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¢ Oshawa Gunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Labor History Is Made | | As New College Opens This is a significant day in the 'history of the Canadian labor move- ment. This morning the first courses began at the new Labor College of Canada in Montreal. * In 1958, the executive council of 'the Canadian Labor Congress was directed by convention to discuss with Canadian universities the 'possibility of establishing a labor college, Three years later an agree- ment was reached between the CLC, the University of Montreal and Mc- Gill University. The Confederation of National Trade Unions, the French-language labor organization, was later invited to participate, and accepted; the CNTU was already running its own school for unionists, and will continue to do so, while co-operating in the bilingual ven- ture. Some 80 students are attending the College this year for its first seven-week term. The courses deal with history, sociology, economics, political science and the theory and practice of trade unionism. It is the College's proud boast that while there are labor colleges in other countries -- the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Den- mark, among others -- it is the only one that is bilingual and bicul- tural. As a result, it is expected that some foreign countries will want to send French-speaking stu- dents here. : The College has set for itself a minimum objective, for its initial three-year period, of 225 students and will provide two seven-week terms in 1964 and 1965. Eventually, labor officials hope, the program will be extended over a regular seven-month academic year. This is a constructive, progressive step by Canadian unions, and one which should ultimately be of de- cided benefit to the whole country. We hope that the directors of the College, however, will not follow too closely the line suggested by Fer- nand Jolicouer, dirctor of CNTU's education service, who wrote: '"Be- sides offering trade-union activists an opportunity 'to complete their technical and social education, it will also bring all Canadian workers to think and act in common." A college course should not be con- sidered the completion of an educa- tion; and a drab uniformity of thought and action is not likely to produce a vigorous, far-sighted labor movement. It's Question Of Time Opposition leader John Diefen- baker won few cheers last week when he questioned, in the Com- mons, the propriety of a cabinet minister's retaining his job as a cattle auctioneer. His target was Agriculture Minister Harry Hays, who has for many years operated a cattle auction business in Calgary. Mr. Diefenbaker suggested that such an occupation was somewhat below the dignity of a post in a federal cabinet. Mr. Diefenbaker was ticked off by several commentators for sug- gesting that any honest job was demeaning to a cabinet minister. The Toronto Star, for example, snarled that "No Canadian Emily Post, so far as we know, has ever made a hard-and-fast division of jobs into those which are suitably dignified for cabinet ministers and 'those which are not. In genera! in this country, public men have been free to follow any honest occupation, provided it involved no conflict of interest with their official duties-- and nothing of the sort is alleged in this case." : True enough, Mr. Diefenbaker goofed when he pegged his query to the matter of a cabinet minister's dignity. What he should have asked about was the need for two min- isters of agriculture when one of them apparently had enough time on his hands to go auctioneering. Prime Minister Pearson did a lot of talking during the election campaign about the need for two ministers of agriculture, one for the West and one for the East. The af- fairs of the agriculture department, it seems, were so numerous, time- consuming, varied and complex that they demanded the attention of two men. And new men moving into so mystifying a department would surely have to work night and day to gain some idea of what was going on, and what was expected of them. But perhaps Mr.. Hays is one of those extraordinarily gifted people who can do in-minutes or hours what takes the rest of us days or weeks. The job of an auctioneer is as honorable and dignified as the jc of, say, a lawyer. The point is this: Does a minister of agriculture have time for it? Sugar Demand, Supply The federal government last week said it was looking into the possibility of ways and means to 'stabilize sugar prices, and in the United States three congressional committees are starting to investi- yate the sugar situation. The 'American legislators are perturbed sbecause the price developments have made a mockery of sugar leg- islation passed by the U.S. Con- gress last year -- legislation which was supposed to guarantee a steady supply of the commodity for the 'American market at stable prices. : The most common explanation' for the sugar situation -- as we commented last week -- is that de- mand has grown while supplies he Oshatwn Zimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The" Oshawa Times lestablished 1871} and the Whitby Gazette ond ronicle (established 1863, is published doily y$ and statutory holidays excepted). « ot C Daily N Publish- @rs Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dollies jation, 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 or Reuters, and also the local ews published therein. Al! rights of special des- patches aré olso reserved. * Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University venue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cothcort Street, itreal, > SUBSCRIPTION RATES * Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Whitby, Ajax, ickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince rt, Maple Grove, Homptun, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, jrono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, jumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, inchester, Pontypool and Newcastle. not over week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) ' qutside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other c Gounti 15.00, USA. end foreign 24,00, have not kept pace. The Milwau- kee Journal, for example, reports: "Since last January the price of raw cane. sugar on the New York mar- ket has doubled.. Now that demand has eaten through most reserves, refineries and many manufacturers of sugar-based products say they have no choice but to pass along some of the price increase to con- sumers, "A voracious sweet tooth has pushed world sugar consumption steadily upward to almost} 60 mil- lion tons annually. Abofit 20 per cent of this comes fron beets, the rest from cane. In the last two years, the big Européan beet crop has been hit by averse weather. In addition, the supply from Cuba, which normally ryfs about six mil- lion tons -- the figgest single out- -- has slipped to tons. The result: World sugar production, estimated for 1963 at 52 million tons, is far behind demand... "The (U.S.) agriculture depart- ment claims that speculative activ- ity which has helped to drive up prices is now subsiding. It also ex- pects supply to catch up with de- mand when this.fall's sugar harvest is in. Some sugar trade sources contend, however, that prices will remain high for another year or two to offset a profit squeeze they say exists throughout the industry." REPORT FROM U.K. New Zealand Canada By M. McINTYRE HOOD Secial London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- New Zealand House, the new headquarters of the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from that coun- try, has just been opened in the Haymarket, in the heart of Lon- don and within a stone's throw of its Canadian counterpart, Canada House, on Trafalgar Square. The building, which is the third skyscraper to be com- pleted in London in the last few weeks, was formally opened by the Queen. She warmly com- mended the government of New Zealand for establishing this handsome new headquarters in the heart of the Commonwealth, and saw in it a further link of unity between Britain and the Commonwealth countries over- seas. New Zealand House rises to a height of 225 feet, and towers over all of the surrounding buildings. It provides an outlook over the whole of Central Lon- don, and completely dwrarfs the Nelson Column on nearby Tra- falgar Square. It was built by the New Zea- land government at a cost of over six million dollars, exclu- sve of furnishings. HEL: UP The construction of this Lon- don headquarters of the New Zealand government has been on the way for nearly 10 years. The designs for it, by Sir Robert Matthew, of the architectural firm of Robert Matthew, John- son - Marshall and. Partners were prepared in 1954. The scheme, however, was subjected to strong criticism and much op- position, both in the London County Council and from the property-owners in the vicinity. They objected very strenuously to so high a building being built at the corner of Haymarket and Pall Mall. It was only after several mod- ifications were made in the plans, including removal of a high tower on the building and the addition of an extra storey to the lower podium, that the cabinet finally gave approval to the construction. Despite these changes, which were not sup- ported by the architects, the building has emerged as one of character and quality, although Puts In Shade it is mere marked for its func- tional design rather than for its architectural beauty. The building is a square, tall block, with circular concrete columns covered in stainless steel on the ground floor of the Haymarket and Pall Mall front- ages. These stand out against the black marble-faced walls. Above ground level, the build- ing is faced with Portland stone, but all of the higher storey¥ YOUR HEALTH have their walls dimost entirely of glass. Some of the panes of plate glass are as large as 18 feet by nine feet. As the whole building is air-conditioned, the windows do not open. The entrance hall is paved in white marble, with galleries and halls at different eves. A cen- tral place in the hall is to be occupied by a 45-foot Maori house post, carved from the trunk of a totara tree. The Hig Commissioner's office, on the third foor, has a terrace over- looking Pall Mall and a library. Windows in the offices extend from floor to ceiling. As they sit at their desks, the staff members have a wide vista of London spread out before them. Alongside this splendid New Zealand structure, Canada House looks drab and common- place. Aid In Prevention Of Diverticulosis By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: Where can I find a diet for diverticulitis? --G.S.C, Dear Doctor: What causes diverticulosis and diverticulitis? What are the differences, and the consequences if a sufferer doesn't adhere to careful diet? Can either lead to cancer?-- D.D. Straining, constipation, and probably. minor weak places in the intestinal wall appear to be the principal causes--anyway, in the colon or elsewhere an out- pouching develops. That's a di- verticulum. Diverticulosis mean you have a diverticulum. Diverticulitis means that this Ppouched place has become in- flamed and irritated. No, it's not regarded as lead- ing to cancer. Indeed, in our more advanced yeass, as many as a quarter to a third of us may have diverticulosis and not even know it. It is when one of these areas becomes infected and under continued irritation that it may be serious, so it pays to under- stand it and to keep it from reaching such a stage. It does not require a fussy duet, but it calls for reasonable avoidance of a relatively small number of foods--seedy fruits, nuts, corn, and bran products (because they are just about all "roughage" and thus irritating). It's easier to remember the things to avoid because they are relatively few in number. BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Rev. P. Coffey, parish priest of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, celebrated the 25th an- niversary of his ordination. Miss I. G. Boes, head of the Children's Department at the Oshawa Public Library, re- ceived her Bachelor of Library Science degree at the Univer- sity of Toronto. Matthew N. Jackson was pre- sented with a tea service on the occasion of the Oshawa Boy Scouts Association annual ap- preciation for a successful Scout year. Ronald Aldous won the schol- arship for academic achieve- ment at Lorne Park College, Port Credit. William Bradley was named as president of the Electrical Maintenance Club for Oshawa and district. Rev. John K. Moffat, of Kirk- land Lake, accepted a call to become minister of Simcoe Street United Church. Several records were broken at the OCVI track and field meet at Alexandra Park. New records were set by Wimp Crawford for the senior 220-' yard dash, the senior mile by Jim Harris and the senior 440- yard sprint by Ray Mozewsky. Miss R. M. Wadsworth, Miss Catherine Annis, Miss Dorothy, Mills, C. E. Eadie, R. V. Shef- field and W. J. Stafford, Oh- awa students, received degrees at the graduation exercises, « University of Toronto. J. Phil Holloway, manager of the Oshawa branch of the Can- ada Bread Company and editor of a bread magazine, was given honorary mention award by thé International Council of Indus- trial Editors. The third annual air show, sponsored by the Ontario Coun- ty Flying Club and junior Chamber of Commerce, drew a record attendance. Prize wit- ners were Milt McDougall, Clint Birchard, Darcy Helmer, Norma Lowe and Mona Salter. Except for them, eat what you want. And cook it as you please Dear Dr. Molner: I'm 19 and terrified about my condition, but am too worried to see a doctor. For a year now I have suf- fered from pinworm, on and off. I've taken medicine which helps temporarily. I'm wondering if it is some- thing I'm eating and what I can do to get rid of them per- manently. I also secrete a thick, white mucus-like vaginal substance. How can I. correct this?--M. H. Come, now, let's get unter- rified. You're having troubles that lots of people have had and have overcome. I would venture an opinion that other members of your household have pinworm, too. It's the way the ornery creature survives. One person gets rid of it and gets it again from somebody else. It isn't from anything you eat. The real key is to get the whole household treated at the same time. It is not difficult with the newest medicines, but they aren't available as drug- store remedi@s, because the dosage has to be calculated for each person. The worrisome discharge may be from the pinworms. They are known to irritate the vaginal tract in some cases. Firemen's'Elimination cP) -- Can- eda's railways are finding it's taking a lot\ more time--and money--than een expected to get the firemen out of the diesel locomotive cabs on freight and yard service. The railways have claimed for years that the fireman in freight and yard diesels was not neeced, that he performed no work that could not be done just as well by another mem- . ber of the locomotive crew. The firemen's union bitterly opposed this claim--two strikes were called against the CPR in 1957 and 1958 over it--but fin- ally accepted a formula that aimed at the gradual elimin- tion of the firemen. The formula, agreed on after a royal commission studied the question in 1957, provided for the laying off of all freight and yard firemen with less than two years' seniority, The. remaining firemen's posts would disappear as the firemen were promoted, quit to take other jobs, retired or died. It went into effect on thé CPR in 1958 and on the CNR a year later. At that time it was estimated it would take 10 to 15 years to get the firemen out of the freight and yard diesels. Unofficial estimates now are adding as much as 20 years to that, although the railways are not making any new public fore- casts since the whole matter now is under fresh study. WILL GO PAST 1973 "Let's just say that there are indications we'll be carrying firemen well beyond the .pro- jected 1973 cut-off date," said one CNR official. "It certainly is taking much longer than had been antici- pated," said the CPR. The CPR estimated before the royal commission in 9157 that it would add $35,000,000 to its labor bill to carry 'the fire- men until all their freight and yard jobs disappeared. Since 1958, the CPR says, the actual cost has been $41,000,000 and the job is less than half done. The payroll for freight and yard firemen in 1962 alone was $8,600,000. It is difficult to put an exact figure on how many firemen have left freight and yard serv- fice since the forula was put into effect. This is because the number -on the job may fluctu- ate widely almost day by day. Firemen have a rotating sen- jority system under which they can move into passenger serv- ice or up to engineer's work if enough trains are moving, and fall back to freight and yard work in slack times. Roughly, however, the CNR and CPR figure that about 800 firemen have been removed from each of their seniority lists. The CNR has about 2,000 more to go and the CPR about 1,500. os The issue developed during the early 1950s when the rail- ways started to switch to diesel locomotives from steam. TODAY IN HISTORY By The Canadian Press June 3, 1963... The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis. Simpson were married at Mons, France, 26 years ago today--in 1937 --some six months after he abdicated as the un- crowned King Edward VIII. After only 11 onths he gave up his thrgne in De- cember, 1936 fg? "the wo- man I love." jHis was the first voluntary abdication in more than 1,000 years of British monarchy and his decision divided the nation and created a world-wide sensation. His romance with Mrs. Simpson, a divorcee, had brought him into con- flict with Prime Minister Baldwin and the foremost ecclesiastical circles. 1621--The Dutch West In- dies Company was founded. 1909--Mackenzie King was sworn in as minister of la- bor. Exclusive with 51 Burk St. New in Oshawa -- RENU=-TEX PROCESS @ Clothes look Sparkling New Again @ Colors Brighter Thon Ever @ Fabrics Rich and Cashmere -- Smooth @ Pleats Stay in, Creases Stay Put'. All at no extra.cost to YOU !! RINKER'S CLEANERS -- Oshawa -- 725-1191 Proving Slow Process On a steam engine the fire- man had been essential but, the railways said, an engineer and a trainman could handle a die- sel. A third man was not needed. The union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen (CLC), fought the move to eliminate the firemen and in 1956 the @PR's case went before a _ conciliation board. j A majority report upheld the railway but the umion rejected it and in January, 1957, called a strike that lasted for nine days. The royal commission under tye net we merge tenn fonmigy wees Mr. Justice R. L; Kellock of the Supreme Court of Canada stud- fed the matter for most of 1957 and the following February is- sued its report, calling for the gradual elimination of freight and yard firemen's jobs to pre- vent undue hardships by sud- denly dumping them. : The union continued to oppose the proposal, calling another two-day strike in May, but the plan finally went into effect. The following year the CNR reached a similar agreement with the union. The Canadian railways ' ex- perience in dealing with the problem has received close at- tention in the United States, where carriers have been try- ing to eliminate similar jobs. A special presidential com- mission heard detailed testi- mony on the Canadian situation and finally proposed a similar settlement. Aussie Redistribution Studied By. Castonguay CANBERRA (CP)--Canada's chief electoral officer, Nelson Castonguay, in Australia for a study of the electoral system, will pay particular attention to the system for redistributing electoral boundaries to conform with population shifts and growths, Australian electoral boundar- ies for the House of Represen- tatives are distributed approx- imately every nine years. Re- distribution is usually under- taken after a national census, which gives details of the areas in which people are living, and the changes of address they have made since the previous census. In each of the six Australian States, the federal government appoints three electoral com- missioners to investigate these population changes. The com- missioners are public servants, and usually comprise the chief electoral officer of the slate concernedy-the head of the land survey section in the state con- cerned, and a third person with similar qualifications. The commissioners are re- quired to divide the 5,000,000 Australian voters into 122 elec- torates, which average between 40,000 and 50,000 voters each, and base their decisions on community of interest, trans- port facilities, and natural boun- daries, such as rivers and mountain ranges. SMALL POPULATION The Australian federal elec- toral system is based on one vote-one value, which means that all electorates contain ap- proximately the same number of voters. This is not arbitrary, and some elasticity is allowed, particularly in isolated country electorates, where it is difficult sometimes to find 40,000 elec- tors in an area of several thous- and square miles, The Northern Territory, for instance, which is represented by only one member, has an area of 523,620 square miles, but contains fewer than 10,000 voters. Because of the small population, the Northern Terri- tory's member is allowed to vote in the Parliament only on matters affecting his own elec- torate. It would be virtually impos- sible to achieve a faithful cross- section of party voters in all électorates. Where Liber- als overwhelmingly predomin- ate, they are known as "blue ribbon" seats. Where Labor is unbeatable, such seats are "strongholds." They seem to balance out . Electorates with a goodly number of voters who are not diehard party followers provide ¥ the spice of uncertainty in the over-all outcome of a general election. Swinging voters in marginal seats help to keep governments on the straight and narrow. PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM The preferential: system of voting used in Australia adds to the anxieties of parties and candidates where three or more candidates nominate and the main issue in an election is not involved with party lines and loyalties. When the commissioners con- duct their review of electorates, anyone who wishes may make representations to them about the area concerned. Thus, a sitting member who can present a plausible case for excluding or including a particular area, which may be favorable or in- imical to his own interests, ex- ercises considerable influence _ on the commissioners' finding. Thi has led to allegations that the commissioners are tools of the government of the day, and that their findings fre- quently favor sitting members, The commissioners' pleted reports must be pre sented to Parliament for adop- tion before they become law, Presentation of the reports is not mandatory, but they usually do come from the Parliament, which can adopt, reject or amend them. In the most recent study by commissioners, resulting from a population census in 1961, the reports have been presented to Parliament, but no further ac- tion is likely. This is because the commis- sioners have recommenedd the elimination of certain seats, now held by the country party, and the creation or redistribu- tion of other seats, which would benefit the Liberal party. @ WEDDING PORTRAITS @ WEDDING ALBUMS 21 ATHOL ST. WEST 723-3680 THERE'S FUN FOR ALL IN ONTARIO'S HOLIDAYLAND Whether you enjoy modern resort, hotel or motel living or the rustic outdoor camping life--Ontario has what you want. 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