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| She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher PRIDAY, JULY 26, 1963------PAGE 6 Real Shortage Of MPs Worth $16,000 A Year Reports from Ottawa indicate that members of Parliament are once again preparing to give them- selves a healthy increase in pay. It is being suggested that they will boost their annual "take" from $10,000 to $15,000 and $16,000. There is no doubt that a conscien- tious, intelligent member of Parlia- ment deserves a raise in pay, par- ticularly if he represents a consti- tuency far removed from Ottawa. His personal business must suffer; frequently he must maintain two homes; he has more than the usual demands on his money and his time. But how many members qualify? If one spends any time observing the goings-on in Ottawa, if one reads Hansard regularly, one is forced to the opinion that fewer than half of the MPs really earn what they are paid now. There is the matter of attendance at Monday and Friday sittings. Many members put in only a three- day working week in Ottawa -- and the word "working" is used loosely. Then one can consider the ques- tion period, which is a useful and necessary part of Commons pro- cedure. How useful it can be in the uncovering of government sins of omission and commission has been demonstrated recently by such good members as Stanley Knowles and Douglas Fisher, whose adroit probing opened the cracks in Fin- ance Minister Gordon and his bud- get. But there are other members who grossly abuse the question period, willing to waste the time of the House to bolster their own egos or reputations, One Social Cre- dit member loaded the order paper with so many questions that it took hours of overtime in the printing bureau to produce Hansard for the next day. Another member filled four pages with hundreds of ques- tions about how much of every dollar spent by the Public Workers Department went to Quebec firms, down to, such items as pieces of string. The electorate wants some- thing better than that for $16,000 a year Money Wasted On Signs We wonder what free-spending genius in the Ontario Department of Highways thought up the gim- mick of the numbered exits on Highway 401. Another cause of wonderment is that the highways minister approved the idea. Numbers are replacing names on the exit signs along the super- highway. The Oshawa Times has published a map showing most of the new designations. What has not been revealed is the total cost of this useless and unnecessary operation, but it must amount to many thousands of dollars. But mere thousands of dollars have be- come picayune items to the ~--e ment of Highways. The numbered exits are See to be an improvement. But: are I rs e ndian Point Mrs. Rosemary Fisher, a native of the Wikmekikong Reserve on Manitoulin Island--her Indian name is Anongose WaWashKesh -- says that the prime objective of the royal commission inquiry. into bi- culturalism should be to study rela- tions between Indians and White Canadians. You don't understand don't even try," she said in Toronto this week. "We are trying to get back our pride of ancestry." Who will deny that her point of view has much to recommend it? The Indians were the original inhabitants ; Europeans pushed their way in. While the Indians -- except us, you they? We think not. The signs with place names were adequate; they could be easily read by motorists driving within or at the speed limit -- and there is no reason to make any sort of concession to the people who exceed the limit. Moreover, they could be easily followed, in conjunction with ordinary road maps, by motorists not acquainted with the areas through which 401 passes. Now the Department of Highways must produce special maps, to show how the numbered exits link with other roads and com- munities; the road maps produced to date do not permit the additional of such detailed information, or if they do, the type must be so small as to be difficult to decipher The change is entirely unneces sary and wasteful. Of View for the Iroquois, possibly -- could not have been called a nation, in the modern sense, and even most of their tribes were loose associations often savagely with one another, they have in the interven- ing years acquired a sense of na- tionality, Their sovereignty has been recognized in treaty after treaty Were they concentrated as the French-Cana- dians, there isn't much doubt that the politicians would be highly sen- sitive to their complaints. Their big weakness is their' lack of voting power. at odds numerous and as as Throw Out An Anchor Air Marsha! Larry Dunlap spoke giowingly about the Bomarc missile when he appeared before the Com- mons defence committee the other day. It could hit high-flying as well as low-flying targets, he said. Of course, it's no good against other missiles and its range is quite limit- ed, but the Bomare and other anti- aircraft defences could destroy a The Oshawa Times T, UL. WILSON, Publisher +C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The © ond olsc the focal Tight: of specie! des- . Su. iding 425 Ontario: 640 Cathcart Other "15.00, quite high" percentage of an in- coming bomber fleet One of the committee members asked question: How much is "quite high"? Much higher than the 10 per cent sometimes scored by defence forces in World War Il, rather towards "the other end of the scale", he suggested. What he did not point out was that the survivors would be carrying, not the high explosive of World War II, but nuclear bombs. And it doesn't take many H-bombs to make quite a mess of a country The Vancouver Sun suggests that Air Marshal Dunlap might better referred to the Bomarces the way U.S. Defence Secretary Mc- Namara did before a congressional the veges have committee Bomarcs, Mr.. McNamara is report- ed to have said, reminded him of of two men drifting ina the edge shouted, The other .* on i. the story powerless boat towards of Niagara Falls. One "Throw out the anchar" no irst. man: be replied, "There's rope "Throw it out it'll do Said the f any way some good." may 'SHALL WE RESCUE OR BOMB IT?" REPORT FROM U.K. Marriage Debate Not For Children By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON--It is quite a usual thing for groups of teen-age children to sit in tt of the House of Comm House of Lords, list the debates. This i part of their edu cess, but somett happened in the House of Lords QUEEN'S PARK time ever, were gal when, for the first children and . teenagers asked to leave the public lery The House was debating the so-called '"'kiss' and, make-up" claims of the Matrimonzal Causes and Reconciliation Bill A former divorce judge, Lord Hobson, moved an amendment to delete this clause from the bil], and the discussion fit for adults only came in.a debate Federal Proposal Tough On Robarts By DON O'HEARN Toronto -- Premier Robarts has a tough fight ahead of him Mr. Rot has to hang on to his portable pe plan, at least until ction, It is one of points in his appea he voters And the federal Canada pen- sion plan makes his program look out of date The federal plan--really a so i ~ does ag 10 program do, and more. The Oniario -- e | scheme section of t ered. It aoe would. Kk would cover eve tawa would | And "'portabili tion. The Ottas be universa would therefore be TALK MONEY This puts Mr very theless he apparently fhght of course, it portable Robarts m a Bui never intends to peer positi is going to i licated to Ot- tawa i early final sound basis." resumably th means he may. challenge the federal plan TODAY IN HISTORY By July 26, 1963 in. 1822 when a was made at ~ia by rn estab settlement ished te Ber- aard Shaw was born THE CANADIAN PRESS _ on the claim is not sound While his approach, based on private imsurance companies, would be This point is complicated. But actually there is some question as to how large a program the private companies would have the resources to fund., In. any event while argumen' on it will take up time, there is no chance he would knock out the federal program with it--or even come coose There wheth some questhon e would want to, once the ele is out of the way The Conserv atives here have been semi-reluctant sponsors, of portable pensions They were first pressed by the 1959 election Then, Premier Frost agreed to look into them. But the i @ took a long time--three yes until some action was finally taken at this year's session All that time it has been known that a national security Pian was imminent at Ottawa It is reasonable to suspect the government perhaps wanted ge without expecting it would ever really have to put in a program promineatiy Liberals--in the on divorce and ho wto mend @ broken marriage As the debate went on, some peers began glancing anxiously towards the public gallery, where three children, accom- panied by their parents, were listening as he argued his case. Lord Hobson was making the point that it was wrong for a husband to be free to sue a "guilty" wife for divorce after having resumed marital rela- tions with her for the proposed three months period specified in the bill The anxiety of the peers seem- ed to become more intense when Baroness Summerskill spoke of "my knowledge gain- ed in the doctor's consulting room." In her speech, she said: 'The. persistently heavy drinker or the mean man pro- duces a frigid wife. The sluttish or lazy wife produces a hus- band who is sexually indiffer- ent." That was enough for one of the peers. Quietly he approach- ed Sir George Mills, who was recently appointed to the office of Black Rod, whose function it is to keep "good order" in the house At his bidding, a uniformed attendant was sent to talk to the parents, and advise them that it was not considered prop. er that their children should be listening to a debate of this - kind. They gave him quite an argument, and maintained that their children were too young to undersiand what was being said Then Sir George, the redoubt- able Black Rod -- in his old Style black coat and knee- breeches -- intervened personal- ly, and told the parents that their children would have to leave. He said that peers might feel inhibited by their' pres- ence, and might not express themselves as freely as they would do if the children were not there. The party left Another couple with one child with them arrived, but they were discreetly advised not to take their child into the gal- lery And finally, when a group of young girls approached the en- trance, they were told it might not be wise for them to listen o the debate. They agreed. and departed After all this had taken place the Lords finally voted on Lord Hobson's amendment and de- feated it by a margin of 27 votes BY-GONE DAYS 33 YEARS AGO Over the Kinsmen's val provided by Club of Oshawa nee at the Regent Theatre children went to Lakeview Paz fer a picnic 1,508 children went to Kiddies' Karni- the Kinsmen After a mati- we The fourth annual reumon of the Beacock family was hed at the Memoria! Park, Bramp. ton. The daywas warm and sunny More than 200,000 employees the General Motors cor- -- parick of ihe Car rporation : signature to the contract Tax collections in Oshawa f the first half of the year we very encouraging, accordin figures released by City Treas urer P. A. Blackburn. Collec tions on June 30 amount to $236,000. which is 61 per the total collectable on th tax rou number gathered in convenhor awa met in the General Saeiete auditorium in the oid head office building on Mary street A total of 522 dealers register ed for the convention Pontiacs scored a rather easy victory at the expense of Olds in a General Motors major softball league game at Alex- andra Park The Ontario Druggists' Gow Association paid their annual visit te Oshawa, 28 players com- peting on the 18 heles Bowmanville Foundry and the Canadian Radiant Company held their annual picnic at Centre Island. About 20 mém- ters and friends of the twe firms were present m | J. Lerne Arda manager. of Oldsmobile Satie and Cadillac for. General Motors of Canada: presided at a convention af Oldsmbi'e 'dis- sales La ftrict factory representatives The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Canadian Legien, Post 43. held their child picnic at Cream of Barley Camp, Bowmanville. Two bus leads left from the Legion Hall, Prince street. -- OTTAWA REPORT Questions Waste Time Of Commons (Editor's note: Patrick Nicholson is on holidays. During his absences guest columns are being contrib- uted by various members of Parliament.) Patrick Nicholson's guest col. umnist today is Wallace Nes- bitt, Progressive Conservative MP for Oxford, Ontario. OTTAWA~--The Speaker of the House of Commons, not the prime minister, is the . senior ranking member of Parliament and the new holder of this of fice, Alan Macnaughton, is be- ginning to find out that it is not a mere honorary position, By custom, "Mr. Speaker," as he is called, is the unanimous choice of all MPs, Likewise by custom Mr. Speaker has always been a member of the party forming the government of the day. In recent years a number of proposals have been made that-a permanent speaker be chosen but as yet this sugges. tion has not been accepted Mr, Macnaughton is an ex- ceedingly popular choice for the position of Mr. Speaker, He was first elected to Parliament in 1949 and has represented the Montreal riding of Mount Royal ever since. He was born. and raised in Napanee, Ontario; ed- ucated at McGill University in Montreal; speaks both English and French; and is a highly suc- YOUR HEALTH cessful Montreal business man, MAINTAINS ORDER Mr, Speaker's position is, of course, very much lik, that of a chairman or president of a meeting, and from time to time he is called upon to make deci- sions on points of parliamentary procedure. Nowadays Mr. Speaker's most difficult daily task takes place just after Parliament opens each day. This difficult period is known as the question period. Dunng this time, MPs (usually opposition MPs) ask govern. ment ministers oral questions on every conceivable subject, By rule these quastions must be of "urgent" and "national im- portance." Until the late 1940s this rule was: pretty generally observed by MPs and only a very few oral questions were asked at the daily opening of Parliament. Any question on any subject can of course al- ways be submitted to a. minis- ter in writing, and an answer obtained--this being the normal method of obtaining information without taking up the time of Parliament. When I entered Parliament in 1953, the question period seldom exceeded 15 min- utes per day. However, since then the rule regarding "urgency" or '"'na- tional importance' has been largely and increasingly disre- Emphysema Change Cannot Be Undone By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: Please try to explain my. problem in plain English, My doctor told me I nad bronchia! asthma. Then I went to a clinic and after a series of tests the answer was that I have pulmonary emphy- sema. The doctors there tried to explain it, but they used such big medica! words I still do not understand.--MRS, S, B. Asthma means difficulty in breathing, and the bronchial as- pect means that the difficulty hes in the bronchial tubes, the main branches from the wind- pipe into the lungs The bronchial tubes branch off into smatler ones, like the roots of a tree, and finally down to the tiny sacs or air cham- bers from which oxygen is fi- nally transferred to the blood ronchial asthma can result from various causes, the most frequent ones being constriction or spasm because of allergy, or emotional or other factors; swelling ot the tissues because ef any of various types of irri- tation or inflammation; and clogging because of phiegm When any or all of these con- ditions are present, the amount of air you can breathe in and out is less than it should be Are we writing plain enough Eglish so far? Pulmonary emphysema means that the lungs do not ex- pel enough air, and conse- quently cannot take enough in with the next breath. The lungs have lost some of their springy elasticity Actually. it is something more than that. Instead of all the tiny air sacs that you originally had, the walls of many of them have broken down, to leave some- what ger spaces instead of many small ones. These larger spaces cannot squeeze out air as completely as many small ones You are short of breath. You can't blow up a balloon as well as you used to. The emphysema quite com- monly is accompanied by or fol- lows asthma in the tubes higher up in the lungs. Each type of trouble tends to make the other that much worse, Drugs can help reduce the asthma, On the other hand, there is no way to undo the changes that have occurred from the emphysema. Instead, you must try to prevent it from becoming any worse The doctors, I am sure, have already told you te stop smok- ing--or . perhaps you already have. This is extremely impor. tant, so much so that some doc. ters and clinics. refuse to take a patient unless he stops smok- ing. Bf he will stop, they can help him; if he won't, they can't. Dear Dr. Moiner: Is it good taste. and more so from a health angle, to let a cocker spaniel sleep in the same bed on top of the covers?----M. M. No health aspect is involved. Whether it is "good taste" is outside my province. I don't care where your dog sleeps, as long as he is well-behaved Dear Dr. Molmer: I am a young gitl and all my friends call me fatty. I'm getting sick of hearing it. I have a big stomach, but I don't know what exercises to take. I need help. --FATTY You've taken the first helpful step. You recognize that you are too fat. Now take the sec- end step, and accept the fact that exercise alone is only a small part of the problem. Start learning which foods are fat- tening and eat less of them. Get plenty of exercise, too, but don't expect that to de every. thing. Doa't expect te accom- plish a miracie overnight. but if you try, you'll find that pres- ently they'll step calling you fatty garded and successive Speak. ers have allowed great latitude in the kind of oral questions that are asked daily, As a re sult the question period now takes normally anywhere from 40 to 90 minutes; a we con: siderable portion of 'artia, ment's daily working hours, This greatly slows down the carrying out of Parliament's regular business and is one of the most important reasons for the present long sessions PIPE LINE ECHO The e of the questi -- really got under way in 956 during the pipe line debate when Conservative and OCF MPs used the device as a sort of filibuster to delay the pas. sage of the notorious Pipe Line Bill. Precedents such as these are unfortunately dangerous and have far reaching effects, During the days of the Conserv. ative regime 1957-1963, the Lib- erals took advantage of the precedent and used it with great effect to harass and on occasion obstruct the govern ment. This latter in particular appeared to be the case in the brief 25th Parliament (June '62 to February '63) During the present Paniia- ment the question period has normally been lasting 30 to 60 minutes per day and this time- consuming operation has appar. ently become a permanent problem of Parliament, Mr, Speaker Macnaughton is now facing a difficult decision, made particularly difficult: dur. ing the present Parliament as the government has only a mi- nority of MPs and so Mr, Speaker must rely on the sup "44 of at least some opposition Ps to uphold his rulings. The chickens hatched by Mr Speaker Beaudoin in 1956 and by Mr. Speaker Michener in 1957-1962 have new come home to roost; and since it has now become the established custom to ask almost any kind of ques tion at the daily opening of Par. liament, except for extreme vio lations of the old rule most MPs would resent any rigid ap Plication of that rule. On the ether hand, Mr. Speaker must apply the rules in order that the business of Parliament can be carried on. Mr. Speaker Mac. naughton is indeed on the horne of a dilemma, This is only one of the many problems that be- devil the expeditious conduct of the nation's business PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM People are usually willing te meet each other half way, but their judgments of distances vary considerably A psychologist says that human nature is the same the world over. No wonder the world is in such a fix! The person who uses a lot of big words isn't trying to inform you -- he's trying te impress you Never before have have se many people been so displeased at what so many other people are doing or failing te do Overheard: "My husband is guilty of conflict of interests --- he's interested im another woman." "Time and tide wait for ne man" -- but many a woma believes she can make them back up for her COME FROM AFAR PRESTON, Oni. (CP)--A cot" lection of more than. 1,500 but- terflies and moths, all mounted and identified, has been gath. ered by Johnny Powers, 13, since he took up the hobby four years ago. Included are specimens from China, Austria, France, Florida, South America and Africa. cool collins and tonics... martinis. Try Hiram Walker's Crystal Gin. It Nends beautifully. 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