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-- She Oshann Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Quebec Seeks Control On Campaign Expenses We hope that the Quebec government's bill to put strict limits on spending by political parties and candidates in elec- tion campaigns proves to be effective. There is certainly a need both for curbs on election spending and on open accounting of what spending is done. The big question about Premier Lesage's plan concerns enforcement. In- dividual candidates in Quebec will be permitted to spend no more than 50 cents for every registered voter in his riding; a political party will be per- mitted to spend, on a province-wide basis, up to 25 cents for every voter in the pro- vince. Each candidate must appoint an official agent, and each party one or more. The agent must authorize the spending of every cent of campaign funds, his name must appear on every piece of publicity and, after the election, he must publish a list of the candidate's or party's expenses. An agent making a false return will be fined or jailed, and so will his candidate or party, and all concerned will lose the right to vote or hold office. The official agent is obviously the key to the Quebec plan. There will inevitably be some agents whose conduct will be governed more by expediency than by in- tegrity. Will their fear of discovery, and subsequent punishment, deter them from concealing canipaign gifts and expenses? If not, will there be any effective machin- ery for uncovering their deceit? The Quebec government thinks that the severity of the penalties will ensure the general honesty of the parties, candidates and agents. We hope that belief is well- founded. Of one thing we are certain: If it works in Quebec, it will certainly work elsewhere in Canada. The need for an effective control of campaign spending and the publicizing of political expenses has long been evident. It has become a critical need in recent years, with political parties hiring high-powered merchandising experts to sell candidates and programs to the public, to create "images". That sort of thing takes money, a lot of it -- and it all has to come from contributors. There is the danger of undue influence exerted by big contributors; the danger of the candidate or the party with the best merchandisers beating opponents with better ideas but poorer hucksters; the danger of the image- makers becoming the effective if not the apparent moul- ders of policy. The Quebec plan may be not work, but at least it will be a promising start on needed reform. Service By War Amps The little key tags which Canadian motorists receive in the mail each year are important to him. Also they are very important to a group of men who find employment all year making the tags and looking after the service associated with them. This service is surprisingly important. It involvers restoring lost keys to their owners -- and there are far more sets of keys lost than one might suppose. The War .Amputations of Canada organization has recovered 70,581 sets of keys since the service began 16 years ago. Last year in Ontario 3,128,000 of the special markers were distributed and 5,579 sets of keys were found by their aid. This is a substantial convenience to the owners of the keys, not all of them for motor vehicles. War Amps key tag service provides means of useful employment for 40 severely disabled amputees, many of them unable to compete in the ordinary labor market. They make and distribute almost eight million tags per annum. Sending in the small contribution requested for this service, which is made available to practically all owners of motor vehicles is low cost insurance against losing one's keys. Further, it is an assist to a most worthy program to help those who don't need or want charity, but do need the means of self- support not available in ordinary ine dustry. Freak Squeaks Of '61 It is seldom possible to find humor in accidents but the U.S. National Safety Council has come up with its annual "freak squeaks" of 1961, a series of freakish accidents. For example, the accident rate on the island of Bjarkoey, Norway, rose to an unprecedented level in 1961, the rate equalling 10,000 accidents per 10,000 re- gistered vehicles. The Arctic Island has an area of five square miles, a popula- tion of 730, one road, one truck and one station wagon, the island's only taxi. The truck and the taxi collided at a bend in the road. A fellow in Illinois extensively da- maged his car when he swerved off the highway in order to avoid hitting a deer. He obtained another car to continue his business trip. A short time later he ran off the same highway and into a fence -- to avoid hitting another deer. In Washington, a Saint Bernard dog leaped playfully from a pickup truck onto a small auto. Repairs necessary to the dented hood and smashed wind- shield was estimated at $150. She Oshawa Gimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GY/YN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle {established 1863), is published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. 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Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 18,006 Intorio) outside Other Provinces 15.00, USA. and A California youngster shot himself in the right foot with a 20-gauge shotgun as he demonstrated to friends how he had shot himself a few weeks before in the right foot with a 20-gauge shotgun. An Alabama boy fell out of a swing and broke his right wrist. The next day he fell while playing football and broke his left wrist. In Arizona, a woman broke her leg when she slipped and fell while walking down a hill. She was hurrying to a first aid class. Anqther woman described only as being of "generous proportions" got stuck in her bathtub. Two gallant fire- men each took an arm and, with eyes averted, tugged hard until she was extricated. As the council concluded, a lot of big things happened during 1961 but, as well, a lot of folks are still talking about the dizzy things that happened to them during the year. 'Other Editors' Views INDIA VIEWS NEW GUINEA (Hindustan Times) President Sukarno does not appear to be content with the Netherlands Gov- ernment eating humble pie, but seems determined to make it grovel as well. He is committing a grave mistake. Shrewd political sense would seize upon the Dutch offer that promises Indo- nesia negotiated possession of West Irian, If it is only the transfer of sovereignty that the Indonesian Government seeks in the West Irian dispute, the Dutch offer holds out that promise and should yet be 'aecepted, Bible Thought For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death, -- Romans 8:2. Christians live under a new law, the liberating and vivifying law of God's Spirit. NS "It May Not Mean Anything-- But Did You Notice That He Hung His Coat And Hat Near The Door?" OTTAWA REPORT Pickersgill's Odd Opinions On Flag By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Many mature ob- servers here regard it as tragic that Liberal spokesman Jack Pickersgill is advocating aban- donment of the Union Jack for his own political ends. "Dis-un- ion Jack" Pickersgill is warp- ing politics by trying to make political issue. His bone of. contention con- cerns the historical and unalter- able fact that it was under variously the flags of France and England that Canada was first settled, and then expanded, unified and finally accorded full independence. There is a substantial body of Canadian sentiment and his- tory attaching to France and Britain, and this is exemplified by the presence of the fleur de lis and the Union Jack on our Canadian ensign. This flag was accorded official status as the emblem of Canada by the for- mer Liberal prime minister, Mackenzie King. WHAT IS 'DISTINCTIVE'? But the shibboleth is heard in our land that Canada requires a "distinctive" national flag, which is a meaningless phrase since our flag is distinctive and cannot be mistaken for the flag of any other nation. It is, of course, similar in design, but not in appearance, to the flags of Australia and New Zealand, which also have the Union Jack in the first quarter; but they both have blue grounds in place of Canada's red ground, and both have their own symbols in place of our coat of arms in the fly. Every time our Governor- General leaves his official resi- dence here, the first thing likely to catch his eye is the flag of the republic of South Africa, flying outside that coun- try's embassy opposite the gate- house of Government House. Although South Africa is a re- public, and no longer even a member of the Commonwealth, its flag proudly incorporates the Union Jack as a symbol of its unalterable past history and development. This may well make our wise French - Canadian Governor- General wonder at the antics of "the bed-sheet boys' who re- cently draped a government building here with a bed-sheet, part dyed red, on which was sewn the registered trade mark of a foreign commercial enter- prise selling maple sugar candy. In a divisive gesture which un- fortunately introduces history and tradition into our domestic politics, the Liberal party in national convention here a year ago adopted the promise that 'a Liberal government will es- tablish a distinctive Canadian flag within two years of its tak- ing office." But so unsure of its ground was it, that it failed to specify the form of that new flag. Are we asked to vote for a party with a blind promise? For all we know, the Liberals might in- flict upon us a design which would be resented by most Ca- nadians. Would it exclude the fleur de lis? Would it include the Union Jack? Or would it adopt emblems symbolic of our agriculture and industry, such as those ancestral tools the sickle and the hammer? TWO-FACED PROPOSAL To correct this confusion, Jack Pickersgill expanded his thought before a French-Cana- dian audience last week. He is reported to have said that Can- ada should have two flags. "He recommended," said this ear-witness, "first, the choice of a flag on which would appear BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Ben J. Jacklin, business man- ager of Branch 43 Canadian Le- gion, co-ordinated and admini- stered all veterans rehabilita- tion work in Oshawa. Approximately 100 carpenters from Oshawa and district peti- tioned the Ontario Government for recognition. of a 40-hour- workweek and a $1.20 hourly minimum wage rate. Harry L. Wallace was pre- sented with a life membership in Cedar Lodge AF and AM 270 at the annual meeting. He was initiated into Masonry in 1910, Mary Street public school annual carnival was a huge suc- cess despite near zero tempera- ture. A feature of the carnival was the crowning of the chosen snow queen, Dawn Steckley, by Mrs. John Thompson, _presi- dent of the Mary Street Home and School Associatiun. During 1946 city births and marriages set an all-time re- cord with 1079 and 419 respec- tively. Deaths, totalling 258, were at the lowest level since 1942, according to city hall figures. Norman H. Daniel was re- elected for a second term as president of the Oshawa branch of the Canadian Red Cross So- ciety. Mrs. C. E. Wilson and George Finley were re-elected secretary and treasurer respec- tively. Dr. Sidney E. Smith, presi- dent of the University "of To- ronto, who spoke at the first Ajax anniversary banquet pre- dicted the use of that academic centre for many years to come, Diane Hambly of Oshawa, former Ice Capade star, joined the Shipshad and Johnson Ice Follies in Montreal. City council re-appointed the following civic board members: Parks Board, Fred Maundrell; Cemetery Board, R. J. Sargent and H. O. Perry; Housing Com- mission, A. W. Griffiths and James Lownie; Board of Health, Dr. H. B. James, Dr. A Brown and Dr. W. S. Millman and Li- brary Board, T. L. Wilson. Mills Motor Sales' new show room and service station cor- ner of King street west and Park road was officially open- ed. Mayor Frank McCallum and GM officials were among the speakers for the event. Hayden Macdonald was elect- ed president of the Ontario County Flying Club, succeeding Alex G. Storie who had per- formed the duties .of president since its inception. DETACHED NOSE ROME (AP)--A bust of a male from the Roman classical period, about 200 BU, has been found in near-perfect condition on the site of an ancient colony 18 miles from Rome: The nose was broken off, but was found wearby. the Union Jack, to represent Canada in Britain and in the other countries of the Common- wealth, Second, he recom- mended the adoption of a dis- tinctive flag, without any em- blem of dependence, to repre- sent Canada across the country and at the United Nations." What is an emblem of depend- ence?) The Union Jack, which independent South Africa proudly salutes in its national flag? Or the teen - age guilt complex which hides in the woodshed to smoke, and would hide its "distinctive" national flag in its own country whilst brandishing an entirely differ- ent flag "in Britain and in the other countries of the Com- monwealth"? The first reaction against Dis- union Jack's proposal came from his adopted province of Newfoundland which, proud to be called "England's oldest col- ony," is essentially our Union Jack province. The rest of Can- ada was not far behind in issu- ing its critical comments on this most weaselly of all flag proposals. READERS' VIEWS Old Age Said Inadequate ert Sutherland of Columbus, os piped in the Haggis. I was giv- Carstairs, Alta. Dear Sir: After reading today's Tim en the honor of carrying in the "Chieftain and the Pud- din' race'. At that time I was a young lad working in the McLaughlin Carriage Works. ; This may help to put your records right. I was delighted to read of. your grand turnout at such a dinner. HUGH SUTHERLAND Pension. 1 am now sending you my views regarding the old age pensioner. Now let us look at it from the standpoint of a sin- gle man (at the age of 70). He will then receive as prom- ised by our government $65.00 Valentine (iis per month. Now Iet us break, , , @t MITCHELL'S NEW! N° 5 SPRAY PERFUME CHANEL this down and see what he has to do with it, I doubt if he could obtain a room under ~ $28 per month ($7:00 per week), I do not think one person could live on less than $10 a week for food ($40 month). Now we must -- rT also that the single man has to pay for laundry which we would say would be 50c a week ($2 month), besides extra general expenses. Now we add all this and find it comes to over $80. So I fail to see how all this can be done on $65.00 because this man cannot draw unem- ployment insurance. Now we will take the case of a married couple. If the man's wife is under 70 they will both have to live on this $65. Let us break this down. A_ couple would have to have at least two rooms which would cost at least $35 to $40 per month, We also have to consider the cost of food which I would the lowest figure would $15 per week ($60 per month). Also there would be electric light, clothing, etc. There are also other expenses too numer- ous to mention, I feel that if the government was to raise the pension to $75 per month and lower the age limit to 65 for everybody (man and woman) a pensioner in general, in my opinion, would not be receiving anything but a fair pension. Oshawa PENSIONER BURNS SUPPERS Dear Sir: Last week I received a letter from my brother, A. W. Suther- land of Hillcroft St., Oshawa, with a clipping of the Burns Supper reported in the issue ef January 29 past. I note it is reported as the first Burns supper held in Osh- awa. That may be quite cor- rect for the St. Andrew's So- ciety, but I would like to point out Oshawa had Burns suppers and gatherings many years be- fore that. They may have had a Caledonian Society, I don't know. One of the finest Burns sup- pers I ever attended was held in Oshawa, on January 25, 1907. 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