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She Oshoarwn Sones * Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1963--PAGE 6 Committee's Proposals To Reduce Drug Prices The select committee of the On- tario Legislature given the job of studying drug prices spent three years on its task, but the time seems to have been well spent. The report made during the recent sitting is detailed and constructive, and the recommendations, if adopt- ed, could result in a substantial total saving on the province's drug bill. The committee's main proposal was that a central mail-order out- let -- presumably run dy the pro- vince -- be established; it would buy drugs by their generic rather than their brand names, and would fill orders for prescription drugs. The Ontario department of health managed to save $500,000 by buy- ing drugs in this manner. Some doctors have expressed reservations about the use of non- brand name drugs. In particular drugs with a very short shelf life, because of possible variation in quality. One would think, however, that the central outlet plan would lend itself to an efficient quality control system. One important matter would have to be dealt with: The link be- tween the central outlet and the local pharmacists. It should not be the province's aim to put the phar- macists out of business. This point would have to be ironed out before the preparation of any legislation. The committee also suggests that the 11 per cent federal sales tax on prescription drugs be dropped. This, of course, is out of the hands of the province. It is a federal tax, but federal authorities should be open to persuasion. It is difficult to justify a tax that adds to the cost of treatment of physical or mental suffering. The committee would also remove tariffs on imports of equipment for drug research and manufacture. This might encourage more develop- ment in Canada. Nearly half the manufacturing companies in Can- ada are subsidiaries of foreign firms and depend largely on the research facilities of their parent companies. Speeding Up The Vote There doesn't seem to be any good reason why the service vote in elections should not be counted In time for the results to be included with the civilian vote. There are difficulties, certainly; no qualified person in the services can be denied a vote, and some of them are in pretty remote places. Nevertheless, -undue attention is directed to the «way the service men vote by the ' present method -- something which -is not done with other occupation .groups; and results in several 'ridings are in suspense until the service vote is counted. The Ottawa Journal suggests that the simplest solution would be for Parliament to change the rules it shas made and order that nomina- "tion day for all candidates be three -weeks before election day instead of two. This would allow the can- didates' names to be sent to troops at the most distant points, the vote collected and the results reported : Charge On The corporation tax got much at- tention at the opening public sit- tings of the Royal Commission on Taxation, which was not much of a surprise. Tax authorities agree that the corporation levy is no longer a simple tax on profits, as it was in pre-war days when it was only 'about a quarter of what it is now; it has become a substantial influ- ence on prices and probably on wages. . : It was suggested to the Commis- 'gion that an investigation into the 'amount of corporation tax passed 'on to the consumer would have 'significant results. One of the more conservative 'opinions on this question is the 'assumption of many American 'economists that half of the corpora- tion tax is shifted to consumers and workers in the form of higher prices 'and lower wages, writer C. J. Harris "notes. A study recently made in "Canada slightly modified this equa- "tion and. reckoned that in this he Oshavwn Times - T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Times combining The Oshawo dee a = The Oshawa r jablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette Frcnice (established 1863) is published daily Sundays a y - bers ot Canadian Daily Publish "ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou ot sh alga no Ontario Provincial Dallies Press is exclusively pntitied to the use of republication of all news iched in the paper credited to it or to The back in time for the service vote to be incorporated into the general vote instead of being delayed for several days. "About 10 years ago," the Journal recalls, 'it appeared that this plan would be approved but when it reached the Commons the poli- ticians balked. They said the period should be kept at two weeks, obviously because political managers did not want to lose another week they might have to select candi- dates before nomination day. That is ,they maintained the absurdity of the regulation as it applies to the service vote not for reasons pertain- ing to the service vote but for domestic campaign reasons." The principle of the secrecy of the ballot is involved in the method of reporting the service vote. But in addition, the delay in the tabulation of the service vote means a delay of a week in the taking up of the nation's business by the elected government, Consumers country 15 per cent of the corpora- tion tax is shifted to workers in the form of lower wages, 80 per cent is passed on to consumers in higher prices, and that the remaining 55 per cent is borne by profits. How- ever, other Canadian economists feel that in compensating for the rising costs of the post-war era, almost all of the corporation tax has come to be passed on to consumers. This shifting of the tax is not the result of some general con- Spiracy on the part of business. Corporation profits have to provide a normal rate of return on capital. To be able to borrow the money it must have, industry has to offer a return at least equal to what the lender can obtain from other forms of investment. When the rate of corporation tax is low, all of the tax can be paid out of profits and charged to the shareholder. But when the rate of tax goes very high, only part of the levy can be charged to the shareholder and the re- mainder must be charged to the consumer and the worker. Whether the Royal Commission can establish the proportion of the tax that is paid by the consumer is open to question. Toronto busi- nessman Morgan Reid said at the opening session that if the Com- mission can establish that figure, OTTAWA REPORT Trade Operations Boost To Business By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The biggest trade promotion ever launched by any country has just swamped Can- ada from coast to coast with buyers and exporters represent- ing an estimated $15,000,000,000 in annual international trade. Operation World Markets was proposed by former trade min- ister George Hees many months ago, and was planned by his eager and efficient staff of de- partmental officials, led by As- sistant Deputy Minister Les Brown, who has accumulated immense know - how in that field. Part One, which was called "World Markets -- Machinery," brought 171 buyers from 54 for- eign countries to tour 152 Cana- dian plants to see what we have to sell. Part Two, the National Samples Show, brought 598 buy- ers from all States of the Union, from Western Europe and the West Indies, to see the prod- ucts of 286 Canadian producers displayed at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition grounds in Toronto. Part Three brought 136 Cana- dian Trade Commissioners, from their posts all round the world, to confer together in Ot- ttawa. And as the final program, those trade commissioners held 12,261 interviews with repre- senatives of 1,140 Canadian ex- porters to explain to them what they could sell in which foreign markets. NEED TO EXPORT Canada must export, e economically. For eight years in a row in the 1950s we bought more goods from other coun- tries than we sold to them. On top of that trade deficit, we al- ways have substantial minus signs on our balance of inter- national payments for non-trade items, such as tourism and the payment of dividends and inter- est on foreign capital, insur- ance and shipping payments, and the like. Any country in our position, with substantial foreign capital invested here, must achieve a surplus of ex- ports over imports, to pay our way. And we must sell abroad as much as we buy, otherwise we are exporting jobs and im- porting unemployment, The "George Hees" era at the department of trade and commerce began to correct our unacceptable trade picture. In 1961, for the first time in nine years, we sold more than we bought. But still not enough. Did Operation World Markets achieve still more? It is much TODAY IN HISTORY By The Canadian Press May 4, 1963... Fi i his disastrous Russian campaign, Napol- eon was sent into exile on the island of Elba 149 years ago today -- in 1814 -- and was given the sovereignty of the island. But in Feb- ruary, 1815, will France in a restless state, Napoleon escaped. He was enthusias- tically received in France too early to assess its success, but already individual success stories abound here. Bostlund Lamps, a small company established by Danish immigrants in Oak Ridge, Ont., for example, has sold its entire output so far ahead that it has cancelled future trade exhibi- tion participation. E. and R. Evin, of Montreal, learned to its surprise that other countries will buy the special telescopic sleeves which it designs for Arc- tic clothing. One entirely overlooked suc. cess of Operation World Mar- kets has been the immense suc- cess of the quite staggering lo- gistic task of bringing all those buyers and trade commission- ers to Canada. It became, for our state-owned Trans-Canada Air Lines, Operation World Travel. GALLUP POLL Some buyers were flown to Toronto from just across the border, in Detroit. But others came from so far away that they completed a world-girdling trip, coming to Canada one way and returning the other to com- plete the world tour. Total mileage covered by the men of Operation World Mar- kets has been estimated at ap- proximately equivalent to one man making five rcund trips to the moon, or to one astronaut making 100 complete circuits of the earth in his space capsule. The bill? About $250,000--paid by the Canadian government. This achievement makes Trans Canada Air Lines the proud possessor of the record as the world's greatest travel agency for any single expedi- tion--and they achieved this, trade officials tell me, without losing even one piece of bag- gage. So Operation World Markets served to delight and amaze foreign buyers by what they found offered by Canadian in- dustry. And they learned too that Trans-Canada Air Lines is right up among the top airlines of the world for comfort, safety and customer-consciousness. How Votes Were Split 'By Areas And Religion THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) In its post-election, who-voted- for-whom series, The Institute finds the two population groups which show the sharpest differ- ences in the way they voted were: --Two major religious denomi- nations (Catholic and Protes- tant) Conservative Liberal N.DP. . Socreds Tom gloom Outside of Quebec, the Roman Catholic vote was even strong- er for Liberals (59 per cent) than the total shown above. Clear differences also show up when the vote in various sized communities is compared. 4 HOW THEY VOTED: Conservative Liberal ..ccccccccce NDP. ° SOCTEd coocccvcrecccccsesecs sevescececeves Although, naturally, the per- centages were different, the same trend, indicating Tory Over 100,000 100,000 10,000 % % "100% --The various sizes of com- munity. The Roman Catholic vote in this year's election was almost three-to-one n favor of the Lib- erals\ (In the 1962 election it was about two-to-one). The Prot- estant vote favored the Con- servatives by a sizeable mar- gin. Here is the way the vote was divided: Roman Catholic % Protestant Other % % 22 49 14 4 9 5 "100%, As shown below, there is a drop in Conservative support as one moves from rural _ areas, through villages and towns. to the big cities. There is a corre- spondingly steady rise in Lib- eral. strength, Size Of Community 10,000 +=: 1,000 To To Rural % 25 39 32 al 46 40 40 35 16 i es 13 10 18 16 "100% "100% 100%, strength in the smaller ana rural communities, and Grit strength in the bigger cities, occurred in the 1962 election. ONLY 11 BONUS DAYS LEFT -- To Receive a -- BIG 4% ON YOUR SAVINGS FROM MAY Ist UNITED KINGDOM OPINION nen tectes at wnt arsine fia NGS Railway Strike Answer To Modernization Plan For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The government, according to Transport Minister Ernest Marples, intends to put into effect the recommendations of the Beeching report on re- organization of the country's railways. And the first direct fesult of this is that the Na- tional Union of Railwaymen has called for a three-day national railway strike, on May 14, 15 and 16, In spite of figures produced by Dr. Beeching to show that that the number of men to be dismissed in the carrying out of the re-organization plan, will be far short of those quioted by the railway unions, the NUR execu- tive, by a vote of 17 to 6, de- cided on what will be an entirely pointless strike. This strike will settle nothing and will help no one, To strike against modernization of the railways is like trying to put up a flimsy barrier against an irresistible tide of progress. In- deed, most people, outsde of the railway unions, are finding it increasingly difficult to under- stand just what the railwaymen do want. WEEK OF CHAOS One thing is certain. If the strike goes on as planned at midnight on May 14, the coun- try's transportation services will be frozen for a week. Monday's overnight, trains will not start, and on Thursday and Friday the railways will be climbing out of the chaos created. To make the situation even worse, the strike will include London's underground railway system, and there is now a strong threat that the London bus services will be halted by a sympathy strike. What that will mean to trans- portation in the London area just cannot be imagined. About two million people will be un- able to go to work, industry will be dislocated, supplies of food will be held up at railway depots and there will be general dis- organization. There will, of course, be ef- forts right up to the last mo- ment to avert the strike, but with the government having ac' cepted the Beeching plan a public opinion standing strongly behind it, it can be taken for granted that there will be no concessions. The only hope is that the Trades Union Congress and the Parliamentary, Labor Party may be able to show the railwaymen the folly of their decision, and persuade them to change it. PRESS AND TELEVISION Postmaster Bevins is standing by his position that there is no evidence that press interests in television companies have slant- ed presentation on matters of public concern. During the consideration of the new Television Bill by the Commons' standing committee, Mr. Bevins opposed an amend- ment put forward by a Labor member. This amendment would have had the effect of barring the press from holding any interest in television com- panies. The sponsor of the amendment said there should be a divorce between these two media of communication. It was possible that a concentration of power could be used to persuade public opinion or to put over a one-sided representation of pub- lic affairs. "| That the government has no such fears was made plain by Bevins, who pointed out that television companies were pro- hibited from presenting biased programs or expressing edi- torial opinions of their own. Strange to say, the one or two isolated cases of complaint of bias had involved television companies in which there were no press holdings. On a vote being taken, the Labor amendment was defeated in committee by 17 votes to 11, BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO The Baptist Church ccle- brated its 53rd anniversary. The pastor, J. L.. Harton, preached special messages. H. M. Black was appointed manager of the local Bell Tele- phone Company. Arthur Petre defeated Cyril Schofield in the election for first Boy Mayor of Oshawa in the Boys' City Council. Charles Johnston was given the post of reeve by acclamation. Harry Lott defeated Eldon Stacey for first deputy reeve and Charles Davidson won as second dep- uty-reeve over Frank Mason Jr. Cecil Bint was elected third deputy reeve, defeating John Hare. G. W. McLaughlin pre- sented Arthur Petre with a wooden gavel at a meeting held at General Motors. The Sunshine Rebekah Lodge celebrated its second anniver- sary. F. L. Fowke gave an address on "The League of Nations" at a meeting of the Local Council of Women. General Motors Male Chorus held a second concert in Sim- coe Street Methodist Church. The soloist, Frank Oldfield, was the outstanding feature. Fire partially destroyed the planing mill owned by Gale and Trick on Prospect street. Eggs sold for 30 cents a dozen and butter 45 cents a pound on the Oshawa market. Ray Belding, prominent mem- ber of the Oshawa Baseball Club, was appointed manager for the 1923 season. Andrew E. Murdoch was made manager of the advertis- ing department of the Ontario Reformer. St. George's Trail Rangers were guests of the King Street Ranger group at King Stree t Church. Fred Riding gave a brief talk on Trail Ranger work and G. L. Galley, secretary of the YMCA, delivered an ad- dress. Commemorating the 104th an- niversary of the Order, Oshawa Odd Fellows Lodges paraded to the Presbyterian Church where the minister, Rev. J. H. Me- Bain, conducted the serivce. Town council considered pav- ing the areas between Metcalfe and Richmond on Simcoe street, and between Mechanic and Mary streets on King. so the bill goes forward with ne barriers to newspaper com- panies or proprietors holding in- terest in television. The in Pilkington its report on television and radio, had recommended that all links between news; rs and television stations be severed. This was one recom- mendation, however, which the government rejected, and did not include in the Television Bill now before the Commons, ROBENS OPTIMISTIC Lord Robens, chairman of the National Coal Board, is highly optimistic as to its future. Speaking at a regional meeting of officials in Ni $ Tyne, ~ oe Me the Board, a vast organization es the only real natural wealth the country, would "never again be in the red". He said the improvement in the Board's position in the first three months of 1963 showed that it would be an even better year for coal than 1962, This, said Lord Robens, en- abled them to look to the future in tegns not only of price stabil- ity, but in some cases of selec- tive price reductions. The Board would secceed in its aims of pro- ducing over 200 million tons of coal a year, which would sell it- self in the teeth of without any protection at all. Paying tribute to Britain's housewives for the way in which they had managed their fuel problems during the long wine som freeze-up, Lord Robens said: - "Obviously we cannot have any more increases in the price of domestic coal to the house- _ CHRISTIAN SP MONITOR Accurate Complete News - Coverage Printed in BOSTON LOS ANGELES LONDON 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A,, R.LA. Burt R. Woters, C.A, Robert W. Lightfoot, C.A. Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants PARTNERS: Hon. J. W. Montelth, ¥.C.A., M.P. A. Brock' Monteith, B. Comm., C.A. Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA, George E. Trethway, C.A. Burt R. Waters, C.A. 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If these are not presently available they should be obtained immediately from the Registrar General's Department, 70 Lombard Street, Toronto, Ontario, (Fee $1.00), and submitted to the principal on or before IONS LT TTT I ELPLI IO E T Tabi and again assumed puwer. But his armies were de feated at Waterloo and he again was exiled -- this time the island of St. Helena, where he died of cancer of the stomach in 1821. 1910 -- The Royal Cana- "dian Navy was organized. 1915 -- The Ist Canadian Division was relieved at Ypres in the First World War after suffering 5,700 battle casualties. Associated Press or Reuters, and also the focal hews published therein. All rights of special des- ches are also reserved. a Offices: son Building, Thom: wAvenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cothcart Street, ddontreal, P.Q. = SUBSCRIPTION RATES carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, ee nomncrwilie, Brooklin, Port Perry, Fs ao , Maple Grove, Hampton, Fri an's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Coun eenwood, K bie Rogen, Bracket kK ,, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstocl ete Pontypool and Newcastle not over «45c per week. By moil (in Province of Ontario) wqutside corriers rte arecs 12.00 per year. Other > ond ea jes 15.00, S.A. end foreign 24.00. a A The Board would appreciate as complete a registration as possible so that the adjustment of school districts may be completed as early as possible, BOARD OF EDUCATION OSHAWA, ONTARIO Cc. M. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Public Schools. G. K. DRYNAN, Chairman it will have accomplished something that many others here and abroad have failed to do. 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