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'She Oshatwa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1964--PAGE 6 Inexperienced Children Not 'Equal' In Opinion Sometimes a study should be made of the damage done to society by the "free expression" school of psychology which flourished in the late 1940s and through the 1950s. The theory was the children ought not to be punished, because it might disturb them emotionally and make them neurotic, and worse, in later years. An extension of the theory was that each family should be a democratic unit, with the children consulted on family decisions; this gave the little monsters a sense of belonging. It followed na- turally that a father should be a pal to his boy -- an absurd idea which in practice bored or irritated the child while making an utter ass of the adult. Many parents gladly embraced the theory, because it relieved them of responsibility for disciplining their children, who promptly be- came the terrors of their neighbor- hood and the headaches of their schools. But neighbors and teachers who attempted to apply the res- traints which should have been looked after a home were charged with assault by the bemused par- ents. And the number of "problem children" grew and grew. The Sixties, bedevilled by a gen- eral breakdown in discipline, have seen a growing and salutary re- cognition of the folly of such in- expert theorizing. The 350 delegates to the Conference on the Family meeting in Ottawa this week broke into spontaneous applause when Dr. Nathan Epstein, chief psych- iatrist of the Montreal Jewish Gen- eral Hospital, said that "the whole idea of the family as a democracy is overdone. Somebody has to make the decisions. You just can't take the opinions of an inexperienced child as being 'equal' to the opinions of his parents in family decisions." Some of Dr. Epstein's distingu- ished colleagues have even begun to voice what was heresy a decade ago: The idea that a smack on the bot- tom when a child is naughty creates far fewer future problems than in- difference to the naughtiness. But the damage already done to family discipline may already be too great -- may have already started a spreading rotten spot in our society. Pursuit Of Principle The two great gifts of Britain to the world have been a sound struc- ture of responsible government and a system of law built on the prin- ciple of impartial justice for all men. As a result, the English- speaking nations have led the world in exploration and practice of the democratic freedoms. It is not surprising, then, to find at least three of the nations seriously con- ' cerned with the practical applica- tion of the principle of 'justice for all." The Ontario government has ap- pointed a one-man royal commission on civil rights with authority to "examine, study and inquire into the laws of Ontario" to see whether there has been encroachment on freedoms. Canadian federal authorities are being pressed to make a somewhat similar investigation, to ensure that justice is well served. Only a few days ago Judge Claude Wagner of the Montreal criminal court said young people are rightly worried about the quality of justice -- "they wonder if it is true that justice is not equal to everyone, if there is one justice for the poor and another for the more fortunate." In Britain, Lord Amory {fs to head a British royal commission which will inquire into penal meth- ods and will report on how well pur- poses of the law are being realized by penalties and methods of treat- ment available to the courts today. In the United States, Chief Jus- tice Warren and Attorney General Kennedy have pursued the theme of uneven justice touched on earliea by Associate Justice Goldberg, Mr. Kennedy stated flatly in an inter- view: "If you follow the poor person who is accused of a crime, | his chances of being acquitted are much less than are the chances of a wealthy person who can afford bail and his own counsel. The fact is there is not equal justice under law in the United States at the present time." ; Mr. Warren has publicly approved Mr. Kennedy's suggestion to remove "the price tag" on. justice. Canadian legal authorities have spoken in similar fashion. The principle of equal justice for all must never be eroded. It won't be, as long as pursuit of the prin- ciple remains vigorous. Water Supply Limited In this space yesterday we refer- red to the inexcusable complacency shown in a speech by an official of the American Waterworks Associa- tion, who told an AWA convention that no matter how surface water is abused, "it always comes back." We return to the subject, because of its importance. Life on this earth depends on the condition of air, soil and water. No matter how artfully we construct machines, how master- fully we conquer time and space, we shall be unable to enjoy our arti- ficial world if we destroy our_na- tural world -- and we are destroy- ing it, by our abuse of the three things essential to life: The Oshawa Fines T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times festablished 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Ghronicle (estoblished 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). 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(in Province of Ontario) sutside carriers delivery oreas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces and Commonweolth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. end foreign 24.00, Water means a great deal more than something to quench thirst, to bathe in, to support our boats and sustain our crops. Producing a ton of steel requires 400 tons of water; making a loaf of bread, from raw material to store shelf, takes two tons of water. The United States Commission for UNESCO says, "Water is no longer an inexhaustible commodity even in a damp climate." Many industries have moved from one locality to another simply be- cause they had to be sure of their water supplies, in quality as well as quantity. Many industries are using and re-using the water they need, cleaning it after each use, thus set- ting the pattern of what will un- doubtedly be the practice of the future as greater and greater de- mands are made on the available water. The available water: The supply does not increase with demand. It is like a bank, which has a fairly constant level of deposits; it goes bankrupt when the withdrawals constantly exceed the deposits. Already 140 delegates from 56 countries have met to decide on spe- cific proposals for the International Hydrological Decade scheduled to be- gin next year. The proposals include both co-operative collecting of basic data and the detailed inventories of local conditions. The studies will be carried out by men who recognize that something must be done about the world's growing thirst. LYNDON (BEAGLE) JOHNSON REPORT FROM U.K. Crossman Program Sparks Argument Bz M. McINTYRE HOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Education is the one subject on which it seems easier to start an acrimonious debate in this country than on any other. And the Labor party is right in the throes of a bitter discussion which is centred on education, and particularly on Richard Crossman, the party's YOUR HEALTH front bench spokesman on Ssci- ence, who has been acting as chairman of a study group ap- pointed to bring forth a 'crash plan" to deal with the shortage of school teachers. Mr. Crossman, presented a 10- point program towards this end, included in it a proposal that children between the ages of five and six should be required to go to school for only half a Drink Sweeteners Appear Ambiguous By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: Should per- sons on a low-sugar diet drink sugar-free soft drinks? The ad- vertisements. state they. are good for all, yet on the bottle in small prin it says that the drinks are only for those who are required to use a substitute for sugar.--Mrs. E. B. The small print on the bottle I just looked at reads, '"'artifi- cial 'sweeteners which should be used only by persons who must restrict intake of ordinary sweets." : This is a bit ambiguous, be- cause you can read it in either of two ways--that only sugar- restricted people should use these artificial sweeteners, or that such people should use only the artificial sweeteners and not sugar. The latter makes sense. The other--well, the need for avoiding sugar may be nothing but a matter of being over- weight, and that can include a great many people. I know of no instance in which anyone has been harmed by using the artificial sweetene:s in ordinary amounts. Since wording like that ap- pears on so. many bottles and packages,.I assume that it is there because of the pure food laws--letting people know that there is no nutritive value in the product. All it has is flavor. But that, of course, is why it is manufactured! Dear Dr. Molner: Is there a cure for tinnitus? My doctor tried several remedies but with no effect.--R.G.P. Tinnitus (ringing sounds in the ears) is a highly prevatent complaint, especially as we get up in years. It does not coms from any single cause, so no single treatment will correct all cases. Some can't be corrected, and you just have to put up with the problem. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN June 12, 1964... William Jansen, New York superintendent of schools, told a state inquiry 13 years, ago today--in 1951 --that an estimated 1,500 of the city's 300,000 high school students were drug addicts. Several days later, the head of the police narcotics squad testified there were about 6,000 teen-age addicts in the city. 1458 -- Oxford sity's Magdalen College was founded. 1897--Sir was born. PRESS Anthony Eden Univer- ' > Dear Dr, Molner: Can you furnish any information con- cerning psoriasis?--M.K. Quite a few readers have asked the same question late'y, and frankly there isn't much I can tell you. The cause of psoriasis simply is not known, but the condition isn't contag- jous and doesn't do ay dam- age except for appearance. And it's itchy. Dermatologists have evolved various treatments which will stop the itching and soften the crusty, scaly surface so it will slough off and leave the skin smooth even though the red- ness remains, It's well worth the effort in terms of comfort. Whether it "cures" the. psori- asis is another matter. Psori- asis has the annoying habit of coming and going spontaneously so if it happens to disappear while being treated, you never know whether the treatment had anything to do with it. NOTE TO MRS, AS: Ordinary smallpox vaccinations, for some reason, have been found to pre- vent Herpes simplex -- cold sores -- in many cases and hasten the healing. It is worth trying when one is continually bothered with them. day. For the other halt of the day there would be supplemen- tary voluntary attendance at play centres set up in the pri- mary schools. ~< PLAN REJECTED Put forward by Mr. Crossman as one of the solutions of the teacher shortage problem, this proposal was promptly rejected 3at a meeting of the Labor party's education committee. At this meeting, the idea of half- day schooling came in for vio- lent denunciation. The study group under Richard Crossmaa was attacked for having given publicity to the proposal before it had even been considered by the education committee. The education committee members at 'once recognized that to reduce the five to six- year-old children to half a day's teaching,and at the same time to rush ahead with schemes to keep 16-year-olds in school all day, placed the priorities in the wrong order. With one hand, it felt,, Mr. Crossman opened up a vista of huge ante- rooms of learning, and with the other, he shut the front door. ANGERS HOUSEWIVES There can be no question that this proposal would arouse the anger of working-class house- wives with large families in crowded homes. To make it known that the Labor party would countenance such a scheme might well cost the party the support of many thou- sands of voters. To Canadians, accustomed to having formal education for their children start at six years of age, there would not seem to be anything revolutionary or objectionable in Mr. Crossman's proposals. Yet when the educa- tion committee met, two mem- bers immediately launched an attack on them, and because of the row which followed, the party leader, Harold Wilson, the shadow cabinet and the national executive are certain to become involved in the argument. The Crossman plan rejects, on social and educational grounds, any proposal to raise the school entry age to six. But it claims that half-day attendance in the first year would be fair to all and would allow more part-time teachers to be employed. But it is the idea of half-day school- ing for the five to six year age group that has aroused the con- centrated anger of the back- bench Labor MP's. BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO June 12, 1929 Royal Arch Masons from many cities in Ontario assembl- ed for the dedication of the new Chapter Room in the Masonic Temple, Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of On- tario, Edwin Smith, perform- ed the ceremony. An Oshawa rink skipped by C. C. Stenhouse with H, M. Black, T. P..Johns and 0. M. Alger as members, won first prize in a bowling tournament at Orillia. Marian Brown, Helen Derby, Monica Thomas, Neva Rainy, Gladys Eaton, Ethel Derry, Eva Hobbs and Mae Burnett grad- uated at the 1929 Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital School of Nurs- ing. Rey. §S. C. Jarrett was offi- cially sworn in as juvenile court judge for Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Irwin entertained at the first Cana- dian '"'Avation" party which was held at their home. Many of the guests arrived in_ bril- liantly colored "moti" planes. Building figures for May amounted to $270,360, three times the figure for April. The baseball season opened at the new Motor City Stadium with Mayor T. B. Mitchell pitching the first ball to batter D. M. Tod R. W. Millichamp was the catcher. Two Oshawa taxi were found to be suffering with smallpox and an epidemic in the city was feared, since they had been working without knowing the nature of the complaint. F, L. Mason, president of the Central Ontario Power Associa- tion, presented a comprehensive report at the meeting of the association held in Cobourg. Those attending the meeting from Oshawa were T. B. Mit- chell, G. D. Conant, Leon Fra- zer and M..M. Hood. The ratepayers of Oshawa were to vote on bylaws for the purchase of the hydro and gas 'distribution systems, and the creation of an_ industrial area in Cedardale. The Bathe and McLellan Co: received the' contract of enlarg- ing the former Standard Bank which had been recently acquir- ed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The store at 4 King street east; was to be incorpor- ated into the building to pro- vide the additional space. drivers ne NB ye Nap rp a tnpetlngesie pene OTTAWA REPORT Politicians Lead Speaker Is paid satary and al- , lowances totalling $34,000. : Canada's Pay List - ' By PATRICK NICHULSON OTTAWA--Canadians to the number of 4,507,767 enjoyed an average income of $4,348 in 1961, according to statistics re- leased by the minister of na- tinal revenue. Divided according to occupa- tion, the best-paid Canadian workers were doctors and sur- geons, 14,588 of whom averaged $17,006. Other groups, in de- scending size of earnings, were lawyers and notaries, engineers and architects, dentists, ac- countants--all of whom aver- aged five-figure incomes. At the bottom of the list of tax- paying workers were farmers averaging $4,355, fishermen av- eraging $4,289 and "employees" averaging $4,132, There is one startling aspect of that comprehensive list of Canadian workers and taxpays ers. It omitted the classifica- tion "federal politicians." There is so much public at- tention focusing upon the work- ers in this class--adverse atten- tion focusing upon the workers in this class--adverse attention very often--that I will offer some statistics. BEST-PAID WORKERS Except when death has ex- acted its inevitable toll and the incumbent prime minister has dallied in causing consequent vacancies to be filled, we have 361 active federal politicians, consisting of 96 senators and 265 members of the House of Commons, Allowing for their remunera- tion as members of their re- spective legislative chamber, plus their extra pay for extra work as ministers, parliament- ary secretaries, Speakers etc., their average remuneration be- fore income tax is in excess of $21,482. If we exclude the less highly- paid senators, who participate less lavishly in the extra pay, we find that the 265 members of the !ywer House average bet- ter than $23,792 before tax. This is very substantially more than the average remuneration of our highly-paid and hard-work- top professionals -- our doc: tors. The total remuneration of members of the House of Com- mons, in the form of salaries and allowances, has soared from $2,900,000 last year to $5,- 300,000 this year) owing to the substantial pay increase they voted themselves last summer. The other expenses of oper- ating the House, excluding building maintenance and de- preciation, have risen modestly to $4,700,000. On these figures, the House costs the taxpayers QUEEN'S PARK about $13,106 per sifting hour. It is not possible to assess or allocate the cost among office and committee work on -an hourly basis, but to do so would properly reduce this estimated hourly cost of the Commons. * EXTRA WORK PAID The prime minister today is paid $45,000 per year, and he enjoys in addition prerequisites costing the taxpayer about twice that sum. Each cabinet minister is paid $35,000, includ- ing his or her remuneration as an MP. The leader of' the official Opposition receives the same, plus a rent-free furnished house, Parliamentary secretar- is receive $22,000 per year; the : the humble backbencher And the list scales down to who receives salary of $12,000 plus tax-free allowance of $6,000, worth perhaps $21,800 before taxes. In addition, all parliamentar- jans enjoy free mailing privi- leges; MPs benefit from Can- ada's most generous retirement allowance scheme; and recently rather wantonly extravagant travelling expenses have come repayable for them. Many Canadians have ability which has carried them into the millionaire class or near; the nation needs that ability, which patriotic citizens should contrib- ute even at a financial loss to themselves. Thus they could say "thank you" to the country Which has permitted their success. Where are the "Bay Street Boys?" We need Bay Street competence today to run the problem - business called Can- ada. READER'S VIEWS MINISTER VS, BOARD Dear Sir: Through the good offices of a friend, I have seen a clipping from your newspaper which re- fers to a letter to the Oshawa Board of Education written. by Adolph St, Aubin of Vaudreuil, Quebec. St. Aubin's letter con- gratulates the Board for break- ing their contract with me for use of the Collegiate Auditorium for an evangelical Protestant Gospel Meeting on May 12th. The announced subject of this meeting was "Trouble in Que- bec -- Its Cause and Cure". You will recall that the Times ran some of. our, advertising. For reasons which I have frankly made known, I opposed St. Aubin's re-election to the Vaudreuil Protestant School Board. He was not re-elected. Because of this St. Aubin has taken legal action against me for $10,000, and the case is awaiting hearing in court. For many years he has been bitter- ly opposed to our Evangelical Protestant work. The clipping from the Times includes a statement from the chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education, J. K. Drynan. The quotation states Drynan as hav- ing publicly. suggested that I am a man of "ill repute'. This is a very serious matter and seems slanderous to me. Protes- tants in Oshawa would do well to challenge this vilification of a minister of the Gospel on. the word of an utter stranger, I would be glad to challenge Mr. Drynan in the Collegiate Audi- torium in public debate in order to allow the people of Oshawa to make their own judgment on the matter. On May 22nd I wrote the-Busi- ness Administrator of the Board of Education asking for a copy of the minutes which refused _ Policemen Ponder Gin-Belt Problem BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Have you noticed those new fashion-plates around town? The OPP has a new summer- uniform. Perhaps you've seen it. It consists of medium-grey, light-weight trousers, tie and cap band, together with a spe- cial issue shirt. This replaces the old heavy- weight navy blue. As you also may have noticed there isn't any jacket with the uniform yet. And there's an odd circumstance behind this. A summer jacket is put on and taken off a lot, This means that the Sam Browne police belt should be worn inside the jacket. And nobody yet has been able to come up with a design which will go over the belt and yet enable an officer to get at his gun quickly. Any suggestions? MAKING NEWS? There is a suspicion that Pre- mier Robarts' loyal people who are with him overseas are mak- ing a conscious effort to keep the premier in the news. Shortly after the premier's arrival a story came back re- porting that' he felt Ontario might adopt its own flag. Just a few ours before he left he had been asked about this and had shown no inclination at all to even talk about flags. In fact, at this time, he said that Ontario did have a stand- ard with a provincial crest on a red ensign . . . a point on which authorities later said he was wrong. IMMIGRATION DRIVE? It does appear, however, that One genuine and uncontrived story out of the trip. is that there will be a drive for skilled immigrants. If men are being sent to Scot- land to open special offices, as has been reported, then it must be intended to put extra effort into an immigration appeal: - It's a foot-note to our chang- ing times that this did not breed any immediate protest from organized labor. Not so long ago it would have. Probably still to come, how- ever, is the reaction from the other side of the water. The U.K. is just as anxious about skilled labor as we are. It has never looked too kindly on our rather blatant, so far as it is concerned, trade crusade. If we now start grabbing away its work force it is liable to gé@t really annoyed. me use of the Collegiate Audi- torium for a Gospel Service, After all, I had a signed con- tract and had paid the fee for rental of the hall. The Adminis- trator, J. Ross Backus, replied in a letter dated May 29th as follows: "The Chairman has in- structed me to say that in view of your attacks on the Protestant members of the Board of Education, as report- ed in the local press, he sees no reason why your request for in- formation should be answered." Is Drynan ashamed to let the people of Oshawa know why an evangelical Protestant minister should have his meeting cancel- led with less than 24 hours' notice before it was to take place? Should Protestants in Oshawa permit this man to deny me the full information -- even if the action taken was completely arbitrary? Mr. Dry- nan should not permit his own prejudices to interfere with someone else's religion. Said Voltaire: 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". In view of the general unrest this whole matter has stirred up, I suggest this minute be published in the Times for all to see. Again, in his letter, Mr. Backus stated, 'The Chairman requests me to state to you that there are many reasons for the Protestant members voting as they did, entirely aside from the statement that you have, on oc- casion, attacked the Roman Catholic Church, The Chairman wishes me to advise you that any statement by you that the decision resulted from pressure of a. Roman Catholfe member of the Board, or for the sole purpose of protecting the Roman Catholic Church would be completely unfounded." Come now, Mr. Drynan. The Press stated "Oshawa trustee Robert Nicol, the Separate School representative to the board, said: 'It has been brought to my attention that Mr. Martir may be preaching against the Roman Catholic Church and many Catholic tax- payers would object.' " Now you dare to tell me that this state- ment is "completely un- founded". Is it not strange that in this letter Mr. Backus makes a point of saying he is acting on behalf of the Chairman, and not the Board? (This is what we had with St. Aubin as Chairman of the Vaudreuil Protestant School Board, It was a one man board . . .) Why could not Mr. Drynan have written a personal letter to me? On the matter of my alleged attack on the Roman Catholic Church I have repeat- edly said I admired the action taken by the RC member of the Board. He knew the trouble in Quebec was religious and he had the courage of his convic- tions. Too bad the Protestant members had not the same in- sight and courage. Mr. Drynan, again through Mr. Backus, stated, 'There are many reasons" why they broke their contract with me. I chal- lenge him to publish them. The Protestant people. of Oshawa should demand the truth; after all, it was in their midst that there was a denial of one of the fundamental freedoms, freedom of speech. Are the people of Oshawa going to remain silent in the face of such obvious bureaucratic injustice? - (Rev.) HAROLD GEORGE MARTIN Founder and President Christian Homes for Children, Inc, Vaudreuil, Que. ~SUMMER PUBLIC SWIMMING | SIMCOE HALL BOYS' CLUB EASTVIEW PARK -- OSHAWA The Simcoe Hall Boys' Club offer the first indoor public swimming for the citizens of Oshawa. Get in the swim and keep fit. Each Monday - Wednesday - Thursday & Friday 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sessions Commence Friday 2nd July to August 28th @ 50 CENTS PER PERSON @ All Swimmers Must Be 18 Years and Qver for the Above Sessions