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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontarlo T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Needy Pensioners Face . A Continuing Problem The Pearson, government, so of- ten condemned for its ineptitudes, merits commendation on the plan evolved to give further assistance to needy pensioners. It represents a refreshing revival of responsibility in the granting of government as- sistance, Ottawa will make certain needy pensioners get $1,260 a year, in- stead of the basic $900 old age pen- sion, The full $30 per month extra will go to those without other in come, Those with some money of their own can receive up to the $30 extra per month. The government approach is both realistic and humane. It provides extra funds for those in the direst need and it limits the largesse of a political give-away. The protesta- tions of New Democrats and Con- servatives who campaigned for $100 per month pensions across the board must surely be classed as purely political, They asked the tax- payer to give equally to the pen- sioner whether the person be a prosperous. retired tycoon or an im- poverished widow, The plan the Liberals followed was drafted earlier this year by a Senate committee as an "income guarantee program", It has the oldtashioned, commonsense merit of putting public funds to. work where they'll do the most good. The shocking fact that in 1961, of the million Canadians on pension, 70 per cent of the women and 40 per: cent of the men, had no other source of income was revealed by the Senate Committee investiga- tion. These pensioners will have fin- ancial problems at least partially eased by the government decision. It would be a mistake, however, if the federal government rested on its laurels and neglected to keep the position of needy pensioners under constant review, In Oshawa we have witnessed the rapid rise in prices this year. The continuing climb of costs make it exceedingly difficult for those on a fixed income of even the $1,260 to cope. The saving for which Ottawa is credited in limiting pension boosts to the needy can in the future most certainly be invested in the well- being of those senior citizens whose cheques are now in no way cushion- ed against the forces of inflation, 'Offensive On Ugliness' Centennial Commissioner John Fisher, with characteristic turn of phrase, has called for a 'massive offensive on ugliness" in every com- munity in Canada. strong community improvement committee in every municipality with members "knocking on every door" to seek co-operation in the campaign. He advocates that every home, every store, every office and every factory in the land be alerted to the all-out effort. At this time of year in the resi- dential areas of Oshawa it is evi- The Oshawa Times T, L. WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and chronicle (established 1863) is published daily {Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted), , Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau 3f Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, The Canadian Press' is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The d Press or Reuters, and also the local shed therein. All rights of special des- @ also reserved He suggests a oatche: Offices: Thomson Bu Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, P.O. 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There is, however, another aspect of the construction program in the city, which could require Mr. Fish- er's offensive on ugliness. Home- owners don't 'need nudging but closer co-operation between con- struction firms and the city depart- ments involved seems indicated in some areas of the city. The city is experiencing perhaps an unprecedented construction boom. With a constant pressure for more and more new housing accom- modation haste is of the essence, Yet city officials cannot allow the rapid provision of many fine homes and apartment blocks to lay waste adjacent areas or tor that matter inconvenience for any lengthy per- jod those whose homes are already established. The supervision of civic authori- ties and the close co-operation of builders in developing areas can make certain an offensive on ugli- ness will be unnecessary in prepara- tion for the Centennial celebration or at any other time, mitt OTTAWA REPORT Pensioners Hit Hardest By Prices By PAT NICHOLSON OTTAWA--While prices in our shops are soaring, the people who feet the pinch most are the old age pensioners, retired workers, widows, and others: living on fixed incomes, This pinch is being vividly reflected in letters reaching MPs from the sufferers, And these letters are pouring in, demanding an increase in the old age pension to $100 per month. Typical of those who write to say that they cannot make ends meet-on-the-present- pension of $75 per month is Miss Myrtle Ellison, of Brantford, In a letter to John Diefenbaker, she ex- plained that when she started drawing the old age pension seven years ago, it was $55 per month, and she supplemented this by baby-sitting, But now illness prevents her doing such odd jobs, and she finds that-ris+ ing prices make even the $75 pension inadequate. WHERE MONEY GOES She lists her expenses as: rent $45.00; food $14,00; phone $4.88: hospita lizatiop $3.25; health and accident insurance $1.25; drugs and _ cosmetics $2.00; postage stamps and greeting cards $1.50; seven bus tickets $1.00; church and char- ity $2.12. That adds up to ex- actly $75.00, leaving nothing with which to buy clothes and shoes, or to pay for a cinema ticket, or to rent a television set, or to replace furniture and household linen. Many old age pensioners are writing similar letters to their MPs, and the MPs feel great sympathy for them, But there is a serious doubt whether intelligent thought has been given to this problem by those MPs who are demanding an immediate increase in the pension to $100, and demanding also that the enlarged pension be payable at once to all aged 65 or over,' An alternative method of assisting those senior citizens in need appears to be the government intention that additional money, an extra $30 per month or even more in case of need, should be distributed under the Canada Assistance Plan, To raise the old age pension to $100 per month now, for the 1.100.584 citizens aged 69 and over, would add over $330,000,- 000 a vear to our tax bill; to pay t £100 pension to the 520,000 aged 65 to 69 would add a further $624,000,000. The bill for this would be $51.72 a year to every Canadian under age 65, or $206.88 extra to the aver age Canadian family, This money could be raised either by increasing the present old age security income and corporation and sales taxes to 175 per cent of their present figure, or by raising our personal income taxes-to-133--percent of their present figure. PRIORITIES NEED DEBATE As Mrs.. Margaret Rideout, parliamentary secretary to Health Minister Allan Mac- Eachen, so wisely said in Par- liament recently, a government must weigh priorities as be- tween the needs of the aged and the rights of other sections of the population, Parliament has not heard a debate on the es- sential national priorities; in- stead, our politicians urge a little handout here, demand a little subsidy there, cajole a government - guaranteed loan elsewhere, But never do we hear open public discussion of the relative merits of the many claims upon our not-unlimited tax resources, The long debate on the old age pension, which has nominally been a debate upon the Canada Assistance Plan, is a good ex-, ample of the blinkered blunder- ings of our vote-hungry politi- cians, Health Minister Allan Mac» Eachen has in mind an ade- quate measure to assist needy older citizens who will never benefit from the Canada Pen- sion Plan. But this group repre- sents a transient problem; younger people following be- hind them will receive the Can- ada Pension Plan which is geared to fit on top of the $75 old age pension, But to raise that pension to $100 now would be an irreversible step, and would impose a very heavy ex- tra tax burden in perpetuity upon al! Canadian taxpayers present and future. It is to be hoped that Mr. MacEachen will avoid this particular blinkered blunder, despite the Opposition wails, Dissatisfaction By 'Outs', Left Or Right, By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- When regimes topple in Indonesia, Ni- geria, the Dominican Republic --and now Argentina--observers begin sniffing immediately for ships to the left or right, and why. The cause, however, fre- quently is dissatisfaciion by the "outs" regardless of political stripe, with the pace of eco- nomic progress being made by the ruling regime "The frequent sovio-policital upheavals in recent years fail to show any distinct political shift to the left or right," says Tra- nian Jahangir Amuzegar, head of the Iranian economic mis- sion here, in the July issue of the influential periodical, For- eign Affairs, SLOW PROGRESS "Instead they seem to mani- fest a fairly consistent pattern of internal discontent against intolerable social conditions and genuine frustrations reaulling from. too slow a climb up the economic ladder of progress and prosperity Spurs Coup "Each coup. regardless of its outward appearance represents essentially a desperate effort to find new ways of coping with the same' stubborn, age - old problems, 'While the coup leaders at- tribute the unsatisfactory situa- tion to the evils of the en- trenched establishment, their real intention is to moye up to a higher economic plateau and not sideways to the left or right."' In a companion article, Zbig- niew Brzezinski, a Columbia University Cold War theorist and government consullant, ob- serves: "The Cold War... continues but it is no longer a 'real' con- flict in the sense that the issues involved are historically rele- vant," Roth the West and commu nism have limited their aims, he says, and Indonesia's Sukarna or Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah among olhera "are givitia way to Inwardorlentated non aligned natianaliam concerned primarily with internal eeonamie devel opment" POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES orem Czech Communists Resisting Reform Economic reform has been made government pol- icy in Czechoslovakia but conservative elements in the Communist party are fighting against ii, A Cana- dian Press reporter de. scribes the battle. By JOHN BEST PRAGUE (CP) -- An all- out battle has been joined in Czechoslovakia between lib- eral economists and conserva- tive elements in the ruling Communist party resisting their economic reforms. The reverberations are cer- tain to be felt in political and social fields as well. The fact that economic re- forms have been officially adopted as government policy doesn't blind the liberals to the inevitable clash with the vested interests. Opposition to the changes, perhaps the most sweeping ever undertaken in the Soviet bloc, starts "just below the top" of the party-government machine, a leading member of the reform group told me It extends down to factory managers and even produc- tion workers who have learned to live with a system which, while it doesn't offer great material rewards, doesn't demand much hard work either. Opposition will also come from local party bosses whose personal power largely de- rives from their ability to use influence to keep unprofitable factories going, Under the system such enterprises will become profitable or close down, This could have important political repercussions in Slo- vakia, southernmost of the three provinces and less de- veloped than Bohemia and Moravia WILL FREE PRICES The essence of the program is to introduce market fac- tors into the economy and eliminate planning. rigi- dity which, reformers say, has brought about stagnation, The price structure will be loosened to allow many con- Sumer goods to find their own level while other goods will be allowed to float between price limits agreed upon by producers and retailers. Prices of raw materials and basic foodstuffs will continue to be controlled by the goy- ernment Factory managers will. be given more independence. But they will also be expected to Operate more or less as fac- tory managers in the West do--generally without props or subsidiaries--and still turn a profit This is the sore point perts say. Many directors who enjoy large bonuses who have learned the rules of the will Sik, boldly He which est This xX- that committee administering speaks suspects of bucking reform, WORKS FROM WITHIN is a member Communist party's central committee, This gives him a certain dogmas, Yet he isn't in the position of, say, Russia's Pre- mier Kosygin who has behind him the prestige of the high- government in when he plumps for a liberal reform Sik knows he's up against powerful powerful than he--but one of his strengths is that he offers a cure for a chronic illness. was apparently brought tonin Novotny, president and Communist around to backing reform. game and know how to juggle manpower, tics, and whatnet in order show what looks like a profit not new order, It is assumed some will try to sabotage the reform "The old methods of man- agement trenched that easy to abandon them," saya Prof, Otaker Sik, sometimes called the father of reform PEROULCES talis o lake the kindly to are so firmly it will not en he chairman of a. stale for planning and the economy, out frequently and against interests he of the power base from to attack prevailing the land people--some more the consideration An- party chief, javeln fhiiniel tend acvepled afier vinced of the wily Sik haa laid down two prine tiples for transforming Creche oslovakia's ture market ensure enierprines Society mainiain (hose enterprises which are in by the work of others." Change about implementation of system of management." "It will be up to all of us to open up real space not only in the economic litical for BOOSTS ECONOMISTS The implication is party should make itself more receptive to new notions and ideas Sik, hide his tampering in sphere, Steps to improve the com- petitive efficiency industry taken vears ago, he says, and would have if the economists, and been running things. an old guard Come whose leadership ex back ta the the had Halin era, only cone neces» Changen become absolute he economic atric. conform to and must profit' of Ito muat demands 'optimal to cannot afford fact supported brought the consistent the new can be 'only by but in the pa. and ideological field, its early implementation." that the loosen up and the doesn't political economic ecoomist dislike of the of "Czech should have been not the politicians, had BOM Oke eee theborsn meg: EGGS Rnaee * el te eg oma g~ ions JONTON WOURMAL. AOA AE A VAM ON EE OOM ee ee ea 'MA'AM THE CHANCES OF YOUR BOY MAKING LSD ARE VERY REMOTE" 7 K SCN EDGE 5 Sih ORE ELEM R SEAL AEIOS CANADA'S STORY Borden By BOB BOWMAN There was a sign on July 14, 1915 that Canada was com- ing of age. Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden became the first government leader from one of the Dominions to attend a Brit- ish cabinet meeting. It resulted from a sharp protest Sir Robert had made because his govern- ment was not getting any in- formation about the conduct of the war. The only information he had received from Britain for months was what he could read in the newspapers, Sir Robert threatened to reconsid- er Canada's contribution to the war effort unless some system of consultation was established, One of the British govern- ment leaders at the time was Andrew Bonar Law who had been born in New Brunswick and later became prime min- ister, He collected a bag of the most secret war documents and sent them to Sir Robert in a heavily weighted bag. The cap- tain of the ship was instructed to keep the bag under constant guard and throw it into the sea in case of an attack, The docu- ments were to be read by Sir Robert alone, and then burned, The invitation to attend a cabinet meeting followed. He sat next to Prime Minister Asquith and one of the issues that came up was the possi- bility of stopping the U.S.A. from exporting cotton. Sir Rob- ert urged the British govern- ment not to ake any such scep. He said the Americans were shocked by the sinking of the Lusitania (it had been tor- pedoes by a German U-boat) and it would be a mistake to divert their feelings of indigna- encore met anit ant TODAY IN HISTORY THE CANADIAN PRESS duly 14, 1006, , Commodore Matthew C, Perry landed 400 blueiack #ta al Tokyo 119 years ago today<in Ikbd<and forced the "opening" of Japan to Western powers, Motives of commercial advantage lay behind the expedition: Ja pan was important to the 8, sinee it lay athwart the reat circle route to China because | whaters who fished the North Pa cific needed sources of shel fer and supplies, Although the Japanese had known of Perry's coming in advance, they were unable to prepare defences against his fleet, Within a year, a treaty was signed giving the U.S, trad- ing and diplomatic advant- ages in Japan 1865--The Matterhorn was first climbed by Edward Whymper's party 1888 -- An army battery was sent to suppress a re- ported Indian uprising at Skeena River, B.C First World War Fifty years ago--in 1916-- an Allied dawn attack on the German second line along the Somme advanced the front three miles be tween Bazin le Petit and Longueval; Russians took 3.200 Austrian. prison- ers west of the Strypa River Second World War Twenty-five years ago--in 1941--Gen, Henri Dentz and Gen, Sir Henry Maitland Wilson signed the pact of Acre, formally ending hos- tilities in Syria; Germans crossed the Dnieper River in Russia; a Spanish yol unteer force to fight against Russia left Madrid for: the Eastern Front, Ry and AP MALES OD LOLOL LAGE SNES, tion at that time. The British government accepted his view and one year later the U.S.A, had delcared war on Germany, OTHER EVENTS ON JULY 14: 1645--French and Iroquois sign- ed Treaty of Three Rivers 1696--Pierre LeMoyne d' Iber- ville captured British ship "Newport" near St. John's, Newfoundland 1760--General Murray left Que- bec for Montreal with 2,500 troops 1763--Baron de l|'Esperance 'Put In Picture' given islands of St, Pierre and Miquelon for coloni- zation. They were allowed to remain as French pos- sessions as part of the Treaty of Paris Alexander Mackenzie reached the Arctic while exploring the river that now bears his name, -- A. G. L, MeNaughton made lieutenant general and placed in command of a British corps as well as Canadian units Ani TM Gn, J Serious Political Setback For Erhard In Ruhr Vote By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer The miners and metal-work- ers of West Germany's Ruhr district have humbled Cancellor Ludwig Erhard in an election that-was national in significance although only state - wide in scope, Erhard's Christian democrats suffered their worst setback in 20 years when voters went to the polls Sunday in North Rhine-Westphalia state, which embraces the Ruhr, Germany's industrial arsenal in two world wars, The big gainer in the poll was Willy Brandt's Social Demo- cratic party and some political observers did not hesitate to predict the victory will be a pointer for the next federal élec- tion in 1969 The election was regarded as important from a federal stand- point .because the state, with about 15,000,000 population, comprises nearly 30 per cent of all West Germans, It is' the biggest of the 11 states, and a socialist majority at Duessel- dorf-the state - capital--would be a major step forward for Brandts party NEVER AT BONN The socialists have never yet formed the federal government and managed to increase their popular vote only a few per- centage points in' West Ger- many's general elections last Seplember They gained ground in recent months, however, as the party that dramatically moved to- wards closer relations between West Germany and Communist Mast Germany, This was the at- tempt to stage direct "con- frontations" belween speakers from the two zones at public mectings, The hopes aroused by the prospect of such debates per- haps show how passionate Ger- man ardor for reunification re- mains despite annual discour- agements Another election factor was that the Ruhr is in ferment, Oil and natural gas--plus cheap im- ported coal from the United States--have damaged the Ruhr coal industry More than 200,000 miners have been laid off in the last four years and although they all obtained work in other indus- tries, the situation has not helped the governing Christian Democrat position. NINE-SEAT GAIN The socialists captured 99 of the North Rhine-Westphalia's 200 seats--a_ nine-seat increase --Wwhile the Christian Demo- crats, losing 10 of their seats, won 86. The Christian Demo- crats had governed in coalition with the. Free Democrats, who won '15 seats, an increase of one Clearly negotiations will be necessary to decide the new state government in view of the near-deadlock. In any case, the election can- not directly affect Erhard's fed- eral position at present. Seating in the Bundestag, the federal parliament's lower house, will remain unchanged. But a socialist government at Duesseldorf would mean virtual disappearance of Erhard's ma- jority in the Bundesrat, or upper house, since its member- ship consists of state delegates. The Christian Democrat edge in the electoral college which elects the federal president also would be upset for the 1969 presidential elections. Some observers believe it is possible the state's two major parties will form a coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, and that this solution could later form a pattern in federal pol- itics, now dominated by the Christian Democrats and Free Democrats in coalition YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO July 14, 1951 Oshawa"s Orangemen atiend- ed the gala 12th of July cele- bration in Peterborough Rotary and Ritson road swim- ming pools are having a busy season 30 YEARS AGO, July 14, 1936 Seven local war veterans will attend the unveiling in France of the Vimy memorial -- Alder- man W. J. Lock included, Dr. O. W. Niemeler, of Ham- ilton, Heutenant - governor of Ontario Maritimes - Quebec district of Kiwanis International, was the guest speaker this week at the dinner meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club. QUEEN'S PARK Gas Firms Lose Battle On Tax Rate By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Gas companies fought unsuccessfully an amendment to the Assessment Act this year, The amendment makes com> pressors and certain other in- stallations subject to full local taxation. Until now they have had @ designated rate, The gas industry can't be, really criticized for opposing the amendment. It means just one more ad- vantage is given to Hydro in the battle for house-heating and other loads, Hydro pays only an amount in lieu of taxes--at a rate which it sets for itself. ' It has long seemed that the right thing for Hydro to do. would be to pay full loval taxes. Its employees impose as big- a load on municipal sérvices as do the employees of any other' industry. : And though it is argued that it bestows a benefit on the com- munity, many of its works acti ally are servicing large areas, - and the local citizens therefore are subsidizing people in other areas, And of course there is the situation where: electricity is. competitive with gas. And ft is doubtful if the public gets the best deal possible by subsidizing one energy against the other. But Hydro doesn't see this, One of the intriguing prepos- als put forward at the session was that we should elect our magistrates, Toronto NDP'er and lawyer, James Renwick, thought this might tend to raise what he considers the low estate of our magistrate's court at present. This, of course, would be fol- lowing the U.S. pattern where the officers of the lower courts are elected at large. The people across the border seem to be well satisfied with their sy ; Rut tnn Gt ity 1 breeds pretty horrible first thoughts, What might happen here in Toronto, for instance. Judging from experience in some of the local municipal elections we might end up with some real weirdies on the bench. It would not be surprising to see an elected magistrate in this metropolis order a guilty accused to pray at the city hall for 52 consecutive Sundays, Mr. Renwick's suggestion un- doubtedly won't be adopted, At the same time it is good to see attention directed to our magaistrate's courts. They now seem to be better than a few years ago--when they were burdened with a num-: ber of political appointees--but they still probably can stand improvement. Oshawa, Ontario ARE YOU HEADING NORTH ? 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