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ee tom The Oshawa Times ' Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario __ T. L. Wilson, Publisher * WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1965 -- PAGE 4 William Boddy Merits Honor For Long Service It is always pleasing to find a citizen who has given many years of faithful service to his community in public office honored when the 'time comes for him to retire. One 'such citizen of Oshawa was William 'Boddy, who was guest of honor at 'a testimonial dinner tendered him to mark his retirement from the 'Oshawa Public Utilities Commis- 'sion. Mr. Boddy,by his length of ser- 'vice, was well worthy of the tri- 'butes paid to him on that occasion. 'These tributes were even more 'deserved by the quality of that wservice. He had been a member of 'the Public Utilities Commission 'for 28 years, and for five years he had served as its chairman. Prior to that, he had been a member of the city council, representing the southeast ward from 1928 to 1932, That is a record of which any citizen could be proud. It is all the amore remarkable when one con- giders how Oshawa has grown and Butler Goes * The British House of Commons thas Jost one of its most distin- guished members, a man who was twice robbed of the office of prime 'minister when he was regarded as a favorite for that post. R. A. But- ler, home secretary in the Mac- millan government, has been ele- vated to the House of Lords by his appointment as-a life baron. This appointment has not occa- sioned any great surprise. It was a bitter disappointment when, on the retirement of Harold Macmillan in the fall of 1963, he was passed over in the fight for the succession to leadership of the Conservative party, and the honor was given to the Earl of Home, who relinquished his title, became Sir Alec Douglas- Home, and led the Tories through the general election which they lost by a narrow margin last October. Earlier in his career, when Sir Anthony Eden, now Lord Avon, retired from the position of prime minister, Mr. Butler was the most favored aspirant, but the choice of the hierarchy of the party fell on Harold Macmillan. Despite his dis- developed during his period of ser- vice from a city of around 20,000 to one of over 70,000. This pheno- menal growth has brought with it many problems in the expansion of the city's public utilities, in the extension of electricity and water services into all the new areas opened up for development, particu- larly after the annexation of 1951 Through all that period of expan- sion, Mr. Boddy kept in close touch with the growing needs of the city, and while chairman of the commis- sion, set a fine example of leader- ship. As with all long-serving public men, the time for the retirement has to' come. Mr. Boddy has now laid down the burden of public office. But his fellow-citizens, who admired him for his excellent qua- lities and kept on electing him year after year, will wish him many years of life to enjoy the peace and quietness of retirement. To Lords appointments, which must have been very keen, Mr. Butler gave unstinted support and loyalty to the men who became his party leaders. He continued to have a major part in the formation of Conservative policy, and his know- ledge of political affairs and his unfailing judgment were great assets to the party. Indeed, there are still many in Britain who are convinced that if he had been the successor to Mr. Macmillan in Oc- tober, 1963, the Conservatives would still have been in office, Mr. Butler's. retirement from active politics, and his appointment as master of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, at the age of 62, is a dis- tinct loss to the Conservative party and to British political life gen- erally, He was always regarded as 8 solid, steadying force to his party, and while he may have lacked the dynamic qualities which party leadership demands, he had, in his years of cabinet service, won the complete trust and respect of the British public. London's Changed Face Canadians who were familiar with old London, and who watched the television broadcasts of the funeral procession of the late Sir Winston Churchill, must have been impressed with the great changes which have taken place in the face of that city in recent years. This would be particularly true of Cana- dians who served overseas in the second world war, but who have not revisited Britain since that time. . In these war days, and for several years afterwards, the areas through which the funeral procession pass- ed, and particularly in the vicinity bf St. Paul's Cathedral, were re- duced to heaps of rubble. Some of them are still in that condition, but for the most part they have been replaced by tall blocks of modern office buildings, quite foreign in appearance to the old London which existed before that war. In the television scenes, the tall towers of concrete and glass office buildings now practically surround- he Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. 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The Barbican area, totally destroyed by fire on December 28 and 29, 1940, -- while St. Paul's escaped un- scathed -- is the last area to be re- developed. On its 62 acres, a city within a city is growing up, with apartment blocks 44 storeys high, and a complex of business, residen- tial, recreational and educational buildings is rising just north of and within sight of the cathedral. The Old London, as we knew it 50 years ago, was a fascinating place. The new London is taking on a modernistic design and appear- ance. There has been great contro- versy over this change. But it is generally acknowledged that a more functional and progressive city is arising over the ashes which were left in the wake of the blitz. Other Editors' Views SINK OLD CARS (Watertown, N.Y. Times) Sweden has solved the problem of what to do with old cars which have long outlived their usefulness. They abhor the idea of having them placed in junk yards where the beauty of the highway is mar- red, They are now being consigned to a watery grave in the Baltic sea, nn py BAKER cRSE J go? WERE YOU ABLE TO DE-SCENT YOURS ? PLANNING PROBLEMS Municipal Revenue Core Of Co-operative Plans By GWYN KINSEY Special to The Oshawa Times (Third of Five Articles) TORONTO -- Planning must start somewhere, and the muni- cipality seems to be a reason- able starting point. This, obviously, is the belief of the Department of Municipal 'Affairs, which has a community planning branch. Says Munici- pal Affairs Minister Spooner: "We in the Department of Municipal Affairs believe that the responsibility for initiating and carrying out a planning program rests primarily upon the local officials and elected representatives." But what happens when peo- ple sleep in one community, work in another and play in a third? That is what is happen- ing more and more, particular- ly in the southern part of the province. The answer, says the Depart- ment, is joint planning, with shared costs based on popula- tion and assessment. It has worked, after a fashion, for Metropolitan Toronto, which is in effect a regional government. But there are so many glaring inequities in Metro that the provincial government brought in Carl Goldenberg to study the situation and suggest a better answer. CORE PROBLEM Any discussion of planning at the municipal level must ulti- mately come back to the core problem of assessment. This is the basis of municipal revenue. Municipalities compete savage- ly for industrial and commer- cial assessment; they change their planning to get it; and their rivalry places a constant strain on their co-operative enterprises, Probably the biggest strain GALLUP POLL PROVINCIAL ment -- are short-lived. Those who do, are not really planning so much as erecting a perfect paper-chase."' "Planning for people and the land builds towards one kind of an urban environment while on the other hand, planning for taxes under current taxation systems of local government builds towards another," Wil- liam Thompson, Kitchener plan- ning director, told last year's conference of the Niagara Re- gional Development Associa- tion. "Planning cannot operate suc- cessfully under two sets of rules so diverse in their ob- jectives. The crux of the prob- lem, especially in implement- ing plans at the regional level is the fragmentation of . local taxing 'units, which can result in poor administration and great inequality of tax resources among the political units in- volved." CLASSIC CASE A classic case of the regional effect of assessment on plan- ning, and vice versa, is being pondered by the Ontario Muni- cipal Board. A huge shopping centre -- the $24,300,000, hun- dred-acre Sherway project -- is planned for Etobicoke, not far from the boundary with ad- joining Toronto township.. Etobicoke would get the assessment.. Toronto township would provide a large number of the customers -- enough to have a very serious effect on the township's own commercial development, according to. evi- dence given the OMB. Prof. Georges Potvin, associ- ate professor of geography and planning at McMaster Univer+ sity told the OMB that the Sher- way project presented the most SETUP IS PREFERRED BY PUBLIC By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Despite protests over multi-levels of government in Canada, the voters do not think provincial governments should be abolished, More than six-in-ten citizens say the country would be , worse off with only a centralized government in Ottawa and almost two-in-ten say it would be better off. Regionally, people in the western provinces feel strong- est (75%) about the value of provincial governments. The question: "DO YOU THINK CANADA WOULD BE BETTER OFF, OR WORSE OFF, IF ALL PROVINCIAL GOVERN- MENTS WERE ABOLISHED AND THE WHOLE COUN- TRY GOVERNED FROM OTTAWA?" TOTAL East Ontario West Better off 18% 17% 18% 18% Worse off 66 62 65 75 No opinion 16 21 17 7 100% 1 00% 100% 100% TODAY IN HISTORY Fire swept the centre block of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa 49 years: ago today--in 1916-- but iron doors in the com- municating corridor be- tween the library and the Centre Block saved the li- brary, Rebuilding began im- mediately after the fire and the main structure was completed in 1920. 1865--The Canadian gov eynment surrendered Con- federate raider Bennett Burley to the U.S. govern- ment. 1927---The U.S. appointed {ts first minister to Can- , illiam Phillips, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--e2 Turkish force was thrown back in an attempt to cross the Suez Canal near Toussoum; Britain reported it had captured much war material, mostly foodstuffs, from the U.S. destined for the central powers of Eu- rope. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- British War Secretary Stanley said the war must continue until the military power of Germany was ended; Italy announced it would double its air , Gtrength during on the county system, for ex- ample, is the imbalance be- tween representation and taxa- tion and the anger and frustra- tion it causes. é "Joint planning areas contin- ually blow up as they encounter the critical reactions of annex- ation or the pressures of region- alism,"' Prof. Norman. Pearson charges flatly. 'Planners who do not fight for assessment -- regardless of the kind of assess- significant regional | planning problem with which Ontario has been confronted by private enterprise, and the decision placed an undue jurisdictional responsibility on the OMB. Municipal economics consul- tant Eric Hardy hit an uncon- trolled "spawning of commer- cial areas,"' pointing out that Etobicoke would receive $1,000,- 000 a year in taxes from Sher- way, while Toronto township's commercial development would be inhibited, Yet the Sherway story, on a smaller scale, is repeated again and again across Ontario. COUNTIES' OPINION The Association of Ontario Counties recognized the prob- lem and offered a solution in its latest brief to Premier Robarts and his cabinet col- leagues. "'Sinee we believe in the prin- ciple that certain services can . be performed. more effectively on a regional basis than by the individual municipalities," the brief stated, "we must concern ourselves with the strengthen- ing of county government until such time as something else is devised. MAC'S MUSINGS The other evening out in The village of Orono I attended what was known As a pot-luck supper Sponsored by the Orono Horticultural Society, And I was impressed by The magnificent spread Of home-made delicacies Of every description Provided by the women Of the organization. This made me feel that One cannot praise too much The services rendered by The women's groups which Help so many of our local Organizations, and how Much the women contribute To the work being done By them in many fields. These women work so hard In: giving support to And building interest in Whatever they are doing, And so much of their work Is done quietly and Behind the scenes that The public generally do Not appreciate how useful These women's groups are To their parent bodies, It seems like fun to be Organizing the many kinds Of functions they sponsor As part of their program, But a tremendous amount Of hard work goes on Behind the scenes before These events can be held. Any organization is Indeed fortunate which Has behind it an active And. enthusiastic band Of women workers devoted To their common cause, eo wFeb. 3, 1065, OTTAWA REPORT Curb Needed | On Gun Sale By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--This year may see Parliament invited to debate and vote upon a proposal that capital punishment be abolished in Canada. There is not a pop- ular majority in favor of this "liberal" step, and it is inter- esting to note what is happen- ing in other countries, In Germany, there is a power- ful move to reintroduce the death penalty. Now that the British law is in effect about to roclaim open season for crim- nals to shoot law-enforcement officers, the policemen of Scot- land have understandably de- manded that they be armed with pistols for their self-de- fence. But here in Canada we al- ready have a loophole, giving open season for slaughtering human beings; it is called "hunting." During the recent hunting season, one Ontarian was shot when he was "mistaken" for a partridge. Another, whilst climbing a tree, was shot by a friend who fired sight unseen in the direction of the crackling noises in the branches. AIR RAID DEFENCE The prize story comes from Quebec, where a "hunter" fired his military-calibre rifle at a small owl perched in a tree. He missed the owl, but succeeded in hitting a heli- copter flying a considerable dis- tance above. For this he was fined $110; the Crown surpris- ingly failed to appeal this seem- ingly unduly light sentence. If an adult can fire at an owl with a high-powered long-range rifle, and get away with an in- cidental "accident", obviously the man who slaughters say the Governor-General or the prime minister or some other public figure as he drives past in his car, might successfully plead he was merely firing at a squirrel raiding his bird-feeding station. I vividly recall receiving the codeword warning 'Cromwell' in the southeast of England dur- ing the late summer of 1940; this put the armed forces on the alert against expected immin- QUEEN'S PARK Private Bill List Is Novel By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The private bills committee here always provides some of the more interesting moments of the session. The business before this com- mittee is mostly quite down-to earth stuff. It has to review, and approve, applications -by municipalities that need special legislation for various reasons. And usually there are some novel steps involved which be- ing on a local level are cmiecr ing on a local level are closer to us than most of the business before this house. This year is no exception. A number of private bills have their unusual points. The City of Windsor, for in- stance, wants the authority for an aerial tramway across the Detroit River. Some Detroit interests have proposed they would build such a tramway, with a cable 250 feet above the river. They first of all need the authority, and they already have secured the agreement of the city council, and of the people of Windsor through a plebiscite. The City of Toronto usually can be depended on for some- thing off - beat, and often grounds for a good fight. Last year it was an applica- tion for permission to extend ent invasion. There was a des- perate shortage of rifles and pistols, so the order was re- ceived at my airfield that all airmen for whom service rifles » were not available--in fact, 100 per cent--were to be provided with a two-foot length of lead pipe, with which to defend their country and themselves. CANADA WELL-ARMED In vivid contrast to be leagured Britain in 1940, free Canada in 1965 is well stocked with military rifles, especially the standard World War type of 303-calibre Lee-Enfield. These can be purchased for about $14 --or stolen for free, as has re- cently happened -- from many hardware stores. A jazzed-up model can readily be acquired by mail order: number 6L-554- 83L in a widely-circulated cata- logue "Sandhurst 303 British Lee-Enfield, range 2,000 yards, weight 7 pounds, over-all length 44 inches--price $49.95." Hard- nosed shells for same ("not for hunting") cost $3.88 per box of 10; softnosed shells as used in hunting are cheaper, I If the government plans to heed the pleas of '"humanitar- ians" to abolish the death pen- alty for deliberately shooting a fellow human, what steps does it propose to take to abolish death by gunfire? In 1962, 189 Canadians died this way; in 1963, 150 died, 44 of them in Ontario. By permitting any Canadian, whether or not trained in the handling of firearms, to acquire such lethal weapons, the gov- ernment must share the blame for those deaths, officially de- scribed as "accidental" but per- haps in some cases coolly- planned and cunningly-disguised murder. Whether or not the death pen- alty is abolished in law, as it has already been abolished in fact by the Pearson govern- ment, the time is long overdue to prevent the free and wanton acquisition from shops of the lethal weapons which Firing-pin Paul (Defence Minister Hellyer) recently had impounded from armories as a safety measure, Maple Leaf Gardens over a city street. An application which was turned down after a heated battle. This year it seem's the city's annual squabble may be caused by its new city hall. It's applying for the privilege to sell liquor in the hall. And though there aren't too many puritans left around here, some members are liable to think it's not a good idea to mix up booze with city business --too much conflict of interest between the bar and the council chambér, perhaps. The City of Hamilton usually comes up with something new and different also, and this year it is keeping up its record. It wants to be able to pay compensation to anyone who suffers loss or injury through assisting a policeman, or in any other way helping in the en- forcement of the law. Recently, with one man killed here in Toronto while helping a policeman and citizens injured in other areas of the province there has been a considerable demand for some way of giving compensation. Hamilton is taking the lead, as this progressive city so often does. These are only a few of the interesting bills. There are a number of others which are either progressive or novel. Murder In The Kitchen A Detroit doctor has come out with a- New Year's resolution for wives that may not be as silly as it sounds. He suggests that wives should make a firm resolution to stop murdering their husbands. It's not that the good doc- tor believes wives are .doing away with their husbands de- liberately, with knives, bullets and poison. They are doing them in, he says, with choco- late cake and omelets fried in butter. A very sneaky method. But Dr. Park W. Willis I, of the Michigan Heart Association, is suspicious. He knows all the techniques that come under the false head- ing of tender love and care: eat juicy steaks, cakes, pies, bread loaded with saturated fat, short- ening or lard; eggs, bacon, ice cream. And he knows how hard they are to resist. Dr. Willis has some interest- ing figures to support his con- tention that women are' murder- ing their husbands on a mam- moth scale. In Michigan last year some 27,483 persons died of heart attacks and heart dis- ease and another 8,163 from strokes. The figures account for 54.2 per cent of the state's 40,000 deaths. The power to avert or delay heart attacks, says the doctor, is: largely in the hands of wives. They can serve chicken, fish or lean meat with the fat trimmed away; cook with vege- tele oils. emphasize the use of skim milk and sherbets and minimize high fat foods. 6o there you have it, ladies, Better make that resolution. And remember--Dr. Willis is watching. --St. Thomas-Journal YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO _ Feb. 3, 1940 : John E. Edmondson, first conductor on the electrically operated street car in Oshawa, in June, 1895, and J. A. Bickell, who was hired shortly after the inauguration of the line, were guests on the 'first run" of the new bus line. Skip "Hank" Morrison with Jack Roberts, Russell Gay and Fred Garrard, captured the W. G. Morrow Trophy at a bon- speil held in Peterborough. County Council agreed with Reeve Oscar Downey of Whitby Township that the Provincial Plowmen's Association should not hold its plowing- match in Ontario County because the $2,000 fee was needed in the war effort. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, : 1925 John Gibson was returned to the chairmanship of the Osh- awa Board of Health for the 13th year. Dr. T. W. G. McKay urged city connecil to reconsider a propos: ed bylaw which was defeated, making compulsory the pasteur- ization of al milk to be sold. WRITE ohe: SCHOOL AUDITORIUM _ The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir: ne I was sorry to see such ser- jous mistakes in your editorial recently opposing an auditor- ium for Oshawa, Perhaps you are new to Oshawa and do not know the facts, ° There is no auditorium in R, S, McLaughlin -- just a dou- bie gymnasium with a big s at one ena. There is no anditor- ium at Central Collegiate, just a double gymnasium with. a small high stage at. one end, and a small high gallery at the other, The E. A. Lovell Public School Auditorium was built long before the depression, for the children's use with a small, low stage. The Library auditor- ium and stage are both small, But the main thing is that Oshawa does not have one sine gle sloping floor auditorium, and badly needs one for the benefit of all citizens as the Centennial Committee found, I was surprised to read in The Times its opposition to this im- portant matter which will bene- fit the average citizen, I remain, sincerely, MRS, CLAYTON LEE, Trustee, Board of Education. (Editor's Note -- While for school grant purposes, the audi- toriums in the R. S. McLaugh- lin and Central Collegiate may be classed as gymnasia, never- theless they have been used fre- quently as auditoriums for com- munity concerts, travelogues, school assemblies and plays; and other functions and have served their purpose very well. The E. A. Lovell school audi- torium also provides a regular meeting place for organizations such as the Horticultural So- ciety. Looking facts in the face, the question is whether the new collegiate needs the auditorium for educational purposes, or whether the board of education is saddling itself with the cost of an auditorium for general com- munity use outside the realm of education, We also . question very much whether the depart- ment of education would allow a construction grant for an au ditorium whose chief purpose, as the above letter suggests; would be for the general bene- fit of the citizens, The occa- sions on which an auditorium of the type suggested would be used would be strictly limited, a point which raises doubt as to the wisdom of involving the taxpayers in a heavy' extra expenditure on an already. ex- pensive school.) x4 OTHER» OPINIONS, PROFIT DISDAINED There are mornings when. one begins to: wonder if the whole world has gone crazy. Reminis- cent of the man who stood on the street corner trying to sell $10 bills for $1, the news from 'Ottawa is that the royal mint is going to limit the sale of 1965 Canadian coin sets eagerly sought by collectors. The air of unreality about all this is because the government- run: mint makes $2.09 on each set (which has a_ negotiable value of $1,91. and sells for $4). Last year the mint limited orders to 50 sets per customer and this year has restricted them to five sets. Finance Minister Walter Gor- don, who is always after the tax- payers for money, airily ex- plains that the demand has out- stripped the mint's capacity, even though the government makes over 100 per cent profit when it puts this form of coin- age in circttation. What has happened to the government's business sense? Why doesn't it double the mint's capacity, or run the mint night and day, if it can make $2.09 for every $1.91 worth of coins it turns out Doesn't Mr. Gordon want to make this kind of money; doesn't the government need it --Vancouver Province. IMPORT HAZARDS As the Japanese are fully aware, uncontrolled imports by Canada of their manufactured goods can play havoc with Canadian employment. This is true of imports from all of the. low-wage Asiatic countries, and the total of all such imports must be weighed in consider- ing proposals from the Japanese for increased volume of their goods. In fact, Ottawa would be well advised to set a gross figure on imports of each class of competitive manufactured, goods from all of the Asian exporting countries that sell in the Canadian market, and establish a formula for ap- portioning that share of the market . under strict controls. Dealing with each of the coun-: tries on the basis of voluntary quotas is too hazardous to the welfare of Canadian workers, --St. Catharines Standard PAPER MISSED? : Coll 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Ci-culation Dopt. OSHAWA TIMES READERS - 8