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She Oshawa Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1962--PAGE 6 Great Urge To Destroy Links In Life's Chain Man is supposed to be the only reasoning animal, which possibly ex- plains why he can be the most un- reasonable of animals. All too often his approach to a problem is blindly aggressive; he tries to solve-by des- truction. All he accomplishes, of course, is the replacement of one moderate problem with several tough- er ones. Ontario has a few, very few, rattle- snakes. Occasionally -- very occasion- ally -- one of them bites a tourist. For some reason we never hear about them biting the people who live in the areas where they are found. Still more occasionally, the victim of the bite dies. That is what happened a couple of weeks ago to a 10-year-old girl from the United States. And once again we hear demands for the extermination of the rattlesnakes. The Liberal member of the Ontario Legislature for York Centre, Vernon Singer, who has a keen sense of publicity but little else, even suggested that the provincial government pay a $25 bounty on the rattlers. Nothing of the sort should be done. There are some 35 varieties of snakes in Ontario, and only the rattlers present any danger to man. But the snakes have a definite place in the intricate pattern of life that is en- compassed by the phrase "'the balance of nature." Destroy the snakes, and you destroy part of the balance. The trouble is that few people can identify the different kinds of snakes. Mr. Spooner, the minister of Lands and Forests, pointed this out when he said," Many people cannot identify rattlers from other snakes." To most of us a snake is simply a snake; and most of us dislike snakes enough to kill them. indiscriminately, particu- larly when we feel that the killing is justified. But it is not justified. We have thrown the natural balance enough out of kilter already, with our bounties, our indiscriminate use of pesticides, and our gross mismanage- ment of our resources of water, soil and air, without undertaking to re- move still another link in the chain of life. Drug's Real Challenge It's doubtful if the hysterical pub- licity given the drug thalidomide by some broadcasters and newspapers during recent days is doing any good, Indeed, there is plenty of reason to believe that may be doing a lot of harm. The drug had been used to reduce nausea and induce sleep, but was found to have evil side effects, the worst of which was on unborn babies; its use in the early stages of preg- nancy. interfered with the proper development of the foetus and pre- vented the normal growth of limbs, The drug was taken off the market in Canada last March, and doctors were warned by the Canadian manu- facturers and the federal Department of Health against its use. But an unknown number of pregnant women already had received doses of the drug, and some of them given birth to deformed children. The damage has been done. The counter-action has been taken. The hysterical harping on the drug's effects on the unborn is pointless at this time, but it may well be subjecting many mothers-to-be to intense emotional and nervous strain, the results of which may become apparent only after the period of pregnancy is com- pleted; the mother may give birth to a perfectly normal child and still suffer severe emotional disturbance in the post-partum period. The question that needs airing now concerns the mother who has been given the drug during the critical period of pregnancy. If she requests that the foetus be aborted, should not her request be heeded and the opera- tion undertaken, with legal approval? We think it should. The challenge of thalidomide, then, is a challenge to the law concerning abortion. Present legislation is not enlightened and in- vites defiance. It cannot be argued, for instance, that the child deformed by a drug is crippled by "an act of God"; application of the drug is Strictly the act of man. Canadian Souvenirs The majority of tourists to Ontario during the summer vacation period usually strive to purchase a souvenir symbolic of some of the places they visited while on their holiday to show their friends when they return home and to keep as a memento, the Guelph Mercury notes, and goes on to com- ment: "But no doubt they receive a rude awakening when they see that the souvenir was made in some foreign country. Unfortunately it is too often true. "That is why Thor Hansen, an art director, speaking to the delegates attending the 17th annual con- ference of the Parks Recreation Association in Windsor, said, that most of these trinkets that are sold as a Canadian souvenirs to tourists are not made in Canada and described most of the souvenirs imported as trash. "Canada is a tourist country and one of the big items of tourist busi- ness is the sale of souvenirs. In fact Canada imports between eight and 12 million dollars worth of souvenirs each year from foreign countries. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor . The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadion Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Conadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the loco! news published therein. Ali rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, : Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord,~ Brougham Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Raglan, Blackstock. Monchester Pontypoc! and Newcestie, not over 45¢ per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year Other Provinces Cammonwealth Countries 15.00 USA, one Foreign" 24.00, daily "He believes that we should build an army of skilled craftsmen to pro- duce authentic Canadian souvenirs to replace the imported ones, now being sold to our visitors. Arts and crafts should play a much larger part in the field of national economy that it is now doing." Other Editors' Views NUCLEAR STALEMATE (Vancouver Sun) There is no remedy for nuclear weapons except nuclear disarmament. This is made clear than ever by the controversy in Washington over De- fence Secretary McNamara\s new view of nuclear strategy. He out the hope that civilian populations could be largely spared if a nuclear war broke out. The British ... said their targets in Russia were too near cities to spare many civilians. But a more potent argument against Mr. McNamara's concept is that there's no guarantee the Russians will play the game according to these new American rules. The best both sides can hope for from nuclear weapons is a stalemate. Maybe this is preferable to total nuclear disarmament, but it will be difficult, to persuade the majority of mankind of the truth of that. BOMB BANNERS (Sarnia Observer) Banning the bomb must be a two- way street and we sometimes fear that the bomb-banners, while possess- ing lofty ideals, are nevertheless play- ing into the Kremlin stategy. If the Western World relents in the retalia- tory pressures it now maintains then fluclear war will be inevitable and we will be the ones who will suffer most. IN HIS SPEECH TO THE MOSCOW * PEACE" CONFERENCE PREMIER KHRUSHCHEY SAID HE WOULD BE GLAD "To SMOKE THe PEACE-PIPE ---- NEWS REPoRT From Moscow PASSING THE PEACE-PIPE YOUR HEALTH , 98 degrees Circulation Aids For Chilly Limbs By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD "Dear Dr, Molner: For sev- eral years my wife has had Raynauds's disease. Her hands and sometimes her feet become ver, cold expecially in damp weather. 'n summer she has no discomfort. "We have heard that a warmer climate would be best. Is this usually necessary or is there so. other treatment? Would a warm climate eventu- &", cure the condition or only control it? How much does smoking affect it? She is 36 and smo package ay.-- J. M." Other readers with the same problem ask: "Is it curable? Is it fatal?" The. essontial nature of the ailment is easy to understand. Spasm of small arteries in the fine : 'set reduce the amount of circulation. So the digits get cold. What causes the spasm is an- other matter. We don't know why it happens, although we do know several things which touch off this spasmodic reaction. Jn other cases, we can't find any specific reason--this is called 'primary Raynaud's disease." A "secondary" form of the dis- ease, less frequent, sometime may be traced to pressure on a nerve root, infection, drug in- toxication from such things as ergot which is contained in cer- tain headache pills. The disease is not fatal, and simply knowing this can be of REPORT FROM U.K. value since, a_ the patient re- laxes and ceases to be afraid of the condition, sometimes the attacks lessen. Nervous tension, indeed, frequently intensifies the trouble and should be cor- rected. Yes, smoking, which by itself can cause spasm of the arteries (the degree varying accoraing to the sensitivity of the individ- ual), ought to be stopped. On the other hand, several drugs are available which have the opposite effect and dilate the blood vessels. These are often helpful. Avoidance of cold is essential, since it is the chief precipitating cause of an attack. Therefore a warm climate can be expected to be beneficial as a rule. If this is not possible, mittens in cold weather, and wearing gloves and socks to bed on cold nights will help allay attacks. I don't like to use the word "curable" in reference to this ailment, although in secondary Raynaud's disease removal of the. causative factor, if found, can indeed end the trouble. Rather, in general, the right word is "control." The goal is to lessen the attacks in fre- quency and severity. Sometimes the ailment re- mains stationary; sometimes it tends to become more severe, but very slowly. It attacks women five times as often as men. "Dear Dr. Molner: Should a Improved Living Standard In Eire By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Corréspondent to The Oshawa Times EIRE--Eire's not the poverty- stricken country which Ireland was back in the days when the old song was written describing it as 'the most distressful country that ever you have seen."' Since coming to this country over a week ago for my first visit to it, I have travelled over 1,000 miles around its coast-line and into the interior. I have talked to many Irish people and have listened in on their conversations. And I have heard no complaints of hard times in any of the areas I have visited The large towns and cities are modern places, and they are busy. Eire, of course, as a neutralr county in the second 'world war suffered no damage from enemy bombing. Never- theless, the number of splendid new stores and office buildings I have seen in Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Drogheda, Galway and other cities is indicative of a rate of progress. in an econ- omic sense that compares very favorably with anything seen in England, FARMS ARE SMALL It is in the rural districts, however, that one sees the im- proved living standards of the people. The farms in Hire, for the most part. are small. And the fields are small. Throughout the south and southwest, the fields are enclosed by old stone fences, obviously 'built many generations ago, but still stand- ing solid against the weather The nature of most of the soil gE stony, and these stone fences were the product of the clearing of the land. In the small fields the grass is green and lush. There is not much mixed farming, except in the fertile 'vale of Tralee and between there and Lemerick. Cattle and sheep-raising provide the bulk of the farm income, I talked to one typical old Irish farmer, and his comment was, "Yes, our farmers are making a good living now." PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM With never a thought of try- ing to downgrade Telstar, we say that what is needed far more than new and improved means of transmitting televi- sion is new and improved TV programs for transmission. After a summer recess, mem: bers of the disarmament cuon- ference have reconvened to re- sume deadlocking. A man who was said to have been "brought back to life' by physicians reports that the state of death is one of great confu- sion. It's discouraging to learn that being dead is no better than being alive. The.Kansas City editor who Says no one has come up with an international language must have forgot the old gag that the universal language is the one spoken when money talks Many a person's character can't stand the acid test of his having nothing to do and plenty of money to do it with Despite constant and wide- spread advice on what should be done with leisure, most. peo- ole fritter it awav. temperature consistently below be considered a symptom of disease?--J, V."" No, not at all. "Dear Dr. Molner: My hus- band has been in the hospital 11 times with pericarditis, and they wanted to operate, Is this a dangerous operation? And are alcoholic beverages bad for this? My husband says they = cause pericarditis, -- F. Any operation, even pulling a tooth, has an element of risk, but there's certainly a risk in having the pericarditis--which is an infection of covering of the heart--continue. After 11 bouts with it, I'd certainly say the operation is far safer than not having it I'd go ahead. True, alcohol does not cause pericarditis. On the other hand, too much alcohol is not good for the general health and resist- ance to disease, so I'd certainly ease off on the drinking. Central Africa Difficult Area For Missions BY BRIAN STOCKTON- KENNEDY SALISBURY, Southern Rko- desia (Reuters) -- After 100 years of continuous missionary work, orthodox Christianity still faces many difficulties in cen- tral Africa, In the federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the missi churches have made substantial inroads against the more ex- treme forms of devil worship, witchcraft and semi - religious cannibalism, and they report growing numbers of converts an increased church construc- tion. But even conversion brings new problems with it for the missionaries, Too many of their nev African members, the mis- sionaries say, receive a basic indoctrination and then break away to form their own church. Some set themselves up as "bishops" of extremely primi- tive religious movements while others are attracted to emo- tional fundamentalist sects. WITCHES ABOUND There is no doubt that in the more isolated parts of the fed- eration shamanism, which in- cludes a belief in witches and priests with occult powers, is still popular. Primitive religions which maintain a hold on natives in- clude nature worship, fetishism, ancestor worship, polydaemon- ism (a belief in supernatural powers), polytheism (a belief in many gods), henotheism (a be- lief in one god without asserting he is the only god) and non- Christian monotheism. The primitive religions are not the only ones competing with the Christian churches for African adherents. Mohammedanism, first brought into central Africa by Arab slave dealers, and Con- fucianism, established in China 600 years before the birth of Christ, also thrive in many Af- rican centres. KEEPING BUSY MONTREAL (CP) -- Mrs. Maude Marchmont, who taught for 40 years at Lorne School in Point St. Charles, was honored at a reception by colleagues and pupils. Last. year she re- ceived one of the highest pro- vincial- awards, the Award for Scholastic Merit. During 'her re- tirement she will supervise stu- dent. teachers at Macdonald Colleg®? and also do some pri- vate tutoring. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Several local girls took part in the Oshawa War : Savings Stamp campaign which was or- ganized by Mrs. 0. S. Hobbs, Girl Guide Commissioner, C, F. Rider, an employee of General Motors, became the 1000th donor at the Oshawa Blood Clinic. The 1lth (Reserve) Army Tank Battalion, under the com- mand of. Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith, travelled to Camp Borden for three day's training. Thirteen families moved. into newly completed homes at Ajax. Announcement was made that 34 of 300 houses under construction were completed. Prize - winning Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band was pro- vided with a splendid new band room beneath the new Mc- Laughlin Band Shell in Mem- orial Park. Oshawa Public Utilities Com- mission was granted a permit to use cast iron piping for re- pairs to a main on Simcoe street north. The Steel Controller, in Ottawa, previously suggested using wooden piping. The Anglican Church of St. James, Penetang, marked its 100th anniversary, Rev. R. T. C. Dwelly, who for several years was curate at St. George's Anglican Church, Oshawa, was rector of. the church, More than 2330 boys and girls were registered at Cedardale, Alexandra Park, Rotary and Ritson supervised playgrounds. The newly organized Oshawa squadron of the Air Cadet Lea- gue was making fine progress under the chairmanship of Dr, G. G. Mills. Miss Eugenie M. Stuart, su- perintendent of nurses of the Oshawa General, Hospital, and several staff and student nurses, paid a visit to the local Blood Donor Clinic. James Albert Toms and William McLean, who between them had given a century of faithful service to the Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band, were honored with a present- ation by their fellow bandsmen. David Meech, another veteran of the band, had given 35 years of service. Minister of Education, Hon. Duncan McArthur, forwarded an official notice to Oshawa Board of Education requesting secondary schools remain closed until September 22. Students were given an opportunity to further assist farmers. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 31, 1962... Dr. H. H. Crippen, sought for the murder of his wife in London, was arrested with his paramour Ethel Le Neve, as their ship arrived at Father Point near Ri- mouski, Que., 52 years ago --in 1910. It marked the first use of international ra- dio in tracking down a crim- inal. Crippen was hanged Nov, 23 in London. 1498 -- Christopher lumbus discovered the land of Trinidad. 1877 -- Thomas Alva Edi- son took out an early pa- tent that foreshadowed his later development of the phonograph. Co- is- Ask for "The Best in the House" tee wee maces recone 8 fee ares tae (et 80 0 sewer soe taro ae Saas" me em ae Coen fe wnonreie? 6s tears Oe {same # om Tae Os CG anatian Ya hishy ~Sishllid onal Kioltled wnadar 'Aovovaetaam "onc rmmman! tyrarewsacn Sp Hiram Vclher Son, } tamiled a Walkerville Onlariobanadta. BOTTLED IN BOND Y among Faster, Better Reading Students' Great Need By DAVE PIKE HALIFAX (CP) -- Man has never had so much to read and so little time do it in, says a Jesuit priest who directs adult studies at St, Mary's Univer- sity. On top of that he isoften a "lazy, sloppy" reader. , Rey. M. J. Belair suggests part of the answer lies in im- proved reading techniques, them | speedreading which has developed into an im- portant part of the university's adult' education program. He emphasizes, however, that speedreading--he prefers speed- thinking--is only the answer if it helps people adopt a positive attitude toward the printed word. Wading through print at thousands of words a minute doesn't mean simply spongirg up facts and figures, he says. "I don't look for sensational Progress in my students," he said in an interview in his cam- pus office. "All I ask 1s that they double their speed." Father Belair feels he achieved a large measure of success in a 10-week, 20-hour course for 60 adults conducted a few months ago, with about 90 per cent doubling the speeds at which they started. Average starting speeds were 150 words a minite (slow) to 500 (fast). USE FINGER During the course students used books of generally light content. The first thing stressed in class was the idea of feeling comfortable. Then a simple test was given to determine speed and comprehension. Father Belair then explained the method, involving the use of the finger and the eyes. The eye is taught to follow the finger swiftly down the edge of the page, taking in a whole line or more at a time. "We know the eye only sees when it has stopped at the end of a line," says Mrs. Eileen O'Neill, Father Belair's assist- ant. "The normal person maxes three stops, or fixations, across a line. idea of the finger and eye action is to eliminate these three fixations and even- tually widen the eye span." At the first session Father Be- lair recited in rapid monotone 'the formula "down, down, turn, down, down, turn" to establish a pattern. The students followed the pattern' as he recited. At the end of three minutes they looked up, protesting they hadn't seen a thing because they had gone so fast. However, when questioned they dis- covered that collectively they could piece together almost the entire story, even remember a few minute details. NEVER LOOK BACK As the course went on, stue dents were paired off to com- pare what they had read. They used the same formula in one- hour sessions each day at home, where they would question their memory on paper. "We have two rules," says Mrs. O'Neill. "We never look back on'a page and there's no vocalization by forming Jetters and syllables in the throat or mind, The individua lwords are - important. We read for: ideas." At first most of the students go through a crucial period of frustration because they are un- able to retain much at the rapid pace. However, as confidence develops frustration evaporates. Father Belair says he is able to read 5,000 words a minute in a light novel although more serious works take longer. He became interested in speedread- ing while the principal of a parochial school here. He began teaching it to adults in 1955. The priest, who holds degrees from universities in Montreal and. Chicago, stresses, however, that there is much to be learned about speedreading. QUEEN'S PARK Preference Policy Fixed For Ontario By DON O"HEARN TORONTO--Government pol- icy now is 'Buy Ontario." Premier Robarts formally settled this in a radio speech. For years now thére has been considerable controversy in government ranks whether On- tario and Canadian manufac- turers should be favored when the government and its off- shoots were doing their pur- chasing. Except in isolated cases (such as the department of welfare, which has encouraged buying at home) there has been no favoritism, however. A major reason for this was that so much U.S. capital was coming into the country that we were sensitive about good rela- tions across the border. Another, however, was that we really weren't too con- cerned, The province was prosperous, our manufacturers were doing well, and there wasn't cause for: worry. QUEBEC PREFERENCE "his led to some strange sit- uations. Quebec manufacturers, for in- stance, were regularly bidding on and securing Ontario con. tracts. Yet Ontario businessmen had little chance of getting govern- ment work in the sister. prov- ince. This was because the Quebec government used a differential. So long as a Quebec company was within 15 per cent of the bid of an outside concern it was awarded the contract. This preference now officially has been knocked out -- after Ontario threatened to put in a similar one. But they say it is still hard to get business out of Quebec. BUY CANADA In putting on a. preference Ontario is in one difficulty. This is that our balance of trade with other provinces is very strongly in our favor. We sell much more to the East and West than we buy from them. And anything that looked like protectionism could be strongly resented, It is unlikely therefore that we can either impose a preference rgulation or wage a "Buy On- tario"' campaign. But in the future we at least apparently are going to try and "Buy Canada." GIVE JOBS As Mr. Robarts pointed out-- and as Economics Minister Macaulay has stressed in the past--this policy. could have im- portant results. They calculate if we could cut our present imports in half it could mean 60,000 new jobs for Ontario workers. This could be enough to take future unemployment out of the critical stage. ON1TO5 YEAR TERM DEPOSITS GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA 32 KING ST. E. 728- 1653 \