Oshawa Times (1958-), 26 Sep 1963, p. 1

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY Monopolist: The fellow who. keeps an elbow oneach arm of sn be Oshatwa & et' to 16. 4 sunny and warm southwest. 10 - OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES 'TOMMY' THOMAS AFTER DEFEAT Robarts Promises = Aid Federal Unity LONDON, Ont. (CP) -- Pre- mier John Roberts, with strengthened support and a weakened opposition, enters his first full term of office promis- ing quick legislative action and full co-operation with the fed- eral government. f * And the 46-year-old premier, who a little less than two years ago took over the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Con- servative party from Leslie Frost, says he will make good on his election promises. Smiling under trying physical circumstances and obviously pleased with his party's over- whelming success Wednesday in his first election as premier, Mr, Robarts pledged in a vic- tory statement to voters in his own riding of London North that the "confidence you have shown will not be misplaced. .. . What I have said I will do, I will do." In a prepared victory state- ment, which he distributed to reporters and read over radio and television, the pre- mier promised to do all possible "to keep Canada united." Then, in a back room where he was questioned by half a dozen reporters, the premiér promised to call the legislature in'o session "'just about as soon as I can do so"' to enact legisla- tion enabling the province to take advantage of the \$400,000,- 000 federal municipal loaf pro- gram. WILL BE: SHORT The session, which legally could not be called before the third week of October, would be a short one--"one or two days"| --and he hoped municipaiiities| in the province could benefit from the federal loans this win- ter. The premier, whose personal re-election was obvious almost as soon as the first few results were available, received a rous- ing cheer when he arrived at the downtown hotel campaign headquar'ers shortly after the 8 p.m. poll-closing time. London North gave him a margin of 8,288 over his near- est opponent. In 1959 he won by 3,238 votes. Mr. Robarts, with 78 seats compared to the 64 he had when! the election was called and the 71 Premier Frost won in the last general election in 1959, said he had set himself no spe- cific number of seats as a goal: "My goal was a working ma- jority," he told reporters. He said Liberal Leader John Wintermeyer's personal defeat in Waterloo North 'did not sur- prise me. I had reports of it, this last week in particular." Although his statement made no reference to pensions, the premier was obviously referring to that subject when he prom- ised co-operation with the Lib- eral federal .government. Mr. Wintermeyer and federal Health Minister Judy LaMarsh had lined up against the premier on pensions during the campaign. The Conservatives wanted to try to mesh an Ontario pen- sion scheme already on. the books with the proposed federal Canada Pension Plan. The pro- vineial Liberals, backed pub- licly by Miss LaMarsh, argued that the province should get out of the pension business alto- gether. | PM Also Sees | Co-Operation With Ontario OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min- ister Pearson said today his government is anxious to co-op- erate with Ontario Premier Ro- barts in federal-provincial pen- sion and municipal grant mat- ters. Going to a morning cabinet meeting, Mr. Pearson said he had no comment.on the outcome of Wednesday's Ontario election except to express regret at the personal defeat of provincial Leader Wintermeyer. "I have a. high regard for him," Mr. Pearson said. "I was interested to listen to Mr. Robarts say last night he was anxious to co-operate with the federal government and I can assure you we are anxious to reciprocate." The prime minister said the cabinet session, expected to last all day, will be primarily con- cerned with the resumption of the parliamentary session next week. One of the first items be- fore parliament will be a bill imposing a federal trusteeship on five Great Lakes unions, un- less their disputes are settled among themselves. QUESTION JUDY Health Minister Judy La- Marsh, entering the cabinet chamber a few minutes before Mr. Pearson, was asked whether she was disappointed in the Ontario election result a CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS victory for Mr. Robarts's Con- servative government. "Of course, I am a Liberal and I like to see the Liberals get elected," she said. POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 "Will this affect the Canada Pension Plan?" a reporter asked. PCs Gain Seats In Ontario Vote master field in his own right. nag ee an enlarged Progressive ° servative majority in the legis- lature and his Liberal challen- ger was left without a seat and with his hold on the party lead- ership shaky. . The 46-year-old premier not only enhanced the House stand- ing bequeathed him by retiring premier Leslie Frost 22% months ago in Wednesday's general election but may have written the political epitaph of John Wintermeyer. 1963 1959 7% 71 23 22 7 108 98 Beaten in two straight elec- tions in his five years as leader, the second defeat sharper than the first, Mr. Wintermeyer, hard-hitting Kitchener lawyer, was silent on his future after the returns overwhelmed him Wednesday night. But col- es said his cateer in poli- For bled to the top of his party in a six-way leadership fight in 1961, a record vote confirmed his mandate and enabled him to improve the showing of master vote-catcher Frost in the last election in 1959. The London lawyer brought home 78 seats for an over-all majority of 48 in the newly-en- larged House of 108 seats. This NDP GAINS The Liberals got 23 this time of the improved showing over 1959 lay in the 10 new seats fastioned out of chunks of Metropolitan Toronto in a redistribution this year. They took eight of these--all in old Conservative territory --Wwhile the other two parties took one apiece. Elsewhere, there were scat- tered gains and losses with the Conservatives gaining seven from other parties and losing six; the Liberals gaining five and losing seven and the NDP All 16 ministers were re- turned with Premier Robarts, who had a landslide win in Lon- don North, but a prominent fig- ure in the government party was lost in Essex South in the defeat of William Murdoch, Speaker of the last legislature. Paterson, The Conservatives also re- turned the first woman mem- ber of the legislature since the defeat of Agnes Macphail, long- time CCF member, in 1951. She was Mrs. Ada Pritchard, 62- year-old Hamilton city senior controller, who held the Con- servative seat of the former la- bor minister, W. K. Warrender, in Hamilton Centre. NDP Leader Donald C. Mac- Donald coasted back in Tor- onto's York South, winning his third election and jumping his 1959 margin of 5,503 to 10,529. It was well over the'8,288 that Premier Robarts received in London North, though the pre- mier's plurality represented a big jump over his 2,238 in 1959, when he was minister of edu- action. Mr. Wintermeyer nosedived in gaining two and dropping one.) He was de'eated by Liberal Don| Waterloo North as a 1959 plur-| ality of 4,162 was transformed| into a deficit of 2,737 im favor of Keith Butler, 43, owner of an insurance agency and a wounded veteran of the Second World War. Mr. Butler, "semi - stunned," as he put it, after bringing down the biggest target among the enemy in his first try for pub- lic office, said he felt Liberal support for state-run i influenced voters in the insur- ance business to vote Conserva- tive in a district that has sev- eral large insurance firms cen- tred in it. The Ontario govern- pension plan would operate through private firms. Mr, Wintermeyer, native son last month, The political blow followed by only a few hours a family upset when his father, Alfred C. Wintermeyer, was taken to hospital gravely ill. Mr. Wintermeyer declined to predict what his own future in politics might be, but even his own organizers said his career in politics appeared finished. High - ranking supporters. in the first bitter postmortem, de- cided that the tough campaign waged by Mr. Wintermeyer backfired both locally and across the province, / Friends commented that. the style of the campaign--heaping harsh criticism on the Robarts administration -- destroyed Mr. | Wintermeyer's hometown image as a personable, straight- backed politician. Some argued that the leader received bad advice and sug- gested that Mr. Wintermeyer's image throughout the province had been distorted into that of @ muck-raker, ngs { The illness Of Mr, Wintermey« er's father, 73, and his defeat in his home riding came within hours of each other. He arrived at party headquarters in Kitch- ener shortly after the polls closed, saying he had been shaken by his father's illness. |And 45 minutes after the polls closed his defeat in his home riding became a certainty. Eric Kierans Wins | Quebec Byelection MONTREAL (CP) -- Fewer than one-third of some 80,000 eligible voters in Montreal Notre-Dame - de-Grace riding turned out Wednesday to give Liberal Eric Kierans an over- whelming margin over three in- dependent candidates contest- ling the Quebec legislature seat. Mr. Kierans, 49, former presi- |dent of the Montreal and Cana- jdian stock exchanges, already holds the revenue portfolio. Pre- mier Lesage appointed him to the cabinet a week after he won the official Liberal nomination last July. y Friday 4chance publicly to ment's controversial old age of Kitchener in the Waterloo rid- ing and House member since 1955, attributed his defeat partly 5\to the fact that he spent little time in the constituency during the campaign as he hustled around the province during the 'AB' WALKER WITH DEFEATED FRANCES JONES WASHINGTON (CP - AP) -- Joseph Valachi, the talking mobster, comes out of hiding to- day and travels to Capitol Hill for a private talk with senators investigating the secret crim- inal society known as Cosa Nostra which Attorney-General Kennedy says is linked with the Canadian underworld. _Valachi's appearance at this morning's closed session was billed as a rehearsal oe his get timon whea gets Loading ay "0 on his , former horses. a crime syndicate. + : And a strong police escort will be on hand to make cer- iain his debut on Capitol Hill won't be his swansong. Underworld sources say the ruling commission of Cosa Nos- tra has put a $100,000 price on Valachi's head. Police believe any member of the syndicate could collect the bounty by killing the 60- year-old convicted dope pedilar and murderer. LEARN FINESSE Since the Capome era of tmmy-guns spoting fire from speeding sedans, the mobsters have learned a little finesse. A New York police official reports the gang was thinking of em- ploy: public relations to re- pair the damage Valachi may do to its public image. The Senate investigations sub- committee arranged today's session to give its members a chance. to. appraise the story Valachi is' expected to tell of brutal murder, crime for profit and terrorism. Liberal Party Chief Resigns After Defeat KITCHENER (CP) --- John Wintermeyer offered his resig- nation today as leader of the Ontario Liberal party in the wake of a crushing defeat in Wednesday's election. He announced his action at a Rollcall Dispels Drowning Rumor KINGSTON (CP) -- All stu- dents registered in first year ap- plied science at Queen's Univer- sity have been accounted for, university officials said Wednes- day, disproving a rumor that a freshman had been drowned dur- ing initiation activities Tuesday night. press conference in his home ter of resignation sent to Robert Nixon, president of the Ontario Liberal Association. "I feel that I should leave no doubt in the mind of the party or the public as to my position sive result," he wrote, "In order to assure the op- cus and the party to undertake those changes that are required as a result of the election I am WHITBY TOWN. .ccccscccecvees |PICKERING VILLAGE PICKERING TOWNSHIP . | ose | GRAND TOTAL ........+40 OSHAWA RIDING VOTE Walker 383 8400 137 906 247 2053 Thomas 129 8691 78 7717 130 1637 Jones 5,683 11,442 12,126 tion as leader of the Liberal party in Ontario." Mr. Wintermeyer said it was "extremely unlikely" that he would continue as leader of the party. But he added: I am forever giving up public life." is to reorganize his personal af- side of public life. He said the election results would do extremely well, reading the text of a brief let- in view of yesterday's conclu- portunity of the legislative cau- hereby tendering my resigna- "I don't want it suggested that He said his..immediate plan fairs and find some activity out- "came as a surprise--all indi- cations were that the party Canadian Underworld Linked To Cosa Nostra ithe story in two interviews with Valachi McClellan said he saw Vala- chi the ea oe eae Sp peared to be in good spi an eager to testify as a means of Thomas In v nip-and-tuck battle that has few parallels locally. Walker, a member of Oshawa City Council since 1955 and pres- ent chairman of the Parks and Thomas, four times winner of Oshawa and the former Ontario riding provincial since 1948, Mrs, Frances Jones, a late entry for the Liberals after Robert Stroud dropped out, re- ceived 5,316 votes (as compared with 5,513 received by Liberal George K. Drynan in 1955) -- the attractive young mother of four ran remarkably well for a political unknown rushed into the fray at the last minute, but she was never a serious con- tender. The total vote Wednesday was 29,253 out of a possible 50,003 for a percentage of 58.5 per cent! as compared with 56.61 per cent in 1959 and 60 per cent in 1955. "This was a clean campaign on the part of all parties," said George Martin, Returning Offi- cer for Oshawa riding today. THOMAS WINS OSHAWA Thomas won a cliff-hanger vic- tory Wednesday in Oshawa City revenge against syndicate lead- ers for having ordered him slain as a stool pigeon. The subcommittee is explor- ing the affairs of Cosa Nostra ia, ge a on he takes an oath of vows to obey any order without question. TIES WITH CANADA Attorney - General Kennedy told reporters Wednesday that Cosa Nostra "is tied in with the Canadian (crime) organiza- tions." He declined to be specific and avoided questions whether Can- 300 ada has any crime syndicate of the type Cosa Nostra dominates in the United States, 'They (Cosa Nostra) do have he said. American mobsters sometimes operate in and make trips to Canada when conveni- ent. The justice department and the RCMP co-operate closely in crime investigations that over- lap the international line. Ken-' nedy said such co-operation in- volved cases in which Canadian banks, telephone service and other facilities had been used. Two Men Face Murder Count TORONTO (CP) -- Two men were arrested and charged with capital murder Wednesday only hours after Peter Campbell, 42, of suburban Mimico was found dead with a crushed skull out- side a house in the Regent Park housing development in Tor- onto's east end. John Mooney, 26-year-old cos- tume designer, was arrested at gunpoint at his home in the late afternoon. Four hours later Kenneth Feltham, 28, also was contacts with those in Canada,"| doe ones 247 to 130 for Thomas (Jones: was second with 156); he .|TOUGH REVERSE Loses Battle at four, was an underdog in pre-election betting for two prime reasons -- the popularity of Mr. Thomas (it was often said he could be elect- ed under any political banner, NDP, Liberal or PC) and the fact that Walker himself was comparatively unknown outside the City. Walker was the focal point in tight, well-<disciplined cam- paign machine that had two managers -- Robert Nicol in Oshawa (this was the fourth time he has managed a local political winner in two years, including '"'Mike" Starr and Ly- man Gifford) and William New- man, Pickering Township farm- er and PC candidate in the 1959 election with a strong personal following around the | hustings of Oshawa riding. "Mike" Starr campaigned hard for Mr. Wal- ker in and out of Oshawa, \ The defeat was hard fot Mr, Thomas. to swallow. It repre- ' sented his first reverse at the ; he won Pickering Vil-|¢j assessed, The mild-mannered, amiable PC winner who ran sixth in the 1962 aldermanic race, was mod- est in victory. He told a cheer- on King street: "This wonderful victory does not represent a al tri. umph for myself so much as it S a strong endorsement for the administration of Premier John Robarts at Queen's Park, Much of the credit for this win must also go to those many dedi- cated and loyal party workers-- victory would not have been pos- sible ,without their fine assist- ance. REARDON TO COUNCIL election result (the third NDP defeat in Oshawa and district at the Provincial and Federal level in less than 16 months) had at least one compensation for Mr. Thomas and his local followers; it will likely mean the return, as an alderman, to Oshawa's municipal scene of Mrs. Alice Reardon who 13th in last December's civic. election, She would take Mr. Walker', Mr, Walker said Wednesday night that he would be unable to make a definite announcement on his future City Council plans Lyman Gifford, but he indicated strongly that he would relin- quish his Council seat. Michael Starr, MP, Otanio Riding, said that Wednesday's Oshawa riding result 'showed once again the rank and file cf arrested. QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT COMPETENCE LONDON (CP) -- Lord Den- ning's report on the Profumo affair scotches rumors of minis- terial immorality, clears the security services but questions the government's competence in handling the situation. This is the general verdict to- day as the British public set- tles down to study the exhaus- tive 50,000-word report, already being praised for its lucidity and thoroughness. Lord Denning finds all rum- ors linking present cabinet members with sex scandals to be "unfounded and untrue."" He leak and exonera'es the secur- ity services of ali but a minor failure in communications. says there has-been no security| jmission that he had date: over the report's implications that Prime Minister Macmillan and his colleagues are blame- worthy for failing to deal ade- quately with the Profumo affair earlier on. Lord Denning leaves the final judgment to Parliament, But in a crucial passage he questions the prudence of min- isters in -accepting disgraced war minister John Profumo's story that his affair with Chris- tine Keeler, the red-haired call girl, as innocent when they had reason to believe that he was lying. Profumo's conduct -- an ad- te girl and written her a letter headed "darling"--was enough, However, there is a major HOSPITAL 723-2211" "We will have to wait and see," she replied. parliamentary storm brewing said Lord Denning, to create "a weasonable belief that he had committed adultery with such a woman in such circumstances as the case discloses." "It was the responsibility of the prime minister and his col- leagues, and of them only, to deal with this situation, and |they did not succeed in doing |so."" "In other.-words,"' says The Daily Telegraph, "they failed." Most newspapers 'seize on this point. "It's dynamite!" Daily Express. "Mac blamed," is the head- jline in The Daily Sketch, which jgoes on to charge editorially jthat 'the government has shown itself completely un- aware of what is meant by se- curity." 'Lord Denning puts. Macmil- says The lan in. the dock," says The Daily Mirror. : The report contains one. sur- prising' piece of information. Lord Denning has discovered that responsibility for the secur- ity services has secretly rested with the home secretary since 1952, Almost everyone had as- sumed responsibility lay with the prime minister. This revelation, which indi- cates a certain confusion some- where, together with the ver- dict that Macmillan '"'failed" in his responsibility are useful am- munition for Opposition Leader Harold Wilson. Observers have no doubts that he will continue to press for an early parlia- mentary debate. Macmillan is scheduled to an-'ernment ministers about their' Report Clears U.K. Ministers swer questions about the report on radio tonight. Wilson will appear on television alongside Conservative ministers Lord Hailsham and Iain Macleod. Operating in his own words as '"'a detective, inquisitor, ad- vocate and judge," Lord Den- ning examines some rumors in detail and mentions others more nebulous. All were found to be totally untrue, Perverted sex parties did take place, he concludes, but no minister was. present. at them. He does not name the rumor victims. In all, Lord Denning spent 49 days interviewing 160 witnesses ranging from Macmillan to con- victed prostitutes. He disclosed that he had interviewed six gov- ter or possibly. two--the report is vague on the point. sex lives in his attempt to cut through the flood of rumors. One was even asked to strip for medical examination in or- der that a physician could com- pare him with "the headless man" in an erotic photograph that formed part of the Duke of Argyll's suit for divorce. This procedure, he said, estab- lished conclusively that the man' in the photograph was not. the minister. NO SECURITY RISKS He cleared all the government of any activity that could brin: about blackmail or pressure an thus involve security risks. But he leaves a question mark over the moral conduct of one minis- 5 ing victory crowd of more than » at committee headquarters © Wednesday's Oshawa riding § until he conferred with Mayor | SATISFIED WITH... .

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