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She Osha Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964--PAGE 6 Non-Commercial CBC Would Mean Set Fees Dr. Andrew Stewart, chairman of the Board of Broadcast Govern- ors, thinks the publicly-owned CBC 'should be operated on a non-com- " mercial basis, leaving' advertising revenue to private stations. He made the suggestion in a report prepared for the government and tabled in the Commons this week by State Secretary Lamontagne. It is not a new or startling pro- posal. Indeed, it is what was origin- ally intended as a broadcasting sys- tem for Canada. It is the system which prevails in Britain now. But there is little likelihood of its re- placing the present system, despite its" obvious advantages, because Canadians detested the old radio licence which formerly provided the CBC with a substantial chunk of revenue, and would properly roar in anger if it were reintroduced. And let's not kid ourselves -- a couple of dollars from each radio and TV set owner would not go very far towards paying the bills of the CBC today. Dr. Stewart gave three reasons, all sound, for his proposal: The CBC would have greater freedom in its role of serving the national interest if it weren't obliged to seek' programs that would sell commer- cially; the CBC's commercial ac- tivities are a constant source of irritation to private broadcasters; the CBC's administrative problems would, be reduced. He recognized that unless com- pensated by a corresponding in- crease in public funds, the CBC could not maintain quality of public service. And so long as payments to private stations were made through sharing in CBC commercial revenues, it would be impossible for the CBC to discontinue its com- mercial activities. There is another complication: The CBC used pri- vate stations to ensure the national coverage of its service. The discussion at this siage is academic, however. We doubt if set owners would be willing to pay the fees necessary to maintain the CBC in the style to which it has become accustomed. Echo Of Adolf Hitler No one incident convinced Adolf Hitler that he could add big chunks of territory to his Reich. without much more than token interference from other European powers and Britain. It was an accumulation of evidence of big-power indecision that persuaded him to launch his legions against Poland and thus start World War II. But if any one incident did more than any other to persuade him, it was the un- opposed grab of the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia, and its sequel. It was a blood-chilling echo of the past, then, that was heard the other day in Nuremberg, West Ger- many, when the West German minister of transportation, Dr. Hans-Christian Seebohm addressed a gathering of 100,000 Sudeten Ger- mans -- all exiles, because the Sudetenland is now under the Com- munist rule of Czechoslovakia. Seebohm said that justice for the Sudeten Germans meant "to. be precise, the return of the stolen Sudeten German homeland area of the Sudeten German people." He did qualify his statement: The ad- justment must be by -- peaceful means, But then Hitler spoke of peaceful solutions, too, and even convinced poor Neville Chamberlain of his good intentions. It was Cham- berlain who returned from Munich babbling about "peace in our time." Fortunately, Dr. Seebohm's speech has shocked prominent West Ger- mans aS much as people in other parts of the world, One German editor wants to know in what direc- tion the minister 'thinks he is charging," and points to the dam- age the Seebohm statement can do to the West German hopes for unifi- cation of Germany. The ill-advised statement will provide the Com- munists with fresh evidence to bolster their repeated charges that the "same old gang" is in power in West Germany, Warning For Campers Last year an American tourist was taken ill while camping at Caliper Lake in Northwestern On- tario. He was flown to hospital in Fort Frances and later to Duluth, where he died. The Port Arthur News Chronicle recalls the details: Investigation showed the young man had slept in a sleeping bag which had been dry cleaned and not properly aired. His parents. were unable to arouse him next morning, and multiple blisters were found on his body. On the second day in hos- pital uremia developed and by the end of the week pneumonia set in and he died. A report issued by the coronet revealed that the sleeping bag had been dry cleaned with perchlore- thylene, a solvent frequently used for dry cleaning, but the bag had not been properly ventilated before use. Inhalation of the residual fumes brought on the complications that resulted in death. She Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor « The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle {established 1863) is published daily ys and Statutory holidays excepted), 1b of © Daily Publish- ers Associction. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied te the use of republication of all news tched in the paper credited to it er to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local sews published therein, All rights of special des- catches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, "Teronto, Ontario; 640 Cothcort Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, ty ot Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Srono, Leskard Brougham, Burketon Claremont, Zelumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragian, Blackstock, Manchester. Pontypoot and Newcostle not over 45c per week By mail {in Province of Ontario) putside carriers delivery oreas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces ond Commonweolth Countri 15.00, The dry cleaning industry cannot be blamed in such a case, any more a than a gun manufacturer can be blamed when the mishandling of a firearm kills someone. The industry is endeavoring to alert the public to the danger of using certain dry- cleaned articles without giving them a proper airing. The most vunerable or suspect garments are those from which the user can inhale possible fumes from the chemical in an enclosed space over a period of time, such as sleep- ing bags, pup tents, parkas, infants' bunny bags, pillows, cushions or any other piece of apparel that may come in close proximity to the user's face. Special care should be taken to give these a thorough airing, preferably outdoors, before use, It's a fine feeling to have every- thing spanking clean and shipshape at the start of the season and'a little seasonable care with articles that have been dry cleaned can avert tragedy. Other Editors' Views MOCKERY (Brantford Expositor) A bored, fed-up, bogged-down Commons which has done almost nothing but bicker for three months and which debated itself. out of an Faster recess, has now been warned by Prime Minister Pearson that there will be no Summer recess un- less it mends its ways. Frustration and futility. have never been higher on Parliament Hill than they are,today. Obstruc- tion and rampant Partisanship have made a mockery of the legislative nrores«. This WONT HURT-- MucH EVERY TIME YOU OPEN WIDER YOUR HEALTH Child's Cavities Worrying Mother By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: My three- yeat-old daughter has 13 cavi- ties. The dentist thinks that fluorinated drinking water would have been of some help in preventing this condition, Our town does not have fluor- ination but I work in a nearby city that does. I have two young daughters. Should I bring some water from the city for them? --J.ILE. Let me answer this two ways. (Thirteen is a frightful lot of cavities for so young a child, of course.)' First: I wouldn't start cart- ing city water home. You can 'buy tablets which can be added to water, milk or other liquids (Follow directions: Give only as much as is directed. Don't make the mistake of thinking that because one tablet is good, two will be better. Enough is enough; any more is too much.) As the children become old enough, your dentist (or, more likely, his technician) can give "topical fluoride." This means QUEEN'S PARK Bridge Tolls Are Discussed BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Should public bridges be tolled? The government now finds it- self in a bit'of a snafu over this. The Burlington Skyway was the first bridge in the province to be tolled. As you will recall, there was a lot of opposition at the time, However much of this was subdued when the government of the day pointed out there was an alternate provincial road, which ra nmalong Burling- ttn Beach. This was the main route before the Skyway was built. SKYWAY AVOIDED There has been an alternate route all right. And one that has been used--and used. For various reasons big trucks don't like the Skyway. One is the toll. A second is that the long, steep grade means more fuel is used, So they have been using the beach road. Residents had been protesting against the truck: traffic for years. And now that, despite the bridge, it has been continuing, they really have been scream- ing. And they have persuaded the City of Hamilton council, which has absorbed their area, to ban it for truck traffic. PRETTY PICKLE Which leaves the government in this pretty pickle. It gave the assurance that there would be an alternate road. One of the arguments it put forward at the time was that Hamilton needed more access roads, and that profits from the bridge would help pay for these. Further, as backing for its de- cision to charge for the bridge, it had the report of a select comreittee on toll roads. This committee had come out in favor of tolls, but with the strict proviso there should al- ways be an alternate free route. And the chairman of this com- that a couple of times a year, a solution of fluoride is painted on the teeth. Second: The 13 cavities indi- cate that something more than fluoride is involved. I wonder whether this little girl with the cavities has been plagues 'with a disease of some sort. (It can have a great deal to do with tooth development.) Or is she getting the right diet? Consult your doctor, Dear Dr, Molner: What is the cause of ringworm? Could it come from sinus? What would cure it?--C.S. Ringworm doesn't come from sinus trouble. There are at least three basic types of ringworm, and treatment must suit the particular type. (It's a fungus infection of the skin, by the way.) Dear Dr. Molner: I had my eyes examined a year and a half ago and the doctor said he could not improve my sight by changing glasses. Now I am having trouble be- member, and now prime minis- ter of Ontario, John P. Robarts. It's really stuck. The logical thing for it to do would be to build another sur- face road for through traffc. A thoroughfare already ex- ists. But then would regular traf- fic from the Skyway not use this? And, of course, the new road would cost a lot of money. In the meantime, Hamilton council, which faces the possi- bility of the trucks going through its busy streets, has proposed that tolls should be ended, Which gets us right back to where we were a few years ago. Should bridges be tolled? GALLUP POLL - cause things are blurred, and I see red, green and white halos around lights. TIT don't know what that means. I was in an auto accident several months ago and hit the windshield with my head, Would that have any effect?--Mrs, G.C, I doubt that the accident had anything to do with it, but there may be some factor involved which I can't detect just from a letter. However, those colored cir- cles around lights are a sign that should never' be neglected. Get back to your doctor for ex- amination without delay. Glau- coma may be involved. READERS' VIEWS FLAG BALLOT Dear Sir: Your ballot on "What Flag Do You Want" is like the old ques- tion 'Have you stopped beating your wife?" To mark the ballot for a "Distinctive Flag' (so called) is to ask the voter to go along with the BIG LIE that the Ensign is not a distinctive Cana- dian Flag. My wife and 1 +returned a short time ago from a trip around the world, stopping for shorter or longer periods at twenty-two: countries, and saw not one flag that was a quarter as distinctive of its country as the Ensign is of Canada, Cer- tainly any proposed substitute doesn't come within miles of it by comparison. The Ensign al- ready. has the three maple leaves proposed by Pearson. It also has the emblems of the four Founding Provinces, ine cluding, I am happy to say, Quebec. Possibly a circlet of ten leaves around the crest might be even more distinctive, representing the ten present provinces, The Union Jack in the corner is our acknowledgment that we are glad to live under the Brit- ish parliamentary system, and the British common law, both of which are models for the civ- ilized world, And British fair play under which the constitu- tion was drawn up on a basis of equality between the English and French, in the hope that the English could continue to have that equality. I challenge anyone to point out a flag that could be more representative and distinctive than the Ensign. And it's amaze ing that any self-respecting newspaper could run such @ meaningless ballot. FRANK M. McLELLAN Oshawa Flag Question Reveals Difference Of Opinion By CANADIAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) For 21 years the Gallup Poll has been charting public opin- jon on what Canadians should do about a national flag. In 1943, just after the Poll was started in Canada, a bare majority (51_per cent) declared themselves for a national flag; 42 per cent wanted the Union Jack to remain and 7 per cent were. undecided. Immediately after the war, in 1945, those who wanted our own flag jumped to almost seven in ten and about three in ten stayed with the Union Jack. These opinions remained soli- dified unti] 1952 when a slight- ly different question was asked, giving a choice between a dis- tinctive Canadian. flag, the Red Ensign or the Union Jack. Since then, through all the studies, it has been shown that little short of a miracle would be needed to satisfy a clear ma- Never at any time, up to and including the last Poll some months ago, has a majority exe pressed a desire for a 'distinc- tive Canadian flag. In the last Poll, 45 per cent expressed their wish for a national flag and 41 per cent elected for the Union Jack or the Red Ensign, One significant fact, illustrating increased confusion over the issue, is the number of unde- cideds. They have. doubled (to 14 per cent) since 1943. Not unexpectedly, Quebec has shown the greatest consist- ency for a new flag -- 74 per cent, while the Maritimes have remained loyal te the Union Jack -- 44 per cent. Thirty-five percent of both Ontario and the West call for a new design. Whenever public opinion has been sought on design, from those who want a distinctive flag, the Maple Leaf has been the favorite emblem by. long OTTAWA REPORT CBC Prime Target For Tough Liberal By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--"I have travelled the length of the Harricanaw River; I have hunted the blue goose at Hannah Bay at the sout end of James Bay, known as the centre of wild goose hunt- ing for the entire world; I have' crossed the Abitibi Lakes more than once." ' Other tinves, the voice has spoken of moose, not goose; sometimes the place has been willdest Newfoundland instead . of Northern Ontario; often the resonant voice has been talking in private rather than, as quoted above, on the floor of the House of Commons, - This, the listener would say, is a sensitive man who loves Canada, his native land. Prob- ably too, this man is a natural ally of that tender plant called Canadian Culture as it is fas- tidiously nurtured by the Cana. dian Broadcasting Corporation. Like hell it is, It is Ralph Cowan,, the tough- est and most resilient politician to come from Toronto since the late great ex - mayor, Tommy Church. Mr. Cowan knows that every dollar contains 100 cents; pl of lead than any goose or Canada, TRAVEL AGENCY R. B. Cowan, still only in his second year as an MP, sees his prime job on Parliament 'Hill to be to ensure that the tax- payer is neither milked by the tax-spender nor chained by the bureaucracy. One of his prime targets just now is that huge swollen and ever - swelling budget of the OBC. He has several ideas about where the CBC is unduly extravagant with the taxpayers' money, notably its practice of operating a free ping travel agency for its staff. R.B. and I were walking along Ottawa's flower-gay sum- mer mall together in the lunch hour sunshine recently. "Let's go into The Canadian BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO May 28, 1934 E. J. McAffrey, Past Grand Knight of the Ontario County Council, Knights of Columbus, attended the 3ist annual conven- tion of the State Council which was being held in Ottawa. Miss M. Cameron and A. W. "Army" Armstrong captured the Victoria Day Mixed Doubles tournament held by the Oshawa Tennis Club, About 150 Oshawa Girl Guides attended church service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church where Captain the Rev. S. C. Jarrett gave a suitable address, Although still hard hit by the depression, Oshawa was begin- ning to show signs of its citizens having fairly steady employ- ment. Food rose slightly in price, Steak was selling for as much as 22 cents per pound, breakfast -- was up to 25 cents per pound, and veal chops, 12% cents a pound. Oshawa relief lists dropped to 520 when seven families became self-supporting, Four "characters" appeared at the annual picnic and sports program of the Oshawa Young People's Union for city and dis- trict members. These four were a clown (Bert Wood), a police- man (Stephen Saywell), a tough young swain (Madeline Tooley) and the '"'girl friend' (Lloyd Whiting). Ralph Melchin, Edmund Pat- terson and Ellsworth Leggott of the 5th Oshawa Troop, and Douglas Weeks, Billy Mitchell and Hartley Magill of the 1st Oshawa Troop, joined with other Scouts in the tree planting pro- gram at the Boy ut Forest camp near Angus, Ontario, Mrs. William Duncan, who had taken over the management of the Oshawa Home _ Dairy, visited Rochester, with her staff to inspect Home Dairies in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus Jacobi, Lloyd street, celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. They had lived in Oshawa for more than 50 years. Press office," he suggested. 'I want to send a message to Gil Purcell to ask him how reporters 'he considered he to send to Egypt to supply the 'Canadian angle' to Khrush- chev's visit. I note CBC were represented junketing around those Pyramids." Gil Purcell manages the "oe y abet Bayo His query just one of a series. Be a Mediterranean holiday to re- port the Pope's visit to Jeru- salem; Purcell sent none, but ob ample reports more economically from other news agencies. The same. with the Pnama riots -- you read alt about it in your newspaper. Did CBC*have to spend your money on chartering a private airliner to carry its crew of reporters there? "I'm sure the average Cana> dian taxpayer couldn't care less about hearing the 'Canadian angle' on an earthquake in Tim- buctoo from a travelling CBC reporter," says R.B. 'That av- erage Canadian would far sooner be informed by a com- Petent man already on the spot, and enjoy more spending money through lower taxes to pay for the CBC." For Hunter Cowan, it is open season right now on the CBC-- and his aim is deadly, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 28, 1964... The West proposed 12 years ago today--in 1952-- that the Soviet Union, Com- munist China and the U.S, reduce their armed forces to 1,500,000 troops each, with France and Britain limiting their forces to 700, 000 and 800,000 respectively. Other nations would be held to one per cent of their populations. TheU.S.S.R., which had proposed a one third cut, rejected the pro- posal June 10, 1937 -- Neville Chamber- lain was appointed British prime minister, © 1940--The Belgian Army surrendered to the Ger- mans,