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The Oshawa Cines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario 'T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964--PAGE 4 Nothing Really New Seen In ARDA Plan On this page today appears the last of a series of four articles by C. Gwyn Kinsey, former editor of The Times, dealing with the opera- tions planned under the Agricul- tural Redevelopment and Rehabili- tation Act. The idea behind this act is to make exhaustive surveys into what is needed to fight rural poverty in Ontario, and make the farmers prosperous, or ,as an alter- native, to train them for other occupations. and get them away from unprofitable farms. There is a familiar ring about all of this. It recalls to mind the investigations and surveys made between 1943 and 1945 by the On- tario Agricultural Commission of Inquiry. This was a commission set up by the Ontario government in the fall of 1948, just after Prem- ier George Drew came into office. There is a strange similarity be- tween the objectives of the present agricultural] redevelopment and re- habilitation plan and the terms of reference which were laid down for the Ontario Agricultural Commis- sion of Ontario. Soil surveys, land use possibilities, the development of beef raising in Northern On- tario, advances in rural education, assistance with soil drainage and other subjects which are all in- cluded in the present proposals, were dealt with at great length by the Commission which sat from the fall of 1948 to the spring of 1945, It held many weeks of meetings in Toronto, and also went on tours of all parts of the province making its investigations. But after all this was completed, nothing happened. The commission presented a voluminous report to the government, embodying recom- mendations on many matters in- cluded in the ARDA survey plans, The report was tabled in the legis- lature, promptly pigeon-holed, and has never been heard of since. It is to be hoped that the efforts planned under the ARDA do not meet with a similar fate. Its suc- cess depends on the effectiveness of county committees. This was another thing tried under the Drew government. It set up a plan for county committees. Some were formed functioned briefly and in- effectively, and then died an un- natural death, We doubt if the county committees proposed under the ARDA would be any more suc- cessful. The only saving feature of the ARDA, which is different, is that it is proposed, under it, to spend $50 million in the next five years for schemes under the Act. But since the ARDA is a long term measure, involving long training of staff to make it work, we do not expect that much of this $50 million will be spent during the next five years. Tipping Is Condemned At long last, a leading business executive has spoken out sharply against the practice of tipping -- or hand-greasing, as he called it, -- in hotels. This courageous man was Norman E. Bess, executive vice- president of the American Society of Association Executives. He was speaking at the annual convention of the Hotel Sales Management Association in Toronto. Mr. Bess did not pull his punches in condemning the tipping prac- tice. Hotels and restaurants, he said, were classified in the public mind as second-class industries because of personal tipping of bell- hops, room-service waiters, floor maids and dining room waiters and others. This. tipping problem, he said, was the biggest one facing the group he represented, 2300 man- agers of trade association and professional groups. The following extract from his speech is enligh--- tening. "You have a staff meeting when you leave a hotel to make sure you haven't overlooked anyone. Often tips for a convention total $300 to $400, not including individual tip- ping. If conventions do not tip this way, they would get bad service and be doing 90 per cent of 'their own work. People would not be where they should be." Mr. Bess was quite right in as- serting that the practice of tipping is outmoded and rubs people. the wrong way. That is the general opinion of people who do a sub- stantial amount of travelling, and find themselves up against the bla- tant hands held out whenever the slightest service is given, We agree with Mr. Bess that the time has come when hotel employees should be paid a proper wage standard, so that they would not have to de- pend on tips to earn a fair living. Miss Whitton Defeated In the Ottawa Municipal election, the pitcher went to the well once too often. Miss Charlotte Whitton, Ottawa's stormy petrel mayor for nine years out of the last 13, finished in third place in a five- candidate contest for the mayor- alty. Donald Reid, a 38-year old furniture dealer, won a spectacular victory and relegated the veteran Miss Whitton to the sidelines after a long period of service to the capital city. Miss. Whitton was always an un- predictable character, even when a student at Queen's University. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 187!) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted). of G Daily paper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied 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 news published therein. All rights of special des potches are also reserved, Offices; Thomson Bullding, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corfiers in Oshawo, Whitby, Aljox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Oreno, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, CGolurnbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragien, Biockstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over SOc per week. By 'mall in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other cond © 15.00, st ty ountries Mania But her ability, her integrity and her devotion of public service, in many capacities during her long life of service to Canada and to Ottawa, were her outstanding characteristics. She admitted she was temperamental. Her frequent clashes with Board of Control and city council members while she was mayor of Ottawa showed that she did her own thinking, and had the courage of her convictions. Miss Whitton has passed out of the public life of her city. We doubt that she will ever return to it. But for the contribution which she has made to it she merits the thanks. of her fellow-citizens. Other Editors' Views NEWSMEN MOST ANXIOUS (Halifax Chronicle-Herald) A psychologist from the Univer- sity of Illinois claimed at a recent meeting of his fellows in New York that newspapermen had the highest anxiety levels of any Amer- ican occupational group which. he had studied so far, They were even more 'anxious, he said, than navy frogmen, pilots in training, and business executives. The fear of drowning, flaming death in an air - crash, and bankcruptcy is less than that of sounding like an. idiot in print just as we had always thought, OUT OF THE TRENCHES BY CHRISTMAS FIGHTING RURAL POVERTY - 4 Education Seen The Key To Rural Redevelopment By GWYN KINSEY Special To Oshawa Times (Last of Four Articles) TORONTO -- If ARDA_ the Agricultural Redevelopment and Rehabilitation Act, is to come close to achieving its objectives during the five-year agreement period beginning next April, a profound educa- tional effort will be necessary. Forestry - Minister Sauve recognized this when he told the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture: "It "seems expedient and necessary to establish programs of land acquisition and disposal, to rationalize the economics of individual farms, This implies the need for special farm credit, improved training in 'farm management, vocational and technital training for those who may leave the farms, and re- establishment allowances. It is no solution to the problem of rural low-income merely to cause the rural poor to be- come the urban poor. . . Edu- cation is essential. With its help, regional developmént can be improved to a degree. If the degree is not sufficient, assistance can be provided." What may be the process of education? CAN'T. AFFORD IT The assisted vocational train- ing and re-training plan now in operation can work well for the rural people who can reach the training centres without much inconvenience. But many are not in such happy. circumstance, and they cannot afford to travel long distances or pay city living expenses. Some extension of the voca- tional training program seems necessary, Many progressive agricultural county federations, work- ing with government agencies, have developed local study pro- grams - but, again, these seem most successful in areas with sound rural economies. Specially trained ARDA field men would undoubtedly help to fill the education gap. Mr. Sauve recognized this when he said: "IT am particularly. interested in assisting in the establish- ment of training facilities for community development offi- cers. Skilled field men are essential to any intensive rural development program Training facilities for specialists in community development are almost non-existent in Canada. We must do something about this." IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT Thus there is no quick answer, First the development officers must be trained, Then they can begin their. work of advising, inspiring and educat- ing. "The education tool may well be one of the most important instruments," says Ontario ARDA director, H. F. Crown. "Resource development and land adjustment lie at the heart of the rural problem, and both are tied in with education. Adjustments in a' rural BIBLE THOUGHT ° Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the king- dom of heaven, but he who does the will of my father, who is in heaven.--Matt. 7:21. The hope of mankind does not lie jn any political, economic, social or cultural program, but only in the surrender of man to the will of God, as revealed in Jesus Christ. Really A Brain Gain (MONTREAL STAR) The idea that Canada is gain- ing, rather than losing, in men- tal resources through popula- tion movement takes some get- ting used to. But its source commands respect, The conventional belief was embodied in a despatch in The Star yesterday summarizing a speech given by a prominent Canadian industrialist, Mr. C. A. Pollock, of Kitchener, One. quarter of the 56,000 Cana- dians who emigrated last year, he said, and in nearly all cases to the United States, were tech- nically trained and went in search of more reWarding op- portunity and higher income, Some investigation proclaims the opposite. Dr. E. Sheffield, research director of the Cana- dian Universities Foundation, points out that numbers alone do not convey the reality of the matter, In the academic field, the level in the reservoir of univer- sity teaching ability in Canada is rising. Not only is the num- ber coming in larger than the number leaving by five to two, but their attainments are high- er, And they are being attract- ed by both salary and research- facility advantages! TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec, 10, 1964... An amendment to the Su- preme Court of Canada Act received: royal assent 15 years ago today--in 1949-- giving final authority in ju- dicial matters to the Su- preme Court of Canada. The assent ended appeals to the Privy Council in Lon- don except for.those begun before the amendment be- came law. The Supreme Court hears appeals in cer- tain cases from provincial courts and from the Ex- chequer Court. It also gives advisory opinions to the fed- eral government. 1898--The Treaty of Paris was signed ending the Spanish-American War and ceding Cuba, the Philip- pines, and Puerto Rico to the U.S 1951--The first session of the partially-elected Council of the Northwest Territories opened at Yellowknife. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--Japan ctivided control of the German South Seas possessions with Australia; three German submarines were reported sunk in a raid on Doverj the Turkish battleship Goeben bom- barded Batum; Premier Louis Botha announced that the Boer rebellion in South Africa was virtually over. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day --in 1039 -- sections of the British Ewwpeditionary Force were reported in ac- tion along the Maginot Line; the Finns said they had repulsed all Hussian at- tacks while Russia claimed an advance of up to five miles; Finland «ralled 'or help from. 'other' civilized nations," economy can be eased with the development of local awareness of what should be done." Industrialization is noi neces- sarily the answer, Mr. Crown points out. Location of a factory in rural area may appear to be the solution to job and income problems, and _ frequently - is, But if the plant is uneconomic in a particular area, it will only create new and possibly more difficult problems. The answer may well be found in a re- orientation of community ac- tivity based on a fresh under- standing of the uses of local resources, Several Ontario become relatively prosperous by concentrating on tourism, instead of fighting a losing battle with soil and climate. ARDA does not provide or promise immediate answers or instant prosperity. It has made a beginning - and an enormous areas have "amount of work remains to be done. It has been to date, as Mr. Sauve says, a pilot project, But the next five years should firmly establish the lines of progress - with education and the development of local aware- ness and enthusiasm. MAC'S MUSINGS We have been reading an Interesting report prepared By efficiency experts Telling that courtesy is An important asset in Any line of business And should be cultivated T) a greater degree Than it seems to be. But it should not -be Necessary for efficiency Experts to make studies To find out what has been A self-evident truth For many generations And to suggest that those In business can «benefit Ry observing the rules Of ordinary politeness. But the chief point made In the report is that This courtesy which is so Desirable is becoming Less and less apparent In these modern days, Which suggests a need For more training of Children in their homes And 'in the schools in Principles which should Govern our contacts With others in business. It is often claimed That modern youth lacks Reverence and respect For older people and have Little regard for the Small courtesies which Mark: the well-trained And balanced individual. If that be true then there Is great need for the home And the school to remedy That Jack in training, So that in future years Our young people, will Possess' that great asset To business advancement. --Dec. 10, 1964, POINTED PARAGRAPHS With leisure becoming the na- tional watchword, it looks as if the accomplished loafer is at last coming into his own -- Wall Street Journal, A survey indicates that most sutdents go to college to have a good time. We hope this means that they are truly enjoying the processes of education to. which they are being subjected. OTTAWA 'REPORT Sees Brockington By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--One' of the -great- masters of the English lan- in Canada today is Leo- Brockington, widely and famed as an orator and f good tales, but distinguished! as a coun- adviser to corpor- great Canadian Tau NE g . native of Cardiff, Nales, now in his kite seven- ties, visited Ottawa recently to give 'evidence before the House of Commons committee on ex- ternal affairs. i anti-sub- ich at In his wisdom, he warned that legislation against this practice might tunn out to be a curtailment of the demo- cratic right of free speech. After the committee Inearing, the chairman, the learmed MP for Leeds, John Matheson, gave a smail lunch party in honor of Brock, and was kind emough to include me among his jguests. PRATTLER AND PLAT®ERS We had an excellent meal, not so much because of the al- ways delicious food. served in the Parliamentary restaurant, but thanks to an incessant flow of wit and wisdom from Brock, who seemed to have little chance for food while he talked incessantly from soun to nuts. Brock came to Canada 52 years ago, after winning the gold medal for law at the Uni- versity of Wales. His career heré has varied between prac- tising law with Prime Mimister R. B. Bennett's firm in Cal+ gary, to being the first chair- man of the CBC from 1986 to 1939. His honors' are many, and include being made a Freeman of the City of London and an honorary member of the Bar of New York city and state. One of his important jobs Was as special wartime assist- ant to. Prime Minister Miac- kenzie King. I asked him about the amusing folklore relating to his departure from that post. QUEEN'S PARK Great Canadian The story suggests that the transition from the pedestrian Mackenzie King prose to the oratorical flights ghost-written by Brock was more than the grey little man could stomach. When a friend asked him why he had ended his job with the prime minister, Brock replied: "I thought I was summoned to be general physician to the body politic of the Liberal party, but I was disgusted to find that I was expected to waste my time as oratorical midwife to an in- : tellectual virgin." Was this true? I asked Brock. Not quite, he replied: 1 think I said | was tired of being ora- torical midwife to an old maid. Pity; the folklore version is more amusing, and entirely in character if I may humbly sug- gest so. WILL HAD WORD FOR IT Brock made his own pithy comment on the current Par- liament. A great admirer of the writing of William Shakespeare, he suggested that the Bard had written the most applicable epi- gram in his Merry Wives of Windsor: 'Here is a great abus- ing of God's patience and the King's English." His ascents into the apt dia- lect and accent lend color te his stories, but some would color some faces, Among his tales of Scotland, I enjoyed his account of a High- lander, kilted and skean-dhued, sharing a train carriage in the north of Scotland with a fellow- traveller clad in a uniform strange to him. "The Highland uniforms I know, but what is this you wear?" he asked. "'It's the uni- form of the Salvation Army." "And what enemy do you fight?" "I fight the devil, I will fight him tonight in Aberdeen; I will fight him tomorrow in Dundee; and the next day I will fight him in Edinburgh." "That's right," exclaimed the Highlander, "keep chasing the so-and-so south, chase him right over the border into England." Insurance Costs Need Exposure By DON O"HEARN TORONTO --NDP Leader Donald MacDonald has been at- tacking the casualty insurance industry again on automobile insurance--or rather, he has been once again proposing a public insurance program, 'and incidental to this .criticizing pri- vate insurance. This is a question Mr. Mac- Donald has touched on at var- ious times in the past. The writer has always won- dered why he hasn't dealt with it much more than he has, how- ever--continued to keep drum- ming and drumming it in. For it is a question wich is very close to the public. And the NDP leader has .an angu- ment which appears irrefutable. And least this observer has never seen a good answer to it. PRIVATE COSTLY Mr. MacDonald's argument simply is this: That with auto- mobile insurance run through private industry too mach money is. going out in selling and other incidental expense. He cites the case of Saskat- chewan where there is a gov- ernment plan. There, according to his fig- ures, 84 per cent: of the money taken in is paid out in pre- miums. The cost of administer- ing the plan is only 16 cents. On the other hand, he says, private insurance only pays out 54 cents.on the dollar. Its costs are 46 cents Mr. MacDonald's figures on the private insurance pay-out, I think are wrong. Normally it is larger than this. But certainly it is only in the 60 cent. bracket. And the difference between it and pub- lic insurance is drastic. NO DEFENCE? If this is correct we probably should do something about pub- lic insurance. Casualty insurance is such an essential today that it should be available at the lowest cost possible. And, if\ it isn't correct, you have to wish that for all our sakes, let alone its own, the in- surance industry would get up and Say s0. We see this very striking dis- parity not only in auto insur- ance. . It has been noted here be- fore that Ontario's publicly run workmen's compensation pro- gram returns a dramatically larger portion of the premium OPINIONS OF OTHERS CANADA NOW MAPPED What's been the most signifi- cant recent event? In many ways, it was the low- nnouncement Put together, the be as high as a ing. They cover 3,560,238 miles of territory, sheets, and it put together : produce a map of feet wide and 61 feet This is the crux' of complishment, which years; at last, the been mapped on a scale miles to the inch. (Edmonton Journal) TOUGH TEENAGERS A suburb of Chicago, Hins- dale, has a unique court that is working wonders with juvenile delinquents, The juvenile court gives the accused a_ choice: Sentence by the judge or by a jury of fellow teenagers. The teen-age jury has proved tougher than adult justice and the result has been a steady decrease in juvenile crime, The sentences handed out by the jury all include manual work. Perhaps this is the in- gredient that is missing in to- day's society.--Brockville Re- corder and Times) BY-GONE DAYS 15 YEARS AGO Dec. 10, 1949 W. Gordon Bunker, retiring president of the Scottish Rite Club of Oshawa, was presented with his collar and jewel at the annual meeting, and A. F. Annis was elected to the presi- dency for the. ensuing year. Sid Brooks was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion for 1950. Harry Hobbs and William Bea- ton were elected ist and 2nd vice-presidents respectively. Joseph Rooney, cashier in the local freight office of the Oshawa - Railway Company, retired with 29 years of service. 30 YEARS AGO Dec, 10, 1934 A group of citizens opened "The House of Friendship" a free hostel for transients on King street west. Mrs. Lloyd Snowden and Mrs... Norman Metcalfe of Maple Grove, were killed in a car collision on Danforth avenue, Toronto. The Canadian Legion Brass Band, under the leadership of Jack Broadbent, gave a splendid concert in .the Legion Memorial Hall. dollar than programs in other jurisdictions operating under private underwriting. Are there arguments which justify this? If, so, one wants to hear them. Because, otherwise you have to conclude that private casualty insurance just has no defence. PAPER MISSED? Call: 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES "BOB" JOHNSTON REALTY LTD. HERTHA SCHMIDT The above sales personnel of Active Realty Ltd. .have successffully com- pleted a recent Real Estate Education Course conducted by the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards at Toronto. Lectures and exams covering Agency Law; Contract Law, Mortgages and Financing were included. 48 SIMCOE ST., SOUTH 728-5157 "To Get Moving Call ACTIVE" is pleased To Announce esta "GUY" BELL