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dhe Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St E., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Saturday, August 12, i961 Governments To Blame For Expense Gimmicks Some governments -- and many edi- tors -- are waxing indignant about the heavy expense accounts of big business men. The editors, possibly, are envious; the governments have only themselves to blame. Modern governments have placed heavier penalties on material success, on initiative and on the kind of person who is willing and able to accept the tough executive jobs that should bring substantial rewards for ability and hard work: If the govern- ment taxes away the rewards. the able executive either takes an easier job at lower pay (in which case the business and the country suffer) or looks for ways to keep a bigger portion of the reward (in which case the taxpayer suffers). In Canada, the Hon. Donald Fleming, minister of finance, has warned that the national revenue people are going to start getting tough with the individuals and companies who have fallen into the habit of charging off inflated expenses to the Canadian taxpayer. In the U.S, President Kennedy ex- pressed deep concern about the extent to which the expense account way of life has gripped that country. In Britain the makers of luxury auto- mobiles voiced fear of declining sales when the treasury made it impossible to charge off the full cost of the auto- mobile to expenses, on the part of bus- inesses Some companies appear to condone the account-adding of their employees, "because of the government would get it anyway." Individuals attempt the most amazing projects, from the pur- chase of yachts to the holding of parties and try to charge them off. Governments concerned should realize that they bear part of the blame. The companies that chisel are taxpayers, too. There is truth to their arguments that "the government will get it anyway." Taxes on people in the higher income brackets have reached the point where many an executive cherishes his loosely- checked expense account far more high- ly than he does a pay raise that dis- appears for the most part into Mr. Fleming's hands. Plugging the expense account loop- holes is a good idea, in so far as many of the so-called expenses are ludicrous. But as long as taxation remains at its present high level the crackdown should not affect the legitimate costs attendant upon making a living. Old Khrushchev Story Premier Khrushchev was in character in his latest speech--alternately blus- tering and rattling his missiles and then suggesting "let us sit down honestly at a round conference table, let us not fan up war psychosis." It was the old Khrushchev story: The west, and particularly President Ken- nedy, is meeting Russian proposals for peaceful settlement of problems with threats. Russia will not be intimidated. It is strong and can build more arms and call up more military forces. Russia intends to sign a peace treaty with East Germany. But western "rights" in Ber- lin will be guaranteed. What this last means isn't clarified. At times Khrushchev has said that once a peace treaty is signed, the west will have to deal with East Germany. And East German leaders say the west has no rights in Berlin. Neither is it clear that Khrushchev wants to negotiate or on what basis. Negotiation to him has too often meant "what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine." Negotiation, in his view, means agreeing with Russia's position. Actually, it becomes increasingly ob- vious that there will be negotiations before long--probably after the West German elections in mid-September. The west will continue to insist on its occupation rights in west Berlin and the right of free access. Beyond that there is ample room for maneuver and negotiation. And it is important that both sides keep the door to discussion open. The danger in the present situa- tion is not that anyone wants war but that the two sides will be so inflexible as to find it impossible to avoid a colli- sion. Khrushchev has said again that access to Berlin will be guaranteed. He says that "any blockade of west Berlin is out of the question." Yet just the other day he reportedly told Italian Premier Fan- fani that if the west tried another airlift to Berlin, the planes would be shot down. There would be no airlift, of course, if there were no blockade. But then, consistency of words is not a Khrushchev characteristic. His latest words--alternating threats with blan- dishments--are in the similar pattern. They do not change the trouble picture. Better Road Markings As a result of comments received from members, as well as from US. visitors, through their travel planning division, Dominion Automobile Asso- ciation's manager of members' services, W.S. Chalmers stated that long over- due is a general improvement in the marking of secondary roads travelled by strangers to any particular section of the country. Credit was given to provincial high- way departments who adequately mark thoroughfares ' under their jurisdiction with informative, easy-to-read guide posts to. help the stranger in the area to his destination without tiresome, time consuming back-tracking. According to Dominion Automobile Association's member correspondents, he Osha Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Genera! Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gozefte and Chronicle (established 1863), ws published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond olso the locol news published therein All rights of special despotches 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, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, cunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45¢ per week, By moil (in Province ot Ontario) outside carriers' delivery areas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per yeor Circulation for the issue of March 30, 1961 17,363 there is vast room for improvement in the guide-posting of secondary roads. Countless reports are received from frustrated motor vacationers who, to escape the boredom of endless travel on the superhighways, venture out on to lesser travelled secondary roads of the area in which they are exploring. Responsibility for the sensible mark- ing of these roads is a rather vague re- sponsibility on which "passing the buck" is a popular pastime. Planning and implementation should rest with the respective highway departments who have the final "say" in such matters and it is the considered opinion of Dominion Automobile Association that a minimum standard of road marking should be a "must" on secondary roads. Complete markings should be pre- sent wherever there is a change of di- rection involving a choice from two or more 'thoroughfares. Dead end roads should be marked as such. Distance in miles from guide post to destination shown, should be clearly marked. Mr. Chalmers pointed out that a great deal of beauty and charm in the Canadian countryside exists in the areas not touched by provincial highways. A stranger in the area, however, will be reluctant to leave the relative security of the well marked provincial roads to explore the countryside, if he runs the almost certain risk of winding up hope- lessly lost on roads inadequately mark- ed for his direction. With Canadians putting on a concert- ed drive to increase tourism in their country, some effective steps need to be immediately taken to ensure that the sought-after tourist, when he does come to Canada, is able to cruise hither and yon at will and still be able to find his way back to the main road from which he departed to see the real Canada at first hand. --_-- UNITED KINGDOM OPINION First British Proposals On Trade Area Possible By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- If the negotia- tions which are to be started with a view to Britain joining the European Common Market are successful, it is likely that the Common Market group will take on the form which Britain wanted in the first instance. Back in 1958, before the Com- mon Market came into being, Britain took a strong stand in favor of a 13-nation trading area, which would eventually be. come a free trade area. Regi- nald Maulding, who conducted the negotiations on behalf of Britain at that time, was unable to carry the other members of the six-nation group. The thirteen nations concern- ed were the six of the Common Market and the seven who later formed the European Free Trade Association, under Brit- ish leadership. The British plan failed then, but it might very well become a reality if the coming negotiations are suc- cessful OTHERS PLAN TO JOIN It has been stated on behalf of the nations of the European Free Trade Association that if Britain's application to become a full member of the Common Market is accepted, and ac- ceptable conditions are agreed upon, the other six members of the EFTA will at once also make application to join. Den- mark is ready to make appli- cation now. The others are merely waiting for the result of the British negotiations. So it is not improbable that the six-nation Common Market may in due course become a 14 or 15-nation group. Greece is al- ready an associate member of the Common Market, and the government of the Irish Repub- lic is also to apply for mem- bership. This would bring about a compact trading group em- bracing practically all of the western European countries out- side of the iron curtain, plus Greece and Eire. And that is exactly what Britain proposed back in 1958 before the Treaty of Rome was hammered out by the Common Market Six RESIST WAGE FREEZE It is obvious that Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd is not going to have much co- operation from the trade unions in his appeal for a freeze on wages. This was one of his anti- inflation measures. He indicat- ed that it would be imposed on all government employees and nationalized industries. Trade Union resistance to the wage freeze is growing daily. Lead- ing: the way are the unions of civil servants. They intend to proceed with a wage increase claim, and press it to the limit. Along with them is the Union of Post Office Workers, which is asking for a substantial in- crease for 82,000 postmen, 20, 000 sorters, 1,100 drivers, 45,000 telephone operators and 3,000 84th Panzer Battalion with 400 men and 40 tanks, will arrive at Pembrokeshire all - arms training range early in Septem- ber for three weeks training. There has been no expres- sion of hostility from the people of the area where the Ger- mans will be stationed. The are prepared to judge telegraphists. And leadi the way for the nationalized indus- tries are the employees of the Electricity Board. The 120, workers in this nationalized in- dustry, which has been high- ly profitable, are to fire the first gun in the effort of the in- dustrial workers to beat the wage freeze. Lining up behind them, are 80,000 gas industry workers, 450,000 railwaymen and 550,000 miners, all workers in nation- alized industry. Despite Mr. Lloyd's plea, they intend to fight for higher wages. In the background, also with wage claims, are the Engineering and Shipbuilders' Unions, and the Transport and General Work- ers Union These claims are mounting up, with one thought in the minds of the union leaders -- to force the government to give way on its wage freeze policy. The outcome will depend on which side has the greatest staying power MAY OUST COMMIES When the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress is held next month, it is likely that the Electrical Trades Union, controlled by Commun- ists, will be expelled. The ETU has rejected the ultimatum given to it by the general coun- cil of the TUC to put its house in order and get rid of the Com- munists who were last month found guilty of comspiracy in rigging the union elections. The Communist leaders of the ETU defied this ultimatum with their eyes open. They knew they were courting expulsion from the TUC, when they declared the ultimatum was "wholly unac- ceptable". Now the Trades Union Con- gress must take drastic action to enforce its authority and safeguard its own good name. The only way in which that can be done is by expelling the Electrical Trades Union. This will be done in the hope that the rank and file members of the union will vote in much larger numbers at its executive elec- tions in September, and destroy the present Community major- ity of eight to three. FEW OBJECTIONS There have been remarkably few protests and objections to the coming to Britain next month of a German panzer bat- talion for training in Wales. The OTTAWA REPORT Canadian Movie Beost Required By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- You perhaps no- ticed the recent newspaper re- port that the two Hollywood stars, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby have jointly rented an English "stately home," complete with two private golf courses and a butler, for $1,100 per week--note 1 said "week" --whilst they are making a film in that country. Why, I asked myself, don't they come to make their films in Canada? Hollywood has been dethroned as the world's leading and al- most sole film city. Today six out of every seven feature films are made in countries such as England, Italy and elsewhere, where film industries have been built up with government assist- ance and insistence, to meet lo- cal television and cinema neads, and to boost such countries' trade. For it is a well known fact in merchandising that trade follows films. Further, those countries felt that feature films could and should be an item of export in their trade, instead of being solely an. import from Hollywood. This argument, and its solu- tion, equally apply to Canada.: Yet no Hollywood star has ever sought to rent Toronto's Casa Loma, or any other stately home in Cafiada, because there has never been government drive to create a film industry in Canada, although we are now the third largest market in the world in view of our huge tele- vision and cinema audiences, and we spend over $30,000,000 each year to see films hired from other countries. BUILD CANADIAN CULTURE In the latest year surveyed, we in Canada used no less than 655 feature films. Of these, 300 came from USA. 100 from France, 91 from Italy, 68 from Britain, and lesser numbers from West Germany, Greece, Japan, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Poland Only one of those 65 films was made in Canada! Currently the proportion of films seen on our television and cinema screens which are made in U.S.A. would be much lower, owing to the expansion of the film industries in other coun- tries--always excluding Canada. The significance of this is ob- vious. The Canadian culture. which our government is striv ing to build up through Ca- nadian television programs and Canadian magazines, is being seriously jeopardized by this flood of foreign films; further- more, we are overlooking this valuable field in which we can popularise abroad the Canadian way of life and stimulate the sale of Canadian goods at home and especially overseas. INDUSTRY THREATENED Prime Minister Diefenbaker eet up the board of broadcast governors to regulate all broad- casting in this country. The BBG, as one of its first acts, set a minimum of 5 per cent of Canadian programs in the make-up of our television broad- casting. This policy, and indeed our whole TV industry, is now threatened by lack of Canadian- made films. Our television systems, pub- licly-owned and private, rest on the twin pillars of the CBC and private stations. Those pillars themselves could be solid, and capable of supporting the re- sponsibility for our 55 per cept Canadian programs. But alas those pillars, solid though they be in theory, themselves stand on the unreliable foundation of sand which is our Canadian film production industry. There is considerable anxiety being expressed here that the Diefenbaker Government will have to retreat from its nation- alistic stand of "5 per cent Canadian content", or else our whole TV industry will crash in ruins--unless Canada now ur- gently builds up a Canadian film industry, which would not only provide the needed TV pro- grams of high quality accept- able to the viewers, but also serve our cinemas, and inci- dentally and importantly assist our failing trade picture by re- ducing our imports and boost- ing our exports in this field. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Overheard in 1995: "'"'Outer space is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't live there if they'd give me a billion cubie- light years of it." The average person has a badly split personality in one respect. He is courteous and considerate with the marked ex- ception that he becomes an ill- mannered so-and-so when he's driving a car. the "visitors on their merits, without prejudice. They will be 000 accepted as members of the NATO armies, rather than as Germans. In fact there is some satisfaction at the fact that their coming will provide em- ployment for from 50 to 60 local civilians during their stay. Even the official opposition in the House of Commons has rais- ed no objections to the coming of the Germans. Indeed, disci- plinary measures are being taken by the Parliamentary Labor Party against seven of its members who voted against the government's decision to al- low German tank troops to train in Wales. BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Board of Education asked the town council for $10,000 for the building of portable schoolrooms to meet overcrowding. T. B. Mothersill was awarded the contract for the new bridge on King street west, to cost $13,450. Oshawa baseball team» won the championship of the first division, Central Ontario Base- ball League. Building permits for the first seven monthS of 1921 reached a total of $188,945 a record to date. The Great War Veterans' Me- morial and Decoration Day serv- ice was well attended at the Union Cemetery. Addresses were delivered by ministers and prominent citizens, following an impressive parade. Oshawa local Council of Wo- men undertook to furnish two rest rooms at Lakeview Park. Oshawa lacrosse team cap- tured the group honors by de- feating Weston by a score of 9 to 5 in the intermediate series. Butter advanced to 45 cents a pound and eggs 42 cents a doz- en on the local market. The Great War Veterans' As- sociation, aided by the Ladies Auxiliary, held a campaign in the city which netted $300 for the widows and orphans of de- vastated France. The first annual picnic of the Oshawa Branch of the WCTU was largely attended. Mrs. T. Kennedy was appointed dele- gate to the Provincial Conven- on. Anthracite coal for Oshawa householders was reduced $1 to $16 per ton. East Whitby Township Council protested against closing of the North Oshawa station of the CNR. At a public meeting it was de- cided to stage a campaign for $15,000 to continue the work of Oshawa YMCA. i Scotland Yard as detective headquaretrs of London's. police gets its name from Great Scot- land Yard in Whitehall, where the Metropolitan police force was set up in 1839. 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH © RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., RIA. Burt R. Waters, C.A. Hon. J. W. Monteith, F.CA. MP Gordon W. Riehl, CA. R.A. Robert W. Lightfoot, C.A. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants PARTNERS: OSHAWA, ONTARIO © TELEPHONE: Oshowe RA $5-3527 Ajox WH 2.0890 A. Brock Monteith, 8. Comm, CA. George E. Trethewsy, CA. Burt R. Waters, C.A. WHO does not marvel at the flight of a bird? The roaring jet does not seem such a miracle. It cannot fly with the same WINGS OF FAITH grace and beauty and ease. THE CHURCH FOR ALL... Every bird must learn to fly. The mother bird pushes her fledgling out of the nest. The young bird falls helplessly until its wings discover the invisible support of the air. If our lives are to rise beyond frail human nature, we too must learn to fly . . . on wings of faith. We must discover the invisible support of God's presence and power. Come to Church next Sunday. You can find there the snvisible support of God. Copyright 1961, Keister Adv. Service, Inc., Strasburg, Va. ALL FOR THE CHURCH 'The Church is the greatest factor on earth for the building of character and good citizen- ship. It is a storehouse of spiritual values. THIS FEATURE IS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF THE CHURCH BY THE FOLLOWING INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS GENOSHA COFFEE 70 King St. E. LORNE GOODMAN PLUMBING & HEATING 758 Mary St. 725-1044 NORTH OSHAWA PLUMBING 52 Wayne Ave. 725-3715 RON ROBINSON TRENCHING : EXCAVATING 4, Oshawa 728-6621 R.R ROY W. NICHOLS G.M. SALES & SERVICE 723-7242 MA 3-3553 A. HEFFERING'S ESSO 725-9892 No. 2 Hwy. & Thickson's Rd, N. H. 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