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he Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1964--PAGE 4 Oshawa Folk Welcome Honor For E.P. Taylor Because of the existence on the northern outskirts of Oshawa of the National Stud Farm, which was established by the Canadian indus- trialist E. P. Taylor in 1950, there is a natural interest on the part of many Oshawa citizens in the doings of Mr. Taylor. The success of his race horses, born and raised at this , Oshawa farm, has been a matter of interest to Oshawa. So the fact that he has been elected in New York to the office of president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associa- tion is a noteworthy event of local significance. The Thoroughbred Racing Asso- ciation was organized in 1942 to give the sport control and unity of 'effort. It now includes within its membership more than 50 United States and Canadian race tracks. Mr. Taylor is the first Canadian in 'the 22-year history of the Associa- tion to be elected its president. Mr. Taylor's association with horse racing began in 1936, and the Oshawa link with his racing activ- ities came into being in 1950, when he bought the 40-acre Parkwood Stables of R. S. McLaughlin, in- creased the property by other pur- chases to 1600 acres, and named it the National Stud Farm. There the greatest Canadian thoroughbred in Canadian racing annals, Northern Dancer, was foaled. This was only one of many successful race horses to come from the Oshawa. project headed by Mr. Taylor. It should be a matter of pride to Mr. Taylor that he is a first Cana- dian to be elected president of the Thoroughbred Racing Association, and citizens of Oshawa will join in that pride because of the part which his farm has played in keeping the name of Oshawa in the limelight, Slight To Councillors Hollis Beckett, member of the Ontario Legislature and chairman of its select committee on the amendment of the Municipal Act, is not likely to be a favorite with hundreds, or thousands, of Ontario municipal councillors. There will be widespread resentment of his statement made at a meeting of the committee that "sitting on muni- cipal council does not require too many brains'. He added that an efficient and knowledgeable muni- cipal staff can make up for a lack of brainpower on municipal coun- cils. This comment was made. while the committee was discussing a let- ter from an Ottawa resident, criti- cizing that city's. council and- sug- gesting that aldermanic candidates be required to pass an intelligence ' test. Fred Young, a New Democratic Party member from Yorkview, sid- ed with Mr. Beckett's views. He said: "A plumber, doctor or lawyer hangs a certificate on the wall showing that he is qualified. But for the most important job of all, the direction of the economy of a region, we accept anyone off the street." He favored the idea that municipal candidates should have to present a certificate showing they have attended a course in mu- nicipal government and can speak English. These remarks are, it must be admitted a bit rough on the thous- ands of public-spirited citizens of Ontario who year after year offer their services to their fellow-citi- zens in the role of council members, We also have to admit that in a great many cases, the remarks made by these members of the legislature are justified. It would not be difficult, in any list of can- didates to pick out. some with no real qualifications for the job, but they are willing to serve,, and that is more than can be said for the great majority of those who have every~ qualification required for municipal service, but do not give it. No citizen should look down his nose at those who have demonstrat- ed that willingness to serve, unless he is also ready and qualified to offer his services to his fellow- citizens, Woman Premier Resigns placed on British, Indian and Pakis- tani banks and moratorium imposed on dividends to British investors in The government of Ceylon, head- ed by Prime Minister Mrs. Shirim- avo Bandaranaike, widow of the former prime minister, who: was assassinated, has resigned after being defeated by one vote in a vote of confidence in the Ceylonese par- liament. Fifteen former members of the government party went over to the opposition in a protest against the steady drift to the left of Mrs. Bandaranaike's govern- ment. The resignation of the govern- ment and calling for a general elec- tion may put an end to the trends towards a socialistic distatorship which have been all too evident in 'recent government actions. The government's program of nationali- zation hada Communist look about it. Among the business confiscated and nationalized were the Shell, Caltex and Esso oil companies, and British, Indian and Pakistan-owned insurance companies, Curbs were The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE,. General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily $undeys and Statutory holidays excepted). ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ly pie all The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the ute 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- patches ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart' Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Lesketd, Broughom, Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Manchester Pontypool and Newcastle not over per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areos 12.00 per year. Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA. ond Ceylon. One of its most drastic measures was taking over control of the press of Caylon, completely nullifying freedom of the press in that Commonwealth country. An alliance of the government party with a Trotskyite group alienated from it the support of some of its leading members. While Mrs. Bandaranaike was a woman of great capacity and abi- lity, her close links with red ele- ments was an important factor in the loss of support from within her own party. The most serious of these defections was that of Charles Percival de Silva, one of the foun- ders of the Free Ceylon party, along with Mr. Bandaranaike, How the political groups in Ceylon will now be aligned for the coming election is not apparent as yet. But it does seem likely that the reign of power of Mrs. Ban- daranaike is at an end, and that more moderate elements, more friendly to Britain and' other Com- monwealth countries, will emerge as victors in the election. Other Editors' Views POLICE PAY SCALE (London Free Press) Enfor¢ement of our laws depends in large measure on the ability of our police enforcement procedure. This 'circumstance, according to David Lewis, London Police As- sociation lawyer, at their arbitra- tion negotiations, should place the police officer in & pay scale above that of . the industrial worker, average NATO WAR GAMES FIGHTING RURAL POVERTY - 2 Ontario Counties Making Plans For Various Projects By GWYN KINSEY Special To The Oshawa Times (Second of Four Articles) TORONTO -- The Agricultur- al Redevelopment and Rehabili- tation Act in operation in On- tario is tied, for better' or worse, to the county system. County councils are encour- aged to establish ARDA com- mittees, with representatives from: county council, farm or- ganizations, Women's Institute, conservation authority, regional development association and chamber of commerce. So far, only the following coun- ties have such committees: Carleton, Bruce, Leeds and Grenville, Huron, Ontario, Pres- cott and Russell, Renfrew, Sim- coe, Victoria, Waterloo and Stormont, Dundas. and Glen- garry. There are also district rural development committees' in Manitoulin, Temiskaming, Al- goma and Thunder Bay. ONLY LOGICAL BASE H. F. Crown, Ontario's ARDA director, points out that under the present municipal structure, the county provides the only logical local base. Projects mean the spending of public money and this must be the responsibility of elected repre- sentatives. Some Ontario counties may not need an ARDA program, or their needs are being looked after by some other agency, such as a conservation author- ,ity. But ARDA officials admit that in many cases, it is lack of local understanding or leader- ship which has been the delay- ing factor. What is needed is a strong organization of "field men," along th2 lines of the agricul- ture department's 'ag-rep" sys- tem, to work at the local level. WILLING TO SHARE It seems likely now that the second phase of ARDA, to begin next April, will cover appoint- ment of such field men. For- estry Minister, Maurice Sauve, told the Ontario Federation of Agriculture that the federal gov- ernment would be willing to share the cust of such a pro- gram. The stumbling block will probably be not money but the finding of suitable men, who must be knowledgable in a vari- ety of fitlas -- land use, conser- vation, economics, and possibly planning as well as agriculture. "You cen't just shift people around or order them to do this or that,"' Mr. Crown says. 'You must get the rural people to- gether, and get them to think over their problems. From that point expert help will be avail- able." This is precisely what has happened in areas with vigor- ous ARDA committees. There are, for example, six community pasture programs under way, in Leeds, Victoria, Bruce, Teiniskaming, Manitou- lin and Atgoma. They are ad- ministered by locally-appointed pasture boards -- and no board member is allowed to run cattle on the pasture. ARDA pays the development costs and also puts in performance-tested bulls to improve the breeding. BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY The purpose is to help the developnent of the Ontario beef cattle industry. Small-farm operators can build bigger herds by using the community pasture for summer feeding and taking winter feed off their own acres, The planned development of beef ranchi-g units in north- eastern Ontario is a somewhat different program. Fhe aim of expansion of the beef livestock industry is the same. But aban- doned and uneconomic farms will be consolidated to provide large units of grazing land for lease to beef farmers. Local ARDA agreements also cover alternative uses of land, soil and water conservation and research. There are agreements with two counties (Renfrew and Sim- coe) and six conservation au- thorities for retirement of sub- marginal agricultural lands for forestry water conservation and wildlife purposes. These pro- jects reduce the municipal share of land acquisition costs from 50 to 25 per cent. TYPICAL PROJECT Typical is Simcoe county's Tiny Marsh 'project. Purpose is to increase the productivity of a large marsh area through Department of Lands and For- ests, and thereby provide a new source of rural incomé in the area. Land acquisition is mostly completed. Then there is the acquisition of 169,432 acres of submarginal agricultural lands, for the most part unoccupied, in the counties of Renfrew, Haliburton and Hastings and the districts of Muskoka, Parry Sound and Nipissing. There is the Rama public hunting area, involving the acquisition and development of an extensive submarginal area in Rama and Dalton town- ships in the counties of Ontario and Victoria for public hunt- ing, recreation, forestry and wildlife management. An engineering study has been conducted on the Snake and Muskrat rivers in Renfrew county, to determine design and costs of channel improve- ment and water conservation projects in the watershed. This report has been referred to the county ARDA committee for action. There are many others. U.S.-Canada Economic Union Distant Goal (Milwaukee Journal) Talk of some kind of econ- omic union between the United States and Canada is in the wind again. Such a step was advocated the other day by Edward Lamb, Toledo (Ohio) industrialist, who controls 26 American and Ca- nadian companies, including Seiberling Rubber Co. Econom- ic union is the only way to break 'the "silly, artififical bar- riers between us," he said. These sentiments apparently are shared by some Canadians. One recent survey. by the Ca- nadian Broadcasting Corp, and MacLean's magazine found that 65 per cent of those contacted favored economic union with the United States. Most significant recent devel- opments, however, are the @is- cussions going on between Ot- tawa and Washington about the possibility of free trade in auto- mobiles and perhaps auto parts. These talks were initiated in an attempt-to forestall a possible TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 8, 1964 .. American forces under Gen, Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold began the siege of Quebec City 189 years ago today--in 1775-- during the "American War of Independence. The siege was unsuccessful and Mont- gomery was killed during an attack on the city on New Year's Eve. At. the same time Arnold was wounded, but . took over 'command and_ conducted the retreat of the American forces the following spring. 1925--Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, was pub- lished 1941--The U.S. war on Japan. declared First World War Fifty years ago today--in . 1914--Vice-Admiral Sir F. Doveton Sturdee destroyed Admiral Count von Spee's squadron in the Battle of the Falklands, sinking the warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Nurnberg; Serbian troops recaptured the towns of Valjevo and Ushitza. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--British ships sank three Nazi U-boats in a 24-hour period; Italy re- affirmed its neutrality but said 'it stood firm by its military alliance with Ger- many; Finnish troops claimed to have halted Rus- sian advances. trade war between parts manu- facturers on both sides of the border, Several American firms -- including the Modine Manu- facturing .Co., Racine -- had complained of a tariff rebate scheme, inspired by the Cana- dian government, to boost ex- ports of auto parts to this coun- try. They demanded that the United States treasury retaliate. Such action could escalate into areal battle, jeopardizing Canadian - American trade in other areas, So, both govern- ments have wisely decided to explore tne free trade con- cept. A. good case can already- be made for this arrangement. A relatively few producers make identical parts for what, in ef- fect, is a single market. Tariff abolition could increase effici- ency of production and market- ing. Certain auto manufactur- ers, and labor representatives, are known to favor the move, although details would have to be approved by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade -- an international compact to which both United States and Canada subscribe. This should not. be an insurmountable prob- lem, however. There are too many political and social obstacles involved to make economic union anything but a distinct objective. But free trade arrangements -can be worked out in certain indus- trial areas to the benefit of producers and consumers on both sides of the border. BIBLE THOUGHT Be strong and of good cour- age, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth' go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.--Deut. 31:6 God's abiding presence, going * with us, will effectively banish fear. "feel OTTAWA REPORT Thompson's Tour Was Justified By PATRICK NICHOLSON i. OTTAWA -- Many MPs a senators have been very sur- prised to learn of the deep ac- quaintance with Africa pos- sessed by Social Oredit Leader Bob Thompson, who is rated by Foreign Minister Paul Martin as Parliament's "outstanding authority" on the affairs and personalities of that continent. In October this column gave the first story that Mr. Thomp- son had been invited by Mr. Martin to represent Canada on a fact-finding tour of six import- ant countries in Africa. The pur- pose of the visit, I wrote, would be to examine and advise as to the part Canada' could best play in aid programs for Af- rica, in co-operation with United Nations and other international agencies. Just before Mr. Thompson set out, he was additionally given the emergenay task of trying to assist the reléase of white hos- tages held by the rebels in The Congo. MPs CRITICISM Several Conservative MPs be- trayed a partisan hostility to- wards the Social Credit leader by making prolonged and face- tious attacks on his government mission to Africa. Mr. Martin retorted by ex- plaining that Mr, Thompson had "lived and worked in Africa for 15 years, and has had an op- portunity, such as perhaps no other membef of this House has enjoyed, of getting to know per- sonalities in many of the gov- ernments of Africa." Harold Winch, New Democra- tic MP from Vancouver, added his commendations: "I wish Mr. Thompson well; with his expe- rience and contacts I hope he is able to do what is expected of him." In 1943 Mr. Thompson was seconded from his air force service with the wartime air training scheme to join an in- ternational advisory mission to the recently liberated Ethiopia. He assisted the emperor to set up a parliamentary system of government; he was appointed director of éducation 'and him- self opened the country's first secondary school; finally he spent five years at a leper colony, teaching and instituting a system of co-operative farm- QUEEN'S PARK Competition Fo New Industries By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There has been a lot written recently on the ac- tivities of other provinces in luring industry. Quebec has been offering lo- cal preference in government purchases and various other in- ducements, including tax write- offs. Nova Scotia has been giving low interest loans, building plants, and providing other as- sistance, And western provinces have also been active. WEAKEN NATION? Some people, probably many, Ontario also should start doing the same thing. To date it has stayed aloof. And. the writer, at least, hopes it will continue this way--cer- tainly for the present. There is one real danger in this rather desperate inter-pro- vincial competition for new in- dustry. This is the danger that bid- ding and incentives can get stronger and stronger . . . that feelings will grow bitter along with them and that the overall process can lead to a severe weakening of national unity. ONTARIO ANCHOR? The dangers of this, however, should be véry much less if On- tario stays out of the competi- tion. ' Those provinces that are now in the fight for new industry share a common plight, they all need the industry quite badly, And being in the same boat, BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 8, 1944 The Ontario County Garage Operators Association formed a new branch and Herbert Robin- son of Oshawa, was elected to head the group. Since the announcement that the Oshawa Elementary Train- ing School, operated by the Ontario County Flying Train- ing School Ltd. was to close, plans were made to move the equipment to the RCAF storage unit at Picton. Of the tota) of 109 donors at the Oshawa Blood Clinic, 25 gave thetr 11th donation. 35 YEARS AGO Dec. 8, 1929 Mayor T. B. Mitchell was re- elected as mayor of Oshawa for 1930 by ace amation. A large gathering of citizens and war veterans assembled at a public meeting to hear a re- port of the proceedings of the Regina Dominion convention of the Canadian Legion by the Osh- awa delegate, M. Mcintyre Hood. Oshawa's Welfare and Christ- mas Cheer Fund had reached a tota] of over $3,000. ing 80 that the sufferers could - -- their own adequate et. On his recent visit to Africa, Mr. Thompson helped in taking every step humanly possible to effect the peaceful release of the hostages. His friendship with Emperor Haile Selassie and with Kenya's Prime Minis- ter Jomo Kenyatta enabled him to open their hitherto oosed doors to Dr. George Hoffman, the Swiss delegate general of the International Red Cross in Africa, the body charged with negotiating the evacuation of hostages. His less publicised but more important work, which was the reason for his visit, was fully accomplished. HOMEWORK SKIMPED Meanwhile Tory MPs remain- ing comfortably in Ottawa were busy attacking the hard-driving far-travelling Thompson mis- sion. One, Cliff Smallwood, pres- ident of the Fish and Game Club of Irma, Alberta, (popuation 425) quoted Time magazine in part: '* Thompson's odyssey was so 'important' that he was not even briefed before depar- ture by Ottawa's external aid office." Had, Mr. Smallwood done his own homework, instead of rely- ing on instant capsulated knowl- edge, a phone call would have informed him that infact Mr. Thompson's unusually 'thorough briefing included three confer- ences with the experienced di- rector-general of the. external aid office in Mr. Martin's de- partment; a tour of every divi- sion of that office; a conference with the executive director of our trade commissioner serv- ice, and talks with Mr, Martin, with his under-secretary, and the heads of the African and Commonwealth divisions of ex- ternal affairs. Yet Mr. Smallwood termed this mission "a bunch of ba- loney" which "looked like a junket."" Many high officials in Ethiopia are. graduates of Mr. Thompson's school there, so when he met with them Mr. Smallwood charged that Thomp- son had gone to Africa to at- tend a schoo] reunion. How our-MPs upgrade Can- ada's image in international af- fairs! r they won't really: resent any- thing the other provinces do. But Ontario isn't in that boat. It is wealthy with industry. It is highly endowed with natural attractions for new industry, and always gets the lion's share. Let it start offering excep- tional inducements and there would be resentment . the resentment the small operator has against the chain. store driving him to the wall with loss leaders. One further very important point is that so long as Ontario Stays aloof it sets a tone, and tends to act as an anchor and @ governor. No province probably will go too far with its lures so long as Ontario keeps to the regular course. But let us get into the game, with all its power, and there could be a desperate bidding contest which would be highly dangerous. 4 A STATESMAN The day conceivably could come when we will really hurt for industry. Then we might have to adopt new tactics. But for now Premier Robarts has been a statesman about this. And it's to be hoped he can stay that way. Above all, we should remem- ber that it's in our ultimate in- terest that the other provinces do get healthy. They are our best customers. And the health- ier they are the more they have to spend. It may mean a bit of a twinge to see an occasional industry lost to the province. But in the final interest of ourselves and the country this Gan be good. PROBLEMS OF A. PRINCE. It turns out, fortunately, that the essays by Prince Charles which stirred up one of the sen- sations of the newspaper year were a modest prize. The mali- cious were able to find in them nothing really shaped to their hands. The published bits are not es- pecially informative, but they sound like examples of the thinking of a young man with his mind on his work and not on himself. That is as it ought to be. j But they must surely have stirred up enough fuss to im- press on the author more in- delibly the fact of his disabili- ties in certain respects. And that apparently is as it had to be. Royalty in Britain is not per- mitted to unbend very far with- out being reminded of the ob- ligations of privilege. It is one thing for Prince Charles' uncle, Viscount Snow- don to accept regular employ- ment in journalism, another al- together for Prince Charles himself to "write for publica- tion'. The young author should also emerge from this enlighténing experience with a more realistic sense of values Only 30 bob for all that commotion! : --Montreal Star WHAT'LL WE TALK ABOUT? Britain's most popular guess- ing game is in danger. Soon no- body will need 'to ask: "What 1s the weather going to do?' For we shall know the answer, with almost complete certainty: Pictures relayed from space by America's newest satellite, we are told, will result in Brit- ain's weather forecasts becom- ing as "near 100 per cent ac- curate". If that is true, it will be splen- did news for the people who grow our food or organize our power supplies or run our rail- ways. There will be enormous sav- ings in all these industries. It will be a blessing, too, for the organizers of church fetes, for the seaside cafe owners, and all the others whose business de- pends on the weather, But what a disaster v0 conversation! ! MAC'S MUSINGS The electors of Oshawa Yesterday selected those Who will administer the Affairs of the community, Of its educational system And public utilities, During the next two years, And: placed 'in authority Those whom they believed Best fitted to serve In our democratic way The voice of the people Is that of the majority Of those who vote, but Let us always remember That our responsibilities As citizens do not end When we place our ballots In the box, on election day. Those we have elected Are entitled to support By their fellow-citizens Througheut the whole year, And to their advice and Any sound suggestions They may have to offer For the conduct of the Public business of Oshawa, We cannot stand aloof And let George do it Just because we voted Him into public office; He needs our advice and Welcomes encouragement, And above all he needs Our consiructive criticism Of what is being done by The elected public bodies. Citizenship is not a thing To be paraded abroad only On the biennial election day, But-is something that must Be lived throughout the Whole of the coming year So thai-we as citizens Can take our rightful place In supporting those elected To trans:ct our business. --Dec. 8, 1964 PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES Next time, try...