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§ ' | She Oshoron Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. QUEEN'S PARK - Reeve's Interest Stand Defended o Bost eve th erve u Serve ses You S when yo Page 6 Wednesday, Moy 3, 1961 Mental Illness Facts Demand Greater Action Mental Health. Week has comé again and we sincerely hope it will not be put into the same category in which we have come to place the overflow of other "Weeks" that are declared almost daily. For Mental Health Week has an urgent and compelling purpose behind it. There is no question that we have to face facts. Here in Canada 70,000 human beings are sick in hospital be- cause of mental illness and this is too great a wastage of our only important national resource -- our people. Along with this is an economic wastage at least as costly as all the income tax paid by all the people earning up to $5,000 a year. It is in fact, an amazing commentary on our sensitivities that the. Canadian Mental Health Association finds it necessary to proclaim Mental Health Week. One would think the mere facts about mental illness would keep us so concerned that we would be continu- ously waging a struggle against a scourge so widespread. ; Were these many people stricken with some physical ailment -- say paralysis, as in the Moroccan tragedy -- the world would be stirred to compassion and help. Certainly the nation would be mobilizing every available financial and medical resource. Yet a mentally ill per- son is just as sick, just as crippled as one who is phycically incapacitated. So why the relative unconcern? Perhaps it is because something lingers of old attitudes that suggest mental ill ness isn't a "respectable" ailment. If so, by refusing to "see" it we delude our- selves into thinking it doesn't exist. Hence we feel it won't happen to us. But mental illness is no respecter of persons. The Canadian Mental Health Association's surveys show that it strikes equally across the whole strata of society. But we think the apparent un- concern is because people arent con- vinced that anything can be done about it. In the average man's mind, it seems, there is a combination of fatalism and hopelessness about its victims. The Canadian Mental Health Associa- tion points out that the same attitude once prevailed about typhoid, diptheria, polio, cholera, tuberculosis and cancer. Nobody holds them any longer because of the progress science has made against them. The Association holds that mental illness can be fought the same way as the other dread diseases; by medical science, studying causes, finding treat- ment and prevention. We believe it is time to become con- cerned. We believe the appeal of the Canadian Mental Health Association commends itself to all thoughtful people. Indian-Killing Briton The latest person engaged in mas- sacring Canada's Indians is Christopher Hollis, Briton, former MP, member of the editorial board of Punch, author of 22 books, currently supplier of misinfor- mation to subscribers of The Spectator of London. The only reason that Australia and Canada do not today find themselves faced with a formidable native problem ves is that the Australians and Cana- dians of three generations ago kept down their native populations by killing them," says Mr. Hollis in a Spectator article. This is getting monotonous, the Van- couver Sun comments. Mr. Hollis is not a fool, but he allies himself with a long list of fools who have recently made similar foolish statements. The Sun argues: Canadians in all three and a half centuries of Canada's history have never engaged in the popular United States sport of killing Indians. Canadians have never had a full scale Indian war. Canada has had very few minor clashes between Indians and whites. Previous to the British conquest in 1760, Eastern Canadian Indians were the allies of the French, Hurons and Algonquins fought shoulder to shoulder against the invading Iroquois, who were allies of the British. After the conquest, the Indians of Quebec and Ontario were allies of the Canadians against the Americans. In Western Canada, all the Indians were the valued customers of the Hud- son's Bay Company, which ruled the land and made it a first consideration to protect and befriend the Indians. The two Riel Rebellions involved very few Indians; they were conflicts between the new government and the Metis. In pre-white times, it is estimated, there were 220,000 Indians in Canada. Disease and changing conditions took their toll. There were about 136,000 last census, and the Indian population is rising steadily. No, Mr. Hollis -- Canada has never killed off its Indians. Canadians have been too busy fighting beside them, buy- ing from them, selling to them. Maybe we haven't given them a square deal, but we've never massacred them. We leave that to you. Jacobin Impertinence People recuperating this week from the nauseating task of making last- minute income tax returns may derive some consolation from the knowledge that since Babylonian times and before, men have hated income tax. There is this anguished entry in the diary of Dr. John Knyveton, dated Jan. 12, 1799: "The rapacity and greed of the government go beyond all limits. It is now, proposing to place a tax on incomes! Those with $280-$300 a year to pay a fortieth part and above $560 a tenth, It is a vile Jacobin jumped The Oshawa Times ¥. L WILSON, Publisher ond General-Manoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor 'The Oshowg limes combini The Oshawe Times (established 1871) ond the Tvnitby Gazette ond Chronicle {established 1863) L published daily (Sundays y ot Cor Datty » PL Association. The Canadian Audit Bureou of Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- clation. The Conodion Press ha exclusively entitied to the use for republication of ail ews despotched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Reuters, and also the local news published All rights of specicl despatches ore also \ Press or therein. reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto, Ontoric; 640 Cathcart Street, Montrecl, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, lin, Tort Perry, Pree Delivered by corriers in a ¥ Dunborton, Enniskillen, 'ounton yrone, il ng FS Brougham. Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, jon Blackstock, Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45c oer week. "(in of On outside CER AKL ky rear Circulation for the issue "of March 30, 1961 17,363 up jack in office impertinence. Is a true Briton to have no privacy? Are the fruits of his labor and toil to be picked over farthing by farthing by pimply minions of bureaucracy?" Yes, doctor, they are. There was no income tax in the time of James I, but his ministers dreamed up a tax on playing cards. It was made illegal to' manufacture a complete pack. Only 51 cards could be made, the gov- ernment supplying the ace of spades for a price. Naturally, an industry in forged aces was born, so the government decreed that offenders be clapped in the stocks and tortured, and if the offence was repeated, they were hanged. This particular law was abolished in 1929, but there is still 2 tax on cards in Britain. The greater the weight of taxes, the greater the effort to dodge taxes. Now so many of the finest brains in the country look for ways of legitimately avoiding the payment of taxes that this has developed into an industry. The _ mere amateur rarely succeeds. Some men are allergic to the very sight of figures and calculations and it takes a considerable effort of will each year for them to tot up their earnings and present them in a comprehensible form to the tax collector. Harvey Day, a Milwaukee Journal correspondent, re- ported from Londor® that a British en- gineer, when asked why he had not filled in tax forms for six years, con- fessed, "It may sound foolish, but I just have a dread of forms. I'm afraid to fill them in." He had to get over his dread or go to jail By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Waffle for leader! H. 0. Waffle is reeve of Eto- bicoke Township in suburban Toronto. He also is a member of Metro Toronto council. At a meeting of the council the suburban reeve dis- tinguished himself. The council was being asked to approve spending $3,000 to entertain delegates to the Ki- wanis International convention, Mr. Waffle excluded himself on a point of "conflict inter- est,"" being a Kiwaniah. (A fellow Kiwanian, Alderman Menzies of Toronto, ridiculed him . . . and voted for the ex- penditure.) WHO IS RIGHT? It would be intefesting to poll all the elected municipal offi- cials in the province to see how many thought Mr. Waffle was a fool and how many thought he acted wisely. The fools would probably win in a flood. And then how about a poll of the people of the province? One suspects that with them Mr. Waffle would not look so foolish. OTHERS FOLLOW Why would Mr. Menzies ridi- cule Mr, Waffle? Because, perhaps, going against custom? But still in this case is not he was custom wrong? And was not the Etobicoke reeve doing the right thing? Right, this probably is a triv- ial instance. But the principle is there. He did have an interest, no matter how remote, in the vote con- cerned. And he followed the right principle in abstaining. And really what did he lose by not voting. Nothing but possibly the good- will of a few of his colleagues. It cost him little and gained him at least self-respect. It is to be hoped that Mr. Waffle continues sticking to his principle, and that other mu- nicipal officials in the province follow along. Then it might become the pop- ular custom to follow a higher standard of ethics in our mu- nicipal life. A LEADER? Mr. Waffle is an able, middle- aged automobile dealer. During his: period in munici- pal life he has shown the ability to think--and to think for him- self. It is to be hoped that one day we see him in this assembly. You never can tell he might even turn up as a leader. At least in this instance he has shown leadership. INSIDE YOU Arrival Of Baby Now On Schedule By BURTON H. FERN, MD "I'M SORRY,. Helen, but I'm going to have my baby Tuesday afternoon." Helen's friend wasn't joking. The stork now offers both scheduled and non - scheduled flights. Would you like to set the date for your next baby? Imagine! No rush--plenty of time to arrange for a house- keeper! Dad can take the day offf And no chance of giving birth in the back of your car! Not every baby can arrive on schedule. Your first has to take his own sweet time. So does your sixth, seventh and eighth. If your womb is weak and tired from five other babies, or possibly a Caesarean operation, you'll have to wait for the non- scheduled stork. FINAL TEST The finAl test comes when the doctor examines you after 8% uncomplicated months. If the neck of the womb is al- ready opening and the baby is low enough to start welcoming ceremonies, you can set the date. Unless the maternity floor is overcrowded, the hospital room clerk can confirm your reserva- tion. Scheduling new arrivals isn't unnatural. The doctor merely assists nature, once you're ready. Some babies will still arrive before the appointed hour, and many other mothers will be well on their way before the doctor has a chance to help. GUIDING THE STORK To guide the stork, a natural womb-tensing chemical is slow- ly dripped into mother's arm. The doctor has to stay at the bedside to regulate the injec- tion. He wants the womb active but not overactive. Within a few hours the de- livery room should be filled with the howls of a newly- arrived natural-born citizen. PERFECTLY SAFE Scheduled arrivals are as safe as non-scheduled births, provid- ing you have a well-trained obstetrician who's willing to stay with you until the last drop! There's no question of danger. While arrivals are both sched- uled and non-scheduled, every. body arrives first class! REPORT FROM U.K. Holiday Spending Tip To Affluence By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- One of the signs of the prosperity and affluence of the British people is seen in the changes in their holiday habits. More people than ever before are travelling away from home on holidays. They are not content with the old system of a break of a day or two at Bank Holiday time to go and visit relatives in some other part of their own country. They are going far afield for their annual vacations, for which they are now paid, something which was quite unknown in Britain in the pre-war era. In my boyhood days in Scot- land, a weekend holiday was something to be treasured, be- cause few people could afford any more than that, since when they went on holiday their wages stopped. The British Travel and Holi- days Association has just fis- sued its report for the year 1960, and it contains much en- lightening information regard- ing the changed British pat- tern of holiday-making. SPENT 1500 MILLION Holiday - making has become big business. The report shows that 38 million British people-- about 58 per cent of the total population -- spent holidays away from their homes in 1960. And in doing so, they spent an aggregate sum of just over $1,500 million. This total, the association says was slightly lower than that of 1959, when the weather conditions were much more conducive to holi- day-making, but was substantial- ly higher than in any previous year. It was 20 per cent above the total spent on holidays in 1955 and over 40 per cent more than was spent on holidays in 1951. The old tradition of making holidays coincide with the Aug- ust Bank holiday still persists, according to the association. July and August were again the most popular months for holi- days, with 64 per cent of all the people going away on holi- day choosing these months of the year. This accounts for the efforts which are now being made to 'persuade industries to have their holiday periods stag- gered, so that the strain on holi- day accommodation will be \ spread over a longer period. But old customs die hard in this old land, and not much success is being achieved by this effort. HOLIDAY RESORTS The majority of Britons still ke to spend their holidays by he sea. Over 61 per cent of all holidays were spent at seaside resorts. The south-west, includ- ing Cornwall and Devon, is the top holiday region, attracting 17 per cent of all British holi- day-makers. Next came the Lake districts of the North- west, then the South Coast and next in line comes Scotland, with Wales not far behind. About three and one-half mil- lion Britons spent their holidays abroad. Of these, 23 per cent went to Eire, 15 per cent to France, 12 per cent each to Italy and Belgium, 11 per cent each to Spain and Switzerland; 10 per cent to Germany, eight per cent to Austria and four per cent to Holland. The numbers going to Canada and the United States on holiday were too meagre to be translated into percentage terms. BY-GONE DAYS RITE 7 CRYING or ROASTING EXTRA + 34° IN BONUS TAPES RECEIVE FREE $6.00 IN BONUS TAPES Orange Juice ™™"*" 'Tr FANCY PEAS Zi: CHIPITS clocoirs LIQUID WAX "*** RECEIVE FREE $4.00 IN BONUS TAPES Old White or Colored Pkg. 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