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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Friday, March 11, 1960 Canal Along Voyageur Route Discussed Again It comes as news to us, but the Ottawa Citizen reports "renewed interest" in the old idea of a canal to Georgian Bay, by way of the Ottawa valley. The Citizen is so taken with the idea that it sug- gests "it might be well to plan all bridges and other works on the Ottawa river with the thought in mind that lakers and ocean freighters may be plying its waters some day -- and perhaps in the not too distant future." Serious consideration was given the Georgian Bay scheme shortly after the turn of the century. The canal would follow the old water route of the voyage- urs' from Montreal to Georgian Bay and the upper lakes -- along the Ottawa, into Lake Nipissing and down the French river. But the proposal came at the end of the great canal- building period of the 19th and early 20th cen- turies, when attention switched to rail- ways and roads. Now, with the comple- tion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, it seems that the Georgian Bay idea is being revived. The Citizen points out that the Ottawa Valley route means a saving in distance of nearly 300 miles between Montreal and such upper lake ports as Fort William, Duluth and Chicago. The argument is that the siphoning off of a large volume of traffic bound to and from the upper lakes would greatly ease the burden placed upon the Wel. land Canal; that money spent on the Welland might be used to greater ad- vantage on the Georgian Bay scheme; and that convenient water transport could be a significant aid to the deve. lopment of Northern Ontario and Quebec. The argument is superficially plau- sible. But one does not have to be an engineer to realize that the development of a deep waterway along the vayageur route would be a great deal more expen- sive than enlargement of the Welland facilities. The extra expense might very well be too great to justify the saving of 300 miles; there would have to be busi- ness along the route, to go with the saving in distance. One thing is certain: it would be a superb route for summer travel by private boat-owners. But until there is more expert information on costs and benefits, the Citizen's enthusiasm scar. cely seems justified. Ending Law's Delays A new office has been established in the Ontario Attorney-General's depart- ment to co-ordinate administration of justice. The office provide adminstrative assistance for the county court judi- ciary, compiling statistical data and re- porting directly to the Attorney-Gen- eral on the work of the court. Anything the Attorney-General can do to remove the "law's delays" in On- tario will be welcomed. Mr, Roberts told the Legislature this week that of 721 cases heard by the Appeal Court in the past five years only one complaint has ever been made about a delay in hear- ing. When there are no official com- plaints, of course, there is no record. And Mr. Roberts mentioned only the Appeal Court. Establishment of the new office may enable Mr. Roberts' assess the speed with which charges or department to actions come to trial and judgment in magistrates, county and Supreme courts. Information might be compiled, for instance, on the effect on justice -- to the state and the individual -- of re- peated remands by magistrates, and of the volume of work within county juris- dictions in general and between county courts in particular, Perhaps the next step for Attorney. General Roberts would be to set up a committee, drawn possibly from the Law Society of Upper Canada, to study "the law's delays" in Ontario and to present a report. Sub-committees of lawyers have already dug into this sub- ject, so a new inquiry would not be digging into unbroken ground. Pleased With Relations U.S. newspapers are taking an opti- mistic view of Canadian-American re- lations these days. After the recent meet- ing of the Joint Cabinet Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs, there were these comments: Washington Post: At the last meeting a year ago, and to an even greater degree before that, Canada felt itself seriously aggrieved by a variety of United States policies and activities. These seemed to Canada, and with much justification, to betray an insensitivity here to Canada's economic problems . . . Happily, Ameri- can policies have been modified in many instances, and, in others, better ex- plained .. . All of this improved feeling comes at a most propitious time, With the emergence of regional trade group- ings in Europe the two North American countries find that they need to work more closely together to protect their interests . . . No doubt that possibility of new restrictions elsewhere is partly responsible for the closer collaboration between the two countries. But much of it, we would like to think, reflects a fundamental American awakening to the long neglect of this country's relations with its northern neighbor. The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Puphsher end General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ona the Whitby Gozette ond Sronicle._{esfblished 1863) is published daily y y Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches ore also reserved. Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario. 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborion, Enniskillen, Orono Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont Columbus Fairport ach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock Manchester, Cobour: , Port Hope Pontypool ond Newcastle not over as per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areos 12.00: elsewhere 15.00 per vear, Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 Milwaukee Journal: The Canada. United States ministerial committee on economic affairs meeting offers occasion for comment that relationships between these hemispheric neighbors are in ex- cellent shape. This couldn't be said a year or so ago. There were numerous irritations then . . . Actually, this meet- ing was much less concerned with C. .adian-American bilateral differences than with mutual problems in the out- side world. The two countries are work- ing together in the effort to avoid a Western European trade war between the "Inner Six" and the "Outer Seven". They are seeking a common approach to the problems of international trade restrictions and expansion of trade with underdeveloped nations. Canada is work- ing with the United States in seeking to spread the burden of development aid_ to the rising nations of Asia and Africa. Miami Herald: Even your best friend may get on your nerves, at times. Snarling only widens the rift. So does talking to others about his shortcomings behind his back. If you're both smart, you'll get together and talk it out. That is the course chosen by Canada and the United States, long inseparable friends in the family of nations. The forum for "talking it out" is the Canada-United States ministerial committee on eco- nomic matters. Our nations has no similar committee relation with any other country .. .The committee finds its desk almost cleared of issues between Canada and this country, The U.S. newspapers may be carried away with their eagerness to believe that all thorny issues between our two countries have been settled by the ministerial committee. It just isn't so -- and the issues that were causing all the trouble a year ago remain today. It's just that the committee was more worried about the trade developments in Europe. Nevertheless, the unsettled issues will be discussed in a reasonable manner. There won't be any hysterical speeches to screaming mobs or any incendiary headlines. There will be talk, and when recsonable men sit down to talk, they are well on the way to the settlement of their mutual problems and differences. BRAINWASHING EXPEDIYION QUEEN'S PARK No Big Difference In Ontario Budget By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--We are still '"hold- ing the line." There is no great difference in this year's budget than any other of recent years. It is essentially a tight rein on a spirited horse--the horse of the province's continuing great ex- pansion. NOT ALARMING A key figure, as usual, is debt. There was a further increase this year and now net debt has topped the billion dollar mark. However not so many people probably will worry about it this year. Why? For ome reason because we are getting used to it. But principally because the government has a good story to offer on it. In real dollars per capita debt is still only half of what it was in 1939-40. And while it would have taken six years' revenue to pay it off then, it now would take only a year and a half's. A more pertinent consideration of the current budget would be is it doing the job required of the day? A budget is the clay and the government - the artisan which molds the future, Money is not unlimited so there is only so much clay. And there has to be kill in the shaping. WHICH WAY? Out of the money it is raising is the government paying enough attention to education? Should it put more into high- ways and less into municipal as- sistance? Are hospital standards too high and standards of community de- velopment too low? Through highway and other de- velopment the emphasis can be placed on industrial growth. Through education and health spending the accent can be placed on community welfare. WHO RIGHT? These are the real questions which underlie any budget. They are the basic problems which governments must decide. There never is, or can be, any absolute right or wrong. The present budget and the present government play em down the middle of the road. REPORT FROM U.K. { istrate, i meeting of the Ontario Police | Magistrates' Association of which BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Major A. F. Hind, police mag- attended the annual he was vice-president. Federal Government voted a grant of $100,000 for the comple- tion of the Oshawa harbor. Presbyterian Church members held a meeting for the election of officers. The Ladies' Aid was organized and Mrs. Sparks was elected president. Miss Marion Leask headed the Women's Mis- eionary Society. H. M, Gilchrist was appointed superintendent of the Sunday School and L. M. Dayman, associate superinten- dent. H. M. Gilchrist was elected chairman and Robert Meek, sec- retary, of the congregation. R. Bradley was honored by the presentation of a gift by his fel- low employees of GM. The occa- sion was the eve of his depar- ture for England for a visit. In many sections Oshawa citi- zens complained because their cellars were flooded. Heavy rains melted the snow and the sewer system was unable to car- ry the load. The following officers of Gen- eral Motors Football Club, which was connected with Toronto and District Soccer League, were: W. C. Young, president; A. { Smith and S. McMillan, vice- . presidents; H. McIntyre, secre- Ancient Barracks" Being Demolished By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- A new era is being ushered in by the war office in the provision of married quarters for the army personnel serving in the Aldershot area. Some of the old barracks, dreary build- ings of the Victorian era and dat- ing back, in some cases, for over a century, are being pulled down to make way for modern homes. Among the barracks being dem- olished are the Talavera and Waterloo West Barracks, which h d bers of the Canadi army during the second world war. On the site of these ancient barracks, the war office plans to build an entirely new type of married quarters' homes, with a courtyard at the rear providing a patio-like garden. There will be borders for flowers or wall plants and garden spaces behind the houses. COVER LARGE AREA A site of 38 acres will eventual- ly be cleared for the building of these newly-designed married quarters, Fronting the main road at Aldershot will be four-storey blocks containing 128 maison- ettes. Behind them there will be 170 of the patio-type houses, The whole scheme, which is to cost some £600,000 is intended to pro- vide married quarters, not for officers, but for the NCO's and men and their families. And all of these homes will be centrally heated. The houses, 10 in each block, will be built around 18 grassed squares, which will take the place of the asphalt parade grounds which used to occupy much of the site. Trees will be planted all around the area, to provide both beauty and shade to the housing estate. It is plan- red to have each block contain eight «+ three-bedroomed houses and two two-bedroomed houses, as well as six lock-up garages. One of the maisonette blocks will form a 300 foot long terrace alongside Wellington Avenue. Next to it, set behind a children's playground, will be four more maisonette blocks, 108 feet long, with their end walls on the front. age. Included in the project will be a family health centre, a NAAFI shop and two schools, to make this area of married quarters for the troops almost a self- contained community. tary and A. Gower, treasurer. Mrs. Conant Myers, member of the Oshawa board of educa Aon Members of the Canadian army of the second world war, who were billeted in these old, dreary barracks, will remember their complete lack of comfort and modern amenities. They will re. member the rows of almost squa- lid houses which used to serve as married quarters for the men of the regular Bruish army who were stationed there. They will appreciate more than anyone else how a new day has dawned for those who today serve in the British Army. tion, took an active part at the i annual convention of Ontario Urban School Trustees' Associa- j tion which was held in London. Oshawa Girl Guides held a rally in the high school gym. Miss Lodder, of Toronto, ad- dressed the girls on routine work and conducted several drills. Hockey had taken a real hold in Bowmanville. The Rotary Club of the town had donated a very fine cup to the Junior Church Hockey League. Nearly 500 young folk of Osh- awa attended the annual supper given by the Salvation Army. OTTAWA REPORT amend the Criminal Code, recog- nizing this second-degree or une 4 premeditated murder, and pro- Cabinet May Introduce Criminal Code Change By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- A second degree of murder, punishable by life instead of by ex- ecution, seems likely to be rec- ognized under our Criminal Code, as the result of the debate on punishment which has re- cently been carried on inside our House of Commons and outside There are now three private member's bills on this subject before the House. The best of these was intro- duced by John Drysdale, a 33- year - old Conservative back- bencher who is a Vancouver lawyer. His proposal would ex- clude from the death penalty those killings usually referred to as crimes of passion; but it would retain execution in cases where a murder is committed during a theft, or as the result of using an offensive weapon, or victed murderer either to death or to life imprisonment. Finally, there is the McGee bill, which would abolish the death penalty except for treason, This soft-hearted nonsense to- wards the cold-blooded killer and the criminal murderer has not attracted substantial support, either in Parliament or across the country. Debate in Parlia- ment and coffee shop chatter suggest that less than one quar- ter of the House would support total abolition, but about three. quarters would support leniency to those who kill under emotional stress or while of unsound mind. While letters, petitions and even threats have sought Parlia- mentary support for or against capital punishment, it seems that feeling across the country cer- tainly does mot run as high as some of these almost hysterical "ahh where the victim is a policeman or prison guard. The Drysdale bill, which has many supporters in the House, would also substi- tute the gas chamber for the hangman's noose as the means of execution. EASY ON UNSOUND MINDS Mr. Deschatelets, another law- yer, who has been a Liberal MP for six years, introduced a bill which would permit a judge in his discretion to sentence a con- PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM You have 208 bones. If at least 207 of them aren't aching, you haven't got the flu. What profiteth it a man to lay aside a nest egg the size of a turkey's, only to have it reduced by inflation to the size of a canary's? We can't recall what we were worrying about 40 years ago, but it must have been trivial, A Los Angeles woman won a divorce on the grounds that her husband told her she was his sec- ond wife, but she learned later that she was his seventh. She may have treated him unfairly, as it is possible that he has a very poor memory. A pseudo-scientist says that he has found the key to the universe. Even if so, we doubt that he can use it, as we believe the universe is padlocked on the outside. "Breakfast Served All Day"-- Sign in a restaurant window. Does anybody ever get up that ravenously hungry? There are a few people with the personality of a sour pickle who believe it's a sin to do any- thing you enjoy, including living. Sergeant-Majors Visit Canadians BADEN - SOELLINGEN, Ger- many (CP)--Twenty - four ser- geant-majors from three NAO countries have paid a visit to their opposite numbers at this Canadian fighter base. Escorted by WO. Robert Yates of Montreal, they were taken on a tour of the base, talked to members of the Cobra Squadron commanded by Sqdn. Ldr. El- wood Gaypry of Ottawa and watched a" scramble by fighter pilots of Moose Squadron, under Wing Cmdr, Orville Brown, also of Ottawa. The visit was the first under a winter program drawn up by an organization of sergeant-majors from the NAO forces of Canada, the United States, France and Germany. The organization is de- signed to promote better under- standing among national groups. decide what he considers a com- FOR BETTER HEALTH Coffee Break Benefits Employee And Employer HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. YOU CAN let off steam dur- ing a coffee break. Spout off all you want (to your fellow em- ployees) about how the boss is doing everything wrong, and by the time you gct pack to your job, you'll probably feel much better--and you may even be able to do better work. This is just one advantage of the coffee break, now a tradition in American business. There are many others. EMPLOYER'S SUGGESTION The last time I wrote about the value of a coffee break, 1 received a number of letters, one of them from an employer who disputed my views and in- stead suggested: "How about a work break for a change? Well, everyone is entitled to his opinion and I appreciate hearing from all of you. Doctors, how- ever, pretty generally agree that cofffee breaks actually do ben- efit both the employee and his employer because they help pep up the employee physically and mentally. FREE TO SPEAK An employee may not have much to say about the operation of the business while he is under the boss's thumb. But down- stairs, or across the street over a cup of coffee with fellow em- ployees, he can express himself as much as he likes. And it's good for his ego. Such discussions sometimes re. sult in good ideas which can be put into effect to aid the em- ployer. A coffee break gives an em- ployee time to relax, time to get to know other employees better. 1 think just about everyone will agree that it is much easier and much more pleasant to work among friends in a friendly at- mosphere, Remember your first day om the job? It was pretty strenu. ous, wasn't it? How much bet- ter you feel now that you know those who are working beside you ! STIMULATES EMPLOYEE In addition to the relaxation time, the coffee itself helps stimulate the employee upon his return to work. The average cup of coffee contains up to 150 milli- grams of caffeine. And who stops at one cup a day? Now this amount of caffeine 18 enough to stimulate the cor- tex, thereby postponing fatigue, causing more rapid thinking, often resulting in better over-all brain work. And what employer doesn't want this to happen? QUESTION AND ANSWER J. H. F.: Can you tell me what constitutes a complete physical examination? Whenever I ask my doctor for such an examination, he tells me I don't need it as I am the p.2.ure of health, Answer: Your doctor should plete physical examination. It will depend on his findi in each case. He will check the person from head to foot and if he finds any abnormality he will order further tests as the case may demand. ; esp in coun areas, there is solid citizen belief in the death sentence for "tough" killers. Against this background, many MPs do not want to have to vote "yes" or "no" on the uncompro- mising proposal for total aboli- tion of the death penalty." WHAT CABINET MAY DO For this reason, and also to end the uncertainty which has surrounded the fate of convicted murderers since the Conserva- tive government came into power it is possible that the cabinet may introduce a motion to chamber for hanging. Since it took office 32 months 40 death sentences submitted to it for review. In many of these cases, the jury did not even make a recommendation to mercy. But the pattern tends to be one of merey towards the un- intentional murderer, including both the passion killer and, sur- prisingly, the killer engaged in another crime. As one correspondent, Miss Susan Forhan of Halifax, N.S., points out to me, we hear a lot of sympathy for "poor" crime inal who has to pay for his crime; but we never hear sym- pathy for the slaughtered victim or the vietim's unhappy family, Maybe a thought for the inno- cent party, who gets accidentally or unpremeditatedly shot during a bank hold-up or armed rob- bery, will suggest that the death * penalty should certainly be re- tained for the person who kills wi committing another crime, BACKACHE May e Warning better--work better. Get Dodd' Pills found at Millwork. Reg. 4.35 4.98 4.09 3.50 4.95 3.25 ICE 2.15 BUILDING 1279 SIMCOE NORTH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING... Millwork is now Oshawa's largest, newest and most complete building supply busi- ness. This month marked the completion of their newest and finest addition to the ever- growing company. T heir fabulous new showroom is stocked with a complete line of hardware entirely self serve for your con- venience. All items from lumber to kitchen hardware are elaborately displayed along with many other extras that can only be SNOW SHOVELS CHOPPERS V4 Pint of Gliddon Riplon Enamel to the first 75 customers on Saturday March 12th MILLWORK & LTD. Sale 3.69 3.99 3.29 2.89 3.95 2.60 SUPPLIES RA 8-6291 (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) INFORMATION------ On How To Prepare YOUR 1959 INCOME TAX RETURN Official representatives of the Taxation Division, Department of National Revenue, will visit OSHAWA ON MARCH 14 TO 18 INCLUSIVE for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in this area by providing them with any information required to com- plete their 1959 Income Tax returns. These representa- tives will be available for consultation at the POST OFFICE Taxpayers in this area are invited to take advantage of this free service to the public. LET YOUR INCOME TAX OFFICE HELP YOU