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% oot a eS She Oshawa Zines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St, E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher 'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Council Works To Rule To Curb Information ' Oshawa city council is busier 'closing curtains' than a shy glamor girl in a neighborhood frequented by peeping toms, There's a big dif- ference, however: Council members geem intent on blacking out infor- tion which is properly the prop- y of the public. | With a civic election not many weeks away the mayor and mem- bers of council are understandably acutely conscious of their public relations. They want to keep their images popular in all sections of the fgommunity. To do so they are man- Ipulating legitimate council proce- dures to serve their personal politi- gal purposes. A glaring example of this muni- cipal gimmickery came this week, To avoid open discussion of the Hillsdale Manor union agreement, council shifted quickly in an unpre- cedented move, from an open meet- ing to a closed committee meeting. 'The public and the press were thus deprived of all details of discussion. There are accepted - procedures outlined in the Municipal Act. Offi- 'cial council meetings are open to the public, Council in committee is closed. The proper practice is to de- 'clare in advance whether the meet- ling is opened or closed. Council bla- tantly manipulated procedures this week to bar the public from their discussion. Those who have criticized the conduct of council meetings have good grounds. More and more these sessions which are open to the pub- lic have become meetings to ratify, as briefly and non-committally as possible, decisions made in private. We're given the 'what' but not the 'why' and 'how'. Surely a responsi- bility of an elected representative is to make certain those they repre- sent know the background as well as the decision. The Times refuses to be a party to this politicking with procedures which results in only partial, "ap- proved by council" information be- ing made public. We will report in detail discussion and decision in open council, We will seek back- ground information from those taking part and report it too. We will also report when meetings are high-handedly closed and when in- formation considered in the public interest is denied, and by whom. Both the press and council have real responsibilities to the citizens of Oshawa. They are not parallel responsibilities. For the press, co- operation from city hall is solicited in bringing more and more informa- tion to the public. We want no part of any action which will curtail it, Infractions In Minutes . Editorial writers are sometimes saccused of prating without purpose 'about traffic hazards. The charge is that "wolf" can be -to be effective in curbing speeding, Hmproper turning, failure to signal tfor lane changes and stop-street vio- 'he Ostyarwa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher &, C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times F csein og 18671) and the. Whitby Gozette ond 5 (established 1863) is published daily "(Sundays end Statutary holidays excepted). » Members of Canadian Daily Newspoper Publish- ers Association, Canadian Press, Audit Bureau "of Circulation and the Ontorio Provincial Dailies "A i The © Press is | ly 'entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the r credited to it er to The Associated Press gs Routers, and also the local ped Bagpraray therein, All rights of special des evied tan often CFisG VOU Give 425 University Building, 640 Cathcart Street :_ Thomson 'Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; «Wontreal, P.Q. 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It re- ports on a recent test conducted in Washington revealing that the av- erage city driver commits just over nine traffic law violations every five minutes, In this test the driving behavior of 304 men was studied by follow- ing each motorist through down- town Washington with a truck con- taining a concealed cameraman. The number of violations recorded by the testing equipment shouldn't surprise anybody who has taken a close look at the behavior of motor- ists in his own city: Speeding, 87 per cent. of the drivers; changing lanes without signalling, 80 per cent.; failure to stay in lane, 63 per cent.; turning without signalling, 68 per cent.; running a red light, 15 per cent. What would be the results if such a test were conducted, say on King, Bond or Simcoe in Oshawa. mint r ne vRNA UAE LGU gta tnt OTTAWA REPORT 'Debate' Recalls -- Pipeline Fiasco BY PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Nobody can be proud of his role in the great rail strike. The raiiroad managements allegedly met with labor only twice in 10 months to attempt to renegotiate expired work con- tracts; the government did nothing until too late, Those won no spurs. Workers have the right to strike--but has any worker the right to inflict wanton damage on his fellow citizens? On Par- lament Hill we heard about Nova Scotia poultry farmers dependent upon the shipment of Western feed grain; about fish- ermen and fruit growers de- pendent upon transport to mar- ket of their produce; about the tourist industry of P.E.I. de- prived of business by the non- sailing of the ferry, In the eyes of these people, there is no glory for workers who seek jobs on a national utility, and then refuse either to carry out that work or to let others do it. SLOW TO THE RESCUE Then finally Parliament was reassembled--but not for its fin- est hour. Attendance at the opening of this emergency ses- sion was unimpressive. More than 20 empty seats shamed the benches of the minority Liberal government; more than 10 Opposition seats were also empty for good or trivial rea- son. In fact, a vote in which the opposition lined up against the government would have seen the Liberals beaten 121 to 107 by my count, The business of legislating a back-to-work order seemed to be kicked aside while politicians resumed their briefly adjourned partisan wrangles. What we saw was often just another skir- mish in the same old "Seven Years War" between those two old warriors, Conservative Leader John Diefenbaker and Liberal Leader Lester Pearson. This is a war which has been disguised under many alibis-- the Arrow, Coyne, nuclear weapons, the flag, Munsinger, and now the railroad strike. In debate the House was fre- quently as near to a shamble as it has ever been since the 1956 pipeline fiasco. At one stage, while former labor minis- ter Allan MacEachen was ex- plaining the government posi- tion, Mr. Speaker no less than eight times had to call the un- ruly and noisy sparcity of MPs to order, His usual "Order, please" was not enough; he had to say "the minister should be given an opportunity to make his speech," or 'the minister has the floor," or "we should have order in the House," or "the honorable minister has the floor." But even the previous respect for Mr. Speaker Lamoureux had broken down; there was no order. There was chaos, which shocked the union representa- tives assembled to hear the de- bate, and which so stunned one senator that he commented: "It was such a shambles that after 15 minutes I walked out in disgust." ROLLED IN AISLES Yet, in between the hours of gloom, there were glitters of hope. The loudest applause in the BIBLE Sing unto God, sing praises to his name. --Psalm 68:4. Throughout the Bible we are frequently enjoined to sing our praises to God. Yet few ever-do this except in the fellowship of oe worshippers in a House of ingnattceeennernnsices santana ta first day's debate greeted John Diefenbaker's comment that, in view of the gravity of the situ- ation, "1 do not inink ordinary hours of sittine sre eufficient."* Yet four working hours later it was Diefenbaker himself who "called it 10 o'clock" and thus ended the short day's work. The second day, the New Democrats, having forced a long adjournment the previous day, reiused to continue the debate after the normal hour of ending normal business at 10 p.m. Dief's biting sarcasm was spiced with extra wit and scorn as he ripped into the "bum- bling' government. With justi- fication, he rubbed in the his- toric fact that he in his day had stopped a rail strike before it began. Even his opponents could not help laughing at his sallies, such as that parodying the film title to describe Mr. Pearson going to Campobello in the pre-strike crisis "to see the sunset in New Brunswick." "Where was the cabinet strike committee?' he asked. "They were on strike! They were just playing around." Then he dipped into history; "There used to be a British king known as Ethelred the un- ready, .. ."' That parallel made even cabinet strike committee member Guy Favreau split his sides with !aughter. Yet it was certainly not Par- liament's finest hour. Sino - Soviet Rift Serious By PETER BUCKLEY Canadian Press Staff Writer A formal break in diplomatic relations between the Soviet Un- jon and China has become an increasing possibility with the current street demonstrations outside the Soviet, embassy in Peking. It is an open question whether China's militant leadership is deliberately seeking a total rup- ture with Moscow, including the mutual withdrawal of ambassa- dors and embassy personnel. But that eventuality would have been considered by those who organized a rally of the young Red Guards on the street in front of the walled Russian embassy. The calculated defi- ance--on the heels of Russia's protest against anti-Soviet ac- tivity in Peking--must appear in Moscow as the gravest of in- sults, A diplomatic break would put a formal seal on the deteriora- tion in their relations during the last eight years. Plainly, China no longer cares. STEPPED UP ATTACKS What remains to be deter- mined is the reason why China has chosen this particular mo- ment to step up her attacks in such provocative fashion. One possibility is that the "re- visionists"" -- those who seek some form of compromise with Russia over ideological differ- ences and a resumption of Rus- sian aid--have proved difficult to root out, despite years of anti-Soviet propaganda. If so, the new campaign should help isolate them further. Another possible answer is that the Chinese youth and party workers are being rallied in preparation for further strug- gle, either to expand the Chi- nese economy or to support a tougher foreign policy. The eventual solution, if it is ever known, could even prove to be a combination of both factors or of other causes less apparent to outside observers. cen HOSPITAL OVERLOOKS ARAB QUARTER Canadian Project Aids Tunisian Children The ----- of. a chil- dren's hospital in Tunis is a significant step forward in Canada's program of aid to North Africa. A Canadian Press reporter travelling in the region discusses Ot- wa's role. By PETER BUCKLEY TUNIS (CP) -- A plan to transplant a team of special- ists in children's medicine trom Montreal to a new hos- pital in Tunis will add a fresh dimension to Canadian aid for the countries of North Africa. Dr. Albert Royer, chief of Pediatric medicine at Hopital Ste. Justine in Montreal, came to Tunisia this year to study the needs of a 300-bed hospital here. His recommendations have been accepted by the Ca- nadian government's external aid office and he will go back for a year. An entire team of 50 spe- cialists and assistants from Canada will come to man the Tunis Children's Hospital, a modern glass - and - concrete structure on a low hill over- looking the Bab-Sadoun gate which leads into the ancient walled Arab quarter. The cost to Canada for the 1966-67 fis- cal year will be about $500,- 000. For the first four or fice years, the hospital will be run by Canadians but trained Tu- nisians will then begin taking over. There are already 12 Cana- dians at the hospital, a mix- ture of lay nurses and Roman Catholic nuns. They have been on the staff since the hospital opened last November, and several worked for up to two years in the previous tem- porary buildings. Originally enlisted individ- ually, the nurses have since been taken under the wing of the external aid office in Ot- tawa and now represent Can- ada's largest single commit- ment of personnel in North Africa. Canada's presence in the three former French colonies of Morocco, Algeria and Tu- nisia is generally slight, de- spite the exceptional reputa- tion Canada enjoys there and despite a crying need for as- sistance. WILL OPEN EMBASSY The first Canadian govern- ment representatives to take up residence in the Maghreb will be a small staff who ar- rive in Tunis this summer to establish an embassy. Al- though Canada has signed for- mal aid agreements this year with Algeria and Morocco, they are not expected to get resident Canadian embassies for another year or two-- largely, it is understood, be- cause the external affairs de- partment has been hard pressed to provide trained personnel for the flood of new embassies it has had to open in recent years. At present, all three North African countries are served by ambassadors who hold & simulatenous jobs in Europe, Choosing his words care- fully, one Moroccan govern- ment official in Rabat said: "We have excellent relations with Canada, but one cannot doubt that the presence of an ambassador or permanent representative in Morocco would be extremely useful. This is a question for the Ca- nadian government to decide. It undoubtedly has its rea- sons." In all three countries, gov- ernment spokesmen urged an increased role for Canada. As a prosperous large French-speaking popula- tion, a highly-developed indus- trial economy and an interna- tional reputation free of co- lonialist taint, Canada is in a unique position to help the Maghreb, they say. WANT INVESTMENT "There is no lack of oppor- tunities for Canada as a gov- ernment and for Canadians as individuals and investors to assist us," the Moroccan offi- cial said. "In every field-- tourism, agriculture, forestry, mining, education, medicine-- there is a need for assist- ance." But the trouble is far from being entirely in Ottawa. Ob- servers in Rabat, Algiers and Tunis all cratic muddle often makes it difficult for international agencies and individual. eoun- tries to carry through their plans for assistance. nation with a "T"m not sure Canada would have been able to accomplish a single thing more by having an ambassador here," said a Western diplomat in Algiers. "It's next to impossible to get a decision on even the small- est routine matter, even when you go and see some of these people every day for weeks. You might just as well be writing them letters." Algeria's civil is particularly inexperienced, but there are reports of simi- lar difficulties in Tunis and Rabat, ments have had a longer pe- riod of independence to bring along trained empioyees. Tunisia has bulk of Canada's attention so far, although it is the smallest of the three countries and its population of 4,600,000 is only about a third of either geria's or Morocco's. POLITICALLY STABLE The reason {s plainly Tu- nisia's relative political stabil- ity and moderation, and her greater down to brass tacks on for- service where the govern- received the nd willingness to get eign aid. say that bureau- } Apart from the nurses, Can- ada has about 25 primary and secondary schoo! teachers and their families here, plus sev- eral individuals working inde- pendently or with such United Nations agencies as the Mont- real-based International Civil Aviation Organization, THE THINKER Doneircsenaennernen errant CANADA'S STORY TU ML) A General On Menu? By BOB BOWMAN Although Britain did not cap- ture Louisburg from France un- til 1758, Quebec in 1759, and Montreal until 1760, the cam- paigns really began in 1755, Al- though war had not been de- clared, both Britain and France were rushing troops to North America, and there were sharp battles at sea and along the frontier. In January, 1755, a group of transports sailed from Cork, Ireland, for-an-unknown. desti- nation. In the meantime, France was sending 3,000 troops to Canada, under Baron Dieskau, a well- trained German officer. British admirals Boscawen and. Hol- borne were rushed to sea to in- tercept the convoy and sink it, if necessary. They took station off Newfoundland, but most of the French ships managed to slip past in a fog. Three strag- glers were spottied by the Brit- ish fleet when the fog lifted, and Captain Hocquart of the Alcide TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 8, 1966... Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, was found dead 406 years ago today-- in 1560--apparently from a fall. But Dudley was at the time known to be Queen Elizabeth's favorite courtier and perhaps her lover, so many people, such as the Spanish ambassador, were convinced Lady Dudley had been murdered, Rumor pre- vented "Elizabeth and Dud- ley frem_ contemplating marriage but citizens were repeatedly imprisoned for saying that the Queen had borne children to him. Cre- ated Earl of Leicester, Dud- ley waited 18 years before marrying again and died in 1588, perhaps by poison. 1883--The last spike of the Northern Pacific Rail- way was driven near Gar- rison, Mont. 1900--A hurricane killed 5,000 people at Galveston, Tex. First World War Fifty years ago today-- in 1916 -- Romanians cap- tured Orsovo on the Da- nube; British artillery was active between Arras and Lys and there were trench raids near Lille, Ginchy and Richebourg. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day --in 1941 -- the British and Canadian commando raid on Spitsbergen was an- nounced; the coal mines had been destroyed and thousands of Russians and. Norwegians evacuated; Germany allowed the Brit- ish embassy staff from Hel- sinki to cross Europe in a sealed train. HAIDAS SEE WORLD QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY, B.C. (CP)--A group of Haida Indian students made a one- month tour of Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. The school princi- pal, Tom Perrin, organized the tour, which was financed by the Indian affairs branch and pri- vate donations, signalled "are we at peace or 'war. Dieskau, although a brilliant and brave soldier, was defeat- ed on September 8, 1755, by William Johnson, who had emi- grated from. Ireland to New York as a young man and de- veloped the Mohawk Valley. His home, Fort Johnson, still stands near Amsterdam, New York and Johnstown was named after him. He was largely responsible for getting the Mohawks to support the British in the im- portant..bettles that were te follow. Dieskau was defeated by Johnson at Lake George He 'was wounded and deserted by his men when the British found him and brought him to John- son's tent. Johnson was also wounded but insisted that Dies- kau's wounds be dressed first. As this was going on, a horde of screaming Inidan warriors tried to invade the tent, but Johnson managed to hold them off. When Dieskau asked what the Indians wanted, Johnson re- plied "to burn you, by God, eat you and smoke you in their pipes, in revenge for three or four of their chiefs who were killed." Then Johnson ad- ded "'never fear, you shall be 'aocaieternsvvevnnspnapintaeaaamcatannnncasittagannnairy saan tet safe with me, or else they shall kill us both." He did manage to save the French leader who was sent to Britain as a pris- oner, Johnson was given a bar- onetcy, and was honored in New York in what would be a ticker- tape parade today. OTHER EVENTS ON SEPT. 8 1615--Champiain set out with Hurons to fight the Iro- quois. They were defeat- ed, Champlain was woun- ded and had to spend the winter in a Huron village. 1760--Mon 1815--Lord Liverpool to New York en route to Red River 1842---Parliament met at Kings- ton, Ontario (the first session had been in June 1841) 1869---Governor Musgrave tour- ed British Columbia to study public sentiment about the possibility of joining Canada 1907--Vancouver citizens rioted against Japanese. The federal government sent W. L. Mackenzie King, then deputy - minister of labor, to study the situ- ation 1951--Canada signed peace treaty with Japan, rane S| Big Power Co- operation Often Lacked By U Thant By ARCH MacKENZIE Canadian Press Staff Writer The major powers who urged U Thant to stay on as secre- tary-general of the United Na- tions were often less forthright about providing effective co-op- eration, U Thant's statement of inten- tion to quit Nov. 3 after a five- year term stressed in particular his deep opposition to the war in Viet Nam. The scholarly Burmese states- man was the first non-European to hold the problem - prone job, \ succeeding Scandinavians Trygve Lie and the late Dag Hammarskjold. His statement Thursday could be read as a rebuke to those nations whose policies can dic- tate the effectiveness of the UN. No better recent example ex- ists than the UN success in halte ing the fighting last year be- tween India and Pakistan chiefly because the United States and the Soviet Union for once cast their united weight in that direction. URGED TO CONTINUE U Thant in the last year, mov- ing from capital to capital to take soundings, was urged on all sides to take another term. His advice and his objectives frequently were ignored or flouted. He and President de Gaulle of France could see eye to eye on how to achieve a Vietnamese settlement, a formula requiring U.S. action. But France still nurses its surpicions of the UN as a supra-national body, ig- nores the limited nuclear test- ban treaty and boycotts efforts to 'strengthen the UN peace- keeping devices. While the Soviet Union was better disposed to U Thant than to either of his predecessors, it remained a major contributor to the UN's near-bankruptcy, Moscow also halted all efforts, publicly at least, to intervene on the Communist side to get the Viet Nam war stopped. China for its part abused U Thant freely, refused to let him enter last year on a _ peace- seeking mission and seems far- ther away than ever from ac- cepting UN membership should that become available. UV Thant Thursday was blunt as usual in his views of the Asian war and the grave threat to world peace, The U.S. has consistently ig- nored his view on the war, which he has called one of the most barbarous in history, and on working to get China out of its isolation by means of UN membership. "The cruelty of this war and the suffering it has caused the people of Viet Nam are a con- stant reproach to the conscience pparently being given to trols at present \ was the first impression that was left), "Do you think we will end up with controls?" is being heard quite often. hough ( The only way one can foresee them is through drastic infla- tion, and with it chaos in the economy, among people who hold power in the country, Business is against it and so is labor, par- ticularly the leadership sector of labor, CONTROLS IMPRACTICAL The reasons for this are pri- marily selfish. But it also stems from a genuine belief that in peacetime controls are not practical; First, because they would re- quire a massive administrative machinery, Second, because on items such as food, the decisions on Proper price levels would pre- sent political problems that are almost terrifying, For these reasons, and others, governments for the most part are strongly opposed to con- trols, One can't see the Robarts government here, an outstand- ing example of free-enterprise administration, ever voluntar- ily agreeing to controls. It would seem at this point that we almost surely will re- ceive strong economic guide- lines--guidelines that would be acceptable, though questionable in value. It also may end up with some temporary curbs on credit. One can also foresee the pow- ers-that-be going along with these, though probably with considerable reluctance. But this would appear to be the limit for controls in Canada this time. ' In the meantime, the govern- ment here has not shown any signs it is aware of the situa- tion and is at least studying possible approaches to cope with it, POINTED P*RAGP * PHS It's astonishing how many things pass. through the' aver- age person's mind without leay- ing a trace. It's doubtless true that money won't bring happiness, but {t will keep a person from having to take misery on an empty stomach, It's usually difficult to tell a saint from a sinner when they're fishing together. When a man lies like a gentleman to a woman, she should be lady enough to pre- tend to believe him. It is reported it costs about $35,000 to kill a Viet Cong. This high cost is doubtless due in a largé measure to the enormous expense entailed in searching him out, It.is. said the-Auca Indians of Ecuador hate everybody. Most of the rest of us are more se- lective, confiding our hatred mostly to those who differ markedly from us in inherent characteristics, ideologies, opin- ions and beliefs. Why is a microphone used when Ethel Merman sings? of humanity," U Thant said Thursday. "Today, it-seems to me as it has seemed for many months that the pressure of seventh is leading toward a major war while efforts to reverse the trend are lagging disastrously behind. 'In my view the tragic error is being repeated of relying on force and military means in a deceptive pursuit for peace." OSHAWA HOME SHOW THURS., FRI., SAT., SEPT. 15th, 16th, 17th.