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She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962---PAGE 6 Numbers Game Played By Election Guessers One of the favorite numbers games from now until election time will be the calculation of seats needed in this or that province by this or that party to win power on June 18. There are 265 members to be elected, which means that a party must win 134 seats for a bare majority (one member serving as the impartial Speaker) and 140 seats for a minimum working majority. What this means for the Conserva- tives is that they can lose at least 60 seats and still retain power; the Liberals must pick up 89 seats, while the New Democratic Party must gain 131 seats. The Conservatives probably expect to lose some constituencies they now hold, but not enough to suffer national defeat. The Liberals undoubtedly believe they can pick up the necessary seats -- but impartial observers are wondering where they can place at least 89 new members. We doubt if even T. C. Douglas, NDP leader, has any hope of winning any- thing even close to 130 or so seats; if he led twice as many NDP members back to the new Parliament it would be a major victory -- and it could place the party in a strategic position, particularly if the two older parties are fairly evenly balanced. Columnist Gerald Waring quotes a Liberal MP as saying, "To win the election, we've got to take 20 seats in the Atlantic provinces, 20 in the West, 60 in Quebec and 40 in Ontario." On this basis, the Liberals would have to hold all their present seats and add 12 in the Maritimes 18 in the West, 35 in Quebec and 24 in Ontario. They could very well achieve this in Quebec, where a Liberal tide seems to be flow- ing again; indeed they might do even better, since 50 of the Quebec seats are now held by Conservatives. They might come close to it in Ontario, where there seems to be a delicate balance between the parties -- but where there is also such a large. un- committed vote that speculation at this stage of the campaign can only be the wildest guesswork. Their chances in the East and West, how- ever, seem slim. The NDP could play an extremely important role. If Mr. Douglas and his candidates add substantially to the 1958 CCF vote, will they takes those votes from the. Conservatives or the Liberals? There is no telling now. And no matter how the figures are juggled, the issue will depend on the campaigns waged by the party leaders, along with the work done by the riding associations. Liquor And Revenues A study of the distilling industry reports that federal and provincial governments now take 81 cents out of each retail dollar spent on liquor in Canada. The distillers' share, after allowing for 'freight costs, is down to 17 cents. Dr. J. R. Petrie, the Montreal econ- omist who made the study, says that after the 1995 increase in excise duty and sales tax, total retail sales of spirits declined for the first time since the depression days of the 1930s. And he noted that in 1935 the liquor tax got so high that sales declined to the point where the tax had to be reduced to bring government re- venues back to former levels. Thus the government once again is being taught the lesson of diminish- ing returns--a lesson that is repeated at least once every few years. Most of us can remember what hap- pened in 1951-52, when a 15 per cent hike in the tax on cigarettes was followed by a three per cent drop in the tax yield. Inevitably there comes a point' where the long-suffering wage-earner and consumer says, "It's not worth working any harder," or "Tt's not worth paying that much more." When that happens, the point of diminishing returns has been reach- ed and incre asing taxes bring de- creasing revenues. But governments never seem to: learn until it is too late. The case of the diminishing liquor revenue presents the government with a bit of a problem, apart from the one of tax yield. If the high taxes are reducing consumption of liquor, could not this be praised as a "tem- perance" move? Which is preferable --reduction of revenue or reduction of drinking? The well-known Con- servative member from Orillia Dr. Rynard, would probably favor re- duced consumption since he has made speeches in the Commons on the cost of alcoholism. But govern- ments are jealous of their revennues-- and it could probably be argued that as legal liquor sales decline, sales of bootleg liquor increase. Failure On The Farms It is interesting to reflect for a moment on the fact that while the North American economy is continu- ally embarrassed by over-production of agricultural commodities, the Rus- sian state - controlled agricultural economy is equally, and just as regu- larly, embarrassed by failure to pro- duce enough. The full extent of the Soviet Union's embarrassment may be seen from Premier Khrushchev's recent endeavors to get more production out of the. Russian farm system. He has ordered a wholesale shake-up of farm management, greater capital intgstment in farming, new crop rota- ti schemes and bigger incentive bonuses for farmers. Despite all this, agricultural ex- The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Put! cher C, GY/YN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa 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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By mail [in Province of Ontario) outside verlag delivery oreas a2 00 per yeor Othe, Provinces : ommonwealth Cduntries 15.00, U.S.A, a Foreign 24.00, iy: \ I . perts foresee little improvement in Russian foodstuff output. The fact is that the root.cause of Russian agri- cultural inefficiency is collectivization and the determination of central gov- ernment planners to control the agri- cultural economy. This is borne out clearly by the fact that despite the high proportion of collective farms in Russia, the Soviet Union still obtains,half of its total vegetable output from tiny plots of land which the collective farmers are permitted to cultivate privately in their spare time. In the final analysis, Russia -- a land ideally suited to agriculture and one in which half of the population lives on the farm -- should be the world's leading producer of agricul- tural commodities. Yet the nation only barely manages to feed itself. Other Editors' Views SUSPICION AROUSED (Fort William Times-Journal) Several letters to editors of Toronto newspapers have upheld the cause of Castro in Cuba and condemned the United States Cuban policy. The fact that most of these letters follow a set pattern, being worded so similarly that an explanation of coin- cidence must be ruled out, and the fact that one or two letters written locally and sent in to the Times- Journal ,also conformed to the' Tor- onto pattern, strongly suggests they hgve a common origin, probably in- spired by communist cells. ievites The Prine Minister of Coral bi dvd th, Covmonoest Prime Ministers Conference, London, Sexe. hee ese. Set rand mts a ' %: Ue iii i QUEEN'S PARK Roads Improved But Limits Set By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Some left-overs from the session: County roads won't turn into race-ways. Authority was given at the session for a 60 mile speed limit on county roads. This was because many of these roads are now up to very high stand- ards. But not all means, will limit, All speed limit changes must be approved by the Minister of Highways, Hon. W. A. Good- fellow. And Mr. Goodfellow has been turning down a lot of applica- tions where he feels conditions would make higher limits dan- gerous. CHARCOAL BLACK Powdered charcoal ap- parently is something to keep away from if you want to stay clean, Minister of Agriculture Hon. W. A. Stewart told the house about some experiments his people had conducted with the powder, It is to be used to color dead animal meat, In the experiments, he said, it had been put on some meat and it had turned it blacker than black. They had tried to wash it off and got nowhere. They had tried freezing it and then thaw- ing it and the color wasn't af- fected. It had just gone deeper into the meat Tests were also made with roads, by any have the higher REPORT FROM UK. dyes. And though they worked, it was decided that they were mor expensive and that the charcoal was actually better. SCHOOL BOOKS One of the incidental results of our growing population is that Ontario school children are now studying largely from Ca- nadian text-books. The growth of the school pop- ulation has meant that there now is a big enough market to warrant publishing Canadian texts. The result is that only five per cent of the texts used in our class-rooms now come from the U.S. And our growth has meant that other Canadian provinces also are getting Canadian texts. EDUCATION PROBLEM Re education, it was clear at the session that this is perhaps our greatest single problem of today. Costs by 1970 will rise from about $300,000,000 to more than $700,000,000. This means we have to raise money, which means we must have economic development, it means pressure on our tax structure, and means an indi- rect influence on_ practically every sphere of government. In addition education itself is at a stage of great change. There is a challenge to every- body. To teachers, who must adjust, to parents, to the school- children. day, but a most complex and It is an exciting question to- trying one. Welsh Employment Situation Better By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON ---A white paper issued by the government on in- dustrial conditions in Wales in- dicates that the small principal- ity is no longer the blackest employment area in the British Isles. With some reservations, it expresses great _ satisfaction with the interest which indus- trialists are taking in the de- velopment of industry in Welsh areas which have been desig- nated as development areas be- cause of the former high inci- dence of unemployment. This interest, particularly in north and central Wales is at a higher peak than has ever been reach- ed in bygone years. The picture presented by the report, covering the year 1961, is in sharp contrast to the dreary and pessimistic scene which Wales presented in the 1930's, a scene which once prompted the Duke of Windsor, when he was Prince of Wales, to say that something must be done about. it an incident which did not make him popular with the Baldwin government in power at that time. MORE JOBS CREATED On the industrial front, the Welsh picture is bright. In the last year there have been more jobs, an increased demand for labor, and many fewer people out of work. More than 120 cases of growth of new industries were recorded in Wales during the year. These included 12 firms which agreed to occupy new factories built for them, and 17 others which took over existing factories. New factories were approved to be built for another 25 firms, and 55 industrial development cer- tificates were issued for factory extensions, In only 24 cases were there reports of factories, cutting down their operations, Even the prob- lems experienced by the auto- mobile industry in England did not affect in any serious way its large - scale projects in Wales, some of them fairly re- cént developments. On Welsh farms, new records were set up in the number of cattle, pigs and sheep, and re- forestation increased steadily. ONE SOUR NOTE There is one sour note, how- ever, in the report. Local au- thorities are criticized for not showing enough vigor and or- ganization in their slum clear- ance program. Of the 20,500 houses due to be dealt with in the last five years, only 10,535 have so far been closed or de- molished. This, the report con- cludes, is not good enough, al- though it gives credit for the fact that 7,940 houses were under construction by public authorities and 6,456 by private builders at the end of the year, One other warning is given. Traditionally, the best brains in Wales have looked to the arts rather than the sciences. The report says there must be a change and greater emphasis must be placed on training for a wider variety of industrial in terests, BY-GONE DAYS The Oshawa Lyric Singers, conducted by Reginald Geen, made their first public appear- ance in a-concert in Simcoe Street United Church. Miss Beauna Summerville, child violinist of Guelph, was the as- sisting artist. The Women's Welfare League took charge of organizing a re- lief garden plot.scheme for the local unemployed. Col. Frank Chappell made his first inspection of the On- tario Regiment as-Brigade Commander of the 25th Infan- try Brigade. Sunshine Rebekah Lodge No. 222, observed its 11th anniver- sary in the form of a banquet and the visitation of the Degree Staff of Harmony Rebekah Lodge, Gananoque. An attempt was made to burn down the old market building at the corner of Prince and Richmond streets, Arthur Gladman, financial secretary of the Oshawa Branch, Canadian Legion, was presented with a gold watch in appreciation of his services. The Oshawa Public School Athletic Association, with pres- ident H. W. Knight acting as chairman, decided to organize two softball leagues, junior and senior, with nine teams in each. Denton Massey, leader of the York Bible Class, Toronto, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Young Peope's Union of Oshawa. A feature of the serv- ice was the enrolment cere- mony when Thornton's Corners Young People's Society was en- rolled as a member of the Union. Miss Hazel DeGuerre presented the membership cer- tificate to Chester Robinson of Thornton's Corners. PARK & TILFORD Appointment THOMAS R. ROE Mr. Horry H. Farmer, Nationol Sales Manager of Canadian Park & Tilford Ltd., is pleased to an- nounce the appointment of Thom- as Roe as Ontario Sales Manager for the new distilling organization, Mr, Roe has an extensive bock- ground in sales and banking, hav- ing been in on executive sales capacity with several national firms, as well as being d former manager with the Bank of Com- merce. Born and educated in Bar- rie, Ontario, he graduated from Barrie Collegiate with. senior ma- triculation and is a graduate of the Associates and Fellows courses in banking at Queen's University, He served 24 years in the Cana- dian Army, during which time he saw active service both in Canada and Northwestern Europe. He still holds the rank of major. Mr. Roe, his wife and two daugh- ters are taking up residence in Toronto, where Park & Tilford's Ontoria sales headquarters . are situated of Suite 1519, 2 Carlton Street. ¥. OTTAWA REPORT Election Bettors Proving Cautious By PATRICK NICHOLSON The bets are on. With the election campaign opening in earnest, many people on Parliament Hill have laid their cash on the line to add spice to the crosses on the ballot papers. But a strong undercur- rent of belief in a Conservative victory has led many plungers of other parties to temper their hopes with financial caution. LA observers traveling with the party leaders. If there is to be an air-age pool, it has not yet opened; nor has the Ottawa Press Gallery pool. 'But one seasoned and staunch Liberal supporter here has of- fered his prediction that the re- sult will be Conservatives 107; Liberals 130; CCF-NDP 20 and Socreds 8. On the other hand, In the olden days of election-, another election-hardened jour- eering-by-railroad, the most au- thoritative predictions were to be seen in the betting of the journalists' pool among those nalist here has plumped for Lib- erals 82; Conservatives 169; CCF-NDP 11 and Socreds 3. The election sentiment in Ot- YOUR HEALTH Small Electric tawa is perhaps best summed up by the coyness of wealthy Liberals in the leading men's club here, where politicians, diplomats, judges and business- men gather daily. There are al- ways many plungers there ready to stake their folding money on sweepstakes on Brit- ish horse-races. But Conserva- tives say they have found it hard to coax many Liberals to back their party's chances at the polls. In fact, the usual even-money offer was modified to odds of two-to-one, with still no takers; and not until the Liberals were offered odds of on could one Tory get a 4 Judy LaMarsh, the Liberal M.P. from Niagara Falls, has been backing her optimism with sizeable bets. She was the only person to come forward when $1,000 was wagered on the Con- servatives and she covered $100 of this, And she laid out a sim- ilar sum in an interesting bet with an American Senator. Nin- nesota's Democrat, Hubert Humphrey, believes that the ' Diefenbaker government will be Charges Created By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: All winter when I change the linen on the beds I get electric shocks. You should see the sparks fly! Is there any help for people like me? MRS. §S. A. T. Anybody can encounter this sparkly experience with static electricity. Small electric charges are created by friction, especially when conditions are dry. The friction of your shoes on the floor (or more com- monly on carpeting or a deep rug) can build up enough of a charge to make a spark. One answer is to touch some metal object so that the charge disperses before it builds up high enough for sparks. Nylon and silk garments tend to ac- cumulate these static charges. Cotton, which absorbs traces of moisture, isn't as likely to. That's why, in operating rooms, people wear cotton gowns and clothing, and avoid silk or ny- lon. The little shocks don't harm you, but are. annoying. Dear Dr. Molner: What is your opinion of birth control pills. Are they accurate, healthy and proven, etc.? N. K. They appear to be promising but they have to be taken on schedule. Miss taking them, and there is a "rebound" character- istic which makes pregnancy more likely instead. (Medically, the pills are used, and then stopped, for this very purpose. The same medication is also used for other gynecological conditions and menstrual ab- normalities.) Dear Sir: I have three chil- dren. The last, a boy, was call- ed a "posterior birth." I had never heard of it, but the doc- tor said it made the labor twice as long. Will you please explain? MRS. C. 8. Ordinarily a baby is born head first, and after the head has emerged, the rest of the birth is relatively easy. How- ever, sometimes the baby turns around, Because of his folded-up posi- tion, he isn't born feet-first, but buttocks-first, and in that dou- bled-over position it is much more difficult for him to move from the womb to the. world awaiting him outside. It could be that you've never heard of "posterior birth" because it so often is called 'breech deliv- ery.'"' The term "posterior"? may also refer to position of the skull at time of birth. Most babies present "occiput anterior," i.e. back of skull is forward. If in opposite position, it is called "occiput posterior." Dear Dr. Molner: What do these readings mean: Choles- terol, 289, and sugar (blood) 116? Is it bordering on any se- rious condition? MRS. B. H. Both figures mean '"'milli- grams per cent." That doesn't mean '116 per cent" of any- thing, however. The term "per cent" simply means "'per hundred," and in both these cases '"'per hundred cubic centimeters of blood." That is, 116 milligrams (or thousandths of a gram) of blood sugar per 100 cubic centimeters of blood. Or 289 milligrams of cholesterol for the same amount. Blood sugar depends on whether the reading is taken before breakfast or two hours afterward, which usually runs between 90 and 120. Hence the range you cite is normal. The cholesterol reading, however, is high according to current stand- ards. re-elected, so he backed his choice against Judy La Marsh. The loser is to buy the winner a dinner--cost not to exceed $100--in a restaurant of the win- ner's choice anywhere in North America, FANCY BETS OUT WEST May be it's the gold-rush gam- bling spirit still living; but the most unusual bets are made in the west. In Alberta, a Liberal has made a bet that his party will win at least one seat in that province; in 1958 Conservatives swept all seventeen. A Conserv- ative there has bet that every CCF-NDP candidate in the pro- vince will lose his deposit, by failing to pull at least half as many votes as the winner. Liberal money in Saskatch- ewan is betting that the Con- servative will not win more than 10 seats there; at disso- lution, they held 16 seats, the sole non-Tory winner in 1958 having been Hazen Argue run- ning then as a CCF candidate. That bet was eagerly snp pped up by a Conservative supporter who scented a "lead-pipe cinch", Two well-known Quebec sena- tors, of "rouge" and "bleu" TODAY IN HISTORY By .THE CANADIAN PRESS April 26, 1962... Actor John Wilkes Booth, slayer of Abraham Lincoln, was shot to death in a Vir- gina barn 97 years ago to- day --in 1865. Booth, who had sympathized with the south during the Civil War, killed the U.S. president April 14 and was hiding from pursuers when he was slain 12 days later. 1908 -- Notre Dame de la Salette, Que., was partly de- stroyed by landslides, kill- ing 37 persons. 1943 -- The Soviet Union severed diplomatic re] a- tions with the Polish gov- ernment-in-exile in London. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM A psychiatrist says there's days there's only a thin line be- tween the sane and insane. Yes --and both often cross it. Longevity is largely attribut- able to intense curiosity as to what may happen next in this implausible world. "It is only natural for a per- son to want to get even with somebody who has_ wronged him,"' says a psychologist. Oh, no, it isn't. He doesn't want to get even with -- he wants to get ahead of him. per respectively, habitu- ally make one of Ottawa's larg- est straight bets--of $1,000 a side, as to which of their parties will form the government after the election, But up to now the Liberal has withheld his custom- ary bet. Liberal stalwart Paul Martin jokingly offered two - to - one against the Conservatives, whilst having his hair cut in the parliamentary barber shop, But he is not a betting man, and when asked to back his fancy he volunteered just 10 cents as his stake. But the numbers game is still Ottawa's favorite; and present thinking was accurately sum- med up by a prominent Liberal who offered even money that the Conservatives will not win more than 150 seats. 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