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OTTAWA REPORT Quebec Question Bye Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1966 --~ PAGE © Search For Industry Needs Funds-To Travel ' Industrial development was crowd- edi into the background in the civic election here, It did not represent a major issue in the campaign. In 4 city such as Oshawa however it must be a continuing consideration of crucial importance, Those who did mention it in the campaign noted that neighboring communities were having greater success than this city is in attract- ing new industry:--It must be re- cognized that competilion is ex- tremély keen in this field so essen- tial for economic growth. Peterborough, for instafice, is en- tering the second stage of a com- prehensive industrial promotion. Promotional pieces have been sent to the executive of 5,800 attempting to attract them to that city. The mailing campaign was first stage. The second is personal contact. Last month the Peterborough industrial commissioner visited industrialists in Ohio, Hlinois and Michigan. More trips are planned to New York, Pennsylvannia and the New England states, The Peterborough campaign has much more than passing interest to Oshawa. This city's industrial com- missioner is credited with prepar- ing brochures of such excellence they serve as models for other centres, The rub for Oshawa comes when we consider if this city's industrial comissioner is given sufficient op- portunity to travel to tell Oshawa's atory to industrial prospects, On the basis of last year's budget it seems most unlikely that he does, For pr:motional travel and ex- peuses for 1966 council budgeted the generous sum of $2,700! Not too long ago a story was published showing that over a two year period the same council had voted some $4,000 for members to attend con- ventions. When it comes to aldermen travelling all over the continent to attend fire chiefs' conventions (where the city is already repre- sented by the fire chief), it can be seriously questioned if their jaunts are really necessary. There can be no doubt that more travel by the industrial commissioner is, If Oshawa is going to compete successfully in the contest for in- dustry, spending to attract it will have to be greatly increased, It will be a worthwhile investment -- yes, even if aldermen may have to miss a few conventions. A Treacherous Time When December rain turn to ice and glaces King and Bond streets and other city thoroughfare, salt is not always sufficient for safety under such treacherous driving conditions, The question is whether studded tires, chains or snow tires provide the greater protection. The director of the Motor Vehicle Research Laboratory at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin says this: "1966 findings show that the use of new studded tires on the rear wheels of vehicle will, on the average, reduce distance from a speed of 20 miles per hour on glare ice by She Oshawa Tones 7. L, WILSON, Publisher €. ©. PRINCE, General Monae C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Seven Times combining The Times ished 187}) and Te Wnitey Sanette and le (established 1863) is published daily end Stotutery holidays excepted), c Baily Newspoper of Association tion, The © ly the ute of republication ef all news in the paper credited to it er to The Press oF ers, Hished therein, All rights of special dea @te aise reserved, 425 = Universi Bullding, wenue, Toronto, Ontaric; 'wo Catheert Stree treal, P.O. corrtera mm Oshewe, Whitby, Alex, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince apie Hampton, Frenchmon's » faunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton Enniskillen, , Broughom Burketon, ¢ moll in Province of Ontorio ; delivery orea, $15.00 per ne Brovin end © ith er tea, 18.00 per year, USA, ond foreign $27.00 pe 21 per cent as compared with new highway tires, Under similar con- ditions reinforced tire chains on the rear wheels will reduce braking distance by approximately 47 per cent." The Canadian Highway Safety Council adds that snow tires provide a seven per cent improvement in braking distance over conventional highway tires. In a nation-wide survey the safety council found that studded tires are permitted or tolerated on the high- ways of every province in Canada, Legislature enacted by provincial governments during the past year has made it possible to drive a motor vehicle equipped with studded tires without fear of break. ing the law. In most instances, how- ever, a driver, may be charged if his studded tires damage the road. Some provinces permit their use between Nov. 1 and April 30. In Ontario and Quebec they are toler. ated unless the road is damaged, With the use of studded tires increasing, the safety council warns all motorists to take the shorter stopping distance into account in leaving space between their vehicles and the vehicles ahead: "Tail-gating is always a perilous procedure, but with stopping dis- tances shortened considerably with studded tires, rear-end clashes will increase unless every motorist drives to avoid them." In Cabinet, Too By PATHION Nivmuioon The demand for bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada is based upon the argument that all Canadians are Le ogee with second- none class status, equi rights constitutionally an morally. An acid teat of the sincerity of this arguntent will be the the present back- indecision on impending cabinet appointments, Registrar-General Guy Fav- reau and Justice 'Minister Lu- ceion Cardin are both expected to resign from the cabinet shortly. If elther or both of these do resign, they would pre- aumably be replaced as minis- ters. By whom? In past Liberal administra- tions, there were normally five representatives from Quehec in the then smaller cabinet total- ling 20 or so ministers, Three of those would be French-Cana- dian, and two English-speaking. For instance, during the late Mackenzie King and the early St, Laurent years, Defence Min- ister Brooke Claxton and Fi- nance Minister Douglas Abbott -_ the two English-speaking slots, Today's larger cabinet of 26 ministers contains nine from Quebec, seven French-Canadian and two English-speaking. WERE BEST This is not a projection of the former proportion between the two founding races, But it might be defended on the acceptable basis that these nine ministers, at the time of heir appoin- ment, were the best procurable from Quebec, Without arguing that point, let us consider who, among: present, Liberal back- benchers, rank highest as poten- tial replacements. One possibility must not be overlooked. Prime Minister Pearson might invite Hon. Mau- rice Lamontagne, who resigned from the cabinet asa sequel to his headlined furniture deals, to rejoin the ranks of ministers. There are now five Quebec MPs filling the post of parlia- mentary secretary to a cabinet minister. This position is re- garded as the threshold to cabi- net appointment, Three of these were first elected o Parliament in 1962, one in 1963 and one in jase A he three aay one is outstanding in experience, abile ity and gorge § performs ance, He has served with dis tinction as chairman of the whole Libera; caucus, he is a confidant of Prime Hyere Pearson, he is a fluent oral often called upon to pinch-hit in debating crises in the Chamber and to speak on behalf of the Liberal government around the country, and he has performed with Le the ig omg Rd of t man in Quebec ° tics. For he is an Irish-Canae dian, born. in Quebec City, Bryce Mackasey. OVERLOOK POINT A significant point about the Irishman in Quebec, widely overlooked, is that French-Ca- nadians traditionally seek his service on their behalf when a case is to be fought vis-a-vis the Englisti and especially when a tough job is to be achieved, He is the runner of ifterference and the stalking-horse, A well- known example of course is Chubby Power, MP, cabinet minister and now senator from Quebec City, who was a doml- nant organizer of Liberal cam- paigns in Quebec, More re- cently we have the example of the Quebec provincial Liberals picking Eric Kierans as their president to counterbalance for- mer premier Jean Lesage. Bryce Mackasey has similarly served, notably to launch the then unpopular but now widely accepted proposition that 'sep. aratism is not the wisest course, Everything would point to Mr. Mackasey being the first choice for promotion to the cabinet, except for the possible objection that he would be a third Eng- lish « speaking -- although flu- ently bilingual - minister from Quebec. If his parertal origins should keep him out of the cabinet, this would be a denial of the whole argument of equality on which bilingualism has been urged. If his ability is denied to the cabi- net and to the people of Canada, then indeed we will see preju- dice exposed in all its naked horror, and must accept that, while racial equality is being urged in other provinces, it is rejected in the very province on whose behalf it is being argued. Australian Troops Match Viet Cong In Jungle Stealth By GEOFFREY MURRAY NUI DAT, South Viet Nam (Reuters) -- Australian troops highly trained in jungle warfare are successfully matching the Viet Cong guerrillas in secret and silent penetration and sud- den swoops in this battle area southeast of Saigon. In dawn raids on suspected Viet Cong centres, the Austral- fans have been hauling guerril- las out of their beds, taking them away from their breakfast rice and winkling them out of defensive tunnel systems dug laboriously over the years. More than 100 Viet Cong have so far been captured without a shot being fired. When the Australian task force moved into Phuoc Tuy Province last June, they found that the Viet Cong guerrillas had had a long time to weave themselves into village com- munities. Men who were rice farmers by day become trained killers by night. The Australians decided to launch a "cordon and search" program, carrying out the first ra at the little village of Duc y. MEMORIZED AREA For days, Australian patrols roamed the surrounding jungle, mapping every tree, rock and ditch, At midnight on the day of the operation, a reinforced battalion was able to move si- lently through thick jungle on a moonless night and surroun the village without arousing suspicions, The soldiers tied themselves together with ropes to avoid confusion, The villagers of Duc My were almost too sleepy-eyed to know what had happened when the Australians poured in at dawn. The same pattern was fol- lowed when the fortified village of Binh Ba was captured with- out a shot being fired. Documents captured in subse- quent operations revealed that the bloodless victory of Binh Ba had completely smashed the Viet Cong intelligence and ad- ministrative organization for the area, A more recent cordon-and- search operation against Hoa Long caught 38 Viet Cong in less than a day, without a shot being fired, In contrast to these secret operations, the Australians have killed about 400 Viet Cong in open combat, for losses of less than one-tenth of this number. OPPORTUNITY, SPONSORSHIP UIT WW Sk S4Valar sree 5 ORE MOVE WEST Newcomers Prefer Big Eastern Cities By GERARD MCNEIL OTTAWA (CP) -- Gerda Munsinger wasn't your typical Canadian immigrant but she i ada, menor oan arrivals in ok gf 28 4 country than in any previous period," says the recent white paper on immigration. "They contributed 2¢ per cent to the Yukon's growth from 1951 to 1961, 53 per cent to Toronto's and almost 100 oo cent to that of isolated timat, B.C." PREFER BIG CITIES Yet -oppertunitey and Yet the @ponsorship aystem, through Which 900,000 post-war immi- grants have entered Canada, _ most to Toronto and Mont- real, The bustling cities offer fast ent and a chance to among relatives and friends while learning the lan- and customs of the New Begs combination is irresist- le. teanlgration effectively begins e ive 8 at the island of Montreal and goes west," the white paper declares, 'The rate to areas east of the Ottawa River is generally low," Only about 2.8 per cent of the arrivals since 1846 have settled in the Atlantic prov- inces, More than half of. these are in Nova Scotia, Next to Ontario and Quebec, British Columbia attracts the great®st percentage at 10.1. It is the natural landing for Pa- cific emigrants and its name and heritage still draw many British newcomers. The Prairie provinces, which attracted hundreds of thousands of homesteaders in the first 14 years of the cen- tury, have become home for only 13.7 per cent of post-war immigrants. Booming industrialized Al berta has taken 7.1 per cent, Manitoba 435 cent and pet Saskatchewan 2.3 per cent, NORTH DRAWS SKILLS Only one-tenth of one per cent of the post-war immi- grants have settled in the Yukon and Northwest Terri- tories. But this works out to about 2,500 people be hi 135 wi 69 were workers and these in- cluded two mining engineers, a chemist, a physicist, two teachers and five nurses. The 1946-65 of those ente force, 22.3 per cent go into manufacturing, 14.1 per cent into farming, 13.6 per cent into clerical and sales work, 12.6 into service industries, 12.4 per cent into professional jobs and 10,8 inte labor, Actual trends in this decade are much different, although manufacturing still leads the list of occupations among new- comers There were 146,758 immi- grants in 1965 and 74,195 were to enter Among these, profession!s out- numbered farmers 7 to 1, MOST FROM EUROPE Led by the British, Europe continues to supply the over. whelming majority Canadians. Since 1946, Britain has accounted for 30.4 per cent, Italy 14.3 per cent and and they tend to skilled. Among the went north last year, res show that ® the labor Germany 9.9 per cent. Americans follow at 7.4 per cent, 6.2 per cent are Dutch, 4.8 per cent Poles, 2.5 per cent Greek, 2.2 per cent Hun- garians and 2.1 French, The Hungarians mostly ar. rived in 1956-57 as a result of a rebellion, the kind of up- heaval that historically has spurred emigration. A developing trend is seen per cent the number of Asians, mostly Indians, Chinese and Japanese, coming to Canada in the 1960s, There is a backlog of applications at New Delhi. A study aimed at finding out ° why there aren't more immi- grants of French descent is under way. One major reason is that France is such a com: fortable place to live. LEARN ENGLISH FIRST French immigration was dealt a double blow in the 18th the labor force. century, first by the English conquest of Quebec, then by the French revolution of 1788, Immigrants who arrive with little knowledge of either lan- guage tend to learn English, of new even if they settle in Montreal, "Disproportionately little of our immigration increases our French - speaking population," says the white paper. THE TIGHT-ROPE WALKER CANADA'S STORY Third Sortie Lucky By BOB BOWMAN Tn 1769, the Hudson's Bay Co, wanted to find out if there really was copper at Copper: mine River which flows into Coronation Gulf north of the Arctic Circle, A 24-year-old employee, Samuel Hearne, vol- unteered to go, and left York Factory with a small party of Indians. His only equipment for navigating were a compass, an old sea quadrant, a bottle of mercury, and a reflecting pan. After travelling about 200 miles, the Indians stole his supplies and left him to find his own way back to York Factory. Hearne tried again in Feb- ruary 1770, and had gone about 500 miles when he broke his quadrant. Once again he had to return to York Factory. The third time was lucky, Hearne left Hudson Bay on Dec. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec, 7, 1966. . ¢ Carrier-borne aircraft of the Japanese fleet attacked Pearl Harbor 25 years ago today -- in 1041 -- thor- oughly disabling the dock- yard and airfield. Five bat- tleships and five other war- ships were sunk and three battleships and three cruis- ers damaged, Almost all the U.S, aircraft were hit on the ground, 177 being destroyed. American casualties were 3,200 men killed and nearly 1,500 injured. The Japanese lost 48 aircraft and three small submarines in the attack and won a free hand in the Pacific for months ahead, enough time to con- quer all Southeast Asia, 1798 -- Mme. du Barry, Louis XV's mistress, was 'guillotined. 1842--The New York Phil- harmonic Society held its first concert, ~ First World War Fifty years ago icday 1916 -- German forces at Verdun stormed Hill 304 when a French attack was postponed owing to bad weather; David Lioyd George became British prime minister, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Japanese air- craft bombed Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Guam, Mid- way Island, Singapore and Hong Kong; Canada, The Netherlands and Costa Rica declared war on Japan; Britain and Canada de- clared war on Finland, Ro- mania and Hungary. fe POINTED PARAGRAPHS "Scientists have. difficulty in ines mice to smoke,"-- ler item, But not nearly so much difficulty as physicians have in persuading people not to smoke. The world continues to be- come smaller, louder and un- funnier. A psychologist says the per- son who drives recklessly and at excessive speed is subcon- sciously trying to escape from himself. This sounds plausible, It must be a terrible ordeal for that type of person to have to live with himself, 7, 1770, guided by an amazing Indian, Matonabbee, who brought along his eight wives. They were big, strong, carried the heavy loads, and did the work in the camps while Hearne and Matonabbee were hunting for food. Hearne's trip to the mouth of Coppermine River and back to Hudson Bay took two years and seven months. Although there was no copper at Coppermine River, Hearne discovered Great Slave Lake, 300 miles long and 70 miles wide, and also proved that there was no great river running through Canada to the Pacific. It is possible that even today no white man has seen the country covered by Hearne except from airplanes\ OTHER EVENTS ON DEC, 7: 1649--Iroquois attacked Huron mission and murdered Fathers Garnier and Chabanel, 1729 -- Mississauga Indians ceded 3,000,000 acres compris- ing present-day Norfolk, Halid- mand, and Wentworth counties of Ontario. 1782--Governor Parr of Nova Scotia announced the arrival of 500 United Empire Loyalists from South Carolina. ' 1869 -- Louis Riel put Dr. Schultz, leader of the Canadian party, in jail, 1899--Hugh Macdonald, son of Sir John A. Macdonald, became premier of Manitoba, 1941--Canada declared war on Japan, Finland, Hungary and Roumania following the Japan- ese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong nd_ other bases, The U.S.A. and Britain did not Peon war until the following ay. 1961 --Britain discarded the use of United Kingdom as a name, U.S. Decision Could Curb Gas Supply For Ontario By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- On- tario could encounter a nat- ural gas shortage next winter depending on how the U.S. Federal Power Commission decides to handle a proposal which has been before it for more than two years. This is the considered judg- ment here on a situation al- ready exhibiting some sharp political repercussions in Can- ada, The commission is ponder- ing whether to proceed with the application of Trans-Can- aida Pipe Lines Ltd: for a $200,000,000 project to trans- port Alberta natural gas to Ontario and Quebec via the U.S. The line would also ex- pand exports of Canadian gas. This is the third application by Trans - Canada, allied with the American Natural Gas Co. of Detroit as joint owner of the Great Lakes Gas Trans- The commission, taking into account recent events in Can- ada, could decide to call for a fourth application, further delaying plans already well behind 'schedule, Hugh Daley, an official of American Natural Gas, told reporters here that the situa- tion had reached a "crucial" stage and that Ontario's sup- ply situation could be '"'criti- cal' next winter. SIGNED CONTRACTS All along, Trans - Canada has based part of its argu- ment on immediate Ontario needs, It had signed new sup- ply contracts in Ontario ex- pecting fresh supplies by Nov. 1 last. Instead, it has had.to make interim arrangements with American gas companies pending authority to proceed with its own sources of supply. The New Democratic Party in the House of Commons has been attacking the plan and a gas shortage in Ontario would create more political prob- lems. What happened A lot of things, the record shows, including. factors con- trolled by the competitive nat- ure of the gas - transport in- dustry, American opposition to expanded Canadian gas ex- ports, the nature of the U.S, commission and Canadian government policy. On Nov. 5, 1964, Trans-Can- ada and American Natural via line 989 miles long. from the Manitoba border to Sault Ste, Marie and the Sarnia district of Ontario. WOULD SUPPLY U.S. The 36-inch line would carry 677,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily to supplement the all- Canada line north of the Great Lakes, now operating at capa- city, and supply American dis- tributors, But the commission staff rejected the application out of hand as not meeting the re- quired criteria and in Decem- ber, 1964, a revised applica- tion was filed. In May, 1965, two American companies filed a competitive proposal, Hearings were or- dered' but these were scrapped at the request of the two ap- plicants, They got together for yet another proposal, basically the same but. cutting the Ameri- can firms in on the plan to distribute Canadian gas in the American market, This joint new application was filed in October, 1965. On Dec. 31 -- the last - minute deadline --Northern Natural Gas Co, of Omaha filed an- other competitive proposal which would take the same volume of gas from. Trans- Canada at the Manitoba bor- der and supply Trans-Canada at the Ontario border with American gas. Hearings began last April and proceeded slowly under fire from opposing interests, including coal, against any more Canadian gas in the U.S., as well as Northern Nat- ural and intervening American producers and distributors. HEARINGS Meanwhile, Canada's na- tional energy. board had held its hearings March 1-30 to authorize the export of the gas involved. A report dated in August was given to the Cana- dian cabinet and Prime Min- . ister Pearson announced Aug. 25 that Canada would not ap- Prove the project. The Federal Power Com- mission accordingly sus- pended its proceedings, in which all the public testimony had been given, The Pearson statement ex- pressed fear that an essential supply of Canadian gas for Eastern Canada. would be un- duly under American regula- tion. This evoked strong criti- cism from Western Canada. Great Lakes: Gas Tr i sion for authority to build a bseq ly, Trans - Can- ada and Energy Minister try, A lot of this is made possible by a dam at Caledonia, which holds back the water levels and gives the river body. ¢ The dam, however, is not be- ing maintained, t was originally built by @ milling company, and has not been needed in recent years. The result is that it could go out at any time, WHO WILL DO IT? So who is to take it over and put it in repair? It was felt Ottawa might do this, So the local federal mem- ber appealed to the department of transport, which is respon- sible for navigable waters. But this department said no, the river wasn't classed as navi- gable, (Though at one time, in the 80's it was). The department of public works, which contributes to con- servation, represented another possibility, Also forestry and rural develpment, which handle . Agricultural Rural Development Administration. : In Ontario the logical depart- ment would be energy and re- sources, which is responsible for conservation authorities, But it doesn't initiate projects, only approves them be pays @ share of the cost. The department of lands and forests and the department of public works, also might be ex- pected to take an interest, They both get involved with dams, -- hap ope ged en recently the department of tourism and information has embarked on a federal-provin- cial survey of the Rideau and Trent systems, and perhaps it could be interested from a ree> -- begga og t, ut they also aren't directly interested. ' Finally at a more local level there is the Grand River Conservation Authority, charged with responsibility for flood control and conservation work in the Grand watershed, This is the body which prob- ably should initiate the work. Perhaps the only one with any Bul it may Well Deie'the back: ut it may pass 'And then the buck will probably be passed back to it. Probably even some mt of the authority i c pra cole ge \ responsibility, to deal with if anyone has, ei And while they are deci what to do the dam may go out this winter, And then it will be ring - around - the - rosie while' a decision is made as to who should build a new dam., When you hear people com Plaining about the disorder in government today this is the aNd thing they are talking about. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO December 7, 1941 Eleven war evacuees from Great Britain were among the guests at a dinner given by Mayor J. C. Anderson for the alee and. senior city offi- cials, A severe blizzard swept the city over the week - end with a snowfall a foot deep and a forty mile an hour gale blow: ing. Temperatures were at zero, re. 3 a og ig: night of otarians was eer meeting, © A Toronia lecturer with motion was the - special neue a ae evening. BIBLE It Is good to sing praises unto our God, for it is pleasant; and i air erin a a r God delights in the praises of His children; that He appreci- ates kindly approbation. It is also fair to assume that Psalm- is not something to be scoffed at. It is both appropri- ate and desirable, now as ever, Pepin had discussions which resulted Oct, 4 in a revised understanding. Trans - Canada agreed to maintain its northern route as the main gas feed to the East, starting to twin that line by 1970. Further, it never to sell its share in Great Lakes Gas pS oy i" -- owning and operat! its proposed U.S, =~ without Canadian con- sen