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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. Page c Tuesday, July 26, 1960 Right To Open Letters And Government's Bill One thing that may well trouble many people about the Diefenbaker Bill of Rights now before Parliament is this; Does the present government really be- lieve in it? The. question is posed by the Vancouver Sun, which continues: And how clear in their minds, in fact, are members of that government about the real meaning of the freedoms the present Bill of Rights proposes to guar- antee? "I see no connection whatever between the Bill of Rights and the necessary opening of a letter in order to find the address so that the letter may be re- turned to the sender." This is what Postmaster General Wil- liam Hamilton said when asked to com- ment on recent protests about the post office opening mail addressed to sweep- stake and football pool offices. The question was asked him in con nection with the first freedom guaran- teed in the hill the right of the in dividual to "life. liberty and security of person and enjoyment ol property, and the right not to be deprived thereof ex- cept by due process of law." The post office intercepts such mail when the address indicates the postal service is being used for an illegal pur- pose. If the envelope bears a return address, the letter is returned to the sender. If it does not, the letter is open- ed. This, Mr. Hamilton observed 'is nor- mal postal practice, since the mails musn't be used for illegal purposes. Nevertheless, many people feel that the interception of letters is as repre- hensible as tapping citizen's telephones or planting microphones in their homes or offices. We can imagine a minister in some future 'government perhaps saymg in almost Mr. Hamilton's words: "I see no connection whatever between the Bill of Rights and the necessary tapping of a telephone in order to make sure the citizens are thinking the right thoughts.' Let no one say it can't happen here. Tolerance Corrupted For many years tolerance has been regarded as one of the prime virtues in our democratic civilization, but we may have corrupted the meaning of toler ance. Rev. J: A. Davidson, a well-known writer in the United Church Observer discussed this subject recently "We are a very tolerant generation," Mr. Davidson finds." "Today to accuse a man of intolerance is almost as insult ing to him as accusing him of not having a sense of humor. We do pride ourselves on our tolerance, our splendid broad mindedness, our easy and open and un- derstanding attitudes toward almost everything. "But I wander if we should be taking such satisfaction in our tolerance. And shouldn't we recognize that there are varieties of tolerance? "There is the tolerance which is one of the pillars of democratic order, the tolerance which enables persons of dif- fering creeds and convictions and opin- ions to live and work together in a significant degree of mutual trust and concord. But it seems that much of the tolerance of which we are so proud nowadays is a quite different kind. "It is a petty, sentimental, shallow tolerance which has become so fashion- able among us," the writer continues. "It does have certain superficial resem- blances to the tolerance which 'under girds democracy, but it is more a matter of apathy than of moral vigor. It con- sists in easy approval of almost anything anyone does--providing, of course, that he isn't intolerant about it! It results in a blunting of the distinctions between right and wrong. It 1s basically immoral because it obscures all moral principle and makes all moral judgment seem intolerant. "This new tolerance can be dry-rot in our democratic order. It makes deep conviction and moral concern seem of no account :as G. K. Chesterton once observed, tolerance is the ¢irtue of peo- ple who do not believe in anything. And it nourishes the apathy and the moral indifference which lead to moral break- down. You all know the sort of thing I refer to: already many people in our society think that anything goes and that it 1s 'wrong' only if you get caught. Cheat a little here--if you can get away with it. Steal a little there--if on one is looking. Tell little white lies, or even big black ones--if the occasion demands and circumstances permit. It's all part of modern life. Everybody does it--so don't be'a sucker. Don't be a moral fuddy-duddy. Be broadminded. Be tol- erant. Don't let yourself be hog-tied by moral principles and moral distinc- tions--and don't let them hog-tie znyone else either. "A few years ago St. John Irvine, in his biography of Bernard Shaw, wrote these pertinent words: 'In these times of absurd tolerance we have almost forgot- ten that there are things which ought not to be tolerated.' " Weather Disagreement Perhaps it is their idea of keeping cool in the hot weather, but Toronto and Montreal meteorologists have been tak- ing pot shots at one another ove prospects of winter weather in the next decade According to Morley Thomas, of To- ronto, superintendent of the transport department's: meteorological branch. a study of winter conditions going back more than 60 years has convinced him that Ontario is in for about ten years of long, severe winters, with lower tempera- tures and more snow than in the past. Two Montreal meteorologists; K. L. S. Gunn and Sven Orvig, of McGill Univer he Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Monoge: C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor 6 eet. Montrec C SUBSCRIPTION RATES Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 sity, have challenged this prediction; say- ing 1t was "unwarranted by present sci- entific knowledge." Mr. Thomas said harsher winters would be partially due to a reduction in air pollution due to a re- duction in air pollution and cited a re- cord snowfall in Toronto last winter as evidence that his prediction is valid Mr. Gunn. who heads an organization known as the Stormy Weather Group, has agreed that air polution does tend to form a blanket over the earth which keeps warm air from escaping. But he said there are other factors which render the report from Toronto insignificant. We could guess he was thinking of the record snowfalls in such areas as the Muskoka region where there are no fac- tories to pour smoke into the aimosohere and most of the cottages do not emit even a wisp of smoke except when hunt- ing is in progress before winter really sets in, or fires are stoked in the maple sugar bush lots after the winter is over. Mr. Thomas claims that from 1877 to 1945 yearly snowfalls tended to diminish but for the past 15 years the annual rate has gcreased. Yet from our own personal experience, we can remember that oye of the snowiest winters in recent years was in 1944-45, and only three years ago the weather was open, with little if any snow until after New Year's. So there you have it. "Perhaps there 1s something in what each of the imeteo- rologists has to say," suggests the Wood- stock Sentinel-Review", For us we will try and content ourselves with taking the weather as it comes, and if we hit on a disagreeably hot day this summer we will turn to their predictions as one means of trying to cool off." CALLED FROM CHAPEI Royal Couple's Initial Meeting and have some fun. How about a game ol croquet I'he author writes tha ater she heard the Quee her cousin trying to recall occasion "YOU WERE SHY" Philip said You were I. couldn't get a word out vou He v nonplussed as talked to the "blushing pri d s ted the croquet law. al escape haich horror 1oweve bot "plump little Margaret" and their governess Miss Crawford came too. But the then Princess Elizabeth said later How good as relieved vhen chapel came to an end and he vas able to relinquish his duties lexandra adds When the royal party sailed away however Philip made a deep impression upon them a ro ng oul farther than an) er cadet to say a goodbye I'he King told Admirz Dudley North I'he voung fool! He must g We mus eave to, ot and send him back." SHOUTED ORDERS The final orders to be shouted a phone unt he tirst one oar and then and turned around Alexandra says that told her later he had "only been trying to show his respect. for Uncle Bertie to the utmost." But, the former queen comments hat how it all began.' Ph proposed the sum mel 1946 but srsnaded by the King to wait for a fe months until he had been 'natu alized a Briton and admitied nto the Anglican Church. On July 10, 1947, the engagement was announced Alexandra tells a hitherto un told story from that period. A friend old Philip You've chosen the wrong girl, Margaret is much better looking! The writer adds: "Ra ared out before Philip answered You wouldn't say that if you knew them. Elizabeih is sweet and kind, just like her mother f FOR BETTER HEALTH Ways You Can Keep Ulcers Under Control HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, fore each meal probably if you are constipated DON'T THINK OF IT But don't dwell on t thought of food. We know that smelling food or merely talkir abon can accelerate the secretion o hydrachlorie acid Situations that up Vou emp tionallv: can do even greater harm. During moments of stress the corrosive acid can pour into vour stomach at a rather alarm ing rate. The stomach of an ulcer patient may produce 10 times the amount of gastric juiee put ont by the stomach of a person with teen SECRETION CONTINUES Ordinarily. the secretion of hy- drochloric acid ceases when the stomach is emnty of food. Under stress situations, however, the gastric function continue wh er there is food in the stomach or not Coffee. alcohol and spices and condiments tend stimulate formation. of gastric juices. Better stay aw: from them as long as ii have an ulcer Ql "TON AND ANSWER TT What treatment is recommended for psoriasis of the nails" Answer: Psoriasis of the nails is one of the most difficult types of psoriasis lo treat X-ray treatments seem to offer the best help. THE BIG GAME HUN 1ERD BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO council approved altera he Council Chambe al $600. to provide more I Police Dep ' service was held at 3aptist Church for Rey Mrs. Cecil Fletcher vho \ leaving lor South Amer Everett A ovell, pharmacist joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant A\\ a Cle ed as 1€ Sie Ne 26 Elementary Flying aining School. as announced by H Moore, MP M WJ k was elected president at ' family re union picn : Victoria Park, Cobou Lt.-Col. R mit VD, an nounced he 1ppointment of Major J. A. B. Mitchell as sec ond-in-command and William G Gifford as adjutant of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment. A se nu of people tended a sing the Biltmore Ti e Adams brothers acted as masters ol ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoag were vith silver and erystal ie Women's Associa F iy School of Northny J nited Church ( 1 bandstand equipped Ww g n Memorial Park M I sins. Thornton's Corne \'¢ honored on the oc casion of I 89th bi \ P. Taylo dell, M Jd Du Glen Wardell were teachers at he Daily Vacation Bible School at Calvary Baptist Church REPORT FROM U.K. Great Air Battle Survivors Meeting By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Pilots who look part in the fateful Battle of Brit- ain 20 years ago are meeting in reunion celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the aerial vic- tories which saved Britain from invasion in 1940. In groups large and small, the survivors of the squadrons of the Spitfires and Hurricanes which shot the Ger- man Luftwaffe out of the sky and balked Hitler's plans for invad- ing the United Kingdom, re gathering to relive those exciting and hazardous days. Groups of veterans of the Civil Defence Forces which saved London from destruction are also holding re- unions at which they talk over the experiences of the days when death rained on London from the sky. At many functions, tribute is being paid to the few to whom the many owed so much in those days when Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Ger- many. | have been talking with Canadian veterans over some of the events through which the QUEEN'S PARK men of the 1st Canadian division, and later. the 2nd division, lived as they occupied the area be- tween London and the south coast, where day after day they watched the battles in the sky, and at night, saw the glow of flames as sections of London were set ablaze by the hail in cendiary bombs VIVID MEMORIES There are some vivid memories which came to me as 1 think back to those days of 20 years ago. 1 can recall the first mass raids directed at the airfields of the Royal Air Force in Kent and Surrey. Three or four times a day, when the sirens went i nal coming raiders, we take to the slit trenches the fields around our From there we looked up to see the massed formations ol enemy bombers coming up from the coast and heading for the nearby fields as they were nearing their goal. along came the squad- rons of Spitfires and Hurricanes, with their intrepid pilots, to tear into the enemy formations, sCat- Serious Argument Sugared With Wit By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Professor C. North- cole Parkinson is a "card Professor Parkinson. had 100 people in t 20\ iment caucus room in stitches for more than an hour and a half Eleven of these were members of the selec: committee on ad ministrative and executive prob- ems The rest varied from top uni versity brass to a few of the building maintenance staff The stocky, 50-year-old British professor hasn't made his reput ation on nothing. He is a natural aumorist With the twinkle in his eye. the wallop in his tongue and his well paced delivery he could make the Ed Sullivan show. But he also is a very serious man. INTENTIONAL HUMOR? Professor Parkinson undoubt edly wraps his proposals in the gay deception of humor to make them acceptable They are sc essentially radical that if he put them forward in complete seriousness hardly any body woyld listen to them And vét as he knows. so well, they are worth listening to. SAFETY "Park 2 d f is not so radical. By now nearly every- one realizes that one of the dis- eases of our society is thal paper work and the personnel con- cerned expand without any rea- >on However the prolessor's theory an gover 1 financing 1S eX treme. This is the theory that gavernménts before planning what they will spend should first dec how much money that can cafely take from the ecofbomy He believes in this whole-heal edly. Believes to the extent that he says democracy won't work wiless it is aone And he could be right. FORCE THOUGHT: It would be a fascinating ex- periment to see a government approach its budgeting by first deciding on the overall amount it should have available Members Facing Stretch Of Work OTTAWA (CP Parliamen- arians lace the sternest test of endurance this week with im portant Commons debates, House committee meetings and national conferences running concur- rently, The Commons, now sitting six days a week already has run the ongest Parliamentary course since the modern record of 152 days in the 1956 gas pipeline ses- sion. Monday is the 132nd sitting fay ol the session, which opened Jan. 14 While all members complained of faligue during la week's three-hour wrangle over extend ing the sitting hours, the Liberal and CCF opposition groups have demonstrated new muscle and show no inclination to shuck off the work and go home for the balance of (he summer On Monday, the three-ring cir of Parliamentai business I see, as one example of the strain, Justice Minister Fulton testifying on the bill of rights be fore a Cominons commillee, pi ioting controversial amendments to the anti-combines act in the Commons and advising on con itional and other questions during the dominion provincial conference -ol premiers All three events are expected to last three cay The tembe the opposition was shown ast week in more than three days spent discussing Works Minister Walker's appro priation raising new charges of oose aaministration in his de partment, TAKES TWO DAYS Despite earlier debate lon on foreign alle In general and the fact that External Af fairs Minister Green is one of the most popular and respected min S ix mailiy iI took him twa days to win Common approval of his departmental appropria- tions while opposition MPs al- leged lack of direction in Can- ada's role abroad In addition to the bill of rights and combines act amendments, the last major pieces of legisla- tion to go through the Commons this session, the House has to pass the appropriations of four departments, each of which promises to give rise to major debates They are 1. Finance, involving the oul come of the dominion-provincial tax conference as well as gen eral fiscal policy on credit and lending practices 2. Labor, with the general prob lem of increased unemployment during the summer months when 'he nation's economy is othe wise running at a healthy clip and what can be done to ward off high unemployment next winter. 3. Defence, the Bomare mis- sile program, the re - equipment of the armed forces, and civilian survival measures. 4. Trade, the government's re luctance (o dive into any regional trading bleck. which the CCF says this country should have done long ago, and on which the Lib- eral view i§ that Canada has missed the boat in not joining a North Atlantic free trade group I'nis also will be the forum_ for complaints aired on behalf of wesiern grain farmers, 3efore prorogation can be reached the Senate must pass the appropriation bill and legislation still before the Commons And, independent of govern ment legislation and spending estimates, the Commons still has before it some 450 divorce bills stalemated by a CCF filibuster, and a possible resumption of Feb ruary's debate on a privaie mem ber's bill calling for abolition eof Capital punishment, There could be immeasurable benefits. Just one of them would be a reasoned and balanced sys- tem of pri ties in spending We would have to figure out just what 'needs really should come first In fa ¢ would have t nk about everything po extent we had never fore I'his an experiment we won't see in Ontario, Even if ¢ were willing, our dependence on Ottawa for money wld practicall rule out an Perha J II neve aprvwnere al feast one observer has is an approach event arrive nion that i hat we wil! have ive at For our pre system of pub lic finance. based on public "de mand and oa ya ocke eventuaily wi grow impossible Science Now Without Pain the bombers, draw off the erman fighters there to proteet them, and then, in thrilling dog- fights scatiered all over the sky shoot down the enemy before bomb loads could be dropped. BLOWN TO BITS I recall one afternoon when a German Messerschmidt fighter and a Spitfire had a running fight just over our heads. a fight which ended with the German plane plunging to the ground in a cloud of black smoke to explode to be scattered over acres of ters ritory- in little" pieces. One strange feature was that the engine of the plane was cala- pulted into a large stack of hay 100 yards away. and immediately the hay caught fire and was quickly consumed. LONDON NIGH The nights in London 20 vears ago were nights of terror, nights of fire and destruction, desolation and death. On several occasions, while on weekend leave in Lon- don, 1 was caught up in air raids, had to join the gallant Londoners in seeking the refuge of air raid shelters in the under ground railway. Recalling these days, 1 can realize. how those people who survived, and whe live in the new London today, must be letting their minds drift back over the year to 1940, when they faced the greates) challenge that ever faced the peo- ple of Britain, and come *out triumphant. As they mark this 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, of the days when was at its | t, I imagine they are recapt 12 the pride ith which they deiied the enemy to daunt their spi ale. And today, they are still just the same kind of people PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM A 'wholly unnecessary suggest- fon has been made hy a psycholo- gist. He said one hobby all men should take up is that of girl- watching and break their mor The heavy drinker is usually aboring under some fear,"' says a social worker. Some of them seem to be laboring under the fear that they might get sober some day In some cases people worry because they can't take it with them, not because they want it with them particularly, but be- cause they hate to leave .it for others to enjoy. "If you were transported te the sun, you couldn't stand on its surface because it is a gaseous body says an astronomer. An- other reason you couldn't stand on it is that you would have a massive hot loot. . Shrinks Piles Or Discomfort Finds Healing Substance That Relieves Pain And Itching As It Shrinks Hemorrhoids Toronto, Ont. 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