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dhe Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Wednesdoy, July 5, 1961 Commission Proposals Balance Competition The O'Leary Commission on Publica- tions inspired a great deal of argument while it was holding its hearings, which was to be expected, with as sharp-tongu- ed and forthright a man as Grattan O'Leary as its chairman. The commis- sion's report has turned out to be just as controversial. A major point seems to have been missed by most of the critics of the report, however, probably because they do not understand the economics magazine publishing here and in the United States. It is not a question of Canadian publishers not being able to meet straightforward U.S. competition, but of their being unable to meet the advertising produced product. They are in the much the same spot as, say, a widget manu- facturer would be if he tried to produce solely for the Canadian market while his U.S. competitors were permitted to dump their "end of the run" widgets in Canada at cut-rate prices. By split- run and "Canadian edition" devices, the U.S. magazines have been able to make Canadian of competition of a mass- attractive presentations to advertisers. It is this point that the O'Leary Commission has stressed. The removal of education from income tax of Cana- dian advertising expenditures in a foreign periodical aimed at the Canadian reader in effect would double the cost of such advertising. The proposal to prohibit entry to foreign magazines using split runs -- that is, running off extra copies of the U.S. publication, with the inser- tion of advertising and perhaps a tiny bit of reading matter aimed at Cana- dians -- would affect 76 U.S. periodicals now using this cut-rate technique. There is no question here of the freedom of the press -- and the press, as Mr. O'Leary has repeatedly pointed out, enjoys no special freedom of its own. The U.S. publications could still come into Canada without any difficulty, even if all of the Commission's recom- mendations were adopted. Canadians would not be cut off from foreign views and ideas. The Commission would not tamper in any essential way with editor- ial content; it would simply put the commercial competition on a little more even basis. If we agree that Canada needs its own magazines, then we should agree that they get some protection from unfair competition. Canada's Foreign Aid mn When he Ottawa Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion said was recently, he was surprised to learn that since the end of World War II Canada has spent $4,629,450,000 on foreign aid. Mr, Ben- Gurion went on to say that he sure that the the equally ignorant of the extent of was rest of world was our foreign aid spending. In point of fact it is likely that very Canadians have much knowledge of this subject, few though it is not a record we need be modest about. Canada provided more than $2 bil- lion for and reconstruction in Europe. More recently immediate postwar relief we have spent nearly $1.8 billion in NATO mutual aid, and another $480 million on special assistance schemes. In the past decade we have contributed through the Colombo Plan $382 million for hydro-electric and thermal power projects, and grants of foodstuffs and India, Pakistan, Burma, technical assistance to Ceylon, Malaya, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the current vear we will spend $62 million on foreign aid. Over a five- year period we are contributing $10 mil- lion to the West Indies' aid program; West Indian Canada studying public administration, informa- tion services and fisheries; Canadian ex- perts are in the islands assisting agriculture, housing and vocational train- ing. Over a three-year period we are to spend $10.5 million in Africa, mainly trainees are In n on technical assistance and aid to educa- tion. There will be a $1 million appro- priation this year for the Common- wealth scholarship plan and the number of persons studying at our universities under the program is expected to rise to 225. And many more items could be added to the list. Of course much of foreign aid spending is done right in Canada, with €anadian-made goods rather than dollars going out of the country. Nevertheless it is all money that the taxpayers must put up. Probably those vocal few Canadians who condemn our foreign aid as pitifully inadequate have no certain knowledge of our just how much we have done, and an idealistic but unrealistic conception of just how much we can afford. : More Selective Reading Some time ago we commented on U.S. President Kennedy's voracious appetite for reading. Not only does he read al- most everything that he can lay his hands on, but he reads with amazing speed without apparently losing any of the sense of what' passes before his eyes. Many people may be envious of such ability in this field, for few can match him and there is so much to read in he world today. Yeti uieie S ittle time to read except, perhaps, when one is vacationing or on a long weekend. So on the eve of another vacation season, we have been prised to read the title of an article in the June issue of the Educational Courier. Written by Paul Nash, assistant professor of education at McGill, it ad- vises one to "Read Less". At first glance this would appear to ert The Oshawa dimes Manager somewhat sur- 1. L. WILSON, Publisher and General C. GWYN KINSEY. Editor fimes combining The Oshawa Times ond the Whitby Gozette and blished daily (established 1863) is bul Eunice end statutory holidays excepted). Mem! . 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Grove, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, be from one concerned with the ill-conceived advice, particularly instruc- tion of those who, in turn, teach our young people to read, and particularly at- tractions that bid for the time formerly because of the number of counter given over to reading. But on further examination the pro- fessor seems to have a point which not only teachers but librarians and others with likely to dgree with, concerned habit His point is that whatever our reading shouldn't attempt everything that comes off the press. We should try, instead, that just as there is so much "tripe" be- tween the covers of some books and magazines, there are pieces of real value. developing reading are to speed, we read to recognize £0 many other The job of everything who is con- cerned with getting the most of reading for himself, his children or his out pupils in school, is to develop a sense of discretion in reading. Since we all have only 24 hours a day, says the professor, "how are we best to use our allotted time with regard to reading?" We don't believe for a minute the good professor feels the only kind of reading is the heavy stuff one so often associates with "culture." There is a place for such reading, most definitely, but there are other kinds that range from what might be termed "light reading" to relax a tired mind to those informa- tive pieces that help keep us abreast of the swiftly moving world scene We don't feel either that Prof. Nash was suggesting really that we "read less", but rather that one should be more of the that are of little or no value. selective and read less things Bible Thought His kingdom is an everlasting king- dom, and his domination is from gener- ation to generation.--Daniel 4:3. GRAND INTERN QUEEN'S PARK a) Attorney-General Taking Action Now By DON O'HEARN TORONTO Attorney-Gen- eral Roberts finally came alive in the construction strike here (We know this strike can ap- pear as pretty dull stuff outside of Toronto, but in view of the violence and wide illegality it has province-wide importance.) On the 24th day of the strike he made a statement saying that the law must be obeyed and that he would use the On tario Provincial Police to that it if necessary. A credit mark Mr erts for finally acting But at the same time it must be asked why did he act before? see was to Rob not of feel in this bhéing Thousands striker case now they are discriminated against They really don't know they have broken the law. INSIDE YOU Not Always Believing By BURTON H. FERN, MD Could Bobby see his ninth grade teacher holding a Kitten at the blackboard when neither was present? Oh. he blinked appeared. But he still had that hallucination, didn't he You've probably had hallucin- ations, loo. You hear, feel, taste or smell something that isn't there. Yet not men- tally ill Hallucinations office. In our and they dis- oe you're mean big box minds, plays or movies leap to life. We suffocate when Mike Nelson's air gives oul underwater When Roy Rogers rides by, vou practically At night we generate internal movies -- dreams. We play the leading ourselves. And they're real as life -- until we wake up DAYDREAM WHEN BORED You daydream especially when vou're bored or uncom fortable. If the electric fan's blowing hot. muggy air at your soaked, sticky shirt, you can lean back, relax presto! You're with climbing roles and -- Hilary In most cases they just fol low the leader And while their leaders may know the law they disregard it If Mr. Roberts had stepped in --even with a warning--when the strikers, who are largely immigrants, had first started swinging two by fours, they at least would have known what the law was. 3ut after running loose for three weeks, relatively unhin- dered, who can blame them if they now think that they are be ing pushed around This is a good illustration of the "go which more and more is typifving the approach of the government here today The outstanding municipal affairs But it is also easy" policy example is marked on Mt storm in the vou're iy A lonely makes up mate who walks, he ialks questions friend Injured brain cells can manu facture .any mirage. Epilepsy may race these cells out of con- trol, causing hallucinations in- stead of convulsions DON'T BELIEVE THEM! niall Everest through a freezing Or enjoving a cool dip ocean. But SNAP! And back to sweltering real- child imaginary play erywhere. He he even answers but only for his sometimes an goes ev BL onlage vou believe your natiucinartions Except for occasional mistakes, everyone can usually separate dream world from real world If vou keep "seeing things" see your doctor -- but only if vou want to black out those hal- lucinations After months of therapy, one deaf lady pleaded with psychia- triste not to cure her. Lonely deafness seemed far worse than those little voices she'd been he ! BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Sixteen bands competed in a brillian at Alexandra Park. It the occasion of the first annual contest of the Oshawa and District Flute Band Association. The W. H. Moore Trophy was won by the Oshawa Ladies' Jubilee Band under the direction "of J. McMullen event wa Oshawa unemployed ed a 10 per reduction relief voucher protest- cent in The Oshawa hoasted of a re Club having Pr. WwW, A. Hubbell, Clifford Palmer Grapt Berry co-operate mammoth Kinsmen Jam- Kinsmen cord in it ast p dent Gifford Di IH Ru Stork+ and Dr in the bores sel Miss M. Ray was honored on her retirement after 48 years of efficient service as deputy clerk of the peace. Crown Attorney, G. D. Conant, KC, of Ontario County, presided at the gather- held in the Council Chamber ing County Almost neluding attended at for the sports day held the Uxbridge Rifle Range the officers and men of the On- fario Regiment event Jack Lowe, well-known Osh- awa dog breeder. was awarded several prizes at the Matinee Dog Show. Peterborough A high atten- dance was recorded at OCVI for the month of June when the re port showed a total enrolment of 1064. with an average dance of 1024.82 percentage of atten The Rotary Club held its final meeting of the vear and the re- tiring president Allin Annis was presented with a gold watch. Col. FF, Chappell was in stalled for the year 1937 president The Pasco held annual picnic in Hampton Park. Congratulations were ex- tended to Mr. and Mrs. T. W Pascoe on their 42nd wedding anniversary Fred lee was elected president Mi Lola Freeman, vice-president, and J. A Aikenhead t 5 trea urer family its cretary for the ensuing year ATIONAL OF 1961 i : i § ( \ --fAR Grek" * other fields. In fact you could that watch-and-wait is the philosophy of the govern- say key ment NEED QUICK And while in some areas this may be all right, there are other in which direct and quick action is called for L aw enforcement should be one of these The law will be respected only if it is "rigidly" enforced. And in recent vears our trend has been away from rigidity We have been inclined very much to consider the person and the circumstance rather than the law. And this inevitably Weakness In fact seem grown away from 'the tradi. tional principle that if the law is bad it should be changed, but so long as it is the law it should be enforced ACTION certainly has bred we to have OTTAWA REPORT I Ga I At er A Uproar Over Coyne Put Focus On Wages By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Public attention has been focussed upon govern- mental wages by the uproar sur- rounding J. E. Coyne, governor of the Bank of Canada. The immediate cause of this uproar was the discovery by the cabinet last month that of- ficials of the Bank of Canada had in February, 1060, made changes in the Bank's pension by-laws. Prior to those changes, Mr. Coyne would have been en- titled, under present circum- stances of age and length of service, to a life pension of $11,990 on retirement at the end of this year at his age of 50. As the result of the changes, said Finance Minister Fleming, Mr. Coyne claims to have ac- quired immediate entitlement to a life pension of $25,000 per year. This figure, considerably above the yearly pay ever achieved by most persons in the service. of Canada while they are actually working, is quite out of line with the pensions at present paid to those who have retired at ages of 65 years and more, after many years service on the public payroll of Ca- nadian taxpayers . . . including an ex-prime minister who gets $3,000 WIDE RANGE OF SERVICE This public payroll, ultimately the responsibility of all Cana- dian taxpayers, includes a wide range of men and women work- ing for the state. It covers not only civil servants, but also members of our Parliament, members of the armed services, and the employees of Crown corporations and the staffs of government boards and agencies. It totals nearly 500,- 000 persons. Crown corporations, such as the Canadian National Rail- ways, the Canadian Broadcast ing Corporation, Polymer and the Bank of Canada, have al- ways wrapped themselves in se- crecy to varying degrees. In fact, Parliament--as the watch- dog of the public purse and as the ultimate paymaster which must reimburse itself by taxing you and me and all other Ca- nadians--has the right to re- ceive, and should demand, full information about such bodies But nevertheless Parliament in fact is year after year denied information such as the share- holders of 'every. private com- pany must be given every year. In the field of salaries, pay-- mens to members of the ap- paratus of government, from the Governor-General and prime minister through chairmen of commissions and admirals and deputy-ministers down to the humblest grade one typist, are published in the annual federal A government accounts. FIGURES UNKNOWN In the case of Crown corpora- tions, however, this is all spec- ulation. It has been speculated that the highest paid servant of the public is Donald Gordon, president of the CNR, at $70,000 a year. It had been speculated. and this has recently been pub- licly confirmed by the bank, that J. E. Coyne, governor of the Bank of Canada, is paid $50,000, which is believed fo place him second. The governor-general is paid $48,667. In the cabinel, the prime minister is paid $25,000; rat race. - Bank oF MonTrREAL | LIAM Fami y LOW-COST f | § bX ' ters ad eg ministers with departmental re- sponsibilities $15,000; and minis- without portfolio $7,500. Cabinet ministers also receive the $10,000 per year payable to them as members of the Senate or House of Commons. Civil servants in the highest ' bracket are deputy ministers, ' ranging from $23,000 to $18,000. Within this bracket fall the chairmen of boards and com- missions--such as the chairman of the Board of Broadcast Gov. ernors at $20,000 and the chair- man of the Civil Service Com- mission at $21,000; also such important figures as the chief electoral officer ($17,000) and the Queen's printer ($18,000). The basic pay of a major-gen- eral, rear-admiral or air vice- marshal is $15,180. A civil servant who has reached the top rung and who retires at. age of 65 after 35 years or more service today draws about $14,000 pension. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The Model Yacht Club of the OCVI held its annual banquet at the school and Mr. A. E. O'Neill welcomed the guests. Successful entrants of the 1935 racing sea- son were presented with tro- phies. Temple Lodge AF and AM was paid an official visit by the Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Bro. G. T. Hancock of Port Hope. a During February a total of 73 pupils and pre®School age chil- dren were examined by the Public Health dentists. 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