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By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presi- dent Johnson and German Ch@ecellor Ludwig Erhard, hay- ing *agreed between them-| selves, face a difficult task in| trying to persuade »ther key NATO allies that West Ger- many be given an 'appropriate part" in the nuclear defence of | Western Europe. Other nations which might participate with West Germany and the United States in a NATO nuclear force, notably Britain, Italy and The Nether- lands, have displayed either re- Juctance or uncertainty in the past. There is no assurance now that they are prepared to do anything more than to con- tinue to talk anxiously about the problem as they have for the last five years. | The nuclear issue dominated! two leaders affirmed "the de-| terminatiow# of both govern-| ments to maintain and a strengthen the alliance and its political and military institu-| tions." | This is precisely what de! Gaulle does not wish to do. He has not yet spelled out his pro- posals for changing the allied defence system in Europe. FAVORS CHANGES But he has convinced other| allied leaders that he favors a) much looser system and has) made clear his opposition to po-| litical and mili@iy proposals for increasing integration within) the Atlantic Alliance. Specific- ally, he has opposed any ar- rangement which would give, West Germany a voice in nu- clear weapons control. If Johnson and Erhard agreed the communique with whichjon any specific plan to meet Johnson and Erhard concluded|Germany's desire for nuclear) their two-day conference here | partnership, they covered up Tuesday. But just below the|the fact in their communique. surface lay another problem|All it said was: which threatens crisis in the al-- "They agreed that the Fed- liance next year--the NATO re- eral Republic of Germany and organization demanded by other interested partrers in the French President de Gaulle. alliance should have an appro-| From the Johnson - Erhard priate part in nuclear defence." | statement it appears that the' Jt was understood that this' battle lines are being drawn for;was about. all Erhard wanted) a showdown with de Gaulle if| said publicly on this subject at} he moves, as expected, to force this time. It keeps the United the issue. States committed to a nuclear | The result of such a de Gaulle /role for Germany, but it leaves} move could be either a radical| open questions of form and tim- overhaul df NATO or French ing. withdrawal from it. De Gaulle' [In this respect, the results of said last December that he was the conference are reported to| determined to end French sub-|refject a desire on the part' of ordination to the United States| Johnson and Erhard--as was in the integrated NATO military|true last week when Johnson system which is commanded by! met with British Prime Minis- a U.S. general. jter Wilson--to avoid any ap- The Johnson-Erhard commu-!pearance of trying to gang up nique made no direct reference on other allied governments to to de Gaulle but said that the|tell them what they were ex-| -|pected to do. Student Trip sso ste" Will Take I China, Hanoi clear force. Reliable informants said Erhard told Johnson that TORONTO (CP)--The Cana- dian Union of Students-is offer- he favors a force composed of submarines armed with Polaris nuclear-tipped missiles to be provided by Britain and the 'United States. WOULD HELP PAY ing college students and recent : f quaduates a free, three-month| Marines and thus become part trip to Southeast Asia--includ-|OW?er of the force. As part ing North Viet Nam and Com- owner, Germany would partici- sauniat China. pate in the top command or- A CUS spokesman said today ganization and thus gain a voice the way has been cleared with '" strategic planning. But it all the Communist governments, ¥OU!d not provide crews to man sisntt the subs and thus would not involved. The organization al- hey fi th } ready has five applicants for, "2Ve ® 'inger on the nuclear : trigger."' trip and ers are ex- soleil | pected. The German interest in nu- clear subs without German par- Figo Pro Bg all-expense- ticipation in the crews--which Flying from Canada to South would continue to be British and American --marks a retreat ee -- next month for a $0-\tom an earlier U.S.-sponsored Visiting neighboring Cambo- plan wg a ee i belagie ships 1 ; armed with nuclear missiles dia, Thailand, Laos and then en- and manned by mixed crews. tering North Viet Nam. : That U.S.-backed multi-lateral FLY TO PEKING force (MLF) appears now to After 20 days, flying to Pe- have been finally and com- king for a 10 day stay before'pletely shelved in favor of what} moving on to Hong Kong for a was originally a British propo- return to Canada by air. sal for an allied nuclear force "There seems to be no diffi-;\composed of U.S. and British culty pith red tape," said Pat-|submarines with the Unite rick Kenniff, president of the|States having a veto over use national student group. "We're | of the nuclear weapons in the in touch with contacts setting/force. A veto for the Buropean | up the actual schedule." allies who participate in the} The $3,000 CUS estimates will|project also has been consid- be-needed-forthe--exeursion_is/ered. being financed by contributions}; Whether the new approach from campuses and outside| will draw any less opposition groups and by arrangements|from the Soviet Union than the being made to sell afticles writ-| discarded MLF plan is question- ten about the journey, a spokes-/ able. The Soviets have taken man said. the position that all such proj- | The applicants must be Ca-/ects are simply devices to put nadian students or have been ajnuclear weapons into German student within the last five|hands. years Those accepted must agree to speak to 'university! groups for one month and be able to speak and read French! --the most widely used foreign language in the areas to be toured. IT WAS PRETTY WHEN IT WENT TURIN, Italy (AP)--Gio- vanni Gentile, 29, was given a 10-month suspended sen- tence Tuesday for shearing hi&wife's hair with an elec- tric razor, He told the court he did it because his wife, Beatrice, 22, spent part of his $32 monthly unemploy- ment allowance at the hair- dresser. RETAILERS TO AGAIN! SEE "TIMES" CADILLAC HOTEL || FRIDAY OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE Closed Friday at 6 P.M. Open Monday (Boxing Day) 'til 6 P.M. | TAKING FUN OUT OF VIET CONG'S LIFE A U.S. paratrooper of the 1Mist Airborne Brigade puts a torch to a Viet Cong Re- creation centre in the jungle some 35 miles northwest of | and ammunition in the | tory were destroyed i | huge blast that shook | ground for miles around. (AP) Saigon. The centre was empty and nearby ammuni- tion factory abandoned when the 10ist found it. Over. 6,000 pounds of explosives OTTAWA (CP) -- Biogra- Artifacts Of Mechanic Age TORONTO (CP)--A_ private) collection of technological -mu- ; seum pieces ranging from hand-|tary to Mr. made farm implements to loco-| wrote a biography motives has been acquired by| Mackenzie, Canada's second the Centennial Centre of Science! prime and Technology. James A. C. Auld, Ontario's minister of tourism and infor mation, said today the collec-|t9 Mrs, Hilda K. Grant of Klein-| tion, known as the Matthews) purg, Ont., collection, was assembled by building - mover Charles ' Mat-| thews and his sons, Charles H. and Roger, all of Langstaff, Ont., 15 miles north of Toronto. The purchase price of the col- lection was not disclosed, but Mr. Auld said it compared fa- vorably with an independent ex- pert's assessment of the value of the artifacts it contains Among the thousands of items included in the collection are steam traction engines, ploughs, hearses, locomotives, tread- milis for dogs and horses, gas- oil and steam tractors; wagons; streetcars, pea_ harvesters, lathes, hoists, buggies and culti valors. The centre, scheduled to open in 1967, is Ontario's official project commemorating ada's centennial. It will be lo- 67 Commission Part Pays | 2 Canadians' Biographies Can- | OMB Pushes Elliot Lake As Township TORONTO (CP) -- The On- tario Municipal Board has an- nounced its recommendation that Elliot Lake, now classed an improvement district, be- come a township effective 1966 The board decision notes that one - third of the houses and one-half of the apartments in Elliot Lake, whose population is over 6,500, are vacant. "Rents tend to be at uneco- nomic levels and taxes on prop- erties of non-occupying owners tend to be more onerous than they would be in most munici- palities,"' the statement said. The decision, announced} Tuesday, said no improvement) in Elliot Lake's financial situa-| tion is likely until more mines| are returned to production "and On Syracuse Bank Heist - CHICAGO (AP) -- Brink's, Inc., 'Tuesday filed damage suits totalling more than $7,- 000,000 in connection with the cannon blasting of a vault in Syracuse, N.Y., in October. Loot valued at $400,000 in cash, cheques and _ securities was taken. Jack Frank, 33, of Freeport, N.Y., and his nephew Joel Singer, 23, of Chomedey, Que., have been arrested on charges of inter-state transpor- tation of stolen property in con- nection with the. robbery. The U.S. district court suit here was brought against the American District Telegraph Corp., a burglar alarm equip- ment company which Brink's said made false statements in entering a contract Aug. 6, 1962 to provide burglar alarm pro- --| delayed until 1966 to avoid com- there does not appear to be any prospect of this in the im- mediate future." gies q The board said. that. despite Brink's asked for $3,060,000 in economic difficulties, it would| Compensatory damages and $3,- be unfair to deprive the people | 000,000 in punitive damages, | tection for Brink's vaults in 22 statements about alarm services. The system failed, Brink's al- leged, in Syracuse Oct. 25 when thieves used armor - piercing shells to blast a way into a foot- thick vault. Brink's vaults in 22 states are similarly vulnerable to looting, the armored express firm de- clared in its 50-count suit. Brink's provides money and valuables protection service in 3,500 U.S. cities. In Alexandria, Va., Brink's sued a gun dealer for more its burglar than $1,000,000 for having sold the anti-tank cannon allegedly used in the Syracuse robbery. The U.S. district court suit alleged that Potomac Arms Corp. of Alexandria knowingly sold the cannon to a man giving a false riame and address "with complete disregard to the safety: of the property of others" including Brink's. The shipment was sent to Plattsburgh, N.Y., in May afd the weapon was stolen. from an express office, unguarded at night. : fee of the privileges of local govern-| and for a jury trial, ment. a wii _, ALARM FAILED The growth of Elliot Lake thie suit decid that 46 ob: soared several years ago after tain th at & r Di discovery. of wranium in. the) '@" 'he contract American Dis: area but the boom has been receding recently because of a drop in demand for the metal. The board said that if Elliot! Lake becomes a township it will continue as a mining munici- pality, and "it would have to have its budget approved by the department of municipal af- fairs and it would therefore ap- pear to remain a matter of gov- ernmental policy as to the amount of deficit the govern- ment would be prepared to fi- nance,"" The board's formal order was POOL TABLES IMMEDIATE DELIVERY All sizes, mode in Oshewe. Time Payments Available. MAJOR POOL 725-9151 plications involving schools. by the centennial commission) life and times of Samuel Cunard phies of two famous Canadians | under its publications assistance of Halifax, founder of the Cun- Germany would help to pay are included on the list of liter-/program, the commission an- ard Steam-Ship Co. Mrs. Grant the purchase price of the sub- ary works to be partly financed/ nounced Tuesday. won the Stephen Leacock Award A professor of political sci-| in 1951 for her first novel, The ence at the University of Mont-| Salt Box, real, Dale €, Thompson, will re-) The Rev. H. W. McKerville ceive $5,000 to write a-biogra-| will write a history of fishing phy of the Rt. Hon. Louis St./on the British Columbia coast Laurent, former prime minister| with the aid of $2,500 from the of Canada. commission, Mr, McKerville is Mr. Thompson, former secre-| the author of a biography of Dr. St. Laurent, also|G- E. Darby, famed British Co- of Alexander|!umbia missionary doctor. Murray D. Edwards is being minister. He has won|granted $2,000 to examine the three awards since its publica-|theatre in Eastern Canada. Al tion in 1960. | Canadian, Mr. Edwards is asso- A $5,000 grant is being made|ciate professor of speech and theatre at Hamilton College, for a book on the'Clinton, N.Y. 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