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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1961 -- PAGE 6 Select Committee Ducks Compulsory Insurance In proposing various changes in the handling of the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund (including changing the name of the Fund), the Ontario Legislature's select committee on automobile insur- ance has simply demonstrated that the Fund cannot be an acceptable substi- tute for compulsory insurance. One proposal is to boost from $5 to $20 the amount required from an un- insured driver before the issuing of a driving permit. This would increase the amount of money available to the Fund, but it would still be a cheap and sorry substitute for proper insurance. Anything short of a $50 levy would be unrealistic. Another proposal, based on the increase to $20, would boost the maximum pay- ments (now $20,000) from the Fund to victims of uninsured drivers and speed up the process. by which the payments could be obtained by the victims. This would be a considerable improvement over present practice, but it would still not remove the main objections to the system. The biggest objection of all concerns the driver who does not, for one reason or another, take out proper insurance. He is either a reckless person, who does not care what happens in the event of an accident; or he is such a poor risk that he cannot obtain insur- ance coverage. In either case, he does not deserve the privilege of a driver's permit, since he represents far too serious a hazard to other, more respon- sible users of the streets and highways. Another big objection is the lack of protection inherent in the system, The uninsured driver is forbidden from driving until he has made good the amount paid out by the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund. For the type of driver who lacks insurance, this is tantamount to a life sentence if the accident has been a serious one, since he is unlikely ever to make up the full amount; but all that this is likely to mean is that he resumes driving illegally, without a licence, which makes him even more of a hazard. The select committee's stubborn re- fusal to consider the advantages of a system of compulsory insurance is diffi- cult to undestand, Security And Purpose It may be too harsh a judgment, but a Canadian recently returned from Russia says that in comparison to youth there, youth here is saddled with "middle- aged attitudes." Dr. John E. F. Hastings, a Toronto University associate professor of public health, was telling a Toronto convention audience of observations made on a six- month trip through Europe and Asia. Wherever he travelled in the U.S.S.R,, said Dr. Hastings, he found that young people are dynamic, purposeful. "It frightens me," he went on, "to compare Russia with Canada, where young people, worrying about .-curity and pen sions, have middle-aged attitudes before they have been young. Until we instill the same feeling or purpose, the future for us is going to be rocky." It would be easy to dismiss Professor Hasting's judgment as a generalization but, at least ay far as the attitude of many Canadians is concerned, it is not too hard to find evidence to support his opinion. For instance, in the help wanted columns of our daily newspapers, it is comparatively rare advertisement that lists willingness to work as a re- quirement, and there is much less em- phasis on opportunity than there is on security. To win a response, even in these times, employers seem compelled to play down the work or the pay and play up paternalism. Certain phrases occur over and over again, as in these samples: Young man, 17-20, clerk, 5-day week excellent fringe benefits; liberal program of fringe benefits and excellent medical and pension plans provided; 5- day week, statutory holidays and vaca- tion with pay, pension, insurance, medical venefits, etc.; Group insurance, sick benefits, 5-day week; Insurance, welfare and pension benefits, age preferred 21 to 30. However if young people are coming to value security'above all else, is it not mostly a case of aping their elders? The trend of modern government is to offer social security as the be-all and end-all, and to repudiate the principle of greater reward for greater effort. Those Little Accidents Each year, "little" accidents which seldom make the headlines, cost Cana- dians more than $4 million, according to the All Canada Insurance Federation. Many of these accidents occur during the winter, and most could be avoided through care and attention. The Federa- tion, which represents more than 220 Canadian fire, casualty and automobile insurance companies, makes these re- commendations for winter safety around ' the home: Keep sidewalks shovelled and clear of ice and snow at all times. Check exterior stairways and entrances for loose boards, nails and other dis- repair which might cause injury. Clear large icicles from the eaves, They can cause serious injury when they fall. Make sure that snow shovels, garden takes, children's toys and similar items The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawe Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundoys ond statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- elation. The Canodian 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, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despotches are olso reserved. Offices: Thomson bullding, 425 University Avenue, Teronto, Ontario: 640 Cathcort Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa Whitby. Alax, Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin. 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Don't let children play hockey or other winter games on or near the street, Other Editors' Views THE GROWTH OF AA (Modern Medicine) To dispel the idea that Alcoholics Anonymous is a secret society of limited membership, the organization has pub- lished an annual report for the first time since its founding in 1935. Membership is about 30,000 in 82 countries, a 7% gain over 1960. There are 8,615 AA groups. No fees or dues are charged, and the only membership requirement is a desire to stop drinking. In Canada there are 1,000 AA groups with an estimated 15,000 members, Bible Thought All things come from thee, and of thy own have we given thee. -- I. Chronicles 29:14. Everything belongs to God. We are but stewards of His possessions. He gives us the strength to earn money, and even our bodies are His. How easy it should be to give to Him of that which He has given us! Hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each whose heart thou knowest, according to all his ways, for thou only knowest the hearts of men. -- II. Chronicles 6:30. Too few of us realize our need for forgiveness. Once we see ourselves as God sees us the petition "forgive" be- comes meaningful, 5 -- ' C ai Cy FLGERN BLOOD AND SAND =<" - LGR REPORT FROM U.K. Political Parties Check On Values By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain's politi- cal parties are concerning themselves with making: sure that the British housewife re- ceives good value for her mon- cy when she goes shopping in the stores of the country. A group of Conservative members of parliament has been making a study of this subject, and has produced a far-reaching plan. Their proposals have been published in a pamphlet issued by the Conservative Political centre. The proposals include one that Citizens' Advice Bureaux be set up, to be used as offices to which customers could com- plain when dissatisfied. A sys- tem of dealing with complaints, based on one which is already in use in Holland, is recom- mended. QUEEN'S PARK Legislature He ars Few Fresh Ideas By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Earlier feelings that this would be an unspec- tacular session are being borne out. Except for the crime contro- versy the sittings have been rel- atively dull. And there doesn't seem any reason to look for any substan- tial change in this. IN LIMBO The house is getting its busi- ness done. And it is having its clashes and arguments. But it lacks that fire under- neath to make it alive and ex- citing. There is the feeling about it it of a stop-gap, an assembly that is filling in -- Parliament in limbo. NEED ELECTION And it probably will be this way for a few years. The Robarts government is ty- ing up the ends of the long pe- riod of Drew and Frost adminis- tration. Until it assumes an identity of its own--or is replaced by an- other government--it is bound to have a stop-gap character. That is, we won't really have a full - time, solid legislature again in Ontario until there is another election. OLD STUFF Except for some signs of new life from the Liberal benches, this is very much a sunset Par- liament. It is a reflection of the old faces and the old issues. The Liberals are breaking some new ground. They are talking of finance companies, PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Russians live longer than any other people on earth," says a Russian writer. Well, life is a gamble, and a person is particularly reluctant to quit a game when he's losing. A Foreign lecturer in the U.S. says Americans don't know how to use their leisure. Foreign lecturers invariably make the mistake of judging all Ameri- cans by the few who attend their lectures. If you are allergic to dust, don't plan to visit the mocn. Scientists say it is covered with dust about 12 inches deep- "A poor memory means a poor mind," says a psycholo- gist, or maybe it was a philoso- pher or an educator, whose name we can't recall. It seems Khrushchev is will- ing to play ball with the West- ern Allies with respect to the Berlin matter if they will agree to play by his rules and let him umpire the game. public water sypplies and other things that are new to this house and to the public. But the government and the NDP are largely singing the same song: Education, municipal grants and etc. etc. from the one; Talk of labor and fierce de- nunciations of many things from the other. NEW ERA The public is tired of these things. And it is really some years since it has had issues which were genuinely close to These will come again. In this new era the government of the day will have to get around to those new problems which are the problems of the people in the era. But that requires.a new start --and also many new faces. And this won't come about really until the era is fully launched, wiht a general elec- tion. The method of operating this system is simple but interest- ing. If a customer has a com- plaint that he or she has been cevrcharged, or has been given poor value, then he or she calls at the complaints office, states the complaint and leaves a de- posit of one pound ($2.90). If the complaint is justified, steps are taken to rectify it, and the deposit is returned. But if .the complaint turns out to be fri- volous and unjustified, then the customer loses the deposit. The Tory MPs who prepared the pamphlet reject the idea. of setting up a ministry of con- sumer welfare. Instead, they want the laws that already ex- ist to protect the shopper to be more thoroughly explained to the public, and that weights and measures inspectors in every district be given powers as consumer protectors: At the board of trade, a_ minister should make consumer protec- tion his special responsibility. LABOR INTERESTED The Conservative pamphlet is the second sign that the politi- cal parties are taking more in- terest today in the welfare and protection of the consuming public. The Labor Party has also been delving into this ques- tion, and, indeed, produced its own pamphlet urging. greater safeguards for customers in ad- vance of the Conservatives. Some of the suggestions made in the reports are: The shop laws should be re- vised so that shopkeepers have greater freedom to open at different hours without weaken- ing shop workers' rights. Every medium of advertising should have its own written code of standards, says the Tory pamphlet, and if the pres- ent efforts of the advertising industry to produce more effec- tive control prove unsuccess- ful, the Board of Trade should call a conference. If, after an appropriate time, this conference does not pro- duce a comprehensive set of written codes, then the govern- ment would have to consider taking direct action in the in- terests of the consumers. GALLUP POLL Big Majority Approves Joint Air Defence Plan By The Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion Most Canadians accept the fact that Canadian defence is growing more and more depend- ent on the U.S.A., and approve the idea of. a merged air de- fence with that country. In two years, awareness of Canada's dependence on American air de- fence has mounted sharply; so has favor for the idea of a joint program of protection. Today almost seven in ten say that U.S. control in this area is increas- ing; almost seven in ten want joint air defence. Interviewers for the Gal- lup Poll repeated a question asked previously in 1959 to men and women across the provinces elected to represent the nation in miniature. "If Canada's defence becomes merged more and more with that of the U.S. would you ap- prove or disapprove?" Current history in which the cold. war has intensified its impact on the people has in- creased favor for a joint de- fence program -- all of the in- crease coming from those who, formerly, were undecided. The solid core of 22 per cent who do not approve this idea remains the same. Approve Merged Air Defence with U.S. 1959 Today Yes. 59% 68% 22 19 10 No Undecided ..... 100% 100% While Canadians in their thir- ties and forties are more likely to say that this country is be- coming more dependent for the U.S. for air defence than are older or younger men and wo- men, approval for the idea of a merged air defence runs at much the same level through' all age groups. The columns below tell the story. Approved Merged Air Defence with U.S.? 21 - 29 years 30 - 39 years 40 - 49 years 50 and over Yes No Undecided 12% Note: Columns add to 100% across. In a recent report the Gallup Poll showed that Canadians are much more likely to think that Canada is being influenced too much by the U.S., than they did ten years ago. During the fifties this belief dropped from 36 per cent to 21 per cent. Today it has risen again to a 38 per ratio. World Copyright Reserved ... 0.0 see ese ese OTTAWA REPORT Canada's Record Praised By Dief By PATRICK NICHOLSON Canada has been a world leader in establishing many "firsts" in the field of human freedoms, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker declared in Ottawa. His own career in public life has been marked by a strong stream of endeavor to cement full freedom and non-discrimi- nation by statute, as the record shows Mr. Diefenbaker was address- ing a conference of editors of newspapers published in Can- ada in languages other than English and French. There are nearly 90 such papers, following the democratic line, published in more than 40 different lan- guages. "People laughed at me when I said I would build a Canadian citizenship without prejudice," he stated. But from the time when he made his maiden speech in the House of Com- mons in 1940, up till Dominion Day 20 years later when he in- troduced his Bill of Rights in that same chamber, he has worked for that objective. "There has been an amazing transition in a very few years," he explained, adding that 13 na- tionalities other than English and French are represented on the government benches in Par- liament today, most of them for the first time. LEAGUE OF NATIONS The prime minister described how he was raised on a home- stead in Saskatchewan, in a community consisting largely of people of Central European ori- gin, especially Germans and Ukrainians. "Being of mixed origin my- self," he said, "I know some- thing of the feeling that was too apparent in many parts of Can- ada--that good citizenship de- pended on surnames or blood counts. It was. that which I set out to obliterate in this land." Yet despite that lingering pre- judice, the prime minister ex- fine record in abolishing prefa- dice on grounds of race and re- ligion. "T like to study Canadian his- . tory," he told the assembled ed- itors. "'There is nothing as in- teresting. In fact I set out to * be a teacher once, and enjoyed teaching history." Prominent in our history is our heritage of freedom, our record in abolishing discrimina- tion, he said. Canada was the first country in what is now the Common- wealth of Nations to establish religious freedom for Roman Catholics. That was granted un- der the Quebec Act of 1774, more than half a century before similar freedom was accorded cone by the Test Act of 1ST TO END SLAVERY Canada was the first country also to remove political disqual- ification for Jews, as a conse- quence of the election of Ezekiel Hart to the Legislature of Lower Canada, and his long struggle to be permitted to take his seat in that Legislature. Canada emancipated slaves in 1793, long before the same step was taken in Britain or the U.S.A. Then, too, Canada was the first territory in the Common- wealth outside Britain to attain plained, Canada can boast a INSIDE YOU Tiny Air Blocks Form Lung Traps By BURTON H. FERN, MD Imagine! Lungs so full of air you can't breathe! That'semphysema --air trapped inside the lungs. Em- physema begins when swollen lining, thick mucus and bron- chia! spasm narrow tiny air passages. Normally,. you lift your ribs and lower both diaphragm mus- cles to inhale. When these mus- cles relax, elastic lungs squeeze out inhaled air. But squeezed, narrowed pas- sages often clog completely. Air gushes in, but not out. Emphysema! Bulging forward and upward, with ribs wide apart, your ever- inflated chest resembles a bar- rel. Trapped air lowers the dai- phragm partly out of action, too. You have to work harder to breathe--and breathe harder to work. CRUSHES BLOOD VESSELS Meanwhile, this trapped air crushes millions of tiny blood With the foot of the bed raised 12 inches, mucus should pour out of the lower half of the lungs. The upper half drains when you stand and walk around, Irritating smog and smoke can explode mild emphysema into serious trouble. Smoking is out. You have to learn to breathe with your diaphragm. HOW TO DO IT Lie on your back with your feet raised. Place 2 or 3 digest magazines just below your breastbone. Sniff and snort with your tummy relaxed. The maga- zines should move as you inhale. Tense your abdomen and whistle or hum to blow air out. Like a giant plunger, your liver should push the diaphragm up, forcing out extra air. Practice 10 times an hour. An in between -- hum or whistle while you breathe! responsible government; and it was the first country to foresee the modern concept of the Com- monwealth, for our first prime minister, Sir John A, Macdon- ald, predicted that the day would come when Canada and Australia would be independent self-governing nations, the equal in status if not in stature of the Mother Country. Thus Canada has in many re- spects been the cradle of indi- vidual freedom, evidenced by one old lady who declared to Mr. Diefenbaker: "I came to Canada for freedom." And in reply to his question, she replied, in words reminding us of our freedom which we take for granted: "Freedom is when I hear a knock on the door at midnight, and can be sure that it isn't the secret police." NEED MONEY ? Get a low cost Ist. or 2nd Homeowners Mortgage Loan. BORROW $1800 OR MORE TAKE 5 YEARS TO REPAY NO BONUS NO HIDDEN COSTS Oshawa residents for a private No- cost interview call operator and ask for ZE 76540 (no toll charges). Other area residents call Guelph TA 29062 collect. Barfried Enterprises . LTD. : MEMBER ONTARIO MORTGAGE BROKERS' ASSOCIATION vessels where oxygen usually = seeps into circulation, Your doctor can prescribe bronchial - relaxing medicines; also, a new breath-strengthener that. whips up the brain's breathing control center. Spe- cial machines can force down mucus-dissolving mists or help you cough, Iodine prescriptions, steam va- por and cold mist all lubricate air passages. Supply inside moisture by drinking 3 quarts of fluid daily. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO W. L. Murphy was awarded the Doug Crews Trophy as the most outstanding member of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club for 1946. Ray O. Skinner and George R. Wallace, OCVI students, were awarded the two Carter Scholar- ships for Ontario County. The members of Corinthian Lodge No. 61, IOOF, entertain- ed and welcomed home their ex-servicemen brethren with Noble Grand Ray Greentree of- ficiating for the occasion. A. E. Johnson was general chairman of the Oshawa Ki- wanis Club's TB Chest X-ray Clinic Committee whose organ- izational work had resulted in over 20,000 availing themselves of the free examination. Ronald Wilson gnd David Powless won the few con- tests at the South Ontario Tem- Di perance Federation Convention in King Street United. Church. Ronald spoke on "The Meaning of Licence" and David spoke on "A Prisoner at the Bar'. Mary Street Home and School Association celebrated its 26th birthday with Mrs. John Thomp- son presiding for the special program arranged by Mrs. George Hamilton. Not Sinus Trou Q. # must have sinus trouble because one cr the other side of my nose is always stopped up. Would nose drops help? A. Alternating stuffiness or ob- struction of the two sides of the nose could hardly be considered "sinus trouble." In fact, alter- nating nasa! obstruction is nor- mal. The scroll-shaped masses of nasal tissue (turbinates) on one side are commonly more con- gested thon the turbinates of the other and this allows a greater amount of air to go through the more open side. From time to time, perhaps every 15 minutes or two or three hours, the turbi- nates on the congested side be- come smaller ond the nasal passage opens up, while at the same time the turbinates on the other side become congested and more or less close up the passage- way: Nose drops are only rarely helpful and may even perpetuate nasal obstruction. It is certainly not wise to habitually use nose drops. Euthanasia Q. Are doctors justified in pro- longing life when there is abso- lutely no hope? A. The problem ot what to do-- or what not to do--under "hope- less' circumstances is a very real one and very perplexing. Physi- cians are dedicated to the preser- vation of life. Who is to decide the "hopelessness" of their at- tempts at such preservation? Legalization of euthanasia (so- called "mercy" killing) places an almost unbearable responsibility on the doctor We won't take sides ond would certainly not be critical -of those who have a different viewpoint, but there seems to be no room for. com- promise--death is to' be fought until the very end. Questions directed to Science Editors, P.O. Box 97, Terminal "A", Toronto, Ontario will be incorporated in these columns when possible. 48 Ate oes and do ot trust his prescriptions to us. Kam 28 KING ST. EAST OSHAWA is what we do best . . . do promptly reasonable cost. Trust your health to your doctor-- 723-4621 WOOLWORTHS Super Bakery Specials BAKED FRESH DAILY IN OUR OWN KITCHEN I Regular 59c Special This Week! Delicious Strawberry SPONGE ROLL 47 Woolworth's Famous Orange Twist Donuts Regular 58c doz. Special This Week! A7c SPECIAL PRICES ALL THIS WEEK!