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| She Oshavon Times ; * : Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1965--PAGE 6 Oshawa Sets Building Record In Past Year Oshawa's record of building dur- ing the year 1964 provides solid proof of the expanding economy of 'the city. Building permits issued during the year reached the amaz- 'ing total of $28,807,826, an in- crease of 25 per cent over the previous highest record, which was tset in the previous year. = An analysis of the permits issued Sin 1964 shows that the growth of SOshawa is taking place in a very tdesirable balanced fashion. Indus- Strial permits had a total value of $10,104,203. In the commercial field "were permits valued at $1,537,275. Residential construction permits 'reached a total of $17,182,701. In * the last two years, permits issued *to General Motors alone for plant ' expansion have been valued at close ' to $16,000,000. This indicates that Oshawa has 'the very satisfactory record of 'having its residential building ex- pansion keeping pace with its in- dustrial and commercial growth. This not only provides that there will be housing accommodation for additions to its population, but that the healthy balance between residental, industrial and commere cial will be maintained, for the benefit of the taxpayers of the city. ' There is also the very satisfac- tory factor that this great volume of new building started in 1964 will, in due course, be reflected in increase in the city's total assess- ment, thus helping to make it pos- sible for the city council to budget for increased revenues without raising the tax rate. This 1964 record is one which has been of great benefit to the city, in that it has provided and will go on' providing abundant work for the local building industries. And there will be further benefits in the years ahead as the city's popula- tion continues to grow and its in- dustries to expand. Robarts Medical Plan Premier John. Robarts of Ontario 'has given a further explanation of his government's plan for medical care, a plan which we discussed in Zthis column a few days ago. What SMr. Robarts has now made quite clear is that the scheme on which "he proposes to introduce new legis- *iation is not a public health plan at ®ail. It is not a compulsory scheme, 'to which all residents of Ontario twill be called upon to contribute. "It is entirely a voluntary medical "care plan, and it will be operated, fas is now being done, by private in- "terests in the form of insurance "companies and other agencies. * 'The only thing that is new in =the government's medical care "«cheme is that subsidies will be "paid on behalf of those citizens who "are unable to meet the premiums "required for this type of medical * care insurance. That is all there is ito Premier Robarts' new scheme, so "that it is not in any sense an all- j inclusive, government sponsored medical care plan. There is one thing which can be said in favor of it. This provincial care plan will not in any way be a barrier to medical care legislation being passed by the federal govern- ment, and applied to the province of Ontario. Thus if the government at Ottawa in due course enacts legislation for a government-oper- ated compulsory scheme to cover all Canadians, the people of On- tario will not be excluded from it because of the Ontario legislation. It was wise of Premier Robarts to clear the air with regard to what his province proposes to do in the field of medical care for its people. This is has done, and in such a way as to remove any objections there may have been to his proposals on the ground that they might inter- fere with the implementing of a na- tional medical care plan by the federal government. 'Quebec Tory Ultimatum The 10 Conservative members of © parliament representing constitu- &encies in Quebec have placed their P party in a difficult and unenviable position. It was expected that as.a "result of their private caucus in "Montreal, three or four of them ™ would leave the party and sit in the = House as Independents. While that Swould have been unfortunate from =the Conservative standpoint, it fwould not have torn the party ® apart in the way in which the action Ztaken by the Quebec members 1s "likely to do. © These members have called upon the party's national executive to heall.a leadership convention before "the end of this year. This call has © asuumed the proportions of an ulti- "matum, because it demands that "some action be taken at once by # the national executive towards call- © ing such & convention, and that the * Quebec demands be answered before fthe session of parilament is re- = sumed on February 16. S = ; he Oshawa Times 5 T. L, WILSON, Publisher ' R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY. Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshowo Times e tencoished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette ond \ Chronicle established bP is esi daily Sunda' tatutor ys excepte 3 mb or Canada Oai p bar Flite » . The Canadian Press, Audit Bureeu " og Cittiction "ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies = Association. The Canad Press is f ly » entitled to the use of republication of all news . tched in the poper credited to it or to The ws Associated Press or Reuters, ond iso the focal & news published therein. All rights of special des- » potches ore also reserved. e Uttices: Thomson Building, 425° University # Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Catheort Street, # Montreal. P.O ' 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES iers in Oshowa, Whitby; Ajox, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince le Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, , Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Broughem, Burketon, Claremont, Kinsale, Raglon, Blockstock, ond Newcastle not over , Pontypool week. By mall in ane os ot oy ie * eutside corriers delivery orecs 12.00 per year. 4 Commonwealth Provinces Countries ~ USA. ond foreign 24,00. This is tantamount to holding a gun at the head of the party's na- tional Quebecers, that they are dissatisfied with the John Diefenbaker, and want to put it to the test at a convention. They g0 4 step further in fixing a deadline for an answer to their demand. No indication is given of what their attitude would be if the party executive refused to call a conven- tion. That point. has been left up in the air. But the inference is clear that there is a possibility that if the wishes of the Quebec group are not met by the date fixed, all 10 of them might leave their party and become independents. Whatever the ultimate outcome, the Quebec Conservatives have done their party a great disservice by the tenor and strategy of their ultimatum. It cannot be expected that the party executive will comply with their demand. That would mean an abject surrender to a group whose loyalty to the party is, to say the least, highly suspect. leadership of Other Editors' Views ' NEED QUIET PERIOD (Montreal Star) A-general election at this time would undo much of the good which has been done in recent , weeks. What is néeded is not the sharpened controversies of an election but a prolonged period of political quiet during which the mass of moderate and sensible pro- posals can be considered and diges- ted. An election would gain us. nothing in this respect. It would substitute party passions for reasoned debate, © executive. The recalcitrant. in effect, have stated ~ se pee ALL READY TO LEAD THE PARADE PRESS CENSORSHIP Africa's New Nations Have Strict Regulations By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Last of Two Articles) Ghana maintained its strin- gent, direct censorship over outgoing news. Radiophotos were added to the items ne-d- ing a censor's stamp. Sports writers covering the world featherweight title bout had to submit their copy to a censor at ringside. In Nigeria, the most populous country of Africa, there was no direct or indirect censorship. In Guinea correspondents say their mail is opened and dis- patches regarded as uncompli- mentary result in criticism from government officials Occasional difficulties arise in times of stress in The Congo, Stanleyville was barred to for- eign reporters immediately after the November U.S.-Bel- gian rescue mission, Three Brit- ish reporters were placed under house arrest when they arrived and were returned to Leopold- ville. Such French-speaking states as Congo Brazzaville, Dahomey, Cameroon, Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Togo claim to be free of censorship. But controls are imposed on communications in times of national upheaval. This may amount to censor- ship. ASIA Severe restrictions at the source impede the work of the few Western correspondents ad- mitted to China. There is no direct censorship over dis- patches filed out of Peking, but the correspondents are threat- ened with expulsion if they send dispatches displeasing to the government. The Chinese press and radio are under complete control. 7 Censorship is not applied to outgoing dispatches or newspa- pers on the Chinese Nationalist Island of Formosa, but news- papers observe certain recog- nized taboos, such as avoiding criticism of what is called the supreme goal of national policy --recovery of the mainland. Nationalist China remains barred from the International Press Institute for alleged lack of freedom of the press. In South Viet Nam, censor- ship of outgoing dispatches is occasionally imposed, or dis- patches. are delayed. Censur- ship at the source remained a problem in 1964, but even this slackened. Storiés by foreign correspond- ents remained untouched in Thailand and the new govern- ment permitted newspapers for the first time in five years to express opinions. Burma maintained its ban on stationing of Western newspaper men in the country. Local news- TODAY -IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 19, 1965... The American naval: offi- cer and explorer Lieutenant Charles Wilkes is believed to have been the first man to have sighted land on the Antarctic continent, 125 years ago today--in 1840. He was placed in charge of an expedition, authorized by Congress in 1836, and after exploration in. the South Seas, he sailed into the pack iceto the south and sighted land which now bears his name, but later surveys showed his positioning of the land was not accurate. 1942---The Canadian ship Lady Hawkins was sunk by German submarines in. the Atlantic with the loss of 250 lives 1943--The third daughter papers were fed from a single, government - controlled source, Stories filed by foreign corre- spondents visiting Burma were scrutinized carefully but not censored. Indonesia's foreign ministry press section maintained a close watch on stories about the coun- try printed abroad, but there was no direct censorship. Un- favorable accounts resulied sometimes in action against the correspondent. Cambodia maintained a cool attitude toward Western-- chiefly American -- correspond- ents, refusing to issue them visas except on occasions suit- able to the regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Malaysia does not impose censorship on either foreign or local newspaper men. There was no overt censorship in the Indian sub-continent. In most of -India, Pakistan and Ceylon news moved freely and officials were available to per- sistent reporters. Japanese officials are gener- ally willing to be interviewed by foreign correspondents, and there is no censorship of their copy. The domestic press is en- tirely free. Relations of the South Korean government with the local press remained cool at year's end. During eight weeks of martial law major newspapers in Seoul and the flow of news to provin- cial dailies were under strict prior censorship. Dispatches by foreign correspondents re- mained uncensored. MIDDLE EAST Censorship still plagues for- eign correspondents in many regions of the Middle East, varying from light to heavy. Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jor- dan and Lebanon are among the countries where restrictions of some kind are occasionally ap- plied, But the main chore of the correspondent is in dealing wit secrecy that surrounds govern- ments. Outgoing dispatches are not censored in the United Arab Re- public, but contacts with gov- ernment officials remain lim- ited. In Israel correspondents sub- mit dispatches for deletion of anything the censor might inter- pret as affecting military secur- ily The censorship 'picture im- proved considerably in 1964 in Turkey with the lifting of mar- tial law. Foreign correspond- ents send cables without censor- ship, LATIN AMERICA A touch of censorship was. ap- plied during the year in Brazil, which has a long tradition of no HISTORY was born to Dutch Crown Princess Juliana in an Ot- tawa hospital. First World War Fifty, years ago today--in 1915--the first German air raid over England took place and bombs were dropped on the King's es- tate at Sandringham; Ger- man troops arrived at Kielce, Poland, cutting off Russian communications, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- the Danish parliament declared its 'neutrality must be main- tained;"' Swedish volunteer pilots aided Finns against the Russians; Britain's big- gest air raid rehearsal of the war was staged; Canada's $200,000.000 war loan was oversubscribed 60 per cent when the books closed, censorship.. During the March 30-April 1 revolt outgoing dis- patches were read by military officials. Colombia exercises no direct censorship, but the government requires all foreign correspond- ents to obtain permission from the communications ministry before they can send cables at press rates. Pressure on news services to curb: news of terrorism and guerrillas continued in 1964 from Venezuela's de m 0 cratic but sometimes author itar- ian government. Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina were among the many Latin-American countries which impose no censorship on outgoing dispatches. In Cuba, Western correspond- ents noted a considerable eas- ing of restrictions during 1964, notably a cut in the delay in placing phone calls and move- ment of cable copy. POINTED PARAGRAPHS A newspaper headline says: "Most of Europe Clutched in Grip of Icy. Winter." That means the temperature must have gone down to about 30 de- grees -- ABOVE zero. . According to a psychiatrist, by the year 2000 everyone on earth will be insane. Something must be expected to slow down the rate of progress in that direc- tion, BIBLE "Settle it therefore in» your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: for I will give you a mouth and widsom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor re- sist.' Luke 21:14,15. Many of us. spend too much time in preparing our cases for trials that never come to pass. LEGISLATURE OTTAWA REPORT lh wll cs BN nl int Ei Sets PS ay ital eo Closure Use Is Justified By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Canada's new flag cost the taxpayers something over $1,500,000 in parliamentary charges, for the debate compris- ing 278 speeches occupying the equivalent of 644 weeks of the time of the House of Commons, The debate would probably not be ended yet, had not the Liberal government very rea- sonably terminated it by closure. Closure has been made a dirty word in Canadian politics. But its history suggests that it has ad "'berately been made dirty by parties in opposition, for their own narrow partisan advantage rather than to benefit the na- tion's business. This method of combatting ob- struction was first introduced into the British Parliament by Prime Minister Gladstone in 1882, He explained: "It is diffi- cult to find a single instance of a great legislative assembly which has not found it neces- sary to adopt some rule for the purpose of placing in the hands o* the assembly itself the power of restricting the duration of de- bate. To me obstruction appears to be the disposition of the mi- nority of the House or of indivi- duals to resist the prevailing will of the House otherwise than by argument," TIME TO RAMBLE Thirty-one years later, the clo- sure rule was adopted in our House of Commons to end un- duly long obstruction by the mi- nority opposition, Edmund Os- ler, a 17-year veteran of our House at that time, applauded the step with these words: 'It has been a wonder to me how sane men and businessmen can waste the time of the country and the time of the House in talking absolute rubbish. Many of the speeches we have heard in the last few months have been absolute drivel and have been delivered only for the purpose of obstruction." Obviously a busy legislature cannot afford to spend 6% weeks in discussing one mea- sure. And no matter how con- troversial, how important, that measure might be, it is absurd QUEEN'S PARK to suggest that everything which could be said, both for and against a proposal, requires so long to be stated and argued without needless repetition. The explanation for the sub- sequent meagre use of closure in our House of Commons has been the lack of pressure upon its timetable in past years. The present session is the first which has seen the House sitting for as many as half the total num- ber of days in the year. It sat 214 days in 1964: the previous longest sessions were 174 days in 1961, and 155 days in 1903. Ob- viously there has not been so much pressure upon the parlia- mentarians' year that they could not spend months talking absol- ute drivel if they wished. BY CONSENTS Hence closure has seldom been used in Ottawa. Since it was / initiated nearly 52 years ago, it has been used 20 times only, according to my re- searches, But it is used as many times in a single year at West- minster. Of Canada's 20 occasions, it was used. eight times in 1913, and four times in 1956. The latter year saw it used four times on the pipeline bill--perhaps its only improper use in our history, as the Liberal government of that time introduced it during the very first speech of the debate, thus obviously cutting discussion unreasonably short. There was a wide difference between closure announced in the first speech on the pipeline debate, and closure announced after 252 speeches in the flag debate. The frequent use of closure in the British House is necessitated by the heavy pressure of busi- ness, and it is generally used by consent of government and op- position. Representatives of op- posing parties agree in advance upon a parliamentary timetable, allocating so many days for de- bate on. each bill. Obviously the same procedure of a pre-arranged timetable should be adopted in Ottawa for the more businesslike organiza- tion of the nation's business. New Cabinet Appointment By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The voice of Lan- ark will be heard here again from the treasury benches. And if you know Lanark and its people you know that is. quite a voice. Former highways minister George Doucett was the last man from Lanark in the cab- inet, And that was some 10 years. ago. » Though Mr. Doucett has been absent from the house since then his voice hasn't. But it has echoed from. the back benches. George Gomme came into the chamber ir 1958 as the Lanark member. And when he had spoken, if you had eyes closed you well might have thought it was Mr. Doucett still there. They both speak in the same rocky Scot-tinged voice which is typical of this Ottawa Valley county with its Highland back- ground. And now it will be heard from the front ranks of the House again as Mr. Gomme has been elevated to a ministry without portfolio, A BUILD--UP It's' assumed here that in bringing this prosperous 52- year-old building supply dealer into his cabinet, Premier Robarts is taking the first step in what eventually will be an important cabinet reorganiza- tion. _ HEAVY AGENDA SEEN FOR COMING SESSION ALBERT V. WALKER, MPP, OSHAWA RIDING The Third Session of the 27th Parliament of the Province of Ontario will commence on Wed- nesday at 3.00 p.m. It is anticipated that the forthcoming session will be a long one with a heavy program of legislation on the agenda. With the increasing growth of population and the added re- quirements of public services in our province, it is understand- able that legislative sessions should be extended. The report on the Medical Health program will be tabled in the House and there will un- doubtedly be some very ex- tensive debate on this very im- portant subject. The future posi- tion of Ontario on the Pension question will also be' discussed at length. There is also the matter of an Ontario flag, but I do not think ,this item will cause any lengthy debate, A number of reports. will be tabled from commissions and Select Committees such as tax- ation, municipal affairs, youth, aging, mining, the Securities Act, possibly the Goldenberg Report on Metro Toronto, and a number of others. There will no doubt be a number of recom- mended changes contained in these various reports which will effect parts of our province and these will be thoroughly de- bated Changes have already been forecast in our provincial liquor laws. The new Ontario Hous- ing Corporation and its expect- ed impact in promoting a more efficient housing program will be discussed. Labor, health and welfare programs will also be reviewed at length and the ex- tensive revisions in our educa tional system, which were re- cently announced by the Hon, Wm, Davis, will be presented to the members. One interesting feature of the coming session will be the ap- pearance of Andrew Thompson mm his new capacity as Liberal Leader. I mention the words "interesting feature" because it will no doubt provide quite a conflict between the Liberal and NDP leaders as they. attempt to outdo one another on the apposition side of the Legisla- ture During the. next few months I will attempt to provide inter- esting an' informative articles on proceedings in the. Ontario Legislature. oom j That its the first move in building the cabinet he will bring to the people in the next general election. It also is a gesture towards this section of eastern Ontario, which has been shy of cabinet representation. (In the south there are three ministers, J. R. Simonett, James Auld and Louis Cecile. But north of Hawkesbury right through to Timmins, there is only Hon. Irwin Haskett of Ot- tawa.) And also it can be assumed Mr. Robarts continues to show a preference for down-to-earth and forceful men in selecting his cabinet colleagues. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 19, 1945 Miss Kathleen Would was ap- pointed by the National Council YWCA as secretary to organize the new YMCA in Oshawa. Reeve James Blanchard of Cannington defeated Reeve Nor- man Down of East Whitby Township for the Wardenship of Ontario County at the inaugural meeting of the County Council. Dr. C. O. Miller was named Chief of Staff and president of iggy General Hospital aff. 35 YEARS AGO Jan, 19, 1930 St. Andrew's United Church had a fine record of service in 1929. Fifty-two new members brought the total membership to 814; $20,500 was raised by congregation. Major R. B. Smith was in- Stalled as president of the Osh- awa Kiwanis Club. C. F. Cannon, supervising principal of Oshawa _ schools, announced that there had been 96 per cent attendance during the 1929 season. There were 3,403 pupils. enrolled. READERS WRITE... AUTO TRADE PACT The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Sir; It was interesting to note that some committee or council 1s wondering what this community is in for with this free auto trade with the U.S, Finding this report on Page 29 (Jan, 13) struck me odd. In my view this article merits more Hoping that Mr. T. Douglas, NDP, wil! answer and inform the council of labor in this dis- trict and you in turn report the facts. Thank you, B, NYLAND. 484 Fairlawn Street, Oshawa. MAC'S MUSINGS It is a sad situation When an organization Like the Boy Scouts, Which has meant so much To thousands of Oshawa Boys in the past years, Now has to turn away Hundreds of boys eager To join the movement, Because of the lack of Leaders for scout troops. Oshawa's reputation as A centre for scouting Stands. high in Canada, and This is one city in which There has been no decline In the organization, But its whole future Depends on being able To enrol new leaders for The present and the future. The rewards of the leaders In the Boy Scout troops Are found in satisfaction That is found in helping To build character in The boys of today who will Be citizens of tomorrow, The appeal for young men And women to take over Duties of leadership in This splendid movement is An urgent one if scouting In Oshawa is to maintain Its high standards, so For the sake of the job That has to be done in Keeping scouting alive In this community, we Hope that the response Of leaders will meet all The movement's needs, OTHER OPINIONS IMMIGRATION POLICY Canada needs more immi- grants. It is unfortunate that this has been said so often by a succession of immigration ministers that it doesn't create much of an impression either on Canadians or on people abroad. "We need an active immigra- tion policy," said Immigration Minister Tremblay shortly after he took over his present port- folio 10 months ago. "We need better facilities, better person- nel, more contacts with othet governments and more pub- licity. We must sell our country to other people."' But he has yet to produce a long-range policy designed to attract more quali- fied immigrants to this country. --Ottawa Citizen PREPOSTEROUS THOUGHT All this well-publicized talk of a federal. election looming over Canadian heads is nauseat- ing. The very idea that this nation's two major political parties are even contemplating taking their tattered causes to the people is preposterous, What possible reason can the discredited Liberals and Con- servatives have for putting this country through the agonies of - another ill-timed election? What have they to offer that isn't contained in the old sad songs of 1963? Have they cleaned house? Are they now ready to offer us an acceptable alterna- tive to the blithering idiocies that have featured life on Parli- ament Hill for the past four and a half year --Hamilton Spectator PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES My family enjoys our e. HUMIDIFIER Fewer colds, no dry throats -- protects furniture from drying out, too, Call Lander. Stark about one for your home now. Audts 43 KING STREET WEST, OSHAWA 7253581 Wt,