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-- She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1965--PAGE 4 Board Of Education Did Splendid Job On Budget From time to time the Qshawa Board of Education comes in for considerable criticism from the citi- zens of the community, Even in this column, we have from time to time taken issue with some of the actions and decisions of the board, when we have felt that this was justified. But we are always pre- pared to give a full measure of credit and praise where it is due. It is our considered opinion that the thanks of the citizens of Osh- awa are due to the members of the board for the manner in which they have tackled their budget-making duties for the year 1965, The re- sult is that while there has been an increase in the total budget of $383,000, bringing it up to a final figure of $4,325,000, this will mean only a fractional increase in the 1965 tax rate. The substantial in- trease in the city's taxable assess- ment in 1964, over that of 1963, enabled much of the increase to be absorbed by the additional reven- ues thus made available. It is highly creditable to the board members that, considering the increase in the number of pupils, the higher rate of salaries for teachers, and the increase in debenture payments, they were able to keep the budget down to manageable proportions, so far as tax rate increase is concerned. This was accomplished only by de- voting many hours of diligent study and scrutiny to the many items on the board's list of expend- itures. This conscientious effort to consider the needs of the rate- payers as well as the needs of the educational system deserve the thanks of the citizens. What the final tax rate will be cannot be known until the city council has struck its general tax rate, But if it devotes the same painstaking attention to it as has been done by the board of educa- tion, the final result should not be too burdensome for the taxpayers, so far as actual increase in the taxes is concerned, Employment Improves The employment figures for Can- ada for the month of February give an indication that the economic ex- pansion which the country has en- joyed recently is being continued at an accelerated rate. It is usual, in the period between January and February, for unemployment to in- crease. This year, however, the number of unemployed was some 1,000 lower in February than it was in January. It is also note- worthy that the figure for unem- ployment was 69,000 lower tham it was in February of last. year. The other side of the picture, of the number of people employed, is also encouraging. In February there were 6,446,000 people in em- ployment, as compared with 6,223,- 000 in February of 1964. This means that employment had been She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawe Times combining The Oshawe Times (estoblished 1871) end the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle esteblished 1863) is published daily Sundeys end Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ere Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation end the Ontorio Provincial Dailies Associetion, Cenadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republicotion of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The 'Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein, All rights ef special des- potches are also reserved Uttices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cothcert Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawoe, Whitby, Alex, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bey, Liverpeel, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, rene, Leskard, Broughem Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Ragien, Blockstock, Monchester, Pontypoe! end Newcostie not over SOc per week. By meil in Province of Onterio) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other ond Countries 15.00, U.S.A, ond foreign 24.00. 'GOOD EVENING provided for 223,000 more people than were at work a year previous- ly. It is significant in viewing these figures, that the number of people in non-farm employment rose impressively by 285,000, but this was partly offset by a drop of 62,0000 in farm employment. While the unemployment figures cannot yet be regarded. as fully satisfactory, and there are still too many Canadians on the out-of-work lists, the improvement. shown is gratifying. It is noted that, ad- justed for seasonal variations, the jobless rate for February was four per cent, compared with 4.3 per cent in January. The leading economists fix three per cent of unemployment as giving a country a state of full employ- ment, the three per cent lag being required to make allowances for people in the process of moving to new jobs; or reaching retirement age. This early decrease in unemploy- ment for 1965, coming at a time when there is normally an increase, holds out good hope that in the re- maining months of this year, a further substantial improvement can be expected. Other Editors' Views MYSTERY OF THE MONTH (Montreal Star) Lucien Rivard's letter to the gov- ernor of Bordeaux Jail, postmarked 10 p.m., was delivered next morning at 9:30 o'clock. How is it the average taxpayer doesn't get such speedy mail service? Great Lakes Seen As Dying Brockville Recorder and Times A competent geological scien- tist has definitely confirmed what shoreside residents of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River have long suspected through simple observation: that thousands of square miles of this magnificent waterway are "dying" because of pollu- tion, And this pollution, in the main, is caused by industrial waste, sewage, oll and salt -- all of them water poisons which could be controlled. The scientist, Professor George B. Langford, of Univer- sity of Toronto's Department of Geological Sciences and direc- tor of the Great Lakes Institute, warns of the dangers ahead: "Water has the ability to purify itself and eventually rid itself of certain impurities, but pollutants are being poured into 'the Great Lakes at such an alarming rate that in 10 years the point of no return will be reached," Mark that! Only 10 years, What is happening is that the substances of pollution cause algae and plankton to thrive, covering vast areas of the bot- tom of the lakes and the river. (We who live on this river can see this fact for ourselves.) Then when the algae dies it decomposes and uses up the oxygen in the water -- resulting in huge patches of dead water, water which has been de- oxygenated, (Again this condi- tion is familiar to local laymen in areas of the St, Lawrence River. where the water has come to have unpleasant taste and odor; water which not so long ago was clean and sweet- tasting.) Professor Langford maintains that all industries bordering on the Great Lakes basin must be forced by law to provide their own water-treatment plants de- spite increased plant building costs if we are to have any hope of conserving our fresh water supplies, MAC'S MUSINGS There are many people Who hold grave doubts That peace can ever be Attained in the world as It is now constituted In these modern days, But we are bold enough to Declare that there can be Peace today if all those People who want it more Than anything else will Work hard to achieve it, If we call ourselves Christians all of us would Individually pray and Resolve to overcome all Prejudices, criticisms, Misjudging of others, Would not dwell so much On past mistakes and on The wrong we see in others, And carry that out on An international scale So as to establish A brotherhood of man. If that were done, then Unity among nations would Follow and wars would cease, So we need to "wake up" And put our desires for Peace into practice and Work as hard for it as We. .do when we are at war, It.is not an easy task, But the reward would be The bringing together Of all men as brethren And thus replace war With lasting peace --March 23, 1965 BIBLE "The Lord hath heard my sup- plication, the Lord will receive my prayer," Psalms 6:9 Prayer is not a matter of talk ing God out of something but talking something over with Him. EXCALIBUR BRITISH PRISON REFORM Old Victorian System Contrasted With New About a dozen British prisons look like relics of the Dark Ages but some newer institutions embody some of the most advanced theories in penal practice. A Canadian Press reporter who has: toured both de- scribes the best and worst in this story. By DOUG MARSHALL MANCHESTER, England (CP)--"Look mate, some pris- ons in this country are so soft you can do six months or so standing on your head. "But others are so crowded you practically have to stand on your head to fit in," This comment from an old lag in Manchester's huge local jail --it goes by the hauntingly alien name of Strangeways, Strangeways itself, a gloomy Gothic maze of high walls and double-locked doors, is one of the dozen or so British prisons that look and smell as though the rack and the treadmill could still be found in one of their dingy caverns. OUT OF DATE Built 98 years ago, it is a classic example of basic Victor- jan prison design -- six four- storey wings of cells radiating from a hub, The theory was that a small staff--in fact one man-- could keep guard on ail the cells simply by standing at the nucleus The radial - wing structure worked perfectly 100 years ago when prisoners were. perpetu- ally confined to the cells. To- day, when men are only locked up in their cells at night, the system is obsolete and danger- ous "There are 1,100 men in these SiX wings and once they are out of their cells they could run amok,"' said governor A. A. Coombs of Strangeways. Besides being over-crowded, Strangeways and other local jails tend to group prisoners in- By Jack Gearin City's Insurance Is Complicated Business Finley Dafoe had a favorite target at this time of year. He liked to throw harpoons at the City's much-disputed insur- ance policy. He wasn't foo successful. The policy is still intact, but. he fought it tooth and nail with typical Dafoe ferocity, some- times with considerable skill and logic, too. Mr. Dafoe won't be around this year to ruffle any furs, having retired 'last December after 24 years in the aldermanic arena, but there was a re- minder of him the other day. City Council decided to spend $3,645 for a professional fire in- surance. appraiser of 16 city properties. This sounds like good business in a fast-growing city with costly municipal build- ings (especially new ones like the Civic Auditorium). To get back to Mr. Dafoe -- he stoutly opposed the city's policy of giving all its insurance to one firm without tender. He didn't like other things, such as: The aforementioned city firm does all the work (appraises, pays claims, determines the best policy, etc.). For this he collects a commission of ap- proximately 10 per cent of the total yearly premiums, but he retains only # emall percentage of this. The big slice of the city . prison insurance cake is turned over to 30-odd members of the Osh- awa and District Insurance Agents Association (all must be city taxpayers) after some de- ductions for City charitable projects "We once advertised for in- surance tenders and we saved quite a lot of money," shouted Mr. Dafoe at a 1962 City Council meeting, but he was ignored. POLICY IS WIDE The 30 ODIAA members ac- tually do none of the work, but this policy is widespread in Can- ada and the U.S. (when Toronto abandoned it recently in favor of one' agent who does all the work and keeps the commis- sions, The Toronto Star shout- ed: "Insurance, Agents Finally Taken Off The Dole") What does the City's ance bill cost annually? This is difficult to assess, de- spite the co-operation of munici- pal bodies in revealing statistics The best guess is that it cost $68,000 approximately for the past three years, or $22,666 an- nually for the City Hall's three biggest policies (Fire and Build- ing Protection, Public Liability and Fleet policy), but this total excludes such items as insur- ance on the Oshawa Airport, several smaller buildings, em- ployees pension insurance, the insur- Board of Education, PUC and the Oshawa General Hospital (some of which is handled by other city agents, members of the ODIAA. In defence of the present policy, an insurance agent once said: "The City has more than 680 employees, more than 60 pieces of mechanical equipment, 80 buildings and 100 licensed ve- hicles, miles of roads and side- walks, 33 public parks, two arenas, Hillsdale Manor. and an agricultural fair. It is easy to see why a local agency is better qualified to keep accurate rec- ords and obtain quotations of re- newals of coverage. The agency that handles the City's business has access to the services and quotations of more than 50 in- surance companies. It is their duty to see a gap in or overlap of available protection, EFither a gap or overlap could prove costly to the taxpayer and no policy is placed without first ob- taining competitive prices. It is important that the job 'of pro- tection be handled by someone who has a mutual interest and responsibility with the Oshawa taxpayer and a reputation to risk."* RAISED EYEBROWS There were some raised eye- brows last week when City Hall announced it carried fire insur- ance on two fire halls as fol- lows -- $165,000 on Simcoe street north and $40,000 on Cedarfale (there is also $23,000 on Somer- ville) "Why would anyone want to carry fire insurance on a fire hall?" wailed an irate reader The 'official. answer given, whether you want to accept it, is that such fire insurance covers such things as lightning, explosion, smoke and wind dam- age -- in this respect, three days after this department questioned the value of such in- surance .about 1962, the main mast at the Simcoe Hall Fire Station was damaged by light- ning. The damage was neg: ligible, but it does prove a point. Fire Chief Ray Hobbs never heard of a fire in an Oshawa fire station in modern times, but he did hear of one back in the early 1920's -- he also heard of one' in Ottawa (where there are so many political fires these days). It only cost $81.98 in 1963 for $165,000 fire insurance on 'the North Simcoe fire hall and $43.83 for $40,000 on the Cedar- dale, which would appear to he a strong argument in favor of such insurance -- yet the above coverage does not include the rolling stock (fire engines, am bulances), covered under fleet insurance. discriminately. Drug addicts, sexual offenders, mild - man- nered forgers and teen-age car thieves may find themselves sharing the same work bench, Prison officials apologize for this on. the grounds that local jails are really clearing houses for prisoners awaiting trial by higher courts or for prisoners recently sentenced who are be- ing selected for smaller, speci- alized prisons. THREE IN CELL Training and recreational fa- cilities are at a minimum be- cause nobody is supposed to stay in Strangeways long. The turnover is about 22,000 prison- ers a year. Just the same a few months in Strangeways can be a har- rowing experience even for the toughest convict, At any given time 100 of the 800 cells con- tain three men. They live liter- ally on top of each other and are denied any sort of privacy. PRISON SHOWPIECE At the moment Stoke Heath in Shropshire, opened last year, is, the £1,100,000 showpiece of the British prison system. With pleasing white- brick walls and decorative iron trellis work instead of bars, it looks like a five-star motel and embodies some of the most ad- vanced theories of penal prac- tice. The theory of Stoke Heath is to allow as much freedom as Death Duties As Double Tax Succession duties are causing an increasing number of Cana- dians to rearrange their affairs in order to get a better tax break. Some senior citizens dole out their assets to potential heirs in bits and pieces; others quit the country, taking their capital with them, to resettle in more hospitable taxation cli- mates abroad. Many a family business has been sold to for- eign interests -- on the death of an owner, From th- social point of view, succession duties once had their point. But in this day of high income tax rates, chances are that these death duties are now being levied on savings from earnings which have already been heavily taxed. Death duties are a form of double taxation which brings in little revenue while creating substantial personal hardship and doing the economy consid- erable haim, possible within a secure perim- eter--in this case a 12 - foot wire fence topped by two rolls of barbed wire, Electronic eyes pn all cell-biock exits provide an extra warning system. The prison is designed for a maximum of 300 men divided into four self - contained T-shaped cell blocks and shar- ing central recreational and eating facilities. Prisoners have the choice of clean, comfortable individual cells or living in dor- mitories. Most men prefer their own little cells, The ultimate step beyond Stoke Heath is Derbyshire's Sudbury prison--one of Britain's 15 open institutions. Originally an American army hospital constructed out 'of pre- fabricated huts, the prison is operated much like a military camp. There are no walls or bars and the 370 men have considerable freedom to attend church services in the nearby village or to work on local farms. 36 ESCAPED Last year 30 prisoners out of the 800 who passed through Sud- bury couldn't resist the oppor- tunity to walk away. All were recaptured, most within hours. Sudbury's governor, P. A. M. Heald, believes this is a low enough average to justify the open system. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO March 23, 1945 Dr. W. T. G. McKay, Osh- awa's medical health officer for over 40 years, died suddenly at his home. James Francis 'Tooley, of Prestonvale, was instantly kill- ed when struck by a_ motor truck at Tooley's Hill on High- way No, 2. Mrs: R. S. McLaughlin was re-elected as president of the Oshawa War Services Co-ordin- ating Committee. 35 YEARS AGO March 23, 1930 The Husbandmen of South On- tario entertained the Oshawa Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs and the city council at a banquet in the General Motors Auditorium. Broadcast of an Oshawa pro- gram on a Toronto radio sta- tion was blocked at the last minute by order of the Toronto Union of Musicians Recause of the exceptionally high water level of Lake On- tario, the dock at Oshawa Har- bor was submerged. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 23, 1965... . Patrick Henry, American politician and orator. made his appeal for arms against the English, ending with the phrase "Give me liberty or give me death," 190 years ago today -- in 1775. Ten years before, during his first session as. a member of the Virginia legislature, he had spoken out against British taxation, ending "If this be treason; make the - most of it!" Henry was a- close lieutenant of Washing- ton. and twice governor of the state of Virginia 1819--August von Kotze- bue, German. dramatist, was assassinated 1848--First official party of settlers. landed in New Zealand at Dunedin. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--a British force routed the Turks at El Kubri, near Sue7; the Allies began a heavy bombardment south of Ostend, in Belgium, and Russian armies retreated from Memel, in East Prus- sia, to Russian territory. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- Canadian troops overséas casi their bailots in the general elec- tion of March 26; Premier Teleky of Hungary went to Rome for consultations with Mussolini; and German air- craft were seen over the Scottish coast, OTTAWA REPORT Outspoken Member Not Too Popular By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- What will be the fate of the fifty-thousand and first seal, which refuses to per- form? H J. Robichaud, fisheries minister in the Liberal govern- ment, told the House of Com- mons last week that he would not extend the quota for young seals in the Gulf of St. Law- rence this season, so no more than 50,000 may be slaughtered, or in many cases brutally skinned alive, by the hunters operating there from aircraft and ships But did the minister not hear about the skinning-alive being plotted by his party for the one Liberal MP who ~efuses to be a performing seal--a role tradi- tionally demanded by the Lib- eral partv but so anathema- tized by others? "Just wait until the next nom- inating convention; then we will get that ---,' Keith Davey, na- tional organizer of the Liberal party, was overheard to assert in a gallery of the House of Commons recently, when Ralph Cowan, Liberal MP for Tor- onto's York - Humber constitu- ency, was typicaliy exercising his indignant bellow in debate. Ralph Cowan is today's most controversial back-bench MP. His critics, mostly Liberals, say variously that he is a crank, a bag of wind or an embarrass- ment Impartial observers such as I regard him as an admirable MP--hard-working, alert to the taxpayers' interests, and su- period to the narrow partisan- ship of an inflexible party line. Nevertheless the Liberals, it is reported, want Cowan's con- stituency association to nomi- nate someone else as its official candidate in the next election, So obviously they woqd prefer to lose the seat rather than have Ralph Cowan re-elected, for he is the only Liberal who has ever succeeded in winning that rid- ing, overthrowing a huge Con- servative majority of 14,166 to do so. QUEEN'S PARK How did he achieve this? He married nto Humberside 35 years ago, and raised his fam- ily of four children there. He played a prominent role in the community life. Who brought the 250 - bed Northwestern General hospital there, and now serves as presi- dent of its noard? Who typically fought for the rights of a school principal. sacked after 32 years service? Meanwhile he worked his way high on the business side of a Toronto newspaper. TORIES VOTE LIBERAL His candidacy attracted life- long Tory voters to support him through their personal admira- tion for sis ability, Both his nominating meetings attracted from across Toronto his long- time friend, the pressroom su- perintendent of the newspaper where he worked, who happens to be the father of seal-hunter Keith Davey. His program. in. parliament has been to work for the elimi- nation of budget deficits; for the creation of more jobs; and for the development of Colum- bia power. He is an alert watch- dog over the spending of the taxpayers' money, and worked closely with Finance Minister Gordon on his first budget, even achieving four amendments to it. Representing a predominantly Anglo - Saxon constituency, he has battled every step by the government which he considered to be an inequality favoring Quebec or a sell-out to French- Canadians, Parliament needs the honesty and frankness and independent thinking which Ralph Cowan epitomizes His industry is an example io his many idle fel- low-MPs. Above all, he exhibits the most desirable quality in a burgess -- individual initiative, as opposed to circus-like per- formance. May the seal-hunters never get him! Little Sympathy For The Breweries By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--There will be lit- tle crying in the beverage rooms for the sad fate of the breweries. There. has been a public rep- rimand by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario for the fatal accident at Ryerson Institute in which excessive beer pushing was involved. The reprimand takes the form of an order to the five major breweries to limit the number of their sales representatives to 60. They now have between 59 and 105 such pushers. This is hardly a rap which will raise sympathy for the brewers. It would seem like ordering motorists they can't carry more than six spare tires. Behind the scenes, however, the action could mean more, TAKE MORE CONTROL One indirect result could be that the liquor board will take a more direct control of the ac- tual sales activities as well as the number of salesmen, Or once again, you could say, it might try and wrestle the snake of liquor pushing. "As long as we've had liquor sale we have always had beer and liquor pushers, For most of the time they POINTED PARAGRAPHS An economist says the rapid increase of branch banks is highly stimulating to business. This seems to be particularly true with reference to those who make a business of robbing them. It is odd but true that men with names like Banks and Rivard have combined to leave the government upstream with- out a paddle, In Sussex, England, a nur- seryman has doubled the growth of lettuce and tomatoe: by pass- ing an electric current through the plants, reports Ontario Hydro News. A Toronto art dealer says the National Gallery of Canada could become the "laughing stock of the art world" if it doesn't recognize "pop art" as art. But the art world isn't the whole world. were illegal, though they oper- ated quite in the open ' Then three years ago, to at least take away the hypocrisy, such selling was made legal. A code of ethics was drawn up. And all sales representa- tives were registered, Aside from this, however, one would gather the sales activi- ties were left relatively uncon- trolled. ' Now it is possible the board will want to know not only the names of the salesmen, but the type of pressure they are under- taking. Even cutting down on the ac- tual numper of salesmen could have some beneficial results. For presumably in a com- pany with a large number of pushers the sales territories would tend to become thin, RESORT TO MEANS And to keep up: their volume the men. would be forced to re- sort to any means to peddle beer. The board's investigation did find that in the Ryerson acci- dent the sales pressures could have made a big contribution to the cause. : One further result could be an increase in the penalties under the Liquor Control Act. A court charge has beey placed against a brewery out of the Ryerson incident, But if convicted the fine would be only a few hundred dollars. Not even beer-caps to the company concerned. The schedule of penalties un- der the Act now is more than 30 years old. We probably can expect to see it revised. ACTION! ACTION! ACTION! More Houses Are Sold Daily Through Meals, MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICS Consult a member of the OSHAWA & DISTRICT. 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