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She Oshawa Times ®ublished by Canadion Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawe, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Motorbike Licensing Can't Come Too Quickly There are indications that the system of licensing motorcycles will be revised in the interests of safety. The need for such action has been particularly evident this summer with more and more of the vehicles entering the streams of traffic on city streets and highways. The Ontario Department of Transport has decided to review the system of licensing the drivers of motorcycles. At present a new owner of the two-wheelers pays $2 for a 90-day learner's permit and hits the road alone -- it is illegal for a licensed driver to travel with him. After 90 days the learner takes his driver's test with the examiner watching him from a car travelling ahead of him. Those with car licen- ces are not required to quality for motorbicycle permits. In 1964 there were 10,334 motor- bicycles registered in Ontario, At the end of May this year there were 23,054 and this is expected to reach 30,000 by the end of the year. In 1965 in Ontario 2,390 motor- bikes were involved in accidents that killed 21 drivers and 11 passengers and injured 1,889 drivers and 476 increase in these figures for this year. Toronto police said they 'in- vestigated 778 motorbike accidents in 1965 but have already had 500 this year. Ottawa reports an in- crease. While the light motorcycles that account for most of the increase in sales are more than fast enough to keep up with city traffic, it appears that they are under-powered in competition with highway traffic. Figures show that the motorbikes are even more dangerous on high- ways and rural areas than in cities where speed is limited. While to those not fascinated with the mode of travel, motorcycles may seem noisy nuisances, it would not be fair to generalize and say all operators of such vehicles are care- Jess and indifferent to others. At the same time it must be recognized that inexperience combined with inadequate training in handling motorbikes can constitute a danger both to their drivers and others on the road. Next Question, Please! President Johnson has made it abundantly clear on many occasions that he is not particularly partial to press conferences, When one is convened, with. the many grave problems in Viet Nam, race riots, about the credit squeeze and the coming congressional elections, there are momentous matters to discuss. Thus, would Richard over believe: (Fairchild y ou Wightman She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €, C, PRINCE, General Manager C. 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In the parliamentary office of most party leaders, there is a shameful tradition that places on travelling delegations can be handed out as a reward for loyal support, and long service on Parliament Hill, regardless of. other qualifications. ' In contrast. other countries, notably Britain and the nations domes bh nine Bene trent of western Europe, best available team of experi- enced, well-informed and thor- oughly briefed legislators to in- ternational conferences, Inevitably a number of Cana- dian delegates, present only be- cause it is "Tom's Turn," ei- ther skip meetings to enjoy themselves elsewhere, or else appear, cloaked in their abys- mal inexperience, and make international clowns of them- selves Our MPs have. never forgot- ten nor forgiven the newspaper headlines a few years back about some Canadian delegates in Paris, who were said to have been more prominent in the demi-monde of the Place Pi- galle than in their allotted places in the NATO Parlia mentarians' Conference. Can- ada's representation in such NATO affairs is rated by our allies as being. the 14th best among the 15 allied nations WASHINGTON SNIGGERED When Canadian and U.S. Jeg- islators met recently in Wash- ington for one of their regular series of serious conferences, a Liberal MP shocked his Cana- dian colleagues. A novice, who was presumably present be- cause it was his turn for a ride, asked the U.S. senator, who was co-chairman of the: confer- ence what orders the Canadian delegation could take back to their government in Ottawa from Washington A record for arrogant disre eard for' Canada's reputation and. Parliament's authority was reached when the 24-member committee on veterans affairs was setting out for a 22-day tour around western Europe Inevitably, not all the mem- bers were able to make the trip. This opened up some al- tractive vacancies for. would-be joy-riders. The Liberal front of- fice fixed to fill three places with MPs Prosper Boulanger, of Mercier, Quebec; Auguste Choquette of Lotbiniere, Que- bec; and Gaston Clermont of Labelie, Quebec. Oniy tie first is a veteran; none had at- tended any meetings of the committee as they were not members of it. The pamphlets and other ma- terial relating to the tour were all printed including their names, hotel reservations made and cheques prepared covering their expense allowance of $30 per day. But their appointment to the committee had not yet been sought from Parliament by the slapdash Liberal admin- istration. VETERANS REVOLT The inclusion of the. vocifer- ous republican Choquette, on a tour of Canadian war ceme- feries, was too much for the stomach of veterans on the committee, such as 'Frank Fane, native-born Albertan who had served on both world wars and heen decorated with the Military Cross for gallantry He rallied his Conservative col- leagues, and packed the House of Commons, easily outnumber- ing the Liberals present, at the time when he knew the Liber- als would try to ram through Choquette's appointment to the committee. After a very funny scene, in which the Liberals were routed in chagrin and shame, their intent was thwarted Nothing daunted, 'clutching his $660 cheque in his hand, Choquette boarded the plane for Paris with the committee at dawn on June 25, In Paris, ac- cording to one of his colleagues, he asked the minister of vet- erans affairs to include him in the touring party, but the min- ister indignantly refused. Cho- quetie, Canadian delegate in Europe with nowhere to go, then got shunted to the Cana- dian delegation to the Interna- tional Christian Leader ship Conference, at Cambridge, England, where his qualifica- fions were at least as apt to represent veterans' affairs Two days later, the Liberals sought and obtained from Par- liament approval to include on the Veterans Committee Messrs Boulanger and Clermont, who were already 3,000 miles along the tour What agency a way to run a travel American's Right To Know, Right To Privacy Queried By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) The American citizen's right to know in an open society and his right to privacy in an age of electronic computers and snoop- ers have had a thorough airing here this year President Johnson has signed a bill which is the product of a 1-year congressional campaign to nail down the average citi zen's rights to find 'out just what the government is doing It remains to be seen how many loopholes are left in to guard security, trade and other gov ernment responsibilities At the same time, the justice department has disclosed that wire-tapping of telephones and the electronic "bugging" of as sorted premises was much more widespread than the pub lic believed g One congressional committee piled up evidence of the brisk growth of these listening de vices in every-day affairs Another was planning hear- ings to ward off the possibility that the government might, at the push of a computer button, throw together from its vast array of statistical data instant information files on millions of American citizens Congressman John EF. Moss, California Democrat, had been working for 10 years on his legislation to strengthen an in- dividual's. ability to get infor- mation on government opera- tions except those involving "true national security or per- sonnel investigative files." Provisions exist now for court action to get such information Rut the fact that 27 federal government agencies opposed the bill as restrictive indicates that a lot of testing may be involved Another attack on the govern- ment's role in today's informa- tion world was signalled' by Congressman Cornelius E. Gal- lagher, New Jersey Democrat who. heads a subcommittee on invasions of privacy NASSER SEEKS SELF-SUFFICIENCY oh CUR wat R_ON voV. nv nrt nner tnr ce Ma CONCTIMD TIONAL vv v wud Livit Seven Lean Years Forecast For Egypt Egypt has just embarked on a seven-year economic plan at a time when she is short of food, funds and for- eign exchange, Experts pre- dict Seven Jean years, says a Canadian Press reporter who visited Egypt during a swing through the Middle East, Ry CARL CAIRO (CP) ern pharaoh has dream and wise pret it to mean years in the land President Gama! Abdel Nasser's dream is of self-suf- ficient of doubling ® national income every 10 His Joseph, Prime Zakaria Mohieddin, demands a MOLLINS Egvpt's mod- dreamed a men inter seven lean prosperity er the dream measure of auste ity in even-vear er onomic varaoh's ind ne seven was the mod embarks ears i nt threaten to make the coming years even leaner than the economists planned A plague of bollworm threatens the cotton crop, a mainstay of the economy that accounts for 80 per cent of Egypt's foreign earnings. At the same time, the United States has shown reluctance in meeting Egypt's request for more easy pay wheat 'shipments -- aid that formed an important prop for Egypt's first development plan be- tween 1960 and 1945 EAT LESS MEAT Austerity already imposed in Egypt's controlled econ omy includes a ban on all but first priority imports. The government has permitted a pinching rise in prices. Spend Ing power has bheén siphoned off through a compulsory pay- ro Savings program Meat, a luxury that became ular fare ordinary Pillans with the spread of prosperity under the Nasser now may 'be pur four out and verse on for recime days a week , @ n curb sumption on con ere most fami es. thona must eat meat the dav it is boncht trie nh thout refrig Cairo, the stores laid l Some of these lapses are the inevitable to social and industrial prog ress that has lifted the people of ing, from steel and chemicals to television machines Political mands complicated economic planning Refore the 1980-65 plan was drawn target of doubling national in- come in 20 years sisted must be 10 years in order to outpace the growth in popula- tion--an exhausting pressure resources creased the count of mouths to feed hy 4,000,000 to 30,000,000 in five years Looking to Egypt's role as leader in the verted projects as supporting publican cause in Yemen with 78,000 troops for four years Planning has sought to fulfil two demands of ( time--building as modern 'industry con ne m up for thetr 1.590 NNN NNN ASSES sravided result of the rush subsistence poverty the basis for a di- ange of manufactur- sets and sewing and social de- M the economists set a Nasser in- target time Oct that the ond that has ine five of progressive forces Arab world has di- resources into such the re- Nasser's na the same heavy indus- bases for and provid- goods to meet tablished right of of our people to make ong deprivation wan harter at ing the only sumer the the t development plan or nve at Egypt tment lean pounds a an sy victory face of pressure to double the rate of investment in the sec- Planned 190,000,000 now will be spread over Further, placing phasis investment Austerity tience of the people in public spending will trouble men of the press (about $3,750,000,000 at the in- flated official exchange rate) in five years RESTRAINTS IMPOSED early last year, the heavy rate of investment, for- eign debts, Yemen spending relative caused a crisis the drain of the and a. private prompted by prosperity had major economic war spree ohieddin introduced a Stabilizing trend when he took over as prime minister last 1. He then won a partial for restraint in the development investment of plan £3. seven years instead. of the government is at least verhal on em- more quick-return while waiting for costly but unproductive or in- efficient projects such as the Aswan high dam and the Hel- steel works to start pay- will the pa- Restraint tax left impatient to towards fulfilment of pharaol's dream' The vears of the second develop ment plan are likely to be ones for the government well as the country IT'S HOLIDAY POSTCARD TIME CANADA'S STORY Early Tour By B Of T By BOB BOWMAN One of the best public rela tions. campaigns in Canada began on August 2, 1864 and helped to bring about Confeder ation, It had already heen agreed that delegates from Canada could attend the Mari- time Union conference sched- uled for Charlottetown on Sep tember 1. D'Arey McGee and Sandford Fleming: knew that Maritimers had a poor opinion of Upper Canadians, and felt that it would help if they got to know each other better before the conference McGee and Fleming arranged for the Boards of Trade in Saint John and Halifax to hold receptions for a touring group from Canada, Then they per- suaded about 100 politicians and newspapermen to make the trip. They had to travel from Montreal to Portland, Maine, sitting up all night. There were sing-songs in French and Eng- lish during the trip, while the wood-burning locomotive belch- ed smoke and sparks over the forests along the way. Spirits were. dampened somewhat in Reprieve Or Awaited By JANE BECKER (CP)-- settlement, the North, Ry FORT SMITH, N.W.T This 175 - year - old one of the first in is hovering between death The reprieve or the final knell will probably come in Septem- ber when the Carrothers com- mission report on northern de- velopment is given to the fed- eral government Appointed a year ago, the three =man Commission toured the North last winter looking for a suitable capital If it names Fort Smith; un official administrative centre of the Mackenzie District of the Territories since 1962, villagers say the community will flour- ish. But if a different site is chosen, even loyal Fort Smith residents see Jittle ahead Lying along the Slave River, just north of the Alberta bound- ary, Fort Smith was once the centre of rich hunting and fish- ing grounds for the Chipewyan and Dogrih Indians Karly explorers made it a stopover because it lay at the head of the portage around the rapids of the Slave, the early route for moving furs to the trading centrés farther south, A Roman Catholic mission opened in Fort Smith more than 100 years ago. Later the Angli- cans also came to minister to the Indians But in 1959 the Mackenzie Highway, connecting Alberta with the western edge 'of Great Slave Lake, 160 miles west of Fort Smith, was completed and most of the river traffic dis- appeared SPREAD THROUGH BUSH Today Fort Smith is "a lovely little village," in the words of Northern Affairs Minister Ar- thur Laing. It sits placidly among tall stands of spruce and poplar, on what its en- thusiasts say is the only acces- sible permafrost-free area in the Territories Its collection of frame build- ings is scattered through 11 square miles of mosquito-laden brush, connected sometimes by wooden sidewalks, sometimes by an oiled road or sandy trail Already it is heavily depend- life and the morning when the delegates had to wait on an open wharf in the rain for the boat from Saint John. It was late. Then when the delegates got on board there wasn't enough accommodation, and many of them had to sleep in the lounges during the overnight vovage to Saint John The tour Jasted until August 18 and some of the receptions will be described in future stories. The important thing was that McGee and Fleming achieved their. objective of creating a far better feeling of friendship between Maritimers and Canadians before the Char- lottetown conference began OTHER EVENTS ON AUG, 2: 1784---Expedition. under James Strange claimed Vancou- ver Island for Britain 1818--Plague of locusts destroy- ed crops of Selkirk settl- ers at Red River. 1836--W. L. Mackenzie issued "Declaration of the Re- formers', one of the early steps towards the rebellion in 1837 Final Knell Pioneer Fort ent the government. About 1,600 of its 2,200 people are federal employees or their fam- ilies, Some 300 work for the northern affairs department in the three-storey frame admin- istration building which, with the Catholic cathedral, domi- nates the village Many of the Indians who once trapped and fished now live on government welfare cheques and the few businesses in the village are silent" and Walf-idie "They're waiting to see if we hecome the capital,' says Paul Kaeser, a resident for 30 years, who runs the village's only gen eral store other than the Hud- son's Bay Co. store. DEBATE NEW NAME Fort Smith was named in the late 19th century for Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strath- cona, who built the first trans- Canadian railway, but there have been local suggestions that the name should be changed. "The prefix Fort is almost certain to be dropped in future, and Smith alone is too common a name," says an editorial in The Norther, Fort Smith's news- paper Those who favor a change of name do not wish to detract from the honor due to Donald Alexander Smith,' the paper says, but an Indian name such as Taipacha--Where the Rapids End--might be adopted as part of Centennial celebrations. The community's real sore spot, however, is not its pio- neering name but its isolation There's a 100-mile road winding southwards from Fort Smith but it does not connect with any permanent road links to the outside world ISOLATION TO END Barges run_ by Transportation Co.. a corporation, still cruise slowly down the Slave River in the summer from Fort McMurray, 300 miles south. In winter, a road bulldozed through the bush around the west end of Great Slave Lake to link Fort Smith with Yellowknife But during the month-long breakup and freezeup seasons Smith is cut off completely ex- cept bs on Northern Crown is air Fe 1858--British Columbia given name and government by Imperial Act George Brown and Antione Dorion formed government that lasted only two days and was upset by Macdonald's "double-shuffle"' Victoria, B.C. porated 1871--Treaty cluded Indians Garry 1919 -- Grand Trunk Railway workers got 15 per cent increase after strike 1918---One day general strike in Canada 1921--Lord Byng of Vimy ap- pointed Governor General 19%4--First shipload of iron ore from Quebec Labrador development left Sept Isles 1862 = incor Number 1. con- with Northwest at Lower Fort Cn Ln Re TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS August 2, 1966... The English navigator and explorer Henry Hudson entered the bay that was to be named after him 356 years ago today--in 1610-- during his fourth and Jast vovage in search of a north- west route to China, From August to September he ex- plored the eastern shore of the bay in his 55-ton ship Discovery, and then win- tered in the extreme south of James Ray Supplies were short: the crew mu- tinied; and on June 22, 1611, Hudson, his son and several men -were cut adrift in an open boat. Nothing is known of their fate. Hud- son's discoveries hastened the develonment-of the-rict fisheries of Spitsbergen and the vast fur industry of the Hudson Bay territory 1862--Victoria, B.C., incorporated 19283--U.S. President War- ren G. Harding died in of- fice, was First World. War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--the French advanced on the Somme, capturing field - works between Hem Wood and Monacu Farm: British fleet units shelled Moulebit on the coast of Asia Minor; the Allies at- tacked to start the battle of Doiran, Salonika. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to. day--in 1941--over 200 RAF planes raided Berlin in the largest air attack of the war to date; Germans launched a drive into the Ukraine from a point 155 miles south of Kiev: Swed- ish papers said German police had taken over all power in Norway. World Trade "Dramatic Cut In Tariffs Held Closer By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer A long. struggle to expand worid trade through a dramatic slash in tariffs enters its final stage with the prospect of suc- cess brighter now than at any time in the Jast four years One of the major barriers was the slowness of the European Common Market to reach full agreement on the kind of pro- posals it was prepared to make in the Kennedy round of world iariff bargaining. That barrier now has heen overcome, The six - country trade bloc has prodticed not only, a fairly comprehensive package of products on Which it is prepared to trade tariff cuts but also has given its central commission the power to start bargaining The full extent of that power has not been disclosed. Negoti- ators don't give away negotiat- ing positions before they ex- tract every possible concession from the other side. The final stage of the bargaining will see some stiff horse-trading. The final outcome cannot be assured although there would appear to be strong grounds for optimism. MADE IT POSSIBLE Conceived by the late presi- dent Kennedy, the Geneva tariff bargaining session was made possible by power given the U.S. president to cut American tariffs by 50 per. cent providing similar concessions are offered by other countries Kennedy aimed his plan at the Common Market, since this biggest single marketing unit in the Western world outside the U.S. seemed to be moving be- hind a high tariff wall which the Americans would find hard to penetrate, The one major event that Kennedy did not foresee at the time was that Britain would be barred from the European trade group. Nevertheless the American negotiators, under former state secretary Christian Herter, per- sisted. They could have negoti- ated with Britain, Canada and other countries and tried to ig- nore *the Common Market en- tirely. But this would have achieved only a fragment of the Kennedy ideal of enhancing cross-Atlantic relationships They could have worked out a deal with the Common Market on a less controversial package containing only industrial prod- ucts This would not have been of much help to U.S. farmers and would have increased political problems for the American ade ministration. PATIENCE PAID OFF The Americans persisted in their demands that negotiations cover farm as well as industrial goods, Their patience finally produced results. Whether the U.S. and other countries are prepared to accept the concessions the Common Market will unveil at Geneva is another matter. They may find. that the Brussels offers do not go far enough, The Com- mon Market negotiators may find they have to go back to their ministers for more bar- gaining power That is all part of the game. The big point is that serious bargaining can begin. But time for bargaining is limited since American presidential power on the Kennedy round runs out next July. In practical terms, the nego- tiators have only about four months in which to wrap up their bargains. That in itself may be a good sign. for history has shown negotiators can show speed when confronted by a deadline. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 2, 1946 Alderman Finley Dafoe told City Council it was selling city land "dirt cheap" and proposed that the city make a survey of city lots available for sale with a view to setting up a revised price schedule. Workers reject Goodyear offer at Bowmanville. 35 YEARS AGO Aug. 2, 1931 Oshawa Yacht Club formally opened The Ontario Regiment went to summer camp on the rifle ranges at Uxbridge. BIBLE With the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous re- demption. -- Psalm 130:7. 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