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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers. Limited , 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher PRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Snsbings Boomerang, Hit Hard At US. Prestige The tragedy of losing face is cer- 'tainly not one reserved for the Asian world. President Johnson and his administration are suffer- ing the loss of prestige on an inter- national scope. The deep serious- ness of their dilemma stems from the fact that the U.S. difficulty is being self-inflicted, No graver criticism of the U.S, role in Vietnam could be levelled "than that contained In articles pub- lished this week by The New York Times. The stories claimed Hanoi _hhas been bombed and fairly fre- quently by the U.S, Air Force. Written by the highly-esteemed journalist, Harrison Salisbury, the story states: Contrary to the im- pression given by U.S. communi- ques, on-the-spot inspection indi- cates the U.S. bombing has been in- flicting considerable civilian casual- ties in Hanoi and its environs for some time past," As a result, Mr, Salisbury says Hanoi has the mood of "a wartime city going about its business brisk- ly, energetically and purposefully." This situation could be expected. History shows many instances, none more courageous than that of Lon- don in the blitz, of attacks on civil- jans hardening the resolve of a na- tion to step up its resistance. Rather than destroying the will of the North Vietnamese to fight, the at- tacks have convinced them to carry on the struggle. As The Hamilton Spectator notes, "Mr. Salisbury's account of life in Hanoi today and the bombings of its civilian population will do still more harm to President Johnson's prestige and to the American war effort. It will strengthen the re- solve of the growing anti-war ele- ment in the U.S. to push Washing. ton to the peace table, It will con- vince some of the fence-sitters (those who are neither doves nor hawks) that official U.S. communi- ques cannot be trusted, that Wash- ington policy-makers are condon- ing desperate and politically dan- gerous means to a quick resolution of the war." Canada In Rose Bowl The entry of Canada into its Centennial Year will be celebrated across the land with the tolling of church bells, bonfires, parades and salutes. Internationally, the occas- jon will also be observed in gala fashion. To illustrate the extent of coverage we're receiving nothing serves better than the story of Ca- nadian floats entered in the New Year's Day classic, the Rose Bowl parade. The two flower-bedecked floats will head the famed Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena on Jan- uary 2. Both floats will be a boost to Canada, one sponsored by Cal- gary will salute Canada's 100th birthday, while the Canada entry, titled "Host to the World in '67" will plug Expo '67, the world fair to be held at Montreal. Canada will also be among the. She Oshavwn Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Dally Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of ali news despatched in the pai credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the loco! news published therein. 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The Canada entry is a float which rises to the maximum allow- able height of 17 feet, and will be an invitation to all who view it to visit the world exposition next year. Expected is that more than 100 million will gee these and the other floats of the parade either in per- son or on television screens. Other Editors' Views ai DE GAULLE TACTIC " (Christian Science. Monitor) "Vulgar and second-rate", "limit- ed and mediocre" -- these were phrases used last February by Pre- sident de Gaulle to describe the ben Barka affair. All the publicity the affair had got, be suggested, could be traced back to a public appetite cheapened by too much James Bond, The general's whole approach was to play the thing down, to stress the shady, underworld side of it so that the good name of the state (on the French side, at least) was neither tarnished nor impugned. Behind this was presumably Presi- dent de Gaulle's desire to prevent the ben Barka affair from doing serious harm to French-Moroccan relations, OTTAWA REPORT Governors Gain 40 Per Cent By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA - The Governor. General and the 10 provincial Heutenant-governors have done a little better than the St. Law- rence Seaway workers. The for- mer have had a collective raise ever the last three years amounting to 40 per cent; the seaway workers got 30 per cent this summer, However nobody could com- plain that those apices of our governmental pyramid are overpaid, The salary for the post of governor-general has remained unchanged through- out our post-war inflation, and is today the same as it was in 1930, namely $48,667. This strange sum arises because the salary was fixed at £10,000 sterling, convertible at the then rate of exchange of £1 being the equivalent of $4.86 2-3. Tre British pound today is worth about $3.03. The -lieutenant - governors used to be grossly underpaid and under-compensated for offi- cial travelling and hospitality expenses. But their salaries were increased two years ago, and now range from $20,000 in Ontario and Quebec downwards, But the lieutenant-governor of oe is still paid less than an ?. JOB DIDN'T PAY I recall the typical plight of a former lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, the late J, A. D, McCurdy--he of aviation fame, as the first pilot to fly an air- plane within the territory of the British Commonwealth, He told me that he found that the offi- cial expense allowance covered his cost of official hospitality for about seven weeks each year year only, so he used to reckon that such entertaining all came out of his own pocket from late in February through New Year's eve. But they now receive 'reim- bursement of the cost travelling and hospitality incurred in the exercise of their duties" on a more generous scale: up to $18,- 600 a year in our three largest rovinces, and scaled down to 7,500 in P.E.I. The largest item, making up about half the total annual cost of the Governor-General and the 10 lieutenant-governors is for the office of the GG, which this year is estimated at $387,100, Boost This covers such items as office $262,300; telephones and telegrams $19,000; travel» ling expenses $15,000; and so on, down to press announcements peed and freight and cartage When these estimates were submitted to the House of Com- mons this year, not a single MP was sufficiently observant and curious to ask why there was an astonishing increase of over $100,000 in office salaries, to cover the remarkable expansion in the Governor-General's staff from 31 employees to 64, WHY SNUB QUEBEC? _ The taxpayers also bear the substaniia: costs of the upkeep of the official residences of the Governor-General. These are an estimated $184,000 this year to maintain, clean and heat Ri- deau Hall in Ottawa, and $25,000 for the similar maintenance of La Citadelle in Quebee City. About s'year ago, the then lieutenant-governor of Quebec perished in the disastrous fire which destroyed his official resi- dence, His successor now is forced to live in a commercial hotel in Quebec City, Since the Governor-General has used his quarters in La Citadelle for less than one week all this year, representations 'were made. to Ottawa that the lieutenant-gove ernor be permitted to live there temporarily, until a decision hes been made and either his residence is rebuilt or a substi tute is purchased, But no such permission was forthcoming, so it is presumed that the thera] government in Ottawa refused that convene ience and courtesy to Quebec's Heutenant-governor, himself a former Liberal federal cabinet minister, So the beautiful quar- ters in the historic old fort re- main unused, although heatea, equipped and staffed and care- taken with the taxpayers' money. Why? Quebecers would feel less scornful of Ottawa, and less re- buffed, if such an obviously sensible and desirable tempo- rary convenience were to be extended to their burned - out lieutenant - governor. At this butt-end of the year, Ottawa thus has the opportunity to make its first wise decision of the year involving the taxpayers in no additional outlay. Reputation As Impartial Fails U Thant In Vietnam By ALEXANDER FARRELL UNITED NATIONS (CP)-- U Thant still is secretary-general of the United Nations, after five difficult years, because most member countries--Russia and the United States above all-- believe they can rely upon him to be impartial, It is ironic, then, that he has yet to hold the confidence si- multaneously of all interested parties in the Vietnam conflict. In 1964, he got North Vietnam to agree to send an envoy to Rangoon, capital of his native Burma, for secret peace talks. The Americans gave no answer for a long time---despite Thant's evident conviction that the move was worth exploring -- and finally declined with the comment that the North Viet- namese weren't serious. Now the United States, through its UN ambassador, Arthur Goldberg, has asked Thant to do whatever he thinks necessary to bring about cease- fire talks, The Viet Cong guer- rilla radio called this move fraudulent, although it described Thant as "a well-meaning per- sonality," China still professed to see Thant merely as an agent of U.S, interests. It denounced Goldberg's letter to Thant, de- livered Dec. 19, as 'another U.§. peace-talks swindle," Reliable diplomatic sources say Thani is trying to reach the Viet Cong, concentrating on them for the moment rather than North Vietnam or China, His immediate objective is said to be a truce of perhaps five or six weeks. But the general view among diplomats appears to be that Thant's latest peace efforts are, if anything, less promising than they were at the outset. They base this view on the quick and vigorous resumption of U.S8. bombing after the Christmas truce, which, they say, probably damages Thant's standing in the eyes of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam. Washingter, while asking him to do something, is showing no disposition to take his advice. It could scarcely be clearer that Thant and Washington atill are in disagreement as to what the situation in Vietnam re- quires. Thant thinks the Americans must stop bombing North Viet- nam once and for all. In the 21-year history of the no secretary-genera] has been plainer and blunter in stating his view on @ question of world importance. usu GOOD EVENING By Jack Gearin Council Caucus Can Kick Up-Real Ruckus This is the time of year on ity Council when lobbying is uently brisk. The reason? Council's annual. caucus meet is near. That is when elections are held for such important posts as the standing committees and appointments are made to mumerous civic boards and commissions. aad The big pow-wow will be held on the evening of Wednesday, January 4 and some prize plums will be handed out, in- cluding the chairmanships of standing committees, If the evening follows the pat- tern of some bygone caucuses at City Hall (most of which were held on Saturday, and some of which extended six or seven hours), it could be a hee- tic affair. The Press has rarely beén in- vited, even on a watchdog basis. Who would be so. naive as to invite the neighbors to a potentially explosive family clambake where delicate mat- ters are to be discussed and grave decisions made? Tempers can get frayed at these select Council affairs, especially when the results be- come known after the secret ballot. Sometimes months elapse before friendships are repaired, As one ex-alderman quipped the other day in retrospect: "The caucus is an exercise in reality by all standards. This is where you really learn how your colleagues appraise your ability, The results can some- times be a shocker." There was the time an alder- man became so angry he walk- ed from the caucus within 40 minutes of its start -- he spent the following five hours, mostly alone, in a Council anteroom sulking. Some councillors pack up and go home long before it's over, Aldermen who ran high in the civic election were some- times overlooked, relegated to obscure posts in the caucus vote, This, naturally, generated bit- terness. Ex-Alderman Hayward Mur doch maintained that a heavy vote in the civic election did not necessarily qualify a coun- cillor for the chairmanship of @ standing committee, and he was strongly supported. -/ Ex - Alderman Christine Thomas agreed with this theory in principle, but she stoutly maintained that most of her colleagues voted more with their hearts than with their heads on such occasions. ("Don't look now, gentlemen," she would say, 'but your politi- cal bias is showing.") One thing is for sure next year -- ex-Alderman Margaret Shaw won't be relegated to the chairmanship of the Game and Wildlife committee, as happen- ed in 1964. ("Your Worship once exiled me to the Fourth Osh- awa marsh, but I will fight my way out somehow," she remind- ed Mr. Gifford with unerring prophecy in the recently-con- eluded campaign.) If last week's informal get- together of the new board and Council is any criterion, there + be few fireworks January But don't bet on it. The newly - elected repre- sentatives have a problem awaiting them at caucus -- they will have to decide what form the new committee machinery will take. Will there still be four members on each? The Board of Control will take over the Finance committee, so that the standing groups will be re- duced to three -- i.e. Board of Works, Property and Recrea- tion and Traffic and Public Safety. The mayor will still make his own appointments to A several civic bodies, such as the Library Board. Things are done far different- ly on the Ontario County Coun- cil, whoge inaugural is sched+ uled for January 17. The warden there is elected by open-ballot cast by 18 reeves and deputy-reeves (some of whom have two votes because their constituencies are larger), as set out in The Ontario Mu- nicipal Act. The Road committee and Board of Management for the Home for the Aged are elected also this way, This year there will be an ex- pansion of the open-ballot pol+ icy -- in addition to the warden, the three top positions in each standing committee will be elected in open Council. Does the open-ballot system engender bitterness and dis- unity on the County Council? * County-Clerk William C. Man- ning says "positively, it does not", and adds: "There has been much talk that it does, but I am con- vinced that the opposite is the case. It creates a more healthy, friendly atmosphere, I have seen no displays of animosity. When the fight is over, even the bitter fight, they depart as good friends." Happy New Year, one and all. The house sat for nearly six months, the longest A history. session in There were tax increases, course, particularly a from three to five per cent in Sales. tax, tant, if not so dramatic, legis: . lation, MANY PICKETS Outside the house there a. trying periods during Nearly every day, it ~ there were HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS PIN UP CANADA'S STORY Peace Came At Ghent By BOB BOWMAN When British and U.S. nego: tlators signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, on Christ- mas Eve 1814, John Quincy Adams proposed a toast; "Ghent, the city of peace. May the gates of the temple of Janus, here closed, not be opened again for a century." The record has been better than that, Britain, Canada and the U,8.A, have not fought against each other ever since, Some of the most cruel epi- sodes of the war of 1812 hap- pened a year before the Treaty of Ghent, The Americans held: Fort George on the Canadian side of the Niagara River but decided to withdraw to their own territory, On Dec. 12, 1813, General McClure took advan- tage of a snowstorm to cover his withdrawal. Just before dark he notified the inhabitants of Newark (Niagara) that their homes were to be destroyed and gave them two hours to get out with their household goods, El- derly people and 400 women TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 30, 1966, ,. Grigory Rasputin, the evil genius of the Russian court, was murdered 50 years ago today---in 1916--after Rus- sian noblemen decoyed him to an all-night party. A self- proclaimed holy man, Ras- putin had been brought to the court about 10 years be- fore and became the em- press' confessor owing to his apparent power over the health of her son, who suf- fered from a wasting dis- ease. After Rasputin's mur- der she recovered his body from the river and buried it at the imperial summer palace, 1868--The Knights of La- bor, the first American Ja- bor organization, held its first meeting, at Philadel- phia. 1911--Dr. Sun Yat - sen was elected first president of the United Provinces of China. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Lioyd George sent a note to President Wilson saying the Allies rejected German peace overtures because the German pro- posals were insincere and provided no safeguards against aggression. Second World War Twenty-five years ago. to- day--in 1041. urchill ad- dressed the Canadian Par- liament; the British de- clared martial law in Sing- apore; the Dutch East In- dies commander appealed for more arms; RAF bomb- ers attacked Brest and La Pallice. BIBLE "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 73 46 The crises will pass when-we meet 'God's conditions. "Call unto me in the hour of trouble and I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me," * grip of viol and children had to go into the woods to shelter from the storm while they watched their homes burning: The British army quickly took revenge. On the night of Dec. 29, General Rial crossed the upper end of the Niagara and ceptred Black Rock and Buf- falo. Every building was burned on the American side of the Niagara from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. When the year ended, the Americans had been victorious in the Detroit sector, while the British had conquered the Niagara. It was the ordi- nary people who suffered. OTHER DEC, 30 EVENTS; 1650 -- Ursuline convent at Quebec burned, 1824---Upper Canada Parlia- ment House at York destroyed by fire. 1857--Railway opened between Hope and Lindsay, Ont, 1870--Manitoba held first pro- vincial election. 1912--First train from West with 20 cars of wheat travelled over railway via Cochrane and North Bay to Port Colborne. Unprecedented Problems Confronted Indian Leader BOMBAY (CP)--Prime Min- ister Indira Gandhi, who will shortly complete her first yoar in office, has had to face po- litical, economic and adminis- trative problems of an unpre- cedented character. Both friends and critics of the world's only woman head of government agree that even her distinguished father, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, did not have to contend with similar chal- lenges in all his 17 years of prime ministership. From famine to language ri- ots, industrial strife to disturb- ances inside Parliament and state legislatures, it has been a series of troubles for the 49- year-old leader of the world's most populous demucracy, The last four months have been particularly difficult for the Gandhi administration. Five major states have been in the homes, when the hearth has not been lighted, how can children behave themselves?" TAKING ADVANTAGE The fact of the matter is that the Communists and Hindu right - wing parties are expluit- ing the government's economic troubles, Informed observers think that things will begin to look up all over the country the moment inflation is halted and a good harvest comes in. Finance Minister Sachin Chaudhuri says he is confident of stopping the inflation, A num: ber of fiscal measures include ing stricter regulation of lend- ing operations by banks and control over government expen- diture have been taken. Yoshwantrao Chavan, the new home minister, seems to be tackling the militant holy men more competently than his pre- di , Guizari Lal Nanda. by stud and holy men, In the southern state of Andhra, her own party mem- bers created an ugly situation by sparking a violent agitation on the question of locating a steel plant in the state. More than 100 persons so far have died in police shootings. The extent of the damage to government property can be imagined from a report in the well-informed New Delhi States- man which said, quoting official sources, that expansion of pas- senger amenities will be stalled for two years because of the widespread destruction of rail- way property by rioters, ARREST STUDENTS Some 5,000 students were ar- rested during the disturbances. All but 100 have been released. ' Chief Minister Sucheta Kripa- lani of Uttar Pradesh State thinks that the pro - Peking wing of the Indian Communist anda is behind the campus vio- lence. The federal home minis- try, which is in charge of na- tional security, is reported to be investigating complaint that money from "Chinse sources" has found its way into the hands of agitators in some parts of the country. Meanwhile, federal and state administrations as well as the vice » chancellors of India's 60 universities have set up a num- ber of high-level committees to report on various aspects of the functioning of educational insti- tutions. It has been stated that the campus violence is mainly due to "academic deficiencies." Ad- mission difficulties; overcrowded classrooms, poor parent-teacher relations, disgruntled teachers and political meddling in uni- versity affairs -- all these are said to be contributory causes, But there are others who say that the campus unrest is only a projection of the uver-all eco- nomic situation. As one promi- ent New Delhi comunist wrote: "When there is hunger in the Hindu and Sikh holy men have raised many ticklish issues like the ban on cow slaughter and "rights" of the Sikh minority in a secular state. Chavan has given the assurance that no injustice will be done to any religious group. At the same time, he has warned the holy men that there will be no ap- peasement of troublemakers. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO December 30, 1946 Mr. Harry F, Benson, Presi- dent of Local 222, UAW, CIO. was appointed by City Council as milk consumers' representa- tive under the Milk Control Act, Telephone calls in Oshawa reached an all time high dur- ing Christmas week this year with the daily average number of local calls reaching the 60, 500 mark, 35 YEARS AGO December 30, 1931 Prof, T. F. Mellwraith, M.A. Associate Professor of Anthro- pology, of U of T, was the guest speaker at the Rotary luncheon peer His subject: Primitive an, t of the main building. ment's own hospital pr fin bend FINAN SCANDALS wet an eae A much it activity here. pede dals, culmina' in the down of i Corp. and associated com- panies. Some steps were taken to tighten up control over the bus- iness world, including the or- ganization of the new depart- ment of financial and commer- cial affairs. But public confidence in the investment arena was shaken, CABINET CHANGES There was a major reorgan- ization of the cabinet, with three veteran ministers step- pine down -- Kelso Roberts, is Cecile and James Allan and a group of younger men being brought in. There also were political changes with Andrew Thomp- son retiring from the Liberal leadership because of poor health, and Robert Nixon being named as acting leader, Then just a few weeks a; NDP Leader Donald Mae: Donald had a serious autemo- bile accident in which a woman was killed, And as always there were federal - provincial confer- ences; more of them than ever and not distinguished by too much progress. Finally, of course, there was~ a lot of talk of inflation, with big increases in some wage set- tlements and an apparent new spirit of revolt widespread in labor. In fact this could have been the single most important de- velopment of the year. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Most people seem to prefer "to learn the hard way" rather than to benefit from the counsel and experience of others. The Rock of Gibraltar con- tinues to be a stone of conten- tion between Great Britain and Spain. The person who talks a lot is bound to lie a great deal, as truth is scarce. The worm has a good mem- ory," says a .wormologist. That's probably because he doesn't have much to remem- ber, as he is too feebleminded to learn much. "If people would think, war would be avoided," says a so- ciologist. He's mistaken. Hope for peace doesn't He in that di- rection, as most people would rather be shot at than to think. Judging from the high speed at which money passes through hands these days, it seems that momentum alone it would go much farther than it does. A sports writer says rabbits are becoming extremely scarce in some sections of the country. 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