The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Friday, February 5, 1960 Conservation Includes More Than Our Forests The federal government proposes to establish a department of forestry affairs. It will absorb the forestry branch now administered by the department of agriculture, and initially will be under the direction of Northern Affairs Min- ister Alvin Hamilton. Ultimately it will have its own cabinet minister. On the surface, it seems like a rea- sonable proposal. About one in every 15 Canadian workers is employed in one part or another of the forest industries. Woods operations supply 17 per cent of the total Canadian manufacturing out- put. Forest products account for about a third of all our exports. Moreover, foreign competition is increasing, as are the internal problems of the industries. More research into forest problems is required. On the other hand, a new depart- ment will increase the heavy weight of government in Canada. A new depart- ment means, in addition to a new min- ister, a big new addition to the army of civil servants. Do forest problems alone justify such an expansion? There al- ready exists a department of trade and commerce, with an elaborate structure designed to help Canadian producers merket their products. There also exist provincial departments, under various titles, directly concerned with the forest industries -- and it must be remembered that forests, as a natural resource, are primarily the responsibility of the pro- vinces. Why is this group of industries singled out for cabinet recognition? Just as good a case could be made for a de- partmenf of manufacturing. Manufac- turing accounts for 55 per cent of Can- ada's net value of production. All the primary industries combined -- agricul- ture, forestry, fishing, trapping, mining and electric power -- acount for only half of this, 28 per cent; construction produces the remaining 17 per cent. In terms of employment, manufacturing provides jobs for one of four Canadians, and directly supports a third of the population. There are plenty of mar keting and other problems to be solved: the labor force is increasing by more than 10,000 persons a year; industrial expansion is concentrated in a few parts of the country, and so on. Manufactur- ing could surely qualify for cabinet re- cognition on these grounds. But again, there are departments already in exis- tance to handle most of the problems. If there is need for a new depart- ment, it is for a department of conser- vation. The use of forest resources is only a part of the much broader and much more important subject of con- servation. Again, the provinces have a direct interest in and responsibility for conservation, but it is by no means an exclusive interest. Conservation means the wise use of all resources -- soil, water, minerals and energy as well as forests. The En- ergy Board would logically come under a department of conservation, just as much as the forestry organization. In- deed, a conservation department could replace the present department of mines. It seems to us that the federal gov- ernment is on the track of a good idea but has not followed it through. If an addition is to be made to the costly structure of government, the taxpayers should get full not partial value for their money. University And Frats The University of Toronto's senior disciplinary body, the Caput, has done well to disassociate the university from the men's and women's frater- nities on the campus. While fraternity spokesmen may claim that their organizations have never been "asso- ciated" with the university, they cannot deny that they enjoyed certain privi- leges, and therefore they received at least semi-official recognition. Now they lose the privileges and the last vestiges of recognition. Queen's University fought the battle against fraternities 20 years ago, and won it. There are no fraternities there. Now the University of Toronto has gone as far as it can, short of an out- right ban. The Caput statement is clear: "The privilege of being a member of the university carries obligations en- forceable by disciplinary action. In the " event that membership in any group of club by a student enrolled in the university should be deemed inimical to the interest of the university of the academic welfare of the student, such membership may be forbidden by the Caput. President Claude Bissell elaborated: "We have no intention of dictating to fraternities or trying to control them. But we do have control over every undergraduate and we are now in a position to say, if we wish, that he is free to belong to a fraternity but, if he does belong, he can't stay in the university." The Caput's decision will not kill the fraternities, unless the fraternities force university authorities to take punitive action. But the university is try- ing to expand its residence facilities, and as it succeeds much of the attraction of the frat house will disappear. St. Petersburg's Water Oshawa people holidaying in St. Petersburg won't be drinking fluoridated water. Voters in the Florida City have turned down a proposal to fluoridate the municipal water supply, and the Tribune in neighboring Tampa thinks the defeat "suggests that the campaign to turn city water supplies into a dental treatment is losing ground in this country". The Tribune comments: "The question has not been raised in Tampa but if the issue were put to a vote we suspect the answer, as in St. Petersburg, would be NO. "There was a time a few years ago he Osha Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawoc Times combining The Oshawa Times (establishe 871) ana the Whitby Gazette ond Chronic toblished 1863 is published daily ory holidays excepted Members of C. Association, The Circulation and the Ontario Prov ciation. The Conadion Press is < entitled to the use for r cation of all news despatched in the paper cr ec to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also 425 thcart Street, Montreal SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple r hmon's Bay, 00l Taunt , Enniskillen Claremont Kinsale, Port Hope stile no por week of 'O 0) outside carriers sisewhere 15.00 phr vear University Avenue PQ Leskard, Manchester Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 when a citizen who opposed the idea of putting fluorides into city water was regarded as an old fuddy-duddy who probably had no teeth of his own and didn't want anyone else to have. Fluor- idated water was good for Junior's teeth so anyone not for fluoridation must be anti-children. It was a tough argument to face, with or without teeth. "Gradually, we think, the soundest argument against fluoridation has pen- etrated the public mind. It has nothing to do with the medical merits--admit- tedly, the preponderance of professional opinion favors fluoridation. Nor does it have anything to do with the crackpot charges occasionally made that fluorida- tion is a Communist plot to poison every- body. "No, the issue goes beyond the prob- able good for Junior's teeth; beyond the possible harm to older bones. "It's a matter of principle. "The city's responsibility is to fur- nish pure water. It has no obligation to supply dental treatments to the popu- lace, any more than it has to provide so many units of vitamin A in every glass of water. To inject fluorides or vitamins or anything else not strictly necessary to make the water chemically pure a- mounts to forced medication. This is no proper function of the city and citizens have every right to ob- _ ject to it. The individual who want med- ication for himself or his child can get it on his own; the individual who does not want it shouldn't be compelled to swal- low it or else go to the expense of arrang- ing another sources of drinking water. E -------- FINALLY GOING TO PLUG IT IN UEEN'S PARK Three Parties Agree With Gordon Report By DON O'HEARN TORONTO---It is probably as dull as a piece of soggy bread to you, but the Gordon committee report is turning out to be very i is seat of govern- of on it parties with first major debate that all three e in general agreement This indicates there could be a number of major changes in procedures and ways of doing business, And this means as much here as downfield blocking does to the football: fan LET SLI The extent agreement, fact, was quite striking Essentially it boils down to the fact that all parties agree the legislature must take back its importance. . It has let this slip in the days since the war, until it is almost inferior to some boards and com. missions, at least in the minds of the boards and commissions themselves OWN HYDRO Hydro is probably the best ex- ample The members of the commis- sion and senior officials pay lip service to the government and the legislature. But there is 1 that in their in of ittle question but vn minds this is just a necessary nuisance. If there is anybody they feel they should. respect it is the municipalities This is through that veloped myth that the palities own Hydro.' well-de- 'munici- ¥l bylaw. making BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Dr. T. W. G. McKay urged city council to reconsider a proposed compulsory the pasteurization of all milk and milk products offered for sale in § the municipality. This doesn't recognize that Hy dro in one way and another is into the proviace for better than $1.5 billion GO DEEP A suggestion of Opposition Leader Wintermeyer may not get 1 doesn't it will be too bad The suggestion is that 'beyond the Gordon report there should be a further study It would go deep into the roots of government, Handled probably by an in- dependent commission, it would first go into the history of par- liamentary democracy. Then it would review what government was doing today. And it would make recom- mendations on what it should and should not do EXTREMELY VALUABLE To the cynic this well could look like a dream--and we have our share of cynics here But you can take the word of one observer that it could be ex- tremely valuable. In plain words it would look into the question of government today and see whether it is going far in some directions and not far enough in others. In equally plain words govern- ment, and this doesn't only apply to Ontario, really doesn't have much of a clue as to what it should be doing. It uses a catch-as-catch-can approach of usually granting soinething when asked for, though trying not to grant too much, too REPORT FROM UK. Canadians Study British Methods By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON The latest British techniques in concrete construc- tion are being given intensive study by a group of 65 profes- sional architects and engineers from mid-western Canada. This party arrived in London recently to take a two-weeks course of ectures and practical demonstra- tions arranged for its members by the British Cement and Concrete Association, The whole project has been sponsored and organ. ized by Joseph Boux, president of Supercrets of Winnipeg, Lim- ited, a private building mater. jals firm in the Manitoba capi- tal. Regarding the project, Mr. Roux, on arrival at the London Airport in a chartered BOAC aircraft, said: "There is much the British can teach up about the use of concrete in modern bridges and buildings. We are bringing a party of our architectural and engineering friends to London for an intensive study of British know-how that can be supplied to Canadian construction." SPECIAL COURSE The whole party is living at the Washington Hotel on Curzon Street in London's west end. From there its members go off daily for some phase of the special course which has been arranged for them. One of the features is a cours of lectures and practical demonstrations, arranged by the Cement and Concrete Association, in precast, pre-stressed con. crete techniques which are very far advanced on this side of the Atlantic. In addition to this course, the Canadians have been doing some travelling around the country in- specting structures of concrete They have visited a number of flats and built by the London County Counci went a day at the Gatwick Air- the schools They port, where various concrete structures were inspected. They have also' travelled on and had a good look at the new Birming- ham to London Motorway and have inspected the re develop- ment schemes in Birmingham and Coventry Another feature of the trip has been the provision of opportun- ities for the group to meet Bri- tish manufacturers of construc- tion materials, This was organ. ized by the Dollar Exports Coun- cil, of which Baron Rootes is the chairman. The Council was im- pressed with the fact that the 65 Canadian architects and engin- eers represent an influential seg- mt of the $300,000,000 construc- tion industry in mid-western Can- ada. Whitby Presbyterian Church voted 99 for and 119 against church union. Harry Bell, musical director of the new Martin Theatre, produc- ed a show entitled "Here Comes the Bride," using local talent. John Gibson was returned to the chairmanship of the Board of Health for the 10th time. He had served on the hoard for 12 years. Council approved of changing he name of Central Park to Me- morial Park. Oshawa Tankard contenders went down to defeat before Strat- ford. The two rinks skipped by A. G. Lambert and L- O. Clifford lost out by three shots, C.. E. McTavish was elected president of Oshawa Motors Baseball Club. Other officers were W. L. Mitchell and N. Me- Tlveen, vice-presidents; C. G. Mc- Dougall, secretary and Norman Hall, treasurer. Women's Missionary Societies in the city celebrated their 40th anniversary. Two charter mem- bers, Mrs. Joseph Luke and Mrs. Philip, at the time the first So- ciety was formed in 1885, were present. An historical review of the Society's growth was given by Mrs. T. H. Everson. Annual report of Fire Chief A. C. Cameron revealed Osh- awa's fire loss during 1924 was $2,866.80 caused by 23 actual fires, Over 8000 books were in circula- tion at the Oshawa Public Li- brary -- an increase of 1097 over 1923. Junior Home Nursing classes were being held in Centre Street School for Grade 8 girls. The classes were under the supervision of senior school nurse Miss Red- din. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM To a person paying for some- thing in installments, it seems a year has 24 months of about 2 weeks each. An error in grammar, that of using the future tense for the past, is usually made by the per- son who says, "I'll think it over and make a decision." From a little boy's prayer: "God, bless Mama, bless Daddy, and bless me--but bless me the most, 'cause it's two against one." / FOR BETTER HEALTH Reassuring Findings About Use Of DDT HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD The recent contamination of a small portion of the eranberry crop by the herbicide, aminotri- azole, naturally leads many per- sons to wonder about the wide- spread use of DDT. As president of the Chicago Board of Health I had to ban the sale of all cranberries in Chi- cago for several days until we could determine which supplies might be contaminated and which were undoubtedly safe. I doubt that I ever will have to take such drastic action as far as DDT is. concerned. Repeated studies have shown that detectable amounts of this in- e are regularly present in many prepared meals. [Y This is not surprising since a greater tonnage of DDT is used in agriculture than any other or- ganic pesticide. Some 137,747,000 pounds were produced during the 1955-56 crop year. However, tests indicate that chronic DDT poisoning at the cur- rent dietary level is unlikely. Dr. Mark F. Ortelee of Savan- nah, Ga., looked into the matter of DDT contamination pretty thor- oughly back in 1958. He reasoned that the effects of exposure to any toxic com- pound should be most evident in persons who are subjected to in- tensive and prolonged exposure; therefore, he studied 40 men en- gaged in the manufacture of for- mulation of the insecticide. Europeans Plan In Three By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special to The Oshawa Times BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Here in the capital city of Belgium, headquarters of the European Economic Community of six na- tions, for two days within the modernistic buildings of its agen- cies, I have been subjected to an intensive indoctrination on the principles, objectives and opera- tions of that closely-knit union of Euopean countries, The European Economic Com- munity is a tripartite group, em- bracing the European Coal and Steel Community, the Common Market and the European Atomic Energy Community, known as Euratom, and its aims embrace three fields -- economic, social and political. The Coal and Steel Community has what is called its High Au- thority, a body of nine members whose decisions are binding on the industries concerned. For the other two groups, the Common Market and Euratom, there are commissions of nine and five members respectively. These commissions, however, while charged with carrying on the operation of their projects, do not have the same power as the Coal and Steel High Authority. In their case there is a Council of Ministers, of one representa- tive from each of the six coun- tries, which makes the final de- cisions. They do so on the pro- Areas posals of the two commissions and can modify these proposals only by unanimous vote. The main purpose of the Council of Ministers, however, is to ensure co-ordination between the policies of the national governments and those of the Community as a whole. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT An important body, abou which little has been heard, is the European Parliament, which gives political supervision to the whole of the community's activi- ties. It is composed of 142 mem- bers, 36 each from Germany, France and Italy, 14 each from Belgium and the Netherlands and six from Luxembourg. Its mem- bers dre at present elected by and from the legislatures of the six countries, but the Treaty of Rome provides for future election by universal suffrage. The three executive bodies must report an- nually to the European Parlia- ment, which can oust these bod- ies by a motion of censure, voted by a two-thirds majority. For the Common Market and Euratom, the European Parlia- ment must be consulted before certain specific decisions are taken, It has the right to pass on the Community's budget. It holds frequent plenary sessions and maintains 13 standing 'commit- tees. Its members are divided into three political groups, Chris- tian Democrats, Socialists and Liberals, each of which sits to- OTTAWA REPORT Battle Of Falaise Gap Fought Over In Review | By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The battles from D-day to the Rhine are being re- fought over Ottawa's coffee cups today, stimulated by the publica- tion of The Victory Campaign by Colonel C. P. Stacey. This is the third and final volume of the of- ficial history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. The director of the historical sec- tion of our army has compiled a painstakingly complete record of the battles, and of the units tak-_ ing part in them, in northwest Europe in 1944-45. The section which has precipi- tated the most heated verbal bat- tles here is that dealing with the Battle of the Falaise Gap. The Canadian-British-Polish jaw was slower than had been planned in clamping with the U.S.A. jaw to close the Falaise pocket and hence trap the fleeing Germans. THOSE PRESENT RESENT "Had our troops been more ex- perienced, hardly have been able to escape a worse disaster," writes Col. Stacey. In his verdict, he con- cludes: "Dissatisfaction with the 4th Armored Division's operations was reflected in a change of com- mand. Brigadier H. W. Foster from the 7th Infantry Brigade being promoted to replace Major- General Kitching." Some old sweats here, who were in a position to know what was happening at Falaise, disagree with this verdict, and bitterly re- sent what they regard as a slur on General Kitching. But the general reaction to Col. Stacey's work is immense inter- est, and joy that the official rec- ord of a glorious campaign by our army is now in print. An interesting sidelight con- cerns four highly - decorated heroes of the Falaise Battle, who fought within a mile or so of each other on 20th August 1944--"the fiercest day of the Gap battle." Now by a strange coincidence they sit within 20 paces of each other in our House of Commons every afternoon. Today, Sergeant - At - Arms Currie sits guarding the Mace, while Trade Minister Churchill, Agriculture Min i s ter Harkness and Associate Defence Minister Sevigny are at their places on the Cabinet benches. THE DAY OF GLORY But for that August victory, nearly 15 years ago, they were all in Normandy. Major D. V. Currie, writes Col. Stacey, was commanding 'C Squadron of the South Alberta Regiment, dug in at the village of St. Lambert-sur- Dives--"battling furiously against one counter-aitack after another, and accounting for hundreds of the enemy"--and winning the Victoria Cross. On Hill 262, north of the village of Chambois, called by the Poles Maczuga (meaning The Mace) on account of its shape, Capt. Pierre Sevigny of the 4th Medium Regi- ment RCA served as liaison of- ficer with Polish armored units. Every Polish officer was killed or seriously wounded, so com- mand of the force devolved onto the Canadian captain. With no re- inforcements, no supplies of food, and no ammunition getting through for three days; with their bastion hill ringed with German corpses and wrecked tanks; the few survivors beat off fanatical attacks with the bayonet. Their He reported that he found no correlation between DDT expo- sure and the distribution of ab- normalities in these men with the exception of a few cases of minor eye and skin irritation. These men had been exposed t( DDT for as long as six and a half years. Moreover, Dr. Ortelee reported, they were exposed in such a way that they absorbed about 200 times as much DDT as is absorbed by the general popu- lation from their diet. Dr. Ortelee's study was report-- ed by the American Medical Asso- ciation's Archives of Industrial Health in November, 1958. I know, because I looked it up in an effort to head off any questions about DDT before they began pour ing into my office. the Germans would spe ji situation, when relieved by the Canadian Grenadier Guards, was "the grimmest the regiment had come up against," Captain Se- vigny was awarded the Polish Victoria Cross. A mile to the north, Lt.-Col. Douglas Harkness, wearing the George Medal which he had won in the Sicily campaign, com- manded the 5th Anti-Tank Regi- ment RCA, and co-ordinated the anti - tank defence across the whole front of the 4th Armored Division. He directed artillery fire onto what he described as "the most fantastic military tar- get ever seen, as fleeing Germans and horses and vehicles jammed the last two roads out of the Falaise trap." To the west, L{.-Col. Gordon Churchill, second in command of the Elgin Regiment, was organ- izing the first use of armored troop carriers. This device saved ives of many hundreds of in- fantrymen throughout the cam- paign: for his services he was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order. gether in the assembly regard. less of nationality. COURT OF JUSTICE The final body is the Court of Justice, made up of seven : judges, having the sole power to decide whether the acts of the executives and the Council of Min- isters should be upheld or quash- ed. It is significant of the power within the Community that the court's judgments have the su- preme force of law throughout the Community, and are directly binding on all parties, whether individuals, firms, national gov ernments or the Community's ex- cutives themselves. What has surprised me after listening to two days of discus- sions is the large degree to which the six nations involved have sur- rendered their national sover- eighnty over a vast area of their jurisdiction in favor of the Euro- pean Economic Community. In all matters of trade and com- merce, customs and tariffs, quotas for trade with other coun- tries and social conditions among workers, they have surrended their rights to the Community, When it is considered that some of these nations were at war with each other less than 20 years ago, this seems a tremendously signi- ficant thing. ITS ACHIEVEMENTS The European Coal and Steel Community has some concrete achievements to its credit. Since it was established in 1952, it has eliminated in its common coal- steel market, trade restrictions across the 1700 miles of frontier within the six-nation area. It has abolished for coal, steel, iron ore and scrap, all customs duties be- tween the six nations, all quantita- tive restrictions and the dual prie- ing system, whereby prices charged on exported coal and steel differed from those charged to home consumers. It has elim. inated currency restrictions and discriminations in transport rates based on the nationality of cus- tomers. It has applied rules of fair competition and created a harmonized external tariff for the whole community. It has gone far beyond that into social fields, It provides for a free interchange of labor within the Community, for social bene. fits of a generous nature when closing of mines has caused un- employment, It has given finan. cial aid to certain areas in Bel- gium and Italy for improvement of production methods. Steel production has jumped from 42 million tons to 63 million tons a year. {1:11:41 coughs, colds, or bronchitis BREAKS UP COUGHS | THE MOST POPULAR ROOM IN THE HOME . .. When families grow as they are bound to, many home owners are forced to look around for extra living space in their homes. Usually a recreation room is the answer. It can be built in the basement or in the attic and finished to your own lik- ing. It usually becomes the most popular room because of the casual atmosphere the most modern families enjoy. Millwork & Building Supplies is a leader in Oshawa for the supplies and the neces- sary tips and advice you need when build- ing your recreation room. Our salesmen are always on hand to help you figure quantities needed and will be glad to come in your home. to your home and advise you as to what materials and designs would be best suit- ed for your home. Why not drop out to Millwork and inquire as to how simple it would be for you to own a recreation room 1279 SIMCOE NORTH MILLWORK & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED RA 8:6291