of a dark grey sky. We are grateful for the warm glow of the coals blazing in the fireplace in the room in which we are writing at the moment, We were {ll.advised to travel north from London on Christmas eve. When we arrived at King's Cross station about noon yester- day it seemed as if half the popu lation of London was travelling somewhere by train, It was jam med with people, and in spite of th efforts of a staff of police officers, the various queues which had formed for the many trains scheduled to depart became hope- lessly mixed with each other. We were fortunate, when our train was ready, to have reserved two seats in advance, so that at least we did not have to stand in the corridors for the long journey to Edinburgh, as many of the pas sengers had to do DREARY JOURNEY It is a long time since we have had so dreary a train journey, for it lasted nearly 11 hours, in- swead of the customary seven to seven and a half. When we left London, it was a lovely day, with bright warm sunshine. By the time we had gone two hours, we were into fog, which completely blotted out the landscape, and slowed down the progress of the train, There our enjoyment of the journey ceased. Up to that time, we had enjoy- ed the landscape. We were sur- prised to see fields still fresh and green. On the golf courses along- side the railway line, many peo- ple were out enjoying a game on verdent fairways and closely. cropped greens -- on Christmas Eve. But the fog shut out all of that, The condensation inside the railway coach sent streams of water running down the window panes to drip on to the seats, And then we discovered the crowning indignity of all -- there was no dining or restaurant car on the train, in spite of the long Journey ahead of us. PREPARED FOR TRIP Fortunately, we had come fair ly prepared for the trip, as we had a basket of sandwiches, cakes and fruit along with us. But we longed for a cup of tea. We have long since fully acquired the good old English habit of in« dulging in tea at every opportu- nity. There was none on the train. At York, however, about five in the afternoon, when the train stopped, we espled on the station platform a girl with a re- freshment trolley, so were able to secure two cups of steaming hot Why is it that many a person is Mr. Hyde under all other cir. cumstances, but becomes Dr Jekyll when driving a car? "Do you want to get rid of your red nose?" catchline of ad. No thanks, we need it to help our ears hold our glasses on. "An economist credits the housewife for the economic re- covery in that she didn't eut her spending during the recession a tle report. Rut shouldn't 1a hubby whose grindstone"? credif go nose she held to the No man with a head of his own will allow hia wile to select his day, tea, which helped us greatly In having at least a semblance of a sort of picnic meal, TRAIN TROUBLE The train was an hour when we reached Newcastle, but we were hopeful of reaching Edinburgh at least by 9.30. But it was not to be, Just as it was crossing the bridge over the Tweed which marks the boundary between England and Scotland, it ground to an unexpected halt We expected it would be only momentary, as it was due to stop at Berwick station, but time went on and nothing happened. Then a trainman came through and in spected the alarm cords in the compartment, "Someone has pulled the cord," he said, "and we cannot go on until we find out where it was pulled." The search of the train was fruitless, however, and then it was found that trouble had de- veloped in the braking system of the train, We stood on the bridge for an hour, completely blocking th: main line to the north, with a succession of trains behind us on the track, Then the train moved forward slowly into Ber- wick station, where there was an other delay of three-quarters of an hour before the brake trouble was located and repaired, and it started off again for Edinburgh Finally, after a speedy non-stop rua from Berwick, the train pull. ed in at the Waverley station after 11 o'clock BLANKETED BY FOG It was Christmas Eve, and as we had feared, there was not a single taxi in sight at the station taxi-stand, in spite of the fact that there was a long line of pas- sengers waiting for one. We de- cided to try for a bus, and walk ed up to Princes street, almost feeling our way through the pall of fog. We lined up in a long queue at the bus stop, and waited again. Suddenly, out of the fog, there loomed the lights of a taxi. Frantically, 1 waved my hand, and we' were thankful to see it stop, and with a sigh of relief, we piled in, and in ten minutes of what must have been a terrible ordeal for the driver, we arrived at our destination, It had been a late FOR BETTER HEALTH BYGONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Dr. C. F. McGillivray retired from the post of Whitby MOH which he had held for 25 years Harriet LL, Mallory was chosen the outstanding girl of the gradu- ating class at the OCVI commen- cement, Leonard Wilson was the outstanding boy. Hon. G. D. Conant, Attorney- General, announced the appoint. ment of two local barristers, T K. Creighton and J, C, Anderson, as King's Counsels Mrs, Mary Lee of this city at. tended the 66th wedding anniver- sary of Mr, and Mrs, John Rey- nolds of Lindsay. The couple wére married in 1872, Mrs, Lee was Mrs. Reynolds' bridesmaid, Every family on relief received a basket of groceries from the Christmas Cheer Fund Commit« tee along with toys for the chil dren. Fifty-three local citizens were nominated for public office in civie positions, three for mayor, 34 for alderman, four for PUC and 12 for board of education, A heavy gale following a snow storm did a great deal of damage here. The peak of mall was reached on Dec, 21 when 64,810 pleces of mail were handled in the local post office during the day The local Fire Dept. received five calls during one noon hour One was from a citizen who thought the firemen should flood a school rink The meanest thief stole the Christmas lights from the front of Robert Ruddy's home in Plck- ering. long and tiring Journey, and we were glad it was over, And we forgot about it as we sat around the fire talking with family folks, and enjoying a late supper which had been waiting for us for three hours, It was well into Christmas Day when we retired to our rooms, and we were looking forward to the joys that lay ahead. But as 1 looked out of the window, 1 realized it would take a lot of Christmas spirit 'to chase away the gloom cast over everything by the un- Christmaslike weather at least to Canadians Adequate Diet Needed To Keep Weight Loss AERMAN N .BUNDESEN MD Most of you who want to reduce make the same mistake as a rule, You embark upon a diet so rigld and restricting that you can't maintain it with safety. Aftre a week or two, you drop the whole idea of reducing and go back to your old eating rou tine, which continues to add pounds. CUT CALORIES As T have sald so often be- fore, you must eut your calorie intake if you want to reduce, but yon can't cut it too much The most sound advice | give you is to check with your doctor hefore beginning any . re ducing diet. He will tell you what type of diet will be most effec tive for you The number of calories you re quire depends upon your sex, ac tivity, body structure and a num- ber of other things GRADUAL LOSS In most cases, a temporary 1,500 calorie per day diet is about right for a gradual weight re. duction. program The very efficient American Dietetic Association of Chicago vorked out one of these diets which 1 would 'like to pass on to pe can has you The following will give vou ap proximately 1,500 calories per which, generally, is ade quate for adults, at least temp..- arily. DAILY DIET 1 pint whole milk 8 oz. lean meat, fish, poultry (broiled, boiled or roasted -- not fried) or cheese. These 5 oz, may he divided between lunch and dinner. Be sure to eat liver once a week, 2 cup enriched or whole grain cereal, 1 small potato 4 slices enriched wheat bread 1 serving green or yellow vege- tahles '2 servings or whole other vegetables 1 serving citrus fruit or tomato Juice (4-02. glass orange or grape- wi uil juice, or 8-0z glass tomato Juice 2 servings other fruit, fresh or unsweetened. 4 tsp. butter or enriched mar- garine Ask your doctor about this diet For most of you who want to cut your weight and keeo it cut, it ought to do. the trick QUESTION A A) ANSWER GR: What would « ing sound at the base as it 1s up and down Answer: A grating sound at the base of the head may be due to changes in that area An X-ray may reveal \he condition, either se a grat of the head ide moved from to side or OTTAWA REPORT Knowledge Lack Creates Problem § By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA The philosophy prompting today's wage demands is based upon a lack of knowl- edge and understanding, just like the insistence upon a bigger and more generous welfare state, The elector who votes for the to realize the fallacy of our big welfare state, which extrava- gantly pays an old age pension to millionaires, and provides non- productive cushy desk jobs for the nation's biggest work foren-- tt the taxpayers' expense, These Casadians rightly feel that, un- litical party which makes the der our free enterprise system, iggest promises is not being smart; he is the victim of trick- ery, The prime minister who first promised to pay a diaper dole to every child was not "anta Claus: he was a political knave and an economic fool. Because to be in a position to pay that dole, he first had to collect the money by taxation, Thus all families in the middle income bracket get back in the form of diaper dole nearly as much as they pay out in taxes for that dole, Those in the lower income bracket re- ceive more, and those in the upp r income bracket receive less, than they pay out, Thus, as always has been the case, the rich help the poor. The welfare state merely makes feudal clar- ity a compulsory virtue, But the big bureaucratic ma- chine needed to collect all that money, and redistribute it each month, is very costly, These ex- penses have to be taken out of the tax pool, Thus even the aver- age families are worse off than if there was no diaper dole and no tax to pay for it, There cer- tainly are hardship cases which need such help, but there is a mor, efficient way to skin that cat Many Canadians are beginning Evil Disease Spreads South Through Africa SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP) Vast areas of Africa are in the grip of a disease which attacks vital organs and slowly sap the strength of the healthiest man, If not treated, it is a killer The. disease, bilharzia, In 20 vears has spread from Fgypt down through Uganda and into Nyasaland, the Rhodesias and South Africa In the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland more than 2,000 - 000 people suffer from the di- sease Bilharzia is caused by a para- sitical worm, borne by a water snail, The snail Is found in every river, dam. and stream In lowlands of the Rhodesian feder- ation WATERS UNSAFE Landlocked Rhodesian, of their many beautiful dams, must Ignore the Inviting - waters, To swim Is to Invite disaster. they could dispose of their own money to better purpose than the government does for: them, ¥ it were left in their own hands in- stead of being taxed from them, So it is with wages. The man who works for any boss is not working for a golden goose. His boss, like the government, must first collect more money before he can pay it more Thus, if workers demand higher wages, the boss must col- lect more from his customers, This can be done either by sells ing more to them, or by charg- ing higher prices If 1 and my fellow newspaper men demand more pay from our ss, he must get that money either by raising the price of his newspaper or by charging more PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Sclentists have proved that the worm can think," Magazine filler. It would doubtless he in. teresting to learn what the worm thinks of the early bird, "Separate medical reports re. cently have blamed dandruff, ul- cers and heart trouble on the stress of competitive Jobs." Press report, The meticulously neat person would probably rather have ulcers and heart trouble than dandruff The reason men don't win ar- guments with women is that men with good sense don't argue with women Nearly everybody thinks people ought to be optimistic instead of pessimistic, but it 1s doubtless true that far more optimists than pessimists become destitute in their advanced age the proud Not only must they forgo swims. ming. Bilharzia can also be con. tracted from eating vegetables that have heen watered from in. fested streams, from fishing, or even from getting a drop of water on the hand, But hundreds do go swimming and fishing, and not every house. wife takes the precaustion of washing her vegetables In vine. gar. That is why about one white person in seven, and six of every 10 Africans if the federation are suffering from the diseae, SAPS ENERGY The parasite enters the skin and can attack the brain, liver, kidneys or lungs. The most com- mon symptoms are a feeling of lassitude and lack of concentra. tion The head of the federation's malaria and bilharzia research laboratory, V. de V. Clarke, says: "The only way to be certain you haven't got bilharzia Is to have several test every year. In my opinion bilharzia in Southern Rhodesia is well on the way to being a killer," Drugs are constantly being pro- duced in America and Britain te combat the diseae. The alm of the msearch chemist is to pro- duce tablets which can be given without medical supervision When that is achieved bilhar. ria, like malaria, will have heen conquered. Meanwhile an all-out war is being waged against the water snails. Farmer and African chiefs have answered appeals to treat rivers and dams with copper sul- phate. German Debate CentresOn TV Second Channel BONN (Reuters) -- Commer: elal television ls coming to West Germany, in one form or an- other, All political parties favor one of two main proposals made by members of the government co- alition. One calls for a completely commercial television network, the other for a modified form of commercial television on the lines of Britain's Independent Tele vision Authority The question of a second chan- ne! for West German. television is expected to be decided in the next few months as the number of viewers increases toward the 6,000,000-mark, the largest figure for any country after the United States and Britain. According to official statistics, there are 1. 896,771 licensed television sets in West Germany, with an average of three viewers to each set. The present program schedule, lasting about five hours on weeks days and 10 hours on Sundays, is put on jointly by seven regional radio corporations, which are controlled by public bodies roughly reflecting the political balance in the different regions Ihe. quality of the programs, it is generally agreed here, is not as high as that in the United States and Britain, for the space in his newspaper in which the soap manufacturer advertises his wares. The latter fn turn must meet that higher cost by raising the price of Lis soap Thus, at the end of that spiral, we newspaper men get more wages, but the Increase Is digsic pated in the higher price he must pay for our daily newspa- per and our soap. But the pen- sioners and widows also have lo pay more for papers and sogp, and they receive no compensat- ing increase in their income, "At the end of that spiral, nobody .1s better off and some are worse off, Apd some soap-makers (he their Jobs because the higher price puts our soap beyond The means of foreigners, ' The only way anyone can e more money without dama; the nation's economy is by trie. and proved old-fashiof@d ways, hy producing more, orsby acquiring more highly-paid skills, That was how our grandfathers progressed, and inflation was tpt a bogey in those days. Today .we are more foriunate, because 'our bosses are willing to huy costly machinery which helps us to in. crease our output, " WHERE UNIONS TRESPAS T. protect their position ugher this present false system of wage bargaining, union leaders had to create the union shop, Thus they have brought about a monopely in the will-of-the-wisp pursuit, of standards as remote from Canas dian realities as asking our pyai rie farmers to grow oranges, The unions should be pgos ecuted for this, just as a sup plier of raw materials who tre ated a monopoly, with similay built in hold-up possibilities, would be prosecuted probably on the insistence of the uplon whose members he thus forced into layoffs, ' But unions are permitted to en- Joy a unique favored position outs side our law and free from the normal social controls Impesed on every other group of Cana- dians Unhappily at the same time we are in an era of managed gure rency, not fluctuating in accord ance with the proved henefitg, of supply and demand, With all-the centuries-old checks and balanges of a nation's economy thus ies passed, we as g nation are being forced into an unstable and .jin- tolerable position, From that we will inevitably crash, in a mis. ery-spreading destruction of our dollar and our savings, just. as Germany crashed in the inflation after the First Great War, jin- less we abandon this hunt for the illusion of easy riches. y ' e PAN-AMERICAN COFFEE BUREAU OO CHURCH ST TORONTO, ONY