sit satiate aah catia | Be Oshara Time Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Economic Guidelines Imperative In Canada The lack of guidelines in the Canadian economy has been glar- ingly emphasized through the end- less rounds of discussions this week in Ottawa regarding a railway con- tract settlement. The inflation threat did not flash suddenly on the national scene, the danger was seen by the Economic Council of Canada in 1964 and 1965 and it warned Ottawa that productivity had to be increased if inflation was to be avoided. "Rising productivity," the Coun- cil said, "is at one and the same time the indispensable condition for the achievement of rising standards of living and a powerful factor in the circumstances required to ease the possible strains and conflicts among the various aims and pur- poses of our increasingly complex society". There was little indication of gov- ernment concern for such a warn- ing. Yet, during the same periods, to cope with inflationary trends, the United States provided guidelines for labor and management in dis- cussing wages and productivity. There it is considered contrary to government policy to allow wage in- creases above 3.2 per cent. Con- sternation came when airline work- ers received 4,9 per cent. boosts to get them back to work. Yet this is a small increase in- deed compared to the 30 per cent over two years allowed for Seaway workers and longshoremen by the Canadian government. And will un- doubtedly also be modest compared to the amount granted rail workers. The inflationary trend in Canada is exceeding that in the . United States. Cost of living south of the border has climbed 2.5 per cent dur- ing the year ending July, 1966, where it has risen 4.8 per cent in Canada. Yet the federal govern- ment has yet to show, cognizance of the seriousness of the situation by establishing realistic guidelines. Its action has been to the contrary. It is late, but perhaps not too late, for Ottawa to get the simple econ- omic message that a country can only pay higher wages if productiv- ity is increased. On this basis, gov- ernment responsibility is to provide the guidance necessary to obtain the co-operation of labor and man- agement to bring the economy back to even keel. Hazardous Hunters With Labor Day just around the corner, autumn days and with the hunting season will soon be upon us. One hundred years ago, hunting in Canada was often a necessity. Certainly it was hardly considered a sport by the majority of people. Today, all the food any family might require can he found in the nearest store. Hunting has become a sport. Our affluent society has placed it within reach of nearly everyone. 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SU BSCRIPTION RATES» Deliveres" by curviers "ii Ceiw Picker 4ibert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, .iverpo0!, Taunton, tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Srono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Wanchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over 55¢ per week, By mail in Province of Ontario > carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year, U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 per yeor, Build 425 University So Cathcart Street QUEBEC EITORS COMMENT The hunter safety programs spon- sored by the Ontario department of lands and forests and ably support- ed by sportsmen's clubs have un- doubtedly had a good effect in this field. Unfortunately, however, such programs seldom reach the people who are most in need of instruc- tion, The vast majority of youn, people who have taken the safety course have been sons of men who themselves observe all the rules of gentlemanly conduct while hunting and are anxious that their sports- minded sons do the same. Those who haven't the faintest understanding of the meaning of the word sportsmanship cause far- mers a great deal of trouble, it is pointed out. They can be stopped in two ways -- by posting of proper- ty -- something many farmers are reluctant to do -- and by mature hunters when they run across the vandals in the field. Police and con- servation officers can, of course, also act, but they are too few to be effective. The Mercury suggests if the ma- ture and responsible hunter would take the trouble to report the van- dals toythe proper authorities, they would be helping keep the woods safe for hunters and, more impor- tant for them, preserving a privil- ege they appreciate and enjoy. The alternative is the posting of all property and the virtual end of hunting as a sport. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS wy Oa 27,1966... Uruguay gained its inde- pendence 138 years ago to- aay--in 1825 -- in a teaiy signed between its two giant neighbors, Brazil and Ar- gentina. The country, one of the last areas colonized in South America, was swept into the general Latin American. fight for inde- pendence early in the 19th century. A brief British oc- 'cupation of Montevideio in 1807 brought new anti-colon- ial ideas. Four years later, Jose Gervasio Artigas, leader of the gauchos,; the cowboys of the Uruguayan interior, began a nine-year struggle for independence by besieging the Spanish colonial garrison at. Monte- ' video. He was forced into exile in 1820, and the ter- ritory was in turn occupied by Portuguese, Brazilian and Argentine troops. But neither Brazil nor Argen- tina was able to annex the area; Uruguayan resistance was resumed in 1825 by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and his Trienta y Tres (Band of 33); and Britain mediated by suggesting the establish- ment of an independent buf- fer state. The Republic of. Uruguay yémains today the smallest independent state in South America. 1776--The British beat the Americans at the Battle of Long Island. 1783--French physicist J. A. C. Charles released the first hydrogen-filled balloon at Paris. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Italy declared war on Germany and Romania on Austria-Hungary; the Brit- ish made gains near Bazen- tin-le-Petit on the Somme front; Austro - German ar- tillery fire was heavy at Tobo!, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--an attempt to assassinate former Vichy vice-premier Pierre Laval failed; Russia warned Ja- pan not to interfere with her trade; the RAF bombed targets in western Germany and France. Aug. 28, 1966... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Germany declared war on Romania; Austrians - bombarded Romanian towns on the Danube; Serbs pressed an offensive east of the Cerna Valley in the Bal- Kans. Secoad World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- the British government assumed con- trol of all railways; the new Iranian government ordered a halt to resistance to An- glo .- Russian occupation; Australian Prime Minister R. G. Menzies resigned, succeeded by Arthur Fad- den; the Russians an- nounced the evacuation of Dnepropetrovsk and des- truction of the great Dne- prstroy Dam on the Dnepr River. POINTED PARAGRAPHS There are increasing indica- tions that the Russians will sooner or later find it difficult to co-exist with the Red Chinese. A person has strong will power who can go into a dime store and buy only the item he went in there to buy. A Russian journalist says people live longer in Russia than anywhere else. They are probably kept alive by hope for a change in conditions, feeling that any change will be an im- provement. uate NNSA ETAT by THINK WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF NAMES eanrerrnneseneeenerseatercreg CANADA'S STORY TOT Seamen On Prairies By BOB BOWMAN Manitoba is identified with the prairie provinces so much that it is difficult to think of Manitoba as one of the mari- time provinces. Yet Manitoba has a long salt-water shoreline on Hudson Bay, and was dis- covered from the sea. It was on August 27, 1610 that Captain Thomas Button anchored his ships Resolution and Discovery at the mouth of what now is the Nelson River. Captain Button had been search- ing for the Anian Siraii that was supposed to make it pos- sible for ships to sail through the continent of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Sailing down Hudson Bay all he had seen was shoreline stretching from north to south. Captain Button decided to stop in the estuary of the great river that flowed into the bay from the southwest in order to repair his ships and give his men some rest. Suddenly the weather turned cold and the ships were hemmed in by ice. Button knew that he would have to stay for the winter, and had his men build dykes to prevent the ice from crush- ing the hulls of his ships. It was a hard winter. Many of the men dic? from scurvy, among them Francis Nelson, sailing master of the Resolu- tion. Button named the river after him. There were only enough men left to handle one ship, so the Resolution had to be abandoned when. it became possible to sail back to England. The Discovery originally had been commanded by Henry Hudson who had been put overboard to die by a mutinous crew. It was not until 1632, after Hudson Bay had been explored by Gibbons, Bylot, and Baffin, that it was known for certain that there was no route to China through the bay, and that it | 'RAIL STRIKE CHAIN 'REACTION Defiance Of Injunction Law Dangerous This is a selection of edi- them on the occasion of a terials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Montreal Le Devoir--Labor unions across the country have decided to put up the most vigorous fight possible to end what they describe as abuse of the course of justice involving injunctions. Even anyone the least pro- union in sentiment feels that something must be changed in this field, that the legisla- tion is probably no longer adequate and that the whole procedure must be mod- ernized. But the fact is that the law, at the moment, has not yet been changed. Even if one approves the union campaign for a revision, there is just as much cause to be scandalized by the new turn of events .. . that of a.general crusade of disobedience. This method is clearly inadmissible. However, it is what some persons seem, to 'have adopted. In La Presse Friday, one read: "The Montreal La- bor, Gouncil,Jast night adopted unanimously resolution ask- ing the Canadian Labor Con- gress to recommend to union members that they defy in | teed all injunctions that the ourts could issue . against strike." Such an attitude cannot win new sympathy for the work- ers' cause. It can even alien- ate some support4 already acquired. .. . Is the labor movement ready to claim that the situa- tion has deteriorated to the point where its action will simply become justified re- sistance to injustice? Will the population as a whole also be ready to think the same way? We are far from being certain oO thats: .. At present, it seems that recourse to the injunction has become the current practice rather than the exception it should normally be. Thus one of the parties is overpowered; the equilibrium of forces is broken. The workers, who haven't- the same power to resist as management, have reason to feel hurt. . . The Canadian Labor Con- gress is to hold an extra- ordinary meeting Sept. 27-28 for the sole purpose of adopt- ing a clear position on all this problem. It will have experts to advise it, We are sure that its position will be more per- ceptive than the one the Montreal Labor Council would have it adopt. Ther@jis no hiding the fact that the crux of the problem lies in the interpretation of the right to picket. Should this ' automatically confer the right to force an employer to close up his shop or should it be interpreted only as -an author- ization to inform the public, other employees, suppliers or customers that one is on strike? The unions opt for the former interpretation and management, obviously, for the latter. ... The reaction of each one of us to this problem depends on his social philosophy. The happy medium is difficult to find. However, in waiting for unanimity to be reached or for a clear majority to be found in one direction or the other, we cannot accept that a group, no matter how pow- erful, take it upon itself to disobey systematically the law and the courts. At the moment, we believe the wish of the majority lies there. -- Vincent Prince (Aug. 22) Quebec Le Soleil--The rail strike has a-particular char- acter, as close as it will come to the longshoremen's strike and as close as it could have been to a strike of St. Law- rence Seaway employees. Wheat is in the background. One' cannot be blamed for thinking that the ugion leaders are taking advantege of this ""émployees' situation. Wheat deliveries are seen as urgent. Canada 'has contracts te fulfil and things must move. A paralysis,* of boats and railway cars threatens to compromise everything. To settle the longshore- men's strike, the federal gov- ernment was influenced by wheat. To prevent a strike by seaway employees, the gov- ernment granted a consider- able salary increase, largely for the same reason. Panic can set in and it can result in granting the railway extravagant. de- mands again so as not to harm wheat shipmeits... . Pay increases of 30 and 40 per cent this year would have an effect two years from now. The spiral would 'have no-end. It is not realized tnat railway rates will then have to be in- creased. . . The _ cost, of merchandise will likewise climb; deficits will get larger. The mass of money in circula- tion.will no longer be enough; it -will also be necessary to increase it. There lies the definition of inflation. However, inflation leads to recession. The abuse by union leaders will involve hardship for all society. That is not a normal way to satisfy the common good, ... the passage would have to be made further north. Captain Button and his crews were the first white men to spend a winter in what is now Manitoba. He called the area "New Wales" in honor of his homeland. OTHER EVENTS ON AUG. 27: 1670--Fort Gemesick on Saint John River surrendered to De Soulange 1760--Isle aux Noix captured abate tn by General William Havi- land 1836--St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad received 2,000 pounds as first payment of a grant of 10,000 pounds promised by Wil- liam IV 1851--Richard Blanshard ap- pointed first governor of Vancouver Island 1907--First report of Alaska Boundary Commission OLD POSER HOT ISSUE Intermarriage Question Erupts Anew In Viet Nam It's not easy for an Amer- ican soldier in Viet Nam to get permission to marry a local girl but there is enough intermarriage to cause resentment among Vietnamese men. A Cana- dian Press reporter de- scribes the situation. By DOUGLAS AMARON SAIGON (CP) -- Canadian servicemen who brought brides home from foreign countries may be interested to know that the old question of intermarriage is a hot is- sue in Viet Nam. It was sparked by a de- mand by Saigon University students that the Vietnamese government do something about marriages between United States servicemen and Vietnamese girls. The students implied that many of tne marriages are the result of moral decline and are being used by 'the girls as a escape from the low standard of living they have now and will continue to have-if they marry one of their own race. What the government should do was not made clear but United States authorities put so many road blocks in the way of intermarriage that it seems unlikely Viet Nam officials can do much more, other than impose an out- right ban. There have been about 400 GI-Vietnamese marriages so far, compared with the 60,000 Japanese and 10,000 Koreans wed by American soldiers who fought in that war zone. WIVES MUST LEAVE Before marrying a Vietna- mese girl, an American must obtain his company com- mander's permission, have his bride-to-be pass medical and security checks, wait hree to four months and then, within 45 days after the wedding, have his wife leave the country. Soldiers' wives are not allowed to live in South Viet Nam. Saigon's English and ver- nacular newspapers have not taken the students' protests seriously and editorial writ- ers and columnists have had quite a bit of fun with the in- termarriage topic. Cong Trinh, who writes, a satirical column called "Much Ado about Nothing in_ the Saigon Daily News, stiggested "the Americans*have done a great thing by taking away from Vietnamese husbands irresistible tempta- "The dollar is harder and stronger," Trinh wrote. "'The many wives' I know have found in this (intermarriage) an act of supreme: be; which has restored peace"and harmony to many Vietnamese homes." Trinh, however, offered a solution, inspired by the early American custom of publicly branding the letter A on the chest of an adultress. PAINT THEM PINK "We should learn from the Americans and so brand all Vietnamese women showing desire to marry Americans," he wrote. "But only with pink paint. Furthermore, we should parade them once a week through the streets, showing the branded chests. "In such a way our na- tional morality will be best protected since every fighter of our national morality will be satisfied, b man and female. The man for human reasons, the female for hav- ing her ideal realized. "For potential American husbands.-will surely..he_ put off. Who would marry chests which have become public property?" In more serious vein, Ton That Thien, managing editor of the Vietnam, Guardian, wrote, in his column, Life's Many Sides, that democracy means freedom of choice, equality of women with men, and freedom to choose the wife or husband he or she wants. "It is therefore the perfect right for a Vietnamese girl to marry a foreigner . . . just as a Vietnamese man has the right to marry any foreign girl he may fancy." Thien took the students to task for contradicting them- Selves, recalling their de- rision, sneers and hatred of Madame Nhu who advocated the same prohibitions when her brother Ngo Dinh Diem was prime minister. But he said he could not re- ject entirely what the students feel--their "certain sense shame because our women prefer foreigners, and es- pecially Americans because the latter have more money." Thien, too, offered a solu- tion: "How our women ought to behave, and whether they should or should not marry Americans, or foreigners, is a matter for the Vietnamese families to settle inside the walls of their homes, The stu- dents Who do} not want their sisters to marry foreigners should educate them at home, instead of denouncing them in the streets." He cautioned Vietnamese youth not to try to vie with one another for possessions-- transistors, motorbikes, smart clothes -- with which to im- press Vietnamese girls, be- cause if it is material things the girl wants she will always turn to the richer American. THE NORTH TODAY I Parliamentarians wage? First Hand Of Far North © _ Thomson Newspapers' par- an Farmer committee on Northern Af- fairs on a tour of the North West Territories and the Yukon. His impressions are published tn a series of two members of the Northern Affairs' committee left Ottawa for Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island under considerable pres- sure. The dreaded parliamen- tary word "junket" hung over the group because of the just completed trip of the commit- tee on Veterans' Affairs to visit Canadian war graves' in Europe. Editorial writers across Can- ada had been highly critical of 'the need for this visit to the cemeteries, but the Northern Affairs' committee was con- vinced that only a 'personal visit to the north could give mem- bers the proper background and perspective. Any thoughts that the 12-day, 8,000-mile tour was going to be a pleasant tourist jaunt among the Eskimos and Indians, was quickly dis- pelled the very first night. Weary from the 1,300 mile flight from Ottawa and with only time for a quick dinner, the committee was driven to a community hall where a meet- ing had been arranged with the local advisory council of Frobisher, The meeting was pre- sided over by one of the com- munity's most interesting per- sonalities, Brian Pearson, a wiry, energetic Scotsman. It was the first time in history that a Commons' committee had visited the north ass eroub pol Mr, Fearsog 18 NOt. one. 00:5: such a ity. iy With the : See wo length of the meeting was the need to translate everything that was said from English to Eskimo or vice versa. Two 'young and intelligent Frobisher Eskimos handled this demand- ing task in a highly competent manner, In his opening state- _ aoe: Mr. Pearson spoke frank: y- "We are not surprised that this is the' first visit of this committee here, We have come to accept the attitude of the absentee landlord. The north has been used for a long time as a political football," Mr, Pearson charged. "A lot of money was used to build a new liquor store here. It is one of the nicest buildings in a com-. munity that derives little bene- fit from it. This money could have been used to better ad- vantage on a high power radio transmitter to cover the whole of the Eastern Arctic, Radio could be used for educational courses in the homes of the people." Mr. Pearson believes educa- tion of the,Eskimo is the key to the suc of the north. parents themselves kn ing of the big outside Tremendous Bargain Gained By Canada At Frobisher Bay The Frobisher meeting was fairly typical of the entire, ex- hausting tour. At most stopping places, local community coun- cils and other groups were ready and waiting for the com- mittee with complaints, recom- mendations and suggestions as to how parliament and govern- ment can improve the life of northern residents, Former newspaper columnist and now Member of Parliament for New Westminster, Barry Mather, likened the committee to a touring baseball team, meeting a fresh local team each night. A REAL BARGAIN Canada picked up a tremend- ous bargain at Frobisher Bay when it purchased the main administrative and accommoda- tion building there in 1963 from the United States. The struc- ture was erected in 1959 at a cost of $9 million to serve as a Strategic Air Command refuel- ling base. Canada acquired it for' $1.00 and it is now used by the Department of Northern Affairs as office space, living and eating quarters. But there is concern about the fact that this large building acts almost as a town within a town and tends to segregate the "southern" Canadians from di- rect contact with the Eskimo. Government workers tend to hole up in the building and the Eskimos keep to their own around the rocky shores of the Bay. But a sincere effort is made to integrate the community at the top level. Half of the mem- bers of the local advisory coun- cil are Eskimo. Nordair operates a_ twice- weekly flight from Montreal to Frobisher but residents depend for most of their heavy sup- plies on the annual '"'sea-iift." The first ship of the season, the Department of Transport ice breaker "Labrador" ar- rived in the Bay July 29, and supply ships were expected from then until mid-October. It is not unusual for residents to receive their Christmas parcels in August -- parcels for the preceding Christmas, that is. The high cost of transporta- tion by air is reflected in food prices. Frobisher housewives were paying $1.25 for a quart of milk, the same for a dozen eggs. Tomatoes were 95 cents a pound, head lettuce about $1 each, potatoes $40 a hundred- weight and bananas 70 cents a pound. Frobisher is an_ artificial community in that it does not . have a resource base and de- pends on the government for its existence. Some 17 Eskimos have full time employment but another 70 families receive wel- fare assistance around $5,000 a month, While most of: the Eskimo housing is very sub-standard by southern coms parisons, not many years ago they were living in igloos in winter and tents in summer. And not more than eight years ago, Eskimos were starving in the Eastern Arctic. NORTHERN NOTES Chairman of the Commond committee and tour leader was Fort William MP Bert Badanai. At 71, he was the oldest mem- . ber of the group but his energy and enthusiasm put most of his younger colleagues to shame. Canada's vast northland rep- resents 40 per cent of our land mass but has only two-tenths of one per cent of the population. Northern Affairs Minister Arthur Laing told the commite tee before it left Ottawa that, "The north is a part of Cane ada. If we don't exercise our sovereignty there, someone else might. Mr. Laing says one of. the main tasks is to move govern- ment closer to the people and overcome the northerners' nat- ural objection to being ruled by legislators and civil servants in remote Ottawa. First election for a seat on the North West Territories Council from the Frobisher area is to take place September 19. The three candidates include a Hudson Bay manager, Gordon Rennie; an aviator, Weldy Phipps; and an Eskimo, Simo- nie Michaels. If all the Eskimos voted for one of their own, Simonie would be a sure win- ner, bui mesi residents cxcops the natives will split their vote, Tomorrow: The Mysterious East. BIBLE Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and be lieveth in me shall never die.-- John 24-26. No other religion offers the assurance of life everlasting. Christianity alone does this be- cause its founder returned from the grave and actively entered into the experience of mankind. OSHAWA HOME SHOW THURS., FRI., SAT., SEPT. 15th, 16th, 17th.