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She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Student Teachers Show Parochial Viewpoint Delegates to the Western Canada Student Teachers' convention in Calgary during the weekend voted 16 to 13 against a resolution asking that instruction in a second language be introduced at the primary school level. Three universities and a college presented a brief to the conference requesting introduction of French as a compulsory subject in ele- mentary school. Saskatchewan Teachers' College opposed the brief because "the trend today appears to be a reduction in the number of Canadians who are bilin- gual." Teachers who have labored for years to overcome the argument that "there's nothing wrong with the school system that a few good teachers would not cure", must groan when they are faced with the sort of parochial.smugness displayed by the Saskatchewan College delegates. We doubt if there is any such trend as suggested by the College, but if there were, it would be all the more reason for the earlier teaching of a second language, if only to give students a better apprecia- tion and understanding of the first. Coincidentally, a Canadian Conference on Education study paper published this - week deals with "Innovations in Second- Language Teaching." Surveying the teaching of a second language in grade school it finds that in most provinces French-Canadian pupils have to start learning English from Grade One on. In Ontario they begin in third year. But English-Canadian students don't start to learn French until much later, if at all. Thus we have a one-way bilingualism --and a situation that seriously weakens national unity. There may be serious arguments against the teaching of a second language at too early an age; the possibility of intellectual confusion is one. But the argument offered by the Saskatchewan College is worse than frivolous; it is anti- intellectual, which is a damning com- mentary on the professional attitude of the products of the College. Affair Of The Heart The arrival of February has for years caused people to think of St. Valentine's Day and the affairs of the heart. So it has been most appropriate that the Na- tional Heart Foundation and its affiliated Ontario Heart Foundation should make use of the heart symbol in a slightly different context in their efforts to focus the attention of the public on the prob- lem of heart disease and what is being done to curb it and control it. Heart and blood vessel diseases have become the nation's No. 1 enemy, killing more people than all other causes com- bined, and afflicting many more. They are responsible for the death of 70,000 men, women and children annually, for the suffering of a million and a half more and the loss of 30 million man days of production each year at a cost of $150 million. Against this great threat to the health and well-being of the Canadian people, the Heart Foundation has marshalled an army of research workers to find the answer to the perplexing problems of the heart and circulatory system. These men and women using the best possible facilities available, are investi- gating why children are born with heart defects, how diet, heredity, hormones and exercise affect hardening of the arteries, how blood pressure accelerates coronary and artery diseases and stroke, and a host of other things. Gratifying progress has been made in recent years toward providing new knowledge needed to make possible the prevention of rheumatic fever and rheu- matic heart diseases, to control high blood pressure, repair damaged heart valves and blood vessels, and correct in- born heart defects. It has also provided new tools for improving diagnosis and new drugs, and retarding clotting and the repetition of heart attacks. These advances have all been made possible through the generosity of the Canadian people who have contributed to the heart fund of the Foundation. This year the objective for all Canada is $1,364,000, of which Ontario's share is $600,000. Eighty-nine per cent of the money taised goes toward further research and education, while a comparatively small proportion goes into administration. Another feature of the campaign each year has been the participation of the chartered banks. Each branch has been authorized to receive, without charge, any donation. Treasurys Watchdog 'Each winter the Auditor General reports to Parliament on the financial peccadilloes of federal government de- partments. And each winter Canadians have reason to give thanks that they have an Auditor General. Without the spotlight he turns on wastages of public money and on plain bone-headed stupi- dities, there would be far more of these cases hidden in the ledgers of Canada than there are, the Montreal Star points out. The Auditor General is an officer of Parliament, answerable only to Par- liament, with a strong tenure of office (he can be removed only by a joint address of both houses), with a staff of 130 to do his leg work for him, and with remarkably broad powers of prying into She Oshawa Times T.' L. WILSON, Publisher C. GY/YN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (estoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). 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U.S.A. and Foreign 24.00. Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 ,18,006 the books and the would-be secret closets of the departments, The office has existed since 1878, but it was during the tenure of Watson Sellar, who retired in 1959 after 19 years of service, that it really burst into the public consciousness. He made the fullest use of his investigative powers and re- ported his findings in blunt language relieved by a dry wit. Mr. Sellar once estimated that 75 per cent of his recommendations for eco- nomies and for tighter government book- keeping were acted on, 15 per cent were ignored, and 10 per cent were thrown out "because I'm wrong." Which is not a bad batting average. Today the job is carried on by A. Maxwell Henderson, who seems to be perpetuating Mr. Sellar's frank approach to the vagaries of government spending. How many million dollars a year the Auditor General saves the taxpayer by discouraging waste, nobody can say. But it must be many. One pretty little case of either govern- mental sloppiness or of political bribery -- and we suspect the latter -- is un- covered by Mr. Henderson in his latest report. In fiscal 1960-1961 Parliament voted acreage payments of up to $200 per farm to Western grain producers "as a higher return for wheat used for human consumption in Canada." But what Happened in practice? "It was noted in the audit," Mr. Hen- derson reports, "that payments ... were made, under regulations approved by the Governor.in Council, to Western grain producers irrespective of whether wheat, oats or barley had been sown, or the. fields.left in summer fallow" The payments totalled $42 million. Apparently every -grain-farming voter on {the Prairie got his share. Be a ee a or Oe be pT pee ee BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Oshawa Kinsmen decided to form a junior organization for boys between the ages of 16 and 21 and E. R. Valliant was ap- pointed chairman of the organ- ization. Oshawa Motor Club held a special meeting and protested against, a one-and-a-half cent increase in the price of gasoline, A memorial art exhibition of 90 paintings by the late Homer Watson, RCA, LLD, opened at the Genosha Hotel. The work of the Canadian artist on display included Pioneer Mill and Brook Oak. Penny Bank deposits in the Oshawa public schools at the end of December 1936 amounted to $17,651, an increase of over $700 on the previous year. City council boosted the li- cense fee on amusement mach- ines in the city from $25 to $50 for the first and each additional machine. Mayor Alex Hall of Oshawa addressed the members of the Young Canada _ Conservative Club at Lindsay on "'A young man's fairs," Se re er Among the various reports presented at the annual meet- ing of Simcoe Street Church, T. K. Creighton reported the year's gross receipts of over $14,741 was an increase over the pre- ceding years. QUEEN'S PARK Election Expense From All Pockets By DON O'HEARN TORONTO---It looks as though the day will come soon when the public purse will pay for electioneering. The Liberals at Ottawa are getting ready to propose this. The Liberals here have been talking about it for some time The NDP has been highly critical of the present method of financing. And though the government, either at Ottawa or here, has not expressed an opinion, and though it probably will be op- posed, the departure would ap- pear inevitable MIGHT DRY UP There is, of course, a bit of a bad taste about the present practice of having large cor- porate donations pay a big part of the shot of campaign ex- penses. But the fact that they do could, in itself, actually be a good reason for speeding up a system of government assist- ance. For corporate could start to dry up No matter what the NDP may say, the influence of cor- porations today on government is relatively unimportant There Is a somewhat similar situation in the newspaper busi- ness. funds Years ago advertisers un- doubtedly exertea a large in- fluence on the press i Today this practically doesn't exist. Changing times have : wiped it out. : And they also have largely wiped out corporate influence on governments. NO MORE WHISPERS The old method was for large industry and commerce to whis- per into the ear of government. Today its pleadings are. pub- lic. It makes iis case as it rightly should. But it does this in the public forums. Everybody bencfits from this, of course, business probably most of. all. The point of moment to us is that there no longer is the ad- vantage to business in political contributions that there used to be. Business is going to realize this. And as it does it will be less inclined to make contribu- tions. And at the same time the politicians need more and more money as costs go up and cam- paigns get more elaborate. It would appear to be not * only a better deai all round but almost imperative that govern. = ment pay at least the basic ~ cost. é YOUR HEALTH Alcoholic Faces Defeat It Alone By JOSEPH G. MOLNAR, MD You may find today's letter tragic; I hope I am not being overly optimistic in thinking that it may not be. The letter: "When I was 16 1 married the most wonderful man in the world. I found out that-he had been a heavy drinker but that he had stopped because he knew my parents wouldn't let me date him otherwise. "About a year after our mar- riage he began drinking again. It hurt me, and made me furi- ous, too. I'm afraid I have a terrible temper. A lot of times he would stay out all night. "Sometimes he would quit for two or three months, then start again, "I went from begging to an- ger to threatening to leave him. Nothing worked. About five months ago I discussed the problem with our minister, the first time I have ever told any- one what our life was like, WOULDN'T GIVE IN "He contacted Alcoholics Anonymous. Well, AA_ helped for almost 30 days, then for about three weeks, then two, then not at all. "He just wouldn't give in to following the steps necéssary to succeed. "Last week I saw a lawyer about a divorce. I am 25 and have three children and can't see wasting any more of my life or having my children grow up with a drunk father. "Do I love him? I think so, but there are times when I think I. hate him, but I always forgive him. Sometimes I won- der if I drove him to this. "When I told him I had been to a lawyer, he seemed sin- cerely sorry. The next day he was mad. Since then he has been a perfect husband -- a week. He says if I don't go through with a divorce he will try harder than ever before. I want to believe him but I don't want to be hurt or humiliated again. I really think he still be- ijeves he can lick it alone. Would AS help if I could get him to go to a psychiatrist? Do you think he can lick it alone? R. M." These to people obviously Jove each other. The man has, just as obviously, tried hard to stop drinking, but with only pe- riodic success, and possibly half-hearted effort. After nine years--plus--do I think he can lick it alone? No He has been under plenty of pressure to make good. He wants to make good. He has tried. But he has failed. The answer? He'll have to ad- mit, I think, that he CAN'T lick it alone. That is the simple but all-important fact that so many men--and women -- have had to learn when, after trying their best, they still couldn't succeed. Who of us is self - sufficient? Who really "walks alone"? In this case I deeply feel that the husband has only this one last step to take: To admit that he can't do it alone. If he'll talk, humbly, with other AA members, he'll find that they will tell him the same. This man has to realize he is an alcoholic and admit it. Alcohol is more powerful than anyone but a chronic drinker ever knows. It usually takes more than one's own efforts to conquer it. Some call the extra power God. Some call it some- thing else. But it is help from outside ourselves plus acknowl- edgment there is a_ problem. We have to admit that we need it. This man should go back to ~ AA--and accept ALL of it. "Dear Dr. Molner: Is any strain exerted on the heart from being left-handed? Should one force a child to be right-handed? M. H." To the first question, no, To the second, NO. FOR YOUR BABY'S SAKE be Gerber Fruits and Fruit Drinks One taste of any Gerber Strained Fruit or Fruit Drink will tell you that here is flavour that's luscious, sunkissed, full-bodied. The fruits have a delightful, smooth-to-the-tongue texture... provide a variety of important vitamins and minerals. 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