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TELEVISION RATING DOW AS GOOD FAMILY INFLUENCE By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinioa (World Copyright Reserved) Over the past decade, television has been losing ground @s a good influence on family life. In 1956 nearly seven-in-ten persons (66%) felt TV to be 2 good influence in the home. Today that proportion is just ¢ Oshawa Fimes 'Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario '. T._L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1966 --- PAGE 4 Til D..---1- 2£64U 411 244YkL AGVULS + That the co-ordination of effort in city hall "leaves much to be desired" was emphasized by the mayor of Oshawa in his inaugural address way back in January. The criticism and evidence 'of general dissatisfac- tion with the pace and planning of civic affairs in the succeeding 'months indicate the problem is still with the city. ' The mayor's suggestion was that council consider the employing of a city manager and also investigate all aspects of an improved adminis- tration including the establishment of a board of control. Largely be- cause of the antipathy of some members of the community to the term "manager" with its inference of authority, the proposal to consi- der such a system was shelved and council has proceeded with discus- sion of the board of control. Nevertheless, the merits of a city manager system cannot be shoved aside. In the last 10 years more than 24 Ontario municipalities have established such a method of admin- istering city business. It has alle- viated the problems stemming from lack of co-ordination through pro- perly relating the planning policies, development, finance, assessment, taxation and traffic. The form of government is wide- spread in the United States and is increasingly adopted in Canada in cities of population up to 100,000. Vietnamese It is encouraging that 70 per cent of the registered voters in South Viet Nam were able to cast their ballots. The pressures applied by the Viet Cong to discourage voters from exercising their privilege were frightening. That they failed to accomplish their mission is evi- dence enough oi ai ieast determins- tion on the part of the South Viet- She Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher £. C. PRINCE, General Monager Cc. J. MeCONECHY, Editer The Oshewa Times combining The Oshawe Times (established 1871) ond the itby Gazette and Gurenicle (established 1863) Is. published deity v y Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publjish- ers Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Onterio Provincial Dailies Association. Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of gpa mv rel af all rene despotched in the paper credi to it or to Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein, All rights of special des- petches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcert Street Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, "aunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, a em up Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over 55c per week, By mall in Province of Ontarie sutside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. Other provinces ond Commonwealth Coun ' $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per year. While a city manager will not neces- sarily 'save" the taxpayers money, the system will give the taxpayers better value for their money in the form of improved administration, departmental co - ordination and planning. For council members it means the revision of standing com- mittees which at present consume a great deal of the elected members' time and involves them in petty ad- ministrative detail. Windsor adopted the city -man- ager system six years ago. As a prominent Border. City alderman told. an Oshawa audience the feeling there now is that "the city doesn't know how it ever got along without it", "Tt is a business-like way to run a city with council setting the policy and the Administrator executing the policy," said Ald. Montrose in a Civic Day address here. It is worth noting that the serv- ices of the administrator in Windsor are held in high repute even though that city has a board of control. A board of control is not deemed necessary by law until a city reaches a population of 100,000. While Oshawa is growing to that status, a city administrator (rather than the disturbing term manager) could play a worthwhile role in bringing the desired efficiency to city hall operations. Voted, But namese to do what was expected of them. Whether it is evidence of much more than a desire to do as they were told is a moot question as The Guelph Mercury says. An official declaration on thé part of the gov- ernment reports that the peopie of Viet Nam "have exnressed the will to build a democracy". Foreign cor- respondents observing the election, have not been encouraged with much about the election beyond the fact it seems to have been conduct- ed properly. A great many people apparently had not the slightest idea why they were voting. However, the real hope, The Mer- cury states, lies in the fact that the candidates themselves, mostly teachers, lawyers, military officers and journalists, are somewhat bet- ter informed. They just might, with assistance from the ruling military and encouragement from the United States, be able to put the country on the road to at least a facsimile of democratic government -- an ideal for which young Americans and South Vietnamese are dying every day. short of five-in-ten persons - nog 9 ES RO e ys a part in assessing the oe levision. Ryde of young people (55%), in theic t:enties, still feel TV is a good influence on family life. But those over 50 years do not agree. Only 44% of older people say TV is a good infiuence. The question: "FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OR HEARD, DO YOU FEEL THAT TV IS A GOOD INFLUENCE ON FAMILY LIFE OR NOT A GOOD INFLUENCE?" Good influence Not a good influence Can't say "1956 TODAY Here are today's replies from the various age groups: 20-29 Good influence 55% Not good influence 23 Can't say 22 100% 30-39 «= 40-49 Over 50 48% 47% "4% 25 28 30 27 25 26 100% 100% 100%, Flexible Skeleton Program Drafted In Event Of Attack By CARMAN CUMMING OTTAWA (CP) -- Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the sirens started wailing to- morrow and nuclear weapons hit Montreal and Winnipeg. Most Canadians apparently would rather not think about it, but it could happen. If it did, would the country disintegrate into complete chaos? What would be the main problems that would have to be dealt with? Most minds boggle at ques- tions like these. Yet a num- ber of Canadians are em- ployed full-time-to plan and prepare for just such a situ- ation. Officials of the Emergency Measures Organization are the first to admit that there aren't any firm answers on what might happen in a nu- clear war. There are just too many "ifs." But some assumptions have been made for planning pur- poses. Among them are these: --If an attack is launched against Canada, there won't be much warning--perhaps 15 minutes or less. But there might be some advance warn- ing of the possibility of attack through a buildup in interna- tional tensions. production facilities would probably cease for a time. Nuclear fallout would be the man threat for most Ca- z *. and communities along the U.S. border would face the greatest threat. --The "more likely" civil- jan targets in Canada would be Halifax, Quebec City, Beauharnois, Que., Montreal, Cornwall, Ont., Ottawa, Tor- onto, Niagara Falls, Ont., Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancou- ver and Victoria. With these assumptions in mind, a flexible skeleton plan has been worked out to keep basic public services going. If war should break out, this is what the planners figure would happen: Key government personnel in Ottawa and the provincial capitals would be advised by a chain - alert system and would move out quickly to relocation centres. The federal government would be set up at several prepared sites In the Ottawa aw "AU Valley on a tight wartime basis, with EMO personnel acting as advisers. ~ Certain departments would take responsibility for emer- gency duiies in their own areas, as set out in the gov- ernment's 'war book." Other departments, suciT Bs national revenue, would virtually dis- appear until the crisis was over. For administration pur- poses, the country would be divided into 10 regions with the same boundaries as the provinces and 32 zones. Head- quarters for the regions would be set up in "holes"--pro- tected shelters built mainly underground with accommo- dation for 275 to 325 people. Six of these structures al- ready have been built, at De- bert, N.S., Valcartier, Que., Camp Borden, Ont., Shilo, Man., Penhold, Alta., and Na- naimo, B.C. Headquarters are not yet constructed in the other four provinces. The question of who is to run these headquarters has not ey been settled, but pro- vincial premiers appear to be likely candidates. If the pre- mier did take charge, EMO officials say, he would be directly responsible to the na- tional headquarters in such vital areas as manpower, economy and resources and communications. Ruf a degree of vagueness hangs over the entire area oi © federal-provincial or national- segigial TEspe es. A federal-provincial confer- ence was held on emergency planning last summer and a communique afterward said the meeting "agreed that dur- ing the initial stages of a nu- clear war each provincial government should be capable of individual operations and should be given necessary au- thority to ensure the proper control of policies and re- sources." It added that there "seemed to be a consensus that the prime ministers and premiers would be a logical choice to become regional commission- ers." While the leadership is still a matter of debate, it has been agreed that the regional headquarters would be staffed by both federal and provincial officials as well as. military and civilian men. CL | QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT DECENTRALIZED FEDERATION Royal Visit Reasonable - - But Politics Out This is a selection of edi- torials on current toples, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Montreal Le Devoir -- For the great majority of Quebec- ers and French - Canadians, the constitutional fiction which makes the Queen the symbol of authority although she plays mo political role does not present a serious in- convenience. The principle of the divisibility of the Crown makes the sovereign the queen of Canada, and as a result it cannot be said she is a foreign sovereign; but since she is at the same time-- AND PRINCIPALLY--queen of England, the monarchical in- stitution in Canada is a ves- tige of colonialism. French-Canadians are more sensitive to this aspect of our monarchy than Canadians of British origin. ... But it seems that in the English- speaking provinces, the young generation no longer feels for the monarchy the sentimental attachment of their elders. In this context, what atti- tude should Quebec take on the subject of a visit by the Queen next year? It is rather normal! that the queen of Can- ada come to the country for the centenary of Confedera- tion and that she visit Expo, since 70 other heads of state are invited. It can well be said that the trips and receptions are su- perfluous expenses, especially if one considers that the insti- tution of the monarchy as it exists in Canada is an anach- ronism and useless... . Just the same, unless our institutions are changed, the visit of the Queen next year is a reasonable thing. But on one condition, and this is that the governments abstain from using this visit for political ends. In 1964, if the Queen had received a warm welcome at Quebec City, this could have been used as an argument to reject the legitimate demands of our province. Premier Dan- jel Johnson has wisely ex- cluded any visit by the Queen to Quebec City next year. Let the reception of the sovereign at Expo be dignified and courteous, without excessive excitement undue propa- ganda and political exploita- tion, and all will go well. Quebec's Liberal students demand the abolition of the monarchy for next year. With- out considering the reaction of the other provinces, the time is a little short. It would first be necessary to find the solu- tion to the difficult problem of bringing our constitution to Canada, It would be a funny republic which still had to go to London for its constitu- tional amendments. And to put an end to this slightly absurd practice, it is necessary first to revise the structures of our federalism and to provide for means of amendment, as well as a court or constitutional arbi- trator acceptable to all parties. For Canada, whether as a republic or @ monarchy, will have to be a more supple and decentralized federation if Quebec is to stay in it.-- Paul Sauriol, (Sept. 13) Trols-Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste--The scope of the victory of Mr. Smallwood, premier of Newfoundland since the entry of the former British colony into Confederation, exceeds the most optimistic calcula- tions by observers. .. . Smallwood is a gambler and a good one. And a gambler on whom fate bestows all her favors. It was from hardship and misery that he led New- foundland into Confederation. But Smallwood already knew where he was going and this man, born to be a battler, had already decided to make Newfoundland his political fief. He created himself a political party, whose undis- puted chief he remains. . . . Is this Smallwood's last vic- tory? All through the election campaign, he said he will not seek another mandate at the end of his new term of office. He will then be nearly 70, But does one ever know with this devil of a man? On the night of his victory in 1962, he ex- pressed the hope of retiring in 1965 or 1966, He let this hope fall by the wayside. But as long as he clings to life and health, will he be able to leave politics where he has known nothing but success? The hold Smallwood has on Newfoundlanders is explained by and dates from his prov- inces's entry into Confedera- tion. To this poor province, io a population which was living in semi-misery, he brought social security, fam- ily allowances and old age pensions. It was a-aort of gold mine for all these good people, However, the memory of hard times is a keen one. Once again the Newfoundlanders have given Smallwood another vote of confidence. Let us not be at all shocked. It is a way of behavior which is not unknown in the other provinces of _Confederation-- Hector Heroux (Sept. 10) Granby La Voix de l'Est-- The Canadian economy is in the process of setting a num- ber of records this year, but rising prices and. costs are causing unrest, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce says. This is to a certain ex- tent the opinion being ¢x- pressed by financiers, busi- nessmen and the public in general. Prices are increasing ra- pidly ... . and nothing indi- cates that this increase will slow down. On the contrary, it will accelerate unless a res- olute effort is made to put an end to inflationary pres- ours. . 5 Mr. Sharp has said what will be done in this country. It is possible that Ottawa will also have recourse to a tax increase, but if it does not in- tervene in other areas of @1:0- nomic activity, this step will turn out to be insufficient, The consumer price index will continue to rise. This year it has marked an increase of more than two per cent, and negotiations be- tween management and un- ions have involved until now salary increases higher than last year. In short, union de- mands are becoming higher in proportion to the increase in prices. Baines CANADA'S STORY HUHNE A eA A Timely Election Loss By BOB BOWMAN It was on September 17, 1878 that Sir John A. Macdonald, won what for him must have been his sweetest election vic- tery. His government had been defeated by the Liberals in 1873 following a scandal about ac- cepting campaign funds from railway promoters. The defeat may have been fortunate for Macdonald, because his succes- sor, Alexander Mackenzie, had to struggle through five years of depression. The building of the CPR to the Pacific had been delayed, and_ British Columbia was threatening to secede from Confederation. When Alexander Mackenzie announced his e policy of "no change" in 1878, Mac- donald came out with his "Na- tional Policy" of higher tariffs te pretect young Canadian in- dustries. In later years his Un- tarin leader MT'Altan McCarthy TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 17, 1966... Charles: Stuart, called "Bonnie Prince Charlie" and "the Young Preten- der," entered Edinburgh 221 years ago today--in 1745-- and was crowned King James VITI of Scotland the day after. Although the Scots were not keen to in- vade England, Charles raised 6,000 men and began a-march on London, but had to turn back at Derby. His army, now a remnant of 2,000 highlanders, was an- nihilated at the battle of Culloden and Charles fled to France. He died in exile, friendless and with only one illegitimate child, who her- self died childless. in 1789. 1928--A six-day hurricane killed 4,000 people in Flor- ida and the West Indies. 1951--The Northwest Ter- ritories' first election since the turn of the century was held. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Serbs, French and Russians drove back the Bulgarian right wing on the Macedonian front; Prince Albert (later King George VI) was invalided home from service as a midship- man, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- the RAF bombed Bethune, Karlsruhe and St. Nazaire, losing 15 aircraft for 11 German; British submarine P-32 was announced lost; three Swed- ish destroyers exploded at anchor; the U.S. granted Russia $100,000,000 in war credits. Sept. 18, 1966... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- the Greek army bowed to Allied pressure and gave up its arms at Kavalla; French units captured Florina, Macedo- nia; British units at the Somme took a pillbox be- tween Ginchy and Bouleaux Wood Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Germans on the Russian Front, isolated the Crimean peninsula; Brit- ish submarines attacked three Italian liners, sinking two; the RAF shot down 17 German aircraft for 11 losses in five daylight sweeps over France; Russia called up all men aged 16 to 60 admitted that if the Liberals had advocated higher tariffs, then Macdonald would have ad- 1705--Marquis of Vaudreuil vocated reciprocity with the U.S.A.! The 1878 election was the first in which the secret ballot was used. Sir John A. Macdonald was opposed to it. He said that men should not be afraid to stand up and be counted open- ly. However, when the votes were counted the Conserva- tives had won 137 seats to 69 for the Liberals. It was an al- most exact reversal of the 1873 election result, Macdonald himself was de- feated in Kingston, and a seat was found for him in Victoria, B.C. although he had never been there. It was--not until 1886, eight years later, that he travelled west of Ontario. British Colum- bia hoped that with Macdonald representing Victoria the build- ing of ihe railway to the Pacific would he sneeded. It was an- other two years before the work hégan. OTHER EVENTS SEPT. 17: 1674--Quebec Council regu- lated prices of commodi- ties made Governor of Can- ada 1792--First legislature of Upper Canada opened at New- ark (Niagara) 1814--U,S. attack repulsed at Fort Erie 1843--Suspension Bridge open- ed at Ottawa 1851--Macdonald, Hincks, and McNab attended a cele- bration in Boston mark- ing the opening of rail- way service to Canada 1859--Victoria Bridge com- pleted at Montreal. It was the first bridge over the St. Lawrence and was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales in 1860 1916--Temperance Act went into effect in Ontario 1949--First NATO meeting at Washington. D.C. Honor- able 1, R. Pearson renre. sented Canada --SS Noronic burned at To- ronto with heavy loss of life 1951--First election held in Northwest Territories Successful Viet Elections Minor Step, Perilous Road By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) --The elections in South Viet Nam have been more successful than the United States evidently dared hope. The voting turnout was com- paratively high and the anti- election tactics of the Viet Cong guerrillas relatively ineffective. But the elections represent only a minor step along the hazardous, difficult and expen- sive road the U.S. has chosen to follow in South Viet Nam, it is generally agreed. The successful candidates are simply responsible for drawing up yet another national constitu- tion--the fourth--for the bat- tered area. The key unknown in the situa- tion in which Viet Nam is just a part -- the 750,000,000 - man- power enigma of China--re- mains unchanged. The official U.S. attitude con- tinues to express optimism that China will continue to avoid direct armed intervention tn- less North Viet Nam is invaded from the south. Other observers are jess san- guine than the U.S. "In the present situation in Southeast Asia, the danger of direct conflict between the U.S. and China is real," writes the Earl of Avon. As Sir Anthony Eden, later prime minister of Britain, he presided jointly with a Soviet counterpart over the original Geneva conference on Indochina in 1954. "There is... a tendency in the Anglo-Saxon world to under- estimate this danger, which will not grow less just because the war in Viet Nam makes us fa- miliar with it," he writes in a prelude to a 12-point peace formula. "The reverse is nearer the truth." Says a Canadian source with direct knowledge of the area: "Tt seems useless at this period to forecast just what the Chi- nese may do." If the Chinese have unleashed a wild-eyed ideological purge internally via the rampaging young Red Guards, he says, can it be assumed that China will continue to exercise its cau- tion about an anti-Communist war raging on its doorstep? China is believed to have 40,- 000 men inside North Viet Nam now. These are labelled as la- borers working to maintain the two railways which connect the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi with China to the east and west. In one sense, this force can be regarded as protecting a vital Chinese interest. In another sense, observers note, the force can be regarded as a manpower beachhead and a precedent for any expansion China might choose to institute for military purposes, Lord Avon's analysis, taken from his recently - published book..called. Toward Peace in Indochina, credits U.S, Presi- dent Johnson with statesman ship so far for resisting a war broader than now exists. holes. In fact one Pion Haak to dig in suddenly, me almost on top of the hood. | With this fall plowing that Mr. Gifford and Mr. Norman Down mostly likely will be with twice as many id h -- ged I'm a ma lose a good Mayor Alderman if all of hogs are not killed holes 'covered. I say kill the little devils a T don't mean the 14-15-year-olc boys, 'Mayor Gif must have been .thinking of Sf when he was that age when called the boys little devils'"'. If these teenagers go gunnin for ground hogs they may ro 4 dentally kill themselves in the cross fire, this is no job for young, usually reckless, inex- perienced boys. Shooting in reach of. and city dwellings should def- initely be prohibited. A bullet missed a friend of ours by a few inches because four hoys were skeet shooting near our farm, Neither should a farmer go into dense bush without a gun no matter if even on a Sunday there's always a chance of run- ning into a rabid animal. MRS. PAULINE COOPER, Farmer. TAXES AND POLITICS Mr. Editor: In The Times the headline in the second section reads Coun- cil Backs UAW Proposals to Aid Autoworkers Find Jobs. This is indeed good as we already have enough unemployed in Oshawa, But is it not time our city fathers thought about the tax- payers I think they should con- sider these points: 1. How many of these em- ployees are from outside the city? 2. How many are taxpayers? 3. How many have been resi- dents of Oshawa for four 'years? Then think again: 1. How many able bodied per> sons have been on welfare in the past 12 months because they couldn't find employment. I am sure a careful would show some of these have pare ents who have been taxpayers in Oshawa for some time, Why couldn't our city fathers do something for them I thiss it's time our city fathers start- ed using their heads and quit squandering tax money to play pounucs. N. G. BELL, 55 Bruce Street , Oshawa, Ont. POINTED PARAGRAPHS A survey shows that the more education people have, the more they worry. Centuries ago the author of Ecclestiastes was aware of this, as he wrote, "He that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow," (1:18) The woman who hadn't known she was pregnant until she had a baby was most like- ly the world's first unexpec- tant mother, BIBLE I thought it good to show what the high God hath wrought to- ward me.--Daniel 5:2. This teaching is not only for kings but for the lowly in heart and humble in mind, and each according to his blessings. Keep not the goodness of the as we know it, under a bushel. 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