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She Oshawa Fi 8 Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, MAY 17, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Centennial Committees In 230 Municipalities "Centennial, Ontario" is the title of a booklet being issued monthly by the Ontario Centennial Planning Branch of the Department of Tour- ism and Information. This booklet is intended as a clearing house for information and ideas on Centen- nial activities throughout the prov- ince. The material in it has, for the most part, been contributed by the local committees which have been formed in various municipalities to plan for Centennial celebrations two years hence. Judging from the reports contain- ed in an issue which we have just received, a tremendous amount of activity is now going on all over the province in making plans for this historic occasion. On the back page appears a list of 230 Ontario municipalities which already have Centennial committees in action. It is noteworthy that the name of Oshawa does not appear on this list. The only Ontario county municipalities listed as having Cen- tennial committees at work are Whitby, Pickering, Beaverton and the townships of Whitby, East Whitby and Scugog. Clarke and Darlington townships in Durham County are also in the list. Planning Branch director Jack Brockie is quoted in the booklet as follows: "An ideal plan for Centen- nial celebrations should be related to the character of the community and have as many citizens as pos- sible participating. An excellent starting point for a Centennial plan- ning committee is to create an in- ventory of the community's assets, including the citizens and their skills, evidence of its history in doc- uments, buildings, equipment and artifacts." The contents of the booklet pro- vide evidence that there is already a great deal of activity in Ontario in planning for 1967. Time is all too short if the celebrations are to be worthy of the occasion and it would be good to see the name of Oshawa added to this official list of places that are taking action in that direc- tion. Medicare Plan Weakness The medicare plan introduced in the Ontario Legislature by the min- ister of health, Hon. M. B. Dymond, falls a great deal short of a com- plete government health policy. Its chief weakness is that it is a volun- tary plan, which leaves as one of the greatest imponderables the ex- tent of public participation in it. The key provision in the scheme is that the government will pay full premium on a standard health in- surance policy for persons with no taxable income, and of the premium, on a sliding scale, for per- sons living in families with up to $1000 taxable income, Thus it in- corporates a type of means test, al- ways an objectionable feature of any social legislation. This part of the scheme will be administered by a new medical services division of the health department. All other in- surance under the scheme will be handled by private companies. 'he Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays ond Statutory holideys excepted Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation and the Cntario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press. is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of al! news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Agsociated Press or Reuters, and also the iocal news published therein. All rights of special des patches are also reserv: Gffices;_ Thomson Avenue, Toronto, Montreal, P.Q. 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He said that nearly 84 per cent of On- tario's population are already cover- ed by health insurance of some kind, Included in the remaining 16 per cent will be those people who will have their insurance wholly or part- ly subsidized. by the government, But it will be entirely up to the 84 per cent whether they retain their present insurance or change over to the voluntary government plan, This will depend very largely on the cost of the government insur- ance, which Dr. Dymond has not yet revealed. There have been suggest- ions that it will cost more than the PSI insurance and other private plans. If that is so, then the govern- ment's scheme will not have any appeal to the great majority of the people of Ontario. At the best, all that it does is to provide free or cheap insurance for the low income people of Ontario, about 25 per cent of the population, Other Editors' Views HORNET'S NEST. (Charlottetown Guardian) -- A dairy science professor in New Zealand has stirred up a lorn- et's nest by campaigning for the removal of cows' tails on the ground that they are dirty and contamin- ated and useless as bug swatters., Opposition to his views has come from all over the country including societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals. WASHINGTON CALLING 'bear -- READERS WRITE... ON MUNICIPAL TAXES The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir, It was a very refreshing breeze indeed which eman- ated from Oshawa's City Council Chambers last Wednes- day evening. Full credit should be given to our council for their proposed efforts in bringing some relief to the over-burdened property owner. Ald. Donald's suggestion of a municipal con- ference, prompted by Deputy Mayor Pilkey's remarks, is one of the most concrete proposals for a significant change ever to come from our civic leaders, Virtually every alderman has promised either to try to hold the taxes down or reduce them, but Deputy Mayor Pilkey referre ing to the problem, hit the nail squarely when he said "We have to do something different, and the only obvious solution is a rewriting of the legislation governing municipal tax sources," To say that the Provincial Government is reluctant to do this would be an understate- ment, and it is 'apparent that only through pressure brought to from the municipal level, in a collective effort -- will there be any change worthy of the name There have been far too many financial responsibilities placed on the owners of real property, which bear no direct relation- ship to the property itself. Dep- uty Mayor Pilkey pointed out the main problem, which is edu- cation, costs over 40 per cent of the tax dollar. Alderman Thom- as and Alderman Brady pointed out Courts, Health, Welfare and Children's Aid Society costs to the city and there are probably others It has been tradition that has allowed these costs to be slough- ed off on property owners, and it is past time that these mat- ters were placed in their proper perspective Even if this proposed muni- cipal conference evolves into an exercise in futility, then we in Oshawa can still be proud that it was some members of our council who had the intestinal fortitude necessary to face the obvious facts and attempt to make some effort to rectify the situation. Yours truly, VICTOR C. 1467 Bala, Oshawa. MAC'S MUSINGS When we compare our lot With those held in slavery Behind the iron curtain And think of the many Blessings we enjoy which Are unknown to them We cannot help but That it is worth all The effort we can make To retain our way of life. AY LING feel Here in this land we are Free to choose our. own Way of life, and follow The vocation we choose; We can move about freely Without the fear that a Secret police will dog Our footsteps and make Note of every word we Utter and every person With whom we converse. Here we are free to say What we want to say, to Think as we like and to Criticize our government And what it is doing, and Have no fear of being put Against a wall and shot Here we are free to worship Our God as we see fit, To use our initiative and Ability for our own Advancement, reaping the Rewards of our labors Without fear of having Them confiscated by an Evil government which send All who dare oppose it. These are the things that Here in Canada we prize And we will not exchange Them for vile slavery So long as our people Have the will to stand Together and work for the Preservation of freedom. HELP SLOW IN COMING Santo Domingo Rebels Maintain Their Defiance By LOUIS UCHITELLE SANTO DOMINGO (AP) -- The Dominican rebels have re- jected. a surrender invitation from the new five - man mil- itary - civilian junta with a re- ply that they have the morale and manpower to withstand at- tack Gen. Atonio Imbert Barrera, president of the five-man junta, warned Sunday that his forces are ready to move against the rebels. But he said no attack would be launched until every effort has been exhausted to avert bloodshed U.S. sources said the Johnson administration would counsel against any renewal of fighting between the opposing Domin- ican factions Imbert invited the rebels to lay down their arms and leave the country if they want to. ISSUES REPLY Col. Francisco Caamano Deno, the rebel leader, issued this reply from his headquar ters in the rebel - held south- east portion of Santo Domingo: "We have defeated their best troops and the best from the national police force. Do they think that with reserves from the interior they will be able to defeat a people whose morale is higher than it ever was?" The rebels have charged that eight truckloads of Dominican troops were brought in from the 'countryside and are Sla- tioned in the zone occupied by U.S. troops Although there were no offi- cial figures available on . the size of forces. available. to the junta, Imbert said his troops were capable of moving against the rebels. Before the revdlt,.which de- posed the civilian triumvirate headed by Donald Reid Cabral, the Dominican Army was esti- mated at 25,000 to 30,000. men. Brig.-Gen. Elias Wessin y Wes- sin, military strongman behind the junta, was said to command 1,500 troops and about 30 tanks, in addition to the Dominican Air Force. ESTIMATES FORCE Caamano's high command has estimated there are 20,000 civilians and 3,000 armed forces officers and men ready to de- fend the rebel cause. The rebels are hemmed in by By Gordon Donaldson Kennedy Brothers Break With President WASHINGTON (Special) --The Kennedy brothers, Robert and Edward, have broken with Pres- ident Johnson over key policy issues at home and abroad. They now appear to be lead- ing a new liberal movement in the United States Senate, Ob- viously they are laying the groundwork for 1972 when John- son will have to leave the White House. He will run for a second full term in 1968 but cannot run again after that The Kennedys are still deter- mined to put another member of the family in the White House-- which one, remains to be seen, The man to beat for the Demo- cratic nomination will be John- son's heir, vice-president Hubert Humphrey. So in the past week they have made two important moves to win support from Humphrey. Robert, the freshman senator from New York, refused from the outset to behave like a new boy, but held back*his reserva- tions about LBJ's policies DISAGREEMENT Now he has made it elear he disagreés with American actions in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. In Vietnam, he said, the U.S. is paying too much at- tention to military matters and too little to the diplomatic and political aspects. On the Dominican situation, he warned: "Our determination to stop Communist revolutions in the hemisphere must not be construed as opposition to popu- lar uprisings against injustice and oppression just because the targets of such popular uprisings say they are Communist jin- spired or Communist led or even because known Communists take part in them." Then he quoted a news report from Santo Domingo saying: "That while there were Com- munists in their midst, the top rebel command was in_ the hands of non-Communists who fiercely proclaimed their ppposi- tion to Communism"'. Many other. reporters whe were on the spot, including my- self, agree with this SPEAKS UP Then it was Teddy Kennedy's turn. Although the 33-year-old younger brother has been Sena- tor from Massachusetts ior sev- eral years he has kept pretty quiet. While brother Jack was President and brother Bobby his Attorney General and chief ad- viser, Teddy obeyed the Senate Club rule that youngsters should be seen and not heard. Last week he came of age politically. He led a liberal at- tack on Johnson's Civil Rights Policy and nearly managed to persuade the Senate to strength- en Johnson's voting rights by banning poll taxes in state and local elections. Mr. Johnson thinks poll tax amendment unconstitutional and resents any tampering with his bill Despite heavy pressure from the White House, vice-president Humphrey and Republican lead- er Sen, Everett Dirksen, Ted Kennedy recruited 45 senators of both parties and came with- in four votes of victory Humphrey is thus cut off from both sides, While a senator he led the liberals and opposed the poll taxes which deprive poor the Negro and Spanish - speaking minorities of the right to vote He advocated caution in the use of America's great power abroad. KEEP QUIET Presidents Kennedy, Fisen- hower and Johnson have all said at one time or another that in times of national crisis the critics should either keep quiet or pass their complaints along privately to the administration, If this course were followed it would effectively stamp out any criticism as the U.S, is now con- stantly embroiled in crises in one place or another. Criticism of Viet Nam and Santo Domingo is mounting, spurred by protest meetings and "teach-ins" at more than 50 uni- versities The Kennedys, who are not- ably unafraid to fight, are get- ting some of the benefit of the academic protests, It's a long time until 1972 but Kennedy election tactics have always been to. start running flat out as soon as possible and keep going that way, the L-shaped zone occupied by U.S. troops and haye their backs to the Caribbean Sea A strengthening of U.S. posi- tions took place Sunday without official explanation U.S. forces installed 105-milli- metre howitzers in a field in front of the Embajador Hotel, the seaside resort in suburban Santo Domingo which has been an evacuation centre and Amer- ican headquarters area Bulldozers scooped out huge holes for the howitzer emplace- ments and the cannon were set up facing the rebel area. Access routes to the hotel also appeared to have more troops than usual Imbert announced that eight top - ranking military officers had been separated from their commands "for the good of the country'? and that all but two of them had left the country The officers had long held top jobs in: the Dominican's armed and considered a source. of aggravation to younger officers leading the re- bellion Imbert wouldn't outright that the move was a concession to the rebels, but answered a OTHER OPINIONS (Milwaukee At a press forces are Say Journal) conference after his recent meeting with Presi- dent Johnson, Canada's Prime Minister Lester Pearson ex- pressed hope that his country and the United States could soon work out a- mutually satis- factory air agreement, Then he added: "I think I said that when | was down here about a year ago." Pearson's memory was Cor- rect, Both countries have been unsuccessfully neogotiating an air agreement for almost two years. The. existing pact, authorizes certain air operate between given has been in force 16 years. Canadians are unhappy with it because their air lines can fly to only a limited number of United States cities. A Canadian cannot fly to Miami on a Cana- dian plane, European jets pro- vide the only direct service be- tween Montreal and Chicago. A Vancouver resident heading for Sari Francisco has to take a United States or Australian plane. Most of these patterns were authorized when Canada's com- mercial air service didn't amount to much, This has now changed, of course. However, competing foreign lines aren't anxious to have Canadian car- riers cut into their business, particularly in markets where traffic volume is relatively light. which lines to cities, question by saving this was "as far as we'll go."' BELITTLES CHANGES Caamano belittled the junta's military shakeup. He blames Wessin and Gen. Juan Jesus de los Santos Cespedes, the air force chief, for the aerial bom- bardments which he claimed took 1,000 lives in the first week of fighting. Imbert said de los Santos was remaining. He said Wessin would not be a part of the junta but that no consideration had been given to his removal as commander of the armed forces training centre. Caamano, while pledging the rebels to respect the cease-fire signed five days ago, said the new junta's formation put the legal status of the agreement in doubt In San Juan, exiled former president Juan D. Bosch said U.S. military intervention in the Dominican' Republic cre- ated more Latin American Communists in a week that the Russians, Chinese and Cubans could make in five years Bosch said in an interview that U.S. forces, 'instead of stopping another Cuba, will make another Cuba." Referring scornfully to a U.S. list of 53 Communists said to be inside the pro-Bosch revolt, Bosch said: 'There are going to be 53,000 Communists in the Dominican Republic because of the marine intervention, and they will be U.S. - made .Com- munists."" YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO May 17, 1950 Cyril Waite was elected chair- man of the Oshawa Hospital Board, succeeding J. A. Morphy, who had held the office for five years A fund-raising campaign was launched to erect a recreation hall at Simcoe Street United Church, L. M. Souch was appointed chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education, 30 YEARS AGO May 17, 1935 Rae Halliday, superintendent of the local Unemployment In- surance Commissions, announc- ed that 25 single men were re- quired for work at the Trenton Airport. Canadian National Railways petitioned the Board of Railway Commissioners for permission to abandon the Whitby to Lind- say railway service. Members of the Oshawa Ki- wanis Club spent considerable time at the boys' camp at Kedron grading the land and planting trees for the beautifi- cation of the grounds, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 17, 1965... Sergeant Major: Walter Leja was severely injured when a terrorist bomb taken from a Montreal mailbox blew. up in his hands two years ago today--in 1963. Three days later, police ar- rested 20 young members of the Front de Liberation Que- becoise and Mario Bachand, 21, was sentenced to four years for placing the bomb which maimed Sgt. - Maj. Leja. In another incident a night watchman at an army recruiting depot in Montreal had, been killed 1814--Norway proclaimed independence under a demo- cratic constitution. 1900 --Mafeking, besieged by the Boers, was relieved. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- an jassassination at- tempt on Joao Chagas, Pres- ident of the Portuguese cab- inet, failed; a Zeppelin dropped 40 bombs on the English east coast, injuring three people at Ramsgate. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--10,000 London children were evacuated to Wales; General Gamelin or- dered every French soldier to die in his place rather than retreat: German forces entered Brussels and the Belgian government moved te Ostend. OTTAWA REPORT Rir Stewardesses In Great Demand By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--"'Want to see the world and meet interesting peo- ple?" : This is the suggestion being posed to attractive, young, sin- gle women in all parts of Can- ada by our national airline. A record number of girls be- tween 20 and 26 years of age will, be recruited as flight stewardesses by Air Canada be- fore the 1966 travel season. Ap- plicants will be screened at in- terviews beginning later this year, and in groups of 50 they will spend five weeks at Air_ Canada's flight service training centre at Montreal airport. There: they will be taught pub- lic address, cabin duties, speak- ing to passengers, serving meals, first aid, beauty. care and deportment. "What qualifications do you look for?" I asked Miss Billy Houseman, herself a former flight stewardess, who is now in charge of the training centre. "We look first for two quali- ties: Personality and a high de- gree of good looks," she replied. "It is hard to separate the two in importance but . ..." "No dumb blondes?" I sug- gested, and she smiled, "They work with the public, sO we assess very carefully the respect they have for them- selves, for others, and for their parents and former employers, and we encourage pride in their appearance. Education is less important than the desirable personality; we will take a girl who did not go beyond Grade 11 if she has had suitable expe- rience, say as a receptionist." LINGUISTS: SOUGHT "We prefer bilingual girls," Miss Houseman told me. "Those who can speak French and English are put on.our best routes, and we help any girl who wishes to taken an inten- sive language course. One who can speak a third language, sdy German, probably wins rapid promotion." There is a big turnover in flight stewardesses; their aver- age time on the job is two to three years, after which most exchange their golden wings for a golden ring. Air Canada now about 800 stewardesses; QUEEN'S PARK employs three- quarters are based at the large international airports at Tor- onto and Montreal, and smaller groups at Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary. As a girl advances through ability and experience, she gets her choice of, routes, so the senior stewardesses tend to pick the pleasant combina- tion of flying the Southern routes to the Caribbean in the winter months, and the transat- lantic routes in the summer. GO FIRST CLASS The pay is good. In training, the girl receives $150 a month plus her expenses at a first- class hotel in Montreal. She starts flight work at $356 a month, increasing. every siz months to over $400. And that is for a working month of only 80 flying hours, plus the time need- ed to prepare for flights and close down. Some stewardesses regularly enjoy expense - paid layovers of several days in European cities or West Indian Islands between flights, I saw some stewardesses now training at Air Canada's com- fortable modern Montreal base, and I thought I had walked into a beauty contest by mistake. These h amb dors for Canada come from all prov- inces, Of the group of about 50, I found that six are from Sas- katchewan -- like Rosetown- born Elizabeth Wiebe, whose father is a grain elevator agent now working in Manitoba. Nine are from Quebec--like Frances Marie Richard, whose father is well known in Quebec City as the chief of the government ar- senal. These two typically told me that they applied for the job as flight stewardess because they enjoy working with people. Miss Richard had shown the enter- prise to get herself a job in Toronto last year, to perfect her English. Soon these two and their classmates will graduate (few fail to pass the training course) to wear proudly the handsome new green Air Canada clothing --not uniforms. This was spe- cially designed by Elizabeth Taylor's fashion adviser, and is uniquely admired among the airlines of the world. Powers Of Police And Human Rights By DON O'HEARN TORONTO Members here are still puzzled as to how far traditional barriers should be let down to help the police in fighting crime. During debate of Attorney- General Arthur Wishart's esti- mates, the questions: of in-cam- era hearings and of wire-tap- ping and the use of electronic devices again were discussed-- as they were at such length a year ago. And it-was obvious the feeling 6f the House, or a.large section of it, is torn between protecting traditional human rights and giving police every weapon pos- sible for its fight against crime. Nobody came out flatly and said that the use of secret hear- ings, and particularly of elec- tronic devices, should be per- mitted. But several members from all parties proposed there should be study to see if the police should not have these weapons available. Mr. Wishart maintained that the question of human rights must be the over-riding consid- eration. But he also agreed that study and thought should be given to the question of more powers for the police, in the event these somehow could be granted with- out seriously interfering with historic rights. The question is one that will remain alive. MERGER VOLUNTARY Through the debate Mr. Wish- art was able to maintain his stand that merger of small lo- cal police forces should first be attempted on a voluntary basis. Opposition criticis attacked him strongly for this BIBLE "O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life." Lamenta- tions 3:58. The Lord not only intercedes for us at the right hand of God but intercepts our enemies who would destroy us. FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL Representatives For All Major Canadian Resorts Contect Four Seasons Travel about their populer conducted tours of the HIGHLIGHTS OF CANADA, For Information Call or See Fow Seasons Jravel 57 King St. E. 728-6201 Liberal Vernon Singer, in dis- cussing the need for merger now, quoted at length from & police commission report on the Brampton police force. The report showed this 23- man department had been oper- ating with horse and buggy methods. Constables were put out, not in cruisers, but on foot patrol. And if they were needed in an emergency they were con- tacted by flashing a light at the main intersection in the town. Mr. Singer said if this had been happening in Brampton (where 'improvements have since been made), what must the situation be with many smaller forces. Liberal colleague Elmer Sopha of Sudbury even went s0 far as to propose that the On- tario Provincial Police should take over all policing except in the very largest urban centfes. But the attorney-general stuck by the recommendation of his police commission that reorga- nization be brought about first by permission, then by persua- sion and only in the last alterna- tive--by order. The permissive legislation--to empower local police forces to combine--is before the House this year, AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING 353 West 57th St, New York City COtwmbes §-6169 4OSEPH A, STINGO, General Manager send me the MEMRY- NUD. 'SON Raa Rame. Address. City__Zone__ State. WIMMING POO.