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Ghe Oshawa Zimes 86 King St. E., Published by Canadi Oshawa, Ontario an Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. -C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967 OTTAWA REPORT Hales, Henderson What Of Consultants Already On In this era of specialization it is highly probable a consultant could be engaged to consult regarding the best consultant to call for consulta- tion on practically any situation which could conceivably arise. So early in its term of office there may be unfairness in suggesting this is the course the civic administration is taking. At the same time such criticism is surely being invited Twice in one council meeting this week the hiring of specialists was discussed. A consultant is to be hired to study the effect amalgama- tion of Whitby and Whitby Town- ship would have on Oshawa. Be- cause the Motor City is in the role of a "Johnny-Come-Lately" in this matter and time is of importance, this appointment will be under- standable. Yet the remarks of the city works commissioner regarding it may cause cost-conscious citizens to shudder. By his explanation the one appointment opens the door to "farming out" studies to still other consultants -- rather like a pebble dropped in a pond. More likely to raise eyebrows is the request that a consultant be en- gaged to study city industrial areas. A special report on industrial prop- erties was prepared less than two years ago. Thus the question put by City Payroll? Alderman Attersley is pertinent. He asked what additional informa- tion a consultant could reveal since the city already had a planning de- partment and an industrial com- mission. When consultants are considered in Oshawa, for a long time to come, the parkway project" is likely to flash to mind. Here was a case of both experts and city hall staff "consulting" at costs to dimensions yet unknown only to have their rec- ommendations shot down in re- sounding fashion at election time by the research'of laymen. While it may be argued that if the hiring of a consultant results in Oshawa obtaining just one major industry the expenditure would be justified, the importance of putting first things first must also be con- sidered. For a council so new in office, it could well be advisable to assess closely the workload and capabili- ties of the consultants already on payroll as members of city hall de- partments. On the basis of the find- ings of such a study, the necessity for hiring outside consultants might better be determined. Of course, such a study would probably require the services of a consultant. Misplaced Concern A meeting of minds on the status of draft dodgers between young people: today, especially some uni- versity students, and their elders is difficult. There was a time, and not too many years ago, when being a draft dodger was hardly considered a position of prestige. This is no longer the case on many col- lege campuses. While it is danger- ous to genralize, there have been fficient instances to point to a unhealthy situation. Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarie T, L, WILSON, Publisher @& C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor BSCRIPTION RATES shawa Times combining The Oshawo Times hed 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and 1863) is published daily tmmae sociatiun, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau tion, The Canadian Press is exclusively led to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- oatches are also reserved, Oshawa, Ontario King St. E., son Building 425. University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.O. 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At Waterloo University, the student council has authorized assistance to draft dodgers, Involved is the repugnance of Ca- nadian students to the role of the United States in the Vietnam War. However their course of protest can not be applauded nor even con- doned. Slipping to safety across the border does not constitute a courageous action by the American young people who are against the war. Were they to face the conse- quence of their refusal to serve their country at home the draft dodgers could more suitably be cast in the role of martyrs. As it is they, have little to recommend them as heroes in Canada. If there's a search for causes on Canadian campuses, there's ample scope for enthusiastic student cru- sades on behalf of Indians and Eski- mos who suffer greater privation with much less provocation than do U.S. draft dodgers. vist inne ern Protect Tax Dollar By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--To every taxpayer who is acutely anxious to pro- tect his own overtaxed pocket, ° one of the most valuable part- nerships on Parliament Hill is that between Alf Hales and Max Henderson. Max is a tough-minded, gay- hearted immigrant in his late 50s, who wears a career of many colors. He was born and raised where, on a quiet night with a favorable wind, he might have heard the peal of Bow Bells, which qualifies him for the badge of honor of being "'a cockney." Coming to Canada and quali- fied as a chartered accountant, he worked in Toronto; then switched to 20 years at Walker- ville and Montreal in the world of hard liquor, attaining another badge of honor as elected presi- dent of the Association of Cana- dian Distillers. That spell was interrupted by. volunteering for war service, where he showed courage and determination in the face of the enemy, which in his case was rising prices on the domestic front. Devotion beyond the call of duty on the Wartime. Prices Board in Ottawa won him ap- pointment as an officer in the Order of the British Empire, a distinction which he shares with Prime Minister Pearson. Back in civil life, he was elected to high office in the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce; he was appointed chief financial officer of the CBC. Nearly seven years ago he came to the top job as auditor- general of Canada; and in 1965 he was also appointed chairman of auditors with the United Na- tions. GUELPH'S ACTIVE MP Alf Hales, also in his late 50s, shares with Max the back- ground of experience in busi- ness and Chamber of Com- merce. He is a tall well-set man with the bearing of an athlete. Guelph - born and Guelph-domiciled, Alf has been Conservative MP for Wellington South for 10 years, and now serves as chairman of the im- portant and powerful standing committee on public accounts. Thus it happens that Auditor- General M ax wel! Henderson and committee chairman Alfred Hales work together to expose and minimize waste, abuse and extravagance by the federal government in the spending of the taxpayers' money. Max's annual "'billet doux" to Parliament, entitled Report of the auditor-general for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1966, will arrive within a week or two. It will be eagerly scanned by journalists, hoping to find such headlines scandals as "horses on the public payroll," and by opposition MPs seeking mis- deeds with which to clobber any prodigal minister. But it will be Alf Hales who will study this report with the greatest knowledge and deepest curiosity. Perhaps first. he will turn to the section which will probably be headed 'Appendix 1" and be entitled "Recom- mendations and observations by the standing committee on pub- lic accounts which have not yet been implemeneted by govern- ment action." Last year there were 40 such, some dating back more than two years. This section is always a re- vealing catalogue of ways in which the taxpayers' money could be saved, but for which time has not been made avail- able by a government deeply immersed in such un-priorities as enacting our pop-art flag, or planning for medicare years hence. MAX GETS MIN One Alf Hales proposal now unfulfilled for more than two years concerns the salary of the auditor - general, which Zit, should be fixed t tically at the level of the most highly- paid deputy minister. But pre- sumably regarding Mighty Max as a thorn in its flesh, and wrongly distrusting him as a Tory because he was appointed in the Diefenbaker years, the Liberal government has vented its petty spite on our auditor- general by not including him in the last two civil service pay Taises. Alf Hales will bulldog-like be eagerly awaiting the House of Commons referral of Max Hend- erson's report to his committee, where the two of them will lead the usual tooth-comb operation. For Alf magnificently lives up to that fine old belief that it is the job of the House of Com- mons to criticize the govern- ment, not to support it. And he will soon be ferreting around looking for horses on the pay- roll, Liberals in the gravy bowl, misues of government property, and unauthorized misappropri- ation of the taxpayers' money generally--of which I am sure there will be many examples in Max's "'billet doux."' 49th Parallel As Boundary Accepted; War Anticipated By BOB BOWMAN Even today political writers and commentators use_ the phrase "manifest destiny." It was a powerful slogan of the last century based on the belief that the United States would acquire the entire North Amer- ican continent. The U.S. bought Alaska from the Russians, then took over California through settlement and war with Mex- ico. The territory between Cali- fornia and what is now British Columbia was called Oregon, and its ownership was uncer: tain. The Columbia River might easily have been The St. Law- rence of the Pacific if it had not been for some bravado by a British naval captain during the War of 1812. He insisted on "capturing" Fort Astoria at the mouth of the river when it had already been bought by the Northwest Co. of Montreal. After the war Britain and the U.S. agreed to return to each other territory taken during the fighting and the U.S. used the navy captain's action to regain Fort Astoria. Then in 1818 it was agreed that Oregon would be shared by Britain and the U.S. until either side gave 12 months' notice. By 1843 so many American settlers had moved into the area that they formed a provi- sional government and ap- pealed to Congress to make Oregon part of the U.S. In fact there was a strong demand that the U.S. should claim the entire Pacific Coast, and its slogan was '54-40 or. fight." This meant taking the territory north to Alaska. On Feb. 9, 1846, the U.S. gave notice that it was ending the agreement to share Oregon with the British. There might have been war except that the United States became involved in a war with Mexico and Brit- ain agreed to accept the 49th parallel as the boundary to the Pacific Coast. It was the begin- ning of British Columbia. EMBARRASSING MEMORIES Maginot Line Still 'Hard Fact' For France By PETER BUCKLEY VERSAILLES, France (CP) The Maginot Line may little more than a painful joke to many, but to France it re- ' mains a hard fact that will not go away, surrounded by myth and legend and embar- rassing memories. For surprisingly, the Mag- inot Line still exists 30 years after it was completed and 26 years after it failed dis- astrously to protect France from German conquest. It has long since been stripped of its massive guns and other armament, but the vast underground fortresses are otherwise almost intact, 10 miles from the German frontier along the whole 200 miles of northeastern France from Belfort near the Swiss border to Montmedy near Belgium. . Most of the major installa- tions are still maintained to some degree by French au- thorities. Some are used in engineer- ing courses for military stu- dents or serve as underground warehouses. Until France's decision to pull out of NATO, one of the larger forts was used as a NATO signals cen- tre and another to store sup- plies for one of the RCAF wings in France. A few casemates--cham- bers in the fortress walls-- near Metz are occupied by mushroom growers. But at- tempts to sell or rent some of the smaller underground in- stallations for industrial pur- ee have not been success- ' THE COMPANY OF OLD CANADIANS FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS Peace Resistance In U.S. By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Resistance in the United States to negotiations with the Communists should not be un- derestimated right now when Premier Alexei Kosygin of Rus- sia feeds speculation on peace feelers during his visit to Lon- don. Those in the U.S. Congress who oppose any softening towards the Soviet Union do not stand in isolation; they speak for a large, powerful, well- financed and sincere constitu- ency which has come to believe unshakeably in the permanence of the Communist conspiracy. There are fanatics with closed minds in this group but there also are scholars who can marshall tmpressive arguments about the necessity to prove that aggression does not and will not pay. Speaking to a public imbued with a libertarian, democratic dogma, the intellectuals of the right in the U.S. dismiss signs of a thaw in Russia by asking why then does not the Soviet leadership allow free elections within the U.S.S.R. or East Germany, for instance. To an- swer, one either has to doubt that democracy, Western style, is the best system or to say that we of the West have also shunned elections, as in Viet- nam where we broke the 1954 Geneva armistice agreement by not letting the people vote two years later on_ reunification. Thus, to answer the intel- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 9, 1967... The Germans abandoned their West African colony of Kamerun 51 years ago to- day--in 1916--after a cam- paign lasting since the be- ginning of the First World War by mixed Allied troops. The territory was divided between Britain and France under a League: of Nations mandate and now, after in- dependence, remains di- vided and a source of fric- tion because the British- These days the line is usu- ally linked by laymen with a now - discredited "mentality"' which placed undue reliance on static defence. But Trott- man recalled that Hitler's anti - tank obstructions and barbed - wire. Every three miles or so, a huge underground fortress was built around some of the heaviest guns ever con- ful. Germany also built extensive structed. In between Pgs viiah fortifications between the two smaller underground em- DEFENDS CONCEPT The men who conceived and world wars. Soe taal and pillbox-type built the Maginot Line are BEGUN IN 1929 It was one of the wonders of almost all dead. The years have served to cover the name of Maginot with a vague infamy and to build a web of implausible stories about the line itself. One man who tends to get exasperated about all the mis- information is Capt. Philippe Trottman, a professor at the Ecole Superieure Technique du Genie, an army engineer- ing college, and one of the dwindling number of experts on the Maginot Line. "The average Frenchmen, and many of the so-called experts, are ready to believe almost anything about the Maginot Line," Trottman said during an interview in 'his office near the famed Chateau de Versailles in this Paris suburb, "They will tell you that it had tunnels hundreds of metres deep, that it pene- trated 10 kilometres into Ger- man territory. ... "The whole concept and his- tory have tended to become distorted in the popular mind." "People talk about the Maginot mentality, that it 'was supposed to have created a purely defensive attitude, But the Siegfried Line was longer and in many ways more costly and more formid- able, and no one has ever said it encouraged a_ defensive mentality in the Germans." Named after War Minister AIR the age. Many of its installa- tions and equipment are still regarded with awe by engi- neers. CONDITIONED Some of the biggest fort- resses could house up to 1,200 men. 200 feet underground. There were vast tunnels to house The living quarters were Andre Maginot, the line was generators, air conditioning, begun in 1929 and took seven complex machinery for the years to complete. Its cost guns, and enough ammunition has been estimated at $600,- 000,000. The line was designed to place an impenetrable wall of firepower between Germany and France, providing time for Paris to mobilize its forces and protecting the for- mer German territories of Alsace and Lorraine and the great industrial areas of the northeast. and All supplies to last for months in the event of siege. A few even had underground railways. that could be seen of the great fortresses above ground were camouflaged, cupolas which could be raised and lowered so the self-elevat- ing guns could fire. The great concrete-and-steel walls were capable of withstanding di- armored After the success of some rect hits. earlier fortresses during the In one respect, Trottman First World War, France de- said, the idea worked. The cided on a string of large and small forts built into the hills facing the frontier, linked by German high command never seriously considered a major attack directly into France, ruled section is part of Ni- geria. 1674--The Peace of West- minster ended Britain's last war with The Netherlands. 1879 -- The North Shore Railway connected Montreal and Quebec, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917 -- Austrians captured Italian trenches on the Is- onzo front; a British des- troyer was sunk by a mine; British units made trench raids in Flanders. Second World War "Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the Japanese invaded the island of Singa- pore; the U.S, defenders of Bataan repulsed another at- tack; Batavia was bombed by the Japanese for the first time; the expropriated French liner Normandie burned out and capsized in New York harbor. BIBLE "But the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." Peter 1:25 -I Man may do the most talking but only God's word will last forever. lectuals of the right, one must either cast doubt on America's basic religion which is belief in the superiority of the American way, or cast about on Amer- ica's good faith while equating her motives with those of the Communists. PLAYS ROLE Religion plays an important part in this discussion for mil- lions of Americans, and not only in the so-called Bible belt. The Soviet Union and other Communist states still call themselves "atheist" whereas "in God we trust" is an Amer- ican motto. Centuries of Chris- tian teaching that kindliness, decency, respect for the individ- ual lie only in the Christian way lead to the belief that none of these virtues are possible in a society that rejects God. Six thousan' 'imes eac! month a U.S. vadio or televisio program of more than 15 min- utes duration. jéaches that one cannot trust communism. The military fighting in Vietnam (and like the military in all that fear a collapse of domestic determination) has added its vast propaganda machine to the anti - Communist crusade through. veterans groups and the resources of the giant in- dustries that build armaments. All 'these voices profess to speak for America's true inter- est. They warn that Russia's amiable overtures are meant to lull U.S. vigilance while Soviet scientists come up with break- throughs in defence such as an anti-missile system, a technical victory achieved by the Rus- sians because U.S. science had its hands tied by the test ban treaty--treaties, of course, do not handicap cheating Com- munists, The U.S. should "break Russia financially by an arms race too intense for the Soviet economy but fully within the capabilities of the U.S. economy. This thesis is not advanced only by the military and the right wing; within the White House itself there are influen- 1 counselors whose training has been with the Central Intel- ligence Agency and who truly believe in the Communist con- spiracy which can be defeated, they claim, only when the in- adequacies of communism are exposed in a stern confrontation with the superior American sys- tem. Such men do not control affairs but they also do not readily retreat, Question Of Better Quality Posed In Soviet Production By JOHN BEST MOSCOW (CP) -- For more than three decades, since the great Stalinist industrialization drive of the 1930s, one of the key motive forces in the Soviet economy has been "emulation." The common dictionary meaning of the word is "'to imi- tate or vie with." But here it meaning -- to set production records. Many is the labor hero who has proudly stepped for- ward to receive a medal for achievement under the banner of emulation. Now responsible voices are being raised suggesting that the concept is out of date. The argument is that emulation has no place in an economy where the primary problem is no longer one of shortages but how to raise quality and to market what is produced. 'We have Jeft behind the pe- riod of genefal shortages when there were very few of every- thing," an economist writes in calling for a new, critical look at emulation. Because the U.S.S.R., albeit slowly, is finding its way into an era of plenty, consumers are becoming more sophisticated in their buying habits. They still don't display half the fussiness of a Western shopper but nel- ther do they accept almost any- thing that is offered. Little by little, they are ac- quiring the habit of looking around before buying. This has contributed to the growing prob- lem of unsold production. QUEEN'S PARK Conference Situation Ridiculous By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--The situation re- garding Premier Robarts' pro- jected Confederation of Tomor- row conference appears to be etting more and more ridicu- ous. And the more ridiculous it gets, the more Mr. Robarts seems to be digging himself in. The correspondence on the conférence between Mr. Robarts and Prime Minister Pearson which has been released didn't help the premier's cause. Mr. Pearson, as was to be ex- pected, said in effect he doubted both the propriety and the wig dom of a provincial premier being able to convene federal- provincial conferences. And that with the precedent established it couldn't be said what strains might arise in the future. Mr. Robarts looked weakest of all, however, in his letter to Mr. Pearson, in discussing the conference itself. The letter left the impression he really hadn't any concrete plans in mind at all as to just what the conference might do. He talked of the value of an "inventory" of developments since 1867, and of the benefits of carrying on discussions in an "unfettered atmosphere." Rightly or wrongly he left-- and leaves--the impression he believes it would be a good idea to have a gabfest on confeder- ation, but has no clear thought of how this should be conducted or really what it should cover. And having launched this nebulous project, the premier seems determined to be stuck with it. NO DETERRENT The come-uppance from Ot- tawa apparently is not deterring his determination to call the conference, although already he has had to do some back-track- ing. The original intention, as an- nounced in the speech from the throne, was to convene the "leaders of all provinces and the government." Even before he had released Mr. Pearson's views to the pub- lic, Mr. Robarts had retracted this somewhat by commenting that the conference wouldn't necessarily have to be attended by the premiers themselves. And now it appears if he is able to gather together a con- ference at all, it will be a con- ference of the provinces to which the federal government may or may not send observers. Those who feel an important consideration in proposing the conference was a prestige ploy in this election year have been given further backing for their belief, It is reported that the confer- ence would be held in the sec- ond half of the year, or pre- sumably after the election here. Which would mean the govern- ment could use it for propa- ganda during the campaign. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO February 9, 1952 Rev. M. C. Fisher, minister of Brooklin United Church, was appointed chairman of the Osh- awa Presbytery of the United Church at its meeting in Whitby. Thomas R. Gormley, Oshawa station agent of the CN, will re- tire on April 12, after 48 years in the service of the railway. 30 YEARS AGO February 9, 1937 Damage estimated roughly at $20,000, was caused when fire completely gutted the Gift Shop, Roy Fowler's Men's Wear, Lindsay's Grocery and the apartments above on Brock St. S., Whitby. A customer in the Arctic Circle sent in an order to the Pedlar People Ltd., Oshawa, for a quantity of Oshawa Metal shingles. The order was to be delivered to Kanaaupscow and was delivered there just four weeks after the order was re- ceived. suum tte ui NN cen IT HAPPENED IN CANADA NOSEPH B (1804-1673) iene WHO WAS YIQLENTLY OPPOSED TO CALL; MAS A SCOTS, ENTRY INTO CONFEDERATION N® Carns Tie CAPER JOINED SJOHINA. PHACDONALDS "AN AXE BLADE T- CE WROTE:- "4 Bis D ano. 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