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u os = 4eezGee "£2523 925424 oe Bar aes - al She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarlo T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1964---PAGE 6 Government Dispersal Suggestion Has Merit It would be a pity if Industry Minister Drury's interesting sug- gestion for some decentralization of federal government offices were not given thoughtful consideration, His epecific proposal was that the ad- ministrative offices of the Canada Pension plan be located at Elliot Lake, since the administrative func- tions would be purely clerical and routine and would not require con- stant ministerial supervision, Mr. Drury's idea promptly drew a derisive response from several quarters, Why Elliot Lake? was the . question, One might as well ask, why not Elliot Lake? Its winter climate is no worse than Ottawa's, and its summer climate a st better, It is in the middle of a superb area for summer and winter recreation, If it lacks some of the cultural life of Ottawa, surely that situation could be remedied in time by the influx of civil servants, The minister may have mentioned\ Blliot Lake for its shock effect, however. The point of his suggest- ion is not so much the reference to Blliot Lake as the eminent logic of dispersing part of the huge admin- istrative machine of government, The Ontario government should give serious consideration to the dispersal idea, The chaos of Metro politan Toronto undoubtedly makes itself felt on government adminis- trative efficiency in a variety of ways, There is no reason why, for example, the Department of Lands and Forests should be located in Toronto, It could operate at least as well, and probably better, from some other location -- Orillia or North Bay come to mind, Other de- partments are similarly situated; They are in Toronto only because the Legislature is there. Dispersal would not only relieve some of Metro pressure but would be a boon to the economy of the other municipalities, Inner Cabinet Circle At his press conference last week, Prime Minister Pearson suggested i might be desirable to have more ministers in a cabinet and draw from their numbers an inner, ex- ecutive group to deal with big pol- iey decisions, This is the British system. There the prime minister has an 'inner" cabinet of about 20 senior ministers, and an "outer" cabinet of lesser ministers who are called to cabinet meetings only when their particular responsibilities are involved, The system makes sense, There is less waste of cabinet ministers' time, and the less unwieldy execu- tive group is able to handle its busi- ness with more dispatch and fewer diversions, Mr. Poarson merely sug- gested 1t would be a good idea for the Canadian government, however; he did not commit himself to mak- tng the change from the present ' aystem, under which every member of the Canadian cabinet is expected to attend meetings of the cabinet, Predicts Big Canada's economy is likely to ex- pand by at least a third by 1970, according to the current business review of the Bank of Montreal. How soon such an expansion will get under way "is difficult to predict, but it seems reasonable to expect a very sizeable increase in Canadian output between now and the end of the current decade." The review is based on remarks made recen'ly by G. Arsold Hart, president of the bank. He told the Ewpire Club in Toronto: "An in- crease on this scale means adding to Canada's curreat outpur almost the equivalent of the present pro- duction of Ontario... (or) it is the equivalent of adding each year be- tween now and 1970 the production of an industry the size of our pulp and paper industry. This is a tall order, but it is well within the realm of possibility." Implicit in the forecast, however, is "a continuing policy of aggres- sive salesmanship in foreign mark- ets." Noting the substantial increase im the value of exports during the SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by mm OCrhowe, Witty Alen : Loceareuin' Grockion Wine Pome Proce Hampton Frenchman's vrone Durberten Ennihwien Greerwoed Kirsote Region Slockateck, ene N fe not over ae week. By mol tin Prownce of Ontere) carrier: delivery ereas $2.00 me veer Other fico ee aS no matter what business is to be considered, Mr, Pearson's caution is under- standable, Regional factors in Can- ada complicate the situation. Any region finding itself without repre- sentation in the inner circle, or pol- icy-making group of cabinet minis- ters would raise a fuss, and probab- ly with justification, Ontario and Quebec would expect to be repre- sented -- and it's doubtful if any prime minister would be daring enough to refuse them, no matter how poor the calibre of the mem- bers returned from those provinces, The governing party might have only a few members from a partic- ular region, but the prime minister would still have to recognize that region; the present. sparse Liberal representation in the Prairie Prov- inces illustrates this point. Mr, Pearson, then, may have been indulging in wishful thinking. But it's still a good idea, if he can work it, Expansion past three years, the review ob- serves that the recent special sales of grain did not account for all of the improved export performance, Mr. Hart believes "we have only just begun to scratch the surface of opportunities in foreign mark- ets for Canadian goods." But Can- ada should maintain a "climate re- ceptive to foreign capital"; it seems obvious that "policies which seek to discourage an inflow of develop- ment capital would seriously hamp- er our efforts to achieve the eco- nomic gains projected." Discipline in fiscal responsibitity is also necessary. Although there are important areas where a great- er amount of public funds could be usefully employed, the bank says, "in the present circumstances, when tax reductions rather than increas- es would seem to be more appro- priate, it seems . . . that proposals for enlarging the scope of govern- ment expenditure ought to receive very close scrutiny." Other Editors' Views POLICE COMMISSION (Brantford Expositor) A strong impartial, non-political commission such as Mr. Robarts once promised, could tell wire-pulling politicians to get lost. The attorney general's office, which was shown at the Roach commission hearings to have been drawn into politicians finagling with licences for gambling clubs, could not ignore pressures without political risk. The original plan of a police com- mission assured of freedom from political influence and responsible to the legislature was a sound ap- proach to strict law enforcement, Mr. Robarts' substitute is not, QUEEN'S PARK Ambulance Action Will Follow Study BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Let's get the facts. This was the gist of the con clusion following meetings on the ambulance question, Ambulance operators, the Red Cross, the Ontario Medical Association, the Chamber of Commerce and government peo- ple took part in the meetings, And they all had the same feeling -- that enough wasn't known about the problem to start trying to work out an answer, So first of all there will be a quick study, And from it will he decided what the next step ic: should be, og could be still further dy, But at least there is this much promise--that for the first time @ sound system may be worked out for the provision of ambu- lance service in the province. The question has concerned many people for a long time but never before has the gow ernment seriously tried to cope with it. BY-GONE DAYS 18 YEARS AGO January 27, 169 Reeve N. J, Anderson, of Whit- ty Township, officially opened the new Memorial Arena at Brooklin, It was constructed at @ cost of $50,000. Albert Street United Church marked its 20th anniversary. Rey, R. A, Whattam, who was the first minister, was the guest epeaker. Representatives of 10 Lions Clubs of Ontario, attended the charter night festivities of the newly - formed Oshawa Lions Club. John Borrowdale was its first president. Roy F. Lick, of Oshawa, secre- tary of the Ontario Mitk Pro ducers' League,was elected to the oxecutive committee of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. M. J. Fenwick, secretary. treasurer of the Oshawa and District Labor Council, received motice that the Labor Council was assured that a new post office and customs building for Oshawa was included in the fed- eral estimates for 1949-50, Frank Welch presided for the meeting of the North Osh- awa Recreation Association, with Joseph Lynch as secretary. D. B. Coleman, Ontario Coun- Judge since 1996, was re- ected chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Oshawa. First of the 169 Concert Series was presen' in the OCVI_ auditorium by the Osh- , aWa Civic and Regimental Ban@ under the direction of Broadbent. T. K. Wade, 'of Toronto, was guest speaker at a meeting of the Oshawa Scottish Rite Club, President W. Gordon Bunker acted as chairman, Alec Yonson gave solos accompanies on the piano by Matt Gouldburn, Milk price increased in Osh- @wa and district one cent to 18 cents a quart, Fit.1t. Rodert T. son of R. R, Heastip, North wa, was the co-pilot of the Arctie merey fight plane which had been forced down southeast of Churchill, Manitoba. Its crew of il were reported safe. Se fs Which is another merit mark for the often abused Attorney- General Fred Cass, When the situation calls for it Mr, Cass takes action, Should we perhaps make "hu- man understanding" a subject in the courses for nurses in training? Recently here in the Toronto area there has. been a small rash of complaints. about the at- titude in the emergency serv- ices in some of the larger hospitals, Summed up, the complaints are that there is indifference to patients in the emergency clin- S$. This may not apply to all YOUR HEALTH hospitals and perhaps not even to a great many, but certainly there are is for this com- plaint in some hospitals, and not only the large ones in the metropolitan area, And, at root, the fault seems to be a plain case of bad hu man relations, Nurses and other attendants in these clinics tend to adopt a business-like air which is dis» turbing to the patients, Everybody who goes to an emergency clinic is suffering from some ailment, and many are in great pain. Often may not be possible to give them immediate treat: ment, or even carly relief, But they can be given some attention, and also a bit of sympathy, This should be the least that could be expected, The Hospital Service Commis. sion frankly is worried about the situation, Tt might take a first step and try to see that a warm heart is one of the main qualifications for service in these clinics, Mineral In Water Just Washes Away By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD, Dear Dr. Molner: Our well water has shown a lot of iron and calcium, Is this safe for drinking and cooking? Will it destroy the vitamins in food? Do certain minerals settle in the body and harden, or will they be digested? Csuld constant use of this water be harmful to us now or later? -- MRS, Ci, No, the water won't harm you, The minerals will not "'set- tle in the body and harden," They will just wash away the same way they entered the body -- in the water -- through the kidneys and by sweating. The only bad thing about hard water is that it isn't as effective in washing, You can't work up as good a lather or suds. Dear Docter: We recently had a water softener installed, Now our friends and neighbors have informed us that this device takes away certain minerals and vitamins which ate neces: sary to the body, What is your opinion? --HWB, My opinion is that your "help- ful" friends and neighbors ought to mind their own business, and Jearn the facts before they try to wo you with such non sense, mees are they are Jealous, There are no vitamins in wa- ter, whether hard or soft, There are minerals in hard water, That's what makes the water "hard," But they are not . 6 ore which can be used Softening, by various pro cesses, involves substituting so- cutteesar? ~ADAahe Dis NS dium for the calcium and mag nesium in the hard water, The one thing to watch out for, with softened water, is this; People on a low-salt (low so dium) diet should avoid soft ened water because of the so dium it contains, It is not, hows ever, harmful to the rest of us, Some individuals prefer' the taste of hard water, and have a separate faucet leading dis rectly from the water main, in stead of going through the soft- ener, It's purely a mater of taste, however, so drink whichever you prefer, Dear Doctor: Please settle a heated argument a four housewives, The issue that unless a woman reaches a ci max, she cannot become preg> nant.-MRS, EC, Are you trying te kid me, or each other? 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