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She Oshawa Sunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1962-- PAGE 6 No Special Training For Our Politicians One of the criticisms of the demo- cratic political system is that, in theory at least, a person with virtual- ly no education, no intellectual train- ing and no other qualification except a gift of the gab and sume financial backing, could become the head of a@ government. The people who look after our bodily and mental health, our education, our legal problems, our personal financial affairs are all professionals, products of years of instruction and examination, but the people who look after the nation's health, legal requirements and finan- cial affairs are not professionally trained. A politician becomes a pro- fessional only by practising politics exclusively and successfully for a number of years. Would nations be better governed if politicians had to take some pro- fessional training, possibly at special political schools set up at universities? A BBC panel discussed the ques- tion the other day and unanimously rejected the idea of a special univer- sity course. Lord Mancroft, business- man and former cabinet minister, thought that politicians were not spec- ialists, like doctors or lawyers, and said: "The principal job of a politic- ian as far as I can remember when I used to be one was to tell the civil servants what they could not get away with. You don't want a special- ist for this. You want a broad-minded man or woman with personality, who understands what makes the ordin- ary man tick and what he doesn't like and what he will stand for." That's a rather negative view of the role of a politician. But a sociol- ogist and author also emphasized the importance of politicians' keeping in touch with the things that mattered to ordinary people, and in fact remain- ing ordinary people themselves. They should have a basic minimum of knowledge and intelligence, but they would not get that by going to a university department of political form. A professor thought it would be ridiculous for the community as a whole to be represented exclusively by a university "class"; he preferred the idea of universities putting on varied courses which politicians could take if they wished. The consensus was that politic- ians should have the "ordinary" touch to manage the affairs of ordin- ary people. But one can wonder if so many of our politicians need to be quite so ordinary. Canada's Big Highway The Trans-Canada Highway is finally a reality. There is still a little paving to be done, and construction of some sections is still under way, but the highway can now be travelled from St. John's, Newfoundland -- with a couple of ferry trips -- to Victoria, British Columbia. On Sept. 8, Prime Minister Diefenbaker will officiate at a ceremony at the sum- mit of Rogers Pass, B.C., to mark the official opening of the Highway to traffic. It has been a long and often ir- ritating project. The Trans-Canada Highway Act was passed on Dec. 10, 1949. Construction agreements were signed with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, New Bruns- wick and Newfoundland early in 1950. Nova Scotia signed in 1952 and que- bec in 1960. Under the original act, the fed- eral government was to contribute 50 per cent of the cost of new con- struction, with the total federal contribution limited to $150 million. The date of completion was set for December, 1956. The act was a- mended in 1956, extending the con- struction period to December, 1960, and increasing the federal contribut- ion to $250 million. A second amend- ment in 1959 increased the total a- mount the federal government could spend to $350 million, and a third amendment in 1960 increased the limit to $400 million. At the same time the date for completion of con- struction was extended to Dec. 31, 1963. The work could have been pushed with more vigor. But it has been an enormous undertaking. Engineers es- timate that some 400 million cubic yards of earth and rock, weighing in the neighborhood of 800 million tons, have been moved in the build- ing of the road bed. This material would fill enough standard 60-ton freight cars to encircle the earth five times at the equator. The total cost is expected to be in the vicinity of $1 billion. Ontario, incidentally, has the longest stretch of the Highway, 1,453 miles, and Prince Edward Island the shortest, 71 miles. Ties Of Commonwealth Prime Minister Menzies of Aus- tralia is the most voluble spokesman for the school of thought that holds that the Commonwealth will fall a- part if Britain joins the European Common Market. There is no doubt that the move into Euromart by Britain would have a far-reaching effect on the Common- wealth association but if the assoc- iation cannot survive these effects, then it is to fragile an organization to merit existence. ECM membership carries certain political as well as economic obligations; it means the surrendering of a certain degree of sovereignty, just how much is not certain because the ECM members have not yet agreed among them- selves on this point. Mr. Menzies, however, is thinking much more of She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) ond the Whitby Gozette ond hronicle (established 1863), is published daily {Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). 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By mail (im Province of Ontario) outride corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00 U.S.A. ang Foreign 24.00, trade than of anything else. And if trade is the great binding force in the Commonwealth, then a lot of sentiment has been wasted on it. The fact is that the Common- wealth stands in more danger from its newer members than from Brit- ain's dalliance with Europe. It is true that trade has had its part in forg- ing Commonwealth links, but much more important has been the demo- cratic community of interest, the legacy of civil law and political re- sponsibility left by the Mother of Parliaments. When members toss away this legacy, the common bond of the Commonwealth is broken, Mr. Heath's negotiations are far less damaging to the Commonwealth than the antics of power-hungry politic- jans in such places as Ghana and Ceylon. Other Editors' Views HARMLESS GNASHING Saint John Telegraph-Journal One must admit modern man has had much to gnash his teeth about, but the alternative suggestion by Dr. Ralph Boos is worth trying. Dr. Boos suggests jiggling the teeth (along with the lower jaw bone) from side to side without touching the up- per teeth. Do this three or four times a day, according to the recommend- ation, and tensions dissipate like snow in July. Jiggling is almost as easy as gnashing. All one has to do is imitate with his jaw bones, the Twist. "THE FINANCE COMPANY TOOK IT' YOUR HEALTH Plastic Surgery For Cleft Palate By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. "Dear Dr. Molner: I have a 10-month-old baby with a cleft palate. I have been told that this deficiency may be com- pletely corrected by plastic surgery. "Where may I locate the best plastic surgeons for this type of correction?--J. R, D." Yes, correction of this type of defect is being accomplished every day. It is unthinkable not to have such a defect corrected, since the techniques have now been so perfectly worked out. De- pending on the extent of the original defect, it may be re- paired so completely that it can- not be detected in later life. Or there may be only modest signs of the work afterward. The correction has even been done on adults, although by that time it is no longer possible to achieve such complete repair as when it is done early in life. And besides that, there is no reason to force the youngster to go through childhood with im- paired speech and often con- siderable difficulty in eating, when the means to fix the situation are at hand. REPORT FROM U.K. Changes Observed In Meat Purchases By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The eating habits of the British people are chang- ing. The roast beef of old Eng- land, and for that matter the roast lamb, too, are being side- tracked and superceded by the growing popularity of poultry. British housewives, too, are showing an increased preference for what might be termed "con- venience foods". These trends are disclosed in a report which has been issued by the National Food Survey Committee. It covers domestic food consumption, and estimates that during the year under re- view, the weekly household food expenditure averaged $4.50 per person. Of this expenditure, 77 cents a week was on "convenience foods". Cakes, pastries and bis- cuits accounted for 38 per cent of this amount, and _ cooked, canned and processed meats and fish for 21 per cent. CHANGES SINCE 1956 Reviewing the trends of con- sumer choice since 1956, when a free market was established after rationing and shortages, the report shows a decided drop in carcase meat purchases. Poultry purchases, however, have trebled, although only a two-thirds increase was antici- pated. Lower imports of beef, rather than any lessening of demand, with meat prices rising while those of poultry were falling, was a factor in this drastic change from former British diet- 'ary habits. The report says that if the demand for poultry con- tinues to expand and production costs in this industry to fall, the consumer preference for other meat might well be weakened still further in the longer run. MODERN TENDENCY The growing popularity of the "convenience foods', the labor- saving and semi-prepared foods, is taken to reflect the modern tendency to replace the work of the housewife by that of the ma. chine. This is probably in part due to the growing proportion 'of housewives who are taking up paid employment. While this does augment the family's purchasing power, it diminishes the opportunity, or perhaps the inclination, to de- vote time to preparation of food. Compared with 1956, real value of convenience food purchases by 1961 was up by 17 per cent, against a one per cent increase for. other foods- * An analysis of food purchases shows slight increases in pur- chases of milk, cheese and eggs. Butter consumption fell slightly, but with lower prices, the con- sumption of potatoes was much higher. Sugar purchases declined, as did those of preserves, but with good supplies more green vege- tables were bought. The expand- ing demand for fresh fruit was only affected by reduced sup- plies of some kinds. Less flour and bread was bought, but more cakes and biscuits. The demand for wrapped bread increased. One bright spot in the report is the statement that with the increase in pensions, old age pensioners spent more money on food, especially eggs,- fresh fruit and green vegetables. And just a note that has some significance -- London house- wives bought frozen vegetables at a rate twice the national average. Now as to saying where you can "locate the best plastic surgeons', I am pleased at be- ing asked, but the truth is that I am not the one who can give - the best answer. doubt,, discover the name of a This column appears in a good many other cities as well as here, and while I could, no fully qualified surgeon in al- most any locality, the choice would best be made by your pediatrician, who certainly has had experience before with such cases. There are hundreds of highly trained plastic surgeons, certi- fied by examining boards, scat- tered through all of our large and medium-size cities. People living in smaller communities will, of course, go to one of the cities for such surgery. If you don't have a pediatri- cian, then ask your family doc- tor, or the doctor who delivered the baby. Or if you have re- cently moved, the health de- partment of your community, the county medical society, or the director of the nearest gen- eral hospital will be glad to ad- vise you. You want, if possible, a hos- pital within easy driving range of your home, or, failing that, one where you can find tem- porary living quarters near at hand. The choice may be in a city where you have friends or relatives. You may prefer a hospital of some particular re- ligious affiliation. All of these are considerations worth keep- ing in mind. "Dear Dr. Molner: Is multi- ple sclerosis in the same cate- gory with Parkinson's disease? --MRS M." While both are disorders of the nervous system, the funda- mental defect is quite different in each case. Hence they would not be in the same category. "Dear Dr. Molner: I am a widow and have been invited to live with my daughter and son- in-law. I am very comfortable except they each drink from 10 to 12 cans of beer a day and I am concerned that they might become alcoholics. They are 49. --M. M." They're old enough to know the facts of life and alcohol, and you're a guest so I'd maintain silence, It's quite a lot of beer, but beer drinkers rarely be- come alcoholics. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO The Anglo-Petroleum Limited 700,000 gallon fuel oil storage tank at Oshawa harbor was nearing completion, The $45,000 new terminal was to serve a 30-mile radius which had pre- viously been served from To- ronto. An improved bus service be- tween the North Oshawa and Harmony areas and Oshawa was approved by city council. Col. R. B. Smith, clerk of the 8th Division Court of the County of Ontario, was elected to the executive of the Association of Ontario Division Court Clerks. Twenty - eight Westmount Scouts set up camp at Butter- milk Falls, near Minden, under the supervision of Ted Daniels, Jim Hare and Fred Knox. Osiiawa Branch 43, Canadian Legion, won the first-place hon- ors in the County Softball League with an 18-3 triumph over Bowmanville Legion. Contract for the widening of Ritson road from King street to the CPR crossing in prepar- ation for its becoming the east- ern outlet from the new Queen Elizabeth Way to No. 2 High- way was awarded to a local firm, approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. Amount of the contract was $39,719, Ross Munro, wartime corre- spondent of The Canadian Press and since the close of the sec- ond World War assigned to in- ternational news in Europe, was the guest speaker of the Osh- awa Rotary Club. Rotary Park swimming pool was officially opened following the installation of a chlorination unit and 'a filtration plant by the Rotary Club. John Bull, Abraham Black, John Lorimer, Bruce Sadler ana Robert Boyko topped the list in the Upper School departmen- tal examinations at the OCVI. More than 500 people turnea out for Cedardale community's first annual picnic held in their new park. Alderman Clifford Harmon pitched the first ball in the Pee Wee hardball game between Cedardale and: Victory Rockets, won by the latter, 3-0. Two armed men held up the staff of the Pickering Branch* of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce and escaped with an es- timated $17,000 in cash. Simcoe street south residence, owned by Mrs. Mary Hind, b«- came the permanent headquar- ters for the Girl Guide move- ment in Oshawa, through. its purchase made by Col. and Mrs. R. &. McLaughlin. SCIENCE Tiny Fossils Show Ice Age Still Distant By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Topics this week: Our fu- ture climate, a neutrino telescope and an _ under- ground TV eye. WARM SPELL Man's present balmy cli- mate, free of ice ages, looks good for another 20,000 years, and the seasons may even grow warmer. This is the outlook indi- cated at least by study of tiny fossils embedded in ocean floors which give a record of past climatie changes, say David B. Eric- son and Goesta Wollin, geolo- gist and research associate at Lamont Geological Observa- tory. The fossils of one - celled animals indicate the last ice age ended 11,000 years ago, rather than 20,000 as pre- viously assumed, REVEALING NEW VIEW Physicist Philip Morrison of Cornell University would like to see a "neutrino telescope" come into being. : Neutrinos are fundamental atomic particles, and tremen- dous streams of them fly con- tinuously from the sun and other stars in the universe. But there's a catch--they are so close to being nothing at all, and they react so weakly with any kind of matter at all, that it takes heroic meas- ures to detect them. In fact, says Dr. Morrison, in an average lifetime per- haps 100 thousand billion bil- lion zip through the human body, but only one neutrino in all that time manages to hit or react with anything in your body. If there were some way to "catch" the neutrinos, to know that they were there, man then might have a re- vealing new view to tell what goes on deep inside stars, where neutrinos are born. UNDERGROUND EYE An improved television eye is peering into the bottom of oil wells several thousand feet deep to report on rock formations and conditions or troubles in the well. The compact camera has a cylindrical shape, high light sensitivity, very low power needs, and can be operated at a maximum depth of nearly a mile, Shell Development Com- pany reports. OTTAWA REPORT Reshaping Cabinet Presents Problem By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The ravages of time and of the ballot box have made a reshaping of the federal cabinet essential. The prime minister's plans in this regard are likely to be known before this is read, but nevertheless there has been remarkably little newspaper speculation and no leaks in the recent quiet weeks here. This contrasts with the energy so helpfully displayed by many pundits in advising Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker in the musi- cal chairs of cabinet reconstruc- tion nine months ago, just. be- fore the widely publicised and dramatically uneventful pil- grimmage by the entire cabinet to Quebec City. Of course the present group of 116 Conservative MPs offers the prime minister a less free- flowing choice of cabinet ma- terial than his previous backing of, 207 supporters in the House of Commons. Apart from the availability of talent, the pattern of cabinet representation now poses a problem, striking at the tradi- ional construction of our fed- eral ministry. RED BY POP OUT? Up to five years ago, the cab- inet was nearly always built from the blueprint of "'represen- taiton by population," with six or seven ministers from each of our two large provinces, and just one from each other prov- ince -- except unrepresented P.E.I. That rule of thumb was dis- proportionately unfair to our growing provinces, and often damaging to Canada in that it led to the advancement of cer- tain politicians, whose only qualification was the fortuitous happenstance of their postal address, or the accidental] haz- ard of their parental religion. In some respects Mr. Diefen- baker broke away from those old shackles in the interests of the provinces and the nation. Fast-growing B.C. has had as many as three ministers in the Diefenbaker cabinet simultan- eously; P.E.I, has always been represented; the nation was well served by the appointment of second ministers from some smaller provinces. An cutstand- ing example is Saskatchewan's Alvin Hamilton, who has proved himself our most effective ag- riculture minister in decades, perhaps in history. But new problems and the in- creasing complexity of govern- ment, are seen here as calling QUEEN'S PARK Picketing Action Sparks Criticism By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The Amalga- mated Meat Cutters Union de- serves a pat on the back from us all, ¢ The leaders of the meat cut- ters are so stupid they prob- ably will bring about a major advance in labor relations, Strikers at the Clarke Tan- nery here have been picketing the homes of non-strikers. And the public, of course, is so fed up with such an arrogant action that the union is losing all sympathy. DUMB LEADERS Labor at large, in fact, is suf- fering from the high - handed house-watching. A large number of the most prominent labor leaders in On- tario publicly endorsed the ac- tion. It looked almost as if some pied piper had called the tune and they had followed him along in single file. Their statements rank as the dumbest on record even for very dumb labor leaders. A fact which they undoubtedly Let a union or labor spokes- man do or say something and the rest of the movement echoes them. They are right. There is no public disagree- ment or self-criticism in the ranks of labor. LAUGH HURTS There could be in the future, given a few incidents such as the tannery dispute. This was such an irrespon- sible step to take it was ridicu- lous. And when labor leadership generally joined in ring-around- the-rosy it became just as ir- ponsible and ridicul Eventually, of course, the public will laugh at it. And laughter hurts. In this nad case probably enough to show the more intelligent leaders in labor that they simply have to take off the blinkers and see that at least occasionally their own ranks can be wrong and should be told so. for a scrapping of that out- moded blueprint. Does Quebec merit six or seven ministers, when it offers only 14 Conservative MPs to support the government? If Quebec's corporal's guard con- tains six politicians capable of administering a department and of sharing in the decisions by Canada's "board of directors," how many potential ministers are to be found among ihe more numerous Conservative MPs returned by Alberta?- WHAT VOTERS PRESCRIBED On a basis strictly propor- tionate to House of Commons support for the government, our new cabinet would contdin 7 Ontarians; three ministers each from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Quebec; two from N.S. and Manitoba; one each from P.E.I. B.C, and N.B.; and none from Newfoundland. On the basis of talent to serve Canada, disregarding pos- tal addresses, church member- ship and parental bloodstreams, our cabinet might well draw re- inforcement from among such MPs as Heath Macquarrie (PEI); Heward Grafftey (Que- bec); Richard Bell, the only Tory elected by this Liberal- minded city of civil servants; Wallace Nesbitt (Woodstock); Gordon Chaplin, the roakie of wide experience from Galt; Marcel Lambert, a_ brilliant French-Canadian from Alberta; Art Smith (Alberta); David Pugh (B.C.), To make room for some of these around the cabi- net table would call for a day of dramatic political executiun, such as Britain's 'Mac the Knife" recently staged. The important choice of the new Speaker of the House must now, by traditional rote, fall upon a French-Canadian. Un- less he is summoned to the cabinet, this may well be. Can- ada's first Albertan French-Ca- nadian speaker--Marcel Lam- bert. The greatest accolade to be conferred by the Prime Minis- ter is to name his French-Ca- nadian lieutenant in the cabi- net. Leon Balcer has long been proving himself for this choice, as a magnificent departmental minister in the difficult trans- port portfolio, and with a good record in war, peace and Par- liament behind him. British Great Candy Chewers LONDON (CP)--Open a Brit- ish mouth and chances are you will find a candy in it. Britain has the biggest sweet tooth in the world. Eating can dies and desserts--known as "sweets" or "tuck" -- ranks with queuing-up as the favorite British. pastime. Soft drink machines which dot Canadian cities are uncom- mon here but machines vending chocolate bars, chewing gum and sugared raisins are every- where. Children devour "'ice-lollies" -- ice cream covered with in- sipid fruit-flavored ice--jujubes and "'jawbreakers." Adults are usually more surreptitious and prefer items which do not vis- ibly distort the face. One explanation of the British fondness for candies is that a binge started when sugar ra- tioning ended after the war. In creased fear of lung cancer, on the other hand, has caused many people to exchange their tobacco habits for a sugar spree. Cigarettes here cost about 50 per cent more than they do in Canada while Brit. ish candy is cheaper than Ca- ian, Health ministry officials wail at the gnashing of sweet teeth. Britons eat 24 per cent more candies now than they did be- fore the war but fresh fruit con. sumption has risen by only four- per cent. GALLUP POLL are awakening to now. For once the emotional hysteria which prompted the statements had passed not even their mirrors would be brave enough to re- assure them that they were right. Which is good. SELF CRITICISM There has been considerable progress in picketing in the pro- vince in recent years. We don't see much violence any more, or of pickets forcibly barring entry. There has been a marked step forward by organized la- bor in this field. One of the bad features which is still strong in the labor move- ment, however, is its follow-the- leader complex. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 13, 1962 . . . The Spanish conqueror Cortez captured Mexico City 441 years ago today--in 1521 --ending a prolonged siege and overthrowing the native Aztecs, It was the beginning of the Spanish colony in America, of which Cortez became governor and cap- tain-general. 1907--The first horseless taxicab appeared in New York City. 1955 -- The Canso Cause- way was opened at Port Hawkesbury, N.S. Optimistic View Taken Of Local Work Outlook (World Copyright Reserved) By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinion While Canadians, in the vast minority of cases, name un- employment as the greatest single problem facing this coun- try today, when you go out and talk to people across the nation about the job outlook in their own community you get a fair- ly rosy picture. This is true in both Canada and the'U.S.A. From what they see and hear in their own towns, and what they know about the state of local business the public has a fairly cheery view, with more than twice as many optimists as pessimists. What about jobs in six months? More out- Of WOrk sescccsceeeee NO Opinion ...ccccceccceescccces Outlook on the jobless varies considerably according to com- munity size. Most pessimistic are those who live in the Biggest Cities 20% 34 26 20 «a 100% More out of work .. Fewer out of work « About the same ..-+e0 No opinion ....sccecce In big cities, towns and small villages across the prov- inces, Gallup Poll reporters sought to find out how people feel at the grass roots level about unemployment in their own area by asking a question recently put to the American public as well. "Do you think there will be more people out of work, or fewer people out of work in this community in the next six months." Columns below compare na- tional attitudes on both sides of the border, showing rather more optimism in the States than here. CANADA 18% 40 27 15 100% smaller cities, with about twice the proportion fearing greater unemployment than in rural] areas, towns and villages, Smaller Town and Cities Villages Farms .. 27%- 15% 138% 1 40 42 Ci) 19 30 33 a 13 9 100% 100% 100% US.