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She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Action Of City Council Seems To Be Premature " Oshawa's city council seems to be placing the cart before the horse in its decision to a land exchange with the board of education involving land which the city does not even own, for which no negotiations have been conducted for acquiring it, and for which it has not the slight- est idea of the cost. That is the situation which has arisen from the approval of a mo- tion by a council majority to hand over to the board of education the site and property of the Royal Canadian Legion on Centre street in exchange for land owned by the board behind the E. A. Lovell School and on John street. In ap- proving, even in principle, the pro- posed evchange of land the coun- cil has placed itself in the position of undertaking a land deal with- out any idea of what it is going to cost the taxpayers to acquire the property it proposes to "provide to the board of education by 1970." It is true that in his inaugural address on January 4, Mayor Gif- ford advocated that the city should acquire the property of the Royal Canadian Legion, to be used as a "city hall annex and prevent overe crowding." This sounded like a commendable idea from the stand- point of civic administration space requirements. The present proposal, approved by council, is quite different. It proposes to acquire the Legion property and hand it over to the board of education in exchange for land that will be utilized for an en- tirely different purpose. One cannot help wondering what the officers and members of the Royal Canadian Legion must feel at the city council approving of handing over its property to the board of education even before there have been any negotiations for its purchase by the city, or any discussions as to the probable price. Quebec And New Flag The flag issue has been decided by the parliament of Canada, To- day, the new maple leaf flag is being formally unveiled at the Par- liament Buildings in Ottawa, and on other Canadian government buildings across Canada. But the flag issue is not completely dead. It will just not lie down and be buried. A new aspect of it has been brought into the news by the an- nouncement that the Ontario gov- ernment would have its own flag- raising eeremonies at Queen's Park today, and that in future the new maple leaf flag would be flown on all schools in Ontario. In making this announcement, Premier Ro- barts said: "T believe that the people of On- tario now feel that, as the elected members of the federal house finally have made the decision on the flag, the Canadian people can and should join ranks in support of our new national standard." That sentiment has undoubtedly met with the approval of the citi- zens of Ontario. One thing, however, is missing. While the premier of Quebec has indicated that his government is raising the new flag on the Quebec legislative buildings today, there is no mention of any change in the flag which will be flown on schools and public buildings in that pro- vince. It has for a long time been customary for the provincial fleur- de-lis flag to be flown, not only on publie buildings, and schools, but also on business and industrial premises where flags are normally - flown. One can see in Montreal and other Quebec cities how the fleur- de-lis flag predominates. If the new flag was adopted as a concession towards achieving greater unity in Canada, surely it would be logical to expect Premier Lesage to go the whole way, and,. as Premier Robarts has done, de- signate it as the flag to be flown on all Quebec schools and public buildings. The fact that he has done so leads to suspicions that it will take more than the new maple leaf flag to satisfy the aspirations of Quebec. Immigration Law In ULK. Sir Frank Soskice, British home secretary, has given notice that the Commonwealth Immigration Act is to be more strictly enforced. My amendments to the act will be made, but its present provisions are to be more strictly enforced to prevent evasions of the existing controls. In the last two years, according to the home secretary, the controls have been evaded by about 10,000 immigrants. These were mostly people from the non-white countries of the Commonwealth, whose migration to Britain in excessive numbers brought about the passing of the control legislation. But, since the Conservative government then in power wished to avoid being charged with discrimination against the non-white Common- wealth citizens, the Act was made applicable to the whole Common- wealth. Because of this, whatever new She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R, CC. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times established 1871) ond the Whitby Gozette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- @r» Association. The Canadian Press, Audit ef Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use of. republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to It or te The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches ore also Offices: 3 Building, 425 University Toronto, Ontario; 640' Cathcart Street, Montreal, BO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES livered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmonville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Dreno, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool! ond Newcastle not over SOc per week. By mall in Province of Ontario) putside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other o Countries .15.00, USA. end foreign 24.00, controls to be imposed on im- mirgants wishing to enter Britain will be applicable to Canadians. We know, from the many inquiries we have received, that very few people in this country are aware of the restrictions on entry into Britain. Since these restrictions are now going to be made more severe, it.is essential that Canadians should be made aware of exactly what they are, so that they may know whether or not they are eligible to migrate to Britain, There is one course of action which all such Canadians should take. If they desire to move to Britain or to go there to look for employment, their first step should be to make contact with the British High Commissioner's office in Ot- tawa, or with any of the British consular or information offices, and find out exactly where they stand with reference to that country, Other Editors' Views ASKING FOR MORE (Windsor Star) Provinces and _ municipalities through the provinces, keep asking for more and more from Ottawa. They don't seem to recognize that all this comes from the pockets of the people. They seem ignorant of the fact that the various parts of Canada cannot prosper unless there is prosperity across the country. They are inclined to disregard the principle that Canadians, wherever they. live, should have equality of services and opportunities. This cannot be guaranteed by purely provincial policies, ANOTHER JUMP WITHOUT A PARACHUTE FRENCH-CANADIAN VIEWS Western Farmers Losing Faith In Diefenbaker This is a_ selection of editorials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Ottawa Le Droit--As could easily have been foreseen, the country is rallying, and will rally more and more, around the flag Parliament has given us. And if rarely- wrong observers can be be- lieved, John Diefenbaker will soon realize that his dema- gogic appeals before its adop- tion were his greatest polit- ical error. The electoral strength of the Conservative.leader sprang almost uniquely from the picture Western farmers had of him. They saw him as a progressive, a "Prairie radical" fighting Bay Street and St. James Street '"'finan- ciers,"' tools of an outdated "imperialism." They forgave him his party allegiance by saying that you have to do your work through one party or another. In other words, he had his own faithful who would have voted for him under any label. But this fine "radical image" has been tarnished, His be- havior during the flag debate identified him in their eyes with the worst "'reaction- aries" of Ontario. Add to this that Prairie wheat is selling even better than under his re- gime and you are forced to the conclusion that his per- sonal electoral basis is shat- tered. That is why Conserva- tives from all provinces, not just Quebec, are calling for his departure.--Willie Chevalier, Jan. 26) Don't Count Oakville Journal The Anglophobes have been having a field day since former United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson told West Pointers England is failing to find a new and efficient role in world affairs. England should not be counted out too readily, Admittedly it is finding it difficult to play its ancient role as world banker and import the lion's share of what it consumes. As of the present it would be accurate to say Britain is financially fragile. Neverthless Britain and Brit- ain alone is the nation, other than the United States, which has_ responsibilities extending into every part of the -world. France and Holland have with- drawn from the Far East. But England has 20,000 troops in Malaysia. It has firm defence commitments in India and, by invitation, in Africa. La Voix de l'Est-- world began there have beer many leaders of men. But few can compare with the one the world re- cently has been mourning. Hitler and. Mussolini, whose ignominious deaths 'are still very much remembered by people who recall the Second World War; Stalin, whom the Soviets have repudiated, since his death, as one of the worst despots of all time--these also were jeaders of men. But what sticks in the mind about them is the dishonorable, vengeful tactics they used in order to gain their ends, the fact that they didn't hesitate to set the world afire and to set blood running. The world still is suffering from the consequences of their inhu- man -conduct. It would per- haps be still subjected to their diabolical schemes if it weren't for this man now dead, whose moral strength, indomitable energy and ca- pacity for struggle were, in the darkest hours of the last war, pressed into the service of freedom. Churchill was one of the greatest leaders, but also one of the most humane... . All the little people of the world, for whom he acted as protec- tor, are honoring his memory today as well as the rulers of the earth, of whom he was one. For Churchill not only left a mark on his age, he also bent it toward what its real purpose. should be--the world's well-being... : Sir Winston is no longer with us, but the experience of his cour- age and the admiration work live for all time. His Britain Out West Germany is parochial in action, although those who know history remember the German dream of a railroad from Ber- lin to Baghdad. The Bonn gov- ernment has more gold and more soldiers than England but has kept both at home. . At a time when the U.S. must rise to world responsibilities there is among the other nations only Engisnd which has a sense of such responsibility and heads a commonwealth upon which the sun never sets. Gratitude plays a sadly small part in the relations of na- tions. Bu' a similar approach to problems plays a. real part. Both the United States. and Brit- ain are pragmatists. There may be no formal political structure to the British Commonwealth. But the silken thread which binds this body in working ar- rangements may be in effect @ cable of steel. Granby Since the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 15, 1965... . The Canadian government announced that more than 20 persons had been ar- rested on suspicion of have ing offered secret informa- tion to a foreign power 19 years ago today -- in 1946. The case arose when a cipher clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Igor Gouzenko, turned over to Canadian officials informa- tion about espionage. His revelations Jed to the im- prisonment of nine Cana- dians. 1933---Chicago Mayor An- ton Cermak was fatally wounded by an assassin's bullet in an attempt on the . life of president-elect Frank- lin D, Roosevelt, 1950--Price control, intro duced during the Second World War, ended in Can- ada. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the disembarkation of the Ist Canadian Division at St. Nazaire was completed; the 13 infantry and five cav- alry divisions of the British Army held a 25-mile section of the Western Front; Ger- many persisted in her threat to blockade Britain 'unless foodstuffs were allowed to enter Germany. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--Russian troops stepped up their offensive against the Finns, who ad- mitted the Russians had broken through the Manner- heim Line defences; King Boris of Bulgaria dismissed Premier Kiosseivanoff in a cabinet shuffle; Britain of- fered to convoy world ship- ping against the threat of German submarines. ; evoked by his extraordinary country and the world owe . him a debt they can never completely pay.(Jan. 27) Montreal La Presse--. . . The inaugural message (of the Quebec legislature ses- sion) is fairly laconic on the subject of the provincial up- per house. The repatriation of Canada's constitution, it says, could have the effect of mak- ing the powers of the legisla- tive council immutable. So, to anticipate the danger, the lower house will be asked to reduce these powers before the repatriation takes place. The apparent intention, ac- cording to the observers, is to imitate London's parliamen- tary practice. Our legislative councillors would become the equivalent of the Lords in England. They could veto a bill during one session, but the veto would not be valid against the same measure at the following session. In ef- fect, they would cease to be able to do any more than de- lay for a time the adoption of a law. What objection can there be to such a restriction of pow- ers? The legislative, council- lors, after all, are not elected by the people and they should not halt the will of the legis- lative assembly members. This would perhaps not hold true if they were otherwise chosen, but. as it is, all are known partisans of one faction or the other. This restriction, of powers might well be the first -step towards the disappearance of this provincial senate. This is probably desirable, unless some really useful tasks are found for it. About its only utility now is on the private- legislation level. . . .--Vincent Prince. (Jan. 22) MAC'S MUSINGS We are all in favor of Plans to decentralize Our Canadiah industry And business houses by Spreading them out of Metropolitan centres Into the smaller cities And the rural areas Instead of continuing To build them up in Great industrial citizens Of over a million people. We favor this idea, because It would provide a means Of keeping for smaller Communities those of Their brightest young folk Who go to large centres Because of the lack of Opportunities at home. Our rural areas and our Small cities and towns Have for generations Been exporting to the Metropolitan centres The best of our brains In the young people And depriving themselves Of the potential value Of their future citizenship, So what has been lost by Smaller communities has been Gained by the big cities. So we are all in: favor Of industries being spread Into the smaller cities' Including places like Oshawa If for no other reason Than to make it. possible To retain as citizens More of the young folk Who have real ability So. that they will make Their future contribution To their own communities Rather than some big city To which they have to go To find opportunity for Utilizing their talent OTTAWA REPORT - Pension Plan Gaps Noted By PATRICK NICHOLSON The special joint committee of the Senate and House of Com- mons has been working long days through much of the Christmas-New Year parliamen- tary recess to study the pro- posed universal, portable old age: pension. The 36 members of the com- mittee include 12 senators and 24 MPs, of whom 20 are Lib- erals and 12 Conservatives, with two New Democrats and one from each wing of the Social Credit party. The committee was faced with a mammoth task to be completed in an impossible min- imum of time. It had to study clause by clause the lengthiest bill ever presented to our Par- liament, and also to hear wit- nesses from many insurance, welfare. and actuarial bodies. Yet it was asked to complete its report before Parliament re- assembles Feb. 16. Further, the committee was bluntly told by Health Minister Judy LaMarsh that the govern- ment would not appreciate any recommendations which would substantially alter the draft bill. Nine provinces had tentatively agreed to it already, and any significant changes would in- volve reopening negotiations with them. This was a slap at the supremacy of the federal Parliament which any legislator with a constitutional conscience would deplore; but it became evident that the docile Liberal majority on the committee was ready to steam - roller the in- quiry. NOT BEST POSSIBLE PLAN Witness after witness came to point out shocking blunders in the draft plan. For instance, of an estimated 1,880,000 Cana- dians aged 65 and over in 1976, two-thirds would receive noth- ing from this loudly trumpeted wonder-plan, less than one-third would draw an average pension of only $45 and only about 28,200 Canadians would draw QUEEN'S PARK the promised pension of $119 a month. Yet while the average senior citizen would be treated 80 ungenerously, civil servants earning $5,000 a year would then be able to retire on total pension benefits of $5,550 a year. There are many _ similar. anomalies and injustices which should be smoothed out before this hastily whipped-up batter is baked into its final form. Fortunately, Ontario Premier John Robarts stepped onto the scene and spoke. with the au- thority and responsibility of our jargest and wealthiest province. He asserted the traditional wish of Ontario and of his govern- ment to attain national unity and national standards of social services, implying that. Ontario did not want to stand aloof from this national plan, as Quebec has done. PROTECTING ONTARIANS He outlined how some safe- guards requested by him had already, been included, such as that any future modification must. be ratified by two-thirds of the provinces representing two-thirds of the potential bene- ficiaries. Second, that any province may, at any future time, opt out of the plan and operate its own similar pro- gram. He made it: clear that this.is to ensure that Ontarians would not be victimized if any future federal government raids the pension fund, as the Unem- ployment Insurance Fund was not long ago opened up to new beneficiaries on an unsound ac- tuarial basis, and consequently bankrupted. The 10 specific proposals now put forward by Ontario will be studied carefully by Ottawa, as they deserve. Some at least are likely to be accepted, such as the proposed flat $25 monthly benefit to all old age pensioners, starting Jan. 1, 1967, and ad- justments to the contribution and earnings bases. Medicare Plan Is Questioned By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- The Hagey re- port on medical insurance may or may not have been tabled by the time this is read: If it is it will signal the start of what should be the strongest fight of the session. And almost certainly one of the points in this fight will be, where has the report been and has it been altered at the request of the government? As long ago as last December it has been understood here that at least an interim report was being circulated through the buildings. But at the time Premier Ro- barts said he hadn't received it. And several weeks later he said he hadn't received a final draft. The obvious question, and the opposition will surely ask it, is where has the report been? This doesn't mean there has been anything underhand. With various government de- partments concerned in_ this field of medicare, it is possible Not Safe To Criticize De Gaulle Here in Hamilton, a news- paper or a magazine or an in- dividual can criticize Mayor Copps and any other member of civic government. Through- out Canada, the Prime Minis- ter can be and often is harshly criticized. President Johnson often geis his lumps in the United States, and the British public ana press are world fa- mous for the viciousness of their assaults on government heights. One cannot say the same about France, a_ cradle of democracy and civil law. Today it is not safe to be on any side but President Charles. de Gaulle's. Even enemies from the past, men like General Wey- gand, are not forgiven. And if your ¢in is current, woe piled upon woe comes to rest on your shoulders. A sadc in point is Jacques Isorni, a'lJawyer who in: 1945 defended old Marshal Petain, leader 0] the wartime Vichy regime, He has been fined $400 for insulting President de Gaulle. Moreover, a French court has ordered Isorni's book, "'Jusqu-au Bout de Notre Peins" seized because it allegedly slan- ders de Gaulle. And the book's publisher has been fined $400. This is France, circa 1965, al- though it may not be exactly democracy as Canadians know it. ' Hamilton Spectator PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES that some members of the gov- ernment or officials have seen sections of the report before the whole document was submitted to the government, or even completed. But still there is bound to be suspicion, until the situation has been clarified. Although the opposition will be hitting hard for a plan of public medicare, while the gov- ernment apparently will be sticking by private insurance, it appears the government may stay out of serious trouble quite easily. It can take the position that a plan of public medicare on a provincial level is not really practical--despite the Saskat- chewan experience--and that all it really can and should do is to provide that everybody has medical insurance available to them. This is what its program would do. And with Ottawa faced with the Hall Commission report, and practically obliged to bring down a national program, this will be a hard argument to make any real time against. DYMOND'S TASK Dr. Matt Dymond, who has the thankless task of trying to defend his Health Department made another of his overwhelm- ing speeches a few days ago. Dr. Dymond gave the House more than three-quarters of an hour of statistics to try and show the department was a "pacemaker" in the field of mental health, ' He had the misfortune to be immediately followed' by _bril- liant young Stephen Lewis, and the N.D.P. brain-child tore him to ribbons. The problem in our medical facilities and care is that there was a great lack of foresight in past years. And though the government has been trying to catch up it has a massive problem. BIBLE "Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment." Matthew 22:37, 28. : When we get right at this point, all else becomes easier. THE ULTIMATE 1-2-3 * UNDERGROUND PARKING * BUILDING G@ORGIAN aE RETEST LUXURY LIVING!! 124 PARK ROAD NORTHs OSHAWA READERS) WRITE... CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VIEWS The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir: Since your paper has gone on record as favoring the aboiition of capital punish- ment, and since numerous ar- ticles "have appeared favoring that view, perhaps it would be only fair to print an article pre- senting the other side's view- ; point, Enclosed is an article from the Prairie Overcomer, a magazine: sent out monthly by one of Canada's leading evan- gelical Bible schools. Thank ° you. DAVID WILKINS Brooklin, Ontario, The article enclosed in Mr. Wilkins' letter is as follows: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT When God said: '"'Whoso shed- deth man's blood, by man" -- the governmental agent -- "shall his blood be shed". He laid down a universal law of justice which was meant to ob- tain in'al} the world, from the days of the flood until the days of the "ncw heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right- eousness" (Gen, 9:6 and II Pet. 3:13). In the face of the perpetual validity of this law no govern- ment or legislative power that rejects if can avoid going wrong, and, sooner or later, causing the public to suffer, When persons enter the plea that "'in a civilized society" cap- ital punishment is a "'barbarity of the past', then such senti- mentalists presume to be wiser and kinde: than God, | Are we to conclude that God was too severe in laying down this law of plain justice? Should we not rather fear, in this day of extreme sentiment, that man, ever lenient and indulgent to- ward prevailing sins, has be- come falsely and unmercifully merciful, kind with a dangerous and unholy kindness? Reports indicate that Britain's people have a better conscience than the House of Commons, for whereas 67 per cent of the peo- ple were reported as wanting to retain capital punishment, Brit- ain's government voted to do away with it. Regarding the continually pro- gressive relaxation of laws regulating all manner of crime, here is a clear word of warning as to the guilt being incurred in our Western world: "Blood, it polluteth the land; and no ex- piation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it" (Num, 35:33, ASV). OTHER OPINIONS HOW IT'S SAID A Vancouver magistrate says police should keep their opin- ions to themselves when hand- ing out tickets for traffic violations. This proposition works both ways. Most motorists want to know why they're getting a ticket, which in itself compels an officer to express himself in some kind of detail. A few ad- monitory words into the bargain don't do any harm, and many a driver has cause to thank a policeman for advice on driving habits. An officer's job is of duality--warning as well as ticketing. And some violators deserve a sharp rebuke. But of course a lot depends on how the opinion is voiced; its nature and the tone of voice used, --Victoria Colonist PAY FOR TRUSTEES In putting themselves on the payroll, Brantford Board of Education trustees have follow- ed the example of trustees in Paris, Hamilton Toronto and elsewhere under year-old pro- vincial legislation permitting payments of from $7 to $150 a month, based on daily average pupil attendance. Under _ this arrangement Brantford trustees could have voted themselves $90 a month each instead of the $75 they decided on. It is our view that trustees should not be expected to serve at the financial sacrifice imposed by their demanding duties. There are many direct and indirect expenses associ- ated with the office, and not every member is well placed to bear them. Those who feel they can meet the cost out of their own pocket can decline the honorarium or the 10 cents a mile travel expenses, or both, --Brantford Expositor. 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