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The Oshawa Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1966 -- PAGE 4 It's 'Business As Usual In Ottawa, Crisis Or Not The lament over the lack of lead- ership sounds sorrowfully across Canada again this week. Whatever may develop in the way of a railway strike settlement, our political lead- ers have demonstrated to a disgust- ing degree their inability to deal decisively with a national crisis. The railway unions were within their rights to strike, regardless of the public interest. For parliamen- tarians, however, responsibility for the public interest must be a prime concern. That leaders seem incap- able of grasping the significance of their roles is evident in the petty bickering, and the gross politicking which is typical of "business. as usual" on Parliament Hill. The prime minister has frus- trated the House of Commons with his detailed and time-consuming reprise of past strikes. The leader of the opposition has harangued the government in his usual manner. Members have bickered over such ¢rucial matters as their dinner hour. Until Wed. there was no plan to extend the session beyond the nor- mal mid-week short day for the Commons. This.is the situation in- volving representatives we pay at least $18,000' per year to conduct 'Inattentive Although the coming Labor Day weekend will provide a break from the regular working routine... a great many people will be working over the weekend. They'll be driv- ing their cars... and driving a car is a full-time job which requires constant attention. "Inattentive driving is a major cause of accidents," Hon. Irwin Haslett, Ontario's Minister of Trans- port, points out. "Our records show that inattentive driving heads the list, of all the. improper driver ace tions reported as a cause in acci« dents. Running a close second is 'driving off the roadway,' which is She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor r Times eprint The Oshawa Times ne. Whi The Oshawa {established 1871) and itby Gazette and Chronicle oul hewn 1883) is Published daily of C Deily h Publish- ers Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all . despatched in the paper credited to it er to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local published therein. .Ali rights of special des- patches are also reserved, Offices: Avenue, Toronto, Montreal, P.O. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Be wmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, le Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpeet, 'aunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Leskard, Broughem. Burketon, Claremont, Pontypool, and Newcastle not over ¢ week. By mail in Province of Ontario carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. and Commonweelth Countries, U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per Thomson Building, 425 University Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Other provinces $18.00 per year. Pi (Demeernren a cesamT NLTUAMANNAIN WHHL Se it THE NORTH TODAY V eden TT the country's business -- men, in- cidentally who had to be flown to Ottawa by special government air- craft to be present at the special strike session. During the first three days of the session the government has failed to provide a solution or to give satisfaction to anyone involved in the crisis. The rail unions are dissatisfied with the wage proposal. The rail companies are dissatisfied with the suggestions made to com- pensate them. And the Canadian people, caught in the crossfire of crisis, have reaped only further dis- illusionment, The danger looms now of the rail workers defying an Act: of Parlia- ment -- by refusing to return to work when ordered to do so. This would be the end of the line as far as respect for law in Canada is con- cerned, Before such tragedy were permitted it would be preferable that the Pearson government. be de- featéd on the floor of the Commons. There are worse things after all than an election campaign which might disrupt.a Centennial celebra- tion. The dilemma is, of course, there's no guarantee of better lead- ership in this, either. Drivi often the result of inattention as well. These two accounted for over 40% of all improper actions on the part of drivers involved in accidents last year." Here are some hints from the Department of Transport to help you keep your attention focused on the complex job of driving during a busy holiday weekend: Pay attention to the traffic Signs and signals. They're there to help traffic move smoothly and safely. Watch out for "highway hype nosis" particularly on long straight stretches of road. If you do find yourself becoming drowsy, stop for a rest but he sure to pull well off the travel- led part of the road. Keep both hands on the steer ing wheel ., . at the "10 min- utes to two o'clock" position. Centre your eyes on the road in front, but avoid a fixed stare, Your eyes should move from side to side to get the full picture of the traffic situ- ation ahead, Check your rear-view mirror frequently so you'll know what's developing behind you. Signal your intentions well in advance if you're going to pass or change lanes. On multi-lane highways, check the blind spot to the right before pulling back into the driving lane. HA AMUN isn SUG At OTTAWA. REPORT. Gregoire Operates In Constant Uproar By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Should Gilles Gregoire be expeiied trom tie House of Commons? The 40-year-vid Quebec City publicist is House leader of the Ralliement des Creditistes, the break-away Quebec wing of the Social Credit movement. Last week he was elected president of the Ralliement National, which was formed prior to the Quebec provincial election this summer as a merger of the Quebec national separatist group and the provincial Credi- tistes, His open support of this sep- afatist movement raises the question whether a person dedi- cated to the rupture of Confed- eration is upholding his loyalty to the constitution of Canada, as a member of the federal Parliament should do. Upon election to the House of Commons, each MP has to swear the loyalty oath. This réads simply: "I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second." Technically it could be ar- gued that a separatist does not infringe this oath, because he could reason that a separated Quebec would choose to remain --presumably as a republic~ within the Commonwealth, and hence would recognize the Queen as Head of the Common- wealth, LOYAL TO CANADA? But it is certainly debatable whether a separatist, striving to break up the Canadian Con- federation, is a loyal '"Cana- dian" and thus acceptable as a member of the federal Parlia- ment. The shrill-voiced, pint-sized Gregoire probably speaks in the Chamber more often than any other MP. He gives the appear- ance of being perpetually on his feet during orders of the day, hectoring and haranguing from his position in far left field, constantly being ruled out of order by the Speaker, and com- plaining about everything from his parking tickets being printed in the English language to the meny in the parliamen- tary cafeteria similarly being chalked up in English only. Some observers have pon- dered that he seeks to oust Real Caouette and succeed him as leader of his splinter group. Mr. Caouette now has opened a counter-offensive by proposing that, consequent upon his oe espousai of s€paratism, Greg oire should be thrown out of his pariy post as House ieader. Gilles Gregoire is the first member ef the House of Comes mons to be an overt separatist. Within the field of Quebec poli- ties, his move could be advan- tageous for him. For he has joined the RUN, which is a right wing group/ new, and as yet smaller than the similar older group, Rassemblement pour I'Independence Nationale, or RIN, which is socialist in its philosophy and hence out of tune with the growing right+ ward trend, and losing support. ITS IN THE BLOOD Gregoire's father, the late Ernest Gregoire, was well- known in Quebec City, where he was at one time mayor, He was prominent in an earlier French nationalist movement, the Action Liberale Nationale. But when ALN merged with the provincial Conservatives to form the Union Nationale under Maurice Dupiessis, the elder Gregoire turned to Social Credit and his son, then barely a teen- ager, absorbed his father's thinking. But when the time came for him to enter active politics, he turned his back on Quebec City, and sought and won election in Lapointe, in the kingdom of the Saguenay, the prosperous en- clave of Quebec nationalism. Lapointe is perhaps Canada's most inconvenient. constituency, being 300 miies from north to south and never more than 25 wide. The newly - declared separa- tist has announced that he pro- poses to serve out his term as an elected member of our 27th Parliament. Some MPs have asserted that he should be ex- pelled from Parliament, where one of his prime duties should be to uphold the consitution. Perhaps it is preferable that he should remain in the House, where his expressed views will be capped by other MPs devot- ing at least equal time to coun- tering them He will almost certainly be stripped of his status as House leader of the Creditistes, among whom one at most may have similar separatist aims; but he may also be forced to leave that party, and sit as the third Independent in the present House. Ultra-Patriotic Red Guard Fired By Lin' (Freelance journalist Ce- cile Nicholls returned to Hong Kong Friday after 20 days in Communist China. She saw the mass marches and destructive activities of the ultra - patriotic Red Guard youth groups. In this exclusive article written for The Associated Press she ree lates her experiences, By CECILE NICHOLLS HONG KONG (AP) -- The demonstrations in Peking began in a fiesta atmosphere. Every- one was gay and smiles were everywhere. But by the time I reached the mid-way point of my 20-day tour of Communist China it. had taken on an ugly note, I arrived in Peking Aug. 8, only hours before crowds began gathering in streets to celebrate the meeting of the central com- mittee of the Communist party of China It was after this session that it was disclosed Defence Minis- ter Lin Piao had been elevated to become party Chairman Mao Tse-tung's heir apparent, and student units began mass dem- onstrations to support Mao and ut COU Mi 'SERIES OF REFORMS IN ORDER s Elevation condemn what was described as bourgeois traditions. I saw more than a mile of bicycles parked at least 50 deep along a road near a_ school where students were holding mass discussions on the revolu- tionary idea of disbelieving their professors in favor of "creative self-reliance." There seemed never a mo- ment, for more than 10 days, when the sound of drums and cymbals could not be heard, day or night. SOUNDED LIKE TRAIN In Shanghai, when an esti- mated 800,000 marchers filed past my hotel, it seemed as though a train as long as China itself was rumbling past. At 5:30 a.m.--more than 20 hours after the demonstrations began outside my hotel window --mMarchers continued shuffling by, spurred on by cheerleaders. After dark, demonstrators car- ried torches while large por- traits of Chairman Mao were floodlit with electric bulbs. Girls used umbrellas to keep his por- trait protected from a constant, drenching rain. DOL | Lively Towns Compete For Capital Status By FARMER TISSINGTON GREAT SLAVE LAKE--Three lively and bustling communities in this area are actively com- peting for the right to be desig- nated as the capital of the North West Territories. Yellow- knife, Hay River and Fort Smith all have high hopes that the Corrothers Commission w make it recommendation on an N.W.T. capital town in favor of their community. The committee, headed by A. W. R. Carrothers and includ- ing among its members the young mining engineer mayor of Yellowknife, J. H. Parker, was established as an advisory commission on the development of government in the Territories. Its report is expected to be handed to the government with- in the next few weeks. Yellowknife, the largest com- munity in the N.W.T., and cer- tainly one of its most attrac- tive, feels confident about its chances. But mayor Don M. Stewart of Hay River greeted the touring Members of Parlia- ment with a model of his rapid- ly developing town and a sign boldly proclaiming Hay River as the future capital. Not to be outdone, Fort Smith's newspaper editor and official greeter, Jim Whelly, claims the capital for his com- munity on the ground that it is the most central, has. the only good agricultural land, is almost free of permafrost, has closer to the river. better communieations and transportation and better roads than its competitors. "Unlike Yellowknife, we are not a one-horse town," My, Whelly 'says. "At last count, we had 10 horses here against only one in Yellowknife and I under- stand that it is only a pony." Fort Smith is already the headquarters of the administra- tor of the Mackenzie, Ken Hawk- ins, and his staff has increased from 18 to over 100 in the past 10 years. And residents have no cause for complaining there is nothing to do. The population, consisting of 141 Treaty Indians, 104 non-treaty, 577 Metis and 859 others, can take part in more than 50 organiza- tions, chiefly recreational and social. Ball parks, a _ curling rink, a ski slope and even a nine-hole golf course keep the people well occupied in their Spare time. But Mayor Stewart in Hay River is just as enthusiastic about his community, much of which is being built anew be- cause of disastrous floods which occurred in 1951 and again in 1963 in the old, low-lying area of the town, While a spanking new post office, liquor stare, library and town hall are all built or being built at thnew location, the residents are still clinging sutbbornly to their present com- mercial and business area Hay River is serviced by a railway and it was a branch line from this railway which was pushed on to the rich lead- zinc pockets at Pine Point. Additionally, Hay River is an important centre for water freight on Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River and the Mackenzie Highway, the only major road in the NWT, was completed to Hay River in 1949. The residents of Yellawknife, with their industrial base in the Giant Yellowknife and Cominco gold mines, are understandably proud of their town which elected its first mayor in 1954 and is now governed by a mayor and ejght councillors. Its 4,300 inhabitants have most of the amenities of urban life such as water and sewage systems. A former mayor, E. R. "Ted" Horton, operates the weekly newspaper, the "News of the North," the oldest continually published paper. in the north. Ted, his wife and family en- tertained the visiting MPs and local residents at a Sunday afternoon barbecue at their hideaway cottage on the lake- shore, After such hospitality, it is not difficult to follow Mrs, Horton's instructions to write in glowing terms of this town with its wide, payed streets, tennis courts, curling elub and friendly citizens. N.W.T. MP Bud Orange makes his home there and he was met by his charming wife and chil- dren at the modern airport. He left the tour there, remaining at home for a few days while the balance of the committee took off the next day on the finalSleg of the trip to Churchill for a four-hour stop and then home to Ottawa at 5 in the morning. Yellowknife and Hay River are the only two full towns in the Territories, Fort Smith is a village, and the other commu- nities are either local improve- ment districts, development areas with advisory councils or unorganized communities with advisory committees. Neither Bud Orange nor Erik Nielsen expect that the N.W.T. and the Yukon will develop pro- vincial. status in the near future. But they do feel there should be a series of reforms, with local community councils gnd committees given more than an advisory role, leading to eventual local autonomy. To outsiders who suggest the north does not have enough pop- ulation to warrant complete self-government, people there point out that small popula- tions were not a bar to erec- tion of autonomous machinery in the early days of confedera- tion, When Manitoba was cre- ated in 1879, its white popula- tion was much less than it is in the Yukon today. oiedeenibinie a THE BRIDGE UTR sn UA w uni CANADA'S STORY met NONE) ata yen Nation Went West BY BOB BOWMAN Although July 1 is celebrated as Dominion Day, it should be remembered that only a small part of what is now Canada formed Confederation in 1867. Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns- wick, and NovaeScotia were the originais, Manitoba became a province in 1870, British Col- umbia in 1871, Prince Edward Island in 1873, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, and New- foundland in 1949. September 1 is an important date in the building of Canada. In 1880 Britain ceded all her North American possessions to Canada except New Foundland. islands | in ' Canada. On Septem- ber 1, 1905, Alberta and Sas- katchewan became provinces. Their territories were greatly enlarged. Originally Alberta and Sas- katchewan were part of the territory bought from the Hud- son's Bay Company in 1869, and they became districts in the Northwest Territories. Battleford was the first capital, and later Regina. Other dis- tricts were Athabaska, Assini« boia, and Keewatin, and they were absorbed by Alberta, Sas- katchewan, Manitoba and On- tario. Governor General Earl Grey and Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier presided at the cere- monies when Alberta and Sas- katchewan became provinces. The first ceremony was held at Edmonton on September 1, 1905 and photographs of the occasion show the distinguished guests on the speakers' plat- form, against a background of scarlet - coated Mounties and TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 1, 1966... William Penn sailed from England with 100 colonists 284 years ago today--in 1682 --aboard the ship Welcome. As a young man he had been expelled from Oxford and .imprisoned in the Tower of London for his Quaker beliefs. When his father died, he exchanged a cash claim on the Crown for land in North America and founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a sanctuary for religious nonconformists. Penn him- self lived in America only fer two two-year periads, in 1682-84 and 1699-1701. 1850 -- Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, ar- rived to sing in New York. 1860--The Prince of Wales laid the foundation-stene of the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Bulgaria declared war on Romania, which had al- ready invaded Bulgaria' the Allied fleet menaced Athens while a pro-Allied revolution began in Salonika; Italians accupied Tepelini, Albania. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day --in 1942 -- Vichy poli- ticians Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat, wounded ear- lier by an assassin, were announced out of danger; Prime Minister Mackenzie King attended a war cabi- net meeting in London; President Roosevelt prom- ised in a broadcast "every- thing in our power to crush Hitler." Indians from the Hebbeman reserve, The scene was repeated at Regina on September 3, When Alberta and Saskatche- laid cornerstone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa Charlottetown Conference d with arrival of 1864 wan were made provinces they did not have jurisdiction over a number of resources, The federal government retained all public lands, mines, min- erals and resources. The prov- inces did no! have complete control of education. This situ- ation was sharply attacked by R. B. Bennett, who was leader of the Opposition in Alberta, and who later became Prime _ Minister of Canada. OTHER EVENTS ON SEPT. 1: 1557 Jacques Cartier die' at St. ui, France, e he was born Sydney was made capi- tal of Cape Breton Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, 1785 1860 Waite ain eeerenaen Maritime delegates Grain Growers Company established at Winnipeg 1917 Canadian Press Com- pany formed, 1919 Edward, Prince of Wales, now Duke of Windsor, laid cornerstone of the Peace Tower, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa 1945 Japan surrendered in World War II 1955 Alberta and Saskatche- wan celebrated Golden Jubiiees 1961 First oll digging rig landed at Melville Island in the Arctic 1962 Sons of Freedom (Douk- hobors) began march from Shoreacres to Ag- gassiz, B.C, 1906 Bachodia Ready For Role As Proud But Tiny Nation BRIDGETOWN (AP)--Mount Hillaby, at 1,104 feet, is about as high as New York's Empire State Building. From its crest on a clear day you can see al- most all of Barbados, a bean- shaped dot of emerald in the eastern Caribbean. Three months hence Barbados will become the smallest and newest nation in the Western hemisphere. It is 21 miles long and 14 miles at its widest, But to proud Barbadians their home is as large and important as the mother country, Eng- land. An American tourist, motoring over the island, hailed a pedestrian for direc- tions. "I'm sorry I don't know," thé "Barbadian "said gravely: "I'm from the interior, you see." Barbadians claim they are the most advanced and progres- sive of British Caribbean pos- sessions. Their literacy is 97 per cent. Nearly every arable inch of the 166 square miles is un- der cultivation. Barbadians pi- oneered birt& control in the Caribbean. The per-capita gross domestic product, $375 in 1965, is higher than in many Latin-American countries. Barbados is some 200 miles off South America. It is almost ringed by golden beaches that make it a vacation resort win- ter and summer. Groves of mahogany and whitewood trees and stands of the fir-like casuarina crown the hilltops and break inte the palm- tree monotony of the shores. FACE SERIOUS PROBLEMS All this is an attractive set- ting for serious economic and social problems that independ- ence may accentuate. Despite the birth control pro- gram, Barbados, with' nearly 250,000 people, is one of earth's more heavily populated areas--- 1,470 humans a square mile. Illegitimate births, says Clyde Gollop, the Family Planning As- sociation's director? run to 62 per cent. The population growth rate, 2.8 per cent, has been kept down largely by emigration but England now is restricting im- migration from Commonwealth areas. Dependence on sugar. for bet» ter than 80 per cent of export earnings has worked against di- versification of agriculture, As a result Barbados paid nearly $19,000,000 last year for food im- ports, including rice, eggs and meat. This contributed materi- ally to a trade deficit of nearly im- $31,000,000---$69,600,000 for ports vs. $38,000,000 in exports, OUTLOOK BLEAK A survey jointly by Canada, Britain and the United States resulted in a bleak report that recommended a regional devel- opment approach, a sort of eco- nomic federation. This has re- ceived little encouragement. Guyana, Barbados and Antigua are trying to create a free-trade area, but critics see many ob- stacles. Competition for tourists is ex- ected to become fierce. Bar- ados' neighbors, notably St, Lucia, Grenada and Dominica, are endowed with gracef ul beaches and more spectacular mountain scenery, Some tourists complain they lack things to do. Bridgetown, ron ota _, TORONTO--John O---John Spence Bee ea He is a hatd-working member who tackles el of his constituency with =, diligence. : And at various times the year he ery or in "ey debates of the His prosaic 'on th darts talks usually have a fresh thought or so. But for the part they deal with problem certain people are having be- case a bridge is out of repair and similar local questions. They are not homilies. It's peed: | back-fence talk, It seems now, the Kent Bast sear may be a prophet with jonor, LED ATTACK: At the last session Mr, Spence was particularly worried about one question: Prices, He was concerned about the difference between what the farmer gets for his products and what the consumer has to pay for them. And he was dis- turbed about high prices gen- erally. He started to call for a gov- ernment inquiry into prices. Other members joined in. But he was the first and the most determined. You might say he sparked the attack. PUBLIC DEMAND And it now appears the attack inevitably will lead to somie- thing since prices are getting to be of widespread concern. Housewives are disturbed. And this, combined with pos- sible inflation, has the genetal public worried. Various groups have & demanding what John Spence has advocated -- a public inquiry. They include organizations of the stature of the Ontario Muni. cipal Association. Such a public demand for an inquiry is developing that it seems government will x forced to recognize it. And {f it does we can always remember that John was there first, Incidentally, though a select committee inquiry is being most widely mentioned, if the "of ernment does take action would probably appoint s commission, It would be nearly a year be fore a select committee--made up of members of the house could be set up and in operation, POINTED PARAGRAPHS Nobody knows what the aver- age person, will do next. This is particularly true of the aver- age person. In these chaotic times there are some people who occasion- ally wish they could afford to turn loose all holds for a week or.so and enjoy rousing nervous breakdown, BIBLE 'And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? -- Mark 4:40. peace in the midst of the capital, is a homely cluster of old and new architecture and: of imposing place names. like: Trafalgar Square, a sun- scorched patch of asphalt sur- rounding Nelson's statue, Enter- tainment 'usually begins and- ends with the inevitable steel drum band and an exhibition of limbo. é * COM The Sth 'C" Of Saving MON SENSE; meaning that now is a good time to. be setting aside money just in case. At present, concitions generally are unsettled, to say the least and people who have money on deposit at 412% (Like QUR saving depositors) ore realizing the full benefit of the first 4 C's of savings as well. THESE ARE: COM FORT: that feeling that comes from knowing that you have cash available when you need it. 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