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he Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. Lb. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1965 -- PAGE 4 un 'The celebration of the 60th an- niversary of the founding of Rotary' International by the Oshawa club was a noteworthy event. Attended by 600 Rotarians from all over On- tario, and from nearby points in the United States, and marked by the presence of the president of Rotary International, the local club's func- tion must surely have ranked high _ among all those held in Canada. Inaugurated in 1905 by Paul Harris, a lawyer and three of his 'business acquaintances, Rotary has become a world movement of tre- mendous proportions. It now boasts of more than 11,800 clubs with 560,000 Rotarians in 127 countries. » It knows no boundaries of race or -color of nationality. This world-wide S community of Rotary is what makes it an organization which can fhave a strong influence in world 'affairs. It stands for understand- @ing and goodwill between all the 'countries represented in it. That malone gives to Rotary an unique Rotary Marks 60 Years Of Outstanding Service -- opportunity for world service of the highest order. Rotary is best known, however, not for its size and its world-wide scope, not for its contributions to world understanding, but for the service which is given by individual clubs wherever they have been established. That has -been splen- didly exemplified by the Oshawa Rotary Club, soon to celebrate its 45th birthday. During its history, its work for crippled children, its assistance in providing Oshawa with swimming pools and playgrounds, its support for many years of the Red Cross Society, and the many other facets of its service program, have made it one of the great com- munity assets of Oshawa. It was an important day for the world when, on February 23, 1905, the Rotary movement was born. It was a happy day for Oshawa when the Oshawa Rotary Club came into being in 1920. iThe Forgotten Old Folk There has been general approval y all the federal political parties mof the decision of the government Sto reduce the starting age for old jage security pensions from 70 to 65, 'made in annual stages of one year Seach, the abolition of the means test 'or those between 65 and 70 is to e welcomed. This will bring the ge requirement for the Canadian ld age security pension nearly in ine with what it is in Britain, with 'the exception that there, a woman qualified for old age pension at 60 and a man at 65, While this change is being work- 'ed into the new Canadian pension © plan which is still before the House of Commons, and which has already undergone several alterations from the original draft, there is still one group of people who will receive no benefit from it as it now stands. © These are the people who are now & over 70 years of age, and are in & receipt of the old age security pen- sion. e x 4 * hi «Dictatorship When the Commonwealth Minis- ters meet in conference in London ¥in June, it would be timely for them to take a look at the nature iof the government systems set up Fin some of the newer Common- vealth countries, and particularly Ethat of Ghana. While it is true that Em prime ministers' conference has Sno power to expel.any country from he Commonwealth, delegates in vattendance at it can express as Fstrongly as they like their disap- roval of the lack of freedom and pdemocratic government in member countries. There is a strong precedent for this. Im 1962, the pressure of 'opinion of Commonwealth countries against South Africa's apartheid olicies was so strong that Prime Minister Voeward withdraw his feountry's application to remain in tthe Commonwealth as a republic. "There was no formal resolution con- demning South Africa. But the sen- 'timents expresed against apartheid Swere so strong that her government The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY. Editor » The Oshawa Times comb The Oshawa Times Mlestablished 1871) ond the Whitey Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) Is published daily Sundeys and $ y holiday d i of Canad Daily Publish F er Association. 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Other ond Commonwecith Countries 15.00, USA, end foreign 24.00. 4 ae f PF a eee special des Building, Ontario; 640 = While the new scheme will confer benefits on all Canadians who have not-yet reached old age pension age, this older group, probably the most needy of all, will retain their pre- sent status. Their pension rate will remain fixed at $75.00 a month, unless it is raised by government action. The opposition parties are united in asking that they receive some consideration in the form of a higher pension rate, because their need is so much greater than those still employed and who can look forward to much more generous pensions in the future. With wages and salaries having increased very substantially. in re- cent years, those still working in remunerative occupations will, when they retire, receive much higher pensions than the over 70s, who in their working days had much lower wages from which to make provi- sion for their future than those who are working today. They deserve more 'consideration from parlia- ment. In Ghana decided to wealth. It would be quite in order for those Commonwealth countries which have genuine freedom and democracy to express just as strongly their displeasure with the dictatorship set up by Dr. Nkrumah in Ghana. His actions in eliminat- ing all opposition to himself, even to the extent of having his op- ponents sentenced to death by a rigged court after he has dismissed the Chief Justice who had acquitted them. The former leader of the op- position has died in prison, to which he was confined because he held that position. President Azikiwe of Nigeria has spoken out in no un- certain terms against the tyranny of Nkrumah in Ghana, in these words: : "If independence means the substi- tution of indigeneous tyranny for alien rule, then those who struggled for the independence of former colonial terri- tories have not only desecrated the cause of freedom; they have betrayed their freedom." The dictatorship in Ghana is, if anything, worse than the apartheid in South Africa. Dr. Nkrumah should be told quite plainly that his type of government does not con- form to what is expected of a mem- ber of the Commonwealth. Other Editors' Views TAKES COURAGE (Peterborough Examiner) In political adversity a party needs courage and _ resolution. Though the most devasting demora- lizatiog threatens, a staunch posi- tion is the only one. The British Conservative Party took Britain through four Prime Ministers, Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Home before it fell to the electorate. Our governments can scarcely get through prayers before they start scrambling for cover, 4 leave the Common- EVERYBODY IS SHAVING WITH THE SAME BLADE INDIAN MYSTERY Former Leader's Ghost Haunts Political Scene BOMBAY (CP)--The ghost of "slanderous acceptance' by a nationalist leader relentlessly governments of the report of haunts Indian politics. his death. Subhas Chandra Bose, former The central government in president of the Congress Party New Delhi and the provincial and for many years a close co- government in Calcutta have worker of Gandhi and Nehru, repeatediy assured the people died in a plane crash in 1945 on that Bose is no longer alive his way from Singapore to and have put forward concrete Tokyo, Bose commanded the evidence of his death. But this war-time Indian National army has only angered the Subhas- which unsuccessfully fought wadi Janata or 'People for British forces along the India- Bose Movement." Burma frontier for two years. Some years ago, the Nehru His ashes are kept in Tokyo's government set up a high-level Renkoji Temple and all Indians committee to investigate the visiting Japan worship at the Bose mystery. After visiting a shrine. The Indian government, number of places in Southeast all the political parties and the Asia and recording evidence, common people regard him as_ the committee categorically re- a nationa! hero. ported that Bose ge? 1 : But the Indian government Taipei hospital on the night 0 has been unable to proceed with Avg. 18, 1945, and 'e co a pians for bringing his ashes to M™ended that his ashes be India to be enshrined in a na- brought to India. -- tional monument. It cannot The report quietened the even erect a statue in his honor. People for Bose Movement for The postal department has been a while but not for long. Now, assailed by opposition parties a fresh agitation has been for issuing a commemorative launched on the ground that stamp in his memory. Bose is living in a Hindu ash- The reason: Some influential ram or monastery near Cal+ politicians and many Bose ad- cutta as a recluse and that gov- mirers think that the man who ernment should appoint a com- was, killed in the Formosa plang mittee to persuade him to crash was not their hero ee from his seclusion, that Bose is not.only alive but aa e is in India, waiting for the ODIFIES gg -vomged ike "proper moment" to reappear. A nephew of Bose visite J in public monastery and reported that P the bearded monk in question PROTEST ACCEPTANCE was definitely not his famous In Calcutta, Bose's home uncle. Following an outcry town, there have been a num- against his remark, fhe nephew ber of agitations to protest has modified his statement. He GALLUP POLL CANADIANS STILL FAVOR RETAINING DEATH PENALTY BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) In the next session of Parliament each member will be asked to consult his own conscience in regard to the aboli- tion of capital punishment, through a "'free vote' -- i.e., not along party lines. Those who vote for abolition will not be expressing the majority opinion in Canada, Fifty-six per cent say capital punishment should not be abolished: 35% are for abolition; and 9% have no opinion, The trend question: "SOME PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULD DO AWAY ALTO- GETHER WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT -- THAT IS EXECUTING A PERSON FOR MURDER. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?" 1943 Should abolish 18% 22% Should not abolish 73 71 No opinion 9 7 "100% 100% 100% 100% 100% TODAY IN HISTORY First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the first week of Ger- many's intensified blockade of the British Isles ended with 10 Allied and neutral merchantmen sunk or tor- pedoed; German troops captured Przasnysz in Po- land; the first British Terri- torial Division left England for France. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--British Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain expected to spend about £100,000,000 in Can- ada in the first year of the war; Adolf Hitler declared Germany would fight "until the terror of the pluto- cracies had been broken." 1953-1958 = 1960 9= TODAY 33% 41% 35% 52 51 5 15 8 9 By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 24, 1965... The German Workers' ~ Party, then an insignificant political group, was founded in Munich, Germany 45 years ago today--in 1920. But it quickly gained atten-- tion and support. Within one year of its founding, an ex- corporal ofthe First World - War, Adolf Hitler, took over leadership of the group and changed its name to the Na- tional Socialist German Workers' Party. It became the foundation of the in- famous Nazi Party. 1903--The U.S. its naval base at tanamo Bay, Cuba. 1949 -- Egypt and Israel signed an armistice agree- ment in their dispute over Palestine. acquired Guan- now says: "The monk may or may not be my uncle. One can never be sure about such things." The turbulent Socialist Party leader, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, has threatened to launch a passive resistance struggle if Prime Minister Shastri does not himself go to the monastery and find out the truth about the monk. But Shastri says that he and the government are "absolutely convinced" that Bose is not alive. Prof. Humayun Kabir, the minister of Petroleum and a great admirer of Bose, thinks that the People for Bose move- ment is a cynical attempt to exploit the popular sentiment for the great leader to embar- rass the government. But a few days ago, thou- sands of posters appeared all over Calcutta saying: "Leader Bose is now ready to lead the people!" MAC'S MUSINGS At the risk of being termed Cynical and old-fashioned, And out of step with the Scientific age in which Humanity is living today, 'We have to confess to a Strong feeling that the Huge amounts of money now Being spent in efforts to Send rockets to the moon Are simply being wasted. There may be those who are Men of scientific genius Who feel that this cult Of space exploration and Trying to reach the moon Make some contribution To human knowledge, but We fail to see how it Is achieving anything in Advancing human welfare. We cannot compute how many Billions of dollars have Been spent on rockets of Tremendous power to send Satellites into space on Useless missions while Millions of the world's Population are starving And living in conditions Which are intolerable. We would like someone to Tell us convincingly What is being accomplished By these moon rocket tests Other than enhancing the Ego of the scientists Who are involved in them. The world would not be Any poorer if these moon Rocket tests were ended, And the sum of knowledge Of benefit to mankind Would not 'be lessened, But the world would be Greatly enriched if the Billions of dollars wasted On them were devoted to Relieving human misery, Hunger and suffering. --Feb. 24, 1965, NOT ALWAYS RIGHT EDMONTON (CP) Cus- fomer abuses could result in -cancellation of refund policies in retail stores, says B. G. Brown, manager of the Edmonton branch of the Better Business Bureau. Refunds are a service extended by some stores and not a legal right of customers, he said. "Customer abuse of such privileges might bring about a change in store poli- cies." OTTAWA REPORT Peace Theme Of Meeting By: PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- A world drifting without purpose, largely ranking Mammon before God and Self- ishness before survival, may well find worthwhile new guide- lines proposed in New York City - this week. World leaders of many re- ligions and races are meeting in a historic convocation, to ex- amine the requirements for world peace in the context of the encyclical of Pope John XXIII entitled Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), Among those who accepted in- vitations to attend are Hubert Humphrey, United States vice- president, U Thant, secretary- general of the United Nations; Alexander Quaison - Sackey, president of the UN General Assembly; Earl Warren, chief justice of the United States; Barbara Ward, the British econ- omist; Adlai Stevenson, Paul- Henri Spaak, Arnold Toynbee, and other distinguished public figures from Japan, Russia, rig Africa and Latin Amer- ca. The convocation was organ- ized by the Centre for the Study 0° Democratic Institutions and the Ford Foundation; its open- ing meeting was appropriately planned to take place in the as- sembly chamber of the United Nations. THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND Pacem in Terris was head- lined as the theme of the dis- cussion, because in that encycli- cal the peasant Pope addressed not only Roman Catholics but also "'all men of good will." The holy father saw that the chief implication of nuclear force is that such a war would be in name only a struggle between _nations; more significantly, it would be a war against God, For it is not individual men, not their artifacts such as their homes and their possessions, which would be the only victims of a nuclear war. it would be the work of God, the divinely bal- anced conditions which make life on this planet possible for all living creatures and those QUEEN'S PARK not yet born, which would be destroyed. Pope John listed three re- quirements which he saw as essential to the elimination of the present precarious balance of nuclear terror and the crea- tion of a permanent peace on earth, These are frank and polite dialogue between the world's opposing camps; genu- ine negotiations based upon full appreciation that agreement would benefit both sides, and a massive unselfish expansion of material and technical aid to the underdeveloped areas. It was with these convictions that Pope John stretched out his hand not only to the one-sixth of the world's population who are Catholics, but also to Chris- tians separated from the apos- tolic see and to "human beings who are not enlightened by faith in Jesus Christ, but who are endowed with the light of reason and with a natural and operative honesty." RUSSIAN APPRECIATION Would an appea) from the Pope make any impact in the Kremlin? Even the Russian leaders do not want their citi- zens to be slaughtered and the world to be contaminated by a pre-emptive nuclear attack or by the spasm response of a stricken U.S. Nikita Khrushchev was profoundly impressed by this encyclical, of which Pope John sent him an advance copy; and we know that Khrushchev's successors adhere to his thinking in the field of world affairs, Peace on Earth is not the aim of Catholics only; it is the ambition of all men of good will--it must surely be the target of all men. The merit of the New York convocation lies largely in its realistic attempt to meet one of Pope John's chief objectives. This is that one of the basic rights of free men is "the right to be informed truthfully about public events." So informed, free men should be determined to influence their chosen lead- ers, . Sees Tobacco Tax Increase By DON O"HEARN TORONTO--A stiff rate . of tobacco tax next year? You can see this coming. In this year's budgét a new tobacco tax was announced. The tax will mean nothing to the consumer this year, Tobacco merely is being taken out of sales tax and the same rate of tax is being ap- plied under the tobacco tax, - The government says this is being done to make collection simpler. ot There are a number of mer- chants it claims, who have had to collect sales tax on only the one item, tobacco, These would be principally small grocers. Rather than have these mer- chants go through the trouble of collecting the tax and making out forms, it is said, it is much simpler to collect the tax from the manufacturer or wholesaler, as can be done un- der the new act. But the separate act also will make it easier to charge a high rate of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, TAX RISE LIKELY Next year sales tax probably will be increased. But it's hardly likely it will be raised more than two points, to 5 per cent. With tobacco under a separ- ate tax it can be raised more than this, Three other provinces, for in- stance, now have tobacco tax separate from their sales tax. These provinces are P.E.L., New Brunswick and Quebec, and they all charge 10 per cent. Their sales taxes are three per cent and 4 per cent. If you're not interested in high finance don't bother read- ing this, but if you are, Ontario this year could make its last big trip to the money markets. It is estimated that the prov- YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO February 24, 1940 The Oshawa Workers' Educa- tion Association inaugurated a series of 15 lectures on political * science. C. M. Mundy was elected a director of the Ontario Boy Scouts Association, A general reduction of 10 per cent in Oshawa's fire insurance rates was announced. 40 YEARS AGO February 24, 1925 Railway traffic to Oshawa over the CPR was halted for two days because of flooding of railway tracks between Osh- awa and Toronto, A ballet and musical program held at Bishop Bethune Col- lege featured Genevieve Conant in the role of "The Fairy Doll." Geofzge Remore Reaman of Toronto was appointed superin- tendent of the Bowmanville Re- formatory School, ince this year may have to bor- row up to $300 million. This, is a large borrowing. Most years the province is able to get away with about $100 million. But this year alony with cov- ering the regular deficit, or addition to net debt, $100 mil- lion must be raised for the new university loan corporation and some old issues are up for re- funding. A year from now most of this potential borrowing would be covered by funds to be received from the national pension pro- gram. This money, of course, is to be loaned to the provinces, and will cover a big portion of what would be their regular borrow- ings. j In fact this year we may anticipate this pension money bytaking out short-term loans until it starts flowing in. As it is there 'probably will be one month's returns from the fund which will be available in the current fiscal year. The program is tentatively due to start Jan, 1, and officials here expect they will have one month's payments before our fiscal year ends March 31. POINTED PARAGRAPHS The United States has an- nounced that it now has 793 ICBMs and 304 Polaris missiles ready to go. This is the United States contribution to Interna- tional Co-operation Year. Loyalty by a political leader to his subordinates does not al- ways pay dividends. We can never decide whether a greeting card from Hawaii is Hy ig to make us feel good or ad. The liner Queen Elizabeth went aground at Cherbourg in a thick fog on Monday. We would still much rather be on a ship going aground in the fog than an airliner. BROTHERHOOD __ Lord Thomson Issues Plea . For Tolerance By LORD THOMSON of FLEET The free S ypcneage rg of democ- racy cannot work in any com- munity where people have not learned to be tolerant and siderate of the opinion of others and to be just to those who op- pose them, * at Neyer before has the need of brotherhood been so great, Ig- norance, prejudice and discrim- ination exist only because ped- ple refuse to think clearly and accept their responsibi to each other, Yet the day will come as Robbie Burns t ed, "That man to man_ the + o'er shall brothers e see oo : No country can term itself great, no individual can 'term himself great, if people live in ignorance and prejudice, Preju- dice can be the most subversive thing in this or any country. So while each of us is proud of his nationality and his racial back- ground, we must always fe- member that we afe citizens of the world, and the idea of ulti- mate world citizenship must be the bedrock of our hopes. A prosperous American conti- nent or a prosperous Europe, or indeed a prosperous group of any one composite of powers is meaningless unless something of this' prosperity permeates to each corner of the world, I speak with humility--fully conscious of the opportunities of service which are mine as Pub- lisher of a group of newspapers around the world. I also speak with pride be- cause I have faith in le at large and in the institution of democracy, I therefore have singular plea- sure in commending the work of The Canadian Council of Chris- tians and Jews. I would express the hope that brotherhood go forward beyond even the accom- plishments of today. May the peoples of the world attain their predominant wish that there be peace in this world for their children and generations yet un- born. This hope will indeed be ill- founded unless there be genuine goodwill, respect and brother- Soot animes the people of the world, LORD THOMSON OF FLEET OTHER OPINIONS THE DOCTORS' DOCTRINE The clearest policy to-emerge in the Canadian Medical Asso- ciation's lengthy declarations on medicare is that doctors do:not want to be conscripted into the government service. They want freedom to practise indepen- dently of a tax-supported medi- care plan. this seems to be adaimart opposition to the unlikely. ~* With the unhappy experience of Saskatchewan's government so fresh in mind, it would be astonishing if any national gov- ernment in Canada undertook to force all doctors into its serv- ice. It seems almost ag unlikely that the federal legislation, when it finally emerges, will attempt to deny to individuals their right to go to doctors: in private practice and pay. part of their bill with standard medi- care benefits which their taxes bave earned under the national plan, --Vancouver Sun ' BIBLE ". ., this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven.'" Acts 1:11. Just because Jesus has beeh gone a long time is no sign that He will not return. 'Behold He cometh." "They say unto Him, Mas- ter, this woman was taken in adultery . . . Moses in the law said that such should be stoned: ty Wiese sayest thou?" John One of the chief sins of our society is that we still are too willing to condemn rather than convert and to see people stoned rather than saved. 'But he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." 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