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PEARSON GN MANPOWER N ALILILLIG LT ° ULLULL ym, ee Sa hevulUgSsu Training-Program Step-Up By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP) -- The new mannower_denartment. will. en- courage immigration and step up vocational and_ technical font tas aener Prime Min Gatung pions rene ister Pearson said Wednesday night. | _A big challenge to the depart- ment in the next two years would be to develop a compe- tont etaff across Canada to give Federal Education Set-U Talked Out In The House OTTAWA (CP) -- There was support from members of three parties in the Commons Wed- nesday for a resolution propos- ing creation of a federal office of education. activities in the field of educa- tion and "provide leadership in ary education." Gordon Aiken (PC -- Parry Sound - Muskoka) thought the need for a federal office of edu- the general field of post-second- a However, at least one Quebec MP flatly opposed the scheme. Robert Prittie (NDP--Burn- aby-Richmond) introduced the proposal in.a private member's resolution. It was talked out and ' drops to the bottom of the Com- : mons' order paper. grading in elementary and sec- cation was '"'so obvious we really need not debate it." The proposed manpower department might have contained such an office. He thought the proposed office could cover "standardization of employers and workers help and advice about employment prob- lems. Mr. tional conference on manpower training sponsored by the Cana- dian Labor Congress and at- tended by about 100 delegates. The four-day meeting ends to- 'day with a closed-door session. The prime minister said job dislocations and hardship re- sulting from automation often require the concerted applica- tion of public and private pol- iey. "Employers and unions must evelop practical ways of work- ing together in anticipating and carrying out these employment adjustments, and in mounting action which pwill help individual workers to make satisfactorily the changes required." WILL HELP LABOR The manpower department would be ready to assist man- agement and labor with its training, labor mobility, unem- Pearson spoke al a na-|~ A British Columbia teacher,|ondary schools' across Canada.|ployment insurance and job Mr. Prittie proposed creation of Herman Laverdiere (I--/placement services. such an office "to provide, in|Rellechasse), a Quebec educa-| A different approach was co-operation with the provinces, |tionist, agreed there is a need, taken by CLC President Claude a clearing house for research) for "co-ordination of efforts" by|Jodoin and-many other labor and information concerning ele-|4 national, central body. But he| leaders at the conference. They mentary and secondary educa-| failed to see the "need or useful-|said the federal government tion." ness of the federal government} must take the initiative in soft- The federal office would alsolitself getting involved" in ad-|ening the impact of automation 'co-ordinate' present federal|ministering such a bureau. since labor-management co-op- Johnson Makes His Pitch . To Battle Water Pollution WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pres-jior department be given the re ident Johnson Wednesday pro-|sponsibility for leading the na posed to Congress a vast pro-|tional effort. He is submitting gram to combat pollution, clean|to Congress a plan to transfer entire river basins and changejto interior the water pollution course away from "a barrenjcontrol administration now in America, bereft of its beauty|the department of health, and shorn of its sustenance." (cation and welfare. High administration officials) Beyond that, the president estimated that the price tag will| proposed establishment of a na-| be $91,000,000 for the fiscal yearjtional water commission to beginning July 1. bring together "the very best Johnson included no figures in|minds in the country" to judge his special message for all he|Present efforts and recommen Most of Wednesday's discus- | sion was devoted to outspoken criticism of Labor Minister} | Nicholson, a former big busi- ness executive, who led off with a 20-minute speech. Mr. Nicholson e m pha sized thatemployers and unions |should consult each other more jon technological changes that | wipe out jobs. He was encour- aged by the increased attention iven to job retraining by labor: g .| Management committees on au- tomation Mr. Jodoin said later that few in-plant training programs have'~ | been set up with federal assist jance because "there has not been much co-operation from | industry." RAIL MAN CRITICAL has in mind, But he asked $50,- long-range plans. The labor minister was ae 000,000 for a 'single phase--a| Johnson also recommended) aycog of living 25 years in the Judy Denies Pork-Barrel Ad-Contracts OTTAWA (CP)--State Secre tary Judy LaMarsh Wednesday denied accusations of "partisan pork barrelling' in award- ing centennial advertising con tracts She rose in the Commons on a question of privilege to reply to statements by Jerry Goodis, president of the Toronto ad agency of Goodis; Goldberg, Soren Ltd Mr. Goodis Tuesday dared the government to set up a royal commission to investigate issu ing of $5,000,000 worth of centen nial advertising contracfs He said he was disgusted by the way Miss LaMarsh was giv- ing the business "'to her Libera! agency pets." Miss LaMarsh said three con- tracts totalling $1,260,000 have been awarded so far. There had been 15 bidders, not four as Mr. Goodis said, she added On the English-language cen- tennial| contract, there had been five bidders. "They are acknowledged to be leading practitioners in this country,"' she said FISHER COMMENTS In a statement issued Wednes day night, John Fisher, the cen tennial commissioner, said the commission "followed proced ures normally used in the (ad- vertising) industry for selection of agencies" to submit plans for centennial advertising con tracts, Although there are about 150 advertising firms in Canada, it! is generally accepted trade practice to approach selected organizations best suited to meet the requirements: of the client, He said 15 agencies were asked to submit plans for var ious aspects of centennial com- mission advertising, publicity and public relations He said the commission now is authorized to enter contracts worth about $2,250,000 with three agencies -- Vickers and Benson Lid. and McLaren ad vertising Lid., both of Toronto and Montreal, and Canadian Advertising Ltd, of Montreal, demonstration program for|doubling the support given state! past by A. R. Gibbons of Ot cleaning. rivers. ; jwater pollution control agen-|tawa - 'vice president of the Johnson asked that the inter-'cies. Be Brotherhood of Locomotive En 'gi ginemen and Firemen "As long as the theory of Got A Beef On The CPR? managerial rights exist, we'll s | never get the co-operation he} | suggests." L 0 K G Mr. Gibbons said Mr. Nichol-| 5 son's speech was filled with pla-| et : ttawa how: reene titudes and generalities that ig-| jnored the most crucial 1a bor} PERTH, Ont. (CP)--Agricul-|400 persons at a meeting spon-| problem in Canada | ture Minister J. J. Greene urged|sored by the Perth Women's; Stewart Cooke of Hamilton) residents Wednesday night to|Liberal Association, said the|said the speech pointed up the take their complaints about CPRitransportation committee will] absence of government leader- passenger service to the "Cpm-'be. unable to deal effectively|.ship in fighting manpower prob-| mons transportation committee. | with passenger problems unless! lems. Mike Fenwick of Toronto Mr. Greene, speaking to about|they receive the views of those! said labor - management com-| -~ - affected. mittees promoted by the labor} He said he found on his re-| department have been flounder-| cent tour of Western Canada}ing for 18 years because of that Westerners are not too fond apathy by employers. | of the CPR. Mr. Jodoin said he was very | Mr. Greene said governments| much encouraged by the pro- |will bring technical training as|Posal to set up the manpower close as possible to the farm, department, to be headed by ex-| and give the farmer the knowl-|!abor leader Jean Marchand, edge needed to make his farm | immigration minister now. profitable URGES CONFERENCE A text issued to the press in) |Greene, dealt with the Senate| power policies to get a wide committee on aging's recom-|spectrum of society involved jmendation of a guaranteed mini- Mr. Pearson said it might mum income for persons over|take several years before new 5 manpower programs bear full It said the proposal for a gua-| fruits, but it would help broaden jranteed $1,260 annually for|job opportunities for thousands single persons was "the mostiof Canadians--people left -be- ; ' | joriginal and imaginitive' put! hind by prosperity and swift so forward in some time. WE DON'T AGREE WITH HER BUT SHE'S VERY BEAUTIFUL NEW DELHI (AP)--When That aroused the lady is a prime minister, also a Praja Socialist. should her 'looks be discussed Ba in public? The issue arose in Parliament Wednesday ing a debate on Mrs. Gandhi's policies H. V. Kamath, a member of the opposition Praja Social- ist party, started the whole thing with a remark that Mrs. Gandhi 'is the world's most beautiful prime minister." A little miffed, Mrs. Sharda Mukherjee, a member of Mrs, Gandhi's Congress party, called on the Speaker, Hukam Singh, to halt "this kind of talk." 3 Kamath's manner of speak ing implied discourtesy to the prime minister, she said The Speaker agreed and warned Kamath not to make personal remarks from the floor 65 Hem Barua, antia the - ne eaner, sing th asked "If I say you are handsome, would you object?" "No, I wouldn't," the Speaker replied amid laugh- ter Kamath, a_ stern the government, plained why he question of Mrs, looks Cu SP India's dur- Indira critic of then ex- raised the Gandhi's Many compliments have been paid to India's new prime minister, he stated, "but man does not live by beauty alone Mrs the compliments,' She must act and strength against enormous problems, he said Mrs. Gandhi was not pres- ent during the exchange ? Heating Service call 725-3581 Fast, radio-controlled service by our own staff of heating technicions Scall any- time of doy or night, any day of the Gompetent, guaranteed work Act Seating tle, 43 KING STREET WEST, OSHAWA 725-3581 week Good Nemes To Remember hen Sth or Selling wi REAL ESTATE Reg. Aker--President BI MeFeeters--Vice Pres. Schofield-Aker Ltd. 723-2265 Addres- | 71 wa ' innit: that > | Stewart announced tat ine Gandhi | must not be distracted by all | with dignity | India's, Five proud Scouters' of the 7th Oshawa Troop pose with their recently won Queen Scout badges -- the most coveted of all Scout- ing honors. Front row, left POINTING THEIR WAY TO Clayton Tilling, Back to right, they are 14; Jon Larry Jenkins Corneal, 14, and row, left to right: Barry Lawrence, 15, and David Shetler. The group of five SUCCESS brings the total number of Queen Scouts in the 7th Oshawa Troop to 102 since 1940. Their troop leader is Charles Collard who took over leadership in 1949 --Oshawa Times Photo A Revamp Of Legislation Affecting Coroners, Bodies TORONTO (CP) -- Law amendments concerning coroners and the handling of bodies were introduced in the legislature Wednesday by Attor- ney-General Arthur Wishart. The amendments: would: --Allow persons accused of minor offences and freed on bail to plead guilty without appearing in court and with- out forfeiting the entire bail. --Force retirement of coro- ners at 70. --Increase fines for jurors, doctors and witnesses who fail to appear at inquests --Require reporting deaths in mental homes, homes for the aged or other publicly - supported institu- tions. --Ban the shipment of bodies from the province without a coroner's certificate, MAY AMEND IT Mr. Wishart indicated that he of al He urged the government tO) micht amend his proposed leg-| House committee advance, but not used by Mr.| call its own conference on man|islation to allow coroners now| the text of the letter in the leg- over 70 to continue practising He explained that the provi- sion concerning movement bodies outside the province is aimed at any underworld shen- |anigans at border points such as Windsor. Kelso Roberts, minister of lands and forests, said in reply to a question from Stanley Far | quhar (L - Algoma-Manitoulin) \that pay increases are. being lconsidered for the province's 238 conservation officers Money will be provided this year to hire a substantial num- ber of new officers. Agriculture Minister William +h eral and provincial govern- ments have approved the first steps towards developing major control projects on the South Nation watershed in eastern On- tario, He said a preliminary study shows seven major storage res- ervoirs and two-river channel } WET THEIR WHISTLES West Germans drank an average of 32 gallons of beer each in 1965, a national total lof 1,900,000,000 gallons. improvements are needed | drainage, flood control and sum | mer flow. | The counties affected | be Dundas, would | to|an absence of concern for this bail,|give adequate agriculturall defective and archaic legisla | tion." (The Ontario legislature Tues- Stormont, Prescott,|day defeated a bid to hold im- By HAL McCLURE BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)--The threat of civil war in Syria eased today after army units in the north were reported to have declared themselves for the new left wing military government. Northern military leaders ear- lier had denounced Wednesday's pre-dawn coup and threatened to fight to restore the government of Gen. Amin Hafez, But the threats never materialized. Radio Damascus said today the rebel regime, which dis- solved Parliament and arrested leaders of the Baath Socialist party, now had the support of northern Syria military leaders including commanders of the Aleppo district and the Air Pacac In Army Backs New The rebels, calling themselves the "temporary command of the Baath party," said they staged the coup to save the Syrian rev- olution. They denounced Hafez, Bitar and Omran as rightists to trial,and "crushed."' Observers said younger offi- cers and politicians apparently were seizing control of the Baath party, which has ruled since it came to power in its own coup in March 1963. The new group rejects Syria's present socialist policies as too moderate. and said they would he brought! jhouse arrest last year. The leader of the young offl- cers has been Maj.-Gen. Salah Jedid, although Damascus radio has not mentioned his nema Jedid, about 40 years old, wast army chief of staff until his Only two names of rebel lead-. ers havbe been announced over the radio -- air force Com- mander Gen. Hafez Assad, who was named chief of defence, and Col. Ahmed Swidani, promoted' to general and named army! chief of staff. No Need To Attend Court Frc Action va ww On Minor Offences Soon rebels also had the support of | |the national guard and key units) TORONTO (CP)--Court pro-|bail, will be able to authorize jin central Syria and along the cedures are to be changed in|the court clerk to enter a plea Israeli frontier. Ontario so that persons accused /|of guilty in his absense. Forms | . } of minor offences who are free|will be provided in the courts |RADIO REPORTS SUPPORT on bail may plead guilty without for this purpose. | The radio report of northern jmilitary support came this morning, one hour after a news broadcast that had omitted any | mention of the northern units or 'their counter-revolution threat. Radio Aleppo, the mouth piece Wednesday for the counter-rev- olutionaries in Hafez's home town, was not heard today. Ra- dio Damascus began broadcast- ing on the same: frequency, in- |having to appear in court per- sonally and without having their entire bail forfeited. Amendments to the Summary | Convictions Act to make these changes were introduced in the legislature Wednesday by Attor- ney-General Arthur Wishart. He said the main advantage will be for persons required to ap- pear in court away from home. After the clerk enters the plea and the magistrate sets the fine--which may be less than the amount of bail money de- manded by the police--any sur- plus money will be returned to the accused. The legislation will make no changes in the actual procedure of obtaining bail. terspersing martial music with) At present, police may accept announcements of army unit bail for 'minor offences--intoxi- | | support. cation and other liquor charges, i" . ssault, some highway offence Trouble-torn Syria, the scene 28SaU",, : of 15 revolutions in the last 17|theft, disturbing the peace and years, remained isolated behind others--but the accused is re- tightly sealed borders. Its air- _-- to appear in court within |ports were closed. ae he tells to appear the | There were no authoritative ; { HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS et ' $ court usually forfeits the entire reports of fighting and it waS|amount of the bail and forgets not clear whether the coup had about the charge. However, the heen bloodless. accused is on record as having In addition to Hafez, the chief| failed to appear and theoreti- of state who is chairman of the cally the charge still exists. presidency council, wd rebels Under the new procedure, the arrested Premier Salah Bitar; /accysed person, after posting! the defence minister, Maj.-Gen. P ' ned Mohammed Omran; the Speaker lof the Parliament. HAFEZ' FATE UNKNOWN The fate of Hafez and the FINAL FUR CLEARANCE others was not known. Uncon- firmed reports said Hafez's home in Damascus was set afire and shooting was heard in the neighborhood during the take- over. | MANY WORK ON FARM Agriculture, with 640,786 in the Russell and parts of Grenville| mediate talks on divorce reform) labor force, is the third largest jand Carleton. | HITS REFORMATORY | George Ben (L---Bracondale) charged that Guelph Reforma- tory 'is not even a credible at- tempt at a trades training school."* Ontario reformatories avere "compounds for indentured la bor," he said. Prisoners at Guelph learned virtually noth- ling that would help them to re- establish themselves after re lease, | Liberal Leader Andrew Thompson told the legislature {he has written Prime Minister Pearson saying the Ontario Lib- }eral.party wants to present its jviews on divorce reform '"'as early as possible' to a federal He released islature | He said the provincial legis- of| lature had 'frustrated' efforts to have talks between Ottawa and Ontario about divorce law lehanges and the Ontario Liber- als were forced to go to Mr. Pearson because the Ontario savernment "has demonstrated PRESCRIPTIONS o fed City-Wide Delivery MITCHELL'S DRUGS 9 Simcoe N. 723-3431 Open Evenings Till 9 P.M. 6% G.1.C.'s 1 to 5 year Savings secounts Paid ond compounded quarterly 42% POUNTAINHEAR OF stRvic All Day & Savings 19 Simeone Street North 23 King Street West * Estate Planning * Executors & Trustees Open Friday Nights and Central Ontario Trust nvestment Funds Saturday Corporation 723-5221 623-2327 Oshewa Bowmanville | between the provincial and fed- }eral governments.) jemployer n Canada, behind |manufacturing and retail trade. 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