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QUEEN'S PARK ZS _ OTTAWA REPORT ~~ Confusion: - " Published by ae Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T.. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1965 -- PAGE 4 All Those Conferences And What's Discussed? The first four of some 12 feder- al-provincial conferences scheduled over the next few months have been underway this week. Repre- sentatives of the two senior levels of government are meeting to dis- cuss the outlook for agriculture, problems of poverty, economic trends and the outlook for 1966 and to report on changes in the fed- eral-provincial tax structure, In the first six months of the new year other conferences are be- ing planned on organized crime, the Canadian Pension Plan, forestry resources, training in industry, medicare and university training. A full dress conference of the prime minister and provincial premiers is also on the agenda for Victoria in June. Well-based concern has been ex- ptessed by Heath Macquarrie, Prince Edward Island political sci- evitist and author, that the prolifer- ation of such conferences over the past few years is leading to the de- velopment of a third level of gov- ernment. "By promoting and encouraging such conferences, the federal gov- ernment is leading the way to weakening its own powers," he ar- gues. "Some of the decisions og recent. high-level conferences have never been ratified by parliament or the legislatures". Any such trend that by-passes the elected representatives of the people and reduces parliament to a rubber stamp for decisions made behind closed doors is dangerous, It is a cause for concern on the municipal level of government too. In Oshawa the committee of six al- dermen which meets privately is being criticized because of its "mum's-the-word" attitude to dis- cussion at closed conferences. The mayor's advisory committee con- templated in Whitby may well be subjected to the same criticism. As Mr. McQuarrie group has a right to hold private meetings for the purposes of dis- cussion, but the findings of such meetings should be open to the pub- lic and the press and be fully ex- plained. notes any Partisanship Showing There must. be something about politicking on the prairies which knocks. the national picture out of perspective for party leaders from Saskatchewan. Ever since Novem- ber 8th, Tory Leader Diefenbaker has been posing and pontificating like he had won it. Now this week, New Democratic Party Leader Tommy Douglas has been attempt- ing a little muscle flexing. One of the strongest arguments against minority government is evident in the attempt this week of She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Moneger C. J. 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Only three short of the party strength they need (assuming that one of the 131 elect- ed Liberals will become Speaker), the Liberals have even more relia- ble small party support in the five Social Credit members. Yet it is not likely to be overlook- ed that despite his high-flown phas- ing about the national interest, Mr. Douglas is still basically a--party politician. This do-qur-bidding ap- proach or out-you-go suggestion is partisanship so deplored by Mr, Douglas in those "old-line parties", ws Dees Canada Melt- 'Blend Or Shuffle? By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Canada, our soci- ologists claim, is not a melting all vier provinces, ranking first in all save 17 of their 190 con- pot in the sense that the United --stituencies. States melts the edges off im- migrants and produces a stand- ardized citizen in one genera- tion. Canada, on the contrary, en- courages immigrants to retain their non-conformity in customs, traditions, language and reli- gion, The texture of our national life is enriched by our adoption of usages from the cultures of various immigrant groups, Yet in contrast the federal govern- ment gives official stamp to its belief that Canada is a melting pot, capable of dissolving and in fact absorbing all old country backgrounds except two. So we care officially a bicultural and bilingual country, but not multi- cultural or multi-lingual. If Canada is not a melting pot, what is it A blender A mixing machine A shuffler A vivid light upon or racial mixture has just been produced --for the very first time--by our Dominion Bureau of Statistics. That ingenious and industrious figure-juggling office has just completed a breakdown, by fed- eral political constituencies, of our racial origins. DIVIDED BY GROUPS For this purpose, Canadians are dividéd into 11 ethnic groups: British Isles, French, German, Italian, Jewish, The Netherlands, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Ukrainian, native Indian and Eskimo; plus three catch - all categories: "Other European," Asiatic and "Other and Not Stated." In the province of Quebec, the major ethnic group is French ir every constituency except four in Montreal. In Notre Dame de Grace, the British exceed the French by more than two to one; in Jacques Cartier and in St. Antoine-Westmount, the Brit- ish just exceed the French, In Mount Royal, the Jewish just exceed the British, who in turn equally narrowly outnumber the French. While Canadians of French origin thus predominate in Que- bec, the British Isles provide the paramount ethnic group in FRENCH PREDOMINANT In 10 constituencies outside Quebec, the French form the largest group. These are Ottawa East, Stormont, Timmins, Coch- 'rane, Nickel Belt, Nipissing and Glengarry-Prescott in Ontario, and Kent, Gloucester.and Resti- gouche - Madawaska in New Brunswick. In Queens - Lunen- burg, N.S., and in Waterloo North, Ont., and jin Rosthern, Sask., the largest ethnic group is German. In Dauphin, Man., Yorkton, Sask., and Vegreville, Alta. the largest group is Ukrainian. In Provencher, Man, the largest group is Dutch. A sad footnote to our treatment of the First Canadians is that the largest ethnic group is formed of native Indians and Eskimos only in the remote and far-flung Northwest Territories. The extent of our comprehen- sive Christmas-pudding mixture of settlement is astonishing, Of our 265 federal political constit- uencies, all except six contain representation of at least 13 of those 14 ethnic classifications. NEAR RACIAL PURITY Quebec's Iles de la Madeleine, not surprisingly, is racially our purest community, with repre- sentatives of only eight different ethnic groups. Bellechasse has only nine ethnic groups, and boasts the country's highest fig- ure as being 99.7 - per - cent French. Montmagny-L'Islet has 10 ethnic groups, while Kings, P.E.I., Kent, N.B. and Dorches- ter, Que. each have 12 groups. Ten constituencies--five in Que- bec, three in Newfoundland, one each in New Brunswick and the Yukon--each have 13 groups. The other 249 Canadian constit- uences contain representatives of all 14 ethnic classifications-- quite a national melange. Three constituencies, all in the heart of Tory Toronto-- Davenport, Spadina and Trinity --have more immigrants than native-born Canadians. Toron- to's York Centre contains the most immigrants--60,232; and Quebec's Magdalen Islands the fewest--37. Major Propaganda Attack By Russia On U.S. Looms JOHN M. HIGHTOWER y 'ASHINGTON (AP)--Russia appears to be mounting a major propaganda offensive against the United States on the charge that. the U.S. is becoming a militaristic power, increasingly resorting to strong-arm meth- ods to achieve its aims in the world, This accusation was threaded through the interview which Premier Alexei Kosygin gave the New York Times this week. The charge also was used by the Soviet finance minister Tuesday to explain an increase in Russia's military budget. If, as expected, the charge is developed by the Moscow press and radio, a new period of East-West tensions and worsen- ing U.S.-Soviet/ relations may be at hand. HAVE SEVERAL AIMS The Russians, in the view of authorities here, probably have several objectives in mind: --To encourage opposition to President Johnson's Viet Nam war policy inside the U.S. --To put the U.S. on the de- fensive before the rest of the world in its own continuing quest for support in the fight against communism in South- east Asia. --To create concern among U.S. allies and in neutral na- tions about the course of American foreign policy. To block U.S. and German efforts to form a multi-nation nuclear force in NATO. In his interview, Kosygin ac- cused the U.S. of "whipping up military psychosis" in the world, of inflaming tensions in Europe and of "trying to seek its ends by military means" everywhere. POLICY NOT NEW Washington authorities said they found no evidence of new policy in Kosygin's statements. They expect, for example, that the Soviet government will con- tinue to maintain contacts with U.S. officials and diplomats and keep open the lines for quick Giacussion in future crises. They believe the Russians. still would prefer to see a peaceful end to the Viet Nam conflict and do not intend to become much more deeply involved in their support of North Viet Nam. freee marr GOOD EVENING... si Ty ..» By Jack Gearin Peterborough Vote Teaches Some Lessons There are some lessons to be learned from Monday's munici- pal vote in Peterborough. 1-- The City Manager form of government was rejected for the second time in five years -- many are moaning now that there was no adequate pre- election education program on it. 2-- The popular vole was 45 percent, too low for a city of that size if it was considerably higher than Oshawa's deplorable 1964 figure when only 34.38 per- cent turned up at the polls. The Peterborough "no'"' vote on the C-M declined sharply -- 7,662 to 5,209 as compared with the 1960 total of 8,088 to 6,656. To further stress the need for "education" on the C-M plan -- four of the five successful al- dermanic candidates there last Monday expressed open support for the C-M system (as did the Peterborough Examiner, that vigilant watchdog of the city's municipal ~affairsy, but none campaigned actively for it The C-M system is the most widely-used form of municipal government in North America; but it must be explained to the unitiated if it is to be accepted officially. Now is the time to ponder such. thoughts, when Oshwaa's next municipal vote is one year away Mayor Lyman outwardly irked Monday when one councillor referred to City Council's...controversial .Execu» tive committee aa "The Secret Gifford was Six" and another dubbed it "a self-appointed group". As any casual observer of the municipal scene knows, this is not the first time locally in re- cent years that the "closed-door meet" charge has been levelled against a civic administration it headed by Mr. Gifford. Appointment of the City Coun- cil Executive Committee fol- lowed a recommendation by an inner-council Woods, Gordon committee headed by His Wor- the awa's How can they City Hall doors are closed? There may: be a precedent in municipal self-appointed commiultee, fo search long and hard to find To repeat a hackned phrase: "Let's open ail City Hall, and let's open them wide." The NDP these days seems to do this when world for Osh- Executive but one would have W for the doors at the sooner the better, The NDP annual meeting last Sunday of the Hotel Genosha served as another is a funny game where the un- expected happen in the Picadilly Room reminder that politics can and often does hen the ballots were counted the executive race, the names of two dedicated party workers of long standing were missing from the charmed circle of the victors -- T. D. '"'Tommy" Thomas was. defeated for the ship, Acting-mayor Clifford Pil- key and the four standing com- mittee chairmen -- Aldermen Gordon Attersley, R. Cecil Bint, John Brady and Hayward Mur- doch. Appointment of the committee was basically wrong in principle and established a most danger- ous precedent, regardless of the protests of Mr. Gifford and Mr. Pilkey. It was wrong primarily be- cause it established an exclusive, inner-court circlé on Council, one which could meet whenever it so desired with the door closed and beyond the reach of fellow councillors without mem- bership There is no regsonable justi- fication for such @ set-up on any municipally-elected body, _re- gardiess of what reasons the members may advance for its existence. City aldermen are represent the people they must observe questions, especially around City Hall,...the...nerve-centre.. of..our municipal world. elected to ~ to do this and ask have far more appeal than do the two old parties for clergy- men who actively participate in politics. This doesn't, of necessity, mean that the NDP and Tommy Douglas are more often than not on the side of the angels, It is interesting to note that of the 13 clergymen across Can- ada who were candidates in the Nov. 13 Federal election, no less than nine were NDP stan- dard-bearers, To..continue this survey. furs ther and illustrate a political trend, the Oshawa Riding New Democratic Party last Sunday night elected a clergyman as president for the 1965-66 year. He is Rev. John Porter who has been minister of Westmount United Church, Oshawa, since he founded it some five years ago who shuns publicity and re- gards his election as a routine matter ('My calling js that of a minister of God, but I am in politics as a private citizen-and I. don't think the two.should be related."') post of secretary by incumbent Steve Melnichuk and his wife, Christine Thomas was defeated for the office of treasurer by William "Bill" Marshall. Such- upsets are not unusual at political membership -meet- ings where the turnout is not large. But the name of Thomas has been a household one in the riding for more than 15 years, synonymous with the party's greatest triumphs in Osawa rid- ing. The meeting was--impo: also because it gave William Cumpsty, the party's first full- ant . time organizer in this riding, an opportunity to report on the lo- cal campaign of Oliver Hodges and to announce plans for the future, There was an impressive memorial when the membership observed three minutes silence for the late Louis Munroe, the dedicated and tireless young party worker whose death last year. shocked. so. many..in the ANOTHER DRAFT CARD BURNING nese HMMM NEHA CANADA'S STORY ervey QT. TER ENEMA TA Rail Failure Riles B.C. By BOB BOWMAN Although British . Columbia agreed in 1871 to join Confed- eration, with a promise that a railway would be built from Canada to the Pacific, several strong efforts were made to get out of the deal, Sir John A. Mac- donald had to resign as the result of the "Pacific scandal," and his successor Alexander Mackenzie was a much more cautious man. Furthermore Canada slipped into a period of depression, and railway building had to be curtailed. It wasn't until 1879 that Governor General the Marquis of Lorne, and his TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 10, 1965 Robert William Thomson, an English inventor, pat- ented the pneumatic tyre 120 years ago today--in 1845-- but rubber was at that time too expensive for the inven- tion to be practical. A self- educated man, Thomson also designed an electrical detonator for blasting-pow- der, a fountain-pen, the first portable steam crane, the first prefabricated hydraulic dock and a steam-powered engine on soft rubber wheels which_.was_the. first work: able--tractor, 1768--The Royal Academy of Arts was founded in Lon- don 1948 --The United Na- tions Declaration of Human Rights was issued, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--French guns silenced two German batteries near Artois; Italians occupied hill positions in the Trent- ino. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--two German spies were executed in Lon- don; the British advance around Sidi Barrani cut Italian communications and took 4,000 prisoners while 22 Italian aircraft were shot down over the desert; the British government opposed Herbert Hoover's plan to feed German-occupied coun- tries. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 10, 1945 Mrs. T. K. Creighton, presi- dent of the Board of Directors of the Oshawa YWCA, presided at the dedication and formal opening of the new YWCA Ade- laide House, the gift of Col. and Mrs, R. S. McLaughlin. The Ontario County Flying Club's. twin-engined '"'Cessna" was christened "'Miss Oshawa' by Mrs. Hayden Macdonald in a ceremony carried out before 500 people at the Oshawa Airport. Club President A. G. Storie pre- sided. 35 YEARS AGO Dec. 10, 1930 H, P. Schell was re-elected president of the Oshawa and Ontario County Children's Aid Society. Veronica Johnson was award- ed the shield for the best essay. on fire prevention written by any. pupil of the Oshawa Public and Separate Schools, # wife Princess Louise, were able to quiet the unrest in British Columbia by visiting there for several weeks. Princess Louise was so popular that Premier Beaven suggested that Van- couver Island should become a colony, with the Princess as its Queen! During the vice-regal visit, the Marquis of Lorne was able to announce that work on the rail- way to British Columbia would proceed right away. It. still hadn't been decided whether the transcontinental railway would be built along the northern shore of ake Superior or an arrange- ment made to use an American line from Ontario to Manitoba. So the link with British Colum- bia was started on the Pacific coast itself, and built eastward. A young San Francisco engineer Andrew Onkerdonk, was hired to supervise the work. In order to impress British Columbia still more, a ceremony was held to inaugurate the laying of rails through the Fraser River section. A huge blast of dynamite reverberated through amon ttyrgennnrnte erence the mgiountains, and caused a heavy 'downpour of rain! Soon afterwards.a deal was made with a syndicate headed by Montreal financier George Stephen to take over the enitre railway building job across Canada and so the CPR came into being. The bill authorizing it came before the House of Commons on December 10, 1880. other events on December 10: 1830 Robert Baldwin with pe- tition of 10,000 names asked clergy reserves rev- enue be applied to educa- tion. Failure of London firm caused financial crisis in Newfoundland Earl Grey succeeded Lord Minto as Governor General $5 War Savings Stamps authorized to $50,000,000 Supreme Court of Can- da made final authority on judicial. matters. John Diefenbaker chosen Conservative leader with 774 votes, Fleming 393, Fulton 117. | Living Cost Climb 0£50 Per Cent Represents Progress In Brazil By HENRY HOGG RIO DE JANEIRO (CP) -- Living costs rose 40 per cent in Brazil in the first eight months of 1965 and the total increase for the year is expected to be less than 50 per cent. : In many countries this, would be regarded as a disaster. But in a land where inflation has become almost a way of life it constitutes progress. It's a considerable improve- ment over 1964 when the cost of living soared 90 per cent. Economic measures taken by the government to combat infla- tion have gained considerable unpopularity for President Humberto Castello Branco and his planning minister, Dr. Ro- berto Campos. But both men have shown they can take it. Credit has -been squeezed, moves have been made to re- strain public spending and the administration has shown great reluctance to issue paper money, It is also making a con- certed effort to attract new for- eign investment capital. For many months the uncer- tainty of the political situation had acted as a deterrent to for- eign investors, This was parti- cularly true of Americans, even though Brazil had gone along with Washington to the point where other Latin American countries were wondering about the possibility of a Washington- Rio axis, OVERRIDE CONSTITUTION Late in October the right- wing, military-oriented govern- ment decreed itself almost dic- tatorial powers. It issued an in- stutional act overriding parts of the constitution. The act abolished political parties, gave Castello Branco power to detlare a state of siege and to rule by decree up to 180 days. it-enlarged the supreme court, gave military courts broad pow- ers and 'provided for indirect election of. the president by congress instead of the people. 'We need tranquillity for the ~ nation's economic develop- ment," the president. explained. Earlier, in its search for for- eign capital, the government had sent Roberto Campos to Moscow for economic talks, a move that came as a shock to 0.8 delomate here, West Germany has already shown interest in immediate and future capital investment_in Brazil. Japan has $1,000,000,000 invested here, about the same amount as the Canadian-owned Brazilian Traction has invested in the public utility field. Brazil has a_ frightening FLATION, Brazil has a frighten skeleton in her economic cup- board--a foreign debt of $3,500,- 000,000 on which however, her creditors declared a moratorium after last year's revolution, But what the country needs, perhaps even more than imme- diate cash loans and credits, is an insurance against fluctuating commodity prices. These un- stable prices are a genuine and general grievance through Latin America. Before the revolution of March 3, 1964, the nation under the leadership of President Joao Goulart had been seriously ail- ing from a pink variation of neurotic nationalism. The revolutionary government under President Castello Branco restored law and order, disciplined the armed forces and set the course for economic recovery, For the first year a red witch hunt was in full -ry and there was a great tendency for oppo- sition to be interpreted by the government as a synonym for subversion The democratic pulse of Bra- zil became extremely weak and the recent government action to circumvent congressional oppo- sition by decreeing itself excep- tional powers has kept political tension high. Before the October elections for 11 state .governors,..many would-be anti-government can- didates were disqualified by electoral tribunals on flimsy technical_grounds, an_action-not uncommon throughout Latin America following military BIBLE Choose you this day whom ye will serve.--Joshua 24:15 Each day we have a choice of service between our idols or the ; loving God; eo Proposals By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There's a lesson" fn the practicalities of politics in the current discussions on the Canada Assistance Plan and a universal $100-a-month pension. The lesson enters in that wer - aren't formally against the Can-- ada Assistance Program, en- dorsing the $100 pension means we are only half-heartedly for it because the two plans represent different basic principles. The pension is a straight' give- away. Under the plan, intro- duced by PC Leader John Dief- enbaker in the federal election, the present $75 a month old age security payment would be in- creased to $100. This means the extra $23 would go to millionaires and the well off, along with those who really need it. The principle behind the Can- ada Assistance Plan, by con- trast, is an attempt to channel welfare funds into the hands of those who require it. In the field of security it would keep the present $75 pay- ment, but it would add further money in cases of need, LONG ADVOCATED The politics come in in that this policy of payment, based on need, is one we have long advocated in Ontario, For years now leaders of gov: ernment and welfare ministers have preached public welfare be based on need. With cost of most welfare pro- grams shared by federal and provincial governments, and with Ottawa laying the ground rules, we have not been able to do much about it at the provin- cial level. But it has been clear where we stood--that we didn't blieve in passing out money to those who don't need it. Now we support a contradict- ory policy. Does this mean we have changed' our mind? That we have decided we were wrong in the part? Not at all. Beneath we belleve ag strongly as ever that welfare as sistance should be based on need. But politically we can't say 60. The government, being Con- servative, naturally can't come out strongly against Mr. Diefen- baker. But beyond this no govern- ment can be against handing out money. And when the national PC leader says there should be a new handout 'the government here is not going to say no. It may not believe in whaf Is being proposed--and in this case it doesn't -- but politically it can't, and won't, say s0, Attack Slows On Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AP)--In- donesia's three-year-old cam- paign to crush the Malaysian Federation is still-on, but it has slowed down amid the 'political- military crisis in Jakarta, There is some hope that 1966 may see further slackening of President -Sukarno's-so-*-catled confrontation policy, However, such predictions are guarded. According to apailable intelli- gence here, there has been no reduction of Indonesian guer- rilla and regular forces on bases ringing Malaysia, particu- larly on Borneo Island. No firm figures have been given out, but their numbers are said to run into the thous- ands, They are part of the buildup that began a year ago, and that prompted Britain to pour forces into Malaysia. The Indonesians: presumably could, given the command, stage a major offensive, by sea against the Malaysian mainland and through various entry points along the jungle border separating Indonesian and Mal- aysian Borneo. A large-scale attack was con- sidered highly possible in the days when Sukarno still ran his country by personal dictum and whim, with help from the Com- munists. But since the Oct. 1 Commu- nist-backed coup attempt in Ja- karta, the Indonesian Reds have been put on the run by the army. Sukarno no longer calls all the shots, and his top confron- tation advisers--including First Deputy Premier Subandrio and Communist boss D. N, Aidit~ have been muted. - Sukarno insists there has been no swing away from the "crush Malaysia' policy. Army leaders have agreed. Military experts here, hows ever, point to technical reasons for at least a temporary slow- down in active confrontation. They say the Indonesian crisis has brought about a reduction in the efficiency of the armed forces, with the army too busy chasing the Reds at the mo- ment and the air force weak- ened by charges that some of its personnel were involved in the coup attempt. The thinking here is that In: donesian military leaders, now more in control of their own forces than they were hefore the coup, are not likely io in- dulge in military adventures under the present circum. stances,