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UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Agreement On Policies DEFENCE MINISTER. HARKNESS FIRES AN She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Canadian Water Sought For Chicago Waterway Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois npw wants the United States to make a deal with Canada for the diversion of more water from the James Bay watershed into the Great Lakes system, the idea being, of course that Chicago could then divert more water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois-Mississippi waterway. Governor Kerner has tried political bluster and threats of court action to overcome the opposition of other American states bordering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system, of US. presidents and of Canada. A substantial amount of water is, in fact, being diverted from the north into Lake Superior. In 1943 the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission com- pleted the diversion of part of the flow of the Ogoki river through Lake Nipigon and the Nipigon river into Lake Superior. Together with the smaller Long Lac diversion farther east, this provided enough new water in the Great Lakes to develop 360,000 addi- tional horsepower at power sites down- stream. Some months ago Chicago newspapers Generations That there are some families that make a "career" of staying on relief: that is the charge in a Maclean's ma- gazine article written by Jane Becker. It is estimated that about 120,000 fam- ilies, only three per cent of the Cana- dian total but numerically 'a sizable group, use up about half of all the cash | and all the social, health and welfare ' services provided by the public and private agencies. "They will cost from two thousand to five thousand dollars a year for each family." states the article, "between $240,000,000 and $600,000,000, alto- gether, in direct financial aid and in time and salaries of the social workers trying to help them .. . They could be called the undeserving poor, distinguish- ed from the deserving poor chiefly by the fact that they are victims not primarily of circumstance but of their own ineptitude. They are not just the first people to swell welfare rolls when times are thin; they are almost never off the rolls, even in a boom. Most are on the casebooks of several social agen- cies and, with an average 'history' of at least seven years, many have settled more or less permanently on the lists." It is not a localized problem. Van- couver has found that of 48,000 families that accept help at one time or another, 2,800 are the repeaters that consume went to considerable trouble to inform Canadian newspapers that Chicago does not want the extra water to save the city the expense of building sewage disposal plants; that the Metropolitan Sanitary. District of Greater Chicago is the world's largest and finest sewage disposal system; and that the water is needed "for commerce and navigation affecting the entire Illinois-Mississippi Waterway," because "there is simply not enough water now to carry the traffic." During periods of extreme shortage, it seems, "8090 cubic feet per second must be pumped through the canals into the waterway to get vessels across the Alton Sill, 332 miles to the south, but this water must be 'paid back' at other periods out of the 1500-foot limitation imposed by the (U.S. Supreme) court." That is all very well. But a great watershed cannot be robbed of water without serious results. And Canada has put a great deal of money into the deve- lopment of another water route, the St. Lawrence Seaway, with passages just barely deep enough for ocean-going vessels. On Relief half of the private social agencies' $5.4 million annual budget; some families have been on the lists for four genera- tions and one has 230 relatives that are knewn to the agencies, In Toronto re- cently a study was made of two particu- lar 25-year cases: "Each was the third generation of its family to receive help. Altogether, sixty-four social workers from nineteen agencies worked a total of forty-two years trying to straighten out the lives of the seventeen people involved. The families had cost $53,000 and $62,000 respectively, in salaries, financial aid and care of the children. Yet their situations were still basically the same as they had been when the workers first met them." As a possible solution of the problem, welfare agncies tell of an experiment in St. Paul, Minnesota, where six full- time and two part-time social workers were delegated exclusively to the cases of 140 families "from the bottom ofthe social heap." At the end of three years, 65 per cent had changed for the better, 19 per cent were unchanged and 16 per cent had changed for the worse. That experiment was at least a qualified success and might help here, but perhaps there will be a start on a real solution only' when the public realizes that in welfare spending freeloaders can ac- count for a lot of waste. Attracting Industries "Newspaper advertising is the back- bone of getting new industry," says Paul S. Starr, a realtor who left Toronto 10 years ago to establish his business in rural Ontario. Small towns that are cry- ing for industry should do more adver- tising, he says. He has brought three new industries into the area, two of them from overseas. The story is told by the Owen Sound Sun-Times: One day in 1957, Heinz Mohring flew from Hamburg, Germany, to Malton to establish a veneer manufacturing plant in Ontario. Not long after he landed in Canada, he bought a copy of a daily She Oshawa Fimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher and Genera! Manager Cc. GWYN KINSEY. Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicie (established 1863) 1 published dolly (Sundays and statutory holidoys excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of ail news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press ot Reuters, and also the loco! news published therein All rights of speciol despotches are clso reserved. Offices; Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue. Toronto. Ontario: 640 Cothcort Street. Montreol, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshowa, Whitby. Alox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert. Maple 'Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton. Tyrone Ounbarton ono, Leskoard Brougham Burketon. Cloremont, Columbus Greenwood Kinsale Rugion Blockstock, Manchester Pontypool end Newcastle not over 45¢ per week. By mail {in Province ot Ontorio) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces and Commonwecith Countries 15.00. USA. and Foreign 24.00. Enniskillen, Circulation for the issue of October 31, 1961 newspaper and began reading the real estate ads on the classified pages. He telephoned Mr, Starr at Orangeville, hired a car and drove the 40 miles. At Durham, he saw and bought 100 acres. The deal was closed and that very same day Mr. Mohring flew back to Germany. Today, the Maple Leaf Veneer plant, started by Mr. Mohring at Durham, employs 120 persons; another addition is being made this year. As a result of newspaper advertising, Mr. Starr has had inquiries from dozens of countries, including Africa, Japan, Australia, "in fact nearly every country except Russia", Other Editors' Views ONE BIG ADVANTAGE (British Police Review) The exponents of civil disobedience in this country start with one big ad- vantage. They know the obstruction they cause will not be dealt with by fire hoses, tear gas, rubber truncheons or rifle butts. Instead they may expect to be carried to a waiting conveyance and taken to convenient police stations where they will be offered bail. Bible Thought David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God." -- I. Chronicles 22:7. Robert Frost says that a poem begins with a lump in the throat. Religion too must be heartfelt. David was not per- mitted to build the temple, but God blessed him for his heart's desire. 'HONEST JOHN ROCKET ----NEws ITEM TROUBLE WITH ANOTHER HONEST JOHN OTTAWA REPORT Electoral Reform 7m not formally move any of the Ideas In Quebec By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The 'backroom boys" of our federal political parties are carefully studying the new political dispensation being planned for the province of Quebec by Premier Jean Le- sage. His first significant step in this matter was to announce that he proposed to abolish pat- ronage. The political pundits smiled knowingly, and said it could not be done. Without pat- ronage, how could a political party build up a campaign fund? it was asked. Traditionally, our two big par- ties in the federal field are en- abled to finance their general election campaigns unly through gratitude for past patronage or hopes of patronage to come. Their campaign chests may run anywhere from $2,000,000 to $5,- 000,000; and this comes predom- inantly as gifts from corpora- tions and a few wealthy indi- viduals. In contrast the CCF collected its funds chiefly from individ- uals who each paid $2 or so as annual membership fee. And probably the entire campaign never cost that party more than $500,000--not that it would not have liked to spend more; it just didn't have the cash. SLUSH FUNDS OUT But the high-minded intention to abolish patronage in Quebec provincial politics suddenly made sense, when viewed in conjunction with later develop- ments, The Quebec Liberal Fed- eration has just held its seventh annual meeting. Like its prede- cessors, this annual gathering was highlighted by. a_ central theme; this year that theme was 'electoral reform." Under this heading came not only re- distribution and voting practice, but also the ftnancing of clec- tion campaigns. Premier Lesage himself did INSIDE YOU Doctor Answers Readers' Queries By BURTON H. FERN, MD DEAR DOCTOR: At 76, I still suffer a siege of flu every win- ter. Sould I have flu shots: Mr. K. 0. Dear Mr. Q: Yes. While au- thorities originally advised flu shots for almost everybody, this year they've revised the de- cision to include only the young, the old, the sick and expectant mothers! Dear Doctor: How much apple cider vinegar should I drink to thin my blood? What happens if the blood becomes too thin? Mrs, F. N. Dear Mrs. N.: Like water or anv other liquid, apple cider vinegar thins the blood until the kidneys pow out extra fluid. The old wives' tale about cider vinegar preventing thick blood by its acid action, just doesn't hold water! UNCO-OPERATIVE DOCTORS? Dear Doctor' After years of unsuccessful treatments, vita- mins healed my sinus condi- tion and cleared my neighbor's rash. People wouldn't get cancer, strokes, hepatitis and heart attacks if dectors didn't refuse to prescribe vitamins and food supplements But to get rich, doctors have to keep patients sick, Mrs. R. K. H. Dear Mrs. H: Many ailments eventually fade; faith cures many others Let's pretend that vitamins did work like magic! With bundles of drug company stock and fistfuls of vitamin prescriptions, doctors could make boodles But the average doctor wants to help his pati- ent without ,amputating any- one's bank account! SLUGGISH THYROID Dear Doctor: How can my doctor say { have a sluggish thy- HISTORIC MACHINE HARWICH, England (CP)-- Oldest surviving mechanical crane in Britain will be given to a maritime museum. Built in Suffolk in the 17th century, operated by men walking a treadmill, the crane was used by the.navy in the days when Samuel Pepys was an Ad miralty clerk. ' id roid when I'1a not overweight? Mrs. S. Dear Mrs. L.: A sluggish thy- roid doesn't make you fat. As it slows dowr your body func- tion, your appetite automatical- ly thins out. Those thyroid pills should pep up both you and your appetite! HERPES DISEASE Dear Doctor: My 14-year-old nephew has herpes disease of the eyes. Is this serious? Mrs. E. C. Dear Mrs. C.: Herpes sim- plex, the fever blister' virus, sometimes attacks the eye. With cortisone -- and its relatives -- to melt any inflammation and prevent, scarring, the herpes infection fade:, leaving vision as perfect as before. several resolutions on this topic, but the final picture which emerged as recommendations , appeared to fit closely to his own views. If "Big Business" is virtually eliminated as a source of cam- paign funds, the essential min- imum of cash must be found elsewhere. The proposal made in Quebec is that the public treasury should reimburse, up to a limit, the election costs of individual candidates who ob- tain more~than 20 per cent of the. vote, and also the expendi- tures of any aationally-organ- ized political party whose can- didates together obtain 10 per cent of the national vote. In addition to these state funds, individual candidates and parties would be able to spend additional sums, but subject to a rigorously 'controlled n axi- mum. The suggested limits of total expenditure are 70 cents per elector. PAST COSTS REVIEWED This Quebec formula, if ap- plied to the all-Canada picture, would today permit any party to spend $7,000,000, which seems high. In the 1957 general election, there were 8,902,125 registered electors. The cost to the govern- ment of providing the electora machinery was $6,822,624; this did not include the costs of the campaign staged by the parties ani their total of 792 candidates. The chief electoral officer re- ceived returns from 751 candi- dates, showing that they spent a total of just under $3,500,000. Forty-one candidates failed to submit the required return of their expenses; probably few of those actually submitted were complete totals. In the 1958 general election, there were 9,131,200 registered electors. The tariff of fees paid to electoral officials was higher, and the government's cost rose to $9,148,992. Some 622 candi- dates reported ezpenses of just under $3,250,000, but a surpris- ing 163 candidates failed to sub- mit the required return. It was estimated that all parties and their candidates together spent over $11,500,000. Thus it appears that the Le- sage formula, if applied in the federal field, would not reduce election expenditures. But it would help to '"'clean" politics, and would reduce the handicap now endured by the smaller, poorer political parties, if they were serious and could muster a reasonable minimum of elec- toral support. BY-GONE DAYS 40\ YEARS AGO Robert McLaughlin, pioneer Oshawa manufacturer and ben- efactor of the town, died after two weeks' illness, in his 86th year, A social service council was organized in Oshawa with Dr. T. W. G. McKay as president and W. E. Dyer secretary. Oshawa Cadet Corps No. 275 reorganized with an attendance of 50 cadets on parade, in charge of Capt. C. Follest and Lt. F. Watson. The Board of Education was considering plans for building a technical school in Oshawa to cost $225,000. Hon. William Smith, Conser- vative; Lawson O. Clifford, Lib- eral, and Frank M. Chapman, National Progressive, were of- ficially, nominated as candi- dates for the federal election in South Ontario. Warden Frank Thompson of- ficially opened a hospital and reception building at the Chil- dren's Aid Shelter with Rev. John Garbutt, president of the Children's Aid Society, in charge of the program. The one-storey structure was erect ed at a cost of $1500, financed by the County Council. Board of Education learned that 800 public school pupils had decayed teeth and ap- pointed a committee composed of Dr. Hoig and _ Trustees Smith and Drew, to study ex- tension of the existing dental service. An Indoor Baseball League was reorganized for the season in the Armories with eight teams entering. Major H. E. Smith was elected president and H. E, Green, secretary- treasurer. D. B. Carlyle officiated at the presentation of the prizes won during the season by the mem- bers of the Oshawa Tennis Club, at. a banquet held in St. Gregory's Hall. Winners in- cluded Muriel Everson, I. Ratz, Miss Myers and J. E. Carruth- ers. Town Council discussed the purchase of 12 additional fire alarm. boxes with the necessary equipment at a cost of $5679 and a truck equipped with wa- ter pumps, chemical extin- guishers, hose, ladders, etc., at a cost of $15,750. A South Ontario Branch of the Women Teachers' Federa- tion was formed at a meeting in Oshawa with Miss E. Holmes of this city as president. Takes Fire From Debate By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) ' Correspondent | For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The opening ex- changes of the new session of Parliament have taken such a turn that unless there is a radi- cal change, there will be very few subjects left on which there can be a bang-slam debate. Already there is an unwritten understanding that the two rival front benches will work together on almost common policies on such matters as foreign affairs, -olonial troubles, international policies. and to a large extent, defence. These are subjects which the leaders have agreed should be lifted nobly above the squabbles of political party arguments, so that the nation can show a common front. This in itself made the debate on the speech from the throne a very tame affair, with little fire in it. Iain Macleod, new leader of the house of Commons, made no bones about his appeal for a more statesmanlike and more non-Party approach to all the major issues on the part of the opposition. LABOR IMPATIENT The Labor leaders, however, are Tot too happy about the situation. This became apparent when Prime Minister Macmillan made the rather. astonishing suggestion to the House that there should be a patriotic get- together between the parties over wage restraint and indus- trial policy. This momentarily took the breath away from the opposition, and when he was able to regain the power of speech, Mr. Gaitskell could only say that he thought this sug- gestion was 'a bit cool." This was the prize understatement of the session. Most of the opposi- tion members were almost ready to burst a blood vessel at the very thought of moderating their attacks on the govern- ment's economic policies, which strike at the very roots of labor philosophy. It can be taken for granted that there will be no political truce on this subject, no matter how willing the oppo- sition may be able to be non- partisan on some other sub- jects. IMMIGRATION PROBLEM The government is already running into trouble on the framing of its new legislation to control immigration into the United Kingdom. Not only have there been protests from coun- tries from which the colored immigrants come. The greatest bone of contention is what pro- vision to make for the steady and even greatest flow of im- migrants coming from Eire. While not in the Commonwealth, they have been treated like Commonwealth citizens, with the same privileges. QUEEN'S PARK Look For Profits In Public Service By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There are some people in this world who would steal their mother's teeth. There are people in politics who have, let us say a question- able but very important place today. At first thought you might be inclined to say these are people who would steal their mother's teeth. But on reflection you realize this is not really accurate. These people are not stealers, per se. No, they wouldn't steal the teeth. What they do though is buy teeth for their mothers, and then they would add 90 per cent commission THE "SCOUNDRELS"? Should we call these people "scoundrels"? Again, it is not quite a pre- cise word. But in this case it will probably do as well as any other. And the scoundrels have grown into quite an important position in our political struc- ture. They.are people who, if you want to look on them as kindly as possible, you would say are more interested in the material than the spiritual rewards of public service. They are. in fact, quite will- PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM A zoo reports that, its two laughing hyenas have grown despondent and nervous. Things have reached a_ new low, in- deed, when even laughing hyenas don't feel .ke laughing. "In driving a nail, a person exerts a ton pressure with each blow of the hammer," says a physicist. This explains why hitting your thumb with a ham- mer is rather unpleasant. A man about town says blondes may be disappearing, as demographers report, but that he has been highly unsuc- cessful in tryirg to persuade one of them to "'get lost." The person who says this is the best of all possible worlds has an extremely narrow con- ception of the range of possi- bility. ing, if not eager, to let others have the spiritual reward of public acclaim. They like to operate as far behind closed doors as possible. LESAGE SERVICE Premier Lesage in Quebec is doing all Canada a public ser- vice. Mr. Lesage has the theory he can, and should, operate with- out the scoundrel segment and is trying to clear it out. And incidental to this he is attempting to introduce a pay- in-the-open - as-you-go approach to political operation which could--just might -- revolution- ize our political structure. IN ONTARIO Here in Ontario the scoundrels have not been as important as in Quebec. Principally however, because there they have been more greedy and more open. But we have them here. And always have had. And as in Que- bec, we are not apt 'to look on them as scoundrelly at all. Rather they have long been accepted as essential function- aries of our system. We -- including the writer-- have said political parties must have money, and there must be men in back to raise it and there must be some patronage. _ But in recent years the posi- tion of the scoundrels has been growing. And that of Parlia- ment has been shrinking. Which makes Mr, Lesage's move a most timely one. And there will be keen inte- rest to see how it is received here, Most keen, perhaps, because at the moment there is a par- ticularly eager group of scoun- drels waiting in the background to attach itself to the new gov- ernment. Those from the Irish Repub- lic form by far the largest body of immigrants coming into the United Kingdom. 'n a new book- let on studies on immigration from the Commonwealth, it is stated that rather more than 1,100,000 Commonwealth and Irish citizens migrated to this country between the end of the war and December 31, 1959. Of these, some 685,500 have re- mained in Britain. Out of this total of 685,000, the Republic of Ireland accounted for 352,600, something over half the whole total. The second larg- est group was made up of 113,000 from the British West Indies. That does not include the additional 52,000 arriving in 1960 and those coming this pes os and Pakistan ac- counted for 45,000; ' Australia 67,100; New Zealand, 17,900; Canada, 12,000; Cyprus, 20,000; and Malta, 14,500. Other Com. monwealth countries made up the balance, including 9,200 from South Africa. RELIEF FOR EIRE The problem before the gov- ernment is to frame the bill in such a way that the steady flow of immigrants from the Irish Republic will not be sub- jected to the same controls and regulations as those from the other countries involved. They are not considered as aliens, even under the present laws, but the new bill will have to put them into some different classification from _ citizens from the other Commonwealth areas. The government does not wish to interfere with the flow of immigration from Eire, but how to do that without giving strong offence to countries which are Commonwealth coun- tries would tax the visdom of a Solomon. AGAIN IN COURTS A new series of court actions over the affairs of the Eleetri- cal Trades Union is pending, The election of the new execu- tive resulted in an almost coms plete route of the Communists. Formerly there were eight Come munists and three anti-Com- munists on the executive. The new election returned nine anti- Communists and only two Com- munists. 'The Reds, however, are not giving up control without a battle. The new executive does not take office until January 1, 1962. So the old executive has called a Rules Revision Confer- ence to be held before the end of this month to make radical revisions in the union rules. Its object is to change the rules so that power will be taken from the new executive and transferred to the annual defe- gate conference, which for many years had supported the Communist. leadership. SEEK INJUNCTION To meet this situation, the anti-Communists have taken out a High Court writ asking for an injunction to prevent the Rules Revision Conference be- ing held, on the ground that its delegates were chosen before the court action which declared the actions of the old executive illegal, and before the local unions had an opportunity to study the judge's rulings in that case. Failing an injunction, the anit-Communists ask for a rul- ing that any decisions the con- ference takes be declared null and void. The troubles of this former Communist - dominated union are not yet over, but with the anti-Communists now in full control of its executive, it may soon be re-admitted to the coun- cils of the Trades Union Con- gress. | 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA, Burt R. Waters, C.A. Hon, J. W. Monteith, F.C.A., M.P Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.1.A. Robert W. Lightfoot, C.A. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants - PARTNERS: OSHAWA, ONTARIO o. TELEPHONE: Oshawa RA 5-3527 Alex WH 2-0890 Bowmenville ZEnith 4-5730 A. Brock Monteith, 8. Comme CA. George E. Trethewey, €.A. Burt R. Waters, C.A.