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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1962,
That 1961 Surplus
Prior to tabling the Public Ac- counts in the Legislature the Pro- vincial Treasurer, Mr. McQuaid, an- nounced that for the Government's first fiscal year of office, end- ing March 81, 1961, there was & surplus on ordinary and capital ac- eount of $28,061. The surplug bud- geted for, he explained, had been only $4,557. The surplus actually realized was satisfactory indeed, in- dicating the extent to which controll- able expenditures had been curtail-
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For this year the forecast was for a surplus of $90,665, and on the same basis we may hope that an even more satisfactory showing will be achieved. In any case, the Gov- ernment’s pledge to balance the bud- get will have been implemented, and this will make the job of future financing so much the easier. It is an achievement to be proud of.
There is, however, a matter connected with Mr. McQuaid’s an- nouncement that leaves us puzzled. While it is true that in 1960 he had forecast, for 1961, a surplus of $4,- 557, it would appear that at the last regular session, in making his bud- get speech, he upped this figure to a much higher level than he did on Tuesday last. Here are his words, as of March 7, 1961:
“You will remember that when, at the last session of this Legislature, I presented our budget for the year ending March 31, 1961, I fore- east a surplus on ordinary and capital account of $4,557. We are now able to report a balanced bud- get and a surplus, not of $4,557 as anticipated but rather of $70,591.”
Somehow, between March 7 and March 81, 1961, when the fiscal year ended, this reported surplus of $70,591 failed to materialize. $42,530 of it got lost in the shuffle, ff we are to assume that $28,- 061 is the eorrect figure. This is still, we repeat, a very good sur- plus; but like the little boy who was promised a space man’s suit for Christmas and got only a baseball outfit, we feel somehow let down. There may, of course, be a good ex- planation for this be- tween Mr. McQuaid’s report on the 1961 surplus last session ard his an- nouncement last Tuesday evening; in which case, we suggest, the soon- er it is given the better.
Prison Reform Prospects "The outline of the Government's plans to establish a prison farm in this Province, as given in the Legis- Me-
range” ones, and undoubtedly will take time to bring to fruition. But it is important that a start be made on them as soon as possible, and this, we gather, is the Government's intention. They are in line with the recommendations submitted last year by the Island division of the Canadian Mental Ith Associa- tion, to which freq reference has been made in these columns. Eventually, gs Mr. pointed out, the present county jails will be used only as lockups for overnight custody and for the cus- tody of prisoners awaiting trial.
The prison farm will be designed to
specially trained, and wil! include at least one phychiatrist and social worker.
Mr. McQuaid looked forward to changes contemplated in the Federal Penitentiary Act under which agreements could be entered into for penitentiary confinement of prisoners who have been sentenced to a term of more than one year, thus relieving the province of the obligation of providing accomoda- tion for these prisoners.
Meanwhile an attempt will be made to improve present jail con- ditions, which have been the sub- ject of much criticism. The Attor- ney General put the case bluntly when he said that they are not equip- ped to provide any type of training and that even as custodial institu- tions they are anything but a credit to the province. They constitute, not a new problem but one upon which grand juries have had occasion to ly for years. What ever remedial measures can be in- stituted here, will necessurily be of a stopgap nature until the prison reform plans materialize. But some- thing can be done to make these old buildings at least more habitable,
“and the sooner this is done the bet-
ter.
A Major Challenge
According to President Kennedy, unemployment is “the major do- mestic challenge of the sixties”, and there is no doubt that his applies to Canada as well as to the United States. This despite the busi- ness upswing noticeable recently in both countries.
In the next ten years, Mr. Ken- nedy estimates, the United States must find 25,000 new jobs every week to employ its increasing labor force. Some of his experts think he has underestimated the problem, that the weekly increase in jobs must average 35,000. In any case the figure is breath-taking. It results from tkvo main factors—a rapid rise in population and the impact of machines that take the place of men in industry.
Canada’s parallel problem, says the Winnipeg Free Press, may not have been mapped in such detail but obviously it is at least as formidable as that of the United States. It quotes Dr. John Deutsch, the distin- guished economist of Queen’s Uni- versity and adviser to last year’s Senate committee on unemploy- ment, as estimating that Canada must create a million new jobs dur- ing the next four years if it is to achieve full employment. That is roughly 5,000 jobs a week.
Since the American economy is about 14 times the size of the Can- adian and needs some 25,000 or 35,- 000 additional jobs weekly, it will be seen that Canada’s employment needs are proportionately about twice as high as those of its neigh- bor. Even if Dr. Deutsch’s calcula- tions are on the large side, it is still true that under the best of con- ditions Canada faces a titanic task.
Politicians who make easy pro- mises in this connection should be required to show how they propose to meet the challenge. Dr. Deutsch does not believe that it can be done by the kind of cyclical business re- covery under way. To afgue that the current rise in employment must soon put all Canadians at work over- looks the growth in our labor force and the growing effects of automa- tion. Clearly we are dealing here not with some passing difficulty but with a profound change in the whole na- ture of a modern industrial economy.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Prime Minister Menzies recently opened a building described as the tallest in Australia. Its height is 384 feet. Montreal, notes an ex- change, remains secre as far as Commonwealth altitudes are con- cerned, for it has two new buildings each in the neighborhood of 600 feet and each of which claims vehemently to be the tallest of all.
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In an age when the world seems to deeply and bitterly divided, there is something reassuring when na- tions combine to share their mercy and knowledge. At Moscow’s invita- tion, Dr. Wilder G. Penfield flew from Canada to join in a consulta- tion on the case of a famed Rus- sian scientist who had suffered ser- ious brain injuries in a motor ac- cident. Special drugs to aid the vie- tim were sent from Great Britain and from France. No one can be certain as to what the outcome in may be, but it does serve co-operation on a much wider scale could mean.
THE MOSCOW WEATHERMAN
OTTAWA REPORT by Patri
k Nicholson
M.P. Reviews Problem Of Alcoholism
Every Canadian worker lab- ours for three weeks in each year to pay the national cost of | alcoholic indulgence. Alcoholism | is a high price national luxury costing us about 6 per cent of our Gross National Product, and affecting one in every thirty adult Canadians.
These are some of the con- clusions which can be reached from a study of a speech in which Dr. P.B. Rynard, Conser- vative M.P. from Orillia, recent- ly surveyed the human balance | sheet and the multi-billion dol- | lar cost of this mounting prob- lem. His speech might well be entitled his dramatic words: “What a thirst! What a cost!
It was of course the excesses which Dr. Rynard reviewed.
Alcoholism is a self-inflicted disease, he said. It ranks fifth among ‘causes of death of adult Canadians being exceeded by heart disease, cancer, strokes and accidents. He pointed out that alcoholism is a problem old- er than detailed history, for the | magnificent old Chinese civil- | isation degenerated through its | ravages until by the year 1100 | B.C. that country had become a | nation of paupers ruled by a powerful class of pampered
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Dr. Rynard listed the common effects of alcoholism as broken homes, illegitimacy and disease, eriminal offences, traffie accid- ents, illness and death, absen- teeism, and our “hidden army of
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING |
Sir—After talking before wit- nesses to one of your who was present at the Council meeting of March 3rd I can not accept your assertion that they id not hear the Mayor instruct them not to print part of the | discussion of that meeting.
I do, however, accept your verdict that my charge that the Mayor has not kept his election news
ise is no longer of peter fact is already too particularly by people who
MR. GREEN’S VISIT Sir, — Regarding the letter in your Public Forum column in day's (Wednesday's) edition sig- ned “Puzzled,” I am unable to comment on his opinions of the television performance by the | Hon. David Walker; however, I would like to correct him re- garding the recent visit of the Hon, Howard Green. “Puzzled” states that there were 200 peo- | ple present at the meeting addressed by Mr. Green. Prob- ably he received this impres-
dance for a district } \ ly by del- “At the, Crenia session _ bt it dressed by the Hon. Howard Green there were 70010 900 I | attendance. This is only a guess, | however; the erowd at the Com- | manity Centre was a standing | room only crowd. | T am, Sir, ete., | ONE WHO WAS THERE
eva _openi | disarmament
halfmen” who can work at | only 50 per cent of their nor- | mal capacity.
The immense amount of thought and research which went into Dr. Rynard’s presentation produced the staggering con- | clusion that the cost of alco- holism to Canada is in excess of $2,500,000,000 each year. The economic benefits from the bot- tle total a mere one quarter of that figure, consisting of $131,- 833,000 paid in wages for the manufacture and sale of liquor; $51,480,000 paid for the ingredi- ents of alcoholic manufactures; and a gigantic yield of $457,000,- 000 in taxes to various levels of government.
These are some of the national expenses caused by alcohol, in
the assessment of Dr. Rynard: |
In Ontario during 1960, alco- hol played a role in 9 out of every 10 cases of actual or at- tempted murder, manslaughter and rape, 40,436 offences result- ing from the use of liquor were charged, resulting in convict ions. There were also 28,490 con- vietions for violations of the Liquor Control Act. Court costs, legal fees and the expenses of
imprisonment in such cases, ex- | tended to a cross-Canada level, | directly he gave support to the amount to tens of millions of | work to be done by the propos-
| dollars.
One half of all road accidents are estimated to be caused by drivers who have been drinking. Alcohol, said Dr. Rynard, is thus involved in traffic accidents costing $145,000,000 and about 2,500 Canadians each year. To that cost must be added the lost earning power of the slaughtered citizens.
2,543 new alcoholics and 2,345 repeaters were admitted to hos- pitals in Canada, for an age stay of 36 days in hospitals or public institutions. Adding those cared for in special or private institutions brings the bill up to $4 million a year.
A very large cost is the loss of productivity by workers who are semi-incapacitated mentally or manually by alcohol, that “hidden army of half-men” which has its fifth column in every factory and office.
Finally, there is the large ex- pense generally born by the
Parental Anxiety | Causes Neurosis In Offspring
much temperature and too many visits to the physician are not good for the emotional development of a child.
The parents’ anxiety rubs off and the youngster ends up as a first class neurotic, It is a form of overprotection which, if con- tinued, encourages feelings of inadequacy and insecurity in children. ‘They are forced to
on to their mother’s apron strings because they don't know how to stand on their own feet. In addition, aggressiveness and Independence are discour a
community for social welfare |
work, helping the children and the wives or even husbands who are the victims of an alcoholic,
Dr. Rynard's thought-provol ing speech pointed out these often overlooked by-products of uncontrolled use of the bottle. And by indirection as well as
ed Canadian Alcoholic Council.
Seeking A Compromise
By Harold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer
Seeking the road of compro- mise, Britain is gently prodding the United States towards the summit ie subtle moves that leaves the U.S. no alternative but to agree or risk the appearance of an Anglo- American split on points minor issue,
‘The sum of these moves, to- gether with Premier Khrush- chev's agreement to send For- eign Minister Gromyko to the ing of 17-country
negotiations, is that an East-West summit is
summit meeting unless there is throug!
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ments are reported still at log- ger-heads on how to handle the American view that inspection must also cover the possibility Russia might be secretly pre- paring another series of nuclear tests.
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There is a good possibility that your boy’s irritability oc- curs because he resents being babied. He must feel fine; oth- erwise he would not eat and sleep well. Furthermore, sick children are not active and often lose weight.
Time is with the lad because | an ailment lasting seven} months in a five year old could not be too serious. Before that time leukemia, kidney tumor, hidden abscesses, an other serious ailments usually progress to such an extent the diagnosis is obvious. Your son's appearance, activity, growth pattern, and eating habits are | better guide's than the ther- | mometer reading.
(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)
FEARFUL OF CANCER
C. V. writes: I'm 25 years old and worry a lot about getting lung cancer. My doctor tells me I'm too young for a checkup and not to worry. But cancer must start sometime. What can be done to check this dreadful disease in time?
REPLY
Worry can be worse than the isease you fear. Find a physi- cian who not only will reassure you about not having cancer but will help you to take more mature attitude toward the disease. Meanwhile, an an- | Seal chest Keay: will be: Maly | MANIC DEPRESSIVE L. L. writes: Can a manic de- pressive be cured by drugs or is shock treatment necessary?
REPLY | Many victims of this mental disease are helped with drugs but the answer depends upon the severity and duration of the condition. |
GOOD BLOOD M. G. writes: How can an op- timum blood count and hemo- globin be maintained in @ nor- mal man? E. LY
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