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| | | \ | Ghe Os an Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Indifference Can Limit Freedom Of Choice Tomorrow is certain to be a day of significance in Oshawa, It seems likely also to be a day of surprises. Candidates will be nominated to contest seats on council, the board of education, the separate school board and the public utilities com- mission. In company with election day it is a most important time of decision. In our democratic system of gov- ernment we make much of our free- dom of choice, After tomorrow that choice will be limited. If nomina- tions bring forth a good selection of candidates for all offices, Elec- tion Day will be a time of choosing from the best available in the city. However, if there should be accla- mations, if the most capable mem- bers of the community haven't been encouraged to take part then we have limited our choice by our own indifference. Either way we'll get the type of. civic government we deserve with little legitimate re- course. There is, of course, no obligation on candidates to signify their inten- tions prior to Nomination Day. By making their plans known in ad- vance they gain considerable publi- city for their campaigns but the manner in which they decide to seek office is entirely their own ance: That so few have shown interest in key positions however is reason Earthquake The physicists' new maid-of-all- work, the laser, may find its latest application in earthquake prediction, according to UNESCO. Whether or not earthquakes can be success- fully predicted will be learned from a series of experiments now being carried out in the United States. A laser offers an extremely high- powered source of energy, rather like a supercharged light beam. Like ordinary light, it can be fo- She Oshawa Sines T. L, WILSON, Publisher ©, C, PRINCE, General Monoger €. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 187)) and the itby Gazette and icle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundoys and Stotutary holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ea Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureau Association, The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news Gespatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein, All rights of special des- patches are also reserved, : Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.O. Delivered by carriers im Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, oy ety Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunberton 'Enniskillen, Grono, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over SS ay week, By mail in Province of Ontario corrier delivery rea, $15.00 per year: Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A, ond foreign $27.00 pa ripe ree nr RESP ONS L roe 8 es URN ALENT to expect surprises on Nomination Day, to find that more citizens of ability, experience and background have decided to stand. It is extremely difficult to believe, for instance, that the only persons available in a city of some 77,000 people to contest the chief magis- iraie's position aré possiviy the pre- sent incumbent and a member of council who have been feuding over the position for a number of years. In the same vein, the newly- establised board of control would seem to be mainly a preserve of council members. The board is re- quired to bring greater efficiency to the city's business, not to provide greater scope for promotion on the civie affairs ladder, While the will- ingness of council members to accept greater responsibility can be appre- ciated, others are surely available in Oshawa with the credentials to con- test the seats. The "time for a change" theme has figured fairly dominantly in discussions leading up to Nomination Day. Dissatisfaction has certainly been voiced in many sections of the city with the conduct of civic affairs, Tomorrow's the deadline for elect- ing the slate of candidates from which the electorate can choose the men and women to do the job. We'll have the opportunity of voting on election day but tomorrow's really the time when the freedom of choice is greatest, Warning cussed into a very thin pencil and, in-this form, it can be transmitted over considerable distances -- much further than any light, however powerful, could travel. This characteristic has led to its development..as an aid in long dis- tance precision measurement such as the alignment of tunnel bores. The present work on earthquake prediction is an application of the same principle: the laser is used to measure the fractional moves that occur in rock formations when they are subjected to the great stresses that. cause earth tremors and quakes. To measure these minute move- ments which take place as the rocks bend before fracturing an extremely long laser beam is employed -- as long as two or three miles -- which will indicate a shift of as little as one thousands of a millimetre. It is hoped that, in earthquake prone zones, the new technique will find a useful application by giving an advance warning of earth move- ments which prelude an earth- quake. The laser beam, as The St. Cath- arines Standard notes, promises to be a great boon to man as its many anticipated uses are fully developed. be ae APRA yn NSIBILITY ADVISED SIX PER CENT DECLINE SEEN IN SUPPORT OF TORIES By The Canadiaw Institute of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) Leadership controversy within the Progressive Con- servative party during the fal! months may account, in part at least, for a noticeable six percentage point drop in popular support during that period. Consistent increases in the strength of the New Demo- cratic Party, previously noted in Institute reports, con- tinued in the most recent national. survey of party strength, in which a representative cross-section of voters across Canada was asked; : "If @ Federal election were held today, which party's Candidate do you think you would favor?' A third of the voters (33 per cent) claimed to be un- certain as to which party's candidate they would a airy Among the remaining 77 per cent of the sample, curren' picture is shown in the last line of the table below, which shows the periodic findings of the Institute since the 1965 election: foc-Cred Liberals NDP And Othen Election, Nov, 1965 .... 1% % Jan, 1066... & May «see = July x0 Sepiember ° er | TODAY In the last two months, Poll returns indicate, heaviest contributor to the decline in the Conservative support has been the west, where the NDP's appear to be mak- ing some gains. However, from the above table, it would appear that both Liberals and Conservatives have con- tributed to the gain in the NDP since the 1965 election--- a gain which now, in terms of popular support, places that party on an even basis with the Conservatives, As in all political opinion sampling, the direction in which the large undecided group make up_ their minds would be the decisive factor in a real election, Here is what the national voting picture looks like, with this un- decided segment included in the figures: Soc, Cred. P.C, NDP And Others Undecided 18% 17% 7% 33% neat tunatie TL) P.C. Liberals 25% sme Vorster To Ignore UN Order But To Stay In Organization By BRIAN BARROW CAPE TOWN (CP)--Prime Minister John Vorster has said he will ignore the United Nations decision to strip South Africa of its mandate to gov- ern South-West Africa, But this does not mean he intends to take South Africa out of the world body. The call for South Africa to quit the UN has come from many enraged supporters of the governing National party. They argue that in the Gen- eral Assembly South Africa has repeatedly been humil- jated and has suffered one defeat after another, South African representa- tives at the UN have stated the republic's case logically and reasonably, they say, but not a single member state has even attempted a logical reply; in fact, most of them have walked out whenever South Africa's representa- tives. rose to speak, Since South Africa has got precisely nowhere, what is the point of staying? The National party extremists in the repub- lic are not the only ones ask- ing this question. The Afro - Asian countries are asking it as well. They would like to see South Africa out of the UN, for this would make the republic's isolation in the world complete, But Prime Minister Vorster is determined to stay in the UN as long as possible, To quit would serve no useful purpose. As the influential Financial Mail says: "Tt would make harder the task of those in the West who, while unprepared to defend our policies in public, are ready, if only for reasons of self-interest, to do what they can to temper the wind of eco- nomic and military action against us. ernment can be expected to "Quitting might well reduce take the following steps: the attractions of South Africa 1, Refuse to serve on or in in the eyes of foreigners as a any way help the UN ad hoe safe, profitable place to invest committee appointed by the their money." General Assembly to. deter- On the positive side, mem- mine how South-West Africa bership still holds many ad- can be administered by the vantages and Vorster knows UN, that even if he keeps on losing he must keep the dialogue open. The UN is where the debate on South Africa is going on and only by being there can Vorester know at first hand how his opponents are playing their cards, He cannot hope for any vio- tories but he can hang on in the face of further unaccept- able decisions by simply stat- ing that South Africa regards them as illegal. Eventually, however, South Africa might be compelled to leave the UN and this could happen in either of two ways. COULD BE BARRED The first could be rejection of the republic's credentials. They have already been chal- lenged at last year's session of the,General Assembly when no decision was taken on the matter, If at future sessions they are rejected, South Africa would have no alternative but to leave for she would then no longer have the right to ad- dress the assembly or vote. South Africa would also have to quit if sanctions were ever invoked against her, and the possibility is not remote in view of her special relation- ship with Rhodesia. li, for instance, South Af- rica refused to join in impos- ing economic. sanctions against Rhodesia and con- tinued to pour fuel into that country, the next step could be sanctions against South Af- rica as well, The Vorster government ap- pears to be anticipating this, It is taking steps to stockpile at least two years' supply of fuel and other essential ma- terials including spare parts for automobiles and heavy ve- hicles. Meanwhile, the Vorster gov- rm SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS GIVEN SL Financing Thwarts Conservation Work By GWYN KINSEY TORONTO (Special) -- Like everybody else these days, con: servation authorities need more money. They have made this clear to the Ontario Legislature's se- lect committee on conservation authorities. They can make out a convincing case, and the com- mittee will undoubtedly have much to say in its report on ways and means by which the province can extend its help to the authorities. Not one of the authorities has suggested that the province take over the whole burien of their costs -- as some munici- palities have asked for educa- tion. They strongly support the concept in the Conservation Au- thorities Act, that the munici- palities and the people in the watershed have a basic respon- sibility for conservation. One authority member who is also an elected municipal offi- cial, told the committee: "There should be local respon- sibility and participation § in most authority financing. When pd get something for nothing it never means as much." SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS The authorities get substan- tial grants from the province now, but their financial bur- that project. The grumblers can Black River, which flows into dens must be lightened if they are to do the job as they should be doing it. The province pays 75 per cent of the cost of such capital proj- ects as engineering studies, small reservoirs and (shared with the federal government) flood control projects under agreement with the government of Canada. It pays 50 per cent on re- forestation lands, acquisition and development of conserva- tion areas, stream bank erosion control and flood control proj- ects not under federal agree- ment. The Authority raises money to cover administrative costs by making a levy on all partici- pating municipalities in propor- tion to their population or their assessment, or a combination of both. The levy of some au- thorities is less than 20 cents per capita, of others more than $1.50, with the average between 50 and 60 cents per capita, GRUMBLERS DELAY Capital costs are levied against _ benefiting munici- palities -- a sore point with some municipalities, who grum- ble that authorities can go pretty far afield in their judg- ment of benefits from this or appeal to the Ontario Munici- pal Board, but only on the amount to be paid, not the value or otherwise of the project it- self. There have been appeals to the OMB, These have delayed projects, with the usual result of increasing costs. Authority spokesmen are. not hopeful of obtaining any sub- stantial increase in their local levies. The municipalities are understandably reluctant to add to their already wearisome tax loads. The help must come from the senior governments, and it could come in a- variety of ways, not all of them in the form of bigger handouts. Flex- ibility is called for in the forms and direction of aid, because of the variety of financing prob- lems, COSTS INCREASED All the authorities have trouble financing major proj- ects, and frequently a project must be dropped or indefinitely postponed because financing is an impossibility. Yet the proj- ect may be one which will have to be tackled sooner or later -- and later inevitably means vast- ly increased cast. There are watersheds like the Lake Couchiching, so sparsely populated that they have been Officially told they cannot af- ford an authority. Yet the flow of the Black River is a key fac- tor in the depth of the Trent. Severn waterway, and there- fore of importance to a very substantial part of the province, Better than 70 per cent of the land in the Black River water- shed is crown-owned. An ob- vious recommendation for the select committee would be that the province make a payment to a watershed authority, pos- sibly in lieu of assessment, for suchcrown land There are authorities which are too small or with too little population to provide anything like an adequate tax base, Yet conservation projects are badly needed, to preserve or improve not only water and soil. re- sources but human resources, The South Nation watershed is an example. The select committee might well adopt some of the sugges- tions it has received that there be a sliding scale of grants based on need rather than on straight percentages, and that there be a consolidation of some .. authorities to provide a broader ae a broader tax base, CHICKEN HOME TO ROOST emai nett CANADA'S STORY vid venus in AN Begbie Was Big In B.C. By BOB BOWMAN Matthew Baillie Begbie was one of the most remarkable characters in Canadian history, and helped: Governor Douglas save British Columbia from be- ing taken over by the United States. Bruce Hutchison, in his book The Fraser, wrote "In his 36 years of judging, riding, walking, feuding and praying he had more fun than any other man in British Columbia," Begbie arrived at Victoria Nov, 16, 1858, and presided at a ceremony at Fort Langley three days later when the mainland became the colony of British Columbia, but separate from Vancouver Island. It was very important to pre- serve law and order in the mainiand because American prospectors weretflocking there in thousands to search for gold. If there had been fighting among them, or with the Indians (as had happened in the U,S.) TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 16, 1966... Louis Riel was hanged for high treason 81 years ago today--in 1885--at the police barracks in Regina, A Man- itoba-born half-breed, he at- tempted in 1870 to set up a Metis state during a legal hiatus between the Hudson's Bay Company's withdrawal from Manitoba and the Ca- nadian government's as- sumption of power, Defeated by an expeditionary force, he fled but was later elected an MP, only to be expelled from the House of Commons and declared an outlaw. His second rebellion, in 1885, was also put down by armed force, at the battle of Bat- oche in Saskatchewan. 1776--The British captured Fort Washington, on Man- hattan Island. 1837--The Lower Canada authorities ordered. the ar- First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- French territorial losses on the Somme were retaken; Allies pushed back a Bulgarian unit at Kenali, on the Greco-Serbian fron- tier; Austro-German armies flooded through Vulcan and Torzburg passes into Ro- mania, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--Brig. J. K. Lawson and 'C' Force ar- rived to reinforce the Hong Kong garrison; the forma- tion of the British 8th Army was announced; Washington announced detention of the German ship Odenwald which had been flying the U.S. flag. BIBLE 'And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he enter- ed into the synagogue and taught, -- Luke 6:6. On the Sabbath it was Jesus* custom to worship God in the congregation of His people, We must follow His example. We need the experience of public worship as well as that of pri- vate devotions, the American government would have sent forces to protect its citizens and the territory would have been taken over, It was Kegbie"s job to pre- serve law. and order which he did in a remarkable way. He had little legal training. When he was appointed judge for Brit- ish Columbia he was a reporter for the Law Times and left Brit- ain because his brother had won the affections of his fiancee. Begbie, a giant of a man with hope that the next man you sandbag will be one of the jury." Begbie's bark was worse than his bite and he disliked having to sentence men to death, He always had a chaplin by his side when it was necessary to pass the death sentence, OTHER NOY, 16 EVENTS: 1686--James II of Britain and Louis XIV of France signed a treaty of neutrality governing i in North America, a face like Mephistopheles, was a "government on horseback." Although he became known as "the hanging judge" the miners respected him because he was fair. He hated juries who failed to convict men when Begbie felt they were guilty, On one occa- sion when a jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" in the case of a man who had sand- bagged a companion in a drunken brawl, Begbie said "You can go, and I devoutly Merchants in Quebec built a ship to carry timber to France. 1814--Pierre Joubert of Que- bee City died at age of 113 years, 124 days, 1837 -- Warrants were Issued for arrest of Papineau and other leaders of rebellion, ~ 1869---Red River Metis held convention to form a provisional government, 1885--Louis Riel was hanged at Regina. Defence Against Missiles Next Big Debate For U.S. By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- De- tence Secretary McNamara has opened U.S, debate on the next stage of evolution in military nuclear rocketry, with implica- tions for the rest of the world and special ones for Canada. The logical technical follow- up to the long-range attack mis- siles mounted by the U.S, and the Soviet Union is a system of missiles defending against them, Last week, saying he has evidence that the Soviet Union already has begun. to install such a system, McNamara an- nounced plans for converting the U.S. fleet of nuclear sub- marines for a bigger series of attack missiles with better faci- lities for penetrating any such defence ring. This, he indicated, is an in- terim step while further consi- deration is given to whether the U.S. should launch its own anti- missile Missile Aeiwoik COSURS Pperhans $30,000,000.000. The timing of his announce- ment is regarded as significant. He could, as he implied, have been concerned mostly about the fledgling Soviet system which is believed going in around Moscow and Leningrad, CHINESE A FACTOR Another reason could well be the unexpectedly swift progress China has made in mating a nuclear warhead to a rocket, however primitively. Still another could be Mc- namara's expectation that the new Congress, with more Re- publicans and a more conserva- tive cast generally, will step up demands for the expensive new line of missile protection to ring every major American city on completion, Congressional pressure for & start, advocated for more than five years by the military, had increased in the last year. McNamara's plan to scrap the existing Polaris missile on the nuclear sub fleet, replac- ing it with the larger Poseiden which packs a lot more elec- tronic gear for evading any de- fence, would cost around $6,000,+ 000,000. CAN SAVE MONEY It is a much. cheaper step comparatively and could serve to gain time until a decision becomes inevitable on the Nike- X defence er, more hopefully, unnecessary, It is possible that the new enthusiasm of the U.S, and U.S.S.R. for an agreement curb- ing nuclear proliferation might help, Meanwhile, individual coun: tries such as Canada can only watch, In Canada's case, with its geographic location between the U.S. and the missile arsenals of the U.S.S.R. and China, there is spécial significance. The Nike-Zeus rocket, pro posed as phase one of any U.S. anti-missile missile, is designed to seek out and explode attack: ing missiles from 50 to 400 miles from the U.S, Smaller, faster sprint mis. siles would clean up any rockets getting through, making contact at lower altitudes, The resulting nuclear fallout, while high in the atmosphere, would inevitably drift down to some degree around the world if not directly beneath the point Or impact, DENY COERCING POOR WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two federal agencies denied Tues- day coercing the poor to prac- tice birth control, They were re- sponding to a sharply-worded statement issued Monday night by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops which accused the Johnson administration of putting pressure on the under- privileged to practise contracep- tion, The agencies are the office of economic opportunity and the health, education and welfare department. 'Li censed' Confusing By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--In 'sound ot Malton the pong Ba ed that Brown n 'licensed' by the ment of welfare, ; This is incorrect, The camps operated by con- troversial Ps bree" ea been "registered" by the de- rtment under the Children's 'oarding Homes Act, The act requires all such homes must be registered. They are inspected before the regia» tration is accepted, wiseweene wre ENSE ssc ae eUsseneaseare The inspection, however, is of @ physical nature, chi euch matters as sunitary facili ties, fire safety precautions and the capacity of the homes, It has nothing at all to do with treatment, personnel! or the operation of the homes, The department of welfare has no responsibility at all in these areas, Neither dues the depart: ment of health, Perhaps one or the other should, But at present they don't, The word "licensed" leaves an impression in the mind that government approval is much more extensive than it actually 8. The public has been confused. about the heated dispute over the Warrendale home, formerly run by Mr. Brown, The sion, apparently, has centred on the belief that the government was actively over-seeing the home and therefore sanctioning the methods followed in it. $88,000,000 NEEDED Item: In his submission to the recent federal + provincial conference, Premier Robarts argued the province would have to "finance" an additional $88,- 000,000 to meet the requirements of the federal medicare plan when it is enacted. You get the impression the government would have to raise another $88,000,000 in taxes, It won't. Actually, it should gain a sizeable amount of cash from @ national plan, In addition to $70,000,000 now being paid for OMSIP--Mr, Ro: barts' figure--the cost of the federa) program in Ontario pre sumably will be $88,000,000, But this will be covered premines (and most of it spent now by the public in eee. ate ie | plan. ere W e ing, even by the publics The government would have to spend directly nothing addi- tional to what it is paying out for : Oe caked Sb a wa wou ing @ ately half of the cost, it should get back the $35,000,000 it has te pay out now, YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, November 16, 1941 General Motors War Vet- erans Social Club once again sponsored a Variety Concert at the General Motors Auditorium, School children were very happy today when they learned that the school year would end on June 26th next year, 40 YEARS AGO, ' November 16, 1926 The Christian Church Choir put on a four-act play, Martha Made Over, under the auspices of the Centre Home and School Club, City Council voted to present sweater - coats to the St. Andrew's Juvenile Baseball team, winners of the Provin- cial Championship. TREATED HITLER FRANKFURT. (AP)--A __psy- chiatrist said Tuesday in a West German court Adolf Hitler once underwent psychiatrict treat- ment for a case of temporary blindness induced by hysteria, Professor Friedrich Panse said Hitler claimed his blindness was the after effect of mustard- gas poisoning while a German soldier in the First World War. Dr. Panse testified at the trial of three physicians accused of sending thousands of mentally- ill German patients to Nazi gas chambers during the World War, FOR EDUCATED TASTES