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She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Kennedy Tax Proposals Put Pressure On Ottawa President Kennedy's proposals for a substantial reduction of income taxes in the Vhited States are cer- tain to increase pressure on Ottawa for an easing of the Canadian tax burden. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has already urged the federal government to cut taxes and forget about balancing the budget for the time being. Kennedy is will- ing to accept deficit financing, why not Canada? There are very good reasons why not, no matier what the Chamber of Commerce says. Canada last year had a balance-of-payments crisis, It was brought about largely by a loss of international confidence in Can- ada's ability to manage her fiscal and monetary affairs, as displayed by huge and repeated deficits, Con- fidence was restored only by some emergency measures, but it is a reserved confidence; the interna- tional money markets still have to be shown that Canada can take more constructive means of attack- ing her chronic payments problem than such stop-gap expedients as were used last June. The first, and most important, measure, is the balancing of the budget. Tax cuts are needed. The load of taxation has been largely respon- sible for impeding the growth of the economy. 'And any long-term solution to our economic problems must include a more enlightened tax policy, But taxes cannot be reduced, in total, until Ottawa can bring its income and its spending more into line. : That is the grim fact that Cana- dians must face. We have reached the point where we cannot go on borrowing to pay for all the things we want -- or the things that politicians think we want. We must put our economic house in order, and we can only do that by recogniz- ing that we can only pay for what we buy with the wealth we have. We have tried the easy ways of bor- rowing, of selling big pieces of our estate, and they have only increased our problems. Now we must make a start on the harder but sure way -- the way that must be taken by every family that finds itself guing deeply into debt: The balancing of income and expenditure. That is the first step that must be taken to restore confidence in Canada's ability to manage her economy. We must take it to en- sure a flow into Canada of foreign capital for productive investment purposes, a flow we must have if we are to continue the development of our Canada and keep our pay- ments more or less in balance while we try to adjust our trade account, The second step is a thorough- going reform of our tax structure, to encourage work, enterprise and investment, Earl Rowe Good Choice The Hon. Earl Rowe, Ontario's next lieutenant-governor, has many distinctions, one of which is that he will be the first American-born Canadian to serve as a British monarch's representative on this continent since the American Revo- lution. He was born in Hull, Iowa. His place of birth, however, is of no particular importance. His accomplishments are, and they make him an excellent choice as lieute- nant-governor. His public career @tretches back almost 45 years. He was just 24 years of age when he entered municipal life in the town- ship of Gwillimbury, and he served as reeve of that township for four years, from 1919 to 1928, when he was elected to the Ontario Legis- lature. His stay in the Legislature was brief, however, because he be- eame a federal candidate and was elected to the House of Commons fn 1925. He has served at Ottawa ever since, except for a brief and rather unhappy period in 1936-37, when he led the Ontario Conserva- tive party. A favorite phrase used to describe him is, "a man of the soil." It is a good description, since he has been a farmer and livestock breeder most of his adult life, and would probably have been R, B. Bennett's minister of agriculture had he re- presented a riding somewhere west of Ontario. But it describes only part of the man. H is also a business executive, a hearty companion and a man distinguished for his grave courtesy. It is possible -- but not probable -- he may have another distinction, that of being Ontario's last lieu- tenant-governor. The office is be- ing questioned more than. ever before. But in the meantime, Mr. Rowe can be expected to fill it with honor and grace, Warning By Hamilton Agriculture Minister Hamilton told the annual convention of the Dairy Farmers of Canada last week that "some reduction" in the pre- sent support price of butter would not only be reasonable but would be in the best interest of dairy farmers themselves. "The whole country is aware that there is a serious dairy problem; that we are continuing to produce large quantities of something that we are unable to get rid of and that is being bought and kept for long periods at the expense of the gener- al taxpayers," he said, adding that the public is watching to see if all sides make sacrifices in order that sound and permanent solutions may be reached in the dairy industry. She Osharn Times T. UL. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times egemre te Oshawa Tires ished 1871) and "the itby Gorette ond le (established 1863) is published daily ys ond statutory holidays excepted). ot Canadien Deity Newspaper Publish- @ma Association. The Conodian Press, Audit Burcou @ Circulation and the Ontario Provincio! Dailies Association. The Canadien Press is exclusively ted to the use of republication of oll news feectenes in the credited to it or to The fated. Press or Reuters, ond olso the local ews ished therein. All rights of special des gatches ore olso reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Onterio; 640 Cothcort Street, Montrea!, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshowa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove,, Hampton, Frenchman's Bey, nr, Enniskitien, » 5 , Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragion, Blockstock, Manchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle, not over a@Sc week By moil (in Province of Ontorio) Gutude corviers Gelivery areas 12.00 per yeor. Other 13,00, Provinces and Commonweoith Gountr USA. end foreign 24.00. = Efforts are being made to have dairy producers agree on a sound and comprehensive marketing ar- rangement -- so far without suc- cess. Mr. Hamilton in his speech was undoubtedly trying to apply a little more pressure on the produc- ers. But one must recognize that much of the present mess is the re- sult of the government's own ac- tions, and as minister of agriculture Mr. Hamilton must shoulder the blame. ' Butter was becoming a headache even before the government raised the support price to 64 cents; that raise made a huge surplus inevit- able. Then instead of cutting the support price to bring supply and demand into better balance, the gov- ernment tried to bribe consumers, with their own money, to buy more butter, calling this curious device a "consumer subsidy". The. government could halt the piling up of butter surpluses and speed up daily marketing negotia- tions by one simple action: The dropping of the support price to 55 or even 50 cents. But it probably lacks the courage, particularly with an election in the effing. Briefly Noted The result of the competition by the Smiths in trying to keep up with the Joneses often depends upon who can manage to buy more on credit. 'HE'S LISTIN TAX-FREE -_ ITEMS' ot REPORT FROM U.K. Big New Museum Plan For London By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The City of Lon- don is going to have one of the finest and most up-to-date museums in the world, Plans are going ahead for the con- struction of an entirely new museum building which will cost more than $6,000,000. It will be located along the ancient London Wall, but next door to the newest of the sky- scraper blocks which have sprung up in London to replace the buildings which were. de- stroyed by enemy bombs in the second world war. When com- pleted, it will house some of the _ city's oldest and most: prized relics--the relics of the Roman City of London of 2,000 years ago. The new museum will com- bine under one splendid roof the existing London and Guildhall Museums, and it will be given the simple name of "The Museum of London", STAFF NAMED Although the plans for the new Museum of London have not yet been completed, some staff ap- pointments have already been made, Dr. D, B. Harden, direc- tor of the present London Museum, has been appointed as director designate. His deputy will be Norman Cook, who is now keeper of the Guildhall Museum. These two experts have already visited museums in other countries to study the latest ideas, The architects named to carry out the project are the well- known firm of Powell and Moya. They designed the world-famous Churchill Gardens. Estate in Pimlico, the 1951 Skylon for the Festival of Britain and the Chi- chester Festival Theatre, They also plan to study modern -- design in other coun- ries. NOTED EXHIBITS The new building will have much more space than the com- bined area of the two existing museums, This will give Lon- ders, and visitors, plenty of room to view exhibits which, for want of space,:have been de- nied to them in the recent past, These include London's Roman boat and the Roman mosaic pavement. It will also bring together under one roof the finds in the recent excavations of the Mithras Temple at Walbrook, and the sculpture and "cult- slab" found in 1889 which must have come from the Mithras site. The Guildhall Museum has specialized in Roman and Me. dieval material, while the Lon- don Museum is far stronger in pre-historic exhibits, and in relics of the Tudor and later periods, When they come to- gether, London's lcng past will be joined up in one vast col- lection, BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Museum of London will be placed under the jurisdiction of a Board of Governors ap- pointed by the government, the City Corporationand the Lon- den County Council, A bill to carry out the plan, which will take some years to complete, is to be introduced in the House of Commons at its next session, The actual site chosen is at the junction of the old London Wall and Aldersgate on the fringe of the Barbican area which is to be re-developed to provide a completely self-con- tained town within the city of London. This is one of the areas devastated during the war, but, which has not as yet arisen in its new form from the rubble and ashes of the second world war. QUEEN'S PARK Man Of The Soil Represents Queen By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--It's a dream--but a@ wonderful one. It's next fall. The new Wind- sor Raceways harness track is opening. The feature of the day is the Lake Erie handicap. They're coming down to the finish line. What's that horse in front? The Union Jack-is flying from the sulky. He's ahead, He's keeping the lead, He WINS, The only race driver in Cn- tario history to wear a grey top hat steps from the sulky. He bows, The women bow to him, How more fitting to represent that great horse-woman, Queen Elizabeth. The winner of the great race is the Queen's representative himself: Hon. Earl Rowe, lieutenant-governor of Ontario, president of Windsor Raceways, Ltd., veteran politician, horse breeder and drivtr, VARIED ARRAY Our lieutenant-governors in the past few decades have come from a variety of callings. There has been a doctor, an insurance man, a printer, a BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Creamery butter was to retail at 73 cents in Ontario cities under the price ceiling order by the prices board. Community Recreation Asso- ciation planned feorganization of a senior drama group in the city. George B. Miller was elected chairman of the board of Trustees for North Oshawa School at the ratepayers' annual meeting. Mrs, Mabel Mayne was elect- ed president of the Oshawa and District Labor Council. She was believed to be the first woman in Canada named to such a post. J. Harald Bateman succeeded Harry Rigg as District Commis- sioner of the Oshawa Boy Scout Associaticn, New street lights were put into operation on Simcoe street south from Memorial Park to Bloor street. Miss Eliabeth Pitt was ap- pointed divisional Superin- tendent of the St. John Ambu- lance Brigade No.-79, Oshawa, ata meeting of the organiza- tion, War service pins were pre- sented to those who worked with the Brigade during the war. Major and Mrs George Earle, who served as Corp officers of the Salvation Army here, sn- nounced their retirement after 83 years of combined service in the Army. Norman Down was elected president of the Ontario County Temperance Federation for the sixth consecutive term. With a per capita contribution of $3.56, the Oshawa Community Chest campaign for 1947 topped be chest drives in Canadian cities, it was reported by the Canadian Welfare Council. Brewers Retail store in Osh- awa, operated by E. A. Donald for 20 years, was sold to a To- ronto Warehousing firm. Mr. Donald remained as local man- ager of the store Extensive alterations were completed to both the exterior a interior of Oshawa Legion all, SAVE $20.00 = wos LICENCE from McMURTRY INSURANCE 22 King St. W. 723-3722 - however, leather manufacturer and a lawyer. Now we have a horse-man, and a man of the soil. Hon. Earl Rowe has been around politics since 1923 (When he was elected to the legisia- ture, though most of his time has been spent in the federal House). He had one spell as a minis- ter without portfolio in the Ben- nett governmen.. He had a whack--unsuccess- ful -- at being Conservative leader in Ontario. He held at least one high po- sition in the business world. But he has always remained a man of the soil. He could be wearing striped pants and a grey vest and have polish on his fingernails and you would still figure he was only a few minutes away from the back 40. His ruddy complexion, strong voice and direct manner obvi- ousty weren't made-to-order on Bay Street. BIG HONOR Hon, Mr. Rowe (he takes of- fice on March 1) will be lieu- tenant-governor of, Ontario dur- ing the centenary celebrations. During 1967 he will probably get more public exposure than any other lieutenant-governor in history. This is a big honor. In terms. of public service, the new. incumbent can be said to have earned it. He has given more time to pub- lic life than any three average men. He also will go for a bundle, The entertaining he will have to do during the centennial alone should cost a small for- tune. Poll Tax Paid In West Only In Saskatchewan KEN SMITH Canadian Press Staff Writer Eastern Canada has an abun. dance of something the West is short of--but it isn't likely to cause any jealousy among the deprived Westerners. It's a poll tax, a special levy collected by hundreds of East- ern communities. In the West, only a few Sas- katchewan centres have the tax. But in the East it is applied through a polyglot of provincial and municipal regulations, some going back more than 100 years. Though the regulations differ from region to region, the net effect is the same--another bite on the taxpayer, In many cases, however, women are exempt or pay less than men, * A Cross-Canada Survey by The Canadian Press shows the levy ranges from as little as $1 a year in Quebec to $35 in some New Brunswick centres. Those who don't pay may find them- selves faced with anything from a lecture on civic responsibility to having property seized or a jail term, The tax was conceived cen- turies ago. (it was introduced in England in 1377) to ensure that only persons of property--and so: presumably _ responsible --would have the right to enter polls and have a say in running municipal affairs, MAINLY FOR. MONEY Nowadays, however, the em- phasis seems to have slipped from the word '"'poll"--and the original concept of responsibil- ity--to "tax"--raising money, In Oshawa, Ont., for example, those over 21 who pay: the $10 poll tax are not necessarily per- mitted to vote, although Mayor Lyman Gifford favors giving the franchise to all who pay it, In some provinces the tax is collected only from persons not paying other municipal levies. In many communities 'an indi- vidual doesn't have to pay un- less he earns at least $1,000 or $1,200 a year. Poll taxes have various offi- cial names. In Newfoundland they are known as municipal service fees. Maximum is $20 for cities and $10 for other mu. nicipalities though few charge the top figure. About one-third set rates between $5 and $7.50, most of the rest between $7.50 and $10. It's $20 for resident on-property owners in Corner rook, $10 for non-residents. Residents of St. John's get a break since it is one of the few Newfoundland centres with no such tax. The reasoning there is TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan, 21, 1963... King Louis XVI of France was guillotined during the French Revolution 170 years ago today--in 1793. On the death of Louis XV in 1774, Louis XVI succeeded to the bankrupt kingdom with the people paying more than 50 per cent of their incomes in taxes, The king refused to meet the demands by the Third Estate of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" and ia 1789 the revolution began. He was tried in Sept. 1792 for treason against the re- public and beheaded some four months later. 1519 -- Panama City was founded. 1946 -- Generalissimo Chi- ang Kai-Shek temporarily re- tired as leader of National- ist China to facilitate peace talks with the Communists. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM It's often the case that. poise results from a person's feeling confident he can out-bluff the other fellow. A physician says riding a bi- cycle will keep you young. Well, at least riding one frequently in heavy traffic will most likely keep you from getting old. "By using appropriate sym- bols, monkeys can be taught the value of money," says a psychologist, If so, in this re- spect monkeys are smarter than many people are. "The earth's crust is getting dangerously thin in places," says a geologist. That's fright- ening! Why, the earth may fall to pieces before men can get around to blowing it up. that' it costs too much just to collect, 'The money collected goes into general municipal coffers. Del- quents don't have to worry about having their property seized to make good the debts but they can be taken to court if they don't pay. EXEMPT ARMY TOWN New Brunswick's poll taxes, levied for at least a century, range from $10 to $35 and are in force in all 43 municipalities except the new army camp town of Oromocto. It's $25 in Saint John for all between 21 and 65 except unemployed women, Moncton and Frederic. ton charge $15 with the tax for males in Moncton starting at age 20, The money, again is chan- nelled into helping pay the us- ual municipal bills, The law provides for property to be seized for non-payment but offi. cials say such action is rare, Nova Scotia towns. may charge up to $30 and rural cen- tres up to $25 although actual rates vary depending on how much real or personal property a person has. In Halifax it's $20 for all adults working six months and earning $1,500 and not otherwise assessed. Dart. mouth charges the same but gets minimum earnings at $1,000. Sydney charges $20 for men and $15 for women if they earn $1,900 but has smaller levies for those paying other municipal taxes. Non-property owners in Truro earning $1,000 a year pay $25. Glace Bay charges males $20 and females $10 if they're not ratepayers and Amherst has a $15 tax for non-ratepayers, less for others. SELDOM JAILED Collections are lumped with other municipal revenues and, though delinquents may face seizure of property or even jail terms, officials say such dras. tic steps are seldom taken, In Prince Edward Island, where it's called an education tax, Charlottetown has a for- mula requiring men 21 to 60 to pay $25 and women 21 to 55 to pay $12 provided they earn $100 a month, Summerside residents get clipped a straight $20. School districts outside towns hit all property owners over 21 for be- tween $3 and $20 as long as they live. Men without property pay a similar tax but is ends when they reach 65. Quebec has two poll taxes--a $1 assessment levied under the Municipal Code and a $2 charge under the Cities and Towns Act. m both cases they to men over 21 paying municipal taxes. All men 21 65 pay $5 a year in Granby. dividuals not otherwise assessed and $25 for professionals. Jean - Louis Doucet, deputy minister of municipal affairs. says the. taxes are rarely used since it is "excessively diffi. © cult" to collect them, QUEBEC CITY QUIT Quebec City, for example, had one until about 15 years ago but dropped it after discovering it took $12 to collect $2. Mr. Dorset says, however there is no gen- eral move to eliminate the taxes since they provide an' extra source of revenue for communi- ties that can collect them econ- omically, In Ontario, where 15 centres have poll taxes, they're for men only and between the ages of 21 and 60. All are for persons not otherwise assessed, except Kitchener where a man must pay unless assessed more than $400. The rate is $10 in Brantford, Galt, Guelph Kitch. ener, Oshawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Stratford and Timmins; $8 in Fort William; $7.50 in St. Thomas; $6 in Sarnia, and $5 ~ in Niagara Falls, Peterborough, Welland and Woodstock. Waterloo and Sarnia are - among cities considering putting an_ end to the levy, Waterloo Alderman Harold Wagner is leading a fight against it on grounds it is discriminatory. Money collected, as in other provinces, goes into the munic. ipality's general revenues. De- linquents may face a fine. ABANDONED IN WEST Poll taxes were repealed in British Columbia in 1957 and in Alberta in 1958. They had fallen into disuse before then, They remain on the statutes in Man- itoba but not one municipality takes advantage of the oppor- tunity. In Saskatchewan, Prince Al- bert has a $5 levy for persons between 21 and 65 earning $200 a month or more and who neither pay property taxes nor are married to a person who does. Saskatoon charges $5 to those over 21 who don't own property but earn $75 a month. Estevan has a tax on persons who own and live in trailers. Six small towns have poll taxes, Some provinces also impose a@ personal property tax. In New Brunswick such taxes are levied against both owners and non- owners of -real estate and in- volve chiefly cars. All Nova Scotia municipalities impose a personal property tax except cept Halifax which has a busi- ness tax. Alberta classifies some items normally considered personal property as real estate for tax purposes. Included is heavy industrial equipment. YOUR HEALTH Diathermy Used For Muscle Pain By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr, Molner: I was hos- pitalized for acute myositis and the only help given me was dia- thermy, The soreness and pain keep coming back, What causes myositis? Wea- ther or diet?--MRS. J.S. Myositis simply means mus- cle (from myo) inflammation (from the itis part of the term.) Something has inflamed the muscle fibres and the cause of this inflammation is the impor- tant question, ar opposed to or- dinary myalgia, or incidental muscle strain as from tempor- ary lameness from too much exercise. Heat is, by and large, the best means of easing the pain hence the diathermy. Like so many.of our ailments, myositis may "cure itself," meaning that the body automatically tries to correct what is wrong. If we can do something further to help the process along--fine! The diathermy is one thing. Rest is another. But in a severe case it is im- portant to look for such other things as may underlie the trow'le, Arthritis, bursitis, in- fection, rheumatic fever, trich- inosis are the most likely ones. So while you feel that the only help given was diathermy, you can be sure that your stay in the hospital had other pur- poses, Rest was one. And if you think back, you were probably asked a good many questions, some of which perhaps didn't seem of much importance to you. You had more examina- tions than you realized, too, as your doctor conducted his search for whatever contribut- ing factors could be detected. Myositis is what we call a non specific disease. It doesn't at- tack some particular organ, Rather, it can involve muscle tissues in different areas. If the back muscles are affected it can be called lumbago, Dear Dr. Molner: I have been. to many doctors and they say my blood pressure is all right, yet I still have a buzz- ing in my ear. Last winter there was some fluid there, Could it be high blood pressure of some special kind? I am $1. Don't you think if I had high blood pressure the doctors would have done something for me?--B.E, Yes, I think so--but after the reports you've had. I'd forget about high blood pressure en- tirely. It is not the only cause of ear noises: Infection, hard- ening of the ear drums, con- gestion of the inner ear and various drugs are others. Dear Dr. Molner: After a heavy rain my basement was partly flooded. A cord from a floor lamp was lying in the wa- ter and unthinkingly I picked it up'and got a shock--it didn't stick to my hand and I didn't think much of it. Now my arm seems to be getting prickly or tingly. Is this dangerous? I'm ashamed of being so dumb, be- cause I've always preached to the rest about being careful of wires, especially when things are wet--G.B. So I won't lecture you about the dangers of moisture and electricity! I feel quite sure there is no relationship be tween the shock and the tingl- ing in your arm. It could be neuritis, possibly a pinched nerve and may well be worth a visit to your doctor. Regardless of weather... ; " a eee f 7 Pa Pd A va 7 Trains have Canadian National the way of th e worry-free a habit of leaving on time--and arriving on time