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She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1964--PAGE 6 More Authority Asked For Municipal Probes Municipal Affairs Minister Spooner wants more authority to carry throug! investigations of wrong-doing by municipal govern- ments. As matters stand, provin- cial officials may investigate, but unless « petition is presented by residents of a community, they cannot launch a judicial inquiry. While this could tighten the con- trols which central governments already hold over affairs com- munities have liked to think of as their own, the London Free Press points out that the test must be; will it serve the interests of good government as a whole? In that context, it should. Citizens should welcome ail the protection they can get in the management of public business. And this goes for senior, as well as local governments. If local, provincial and state gov- ernments in Canada and the United States are in danger of deteriora- tion of effectiveness it may be because they have not always faced up squarely to their responsibilities to govern, the Free Press rightly ' notes. In reference to a related problem, John White, M.L.A. for London South, has told the Legislature there is a need for more protection for the individual citizen against abuses by various branches of gov- ernment. There should be some centre of- appeal, said Mr. White, and he suggested the Attorney- General or Minister of Municipal Affairs be given the right to act on the victims' behalf. It may have to go beyond that. Cabinet ministers would be in an untenable position in dealing with cases which affected their own administration. The provision of a board to serve as citizens' ad- vocates or "ombudsmen" if adopted in this country, should have suffi- cient scope in municipal, provincial and federal affairs. Machine's Domination Dr. Norbert Wiener is a pioneer in the development of high-speed computers. In an interview, Dr. Wiener was asked if there was any danger that machines might some day get the upper hand over man. His answer was a startling "yes", although not quite in the context of the usual science-fiction of a world dominated by machines with complex electronic brains. The danger, according to Dr. Wiener, is essentially intellectual laziness. "Some people have been so bamboozled by the world 'machine' that they don't realize what can be done and what cannot be done with machines -- and what can be left and what cannot be left to the human beings," he said. Coming to the crucial matter of machines taking jobs away from men -- the revolution of automation that labor leaders say is a "curse" and industrialists say is necessary to survive against competition -- Dr. Wiener had this to say: "The answer is that we can no longer value a man by the jobs he does. We've got to value him as a man." A A lot of work that men are be- ing used for now is done better by computers. The Victoria Times notes that in the glass industry' in the United States, 14 men attend the glass blowing machines that turn out 90 per cent of the light bulbs for the whole country: In the auto industry, 10 operators man a ma- chine that turns out motor blocks that 10 years were made by 400 men. The actual commercial value of a man's services in modern culture is not enough, Dr. Wiener says, and if people are to be valued it can no longer be on that basis. The revolution of machines which has taken place with in- creasing rapidity with the develop- ment of computer techniques is irrevocable, but as Dr. Wiener notes, "It isn't merely the fact that the computers are being used: It's the fact that they stand ready to be used which is the real difficuty." Nuclear Arms Freeze The Rapacki plan for a nuclear- free zone -- now more than six years old -- has become a proposal for a nuclear arms freeze in Central Europe. The West shied away from the original plan because it would have left the alliance dangerously naked in the face of a Soviet super- iority in conventional arms along one of the most sensitive lines of confrontation in the world. But a@ valid case can be made for not rejecting the revised Rapacki plan out of hand, the Christian Science Monitor argues. Adam Rapacki--foreign minister of Poland and the man whose name' identifies the plan -- and his party leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka, are certainly Communists. Yet their record is such that it does not auto- matically follow that they are She Oshawa Zimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. 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It is worth noting, too, that the United States has apparently ac- cepted in principle the idea of a nuclear freeze. Prsident Johnson's message to the Geneva Disarma- ment Conference last January con- tained the following sentence: "The United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies should agree to explore a verified freeze of the number and characteristics of strategic nuclear offensive .and defense vehicles." The paper asks: Might it not be worthwhile to seek out any common ground be- tween United States and Polish thinking? To discover, for example, whether the Poles' aim is merely to preclude West German participa- tion in. a multilateral fleet? Or whether the freeze can be applied to other parts of the world? Such exploration would mean no risk to the West -- and would be further proof of its good will. Bible Thought He that believeth on him (Christ) is not condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -- John 3:18. p How clear are the teachings of God, and how patient the Teacher. ad ASHINGTON BARBER SHOP 'Ta Cut FIDEL DAWN "To SIZE WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY READERS' VIEWS MENTAL HOSPITALS Dear Sir: ~- Our Mental Hospitals today are most mocern and up'to date. They are no longer places where anyone who becomes mentally sick, is removed from society, placed in a hospital and given only custodial care. In the old days, the staff who looked after the mentally ill were called guards, They wore a custodial uniform with brass buttons and the buttons had to be kept well shined. Today, however, the most modern methods of psychiatry are practised. The latest and newest treatments and- drugs are used. Today the staff have to study psychiatry, psychology, Ma- teria Medica, bedside nursing, approach, administration of drugs and medicines both orally and per hypo. The staff has to pass the Departmental examina- tions on all these subjects. You can rest assured the staff members are certainly qualified to look after any person who becomes mentally sick. QUEEN'S PARK The staff doctors themselves will tell you that the staff with whom they work play a major role in helping patients back to good. health. Anyone entering a mental hos- pital today, certainly has access to a gratifying prognosis due to the modern treatments and the administration of the latest drugs. It has cut the average con- finement in hospital from many, many months yes, even years to a few weeks. The one thing that has not modernized or kept abreast of the times is the salaries paid to the employees in the govern- ment service. The averag't monthly take home pay for the nursing attendants is $220. By the time one pays $90 to $100 a month for rent and a similar amount for food, how much is left to pay other bills, clothe the children and send them to school? A great many of the staff employed at the hospital in Whitby have to have part-time jobs elsewhere where they can Government Seeks Inquiry Authority TORONTO -- Still another move has been made in the touchy field of municipal af- fairs. Amendments to the Municipal Act will give the minister au- thority to order inquiries into any irregularities in a munici- pality. This is a step that has been long coming. In- recent years there have been a number of incidents-- Eastview, Belleville -- where there has been a demand by local people for inquiries. The government, however, has not had authority to make the inquiries. Under the Municipal Act there was only the cumbersome pro- cedure of local ratepayers, or the council, going before a county court judge and asking him to order a probe, Though it was clumsy this process did keep the govern ment off the hook in that it relieved it from the political dangers of interfering in local affairs. However, with each year, pressures for provincial action have become stronger. The government still shows some reluctance' at taking on the new powers. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO March 11, 1939 Mrs. James Broad, life-long: resident of Brooklin, célebrated her 92nd. birthday. The Oshawa Generals defeat- ed St. Michael's College 8 to 3 to fintsh the series and enter the OHA finals. Oshawa service clubs decided to join other clubs across Can- ada in- urging the Federal Gov- ernment to find a solution for unemployment. C. F. Cannon, inspector of public schools, was guest speak- er at the meeting of circuit Brotherhood at Hamptong Ruth Cooper, Louisa street, was awarded the Ontario Coun- ty Silver Trophy in elocution, donated by the Temperance Federation. She also received bronze, silver and gold medals in Oshawa WCTU oratorical contests supervised by Mrs, A. W. Bell. Municipal Affairs Minister J. W. Spooner explains that before using them, he expects there will be endorsement by the lo- cal council concerned. Reluctant or not, it has made the move, and this represents another considerable step in the new relationship with the mu- nicipalities. ' One incidental benefit to the local governments is that the province probably will pay for the cost of the inquiries in most cases. This has been a big burden to some municipalities in cases in the past. IMPAIRED DRIVING Kenneth Bryden, the brainy NDP ber, has proposed there should be a new charge in the statutes concerning drink- ing. This would make it an offence to drive a motor vehicle with a certain percentage of. alcohol in one's system. The main point would be that it would not be as severe a charge as impaired driving. This charge, which is the one commonly laid now, comes un- der the Criminal Code. And this makes it very sevyere--anyone convicted under it has a crim- inal record. There have been many strong objections to this in the past, and some magistrates are re- luctant to convict under it, _ There would have to be more investigation before such a law was put on the books--for in stance stronger evidence of the effeats of drinking on driving~ but it certainly would seem de- sirable to have a lesser charge than impaired. work after they have worked their eight-hour day and also on their regular days off in order to make enough money to com- pensate for today's high cost of living. I really think there is too much emphasis and money spent on educat.on, Great mod- ern schools are built, buses are chartered to pick the children up at their front door and de- liver them to and from school. Beautiful gymnasiums are built in the schools to give the pupils a chance to exercise. Abraham Lincoln walked miles through all kinds of weather to attend a little log school house. When he returned home after school, he had many chores to do, in conjunction with his stud- ies, it kept him busy most of the evening. Ther most impor- tant thing that Abe Lincoln learned was to accept respon- sibility. Can this be learned today with our system of education? You can rest assured it will not produce many Abe Lincolns. Today, mechanics who work in industry and who repair metal machines, demand and receive the very highest rates of pay. The great advantage to their work is this, they can replace damaged or worn out parts of motors and engines with new parts. The personnel employed in mental hospitals, they too are good mechanics. However, unlike the machanics in industry they cannot replace the damaged parts with new. They have to repair the old part. In reality, which job is more important? Somewhere along the way all sense of value has been lost. On the other hand, I wonder if it has ever been acquired. After seeing the reception the Beatles received on their recent visit to America, the contribution that they made to society (emotionally), I really do wonder. How about you? JOHN HARKNESS, President Branch 27, CSAO. Whitby. OTTAWA REPORT Husband's Worth Warmly Defended By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--A Swedish actuary had valued a wife's contribu- tio to the home at $200 per month, I wrote recently. Since then, the predictable arguments from both sides have filled my mail bag. I think readers will be interested particularly by the vigorous advocacy of a hus- band's worth, which came to me from a reader in B.C. Here are some extracts: "After reading your column 'How much is a wife worth in @ lifetime?', I was almost be- side myself with rage. Why has ft never occurred to someone YOUR HEALTH female, her sole aim in Ife is to snag a husband. She can't help it, it isthe built-in nesting instinct. But once she has at- | tained the status of wife, she should pull her weight and not ; bemoan her sad fate. to write a column titled 'What price a husband?' "If women are worth so much in hard cash, why do they bother to get married? Any woman in this mod 'tn age with all the labor~-saving devices should have all her house 'work' done before 10 a.m. and she then has at least five hours to do as she pleases, lunch with the 'girls', play bridge, or just plain laze around, "If there is a child or two she may not have quite so much lying around time, but if she is on top of her job she can still have a lot of leisure, From the time a child realises she is Croup Distressing Rilment Of Child By JOSEPH G, MOLNER, MD We may not hear as much about croup as formerly, but it hasn't by any means disap- peared. Quite often it goes un- der some other name these days. "Croup" is laryngitis in a child, The entrance to the lar- ynx becomes red and swollen, along with the vocal cords themselves. The swelling par- tially obstructs the larynx, which is. quite small. That is also why a child usu- ally outgrows 'croup by the age of three or four, although in rare instances it may persist later. But it is an unnerving ail- ment, difficult for the child and distressing for parents trying to cp him. : A letter from one reader in- quires, "It is true that many children with croup are rushed to the hospital for an opera- tion?" Not many, but sometimes, in desperate cases, when the c can't get enough breath, a tra- cheotomy (opening of the wind- il is necessary. . lh children have repeated attacks; others never have it. The reason for this is not clear. The cause of croup, when it does attack a child, is infection --a cold, flu virus, streptococ- cus infection, occasionally diph- theria, but that, of course, is not as common as it once was. Again for reasons unknown, a child may. not be noticeably ill during the day but break into a grasping attack of croup.in middle of the night. Drainage in the throat is one likely suspi- cion, Anyway, whenthe infec- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS rch ll, 1964..-- i President Roosevelt signed the U.S. Lerid-Lease Bill 23 years ago today--in 1941 -- providing for the transfer of certain war ma- terials to Britain and other countries at war with the Berlin-Rome Axis. Assist- ance was granted to 38 countries, including 19 American republics. The to- tal amount of Lend-Lease aid was $50,000,000,000, of which. $31,400,000,000 was distributed among the Brit- ish Commonwealth. 1908--Sir Wilfrid Laurier created the National Battle- fields Commission, largely to prevent the Plains of Abraham from falling into the hands of speculators. F. A. HAMILTON Chairman of the Committee OnTamo GRADE 13 STUDY COMMITTEE The Minister of Education has appointed a Committee to inquire into the nature and function of the Grade 13 year in the Ontario educational system. : Individuals and organizations wishing to offer for the Comniittee's consideration any comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the year, as well as sug- gestions for making it a more desirable educational experience, should present their views in writing to The Secretary, Grade 13 Study Committee, Department of Education, 44 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, not later than Monday, April 6, 1964. FP. S. Rivers Chief Director of Education economy you'll enjoy BRANVIN SHERRY AND PORT WINE hs JORDAN BRANVIN Sherry tion is of a virus type, the croup may appear very sud- denly. The infection is there first, and croup is invariably pre- ceded by a cold,flu, sore throat or similar illness, even though mild. First choice in treatment is to inhale steam, perhaps with a bit of benzoin added to the water. Cold packs on the neck are an old-time remedy which I have seen used successfully. Poultices on the chest can help. Ipecac, to induce vomiting, is another old remedy, The doctor should determine the proper dose. Too much can be danger- ous. Antibiotics or sulfa are in or- der to treat the underlying cause. These will attack some germs, If viruses are involved, the drugs won't affect them but will suppress secondary bacte- rial infections. Remember that attacks simi- lar to croup can come because a child has swallowed a bead, but- ton, small toy or any object that can get caught in the throat. Dear Dr. Molner: If someone suffers-a heart attack can a per- son at the scene administer ex- ternal heart massage and ex- pect it to do any good?--J.S. Arfyoné not trained in the right way would doubtless do more harm than good. A person WITH adequate training would also know when to use it and when not to. It is essential first to know whether you are deal- ing with a heart attack. A re- cent report disclosed that what were thought to be hear at- tacks were actually cases of oa on improperly chewed 'or , MAN ANCHORED "A husband, no matter what, " represents 'security'. He gives up his freedom also, along with his dreams of travel and ad- venture. A hushand takes on a tremendous load when he takes ' eit 8 bag Sage has to go wor y and day but he has to think hard Ba he dares quit one job, which he might reg try for one likely his 'helpmeet' has come used to spending all he makes. Hl "Then perhaps, after ting traffic to get to his home, he is met by a long string of grievances about the kids or the furnace or the leaky tap or the long grass or the dirty garage, And this perhaps after the poor chap has taken guff from the boss,all day, a big contract, or even has a cold in the head. "Then, after he has helped with the dishes, taken out the garbage and helped put the young ones to bed, he is sup- posed to entertain the 'little woman', She has been 'tied to the house all day' while 'he has been out among people'. A hus- band gives his whole life to a wife and family, his strength, his freedom, his money and sometimes his health. Surely that is worth something? "Many men think their wives are priceless--and would be shocked to discover that their wives think so too." WOMEN PLEASED Thank you, my correspondent from B.C.--who wishes to pre- serve anonymity -- for your strongly expressed views of the man's angle, with which many husbands will no doubt. agree. From the woman's angle, many readers expressed their delight at my suggestion that the Swedish actuary had under- valued the material worth of a wife's contribution to the home. "Women will be your friends for life," commented one reader. "I can't wait to show, your figures to my husband when he comes home tonight," said another. Oh dear, th fixed up one family's evenin; What is a husband wo The latest government statis! show that the average mi living in a non-farm hothe J Ontario has an income That multiplied hy a an erage working Iie ee lifetime earnings 0%; $216 f° That course does not ' sent what husband ;. nd wif spend on their neeigjs ang ment. At present tejy rates average | wage-eart! q federal, Pinoy governments, in|) g in indirect taxes, no 78,030, Pig some, GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS FREEZER PORK LO HIND QUARTERS No Charge for cutting, wrapping and freezing, s 4 " ¢ i] SPECIALS . u. 55° 55° 10 TO 12 4B, AVERAGE Ls. Sirloin, Wing and T-Bone Steaks STEAKS & ROASTS Boneless Rump and Round Steak Roasis 79: FRESH, SLICED BEEF LIVER LB. 39° LEAN, PEAMEALED BACK BACO BY THE PIECE . 59° ANY OF THE ABOVE FOR $1.00 BUYS | 2 lbs. Shoulder Pork Chops 2 lbs. Sliced Side Pork 3 lbs. 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