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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86<King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario : T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Pressufing City Council Cannot Be End In Itself Council] members this year are unlikely ever to feel they are for- gotten people whose efforts -are overlooked by an indifferent citi- zenry. With the organizing 'afoot it may not be long before you nééd a program (kept right up to date) to distinguish between the many prés- sire groups and protest committees at city hall sessions. Such a show-of interest can be a good thing for the city. It will certainly serve to keep council on its mettle. In the case of some groups such as the one concerned about green belt conservation, coun. cil can have a ready source of guid- ance and information. At the same time, it can be seriously questioned if a worthwhile purpose can be served, as has bdéen suggested this week, by lumping all groups repre- senting quite a conglomeration of individual interests into one body. The Times submits that the aim suggested by one of the advocates of the forming of this central com- mittee of civic responsibility -- to have "a heavier hammer to hit city hall" -- cannot be an end. in itself. Demonstrations of keén and con- structive interest by citizens in the conduct of their affairs is indeed commendable. "Watchdogs" roles can be worthwhile. Vigilance is an indication of good health in commu- nity life. Yet civic interést cannot be a "spectator" pursuit indefi- nitely. Sooner or later those ex- préssing concern on the sidelines have to take the responsibility of active participation in government. The adage pointing to the futility of closing the barn door after the horse had gone would seem to have applications for those dissatisfied with the-course of counci]. An op- portune time to mount enthusiastic campaigns, to. encourage able men and women to serve is-before elec- tions are held. : The-real challenge, not just for groups with particular interests but for all of us in Oshawa, in the com- ing months, is to work to assure the widest possible choice of good can- didates is available to the elector- ate when the next voting day rolls around. . Deep Devotion To Duty A touching instance of the long- cherished doctor-patient relation- ship came -to full and beautiful bloom last week at Claremont. Friends, neighbors, patients and former pupils in Claremont and Brougham as well as some living in other parts of Ontario, gathered to pay tribute to Dr. Nelson F. Tom- linson for his many long years of (service as the prfly\doctor in the two communities. ~The doctor has devoted 47 of his 79 years to the care and well-being of the men, women and childremin the area and expresses no intention of relinquishing his responsibility. A native of the district, Dr. Tom- linson taught school in Ontario schools for some years before en- She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSOR, Publisher &. C. ROOKE, General Manager €. 3. MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshawe Times combining The Oshawa Times . festoblished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundeys end Statutory holidays excepted). of © Daity f Publish ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou ot. Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies jation. The Canadian Press is exciusively Geopatched in'the poper credited to. of to The ti in poper c or iso the = Associated Press or Reuters, ond ai news published therein. All rights ef special patches are also reserved. Gtfices:_ Thomson Bulidi 425 Univers! Ayenus, Toronto, Ontario; Moab Catheert Streak, Montreal, P.O. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville,. Brookiin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mapie Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton. Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester. Pontypool, and Newcastle not over . ~ Sy mai in Province of "Onrarie outside carrier delivery cree, $15.00 year. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per yeor. tering medical school. After grad- uating he worked in a number of communities before accepting the invitation in 1919 to set up his prac- tice in Claremont. The record of his succeeding years is the stuff from which le- gend develops. In the early days the birth of a baby meant an all- night vigil in a farmhouse. Taking his patients to hospital] was a day's task -- by car to the railway sta- tion from where he-travelled with them to hospitals in Toronto. House calls along back roads were made on foot after his Model-T became mired in mud. In winter he also had to walk when his horse broke from the cutter and left him strand- ed. No one would seriously wish to return to the hardships of the "good old days". But neither can the richness in human relationships they provided be forgotten... That they endure through generations was amply evident at Claremont in the warmth of feeling and deep re- spect in which the good doctor is held, : Other Editors' Views IDENTIFY CARD SHY Although most of us carry from one toa dozen cards with: our names on them, we shrink instinct- ively. from being required to pro- duce proof of our identity. What is commonplace for Europeans-is-un- acceptable to many Canadians. --(London Free Press) 'QUAKE FOR EMPHASIS Nkrumah Cast Of Dictator But Also As Almost Diety By JOSEPH MacSWEEN ACCRA (CP)--Kwame Nkru- mah has a sort of eagie's nest sitting high over the Volta dam project possibly his greatest contribution to Ghana th,e land he led to independence in 1957. Nkrumah's chalet is perched on a hill overlooking the dam site and_s¢ems in character with what the irreverent hereabouts term the most highly-developed cult of personality in Africa. Ghana under President Nkru- mah is frequently termed a one- . Party Marxist state but the def- inition is not unanimous. A Communist Czech diplomat wan- -dered up to a Canadian official at a reception and muttered "My God, what.these people call socialism!" : Critics of Nkrumah, 56, stop short when it comes to the Volta because this project--involving an aluminum smelter and a new artificial sea port--is compared with the giant Rhodesia-Zambia Kariba dam and Egypt's Aswan dam. It's one of the biggest things-in Africa. tah We're proud that the was less than estimated,"' said L. P. Klassen, chief accountant on thé project, a Canadian from Oakville Ont CANADIAN IS BOSS Canada 'made a considerable contribution in high - powered personnel to the project. Frank J. Dobson of Port Credit; Ont., veteran of the Ontario Hydro- Electric Power Commission, is chief executive, and another top official is J. H. Rogers of Isling- ton, Ont Canadian aid to controversial Ghana also includes experts in military training, television, public transport and mineral de- velopment, All \appear deeply impressed by the\Ghanaian peo pe "Canada is keeping a window on the West."' said an Accra diplomat, defending the policy of assisting Ghana despite its connections with the East One young army officer who had an interview with the Osagyefo--a term that is often translated as '"'redeemer' but can also mean "sagacious leader" said Nkrumah could charm birds out of the trees. Accra radio and newspapers peddle. a jargon that raises Nkrumah virtually to the status of deity and they quote his words in the terms of scripture. Hence: "Seek ye first the po- litical_kingdom and all other things shall be ' "The earth trembled as his High Dedication ended his speech," the Accra Evening News reported solemnly. LOUD LEADER "His messianic dedication the nation's pillar of fire and fount of honor',' were other terms bestowed on the man who in the national assembly is re- ferred to as "the Osagyefo him- self." When a slight earthquake shook Accra on the day that Nkrumah announced his seven- year development plan The Evening News reported "After the Messiah had launched the people's program to found a Socialist state the earth trembled and the trees shook, the wind blew and there was rain in Accra which had not seen a drop of rain for # long time The second Messiah has arrived. Ye know not gvhen he cometh, says the Bible cae What Nkrumah thinks of all this is not known. But he did extend clemency to two former ministers who had been sen- fenced to death following a bomb attempt on his life. They had been convicted of treason in a second trial after the coun- try's chief justice found them innocent in the first trial and was fired by Nkrumah. No one cost has been executed in Ghana for political offences since Nkrumah came to power. Ghan Ghana is often accu squandering on grandiose proj- ects the $720000,000 that was in its. coffers when independence was won, but government offi- cials emphasize that the coun- try paid its way when others sought aid. _ "And if we did try to do too much--is that a bad thing?' asked a young financial expert, PRAISE DAM z : Observers seem unanimously full of praise for the 220-foot- high Volta dam, some 60 miles frém Accra, built at a cost of $180,000,000, Ghana paying half and the other half being loaned by the Unifed States, Britain and the World Bank. The estimates had been $210,000,000. More than 17,000 men worked on the job. Some 800.00 people were re- settled in this vast project which created a 200-mile-long lake in- undating 52 villages and 12,000 homes, Canadian generators, Japanese turbines and Italian transformers were used in the joint effort by a consortium It will supply all. the power that "can be predicted to be used in Ghana for 10 years or so" and opens the way for irri- gation of the 1,000-square-mile Accra plain, an expert said Ghana had already spent some $105,000,000 of a deep-water port at Tema, some 18 miles from Accra. Some 3,500 men moved 10,000,000 tons of rock 20 miles te construct breakwaters. An aluminum smelter operated by the U.S. Kaiser. interests is scheduled to begin production in 1967 ELECTION CANCELLED Observers are frank in admir- ation of Nkrumah's role in such things as the Volta project but baffled at other aspects of his rule. Last June 9, for instance, was election day in Ghana but there was no voting Instead there was an official declaration that the 198 selected Convention People's. Party can- didates had heen elected unop- posed On June. 13, Nkrumah an- nounced a new cabinet and sent the ministers off for a special residential course at the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute at Winneba, 40 miles from Ac- cra. They probably 'drove along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Kwame Nkrumah Circle and saw the Kwame Nkrumah Young Pioneers. Centre. and Kwame Nkrumah {nstitute of Science and Technology on the way YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1946 Robert Meek was appointed new colléctor of Customs. and Excise for the Port of Oshawa after 29 years in the service Two aldermen - James Haxton and Finley Dafoe objected to recommendations of the striking committee for appointments to City Council's standing commit- tees, but were over-ruled Mayor Frank McCallum asked for "harmony on Council' dur- ing the coming year 35 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1931 John Stacey was elected chair- man of the Oshawa Public Uti lities Commission for 1931. The Waterworks Dept. had a sur plus of $82,000 in 1930, but this was absorbed in interest and other charges W. E. N. Sinclair of Oshawa, House 'léader of the Liberals in the Ontario Legislature, sum- moned Libetal MPPs to a party caucus in Toronto tomorrow. QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT... ... IMPORTANT REMARKS TO WRONG PLACE Letter Stamped 'Classic Clumsiness3' This is a selection of edi- torials on current topies, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Montreal Le Devoir-- The letfer Quebec's acting revenue minister, Eric Kier- ans, sent the other day to the U.S. secretary of commerce "John Connor) is a classic case of political and minis- terial clumsiness -But at the 'same time the letter (protesting restrictions on American foreign investment) speaks in a Quebec vein that cannot be denied. Aside. from his errors of form, Mr. Kier- ans showed genuine realism that will bring him the sup- port of miost Quebecers and a large number of Canadians Normally, Mr. Kierans should have sent his letter to Ottawa. ts subject involves Quebec, it is.true, but there is- no doubt that it is a fed- eral concern If Mr. Kierans wished to bring his point of view to the attention of American authori ties there were a thousand and one ways to do it. He need only have addressed to Mitchell Sharp, the. federal minister of finance, a public letter. The information serv- ices of the US Embassy in Ottawa would have quickly passed on the text to Wash- ington. Also, a good public ad- of dress before an audience of any importance would prob- ably have produced the same psychological results with- paratroops Some sources regime in Egypt has impris- oned 10,000 persons in three France Nasser's from Say did not in the United States and Can- ada The increase in the interest happen sooner, both out raising a diplomatic temp- ee In the circumstances, the conclusion will be that the minister manifested once more the vivacity of tempera- ment and typical Irish pug nacity that, at the bottom, all Canadians like in him. Mr, Kierans said important things but addressed his remarks. to the wrong place. -- Claude Ryan (Jan. 8) Quebec Le Soleil--Leopoid ville-in- The Congo, the Cen- tral African K¥®¥poblic, Da- homey and Upper Volta have changed governments vio- lently in less: than a month As was the case in Algeria several leaders who led their countries to independ- ence have taken the road to nowhere within a few months. It is known that instability, despite.the dictatorial bearing of their leaders ens Egypt, several English- Speaking countries and eral French - speaking coun- tries of Africa. Togo was taken over by a military. re gime two vears ago and at the same time Gabon was only, able to keep its presi- des, through the intervention sev. also threat- . months for political reasons The latest African coups have given power to the mili tary. It is hard to give an exact reason for this instabil ity; it is perhaps. necessary to seek it in interior and for- eign policy The new leaders of Da- homey and the Central Afri- can Republic immediately su- spended diplomatic relations with China and gave the Chi- nese four days to leave their countries It--appears--that. domestic policies and foreign interven- tion are involved in this series of military coups Be that as it may, if seems that all this activity is a re buff for China as much as it is anything else. One has seen similar onstrations of hos- tility towar@ Peking in several other smal! African countries in the Jast while (Jan. 5) Quebec L'Evenement -- Several indications lead one to believe that the Canadian economy will not grow at as great a rate in 1966 as in 1965. After a four-vear period of ex pansion if is normal that a certain pause It's strange, "i fact, that it 4 "economy. It which would should occur... . is aimed at curbing inflation. If it (inflation) were given free rein it be slow in nullifying the good effects of the foirr years of progress and would threaten the foundations of a healthy is better there- fore to fight inflation than to continue an expansion . end up in an economic crisis However, a study by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that this year should be proportionately better for Canada than the United States Consumer. spend- ing will, in relative terms, he heavier here, as well as spending on durable goods But if this favors progress in Canada it also implies stronger inflation. From the second half of 1964 to the first semester of 1965 the increase in the gross national product was higher--9,1 per cent for Canada as against only 6.7 per cent-for the U.S It's fortunate that this was the case as any slow- down in economic progress would be harder for. Canada to take than for the U.S (Jan. @ rate would not = A ea - "NO, I'M NOT EARLY -- I NEVER LEFT!" . CANADA'S STORY 1 NF MUM EN RR fh aon . Shortest Winter Ever Ry BOB BOWMAN Sometimes when people greet a welcome guest they say "did you bring some good weather with you?"' That could have been the case in 1670 when King Louis XIV sent Jean Talon back to Canada for his second tour of duty as intendant, or business manager of the colony Talon was the best intendant who ever served in Canada, and developed the first indus- tries intluding fishing, ship building, and others In any case Talon did bring some, amazing weather with him, and it has never been equalled in Canada. The winter of 1671 did not begin until Janu- ary 14, and ended about the middle of March! They did not keep official weather records in those days and it is presumed now that the first snow did not fall on Quebec until January 14 and that the ice in the St Lawrence broke up in the middle of March One of the popular methods of weather - forecasting in those days was to keep a leech in a bottle of water. When the weath er was about to change, the leech would move about active- ly, agitating the water. If there was going to be a high wind- storm, the leech would be even more active, and _ before a thunderstorm, it would have convulsions Cats were also used as guides to the weather, If a cat sneezed or sat on a doorstep combing its furs and whiskers that meant raw TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 14, 1966... Felice Orsini, an Italian revolutionist, attempted to assassinate Napoleon III of France 108 years ago today --in 1858. The three bombs thrown killed three bystand- ers and injured 100 but missed the emperor's car- riage. Orsini had decided to remove Napoleon as_ the chief obstacle to talian uni- fication and independence from Austrian rule and, when this failed, made an appeal to the emperor from the death-cell to take up the Italian cause Italy was later unified under the king of Piedmont and its consti- tution was proclaimed in 1871 1639--A republican titution was drawn Hartford, Conn 1911 -- Ronald Amundsen reached Bay of Whales on his way to the South Pole cons- up at First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Russians captured 400 Turkish soldiers in the Cau casus; a French submarine sank an Austrian cruiser In the Adriatic; Lord Chelms- ford succeeded, Lord Har- dinge as viceroy of India Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--the British ad miraljy announced four merchant ships, totalling 14,687 tons, lost in the pre- vious week; Arthur B. Pur- vis .of Montreal headed the British Stppl Goines of North -America Bulgaria denied. any foreign ,troops , bad entered the cougiry. OTHER EVENTS ON JAN. 14: 1588--La Jaunaye and Louel got permission to bring 60 con victs to Canada as colon- ists 1645--Company of New France transferred its trading rights to Companie des Hab tants, made up of. colonists in Canada 1875---Riots at Caraquet, N.B., over school act lasted till January 28. First issue of Halifax Herald 1898--Canada_ asked to con- tribute one-third of cest of Pacific cable 1902---P.E.I. Prohibition Act de- clared valid by Supreme Court Aid Given To Small Business Also Sets Finance Guidelines By STEWART MacLEOD OTTAWA (CP) -- There ap- pears some sharp differences among Liberal MPs over whether the government should assume more responsibility in the social welfare field Party sources say this could be a dominating theme in Lib- eral caucuses during the forth- coming parliamentary session, The subject shot to the surface Monday and Tuesday when the party hefd its first post-election caucus here Some MPs favored an imme- diate increase of $25 in the. uni- versal old age pension to $100 a month--a proposal made in the last election campaign by both the Conservatives and the New Democrats. On the other: hand, some Lib- erals feel strongly that the gov- ernment has gone far enough in the field of universal social wel- fare and that private enterprise should fill the gaps. - The official government posi- tion_on_the old age pension is that it should remain at $75 and that the needy be given addi- tional benefits through the pro- posed Canada Assistance Plan. These. arrangements now are be- ing worked out with the prov- inces, INCREASED PENSIONS Since the Liberal government assumed office in 1963, it has moved further into the social welfare field, first by increas- ing the universal pension by $10 monthly and then. bringing in the compulsory Canada Pension Plan. It has also proposed a compulsory form of. medical care insurance Among the arguments being offered hy some Liberals in sup- port of more social action is that much of the gains made by the New Democrats in the last fed- eral election can be atfributed to the NDP's welfare pyoposals One Liberal says unless the gov- ernment keeps moving with more social welfare action "'we'll have no chance of revers- ing this apparent trend toward the NDP." oe eer ee Among arguments on the other side is that Canada is basically a free-enterprise coun- try and the government should move in on universal welfare only when private institutions cannot cope with if. Backbenchers are waiting to whether Prime Minister Pearson's big shuffle of minis- ters Dec. 17 will affect the cab- inet's approach to the welfare field. Many feel the new finance minister, Mitchell Sharp, is less inclined toward universal wel- fare measures thar his prede- cessor, Walter Gordon. Robert H. Winters, the new trade minister, is also known to fee! that definite limitations should be placed on government ventures in social welfare. One minister predicts that the subject will raise as many argu- ments in cabinet as in the gen- eral caucus. "There are impres- sive arguments on both sides," he says. "We'll have to come to terms somehow." BIBLE Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scrip- ture, and preached Jesps ypto him. -- Acts 8:35. see "A word spoken in due sea- son is like apples of gold in baskets of silver." Especially is this true of the Word of God as it witnesses to one seeking sal: vation. The Bible is always the best witness to the Gospel, Tyranny, Chaos, Violence Write History Of Dominica SANTO DOMINGO (AP)--The Dominican" Republic is --an--un- happy little country of 3,500,000 people looking for a government of their own In the last 35 vears, the coun- trv has been governed mostly by a tyrant and lately by ad- ministrative. chaos and political violence +: Smaller than Nova Scotia, the Dominican Republic is poten- tially rich in agricultural terms, Its wealth, by conservative esti- mates, gave the tyrant Rafael Leonidas Trujillo a fortune of some $500,000,000 in 31 years. Poking fun at themselves, Do- like to say they are io support two arm , the other po minicans rich enough fes. One milite litical . The trouble oer add in the ---- same. vein, the country is not big enough for both In a sense, this is fundamen- tally the cause of the -country's plight. . To the politicians, the army represents Trujillo and all his repressive, freedom choking thirsts. On the other side, many army officers fear that the poli- ticians want to wreck the mili- tary establishment to open the doors to "communism." ISSUES CLOUDED This classic struggle for power has been papered over with political labels, slogans and euphemisms until it is barely recognizable. Still, the outlines old dictator Trujillo and Trujil- loism are unmistakable to eyes familiar with the Dominican scene, ow z 9 < OTTAWA REPORT 'Young MP Petitions - For Safety By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--One of our young- est and most thoughtful MPs has urged the government to do what it, and its predecessors over the past umpteen years, shamefully neglected to do in the interests of the Pleasure, safety, economy and life of every Canadian. 2 Heward Grafftey, MP for Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, has tabled a motion calling upon the government 'to set wip: a com- mittee to study and recommend safety features which should be incorporated in all motor vehi- cles henceforth put upon our roads "to halt the senseless and unnecessary slaughter of thou- sands of Canadians each year." { Believe that every thinking Canadian shares Mr. Grafftey's revulsion at the daily massacre on our highways. As | have Pointed _ out the number of men, women and children killed or wounded in traffic accidents last. year exceeded the total population of Regina or Wind- sor, Ont,, and matched the total population of the four cities of Galt, Guelph, Part Arthur and Timmins. I believe that Canadian moth- ers do not bear children to be auto-fodder on our highways. I believe that road-users re- sent the risks to which they are needlessly exposed through faults in other cars and through safety deficiencies in their own. I believe that taxpayers would as soon see their money spent on a& government enquiry into safer motor vehicles as on say government enquiry into bilin- gualism and biculturalism. I believe that car - owners would like to see the cost of automobile insurance reduced through a diminution of highway damage. SPEAK UP I believe that the voice of the people can bring these things to pass. The "wild women"--not wild (bee savage, but wild mad--who de plore broadcast programs un- duly exhibiting crime and im- morality, did something about their beliefs. Those Canadian wives and Canadian mothers collected over 100,000 signatures endorsing their "Declaration by Canadian Women." That vol- ume of voters' names caused a substantial impact upon MPs of all parties pvhen they were pre- sented to Prime Minister Pear- son and were an influence in the creation of a parliamentary committee on broadcasting which will almost certainly be at work soon. Many more Canadians feel angry and shamed by our high- way toll than feel exercised by broadcast programs: if you would all maké@ your feelings known to Heward Grafftey, you would greatly assist his worth- while initiative, START PETITIONS So I ask all readers whe agree with his aim to clip this column attach to it a Plain sheet of paper, and collect on that the signatures of them- Selves and their relations and friends. Then mail those pieces of paper to: Heward Grafftey MP, House of Commons, Ottawa. No post- age stamp is required on that mail, as on all mail addressed to any MP at the House of Commons while Parliament is in__session. ; of a session. Your signatures would be an endorsement' of Mr. Grafftey's resolution, which reads in full: "That in the opinion of this House the Government should, aS soon as possible, create a commission or committee te enquire into the manufacturing of safer motor vehicles and that, subsequently, on produc- tion of the report of such com- mission or committee, take im- mediate steps towards the im- plementation thereof in order to assure that all scientifically proven safety features are in- corporated on veliicies produced or imported for use in. Canada and in order to halt the 'sense- less and unnecessary slaughter of thousands of Canadians each year on our highways." Don't delay! Do it now! 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