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by Kin T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1965 -- PAGE 4 _ Civic Square Proposal To Test Mettle Of Council A cursory comment on city con- sideration of the construction of a civic square complex might be that council is endeavoring to weaken the attack of critics by widening their range. The latest million- dollar proposal would seem certain to draw the fire of many of those who have been opposing the expen- diture on the controversial express- way. However no such devious design is likely. If there is a link between the two sizeable projects it is that they both indicate that Oshawa has progressed far beyond the quiet and comfortable county community days. The Motor City has become a Big City requiring "big think- ing" by those who administer its affairs -- and those who live here. The need becomes increasingly apparent daily for expanded quar- ters to accommodate civic offices. Recognition by council came last April when $1 million was included in the budget for new administra- tion buildings. The plan presented to council by the architécts this week: will cost an estimated $700,- 000 more than that, yet this figure is considerably Jess than the $2.8 million first suggested by the arch- itects. And this really represents the nub of the problem for council members whatever the plan they finally accept. As was shown in Toronto's woes in keeping within preliminary price ranges in construtcing a city hall, so Oshawa can be plagued with sim- ilar problems, Aldermen will be walking a narrow road. On the one hand they'll be expected to keep costs within range today; and on the other, to provide accommodat- tion that will be adequate for a good number of years. Whatever the cost may be today it is likely to be much less than that for the game space 10 years from now. A great deal is asked of our elected representatives as they un- dertake consideration of this major project. They'll be expected to be far-sighted in providing for future expansion and realistic in keeping tabs on current costs. They'll be asked to be careful -- such comment as that by one alder- man that he "guessed" at a figure of $1 million as a building budget item makes disconcerting reading for taxpayers. And they'll be ex- pected to keep their fellow citizens fully informed of the steps they take. That the expansion is needed can- not be questioned. It is the manner in which council moves to provide it that the mayor and aldermen can prove their mettle. Prancer Gone -- Never! 'In an automobile-oriented city such as this all manner of transpor- tation problem has interest. A most critical one, particularly at this sea- son of the, year, has arisen. A shortage of reindeer is reported ! For the nomadic Lapps roaming northern Sweden it is a serious sit- uation. They are turning to regu- lar jobs: because reindeer losses have hit them financially, They are turning in their traditional padded She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, Generali Manager C, J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combini The Oshawa Times established 187!) and the hitby Gozette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory helideys excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish erm Association. The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associction. The Conadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of ell news despatched in the paper credited to ft or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the tocal mews published therein. All rights of special des patches are also reserved. Gffices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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One source presumes that their decreased speed of pro- creation may be due to a logical lethargy toward decorating play- room walls or being turned into mukluks, Now if Santa runs any risk what- soever of being caught short Christ- mas Eve it goes withouf saying that the good offices of General Motors would provide the trucks, station wagons or whatever St. Nick may fancy to get him over the hump. Yet, as the Star Phoe- nix has noted Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Blitzen are too much a part of our Christmas mythology to ever vanish completely. Christ- mas without reindeer would be a Christmas without stockings or trees or colored lights. Christmas is only a few short weeks away. Decorations are al- ready appearing and windows are sporting displays of holly and tin- sel, Carols are taking over the ra- dio schedules. Commercial as it has come to be, Christmas -- and rein- deer -- become more precious as the pressures of life increase. ME ? ? ? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? taal CIVIL SERVANTS BACKED BY MOST ON STRIKE RIGHTS By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Public sympathy is pith civil service employees- in their drive to have the right to strike. More than half the population (54 per cent) feel the right to strike should not be denied civil servants and a third of the people (38 per cent) say that strikes should be forbidden by law in the civil service. More farmers (40 per cent) than in any other occupa- tional group are loath to give vants. But even in this group, strike rights to civil ser- 48 per cent would not forbid strikes among government employees. Not unexpectedly, the working man (six-in-ten) shows strongest approval for aliowing civil servants the right to trike. The question: strikes "Do you think by Civil Service employees such as office workers, postal workers, customs men, etc., should or should not be forbidden by law?" OCA isi vacenc cess cevtene . Professional and Executive . Clerical and White Collar . Labor Farmers ..++0. Yes No, not No forbidden forbidden opinion 33%, 54%, 13% 35 54 11 34 57 9 27 61 12 40 48 12 Russ Considers Train Trip As Ultimate In Relaxation - MOSCOW (CP)- For the typi- cal Russiat.a long - distance train trip is the ultimate in re- laxation. You can see it in the way the passengers prepare for the long journey as their train pulls away from the station for dis- tant parts. Out come the pyjamas, in which many of the men spend the better part of their travel time, both sleeping and wak- ing. Others put on a loose-fit- ting two - piece blue outfit-- something like the track suit the runners wear when warm- ing up. A good percentage of girls and women get into slacks, something you seldom see on the streets of Moscow. It was like that aboard train No. 6 when it left Moscow for a five-day, 3,700-mile regulaily scheduled journey to Mongolia. From the moment the trip into the Asiatic land mass began, the atmosphere on No. 6 was one of determined: relax ation. With the pyjamas and other lounging outfits, chessboards and checkerboards made their appearance. Some distance out from Moscow, an accordion's strains began issuing from one big big of the compartments, accompa- nied by sweetly mellow Russian folk songs sung by a group of young: men. As in Canada, railroads form an integral part of the fabric of national life in the Soviet Union, They are the principal means of communication across vast expanses of empty or _ near- empty hinterland. Without them it is diffieult to see how Russia's far - flung realm could: be held together. The railroad helps to give travelling Russians a feel of their incredibly immense home- land. One of their favorite habits is to stand at the win- dow, mile after mile, watching the fields and forests roll by. Otherwise they mostly just sit and relax, or lie down: and re- lax--and enjoy the ride. On board the Mongolia-bound train was a varied collection of individuals, including Soviet Army officers, a construction engineer returning to Irkutsk following a stay at a rest sana- torium near Moscow, a handful of Mongolians returning to their homeland, and a Soviet tech- nician returning to his foreign aid post in Mongolia following holidays with his family in Mos- cow. vena QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT... ... VALUABLE ACQUISITION Balcer, A Provincial Liberal, Almost This is a selection of edi- torials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada . Trois-Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste --We remain skeptical about the defials of Leon Balcer that he will enter pro- vincial politics under the Liberal banner. Nothing prevents us from retaining the cOnviction that he... foresees his entry into the governing party of Que- bec before the next provin- cial election. In effect, he has not categorically denied the possibility, He said he has not made his decision. The former Conservative MP does' not hide a pro- nounced penchant for the provincial Liberal party... . He is already almost involved (in the provincial arena). The government has given him a post that does not exist in any other province--director and co - ordinator of centenary celebrations forthe province. Mr. Balcer has become a pro- vincial civil servant and is in- debted to the " Liberais""Me then attended the annual meeting of the Quebec Lib- eral Federation. . Would he participate in the same fashion if a meeting of the (opposition) Union Nationale was held next week In the opinion of observers ff is clear the former federal transport minister i make | t he militant Liberals, He appar- imself accey ently is succeeding quite well. He already has the support and esteem of members of the cabinet... , The influence Mr. Balcer exerted on the Canadian poli- tical world makes him a valu- able acquisition for the Lib- eral party. ... How would Mr. Balcer be accepted by the Liberals of Trois - Rivieres if he cam- paigned under the Liberal banner That's probably the subject of his present thoughts. Paul + Emile Plouffe (Noy. 26) role by rural the Quebec l'Evenement --The llth annual meeeting of the Quebec Liberal Federation . .. dealt mainly with one of the serious problems of the Qubec economy, that of ag- riculture. The problem ap- peared so crucial that Pre- mier Lesage said state guid- ance would be necessary to transform agriculture. The state guidance could be accomplished in two ways: By--more or less exténded papport of agricultural prod- ucts or by various facilities which would allow agricul- ture to adapt its methods of production and sale of prod- ucts to the requirements of modern technology. . . Price support, in certain cases and for a limited period of time, can be a short-term solution. In the long run this and would be a disservice to-a Fr ing with ada riculture itself (without count ing the increase in product prices Price support is an artificial measure able sectors. Instead these sectors be directed to other types of activities. of the state can be portant--by making easy the movement of a labor force, creating development. governments courage to take these benefi- cial but inevitably unpopular measures : The Liberals cannot bus see the unhappiness of the agri- cultural it is dangerous to allow too great a gap in revenue to de- velop between one class of so- ciety and another. Politically, the provincial Liberal needs the votes of the rural ridings. These are two factors that. can, explain the import- ance the Quebec Liberal Fed- eration attached tural questions. . Quebec Le Soleil--The sign- at Ottawa of an agree- ment on the subject of cul- tural and scientific exchanges France will allow to strengthen with one of our two "mother countries." , aspects The strengthening of cultural scientific ance provinces to cording to the terms of the for the consumer). protecting unprofit- must This is where the im- on centres of But will have the new class. Sociologically party to__agricul- . » (Noy, 23) Can- its links .. There are two to the agreement: links and the right negoliate, ac foining tions with France.-(Nov. 20) agreement, directly with the French government. . ... It would. not for ments to act as though they were sovereign states on the international principle of the exclusive soy- ereignty of the central state the which ment. Within that provinces clude direct scientific agreements with France. Outside of the agree- ment, the acceptance of Ot- iawa is required. That's the least the central government could require. As in all fed- eral states where the. special "states" gotiate eign governments, the formal approval of the central gov- ernment is a necessary pre- requisite. There is here a ba- sic principle of federalism. Because of its language and culture, the take full agreement, That is not to say that provinces which complain of a shortage of French -lan- 'guage teachers will not find aceasion here partially to cor- rect complain. with As iven to way be desirable the provincial govern- level, It is the international protects the level agree- framework the are able to con- cultural and (provinces) can ne- agreements with for- Quebec is certainly province most likely to advantage of -the the English language the lack of which they for al- main- rela Quehec it' will be interested in especially close CANADA'S STORY Biblical Beginning By BOB BOWMAN It was on December 4, 1866 that delegates from, Canada, and the Maritimes met in Lon- don with representatives of the British government to work out the British North American Act, Unless this act were passed by Parliament before May, 1867, there was little chance of Con- federation becoming a reality. There was to be an election in Nova Scotia in May, and it was likely that Joseph Howe's party would win it. Howe, who had once been in favor of Confeder- ation, was now opposing it bit- terly, partly because he would not play "second fiddle' 'to Charles Tupper who was Pre- mier of Nova Scotia. Premiers Tupper, and. Tilley of New Brunswick, were so concerned about the situation that they went to London in July to urge the British govern- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 4, 1965... Henry Ford's " Oscar iled for kuurope 50 yea ago today --in 1915--as the climax ol. anti - war (and sometimes anti - British agitation in the United States. Aboard were Ford, about 50 min- isters, politicians and busi- nessmen, and more than 50 reporters. The aim of the. voyage was to hold a neu- tral peace conference and halt the First World War, of which the enormous death tolls were already shocking the public. Lacking any spe- cific plan, the mission: had no observable effect, and Ford in fact returned to the United States as soon as the ship reached Norway. 1563 --The Council of Trent's last synod was dis- solved. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 _--Henry Ford's peace mission sailed for Europe; Anglo - French leaders con- ferred at Calais; an Aus- trian flotilla sank two Ital- ian steamships and 19 Mon- tenegrin sailing vessels. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in. 1940--the British Midlands region was bombed at night; the RAF brought down eight Italian aircraft over Albania; Ro- mania expropriated all for- eign - owned oil companies and signed an _ economic agreement with Germany the same day. Dec. 5, 1965 ... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- Austro - German and Bulgarian units crossed the Montenegrin .and Albanian frontiers, in pursuit of the retreating Serbians; the British Mesopotamian expe dition completed its retreat to Kut-el-Amara, Second World War Twenty-five years ago. to- day--in 1940 -- Portsmouth was bombed at night; the Carnarvon Castle, an armed merchantman, was dam- aged in the South Atlantic by a German surface raider; the British Parliament de- feated 341-4 a motion seek- ing statement of British war aims and overtures for peace. POINTED PARAGRAPHS "Law enforcement officials say pipe-smokers are rarely criminals." Of course, they-are; it's difficult to commit a crime while keeping a pipe lit. "peace Men can't hide behind women's skirts these days, In- deed, under present styles many women find it difficult to do so. ment to take action, They were annoyed when the Canadian delegates, led by John A. Mac- donald, delayed their arrival till November. Furthermore Joseph Howe arrived in London to put what brakes he could on the Confederation wheel. However, the Conference did get started in Westminster Hotel on December 4, There were six Canadians including Macdonald, Cartier and Galt, while Nova Scotia and New Brunswick each had five dele- gates. Negotiations dragged on for six weeks, during which time Macdonald set his hotel room on fire and nearly burned to death. He also met an old friend in London and got mar- ried. One of the issues was waht to call the new nation. Mac- donald wanted "the kingdom of Canada" but the British govern- ment did not want to offend the U.S.A. by establishing a 'King- dom" on its border. Premier Tilley read the Bible daily, and came across a verse in the Psalms that solved the prob- lem: "He shall have dominion also from sea unto sea,"' It was agreed that the name should be the "Dominion of Canada." OTHER EVENTS ON DEC, 4: 1753 -- Washington accompanied by. Gist and Half-King ordered Joncaire off Brit- ish territory 1800--David Thompson succeed- ed in crossing Rockies 1837---800 rebels gathered on Yonge Street: Colonel Moodie shot 1838--"'General' Bierce attack- ed Windsor from Detroit 1856--Bonded goods from U.S.A, allowed' to be carried through Canada 1902--Ontario voted 199,000 in favor, 103,000 against Liquor Act snr tMMME RAMEN U.N. Forces Serve In Korea 'Northern Anchor In Asia' By C, 8, CHIN SEOUL (AP) --- The crew-cut American private sat cross- legged on the grassy slope, his Tifle across his knees. Before him, to the north, stretched the empty no man's land of Korea's demilitarized zone. Beyond, fading into row upon row of hills dusted with blue haze, lay North Korea. Behind the private Tay the farmlands and crowded cities of South Korea -- and 50,000 American troops. These troops, says Gen. Dwight Beach, commander of U.S. forces in Korea and the four-nation United Nations com- mand force, "'are the northern anchor in Asia. The southern anchor is Viet Nam, where things are very active." He added, somewhat. wist- fully: '"'Hopefully, the northern anchor remains inactive... ." How inactive the powerful North Korean army remains may. well depend on the num- ber of U.S. troops in South Korea. The South Korean govern- ment recalls that when U.S, forces" began pulling out in 1950, North Korea struck. sud- denly and unexpectedly. With this in mind, the South Korean government asked renewed as- surances that U.S. forces would remain in strength before a Korean combat division was shipped to South Viet Nam. The shield of security for South Korea lies both in the 600,000 - man South Korean Army and the 50,000 U.S, troops, The American forces are scat- tered the length and breadth of the "land of the morning calm." But the bulk of the divisions are deployed over two histori- cal invasion routes into the cap- ital of Seoul: Chorwon Valley and Imjin River. To the northeast of Seoul, stretched along the brown hills overlooking the Imjin River, is the 2nd Infantry Division. One of its big jobs is patrolling the tense, 2%4-mile-wide demilitar- ized zone dividing North and South Korea. Although this area has been quiet since 1953, troops there have been attacked several times by hit-and-run North Ko- rean agents. The action usually is short and bitter:, A grenade thrown into a bunker or the staccato burst of a machine- gun firing on a passing U.S. jeep To the north and east, astride the twisted Chorwon Valley, is the 7th Infantry Division. The division, with a variety of camps and posts _ sprinkled across )Korea, is primarily a secon? line of defence: In its area, Korean troops patrol the demilitarized zone. But close behind it are 7th divi- sion. units, such as those at Camp Kaiser On the other side stands the North Korean ground fotee, es- timated at 330,000 men,: Behind it stand the hordes of China. Will North Korea strike again? If so, will it do it alone? 'STUPID' TO TRY "Personally, I think it would be stupid for them to start on their own at the present time," says Gen, Beach. "They had one taste of starting on their own and got really. clobbered." American officials in Seoul describe the North Korean Army as effective. It is sup- ported by a large paramilitary force of trained civilians. Al- though North Korea produces its own small arms, it depends on the Soviet Union and Red China for more sophisticated weapons. The U.S. 8th Army is equip- ped with Honest John rockets which can be nuclear - armed, plus Nike and Hawk missiles, A greater threat to South Korean forces lies in the North Korean Air Force which in- cludes MiG 21s, 17s and lbs. The best of these can cover all ef South Kerea-in less than 25 minutes from their bases. The U.S. Air Force maintains a squadron of F - 100 Super Sabres and a squadron of F-105 Thunderchiefs in South Korea. The South Korean Air Force re- cently received several F - § Freedom Fighters. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO December 4, 1940 Hon. G. D, Conant, Attorney- General of Ontario, presented the Conant Trophy, emblematic of the club championship, to Skipper Ralph Schofield and Crew Al. Wallace of the Oshawa Yacht Club, Work was started on the 12 buildings, including a fireproof hangar to house 60 planes at No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School at Oshawa Airport 409 YEARS AGO December 4, 1925 Alex W. Bell, head of the traf- fic department of General Motors, was appointed chair- man of Ontario Division of Ca- nadian Industries Traffic League. Angus C, Cameron, for many years part-time fire chief for Oshawa, assumed the duties of permanent fire chief. U.K. PROPAGANDA. LONDON (AP)--The British,, government believes its propa: ganda against cigarette smoke ~ ing, now three years old, is be- ginning to make converts." It claims a trend likely to lead to a steady drop in con- sumption of cigarette tobacco, -- The tobacco industry is skept- {cal, but such a claim by a gov. ernment markedly depend- ent on revenue from tobacco is obviously not made lightly. The government gets three cents in tax every time a Briton buys a cigarette. "We seem to'have made a very definite impact on the na- tion's thinking habits about cig- arettes," said a. spokesman for the health ministry. "We believe we have partly demolished the thought barrier which saw cigarette' smoking as a natural and harmless fune- tion, SALES DIP SLIGHTLY ~~ Britons 'bought 115,200,000,000 cigarettes in 1963, 114,400,00 Britons bought 115,200,000,000 cigarettes in 1963, 114,400,000,- 000 in 1964. Sales of cigars have risen to 590,000,000 last year from 390,- 000,000 in 1962. The ministry sees a shift to filter tips and the growing popu- larity of cigars as strong indi- cations that the public is grow- ing wary in its uses of ciga- rettes. Half the cigarettes sold are filter tips. People seem to regard the filter as some sort of safeguard, although this has never been stated by the to- bacco companies, The tobacco industry admits that British and American offi- cial. reports linking cigarette smoke and cancer have had an affect on cigarette consumption. But, the industry maintains that the major reason for falling sales is the increased cost of smoking due to higher taxa- tion. With four increases in tax since 1960, a pack of 20 cig- rettes now costs 78 cents, 60 of which go to the government, TOBACCO REVENUE UP The ucstoms and excise de: 'partment estimates that reve- nue from tobacco sales this year will reach a, record $2,950,- 000,000. This is 105 times more than similar revenues of 1900 and sufficient to meet total an- nual government expenditure. on education. While it campaigns to de- stroy the cigarette, the govern- ment has Britain's biggest vested interest in its continued existence. The money it is spending on {ts anti-cigarette drive this year is, by comparison, a puny sum ~--$327,000. The program started in a muted way with the aim of es- tablishing non-smoking as the form of behavior for teen-agers. A survey showed that teen: agers were cynical toward the campaign, mainly because their elders were not exhorted te quit smoking cigarettes, So the ministry has gone over to a national poster campaign and taken time on television te persuade adults to stop. SURGEON GIVES WARNING A one-minute TV film which the ministry believes had ag impact showed a surgeon sit ting at his desk and saying: "Most of the patients I see here in hospital with hing can- cer and with bronchitis, and many of those with heart dis- ease, ruined their health by smoking cigarettes. Of course, they didn't know that cigarette smoking was dangerous, but we do know now and it's rather worrying that so many people go on taking this serious risk." Giant posters displayed on billboards through6ut Britain show a pound note--worth $3-- blazing against a black back- ground. The caption reads: "It doesn't pay to smoke. Why risk your health for cigarettes" The government banned TV advertising of cigarettes start- ing last Aug. 1. The ministry spokesman said it is too early to determine whether this has had any affect on consumption. The industry used to spend $16,800,000 a year on TV adver- tising of cigarettes. Part of this money apparently has been di- verted to stepped-up television advertising of cigars, new gift coupon schemes, and on spon- soring sports competitions which' can be used to boost brand names. Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.--Matthey, 22:21. \ Today the law requires that we pay our taxes, but only the true love of Go? will lead us te give to God that which we owe Him. 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