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he Oshawa Times \()" Published by Canadian Newspa - 86 King St. E., rs Limited " ario T. L. Wilson, Publisher re SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1966 -- PAGE 4 : a +e "4 'ees "he question has arisen of the ' fairness of making criticism of Osh- 'awa city council as a whole. The ' feeling apparently is that they can't 'be all bad. And, of course, the sug- jgestion has also been made that 'someone, presumably The Times, 'mame the present aldermen and ' grade them as good representatives, 'inferior or indifferent, Such action 'would be usurping a function pro- "perly placed with individual citi- zens. Certainly our aldermen aren't all bad. Some may talk far too much for what they have to say. Some may have served too long. Some lack the comprehensive view re- quired to cope with the complexities of civic affairs. However there are also aldermen who have made com- mendable contributions and_ still have much to contribute if they can be encouraged to continue their service. Like the mayor, their worthwhile efforts are often hidden by the hubbub that too often sur- rounds council "discussion". It is ironic that council members insist on "hidding their light under a bushel". By refusing to permit City Council 'Not How's Public To Know Aili Bad public attendance at meetings of council in commitiée; they deny themselves the opportunity of showing their mettle as aldermen Were full information available to the public, a true gauge would be provided of their individual abilities and constructive contribution to the city's business, They could be fairly assessed on the reports of the course and conduct of debate and their comments. It would seem therefore council members have the key to the better public understanding of their ac- tions and abilities in their own hands. They could use it to open their discussions to the public. While the Municipal Act may per- mit such meetings to be closed it hardly seems to insist upon it. If it did, there'd be Ontario councils out- side the.law for they hold such meetings open to the press and pub- lic. In Oshawa, council members have painted themselves into the position of wanting their proper public images and closed meetings too. They can't have both, but they have only themselves to blame. Campaign In Whitby Whitby residents are being in- vited to one of the most important meetings held in their town for some time on Monday night. It will mark the opening of their United Appeal campaign. The meeting to be held in the Henry Street High Schoe! will be 'attended by civic dignitaries, repre- sentatives of Whitby organization and leaders in industry. The aim is to demonstrate the wide support of * both citizens and leaders of the Unit- ed Appeal as the campaign begins. She Oshawa Times T._L. WILSON, Publisher . C, PRINCE, Gene C._J. MeCONECHY, Editor ral Monager <The Oshowa Times combining, The Oshawa Times ) lesteblished 1871) and the Ui Gazette ond | Chronicle (established 1863) is published dally end Stotutary holidays excepted), of Coned! fi Audit Bureau the siden Provincial Dailies ress is y use of republication of all news 7 in the po credited to it er to The ° Press or , and also the focal ee pees therein. All rights of special des- are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; * Montreal, P.O. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES ivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmonville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince | Albert, Mepie Grove, mpton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, , Dunbarton, Enniskillen, + Leskard, m, Burketon, Claremont, is 'ontypool, and Newcostle not over 425 University Cathcort Street jon, "tyr , "Re week, By mall in Province of Ontario eorrier delivery crea, $15.00 per year. ' pr oe Cc th Countries, » $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 per yeor. This year an objetive of $34,000 has been set to assist in the work of nine worthwhile organizations. Included are the Association for Retarded Children, the Mental Health Association, the National Institute for the Blind, the Red Cross, the March of Dims, the St. John Ambulance, the Victorian Or- der of Nurses and the YMCA. A note of optimism for the suc- cess of the campaign has been found in the willingness expressed, before the drive ever starta: bv Whitby-based industries to assist through payroll deduction, plans. The value of the United Appeal as an efficient means of providing funds for services citizens wish to provide for those less fortunate is now widely recognized. Whitby, too, has long been recog- nized as a progressive town proud of its community achievements. The United Appeal provides yet an- other commendable opportunity to demonstrate these attributes, Standing -room-only attendance at Tuesday's meeting will show Whitby as a civic-minded commun- ity that cares. It will be a stellar start to assure the success of the campaign. LITTLE CHANGE IN IMAGE OF PM IN LAST By The Canadian Institute sk MONTHS (World Copyright ) Over the past year and a half, Prime Minister Lester Pearson's image, in the not changed much. Whil same as it was six Even in Quebec there has not been much change. Only about one-in-ten report a higher opinion of Mr. Pearson end just more than two-in-ten say a lower opinion. In the west the Prime Minister has not fared so well. Close to a majority of the citizens (46%) say their opinion of the Prime Minister has gone down. The question: "Would you say your opinion of the Prime Minister, Lester Pearson, has gone up or down in the past six months?" 1965 DAY GONE UP cccsavccsecccessceverveccsee 15% Gone down The same . Undecided ... one 40 Regionally today, the Gallup Poll survey shows the followying' Total East (Including Que.) 1% Gone up .. o Gone down The same ... Undecided ..ccccccseccoscees 14 100% West 6% # 38 10 100% Ontario 12% 36 42 10 100% . INDECISIVENESS CRITICIZED Having. established that 10 per cent of the poeple in Can- ada say their opinion of Prime Minister Pearson has gone up and 35 per cent say it has gone down, Gallup Poll interviewers then asked these respondents to explain whey their opinions had changed. Among thoese who. feel a higher regard for Mr, Pearson, the outstanding reason is a sort of boomerang against the Op- position, . . 'He gets things done, despite the Opposition." Other' reasons for an im- proved opinion of 'the Prime Minister: . . . Improvement in trade and less unemployment; . ..A good leader, doing the best he can; -Respect for his intergrity; Those who say their opinion of Mr. Pearson has 'gone down put forth a multitude of rea- cons, in the following order: . » » Poor government, too indecisive, too many blunders; . Not doing enough, not keeping election promises; . » » No good as a leader, weak, waffles; . « » Mishandles strikes; +» + Too old; . .» Too many scandals, Mun- singer, Rivard; . .). Not handling inflation properly, high cost of living. Among "'other,"' lesser rea» sons given for Mr. Pearson's drop. in public esteem: . . . Caters to French Can- ada; . } Allows petty issues to take time from national busi- ness; . ++ Lost respect of people; «+» + Don't like him; +». Taxes too high; . » Too influenced by United States; . . . Better as a diplomat than a Prime Minister. Economic Freeze, Squeeze Bitter Medicine In Britain LONDON (AP)--Two months of freeze and squeeze are pro- viding bitter medicine for the British economy It's still too early to tell whether the medicine will also cure the chronic diseases of un- ion and management resistance to changé, misplaced invest- ment and lagging production. The government is still search- ing for ideas to increase produc- tivity, increase labor mobility and reorganize industry after the initial shock of the squeeze wears off. Two years of wage-price in- creases and repeated foreign-ex- change crises forced the gov- ernment to cry halt July 20. Prime Minister Wilson boosted taxes, promised government spending cuts and, for good measure applied the stiffest wage-and-price freeze since the Second World War. The emergency aim was to rein in the free-spending British economy, save foreign exchange and restore confidence in the pound. Unemployment was the first price paid. MOST SKEPTICAL British workers have clearly heen shaken up and some have gone on'strike to protest against layoffs. It remains to be seen whether the pieces will fall into more productive places after a year or 18 months. So far, the general attitude is one of skepti- The first statistics have been cism right on the form of earlier post- war squeezes. Manufacturing wages are frozen solid. Unem- ployment is up to 1.5 per cent and is expected to climb to two per cent by Christmas. The number of job vacancies is fi- nally rising after several years of acute labor shortage that helped force wages up. The pound sterling is sailing into calmer international wa- ters, as charted by the British treasury. International bankers have atranged new currency support. The chancellor of the exchequer, James Callaghan, told Commonwealth finance ministers in Montreal last month that Britain's trade defi- cit will be wiped out next year. ; QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT ~Gains Seen Only Possible Under English PM > This is a selection of ed- Ottawa Le Droit -- French- speaking Canadians should oppose with all their strength the election of Jean Marchand as leader of the federal Lib- eral party... . Two or three times since his entry into politics, Mr. Mar- chand, as we know, has heard himself proclaimed successor to the present prime minister, Mr. Pearson, as leader of the Liberal party. . . . But for their own security, French- speaking Canadians should oppose the choice of one of their own as successor... . History has proven that un- der French - language prime ministers, French - speaking Canadians made no progress. It has even happened that they lost ground. With all due respect to Mr. Louis St. Laurent, who was and remains a great Cana- dian, what progress did French Canada make under his administration? .. . To Sir Wilfrid Laurier, great man that he was, we owe the definite loss of French rights in Manitoba as well as the loss of Catholic schools in that province. To the same Laurier, we owe one of the great Anglo-French quarrels in Canada--over participation in imperial wars following the sending of an expeditionary force to South Africa withuut the approval of Parliament Mr, Jean Marchand or any other French-speaking 'Cana- diay undoubtedly would not repeat the errors of Laurier, but t fear of being ac- cused of favoring "his own," he probably would be as inert as Mr. St. Laurent as far as French - speaking Canadians are concerned. Psychologically, it would have been impossible for a French-speaking prime minis- tor theve appointed «a French-speaking Canadian as governor-general as Mr. Die- fenbaker did, and it would have been equally impossible for him to give Canada a dis- ag flag as Mr. Pearson id. - Because French - speaking Canadians still have a great i deal to gain in this country which should be theirs from one ocean to the other, they will make gains only under an English - language prime minister who, although hos- tile, will feel obligated to a certain amount of 'fair play" each passing day. -- Marcel Gingras (Sept. 28) Montreal Le Devoir -- The brief presented by the Con- federation of National Trade Unions, the Quebec Federa- tion of Labor and the Union of Catholic Farmers to tne Quebec government reflects accurately the views of most citizens of Quebec province. The authors recognize, in effect, the existence of a very serious constitutional crisis. ... They mention well-known causes of the crisis--for ex- ample the conflict between the provinces and Ottawa, the discontent of French - Cana- dians, the fiscal arguments, the regional tensions. . . . They reject increased cen- tralization as politically un- thinkable. They say "no" to the constitutional status quo, in the very name of the evils which the status quo has come to represent. They re- ject the more radical op- tions, such as independence and the formula of associate statehood, not in a definitive or peremptory fashion, but be- caus#: these options remain ment bec ee TAT eT too imprecise, too hazardous to permit people to make a realistic choice at the mo- The organizations want a bill of rights written into the constitution. This charter would not be a Quebec, an Ontario or a_ federal ment. It would simply be Ca- nadian. It would be for all governments and all peoples, On the question of lan- guages, "absolute equality" of two languages in the federal government, with reciprocity being applied in certain other practical rules at followed literally to absurd le: sals made in this regard show signs of vigoroiis realism and largely will be supported by French-Canadian opinion. At the provincial level, the brief proposes unilingualism as a general rule, except for prov- inces containing a French- or English-language minority of more than 15 per cent or 500,- 000 inhabitants. This proposal would assure ment of bilingualism in New Brunewick and Ontario. . . . The organizations do not say s0 openly, but if effect is to be given to all their pro- posals, a new constitution will have to be drafted labor movement certainly has rendered a great service in indicating principle on which the revi- sion should be based, that is to say the federal principle. +» . Claude Ryan (Sept, 29) Montreal La Presse--.. . At the convention of the Federa- tion of Young Liberals of Que- renewal of acquaintances gave rise to some fairly brisk exchanges (in Bd scuss ions in | MARCHAND OPPOSED docu- the brief proposes the cases to prevent ngths. The propo- the _ establish The unequivocally the about the Liberal party's de- feat in the June 5 Quebec election). . . «, a ey maviig aGi btn thant . eG tia ii Te cent years the Lesage admin- istration had lost touch with certain elements of the popu- lation, the former minister of natural resources and social and family welfare (Rene Le- vesque) hastened to add: "'If we erred in that direction, the fault falls back on a good number of members of the party, on the young among others, who did not keep us abreast of the grievances of the people," Mr. mer Liberal roads minister) bluntly questioned how repre- sentative the federation actu- ally is. "You are practically all university people," he told the delegates. classes are not represented in your federation. Liberal party cannot b party of students, neglecting all the young peo- ple in the working and rural classes." On this point, whose impor- tance cannot be underestim- ated, Mr. president of agreed with Mr. Pinard. He believed that the small num- ber of delegates from working and rural classes was due to a lack of money. He estimated it cost each dele- gate $75 to $100 to attend the convention. ... The explanation does not appear sufficient. Despite real and praiseworthy efforts to make the party more demo- Bernard Pinard (for- "The middle Surely the a the Ge Guy Morin, new the federation, the cratic, do the objectives of Drummondville, the the Quebec Liberal party cor- respond to the ideals held by youths from the working and rural classes? It question that future adminis- trators of the party will have to try to find a satisfactory is to this 'OH: I DON'T NEED A LICENCE hy tenner erga CANADA'S STORY Marconi By BOB BOWMAN Transatlantic wireless opened for public service Oct. 8, 1907. It had been pioneered by Ital- ian inventor Marconi, backed by British capital, and aided by Canada. Marconi received the first signals across the Atlantic Dec. 12, 1901, using a base near St. John's, Nfld. Some scientists said the demonstration had been faked, Others claimed that signals would not travel from west to east owing to the move- ment of the earth around the sun, Marconi was forced to aban- don his base at St. John's be- cause the Submarine Cable Co. had exclusive communication rights from Newfoundland for 50 years. Alex Johnson, a Sydney, N,.S., hewspaper_ pubi'*er went to his 'aid. He took Marconi to Ottawa and introduced him to Finance Minister Fielding who listened to his story. Fielding TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 8, 1966... Cola di'Rienzi, the Italian revolutionist, was murdered 612 years ago today -- in 1354 -- while attempting to escape from a burning house. His ambitions had been to avenge a noble's murder of his brother and to restore the glories of an- cient Rome. In 1347 he had proclaimed himself dictator of Rome, with the Pope's support, but within months his fantastic ceremon- ies and pretensions had him denounced as a_ heretic, criminal and pagan. He fled and lived in prison or exile until 1352, when the new pope pardoned him. Rienzi was murdered only weeks after his return to Kome. 1776 -- The Spanish mis- sion at San Francisco was founded. 1877--Wilfrid Laurier be- came minister of inland revenue. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--the U-53 sank six Al- lied ships off New England two days after calling at Newport, R.I.; 1st and 3rd Canadian Divisions again attacked Regina Trench un- successfully on the Somme front; Romanians evacu- ated Kronstadt, Transylva- hia. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- Turkey agreed to sell chrome to Germany in 1943; British naval aircraft attacked Ger- man supply lines to the Russian front; the admir- alty announced nearly a third of Italy's merc hant fleet heel been sunk. Oct. 9, 1966... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Serbians crossed the Cerna River at three points to attack Monastir, Mace- donia; rebel leader Venize- los of Greece arrived at Sa- lonika from Crete; Italians and Austrians clashed in the eighth -battle-of the Isonzo. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941 -- the British naval trawler Lady Shirley captured a German subma- rine; pro - Axis President Arias of Panama was re- placed by pro - American Adolfo de la Guardia; Pres- ident Roosevelt asked Con- gress to authorize th® arm- GAA UNA Pg REP ei PU AR AEA Pioneered became interested and asked Marconi to wait until he had time to talk to the "old man," aa Minister Sir Wilfrid Lau- er. ' The government then agreed to give Marconi $80,000 and with Alex Johnson's help he estab- lished another base at Glace Bay, N.S. From there he sent successful signals to Britain Dec. 5, 1902. The commercial service opened five years later after equipment had been im- preved, and new bases built both in Canada and in Britain. There was an amusing story about 'the first message sent across the Atlantic from Glace Bay in 1902. The Canadian cor- respondent of the London Times was given the honor, and he also wrote an account of the event for The Times and sent it by mail. The New York Times also had the story but agreed to hold up publication until the London Times had received its dispatch. Days went by and still the Lon- don Times did not acknowledge that it had received the story. Then it was disclosed that the dispatch had gone to the dead- letter section of the post office. The Canadian correspondent had not put enough postage on the envelope and The Times had an iron-clad rule that it would not accept letters with "postage due." The news of one of the world's greatest develop- ments was delayed for weeks: OTHER OCT. 8 EVENTS 1964--Hotel dieu Hospital in Montreal opened by Jeanne Mance. 1804---Schooner Speedy lost on Lake Ontario with distinguished passengers. 1904---City of Edmonton incor- porated, 1906 --. Provincial conference opened in Ottawa. 1928--U.S. Supreme Court an- nounced decision, on legality of Canadians crossing the border, Johnson Tour, British Plan Unlikely Paths To Peace By HAROLD MORRISON LONDON (CP) -- Britain's new Viet Nam peace plan is es- sentially a dress-up of old ideas unlikely to receive any sudden ovations in Hanoi. Nor is President Johnson's planned whirlwind tour of six Pacific countries, combined with a Manila summit, the kind of project that suggests the path to peace has finally been found, These moves are essentially political, designed in part to in- fluence opinion at home and abroad. Political advisers have a feeling the public often re- lates momentum with progress. The dazzling aspect of the new British plan is that it is set out in such complete detail. First, North Viet Nam and the United States would agree to the principle of a peace confer- ence. Then the U.S. would halt the bombing of North Viet Nam and both sides would stop the flow of fresh troops and equip- ment into the battlefield. Later, as part of a ceasefire, both sides would agree to stop any further acts of aggression while the principles of a polit- ical settlement are negotiated. CALLS FOR ELECTIONS A further step would be free elections in both North and South Viet Nam--many scoff at the idea of free elections in North Viet Nam--followed by a period after which the two countries would decide whether to unite and on what terms. British Foreign Secretary George Brown, besieged by La- bor party left wingers who have heaped 'abuse on the gov- ernment's support of Johnson's policy, says he will press his plan on the U.S, and the Soviet Union. His proposal, outlined at the party's current annual confer- ence, received wide attention in Britain and was welcomed by U.S. policy makers. Buf there are grave doubts in some quarters whether ~ Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei Gromyko will bite. Gromyko could well say: 'T've heard this all. before." The Soviet Union supports Hanoi's demands that peace in Viet Nam must be preceded by the exodus of American troops. In other words Viet Nam must be left to internal settlement which means the Communists must be given the right to com- plete their job of sweeping out the remaining opposition and taking full control of the con- fused and disunited South. STILL SOME HOPE The situation would seem still to be hopeless--but not quite. The heavy American bombing of North Viet Nam is reported to be taking its toll and widen- ing an impression in the North that perhaps, after all, it can- not win a 'military battle in the South. At least that appears to be the impression conveyed by Foreign Minister Couve de Morville of France in his recent talks . with Johnson. The. Viet Cong can hope to keep the Americans pinned down in. the South for a long time but the old confidence of 'complete vic- tory appears to have slipped away. That in itself may be the be- ginning of realism, leading to some kind of settlement in which the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong do not lose face. The fresh and largely sec- ret, feelers that U Thant, United Nations secretary - gen- *$s4e88 33 Fs voters two and didn't bother to vote. Guess who is creating this attitude! Many don't really know that just one cross or two, instead of a dozen or so, could clarify a few new pro. Yours 'very truly, Horst A, Zimmerman MEMBERS CONCERNED Mr. Editor: Concerning my article printed yesterday in your paper I wish to retract the statement con- cerning the Oshawa Centennial Auditorium project. In further thought and study I see it a good thing for the city and its people for now and future years, In fact my major complaint was the large outlay of money when there was so much adoo and fuss over inflation. A centennial subdivision' with good quality uniform homes I believe is needed and has a place for 1967 and our cities future. My remarks concerning the right to vote on every ma- jor project still stands. To change the subject I would like to commend our Federal Provincia] and Municipal mem- bers, I believe the majority have run for these offices with a deep concern and interest for all people. I do detest the common ex- pression that our members in pubiic iife are there to fill their pockets and are all corrupt, This is dishonest, disrespectful and very ignorant, I admit the occasional one has been corrupt but in every walk of life man have fallen, even within the ministry, When one has, - this certainly causes distrust but it is wrong to brand all that par- ticular group as corrupt. There are many noble straight, clean living men in tht Conservatives, Liberals, New Democratic and Social Credit Parties, we look to them for clean leadership, Men, play it straight, do not fail yourself, your country and your people. Yours truly, Rev. R. H. James YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO October 8, 1941 Rev, J. Jacenty laid the cornerstone for the new Ukrain- ian Presbyterian Church. The dedication of colors will feature Thursday evenings: meeting of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion. 40 YEARS AGO October 8, 1926 Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey spose al the dimer gi the Hos- pital Campaign workers. The Dr. Kaiser 'Shield, donated for competition in fire drill among city schools, was on exhibit in a downtown store window this week. eral, iy reported to have put out njay be more productive than 4ll the razzle-dazzle of the British-American political mo- mentum. Montreal Windsor Edmonton Oshawa Winnipeg Oshawa DELOITTE, PLENDER, HASKINS & SELLS with whom are now merged : MONTEITH, RIEHL, WATERS & CO, Chartered Accountants Prince George Associated Firms in United States of America, Great Britain and other Countries throughout the World. Oshawa Shopping Centre Hamilton Calgary Vancouver Toronto Regina 728-7527 Now Is The Time To Order Youv Winter Fuel .. C GAL. Save °i3 3" PHONE 668-3341 DX FUEL OIL Serving Oshawa - Whitby - Ajax and District