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& She Oshawa Times Z Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited ea 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ' T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1963 -- PAGE 4 'Oshawa's Expansion In Future Seems Assured " In the last decade, Oshawa's po- 'pulation has shown phenomenal "growth. In that period, it has jump- ed from 46,000 to over 70,000, an "'{ncrease of over 50 per cent in 10 'years. With higher wages and salar- jes being paid than ever before, this 'ncreased population has also brought new levels of prosperity and standards of living to the city. It would appear, from a state- 'ment emanating from General Motors of Canada, Limited, that this splendid rate of expansion in Oshawa is likely to continue. In 1963, employment by General Motors topped the 16,000 mark. Last year, this figure rose to 18,- 000.. Already this year, although only six weeks of it have elapsed, a further 700 workers have been added to the company's -Oshawa payroll, And the end has by' no means been reached, There is every prospect of a substantial increase in the number- of GM workers in Oshawa when the new truck chasis building now in process of construction south of the existing plant on Park Road south goes into operation this summer. The new plant, it is stated, will be ready for full production of the 1966 truck models scheduled for September. With "Expansion and more ex- pansion" the keynote of the plans of General Motors of Canada for its future, it is only logical to anticipate that Oshawa will con- tinue to grow in population and prosperity, with all that this im- plies for the welfare of the city. The necessity of housing additional population every year means that the building industry will be stretched to the limit. And as work- ers and payrolls increase, there will be more and more business for the retail trade and the service indus- tries and establishments of Osh- awa. There is every assurance of a bright future ahead for this city. Tax Reductions Needed The latest issue of the News Letter issued by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce looks for- ward hopefully for an early federal budget to bring tax reductions for the people of Canada. This expec- tation seems to be based on solid grounds. : When he produced his 1964 bud- get, Finance Minister Walter Gor- don stated that the continuing large deficit in the national accounts pre- vented any general reduction in taxes. Since then, the government's financial position has improved con- siderably. There is even the possi- bility that a balanced budget is in sight. This, according to the Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce, should make tax reductions possible. The reasoning of the Chamber is that tax reductions are not only desirable, but also necessary to keep the boom in Canadian business con- ditions rolling along at a brisk pace. One method of achieving this, it points out, is that tax reductions will increase the purchasing power of the whole population of Canada. This would result in stronger mar- kets for Canadian-produced con- sumer goods, increased production in Canada's industries, with the creation of thousands of new jobs, and with corresponding increases in payrolls. There is sound reasoning in the theory that unless economic growth is brisk, and indeed, accelerated, Canada will not find it easy to provide productive and satisfying jobs for the tens of thousands of new people coming into the labor from the schools and by way of immigration. And, judging from the experience of the United States, tax reductions, timed at the right mo- ment, could be one of the govern- ment's most useful steps towards maintaining a healthy, growing economy in Canada. In the face of these arguments, - which have already been presented to the minister of finance, there will be great. disappointment if the 1965 federal budget does not provide some relief from taxation, and par- ticularly in the income tax field. NDP's Centennial Project T. C. Douglas, leader of the New Democratic Party, has put forward a proposal for what he believes could be the greatest centennial year project for the Canadian people. This idea is that the year 1967 would be the ideal time for producing a new constitution for Canada, by overhauling in a com- prehensive way the constitution which for the last 100 years has been embodied in the British North America Act. That there is a great need for a complete revamping of the Cana- dian constitution is no longer a matter for argument or debate. It is accepted by all political greups and parties as essential. Passed by the British parliament in 1867, the BNA Act has in the intervening years become obsolete in many par- 'tticulars. It does not meet the needs 'of the 1960s, because the functions of government in Canada, both federal and provincial, have changed drastically since 1867. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C, J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Conadion Daily Newspaper Publish- ery Association. The Canadian Press; Audit Bureou et Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. 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By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery @reas 12.00 per year, Other P ry Countries 15.00, USA. end forsion 24.00. : There have been so many additions to government responsibilities, par- ticularly in the fields of social ser- vices, welfare and health, and in education, that the respective fields of jurisdiction of the federal and provincial governments need to be re-written, The government, of course, has been thinking along the same lines as Mr, Douglas. It has prepared for early consideration by parliament a formula for amending the constitu- tion. That, however, is only the first and least important step. Once parliament had adopted the formula to be followed in amend- ing the constitution, the discussions will begin on the actual amend- ments that are necesary. It should not be beyond the capa- city of our federal provincial gov- ernments, however, to reach a satis- factory basis for amending the constitution as a centennial project for 1967. Much will depend on the stand which is taken by the Quebec government on the amendments which it will seek. But even with these to be considered, the goal of a new constitution in 1967°should - not be impossible of attainment. ther Editors' Views A GRAIN OF SENSE (London Free Press) De Gaulle is most infuriating to his allies because he usually has a grain of sense in his views. But he always manages to present it in an unpalatable form, It. is to be hoped that his bid to call Communist China into world councils -- which is sensible enough -- will not serve to sabotage negotiations which ap- pear to be taking place quietly re- garding the Far East. LIFETIME IN UNIONS Malcolm Smith Pioneer In Building Oshawa UAW Malcolm Smith, now an Inter- national Representative for the United Auto Workers of Amer- fica, has been active in union affairs since he went to work in @ Scottish coal mine when still a child. For more than 45 of his 59 years he has been involved in union business, everything from organizing and bargaining to holding administrative posts won by election. "Malky", as he is known to thousands of union in Osh- awa, was the prime mover in the establishment of Local 222 back in 1936. He has held the presidency six different times, for varying periods of time, and was chairman of the GM bar- gaining committee for 10 years. His work for the labor move- ment began as a 13-year-old in a coal mine near his Kil- marnock home, "My first job was screening coal at the pit head (picking stones out of the coal) for two shillings and six pence -- about 65 cents -- a day, For that I had to work by hand, and in al! weather. "In cases of extreme hardship some children were allowed to leave school six months before the normal "leaving"' age. I did, but I continued my education at night school classes. That was 1918, the beginning of my life in the union. Three years jater I was involved in my first strike." What hobbies does a man have who has spent all his working life in union activities? FAMILY HIS HOBBY "What are my hobbies?) My grandchiidren, I have 14 of them. We had six children (Mrs. Smith died two years ago), four girls and two boys. "One daughter was killed in a Toronto accident in 1949. The rest, with the exception of my 14-year-old Mary, are married living in Oshawa. 'Mary lives with me; another daughter and her three chil- dren live at the house to look after her when I am away on union business, as I am quite often. "T have never had much time to develop a hobby just for re- laxation. Union business has been my whole life. When I led the local (222) I was in the office every day and down at the Union Hall every night." RECALLS GRIM STRIKES Mr. Smith remembers that the six-month long strike in 1921 was broken as was the eight- month strike which began Brit- ain's genera! strike in 1025, "In both strikes the miners suffered a defeat. It was then that I became disgusted with conditions there and emigrated to Canada, seeking greener pas- tures." Before his departure for Can- ada, he labored near the coal- face loading trucks. 'The trucks used to be pulled by horses 100 to 150 years before, but in the 1920's they were hauled by men. "For that work we were paid the princely sum of about $12 per week. We just eked out a miserable existence after work- ing long hours.in terrible con- ditions." CAME HERE IN 1927 The future president of one of Carada's biggest union locals arrived in Oshawa early in 1927. '"'My wife had relatives here," Mr. Smith said, "and on arrival | found my first job re- building a wooden bandshell at the lake which had been blown down in a winter storm. "IT helped the carpenters there and then went on to work at the construction of the Oshawa Dairy. "In June of 1927 I got work in the paint shop of General Motors of Canada Ltd., and al- though conditions were not too good for the worker they were still the best in this area. Handling Of ~ Commons, MALCOLM SMITH "T have been a GM employee since 1927, although I have had, and am still on, leave of ab- sence for union business. I had 17 years in the paint shop, 17 years in the stamping plant and two years in the battery depart- ment, FIRST UNION MEETING "In 1036 the first meeting to_ organize workers in Oshawa was heid at my St. Eloi avenue home. My brother Jimmy and I met with a fellow who was or- ganizing the unemployed in the city. That was during the de- pression, a bitter experience," he recalled. Mr. Smith began his official THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK work with the union when he be- came chief steward in the paint shop after the agreement was signed, and later was elected vice-president of the local. "During my second term as vice-president the president, Tommy MacLean, went on to the international staff and I fin- ished his term. "I was elected in 1941 to the post and again in 1942, The president of the local was rather a figurehead in those days so [ & the nomination in 1943 cepted the nomination as chairman of the GM bargaining committee. "I carried the post," - Mr. Smith xémarked, 'until 1953 when I again became president, working tull time for the mem- bership ,for a two-year term." Mr. Smith lost in a try for the presidential post in 1955 and re- turned to the plant until 1959 when he took another try at the elections when he became pres- ident again. He was elected for the sixth time as president in 1961, Drinks Needs Drastic Change (London Free Press) It didn't need the efforts of a Toronto alderman to demon- strate that our current method of handling drunks leaves some- thing to be desired, Alderman George Ben suggested that Metro Toronto courts, which are now jammed with 33,000 drunk charges a year, should be re- lieved of this load. Instead police should round up drunks, toss them into jail to sleep off the effect of their potations, and let them go home in the morn- ing. On the face of it this has cer- tain attractions. It was the prac- tice in some pioneer communi- ties where Saturday social ac- tivities were not supposed to in- terfere with church attendance on Sunday. The great difficulty is that it would interfere with the new de- velopment which permits magis- trates ta send persons repeated- ly guilty of drunkenness for spe- cial alcoholism treatment. How this could be done without hav- ing the unfortunate person pass through the courts is not clear. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS - Feb. 19, 1965... A women's organization that had its origins in Can- ada and spread throughout the English-speaking world was formed 68 years ago to- day -- in 1897 -- at Stoney Creek, Ont. The organiza- tion, the Women's Institute, was led by Mrs, Adelaide Hunter Hoodless. The or- ganization of rural women soon spread to other prov- inces and then .to Britain. 1878 -- Thomas A. Edison patented his latest device-- a phonograph. 1951 -- The first Canadian unit in Korea, Princess Pa- tricia's Canadian Light In- fantry, moved into the line north of Yotiu. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- British and French fleets under Vice - Admiral Carden bombarded forts at the entrance to the Darda- nelles; Britain announced merchant ships would fly neutra! flags to avoid cap- ture only. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- the British admiralty announced the de- Stroyer Daring had been tor- pedoed with the loss' of 157 men; the admiralty also an- nounced that since the start of the war Britain had lost 28 navai vessels; © Russian troops reported. further ee in fighting against the 'inns. Following his defeat by Albert 'Abe' Taylor in 1963 he returned to the plant until called by the international union in October of last year. Mr. Smith says. the work of a union organizer has _ not changed much over the years. MODE OF OPERATION "We usually start off by sur- veying certain plants whose operations fall within UAW jur- isdiction and then make house calls on the workers. We figure that 65.per cent of the workers signed up is a safe number and then we apply for certification. "Once we have the place cer- tified the service representative takes over. Then I begin to look for another plant." Mr. Smith pointed out that there is no lack of factories to organize 'There is a vast job of decentralization going on all over the province and we find many businesses with 50 to 100 workers. "Some of these plants are go- ing. to low population areas and offering ridiculous wages. They can then underbid organized firms and thereby undermine both company and union. 'It is a cut-throat business. "During all the years I repre- sented the members of Local 222 I supported the policies of Welter Reuther, George Burt, and the international union, I think that they have done a good job over the years." The UAW veteran stated that he may remain in Oshawa when Mr. Benson returns or continue with organizational work. ' "If the union needs me I can carny on until my _ retirement date in 1970. If the international union wants me to carry on the work which I began in the 1930's, then I am ready to do - it." MAC'S MUSINGS It is almost impossible To take up a modern book Listed as a best seller Without finding it freely Spiced with words which Are not normally used in Polite conversation, and Which mark those who Do use them as uncouth And uncultured people, It seems as if authors Go very far in search For short and vulgar Words with which to Embellish their tales Without regard to how They may offend and jar The sensibilities of Thinking people who Value their self-respect. Some writers try to justify Their scandalous writing By claiming that they Are realists and picture Life as they see it, But it is unfortunate that They stress what is vulgar And ignore all that is Beautiful and worth while In this modern world. But even more unfortunate Is the fact that such Vulgar novels are in the Lists of best sellers, And are in great demand In libraries which stock , Them, which indicates That there is a section Of the reading public That wallows in filth On the printed page. The only way to curb Vulgarity and obscenity In our modern authors Is. to show_them that it Is not wanted, by the Public ignoring their books, But we are afraid that Is asking too much from The human nature of today. Feb. 19 1965 OTTAWA REPORT Senate Needs More Work By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- How many Sena- tors are there? What do they do? Is the Senate a "Good Thing'? A reader poses these questions, There are 102 senatorships: 24 each from our two large provinces, 24 from the Mari- times, 24 from the West, and 6 added as a postscript when Newfoundland joined. Conteder- ation. Canadian men and women are appointed to the Senate by the prime minister, to fill va- cancies as they occur. (There are six unfilled vacancies now). Though many representations may be made to the prime minister, the free choice is his alone. ; The Senate typically met 91 days, Contrasted to the 214 sit- tings of the House of Commons, during the mammoth 1964 ses- sion. Its daily sitting normally lasts about half as long as the five and a half hours of the I Its members are paid $12,000 a year, like MPs-- but their additional tax free al- lowance of $3,000 a year is only half that of the MPs. SOBER SECOND THOUGHT The upper chamber of our Parliament is traditionally sup- posed to be able to give a more penetrating and impartial study to legislation initiated in and passed by the Commons. Being appointed for life, senators do not owe their place in Parlia- ment to the whim of the elec- ~ torate, so they can legislate in the longterm national interest; sometimes they modify or throw out measures initiated by the Commons under electoral pressure, The great weakness of the Senate is that traditionally every departmental minister must sit in the Commons. Hence in debating any bill, senators cannot hear from or question a minister with inti- mate knowledge of the relevant department. It might be a very wise step to appoint associate ministers of the big depart- ments from the Senate. There is a_ provision, used only once I believe, whereby a minister, although a member of the Commons, may speak in the Senate to introduce a bill. The result is that senators do their most thorough probing in committee; there they can and do summon any minister to ad- dress and be questioned by the whole committee. There are 15 permanent com- mittees of the Senate. Sonie of these are very active and ef- fective. Last year for instance, the powerful 50-member bank- ing and commerce committee met more than 40 times, prob- ing three applications to form new banks and combing -clause by clause through bills amend- ing tax acts. he 25-member divorce com- mittee for many years split into as many as four sub-com- mittees, each serving as a divorce court for Quebec and Newfoundland, processing per- haps 500 divorces a year. That undesirable judicial work has now very properly been re- moved from the Senate. TOP-FLIGHT LEGISLATORS Some senators, especially the senior and. older men, are very experienced and competent in committee; they do yeoman work, generally non - partisan, examining private bills, prob- ing technical bills such as the recent revisions to the Com- panies Act and the Canada Shipping Act, and combing over the estimates of government spending. Senators such as Liberals Tom Crerar, Salter Hayden and D'Arcy Leonard, and Conserva- tives Wallace McCutcheon and Lionel Choquette, are infinitely superior to any group of five MPs in committee work, on ac- count of their more extensive worldly and political experience and ability. With a few sensa- tional exceptions, senators have not been caught with their hand in the till or their head in a fog. The Senate could be a better thing if prime ministers would give it more work and scope, IN THE LEGISLATURE Education At Top Of Spending List By ALBERT V. WALKER, MPP (Oshawa Riding) Last week, the Honorable James N. Allen, provincial treasurer, presented the Budget for the forthcoming year to the legislature. Mr. Allen pointed out that the government was extremely grat- ified by the growth and de- velopment that has been taking place in our province. We are now entering the fifth year of the longest period of expansion since World War Two. This growth has enabled Ontario to undertake a broad expansion of. services and still maintain a strong financial position. The surging growth in On- tario's economy was particular- ly emphatic in manufacturing. In the first ten months of 1964, manufacturing shipments were up by $1,062 million in Ontario. This was $230 million more than the increase in shipments for the rest of Canada. In 1963 the gross provincial product rose by a billion dol- lars, and in 1964 a rise of $1.4 billion brought the total to $18.5 billion. EDUCATION AT TOP In the field of provincial ex- penditures, education occupies the number one position and rightly so. This matter of edu- cation costs is a matter of deep concern, and provincial grants . have been steadily increased at every level of education. This year the provincial education budget will increase by $62 mil- lion to a new high of almost $445 million, The new department of university affairs in addition will spend $63 million, while an even $100 million, will be made available for loans to univer- sities. These two departments of education will spend nearly 35 per cent of the entire provincial budget. School enrolment has doubled in the past 20 years, and prob- ably will do so again in the next YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 19, 1945 Board of Works appropriated $100,000 to re-surface Simcoe to Alexandra street. Flying Officer C. S. Hamilton of Oshawa was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Wing Commander A. J. Lew- ington of Oshawa given a bar to his DFC. RQMS George M. Thompson arrived home after active: serv- ice overseas with the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. 35 YEARS AGO Feb. 19, 1930 The experimental building of the Feldspar Glass Company, Ritson road north, was totally destroyed by fire. 'King Street United Church held special services to mark its 73rd anniversary. City Council decided to ask for estimates on the cost of building a bridge over the Osh- awa Creek at John street. 20 years, while university enrol- ment had tripled in the same Period of time but would take only 10 years to again triple. It becomes abundantly clear the expenditures on education. must inevitably increase, and sub- stantially so, until the early 1980's at least, Other major spenders are the department of highways ($329, 400,000); health ($161,700,000); public welfare ($84,400,000): public works ($57,600,000) and municipal affairs ($48,500,000). MUNICIPAL AID In its budgetary planning, the government is _ acutely aware of the essential role of the municipalities in improving the state of the economy and in advancing the well-being of our people, It is realized that there is an ever increasing demand for services and improvements at the municipal level. In the coming fiscal year overall assis- tance to local authorities will be increased by $48 million to a new high of $620 million. This figure represents 47 per cent of the estimated net ordinary rev- enue. It is interesting to note that the major sources of revenue are forecast as: individual in- come tax collection agreement, $254 million; corporations tax, $244 million; gasoline tax, $227 million; retail sales tax, $207 million; liquor control board, $114 million; motor yehicle li- cences and permits, $80 million, While expressing satisfaction that no increase in provincial taxes were necessary this year, the provincial treasurer pointed out that if we are to realize our full economic potential, a vast increase in expenditures on edu- cation and other services will be required. These ever increas- ing demands will add material- ly to our overall need for rey- enue, The present tax structure cannot produce the revenues re- quired to maintain the financial Strength of the province in years to come. : POINTED PARAGRAPHS The more the Europeans say 'Americans go' home' the more the Americans are likely to be tempted to do just that.--Mr. Christian Herter, former U.S. Secretary of State. Some of the water Oxford drinks today is drunk in Staines the day after tomorrow -- Mr. F, J. Machon, Head of member services, The British Water Research Association. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES READERS WRITE... MARRIAGE COUNSELLING The Editor, - r, The Oshawa Times } Dear Sir: : : To quote the author of the editorial 'Fear of Duplication in Suggested Service" appear- ing on Thursday, Feb. 11, it is apparent that he is laboring under a serious misconception and certainly has not taken the trouble to discover all the facts. A telephone call to the Canadian Mental Health Asso- ciation office would have set the records straight. The Canadian Mental Health Association is a member of the Oshawa Social Planning Coun- cil. The present series of meet- ings was undertaken with its blessing and knowledge, As a matter of fact, if there is any duplication of effort, it is that the same devoted people are giving their time effort to both of these organizations in order to see' a dream come true. The news item which appear- ed on February 5 was not the only article covering our series of marital' counselling meet+ ings. Previous to this, I had forwarded to your office, a complete set of literature an- nouncing the program and stat- ing that these meetings were designed to provide help for those people who were faced with the problem of giving mar- ital counselling and felt inade- quate in doing so. The writer of the said article stated to our executive - secretary that this material had been misplaced in your office. This appears to be the source of your dilemma. Basically what the Oshawa Social Planning Council pur- poses is one thing and what we are presently doing is another. Ultimately, Oshawa Social Plan- ning Council hope to provide a service for couples who need marital counselling service. We in compliance with @ particular request are trying to provide help for the people who are forced into the position of being marital counsellors. A glance at the program which I had previ- ously provided would have made this appatent to any knowledgable person. We have had excellent sup- port for our efforts. Our first two meetings have been very successful. The one-hour presen- tation by each speaker has been followed by lively discussion. I am sure that any one of the clergymen, doctors, nurses, s0- cial workers, welfare office staff, probation officers, atten- dance officers, and observers would indicate that they 'have gained immeasurable help from the program thus far. Articles such as the one to which I alluded originally can only serve to cast suspicion and doubt on the efforts of those who give their time and effort to provide a much needed serv ice to their community. - j T. J. HEATH President, Canadian Mental Health Association, Oshawa- Ontario County Rran-\. OTHER OPINIONS GHOST DIDN'T sHOW We were surprised to learn that four Buckinghamshire men are going to make a movie about the legendary ghosts that inhabit their part of good old England. They promise that only real ghosts will appear. Hopefully we trust they have more luck with their ghosts than Margaret Rutherford did with hers in the TV show, Stately Ghosts of England. Not . ene genuine ghost appeared in that show, and we were, quite frank- ly, stricken with a feeling of being gypped. Perhaps Miss Rutherford was to blame for the singular lack of success her show enjoyed. She is, after all, a funny woman with a funny face. A g! ma have taken one look at her ise lived laughing. 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