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The Osawa Snes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario _T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Libraries Found Lacking In This Era Of Education In this era of emphasis on educa- tion in Ontario, woeful inadequac- ies, were revealed this week in what has been long considered a very basic branch of learning through- out 'the province. The deficiencies have been found in the Ontario libraries. The study commissioned by the tario Library Association was resented by Education Minister illiam Davis. It revealed one in r Ontario residents is without ibrary service; less than half the municipalities in Ontario have pub- lie libraries; majority of elementary and secondary school libraries are substandard; most university and college libraries do not meet accept- ed undergraduate standards. A chronic shortage of trained librar- ians is reported, Several million dollars are wasted each year by the province's 475 public libraries in duplicating orders. The report prepared by New York library consultant Francis R. St. John left no doubt that public and educational library facilities in the province fall gravely short of what should be minimum require- ments. Mr. St. John recommended that the government legislate the estab- lishment of minimum library standards. He urges that all elemen- tary and secondary schools with en- A Clear-Cut A man whose opinion has long been highly esteemed in our coun- try's affairs believes Canada should have the power to amend jts own constitution. He is Senator Arthur Roebuck and he deprecates "an ap- peal to national pride as a means of destroying the constitution as we know it." Senator Roebuck is a learned man who has devoted much study to Canada's constitutional affairs. 'She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Maneger €. J. MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshewe Times combi The Oshewe Times Seen: 1871) ond the hitby Gazette ond icle estoblished 1863) is published daily Sundoys and Statutory holideys excepted). Members of Canadion Daily Newspoper Publish @ta Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associction. The Canadion Press is exciusively despotched in the paper credited to ft er to The Associcted Press or Reuters, ahd also the tocol patches ore also reserved, Gtfices: "Thomson ~Bullding, 425 boyy abn? f Cathcart & 1, Montreal, P.Q. Piekering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Orono, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool. and Newcastle not over outside corrier delivery areo, $15.00 per yeor, Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, entitied to the use of republication of ail news mews published therein. All rights of special dee Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Liverpoel, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Oc, per week. By mail in Province of Ontario ha ag per year. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per rollment of 150 be required to have libraries. An increase to $1 per capita from the present 43 cents is suggested in provincial grants to public libraries in the next 10 years. At least $16,500,000 is esti- mated as the annual need to support university libraries during this period, ' A key recommendation, however, calls for the creation of a provincial network of regional co-operative libraries and reference ecntres operated in association with a refer- ence centre in Toronto. Such a pro- gram would make every library book in the province available to every citizen in the province. Close liaison is also suggested between university and public libraries. The St. John, report is the most comprehensive ever undertaken in the province. It covers a wide and tremendously important scope in detail. Yet the field is such that recommendations 'can hardly be ex- pected to become realities in a mat- ter of months. It was an encourag- ing indication, however, that Edu- cation Minister Davis immediately announcd plans to present a new Public Libraries Act in the legisla- ture incorporating some of the rec- ommendations contained in the St. John report, It's ready evidence that the report will receive the at- tention in merits, Formula He was elected to the Ontario Leg- islature in 1984 and became' attor- ney-general the same year. He was elected as a member of parliament in the House of Cammons in 1940 and appointed to th Senate in 1945, He spoke in the Upper House the other day on the subject of the con- stitution. As this extract from his speech illustrates, he offered a clear-cut and simple formula for dealing with the constitutional is- sue: "The repatriation of the Cana- dian constitution is an exceedingly simple matter. If we wish to do this, all we need to do is pass the British North America Act as a statute of Canada, and then by a joint address to both houses of Parliament as the Imperial Parliament to repeal its British North America Act. We would then have repatriated the constitution in the exact terms in which it now exists. After we have accomplished what we think is nec- essary to our national sensibilities and pride, we can then turn to the amendment of the constitution in detail, stey by step, as it has been amended in the past, but not in as- sociation with some other extran- eous idea that has an appeal to na- tional pride," Albertans Asked To Invest ings in i Province By RON MacDONALD EDMONTON (CP) -- Alber- tans are being asked to put their saving to work. The Social Credit hig hee gat un an aeanoy the Alberta Investment Corporation to take citizens' savings and make them profit- able by investing them. Citizens will participate by buying investment certificates from the fund with face values of $100 or multiples of $100. The certificates are redeemable at any time for their face values. Particikation is not limited to Albertanst but F. G. Stewart, deputy 'provincial treasurer and an officer of the fund, said the bulk of the investment certifi- cates will go to people living in 'the province. "All the sales people are Al- bertans and they are being asked to pretty prell confine their sales to people in the province." WILL-ISSUE $10,000,000 The inxestment fund will be- gin aie its first $10,000,000 worth of inyestment certificates Feb. 15. No difficulty is ex- pected in selling all of the first officials. have no idea uture issues will be possible. "We know )eople have sav- ings," Mr. Stewart said, 'but of course we're not sure how much of them we can attract." Investors will get at least 3% per cent. annually on their in- vestment certificates--the gov- ernment guarantees that much. The twice-yearly dividends may total more than 344 per cent a year if the securities that the in- vestment fund purchase prove very profitable. Mr. Stewart said no decision has been made on how much of any profits over 314 per cent will bé returned to individual investors and how much will be re-invested The fund is designed not only to get savings into circulation but to provide a source of capi- tal, especially for new or ex- panding.commercial and indus- trial enterprises in Alberta. Thus government regulations say no more than 25 per cent of the total fund will be invested in established business or indus- try while up to 50 per cent will go to new or expanding enter- prises in ine province. INVEST IN BONDS Other investment will be in bonds, debentures or securities issued by governments or ap- proved Alberta hospitals and in first mortgages on industrial, commercial and residen- tial property in Alberta. Choosing the government se- curities or nesses in which to invest will be a relatively simple matter, but for new and expanding bus!- nesses there will have to be some standards before the fund can commit its money. A committee now is drawing up these standards. There is no limit on the num- ber or value of investment cer- tificates any individual can pur- chase because officials expect there'll be enough investment opportunity for anyone wanting it. The investment certificates can be transferred from one owner to another, PASSED IN 1964 Legislation to set up an in- vestment fund first was passed in 1964, but it was repealed and eplaced in 1965 before the fund was set up. The new act of 1965 differs largely in technical re- spects from the 1964 one. B. L. Robinson, a_ retired banker, is president of the fund, Other officers are Mr. Stewart, Cc. F. MacLachlan, a building contractor, L. C. Leitch, pofes- sor of finance at the University of Alberta, C. C. Davey, super- intendent of the government's treasury branches, J. W. Mce- Diarmid, a retired bank mana- ger, and K. J. Hawkins, former deputy provincial treasurer, All the officers are from Ed- monton, where the fund has its head office, staffed by three employees. Fund officers who aren't civil servants are paid a per diem allowance. Canadian Made Safety Device Used On U.S. Troop Carriers By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- An- other United States Air Force class of plane has been cleared for becoming equipped with a safety device designed and pro- duced in Canada. Some other USAF aircraft al- ready have it. The addition is the C-141 which is the newest and largest high-speed jet cargo and troop carrier. The Canadian device is a crash position indicator which consists of a-small radio trans- mitter tuned to the standard air force emergency channel, If a plane crashes, the device whirls away like a falling leaf and starts sending a steady sig- nal which can be traced. The idea was tested by the National Research Council at Ottawa and now is: a commer- cial proposition for an Ontario firm called Leigh Instruments Ltd. n Ithe case'of the C-141, nine, flight tests were conducted in New Mexico to decide among other things where the best spot was on the fuselage for locat- ing the device. DEVICE DETACHES This proved to be behind the wing with the styrofoam pack- age flush with the fuselage. When special sensors tell the package to detach and. go to work, one edge lifts up into the air stream and the device auto- matically whirls away. One problem in tie C-141 sy- tem was clearing a high hori- zontal stabilizer on the tail as- sembly. Otheraircraft have other structural peculiarities that must be accounted for. Further tests lie ahead--this time including the radio posi- tion indicator in the same pack- age as a recorder. monitoring radio calls, Such a recorder would save the final radio com- munications of the pilot before crashes and perhaps shed light on the cause. Recorders now used for that purpose are fixed within the air- craft -- not detachable -- and therefore can be destroyed by flames or impact. Other USAF planes equipped with the Canadian crash position indicator include the C-133 trans- port and the B-52 nuclear bomber now being used to at- tack the Viet Cong in South Viet Nam 2,000 miles from their Guam base. BIBLE Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?--Matthew 7:3 An inscription on the Court House in Walla Walla, Wash- ington, advises, "Judge thyself "with sincerity and thou wilt judge thy neighbor with char- ity." FOUR PROVINCES HOLD OFF... ..» [WO SEEK MORE FROM OTTAWA Maritimes Mirror Myriad Of Medicare y DON McLEOD barris (CP)--Reaction of almost all shades to a proposed national medical care plan 'is represented by the attitudes of the Atlantic provinces toward the federal government's offer, None of them is making a quick decision to join, despite Ottawa's request for an answer by Jan. 1. "As: far as I know," Health Minister Richard Donahoe of Nova Scotia said, "no province has formally indicated it is go- ing to accépt the federal gov- ernment proposals at this time.' Nova Scotia and Prince Ed- ward Island want guarantees of more money from Ottawa. New Brunswick might pay more than it has been asked for and still fecl it was a "'good bargain.' Newfoundland is saying nothing until it receives a royal com- mission. report_on_its own health services. © Mr. Donahoe and Health Min- ister Henry Wedge of Prince Edward Island estimate the per- person cost in their prov initially would be $35 compared to the $28 Canadian average Ot- tawa first predicted. They there- gested $14 [ed- would be less than inces eral share half CONTRIBUTION MAY RISE However, a federal official in dicated at health ministers might pay $17 a person end the last meeting at that. Otis make what Mr. Donahoe termed "further adjustments on a retro- active basis' if it found after implementing the scheme that this still was not half the cost. if "We would want this incorpo- rated in the legislation so we would not be dependent on the goodwill of whoever happens to be .in power federally,' Mr. Donahoe added. Mr. Wedge | said he feels the cost might rise to $45 a person in P.E.I. within five years and asks for appro- last had of a medicare plan at $27 or $28 per capita and is pay $14, New Brunswick can af- ford to raise the the should eventually become $8, I think it is a good bargain." Health Grath, currently in Europe, said July for Newfoundland to participate at that time, not will implement the Hall report' willing to in balance, even province's contribution Minister James Mc- there were no plans because indicated "how Ottawa they families served by the hospital their proves indigenc fits are provided free, erage cost per person is $10 an- nually, The Nova Scotia welfare de- partment care insurance scheme, ing about 10,000 welfare recipi-~ ents, and Prince Edward Island is considering a partial provin- cial plan for old age pensioners and indigents. area. If a mens test e, the full bene- The ay- operates a medical cover- established busi-° priate increases in the federal share. The current estimate by Ot- tawa was "not realistic as far as P.E.I. is concerned," "Compared to the Canadian average we're holding the sock for the rest of Canada. . . be- cause of our high percentage of older persons." Mr. Wedge said 15 per cent of the island's population was over 6) years of age,-compared to a national average of eight per cent. Other factors were the high number of patients who re- quire treatment at hospitals out- side the province because of lack of local facilities 'GOOD BARGAIN' In New Brunswick, Premier Robichaud is on record as say- current private insu- rance schemes covering about 54 cent of the population ' ing the ost an average o Since the federal government has estimated the national cost on national medical and health policy and health services were under study by a Newfoundland royal commission. It is due to report to the current legislature session. "We won't really be affected greatly because of what we are doing in the field,'"' Mr: Mc- Grath said. "If such a plan is started in the future, no plans have been made as to how it might operate." OUTPOSTS SERVED The most comprehensive med- ical care plan being operated by the Newfoundland government is the cottage hospital plan set up 20 years ago. It provides full hospital benefits, including out- patient medical treatment and dental extractions, for about half the population of 500,000. The cottage hospitals are built in the more isolated areas by the government and the facili- maintenance are paid for by contributions from each Wage-earning member of the ties and Cost of this plan and other de- tails still are being worked out and no date has been set for implementation. Mr. Wedge es- timated about 25 per cent of the population was covered by pri« vate schemes with a varying system of premium payment. There is no provincially-spon- sored system in New Brunswick and Deputy Health Minister C. W.. Kelley: says. none- will be started. Elaborating on points between Ottawa and Nova Scotia, Mr. Donahoe said there were inherent restrictions on methods Nova Scotia could use to raise its share of the cost of any national plan because of the terms of Ottawa's offer. He said premium collection on a universal coverage basis was almost impossible because the province had comparatively few "industrial payroll' employees, a seasonal unémployment prob- lem and a large number of self- employed persons, the talking CANADA'S STORY rnin eagermeesreaenn : Mrs. Thompson's Comeback By John A. By BOB BOWMAN As political fighter Sir John A. Macdonald was like a heavy- weight boxer who gets off the canvas groggy at the count of nine, and then goes on to, win. He also had the patience to wait for an opening that would enable him to deliver a knock- out punch. Because of this he was known as "Old Tomorrow", but the opening usually came. This was the case in his last election in 1891. There had been a growing movement for recip- procity with the U.S.A, in which even the Conservative Toronto "Mail" joined. The Liberals were gaining strength all over the country. Then came the break for which Sir John had been wait- ing. The editor of: the Liberal Toronto '"'Globe", founded by Macdonald's old enemy George Brown, was invited to write a private treatise for some Am- erican friends on what steps the U.S.A. could take to annex oe. This wasn't supposed to be serious; just an academic discussion. Somehow copies of the teats ise got back to Sir John. On February 17, 1891, he spoke to a mass meeting in Toronto, dur- ing which he pulled out the in- criminating document and read excerpts to the audience. He roared that-there-was-evidence that a conspiracy existed to force Canada into union with the U.S.A. penne TODAY IN HISTORY CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 17, 1966... The last local resistance to Louis Riel's Metis gov- ernment of Manitoba ended 96 years ago today--in 1870 when Major Charies Boulton- ton and his force of 47 men were captured. The '"Cana- dian party" of settlers which opposed Riel was a small minority and has been identi- fied with the less law-abiding part of the community. This did not mitigate its vehemence and one member, Thomas Scott, was shot two wecks later when he refused either to leave the province or sub- mit to Riel's government. At the time, the Hudson's Bay Company's sovereignty had expired and negotiations for union with Canada were in- complete. 1621 -- Miles Standish was put in charge of the Pilgrim's militia at Plymouth, Mass. 1890 -- 400 persons were drowned when the British ship Duberg sank, in the China Sea. First World War Fifty years'ago today -- in 1916 -- the Russian advance on Trebizond reached a point 75 miles northwest of Erzerum; Turkish aircraft bombed the besieged British at Kul-El-Amara; the Ger- man and Austrian consuls at Athens were arrested, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- Bulgaria and Turkey signed a non-aggres- sion pact; Brighton, Eng- land, rehearsed defences against gas. attack Prime Minister Mackenzie King warned of the dangers of Japan's entering the war, By THE 'Major Bowes It was then that he uttered his famous slogan '"'A British sub- ject I was born, a British sub- ject I will die'. During the election campaign, Conservative candidates urged electors to vote for "the old flag, the old man, the old pol- icy'. The strategy worked, and the Conservatives won the elec- tion with a majority of 31 seats. Sir John had got off the floor to win, but it pvas the last time. The exertion of the campaign ton eu nn had been too much, and he died on June 6, Other events on February 17: 1759 Wolfe sailed from Britain to capture Quebec 1869 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or- ganized 1919 Death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1958 Right Honorable Louis St. Laurent announced his re- tirement from politics 1960 New National Gallery of Canada opened Pu Kashmir Issue Reduces Ayub Khan's Popularity By RALPH JOSEPH Canadian Press Correspondent KARACHI (CP)--While the Tashkent talks have helped to ease Indo - Pakistan relations, at least on the surface, they have proportionately increased the domestic problems of Pres- ident Ayub Khan of Pakistan. His popularity has taken a deep plunge for the first time since 'the undeclared war of last September. This is mainly because his talks with the late Indian prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, failed to produce any visible mechanism for a solution of the Kashmir issue--for which the war was fought. Among other things, the nine- point Tashkent Declaration called on the armed forces of the two countries to withdraw by Feb. 25 to the positions they held Aug. 5, before fight- ing broke out. The antagonists agreed to settle their dispute through peaceful means and said full diplomatic relations would be restored. Students demonstrating against what they consider as Ayub's failtire at Tashkent fought pitched battles against well - trained riot police in var- ious cities of Pakistan, includ- ing Lahore and Sialkot which bore the brunt of the fighting with India. CRY OF MARTYRS "What about. our martyred fathers' asked a banner car- ried by demonstrating students YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Feb, 17, 1951 Leonard F, Coulson, manager of the Oshawa office of the National Employment Service since 1942, will leave in March to take a position in the Admin- istrative Office of Employment in Ottapwa. City Council set aside $20,000 to build a bridge over the Osh- awa Creek on Bond st. between Arena drive and McMillan. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 17, 1936 Dancer Jack Powell, 18, of Whitby made his debut on the Amateur Radio Hour broadcast coast-to-coast. Powell is an eccentric-dancer and harmonica player. Major John Stacey said Osh- awa would have no municipal debt and the city would be a "poperty owner's paradise' if the municipality had adopted a policy of. "pay-as-you-go" abided by it. in Lahore. This was a refer- ence to those kiled in the fight- ing with India and epitomises the emotionalism which the is- sue of Kashmir can arouse. President Ayub has managed to take things in hand in his own way. He made a broadcast to the nation in an attempt to calm the emotions that had been stirred up. At the same time, six opposition leaders and some 100 students were arrested for defying a ban on gathering in public. Calmer sections of the Paki- stani public do seem to realize that there was not much more Ayub could have done in Tash- kent anyhow. The talks were conducted with both himself and Shastri handicapped by the fear that any concession either way would produce violent re- actions at home, If anything, the _ violence caused even by the relatively compromising tone of the Tash- kent Declaration only goes to prove the noint, There has heen unfavorabley reaction in India as well as in Pakistan. WANT PEACE Meanwhile talks for the with- drawal of Indian and Pakistani troops from their forward posi- tions along the ceasefire line have been going on, apparently with some measure of success, Though President Ayub's op- ponents are using his "failure at Tashkent" to make things dif- ficult for him at home, there is paradoxically also a sense of re- lief that the chances of renewed hostilities are receding. Leadership Seen On Line BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The current ses- sion probably means more to Andrew Thompson than to any other man in the legislature where the Liberal leader's. fu- ture is pretty much on the line, Murmurs have started since his conviction last fall on a dan- gerous driving charge. And there apparently has been an anti-Thompson move- ment among minor Liberal groups as well as behind-the- scenes talks in major Liberal circles, The talk is prompted not only by the convictign, but also by not too con- vincing first session as leader last winter. He would seem to be defi- nitely on the spot, And the one thing that might bail him out would be a scintillating perform- ance this year. It is generally agreed that the chances of Mr, Thompson pull- ing this off aren't too strong. LACKS FORCE First of all because as yet he has not shown the width of knowledge, imagination and force required for powerful leadership. And, secondly, he doesn't have a-solid group be- hind him to back him up. The greatest curse of the Liberals in recent years has been their caucus. It lacks unity, It has been marked by groups and cliques with strong contra- dictory opinions and by prima donnas with 'strong personal ambitions. This has meant the party has not. been at all positive. Today the condition is probably at its worst, adding greatly to the task of a leader. HEADED FOR TROUBLE If Mr. Thompson fails, as it seems he probably will, the party shapes up as in for real trouble. The name of Charles Temple- ton is mentioned as a possible leader. But the writér, at least, is not impressed with this pos- sibility, Not only has Mr. Templeton to date shown little real knowle edge of provincial affairs, h essentially is an evangelist. And though sections of the public will 'accept evangelists talking about sin, it is at least one man's opinion that the gen- eral public won't accept them talking about highways and other more practical and less spiritual matters. And if you dismiss Mr. Tem- pleton the future of the party is a big question-mark,. Swiss Reduce Foreign Influx GENEVA (AP)--A csheme to preserve the Swiss way of life by reducing the influx of for- eign workers is beginning to be felt in this Alpine nation. Suggestions are being made that the govérnment revise its plans to cut by 10 per cent the number of foreigners employed in traditionally hospitable Swit- zerland. The-campaign, conducted with typical Swiss efficiency, has borne fruit. The reduction surpassed the originally in- tended five per cent for the first part of the program, cutting the number of foreign laborers in some areas by as much as 13 per cent. The result has been a dearth of personnel in the building and hotel industries, in manufactur- ing and in the ranks of house- hold servants. Maids are at a premium and restaurant owners compete for the services of a foreigner lucky enough to have a work permit. At the same time, interna- tional organizations in their tra- ditional Swiss haven have be- gun to wonder whether they are welcome. Because of difficulties in re- cruiting personnel and the gen- eral anti-foreign attitude, some foreign firms began to move out, The Organization of Pet- roleum Exporting Countries moved its headquarters to Vienna, the Chrysier Corporas tion closed some of its offices and Mobil Oil announced a move to London. 6% 1 to 5 year G.1.C.'s Savings aceounts Paid and compounded quarterly AY»% ° * * FOUNTAINHEAD OF SERVICE & Savings 19 Simcoe Street North 23 King Street West Open Friday Nights and All Day Saturday Central Ontario Trust Investment Funds Estate Planning Executors & Trustees Corporation Oshewe Bowmanville 723-5221 623-2527 ------------ <=