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READERS °T7AWA nrvonr WRITE... | Government Blam ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT For Slow Progress Chairman Of Chest Drive Has Had Varied Career By JOHN GAULT Of The Times Staff -- Bhe Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa,-Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher The Editor, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1964--PAGE 4 Another Notable Gift By Col. R.S. | There seems to be no end to the ' philanthropic contributions of Osh- ' awa's Col. R. S. McLaughlin to the ' development of the arts and scien- : ees, in which he has long shown a ' generous interest. The announce- ment by Claude Bissell, president of the University of Toronto, that Col. McLaughlin had made a gift of one: million dollars for the con- struction of a planetarium at the Royal Ontario Museum is an ad- dition of one more to an already long list of benefactions in the ! educational and scientific fields. The planetarium, a site for which has. yet to be chosen, will be of great value to the students of the University of Toronto for technical research, and for instruction in navigation. But its usefulness will extend into far wider fields of public interest. While it will be primarily for the use of students, it will be open to the public, and will do much to create a new and close link between the public and the university. McLaughlin In London, England, there is a planetarium of the type planned for Toronto, and it is the centre of interest for an_ ever-increasing stream of people who find its fascinating study. It is one of the places, also, which tourists, in their tens of thousands, visit every summer. They go there because it is a place where they see something unusual, something that is highly educational, even. to the layman in astronomy. We can envisage for the Mc- Laughlin Planetarium at the Royal Ontario Museum a similar useful service to the public generally, as well as providing a highly useful tool for scientific research and training. For this imaginative gift, the people of Ontario are once again deeply indebted to Col. R. S. Mc- Laughlin, who has already done so much for education in the fields of medicine and mechanical engineer- ing. Must Settle UNO Issue The issue of whether countries which are two years in default with their financial obligations to the United Nations Organization will be debarred from voting in meetings of the General Assembly has been shelved for the time being. The head-on clash between the United States and Soviet Russia on this question was averted at the opening of the present ses- sion of the General Assembly, but the matter has not been resolved. It has been held in abeyance for the time being, by mutual consent, but this is only an uneasy truce, which will have to come to an abrupt end at some stage of the Assembly sessions. i If the charter of the United Na- tions Organization, and particularly Article 19, are to mean anything at all, then the sooner the issue is brought to a head and settled, the better it will be for the UNO. At the moment, Russia is $52,600,000 in arrears in contributions which it should have made to various peace- keeping operations of the Ussted Nations. Now that the provisions of Article 19 of the charter have been invoked, this situation cannot be allowed to go on indefinitely. The United States and the Soviet Union understand perfectly well all the implications of this impasse on the firiancial position of the United Nations. Unless Russia and the other Communist countries accept their obligations under the charter, the UNO is faced with bankruptcy. That this should happen is un- thinkable, since it would render the United Nations helpless to carry out the main function for which it was created, that of maintaining the peace of the world wherever it is threatened. So a final showdown has merely been postponed. And it will take more than skilful diplomacy by U. Thant, the UN secretary-gen- eral, to end the tension which surrounds this whole question, on which both sides have already shown deep bitterness. Plan Canada Opposed A meeting is to be held in Lon- don in January to discuss the for- mation of a permanent Common- wealth secretariat with headquar- ters in the British capital. This meeting will carry a step further a proposal made at, the Common- wealth Prime Ministers' Conference last July that such a secretariat should be established. There was considerable pressure in favor of it from the emerging African coun- tries. Behind their pressure was a desire for the some continuing ma- ' chinery which would promote intra- 'Commonwealth links, co-ordinate the plans and agenda for future conferences, and act as a clearing house for information between the Commonwealth countries. : While at last July's conference, the African countries were strongly She Oshawa Sines T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C, J. McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times * (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond " Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holideys excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. ion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The " Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. * Offices:_ Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street, ; Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oxhawa, Whitby, Ajax, * Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hempton, Frenc! in's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, * Drono, Leskerd, Broughom, Burketon, Cloremont, * Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rogien, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle = SOc per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) » outside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces ond Commonweaith Countries 15.00, U.S.A. end foreign 24.00, not over in favor of setting up a permanent secretariat, the Commonwealth viewpoint was not entirely unani- mous. Canada was not at all in favor of adding another official body to the machinery already existing for intro- Commonwealth consultations, Prime Minister Pear- son, in one of his press conferences while in London at. that time said that he did not see any need for adding to the machinery and or- ganization within the Common- wealth. He much preferred the idea of maintaining the present loose and flexible association of equal partners, without any formal insti- tutional body which would possibly duplicate much of the work already being done by the Commonwealth Relations Office. In view of the strong desire of the newer nations of the Common- wealth, however, and their keen- ness to become more familiar with the processes of Commonwealth re- lations, Mr. Pearson waived his ob- jections, so that Canada will be represented at the meeting in Lon- don next month. There are, of course, a number of Commonwealth committees con- stantly at work in London, dealing © with economics, science, education and agriculture. The economic com- mittee was formed in 1927. The agricultural organization has eight bureaux, seven in London and one in Canada. So it may be that the most useful purpose for which a new secretariat could be developed would be to bring all these com- mittees together under the one organization and one roof. Richard W. Fairthorne has been chairman of the Oshawa Community Chest Fund Drive for the last four years, ard in each of those years, the ob- jective was met and passed before its final target day. "Teamwork," he said. "'Team- work and organization did it." Mr. Fairthorne's powers of or- ganization, both in the Com- munity Chest and in his posi- tion of industrial relations man- ager at Houdaille Industries Ltd., are required of him every. day. He became part of Commun- ity Chest activities as industrial relations manager with the A. V. Roe Company Lid., in North Toronto where he worked for six years, His relationship here was associative as he handled collections from the 16,000 em- ployees in the plant, PAYROLL PLAN When Mr. Fairthorne came to Houdaille 13 years ago, he took part of the Oshawa drive it- self. Seven years ago he was instrumental in introducing an employees' canvass of indus- tries which developed into a payroll deduction plan. Under this plan, he explains, employ- ees sign up to have 20 or 25 cents per week taken off their weekly paychecks for the Com- munity Chest, Each year for the past four, he says, the same people have been instrumental in making the fund-drive successful. "The organization is set up with 'the right people. It may not be fair to these people to call on them every year, but it cer- tainly works to our advantage." None of the canvassing is done door-to-door. About 25 or 30 section chair- men, are assigned to specific groups in the community. Some take care of industrial can- vasses. Some visit or call all of the lawyers or insurance brok- ers, and others visit the Chinese community, or the dry-cleaners. "There is always a tremen- dous amount of paper work", Mr. Fairthorne says. "Every year we must supply detailed lists to our section chairmen, with names of all the persons who contributed the previous year, and how much." SPECIAL FEATURES Aside' from the actual cor lection of funds, Mr. Fairthorne and his committee organize a "kickoff" dinner, an essay con test for primary school stu- dents, and a poster contest for secondary school students, He spoke of the high-school and teenaged segment of the community with respect: "I have never seen a place with as much interest in that age group as here." He was referring to fund-raising activities carried on by in-school organizations and "teen clubs". "And there is always a tre- mendous response from the General Motors people. ' They are a real example to the com- munity." CAME FROM ENGLAND Richard M. Fairthorne, now 59, has always been in the busi- ness of dealing with people. Born in Putney, England, the home of the Oxford-Cambridge hoat races, he came to Toronto when he was four, He was educated in Toronto primary schools, and graduated from North Toronto High. He has furthered his education with extension courses from. the Uni- versity of Toronto, IN THEATRE WORLD For a period of four years, he had the distinction of being the RICHARD W. business manager of the largest, reserved-seat, legitimate theatre in the world, the Uptown in To- rontu. At that time, the New York Times noted, he was not only the youngest theatre manager in the business, but also the manager of the largest theatre in the business. THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK Mr. Fairthorne stayed with actor - producer - director Vaughn Glaser for six years in all, moving over to the old Vic- toria theatre for two years, This was a period, he remem- bers, before the "talkies" were big, and stage companies were the only source of theatrical en- tertainment. The company he was with carried a compiement of 12 to 14 big-name actors of the period, including the late FAIRTHORNE Leo Carillo (the Cisco Kid's Pancho), ard Alan Mowbray. When taiking pictures finally did establisn themselves, he re- members, the bottom dropped from legitimate theatre. IN RESPONSIBLE POSTS The Secoud World War loom- ed, and Mr. Fairthorne was sent to the Fleet Aircraft Corpora- tion Ltd. at Fort Erie as per- sonnel manager. He was re- sponsible for the welfare of 3000 people at the beginning of the conflict, and 6000 at the end. As the war ended, he was part of the management that moved over to A. ¥; Roe. He stayed there seven years. As industrial relations mana- ger at Hovdaille, he explains, he is responsible for all relation- ships between the workers and management. This includes union negotia- tions, and for a few days this week he was in Niagara Falls, looking after contracts in two Houdaille interests there. When he can get home. from his business' obligations, his Rotary Club work, and his role in the Community Chest, Mr. Fairthorre lives at 758 Somer- ville street with his wife, the former Lilyen Wells of Toronto. BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1944 Tax Collector A. N. Sharp stated that 100 per cent of the city hall poll tax amounting to $6,667 was collected between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1 of the cur- rent year. The annual Farmers' Night of the Oshawa Rotary Club was observed with a banquet at Genosha Hotel. Rotarian Presi- dent George Shreve, was chair- man for the event. Tentative plans for an exten- sion to the Oshawa Clinic, and for the erection by the Ideal Dairy Ltd., of a modern plant Favors Fewer Municipalities The Ontario Legislature's se- lect committee on the municipal and related acts is reported to be preparing proposals that would replace existing county governments with a series of regional governments and sub- stantially reduce the number of municipalities in the province. A shakeup of this kind would do much to improve the effec- tiveness of Ontario's time-worn municipal system. Many of Ontario's municipali- ties have been growing like Topsy since the Second World War, often without proper out- side advice or direction. The re- sult is that the province's muni- cipal scene is a hotch-potch of disorderly planning and inade- quate services, Far too much emphasis has been placed on the principal of local autonomy. It is squarely up to the prov- ince to see that counties, cities, towns and villages are organized in such a way that the best pos- sible use is: made out of the revenue collected from tax- payers. Action has already been taken to reduce the number of rural school boards throughout On- tario as a means of bringing about more efficient administra- tion of school affairs. The On- tario government would be war- ranted in taking the next logical step, that of reducing the num- ber of county and municipal units --Ottawa Citizen TODAY IN HISTORY _By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 4, 1964... President Woodrow Wil- son became the. first U.S. president to leave the coun- try while in office when. he sailed for the Versailles Peace Conference, 46 years ago today--in 1918. The cqn- ference discussed the férms of peace following the ter- mination of hostilities in the First World War and re- sulted in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June, 1919. 1859 --The Australian colony of Queensland was established. . 1945--The Allied control authorities ordered the seiz- ure of the plants of the giant I. G. Farbenindustrie armaments empire. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914 -- attacking German troops attempted to cross the River Yser on rafts to overcome British Army re- sistance in Belgium; Ger- mans prepared to defend Strasbourg in the face of French progress in Alsace. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939 -- the British vessel Doric Star was sunk in the South Atlantic; Ar- gentina demanded the ex- pulsion of Russia from the League of Nations for the attack on. Finland; students in Milan and Rome demon- strated against Russia's attack; British records showed an average of 1.9 ships a day had been sunk by the Germans in the three months of war. and store on King street east were submitted to City Council. 35 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1929 Oshawa Ukrainians held a celebration in honor of the anni- versary of the Ukrainian De- claration of Independence. City Council decided to have the ratepayers vote on a de- benture issue of $50,000 for a new police station, The proopsed building would be erected on site of the Market Building, Richmond and Prince streets. Oshawa's building permits for the first months of 1929 amount- ed to $1,417,790. MAC'S MUSINGS While all past records Are inclined to show that When there is no contest For the Oshawa mayoralty Publie interest declines, And there is a small vote, It is our hope that the Election next Monday will Be an exception to this rule. The true will of the People of Oshawa cannot Be expressed when more Than 60 per cent of the Electors do not feel it Worth their while to take The few minutes necessary To go to the polls and Cast their ballots for Their chosen candidates, It has seemed to me as T look back over the Years, that there are far More people who criticize Our municipal bodies. than There are going to the Polls on election day. It should not.be so, Because people who do Not vote on election day, Have not the right to Be critical of actions of Those who are elected Without their assistance, We hope that our voters Will deny the assertion That they are lacking in Interest because there is No mayoralty electtan, By voting next Monday And roling up a new High record for votes in Oshawa municipal elections --Dec. 4, 1964 CHINESE MOSLEMS Most of the 6,000,000 residents of China's westernmost prov- ince of Sinkiang are Moslems It once was part of ancient Turkistan, The Oshawa Times, Sir, Once again we are approach- ing the end of the year, and as, we still have a one-year term for council in Darlington town- . ship, election is just a few short days away I should like, in this open letter, to deal with the appropriate subject, 'local gov- ernment". Local government is criticized on all sides and is full of con- tradictions. Taxes are too high, too much or too little is spent on education, roads, planning, etc. We must have large region- al government and yet govern- ment is getting too remote from the people, Voters are apathetic and do not turn out. On the one hand, we should have autonomous government as it is the foundation of democracy. But tie it up in complicated laws with so many conditions attached to using powers, then it requires the pa- tience uf Job and the knowledge of a Philadelphia lawyer to get even relatively minor things done. No wonder that some of the ablest citizens will not run for public office or will not stay long, caught as they are he- tween pressure from their con- stituents to get things done and the inadeouacies of the means and complexities of procedure. We find a politician sitting on the fence, with his ears tuned in to public opinion, his eyes on the future, strong hand on the helm, his finger on the nation's pulse, shoulder to the wheel, nose to the grindstone and feet planted firmly on. the ground. Sometimes he has to take an unusual po:ition, often sitting on a hot seat, with tongue in cheek and his foot in his mouth, A large part of the trouble is due to people. They are contra- dictory, oflen unreasonable and with different viewpoints. Like people, government is less than perfect because in the final analysis, government is people. Efficiency without regard to the human factor, the 'special cir- cumstance" is not really effi- ciency, bul bureaucracy gone wrong It is the elected representa- tive's head that goes on the chopping block at election time when something goes wrong, not the civic employee or the appointed hoards. All too often, new amendments are made to legislation. often with little or no consultation with the munici- pality which has to live with them. Then there is the problem of money. More money is: not al- ways the answer, but it provides the vital nourishment without which no municipality can achieve its potential as an or- ganization serving its commun- ity and using such powers as it might have. Municipalities are often in difficulties because they have to depend largely on one source of revenue -- the 'prop- erty tax. This is becoming less appropriate as more and more of the municipal services be- come of benefit to more than just the residents of the muni- cipality. Local governments are much more sensitive to changes in tax rates than are other levels: of government. Few taxpayers be- lieve that it is better to give than to receive. Boundaries should be appropriate to respon- sibilities, for some services need large areas and some restricted areas. The municipality should be small enough to be local, for as soon as you cease to be local, something very important is lost; and it becomes nothing but local administration, which is quite different from local gov- ernment The municipality must haye the financial capacity to By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Last week the House of Commons gave final approval for the proposed ex- penditures by the federal gov- ernment in the current fiscal year ending March 31 next. Now it should concentrate on its delayed legislative chores. But will it? The leadership by Prime Minister Pearson in this respect this session has been neither determined nor busi- nesslike. One opportunity after another for working through the mountain of promised legisla- tion has been allowed to slip by, as the government wantonly wandered away from the path of duty. The deal for "seven days of estimates" to finish off consid- eration of the spending pro- gram last week should have been the curtain - raiser for three, weeks of brisk work on legislation before Christmas. It, was a good deal. Despite speculation that the deal was a Tory trap, it was in fact the brain-child of Bert Leboe, a vet- eran MP of the Social Credit party--the one party which alone in this Parliament has shunned petty partisan politics and has consistently 'tried to place the nation's business first. BACKSTAGE DEAL Mr. Leboe conceived the idea of the deal. He discussed it, in the Camber, with government House Leader George Mcll- raith, who welcomed the sug- gestion and asked Mr. Leboe to sound out the other parties. The Tories agreed to accept Mr. Le- boe's proposal that, if the gov- ernment would call the out- standing departmental. e sti- mates, final approval of all spending would be, voted at week's end. At a meeting of House leaders, the other small parties concurred, and Mr. Me- Ilraith confirmed the program in a carefully worded announce- ment, But this was not before the proposal faced its toughest road block. Behind the closed doors of the Liberal caucus, many backbenchers protested; they wanted the flag debate to be brought on ahead of the esti- mates. In caucus, the commonsense viewpoint of '"'business first" was persuasively and success- fully argued by Bryce Mack- asey, a 43-year-old native of Quebec City, who has long lived provide the services to its com- munity Last, but not least, the sys- tem of local government must be adaptable to change. No serv- ice today is purely local, and for each service the ideal area differs. Sewers are laid out ac- cording to the contour of the land; but schoo' locations are lanesty determined by where the main roads are. It is far from a perfect system, but it is not nearly a» inadequate as its critics would lead one to be- lieve. There are roads to be kept up, children to be educated and a host of unglamorous services provided at reasonable cost. Many critics' solutions to prob- lems pertaining to them would create a host of new problems. Time will not stand still, and one is constantly having to rush to catch up with yesterday's problems. The argument for provincial intervention will be much weak- er if there is a higher capacity for internal reform and im- provement. I am, respectfully yours, MARY T. BUDAI RP. 3, Bowmanville, Ontario. in, and now represents, the of Verdun. . id First get the s) 'approved, and then the peg beng - 8 of the House, Mr, ickasey soned, and his arguments ta the Liberal caucus to this course of action, © oe DELAY AGAIN y = yt ee instead of moving on with rtant legis- lation, the sovertaniet insisted on reopening the flag debate. This was irresponsible. It lays the government open to the valid charge that it is deliber- ately filibustering its own legis- lation, The Order Paper of the House of Commons is cluttered with 27 major items of govern- oe a some of which ave remained there - unpro- cessed for more than six months, while one even dates back to March 11. This trail of bewhiskeréd par- liamentary business is un- equalled in Canada's history. For this the blame lies not with the opposition but with the irre- sponsible government which--~ spends days and weeks chasing trivial will-o'-the-wisps, OPINIONS OF OTHERS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN "What I could have 'been!" are five of the saddest words in the English language -- and the frequency with which they are repeated increasés daily. Caught up in a world where wealth is often the measure of a man, many people in their later years find themselves in possession of houses, cars, and bank accounts, but sadly lacking in that important abstract satis- faction. Rather than pursue a job be- cause it pays well, it would be wise if in our early years we took a short pause, evaluated our abilities, and examined where they could lead us. The ability tests offered today by most universities and high schools, and some private insti- tutions, are an excellent eid in evaluating capabilities, These written tests, designed by psychologists, can determine an individual's likes and dis- likes, abilities and weak points. Once these are established the fields that his capabilities and temperament suit him for can be pointed out and discussed, We only pass this way once. The years may as well be spent doing what we enjoy, (Belleville-Ontario Intelligencer) BIBLE THOUGHT Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for rie a time as this? Esther In God's providence every one of us may rise to remarkable heights of achievement through faithful obedience to God's com: mands. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. 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