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he Oshatwn Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Smear Poor Substitute For Informed Criticism Our Ottawa columnist's uncritical admiration of Mr. Diefenbaker some- times leads him into odd byways of partisanship. Currently, for example, he is enraged by some sneaky Liberal attacks on his hero. Were he less dazzled by the Diefenbaker halo, he would be more aware of the fact that all parties at the moment are indul- ging in bouts of pre-election mud- slinging. Some Liberals, particularly in Que- bec, have been making quite vicious attacks on the prime minister. But Conservatives have been aiming the same sort of attacks at Opposition Leader Pearson. Consider, for example, the sugges- tion by Harry White, Conservative MP for Middlesex East, that Mr. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 because he sided with the Communist world against Britain and France in the UN debate over Suez. Mr. White has conveniently forgotten that Mr. Pearson was not only one of the prime movers in the formation of NATO to block further Communist aggression in Europe, but would have been secretary-general of the United Nations but for the bitter opposition of the Communist bloc. The Communist smear has also been - tried during the past few days by Eldon Woolliams, Conservative MP for Bow River. He was quoted in a dispatch from Edmonton as saying that the leaders of the federal Liberal party are a 'cesspool of civil servants with Red friends," and that Mr. Pearson, J. W. Pickersgill, Mitchell Sharp and Walter Gordon are former civil servants who "showed their true colors by their willingness to accept anyone who might deliver them an extra vote." He suggested that Mr. Pearson may have changed his mind about control of nuclear weapons in Canada "because Mrs. Pearson joined the ban-the-bomb movement." You can't play much dirtier pool than that. We hope that these early partisan outbursts will not set the tone of the election campaign. Come on, gentle- men, let's climb out of the gutter. Faith In Our Lives BY THE REV. JOHN R. LENG St. Andrew's United Church, Oshawa Canadians have a valuable Christian heritage. When this nation was in its infancy, early settlers saw the need for a religious foundation for their young country and took steps to pro- vide it. Thus, the Church became the centre of community life as the nation moved west and north. The roots of religious faith went down deep. The foresight of our ancestors set the course which gave shape to Canada, It is not too much to say that what- ever measure of greatness we have attained is due to our faith. It is an open question, however, as to whether present-day Canadians are taking the trouble to see that their faith is as important a force as it was in the past. Too many are simply riding through these days on the religious heritage bequeathed to them by their forefathers. They are religious free- loaders. They accept the ministries of the Church as their right yet do precious little, if anything, to preserve and strengthen them. Too few are doing their best to expand and cul- tivate the Christian faith. This is a mammoth job but essential, nonethe- less, if Canada is to preserve and in- crease her greatness. There could not be a better time to do some serious thinking about the place of religious faith in the national life than at the beginning of Lent. The Lenten period is traditionally a time for soul-searching and renewal of faith. What better time could there be than this in which to strengthen the foundations of Christian faith throughout this nation! This can be done by placing the Church and all it stands for at the centre of life. School's Dollar Value In dollars and cents, what is a year of school worth? This is not just a rhetorical ques- tion. The answer lies somewhere be- tween these two amounts -- $1,648 and $7,046. These are the figures for average annual income according to educational level of men who were working for living in Canada in 1959, the year studied in a survey made by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The preliminary results of this survey just published, will be most interesting and instructive to parents, teachers, and school-age children. For men with no schooling, average an- nual income was $1,648; for those who finished elementary school, in- come was $3,266 for those who finish- ed high school, $4,638; and for those whose education level was a university degree, average annual income was $7,046. Another significant finding of the survey concerned income as it related to both a man's schooling and his age; She Oshawa Fines T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863), ts published daily (Sundoys and statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of ali news despatched in the paper credited to it ot to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the tocol news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa Whitby, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Ounbarton, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Purketon, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raclar Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle not ove: 45¢ per week. By mail {in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Othe. Provinces end Commonwealth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. and Foreign 24.00. Circulation for the issue of November 30, 1961 18,006 Alax, Prince Bay, Enniskillen, Claremont, the evidence here is that the higher the education level, the longer the person goes on increasing his earn- ings. For men with only elementary schooling, income reached its max- imum at just over age 30, held level to age 50, then dropped off. For men with one or more years of high school, income rose steadily to the 40-49 years age group, declined by about 10 per cent to age 65, and by just slightly more beyond that age. But the earn- ings of men who had one or more years of university showed a continu- ing increase beyond age 50 and right up to retirement, evén past age 65. Thinking in terms of the nation rather than of the individual, it is apparent that the more educated people we have, the more wealth we can produce on a purely material basis, without counting the even more valu- able asset of a well-informed citizenry. In the present school year university enrolment totals 129,000, compared to 63,000 ten years ago; high school enrolment stands at about 800,000, compared to 380,000 a decade back. There is still another element in this equation, both for the individual and for the nation. That other element is jobs -- the opportunities for em- ployment for the rapidly increasing number of persons who are entering the labor force equipped with an edu- cation at the high school or university level. This is a problem that might also be expressed as the need to put a higher labor content into our Gross National Product. And it is probable that this can be achieved to any large degree only by national policies deli- berately aimed at a substantial growth in manufacturing activity. Bible Thought ... that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. -- Hebrews pe In a world being shaken to its foun- dations, there are abiding indestruc- tible essentials. READERS' VIEWS Gives Position Of Steel Dear Sir: : On your editorial page of Tuesday, March 6, there ap- peared an article by a mem- ber of Local 222 UAW, which deserves a reply. In her criticism of Jack Gearin, of the Oshawa Times, she said that workers on strike at the R. D. Werner plant re- ceived welfare of $9 for a single person and I wish to point out that the amount of strike wel- fare paid in a Steelworkers' strike is laid down by the rank and file members at the Steel- workers Policy Conference each year, the same way as it is done in the UAW. Although some steelworkers are not sat- isfied with this it is to be under- stood that the decision is made democratically by the members themselves. This person, in attempting to ridicule the leadership of the Steel Union for its activities in Sudbury, found it necessary to go far afield when she criticized the members, who in their wis- dom established their strike welfare policy. It is noticeable that with the welfare that was paid, these workers at Werners, through their solidarity and dis- play of responsible unionism and determination, won their strike, but this crusader of unionism fails to congratulate these workers. Another point that was men- tioned in this article was the rates paid to workers in the Malleable Iron. Again it was necessary for' this person to go a long way from the issue she attempted to wriie about, be- cause the local she belongs to has rates in some of its plants much less than Malleable rates, but I would not criticize the UAW for this, as the workers in these plants, the same as the Malleable, democratically voted for the agreements they have and the members involved are the most capable of deciding their working conditions, or would the writer of Tuesday's article prefer we didn't have democracy in our Unions? Contracts are negotiated in accordance with the Company's ability to pay and if all Locals were dealing with a multi-mil- lion dollar corporation like GM, they may even have better rates than the females of GM. Jack Gearin, in his column, referred to an advertisement appearing in the Sudbury Star and paid for by individuals in Local 222 UAW without the sup- port or sanction of the Local. It would have been a better display of unionism if this money was spent to help the Werner strikers or the strikers at Chrysler in Windsor instead of interfering in an area where the workers of International Nickel have the opportunity of deciding their destiny by a dem- ocratic vote. The article was written to divert attention from the main issue, which is giving these people the opportunity of coming back into the family of labor, the Canadian Labor Con- gress, or, continuing independ- ently under a communist-con- trolled leadership. The Steel- workers were chosen to do this job and they have done it, giv- ing these people the opportun- ity of cleaning out this leader- ship. They have now spoken; their decision shall stand. The Steelworkers abhor the control of Unions by com- munists and communist sym- pathizers and it is hoped that their efforts in Sudbury will be as successful as in Port Col- borne. We know that the labor movement is strong enough to resist this control wherever it is attempted so that Unions are free democratic organizations and the members may enjoy the fruits thereof and not be hoodwinked by these attempts to becloud the issue. KEITH W. ROSS, Representative, USWA, TWO RESOLUTIONS Dear Sir: Several letters have appear- ed on your editorial page re- cently regarding an article pub- lished by columnist Jack Gearin in his column of Saturday, Mar. 3 It would appear to me that some people in Oshawa are quite alarmed at having their names made public in Oshawa as being supporters of the Com- mie-tinged Mine Mill Union in the fight which has been going on in Sudbury between that union and the Steelworkers. A great deal of stress has been put on a resolution that was passed at the last member- ship meeting of Local 222. This resolution condemned raiding in general, and made absolutely no mention of the Sudbury situ- ation whatsoever. Although there was no discussion on the resolution, it did not pass unan- imously, as a good many of the small numbers of members who attended the meeting voted against it, but they were out- voted. A previous resolution, which specifically requested that Local 222 go on record as supporting Mine Mill was defeated by the executive of the local union, at an executive meeting on Jan. 8. Th vast majority of the dele- gates to the Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council also voted in favor of supporting the ac- tion of the steel union in Sud- bury. The position taken at the Council meeting was that this action was not raiding, it was liberation of the. workers from Communist domination. It is also significant to note that some people who are now squawking about raiding in Sud- bury did not raise their voice Uni about raiding when the Soviet Union raided entire nations after the end of World War Two, and sat back and smugly said that they were liberating the workers of these countries.: I might also add that workers in these countries that were raided by the Soviet Union were not given the same right as the workers in Sudbury -- that is the right to determine their own future by secret ballot. And the fact that they had to build a wall in Berlin to keep people prisoners behind the Iron Cur- tain speaks for itself. The facts that Gearin publish- ed in his column of March 3 were perfectly true, and long may he continue to expose things like this. MALCOLM SMITH. Oshawa. WORDING NOTED Dear Sir: According to my present in- formation there was a resolu- tion passed unanimously by the membership of Local 222 on March 1, but Sister Shorten erred in her ictter published March 6, as to the wording of it. The resolution was to "Re- quest the CLC to stop union raiding'. It did not refer to Sudbury. This does not alter the Sud- bury Ad. situation -- it was not endorsed by the executive or membership majorify. This brings us back to the age-old problem of the member- ship majority electing a body of leaders to steer our union and a minority group turns around and persists in trying to get hold of the steering wheel and try and steer us some other di- rection. When I say minority that is exactly what it is. They would lead us to believe they are authorized to speak for the majority of Local 222 UAW Sis- ters and Brothers. Just take a moment and check over the 25 names listed in Jack Gearin's "Good Evening" column March 3, you will only see one name that has elected authority to speak for our entire member- ship. That is Miss Beverley Gib- son, member of our executive. W. B. (Bill) Harding is chair- man of our bargaining commit- tee, William Rutherford is chairman of Houdaille Indus- tries Ltd. members. The total membership of Local 222 has nothing to do with electing them. Doug. Sutton is only elect- ed by our District 6 members. Louis Rosseau and Miss Maurie Shorten, chairman and _ secre- tary respectively of our GM Steward body, are only elected by the Stewards. The remain- ing 19, to my knowledge, are only rank and file members. I agree we all have a right to help form policies and take a stand on what we want done. But when it comes to taking a stand for our entire member- ship it should be endorsed by a good cross-section of our repre- sentation or membership, not a handfull of members of a caucus, To go a step further on this minority angle, just recently there has been a big hub-bub in the Toronto papers and at our hall in regards to an article by our National Director. George Burt, that was published in Solidarity. One phrase is really "bugging" some members. Brother Burt said, 'some broth- ers were acting as monkeys on the workers' backs". Well, Bro. Burt is in a better position. than I am to see what is going on. I believe he hit the nail close to the head enough to jar it anyway. A couple of brothers got up at the last stewards' meeting and really raised the roof over Bro. Burt's article. One said the company officers must have had a good laugh at us when they read that in the papers. It prob- ably did force a few chuckles from management but I bet it never bent them over with laughter as our inter - union political tug-of-war likely does. As long as we are hashing over this type of nonsense we are not getting down to union - manage- ment troubles. Therefore we are releasing a lot more pres- sure off them' than any "'wild- cat strike" will put on them. It only proves we are not united against them and if we are not united we are dispersable. Reading over Sister Shorten's letter I see she gives some very good reasons why she believes the CLC should decline from raiding other unions and put their efforts to better use. There are also two sides to this story. The Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union was kicked out of the CLC years ago for alleged Communist domin- ation of its leadership. There- fore the CLC should try to help to clean their slate before tak- ing the mine workers: back into the fold. ALLAN MANSER. Oshawa. CLAIMS CONFUSION Dear Sir: Mr. Gearin and his Union manipulators have dast a slur on my integrity in his-column of Mar. 3, and I would appre- ciate equal space and promi- nence for rebuttal if this demo- cratic right still exists. The basis for Gearin's charge of falsehood rests on hig own warped interpretation of the Sudbury Ad and the reference to "honest UAW members." Since an "honest" member of any organization must subscribe to the traditions and constitu- tion of such organization, our ad does not pretend to speak for dishonest members who ap- prove of raiding. If these latter prove to be a majority it will be a sad day for the Labor movement but nevertheless will not affect-the accuracy of our statement. ; Deliberate distortions of facts merit nothing but contempt and the weird wording of Gearin's first paragraph has _ already misled three casual readers into the false impression that Mine-Mill is raiding the Steel membership. Surely a qualified journalist could avoid this pit- fall if his intentions were hon- est and his objective to inform. In case anyone tries to con- fuse the public further by sub- stituting the word 'liberation' for 'raiding' allow me to re- mind them that the Fascists used the same propaganda tech- nique when they invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 to "'lib- erate' the Sudetenland Ger- man emigrants. Another ex- ample of twisted thinking was provided by so-called Christians during the Spanish Inquisition when they 'liberated' non-con- formists from evil thoughts by burning them alive after some innocent fun and torture for the greater glory of God. Some modern Christians would relish the chance to treat Reds the same way. Finally, how is it possible for any self-respecting union lead- er to accept or solicit support prior to every election from this spokesman and champion of the Chamber of Commerce with their long history of attempts to shackle labor unions. Ambiti- ous empire building seems to destroy conscience and creates strange bed-fellows. A. H. STEVENS Oshawa. NO FALSE CLAIMS Dear Sir: There were no "false claims" in the Sudbury ad., as was sig- nified in the Jack Gearin col- umn of March 3. All the Auto- Workers from Oshawa and other cities in Ontario who signed the ad. that appeared in the Sud- bury Star do strongly oppose raiding by any union as was stated in the ad. Opposing raid- ing does not mean that a per- son is "right wing' or "'left wing'. He or she is a good union member. Our leaders. who support these union raids should take a look at some of the clauses in the GM contract and block the loop- holes ... (affecting) ... our senior citizens ... ROBT. GIBSON. Whitby. . CITY MANAGER Dear Sir: I notice that a month ago our city council authorized payment of $7,500 to an outside consul- tant to tell them if they should hire a city manager. In view of what has recently happened at Belleville under a city man- ager mismanagement and where as a result taxpayers there are paying and will con- tinue to pay extra taxes for unauthorized exepnditures made in that city, it now seems sur- prising that a city manager should ever be seriously con- sidered by our mayor and coun- cil. The cost of a city manager and his small staff, such as Stenographer, etc. which he would hire would cost around $25,000 per year. Other valid objections could also be advanced about this matter. A year or so ago it was the city council authorizing payment of about $100,000 to a bunch of strangers from outside cities to re-assess to about double the former city property assess- ments in preparation no doubt for use as a base for higher future taxes. In fact if about double the regular assessments were to be made could it not have been made right in our Assessor's Office? In any event our city assessor knows Osh- awa property values whereas outsiders do not. Thus about $100,000 could then have been saved. Such methods of spending seems unfair and a waste of city's money. Money thus loose- ly spent could go a long way, for example, in assisting citi- zens with their snow. removal problems from city owned 'prop- erty such as sidewalks and par- ticularly from entrances to pri- vate driveways which are always blocked by city scrap- ers scraping snow and ice off Streets after each snowstorm and dumping it into entrances to private driveways, then citi- zens cannot get their autos out to streets until they clear them out by shovelling. Money thus spent, as outlined above, would really do something for the citizens instead of,as at present something to the _ citizens. Above mentioned service for the citizens is given in some cities, but in Oshawa, no, the citizen is called upon to clear city properties, which is not right. 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Here are some established facts that making your decision, In 1955 when jobs were fairly easy to find, two out of three of the unemployed had not gone beyond grade 8 in school, although the average education of all working people was is easy to see, then that people often out of work than those who have attended some form of secondary school. And people with only one or two years of secondary school are nearly as likely who have only grade 8. Why? Because the poorly-educated worker is forced into those are more often laid off, and in which there are more people looking for jobs, than there are The person with, say, high school graduation, or its equivalent from a technical or trade school, can choose any occupation requiring any amount of schooling up to that level. The person with grade 8 or less, must choose from unskilled occupations, training, So the poorly-educated worker has fewer occupations open to him, therefore, fewer jobs for which he can apply. Besides, he has more competition for those jobs. We have heard much said about automation. Machinery hes been gradually taking over many jobs, doing them more ef- ficiently, and making life more pleasant for all of us. The champions of automation point out thet more jobs are crea- ted in the process than are done away with. This is probably true. However, those new jobs are for the most part skilled jobs, Firms which introduce new machinery usually make every effort to re-train the unskilled employees for the new jobs. This training, or re-training, is very difficult, in some cases impossible, if those ploy do not have the fundamental knowledge on which such training con be based. The employees who cannot be re-trained are laid off; if they find other un- skilled jobs, the chances are that they will soon be laid off again, We know the temptations that lead young people to want te leave school. Earning money and feeling grown up may seem more attractive than getting a good education. School disci- pline may seem ti and the subj taught may seem pointless. Lack of interest in school work leads to failure, and failure leads to discouragement. Or there may be a desire to follow friends who have already dropped out of school and are earning their own money. . By the time a man . The less schooling a do. Prepare Today for a Successful Future 6. Finding a job is more difficult for the non-graduate, especially as he gets older and is less able te do physical work, + The high school graduate is better educated than are 80 out of 100 other Canadians his age reaches his peak earning period, the high school graduate is making 30 per cent more than the man who dropped out of school early, + Each year in schaol yields an additional return in yearly income. Each year of high school adds $238 and the matriculation year adds $466! . man:has had the more likely it is that he will be unemployed at any given time. - Young people who drop out of school end up with many more of the low paying jobs than high school graduates . Most good jobs today require a high school graduation certificate. This trend will become more pronounced with the coming of the cutomation age and as workers require more and more basic understanding of the work they are doing. . The competition for better jobs is steadily becoming greater as more young people are better educated. . All the professions--law, medicine, engineering, forestry, architecture, dentistry, nursing, etc. require at least matriculation standing for entrance into the pro- fessional schools or universities. 524 Cromwell Ave. 101 Simcoe St. N. '\304 Elmgrove Ave. 16A Ontario St. Scugog Cleaners free pick-up and delive 2 . 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