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Hye Oshawa Times 86: King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher £. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1967 Canada Abets Confusion On Foreign Whatever the outcome of the Mercantile Bank affair which now occupies the headlines of Canada - US. relations, an air of foreboding will persist. It will stem as much from Walter Gordon's return to a post of prominence in the cabinet as it will from the present controver- sy. This pertinent point cannot ever be overlooked. Canada is destined for a long do- mestic debate about U.S. invest- ment in this country. The Mercan- tile dealings will serve to attract at- tention, perhaps even to stir audi- ence participation south of the bor- der. It will be imperative that Can- ada's case and course both be more clearly stated than they have been generally to date. An indication of the confusion comes in statements made to the press in San Francisco by Trade Minister Robert Winters. He said quite candidly that Canadian atti- tudes toward foreign capital have "given rise to conflicting reports". He took great care to assure United States investors that "Canada wel- comes foreign capital.regardless of the doubt-provoking remarks to the contrary from time to time". Investment What Mr. Winters didn't say, of course, was that these doubts are promoted by the philosophy of Mr. Gordon and by his appointments to the sensitive position as chairman of a cabinet stuly group on foreign in- vestment. The Trade Minister has stated he was not consulted about Mr. Gordon's return to the cabinet. And it is reported in Ottawa many more cabinet ministers favor Mr. Winters' stand on foreign invest- ment than lean to the narrow na- tionalistic and generally anti-Amer- ican views of Mr. Gordon. Little wonder there's confusion. On the one hand, Mr. Winters' and his col- leagues wave a friendly "come on over" to investors. On the other, Mr. Gordon signals a stolid warm- ing to stop. Some commentators contend Mr. Gordon will be restrained by his cabinet colleagues. This may prove true. Meanwhile there is every like- lihood of Canadian policies and ac- tions being widely misunderstood, not only abroad but at home as well. If Mr. Gordon is intent on carry- ing a big stick, let the Prime Min- ister at least insist that he learn to walk as softly as possible, Pesky Pedestrians! Oshawa students when classes are over for the day seem a care- free lot. So much so that their ac- tions must bring a line from Gray's "Elegy" to mind for many a frus- trated motorist: The one that: tells of "the lowing herd wind(ing) slowly o'er the lea". The young men and women leav- ing collegiates in the afternoon are surely the peskiest pedestrians in the city. They appear completely indifferent to the motorists wait- ing while they set their meander- ing course. On the sidewalk, fine, let them take their time. But when She Oshawa Fines T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and hronicle (established 1863) is published daily indays id Stotutary moles excepted), Dalit paper Publish= ors 'Aseaclation, Gre Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the pa; credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the loca! mews published therein. 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School Zone signs are posted pro- minently and respected by the ma- jority of drivers, Yet these signs are more closely associated with youngsters -- public school pupils of an age that you might expect them to dart or dash without regard for approaching vehicles. Collegiate students should have more under- standing of the perils of driving in slush and snow. Unfortunately such understanding is not evident. Strangely enough, the attitude of many of these teen-agers changes radically when they get behind the wheel of an automobile. Then they'll brook no interference. They can barely wait for a traffic light to change. A pedestrian who doesn't move smartly out of their way in- furiates them and they lean heavily on their horns. The nerve - wracking inconveni- ence, this "school's out" indiffer- ence, causes motorists is not a mat- ter for police supervision. It is sim- ply a question of showing courtesy and consideration for the safety of others and themselves. OTTAWA REPORT Another Question In Truscott By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Was 12-year-old Lyne Harper gang-raped -- by 14-year-old Steven Truscott and his friends, or by another un- named posse--on*the night of her death in June, 1959, per- haps in Lawson's bush where her nude body was later found? This possibility was raised in my mind by a casual comment made by Truscott's chief advo- cate, Arthur Martin, Q.C., dur- ing the final review of the case before the Supreme Court of Canada. "She may have been ravished more than once," Mr. Martin told the court in a quiet aside. The hearing was opened at 10:30 a.m. by a_ black-robed court attendant emerging through the high double doors at the back of the courtroom. "Order" he called, and the six counsel, a dozen newspaper men and two dozen or so spec- tators rose to their feet while the nine judges filed in. Led by Chief Justice Tascher- eau wearing dark glasses, the most prominent judges in the land took their seats in the high-backed red-leather chairs behind their long, curved table on the dais. They include Wil- fred Judson, rated by many lawyers as the most brilliant of them all; John Cartwright, who 20 years ago was the pain- staking prosecutor in the Gou- zenko spy trials; Doug Abbott who served as minister of fi- nance under prime ministers Mackenzie King and St. Laur- ent; Emmett Hall, former chief justice of Saskatchewan and chairman of the royal commis- sion on health services; Wish- art Spence, whose only emer- gence into the national limelight was when he was criticized by John Diefenbaker and others for his conduct as the commissioner inquiring into the Gerda Munsinger case, UNUSUAL LEGAL STEP "May it please your lord- ships," opened defence counsel Martin; and for three days he argued points of law, reviewed the key factors of the original Case trial in 1959, and interminably referred to old leather-bound law books to quote precedents. Representing the Crown was W. C. Bowman, Ontario's di- rector of public prosecutions, and Welland's Crown attorney, Donald Scott. This was not a trial, in that no attempt was made to recon- struct the events already tried. It was the second and final pub- lic step of a review of the case which the Supreme Court, un- usually, had been ordered by the cabinet to make, seven years after refusing Truscott leave to appeal to it his convic- tion for the murder of the sub- teen-age girl. The aura of our Supreme Court is more impressive than its setting. The small cubicle of a room is less than 30 feet wide and 40 feet long; the aesthetics and accoustics of the walnut panelled room are damaged by its disproportionate height of 20 feet. Lacking electronic voice transmission, it is hard for those in the public seats to hear many of the quiet exchanges between judges and counsel, whose voices spiral upwards to be lost among the huge bronze chandelier which domi the courtroom. Nevertheless, we could hear discussion about the tracks of Truscott's bicycle beside the death-wood, about an imprint near the body made by a shoe such as Truscott wore, and the grey - haired defence counsel perhaps a little squeamish not calling the raped girl's knickers a spade, but primly "her little white under-panties." But the missed and surely most significant aside was his remark: "She may have been rav- ished more than once." Medical opinion at the autopsy clearly suggested this possibility. And one had to speculate - did Steven Truscott, and his friends en masse, overpower and rape and murder the little girl, or did some gang of wolves, roam- ing Ontario in '"'a grey Chevro- let Bel Air with orange or yel- low licence plate' perform the foul deed? Political Segregation Bill To Bring More Bitterness By ADAM KELLETT-LONG JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) Controversial proposals aimed at ending political contact be- tween South Africa's race groups now are under study by a parliamentary commission. The proposals were contained in the Prohibition of Interfer- ence Bill on which the commis- sion has to report back to Par- liament by March 31. The bill was put into cold storage for six months after ne- gotiations between Prime Min- ister John Vorster and Opposi- tion Leader Sir de Villiers Graff toward the end of the last brief session of Parliament last year. It had promised to produce one of the most bitter debates in the South African Parlia- ment, already known for fierce controversy over racial and security measures. The main purpose of the bill was to prevent the multi-racial- program Progressive party, which has only one member of Parliament, from winning any of the four special parliament- ary seats occupied by white members representing the 1,- 600,000 colored (mixed race) people in South Africa's Cape Province. In an earlier provincial elec- tion, white members of the Pro- gressive party won seats as col- ored peoples' representatives. The bill's provisions would have meant total separation of the races in politics and the end of multi-racial political par- ties. The main sufferer under these provisions would have been the Liberal party, which is entirely multi - racial and does not con- test seats in the white Parlia- ment. It has already decided to dis- solve itself if the bill is passed in its original form. But the bill's provisions would also have had some effect on the Progressive, party which has a few non - white members --party spokesmen will not say how many -- although it is white-dominated. The bill might also have meant the end of multi - racial organizations, such as the South African Institute of Race Rela- tions. Several theories have been put forward as to why the bill was shelved. One was that Vorster did not want to get involved in a major political controversy within weeks of taking over as prime minister following the assassi- nation of Hendrik Verwoerd in September. TL CLL rina A TIME FOR ORGANIZING Nn nn ANNIVERSARY DEMANDED Terrorists In Quebec Quiet For Centennial? By CY FOX MONTREAL (CP) -- Cen- tennial Year has begun in Quebec on a generally moder- ate note and indications are that any elements inclined to violence in the cause of Que- bec independence plan to spend 1967 organizing for sub- sequent action. Terrorists apparently form a small minority among avowed Quebec separatists, who in turn are a minority of the general population, at least as far as electoral re- sults are concerned. Despite the seemingly peaceful outlook for 1967, the year's beginning saw one mail box explosion and some smearing of Confederation- oriented monuments in Mont- real. These actions still have not been officially attributed by police to any particular groups, separatist or other- wise. A mimeographed sheet called La Cognee (The Hatchet) turned up in mid- January in the Montreal of- fices of some news organiza- tions. Published periodically, La Cognee describes itself as the organ of a terrorist group known as le Front de libera- tion du Quebec. The current issue calls the Centennial Year "a horrible anniversary'? but says a suc- cessful struggle requires at least a minimum. of organiz- ation. "Alas, this minimum is not 80 easy to achieve as some would believe or wish it to The FLQ this year would seek "'to ensure permanance to the clandestine fight and political agitation." ATTACKS RIN La Cognee spoke of the FLQ's '"'sad experiences" in the past--apparently refer- ring to what police have called the quick smashing of . terrorist rings since Quebec bomb planters began winning headlines in 1963. Referring to the current atmosphere in Quebec, La Cognee refers to "an ominous state of psychological intoxi- cation among the people gen- erally and the morbid high- handedness of so-called pro- gressive minds." The latter elements were identified by the FLQ paper as, among others, members of le Rassemblement pour l'independance nationale, a leftist group which prefers to fight its battle for an inde- pendent Quebec at the polls rather than via terrorist ac- tion. The influence of such groups as the RIN, says La Cognee, promotes an atmos- phere which "scarcely facill- tates the achievement of a suitable climate for strug- gle." Adequate organizational de- velopment of the FLQ might take "a number of years," and La Cognee, in underlin- ing this point, criticizes '"'im- petuous"' individuals afflicted with "bombitis."' In the past, La Cognee has frequently outlined the forms of violence planned by the FLQ. VIOLENCE POSSIBLE Despite the FLQ_ publica- tion's indication of tranquil- lity for the immediate future, observers in Montreal feel that the possibility of terror- ism cannot be dismissed, es- pecially in a year so full of symbolism for English- and French-Canadians alike. The year 1966 saw a pro- separatist. demonstration by two young Quebecers at the United Nations in New York and also two Montreal bomb- ing incidents involving the loss of two lives. Arrested in connection with the bomb explosions were youths alleged to have acted by reason of their socialist as well as their separatist faith. Both blasts occurred at indus- trial premises hit by strikes. Recent years have seen radical separatists fusing an extreme form of socialism wit: their programs for an independent Quebec. An example of this ideology is the intellectual review known as Parti Pris. Parti Pris apparently has little use for bomb-throwing violence, although a recent issue con- tained praise for the ideologi- cal dedication of the youths arrested after the 1966 inci- dents. The Parti Pris group in- cludes a number of top young French-Canadian artists. Lately it studious air as its members busy themselves, so they say, with the working out of a sys- tematic separatist philosophy rather than with any out- wardly apparent rush to vio- lence. The magazine's recent is- sues bristle with abuse of "bourgeois" politicians-- anyone espousing the present parliamentary system, be they separatist or otherwise. But Parti Pris' concentra- tion on theorizing, however tough, has caused separtists of the terrorist wing to com- ment caustically that the re- view is becoming mellow and academic. The radicalism of some Quebec youth is drawing criti- cism from certain adult quar- ters, including some business- men, politicians and educa- tional authorities. Dr. Roger Gaudry, rector of the French-language Univer- sity of Montreal, says the uni- versity has been persistently embarrassed by student lead- ers who do not represent the views of the student body. The university hopes to rem- edy the situation. Real Caouette, leader of the federal Creditiste party and once a top man among hard- talking Quebec-firsters, lays the blame for radicalism among the province's young- sters on university professors from '"marxist countries" who teach revolution. has cultivated a ANOTHER COLD SHOV NANCE Weenie nna FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS U.S. Senate Held By Past By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst President"Johnson's efforts to improve relations with Eastern Europe are endangered, Wash- ington reports say, by the re- sistance of the United States Senate to his proposal for a consular treaty affording Amer- icans in the Soviet Union addi- tional protection; the "cold warriors" are afraid of the re- ciprocal protection Russian spies may enjoy in the U.S. In fact such mutual protec- tion already exists. Like most treaties reducing tensions, this one merely describes an ac- complished fact. It is this. fact, precisely, that the "cold-war- riors" dread to acknowledge, having been conditioned men- tally by their own cries of warn- ing during the last 20 years, cries of warning are always so worded, everywhere. There is, too, for the senators, the prob- lem of undoing what they have done: Having terrorised the electorate into paying ever more for security against a threat, it is awkward to assert the threat has so suddenly passed; a politician's credibility might develop a gap. It matters little. In reality the balance of terror now operates like a traditional and comfort- ing balance of power, the thaw is here, melting the icy bastions of the cold war. Poland pro- poses that she disarm, under international inspection in ex- change for similar disarma- ment by the Benelux countries, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Opposition to such proposals by orthodox NATO believers was extreme only three years ago. But cur- rently the Atlantic Alliance, fol- lowing advice France's Presi- dent De Gaulle gave long ago, actually has committees study- ing the way in which just such arrangements as Poland pro- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb, 3, 1967 . Oscar Slater, once sen- tenced to hang for a murder he did not commit, died 19 years ago today--in 1948--in obscurity. He was a petty crook in Glasgow, Scotland, when he was charged in 1908 with the murder of an 83-year-old widow, Marion Gilchrist, and convicted on evidence which had been distorted by the police. He was reprieved from execu- tion and spent 19 years in prison before a re-hearing acquitted him. He was paid £6,000 compensation for his false conviction and impri- sonment. 1939--John of Gaunt, an- eestor of the Lancastrians of the English Wars of the Roses, died. 1948 -- Queen Wilthemina announced the end of The Netherlands' colonial policy. First World War Fifty years ago today-- in 1917--the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany; the U.S, ship Housatonic was sunk by a U-boat off England; Britain introduced voluntary bread, meat and sugar rationing. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the Dutch na- val base at Surabaya was bombed by Japanese for the first time; U.S. sailors and marines joined the belea- guered Philippines garri- son; the South African Se- nate voted 20 to five against secession from the Com- jonwealth. m & poses can be set into motion immediately. Significant in the Polish pro- posal is the revelation that War- saw has lost its fear_of an aggressive, reunified Germany seeking to regain her pre-war territories now forming Po- land's western regions. If the fear remained, Poland would not suggest she disarm. And it now is clear that only ritualistic importance can be attached to the Eastern European demand that West Germany solemnly renounce those territories. Solemn renunciation or no, deal diplomatically with an Eastern European country that had recognized East Germany, an absolute obstacle heretofore for obtaining diplomatic recog- nition from the West Germans who considered East Germany not as a state but as their own land to be repossessed and cleared of trespassers. Now in effect, Bonn abandons the policy of repossession con- ceding by implication that re- unification may only come in the distant future and in stages, such as a confederation of two co-equal and independent e r- the thaw pr d re-establishes diplomatic rela- tions with West Germany, with- out the latter having to re- nounce anything. In this in- stance, West Germany now will ies. No one says so. In fact it is better not to say anything. All sides said much too much in the cold war, and much too much was believed as revealed truth in Washington. Parliament Building Fire Blamed On Saboteurs By BOB BOWMAN The First World War began in August, 1914, but the United States did not get into it until April 6, 1917, Until then German saboteurs were able to use the U.S. as a base from which to operate against Canada's war effort. They were directed by franz von Papen who was also active during the Second World War. James Mason starred in a movie about him called Five Fingers. Ex-German naval cap- tain Rentelin also wrote a book called The Dark Invader about some of his exploits. They in- cluded an attempt to destroy a bridge over the St. Croix. River in New Brunswick which would have disrupted traffic between Montreal and the important east coast port of Saint John. There was also a plan to destroy On- tario's Welland Canal. Both those efforts failed, but German saboteurs probably scored a major success Feb. 3, 1916, when Canada's original Parliament Building was de- stroyed by fire. Some of the circumstances surrounding the fire are described in my father's recently published book Ottawa Editor. The Providence (R.I.) Journal had issued a warning that an attempt would be made to burn Parliament at Ottawa but the warning was not heeded. The fire started in the news- Gunautniniay seem tne paper reading room when the House of Commons was in ses- sion and spread rapidly through the dry wooden corridors. Seven people lost their lives including Bowman K. Law, member for Yarmouth, N.S., and two ladies who were guests of Speaker Sevigny. Some members barely man- aged to escape. Dr. Michael Clark, member for Red Deer, Alta., had to crawl through the smoke until he was rescued by a fireman. Fortunately the Sen- ate was not in session or casual- ties might have been worse. Firefighters were hampered by bitterly cold weather, and water pressure was low. There was a dramatic moment exactly at midnight. The big clock on the 160-foot tower had just struck the final note' of 12 o'clock when the tower crashed into the flames of the building. Only the parliamentary library was saved and has retained its original form. After the fire, Parliament met in the museum for four years, but the new ilding was not completed until 1927 when the Peace Tower was completed. OTHER FEB. 3 EVENTS: 1811--Alexander Henry left on trip to source of Saskatchewan River. 1831--Lord Aylmer appointed Governor-General of Canada. iH ANA TUT EM QUEEN'S. PARK MacDonald vs Nixon At Opening TORONTO -- There was an interesting confrontation here on the opening day of the throne speech debate this week when Liberal Leader Robert Nixon and NDP Leader Donald MacDonald spoke on the same afternoon. And for anyone who wanted to make it, since both were de- livering major speeches, here was an opportunity to compare the two men; and if you like, judge them on their political chances 'in this year's election. At least this is what many people would tend to do... compare them politically--and this would be a mistake. Speeches in the chamber here and those on the hustings in an election campaign are quite a different matter. Debates in the chamber are largely conducted for the rec- ord. It provides opposition with an opportunity to criticize the government and the programs it is proposing in Hansard and as much as possible in the press. Speeches on the hustings are designed for public appeal. Showmanship, force and plausbibility, for example, are much more important on the hustings than in the house. TWO APPROACHES What you can judge in the house, however, is the over-all emphasis and character the various leaders will show in a campaign. Generally it reveals the tenor of what their came paigns will be. Hearing him in the chamber, you will generalize that Mr. Nixon's campaign will tend to be agreeable and specifically constructive. The Liberal leader gave the government credit for things it had done, while offering the general criticism the govern- ment had reacted too slowly and was lacking in foresight to meet the problems of the fu- ture. Along with this criticism, he had some concrete proposals to offer (on economy: a central purchasing agey was one sug- gestion). Mr. MacDonald, on the other hand, will likely be derogatory and proposing broad reform rather than specific action. He lambasted the government at length, as is his custom, and his 'remedies' tended to be sweeping declarations, rather than concrete proposals. For example, he said the farmer must get more and the consumer must pay less for food, but the only recommenda- tion he made was to eliminate trading stamps. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO February 2, 1947 Mayor F. N, McCallum pre- sented Judge J. C. Anderson with a chest of sterling silver flatware, on behalf of the citi- zeins of the city, at a testi. monial dinner, held in his hon- or in the Piccadilly Room of the Genosha Hotel. Mr. T. N. Rose of Birming- ham, England a director of Ro- tary International will be the guest speaker at Monday's Ro- tary luncheon. 35 YEARS AGO February 3, 1932 Mr. Peter A. Blackburn, city treasurer has been appointed Comptroller of Revenue, by City Council. As of February 1st all civie salaries will be cut by 5 to 18 percent, BIBLE "T have set before you life and death. . . therefore choose life." Deuteronomy 30:19 There is no real life inside, outside of the Lord. 'The wages of sin is death, the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 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