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nae: sensed RS SAE CO ENR RE RR seen som She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1963--PAGE 6 | World Mourns Untimely ' Death Of John Kennedy The youngest American president has fallen to what has become over the years an occupational hazard of American presidents -- death by assassination. The killing of President Kennedy in Dallas yester- day has shocked the world, and sorrow spreads far beyond the frontiers of the country he served 80 well in war and peace. The assessments of the man as a president and of his term of office will come later. Now there can only be sadness that a vigorous and often brilliant man, leader of the world's most powerful nation and a bulwark of freedom around the world, has met so untimely an end, with much of his great promise still unfulfilled. The United States has lost a beloved president. The free world has lost a leader of broad ideas and great courage. We have all suffered something, lost something with his death. John Kennedy could have lived a playboy's life. He had great wealth. But he chose instead, like so Many wealthy Americans who fought in the Second World War, to dedicate himself with all his ability and energy to public ser- vice. He was an industrious and apt student, graduating with a bachelor of science degree cum laude from Harvard in 1940 and continuing his studies at the Lon- don School of Economics. He fought gallantly in the South Pacific as commander of a PT boat. The war over, he entered politics at the age of 29, when he was elected to the U.S. Congress. That was in 1946. After winning re- election twice to the House of Representatives, he ran for the Senate in 1952 and won. He made his mark quickly, and while a fresh- man Senator, not yet 40 years old, he was a strong contender for the Democratic nomination for Vice President in 1956. That was the only defeat of his politica] career, but it prepared him for the presi- dency four years later. Next year he would have sought a second term, and was generally favored to beat any candidate put up by the Republicans. One can only surmise what he may have accomplished had he been re-elected and served as a president who did not have to think about another election in four years' time. Escape From Unrest BY REV. C. R. NELSON Bible Club, Movement Did you ever hear the word "rush"? The air is filled with the electricity of hustle and bustle! Time is such an important factor in the thinking of all of us today that often we overlook the most important matters, These are the subjects that go beyond the limits of this world, the eternal issues. Isaiah gives us a word from the Lord in Isaiah 80:15 when he states: "For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in con- fidence shall be your strength; and ye would not." The Speaker is the Lord God. He is the One Who wishes to be and Whose right it is to be, the Master of each life. However in this verse we see rebellion and disobedience. This was the result of leaving the rest, the quietness, the confidence and the strength which comes only from the presence and. communion of this merciful and - heavenly Sovereign. The invitation is graciously ex- tended to return to the place of security in His salvation and of power in His strength. Much is to be gained by obeying this Divine command coupled with God's pro- mises. The return means leaving unrest and dissatisfaction and find- ing peace, rest and joy in Christ. It shuts out the roar and the fears resulting from sin and brings/the forgiveness and calm of Divine quietness and confidence. Let us re-evaluate the matter of time. We are to use our time with eternal values in view. We should accept and rest in His salvation provided for us in Christ and then we will know His inner peace and strength in the hours, days and years of time and eternity. 4 Long-Term Questions An American expert on poisons has told the Commons food and drug committee that the public need not worry about the imme- diate effects of eating foods spray- ed with insecticides. He said that "as far as pesticide residues in foods are concerned, things appear to be under good control". But he added that there are some long- term questions for which science doesn't yet have the answers, and science wasn't sure that the results of tests on animals were valid for humans, These are. surely good reasons for more research and for stricter controls on the use of pesticides. People are naturally concerned primarily with the possible effect of poisons on the food they eat. But it is not good enough to say, She Oshawa Fines T, L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Caenadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton,. 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That wildlife is being profoundly influenced by man's scatter-gun use of poisons is now beyond doubt. Research at Britain's Nature Con- servancy experimental station sug- gests that the great majority of wild birds' eggs in Britain are now contaminated with the poisonous residues of pesticides, and that nearly half the wild animals and birds in a large part of England now carry these poisons in their bodies. In California the level of DDT residues in pheasants is so high that the state health depart- ment has established pesticide monitors; if the DDT levels prove to be too high for safety, pheasant shooting will be banned. New Zealand moved swiftly to prohibit certain chemicals in insecticides after some shipments of meat to the U.S. were held up because of pesticide contamination. The point is this: While chemicals are needed, they must be used with knowledge and wisdom. OTTAWA HOOTENANNY WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Kingston Whig-Standard: The arrogant, insulting and threat- ening tirade delivered by Mr. Paul Hall, president of the Sea- farers' International Union, at the conference preceding the full convention of the AFL-CIO in New York, was what could be expected from a man who has condoned the evils perpe- trated by the SIU in Canada. However, it was perhaps just as well that he went on public record with his remarks, for'un-- doubtedly it will re-emphasize to the trustees who have been appointed by the Government to clean up the maritime unions -- particularly the SIU just what they are up against. To hear Mr. Hall tell it -- and Mr: George Meany, 'President of the AFL-CIO, for that mat- ter -- Parliament, responsible Canadian union leaders and the public have all been guilty of the rankest sort of persecution against Mr. Hal Banks. We have, in effect, bitten the hand that steered the SIU away from communism. Mr. Hall has attempted to give the impres- sion that the Norris Report is a complete fabrication throughout. There is a great deal more to this outburst, obviously. There is an election coming up at the AFL-CIO convention and without doubt there will be a struggle for the leadership be- tween Mr. Meany and Mr. Wal- ter Reuther. The latter has come out, in effect, in favor of the trusteeship by his rather belated admission that Mr. Banks should have been given the heave-ho by labor itself for his 'unethical' practices. In this light it is not inconceivable that whether the delegates to the convention like it or not the shadow of Canada is going to loom heavily over their de- liberations. Nor is there' anv doubt that the choice of a lead- er -- Meany or Reuther -- is going to have its effects on this country, one way or the other. Peterborough Examiner: New Zealand, which has the reputation of being the most so- cialized democratic nation in the world, is to assume one more responsibility for its citi- zens -- the responsibility for such random disas'ers as homi- cide, assault, maiming, sexual attack and kidnapping. As in most countries of the world, New Zealanders must, at pres- ent, suffer the consequences of such criminal acts without hope of compensation. The only satis- faction they may hope for is seeing the person responsible for their physical loss punished by law. On January 1, 1964, however, the Criminal Injuries Compen- READERS' VIEWS BELOVED TEACHER Dear Sir: In the Times this week is re- corded the passing of a beloved teacher, Mr. Charles M. Ewing, for many years in the classics department of OCVI. As one of his pupils, I wish to express appreciation of the many lessons learned from him -- not only of Latin, Greex and Ancient History, but of kindli- ness, gentleness, and considera- tion. He is the only teacher I ever remember asking 'Have I given you too ~-uch home- work" We students allways re- member him as one who was. warmly interetsed in each one of us. Sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs, Ewing, Donald, and the other members of the farnily (Mrs.) JEAN HENKELMAN. Oshawa : ® CHECKER BOARDS & 8 a s SOLD , Bheaenmeee J sation Act will make it possible for the victims of crimes to claim cash settlements of pen- sions from their attacker if he has any assets, or from the Government if he. has none. This principle is universally recognized in motor accidents, but our failure to extend it into other criminal activities means that a driver who, through care- lessness, injures someone is li- able for his victim's injuries, but a thief who attacks some- one and cripples him for life is not. Under New Zealand's _ pro- posed legislation, the depend- ants of a murder victim would be compensated for his loss as a breadwinner. Anyone whose ability to earn a living is af- fected by a criminal attack will also be eligible. Nor will it be necessary for a court to convict someone for the attack before compensation will be paid. It will only be necessary to prove that a criminal act was responsible for the injuries. There are ramifications to such a law. It will mean, for example, that a prison sentence does not repay a criminal's debt in full, he will still be ac- countable for the harm he has done. The New Zealand law, indeed, could be called an at- tempt to win justice for the victim as well as his attacker. Welland Tribune: Wariness on the part of British Columbia and other western provinces over any proposals for the changes in the British North America Act is understandable. But there has to be something of a demagogic performance to a spectacle wherein a provincial leader, in this case. the Premier of British Columbia, publicly de- clares that he will not even lis- ten, let alone agree, to any basic changes in the BNA Act at the federal-provincial confer- ence in Ottawa this month. Addressing the annual con- vention of his Social Credit party at New Westminster on Saturday, Hon. W. A. C. Bennett took his rigid stand to indicate that Quebec cannot expect Brit- ish Columbia to support its de- mands for a special place for the French language and cul- ture in Canada. Proving that his assertion was one of those ill-conceived utter- ances that can come during emotionally whipped-up occa- sions, Mr. Bennett went on to explain that if any province has wrongs, the federal - provincial conference will try to right them. B.C. would insist on fair treatment for all and special privileges to none. This makes the Premier's vow not to listen to certain proposals appear silly. ' It could well be that in order to right certain wrongs through which Quebec is being victim- ized, it will be very necessary to consider proposals for chang- ing the BNA act. There has to be some regard for Mr. Bennett's determination not to give in to anything that might savor of mollifying treat- ment for Quebec. Were this to be the course decided upon to preserve Confederation it would surely be a disservice to Can- ada. There also has to be some hard resolve about the economic balances in the country and Mr. Bennett's assertion that from the ecualizatior payments. to the provinces under federal-pro- vincial tax-sharing agreements some provinces .enjoy what amounts to subsidies, with Que- bec claiming $69 million under this heading last year. But for the Premier of the fair province of British Colum- bia to proclaim he will not even listen to certain proposals that may be made at a federal-pro- vincial conference, even before it assembles, is destructively ob- structionist. BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO November 23, 1923 The Daughters of England held a banquet in honor of the 30th amniversary of the Order. With the probability of Osh- awa becoming a city, officials were considering. the advisabl- ty of having a city manager. J. W. Borsberry was master of ceremonies when. the Salva- tion Army Band and choristers gave a concert at the Citadel. H. P. Schell, president of the Children's Aid Society, presided at the annual meeting in Sim- coe Street Methodist Church . The Parks Commission invited tenders for the proposed new $25,000 grandstand to be erected at Alexandra Park. H. J. Johnson, A. G. Storie, S. J. Babe, J. C. Cormack, George Haverson and Dr. 5S. J. Phillips were elected ne" elders of the Presbyterian Church. A fine concert was given in the Baptist Church in honor of war veterans of the Men's Bible Class. The minister J. L. Hars- ton officiated as chairman. Robert McKay and Arthur Slyfield opposed two Bellevyille boys in a debate at the Boys' Work Conference held in Bow- manville. E. L. Petley was in charge of the Oshawa delegates. The Laura Secord Candy Company announced a_ store would open in Oshawa on Sim- coe street south. ° Mrs. R. Manning succeeded Mrs. T. Witterick as president of the Albert Street Home and School Association. Only 10 street car lines in Canada paid dividends for the preceding year. "he Oshawa Railway Co. was one of them. Town Engineer W. C. Smith announced that the cement base for the new pavement on Simcoe street was completed and, as soon as the Oshawa Railway tracks were laid to Rossland road, work on the surfacing would be done. According to assessment rec- ords, the population of Oshawa -as 15,545. The previous year's fi are was 12,780. 135 SIMCOE ST. 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The bars were down and the battle for ballots really started the moment that Sir Alec Doug- las-Home took his seat in the Commons, and sat down as Prime Minister. From that mo- ment open warfare was de¢lar- e" between the government and the opposition, with the latter seeing the prize of the prover- bial carrot dangling before their eyes in the form of occupancy TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 23, 1963... The third worst train wreck in India's history oc- curred seven years ago to- day--in 1956--when a train plunged into a river 170 miles south of Madras with loss of 141 lives. Rescue teams worked for days to retrieve bodies from the river bed. India's worst train wreck took 171 lives in 1947. 1944--French troops en- tered Strasbourg in the Sec- tnd World War. OTTAWA REPORT Election Figures of No. 10 Downing street by their leader, Harold Wilson. : From now on, there will be no quarter shown by either side. Sir Alec will be going all out to prove to the electors that only under a Conservative gov- ernment can the British people achieve happiness, prosperity and greatness. On the other side of the house, Harold Wilson and his colleagues will be bending every effort to destroy the very favorable impression the new prime minister has al- ready made on the public mind, and particularly on Britain's most astute observers and com- mentators. INNOCUOUS MOTIONS I was rather surprised at the innocuous nature of the two op- position motions tabbed in the House of Commons as the basis for a vote of censure, or of con- fidence. One was critical of the government's policies on hous- ing and land prices. The »ther concerned science and edtica- tion. There may have been an adroit reason for this. The first would give opposition deputy leader George Brown an op- portunity to repeat in the House of Commons, the speech he made on housing and land con- trol at the Labor party's annual conference. And the second would undoubtedly enable Har- old Wilson to deliver all over again his admittedly brilliant exposition also given at the party conference, on Labor's program for science and educa- tion. But to me it was very striking that no reference was made at all to two vital sub- jects -- the economics of the country and defence. That was intentional, because they are subjects on which the Labor party was strangely silent at its annual conference. ' The prime minister, however, did not intend to allow the op- position to get off the hook on Reveal Patterns By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Canada's Chief Electoral Officer, Nelson Cas- tonguay, has released the first official tabulation of the vo'ing in last April's general election. There is nothing surprising in the disclosure that more Cana- dians voted in our 26th general election than in any previous election Qur steady growth of population should see cach suc- cessive election establishing a new record. But it must make us ex- claim "See Canada grow!" when we note that there were 1,200,000 more votes cast this spring than there were in the election of June, 1957. The total vote this year was 7,894,076. But there were ap- proximatziy 10,000,000 Cana- dians registered as eligible to vote. This is not a record to be proud of. Comparison of the votiug pat- terns during the last six general elections--those of 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1963--shows some interesting trends. In the middle of that perioa, there came the record sweep by the Conservative Paty The whole era is marked by a grad- ual increase in Conservative support 'eading up to that peak and a subsequent decliie. This was matcaed by a reverse downtrend in support for the Liberal and socialist parties, followed by an upswing. And ex- cept for their eclipse in 1958, the Social Credit party has gained steadily in voter support over the. whole era. MINORITIES WOOED Three of the last four elec- tions have produced minority governments, The obvious re- sponsibility of any parliament in these circumstances is to create some coalition which can con- trol the House--as is attempted and generally achieved in every other democratic country where more than two parties obtain seats in the legislative assem- bly. The early signs of courting and enticement are very evident on Parliament Hill now, in at- tempts to build up strong par- ties. This has not yet resulted in any admitted voluntary liaison, but history will reveal that one party has been raped. The New Democratic, alias the Co - Operative Common- wealth Federation, is the only party which now stands where _ po YOU Want Your Clothes. . @ To look like new @ To feel like new @ Stay fresh longer Have them cleaned by RENU-TEX PROCESS "The Best in Town" PHONE 725-1191 it did in 1949. In that year, and again this year, it won 13 per cent of the votes. The other small party ,Social Credit, has tripled its electoral support--from four per cent in 1949 to 12 per cent this year. The Conservatives are almost down again ' ir 1949 lev- In that yea: they won 30 pcx cent of the votes; in the follow- ing elections they won 31 per cent in 1953, 39 per cent in 1957, 54 per cent in 1958, 37 per cent last year and only 33 per cent this year, The Liberals had 50 per cent in 1949 and again in 1953; then they dropped to 42, 34, 37 and this year rose to 42 per cent, Meanwhile "other" candidates, independents, Communists and blue - sky - yonder boys, have dropped from three per cent of the vote in 1949 to less than one-half of one per cent this year. TORY PATTERN The percentages show that the Conservatives have declined everywhere to a lower level of support than they received in 1957--which was the first "Dief- enbaker" -year--except on the Prairies. In_ nationwide Support, they have dropped six percentage points since 1957. In Quebec, the drop has been 11 points; in On- tario it has been 14 points, In terms of the whole electorate, 2,100,000 potential votes have turned 'away from the Conser- vatives since 1958. This year the party received only 2,590,000 votes. The only conclusion which can be drawn from these fig- ures is that the leader, John Diefenbaker, has gravely split the party. Yet on the Prairies, he won in 1963 290,000 more votes than he won in 1957. The Liberal party attracted 50 per cent of the votes in the first two St. Laurent elections, 1949 and 1953. But in his last election, 1957, Mr. St. Laurent's support dropped to 42 per cent. Liberal Leader Pearson now can say that the party is where he found it. FRONT-END these two subjects, and prompt- ly fixed dates on which they would be debated, prior to the debates on the two labor mo- tions of censure. The prime minister pulled off a nice stroke of strategy in calling for these debates, because they are on two areas of politics on which the Labor party is exceedingly vulnerable. I thought Sir Alec scored a very neat point in his first Speech in the Commons. He took Patrick Gordon-Walker, La. bor's shadow chancellor, to task for -attacking the government's' ambitious program for roads, education, housing and hospit- als, on the ground that the ex- travagant program laid down was beyond the financial capa- city of the country. The prime minister neatly countered the attack by posing a simple but barbed question to Mr. Gordon Walker. 'He chal- lenged him to state which items on the government program he would propose to reduce or elim- inate. This left no doubt in anyone's mind that the new prime minis- ter is a quick thinker and has a keen mind which can readily pick out the weak spots in the opposition's armor. So there is one statement made by the prime minister with which I heartily agree, that this was going to be a most interesting session .of parlia- ment. GUIDE TO ELECTION Andrew Roth, an expert on political statistics, has produc- ed a book under the title "Gen- eral Election Forecast, Parlia- mentary Profiles", in which he predicts a sad fate for the gov- ernment in the next election. His book seems a little prema- ture, becuase it cannot take into account the impact which the new prime minister and his government's policies may have on public opinion by the time the election is held. Basing his predictions, as he claims, on the percentage of swings in the voting to be expected in each constituency, he produces a | final figure of 96 losses to the Conservative party, which would almost exactly reverse the party standings in the House of Commons. Mr. Roth goes a step fur- ther, and predicts that four cab- inet members, three senior ministers and three junior mem- bers of the government will lose their seats in the next election. The cabinet ministers he slates for defeat, with their majorities in the 1959 election, are: Edward Heath (8633); Peter Thorneycroft (6259); Geoffrey "ippon (2244) and Martin Red- saayne (4440). The other ministers he books for defeat are Reginald Burns (3915); Maurice Macmillan (2515) and Alan Green (3019). Also gding out, he says are par- liamentary, secretaries Christo- pher Chataway (4613); Neil Mar- ten (6714); and Peter Kirk (2612). CANADIAN PARK and TILFORD LTD. J. LISTER Mr. T. R. Roe, Ontario Sales Man- ager for Canadian Park & Tilford Ltd., has announced the appoint- ment of Mr. John Lister to the Company's Ontario sales force. Mr, Lister will represent the new Canadian distiller in Scarboro, West Hill, Ajax, Oshawa, Bow- manville, Port Perry ond Mark- hom. . 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