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HH i. dhe Oshawa Times Published by Canadian MNewspapeis Limited, 86 King 5. E., Oshawa, Page 6 GE Viiksday Unt 1940 Tax Reductions Needed But Don't Bet On Them The federal provincial discussions about the division of tax revenues so far have given no hope of a reduction in the tax burden, Indeed, us the part cipants argue shout their the distingt the onlooker is that the politicians will be tempted to wring & little more, rather than less, out of the overburdened economy shares impression of In his budget speech of last March Finance Minister Fleming emphasized his belief that "sound budget policies must be flexible and adapted to changing From that, Cana dians might be led fo believe that tax the economic conditions," cuts could be Tax reductions are one of that the credits for the easing of the of 1957.58, But the talks in Ottawa do not encourage such a belief even though expected In next the governmem budget factors present recession the "changing economic conditions Host tax cuts In that March finance minister's forecast SUE the 1960 budget 1 was that in there would be a six to seven per cent increase over 19589 in the country's gross national product, The GNP is the value all the produced by the labor at market prices of goods and service capifal and enterprise of Canadian residents, In the conditions, Unprepared The There recent years it has been used ulti mate measure of sconomic first snow of the season has fal Jen was not enough locally to stay on the ground, but several inches fell in the London area, with the usual result snarled traffic, confusion and the that motorists are wholly unprepared for the realization smost of Ontario's early onslaught of winter, They always that Ontario's will suddenly change for the better seem to expect climate and and winter won't come until February their expectations are always rudely shattered by reality Of course, there will be pleasant days The first the frost winter 1s ahead, snowfall or hard that here, Officially winter is two months dis first do not mean tant, But there will be sudden squalls and from the standpoint of having our vehicles in mechanical condition and our driving skills in harmony with the we are woefully elements unprepared It is not yet cold enough to force a an on stations for service anti-freeze, Yet just as sure as Santa Claus will ring Tales About Stories about Sir Winston Churchill are many full hot bath him and two Throughout the war a vas a daily for hot baths necessity 1 day a luxury to be indulged in as often as possible for eleanli the one ness, and other for relaxation he vould say Another part of his daily ritual then As always, was to spray his handkerchief with eau-de-Cologne But he had to have plug, "like 'Can't 1 pleaded a new bathroom home "he the one he had at have a bhell.shaped one The flat plug deprived him of a long ndulged pleasure of wriggling it with his toes as he bathed One night he was walking in the gard en at Chequers with Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slesser the was flames The Oshawa Times FOL WILSON, Publisher and General Manage € GWYN KINSEY, Edites when London sky reddened with SUBSCRIPTION RATES n Oshawa, White S Port § oe of Ondarie 200 shwwhere 8 Average Daily Net Paid os of April 30, 1960 16,999 ns complete reliability because it is pushed though many economists question upwards by price increases and by rising government transfer payments, which in fact represent no res! production At the forecast of « GNP that the country's total output had been first gave that he knew the Lime minister nerease rising through the quarter, As it the second quarter i decline and for the first half-year the GNP was running st that was only two per 1959 beliey year's turned out, however brought an annus rate cent above that of The reduced rate, economists ed, was more a business breather than the prelude to recession, but even so, there are indica tions that some measure should be taken to enable more spending on consumer good In the past two recessions, & mainstay of business has been continuing expen» on consumer goods, But during 1960 diture the second quarter of higher tax payments and a drop In nations! income reduced the amount of money the public had to spend by 1.5 per cent from the year's first three months, The best single Lo restore MERsUre buying power would be a reduction in personal income tax The ENCOoUrage Ottawa tall do not will nowever hopes that such a step be taken For Winter bells mas time at Christ. so will procrastinators put off for the Balvation Army the checking of their radiators against freeze-up Similarly they will not have their vehicles mechanically checked to make certain that brakes are properly opers ative so that necessary pumping roads can give the They In fact, in action on slippery most ef. will overs the Oshawa fective look dusk ol topping power their headlights the tall evening, many drivers are still driving with their parks ing lights turned on, when only a week or so ago the Attorney-General ruled such was illegal The first sample of winter is usually u signal for accidents, That is why Des month, in the fault prepared for the Much of being cember 1s usually Ontario worst tor mishap lies in driver the cl not inge in conditions and habit of the driving the rest lies in their putting off until some other day NECEssHry job of getting their vehicles into shape tor the rigors of winter driving Churchill Mr, Churchill shook his hen he id; nn cledly strange thatthe war had pro duced no good song, There was no "Tip Looking ar un head sadly that it wa perary and no Home Keep the Fires Buming I'he Fires Burning composer of the Home 'Keep was Ivar Novello, he said, "1 must write him and tell Kim to give us A New song Walking a few steps he added this time he "Only must stop the home fires burning When asleep like a only Churehill tired He silk habit supposed to have begun in his soldiering days He five hugged the pillow out schoolboy Wore his undervest,----a had a special bed made that was feet wide He'd lie in bed, dictating and would He was walking through King Charles St in London trew the bed with papers One morning, and called out to a whistling passing small messen- bay The only for a gor Stop that horrid whistling." boy was startled into obedience He looked at Mr, Churchill, dug his hands deep into but moment his trouser pocket and resumed his whistling, more loudly than ever The irate Churchill glared at the bay, and shouted "Stop that noise 1 tell vou." The bay called back aver his should er: "I like it yous ver? you don't you can shut ears, cant Mr, Churchill's personal detective. In spector Thompson, whe was with him heard him repeat the phrase under his breath, chuckling as he did so, and he was still laughing to himself as he passed nta the Cabinet + oom Bible Thought a Blested are the merciful for Matthew § ature of they mercy sandalwood le ! t scent on the hand that holds nt IT FINALLY HAPPENED OTTAWA REPORT r Facts On Canada For U.S. Reading By PATRICK NICHOLSON "How little know about Canada! This is the title which has Just often large you of a pamphlet arrived, among generally inter and alw welcome, It is a patriotic piece of relations, prepared hy two spirited Canadians, in supplement the evi education my esting mal public publie tended to dently Inadequale which eitizens of the URSA ceive in their schools and their newspaper ghout their best rade customer, nearest neigh por, and most reliable friend Canada John W and J. M are two semi men, who have in the Ub AYE res Toronto, Windsor business travelled widely many years Sometimes, they say, they are shocked by how little people in the U.S, know about Canada, So the y have prepared thie pamph let, in the lead to an standing th tween our They have ures and interesting Canada, covering they have noticed as erally unknown 01 helieved WE ARE A FREE NATION it is surprising that the first point, to which Messrs, Spitzer and Skinner give priority, is to explain that we are nol a pos session or colony of Britain, and that we do not pay any form of tax or tribute to our mutual Mother-Country, and that HRrit volee at all In owr Spitzer of Skinner of retired for nope al L may ge better under now exists be wo eountrie included facts items point heing neorrectly fg about which gen ain has no government I often heay fall to and they me, that in dark reports astonish that eity est UNA some vigiting Ca nadian has been asked the ques tion When are oing to sop paying taxes to England!" i 'Why the cul never in this or hig you Or he milar question don't you In other colonials In INSIDE YOU Canada, ike Africa adrift from England, and sel up your own government?" 'But the Joint authors of this pamphlet are evidently quite familiar with this particular form of ignor ance; for they assert that "while we helong to the British Com monwealth, this Is entirely a matter of choice, and Is at our own discretion, Our government, as is yours, is elecled by popular vote." Some of the basic geographical facts chosen for inclusion in this pamphlet will Surprise many readers in the USA, For ex ample, "Canada and the United States mre about the same size Canada covering an area of 4,845,144 square miles while the United States and Alaska cover an area of 3,608,787 square miles, The Canada-United States houndary is 3,986 miles long, The houndary between Canada and Alaska 18 1,500 miles." (Presumably that sentence was written before Alaska and Hawall became the 46th and 50th States in the Union.) OUR PROUD RECORD The pamphlet neatly explain that during World War Two we pald our own war: we received not one penny of U.S, aid, a fact which so few of our friends in the U8 seem to know, On the contrary, we freely provided tre mendous supplies of goods and money to England and her allies our own Lend-Lease plan we contribute today sums to various through various have no un kind for past under Further substantial needy nations ald plans; and we paid debt of any Wars he pamphlet deals gently with that worst sore point he {ween us--our economic domin ation by U.S. Inveslors "Just listen to this---as long ago as 1957, (it is probably greater now) through the in estment of your money in Can ada, you control the largest share of our raw material and Advantages Noted In Contact Lenses fy BURTON WN, FERN, MD How would you !'%e to dash out of hed each morning, put on your ind take a shower She swears hy con her own little pr glasse Carol does ACL lenses Vale eyes Anelent lenses looked like transparent Laly nipples, but oday's streamlined contacts have grown so small that one of the greatest risks facing the owner is them ontact losing In the eye, these miniature aucers never streteh beyond that elrele surrounding the pupil. A thin film of tears them Mave he same way moist eoasters stick to the hottom of drinking glasses. And like moist coasters, contact lenses can slide around within a small limited area EASY TO WEAR Almost hetween saily-colored hold anyone the i eveglasses, OF course you wouldn't want toddlers, whose olumsy hands can barely cope with building hocks shoving tiny into thelr eves. And you'd prefer aot to \ mainify the Alnmation « allergic Can wear (hese lenses have contag fNNeS earful inf} and infected eye Tig Shick eyelids might push \ anti] they scrape and sera the sensitive window Jn front of each pupil Any such scratch or scrape must be exposed to alr and not kept inder glass GETS NUMR Somelimes this the lenses sensitive W 30 ouldn ShhoRK soraping n \ tact lenses don't like to associate Wira amb you ool a 1 with these insensitive characters, Except for dry, tearless eyes and a few oldsters who can't get used to them, almost any pupil) oan be taught to wear contact lenses They're not merely another cos metic contribution like reshaped noses, dyed hair and mascaraed eye lashes, Benefits fall on either side of contact lenses. You look hetter and often you see hetter, ton DO WONDERS These tiny plastic saucers move mountains that heavy old fashion ed horn rims couldn't even see, Senior eltizens who have lost one natural lens to cataracts know that even the best-focusing glass es couldn't balance their worlds, One eye plotured everything as large as a post card; the other preferred postage stamp size Today, their double world has meshed together into three di mensions, Ordinary glasses now work fine, as long as a contact lens replaces the natural leas lost in the operating room MAGNIFY AND SHARPEN Contact lenses VISOR onto younger When contact nearsighted vision, they magnily as well as sharpen everything seen Sontact lenses can be fitted to ocddiy-shaped eyes and rotating vibrating pupils where old fash joned spectacles simply hlurred and fogged sharp lines in ervsial al Com i want abou these weatherproof eyeglasses ue better people, too SAUCES carpe mare ntormation ! paps r REPORT FROM U.K. Fishing Dispute May Be Settled By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng) Correspondent Corr For The Oshawsn Times LONDON Hopes are bedght- er now than at any previous time in the controversy for a settle ment of the vexed question of the right of British trawlers to fish within the 1Z-mile limit off the coast of leeland, Negotiations have heen going on in the capital city of leeland on this matter, and it is significant that they sre continuing with yome hope of success, This hope is expressed ig the voluntary decision of British trawler owners to keep their ships beyond the 12-mile limit for sev. eral more weeks, extending the truce just when it was shout to expire, On the other hand, Ice lend has agreed to suspend all iandings by its trawlers at British ports so long as the talks are 2oing on with the British govern- ment, And all of this indicates 8 much more amicable hte Fisheries Minister Sosne:, sold that he was hopeful a setilement of the dispute would he reached within a few weeks, He said; "We agreed to accept the un dertaking of the leelonders not to send their trawlers here. They shovld have wen starting thelr isnding program any time now, I think our members will accept the extension of the truce, and will agree not to fish within the 12mile limit if # will help the negotiations," FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE Mr, Oliver, however, was very much disturbed by the fact thet odessa a the problem than Bas been ap- parent for the last two years TALKS WITH SKIPPERS While some members of the British negotiating team are still #t Reykjavik in leelgnd, others have returned to Britain to make a progress ort on the talks, and to have further discussions with the British trawler owners on the prospects of a setth Laurie Oliver, secretary of the Hull Trawl Officers" Guild, after talks in London with Foreign Bee- retary, the Earl of Home QUEEN'S PARK House Reporters Kept Up To Date By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--""Tap the pot, To see ¥ it needs water--or not,' Members of your legislative press gallery are among some of the hest-educated house-men in Canada AL your expense 100 How many of you, for instance, manufacturing industry, For in- stance, in 1957 it was estimated that through percentage of capi tal employed, you controlled; 71 per cent of our oll industry 66 per cent of our mining; 43 per cent of our pulp and 64 per cent of Sour electrical apparatus 96 per cent of our automobile; And your ownership of second ary Industry is probably greater Those figures show clearly how Impossible it is for our economy to he steered by a "Canada First" policy This pamphlet is a ereditable and needed piece of private ens terprise PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The small hoy who is such an angel that he behaves himself even when the family has guests 16 too much of a sissy to amount to much "Fools are right sometimes," says Winston Churchill, Yes, . of course in those rare Instances when they agree with you The mistake nations have been making through the ages Is in burying the hatchet without first sterilizing it so It wouldn't sprout and produce & erop eof bhattleaxes Kipling would doubtless be as tounded if he could attend a UN session and learn that not only do Kast and West meet, but that they tangle BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO About 150 employees of the Robson Leather Company, mem- bers of the newly organized In. ternational Fur and Leather Workers Union received their charter, Local 205, Paul Krow- chuk was the chairman An impressive tribute was paid to the late Mr, and Mrs, Dickie of Corinthian Lodge, 100F, when 2 memorial plague was unveiled in a ceremony performed by James Gregory, member of Cor: inthian Lodge for 62 years The Ontario Regiment (Tank) Corps from Camp Borden suc- cessfully defended Oshawa from "invasion" during a tactical scheme, They were Joined by the Second Battalion, Ontario Regi ment (Infantry) in a drumhead service and parade Earl "Peg" Hurst, leader of the Oshawa Senior Baseball Club, was named the first winner of the Tony Lazzeri trophy for being chosen the league's most valuable player to his team, A contract for a four-storey addition to the Oshawa General Hospital known as the Sykes Memorial Wing to cost approxi. mately $200,000 was let to Bathe and McLellan The Department of Munitions and Supplies had expropriated 2505 acres of land south of Pick. ering Village, for the erection of a huge war industry plant to cost $5,500,000 to $8,000,000, A concert orchestra was form. ed in Oshawa, The executive in- cluded George Hood, president; E. Knaggs, vice-president; E Van de Walker, secrelary-treas: urer, and A, D, Bell, director, GALLUP POLL Voters Find Difficulty In Describing Tories By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PURLIC OPINION If the enquiring reporter were a twentysone-year old, able to ring the door-hell of every voter the provinces and ask the Conservative Party sixty-four in every send him away without being able to put their ideas into words, This is a slight ly larger proportion than the 62 per cent who were unable t odo so In 1955 when the Gallup Pell last checked to see what charac ter or personality the key politis cal parties were creating in the minds of the public Among Conservatives selves, and among CCF or Social Credit adherents, just over half cannot answer, Liberals are most inarticulate since 74 per cent are unable to answer Reporters for the Gallup Poll were sent into cities, towns, vil lages and farms, to ask a scien ACTOSN what stands for hundred would them: Consorva tives 1 Favorable Descriptions Can't think of anything 83% Good for prosperity; doing good job for Canada; developing industry Improving conditions majority; work for middle man", for labor; for decent way of life Pro-Canadian; less depend ent on USA, close to Commonwealth Free enterprise; justice; freedom of speech fair play n Good government---waork ng for peace and stability & Do the best they can; need more time; tend to be conservative 3 Total favorable deseriptions 41% Uniaverable descriptions Party of big business: for for the already. ren Shots 2 a lot of promises and do irresponsible; spend more than they can afford 3 Unemployment: hard times economic ohaos 1 No programme; don't stand for anything 1 General oriticlsms Total unfavorable descr 0 hey hose nig Make nothing pions 7° COMME ? Some one desc gave more an World Copyrig tific sample of the adult popula. tion this question "SUPPOSE A YOUNG PER SON JUST TURNED 21 ASKED YOU WHAT THE PROGRES SIVE . CONSERVATIVE PARTY STANDS FOR TODAY WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM? Conservatives may be cheered by the fact that in answering this question only two in a hundred assockate them with unemploys ment, hard times, or economic chaos, On a national average most phrases used to describe the Conservatives are compli. know this method of telling whether a plant needs water, You tap the pot, If it is dry it will give a "clear, ringing sound," If itis wet it will give a note," EARTHY PEOPLE This incidental bit of informe- tion comes from Consumer News of the department of agriculture, issued weekly for the benefit of "dull fish merchandising company in Hull was bringing leelandie fish into thet carrier ships carrying convenience, The carriers were carrying either Swedish or Nor. wegian flags "We have asked this firm to desist," he sald, "but they have refused, We feel that i is & fish attitude to adopt and disloy to the cause, We deplore any. Norwegian coast. Under this agreement, a 12-mile nonfishing zone has been established there, but because of the traditional AAR ACR vessels, w i to fish up to the six-mile Hmit for # period of 10 years, is Is almost exactly the same plan as was pr by Canada for the settlement of the dispute with Iceland at the Laws of the Bes Conference. held in Geneva earlier this year, Cards Record Varsity Grads TORONTO (CP)--If you are one of more than 107,000 living housewives, women's clubs, the Persons who have entered the press gallery snd others There are two things a re. porter likes about Consumer News, One, though the authors seem Lo use pretty classy flower-pots- the only "ring" to ours is over from where they have mis. behaved themselves on the shelf ~they otherwise are quite down to eapth Their information isn't out on glossy paper with colored cuts It comes on simply sent ustrated University of Toronto since 1883, chances are you received a letter this year, whether you are in China, India, England, the United States or Canada, How did they find you? It was probably done by the staff of 12 manning the records office which keeps information cards for every student who has entered the university since it was founded, as King's College, in 343, Col, C. G, M, Grier, director of the staff, estimates there are typed information cards for 69,000 lv. sheets which are turned out on ing degree holders, 8,500 diploma the office duplicating machine I's a cosy things flannel nightie without stitch, USEFUL even a "HINTS" Secondly it has a lot of newsy and certificate holders and 30,000 persons who for one reason or hem- another did not graduate, Each card contains the former student's full name, year of ad- mission, previous school, parents little items, Perhaps not so useful 8nd their occupations, al to us reporters, We're more the © hanges of address, when bar-and-babe than the home.on. Married and to whom, a year the-range type, by-year record of courses and But they provide a bit of off. faculty while at university, de. beat cheer on a gloomy day. And who can tell when they might be valuable For instance, there is this grees obtained during, as well as hefore and after, the period nt at university, and place and date of birth and death, "A very small child can do a CLIPPINGS ON DUKE very good job of cleaning his Two other filles list the degree teeth after a meal by eating an holders by faculty and by geo apple, according to Ontario de. partment of sources," Personally we have always fa- graphical location and the cer agriculture tificate and diploma holders in alphabetical order Newspaper clippings recording vored olives, But you don't al- the sctivities of former students ways have olives around, Then; are kept in folders, three of which are devoted to the Duke of "Many people do not eat fat Windsor, who received an honor. but it does protect meat during ary doctor of laws degree in dry-heat cooking," Which is a hot argument for In its job of keeping tab on anyone with a leaning towards all who have attended the unl: the butcher business, And this: versity the records office makes use of 75 telephone directories, "Most important of the basic But the task is not easy. Many rules for buying meat is to sel. former students seem literally to ecl cuts suitable to the intended vanish from the face of the cooking method, according to On. earth, Some when called are re- tario department of agriculture luctant to give Information, specialists." Former students are located All right, we all have dull days all over' the world, There are when we have to fill space, Even 6,500 in the United States includ. Ontario department ture specialists If you would like to see more of their output write the inform. Ontario depart. ment of agriculture, Parliament ation branch, Buildings, Toronto, And keep those teeth clean, FARMER CLERIC ASBESTOS, Que, Alexander MacDougall, of agricul (CP)--~Rev, 41-year. old minister of the Presbyterian churches of Asbestos and Dan. ing 1,400 in New York state and 750 in California, There are 428 in Asia, 650 in the United King dom and 350 in the Middle East and Europe, More than 60,000 Jive in Canada, OLDEST Is » Dean of the grads is Dr, Rich ard Shiell of Toronto, He re celved a BA in 1886 and now is 2] The office serves many univers sity departments, including the ville, Que,, was a farmer for 17 development division concerned years before his ordination, The with such things as raising funds native of Belle quit SOn8, River, PEI, farming for medical rea- for building expansion, the de- partment of alumni affairs and the department of information, mentary, As the col below show, 20 per cent of the total Canadian comments are favor able; 14 per cent unfavorable The table below shows how Canada as a whole describes the Government forces, as compan ed to how Conservatives see themselves, and how Liberals and the other party adherents think of them CCF Social TOTAL CANADA and Aberals Credit " 82¢ 1 riptior ht Reserved NOTICE awa , .. TO ALL TAXPAYERS and PROPERTY OWNERS OF OSHAWA! How long are we taxpayers of the City of Oshawa going to sit back and let the Tax Rate go up each Year? Do you realize that the mill rate is up over 36% or 20 Mills since 1935 when GMC employees went out on strike for Higher wages and better living conditions? . , . only to lose the benefits so dearly gained through the increases in the tax rate each year! If you are willing to fight for your rights and survival as a taxpayer and are interested in forming a Ratepayers association of Osh- Please write to . . . P.0. BOX 35 OSHAWA, ONT.