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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T, L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1964-- PAGE 4 Acclamation For Mayor Should Not In one sense, it is regrettable that Mayor Lyman Gifford has been | elected by acclamation to retain his office for the next two years. A contest for the mayoralty always adds spice and interest to a muni- cipal election, and helps to bring out a much larger proportion of voters than when that office is filled by acclamation. With that reservation, which in no way reflects on the well-merited pre-election of Mayor Gifford, we extend to him, and to the city, con- gratulations on the fact that he will again be giving leadership to the council. Mayor Gifford is an experienced and capable municipal servant. He has spent most of his adult life in the hurly-burly of municipal politics. He has a wide knowledge of the affairs of the Oshawa community, and is pro- gressive in his thinking and out- look. He has also shown great con- cern for the increasing costs of Oshawa's municipal government, and we look to him to continue his policies of economy, if not auster- ity. Lessen Vote The lack of a mayoralty contest, however, should not be allowed to detract from public interest in the elections for city council, the two education boards: and the public utilities commission. These . elec- tions are important to every citizen, Some good men have dropped from the council and boards of educa- tion. But on the other hand, some well-qualified citizens have been nominated who have not yet served on any municipal body. The elec- tors have a wide range of choice to make in deciding how to mark their ballot papers. A sacred duty to exercise the franchise rests on every elector of the city. The absence of a contest for the mayoralty in no way lessens their responsibility to do their part in deciding how and by whom the city will be governed for the next two years, The democratic privilege of the right to vote is not to be lightly regarded. We look to the voters of Oshawa to make their wishes. known by their votes on election day to a degree worthy of the importance of the city and its government, Canada's Faith In NATO Canada's faith in the future of NATO as a continuing deterrent to aggression in Europe is shown by the decision to add to this country's military commitments to the al- liance. There has already been con- siderable strengthening of the Canadian Army Brigade Group stationed in Germany, by the ad- dition of more powerful artillery support, and the nuclear Honest John missiles. This group, origin- ally fixed at 5500 men, is now well over 6500, with all the ancillart services integrated in the base units of the brigade. The minister of defence has an- nounced a further step towards * placing more Canadian troops quickly at the disposal of the NATO army command in case of an emergency. The Royal Highlanders - of Canada (Black Watch) has been designated as part of a fast-moving reserve force, to be stationed in Canada, but availabel for airlift to defend the northern and south- ern flanks of the NATO -war sta- tions. China Must Lieut.-General HE. L. M. Burns, Canada's chief negotiator at the 18-nation Geneva Disarmament Conference, has set forth in plain terms Canada's views as to the place which Communist China should have in all disarmament negotiations. In an address to stu- dents and professors at McGill University, he said that China must be brought into these negotiations, as otherwise it would be impossible to have world-wide disarmament. This statement, which can be accepted as official Canadian gov- ernment policy on this important question, shows a common-sense atitude on the part of this coun- try. It is rank folly to continue acting like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand and pretending She Oshawa Fines T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, Generat Manager C, J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundoys 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 Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the ute of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the focal news published therein. All rights of special des- patches cre also reserved, Offices:, Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Mentreal, P.. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Alax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunten, Tyrona, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Laskord, Broughem, Burketon, Claremont, Calumbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Ragion, Blockstack, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastie not over 50 per weék. By mall in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other Prov Countries 15.00, USA. ond foreign 24.00, To increase its usefulness for this purpose, the Black Watch bat- talion, with detachments of engin- eers, signallers and logistic and ad- ministrative forces, plus an artil- lery element to be named later, will undergo special training. This will include winter training in the Rockies, and practice in air trans- port techniques. This suggests that the war role of the unit, should an emergency arise, will be that of reinforcing the Scandinavian flank of the NATO armies. Canada has since the inception of NATO faithfully observed all its commitments to the Atlantic al- liance. This new addition to these commitments can be construed as a definite act of faith in the role which NATO was designed to play in keeping the peace of the world. Regardless of what France or any other country may do, this country is showing that it stands four- Square behind the concept of NATO. Be Included that Communist China does not exist. : It does exist in so definite a place in the world that it can no longer be disregarded in world councils. The explosion of China's first nuclear bomb makes it all the more necessary that there should be speedy admission of that country into the United Nations Organiza- tion, and its inclusion in all con- ferences and negotiations which have to do with banning the use of nuclear weapons and with disarma- ment. The mere recognition of Com- munist China as the de facto gov- ernment of the Chinese mainland is not in itself sufficient, The next step of including it in international conferences must logically follow. Canada's position has been stated clearly. The British government has expressed similar views in the light of China's entry 'into the nuclear race. Now it is time for the United States to see the light and to discard its attitude of-refusing to make possible the full participa- tion of China in world affairs. Other Editors* Views THE BROWNS TAKE OVER Ottawa Journal Time is sliding down to year's ebb. tide and the browns take over until snow covers the valley. The Sun rises reluctantly in the south. east and moves across a low are to the southwest. Even at high noon shadows run long from silos and corncribs, barns and bar posts. ™s- AND "THOSE MARINES "THOUGHT IT WAS ROUGH ON IWo IMA [-- RAISING THE FLAG ON PARLIAMENT HILL FLASHBACK TO 1958 De Gaulle NATO Threat Recalls Diefenbaker Trip By M. McINTYRE HOOD A statement made by. Dirk Stikker, former secretary-gen- eral of NATO, revealing that in 1958 President de Gaulle of France threatened to "go it alone"' if the United States and France would not join in a tri- umvirate to decide on world politics, recalls very vividly to my mind the tour of NATO cap- itals made by the then Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker, in November 1958. Mr. Stikker, pointing' to Gen- eral deGaulle's present attitude towards co-operation with France's NATO partners, said that this threat has now become @ reality, and that this secret and still unpublished memoran- dum from him was the turning point in the French attitude to- wards Atlantic co-operation. "President de Gaulle,' said Mr. Stikker, "is blind to the concern that many feel about the growing isolation of France. If de Gaulle destroys NATO and thus loses American protection, then every Frenchman, except the Communists, would know that he acted against the su- preme interests of his country." 1958 RECALLED It was while the controversy over de Gaulle's proposal that France, the United States and Britain should form a sort of triumvirate, or inner executive group within NATO, was at its height, that Prime Minister Diefenbaker started on his tour around the world. His first, and most important stops on his journey were in London, Paris, Bonn and Rome, where he con- ferred with the heads of governs ments and foreign ministers. The top subject of his agenda at these meetings was the de Gaulle proposal that this trium- virate should be set up, Natural- ly, as prime minister of one of the founder nations of NATO, and indeed, the country largely responsible for its organization, Mr, Diefenbaker was anxious to sound out his counterparts in Europe on the proposal. I was one of a party of Cana- dian correspondents who accom- panied Mr. Diefenbaker on the European section of his world tour, and was in daily contact with him while he was in Lon- don, Paris and Bonn, As he met with the heads of NATO govern- ments, he had daily press con- ferences, and the. correspon- dents tried to probe into his thinking on the revolutionary proposals of de Gaulle. DODGED THE ISSUs, In the first stages of his tour, it was a difficult task prying anything loose from Mr. Diefen- baker on Canada's policy to- wards the de Gaulle proposals. In London, after he had met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Foreign Minis- ter Selwyn Lloyd, he was in- clined to dodge the issue. His press conference technique, and it changed little over the years he was in office, seemed to be that he regarded such meetings with the press as a 'battle of wits, during which his main ef- fort was to see how little in-- formation he could give away, and how he could circumvent the questions fired at him by correspondents charged with the duty of securing that informa- tion, When Mr. Diefenbaker left London, after a masterly speech at the Albert Hall which won for him the highest. praise of the British press, he was not pre- pared to state what Canada's policy was regarding the de Gaulle plan. That was logical. He said he wished to hear what the French president and Chan- cellor Adenauer of Germany had to say before making any commitment, SILENCE IN PARIS Mr. Diefenbaker went to Paris and spent two days there in con- ference with de Gaulle. These were interesting days, and we saw de Gaulle in full flight as the dominant character that he is. At our Paris talks with Mr. Diefenbaker and members of his staff, he still appeared un- decided. He said he had had very frank and amiable talks with de Gaulle and had, been much impressed by what he had to say. That was all. From Paris, the Canadian Prime Minister, after visiting a Canadian Air Force base at Grostonquin in France, went on to Bonn for three days of talks with Ohancellor Adenauer, These were apparently the cru- cial talks, and they did some- thing which crystallized in his mind what the Canadian policy should be. CANADA'S DECISION It was only after the. talks with Adenauer that Mr. Diefen- baker stated his policy on the critical subject under discus- sion, He held a press confer- ence in the Infonmation office of the Bonn government. It was attended by over 200 German and foreign newspaper cor- respondents, including our Ca- nadian group. ; In reply to the questions put to him by these correspondents, Mr. Diefenbaker for the first time, came out in opposition to the de Gaulle plan for setting up a NATO triumvirate. Brief- ly, hé said that he did not see any need for making any changes in the structure of NATO, but that there should be arrangements for greater con- sultation between the NATO TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Noy. 24, 1964... War was brought home to the Japanese people when a mass raid by Super- fortresses of the, U:S. Army Air Force wreaked severe damage on Tokyo, 20 years ago today--in. 1944, This was the first land-based attack on the Japanese cap- ital and was launched from Saipan in the Marianas Is- lands, 1,500 miles away. In spite of-the great distance each aircraft carried six tons of bombs 1859---Darwin's The Origin of Species 'was publish 1929---French elder states man Georges Clemenceau died First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--Portugal formally en- tered the war on the side of the Allies; in a third gen- eral assault on Allied lines on the Western Front, Ger- mans attacked fiercely from Ypres to La Bassee; British warships bom- barded Zeebrugge; Russian armies made gains in--Ar- menia. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in. 1030--the French reported 14 Nazi aircraft had been shot down within a two-day period over French soil; Georges Tatarescu formed a coalition govern- ment for Romania;: the new British cruiser Belfast was damaged by enemy action. partners, and more frequent in- terchanges of views and ideas. He felt that all the NATO part- ners should be consulted before any member country undertook military 'commitniémts any- where in the world that might involve the other partners of NATO. It seemed as if Adenauer had won Mr. Diefen- baker over to his views. That definite statement by Mr. Diefenbaker -- the first he gave on his tour -- was wel- comed, It was one of the factors which rendered the de Gaulle plan abortive. And it may have had some effect on what has happened since in the change of the French attitude towards NATO, MAC'S MUSINGS Oshawa was glad to welcome The veterans who attended The annul Convention of The Canadian Corps Associa- tion Held during last weekend, And to show the visitors From all over Ontario Who were in attendance, It. is just over 30 years Since this association Came into being, at the Time of a grand;reunion Of Canadian Corps veterans Of the First World War, Held in Toronto in August Of that year to mark the 20th anniversary of the Outbreak of war in 1914, That reunion was a great Occasion, and those who Took part in it and are Still here will remember The French village in The Exhibition grounds in Toronto, the drumhead Service and military Tattoo in Riverdale Park In that August of 1934. Out of that reunion the Canadian Corps Association Was_born and jn the years Since then it has grown In stature and importance To provide many social Amenities for veterans, And give help where needed. So Oshawa was honored In having the 30th Anniversary. marked by- The convention held here Over the last weekend, And looks forward to many Such events being held in This city in the future. --Nov. 24, 1964 POINTED PARAGRAPHS A typical example of govern- ment verbosity is a sign which appeared in the Pentagon in Washington. It read: "This pas. sage has been made non-con- ducive to utilization for an in- definite time.' The ordinary individual would say "Passage temporarily closed." Symbols in the eivie election campaign include a broom (new) and a vacuum cleaner. Perhaps the snowblower may be added before election day. Canada's exports of skim milk powder totalled 56 million pounds in 1963. We wonder how much more was used in Canada by people on slimming diets The néw British government is already putting a heavy tax on many people's nerves. The heavy tax on their pockets will come later. ame ote -- PRG teeing tegen OTTAWA REPORT Storm Brewing On Tory Leader By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Parliament Hill is witnessing a crisis which one day will be an important. chapter for Canadian historians. This is the sound and the fury of a split political party. It was described recently by Social Credit leader Bob Thompson as the death rattle of a career which is nearing its end. The centre of the storm is the leadership of the Conservative party. i Scanning the newspapers, one can see that awareness of the crisis is not limited to Parlia- ment Hill, and the judgment is being made by editors and car- toonists right across the coun- try. "Speculate on leadership of PCs" screamed a headline span- ning the full width of the very top of page one of The Barrie Examiner, "Dief may. face am- bitious foe" proclaimed a front , page headline of The Pembroke Observer, which explained "Ful- ton denies: eyeing top post." Writers in distant cities are sensing what observers here see clearly: that by his tactics Op- position Leader Diefenbakre is stalling the business of Parlia- ment, and that many MPs of the Conservative party join with the MPs of all other par- ties in deploring this. "WRONG WAY JOHN' This was neatly pinpointed by the cartoonist, John Collins, in The Galt Evening Reporter and other papers. He drew Diefen- baker, clad as a footballer ap- propriately wearing the num- ber 13, running with a ball labelled "'BN AAgreement" and shouting 'Oh goody! I've picked up another of their fumbles." But cartoonist Collins adds a bewildered supporter, waving a flag called 'Fulton Plan, as he watches "Wrong Way John" carry the ball backwards, The Quebec Chronicle - Tele- graph headed an editorial "Dief's Constitution stand ex- QUEEN'S PARK Members Worthy Of Pay Increase By DON O0'HEARN TORONTO -- Now even the members of the mother of par- liaments at Westminster have given themselves a raise in pay. And a good healty one. What, one wonders, will the sanctimonious ones have to say about that. Traditionally in this lush province of ours we have paid our legislators an indemnity that is shameful. The present pay of $7,000 a year is a shade less than. the wage of a first-class constable on a big city police force. And the copper can take home his whole pay; he doesn't have to parcel out a good share of it in living expenses or do- nations to the church bazaar, cigars and booze for the boys in the back - room and 'other good works. Yet always over the years when there has been talk of remedying this the ever-ready critics have aimed a holy fin- ger at the U.K. and pointed out that parliamentarians there aren't in the job for money. It's glory and the opportunity to serve that counts. Now the price of the glory is much higher. The members have voted themselves an 86 per cent increase to £3,250 a year, worth nearly $10,000 Ca- nadian on the official exchange and considerably more when Canadians and U.K. average in- comes are compared. Could it be that this will calm down some of the critics. CRITICIZE SELVES Speaking quite honestly and candidly I don't think there is any more juvenile ~performance in our whole area of public af- fairs than the clack-clacking that goes on about the money we pay our elected represent atives. ~ BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Noy. 24, 1944 Oshawa Public Utilities Cam- mission purchaséd from the Hydro Electric Power Commis- sion the substation on Richmond street in view of rate reduc- tions. This was the first step toward acquisition of all three substations in the city. Col. Robert L. Purvis, officer commanding the Ontario Regi- ment, was awarded the Distin- guished Service Order, won in the Mediterranean theatre of war. William Chester, age 82 of Pickering, shot a 180-pound bear while on a deer hunt. 35 YEARS AGO Nov. 24, 1929 An attempt was made to blow up a house on Barrie street by the use of dynamite, but it fail- ed, although some damage was done to the house, C, N. Henry, chairman of the Christmas Cheer, made an ur- gent appeal for funds to help needy families at the Christmas season. The Oshawa Associated Wel- fare Societies was organized to handle relief and welfare work with A. R, Alloway as president. a ne nt OG ERE GEG cm ay om nen a aaa ae CGA G and commented "Mr, Diefenbaker's recent behavior is not calcu- posed as hollow fraud" lated to make think kindly of him... If he has an: today be thiaking of Feaigal lay res' its leadership." " A few days later, that same paper editorialized on the sig:! nificant defeat of the Tory can- diaete in Lvs be at pe longtime Tory stronghold Waterloo South: "The humiliat- ing defeat can have only one poy the people are tired of Mr. Diefenbaker and what he stands for." SPLIT WITH FRENCH The Guelph Daily Mercury editorially deplored that "his Quebec 'supporters' in the House" had turned against him. This same point was handled by John Collins, in a cartoon in The Penticton B.C, Herald, The Welland Evening Tribune . and other papers; this showed Mr. D building a wall between him- self and Quebec Conservatives, while he accused the Liberal government of "building Berlin walls between the provinces." The Barrie Examiner as- serted editorially in a lange headline: "Diefenbaker should bow out for the good of the PCs." It explained that "Recent developments indicate that the chinks in the federal Progres- sive Conservative party are get- ting wider .. . At 69 and ob- viously long past his palmy days as Opposition leader, Mr. Dief- enbaker should bow out... . Only then can the Conserva- tives hope to cope with the strong and able Liberal govern- ment." For his part, Mr. D denies all this is "rubbish" and "fic- tion" and asserts that it is an "invention" that the Tory cau- cus is Fi dump him. As 1 said, historians will comb over these days and will find a rich lode in the news. papers of today. The Ottawa house gave itself a substantial boost, and the press and public still make snide remarks about it at every chance, it seems. Actually the critics should be criticizing themselves. For it is their representatives they are talking about. Their member at Ottawa igs in a sense themselves, He is their voice. And they are saying he shouldn't be worth very much, JUDGE DISTINCTION It is only sense that the very best men we can get should serve in our parliaments, and we should make it possible that they can serve. Let us criticize the men we do get all we want to. Many of them perhaps are not even worth what they are getting now. But give the job the reward and rank so we will get good men and that they will be able to do the very best job possible, BIBLE THOUGHTS Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptiz- ing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.--Matt. 28:19. The commission of Christ comes to fulfill our nature in the bond of the gospel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath de- sired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.--Luke 22:31. Sin stalks us as a thief in the night, therefore one must let the light of Christian teachings cast out all darkness. eon SEA EEA AO AES IE wea Ak I ANE GORE UW oN EIR I AL i SN DN ma a - aaa, READERS WRITE... IN APPRECIATION Sir: y < On behalf of the volunteer members of the St. John Am- bulance Brigade and the Osh- awa Branch of St. John Ambu- lance Association, may I ex- ress our appreciation to The Be igh 3 splendid news e recent tion of the Ai es ing and Cadet " cis Srignae ore Gooey ot Se a paid volunteers oad , many hours of a from following the St. John motto "Service to Man kind', St. John Ambulance is finane- ed by the people of Oshawa through the Community Chest. This money pays for trainir equipment, but the time and tal- ents of the St. John are cheerfully donated. recog: nition given St. John by The Times is sincerely appreciated. Yours truly, W. E. AUSTIN, Chairman, Oshawa Branch, St. John Ambulance, Opinions Of Others TREES CAN'T FIGHT BACK (Hamilton Spectator) An interesting article the other day pointed out that already civic election candi- dates are roaming around with their hammers and placards nailing images of themselves on unsuspecting trees and posts. That's the sort of news that makes the average citizen want to throw up his hands and shout "Halt!" Not even a candidate who looks like Ava Gardner should inflict her image on a tree. Nor should a politician who bears a striking resemblance to Greg- ory Peck. No--the Pecks and the Gardners must obey the rules just as much as those less well endowed with good looks. There are rules too. It is against the law to place a sign on a tree on a city street allowance, and if you're caught and charged with the offence, in could be fined as much as Furthermore, if you hammer a placard on a utility pole, you are liable to a $300 fine, HOW TO SUCCEED Dr. J. R. H. Morgan, Direc. tor of the Ontario Curriculum Institute, says truly that our fast-moving, complex society "has no place in it for unedu> cated, poorly educated or in- appropriately educated men and women." But he goes on to say, that the time has come when a 'Horatio Alger" cannot reach the top alone by a com- bination of wit, will and luck. Correction, Dr. Morgan. You ough tto know your Alger better than that. The bootblack, ragamuffin or poor but honest lad of Strive and Succeed and a score of other Alger stories never did make it alone, He always latch> ed on to a rich -- benefactor, That's where his wit paid off. So the highly dubious, under- lying .morality that the Alger books taught was: if you want to succeed, find yourself a sug- ar-daddy, (Toronto Star' PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES REMINDERS ABOUT YOUR ONTARIO HOSPITAL INSURANCE mm BIRTHDAY ? KEEP INSURED! When you reach your 19th birthday you are no longer covered by your parents' certificate, Register separately within thirty days to keep insured, Forms are available at hospitals, banks and Commission -- offices, CHANGING JOBS?. KEEP INSURED! 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