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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. -L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1963--PAGE 6 Mind's Frontiers More Challenging This week a Vancouver father spoke in court on behalf of his son, -a university student who had been found guilty of growing marijuana in flower pots. 'He is industrious and imaginative," said the father of the son. "I think his curiosity has probably led him.to one of these frontiers of the mind -- one of the few frontiers left to the younger generation." What a sickening, silly apology for misbehavior! There are more 'frontiers of the mind to be explored today than ever because the fron- before in hist tiers have been so enormously ex- tended. There is'a greater probing fer- orv for scientific trut ment in the humanities, a greater intellectual restlessness. Man suddenly } I reach the stars -- and isn't he wants it. He has. the power to destroy himself and his world in a few hours of brilliant, plosions -- and isn't control it. He has the create a community beyond » power to sure searing ex- sure. he can power to want 'Than Ever and fear -- but hasn't yet been able to face the decisions necessary to the start of such a creation. He has forged the tools for the making of a remarkable future, but has been unable to rid himself of enough of the dark race memories of & primitive past to make the best use of those tools. Frontiers of the mind? They are everywhere apparent, for anyone who cares to look. They are marked in the massive problems with which the peoples of the world,' in the most technologically primitive and the most' industrialized countries, are trying to grapple. There are the. issues of world order, of the rule of law, of the education of the illiterate, of dis- tribution and production of food, of the mysteries of physical and men- tal development, of the crippling effects of. disease, of the nature of the universe, of the place of man in that universe, of the developing environment of man.-- and a thousand others. This is, in brief, the most exciting time in history. Aid For Universities The Canadian Universities Foun- presented a brief to Walter dation has Finance Minister "to bring to your attention w of higher Gordon, facts about the financ edu- cation which we trust to take into account when spending est t for year 1964-65.' Foundation asks for bigger grants, funds and various t It is a reasoned presentation, based on the facts of university in Canada. At the same time, more than one educator has expressed fear of government interference in you will wish prepa Ing ; - : the fiscal more research ax reliefs. university administration as grants increase; and of course those who object to "government aid" in gen- eral are screaming their objections. The objectors turn to the United States and Britain for evidence to support their arguments. They note that the recently released report of the Robbins Committee on Higher education in Britain proposes that responsibility for Britain's state- administered grants should be taken away from the Treasury altogether and turned over to a new ministry of arts and sciences -- this because authority has gradually from government's decision - making shift educators to the financial officials. Other objectors, however, argue that removal of the administration tended to of grants from government to some appointed body -- even a body named by the educators -- does not prevent. interference. They quote what Dr. David McCord Wright, professor of economics at the Uni- told a recent hearing. "There is a naive belief," said 'Dr. Wright, "that filtering grants through an. aca- demic committee of some sort will insulate against the danger. I sub- mit, on the observation of such systems, that an academic grants' versity of Georgia, U.S. Senate committee, over the years, will come to be a greater danger to the deve- lopment of thought, if possible, than the overt prejudices of a Congress." Perhaps so. But the fact remains that universities need massive state aid if they are to fulfill their obliga- the nation. Surely the vaunted intelléctual independence and courage of the university com- the best safe- tions to munity should be guard against abuse. Effects Of Crowding swedish been studying the scientist, has behavior of the Aretic lemming. He that it 1 has come to the conclusion is not starvation that. dri lemmings to their suicide in the sea, but a ps ' used by their | periodic cal breakdown, ca ing crowded together. The'lemmings' instinct for s has long been thought of eit! an oddity of nature since peopie ordinarily consider that and diseases are weather changes, predators sufficient tions in balance -- or as an instinc- Dpe- to keep animal popula- tive correction of. imbalance tween population and the food. The evidence collected by the Stockholm ts a new viewpoint: That it available Scientist sugge is not starva- The Oshawa Times c The Oshawa T (established 187 Chronicle (estat (Sundays and $ Members of .Canad ers Ass ation, T of Cir Associatic The entitled to the use of despatched in the paper ed to it or t Associated Press or ond also the loca news published there rights of special des- patches are s Offices ° aiid 25 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; athcort Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIP Delivered by « er Pickering, Bowr E Albert, Maple G Liverpool, Toun Orono, Leskard, Bro Columbus, Greenwood Monchester, Pontyr 45¢ per week outside carriers de Provinces and mmonwealth USA. end foreign 24.00, tion or an inbred death wish, but a complex of psychological factors which operate to take the place of the traditional forces that. limit populations. There is an obvious parallel to the human situation -- if. we can as- sume that what works on lemmings will human. beings. There is some evidence, moreover, animals besides lem- suffer from and if they are crowded to- work on also that other mings neuroses whatnot gether for too long a period. There is every prospect, of course, that in the not-too-distant future people are going to be crowded to- gether in masses that will make the gatherings of lemmings look like a school picnic.on a wet day. There seems to be a natural law, the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix phil- osophizes, that if the soul of the individual is to thrive, he must feel himself surrounded by individuals like himself, but not too closely. People are uncomfortable when they find themselves in a _ cheek-by- jow! society, and feel a tremendous desire to escape. This undoubtedly is one of the primary reasons' for the great boom in "outdoor living". Bible Thought He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. -- Galatians 6:8. To invest one's life in God's pro- mises is to guarantee a rich return in terms of satisfaction, assurance and peace. DEBATE COVER GANADA'S FUTURE CLEAR OUR THROATS BEFORE READERS' VIEWS BUS SERVICE Dear Sir Most car-less people should be interested in this . coniab about the deficit of the bus lines.: Of Course 'the first reme- dy that comes to-any one who knows nothing about: running buses is "put up the fares." An- other remedy suggested . is "smaller buses." What a laugh! Have any of the PUC people (probably NOT) ever travelled in an- Oshawa bus crowded with school students, arms load- ed with books; elbow i out along the aisle, the sitters' hats 'askew? some women with bags swing- in Another point is raised: cut off he holiday and Sunday buses. When do these phantom buses run? Certainly NOT East and West. People are not ab'e to go anywhere by bus -- hospital, or town, even to transfer in the to the lake. Some buses tand run sometimes on north on Simcoe from our corners to accommo- date that section of the city -- most of them with ears who do not depend on.the buses You ought.to call in the audi- tors, PUC, and see about these holiday and Sunday- buses that do not run Mr, Walker was right, as many others who voted for some one outside who understands the whole business A city this size deserves a well run bus schedule. The PUC should get around to larz- er cities and learn how, - not eomparfe with one horse towns like Niagara, Belleville, etc. Yes I've been there, also in London, Ont., where the buses run every 10 minutes Why should the bus -passen- gers have to suffer so much in- convenience because of an un- successful trial by the PUC? Perhaps it would be cheaper to open up livery stables, etc., to be in keeping with this one- horse town, or in the summer hire out bicycles. Cut down on these late dance buses and bingo affairs. There are. always. buses- for them That's quite alright for folks who use them but not to the sacrificing of travel for the every day passenger. The pub- lic should be studied. That's what the buses are for, and eight tickets for $1 is plenty --FAIR PLAY Oshawa SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS Dedr Sir: I would like to complain-- loudly -- about the perpetual and senseless slaughter of small animals and birds-by the motor- ists of Ontario It is spiteful, sadistic, cruel and pitiful for motorists to de- liberately hit and kill a dog, a eat, or-squirrel, or 'coon, or skunk, or seagull, etc., while driving. And in the last several years I have personally seen them do it Why do motorists do these things? Are they angry at some- one? Are they just spiteful and take it out on a defenceless ani- mal? Heaven help us from these creatures Could they. not have some mercy on the wild life instead of being so hideously selfish as to hurt or kill a ,small creature just. so they won't lose a few minutes of their journeying time? I have never noticed a woman driver hurt or kill a small crea- ture; it has always been a man. A year or.so ago a lone motor- ist on the No. 401 deliberately hit and kiHed. a low flying sea- gu'l. I saw it happen!. A beauti- ful white seagull! What a pity! What can be said to cause the motorists of Ontario to have mercy on the wild life? I don't know! ELIZABETH DUFF Oshawa PEN PALS Dear Sir Please assist me to oublish my name, letter and address in your influential newspaper for the purpose of pen-pal friends from your country. Ist Boy -- I am an African boy of 16 years of age, 5 ft. 2 inches tall, 130 lbs, in weight, dark brown in complexion. My hobbies are swimming, footba!l, exchange of gifts. Rasheed Has- san, 1 Luther. Street, Lagos, Nigeria 2nd Boy -- My age is 17 years of age, 5 ft. 2 inches tall, 97 Ibs. in weight, dark brown in com- plexion. My hobbies are foot- swimming, table-tennis, ex- nge of stamps. My name: Rasheed William, 43 Bagbose Street, Lagos, Nigeria 3rd Boy -- My age is 15 years of age, 5 ft tall, 180 Ibs. in weight, dark brown in com- plexion. My hobbies are football, BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 21, 1923 Frank L, Mason announced that he would retire from muni- cipal office after serving for 13 years on town and county coun- cils C. H. Millard was in charge of the fireside song service on Sunday evening at the YMCA Building permits for the month of November were issued for $52,560, which was $44,770 less than the previous year. Post Office received allotment of the new stamps, which were had gone up one Oshawa its first three-cent red. Postage cent Work was. progressing favor- ably on the excavation for the new High Schod! extension Thomas. Hawkes -received a life membership from the mem- bers of Cedar Lodge AF: and AM No. 270, on his departure for Australia. The presentation was made by. Rt. Wor. Bro. Dr T. E. Kaiser. Councillor A. W.. Brown' was appointed Relief Officer at a salary of $600 a year. Oshawa Board of Education announced that schools were filled to capacity and available space would be inadequate for another year with the increase in population. The NCO's of the Ontario Regiment held a masquerade ball in the Armories. B. J. Gay, who was Sunday School Superintendent of Simcoe Street Methodist Church, re- ceived a floor lamp in apprecia- tion of his services on the occa- sion of the SS Christmas enter- tainment. The presentation was made on behalf of the members by J. H. R. Luke. Lieut. G, Edmunds of Oshawa was elected a vice-president of the 136th Overseas Battalion at a reunion of the -association O. J..Clatworthy. was re- el@cted teacher of the Young Men's Class of. King Street Methodist . Church Roland Moffat was elected president of the Oshawa Golf Club and H. P. Schell was :elect- ed vice-president. WE SPEAK swimming, 'jumping, exchange of products. My name: Saidi Opere, 96 Victoria Street, Lagos, Nigeria. 4th Boy -- My age is 16 years of age, -6 ft. tall, 120 lbs. in weight, dark brown in complex- ion. My hobbies are exchange of stamps. Nasser Kadriq, 7 Oke-Arin Street, Lagos, Ni- geria 5th Boy. --My age is 18 years of age, 5 ft. 7 inches tall, 149 lbs. in weight, dark brown in complexion. My hobbies are: coins, swimming, exchange gifts and jumping. Allen A. Yussuf, 1 Luther Street, 'Lagos, Nigeria We shall welcome. any letter without regard to religion, sex, age and color. All letters writ- ten to us. will be answered by envelope air mail, and post- cards ALL OF US Lagos, Nigeria SELF DISCIPLINE Dear Sir Reference "Canadian Correc- tions Association's approach of law education for Grade 9 stu- dents". As the masses' appre- ciation for, and the degree that they apply self discipline to modify their actions to follow to any degree, laws, regulations, guides etc., vary as: mucn as each one's fingerprints, any ap- proach can be useful. Despite the discouraging statistics of ruined lives and careers, death and injuries, there are no statis- tics as to the numbers who have been. deterred, corrected, educated by any of the meihods and approaches used by the var- ious 'agencies. Interest and ideas must be kept alive in any method that can reach even the smallest per- centage to increase self disci- pline, through fear of punish- ment, or promise. of reward for the protection of the individual and community Every year we pause for one. minute in memory of those who lost their lives in World Wars. Let every motorist pause for one second at every stop sign in memory of all the innocent 'chil- dren killed over. the years by motorists. lacking in self disci- pline. D. E. JORDAN Whitby TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 21, 1963 . Pierre and Marie Curie announced they had discov- ered radium and polonium 65 years ago today--in 1898. The Curies, whose work did much to establish the found- dation for later work in nuclear physics and chem- istry, shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Henri Becquerel in 1903 for the discovery - of radioactivity. Mme. Curie won a Nobel Prize again in 1911 for chemistry in recognition of the discovery of radium and study of its properties. 1846 -- Anesthetics first used in Europe, 1958--Premier Charles de Gaulle. was overwhelmingly elected first president of France's Fifth Republic, were surgery in ™"® ~~ UNITED KINGDOM OPINION One Poll Reveals Swing back To Conservatives By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Public' opinion polls are not always exactly ac- curate or reliable, but the one conducted by the Daily Express is considered to be one of the most trustworthy in Britain. Be- cause of this, considerable sig- nificance is being attached to its latest analysis of political party. standing. This shows that in the vote on which party those questioned would vote for ni an early general election, the Con- servatives have moved up on even terms with Labor, with 42 per cent each of the poll. In early November, the Tory vote was 3814 per cent and that of Labor 44% per cent. In late October, the Conservatives were given 37 per cent and Labor 43 per cent. Also noteworthy is that the Liberal proportion has dropped from 10 per cent in Oc- tober to 7% per cent in the early December poll. CREDIT FOR NEW PM In analysing this apparent change in public opinion, much of the credit for it is being given to the new prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home. In early November, 4244 per cent ex- pressed themselves as satisfied with Sir Alec as prime minister. Now that has jumped to 4814 per cent, The percentage of those Satisfied with the government's conduct of affairs has jumped from 38 per cent in October to 45 per cent in early December, w.th those not satisfied declin- ing by a similar proportion. All of this makes encouraging reading for the Conservative party members, who are con- vinced that the trend away from it has turned, and that it is once again in the ascendancy. Harold Wilson, however, takes the view that this swing back to the Tories is only temporary, and that a reverse swing of the pen- dulum will soon be noticed. The Conservative leaders are emphatic in their claims that the party is now' reaping the benefit of the "under new man- agement" sign which they were able to hang out over the party when Prime Minister Home took office. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the future pub- lic opinion polls to see if there is any acceleration in the swing towards the Conservatives. If it continues, then hopes for an- other. general election victory will give 'some new inspiration to the party supporters and workers. WIDOWS TO BENEFIT Prime Minister Home was told by' the House of Commons that widows, and especially those with children, are to receive higher allowances, and have their handicaps eased. There are various features to this im- proved treatment of widows, who will benefit to a total ex- tent of around $24 million from the new arrangements, There are three main phases of relief for the widows. The al- Jowance of $10 a week to a wid- owed mother will continue until her last child's 19th birthday, in- QUEEN'S PARK stead of ending on the 18th, Al- lowances for all children who are still in full-time education or in low-paid apprenticeships, ag also continue until they are MORE FOR CHILDREN Under the new plan, each child of a widowed mother will qualify for an allowance of ap- proximately $6 a week, instead of $4.25 for the first and second child and $4.50 for all other chil- dren, The government is also rais- ing the amount a widow can earn without any reduction in her allowances from $18 a week to $21 a week. There will also be special con- cessions to the widows of serv- icemen who died before Novem- ber, 1958. Instead of receiving a lower pension than other widows, they will now all be treated alike. j These concessions have been acclaimed by people on all sides of politics, and they represent a very shrewd move on the part of the prime minister, who ap- parently saw some political ad- vantage in announcing them himself, rather than leaving it to the minister of pensions to make the announcement. By do- ing so, he has drawn the teeth from one of the strongest criti- cisms made 'of the government by the Labor opposition, HERALD TO DISAPPEAR The Labor party newspaper, the Daily Herald, is on its death- ped. It will linger on, by agree- ment with the International Pub- lishing Corporation, until after the general election. Then it will be discontinued. YOUR HEALTH Its place will be taken by a new national daily newspaper to be established by the corpora- tion, but a newspaper which will have no direct affiliation with or obligations to the Labor party. Negotiations between the Trades Union Congress execu- tive and Cecil King, of the Inter- national Publishing Corporation, on the future of the Daily Herald have been going on for some. months. Various alternae tives to closing down the Labor organ have been suggested, but none of them was accepfable to ' the TUC leaders, Finally they accepted the inevitable and de- cided to sell to Mr. King their 49 per cent interest in the Daily Herald, knowing full well that this will mean the paper's de- mise. : The Herald, although regard- ed as the official organ of the Trades Union Congress, has never received anything like full support from trades union mem- bers. Its cjreulation has dropped to 1,300,000, which represents only about 15 per cent of the total membership of trade unions in the country, All that remains now is for a seitlement to be reached on the price to be paid to the TUC for its 49 per cent interest. in the Daily Herald. A figure of less than $2,000,000 has been men- tioned as likely. So Labor's newspaper is in its death throes. The only comfort- ing thing in the whole situation is that Mr, King has assured the TUC chiefys that the new newspaper would offer most of the Daily Herald staff a greater measure of security. ; Non-Smoker Avoids Peril From Fumes By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD. Dear Dr. Molner: Your col- umn answered one question for me: Will smoking cause. emphy- sema I agree; it is one of many causes. However, could a wife or other person have emphysema (or Edema, or something that sounds like that in the bronchial tubes) from being in constant association with cigaret smok- ers? A friend's husband recently died of emphysema. MRS, A. J. W. Emphysema can occur in peo- ple who have never smoked, but it is dangerously aggravated by smoking, and there is little if any question but that smoking can be one of the causes. As you know, and the public in general is beginning to real- ize, emphysema can be deadly. In fact, it is coming to be one of the major causes of death from lung disease. I'm not one to try to scare people, but I do think everybody should have fair warning. As to being harmed by asso- ciation with cigaret smokers, I Trade Departments Show Co-Operation BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Cousins brothers don't It looks as though the federal government and the government here may turn into kissin' cous- ins. An extremely good relation- ship seems to be abuilding. The big promise out of the re- cent federal - provincial confer- ence was that it might have started a better working rela- tionship between Ottawa and the provinces. Following the conference it was reported the big. gain prob- ably would-be that there would be more co-operation between the two levels of government, Now this seems to be coming true. The other day the new Minis- ter of Economics and Develop- ment, Hon. Stanley Randall was talking about some of the new things his department was doing with its opposites in Ottawa-- Trade and Commerce and In- dustry. AVOID DUPLICATION 7 One of them is that they are talking to each other about fu- ture plans. They are holding discussions so that in future they both won't' be sending trade missions to the same places They are working together on taking Space in trade fairs, and on similar endeavors. It sounded very encouraging. And it stands out that this is a kiss, great change from a year ago. Then, when there was a P.C, government in Ottawa, there was practically no -joint effort In fact quite the contrary. It seemed that in trade and devel- opment matters particularly, the two governments were almost fighting each other. We would do something and Ottawa would follow along and do practically the same thing, or vice versa. Yet here we had brothers--a P.C. government in Ontario, a P.C. government in Ottawa, WORKS THAT WAY Traditionally it has been said that a province makes out bet- ter when it has a government of a different complexion in Ot- tawa. Today it would certainly seem to work that way. Is it perhaps because when people get too close they are more inclined to fight than to kiss? Mr. Randall, it seems, is go- ing to do There has been a considerable question - mark regarding this new minister. An_ industrial tycoon, a man used to action and to acting on his own decisions alone. Would he work out in government, with its many 'obstacles and delays and the ever-present need to consider public opinion From the way 'he has handled himself to date one. would say he will would say there isn't much chance of that. Smoke drawn into the lungs from a cigaret is perhaps a thousand or more times the density, of whatever concentration may be breathed by someone else in the room. The nose and throat surfaces will trap many of the invisible particles, They can't trap much of the smoke when it is being inhaled directly from the, cig- aret. I'd have to agree that smok- ing adds something to the gen- eral pollution of the air we live in these days, but I question whether it is of any particular significance, compared to other forms of pollution, except for the person who does the smok- ing. In ther words, if we don't smoke ourselves, I don't think we need worry about being harmed by somebody else who does, Your mention of "edema, or something" is a bit cryptic. It is true that a patient with em- physema means that the tiny, sometimes almost microscopic air sacs in the Jungs, where the transfer of oxygen to the blood takes place, have broken down, leaving less "breathing surface" and also limiting one's ability to breathe in and out at full vol- ume. Edema, on the other hand, means an abnormal accumula- tion of fluid in tissues. Either is harmful, but they are totally different. Dear Dr. Molner: Is it dan- gerous to eat raw hamburger Will it increase the bust M. T. It will not increase the bust, except that taking on some ex- tra weight has an effect. In any event I would not eat raw hamburger. No doubt you can get away with it unharmed most times, but raw beef can harbor tapeworm eggs. Cooking destroys them. Dear Dr. Molner: What med- ication is best for nasal polyps N. tA These polyps (which are growths which emerge from a mucous membrane) are found more often in people with some sort of allergic problem--hay fever, asthma, "'allergic rhi- nitis."' The result, as the polyps de- velop, can be obstruction of the airways, causing discharge in the back of the throat, nasal twang to the voice, possibly nosebleeds. Nose drops may shrink the membranes, but eventually the polyps must be removed. It is a fairly simple procedure and I suggest having it done sooner rather than later. 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