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) wee See Obe Osharon Simes. Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 -- PAGE 4 X Bitter Irony In Trip To U.S. 'AsColombia At'Zero Hour' By CY Corresponde BOGOTA (eet 's * iter frony in the trip to Washington by Colombia's minister of fi- nance, Joaquin Valleio Arbelaez Attention To Housing Demands High Priority When the question of the provi- sion of adequate housin#"is discuss- ed ------ as it is regularly at Oshawa council meetings ---- it is a matter of putting first things first. Hous- ing ranks as a basic' social responsi- bility just as education, medicare and many of the other security measures to which so much time and money is devoted. It seems incongruous then that while millions are spent on educa- tion, health and welfare, attention focusses so slowly on the basic need of adequate shelter. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Ontario Association of Hous- ing Authorities last week, the min- ister for economics and develop- ment, the Hon. Stanley noted an increasing awareness in the province of the implications of poor housing. Poor housing has been found to have many grave consequences. It can result in poor school grades, a higher crime rate and a_ higher health hazard. And these represent the very problems which, in other Randall fields, we are spending millions of dollars in an endeavor to combat. In Ontario, Mr. Randall said "we must realize the necessity of ade- quate housing for the thousands of youngsters of tomorrow in whom we are investing so heavily today. "Education is money down the drain if we allow unsafe, unsanitary and unsuitable housing to shape the lives of the childten who are raised under 'such conditions," he said. "How and where a child grows up can and does affect every facet of his life." Pe Another important made by Mr. Randall "To initiate housing is and will continue to be ta municipal responsi- bility,' "he told the Toronto coven- tion. point was If, then, as one alderman said this week at council Oshawa is "pro- gressing but not rapidly enough" with the provision of housing it would seem the impetus must come from the members of that civic body for speedier development. A Protest Without Point There is every indication that the separatist extremists in Quebec are losing their war. They are now re- duced to setting off verbal fire- erackers rather than real bombs, but _ their twisted thinking is still in evi- "dence when they make one of their public 'appearances, which in them- selves are growing less frequent. Two of the separatist terrorist groups and a clutch of French stu- dnts put on a long but harmless demonstration or protest march in downtown Montreal last week. They object to the hanging of two of their henchmen who are condemned to death for capital murder. In cold fact, as The Charlottetown The Oshawa Times T L. WILSON, Publisher &. C. ROOKE, Generel Manager €. 3. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawe Times combining The Oshawe Times lesteblished 1871) and the Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundoys end Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Conadian Doily Newspaper Publish- er Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau rg Circulation end the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associotion. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocol news published therein. All rights of special des patches ore also reserved, Gffices:; Thomson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; Montreal P.Q. 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In the trial of thse two men and other hearings of charges against separatist terrorists, the. terrorists have argued that they are political prisoners and that if they committ- eed any crimes they were political offences rather than criminal. They claim to be soldiers fighting for a cause and therefore imply they are above the law. Placards carried in Montreal protested the intended "assassination" of the two murder- ers on the gallows. Yet the courts have agreed that these two men en- tered a firearms shop in Montreal to steal guns at pistol point for the arsenal of the separatist terrorists. They shot down two persons in the store in an act of cold-blooded mur- der, Other terrorists have been im- plicated in such "political" actions as robbing banks to provide funds for their terrorist activities, plant- ing bombs in govérnment armories and even in letter «boxes, sometimes killing innocent persons, Yet these are the people who talk of "assassinations" and person's rights as mere political actionists, postal travelled to the United States at the beginning of October- seek- "ing $320,000,000 in loans and credits. The reason for the mission is that although this country of 17,000,000 has the fifth largest gross national preduct of any in Latin America it has; in Val- lejo's words, reached its eco- nomic "zero hour." The irony is that Vallejo rep- resents the land of El Dorado, the Chibcha Indian prince whose legendany treasure once lured the freebooters of Spain and Britain, The story is that one night each year El Dorado had him- self coated with gold dust he- fore diving into the Andean idke of Guatativa. The word got around and Sir Walter Raleigh and others came in hopes of finding El Dor- ado"s wealth. They hunted in vain. Vallejo has pulled a switch on the old legend but there's noth- ing romantic about his journey. - Colombia badly needs help and the man sent to try to get it is a politican of no-nonsense ac- tion. In fact, Vallejo is iooked upon by many as the only serious leader now active in Colombian politics. With congressional and presi- dential elections coming up within eight months, the rest Once Destined Colombia Hits The situation lent itself to metaphoric treatment when U.S. Ambassadof Covey T. Oliver de- clared: "It is like the case of a blood transfusion. We know that in hospital. refrigerators there is not enough blood to replace all that may flow from a hemor- rhage. The hemorrhage must be treated first so as not to lose the precious, limited quantity of: blood available for the trans- fusion," Still with the same figure of speech, Valencia stripped away the diplomatic niceties when he declared in a public address the week Vallejo flew to Washing- ton: 'Colombia was receiving in {ts deficient economy a_ blood transfusion from the powerful North American economy and suddenly they tore out the nee- dle and the tubes and left us prostrate in mid-combat to sur- vive as best we could." How did this country, fourth most populous in Latin America and larger in area than Britain, France and Germany combined, fall on fiscally perilous times? Vallejo's analysis of the situ- ation lists these items: 1, Slipping export prices and volume. 2. Lack of synchronization in carrying out a policy of substi- tuting local production for im- ports. 3. Deterioration of agricul- tural production with the drift from the farms FLED IN FEAR Though the migration from farm to city is world wide, it was accentuated in Colombia by La Violencia, a de¢ade of back county bloodletting which from 1948 took an @stimated 134,820 lives. When La Violencia ended with the 1957 overthrow of dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and the inauguration of respected Pres- ident Atberio--Liera public and private vapital began to flow into Colomh Later the Alliance for Pro- gress selected this country as a Latin American showcase. fiave Scgoncrated- of the disillusioned--into politi- cal jugglers and mountebanks, Vallejo is a hard-driving bus- inessman from Medellin in the department (province) of An- tioquia. Craggy highlands seem to bestow certain qualities upon men and the canny Antioquenos are known as the Scotsmen of Colombia--a clue to Vallejo's character. In a few days in early Sep- tember, Vallejo, then less than a month in office, sponsored a stream of decrees which have done more to stop the country's economic rot than President Guillermo Leon Valencia, his cabinet and the entire Congress had been able to manage in the preceding 10 months. But Colombia's problems defy overnight solutions, Finances were in such disarray by the beginning of this year that such organizations as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, along with the U.S. gov- ernment, issued a virtual ulti- matum that no new loans to Colombia would be forthconting until the nation put its financial house in order. In line with the devious de- cenciés of diplomacy, everyone denied there was anything so straightforward as an' ultima tum. As evidence it was pointed out that aid agreements were continuing to be implemented. But no one mentioned. that these projects had all been in the pipeline before the declara- tion was made and that the moratorium was on the initia- tion of new aid. ig the eyes 'Showcase, Perilous Times But as with all loans, came the day of reckoning. Some old hands say the day came too soon, that, in light of the pre- vailing pace of progress in South America, the loans had not had a fair time to start paying their Way Such counsel went unheeded in Washington and New York. The money men there took a dim view of a situation in which favorable balance of payments was nowhere in sight, and in which nearly 20 per cent of budgeted government expendi- ture for 1966 was earmarked for servicing public debt. Commercial inde bte dness abroad, as Vallejo flew to Wash- ington, was about $80,000,000. The idea of the moratorium on new aid to Colombia was to pressure President Valencia's government into devaluing the peso so as to make Colombia's exports more competitive. At the beginning of his presi- dential period, which ends next August, Valencia devalued the peso from 7.50 to nine to the dollar upon the assurance of Colombian and international fi- nancial experts that this would not increase the cost of living more than 10 per cent. It rose 40 per cent. With elections imminent, life- long politician Valencia is in no way disposed to deliver another such blow to the voter's pocket. It is a moot point whether Vallejo, by establishing an in- termediate peso rate of 13.50 between the pegged rate of nine and the free rate of about 18, has effected a de facto devalua- tion. He claims not, His difficulties in managing the finances of this country were underscored at a recent cere- mony marking the finance min- istry's inauguration of an IBM 1401 computer which, it is hoped, will help cast a finer-mesh tax net Antonio Espinosa Garcia, sec- retary-géneral of tie ministry, revealed as Vallejo pressed the button that of Colombia's 17,- 000,000 people, only 2,000,000 are liable for taxes. TMM rrmerMMeNy Ne MaMaHNN HAMM HPHMMEMENRNRTAEMNAONUNR ALMOST MONASTIC ENVIRONMENT .. tie Dme re NE ... HOME FOUNDED FOR YOUNGSTERS Jean Vanier Ends Lengthy Pilgrimage By PETER BUCKLEY TROSLY - BREUIL, France (CP)--The boy they call "Le Rossignol' --The Nightingale-- shouted a French pop song as he dried the dinner dishes. "Je suis a toi pour la vie," went the refrain. 'I am yours for life." He would never understand how appropriate the song was. The boy's real name is Pier- rot. Stocky and homely, with thick glasses and a constarit grin, Pierrot is in his early 20s. But he has the mental age and carefree disposition of a child. Pierrot is mentally retarded. An orphan, he had been shunted until recently from one great, grey French mental institutiog to another. The pilgrimage is over now. He has a home '"'pour la vie" with Jean Vanier, 37-year-old son of Canada's Governor- General. "They are here for life and we must take the long view," Vanier said as he showed a visitor around the hostel he is organizing for the mentally re- tarded in this ancient northern French village. *MOST ACCEPT THEM' "Civilization hasn't learned to accept its mentally retarded. The tendency is to back away from the problem, to shut these people behind four metres of etone. Instead, we must accept them and. learn to live with them, "And: there is a reward for this, These people can teach us much because of their simplic- ity and astounding generosity, We (at the hostel) are not here to educate them, but to love them and to learn from them." "Love" is a frequent word in the Vanier vocabulary, a key- stone in the almost monastic environment he has created for his hostel. The attempt to color all re- lationships with Christian af- fection forms a tangible back- ground to the sound, the move- ment and the touch of the hostel especially the touch Beyond the usual frequent handshakes of rural Europe, there is a constant reaching out by the retarded boys for their guardians and fellow 'retarded, a search for the reassurance of physical presence The boys touch continuously-- hands, arms, shoulders, or just a friendly sleeve. The touch seems to help overcome the barriers to mental contact. It also speaks movingly about both past lovelessness and pres- ent security. Trosly-Breuil is a curious end to a lengthy pilgrimage for Jean Francois Paul Vanier, second vernor-General ldren and round-shoul dered, he has the long face and physical prominent nose of the Vaniers; His clothes are baggy and worn, lleavy lines circle his mouth and eyes, the result of frequent wide grins and a habit of frown- ing deeply while he seeks ideas or the words to frame them. Vanier has been at various times a Royal Canadian Navy officer, resident of a Dominican monastery near Paris, theolo- gian and lniversity professor. It was, he says, a search for purpose. Now he is owner and director of LfArche, a small two-storey stone house named after Noah's Ark on the outskirts of Trosly- Breuil, and director of a larger privately owned institution called Val Fleuri nearer the centre of town. Together the tw@\homes care for about 35 retarded boys and young men salvaged from homes where they were shunned or neglected or from institutions where they were confined but not treated To look after his boys, Vanier has enlisted a staff of about 15 men and women. Many are dedicated amateurs work- ing long hours for pocket wages and religious idealism. Some were friends or ac- quaintances of Vanier, Others had only heard of him One a shy young woman ho ndin- whe "ormeriy studied at MeGil University another is a French - Canadian youth. There are. two spirited American girls as well as an Italian gardener. ACCEPTED BY TOWN The rest of the staff te French. Several recent recruits are from Trosly - Breuil itself-- a sign of greater acceptance of the hostel by the village, Vanier notes--and French residents of neighboring towns provide a network of part - time volun- teer aid. Five of the retarded boys stay at L'Arche with an equal num- ber of staff. Each adult tries to gain the full confidence of one of the boys, a sort of 24-hour-a- day brother or sister to encour+ age and help the boy. Vanier's role is akin to that of father, supervising and yet continually available for individual atten- tion. At Val Fleuri, the atmosphere fs slightly more institutional. The hulking grey cement build- ing was taken over several years ago by a group of French parents to give their retarded children better care. Vanier be- came interested through a friend who was a_ consulting psychiatrist at Val Fleuri. Vanier moved here a year ago, buying L'Arche with money philosophy teacher at ge of the Uni- saved a St. Mi versity of Toronto, hael's Colleg Seri cngpangion ge goons PORE EN BEES Een pan silat coma New Bra Forecast For Elderly By DON O0'HEARN TORONTO -- The aged are getting a lot of attention these days. We have seen a lot of discus- sion on nursing homes; discus- sion stemming from the activl- ties of the seiect committee on aging, but also, it seems, from an awakened general interest in the problems of our older eo CANADA'S STORY ype nam ME T. } Refugees In Toronto By BOB BOWMAN During the French Revolution many refugees escaped to Brit- ain. There was a Free French movement and underground ac- tivity similar to that of the Sec- ond World War. Britain thought that Canada might be a good place for many of the refugees to begin new lives. There was a danger, however, of the U.S.A siding with the new French Re- public in the war against Brit- ain, and attacking Canada. It was thought wise, therefore, to send the refugees to Upper rather than Lower Canada. As things turned out, there need not have been any worry about the attitude of French Canadians toward the new French Republic. Britain was already sheltering 8,000 Roman Catholic priests who had escaped across~ the channel. Britain raised a fund (Warinnnn ver ncnantnngiecnnt itt Protestant TM of $9,000,000 to help them and other refugees. News of the massacres in France also alienated the sym- pathy of French Canadians as it did the people of the U.S.A. Citizen Genet, who had been sent to Washington to try to get the U.S.A. into the war, and also to stir up trouble in Can- ada, was soon sent' back to France. LONG, HARD TRIP The first refugees from the revolution arrived at Quebec on October 7, 1798. It was a long, hard trip_to Upper Canada. An advance party under Vicomte de Chalus;, Captain de Poret, and Lieutenant de la Richerie arriv- ed at York on Christmas Day. They were given 22 lots on Yonge street, each containing 200 acres. Their job was to su- pervise the clearing of the land, and by February 14 Chalus wrote that there were 18 houses with their outsides finished. Unfortunately there were too many 'upper crusts'? and not enough workers among the French refugees, They returned to France after Napoleon was defeated in 1815 although Vi- comte de Chalus moved to Ni- agara where he built a home that still stands. OTHER EVENTS ON OCT, 7: 1663 -- Jean Baptiste Legar- deur chosen Mayor of Quebec 1691 --Charter to Massachu- setts included Acadia 1763 -- Treaty of Paris went into effect;, P.E.I. and Cape Breton annexed to Nova Scotia. 1812 -- Miles Macdonell plant- ed wheat at Red River 1825 -- Disastrous forest fire in Mirimichi Valley, N.B. 1876 -- North West Territories organized with capital and gov- ernment. tt Ui HOMERUN. ttt noe J TODAY IN Japan Held Logical Leader In Asia But Too Moderate HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 7, 1965... The government of Spain was faced with two revolu- tions 31 years ago today--in 1934--an anarchist rising in the Asturias industrial _re- gion and a nationalist de- clatation of autonomy by Catalonia. Both were quickly put down with heavy casual- ties (1,335-known killed and 2,951 wounded in the Astur- jas) and political tempers rose higher. The fascist Fal- ange movement was founded at this time, By the end of the year the govern- ment could not maintain control and, in general elec- tions, a leftist 'popular front" coalition government was elected. Violence con- tinued and the stage was set for General Franco's in- surrection. 1571--A Spanish fleet de- feated Mediterranean pirates at the Battle of Lepanto. 1898--U.S. forces occupied Havana, Cuba, after the Spanish surrender. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- Alexander Zaimis formed a new Greek gov- ernment; French forces were attacked along the Western front but claimed gains between Arras and Lille. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day' -- in 1940 -- the RAF made its heaviest raid yet on German war industry; German troops were re- ported in the Romanian oil fields; Fit. Lt. William W. Campbell of Rev el stoke, B.C., was decorated at Cairo for destroying two Italian submarines in July; a--Canadian crew took over the Dutch freighter Prins Willem III at Chicago after the crew refused to return to German - occupied Hol- land. BIBLE As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye In him. -- Colossians 2:6. We live in Christ. when we place our faith in Him. As a re- sult of this transforming faith, we live lives that are redeemed. By RENE-GEORGES INAGAKI TOKYO (AP) -- Prosperous and socially'- advanced Japan seems a natural choice for lead- ership in Asia. But Japan's voice is muted and no Asian nation looks to Tokyo for lead- ership. Why For one thing, Japan has shown few signs of producing a leader capable of launching the country on the road to political domination inAsia, For Japan to be able to. es sume a role of leadership in Asia, it also had to provide something that could inspire those other conntries. But Japan's post-war diplom- acy can be summed up in one word: Moderation. Most of the young Asian countries are not looking for moderation. They are raked by Commu- nist-inspired war fever keyed to a liberation theme, burning with nationalism, or are neutralistic. Japan is different, Seen by its Asian neighbors, Japan is envi- ously rich and developed but its politics are lukewarm. It. is anti-Communist but screams if U.S. planes take off from Oki- nawa for Viet Nam. And it trades with China. Japanese money and technol- ogy are welcome in the other countries but Japan's political advice bears little weight. Many consider Japan a shadow of U.S. power with no real mind of its own. Much of Japan's moderation in foreign affairs is due to a cleavage in public opinion that has persisted since the political parties regrouped after the Sec- ond World War. The regroupings were into Conservative and Socialist par- ties.-Many politicians say this split has deprived Japan of a united national will from which a dynamic and positive foreign policy could spring. What many think intervenes to palsy Japan's hand is a pas- sivity when there is a question of using its influence with other countries, Japan simply takes no clear-cut positions on many issues abroad except for expres- sions of hope for a peaceful solution. How deep is the split in Ja- pan's public opinion Put simply, the Socialists and Communists support the views of Moscow or Peking on most issves. The governing party, the Liberal-Democrats, are gener- ally pro-Western. There also is a psychological aspect to Japan's reluctance to play a big brother role in Asia, When Japan buried its dreams of creating a "greater Asia co- prosperity sphere"--a form of military expansion -- after its Second World War defeat, the Japanese embraced pacifism and democracy. Nationalism, in the form of a readiness for self-sacrifice to meet the aims of the state, fell to a low ebb. The people con- centrated on reconstruction at home, individual dignity and welfare and enjoyment of the good life. Japan built a defence force of only 220,000 men, relying on the power of the United States should war threaten, and re- sisted U.S. prodding for a larger military establishment. Some newspapers have said recently that the Japanese have misconstrued democracy as meaning an egotistical, small, bourgeois life. They de- plored the absence of national ideals. As they see it, the Japanese are looking only: for the good life-with the corollary: Let the rest of Asia get along the best it can. - "ak seems evident more atten- tion now will be paid to their problems in areas other than health and housing. One likely development would -- seem to be a departmental branch -- probably under wel- fare-devoted strictly to the el- derly. It would administer research, recreation assistance and other questions related to gerentol- ogy, as well as have overall di- rection of health and housing, And then the health depart- ment probably will play its proper part and see that the present variety of accommoda- tion to the elderly is properly equipped, staffed and super- vised. PLAY CHARADE Toronto civic authorities have once again been displaying that peculiar charade which in. their minds passes for responsible government. Because as in so many other fields the officials have done nothing but talk and pass the buck, public housing in the city is in a terrible mess. There is a desperate need for emergency housing. The city always comes crying to the province in such crises, In this case the Ontario Hous- ing Corporation proposed it should move some families out of Regent Park, a* municipal public housing development. The agency could then provide space for these families, it said, in developments outside the city proper but still in Metro Toronto. The city people were horri- rified--move people out! So a survey was made of typi- cal families, In one case a husband was working in Weston, in the suburbs. He wanted to move. But his wife wouldn't. Her friends were in Regent. Park, she said. And the husband spends more than two hours a day getting back and forth to work, In another case the husband was even farther out. In this, case the wife was just indig- nant, Why should I move, she said, And the authorities did noth- ing, but blame 0.H.C. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Oct. 7, 1950 Members of the 8th Oshawa Sea Scouts under the leadership of Scoutmaster Donald A, Houlden and ASM Irvine A, Harrell, spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Buffalo, where they were guests of the Buffalo Dis- trict Sea Scouts. Frank L. Beecroft ,secretary of the: Whitby United Churoh Board of Stewards, resigned his office after 30 years' service. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 7, 1935 Four candidates qualified for the forthcoming Federal elec- tion in Ontario Riding. Alex C. Hall, Oshawa barrister, was the standard-bearer for the Con- servative Party; Robert M. Holtby of Port Perry for the Reconstruction Party; W. H. Moore of Dunbarton, Liberal, and William E. Noble of Osh- awa, for the Co-operative Com- monwealth Federation. The Thirty Club for local business men was re-organized with a membership of 40 under the presidency of Dr. D. & Hoig. RESTAURANT RAN For gracious dining, renovated Grand Restaurant. . . cious Chinese foods, Canadian style meals, and take out lunches, The newly installed wall to wall carpets en- ing deli sure quiet For a tasty sm course meal, try t you did. comfortable dining pleasant atmosphere. ' jock, or full he Grand Restourant, you 'be glad Upstairs 14V2 KING ST. 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