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: She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1965--PAGE 4 Legion Decision To Build Recalls 1930's Effort While the Oshawa Branch of the 'Royal Canadian Legion is to be con- gratulated on its plans to erect a new headquarters building on the 'property it owns on Simcoe street 'south, we imagine that many of the 'old veterans of the first world war 'will cherish nostalgic memories of the present Legion building. ' One can understand the decision of the Branch to build a new head- 'quarters. Its executive is fully aware 'of the fact that, by its location, the 'present hall site is going to be 'required by the city for school ex- 'pansion purposes, or possibly, to house some civic . departments. 'Therefore the Legion members were 'wise to take action now before its 'present site is taken over by the icity. The older veterans who, by their voluntary unpaid labor, in the years of deep depression, built the present Legion Hall, will, in a sense be 'sorry to leave it. At a time when most of them were unemployed, they erected the original hall with- out receiving a cent of wages. They had only their labor to contribute because they had no money, but that labor they: gave freely. The money to buy the materials was donated by friends of the Legion, notably Col. R. S. McLaughlin, the late George W. McLaughlin and Mrs. W. F. Cowan. Local builders' supplies firms also made generous donations. It was a triumphant day for the branch when, back in 1935, it was able to open the hall which has been its home since for over 80 years. Since then, the Legion has grown and prospered. Its membership has given it loyal support financially. So while there will be regrets on the part of the old-timers at leaving the old hall, the new headquarters will be a tribute to the efforts of the younger men who have followed in their footsteps. Rhodesia Danger Ahead Dissolution of the parliament of Rhodesia and the government's de- cision to hold a general election on 'May 7, are steps which may stir up 'a serious and highly undesirable 'era of strife and turmoil in this 'white - controlled, internally self- igoverning African colony of Britain, 'It is believed that Prime Minister 'Ian Smith, who heads the govern- 'ment, has called this election in 'order to bring about a vote for com- 'plete independence at any price, 'even if it means defying the British 'government. : Rhodesia is the only British 'Colony left in Africa without full 'independence. This is because the 'British government, -- both in Con- tservative days of power and now *under labor -- has refused to grant *Rhodesia independence until] a new 'constitution has been established, 'to give the native African population 'fair representation in parliament, twith the possibility that the Afri- scans might have control of the gov- 'ernment. To assess the situation, it is nec- She Osharon Simes T. L. WILSON, Publisher ; R. C. ROOKE, General ° . J. MeCONECHY * The Oshawa Times combinin, "{established 1871) and the itby Gazette and 'Chronicle established 1863) is published daily "Sundeys ond Statutory holidays excepted). Canad Publish- . Daily "ere Association. The Conadion Press, Audit Bureau otf Circulation and the Cntario Provincial Dailies Association. The Conadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news in the poper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuters, and olso the local "news published therein. All rights of special des- ches ore also reserved. . ices: Building, 425 University , Ontorio; 640 Cathcort Street, o ' Editor The Oshawo Times : SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Ostiowa, Whitby Ajox, Arey Bowmanville Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone Dunberton, Enniskillen, Drone, Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Cioremont, c Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, 'Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over B0c week. By mail in Province of Ontario) carriers delivery areas 12.00 per it. and mmonwealth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. ond foreign 24.00. essary to understand that Rhodesia has a population of four million black people: and 210,000 whites, Under the present constitution, vot- ing rights for the blacks are very strictly limited. Because of this, the five per cent of white population has been able to keep contro] of the government. A constitution similar to that given to other former Afri- can colonies would give the blacks a massive majority, and put them in power as the government. The purpose of Prime Minister Smith in calling an election in May is obvious. He wishes to take ad- vantage of a constitution which undoubtedly, because of the very limited number of black voters, put his white party back in power again, so that it could declare the country independent without the sanction of the British government. In a situation of this kind, many complications could arise, and in view of what has happened else- where in Africa, one cannot help viewing the future outlook with grave concern. Other Editors' Views WEAK. MINISTERS (Vancouver Sun) The Pearson government's crisis is generally reckoned in terms of parliamentary votes. That is a shal- low reckoning. The crisis goes much deeper than the familiar political manoeuvres of a distracted House of Commons. It is a crisis of confi- dence, not in Parliament but in the nation. What the nation seeks, in fact, is a clear demonstration of Mr. Pearson's authority. He has the immediate means of demonstrating it by the removal of his weak min- isters and. their replacement by stronger men, READERS WRITE... WHITBY EDUCATION COSTS The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir: Much has been writ- ten in the last few weeks con- cerning the cost of education to the citizens of Whitby. I have patiently remained silent, but feel that the letter written by Mrs, Brandt, presented to the Town Council, and published by The Oshawa Times must be an- swered because of the distorted truths and half-truths that it contains. Unfortunately, many people can be persuaded by this kind of fallacious reasoning. Mrs. Brandt's argument is wrong, I believe, in the follow. ing areas: She states that if taxes double in the next eight years as they have in the past eight, her rents will also have to double from $125 to $250. Is Mrs, Brandt trying to make us be- lieve that the entire amount of rent which she charges goes to- wards the payment of her taxes? Isn't it a fact that only a percentage of the $125 is used for this purpose and that even if taxes did double her rents would be increased only by the doubling of the percentage used to poy the tax bill. Secondly, Mrs. Brandt implies that the student-teacher ratio of our high schools should be 40-1, She siaies, "'It is our under- Standing that the classrooms were built to accommodate 40 pupils."' She further implies that, therefore, teachers are doing only half a job. She continues, . "with this in mind, it makes one wonder if we are obtaining the capacity of work from our teachers that we should." Unfortunately, Mrs. Brandt just does not know the facts. The facts are these: Society nov' demands that the student be given a great many options and choices particularly in the area of the shops. While it. is true that an English class or a History class might have 40 pupils, by the time that these pupils divide to take the shop option which they have elected, the number in each of these shop classes will be more like 10. It is, thus, mathematically impossible to have 40 pupils in each class at all times. Furthermore, by dividing 1,330 high school students by 76 teachers (and her facts are wrong; there are only 70 teach- ers) she is including principals, vice-principals, guidance direc- tor, shop director, and depart- ment heads, all of whom have, to a greater or lesser degree, administrative duties. Does Mrs. Brandt believe, for exam- ple, a principal should have a full teaching timetable? Does she believe that the school will run itself? Mrs. Brandt believes that our concern should ;be for the best interests of the taxpayers' poc- ket book; I believe that our concern must.be for the minds of the taxpayers' children. Yours truly, GEORGE H. 1120 Green Street, Whitby YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO April 5, 1950 Albert Street United Church extended a call to Rev. S. C..H. Atkinson of Sault Ste, Marie. ALLES Oshawa Creek flooded the whole surrounding area and caused much damage in its an- nual spring rampage. Oshawa. Dairy, Limited, pur- chased the Hastings Cheese Company plant at Tweed, 30 YEARS AGO April 5, 1935 Automobile shipments Tor the first three months of 1935 by General Motors showed an in- crease of 70 per cent over 1934, T. R. Creighton was elected president and Alex C. Hall, sec- retary of the South Ontario Con- servative Association. Members of the Oshawa Wel- fare Board threatened to resign over city council's decision to close the welfare food depot. Penis ¥ ) yor Eke yuan HOUR OF DECISION Sweeping Social Change May Affect Monarchy A social revolution is quietly ending many tradi- tions that have been part of British life for centuries. The following third of four articles on Britain by an Associated Press writer pre- sents an American view- point on the role of royalty in the nation's life. By TOM OCHILTREE LONDON (AP)--Britons often complain that their kingdom sometimes seems swamped in a sea of tradition and ceremony. This is a delicate subject. In Britain it is not considered good form to criticize tradition too forcefully, for that implies an attack on the role of the mon- archy, the most ancient secular institution in Britain-with a con- tinuity broken only once in more than 1,000 years. In the 19th century Europe was filled with great mon- archies and empires. Now there are only seven, excluding the rulers of principalities such as Luxembourg, Monaco and Liechtenstein. Only the British monarchy has. glittering uni- forms, pageantry and style un- diminished. Does. this much? The Queen's allow ances amount to £475,000 ($1,425,000) a year, Other members of the Royal Family get allowances totalling £166,000 a year, Vast sums are put out for the upkeep of the royal palaces and it takes £200,000 a year to oper- ate the royal yacht Britannia. EARNS 'PROFIT Still, it can be argued the country makes a profit on the Royal Family.. Much of the Queen's expenditure results from her duties as head of state. Every country spends money in this way. The Crown is a vast landlord in Britain. Income from the royal holdings goes to the treas- ury and amounts to more than the treasury pays out to the Royal Family. A monarchy has its own psy- chological and social terms of reference which gives rise to this question: Does the royal apparatus serve as a cover-up for the more old - fashioned areas of British life? faryland cost too WASHINGTON CALLING WASHINGTON (Special) -- Sam Ealy Johnson, a lean Johnson Faces All-Out It lacks. any trace of the giamor of the original Klan which was formed by the stu- Its principal figure is Imperial Wizard Bobby Shelton, a year-old ex-tire By Gordon Donaldson Fight With Klan 35- Salesman of tivities of Klan members agents have penetrated the prin- cipal "'klaverns" throughout the FBL = By GORDON DONALDSON leathery westerner who rode wild horses, helped drive the Ku Klux Klan out of Texas in the early 1920s. Now his son Lyndon is trying to drive the hooded terror group right out of America. When four Klansmen were ac- cused of killing a white civil rights worker, Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, on an Alabama high- way, President Johnson de- nounced the Klan and advised its members to get out. He said, 'My father fought them many long years ago in Texas, and I have fought them all my life." POWERFUL IN POLITICS In 1921 when Sam Johnson spoke out against the Klan as a member of the Texas Legisla- ture, it was a powerful organ- ization of middle class citizens and a force in southern politics. Today's Klan attracts only cranks and semi-literate hate- mongers -- about 10,000 in all. dents social group 100 years ago this month in Pulaski, Tenn., and became the terror weapon against the newly freed Negro Slaves. It lacks the "respectability'" of the second Klan formed in 1915. Before that outfit col- lapsed through its inherent cruelty and corruption, it had recruited or elected mayors, city councils, state Jegislatures and U.S. Congressmen WHITE COLLAR KLAN The third Klan started in the south after the 1954 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court outlaw- ing segregation in schools At first the fight against Negro rights was led by the White Citizens' council -- a racist group which was labelled the "white collar Klans". But as the fight becomes more and more hopeless, the new Klan is taking over and using the old terrorist methods. Tuscaloosa, Ala.. who ysed to talk about non-violence. CHANGED TUNE But if the Imnerial Wizard really meant to turn the Klan into a peaceful protest move- ment, he failed. Now he has changed his tune. Announcing that the Klan will defend the four night-riders ac- cused of shooting Mrs, Liuzzo, he has called the president of the United Stafés a "damn liar' and 'a mental maniac', and muttered darkly about the work of the Klan Bureau of Investi- gation, his private Gestapo. RIGHT-WINGERS The House Un-American Ac- tivities Committee, a group of right-wing Congressmen who until now have spent their time on anti-Communist witch hunts, have agreed to investigate the ultra-right-wing Klan. At the same time the Federal Bureau of Investigation is add- ing to its huge files on the ac- 4 south. They have collected evidence against Klan members in four notorious civil rights nurders-- the lynching of three men near Philadelphia, Miss., last sum- mer and the shooting of a Negro colonel on a Georgia highway. LAW IS FRUSTRATED But they are frustrated by the reluctance of deep south states to lay murder charges, and the outright refusal of southern juries to convict white men of killing Negroes or northern civil rights workers But where the States refuse to act, the Federal government is preparing to step in. President Johnson is likely to propose changes in the Jaw providing stiffer penalties for the Federal crime of conspiracy to violate a person's constitutional right. The conspiracy charge is based on_a Statute of 1870, which was designed to curb the original Ku Klux Klan. Old social landmarks, preju- dices and even moral concepts disappear almost overnight. In a sense, Britain is being bom- barded by motor cars, ham- burger bars, bowling alleys and mass advertising. The class system has been subjected to a creeping revolu- tion for more than 20 years. REFORM OPPOSED Class and privilege still pre- vail but they are on the defen- sive. Suggestions for reforming the educational system, a red- hot political question, are at- tempts .to make British social divisions less rigid. Two waves of immigration also have brought great changes. The first in the years just be- fore and during the war consist- ed of refugees from Hitler's Europe. Many of these were highly intelligent and rose rap- idly to positions of great cul- tural and academic influence. The second wave largely swept in during the last six of seven years. It consisted of im- migrants from the non-white Commonwealth countries. There are a million of these people in Britain now Immigrants from Asia, Africa and the West Indies run buses, work on building projects, Keep Watch For Scandal Here is another wrinkle which Ottawa might borrow from Westminster. Prime Minister Wilson is determined not to be caught short if a security. scan- dal develops, as happened to Macmillan in, the Profumo af- fair. Wilson admits to making changes around his office so that he won't have to get up in parliament and say "nobody told me." The task of watching these angles appears to have been given to George Wigg, the Labor MP who brought the Pro- fumo case to a head. He has been given the job of Pay- master General, an amorphous office with few defined duties. Clearly the Pearson govern- ment could use someone like Wigg, not merely for security cases but for more general pro- tection, In the Rivard case, Parliament was stunned to learn that the Prime Minister was told nothing until the last .min- ute. He did not even know that his own parliamentary secre- tary was involved (Financial Post) TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 5, 1965... Pocahontas, the Indian girl who saved early colonist John Smith from execution by her father; Powhatan, was married to another col- onist, John Rolfe, 351 years ago today--in 1614--in the Virginia colony, one of the earliest Eurs pean set- tlements in North America. She went to England with her husband two years later but died there after giving birth to a son, who later re- turned to the colony. Many prominent Virginia families still claim descent from Po- cahontas 1649--Birth of Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University was named 1954--Public statement by U.S.. President Eisenhower that his country would never sweep streets and perform heavy labor in factories. STAFF HOSPITALS Many of them also help fill the ranks of the professions. Some 40 per cent of the junior staff doctors in hospitals in Brit- ain's large cities are Indians or Pakistanis. They have taken the places of thousands of British-born doc- tors who migrated to the Com- monwealth and the United States where they feel they can earn more than under Britain's state medical scheme. Now arguments are heard that Britain needs to pause to digest these changes. Peregrine Worsthorne, writing in The Sun- day Telegraph recently, took this line: "There is a limit to the amount of change any society can digest at any period, a limit after which everything becomes so unrecognizably different that people cease to feel at home; cease to feel that they belong. Alienation of this kind is the death of patriotism, .since few can love what they do not know or serve what they do not under- stand," MAC'S MUSINGS Our garden lovers are now Looking forward to soon Getting to work in the Garden, and also to the Summer months ahead which Will pay such rich dividends In the garden bountiful. There is so much to do In cleaning up the debris Left from fall and winter That the laborious task Of this cleaning up Leaves the muscles weary And the limbs aching After the first few hours, Yet all this strenuous Labor of cleaning up Must be done before the Planting can be done Which, in partnership With nature makes the Summer-time garden All we want it to be, There is no work which Pays such rich rewards As that which is done In the garden in the Earliest days of spring Because what it will be In the summer months Depends on how thoroughly The preparatory work Of the spring is done. HISTORY use the H-bomb on its own initiative. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the Allied attack in the Woeuvre district con- tinued; 30,000 British and French troops disembarked at Lemnos, a staging-point for the invasion of the Dar- danelles; and British ships bombarded ports in the Gulf of Smyrna.' Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- the RAF raided the German de- stroyer base at Wilhelm- shaven, and British and French admirals planned to tighten the sea blockade of Germany; in Berlin, propa- ganda films of the conquest of Poland denounced British Prime Minister Chamberlain as responsible for the Poles' plight. OTTAWA REPORT Women's Lobby On CBC Is Powerful By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The most lively topic of conversation on Parlia- ment Hill continues to be the determined country-wide drive by Canadian women to protect their children and maintain the high standards of their family life. Our maybe election, the $10,000 allegedly dangled as a political bribe, even the pro- tracted pension debate, all took subordinate place. in the inter- est of parliamentarians, who are keenly alert to the potential power of the organized woman's vote. Six. women invaded Parlia- ment Hill, supported by 76,000 signatures endorsing the "Dec- laration by Canadian Women," which seeks to cleanse out "the entrenched control within the CBC by a handful of men whose philosophy, attitudes' and tastes run counter to the great major- itv of Canadians." Is it only the CBC whose pro- gramming contains these objec- tionable features? Mrs. Jackie Hoag, of Regina, and Mrs. Mary McNeill, also from Regina, were two of the six women who pre- sented the declaration. They ex- plained to me that the same ob- jectionable features are infin- itely less prominent on private television stations, because these are more sensitive to the adverse reaction of viewers. CBC OBLIGATIONS What specifically do they seek? As a national institution, financed by the taxpayer whose sole purpose is to strengthen the independent national image of Canada, the CBC should be given a clear-cut programming policy by Parliament. "We ask that this policy should make unequivocally clear that CBC programs shall present news objectively; de- velop respect for our vital in- stitutions such as democratic government, law enforcement agencies, the armed forces, ed- ucational organizations, and bodies which promote moral and spiritual values; foster and QUEEN'S PARK romote national unity; contri- te to sound family life; deal with problems, pointing the way to an answer, rather than pro- pagating the problem, and so on." Who are the sponsors of the Declaration by Canadian Women? Thirty-five in number, they include women exception- ally prominent in country-wide organizations and public life, such as a provincial cabinet minister, a former director of the CBC, former chairman of the National Council of Women, a newspaper editor, a vice-presi- dent of the Dominion Drama Festival, a senator, the presi- dent of the Canadian Women's Christian Temperance Union, an executive of the Canadian Fed- eration of University Women. The delegation of six who came to petition the prime min- ister were all, except their chairman, Senator Josie Quart, very prominent in Liberal as- . sociations and political work. WIFE WOULD SIGN The.signatories of the declara- tion were certainly not crack- pots, prudes and witch-hunters. In fact, when Prime Minister Pearson read it, he commented: "My wife would sign this." The Signatures taken to the prime minister included those of Mme. Paul Comtois, wife of the lieu- tenant governor of Quebec, and Mme. Jean Lesage, wife of the premier of Quebec, and Mme. Maurice Bourget, wife of the speaker of the Senate, They to- talled 76,000 from 2,000 commu- nities across Canada. Less than 5 per cent of the women ap- proached refused to sign. Accepting this ratio as a poll of opinion truly yepresentative, this means that more than 5,000,000 women voters across Canada support this declaration. What will happen if nothing is done? "There's an election coming up; we believe in the power of the ballot so the government can wait and see," said Mrs. Jackie Hoag. Doubts Expressed On Medicare Plan By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The key question on medicare is whether Premier John Robarts will change his mind and abandon the private carriers to which he. has tied his program. One's first supposition is that Mr. Robarts won't do this. But then when you read your Toronto Globe and Mail these days you wonder if perhaps there isn't some chance he might. For the Globe has been cam- paigning strongly against the private proposal. When the Globe campaigns against him it must give any Conservative leader pause for thought. For while it is perhaps not as adamantly Conservative as .it once was, it is still a power to many people in the party. And it particularly has the ear of the top people in the financial com- munity. It has left no doubt at all of its feelings. After a survey it made in other jurisdictions, the newspa- per says that medical insurance based on private carriers just doesn't fit the bill. NON-PROFIT PLAN It proposes the government program should be based on non-profit plans, such as Physi- cians Services Incorporated. Somewhat ironically, this is the same proposal as former Liberal leader John Win- termeyer had so much trouble trying to get across. And the Globe probably gave Mr. Wintermeyer as much or POINTED PARAGRAPHS This continent would never have been settled if the pioneers had refused the Indians' peace pipe because smoking was dan- gerous to the health. A person is only young once. And to the oldsters, that "once" seems to Lave been a very short period. BIBLE "0 Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me." Psalms 30:2. The one who made us is en- tirely capable of mending us. "By His stripes we are healed." ENS TAXI 723-5241 OSHAWA'S Newest Taxi Oftering Sote, Courteous Service 46 King St. W. Oshawa more trouble than any other source. When he was in office it just couldn't see him doing much right. Another factor that may have some influence on Mr, Robarts' decision is that one of the most widely-known private plans in the province, has just an- nounced another rate increase. This is the second increase in little more than a year. And its new rate is $19.50 a month per family, which is considerably higher than the proposed cost for a public program. IS EMBARRASSMENT The government most cer- tainly wishes it had never heard of Frederick Fawcett. This farmer who defied local authorities and has been hailed as insane for a number of years now, is proving to be a great embarrassment. With psychiatrists disagreeing as to his sanity, and enough other factors in the background of his case to cause suspicion, it has been a natural for the op- position to make a cause out of, And the NDP has been grasp- ing the opportunity. A lot of the government's trouble comes in that there is really little it can do. Practically any action it might take would appear as an interference with the courts; rg this government just doesn't 0. AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING & Banquets JHENRY HUDSON HOTEL 353 West 57th St., New York City Columbus 36100 YOSEPH A. STINGO, General Manager sottcocteats ane to special rates