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The Oshawa Tones Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964 -- PAGE 6 School Trustees Earn More Than Just Thanks | * Oshawa has entered the province- wide controversy over the payment of school board members. The school -board system itself has been questioned but while it continues it would appear members deserve the money allowed by Ontario Legislature. (See story page 9). In the past unpaid citizens have served boards well, and there is no reason to think they will not con- tinue to do so. However, it is not fair to ask them. Work has steadily increased for the Oshawa board over the last few years because of city growth. Meet- ings have become longer and oftener. Some men sit out three a.m. meetings and find they can't make work on time that morning. Result: loss of pay. They should not suffer for serving the commu- nity. There is a little glory, but it spreads thinly over the slice of responsibility and worry that goes with a trustees' duties. There is a danger the "wrong sort" of person might run if a salary is offered, say some trustees, This sort of person has seldom been attracted to city councils, It is the voter's duty to spot undesirable candidates. Money spent paying board mem- bers could be used to pay a-highly qualified administration official, as has been suggested, but this has nothing to do with whether or not members should received renumera- tion. If another official is needed one should be employed anyway. School board members spend a hard 10 to 20 hour week on board work and deserve more reward than just a mild "thank you." For Mental Health On any one day there are more patients in psychiatric institutions in Canada than in all the public general hospitals combined. This is one of the startling facts cited in the August letter of the Royal Bank of Canada, which is devoted wholly to "Mental Health's New Look." Up to one person in every ten suffers from mental or emotional disorders to the extent that he would benefit by professional at- tention, and more than 60,000 men, women and children crowd our mental hospitals and institutions. ' There is no great public outcry -- but everyone becomes alarmed when a physical epidemic strikes down a few thousand people. And far too many of us still think that there is something shameful about mental illness. "Why do we indulge ourselves in holding this blind spot?" the letter asks. "The battle against warped thinking about mental ill- ness has been waged by brilliant men for 2,400 years, but. we cling to our obnoxious and illogical image. In contrast to the relatively smooth development of medicine in the sphere of physical disorder, the story of mental illness is appalling." Today, knowledge has increased but intolerance has not everywhere diminished. What we condemn in olden times has not yet been eradi- cated in the twentieth century. Disturbance of the mind is not a sign of guilt or shame, but an ill- ness. Irresponsible behavior may be simply a symptom, just. as limping is a symptom of a strained tendon. What can be done? "Governments can do much more than they are doing to organize and support measures of prevention, treatment and restoration. They have said that they are anxious to do the right thing if the people really want it... Herein lies an opportunity for volun- tary community groups to organize themselves for public. education. They can muster a great weight of awakened opinion behind the estab- lished associations in an effort to close the gaps in mental illness ser- vices. Then they can move forward in a massive determined way toward a high level of mental health." Compensation For All * The chairman of the B.C. Work- men's Compensation Board, J. E. Eades, has suggested that there be accident insurance for everybody, "at work, at home or at play," be- cause without it compensation is not really effective. As the Van- couver Sun points out, this may well be desirable -- if feasible -- as a social objective, but it can hardly be considered an extension of workmen's compensation. Mr. Eades's radical proposal is that the workmen's compensation coverage be extended to every man, woman and child all the time. The Sun notes that his-:statement may obscure in the public mind the exact purpose of workmen's compensaion, and continues: The act, enlightened for its time, is almost 50 years old. It was con- ceived in an age when such modern social concepts as universal hospital insurance and medicare were at most visionary projects. To an ex- tent, workmen's compensation pre- pared the way for them. She Ostharwn Times T. tL. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawo Times combining The Oshawa Times lestoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Syonicle (established 1863) is published daily {Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). N s of © Daily Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau *-of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canodian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despotched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocal sews published therein. All rights of special des- catches are aiso reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Qntario; 640 Cothcort Street, Montreal. P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry Prince Albert. le Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, DSrono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragjan, Blackstock, Menchester Pontypoot and Newcastle not over 45¢ per week By mai! (in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Ot it Cc Countries P 15.00, USA. and foreign 24.00, It is sometimes overlooked that compensation insured not only the the workmen, but the employer, too. It saved the employer from al- ways vexatious and sometimes crip- pling damage and negligence suits. It differs from public hospital in- surance and medicare in that, like much private accident insurance, it maintains the victim's income in part while he is disabled. It is wholly contributory and while the assessments are paid by the em- ployer they are part of his labor charges. They are a fringe benefit which must be deducted from the total wage pool. In the final reckoning they must in large part be paid by the work- man -- an invisible levy on. him. Universal accident coverage of this nature would be far miore radi- cal than public hospital and medical insurance. It would be vastly more expensive. It is doubtful if even its wholly - contributory aspect could be maintained. And if it covered accidents, why not loss of earnings during illness as well? Other Editors' Views REVENGE, NOT JUSTICE (New York Times) The death penalty has been abolished in nine states. These states are proof that the old argu- ment--that preservation of the death penalty is a deterrent to crime -- is. a cliche unsupposed by convincing evidence, The state of Michigan, which has not had capital punishment since 1846, has a lower homicide rate than that of neigh- boring Illinois, which has the death penalty. As we have long argued, New York State should give up this final act of repenge, which is mis- directed can never be undone," Ya ay Soon a "the -- . VN Cis AMERIC. rece eesti | r | | rane & 7, Hl Bey ce we Bi \ AW Bor / i | qs me mts 2, N S\ G STATES RIGHTS =I SE t DID aud , v/ AD\ MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM REPORT FROM U.K. Ford And Railways Profit From, Deal By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For the Oshawa Times LONDON--One of the co- operative ventures worked out between British Railways and major industries is paying divi- dends, both for the railways and for the industry. The com- pany involved in this traffic YOUR HEALTH movement venture is the Ford Motor Car Company, which, in addition to its main plants at Dagenham in Essex, has manufacturing faciiities at Halewood, on Merseyside, and a distribution centre at Bath- gate, between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It has in recent months been Allergies Biggest Cause Of Eczema By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD. Dear Dr. Molner: Is eczema incurable?) My seven-year-old grandson has had it since he was a baby. His mother puts a salve on the open lesions. Could it be al- lergy? His father was allergic as a child. Is there any specific medicine for this condition? Would food tests help?--GG Food allergies are by far the biggest cause of eczema in chil- dren; usually the youngsters acquire a tolerance later, and the problem then disappears. (Egg white, milk and various grains such as wheat, barley, corn and oats are the most frequent offenders.) Identifying the foods is very important, because then you can regulate the diet to avoid them. i. Salves don't do much in the way of a cure, but it IS impor- tant to prevent the raw ,sore places from picking up infec- tions which can continue even after the original cause has been: corrected. If salves are used to forestall such infec- tions and for purposes of sooth- ing the sore areas, that obvi- ously makes sense. Dear Dr. Molner: I was stu- pid enough to use a liquid hair remover on my face and neck, thinking it would never return, or would be easy to remove. I have been a nervous wreck since I gradually saw it come back, and I feel it shows on my face where it never did befure. Is this the case? What happens if one continues using this hair remover?--MRS. ES There is no evidence that it makes hair come back heavier or in different areas, This feel- ing you have is probably noth- ing but the shock of seeing the hair grow again after, for a time, having had _ perfectly smooth skin. You can repeat the treatments as necessary. Dear Dr. Molner: My feet perspire so freely that my shoes turn white on the outside. Could this solution (aluminum chloride) be used safely on the feet?--MRS, LS TODAY IN .- HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS wg. 6, 1964... The Welland Ship Canal was officially opened. 32 years ago today--in 1932. It soon became one of the busiest inland waterways in the world, linking Lake On- tario and Lake Erie by a series of locks that allowed passage of ships around Ni- gara Falls. 1806 -- Napoleon ordered the Holy Roman Empire dissolved. 1945 -- The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiro- shima. A x _ would be Yes, it can safely be used on the feet, and a 20 to 25 per cent solution would probably be best. Druggists will make up the solution to whatever strength you request. Dear Doctor: My son has used every deodorant on the market but still has excessive perspiration. He tried alumi- num chloride and it doesn't work either, but at least it does not irritate his skin. Could you explain why? What else can be done?--MRS,. M Aluminum: chloride works in some cases in which commer- cial preparations fail, but there are still some cases in which even it fails. If the principal problem is underarm perspira- tion, then shaving may be the answer. If there is heavy un- derarm hair, nothing is likely to work too well. Some men think it is "too feminine" to shave under the arnts, but that can be the difference in solving or not solving the difficulty. A word of warning: No deo- dorant or anti-perspirant should be used immediately after Shaving. Dear Doctor: My teen - age daughter. has a_ perspiration problem and we would like to try aluminum chloride. Can you repeat where to get it and how to use it?--MRS. JP You can have your druggist prepare a solution. In general they make it in strengths of from 10 to 25 per cent (if the stronger solution is irritating, use a weaker one. You might, for example, take the 25 per cent solution, and add water to reduce it to about fiaif.) Pat the liquid on with absor- bent cotton or a small bit of cloth. Then just let it dry on the skin. quite a common thing to see on the railway lines between Dagenham and Halewood, and on the line to Bathgate, whole trains made up of special flat railway cars, all painted in the distinctive colors of the Ford Company. These trains are. part of a special chartered rail service between the Ford plants and distribution centres. Every day, these special trains run to and fro carrying many thousands of dollars worth of components and parts between the Ford factories, and this scheme proved so successful for both parties between that Ford has now introduced an uncovered flat truck rail ser- vice to carry new cars and commercial vehicles from Dagenham and Halewood to Bathgate in Scotland to meet the needs of Scottish customers. BIG BUSINESS This is becoming big and profitable business for British Railways. In a year, it is esti- mated, 12,000 cars from Dagenham and over 8,000 from Halewood will travel on these Ford special trains to Bath- gate, at the rate of between 65 and 70 cars at a time. At the present time, Ford special trains, easily recognizable by their color schemes and the Ford motif, are arriving at Bathgate, three of them from Dagenham in Essex and two from Halewood, near Liverpool. This all had its beginnings about 18 months ago, when the new Ford plant at Halewood was opened. It was then that the Ford Company made a deal with the British Railways to provide a fleet of special chartered trains of specially designed wagons to give a high- speed service carrying parts between the fwo plants. Since then, 165 wagon loads of com- ponents have been travelling between the two plants every week--33 wagons a day. Each night, a train leaves Dagenham Dock Goods Yard, and the wagons are ready for unload- ing at Halewood early the next morning. CONSTANT SUPPLY A similar train leaves Hale- wood every evening and is at the Dagenham works the next morning, thus ensuring a constant supply of wagons at each plant. According to British Rail- ways officials, these Ford trains are unique, in that they five are_in Ford's own color and ' bear the company's insignia. Said one railway spokesman: "The service is a_ great success, and Ford could well be our largest customer. They are certainly one of the most valuable. We believe this type of freight haulage is the thing of the future, and chartered trains are part of Dr. Beech- ing's plans for railways freight operations." BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO Aug, 6, 1929 Five Tong War murders in two days in New York City, Boston, Chicago and Newark, N.J., led .to a warning. by U.S. Attorney-General Charles Tuttle that no more violence tolerafed. A. few hours after the warning a Har- lem laundryman.was shot and killed at his ironing board, Sir Osmond Rock, Com- mander-in-Chief, Portsmouth di- vision, British Navy, since 1926, and.a Jutland veteran, was ap- pointed Admiral of the Fleet, to succeed Sir Charles Madden. Stocks and bonds valued at $2,000,000 were stolen from a 16-year-old New York City securities company runner when he placed the bag con- taining the securities on a bench in the office while he went to a water cooler. The body of hockey star George "Shorty" Horne was re- covered from Lake Sagatcsky, near Sudbury. Building.permits in Oshawa for July totalled $283,550, an in- core of $76,240 over ~ July, 1928. One of Oshawa's , oldest citi- zens, Mrs. Jean Hoitt, 16 Bruce street, died in her 99th year at her home. In a friendly ball double head- er with Kingston Seniors, Gen- eral Motors won both morning and afternoon fixtures.-The first game 'by a score of 6 to 3,'the second by 7 to 3. Classics Still HAVANA (AP)--Cuban kalei- doscope: : The windows and front coun- ters of Havana's bookshops are filled with the works of Marx, Lenin, Engels and Mao Tse- tung. But Cuba's big state publish- ing house lists its most popular books as: Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson's stories, Flaubert's Madame Bo- vary, a study of the production of sugar, and a textbook on the metric system. Grey market prices (autome- bile division): A cab driver re- ported he was offered $14,000 for a well-worn 1960 Buick. A set of four sparkplugs was of- fered for $60. The. oil, grease and gasoline dripped on the streets by the motors of gasping, fuming old British, American, Hungarian and Czech buses have deposited a thi... film of grease on many thoroughfares. At times road- e@crapers are used to remove the greasy layer which is dan- ~gerously slippery when wet. Night life is still active in Ha- vana. The cabarets are nearly empty during the week but on Saturday nights many are packed. The biggest, most col- orful show in town fs at the famed Tropicana. There's no scotch or brandy, but plenty of rum. Beer is served only with meals. Pasted on a time clock in the National Agrarian Reform Insti- tute is a newspaper clipping. It is the story of two men who protected each other: When- ever one arrived for work late, the other would punch his time ecard at the proper hour. The trick was discovered. Each was sentenced to one year in prison. If a worker quits his job he is not allowed to take another job for a period of one year. Strikes are considered coun- ter - revolutionary crimes. "Workers have no reason to strike now," says an official. There is no overtime pay, but plenty of demand for "volun- tary" hours on the job. The long lines of tired people seen standing in the streets are usually waiting to buy rationed goods: Perhaps their four eggs monthly, or one of the pairs of shoes they are allowed annually --one dress pair, one tennis and one work pair. In a former capitalist five- and ten-cent store, a long line READERS' VIEWS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Dear Sir: December will be upon us very shortly ang with it will come mounting election fever. This year will no doubt be as others in the past, in that Oshawa will be bustling with election news and meetings from the second week in November onward. May I be so bold as to ask where the inter- est in municipal affairs is hiding during the other one hundred weeks of a Council's term. This city and many others like it is guilty of public apathy when it comes to muni- cipal affairs. In a democracy such as ours, a government is only as good as its elected representatives. If a representative is not chosen wisely and intelligently, a link in the democratic chain = is weakened. How can one yote wisely and intelligently if he does not understand the issues, if he does not know the candidates and what they stand for? I know it to be true that some electors base their voting deci- sions on the sound of the per- son's name; some will vote alphabetically and some will cast a ballot because the family has been living in Oshawa for 93 years. Is this intelligent voting? The name 'Jessie James' has a pleasant sounding ring to it. "Cassius Clay" would alpha- betically rank at the top of a ballot and the "Hoffa" family have lived in Memphis since the city saw the light of day. And yet, those most guilty of apathy are the first to gnash their teeth at the sight of their tax bill. The time for action is now! in twenty-four years it is esti- m.ted Oshawa will have a population of 140,000. To double a city's population in less than twenty-five years and to do it effectively, requires intricate planning. a tremendous 'amount of foresight, intelligent spend- ing, and intestinal fortitude to mention only a few qualifica- tion. Are you satisfied with the present council's qualifications? I would venture to say 85 per cent of Oshawa's population couldn't even name six City Fathers let alone evaluate their attributes. If this Letter to the Editor does nothing else, I trust it will wake up at least one person who will change his voting habits and vote intelligently. I implore you to know your candidates, understand your issues and cast your ballat with pride in December. Let's get Oshawa on the right track. The garden path may have a pleasant aroma but the flowers soon die. BLAINE TYNDALL Oshawa Favored . By Book-Buying Cubans ~ of women formed to buy tooth- brushes, \ Many Cuban women still dress in tight, form - fitting dresses that sometimes give an impression they are seated when they are standing. beaver pgs prices are expensive (the peso is pegged at par with the U.S. dollar). Prices in the Zaragozana, one of Havana's best; Fruit cup $1; shrimp edge $2.50; con- somme $1.25; potato omelette $3; chicken and rice $5; fried Prager a. hamburger steak ; Tal ; pudding or cus- tard desserts $1. . _ Most people eat luaches in the: "popular restaurants" where they line up by hundreds OTTAWA REPORT aes i z i - 2 es 5 - ett H § as i ; - 5E g : S24 8 S2gss z & 8 8 : : i] 4 $ 38 iE: Anglo-French Relations Considered Main Issue Patrick Nicholson's guest columnist today is Dr. Paul- ine Jewett, Liberal MP for Northumberland, Ont, By DR. PAULINE JEWETT OTTAWA--The biggest issue in Canadian life today isn't the flag or economic growth or medicare. It's much bigger than any of ese, It's the extraordinary inabil- ity of large numbers of English- sepaking Canadians -- particu- larly the Anglo-Saxons among us--to have any feeling to- wards or understanding of our French - speaking fellow citi- zens. French - speaking Canadians comprise a third of our popu- lation. They have been here a long time, a very long time. They have developed an in- digenous Canadian culture -- a theatre, a literature, an art, music, a cuisine--yet the Anglo- Saxons among us know practic- ally nothing about them, and care less, A few of us care--the editor of The Trentonian, for example --but not nearly enough. When we speak of our French - speaking compatriots we refer to "the tail wagging the dog," we talk about how they have debased '"'pure Paris- ian French," we deplore their "patronage-ridden" way of life. Yet, what do we really know - of them? Just that we defeated them on the Plains of Abraham and it's high time they knuckled under. And we feel greatly pro- voked that they do not see the wisdom of our views. STRONG LANGUAGE? Perhaps this sounds like strong language. But I think we deserve it. I think we have made no effort to understand the French-Canadian outlook or to see their way of life as an integral part of the Canadian way of life, We have kept hoping that they would become absorbed in the great North American melt- ing pot, the English - speaking majority of this continent. We are only slowly beginning to realize that not only is this most unlikely to happen but that it is not all that desirable anyhow, Cultural conformism is already the curse of this conti- nent. The rejection of French-Can- ada has unfortunately been re- flected in our political party structure, particularly in the Progressive --Conservative New Democratic and Creditiste parties. The latter, of course, QUEEN'S PARK 4s wholly French in makeup and is as sharp a reaction as one could get to the fear and the fact of English - speaking majority dominance in our ma- jor parties. TO OTHER EXTREME The New Democratic Party on the other hand goes to the other extreme, It has no French - speaking members in its parliamentary caucus, or is it likely to attract any as long as its deputy leader, Fisher, is so unsympathetic to and intolerant of French needs and aspirations. The Progressive - Conserva- tive party fares somewhat bet- ter. It has designated a French- Canadian leader in its parlia- mentary caucus, Leon Balcer, and Mr. Balcer has a handful of colleagues from French Can- ada around him. As the months go by, how- éver, it becomes increasingly clear that the national jJeader of the party, John G. Diefen- baker, has no real understand- ing of the uniqueness of Can- ada and no satisfactory rela- tionship with his French-speak- ing colleagues, He merely tol- erates them. It would appear from the other side of the House that Mr. Diefenbaker and Mr. Balcer have neither e@ a nor a voting relation- ship. MBven within the ven jin the Liberal party there is not always exhibited among its English - speaking members that kind of under- standing that Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, has, in the tradition of Macdonata™ "and Laurier, of our dual heritage, In the debate on student leans for example, many English- speaking members, while pleading for a national higher- education policy, made no ate tempt to consider how French rights would be protected in a national endeavor in which they would be in the minority, Such members simply "for- got about" the French. Perhaps it is no wonder that only one French-speaking Ca- nadian on the opposition side of the House, Marcel Lessard, Social Credit, voted for the bill on third and last reading. It is no onder, perhaps, but it is no joy. either, There is one challenge before us. Let us try to see Canada not only through our own eyes, but through the eyes of French- speaking Canadians too. Such an act of imagination and will would strengthen us all. It would make us, in the long run, a truly great nation. Templeton Handed Chance By Robarts BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Does Premier Robarts want Charles Temple- ton as the next Liberal leader in Ontario? This question was being widely asked in full serious- ness following the announce- ment of the provincial byelec- tions. For in setting the dates ahead of the Sept. 17 Liberal conven- tion, exactly a week ahead of the start of it, Mr. Robarts gave Mr. Templeton the one springboard which could launch him into the party leadership he has been so dramatically seeking. Mr. Templeton, former evan- gelist, newspaperman and tele- vision performer, is the Liberal candidate in Toronto-Riverdale. He won the nomination after a fight, but easily -- so easily that some party veterans began to: change their minds about him. Let him win a big victory in Riverdale and he could walk into the convention the follow- ing week as a party hero. This one observer, in fact, would say that in this situation, combined with his many tal- ents, he would be the man to beat. OTHER 'SIDE And this has been handed to him by Mr. Robarts. This chance to star, and incidentally get a lot of publicity along the way. rN Tf one wants to assume polit- ical machinations on Mr. Ro- barts' part, it would look as though he would prefer to have Mr. Templeton as his main op- ponent over the next few years, « However, then again, there is the other side 'of the coin. It could be that the hard- driving 45-year-old newcomer to politics is the man he would least like to have facing him. For in calling the byelection before the convention, he has also opened the one sure way to sudden death for the new man. If he were to be defeated in Riverdale, Mr. Templeton might as well not even attend the leadership convention the following week. JUST FUN? The writer really doesn't see any -probably strong motives behind the premier's decision to call the Riverdale vote when he did. You can't say it wasn't with- out motive, because the elec- tion is being held at least two weeks earlier than normal 'for a fall vote. ; But the most likely motive would be a sense of fun--"All right let's make this thing real- ly exciting" together with a-sense of fair play -- "If he really wants in, let's give him the best chance we can." Mr. Robarts has both senses to a strong degree.