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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T.. _L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Foreign Aid Program Benefits Canada, Too The argument has been put on the hustings in this election cam- paign that Canada's foreign aid program is fine but that "charity should really begin at home", Such a contention, at best, can have only limited appeal, It indicates a failure to understand Canadians and the policies of their country. , The need for increasing Canada's foreign aid commitments is general- ly recognized--and it has nothing to do with assistance which may or may not be required by segments of the nation's popylation. Last year's aid expenditure of $226 million represented a big in- crease from the $108 million of the previous year, But what may be termed Canada's "generosity" of last year includes $76 million in export credits and, for the first time, $40 million in "soft" loans. These are repayable over 50 years and carry an interest charge of less than one per cent, Both the credits and the loans can be used only for On Council - Any intimation that Oshawa aldermen take a "Palladine" ap- proach to conventions would un- doubtedly be grossly unfair. Yet the impression that they follow a dictum of "On Council--Will Travel". is the very one they are creating by their failure to set a definite policy in regard to attendance at conventions, The embarrassing haggling over expense accounts at this week's council meeting served to emphasize the need, If they are to avoid the charge of "junketing" it would seem neces- sary that they define whether trips to conventions are "fringe benefits" of council membership or an im- portant facet of city business, Conventions today like everything else have become pretty specialized The Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisner R. C. ROOKE, General Moneger C, J. 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It promises to move Canadian goods and services into many parts of the world that couldn't afford them otherwise, and indirectly will be of major benefit to basic producers". "All Canadians who care about the world they live in will hope the aid increase are promptly forth- coming," The Post states. At the same time, it.is important to recognize that the foreign aid expenditures are not all alturistic, All but a fraction of last year's $226 million was spent on goods and services in Canada, The program is one that benefits Canadians, the donors, nearly as much as the reci- pient. Will Travel? affairs. There are those at which elected representatives may gather with their colleagues from other communities to discuss mutual prob- lems and to hear expert opinion on municipal affairs. There are many others of a highly technical nature which would be of value to those the city employs to perform specific functions, Citizens can hardly expect their representatives on council to become expert technicians' during their terms of office. Thus it would seem logical that attendance at such meet- ings be limited to those actually on the job. To keep abreast of the wide scope of civic affairs, council repre- sentation at municipal conventions by the same token would seem es- sential. Once the broad ground rules on who should attend what have been agreed, a schedule of per diem ex- penses permitted should be set, This is basically a matter of fairness whether the convention be in Tor- onto or Tokyo, Muskoka or Miami, This so-called convention contro. versy is a matter for council mem- bers to work out among themselves, Until they do so they are leaving themselves open for what often may be unjustified criticism, Other Editors' Views NOT ON CAMERA In a little store the other day we heard two women having a spirited discussion about which detergent got their washes whiter and 'bright- er, The. amazing thing was that they weren't rehearsing for a soap comniercial ! --Ottawa Journal TO aa ONCE SELF-SUFFICIENT LAND... ML. i nT AIM GUIDES GRIER Key To NDP Campaign: Party As Real Contender Ry KEN CLARK OTTAWA (CP) -- For Terry Grier, caught in- the upside- down world of politics, it's the nature of the road ahead that counts. : As the New _ Democratic Party's national secretary, the youthful professional' is the be- hind-the-scenes manager of the Noy, 8 election campaign, And he says: _"L like to know where I'm going." Symbolic of his approach is a green, loose-leaf notebook which has become his most faithful travelling companion. It's his personal campaign blue- print which he put together last summer while spending a few days with his wife and three sons at a country cottage. "l can go anywhere with this," he said, holding it up to show a reporter in his simply- furnished office at party head- quarters, "I can't go anywhere without it." Expecting a fall election, he set-down in the notebook every- thing that had to be done on a variety of subjects ranging from budgets to travel itiner- aries It's getting good use now as the chunky, round-faced organ- izer co-ordinates what is de- veloping as the most compre- hensive campaign ever staged by the NDP or its predeces- sor, the CCF. AIM AT FULL SLATE "This is the key to the whole campaign," Mr. Grier said, "We've got to present the party as a contender in every res- pect." In part this means running a full slate of 265 candidates for the first time. Mr, Grier said the objective will be reached or nearly so The party has been working years to emerge from the limbo accorded a minority group and take its place asa national party along with the Liberals and Conservatives Mr. Grier has helped the pro- cess along since he took over the secretary's job in 1962, Part of it has involved stimulating membership campaigns by the provincial party organizations, "We've been hammering. it and hammering it," he -- said. Dues-paying membership, apart from union affiliation, has risen to 70,000 from 50,000, The Nov. 8 campaign is the second he has managed for the party and he's still only 29, a decade or two younger than his counterparts in the other par- ties, : He felt his youth was a bit of a handicap in 1963, but not now. He also has a "'higher de- gree of self-confidence" in his ability to handle the job. He was assistant party sec- retary for the 1962 campaign-- his first--and since then his black hair has added a touch of grey and it's a little thinner, He also weighs a little more. RULED BY TELEPHONE Terence W. Grier, a native of Sherbrooke, Que.--but English- speaking, not French--threw in his lot with the socialist party at the University of Toronto where he got mixed up in cam- pus polities. He obtained his master's de- gree from the university in 1960 and joined the party's head- quarters staff soon after. Ear- lier: he had spent 1% years as a research economist with the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission, Now. his life is often domin- ated by his desk telephone on which he does much of his work, He will lean back and answer it with one foot on his desk. 'As soon as you put the tele- phone down there are two more calls waiting." His campaign day starts with his 8:30 a.m. arrival at the party's midtown headquarters in an old, converted three< storey brick house, It's an ac- cepted head office style for po- litical parties, The Liberals have theirs in the same neigh- borhood Once at the desk "you don't really get-out again' although "T may gel home for supper." He has an office at home, too, "The pressure on your time is such that you don't really get a chance to fee! tired. You just keep working." He sees his campaign role as a co-ordinator in the party's de- centralized operation and his desk as the place to fulfil it, Once there, "I try to be organ- ized and keep things nailed down in their proper. cate- gories,"' Centenary Youth Parliament Won Wide 'Grass Roots' Support By KEN EMMOND WINNIPEG (CP)--The young man leaned forward in his chair and said, 'I have a tremendous amount of energy. "In 20 years I won't have this energy and so if I am going to do something for Canada I'd better: do it now," Bill Fair, a 25-year-old music student from Saskatoon, was in Winnipeg to publicize a centen- nial program for Canada's youth. The Canadian Centenary Youth Parliament is an idea Mr. Fair conceived eight years ago and has been. pouring his energy into since 1963 when he returned from a NATO confer- ence in Bonn. If high school students from across Canada sit in the House of Commons: during the first week. of July, 1967, it will be the result of his hard work and contagious enthusiasm. This summer Mr. Fair toured Canada on a $6,000 Centennial Commission grant seeking "grass roots support" for his project, Youth Parliament is especially Important to Mr. Fair' because; he said, participation is the very way to learn and Youth Parliament will give Canadian youth a choice toparticipate in debate on Canada. 'Participation is the greatest teacher," 'he said, best Mr. Fair has postponed plans to return to university until after the centenary Parliament, Although he has studied music on scholarships both in the United States and Canada, he has a broad view of the mean- ing of culture. "Culture starts by doing what you want to do," said Mr. Fair, an ardent admirer of Beethoven, "Every young person--without exception--has ideas but few do anything with them," He hopes the Youth Parlia- ment will stimulate action in Canadian youth. "Out 'of this project we'll get a lot of lead- ers. Let's see if there's a Churchill in Canada," Mr. Fair's plans for the Youth Parliament include _ having Prince Charles come to Canada to read the throne speech on July 1 and having an Indian youth as governor-general, The young MPs may well be the first Canadians to be chosen from constituencies after re- distribution, Each high school in a constit- uency will nominate a candidate on the basis of his leadership qualities aswell as "scholastic achievement and each nominee will compete with the other high school candidates in his riding. They will make a_ speaking tour of the high schools in their constituency before election by the students. . .. EVEN FOOD FOR DOGS NEEDED Welfare Bill Spirals Sky-High In Northwest By JANE BECKER FORT SMITH, N.W:T, (CP)-- Of all the services in the North west Territories the one that has caused the most headaches is the sky-high welfare bill Social assistance payments more than 40 years, has called No it one of the worst things that has happened to the North. "Some Indians at Fort Reso lution now are at the point where they won't even catch food for their dogs,' he said during the summer session of one ever amount handed out but it was undoubtedly only a fraction of the present figure. Some. north- erners believe it was a far bet- on ter system for the self-respect of the population. But after a number of Eski- totalled = the ality of area administrators may be more important of one at Coppermine, 100 miles northeast the Arctic coast, helped cut bill almost by half He did it by getting residents He speaks Bear Lake who has the area's welfare of Great totalled nearly $600,000 last year for the 25,000 inhabitants of a traditionally self-sufficient land. Aid to Eskimos jumped from $166,000 in 1957 to $300,000 in 1963. Last year the territorial government spent $207,000, or $25,000 more than it had bud- geted, on social assistance to non - treaty Indians and other residents. The Indian affairs branch, which administers wel- fare for. treaty Indians, spent nearly $167,500, or $44,000 more than in 1960. Fourteen per cent of the ter- ritories' entire treaty Indian population received relief last year, Northern affairs keeps no exact figures but-a rough esti- mate puts the number of recipi- ents at about ' 1,800, nearly 10 per cent, Many northern residents be- lieve the federal. government's full-scale welfare program, be- gun in 1959, has been a mixed blessing at best Robert Porritt, a Hay River trader and former bush pilot, who bas lived in the North the Northwest Territories Coun- cil, EASIER THAN TRAPPING At Fort Resolution, which has the highest ratio of people on welfare in the territories, vouch- ers totalling $7,000 were issued to about 200 persons'one month last winter. This excluded pay- ments made by Indian affairs to treaty Indians who number half the -settlement's 500 resi- dents Even at Tuktoyaktuk, a pic- turesque Arctic coast settlement where Eskimos still hew to their traditional y of life, some residents accepted welfare last winter rather than track. white fox. and wolverine over the tun- dra in 60-below weather. Welfare before 1959 was in- forma! and unorganized, "It was - handled by the RCMP, the religious missions, anyone who happened to be on the spot says D. PF. Murphy, district fare for the northern affairs de- partment at Fort Smith. superintendent of wel- mos starved te death in the Kee- watin area in 1957 federal au- thorities decided welfare could no longer be a haphazard opera- tion T. D, Stewart, an official of the welfare division, says living conditions of most Eskimos are still so marginal "'it is essential to guarantee at least the mini- mum standards of health and decency." NEED MORE WORKERS The crux is how to administer incentives along with social aid, to dispense enough for a decent existence but keep the system from being more attractive than work "We need more trained social workers' immediately," says Olive Chesworth, one of seven workers now In the Mackenzie district. "Then we could begin to do a half-way decent job." Indian affairs hasn't been le to recruit one social worker although the budget provides for one. Mr, Murphy says the perscn- interested in sealing again and showing them they could get the goods they wanted by trading in sealskins, "Of course the sealskin mar- ket rose, which helped him con- siderably,"" Mr. Murphy says. But results were still impres- sive--welfare payments cut to $26,000 from $45,000. And Cop- permine, which had _ existed largely on welfare, became a settlement where not one able- bodied man was idle. Another method of coping with increasing idleness is by community development funds, first made available two years ago by the federal and_ terri- torial governments. A fixed sum, often about $2,000 annually, is made available to a commu- nity when the community assoc- jation, composed of local resi- dents, has worked out a pro- gram for spending it. Funds must be spent on de- velopment that will keep residents employed and bute to the permanent welfare of the settlement. same contri- fn CANADA'S STORY GOLDFINGER spt tintetiyttsen trons tetetm tein Att TUL Reciprocity Backed By BOB BOWMAN Conferences of -- provincial premiers have been in the news recently, One of the most excit- ing was on October 21, 1887, when the premiers endorsed a policy of reciprocal trade with the U.S.A. In 1887 Canada was in the throes of depression, The high tariff wall between Canada. and the U.S.A. was hindering trade and a number of leading Cana- dians were talking openly about "commercial union" with the U.S. The movement crossed party lines. Reciprocity if it could be arranged, was support- ed by the Toronto "Globe" (Lib- eral) and Toronto "Mail" (Con- servative) On the other hand the CPR TU TODAY IN 'HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 21, 1965... The Japanese took the south Chinese port of Can- ton almost without a strug- gle 27 years ago today--in 1938--nine days after land- ing forces at Bias Bay, near Hong Kong. The city had been heavily bombed for months and many of the citi- zens had fled. The capture of Canton cut off the Chi- nese government from its last Pacific Ocean ports and left the Burma Road, the railway to Indochina and the road to Russia the only routes fors upplies and trade. 1805--Nelson won the sea battle of Trafalgar. 1900--The business section of Sydney, N.S. was de- stroyed by fire. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the Allied Mediterra- nean fleet bombarded the Aegean coast of Bulgaria; Russia counter-atiacked at Varna and Tarnopol, taking 7,500 prisoners Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940----HMS Kimber- ley destroyed the Italian de- stroyer Francesco Nullo in the Red Sea; purchase tax was introduced in Britain; Britain lost 45 merchant ships, totalling 198,030 tons, in the previous week. POINTED | PARAGRAPHS "The love of money is the root of all evil," but only a mis- erly person loves it; others love what can be bought with it. Even after having carefully studied the pictures of Mars, a Japanese astronomer says he is still convinced there is life on Mars. He undoubtedly is a hard man to unconvince. "Pride goeth, before destric- tion..." (Prov. 16:18). Ac- cordingly, De Gaulle will sooner or later be up to his neck in trouble . . . and that will be a lot of trouble. "Men may yet learn to talk to the lower animals,"' says a scientist. Man can do so now, but he derives little satisfaction @ut of @ one-way conversation. UNAM FIN OTTAWA REPORT and the Bank of Montreal were among powerful interests oppos- ed. The CPR depended on goods moving east and west for its income. If there were reciprocal trade, goods would flow north and south, and the CPR might be out of it. The prospect of. reciprocity was ruined by an election in the USA. Historian W. G. Hardy in his book 'From Sea Unto Se says that the presidential can- didates Cleveland and Harrison knew they could ger votes by twisting the lion's tail, and in this case the tail was Canada. Cleveland, who had been in favor of reciprocity made a complete turn and asked Con- gress to pass a measure elimin- ating trade with Canada alto- Mn ne gether, as is the case with Red China today. Harrison was elected, but this was no improvement from Can- ada's point of view. His govern- ment put the McKinley tariff into effect. It was so high that Canadians wondered if it were intended to starve them into an- nexation. OTHE REVENTS ON OCT, 21: 1755 More Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia 1872 Amperor of Germany awarded Vancouver Island boundary Contract signed with pres- ent CPR for completion railway Canada protested U.§, seizing sealing vessels in Bering Sea 1880 1886 nN Quebec Support Liberal Worry? By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA: Few electors are showing enthusiasm for the 'unnecessary election', accord- ing to reports from all parts of Canada. Yet Parliament Hill is picking up some definite voter reaction as to--possible results of the balloting. John Diefenbaker's proposal for an income tax allowance of up to $500 for municipal taxes has been the most warmly wel- comed new policy~-plank, He points out that the home-owner is prejudiced against by the tax on his house, whereas the apart- ment house operator can count municipal taxes as an expense when calculating his profit. In USA the unfairness of hav- ing to pay tax on tax has long been recognized, and the U.S, taxpayer may deduct house tax, sales tax on gasoline, etc, when calculating his taxable income, Another widely - welcomed and fair proposal by John Dief- enbaker is that our older citi- vens--those over 70 who will never qualify for the contribu- tory pension--should receive an extra $25 per month in old age pension. And of course the pro- posed consumer loan fund at 5 per cent interest appeals to those Canadians who now have to pay more. ' On: the negative side, many Canadians resent the new maple leaf flag replacing the Canadian Red Ensign. This would have been more readily accepted if it had proved to be a factor cre- ating greater nationa! unity; but this hope was killed when the new flag was publicly burned in Quebec. The scandals and the growing crime waye have shocked all law-abiding Canadians, who de- plore the repeated disclosures of corruption in high places and the importation into Canada of organized crime. Especially in the west, the re- cent tour by Quebec's Premier Jean Lesage emphasized the separation between Quebec and all other provinces. In Ontario, for instance, the feeling that Prime Minister Pearson gives Quebec special treatment was underlined by the contrast be- tween Quebec being permitted to opt out of the Canada pen- sion plan, while Ontario was all but blackmailed to abandon its own preferable pension provi- sions, and join. the Pearson plan to save it from collapse, Mr. Pearson recently broad- cast on foreign affairs, -but has made very few other public speeches. So there is very little reaction ot his campaign yet reaching here. Top Liberals here say they hope to win between 140 and 145 seats on Nov. 8, contrasted to 129 in the last election. They expect to pick up the additional seats by capturing all but a handful of Quebec's 75 seats _These, added to the predomin- antly. French - Canadian seats they expect to hold' in eastern Ontario, northern New Bruns- wick and elsewhere, would mean that a majority of the Lib- eral parliamentary group would represent French-Canada. This would give a predominant voice in the cabinet to French-speak- ing ministers, who would prob- ably be reinforced by the new- comers from the socialist or leftish ranks, Jean Marchand, P. EB. Trudeau and Gerard Pel- letier With Mr, Pearson now ex- pected to resign from politics at latest in 1968, the Liberal con- vention would as usual alter- nate between French- and Eng- lish-speaking leaders, and pick Jean Lesage. He would thus automatically become, if the Liberals win this election, prime minister of Canada While all Liberals hope to win a majority in the coming elec- tion, many English - speaking Liberals whisper their fear of this chain of events. They ,ai it would turn the Liberal party into the voice of French Canada, and lose them support in the other nine provinces QUEEN'S PARK New Exams Cut Ranks For Police By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The modern age has hit the Ontario Provincial Police and some of its men are hurting. A few years ago the provincial force started a new system of pre-qualification for each stage of promotion. The system applies to all step- ups in rank, from constables first-class right through to com- missioned rank. First there is a written exam ination and then a board which gives an oral exam. The' system has been de- veloped slowly and recently it, and the force, were given the first big test under fire. Kight hundred men took the written exam to qualify for pro. motion from constable first class to corporal, Fewer than 200 passed, HEADS SYMPATHIZE Police officials are genuinely sympathetic with the men who failed. But they point out that they are only following along along with modern practice to build the most efficient force possible, Today in nearly every field there is scientific testing in the advancement process. It's part of these progressive times when more knowledge and skill is re- quired of the individual. And written tests are one of the practical means of finding out if he has this knowledge and the ability to use it. In policing most large forces in the United States now use scientific testing. And other forces in Canada are beginning to adopt it. LOOKS BIG The failure rate of this case does look big, But it could prim- arily be because we are consid- ering failure rates in terms of school exams. School exams are a test to find out whether students have learned their lessons and know them well enough to go ahead. These tests are part of a weed- ing - out process. They are set principally to find the best men for advancement. And from this outlook the fail- ure rate is not too important. There would seem to be just one big weakness, There are men in the police, as in all walks of life, who simply can't, express themselves on paper, YEARS AGO. 15 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1950 Ernie Parsons of Oshawa, was named the 1950-51. president of Ontario Curling Association Charles Bailes, another active curler of this city, was named a life member of the organiza- tion, Alex C. Hall, KC, president of the Oshawa Branch of the Red Cross Society, presented Home- maker pins to Mrs. Catherine Conlin and Mrs. Albert Molley, in recognition of completing one year's' service as Red Cross Homemakers. 30 YEARS AGO Oct, 21, 1935 Ernie Marks of Oshawa was re-elected president of the Asso- ciated Theatres Association for a fourth term. Oshawa Home and School Council decided to sponsor @ woman candidate for the Board of Education at the next munici- pal election. BIBLE And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obei- sance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their wel- fare; and they came into the tent. -- Mxodus18:7. So often men today feel it is unmanly to show affection to their parents or to close rela- tives, Moses, the great leader of men, did not feel this way at all. BUILD-UP FARMS REGINA (CP)--The agricul: ture department's Family Farm Improvement branch has handled 17,000 orders for ma- terials worth more than $6,700,- 000 since its foundation in 1960. Technical help and materials are supplied at cost to farmers installing .modern water and sewage systems. AY, Guaranteed Investment 5 Years to 10 Years 1 Year to 4 Years 5'/2% FREE Oshawa General Hockey Ticket DRAW eoch Monday for New Depositors and Certificate Purchasers. @ OPEN SATURDAY e Central Ontario Trust & Savings Corpn, OSHAWA -- 19 Simcoe St. N. 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