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OTTAWA REPORT Parliamentarians Hit pipPLE DIDOLE THE CATand THE FrovLe > She Oshawa Times Published by Canadion Newspapers Limites 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontarie T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1044 -- PAGE 4 New System Essential In Espionage Inquiries The guileless grubbing of the present federal government, giving the unsavory in Canadian affairs undue significance, is sadiy spot- lighted in the case of George Victor Spencer. The actions of this man were certainly naive rather than notorious, yet through the mis- handling and indecisions in Ottawa they came to be grossly overplayed as a national issue. The inquiry conducted by Mr. » Justice Dalton Wells has found that Spencer broke his oath as a civil servant, that he did indeed supply information to the Soviet embassy (whether it was of vital impor- tance cannot be at issue) and that the government as his employer had acted legally in dismissing him. The RCMP emerge as the protectors rather than the persecutors of this man thrust so tragically into the limelight. P The inquiry has exonerated the government on its dealings with the Spencer case, under the critical circumstances he was treated le- gally, even kindly. It is doubtful, Peril In Dry A forest fire burning intermit- tently in Darlington township for almost a month brings the grave meaning of fire hazard in a dry summer home forcibly. The fire destroyed a 100-acre pine tree plan- tation and, for a time, it was feared that burning underground the blaze might break out in the main forest area, Every year thousands of dollars worth of valuable timber is des- troyed by forest fires. Sometimes these fires result from natural causes but more often they stem from the carelessness of persons not She Oshawn Times . WILSON, Publisher 4 mM ranek, General Manager C. 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By mail in Province of Ontarie outside carrier delivery om. oa yeor, Countries, si5.00 'per year, Ueas and foreign $27.00 per public can be so forebearing with the ineptness and intemperance demonstrated by. its representatives in the Spencer debate and the maio- dorous Munsinger episode which it precipitated. Had the government moved speedily to institute the Spencer inquiry without having had to have been bulldozed into it by the Opposition, much of the sordid parliamentary performance could have been avoided. It is certainly important for the government to take the right course. It is equally important that the members of the government strive to keep the public fully cognizant of the correctness of that course. This the Pearson administration failed to do. That damage is done. The benefit that can accrue as a result of the Spencer case is the hastening of the establishment of an inquiry into the conduct of espionage investiga- tion so that Canada may have the machinery for dealing with spy suspects without either endangering security or destroying the rights of the person in question. Summer impressed by the danger inherent in dry summer weather. Cigarettes, matches and camp- fires are the prime "activators" of forest fires. A cigarette or match landing in a clump of leaves or dry pine needles will soon burst into flame which spreads at an alarming rate in sun-seared forest. Likewise, campfires which are not laid on a wide patch of cleared ground or which are not properly extinguished after use, will quickly cause the dreaded forest outbreak. Cigarettes should be extinguished in water or squashed in the earth. Similar precautions are required with matches which, should, in ad- dition, be broken in two. Campfires should be drowned with buckets of water and covered with earth. Campers and picknickers should also take care that they do not leave broken bottles in recreation areas. Sunlight concentrated by broken glass can kindle twigs and leaves. Above all, holidayers should heed forest fire warning signs placed at the entrance to parks and recreation areas. They indicate the forest fire danger, whether it is small or extreme. This way holidays are briefed on periods of special danger. If such precautions are respected, the fire danger in forests can be greatly reduced. The lives of birds and other wildlife as well as the valuable parkland property can be saved from the ravages of flames. DECLINE OF AN EMPIRE Tour War Graves By PATRICK NICHOLSON The Rouse of Commons siand- ing committee on veterans af- fairs has returned from a re- assuring and, they hope, fruit- ful tour of Canadian war ceme- teries and memorials on Euro- pean battlefields. Flying across the Atlantic each way, in 22 days the com- mittee travelled through Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Antwerp and London; from those centres they fanned out, covering 11,000 miles by bus, ship, rail and air, The first official function for the 23 MPs was to take part in --the--alliedceremonies near Arras and Cambrai on June 20, marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. Somme. Bert Her- ridge, MP for Kootenay West, who was severely wounded in that battle, was presented with the Somme . Commemorative Medal. by the French govern- ment. This was not a personal award, but was accepted by Bert Herridge on behalf of the still living members of the 54th (Kootenay) Battalion. Bert does not know how many veterans of that bloody battle who fought with the 54th still live today. The medal is a handsome bronze medal, hanging on a blue and yellow ribbon. SEE WAR GRAVES The committee then visited the Canadian war cemeteries near the D-day invasion beaches, at Beny-sur-Mer and Bayeux; at Les Vertus near Dieppe; and the Vimy Memo- rial. it ihen flew to Italy to visit Cassino and the Canadian cemetery at the Moro River. In Holland it saw the Canadian cemeteries at Reichwald and Groesbeek. Moving on to Bel- gium, it visited Adegem ceme- tery, the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres, the Canadian memo- rials at St. Julien, Passchen- dae] and Sanctuary Wood, and the cemetery at Tyne Cot. Finally, in England the com- mittee members visited Runny- mede, to see the memorial to the missing aircrew of the Com- monwealth Air Forces, an im- pressive memorial which over- looks the field where King John signed the Magna Carta, Committee member Ralph Cowan tells me that every cem- etery they visited is kept in beautiful condition, the grass green and neatly mown, and flowers blooming everywhere. In Holland he was especially impressed, for there each Cana- dian grave has been "adopted" for individual care by a Dutch family. Bert Herridge was equally full of praise for the way those Canadian war ceme- tavtes are maintained, and he told me that the relatives and friends of fallen Canadians can be assured that their graves fully honor their sacrifice. The cemeteries are all main- tained by the Commonwealth War Graves _Commission,_te which Canada contributes a to- tal of $536,000 per year, or ap- proximately $5 per grave, STUDY. PAYMENTS As well as viewing the ceme- teries--the first parliamentary veterans committee ever to make such a tour--the MPs con- ducted a lot of business. With officials of foreign govern- ments, they carefully studied their countries' provisions cov- ering veterans pensions and dis- ability allowances. The Canadian scale is more generous than in European countries, But they have one great advantage over Canada; their pensions and allowances are automatically adjusted to compensate for any increases in the cost of living, It is a fore- gone conclusion that the com- mittee will now recommend, and Parliament will no doubt implement, a similar automatic increase in Canadian veterans' payments, to match inflation's slashes in the purchasing power of our dollar. That alone, ridge, would make worth while. The committee discovered on its tour that many Canadian veterans, or their widows, now living in Europe, are on that account deprived of their allow- ances and pensions, but not dis- ability pensions. Yet, Herridge tells me, he is aware of Ger- mans who fought against Cana- dians and who later immigrated to Canada and lived here 10 years. These have now returned to their Fatherland, where they happily draw Canadian old age pensions, while Canadian vets living beside them are paid nothing. Her- trip says Bert the General Involved In Removal Of Trujillo Ever Under Guard SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) Five years after helping to assassinate Rafael Trujillo, dic- tator of the Dominican Repub- lic for. 31 years, Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera spends every moment of his life surrounded by guards. On stifling Sundays when, like everyone else in the capi- tal, he seeks the solace of tfie breezes of the Malecon, the two-mile-long palm-fringed road which runs.along the Caribbean seashore, he sits in his black limousine between two body- guards carrying _ sub-machine- guns. Another guard, part of the permanent 20-man detachment delegated by the Dominican government to protect Imbert for life, sits beside the driver. Sometimes, as on a recent Sunday, Imbert drives toward the nearby town of San Crisio- bal and passes a white memo- rial beside the sea. This is the spot where, with three companions, he shot Ra- fae] Trujillo five years ago. SCARING VISIVLE The palm trees still bear the marks of a vicious exchange of fire during which Trujillo died, gun in hand, screaming unintel- ligibly. Imbert's face was grazed by a bullet and he still bears the scar. Imbert, who was appoinied president of the short-lived, United States-sponsored gov- ernment of national reconstruc- tion following unilateral U.S. intervention here last year, was lucky to escape with his life in the months of terror which fol- lowed the death of Trujillo. Imbert and Luis Amiami Tio, right-wing liberal leader, are the two survivors'of a total of 30, mainly right-of-centre busi- ness and professional men, who were involved in the plot, Some were disenchanted mil- itary men and a few were for- mer Trujillo associates who had fallen from the tyrant's favor. Imbert, married with two children, has never disclosed where he hid during the six months when Ramfis Trujillo, the .dictator's son, ruled the country and scoured the repub- lic for his father's assassins. During the time before the de- parture of Ramfis for Spain, Amiam Tio hid in a narrow closet in the bathroom of a friend's house, a capsule of cyanide ready to be taken if discovery seemed likely. Vil Communist Rule Acce After two decades or more under Communist rule, the people of Eastern Europe accept the system with apathy or cynicism. John Best, Canadian Press correspondent in Moscow who toured the Communist bloc, describes how its in- habitants view their re- gimes. By JOHN BEST Canadian Press Staff Writer If the peoples of Eastern Europe could freely decide tomorrow whether they wish to get rid of communism, what would be their verdict? By and large, they would be so confused they wouldn't know how to react. It's not easy to scuttle a system as all-prevading and all-embracing as communism. In our time, it has happened only in Guatemala, a country so tiny and so close to the United States that the CIA could handle the job quickly and quite handily. In Eastern Europe, Commu- nists have been in power for 20 years and more, and people "They're breeding a race of schizophreniacs, " says a for- eign woman who lives in an East European capital. It was an apt way of figuratively de- picting the mental adjust- ments people have to make between what they are told exists and what they see ex- isting with their own eyes. FED UP I asked a Czech woman a complicated question: What did the people of her country think of communism? She replied with an uncom- Plicated but, I thought, telling answer: 'After you've heard a thing often enough, you get sick of it." Perhaps that is a large part of the truth; that East Euro- peans have been so riddled with Communist propaganda --which has a way of insulting the intelligence while sup- posediy inculcating Marxist ideas--that they are sick of communism. "They've had it -- up to here," said a foreign ob- server, placing his index fin- ger in the vicinity of his ears. "People need something. for most It would be correct to say that many are apathetic, and many others downright cyni- cal. You try to get as much as you can out of the system, while giving as little as you can in return. You learn to play along with the game. And communism does have some decided benefits to con- fer, including low rents, public transportation fares, a comprehensive system of so- cial security and health pro- tection, and job security. Against these are the still- continuing restraints on free- dom of expression, especially in the printed form. However, of taken at Jeast limited steps to loosen the tight controls over APATHY AFTER TWO DECADES that was not the pted Cynicall Orthodox countries like Bul- garia as in Roman Catholic countries like Poland. To say that people are dis- illusioned would not be correct for disillusionment implies an original faith necessarily present when communism was imposed on Eastern Europe under umbrella of Soviet military might. get beyond control A regime that seems genu- inely popular with its people is that of Romania--for a spe- cial regime's forceful assertion of national independence and its defiance of Russian hegemoy has stirred a warm popular response. reason. The Romanian This appeal to patriotic fer- low for the regimes have vor transcends personal inter- ests, being asked to work--and are working--harder than ever to justify the country's claim to be able to stand on its own feet economically. Ironically, regime is still the most au- thoritarian with the possible exception of Bulgaria. Paradoxically, in which is far more liberal than Romania, showing a certain contempt since the people are the Romanian in East Europe, Poland, the people are the regime by rallying behind the Catholic church in its struggle against the Com- munist authorities. Generally Europeans seem disinclined speaking, East LITTLE DOG LAUGHED tie Sce Such SPORT ECONOMIC NURSERY RHYME CANADA'S STORY Sih al Parley With Iroquois BY BOB BOWMAN In the early days of Canada settlement was confined to the area east of Montreal, mostly Quebec, The complexion of the nation might be greatly dif- ferent today if it had not been for the Iroquois. The French got along reasonably well with the Indian tribes east of the Great Lakes except for the Iro- quois who prevented settlement in what is now Ontario, This was annoying to the French, and even today the word "'iro- quois" is used in the French language to a depict a boor, clown, or peasant, It was not an accurate description. The Iroquois were intelligent, and highly - competent warriors. Their tactics were similar to those of present-day comman- dos and jungle fighters. The area along the upper St. Lawrence and on the northern shore of Lake Ontario was known to be fertile, rich in fur- bearing animals, with lakes and rivers abounding in fish, At- lantic salmon could be caught in the Don and Humber Rivers now flowing through Toronto. Count Frontenac made an effort to control the Lroquois around Lake Ontario by build- ing a fort at Kingston. It was completed on July 28, 1673. In order to get the materials there Frontenac had 400 men draw flat. boats up the St, Lawrence along the route that is now the St. Lawrence Seaway. It was the first time that boats larger than canoes had gone up the river. They carried all the equipment for the men, and cannon for the fort. The trip from Montreal took two weeks, the men wading near the shore, often up to their necks in water. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 28, 1966... The Russian attack on the key Austro-German forts of Kovel and Lemberg began 50 years ago today--in 1916 --but was to end in failure after seven weeks, The whole "Brusilov Offensive," named for its commanding general, began June 4 but was halted by poor lateral communications and 15 di- visions of German rein- forcements. The Russia armies had advanced 25 to 125 kilometres, between Pinsk and Czernowitz, and had taken 500,000 prisoners for 1,000,000 casualties. 1829--Sir Goldsworth Gur- ney's steam carriage went from London to Bath and back at 15 m.p.h, 1896--Miami was incorp- orated, with a population of 260. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Russian units arrived to join the multi-nation Al- lied force at Salonika; Brit- ish units near Delville Wood entered Longueval; Russia took Brody, Galicia, after a three-day battle. Second World War In the meantime, La Salle had gone ahead and invited the Iroquois to meet Frontenac at Kingston. Two hundred of them were there when Frontenac ar- rived, and he gave them royal treatment. Their chiefs were in- vited to his tent, passing double lines of soldiers. They sat on mats in front of him. Frontenac tried to make a peace treaty, and succeeded to the extent that the Iroquois were greatly impressed by his ability. The speedy building of the fort was a marvel of the day. OTHER EVENTS ON JULY 28: 1755 Final decision made to deport Acadians from Nova Scotia Richard John Uniacke, son of N.S. attorney-gen- eral, tried for murder as the result of a duel Governor Simpson of Hudson's Bay Company began journey from York 1819 Factory, Hudson: Bay, to Fort 'Vancouver on Col- umbia River London and Brantford Railway incorporated, al- so companies to operate the magnetic telegraph Macdonald - Cartier gov- ernment defeated by 14 votes on motion that Otta- washould not be the capi- tal of Canada Imperial statute defined boundary of British Col- umbia Harvest excursions inau- gurated. They brought men from eastern Can- ada to help harvest the wheat on the prairies Montrealand Toronto Stock Exchanges closed for three months. Conservatives under R. B. Bennett defeated Lib- erals under W. L. Mace kenzie King in general election 1847 1858 Only Nasser Left In Power 10 Years After Suez Crisis LONDON (AP)--Day by day, the crisis grew in_ intensity. Ominous reports came from London, Paris, Cairo, Tel Aviv: Reports that Britain and France had conspired with Is- rael to invade Egypt and top- ple President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Then came the explosion. Is- raeli forces invaded Egypt's Si- nai Peninsula. British and French planes attacked Egypt. Today--10 years after Nasser grabbed the Suez Canal and set in motion the wheels of that world crisis--only he of all the maior figures involved remains in power, His purposes and pol- icies seem essentially un- ehanged. He still evidently cherishes a dream of Arab unity and glory from the east- ernmost reaches of Iraq to the Mediterranean shores of Tri- poli. On July 26, 1956, Nasser seized the 103-mile strip of gray-blue water called the Suez Canal. His bold action raised the curtain on 97 days of frus- trating inter-allied dealing and manoeuvring. Terence Robertson, a Cana- dian historian whose book Crisis is widely considered an author- irative account of the Suez im- broglio, wrote: "When the news of the first bombings reached the White House, the astounded (Presi- dent Dwight D.) Eisenhower roared: 'Bombs, by God. What does Anthony (British Prime Minister Eden) think he's do- ing? Why is he doing this to me?'" "STOP THEM--FAST"' Robertson reported that Ei- senhower then turned to his state secretary, John Foster Dulles, and said: "We've got to stop them--fast." The Americans and the Rus- sians teamed to stop them. Within a week, their missions unfulfilled, the British, French and Israeli attackers were ob- ing the affairs of the socialist party. Christian Pineau, his for- eign minister, now writes chil- dren's books. David Ben-Gu- rion, who was Israel's prime minister, is retired to a Tel Aviv apartment. Nasser, the lone survivor, still accepts aid from Russians and Americans alike, still bosses the Suez Canal, now wider and deeper in parts and more profitable than ever, despite the gloomy predictions of Euro- peans that the Egyptians never could operate it. Eden's cabinet took its basic decision -- that Nasser should not be allowed to get away with it--within 24 hours of Egypt's seizure of the canal. A pretext for military action was found in Israel's readiness for a preventive war against Egypt. Basic military and po- litical arrangements with Israel were organized by the French, with Britain becoming a full partner at a later stage. President Eisenhower's spe- cial envoy, Robert Murphy, said Harold Macmillan, then chan- cellor of the exchequer, told him that if Britain bowed to Egypt's challenge, it would "be- come another Netherlands."' He was told the French saw eye to eye with the British and were prepared to take part in mili- tary operations. _water--water from ¥ The annual consum water from wells is 43 only 1. per cent less t amount supplied by Lakes 3 =F 23: #3 Inland Jakes and. rivers sup Gs ity we cent, These facts come from a new publication issued here by the department of energy and re- sources management, The publication is titled Water in Ontario and it is in- formative briefing for laymen on some of the pertinent aid incidental facts of our water supply and problems. Here are a few other sam- ples: Today the average family uses as much water in a day as it used in a week only a few years ago. Why? Mainly because of thé big development in household conveniences such as washin machines and dishwashers, Up to 62,000 gallons of water are required to manufacture @ ton of newsprint. : It takes 750 gallons to pro cess a barrel of oil, and from 25 to 200 gallons for one case of cannery products, GREAT PROBLEM Many people believe that water will be the greatest prob- lem of the future in America, There is the question of pos- sible shortages; then there is pollution, Water is just as vital te us as food. This booklet doesn't give an- swers to these potential prob- lems of the future. But it does have some good basic information on water sup- ply, in addition to some detal} on the various programs of the government in the area, Anyone interested in publie affairs wants to know as much as possible about. this subject, for it also promises to have some deep polities} implice- tions. So the ne gg is one A can recommend. You can one by writing the Ng or ent, at the parliament buildings, Toronto. YEARS AGO. 18 YEARS AGO July 28, 1951 The Rotary and Ritson roa civic swimming pools repo: brisk activity. Whitby Chapter, 248, Order of the Eastern Star, marks it seé> ond anniversary. 3@ YEARS AGO July 28, 1936 W. A. Welbourn of Honolulu visits ex-Reeve John Ross of Whitby. Mr. Welbourn, forme erly of this district, built street cars in Honolulu for several years, The recent rains were a boos to crops in Ontario County, BIBLE The children of Israel have not harkened unte me; how then shall Pharach hear me? Exodus 6:12. That was a logical question, but it was based on doubt, rather than trust, Neither human doubts nor personal fears serve the purpose of God for the children of men. POINTED PARAGRAPHS A school teacher says pupils get as many incorrect answers te problems under the new math women are better drivers than men, A traffic expert says, "Stoutish women over 35 are the safest drivers." Bet you didn't know that the ancient Mayans. divided the year into eighteen 20 . month days named pop, uo, zip, zo¢, txec, xul, yaxkin, mol, ch'en, yax, zac, ceh, mac, kankin, moan, pax, kayab and cunku, ARE YOU HEADING NORTH ? Now Is The Time To Discuss YOUR WILL Free Estate and Will Planning Service CENTRAL ONTARIO TRUST EL. & SAVINGS CORPORATION Call Mr. McKnight, Manager, Trust Services Central Onterio Trust & Savings Corporetion 19 SIMCOE STREET NORTH Oshawa, Ontario Phone 723-5221 have long since learned to af- ford the system a kind of fatal acceptance. They've become used to the slogans, the exhortations, the dreary Communist-style May Day parades and the dreary repetitive projections of eco- nomic advance -- projections that almost invariably out- strip performance. the soul," said the Czech woman. This was a reference to the campaign against religion that most Communist regimes pursue, overtly or covertly. It was an affirmation that, what- ever goodies Marxism may have to offer people, spiritual solace is not one of them. This is as keenly felt in the populace. As a result they wear a more liberal look. One of the most delicate problems facing East Euro- pean governments is to bal- ance popular pressure for greater freedom with the need to maintain their own Position of power. Hungary showed that such pressure, if not kept in check, can quickly serving a cease-fire ordered by the United Nations, And within 70 days a broken Sir Anthony Eden (now Lord Avon) was out as prime minister. In the decade since the crisis, French and Israeli leaders who helped engineer the invasion, also went into political eclipse. Guy Mollet, former premier of France, went back to manag- Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Finland sev- ered diplomatic relations with Britain; the Dutch East Indies broke off all trade with Japan; the RAF destroyed 34 Axis aircraft in an attack on Sicilian. air- fields; Russia informed Tur- key it had no intention te seize the Dardanelles, to attempt to organize any massive, outward resistance to communism, They are con- tent to let time and history exert their influence. Under the impact of these two factors communism it- self is changing, becoming less sinister and less oppres- sive--moving ever so slowly to the right.