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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wiison, Pubiisner WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Elected Leaders Silent When Should Speak Out The strange silence of those who represent the public in face of the wildcat strike anarchy of recent days must surely be one of the amazing aspects of this summer of labor unrest. The outbreaks disrupt important segments of the Canadian economy at an already perilous period yet Canada's elected leaders refrain from comment, let alone criticism. At least one labor leader, William Mahoney of the United Stee!work- ers, has sounded a strong warning about the effects of the wildcat strikes. However, to date a spokes- man for no political party, provin- cial or federal, has seen fit to pre- sent the case not of labor nor of management but of the public. In comment, The Windsor Star says such outbreaks carry with them an atmosphere of irresponsi- bility, a defiance of constituted au- thority and organization, which can easily spread. They threaten not only. management, but proporly or- ganized labor well. And the greatest victim is the public. It is not enough for labor leaders, who are directly concerned, to warn their members, and all union men as in general, of the dangers of wildcat strikers. Nor is it enough for man- agement, wildeat strikes hit at the very heart of in- dustry's planning and scheduling, to explain how the national econ- omy can be affected. What is needed is a strong voice to speak for the public, to warn the few irresponsible men who are re- sponsible for the wildcat strikes that the Canadian public will not tolerate such anarchy. The silence of our elected leaders is all the more puzzling, it is pointed out, because the political disadvan- tages of such a forthright state- ment must surely be very small. A few irresponsible men might be of- fended to hear the truth, but tie great majority of Canadians, in- cluding responsible union members, would welcome a strong voice in a situation where plain speaking is necessary. Without question, such flagrant disregard for the law of the land as has been reported is far beyond the scope of labor-management affairs. The public interest is at stake and those chosen to oversee it are re- quired to speak up. even thaneh even. neugn Too Much Help For LBJ? Those who complain about time- wasting procedures at Ottawa and Toronto should be pleased at the brisk manner in which the Supreme Soviet in Moscow breezed through its duties, The London Free Press notes. These included a unanimous re-election of the members of the government, and plans to set up new committees to give more oppor- tunity to backbenchers among Rus- sia's 1,517 deputies, who are even more anonymous than those at Ottawa. The Supreme Soviet is designed more as a medium for propaganda than a body for deliberation. It rarely, if ever, changed legislative measures brought before it. But it is a forum at which such projects as the new five-year plan are aired and brought to public attention. The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €, C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combinin (establis Chronicle (Sundays and g The Oshawa Times Whitby Gazette and ; published daily ys excepted Members Newspaper Publish- ) Press, Audit Bureau tio Provincial Dailies fC n, entitled to the despatched in the Associated Press co ters mews published therein, All rights patches are also reserved Offices: Thomson & Avenue, Toronto, Ontari Montreal, P.O. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carri hawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bow n, Port Perry, Prince e ampton, Frenchman's Bay, yrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, igham, Burke Cloremont, < ,» and New le not over By mail in Province of . Ontario outside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 per year, of special' des- iding 425 University 640 Cathcart Street Premier Kosygin, fresh from his new 1,517-0 mandate, used the for- um to meet increasing Chinese at- tacks. Recently the Russians have been accused of being in cahoots with the wicked Americans in seek- ing to end the war in Viet Nam. Mr. Kosygin puts the onus right back on his Chinese accusers, He says that heavy Chinese attacks on Russia have "served the cause of American imperialism." As the London paper says, one wonders how it is that, if both the Russians and Chinese are helping the Americans according to the varied views of Peking and Moscow, President Johnson is having such a hard time, -Other Editors' Views MUST DROP PRETENCE Given the wage settlements now completed or pending in Canada, the calculations of the Economic Council, the forecasts of the federal budget and the plans of business generally will have to be revised. Inflation, already a serious vres- sure, has started a new and faster spiral. The politicians and their experts, if they are honest, must abandon the feeble pretence that the nation- al economy is working under some sort of plan, that. the situation, though difficult, is under control. It cannot be under control, of course, when the cost of production is drastically raised by wage in- creases far in excess of any vossi- ble growth in productivity. --Winnipeg Free Press QUEEN'S PARK Motorbike Statistics 'Shocking' By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--What to do about the motorcycle? In the never-ending job of trying to make our highways, and travel on them, safe this is the latest problem. The most recent accident fig- ures issued by the department of transport were shocking. They showed that of 24,460 motorcycles registered this year 1,125 had been involved in accidents resulting in personal , Injury. That is nearly 5 per cent of all motorcycles had been in bad trouble. The corresponding percent- age for other motor vehicles involved in injury accidents is only about 1.3 per cent of reg- istrations. Very obviously the motorcys cle is a big safety hazard. But still . . . what is to be done about it? NO ANSWERS If you have any ideas per- haps you should send them on to officials here For they admit frankly they are concerned. But they also say they haven't any good an- swers, Motorcycles have been grow- ing into an important factor on our roads. Imnorters of the new light- weight cycles from Japan have been pushing them hard. Prices are fairly low and terms are easy. Young people can afford them. And a flour- ishing rental business has de- veloped. One result is that registra- tions in the province have dou- bled in the. past year. And along with this the acci- dent rate has zoomed. CAN'T DISCRIMINATE 3ut what do you do about it? The motorcycle obviously can be more of a hazard than an ordinary car. It can move in and out of lanes and in the hands of an irresponsible driver can cause a lot of trouble. But how do you control it? Unless you knock it off some roads altogether, there is little that can be done in the way of rules which can control it. It's a vehicle. It drives at the same speed as other vehicles. And so _ practically anything that is done in the way of spe- cial controls over it can appear as discrimination. This is the essence of the problem. Government can't dis- criminate. And so though it has taken some steps to try and ensure that drivers of motorcycles shall have some qualification, to date it hasn't come up with anything in the way of special rules of the road which would the motoring public the threat that cycles present. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, Aug. 10, 1941 His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent will visit Elementary Flying Training School at Osh- awa Aug. 29. Oshawa aluminum drive scheduled for Sept. 5-6. 40 YEARS AGO, Aug. 10, 1926 Judge Tytler's report to the Board of Education tabled with- out discussion at board meet. It deals with affairs of board at considerable length, especially construction work Education Board to buy prop- erties on Brock st. for school playground. BIBLE Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. -- Psalm 23:6. The Shepherd's Psalm--what a paean of joy and confidence. This is what faith in God's love can do for us, EMERGENCY OPERATION . Hi i04NSNNANHHLNE CANADA'S STORY Long Distance Call By BOB BOWMAN Canadians, per capita, talk more on the telephone than any other people in the world. If justification is needed, it might be pointed out that Alex- ander Graham Bell did a great deal of his telephone develop- ment work in the Brantford- Hamilton area of Ontario. There is a memorial to Bell in Brantford. The Americans usually claim that the telephone was invent- ed there, but Bell once said that the Americans claim too much, and the Canadians too little.. The telephone was con- ceived in Brantford in 1874 and born in Boston in 1876. It was on August 10, 1876, that Bell made the first long distance call. He installed a telephone transmitter in Brant- ford, and a receiver in Paris, Ontario, eight miles away. The small amount of electric current needed to carry the conversa- tion through the wire came from Toronto, 68 miles away, through the Dominion Telegraph Company. When Bell got the transmit- ter installed in Brantford, he drove to Paris in a_ horse- drawn buggy, and picked up the receiver to listen. He could not carry on a two-way con- versation: just hear what was happening in Brantford, where he had arranged for some talk and music. The sound came through su clearly that he rec- ognized his father's voice although he had not expected his father to take part. If you would like to try an experiment that led Alexander Graham Bell to invent the tele- phone, stand in .front of a piano and press down the loud pedal. Then sing a loud note into the piano without touching the keyboard. You will hear the sound continue for several sec- onds after you have sung it. OTHER EVENTS ON AUG. i6: 1535 -- Cartier named Gulf of St. Lawrence on second voyage to Canada 1658 -- Hotel Dieu hospital opened at Quebec. 1674. -- Dutch captured French forts at Jemseg, now N.B., and Penagoet, now 1691 -- British force from New METER EEE GOOD EVENING UTE IOFTVETE By Jack Gearin Will Council Have New Look After Dec. 5? THE RUMOR MONGERS are busy again. They're talking about a far- off but important municipal ev- ent one that could change the face of the city That's right, its Oshawa's upcoming civic election. According to these people (who profess to know) its go- ing to be a real whopper of an election with plenty of name calling, explosive issues nd revoltionary changes ('You won't Know that old Council chamber when we finish our renovation job,"' some of them say) If the election is. half as exciting as the people say, the popular vote should easily top the 50 per cent mark Many of their rumors nature ally have to do y up of the mayorali His the make- race (Will Worsh lur ly retire m harbor . farm grow," ith such " grass career And what a e ins of the enterprising Clifford Pilkey who WITH THE KINSMEN beat- once regarded Georgie Burt's job as the highest political pla- eau in his life? Is it true that Ernie Marks is ready to toss his hat into the ring again, Most of these rumors are bas- ed on fancy instead of fact, appeal to the unitiated, people with a findness for umsubstan- tiated street gossip. Hard core municipal election news is hard to come by these days primarily because the big vote-day is too far off, Monday Det. 5. Big Name candidates, especially those making their debut in the municipal arena, are reluctant to announce their entry too far in advance. Some don't give the nod until the eve of the election. Others don't really know at this time. DESPITE THE EARLY date there was some hard "ore pre- election news this week The Oshawa Kinsmen Club announced that it will hold a municipal election forum in the Kinsmen ( Inity Centre, Nov. 27, just eight days before the big vote. ! The format of the forum is to be worked out, but this an- nouncement is important be- cause the club is going all out to make it one of the most successful pow - wows of its king ever held locally. The prime purpose of the forum will be to attract great- er interest in the election; spe- cifically, the club would like to see the~ popular vote per- centage take a great jump up- wards ("We won't be satisfied with anything under 60 per cent," said one enthusiastic Kin spokesman this week) The club's rank and - file membership feels much Jike so many thousands of other Osh- awa taxpayers about the Dec. 5 vote -- i.e. it will be 'the most important civic vote local- ly in modern times at least because of the city's growing financial commitments, because the. feeling is strong that City Council desperately needs a good old shuffle within its ranks (which have changed but little throughout the recent years.) a ing the publicity drums at such an early date, it seems reas- onable to assume that this could be a different kind of ci- vic election. Let us hope that it will be one far removed from the depressing 1964 show when the popular vote totalled a pal- try 34.38 per cent (only 19,920 cast a ballot out of a possible 37,580) the fourth lowest turn- out since 1945. For the sake of the record the total vote in 1947 was 2,507 when the only vote was on a money bylaw. The 1953 popu- lar vote was 32.54 per cent. In 1958 it was down to 27.36 per cent. : The Oshawa Jaycees and the Oshawa and District Labor Council have also. displayed strong leadership in past years in the municipal forum business and they will be back again this year with similar shows, which should. be encouraged far more by other organizations. Don't forget that Kin objec- tive, meanwhile -- at least a 60 per cent vote this year. York under Peter Schuy- ler defeated by French under Valrenne in hard fought battle at La Prairie across the river from Montreal 1703--French and Indians mas- sacred British at Wells, Maine. 1760 -- General Amherst sailed from Oswego, New York, to capture Montreal 1764 -- General Murray, now Governor, established civil government for Canada 1779--Royal Engineer John By founded Ottawa 1838 -- Imperial . government disalowéd Lord Durham's banishment of rebels 1883 -- CPR directors made Father Lacombe presi- LUO dent of the railway for one hour 1909 -- Coal miners at Spring- hill, N.S., went on strike until. May, 1911 1925 -- Conservatives under J. M. Baxter. won New Brunswick election 1943 -- Churchill, Roosevelt, and Alliéd military lead- ers met at Quebec 1953 -- Liberals under Louis St. Laurent won general election with 171 seats, Conservatives 51, CCF 23 and Social Credit 15 1954 -- Ground broken at Corn- wall, Ontario for St. Lawrence Seaway power development 1960--Canadian Bill of Rights became law Lo "Russia First' Program To Widen Communist Rift By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent Kremlin leaders at the recent Supreme Soviet session illumi- nated a "Russia first" program which virtually is certain to deepen the conflict in world Communist ranks. The approach to foreign af- fairs was cautious and worried. On the domestic side, the ses- sion indicated continuing con- centration on a program to build the economy so that it might measure up to and com- pete effectively with capitalism, even if this might require the use of capitalist tools. The leadership let it be known that the contest for friends abroad would be pursued with TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 10, 1966... The Liberals were re- turned to power in the fed- eral election 13 years ago today--in 1953 -- becoming the first party in Canadian history to win majorities in five consecutive elections. Under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, the party cap- tured 170 of 265 seats, losing 10 each to the Conservatives and the CCF but still domi- nating Parliament com- pletely, The Liberals' string of election victories had be- gun in 1935, under W, L. Mackenzie King, and ended in 1957. 1920--The government of the Turkish sultan signed the Treaty of Sevres, giv- ing up its empire. 1945 -- Japan offered un- conditional surrender. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Russians occupied Stanislau, Galicia; the Brit- ish advanced northwest of Pozieres; Italians launched a drive on Trieste from Go- ritz. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--German air- men made a mass raid on Moscow, claiming a direct hit on the Krenflin; the RAF attacked enemy 'ship- ping off the French coast and targets innorthern France; the South African air force attacked enemy positions in the Bardia area. Soviet national interests as the most important yardstick. All this will serve to confirm in the minds of those Commu- nists, including the Chinese, who put world revolution before all else; that the revisionist Kremlin leadership is beyond redemption. Priority has been given to the internal economy. Premier Al- exei N. Kosygin read the Riot Act to ministers responsible for the domestic economy. GIVES WARNING Ministers and economic bosses were warned that the U.S.S.R. is in danger of falling too far behind in its bid to rival the U.S. economy. The party and government, he said, are far from. satisfied with the cur- rent state of affairs, despite gains in the agriculture and light industry sectors. These gains, Kosygin said, were not sufficient. Improvement in qual- ity and quantity of consumer goods was too slow in coming. Equally slow was the produc- tion of new articles for the con- sumer. "Of the greatest importance for us," Kosygin said, 'is the problem of speeding up scien- tific and technical progress in the national economy, because in an age of stormy scientific and technical revolution, a lag in this sphere would bring tre- mendous losses to the national economy and mean a drop in the pace of economic competi- tion with capitalism." Kosygin threatened stern measures against "shirkers and spoilers'? and those who put forth insufficient effort to raise Soviet productivity. The leader- ship, he said, was dissatisfied, too, with the pace of capital construction, adding that. all this is "not only of economic but also of tremendous political and international importance." In behalf of party and gov- ernment, he pinned responsibil- ity directly upon ministers and economic bosses to sweep away bureaucratic roadblocks. He called profit and profitability the "supreme criteria of the economy," and demanded such capitalist improvements as at- tractive packaging. and "con- vincing advertising" to keep goods moving from the shelves. He demanded concentration on such measures as_ incentives and: bonuses for farmers and in- dustrial workers to raise. pro- duction and quality. OTTAWA REPORT Meaning Of Canadianism, More Emphasis Needed? 'Patrick Nicholson is on holl- Gays. Times guesi coiummisi today is Hon. Judy LaMarsh, Liberal member for Niagara Faiis, Hon. Judy LaMarsh, sec- retary of state, discusses Canadian citizenship in to- day's guest column: ", , » I will faithfully observe the Jaws of Canada and fulfill my duties as a citizen of Can- ada, so help me god." That is part of the oath of allegiance which every new- comer to Canada takes before formally becoming a citizen of tis Coumry. About 122,000 nor. sons take this oath each year in citizenship courts across the country. People who have be- come Canadian citizens in this way now represent more than one-sixth of our total population. These are, above all else, Ca- nadians by choice. Many of them have given up a relatively secure and prosperous life in another country of the world be- cause they have decided that even better opportunities exist within this country. Others have been forced for political or eco- nomic. reasons to seek a new beginning elsewhere and, hav- ing been forced into that deci- sion, have chosen Canada s the country among the- many who welcome immigrants as the one that best offers the hope of ful- filment for their personal dreams and aspirations MUST LEARN DUTIES Having made that decision-- in many respects probably the most important one of their lives--these "new Canadians," as we who are not so old our- selves like to call them, have had to make a real and con- scious effort to become Cana- dian, to win their new citizen- ship. They have had to undergo a waiting period of five years, to make formal citizenship ap- plication, to prove -- sufficient fluency in one of our two offi- cial languages, to take special classes on Canadian history and the responsibilities of citizen- ship--and finally to take a for- mal oath that they will fulfill their duties as a citizen of Canada. But what about the rest of us, the more than 80 per cent of our population who were born in this country and, in a sense, are Canadians by act of nature rather than act of choice. I won- der how many of us have ever given much real thought, or de- voted much effort, to what Ca- nadian citizenship means to us. Certainly we meet the language requirements and certainly we learn something about our coun- try's history and _ traditions through our formal and informal education. But many of us go through life, 1 am sure, without giving very much consideration to the meaning and responsibil- ities of citizenship in their broadest sense. And we cer- tainly swear no oaths to fulfill those duties. Since under the government's new organization legislation, I am to assume responsibility for @ HON. JUDY LalIMARSH our citizenship branch, I have been giving some thought to this question myself. I must confess that, as one of those native-born Canadians to whom I have been referring, it is a subject to which I have not given much in the way of de- tailed thought before. SHOULD SWEAR OATH Since I have begun to think about it, the question has come to my mind whether we should not give consideration to~ the possibility of introducing some type of citizenship process, on a voluntary basis, for all our citizens in order that all Cana- dians, whether they were born here and are Canadians by natural . inheritance or have come from far distant lands to be Canadians by choice, might have a special opportunity some time during their life to -for- mally declare their loyalty and allegiance to their country. I realize that we already have numerous private volun- tary organizations actively en- gaged in promoting the respon- sibilities' of good citizenship among our people. Most of them are doing excellent work in this area, too, but as is the case with most such organizations, limited resources tend to result in relatively limited impact in terms of the population at large. Would a more direct and ac- tive role by government be beneficial? Faced as we are by the mounting problem of more and more leisure time caused by the technological revolution and its effect on our patterns of work, there certainly will be as ever-increasing opportunity 'for each of us to play a larger role in the many facets and outlets of citizenship. I wonder too whether a_ greater effort to bring home the full meaning of Canadianism to all our citizens might not erase some of that "greyness" from which we in this country are generally ac- cused of suffering when it comes to expressing our na- tional pride and emotion. What do you think? Legacy Of Troubles Left By Nkrumah For Ghana By KENNETH L. WHITING ACCRA (AP) -- Ghanaians who believe all their troubles are over, now that President Kwame Nkrumah _ has_ been kicked out, are in for a rude awakening. Living conditions probably will get worse before they get better, say experts who have been digging into the country's nearly bankrupt economy. Some outside assistance is expected, but Ghana is unlikely to receive massive aid to pay its debts. The foreign debt was $16,800,- 000 in 1959 and climbed to $663,600,000 by the end of last year. More than 356,000,000 is currently overdue. Much of this money went for a national airline, other pres- tige projects and a 60-mission diplomatic. service suitable for a much larger nation. Ghana's overseas embassies are to be cut by half. Ghana haS these ether white elephants: An unfinished nu- clear reactor, a glass factory and two years' supply of im- ported glass, a steel mill which requires scrap metal in a coun- try which produces none, empty and useless coca silos, an un- profitable fishing fleet tied up since its Russian experts were deported, and a 'sugar factory far from plantations. Ghana is rich compared with most developing countries. Its 7,300,000 people have been earn- ing more than $280,000,000 in foreign exchange in recent years, mostly through coca ex- ports. But immediate problems are staggering even allowing for exaggeration by a new regime anxious for aid. The International Monetary Fund is . expected to help. But it, foreign investors and Ghanaian bssinessmen expect strict economic reforms by the National Liberation Council. The bitterest medicine will be cutting the public payroll. Nkrumah put more than 100,000 Ghanaians to work for 55 state corporations. Two show a profit any viable sugat HALIGONIANS HAD ZOO HALIFAX (CP) -- This port city has no zoo today, but it was the site of the first zoo in North America. The 100-acre zoological gardens were estab- lished in 1847 by Andrew Downs, and survived until 1868. Mounted moose heads were sent to European' monarchs from the zoo, and a live polar bear was once shipped to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. SAVE $$ ON AUTO INSURANCE LY Rasen DIAL 728-7567 If you are an Abstainer you save up to $22.00 on your auto insurance. JOHN RIEGER 597 KING ST. E., OSHAWA