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| She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Minority Governments Not Necessarily Poor Some political speakers are harp- ing on the need for a "strong" gov- ernment -- meaning, of course, that they want the voters to put their party in office with a strong major- ity next April 8. They point to the 25th Parliament as a_ horrible example of what happens when no party is given a clear majority in the House. sae At the moment, however, it a pears that disenchanted voters might very well produce on April 8 much the same general result that they did last June. In that case, one ' of the parties will again form a minority government, but with this difference: The opposition will not dare to force another early election, because the party or coalition that did so would have to face the anger of the electorate. In any case, is minority govern- ment necessarily bad? The record says not. The important factors seem to be the will of the strongest party to govern, and the will of the opposition to permit it to govern. Dr. Eugene Forsey, Visiting Pro- fessor in Political Science at Queen's University, research director of the Canadian Labor Congress and one of Canada's recognized authorities on our parliamentary system and its history, has produced a mass of evidence to prove that minority governments in Britain and the Dominions are neither "almost un- heard of" or necessarily bad. Britain, Australia and New Zealand have had many minority governments, and some of them have been very good. Dr. Forsey points out, however: "It is perfectly possible that so far from having seen the last of it, we are in for a long period of minor- ity government. We may have to learn to live with it... If the people of Canada persist in electing Parlia- ments in which no party has a clear majority, and if all the parties refuse to consider any coalition, then there are certain habits of mind which we shall have to change." Governments may have to take what he calls "the common- sense course." Question Of Loyalty The Ontario government plans legislation to permit provincial civil servants to run for public office; Saskatchewan already has such = legislation, and other province: are ~ = considering it. ~ In principle, every citizen of a = democracy should be free to seek = election to any office in the land without endangering his livelihood. ~ In practice, however, there are some ~ troublesome questions. - $uppose that John Doe, a civil servant, seeks a seat in the provin- cial legislature; he runs on a plat- ~ torm that is opposed to the party - forming the government, and dur- ing his campaign he bitterly criti- cizes specific policies of that party. = If he loses the election, he continues = with his job, but his superiors know > that he is opposed to the policies laid down for his department. Would he then be the victim of discrimin- ation? Would his superiors be able to trust him to carry out to the best of his abilities the policies he has publicly criticized, or would they be inclined to suspect possible sabotage? If John Doe won the election, would he retain his civil service job while sitting, say, as a member of the opposition? Would he take leave of absence, to return to the job in the event of his losing the seat in a subsequent election? In either case, the questions asked in the preceding paragraph would have some validity. The puzzle can be clarified some- what if we do not consider the civil service as a sort of faceless mass but as a collection of individuals who hold jobs of varying respon- sibility. Most civil servants prob- ably are in no position to sabotage policy, but some of them have that power. Perhaps the proposed legis- lation should recognize this fact. Good Job On Highways With the coming of spring -- by the calendar, at. least -- we can look back on the bitterest winter in many years and think of some of the things that helped to make it bearable. There was again, for example, the excellent work done by Department of Highways crew to keep the provincial roads fit for travel. It is the people who travel out- side Ontario during the winter time who can best appreciate the work done by the highway crews in this province. It is with a sigh of relief, for instance, that one moves across the southern border into Ontario during a spell of bad winter weather, The Department, whatever its faults may be, knows how to make winter driving at least tolerable. It does much more than just keep the roads clear or sanded, however. It maintains an emer- gency highway patrol during the winter months. A modest publicity statement informs us that "so far She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, ilie, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Grove, Hampten, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Colurnbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and weastle, not over 45c per week By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers Gelivery creas 12.00 per year. oe USA. end foreign 24.00, this winter nearly 1,700 acts of mercy have been carried out along Highway 401" by the winter patrols. Here is the story: "The latest figures reveal that, so far this winter, 247 motorists stranded with empty tanks were given sufficient gasoline to take them to the nearest source of supply. "Tow trucks were summoned to 506 stalled vehicles and DHO crews rendered aid in 469 other emer- gencies. "First aid was rendered in three cases and 177 emergency trips were done for luckless motorists. Along the patrol beats the DHO patrol found and reported to the Provincial Police 172 abandoned vehicles dur- ing the same period... "Thanks to the two-way radio with which all patrol vehicles are equipped, medical aid, ambulance and police have been summoned in some severe instances." Briefly Noted Old age is that period in which if today you eat, drink and be merry, tomorrow you'll almost wish you were dead. Even a man who is a casual ob- server notes that skirts have be- come shorter, but that in many éases slips haven't, Bible Thought Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. -- Matthew 24:35. Looking for permanence? Here you have it! We will never get away from the authority of God's Word over us. 'YOU'LL LET HIM TAKE IT FROM YOU? REPORT FROM U.K. Peacetime Record For Bureaucracy By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain's great army of civil servants will reach a record peacetime high level in the course of the next year, according to a memorandum which has been issued by the treasarer covering the esti- YOUR HEALTH mates for the expenditures for 1962-63. During the coming year, the estimate says, there will be an increase of nearly 15,000 in the number of civil servants, and this increase will cost the taxpayers of Britain and additional $36 million. The number of non-industrial civil servants, the Treasury of- ficials figure, will go up from Patience, Thought In Grandma's Care By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My 90-year- old mother, blind and partially deaf, is living with my husband and me and our 17-year-old daughter. My patience is run- ning out with her, as she plays the radio loud, and I mean loud. If I turn it down, she turns it up. I am on 24-hour duty because she sleeps only about three hours and rambles on and off the rest of the time. She refuses to stay upstairs for breakfast. She is in the living room in an easy chair from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and only leaves to go upstairs to the bathroom, or for nothing, every hour. My daughter likes to have friends after school or in the evenings, and we have only a small house.--MRS, H.C. Old people, poor things, can be difficult. We must be patient, and also clever in dealing with them. Your mother's world has shrunk to the size of your house. She can't see and can't hear very well. It's natural for her to prowl as much as her old limbs will permit. Let her--within limits of the rights of the rest of you. Your daughter is entitled to enterain her friends. Grandma will have to be told so, And you, obvi- ously, would like her to stay upstairs more in the morning when you're trying to get house- work done. She'll have to be told that. ; But on the other hand, per- haps some benefits can be arranged. Can you put an easy chair upstairs, so she won't miss having a soft place for her weary bones? And a radio there, too? And as to the loud radio, it isn't prohibitive in cost to get a@ set equipped with headphones. Your mother can then turn up the volume to suit her dimin- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 26, 1963... ' The first bishop of Que- bec, Francois Xavier de La- val de Montigny, founded a theological seminary at Quebec 300 years ago today --in 1663. The college of arts and theology grew into the present day Laval Uni- versity, the first French- language university in North America. In 1876 Bishop Laval established a branch of the college in Montreal, which in 1920 was incorporated as the Univer- sity of Montreal. 1827 -- German composer Ludwig van Beethoven died. 1885--The second Riel Re- bellion broke out in western Canada. x ished hearing without blasting the rest of you out of the house. Can't you make a comprom- ise on the breakfast issue? It wouldn't be surprising if she insists on coming downstairs for breakfast just for the com- panionship of eating with the rest of you. If she then would agree to go back upstairs for the rest of the morning--and listen to a radio there as loud as she chooses--it would give you some time to get things done. These problems can be harder on the nerves than is realized by people who haven't experienced them. The only answers I know are patience, ingenuity, and a little kind firm- ness. Try to understand what she' wants; see that she also under- stands that the rest of the fam- ily deserves consideraion, too. Dear Dr. Molner: What is the meaning of the word syn- drome?--MRS, F. L. Syndrome comes from Greek Toots meaning "to run to- gether," hence a group of symptoms which, together, identify a certain condition. There are many kinds of syndromes -- Stokes - Adams syndrome, shoulder-hand syn- drome, and scores of others in which the name (often that of a physician who first described it) may give no clue at all to its meaning. $403,281 to 418,045. The total of the salary payments will rise from $1176 million to over $1212 million. INQUIRY DEMAND One result of this Treasury estimate is a demand by ths opposition in the House of Com- mons for an inquiry by an in- dependent body into the steady growth of the number of peo- ple on the public payroll. The opposition is very much afraid that Britain's bureaucracy is now getting out of hand. The increased forecast for the coming year is unusually large for peacetime. It com- pares with an increase of ap- proximately 5000 during the cur- rent fiscal year. Treasury offials who prepar- ed the estimates, however, de- clare there is nothing dramatic in the increase. A spokesman for the department said that it was linked directly with the 'government's new policy of ex- panding spending in order to boost the country's economy. With government spending due to an increase of 10 per cent throughout the coming fiscal year, he added, there must of necessity be an increase in staffs in the spending depart- ments, but these staff increases are widely spread. LARGEST INCREASES Here are examples in some of the departments which show the highest spread in staff: The ministry of labor staff goes up by 3000. This, it is ex- plained is due to the fact that the minister is doing more work on training centres and rehab- ilitation. There will be an increase of about 2000 in the staff of the Na- tional Assistance Board, which has offices all over the coun- try. This is necessary because of extensions of social service benefits. Because the ministry of works and public building is taking over all the building work for the armed services depart- ments, it will require an addi- tional staff of about 700 peo- ple. -The Air Ministry staff will go up by some 1500. The explana- tion given in the Treasury Department's brief is that this is due to improved recruiting for the meteorological office, and "civilization" of the air ministry staff. It is doubtful that the govern- ment will grant the opposition's demand for an inqury into staff increases, Its view is that the Treasury has, in its statement, provided all the information that 's necessary on the subject. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Rev. William McRoberts in- ducted John Morrison, A. H. Dancey and John Callison into the eldership of Knox Presby- terian Church, More than 389 graduate nurses of Oshawa and surround- ing areas registered for emer- gency duty at the Selective Service office here. Maurice G. Hart was elected president, H. M. Black, secre- tary, and C. R. McIntosh, trea- surer, at the Chamber of Com- merce annual meeting. Ian H. MacDonald, general manager of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association, was the guest speaker at the Oshawa Kinsmen Club "Press Appreci- ation" dinner held in Hotel Genosha. Oshawa Railway Co. planned to extend bus lines to serve re- sidents in East Whitby. Everett Lovell, who was serv- ing with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps overseas, was promoted from the rank of Lieutenant to that of Acting Captain. Contributions to the Oshawa Win - the - War and Community Fund reached a total of $115,000 Tate the objective of $90, George L. Long, telephone historian from Montreal, ad- dressed members of the Oshawa Rotary Club at their luncheon meeting. He conducted a dem- onstration on uses of the voice when Club members recorded their own voices and then hear- ing themselves speak. Oshawa lost two _highly-re- pected citizens, Charles P. Davis and Robert J. H. Stirling, both of whom died following short illnesses. The Creche Committee would supply transportation for the children and re-arrangement of hours would be made to meet requirements of women war workers at the Oshawa Wartime Day Nursery, under the super- vision of Mrs, Eleanor Butcher. Miss Greta Perry, of Whitby, was the 8,000th blood donor made at the Ajax sub-clinic of the Oshawa Blood Donor Ser- vice. OTTAWA REPORT Farmers To Lose Some Vote Power By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The Parliament to be created by this election is sure to, be the last in which the farmer will enjoy his pres- ent disproportionate voice in controlling Canadian affairs. Generally speaking, our rural constituencies each contain only half as many electors as big city ridings. Our farmers there- fore collectively exercise over our Parliament double the in- fluence which their population would justify. Since Canada is neither fully settled nor completely devel- oped, parliamentary representa- tion has been adjusted after every ten-yearly census. This gives effect to the growth of new communities, the drift away from the farm, and the opening up of unsettled areas. This is the second election to take place since the 1961 census without this parliamen- tary redistribution being ef- fected: The population growth and shift since 1951 has led to some severe injustices, of which the best known are the im- mense growth of Toronto's east- ern suburbs and the shrinkage in Saskatchewan's share of our population. LARGEST AND SMALLEST The constituency of York- Scarborough, bordering Toronto on the east, was created by act of Parliament in the redistribu- tion of 1952. In 1953, 33,907 electors voted there. Last year 153,766 electors were enumer- ated there. With that enormous growth, the number of Scar- borough electors now matches three times the total electorate of P.E.I. which sends four MPs to Ottawa, or one half the electorate of New Brunswick, which sends ten MPs to Ottawa. At the other end of the scale, ARE HOT HUSKIES South Africa now is breeding its own huskies in the warm Transvaal Province for use in its Antarctic expeditions. tiny the Gulf of St. Lawrence have only 5,617 electors. Yet, like the 153,766 Toronto suburban- ites, they together send one MP to speak for them at Ottawa. Among many other changes, for example, redistribution now would split York-Scarborough into three ridings represented by three MPs, and possibly 'merge the Magdalen Islands: into the Quebec riding of Gaspe. But more significantly, redis- tribution after this election will surely give the city-dweller a more equitable voice in the government of Canada -- cer- tainly justified by his heavier tax burden. The big-city ridings of Canada together contain 4,322,473 elec- tors, and send only 86 MPs to Ottawa. But the rural, and small town ridings contain barely a million more voters-- 5,377,834--yet they send 179 MPs to Ottawa. Expressed another way, this means on the average that the MP from a big city represents 50,261 electors, while his parliamentary col- league from Canada's small QUEEN'S PARK towns and villages speaks for -- only 30,045 electors. | PROVINCIAL CHANGES Dividing our House of Com- mons between the various l- inces will present some te decisions. P.E.I, and New Brunswick have both hit rock bottom; their parliamentary representation is saved from being reduced fur- ther--as their tiny populations would dictate--by the constitu- ional provision that no prov- ince shall have fewer MPs than it has Senators. But the big population changes in the past decade would be reflected by giving Ontario six more MPs, two to B.C. and one to Alberta. These would be offset by Saskatchewan losing four, Que- bec losing two, and Newfound- land, Nova Scotia and Manitoba each losing one. Alternatively, it might be de- cided to mitigate the losses by enlarging the membership of our House of Commons--though | there are some who would sug- gest that we already have trouble enough in luring even 265 citizens of acceptable stand- ard, so why seek more? To en- large the House would mean making more room inside the © chamber. This could only ba. done by chucking out the need- less and diverting desks; to thus turn the chamber back from being a communal office into a true debating chamber would be the greatest possible. improvement. Government Grabs Pension Plan Ball By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- We make the balls and they throw them. This is the feeling of opposi- tion members here to portable pensions. 'The Liberals and the NDP were the ones who brought up the questions of portability in pensions--the Liberals, you will recall, made quite an issue of it in the 1959 election. Then the government took it READERS' VIEWS ANSWER A 'AILABLE Dear Sir: In reply to 'Youthful Vot- er's" letter published in the Oshawa Times "Readers' Views"column in the March 21st issue. He mentions that "Young Ontario Votes" is go- to be a closed meeting and attendance would be "'by invita- tion only." Does it seem reasor- able that the Oshawa Jaycces and the St. Gregory's Young People's Club would bother to go to the trouble of arranging for the press to be in attend- ance, distribute 500 publicitv posters throughout the whole of Ontario riding, have 1500 tick- ets printed for distribution by the sponsors as well as have the whole program broadcast live by CKLB? Does this sound like a closed, private meeting solely for the entertainment of a select group? Really! He goes on to ask several questions which he would like to hear answered by Mr. Starr, Miss Hall and Mr. Cafik. In an issue of The Times earlier this week, Mr. Jack Gearin listed, in his Good Evening column, the names of the moderator and panelists who would be tak- ing part in the program "Young Ontario Votes." If he was so interested in obtaining the an- swer, he could take the time to contact one of these panel mem- bers and pose the question to them for submission to the candidates on the night of the forum. If the queries are still un- answered, I am sure that the doors of all three party com- mittee rooms are wide open and that the candidates are more than willing, and each very capable of producing the answers to the questions. Perhaps, I should mention before I close, that if the "Youthful Voter" signed an honest and sincere nom de plume, he is cordially welcome to attend this program design- ed for those young people who have not as yet plotted their political path. I will personally provide you with a ticket. What say you, Youthful Voter? JOHN MUHA. Oshawa ANSWERS GIVEN Dear Sir: Youthful Voter is to be con- gratulated on the intelligent in- terest he is taking in the major election issues. Like him, I am disappointed that "Young On- tario Votes" is to be by invitai- tion only. I trust you will allow me to answer the two questions he directed at me. First came the remark that there is no point in voting for the New Democratic Party, since we have no chance of forming the government. There are two ways to waste a vote. One is not to vote at all. The other is to vote for a party which you do not actually sup- port because you feel the party of your choice cannot form the government. Every vote for a party is taken as an expression of ap- proval for that party's policies. If you support the New Dem- ocratic platform, you should vote for the party. The more sound New Democrats we have in the House, the better the government will be. It is said that a government is only as good as its opposition, and everyone agreed that the 18 members we had in the last parliament were outstanding in quality, Another point brought up by Mr. Starr when he spoke re- cently at Claremont, is that minority government can often be good government. As Youth- ful Voter said, "History bears out the fact that our best and most productive - governments have proved to be minority ones." Stable government has often proved to be very bad govern- ment for the vast majority of the Canadian people, as we saw in the 25th parliament. When the Liberals had-enor- mous majorities between 1949 and 1957, they showed treir con- cern for social security by rai- sing the old age pension by $6 to $46. They also showed their indifference to public interest and parliamentary democracy in the pipeline deal. With a narrow majority or less, the party in power is forced to keep on its toes and take constructive steps towards solving the country's problems. Youthful Voter's second ques- tion dealt with the NDP being a strictly class party, domin- ated by labor unions. This charge is easily refuted by consideration of the NDP candidates in the last election. (I do not yet have figures for this election). Of the 218 can- didates, 61 were classified as workers, 88 as professionals, 24 as business people, 34 as farm- ers and 11 others. The 22 school teachers were told that there were complaints that they were dominating the party! Naturally the NDP _ gets strong labor support, though not as strong as we would like. Our party is truly democratic and appeals to all other dem- ocratically formed groups. Union locals affiliate with us only after a majority vote has been taken, and any member is free to opt out if he chooses. There is nothing secret in our labor support. Ours is the only party which is constitutionally compelled to display its books on demand, so that anyone may see where the funds come from. I should be very happy to see the other three parties making the same offer. The NDP is also the only party whose platform is estab- . lished by a convention of mem- bers. It cannot be changed over- night by the leader or anyone else, Membership is not con- fined to any one class and there- fore there is no domination in formulating our policy. As a member of the so-called professional group (though I prefer to think of myself as qualifying for the title of work- er!) I am proud to represent a party which concerns itself with all men, not just any one group of men. This to me is the es- sence of democracy. Oshawa AILEEN HALL PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Mortimer J. Adler, 60, mar- ried Caroline Sage, 26. He's a philosopher -- Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel. He's also an otpimist. The things we do tomorrow help us to live through today. "Do you know what species of animal is most dangerous to man?" -- From quiz column. Why, yes, of course, doesn' everybody know? ' over. And now we are going to have a pension program, start- ing in SOME OBJECTIONS Aside from this bit of natural resentment the house generally is all-out in its backing of the new program. There will be some criticism. Just precisely what this will be isn't clear at the time of writ- ing. One claim certainly will be that the unit in the program is too large. That with only units of 15 and more employees re- quired too many workers in the province will go uncovered. There also will be some ob- jection from the NDP, and pos- sibly from the Liberals, that a government pension agency will not be established. SMALL UNITS? The question of the unit is one that is highly controversial, of course. Why should it not be compuls- ory for any employer with five employees to start a plan, for instance? There are obvious difficulties. It is not easy to buy a pension plan for such a small unit, for instance. But then again, why should there not be a government agency which could spread the risk and handle this type of situation? Presumably this will be de- bated as the legislation goes through the house. For now, it is only known, that the committee recommend- ing the plan felt private agen- cies could handle the invest- ment of funds better than @ government agency. GREAT GAP There is one absolute fact about the program, however. Good as it is, it is only a stop- Bap. A great segment of the com- munity--the self-employed and those in small business--are not covered. And there can't really be pension security in Ontario and in Canada until there is a national plan, a national con- tributory plan which takes ia everyone. ; It's a pleasure to give courteous service for in- stant reservations, the world over. 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