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She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1967 Politicking Pervade# Auto Pact Discussion The political overtones are be- coming more and more evident in. the controversy over the Canadian- U.S. auto pact which is of so great concern in Oshawa at present. Actually, it was in October of last year that Oshawa first officially re- quested federal consideration of the effects of the agreement on the economy here. The request was re- newed last week. The new appeal followed urgings by Michael Starr, the Conservative member for On- tario County, to the Liberal govern- ment that it institute a review of the pact in light of the lay offs and production lag being experienced here. Meanwhile, the field of partisan politicking has widened. The Con- servative member for this riding at Queen's Park has entered the pic- ture in what must appear an ob- vious political manoeuver. The leader of the government of which he is a member is on record support- ing the pact. Next, a spokesman for the Liberal party in this consti- tuency has issued a statement be- rating the provincial member for the shaky stand he has taken. Lest all hope of constructive ac- tion be lost in political confusion it is time these positions were ana- lysed in the interests of the Osh- awa community as a whole. With or without political motiva- tion, Mr. Starr's call for a review of the pact is justified. The pact is not a provincial matter, thus the Queen's Park member could be bet- ter occupied in his own area of oper- ation, perhaps continuing efforts to bring more industry to the city. For their part, it will be recogniz- ed the local Liberal spokesmen are in an embarrassing position. The city is still awaiting a reply to the request made in October to the Lib- eral administration in Ottawa. Loc- al Liberals might play a more pos- itive role by exerting whatever in- fluence they might have in Ottawa toward alleviating the situation here. The concern and uncertainties over the pact being expressed in Oshawa are too serious to permit them to become a political football --whatever party may be vying for the quarterback position. Children's Theatre The momentum of the popular appeal of special events planned for Centennial enlightenment and en- tertainment is mounting as they move throughout Canada. Canadians, young and old, are queuing at every stop to tour the Confederation Train. Although panned unmercifully by the critics, the Centennial Play is being per- formed to "standing room only" audiences. So great was the ac- claim for Les Feux-Follet at the Lakehead that five more Ontario communities have invited the group to perform. The group will per- form in Oshawa later in February. The first on-tour attraction of Fest- She Gsharoa. Times WILSON, Publisher & Pg "PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond hronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all ne' despatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local mews published therein. All rights of special os patches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, ene Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, Deivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broupham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypoc and Newcastle not over 55c per week, By mail in Province of Ontario outside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 pe year. ival Canada is a Quebec folk dance troupe which is proving popular wherever it plays. The second Fes- tival Canada feature is a cross- country tour by the National ballet which began in Halifax this week. Of particular interest in Oshawa will be the fine reception afforded the Museum Children's Theatre. In one Ontario town with a population of 1,000 it is reported 1,001 attend. ed the performances of the theatre. Three months ago in Brampton no sponsor could be found for this Cen- tennial feature. Now, as the word of its success has spread, 10 per- formances have been arranged in Brampton. The Museum Children's Theatre is on tour, at present in Western Ontario, with its production of 'The Tinderbox". The Ontario Perform- ing Arts Festival is its sponsor. One Ontario Centennial official has been quoted as saying the attraction is playing to '110 per cent aud- iences". "They're bringing in ex- tra chairs", he explained. The Oshawa and district Centen- nial Calendar is rapidly being filled with both national and locally-stag- with both national and _locally- staged events. However, should there be an Oshawa organization - still seeking a project, in light of the early success of the Children's Theatre, its sponsorship here would seem well worth considering. OTTAWA REPORT Deal Good As Gold For Collectors By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Describing the "outrageous profits" at which our mint and the Bank of Can- ada sell money, I recently men- tioned in this column that none of our present coins or bank notes are intrinsically worth their face value. For example, our humble nickel has plenty to be humble about. Bravely entitled "5 cents," it is in reality a plug, a mere token, containing only nine-tenths of one cent's worth of nickel. Our silver coins are Jess char- latan, consisting of four-fifths silver and one-fifth copper, yet still worth less than they pro- claim. Each contains, at present metal prices, only 84 per cent of its stated value. As for the pieces of processed woodpulp on which Louis Ras- minsky, governor of the Bank of Canada, writes his promise to pay $1, its material content costs a fraction of one+un- dredth of one cent. SILVER ON WAY OUT. We have a further debasement of the currency awaiting us around the corner of the year. When the declining United States stockpile of silver be- comes exhausted, the price of silver may be expected to soar above its present artifically-low figure of $1,2929 (U.S.) an ounce. Then our mint would show a loss instead of a profit from stamping the silver and copper alloy into our coins, So sometime next year the mint will probably begin making our dimes, quarters and half-dollars of pure nickel. Our centennial year issue of silver coins may be our last. In these circumstances, my faith in gold coinage and my respect for a gold coin which traditionally is worth its face value, is strong. So I was un- easy about some information given me recently when I was preparing a column about our centennial coins. Included in this series is a $20 gold piéce-- the first Canadian gold coin to be minted since 1914. I was told that it would weigh about the same as our quarter; this would make its gold content worth only about $8, I wrote. My suspicion proved well- founded, and now that the coin is actually being made, I have been able to obtain more au- thoritative information than I could get from the staff depleted by the holiday season. In fact, the new gold coin is slightly larger than our two-bit coin, and more than three times as heavy. It weighs 281.9 grains, compared to the 25-cent coin at 90 grains. Its diameter is slightly more than 1 1-16 inches, contrasted to about fifteen-six- teenths of an inch for the 25- cent coin; and it is about one- tenth of an inch thick. It is 90- per-cent gold and 10-per-cent copper. Thus it contains exactly $20 worth of gold. Since the mint has to fabricate and stamp this gold, it costs the mint slightly more than $20 to pro- duce each coin. CONSIDER FACETS However, iit is only being sold in sets, together with one speci- men of each 1967 coin from one cent.to $1. The face value of this set is $21.91, but the set costs $40 to buy. This looks like a substantial profit for the mint; but there are other factors. The set comes in a black morocco case, which the mint has bought in whole- sale quantities for about $5 each. Also, numismatists will be delighted to learn that the gold discs are handled individually and with great care, using spe- cial pincers. They are placed singly under the stamp by hand, then removed and checked for faults. So each of these gold coins will be in perfect condi- THIS NO SWAN SONG -- TRUMPETS DIEF NUANCE tion when it is dispatched to the purchaser. HOW TO BUY Orders for this special centen- nial set of coins may be sent to: Presentation Coin Set, P.O. Box 100, Ottawa 2. They must be ac- companied by certified cheque or money order, in, the amount of $40 for each set ordered, and made payable to The Receiver General of Canada. Orders for five sets or less are being given priority, but the mint estimates that it will take about seven months to fill orders already re- ceived. This is a deal of interest to collectors, and to magpies of souvenirs. It is a bad way to cash a cheque, because in re- turn for your cheque for $40, you will receive coins with a face value of $21.91, albeit in perfect condition and packed in an attractive case. U.S. Criticized For Failure To Exploit Communist Rift By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP)--George F. Kennan, former diplomat credited with enunciating Amer- ican cold-war doctrine for Eu- rope in the early 1950s, has opened another congressional review of foreign policy with one sweeping assumption about global communism. "Humpty Dumpty cannot and will not be reassembled," Ken- nan told the Senate foreign re- lations committee Monday. By Humpty Dumpty he meant world communism. Failure by the U.S. to exploit the fractured Communist 'loc, in his view, makes nuclear war later this century a probability rather than a simple possibil- ity. China's internal strife already has set it back years and Ja- pan and West Germany have far more great-power potential, Kennan said. BACKS McNAMARA This ment compl one made last week by Defence Secretary Robert McNamara who said: "Although the conflict in Southeast Asia continues to be the problem of most immediate concern to the American peo- ple, other developing trends may turn out to have even greater significance over the longer run." The clash between Russia and China, reduced in recent days to gigantic hostile demonstra- tions in Peking and exchanges of barnyard - flavored epithets, "is one of the most significant developing trends on the current international scene,' says Mc- Namara. He would not predict actual warfare between the two neigh- bors and allies in communism. "but the tension on the borders is likely to continue." But despite what may be the tightest secrecy imposed here so far on official statements about Vietnamese peace progress, feelings persist that something is cooking. 'Sverre CENTENNIAL FLASHBACK CANADIAN CELEBRITY AT 19 Highly Regarded Poet, 'Beatnik' Back In 1896 By RENE 4d'ANJOU MONTREAL (CP) -- Emile Nelligan couldn't have cared tess about schools. So he de- cided to drop out. He didn't like the clerical job his father lined up for him at the post office. So he quit after a couple of weeks, He sailed to England as a seaman on a freighter, but his trip across the Atlantic appar- ently didn't impress him el- ther. A few months later he was back at his favorite haunts here, living the Bo- hemian life. Today any teen-ager whose behavior fell into this pattern might get tagged as a high- school dropout or be brushed aside by society as a beatnik. But don't knock Nelligan be- cause in 1896, when he was 16, he turned to poetry, reading a great deal of contemporary continental literature and writing a few poems of his own. Three years later he was the sensation of a little liter- ary set in Montreal known as l'Ecole Litteraire, which held regular meetings in a grand colonial manor called le Cha- teau Ramezay. And in 1966 Nelligan is widely regarded as French Canada's foremost poet and is éonsidered by some to be the best poet Canada has ever had. Nelligan, born Christmas Eve, 1879, in a humble home A on a@ narrow Montreal street caltred Lagauchetiere, was something of a celebrity by the time he was 19. One day, after giving a poetry reading at le Chateau, Nelligan was carried home a hero on the shoulders of his admirers, He never gave another poetry reading in public. Nelligan, concentrating with all his passion on writing a volume of verse, became men- tally ill just two months after his public triumph. 1867 U 1967 He was admitted to mental hospital a victim of schizo- phrenia and languished there for the remaining 42 years of his life, tumbling into oblivion. He died Nov. 18, 1941, almost a forgotten man. Edmund Wilson, the dis- tinguished United States critic, cites Nelligan in a re- view of Canadian literature in the book O Canada, published in 1964, Wilson says: "This poet is at once the Rimbaud and the Gerard de Nerval of French Canada and he seems to me the only first- rate Canadian poet, French or -- that I have yet Nelligan's poetry has always appealed to critics, but his has hardly been a household name around Quebec. Now, however, there's a move afoot to bring the Nelligan name and work before Quebecers. Last June a group of the poet's admirers led by Dr. Lionel Fleury, a radiologist at St. Joseph's Hospital in La- chine, formed the Society of Friends of Emile Nelligan. There recently was a great publicity push called Emile Nelligan Week to mark the 25th anniversary of the poet's death, culminating in a grave- side ceremony attended by the Bishop of Montreal and the province's cultural affairs minister. This made Nelligan more a public hero than ever. He was featured in articles in newspapers and news mag- azines. French-Canadian tele- vision and radio broadcast the Nelligan story on their most popular programs: At McGill University, which has a special French-Canada studies program, there were three days of academic semi- nars on Nelligan's work. Why? "Because we think he was a real genius," says Dr. Fleury, whose first brush with the rich imagery of Nelligan's verse was as a 16-year-old schoolboy. Dr. yen? A woman 60 cg by Nell'zan' ar ranged to intern at the mental hospital where Nelligan lived out his life. Dr. Fleury visited with Nelligan every day the last four months of his life. Nelligan, then 61, white- haired and aristocratic, would spend his days idly smoking an old pipe. "Sometimes he was very lucid. But he was mostly mel- ancholic. He was quiet but lost, not always with us." Dr. Fleury says the society plans to establish a foundation with offices in the former La- val Street residence of the Nelligan family "'to help young poets and artists and to inten- sify research in psychiatry." The society also hopes to get the city to rename one of its streets near Lafontaine Park in the area where Nel- ligan lived after the poet and establish a Nelligan mon- ument in a square where "young poets and artists could gather on Sundays.' Most of the poems Nelligan wrote in his three-year pro- ductive period as a teen-ager have been collected during the last 12 years. by Luc Lacour- siere, director of the folklore archives at Laval University in Quebec City. Chief Canadian critic of Nel- ligan's works is Prof. Paul Wyczynski, director of re- search for French-Canadian literature at the University of Ottawa, who is currently writ- ing his second book on Nelli- @an's poems, FOREIGN NEWS. ANALYSIS Washington Belittles U.K. By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst They are laughing in Wash- ington at Britain's "preten- sions" and her 'special re- lationship" with the United States and only British poli- ticians seem not to notice. The anecdotes are many and pain- ful, about the British minister, for instance, saying to Ameri- can reporters that the pound sterling was sound as the Lib- erty Bell. When it was pointed out to him by an aide that the bell was cracked, he amended his metaphor: '"'The pound has the strength of Gibraltar," which also has cracks these days. "It matters a lot to George," says a high U.S. official, refer- ting to Mr. Brown, Britain's foreign secretary, "and to Har- old that we let them speak our mind to Russia; we could do it ourselves, but that would spoil Wilson's fun, and that's all that is left in the special relationship between London and Washing- ton. . ." Not quite. The U.S. finds Britain useful in other ways but all in endeavors that are obviously being phased out. The U.S. would rather not, at this stage, take over from Brit- ain the subsidizing of Singapore, Aden and other east-of-Suez burdens. It is not only a ques- tion of money but also of step- ping into imperialist shoes; the propaganda impact would be be regrettable for the U.S. But Indonesia did not go Commu- nist, Singapore is less impor- tant now that the U.S. is de- veloping installations in Aus- tralia and Thailand. Aden seems very unlikely as a strong- hold from which hostile forces would threaten U.S. or Western access to Middle East oil, which matters little, anyhow. In Europe, Washington saw in Britain a defender of ortho- dox NATO doctrine, but such orthodoxy has lost its signifi- cance when the U.S., through the non-proliferation treaty it TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 2, 1967... The Canadian government proclaimed western British Columbia a "protected area' 25 years ago today-- in 1942--and began the de- portation of people of Japa- nese blood, Even Canadian citizens of several genera- tions' residence were treated as aliens, deprived of their property and moved east. At the end of the Second World War a number of Japanese were shipped to Japan and the war measures were upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada and the British Privy Council. 1808--The French army occupied Rome. 1869--Lord Lisgar took of- fice as governor-general. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the British in Mesopo- tamia occupied both banks of the River Tigris 25 miles from Kut-el-Amara; the Bri- tish government appealed to the people for voluntary economy in food to avoid rationing. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1942 -- six Parisian youths were executed and 100 deported after protests against the German occupa- tion; Japanese troops occu- pied Pontianik, Borneo, and prepared to invade Singa- pore; Moscow announced the evacuation of Feodo- aiva, intends to sign with Russia, gives up the idea of using Ger- man force as a shield against European Communist --aggres- sion which is no longer the bogey it was. Britain also was an obstacle ----so Washington thought--to de Gaulle's plans for a Europe in- dependent of the U.S., not evolving towards a union like the U.S, eroding the Iron Cur- tain with trade instead of ring- ing it with guns. Britain never was wholeheartedly in the Acheson-Dulles-Rusk camp on this, but she made the right noises to please the great Eng- lish-speaking partner across the Atlantic. Washington, however, now has changed the script; Brit- ain's part is changed, too. She must choose between continuing with the not so special relation- ship or becoming a committed European, What does Washing- ton want her to do? "We'd be terribly embar- 'rassed if she asked us," my sources said. "We _ haven't given it much thought. We have more important things on our mind," Charges Of Customs Graft Heard In Shocked Commons By BOB BOWMAN It's an over-simplification of a complicated political situation but a rum-running barge carry- ing 16,000 gallons of alcohol from St. Pierre caused Can- ada's constitutional crisis in 1926. The department of finance suspected that there was graft in the custom's department and began to investigate. There was a tip to watch for a certain barge sailing up the St. Law- rence River, and it was spotted one evening off Quebec. Even- tually the investigators found it in a cove near St. Sulpice un- loading liquor into eight trucks. The barge was seized and taken to Montreal where the chief preventive officer of the department of customs, Joseph Bisaillon, suddenly appeared and demanded custody. The li- quor disappeared, and an in- vestigation indicated that Bisail- lon had banked $69,000, although he claimed that the money had been forwarded to the receiver- general, It was also revealed that Bisaillon owned a home on the border, half of it in Canada, and half of it in the United States. Contraband goods could be smuggled through it. On the night of Feb. 2, 1926, H. H. Stevens, a member of Parliament for Vancouver, shocked the House of Commons in a speech that continued until four in the morning. He pro- duced evidence of graft involv- ing some of the highest officials in the customs department, in- cluding the former customs minister Jacques Bureau whom Prime Minister Mackenzie King had elevated to the Senate. Mackenzie King's government was in power only through the assistance of the Progressive party. When it become obvious that the government would be defeated in the House of Com- mons, the prime minister ad- vised Gov.-Gen, Byng to dissolve Parliament so a general elec- tion could be held. Gov.-Gen. Byng would not accept the prime minister's advice, but asked Opposition Leader Arthur Meighen to form a government instead. The Meighen government lasted only a few days when it was defeated in the House of Commons, and a general elec- tion followed. The issue of the election was not the graft in the customs department, but whether the Governor-General should have acted contrary to the advice of his prime minister. Mr. Meighen was also blamed for having accepted the: oppor- tunity to form a government. The Liberals under Mackenzie King were returned to power. OTHER FEB. 2 EVENTS: 1628--King Charles I gave Wil- liam Alexander islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1800 -- Philemon Wright brought first settlers to what now is Ottawa-Hull. 1807--Upper Canada _legisla- ture opened session that in- cluded the providing of schools for every district. 1848 -- First Liberal govern- ment elected in Nova Scotia: J, B. Uniacke, premier. Mba snnnisaniasiain cg Aug iii oe QUEEN'S PARK Conference Call Proves Disturbing By DON O'HEARN TORONTO --Prime Minister Pearson is vewing with appre- hension the conference on the constitution which Premier Ro» barts has announced he intends to try and convene. This is to be expected, and Mr. Pearson really - can't be criticized for it. . ' The federal government, after all, is the senior government-- the central government. And if every province decided it wanted to call conferences, and if Ottawa agreed it should for- mally attend, there would be chaos. Just imagine the conference Joey rag renee? or Premier "a A. C. Bennett might dream mr would be quite proper fot Mr. Robarts to call a confer- ence of the provinces, and in- vite the federal government to send observers. It was Premier Frost whop in co-operation with Premier Le- sage of Quebec, convened the first conference of the prov- inces in 1958, an event which has become an annual affair. Since then provincial meet- ings have spread out into many fields -- highways, labor, pen- sions etc.--and the federal gov- ernment usually sends unoffi- cial representatives to sit in at these discussions. But for Ottawa to officially participate in any conference called by a province in any area--unless possibly it hap- pened to be an area of provin- cial responsibility under the constitution--is untenable. And on the fundamental question of the constitution, it is of course out of the question. To formally recognize such a meeting would be to abdicate its position of seniority--like the president of a-company.at- tending a meeting of his sub- ordinates called by a branch manager. Everybody, including Mr. Ro- barts, recognizes that if our federal system is to work there must be a strong central au- thority. And attendance at the pro- posed conference inevitably would lead to a weakening of this authority. Mr. Robarts, of course, would have known this. His action must be interpre- ted as partly a stroke for pres- tige, a prestige which will be of value in this election year. Also, however, to give him credit, his action will tend to prod the federal government into speeding-up its prelminary work on revision of the consti- tution and perhaps bring on earlier developments. And this, Mr. Robarts with- out question seriously desires. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO February 2, 1952 Mr. Irwin T. Ormiston of Rag- lan, former reeve of the Town- ship of East Whitby was unani- mously elected president of the Milk Foundation of Toronto. The fire loss in 1951 in the city of Oshawa exceeded that of the past five years. 30 YEARS AGO February 2, 1937 The Mayor and council passed accounts amounting to $40, 981.32 last night. $2,364.37 of which was for Board of Works that included $50.00 for a foot- bridge accross the creek at Lakeview Gardens, Lorn Greenwood, formerly of Whitby was elevated from Baron to Viscount in the King's defer- red New Years honors list, BIBLE "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36 Our present happiness and our future home depends on what we do with this divine truth. HHA NOLO Be HAPPENED id kien THE Porgy DART v WAS THE FIRST AIRPLANE TO BE FLOWN IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH + Fe MeCURDY TOOK HER: FT AND FLEW OVER + - aM MILE AT BRAS DOR LAKE, NOVA SCOTIA, A£8.23,/909 WAS AN BS TABLISHED ------ Gna UNTH. 1785 ~ BY THE COMMUNIST. 'eu NEs NESE OR NORMAN BET) e CANAD, - Memb Theatre the finis producti comedy WHI' WHITBY bine Brow mony and ment was United Chi Brownies 2nd Guide erley Atki and Karen Guides | Rangers a Forbes, Lo Edwards, and Kather Division Easterr Presiding No. 248, 0: Star were | Mrs. Grace the Worthy tin. Introducti Mrs. Jacqui ductress, as sie Cosway, tress. Past | of Whitby were: Mrs. Mrs. Pearl Breen, Mrs. and Mrs. C as Mrs. Ma Thomas, Mr Louella Coo pen and Jar office). Whittle The newl Irene Hunte bers of Whit Club. She sz centennial y weight loss ¢ Mrs. Hun members for fidence in el promised ful the newly They are: le: co-leader, D secretary, L eurer, Bever recorder, Be It was an area supervis of Scarborou: Feb, 13 get Fersbill Park awa, and wil Club." Memb W Mr. and 3 Weller, 306 B entertained 2 at a duck din: Mr. and Mrs Brooklin; Mr. Simmons, S and Mrs. Bri land; Mr. and lins and Mr. Purdy, Whitt attended in th joyed dancing freshments w Mr. and Mr Cooper's Falls couple of mor daughter and and Mrs. Ke Kent Street. St. Mark's | very grateful of food for its \ The problem n lation of pie casseroles, etc picked up Su church _ servic week the care members. Dis! will be sold Church Womer ing. R. A. Hutct School Associ executive meet of the preside Creighton, Lu chaired the m will be "Found hoped several « of the associat to participate. shown on cent this general me