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a hth i dil dh A distal Mi Motte nde Ned | She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Sufferers From Colds LS 'Not Given Much Hope K ~ Man must take full responsibility for physical and chemical pollution of the air, but he can hardly be blamed for the viruses he inhales. He cannot do much about his catch- ing the common cold, grippe, influ- enza and related viral diseases. Nor can he expect much help from the medical profession, according to a Health League statement. At a recent American Medical Association clinical meeting, Dr. Edward L. Buescher of the Walter "Reed Army Institute of Research made no secret of the doctors' slim chance of success in the search for cures or preventives. Dr. Buescher went on to say that: "Some viruses, notably those of influenza, produce variants with- out warning. Even if new variants are spotted promptly and pharma- ceutical companies put on a crash program, it still takes four to six months to produce a vaccine. By then, an epidemic may have run its course. And the vaccines now in use are of such dubious potency that they have protected only a dis- heartening 50% of U.S. Army re- cruits, Making the vaccines more potent is probably not the answer; there would be a greater risk of more severe reactions to the inocu- lations themselves." It is now clear that scores of dif- ferent kinds of viruses cause' come mon colds and grippelike illnesses, To prepare a vaccine against a spe- cific virus, or a small group of viru- ses, is meaningless in the face of such numbers. What medicine needs said Dr. Buescher, is a new ap- proach. "When are we going to get off our duff and look at the problem as a whole, rather than in terms of specific viruses?" he demanded. No- body answered. The common cold seemed as secure as ever. Must Get Co-operation One of these days Ontario will have a medicare plan. If it is to be a sensible, practical plan, it must be worked out with the co-opera- tion of the doctors. Ontario must not repeat the tragic errors made in Saskatchewan by both an arro- gant government and a bull-headed medical association. The reluctant agreement reached by the Saskatchewan government and the medical association last year did not remove the suspicions and animosities of the politicians and the doctors. They seem to search for opportunities to irritate each other, and are indulging in a sort of one- upmanship contest that will keep government-medical relations in the province in a constant turmoil -as long as it goes on. The latest exchange between the doctors and the politicians concerns a government decision to pay the medical bills of traffic accident vic- tims through the Medical Care In- surance Commission instead of, as formerly, through the. provincial vehicle insurance plan. Dr. H. D. Dalgleish, president of the Sask- atchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons, calls this a breach of faith which will cause hardship to the ac- cident victims. The Saskatchewan attorney -general says that the switch does not involve the medical profession at all -- "'the office is no closer to the doctor than the bank, it's the same as a bank paying the doctor money on the insured's cheque." Technically, the attorney-general is right.\But considering the social atmosphere in Saskatchewan, it would have been wise of the gov- ernment to notify the doctors of its plans. Even though all but one of their imported doctors have left the province, the Saskatchewan minis- ters seem unable to grasp the fact that doctor co-operation must be ob- tained to make the medicare plan work. The people of Saskatchewan have shown in their voting that they understand this fact. This is the pitfall that Ontario must avoid. Effects Of Taxation Too many Canadians still think that governments can provide free services, or that the "rich people" will pay for those services. The fact is, of course, that everybody pays-- and the weight of payment does not fall only on the personal pay cheque, but bears heavily on prices, on pro- duction, on investment and on jobs. This theme was expounded by Neil J. McKinnon, president of the Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in his address to the bank's annual meeting. "The relative importance of gov- ernment activities in the economy has increased enormously," said Mr. McKinnon. "In 1961, 30 per cent of the national product was channelled into government reve- nues and 82 per cent of total na- tional expenditures was made by the three levels of government. This means that one-third of our na- tional business is under govern- ment control. More significant is the fact that 25 per cent of our gross national product was siphoned off in the form of direct and indirect taxes. The high proportion of the The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa estontished 1871) and the itby Gazette and {Konica {established 1863) is published daily di and story ¢ y 3 'Members ot Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish- * ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou 'ef Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies ee. i The Canadi Press is - . ly r if lication of all news ee i te oon Weeeas te ie or to. The * 'Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news therein. All rights of special des- * patches are also reserved. ices: Thomson Buildi ie Toronto, Ontario; 610 425 University Cathcart Street, SUBSCRIPTION RATES ivered jers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, pievering, scemsnville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hom i pton, Frenchman's Bay, iverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen Son , Leskard, Brougham Pigg co Claremont, ' reenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, conn, ¢ Pon' i and Newcastle, not over mail (in Province of Ontario) delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Commonwealth poe Countries 15.00, gross national product now going into taxes impairs incentives to in- crease productivity and to reduce costs. "Over the years, the Federal Government has assumed more and more ancillary expenditures as well as various types of transfer pay- ments. Outlays for functions which at one time would have been re- garded as traditional government services, tax collection, the admin- istration of justice and so on, now take up less than 30 per cent of total net federal expenditures. De- fence and veterans' pensions are taking up almost as much, about 25 per cent, Health and_ welfare payments, including family allow- ances and old age security pay- ments, also take up about 25 per cent of federal expenditures, net debt charges take up another 10 - per cent and the balance is chan- nelled into general payments to other levels of governments. "While defence expenditures must be appraised in the light of issues that go beyond domestic economic considerations, outlays for health and welfare represent a strictly domestic matter over which we do have full control. It does not seem to be recognized that as a percentage of personal disposable income our aggregate national wel- fare outlays through all levels of government are nearly twice those of the United States ... "Through the years Canadians, when informed of the issues in- volved, have acted with courage and high principle. There is no need for misgiving now, for there is a way of solving the problem. It requires a willingness to face hard economic facts and a determination to place a higher value on work and earned income than on social security and government support. AGAIN REPORT FROM U.K. Scottish Company Gets Big Contract By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times GLASGOW, Scotland -- The other day I wrote a column on the dire straits of many Brit- ish ship yards because they were unable to compete in price and time of delivery with yards in Holland. Here in Glasgow I have heard how relief has come to one shipyard on the order- hungry Clyde in the form of orders which will keep the yard and its employees busy for over two years. It was a welcome break in the sad tale of ship- yards having to close down or lay off workers because of a lack of orders. The firm to make the an- nouncement was Lithgows, Lim. ited, of Port Glasgow. Their good news was that the com. pany has won a contract to build two 55,000 ton deadweight tankers for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pany. The Clyde yards are not the only ones to benefit from this company's expansion plans, Simultaneously, it was an- nounced that Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Limited, YOUR HEALTH Blisters On Feet Causing Concern By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr, Molner: I have a condition on the soles of my feet and have gone to three doctors but they haven't helped me. I've taped my feet, used petro- leum jelly, ointment and other medications, plain hand lotion, and soaked them in Epsom éalts. They break out in blisters that itch and either dry up and crack, or if I break them they peel down to the raw skin and seep. The doctors say it is not infectious, but an infection of the sweat glands, and that it is not a fungus. I consulted a skin specialist and two regular prac. titioners. --J.K.G. I'll make some suggestions which I think are important in your case and cases like yours. Don't go to three doctors, but only one. Stubborn cases some- times require a variety of at- tempts before a successful treat- ment is found, and by going from doctor to doctor, you are wasting time and money, be- cause one doctor may have to do much or all that another has _ already tried. Some skin ailments are very difficult to cure, but I think you'll have much better fortune by sticking with a specialist. Or, alternatively, if he continues to be stumped, as can happen with the best of men, he may refer you to on of the big medical centers in the state. Stop trying various home rem- edies and patent medicines ex- cept under the explicit direction of your doctor. T can see easily enough why you've done it. You are just do- ing your best to try to stumble on to something that may help. The chances, however, are mighty slim when your doctors already have failed -- and they are familiar with all these things plus a good many more besides. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 8, 1963... The French explorer La- Salle reached the Niagara Falls 284 years ago today --1679. La Salle, discoverer of the Mississippi Delta, came to Canada in 1667 and made several fur - trading and exploring expeditions before he was killed by a mutineer of his party in what now is Texas. 1959 --Gen. De Gaulle was elected president of France. 1916 -- British forces evac- uated Gallipoli in the First World War, Time and time again I have heard fine skin specialists moan about some of their cases; "There have been so many things used on the skin, and sometimes the result has been further irritation, that it is im- possible to figure out what the original problem was. We have to wait for the secondary irrita. tion to subside before we can really start treating the real trouble." Surprised to hear that? Well, it's true. And that's why I've given you this advice today. And good luck, now, with the ornery problem. Dear Dr. Molner: What do you say to ice bags for swollen knees; presumably the result of arthritis? I have been told that's the newest idea now.--Mrs. A.K. I wouldn't call it the newest idea, both heat and cold have been used for a long time to alleviate pain. The choice de- pends on the cause of the swell- ing and which works best. Cold has a numbing effect and thus gives relief. If infec- tion is present, heat may some- times aggravate it, yet heat is often soothing if inflammation is present. Let your knees de- cide: With which do they feel better? of Wallsend-on-Tyne, also have obtained orders for two tankers from the P and O Com- pany, for ships of 85,000 and 55,000 tons deadweight respec- tively. While the Tyne yard has secured the larger of the two contracts, there is rejoicing on the Clyde at this fine stroke of business. SHIPS CHARTERED Coincident with the announce- ment that the ships were to be built, P and O also announced that it had made an agreement with Texaco Panama Inc. (Re- gent) for the four tankers to enter its service when com- pleted in 1964-1965 under a time- charter contract. The value of the contract se. cured by Lithgows Yard at Port Glasgow is estimated at $15 million, while the Tyne yards contract reaches a figure of $21 million, One interesting factor is that in arranging the time-charter, the Texaco Company stipulated that the four ships should be built in the United Kingdom. The charter extends for a period of 10 years from the date of delivery of the ships, in 1964 and 1965. The four vessels will be used to carry crude oil to the new Regent refinery which has been built at Pem- broke in Wales. SAVED SITUATION This fine contract saved Lith- gows' yard from a serious situ- ation. While this yard secured more orders than any other British yard in 1961, not a single new order came in dur- ing 1962 until these two tank- ers were ordered. There was a possibility that by the end of 1963 the yard would have com- pleted all its contracts and would have been without fur- ther work. Another Glasgow vard was competing for these orders, the yard of Barclay, Curle and Company at Scotstoun, This firm is fighting a sharp run- down in its order book, with one cargo ship, ordered in 1962 on the stocks, and another which it is building on its own account on a speculative basis. The Barclay, Curle Company, however, is a subsidiary of Swan-Hunter, successful Tyne- side bidder, so that it might benefit indirectly from the large order placed with its par- ent company. ' Several other British com. panies were in competition for these orders, and their calibre suggests that rock-bottom prices, with little or no profit attached, were bid by the suc- cessful tenderers. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO W. A. Gifford was returned as Mayor of Oshawa for a sec- ond term by acclamation. City Clerk F. E. Hare stated that 17.08 per cent of the quali- fied resident voters visited the polls as compared with only 12.09 per cent a year ago. Board of Education members, Dr. S. J. Phillips, W. J. Naylor, Mrs. B. C. Colpus, W. E. Babe and Dr, F. J. Donevan were given acclamation for 1943. E. E. Bathe, Clifford Harman, A. G. Davis, R. D. Humphreys, H. MacDonald, John Stacey, W. B. White, B. C. Brown, F. J. McCallum and H. O. Perry were elected to the city council. J. C. Anderson, KC, and W. Boddy were elected to the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. The Oshawa Committee of the Canadian Aid-to-Russia Fund re- ceived over $17,664 towards the objective of $20,000. George W. McLaughlin, Osh- awa manufacturer, left an es- tate amounting to $8,935,000. Over a long term of years he gave liberally for charitable purposes. The appointment of W. F. Ward as rentals officer for the local area was announced by W. F. Spence, regional rental officer. Carrying 2,115,114 passengers in 1942, compared with 1,512,459 in 1941, the Oshawa Railway Company 'showed an_ increase over the previous year of more than 600,000 in passenger traf- fic. H. Gerald McCabe was the 5,000th donor at the Oshawa Blood Service since its incep- tion in the spring of 1942. John W. Bateman, for 21 years secretary of Composite Lodge AF and AM, was pre- sented with a life membership in recognition of his service. T. K.. Creighton, KC, was elected President of the Ontario County Bar Association at the annual meeting. A. W. 5. Greer - arguments Glassco Probe Suggests Closing Of Royal Roads It found that the staff-student ratio at the three service col- leges was 1 to 1. Instructional and supporting staffs totalled 900 while students enrolled brag 999. Figures were for OTTAWA (CP) --Closing of the Royal Roads service col- lege at Victoria is recom- mended by the Glassco royal commission on government or- ganization. The commission, in the third volume of its report to the fed- eral government, issued Mon- day night, also called for: 1. Abolition of the director- ete of naval education, which runs a prep school at Esqui- malt, B.C., for personnel aspir- ing to become officers, and pro- vides matriculation correspon- dence courses for both regular and reserve personnel. 2. A "critical review" of the size of staffs employed at serv- ice colleges, found to be "'ex- ceedingly high'? compared with other Canadian institutions of higher learning. 3. An expert civilian-military committee to assess the "real needs" of the armed services for commissioned officers with university degrees. 4, Examination of the possi- bility of discontinuing overseas posting of servicemen with high school-age children. 3 5. Re-examination of the basis on which free education is pro- vided to children of armed forces personnel. COSTS SAID HIGH The commission said expendi. tures on Canada's three service colleges -- Royal Roads: Royal Military College at Kingston, Ont., and College. Militaire Royal, St. John's, Que.--"ap- pear to be out of all proportion to the results achieved." Only about 140 graduates a year were turned out for an ex- Ppenditure of more than $6,000,- 000, Taking losses into account, the cost of training each officer who entered the services through the colleges was about $47,000. Only the first two years of the course is offered at Royal Roads and College Militaire. Student officers go on from there to RMC for their final two years. "Some considerable amelior- ation" in the cost burden would be possible if the three institu- tions could be consolidated into one. "However, the College Mili- taire Royal fulfils an essential function in a bilingual country, and its abandonment is imprac- ticable. There' is no equally valid reason for the continued operation at Royal Roads, which has fewer than 200 stu- dents'... ." STUDENTS OUTNUMBERED The average number of stu- dents at the Esquimalt prep school was placed by the com- mission at 70. They were served by a staff of 96. The operating cost was $7,500 a student a year--50 per cent more than at the service colleges. In recommending abolition of the naval education directorate, the commission suggested "'pro- vincial educational facilities be employed to the extent neces- sary." The commis sion conceded there were 'some special rea- sons" for the low ratio. "The colleges are residential institutions, where military dis- cipline and practices apply, and governmental accounting and stores control procedures are more rigorous than those of uni- versities in general. "Nevertheless, a staff of 110 seems excessive to handle the food services at the Royal Mili- tary College for 432 cadets with peor instructors and support a Peas The government was also spending $2,000,000 a year on the Regular Officers Training Plan but this was not producing the desired number of univer- sity-trained men. "To many who participate, the plan is simply a means to a their university educa- on." Under the ROTP program a student takes military training while going to university and receives payment from the gov- ernment as well as having hig expenses paid. He undertakes to serve in one of the armed services for three years follow- ing graduation. Despite shortcomings, said pian is producing offi career - cers at less than one-third the cost of training them in service colleges. Turning to another subject, it noted that in 1960 more than 40,000 children of defence de- partment' personnel -- including some civilian emtployees--were receiving primary and second- ary education at government ex- pense. ae The annual cost of this "fringe benefit" was $11,000,000 -- of which $2,448,809 was ac counted for by overseas schools. "The most unfavorable aspect of this overseas educational program is the low density of pupils in the secondary grades. "If means could be found, without detriment to military effectiveness, to discontinue the overseas posting of personnel with children of high school age educational needs could be lim- ited to elementary instruction, and a_ substantial simplifica- tion of the operation would re- sult in material savings." Total expenditures on educa- tion by the defence department are so substantial "that it is pertinent to quesion whether free educaion should be pro- vided to service personnel merely because they are =e property owners nor ten- ants." "The 'shilling a day' soldier no longer exists, and free edu- cation is a fringe benefit which many Canadians may envy. While some circumstances cre- ate a special need, as in the case of Canadian children in Europe, the general. question of entitlement to free education would be better dealt with by legislation than by service regue lations and orders-in-council." OTTAWA REPORT Pearson Disguises Pills With Honey By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--"T have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." With those depressing words in May 1940, Britain's newly-ap- pointed prime minister, Winston Churchill, neatly summed up the situation facing his country, and inspired his fellow-country- men to deeds which deserved Churchill's later acclaim as "Britain's finest hour." There is a parallel between those words of Churchill and the New Year's message to Ca- nadians from the Liberal leader, Hon. Lester B. Pearson--except that since we are not in a state of hot war, Mike Pearson did not call upon us to offer our blood. Toil, tears and sweat-- and taxes--he did however call for. Being a politician, and espe- cially a politician who is the leader of a party which expects shortly to challenge the govern- ing party at the polls, Mr. Pearson dressed up his 10-point program for Canada, 1963, in sugar-coated phrases. "We must réinvigorate our WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Vancouver Sun: British oppo- nents of blood sports are carry- ing things too far when they condemn Prince Philip's activi- ties on his recent trip to Italy. The basic inaccuracy in their is to attack the Queen's husband for hunting. The facts are these: While visiting a friend who lives in the country, the prince put on an old, patched sweater and with a 64%4-pound shotgun in 45 minutes fired 300 shots and killed 140 ducks. Without further dispute, the figures immediately refute his critics. Quite obviously no one who fires 300 shots from a shot- gun in 45 minutes has any time whatever for hunting. The prince simply couldn't have hunted up any ducks in that time. Neither could his 0st, who killed 143 to the prince's 140, have done so. It's as plain as the nose on your face the prince's friend was a duck farmer who had to kill off a lot of ducks -- for the market, for his deep freeze or maybe just to give away. Like any considerate guest on a farm, the B ghoce put on his old clothes and helped out. Why they picked shotguns to do it with is not clear. Perhaps because of the primitive state of Italian agriculture. It must be admitted it isn't a very efficient method or the prince. isn't a very good shot, since it took him two shells per duck to do the job. But his energy and determination made up for that -- 140 ducks in 45 minutes is pretty good going even for a professional poultry slaughterer. If it was a bit amateurish, it was a good, workmanlike start to the day. No doubt it kept him and his friend busy the rest of the time plucking and clean- ing the ducks and picking the shot out. At any rate, that disposes of the hunting charge. Whether or not the prince should have taken out a membership in the United 'Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers Union is an _ entirely different matter that does not need to be discussed here. Hamilton Spectator: That crash you just heard was prob- ably nothing more significant than someone else's New Year's resolution splintering into a was elected vice-pr One of the most coveted honors to be granted any hospi- tal -- the approval of the Ameri. can College of Surgeons was again won by the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital for the 19th con- secutive year. t d pieces. Or perhaps it was an old Christmas tree land- ing unceremoniously in the back alley. Whatever it was, you can be sure it's a. sound many other people are hearing as 1963 ends its second day. One of the troubles with New Year's and the resolutions one makes on the last day of old years is that they sneak up on you before you have an oppor- tunity to adjust your thinking apparatus, Here it is 1963, for instance, and most of us are still writing 1962 on our letters and cheques--that's how poorly adjusted we are to the chang- ing times. As for the resolu- tions most of us make, they are expected of us, we announce them loudly New Year's Eve, and then renounce them as soon as no one is looking. Naturally, however, there are some who do keep their New Year's resolutions for more than a few days and when we meet one of them, we'll offer -- the respect that is their ue. Fort William Times-Journal: There may be a moral to be drawn from two flag incidents which have recently occurred in Canada. When the "Russian hockey team was playing in the town of Kapuskasing, their Russian flag was stolen. The visiting players were incensed, threat- ened not to play in Winnipeg unless the flag was returned. In the province of Quebec, a group of demonstrating sepa- ratists burned a Canadian en- sign. Many Canadians from coast to coast read about the incident with an_ indifferent shrug of their shoulders. No- body seemed angered by the insult to a Canadian flag. St. Thomas Times-Journal: For many years Ontario licence plates have been alternately white letters on a black back- ground, and black letters on a white background. This year it is the turn of white on black. We had been hoping for some- thing different for a change. Of course, so far as identification is concerned, it does not matter what colors are used on the plate, but in years gone by we used to haye different colors. This sameness tends to be confusing. A witness is liable to forget if a plate was white on black or black on white. We used to have interesting com- binations, but it appears as if we are doomed to these alter- nates for all time to come. A. E. Johnson 0.D. OPTOMETRIST 723-2721 8-14) KING E. Confederation as a true partner- ship based on the two founding races," he declared. In other words, we must all work in our spare time, to learn to speak French or English--as well as our mother tongue -- fluently; this is the basic Canadian' re- -- for full justice for Cc, "We must etercise wisely and - Strongly the influence that we can have in world affairs," Mr. Pearson said. At the council table, Khrushchev and Kennedy will ask: "How many divisions can Canada put into battle?" So we must pay higher taxes to strengthen our war potential. "We must have full employ. ment." That means we must work harder and adjust wages down- wards towards the means of the Western world. And we must force the lazy back to work by ending the racketeering in the Unemployment Insurance Fund. "We must reduce the deficit in our business with other coun- tries." This means we must curtail our imports of manufac- tured goods, to a level not ex- ceeding our ability to sell Ca- nadian products abroad; and we must tighten our travel belt, and spend less on Florida holi- days, perhaps visiting historic Quebec for the skiing or pic- turesque P.E.I. for the swim. ming instead. "We must make a major na- tional effort to ensure that our cities and towns are better, cleaner and more efficient." That means that we must pay higher municipal taxes. VOTE AGAINST SANTA And so Mr. Pearson's Ten Points go on. Each one is essen- tial for us to get back onto an even keel after our wild spend- ing spree during those post-war ostrich years, when we hid our heads in the sand of credit af- fluence and easy foreign mar- kets. But Mr. Pearson, faced with the tyranny of the ballot box, did not dare to tell the truth in brutal frankness; he hid his castor oil with a dollop of honey. No thinking Canadian can se- riously contradict Mr. Pearson. But he can wonder at the dif- ference between his veiled de- mand for sweat, tears and taxes today, with his promise of easy affluence during the election six months ago. But would anyone consciously vote against Santa-and for the slave-driver? Would you vote for an end to his or her un- earned weekly bonus? Now that some days for. di- gestion have passed, Mr. Pear- son's New Year's Message looks more and more like an indict- ment of our democratic elec. tions and an argument in favor of a national coalition govern- ment such as every democracy sooner or later turns to in a grave national crisis, Conservatives may wondér also, where was their leader's New Year's message? Here the Liberals, as always, stole a pub- licity march on the Conserva- tives, whose public relations over the past six years have been amateurish to the point of ridicule, and effective only in hiding every Tory light under a bushel of non-information. 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