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. She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1964 -- PAGE 6 Fair Planners Should Draw On Experience Plans for Canada's first World's Fair in Montreal are reported to be progressing on schedule after a beginning which promised to be inauspicious, notes the Sarnia Observer. One of the advantages going with the promoters of our first venture into the big time, in this matter, is that they can look back on similar efforts and profit. If the men behind this Montreal extravaganza are wise they will pick and choose from the exper- ience of others. They should be able, if they are sufficiently vub- servant and astute, to embody the successful things of other years into the fair of tomorrow. Equally important, and perhaps not as easy of accomplishment as_ it sounds, should be the elimination of earlier mistakes. Canada's World's Fair, backed by financial support. of Montreal, the Province of Quebec and the federal government can be a show- piece to make this nation bright in the eyes of the world. But it must be a national effort. Should it developed into something only to enhance greedy land-owners, unions, contractors, people with stuff to sel] and the politicians, the image of Canada will be dimmed inter- nationally, and Quebec will lose stature with the rest of Canada. New York's fair is feeling the effects of too much exploitation of the public. It is. not attracting the crowds intended. Exhibitors are cooling off. Too high prices for food, accommodation and attrac- tins have been broadcast sufficient- ly to make it, less attracttive to the provincials who were expected to fill the coffers'to overflowing. Labor troubles are, also beset- ting the fair. They are so blatant- ly excessive that exhibitors are being priced out of the fair. For example, a carpenter gets $11.51 an hour until 3 p.m., after which his wage doubles. Moreover, his pay (as well as that of other workers) begins when the tele- phone call requesting his services is received and goes on until he returns to his base. On top of this he is conveyed to the job by a member of the Team- sters who often gets more for the trip than the man he is driving. And, of course, a Teamser assign- ed to such exhausting duty has to have an assistant. Even an un- skilled laborer gets $8.76 an hour. The exhibitor pays the shot. New York unions, who have tied up the fair jobs, appear to havé the idea the exhibition is being staged only for their financial benefit. Whether they do, a job or not does not matter. One pro- prietor of a foreign pavilion is on record as saying he is being charged $150 to have a clogged drain (in- stalled by union labor) unclogged (by other union labor) -- with the job often botched. These are mistakes from which Montreal could benefit, says the Observer. Fair executives could preach the gospel that our world's fair is something more than an ex- hibition to provide a quick buck for a few people. Europe Likes Kennedy Robert Kennedy may be having some trouble getting into the race for office in the United States but he found a lot of supporters in his recent visit, says The Kitchener- Waterloo Record. The U.S. attorney-general at- tracted wide attention in an un- heralded visit to Poland which the state-controlled news agencies were hot permitted to mention until it was over. The bush telegraph carried word of. the visit and Kennedy found the Polish people enthusiastic in their welcome. Some millions of Americans have ancestral roots in Poland so this show of affection in the old land woudn't hurt at polling time, pro- viding Kennedy gets a chance to run for the. vice-presidential job which he obviously would like. So far the prospect of obtaining the nomination hasn't looked hope- ful. President. Johnson has given no indication of whom he might like as a running mate, but the belief is that he doesn't favor the brother of the late president. All this reminds us that the Democrats are going to have a convention, too, something which has been pretty much forgotten in the arguments about the Republi- cans and Senator Goldwater, Smoking Statistics "T do not believe that lung cancer is caused by smoking and I do not believe smoking is responsible for any shortening of life." That, notes the Sarnia Observer, is what Dr. Thomas H. Burford, a leading specialist on lung cancer told a Congressional committee the other day. A statistician said the figures which had earlier been given to Congress were inconsistent and inconclusive. A heart specialist said emotions related to occupation caused more positive evidence of heart ailment than smoking. There you have it. As in fluor- idation, deaths among infants and many other health problems, the statistics can be confusing. It is not uncommon for psychologists, The Oshawa Fines / T. 1. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays. end Statutory holidays. excepted) Members of Canadion Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulotion ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled 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 sews published therein, All rights of special des- catches ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 'SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcostie not over 45c per week. By mall (in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery oreos 12.00 per year. Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, U.S.A. and foreign 24.00, medico - legal experts and other specialists to give conflicting test- imony to courts over the health pertaining to litigants in civil and criminal actions. There would be no point here in getting into arguments with the non-smoking forces and quoting the experts mentioned. above, or of siding with the smoking au- thorities by quoting the statistics on the other side of the issue. What seems to be patent is that statistics can sometimes be mis- leading. Some people can one thing from. statistics that others. cannot. A good example happens to be politicians who can take what they want from statis- tics and turn them to their advan- tage and who is to question them? There are many known cases of lung cancer among people who have never smoked. There are many coronary heart disease pa- tients who have never touched tobacco. Excessive smoking, one expert says, is on a par with ex- cessive eating, failure obtain adequate exercise and the emo- tional strains of' the modern busi- ness world as the cause of heart ailments. If those factors are true then should the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which ordered warn- ing labels on cigarette packages, not go further. They might put warnings on thick steaks and rich desserts, require everyone. to en- gage in suitable exercise and warn the working people to slow down. to read | A SLIGHT CASE OF EDITING REPORT FROM U.K. Gracie Fields Makes Comeback By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON Gracie Fields, the much-beloved Lancashire lass who became one of Brit- ain's outstanding variety art- ists and entertairers especially with the troops serving in the second world war, in which she YOUR HEALTH toured all the war areas giv- ing concerts for soldiers, sail- ors and airmen, is coming back to the British stage. It is three years since she mad2 her last professional appearance in a television show. But now, at the age of 66, she is going to leave the island of Capri where she lives. a quiet and retired life with her husband, Boris Alper: Bronchitis Makes Sleep Difficult By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD. Dear Dr. Molner: Each year I am troubled with bronchitis which seems to develop even in summer months. The severe coughing is weakening and makes it difficult for me to get enough sleep. I am 69 and suffer at least two attacks a year, summer and winter. I have had antibio- tics. prescribed and have tried various cough prescriptions but they afford little relief. Can you give me any information as to what can be done for this?-- RCR. Bronchitis can be a disorder of some importance -- as you know. | I can deal with your case only in generalities, because there are many specific facts which they may have to .be detr- mined The seasonal aspect suggests that allergy could be involved: Dust or pollens in summer, in winter, molds from the heating system, basement, animal dan- ders; etc A second possibility, and this certainly should be investi- gated, is the chance that some deeper disorder, as emphysema or bronchiectasis, may be pres- ent. People with these ailments are particularly susceptible to "colds" or bronchitis. Third, your resistance to in- fection may be low. At your age folks sometimes have de- veloped quirks of appetite, and may not be getting certain foods they need for full vigor. Some- times a vitamin supplement helps--not that vitamins are a treatment or preventive for bronchitis or colds, but if you are lacking in some of them, a supplement may enhance your resistance Simple treatment with anti- biotics and cough mixtures is the usual way of providing such relief as is possible during an attack, but the important thing TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 10, 1964... Church reformer John Calvin was born 455 years ago today--in 1509. His doc- trine, Calvinism, asserts the dogma of predestination which says that God. has chosen certain souls for sal- vation and others for dam- nation, The reformer was born at Noyen in France. Much of his later reform work was carried out in Geneva 1920--Sir Robert Borden's resignation as Canada's prime minister was ac- cepted and Arthur Meighen was sworn in as his suc- cessor 1943--Allied troops landed in Sicily in the , Second World War. is to prevent rather. than merely alleviate. I suggest careful medical ex- amination as bronchitis isn't al- ways a simple thing and doesn't always come from the same causes, Use of influenza vaccine might very well be considered, since cold and flue viruses, as well as' germs of other types, can set off attacks of bronchi- tis. (And what about smoking? do you?) Dear Dr. Molner: My doctor told me I should have a mole removed from my neck. Aside from the fact that it doesn't look good, why should it be re- moved?--JV. Usually because it is so lo- cated as to be chafed or irri- tated by a collar, jewelry, etc.; or, more urgently, because it is showing some sign of changing. Surgery, often an office proce- dure, is the usual method of re- moval Dear Dr. Molner: I am due to start my menstrual period two days after we are to leave for a trip to Washington. Is there any what this can be slowed down or speeded up? If so, is it really safe?--SB. Stopping the period is not a wise thing to do and I do not recommend it. You may be thinking of the so-called "birth contre! pills." These do not work by stopping the menstfual periods, but ra- ther by altering ovulation, which is another matter. rovici, to apn2ar once again before the Britisn audiences which love her. Gracie ha; signed a cyntract to presen' a three-week s2ries of concer.s at Blackpos! Gpera House, sta:*'ag on Septemher € When that en-. gemen* cvm- pleted, she will probably anpear in some cvacerts in London. where she cin be assur-d of a tumultuous reception. HUSBAND 15 SAD Gracie is overjcyed at the idea of aga'n appearing on the stage, bu her husband is qu:te sad about i! He was, in fact, stunned by Greacie's decision to face the feotiight: again. But there wus 2. touch of wifely pride in her Lancash.re accent as she sai} "Boris simply cannot bear to have me go away from him, even for a week or twe. Thai's all there 's to it. I'm a good cook, and he likes. my _ bak- ing." Asked wav she was going to make a co-neback after having been away frem the stage for three yeurs, living peacefully in her none at Capri. She said: "Tam not doing it just-for the money I w:!] be earning. I'm not hard up -- no: at the mo- ment, But every time I come home to Enz'and folks keep on at me to come back. But I had to be sure J could give the customers their money's worth if I did so, 'The decision was really made for me when a few weeks ago I sang at a charity show in Blackpool I found myself s.nging as if I were 36 instead of being 66. It wasn't only the older people who encouraged me to go on singing, but the young folks as well." When Gracie Fields makes her comeback appearance at Blackpool in September, she will not make the mistake she made at the last Royal Com- mand Variety Show in which she appeared. On that occasion she tried to put over some mod- ern beat song, but they did not bring out the real Gracie Fields. She said: "7 intend to give them some of the old favorites I used to sing, "The Biggest Aspidastra in the World," "The Rochdale Hounds,"' 'Walter Lead Me to the Altar," "Now is the Hour" and the ever-popular 'Sally." Even at 66, Gracie Fields will sing to packed theatres when she makes her comeback. She is more than an artist and an entertainer. She is a British tradition, and British traditions die hard. BY-GONE DAYS "35 YEARS AGO July 10, 1929 Rev. John Galt, pastor of the First Baptist Church, \ accepted a call to a pastorate near Wind- sor. Leon Osier, manager of the Regent Theatre, attended the annual eastern district conven- tion of the Paramount Theatre Managers held in Niagara. Roses from "Parkwood" won the trophy for the table display at the Ontario Rose Show held in the Royal York Hotel, To- ronto, Dr. George Stevenson. super- intendent of the Ontario Hos- pital at Whitby, told the Osh- awa Kiwanis Club 90 per cent of mental illness was preventable. He was the speaker at the Club luncheon. The Ontario Regiment won the musketry trophy in the 25th brigade at Niagara-on-the-Lake Camp. An Old Age pension board for Oshawa was appointed, made up of Rev. Father Bench, H. Gil- christ, Mrs. H.R. Myers, Mrs Frank Robson and Miss D. Farncomb. Dave Fowler was appointed chairman of the program com- mittee for the annual Kinsmen Kiddies' Karnival. The club's executive comprised of Dr. Lou Hubbell, president; Frank Evans, vice-president; Russell Storks, secretary and Tom Young, treasurer. J, Thomas Dalby, president of the Oshawa Brach 43, Canadian Legion and M. McIntyre Hood, chairman of the executive, were delegates at the annual provin- cial convention helq 'in St. Thomas. Knox Presbyterian Church held its annual picnic under the direction of H. M. Gilchrist, superintendent of the Sunday School. Building. permits for 46 struc- tures, with a total valuation of $147,550, were issued by the engineer's department during June, This figure included a per- mit for $50,000 for the new Child- ren's Shelter. Whooping cough had reached epidemic proportions in Oshawa with 77 cases reported during the month of June. Both Taxis, Cabs Have Disarmed LONDON (CP)--The war is over, Taxis and cabs have dis- armed, Sound like science - fiction? Not quite, When fleets of "minicabs" first appeared in London about three years ago, regular taxis tried to force them off the streets--sometimes literaliy. Minicab drivers couldn't leave their cars for fea: the tires would be punctured or the windows smashed. Some driv- ers were beaten. The annoyance of taxi drivers was understandable, Minicabs offered cheap fares and were getting lots of business. Taxi drivers claimed minicabs oper- ated illegally but failed to make the charge stick. There's a difference here be- tween "taxis" and "cabs". Taxis are large, lumbering, black automobiles specially li- censed to "cruise" the streets or, in legal terminology, '"'ply for hire." The cabs are regular cars--small and cheap to run. You can't hail them. They must be hired for a specific journey, Taxis held sway for years. These sturdy, fireproof crea- tures are designed to take a smack from a_ double-decker bus without collapsing. Figur- atively they'll 'turn on a six- pence." They last for 10 years. But they cost £1,171 ($3,513). TESTS REQUIRED To get a licence, drivers must pass a battery of police tests that may take two years to pre- pare for. They must know even the most obscure clubs and Streets in the maze that is London. t So when a firm put regular cars on the roads, with drivers that could skip the Scotland Yard exams, old - time taxi drivers were miffed, Besides resorting to fisticuffs, taxi drivers shadowed minicabs and reported them when they caught them plying for hire. One taxi man even made his pretty wife try to lure minicebs into breaking the law. He was successful but the judge, after sentencing the minicab driver thus caught, warned the wiie to Stay off the streets. Minicabs started operations by charging one shilling (15 PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Russia seems to have built a great deal of good will in the Middle East by supplying money for the Aswan Dam on the Nile. With reference to this project, it may have been a mis- take for the U.S. not to have given a dam. Please shed a tear for pedes- trian Pete ... He changed di- rections in the middle of the Street. When _ the _ baccalaureate speaker tells the graduates the world is their oyster, he should warn them that they will have a difficult time trying to crack the shell. QUEEN'S PARK Hospital Beds In Greater Use BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Ontario is taking more ang more to its hospital beds. This month, when everybody pays more for hospital insur- ance, the growth in the use of hospitals is a factor of note . Since the insurance plan started operation in 1959 there has been a 39 per cent increase in the use of hospitals. At the start the average was 1.41 days a year in hospital per person. This has risen to 1.96. The length of stay still is much the same--there has been a small growth. But many more people are going to hospital. Not that we necessarily have much more sickness. There are many more hospital beds avail- able. And people who should have been getting hospital care be- fore, now are getting it. This is not the most import- ant factor which has doubled hospital insurance costs since 1959 and brought about the in- crease in rates. The greater cost of operating hospitals (up 50 per cent) is the biggest contributor. And there has been an in- crease of about 20° per cent in those covered by the plan But still it is very significant. QUEBEC LIBERALISM? In practical terms, the pro- vincial Liberals in Quebec have probably done a very smart thing. They have insisted that the provincial and federal parties should be split There will be people who say this is silly. They cry doom, ang say it is andéther step in the Quebec revolt. Others will see it weakening the Liberal party nationally. There can be right and wrong in what these people say But looked at in straight practicalities, the Quebec Grits most probably are wise For no matter what the ideal might b>, it seldom seems to work out that one party organ- ization can be effective in both federal and provincial fields at cents) a mile for a journey of- any length, This has climbed to 1s 8d (25 cents). And you can cram as much baggage and extra passengers in as you like. Taxi fares start at two shill- ings and climb swiftly depend- ing on time and distance. After a trip of six miles the taxi fare becomes '"'a matter of agree- ment" between driver and pas- senger. In practice this means the driver will claim you should pay for his return trip, The pas- senger has to dicker skilfully to avoid double fare. Taxis also charge extra for baggage and for more than one passenger. COULD SAVE MONEY Londoners found that if they didn't mind making a phone call and waiting a few minutes for a radio-dispatched minicab OTTAWA REPORT to arrive, they could save money on long trips. . Then came the violence. It persisted for about a year and then gradually declined. Taxi Foye found they couldn't stop ie le cars from rt of the trade. ae Now minicab and taxi drivers seem content to coexist, The minicabs grab the long hauls, which the taxis didn't really want anyway; the "big black boxes" stick to the busy sec- © tions of the city and make money in short trips. Servicing difficulties on the small cars forced the largest minicab firm to shrink its fleet to 100 from 300. The other half. dozen minicab firms have even. fewer. The 6,500 taxis still sur- vive. There is one. ominous side- note here though. Taxi fares recently rose by about 25 per cent, A spokesman for a mini- cab firm said he hoped he would soon be able to lower his rates. "I hope there won't be more trouble," he said. Watchdog Should Get More Money By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Max Henderson, our competent and covrageous auditor-general, claims tha: he needs a larger budget to permit him to perform an effective watchdog job over the expendi- ture of our tax dollars. The total cost for his staff of 180 auditors last year amounted to less than $1,500,000. That is a modest price for the careful checking with which his thin red-pencil army audits govern- ment spending of close on §7,- 000,000,000. In his annual survey of the accounts of government depart- ments and Crown corporations, Max Henderson' always tear- lessly points out--and hence halts--extravagances and irreg- ularities. This should result in lower taxes. I think that he should now be given the money to hire the larger staff which he is asking or. Then, maybe, he would detect many of the still unexposed ir- regularities and, even more im- portant, make more spenders of our tax money run scared of his detections. This could save the taxpayer plenty over each 12 month period, by elim- inating the spirit of wantonness with which the taxpayers' money is scandalously wasted. LAX HOUSEWIFERY He might, for instance, ask about that apparently extrava- gant car pool operated by our defence forces in Ottawa--lim- ousines driven by uniformed chauffeurs who have been ex- pensively trained and equipped to defend Canada, not to drive taxis. : / What runs do those cars make each day? How many wives and children of the tax- payers' employees are ferried to and from shopping centres, the same time. And this par- ticularly applies when the or- ganization is dominated by the federal interests We have seen it here with Ontario Liberals For years the provincial party has been either part of or under the thumb of the fed- eral organization. It probably would have done much better if it haq made a complete split three years ago. And the same applied in re- verse: with the PCs. For years the party organiza- tion was dominantly provincial. And only when Leslie Frost agreed to throw it behind John Diefenbaker was there any fed- eral success. There could, in fact, be an interesting argument as to whether federal and provincial parties shouldn't be completely different, even in name. hairdressing salons and even schools? And those cabinet min- isters who each have a soldier and a car at their beck and call day and night--do they also have the gall to draw the $2,000 per year tax-free allowance for "car" which is paid to all min- isters out of the taxpayers' money? Wouldn't taxis be cheaper than a pool of cars driven by sergeants and corporals? Why did army car Number 28804F drive a stenographer to her work in the Parliament Building at 8.42 a.m. on a June morning? Are all stenographers em- ployed by the government en- titled to free transportation in a sergeant-driven car to and from work? And what is the function of that smart and costly Buick, licence E33045, with a driver wearing Bank of Canada uni- form? What bank business was it conducting parked outside a groceteria in a neighboring city at 12,50 p.m. on a recent Sat- urday? : Do Bank of Canada employ- ees work a five-day week Is overtime paid for work on days when the bank is closed? COSTLY BUREAUCRACY Max Henderson might also compare the cost of govern- ment departments hiring their manual workers, and an outside private company being con- . tracted for such work. For instance, on a_ recent morning, Prime Minister Pear- son wanted MPs to see "Mike's Maple" hoisted on a flagpole outside the Parliament Build- ings. There are a dozen or so flagpoles there already, but of course a special one had to be put up for this one occasion,' so up drew a government truck; then I noted seven gov- ernment employees concerned with the job--one supervising, one sawing, and five "'sidewalk- superintending." Then I would like to see Max make a safari to the site of "Expo 67", the projected world's fair in Montreal, where _ money flows like the dirty wa- ter of the surrounding St. Law- rence River. I had a letter from Expo 67 recently; so did some 130 other members of the press gallery-- it contained a lot of costly pub- licity guff; made a deep thud as it hit the garbage can. But on it was $1.01 in postage stamps, so I checked with the post office officials. It weighed 32 ounces, and had been sent as first class mail; if it had been left unsealed it could have travelled as printed matter for just 19 cents. That minor extravagance--it cost "only" 130 times 82 cents-- typifies the 'carelessness with which the taxpayers' money is treated too often. When I was a small boy. my thrifty parents drilled into me the saying: "You take care of your cents, and the dollars will take care of themselves." Don't employees of the tax- payers have parents too? Good tood deserves good wine Y coNG No ¥ STILL RO SE PINK TABLE WINE MEDIUM DRY GQ, camels i) F pjeTpEctios , peoveces oF CHATEAU-GAL WINES LIMITED AGARA FALLESCRMAOA & GANADA"S WINES OF*DISTINCTION