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a ¢ Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ; T. L. Wilson, Publisher ca WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1964----PAGE 6 One Man's Resignation Will Not Erase Shame It has been suggested that the Rebarts government intended the. proposed ameridments to the Police Act to be, not serious legislation, but a demonstration to the opposi- tion in the legislature that the strengthening of the Ontario Police Commission -- as demanded by the opposition -- could be a pretty dan- gerous bit of business. That is not an acceptable explanation. The danger could have been made clear without the actual introduction of such extraordinary legislation. Nor is it an acceptable explana- tion that former Attorney-General Cass slipped one over his cabinet colleagues. If Premier Robarts, in particular, did not know what was in the amendments proposed by Mr. Cass, he was guilty of negligence. Yet that.seems to be the impression he has been trying to create, while the cabinet colleagus of Mr. Cass have been diving for silent cover. Thus, more and more it appears that Mr. Cass will be heaped with the whole blame in this atrocious affair -- and it is now certain there will be a new attorney-general. But it will take more than this to erase the evil memory of a piece of legis- lation which would have turned On- tario into a police state. The amendments were approved by the Police Commission chairman. This man should not continue in office; his approval of secret arrest makes him unfit. There is such a thing as cabinet responsibility; the removal of Mr. Cass will not re- move grave suspicion about the government's concern for the rights of the individual in this province, Running Out Of Steam Despite the extensive group of planning organizations which keep a close watch -- and which exer- cise no small measure of control -- over the economy, indications are the. French economic boom is run- ning out of steam. Moreover, the spectre of yet another round in the wagé=price inflationary spiral looms. Between January of 1959--when 'the franc was devalued -- and early 1964; consumer prices in Fraiice have risen by more than 23%. This price rise has cancelled out most if not all of the com- petitive trade advantage gained through devaluation. This is evi- denced by a widening gap in France's balance of trade outside of the franc bloc. Canada, like France, has bene- fitted materially from a currency devaluation. And while it is true that prices have not -- or at least not yet -- risen alarmingly in this country, it must also be noted that the Canadian devaluation has been considerably more recent than that of France. Any material rise in prices, how- ever, could leave this country in as precarious a position as that now being evidence in France. First Holiday Weekend crease in highway mishaps is the urge to travel too far too fast in The Easter weekend has come to mark the unofficial opening of the road-travel season. After months of winter weather, motorists will be eager to take to the highways and byways, hither, thither and yon -- and often in each other's way. Hazards during any peak holiday period multiply threefold as com- pared with an ordinary weekend. It is'not simply that there are many more vehicles on the roads -- many of the drivers of those vehicles are in much too much of a rush to cover distance quickly early on the holi- day, and try to cover too much dis- site before returning at the end ofthe holiday. 'Safety experts have found that one.of the main factors in the in- the time available. To reach dis- tant destinations and return, motor- ists must travel at speeds inconsis- tent with safety; they become im- patient with traffic slowdowns and try to pass in potentially danger- ous circumstances; and they get tired -- too tired to drive with the efficiency required on today's high- speed highways. In the interests of a safe and sane Easter weekend, safety experts offer this advice to motorists: Don't try to go too far away; start. for home early and avoid the last-hour rush; give yourself time to get to your destination at reasonable speed. Basa Of The Sidewalks it came out in the course of a city council meeting in Toronto the other day that for every million dollars worth of sidewalk repair work they get, Torontonians are paying $1,216,000. The reason for the surcharge is not graft or shoddy workmanship but simply the fact that the municipal government finances this'service on money bor- rowed on five-year notes rather than out of current taxes. Tn a small way the case of the cracked sidewalks illustrates the penalties of deficit financing by governments -- the policy of spend- ing'in a year more than can be pro- vided by taxation. In a large way these penalties are illustrated by She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871), and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily {Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). Members: of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to fhe use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ang also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patthes are also reserved. Offices: Thomson* Building, 425 University Av@nue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cothcart Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchmon's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, reno, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool. and Newcastle not ver 45 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. end foreign 24.00. one entry in the federal govern- ment's estimates for the coming year, just presented to Parliament. The House will be asked to approve the spending of $1,038,000,000 for interest and other charges on the public debt. As in the case of the cracked sidewalks, Ottawa's policy providing services on borrowed money even- tually costs the public:a lot extra. Other Editors' Views EMBARRASSING (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) Tabling of spending estimates for the 1964-65 fiscal year, showing a 6.6 per cent increase in the year, places Finance Minister Walter Gordon more firmly than ever on the griddle. The $470,000,000 increase in gov- ernment spending, one of the big- gest post-war boosts can hardly be anything but embarrassing for a finance minister who once hoped to be able to reduce and finally eli- minate deficit spending. Bible Thought Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. -- John 4:14, True and etérnal satisfaction for the deepest human longings is found only in the true and eternal God. MORE SENSITIVE AREAS REPORT FROM U.K. Paddle Steamer Gains Defenders By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The fate of one of the fine old paddle steamers which used to cater to the YOUR HEALTH needs of holiday-makers over a period of 40 years, the vessel named "The Medway Queen," has been the subject of much debate and discussion. This old side-wheeler, known as "the grand old lady of the Heart 'Skipping' Fairly Frequent By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Doctor: What: happens when the heart skips a beat? Could an Aneurysm near the heart cause this?--FCP Not much of anything hap- pens when the heart '"'skips a beat," because this "skipping" is quite frequent and it isn't really a "skip,"' but a change in rhythm. Ordinarily the heart goes thump - pause - thump - pause- thump-pause. Sometimes _ it pause - THUMP pause-pause. The heart beats once a sec- oid or thereabouts. As you have probably read, hearts can be stopped for a few minutes and be started again without any permanent harm. So a. pause of a second or so is of no consequence. I don't want to get too tech- nical, but yes, an aneurysm might have some effect in caus- ing a "skip," but that would be rather rare, Let your doctor de- cide. These "'skips'" are usually from some other and often ex- tremely inconsequential causes such as drinking too much cof- fee and excessive smoking. Dear Dr. Molner: I have diverticulosis, but I can't see any bulge. Please explain.--AC The bulge is in the intestine. It is tiny and does not show on the: outside of the body. Dear Dr. Molner: I am heart- broken after finding that my 13-year-old boy sniffs glue. He denies it but I can smell it on his breath and his clothes are full of it. What makes a bright boy do stich a disgusting thing? --DISCOURAGED MOM Glue-sniffing doesn't seem to me to be disgusting, It is fool- hardy. Damage to the liver is the most immediate danger, and the damage often is life. long.-If the boy can be made to realize that this can shorten his life, and perhaps make him an invalid, he will probably stop. It is important to find out where he picked up this trick TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 25, 1964... The famous Battle of the Thirty was fought in France 613 years ago today--in 1351. Thirty picked English champions and 30 French knights battled hand - to- hand with swords, daggers and axes, All contestants either were killed or seri- ously wounded, but the French came out the win- ners, 1752--The first issue of the Halifax Gazette, Can- ada's first newspaper, was published i9l--Fire which swept a 10-storey New York build- ing claimed 147 lives. thump- THUMP: goes and how many of his friends are doing the same thing. Dear Dr. Molner: I am a married woman with an em- barrassing problem. Once in a while I wet the bed. Could it be that I have bad kidney trau- ble? To consult a doctor who would see me while I was tell- ing this would be most em- apa Can you help me?-- Some kidney or bladder infec- tion (not necessarily a bad one now) could be the answer. Per- haps if you told him you were having "occasional loss of con- trol," you might find it less embarrassing. You aren't 'the only adult who has had this trouble, and if some infection is invuived, the quicker you start having treatment, the bet- ter, because if not treated these things tend to get steadily worse. NOTE TO PV: Cancer cannot be transmitted by towels, sheets, etc. In fact, no means has yet been found by which cancer can be transmitted from person to person. However, when an open can- cer is draining, it usually is-- or at least may be--infected with ordinary germs, just as any. open wound is likely to become infected, Thorough laundering is all that you need to make towels or bed linen of such a patient completely safe. Hospital laun- dering, naturally, is done with sufficient heat so that all such germs are destroyed. This is true of commercial jaundering, too. Thames' plied between South end, Herne Bay and Clacton-on- sea. It is estimated that in its lifetime of service it has car- ried over two million passen- gers. Last September it made its final holiday cruise. The 317-ton pleasure steamer was _ with- drawn from service, and was being prepared for making its last trip, to the breaker's yard. But this aroused hundreds of protests from interested citi- zens, not particularly because of her history as a pleasure steamer, but because of the fame which came to the Med- way Queen daring the darkest days of the-War. GLORY AT DUNKIRK The most glorious days in the 40-year long history of the Med- way Queen came in the spring of 1940 during the evacuation of the British acc, French arm- tes from Dunkirk. Seven times she crossed the Channel into the death-zone at Dunkirk, and stood off the shell- torn beach while men streame ed out to her in small boats, or swam out to her to be brought back to England and safety, In the official records, the Med- way Queen was credited with having brught 7,000 soldiers back from the bloody beaches of Dunkirk. The Paddle Steamer Preser- vation Society launched an ap- peal for $24,000, the amount needed to save the vessel from being broken up. The London Branch of tie Dunkirk Veter- ans' Association wanted her to become a floating memorial to the memory. of their comrades who died on the Dunkirk beaches. Now the National Trust, also interested in the preservation of the Medway Queen, has come forward with a proposal which would result in the ship being preserved to be used in a useful capacity. It has proposed to the London County Council that the vessel be given a. final berth- ing place at the Battersea Pleas. ure Gardens on the south bank of the Thames, to be used as a tea garden, or as a_ holiday camp publicity centre. The tea garden idea has caught the popular fancy. While the final decision as to whether the Medway Queen is allowed to moo~ off the pleas- ure gardens rests with the Lon- don County Council, the scheme has powerful backing from the Port of London Authority, which has approved in principle the National Trust's application for a berthing place for her at Battersea. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO March 25, 1939 Rev, W. Harold Reid, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, was elected president of. the Oshawa Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Col. R. S. McLaughlin won first prize for his lilacs in the Spring Flower Show at Eaton Auditorium. The Canadian Concert Asso- ciation announced plans were made to organize a_ branch _ here, The Oshawa Generals defeat- ed the Natiye Sons of Toronto 6 to 1 to Captiite the OHA Jun- ior "A" hockey championship for the second consecutive year. James Gregory, 88-year-old member of King Street United Church, took an active part in the games when St. Andrew's United Church Men's Club were hosts to King Street United Church Brotherhood. Attorney-General G. D. Con- ant ordered an inquiry into Nazi agent activities, Dr. and Mrs, F. L. Henny celebrated their golden wed- ding anniversary, Dr, Henry was entertained in Hotel Gen- osha when presentations were made by dental, fishing and hunting associates, Oshawa Ski Club marked its official closing of the season. Lioyd Magill, president, gave a brief history of the' club's growth from the time of its origin "two years ago'? when membership had grown from 10 to 223, A. A. Crowle was re-elected chairman of the Union Ceme- tery Board of Directors. Action was taken by the board to re- possess lots which had not had a burial within 20 years and upon which no maintenance payments had been made. The salvage. department of the Oshawa Welfare Board saved the city $4,131 during the prev.ous year: by being able to supply second-hand arti- cles to people on relief. OTTAWA REPORT 'Paul Martin Gives Great Performance By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--The formation of the United Nations peace-keep- ing force for Cyprus brought Ot- tawa its most dramatic day since the Diefenbaker crisis 13 months ago. We saw Cyprus teeter to the brink of war involving two of our NATO allies, and with Rus- sia intervening. Could such a war be prevented from escailat- ing into a global war? Anxious doubts were felt in view of the "total involvement" prescribed by the NATO treaty--especially as the date was Friday the 13th But Canada, through imagin- ative decisions and prompt ac- tion, pulled the world back from the brink. Diplomacy is played out on the most private of the stages which make up Ottawa's three- ring circus, Even MPs know little of current acts on that stage. But the small group of Canadian and international par- ticipants and observers thrilled to what has justifiably been called "a _ virtuoso perform- ance" and a "tour de force" by our foreign minister, Hon, Paul Martin. f STRATEGIC ISLE Cyprus is about twice the size of little P.E.I. It lies 100 miles off the important Turk- ish military port of Iskenderun, so in hostile hands it could neu- tralize that strategic base. Greek Cypriots form four-fifths of the population of 575,000, and seek t> dominate the Turkish- Cypriot sections, which are re- garded as the only bastion against the ultimate emergenco READERS' VIEWS CHILDREN AND RELIGION Dear Sir: . We note that one of your readers is 'greatly distressed" that the Ontario County Chil- dren's Aid Society places chil- dren for adoption in the homes of agnostics and atheists. We 'of course recognize the importance of religious train- ing in the education of every child but it seems to us that religion is not, inherited like blue eyes or curly hair. Surely every child should have a de- cent home, a nourishing diet, as much education as he can take advantage of and an op- portunity to form for himself a set of religious principles which will give meaning and purpose to his life. Any parents who can and will provide this kind of en- vironment for a_ child should have an equal opportunity to adopt homeless children re- gardiess of what church their natural parents may have at- tended or not attended. Isn't religion for most people a matter of chance as to where and when they were born? Shouldn't everyone, including wards of the Children's Aid So- ciety, have an opportunity to examine and think about reli- gion in general and find for themselves a faith which ap- peals to their reason and en- ables them to live joyfully and constructively? Unitarian Fellowship of Oshawa, AILEEN HALL, Chairman, CANADIAN FLAG Dear Sir: We draw your attention to an article which appeared in the Whitby Section of The Times on Wednesday, March 18. This news item was headlined 'Town Won't Fly 'Stolen' Ensign", in which Councillor Harry Inkpen was quoted as saying: "I feel that, by flying the Red Ensign, we are actually stealing a flag. I don't know how the practice of using it was started in this country, but I would assume that someone couldn't find the Union Jack one day and put this up as a substitute", For the: benefit of Councillor Inkpen, his colleagues on the Whitby Town Council, and any- one who is not familiar with the history of the Canadian Red Ensign, we would like to pre- sent a very brief history of OUR flag, for which 113,000 Canadians have already died, and many thousands more lay maimed for the rest of their lives, The Canadian Red Ensign was in use in both Upper and Lower Canada, and the Maritime Prov- inces, when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. Queen Victoria gave it recogni- tion as Canada's flag in 1870 when she approved the Fenian Raid Medal, carrying the Cana- dian Red Ensign on the reverse side, and her own name and head on the obverse. Our Cana- dians have marched under it, died under it (113,000), and have been buried under it, in all co- flicts since then to the present day, which gives i. a consider- able background of tradition and usage. It has also received consider- able official recognition as Can- ada's flag. By Order-in-Council No. 1045, dated July 26, 1892, it use was authorized and pro- portions set out, Order-in-Coun- cil No, 843, dated April 25, 1922, authorized the flying of the Ca- nadian Red Ensign with the Do- minion's Coat-of-Arms on_ it. Order-in-Council No, 134 of Jan- uary 26, 1924, authorizes its use on all Canadian Government Buildings in foreign countries. On September 5, 1945, by Order- in-Council No. 5888, The Govern- ment of Canada ordered that: "The Red Ensi with the shield of the Coat-of-Arms of Canada in the fly (hereinafter referred to as the Canadian Red Ensign), may be flown from buildings owned or occupied by the Federal Government within or without Canada, and that it shall be appropriate to fly the Canadian Red Ensign, within or without Canada, wherever place or occasion may make desirable to fly a distinctive Canadian Flag." The Canadian Red. Ensign flies over all Canadian Govern- ment Offices in ALL foreign lands, and at the United Na- tions in New York, When Amer- icans are on parade in Canada, and by courtesy carry the Cana- dian Flag, they carry the Cana- dian Red Ensign. By history,' tradition, and usage, the Cana- dian Red Ensign ALONE QUAL- IFIES as the flag of Canada. The time for a different flag might have been in 1867, at the time of Confederation, but cer- tainly not as we are approach- ing our one hundredth anniver- sary. The day is long gone when any group should consider tampering with our Canadian Red Ensign with its long history and tradition, We should all look forward to 1967, when our na- tion will celebrate its one hun- dredth birthday, and with this centennial celebrated under the same flag as its birth. A, E. KING, President, Canadian Corps Association, Unit 42, Oshawa, Ontario. QUEEN'S PARK of a Communist government on the island. Under the treaty of indepen- dence, Britain, Greece and Tuc- key agreed to preserve peace on Cyprus; but fighting be- came so widespread between the two factions that Britain asked other nations to join with her in a policing force. Should this be a NATO force, a Commonwealth force, or a United Nations force? Canada would be in the forefront in any case, The third was accepted : as the most realistic, yet no progress at all was made to-- wards its creation. ' Finally Turkey issued an ul- timatum: unless the slaughter of Turkish-Cypriots was nalted, and prisoners released, she would land a protective force. Greece at once said she would oppose this, and Russia an- nounced that she would inter- . vene. Thus the two nations' forming the 'exposed eastern flank of NATO threatened war; and if either were attacked by Russia, other NATO countries must aid them. It was against this back- ground that Canada suddenly acted. Our government was willing to join Britain in the peace-keeping force, on condi- tion that a third nation would do the same; and parliamen- tary approval was needed be- fore Canadian troops couid be sent to Cyprus. MR. MARTIN MOVES So Mr, Martin began hectic conferences. He flew to UN headquarters in New York; back in Ottawa he kept his telephone busy. A call to Stock- holm persuaded Sweden to send troops; but only on the condi- tion that another neutral should participate. Dublin said Ireland might do the same; but a de- cision must await the recall of Parliament. Helsinki said Fin- land would send troops, but only' on condition her costs were guaranteed, Meanwhile, anguish broke out at the UN when the news ticker reported that Real Caouette had rejected a Friday night emer- gency meeting of Parliament to authorize Canadian action, be- cause he wanted to leave Ot- tawa for the weekend, The fatal minutes of the Turk- ish ultimatum were ticking away. Mr, Martin called An- kara, and persuaded Turkey to extend the deadline. Anxious ambassadors in Ottawa held open telephone lines to their UN delegations, to ca' gress reports all Friday' stecnoen, Mr. Pearson had _ telephoned President Johnson, and ob- tained the United States m= ise of money to help Finland. Then Mr, Pearson took the plunge. He ordered a Canadian advance party of the army and RCAF to fly to Cyprus ahead of parliamentary approval; a Yukon transport plane took off from Trenton at 6:23 p.m. Tur- key accepted this token of good faith and imminent action and withdrew her ultimatum, Three hours later our wrangling Par- liament gave its belated bless- ing, and the world breathed again. Gifts Sometimes Are Embarrassing BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO Please don't bear us any gifts. This could be government credo in the future. From time to time people want to give things to the prov- ince. And quite often it turns out they are handing on a_ head- ache, The result is a considerable timidity on the part of the gov- ernment towards accepting anys thing--particularly when it is a piece of property, A few years ago, for instance, after long negotiations it was agreed to take over a large farm up north. The farm turned out to be impractical for any government use and in the meatime had to be maintained. It was finally turned back to the donor. Currently there is the Sig- mund Samuel property causing concern. A few years before his death, Mr. Samuel handed over his very impressive Toronto resi- dence to the province. There were no strings at- tached, but he did express the hope that perhaps it might be used as an official residence for the lieutenant-governor. The government has now had THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR IMPERIAL the property on its hands for two years and it appears it is a white elephant. For various reasons it is not Suitable for an official resi- dence (one of them is that the ball - room, the main public room, is on the third floor.) There is no .other practical use the government can make of the property. It would cost an estimated $100,000 to put it in shape. The building has to be maintained. The lieutenant- governor doesn't want it even if it were possible to adapt it, Generally it is an embarrass- ment. And now being discussed is the possibility of vither sell- ing it or turning it back to the Samuel family. This problem is the concern of Hon, Ray Connell, the minis- ter of public works. As usual, however, the cor-. dial Mr. Connell, is taking it in stride. The works minister is one of the most popular men in the cabinet. He has a_ sincerity combined with an engaging frankness which stands him well with all parties. One testimony to this was that this year he had an easier time with his estimates than any other minister. He had them approved in less than an hour and a half, < Impressively Light! Impressively Right! IMPERIAL CANADIAN WHISKY by HIRAM WALKER