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She Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1964--PAGE 6 Way Cleared To Give Seafarers New Deal The only odd thing about the firing of Hal Banks from the presi- dency of the Seafarers is the time it took the three trustees, appointed by the government to take charge of maritime union affairs, to get around to it. The trustees should have kicked him out months ago --they had just. as much reason then as now. It may have been their hope that the SIU bosses in the United States could be persuaded to drop their violent opposition to the anti- Banks moves in Canada, and to arrange the return of Banks to .an SIU job in the United States which would make it impossible for him to continue to stir up trouble in the Canadian shipping industry. The violent partisanship of Paul Hall, SIU international president, . made that a very faint hope from the beginning. Hall seems to be cast in the same mould as Banks -- which makes reasonable negotia- tion virtually an impossibility. But with Hall's approval or not, Banks had to go. Not only was he the source and symbol of vio- lence on the Great Lakes -- as the report of the Norris Commission makes clear -- but his continued presence made impossible the needed reorganization of the union along responsible, democratic lines. Now the job of reorganization can be started. The pity of it is that it was not started months ago. There will be trouble of one sort or another, but no one really ex- pected that Banks could be ousted without some trouble. He and his colleagues breed trouble. It would have been better to face it earlier in the winter than now, when a few ships_are already moving in the lower lakes -- indeed, the first ship carrying steel has moved into Lake Huron from Sault Ste. Marie. Re- grets will not lessen the impact of the Banks ouster, however, and whatever trouble does develop must be met: squarely, with the federal government and the Canadian Labor Congress giving the fullest support to the union trustees. The CLC, for example, may find it wise to merge the Canadian Mari- time Union with the Seafarers after the latter organization has been cleansed. Fight Against Crime In a pitiful sort of apology for the introduction of the infamous Police Amendment Act last week, | Premier Robarts told the Ontario | Legislature: "This comes about in an attempt | to give us the means by which we can get at the problem of crime, its detection, its control, its sup- pression in this province. This must be the paramount interest of the government. Perhaps when , this legislation was brought forward, it was directed at control of crime and if it has these side effects, of course as I have said, they are com- pletely repugnant to all of us and we will have to attempt to find another way of dealing with the problem of crime." The paramount interest of any government, of course, is or should be the jealous protection of the in- tegrity of the individual citizens. But governments seem to have de- veloped a' contempt for the indivi- dual; certainly they are ever will- ing to impose on' him an ever-in- creasing burden of: regulation ad- ministered by appointed and not elected bodies. But if the Ontario government considers the battle against crime in this province to be at an urgently critical stage, it can take more effective action than the passage of legislation which would destroy the legal protection of the individual without necessarily destroying the criminals. That. action would be the raising of the province's police forces to truly professional status. Our great protection against crime is the police officer. Let the government start by recognizing that fact. The Ontario Provincial Police force is under-manned, under-equipped and under-paid. So are most of the municipal forces in the province. Why not step up the recruiting, improve the training, the equipment and the wages of our police forces? This would certainly be less expensive than the destruc- tion of freedom in this province. Jack Miner's Legacy The third of Canada's 20th Parliament in 1947 passed "an Act respecting a National Wild Life Week." The words of the bill, with its explanatory note, provide the best explanation of. it: "This Act may be cited as The National Wild Life Week Act. Throughout. Canada in each year, the week in which the tenth day of April occurs (being the anniver- sary of the birthday of the late Jack Miner) shall be known and observed as the National Wild Life Week, so that interested clubs, asso- ciations and organizations may, on the day of that week most suit- able to them, dissemin informa- tion pertinent to wild life c vation... "April 10, being the anniversary of the birthday of the late Jack She Oshawa Gimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle {established 1863) is published daily tSundoys and Statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- trs Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press Is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reyters, and also the local news published. therein, All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640. Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, iverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces. and Commonwealth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. and forelgn 24.00, session Miner, the great Canadian natural- ist who devoted a life-time to the cause of wild life conservation, such a week would be a national tribute to the man who did more than any other to create public interest in the value of Canadian wild life resour- ces and consideration for their na- tural habitats. "The setting apart of the full week of April 10 would permit the choice of the most suitable day for the convenience 'of every sort of club, association or organization in- terested in wild life conservation and nature study to proclaim meet- ings, indoor and outdoor, from plat- form, over the radio or the printed word, the great value to the nation of wild life conservation in every sphere, sporting, tourist, educa- tional, esthetic, ornithological, eco- gical, etc. as well as in food." So it goes on -- not sparkling prose but clear in meaning. « The theme for the Week this year is "Canadians need outdoor recre- ation -- act now to provide for the future." The message is plain, even if many of us act as if it never occurred to us. Bible Thought He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the. name of the only begotten Son of God. -- John: 3:18. It is through Uhrist that we can be saved. THE SAP IS RUNNING | REPORT FROM U.K. School Gets Bus For Green Stamps By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain is in the grip of a trading stamp war. There is a great diversity of opinion as to whether the giv- ing of trading stamps by mer- chants is a good thing for the consumers, Some large chains of stores are giving them away with all purchases, and there are sev- eral different trading stamp companies competing for entry into the stores. On the other "hand, other large store organ- izations are dead against them, and are condemning the prac- tice as being one detrimental to the interests of the housewives. In the midst of this trading stamp. war comes a story which is worth recording. It concerns St. Francis' Roman Catholic home for orphans and deprived children at Stefford in Bedford- shire. At that home, a gather- ing of excited boys cheered themselves hoarse. around a minibus which had been deliv- ered to their school play- ground. It was their very own minibus. They acquired it by collecting more than one million Green Shield trading stamps. ORGANIZED COLLECTION About 250 boys and supporters of the school started collecting the stamps las. May. Letters went out in hundreds from the school home. appealing for stamps from Catholic schools and organizations in the North- ampton diocese, which covers seven counties. Appeals. were also made to individuals to help the cause. The response was overwhelm- ing. Eight boys were selected and were known as "'chief lick- ers', Their job was to stick the stamps in the books and bun- dle them up. One convent school in Cambridge sent 100,000 trad- ing stamps in a brown paper parcel. The boys competed keen- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 24, 1964... + Famed, German bacte- riologist Robert Koch an- nounced 82 years ago today ~in 1882--that he had iso- lated the bacillus of tuber- culosis, Although he was unable to perfect a cure for tuberculosis, his work was - useful as a means of diag- nosing TB in animals in- tended for food. 1949--Moscow Radio an- nounced Marshal Bulganin had been relieved as head of Russia's armed forces. 1956--Governor - General Massey flew over the North Pole, PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM A Russian says the Garden of Eden was in Russia. Perhaps it was. It will be recalled that the smoke in the grass wasn't ex- pelled from the Garden. During a_ recent' ten-day period, almost as many people lost their lives in airplane crashes as were killed in sur- face traffic accidents The less a person knows as-to what he wants, the harder he works trying to get it. ly to see who could collect the most. The other day Father John Ryan, rector of the home, went to London to collect the gleam- ing new gray minibus. It will be used to take tic boys on out- ings, and to shuttle the St. Fran- cis football team to away from home games. The trading stamp company was more than generous. Said Father Ryan: "The trading stamp YOUR HEALTH Fertile Periods people have been very good to us about this. We have so far sent them 800 books ea~* containing 1260 stamps. And we really need an- other 222 books to cover the bus. But because we wanted so badly to take the boys to Wem- bley to see the England - North- ern Ireland international match, I asked the trading stamp com- pany if I could give them a cheque for the bus, and then get my money back when I have sent on the other 222 books. "They agreed because the way we are going on at the mo- ment we will have collected these extra boo's within a week or two." The boys are their new bus, which will be used to good advantage. But they are not going to stop sav- ing these stamps -- they all want to get enough to secure a bicycle for each one of them, thrilled with Easier To Trace By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: Please tell me the safe days during the month when a woman cannot get pregnant.--MRS JB There's no absolute answer as to the '"'safe" days. There's no positive pattern, only an ap- proximation. Pregnancy begins when an ovum or egg 1s fertilized. Peri- odically the pituitary. gland ex- erts its influence to stimulate changes which cause a follicle in the ovary to rupture and emit an ovum about once a month, The ovum then must be ferti- lized within its span of survival --hbelieved to be from 12 to 48 hours. Thus the period of fertil- ity is supposed to be about two days. But the male sperm lives longer--two or three days. or more. The sperm may have been deposited before the ovum appeared yet still fertilize it. So we now have a period perhaps of four or five days in. which pregnancy may occur. Now suppose (as it is quite possible) one factor or another results in an ovum being re- leased a day or two sooner or later than usual. The possible span is thus extended that much more, Do you see now why we cannot say positively when the "safe"' and the "fertile" periods will be? Ordinarily -- ordinarily, I re- peat--an ovum is released about the 14th day after the be- ginning of the last menstrual period. That is the average for women with a 28- or 30-day cy- cle. When the cycle is mark- edly different from this, and particularly when it is irregu- lar, it is believed that ovulation occurs 14 days before the onset of the next period. In other words, afterward you ean count back and figure out when the ovum appeared, but this is of no use at all in trying to look ahead and figure the next fertile period. So all we can say with cer- tainty is that fertility will be lowest just before or just after the period, and, usually, at its highest at about mid-cycle, halfway between the beginning of one period and the beginning of the next--if you are very reg- ular, It is, in fact, much simpler and far more precise to dis- cover when a woman is fertile than to try to say when she isn't or won't be, i Ovulation is usually associ- ated with a slight rise in body temperature (hence women seeking to become pregnant often keep a daily temperature chart, watching for that rise). Some experience a sharp pain in the abdomen (called "'mittel- schmerz") when the follicle rup- tures and the ovum emerges. Most don't feel anything. There is also likely to.be a slight increase in vaginal secre- tion at this time. Thus the information in to- day's column will be of much more reliable help to women who want to know when they can become pregnant, than to those who want to know when they won't, Dear Dr. Molner: What bear- ing, if any does, overweight have on inability to conceive? -- fH It is one cause of difficulty in becoming pregnant. SY APPOINTMENT TO WER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH # SUPPLIERS OF "CANADIAN CLUB" WHISKY RAM WALKER @ SONS LIMITED ASK FOR "THE BEST IN THE HOUSE" by HIRAM WALKER THE Lohteib ses IN THE WORLD < OTTAWA REPORT Notes Variations In Constituencies By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--Our laws provide that the representation of the provinces in the House of Com- mons shall be readjusted 'on the completion of each decen- nial census.' The purpose of this is that constitugncy boun- daries shall be redrawn after each census, to provide for ap- proximately equal representa- tion of all residents in our Com- mons. Historically this redistribution has always hitherto been ef- fected by the House of Com- mons itself. This has on occa- QUEEN'S PARK sions resulted in the political party in power using its major- ity to '"gerrymander" to help itself and to handicap its oppo- nents. "To gerrymander" is defined as "'to divide a country into electoral districts in such a way as to give a political advantage to the party in power. The word perpetuates the memory of Gov- ernor Gerry, of Massachusetts, who resorted to this stratagem in 1812." In a bold attempt to achieve impartiality, the Pearson gov- ernment has now brought for- ward a bill adopting a proposal Legislature Wary On Pay Question BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Members are rec- onciled to the fact they won't be getting an increase in in- demnities this year. Reconciled, though not: happy. Apparently the matter was brought up briefly in the PC caucus. Very briefly, because the members were told flatly they wouldn't be getting a raise in pay. The question has been men- tioned only once in the house. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO March 24, 1944 Oshawa Blood Donor Clinic stood sixth in the province with 1,777 donations during February. -Worthy Matron Mrs. T. Med- land presided at the 24th anni- versary meeting of the Sunbeam Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Wing Commander: Lloyd V. Chadburn, DSO and Bar, DFC, renewed acquaintances with Oshawa '"'Chadburn'" Squadron Air Cadet officers during his brief visit to the city. Fire which gutted the Air- craft Plastics. building at Du- plate Canada Limited caused an estimated damage of $10,000 to the building, with more serious damage to stock and equipment resulting from the blaze. Grace Lutheran Church held a memorial service for Cpl. Gor- don Stire. The minister Rev. R. Knoll conducted the service, Dawn Steckley captured the Skinner Trophy for 1944 figure championship of. the Oshawa Skating Club. Mrs: L. W. Parrott, Mrs. J. H. Wilkins, Mrs. C. W. Mars den, members of the Oshawa Music. Teachers' Association, presented a piano recital at Osh- awa Missionary College. Miss Jean Magill, vocalist, was as- sisting artist. This was by Opposition Leader Farquhar Oliver, who made a semi-jocular. reference to the trials of members trying to live on their present $7,000. Word from the Liberal ranks, however, is that Mr. Oliver him- self has not favored an in- crease, at least not this year. The row caused by the big boost to federal members last year has bred a great timidity about the pay question. This is regrettable, for some members are suffering hard- ship. POLICE AUTHORITY The government, at time of writing, is still trying to straighten out the affairs of the Ontario Police Commission. Trying to decide, that is, just what the commission should do. One trouble to date has been that the commission got tangled with the active administration of the Ontarie Provincial Po- lice. : Also it did not show much political sensitivity. For in- stance it gave the opinion that small police forces should be abolished, without considering how this would affect the feel- ings of local politicians. There is a recognized job to be done in modernizing the po- lice. system in the province. The main question is how to give the commission authority to lead in this and yet keep it from stepping on local toes. CENTRED ON MACAULAY This time last year much of the business of the house was centring on the then minister of ec ics and tt Robert Macaulay. What a contrast this year. Robert Macaulay, private member, is very much a pri- vate member, He has been occupied with re- organizing his business life and building up his health and his attendances in the chamber have been rare. One still feels, however, that public life still has not seen the last of this man and that, even- tually, he will be back as prom- inently as -ever. Any government could well use his imagination and drive. 4 1 develop ' Get the facts about IDB _. business loans Thousands of Canadian enterprises have obtained: loans from IDB to acquire land, buildings or machinery, to supple- ment working capital, or to start a new business. i You are invited to discuss term financ- ing with us.., ERGY indusTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK 23 BRANCH OFFICES ACROSS CANADA Toronto 250 University Avenue Telephone 368-1145 first made by the Conservative Party 61 years ago, but never implemented. This proposal would set up 10 independent commissions, consisting of judges or the like, who would be expected to achieve redistribu- tion with impartiality. FAIRNESS FOR ALL The boundaries of constituen- cies should ideally be drawn in such a way that each constitu- ency contains the same number of residents. They should also observe the three cardinal fac- tors of geography, topographi- cal features and community of interest. Thus as far as possi- ble a constituency should be one unbroken stretch of territory, not divided by a natural barrier such as the Rockies, and con- taining people following the same way of life. These factors necessitate some slight varia- tion from exact numerical equality of all constituencies-- but a great argument is centred around the magnitude of that slight variation. In the last election, the num- bers of registered electors in our various constituencies var- jed between 162,590 in the Tor- onto suburban riding of Scarbor- ough, and 5,656 in Quebec's Magdalen Islands. That gross discrepancy shows how urgent our now overdue redistributign is. It also points up the unfair- ness of permitting that "slight variation'--or--tolerance" as it is. ca¥éd--to be uncontrolled. Why should a few thousand of fishermen on isolated isles in the St. Lawrence have the same voice in Parliament as thirty times as many Torontonians? SIMILAR INTERESTS Dr. Bernard Rynard, the well- liked Orillia doctor who repre- sents Simcoe East, stressed to me his belief that this tolerance should be larger than the 20 per cent advocated by the goverm ment--but not as lange as the scandalous 93 per cent repré- sented by the disparity in the two cases mentioned above. Dr. Rynard points out the difficulty of representing a riding such as his, consisting of 50,000 square miles of Ontario, with over 100 miles of waterfront, and con- taining rural farmers, urban industrial workers, Indians on Christian Island, fishermen and shore workers. In contrast, a Toronto MP, he says, might represent constituents all work- ing in downtown offices and liv- ing within one square mile of built-up city. ' His argument of course is the justification for tolerance. What of "community of inter- est'"' or "disunity of interest?" How is this defined? Our chief eloctoral officer, Nelson Castote gcay, told me the best defini- tion he has heard concerns @ chicken run. The injection of 2 rooster would be 'community of interest." but to admit a weasel would lead to "disunity of interest." Dr. Rynard's contrast of the varied occupations in Simcoe East with the similar occupa- tions in certain Toronto ridings shows this mor vividly in %u- man terms, If you are going to NEW YORK sth any... | wiles "FOR BUSINESS, VACATIONS, or to See the World's Fair" By All Means Make Your Reservations At the Popular CONVENIENT TO EVERYTHING ( Across the street from the Coliseum near Lincoln Center, Central Park, The- aters, Times Square, Fam- ous. Restaurants, and all Transportation. 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