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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited % 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1966 --~ PAGE 4 Starr Attracts Attention As Potential PC Leader The present concern in Canada over a national railway strike, indirectly, draws attention to Osh- awa's member of parliament. The Hon. Michael Starr has been over the road. As labor minister in the Diefenbaker cabinet he was con- fronted with the particularly bitter strike of CPR firemen. As the story goes, Mr. Starr took to the long distance telephone and talked with the company and union. At 2.30 am., after 26 telephone calls, the strike was over. This is but one of the aspects of Mr. Starr's career' in politics which is causing his name to be mentioned more and more prominently as a potential leader of his party. His accomplishments have been achieved in a quiet manner largely devoid of the controversy which has brought those who actively con- test the leadership into prominence. Nevertheless Mr. Starr has proven appeal with great masses of Cana- dians who have had their fill of politics as it has been practised. And he is a favorite of a large bloc of voters with fast-growing influ- ence, members of the ethnic groups. Although a native Canadian born at Copper Cliff, Ontario, Mr. Starr has strong Ukrainian heritage as background. He is fluent in the Ukrainian language and his words have a powerful impact on those Canadians who share that tongue. He entered civic politics as an aldermen, served for four years as mayor of this city and after a try in provincial politics contested the federal seat in 1952 and has won six general elections since then. As Conservative house leader in the last session Mr. Starr demons- trated much maturity in his con- duct of parliamentary affairs show- ing himself as one of the few ex- perienced members with the in- terests of Canada at heart. When there's so much talk of a third political force developing in Canada around new Canadians, the Conservatives in Mr. Starr have a man who could offset a further cracking of Canadian unity and, at the same time, marshalling size- able support to their cause. What Mr. Starr's ambitions are is not known at present, but this Oshawa citizen today is a man who seems destined for further prominence in Canadian affairs in the future. ...Just A Little Extra The top 30 students graduating from Montreal Protestant high schools this year all had better than 90 per cent averages in high school leaving examinations (equivalent to Grade 12 in Ontario). Twenty of the 30 and all of the first 12 scholars were boys and the She Oshawa Times E--. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) 'and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundeys and Statutary holidays excepted), of Canadian Daily Newspeper Publish- ion, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau on 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 Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. 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He hopes to enroll at McGill University in science and work for the campus newspaper as one of his extra-curricular activi- ties ("You know, you just can't spend all your time studying.") Says The Ottawa paper. Excep- tional though he is, this young man demonstrates that academic excel- lence is not reserved for '"book- worms" but is 'attainable for those of ability willing to give their best. For the majority of students "ex- cellence" may mean an average well below 97.5 -- but then not all of us shoot golf in the 70s either." GUARANTEE OF SURVIVAL LACKED QUEEN'S PARK More Billing By Doctors On Medicare By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Apparently ths majority of doctors in the prove ince are billing direct for pays ment by OMSIP, the govern- ment's medical insurance pro- gram. This isn't official, but OMSIP spokesmen are carefully refus- ing to say anything which might cause doctors in disagreement to become upset. But the first few weeks of full operation of the plan have shown that more doctors than patients have been sending in claims for payment. This verifies what many peo pis have believed would happen, That the convenience, and se+ curity of payment, of billing di- rectly would over - weigh any feelings doctors might have that following this procedure could lead to them, becoming servants of government. MOVE TO GROW Also it is expected that the trend will grow and most doc- tors will eventually bill the plan. This doesn't mean, or even infer, that the fight by the medi- cal profession against govern- ment medical insurance is over. As further progress is made towards a national health plan there will probably be more argument from some sections of the medical profession. The profession is obliged to take every precaution to see that it doesn't come under gov- ernment domination and resist- ance is one of these precautions. REMOVES FEARS Tne experience with direct billing tends to remove any fear~ that the resistance woul become so intense it could cause serious disruption in a national plen It indicates, too that doctors are essentially agreeable to the insurance program. Also, most doctors -- even those who aren't billing directly ---are willingly providing their patients with the claim cards which have been supplied by the plan. But there is one element in the prodession adamantly op- posed to any government par- ticipation. It appears this ele- ment is quite small, though quiie volatile. One of the agreeable factors about this compliance by doc- tors is that it will tend to restore public respect for the - pro- fession. There can be little doubt this has suffered through the contro- versies surrounding the launch- ing the various government in- surance plans we now have in the country, BIBLE Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,.and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. --Matthew 28:19. Jesus gave His great commis- sion to His followers. They have the responsibility to convert all people of the world to His gospel of love and peace. As His fol- lowers in the world today, this is our responsibility. Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. -- Luke 10:3. Jesus realized that He was giving His. followers a tremen- dously difficult assignment. It has never been easy to pro- claim the Gospel of Christ. CANADA'S STORY UNTER DEN LYNDON tt aunt cn Stampede Founder By BOB BOWMAN One of the most colorful an- nual events in Canada is the Calgary Stampede. It received tremendous | newspaper, _ tele- vision and radio coverage last month, through the added at- traction of Senator Robert Kennedy and his family. Among the founders of the Calgary Stampede, and the city itself, was one of the most colorful western pioneers, Sam Livingstone. He was squatting there when the North West Mounted Police arrived in 1875 to build Fort Calgary. Sam Livingstone was the son of a Church of England plergy- man but left itain when he was only 16 Years old.' After taking part in the California gold rush in 1849, he took up buffalo hunting on the prairies. Somehow he incurred the Wrath of a tribe of Indians who chased him north into the Canadian Rockies, and that is how the Livingstone Range got its name. The Indians did Sam Living- stone a good turn, because he liked the country so well he decided to stay there. He. be- came a famous figure, never cutting his long blonde hair, and always wearing a buck- skin jacket. It was an Anglican clergy- man, John Brick, who became the first World Wheat King, by sending wheat grown in north- ern Albeétta to the Chicago Fair. It was the son of an Anglican clergyman, Sam Livingstone, who became the i} ALGERIA LAGS Flamboyant Blaze Of Revolution Fades The spirit of optimism that swept through Algeria after it gained independence from France has gone and the leaders of the North Af- rican republic seem unable to restore it. A Canadian Press reporter explains what has gone wrong. By PETER BUCKLEY ALGIERS (CP)--The flam- boyant blaze has gone out of Algeria's social revolution, but the hard flame that was meant to replace it isn't giv- ing much heat. It has been more than a year since Ahmed Ben Bella was dumped as president and exiled to a mystery villa far from Algiers. Since then, his successors seem to have failed either to give this North Af- rican republic an invigorating push ahead or even to guar- antee their own survival. Col. Houari Boumedienne, the dark-jowled and ascetic former defence minister who became president, has man- aged to overcome his shyness enough to make increasing public appearances in support of his own government. But the general response is lukewarm. The first heady atmosphere of independence--when any- thing seemed possible to a movement that had survived eight years of particularly vicious war with France--is apparently gone forever. Four years after independ- ence, the current government of the Democratic and Populay Republic of Algeria seems to be tolerated, at best, by the 12,000,000 people. If it survives, observers say, it will be be- causé the army is still behind Boumedienne, its former com- mander, and because the al- ternatives don't really seem lacking. land reform, democratic elec- Economic planning, pendence movement, now the ruling party--are having scant any better. POPULAR PERFORMER Ben Bella was, as they say in vaudeville, a tough act to follow. For nearly three years he wooed the '"'fellaghs" of the countryside and the unem- ployed city dwellers with his flashy style and crowd-pleas- ing speeches. Ben Bella's Al- geria was the centre of atten- tion, a haven for revolution- aries from all over the world and an aggressive beacon of socialist reform. If Ben Bella didn't give them bread, he at least made sure the circus never left town. The unspectacular Boume- dienne has denounced Ben Bella as a "would-be Mes- siah" and accused the former president's cohorts of robbing the treasury and misusing their power. The new government has stripped the revolutionary slo- gans from the streets. It has also shifted its energies away from dramatic--and costly-- gestures of fraternity for for- eign revolutions toward less colorful attempts to get Al- geria's economy moving. The change of emphasis has apparently failed to stir up either enthusiasm or dissent in most Algerians. The most frequent criticism made against Boumedienne's regime is indecision. MUDDLING ALONG There have been consulta- tions, plans, negotiations and announcements decisions have often been But the firm 7. tions, foreign. investment, ad- ministrative reorganization -- all seem to be. just around the corner. Routine decisions -- includ- ing those concerning vitally needed foreign aid and tech- nicians -- tend to get side- tracked or lost amid bureau- cratic inexperience and buck- passing. One day's concession to for- eign investors or Algerian moderates seems to be lowed by the next day's property seizures or national- izations to mollify the revolu- tionary socialists. The result is often disillusion on all sides. One. Algerian husinessman here reflected what is said to be a widespread feeling when he remarked bitterly: "We have had so many promises that we no longer believe in them. Who cares what they say now? I'm tired of them all." Long-time residents say that at least the country has be- come better organized in the last year or so. Rent and taxes are collected now. Ele- vators and machinery often work, Electricity failures are rarer. But by and large the picture is still grim Unemployment runs at a rate of 20 per cent or more in the cities and as high as 50 per cent in the villages, so the streets and cafes are filled with glum, idle young men Attempts to. rally the old revolutionary spirit by build+ ing up the Front de Liberation Nationale--the former inde- fol- « success. Many of the famous names from the war for independence have retired, gone into exile abfoad or are in prison. Re- ports persist of torture for po- litical prisoners -- many of them Communists -- despite government denials. Even the pride in being Al- gerian which blossomed dur- ing the war has faded. With almost no _ historical roots' before France con- quered the region 130 years ago, the Algerians find the French imprint harder to shake off than their neighbors in the ancient lands of Tu- nisia and Morocco. Educated Algerians can be overheard talking to each other in French instead of Arabic, a practice that would shock even the most Paris- oriented Moroccan or Tu- nisian, and the major French newspapers still outsell the shrill, dreary Algerian press despite occasional seiz- ures and expulsions of French correspondents. Few observers are willing to speculate about the durabil- ity of the Boumedienne gov- ernment. But they agree that should the government fall, it would almost certainly be replaced by a group still further to the left. There is virtually no anti-socialist movement in the country, only degrees of dedi- cation to socialism. Boumedienne's basic ap- proach seems to be one of socialism tempered by prac- ticality. If that 'doesn't work, the practicality is likely to be dropped more quickly than the socialism. first farmer in the Calgary area. He felt confident that it would become a great agri- cultural area, and he cultivated an island on the Bow River. Calgary grew quickly, es- pecially when it was decided that the C.P.R. transcontinen- tal would run through there. There were enough farmers in the area by August 22, 1884, to form an agricultural society, and it developed the annual exhibition and stampede that became famous. Sam Livingstone take samples of vegetables to the 'Toronto ex- hibition to encourage eastern- ers to settle in Calgary. He was always the biggest hit of the display and _ entertained people by the hour with his stories of gold rushes, buffalo hunts, and éscapes from In- dians who wanted to get his scalp with the long golden hair. used to grain and WASHINGTON CALLING OTHER EVENTS ON AUG. 22 1760 British attacked Sorel on way to capture Montreal Governor Carleton was instructed to restrict his activities to civil duties, as General Burgoyne was being sent from Britain to command the army Colonel Barry St. Leger's failure in capture Ameri- can Fort Stanwix con- tributed to defeat of British force under Gen- eral Burgoyne First sod turned for Cape Breton Railway Edward, Prince of Wales (Now Duke of Windsor) opened Quebec bridge. Countryside railway strike until August 30. Parliament was called ' into special session on August 28. Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra. ar- rived at Quebec. 1776 1954 erst Luci's Wedding Polished LBJ's Tarnished Image WASHINGTON (Special) -- The picture of Lyndon Johnson at his daughter Luci's wedding -- a modest, retiring, harassed father of the bride -- did the President's popularity ratings mari TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 22, 1966... One of the most signifi- cant battles of English his- tory was fought 481 years ago today--in 1485--on Bos- worth Field, 12 miles west of Leicester. Armies of the cruel usurper King Richard Ill, of the House of York, fought forces supporting Henry Tudor, who had come from exile in France to claim the throne in the name of the House of Lan- caster. Henry's forces won, and King Richard was killed in battle. The Battle of Bos- worth Field ended the Wars of the Roses--a 30-year, in- termittent civil conflict-- with the fall of the Yorkists after 24 years in regal power. The crown of Eng- Jand was found on a bush and passed to Henry VII, first ruler of the great Tu- dor dynasty. 1776 -- British Gen. Wil- liam Howe landed 10,000 men on Long Island in a bid to quell the American Revolution. 1910--Japan formally an- nexed Korea. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--the British advanced to Mouguet Farm beyond Pozieres on the Somme front; -Bulgarians drove back both wings of the Al- lied army in the Balkans; British occupied Kilossa in German East Africa. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King con- ferred with Lord Woolton on food problems; the RAF at- tacked Ostend, Le Havre and Dunkerque; Finns cap- tured Kakisalmi on Lake Ladoga. a. some good at a time when good was badly needed. The image of the Lord of the Great Society taking a back seat at the enormous wedding which he hadn't wanted but had to pay for aroused some sym- pathy. For three years everything had gone Johnson's way on the home front. The Democratic Party, Congress, even the econ- omy were firmly under his thumb. TOO TALL He was too successful to be popular, You can't love a man 10 feet tall. But by Luci's wedding day, one columnist noted: 'Things were getting to the point where a citizen could commiserate a bit with the President, even if it wasn't possible to work up a good cry". Since then the 10-foot LBJ has continued to shrink back to- wards his natural six foot three. In one week, organized labor Pulled a rug from under him and big business rushed in to clobber him as he fell, He broke into prime tele- vision time to announce that he's settled the airline mechan- ics' strike which grounded 60 per cent of commercial air- craft Two days later the mechanics unsettled it by voting against his proposal. The steel firms observed that the pay increase Johnson had approved violated the wage- price guideposts under which both labor and management are supposed to hold down their de- mands to prevent inflation. So big steel rammed through a price increase. The President lamented but decided there was nothing he could do about it. At the same time the house- wives: were nagging about ris- ing food prices; the Republicans were rolling up their artillery for an election year assault and Negroes and whites were riot- ing in the cities. p the myth of infallibility was fading. The cocktail circuit car- ried whispers. that LBJ might not run in 1968 and cars appear ed with bumper stickers read- ing '"'Kennedy-Fulbright in 68". Senator Robert Kennedy is now voted the Democrat most likely to succeed LBJ and Sen. J. William Fulbright the most OTTAWA REPORT Criticism Of Leadership 'Naive, Over - Simplified' OTTAWA--I described Friday how political writers have underrated our 27th Par- liament. Another and related tosic on srhich 1 would tale te. sue with the pundits has to do with political leadership in this country, and more particularly with leadership at the federal level. This is a favorite theme of some of our better-known col- umnists. Day after day, they in- sist on putting Prime Minister Pearson, or Opposition Leader Diefenbaker, or some lesser po- litical light, on the psychoana- lysts' couch and dissecting their psyches. All seem to yearn, wistfully, for some great politi- cal' crusader, in shining armor, "mounted on a white charger, who will speak for his time and his generation. This, in my opinion, is a naive over-simplification of the problems facing this country and what must be done to solve them. WORLD IN TRAVAIL And if such a leader should again ride out of the West--or the East--what time and what generation will he reflect? Canada, like many other countries, is experiencing a pe- riod of social strain which is fragmenting our people along geographical, cultural, even in- tellectual lines. There is an ob- vious chasm between our two main cultural groups but there are also strong regional and provineial cliques and there ap- pears to be a growing breach between the thinking of rural and urban dwellers. This upheaval will eventually work itself out and a distinct Canadian consensus will emerge but, until this day comes, we need a leader who can see and assess the differ- ent, and often conflicting pres- sures and who can see us through these troubled and un- settled times. Canada, of course, is not the only nation going through a pe- riod of unrest and social and intellectual upheaval. Some of these other nations have strong majority governments, some ae os under the rule of strong totalitarian regimes. Yet they have not fared any better, or as well as Canada. President Johnson, for exam- ple, is a man of exemplary in- ner strength, a man elected to the presidency with one of the most massive mandates in the United States history. Yet he is being buffeted by public opin- ion and his country faces per- haps the gravest and most com- plicated problems since the Civil War. Using their own criteria, no political pundit in Canada would call Prime Minister Wil- son a weak leader. He, too, commands a massive majority in his Parliament and he has become the very acme of ac- tivity and decision since his smashing victory. Yet this man of leadership and decision has seen his party wracked with in- ternal dissention and his couns try rocked by serious crises. CANADA HAS PROBLEMS I think there is a tendency in Canada to ignore or push aside the complexities of the prob- lems which face us. In many ways they are problems which face other countries--the U.S., U.K., France, U.S.S.R., even China. Yet we have on additional and overriding problem which these countries do not have, This is our unique federation; a fed- eration which is as much cult- ural as it is geographical. We are, after all, a nation born out of compromise and if we forsake this essential Canadian charac- teristic, we risk our survival. The moral of all this, of course, is that the qualities of true leadership are now always those which attract headlines or which can be equated with Strong language and kaleido- scopic activity. The test is in results and by this standard history will show that Canada has such a leader, a leader who, despite a minor- ity situation and unprecedented problems, is leaving his coun- try a legacy of accomplishment unexcelled by any previous ad- ministration. Aircraft Purchase In U.S. Causes Disquiet In Britain By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer A certain disquiet seems to surround Britain's biggest-ever aircraft purchase from the United States. The British purchase .of the F-111 swing - wing all - purpose war plane had its birth in po- litical wrangling and seems fated to be a topic of debate into the future. Th cost alone is so high that it is bound to cause controversy at a time when Britain is hav- ing tough going economically. The deal, estimated at approxi- mately £105,000,000 ($315,000,- 000), approaches the magnitude of Britain's housing bill for a year. effective and wounding critic of his Viet Nam policy. The idea of a change.in the Democratic leadership so soon is far-fetched but not so out- rageous as it was a year ago. Johnson is now all but com- mitted to win the war in Viet Nam but is not doing so. His military men tell him bombs won't do the job -- it will take 750,000 troops to end the war in five years. So far Johnson is prepared to invest 400,000 troops and a gar- land of rosy forecasts. By 1968 even Viet Nam may be overshadowed by the crisis in the American: cities. Al- though Johnson has done more for civil rights than any presi- dent since Lincoln, the. race problem explodes in his face, night after night in city after city Having achieved about as much civil rights legislation as it could hope for, the civil rights movement has _ fallen apart, Extremists who demand "black power' and rioters who want only chaos are taking over, The Negro ghettoes are ex- panding as whites flee to the suburbs. The big cities are be- coming economically unviable and physically unsafe. The problem of crime in the streets is linked to the race problem the way theft is linked to poverty. Barry Goldwater who tried to exploit it in the 1964 campaign, now. says John- son is getting into such a fix that any Republican -- even Goldwater -- could defeat him in 1968. THE ULTIMATE IN LUXURY LIVING! G@ORGIQN mansions 124 PARK ROAD NORTHs OSHAWA Tory critics of the Labor gov- ernment cite not only the cost. They say that in making the deal Prime Minister Wilson vir- tually destroyed the British air- craft industry's capacity to com- pete on the world market. The industry, pioneer from the earliest days of aviation, was forced to drop the TSR-2 pro« ject, although that highly sop! ticated aircraft was already fly- ing. DOUBT EFFICIENCY Now reports from the United States indicate doubt as to the efficiency of the F-111, a fighter- bomber designed to be the back- bone of defence in the United States, Britain and Australia in the 1970s. One U.S. publication, the Na- tional Business and Financial Weekly, says the aircraft has become such'a sluggish machine that it would make an easy tar- get for Russia's late - model MiGs. The article says there was serious concern among U.S, service chiefs over the per- formance of a test model se- cretly put through an exhaustive series of trials recently at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Meanwhile there also seems doubt about whether the cost of the F-11l--whose swing-wing in- novation, incidentally, is the invention of a British-born sci- entist--might cost more to the British government than was expected. FIXED PRICE The present deal commits the U.S. to supply 50 planes at a fixed price of £2,100,000 ($6,300,- 000) each, plus the cost of spe- cial modifications to suit the RAF, But apparently the British government has not yet placed a formal order for the main batch. Only the first group of 10 has been firmly put on contract. The U.S. government might therefore consider itself free to increase the price of the 40 planes outstanding if a Senate committee inquiring into the F-111 program decides they are being offered at cut price com- pared with those being manue factured for the U.S. Air Force. Opponents of Robert McNa- mara, U.S. defence secretar suspect that he offered the plane to Britain at a below-cost price to"ensure 'an overseas sale that would silence critics. Adult Building Central Location Prestige Address Distinction Beyond Compare Underground and Level Parking By Appointment Only 723-1712 -- 728-2911 Se sar a a He