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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JUNE 30 1966 -- PAGE 4 . Leaders Decided To Act ... And Nation Was Born ~ Canadians Day this year with an air of mount- ing anticipation. The Big One -- the Centennial celebration -- is but a few months from _ beginning. Throughout the past year the re- ports of preparation for the auspi- cious birthday have competed .for headlines on the national scenes with stories which gave Canadians little reason for pride in theconduct of their affairs. In light of these trying times, on the eve of another Dominion Day Canadian historial Bruce Hutchison, writing in the Winnipeg Free Press, provides a worthwhile reminder of how this Confederation of ours came into being. When this greatest of all Cana- dian decisions was taken, two men --John A. McDonald and George Brown -- faced each other in a shabby Quebec hotel and agreed to establish a Confederation. If they had been modern politi- cians, comments Hutchison, they would have decided nothing until they had set up.a royal commission, or several, and waited for years un- til they received the experts' advice. Most likely the experts would have A Move For The UN? to be restricted to French-speaking African leaders. The supggestion is made that the purpose of the move is to transfer the Assembly from the United States in order to provide a favor- able climate for a vote on the oft- deferred seating of Red China. That, it is suggested, would re- duce the embarrassment to the United States in the event that ad- mission of Red China became a live issue. The African leaders who spawn- ed the idea haven't sold it to the United States delegation. Indeed, some diplomats feel that they might make better headway if they picked 1968 as the date for a Paris session--1968 being an elec- tion year in the United States. Traditionally the. Assembly tries to avoid tangling in American elec- tions. Other Editors' Views LOYAL TO COUNTRY News that La Grande Salle at Place des Arts will be named after Wilfrid Pelletier is a unique tribute to a Canadian who has contributed a great deal to music on this conti- nent and abroad. But it is especially welcome be- cause despite his deserved success outside this country, Wilfrid Pelle- tier has always returned. He re- turned to play a role in musical education in Canada, particularly in Montreal. --Montreal Gazette ill _ghserve Dominion judged the Confederation project jount. ssibie,-as.it certainly was from any technical, non-political point of view. Doubtless the commission would still be sitting and taking evidence today while the nation's birth was indefinitely postponed. Instead of a transcontinental state we would have a library of impressive re- ports, excellently written, leather- bound and unread, Such men as Macdonald and Brown were not afraid to make up their own imperfect minds and take the consequence at the polls. They were too poor even to hire speech writers from the advertising agen- cies and said what they thought in their own unedited words. They is- sued no official communique, cun- ningly drafted by public relations counsel to be read in opposite senses and to please everybody. No trial balloons were flown at Quebec, no secrets leaked through friendly newspapers to test the wind. In those quaintly old-fashioned times the responsible leaders of government and opposition assumed that they had the right and obliga- tion to act. They acted, and the na- tion was born. Rumors that the scene of the 1967 United Nations General As- sembly would be shifted from the environs of New York to Gai Paree persist--but persist also in lacking confirmation. The original report foreshadow- ing a Paris meeting suggested President de Gaulle would pay part of the cost. __ French source state that, in his recent talks with UN Secretary- General U. Thant, General de Gaulle didn't even bring up the topic. Authorities in Paris are not dis- couraging the suggestion. But so far active backers of the idea seem She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher @& C, PRINCE, General Monoger C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times yestablished 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutary holidoys excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- trs Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou sf Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- catches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcort Street, Montreal, P.Q. 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Balaguer, who won election June 1, defeat- ing left-winger Juan Bosch. The surprise victory is credited in considerable degree to opposi- tion to any more violence and this was particularly evident among the women voters, If true, the support for Bala- guer continues what has been something of a trend in some other parts of Latin America re- cently. PLAYED MAJOR ROLE Two years ago, with commu- nism at its highest level of pub- lic support in Chile by all the usual signs, womenfolk played a major role as. the Christian Democrat party headed by Ed- uardo Frei won decisively. Frei was given a mandate to carry out extensive reforms. This is what Balaguer has pledged himself to do in the Do- minican Kepubdiic at a siower tempo than the Bosch program set out. His success, which largely hinges on---the =mount and ap- plicgt6n of U.S. aid, will dictate how peaceful the battered little public remains. There are indications that the far left was badly surprised by Balaguer's victory. Supporters of U.S..President Johnson saw it as a smasning vidication of the much-criticized U.S. military intervenfion_in April,.1985. LIMITED BLOODSHED They .say human bloodshed was drastically limited and the creation of another Communist country in the hemisphere was prevented. In Latin America, the friction caused by the intervention--still opposed by Mexico among oth- ers--seems to be fading. The 20-nation Organization of American States has set Aug. 29 as the date for another meet- ing on essential OAS reform. Planning also is preceeding for a summit meeting, first sug- gested by Argentina and cau- tiously endorsed by President Johnson on his recent visit to Mexico. The last such hemisphere get- together was in 1956 and the re- sults were not impressive. U.K. In Economic Corner Over Viet Nam Arms Sale By HAROLD MORRISON LONDON (CP)--The United States appears to have caught Britain in a neat economic cor- ner in continuing American ef- forts to get more of her old friends and allies involved in the sticky Vietnamese war While Britain wants to stay out of the Viet Nam entangle- ment as much as possible, the Labor government is urgently seeking ways of selling more arms to the U.S. to pay for the 50 F-111A swing-wing fighter- bombers ordered from the U.S. at a cost of $350,000,000. The result may: be a neces- sary compromise in the British policy to biock the sale of arms which could be used in the Viet Nam struggle. As already pointed out in the Commons, British arms are be- ing used by Australian and New Zealand troops in South Viet Nam, though Defence Secretary Denis Healty maintains this has nothin: do with the 1° Ho ever, he has. b with one volley of atiack on British policy and likely will face more onslaughts in the Commons next week. He told questioners Thursday the government won't sell arms for use in. Viet Nam. He also said. the gopernment won't "seek to impose restrictions on the use of arms which we sell to an ally." TURN DOWN ORDERS Healey disclosed that the gov- ernment already has turned down two U.S. requests for cer- tain airborne weapons for use in Viet Nam but acknowledged YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO JUNE 30, 1951 Rotary and Ritson swimming pools will be opened next Tues- day for the 1951 season Income tax increases to start on July 1. 30 YEARS AGO JUNE 30, 1936 Unemployed protest reduction In relief scale effective here. Henry Wilkins frominent city builder and 'Pinter of local Sunday Schoo died here. ced that part of the reason for one turndown was that Britain was not in a psasition to produce them British and American nego- tiators now are locked in bar- gaining on the kind of Ameri- can arms orders that can be placed in Britain to cover the ocst of the aircraft order. One possible way out of the British dilemma is for Britain to ship arms to the U.S. not for use in- Viet Nam but to replace American arms shipped to the Pacific. The government thus could continue its publie policy of non-participation. Although Prime Minister Wil- son has given President John- son limited support on Ameri- can policy in Viet Nam, he has publicly appealed for a peace- ful settlement Supplying of arms, said Hea- ley, would be inconsistent with Britain's role as: co-chairman of the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina. However, the other co-chair- man, the Soviet Union, actively supports North Viet Nam with a full range of conventional arms. Commentators have suggested the government is not so con- cerned about its role as co- chairman as with the Labor party's volatile left wing which has strongly condemned Amer- ican action in Viet Nam and demanded that Wilson persuade Johnson to pull out. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Three theories are advanc- ed by astronomers et al to ex- plained the existence and modus operandi. of the universe. All we know is that for a long, long time it has been present and n- accounted for. So many things the world over are out of kilter now that it's doubted if even habitual writ- ers of letters to newspapers could get them on an even keel. 'Men pill soon be wearing paste] suits,' says a style maga- zine. Fops may, be he-men won't. A REALIST SPEAKS OUT WALL PREVENTS "TAKE OVER' East Berlin 'Healthy', By Soviet Standards During a visit te East Berlin, Canadian Press re- porter .John .Best .talked about life tinder commu- government says about the Berlin Wall. The regime tries to spread the view that the wall was necessary to stop plying their talents and their resourcefulness work, to make it post-war years,"' he says with feeling. DOESN'T BLAME RUSSIANS nism with an unusually out- spoken East German. His frank views are related in this. story. By JOHN BEST EAST BERLIN (CP) -- He was born before the war but was too young to take part in it. A As a lad he experienced the full Wagnerian horror of the Berlin siege and can give you a running account of the battle between Nazi and So- viet troops. Now he's a married man, reasonably content, well-edu- cated and with a good income by East German standards. He also has decidedly undoc- trinaire views on just about every aspect of the German and Berlin problems. He apparently: doesn't be- lieve in communism -- cer- tainly not for Germany--but he's not notably antiCommu- nist either. More than any- thing he seems to be a realist and pragmatist If he's not necessarily an average East Berliner, he is at least a well-informed one, and a person with definite Opinions of his own Gunter (not his real name) doesn't believe what the East "provocations" from West Berlin, to halt currency spec- ulation and other types of illegal trans - border trans- actions HALTED REFUGEES Gunter sees the wall as people in the West see it: A device for preventing Fast Germans from running away. Even government officials pri- vately admit the truth of this. "Let's face it,"' one official told me. "It was a question of closing the border or handing this country over to the West Germans." In the 15 years preceding the erection of the wall in 1961, about 3,000,000 persons fled the Communist sector. At the same time Gunter, the realist, thinks the wall Was necessary so that East Germany could begin "closing the gap" between it and booming West Germany. This statement seemed to hint at a curious contradiction in the collective attitude of East Germans' to the system under which they are forced to live. Although they have no love for the system--and the gov- ernment recognized this by building the wall--they are, consciously or otherwise, ap PEOPLE LIVE BETTER Certainly as Commu- nist countries go, things are well-organized in the Fast German zone. The people probably live better than in most other Communist states --though conditions still can't compare with West Germany. East Germany's economy is healthy--again by Communist standards--though closely tied to that of the Sovet Union. The emphasis has been on building up heavy industry. The government is engaged in what appears to be a cam- paign to make more convinc- ing East Germany's claim to be an independent nation, with East Berlin as its capital. In different parts of the city new office buildings are being erected to accommodate gov- ernment departments located until now in makeshift quar- ters The idea appears to be aimed at making East Ger- many look more like an, estab- lished concern and less like a temporary phenomenon. Gunter is rather proud of the' success East Germany has achieved in economic re- construction "You just can't imagine how hard it was in those early anti He holds no grudge against the Russians for stripping East Germany of most of its industry, forcing it to start from scratch, while the West ern Allies actually helped West Germany rebuild its economy. His attitude is that since Germany lost the war it had to 'ace the consequences. But.he does resent the im- position of what he considers an alien system on the coun- try..It may or may not have been good for other East Eu- ropean countries, he says, but it was not suited to an ad- vanced economy like Ger- many's. He implies that the gap be- tween the western and east- ern sectors would be much narrower if East Germany weren't held back by com- munism. Driving around East Berlin one day, he proudly showed me where workers rose in re- bellion against Communist au- thority in 1953 -- from the square where the uprising be- gan to the place in Leipziger Street near the east-west bor- der where it was crushed It was the first of the big - Communist revolis that flashed across Eastern Eu- rope in the mid-1950s, enema errr nee CANADA'S STORY Tornado By BOB BOWMAN June 30 is a memorable date for Regina for two reasons, one good, the other bad. It. was on June 30 1882, that Lieuten- ant Governor Edgar Dewdney reserved the area as the site for the capital of the North- West Territories. At the time, it was called Pile 0' Bones, and was where the -C.P.R. would cross Wascana Creek. The rail- way reached there on August 23, and Pile p' Bones got the more dignified name of Regina. It became the capital officially on March 27, 1883. June 30, 1912, was a nda day for Regina, which had become the capital of Saskatchewan ra- ter than the North West Territories. It was a Sunday and during the afternoon the temperature rose to 100 degrees ; . The city was decorated for Dominion Day to follow. Strange things were going on in the sky. The sun became crim- son, and small clouds appeared to be going against the direct ion of a light breeze. Suddenly Regina was hit by a tornado with winds estimated at 500 miles per hour. It moved across the city in the shape of a giant icecream cone, drawing houses off the ground into its whirlpool. Damage was enormous, with 28 people killed outright while 13 others died later from in- juries. Many other people were hurt, and 3.000 were homeless. They were sheltered in the pub- wa i TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 36, 1966 ...6 The Allies completed the evacuation of the Rhineland 36 years ago today--in 1930. Although he 1919 Versailles Treaty had said the area would be occupied at least 15 years, British and Bel- gian troops withdrew in 19299, and France was obliged to pledge withdrawal following a new agreement with Germany on war repa- rations. The only solace to France, who considered Ger- man inability to use the Rhineland for military pur- poses a major part of her defence, was a German commitment to keep the area demilitarized. The commitment was broken within six years. 1777--The British occupied Staten Island, N.Y. 1918--The first Canadian airmail flight was made, from Toronto to Montreal. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Fort Thiaumont was recaptured by French forces as the third phase of the Battle of Verdun ended; British artillery bombarded German lines on the West- ern Front; the Turks were driven back by Russians in the Black Sea region. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Leningrad cit- izens were conscripted. for work on the city's defences; Germany claimed to be within 250 miles of Moscow after capturing Minsk; . Ot- tawa proclaimed compulsory military training for single men up to 25. SE Maia aa WHO NEEDS A LIFELINE rennet eersneit Hit Regina lic schools or in N.W.M.P. tents which were erected in Dominion and Broad street parks. It was feared that the tor- nado would put a damper on the immigration boom then in full swing. Some Regina bus- inessmen tried to prevent the news from getting outside by refusing to allow copies of Re- gina newspapers to be mailed. They were unsuccessful, of course, but then published news paper advertisements across the country which said "Do not let housing problems prevent you coming to Regina. We will build you a residence and sell it to you on an easy payment plan." OTHER EVENTS OF JUNE 36 1665--Marquis de Tracy arriv- ed at Quebec with Carig- nan - Salieres regiment, 1707--Royal order prohibited sale of liquor to Indians 1772--Samuel Hearne proved there was no North-West passage across Canada 1790--Chippewa Indians traded St. Joseph's Island for guns, blankets, and other merchandise 1812--American citizens given 14 days to leave Upper Canada. 1851Robert Baldwin, Upper Canada reform leader, re- tired from public life 1864--Coalition government for- med to work for Confed- eration 1866--New Brunswick voted for Confederation and const- ruction of Intercolonial Railway 1910--Royal Ontario Museum opened at Toronto 1915--All bars closed in Sask- atchewan 1948--W. IL. Mackenzie King made his last speech in the House of Commons as prime minister 1960--Prime Minister Diefenba- ker opened new airport at Ottawa. Me India Anxious To Alleviate Soviet Doubts Over Policy NEW DELHI (AP) -- Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is try- ing to reassure the Soviet Union that India is not wandering into the American economic camp, The Soviet attitude has cre- ated so much concern here that Mrs. Gandhi is going to Mos- cow next month despite an ear- lier determination to stay at home until India's general elec- tion next February. Soviet doubts about India's economic policies first surfaced six months ago with Sachin Chaudhuri's appointment as _fi- nance minister. The Russians noted he previously was legal adviser for American and Brit- ish businessmen in Calcutta. Mrs. Gandhi later offered in- ducements to foreign private in- vestors, accepted in principle an American - financed educational foundation and devalued the In- dian rupee--a step many West- ern economists had rec- ommended. Indian Communists began re- porting back from Moscow that the Russians were concerned over "U.S. penetration in In- dia," as one leftist newspaper put it, and that Soviet newspa- pers were warning of capitalist growth in India at the expense of government-run industries. The Russians, in their aid pro- gram and propaganda, go to great lengths to build up So- cialist sectors in the Indian economy. DEMANDS RESIGNATION Last week the pro-Russian Communist party's official newspaper in India, New Age, published a front-page demand that the government resign. This was the first time Mrs. Gandhi had been attacked by name in New Age, which for years has followed Moscow's line faithfully, Her government was/ accused of giving in to Inited States pressure especi- ally on the devaluation issue. Mrs. Gandhi recently has been sprinkling her speeches with references to India's "goal of socialism" and its '"non- aligned' foreign policy, Rather than go to Moscow herself, Mrs. Gandhi at first wanted to send Planning Minis- ter Asoka Mehta or Food Minis- ter Chidambaram Subraman- jam. Indian officials reported Moscow stalled on arrange- ments for these visits, indicat- ing they wanted to speak to Mrs. Gandhi, Aside from a strong desire to maintain a non-aligned stance, Mrs. Gandhi's trip will be aimed at keeping open the door to further Soviet aid. Moscow had committed about $1,000,000,- 000 in economic aid and now is shipping in considerable mili- tary hardware. Mrs. Gandhi also will discuss with Soviet leaders the fast-fad- ing "Tashkent spirit" of peace with Pakistan, arranged under Soviet mediation. Soviet offici- als have expressed the desire that peace moves envisioned un- der the January agreement be implemented quickly. BIBLE They . . . took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him. -- John 12:13. They could have waited and organized a welcoming party, which would have been pleasing to Jesus. How much more pleas- ing it must have been when they went out to meet Him and greet Him. Such eagerness must have been doubly pleasing. There is more than a hint in this for us. QUEEN'S PARK Syndicated. Crime Peril Recognized RY DON O'HEARN Toronto--Today he's mixing around in high finance, one of politics' nearly-forgotten, Three years ago he was on the political platforms of the province, fire in his eye, full of zeal, preaching the word for @- new Ontario, one of the key» figures of our scene. In recent days there have beeh-some-words-efregret far". _ John Wintermeyer. The Ontario Police Commis- sion in its annual report has finally formally recognized that syndicated crime is a threat in Ontario. People have been going back to that dramatic day in 1961 when then Liberal Leader Win- termeyer, responding to a chal- lenge from a government back- bencher, sat in the hall outside the legislative chamber and read his -hour-long indictment of the government on its atti- tude towards organized crime. And they go back to the 1963 election when crime was. preached from every platform > the Liberal leader mounted. WAS RIGHT And they say it's too bad. * Mr. Wintermeyer was right all along. He deserved better, The pts should have believed im. These people are wrong in their analysis. : They believe that crime, and the refusal of the public to be- - lieve he was right, was respon- sible for Mr. Wintermeyer's downfall. This is wrong. Poor political practice and public relations and failure to- grasp the character of the press were the things that really : threw the Liberal leader in that election. There never was much ques- tion that he was right about crime. Any independent ob- server could be quite sure he was right. " PUBLIC DOESN'T CARE But he didn't realize that the public really has very little concern about crime. If a thug is pointing a gun at you in your bedroom crime is + important. But you don't really ; get excited about syndicates moving in. It is too far re moved from you. And he didn't realize that when you talk about crime the press will always write it, be- fore anything else, It is crime oriented, In the 1963 campaign Mr, Wintermeyer mentioned crime in every speech. And the press wrote it every time and that was. about all it did write. He was talking about many . other things. He was outlining a party program which had many worth-while points, ' But it was never really write . ten about or reported. If he had realized what was. happening early and stopped © discussing crime there might have been quite a different re- sult. But he didn't. This was his big mistake. Beirut College Centennial Year BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A" century ago, a Protestant mis- sionary from New England gathe , ered 16 students in a rented five- room house and beneath the sucpicious eyes of the Turkish empire, started an American college in the Arab world. The house has grown to a 75- acre campus, the student enrol- ment has swollen from 16 te. - 3,200 and the American Univer- sity of Beirut is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a most re- spected seat of learning in the Middle East. In an area where the United States is none too popular, the American university exerts the influence of a giant magnet, at- tracting students and talent " from the Arab world and be- -- yond. It' is assailed only rarely as an obtrusive American pres- ence--most recently with accu- sations by Arab nationalist stu- dents that the campus was a base for CIA operations. Almost 400 of its faculty of 628 are Arabs, and six of seven. Arab ambassadors to the United States are graduates. The university was called the. Syrian Protestant College until 1920. Today is is neither Pro- testant nor Syrian. It is chart- ered in the state of New York, ° and its students come from 59° > countries and 21 religions. The university hospital has long been a major medical cen- tre and $24,000.000 in U.S. aid funds now are building the big- gest and most modern hospital and- medical school in the Mid- dle East. 725-6553 RENT-A-CAR DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH $8.00 PER DAY 725-6553 RUTHERFORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE 14 ALBERT ST. Oshawa