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eee ntiguema erp eee soa ie one) 'She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 24 Wine S+ E.. Oshawa, Ontario ~ T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Time For Change Vote Holds Sway In Oshawa The time for a change theme certainly predominated in the Osh- awa civic election. Only four of the: present incumbents were returned - for another term at city hall. Osh- _awa will have a new mayor, Three newcomers (one a former mayor) were elected to the board of control. There will be nine new aldermen, Approximately 46 per cent of the electorate cast ballots. A great many of the 41,000 eligible to vote stayed home. However, taking into account the inclement weather and the fact that only 30 per cent turned out in the previous election, considerable interest in civic affairs was evident. At first glance it would seem the parkway proved the crucial issue. Mayor-elect Ernest Marks opposed the parkway without a plebiscite requested by some 9,000 petitioners. He received approximately .9,500 votes so it would appear those who wanted the plebiscite, in this analysis, got it. Yet Mr. Marks and the new team at city hall will realize full well after the strenuous election cam- paign Oshawa has experienced that the parkway is but one of many considerations awaiting them. They will be expected to turn their at- tention to the matters of regional govérnment, downtown redevelop- ment, industrial expansion and effi- ciency in government, To Mr. Marks and the other suc- cessful candidates will go the con- gratulations of the community on their victory. Elections must always also have losers. Those who have held office deserve the thanks of their fellow citizens for their efforts. While their stewardship was not given the stamp of ap- proval by the electorate it was nevertheless conscientiously volun- teered. To Mayor Gifford, especial- ly, Oshawa owes thanks for 'the forthright: campaign he condiicted and the long years of dedicated services he has given. The fate of recommended slates in the civic election but proves the shrewdness of an old prairie farmer. Prior to an important election he was visited by the Liberal can- didate, the Conservative candidate and the CCF candidate, To each one he promised his vote. When his wife rebuked him for such carrying on, he said:. "Well, I pleased them all, and on election day, I'll please myself". That seems to have been the situation with the voters in Oshawa too, ... Under Parental Eyes The role of censor of children's literature was quite properly desig- nated to parents by a panel of ex- .. perts in Vancouver during Young Canada Book Week. In delving into the subject of children's reading they decided that because the majority of youngsters cannot always distinguish between fantasy, some! control should be exerted over their reading material. | Because any form of censorship on the part of librarians would be suspect consensus was the respon- sibility should be entirely in the hands of parents. There's another consideration too, as has been noted by The King- ston Whig-Standard. It is that a great deal of literature which is "undesirable" can be obtained away from libraries. She Osharon Times T. L., WILSON, Publisher € C. PRINCE, General Manager C. 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By mail in Province of Ontario outsh: carrier delivery area, $15.00 per yeor. pr ond © Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 pa year. entiti "Parents should ensure that their child get a well-balanced reading diet, as reading is the basic instru- ment, of learning. This doesn't mean that is is necessary for the child to wade through heavy tomes. Parental consorship should include not only the banning of certain forms of literature but also the pro- vision of others to balance the diet. There is no harm in comic books or Tom Swift provided they don't be- come a steady diet. "There have been many famous children's books which have been banned from time to tinme in var- ious parts of the world. Two which come to mind are Gulliver's Travels and Alice In Wonderland." In Canada, of course, we have escaped such foolishness, Let us hope we continue to do so, Under the supervision of the parental eye youngsters have the opportunity of mining a vast store of literature for both pleasure and education. Other Editors' Views SENSE OF VALUES (Ottawa Journal) There are people who would "give an arm" for fame and fortune, but Sandy Koufax, who won both, has decided that his arthtitic left arm and perhaps his health are too much to give for a few more years of glory, and has retired. Basebaii people who have publicly regretted that he didn't carry on in spite of the pain and danger may just envy his sense of values. OTTAWA REPORT 'Medal Of Merit' Cteanaly bobs Wanye 7 By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Should. there be an "Order of Canada" and a "Canada Medal," which could be awarded for outstanding service to the nation? Every ear this column points out this py in our panoply of national- m. This subject was touched on indirectly by H. W. Herridge, the colorful socialist million- aire known as The Squire of the Kootenays, in one of his many interesting contributions in the House of Commons, Thanks to his inquiring and alert mind, Bert Herridge is a modern-day Autolyeus--whom students of Shakespeare will recall as "a snapper - up of unconsidered trifles." The Howse equally hears many witty comments by the secretary of state, Hon. Judy LaMarsh, who commands the skilled lawyer's ability to be pithy off-the-cuff. These two combined in October to give the House this exchange: Mr. Herridge: '"'Mr. Speaker, I wish to address my question to the secretary of state. Did the premier of British Columbia communicate with her, as I understand is customary, be- fore he recently accepted a for- eign order?" Miss LaMarsh: 'I did not know that the premier of Brit- ish Columbia took orders from anybody." I checked with the embassy of the Federal Republic of West Germany here, and learned that Premier Bennett had just been awarded the Or- der of Merit by the government of Bavaria, which is a province of that federation. Germany's constitution gives provincial governments the power to cre- ate and award such orders. I asked Miss LaMarsh whether Canadian provinces have the same power; she replied that, being sovereign, they presum- ably do. I discussed this with the ever- curious Mr. Herridge. We pon- dered whether Mr. Bennett might borrow an idea from Ba- varia, But we both scoffed this thought -- underestimating that colorful western leader. Premier Bennett is a man who acts, swiftly. He created "The Order of the Dogwood'-- named after B.C.'s official flower--to honor citizens who Urged have made "a special tion of worth to the develop- ment of the province." Bu wisely, it may not be awa: to members of the government while in office, On Nov.19, celebrating B.C.'s 100th birthday, Premier Ben- nett was authorized by order in council to bestow the Order of the Dogwood upon the first five recipients. Contrast that speed of aciion with federal inaction, Prime Minister Mackenzie King cree ated the Canada Medal in 1943, and even had eight specimens struck by: the mint, But none was ever awarded, and two specimens mysteriously disap- peared from government safe+ keeping. Subse quent govern- ments have toyed with the idea of creating a Canadian Order, agreed its desirability. vet failed to act. Now, after years of painful conception, the Pear- son government -- as reported months ago in this column-- plans to institute "The Order of Canada;". we may expect the first awards to be bestowed on July 1 next--a newborn babe to fill a century-old need. But B.C.'s premier of action evi- dently got the idea of a provin- cial order from Baviara, ap- previated its merit, and imple- mented it within two months of receiving it. It is predictable that Quebec will follow B.C.'s lead. Ontario could well do the same. Many worthy Ontarians of distinction have 'made a special contri- bution to the development of the province," such as: former Lieutenant Governor Keiller Mackay; Oshawa's Grand Old Man of automobility, Colonel R. S. McLaughlin; former pre- mier Hon. George Drew; the uranium-age magnate and ben- efactor Stephen B. Roman; Thomson Newspapers' former columnist, the ex-mayor of Ot- tawa, Dr. Charlotte Whitton, and others. Services beyond the eall of duty, now unrecognized yet worthy of recognition, are performed by many, such as brave policemen and firefight- ers, selfless doctors and nurses, and educators; these too cry out for some. official award. Canada, so often afraid to innovate, may learn something from that carefree land of lager beer, cuckoo-clocks and beauti- ful china--Bavaria. FIVE NATIONS UNAS AEA HELD AT ODDS ON U.S. POLICY IN VIET WAR By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) Back of the world conflict of opinion among many gov- ernments as to U.S. policy in Vietnam, lies an equal conflict among the average men and women who make up public mood of the countries. This is vividly reflected in a unique international study carried out by the Gallup Affiliates in Can- ada, Grea: Britain, The United States, France, West Germany and Australia. In each of the six countries, interviewers put the same choice to a national sample of adults asking: "Just from what you have heard or read which of these tat ts comes closest to the way you, yourself, feel about the war in Vietnam: The U.S. should withdraw its troops The U.S. should carry on its present level of fighting The U.S, should increase the strengths of its attacks against North Vietnam" Results show: De Gaulle's attitude is re- lected by the big majority of French citizens, as almost seven in ten believe that the U.S. should withdraw its troops. In West Germany, a bare ma- jority hold this opinion, dwind- ling down through the nations to the U.S. itself where less than two in ten want the U.S. troops withdrawn. On the other side of the argu- ment, Australia is twice as con- vinced as any of the other na- tions under study that the war should be carried on at its pres- ent level -- towering, by an average of about two to one over other nations, in believ- ing the present policy should be continued. As for increasing the strength of tis aitacks -- the U.S, stands alone, far ahead of any country in wanting this policy enforced. In the U.S. more than half the public -- 55 per cent -- hold this view, compared to only 5 per ceni in France. ; Here are the details. The U.S. Should 'The U.S. Should The U.S, Withdraw CANADA 3 U.S.A. Great Britain West Germany Australia France Columns add to 100% across Carry On 'Should Increase Its Troops As At Present Attacks % 5% 27% No Opinion 24% 9 25 15 12 19 18 GOOD EVENING By Jack Gearin Forum Talks Stress Downtown's Plight THE ILLS THAT disturb the downtown business sector are not unique in growing cities this size. They are large, disturb many nevertheless, This message was hammered home once again with clarity and emphasis on a recent oc- easion, the civic election cam- paign. Let's hope it is not com- pletely ignored, as it has been so often in the past 10 years, especially at City Hall. The need is great for an early re-assessment at City Council level of the most urgent needs in that area. Let's have no gloss - over jobs. The downtown is one of the City's most potent tax-yield ar- eas. It constituted about one- sixth of the total commercial and business intake last year, when it amounted to approxi- mately $875,000 in tax dollars. There are also other consider- ations. The downtown represents a solid hard - core of reputable and long - established firms There is this to be said in their favor -- they need little in the way of such costly items as Local Improvements because fic situation. It sounded as Mr. Brady also warned that ccstribte they long ago paid for such items. This is no campaign to pro- pose special concession for them, They do need special help in such things as parking, hows ever; otherwise their sector could eventually become a bli- ghted area with a drastically reduced tax yield, which would only place an extra burden on other sectors of the city. Alderman John Brady, not regarded by the downtown mer- chants as one of their champ- ions, admitted at one of the forums that the downtown had a parking problem. He added that it could become serious, which utterance must certan- ly qualify as. the understate- ment of the year. THE DOWNTOWN PARK- ING situation is deadly serious now; to add to the problems of the merchants, there are too many no - parking restric- tions. Mr. Brady was at fault: on another point. That was when he glossed superficially over the J King St. one - way traf- though John had been right all along and most of the down- town merchahts wrong. Mr. Brady said it had been a reat success, that most of its former critics were now strong- ly in favor of it. The plain, hard facts are these: The downtown merchants in submissions to City Council some four years ago did not oppose one - way traffic arter- jes in principle. What they did not want was one - way traffic on King -St., hub of the down- town, They also presented some conclusive evidence from out- of - town points that one-way on key business arteries usu- ally caused severe financial hardships on abutting firms. The merchants wanted Athol as a one-way street instead of King; but, as usual, their pleas were ignored in favor of the Smith - Damas report recom- mendation. There is an impor+ tant consideration here -- the §-D survey was made without a ay ee a, rer 9 the economic effect of such revolution traffic moves on the tirms cncerned{ the revenue obtained from city parking lots would soon be in- adequate, also that these lots did not a sufficient space. The downtown merchants have long been in need of a strong leader who could weld them together into a formal association. For many years they have had no representation on Council, This is a serious oversight in a highly - compe- titive age where the face of the city is rapidly changing. INSPECTOR NORMAN SMYTH of the City's Traffic department wants money bud- geted to inform the public of the safe driving clinic operat- ed by the Police. No single individual has done more than Inspector Smyth to point out what is wrong with Oshawa's motorists, but this suggestion does not hit at the crux of the problem. 'What is really needed are more stiff court sentences, sus- pension of driving licences and stiffer tests for licences. The inspector has expressed surprise several times at the poor driving records of city motorists, many of whom are not entitled to a licence. CT run Li 1 ett CANADA'S STORY THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN WEATHER UU BLU eu An Holocaust In Halifax By BOB BOWMAN This is the anniversary of Canada's worst. disaster. A col- lision between two ships in Hal- ifax harbor Dec, 6, 1917, set off a blast of wartime ammunition that killed 1,630 people and in- jured thousands more, Many people were made homeless, and living conditions became worse when a blizzard followed. The inward pound freighter Mont Blanc was carrying 2,300 tons of picric acid, 500,000 pounds of TNT, and 60 tons of other explosives. It collided with the Imo in midstream and some tins of benzine on the decks of the Mont Blanc were punctured. - The benzine began to burn with a blue flame and Captain Le- medie ordered his crew into the lifeboats, They got to shore, but Halifax was not warned that there might be an explosion. Two cruisers in the harbor, Niobe and Highflyer, saw the danger and sent launches to try to put out the fire, but the ex- plosion too place before they got to the Mont Blanc. The time was 9:05 a.m. and children were settling down in their schools,: The smoke from the explosion rose miles into the sky, like an atomic burst today, and the shock was felt in Sydney 200 miles away.'A clock was hurled from a tower in Truro, a dis- tance of 60 miles from Halifax. Many people were drowned by a tidal wave that followed the ex- plosion. There was an enquiry after the accident and it was learned that the pilot of the Mont Blanc was English, but the members of the crew spoke French. The pilot was asked how he would instruct the French ship to. reduce speed and he replied that he would shout "'demi- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec, 6, 1966... The Irish Free State was proclaimed 44 years ago today--in 1922--in the ab- sence from the Irisi Parlia- ment of the Republican party deputies, Although the war with England had been settled a year before, there was civil war between Irish- men wanting an immediate and overt breakaway from England and those willing to settle for dominion status. The Irish Republican Army began a campaign of assas- sination and terror, killing an English field marshal in London and Michael Collins, commander of the official Irish army, in Cork. . Civil disorder subsided in 1923 after an appeal by Eamon de Valera, head of the IRA. 1875--The liner Deutsch: land sank near London, drowning 157 people. 1907--361 miners died in * {n the worst U.S. mine acci- dent at Monongah, W. Va. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Austro - German forces occupied Bucharest, capital of Romania; sup- porters and opponents of Eleutherios Venizelos, the rebel premier, rioted - in Athens, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1941 -- President Roosevelt sent 'a message to Japan asking for assurances of peace; the British garri- son of Singapore was put on the alert; German. radio announced the marriage of King Leopold III of i Be]- gians to a commone tasse." Second officer Leveque of the Mont Blanc was asked what he would'do on hearing such an order and replied that he would go below for a cup of coffee. Charges of manslaughter were dropped for lack of evidence but the judge recommended that some licences be cancelled for failure to warn the people of Halifax that there might be an explosion. OTHER EVENTS ON DEC. 6: 1678--La Motte and Father Hennepin reached Niagara. 1749 -- Pierre la Verendrye died at Montreal. 1752 -- Halifax Gazette pub- lished the first book in Canada. It was an eight-page pamphlet for the government. 1837--W, L. Mackenzie seized mail at Peacock Inn, Toronto, to learn. government plans. Two hundred rebels invaded Lower Canada from Vermont, 1869--Governor - General Lis- ar promised amnesty to Red iver "rebels" who laid down their arms. 1880--First issue of Edmonton Bulletin. 1907--First recorded flight in Canada when Thomas Selfridge rose 168 feet into the air in a kite designed by Alexander Graham Bell, 1921--Liberals led by W. L. Mackenzie King won general election with 117 seats, Con- servatives 50, Progressives 66. Agnes McPhail was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons, British Rules Provoked Early Quebec Nationalism By CY FOX Canadian Press Staff Writer _As Canada approaches the 100th anniversary. of Confeder- ation, a scholar from the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan looks back on a crucial period when the nation was beginning to take form under circum- stances of great stress. The three decades that fol- lowed the British victory over the French at Quebec in 1759 were critical for Quebec and Canada, writes Prof. Hilda Neatby in a new book, Que- bec: The Revolutionary Age, 1760-1791. "During these years, the policy of the British govern- ment, of British governors and of English immigrants . « » permitted, provoked and encouraged the development of the instinctive. Canadian sense of community into the self - conscious nationalism which was developing by the end of the century." Prof. Neatby's book is part of the Canadian Centenary Series being published in 17 volumes by McClelland and and Stewart Ltd. of Toron'o, This 300-page volume tells a dramatic story but without deviating from high standards of historical scholarship. It begins with the first months of shock and civilian recovery following the British victory, dealing in smoothly- written detail with the policies of the new rulers of what had been New France. WOOED BY AMERICANS The pages swarm with char- acters worthy of a historical novel -- church men stub- bornly insistent on their re- ligious rights ig the face of the new Protestant authority; British merchants hot in pur- suit of profits in a land of untold wealth; military and political plotters by the score; governors sometimes sa- _gacious, oftentorn between the seemingly irreconcilable demands of conflicting groups. "Foremost among the gover- nors was Guy Carleton, later Lord Dorchester, described as "ambitious, proud, sensitive and markedly resentful of any affront to his office or per- son." Around this figure whirl the complexities of a fast- evolving colony. The story, though set far back in time, often seems topical to a bizarre degree. There are the American states to the south of this early Canada, raising a siren song--at this time the still- novel one of liberty -- and ideologically and _ militarily causing anguish to admini- strators intent on maintaining a separate British - oriented entity in North America, In Canada Itself, there is the problem of how to deal with a community with roots deep in French law and cul- ture. And within that French society, there is a "spirit of innovation" at large, under- mining what some picture as an unduly traditionalist, if not semi-feudal order of things. ENGLISH DIVIDED The influence of the local English merchants,. lawyers and military 'sometimes clashed with the views of the governors, so that there was division within the camp of the "conquerors" too. Prof. Neatby devotes much to the gestation and birth of the 1774 Quebec Act. In a sense, it was a "charter for French-Canadians," she says. But it was an ambig- uous document when taken to- gether with the supplemen- tary "instructions" that went with it. QUEEN'S PARK Financial » Disasters vs Controls By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The failure of the Prudential Finance Company the latest in a series of disasters which must have th ublic completely these things bankruptcy of the. compan: possible short s incidental to its management, and yet evi- on nothing was done about t, ' It's SLOW How do these things happen They happen because govern- ment is slow to change, slow to act except in crisis, and must act within the letter of law which often lags behind need. When Mr. Robarts received . the request concerned in this instance, he quite properly for- warded it to the attorney-gen- eral, the minister then respons- ible for securities legislation. , And - Attorney-General Arthur Wishar then, and also quite properly, forwarded it to the Ontario Securities Commission, the body administering securi- ties legislation, And though as this is written this can't. be said for sure, most probably the OSC reviewed the situation and found there was nothing requiring action from it under exising law, or nothing in existing law that would auth- orize it to act, The pertinent point is that here probably could have been law, except for the ways of government. There had been both public expression of alarm about the expansion of finance companies and a review of securities leg- re ig well in advance of this me, LOGICAL FIELD This was 'a logical field for tighter law. : But government doesn't act act quickly. There undoubtedly will be law one day, and now probabil we will see it this winter, which will provide for much more intimate and detailed super: vision of this type of company. But in this instance when it was needed it wasn't there, You can say this is lax, and probably a good many people will be hit through the apparent laxness. But still it is not as bad as it looks. In these fast-moving times the of government well up. : But also, it can be hoped not to the extent of doing things in a rush, Every piece of control law lessens individual right to some degree. Law once made seldom . is removed. And any trend to- wards snap - judgement law could be much more disastrous than any financial failure. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO December 6, 1946 The first of Whitby's post- war industries, the Empire Pant and Boys' Wear Company has started production and employs over 20 people. Norman Down was re-lected president of the South Ontario Temperance Federation at its convention in King St. United Church. 35 YEARS AGO December 6, 1931 Rev. Canon de Pencier, for twenty one years rector of St. George's Anglican Church will be honored tomorrow with the unveiling of a beautiful window in the church. In the village of Orono, there is no depression, There is no unemployment and no need for a relief fund for the 600 in- habitants, a happy one ! USE YOUR crept WISELY The credit you command rests largely on one thing, not the position you hold nor the pro- perty you own, nor the bank account, but the way you pay your bills, make your Christmas CREDIT BUREAU "IT PAYS TO. PAY PROMPTLY" 286 KING ST. W. 728-6891 ?