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~ She Oshaton Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited _ 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1963--PAGE 6 Action Needed To Keep Lake Ontario As Asset Beaches along Lake Ontario east of Toronto have been generally free of pollution this summer, with some local exceptions where adequate sewage treatment is lacking. But if communities in the western Lake Ontario area continue to pour un- treated sewage and industrial was- tes into the lake, this district could suffer, as lake currents carry the filth towards the north-cen' shore. ee The lake acts as a huge septic tank for 100 per cent of Welland's sewage, which reaches it by way of the Welland and Niagara rivers; for 75 per cent of St. Catharines' sewage; and for all the sewage from Niagara-on-the-Lake and other smaller communities. On top of this, a steady flow from Buffalo and other U.S. municipalities makes its way to the Niagara river, crosses the border without so much as by-your-leave and empties into the lake at the river's mouth. As a result of all this, most of the western lake beaches have been posted as dangerous to health. Dr. J. M. McGarry, director of the Expediency Political expediency has made such a patchwork of Canada's tax structure, says the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, that people are paying taxes they are not even aware of. In its brief tu the Royal Commission on Taxation, the Ed- monton Chamber raises the ques- tion of whether it is not really the consumer who pays -- in the form of an extra and undeclared sales tax -- most of the money that ' Ottawa collects via the corporation income tax. This same point has been raised by other businessmen and non- government economists. To stay in business, any company must sell its goods or services at a price that will permit it to compete and that will still return a certain margin of profit. But profit mar- gins are never so high that a busi- ness can simply absorb every in- crease in the costs of materials or labor, and eventually such higher costs. must be passed on through higher prices. There is evidence: that the great increase in the profits tax has sparked the same process. Since 1948 the corporation tax rate has been raised from 30 per cent to 52 per cent, an increase of more than 70 per cent. But the average profit in the manufacturing in- dustry, while it has declined, has St. Catharines and Lincoln County" Health Unit, admitted earlier this summer he would not swim any- where in the lake west of Hamilton. In several places the coliform count (an indication of the ratio of sew- age in the water) has been rated as marginal, but health officers consider it dangerous. The Ontario Public Health Act states that "no garbage, excreta, manure, filth, etc." is to be dumped in any lake, river or stream. But this must surely be the most dis- regarded law in the province -- even with a Water Resources Com- mission set up to guard the water supply. No one expects water pollution to be licked overnight, but surely there could be more positive action and, if necessary, tougher legislation. It is not simply a question of making the lake safe for swimmers. It is much more than that. Lake On- tario is a priceless resource, and this province will depend on it more and more in the years to come. But it is valuable only as a large body of fresh water. As a huge cesspool, it will be nothing. And Taxes not dropped in proportion to the tax increase; per dollar of sales the average profit was 6.2 cents in 1948 and 5.1 cents in 1962. The Edmonton Chamber argues that if the corporation tax is mostly passed down along the price line to consumers -- as certainly seems to be the case in Canada today -- it becomes a regressive sales tax. Goods that are specifically exempted from the sales tax -- necessaries such as foodstuffs and 'fuels, for instance -- actually carry a sales tax, to the great disadvantage of low income earners. And of course goods that are not exempt actually carry a double sales tax. It would be better, the Edmonton group told the Commission, to greatly reduce the corporation tax rate and make up lost revenue with a sales tax increase. But for basic form, said the Edmonton brief, the need is to eliminate political expediency from revenue-raising by educating the public to the influence that taxa- tion bears on the economiy of Can- ada as a whole. Before introduc- tion to Parliament, tax changes should be sent to a committee of the House of Commons for exam- ination in detail that would help the taxpayer understand who weuld pay and what the levy would mean to. the economy, Steel Fight Aftermath More than a year after the event, the political-economic crisis preci- pitated by President. Kennedy's denunciation of the April, 1962, steel price increase is still under discussion and examination. Two niew books -- The Stee] Crisis by Roy Hoopes and John Day, and Steel and the Presidency, 1962 by Grant McConnell -- recount in de- tail the frenzied behind-the-scene activities in the 72- hours between the announcement and the with- drawal of the price increase. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor » ,..The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the itby Gozette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). ors of Associaton. Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of ali news - despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuiets, and also the local news published therein. All rights of specici des- patches reserved, are also 1 Pst T L Ontario; 640 Catt " Street, venue, Toronto, rio; itheart Montreal, P.Q. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, A) Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Grove, Hampton Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Taunton, Tyrone. Dunbarton, Enniskillen, , Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, % , Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Monchester. Poritypool and Newcastle not over 45c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) eutside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per . Other Provnces and Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA, end foreign 24.00, Although both books display a decided pro-Kennedy bias, writer C. J. Harris notes, they describe in detail the nine major actions arbi- trarily initiated by the President to impose the administration's will. There were: investigations by a special grand jury, by the Justice Department, and by the Federal Trade Commission; a threat to dis- allow a proposed special deprecia- tion schedule for the steel industry; a study by the income tax officials of U.S. Steel's incentive employee plan; hearings by both the House and Senate anti-trust committees; changes in defence purchasing to penalize U.S. Steel; and the use of FBI agents to question newsmen at three in the morning. Despite its greater bias, Mr. Harris says, the Hoopes-Day book quotes: the most pertinent observa- tion made on the affair, an gpinion expressed by Charles A. eich, pro- fessor of law at Yale, in an article in the liberal New Republic: "The President has no right to force his economic policies on an unwilling industry without legislation . . . Freedom has little: meaning if it only allows action that ... conforms to the President's idea of the na- tional interest." y ~ ConFucies SAY. HE vito EATS Wilt CHOPSTICKS HAS Buse Bott DIFFICULTIES IN HANDLING CHOPSTICKS REPORT FROM U.K. Grain Crop Heavy But Harvest Late By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- To a country like Britain, which has to import a large proportion of its foodstuffs, and particularly grains, the an- nual harvest of home-grown cer- eals is of the greatest importan- ce, Judging from what I have seen in the south of England, and from reports from farmers in this part of the country, this year's crops should bring smiles to the President of the Board of Trade. Grain crops are going to be ex- ceptionally heavy this year, even if the harvest, because of the late spring, will be about three weeks behind the normal date. By late August there had been few calls on harvesting machin- ery inthis southern area, of English farmland, taking in the counties of Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire and Ox- fordshire. CROP OF THE YEAR Apart from the lateness of the season, which means the grain harvest will go on well into Sep- tember, farmers in these coun- ties are looking for bumper yields from their grain crops. This is particularly true of bar- ley, which is being regarded as the crop ofthe year. From every area reports indicate that the yield will be well above aver- age. * Winter wheat is also very pro- mising, and above-average yields are indicated in most dis. tricts. In fact, in Surrey, winter wheat may well oust barley from its position of being the most successful crop. There has been a substantial reduction in the acreage of oats being grown. In the whole of England and Wales, the oat crop has fallen from 917,000 ac- res in 1961 to 615,000 acres this year. But a good yield per acre is likely where it is being grown. HIGH POTATO YIELDS ~- The weather this season has been especially favorable for root crops, and some huge crops of potatoes are expected. In the Romney Marsh area, where potatoes form a main crop the fields look exceptionally well, and there has been no sign of blight. The early varieties have been.very prolific, and on some farms the yields have been de- scribed as "colossal". This glut of early potatoes, however, has had one disadvan- tage. It caused a drastic slump in prices, and growers have been receiving onliy from two to four cents a pound for their po- tatoes. Housewives, of course, are benefitting from the low YOUR HEALTH prices at which potatoes ate being sold in the shops. Sugar beets, with a much lar. ger acreage being grown, are very promising, with no signs of virus disease, and should pro- vide a heavy flow of roots to the sugar factories. The hay crop, thanks to some fine, warm weather in July, has also been highly satisfactory, and with sgif™md cuts possible in many areas, farmers will have little anxiety over supplies of winter fodder. On the whole, therefore, 1963 looks like being a highly satis- factory year for the British far- mers, and their fine crops will make a substantial contribution towards reducing the amount of foodstuffs, expecially cereals, which will have to be imported. Ways To Handle Angina Pectoris By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD More can be done about an- gina pectoris than some people realize, so let's get the word eround. As we said yesterday, there are many causes for angina. In some instances it stems from a weakness of the heart itself, and you just have to accept this unhappy fact. But if you have the problem, you can still be a great deal more comfortable with it. In cases resulting from other causes, considerably more can sometimes be done, and in some instances permanent cor- rection or lessening of the se- verity may be possible. The most effective relief, however, is by placing a nitro- glycerin tablet under the tongue, It gives sufficient lift, even though temporary, so that the pain ceases and the heart itches up dequate power. The effect the tablet, how- ever, is brief. Fortunately there is no par- ticular limit to the number which can be taken safely. Nei- ther do they lose their effect from repeated use. Many patients get along well with only a few a day Others require a considerable number for comfort. Some patients even keep the tablets on a night stand beside the bed because they know from experience that they are likely to be awakened by pain. Others, however, since BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Rev. John K. Moffat was in- ducted as the new minister of Simcoe Street United Church. Dawn Steckley, member of the Oshawa Skating Club, was awarded the Canadian Figure Skating Association Gold Medal. Sidewalks, watermains and storm sewers were planned for districts in East Whitby Town- ship. Lawrence. Wragg of Jarvis street, a graduate of McMaster University, was appointed a le- cturer at Mount Allison Univer- sity in Sackville, N.B. George W. Findley, manager of the Ajax development pro- ject, announced that contracts were let for the erection of 100 houses, the first step in a gigan- tic plan for development of Ajax. The Oshawa Community Con- cert Association arranged for a series of four concerts to be presented in the Regent Theatre ~ throughout the fall and winter. Keith Gahan, manager of the 8. S. Kresge Co. Ltd., Oshawa store, was transferred to Lon- don, Ontario. Bill Hamilton and Lance Pugh Oshawa's Olympic team bicycle riders for Canada, won the. On- tario dirt track championships in the 4 mile and 1-mile events, oo held at Alexandra ark, Reginald G. Geen, organist at Simcoe Street United Church, was named to the Council of the Canadian College of Organ- ists at the association's annual convention. A total of 50 permits were is- sued during August by the city engineer's department represen- ting an estimated value of $204, 160. Included among. the - per- mits were 19 new dwellings. Hugh Lucas retired after 18 years service as governor of the Gounty Jail A/record 7,500 attended the annual Port Perry Fair. they are at rest, sleep right through the night. On occasion it is better' to use longer-lasting nitrite tablets instead .of the nitroglycerin. With etther medication, how- ever, a great deal of the suc cess depends upon the patient himself. : He usually learns quickly to ize how much exertion he can stand without suffering en attack--how much he can eat, how far and how fast he can walk. If walking from of- fice to parking lot is too much, then taking a nitro pill before- hand often permits the jaunt without pain. Le rto go only half way and then sitting down to rest for a few minutes can ward off the pain. Often if the pain starts and the patient imme- diately stops whatever activity. or exercise he has been efi- gaged in, the pain can stop as abruptly as it started. But no- body gains anything by being stubborn and trying to keep going anyway. The heart must have its respite from strain, If the blood cholesterol is high, reduction of it by diet and medication sometimes reduces the pain. When anemia, over - active thyroid or diabetes are at the root of the trouble, these must be controlled--but that still does not mean that the heart can with impunity be forced beyond its capacity. Reduction of smoking, or quitting 'entirely, is wise, be-_ cause tobacco aggravates an- gina. In a few cases of certain types, modern heart surgery can be very useful, but I must warn that, up to now at any rate, this is limited. Last, but by no means the last important, emotional stresses and disturbances can evoke pain. Make a conscious effort to avoid getting stirred up. In short, be philosophical about life; it will make you more comfortable. Indeed, there are many cases in which the pain has subsided or even disappeared when. a patient has calmed down after passing through some extended crisis, as marital discord or job diffi- culties. $OO0O00000 Brush With Death Led To New Look At Living By BEN WARD OTTAWA (CP) -- In 1917 a young Canadian soldier, with sharpnel -- was ly- ota change "Tha look on life," Pre Mh David 6im, deputy minister of na- tional revenue, recalls, "From then on I felt I was living on borrowed time, and thafi had to do the best I could to de- serve it." Mr. Sim is due to retire after his 65th birthday next year, efter holding the status of a deputy minister longer than anyone now in the federal civil service. -- HE WAS SURPRISED How he reached his present rank is almost as strange a story as that of his brush with death. A Liberal government brought him to Ottawa and a Conservative government. not only retained him, but later vaulted him into a permanent post with deputy minister rank. "It was surprising, all right, but I was as surprised as any- body," he says. . Today he runs the customs and excise sections of the reve- nue department, with 8,000 em- ployees and 400 offices--a $21,- 000-a-year job. In 1939, a week before Can- @da entered the Second World War, he and two other senior officials were urgently sum- moned to the office of Labor Minister Norman Rogers. At that time Mr, Sim was expect- ing to go on active duty with the Cameron Highlanders of Ot- tawa, a militia unit in which he held the rank of captain. Mr. Rogers, who later died in an airplane crash, assigned the three to devise an unprec- edented federal agency that would block any wartime pro- fiteering and prevent shortages i food and industrial materi- als. SCOTS IN CHARGE They came up with the war- time prices board, one of the most powerful and effective pieces of government appara- tus ever created in Canada. With Mr. Sim on the project were Hector McKinnon, chair- man of the tariff board, and Fred McGregor, director of combines investigation. Both have since retired, and live in Ottawa. "We were all Scotsmen, and with the Scots' reputation for thrift I suppose we were natur- als for the job," Mr. Sim said with a grin, his accent still showing his ancestry, They recruited talented busi- mess leaders for the board's many fields of interest. For the tough job of price control they found another Scot named Don- ald Gordon. He became the board's chairman, and later be- came president of the CNR. GALLUP POLL duties and was a ot of alco! % 8 a-bank at Kitchener, Ont., but after his mai e in 1924 the bank salary ri ip i eee - 5 tr ; i i: iff z, F | H A wae E . Be F Hf i F i j s rE z E 3 bel EF ings Company as the firm's as- + sistant secretary. Too Many Aged Houses Headache For British By ROD CURRIE LONDON (CP)--Of the esti- mated 16,700,000 homes in Bri- ain, close to half were built before 1900, about one-quarter before 1880. At last count, 5,000,000 were without a bathroom--in another 1,187,000 homes, the bath was shared by one or more families. It is estimated that only about four per cent have central heating. The clamor for such heating units is gaining momentum and the percentage is climbing steadily, but on the plumbing side experts predict new figures later this year won't show any appreciable improvement over the 'last 10 years. Aside from lhe quality of much existing accommodation, a recent government white pa- per estimated the total shortage of houses at "somewhere be- tween 500,000 and 1,000,000." Other experts, who disagree with the government's defini- tion of a slum, say the figure should be much higher. For thousands of people in low- and middle-income brack- ets the whole thing means liv- ing in squalid accommodations, For others it means the wait- ing list for up to 10 years be- fore getting a council flat. YOUNG COUPLES LEAVE Many young couples despair of ever having a home of their own and hundreds of this year's bumper crop of immigrants. to Canada have given this as a male reason for leaving. Brit- ain. Rents and land values, es- pecially in the cities, have sky- rocketed lifted in 1957. In this atmos- phere, dozens of powerful land- lords have grown wealthy on the misery of others, particu- larly the poor and i grants. It all adds up to a monstrous headache for the government and local councils, together re- sponsible for public housing in Quebec Claims Obtain Slight Outside Support By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Resserved) Half the people of Quebec claim French-Canadians have not been given full rights under Confederation. More than half the people in the rest of. Can- ada say they have. On the na- tional average, however, 27 per cent of the public thinks French- Canada-has unfair treatmeat while 43 per cent disagree. Checking to find out why Ca- nadians hold these conflicting opinions, The Gallup Poll found that the word "discrimination" and "Inferior" were used most often by those who think French-Canada is badly used. Those who disagree believe that French-Canadians have the same rights as all. other citi- zens, ' Hre's how the arguments line up: Across the Nation the 27 per cent who agree that French- Canadians have not been given their full rights give these as top-ranking reasons for their opinion. There is discrimination against French Canadians; they are treated as infer- iors They are not given equal chances in employment .. The French language 1s not taught enough in the rest of Canada It's their own fault: they don't wish to co-operate; they're not aggressive: enough . They do not recenive equa benefits from their CAKES -- ccccccvncsce vececccee French Canadians don't 12 10 SORLM LACH RAP OROPOGOEO OD The dependable YY source of cash IAN (LOANS UP TO $3,000.00 OR MORE) NIAGARA FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED . ; : nF 63-9 <> CHOPS SOOO O90 HO HO OOP have as good a represen- tation in the Gov't, as they Shi Hd | sesccossoces Other reasons (discontent in Quebec: The separatist movement etc.) 7 Can't say why ecco. 27 (Some gave more than one reason) 101% On the other hand the 43 per cent of the Canadian public which holds French Canada iz fairly treated under Confedera- tion give the following main reasons: French Canadians have the same rights as every one else in the County .... 56% They want too much; they get too much now ....... They don't even' have to learn English because French is taught in English speaking schools ovesves They are causing trouble They are part of Canada and should accept laws of the country; if they don't like it let them leave .. They are dominated by the Roman Catholic Church Other reasons .....cccsoce Can't say Why ...c.cocce They don't try to co- operate; they stick togeth- % er; they don't want to fitin 4 (Some gave more than one reasson) 101% since controls were: Britain, Also coming in for se vere criticism is the building industry itself, accused of slow, ojd-fashioned methods. "Why are houses still being built more. or less as they' were in the time of the first Eliza- bethans?" D Mirror in a A housing ministry architect eee nee, methods could cut the time for building a council house of flats to three from 12 months and the ment has established a special department to promote re- search into new and rapid methods. LOOK TO CANADA A housing mission back from Canada has presented an en- thusiastic report on Canadian- style frame homes and said they could be adapted to Brit- ish needs. Two hundred will be built as an experiment and the Canadian timber mission here has been flooded with from eager Britons dreaming of a centrally heated, insulated, damp-free home. The problem is cost. Although no price has been esta it seems likely such homes be well beyond the reach of the people who need them most. The government says about 300,000 homes a year have been built since the 1950s but the majority were absorbed by the rapidly rising population. The target has been stepped up to 350,000 but this still isn't me to make any great cut in It takes scheme started in 1956 at clearing 97,000 a year in 1961, the best year so far, only" 75,000 came down, MAKE NO COMMENT ii ot The government's official fi- before that are listed as: 600,- 000 slums; 2,500,000 "twilight" accommodations -- an ill - de- fined term generally covering homes unsatisfactory but not "officially" earmarked for slum clearance; 3,00,000 still sturdy enough to be worth renovating and eligible for assistance grants; 1,500,000, 4p to standard. The governpfent gets its fig- ures fro; cal councils but the aipeaity arises when some authorities estimate the size of their problem only in propor- tion to the number of homes they could reasonably hope te clear in the foreseeable future. Also, in a prosperous area, @ health officer might condemn a home that in a crowded in- dustrial area would be consid- ered better than average, For instance, Glasgow, no- torious for its slums, sets the Official figure at 20,000, while nip ong opinion puts it closer to To add to the reho lem, the building indus re cently negotiated a new con- tract and it is estimated this will add about 150 to the cost of a £3,000 home. WILLING instruction to heart. GEORGE PETERBORO OR $10,000 A YEAR? We're looking for men of your calibre who toke respect If you qualify and cap get elong with people, you'll become @ coreer agent for the Stete Farm Insurance Companies serv- ing the needs of policy holders in this arec. Previous Soles experience not necessary. No ceiling on earnings. FOR DETAILS WRITE: Agency manager State Farm Insurance Companies 1185 ALGONQUIN BLVD. TO EARN A. CULL CALL 745-1034