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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 68 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 4 Wednesday, May 13, 1959 \ 'Her Majesty Could Be Puzzled By Our Flags If Queen Elizabeth manages to peer above and beyond the forest of silk hats and parasols that will surround her during her visit to Canada, she may be puzzled by the flags she sees. In one place she will be greeted with Red En- signs, in another with the Union Jack, and in still another both flags will hold equal places of honor, It will be explained to her that Can- ada does not have an official flag. The federal government and some provine cial governments have more or less adopted the Red Ensign as a more or less distinctive Canadian flag to be flown on government buildings, and some organizations and individuals have more or less followed suit. Others still cling to the Jack, and still others want something even more distinctive than the Ensign. Her Majesty may be amused. Certain- ly it is not a matter for weeping, wail- ing and gnashing of teeth, and some of the arguments and fulminations on the - subject of the flag are richly comic. The federal government has ordered that during the royal visit, the Red En~ sign will take precedence over the Union Jack on all occasions, That means all official occasions. There will be many unofficial displays of the Jack alone, or the Jack taking precedence over the Ensign--unwitting illustrations of the general confusion surrounding the flag situation, Some editorial voices are being raise ed in pleas to the government to make the Ensign the official Canadian flag before the Queen's visit, in order to clear some of the confusion. We doubt if such hasty action is advisable, The Queen comes here, of course, as the Queen of Canada, and the flying of a distinctive C-nadian flag would be more a mark of respect than anything else, At the same time, the wishes of the majority of the people of Canada should be made known. A flag should not be foisted on them. Let us have our own flag, but let it be one that com- mands the mest: general affection and respect, Our Biggest Payrolls How many people in Canada are on publie payrolls? How many are full- time employees of federal, provincial and municipal governments? P. M. Fox, president of St. Lawrence Corporation Ltd., hazarded a guess dur- ing his address to the recent annual meeting of shareholders. "I believe it a cautious estimate to say that ordinary government payrolls throughout the country in 1958, paid out of taxes, to- talled over 400,000 people," he said, and added: "The 400,000 compares with some 60,000 workers in 125 pulp and paper mills across the country, and pulp and paper is Canada's biggest industry, In fact, the 400,000 considerably exceeds the combined total of workers employ- ed in Canada's 12 leading industries as listed in the latest Canada Year Book." The total of 400,000, incidentally, re- presents only the ordinary departments of government. It does not include arm- ed services, government agencies or crown corporations such as the CBC. In 1958 the CBC alone had 6300 employees and took $41 million out of taxes for its | capital costs and operating deficit. The federal government had 185,390 persons on the public payroll in 1958, a jump of 10,000 over 1957. Mr. Fox commented: "The 10,000 added to the payroll in 1958 were equivalent in num=- ber to all the workers making automo- biles in the vast General Motors plant in Oshawa." In the 10 years since 1948 the num- ber of people on the Ottawa payroll has been increased by 62,000, or nearly 53 per cent, In the 20 years since 1938 the increase has been 136,000, or 309 per cent. Our population growth since 1938 has been 55 per cent. Ottawa has thus added to its payroll an average of 6800 people every year for 29 years. What has been happening at Ottawa has also been happening at other levels of government. Has all the hiring been necessary? We doubt it. But there are 80 many voters now on government pay- rolls that only the hardiest of politicians would late an drive. Don't Need Protection Panic passing through the dedicated ranks of self-appointed Gilbert and Sullivan guardians would probably reise a huge guffaw from the throats of those two worthy and talented gentle- men, the Vancouver Sun suggests. Miss Dorothy Mary Alderley, 72, and thousands like her round the world who have seen their Mikado and Gondoliers 98 times each (or is this a record?) have been temporarily thwarted, Presi- dent of the board of trade in the Brit- ish government, Sir David Eccles, thinks #t most unlikely the government will interfere with the expiry of the copyright on Sir William Gilbert's words. It is due to run out in 1961, 50 years after his death (Sir Arthur Sul- livan's music entered the public domain in 1950). Miss Alderley fears Hollywood and the Americans generally will "debase" these operas. Frank Sinatra is set to be the defendant in Trial by Jury, Danny Kaye has already made some records ready for release when the copyright expires. But actually it's a wonderful tribute to . these operettas (surely that's the better Other Editor's Views SPORT IN MEDIEVAL TIMES (Kommando, South Africa) In 1363 Edward III banned all other games but erchery, particularly foot- ball. This edict was renewed by his successors down to Henry VIII, himself a noted archer. Henry added a rider forbidding practice at less than one furlong--220 vards; for this was the distance in which the bowmen usually "open fire" in battle, Oppressive though they seem, these edicts were necessary he Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor. The Oshawa limes. combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (estatlished 1863), 1s published daily (Sun days and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers . Association, The Conadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation eno the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices 44 King Street West, 640 Cothcart St Montreal, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Oronc skara. 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 carrierd delivery areas 1200 elsewhere 15.00 per year. AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,306 Toronto, Ontarie; word?) that interest should run so high, in them. What other musicals (an even better word?) are so high in pub- lic favor 50 yea s after their creators' deaths? They were topical when written. They will undoubtedly be re-topicalized (that's a word?) when the copyright ex- pires, That is as it may be. But where's Miss Alderley's faith in the greatness of these works? Any great work of art is debased, including the musical greats--Chopin and Tschaikov- sky, for instance. George Bernard Shaw has been turned into a- musical, which some say improves on the original. It has certainly brought the story of Pyg- malion to millions who would. other- wise have missed it. , The thing is, if the original's great enough, it will survive being made popular--again, G and S would prob- ably enjoy it. And they have survived plenty already--in the form of amateur productions round the world which would shake the querulous shades of the argumentative creators. Turn 'em loose, Let's see what hap- pens. to national defence. It was not the least use kicking a ieather ball in the face of the King's enemies whereas a well directed arrow gave them something to, think about. So, encouraged by the Government, and taught by their par- ents, every able-bodied man in England became a proficient bowman and so a potential soldier. NOT-SO-SAFE DRIVING (Ottawa Citizen) On their way by car to a dinner be- ing staged in the interests of safe driv- ing recently, Oshawa's mayor and chief of police were stopped by a city police cruiser. It was pointed out to them that only one headlight was functioning, and they were cautioned to get the other one fixed, Great must have been the embarrassment of the two officials, but not as great as the resulting wide pub- licity of safetv than as if they had set a model example of their fellow drivers. MAIL BOX THEFTS (Saint John Telegraph-Journal) An outbreak of private home mailbox thefts in Charlottetown may well serve as warning against allowing personal mail to remain in such boxes longer than necessary, In the Prince Edward Island capital, government-issued cheques particularly those covering family allowances, seem to be the principal objective of the thieves. Many of the stolen cheques later have been endorsed with forged signa- tures and cashed at business establish- ments in the city. In many cases they have been presented for payment by children. AREN'T You oe sep WRONG season, cHaPs 2 ~ GETTING READY FOR THE BIG GAME 0. S. GALLUP POLL Catholic Issue Losing Impact By AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION PRINCETON, N.J.--The Cath- olic issue does not have the poli- tical impact that it once did, but his religion could still give Sen. John Kennedy trouble in the ev- ent he is the Democratic nomi- nee in 1960. At the same time, the Massa- chusetts Senator's Roman Cath- olicism might mean trouble for the Republican ticket in.terms of Catholic votes lost. These are the main conclusions to be drawn from a special nat- jonwide study by the Gallup Poll of the Catholic issue in Ameri can politics. Voters in all parts of the coun- try and_o of all religious faiths were first asked this question one that was initially asked by the Gallup Poll almost 20 years ago: "IF YOUR PARTY NOMINA- TED A GENERALLY WELL- OFFERS TIME FOR FRENCH TORONTO (CP) -- Howard C. Caine, manager of radio station CHWS in nearby Oakville, has offered the CBC three hours a day of his program time for French - language radio broad- casts. Inch Standard Could Vanish In 20 Years By DON ATTFIELD Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)--A strong move is afoot that may see Canada off the inch standard and on the metric svstem within 20 v Dr. L, E. Howlett of the na- tional Research Council, a world authority on weights and mea- sures, said in an interview the switch has recently become a "live subject," particularly in Britain. Canada, Britain, the United States and some other Common- wealth countries are "a small is- land in the world" using the inch, foot, yard and mile as standard units of measure, Most of the rest of the world is on the metric sys- tem INDUSTRY INTERESTED "Not only engineers and sci. entists are "talking about chang- ing now," said Dr. Howlett, "but British industry also has been showing increasingly active inter- est. And they are finding it would not be so costly to change as they once thought it would be." Dr. Howlett, head of the re- search council's division of ap- plied physics and a director of the world-wide international com- mittee on weights and measures, said he is all in favor of the re- form. However, a switch to the metre "is still a dead issue in the United States." Countries on the inch standard often had more trouble selling goods abroad, but Britain more so than the U.S. "The English attitude is per- haps more realistic because Brit- ain is affected more by the dif- ference, being closer to countries that use the metric system." "I would not be surprised to see the metric system adopted in Britain in less than 20 years. Canada would be caught between two thorns if the United States did not comply. But certainly the intelligent thing to do would be to go along with Britain. I'm all in favor of the change." The advantage of the metric system was that the units for measuring volume, length and mass all are on the same basis. A step towards the metre al- has been taken. Canada in 1951 switched from the imperial standard for the inch to a metri- cal basis -- 2.54 centimetres. This is half way between. the U.S. and British inches -- the American has been 4.5 millionths of an inch longer--and these two countries now have agreed to move to the Canadian - estab- , lished metric basis for the inch. rears. of the QUALIFIED MAN FOR PRESI- DENT, AND HE HAPPENED TO BE A CATHOLIC, WOULD YOU VOTE FOR HIM?" Here are the comparable fig- ures today and in a March, 1940 Gallup Poll study: VOTE FOR CATHOLIC FOR PRESIDENT? Today 66% 1940 Yes, would 62% No, would not ... 24 31 Don't know 8 7 Further evidence of a decline in anti-Catholic sentiment is of- fered in a comparison of views held on the subject by voters in different age groups. Among persons 50 years of age and over--most of w would have been old enough to vote i the 1928 election -- a Catholic is almost twice . strong as it is among younger voters between 21 and 29 years of age. (World _ Copyright Reserved) Preparation In Release From Prison Urges PHILADELPHIA (AP)--Crim- inals ready for release should be prepared for life outside prison, says a Canadian penologist BYGONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO The Times Cooking School, un- der the direction of Miss E. Frances Thompson, was officially opened by Mrs. B. C. Colpus, member of the board of educa- tion, and Mrs. R. S, McLaughlin, president of the Ontario Home and School Feeration. Hon. W. G. Martin opened the Oshawa and district art exhibi. tion in the Canadian Legion Mem- orial Hall, Edward Pardon of Brooklin, winner of the checker champion. ship of South Ontario, was for- mally presented with the Sinclair Cup, donated by W. E, N. Sin- clair, KC, of Oshawa. Cliff Palmer, president of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club, was chosen to propose the toast to the retiring District Governor, R. Gordon Harbinson, at the conven. tion banquet held in Toronto, Mrs. A. McCormick of Brook- lin, the oldest resident of the dis- trict, died in her 99th year. Roy D. Kerby, who started with the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. 21 years ago, was annointed Toronto zone manager for Gen- eral Motors, W. M. Gilbert was elected pres- ident of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. Frank Reddin, former manager of the Oshawa branch of Central Canada Loan and Savings who had accepted a position in Toron- to, was tendered a banquet by fates at Hotel Gen- M. Kirkpatrick, executive director of the John Howard So- ciety of Toronto, told the 172nd annual supper meeting of the Pennsylvania Prison Society: "The needs of ex-inmates re- turning from incarceration to ur- ban communities are manifold and different from those of any other group of citizens." Kirkpatrick, former president International Prisoners Association, said that in Canada some prison wardens are per- mitted to allow a prisoner to leave the jail during the day and evening for a few weeks prior to his scheduled release. This program of "gradual re- lease" includes shopping trips, general exploration, attendance at athletic events and visits to restaurants and homes. osha. Paul Gulenchyn of Lakeview Gardens and student at OCVI, was awarded the: GMC scholar- ship in the motor mechanics course conducted annually by General Mootrs, Dr. W. J. Langmaid was chos- en as president of the Oshawa Rotary Club to succeed C, F. Cannon. An announcement was made by Rae Halliday, manager of the local Employment Service Bu- reau, that between 300 and 350 men from 10 municipalities in Durham County would be given work on the widening of No. 2 Highway. FOR BETTER HEALTH Advice to Sun Bathers: Try to Prevent Sunburn HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD The warm summer days will be here before we know it. And most of you, I know, are anxious to get out into the sun for that first sun bath. So, while we still have time to and 2 pm. Clouds remember don't necessarily protect you from these rays. And the reflec- tion of the sun in water or sand increases the risk of sunburm, LIMIT FIRST EXPOSURE Therefore limit your first day's e to 10 mi or less give the matter a little thoug let me give you a bit of advice on what you should and should not do to prevent sunburn. MORE SUSCEPTIBLE Some persons, of course, burn more easily than others. As a rule, those of you between the ages of 21 and 50 probably will burn more readily than those who are younger or older. Hence a I want to especially caution all of you 40 and over to be ex- tremely careful of overexposure because of the often present dan- ger of sun-stroke. You also are likely to burn more easily if you recently have been taking such drugs. as clor- promazine any of the sulfa drugs or a lot of barbiturates. These drugs apparently increase the body's sensitivity to sunlight. EFFECT OF PERFUME Perfume on your skin is apt to have the same effect. So do skin preparations with a tar base such as those often used for treat- ing complexion troubles. Blondes redheads and persons with blue eyes are usually more sensitive to sunburn. The sun's rays are apt to pro- duce the most severe sunburn between the hours of 10 a.m. and then gradually increase it day by day. of % i y ly begin anywhere from six to 12 hours after exposure. Even if the skin only feels hot to the 'touch it should be treated as a burn. Of course if there is se- vere blistering you should consult doctor. PROTECTIVE MEASURES Until the skin is thoroughly tanned I suggest you use protec- tive preparations such as salves unguents or oils containing zinc oxide titanium or calamine. Incidentally many of you I'm sure have heard thé story that you run a greater risk of having a sunstroke if you go out in the sun without wearing a hat. Ac- tually leaving the hat off per- mits the air to eirculate over your scalp and may make you feel considerably cooler. QUESTION AND ANSWER M. G.: Lately I wake up at night with numb fingers or hand. What causes this? Answer: If pumbness of fin gers and hand occur only at night it may be due to compres- sion of a nerve caused by sleep- ing on an arm. REPORT FROM THE U.K. U.K. Spends More To Lure Tourists By M. McINTYRE HOOD 17th century, favorite . Special to The Oshawa Times . pleasure resort for the London- LONDON -- The growing an- ers of that era, The scheme will' nual influx of tourists, cular- transform the present deserted I Som the Duited tes and island into a fashionable London anada, is EE I uuu 10¢ Wing 49 duseg, ment projects to cater to them, GREAT OPPORTUNITY These involve not only the usual Patrick de Saulles, a 33-year- seaside and other resort oreas, fd Arhiwect na, designer, has but also some localities along the ans for Pro, river 'Thames adjacent to pF ii Vreagtis 2 great opportunity," don, ugly, higgledv- Quite the most ombitious of Piggledy Brentford to come alive these projects to create greater 8s the proud county town of amusement facilities for tourists, Middlesex. and for the people of London, is It is a drastic plan. It proposes that which has been announced to sweep away the gas-works, by the Brentford and Chiswick water-works and light industry Council, It is planning a £3,000,- along the riverside. In their place 070 new continental style river- will arise a tall block of maison- side rendezvous which it hopes ettes with surrounding Awellings, will make it the greatest amuse- an Italian-style shopping cen ment centre in the London area. around a piazza with Brentiord's PULL DOWN OLD TOWN e water tower to lend con- tine: atmosphere and car park This ambitious scheme involves ces bet: trees such virtually pulling down the old and see Neen So) 2s are Fre incial tow somewhat shabby old town of wel). 1 meh. provindial is Brentford, and rebuilding behind FOLKESTONE TOO fi a ificent pr The resort of Folke- * alongside the Thames, with pub- stone is also going to spend lic gardens down to the oll i money to provide additional edge, amusement amenities to attract The most impressive piece of holiday-makers. All the . seaside the project will be a long pier facilities there are under the con- streiching out over the Thames trol of the corporation, and the to Brentford Alt, a secluded revenue from them is very useful island just west of the Kew in Sovieg to keep down the tax- Bridge. This island, back in the rate, was a building, overlooking the sea, place. It is expected money- tax rates. ONE PLAN OPPOSED ly over-crowded mer, pi Bog the night spot, with a Re eda res- East Cliff a railway foundry, molished, hy and a bo ge spinner to help The Southend Council has de- veloped plans for transforming Leigh-on-Sea in Essex into a new ppg in nade which a long prome! ch wou! be an extension of Southend's by the bu 'Golden Mile", EE opposed yachtsmen Yoh Leigh-on-Sea, see it as a monstrosity which would destroy the yacht amenities and interfere with the operations of the fishing fleet. club Canada's Map QUEENS PARK Stil Needing Place Names OLTAWA (Special) -- Anyone can 2dd a geographical name to Canada's maps, All it takes is a little imagination and effort. The first essential is to take a trip into the backwoods and find some small pond, stream or hill that hasn't got a local name. Then you decide on something suitable to call it and send your suggestion in to the Board of Geographical Names in Ottawa. A word of warning though--the Board won't bite on any of the obvious names such as Duck Pond, Salmon Lake, Bear Creek, Mounty Baldy and the rest of which there are already too many By the time the newspapermen across the country. got upstairs there was a state- The Board is a branch of the ment from Liberal Leader John Mines and Technical Surveys De- Wintermeyer outlining his pro- partment and its job is to tidy gram. up the place names on the mans _ At four o'clock that afternoon of Canada and find new ones CCF Leader MacDonald had a where they are needed, press conference and issued his platform. PLENTY OF NAMES Whew! The opening of new air line routes, development of mine; in ATOM STUFF All of this, of course, is atomic , age stuff. . e in On- tario elections--and federal ones also--has been to announce the vote and then give everyone time to take a deep breath. Platforms haven't been made public until some time later when the leaders have given their "key- note' speeches, But not in 1959. No sir, in this age of Sputnik we do things dif- ferently. KEEP UP The question now is will the campaign run out of steam and be a Flopnik. No, probably not. It won't maintain its starting pace. But still there should be action aplenty to keep it off the ground. REAL ISSUES For the first time in a number of years there are realistic issues to fight about. There are concrete proposals of substance being put forward by the opposition parties. The Liberals are eu hy down-payment housing, university students and #1 _-- cific things. The CCF has its public automo- bile insurance plan, a sickness benefit program, full health in- surance and publicly-owned gas. It can be argued whether these are practical, but at least they By DON O'HEARN Special Corre pondent to The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- When it started it was with a bang. Never has an election in On- tario had such a quick break- away. Premier Frost announced dis- solution at 10:10 in the morning. Fifteen minutes later he had re- porters down and handed out a 40-page election manifesto. vast in the of geographical names dotting Can- ada. This country now has about 160,000 place names. Role of the Board is that of a referee and it does not itself dream up names. Wherever possible, the Board uses the one in local usage. Sim- plicity and imagination are the next criterions. Suggestions for names came into the Board from its own field men, airline pilots, mining com- panies and scientists. A flock of names in some obscure spot will often mean that a geologist or other scientist has sent back sug- gestions for his camp site and other nearby geographical fea- tures, WAR HEROES If no good name is offered, the Board has its own scheme, its aim to commemorate the dead heroes of World War Two. As a monument to the dead soldiers, airmen and sailors, more enduring than concrete pil- lars or wreaths of roses, names of some 2,000 of the deco- rated dead of the war have been applied to geographical features across the Arctic and northern areas of the provinces. In its -- to apply local names wherever possible, the Board runs into some very human difficulties. There is a case on file of a Election Action In Sputnik Age are realistic, down-to-earth pro- posals, And they have appeal that sec. tions of the public will buy un- less the government shows them why they shouldn't, This is a situation we haven't had in an election since 1945, 1 paid all my BILLS with a low cost loan from Superior Finance, the fastest growing all-Canadian Loon Company $50 10 $5000 or bankable security Now | enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing that all my bills are paid, and | only have to make one easy monthly payment. 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