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The Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, PEBRUARY 27, 1963--PAGE 6 No Privileges Wanted Just Right To Inform A short time ago two English reporters were sentenced to jail terms for refusing to divulge the .sources of information which, they said, had been given to them in con- fidence. It was the case, probably, which inspired William Nickle, Con- ' gervative. member of the Ontario Legislature for Kingston, to suggest that Ontario's libel and slander act be amended to provide some protec- tion for newspaper reporters who refused to reveal their sources of information. Newspaper men will appreciate Mr. Nickle's concern for the free- dom of the press; and there is no doubt that lack. of legal protection for reporters could lead to conceal- ment of information which should be published in the public interest. But/ most newspaper men, we think, would be reluctant to support Mr. Nickle's proposal, simply because the amendment could probably not be made without making it easy for an unprincipled newspaper man to take advantage of this special form of protection'-- a privilege not granted to any other individual or institutional, outside the meet- ings of elected officials. The freedom of the press is a shared freedom--shared with every citizen of a free and democratic country. It is the freedom fo report, to express an opinion, to inform and to be informed. It is not the free- dom to destroy character, to libel, to be malicious or obscene. Respon- sibility goes with freedom, and the press should not be given a licence to be irresponsible. Mr. Nickle could serve the press and public well, however, by turning his attention to the Municipal Act. The press exercises its freedom on behalf of the public; it is the public's agent. But it carry out this respon- sibility when elected officials are permitted, as they are by measures of the Ontario Legislature, to con- duct public business in secret. It is possible for even a municipal council to carry on all discussion in secret, through the committee- of-the-whole device, and simply make decisions known in the briefest possible. way and without any com- ment at the regular meeting which has to be open to the public. Some years ago, in a community a half day's journey from Oshawa, coun- cillors did not even speak during regular meetings; they simply passed notes to one another. The local newspaper found it an enor- mously difficult task to keep the citizens informed about municipal affairs, and had to fight a long and bitter battle to change the closed- meeting mentality. This is an area which the free- dom of the press is restricted, be- cause the public's right to know is restricted. And it is to this area we direct Mr. Nickle's attention, School Grant Proposal On the details published so far, it would appear that Premier Robarts has produced a realistic and enlightened program for the sharing of grants between public and sepa- rate schools in this province. Realis- tic, too, is his rejection of the pro- posal for a separate high school system; secondary education is already straining the resources of the municipalities and province, and a division of the system could very well destroy it or make it so weak as to be entirely ineffective and inadequate. Some opinion has been expressed in Ontario that there should be no "religious" or denominational schools -- that there should be simply a public school system, with no separatism and no religious con- tent of any in the curricula. As far as Ontario itself is concerned, the argument is academic, because there is nothing that any Ontario gov- ernment by itself can do about it. The right to maintain a school system separate from the system followed by the then religious ma- jority in the provinces which had already separated the schools was embedded in the British North America Act. A constitutional guar- antee was provided in section 93 of that Act, and this means that only a constitutional amendment can change it. Premier Robarts has pointed out that such an amend- ment can only be considered as be- ing "completely impracticable". In any case, it is beyond the compe- tence of the provincial government, It is not.clear yet what precisely the new grant plan will mean to the individual schools. What is clear is that it will add to the provincial bill for education, Income Taxes And Vote The March-April period is not popular for the holding of federal general elections, only three having been held in March and none in April, until now. Chief reason, of course, is that Canada's weather makes campaigning difficult in many parts of the country in those months. A secondary reason is that April 80 is the deadline for income tax returns. How much effect payment of income tax has on a voter's feelings towards the government has never been measured, but it's fairly safe to say that the filing of a return does not inspire the average tax- payer with the warmest admira- tion for Ottawa. Political pundits now are wonder- The Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawe Times ished 1871! and the Whitby Gazette ond le (establishea 1863 end statutory holi excepted). Members of Conadion Dcily Newspaper Publish. Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies vation. The Conadian Press is exchisively itied to the ute of republication of all news in the poper credited to it or to The Press or Reuters, and also the torcal fated news published therein. Ali rights of special dew patches ore also reserved * Offices: [Thomson Building 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 1. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by cartiers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry, Prince - Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunberton, Enniskitien, , Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Cioremont, % , Kinsale, Region, Blackstock, . Pontypool ond Newcastle, not over 43e week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) corriers delivery arens 12.00 per year. Other Cs ith = Goun! 18. i ag alias ing if the tax factor will hurt the Conservatives more than usual on April 8. First there is the fact that election day comes in the midst of the tax-filing period. Then almost all tax returns are now processed at the Department of National Revenue's taxation data centre in Ottawa; there, electronic computing equipment is handling returns more quickly and more efficiently than ever before. But previously, returns were sent to regional offices in each province, which tended to turn attention away from Ottawa; some observers think that the sending of the returns directly to the capital will tend to link the government more closely with the unpleasant payment. More significant, probably, is the fact that changes in this year's tax form, with respect to the provincial share of the revenue, are confusing many citizens. The tax collectors report that close to one-third of the returns so far received contain errors, and these are being drawn to the attention of the taxpayer who, in many cases, is being asked to remit a further sum. Most early re- turns are those seeking refurids. The amount of refund received is likely to be less than expected where errors have been made in calculation. And taxpayers who are confused and irritated in March are. not the best prospects for votes on April 8, Lz) "Cen & WHITE HOUSE CACTUS COLLECTION REPORT FROM U.K. Drastic Increase In Store Thefts By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times WATFORD, Hertfordshire -- Shop-lifting has become one of the most common crimes listed on the calendars of the mag- istrate's courts. This is shown by the fact that in the 20 years from 1940 to 1960 the number of known shop-lifting offences has more than doubled, from 18,017 to 40,535. This has created a grave problem for shopkeepers and executives of large depart- mental stores, who have been compelled to employ staffs of security police to keep their eyes open to detect cases of deliberate filching of goods from the store counters and shelves. Here in Watford, a busy town within 15 miles of London, some 25 store managers, officials and security men have been going back to school for some special training. They have been attend- ing a course on 'The Problem YOUR HEALTH Husband's Conduct Source Of Trouble Dear Dr. Molner: My nine- year-old son bites his nails and wets the bed every night. With three other children plus a dog, I would give anything to stop this. The boy is on the small side. My husband drinks and gam- bles constantly. We argue -a great. deal over his habits. Could this have anything to do with my son's trouble?--MRS, J.H. A perfect set up for raising @n emotionally disturbed child! There are various tricks that youngsters adopt, when they are upset and anxidus--nail-biting, pulling their hair, thumb-suck- ing, wetting the bed. Some habits, like thumb- sucking, are normal in infancy and disappear readily--unless something is wrong. It's the same with bed-wetting. If a child doesn't soon outgrow it, something is wrong. A physical disorder' or a urinary infection, can be the cause of bed-wetting. For that reason I warn parents to have the child examined before re- sorting to any of the many measures, devices and gim- micks that have been designed to stop bed-wetting. All the same, where the real cause is anxiety and unhappi- ness, there's hiltle use in trying to solve the problem except by correcting what is wrong. It could be, in this case, that bickering at the table hurts TODAY: IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 27, 1963... The Reichstag, the Ger- man Parliament building, was destroyed by fire 30 years ago today--in 1933-- shortly after Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor. The destruction of the Reichstag was seized upon by Hitler's Nazis as a means of con- solidating their power. The Nazis blamed the Commu- nists for the fire, though it was in fact staged "by the Nazis. 1857--Adelaide Hoodless, founder of Canada's wom- en's institutes, was born, 1900 -- Boer forces sur- rendered at th» Battle of Paardeburg, in which Cana- dian troops were conspicu- ous, during the South Afri- can War. AID POOR FARMERS Pig farmers in Hong Kong who cannot afford a boar have their sows serviced by artificial insemination provided by the _ and Agriculture Organiza. on. both the child's appetite and digesion, and faulty nutrition can very well be at least part of the reason for his small stature. It sounds as though your hus- band is the sick one. Until he recognizes what a mess his self-centred behavior is making of the home, perhaps not much can be done. He creates fear, resentment and disrespect in a child who is old enough to see what is wrong but is helpless-to do anything about it. I hope that your clergyman, a marriage counselor, or per- haps even Alcoholics Anony- mous (if your husband reaches the point at which he will make use of that fine organization) can help him. mend his. ways. Lacking that, the youngster is in a difficult spot--and what about the three other children? Dear Dr. Molner: I am 14 and recently have had whitish discharges daily but have never had menstrual periods yet. I wonder if this is a préliminary sign. What do you think?--M.F, It is quite likely, a prelimi- Rary sign and happens rather , often, If the discharge {s irri- tating or increases, then you should probably be checked by your doctor, because certain rather common (and perfectly innocent) infections can cause this, too. GALLUP POLL of Shop-lifting' organized by the department of commerce at the South-west Hertfordshire College of Further Education. GIVEN LECTURES The 25 'students' attending this course came from depart- ment. stores and private shops in Watford, Luton, Welwyn and the surrounding area, They heard lectures by a barrister, a magistrate, a detective and a security, officer, They sat in a "mock-ip" of a store made by other students of the college's course on retailing. The barrister dealt with the legal aspects or the subject, in- cluding the dangers of wrong- ful arrest, A magistrate from St. Albans gave the court's point of view. He explained how punishments are made to fit the individual as well as the crime. This often accounted for the apparent disparity of sen- tences for similar offences. PRACTICAL CASES Practical instruction was given by Detective Inspector J. Conway of the Watford CID, and by R. H. Dawson, chief security officer for a chain of large stores, and formerly @ detective inspector at Scotland Yard. - They gave examples of the methods used by petty pilferers and professional shop-lifters, and suggested ways of frustrat- ing them, Between lectures, the security officers and store managers talked of their own experiences. One mentioned a woman who asked a store man- ager to look after a loaded trol- ley of groceries while she had a cup of coffee, then returned: and was helped to her car by the manager, who loaded all the goods into it. None had~ been paid for. Another store manager cited the case of a woman who kept a savage little dog on top of her wheeled shopping basket, and hid nylon stockings under her little pet. Mr. Dawson told of his ex- perience in dealing with such people. "If you suspect, but cannot prove, do not worry too much," he said. 'They .always come back, and the second time you can make sure," B. H. 'Sutton, of the college staff, who organized the course, quoted the figures showing that in a period of 20 years the shop- lifting offences Which brought people into court had more than doubled, He said he planned to carry out a survey in the Wat- ford area later to check and see if any practical results had been achieved by the unusual type of course he has organized, _ Majority Picks Martin ~ As Pearson's Successor - (World Copyright Reserved) BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION If Mr. Pearson were to resign as leader of the Libera: Pariy, the majority of Canadians with an opnion to give, would seiect Paul Martin as his successor. Six in ten name him today-- five times the ratio that did so in 1961. In second place is Mr. Jean Lesage, chosen by 15 per cent of those voters who can think of a possible successor to Mr. Pearson, The great mass of voiers, however, about three-fourths of the electorate, are as unable to name a man to undertake Mr. Pearson's resposibilities, as they are for Mr. Diefenbaker. In a companion study to that which revealed that 37 per cent of those with an opinion picked Mr. Hees as successor to Mr. Diefenbaker, should he resign, Gallup Poll interviewers repeat- ed a question used in previous studies: "If Mr, Lester Pearson should resign as leader of the Liberal Party, have you any- one in mind whem you would think would make a good leader to succeed him?" Yes os. No Those who said they had someone in mind, were asked to name him. The result: Successor to Mr, Pearson? Paul Martin... Jean Lesage . Lionel Chevrier ... John Wintermeyer Joey Smallwood .. Tommy Douglas .. Paul Hellyer ...... Robert Winters . Hazen Argue ... J. N. Turner Any other than Mr. Pearson... n.. Others seeseesees seeeeeeees sees OTTAWA REPORT Social Credit MD Wooed By Liberals By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--A clifftop Memor- Jal Sanctuary, honoring all Ca- nadians who have given their lives in all Canada's wars, is to be built néar the Parliament Buildings in central Ottawa, Announcing that this remem- brance shrine will be started next i and completed be- fore Centennial Year, 1967, he minister of public works con- firmed what was exclusively re- vealed in this column last year. Exactly as this column re- vealed at that time, the plans call for a Memorial Building and a Cenotaph to be erected in the park capping rocky Ne- pean Point which juts out into won renga in the House aa Social Credit = bend sur: prised to be told Lib- eral organizers that he would enjoy 'more influence' if he were to join the Iiberals. No ' specific promises were held out the Ottawa River "just before the Parliament Buildings. Dr. Guy Marcoux, the widely- known and gfeatly-loved medi+ js cal practitioner who represents 'Montmorency in the So- ebec. cia] Credit cause in the House of Commons, has received a about a cabinet post in any Lib- eral Government, but everyone here recognizes it as self-evi- dent that Dr. Marcoux would be given a very i int cabinet post in any ial Credit. gov- ernment. é The Liberals, to whom monéy er A great compliment from his po- - litical foes, Top Liberal organi- zers, both in Ottawa and in Que- bec, have apprcached Dr. Mar- coux and attempted to lure him - away from the Social Credit Party, and to make him run-- still in Quebec-Montmorency-- as a Liberal candidate in the forthcoming election. Dr., Marcoux, who quickly Growth Of Young Skulls Studied By Researchers By ALAN WALKER TORONTO (CP)--How does a child's skull grow? If we knew exactly, then fewer children would have to - wear braces on their teeth. That's why dental research- érs have been x-raying and measuring the skulls of children in Burlington, Ont., for the iast 10 years trying to understand completely the complex changes that take place during tne growth of young bones. Now thousands of plaster den- tal casts, X-ray photographs and electronic brain punch cards are being gathered at the University of Toronto's division of dental research. Officials sayddata will make it possible to foresee and inter- cept crooked teeth early enough to cut costs and discomfort of corrective devices, PARENTS CO-OPERATE Surgeons, eye specialists and anthropologists also are excited about the -findings of the 're- search team, directed by Prof R. M. Grainger. It all started in 1953 with & plea to parents in Burlington for volunteers. Dr, Gordon Niki- foruk, chairman of the U. of T.'s division of dental research, said Burlington, just east of Hamilton, was chosen as a typ- ical Ontario town with a rela- tively stable population. Response was good. Groups of children aged 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12 were needed and in those areas 90 per cent of the town's chil- dren took part in the study. The face of a child seems '00 small for the head. Brain tissue "gets a head start," said Dr. Nikiforuk, and the top part of the sku'l bulges. Gradually as the child grows up,.the face and lower jaw overtake the cra- nium, CHEAPER TO TREAT This shifting m the relation- ship between the jaws !s what BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Alex G. Storie, Worshipful Master of Cedar Lodge, presid- ed at an "Irish Night" banquet when ladies were guests of the Lodge. Mayor Alex McLeese stated that the Oshawa Juvenile Court was doing a worthwhile work. Since the court was establish. ed in March, 1929, 2500 cases had been dealt with. Oshawa's GM Men were elim. inated from Senior OHA finals by Port Colborne Sailors. Mrs. J. P. 'Mangan and George Finlay,.of Oshawa, sang in a musicale held at the home of Judge and Mrs. D. B. Cole. man and sponsored by the choir of All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby, Rev. J. V. McNeely was chair- man at a jubilee celebration dinner held in King Street Unit- ed Church. More than 450 peo- ple attended. Mr. and Mrs, Robert Brooks, William street, celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary. Mrs. Gordon Conant, Mrs, N. O. Hipel and others poured tea when Mrs. Mitchell Hep- burn, Mrs. Harry Nixon and Mrs. Paul Leduc entertained at a tea in the Royal York after the opening of Parliament. Oth. er guests from Oshawa were Mrs. Frank Chappell, Mrs, C. M. Mundy, Mrs. C. 0. Miller and Mrs. C. Henry. Dr. T. E. Kaiser, Dr. D. S° Hoig, Dr, David Archer and Dr. C.F. McGillivray were honored. by the Ontario County Medical Association when they were pre- sented with life memberships to that body. Aldermen Walker and Har- mer presented a report to the council! stating that the salary of the city solicitor should re- main at $1000 with a bonus of $200 for extra work, Singers of 25 years ago in King Street Church choir pre- sented anthems at the jubilee service under the leadership of Mrs. E. J. Bale, former leader and organist. Mrs. B. C, Colpus, vice-presi- dent of the Oshawa Board of Education, who addressed the Oshawa Property Owners As. sociation, spoke on educational matters. © interested the researchers most, The youngest children -- num- bering about 300 -- have been x-rayed from six different posi- tions each year, Then the pho- tographs were translated into complex: tracings, angles were measured in a hundred different ways and gradually it was pos- sible to see precisely how facial foatures change in normal de- velopment. "Now we can head off trouble before it gets a real start," said Dr. Nikiforuk, "Right now only expensive specialists treat crooked tect. It should be a public health problem and the study will make treatment cheaper, eas- ier, faster and more readily available." The research program has been financed by federal health grants and, recently, by the U. of T.'s Varsity Fund. The grants were set as sufficient for the 10-year, $250,000 estimate but the doctors involved now believe the study should continue for another five or six years to trace skull development through to adulthood. "So far, most of our original kids have stayed in the Burling- ton area," said Dr. Nikiforuk, "but now that they'er growing up, we may lose a few. How- ever, it won't hurt our find- ings." RATS EXCEED HUMANS TOKYO (Reuters) -- The city of Tokyo, with a human popu- lation of 10,000,000, has an es- timated rat population of 20,- 000,000 to 30,000,000 according to professional rat catchers, Charging up to $3,000 for their services, rat catchers have aa organized and. profitable busi. ness. tai from Canada's "little men." © Dr. Marcoux was offéréd 15 days in which yy decide; he says it did not take him 18 se¢- onds to turn down this ma- noeuvre. : SHOWS BAD TASTE President Kennedy had is , firm instructions that the U.8. government is' to do n which might even appear to be interference in Canadian. poli- tics while our election is : fought, He got his toes caught in the wringer by the ill : episode of "diplomacy by press release" late in January, and wants no more justified com. paints from his allies, But resident Kennedy's féllow- countrymén have no such inhi- © bitions. Since the Feb. 18 elec. tion of the weekly magazine Newsweek wrote a covér story on. Prime Minister Diéfenbaker, painting him as Uncle Sam's bogeyman, the managemént of that publication has written to Canadian party leadérs opposed to their victim, sending them free copies of this edition, and suggesting that they would "'en- joy reading" this criticism of Mr. Diefenbaker, and express. ing the hope that they would find it "entertaining." I know at least one who was definitely "not amused" by the bad taste of this letter. HAVE DIFFICULTY Foreign diplomats in Ottawa traditionally do not éxpréss their thoughts about Canadian politics--although théy all write voluminous reports home every week. They are all having some difficulty in explaining why our fatuous 25th Parliament had to end its life so prematurely, when there were no less than seven different combinations of parties which could. have com. manded a majority in. the House, and hence have formed a stable goverment. In most of their countries, the multi party tradition is well éstab- lished. But they nevér suffer the instability of minority govern- ment, because: their politicians are sufficiently mature, practt cal and adroit to work out ac- ceptable coalitions. Why did not. Canadian party leaders follow this well-tried course? They ask, The electors chose that composition of our House of Commons, they argue, so it was the responsibility of our MPs to attain parliamentary viability within. the. framework... of swoters' wishes, =e creepy UP ENTER MONTHLY € FREE ENTRY FORMS M. IN CASH OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE'S FAMILY ALLOWANCE AWARD CONTEST @ SIMPLY CASH YOUR FAMILY ALLOWANCE CHEQUE AT THE CENTRE AND ASK FOR @ DEPOSIT ENTRY FORM INTO BALLOT BOX AT FLAG POLE IN THE MALL @ ENTRY SELECTION THIS MONTH WILL BE MADE ON FRIDAY, MARCH Ist, AT 7:15 P.M, a ishawa> eae Ke } TO SEN AR, 2