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| She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1965--PAGE 4 Changes In Education Looking To New Future The address delivered by Hon, William J. Davis, Ontario minister of education, to the Oshawa Kiwanis Club this week provided a large gathering of local business men and educators with all too brief look at the new educational pro- gram which is being developed to meet the needs of the future in this province. The shortage of time, unfortunately, made it im- possible for him to go into great detail on what is going on in the field of education. He was able, however, to say enough to convince his listeners that his department is taking a forward look to a future in which educational requirements will be drastically different from those of the past. Put briefly, the objectives of the new program are not only to enable the young people of to- morrow to earn a living, but also to live a satisfying life and to develop characters that will make them useful citizens. It is obvious that with the pro- gress being made in technology, in science and in computer-type auto- mation, it will be necessary for # much larger proportion of the work- ing population to have special skills and knowledge to meet the needs of industry, business and the profes- sions. Mr. Davis made it clear that this is recognized within the de- partment of education, and that changes are being made in the curricula at all age levels to meet the challenges and the opportunities of the future. The studies which have been made and are still being made by committees appointed by the minis- ter will, it is hoped, produce the type of educational system which will be demanded by the future. It is significant that the committees named include not only education- ists, but also people from business and industry and from the ranks of parents. This will give a much broader interpretation of what is needed in tomorrow's education. Mr. Davis gave the impression of being a man dedicated to an important task, one to which he is bringing sound common-sense as well as consider- able administrative ability. Early Election Unlikely During the past week or two there has been a revival of rumors, speculation and predictions that there will be a federal general elec- tion in Canada before long. Some of the prophets have been picking June as the month for voting, al- though there has been nothing tan- gible to substantiate this report. The situation still is that Prime Minister Pearson will select the election date when it seems politi- cally profitable for him to do so, and not until then. With this in mind, it is difficult to understand on. what basis Mr. Pearson would seek an early elec- tion. There can be no doubt that the public image of the Liberal party has been badly hurt by the revelations of the Dorion inquiry, even although nothing directly in- volving the government in any mis- demeanor has been revealed. But because of the effect of these reve- lations on the poblic mind, Mr. Pear- son would be running a great risk if he called for an election before Judge Dorion makes his report on the inquiry. The question which is disturbing the minds of those who take a keen interest in the affairs of their country is whether an early elec-~ tion would put an end to a minor- ity government in Canada and place any party in power with a decisive majority. That is a question which can only be answered after all the ballots have been counted. It is conceivable that the split between Mr. Diefen- baker and some of his followers would weaken the Conservative party considerably in an election, and bring about the loss of a number of Tory seats. But what cannot be estimated is whether the seats lost by the Conservatives will be won by Liberals or by Social Credit and NDP candidates. The splinter parties might well make a sufficient number of gains to prevent the Liberals securing a clear majority, thus augmenting the extent to which the small groups will hold the balance of power. Nothing New Revealed New Democratic Party leader Donald MacDonald revived an old political chestnut in the Legislature the other day when he charged that the Ontario government depart- ments are mushrooming with public relations officers whose activities are at least half political. In doing so, he was not bringing to light anything new in the conduct of gov- ernment affairs. In fact, if any- thing, he understated the case when he charged that these public rela- tions officers spent as much time in promoting their cabinet ministers as they do on government business. That statement, of course, is per- fectly true, but it has always been so ever since public relations offi- cers became part of the govern- She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle estoblished 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Conadian Press, Audit Bureau et Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and. also the local news published therein. 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They are, in fact, propagandists for the government of the day, and for their own minister. And it has al- ways been so. It would be just the same if the NDP came into power. It was just the same when the Liberal party was in power in On- tario from 1934 to 1943, If Mr. MacDonald has the idea that he was opening up a new scandal, by. revealing something which has grown up only under the Conservative government, he was barking up the wrong tree, He must have known for years that the func- tions of the public relations officers were to write acceptable speeches for their ministers, to produce press releases in praise of everything done in their departments, to ar- range for interviews and press con- ferences so that their ministers might make more or less breath- taking announcements. ' If Mr. MacDonald did not know long before this time that these public relations officers were there to serve the political purposes of the government, then he must have been going around Queen's Park with his eyes and ears closed. ' READY FOR EMERGENCIES Ontario County EMO Head Has Broad Responsibility By GORDON MITCHELL of The Times Staff The actions of one man last week strained the emergency facilities of the Oshawa General Hospital to the breaking point, A mock plane wreck at the Oshawa Airport engineered by Lt.-Col. Stephen Wotton, co- ordinator of the Ontario County Emergency Measures Organiza- tion, filled the hospital's emer- gency department with casual- ties. The surprise exercise was part of an EMO scheme to test rescue and hospital operations in the event of a real disaster. The 50-year-old native of Osh- awa has headed the EMO set- up since 1954 when he was ap- pointed boss of the civil defence organization for the city. EMO now covers all the municipali- ties of the county. INSURE AGAINST RISKS "When you face risks, you buy insurance," With those words Stephen Wotton explains why he now heads the civil defence organization. "T served overseas during the war and came back determined that we should never see 'the world plunged into such a holo- caust again. When I was com- manding officer of the Ontario Regiment, I saw the need for some 'insurance' and did my utmost to strengthen our defénce sysiem." The much-decorated veteran was among the first Canadian soldiers to gs te England when war with Germany was de- clared His active service came after six years in the Ontario Regi- ment reserve and was followed by a military career which end- ed last month. COMMISSIONED IN ENGLAND "We went to England to study tank training which we in turn passed onto our men in Canaja,"' Lt.-Col. Wotton remi- nisced "T made one trip back to this side of the Atlantic in 1941, and then back again to England." He was in England during the Battle of Britain, when the country stood alone against a threatened German _ invasion. After serving on coastal duty in the south of England, the Ontario Regiment sergeant was posted to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, where he was commissioned. Lt.-Col. Wotton then served in the Italian Campaign and was a tank corps commander in the Netherlands when the war end- ed. He came through the war unscathed One thing Lt.-Col. Wotton dis- liked about the war was the civilians. "We didn't like them around when we were fighting. We were never sure when they waved white flags whether they were welcomnig us, or trying to surrender." On his return to Oshawa fol- lowing the end of the war, Lt. Col. Wotton worked with the Na- tional Employment Service and later with an exporting com- pany. In 1953 he assumed com- mand of the regiment from Col. AG, Coulter and a year later became the EMO head, "From the original small be- ginnings we gradually expand- ed to cover local municipalities and then the entire county. "We have set out to co-ordi- nate departments in all the municipalities and set them in gear in case of any type of disasters." The simulated 'air disaster" which tried all the hospital's emergency facilities was part of, Lt.-Col. Wotton's plans to keep all his departments on their toes -- NUCLEAR PLANT RISKS The new nuclear plant at Pickering will also mean more work for the EMO top men. "In case of any accident there we must see that all local hospi- tals are familiar with treatment for excess exposure to radia- tion and keep checking on them," Lt.-Col. Wotton explained that the increased speed of develop- ment and rapid rise in popula- tion meant that a number of risks are building up with which we are not familiar, "Oshawa has never had a disaster like the Montrea! apartment explo- sion."" he said, "but one could occur here -- and we must be prepared for it, LT.-COL. STEPHEN WOTTON "We have a number of plans which would go straight into action in case of war but EMO will become more involved with municipal activities as time goes on," he states. "I look upon it as a means of making the most efficient use of our resources; fire de- partments, police, welfare, the county health unit, hospitals, en- gineering and works depart- ments," Lt.-Col, Wotton states, THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK In the event of any disaster which might involve seevral municipalities in the county EMO headquarters in_ the Whitby county buildings would be a focal point. The head- quarters holds a -closed-circuit television room where snap de- cisions can be made by civic authorities. ; His work with EMO did not give much time for a hobby but the one which Lt.-Col. Wotton chose was about the busiest pastime anyone could imagine. From 1957 until February of this year he was chief staff officer for Northern Ontario Headquarters of the Army. Every weekend was spent on the inspection and assessing of army units in the north. "Last fall, for example," he said, "I took a 2,700 mile jaunt through Northern Ontario checking up on 16 units, Paul Hellyer, Minister. of Defence, really did me a good turn when IT was retired last month; now I can spend some time at home." Home is an attractive ranch style bungalow on the banks of Warne Creek, at the end of Burk street. The seven-room home was built by the energy- packed EMO co-ordinator with help from Mrs, Wotton. "We have got so far since 1953 when we started to build the house,"' says Lt.-Col. Wot- ton. "Last year we dug out a swimming pool -- and there Is always some new project," An appropriate project for TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 12, 1965... : Austrian-born Adolf Hitler entered his home country in the wake of his occupy- ing armies 27 years ago to- day--in 1938. In February of 1938, Hitler nad invited the Austrian chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, to his retreat at Berchtes- gaden and there forced him . to sign an agreement giv- ing the Austrian Nazis vir- tually a free hand in the country. When Schnu- schnigg attempted to re- pudiate the agreement and announced a plebiscite on the question of 'amalgama- tion' with Germany, Hitler immediately ordered the oc- cupation of Austria by Ger- man troops. His enthusias- tic entry into Vienna, where once he had almost starved as an impoverisned painter, decided him on his course of annexation, as he put it, "to protect Germans' liv- fing im the country, 1628 -- British composer John Bull, credited with composing "God Save the Queen," was born, 1939--Pope Pius XII was crowned in Rome. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the Admiralty re- ported the torpedoing of the British auxiliary cruiser Bayano with the loss of al- most 200 men; British forces gained ground in a drive on Lille; Russian troops fell back. before re- newed German attacks in Poland: Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- tne Finnish parliament met in a secret session but issued no report on proposed peace negotia- tions with Russia; French Premier Daladier said 50,- 000 British and French troops were ready to sail for Finland if the formal eall came, the Wottons was a basement fall-out shelter. In peacetime it doubles as a fruit cellar, The Wotton "home shows many examples of another of his interests -- painting. Dur- ing the war, "I ran out of leave and in desperation took a week-long art course at the University of Florence; strange- ly enough I enjoyed it and began to paint when I returned home" Lt.-Col. Wotton is an ardent gardner and js starting off his 1965 vegetable crop in the basement, using a new method which cuts down on watering. He. has also taught himself to play the organ and other interests include sailing, .fish- ing, and mineral collecting. Lt.-Col. Wotton is a member of the Oshawa Rotary Club and is on the Civic Affairs and Ladies' Night committees. His wife is the former Shir- ley Reynolds, an Oshawa girl It.-Col. and Mrs. Wotton have been married for 28 years and are the parents of three chil- dren, Mrs. Barbara Barta, Mrs. Rosalie Gill) and 17-year-old Earl, a Grade 11 student at Central CVI. And other interests of the Lieutenant-Colonel?) My grand-- children, all five of them and all grandsons, too," MAC'S MUSINGS Organized social services Are doing splendid work In many fields of welfare Activity to which they are Devoting their attention, And they cannot be given Too much commendation For what they are doing. Yet we are impressed by An article published in The official magazine. of The Canadian Welfare Council, and written: by Its editor, Marjorie King, Its theme is that the Organized social services Will never completely Replace the acts of Personal kindness done By people who volunteer To help fellow-citizens Who are in difficultires. While the social services Are greatly assisted by Personal contributions of Money these donations have An impersonal quality which Cannot compare with the Value of the kindly acts Done in a personal way When they are needed. There are so many sets Of circumstances in which The personal touch and Words and deeds of kindness Help much more to ease The burdens of those in Difficulty and distress, Than all the financial Contributions made in A completely impersonal way. BIBLE "And in 'hell he lift up his eyes being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." Luke 16:23. The sad report of the multi- tudes has been that they never got their eyes: opened until it was too late, Don't let this happen to you. "Christ is the answer." ' OTTAWA REPORT Ottawa Will Have Waxworks Museum By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Otiawa will soon have its own version of Lon- don's famous "Madame Tus- saud's." A museum of wax- work figures will be opened here next year by * England's Josephine Tussaud and Com- pany, it has just been. an- nounced, ' ' The museum will initially con- tain eighty figures, costing about $3,000 each to model and dress, "with a distinctly Canadian fla- your,' No, Johnny, that does not mean that their wax lips will be coated with maple sy- rup, This announcement raises controversial speculation as to who are the eighty most wax- worthy Canadians, Madame Tussaud's does not exclude. the famous who are still with us, so we may have the opportunity of comparing a waxen Prime Minister Pearson downtown, for an admission fee, with the live original in the House of Commons, admission free The saud's sonalities Madame Tus exhibits headlined per who have attained fame or notoriety in many fields, The models are decep tively lifelike and lifesize, with flesh modelled in beeswax and thatched with human hair, dressed in appropriate clothing of their period If this precedent ia followed, we will see Samuel de Cham plain, perhaps carrying his fa mous astrolabe or presiding over the revels of his "Order of Good Cheer" at Port Royal, Nova Scotia. We ought to see Pierre Ka- prit Radisson and Medard Chouart Groseilliers, the broth- ers-in-law who were the first white men to venture as far west as Minnesota in their search for furs, and who later were responsible for the forma- tion of the 'Company of Ad- venturers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay." Or will they give way to the earlier Etienne Brule, Canada's first tourist and rake, perhaps shown standing in front of the wigwam of one of his many girl friends? Wolfe QUEEN'S PARK original and Montcalm will surely refight their troublesome battle, against a painted back- drop of old Quebec City, Canada's fourteen prime min- isters might seem ob vious choices, but some were too ob- scure to deserve remembrance. Perhaps the worst of them, Mackenzie Bowell, should be in- cluded, surrounded by his 'nest of traitors," the seven ministers in his cabinet who demanded, and ultimately attained, his res- ignation. INCLUDE HEES, GOLAB? The sports should be repre- sented, Will Ottawa see its own Tony "Golden Boy" Golab, per« haps the greatest-hearted Cana- dian footballer of all time? Will George Hees be included as a Grey Cup-winning Argo- naut snap, of as @ yard-gaining minister of trade And should there be a Cana dian "Chamber of Horrors?' George Marcotte might be in that, wearing his Santa Claus wil, Touis Kiel could hardly be- excluded, though perhaps in the historia rather than the erimi rial section, despile his execu tion for high treason Thinking the browd spectrum of Canadian achieve ments through the ages, names occur sich as Karting and Rest and insulin, Alexander Graham Hell and his telephone: J. A. D Meturdy afd his Dart aeroplane: Ney Themson and his globe « girdiing group of newspapers; Bonar Law of New Brunswick whe hecume prime minister of Britain; "The Heaver,"' who made a fortune in Canada and added fame in Britain; Papineau and Macken zie the rebels; Laura Secord and Madeleine de Vercheres the heroines; Grey Owl and his beavers; Vincent Massey, our first. Canadian - born Governor General, and his distinguished predecessor, John Buchan alias Lord Tweedsmuir; Bigot the Intendant, who added a word to. our language; Hudson and Frobisher, the explorers. Who would you nominate? This Hall of Fame, designed to hold only eighty figures, will suffer from overcrowding of the waxen such as no municipality would tolerate for the living! across Hilver Divorce Debate Could Be A Trap By DON O'HEARN TORONTO. The Liberals seem to have a good news- making issue in divorce. Party speakers have been pressing the government to urge Ottawa to broaden the divorce laws. And they have been get- ting a fair amount of newspa- per ink. Getting perhaps more than they deserve. For while they have been saying the present grounds and procedures are too narrow, they haven't been very specific about what should be done about them, The party has been asking for a debate in the House on the question; and has a resolution on the order paper to this effect in the name of Harry Worton of Wellington South. It's hard to say whether the government will agree to such a debate. It probably is in sympathy with a relaxing of divorce laws. CAN BE IRAP But a full-scale debate in which details were argued could be a trap. When you get into the pros and cons of divorce laws you are on very controver- sial zround. Actually it wouldn't be sur- prising to see the government call the resolution for brief dis- cussion and then agree to it. All the resolution does is ask that discussions be _ initiated with the federal government and this shouldn't be politically pain- ful Another opposition proposal that -merits attention comes from Kenneth Bryden of the NDP. Mr: Bryden's is YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO March 12, 1945 George McLaughlin of Elm- croft Farms, Oshawa, was awarded the trophy as grand champion showman at the OAC College Royal at Guelph. suggestion A. oH, Allin, widely-known Whitby druggist, passed away suddenly at his home. Frank Michael's rink were the first winners of the G. W. McLaughlin Memorial Trophy at the Oshawa Curling Club, 35 YEARS AGO March 12, 1930 A Supreme Court jury at Whitby awarded George Elgie $2000 and costs on an action against George Tyndall of Cha- tham for alienation of his wife's affections. R. D. Preston was elected chairman of the Oshawa Town Planning Commission, as suc- cessor to G. W. McLaughlin. The name of North Simcoe United Church was changed to. that of Northminster United Church. that an independent committee from outside the legislature should handle the question of member's indemnilies, This would be the same ap- proach as has been adopted with redistribution, The writer would hope to see the proposal adopted. Over the years he has more than once made the same suggestion him- self. BASED ON IDEA It is based on the theory that members do not get proper re- muneration now--either for the work: the present members are doing, or to attract the caliber of member we should have-- that so long as they are setting their own pay they will probably always be reluctant to fix a sat- isfactory figure; and that so long as it is in their own hands no matter what 1s done there will inevitably be cynicism by the public and press. Once again there is the diffi- culty of a government accepting an. opposition suggestion. There is always a reluctance to do this. And then. members on the government side wouldn't be too happy about an increase being delayed for a year; as would probably be the case if a com- mittee is to decide it. One possibility could be that an interim increase be given this year, with a committee ap- pointed to recommend on a permanent indemnity and a formula to handle future in- creases, READERS WRITE... CITY DUMP PROBLEM The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir: , Where will the next city dump be? How long will it be"hefore we incinerate? Will incinerat- ing add to air pollution? The present dump will be fill. ed by summer, and a good loca- tion for a new one would. be on the property a few hundred yards east of Farewell avenue, on the north side of the ghost road. There is a drop in the land there that could be levelled with sanitary fill, and the city yard could then be moved to it This would leave the land at Ritson road south and Wolfe street to be sold to industry and the land behind the John F, Kennedy School on Conant street to be sold as residential, The buildings in the city yard are portable, and could be moved to the new yard, thus centralizing the city yard, bus warage and 'sewage disposal plant, On this same location an wicinerator could be built and fueled from the sewage plant, a few hundred yards south, A fillered stack or some other engineering device to ston aw polntion could be installed, ~ Yours truly, _ DOUG WILSON 145 Patricia avenue, Oshawa OTHER OPINIONS WILSON HAS TROUBLES Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Labor Government are having treubles, When Rt. Hon. Patrick Gordon Walker, foreign secretary, was defeated in the general election last October, it was explained that Mr. Walker was the victim of unusual cir- cumstances But, Mr. Walker was beaten in a normally safe Labor seat in Leyton in a recent byelection. That. set Mr. Wilson back on his heels, Regardless of party of any- thing else, Mr. Wilson came into office inheriting an eco- nomic mess from the Conserva- tives. The situation had become So serious, drastic measures were required. If the Tories had won, they would have had to do the same or similar things. Any Government that must impose rest-ictions is asking for public anger. No matter how much the people may have appreciated Mr. Wilson had little choice, they still got mad. That is always a trouble in public office So often a Govern- ment doing what it sees it must do is putting itself in the dog- house, --W. L. Clarkin, Windsor Star NO LAUGHS HERE Chinese pranksters are going to have te stop hiding the chop- sticks of their fellow workers and pinning rude names on their back3. That's an order from the Government. The "permissible themes for jest, joking and laughter" in cartoon and anecdote "must praise the diligence and thrift of the work- ing people, their wisdom, cour- age, helpfulness and sense of responsibility and must attack the greed and avarice of the exploiting classes, their stupid- ity and cunning." The 'Chinese comrades cer- tainly aren't going to laugh themselves to death. --Milwaukee Journal POINTED 'PARAGRAPHS It isn't necessary to eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away at night. About: the only way to get some people to really listen to you is to talk to them about themselves. 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