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RCA Oe As AE NEE ES Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1966 -- PAGE 4 ~~ i Kitchener Expressway Caught In Cost Spiral | The twin cities of Kitchener: and Waterloo are building an expressway but not in the happiest atmosphere the world. Citizens are asking inted questions about. spiralling and are getting sharp replies those in charge. « The Kitchener-Waterloo Record taken the side of those asking e questions in view of the un- predicted. steadily-rising cost of the project. : "If the experts can be so far mg in cost estimates," says The ad "it is at least fair to wonder if they are completely right in every t of their planning. : "It is apparent, now, that the ex- ressway 'will cost more than double original estimate, and the latest figure is a rough $50,000,000. There people who are willing to wager will be considerably more than that, as a matter of interest. "Since the project is now under way and must be completed there isn't too much point in dwelling on the cost. But there is every good teason to keep insisting that it be held down to the lowest figures consistent with common sense and good engineering. "What has alarmed some people ~~ perhaps without reason but understandably became not enough attention has been paid to explain- ing why as well as what -- is some suspicion that the directors of this mammoth project are more con- cerned with getting on with it than they are with economy. "Expertise in the planning field is not necessarily provable by for- mula and the differences of opinion among planners themselves suggest it is a far from exact science. Citizens who ask questions and demand answers, and are not always subservient in so doing, may in the long run be doing as much good for the community as anyone else." The views of The Record and the general concern over the costs of the expressway certainly have per- tinence in Oshawa. Whoever is elected Dec. 5, they will have a difficult task warding off further increases in taxes in the new year. In light of the Kitchener difficulty, further action on our proposed ex- pressway should surely be delayed until after the next mill rate is set. Grits In Deep Trouble * The leadership of the Liberal party in Ontario is up for grabs, with few if any interested in it, The fortunes of the party in the province are at possibly the lowest pbb in its history. * Many prominent Liberals were opposed to Charles Templeton taking the leadership. But when he refused to do so the party was left with Scant few possibilities. Two are Robert Nixon who has not closed the door completely and John Munro, the federal parliamentary Secretary of manpower. To date he Be Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SSUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times coming ey Oshawa Times tablished 1871) and the itby Gazette ond le established eee oy y y b of © Dally sp Publish- @s Association, The Conodion Press, Audit Burecu Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively led to the ute of republication of ail news Batches ore also reserved, : Thomson Building, 425 University venus, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q. = Delivered by carriers im Oshawa, Whitby, Ajex, Pic! , Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, le Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Biverpoo!, Taunton, tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Grono, Leskord, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, iter Pontypool, and Newcastle not over week, By mail in Province of Ontario carrier delivery crea, $15.00 per year. provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, 8.00 per year. U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 pe has not shown enthusiasm for the job. There are two reasons, says The Times man in Queen's Park, Don O'Hearn, why the men named so far are reluctant to be leadership contestants. One is there is evi- dently little chance of the party uniting behind one man, or at least behind anybody who has been sug- gested to date. The second is that no one eligible seems anxious to take what constitutes a $20,000 gamble on the leadership. That is the estimated' cost of entering the fray. In 1964 one candidate spent $50,000 and Mr. Templeton is re- ported to have gone $20,000 in debt. ™ In a province with the affluency of Ontario it is difficult to under- stand why finances should emerge asa problem in the search for a man to lead the Liberal party. Such hurdles can be overcome if the chal- lenge and the opportunity for ser- vice is there. The Conservatives have great strength and the NDP party is gaining support. But for their part the provincial Liberals have become so involved in their intra-party quarrelling that they are not only losing support but can lose their reason for being. Our of the- desperate situation can come the demise of the party by default if a course to unity is not soon found. OTTAWA REPORT Tragic intensity To Tory Struggle By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--There was @ "'hap- pening" in this capital last week. This was aptly summed up by the illuminated lettering on the marquee of a midtown cinema showing a "restricted" film: "Dear John has got the whole town talking." The happening consisted bas- {cally of afraternal disagree- ment, escalated into hattle-to- the-death, and dragged out of the usual privacy of smoke- filled back. rooms to be paraded ii. public, It was billed as the annual meeting of the Progres- sive Conservative party; but it became metamorphosed into a million-dollar, three-day popu- larity contest. It was a battle more damaging to the Conserva- tive party than even the dis- astrous Stevens bolt from the Benneii gO Vern mé ii ik ths 1930s; but it was a battle in which there were no heroes, The gladiators of course were the national leader of that party, John Diefenbaker, and its na- tional president, Dalton Camp. Both are former Liberals. Were it not for the long time lag since both quit the Liberal party, a cynic might be excused for pondering whether it was all a dark Liberal plot, to insinuate a Trojan horse into the enemies' fortress for the purpose of de- stroying it. CAMP ORGANIZED Camp's_ backers organized, drilled, rehearsed and positioned an effective commando force, which seized the most prominent positions in the hall. in which John Diefenbaker was to deliver his welcoming address to the delegates. Their instructions covered as: 1. Don't stand when Dief en- ters the hall and don't applaud his entry. 2. Don't applaud during his speech, 3. Heckle and boo him fre- quently. 4. Don't give him an ovation when he finishes. 5. When Camp takes the ros- trum, stand to give him a rous- ing ovation, shouting "Go, Camp, go" and other slogans in unision. That course was faithfully-- and effectively--followed. But it was betrayed by a_ scribbed note passed during the proceed- ings and later found on the were dis- floor; "Stop it now, we've got him." Dief, on the other hand, can be faulted for his past attitude and for an ill-judged welcoming speech which reflected his "bunker mentality."' This led on- lookers to suspect that he is seeking a 20th century Viking's funeral in his bunker, amid'the shambles of his party and sur- rounded by his praetorian guard of 72 faithful MPs, Basically the fault lay in the previous failure to democratize the party's. constitution, That contains provision for electing a leader, but none for dis-electing him" This omission conveys a constitutional right to lifetime tenure, come what may--but "what may" had come long ago. If Dief had recognized this, and reacted democratically, he could have asked for a secret hallst on a m ¢ st in his leader f e won this handsomely, and the fifth revolt against his leader- ship would have fizzled out like the previous four. Such an outcome is suggested by the narrowness of the margin by which the anti-Dief candi- date, Dalton Camp, despite his long and carefully organized campaign, won re-election to the post of party' president, LATE COMER His challenger, Arthur Ma- loney, was a Johnny-come-lazely into the contest, with nothing like the same time and re- sources to woo support--a chal- lenger who incidentally was said, rightly or wrongly, to have refused a portfolio in the crum- bling Diefenbaker cabinet and to have decided not to run for Parliament again under Dief's leadership. In the emotional and uncurbed bitterness caused by those three days which rocked and nearly wrecked the Conservative party, pne could hear everything good and everything bad about every personality and every subject. Much of this must be discounted as having no validity, except to illustrate the tragic intensity of the mortal strife among allies who should have been fighting their common political foes. But what of the future? In the interests of the historic party, somehow Conservative should devise a means to preserve it, and to ensure that its melting nationwide support goes no fur- ther away than into a tem- porary deep-freeze. Scope Of External Affairs Widens In New Zealand By J. C. GRAHAM WELLINGTON (CP) -- What- ever the outcome of the general election due in New Zealand Saturday, it is likely to bring a new minister of external af- fairs. The country has reached the end of an era in external affairs policy formation and a greater volume of business is necessi- tating changes in control. Prime Minister Keith Holy- oake has for the last six years been his own external affairs minister, He has taken the view that, in a country the size of New Zealand, the two posts are so closely linked that both needed his attention. But lately he has made sev- eral references to the increasing volume of work taken up by external affairs and the inroads on his time for other duties. Most New Zealand prime minis- ters since the war have held the dual post but indications are that Holyoake has decided to 'MEANS EXTENSIVE, SWIFT - Communication Confounds Conservation By GWYN KINSEY TORONTO (Special) -- Never in history have tiie means of communication been so exten- sive, accurate and swift. But the machines don't help much within groups of people, when the human element over- rides the mechanical. A law of modern society seems to be: The larger the group, the more difficult the communication. ' Conservation author ities abide by this law. And many of their troubles are a result of it. IN THREE AREAS The authorities must com- municate in three broad areas. First of all, information must find its way up from members to executives and -- at least as important -- find its way back. In some of the large au- thorities, municipal representa- tives complain that their execu- tive committee don't tell them enough about what's going on. Considering that two score or more municipalities may be in- volved, this is understandable if not excusable. The authorities must also in- form the general public in their areas. Some of the smaller au- thorities have clearly done splendid jobs of taking the peo- ple in their water sheds into their confidence. When that happens, people tend to return confidence. But some of the larger authorities have either been indifferent to this aspect separate the two if he is re- turned to office. Now 62, he still enjoys robust health. But with the growth of the New Zealand network of diplomatic representation in other countries he is finding the burden heavy. The opposition Labor party has not stated its intentions on the matter. Labor Leader N. E. Kirk has not made a speciality of external affairs but several of his chief lieutenants have given much attention to the subject. The time for external affairs to receive the exclusive atten- tion of a minister may also be judged appropriate because of a change in the permanent de- partmental head. A. D. McIntosh, who has just retired from the post of secre- tary of external affairs, virtu- ally established the department, guided New Zealand in the birth of an independent foreign pol- icy, served as expert adviser to successive prime ministers, at eee COMPLEXITIES ABOUND of public relations or have been unable to generate a sound pro- gram of public information. The third ares, and the most complex one, involves com- munication between authorities themselves and between the authorities and all the great mass of "government" with which they must deal in one way or another. This is the area where the authorities most need the help of what might be called "expediters" or liaison officers who know their way through the jungle of govern- ment departments, agencies, procedures -- and jealousies. MANY DEPARTMENTS The authorities come under the , conservation authorities branch of the Department of Energy and Resources Manage- ment. They are allied with the Ontario Water Resources Com- mission, which is under the same department. They have extensive dealings with the Department of Lands and Forests, particularly in the management of forests. They become involved in zoning and planning matters, and so with the Department of Municipal Board. Some of their schemes are fitted into the ARDA program, and ARDA is in the Department 'of Agriculture. When they get into the parks business, in con- servation areas, they become involved with the Parks Inte- gration Board, which is repre- sentative of several depart- ments. Routes concern the De- partment of Highways. Histor- ical sites come under the De- nartment of Tourism and In- formation Regional economic development is a concern of the Department of Economics and Development. Conservation schools involve the Department of Education. CHAIRMEN'S IDEAS In their brief to the select committee on conservation au- thorities, the authority chair. men recognize some of the shortcomings. They admit, for example, that "'lack of support or objection to authority proj- ects on the part of municipal councils must more often be attributed to their lack of in- formation, or their misinforma- tion, than to any other reason". Their recommendations are many, from the distribution of all authority minutes to all au- thority members and regular reports. by municipal represen- tatives to their councils, to greater assistance on public in- formation programs by the de- partment. They suggested, too, that the department, in consultation with the Department of Educa- tion, "'to define the role of au- thorities in conservation educa- tion and develop guidelines for them to follow'. Some of the select commit- tee members were inclined to go a little farther than the authority chairmen, with the addition to the conservation branch of persons whose job it would be to help clear the communications channels -- to government on one side and to the public on the other side. FEWER MEMBERS Another suggestion has been that the number of represent- atives on large authorities be decreased, with the necessary adjustment of voting power. While smaller authorities have few problems with com- munication, they have much Jarger problems with finances. The financial position may be improved by the creation of one large authority from two or more small ones, but this also increases the number of representatives and communi: cation accordingly becomes more hazardous. The select committee, there- fore, may recommend not only that some small authorities be amalgamated, but that repre- sentation on the authority be readjusted along with voting power. Most of the authorities asked the government for a regular publication which would not only keep abreast of conserva- tion matters in general but would inform them of what was being done by individual authorities, The department some timm ago replaced "Our Valley" with a less elaborate publication, "Watersheds,"' It was done, apparently, to save money, ACROSS CHANNEL BY MOTORBOAT 'amotensvnnenagstntsncete vitae einaigarnern tegatana CANADA'S STORY NUNN TT PUR UL A A TY Lights On In Montreal By BOB BOWMAN People claim sometimes that they had "a whale of a time" in Montreal, but it really hap- pened Nov, 23, 1815, Montreal's first street lights were put up by private citizens. According to a report in the Montreal Herald: "By the enterprise of Mr. S. Dawson and other gentlemen, that part of St. Paul St. west of the old market is now hand- somely lighted by 22 lamps fixed at intervals of 54 feet, The novelty of the thing has a most pleasing effect which we hope will induce citizens in other parts of the city to follow the example. The cost of each lamp completely filled is not quite seven dollars." Many citizens did follow the example and most of Montreal was lighted by whale oil lamps until 1836 when they pvere re- placed by the latest European novelty, gas lamps, supplied by the Montreal Gas Light Co, It was one of the many enterprises of John Molson who created one of the first industrial empires in Canada, including a bank, ship- ping company and brewery, He became so rich that Robert Nel- son, one of the leaders of the Lower Canada rebellion in 1838, planned to capture him and hold him for a ransom of £80,000. Montreal got its first police- men soon after the introduction of whale oil lamps. They were called "night watchmen" and carried long sticks, lanterns, rattles, and whistles. As they made their rounds they would TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov, 23, 1966... Men of 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment (Van Doos) were attacked 15 years ago today--in 1951-- on Mount Kowang, Korea, in what became known as the battle of Little Gibral- tar. D Company was cut off in three enclaves atop a ridge overlooking the United Nations front west of the Imjin River, under constant attack for five days and nights during which almost none of the Canadians got any sleep. Only one platoon position was overrun and it was later recaptured. Battalion commander during the battle was Lt.-Col, J. A, Dextraze, DSO and bar, who was later created CBE for commanding the United Nations Congo force. 1837 -- A few shops in Montreal introduced gas- light in Canada. 1921 -- U.S. President Harding signed @ law pro- hibiting beer. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--General von Macken- sen's offensive of Sept. 26 ended with the capture of a Danube bridgehead at Sis- tova, Romania; German de- stroyers sank an English destroyer in the English Channel; Hon. A. E, Kemp was appointed minister of militia. Second Worl War Twenty - five years ago today--in 1941 -- a tank battle developed between 'Axis and Allied forces at Rezegh, Libya; Lt.-Gen. H. D. G, Crerar reverted to major-general to take com- mand of 2nd Canadian Divi- sion; the Red Army count- er-attacked at Leningrad. shout "All's well" every half- hour, which may not have been so well for people trying to sleep! OTHER NOV, 23 EVENTS: 1725 -- Intendant Dupuy or- dered two ships to be built on Lake Ontario, .1823--John Caldwell, receiver- general of Lower Canada, was suspended for being £96,000 short in his accounts, 1837---Rebels under Dr. Wol- fred Nelson were defeated at St. Denis, Que. 1877 -- Arbitration commis- sion ruled that the United States must pay Canada $5,500,000 for fishing rights. 1905--Last British troops left Halifax. sweden Keeps Labor Peace By Centralized Bargaining. By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL STOCKHOLM (CP)--Mutual interest, self-interest and a sword of Damocles play key roles in giving Sweden a labor peace often envied in strike- beleaguered Canada, The sword, the power of highly organized management and labor to call a general, country-crippling lockout or strike, is never used, The Swedish Employ- ers' Confederation, commonly known by theinitials SAF for Svenska Arbetsgivarefoe- reningen, and the Confedera- tion of Swedish Trade Unions, known as LO for Landsorgan- isationen i Sverige, represent a major portion of the coun- try's employers and workers. Once every three years they sit down at the negotiating table to hammer out a con- tract formula which will af- fect more than 1,000,000 LO members among Sweden's nearly 8,000,000 population. The process, which began in 1956, is known as centralized bargaining, When the formula is settled by the SAF and LO negotiating teams, it is passed down to local unions and em- ployers for adaptation to their individual needs, while keep- a | the basic principles. ut should deadlock occur during centralized negotia- tions, either side could call a general strike or lockout, Nei- ther has ever materialized, Each contract formula ad- heres to the dictates of the basic agreement, a five-chap- ter statement of principles SAF and LO agreed to in 1938 in order, as the basic agree- ment preface Says, 'to pre- serve undisturbed iabor poacs in view of its importance to industry and trade and to the national economy." ESSENTIAL FOR EXPORTS Lars Straengh, a director of the 16,705-member SAF, ex- plained to a group of Cana- dian reporters touring Scan- dinavia the functions of cen- tralized bargaining. "The SAF is in favor of centralized negotiations be- cause we want to protect our export industries, . . . We must export--by this we live or die. "We can pay more attention to the economy of the country in centralized bargaining. We can look at the economic situ- ation here and in other coun- tries and can say the country can't afford more than this. The unions do the same. "Then we can start to form the general framework. The agreement reached is actually a recommendation to affili- ated labor and management associations and they negoti- ate local agreements within this framework." Local management or labor associations wanting to strike or call a lockout must get approval of their respective central bodies if they want financial and moral support. But hovering in the back- ground of all negotiations, and giving labor a definite psycho- logical advantage, is Sweden's political structure. The ruling Social Democratic party is a labor party, "Union influence on the gov- ernment is enormous," Straengh said. However, he felt the government "does not want to intervene in labor questions." FEAR GOVERNMENT Birger Viklund, interna- tional secretary of LO, said the labor body's influence on government makes 'the em- ployers feel they have to meet our demands at the bargain- ing table" for fear the gov- ernment might step in. Of the Social Democratic party's membership of 800,- 000, some 600,000 are affil- jated with LO and both in- dividuals and unions contrib- ute financially to the party. A 38-year-old former news- paper man, Viklund spoke of labor's responsibility in voic- ing its views on the country's economic situation and in meeting the workers' needs, He was outspoken on the question of automation, } By DON O'HEARN TORO wil ber or, i Une will be, or ; time over r crystal balls, When their | conven> tion comes up they will be fac ws momentous decision, -- eir action could mean the difference between oblivion the continuation of the | party as a provincial' force in Ontario, - The party now is In low en- tate, And the NDP has Been growing muscle, made, it is not beyond bil+ ity that the party almost be wi out at the next pro- vincial election, years ago, when the its leadership. con> who said this was a mistake; that it wasn't ready; that there wasn't the potentially right leader 'in the wings, Events since then would seem to have proven the wisdom of this, Andrew Thompson gets all the marks and respect in the world for effort, But he was not a good leader, There is the question whether even now the party Is really ready to name a leader. It is not hard to define what the Liberal party needs today in Ontario, It needs force, prac- tical political know-how, a defi- nition of its basic beliefs, what it really stands for, and the imagination to decide what the pressing problems of the public are today and to come up with realistic answers to them, Above all, it needs an image. At time of writing the only candidate being seriously talked about is Charles Templeton, QUALITIES DOUBTED You don't want to condemn a man, but you doubt Mr, Temple. ton has the qualities needed, His history is that of an idealist, He is a go-goer, but you question whether he has the practicality the down-to-earth force required to revive the party, Robert Nixon is standing in the wings; not a candidate,--but still open for a draft. But the timing would seem to be wrong for Mr, Nixon, He has a wealth of ability, But as yet he doesn't seem to have ac- quired a force the needs of the party demand at this particular point. 'When the party gets down to thinking therefore, it would seem they might be wise to think in terms of someone com: pletely new, someone not tarred: with the stigma of failure which inevitably has rubbed off on all those identified with the Lib- erals in pecent years, The man they need' may not be around, But if I were a Lib- eral I would make a tremendous effort to try and find him, YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, November 23, 1941 Workmen today installed woo- den cribbing preparatory to pouring cement for the conc- rete walls of Oshawa's new $5,000 civic band shell in Me morial Park. 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