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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario 5 Wilson. Publisher FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1966 -- PAGE 4 National Crisis Demands Calling Of Parliament It is time the Prime Minister dis- pensed with the niceties of nego- tiation, the informal exchanges of views and the like at Sussex House and the dinner meetings at Chateau Laurier. It is imperative that he summon Parliament to avert the looming railway strike. The whole economy of the coun- try would be jeopardized by a rail strike. The threat represents a na- tional emergency. Delay in calling Parliament can only leave Prime Minister Pearson open to further criticism later for not having han- dled the national emergency more expeditiously. The prime minister is certainly aware that Canada can no more stand a rail strike now that it could 16 years ago when Prime Minister St. Laurent called a speical session to deal with a similar strike. As The Vancouver Sun has point- ed out the government knows, the railways know and the unions know that parliamentary action is inevit- able. It has been established under both Liberal and Conservative gov- ernments for years that the gov- ernment is ready to impose a settle- ment on both sides rather than let the economy come to a standstill. The unions have demanded up to 90 cents an hour increase in basic pay, the railways' latest offer to the CBRT is 12% cents, while Mr. Justice Cameron, as already noted, proposes 40 cents, which is approx- imately 18 per cent. The Financial Post has éstimated that to fulfil the unions' demands will cost the railways $125 million a year. This sum, of course, will come out of the public somehow-- either in increased freight rates or, if the government follows preced- ent and freezes freight rates, in the form of subsidy. That is, taxes. The Prime Minister and his cab- inet have undoubtedly precipitated the problem the nation faces today. Their action in the Quebec long- shoremen's and the seaway work- ers dispute set the pattern of ex- travagant wage settlements. The rail worketrs in fact are asking no more than the others have already received, Whether they can have it with- out creating yet another crisis in the economy is, of course, the key consideration. Warnings have come from many segments of soceity that the wage spiral initiated by Mr. Pearson has already reached a peri- lous point. The national welfare demands therefore, that our federal mem- bers of parliament take a hand in settling the rail dispute and putting the economy back on an evener keel. Never Out Of Drive -Ins Catering to a nation on wheels apparently has no limits, The drive- in theatre was one of the earlier phases of the present-day trend which may result in twentieth- century America being labelled the "age of the drive-in'. Canada has even a drive-in bar- ber shop, with the barber clipping from the back seat. That is some- thing new, but the National Geog- raphic News Bulletin reports that in Tokyo, bookworms with cars can She Oshawa Sines WILSON, Publisher E, . smi General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundoys and Statutary holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Provincial Dailies Press is exclusively publication of all news despatched in ft! per cred ted to it or to The Associated Pr: er Reuters, and also the local news published therein. 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In this modern market shoppers at- tach baskets to the sides of their cars and drive through wide lanes stacked high with merchandise. Walking attendants drop the groc- eries into the basket. There are also drive-in church services, and in some warmer areas of the United States a few minis- ters conduct "park and worship" services for motorists hurrying to the beach or golf course. Even tradition-loving Britishers are busily engaged in converting thatched-roof coaching inns into motels. There are also giant new motor lodges in London which fea- ture bowling alleys, ballrooms, ice rinks and tea-making alarm clocks. It would be an error, The St. Catharines Standard says, to con- clude that the idea of motels and drive-ins is new, While the boom is new, ancient Romans loved to take weekend trips, and they frequently stopped for the night at roadside mansions specially designed for the chariot set. SITE SELECTED 50 YEARS AGO QUEEN'S PARK Political Controversy Over Milk By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--A fuss is building up between here and Ottawa over milk. Ontario Agriculture Minister W. A. Stewart says Ottawa should increase its subsidy pay- ment 'to Ontario producers of milk for manufacture. Federal Minister J, J. Greene says Mr. Stewart is trying to make a political issue and shift his problems on federal shoul- ders. WHO SUBSIDIZED? When it comes to a subsidy payment, the balance of the ars gument would seem: to be on Mr. Greene's side, Both Mr. Stewart and Pre- mier Robarts have given really only one pertinent argument as to why Ottawa, not Ontario, should provide any new sub- sidy. They say people all across Canada consume Ontario milk products. And Ontario shouldn't be expected to subsidize cone sumers in the rest of the coun- try. But why is this subsidy being asked for? Is it because consumers are holding out against high prices and assistance must be pro- vided to hold the price down? No, it isn't, It is because a section of Ontario milk pro- ducers say they can't operate profitably on what they are get- ting for their milk. Some people, at least, say these are uneconomic produc- ers who probably shouldn't be in the business. So why should the people of the rest of Canada subsidize them? If we need them, then it would appear to be Ontario's job. to assist them, ONTARIO SIDE On the part of Ontario, it can be said that a federal subsidy is given to milk because the country needs a milk industry and it couldn't have been built up, and can't be maintained, without assistance. And as Ontario is the most important milk producer, and its farmers require further as- sistance, then the federal au- thorities should increase their payments. But this is an argument you don't hear voiced here. And the reason for this, you have to sus- pect, is because we know it is not a sound one. Not sound, principally, be- cause it is uneconomic opera- tors who need the further as- sistance. And unsound because an eco- nomic dairy industry probably can develop in other areas of the country at the present rate of assistance. The nub of the whole ques- tion, of course, is that Mr. Stewart and the government are trying to protect the On- tario industry, And this is an obligation of Ontario, not of the federal government. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 19, 1946 Rev. E. Donevan Jones was guest soloist at the weekly con- cert of the Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band in the Mc- Laughlin Bandshell. General Motors will continue work Monday instead of clos- ing down because of material shortages 35 YEARS AGO Aug. 19, 1931 Eugene Henry, son of the proprietor of the Central Hotel, helped save "Bud" Sim- mons from drowning in Whitby Harbor. Merchants urged to decorate premises next week for Cana- dian Legion provincial conven- tion. CANADA'S STORY Dieppe Remembered By BOB BOWMAN Although it happened only 24 years ago, the Battle of Dieppe is the outstanding event in Canadian history for August 19. It may always hold the spot- light. Few events have been more misunderstood even by leading writers and commentators, The raid on Dieppe has often been described as a failure and too costly. Some 5000 Canadian sol- diers chiefly Second Division, took part and there were 3350 casualties including prisoners. It was a heavy price to pay, but paved the way for the opening of the Second Front two years later. The lessons learned at Dieppe saved lives when the time came to launch the grand assault on the Nor- mandy beaches. Dieppe was a "combined operation" with limited objec- tives, carefully planned before the raid took place. Canadian soldiers and British Comman- dos were the ground troops. Almost equally important were the parts played by the RAF and the RCAF, and the poral Navy, They were tremendously successful, The navy had to get hundreds of small ships out of the har- bors along the south coast of England during the night, assemble them in the English Channel, and sweep them through the minefields to Dieppe. During the action, the guns of the destroyer escort shelled the German fortifica- tions and drove off German planes with their anti-aircraft fire. One of the big lessons learned that the guns of the destroyers were not powerful enough to destroy shore bat- teries, and when D-day came battleships were assigned that task. It was also learned that bombs dropped by aircraft could not penetrate the caves in the cliffs where the Dieppe guns were hidden. If there had 'DID HITLER FLINCH?' Camp Borden Held Rugged Reputation By CARMAN CUMMING CAMP BORDEN, Ont. (CP)-- In the late summer of 1938, with war talk in the air, 700 troops from Camp Borden paraded in a motorized column through the centre of Toronto The brave sight impelled their commander, Col. W. G. Hagarty of Halifax, to observe: "I guess Hitler's heard of Camp Borden by now." History doesn't record whether Hitler flinched at the thought of Camp Borden. Many Canadian veterans still do. The memories are of sand, poison ivy, route. marches and more sand. Camp Borden was officially opened 50 years ago. Since then hundreds of thousands of troops have trained here, During the Second World War alone 185, 000 soldiers--almost half the num- ber who served overseas -- passed through the camp. ; Since the end of the war, it has eased back from this frene- tic pace Its streets are well shaded now and the sand beside them has even produced some grass. Married quarters and shopping centres have sprouted and chil- dren play in the parks while the camp goes on with its main work--turning out trainees 5,000 or more at a time. The name has been changed, officially at least, Borden. 'LIFE WAS MISERABLE' A half-century ago, the land- scape was not so pleasant. Then, as the defence depart- ment now admits, "'life was miserable and dissatisfaction acute."' The site for Borden, 15 miles west of Barrie, was actually surveyed in 1905 although the decision to open the camp did not come until 1916. Sir Sam Hughes, the volatile minister of militia, toured the desolation of sand and pine stumps on a Sunday in May, de- claring afterward that it would become "one of the best mili- tary camps in North America." The government bought 60 Square miles, at prices as low as $3 an acre. Within two months the stumps had been burned and hacked away and 33,000 men had been moved, grumbling, into a huge city of tents lined up on a black- ened plain The Royal Flying Corps -ar- rived the following year and the camp took on the dual nature it has held right up to the pres- ent. Primitive JN4 "Jennies" blew up sand with their propellers while Packard ambulances, nicknamed "Hungry . Lizzies," stood by the field. The Hungry to Canadian Forces Base Lizzies were busy. In one day period in 1918, flying fot dents killed 19 airmen, though the camp did train more than 3,000 pilots by the end of the war. HAD SHAKY START On the army side, the camp settled down after a shaky and near-mutinous beginning. As soon as the troops arrived, reports began to fly that the camp 'was badly organized, drilling was severe and the men were going hungry. Officers on the spot insisted that all was going well. One was quoted as saying the troops were "the happiest lot of men I ever saw in my life." One young officer who was there from the start, Capt. Les- lie Frost, later premier of On- tario, recalls that the officers were "decent fellows' but knew little of war or commanding men, "Some of these people got the idea that to harden up the troops they should march them without water in their water bottles--a piece of utter damned foolishness." At 'any rate, dissatisfaction had mounted to a high pitch by the time of a planned opening parade before Sir Sam On the night before the pa- rade, the Toronto Globe re- ported, there were "'riotous pro- ceedings" protesting conditions. Next morning, 'weird cries" came from the London (Ont.) Brigade and the men could be heard shouting: "No parade to- day!" "There are many desertions, and inquiries are being made at various stations along the line." However, the men did parade and Sir Sam, after "jollying" the officers over their fears -of trouble, watched with the cream of Toronto society. Mr. Frost recalled it as a "magnificent affair' but hardly military good sense. The men marched without tunics, he said, in shirts and straw hats with the brims turned up at one side. "We didn't carry weapons be- cause there were no weapons-- they were all being used over- seas."' The Globe reported the event this way: "Nearly 30,000 men marched up and down an arid plain over a mile in length under the scorching sun. The tramping of their feet pounded the plain to powder and the men looked like an army of coal-heavers, from the black dust rising from the burnt grass." Thirty-six men collapsed from heat prostration. One of them, a Scot named John Campbell, died. big been battleships at Dieppe, those coastal guns could have been destroyed. They did the worst damage, especially when Canadian tanks were landed. Books have been written about the heroism. of the Canadians at Dieppe. The com- manding officer of the outh Saskatchewan Regiment, Lieu- tenant Colonel C. C. Merritt, and Honorary Captain J. W. oote, chaplain of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, were awarded the Victoria Cross. Although the spotlight was on the ground troops, the great supporting roles played by the air force and the navy should not be forgotten. OTHER EVENTS ON AUG. 19 1712--Treaty of Paris signed, It turned out to be a four months truce between Britain and France. 1831--Ship "Lady Sherbrooke" lost off Cape Ray, New- foundland, with 273 lives 1831--Ship "Lady Sherbrooke" lost off Cape Ray, New- foundland, with 273 lives 1840--Steamer "Ontario" de» scended Lachine Rapids. 1916--Duke of Devonshire ap- pointed Governor Gen- eral. The retiring Gover- nor-General, the Duke of Connaught, laid the cor- nerstone of the new Par- liament Buildings of Sep- tember 1. 1954--Right Honorable C. D. Howe awarded Guggen- heim Medal for his part in the development of Canadian aviation. 4 Russ Attack On Hooligans Would Jar Rights Defender By JOHN BEST MOSCOW (CP) -- Soviet au- thorities are so worked up about the problems of crime and '"'hooliganism" that they have produced a decree which in the West would raise alarm bells among human rights de- fenders. But it hasn't caused any noticeable stir here. The decree, published by the presidium of the Supreme So- viet, gives the police--who al- ready wield far greater power than in democratic Western so- cieties--additional authority to deal with violations of public order in a summary manner. The new pronouncement is not without its amusing aspects, however. The decree gives the local police chief power to levy a fine of three to 10 rubles on a person found drunk in a pub- lie place. The spectacle of the. police trying to take a few rubles from a hopelessly intoxicated Russian indulging in his time-honored right: to enjoy an occasional bender packs more potential for hilarity than a Keystone Cops escapade. They'd better not try it on the street or they might find them- selves face to face with an angry crowd, Russians have a built-in. tolerance for drunkards. The decree recognizes a frequent connection between drunkenness and crime. A high percentage of law violations are said to be committed by persons under the influence of alcohol. "The perpetration of a crime by a person in.a state of in- toxication is a circumstance aggravating his guilt,"" says the document. This represents a reversal of the former policy which made drunkenness an extenuating cir- cumstance in fixing punishment for a crime. POWERS ARE BROAD The decree also gives police wide powers of control over persons who may never have committed a crime but whose conduct the police consider rep- rehensible They are referred to in the decree as "persons systemat- ically engaging in the violation of public order and other viola- tions of law and formerly not subject to administrative meas- ures or punishment according to criminal law." These people can be detained by police for registration and "official warning about the in- admissibility of their anti-public behavior." Fhe potential here for police harassment. of people they con- sider suspect--or simply people they don't like--is enormous. The discretion as to who fits the category of systematic vio- lator of public order apparently lies entirely with police. Another remarkable provision is one encouraging citizens to take the law into their own hands in order to apprehend a criminal, "The actions of citizens aimed at stopping criminal encroach- ments and detaining the crim- inal . . . do not entail criminal or other liability, even if these actions willy-nilly cause harm to the criminal. "If a person, when an attempt is made to stop his hooligan or other criminal actions, is caused bodily harm, he will pay the cost of medical treatment from his own pocket," Given the present aroused state of Soviet public opinion toward hooligan behavior, mob violence against criminals is not impossible. But there has been no admonition that only enough force be used to stop the crime and arrest the crim- inal, (mv nrmenscgna aeons sts TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 19, 1966... Five women were hanged for witchcraft at Salem, Mass., 274 years ago today --in 1692--in the course of a series of events unique in North American history -- the Salem witch trials. The trials were stimulated by a book on witchcraft by the Boston Congregational ist pastor Cotton Mather, published three years ear- lier, and were participated in by clergymen as well as the laity. The hysteria over alleged witches in Salem village was sparked by ac- cusations by 10 young girls that Tituba, a clergyman's West Indian slave, and two old women had bewitched them. The frenzy spread ra- pidly, and within four months hundreds were ar- rested and tried, 19 hanged, and one pressed to death for refusing to plead. The following year, the Massa- chusetts governor ordered thé release of all prisoners charged with witchcraft. 1846 -- The United States annexed New Mexico 1960 -- U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced OTTAWA REPORT Parliament Performance Deserves Plaudits, Too Hon. Allan MacEachen, minister of national health and welfare, writes today's Guest Column pointing out that Parliament is doing a better job than some of its critics suggest:- OTTAWA--It is perhaps hu- man nature for a politician to view a guest column as an op- portunity to turn the tables on his host. Parliament, and poli- ticians generally, have become favorite whipping boys for the pundits, and there is a tempta- tion to reply in kind when an opportunity like this arises. However, I will resist the temptation and confine myself to a few facts about the par- liamentary situation, past and present. Readers, I am sure, will re- cal that black weekend several months ago, when the Com- mons was seized with the so- called Munsinger situation Par- liament, after months of squab- bling and time-frittering, had descended to a new low and its early demise was being pre- dicted on all sides. In the middle of this crisis, I had occasion to speak in Am- herstburg, Ont., and I referred to the p nentary situation in these we "Some of r editorial writ- rs and political pundits are vringing their hands and pro- aiming tha! Parliament is in death throes, that it has un- 4 : spairable damage. > sentiments, in fact, were expressed publicly by the Jeader of one of the parties in oppo: ition." RENGTH sagreed with this assess- ment and predicted that Parlia- ment was made of sturdier stuff, that time would prove the ndra's wrong. I suggested that with restraint and self-con- trol the difficulties could be overcome and the present Par- liament could become a con- structive and productive one. This speech was fairly widely reported and it led to a spate of editorials denouncing my Pollyanna optimism and sug- gesting I was a fool to think that anything worthwhile could come out of the present Parlia- ment. We haven't heard much recently from the political pun- t any. obiect ive adits Sut observer must concede that the 27th Parliament has come a long way and accomplished a great deal since the Munsinger diversion. I venture that its perform- ance since that time can stand comparison with that of any other Parliament. In my own department, two major legisla- tive measures--the health re- sources fund and the Canada Assistance Plan--have been ap- proved and a_ third--medical care insurance--is well on the way. These, I think, are three of the most important items to come before Parliament in re- cent years, and despite the odd partisan flareup, members on all sides of the House ap- proached them in a responsible and constructive way. RANGING DEBATES Major changes in the Bank Act have been brought forward and discussed, and important legislation in many fields proc- essed. In addition, there have been debates, of a very high quality, on such things as capi- tal punishment and the war in Viet Nam and some two dozen committees have been at work morning, noon and night, going over the government's spending plans with a fine-tooth comb and examining such important matters as drug costs, highway safety and the crisis and con- troversies swirling around the j owned Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Of course, there is time wasted in Parliament and there always will be; this is one of the prices we pay for democ- racy and it's a small price, in- deed. And of course, members at times will be inclined to ap- proach issues in a_ partisan fashion; this is unavoidable in a parliamentary system based on political parties. The alter- native is dictatorship. Parliament has shown it can work, effectively, and effi- ciently, when members put their minds to it. publicly Students Loans Entrenched In Financing Of Education By DENNIS ORCHARD OTTAWA (CP) -- Student proved by the prov- yensed by the banks and nteed by the federal government have become en- trenched in the financial struc- ture of higher education in less than two years. Borrowing under the Canada Student Loans Act promises to climb to $100,000,000 by the most conservative estimates. be- fore it levels out. Last year, 47 cent of university students outside Quebec obtained loans averaging between $300 and $400 The federal government has not made clear whether its tong re intentions in the aid are to re- n or to expand form of bur- . scl rships or both t any 1e now 'to re- place the loans--which start out § > to the student, but all on him for re- cost a lot of loans inces ner p money Provisions of were. changed. just journment of Parliament July 14, to cover the heavy demand being. experic d by univer- sities from coast to coast With final figures _ still complete for the 1965-6 loans for full-time yond the secondary s¢ hool level ed at $37,000,000. re 96,500,000 fund before ad- the loan ar and 50,000 the it the computer keeping track here cannot yet say how m of the last num- ber were repeat customers, Of- ficials plan to ask the computer in a few months when it may have enough information to reply. Students may qualify for loans of up to $1,000'a year and up to $5,000 during their under- graduate careers. They borrow from the chartered banks, who charge 5% per cent and collect the interest from the federal government while the student remains at school The students' interest-free pe- riod continues six months past graduation, but repayment' at six per cent must start then and clear the debt within five years. BIBLE And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. -- Luke 6:31. This is similar to the "Golden Rule": Love thy neighbor 'as thyself: a perfect test of our love for others. by a Moscow court to 10 years for espionage. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- the Bulgarians cap- tured Seres, in Macedonia; the British advanced on both sides of the Pozieres- Bapaume 'road, straighten- ing advance lines on the Somme front; the British light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth sunk by torpedoes in the North Sea. were Almost all borrowers still are undergraduates and _ officials here have no indication yet of repayment trends. SOME CRITICISM Serious discrepancies from province to province in admin- istration of the plan were largely eliminated after the first year. But the fund has its vociferous critics, including the Canadian Union of Students and, in Parliament, the New Democratic Party. They believe loans are not a fair burden to impose. Low-income families, needing the. money. most, are reluctant to incur debt, inexperienced in its management and unable to assess the rewards it makes possible, they say. Repayment may inhibit the start of a promising career for the new graduate or discourage postgraduate studies, they add. The critics say that inequities remain in administration. For instance, Ontario makes stu- dents take a $150 loan before they may qualify for provincial bursaries, and the province has been rapped for reversing the principle that loans should sup- plement bursaries, not the other way around. HAVE NEEDS TEST Government spokesmen say rigid needs tests must be the rule when the demand for loans outstrips the supply of money available. It is kept secret just how each province decides that Johnny will get $600, $300 or nothing at all. But the provinces have agreed in general that they must consider a standard list of costs and assets. Johnny must specify these costs: tuition, books, room and board, clothing and recreation needs, and transportation. If the lives at home he may include 40 to 50 per cent of the costs of living away from home, If he lives out of town, the cost of two trips home a year is a proper claim, The assets he must enter in- clude his parents' income and his savings, summer earnings, earnings during the academic year, any scholarships and other assets--and a car if he has one. Finance Minister Sharp has described the loans 'as a first major step in large-scale stu- dent assistance but has not men- tioned further measures. NOON WINERY tim! IND ON' ONTARTO mt O CANADA s