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° 4 The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1964--PAGE 6 Commonwealth Remains Despite Difficulties The future of the Commonwealth is again being debated. Harold Wil- son, leader of the British Labor party, thinks the Conservative gov- ernment of Britain has been neg- lecting the Commonwealth; he would convene a Commonwealth prime ministers' meeting, and press for a "spectacular" increase in Com- monwealth trade. The government, it seems, is less enthusiastic. Word from London is that "authorities" are wondering whether a meeting of Commonwealth prime ministers would be "a good thing" or an occasion of more dissension than unity, Considering the tenuous attach- ment and the strains to which it is constantly being exposed, the Com- monwealth has a remarkable capa- city for survival. John Holmes, president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, noted the other day that the Commonwealth "seems in theory an improbable dream." He went on: It often sounds as if it were gasping for breath," but "it cannot be ignored, whether one considers it important or unim- portant, a reactionary survival or a framework for progress." Whether it lives or dies, how- ever, it and the other countries over which Britain has relinquished authority, stand as a massive case against those who continue to hurl the charge of colonialism against the U.K. It is one of the perversities of our time that most of these charges come from Communists, who carefully refrain from publi- cizing the fact that the two great colonial powers today' are the Soviet Union and China. Since the end of the second world war, 21 countries which were under British administration have become independent -- and 17 of them have chosen to become member nations of the Commonwealth, These now independent countries have a total land area of 4,271,846 square miles with a total population of 663,691,274. The total population of the remaining colonial territories under British administration is 14,- 884, 321, and by the end of this year this total will drop by 5,465,663 as Malta, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia gain their independence, Most of the "colonies", therefore, 'decided to stay in the Common- wealth after independence. Why? Possibly beause of a sense of growth from a common institution. Possibly because of feeling that the frail ties of the Commonwealth are still worth keeping. Possibly because they suspect that the Common- wealth may have an historic mis- sion as a bridge of harmony among- diverse nations, Statistics Once Again In this space yesterday we com- mented on the questionable use of statistics to bolster a worthy argu- ment, noting that such use weakens what could otherwise be a good case, Another example of this sort of thing was given recently by Prime Minister Pearson, in support of the Canada Pension Plan. The principle of the Plan needs no defence, but Mr. Pearson urged Parliament to consider that, since only 30 per cent of working Cana- dians are covered by existing pen- sion plans, there is an urgent need to cover the other 70 per cent. If he had qualified his reference to the uncovered remainder, all would have been well. But he didn't, and thereby overstated his case. How many farm owners need a pension additional to that provided by the existing old age security program? Quite a number, prob- ably, but certainly not all of them. And how many of them would elect to join the proposed plan, since they would have to pay both the employer's and the employee's con- tributions ? The same questions apply to the other half million self-employed Canadians. Then there are over 600,000 unmarried women and girls at work, many of whom would quit the labor force long before they could benefit from the pensions that the new plan would compel them to contribute to. Mr. Pearson's 70 per cent did in- clude, of course, the low wage earn- ers who would also draw. the lowest pensions, one of the features of the pension plan being its pegging of pensions to earned income--the per- son with pensionable earnings of $4,500 a year, for example, would draw $75 a month, while the $2,000 earner would draw only $33.33, and so on down the line. Firearm Regulations | The Royal Police recently presented a brief to the justice minister on behalf of the police chiefs' association calling for A long-needed change in the re- gulations governing firearms is probably on the way. Justice Fav- reau has told the House of Com- mons that his department is con- sidering amendments to the regula- tions -- which will bring cheers from all law enforcement agencies and most of the public. Under present regulations em- bodied in the Criminal Code, a boy or girl of fourteen may posses a pistol, revolver or even a machine- gun, The registrars of firearms -- usually the police -- cannot refuse registration of a weapon if all the regulations have been' complied with. She Oshawa Simes WILSON, Pub Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor ning The Oshawa Times ond the Whitby Gazette and $+ published daily doys excepted sher y: Newspoper Publish- P Audit Bureou and also the tocol , f special des- University heort Street, CRIPTION RATES arriers ir Whitby, Ajox, Port Perry Prince , Frenchman's Bay, inbarton, Enniskillen, , Claremont, Blackstock, tle riot er nce of Ontoar 00 per year Countries SUBS ere 9) Other 15.00, ers delivery oreos 12 and Commonwealth USA. ond foreign 24.00, Mounted Canadian stringent amendments to the Criminal Code on the requirements for the possession and use of fire- arms. The brief is solidly based, and we agree with the Hamilton Spec- tator, which comments: It is a dangerous absurdity that a juvenile should be allowed to own a hand gun at fourteen. There are enough. accidents resulting from boys fooling around with guns in their own homes to emphasize the need for raising the minimum age. A person should be permitted to own a hand gun if he is a member of an authorized gun club, or if he can prove that he needs it,:in the words of the Criminal Code, "to protect his life or property" or "for use in connection with his profes- sion or occupation", A boy or girl of fourteen can hardly establish a good case under the latter of these, If registrars are given the power to refuse registration of firearms, making possession of them illegal, the applicant should, at the same time, be given the right to appear before a magistrate and state his case, The attitude to the possession of firearms is much too lax and it is time the law was tightened. WASHING TON TH ALL BUROPEANS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME MORE EQUAL OTHERS WA REPORT a -- HIMSELF! DE GAULLE AS HE LOOKS REPORT FROM U.K. Powerful Nuclear Station Planned By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON Determined to keep world leadership in the development of nuclear power, the Central Electricity Generat- ing Board has let a contract for what will be the most power- ful nuclear power station under construction in the world. The station, which is to cost in the neighborhood of $300 million, is to be built by a consortium of the English Electric Company, Babcock and Wilcox and the Taylor, Woodrow Atomic Pow- er Group. The output of this- gigantic new atomic power plant will be 1,180 megawatts. It is sched- uled to be in operation and supplying electricity to the na- tional grid in the year 1968-1969. The station is to be built at Wylfa Head in Anglesey. Work on the site has already begun, and the approach roads are be- ing built. From now until it is completed in late 1968 or early 1969, it will provide steady employment for a force of 2000 men, CHEAPER IN COST Apart from its gigantic this station will also be cheapest one ever built in rela- tion to its costs of power, and will cost only $270 per kilowatt to build. In comparison, the present largest nuclear power stations are the 500-megawatt station. at Hinkley Point. in Somerset and the 580-megawatt station at Sizewell in Suffoik. The station on the Isle of Anglesey will have a number of novel features. These include 11- feet thick pre-stressed. concrete pressure vessels and a com- puter which will control ihe operation of the station The site will be . extensively landscaped, Even artific.al hills will be created, over 100 feet in height, to mask the station, and the overall scheme has been given the approval of the Royal Fine Arts Commission The pressure vessels, larger than any others so far built, will be almost 100 feet in diameter, They will contain hot carbon dioxide gas which will remove size the the heat from the uranium fuel rods to the steam heat ex- changers, From a nuclear point of view, the system cf using natural uranium fuel rods and cooling by carbon dioxide is based, on the now well-proved Calder Hall system. The really novel aspect of the YOUR HEALTH Wisi station will be the computer which can give the engineers in charge an immediate picture of the wo.king of the station without having to look at the vast array of instruments. When the engineer presses a button, certain important measure- ments are displayed to him on cathode ray tubes. These are presented in the form of writ- ten captions describing, for in- stance, the steam pressure and appear on the tube a fraction of a second after the button has been pushed. ' When compleed, this new atomic power station will make a substantial addition to Brit- ain's supply of electrical energy from nuclear stations. Post-Nasal Drip Not Big Mystery By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Post-nasal drip is not as mysterious or baffling as many sufferers think. And in a great many cases' it can be corrected or at least helped. Here's a let- ter: Dear Doctor: Our three-year- old girl suffers from a dry, choking type of cough. It is slight during the day but very distressing at night. The doctor thinks she has a_post- nasal drip, and not much can be done about it except to try some medication.--MRS. J W We'll take it for granted that chronic infecion of adenoids or tonsils is not the cause. With little children, this sort of coughing can often be traced to an allergy. In fact, it is not a bad idea to start suspecting allergy right from the begin- ning Admittedly, hard work is re- quired to detect the allergy, but this pays off. Dear Doctor: My husband has to clear his throat loudly, vio- lently and frequently. It is worse at night when he is lying down, He says he has a post-nasal drip and that nothing can be done about it. I am concerned because in his profession his voice is unusually important and such a habit, if it is a habit, is distracting. --S.R. This throat-clearing could well be caused by an irritating post-nasal drip. Smoking, BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO March 17, 1944 Five counties represented the Ontario County Bar Associas tion's dinner in Hotel Genosha. Mr. Justice W. D. Roach, On- tario Supreme Court Judge, ad- dressed the gathering which was presided over by A. W. S. Greer, president of the association. A Columbus barn owned by the Powell family was complete- ly destroyed by fire including the entire contents. The third in a series of Lenten recitals was preSented by C. J. W. Taylor, organist of St. Andrew's United Church, assist- ed by Mrs. John Reid and Mrs. H. C. Hurlbert, guest soloists Mrs. Uriah Jones,. president of the Oshawa Home and_ School Council, presented the charter to the Ajax Home and School Association at a meeting of the club. Charles Peacock's rink, con- sisting of Mansel Stacey, Alex Brodie, and W. I. Houston, captured the John Dryden Me- morial Trophy in the final curl- ing event of the 1943-44 season at the Oshawa Curling Club On the recommendation of Mayor Davis and Assessment Commissioner Luke, city coun- cil approved the appointment of John H. Cooper, Celina street, to assist in the assessment of the city. : Steps to provide for the widen- ing-of Simcoe street south, be- tween Athol and Bloor streets, and Athol street east, between Simcoe and Prospect streets were investigated at a meeting of the Town Planning Commis- sion, At'a luncheon meeting of the Oshawa -- Kiwanis Club, Cyril Luke, on behalf of the members, presented a donation to the guest speaker, Mrs. W. Conner, Provincial Field Secretary, to aid the Guide Movement in Osh- awa . G.-B. Mothersil, former reeve of Whitby Township, died in his 8ist year. Eighty-four cases' of com- municable diseases were report- ed in the city during February, including 168 cases of scarlet fever. Mumps was the most pre- valent with 53 reported cases chronic sinus infection, and nasal polyps or other obstruc- itons could be factors. Allergy, in such: adult cases, is less likely but is 'still a possibility. And it could, after all, be a habit. But an examination to see whether any of the physical factors. are .present would be worthwhile. If there is no de- tectable fault, then proceed on the theory that it is a habit and habits can be changed. Dear Dr. Molner: Is it pos- sible to get over diabetes if you have had it seven years? I am 16 now.--MISS D R No. But don't be too down- hearted, because you can now lead a virtually normal life in spite of diabetes. When it starts in childhood, usually insulin and careful diet will be required permanently. We are constantly hopeful that some belter treat- men may be discovered. What we have now is immeasurably better than when I was young, because then, if a child devel- oped diabetes, he soon died. To- day, 'much progress has been made, Dear Dr. Molner: My daugh- ter will soon have her. first baby. The doctor is going to give her a spinal at delivery. I am worried because I had a spinal.twice for major surgery and could not move a muscle.-- MLA You weren't supposed to be able to move! A spinal anesthetic or a cau- dal' anesthesia is commonly used for childbirth. There is nothing to worry about, so do not frighten your dasighter. DOW BREWERY APPOINTMENT GEORGE J. GURNEY W, J. Beaupre, Vice-President -- © Marketing, Dow Brewery (Ontario) Limited, announces the appoint- ment of George J. Gumey as Soles Supervisor -- Simcoe District, Mr. Gurney joined the Dow Ontario morketing organization in 1959- os a soles representative ond wos most recently Sales Promotion Supervisor, He will continue to -re- side in Toronto and will report to Mr. Arthur P. West, Sales Mana- ger, Central Region. Senator Counters Separatist Cries By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- Seénator Cyrille Vaillancourt, leader of the Que- bec Liberals in the Senate, has brought some comfort and sense of balance to a Parlia- ment Hill which was deeply 'puzzled and worried by the strident voice of separatism. Headlines right across Can- ada have been captured by the timely and felicitous plea for the preservation of "united Con- federation" whicht his 72-year- old veteran delivered on the anniversary of his appointment to the Senate. Senator Vaillancourt has served as deputy leader of the Liberals in the Senate; he is prominent in the credit union movement in Quebec; he is a well-known and successful in- dustrialist, and as head of a large maple sugar producing company, he has the whimsical satisfaction of seeing his trade mark advocated as a flag for Canada, which he_ therefore knows would be neither "new" nor "distinctive." On account of his position and experience, he speaks in the Senate as the au- thoritative voice of Quebec. Thus his expressed conviction that the province of Quebec will receive our Queen "with happi- ness, dignity and pride" served to reassure Parliament Hill, and put into perspective as insignifi- cant the comments about our Queen being "a foreigner" and 'a symbol of our colonialism" delivered earlier by a very young, very.new Liberal. MP from Lotbiniere whose name is forgotten. UNIVERSAL PRAISE Shortly after he had deliv- ered, in the French language, his ofte; witty and always warming extemporaneous speech. Senator Vaillancourt READERS' VIEWS DISCOURTESY Dear Sir: I wish to complain about the lack of courtesy of Oshawa motorists. When many streets in Oshawa are running with water from thawing snow or heavy rain, some motorists drive carefully So as not to-splash people .on the sidewalk, But there are many others who seem to go out of their way to hit all the big 'puddles at top speed, so as to drench the pedestrians, There is no use trying to get their num- ber, because they are travelling too fast and their licence plates are covered with mud in that kind of- weather, and anyway, they are gone before you can wipe the muddy water from your face. The same sort of discourtesy can be seen at street corners and intersections. Motorists here do not believe in obeying stop signs. They creep around cor- ners, and any pedestrian expect- ing them to come to a full stop must jump for his life, {n this city, the rule seems to be that cars always have the right of way and people walking have no rights at all. I would like to see some of these jerks driving out West or in cities in the States, where police officers watch drivers on corners and give tickets to drivers who push out into inter- sections over the white lines. ANGRY PEDESTRIAN Oshawa received sincere congratulations from fellow-senators from many ministers, and from the govern- ment leader in the Senate, Hon. John Connolly, at a big recep- tion given by the latter that eve- ning in honor of Prime Minister Pearson and his cabinet. While this French - speaking senator deservedly gets the palm for the session's most stirring appeal to the heart, the. most eloquent and interesting appeal to the head appropri- ately came from his English- speaking leader, Senator Con- nolly; he reviewed the history and the philosophy of a second chamber, by constitution and function, within a democratic legislative assembly. The great Western democra- cies all have second chambers in their legislature, he pointed out. The United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, Ireland and other de- mocracies-have both an upper chamber, called ofien the Sen- ate, 'and a lower chamber, called the House of Representa tives or House of Commons. "With the exception of New Zealand, second chambers are found in the larger Common- wealth countries, and New Zea- land is considering the re-estab- lishment of a second chamber," said Senator Connolly. PUT COUNTRY FIRST He described how our Senate has both devised and improved legislation; he emphasized how our Senate can provide a forum, not otherwise' available, for the study of important public ques- tions; he pointed out how even QUEEN'S PARK ; the Senate was some length by Senator Con- the most politically nartlean newcomer quickly learns that a senator should "forget his pol- : itics and put his country first" , --words which some of our newer tors Pp and digest, ' The work of committees of described at nolly, It is here, of course, that the greater experience and comparative absence of parti- © san politics, enables the Senate to outshine the Commons. Peas bh re Cc em ised the hope that, under his leader- ship, there can be a measure of Senate reform from within, by upgrading the worth and broadening the scope of the work of the Senate's 19 stand- ing committees and various a hoc committees. The unusual approach of his survey of the purposes and usefulness of a second and deliberative cham- ber gave great significance to Senator Connolly's first. major speech as government leader in the Senate. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 17, 1964... The Stamp Act, one of the major causes of the American Revolution, was repealed by the British par- liament 198 years ago today --in 1766. The act, designed to raise revenue in the American colonies, drew stiff opposition at once, It was so great that the rev- enue amounted to less than the cost of collection. 1943--The price of wheat reached $1 a bushel in Can- ada for the first time since 1938. 1945--Allied forces cap- tured Iwo Jima from the Japanese in the Second World War. Same Speed Limit For Trucks, Autos BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Most members in the House probably were sur- prised to find that trucks now have the same speed limits as passenger Cars, And probably even more sur- prised when they were told the old differential was knocked out in 1960. This information came out when the members were dis- cussing the estimates of Minis- ter of Transport Irwin Haskett. Mr. Haskett said the policy of having a 10 mile lower limit for trucks had been. reviewed. When it was apparent that the lower limit meant much more passing it was dropped. The reply was given to a member who said that trucks were driving just as fast as cars and tending to hold up passenger car traffic. It was apparent many other members also hadn't known about the change--as neither had the writer. ; COMPULSORY RETESTING Now that automatic issuance of drivers permits is established and working the next matters. of moment to be expected in the motor vehicle field are com- pulsory retesting of drivers and annual examination of vehicles. Neither however it appears will be with us tomorrow. Mr. Haskett said compulsory retesting really would not be practical until the new auto- matic issuing system was fully operative in 1966. . It would seem quite likely a start would be made on a grad- uated basis then though the minister didn't say so. Annual examination of motor. vehicles may be delayed longer. Mr. Haskett said it would re- quire an initial investment of $12,000,000 and an annual oper- an annual inspection to all ve- hicles in the province. As yet he said the facts had not indicated that this inspec- tion would be enough of a safety measure to warrant this ex- penditure. 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