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ee ITO ONS AT -- She Oshawa Tones 86 Kir 3 St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ~, L. Wilson, Publisher * Chronicle Tr «SDAY, MARCH 26, 1964--PAGE 6 Need More Information Many Canadians will be watching the effects of the tax reduction in the United States on the broad economy of that country, particu- larly since the professed purpose of the reduction was to reduce unem- ployment. It will be extremely diffi- cult, however, to interpret the re- sults of the reduction in valid terms of jobs created, because of the vagueness of the available informa- tion. The United States, like Canada, suffers from lack of precise infor- mation about unemployment. In both countries, the official measure of unemployment is based on a monthly survey of a few thousand households, selected to reflect the lives and habits of the two nations. In making the survey, the inter- viewers' task is to find out who in each family is working, who is not, and whether any 16 or over who are not working, are looking for work. The integrity of the statistics is generally accepted, but what the figures do not show is the indivi- To solve Unemployment dual's degree of attachment to the labor force -- the urgency of his need for a job and the seriousness with which he is looking for one -- and the extent of the individual's qualifications for the type of job he says he wants. A suburban housewife casually looking for part- time work gets the same weight in the general unemployment rate as a married man with five children to support. One statistician has said: "If a man says he is a car- penter, that's what we put down -- we have no way to Mfil out whether he's just a hammer-and-saw man." It must be obvious; then, that the problem of unemployment must be much more clearly defined before long-term solutions can be sought. There is no doubt that the tax cuts will encourage total demand, which in turn will mean a total increase in jobs. But that does not mean that the jobs will be created where they are most needed. For more specific solutions, more specific in- formation is required. Less Gloss On Premier Before the infamous Bill 99 to amend the Ontario Police Act yields the centre stage to some other shenanigan, it might be pru- dent to keep the spotlight on the man who, with Mr. Cass out of the way, remains as the main actor in this legislative drama, He is, of course, the Hon. John Robarts, prime minister of Ontario. When Mr. Robarts led his party to a resounding victory in last year's provincial general election, it was conceded that he was now the Boss, the leader -- no longer the neophyte sheltering under the pres- tige of his predecessor, Leslie Frost, He began to act like a leader and sound like a leader, reshaped his eabinet, made a good impres- sion in discussions with federal authorities and generally gave the impression of being in a position to inaugurate a Robarts regime which would rival the Frost regime. But 1964 has not been as kind to Mr. Robarts as 1963 was. There has been. a lot of fumbling at Queen's Park. Various' ambitious programs have been announced, but fellow-up action has been snail-like in its speed. Several of his minis- ters have got themselves into diffi- culties, culminating in the Cass collapse and each time Mr. Robarts has shown that he has much to learn about the fine poli- tical art of handling hot potatoes. His performance in the matter of Bill 99 has been particularly inept -- so much so that, recalling the calm campaigner of 1963, one feels like asking, "Will the true John Robarts please stand up?" In any case, the gloss is off the shiny new premier. From now on he can expect a much sterner test- ing of his metal. Ambitious hopes for a Robarts regime may well have died in the retreat from Bill 99. Lowered Lake Levels There are charges that Lake Huron is "going down the drain" because the "plug was pulled" at Sarnia, The Collingwood weekly paper, the Enterprise-Bulletin, says: '""We who live and make our living on the shores of Georgian Bay are very concerned for our future, Not only is the water level the lowest in his- tory, but there is no longer any hope that nature will be able to fill the basin of Huron and Georgian Bay. Many people around our shores are worried for various reasons, but we in Collingwood realize that there must be enough water to launch and outfit large ships, otherwise the skills and equipment gathered at our port are useless." The Orillia Packet and Times adds its voice: "The dwindling lake levels, which apparently have at least another foot to drop before there can be any hope of stabiliza- tion, are already causing a major economic disruption along the shore- lines of both bordening nations.-In She Oshawa Cimes . WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa festablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and {established 863 published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted Times Members of Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canodion Press; Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Doilies Association. The Canaodion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, 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.O SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawe, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering,, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton,: Enniskillen, Drono, Leskard, Brougham loremont, columbus, Greenwood, K kstock, Monchester, Pontypool o i er {5c per week By | rovir aio) side carriers de! 00 per year. Other inces ond Commonwealth Countries P 15.00, V.S.A. end foreign 24.00, nearby Collingwood, one of Can- ada's major ship building and re- pairing industries is in jeopardy... The problem, in greater or lesser degree, is shared by every other port located on lakes Huron and Michi- gan, while. the enormous tourist and located along the shores of Georgian Bay is.al- vacation trade ready being seriously affected ... No attempt has been made to assess the effect of the drastic lowering of the lake levels on the water table of southwestern Ontario, but surely it cannot help but have a most impact on conditions serious soil there." Excess from Lake Huron is being blamed on the deep+ drainage ing by another six feet of the St. Clair River Sarnia three years ago. It sounds logical that the flow out of the lake should be regulated just as 'the inflow is regulated at Sault Ste. Marie. channel at This seems to be a matter that requires the urgent attention of provincial and federal authorities, If in fact the deeping of the St. Clair channel has already- lowered the level of Lake Huron by thrée feet, with the level still dropping, swift remedial action is called for, Other Editors' Views A WIRE MESH (Manchester Guardian) The beginning words "Iron Curtain" aye out. of to be date as a description of the frontier between Western and Eastern Europe. Rather than a solid curtain it is now a wire mesh; in some places the mesh is a lot looser than in.others or anywhere along the frontier a few years ago. than it wa Bm THE IDES OF MARCH REPORT FROM U.K. Argument Flares Over Cherry Tree By M, McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times GODALMING, Surrey -- The ewapranting of a cherry tree in a public park seems like quite a commendable and innocent thing to do, but a row has flared up in the town of Godal- ming, Surrey, over a_ proposal that this be done. There is, of course, something different in this case, to cause a heated controversy. The town council has given permission to.the Committee for Nuclear Disarmament to plant this particular cherry tree as a memorial to all the Japanese who died when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The council raised no objection what- soever to the plan. But as soon as its intention wa. made know there was an outcry of protest on behalf of Godalming men who were prisoners of the Japa- nese in the second world war. COUNCILLOR SPEAKS At the council meeting at , which the matter was discuss- ed, only Vienna-born Councillor Elizabeth Grugeon, whose fam- ily were all killed by the Nazis, spoke out against the cherry tree memorial when the . re- quest was made by the Commit- tee for Nuclear Disarmament. "If it has been a memorial to all 'the innocent victims of the war," said Mrs. Grugeon, "I would have agreed whole- heartedly. But to plant a cherry tree, the symbol of Japan, is preposterous." 'Perhaps some the council,' she went on, "have forgotten the thousands of men of the allied forces, and the civilians, men, women and children, who were tortured, starved and murdered by the very people they now propose to honor, We are told to forgive our enemies, but surely 'this does not mean that we have to plant a tree in their memory. "IT know many people who were prisoners of the Japanese and came home wrecks. There GALLUP POLL members of are some people in the town who have threatened to go round and tear the tree out if it is planted." Mrs. Grugeon, whose husband served in the Fleet Air Arm of the Roya! Navy during the war, added: "I was born in Vienna and came over to this country. at the age of 11 years. I felt that if none of the British-born mem- bers of the council had any- thing to say about it, I must make this protest in order to do something for the country which adopted me. YOUR HEALTH "Ty has even been suggest- ed ~that the tree should be planted in the local memorial park where the Remembrance Day parade and service are held every year." This valiant woman council- lor has strong support from the Godalming Branch of the Brit- ish Legion. A spokesman for it said: "Quite a number of our members suffered very badly at the hands of the Japanese during the last war. They don't talk about their experiences, but I know that they feel very hurt and shocked over the cherry tree memorial." In spite of these protests, there is still no official objec- tion from the council to the planting of the cherry tree, but more will probably be heard about it before any steps are taken to do the actual plan- ing. Failure Of Heart Not Sudden Thing By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: What is the difference between a heart at- tack and heart failure? A doc- tor told a 75-year-old woman who was worried about a heart attack, "'You have a bad heart. You don't have to worry about a heart attack, bu' if-your heart continues to overwork, it will go into heart failure." This. woman's husband re- fused to take her condition seri- ously although she has been doctoring for five years and spends 'most of the day in bed. --MRS. W. F. Let's compare the heart to a water pump which is operated by an electric motor. The heart mustle is the "mo- tor.' If you cut off the current to the motor--blow a fuse, or burn out the brushes, or what- ever--the pump stops,. So does the flow of water. That's a 'heart attack." Clog- ging of an artery has shut off the blood supply (or part of it) to the heart muscle A very severe heart attack Most Canadians Back Johnson As President By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) A majority of the people in Ontario and the western prov- inces are hoping that President Lyndon B. Johnson will win the next election, Almost as large a proportion in Quebec feel the same way -- but Bobbie Ken- nedy, in second: place every- where, wins a larger share of favor in the province than elsewhere. In the. Maritimes, Bobbie Kennedy and Richard Nixon share second place. The national average for Mr, John- son is 49 per cent--- almost one in two selecting him. Lyndon B. .Johnson Robert Kennedy Richard -- Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Others Can't Among: the others with 1 per cent each, were ' » S) 100%, Mr. Johnson's popularity is higher than that of John F, Kennedy, (40 per cent) and Mr, Eisenhower (36 per cent) in comparable studies -- but does not match that of the. man who was tagged as "the best U.S. President Canada ever had" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1944, across Canada, 79 per cent of the people hoped Roosevelt would be re-elected. No man, so far, has touched his pre- election popularity for Cana- dians As in previous Gallup Poll asked: "As a matter of interest whom would you like personal- ly te see as next president of the United States?" Canada Quebec Ontario West 49%, 47%, 51% «= «53%, 12 17 9 13 b 3 studies, the 6 3 4 3 5 2 op 26 ae v4 25 100%, 190% 100%, Margaret Chase Smith Adlai Stevenson, George Romney, Barry Goldwater can, of course, be fatal. Lesser ones are not. A heart attack is sudden-- just as shutting off the electri- city that runs the water pump, is sudden. Heart failure is quite. a dif- ferent matter. Let's compare it to the washers or valves in a pump becoming worn and leaky (Actually, other conditions can be at fault, either in the heart or in the pump.) Anyway, the "pump" rather than the 'motor' is affected. A leaky valve means that less fluid water, or blood depend- ing on which simile you have in mind) is pumped with each stroke, or each heartbeat. So the pump has to work harder to maintain the same flow. That is 'heart failure." Heart failure, unlike a heart attack, is not sudden. It devel- ops gradually, becoming worse and worse. Nobody lives for- ever, of course, but the person with "heart failure," or a de- fective heart, can live for many years if he takes 'he trouble to keep his heart from having to work needlessly hard, Again, it's like a water pump. If the pump is defective, take care to use as little water as possible. Or use water gradu- ally. Don't subject the pump to the strain of trying to run full speed all the time. Spread the load. It is the same with "heart failure." Heart failure doesn't mean a sudden stop. It means that the heart has to be babied along and not over worked. Proper treatment strengthens the heart muscle and increases its efficiency. Thus heart fail- ure may be temporary and eventually corrected. With a water-pump, we over- haul the pump or get a new one. With a heart, we can go only so far in "overhauling" it, and can't trade it in for a new one, But by understanding the situ- ation, and behaving. sensibly, and getting proper treatment, we can keep a "'failing" heart going for many years. OTTAWA REPORT New Distribution Of Welfare Urged By PATRICK NICHULSON - OTTAWA--Should the old-age pension be paid to millionaires? Do wealthy families require such state-paid welfare allot- ments as the family allowance? It certainly seems foolish that regular payments intended to provide social security should be distributed to Canadians who have achieved abundant' eco- nomic security. Nevertheless, this is done; the old age pen- sion is officially called '"'univer- sal" and is distributed to every- one; the family allowance "is designed to assist in providing equal opportunities for all Ca- nadian children" but it is ram- med down the bank account of wealthy mothers to remove any equalizing effect it might other- wise have. It is refreshing to find some MP at last giving constructive thought to this paradox. In a move which is unprecedented---~ at least within my. own mem- ory -- Dr. Harry Harley, the bright young member for Hal- ton, Ont., is introducing a bill designed to put these redundant "welfare" payments. to better use. If our taxes are to be dis- tributed as a form of welfare, at least let them be directed to some needy recipient, he so rightly argues. Looking around Canada, and even outside Canada, Dr. Har- ley notes several fields where the lack of funds is handicap- ping the needy and the af- flicted. As a medical doctor, natur- ally he ranks at the top of the list pointing to the crying need for more research in all medi- cal fields, aimed at finding cures for the many temporary READERS' VIEWS THREAT TO FREEDOM Dear Sir: As a person who has been Privileged to become a citizen of Canada I was astonished to read in your edition on the 20th March, of the attempt of Attor- ney-General Cass to turn Ont- tario into a totalitarian police state. In utter disbelief I took out my citizenship papers to convince myself that I was still resident in this country. On re-reading this, document I am informed that I am en-. titled to all the rights and privileges of a Canadian citi- zen, some of which are free- dom of thought and worship and the right to vote and be secure in my possessions. I was unaware that some other privileges would be given me, including the dubious right to be thrown in jail, held without bail, unable to obtain legal advice, receive no trial, and be held for an indefinite length of time. I, along with many others spent five years of my life as a'member of the armed forces, fighting this type of dictatorial government, and to find it rear- ing its ugly head in Ontario, is totally reprehensible to all dem- ocratic peoples, especially we who in the past have been pre- pared to take up arms in de- fence of these tenets and prin- ciples. . Whilst I am quite well aware that this legislation is supposed- ly directed at organized crime which incidentally -- accord- TODAY IN HISTORY March 26, 1964... Two giants of the fur trade in Canada -- the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company --were merged under the name of the latter 143 years ago today--in 1821. The companies, both sep- arately and as one firm, ruled an empire that cov- ered almost all of Canada and extended into what. now are the states of Washing- ton, Oregon and Alaska. 1921 -- The Nova Scotia fishing and racing schooner Bluenose was launched. ingly to a recent speech by Mr. Cass, does not exist, it is noth- ing but a blind to stop the voice of people opposed to Conserva- tive Government. One joes not have to go too far back 'in World 'history to find another man effecting a moustache, who commenced his political spiral with a similar piece of legislation, and mil- lions of people paid with their lives for their lack of militancy. It must be remembered that when any innocent man is incar- cerated we all lose some of our freedom. I therefore call on all free- dom loving people to fight and resist this villainous legislation with the whole of their being or be reduced to the same despicable state as the colored people of South Africa. VICTOR C. AYLING, Secretary PAC, Oshawa and District Labor Council QUEEN'S PARK or permanent afflictions which have not yet been overcome by medical or surgical techniques or by preventive and curative drugs. Then there is the tragic field of mental illness and mental re- tardation, bringing so much grief. and expense in its wake. Assistance towards university training for the promising chil- dren of less.wealthy parents is a project which would pay na- tional dividends, Dr, Harley be- Tieves. Then there is the problem of a truly humanitarian cause whose solution is beyond our fi- nancial means, yet which ur- gently deserves all we can af- ford aid to the under-devyel- oped nations of the world, food to -their hungry and. medical care to their sick. There are: other welfare pro- grams, right™here in Canada, for which reserve funds also could be built up, Dr. Harley believes, How would he play Robin Hood, transferring unwanted welfare payments to these de- serving causes? ENDORSE CHEQUES His proposal, now incorpor- ated in his draft "private mem- ber's bill," is attractively sim- ple. and novel. He would have every welfare cheque marked on the back so that the payee could sign away his, or her, title to the cheque, and have it automatically paid over. to whichever of the listed good causes mentioned above; there might be others. Dr, Harley outlined this pro- posal in a speech in his con- stituency, and he was surprised and delighted at the warm wel- come it received. His audience, he told me, was not a business men's club, not a service club; it was just an average constitu- ency gathering, largely of young married women frog Oakville and district®' Potential recipients of the al- lowances for blind or disabled persons, or of old age assist- ance, can opt out of these wel- fare pyaments by not applying for them; Dr. Harley's proposal does not introduce a means test, but it does permit those who are not in need to opt out of payments, either always, or occasionally, It is a neat and needed idea, which will likely be warmly welcomed by Par- liament, Decentralization Through Highways BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--AIl areas of the province should have' super- highways. Then there would be real decentralization. This is on the personal testi- mony of Minister of Highways Charles MacNaughton, Mr. MacNaughton described at length in the House how new industry had been attracted to the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 401. Which is fine for the people in those immediate areas but of little cheer to those living in the many sections of the province where there are no such super- roads. Critics have argued for some years now that as a stimulant for economic development there should be a crash program of building new highways. The government could not see this. And one would gather it still ca't. In this year's highways esti- BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO March 26, 1934 George W. McLaughlin was the speaker at a breakfast meet- ing of Chamber of Commerce members to begin a drive for new members. Severe frost and prolonged cold weather during the winter caused great damage to the local fruit trees. The situation was serious since farmers were unable to replace many lost trees on account of the depres- sion, Dr. Grant L. Bird, District Governor of Rotary Inter- national, paid an official visit to the Oshawa Rotary Club and spoke at the luncheon, Oshawa Branch of| the Cana- dian Legion held Ladies' Night in the Legion Hall. Charles J. Wilcox was chairman of the committee in charge of ar- rangements, William J. Youden, District Deputy Grand Master of On- tario, paid his official visit to Cedar Lodge, AF and AM. Dr. F. J. Rundle was elected first president' of the newly- organized Young Conservative Club at Oshawa. Other officers e'ected were Jack Marks, Eric Mason and A. W. S. Greer, vice-presidents; Clarence Cox, secretary and C, ©, McGibbon, treasurer. % GOLF * GOLF * GOLF * GOLF * GOLF* © Inquii WHITBY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB (ASHBURN, ONT... PHONE 655-4952 ©. Memberships Available Invited Come. Out and see ovr New Clubhouse. 4105 ¥ 4109 ¥ 4109 * PRO SHOP NOW OPEN | * g GOLF * GOLF * GOLF * GOLF * GOLF Victoria Lodge No. 55, Loyal True Blues, held its 41st an- niversary banquet with M. Mc- Intyre Hood acting as toast- master for the occasion. Dr. T. E, Kaiser was guest speaker. Announcement was made that work would soon begin for pav- ing Highway 7 between Green- wood and Brooklin in an effort to supply work for unemployed men. OCVI won the Ontario Inter- Scholastic Hockey Champion- ship for the first time. M. F. Kirkland was the team's coach. Twenty-six families were able to become self-supporting and were removed from the city's relief lists. This brought the -total on relief down to 930 fami- lies and 62 single men. mates the expropriation for cap- ital construction is actually down over a few years ago. And no new major projects are talked about, In contrast those existing ur- ban areas which have been building up, and some of which are becoming over-stuffed, are gaining. Assistance to municipalities in the coming year will be $112,400,000, which will be an increase of $14,000,000 over last year, And a large share of this will be going to larger centres. At the stage of industrial con- centration we have reached to- day this assistance is called for. But one can wonder what the shape of the province might be today if the advice of critics had been taken when first of- fered and a network of super- roads had been built. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS The public accounts commit- tee is running into some surpris- ing situations. The committee, active really for the first time, is digging into the details of departments. Oné thing it uncovered in do- ing this was that it was 37 years since there has been any review of purchasing proced- ures of the government. Then it found that govern- ment ordering procedures are so detailed that advantage can not be taken of the usual two per cent for cash widely of- fered on purchases. It appears as though the com- mittee will do a good job. Particularly impressive are two néw PC members, Darcy McKeough of Kent West and Al- lan Reuter of Waterloo South, Ronald W. Bilsky, D.C, CHIROPRACTOR. 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