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The Oshawa Gunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1962--PAGE 6 No Great Revelation In Stormont Election Political observers are reading all sorts of meanings into the result of the Stormont by-election, but most of the theorizing can be dismissed as a dog-days exercise. It was simply another by-election, with only its closeness to a general election to dis- tinguish it, and like most by-elections it was decided on local rather than general issues. Stormont has been a traditionally Liberal riding. It was won in 1958 by a strong Conservative candidate who managed to get quite a lot of federal work done in the riding during his term at Ottawa. He was opposed in the by-election by a strong Liberal candidate, an energetic young man who had been for years an executive assistant to a Liberal powerhouse, Lionel Chevrier. Mr. Chevrier used to represent Stormont and was unbeat- able there; and he returned to give the Liberal candidate active assis- tance. Considering that background, is it any wonder that the election was a close one, and that the minor parties were no where in the running? Changes in. just two or three polling subdivisions would have changed the result of the election; it was just as close as that -- close enough for the defeated Conservative candidate to ask for a recount. One point of interest was the show- ing of the Social Credit. party, which apparently had high hopes of gaining substantial support in the wake of its June success in Quebec. The Soc- reds did increase their vote, but it was still negligible. The Quebec magic does not work in Ontario. They ap- pear, however, to have taken some French-speaking voters from the Liberals, and the Liberal margin of victory might not have been so narrow if the Socreds had stayed out of Stormont. Competition's Effect It is curious that crown corpora- tions frequently moan about competi- tion while their privately-owned com- petitors seldom do. The whine about competition is heard annually when the corporations prepare for another dip into the public purse. The recent annual report of the CBC estimated that the competition of privately-owned television cost the publicly-owned system between $10 million and $12 in gross revenue. CBC President Ouimet observed that the CBC would either have to get more money from Parliament or lower the quality and quantity of its service. In 1961 Parliament granted the CBC $70,252,273. TCA's President McGregor talked about the effect. of competition when he reported a deficit of $6,450,082 for 1961's operations. Mr. Ouimet and Mr. McGregor are only doing their jobs when they talk about the ills besetting their corpo- rations. It is their duty to inform the public about reasons for deficits and the conditions and factors affecting the public enterprises. But just one we'd like to hear them say: "Of course it would be much easier to show a profit if we had no com- petition. But we welcome competition because it keeps us on our toes, makes us give better service, improves our efficiency and prevents us from get- ting fat and sloppy. This is all in the public interest." Long-Range Program By the time Parliament begins a new session, the government should have a more imaginative and hopeful long-range plan to deal with Can- ada's economic ills than the so-called austerity program so abruptly an- 'nounced shortly after the general election in June. What must be remembered is that Canada, in increasing import duties, 'is going the whole flow of economic thought in the Western world and is violating an ancient truth, that a trading nation cannot build high tariff walls. In trade, as in anything else, one cannot have one's cake and eat it. The Council of the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT. had postponed discussion of the new Canadian imposts until its next ses- sion, but individual members of GATT are not so forbearing. They have ex- pressed "apprehension", "shock" and "disillusionment". After a while, they will do more than talk and with reason -- with most of them Canada enjoys a favorable balance of trade. Our big trouble is that we buy and borrow too much and sell and loan too little in the United States. That is our historic problem. Sir John A. Macdonald found an answer in his National Policy, but that was long ago. Mr. Diefenbaker must strive for a new National Policy, suitable to the new times. Foul-Up In Viet Nam It is becoming increasingly clear that the United States effort to prod the South Viet Nam forces into a conquering drive against Communist guerrillas is failing, mainly because of the interference and incompetence of the corrupt and reactionary Viet- namese president Ngo Dinh Diem, and partly because of U.S. army mis- management. President Diem has kept the com- mand structure of his government so split and confused that military opera- tions against the guerrillas border on the chaotic and the intelligence system upon which counter-guerrilla She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. 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Reports from Washington indicate that at least one senior officer is bitterly critical of the conduct of operations, and it. would not be sur- prising to see a considerable shake- up. Other Editors' Views NO ROSE-COLORED BIFOCALS (The Daily Mercury, Guelph) Too many people gallop freely and easily into a solemn contract which binds two people together "in sick- ness and in health, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, till death shall them part." It has been said that they don't.make rose-colored glasses in bifocals, because nobody bothers to read that fine print in the marriage contract. "I'LL HUFF AND I'LL PUFF - ." YOUR HEALTH » daily changes of linens and boil- Added Questions About Pinworms By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Some additional questions have been coming to me about pinworm., One is: "Since I discovered what I believe to be pinworms on my. granddaughter and her little brother, they have both been treated with the new one- dose medication. "Is this treatment supposed to kill the eggs forever? --MRS. 0.D." It will kill any eggs that are present, and kill them forever. It won't, however, kill eggs that come along subsequently. Pin- worm isn't a germ-born disease, and there isn't any way of "vaccinating" against new. at- tacks, any more than ducking one snowball protects you against being hit by the next one to be thrown. Another question: Is it neces- sary to keep on boiling under- clothes and bed linens? I can- not reply categorically, although some day perhaps I can, since elaborate studies are being made in search of the right an- swer. Some few years ago, when our remedies weren't nearly as effective as now, even with REPORT FROM U.K. British Teachers Help Nigerians By M. MCINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- British school teachers are undertaking volun- tarily to make a great contribu- tion to the educational develop- ment of the new Commonwealth country of Nigeria. A party of 70 of them from various. parts of the United Kingdom will be spending the greater part of their summer vacation in West Africa, There they will be staf- fing intensive refresher courses for Nigerian teachers. This pro- ject forms part of Britain's con- tribution to a massive plan for educational improvement being developed in Nigeria. The 70 teachers, who come from places as far apart as Perthshire and Cornwall, Bel- fast and Susse% will be flying out to Nigeria at the end of July. There they will be divided into four groups to undertake the training courses in Lagos, the federal capital, and in the three regions of Nigeria. TRAIN 1000 TEACHERS The aim of the courses in which 1000 teachers from Nigeria primary and secondary schools will take part, is to as- sist the Nigerian teachers to im- prove their techniques of teach- ing, particularly in relation to such subjects as English, science and mathematics. Accompanying the British teachers will be four course di- rectors. Two of these are close- ly associated with the training of Nigerian teachers in Britain and the other two are inspectors of schools. BRITAIN SHARES COST The cost of transporting the teachers to and from Nigeria will be met by the British go- vernment, through the depart- ment of technical co-operation. Their accommodation and trans- port within Nigeria will he paid for by the government of that country. The recruitment of the 70 British teachers was carried out by the British Council. The scheme was inaugurated last year, when 55 teachers went fo: Nigeria. The teachers making up the party were given a briefing ses- sion preparatory to undertaking this important project. At the opening session, they were ad- dressed by Sir Andrew Cohen, Director - General of the depart- ment of technical co-operation. He told them that the need for teachers in Africa was "Stag- gering." In drawing a picture of Alzica's educational needs, Sir Andrew said it was estimated in money terms that the educa- tional needs of the various Af- rican states would in total ex- ceed their own capacity to meet the bill by some $150 million in 1962, "Translate these money fi- gures into terms of men and materials" he said, "and you may begin to see the size of the educational problems in Africa. We in this country are rightly concerned about classes of 40 pupils in our schools, But this country has seven times as many teachers per head of pop- ulation as Tanganyika, to take one example. If all Tanganyika's children went to school today, with the number of teachers they now have, their classes would have to number from 200 to 300. The answer was that all Tanganyika's children did not go to. school, and would not be able to do so until there were teach- ers to instruct them." ing, the pinworms persisted. This may have been simply be- cause the medicine didn't kill all the eggs and worms in the intestinal tract, which meant cleanliness could succeed. The effectiveness of the new medication is such, however, that some experts now wonder whether boiling of linens .is really necessary at all, except perhaps for one such treatment at the time it is given. However, it obviously tfe- mains highly important that the victim (usually a child) should be extremely careful about washing the hands before touch- ing food, the mouth, or the face. It's worth the trouble to be insistent that the child get in the habit of washing his hands (as well as his face, and even his neck, and ears if you can bulldoze him into it! The first thing in the morning. After that, the rule is to wash before eating anything, or touching the mouth. That way the risk of new pinworm eggs getting into the system is mini- mal. Dear Dr. Molner: Can an electrocardiogram reveal if you have had, say, two heart attacks (and not known it): It was my opinion that it would only show the condition of the heart at the time the test was taken, but not show heart history--MRS. S.B. Your view is in error. A heart attack can leave its marks on the heart, and these will show up on the cardiogram or ECG. Yes, it will show some heart history. Dear Dr. Moiner: Can gas, odors, etc., from an overflow- ing septic tank cause serious illness. I air the house several times a day but still feel ill at times.--MRS, A.J. The odors won't cause serious illness, but can, by the sheer smell, upset you and cause nausea and even vomiting. The untreated sewage itself, how- ever, can be extremely danger- ous, spreading such diseases as hepatitis, typhoid, dysentry. So have the situation corrected at once. Note To M.R.P.: "Cervical arthritis"' is like any other, ex- cept that it affects the cervical, or neck area of the spine. BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Three hundred parcels of land were put up for auction at Osh- awa's first land sale for taxes in 20 years. Albert Jackson, F. L. Mason, R. B. Smith, and Mrs. Clayton Downey were elected delegates to the National Conservative convention at Winnipeg. Water Commission authorized the laying of 1,760 feet of new water mains: in the city at an estimated cost of $7,000. Wor. Bro. G. M. Goodfellow, past master of Composite Lodge, AF and AM, was elect- ed District Deputy Grand Mas- ter of the Ontario Masonic Dis- trict at a convention in Guelph. W. Coyston, of Oshawa, won the 400 mile pigeon race which was flown from Peru, Indiana. It was the first time local pigeons had returned home the same day in that event. Kirton Hall Summer School of Religious Education opened in Oshawa. Mrs. W. P. Fletcher, children's worker in the city, conducted departmental groups at the school. S. M. Jones announced plans to build a store and apartment block on Simcoe street north, to cost $10,000, P. H, Beattie erected a $20,000 apartment house at 161 King street east. John Carew Lumber Company purchased the old west end skating rink and former quar- ters of the Oshawa Curling Club. A contract ss awarded to Standard Paving Company for Oshawa street paving, costing $125,000. Fifty acres surrounding the 10 buildings of the Boys' Training School at Bowmanville, were being developed as a horticul- tural park. Thomas Bradley, a pioneer resident of East Whitby district, celebrated his 86th birthday. Oshawa Pythian Sisters were accorded high honors at the an- nual . session. of the Grand Temple in. Hamilton. Mrs. Marie Schwartz was presented with the Past Grand Chief's jewel, while Mrs, Ada Gillard and Mrs. Mabel Disney were elected as officers for the en- suing year. Alex Storie, E. A. Lovell; G. D, Conant and S. F. Everson were named to the management committee of the Rotary Street Fair at a meeting presided over by Marks. , Senator, 84, Kept Busy Handling Three Careers BEN WARD OTTAWA (CP)--One of the busiest men on Parliament Hill is an 84-year-old Liberal sen- ator who keeps three careers going ind doesn't intend to re- tire from any of them "until I get old." ; Arthur Wentworth Roebuck is a complete denial of the pop. ular idea that senators are de- cayed politicians -- sitting . out $10,000-a-year appointments in idleness: He rarely misses a Senate sitting, is chairman of the heavily burdened Senate di- vorce committee, keeps up a thriving law practice in Toronto and is one of the country's most active labor conciliation ex- perts. When he isn't involved in one of these fields, Senator Roebuck might be found on a golf course (he shoots in the low 80s) or relaxing with paint brush and easel, Both hobbies are late-life acquisitions. He began golfing when he was 60 and took up on painting at 70. Retirement, he says, is some- thing young men should plan for and old men should avoid. Friends of the senator point to him as a living argument against Prime Minister Diefen- baker's proposal to retire sen- ators at 75. OPPOSES REFORM Senator Roebuck has nothing but scorn for this or any other plan to fevamp the Senate. He predicts that none will ever get through the upper house, which would have to approve any leg- islation before it could become law. He describes so-called Senate reform as a "plot" by senior civil servants who want the Senate out of their way. "We are the only people on Parlia- ment Hill the civil servants can't control." The slim, finely featured sen- ator is one of the capital's most familiar figures in his inevita- ble wing collar, pince-nez and black horaburg. His silvery hair retains streaks of its original black, his walk is brisk and his high- pitched voice clear and com- manding. He may doze off dur- ing a dull Senate debate after a particularly rough divorce committee session, but more often he is on his feet with sharp' questions about some government bill. A heart attack five yea ago--"'not much of a one"'-- hardly caused him to break stride. When doctors advised easing up, his one concession was to decline any more cases involviag appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada. off He is a pack-a-week smoker, takes an occasional drink and maintains that hard, honest work is the best formula for a long and active life. DISMISSED JPS Senator Roebuck has been in politics since 1911 but wasn't elected until 1934 when the Lib- erals under Mitchell Hepburn swept into power in Ontario. He became attorney-general in the first Hepburn cabinet and for a Mixed Canadian Opinion About N. Zealand Living By J. C. GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent AUCKLAND (CP)--Every Ca- nadian in New Zealand, it seems, is busily arguing whether he is better off in his new life. And everyone who has been to Canada and can compare conditions, however brief the acquaintance, is getting into the fight. The big debate started when a "Canadian trade unionist vis- itor," signing himself Sergi Ole- sen, wrote to a newspaper declaring that he planned to go home to Canada. Wages in New Zealand, he said, were low and prices high, except for food. What was the use, he asked, of a 40-hour week if a man had to work over' + to make a living wage? And what was the use of social security and free hospitalization if there was a waiting list of thousands? He added: "I admit we have unemployed in Canada and we look after them. Ninety per cent of them own and run cars and are well fed." This letter brought a rush of answers, both for and against. An Englishman said he had spent long enough in Canada to realize "the insecurity and false standard of living." Most people in New Zealand seemed to live well and there was a "feeling" for the common man. FELT LACK Others congratulated Olesen. A Canadian family wrote: "'We now are saving to return to Canada to enjoy and be thankful for all the good things which we didn't really appre- ciate while we were there." Another defended Canada against criticism of medical conditions where people could not afford treatment. But a new arrival declared: "TI found the threat of two good men always waiting at the gate for my job unhelpful to a happy life. . . . Since I have been here I have managed to save some money." "The continued unemployment is soul-destroying,"' wrote a New Zealander returned after a visit to Canada. "Illness can result in the ruination of a home." But a New Zealander also wrote to congratulate Sergi Ole- sen. 'A standard of living can- not be set on overtime, two jobs, wives at work and weekend working," he said. 'Most of the families doing this have no standard of living at all." Up spoke another Canadian planning to return home. He de- clared claims that New Zealand had the second most cars a head, ahead of Canada and be- hind only the United States, were laughable. Many of the cars on New Zealand roads would be considered obsolete elsewhere. "This is the best country in the world for those who ask no more of life than security, but TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 20, 1962... . An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate Adolf Hitler 18 years ago to- day--in 1944, The Nazi dic- tator was slightly burned and bruised by a bomb set off in his headquarters by one of a group of German military officers who wanted to get rid of Hitler. The con- spirators were quickly rounded up and executed. 1871--British Columbia en- tered Confederation. 1881 -- The American In- dian Chief, Sitting Bull, sur- rendered to United States troops. because I want to raise a fam- ily in a land where backbone means more than wishbone, I am planning to. return to. Can- ada." LOOK AT WELFARE Other correspondents have closely examined the social se. curity position. " One concluded that New Zea- landers were compulsorily taxed for services covered by voluntary medical insurance in Canada. "The biggest difference is whether you prefer to be inde- pendent and carry your own insurance or have the govern- ment do it for you (which, inci- dentally, costs you more for less.) Some Canadian settlers, while agreeing that costs are high and wages low, still say they prefer the change. "We have found all the things we came for," wrote one. "A great peace of mind, release from world tension, a most happy, friendly people and a beautiful countryside to ex- plore." One of the most balanced let- ters, signed H. White, agreed on the point of low wages and high prices, and admitted that it was confusing to find that in spite of such a situation everyone seemed to have plenty of every- thing. He gave this constructive ad- vice to would-be migrants: "I would say that most Canadians could not afford to come to New Zealand unless they: had about £1,000 ($3,000) minimum to land here with. Then they would be very content. Owning a house is a definite advantage. Repay- ments are low, as are the rates." The writer gave the opinion that a New Zealander going to Canada with little capital, but finding steady employment, would be far better off in a shorter period, than would a Canadian, also without capitgl, arriving in New Zealand. Yet his verdict was: "I think New Zealand is a fine country and holds a good future for my family and me." In Hydro, he rewrote power contracts to reduce power costs by $7,000,000 a year and as la- bor minister introduced legisla- tion forcing companies to honor collective ents: In 1937 he t sharply with Hepburn over interference in the General Motors strike at Oshawa, resigning from the cabinet with David Croll who had taken over the labor minis- try and who now is a Senate colleague. "You may remember Croll's historic remark that he'd rather walk with the workers than ride with Genera! Motors. That went for both of us." Senator Roebuck entered Pan liament in 1940 as MP for Tor- onto Trinity and made a bid for the Ontario leadership when Hepburn resigned in 1943. He says he thought he had Ot tawa's backing at the leader- ship convention but found out too late that it had been with- drawn. 'HORRIBLY TREATED' "I was horribly treated by the Ottawa cabinet. They got me out on a limb and sawed it He believes was partly to compensate for. such treatment and partly to reward his work as Liberal strategist in the 1945 federal election that Prime Minister Mackenzie King ap- pointed him to the Senate April 18, 1945. When the new Parliament met, the 67-year-old rookie sen- ator took his seat in the staid chamber, often described as an old man's home for worn-out politicians and cabinet castoffs. At that point Arthur Roebuck seemed to be entering the twi- light of a long career. He had much to look back on. Born at Hamilton, Feb. 28, 1878, he spent five boyhood years in Victoria before the family teturned to Ontario in 1885 and took up farming near m_ moving into. Toronto in His first job was as a§$l-a- week elevator boy for a Toronto wholesale dry goods firm. It took him five years to move up to a clerk's $5, salary and be-' come convinced that he wasn't cut out for the business world. By cramming the last three years of high school into six months of, intense study he won entry to law school. At that time two years of apprentice- ship was needed to get into Osgoode. Hall and the young Roebuck found stuffy law of- fices "tuo slow for my blood." RAN WEEKLY PAPER He spent five "very active, very profitable' years as a re- porter for the Toronto Star, then went to the Northern On tario town of New Liskeard to take over a weekly newspaper that a younger brother had been running when typhoid killed him. "I took it largely for senti- mental reasons and lived up north for 10 years:" As editor of the now-defunct Timiskaming Herald he soon was deep in politics, a calling he feels came to him naturally. The senator takes pride in the memory of a great-uncle, John Arthur Roebuck, who left Can- ada at 20 and became a British MP. "Long hefore the outbreak of rioting in both the Canadas in 1837, we envisaged the Cana- dian nation as we know it today and publicly advocated its cre- ation, He was the original Father of Confederation." The young editor was a can- didate three times in Timis- kaming, once for the federal seat and twice for the legis- lature. Those were rough times for new politicians and the sen ator still retains bitter mem- ories. Timiskaming riding then ran from New Liskeard "clear to the North Pole" and the senator says enumerators were often too good at finding Conserva- tive voters and omitting Liber- als. QUEEN'S PARK Labor Law Change May Finally Come By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Shock is the strong fuel of our political sys- tem. To add another inch on the long pants of democracy usu- ally some shock is required. History points this out. Familiarity with politicians makes it more .clear. Every time they move they can offend somebody. So most often have to be shocked into moving. Given a hot-foot by a section of the public which forces them to gamble. Because of this shock factor we probably will be having a change soon -- in our labor laws. UNION FLAUNTED: In the Teamsters strike there was one quite remarkable inci- dent. After negotiations, it will be recalled, a proposed settlement was put before the locals of the union, The Labor 'Relations Act has a specific provision regarding such settlement proposals. It says in very clear words that any votes on strikes must be decided by secret ballots. The Windsor local of the Teamsters, however, didn't rec- ognize this. It held a standing vote. And this, in the opinion of your observer, could eventually be just enough of a' shock to eventually bring about changes --great changes -- in our labor laws. Just what these changes will be can't be easily said. An almost certain one, or ones, however, will be proce- dures that will make it much simpler to take action against anyone disobeying labor laws. At present these procedures are most cumbersome. To change them there has to be a change of heart on the part of two groups. One of these is our legisla- tors. The second is the leader- ship of organized labor. The Teamsters union in re- cent years has been so sneer- ingly independent of the laws of the land that it now has the public aware of its disregard for the law. This disregard in the current - strike has been strong enough, It also should have the legis- lators and labor leadership awakened. Given this awakening and they will see the weaknesses in our labor laws. That to be any good -- for anybody --- they must be laws, and they must be capable of enforcement. Just given view - point and there could be strong change in the labor laws. this change of \_