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BS 86 King St. E., ¢ Oshawa ci Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Ottawa Must Face Fact It's Committed To Help "The federal government will be "expected to come up with 'the "answers, or at least some answers ,tomorrow when cabinet. ministers center top level discussions with 'United Automobile Workers spokes- 'men, Ottawa can ill-afford to delay » longer a decision on assistance to the workers unemployed in Oshawa. A federal committment is already 'on record. A year ago transitionai assistance benefit was initiated 'under the. auspices of then labor 'minister, the Hon. Allan Mac- Bachen. He contended that the major expansion anticipated from the Canadian-U.S. pact would in- crease employment in Canada in the long run but would also necessitate aconsiderable reorganization of pro- duction resulting in layoffs for auto workers. The federal government maintainesd these workers should not have to bear the entire financial burden of their unemployment. The proposal was that they be given benefits ranging from 62 to 75 per cent of the weekly pay up to 65 per cent of the average weekly wages and salaries in the industry. This was to be in addition to the unem- ployment insurance for which the worker would be eligible. Another UN The United Nations Organization marks its 21st birthday today yet it remains a long way "from coming of age" in achieving maturity and authority. The Preamble to the Charter adopted in San Francisco enumerat- ed important and essential goals to be attained. The aims were to prac- tice tolerance and live together in peace; unite their strength and to maintain peace and security; to en- sure that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest; and, to employ international mach- She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher E. C. PRINCE, General Monoger C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combing The Oshawa Times established 1871) and hronicle (established ys oe ery hg sa excepted). H a Oo! spaper Publish- ers Association, The Canedien Press, Audit Bureau Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively" entitled to the use of republication of oll news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the locat news published therein. All rights of special des- potches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 University Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Avenue, Toronto, Montreal, P.O. Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Ajcx, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypoc!, and Newcastle not over pr A week. By mail in. Province of Ontario oul corrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. Other provi and Comm Ith _ Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pa yeor, rns eA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT STUDIED Senate oN Mr. MacEachen made the point at the time that some of those left without employment would normal- ly receive supplementary unem- ployment benefits. Since the auto- motive industry contributed to these, the iabor minister advocated that they also contribute to the transitional plan. At that time the federal goverriment allocated $5 mil- lion to the benefit fund. Only a few hundred workers have received the transitional benefits and the government proposal shows every sign of having run aground, The Liberal government is already being subjected to severe criticism by Opposition Party spokesmen who maintain the auto agreement has resulted in lay-offs while not low- ering car prices in Canada to a significant degree. The complexities of the federal government's position cannot be denied. Yet this is the government that both inaugurated the auto pact and initiated the program for benefits to be provided to those left unemployed. The commitment to assist Oshawa Citizens in some con- crete manner cannot be shirked or shoved aside. Birthday inery for the economic and social ad- vancement of all peoples. The importance of such objec- tives is a great today as they were 21 years ago. That the endeavor remain to achieve them is still es- sential to the well being and prob- ably the survival of mankind. What- ever frustrations are encountered to help maintain international peace and security and to seek means of controlling the arms race are the primary purposes of the U.N, Canada has 'achieved wide re- cognition and respect through its efforts at the United Nations and activities in associated agencies. Our influence is constantly pressing the organization to find a better basis to finance and overcome the political difficulties of the vital UN peacekeeping operations, When the organization seems to have slipped into the doldrums Canada's resolve to continue its campaign in this regard gives us a special and signifi- cant status. A subject of pride for all Canadians. Confidence has been today ex- pressed by Prime Minister Pearson in the resilence and adaptability of the UN to meet future challenges. His pledge of renewed support to the world organization will be seconded by all thinking Canadians. sear ema vv RRNA ee ern OTTAWA REPORT Will Prices OTTAWA--The big ring in Parliament Hill's circus in re- cent days has been the inap- propriately - named consumer credit committee of the Senate and House of Commons. To its 12 senators and 24 MPs has been delegated the responsibil- ity of examing "trends in the cost of living, and factors which may have contributed to recent changes in it." The widespread housewives' boycott of groceterias has fo- cussed attention on one constit- uent in living costs, namely food prices. Food accounts for over one- quarter of our consumer price index. The average Canadian consumer is assumed to spend on food 27 cents of every dollar of his annual exnenditure. Food is his second largest purchase, ranking after household opera- tion which absorbs 32 cents in every dollar, Then follow trans- portation at 12 cents; clothing at 11 cents; health and per- sonal care at 7 cents; tobacco and alcohol at 6. cents; and recreation at 5 cents. ARE DBS FIGURES REAL? I compared the latest avail- able Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics. figures with the food prices currently ruling in two typical groceterias in Ottawa which, after Montreal, is Can- ada's costliest city for food purchases, DBS prices butter at 67 cents per pound; in Ottawa I found it priced at 70 cents, or on a "special" at 65 cents. Fresh milk is listed by DBS at 27.2 cents per quart; cash and carry in Ottawa, it is 28 cents in a l-quart container--or stagger- ingly lower at 17% cents per quart in a 4-quart crock, DBS prices bread at 19.3 cents for a 1 poynd loaf; that matches Ottawa, It says corn- flakes are 23 cents for an 8-ounce package. In Ottawa the price varies, depending whether you want gimmicks in the pack- age. Puffed wheat, on the other hand, offers surprises: it costs 21 cents for 4 ounces. That is the amount of raw wheat for which the farmer receives just 8 It Trimmings Go, Fall? over half a cent, say % of a cent, A good exercise for the price committee would be to trace that quarter pound of wheat from its Saskatchewan origin to its retail outlet, to dis- cover whore and wiy ts price is multiplied more than 33 times, or from % cents to 21 cents, This of course raises a big point: Does the housewife want or need a brightly colored -- age, filled with lucky dip items in addition to the cereal? Is she, as one groceteria executive told the committee, seeking romance and excitement on the groceteria shelves? Or is she merely buying sustenance for her family? TRIMMINGS BOOST COST? The committee heard one groceteria executive assert that trading stamps do not increase the price of the foods sold. But on the other side of this ques- tion, I have found stores in the United States where, on paying for a purchase, the cashier asks: "Do you want stamps, or a discount of 2 per cent?" In this case, trading stamps un- deniably inepeanak the prices of food--by 2 per cent. That seems to be the way the committee's enquiries are now moving: would groceteria prices be lowered if all gim- micks were eliminated? Are prices raised by trading stamps, gifts of chinaware and towels, toys and bubble gum, bingo tickets, and even chances in lotteries for holiday trips to Europe or sportsmen's trips to Vancouver to see the Grey Cup game? Of course they are. But have groceterias ever aske housewives whether they would prefer to pay lower prices, and get just what they came to buy without compulsory frills? I have saved to the end the one price where DBS is not accurate as far as today's Ot- tawa prices are concerned, It uses, in its index, sirloin steak at $1.17 per pound, and stewing beef at 76 cents, But in Ottawa today, sirloin is priced at from $1.48 to $1.87; for $1.17 per pound, the Ottawan cannot even buy stewing beef, which I find priced at from $1.19 to $1.22. Chance To Breathe Easier Given For Chiang By U.S. WASHINGTON (CP) -- Mme. Chiang Kai-shek has slipped quietly back to Formosa after a 14month stay in the United States billed officially as a pri- vate visit. But there is little doubt about why she lingered so long--or that the excessés of Nationalist China's implacable foes on the Communist mainland con- tributed substantially to the success of her prolonged mis- sion, American - educated Mme. Chiang got a warm welcome but it was a far cry from the effusiveness of the days when the Nationalist China lobby was a power with the congressional and executive branches of gov- ernment, Still, despite some public movement towards a softer line on mainland China, the U.S. has made only token conces- sions in restrictions on travel or information exchanges, It toyed with and then backed away from adopting the concept of two Chinas in the United Na- tions. Later this year, when the een vn RE AE question of: mainland China's admission to the UN arises again, there seems little likelli- hood of a majority vote. CAN BREATH EASIER Nationalist China and the re- gime of the elderly generalis- simo can breathe easier for the time being. Flourishing economic- ally, thanks to heavy injections of American aid, it can con- tinue to count on the U.S. '7th Fleet for any protection it needs from the mainland. But its uncertain future is indicated by the consistent re- fusal of the U.S. and its Pacific allies in the Vietnamese war to include Nationalist China. The presence of Nationalist Chinese troops in South Viet Nam, it is felt, would greatly increase the possibility of Pe- king's intervention in the war. Communist China holds the key to Formosa's future. But its harsh castigation of old friends as well as old enemies, and its rock-like insistence that it isn't interested in the UN except on its own rigid terms, have worked against it. nurremtynnnrnnteeeerernt een EXPERT OPINION VARIES Two-Tier Council System Advocated By GWYN KINSEY Toronto (Special) - Should a regional government be based on the county? Should present municipal boundries be ignored or eliminated? Should regional councillors be elected by gen- eral vote or should they be drawn from member munici- palities? Take your choice ~ there's al- ways an expert opinion to back you up. The Beckett committee (se- lect committee of the Legis- lature on the Municipal Act and related Acts) supported the concept of regional ~govern- ment and recommended the adoption of "the county, in whole or in part or with addit- fons thereto, as the basic unit", this as a "practical start." The 'super - county" would include cities and separate towns "'and this would bring about an adjustment of pro- vincial- grants." It said, however, that "'reg- fons must be studied individ- ually in terms of population, logical planning areas, water- sheds, economic and social con- ditions and other relevant fac- tors in order to define suitable boundaries for larger units of local government." TWO-TIER SYSTEM Not long after the final re port of the Beckett committee, the first of pilot studies ap- peared - the Jones report on the Ottawa - Carleton local government review. Commissioner Murray Jones suggested a two - tier system of government for the area, , with district councils and a powerful regional council. He proposed_the division of the area into three types of districts: urban, development and rural. A_ development district would become urban on reaching a certain population. An urban council would have a chairman, vice - chairman and seven councillors, all de- rectly elected. A rural council would have the same, but the councillors would be elected by wards. A development district would at first have only a chair- man and vice-chairman. The regional council would have all the legislative, exec- utive and administrative auth- ority and responsibility deleg- powered to delegate some func- province, but would be em- powered to delegate some fun- tions to the district councils, METRO INFLUENCE The report of Dr. H. B. Mayo on the Niagara Region was ob- viously strongly influenced by the Metro Toronto method and the Goldenburg report, although it rejects some Metro features- for example, the extension of planning outside the Metro boun- daries by the Metro regional planning authority. It, too recommends a two- tier system, with a regional municipality embracing 12 member municipalities of four eities and eight boroughs. The counties of Lincoln and Wel- jand would vanish, the four cities of Welland, St. Cathar- ines, Niagara Falls, Port €ol- borne 'would be-enlarged, and the remaining municipalities re - onganized to form boroughs. ' The Metropolitan Niagara cou- neil would have 35 members; the mayor of each city and borough, a member elected at large from each city and bor- ough for each 20,000 population, The chairman of the coun- cil would be "selected for a three - year term by the coun- cillors from among their own members who are directly el- ected." But it is suggested that the first chairman might be appointed by the Ontario gov- ernment, because this method has been successful in the case of Metro Toronto. The mayor of each city and borough would not be directly elected but would be selected by the members of each coun cil from their own number City and borough councils would retain a substantial num- ber of functions RADICAL DIFFERENCES Thomas J. Plunkett, in his Peel - Halton report, takes a radically different approach. He divides Peel and Halton counties into two very differ- ent areas which he calls "coun- ties" for want of a better word. Broadly, he lumps the urban, industrial south into the "ur- ban county of - the embracing Oakville, Burlington, Toronto Township and the Brampton - Bramalea area. This leaves the northern strip in the "rural county of Peel- Halton," All the existing muncicpalities would disappear. Both new counties would have one - level governments, Mississauga with a directly elected council of mayor and 18 councillors, and Peel - Halton with a directly elected government of a mayor and 13 councillors. The Mississauga mayor would have a limited power of veto. The councillors would represent districts based on a "scheme of representation by population of approximately one represen- tative for each 12,000 persons." The councillors of. the rural county would represent dist- ricts in a proportion of one representative for each 4,000 persons. The one - tier system is justified thus: "These new municipal juris- dictions provide for a simpler and more easily understood mu- nicipal structure even though the area that each will serve will be substantially larger than that of any existing mu- nicipality. However, the propo- sed areas are sufficiently large that the real problems can be dealt with by a single re- sponsible body and not lost in a bewildering confusion of inter- municipal arrangements, inter. municipal committees and in- agreements." "NO! THERE ISN' T A CHANCE OF MOVING TO SWEDEN" CANADA'S STORY Dynamite In Suitcase a By BOB BOWMAN One of the most successful spy stories written after the First World War was The Dark Invader by Captain Von Rintelen who directed German intelligence and sabotage in the United States under Franz von Papen. It is the story of a con- stant battle of wits between British and German espionage, and includes a reference to Werner Horn, who tried to blow up the CPR bridge across the St. Croix River at Vanceboro, Me, Horn was arrested and put in jail by the Americans, and then after the war was tried at Fredericton, N.B., where he was sentenced to 10 more years in prison on Oct, 31, 1919. When war broke out Horn was a coffee-grower in Guatemala, having retired from the Ger- man army. He tried to get back to Germany, but was induced to work for von Papen's espio- nage ring in New York. One of his first tasks was to try to blow up the railway bridge, a vital link in the CPR line carry- ing war supplies to the port of Saint John for shipment over- seas. Horn tried to pose as an ordinary laborer and carried dynamite in a cheap suitcase. Yet he had a porter carry the suitcase through Grand Central Station, and travelled first class to Portland Me! Later, when he was quizzed by Canadian intelligence officers, he ex- plained his actions by saying "German officers always travel first class!" He did not make a good saboteur. The dynamite blast caused only $50 damage to the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 31, 1966... Anglo - French armed forces began bombing Egyp- tian military bases 10 years ago today--in 1956--with the declared intention of pro- tecting the Suez Canal from the Israeli invasion which began the previous day. Egypt rejected an ulti- matum and paratraops were dropped into the canal zone Noy. 5, hours before Paris ani London agreed-to break off the fighting, It later be- came clear that the incident had been planned to count- eract President Nasser's re- cent expulsion of the Suez Canal's European pilots and to shake his hold on the Egyptian masses, The first United Nations emerg- ency force, ender General E, L. M. Burns of Canada, was formed to supervise the invaders' evacuation, 1674 -- The Dutch evacu- ated New Amsterdam (now New York). 1902 -- The first Pacific telegraph line from Canada to Australia was completed. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--the German submar- ine Deutschland arrived at New London, Conn., with a cargo of chemicals; the ninth battle of the Isonzo began; Russian units were forced to retreat in Galicia, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941 -- Berlin an- nounced RAF air raids had killed 2,400 Germans in six months; Russians began evacuating the Crimea; Free French units honored hostages shot in German- eccupied France, bridge; and he left footprints in the snow to the hotel where he was staying. Although he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Fred- ericton, Horn was allowed to return to Germany in 1924 be- cause he had become a com- pletely broken man whose mind had given way. OTHER OCT. 31 EVENTS: 1685--LaSalle began exploring the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 1701--Company of the Indies leased its privileges to the Company of Canada, 1780 -- The schooner Ontario lost on Lake Ontario. 1869--Louis Riel warned Lt.- Gov. McDougall not to enter Northwest Territories. 1873 -- International Bridge opened at Niagara Falls, Ont. 1902--Sandford Fleming sent first cable from Canada to Aus- tralia. 1919--Turkey surrendered in First World War. 1945--There was a Halloween riot in Toronto. 1950--Pipeline was completed between Edmonton and the Great Lakes, 1,000 miles. Extremists On Far Right To Test Vote Appeal Again By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- The congressional elections and al- lied contests Nov, 8 will serve as another trial run for the ex- tremists on the far right and far left in American politics, How effective they are prob- ably will be well cloaked by the factors tending to obscure national patterns in these off- year elections, where local bread-and-butter issues usually dominate. The fact remains that extrem- ism in the United States is run- ning high, whipped on by the war in Viet Nam and the con- troversy about the civil rights drive for American Negroes. Each extremist side is per- haps better organized than ever before. Each, girding for the. presi- dential elections in 1968, sub- scribes to the Barry Goldwater pronouncement of 1964 which, while subsequently watered down, helped grease his slide to crushing defeat. "Extremism in the defence of liberty is-no vice," Goldwater told the convertion that nomi- nated him as Republican presi- dential candidate. "Moderation in the pursuit: of justice is no virtue." 7,000,000 INVOLVED Perhaps 7,000,000 Americans now are actively involved on the fringes of the American po- litical scene, estimates Gordon Hall, a 44-year-old Bostonian who spends all his time study- ing extremism, An author and lecturer, who says he has been consulted by authorities inside and outside government, Hall is stridently damned by both camps of extremism. There are about 1,000 ultra- right organizations in existence, from the American Nazi party to the John Birch Society and the Ku Klux Klan, now enjoy- ing a marked resurgence, he says. Their targets are unchinged -- communism, socialism, the Supreme Court, the United Na- tions, any addition to federal power or federal aid to educa- tion, In some cases there is un- diluted baiting of the Negro and Jew. The far left -- and Hall scoffs at the current label of the "new left" -- remains rooted in Marx- ism as it was in the 1930s, with about 150 groups whose protest centres on Viet Nam and civil rights. "A reverse M ism is afoot in the land, perpetrated by people who appear to represent just causes," says Hall in a ref- erence to the post - war period when the late Senator Joe Mc- Carthy pursued his rabid anti- Communist eampaign te na- tional prominence, Hall includes some civil rights groups. "If we should have a really bad economic collapse, the country could go either way, left or right." BIRCHERS POTENT Some of his conclusions: The John Birch Society, headed by former candy-maker Robert Welch, has about 32,000 members despite claims of as many as 60,000. But Welch's long business experience, re- flected in the tight organization of the society, makes the Birch- ers the most likely to survive on the right. The Ku Klux Klan has 40,000 members and is rising fast. The Communist party has 12,- 000 members, 'experienced and effective," with an influence in rallying anti - war demonstra- tions far in excess of their num- bers. The late black racist Malcolm X, gunned down in Harlem by the Black Muslim extremists, was an "over - inflated bag of wind" with never more than 75 followers; the Black Muslims themselves; preaching black su- premacy and racial segregation, have never had more than 13,- 000 members or any real na- tional influence, Commended By DON 0" - TORONTO--Every year on my birthday there is a letter of congratulations from Provincial Secretary John Yar- emko, This is not any real mark of distinction, Mr, Yaremko probably sends out more personal mail than any man in Ontario, and per- haps in Canada. In his official capacity he sends a letter and a scroll to every couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary at to other citizens who achieve some unusual mile- stone. Then personally this minister recognizes special oc ¢ a sions, such as the writer's birthday, 10Or a@ NOSt Of Tienue;enu av quaintances, Thus when 1,500 friends gath- ered recently to honor Mr. Yar- emko on completion of 15 years service as a member it was more than a routine political gathering. LIKED AND ADMIRED Probably all of those present knew, liked and admired this 48-year-old minister. Mr. Yaremko quite well might be the best practicing politician in this province, Born in Welland of parents who came here from Europe, he distinguished himself as a student in school and put him- self through Osgoode Hall law school, He settled in Toronto and built up a successful law prac- tice before entering politics, And when he entered politics it was with quite a triumph, He took on the noted legislature member A. A. MacLeod who had held Toronto Bellwoods for three terms and beat him, He was perhaps the only man in the city who could have done this, In this riding of many na- tionalities he was able to win the. confidence of many new Canadians. And it is a confidence he has never lost. Not only in his own riding, but throughout the en- tire' massive new Canadian community in this city he is a power in many Toronto rid- ings. This political success is based on very solid grounds. If asked to describe Mr. Yar- emko you probably couldn't do better than to use just two words: he is a "nice man." In his career in the cabinet since 1958, first as minister of transport and latterly as pro- vincial secretary, he has been a most efficient minister with an infinite capacity for work. But above all he is to be re- spected for his devotion to pub- lic duty and his genuine solicl- tude for the well-being of his fellow citizens, and particularly the less fortunate among them, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO, October 31, 1951 About 40 grave stones, some of them five tons in weight, were pushed over at St. Greg- ory's Cemetery. Plants and flowers in pots were uprooted and the burial ground generally desecrated, QUEEN'S PARK K Mr. Henry Chapman, one of the few people in Canada to wear the badge of the 700-year- old Worshipful Company of Plumbers, has been appointed Oshawa's plumbing inspector. 30 YEARS AGO, October 31, 1936 Judge D. B. Coleman will be sworn in as the new judge of the County of Ontario at a ceremony to be held at the Court House at Whitby on Sat- urday. 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