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She Oshawn Fimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1967 City Budget Discussions Important For Taxpayer Oshawa's board of control may be taking a'step into the past if it con- tinues its apparent new policy in prohibiting 'reports of budget dis- cussions. Previous city, councils left them- selves wide open to criticism and suspicion by the taxpaying publid when they followed a hard and fast rule of allowing reporters to attend committee meetings -- but not al- lowing them to report what trans- pired. Oshawa's "new look" council took what could be described as "a step into the present" on Jan. 9 when it approved a motion allowing news media to report matters discussed at council-in-committee, standing committee and board of control meetings. The only stipulation gave committee chairmen the authority to tell reporters that a specific item was privileged and that no report would be allowed. The general un- derstanding was that matters most likely to cause the chairmen to ex- ercise their ban-reports authority would involve staff personalities, union negotiations and _ property transactions. That policy has been operating for more than a month -- and oper- ating successfully. Council has been able to place complex problems be- fore the public during early stages of consideration which has resulted in a better understanding by the public of the difficult decisions which have to be made and a closer insight into why certain decisions are made. In short, Mr. Taxpayer has been able to find out more pre- isely than ever before, just how and why and where his money is being spent. However, board of control may be slipping backward. At a meet- ing this week, when important de- cisions were being made concerning the city's capital (debenture) budget --the one in which funds are allo- cated for major projects such as the civic square complex and Centen- nial Parkway -- press reports were not permitted. Information, the board decided, could not be publish- ed until the budget was presented to council. A special meeting of council has been scheduled on Wed- nesday. Mayor Marks also indicated that future board discussions concern- ing the city's current budget -- the one which determines how high taxes will go this year -- will also be closed to the public (press) as far as reports are concerned. In Toronto, Mayor Dennison says capital budget discussions in the de- partmental stage, are not open for press coverage but when the budget comes before the board as a recom- mendation, reports are permitted, Hamilton follows a similar system in dealing with capital budgets but all meetings involving the current budget are reported. London, ac- cording to Mayor Stronach, follows an open-door, report-everything pol- icy on capital and current budget talks. Just how closed Oshawa board of control and council doors will be during the next few crucial "bud- get weeks" remains to be seen. But,' hopefully, council 'will continue its Jan. 9 open-door policy and will keep in mind a comment made by Mayor Stronach when he talked to The Times: "We don't put a muzzle on the press." . Is It 'Moonlighting' ? It will be a long time before the Royal Commission appointed to in- vestigate the status of women re- ports but even now it is interesting to contemplate what the findings on "moonlighting" will be. The practice of holding down two jobs or, as it is know the jargon of the day, "moonlighting" will merit special consideration by the commission studying the position of working wives in society. In the United States it is estimated that 35 per cent of all married women have jobs outside the home. The Cana- dian percentage is believed to be aboutSthe same. She Osharon Times 86 King St. T. L. WILSON, Publisher f. C. PRINCE, General Manager C, J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted), Members of Conadion Daily Newspaper Publish ers Associatiun, The Canadian Press Audit Bureau Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the locas news published therein, All rights of special des- patches are also reserved 86 King St. £., Oshawa, Ontario National. Advertising Offices: Thomson Building 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcort Street Montreal, Delivered by carriers mm Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, ond Newcastle not over S55¢ per week. By mail in Province of Ontario outside corrier delivery orea, $15.00 per year, E., Oshawa, Ontarie Other provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pe year. Bormann age More than half the country's col- lege-educated women work after marriage. A good deal of time, money and effort is spent on obtain- ing a college education and it could well be considered waste to discard it at the altar. Double incomes, too, help -young married couples estab- lish themselves more quickly than would be the case if the wife stayed at home. The U.S. National Indus- trial Conference Board says that of all families earning more than $10,- 000, about half were able to do so because the wife works. The working wife is thus a signi- ficant economic factor. Certainly the additional incomes mean higher standards of living for the working couples than is the case in families where only the man works. The board notes that the working-wife families buy more expensive cars and trade them in more often. It is nice to be able to afford nice things and bigger and better cars. ~ However, The Guelph Mercury has also made this point: Is it worth the price; at least in those cases where the wife does not work because it is necessary for her to do so. How many children are neglected and left to their own devices, or are pro- vided with a substitute for a mo- ther's love while their real mother is busy at the office? Society may someday be presented with a stag- gering bill for the neglect of so many of its children. The bill has already, in fact, been presented in part." CENTENNIAL '67 Citizens of Canada, United may. we stand Giving the best of brawn and' brain To this our Native Land, Let us be up and doing To merit our place in the sun Revealing our worth in action Inspired by something done. Not limited in our efforts But impelled by the growing demand To do our best with the ut- most zeal For this our Native Land. Mabel Kerr, Oshawa, Ont, THIS IS CANADA By MARION J. McLAUCHLAN Flying gold, wind swept skies and fleecing clouds re-echo the annual cry. "Autumn has come!" Colors of the rainbow spill over and paint the world in hues of a prospering Indian Summer. The call of the wild is heard by many a heart and a longing to follow the flocking birds that will follow the sun is almost overwhelming. You know the cruel cold finger of winter is drawing nearer, you had your warning before Indian Summer arrived to allay your prepara- tions. What stays you then? Spring will come again. And each Spring tastes sweeter than the one before. The buds on the trees tha! you watch so patient- ly, to wake one morning and find in their place beautiful tender green Jeaves! Flowers open before your eyes and the sleeping grass lifts its rested body to wave a new green in the wind. Songs of the birds fill the air and sound all the sweeter be- cause you'd forgot how much you missed them. And if Spring must come -- so will Summer. Summer -- soft and warm, gentle and moist. Rain that falls like dew and the summer -- storm drenched nights that come from nowhere, filled with crash- ing sounds and rumbles and roars and you know then that Gods hand still rules the world. And from east to west, from ever frosty north to sun bathed south. This is Canada! Our Home. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 25, 1967. . Pope Pius V excommuni- cated Queen Elizabeth of England 397 years ago to- day--in 1570--shortly after the bloody repression of a Catholic - led insurrection against her. The papal or- der absolved her subjects from any oath made to her and was designed to en- courage her overthrow, but it only cemented the ma- jority of her Protestant sub- jects in her support. They knew that the alternative, at best, was rule by the Spanish king or by Mary Queen of Scots, who was at least once an accomplice to murder. 1870 -- The North Shore Regiment of New Bruns- wick was organized as the 73rd (Northumberland) Bat- talion. 1913--The U.S. income tax amendment to the constitu- tion was enacted. First World War Fifty years ago today-- in 1917--the British occu- pied towns on the Ancre from which the Germans had withdrawn to the Hin- denburg Line; German de- stroyers bombarded Mar- gate and Broadstairs, Eng- land, and the Cunard liner Laconia was sunk by a U-boat. Second World War. Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--Defence Min- ister Ralston told the House of Commons 292 Canadians were dead or missing at Kong and the remainder in captivity; Gen. Gordon Bennett, Australian com- mander in Malaya, escaped to Java. tut QO THE CRUSADER NL 11 LETTERS 'TEAM GAME' TNO Soapbox Touch In Times By CAROL KENNEDY - LONDON (CP) -- Writing let- ters to The Times, that well- known academic pastime, is turning from a solo hobby into a kind of team game among university dons and writers, all eager to tell the world their views on Vietnam. The correspondence columns the "top people's paper," once described as a private debating- chamber, now look more like a public teach-in with overtones of Hyde Park's soapbox orators. The whole thing started when 10 writers headed by novelist Kingsley Amis put their names to a letter supporting '"'unequi- vocally" America's case in Viet- nam. This immediately pro- voked collective protests from dons at Oxford and Cambridge and during the next two weeks, no fewer than six teams were arguing back and forth. A second group of writers headed by novelist Brigid Brophy climbed in to deplore the sentiments of Amis and company -- 'knowing that we speak for a large body of pub- lic opinion," Humorist Michael Frayn. of The Observer remarked that this must have struck despair into the hearts of the U.S, state department: after all, they now have 11 writers aga nst them and only 10 in favor. IN WRONG ROLE "And I have the impression that the writers who are op- posed to American policy have on average written more books than the writers who are in favor of it. Which must count for something in Washington and Hanoi. Mustn't it?" YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO February 20 1927.. Cedardale United Church ded- {cated by Rev. J. H. Edmison, February 20, 1927 is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Ex - Mayor J, F. Coleman who a little more than two years ago purchased the first dollars worth of Oshawa Railway Co. bus tickets is now the proud possessor of a ticket from the ~ millionth strip to be issued by the transportation company. 40 YEARS AGO, February 25, 1927 Col. L. Taylor will preach the dedicatory sermon at the open- ing of the new extension to the Salvation Army Citadel next Sunday. General Motors of Canada is installing a unique loading dock which will more than triple the present capacity of rail ship- ment. Cost will be $60,000. QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT This is a selection of edi- torials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Montreal La Presse -- For 87 years, the French-Cana- dian Education Association of Ontario has persisted in try- {ng to untie the Gordian knot by demanding denominational French - language secondary schools in an English - lan- guage province where a re- gime of denominational pub- lic education has always been considered unacceptable. Only this year, at a special conven- tion held last weekend in Ot- tawa, did leaders and prag- matic elements of the associ- ation succeed in winning by a vote of 438 to 44 over the stubbornness of a group of idealists who doggedly held out for denominational schools and who, despairing of their embittered by and among whom were mem- his point of view, sought to re- bers of the clergy and, mothers. He formulate demands as to the the decision promised to Perhaps tween ment and the association a secret and quite recent agrce- ment which justified Mr. Se- guin's references to French- there exists be- the Ontario govern- cause and after a lively dis- enforcement of an_ existing language "secondary schools cussion, finally rallied to the law which provides for relig- and not solely bilingual point of view of the major- ious teaching one hour a week schools. Because if we go ity. . in public secondary schools. back to a speech Mr. Robarts The die now has been cast And now it remains for all made in November, he ap- and the association will re- of us to wish remier Ro- peared to be referring to bi- quest that a network of sec- barts a prompt return to lingual schools, stressing that ondary schools, bilingual or health. It was he who in effect Franco-Ontarians share this French - language, be_inte- declared a jealous attachment view and want a. bilingual grated into the public school to "his'? French-Canadians, education, English being es- system. Roger Secuin, I- wien Mr. Lesage intimated sential to permit Frenc h- dent of the association, one day that perhaps it was speaking persons to enjoy the fought hard to win support of assure those who were still Quebec's responsibility to iouk after them,... same benefits in life as their English-speaking friends. The letters column wasn't big enough for some. Soon a huge advertisement appeared in The Times, occupying nearly a page, urging the British government to withdraw its support of U.S. policy in Vietnam. It bore the names of 1,500 university teach- ers from Edinburgh to Exeter, Aberdeen to Warwick; 140 of them professors, 25 of them Fel- lows of the élite Royal Society. This was toa much for Prof. Hugh Trevor-Roper of Oxford, himself an eminent man of letters. Why, he asked plain- tively in a Sunday Times article headed The Don Chorus, should university teachers invariably feel called upon to put the world to rights? "No class of men seems read- jer . . . to join in these orgies of collective public signature. Nor is any class more confident of its own right to admonish governments." SCIENTISTS POINT WAY evor - Roper commented upon the curious fact, unearthed in a recent American analysis, that most academics who sign such manifestoes are scientists --not, as might be expected, students of politics or history. "It is the astrophysicists and the microbiologists who feel themselves most called upun, and best qualified, to solve the complexities of international af- fairs." Such confidence must come, he suggests, from their special- ist training--the very factor that makes them liable to errors in judgment in fields outside their ken, Trevor-Roper recalled his first discovery of this strange anom- aly, overhearing a conversation in 1937 between two young Ox- ford colleagues, a linguist and a highly-specialized scientist, dis- cussing British policy towards Hitler's Germany. "Have you wired your protest to the prime minister?" asked one. "Of course," "And you?" "Of course." Evidently it seemed perfectly natural to these two that gov- ernments would adjust foreign policy to their demands, said Trevor-Roper. "I agreed entirely with their views, but I could not believe that a telegram from them, or from me, would deflect Mr. Chamberlain from his disastrous course; and indeed, it did not." was the reply, STRONG PRIDE IN COUNTRY BY CANADIANS EVIDENT By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) As Canadians launch into the 100th birthday of their country, the strongest feeling they have about Canada is pride. In Que- bec 'the people are proud of their French. heritage; in other parts of the country the citi- zens are just proud of being Canadian. Next reason is happiness or satisfaction in being a Canadian - "glad to be a Canadian, a good place to live in." Some people hail Canada as a land of freedom, a privileged coun- try; others laud it as a big country, full of opportunities, prosperous and beautiful. The question: "When you think 'I am a Cana- dian' What comes first to your mind?" When this trend question was asked in 1959, it was also pride in Canada that came to the top with happiness and freedom next. TODAY 1--Pride: In Canada, in French Canada, best country there is ... 2--Satisfaction: Glad, happy to be Canadian, love * country, loyal, good place to live-in .........e00 A 3--Freedom: A free country, independent of Britain, belongs to us, our new flag . 4--Grandeur: A big country, beau wealthy, prosperous, opportunities forall .....ssesecccesees 8% 5--Taken for granted: Born in Canada, have never oe BbOUE AG isis cus seecccsccccees 10% WORN RB occ iub ce vis uns bs cackdisesuess 18% 7--Other: Wish I was an American, used. to be proud but not now, high cost of living, poor government, * More than one reason given. over-taxed, etc. veecces soveceeee oll 101%* OAS Action Interpreted DIE CAST IN ONTARIO As Incentive For Canada French-Language High Schools Requested - By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- Ad- mission into . Organization of American States membership Thursday of the Caribbean na- tion ;f Trinidad and Tobago, former British colonies, is being interpreted here as incentive for Canada to join. Trinidad and Tobago were ad- mitted by unanimous vote at a special OAS council meeting in Buenos Aires as the 2ilst OAS member--and the first from the Commonwealth. Until now the United States had been the only other English - speaking mem- ber. Four other Caribbean Eng- lish-speaking countries, are in- terested -- Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and Antigua, which is getting its full independence from Britain this month, All five, as well as Canada, have had observers at the Buenos Aires meeting. The meeting in Buenos Aires has been involved in discus- sions about promoting Latin American economic integration with U.S, aid. But the U.S., rep- resented by State Secretary Dean Rusk for the first week, resisted invitations for substan- tial additional American aid commitments. Self-help as the primary target was emphasized instead, with appropriate U.S. assistance. OAS applicants need a two- thirds majority to gain entry and Canada's name is being automatically linked with the Caribbean countries in dis- patches from Buenos Aires. ~ READERS CENTENNIAL PARKWAY * 17th February, 1967 Mr. Editor: It was interesting to note that City Council and invited offi- cials were given a further re- port on the proposed Parkway, however, it is regrettable, but understandable, that the general public were not invited to at- tend the meeting as the inform- ation expertly given may well have satisfied many inquiring minds, Steps should be taken to ade- quately inform the public con- cerning this important question and I suggest that the Board of Education should make the auditorium at Eastdale Colle- giate available, free of charge, to City Council so that a meet- ing could be held at which a panel consisting of certain Coun- cil members, Department heads and other experts would deal with written guestions after someone with full knowledge of the facts had given a resume of the project. Yours truly David B. Boakes 33 Athabasca Street, Oshawa TAX EXEMPTION? Mr. Editor: Recently there appeared in the daily press a comment of Toronto and other City coun- cils dealing with the question of school tax exemption for pen- sioners. I do not know if Oshawa City council has had any discussion of the above question or not. I do know this when they run for office they all knew what their annual salary would be. There wasn't one that was _ honest enough to campaign for higher wages for themselves. But before they even start a term of office they all grab raises for themselves, imagine what this country would be like if everyone could give them- selves a raise after being hired by their respective companies. I am thinking of the scores of old couples trying to live on small pensions who could not afford an extra $30 to $60 on their taxes. The majority of them have been paying City of Oshawa taxes al! their lives. Last year some of them had their taxes raised by $65.00 despite the fact that they didn't get any better improvements for 15 years. Oshawa is growing, we all know it, so are the large sub- divisions and big sky scraper WRITE apartments growing to, don't they contribute any to the City tax burden? Rumors are going around that the government is going to hand over cheap housing to middle income families; then I am sure many-of them will sell their homes to avoid the rising taxes. Property owners paying taxes with large amolnts going for education, regardless if they have school children or not. However I so think that the fault lies with both the Ontario and Federal governments. To assume more of the cost of education would take some of the burden off the sagging shoulders of the municipal tax- payers. The City Council has the problem of where to build a Police building, the council last year suggested they put a police station next to the Pub- lic Utilities Building. to save a taxpayer dollars. Our Board of Control and City Council told electors that they would try if possible to save taxpayer money. We'll see. Yours truly, M. G. MURYN, 237 McNaughton, shawt SHOPPER PROTESTS Mr. Editor: I notice in our paper tonight (The Times) that the Shopping Centre is asking us to watch for their big ad on Wednesday for Spring. I am still waiting to hear about all the new building and big announcement that was to be made before the New Year. Let's hope the Shopping Centre Administration gets that vacant land at the entrance-- where we turn off King St. -- cleaned up or something built on it. As it is, it looks like a garbage dump. And surely the engineers could make a better job of the pavement where we have to wait for the bus. It only takes about five minutes rain and there are inches of rain in the uneven pavement and customers on the sidewalk are splashed. Needless to say the dirty slush of winter is that much worse. About the: downtown parking problem. One wonders why the Mayor and several of his help- ers don't motor to London, On- tario, and see their parking building and how it is run and it pays its way. --E. J. SANDERSON, RR 3, Oshawa, February 18, 1967. Strange, Colorful Episode In Rivalry Over Acadia By BOB BOWMAN There is one story in Canadian history, so colorful, strange and with a surprising ending, that it could be made into an opera. It concerns the rivalry between Charles LaTour and D'Aulnay Charnisay for the control of Acadia. In 1614, a force from New England under Samuel Argall destroyed the settlement Cham- plain and Poutrincourt had built at Port Royal. Poutrincourt's son, Bienville, had been in charge, but escaped into the woods and lived with the In- dians. No help came from France and Bienville died, leav- ing his possessions and lands to one of his followers, Charles La- Tour, or so LaTour claimed. When France regained Acadia by the Treaty of St. Germain- en-Laye, D'Aulnay Charnisay became governor, and estab- lished his headquarters at Port Royal, LaTour protested 'vigor- ously. It was not fair that a new man should be sent out to take charge when he had looked after POINTED PARAGRAPHS "World Unrest in 1967 pre- dicted by Jeanne Dixon, Seer- ess' -- Headline: It required about as much gift of prophecy to make this prediction as to predict that the sun will rise and set every day this year. Red China recently set off still another nuclear explosion. Rapid progress in this field being made by the Chinese shouldn't be too surprising, as they were the first people to enter it by making firecrack- ers which they shot at funerals. "T had such: a tough time {n 1966," said Old Sorehead, "that I don't believe I could have lived through it if it had been a leap year." It's strange that the Allies continue to give old Ho Chi Minh the enormously satisfying and highly enjoyable opportun- ity of saying "NO!" to their overtures for peace. the territory during all the Jean years. However, Charnisay had pwerful connections in Paris and LaTour was suspected of double- dealing. He had been made a baronet of Nova Scotia by King Charles I. There was a long struggle for power between the two men, and LaTour managed to get himself reinstated as governor on Feb. 25, 1651. Htwever, Char- nisay occupied Port Royal and LaTour had built a new fort at the mouth of the St. John River, where the city of Saint John now tands. Charnisay learned that La- Tour had gone to Boston on busi- ness, sailed across the bay and laid siege to Fort LaTour which was bravely defended by Ma- dame LaTour. She might have kept Charnisay's men out if it had not been for the teachery of one of her own guards. Then Charnisay made her watch, with a rope around her neck, while he hanged all her soldiers. Madame LaTour died soon after, her heart broken. Charnisay soon had "his date with destiny. He was drowned in the icy waters off Port Royal when his canoe upset. There is a story that an Indian helped him drown by holding his head under the water! The surprise ending of the story came on Feb. 24, 1653, LaTour married Charnisay's widow! Actually it was a prac- tical sfep uniting their holdings that had been in conflict for so long: OTHER FEB, 25 EVENTS: 1620 -- Duke of Montmorency was appointed viceroy of Can- ada, 1748--Duties on imports and exports were established by royal edict. 1822 -- Papineau and Neilson protested to London about pro- posed union of Upper and Lower Canada. 1848--Parliament met at Mont- real. 1858--Parliament met at Tor- onto. 1880--New_ Brunswick legisla- ture destroyed by fire. 1908--St. Boniface, Man., in- corporated as a city. 1918 --McGill University re- ceived $1,000,000 from Carnegie Foundation. Montreal Oshawa Windsor Winnipeg Edmonton Oshawa DELOITTE, PLENDER, HASKINS & SELLS with whom are now merged MONTEITH, RIEHL, WATERS & CO. 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