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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1963--PAGE 6 Diefenbaker Strategy Still To Be Clarified Prime Minister Diefenbaker does "got appear to be greatly disturbed «ey the defections from the ranks of his supporters, but all of his cam- paign magic will be required to 'tid the public mind of the impres- sion that he now leads a badly shaken and divided party. ~The next few weeks may not "haye the high drama of the past fortnight, but should be just as in- teresting for observers of political "practice in Canada. \ In the first place, the nominating conventions will show what reluc- tance there is -- if any -- to run under the Diefenbaker flag at the riding level. It has been suggested that many of the Conseryatives candidates in last June's election would decline re-nomination -- but 'the information has come from " sources that expected a bigger flight of cabinet ministers than has actu- ally occurred. "Then the line of Diefenbaker + gbrategy should make itself appar- ent. Will it be a campaign of issues or of personalities? A month ago the Conservatives seemed ready to trumpet a "made in Canada" policy, but the events of the past eouple of weeks suggest this might have had a bitter anti- American flavor. It should be ap- parent by now that the public mood is against a "hate the Yankees" campaign, and if. Mr. Diefenbaker pursues it, he will probably lose Conservative as well as general support, The current strength of the econ- omy and the favorable trade figures just published could give Mr. Diefen- baker much to talk about -- as he did in Toronto on Monday. But here he must be subtle; at least some of the credit for the trade situation must go to the erstwhile minister of trade and commerce, Mr. Hees, And one gathers that it will be quite some time before Mr. Diefen- baker and Mr. Hees pat. each other on the back. REPORT. FROM U.K. We might also be able to ex- plain more of the council's work to our guests, for some of them Council To Honor just accept their orders from their departmental heads and never meet the councillors who make these decisions. "Most firms have an annual party at which the office boy Too Slippery An Issue Outdoor Workers Just a few days before the minority Conservative government « finally fell apart, Agriculture Minis- *ter Hamilton was making more ~@minous noises about the butter ~ gurplus. He was repeating his warn- 'fhgs to the dairy. industry to get straightened out "or else'. Now that are moving into an election ' campaign, it wll be interesting to _ gee if Mr. Hamilton, or spokesmen : for any of the parties for that mat- - ter, will have anything practical to "gay about the butter situation. The changes are they won't. Farmers inside and outside the dairy industry are critical of what has been done about butter, while i non-farming voters are more than > critical -- they're fed up. They're fed up with paying for the over- + production of a product they can- not afford to buy for their own use; and they're fed up with attempts to bribe them with their own money to buy that product. But this is too ' specific an issue for the liking of * politicians, It is a situation that reveals the ' trouble governments can get into First Aid In Although the accident statistics reveal only fatalities, it would be fair to assume that at least as many people are injured in their own homes as on the roads and probably more. The most recent statistics on home fatalities, issued in 1961 and referring to the previous year, show " that 825 Canadians died because of - an accident in the home, compared with 1,166 on the roads, In their own homes, Canadians crashed to their deaths from rock- ing chairs, drowned in their bath- tubs, poisoned themselves by drink- > ing floor polish and cut arteries ' instead of bread, to add up to this > shocking 70 per cent of the road ' accident fatality figure. While we cannot statistically prove that first aid training could Have saved some of these lives, . the probability is very strong. Many "half-drowned or suffocating chil- dren could be saved if artificial res- : piration were applied immediately. ' Youths poisoned by drinking tur- | Bye Oshawa Times 7. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times * (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicie (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dallies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively @ntitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press of Reuters, and also the focal fhews published therein. All rights of. special des- Patches are also reserved. Dtfices:; Thomson nue, Toronto, Ontario; treal, P.Q. = SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpool, Toufiton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Léskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Biackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) | pet cotriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Building, 425 University 640 Cathcart Street, revinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, end foreign 24.00. when they monkey with laws of supply and demand. The United States has gone much farther with such monkeyshines than Canada has -- and among the farm pro- ducts which -have piled up un- manageable surpluses in the United States is butter. The Los Angeles Times recently had this comment: "A paragraph in one Washington dispatch is illuminating. It stated that U.S. citizens on relief consume more butter (supplied in free food packages) than the general U.S. public. "Butter prices have been kept so high that the margarines have taken over a whopping share of the former market for butter. So now the average family pays for the butter the government buys, pays for costly storage, and pays for dis- tribution of free butter to those on the dole -- and uses butter substi- tutes, "This is the ultimate triumph of something." But as we noted, this is not likely to be much of an issue in the cam- paign -- too slippery. The Home pentine, carelessly put into a pop bottle, could live if someone close by knew poison antidotes and ad- ministered them before the arrival of the doctor. By their very nature, accidents give no warning before they hit their victims, and your only insur- ance is to use natural caution and to be prepared in advance to deal with them if they injure somone in your family. A St. John Ambulance course in First Aid, Home Nursing or Child Care, prepares you to help the sick or injured in your home. It sounds like good sense -- it is good sense. February is St. John Month in Ontario, time to take stock of your ability to save lives or help the injured in your family. Why not sign up for a St. John Ambulance course in first aid or home nursing? Bible Thought If God so clothe the grass of the field ... . shall he not much more clothe you... ? + Matthew 6:30. The common expression "I just don't have anything to wear" for the most part is a lie. God has pro- vided. Don't insult Him with this kind of expression. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added you. -- Matthew 6:33. unto When we take things according to God's priority list, we see that they really do work out well. Putting first things first is the basic rule of success, By M. McINTYRE GOD Special London (Eng.) conditions easier. for zens." the citi- Councillors will not be allowed can be introduced to the boss. So we are setting up a special committee of three council members and three employees to make certain that the eve- Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON The past six weeks, with Britain locked in a deep freeze, covered with snow and ice and with thousands of breakages in water and gas mains, have been tough ones for outdoor municipal council work- ers, Employees such as garbage collectors, roadworkers and gas and water maintenance men have kept nobly at their jobs in spite of twe freezing condi- tions and the depth of snow which blocked roads all over the country, and particularly in the southeast corner of England. But there is at least one Eng- lish municipality which does not intend to allow the self-sacri- ficing and devoted services of nings go with a swing. There will be a buffet and beer for those who do not like short drinks." And because of this, eyes are focussed on Maidenhead, the first town in Britain to take some tangible measures to honor the "heroes of the deep freeze'. to take their wives to these re- ceptions. Mr. Neve explained: "We. don't want groups of councillors going into huddles with their wives while the em- ployees stand around doing nothing. We want to go out of our way to show our apprecia- tion and to get to know these men on a more personal level. QUEEN'S PARK Funds One Factor In Vote Decision Maidenhead tions which will be held in the cil workers who do the dirty honored guests of the town coun. these outdoor workers jo go un- recognized, The town council of has decided to honor them at a series of recep- new town hall next month. At these receptions, the coun- and unpleasant jobs will be the cil. The garbage men, road- sweepers and highway main- tenance workers and thelr wives will be invited to take sherry with the mayor, the town coun- cil and other civic leaders. GIVE THANKS The receplions are being ar- ranged so that the council can meet the men and women who carry out the decisions which are made in the council cham- ber, but above all, they are a means of saying "thank you" to the men who worked under appalling conditions during the town's worst "'ice age" period for over a century. Councillor John Neve» who originated the idea of paying this tribute to the more lowly ranks of the manual workers, said: "The whole town is grateful to these men -- many of whom worked day and night. to make workers both fields a breath. By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Nearly eévery- body now seems to think we will have-our Ontario election in the fall? This is probably right. Pro- viding the PCs take a federal defeat--which it seems they will --this would allow time for any stigma which might pass on to the provincial party to rub off. And it would give those party who are involved in federal and provincial chance: to get their The possibility of a June elec- tion shouldn't be completely dis- countee however, There would be one distinct advantage for the PCs in a late spring vote. FUND COLLECTED They already have their elec- tion fund collected. They were smart and hit contributors shortly after the federal vote last year. The other parties don't have. They will be going through a very expensive federal cam- paign. And: the pickings could be very lean for a provincial campaign in the months imme- diately following the April 8 na- tional election. GALLUP POLL Few Say CBC Political Reports Favor One Side By CANADIAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION Political news reporting and commentary on CBC-TV i: fair to all Parties in the opinion of almost eight in 10 voters (77 per cent), Less than one in 10 thinks a bias is shown. This small segment of the people who suspect a bias say that it is more Liberal-sided tirsi Con- servative. Because of frequent criti- cisms about political bias on CBC-TV's news and _ political commentaries, the Poll checked attitudes in a carefully select- ed national sample of the total adult population with a series of questions. First: "Would you say you watch the CBC news on TV regularly, occasionally, or hardly ever?" Regularly 42 Occasionally Hardly ever 37 20 Is CBC political news biased? CBC favors one Party Fair to all Parties Undecided The seven in a hundred vot- ers who find some bias are more likely to say the news coverage favors Liberals than Conservatives. Conservetives 'in this small critical group be Never 1 100% Second question: "Generally speaking do you think that the CBC presents its political news and comments in a way which favors any one party, or do you think it is equally fair to all parties?" Favors one party 7: Fair to all parties 77 Can't Say 16 100%, Checking to see whether ad- herents of the various Parties themselves are more or less likely to find a bias in the CBC news coverage shows an iden- tical reaction among Ccnserva- tives and Liberals. A slight in- crease in uncertainty among adherents of other parties makes some difference in their reaction -- but not much. Other Parties 7% 74 19 100% 100% lieve this far more than Lib- erals who tend to name both old-line Parties to the same degree. Adherents of other par- ties also are much more inclin- ed to find a Liberal bias in the reports. The question Premier Robarts will have to decide is what he will have to lose or gain by go- ing in June or waiting until fall. And the June considerations start off with this one big point in favor. In the meantime don't look for any very great provincial participation in the federal cam- paign. The members will have one good excuse to not do very much in that the house will be sitting here until after the elec- tion. And that will please most of them. They really don't want to get involved. When it comes down to cases there actually is very little af- finity between the provincial and federal members for the most part. And they consider work in the federal field a chore to be avoided if possible. ROBARTS AGAIN? Probably there will be a rash of stories again, as there was last year, about Premier Ro- barts not digging into the na- tional campaign. Actually these stories were largely unwarranted. It is not our tradition--as it is in some other provinces--for our premier to get into the fed- eral election field. It is true that Premier Frost did actively support Mr. Diefen- baker, But in the national elec- tions prior to that while he was premier he stayed clear. It is also noteworthy that Pre- mier Lesage in Quebee also takes a hands-off attitude. Actually a provincial premier has little to win and a lot to lose by getting involved. OTTAWA REPORT System Designed For Two Factions By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--When Steven Otto, Liberal MP from York East, Toronto, rose in his place in the House of Commons at 8:48 p.m. on , Feb. 5, he cast the 112th vote needed to defeat the' 111 government supporters, and hence to topple the Conserva- tive government. Thus a Tory government was overthrown by a vote from Tory Toronto; thus Diefenbaker was. defeated by the vote of the MP who had won. representation from Diefenbaker's childhood home by defeating Diefen- baker's lifelong friend, Bob Mc- Gregor, And thus was launched the second part of the great constitutional campaign of the 1960s, after the first part in last summer's election failed to show conclusively whether the voters wish us to live up to the spirit of Confederation. KEEP IT CLEAN Many exiraneous issues will be debated--at length, ad naus- eam and again boring televisicrl viewers--during the next eight weeks, At least we must hope that international mud will not be thrown on our national! hustings. But the issue showing the key to the campaign will aga'n be whether or not a majority of the voters want their French- speaking fellow - Canadians to enjoy equality of opportunity across Canada. Big response to this appeal will swell the size of the vote supporting Social Credit candi- BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Jimmy Bartlett, Oshawa marathoner, placed fifth at the British Empire Games at Syd- ney, Australia. City Council ccnsidered the matter of appointing a city as- sessor. Rotarian Harry Black of Osh- awa spoke to the Whitby Club and explained the new Bell Telephone dial system in Whit- by. C. Slack was elected presi- dent at a meeting of the Ontario Bible Class. Oshawa's tax rate was 32 mills for 1938 Mayor Alex McLeese fore- cast the possibility of an Osh- awa airport at the opening of the Ukrainian Flying Club. The Mayor and Alderman William Harmer were made honorary members at the event. W. Ross Strike, chairman of the Hydro Commission at Bow- manville, was elected vice- president of the Ontario Muni- cipal . Electric Association at the board's convention. Fire Chief W. R. Elliott re- commended that a new sub-sta- tion be built south of King street. City Council voted to give Al- derman Clifford Harman three months leave of absence, ra- ther than accept his resignation due to illness. Rev. Dr. W. M.. Kannawin, general secretary of the Sun- day School Board, was the guest preacher at the 13th an- niversary of Knox Presbyter- ian Church. A tax rate of 44 mills, a re- duction of two mills, was ap- proved by the Whitby Council. S. R. Alger and C. C. McGib- bon of the Oshawa Fish ané@ Game Association were elected honorary president and secre- tary-treasurer respectively 'at the 10th annual convention of the Ontario Federation of An- glers. Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Bryce, Moderator of the United Church of Canada opened a series of services in cennection wi th King Street United Church 25th anniversary. The congre- gation formerly worshipped in Metcalfe Street Methodist Church, ORIGINATED MONSTER The original Frankenstein's monster was the brainchild of Mary W. Shelley, second wife of the poet, who wrote 'Franken- stein or The Modern Prome- theus."' CITY OF hi shall be id destroyed. NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS The 1963 dog licences are now available and moy be pur- chased at the City Clerk's Office, 3rd floor, City Hell, the Police Department and the Dog Control Department, Fallaise Avenue (east off Ritson Read South). By-law 2365, as amended, requires that the 1963 LICENCES MUST BE PURCHASED BY FEBRUARY Ist. This is to notify all dog ownérs that dogs not carrying 1963 d as stray dogs end impounded. Such impounded dogs, if not claimed within 48 hours, shall be Dogs found at any time in school grounds will be impounded, Ayoid having your dog picked up and possibly destroyed by purchasing your licence without delay. OSHAWA Lb. R. BARRAND, Clerk, me City of Oshawa dates, Those "Socs" who were successful in the last election in Quebec were so mumerous that they ensured that our recently demised Parliament would be a "House of Minorities'; those who will be successful in this election may. well be so numer- ous that, for the first time in our history, a party other than the Conservatives and Liberals will win inclusion in that his- toric phrase: "Our two large parties," I have never seen so much enthusiasm in the jam-packed Commons' chamber as when that keenly awaited vote top- pled the government, I have never seen spirits, so high nor so lavishly quaffed as later PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Lie detectors aren't anything new. The first one was made while Adam was in a deep sleep. Many a driver gets in such a hurry to reach the next town that he lands in the next world. The more things you don't do that you want to do but shouldn't do, the longer you'll live not to enjoy not doing them. "Accidents in Home Are Easy to Plan." -- Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. Maybe so, but most of us give no prior thought to them, and when they occur, we just adlib our way through them as best we can, A woman is suing for divorce on the ground that her husband is more interested in television than in her. The burden of proof should be on her -- proofs, i.e., that she is more interesting than television. that evening, in Canada's most cheerful wake. The MPs them- selves glad to be quit of the shameful rele which they had collectively played in Can- ada's shortest and most abor- tive Parliament, In November, 1958, I wrote that, if the entire Diefenbaker cabinet was to fly to Vancouver to watch the Grey Cup game, and "ot may unfortunate as to cras' , a replace- ment cabinet at least as good could be fashioned from am tives I listed as worth ments, no less than 13 since received ministerial ap- pointments, Projecting that vision troy 4 it would be no e: > say that Canada would benefit every of our 25th Parliament were to go down to defeat at the polls, and_ the Commons start afresh, True, some good men be lost; younger politicians would have to fight for re-election later, notably such as NDPs Mal MacInnis and at Fisher, cial Crediters and Dr. Guy Marcoux, als John Matheson and Allan MacEachen, and Conservative Pierre Seivgny and Paul Mar- tneau. : WHY DID IT FAIL? One reason, obvious to think- ing politicians, for the dismal failure of this recent Parlia- mem: is that we are in the pro- cess of political realignment na- tionally, And at this unfortunate intermediate stage, we have four parties winning substantial public support whereas our sys- tem is designed for only two factions, the government and the opposition. Whether the four parties ul- timately form coaliticns or coal- escences is immaterial. We are obviously moving towards rec- ognition of the fact so lon: blurred: There is one politica philosophy respecting the indi- vidual, and another glorifying the state. There is the choice between a democracy and a planned state. These poles are represented now by the Socs and the NDP's, while the "big" parties are a big, vague, often unprincipled and alas rudderiless mass lying between them--but slowly segregating towards rec- ognition of those two distinct poles. YOUR HEALTH Pregnancy And Age Tiresome Question Dear Dr, Moiner: What is the possibility of pregnancy in later years? What is the average age for a woman to start and finish menopause? Do women in their 30's ever go through the change of life? How long after she appears to have ceased periods is she still in danger of becoming preg- mant? Please comment on the fol- lowing: 1, A woman who said she had not had a period in five years yet became pregnant and at 54 had a beautiful normal daugh- ter. 2. There was a write-up a few years ago which said a woman in Arkansas who never had a child became pregnant at 65. 3.. How much possibility does a woman of 60 have of becom- ing pregnant? Is there any age when she is absolutely safe from becoming so? There are so many old wives' tales, -- M.E.N, 4 Guess I'll have to break my good resolution, I'd resolved not to pay any attention to letters TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 13, 1963... . Agnes Macphail, the first woman to become a mem- ber of Parliament in Can- ada, died nine years ago to- day--in 1954. She entered the Commons in 1921, repre- senting the United Farmers of Ontario in Grey South- East. The then 31-year-old school teacher was one of four women contesting the election--the first in which women held the franchise-- but only she was elected. She was the lone woman in the House for 14 of the 19 years she was at Ottawa. 1937--More than 700 per- sons died in 1 theatre fire at Antung, Manchuria. 1907--The city of Portage la Prairie, Man., was incor- porated, about "how old must a woman be, before she is absolutely sure of not becoming pregnant." I've answered it many times already. But every time I. do, the same question comes right back again. What is this? Are some of my readers just try- ing to. see if I'll change..my mind? Well, I won't--not unless dif- ferent facts appear. The answer is this; Chances of pregnancy decline as the years pass. There is no special age, but for all practical purposes, preg- nancy will not occur one year after the last period, The average age for meno- pause is about 45. It can be sev- eral yéars earlier or several years later. It is possible for menopause to occur in the 30s but it is rare. When I say rare, I mean rare, And generally there is something unusual about the case,. or health is impaired. Generally, but oot always. - For a final fact, I dug this up from the U.S. Vital Statis- tics for 1948 (there maybe a later figure but I didn't find it, and I don't think there would be much difference anyway): Only one baby in 20,000 in that year was born to a mother who was 50 years old or more, Doesn't that. sort of convince the doubters? There are cases of women who, not reaching menopause until a good bit later than av- erage, have had babies at the age of 52, but despite all the rumors, it is difficult, and so far as I have ascertained it has been impossible, to get proof of pregnancy later than 52. As to the woman who said she hadn't had a period in five years yet "had a baby at 54," all I can say is this: Who is she? Where is she? I've never yet seen a factual answer to this. A woman in Arkransas having a baby at 65? I'm from His- souri! Possibility of pregnancy. past 60? About as much chance as there is of me winning the high jump in the mext Olympics. Beaton's Dairy Personnel Attend Sales Messrs. J. Lewis Beaton, John Seminar Mr. Maynard stated that the L. Beaton, Raymond A. Martin purpose of the meeting was to and David McLaren, represent- Products, a Quality Chekdjcurrent pattern of sales, mer- Quality Chekd Dairy Sales Seminar. at the Skyline Hote] in Toronto on} Wednesday 'and Thursday, Feb.-| ing Beaton's Limited, Dairy, Dairy attended a ruary 6th and 7th. Mr. chandising Director, ed the two-day session. Thomas Maynard--Mer-} eb James} Cowan and Clifford Weller -- Field Representatives, of the*La ' jIce Cream Manufacturer: Grange, Illinois office, conduct- : familiarize the personnel of the member companies with the chandising and marketing within today's Dairy Industry, Quality Chekd Dairy Products Association is a member-owned, profit, advertising, mer- chandising and selling organiza. |tion consisting of over 160 inde- pendently owned Dairies and lo- cated in 42 American States and The two Canadian Provinces. Strict meeting was attended by man- adherence to the Quality Con- agement and sales personnel of|trol Standards of the Association the Quality Chekd bec, 1 member companies of Ontario and Que- jis required to continue member- ship and use of the well known Quality Chekd trademark,*