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hye Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont.: Page 6 Tuesday, May 23, 1961 Can't Expect Dramatic Results From Meeting The forthcoming Kennedy - Khrush- chev talks will not be a summit meeting, in the usual sense. Wisely, the U.S. President, who seems to have taken the initiative in arranging a meeting be- tween himself and the Soviet leader, has sought a more informal, personal con- ference. We do not think full-scale summit meetings are useful as careful, well- planned diplomacy in the discussion of international problems; indeed, they can do -- and have done -- more harm than good. The Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting, however, could be useful, if only to give the two leaders an oppor- tunity to assess each other and exchange opinions directly and frankly. That is about the most that can be expected from the conference, plus, perhaps, some progress towards agreement on the ban- ning of nuclear weapons tests, They may discuss Cuba and Laos; almost certainly they will have some- thing to say about Berlin. But we should expect no dramatic results. The U.S. has been taking a beating in Cuba and Laos, and despite his difference with the Chinese Communists about strategy in Southeast Asia, Khrushchev is not likely to do anything to take the Ameri- cans off the hook. Berlin remains the big sore spot, in the Soviet view. It is in the nuclear field, then, that progress may be made -- and where the United States' diplomatic hand is stronger. The test ban talks at Geneva had been pretty well stalled. American and British 'negotiators have made definite and well-advertised concessions, while Soviet delegates have pulled back from earlier agreement and made no useful new offers. So Mr. Kennedy will go into his meeting with Khrushchev with the backing of very strong forces in world opinion. One is the general desire for peace which is linked with a belief that is can be advanced by talks be- tween leaders, and the other the tre- mendous emotional pressure for a test ban. For the U.S. to resume testing without demonstrating that it had ex- haused every possibility of agreement with the Russians would mean another serious diplomatic defeat for the West. Population Increases Authorities expect the June census to show that British Columbia and Alberta have shown the greatest percentage in- crease in population since the last census in 1969, with Ontario and Quebec regis- tering the biggest numerical increase. The two western provinces are expected to show a growth of about 40 per cent, with Ontario third at about 35 per cent, and Quebec and Newfoundland about 30 per cent. Percentages can be deceiving, how- er, The growth rate figures for other provinces are predicted to be: New Brunswick, 18 per cent; Manitoba, 17; Nova Scotia, 14; Saskatchewan, 10; and Prince Edward Island, 6. But six per cent of 98429 -- the population of Prince Edward Island in 1951 -- is only 9505.74, while Saskatchewan's 10 per cent increase represents only 83,- 172.8; in both cases the growth is less than one would expect from natural increase along during the ten-year period. Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, in that order, will un- doubtedly show the greatest numerical increase. Ontario will be able to point to an additional 1,580,000 people -- 38 per cent of the nation's estimated popu- lation increase in the decade. Quebec expects to hold second place with an increase of 1,135,000, or 27 per cent of the national growth. British Columbia should be third with an estimated 465, 000 additional residents and Alberta fourth with an estimated 373,000. How about Canada as a whole? What would be your guess as to the national increase in population since 1951 -- 15 per cent, 20? In fact, the population has increased a whopping 30 per cent, and the June census will probably show a total of about 18,200,000, or increase of about 4,200,000 in the past 10 years. This big jump is almost double the increase for the preceding decade, when the population rose 2,440,000, including the addition of Newfoundland Indeed, the past decade's growth is almost 570, 000 greater than the increase for the preceding 20 years. From 1931 to 1951, the nation added 3,363,000 people. No Adoption-By-Fee We heartily concur in the decision of Ontario Welfare Minister Louis Cecile the other day that there is no place for an "adoption-by-fee" policy for the children of this province. The matter was discussed at a meet- ing of welfare workers earlier this year, and while no firm decision was reached, the very fact it was entertained in some quarters and that the fee suggested was as high as $200 is indicative of some wrong thinking that should be set right, the Woodstock Sentinel-Review de- clares, and goes on: Children above everything else, should not be regarded as chattels with a dollars and cents price tag on them. If a price tag should be placed on them it should be marked only by love and understanding, whether the young people concerned come to homes as natural born offsprings or as "chosen children", a term coming into wider use by adopt- ing parents in relation to adopted mem- bers of their family. Perhaps the thought of charging a he Oshavon Times 7. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Monoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining. Th e Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the itby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863). is published doaily (Sundays ed statutory holidays excepted). C i Dai DX Publishers Association. re Conadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all ews 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 despatches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue Toronto Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers In Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin, |ort Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone. Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono Leskord, Broughom Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan Blackstock, Manchester Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45¢ per week, By mail (in {ovine of tario) outside carriers delivery creas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year Circulation for the issue of March 30, 1961 17,363 fee may have stemmed from the drive of Mr. Cecile and his department in the past two or three years to advertise through the press for homes for chil- dren who are not normally in the adoptive category either because of age, some physical handicap or some other reason, Yet here again the idea has not been to get rid of them merely because they have become and are likely to continue to be charge of the state. Primarily it is to try and provide them with the finer things of life which they normally would miss, The response to this imaginative ap- proach on the part of the department has exceeded all expectations. In ad- dition to commendation of officials for initiating this project, credit must go to the large number of adults who show- ed their willingness to take children all the way from babes in arms to those in their late teens. We have seen the result of this situ- ation in a small way and know that it has paid dividends all round. Other Editors Views CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA (Winnipeg Tribune) Nobody can be happy about what is now going on in South Africa. The Africans are preparing a de- monstration of protest when the country become a public later this month. To prevent it, the police of Prime Minister Verwoerd have been raiding Negro settlements and homes of white sym- pathizers, looking for evidence of cons- piracy. And the future seems to hold nothing for South Africa but more and more of this sort of thing -- increasing pro- tests on the part of the Africans and increasingly repressive measures by the government, READERS' VIEWS Sees Aircraft As Flag Dear Sir: President Kennedy's recent visit to Canada appears to have been masterfully designed to bring Canadians to their senses, and specifically to make them realize that Manifest Destiny has marked Canada out to be the United States' "closest friend". It was clear from Mr. Kennedy's remarks at Ottawa that the Americans are willing to overlook our carping eritic- isms of increasing U.S. domina- tion of Canada, providing that we are willing to desist from Show' such injurious actions in the future and will demonstrate that we are prepared to accept the role envisaged for us by Wash- ington without further non- sense. To make the point even clear- er, the U.S. Strategic Air Com- mand chose Wednesday, May 17th, while Mr. Kennedy was preparing to confer with Mr. Diefenbaker, to provide us with a most impressive demonstra- tion of U.S. goodwill over Cana- dian soil. B-52 multi-jet hydro- gen-bombers crossed the unde- fended border in force. Between OTTAWA REPORT Hard Times Seen For New Party By PATRICK NICHOLSON Signs are accumulating that the New Party will be grievously wounded by the attempts of its foster-parents within the labor union movement to regiment its members. - Signs, for example, such as the possibility that cer- tain activities of those foster- parents will prompt the present parliamentary leader of the CCF Hazen Argue, to lead a mass exodus of his like-minded follow- ers into the Liberal fold. Mr. Argue, I learn from a re- liable source, has already given serious consideration to this course. He has even made en- quiries in top Liberal circles, to ascertain whether the red car- pet or the slammed door would welcome him. Mr. Argue must, of course, publicly deny this possibility, un- til the chips are down. But poli- ticians here with long memory recall that ultra-socialism drove Ross Thatcher out of the CCF and into the arms of the Lib- erals, where he is now one of the most successful and bitter critics of the CCF. Ross and Hazen were not merely col- leagues in the parliamentary CCF group; they were political neighbors in Saskatchewan, and for many years they were room- mates on Parliament Hill. The parallel is not without signifi- cance. FRIENDSHIP ARTIFICIAL The creation of the New Party will represent a feat in tightrope walking. This association of or- ganized labor and traditionally free-enterprise farmers has been described as a marriage of op- posites. To pursue this metaphor such a marriage seems certain to lead to a bridal bed of bicker- ing on the unholiest holocaust of a honeymoon in marital history. By this, I refer to the obvious and determined drive to throw the present leader, Hazen Argue, to the wolves, and to draft Tommy Douglas, now premier of Saskatchewan, to replace him. This is the intent of certain prominent labor leaders; it Is not the wish of farmers. A probe of opinion in various fields shows that there are al- ready serious rumblings of dis- content about this step, although its supporters consider it a com- monsense step to replace a "farmers first" farmer by a professional politician. First, locals of many big unions are at variance with their paid organizers and headquar- ters bosses, and will not sub- scribe to the draft Douglas plan. Second, the hoped-for other half of the breeding ground for the New Party, namely farmers, are predominantly behind Hazen Argue, whom they respect as a proven parliamentary leader, and whom they trust as a farmer to fight farmers' battles. Third, letters from Saskatche- wan are flooding CCF offices here, loudly disapproving the plan to remove Tommy Douglas from the position for which he contracted and to which he was consequently elected, namely premier of Saskatchewan. ATTRACTED BY POLICY Fourth, a substantial body of left-wing thinking consists of the nationwide group of neutralist intellectuals. These have been attracted by Hazen Argue's pol- icy advocating Canada's with- drawal from NATO. If the found- ing convention of the New Party throws Hazen overboard, this in- fluential group of opinion-mould- ers will drift irrevocably away from the New Party. Some of the strongest advo- cates of Douglas-for-Leader are the Liberal strategy planners. Douglas' departure from Sask- atchewan provincial politics they believe, would sound the death knell of the already crumbling CCF government in that prove ince. Without Douglas, they be- lieve, the CCF would run third in the next provincial election. The choice of leader for the New Party has thus become by far the most important issue for the founding convention to be held here in July. Argue for De- mocracy could be a meaningful battle cry at that gathering. QUEEN'S PARK Jail Take-Over Excellent Idea By DON O'HEARN TORONTO---Dear lord give us patience! The autonomy bug is getting really bad. The John Howard Society has made an able report on our jail system. Itrecommends a change whereby the province would take over all the present county jails. The reorganization it proposes would mean both money saved and more efficiency. And what is our reaction here? Hon. George Wardrope says we have to be careful of muni- cipal autonomy. What municipality possibly could care whether it ran a jail? The only benefit it possibly has is a little patronage for local big-wigs to pass around. HARDLY FIT IN And if we have any municipal- ities in which this is all-import- ant they hardly fit in here to- day. We should ask Castro to annex them. So help me, we are getting so afraid of the tender feelings of municipalities you would think hc had annexed them, all of them. There's better news trom Mr. Wardrope in another direction. The reforms minister hopes to get the Huber law system started here. This is the system, originated in Wisconsin, whereby prisoners serving minor jail sentences are let out during the day to go to their jobs. Mr. Wardrope, who is a very practical man, liked the idea when he first heard about it. And a year ago he went to the U.S. and looked into it. IDEA LOOKS GOOD Everything he learned then and that he and his officials have found out since has made the idea look good. And he hopes to get an exper- imental program underway. Look out for the bolo punch, however. For an experiment will mean r the cooperation of Attorney-Gene eral Roberts. The prisoners to be used will need a special sentence. The condition that they be permitted to work will have to be specified by the magistrate. And that means they must have the attorney-general's ap- proval. Which is a caution sig- nal. For Mr. Roberts has a long record of not being overly ag- gressive about ideas which don't originate with him. However, this is a good idea, and it is doubtful if personalities will hold it back. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO The ground floor of the old YMCA building was being re- modelled for government offices to administer the Unemployment Insurance plan in Oshawa and district taking effect July 1. Mrs. Uriah Jones was named president of the Oshawa Home and School Council for the year 1041-42. Simcoe street south bridge over the new four-lane highway was nearing completion for June 1 opening. Oshawa Lodge, Knights of Pythian Sisters, jointly received grand lodge officers and mem- bers of both Toronto organiz- ations with Chancellor Webster presiding. At the annual meeting of the Lyceum and Women's Art Asso- ciation Miss May Dillon was re- appointed president for the sixth consecutive time. Dr. Frank L. Henry became a member of the executive of the Ontario Dental Association. Almost 400 Boy Scouts and Cubs of Oshawa attended a spec- ial church service at Simcoe Street United Church preached by Rev. A. D. Cornett, MA, pas- tor of the church. 8:00 and 9:30 a.m., six of these mighty aircraft, flying at inter- REPORT FROM U.K. vals of 10 to 15 minutes, p d over the Palgrave area just north of Toronto on a course which would appear to have taken them near Ottawa. This particular group, which I ob- served, flew at about half the normal altitude for either train- ing or operational flights -- pre- sumably so that visual effec- tiveness from the ground would not be too greatly reduced by distance It is, of course, not known whether this or any other group carried their ordained weapons. Nevertheless it was an extreme- ly sobering display of Old Glory in the most modern manner of "showing the flag." It is to be hoped that Cana- dians will be deeply impressed by the over-all character of President Kennedy's visit, and that they will, indeed, soon come to their senses. Palgrave FARLEY MOWAT for the Palgrave Committee First War Vessel Shipping Menace By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- When the liner Lusitania was sunk by German torpedoes in the spring of 1915, this became one of the major events which influenced the course of history by being one of the factors which finally led to the United States entering the war on the Allied side. It was an event which has gone into the history books of the war of 1914-1918. But what is perhaps not so well known except to a few peo- ple who were personally in- volved, is that in the same year of 1915, another ship named the Lusitania was sunk by ene- my mines. She was a small freight vessel of only 1834 tons. Her sinking never made news- paper headlines, but today, nearly 46 years after she was sunk in the English channel just off Folkstone harbor, she is in the news. DANGER TO SHIPPING The reason is that in her po- sition at the bottom of the sea a mile east of Folkstone, her wreck has become a menace to modern-type shipping. An Admilralty survey ship was recently completing a check of the old wrecks, many of them relics of the two world wars, that litter the bed of the Straits of Dover. It was found that the' wreck of the freighter Lusitanis was covered by only 42 feet of water. Because there are now many large super-tankers, of Ta deeper draught than formerly, now passing through the Straits of Dover to oil ports in the ese tuary of the River Thames, the existence of only 42 feet of wa. ter over the wreck makes it . menace. TO BE BLOWN UP y The authorities at Trinity House, which is résponsible for measures of safety for shipping around the British coasts, ans nounce that they will in all probability have to blow up the wreck. At the same time, it hag issued warnings to mariners to' keep away from this spot. Very close to the Lusitania is another wreck which has also become a new menace. This is the 1862-ton Anglia, a former railways freighter built in 1900. It will also have to be blown up. 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