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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario -- T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1965--PAGE 4 Queen's Counsel Title Becoming Empty Honor In the Ontario government's New Year's honors list, 107 lawyers of this province were raised to the dignity of Queen's Counsel. Of these, 53 were lawyers practising in the city of Toronto. With additions of this magnit- ude coming every year to the roll of Queen's Counsels, the time is not far distant when the honor will cease to have very much meaning. As one lawyer remarks after the 1965 list was issued, it will soon be a greater mark of distinction not to be a QC than to be one. To a very large extent, although not entirely, the granting of the rank and title of Queen's counsel is one means of exercising political patronage, of rewarding the party faithful in the various constitu- encies for their assistance in politi- cal organizations and _ elections. There are a few exceptions, cases in which, for instance, a Conser- vatives attorney-genéral might con- fer silk on a Liberal lawyer, and vice-versa. But for the most part, the appointments are made be- cause of the pressures exerted upon the attorney-general by the legis- lature members of his own party. We can recall the furore that arose among Liberal members of the legislature in 1939 when the 'Hon. G. D. Conant of Oshawa, then attorney-general, shocked his Liberal colleagues by intimating that there would be no list of new King's Counsels that year. His view was that there were already too many of them in Ontario, and that to add more would detract from the. value of the honor. He won his point _ that year, and while in his succeed- ing years in office he did make some appointments, they were held down to a bare minimum, far below 'the figure for the 1965 list. At that time, we believed that Mr. Conant's judgment on that point was sound, and we still be- lieve so, But so long as members of the legislature keep on pressing the claims of their political aides in the legal profession, this farce of issuing 100 or more new QC patents each New Year's day will continue. Juvenile Delinquency In reading the many statements and deep pronouncements on the subject of juvenile delinquency, one cannot help coming to the conclu- sion that there are many people who hold. the opinion that this is some- thing new, something which has only come into being with the pre- sent generation of young people. That is definitely not so. As far back as we can remember, the subject of youthful delinquents and teenage misdemeanors has been with us. It was prominent in the city of Osh- awa in the early 1930s, when the Rev. S. C. Jarrett was appointed as the judge of Oshawa's first juvenile court. The. question was raised in a Rotary Club speech the other day by Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, who referred to juvenile delinquency as a critical social disease, and said that effective steps must be taken to stop its growth. This statement savas almost exactly the same as those which were made between 30 -and 35 years ago, at the time the first juvenile court was set up in this city. "Sally Ann" In this year of 1965 one of the world's great Christian and human- itarian organizations, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It was in 1865, in the east of London, one of the city's poorest. areas, that Wil- liam Booth began his mission of salvation of the down and outs, a mmission which has, in the interven- ing years, become The Salvation Army and has spread into 86 coun- tries of the world, to become a great evangelizing force for good. The Salvation Army is not pin- ning its centennial observance to any particular date in the year. It plans to hold a whole year of ob- servance, dedicated to the expan- sion of its work. In Canada, the centenary year was launched at a great watchnight service in Massey Hall, Toronto, on New Year's Eve. The celebration will go on in the The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times established 1871) ond the Whitby Gozette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundeys end Statutory. holideys excepted). Members of Canadion Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadion 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 ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Onterio; 640 Cothcort Street, Montreal, P.O. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by cerriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Meple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drono, Laskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, bus, Greenwood, Kirsole, Ragian, Blockstock, Manchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 50c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries. 15.00, U.S.A. end foreign 24.00. As steps towards correcting this so-called social disease, Mr. Affleck said that teachers and law enforce- ment officers should be encouraged and supported in meting out more severe punishment to chronic young offenders of the truculent type. That might have some effect in these extreme cases, but it does not hit at the root of the problem. It used to be said, and it is still true, that there are no deliquent children, only deliquent parents. That places the primary respon- sibility where it properly belongs, on the homes and the parents. It is their duty, and a sacred one, so to guide the footsteps and the thoughts of their children so that they will not become delinquents. Where that duty is neglected, whether it be in a poor home, or in a home where the children are surrounded by all the signs of affluence, there is a breeding ground for delinquency. If the home fails, then it is almost beyond the powers of teachers and law enforcement officers to make up for this deficiency. Centenary form of a program of expansion in which the Salvation Army plans to add 100 new corps and outposts to the 400 already in existence in Canada. The Salvation Army holds a high place amongst the social organiza- tions in Canada and throughout the world, in addition to its work as a Christian church, which indeed it is. Its care for the needy and the outcasts, its institutions for wel- fare work, in which care for the body and mind are closely linked with its concerns for the spiritual "welfare and souls of those coming within the scope of its activities, have given it a place all by itself in the countries where it is estab- lished, In wartime, its care for the wel- fare of the troops in the field and in training earned for it the grate- ful thanks, and the devotion, of Canadians in uniform in all of the services, Affectionately known to them as the "Sally Ann"; it played a notable part in the welfare work in the forces in two world wars, and is still doing so with the Canadian Army Brigade in Europe. Other Editors' Views CLEVER DOGS (Peterborough Examiner) -- There is a belief that, be- cause cats and dogs can find their way to old haunts after their owners have moved: to new ones, they are particularly clever. What nonsense If they could show the movers the way to the new house -- that would be clever, * 'THE OLD CHIEFTAIN'-- The 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A, Macdon- ald will be celebrated Jan. 11 in Kingston, Ont., the city in which his family settled after immigrating from Scotland in 1820. A combined civic. and state banquet will honor the memory of the architect of 150TH ANNIVERSARY Confederation who became the Dominion of Canada's first prime minister. --(CP Photo) Sir John A. Macdonald Architect Of Canada This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime min- ister. The political career of the Old Chieftain is traced in this story by a Canadian Press reporter. By JAMES NELSON OTTAWA (CP)--One hundred years ago, when John A. Mac- donald was approaching the height of his achievement, he was also nearing the depths of concern over the founding of the new federal state--Canada, In his 50th year, at con- vivial conferences in Charlotte- town and at hard bargaining sessions in Quebec, he had ham- mered out the framework of a new nation. i In his 51st year, some of the parts of the new country started to fall off before the cement was set. But despite the difficulties his place in history was assured. For in his lifetime, and on the foundation he had been instru- mental in building, the young state was to spread over half a continent. The birth 150 years ago of Canada's chief architect and first: prime minister is to be celebrated Jan. 11 in Kingston, Ont., at a combined civic and state banquet. It will bring together today's leaders of the diverse political and racial elements of Canada to honor the man who brought their predecessors together in Confederation in 1867. FORCEFUL MOTHER John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Jan. 11, 1815, of a family of Sutherlandshire croft- ers thrown off the land by the Highland clearances. When the boy was five the family emi- grated. Arriving by ship at Montreal, they took three weeks to make the trip of less than 200 miles to Kingston, such were the conditions of Canada in 1820. They settled in what was al- ready a thriving community, at times the capital of the colony, comparatively rich for the day in cultural activities. The young Macdonald's schooling was meagre, not be- yond fifth grade, But he be- F COMMEMORATES BIRTH- DAY--On January 11, 1965, this plaque, commemorating Sir John A, Macdonald, Can- ada's first prime , minister, wil be unveiled in Ramshorn Presbyterian Church, Glas gow, Scotland. The marker ig came an omnivorous reader of history and biography. He ap- prenticed in law, and estab- lished a practice in Kingston where he also made his first foray into politics as an alder- man. STRONG BRITISH TIES The war of 1812-14 with the United States was still vividly remembered. Kingston was principally a transportation hub for Canadians moving east and west, and a garrison town. The British tie was a real thing, and the British way of life-- including its way of government --something to be copied in North America. The Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, led by Willi Lyon Mackenzie against the Family Compact government of the day, occurred when Macdonald was 22. He took up a rifle and trained with the Kingston gar- rison, There was more to him than the gay young man-about- town, already too familiar with saloon life. Seven years after the rebel- lion he was first elected to the legislature for the city of King- ston, and three years later taken into the cabinet as re- ceiver - general. The rebellion had repercussions on his po- litical life. While in Opposition between 1848 and 1854, Macdonaid strengthened his advocacy of the British tie, which was crystalized in his last election campaign nearly 50 years later with the words 'A British sub- ject I was born; a British subject I will die." UNION WAS WEAK Back in office in 1854, as attorney - general for Canada West, Macdonald was the leader of conservative forces in what now is Ontario, When the vet- eran leader of conservative forces in what today is Quebec, Col: E, P. Tache, retired in 1857 Macdonald became what in fact was prime minister of the united Canadas though his offi- cial office continued to be that of attorney - general Canada West. The 1840 union of Upper and Lower Canada wasn't working out. The need to carry a ma- jority of MLAs from both, but unequal, halves of the country provided by Ontafio's Depart- ment of Tourism and Informa- tion, acting on the recommen- dation of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. Appearing in the pic- ture, left to right, are: the Honorable James A. C. Auld, proved impractical both politi- cally and in law. In addition to. seeing a suc- cession of governments formed, defeated, re-formed and defeat- ed again, Macdonald had bitter and deep-seated opposition in the loudest voice of the Reform movement, George Brown, pub- lisher of the Toronto Globe. The year 1864, the centennial of which has just closed, was the year of great concessions and change, and the year that saw the basis laid for what Canada is today. BURIED RIVALRIES Brown and Macdonald, through intermediaries, agreed to meet and to bury their rival- ries in an attempt to overcome the stalemate in -government processes. They also agreed to seek a wider union of all the British colonies in North Amer- ica--Upper and Lower Canada with Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, though the latter colony was little thought of in the process. Brown and Macdonald, and other delegates from Upper and Lower Canada, went to Char- lottetown in September, 1864, to meet the leaders of the three Maritime provinces who had gathered, reluctantly, to discuss a Maritime union. With eloquent speeches, quan- tities of good food and a copious supply of wines and liquors, the Charlottetown conference de- cided to set aside the idea of Maritime union while exploring the wider union of all British North America. The conference adjourned to Quebec. There, on Oct. 10, 1864, the fathers of Confederation. met and agreed to the first of the 72 Quebec Resolutions: "The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be pro- moted by a Federal Union un- der the Crown of Great Britain provided such a union can be effected on principles just to the several Provinces." P.E.I. STAYED OUT In that resolution, with its important proviso, the bargain was sealed. But it soon became unstuck in several of its parts. Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick voted themselves out, and Minister of the! Department of Tourism and Information; the Honorable John P. Rob- arts, QC, Prime Minister of Ontario; and Mr. W. H. Crans- ton, Co-Chairman of the Arch- aeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario, OTTAWA REPORT Dangers In Use Of Drugs Small By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--I have described in "some detail the working of a committee of the House of Commons, illustrating this by discussing the special commit- tee on food and drugs. A small, conscientious group of MPs, representing all par- ties, arranged 18 public meet- ings and 6 other meetings, either in camera or to visit pharmaceutical research and manufacturing premises; their resultant report and trecom- mendations made a_ valuable contribution to our national health. Yet their work was largely overlooked by the pub- lic, during a session when news- paper headlines properly lam- basted those fields in which the House misconducted the na- tion's business, Some of the 24 MPs on the committee were lax in their at- tendance. But as usually hap- pens, a small core of regular attenders showed close interest in the subject, and developed their enquiry in a brisk en- lightened manner, entirely free from partisan bickering, and proving the value of the pos- sible three - way collaboration between Parliament, the ?ivil service and industry. DOCTORS PROMINENT As one would expect with a study concentrated on the new miracle drugs, the medical doc- tors on the committee were the workhorses: Its chairman, Dr, Harry Harley, and Drs. P. B. Rynard, Guy Marcoux, W. D. Howe, ©, J. M.. Willoughby, and Eloise Jones. The meetings also saw the emergence of a layman, the newly-elected MP Bryce Mackasey, as a shrewd questioner who, thorough in his homework, was able to steer a witness to the crux of amy sig- nificant subject. A theme running through the proceedings was a_ warning against the danger of buying seemingly cheap drugs. A sen- ior official of the department of health stressed the advisa- bility of buying only the prod- ucts of well-known manufactur- ers; similarly the American Medical Association has re- cently urged doctors to use brand names rather than gen- eric names when writing a pre- scription. A brand name is the hallmark of a manufacturer with a high reputation, whereas the generic name is just the scientific description of a drug, often with the implication of manufacture by a less well known company, or even of importation from a country less careful than Canada, Dr. Rynard described to the committee how one provincial government bought generic drugs for use in. hospitals. back in again. Prince Edward Island stayed out until 1873. Newfoundland did not throw in its lot until 1949. Adoption of the Quebec Reso- lutions is regarded by historians as the high-water mark in Mac- donald's life and achievements. Prof. Donald Creighton, author of a two-volume biography of Macdonald, has said _ that among all the politicians and statesmen of that day, Macon- ald alone could have got that resolution through the confer- ence. When the Quebec Resolutions were written into the British North America Act in London in 1866, and enacted by the Brit- ish Parliament in 1867, Macdon- ald became prime minister of the new Dominion of Canada-- a dominion which he wanted to call a kingdom. Putting together a country as well as a government was a long process in which Dominion Day, July 1, 1867, was merely a ceremonial occasion. PROMISED RAILWAY Manitoba was carved out of the northwest in 1870. British Columbia joined the new Do- minion in 1871 on a promise that Canada would build a rail- way across the continent. It was the financing of the railway--and of the Conserva- tive, party--that brought about the resignation of Macdonald's government in 1873, and brought the Liberals to power for the first time under the stonemason premier, Alexander Mackenzie. Defeated at the polls and dis- credited by scandal in which he personally and the Conservative party were involved, Macdonald set out to rebuild the party. and the leader--something done by only one other prime minister of Canada, W. L. Mackenzie King. Macdonald's vision of an in- dependent, viable nation found its way into the National Pol- icy, which he preached as the country's only salvation while the Liberals preached free trade. The protection of Cana- dian industry by tariffs was its core. And Macdonald won a sweeping victory in 1878. Work was started again two years later on the railway to the Pacific, and completed in 1885. This, according to Macdon- ald's biographers, he himself counted his greatest achieve- ment. 'MYTH MAKER' When he returned to office at the age of 68, Macdonald was, as Prof. Creighton titled his second volume, The Old Chief- tain. In 1891, in his last election campaign and the one that brought on the stroke which ended his life, the Conservative slogan was 'The Old Man, the Old Flag, and the Old Policy." "Their saving amounted to about $500,000; yet when they found that several of these drugs did not come up to scratch, they had to set up a laboratory costing $12,000,000 to check them." Of Canada's estimated 485 drug manufacturing companies, 55 are members of the Cana- dian Pharmaceutical Manufac- turers Association. The com- mittee heard of the high stand- ards which it'enforces on its members; it was also told that 85 per cent of the drugs mark- eted in Canada come from those 55 member-companies, DANGERS SMALL The committee had its origin in the tragedies of pre-natal malformations caused by the use of the tranquillizer thalido- mide. So the committee of course wished to satisfy itself that everything possible at the government level is being done or will be done to prevent a repetition. It examined the in- increasingly stringent regula- tions imposed of new drugs; it made further recommendations; and it welcomed the formation by the department of health of a creasedly stringent regulations imposed of new drugs; it made further recommendations: and it welcomed the formation by the department of health of a nation-wide committee to co- ordinate and disseminate infor- mation about adverse reactions to drugs. In conclusion, the committee reported: 'The dangers from the use of drugs are small in proportion to their value. One must balance the potential harmful effects of any medica- tion against its value in reliev- ing pain and suffering from dis- ease and preventing death, In a severe iliness a doctor may have to use a very dangerous drug for treatment, but does so in the knowledge that without it the patient may succumb." OPINIONS OF OTHERS CANADA'S EXAMPLE It has taken the United States Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Udall, to tell Canadians what 'ay. Mr. Udall says that it is an example of the sort of road-building the United States needs to do but has not done yet. Not only is the Trans - Canada Highway the world's longest paved road, but it has been built with an eye to making the most of the scenery and the amenities -- not just as the straightest line between points. Mr. Udall described how 2,000 men went to work north of Lake Superior, tormented by flies and mosquitoes. One section of the road, representing a whole day's work, sank down in the muskeg overnight and disappeared. In places the muskeg had to be filled to-a depth of 90 feet. In other places whole granite ledges had to be. blasted out. Twenty-five bridges had to be built. It is a tremendous story. The American Secretary of the In- terior calls it "a classic chap- ter in the road construction in- dustry". --(Montreal Gazette) CORRECT TERM bureaucracy grows and expands, there is a_ growing danger of the individual citi- zen becoming only a_ cipher. This is illustrated by an English- man who complained to the editor of The Times of London about what he calls the too-glib phrase 'easing redundant farm- ers off the land". The letter writer suggests that when a gov- ernment department thinks of easing farmers off the land, more appropriate terms would be "eviction", "'ejection", or even "extirpation", In fact, he suggests, "liquidation" would not be too strong a term, The letter writer, of course is think- ing in human terms. To him, redundant farmers are farmers. To the bureaucrat, they are simply redundant. --(Windsor Star) As TODAY IN HISTORY Ry THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 8, 1965... The French explorer La- Salle, then aged 36, reached Niagara Falls, 286 years ago today--in 1679 -- in one of several unsuccessful at- tempts to search for the mouth of the Mississippi River. Five years later he was murdered by mutinous colonists during an overland search for the river's mouth. Less than 200 years later, on the same day as LaSalle's original discovery of the Falls, the first sus- pension bridge over the Ni- agara gorge was. opened to traffic. 1916--British forces evacu- ated Gallipoli during the First World War. 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued his famous 14 points for peace, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- British and French MAC'S MUSINGS There are two kinds of Workmen in the world, Who are unhappy as they Perform their daily duties, And by workers we mean Everyone from the heads Of large corporations, And leaders in business As well as those who toil With their hands or are Engaged in manual labor In our factories. Those who are unhappy In their daily work Are first of all those Who have jobs which Wholly satisfy their urge For creative activity And satisfying labor, But who finds the rewards Of their daily tasks Are insufficient to provide The standard of living Or the social amenities Which their hearts crave. Then there are those who, While finding the monetary Rewards of their labor Quite satisfactory, feel Fenced in by their jobs And that their talents Are not being used To the best advantage. Everyone wants to be happy in the daily work which Provides a livelihood, And in our experience, Those who find it are Those who find so much Pleasure in their work That it ceases to be Daily toil, but becomes Something to which they Look forward eager! With every passing day, The greatest rewards Of honest toilers are not Those that are financial, But rather the great joy And happiness that come From doing the work That one loves to do, And doing it well. January 8, 1965 PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES forces made advances against German troops un- der Gen. von Kluk and the Battle of Soissons began; Austrians admitted Russian successes in Bukowina. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- thousands of Russians were reported to have been killed by advane- ing Finnish troops along the centre of the front; foreign ministers of Italy and Hun- gary were said to have agreed on a defensive al- liance in case of attack by Russia or Germany. ' BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 8, 1945 E. A. Lovell was elected as chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education. A member of the board since 1923, he served ag its chairman in 1933 and 1934. Members of the 1945 Oshawa City Council and, civic officials at the inaugural meeting were, Mayor W. H. Gifford, Aldermen F. M. Dafoe, James Haxton, H. 0. Perry, Clifford Harman, E. E. Bathe, Rae Halliday, Mi- chael Starr, W. J. Lock, F. N. McCallum, A, J. Turner, Chief of Police 0. D. Friend, City Treasurer Peter Blackburn, City Clerk F. E. Hare, Tax Collec- tor A. N, Sharp, City Assessor Cyril G. Luke, Fire Chief W. R. Elliott and City Engineer 0. .G. Miller. Announcement was made that Flying Officer Robert T. Hea- slip, RR 1, North Oshawa, was awarded the Air Force Cross. 35 YEARS AGO Jan. 8, 1930 Oshawa citizens defeated two bylaws at the polis. The first was a proposal to erect a new police station on Prince street at a cost of $50,000 and the sec- ond was to provide salaries for the aldermen. The Oshawa Board of Educa- tion for 1930 consisted of G, C, Alchin, A. F. Annis, J. C. An- derson, A, W. Bell, Dr; B. A. Brown, Dr. F. J, Donevan, E. A. Lavell, Ross McKinnon, E. R, Vickery and Rev. Father Bench, John Ross was elected reeve of East Whitby Township by defeating Warren Dearborn. Ev- . erett Warne, Maurice Hart and George L. Scott were elected to council. W. A. Lavis was re- elected Deputy-reeve. RELAX with a nightcap JORDAN BRANVIN Sherry CHILL IF DESIRED free home delivery phone Jordan Wines