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-- , . ee ss : ~ ~ ; wire Uigmhye te elpte So a wd a a aa a a a i ie ak a a aa a i a ls ca ln a call, ok ' aaa s ii 2 a a Fa be Oshavoa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Oshawa Bus Service Has Fine Accident Record -- Oshawa's bus service, under the jurisdiction and operation of the Public Utilities Commission, is again in the news in a most favor- able light. In an annual contest which is conducted by the Canadian Highway Safety Council, Oshawa was placed first among all Cana- dian cities of under 200,000 popula- tion for its safety record improve- ment during the year 1964:~° This is no small achievement, and it reflects great credit on al] mem- bers of the staff of the Oshawa bus system, drivers, maintenance men, inspectors alike -- for having won this enviable award. Oshawa was placed first among the cities in this group by virtue of having a 81 per cent decrease in accidents in the operation of buses on the city streets. At the annual meeting of the Canadian Transit Association in Vancouver, R. B. Smith, superin- tendent of the bus service, received a plaque symbolical of the award on behalf of the PUC and its em- ployees. This record of improvement in the number of accidents involving the city's buses is one of which the citizens can well be proud. All of us can share in the tribute which it conveys to the men who drive the buses, the men who. keep them in good repair and running order, and READERS WRITE... TAXES FOR EDUCATION The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Sir, One must feel sympathetic for Mrs. Saunders (Readers Write, Sat., May 29) and people in her position, but the idea of excepting Old Age Pensioners from paying the city taxes is not a very sound one. If that line of reasoning 'is: followed : (they have no school-age chil- dren, shouldn't pay school taxes), we would also have to except all single taxpayers, childless couples, and industrial establishments, taxing allg the others according to the number of children they have. This would not "ease the tax burs den", but would leave fewer shoulders to carry it -- not ---- the most able to do t. Some young families, with school age children, find it just as difficult to pay their taxes, and in addition, they have to feed and clothe their children. They the inspectors and supervisors whe don't do if for the personal gain, keep the service running smoothly. A year ago, Oshawa was awarded a scroll for taking second place in the same assessment of decrease in accidents. This year, it moved into first place, and it is noteworthy that its accident decrease of 31 per cent is considerably better than the 20 per cent improvement of Ottawa, which city took first place in the class for cities of over 200,000 population. This achievement in noteworthy, not only because of the tribute it pays to the bus staffs, but also be- cause it means fewer people injured, and a great deal less property damage to other vehicles on the streets of the city. U.K. Bucks E.C.M. Union There will be general satisfaction in Canadian trade and export cir- cles, as well as other Commonwealth countries, at the point-blank an- nouncement made by Prime Mmis- ter Harold Wilson of Britain that his government is not prepared to sacrifice Commonwealth trade as the price of admission to the Euro- pean Common Market. That bald statement will quell the fears which have existed that the Labor govern- ment might be more partial than the Tories towards entering 'the Common Market. People in close touch with the Common Market sit- uation, however, did not hold that view, particularly since the Labor Party Conference, three years ago, laid down the only basis on which it would consider applying for ad- mission to the European group. It is impossible to see how British entry into the Common Market would be of much advantage even to the United Kingdom as matters stand today. It would be even less She Oshawa Zine T. L, WILSON, Publisher ; R. C. ROOKE, General Manager «. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawe Times festoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gezette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and: Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish, ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of. Circulation and the Onterio Provincia! Dailies Association. 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U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per year f advantageous to Commonwealth re- lations, and the determination. of Mr. Wilson's government to use the coming prime ministers' conference as a means of promoting greater Commonwealth trade. According to Mr. Wilson, if Brit- ain joined the ECM, it would have to impose high tariffs on wheat im- ported.from Canada and Australia. This would put a heavy burden on Britain's balance: of international payments, would increase British living costs, and the cost of exports to such an extent as to retard the steady improvement in British stan- dards of living. The former Conservative govern- ment tried very hard to secure en- try into the Common Market until de Gaulle slammed the door in its face. It was even prepared to sacri- fice some aspects of Commonwealth trade. tl is encouraging for Canada to find the present government de- termined to safeguard Canadian in- terests with respect to Common Market. negotiations. Other Editors' Views FARMING PROBLEM (Calgary Herald) In an age of mechanization, the small farm with its half- or quarter- section of land, is no longer an eco- nomically viable proposition; it is the larger farm, which pays its way. The effect of this has been a grad- ual decline in the nation's rural pop- ulation. We suggest that govern- ment financial assistance to such farmers will at best bea crutch to keep them going; it will not restore them to a state of independent eco- nomic solvency or do anything to benefit the national economy. lk i WASHINGTON CALLING atid as the whole communif¥ benefits from the educated peo- ple, the community should help to educate them. But, why only the property owners should pay that tax? Not fewer, but greater numbers of taxpayers should pay it; in fact it should come from the general tax revenue. That way, it could help to set up the same standard of education for the whole coun- try, and perhaps help to elim- inate the little, inefficient, local school boards, P. SYPEREK 177 Park oad' North, Oshawa. MAC'S ~~ LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER MUSINGS Time Has Smoothed Out West's Medicare Problems As I today start on my Last week of this column Before going into the Retirement which must come To all of us some time, I find it' good to realize That there are still many Fields of interest which Will keep me busy when I no longer have to be at My office desk daily. It is sad when men. come To the retirement age and Have no hobbies or special Interests with which to Fill the gap left when The time comes to retire, And who find that time Hangs heavily on their Hands because they have no Useful things to do I have been fortunate in That during the busy years Of my life I have been Able to acquire interests Outside of my daily work, Interests in which I have Found opportunities to Spend. leisure time usefully, And perhaps in doing some Things to help others So in the retirement to Which I can.look forward At the end of this week, I can still be active in Doing some writing I have Long wished to do, and in My enjoyment of books and Of my hobby of gardening, So that while retirement Means the end of some lines Of activity, it will also Mean the beginning of others, June 14 1965 POINTED | PARAGRAPHS The gap is being narrowed down. Hither television pro- grams are getting sorrier or the commercials are getting better, A new monopoly seems to be in the making. Those who have television programs are increas- ingly using one another as guest performers. Exams, an educator avers, can befuddie bright students. That having been said,.may we expect to look forward to an- other century of befuddling ex- aminations? 4 food page arinounces that a good cook learns how to make tasty dishes' from left-overs. This is an errér -- a good cook has no left-overs. cal service By RON MacDONALD REGINA (CP) -- Time has soothed the wounds opened by the crisis-ridden introduction of Saskatchewan's medical care plan three years ago. Time also has brought a change of ,government. Doctors say they thei they can. work bet- ter with the present Liberal ad- ministration than with the for- mer CCF government which launched the plan in 1962 over the vehement protests of the medical men, Time has resulted in wide, though not unanimous, public acceptance of the compulsory, comprehensive scheme. Most doctors and the execu- tive of the Saskatchewan Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons hope the passage of: more time will: bring changes in those fea- tures of the plan to which they have always objected. Meanwhile the medical pro- fession appears willing to live with the present plan, although Dr. Fred Wigmore .of Moose Jaw, a member of the college council, says: ""The wounds are still there and they'll come out' in the open again if there's ever any more harassment of doc- tors." FEARS ABUSE Saskatchewan citizens still debate merits of medical care, but with much less vehemence and persistence than in-the first months after its introduction One opponent is Herb Pad- wick, a leading Regina busi- nessman. .At one. time he was acting chairman of the Saskat- chewan Keep Our Doctors cGii- mittee, a now-defunct organiza- tion dedicated to delaying the start of the medical care plan in 1962 to prevent an exodus of unhappy doctors. "I'm concerned about delib- erate abuse of this kind of plan," he says. 'You don't have to go to a doctor for a head- ache or a stomach ache, but lots of people are taking ad- vantgge of this plan to do just that This criticism is echoed by many doctors. They suggest im- Position of deterrent fees--small outMl-pocket 'payments made by the patient for each medi- As the scheme now stands, most medical services are fully insured and no out-of- pocket payment is required The basic desire of most doc- mn | " By Gordon Donaldson ~Vietnam Policies Seen Stupid, Ridiculous WASHINGTON (Special) ~ There are dark shapes in Wash- ington who spend théir time The billions affected by it prob- ably don't know what it means. But it is the root of the policy 1954 the French gave up, defeated, in This Caribbean, an American sphere was not, like. the Now the U.S ted to another Korea-type war Experts estimate it will take is fully commit- thinking the unthinkable They cut through the bland platitudes and camouflaged lies that emanate each day from the official U.S. Government spokes- men. They face the ultimate hor- ror of today's world -- that one half or the other is ready at any moment to destroy civiliza- tion as we know it One ig Herman Kahn, the lead- ing expert on "escalation" of war. Dr. Kahn believes in plan- ning escalation as a means of avoiding the "insensate spasm" which he foresees as the énd. re- sult. That is the point. at which both sides unleash their hydro- gen weapons, wipirig out all but a few acres of radioactive corn and eliminating all that is intel- ligent or béautiful in man's feeble striving towards immor- tality UNKNOWN MEANING Escalation" is a jargon word. now practised by the United States in Viet Nam When Lyndon Johnson achieved supreme, barely chal- lenged, power in 'the United States last November, he was widely regarded as a master of interna! politics, but a fréshman in Foreign Affairs Since then he has grasped Foreign Affairs by the windpipe wou tried to throttle them He has out-done Barry Gold- water in Viet Nam and "Teddy Rooseelt in the Caribbean Thirty yéars of careful Yankée diplomacy in Latin America col- lapsed whén he sent the Marines into Santo Domingo And the patchwork of "peace-* ful coéxistence' 'with the Com- munist countriés is collapsing in Viet Nam THE BURDEN The U.S. shouldered the white man's burden in Viet Nam when 'of influence, but it soon became one The United States refused to join the "'Geneva Accord" which set up some kind of peace in Indochina, policed by India, Po- land and Canada Instead it backed the wing Diem Regime in South Viet Nam' which Sitter collapsed like so many U\S.-backed right- wing regimes The gradual escalation of the American fight in Viet Nam has' progressed from a few thousand "military advisers' telling. the South Vietnamese how to battle the Viet Cong guerrillas to a force of between 50,000 and 75,- 000 U.S. troops on the ground. Last week.the 'Johnson adminis- tration in a fog of strange 'lan- guage, gave thé U.S. troops in Viet Nam the okay toafight on their own -- so long as the South Vietnamese inviged them. right- s one million Americans to over- whelm the Viet Cong guerrillas now fighting with clandestine support from North Viet Nam This will leave fewer and few- er troops ready to Stamp out brush wars against Communism even in this hemisphere The bombing of North Viet Nam, it is now admitted, has been a failure. Only ground troops can turn the tide The United States has now committed its full non-nuclear forces to winning the sordid little war'in Viet. Nam: It remains to be seen whether this will become the big war, to which: all. America's allies, in- cluding Canada, wil) have'to contribute a For this is. escalation, and there is no end to escalation ¢x- cept peace or utter destructino, It is sad, ridiculous and stupid, But true, tors is for a change to a volun- tary plan, under which doctor- operated agencies such as Med- ical Services Incorporated would provide medical care in- surance packages . for -- those wanting them, with the govern- ment giving financial aid to poor persons ALL TREATED ALIKE Under the province's compul- sory scheme all persons must purchase insurance and all get the same insurance package The College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests doctor-oper- ated agencies would be valuable as a means of providing varied packages tailored to the needs of each family or individual. Doctor-operated agencies would act as a shield against govern- ment control of the medical pro- fession Typical of many who support the existing plan is Myrtle Sur- jik. She, her husband David, a consulting geophysicist, and their four youngsters have al- ways been healthy "I don't think medical serv- QUEEN'S PARK ices are something you should peddle in the street. This plan brings medical insurance within the financial reach of every- body. including people like the chronically ill who- couldn't get it before from: doctor-operated agencies "Often the people who need medical care most are the very ones who can't afford it or who won't. insure the cost of it vol- untarily. These are the people this plan helps."' DOCTOR TAKES OVER M. B. Derrick, executive di- rector of the medical care in- surance commission, the body that administers the . medical care plan, says the last year has brought a marked improve- ment in relations between the commission and doctors. Donald Tansley, former com- mission chairman, was _ re- placed by Dr. R. G. Murray, an ophthalmologist, after the Liberals defeated the CCF gov- ernment in last year's election. Doctors welcomed having a col- league as head of the plan Marketing Board Given Ultimatum By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--A few days ago it was noted here that one of the weaknesses to which farm marketing programs are sus- ceptible is poor management It was also noted that a prob- lem in correcting this where it might occur was the reluctance of the government to interfere with organizations which are run by farmers, due to the ex- ceptional indpendence and sen- sitivity of the average farmer, It is of interest, therefore, that. since this comment was made government has taken an extraordinarily strong action in this area The action is a letter which has been sent by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board to the directors of the Ontario Bean Growers Market- ing Board The farm products marketing board is a government agency which has over-all supervision : rm marketing programs in t Hg dal 4 USED POWERS LIGHTLY The board, until now, has used its powers with delicacy, However, with the bean grow- ers it was far from delicate. In plain terms it told the bean grower board it would have to do certain things These things included the set- ting of a price now for the 1965 bean crop and development of an effective export policy. Insofar as they reflected a new and sterner attitude on the part of the provincial board, these particular directives are o! interest to all marketing pro- grams,-and therefore to most farmers, in the province But the direction which. prob-. ably carries the widest impli- cation is one which tells the board it must have "qualified management." Is this a first step towards a-move to see tat marketing programs in the province have good management? WOULD ANGER MEMBERS One can't see the government going so far,as to send man- agement expérts in. to review the administration of the many schemes in operation to see that they are efficient. The mem- bers of the schemes would be outraged if it tried this . But it does signal that, where there are cases of obviously bad management or perhaps even the strong suspicion of poor management, the government in the future may be willing to step in. The bean growers, of course, have been in practically open conflict with the government They have had a board of di- rectors which apparently has taken the attitude it was going to do things its way and won't be advisted by anybody. As such it has been an extreme case However, there are' other boards which, though not so flagrant might also begin to feel a flick of the whip. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO June 14, 1950 Impressive serv were held in Oshawa United Churches in OTTAWA REPORT Woman's Influence | Strong In West By PATRICK NICHOLSON _ OTTAWA -- When six angry women presented the Deciara- tion by Canadian Women to Prime . Minister Pearson re- cently, he listened attentively to their demand that pornography, perversion and peccability should be purged from the, pro- grams of the CBC. Noting that 76,000 Canadian women 'had signed the declaration, he com- mented: "My wife would sign this too." - But neither prime minister nor Parliament has yet heeded that request. Now what? In the words of one of the vigorous sponsors of that declaration, Re- gina's Mrs. Jackie Hoag: "There's an election coming up; we believe in the power of the ballot, so the government can wait and ser ? How powerful/are the women of Canada? The Declaration of Canadian Women was represen- tative of all parts of Canada, but significantly two of its most vigorous champions come from Saskatchewan -- namely Mrs. Hoag and Mrs. Mary MeNeill That. province breeds effec- tive activists of the weaker sex. This is vividly shown by the decisive: influence exercised by the Liberal women's. clubs there, which are pre-eminently the ;creration of the president of the) Saskatchewan Liberal Women's Association, Mrs. Le- nore Andrews of Prince Albert. WERE 14 CLUBS Mrs. Andrews was elected to that offfice five years ago. In the 1960 provincial election, -there were only 14 such consti- tuency clubs, of which no less than eight were moribund, The CCF won 37 of the 55 seats in the legislature. Then Mrs.. An- drews got to work, inspiring, leading and building. By the 1964 provincial election, she had 56 women's clubs in the prov- ince with more than one in some ridings. Of those, all but one were rated as "very. ac- tive." In the ridings were women's clubs were newly formed or en- ergized from _ inactivity, the most sensational results were attained Liberals captured the from the CCF-NDP in 14 rid- ings; 'they reduced the NDP majority in 10, and increased the Liberal majority in 6. On the 'other hand, in one riding they jlost a seat to the NDP, in one other they saw the Lib- eral majority slashed, and in a third riding they saw the NDP increase its majority The result was that the Lib- eral representation rose to 32 seats, 14 more than in the pre- vious election, and the Liberal party' won. power which it now wields; effectively. and imagina- tively under Premier Ross Thatcher. Mrs. Andrews emphasizes that the great victory could seat never have been won without the inspired leadership of Ross Thatcher, but it is equally true that he could never had tri- umphed without the votes of Mrs. Andrews' army of women. Premier Ross Thatcher owes a great debt of thanks to Mrs, An- drews, who has done a job per- haps unmatched across Canada igbuiiing up a women's poli- tical organization. She is, of course, no novice to politics. Her fathers M. 0. Ramsland, a businessman in Kamsack, won Pelly for the Liberal party in 1917. He passed away the following year, but his widow held the seat in the sub- sequent byelection and retained it until 1925 as Saskatchewan's first woman M. L. A. So with such parents Mrs. Andrews is in character as a dedicated Lib- eral She has substantial assistance from the members and espe- cially the offfcers of the Sas- katchewan Liberal Women's As- sociation. The \calibre of that help was made vividly clear on Parliament Hill when Canada's women came rampaging into the Prime Minister's office in protest against the CBC.. For two of the most effective Lib- eral organizers in Saskat- chewan are Mrs. Jackie Hoag and Mrs. Mary McNeill. Getting The Record Right (St. Catharines Standard) Better educated in the regina we may be than our forefathers, comments 'Industry', the pub- lication of the Canadian Manu- facturers' Association, yet the quaintness of the notions har- bored by some Canadians in the matter of our relations with Britain is one of the minor mys- teries of the day. One, by no means ill-educated young man, for instance, was crecently protesting with some vehemence "the taxes we pay Britain to support the Queen and all that jazz," a comment which was not contradicted by the half-dozen or more in his audience. The truth, of course, is that we have paid no taxes of any description to Britain for some- thing like 200 years -- certain- ly not since the 1770's, at any rate, Curious the way this kind of prodigious fallacy continues to be bandied about and is accept- ed by other. knowledgeable young people. If we are going to complain about taxes -- and heaven knows there is reason enough to do so -- let us at least get the record straight and place the blame on the right shoulders -- our own, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 14, 1965... Thomas Simpson, Scottish- born explorer, died of a gun- shot wound 125 years ago to- day--in 1840--while passing through, Sioux territory in what now is Minnesota. After being secretary to the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company for seven years, Simpson and Peter W. Dease took charge of a three-year expedition to ex- plore the Arctic coastline. It was while returning from Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) that Simpson was shot, and his death has never been explained. : 1477 -- The Stars and Stripes was adopted as the national flag of the United States. 1954 -- Winston Churchill observance of the 25th anniver- sary of Church union. Jack Dalby, member of the 7th Oshawa Rover Scout Crew, was awarded the bronze médal- lion from the Royal Life Saving Society in London Oshawa Kiwanis Club and their Kweens attended Ladies' Night meeting at Camp Kedron, A committee headed by Bob McNab as chairman, Dr. George Werry. Mcintyre Hood, and Dr. Oscar Mills arranged the. program. 30 YEARS AGO June 14, 1935 Fred C. Sharrard, Alice street, and Gordon McLean of Picker- ing, were winners of the two Chevrolet cars at the annual Oshawa Rotary Fair Seventeen received diplomas at the 6ist annual graduation extrcises of Ontario Ladie<' Col- lege, Whitby. Dr. C. F. McGil- livray presided for the event, Oshawa was included-in a list of cities selécted by thé provin- cial government for the estab- lishment of a Provincial Sav- ings office. was created a Knight of the Garter. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--- Austro - German forces reported taking 16,000 Russian prisoners in the Sie- niawa district; the French absorbed German counter- attacks near Hebuterne. Second World WAR Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 --Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King prom- ised all the material and economic strength of the American continent would be sent to France, as the French army retreated from Paris; British troops at- tacked the Italian colony of Libya; an attempt to rescue 6,060 Allied soldiers from the seaport of St. Valery, France, failed. Let Beneficial put CASH in your pocket today GET CASH TO PAINT UP... FIX UP... TUNE UP ... DRESS UP; .. any good reason! Just phone, come in, and pitk up the money you' want! It's the fastest way to take care of all your Spring expenses at one time. Call Beneficial now! BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO. OF CANADA Loans up to $5000 -- Your Joan can be life-insured 42 month contracts on loans over $1500 361% KING ST., EAST, OSHAWA Near Regent Theatre * Phone 723-4687 OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT -- PHONE FOR HOURS