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Oshawa Times 'Published by Cancdian Newspapers 'Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario _T, L..Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1966 -- PAGE 4 - Ottawa Moves To Spur Home-Building Industry The federal government has again " yather reversed the field. While _ talking and instituting some re- straints it has nevertheless moved to stimulate the home building in- dustry. And there can be strong ar- guments both from a social and political point of view for doing so. Proposed government legislation will increase the total amount of housing mortgages that may be in- sured under the National Housing Act. This should attract more insti- tutional lending. Further Ottawa will raise by $750,000,000 to $4,- 000,000,000 the limit that may be loaned by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation out of govern- ment funds. The fact that private lenders have been finding fields of investment other than mortgages more attractive, apparently has dic- tated this step. Of major importance, is the deci- sion to make NHA loans also avail- able for the purchase and renova- tion of existing hortes. This should stimulate the market in established urban areas, antymay serve to coun- ter the emphasis on new suburban development. The néw federal measures will provide a stimulas to the housing industry, and to a degree the dur- able goods industries as well. Now, while. members of parlia- ment: will give their approval to these measures, there are a couple of questions they might also con- sider. Attention has been drawn to them by The London Free Press. They are, first, the degree of in- volvement proper for government in the financing of houses; and second- ly, whether the policy followed is meeting the real needs. The Free Press raises the ques- tion that the federal government ould be responsible for adding to municipal problems and in the .end boosting taxes at that level through over-concern for housing support. Matter Of Manners It is not often that Canadians cate to draw attention to problems they have in common with the So- st Union. However, a Russian writer has recently published a la- ment for what he terms the down- gtading of manners in that country. And, .on reading it, a Canadian edi- toy has surveyed the scene here and made these observations: Youngsters and young . people grab seats on buses and let older men and women stand. Individuals sail into stores and shops without a thought for anyone elge, letting doors ¢wing back into faces of those who follow. eople push ahead of others, out ,.when lining up at cash reg- skers in stores, shops and restaur- atts and apparently think they're She Oshyavwa Simes E. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor Oshawa Times combini diy Gan Times x end Statutary holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Dally Newspoper Publish- erg. Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. 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Little acts of kindness and good manners, such as holding open a door for someone, often.are dismiss- ed with a stoney start without even a nod of thank-you. Boorish motorists frequently edge their way into a parking space into which you were obviously going to back and generally cut in and out of traffic without any regard for safe- ty let alone common courtesy. As the Galt Reporter writer says there could be many reasons for the decline but the responsibility can largely fall to parents. It's much easier to let. youngsters go their own way and 'it's much less trouble. Other Editors' Views | ACTING THEIR AGE (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) Statisticians have found out that one-third of Canada's population is under 15 years of age. They have been inable to estimate how many the remainder are continuing to act as if they still were. Canadian Press is exclusively " ADDITIONAL HAZARD Many a man has had his downfall at the gambling tables of Las Vegas. Somehow, few would have expected Georges Lemay to come to another apparent end of the road that way. As long as he has been in the public eye, he has been almost in a class by himself -- unfortun- ately. In another era he might have become a folk hero. al -- Montreal Star ¢ OTTAWA REPORT Return Advocated PATRICK NICHOLSON 'OTTAWA--This column has .referred to our anxious young people, who are adopting a pat- tern of non-conformity to pro- "test against our' present social Jeadership. Even more signifi- cant' and sophisticated is a gp ge group of older peo- ple, who are just as anxious, and are protesting against our political leadership. These call themselves appropriately the Congress of, Concerned Cana- dians. This is a non-partisan move- ment. Its membership is not confined to the supporters of any one political party but, as its name makes clear, consists of Canadians who are con- cerned about the direction in which Canada has been headed by recent governments at Ot- tawa. This protest movement was conceived and started by ordi- nary Canadians without any To Self-Reliance in danger, I will protect: him; but if he is lazy, he can get off my back!" The ultimate goal of the new movement is a free, affluent and strong-nation, its strength -stemming--as in our pioneer days--from the self-reliance of all Canadians. It aims to assist the election to Parliament of dedicated and responsible rep- resentatives, who will place first the interests of the nation and their constituents, and never be--like performing seals --the puppet of their party. In common with such diverse poli- ticians as John Diefenbaker and Walter Gordon, C.C.C. believes it to be essential that Canada should actively protect its sov- ereign independence. SECOND GROUP The creation of this grass roots .movement by ordinary Canadians was inspired by the recent performance of parlia- ments and governments in Ot- tawa. Its supporters are espe- special claim. to prominence. ciaiy disturbed by the abdica- Its purpose is political only in the sense that it will try to in- fluence existing parties, by sup- porting members who endorse the principles embraced by con- cerned Canadians. POLICY FOR ALL Its policy declaration advo- cates many desirabld correc- tions to our present drift: an equitable sharing of the bene- fits of automation by consumer, dabor and investor; the provi- sion of comprehensive and co- ordinated welfare services, but only for those who are, unable to provide for themselves; a revision of labor laws to pro- tect the public interest, to make Canadian unions autonomou: and to maintain the individual's right of choice and recognition of ability; educational policies to equip all Canadians with equal opportunity; and re- drafted tax legislation to pro- vide incentives. to Canadian ownership and, through more efficient government adminis- tration, to permit the reduction of taxes, The philosophy of the con- cerned Canadians is neatly summed up by the slogan re- peated to me by one of them: "If my brother is sick, I will heal him; if he is ignorant, I will.teach him; if he is hungry, I will feed him; if his rights are 4 ~ cerned Canadian, tion of effective power by Par- . liament, and the consequent take-over of management in Ot- tawa by the growing and costly civil service. A prominent figure of Parlia- ment Hill, the recently retired senator, Tom Crerar of Winni- peg, has urged new and younger leadership in both our major parties. He began his political - life half a century ago as the leader of the famous Prairie farmers' protest movement, the Progressive Party. I am told that his experienced hand played a major part in drafting the policy declaration of this néw progressive movement; since he is certainly a con- I can well believe this. Whether or not the aims of this movement meet with uni- versal approval--and they well may--it is serving a: valuahle purpose by stimulating discus- sion among concerned Cana- dians. It already has chapters in every major city and in many rural communities, It plans to grow through regional councils, which will in turn spread out into more rural communities through local councils. Full information can be obtained from: The Congress of Concerned Canadians, Fifth Floor, 42 Charles Street East, Toronto, Ontario. 'Persistent Harassment' ; Indian Politicos Protest By RAM SUNDAR BOMBAY (CP) -- Opposition members of the Indian Parlia- ment are agitated over what they call '"'persistent harass- ment" by the police. Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda, who is in charge of in- ternal security, has denied al- legations that opposition MPs are shadowed by the police, that their telephones are tapped and that their letters are opened. The minister's explanations have not satisfied opposition leaders, one of whom, B. P. Maurya, described Nanda's de- nial as "'an utter lie." The issue has become the subject of a major political con- troversy, especially against the background of the forthcoming general elections. A. K. Gopalan, leader of the pro-Moscow faction of the Indian Communist party, told Parlia- ment his house was surrounded by plainclothes men. "The government is behaving as if we (the opposition) have no existence in a parliamentary democracy," said Prof. Hiren Mukherjee, another Communist MP and an Oxford graduate. Nanda said he had personally investigated the Communist leader's complaint and found it untrue. He said he went to Gop- alan's house and spent some time in its vicinity. He saw no policemen. CLAIM SHADOWED Gopalan also said Communisi MPs are followed when they ride \to Parliament House. The Indian government is embarrassed by the fact similar by. non-Communist members of Parliament. Prof. N. G. Ranga, leader of the right-wing Freedom party, says that even letters from his wife are opened by the police before they are delivered. "The letters are mangled in such a way that my wife has stopped writing to me," Ranga complained. Acharya Kripalani, an inde- pendent MP and a strong critic to the administration, said there was nothing that one could do to stop such harassment. REMINISCENCES ABOUT PMs BENNETT, KING LESS SYMPATHETIC - $t. Laurent 'Wholly Canadian' Leader * ae « EVIL -* UCR TOES T Cee oe hen *2« he eEe seas Paci By CARL MOLLINS LONDON (CP)-- Impressions of four Canadian leaders, in- -cluding applause for Louis" St;- Laurent as the most "wholly Canadian" of Canada's prime ministers, are given in a new book .of reminiscences by, the Earl of Swinton. Lester Pearson, who was ex- ternal affairs minister when Swinton was Commonwealth se- cretary, is also praised. But Swinton, now 82, having been active in British govern- ment and Commonwealth af- fairs for almost half a century, found two others less sympathe- ' tic--Mackenzie King and R. B. Bennett. ty In Sixty Years of Power, Swinton says he found St. Lau- rent the easiest to deal with of any of the Canadian prime mi- nisters he dealt with as a mem- ber of British governments be- tween the early 1920s and 1955. Declaring that St. Laurent was always frahk and gave "always a/clear answer 'and a firm decision," Swinton adds: "What a change from Macken- zie King!" . At the 1923 imperial economic conference, Swinton recalls, "I formed the impression that King's chief aim was to avoid committing himself on any- thing." "Later and closer acquaint- ance did little to dispel this first impression." | Neserihine St. Laurent as 'a == on j= , splendid colleague to deal with," Swinton says he had "moral and intellectual , quali- e ties and courage and integrity." TOURED CANADA "One of the things that was 80 satisfactory in working with . St. Laurent or Pearson was that not only had we complete in- terchange of information and in- telligence, but that we ap- praised so much of it together." Swinton, the former Philip Cunliffe-Lister, toured Canada from coast to coast after the 1932 imperial conference in Ot- tawa and again in 1954. He says he was struck on both occasions by "the diversity of Canada and the individuality, almost sepa- ratism, of the Canadian prov- inces." "All this brought home. to me the truth that perhaps the prime minister is the only man who sees Canada whole. "Certainly St. Laurent saw Canada whole. He not only saw Canada whole, but this French- Canadian was more wholly Ca- . nadian than any of his prede- cessors."" Swinton says that when he 'was secretary for air between 1935 and.1938, Mackenzie King refused repeated proposals to join: a Commonwealth air train- ing plan under which Canadian factories would have manufac- tured _-all _training-- planes -and Canadg would have received a fon each pilot trained. Canada, which joined the plan after the Second World War started, had refused to take part earlier because King ar- gued it would have committed his country to war in advance, the author says. THREATENED WALKOUT At the London Commonwealth conference of 1937, Swinton says, King "went so far as to say that if the British govern- ment pressed this proposal he would leave the conference. After the war had started and Canada had joined the plan, King was challenged on why Canada had not joined years before. King replied that when Britain. had asked -- that ig, formally--Canada had agreed. "This was literally true," Swinton notes wryly, "because you do not make a formal pro- position . . . if the prime nii- nister has informed you that if you do so he will walk out of the conference." Bennett's term as Canadian prime minister coincided with Swinton's period as British co- lonial secretary, when the white Commonwealth emerged as a community of: equal independ- ent countries and Common wealth and Empire trade was strengthened. Swinton says he got to know Bennett well, '"'and unlike most of my British colleagues, }-got on well with him,'" : "He was the 'dictatorial « prime minister I have known in peacetime, . . Bennett en- trusted little or nothing to his cabinet colleagues." FAVORED TARIFFS At the 1932 Ottawa economic conference, the British pressed to make Commonwealth trade as wide as possible, but Bennett ' "wished to maintain high pro- tection for practically all Ca- nadian industry while producing long and specious schedules of the modest concessions he was willing to make." "For example, a. Mickey Mouse toy figured six times une « der different nomenclatures."' Swinton's book consists chiefly of profiles of 11 British prime ministers he served or knew well, from A. J. Balfour to Sir Alec Douglas-Home, In the late Louls A. Tasche- reau, premier of Quebec when Swinton visited thé province in 1932, the Briton found a sus- picion of the rest of Canada. Taschereau complained to Swin- ton that he. had not been allowed to attend the imerial economic conference and Quebec had got nothing out of itt Swinton says he suggested to Bennett that Taschereau be given a tour of Canada in a private railway car as the Brit- ish minister' had just expert- ' enced, Bennett replied that such a trip had heen -on offer to Taschereau---for-years. but. tha Quebec premier would not ac- cept. . "WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT DADDY?" CANADA'S STORY Brock At Queenston By BOB BOWMAN In the Archives of Canada at Ottawa there is a scarlet Jacket of a British army officer. There is a bullet hole where the pipe- clayed shoulder belts cross on the front, near the heart. The jacket belonged to General Isaac Brock who fell in the battle of Queenston Heights on Oct. 13, 1812. An American marksman had aimed where the shoulder belts crossed. General Breck had _ been rushed to Canada when the War of 1812 began and had repelled the first American invasion from Detroit with the help of Indian 'Chief Tecumseh. Then he rushed back to the Niagara Pen- insula where U.S. General Van Rensselaer was 'known to have 6,300 troops on the American side of the river. ! General Brock was at Fort George when the'invasion came early on the morning of Oct. 13. He was awakened by the sound of guns at Queenston and left immediately for the scene of the action. There is a famous pic- ture of Brock mounted on his big black stallion Alfred, gal- loping through the villages wearing the gaudy sash Tecum- seh had 'gi him after the victory at Detroit. The Battle of Queenston Heights, in which Brock and several other leading British officers were killed, was hard fought. 'It is possible that a small force of Indians turned the tide. Although the American militia were expert marksmen, they were terrified of the Inxi- ans. When they began screech- ing every tree became a red- skin thirsting for their blood and scalps. Reinforcements. refused . to cross the river and claimie that they had been enlisted only for the defence of New York state. Eventually the Americans had to give up and surrendered with 73 officers and 885 men. Another 200 were killed or wounded. British casualties were far less, but in General Brock they lost one of the most capable leaders ever sent to Canada. OTHER OCT. 13 EVENTS 1755--Large number of Acadi- ans deported to South Carolina. Community Right To Know charges have also been madewg> Held Essential To Fair Trial NEW YORK (AP) -- News- papers across the United States have mixed praise with their * general criticism of an Ameri- can Bar Association recommen- dation that officials withhold from the public . "potentially prejudicial inform ation" in pending criminal cases. The report had tempered that recommendation with rejection of any idea pt restricting news media's crime news coverage by new laws expanding the use of the courts' contempt powers. Typical of editorial reaction was this in the New York World Journal Tribune: "Credit the American Bar As- sociation's advisory committee on free press and fair trial with. an earnest effort to resolve the dilemma it apparently sees in its own title. 'But debit the committee with an inevitable bias toward inter- preting a 'fair trial' as one that is isolated by judicial for- miflae from the community in which it is held. ". , , The right of an indivi- dual to a fair trial cannot be divorced from the community's right to know -- and attempts to do so are dangerous." The Albany (N.Y.) Knicker- bocker News: "Newspapers can get along very well without crime news (but) . . . in its recommenda- tions, the baY' association itself is grossly excessive, It would encourage secrecy in law en- forcement and in the courts. It would deny the right of the peo- ple to know how efficiently and honestly their police were func- tioning. . . .It would let indivi- dual policemen and individual district attorneys determine what the people should know. It would threaten the constitu- tional guarantee of free press." The Milwaukee Journal: "There can be little quarrel with the main idea of suppress- ing advance comment for pub- lication on matters of evidence that will be offered on trial, where it may not be admissible and jurors should not bé aware Or te ek "The basic dilemma of wor- riers about pretrial publicity is that the worry reflectg 'yn the jury system itself, and this throws the ABA group too... . The best antidote for undue alarm over pretrial publicity would be more confidence in the jury system." - The Nashville Tennessean called the report 'ambiguous and confusing." "Too often the organized bar thinks of the courts as a private domain for lawyers," The Ten- nessean said. "This is in error. The courts belong to the public. And the public -- including the public press -- has a stake in justice in the courts. This can't be done by restraining news sources, any more than it can be done by restraining newspa- pers."' 'PRESS CANNOT ACCEPT' The Boston Herald: ". ,. The report is a: reason- able contribution to the contin- uing inquiry which government bar and press are making into the difficult problem of 'trial by newspaper.' "But despite its moderation, the report makes some propos- als which the press cannot ace cept and others which will re- quire careful study." C The Charlotte (N.C. Obser- ver called the report "drastic." It said: "While we intend to disagree vigorously with all of the rec- ommendations that we fear will infringe unnecessarily and harmfully on freedom of speech, freedom of the press _and the public's rights and re- sponsibility to know about crime, the spirit and tone of the . . . report toward the press leads us to believe that much that is good can come of it." Kansas City Star: "The right of a fair trial might be better preserved and strengthened through a' more vigorous application of reforms within the legal profession, it- self, than through prior judicial censorship,. which is- what the committee's recommenda- tions amount to. The committee would not attack the right of free speech or a free press. It merely would shut off the sources of news gatherers." s . -1874--Northwest. Mounted Po- lice arrived at Fort McLeod, Alta. 1899--Canada organized a con- tingent to fight in the Boer War. 1917--First class called for military service under Con- scription Act. F TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 13, 1966... ' The Turkish revolutionary government recognized the independence of Armenia, a new Soviet republic, 45 years ago today--in 192i-- by the treaty of Kars. With ninth century B.C., Armenia had been ruled by the Otto- man Turks since 1550. Taken: up as a. political pawn by the European pow- ers of the 19th century, it became the scene of mur- der and massacre after 1895. The country was occu- pied. by the Russians in 1916, became independent in 1918 and was taken over by the Communists in 1921. 1792 -- George Washing- ton laid the cornerstone of the White House. 1860--J. W. Black took what was probably the first air photograph, from a bal- loon over Boston. Mass. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Romanian troops en- 'trenched on the Transyl- vanian frontier; Ital- ians probed towards Mount Roite in the Trentino; a Russian submarine captured a Turkish troopship. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- Newfound- land naval reinforcements arrived 'in Britain; sians evacuated Vyazma, 125 miles west of Moscow; the commaz..der of the Neth- erlands East Indies army, Gen. Berenschot, died in an aircraft crash. Rus--- Ontario today must have Grade 10 eg in mathematics, science and English. Why? Well no convincing explana- tion is given by the authorities: responsible. Nobody says there is anything in bag nem | which requires the technic knowledge of Grade 10 science or mathematics. There is some intimation that possibly a gitl or man With Grade 10 English might be a bit more polished. And that this would mean a more pleasant Operator. > Underneath you feel that the 'real reason for the policy is that some of the beauty shop operators and hairdressers want it; and they want it through a combination of snob- bishness and a desire to keep hairdressers in limited supply. REVIEW POLICY The department of. labor says. this policy is not final and' is: under review at present. © The worth of this particular policy, however, is not the rea- son for bringing it up here. Rather it is to question whether today we are going too far: overboard on education. , In recent years there has been greater emphasis on more and better education. And rightly so. ' But along with this we have been more inclined to put edu- cation on a pedestal. If you read help wanted ads-- particularly in the metropolitan centres--many are asking for "university graduates." Just recently a youngster I . know who is starting out in business wrote various depart- ment stores asking what quali- fications she would need to get a position in their advertising departments. BA IS MINIMUM They .all replied that a BA was a minimum educational re¢ quirement, Why? _ It makes about as much sense as a hairdresser requit- ing Grade 10. You- have to decide, again, it_is a snobbish- ness. . The logical question that arises is: We-are always going to have chore work in thie world, but are we going to hayé the people. to do it? - For one of the facts of life is that the more education a per- son has the less inclined he o# she is to get down and do'some straight, physical work. Perhaps I am _ prejudived, however. Of all the secretaries I have had over the years, by far the best was one who had to leave school in Grade 10. The university graduates were flops. They hadn't acquired a knack for working. on YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO , October 13, 1951 % Buckingham Manor apar ments'. fire loss was estimated at $103,000 by Fire Chief W. R, Elliott. Mrs. Stewart Storie, chair man of the Oshawa Church Exe tension Board, of the United Church of Canada, will lay the cornerstone of Westmount Unite ed Church. ' 30 YEARS AGO October 13, 1936 Mr. James Young gave & yery interesting speech on "Great Britain in These Days", at St. Andrew's Church. Mr. Edwin "Ted" Saunders of 120 Colborne St. E., cele- haga his 91st birthday yester- lay. io Of Saving COMMON SENSE: meaning that now is a good time to be setting aside money just in case. At present, conditions generally are unsettled, to say the least and peopl who have money on deposit at 412% (Like OUR saving depositors) are realizing the full. benefit of the first 4 C's { of savings as well. THESE ARE COMFORT: that feeling that comes' from knowing that you have cash available when you need it. CONVENIENCE: Longer saving hours doily and all doy Saturday. CONFIDENCE: Knowing that you are receiving the best rate of interest paid more often. CENTRAL ONTARIO TRUST: dealing with a COM- MUNITY Trust Company, local savings invest- ment growth. Central Ontario Trust & Savings Corporation 19 SIMCOE ST. N. OSHAWA, 723-5221 23. KING ST. W. 623-5221 BOWMANVILLE