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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, APRIL 25 -- PAGE 4 Ottawa Action Required To Better Bargaining Canada's letter carriers are flex- ng their muscles about their con- yract arrangements with the federal government. It is a touchy ques- tion of whether the public must be in constant apprehension that the mails will not go through or whether it wants to see the friendly mailman get an honest recompense for his work. Daniel Cross, former national pre- sident of the Canadian Postal Em- ployees' Association is quoted by The Sarnia Observer as saying that a whole string of postmasters gen- eral, down through the years, have not shown sufficient interest in the human factors in the mail service. That could be very true. Post- masters general are usually selected because they fill certain regional gaps in the cabinet. Few of them are familiar with the problems which letter carriers and other postal workers face in their day by day routines. The postal service is usually taken for granted just as the police, fire and utility workers are sometimes tak- en for granted. As long as the mailman shows up regularly, no matter what the weather may be, it ealls for little more concern than the occasional cheery word. The treatment of the late George Victor Spencer has doubtless fo- cussed upon has postal employees the attitudes which our govern- ment takes toward its hired help. The Hon. Mr. Justice Wells in- tends to continue his probe into the Spencer matter although the star witness is dead. While Spencer was dismissed because of a suspi- cion he had been too chummy with some Soviet agents his pension benefits were denied him. That in itself is enough to cause other postal workers to wonder if for any reason the government of today or of the future could em- ploy similar dismissals without dis- charging the obligations estab- lished through pension arrange- ments. Parliament in its lethargic ap- proach to the nation's business has shown little if any concern for remedying the mess it got itself into last summer when the posties just refused to deliver mail until better financial arrangements were worked out. The public suffered through that experience although it kept them from the daily chore of discarding junk mail which clutters mail boxes and makes the postie's job that much more diffi- cult. The workers the mail spoken, As The Ottawa shouldn't run for cover but we do feel that steps should be taken to improve the machinery respecting grievan- ces and bargaining. This can best be done by Parliament itself. militant among have Observer states, Devils Pay In Narcotics The Financial Post provides some revealing and startling facts about illegal trafficking in the drug heroin. It notes editorially that smugglers of pure, uncut heroin are paid about $30,000 a_ kilogram (35.27 oz.) upon arrival in the United States. Then the American distribution machine, controlled by the Mafia, takes over and the price of the white powder sky-rockets. There are an estimated 100,000 addicts in the U.S., but between the time the heroin arrives and the She Oshorwn Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher 8. C. PRINCE, General Manoger C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and "hronicie (established 1863) is published daily Sundeys ond Statutary holidays excepted). Members of Canodion Daily Newspaper Publish- are Association, The Canodion Press, Audit Bureau o# Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Agscciation, The Canadian Press is exclusively srititied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associcted Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein | rights of speciol des- cetches ore also reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Teronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcort Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUSCRIPTION. RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, tickering, Bowmonville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Meple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, .iverpee!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Dreno, Laskerd, Broygham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Ponty: |, and Newcastle not over per week. By mail in Province of Ontario sutside eorrier delivery ares, $15.00 per year. provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A, ond foreign $27.00 per yeer. time it reaches the addict, it has pased through perhaps 20 hands. At each stop it is cut or diluted with milk sugar and its value doubled in proportion to its weight. The addict, who generally pays $5 for a small envelope, gets less than one grain (.0045 oz.) of pure heroin in the mixture. The Post calculates this gives the Mafia a profit of more than $1.2. million per kilo- gram! It is this fantastic profit, of course, that makes the traffic so hard to stamp out. Men will go to murderous lengths to participate in such gains. And once involved in the syndicate, they risk being mur- dered themselves if they attempt to quit. That is why reports of Mafia activities in this country -- in Montreal and the Pacific Coast especially --. are so much a matter of police concern. Whether making the drug avail- able through a doctor's prescription at no cost to the addict, as is done in England, is the answer to this serious problem is still somewhat in doubt. But there is no doubt to the danger which such evil organ- izations as the Mafia represent to any country in which they take root. And of the need, so far as we in Canada are concerned, of forestalling this design by every means in our power. on OTTAWA REPORT Spending By CBC Is Unquestioned By PAT NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Mr. Justice Wish- art Flett Spence, the judge of the Supreme Court who is pre- siding over the Munsinger in- vestigation, was criticised for holding his first hearing not only in camera but even in secrecy. It is being whispered on Par- liament Hill that the reason for this was to preserve the incog- nito. of several RCMP under- cover agents, called to give evi- dence that they were shadowing certain of the leading figures in the case over a period of sev- eral weeks. The need to protect the future usefulness of such under-cover agents was sufficient justifica- tion for the secrecy; but it makes one wonder what sort of a Gestapo we have in Canada, and who operates it. The soaring annual costs of the CBC have been a source of uneasiness to several govern- ments and to many MPs, It has recently become widely known here that the budgets for certain programs were being over-spent, not once but repeat- edly, and this despite warnings and orders. Parliament approves the CBC budget annually: if that budget is exceeded, Parliament must levy higher taxes from you to cover that excess. spending. How come our MPs have per- mitted this to go on, without raising every kind of. hell? I cannot recall one single in- stance of any MP questioning whether the management of the CBC was in fact maintaining this elementary financial dis- cipline over the junior echelons. Certain producers now being blamed for overspending their budgets may be the guilty of- fenders; but every nonchalant MP is guilty as an. accessory for condoning it. When will our highly paid MPs get around to policing the wanton expenditure of the monies of their highiy taxed constituents? A correspondent in Quebec City writes to remind me that the centennial council is spread- ing propaganda to urge private industry to-promote the 1967 centenary. But the government has overlooked the example it could set, he points out. The post office in the House of Commons uses a picture of the Parliament Building as a can- cellation mark on postage stamps on letters mailed there. Couldn't this headquarters of government set an example by displaying the Expo 67 emblem or the centennial emblem or the maple leaf instead? The 1949 dollar is today worth only 69 cents in Toronto. That is the worst depreciation in purchasing power experienced in any of our 10 largest com- munities over the last 17 years, Prices of every daily require- ment, fro m housing to health care, from recreation to food, have soared during that period. The largest increase in the 10 cities has been a Jeap of 95 per cent in the cost of health care in Saint John, N.B. In Saska- toon-Regina that jump has been 55.5 per cent, by far the coun- try's lowest. Tobacco and alcohol have held the line best; maybe that's why health care has risen most. Recreation, transport and food all have marked above-average increases in costs. As for life insurance, every buck of that cover I was sold for "family protection'? 20 years ago is to- day ~worth a_ pathetic "five bits." Rising prices, caused in part by shortages of labor and ma- terials but caused more by pyramiding taxes and high in- terest rates, are today the top beef of Canadians writing to their MPs. Speed, Ease, Snob Appeal Used To Woo Passengers By DAVE BUTLER MONTREAL (CP)--Even be- fore the Rapido hit the rails, it had repeated test runs--through a computer. Now the Canadian National Railways' crack Mont- real - Toronto train uses high speed, comfort and snob appeal to woo back rail business from the airlines. The new service, started last October between Canada's two largest cities, is billed as North America's fastest passenger train. It covers the 335-mile run in four hours and 59 minutes, hitting up to 90 miles an hour It is designed to offer the best features of European trains and North American airlines. Over- head luggage racks have been eliminated, ceilings. lowered and equipped with indirect lighting, old - style seats replaced with airplane type seating. Meals and drinks are served where the passenger sits. Fach car has a "valet."' The Rapido, which operates once a day in each direction on a non-stop basis except for a couple of crew changes, re- placed a '"'pool" service run for many years by the CNR and Canadian Pacific Railway. The old trains took up to seven hours with several stops. RESULTS IMPRESSIVE A CNR spokesman says the early results are impressive-- and lucrative. By the end of February, the Rapido was av- eraging about 2,400 passengers a week and acceptance was still growing. Originally, a six = car 'raii, it has expanded to between nine and 13 cars on various days--it does not run Saturdays. Parlor cars are 96-per-cent filled and coaches run at about 81 per cent of capacity. "Tf all our trains had this rec- ord, we wouldn't have to worry," said the CNR spokes- man, whose company has been fighting for several years to bol- ster slumping passenger busi- ness The Rapido service costs the passenger no more than. the other three--slower--trains on the Montreal-Toronto run. Run- ning costs to the company are about the same, though there were heavy initial expenses 41- cluding high-speed banking for curves and switch changes. MATCH PLANE TIME Most of the new passengers up to now are believed to be former automobile travellers-- it's about a seven-hour car run from here to Toronto--but the railroad hopes to cash in also on its claim that it can take pas- sengers from downtown to downtown in the two cities as fast as they can make it by plane. Success of the Rapido also could bring changes in some other CNR rail services, but nothing definite is being planned at present. There has been a 20-per-cent increase in passenger traffic be- Montreal and Toronto since the CN-CP pool system was dropped but the spokesman declined to give all the credit to the Rapido. He said other factors: such as continued ac- ceptance of fares. oriented to passenger demands, a vigor- ous advertising campaign and salesmanship must also be considered tween aggressive CN carried more than 17,000,- 000 passengers in 1965, an in- crease of 124 per cent over 1964. The spokesman said an even larger increase is expected this year. OU Ta TO a KINSHIP WITH COMMUNISTS... BUT ORTHODOXY ABANDONED Ree Ae Ber rnc tes Qe ie dra tn ce Mig iY ip SA a Reiley thlgser tap tela Re A EUROPEAN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT RE Hee eMtMEMHENNNNMNNEMaNTNUNMANHERNNNNRNNNNN - CANADA'S STORY yuna Lord Elgin Once Stoned By BOB BOWMAN It took a great deal of cour- age to be Governor of Canada in the 1830-1850 era, when re- form movements were leading to responsible government. The job killed four governors dur- ing that time: Durham, Syden- ham, Bagot, and Metcalfe. Then Lord Elgin came on the scene and survived the rough- est treatment of all! In fact he went on to be Viceroy of India. The Durham report had em- phasized that the Crown should carry out the wishes of a gov- ernment, supported by a major- ity in Parliament. Lord Elgin had married one of Durham's daughters, and he wanted to see his principle put into effect. The test came on April 25, 1849. The. issue was the Rebellion Losses Bill, It reimbursed peo- ple who suffered property dam- age in the rebellions of 1837- 1838. There was no real prob- lem in Upper Canada, but many English - speaking people in Lower Canada were bitterly opposed to the measure. How could the Queen's own repre- sentative in Canada sign a bill rewarding treason Lord: Elgin may not have agreed with the bill, personally, but he was determined to carry out the wishes of the majority. When the day came to sign the bill, he drove to Parliament from his home in Montreal. He was heartily booed when he en- tered the house, and pelted with mud and rotten eggs when he left. There was a meeting at Place d' Armes that night from nt tO TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 25, 1966 . Lord Elgin gave royal as- sent to the Rebellion Losses Rill 117 years ago today---in 1849 -- and Montreal, then the capital of Canada, was overwhelmed by rioting and arson the same night, The bill was designed to re imburse innocent parties for damage suffered during the rebellion of 1857 but the English Tories looked on tt as a cash present to rebel which 1,500 men streamed forth shouting "to Parliament'. The House had to scramble away in fear of their lives. Someone shouted '"'this French parlia- ment is dissolved' and _ took away the mace. Then the mob wrecked the place, and set it on fire. The fire department was not allowed to put out the flames, and the Canadian Par- liament burned to the ground. The rioting went on for days. Reform leader Lafontaine's home was attacked, and the members of the household had to draw their pistols in defence. When Parliament reopened in the Chateau Ramezay, Lord Elgin's carriage was badly damaged by stones, and he narrowly escaped serious in- jury. Lord Elgin, by signing the Rebellion Losses Bill, establish- ed the principle of responsible government. Nevertheless it was so unpopular with many Tories that they drew up a manifesto suggesting joining the U.S.A. John A. Macdonald was a young Tory member but refused to sign. In later years he said "some of our fellows Jost their heads". orev pe nserver ene egn nn OTHER EVENTS APRIL 25 1679--Governor of Canada allowed to issue hunting permits (bachelors were not allowed to go into the woods without permission or they might escape get- ting married!) 1849--Canada Life Assurance Co. received charter 1875--Amnesty for Red River rebels except Riel, Lepine and O'Donoghue 1896--Liberals under Sir Wilfrid Laurier won general elec- tion. The chief issue was Manitoba separate schools 1900--Canadians fought tle of Israel's South Africa 1910--U.S.A. protested embargo by Quebec on export of pulp wood 1940--Women in Quebec got right to vote and be can- didates in election 1950--Federal and_ provincial governments agreed on Trans-Canada Highway 1959--St. Lawrence Seaway opened to navigation (of- ficially opened by Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower June 26) in bat- Poort, Ma, | Defence Tests Conducted In Norway Arctic Weather By BOB MacKENZIE BARDUFOSS, Norway (CP) Arctic weather may be a seri- ous defence problem in some parts of the world but it created few complications during Exercise Winter Ex- press in northern Norway. The mid-March NATO ex- designed to test pro- cedures for protecting NATO's northern flank, ran into a fembanape but they were caused more by clouds than low temperatures. The experience showed that the cloud cover could delay airlifts to the rugged moun- tain terrain, but that men on the ground would have little trouble, Local authorities in this region 180 miles north of the Arctic Cirele said the win- ter. was the coldest in 100 years But to arcica Canadians It Italy each contributed a 1,000- man _ infantry battalion as part of their commitment to NATO's mobile brigade, while the U;S. provided sup- port units from bases in West Germany. Air Force fighter squadrons from Britain, The Nether- lands and the U.S. provided air cover while member na- tions provided their own air transport. But the week-long battle phase of the exercise 'was stretching things a little" con- sidering that the airlifted NATO reinforcements for the QUEEN'S PARK Election Cost Debate Important TORONTO--One of the more interesting debates this session was on election spending. The debate didn't produce any conclusion. It was brought on by a New Democratic Party bill. And the practice here is to merely discuss opposition mem- bers bills and resolutions' and not bring them to a vote, However it eventually could produce some developments. It has seemed obvious for some time that present methods of financing elections are not satisfactory. The public has started to shrink from their un- der-the-table characteristics. Quebec has changed the sys- tem. And Ottawa has it under review. It would seem to be only a matter of time until On- tario follows along The debate was important in that it established the positions of the two opposition parties, No official spokesman has yet said where the government stands. BELIEFS DIFFER There was one significant dif- ference in the beliefs of the NDP and of the Liberals on what should be done and how. The NDP bill would have put a ceiling on election spending, but would have had the parties and the candidates raise the re- quired funds, The Liberals would have elec- tion expenses paid for out of public funds--as is being done in Quebec. This does not mean that the Liberals are hungry to get their hands into the public purse and that the NDP in its position is lily white. If in Canadian politics we were to adopt a system where there was an effective limitation on election spending and permit the disappearance of large busi- ness. contributions, the NDP might gain in strength. The NDP has a steady source of income from its labor and union supporters while the older parties probably would have to scramble to raise money, It seems likely that the Lib- eral approach will be the one adopted when there finally is a change in Ontario. ; Elections are now being sub- Sidized in various parts of the world, And though it is recognized that this has not meant a per- fect system, it is preferable ta the method of support through secret donations, which in- evitably carry with them the stigma of possible influence peddling. POINTED PARAGRAPHS A theorist is a person who buys a book on "How to Swim,* studies it carefully, then jumps into the river to swim across it --and drowns. Women who boast that they are the equals of men have precious little to brag about. "A lot of folks are trying to guess what the world will he like by the year 2000," said Old Sorehead, "If it keeps heading the way it's going now, it'll be like a madhouse." Norwegian army numbered only 4,000 men, one U.S. army observer said. In a real war, "at least a couple of divisions" would have been added in this time. While the weather disrupted supply flights, the force was In position on time despiie re- scheduling of several flights. The return trip also ran close to schedule despite poor flying conditions and the crash of a U.S, C-130 Hercules transport which killed all? seven crew members, 90% MORE | NTEREST Yugoslavs Form Closer Ties With West By JOHN BEST BELGRADE (CP)--It's no longer appropriate to deal with Yugoslavia as a Commu- nist country. The Yugoslavs have long since abandoned any pretence to orthodoxy. Nevertheless, they still con- sider themselves ideological kin of other Communist peo- ples of Eastern Europe. And even though they're outside the immediate family, they exert a powerful influence on its members. Revisions and Yugoslavs adopt often serve as an example for the oth- "It has been made possible, ers. Thus, profoundly impor- in this way, to reduce con- tant developments now taking siderably administrative in- place here could have signifi- tervention in production and cant long-range consequences in economic life in general. for the development of East- This, however, does not ern Europe generally. mean the community forgoes The developments are pri- a certain influence on the marily economic but lines of our economy as a travel into the countryside or have. their side-effects in just whole is taking in its devel- to other cities without first about every sphere of activ- opment." obtaining permission ity Military attaches are more Their closely watched, it is true, practical will be to but Western embassy people strip away many of the: re- assume Soviet attaches are Maining props of a Commu- treated the same way nist economy, making it more Diplomats tel! of easy ar- responsive to traditional sup- cess to high government and 100% MORE HOURS Central Ontario Trust OFFERS the Oshowa 50% More Interest working man on savings (We ALWAYS here) many lious Frenchmen. The Pat> liament building was wrecked and Lord Elgin's carriage stoned. Bul the governor-general's tact and firmness helped to establish the principle of Canadian democracy, and the rioting sealed the doom of the Tory "family compact," 1682--William Penn claimed self-rule for Quaker colony. 1859--The construction of the Suez Canal began. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- German cruiser squadrons shelled Yarmouth and Lowestoft, on the Eng- lish east coast; martial law _ was proclaimed in Dublin, where rebels had occupied was mild "It's a lot warmer home,' said Staff Set. Laurie Dirks of Biggar, Sask, as he waited () board a plane for home The three - phase exercise was based on the threat of armed aggression fram the east, coming across neutral Finland and Sweden First stage was an airtift of troops from Canada, Britain and Italy to take up defensive positions to "show the flag" and act as a possible deter rent a "We could not get men to fight a full war," said Maj.Gen, Sigurd Sparr of Norway. 'But it would show the aggressor he had all of NATO to contend Plus ! Ms with, not just 3,500,000 people, e : the city. " when President Tito, an : of Norway national hero, has Second World War AIR BASE WAS TARGET left the scene Twenty-five years ago to- Second stage involved a Their fear is that without day--in 1941 -- the United simulated invasion, with the Tito, who is 74 and reported States extended naval pa- stategic Bardufoss air base beginning to show his age, trols in the Atlantic and Pa- as a primary: target. Third even what's left of the mono- cific oceans; British troops and final stage was redeploy- lithic Communist state will were evacuating Greece ment of troops back to their wither away, perhaps to be- from beaches in the south; own nations come something like the. so Tobruk took 130 prisoners in The exercise involved 8,0 cial democracies of Western beating off a German at- men--about half from Nor- Europe. tack. way. Canada, Britain and ply - and - demand influences than and tying it more closely to the West When I asked Prime Minis- ter Petar Stambolic whether Yugoslavia is moving toward a market economy in the Western sense, he didn't say no. "The purpose of the. eco- nomic measures .is to estab- lish conditions for the stable growth of our socialist econ- omy," he replied. "We have allowed more room for a freer action of objective eco- nomic laws appropriate proportions be- tween planning and a market economy," said one high offi- cial. Not only in the economie sphere does Yugoslavia as- sert its independence. It has been developing increasingly close ties with the West. And in foreign policy it has played a leading role in the emer- gence of a non-aligned third force in world affairs. Friendship with the West is manifest in the free-and- easy association of Western diplomats and yisitors here with government officials and the people generally. There are no police boxes outside . Western embassies. Western diplomats are not watched by state security men, as in some Communist countries, And they're:free to Communist party officials, They say they accept dinner invitations with enthusiasm and then actually enjoy them- selves, betraying none of the strain that so often attends Fast - West social functions elsewhere. STARTLED BY REMARKS One foreign envoy swears that when the party bosses get feeling convivial and talk- ative at such gatherings, they sometimes make startling ad- missions to the effect that communism as known until now is a bust and that the only sensible thing to do is look for an alternative. The same diplomat says many influential Communists are afraid of what will hap- pen authentic pro- the (%% and compounded quorterly the day the occount is opened. No waiting 1 period. 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