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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited She Oshawa Cines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T.-L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1962-----PAGE 6--- Standards For Parents Proposed By Dr. K. S. Bernhardt, director of the University of Toronto Institute of Child Studies, touched on a sen- sitive subject this week at the first inter-professional Seminar on. the Abuse and Neglect of Children, held fn Toronto. He thought it was logical to require people to prove they could meet a minimum standard of child care before they were allowed to rear families, and said, "We license people to hunt and fish, and we certify teachers, but we say nothing about minimum qualifications for parent- hood." We're not sure what the connection is between hunting, fishing and pro- creation, but Dr. Bernhardt's point is clear: There should be some form of state-imposed birth control to pre- vent the birth of children to certain kinds of peoples -- "inadequate parents," we believe they're called in the social worker's jargon. Dr. Bernhardt was only concerned with the children, and what happens to them as they grow up, neglected by their parents and generally bur- dens on community welfare services. Professor He made no reference to the problem of an exploding population, but would probably agree with those who be- lieve that some control of population expansion must be established for survival of the species, with the proviso that the control be exercised first through 'qualifications parenthood." There is an agonizing moral prob- Jem involved in the weighing of the right to bear children against the duty to provide properly for the chil- dren until they are ready to fend for themselves. There may come a time when the solution will be forced by harsh reality, but that time -- in this country at least -- has not yet come. It should, however, be a matter for public debate, but before the debate can be fruitful, the supporters of selective and enforced birth control should give us a clearer account of just how the selection and enforce- ment are to be carried out. It is easy to say, "Those people should not be allowed to bear chil- dren." It is not sé easy to say how the decision is to be made, and by whom. Canadian Dollar Pegged The pegging of the Canadian dollar is not surprising; the government has been urged to take this action for many months. The surprises are the low rate and the timing. Coming early in what promises to be a bitter election campaign, the pegging must be considered in the context of that campaign, particularly since the need for it can hardly be more urgent now than it was, say, six months ago. There was drama even in the time of , the announcement being made with no previous warning just a few minutes before midnight. Within a few hours, exporters and manufactur- ers were saying how pleased they were, provincial and municipal govern- ments that had borrowed heavily in the United States were moaning about the sudden increase in their debt, and stock market traders jubi- lantly began pushing up prices on the board. The man in the street, who does not play the market or run his own business, will feel the results of the Our Fear Of Some years ago the magazine The New Yorker conducted a successful campaign against the piping of can- ned music into one of the big railway stations in New York, on the ground that it was a flagrant invasion of the individual's privacy. Since then there has been a sporadic campaign against jukeboxes in public places, but this has enjoyed nothing like the success 'of The New Yorker's effort. Failure has not discouraged the opponents of the jukebox, however, and the latest to take up the cudgels is the Orillia Packet and Times, which growls: "The ability of a minority to inflict its will upon a majority is one of those things supposed to be foreign to a democracy, but which in actual practice occur every day without any- one doing very much about them. A erying example is the restaurant juke- box. "Time and again the hapless diner- out enters what appears to be a first- The Oshawa Times T. Lb. WILSON, Publisher C. GY/YN_ KINSEY, Editor The Jshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays ond statutory holidays excepted), Members ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of eli news despatched in the paper credited to it or te The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tecaf news published therein. All rights of speciol despetches sre alse reserved. Offices: Thomson Byliding, 425 University Avenue, Teronte, Ontario; 640 Cothcort Street, Montreal, P.Q, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa. Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpesl, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskerd, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragler Blackstock, Pontypool and Newcastle. not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery creas 12.00 per year. Othe. Provinces Commonwealth Countries 15.00. USA, and government's action more slowly. He will notice increases in the prices of imported goods. Particularly if he works for a firm with substantial sales abroad, he will notice an increase in business activity. The big story, however, is the tim- ing of the announcement. Financial observers had predicted that the Canadian dollar would be pegged. Many bankers were unhappy about the floating rate, even after attempts were made to jockey it into a stabi- lized position. It had been reported that the International Monetary Fund was gently pressuring the Canadian government to peg the dollar at an appropriate discount. The London market had been expecting stabiliza- tion for some time. But timed as it was, it still came as a surprise. Why was it not announced while Parliament was still in session? We do not profess to know the answer, but it will be interesting to study the interpretations of the opposition parties. Silence rate eating place in search of a quiet meal only to find himself beset with a hideous cacophany of wailing and caterwauling emanating from a hid- den loudspeaker over which he hes no control. The result is apt to be not only an acute attack of indiges- tion, but a surge of soaring blood pressure and the beginning of a well- nourished ulcer . . . Not only is this abominable racket and offence to the ears, but it is also an invasion of personal privacy that has grown past all tolerance." It was our impression that the jukebox had vanished from most of the "first-rate" eating places, to be replaced in many cases by other less raucous canned music piped in from a sort of central control, beyond the reach of any patron of the restaurant. We have seen, however, jukebox joints where the patron could buy a few minutes of silence (a blatant holdup) or where he could control volume of noise, to a point. ; The fight against such background music seems to be a losing one, how- ever, because modern man seems to be terribly afraid of silence. He car- ries his noisemakers around with him, and can't even stand quiet talk on TV without a solid background of "music", Bible Thought Blessed is the man that endureth temptation .. . -- James 1:12. Yes, blessed, for when the trial is over, he will be given the hallmark of divine approval -- the crown of life. Thou hast put all things in subjec- tion under His feet. -- Hebrews 2 is The history of the world is that of submission and subjection. God claims no less from His people, for' THEY overt nource--~ ba; YOUR HEALTH Diet In Relation To Heart Ailment By JOSEPH G. MOLNER,MD Dear Dr. Molner: Please tell me the importance of diet in case of a heart condition? What is cholesterol? MRS. DMA Two short questions -- but short answers won't be ade- quate, so today I'll discuss the first one only, the other tomor- row. Diet can be important in heart disease, although I doubt whether this is so in the sense that Mrs. DMA expects. There are various types of heart disease, and in some of them diet has no direct effect at all. One of these is trouble with a heart valve resulting from rheumatic fever. To be sure, if the patient gains weight, this adds a need- less burden on the heart. For such a person--and | think we can generalize and say that any- one with any kind of heart dis- ease--getting fat is dangerous. A diet to reduce weight, or to keep it down to normal, is nec- essary. The purpose is purely to ease the heart's work. If high blood pressure is the basie part of-the heart condi- tion, weight reduction serves a double purpose. It not only eases the load but it often tends to lower the blood pres: sure, too. Now let's go one step farther: When a heart goes into failure diet becomes extremely import- ant. Failure does not mean that QUEEN'S PARK the heart stops, but that it no longer is able to pump blood efficiently enough to fulfill the body's needs adequately. Vast numbers of patients with known heart disease are not in failure. Where failure does occur, smaller meals may be neces- sary because large ones require a relatively heavy flow of blood to the digestive organs. In short, spread the effort over several small meals instead of a large one. In addition, the heart no longer can keep the kidneys working at full effi- ciency and fluid tends to accu- mulate in the body instead of being expelled. (Swelling of the ankles or fluid accumulation elsewhere in the body, known as "dropsy"' indicates this.) In many of these cases, even with excellent new drugs, re- striction of salt in the diet is re- quired, because salt helps retain water in the system. Not only should table salt be avoided, but also foods that are highly sea- soned with salt: Prepared fish and meats, pickled things, etc. Still further, the consistency of food may have to be altered to cope with the patient's diges- tion and ability to eat Obviously we snould try to achieve a balanced diet. This may be difficult with a highly restricted diet, so a _ supple- ment of mixed vitamins is re- quired. Tomorrow. we'll discuss cho- lesterol! weakened Power Struggles Within PC Party By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Who's on first? . When the Western Ontario Progressive Conservatives meet in London this week-end. there will be an absorbing question: who are getting to be the top- dogs behind the scenes in the provincial party? This is one of the most in feresting political questions of the day. And a significant one too Various groups have been vying for power as the party gets ready to reorganize in the province. And on who wins out may de pend not only the political health of the party but the re- sult of the next provincial elec- tion A good firm leadership in the organization end and the PC's could be immeasurably strengthened And if they aren't strength- ened they have a good chance of going down in the next elec- tion KEY MEETING: The annual western Ontario meeting is a key gathering for clues to the future It always has been an impor- tant meeting politically. It has had good turn-outs and has us- ually been a platform for some igepertant announcements ut with Premier Robarts, a London man, now head of the province it takes on even more "doing in the And with Ernest Jackson of London as its current president it takes on still further weight. For Mr. Jackson is widely regarded as the next big PC power in the province TAKE CHARGE: This young and rugged former MPP managed Mr. Ro barts' leadership campaign and has been his close counsellor since then He was active in the January by-elections but did not direct them, as such. In fact nobody really did di rect them, which is one of the main reasons why there is such urgency about getting new top leadership in the organization end, There were a number of tooks messing around with the broth in these votes, and about the only noticeabie thing they did was spill soup A large number of people in the party feel he is the mah to take charge But they also feel it will have to be a case of really taking charge. That if there is to be proper reorganization one man will have to do it, ard the rest of the cabal 'of power seekers slink off to other fields To date there has been no in- dication of any such slink At the Western Ontario meet ing, observers will be looking for signs of just what may be i organization tine; BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO The firm of Thomas Miller and Sons, which operated The Arcade for 39 years, retired from business. Sacred concerts, given each Sunday evening in the Regent Theatre by the General Motors Musical and Dramatic Society, were concluded for the season. Miss Hazel DeGuerre repre- sented Oshawa Collegiate at the district oratorical contest, hav- ing won the local competition. The Oshawa Railway new office building, located on Athol street east, was completed to accommodate the staff of the Freight Agent, C. S. Lee and also the Yardmaster, Alex Neil- son and staff. General Motors production of 34,304 cars for the first four months of 1927, set a new high all time record. Information was received when representatives of a brewery visited in Oshawa that the government planned to open a beer warehouse here. South Ontario Prohibition As- sociation opened a campaign in opposition to liquor stores be- ing opened in Oshawa and Whitby. Captain C. A. Mason resign- ed as licence inspector in On- tario County for the Provincial Police. Albert Street United Church discussed plans for the building of a new church. D, M. Wright of Stratford was the new Governor of 27th Rotary District, which included the Oshawa Rotary Club, Officers and members of Cedar Lodge, AF and AM, were guests at a banquet of Northgate Lodge, Toronto. Offi- cers of Cedar Lodge exempli- fied the work of the first de- gree and were complimented for their fine presentation of the work by District Deputy Grand Master Hopkins of To- ronto. Wor, Bro. Neil Felt, WM, and Wor, Bro. E. C. Hodgins replied to toast to the visitors, A mother and daughter ban- quet was staged by the Fidelis- simo Class of King Street United Church. Mrs. Hales Barker, president of the class, Miss Annie Jackson, teacher and Mrs, Arthur Wright, secretary, assisted to the success of the occasion, REPORT FROM U.K. Council Exercises Medieval Powers By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times ESHER, Surrey -- In Esher, Surrey, the urban council has the powers and rights of the Lord of the Manor, powers which go right back to the middle ages. And by using these rights of Lord of the Manor, the council has raised up a storm over a most un- usual situation. For the first time in 200 years, it has im- posed a ban on hanging out washing on lines and parking cars at Yew Tree Cottages. These cottages stand on the edge of the village common a few yards from the main road to Portsmouth. And as Lord of the Manor the council had OTTAWA REPORT power to impose this ban de- spite the protests of the resi- dents, The centre of the storm is a washing line which runs from a lime tree to a wooden post on the edge of the Common - and a couple of cars that are parked at night outside the eight little cottages. COTTAGERS ANGRY To say that the cottagers are angry is putting the case very mildly, Here is their argu- ment: "If we have the right to tether up to three cattle on the Common surely we can park two cars. And as for the wash- ing, it has been flying on the common for the past 70 years." In fact, it is generally cottages, Political Paradox In Saskatchewan By PATRICK NICHOLSON Our prairie province of Sas- katchewan is remarkable for two Canadian cynosures, in ad- dition to the world's best hard wheat. It has produced the only so- cialist government ever elected in Canada; and at the same time it gives Canada a Conserv- ative leader who was the sole architect and unmatched hero of the most overwhelming elec- toral victory ever reported in our political histories. These contrasting records to- day create the paradox of the two faces of Saskatchewan pol- ities. Last year Tommy Douglas led his socialist party to its fifth consecutive triumph in provincial elections; and this despite the fact that his follow- ing had dwindled to less than two voters in five. He then re- signed from the premiership of Saskatchewan to accept the fed- eral leadership of the NDP, the step-child of his own CCF. Not initiated by that resignation, but certainly aggravated by it, the prairies' experiment in soc- jalism is now completely disin- tegrating. INDIVIDUALISTS UNITE The anti-socialist majority in Saskatchewan has hitherto fool- ishly split its support between the Liberal, Conservative and Social Credit parties. But the vigor and imagination of a poacher turned gamewarden now appears to be the chosen front of most of the anti-social- ists. He is Ross Thatcher, the new Liberal leader, who for- merly sat as a CCF member in our federal parliament. Un- der his guidance, it is widely believed, the Liberals would sweep the province in an elec- tion today. mee I recently found him optimis- tic and. as ebullient as ever, even in hospital where he is re- covering from overwéight and high blood pressure; these con- ditions were brought on, he be- lieves, by his attempts to eat his way to victory through the popular and successful $5 per plate political banquets which he has launched around the province. "Saskatchewan is the breed- ing place where Canadian soc- ialism was spawned," Ross Thatcher told me; 'and this must be the battleground where it is finally exterminated." It is not only Liberals, nor even only Saskatchewaners, who are now supporting That- cher's crusade to that end; and with encouraging signs of mas- sive support, he now confidently awaits his opportunity to slay the socialist dragon. : He outlined to me a simple "'back-from-socialism" platform -- so conservative that it makes some of the federal Liberal planks look like the brain-chil- dren of Marxists. Dave Steuart, the brilliant former mayor of Prince Albert, will almost certainly be ap- pointed chief lieutenant to Pre- mier Thatcher, That stocky lit- tle campaigner, with the Nixon- style ski-jump nose, is as con fident as his leader that their membership drive and fund- raising campaign--already both ahead of the year-end target-- are laying the sure foundations for a.crushing triumph in the next provincial election THE PARADOX SHOWS But in the field of federal politics we see a quite different NOTICE DR. N. KOWALSKY announces the opening of an office for general practice at 9 BAGOT STREET, OSHAWA TELEPHONE 723-2822 ONTARIO COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY { \ \ aspect of Saskatchewan affilia- tions, Their pride in a prairie Prime Minister, the personal popularity of a national leader who is still 'John' to them all, and the solid benefits of his pol- itics to encourage the farmer --truly called 'The best for the West"'--all add up to just one fact. The small minority of con- tinuing Liberals fully recognize that they cannot hope to keep in line the members of their: provincial organizations, or even the chairmen and execu- tives; for many of these frankly intend to cross party lines to vote federally for Diefenbaker personally or his colleagues through Saskatchewan. These are the two sides of party politics in our great wheat-growing province, which now 'seems to be agreed on the traditional Quebec practice of voting for one party federally and for another party provin- cially. GALLUP POLL and Military Gazette thought that an odd smock or two might have fluttered in the breeze some 240 years ago, be- cause two of the cottages date back to 1720. COUNCIL ADAMANT The Esher Urban Council, however, has no intention of backing down on the ban. The cottagers have been told that following complaints and comments, washing line posts must be removed from the Common, and no bicycles even may be parked on the Com- mon or on the tract leading to the cottages. The council's en- gineer and surveyor, C. G. . Alderton, says: "It is an offence under the Common's Regulations to erect any post. So I must ask the residents to remove these posts and stop hanging washing over the Common area. In order to prevent vehicles turning on to the Common, it is my intention to erect posts at certain places so as to block their entry." RESIDENTS' COMMENTS The residents are not sparing in their condemnation of the ban. Mrs. Harry Davies, who lives with her advertising ex- ecutive husband in one of the Says: "Only one of our neighbors puts her wash- ing out on the Common and she has been doing it for years and her mother-in-law for years before that. It would be better if the council paid more attention to clearing up the litter of paper and old bottles which are more un- sightly than one or two cars." The clothes line "culprit" is Mrs. Lillian Hill, who says: "IT have no yard, so I have been hanging out my washing for 27 years. And I shall carry on putting out my washing." Her mother-in-law says that to her knowledge, washing had been hung out there for at least 70 years But a spokesman for the urban council gives the final comment: "The council is the Lord of the Manor, and what we want to see is a tidying-up process there because we have had a number of complaints by telephone -- about the washing. Also, a number of vehicles have parked on the Common and they do not all belong to the cottagers." FAMED WRITER Rudyard Kipling, born at Bombay in 1865) at age 17 was an editor on the Lahore Civil Canadians Top Everyone Estimating Income Need By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinion Canadians look for a higher living standard than any other country in the world.. Today, the average estimate of all adults, is that the average fam- ily of four needs $86.71 a week for health and comfort. This is higher than Americans esti- mate; almost twice as high as the British figure. Those who anticipate: problems on com- petitive costs when Canada sells in the European Com- mon Market can take little com- fort from the fact that, for one thing, the average. West Ger- man family of four thinks $43.50 is needed for a family with husband, wife and two children; just half the Cana- dian figure. The Gallup Poll keeps regu- lar checks on what men and women think is the basic fam- ily budget in countries around the world. Here is the re- sponse, this year, from eight nations. The question: "How much income do you think a family of four (includ- ing husband and wife) needs for health and comfort?" Minimum income per week for family of 4... (Median) 86 71 83.00 45.00 Canada U.S.A, Great Britain 43.50 43.50 37,00 West Germany Finland Norway Uruguay 36.00 Vietnam 22.50 In Canada, farmers give the liwest median estimate of $74.63 a week. Labor thinks that an extra $500 a year is necessary. Those in the pro- fessions, executives and own- ers, put the figure almost at $100 a week. Minimum income per week for family of 4 (Median) Professional; Owners And Managers Sales and clerical Labor Farmers 74.63 On a national average, amounts ran from $18 a week up to $300 a week on individual estimates. Only about one in ten, however, thinks a family of four can live 'in health and comfort' on $50 or less. 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