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Bly i haw Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1962 -- PAGE é Argue's Action Could Seriously Damage NDP Hazen Argue's reasons for quitting the New Democratic Party have been at- tacked even by his CCF colleagues who looked with considerable misgiving on the process of replacing the Federation with the New Party. Douglas Fisher, the intelligent and articulate Lakehead mem- ber, gave public expression to his doubts about scuttling the CCF but stuck with the NDP and on Monday spoke for the NDP members in the House of Com- mons. He said that Mr. Argue's charge of domination of the NDP by a labor union clique simply was not true. Whatever the validity of Mr.Argue's reason's, however, there can be no doubt that his defection will do substantial, perhaps, serious, damage to the NDP. When Ross Thatcher abandoned the CGF, it could be pointed out that he had never been a dedicated Socialist, that he was a political maverick, and that his speeches frequently had run" counter to CCF doctrine. Even so, as Liberal leader in Saskatchewan, he has been able to nibble away at CCF, now NDP, support. Argue may be just as personally ambitious as Thatcher, but until now has certainly been no political weathervane. He has been on the Social- ist side since his university days; he worked for the CCF as an under- graduate. Mr. Argue obviously is a sound politi- cal campaigner. He did not come close to beating T. C. Douglas for the leader- ship of the NDP, but he has been un- beatable in his own constituency of As- siniboia since the end of World War II. When the "Diefenbaker wave" swept the West in 1958 he retained his seat while such stalwarts as M. J. Coldwell and Stanley Knowles went down to defeat. As a prairie farmer himself, he is listened to carefully by the grain farmers. While his popularity in the East is clearly thin (as shown by his leadership defeat), he could shake the farmer-labor alliance in the NDP by appealing to the traditional farmers' suspicions about the designs of "big labor." It is in this area, probably, that his defection represents the biggest threat to the NDP. Time will tell. The Forgotten Guard When the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burned down in the winter of 1916 the only part of the structure to escape the fire was the Parliamentary Library. On the day after the fire, pre- sumably to keep out sightseers who might not have been averse to borrowing a book or two, the RCMP was requested to station a guard outside the library. About 20 years later it occurred to the late J. S. Woodsworth to ask in the House one day why there was a Mountie on patrol outside the Library Parlia- ment. The then Minister of Justice, the Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, said he did not know but would inquire and reply on the following day. But the question was never answered ip the House. After he had made his inquiry Mr. Lapointe went to Mr. Woods- worth and asked, as a favor and to avoid embarrassment, if the matter could be dropped. It seems that the Mountie was still doing library guard simply be- cause no government official had remem- bered to tell the police headquarters that the emergency was over and the cons- table could be returned to his regular duties. That is only one of the grimly humor- ous items in an article by Robert Mc- Keown telling of waste in government spending. Mr. McKeown writes of time past but the story is little changed in time present, according to the report just tabled in the House of Commons by the Auditor-General. For instance, a high- speed wind tunnel that was started seven years ago to help build the Avro Arrow is still not finished and cost has mul- tiplied from an estimated $3,750,000 to $7,531,000 at last report. Another item concerns an army corporal who, to pro- mote economy and efficiency, was retired compulsorily three months prior to the end of his eleven-year enlistment period; if he had filled out his time he would have received $2,031 in pension contri- butions but because he was fired he was granted an immediate life annuity of $599 to age 65 and $856 thereafter, with a total value of $27,000. Then there was the government building changed during construction from two-storey to one- storey at an extra cost of $20,000. And $8,134 in half-pay during two years of univer- the civil servant who received sity construction, then resigned to be- come a professor, In his article Mr. McKeown rightly notes that it is difficult to supervise efficiently any big business and, he adds, "today the federal government is an enterprise that makes all others seem small." There is also the fact that in private business, unlike government, there is a chain of command worrying about waste and an annual profit-and- loss statement to spur efficiency. Know Your Enemies the threat of the common cold. The rattlesnake, which gets credit for inventing the art of self-defence, kills fewer people than do stinging insects. In fact, the honeybee alone claims almost as many victims in North America as the dreaded rattler. The greatest dangers that face us in daily life do not come from obvious "killers" that we would take every pre- caution to avoid. We are more likely to die prematurely from a banana skin, on the sidewalk, than from bullet. All rabid animals, venorous rep- a gunman's tiles and inescts combined, do not match She Oshawa Times L. WILSON, Publisher GY/YN KINSEY, Editor as Lon The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and: the Whitby Gazette and Ghronicle (esta 1863), published daily (Sundays ond sto wy holidays excepted ian Daily Newspaper Publishers~ Audit Bureau of ncial Doilies Asso- exclusively entitled cation of all news despatched ed to it. or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocol news published therein. All rights of special despatches sre also reserved Offices Toronto, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Whitby, dion Press ntario Yrov Press is Building, 425 University Avenue, 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. Thomson Ontario; in Oshowa Brocklin, Port Perry, Hampton, Frenchman's Dunbarton, Brougham Purketon, Kinsale, Roclar ond Newcastle, not over 45¢ Province of Ontario) outside 00 per year Othe, Provinces 15.00. 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So the very bad and very good drivers, comprising four per cent of the total, account for 15 per cent of all accidents ~--leaving the other 96 per cent of "average" drivers responsible for 85 per cent of the accidents. In other words, the overwhelming balance of danger on the roads comes froma the ordinary, average driver; the mfan who can handle a car competently, and does so most of the time; the man who sometimes gives a little less than his best to the job of driving, because he has an inner conviction that, even if he is a little careless at times, an accident could never possibly happen to him; the a hundred people every month in Ontario traffic. Bible Thought I have fought a good fight, I have man, who slaughters finished my course, I have. kept the faith. -- II. Timothy 4:7. Like a fought, like a runner who finished the wrestler who honorably race, like a soldier who has kept his oath of loyal obedience, a Christian closes his life, PAAR a lit SS anh bearesom Na ~~. EVERYBODY'S VALENTINE YOUR HEALTH Thickened Tissue Noted In Mouth By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: My sister has a bad case of leukoplakia. The doctor had her on vitamin A capsules. Her tongue and mouth were doing well, but he took her off and said he wanted to try something new. Right away her tongue and mouth be- came worse. After a few days she became so discouraged that she started taking vitamin A and is feeling better. If. she takes too much vitamin A, what could happen? I understand that leukoplakia can become cancerous in a short time. I want to help and encourage my sister but I cer- tainly don't want her to do anything contrary to the doc- tor's advice. Mrs. J. 8. Leukoplakia is a thickening of the linings of the mouth--or of similar tissues elsehwere in the body. However, we most fre- quently note it in the mouth. The surface, normally pink, shows patches of white as it thickens. An area of Leuko- plakia may become cancerous in some small percentage of cases. Although this happens infrequently, it's certainly worth while to keep watching leuko- plakia, or to get rid of it en- tirely, if possible. Vitamins A and C, in large doses over a long period, are often helpful. Sometimes injec- tions of crude liver are bene- ficial. FIND CA Most certainly it helps if the underlying causes are found and corrected. These can be poor oral hygiene; chronic irritation from lip-biting; sharp, broken teeth or dentures that don't fit REPORT FROM U.K. Old Lane Replaced By Office Block By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Slowly but sure- ly, many of the old narrow streets, thoroughfares linked up closely with the city of London, are disappearing as the march of modern progress moves more deeply into the city's heart. One of the very oldest of London's streets, Crooked Lane, has been entirely obliterated because of the building of a seven-storey office block on the corner of Cannon street and King William street Construction of this building made necessary the closing and wiping out of Crooked Lane. It was a nar- row, winding mediaeval street, which in the city's earlier days ran from Cannon street to Fish street hill, for centuries the usual route towards London sridge, office THERE BEFORE 1310 The earliest records of this district of London date back to the year 1310. They make it clear the "Crokedelane", as it was called in these records, was in existence long before that time. In earlier centuries, it became the centre..of the trade in fishing tackle and equipment. These were the days when fishermen in their "Peter- boats" supplied most of the fish for London by casting their nets in the Thames. Conditions in the Thames have changed a great deal since these early days. Salmon were prolific in its waters, even where it passed through t he heart of the city. In the 18th century, when Londoners could still hope to catch salmon along- side London Bridge, Crooked Lane was the recognized centre ef 'the fishing tackle trade. At one time there were 16 shops on the street engaged in this business. They did a' thriving trade not only in Britain, but also with the American colonies One trade slogan of that period still survives "Avoid bad angler's bane; A straight rod buy in Crooked Lane The last tackle shop. in Crook- ed Lane, a dim. establishment, reminiscent of . the davs of Dickens, was closed in 1952.. tackle, the The absorption of Crooked Lane by more modern London began in the 1930s when part of it was demolished. when new approaches to London Bridge were being built. In the same clearance, the old church of St Michael's, Crooked Lane, dis- appeared. Sir William Wal- worth, the Lord Mayor of Lon- don who slew the rebel Wat Tyler, was buried there. Crooked Lane was _ badly bombed in the second world war, in which an ancient inn, the Crooked Billet, was destroy- ed. This former inn, however, is to be revived under its old name but in a new 'form. It will occupy part of two floors of the new building which is being erected where Crooked Lane used to wind to the river. correctly; and perhaps the com- monest of all, heavy smoking. Other types of irritation may also be responsible. As to your sister taking vita- min A after her doctor had switched to some other medica- tion--it may be that the vitamin A is best for her, for all you know. Or for all I know, or for all her doctor knows. But she should not just go ahead and take it without let- ting her doctor know exactly what she is doing. Not all people react the same way to medica- tions.. Observing the results is the only way to find out which people may be exceptions to general rules. Your sister's doctor, having started the new medicine, which might, conceivably, contain a mixture of vitamins A and C, or may be something else, can't tell what the new medicine will or won't do if she is taking something else unknown to him. It is possible to take too much vitamin A, as it is possible to take too much of almost any- thing, even water. However, vitamin A causes trouble only after very large overdoses for quite a long time. The skin may become yellow- ish, or the hair thinner or coarse, or the skin dry and rough. There may be bleeding under the outer layer of the bones, hence causing swelling and tenderness. Fortunately the symptoms disappear promptly when the drug is stopped. Dear Dr. Molner: My doctor tells me I have a fibroid tumor as large as an orange. I am 45, Shall I have a_ hysterectomy now or wait until I'm 50? I still have normal periods. It is: pos- sible for the tumor to get smaller? Mrs. A. R. Waiting five years may be too long. While these fibroids some- times diminish slightly with menopause, this cannot be pre- dicted. Some of them may cause serious trouble. So I suggest that you let your doctor decide whether removal should be done now. Note to Mrs. W. 8.: Obstruc- tion of the Fallopian tubes some- times can be corrected by in- sufflation blowing a gas through them. Sometimes this then permits pregnancy. And on the other hand, the procedure also may indicate whether some permanent obstruction exists. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Agricultural short courses held in the Whitby Town Hall drew a large audience of young farmers. Alex G. Storie was elected chairman of the Oshawa Hous- ing Commission for 1937-38. Mr. and Mrs oneer residents, on. the occasion of wedding anniversary Legion Hall. Alfred, city pi- were honored their 56th in the G. B. Mothersill was re-elec- ted president and H. G. Macklin vice-president of the Maple Leaf Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co. William M. Letcher, warden of Ontario County for 1936, was honored at a complimentary banquet tendered him bv_ the county council and his fellow- citizens of Port Perry. The General Motors Choir, consisting of 60 members, pres- ented its first concert in the GM auditorium, under the direction of R.-G. Geen and accompan ied by Matthew Goldburn. Id- ouard Bartlett, local violinist, was the guest artist. OCVI junior girls' basketball team won their game '18 to 11 against the Port Hope juniors. D. Manilla, E Holmes and Bet- ty Marks scored the points for the winners. At the annual meeting of the Oshawa branch, Victorian Or- der of Nurses, W.E.N. , Sinclair was re-elected president, Miss B. FE, Harris secretary and C.D. Lyons treasurer for 1937. The 49th anniversary of Court Oshawa 294, COF, was observed with a visit from T. C, Wooley, High Councillor of Toronto. Chief Ranger, Mrs. FE. Pope. welcomed the members and guests and Dr. C. W, (or- Court physician, and Mrs. A. E. Eagelson presided for the pro- gram. A feature of the meeting of the Sunshine Mission Band of Simcoe S'. United Church was the presentation of a life mrm- bership to Miss Leone Palmer on behalf of the Elizabeth Long Circle. Admiral N. Sharp was elected as chairman and Mrs. T. K. Creighton vice-chairman of the Welfare Board at the inaugural meeting of the Board. Scouts, cubs and fathers at- tended the 5th Oshawa Group annual banquet in St. George's Hall, with Robert McNab, pres- ident of the group, presiding. Edgar T. Jones, field secretary for Ontario, who was the guest speaker, spoke on the general standing and value of Scouting It was lord Baden-Powell's 80th birthday, READER'S VIEWS Luminous Signs On Freight Cars Dear Sir: Every year people are killed by a "long dark monster" and nothing is being done to cor- rect the situation. I was outside looking toward the hill and myself didn't see the long row of freight cars moving, when suddenly there was a crash and a car drove into the freight train. With the hill back of the track the dark-brown cars looked so much part of the hill that a per- son driving even at 30 mph couldn't see the freight train until close to it, and with the icy roads it's impossible to stop in time to avoid hitting it. Almost every week there's a car in the ditch beside the track. : Then I noticed when I looked on the 401 highway on the south of the track that the transports were all lit up like Christmas trees on all sides. Yet it's strange that a row of 95 box cars crossing many roads have only one light and a couple of horn whoops "that if a man sneezes in the car he wouldn't be able to hear', and a couple of dim lights on the caboose. If a law doesn't come up to make the companies put lights or luminous paint stripes on all box cars, these dark monsters that are sent down the line from coast to coast will become the monstrous murderers, and the profit from these box cars will be tainted with the blood of all those that are killed by these freight trains. : MRS. PAULINE COOPER. RR 4, Oshawa. OTTAWA REPORT Red Ink Spells Out Our Fiscal History By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Most Canadian families live in homes acquired through the '"'build now, pay later" system. And regardless of the consequent mortgages, we pat ourselves on the back as being one of the home-own- ingest nations. Canada itself, ever since Con- federation, has developed pre- dominantly on the same "'build now, pay later" system. A study of our national accounts shows that in our 94 years of Confed- eration, we have recorded a deficit in no less than 70 years. Sir John A. Macdonald's governments, which perhaps did more than any other gov- ernment to build Canada, and under more difficult conditions, recorded 18 annual deficits and only two surpluses. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, riding the crest of the Jate Victorian and Edwardian prosperity of that great century of the "Pax Britannica," chalked up 11 deficits in his 15 years as prime minister. Even Mackenzie King, who. enjoyed the post-war boom o fthe twen- ties and the beginning of the the post-war boom of the twen- reported 12 deficits and only nine surpluses. UNPROUD RECORD It was under Mackenzie King that Canada recorded the high- est surplus ever--$676,000,000 in 1927. It was not a badge of honor, since most of the 13-per- cent increase in our gross na- tional product that year was, as Finance Minister Abbott shamefacedly told Parliament, "due to the rise in prices." In other words, we suffered-- and really suffered--from ram- pant inflation that year. Our cost of living index jumped by about 15 per cent to destroy the purchasing power of our wages and to erode all Canadians' savings and life insurance. But inflation also brings the government a bonanza in higher tax yields. The result was that record surplus. "This surplus," admitted Mr. Abbott, "would not be justified as good policy were it not for the need to redeem our debt under such favorable circum- stances, We can do it now with- out hardship, and thereby get ourselves in better position to bear the extra burden we have to assume when our national in- come becomes less buoyant, or other untoward developments occur." In those words, Mr. Abbott explained the theory of '"'cycli- cal budgets."' This doctrine pro- vides for Canada to overtax its citizens in boom years, to build up a~cushion of surpluses so that the country can accumu- late deficits in less prosperous years. TODAY IN HISTORY By The Canadian Press Feb. 21, 1962... Sir Frederick Banting and two others were killed in a bomber crash in Newfound- land 21 years ago today--in 1941. His death occurred 19 years after he and Dr. Charles Best announced the discovery of insulin for dia- betes. 1838--Samuel Morse gave the. first public demonstra- tion of his telegraph. 1958 -- Egypt and Syria voted to merge into the United Arab Republic, a union that: lasted less*than four years. FLAG POSITION Dear Sir: | In a recent issue you carried an Ottawa report by Patrick Nicholson entitled "Changing Colors Over Flag Issue', which contained a complete misrepre- sentation of something I was supposed to have said at a press conference in Quebec. There was no excuse for this misrepre- sentation by Mr. Nicholson be- cause I gave a statement to the Press Gallery the next day, February 2, which was long be- fore his column appeared in which I said: "Judging by press and radio reports I did not express clearly the position I took on the flag at a press conference yesterday in Quebec. "What I was seeking to say was that the Liberal party at its National Rally in January 1961, had recommended that a Liberal Government should take steps to give Canada a distinct- ive flag within a year of taking office and that Mr. Pearson, as party leader, had subsequently stated that he would favor a dis- tinctive Canadian flag which could not be mistaken for the flag of any other country and he 'had also 'said whatever ac- tion Parliament might take in regard to a Canadian flag, I believe that the Union Jack should be accepted by Canada as an emblem to be flown on all occasions which are concern- ed with our Commonwealth As- sociation and our status as a monarchy with the Queen as the head. of that Commonwealth. 'When I was asked if this would mean two flags I said, yes, one distinctive of Canada and one containing the Union This policy Wis reiterated by Finance Minister Walter Harris in 1955, "I think there will be general agreement," he told Parlia- ment,. "'that under boom condi- tions fiscal policy should play its part in placing some re- straint. Conversély, when the rate of economic advance slack- ens, and the economy as 'a whole is not fully émployed, a moderate deficit should be no cause for alarm." During the final years of the long Liberal regime, our econ- omy as a whole was not fully employed, and Mr. Harris put his theory into practice by pil- ing up a deficit in two of those three last years. WELCOME CUSHION This fiscal year, ending March 31, will close with a deficit--about one-third the size of th deficits we recorded in each of the heavy - spending wartime years. We are going into collective debt this year, using that cushion to pay higher old age pensions and other so- cial security grants and bene- fits to those in need. In the coming fiscal year, there is expected to be a sub- stantial increase in our national productivity, with up to 500,000 more Canadians at work, and at record wages. This will re- sult in a big jump in the yield of our present tax rates, and would bring us much nearer a budgetary balance without an increase in taxes. Our present deficit, caused by welfare needs, is paradoxically something of which we can be proud in contrast to that sur- plus in 1947 achieved through Jack for our association in the Commonwealth." I am sure that you will wish to give the same prominence to this letter as was given to Mr. Nicholson's column. --J. W. PICKERSGILL. Ottawa, MEANING OF SIN Dear Sir: One of the words which has bothered me in all the sermons and religious discussions that I have heard, is the word Sin. Having taken the time to look up where this word originated, it is surprising to find out that it comes from the Hebrew root verb meaning "to miss the mark", This casts a new light on the purpose of Christ's mes- sage. Before Christ man did not attain, it seems he always miss- ed the mark (sinned). Now since the advent of Christ man no longer misses the mark, he is capable of attaining to the station which God has ordained for him. In the Bible Christ gave His purpose for being on earth, St. Luke, Chapter 4, Verses 17 to 20. And there was delivered unto Him the book of the Prophet Isaias, And when He had open- ed the Book, He found the place where it was written. 18 -- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. 19 -- To preach the ac- ceptable year of the Lord. 20 -- And He closed the book. 21 -- And He began to say unto them, This Day is this Scripture ful- filled. This is the basis of His teach- ings. The sermon on the mount and the parables show us how mankind can live up fo thém. No longer do we sin (miss the mark) for Christ's purpose was fulfilled when He died to re- move the barrier that had pre- vented man from recognizing the Glory of God which shown through Him and all the Prophets. If we had lived up to Moses' teachings we would have been ; in the Holy land, for Christ said i if Ye had known Moses ! would have known Me. ye Time after time God has given us the chance to live up to the teach- ings of His messengers. Time after time we have missed the mark (sinned) and come short of the Glory of God. We pray in this enlightened day and age that when He has been manifested (Baha'u'llah) that man can and will realize that he no longer misses the mark (sins) but can be in the likeness and image of God. We are an intelligent race and we can investigate the truth of the Holy Writings. No longer do we live in a world of fear and sin, Christ died to remove the stig- ma of missing the mark, and this I firmly believe. What a wonderful enlightenment and boost this gives to the world on mankind, to know that God is a loving God and all we have to do is to investigate the truth as His Prophets teach it. Throw away these guilt complexes that the word sin impliés, and facing the future with hope and grati- tude, try to live up to the teach- ings of the Prophets. Even if we fail, God is loving and forgiving, no matter how often we miss the mark. It is the effort that is praiseworthy, and the more we attain the deeper our spiritual capacity becomes and the higher the mark is set for us to attain to. Let us realize the true meaning of the word sin. Gird up our loins afresh and if we don't suc- ceed at first, practice till all mankind can attain to the mark. For when we have attained it will be time for a fresh Revela- tion from God and God's King- dom which Christ says is within will become a reality and this earth shall verily be His foot- stool. C. P. JARDINE, Whitby. cruel inflation. QUEEN'S PARK Aura Of Excitement Entering Politics By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- These days this. placé is like a marathon that suddeniy has turned into a quarter-mile race. The pace is up and the end of the race is now within sight. There is interest and soon will be excitement. For it is going to be a thrill- ing contest right down to the wire--the next provincial gen- eral election, probably. a year from June, but just possibly this fall. We are just getting into one of the best political periods in Ontario in this century. And before long it could have you standing in your seats. CAN'T FEEL IT You can't quite fell it just yet. Here, where we are closer to it, we can. And you should be at least sensing it soon. All of a sudden vigor has hit these halls. And balanced vigor. There is a contest on. Everybody knows it. And it is a balanced contest --a two-sided one at least. A young and strong Conserv- ative team knows it is in a fight and is whipping itself into shape --yes, whipping. A Liberal group which over- night has come of age is fight- ing hard--and forcefully. There is the NDP which could be a further factor. There is electricity in the air. One week we had the an- nouncement of the new eco- nomic development council. By now you probably have read of the big new housing program. "New" and "big" are getting to be.common words here. This is good government. It also is good politics. More, there is a. routing even in the north, .A winter carnival. : : Three cabinet ministers go wp 0 it. For the carnival,, Oh sure, But also for politics. Fences are going to be mended in tne north. The Liberals announce a very prominent counsel will repre- sent them at the inquiry into crime. There is a difference in the announcement. Even the phras- ing bespeaks a new confidence. You read that a federal Lib- eral nomination meeting in Windsor had 1,500 people in the hall and 500 outside. You know that behind com- mittee doors the provincial party is planning, planning, planning. They are getting ready for a fight, And it looks as though it could be almost an even fight. We are alive again here!