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Hi bissiko amen The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 94 -- NO.:30 Na a Ne Oe he Re KM, BR Oshawa Cimnes Aucthioriand '90 Second Class Meh f ut aye ao anal all Post fice Deportment OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1965 ee as Weather Snow today, milder. high Saturday, 30. Report Low tonight, 18, A.CONFIDENT MR. DIEFENBAKER TORY CHIEF CONFIDE IN CONTROL OF CAUC Queen Gives Plane ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -- Queen Elizabeth today, pre- sented Emperor Haile Selassie with a Dove light aircraft be- stages of her eight. -day Ethio- pain tour. The emperor accepted the plane at a ceremony at Haile Selassie airport and inspected it with the Queen. Immediately afterward the Queen, Prince Philip and the emperor boarded another air- craft and took off for an hour's flight to Bahr Dar to visit Tis- sissat Falls. Their trip will invelve a night's stay under canvas at Ambar Georgis, northeast of Gondar, on a rocky precipice overlooking a steep gorge. They were to drive from there to the former capital, the "town of castles," where resi- dents prepared a huge recep- tion including religious dances by members of the clergy. About a dozen castles of south-European style surround Gondar, some still intact. The town was the Ethiopian rage until about 80 years An Ethiopian king prophe- sled in the 16th century that his dynasty would thrive best STONEHILL CASE Bennett Seeks Probe 'Of The 'Forged Note' VICTORIA (CP) -- romper Ww. A. C. Bennett has asked for 7 a complete investigation into a 7 forged with : sent to a ; Minister 7 mysterious letter, his signature and member of Prime Pearson's staff. "There are things about this, minister's office many peculiar in the prime andthe at a place with a name begin- ning with "G." It is still the capital of Beg- hemeder - Semien province. an area rich in cattle, cereals, oil- seeds and honey. fore leaving here on the final| * UNIONVILLE'S JUNIOR ACES Crnéitias Figure Skating Championships Thursday night. They finished a close Dorijan Redsell and Rots Garner of the Unionville, Ont., Skating Club are shown in competition at the sécond in the junior pairs championship' competition. --(CP Wirephoto) Russia Seeks Laos Meeting MOSCOW (Reuters)--The So- viet Union has called for the urgent convocation of a new international conference on The premier said he also dis-| covered from the RCMP that a} man in Vancouver had admitted|¢rtorts aimed at Laotian unity at least three days prior to} Wednesday that he had forged) + the letter. - in an interview charges may be! RCMP," the premier told the 7 legislature Thursday in propos- ing that the matter be brought before the Dorion inquiry. The inquiry, headed by Mr. Justice Frederic Dorion, held hearings in Ottawa and Montreal into alleged attempts of bribery and coercion of fed- eral ministerial aides in extra- dition proceedings against Lu- ; cien Rivard, wanted in the United States on narcotics charges. (An aide to Mr. Pearson said Thursday night in Toronto, where the prime minister gave a public address, has ; it is up tojletter Mr. Justice Dorion to ask forjday. PREMIER BENNETT from reporters Wednes- When the attorney-general the letter if he wants to havelasked the RCMP. about the mat- it brought before the inquiry.)/ter, entire matter of the let-) the involvement of Prime|RCMP had known of the forgery andifor several days. He said the RCMP had not informed the premier or Attor- The ter, Minister Pearson's staff the RCMP is '"'odd," Mr. Ben- nett said. 2 'amazed"' Mr. He said he first heard of the\ney-General Bonner. TT IS STILL MY GOAL' Pearson Defends 'New Politics Bennett said he was to discover the Attorney-General Bonner said} laid against the unidentified) . man. Mr. Bonner said a letter with Mr. Bennett's forged signature was sent last May to Hal Dor- nan, a member of Mr. Pear-| son's staff. He said the letter aueatentiy! deait with the case of Harry} Stonehill, an American million- aire whose application to be- come a landed immigrant in Canada was denied recently. The letter, addressed to, "Dear Hal," said in part: "Thanks for your interest in| the settlement of our friend in Canada. "Investment in secondary in- dustry such as he proposes can be of inestimable value to the economy of British Columbia and we are most anxious to see this type of development, I un- derstand his plans have been somewhat delayed due to un- certainty about his future and hope this can be settled favor- _lably as quickly as possible." Laos, Pravda reported today. The newspaper accused the United States of obstructing and of trying to use Laotian South Viet Nam. | The Communist party daily| printed the text of a Soviet-pro-| | posed dreft message, calling for] a new meeting, , which was) handed te British /Ambassador| Sir Humphrey Trevelyan Tues-| day. it John Robarts said today that Canada's flag will be raised in front of the Ontario legislature buildings Feb. territory to step up the war in| ar of Lieutenant biem will be flown over govern- |ment lraising would be an "historic loccasion." The ceremony will) Queen's Park Maple Leaf Will Be Flown Feb.15 be held at noon, with a guard of honor provided by the armed services and with anthems sung by the civil service choir, "As the years pass this new Canadian flag will undoubtedly become a unifying symbol for our Canadian people," Mr. Ro- barts said. "It cannot be denied that strong feelings were aroused, during the course of jthe flag debate, before the pro- posed design was adopted in the House of Commons." UNITED NOW "I believe that the people of TORONTO (CP) -- Premier 15 in the pres- Governor Jarl Rowe. Later the red maple leaf em- offices and buildings hroughout the province. The premier said the flag-| | | convention ' 'should be dealt w of the party." MOSCOW (AP) -- The Sovi of Communist parties from 26 the Soviet-Chinese ideological d movement. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Seaeatien Should Decide: Robarts TORONTO (CP) -- Premier Robarts said today that the question of a national Progressive Conservative leadership Russia Stands By Parley Plans determination to hold here Mar groundwork for a conference of all Communist: parties.on the meeting as an attempt to split the world Communist Ontario now feel that, as the elected members in the federal House finally have made the decision on the flag the Cana- dian people can and should join ranks in support of our new na- tional standard." Premier Robarts said a letter has been sent by Education Minister William Davis of On- tario to all school boards in the Bundy Meets Viet Leader SAIGON (Reuters) US. troubleshooter McGeorge Bundy today conferred with South Viet Nam's armed forces chief, Lt.- ith by the national executive et Union-reaffirmed today its ch 1 a controversial meeting countries intended to lay the ispute. China has denounced Gen. Nguyen Khanh. The conference with the army leader who toppled the civilian government last week in a bloodless coup was late starting because Bundy received a mys- terious telephone call. from Washington shortly before the TORONTG (CP)--Prime Min- ister Pearson says his "new politics' has taken a mauling in Pariiament but is still very much his goal. He defended the morality of his government. in. a_ speech Thursday night to the Toronto and. District Liberal Associa- tion and said he would refuse to yield to "unfair" pressures to sacrifice those who did not deserve it, Though he did not refer di- rectly to specific allegations of wrongdoing against persons in government, he accused oppon- ents of "incrimination and in- sinuations" and of poisoning the atmosphere. Some politi- cians, he said, normally and cheerfully hit below the belt. Referring .to his expressed hope of a year ago that Cana- f'ans would develop a politics aimed at working together for national objectives, he said: "This kind of politics has taken a mauling in the present Parliament, but it is still very much my goal. Not withstand. ing the current connection on incrimination and insinuations; notwithstanding the prediction of some to preoccupy them- selves with the obstructive and negative aspects of politics, 1 claim' that much has been achieved in the past year. Discussing integrity in' gov- ernment, he said leadership means insistence by the leader on high. standards of political conduct and action in govern- ment "When these standards are betrayed, then those who" be- trayed them must go. But lead- ship also means refusing to yield to unfair partisan "and popular pressure, "by sacrific- ing to such pressures those men who do not deserve it." Mr. Pearson said there is no truth in the impression that everythiag in Ottawa is in dis- array in an atmosphere of "dark doings and horrendous plots." "But nothing is easier to create--or so hard to dispel--as suspicion and distrust," he said. 'It is easier to poison an afmosphere than to purify it." Dealing with the -new Cana- dian flag, Mr, Pearson said it is a "symbol of the new Can- ada and it will fly over a nation which now is stronger in unity and in understanding between all ihe peoples that compose | he He said that "the strains of a year ago on that unity have been. eased," meeting was originally sched- uled to begin. A U.S. embassy spokesman refused to divulge details of the call. U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor,-whose personal relations with Khanh have been strained since last December, accom- panied Bundy. The meeting lasted for about an hour and an official U.S. spokesman quoted Taylor say- ing the talks were 'quite warm and cordial.'" Bundy earlier met with Acting Premier Nguyen Xuan Oanh, who was appointed by Khanh after former premier Tran Van Huong was ousted, and with de- puty premier Nguyen Luu Vien. Bundy arrived in Saigon Thursday for a four-day inves- tigation of the situation in the wake of the Huong regime. He conferred at length Thursday tie U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor. province suggesting they raise the maple leaf flag Feb. 15. If the 'Schools have not yet received fhe new flag, the letter Says, mention should be made in assemblies of the flag-rais- ing taking place in Ottawa and Toronto. DISCUSSED WITH PEARSON The. premier's announcement followed a meeting here with Prime Minister Pearson at which the new flag and the Can- ada Pension Plan were dis- cussed. No details of the Pear- son - Robarts discussion were made known. Mr. Robarts called at the hotel suite of the prime minis- ter--here for a speech to a Lib- eral rally Thursday night--and they chatted for 45 minutes. An aide said later the discus- sions were of a general nature, and neither the prime minister nor Mr. Robarts gave out any specific information. Mr. Pearson was to spend the remainder of the day meeting Liberal- party officials and members of his family, flying back to Ottawa Saturday morn- ing. Bookworm Awards 1967 Suggestion OTTAWA (CP)-='Centennial bookworm 'awards"' for students who read certain books on Ca- nadian history during the 1966- 67 high school year were sug- gested Thursday as a centen- nial project for the Library As- sociation of Ottawa Gil, McDermott, information officer of the centennial com- mission, told the association such awards in the form of pins or plaques might create an in- centive for students to make more use of libraries and at the same time increase their know- ledge of Canada's past. T'm Just As I Can Be' -- OTTAWA (CP) -- Supporters of John Diefenbaker exuded confidence in their chief as Progressive Conservative MPs and Senators met today to dis- cuss the party's national lead- ership, Mr, Diefenbaker was the pic- ture of assurance as he strode into the crowded caucus room through a phalanx of reporters and MPs. "I'm just as fine as I could be," he told reporters as the parliamentary caucus as- sembled for what may be a crucial meeting on the eve of sessions of the party's national executive. The 69-year-old Opposition leader spotted a bright dime on the floor amid the forest of legs. Stooping to pick it up, he remarked with a twinkle in his eye: "Now you talk about luck." Shortly before the members started gathering, dissident Quebec leader Leon Balcer con- ferred with a few Quebec MPs on strategy at the party na- tional cxecutive meeting here Saturday, summoned at the re- quest of the party's 10 Quebec|' Fine As Diefenbaker A number of the Quebec members had announced earl- ier their intention to boycott the parliamentary caucus ses' among them Mr. Balcer. After the brief meeting in Mr, Balcer's office in the Cen- tre Block, MPs Paul Martineau Pontiac - Temis camingue), Theogene Ricard (St. Hyacinthe Bagot) and Gerard Girouard (Labelle) and Quebec Senator Jacques Flynn left to attend the caucus in the West Block. Mr. Balcer had named Mr. Martin- eau his delegate. A spokesman for Mr. Diefen- baker said the Opposition leader had rejected a proposal in- spired by at least one colleague to move a motion for Mr. Bal- cer's expulsion from the party caucus, As the main caucus began there were about 80 MPs and senators on hand. Gordon Churchill, MP for Winnipeg South Centre and House leader in the Commons, said he doesn't think Mr. Dief- enbaker is in any trouble. As for the executive, they are 'pretty sensible people and I MPs to consider a leadership convention. PC Party Won' "The party is indestructible. Its members in times of trouble rally around it." The pre-caucus meeting in Mr. Balcer's office had origin- ally been billed as a caucus of Balcer Denies To Keep, Oust Mr. Diefenbaker originally set Feb. 11 and 12 for the caucus to meet, prior to the Feb, 16 re- sumption of Parliament. But when party president, Dalton K. Camp, announced Feb. 6 as the date for the executive meeting, Mr. ' Diefenbaker switched the caucus to the eve of the execu- tive session. Mr. Balcer, whose entire Que- bec caucus. joined in the de- mand for an executive meeting to consider a leadership conven- tion, said the executive is the only body with authority to de- cide for or against a conven- tion. The executive should be "given a completely free' hand . unhampered by influence or pressure actual | or potential from any quarter," he said. The caucus "will not help matters and will just create embarrassment." Mr. Balcer, who served as transport minister for two years when Mr. Diefenbaker was|; prime minister, said he is hope- ful a leadership convention will be called. 'NOT ALONE' "'m not alone," he said. "I feel there is a strong body of opinion across the country which has the same view as my own." Ontario Premier John Ro- barts, often mentioned as a pos- sible 'candidate for the federal party leadership, will not attend the executive meeting but has been reported as favoring a leadership convention. The Toronto Star quoted him Thursday as saying 'I am in favor of it (a leadership con- Ann Landers -- 11 City News -- 9 Classified -- 16, 17 Comics -- 15 District Reports -- 13 Editorial -- 4 Financial -- 18 THE TIMES today... Record Works Program OK'd by PUC -- Page 9 Whitby Juveniles Blank Ajax All-Stars -- Page 5 My Dear Mr. Churchill -- Page 12 Obits -- 18 Sports -- 6, 7 Television -- 15 Theatre -- 19 Whitby News -- 5 Women's ---10, 11 Weather -- 2 think they'll make the right de- cision," t Be Damaged Churchill' Says Of Schism those me: capital, Clement Vincent (Nicolet-Ya- Ouellet mentary caucus but did not show up at the earlier meeting in Mr, Balcer's office. MP's Right Diefenbaker vention) and hope that it will help to clear the air." The Quebec group's demand for an executive meeting before Parliament resumes produced pro- and anti-Diefenbaker com- ee among English-speaking a: LBJ Admits He Might Have Erred WASHINGTON (AP)--Presi- dent Johnson said Thursday "I may have made a mistake" by not sending Vice-President Hu- bert Humphrey to Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. But he said the United States was represented by a high-rank- ing and a well-rounded delega- tion. Telling a press conference how he picked the delegation, the president said "I had no par- ticular reason for not asking the vice-president." He noted that Humphrey was addressing dele- gates from 50 states on new responsibilities in the 'field of civil rights on the day the dele- gation was to leave. Johnson said he had hoped to go to the funeral himself, but his illness with a cold and cough prevented it. Immigration 'Changes Due OTTAWA (CP)--Changes are being made in the immigration department that will improve its machinery for weeding out criminals and other undesira- bles entering Canada, Immi- gration Minister Tremblay said Wednesday. He said steps are being taken "to bolster our internal control system and to add strength and improved facilities to the investigational units of the immigration branch,"