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Ohe Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1967 Compensation Measure Merits Speedy Support One measure announced in the Throne Speech for Queen's Park consideration this session should re- ceive speedy support from both sides of the legislature. It is the bill proposed to provide compensation for persons injured while assisting police. The instability of society today in which "instant" violence may con- front a constable in the routine con- duct of his duty makes such a bill a necessity. The law and those direct- ly responsible for its enforcement are not always accorded the respect once due. Rather than heeding the direction of a policeman a culprit is more apt than in the past to turn on him. The man on the beat no longer enjoys the immunity to at- tack which once was unquestioned, To pursue his duties properly there are times when he requires an assist from a passer-by. Ontario is not the first province to recognize a need to induce citi- zens to help police and to compen- sate them for it. This province was preceded by Manitoba. The govern- ment to the west has gone further. Not only is compensation provided for injuries sustained aiding police but also for injuries resulting from any criminal activity. Criminal compensation acts are also in force in New Zealand and in Britain. They make provision for payments to people who suffer "per- sonal injury directly attributable to a criminal offence" Similar legisla- tion has be.en passed in California, Ontario has, however, already given recognition to the principle that it has a role in protecting resi- dents in the case of injuries for which they are in no way responsi- ble. On the books are the provi- sions of the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund for motorists and the Work- men's Compensation Act for those hurt in industrial accidents. The bill merits support as an en- couragement for more citizens "to become involved" when police need help, as a provision to justly com- pensate those who do and as a step to wider consideratiin of assistance to those injured through criminal actions. ...Better In The Bag Those huge white vans with the gargantuan capacity to gobble garbage ---- and that so often are guilty of traffic treachery on city streets ------ may soon be trundling their last loads. That is if Oshawa heels the example being set in Toronto. Toronto has decided to adopt a system of disposable polythene bag refuse collection in a move to improve the city's housekeeping. It is expected that not only will the system be more convenient for the householder it will also result in substantial savings on labor and equipment. The garbage man will have only one trip to make with the bag, re- She Osharon Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronicle (estoblished 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted), bites ally Pr ers Associatiun, The, Canadian Press, Audit Bureau e ress is y 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 local mews published therein. All rights of special des- batches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q. Delivered by carriers tn Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Sener. Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's ' Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, ited leit Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over 55¢ ir week, By mall in Province of Ontario outs! carrier Gelivery _area, $15.00 per year. Other pi es and Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pa year, ducing collection time. Stake body trucks are all that are required for collection and they are relatively inexpensive compared with packer trucks. They would be available for other municipal jobs such as snow removal, making it possible to re- duce the size of the total municipal truck fleet. The plastic garbage bags which will be used in Toronto have about the same capacity as a medium- sized garbage can. The cost per bag is approximately 4% cents, The plan is to distribute two free bags per week to each household. The bags are more sanitary than cans because they eliminate obnoxious odors that attract flies and animals, They are much lighter to carry. And, of course, there are no "emp- ties" to worry about. For .a cost-conscious council the Toronto system certainly seems worth investigation. An alternative suggestion might be that the city get out of the garbage business all together, that collection be con- tracted to a private firm. Either way could mean the swan song of the sanivan and a possible saving to the city. Other Editors' Views | UNHAPPY WANDERER A tourist can be described as the person who goes a thousand miles to buy some postcards. --(Kitchener-Waterloo Record) OTTAWA REPORT Socred Leader Also Tours Asia By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- John Matheson, Liberal MP from Brockville, is in process of handsomely excel- ling Jules Verne's challenge of Round the World in 40 Days-- and conducting a one - man United Nations poll at the same time. He left Ottawa at dawn Feb. 1. His stopovers range from five days in Formosa to one day at New Delhi, with other visits to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Djakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Rawal- pindi making up a total of 25 days on the ground. As parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, he is mak- ing a personal assessment of Asian opinion and problems on behalf of the prime Minister; his official position enables him to reply to his hosts' enquiries with some authority. Flying time on his round-the-world trip will total two days and 19 hours. While John Matheson's itiner- ary significantly avoids Viet- nam, Social Credit Leader Bob Thompson is also travelling to Asia for a see-it-yourself mis- sion. His tour will take in Viet- nam but full details of his stop- overs are not yet firmed up. BARMAIDS TO MONTREAL While top Canadians tour the world, many other Canadians might get more interest from a forthcoming visit to Canada by British barmaids. Visitors to Expo will have the opportunity of enjoying what will be a "first" for many North Amer- icans--standing up at the bar when ordering and quaffing "an 'arf of bitter" or their choice of 27 famous brands of Scotch whisky. The manufacturers of Whit- breads ale and of Johnnie Walker and other scotches are co-operating to erect and oper- ate a replica of a typical Brit- ish "pub" in the British Pavil- ion at Expo. "Three British publicans will come from their locals in the old country to operate The Bull- dog for the duration of expo," Mr. Paul Scott, the number two Briton in charge of the pavilion, told me. "They will introduce visitors to the charm and mys- tique of quaffing British brew in an old world atmosphere composed of gables, rafters, pewter tankards, optic spirit measures, a 50-foot bar, darts, a fireplace, horse brasses and of course barmaids." SAVED BY NO BELL A colloquial phrase is being taken out of our language: A boxer in Ontario can no longer be "saved by the bell"--except in the last round of a fight. This is perhaps the most sige nificant among 11 new regula- tions governing professional boxing mentioned to me by the new minister of labor for One tario. In future, if the bell signify ing the end of a round sounds during the referee's count, the count will continue after the bell until the fighter returns to his feet or is counted out. But the bell ending the last round of a fight would stop the count. This is one of several new Safety measures in the oddly associated fields of construction and industry announced by Hon. Dalton Bales. Others provide a minimum age of 18 years at which a boxer may fight profes- sionally; the one-inch padding on the floor of the ring to be increased to 1% inches to re- duce the risk of brain injury; increase in the minimum weight of boxing gloves from five to eight ounces; and when a boxer is knocked out of the ring, he will now have 18 instead of 10 seconds in which to circumvent the hindrance of chairs, cables and even spectators and get back into the ring. VANIER IMPROVES Governor - General Georges Vanier, now in his 79th year of age and eighth year of office, is making good recovery from an operation three months ago. Sitting in a wheel chair, he obviously enjoyed himself at the first Government House dinner party he has been able to attend since his operation. His illness of course prevented him from holding the usual New Year's Day levee or reception-- a tradition held over from the French regime--while the pre- vious evening he was unable to officiate at lighting the Centen- nial flame--more appropriately it might be called the Centen- nial conflagration -- on Parliae ment Hill, where there is free anti-freeze to the delight of the rubbydubs and coins in the fountain to help retarded chil- dren, Little Effect In Rhodesia Of Compulsory Trade Ban By ALEXANDER FARRELL UNITED NATIONS (CP)--Al- though a compulsory trade ban now is well into its second month, the distant fields of Rhodesia still look green from UN headquarters in New York. Black Africa's representa- tives at the UN remain pessi- mistic about the chances of bringing down Ian Smith's white - supremacist govern- ment in Rhodesia. They are under no illusions that the Se- curity Council will vote to use force, and they appear doubt- ful that the selective mandatory sanctions will impoverish Rho- desia's white minority and topple the Smith government. Canada's view appears to be one of official optimism. A Ca- nadian diplomat said Thursday the sanctions "are likely to have a slow but steadily growing ef- fect." Secretary - General U Thant has to report to the council by March 1 on what the UN's 122 member countries have done to comply with a council resolu- tion of Dec. 16 ordering manda- tory sanctions against 12 key Rhodesian exports and Rhode- sian imports of oil and military supplies. Meanwhile, he has sent a questionnaire to the governe ments of all member countries, asking them what steps they are taking to comply with the council resolution. It is, of course, the attitude of South Africa, Rhodesia's well- to-do white-supremacist neigh- bor, that makes many sup- porters of Negro majority rule in Rhodesia so gloomy about the chances of the economic sanctions being effective. On a number of occasions since Smith declared Rhodesia independent of Britain Nov. 11, 1965, South Africa has made it clear that it wouldn't partici- pate in economic sanctions against Rhodesia. The consensus here is that South Africa gave Thant its answer indirectly when Presi- dent C. R. Swart, opening the current session of the South African parliament Jan, 20, re- affirmed this policy of contin- uing to do business as usual with Rhodesia. GOOD EVENING mn by Jack Gearin Yimewns , . RE yoy 7, ~ STILL IN ONE PIECE ? uh FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS Peace Planners At Work By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Planners are working in hingt in Ottawa t 0 the shape of peace for Vietnam and its consequences. Two main lines are being explored: peace by formal agreement; peace by a petering out of the war. The first alternative is the one being explored most. If these explorations yield nothing Washington expects that even without a formal treaty, North Vietnam will extricate itself from the fighting, American bombing will end in North Viet- nam, Russian supplies for Hanoi will be reduced, the U.S. role in the war will be cut to ( ibly but not rily) holding some bases from which American troops could inter- vene again, should North Viet- mam re-enter the fray. Even such bases would eventually be dismantled. Current behind-the- scenes talks are seen in Wash- ington as sessions at which to co-ordinate this treaty-less de- escalation. Such informal un- spoken agreements are not new; much of the thaw in Eu- rope has come about thus. How long will the process take in Southeast Asia? General Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, said Jan. 20 that the war might continue for two more years of operations on the present scale, followed by eight years of mop- ping up guerrillas. This time- table--two years of operations at the present level, at most-- is dictized by electoral imper- atives: President Johnson may have told his commanders that he will not enter the elections carrying the Vietnam albatross around his neck; bombing North Vietnam is to convince Hanoi it should not wait till 1968. Mr. Johnson has, in fact, begun planning the economic steps to prevent peace from causing a slump in the next fiscal year. The second alternative--a pet- ering out of the war without formal agreement--is the: one TODAY IN HISTORY Things Start To Bubble For Oshawa __ 5 tr sw THINGS ARE STARTING to bubble in Oshawa's NDP circles, at long last. The party will hold its long- awaited nomination night (to pick candidate for the next Pro- vincial election) March 4. Potential candidates at this stage like to be wary and with- hold formal announcements of their entry until the last min- ute, but one thing appeared to be reasonably certain -- at least three strong candidates will vie for the nomination. Cliff Pilkey and 'Tommy Thomas are two of them. The real surprise was an ane nouncement by Keith Ross, dise trict representative of the Unit- ed Steelworkers of America, that he was "seriously consid- ering" his entry into the race. Those close to Ross ignored his cautiousness and stated def- initely that he would be a cane didate. As one business aide said of him: 'Keith is deadly in earnest about winning this nomination and you can bet on one thing -- his hat will be in the ring". The forthcoming Provincial race in the newly-created Osh- awa riding -- it is confined to the city of Oshawa -- should be a tough, down-to-the-final wire event as it was in 1964 when the NDP's lost a heart-breaker to the PC's. The NDP's will need more than their strongest candidate, if they hope to win. They will also need strong unity within the ranks. The 49-year-old Ross would have impressive credentials as a candidate, both for the nom- ination and the Provincial race. He has been closely associated with the trade union movement in Oshawa since the early 1940's and has held all of the top exec- utive posts on the Oshawa and District Labor Council. Both Thomas and Pilkey have large personal followings with- in the party, but anything could happen in a tight nomination race with Ross, who also knows how to win the big ones in politics. The NDP in Oshawa appears to have one advantage over pre- vious campaigns as it ap- proaches this race. For the past 16 months it has had a full-time organizer locally in the person of William "Bill" Cumpsty. Two of his prime objectives were to hold more membership meetings and to increase the membership strength of the rid- ing association. It is difficult to get people out to membership meetings when there is no elec- tion (as the PCs and Liberals also know), but he has bolstered the membership ranks to an all- time high. It was more than 500 last November. IT HAS BEEN the same old story around the hustings of On- tario County for years now -- the Tories have had things pretty much their own way. There have been reverses -- such as the uninterrupted 15- year Provincial run of T. D. "Tommy" Thomas -- but they have won the big ones with monotonous regularity. "Mike" Starr has never had to look back in defeat in 16 years, even if there were some narrow victory margins. The same holds true of Dr. Matthew Dymond (the versatile and energetic Port Perry physi- cian who has served in so many cabinet posts) in his shorter political career. Albert V. Walker, then a sophomore, scored the political upset of the decade locally by edging out '"'Tommy" Thomas in 1964. There was also Senator Alis- tair Grosart, who did as much as any man to lead the party to national victory (who once mortgaged his $25,000 Picker- ing home to help finance a PC campaign in Quebec). Politics has been a glittering success trail for most of these PCs and colleagues thought it was high time formal recogni- tion was made of their tri- umphs, That was how next Friday's Parliamentary Dinner at the Carousel Inn, Ajax, was ar- ranged -- to pay tribute to them and their deeds (also to honor 4 William "Bill" Newman, who will be PC provincial candidate in the next election). That was how the program started out, but the program took an unexpected switch when a party member of national im- portance announced that he would be a guest -- John Dief- enbaker. "Dief, The Chief', has not been billed as a guest speaker; none the less, it is easy to see who will steal the spotlight, be the man of the hour, at this PC clambake which started out as a tribute to some of the party's Ontario County favorites. "Dief" won't have to say a word. He can just sit at the head table and chew silently on a bun, but this will be his show, whatever he does. "'Dief's" supporters naturally ere hopeful that the dinner will create an image of party soli- darity, and perhaps it will, up to a point; but scores of those Dalton Camp supporters are go- ing to feel like a captive audi-+ ence. They are loyal PCs first, but long ago they became dis- enchanted with '"'Dief". Arthur Maloney, QC, one of the Chief's most articulate and aggressive defenders, will be a head-table guest, but George Hees (who has a farm not too far from Bowmanville) won't be there, neither will Davey Fule ton. Feb. 7, 1967 . . Belgian rebels against Dutch rule set up a regency 136 years ago today -- in 1831--and drew up a con- stitution modelled on Bri- tain's and one of the most liberal in Europe. In June the national congress elected Prince Leopold of Saxe-Co- burg king. The Dutch king, who had been installed over all the Low Countries after Napoleon's defeat in 1814, rejected the terms of Bel- gian separation and sent a Dutch army into Belgium but was expelled by the French and British. 1882--John L. Sullivan de- feated Paddy Ryan in the last bare - knuckle boxing championship. 1947--Britain's final pro- posals for the partition of Palestine were offered to Jewish and Arab represent- atives. BIBLE "For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of Him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord." 1 Samuel 1:27:28 Dedicating a child to God is of even more importance than educating him. Mr. Johnson's intimate advisers believe will come to pass, Though much preferring the first--peace by agreement--and believing in it, Ottawa sees the difficulties of negotiating and policing an agreement with Hanoi on some of the crucial issues. How, for instance, does one arrange a ceasefire that Hanoi can impose on thousands of small southern guerrilla bands accustomed to operating on their own? Assuming, as is prob- able, that these bands will not surrender themselves physically to South Vietnamese troops; does the agreement split South Vietnam into guerrilla terri- tories and government terri- tories? And what about those areas which are controlled by the government in the daytime and the guerrillas at night? These are issues on which Ot- tawa works hardest, foreseeing a Canadian role in supervising the peace. The Viet Cong jealously em- phasizes its power of independ- ent decision; it claims not to take orders from Ho Chi Minh. White House policy planners think it may be easier to ap- proach peace in two stages, with Hanoi extricating itself from the war in the first stage, and a civilian Saigon govern- ment reaching a compromise agreement that would lead to some form of coalition govern- ment and avoid a division of South Vietnam, leaving only the problem of hunting down those insurgents who have so ac- quired the habit of fighting that they will not lay down their arms--there always are such, after a guerrilla war. Canada After Much Debate Designated As Dominion By BOB BOWMAN Although Confederation dele- gates met in Charlottetown, Halifax, and Quebec during September and October, 1864, and agreed to go ahead, it was not until November, 1866, that they were ready to work out final details with the British government in London. In the meantime Prince Edward Is- land and Newfoundland had dropped out. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia stayed in the fold, but it had been touch-and- g0. Premier Tupper of Nova Sco- tia and Premier Tilley of New Brunswick arrived in London in July, 1866, and became annoyed when they had to wait there un- til John A. Macdonald and the Canadian delegation arrived in November. Actually the confer- ence with the British did not begin Until Dec. 4. It is said that John A. Macdonald delayed the Canadians' arrival until a time when Britain's Parliament was embroiled in some impor- tant issue. He wanted the Brit- ish North America Act to slip through as quietly as possible. If it were a nuisance, the Brit- (Wav DOI ish members would not pay much attention to it. Work on the B.N.A. Act was finished by Dec. 19. The most contentious issue was a name for Canada. Macdonald wanted it to be "the kingdom of Can- ada" but some British leaders feared that the people of the United States would not like to have a kingdom on their bor- der, Premier Tilley of New Brunswick found the answer. He read the Bible every morning and was inspired by a verse from Psalm 72: "He shall have dominion also from sea unto sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth'. So it was agreed that' the name should be Dominion of Canada. The British North American Act was presented to the House of Lords Feb, 7, 1867, by Colo- nial Secretary Lord Carnarvon who said: "We are laying the corner- stone of a great state, perhaps one which at a future day may even over-shadow this country. But, come what may, we shall rejoice that we showed neither indifference to their wishes, nor jealousy of their aspirations," The bill passed easily. QUEEN'S PARK Premier Does Better On His Own By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--It would seem to be getting to the point where it would not only be wise, bit im- perative, for Premier Robarts to start writing his own speeches--and taking more ad- vice from himself and less from others, In his three-hour address in the throne speech debate Mr. Robarts gave, first of all, one of the dullest efforts in this chamber in recent times. Also he left the impression that his administration is big on words and studies, and short on action. Mr. Robarts wound up his long effort by proclaiming his administration was a "Go-Go" government. But going where? From the speech it would seem its biggest effort was go- ing to people to ask them to study things and then tell it what to do. STUDY AFTER STUDY The speech talked of study after study after study. And in view of experience, in fact even out of the context of the speech, the declamations regarding these studies could not be hope-provoking. There was mention, for in- stance, of the advisory commit- tee on confederation. This body was set up nearly two years ago and to date it has produced nothing concrete. Then there was an announce- ment of a whole group of studies on regional develop- ment. These come under the Design for Development program. This was announced just about this time last year. Now we are get- ting the studies, the action. . .? One "study" the premier did not mention was that on the province's centennial project. It took two years. And as a result we will be lucky if we have our official centennial project, the centre of science and technology, by the end of 1968. In the whole speech, in fact, his writers gave Mr. Robarts only two concrete steps to talk about. One was Go Transit, the Tor- onto commuter service starting this spring. And the second was the new HOME program, the plan to lease land and other- wise make home ownership easier. And there was only very slight. reference to each of these, and practically no detail. Such a speech really does not reflect the premier, He can be quite a down-to- earth man. But from the words his writers are putting into his mouth he could be a bearded wooly-head. And inevitably the people of the province are going to get this impression if he doesn't get down to facts and tell them, in his own words, what he is "doing" rather than "study ing." YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO February 7, 1947 On the motion of Alderman R. D. Humphreys and Clifford Harman, City Council last night moved to include $700 in the 1947 budget to cover lfesavng work and the purchase of new lifesaving equipment at the Lakefront. Miss Dawn Steckley was chos- en Snow Queen at the annual skating carnival held at Mary St. School. 35 YEARS AGO February 7, 1932 An enjoyable evening was spent at the Oshawa Branch of the Canadan Legon when 100 members of a Toronto branch and its Ladies Auxiliary joined Oshawa Legionnaires at a fra- ternal visit. Mrs. Nellie McClung, noted Canadian author, legislator and lecturer will give an address in the Opera House, Bowmanville, her old home town. SRM MGNstt ee IT HAPPENED IN CANADA APER READERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD JOHN THOMPSON oF NAPANEE, DURING CONFEDERATION YEAR NEWSPRINT FROM PULP WOOD- E INDEBTED TO AND AND EDITOR: IN 1867 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HE WAS LATER TO BECOME a MACKENZIE " BOWELL AGP, ROOK AES CANADA'S FIFTH PRIME Lilies Wan eerereys) .& Sym pul T V WHIT Councill a plebis system the Tow by amal town co Counc! opposed ommend mation mously Townshi meeting. "T thir mature, presump nent. 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