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Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E,, Oshawa, Ontario - T, L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1964--PAGE 4 Problems Of New Flag 'Arising In Oshawa How long will it be before we 'see the new Canadian flag flying over the public buildings, schools and other institutions in Oshawa? : There are already some indications that some of the proponents of the new flag are anxious to jump the gun and plan to buying the flag before it has been officially adopted. At a meeting of the board of edycation this week, Trustee Robert Nichol, separate school board re- presentative, moved that funds be set aside to buy the new Canadian flag as soon as it is approved. It was not indicated where the flag he proposed having bought would be flown, but we presume it would adorn the board's administration building. Trustee Nichol's. proposal might also have included buying flags for the secondary schools, on which he would be entitled to make a motion. But as a separate school board representative, he would not 'pe able to take part in any discus- sion of any kind of flag for the public schools of the city, since that would involve the use of public school funds to which separate school supporters do not contribute directly. Because Uf its implications, the proposal was somewhat premature and incomplete. » There is another local aspect of this flag situation which is in- teresting. In the past, the two local chapters of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire "have ' presented a flag -- the Union Jack, of course -- to every school as it has been built. The charter of the IODE states that its official flag is the Union Jack. With the new flag likely to be adopted, the ques- tion is bound to arise as to whether this organization should present one of these té each of the city schools. This poses quite a question, since the IODE has officially on a national level stood out against the new flag. Under these circumstances, we cannot conceive that the IODE chapters would be interested in presenting the maple leaf flag to all the city schools, if for no other reason than that the cost would be beyond their available means. Meanwhile, they are waiting for guidance from their national headquarters on the subject. But it is a fairly safe gamble that if our schools are to fly the new Cana- dian flag, they will eventually have to be provided by the board of edu- cation, at the expense of the tax- payers. - African Map Confusion The map of Africa is changing shape and the nomenclature of its constituent countries also changing at such a rate these days that cartographers who produce atlases including that country are finding it almost impossible to keep pace with what is going on there. Since the end of the second world war, 38 countries, all former colonial territories, have won their inde- pendence. Boundary lines have been changed overnight. Former separ- ate countries have combined to form new states. From. the geographer's standpoint, the whole situation is in a shambles, because of the rapidity with which things are moving on the African con- tinent. : The situation has become even more confused because so many of the newly-emerged independent countries. have changed their names. Tanganyika has united with Zanzibar, and the new name of Tanzania came 'out of the union. Nyasaland, a former British pro- tectorate, on becoming indepen- dent, changed its name to Malawi. The former British Gold Coast is now known as Ghana. The French Sfidan has adopted the name of Mali. Northern Rhodesia has changed its name to Zambia, taking its new title from the river Zambezi. Even more confusing is the fact that the former Relgian Congo now calls itself the Republic of Congo, while the former French Congo has adopted the name of the Congo Republic. These are only a few of the changes that have caused trouble and despair to those who have the responsibility of drafting maps, and of teaching geography. Another instance of the anxiety . of Africans to divest themselves of English sounding names is. seen in the action of Dr. H. Kamuzu Bgnda, prime minister of the new state of Malawi. He has abruptly dropped his first Christian name of Has- tings, because of its British associa- tions. i Because of this symptom of the upsurge of African nationalism, the world atlas, at least so far as Africa is concerned, is getting into a hope- less mess. We have a great deal of sympathy for the students and ' teachers of today, who have to try to cope with such a rapidly chan- ging African world. Separate Ontario Flag Now that the Canadian House of Commons has adopted a new flag for the whole of Canada, it will be interesting to see if the Ontario government takes any steps towards the creation of a distinctive flag for the province, to be flown on all provincial buildings. There / would be nothing new or revolu- tionary in this, so far as Canadian provinces are concerned. Nova Scotia and British Columbia have long had their own provincial flags. Bye Ostaron Ties T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY: Editor Oshawa Times combi The Oshaw (eatoblished 1871) ond the itby Gazette Chronicle Brg soniye 1863} ia Times ond 863) is published daily y Dally Newspaper Publish- Canadian Press, Audit Bureou the Ontario Provincial Dailies Canadion Press is exclusively i news Members of ers Association. The "of Cireulatian and + Thomson Building, 425 University "toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, 1 P.O. Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmenville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Cer Bop, om, Hemet Ea ha 5 ton, Enniskillen, ale, Rogier, Blackstock ood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Cer ter Pontypool 'and 'Newcastle not over 50c per week By mail in Province of Ontario) putside corriers cones Co ate Al al coat o men: 00, CK0"tn "eon 3k USA, G Dreno, Laskord, Br 4 y The British Columbia flag flies proudly over the British Columbia House on Lower Regent street in London, England, instead of the Canadian red ensign which was flown at Canada House, only a block away on Trafalgar Square. Soskat- chewan this week adopted a separ- ate provincial flag. 'In Quebec, the fleur-de-lis flag is flown, not only on government buildings, but on business and in- dustrial. premises throughout the province. One can see it flying everywhere one looks in Montreal. There can be no question there of the popularity of the Quebec flag, which is distinctive to that pro- vince, When Premier John Robarts of Ontario was in London early last summer, he was questioned as to whether, in the event of a maple leaf flag design being chosen by Canada, Ontario would- create its own flag. His reply was that the matter would certainly be: given consideration, and he left no doubt in the minds of his. questioners that his own personal inclination would lie in the direction of having @ a@ separate Ontario flag. He was quick to point out that-other Cana- dian provinces had their own flags, and there was no. reason why On- tario should not have one. Four Nielsen XN Five Favreau, ' ' Six Diefs wedi El Seven NDPsLI_ On the Twelf th ap Discussions % Debates y LS At NV 7A Crediters Crediling } ey DisCrediting KY AVE PH 7 A 4 G7? Commissions Day £ Christmas All the Commons Accusing / Charges _ Fumbles A-Diefing NAY, Complainiag Demanding Re OTTAWA'S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS DIRECT COUNTY ELECTIONS Chairman Of ommittee Fights For-New Principle By GWYN KINSEY Special To The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- Hollis Beckett, chairman of the Legislature's select committee on municipal law, would like to see direct election of members ef-County and metropolitan councils. He'll fight strongly to have this recommendation in the committee's report now- being prepared for presentation at the forthcoming session of the Leg- islature. But he'll have to do a lot of convincing. -- most of the members of the committee find merit in the present system of representation on county and metropolitan councils, © which are composed of the senior @lected officials of the member municipalities. FULL TIME JOB i Mr. Beckett argues this way: The province should haye re- gional governments with more responsibilities than present county councils, but based largely on existing county boun- daries. Their functions could in- clude planning, assessing, health, policing, fire, water, taxation, transportation, recrea- tion and welfare. Under those circumstances, they will need full-time members elected in a representative way. The "super- county" would be divided into wards or boroughs for election purposes. The aim of direct election, of course, is to eliminate or at least lessen parochial thinking. Municipal: officials are elected on local not county issues and tend to carry the strictly local approach into county delibera- tions, COUNTIES' OPINION Opponents of the proposal ex- press much the same views as those given in a 1962 report of the executive committee of the Association of Ontario Counties: "The present system of repre- sentation of member municipal- ities on county council is soun One of its strengths is that everyone, on county council is, by virtue of holding the office of reeve or deputy reeve, a leader in his own community. The switch to direct election of county councillors by the muni- cipal electors would not of itself end any tendency to parochial TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 19, 1964... Adolf Hitler dismissed the commander of the German Army 23 years ago today-- in 1941--ousting Field Mar- shal Walthur Von Brauch- itsch, Hitler assumed the post two days later after Nazi forcts suffered set- backs in the Caucasus and- failed in an assault on Mos- _ cow, denying Hitler's prom- ise of a "gigantic opera- tion" that would smash the Soviets. His decision was also announced as a morale boost to the German. people on the entry of the U.S. into the Second World War, 1793 -- Napoleon's forces recaptured the port of Tou- lon 1949--Canada, Britain and the U.S. agreed on stand- ardization of military arms and fighting methods. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--German positions be- tween Nieuport and Middel- kerke on the Belgian coast were shelled by British war- ships; the kings of Sweden, Norway and Denmark met at Malmo, Sweden, and took steps to maintain their countries' neutrality. thinking on the part of the can- didates. Elections would be on a district or ward basis and the man who was more concerned about his re-election than about the broader well-being of the en- tire county would continue to think in terms of his own elec- tors. Such a system of 'direct election to county council also could result in sending people to county council who. had had no experience in town or town- ship govérnment. It is impor- tant to maintain a strong link between municipal and county council." MR, BECKET™'S ANSWER Mr. Beckett's answer to that Ss: There is direct'election to pro- vincial and federal govern- ments, and provincially at least, the "reformed" county could cover a larger and possibly more complex area than a con- stituency. The member of the provincial parliament is expect- ed to think in provincial rather than parochial terms, and is not required, to serve a municipal apprenticeship. Moreover, the dutiés of a member of a super- county council could well be heavy enough to make it an ex- clusive job; too heavy to permit reeves and deputy reeves to give proper attention to their county duties as wel! as their local responsibilities. LONG ARGUMENT County codncil representation has been argued for about 80 years. County councils were original- ly composed of reeves and deputy reeves for each 500 voters in a local municipality. This system became so unwieldy it collapsed. In 1896 the Legislature insti- tuted a new system, the basic purpose of which was to make every member representative of the whole county. The size of county councils was reduced by changing the basis of represen- ian from local municipalities to districts. A commission. com- po; of county judges laid out the districts,' the number of which was decided by size, pop- ulation and assessment. Two members elected from each dis- trict for two years formed the county board. HISTORY Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--the German liner Columbus scuttled it- self off the U.S. coast and the ship's 579 survivors were taken aboard the U.S. cruiser' Tuscaloosa; Argen- tina interned 1,039 survivors from the German battleship Graf Spee; Russian bomb- ers raided Helsinki while the Finns reported they had sunk a Russian battleship. Dec. 20, 1964... First World War _ _.Fifty years ago today--in 1914--the Battle of Cham- pagne began; Allied armies warded off desperate Ger- . man attacks near St. Hu- bert, Belgium; Germans captured Lowicz in Poiand; in Galicia an Austrian divi- sion was reported routed at Dukla. Pass. Second Worlde¢War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--Captain Hans Langsdorff of the scuttled German battleship Graf Spee committed suicide; Romania announced its shipments of oil to Ger- many would be doubled; the Finns repulsed a fierce Russian drive on the Karel- fan isthmus, It worked well enough, but it was doomed because it made a reeveship seem like pretty small potatoes, Local politicians kept hacking away at it, until 1903, when an optional system was provided. The option provided that a majority of the local councils in a county could decide to abol- ish the districts and form county councils composed of reeves and mayors with voting power on financial questions in proportion to equalized assessment of the municipality represented, Before 'any action could be taken on this proposal, the pro- vincial government changed. The new government finally tossed out the districts and in 1907, restored the original sys- tem of councils composed of reeves and deputy reeves, STILL IN EFFECT . That system is, in all but a few details, still in effect. Every unseparated township, village and town is entitled to a reeve where it has less than 1,001 municipal electors. If it has over 1,000 such electors, it is entitled to a deputy reeve. The reeve of a municipality of more than 2,000 and not more than 3,000 has an additional vote in county council. Where the municipality has more than 3,-: 000 municipal electors the reeve and deputy reeve each has an additional vote, 2 Private bills on behalf of some counties and townships have changed the voting weight to give urban areas more say in county matters, York and North York townships obtained special acts granting them the right to have a reeve and up to four deputy-reeves. In similar fash- ion urban areas in Hafton have been given more _ voting strength, to prevent their sep- aration from the county. A pri- vate bill for Peel will be pre- sented at the next session of the Legislature, and one is being studied for Ontario county. These expedients have not silenced the complaints of urban municipalities about county rep- resentation, however. For ex- ample, Oakville's Mayor Allan Masson was recently quoted as saying: 'What we are concerned with more partitularly is a more representative form of govern- ment, Our 'beef' at the present time is the high proportion of contributions that Oakville and Burlington are making to the county without proportional rep- resentation. Together we have only nine votes out of 17, yet we pay 83 per cent of the con- tributions." Supporters of the present sys- tem claim that nine votes out of 17 give the urban municipal- ities an edge. POINTED PARAGRAPHS . I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education -- Wilson Mizner, The federal government con- tinues to offer us more pie in "the sky, when what we want is less taxes on_ earth St. Catharines Standard, Debts often come from spend- ing what you lead your friends to believe you earn -- Kitch- ener Waterloo Record. People with common = s-nse are usually those who think as. you do, but unfortunately they eeem to be few and far between. wisposition you Salisbury Plains Of 1914-1915 Recalled By M. McINTYRE HOOD There may not be-many of the Old Originals left of the First Contingent of the Canadian Ex- peditionary Force which left Canada 50 years ago to take 'part in the first world war. Al- most exactly 50 years ago now, that great armada of vessels which sailed from Gaspe for England, carrying 30,000 men to the training areas there, was arriving at Plymouth, and the trains were carrying the troops with all their impedimenta of war to the camp on Salisbury Plains for which they were destined. Included in that party was a company from Oshawa's On- tario Regiment, which formed part of the 2nd Central Ontario Battalion in the First Brigade. There were also other Oshawa men to be found in various other units, some who had en- listed in the artillery and other services. I wonder how many of these "Old Originals of the Red . Patch Division" are still with us. Their numbers must be very few, The hard battles of the war took a terrible toll of that first Canadian division, which had its vicidbus baptism of fire in the first gas attacks by the Germans on April 22, 1915, And of those who did survive to come back the onset of years has slowly but surely reduced their ranks, Only a small minority, of . those who left Oshawa in the fall of 1914 still live to remember these bygone days. SALISBURY PLAINS Those who are left, however, will remember that first winter which they spent on Salisbury Plains. Those who were fortu- nate enough to obtain leave either for Christmas or for the New Year holiday season, will recall the relief with which they left Salisbury Plains behind and scattered to other parts of Brit- ain, some to visit relatives and friends, others to seek the di- versions of old London and oth- er British cities so as to forget temporarily the dreary condi- tions of their Salisbury Plains camps. : Those who are left will never forget the misery and discom- fort of the months which they spent on the famous Plains. Some were at Bustard Camp, others,at Lakrhall and Tilshead and other camp areas. But wherever they were,' they all had the same kind of ex- periences. ATROCIOUS WEATHER Salisbury Plains military training grounds of the 1914 vin- tage were quite different from those which the troops knew' in the second world war, There were no buildings to house the troops then. The whole division had to live in tents throughout one of the most severe and wet of British winters. Snow at times came up tathe top of the flies of their tents. And when the thaw came, bringing, with it rain and more rain, the whole of the camp and training area became a morass from which there was no escape. The tents were never dry. To leave them was to step into deep mud to the ankles. Training became al- most an impossibility as the troops ploughed their way through the mud-covered fields and on the slippery and chalky hillsides. GALLUP POLL OF If ever men were given a severe test of human endur- ance, it was these men of the "Old Originals" of Canada's first division. Influenza and bronchitis became rampant. Cases of meningitis broke out in some units, and isolation camps had to be set up. The medical staffs were kept busy njght and day providing relief for chest conditions induced by the condi- tions to which Canadians were we unaccustomed. e little that could be done About WeNThe British gov- ernment had been caught en- tirely unprepared for war on a large scale, and it was working night and day trying to provide quarters for Kitchener's army-- the famous first 100,000, So the Canadians on Salisbury Plains were left to their own resources, and had to make the best of the conditions they faced, One thing the old-timers can recall is the magnificent re- sponse made by the women of Canada to the appeal for more and more socks for the soldiers. Men went out with dry feet for their morning training, but be- fore the day was far advanced, their feet were soaking wet, socks and all. There had to be enough socks to enable them to have a clean, dry pair to put on every day. Sometimes they had to be changed twice a day. And it was from the knitting women of Canada, producing socks in tens of thousands of pairs, that these much - valued comforts came, LONG WINTER his did ¢not last for just a short~period. England in the winter of 1914-1915 had along, dreary spell of cold and rainy weather, So the amazing -thing about it all was that in spite of the conditions under which they lived and trained for battle, the Canadian troops maintained a high state of morale and esprit de corps. The weather was beginning to dry up and warm up when King George V and Minister of War Earl Kitchener came to Salis- bury Plains to review the divi- sion before it embarked for France. The men cleaned and polished up for the occasion. There was enough dry ground on which the whole division could appear on parade before His Majesty. It was a stirring sight to see that division of Ca- nadians, smart, soldierly in bearing and fit, hard as nails after their rugged winter, march past their King as he took their salute. Soon after, they . left for' France and entered the trenches on the borders of France and Belgium. There, they found that what they had undergone during that_stark winter at Salisbury Plains was a splendid prepara- tion for the life of the trenches, as they were well inured to the hardships which still lay ahead. Now, in December, 1964, those who are still left can look back to these "bad old days"' on Salis- bury Plains, and can-even have some nostalgic memories of the time they spent there and the comrades with whom these days were shared..We wonder how many of them are left in Osh- awa. I would be delighted to hear from any of them, and par- ticularly to have their recollec- tions of that bitter winter of 1914-1915. CANADA Public Condemns Work Done By Parliament -- By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) As Parliament comes to a close, after the longest session in Canadian history, Gallup Poll' 'interviewers set out to survey public opinion on how good a job was done in this 26th Parliament. or only fair rating to the politicians. named it a good job done. More than seven-in-ten people gave a poor Less than two-in-ten Most criticism of the work done this year in Parliament comes from the prairie provinces and British Columbia. " Fifty-four percent of the voters in Western Canada say the M.P.'s have done a poor job. The question: "AS YOU KNOW, PARLIAMENT IN OTTAWA HAS BEEN MEETING SINCE EARLY THIS YEAR. IN YOUR OPIN- 1ON HAS THIS SESSION OF PARLIAMENT DONE A GOOD JOB, OR A POOR JOB IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNTRY?" TOTAL 16% 29 a 10. Good job Fair job Poor job Undecided = ( "00% . 100% West 16% East Ontario 16% 25 24 50 54 9 6 "100% 100% Those who think a poor4ob (45%) has been done in the 26th Parliament were asked to explain why they thought that way. Nearly six-in-ten said too much time and money and argument was spent on the flag debate, More than two-in- ten said the politicians had spent too much time playing politics and had not accomplished anything. BIBLE THOUGHT "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not p¢rish, but have everlasting life." John 3: 16. God in Heaven has given His Son for sinners on earth. What reasonable person ¢an_ reject such love and concern? Your future is dependent on what make of the Father's love and Son's sacri- fice, OPINIONS _ OF OTHERS - BROADCASTING CRITICISM. The CBC. has mony weak- nesses.. It deserves' reasoned criticism, and. .occasionally harsh criticism. It also tries -very hard to encourage Cana- dian drama, music and de- bate of public issues. It pro- duces a few superb programs, many good tries and many flops. But at least it strives for excellence, within the rather contradictory terms of ref: erence which require it both to provide a public service and to make as much money as it can. The private stations hardly make an effort. They get more dollars by jamming maxi- mum pe ible number of commercials between reels of an old movie than from the costly and difficult business of pro- ducing original programs. (Ottawa Citizen) ~.BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1939 Aldermen $. R. Alger, Ernie Cay, W. H. Gifford and R. D. pica ty announced = they would seek re-glection to the 1940 city ee Dr, 3B. A. Brown announced his intention of. running for alderman. He had served for several years on the Board of Education. The St. George's Anglican Boys' Choir, under the direction of Matthew Gouldburn, present» ed a fine Christmas pageant. A bus service between Toron- to and Oshawa was inaugurated by the Toronto Transportation Commission. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1924 T. B. Mitchell officiated as chairman at the civic banquet. Officials who attended were, R. H. James, city assessor; A. E. Ford, tax collector; W. C. Smith, city engineer; Major Hind, city magistrate; P. A. Blackburn, treasurer; E. Col- vin, city foreman; D. A. Hub- bell, sanitary inspector; H. S. 'Smith, chairman of the Board of Education and Chief of Police, 0. D. Friend. Oshawa General Hospital an- founced, plans for the building of a new maternity wing. City Couricil voted a sum o} $50,000 to be used to provide re lief work for unemployed men, MAC'S MUSINGS It.is now quite normal For retail merchants to Look on the Christmas Season as the busiest time Of the year, and to have To hire extra: help to -- Cope with the great rush Of Christmas buying which Is one of the adjuncts Of this.great festival, But one thing which is Quite out of keeping With the true meaning of The Christmas season is The great rush of ouyers To the liquor stores, and The mass purchase of the Alcoholic beverages without. Which so many people seem To be quite incapable of Celebrating Christmas. Since Christmas is' truly A religious festival, to Mark the anniversary of The birth of Christ from Whom came the whole of The Christian religion, It seems more than strange That so many people feel It is necessary that it Should be celebrated by An orgy of drinking of Intoxicating liquors. As one note the crowds Which jam liquor stores In the days preceding the 5 Christmas holiday, one Cannot help feeling that Too many people think in Terms of eating and drinking When they think of the Christmas celebration, and Forget its real meaning. .. If all the money wasted On intoxicating liquors At Christmas time could Be diverted to making it A time of happiness for Those in poor circumstances, Or the sick children or Elderly people, there would Be more real joy in the Observance of the season In a Christian spirit, --Dec. 19, 1064 PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES OSHAWA SHOPPI @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Burt R. Waters, C.A. Robert F. Lightfoot, C.A Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., REA, Monteith, Riehl, Waters & Co. Me Chartered Accountants steal Gordon W., Riehl, C.A., R.A. Whitby 668-4131 PARTNERS: < 4. Brock Monteith, B. Comm., C.A. es Hon. J. W. Monteith, F.C.A., M.P.George E. Trethewey, C.A. Burt R. 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