a z THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturdey, December 14, 1963 GOOD EVENING -- By JACKGEARIN -- ALDERMAN WALKER TO RESIGN MONDAY The biggest open.secret around City Hall this week con- cerned Albert Victor Walker, the amiable 52-year-old chair- man of the City's Parks and Property committee. aE, "Ab" was officially mum about it, but almost. every department head, stenogra- pher and clerk knew that he was getting 'ready for a big move next Monday night -- to announce his retirement from municipal - politics so that he can devote more time to his new _ political post as member of the On- tario Legislature for Oshawa riding. This will be a tough move for the man who scored such a stunning political upset jast September 25 by defeat- ing T. D. "Tommy" Thom- as, traditional winner of the riding since 1948 Walker' ALDERMAN WALKER | dearaly loves municipal poli- tics, but the load has become too tough to handie, if he is to move on to Queen's Park oe, 4 SHOW BUSINESS DOESN'T CHANGE DON JACKSON Loca! admirers of Don Jackson, and they are legion, were happy this week. They liked the way he conducted himself on a brief visit home (while enroute to England and Czechosiovakia) The great star of the Ice Follies of 1964 and former World's Figure Skating champion displayed none of the pseudo sophistication, pompous, affluent airs or tempermen- tal outbursts so often the trademark of the great or near- great, especially in the theatrical and entertainment world. He's still the same Don is in London this weekend on a business trip hopes to look up an old friend of five years' standing -- Miss Sjouka Dykstra, 21-year-old Ladies' Figure Skating Champion of the World from Amsterdam, Holland. They frequently met at international tourneys . "Was there any romance in the air between Don and Miss Dykstra?' asked an inquisitive reporter of George Jackson, the skater's father, this week "Absolutely not,' replied Mr. Jackson, an employee of Shortage section of the GM South Plant, "Sjouka and Don. have been good friends for many months, but that's all there He also is to it. REGIMENTAL OFFICERS TO SERVE DINNER Monsignor Philip Coffey is convalescing at home. He was released from Oshawa General Hospital this week after treat- ment for a heart ailment. The Monsignor, one of two Separate School appointees to the Board of Education, will not likely resume his parochial duties for several days He is pastor of Holy Cross Church. .. . Unless some generous person steps quickly to the fore, the Oshawa Jaycees planned Toy Time program will be abandoned -- what. is urgently needed are two spacious rooms for repair work and storage of the many used toys usually. donated for this worthwhile project. Con- tact Vice-President Don Netley -- 725-6740 The annual Christmas dinner-party of the Ontario Regiment will be held Monday -- this is when the officers do a reverse role and serve the men. AUSTERITY MUST NOT BE A ONE-WAY STREET Vice-president Thomas Edwards of the Oshawa and. Dis- trict Labor Council publicly scolded this department Tuesday. He didn't like certain opinions herein regarding deficits of the Bus Department of the PUC ("This is a one-man a@s- gault on. the bus service of Oshawa," he said). Edwards is a most reasonable, well-informed man. He has also done far more than the average citizen to fight for the underdog, to serve on public tribunals without remunera- tion. This having been said, many will undoubtedly wonder (including many of the 18,000-odd members of the prestigious ODLC) if he is not presumptuous when he automatically as- gumes that all support his views on this particular bus project. The operation of the local bus department -- highly effi- cient as far as the purse strings will allow -- never was critic- ized herein, but certain expenditures were Municipal Austerity can not be a one-way street unless it is to deteriorate into a farce, mere window dressing. with which certain politicians hope to bamboozle the ratepayers It must extend to all civic avenues if Oshawa's staggering debt. is to be chopped; many of Mr. Edwards' most staunch supporters (who happen to be Oshawa home owners also) solidly endorse this point It must extend to the Board of Education, Hillsdale Manor, the Civic Auditorium, every civic department. It must also extend to the PUC's Bus Department. To ignore such fact is to ignore reality, to court municipal bankruptcy Austerity is a harsh, unpopular word today in high muni cipal circles -- it quickly invites ridicule, strong: censure for those who would dare support it openly) Is it such an unpopular word in those many Oshawa homes where the tax load is causing grave concern, is rapidly near- ing the breaking point (a load caused by too much needless waste, duplication of service, greed)? If Mr. Edwards is not alarmed, many local citizens are In all fairness to "Tom" -- he has a right to publicly ex- press such views (as vice-chairman of an influential district group) even if he is a taxpayer in the Town of Whitby and will not be personally affected by such local deficit increases. SOME NOTES ON MUNICIPAL BYLAW NO. 4308 What's happened to Oshawa Bylaw No. 4308, the one that would commit the City to certain financial involyements in the construction of the new Civic Auditorium? It's still alive, thank you. It's before the Ontario Municipal Board, where it has been for more than three weeks hs Ia, ip Se AEM OED: The OMB won't move on it, one way or another, until the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs gives its blessing to the City of Osh- awa's application of last Tuesday for an $850,000 loan (on behalf of the Auditor- jum) under the Ontario Mun- icipal Loan Fund. There has not been the slightest indication out of Queen's Park when that deci- sion will be announced,: but the hour is early (if one dis- regards the fact that the Auditorium committee is desperately anxious to get moving), As. the Hon. James , ; W. Spooner, Ontario's Min- HON. JAMES SPOON ister 'of Municipal Affairs, So politely told that recent Oshawa delegation. on behalf of the Auditorium : "Our department will give this application every possible consideration, but. it Is unique." The decision could commit the municipality to a far more responsible role financially in the Auditorium than most peo- ple ever dreamed of, especially two years ago when Mayor Lyman Gifford stoutly maintained that the City was in no 'financial position to participate in any such venture. a viet standard of living | SUGAR COSTS SPARK ROW Anti-Trust Laws Need Tightening By ARCH MacKE i OTTAWA (CP) -- Considera- I'tion to those amendments with remedial amendments now. Mr.| |tion should be given to strength. Chevrier agreed that a section} lening anti-combines legislation, inserted in 1960 put limits on' |Justice Minister Chevrier said aati-combines prosecutions. | Friday after another round of Opposition Leader _Diefen-} criticism* about high sugar baker retorted that the concept | prices. that bigness is badness in busi- Price control may not be pos- "ess is foreign to the Western lsible but "I do think that we world. | can perhaps do something to He said the 1960 amendments get at those who are guilty of under his administration were collusion, mergers, monopolies| designed' for the purpose of and the like," he told the Com- making it possible to compere! mons. for trade in other parts of the | Mr. Chevrier's statements fol- World and are not in any way lowed renewed attacks on the intended to interfere with the \British Columbia Sugar Refin- Tights of people in Canada. ling Company which NDP: : ee ea leader Douglas said had paid a . Marcel Lessard (SC -- Lac- bonus to employees because of St Jean) said sugar companies above-normal profits due to have inflicted "voracious spec- |higher prices. The employees Uation" on the public. lhad been told to keep it quiet. Robert Prittie (NDP -- Bur- Mr. Douglas read what b - Richmond) called for a siubad ae compar letter tol Osecr budget for the anti-com- bines branch of the justice de- aca ' one , ve aaa cages setting out thos partment and some action on prosecutions recommended by WERE OTHER MENTIONS _ {the restrictive trade practices In other references to sugar COmmission and to anti-combines legislation «sq@al, FROM PUBLIC' as a whole during a debate on payid Ovlikow (NDP--Winni- justice department appropria- peg North sair some anti-com- prank Howard (NDP fines "are Simply. HCENCES ete eto: for "stealing from the public, Skeena) said 1,960 Conservativ just as much as a man who. fire caused an estimated $350, amendments to the Anti-Com- holds up a store or a bank: is 000 damage to the. Cosmos bines Act weakened its bite. He ctoagjing'" Ohemical Company plant at accused the' Liberals of failing Mr Douglas : recalled that beets 5' l Mr. Howard said B.C. Sugar peared Friday to have dislodged lar section of the law was "just opponents of his ambitious new " about useless The temperature Friday way" in 11 below zero, another in a se- which Mr. Chevrier approached chev summarized for the Com- same time munist party central committee One face expressed desire to However opponents of his program to build up the chemical industry Tass, the official Soviet news Leader T. C. Douglas over a agency, announced central report by the CBC television named Pyotr Shelest in 'his creases in pensions for the place blind, disabled and_ elderly gram Commons, and the vote was on The central of an opposition move to make the Last year much Western. Mr. Pickersgill said. Mr Russia--the grain bin of the So- Douglas was putting forward a Sunny ' Cold to carry through their opposi- pc Sugar's net -profit in- had developed a Western Can economic program, but the So- Former Conservative justice ries of bitterly cold days which the problem left much to be --at the final day of its sesison do something about the sugar)the federa with huge investments which committee considered "organiz- news touched off a shouting This would see minor except needy had been approved by a which Khrushchev is head, pension increase retroactive 4 deen before point of view in the guise of a Wi With NW Winds creased this year by 591,519 to Red Econo ic $2,780,000 and the firm contem- Drive Halted monopaly through -- pur- chases extending to the Lake- vipy une aly - NeW minister Davie Fulton "by - the difficulties--from the weather-- cess of prosecuting the case, have driven frost deep into the desired ground and:-left the land mostly The minister reminds me of --the program proposed for con- situation and the other sald "we|jthe premiums verting backward farms into can't." for each, the story says will require sacrifices from other branches of the economy ational question' and had re- match Friday between him and lieved Vladimir Shcherbitsky of State Secretary Pickersgill for the indication of opposition.commons vote of 117 to 100 to the Khrushchey program This, said Mr. Douglas, was promptly approved pro He asked Mr. Pickersgill to gram, but it couldn't change the advise the CBC news depart- viet "Union--froze enough snow fel} to protect the question of privilege Winds day | | | hy ) bines A number of explosions and processing ada TORONTO (CP) -- The Globe and Mail says a hassle over premiums instigated by Quebec eould delay or prevent the adoption of the Canada Pension Plan as. it now is conceived In a copyrighted story, the newspaper says Quebec insisted at the recent federal provin- cial conference that premiums total four per cent of an em yloyee's annual salary, instead of two cent The government's had fixed premiums at two per cent of an annual' salary of $4,000 or less. One per cent would be paid by the employee and one by the employer Quebec insisted that government raise to two per cent If the per per plan per cent «A Commons! "A point of order shouted Democratic Mr. Pickersgill "A question of shouted Mr: Douglas Finally, Mr. Pickersgill sat down, while Mr. Douglas com- plained that the secretary of state had imputed his motives in raising the question. He said such a practice had become common with Mr. Pickersgill Mr. Pickersgill withdrew the -'If I imputed any privilege," the imputation motives."' He said tf the Commons. tried to check every news report on its actions it would never do any public business. If the CBC made a mistake, it would cor rect it as do other responsible news media.' Thin-skinned MPs should get on with the business before them He said he was "astonished" that the NDP, which had always advocated independence for the CBC, should suggest that the government discipline the pub. licly-owned corporation The government would never censor. the news to please the NDP or anyone else Mr. Douglas said he did not want the government to disci pline the CBC but to draw the mistake to the attention of the iCBC news department. It was precisely because the NDP sup- ported the independence of the CBC that he had raised the mat ter in the first place sup pro committee the current of plated closing one of the three Alberta plants. where it has Y head and charged that an anti- ( " , remi MOSCOW (AP) Prem pis combines federal prosecution in its drive to build up the So in fact gave it away." Mr. Howard said hit +. bare of its usual protective the Roman god Janus who had blanket of snow two faces so that he could look producers of abundance One development -- indicated Irks NDP Leader | including heretofore sacrosanct heavy. industry OTTAWA (CP) his duties as an alternate mem Mr. Douglas complained: that ber of the party's top level the CBC Thursday night re- During the central committee completely at variance with the meeting, Shelest warmly facts. The increases were weather. Much of the crop shor- ment to be more accurate in tage of the year was reporting the proceedings of new grain sprouting in the fall LEADER PROTESTS n preparation for the 1983 crop Mr. Douglas leaped to his feet been Alberta sugar Khrushchey's supporters had failed because the particu- "the smooth acilie. and gentle The freeze came as Khrush- hoth behind and ahead at the Khrushchev was weeding out RELIEVED OF DUTIES complaint by New : presidium. The committee ported that the $10-a-month in- ported the Khrushchey passed . unanimously' by the due to bad weather Parliament That is happening again to protest PURSUE DEGREES FORT WILLIAM, Ont. (CP) --More than 350 persons are at- tending adult education classes at Lakehead College, with women making up 50 per cent of the attendance. The women include many teachers working toward degrees. The lectures in clude 13 university credit sub- jects Forecasts issued by the Tor northwest onto weatheroffice at 4:30 a.m Synopsis: There is a good ,, pe of five to if inches of... imagami, White River, snow during the weekend in the Cochrane, North Bay, Sudbury snowbelt near Lake Huron and Sunny with cloudy intervals and Georgian Ray. Strong winds will a few snowflurries Sunday; cause serious drifting particu colder Sunday. Winds north larly Saturday night and Sun- West Sunday day. Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Ni agara, Lake Ontario, Halibur- ton, Windsor, Hamilton, Tor; onto: Sunny with cloudy inter vals and a few snowflurries Sunday. Continuing cold. Winds northwest Sunday Lake Huron Georgian Bay, Algoma, London: Colder, occa isional heavy snow with heavy drifting tonight and . Sunday 25 to 40 Sun- DRUG STORES OPEN THIS SUNDAY 12:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. KARNS DRUGS LIMITED 28 KING ST. EAST PHONE 723-4621 RITSON DRUGS 264 KING ST. EAST PHONE 725-5370 JURY & LOVELL LIMITED 530 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH PHONE 725-3546 HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S . OTL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS BLASTS Hassle Over Premiums May Halt Pension Plan INTERPRETING THE NEWS de Gaulle Bidding Tc Lead Afro-Asian Bloc . By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer A. sudden cosiness between |France and Communist China is \stirring some fascinating spec- julation about changing big- power relationships. One bold theory is that \French President Charles de |Gaulle, in cultivating the Chi nese, has his eyes fixed on lead- ership. of the Afro-Asian world In this view, de Gaulle is seen to be groping for new areas of influence in his efforts to act as arbiter between the super-powers, the United States and the Soviet Union With his bid for European hegemony at least temporarily checked by the internationalist outlook of West Germany's Lud- wig Erhard, the French presi- dent switches his gaze to distant vistas. "He {fs looking for nothing less than the leadership of these ™ 'wo continents,' this reporter 4 was assured by unofficial French sources during a recent Paris vst CHOU VISIT SITED One apparent sign of closer understanding between France and China seems to be the visit next week to former French territory in Algeria, Morocco, Mali and Guinea of Chinese Premier Chou Kn-lai Once, the French would have regarded such a tour with some apprehension.. Now they don't seem at all worried. In fact, they apparently feel that China may help them maintain a posi- tion of influence there and in Asian (territories. Whatever the Afro- Asan gambit, there are certainly signs of gallic eagerness to get behind the bamboo curtain, One of the most notable is the visit Pension benefits would be paid to China by former pre- paid from the fund and Que- mier Edgar Faure, who bec still would be provided with with de Gaulle's blessing and a source of capita! for general! presented him with a long re- spending, This would ease the! port on return premier's money borrowing) Speculation from Paris sug- worries gests that Faure--not himself a However, the federal plan, as Gaullist but reasonably sympa constituted, would pay benefits/thetic to de Gaulle--wholeheart- out of premiums, resulting in edly recommends French diplo- the accumulation of little capi-'matic recognition of China, tal for other spending Another pointer to Franco- Ps RIP PORT HOPE PLANT Port Hope, Ont., Friday. A night watchan was_ injured in the blast. Tanks in river contain nitro-cellulose. They were removed from the burn- ing building by firemen to prevent furthey »xplosions (CP Wirephoto) government refused, Quebec; would not agree to an amend ment to the BNA Act necessary to include survivors and the dis- abled in the plan. In a 'separate but related story, The Globe and Mail says Premier John Robarts of On tario confirmed 'reluctantly' Friday that. Quebec had_in- sisted on . premiums -- totalling four per cent ROBARTS BAFFLED It says Mr. Robarts claimed he was baffled by the rule un- der which' details of such con- ferences as the federal-provin ial. conference were leaked -to the press, Decision Reserved YARMOUTH, N.S. (CP) --| He said he asked Mr, and County Court Judge Hanson Do-;/Mrs, Balanski what was going well reserved decision Friday in on, that he was pastor for the an -- Ngo involving two) village and had a right to know members of the Jehovah's, Wit-| yr; > stifie P nesses sect and a. Roman Cath- By es een not be needed to pay the bene-|°U¢ Priest. lrespect your convictions.. You fits and the four-per-cent levy| The case was originally heard |believe what you want. At least would represent a damaging in- June 4 by Provincial Magistrate|leave my people to their own vasion of the private insurance P. Dickey, who dismissed) convictions." field the case: The court action arose| He said he had told the Bal- His argument, the newspaper eae a incident Q at Towerlanskis that "these men might says, is that the premium of a edgeport, N.S., last Jan. 4 |give you a licking' and that he private plan added to the four, Mr. and Mrs. William Balan-|would be willing to pay their per-cent premium of the. fed-/Ski, Jehovah's Witnesses work-/fines. The priest said he was eral plan would reach a prohi-(¢rs in this area, charged that|upset and disturbed over the af- bitive total, possibly resulting they had.been intimidated by/fair and was speaking louder in the abandonment of private threats of violence by Rev./than usual plans Ado|ph LeBlanc, parish priest = However, since others had re vealed the Quebec attitude, he would not deny it, Mr. Robarts is reported; to have said The copyrighted article says Prime Minister Pearson is op- posed to increasing the prem- ium, The higher amount would went " N.S. Religious Feud jChinese friendliness was the yusiness mission to China led by Guillaume Georges - Picot, head of the powerful Suez Com- pany of France and long French ambassador to the United Na- tions The Chinese appear just as eager to get .along with de Gaulle as he does with them, In a recent criticism of the French Communist party, the Chinese paid tribute to de Gaulle as the one man capable of standing up to the United States 114 Passengers Identified By Crash Searchers MONTREAI. (CP) -- Identi- fication has been made of all but four of the 118 persons killed Nov. 29 when a Trans- Canada Air Lines jet crashed near here, it was announced Friday, Chief Inspector Gerard Houle of the Quebec Provincial Police, n charge of the investigation into the crash, said in a state- ment that "efforts in this re- gard shajl continue on a re- duced scale while greater em- phasis is applied to the search for materia! evidence in order to determine the cause of. the accident." oe The statement said' a mass burial will be held for the vie- tims it has been impossible to identify "or where next of kin have so requested." No date for the burial or the total number to be buried in this manner was ziven Of the 114 persons identified, 43 have been positively identi- fied, either through fingerprints or personal effects. Seventy-one persons were identified by per- sonal effects alone. Inspector Houle said 1,560 persons, including doctors, en- gineers, chemists, consultants, specialists and laborers, were involved in the identificaton task CZECHS COMING PRAGUE (AP) Twenty hockey players of the Czech na- tional: team will leave for Can- ada Dec. 14 to play 12 games, the official news agency CTK reported here Thursday. SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial The established, relieble Ges Dealer in your ares. 31 CELINA ST. (Corner of Athol) 728-9441 Premier Robarts is also said 4! Wedgeport 4 to be opposed to the four-per-| Mr. .and Mrs. Balanski told cent premium, fecling that it,the court Friday that they had would be unnecessarily high. |been accosted by Father Le- HAS TO BE LIMIT Blanc and five other men while isi _ the couple was talking to Mrs There has to be a limit cjifford Cottreau at Lower somewhere,"' Mr. Robarts is Wedgeport quoted as saying. 'A man has) 'They testified that the priest to be left with some disposable ordered them to leave the prem- income ises and also the village or the The premier said that rather;men accompanying him might than agree to the premium in-|"beat" them crease as demanded by Quebec,) Mr: and Mrs. Baldnski also he would favor a Canada Pen-|told the court that Father Le sion Plan which did not include'Blanc sald he wouldn't mind survivors. This would not nec-) paying the men's fines for beat essitate an amendment to the ing them BNA Act and thus could.be im-| Father LeBlane himself de- plemented without Quebec's nied having used threats of vio- consent lence The aim of Premier Jean Le- RESULTS COUNT Stephenson's Jewellers are pleased to announce thot MR. 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