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Spee seme 2 pena seats ier ENA on She Oshaton Snes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher < z Ontario Calls Meeting peobviously, ote Pa bende WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1964--PAGE 6 To Discuss Lake Level The Ontario government has taken the initiative in calling an international conference on water levels of the Great Lakes, Ontario is principally concerned, of course, _ because the province encompasses . the Canadian portion of the Lakes. The federal government is directly concerned because of its responsibi- Jity for navigable waters Quebec is concerned because any tampering with the flow from the lakes will affect the St. Lawrence and the Quebec portton of the Seaway. And the American states bordering the Lakes have a vital interest, along with the U.S. govern- ment. Such a conference is needed, but _ it has many more problems to con- ~~ gider than simply the levels of one or two lakes. The Lake Huron situ- ation admittedly is serious, with many communities already suffer- ing hardship from the low level of the water. But this should not 'stampede the authorities into panic- stritwen action which could create more problems than it would solve. First the nature of the Lake Huron problem must be defined -- and defined in the context of the whole Great Lakes environment. Lake Erie, for instance, is gradually in- creasing its surface area and in the process is getting shallower and more polluted; the environment of the fish is therefore changing -- and for the worse. Lake Ontario has pollution and erosion problems, Southwestern Ontario will undoub- tedly be tapping either Erie or Huron or both for water one of these days. Our point is that the water level of Lake Huron is not an isolated problem. It would be highly dan- gérous to separate it from considera- tion of the whole Great Lakes en- vironment, and try to solve it by some hasty action which would in turn change the environment of a huge area of the province and possibly neighboring provinces and states, The Canadian Paradox Canadians will bet on anything, it seems. They buy hundreds of thousands of sweepstake tickets, rush to put their money into high- ly speculative mining promotions, jam race tracks for the opportun- ity to wager on horses, Thus Cana- dians, it would appear, are a daring people, devoted to the long chance. Americans own upwards of 60 per cent of Canadian industry. Canadians are reluctant to invest their money in Canadian business and industry, preferring to sock it into bonds, insurance and bank ac- counts. Canadians are the most heavily insured people in the world. = Thus Canadians, it would appear, are a cautious people, devoted to the principle of security. What's the truth about Cana- dians? Well, they do love to gamble, and they do tend to put their sav- ings into bonds and bank accounts rather than the stock market. George Hees, now president of the Montreal and' Canadian stock ex- changes, thinks that the paradox may be explained by the failure of Canadian companies to educate the public, to inform potential investors of the facts and figures showing their growth and development. "What can we do about winning back more ownership and control of our own development?" Mr. Hees answers his own question: "We must be more courageous in backing our development with dollars. To- day, in the savings accounts of this country, lie nearly eight and half billion dollars. The amount has been increasing by about half a. billion dollars a year... We have also been buying each year about half a bil- lion dollars worth of Canada Savings Bonds, and today we own a total of more than five billions of dollars of these bonds." The point is obvious. A billion dollars a year would buy back a lot of Canadian industry -- and in- vested in sound Canadian companies would provide a very handsome re- turn, 'No Longer Any Retreat A Toronto company has sugges- ted that the pulp and paper in- dustry could save many millions of dollars a year by going into full- scale automation. Roughly, the idea is that wood chips could be trans- ported by pipelines, and the flow and processing controlled by com- «puters. The initial costs might be heavy, but subsequent savings would more than make up for it. The saving, of course, would be in labor. Thus the computer would move into another area to eliminate jobs The computer, which is to auto- mation what the machine is to mechanization, is with us and it's not only going to stay, it's going to play an increasngly important role in our lives. What we've got to figure out -- and soon -- is how we are best going to live with it. This was in Adlai Stevenson's "mind when he addressed the recent convocation of the Graduate Faculty She Oshawa Times T. L." WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times testeaiicned 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published doily (Sundays and Stotutory holidays excepted). of Canad: Daily f Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Conodion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news itched in the paper credited to it or to The joted Press or Reuters, and also the tocol Pap * sews published therein. All rights of special des oatches are also reserved. Building, 425 University :. Thomson prob ie, 640 Cathcart Street, Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; » Montreal, P.Q. 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Dealing with automation finally becomes the responsibility of educa- tion, Mr. Stevenson said -- but it must be education in the broadest sense that of learning, of recogniz- ing and coping with new ideas. If automation is to conduct us to a Golden Age of Leisure, we have a great deal to learn -- beginning about now. " Other Editors' Views | THE POLITICS IN POLITICS (Ottawa Journal) Mr. Robert Thomson, Social Cre- dit party leader, believes Canada could be governed in a more busi- nesslike way if the best men of every party could get together, cast off partisanship, and form a "Na- tional Government." He feels such a@ government could rouse this coun- try to action as it has never been roused before. In a way he is right. Getting rid of party strife has proven a way to great things. In Italy it made the trains run on time. In Germany 'it built the autobahns. But it had unfortunate side , effects, welt 2A RE AAO OG ERI RRA EA ILS HALL {iii hy : S/IMPKIAS ' 'NOT BEING OF THE GOVERNMENT PERSUASION THERE WILL NOT BE. A MINIMUM ALLOWANCE OF $14 WEEK" SESS OPIOID Bs su, ee "THERE'LL BE NO MINIMUM ALLOWANCE' REPORT FROM U.K. Scotland's North | By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) \ Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The plan of Dr. Richard Beeching, chairman of British Railways, to deprive the whole of the north of Scotland of railway services by closing down the lines running north and west from Inverness has been knocked on the head by Ernest Marples,. minister of transport. The lines which the railway board proposed to close were two in number. One runs north from Inverness to Wick, near John O'Groats, the most north- erly point in Britain. The other rungs west to the Kyle of Loch- alsh, from which point ferries connect with the Isle of Skye and other Hebridean islands. In addition to bringing revenue to the north of Scotland from tour. ist traffic, they were the only means of transport for the people living in these Highland areas, The proposed closure of these railway lines has been vetoed by the minister of transport. He did so after receiving a report from the Scottish Transport Users Consultative Committee. This committee held a public inquiry at Inverness~ recently. In its report to the minister, it stated that the closing of these lines would cause extreme and widespread hardship to the peo- ple of the north. SPECIAL PROBLEM In a written reply given in'the House.of Commons, Mr. Marples said that he had decided in pres- ent circumstances to refuse con- sent to the closure proposals. He was still considering, how- ever, whether certain intermedi- ate stations could be closed to passenger traffic without caus- ing hardship. The railway board has esti- mated that the ultimate annual savings from .complete closure of the Kyle of Lochalsh line would be about $360,000 and from the closing of the Wick line | Retains Railway about $720,000. Mr. Marples in his reply, said that it was recog- nized that the transport problem in the northern Highlands was one of a special nature. ROADS ARE POOR I. would agree with him very readily in this, because in my travels through the whole of that area of Scotland, I have seen very few roads that would be Suitable for the operation of an alternative bus service. Most of them are single lane tracks, with passing points every two or YOUR HEALTH three hundred yards apart to en- able motor vehicles to pass each other. Many of the small bridges on these roads would not be capable of carrying bus traf- fic. On one occasion I was trav- elling in a small bus on one of these roads when it went into a deep ditch to the left while the driver was trying to keep clear of a sheer drop down the moun- tainside on the right. So there was good ground for Mr. Marples saying in his Com- mons reply that there was strong evidence that at present there is no adequate alternative to the railway service, nor is there likely to be any for some years to come. The highland Transport Board has initiated a detailed study of the transport requirements of the Highlands, but until there are sufficient roads of a width and surface that will carry bus traffic, there is little likelihood of the railway service being discontinued. Ways To Prevent Start Of Gangrene By Joseph G. MOLNER, MD Yesterday we discussed gan- grene and the problem it poses for people with diabetes; the signs of a beginning case; the great danger of this affliction; the reasons for it starting. Today I'll concentrate on ways to prevent it from gettting even a start: The first rule is to keep dia- betes under control. Don't cheat on your diet or other treatment methods. Maybe you can, most of the time. But it's like exces- sive speeding in your car or bluffing at poker. When you get in trouble, it's bad! Other rules: Strict cleanliness pays off. Don't walk around (even just in the bathroom) barefoot, or in stocking feet, or with soft, cloth slippers. Stubbing your toe can cause a small wound, and a small wound can start gangrene in an older person with dia- betes. : Wear shoes" that fit. should be comfortable, They and BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO e May 13, 1939 j The Coulter "Manufacturing Co. proposed to take over the unexpired lease of the Gravlin- Bale Shoe Co, which was mov- ing to Campbellford because of lower costs. Coulter's planned to manufacture articles for year round employment rather than those which would give part- time work that was derived from the manufacture of car parts. Dr. Carmichael, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Whitby, asked the Presbytery that he be allowed to retire from active ministry. Permis- sion was granted. Oshawa Yacht Club inaugura- ted five-year beautification, plan to the grounds. A committee was chosen under the chair- manship of 'George Gibbard to commence the work. William G, Mutton celebrated his 87th birthday by taking his usual walk down town, The single unemployed men of Oshawa staged a "sit-down strike" in the Council Chambers and threatened to stay there poe oe they were given work or Miss May Dillon was re elected president of the Lyceum and Women's Art Club, Other officers elected were: Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin and Mrs. Fred Hare, archivists; Mrs. G. D. Conant and Mrs, Robert Hen- derson, vice-presidents; Mrs. W. H. King, secretary and Mrs. A. W. Armstrong, treasurer, Forty-four cases of communi- cable diseases' in April were reported at a meeting of the Oshawa Board of Health. A larger number of new Tuber- culosis cases-was reported, due in part to the provincial chest clinic which was held at the Oshawa General Hospital during the month. The Ontario Cabinet approved the plan of Attorney-General G. D. Conant, to reward any per- son assisting in crime detection, Two celebrities to purchase GMC cars were Dr. Allan Dafoe, who purchased a new Chevrolet, and the Duke of Windsor who purchased a cus- tom-made | McLaughlin - Buick, complete with several luxury accessories. ; should provide protection both for the toes and soles. Trim toenails straight across, or nearly so. Do NOT give them a "graceful curve," because (diabetes or not!) that invites an ingrown nail occasionally. An ingrown nail hurts. It pro- vides an ideal place for infec- tion to start. A diabetic can't afford that. Besides washing the feet reg- ularly, clean under the toenails, Use an orangewood stick, be- cause it is soft enough not to make little nicks in the' skin. (Cleaning under the nails is' im- portant because fungus or other infections might get a start there otherwise.) For small wounds, antiseptics are véry important and useful. The safest is rubbing alcohol. Fresh peroxide is good, too. Avoid iodine (it can be irritat- ing). Decidedly avoid an¥thing with phengl (carbolic acid). It may be a good germ killer but it is also too strong, and can be an irritant. Watch out for fungus infection --athlete's foot. This is an abso- lute rule. Such an infection, or- dinarily annoying but not seri- ous, can (and will) cause cracks in the skin where other infec- tions can get a foothold. (No pun intended, because this is serious.) If your feet are excessively moist, look out, because such a condition can cause cracks in, the skin. It is helpful, if you have this trouble, to use a bland foot powder. You may need to change socks an extra time per day. Corns and calluses should be treated by your doctor or by a podiatrist because a small in- fection, to you, is more than ordinarily dangerous, You may use plain corn pads, but NOT the medicated ones. If overlapping toes cause irrita- tion, use bits of cotton wool or lamb's wool as a pad between them, Avoid hot or cold foot baths. This is more important than most people realize, until they get into trouble, because with circulation impaired you may also have a poor sense of heat or cold. So a too-hot or too-cold foot bath can cause trouble be- fore you realize it. Some people use white or light-colored socks. I don't think the color is important,. except that light colors better show any bleeding or drainage from a sore place, so you notice it sooner. sieucpscpiairman egret OTTAWA REPORT National Policy On Water Needed By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA -- Its. official--the federal cabinet is governing Canada, literally in the words of that colorful old nautical phrase, "by guess and by God," The guessing long has been Obvious. The other was frankly admitted by a cabinet minister when, in reply to a question about action proposed by the government to combat the dis- astrous decline in water levels on the Great Lakes, Hon. Art Laing, minister of national re- sources, replied: 'It would still appear that the best thing we could do is pray for rain." The menace of a shortage of pure fresh water is something which farmers have lived with in the Palliser Triangle and else- where on the Prairies; but in this country, which boasts 50 per cent of the fresh water sur- face of the entire world, it has become a menace. The once crystal clear lakes and streams are now not merely not potable -- they are lethal eyen to fish. The once lush farmlands of southwestern On- tario are becoming arid. The costly new marinas along our tourist waterways are, over huge areas, towering drily out of the water. SOUND CRITICISM So it was a potentially impor- tant motion when the Conserva- tive Opposition in the House of Commons condemned the ne- glect of the Liberal govern- ment for failing to establish a co-ordinated national policy to remedy the lowering of water QUEEN'S PARK levels in the Great Lakes, and the loss of this essential na- tural resource through poliu- tion and excessive effluence, In the face of those derelict marinas, left high and dry by receding waterfronts; in the of those fishless, stinking rivers now converted into open sewers; in the face of the com- ing shortage of pure fresh wa- ter to feed man as well as flora and fauna--government inaction is scandalous and unforgive- able, Of course, the present. shame- ful situation did not arise qur- ing the past year of Liberal ad- * ministration. Nor did it arise during the previous six years of Conservative administration. It has been growing. progressively worse since the first permanent white settlements diverted their raw sewage into lake and river, and the first. white navigators deepened shipping channels, As for the Conservatives cri- ticizing the present government for failing, in its brief year in office, to correct the situation, we must remember that a pri- vate MP more than 10 years ago called upon the then Liberal government to act. His pleas went unheeded; his Pleas were forgotten when that same private MP, the represen- tative of Prince Albert himself became prime minisetr. ss dad However, mutual tions won't correct this That somethin should be done was in th 4 during last week's significant pease g hor A Smith, former mayor je and now-Con- servative MP for Simcoe North, was one of the would-be speak- ers crowded out by the short Siar Sue' OCS n iding, the Collingwood Sh Company, one of the three or four most efficient shipyards in Canada, is build- ing a 730-foot Great Laker. Low water levels may prevent it be- ing launched in July. This ob- viously would halt ship-building at that yard, throw 1,000 men out of work, be solved simply and ch by dredging the channel in - wood harbor, and this Heber Smith is urging the government to do, while the government, apparently nothing, is praying for rain. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 13, 1964... sane British National Coal joard reported 11 years today--in 1953--that the pot tionalized coal industry had lost $22,690,000 in 1952 and incurred a deficit of some $39,000,000, Mines had pro- duced 214,300,000 long tons, nearly 2,500,000 tons more than in 1951, 1830--The Presidency of Quito became the Republic They even r i when CCF stalwart, Bert Her- ridge himself re-introduced the Diefenbaker bill and urged the then prime minister to have it implemented -- but without avail. School Variations Caused By Boards By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- How about "equality" of education across Ontario? It's an aim we shoot at, and some people believe we already have. But so long as local school boards have the authority they do, and at least so long as there are so many of them (more than 3,500), there are going to be strong differences between the opportunities for pupils un- der one board and those under another. For in their domains (which can cover from two. to 60,000 pupils) the boards are supreme. THE DIFFERENCES A few instances brought out at this session: Chatham has a summer school for its students. But Windor, a larger city, doesn't. A secondary pupil in Chatham who fails a subject or two can make it up during the summer. He can save an extra year. A Windsor pupil can't--unless he' goes to Chatham for the summer. And even then his own board may not recognize his credits. : Opinion on summer schools varies. widely throughout the province. Some boards agree with them, and others don't (and don't have to pay for them). Then in elementary schools GALLUP POLL there's the question of "'accel- erating." In the junior school many bright pupils skip a grade--in fact it is estimated that 40 per cent of pupils finish elementary school in less thar eight years. But not everywhere. Some boards won't allow skipping... except in the schoolyards, Then there is this off - beat case, NDP'er Stephen Lewis. com- plained in the House about a promotion in the schools. He said Reader's Digest was distributing a pamphlet (made up to resemble the magazine) which was "balderdash." Why did the department of education penmit this, he asked. Because it had no control Minister William Davis an- swered. This would be strictly up to the local boards. LIMIT THEM This is one area in which our education system very appar- ently is still in the horse and buggy days. Nobody wants to see school boards eliminated--though their numbers should be drastically reduced. But their powers should be revised. It is ridiculous to see elected men -- clerks and candlestick makers--deciding on broad edu- cational questions such as the pros and cons of "'accelerating."" Tenacity Most Admired Of Diefenbaker Traits By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) "Tenacity, stubbornness, de- termination" are some of the qualities Canadians admire most about Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker. More than one in every ten people laud him for these attributes, as well as his rugged determination to retain leadership of the Tory Party. Other qualiies approved of in- clude his eloquence as a speak- er, his courage, his leadership talents and his high principles. In order to sound out the clime of public opinion, Gallup Poll in- terviewers asked the following question: "What Is the one attribute you admire most about Mr, Diefen- baker?" MOST ADMIRED ATTRIBUTES: Pet. His tenacity; hanging on to leadership of PC Party; stubbornness; determin- ation Sincerity; frankness; cour- age; Nationalism; patriot- ism; love of Canada ..... 9 Eloquent speaker 6 Leadership abilities; good politician High priiciples; good char- acter; vivid personality .. 5 Nothing admired about him; do not like him rs | Other admirable qualities .. 13 Can't say De naaite dc! 42 THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR IMPERIAL of E . 1930 -- Explorer Fridt Nansen died. vet Ice May Quit North Passage MONTREAL (CP) -- A Nore wegian navigation expert says a change in the world's weather will make the Northwest Pas- Sage negotiable in the near future. Einar Pederson; chief polar route navigator for the Scandi- navian Airlines System, says his 10-year study: of arctic con- ditions has proven conclusively that "everything is getting warmer." "We have not yet established why this is so but the facts are there. Glaciers and ice in the northern hemisphere are melt- ing slowly but surely," The 45-year-old navigator, a veteran of more than 150 flights over the North Pole, has de- veloped much of the theory and many of the instruments for polar jet navigation. He says Europe - to - Japan voyages, considerably shorter if roy via rs arctic route, would possible only du the three months of --_ ICE CLOGS IT A look at the map shows that the Northwest Passage exists. But it is clogged with ice most of the year and it's never easy to get through. If the warming trend keeps up, however, some clear water may develop in the Arctic Ocean, Mr. Pederson says. But what ts causing the ice to melt? He says that in the last 40 years about 40 per cent of arctic ice has been affected to some degree by melting. There are several theories on why. One is the greenhouse theory ---that an excess of carbon di- oxide has been produced by. the massive increase in world in- dustry and use of automobiles and that this has formed a layer in the atmosphere preventing heat from escaping into space, Other theories deal with radi- ation from sun spots and heat originating from the earth's core. ; PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "There are far too many peo- ple in the world today who are looking for an excuse to raise hell," says a radio news. com- mentator, Most of them don't waste time for an ex- cuse -- they haul off and con- coct one. It was unusual to see a wo- man driver the other day look- ing in the rear-view mirror while backing out.of a parking lot. However, she was adjust- ing her hairdo. The best things in life are .free, but the trouble is that the text best things cost so much, Impressively Light! Impressively Right! IMPERIAL CANADIAN WHISKY by HIRAM WALKER .,