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She Osharon Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1965--PAGE 4 Automobile Trade Pact Is Causing Uneasiness It is not surprising to find a cer- tain amount of uneasiness among the automobile workers as to the possible effects on their employ- ment of the automobile free trade pact between Canada and the Unit- ed States. This 'uneasiness is caused by the announcement that the Ford Motor Car Company is laying off 1600 of its employees. The reason given by the company for this cutback in employment is that it is to "enable the plants to be adjusted to changed production requirements under the new Can- ada-U.S. auto tariff plan." While assurance has been given by General Motors of Canada that no layoffs are contemplated here as a result of the new Canada-U.S, pact, it is natural that some fears should exist. It would be logical to expect that the effects of the pact would bear with the same weight on General Motors as they have done on Ford. And with the meth- ods of operation of the free trade An Idealist's Arthur Bottomley, Britain's sec- retary of state for Commonwealth relations has intimated that Com- monwealth prime ministers will be asked to consider establishing a Commonwealth parliamentary as- sembly. This subject will be placed on the agenda for the meet- ing of Commonwealth prime min- isters in London in June. Touching on the possibility that some day the countries of the world might get together in a world government, Mr. Bottomley said: "If the Commonwealth can- not do it, what happens to the rest of the world?" This idea may be something of an idealist's dream, but we cannot conceive of the member' countries of the Commonwealth, at the pres- She Oshawa Zimes T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. ©, ROOKE, General Monoger €. J.. MeCONECHY. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanvilie, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's, Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Dreno, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Ragion, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool! and Newcastle not over SOc per week. By mall in Province of Ontario) carriers delivery areas 12.00 per yeor. Other Pr ond © Ith U.S.A. end foreign 24.00. Countries 15.00, pact still very vague and unfaml- liar, it may take some time before the full impact of it is apparent. One thing which is quite incom- prehensible is the action of the Ca- nadian government in making the pact immediately effective on a uni- lateral basis before it has even been discussed by the United States Congress. Because of the differ- ence in systems of government, the Canadian government was able to do this by order-in-council, while the president of the United States cannot act until legislation has been passed by congress. So we have the incongruous situation of Canada making the agreement effective, before it even knows whether it will be accepted by the United States lawmakers, We are inclined to agree with Mr. Diefenbaker the government has erred in rushing ahead with a scheme which might victimize Ca- nadian automobile workers and prospective car buyers. Dream ent stage in its development, em- bracing the idea of a Common- wealth parliament which might be- come a legislative body. _ Because of the differences in the economic status, the problems, and the ulti- mate objectives of the 21 countries now within the Commonwealth, it would be very difficult, if not im- possible to reconcile these differ- ences and retain harmony and goodwill in a legislative body. It is at present difficult to do it in a con- sultative body like the prime min- isters' conference, Only four of the 21 countries now in the Commonwealth can be said to self-supporting and not in need of aid from Britain and the other partners. These four are Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. They are carry- ing the burden of Commonwealth aid to the less developed countries, mostly in Africa and Asia. In a Commonwealth parliamen- tary assembly, if representatives were to be on the same basis as in the United Nations, the younger countries would be in the majority by 17 to 4, and that might put the four minority countries, which sup- ply the aid to the others, in an un- desirable position. In view of Canada's previous op- position to a Commonwealth secre- tariat, which has now become an accomplished fact, we very much doubt if the government of this country would be favorably dis- posed to Mr. Bottomley's propo- sals. RE ADERS TAKES CARE OF AGED Hillsdale Manor Chief Says They Need Hobbies WRITE... U.S. POLICY ATTACKED The Editor, The Oshawa Times, Dear Sir, There has always been a prob- lem in the English language about the misuse of certain words such as liberty, demo- cracy and freedom. For ex- ample this would séem to be the case in a reference in last Thursday's Musings to the Unit- ed States being the defender of freedom in the world today, If freedom means the refusal in South Vietnam to allow elec- tions which were due under the Indo-China truce agreement or the establishment of friendly puppet governments by a ser- ies of farcicial coups then I suppose the writer is justified in what he says. Or if freedom means the denial of the right to vote be- cause of the color of your skin or the persecution of people for the color of their political opin- jon then United States is free, And if it is necessary to defend freedom by attacking countries, by burning their citizens with napalm, by destroying crops with chemicals, by killing school children, then United States is defending freedom. What the United States is do- ing, in essence, in Vietnam and other parts of the world, is tell- ing the people that they're going to make them "'free" whether they like it or not even if they have to occupy the whole coun- try to do it. You'll be free even if it kills you. If the people don't go for that brand of free- dom it's too bad. The United States is protecting Asia from being taken over by the Asians. Yours truly, JAMES CORSE, 67 First Avenue, Oshawa, MAC'S MUSINGS April, the showery month, Has come to an end; and Most people will be glad To see its departure, Because it has brought A prolongation of winter And very little weather Appropriate to spring. But we all look forward Hopefully to May which Comes in tomorrow, and Which we can expect to Bring a weather change In keeping with what can Be regarded as normal At this time of year. We have been impressed By the unanimity with Which people have voiced Their displeasure at the Long-drawn-out winter Season to which we have Been subjected this year, But we look forward to Better days next month, to Signalize work in gardens, Visits to the cottage to Open it for the summer, The start of seasonable Outdoor recreation which Has long been delayed By the lengthy spell Of this year's winter. BIBLE "'No man can serve two Mas- ters: for either he will hate the one, and love the' other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Luke 16:13. Who is your Master? It makes all the difference in the world and in eternity. "Then I saw that wisdom ex- celleth folly, as far as light ex- celleth darkness." Ecclesiastes 2:13. Even brilliant people are not always wise. "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of the Lord who giveth liberally to every man..." By ALAN BAILEY If William Douglas Johns owned a factory he would only hire handicapped and older men, Mr: Johns, who has _ been superintendent of Hillsdale Manor, Oshawa's home for the aged, since it opened in 1960, is convinced older and handi- capped men are more reliable and stablized to the point where they take pride in their work and are useful and productive members of the working force. This is not just an overnight whim>\Mr. Johns has felt this way since the Second World War when he was_ signals superintendent in charge of com- munication from divisional to brigade dquarters with the rank of regimental sergeant- major. Here, he was in charge of a number of men in their late 40's and 50's -- over the normal fighting age -- but retained on lines of communications duties -- and was "always impressed by their reliabilities." CHRISTMAS DAY BAY Mr. Johns was born on Christmas Day, 1921, in Corn- wall, England, and came to Canada with his parents when he was a year old. The family settled first in Winnipeg, re- maining there two years, then coming to the Rouge Hill area and four years later to the vil- lage of Pickering, where Mr. Johns lived until six years ago when he came to Oshawa. He attended public school in Pickering and high school in Whitby and began an extension course at Queen's University in English. This course was mar- red by the outbreak of the Sec- ond World War. Mr, Johns enlisted in the First Canadian Divisional Sig- nals Corps and went overseas with an advanced party of the First Division, landing ix Eng- land, Dec. 17, 1939. It seems funny to him now, but it was no laughing matter at the time when he spent his 17th birthday on kitchen duty taking the stems off six barrles of brussels sprouts. INJURED IN ACTION He was injured in action in 1941 and had to have his ankle nailed together with silver pins. He spent six months in the 15th Canadian General Hospital in Bramshott, Surrey. Mr. Johns married his wife, Lorna, in England, and: when he was discharged on June 18, 1945, they returned to Picker- ing. They have six children, ranging in age from five to 22-- Mrs. James Smith (Yvonne); Adrienne, 17; Ian, 15; Garth, 10 ;Mariam, 7; and Wyatt The Johns live at 454 Jane ave. in the Rosslyn Heights subdivision and the children, with exception of their mar- ried daughter, attend McLaugh- lin Collegiate and Adelaide Mc- Laughlin public school, After his return from the war, Mr. Johns went to work for Imperial Oil, then for the Hydro Electric Power Commission as a carpenter, was a construction foreman for Ward-McKee Engi- neering during demolition of munitions buildings in Ajax and then in 1947, went to work for the National Employment Servy- ice in Oshawa. He began as a grade two clerk at the NES, earning $29 a week and through various ranks of promotion, became a grade two employment and claims officer handling special placements. He left the NES in 1955 to join the London Life Insur- ance Company in estate plan- ning for the next four years. On Feb. 1, 1959, he was appointed deputy administrator of wel- fare for the city of Oshawa. Exactly a year later, Mr. Johns was named superinten- GOOD EVENING By Jack Gearin Political Activity Warming Up In Oshawa Is a Federal election im- minent? Perhaps not, but political ac- tivity around the Hotel Genosha last Friday night was brisk. Two of the biggest names in Federal politics, who don't vote the same ticket, attended sep- arate meetings -- unknown to each other -- on the 'second floor, about the same time. Keith Davey, national organ- izer for the Liberal Party in Canada, held court in the Cor- vair Room at a hush-hush meet- ing for top brass of the Ontario Riding Federal Liberal Associa- tion. Around the corner in Room 297, not more than 50 feet away, "Mike" Starr attended a three- hour session with several execu- tives of the Ontario Riding Fed- eral Progressive Conservative Association, The purpose of each meet? -- 'to map strategy for the next Federal election. campaign in this riding. There wasn't an NDP execu- tive in sight. WHITHER MR. KELLY? "Mike" Starr, like any good pro, knows how to roll with the for allegedly taking over Mr, partner of Foster Hewitt, the punches, But some Liberal VIP's are rough on him, especially when visiting his own bailliewick of Ontario Federal riding. It was thus in the 1963 Fed- eral campaign when Judy La- Marsh visited Whitby ("Mike's a.real nice guy," she wailed, "but the woods are full of 'em."'). It was thus here last Sunday night at a meeting of the Young Liberals for Ontario Riding As- sociation. '* 'Mike' may be a 'nice guy', but as a front bencher in oppo- sition he is weak,"' said Dr. Pauline Jewett, the erudite MP from Northumberland in an elaboration of the same theme. The age of chivalry has not passed, so what does Mr. Starr do (somewhat with the fore- bearance of a much-maligned husband)? He pretty well ig- nores these pointed verbal thrusts from the Liberals' Dis- taff Side, if not from the male. Let someone like Dr: Mark Mac- Guigan, the Toronto Law pro- fessor, speak out thus (the good doctor dubbed the Ontario rid- ing MP "'a cynical opportunist" Balcer's seat) and Mr. Starr is quick to retaliate with fury and fact. The. latest anti-Starr tirade locally was going on about the time he was enjoying his finest hour politically, when he was being officially recognized as the new House leader of the Opposition. To get back to Dr. Jewett's Hotel Genosha speech -- there were two predominant themes in it as follows: 1.."Mike"' Starr can be beaten and now is the time to make sure that he doesn't return to Ottawa. 2. A Federal election could be called quickly if Opposition Leader John . Diefenbaker "drags out" debate on govern- ment committee and procedural reforms. Identical opinions as the above were expressed at the executive meeting of the Ontario Riding Federal Liberal Association in the same hotel last Friday night by Keith Davey. The mild-mannered, 39-year- old Davey (a former business radio station owner-announcer) didn't drop any political homb- shells, as some had anticipated. He did a lot of listening in the three-hour session, but he emphasized one other point-- the selection of a candidate will be the exclusive responsibility of the riding association and the national party headquarters will not interfere in any way. The Davey meet did nothing to settle one burning question: Will Terence V. Kelly be the party's next candidate? Ron Sproule, president of the ORFLA, said later Mr. Kelly was "definitely interested" (as were Dr. Claude Vipond, Nor- man Cafik and John Lay). Mr. Kelly would dearly love the job, and the party would love to have him, but the prospect looks bleak -- for one thing im- minent, he is scheduled to direct the $150,000 fund drive for the Centennial swimming pool. All of these problems will. be resolved at the candidacy con- vention tentatively scheduled for May 28 -- politics is a came of the unexpected, but don't be sur~ prised if the Liberals have to go without Mr. K. dent of Hillsdale Manor in charge of staff and 200 resi- dents. In two weeks, the new $500,000 addition will be ready for lower-floor occupancy and when fully completed in two months, will bring the resident capacity to 301 persons. It is Mr. Johns' opinion that many people retire from their jobs too suddenly. He suggests that employers should retire employees grad- ually -- such as a_ four-day work week for persons 61 years THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK old; three days at age 62; two days at 63; one day at 64, so that when they are ready to re- tire at 65 it will not be a shock to their system. NEED INTERESTS "A man should develop an- other interest,' he said, 'so that as more time comes to him off the job, the more time he devotes to a hobby or an- other interest. "Too often people retire from work and from life -- this is YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO April 30, 1945 T. A. Garton of Garton Coach Lines planned to inaugurate an hourly service for residents of the Harmony district. Bell Telephone employees who reached the 8th Victory Loan objective on the first day were presented with the "V'"' Pennant by Dr. W. H. Gifford, chair- man of Ontario County War Finance Committee. William Smith, head of the Whitby Fire Department for 50 years prior to his retirement, celebrated his 93rd birthday. 35 YEARS AGO April 30, 1930 Dr. T. E. Kaiser, MP, was nominated Conservative candi- date for Ontario Riding in the forthcoming federal election. Col, Frank Chappell was ap- pointed manager of the Osh- awa plant of General Motors of Canada, George W. Allen, Toronto in- dustrial survey engineer, was engaged by the Public Utilities Commission to make a survey of the Oshawa gas situation. WILLIAM DOUGLAS JOHNS where they make the mistake-- they quit flat, not only from work, but from life too and their metabolism will not stand such a drastic shock. "This results many times in -Serious physical or mental breakdowns or possible death caused by the fact that be- cause his employer has_ re- tired him, he thinks his useful- ness to society and himself is at an end -- but this isn't so." RADIO HAM When Mr. Johns was 18 years old he skipped a_ high school Latin class to hitch-hike to Toronto to write his ham radio operator's test at the de- partment of transport, He pass- ed the examination and re- ceived the call letters VE3APW. He built his first crystal set at a cost of 80 cents. Also, when time away from the office affords it, he enjoys gardening, fishing and cottag- ing. The Johns have a cottage on Balsam. Lake, about 60 miles north of the city. In the past, Mr. Johns has entertained such guests at Hills- dale Manor as Hon. Louis P, Cecile, Ontario welfare minis- ter; Hon. Dr. Matthew Dymond, provincial health minister; former federal labor minister, Hon. Michael Starr; as well as countless numbers of controllers, aldermen and or- ganizations from other munici- palities who came to examine the operation. TIMES HAVE CHANGED MONTREAL (CP) -- Things have changed a lot in her time, says Mrs. Alma Stanley, at 94 the oldest graduate of the Royal Victoria Hospital's nursing school. Mrs. Stanley sald she worked 'a 19-hour day for $2.50 when she became a_ private nurse after graduation in 1898. WHOSE ARMY, (Guelph Mercury) Those narrow-minded selfish characters now growling over their income tax returns need to lift their eyes and grasp the vision of what Canada is doing with their money. They will be proud and cheer- ed to no end to learn that $15 million of Canadian taxes is go- ing into a five-year army build- up in Tanzania. We are setting up a military academy there and laying out a training pro- gram. Some Canadian military specialists are already on the scene and others are being flown out. The strategic importance of TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 30, 1965... Adolf Hitler committed suicide in an underground headquarters in Berlin 20 years ago today--in 1945-- with his companion Eva Braun, whom he had mar- ried the day before. Their bodies were burned, though Russian troops claimed some weeks later to have found identifiable remains, Hitler's '1,000 year Reich" lasted 12 years, half of them at war. About 15,000,000 soldiers died in the Second World War, and the number of civilians bombed, gassed, or starved to death is not known, 1623--Francois de Laval, first bishop of Canada, was born 1909 -- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was born, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- German aircraft bombed two small cities in eastern England, burning some houses; Russian troops captured Laubnia, dominating the Austrians' railway through the Uszak Pass. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- hostility to- wards Prime Minister Chamberlain grew in the British Parliament as the Norway campaign wavered; the Canadian government requisitioned nearly all for- eign exchange held by Ca- nadians; the president of the Carnegie Institute of- fered a reward of $1,000,000 for delivering Hitler, "alive, unwounded, and unhurt," to the League of Nations. OTTAWA REPORT Liberals Divided -- On Election Date OTTAWA--At a huge secret gathering of Liberal campaign- ers, their most advantageous date for calling a general elec- tion was hotly debated, From Friday, April 2 to Mon- day, April 5, the campaign managers from most of Can- ada's 263 constituencies, as well as MPs and party organizers, met at the Constellation Motel near Toronto airport. The pur- e of this mammoth gather- ing was to update the audience on current issues, and to brief them on the slickest method of promoting their candidates in the eyes of the electors, Con- cise talks were given by MPs and organizers experienced in the various facets of running an election campaign. But behind this facade of con- ference - classroom, a_ bitter strategy battle was waged. The Liberal MPs and other repre- sentatives from Quebec, and the party's hired organizers-- the Madison Avenue boys who peddle the politicians--fought a determined last-ditch battle to force a June election. Private polls were hotly debated. GAINS EXCEED LOSSES These show the Liberals will not win an over-all majority, but suggest substantial gains in Quebec, and a_ breakthrough into the now solid Diefenland on the Prairies. These gains would slightly more than offset expected losses in Ontario, B.C. and the Maritimes, so that total Liberal strength in the House of Commons would rise slightly from the present 129 MPs to about 132--still short of the ma- gic figure of 134 needed for vot- ing control of the House, Polls indicate the Liberals would win 73 of the 75 seats in Quebec. Adding to these the seats in northern New Bruns- wick and eastern Ontario, which are predominantly French-Ca- QUEEN'S PARK New Milk Industry Act Is Predicted By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO -- The government fs going to tackle the milk ques- tion at this session. It had been thought it might hold off on any action on the report of. the milk industry in- quiry committee for a year. But Agriculture Minister W. A. Stewart has given assur- ances to farm groups that he will be bringing in a new Milk Industry Act. Just what this will cover isn't known. But it's under- stood it won't go nearly as far as the inquiry committee pro- posed. It, of course, suggested & massive new plan under which all milk would be administered through a central agency. Officials here have said, off the record, that this plan is just too big; that it would be almost impossible to administer and could lead to chaos--to an even more mixed-up industry than there is at present, It is felt that the first aim of the government may be to try and get more stability for producers, There have been some in- stances recently where dairies have changed hands. And pro- ducers supplying the one bought out have found themselves sud- denly cut off from most of their rket. There also is the possibility AND WHERE? Tanzania in world perspective is, of course, fully known to every Canadian, It is just im- possible to over-emphasize it. Every taxpayer will be familiar with Tanzania's problems. Some may even know where it is. Nor is our help necessarily to be limited to that piffling $15 million, Prodded by kindly Brit- ain and the good old U.S., we are being offered the oppor- tunity to train and equip Tan- zania's air force. For some rea- son, Ottawa is dragging its feet on this, and it cannot be the cost, which {s a trifling $12 mil- lon. And now, with pride restored and patriotism recharged, back to that personalized short form and T-4 slips. nadian, the Liberal party of 132 MPs would include perhaps 83 Quebec MPs or other French- Canadians. : This prospect is viewed with alarm by some top Liberals, in- cluding Prime ister Pear- son himself. They protest that, fo have a government so en- tirely dominated by Quebec and quasi - Quebec interests would cause a justifiable backlash from the rest of Canada, The result: The Liberal party would be thrashed in the next gen- eral election and -would be eliminated as a major force in politics for at least 20 years. j Apart from these sweeping gains in Quebec, which sug- gest--against my own opinion --that the Caouettists would be virtually eliminated, private polls taken for the Liberal party indicate that they would break into the Prairies, win- ning for example two Edmon- ton seats as well as Assiniboia and Athabaska from the Con- servatives, IGNORE CANADA Polls in Ontario, B.C. and the Maritimes are less rosy for the Liberals, They suggest that the New Democrats would make some gains in urban communi- ties; the Social Credit would make a few in the West; and the Conservatives would pick up in rural Ontario and in the Maritimes a fraction of what they would lose elsewhere. The outcome of the Constella- tion conference was something' of a saw-off. June was virtually dismissed, But October was ten- tatively agreed to as the date for the federal election. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Pearson will make a much-pub- licized speech telling Quebec to fall into step with the rest of Canada--an attempt to mollify the backlash in the other nine provinces, some action might be taken against the bulk suppliers whe sell in jugs and have been un- der-cutting the retail price, NO SOLUTION Generally speaking, however, there is the suspicion that a solution still won't be forthcom- ing for the problems of the in- dustry, Actually the committee's re- port did give some promise of this, It presented a plan which un- questionably was complex but which did hold out some hope of getting the industry rational- ized and stabilized. However there was a lot of unrest about the report. Also it called not only for a radical re- organization but also a big ex penditure of government funds. And so it apparently is being shelved. Lacking it, it will be both in- teresting and important to see what Mr. Stewart actually comes up with, For the industry represents Probably the biggest current problem in agriculture, FRUIT HIT In the meantime fruit and vegetable growers might suffer some reverses this year through the very inclement spring. It is said there's a chance now that their first crops will be se delayed that they might lose much of thetr early market te U.S. growers. The growing season in south- ern Ontario has been the latest in years, ACTION! ACTION! ACTION! More Houses Are Sold Daily Through mals: MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE Consult @ member of the OSHAWA & DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOARD HOME OF THE FAMOUS " yoyager | tapventions & Bettie WENRY HUDSON HOTEL 353 West 57th St., New York City 56100 JOSEPH A. STINGO, General Manager neem be Address.