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| She Oshawa Fines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1963--PAGE 6 Birthday Thoughts May Spark Lively Argument Canada is four years away from the celebration of one hundred years as a nation. It is a good time to consider both our origins and our progress since that historic July 1 almost a century ago. From this sort of consideration we may gain a clear view of our future course -- and also enliven our minds with academic speculation. Did we, for example, rush into nationhood too soon? Should we have been more reluctant to cut our colonial ties? Examination of such questions may seem pointless now, but at least they can point the way to sprightly argument. A hundred years ago this month -- Oct. 10, 1863 -- the London Economist was advisng the '"ma- ture colonies" to make _ haste slowly. Recognizing the growing urge for independence in Canada, the Economist commented: "No doubt the time must arrive when a great empire like Canada must practically be independent of England, and, if still connected with her at all, connected only by a sort of voluntary federal alliance. But we think it might very easily hap- -- pen that such a time could come too soon. . .There can be no doubt, we think, that... the United States entered on an imperial experiment before they were really prepared for anything but a colonial adminis- tration; and hence the unfortunate limitation of the power of the cen- tral government and the doctrine of state sovereignty, which has given a bald and municipal tinge to all their political life ever since. "The first interest of colonists in politics is naturally the physical development of the country, and till this has so far proceeded that a large variety in the social elements has sprung up naturally ... there is too great a uniformity of thought and culture to give birth to the higher kinds of political organiza- NON he "Canada would do well not to throw off the modifying and culti- vating influence of the imperial mind, till it has found a real na- tional mind of its own." Now that should be enough to start an argument. Little Care For Geese One would think that provincial governments would be much more concerned about traffic safety than they are. The motorist is, after all, a very heavy tax payer. On top of his sales taxes, income taxes and so forth,- he pays a substantial tax on the gasoline he uses. He is, in that respect, the modern version of the goose that laid the golden eggs; but he cannot go on laying them after he's dead. The statistical research depart- ment of the Dominion Automobile Association recently produced a series of charts which show to what an important degree the various provincial governments have come to rely on the motor vehicle owners and operators to keep their revenue departments in good financial health. Gasoline taxes, originally intro- duced in the middle of the Roar- ing Twenties, have been increased over the years, from an average 8c per gallon (12% of retail price) "to a-present average of 14c per gallon (30% of retail price) which makes the motorist, as a class, one of the country's foremost contribu- tors to provincial treasuries. In 1961, the last year for which complete figures were available, provincial governments extracted from the motor vehicle owner the sizeable total of $442 million in gasoline tax alone, plus another $170 million for the various fees and licences required before he starts to consume the gasoline. This boils down to an annual per capita tax of about $34 or $136 for a family of four. The figures varies for individual provinces from a per capita high of $41 in New Bruns- wick, to a low of $28 in Alberta (excluding N.W. Territories). Ontario, the nation's largest con- sumer of gasoline, with a tax of 13c per gallon, in 1961 collected $173 million and the N.W. Terri- tories, the smallest, whose rate was 8c per gallon, collected $250,000 from the same source. There wasn't much money spent on roads before the horseless car- riage appeared on the scene, of course, but we wonder how many worried provincial treasurers would leap from high buildings if say, nuclear energy should dictate the demise of the internal combustion economy of the past few decades. Drunk Driver Criminal A Vancouver magistrate has commented that a mandatory jail sentence on the first offence is the only practical deterrent for drink- ing drivers. But he added that the convicted driver should not be given a criminal record, which inspired the Vancouver Sun to the following. comment: The drinking driver is as criminal as a hoodlum who shoots a rifle down a public road at random for kicks. The drinking driver is not just making -a mistake. He drinks for kicks. He loads himself into a lethal weapon. He discharges it She Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa. Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). 'of Canadi Daily Publish- ers Association. The Canodian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies ress is y entitied to the use of republication of ali news itched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the loc: news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved, Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Menchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over , 45¢' per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces and monwealth Countries 15.00, USA. and foreign 24,00, and himself down the public high- way at random to the peril of life and limb of everybody else on the street. He is a criminal. He knows what he is doing, _ He is more culpable than a petty thief. He is more dangerous than an embezzler. He is gambling with manslaugh- ter. Mandatory first-offence jail sen- tences have proved an effective deterrent in some European coun- tries. Our first concern is to get all possible drinking drivers off the road. Increased fines were given the credit for a reduction in drink- ing-driver arrests during Septem- ber, but the record haul of 24 last weekend in the city makes this a questionable conclusion. Jail sentences will accomplish more than fines. One of the main problems of deterrence is to convince the drink- ing driver that he really is a criminal. Not just a bold gay play- boy. Not just a respectable citizen taking a chance on making a trivial mistake. He is a criminal and a hoodlum. And let it go down so on the record. ZA SWEET} (PRONQUNCEO) ALTERATIONS AT No. 10 REPORT FROM U.K. British Economy's Improvement Noted By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain's econ- omy is improving steadily if not spectacularly. This is the opinion expressed by the direc- tor-general of the National YOUR HEALTH Economic Development Council, Sir Robert Shone. Speaking to a meeting of busi- ness men in Birmingham, he gave the comforting assurance that the country's economy is beginning to come near to the expansion target of four per cent sent by the Council a year ago. Varying Methods Of Removing Hair By Joseph G, Molner, MD Dear Dr, Molner: After much expense and many treatments I find that hair removed by electrolysis seems to be growing back. I would hate to have to do this again. Previously I had hair removed by the hot wax method in a beauty shop and found it satisfactory. Is the latter method harmful to the skin?--MRS, M. B. The wax method is not par- ticularly "writating such as chemical depilatories may be. The hairs are pulled out, but as you now know, they will grow in again. Electrolysis is a tedious pro- cess and hence more expensive, but it is the only method I know which destroys hair perma- nently. Any a>parent regrowth actually is of neighboring hairs which you inay not have no- ticed, Here's ah explanation of the principal methods: I--Shaving, of course, just cuts the hair off at the surface. It does not make the growth heavier or coarser, despite the fond hopes of adolescent boys, or the fears of girls and their mothers. : 2--Abrasion used to be popu- Jar and effective to the same degree as shaving. Pumice stone rubbed across the skin grinds of the hair. 3--depilatories are chemicals in cream or other form which dissolve the hair. 4--Wax removal pulls out. the hair. The follicles remain, how- ever, and new hair will grow. This is the equivalent of pluck- ing. 5--Electrolysis destroys the follicle, so hair cannot again grow from it--but this does not prevent other follicles from cone tinuing. to produce hair. That, in fact, is the basic difficulty with electrolysis. You have to go at it one hair at a time. In reply to the frequent wor- ries about the results of shav- ing, the American Medical As- sociation Journal recently. car- ried a report of a study by Dr. Howard T. Behaman, of New York. It showed that hair grows faster immediately after shav- ing, but within a few hours it slows down. The report confirmed that shaving does not make the hair darker or coarser. The hair shaft is darker and coarser at the root, so that cutting nearer it gives this anpearance Dear Dr, Molner: My hus- band has had duodenal ulcers and "has .been taking medicine for a year. Is there any cure for them?--MRS. M .G, Admittedly, some ulcers won't yield to anything short of | surgical removal, but most can be curred. More than medicine is required, though. The patient has to do his part. Tension and emotions play a great part in stubborn cases, These factors need attention, too, and are often overlooked. Dear Dr. Molner: Can ivy poisoning recur next year even though I will not be exposed again?--R.S, No, you have to be exposed again. A person who is sensi- tive to ivy poison, or has be- come sensitized by contact, can get a rash the next year from indirect sources--the oi' of ihe ivy is transferred to the hair of a dog or cat. or onto a child's clothes, etc. You 'won't break out with the rash unless you en- counter the ivy: toxin, but you don't. have to touch the plant directly. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS The U.S. Congress re- pealed the nation's Neutral- ity Act 22 years ago today-- in 1941--virtually putting the country on a war footing. The action was taken 'be- cause of the sinking by a Nazi submarine of the U.S. destroyer Reuben Jones off the coast of Iceland with the loss of 100 men. It was the first Nazi destruction of an armed'U.S. vessel. 1768--The first Methodist chapel in the New World was dedicated in New York City. 1922 -- Benito Mussolini and his . Fascist followers took power in Italy. Sir Robert said: "Industrial production is some four per cent over the leyel of a year ago, and is thus beginning to improve on the sluggish start made in the first year of the five year period for which the National Economic Development Council has been setting its goals. There has been an im- provement in industrial produc- tivity from 1961 to date of about seven per cent. PRODUCTIVITY KEY Sir Robert stressed the fact that productivity was of crucial importance to the whole five- year plan. Because the popula- tion of Britain was growing at a very slow rate, the growth in productivity would have to come mainly from higher output per man. He. added: "This higher output per man is also the basis of competi- tive power in exports and the basis on which real incomes can increase faster than in the past, and on which a price and incomes policy needs to be based."' Where the economy of Britain is lagging most, commented the NEDDY chairman, is in pri- vate investment. It was _ not possible to have sustained growth without a high level of investment, both in human capi- tal in the form of education and training and in physical equip- ment to take advantage of new developments in technology. Sir Robert thought that Brit- ish manufacturers did not rea- lize to a sufficient extent the tax advantages of investment in new equipment. This amounted over the past year, to a re- duction of about 15 per cent in cost for a typical piece of plant and equipment. COMPETITION VITAL Pointing to the fact that an important part of securing fast- er growth was competition in industry, Sir Robert said: "This involves making sure that new ideas and technologies are speedily adopted. It also in- volves making sure by the use of tax powers, pricing and other policies that the decisions which individuals make in the interests of their companies or of them- selves, line up as closely as possible with the wider social and national interest. One of the dangers with economic policy - making is the risk of its getting too far removed from the realities of factory and farm, from the shop floor and the board room. The approach of the National Economic De- velopment Council is to over- come this danger, but it depends upon continued fruitful co-op- eration from industry." BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO October 30, 1938 Among the 300 entries at the Oshave Poultry and Pet Stock Show J. Isobel of Whitby was awarded the Directors' Chal- lenge Cup, and Len Fisher of Osiiawa, the Association's Chal- lenge Cup, for the best poultry collections. Harry R. Deyman was ap- pointed Crown Attorney for the United counties of Northumber- land and Durham. Stewart Alger presented the Felt Trophy for the largest fish caught by a member of the Osh- awa Fish and Game Association, to Reginald Locke. Allin. F. Annis, Crown Attor- ney, spoke to the Rotary Club about the origin of Hallowe'en and of present-day hoodlums. Thomas Dalgleish was elected president of the Oshawa Burns' Club. Other officers elected were John McNab, honorary president; Thomas Hopkins, vice-president; William C. Young, secretary; and Charles Eder, Miss Elda Mountjoy, Miss Velma Harris and Stephen Say- well took prominent parts at a congress held in Orono of the Oshawa Presbytery Young Peo- ple's Union. J. H. MacDiarmid, superin- tendent of the Oshawa Railway Co. was inducted as a new member into the Rotary Club. The Oshawa Fish and Game Association had as guest speak- et at a meeting, Professor J. R. Dymond, director of the Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto, who told his listeners to observe the game laws. Ald. John Coleman took de- livery of the first 1939 Chevrolet passenger car sold in Oshawa. Robert Mills received the new Conant Trophy given to the Osh- awa Fish and Game Association for the outstanding sportsman of the year. Hon. G. D. Conant presented the trophy. Rev. Russell O'Brien of Whit- by United Church, accepted a call to Burlington. 6 Outside Hostility Irks S. African Moderates By CAROL KENNEDY LONDON (CP) -- The. rising tide of world hostility towards South Africa appears to be con- solidating white opinion within the republic in a way that must surprise some of the critics. Far from rallying internal re- volt against the segregation pol- icies of the Nationalist govern- ment, it is actually swinging many of the English-speaking formerly moderate whites be- hind Premier Verwoerd and weakening the force of what- ever liberal opposition remains. This view of the situation is consistently hammered home by South Africans visiting Brit- ain. Most feel that if a snap election were held tomorrow the Nationalists would be returned to power with a vastly in- creased majority. The Nationalist party, com- posed predominantly of Dutch- stock Afrikaners, has held power steadily for 15 years. During this time the country's economy has boomed despite savage race riots, trade boy- cotts and the 1961 break with the Commonwealth, PUSHED TOGETHER Until recently, however, Brit- ish-stock South Africans had scant sympathy for the Afri- kaner viewpoint. It has taken the barrage of world criticism to drive them into a kind of defensive collaboration with the Nationalists. Like the Afrikan- ers, they now tend to feel that their country, 'right or wrong," is all they have left. Another, perhaps more per- suasive, factor in the abdication from liberal ideas was the fate of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, now disbanded under pressure from African nationalists. In the federal experiment, as one Joh burg newspap man expressed it, South Afri- cans saw a society "very much more liberal than ours' evolv- ing, however slowly, towards more political and social free- dom for the African, _The more tolerant, anti-Na- tionalist South Africans may have hoped that success for fed- eral "multi-racialism" with its qualified ' franchise would in time lead to a similar experi. ment being tried at home: But what was the result? The federation was broken up and Southern Rhodesia "got a kick in the pants from the United Nations." ABANDONED IDEAL Many of them promptly con- cluded the multi-racialist ideal simply- wasn't worth trying. It was once thought that un- der the present all-white fran- chise the only effective source of parliamentary " protest against apartheid would come from liberals in the English- speaking community, a prosper- Ous set of farmers and business- men mostly concentrated in the scenic Cape and Natal prov- inces. This prospect now has been dashed: But in fact as a group they have always seemed curi- ously apathetic about politics, tending to regard the whole thing as a dirty game best left to professionals. The opposition United Party has never been effective in Parliament and the Progressives, more genuinely liberal, are even less influen- tial, holding only one seat. This lackadaisical approach QUEEN'S PARK among British South Africans is strange in view of the high po- litical awareness of their news- papers, most of which pursue a critical line on apartheid and reach a_ potentially powerful readership. BIG CIRCULATIONS F Although Afrikaners outnum- ber British South Africans in a ratio of 60 to 40, the anti- government, English - language papers command a far higher circulation than their Afrikaans rivals. Yet they seem to lack any real influence and editors sometimes lose heart hammer- ing at a wall of blank indiffer-: ence. One observer found it signifi- cant that the biggest evening poner in the country, the Jo- annesburg Star, now is run- ning less and less controversial political comment. There is no overt censorship of the English press but it is the Verwoerd government. Nu- merous subtle and not so subtle pressures are used to restrict OTTAWA REPORT Rally Doesn't comment the Nationalists feel is "distorting"--a favorite ac- cusation:. One weapon is the "banned list," comprising 400 or 500 per- sons whose words or writings are not allowed to be quoted. Ostensibly most of them are "Communists," but many are African political leaders whose speeches are thus banned from publication, LIST IRKSOME _ Newspaper men find it irk--- some and difficult to keep up with the list. Names are added and deleted daily. Frequently a "banned" quote will slip through the net because the po- - lice haven't had time to update their list either. . Another restriction felt by many outside observers to be a foretaste of censorship came when the English-language pa- pers, through their wa' body the Press Board, volun- tarily agreed to guard against publishing matter which might affect the "safety of the state." This was a defensive move: Verwoerd had threatened that he would act if editers didn't watch their step. But in prac- tice the English press, a vital "voice of protest, is still freer than in most countries with dominant one-party rule. Rate As Political Party' By PATRICK NICHULSON There are many national problems of greater importance than the partisan bickering and immature postering of an auto- mobile dealer from the Quebec backwoods. Yet the most time- consuming subject in this ses- sion of Parliament has been the egotistical ambition of Real Caouette, leader of the break- away gang of the less impres- sive Social Crediters from Que- bec province, Monsieur. Caouette has an- noun'ed that he has 12 follow- ers among our MPs. He has pointed out that the national Social Credit leader, R. N. (Bob) Thompson, only has 10 followers after this wholesale defection. And he has demanded that his group be recognized as a party in Parliament, and be given priority over the official Social Credit group there on the strength of this numerical su- periority. This whole tiresome episode has raised the important ques- tion: What is a political party? Nowhere in our constitution, nor in the rules of parliamen- tary procedure, is this defined. In fact, nowhere is it laid down who may confer this recogni- tion. LIKE_CBC WAY The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has however put into well-chosen phrases what most. fair - minded Canadians would accept as a_ working definition. This was prepared to stipulate those groups which could apply for free time on the CBC radio end television networks for political ganda at élection time. In the eyes of the CBC, a bona fide party is one which is national in extent, and which reflects a substantial: body of opinion throughout the country. Such a party must: (1) have- policies on a wide rangé of national issues; (2) have a recognized na- tional leader; (3) have a nationwide organ- ization established as the result That Missing List Frivolous' News? By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Douglas Fisher federal NDP member and semi- pro newspaper man turns out some good copy in his political column. Occasionally he lets his emo- tions show through, but for the most part he writes a know- ledgeable, objective piece. From time to time he throws a lance at the Ottawa press gal- lery. And this is good to see. Recently he criticized the gal- lery for over-emphasizing frivo- lous news. And it happened that a few days later there was a fine ex- ample of this. The PCs in the federal House were on a witch-hunt for a so- called government "patronage" list. ' And the reporters filed reams on it, >For anything except enter- tainment the story was worth two paragraphs, if that. What happened: was that the postmaster-general had made up a list of ridings, with the names of defeated candidates and key people. There probably. has never been a government in history in any jurisdiction in Canada which hasn't had such a list. It's traditional that when gov- ernment handles affairs that are political in ridings it doesn't hold it handles them usually through defeated candidates, or other key officials. Whether this is reprehensible of not is an argument that's too weighty -- and of import too, minor--for this weary mind. But it's a practice that's go- ing to continue so long as hu- man beings and not 1BM ma- chines are running government. You could no more wipe it out than you could wipe out sin. Sin? Sin AND booze! CONFLICT INTEREST: Further to yesterday's re- marks re Raymond Bruneau. The town of Trenton. is trying to steam up a campaign to throw out the conflict of inter- est clauses in the Municipal Act. Its argument is the 2ne heard so often that this clause--which prevents councillors from doing business with the municipality --keeps good men from running from local office. The pressure won't get any- where here. The trend is all the other way. In fact it might be a good idea if all councillors read sections 100-107 of the Criminal Code-- those dealing with the conduct of public business and officials. They might find they are un- der stronger wraps than some of them suspect, Walmsley & Magill OFFICE EQUIP. LTD. 9 KING ST. E. OSHAWA 725-3506 propa-' of a national conference or con- vention; (4) have representation in the House of Commons; and (5) seek the election of candi- dates in at least three prov- inces, and put into the field at least one candidate for every four constituencies, The Caouette group calls it- self 'Le ralliement des Credit- istes"; it certainly does not measure up to these standards defined by the CBC. However, as Real Caouette himself told Parliament: "We are surely out-and-out Social Crediters. THREATEN CHAOS For an individual MP to set himself up as the leader of a new party, without first submit- ting himself and his followers and his principles to the elector- ate. would create the possibility of intolerable instability and ire responsibility in Parliament. Also it would not make polit- ical sense. : For instance, if Caouette and his followers, all from Quebec and all claiming that they are Social Crediters, could now no- minate themselves as a new party, this precedent could lead to unexpected and undesirable results. Some of the 52 Liberal MPs from Ontario might break away and form themselves into an "Orange Column of Liberal- ity" under the leadership of one of themselves; equally might some of the 47 Viberal MPs from Quebec, calling them- selves "The Laurentian Sons of Liberty." This would be no more than an attempt to attract the privileges of a party, while offering none of the facilities. It would further delay and con- fuse the work of Parliament. So too the Caouettists offer nothing as a national party. No elector has ever been able to vote for or against such a crea- ture at an election; no elector outside Quebec has been' given a voice; nor do they offer any policy or even any interest to any voter outside Quebec. No. Caouettism cannot rea- sonably claim recognition as a Canadian political party. NOTICE OF APPLICATION The Liquor Licence Act Licensing District Number 7 TAKE NOTICE thet The Oshawa - Naval Veterans Club of the ' CITY OF OSHAWA in the Province of Ontario will make application ot « Special Meeting of the Liquor Licence Boord of Ontario to be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, 217 Murray Street in the CITY of PETERBOROUGH in the COUNTY of PETERBOROUGH on Friday, the (5th day of November, 1963 AT THE HOUR OF 10:00 o'clock E.S.T. in the forenoon for the issuance of a CLUB LICENCE (RESTRICTED), for the sale and consumption of beer and wine. with meals and beer without meals in an establishment classified as a club, for the following premises: 320 Viola St., Oshawa, Ont. Any person resident in the licens- ing district may object to the ap- plication, and the g ds of ob- jection in writing shall be tiled with MR, H. J. BROWNE, the re- gistrar of the licensing district, Shose eddress is SS LAKESHORE BLVD., EAST, TORONTO 2, ON- TARIO at least ten days before the meeting at which the epplica- tion is to be heard. DATED at. Oshawa this twenty 2nd day of October 1963. Earl W. Goyne Applicant 147 Cadillac Ave. S., awe, Ont.