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She Oshawa Simes 'Plannin 86 King St. E ., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 Grave Unfairness Today Without 'Means Test Progressive Conservative leader- ship contender Waliace McCutcheon deserves commendation for candor in his comment this week on the re- establishment of "means tests" for those receiving government assis- tance. The senator quite rightly pointed out that in the connotation carried in the "depression era", means test was a dirty word. And it deseryed to be. In essence it meant that sons must reduce themselves to a atate of poverty to meet require- ments for needed assistance. The situation has changed vastly today. We now give government handouts to all regardless of affluency. In this socialist approach there is grave un- fairness: The persons in dire need do not receive enough help to im- prove their situation materially while funds are given on equal basis to those in no need at all. To rectify the situation, the sen- ator has advocated an "income test" to provide a basis for allocating funds to those who really need help in amounts that better fill the needs. He would scrap the sacred socialist extravagance of universality. Stran- gely enough the thinking of business Sound Ideas Some sound ideas on acciden' prevention emanated from the con- ference of drivers in their teens and twenties held in Ottawa under the auspices of the All Canadian Insurance Federation. The young people recommended that driver education should be before anyone is issued a licence. Part of the cost, they sug- gested, could be derived from addi- tional fees charged for every traffic violation. Driver tests should more accurately reflect actual conditions, also. The conference agreed that new drivers should be granted probation- ary licences only, to be confirmed after re-examination a year later. All drivers should be re-examined every five years. They suggested that all motor She Oshawa Times 84 King St. E.. Oshewe, T, L; WILSON, ag heat £. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawo Times combini! ng The Oshawa Times tablished 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond hronicie (established 1863) is published daily Gundays end Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadinn Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Associaton, The Conacian Press Audit Burequ Association. 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U.S A. and foreign $27.00 per year, bergen " i OTTAWA REPORT man McCutcheon. is paralled in Britain by the minister of labor in the Labor government cabinet. he other day a member of the British cabinet, Minister of Labor Ray Gunter, suggested in careful words that perhaps the Labor Party should discuss if the time had not come to use a means test to deter- mine who was entitled to social as- sistance. The Labor cabinet doubts have been fed by the dis- covery that the universal social benefits are soaring beyond Britain's means. It is one thing for a party out of power to argue for or against any form of discrimination in pay- ments for sickness, unemployment and old age. But when the bills for universal benefits have to be met, even a socialist government sees a need for trimming the sails. Senator McCutcheon is not given much chance of winning the Con- servative leadership. Yet his sug- gestion should not go without con- sideration by his colleagues, or, for that matter, the party in power. The reapraisal in the British Labor Party provides strong support for his contentions. From Youth vehicles should be inspected semi- annually and also prior to transfer of ownership. The Ottawa confer- ence went on to recommend that defendants should be required to appear in court in person on traffic charges. Some useful advice to parents also came out of the conference, The young people felt parents ought to enforce all such restric- tions "they feel are just and ne- cessary for the implementation of safe driving habits" and should oblige their children to accept, with- out assistance, "the full consequen- ces of their actions as drivers". Parents are asked to balance this exercise of parental authority by setting at all times a good example when they themselves are behind the wheel, minister's Other Editors' Views IT'S CONSISTENT The perils of prognostication sel- dom were more plain than during the middle eastern crisis. One news magazine that came to hand during the early days of the crisis com- mented that Gamal Abdel Nasser "has scored impressively" and pre- dicted that he would win and that Israel's future would be dim. If the magazine flunked in accuracy it at least scored high in consistency. Its weather charts predicted a dry June for this part of the country. -- Milwaukee Journal muti QUEEN'S PARK Left Local Pointless? BY DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--A review of local government has been ordered in Wertworth County and the City of Hamilton. Tnis is the eighth such study to be either completed or in process, Studies have been completed. in the Ottawa area, the Niagara area and Peel and Halton Counties. The (others in_ process: are Kitcheper-Waterloo, the Lake- head, Muskoka and Brantford and Brant County (Where a og committee is doing the ob) The big question about these. studies is whether they will ever lead to any progress unless» the government here steps in and orders that changes be made. CAN'T AGREE There seems little possibility that local officials from the various' municipalities in each study will ever be able to agree on their own. Mostly their emo- tional feeling for their commu- nities is too strong for them to agree to any of the loss of the autonomy which the studies recommend. The report on the Ottawa area, for example, has been dowr now for more than two years, and there appears to be as little hope today of any action on it as when it was first presented. The. studies that have been finisned all recommend some form or other of dual-level gov- ernment--under which a region- al government handles major responsibilities such as financ- ing and planning. This, of course, is the pattern in Metropolitan Toronto. Tte province had to start Metra Toronto, and has had to direct its course since then. It seems likely it will have to do the same thing with other aregs cf the province. ACTION COMING? Actually, municipal affairs, and the reorganization of the municipal structure of the prov- ince could dominate the consid- erations of the next Legislature. The disorder in planning, the municipality. of local govern- ments and other weaknesses of the present structure have been glaringly evident for some time There are those who. feel str.ng y there should have been action on them by the province long ago. This has been held back by the traditional respect for local autonomy and self-decision which is so steeped in our sys- tem. It seems inevitable, however, that the next government and legislature will have to be less timid of local sensitivities and step in rather boldly to untan- gle the existing maze which adds up to inefficient and back- ward government. In fact we probably will see some quite radical action in the municipal field within a year. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, Sept. 8, 1947 The second annual air show of the Ontario County Flying Club, Oshawa, was a success from every point of view. James Gregory, 96, Oshawa's oldest citizen, was taken for his first airplane ride on his birth- day ard jauntily descended off the piane unassisted. 35 YEARS AGO, Sept. 8, 1932 Reginald Lemon, 16, shot a golden eagle with a seven-foot wing spread, near the home of his grandfather, Dr. R. W. Belt, of Corbett's Point: W. S. Anderson of Harmony caught an 18 lb. muskelonge with a plug and casting line in Stoney Lake on Monday. Hi 'OOPS -- ARE WE FORGETTING SOMETHING?' FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS King Opposes Junta, But... By PHILIP DEANE foreign Affairs Analyst Piecing together what various people heard from young King Constantine of Greece in pri- vate conversations during his visit to Canada, it becomes clear he opposes the military dictators who run his country and is trying to find some way for throwing them out. In this endeavor, the king is faced with several problems-- for instance, the colonels have engendered so much enmity that they know they would get no mercy should they lose power, and might well face a firing squad. They could, of course, arrange to escape shront, but exile in obscurity not satisfy these vain mere they would want some deal whereby they can retain at least some honorary title as ambassadors perhaps; they would want guarantees that they could hold such positions --and the income of the posi- tions--with some measure of permanence. The problem is not confined to the colonels. For years the Greek Army has been subjected to purges so that a large num- ber of junior officers are ideo- logically in 'accord with the colonels King Constantine wants deposed. These junior officers are right-wing Nasser- ites, convinced that they repre- sent the purity of Greece and that any other person who had advantages before the coup was a 'parasite'; the men running Greece now are motivated by extraordinarily virulent envy. Thus the overthrow of the junta now running Greece means, in fact, purging the Greek Army of a large number of its officers; they might not go quietly, and since they are the only ones with guns they Farm Boy Designed Engine. Built Plane, Flew 200 Feet BOB BOWMAN Without detracting from. the great achievement of Alexander Graham Bell and the members of the Aerial Experimental Association in flying the first aircraft in Canada at Baddeck, N.S., in 1909, there is a practi- cally unknown aviation pioneer whose work deserves almost equal credit. He was William Wallace Gibson who was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan, and built the first Canadian- made aircraft in 1910. The "Lilven Dart" was built in New York. World War I ace Air Vice Marshal Collishaw once told this writer, in effect, the prairie farm boys who can fix a broken tractor with a piece of fence wire can be trained to become the best airmen in the world. William Wallace Gibson had those qualifications. After reading about the Wright Brothers' experiments in 1903, he began building model airplanes which he would launch from the roof of a barn ni riot tnnnnn nen tn MN By Patrick Nicholson 'Turner Aims To Arm Buyer With Facts John Turner was the 36 year old baby of the Cabinet when he was sworn in as a Minister after the 1963 election: today he is doing a man's job, blazing a new trail in government respon- sibility as he shapes the pro- jected department of consumer affairs. "IT am trying to learn the 4acts before 1 attempt to devel- op the policy," he told me. "This will be the first depart- ment to represent the demand side of the market place. It will benefit the consumer and the investor--and the businessman as well. We cannot protect the consumer or the investor, but we can put them in a position to protect themselves, through information and education con- cerning what they buy and where they invest. HELPS THE HOUSEWIFE The housewife will ask--- what's in the department of consumer affairs for her? Well, John Turner has that answer. The role of product research and consumer,research will be amplified, so that perhaps a comprehensive Consumers' Magazine for Canada will he les justice, finance, industry noticed he was wearing a som- produced. By frequent and scientific probing into the mar+ ket place, such research can publicise the "best buy"; this should save the housewife money and frustration, and force the makers of "worse buys" to improve their prod- ucts or take them off the mar- ket. In this age of complaints about rising prices, there is immense scope here; if appli- ances, for instance, must cost s0 much, then they should be made to require less frequent replacement. But uneducated buyers make possible a situa- tion where much of the design process is geared to premature obsolescence or a short service life. "Our job in this new depart- ment is not to empire build," John Turner told me. "I have authority to coordinate policy at the federal level; this will be done in practice through a high level committee of officials, representing all the other departments concerned: health and vplfare, agriculture, fisher- and trade and commerce. This will cover such fields perhaps as food purity, weights and measures, marketing boards and consumer credit, and the various policing activities pro- tecting the consumer such as combines, collusion in pricing, monopblies, and fraud or decep> tion in manufacturing and mar- keting. POLITICIAN OF PROMISE John Turner's name has been much publicized since h e was first elected to Parliament five years ago. He has enjoyed a rapid political rise on promise; now--and he mentioned this to me himself--as a Cabinet Min- ister with a department to supervise, he has for the first time the opportunity to show whether his performance can match his promise--the prom- ise of a Rhodes Scholar and a successful lawyer. He is a member of the younger generation; but unlike some of it, he is a conformist. He does not wear sandals and open necked sports shirts in Parliament; whil» we talked I bre business suit, a neat dark tie, a white shirt with double cuffs and gold cuff links. His elegant new skyscraper -- is decorated in anythin "public works" hues an fave rics--perhaps because he has just inherited it from the Cabi- net's only woman, State Secre- tary Judy LaMarsh; but he has made it into a man's office, with trophies and souvenirs, hotos and _ parliamentary ooks, "I threw out all the hippy touches," he said to me with a smile. Why is John Turner in poli- tics? Why. not making more money in a private law prac- tice, or--if he is a member of the with-it generation--not making love with flowers in Yorkville? For the shrewd rea- son, so neatly, expressed in a shrewdly with-it sentence: 'all the exciting options today hap- pen to be in the political pro- cesses." . And his exciting option today is to provide help through infor- mation and education for the consumer, in the early morning so people would not ridicule him. His first aircraft engine was powered by a spring from a window-blind roller! Gibson moved to Vancouver Island when he was 27 years old but did not have enough money to continue his experi- ments. Then Lady Luck smiled. He was prospecting for goid and was paid $10,000 for a claim he had staked. With this money he went to Victoria and built a full-sized aircraft from his own plans and making every part by hand. He never had a lesson in drafting or engi- neering. ENGINE DESIGNED Then he designed an engine for the plane, and took the plans to a machine shop. The engine was supposed to weigh 210 pounds and develop about the same amount of horse-pow- er, but the design was so uncr- thodox that the manager of the machine shop did not want to accept the job. However, Gib- son persisted, and the engine was built to his specifications. The great day for the test flight was Sept. 8, 1910. Gib- son's pilot seat was an ordinary horse saddle. There were two propellors, one behind the other. The plane took off with a great roar, for those days, flew 200 feet, and then crashed into an oak tree. Fortunately Gibson was not hurt seriously and felt proud because the Wright brothers had flown only 120 feet on their first attempt. Gibson's plane was rebuilt and made another spectacular flight at Calgary in Augusi, 1911. Alexander Japp was the pilot and flew the plane for a mile at an altitude of 100 feet. Then the engine cut out and there was another crash. Japp also escaped serious injury. Building airplanes was expen- sive, risky work for those pio- neers, and it is not surprising that they were forced to discon- tinue. Of course other people took over, but William Wallace Gibson certainly deserves a high place in 'aviation history in Canada and elsewhere. BIBLE "Be not afraid only believe." Mark 5:36 God never intended for fear and faith to abide in the same house, 'Fear not," { ¥ might use force to remain power, liquidating possible opponents and _ instituting a reig. of terror. The king appar- ently does not think this an exaggerated view of the situa- tion; he seems convinced of the potential savagery of the men now ruling Greece. Because of their character, they would not readily bow to pressure from the U.S.; should economic sanctions be invoked against them, the officers sup- porting the dictatorship in Greece would certainly try to hold out despite economic diffi- culties, and the ordinary citi- zens would suffer most. The military dictators might even try to flit with Russia--a thought which much alarms the White House. In effect, the only present hope for overthrowing the mili- tary group in Greece is that it will split into factions, say the people to whom King Constan- tine talked here in Canada. One gathers the king does more than merely hope this quarrel- ing will start. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 8, 1967. United States 'Senator Huey (Kingfish) Long was fatally wounded by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss, son of one of his political enemies, 32 years ago today--in 1935-- in the Louisiana State House at Baton Rouge. Long, then at the height of his political power and 42 years old, died two days later. Weiss was slain immediately after the attack on Long by the sena- tor's bodyguards. 1760--Montreal s urren- dered to British control. 1900--Galveston, Tex, hurricane killed 5,000. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Russian Gen. L. G. Korniloff dismissed when- army disorders continued. French captured Chaume Wood in Verdun sector on Western Front. Allies Garenced on Albanian bor- er, evita GOOD EVENING Things Beginning To Hum On Provincial Hustings @ By JACK GEARIN (Of The Times Staff) IT WAS. NICE to learn that our three provincial candi- dates in Oshawa riding were agreed on at least one point. In recent newspaper inter- views all said they were "'very happy" about the Oct. 17 date of the election. Even "Fighting Jim' Potti- cary, the Liberals' hardy and hand young candidate who personally set some kind of en- durance record by personally canvassing no less than 42 streets since last May, said he was "overjoyed and confi- dent" about the date. The PC's Albert V. Walker, who is ready to embark on door - to - door canvassing, said he was "quite happy", and the NDP's Cliff Pilkey, who has worn out a few pairs of shoes with the house-to- house approach, expressed si- milar views in The Oshaworker. All three committee rooms are now operative. Mr. Potti- cary is stationed in the former Christian Science Reading Room at the corner of 'Bond and Ontario (in full view of the UAW Hall) while Mr. Walker will hold court at the corner of King and Prince. The NDP's of course, have been busy for several months at their Simcoe St. N. commit- tee rooms. To illustrate the changing trends in political campaigning Mr. Walker announced that he would give emphasis to the per- sonal - contact approach with voters and that he will hold but one major campaign meet- ing ('Election meetings are things of the past', he said). The door - to - door cam- paign is an arduous and time- consuming political exercise, one recommended only for phy- sically robus types, but it can pay big dividends come elec- tion day. Voters-to-be are usu- ally flattered by a_ personal call from a candidate, even one of a different political color. THE ND P's Oshawa riding campaign hit high gear recent- ly with the appointment of Gor- don Graylish as a full - time party organizer. He has some solid creden- tials as an NDP organizer. He joined the staff in June of 1966 after holding positions as pre- sident and organizer from 1958 to 1965 in Greenwood Riding, Toronto. He has worked in 12 elections in 10 years and only lost one, according to The Oshaworker, He served in York South (Donald MacDonald's ri- ding), and Riverdale, where James Renwick! is: the MPP. Mr.. Graylish was a metro organizer to the Toronto Area Council -- purpose of this or- ganization was to build a group to contest all municipal seats, THESE ARE uneasy days for many Second World War veterans in Oshawa and dis- trict as they watch: those dis- turbing bulletins from the Ot- tawa hospital room of Maj.« Gen. F. F. Worthington. The beloved 'Father of Ca- nada's Armored Corps' is ser- iously ill in the Defence De- partment's 'Medical Centre, where he was admitted July 30. The general held a memor- able reunion in Oshawa with many of his old comrades last fall when the Ontario Regiment celebrated its 100th annivers- ary. General Worthington was a tough, solider's soildier who could use the boisterous, baw- dy language of the. barrack's room as fluently as the King's English, and he was visibly moved by his warm reception here. When Canada decided to in- corporate armored units in its was selected to organize the program. He set up the Cana- dian Armed Forces Vehicluar Training Corps at Camp Bord- en in 1936 and organized the Ist. Canadian Armored Brigade in 1940 and took it overseas. He was sent back to Canada in 1942 to organize the 4th. Armored Division and to com- mand at Camp . Borden. ALDERMAN ERNEST Whit- ing has asked City Council to do something to brighten up Sunday Yor young people and he's right. What is really needed are more supervised recreational and social outlets for the young- sters. This point was stressed time and again in brief to the Pro- vincial Committee on Youth which held. a day - long hearing here two years ago under Chair- man Syl Apps. Alderman Whiting is deeply familiar with the situation be- cause of his long association with youth work locally. Immigrants From Britain Face Better, Fewer Stay By JOHN ROTH Canadian Press Staff Writer A basic assumption of Canadian post-war immigra- tion policy was that British immigrants would be more easily absorbed than immi- grants from other countries and would least change the character of Canada. As\a result, successive gov- ernments went out of their way to encourage British immigrants with active pro- motional campaigns, fewer formalities and special facili- ties tor obtaining visas. One-third of the 2,500,000 immigrants who entered Can- ada between 1946 and 1965 were of British origin--more than twice as many as the next largest ethnic group-- Italians. Prof. Anthony H. Richmond of the department of sociolo- gy at Toronto's York Univer- sity set out to study the assimilation of immigrants, and especially to compare the British immigrants with other groups. His findings have beer published in Post-War Immigrants in Canada (Uni- versity of Toronto Press). The book is based on two surveys, The first covered a cross-section of immigrants living in different parts of Canada. The second was con- ducted in Britain among immigrants who had returned hone. Not surprisingly, Prof. Richmond's survey showed that British immigrants did better materially than other ethnic groups. They had no language difficulties, their professional qualifications were more readily accepted, and fewer had to take jobs at lower occupational and social levels than those they had held at home. In spite of this, Canada retained a lower average pro- poriion of British immigrants. Forty per cent of immigrants from the United States, 30 per cent of British immigrants and 20 per cent of other groups returned home or emi- grated elsewhere. Furthermore, people from non-Fnglish-speaking ¢oun- tries were more likely to be satisfied with the Canadian way wf life and more likely to be 'ome naturalized citizens. These and other results led Prof. Richmond to question whether traditional ideas of assimilation and integration were valid. He found that immigrants who experienced the most dif- ficuliy, or fell in occupational social status, nevertheless tended to identify most:close- ly with their new country. IT HAPPENED IN CANADA =: BEGINNING AT YARMOUTH IN EACTERN, poainh ea ey BUILDING AnD SAILING © LED { PE R/IGEINGS FOR SAIL CONTROL OF A TYPICAL WINDJAMMER of IllS BRA TOTA. AeiUT 1s MiLese I ale 190 Ge rl Mey si ZuceaeD GUNS INDIANS WHITE ME MEN bs roy Wi WV, Bésts now (srdeveo * oT? Ny, \ ! oN ou oF TE BIG WOODEN SAILING "SCOTIA | HADA FLEET? TWAT COVERED Ivey OCEAN. IN 1768 To THB END of -- RENI their membership anc members joined at FOR THE THIRD secutive year, the V General Hospital Wo Auxiliary held its " bership -Tea" Thu afternoon at the reside Mrs. Norman Irwin, | 128 Member St. John CW WHITBY (Staff) -- § the Evangelist CWL | sumed its activities wit dent, Mrs. James Mc chairing the meeting. 1 ship convener, Mrs. Joh czewski, reported the n ship is now 128 memb Visiting convener, \ Spellen, said a_ total hours were spent duri summer months at the Hospital, Whitby, and : view Lodge. Social action convene Fred Parrott, reported of 60 hours spent by 2 bers in canvassing for tarded young adults' fund, Members were remi the annual bazaar of and the annual CWL d Oct. 14 Rev. Leo J. Austin d the transformation of 1 ish hall on John Street vited parishioners to c on its new look. Fathe: encourated CWL mem continue with the ser SAT,., Music By:-- THE DODS' BAR PRIVILEC For Reservations @ DANC