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| he Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Confederation Depends On Good Understanding Some rabid Quebec nationalists have been campaigning for the secession of that province from Confederation and the establish- ment of an independent Quebec republic. Should the rest of Canada hasten to grant them their wish, or take steps to drop Quebec from the Canadian family whether the inhabitants of the province like it or not? The Orillia Packet-Times thinks the answer should be yes, and argues the case this way: "There might be even more benefits to Canada at large than to Quebec if some form of separa- tion could be worked out. At a atroke, it would remove from Cana- dian politics the single greatest burden under which all parties labor: the need to curry favor with French Quebec... "Secession of Quebec would bring to an end the many anachronisms which still plague this country in the 20th century: The farce of the House of Commons wasting its precious time in discussion of di- vorce applications from Quebec; the farce of bilingualism, with every official transaction or an- nouncement having to be published in French for the sake of the few, as well as in English for the many. It would simplify sensible Cana- dian legislation on everything from divorce, abortion and birth control to corporal and capital punish- ment ... in all the manifold fields in which the narrow parochialism of Quebec currently inhibits re- form." The paper does recognize, how- ever, that there would be some problems -- a corridor to connect the Maritimes with the rest of Canada, for example. The argument may make a con- versation piece; it cannot be taken seriously. But it does reveal the kind of thinking that has given the French - Canadians some grounds for complaint. Far from being "the few", the French-speaking Canadians amount to a third of the Canadian popula- tion. If political parties must have Quebec support if they wish to form governments, they must also _ have Ontario support, since On- tario has more seats than any other province and is the real key to power at Ottawa. As a matter of record, Quebec has provided no more opposition to federal legisla- tion than have most of the other provinces, including Ontario. The Orillia paper's argument is, in fact, based either on misapprehen- sion or mis-statement of past and present facts of Canadian life. And this is precisely what irritates the people of Quebec. The Quebec separatists are a small minority, who make a noise out of all proportion to their num- brs. But let us suppose that they were many instead of few, and that the rest of Canada was willing to accommodate them. The Maritimes would be isolated, with or without a corridor to On- tario and would, probably, be in- clined to form their own separate state. There would undoubtedly be a secessionist move in Ontario. There would certainly be a strong movement in favor of at least econ- omic union with the United States. In brief, Confederation could fall apart. Confidence In Youth BY THE REV. ALBERT E. LARKE Albert Street United Church The courtesy of a guest editorial provides opportunity to affirm our confidence in the Youth of 1963. In each generation there have been those ready to down-grade its own youth; to bemoan the fact that "things are not what they were"; the fact is, they never were. It is a conviction that this genera- tion of youth, potentially and actu- ally, will hold its own morally, spiritually, and certainly physically with those preceding. True, one gets quite a jolt when he attends magis- trate's court and sees the youthful- ness of many who come before him week after week; but even as one "listens in" he becomes surer that even among such as appear in Police Court there is an untapped poten- tial for good; and that the lives of these young people would have taken a different direction had home cir- cumstances been more favourable; and it is well to keep in mind that the parents of today were the last generation of youth. Not in our time have we seen healthier -young people; nutitious food in a better balanced diet, ade- quate clothing, medical care, and health education are benefits which have been enjoyed since the depres- sion days of the thirties, and the results are, by and large, evident, despite the existence in every in- dustrial community of many who do need assistance to obtain such benefits. There are times when one is irked at seeing so many boys and girls sauntering along our streets The Oshawa Times T. Lb. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times (estontisned 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicie (established port lly ae daily itatutor i S excep 4 ye fre oH c ior Daily spaper Publish- ers Association. The Conadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dallies Association, The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of oll news in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of specicl des- patches ore also reserved. : Thomson Building, 425 University Phe Toronto,- Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, eskard, jumbus, Greenwood, uf , Dunbarton, Enniskillen, , Burketon, Claremont, l, Raglan, Blackstock, 1 and Newcastle, not oe week By mail (in Province of Ontario Gutade, corrlers Gelivery areas 12.00 per year. og USA. end foreign 24.00. with careless, shuffling gait and shoulders slouched forward when these healthy young people should be facing up and poised and elert; but perhaps this is only part of the pose they adopt; part of their non- chalant disregard of personal ap- pearance if not of dignity; but a phase only, like extremes in dress. This sort of thing is outgrown when a few years brings added res- ponsibility. : It is in just this sense of respon- sibility that. many. of our young people are measuring up today. Many of them take life much more seriously than we usually give them credit for; and 'they take them- selves seriously. Again, there are exceptions; but on the whole the future years will give proof that these young people of 1963 have found their niche and have taken their place in the ranks of those who seek to make a better world than that into which they were born. ' Looking back over the months one recalls: The outstanding per- sonality and achievement of a Girl Guide, a Gold: Cord recipient, an honor not easily come by; the dedi- cation of a fine young man taking his church membrship vows and declaring his intention to give his life to social service; the young man, now in his twenties, who from childhood struggled against what then appeared the certainty of an early death due to a serious heart condition, but who survived a diffi- cult heart operation and a long con- valescence and who has now return- ed to school to qualify himself for the work of the Christian ministry. One thinks, too, of the number of dedi- cated young people teaching in our Sunday Schools, giving outstanding leadership in youth organizations; of the many students entering our colleges, willing to accept the stre- nuous discipline requisit to success in their chosen profession. Yes -- we believe in youth. The problem of delinquency remains ; but often the delinquency is on the part of adults. Young people today, as in former times, are ready and eager to respond to the leadership of de- dicated and committed adults who understand, respect and love them. They deserve our time, our effort, and our encouragement. oo se da oe ee. DOWNHILL RUN WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Clear Answer Demanded To End Arms Confusion OTTAWA JOURNAL: Gen. Norstad, the retired NATO com- mander and a man of goodwill, says that Canada is committed to the use of tactical nuclear weapons in its new strike air- craft in Europe. The government of Canada has never said Canada is so committeed. What exactly is our present NATO contract? Canada is committed to fight if any other NATO country is attacked. Contributions to the NATO force are decided on in detail at annual secret co-or- dination meetings of the 15 na- tions. Last Oct. 1, Defence Minister Douglas Harkness told the Com- mons that the air commitment to NATO was for eight squad- rons of CF-104 aircraft. On Nov. 28 he was asked if the govern- ment intended to fulfil a com- mitment to arm the machines with nuclear weapons. He. re- plied that all commitments to NATO had been fulfilled. The Canadian machines in Europe today do not carry nu- clear weapons but External Af- fairs Minister Howard Green said following Gen. Norstad's statement that Canada has lived up fully to its NATO undertak- ings. Associate Defence Minister Pierre Sevigny was quoted as saying that Canada has fully respected her NATO commit- ments. The one sure thing about all this is that the public is con- fused. And about two things: 1. Are we committed to nu- clear weapons in Europe? 2. If we are not committed should we provide them? The government should give a clear and convincing answer to both these questions, and soon. OTTAWA CITIZEN: On_ the face of it, General Lauris Nor- stad's view that Canada is ex- pected to meet its nuclear wea- pons commitments to NATO is at variance with the opinions of U.S. Defence Secretary Mc- Namara. At the recent NATO meeting in Paris, Mr. McNamara urged greater emphasis on convention- al forces. In the United States itself there is growing recognition of the need to increase the size and improve the mobility and fire-power of the ground forces by conventional means. Canada could contribute to- ward that trend while leaving itself free of nuclear weapons. Indecision is the basic fault in Canada's defence policy. Can- TODAY IN - HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 12, 1963... Quebec jewelry salesman J. Albert Guay was hanged for the murder of his wife 12 years ago today--in 1951 --a slaying he tried to cover up in an explosion aboard an aircraft that claimed 23 lives. The lure of $10,000 insurance money and Gu- ay's love for 15-year-old waitress prompted the ela- borate murder plot in which a time bomb,. placed in a Canadian Pacific Airlines plane, caused a mid-air ex- plosion. '1953 -- The Edmonton Stock Exchange opened. 1950 -- The British sub- marine Truculent: sank in the River Thames estuary with a toll of 65 dead. ada is neither meeting its com- mitment, nor doing anything to change its commitment. The commitment, entered into in 1959, to arm the Vana- dian air component in NATO with aircraft carrying nuclear weapons of course, exists. But this particular commitment can honorably be changed without reducing NATO's overall strength. More of the country's re- sources shoud be put into the provision of air transport and improved weapons and vehicles for the army. By remaining out of the nu- clear club, Canada would per- haps wield greater moral au- thority in its disarmament ini- tiatives. And judging by the. growing forces in the United States, Canada would be increasing ra- ther than diminishing its mili- tary contribution to the com- mon defence of the West if it concentrated more on conven- tional arms,of which there is a shortage, and less on nuclear arms, Sudbury Star: Senior officers of the provincial department of transport are reportedly con- ducting an active investigation into the feasibility of com- pulsory car insurance: for this province. Legislation making public li- ability insurance mandatory for all drivers would certainly be a popular move with a large seg- ment of the electorate. Mani- festly, the present workings of the unsatisfied judgment fund leave a great deal to be. de- sired. Ontario has been moving closer to compulsory insurance in recent years. Imposition of the special payment to the un- satisfied judgment fund by drivers without insurance and the requirement that proof of insurance or the fund payment must be carried are indications of this, If Premier Robarts does de- cide to make the insurance a matter of law, there is no need to depart from the principles of free enterprise. Public liability insurance is a requirement in Britain as in many other countries and On- tario's scheme could well be modelled upon it. While the law requires the driver to carry in- surance, the government stays out of the underwriting busi- ness. The driver must buy his policy from one of the private insurance companies and thus realistic actuarial tables plus business competition determine the cost. There are teeth in the British law. The driver caught without insurance, whether he has been involved in an accident or not, automatically loses his licence. In a serious case, or repeated offence, he may very well go to jail. The scheme is a good one. Those who argue against such things as health insurance on the ground that a man has re- sponsibility to protect himself can find no similar issue here. There are irresponsible citizens on the roads who care not a jot for their fellow men. Since injuries and damages in an accident are not usually con- fined to one vehicle and one driver, there is a strong case in favor of forcing these people to provide protection for their potential victims. Guelph Mercury: Our school curriculum is made up of many facets, but there is a phase that could be taught that would en- able the young man to be better equipped for his life after school and that is some of the rudi- ments of plain ordinary busi- ness transactions, When the dolescent is pr ted to the world he must make decisions, and enter into contracts, where his lack of simple knowledge can have a most damaging ef- fect on his bank-book balance. There are always "sharpies" well versed to take advantage of the person who knows little of a contract» or who is unable to interpret its clauses. RESCUE HOBBY CALGARY (CP) -- Twelve city policemen have formed a life-saving squad using skills learned in their hobby. They have qualified as scuba divers under the Alberta Skin Diving Council and are on 24-hour call to attempt volunteer water res- cues, BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO J. A. McGibbon was appoint- ed secretary of the Oshawa Board of Education at a salary of $800 a year. Building permits issued by the town engineer in 1922 reach- ed a total of $1,155,130. Oshawa stood in sixth position among the cities of Canada for customs returns for 1922, in the amount of $2,901,207. Members of the town council and municipal officials were guests of Mayor W. J. Trick at the annual Mayor's banquet. G. D. Conant presented to the - town council a new plan for municipal waterworks, Percy Punshon presided at the annual Mayor's banquet for the 23rd consecutive year. The temperature dropped to eight degrees below zero on the night of January 10. The president and vice-presi- dents' match at the curling rink was keenly contested. Pres- ident A. M. Germond's rinks won by 11 shots from Vice- president C. M, Anderson. Peter A. Blackburn of Sarnia took over his new duties as tovin treasurer. Town Assessor R. H. James stated that a shortage of houses existed in Oshawa. A. T. Hicks, president-elect of the Oshawa Rotary Club, presid- ed at the club's opening meet- ing of the year. Cecil Bint, mem- ber of the Ontario Boys' Parlia- ment for Oshawa, addressed the club. Oshawa Boy Scouts prepared for an. active season under the direction of Scoutmaster Mc- Connell. The Oshawa Amateur Athletic Association opened a memibez- ship drive of 2,000 members. W. E. Clarke, G. W. McLaugi- lin, H. C, Bradley, George Hezzlewood, Lorne Ardiel and H. C. Lander were the elected officers. The executive commit- tee members were Charles Rob- son, L. Stevenson and D. F. Johnston. Dr. W. J. Langmaid was ap- pointed to assist Dr. S. : Phillips and Dr. T. S. Tucker as school dental officers. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Prime Minister Faces Attack On Many Fronts By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London o- The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Prime Minister Macmillan and hils government cannot be looking forward to the reopening oj! the parlia- mentary session on January 22 with any degree of equanamity. When the house meets, they will be faced with the most concen- trated attack ou many fronts that they have experienced since the 1959 general election. The opposition will be in full cry, with points of attack on which the governrnent appears to be highly vulne:rable. Heated debates are certain on a var- fety of subjects on which the prime minister cannot feel at all sure of receiving the solid support of his own; party. Foremost in the subjects sure to provoke an all-out attack on the government is the Nassau agreement by which Polaris submarine missiles: will take the place of the réjected Sky- bolt as Britain's nuclear deter- rent. While Defence Minister Peter Thorneycroft has been able to convince the Tory rnembers de- fence committee that the Po- laris deal is a good one, and has won some assvirance that there will be no general Tory back bench revolt on this issue, he can expect a rough time at the hands of the Labor opposi- ' tion, which is all set to take full advantage of the gowernment's defence position. The Prime Minister can ex- pect a vicious tongue lashing from George Brown: tthe shadow defence minister, who has al- rady, on television, indicated that in his opinion at, least, the government has been guilty of émmense blunders in the realm of defence. OTHER ISSUES Defence, however, \s only one of the issues on which the gov- ernment will have to meet a strong attack from tthe opposi- tion benches, and from some members on the ffovernment side as well. The worsening unemployment situation will produce another stormy debate. While Chancel- lor Maulding will tiry to per- suade the House of Commons that the measures whiich he has taken will, in the lonjz run, pro- duce the desired result of cut- ting down unemployiment, that will just not be good enough for the opposition. Mor will it satisfy government members who represent constituencies in Scotland, where the figure of 100,000 unemployed has aroused them to demand action now, rather than vague promises of improvements to come. Mr. Maudling can therefore expect a strong barrage of criticism when the session resinmes. Another debate on the Com- mon Market negotiations will follow the meetings in; Brussels scheduled for Mr. Heath, but this must of necessily be an inconclusive exercise, which will merely give tlhe anti- market opposition a new oppor- tunity to condemn the govern- ment's stated policies. WORKERS' CHARTER Another attack will 'come on the new bill which has been POLL TOURIST! HALIFAX (CP) -- Tise three Maritime provinces' tourist boards are polling abomt 45,- 000 tourists who registered at travel bureaus last yea)'. Visit- ors are asked why they came, how long they stayed and how much they spent. termed the workers' charter, but which seems to have satisfied neither workers nor the employers. Both sides of in- dustry have expressed their dis- satisfaction with its provisions, and Labor MP's in particular will have nty of criticism to level at it in the House, While Chancellor of the Ex- chequeror Reginald Maudling has acceded to the demands of the consumer goods industries, and has made some further re- i =| toes taxes, he not yet gone far enough to Satisfy the Labor party: "eich regards elimination of purchase cutee eon ooig hoes ig of stim- ul ic buying, thereby increasing industrial product'on and hel to reduce unem- ployment. . Maudling, how- ever, has gone as far as he is likely to go in that direction until he brings in his budget about the beginning of April. ROAD CHANGE There is evidence of some thought being given by Ernest Marples, minister of transport, to the possibility of making a drastic, and even revoltionary change in Britain's road laws. He is instituting some inquiries into the wisdom of changing the traffic laws to provide for driv- ing on the right: side of the road, as is the custom in Eu- ropean covhtries, Canada and the United States, instead of on the left side, which is the rule in the United Kingdom. He has asked the London borough coun- cils to report as soon as pos- their to dri the . ving on re Highs! over from the right side of the car. i5 produce s, Mr, Marple's move, there- fore, must be regarded as in the nature of an exploratory step, and one from which no immediate or even e: ac- tion can be expected. Yet in view of the fact that Britain seems to be the out of step so far as left side of the road driving is concerned, there is considerable public proto in the fact that this in- quiry into a possible change being undertaken. wali OTTAWA REPORT Everyone Honored Except Canadians By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- On New Year's Day, Queen Elizabeth bestowed honors and decorations to re- ward some 2,200 deserving citi- zens of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Trinidad and other monarchical nations within the Common- wealth--but not Canada. Most of those recipients were given a metal bauble dangling on a piece of colored ribbon, costing a dollar or so. They also received the right to add some distinguishing letters after their name. That was their reward for years of devoted service to their country or their commun- ity, and they were happy to ac- cept from their Monarch what they regarded as ample recog- nition. Why were no Canadians in- cluded in the list? Well of course we are proud to call our country democratic and of that "holier than thou" socialistic type which believes in equality but considers that all should be levelled down- wards. So we do not permit our fellow citizens to be honored with anything so undemocratic as a distinction which would lift the deserving slightly above the undeserving. More specifically, successive governments have not permitted any Canadian to be honored with anything so un- democratic as a title of distinc- tion. WHAT'S IN A NAME? No Canadian may be called "sir". But it is okay by our governments if eminent politi- cians are called 'honorable'; and our universities are happy QUEEN'S PARK Ontario Inquiry Would Be Shrewd By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Mr. Premier: you could do a very smart thing. You could appoint a Gtassco inquiry for Ontario. The chances are that Premier Robarts won't order an effici- ency inquiry into the machiinery of his government. : And there are those in: his party who shudder at the thought he might. : But to one observer he naight be playing very smart politics if he did. SAVE MILLIONS? The machinery of government in Ontario is inefficient. Being ruled by politics and politicians the machinery of all government is inefficient. Whether Ontario is any bet- ter or any worse than the rest isn't to be said. But it is inefficient. " Practically anybody who has close dealings with it regularly can tell you that. : And there are possibly nail- lions to be saved if it is tight- ened up. GOVERNMENT ACTION? If there is a change of gov- ernment in the next election there certainly will be an in- quiry along the lines of the Glassco probe. Aside from the fact that new governments like to dig into the sins of their predecessors, a new regime would want to save the money it could gain ky more efficient operation. And to the observer thene could be at least some gains t® Mr. Robarts if he anticipated this and appointed his own in- quiry first. The principle one would be that he would be showing him- self to the public as a fearless and conscientious leader -- ap- parently! (The commission wouldn't report before an elec- tion, of course). As it is now he can say that efficiency is under continuing study. He can cite the fact that man- agement firms have studied the highways and public works de- partments. But these were really organi- zation studies and nothing at all like the Glassco investigation ogee centered on free-spend- ing. To announce a study along the Glassco lines would be a bold move, It would be ordering a study of the sins of his own regime (Practically all the Glassco criticism can be blamed on the former Liberal adminis- tration). And at least one observer thinks' the public might like it. to arrange for prominent per- sons who are not scholastically qualified to be dubbed "'doctor" as the result of an honorary de- gree. What is the difference? And in any case, less than 100 of those 2,200 Commonwealth citizens were given an honor which carried a title of address such as "lord" or "sir" or "dame". What riled many of our own diplomats and other civil serv- ants was that three of their ilk resident in Ottawa were in- cluded in that New Year's list --two Britons and one Austral. jan--but our equally deserving Canadian ambassadors and others were banned from simi- lar recognition. Our sister dominion Australia is even more democratic than We are, yet she does not suffer from the false modesty in this respect which has _bedevilled Canada for 40 years, barring the Conservative regime in the 1930s. A hundred or so Austral- ians were given awards in the recent New Year's honors list: These included the lifetime honor of a knighthood to a mere half dozen, including an ambassador, a doctor, a soldier @ politician, an industrialist and a civil servant. Others were given medals and these in- cluded the high commissioner to Canada, the able and well- liked David Hay; a professor rewarded for his services to tertiary education; the matron - of a Baptist home for the aged; a sister engaged in social wel- fare services; an interpreter in @ supreme court; an air force flying instructor; a nursing sis- ter; and so on. CANATREN® UNPRAISED ave we no outstanding Ca- nadian matron, night - watch. man, civil servant, nurse, fore- man, artist, policeman, indus- trialist or other who deserves recognition by his country for services beyond the normal call of duty? Of course we have, many such. So why are we the only monarchy in the Common. wealth which suffers from this inverted snobbery, when even the great democratic United States delights in bestowing and receiving such decorations? Are we not humbugs, that our gov- ernments piously proclaim "no distinction to honor any Cana. dian," and then endow the Can- ada Council which itself be- stows medals to Canadians whom our government should honor? But if Canadians are thus second class democrats, poor Quebeckers are third class Ca- nadians. For our government has recently firmly prevented a@ newspaper executive in Que- be from accepting an honor proferred to him by a foreign monarch, whilst a similar Ca- nadian from Ontario has been able to accept a similar dis- tinction from another foreign monarch. Quebeckers here are aware of this recent further in. justice to their. province, and this matter is likely to be raised in a loud voice when Parliament meets. 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH © RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Richi, CA, RA. 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