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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, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1967 Restoring Of Confidence Job For All Auto Industry One of the more important con- siderations in the auto safety issue which has been the subject of hear- ings hy the Commons committee on justice and legal affairs was under- lined last week by Barry Mather, New Democratic member of parlia- ment for a West Coast: riding. He emphasized the fact the auto in- dustry as a whole is suffering at present, partially because of a lack of public confidence in terms of safety and quality. Being a. New Democrat, Mr. Mather of course also suggested greater government intervention in the operations of the industry. In its report the committee adopted a more neutral stand in proposing a public board to govern auto stand- dards which would "be guided by the facts of life in the industry". He suggested that the interest of the auto workers and the manufac- turers are indivisible, that both would benefit from the production of better quality and safer cars. He left inspection procedures to be established in co-operation with the companies, Being so close to a major opera- tion of the auto industry, we in Oshawa may be prone to consider it in separate compartments as labor and management. This is not a gen- eral picture throughout Canada, People regard the industry as com- posed on management and labor alike. They look to the industry as a whole to provide the type of vehicles in which they can have full confidence. The bitterness, the charges and counttr charges made by automotive company and union spokesmen dur- ing the hearings in Ottawa aren't likely to have impressed the men and women who are potential cus- tomers for cars. They're not in- terested in placing blame or finding fault. They want a good reliable car for their money. Designs an important considera- tion with them, good materials are too, as are mechanically reliable parts in the key areas of brakes, ights, and steering especially. Work- manship is of prime importance. Good designs and materials are of little purpose if workmanship is sloppy anywhere along the line. It follows that to give buyers broad assurances close inspections of de- signs, materials and workmanship are prerequisite, To restore the confidence Mr, Mather sees lacking requires the co-operative endeavor of all men and women, in whatever capacity they are involved in the automotive industry. Food For Another Billion Eradicating hunger in a world with an exploding population is one of the most complex tasks man has ever set for himself. Putting a man on the moon is simple by com- parison." Those words of Lester R. Brown of the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture set in perspective the world food problem. Mr. Brown, acting administrator of the U.S. Interna- tional Agricultural Service, has reached some conclusions about possible means of solving the prob- lem: 1. Though the amount of earth's surface used for food production is small, it can't be assumed there are vast areas of the world ready and waiting to be brought under the She Oshawa Sines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarle T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. C, PRINCE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the itby Gazette and Chronicle (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 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 local news published therein. 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The tropical rain forests of Africa and Latin America offer a possibility for substantial expansion of cropland, if we can learn how to manage these soils, substaining their fertility once the lush natural vege- tation is removed. 8. Desalting of seawater will probably not be efficient enough to permit irrigation of some of the world's major deserts for at least a generation. 4, The best hope for more food production in this century is through increased output per acre, both on this continent and others. Agricul- tural "inputs" -- such as fertilizer, pesticides, improved seeds, machin- ery--are needed on a massive scale around the world. But to make it economic for farmers to improve production efficiency farm prices must keep pace with farm costs. 5. Research to improve crop var- feties (and perhaps discover new sources of food) must also be in- creased. Mr. Brown sees as "encouraging" some progress being made in popu- lation control, which is of course the key to the food problem. But: "The next 15 years may be the most diffi- cult ones. During this time we can expect to add another billion people ... Fully four-fifths of the billion will be added in the less developed countries where food is in chronic short supply." yes tng tae teen mee cine NEW BOOK BY ARMY HISTORIAN OTTAWA REPORT Estimates Recall | Sheepskin History By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA. (CP)--"We are sold for the price of a sheepskin," complained Nova Scotia's Joseph Howe, when his province agreed to enter Confederation in return for a yearly grant of 80 cents per head. That was just a century ago. The price of a sheepskin has risen since then, so has the bribe for entering Confedera- tion. Sheepskin history is high- lighted by the federal govern- ment's swollen and scandalous spending estimates for the com- ing year. The great political gravy - bowl, the patronage trough, is the construction of public works. On this score Ontarians, who pay about half the taxes collec- ted by the federal government each year, have been sold for a sheepskin by their representa- tives in the cabine. DREGS OF THE TROUGH One-hundred million dollars is to be spent in the coming year by the department of transport on wharfs, highways, airports and similar gobs of patronage gravy across Can- ada. But Ontarians get only the dregs of that gravy. We con- tribute about $50,000,000 to that cost, but we get back only about one-tenth of our taxes, namely $5,736,500. This is equiv- alent to the federal government spending 92 cents in Ontario for each citizen, which works. out pretty close to the price of Joseph Howe's sheepskin. Which province gets the rich gravy? Could it be mere coin- cidence that the minister of transport, Jack Pickersgill, re- presents Newfoundland in the cabinet? That small province, with less than one-tenth of On- tario's population, will enjoy more than twice as much gov- ernment bounty as the whole of Ontario. Contrasted to Ontario's 92 cents per head, New- foundlanders are the most privileged Canadians, averag- ing $22.80 each. After Newfoundland, B.C. ranks second, with spend- ing accounted for by costly works to improve the harbour and airport at Vancouver, the home of B.C.'s two cabinet ministers; smaller centres such as Kamloops, Nanaimo and Penticton, get nothing. PEI comes 6th in the order of spending per head, with a path- etic $350,000, just one-hundredth of the huge sum being spent in Quebec. Ontario is 9th; and bottom of the scale is Saskat- chewan with spending averag- ing 77 cents per person LAVISH--FOR OTHERS Then there is the slightly larger patronage bowl of money to be spent by the - federal department of public works, mainly on government office buildings, and in part on wharfs and harbours too. Here again Quebec enjoys the lion's share of spending, re- ceiving $24,490,497. of the $107 million to be spent. On a per capita basis, PEI comes second, with $16.70 per head; Pickers gill's Newfoundland gets good pickings again, rating third. Ontario is way down once more --eighth on the list at $3.85 per head and Saskatchewan still is bottom of the provincial table. These expenditures in some measure reflect the political credit rating of each province: Quebec and Newfoundland have fo be appeased, and they get the plums. They also reflect the pecking order of cabinet min- isters. For instance, Saskat- chewan returned no_ Liberal MP, s0 cannot have a cabinet minister; its brush-off in these spending programs reflect the little influence of the province's newly Liberal-appointed ex socialist senator, Hazen Argue; could it be that Liberal Premier Ross Thatcher is in the Ottawa doghouse? As for Ontario, which gets such a miserable return for its huge tax payments, just what is done for this province by its massive array of twelve cabinet ministers? no province has ever before had so many represent- atives in the federal cabinet; yet no province has ever been so unfairly treated by Ottawa in taxation and spending for public works projects. Nasser Rejects U.K. Appeal, Labor Plan For Aden Fails By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer To Nasser with love--or so the Opposition charges in accusing Britain's Labor government of being too ready to bend a knee to the power ambitions of the Egyptian president. Foreign Secretary George Brown astonished the British Parliament with his candid con- fession that he tried to get Gamal Abdel Nasser to play ball in the little British colony of Aden--and Nasser refused. Aden has been subjected to a heavy dose of terrorism, aimed mainly, at British soldiers and administrators. Instead of an- swering the terrorism with tougher military action, as spokesmen for Britain's Con- servative party suggest, Brown entered into private correspond- ence with Nasser, pleading with him to call off the terrorists. "He can do much to stop the senseless killing and maiming of women and children that we now are witnessing," said Brown. Brown also asked Nasser to co-operate in turning the South Arabian Federation, including Aden, into a free and independ- ent state, peopled and repre- sented by a variety of Arab nationalists. Nasser gave Brown no encouragement. But then why should he? The puzzling element in Brown's approach to Nasser is why he decided that such an approach might be productive. Britain is well aware that Nas- ser wants to extend his power and that he is strongly backing the Aden terrorists. PEACE WISH EVIDENT Unlike the situation in South Vietnam, where the United States met violence by an in- crease in military strength, Britain has made it obvious: it wants to avoid costly military entanglements where possible. That appears to be the essence of Labor policy to cut commit- ments abroad and spend inore on consolidating Britain's in- ternal economic strength. Indeed, Britain virtually an- nounced its readiness to abdi- cate when it said it would with- draw its forces from Aden when South Arabian independence comes in 1968. That announce- ment merely brought an _ in- crease in the terrorism. Now there are reports Britain has hinted to South Arabian leaders it would like to vacate the area by next November and not wait until the end of 1968. This brought accusations by the British Conservatives and right-wing British newspapers that the Labor government is merely handing Aden to Nasser on a plate. The Labor government now is concentrating on hopes that a United Nations mission may re- solve the Aden problem. But with Nasser well aware that Britain is anxious to pull out, the settlement is likely to be largely on Nasser's terms. Brit- ain is in no mood for a fight that could suck much-needed resources from the British econ- omy. "What would your husband do if suddenly you looked 10 years younger?"" -- Commercial. He would most likely. dash out and consult an eye specialist or a psychiatrist -- or maybe both. unseat iON Ny A MUDDLE OF SKIRMISHES Canadian Troops Dispatched To Siberia By THE CANADIAN PRESS John Swettenham, the Ca- nadian Army historian, wrote his brilliant To Seize the Vic- tory after working on the offi- cial history of the Canadian Army in the First World War. His new book--Allied Inter- vention in Russia 1918-1919 (Ryerson Press)--is also a byproduct of his official work 'but he had another reason for writing it. "No official British or American history of the inter- vention had as yet appeared." The book concerns the se- ries of British, French, Amer- ican and Canadian military units that went into Russia after the overthrow of the Czar, for a variety of reasons --trying to keep the Germans busy on the Eastern Front, safeguarding Allied munitions stores, and helping the Kol- chak government Bolsheviks. One of the difficulties faced fight the by the author is that military action on various fronts was was involved might have been geography professor man L, Nicholson, Nor- unconnected, so all the histo- rian can do is chronicle each fragment one by one. The re- sult is a book lacking a single, clear narrative line, one that takes a geographical rather than chronological ap- proach. GOAL ILL-DEFINED The nature of the interven- tion also complicates the auth- or's task. Neither the Allies nor the anti-Bolsheviks 'really knew what they wanted and the Bolsheviks were fighting merely for survival. It's difficult, therefore, to say much more than that there was some fighting and that the Bolsheviks survived. There are no grand strategies or great men, with the possi- ble exception of Trotsky, and there weren't even any sound tactical innovations, just a muddle 'of skirmishes. Why the Canadian Army the key to a good yarn, be- cause the dispatch of Cana- dian troops to Siberia was unpopular in 1919 although a Canadian general was in com- mand of all British Empire troops. But Swettenham could find no one to epitomize the whole period, as Sir Arthur Currie had done for the author's his- tory of the Canadian Corps in France. The second annual edi- tion of the McGraw - Hill Directory and. Almanac of Canada is an 853-page col- lection of information on a great variety of subjects ranging from a list of post offices to the makeup of various provincial govern- ments. An impressive array of talent is represented among its consulting edit- ors, who include astronomer: Helen Hogg, military his- torian D. J. Goodspeed and Michael Sheldon of Mont- real, a former Bell Telephone Co. executive, has written a rather good grey-flannel-suit novel in The Personnel Man (McClelland and Stewart). Its hero is the executive of an interprovincial telephone concern referred to by every- one in the book as '"'the com- munications company." But aside from that sort of pompousness and some four- letter words--five of them in a single passage -- which seem out of place, the book tells a worthwhile story and tells it well. The narrative concerns an executive of many years standing who, despite his ob- vious intelligence and sym- pathy, finds he has lost all real, independent identity by the time a love affair jolts him out of the role he was assuming. -- Ks) : ----_ qT! mn iting artic nue nner INTERPRETING THE NEWS FINANCIAL LOG-ROLLING Tn NGA HT LBJ's Prestige Climbs Notch By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer President Johnson's prestige climbed a notch last week thanks to President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam: North Vietnam's publication of a February letter exchange between Johnson and Ho has generally rebounded to the credit of the United States leader, in many Western eyes. at least, Even the silence of some crit- ics is eloquent. Authorities who otherwise have criticized virtu- ally every turning of Johnson's Vietnam policy have been quiet on this one. The publication of let- ters show that Johnson, in ef- fect, offered Hanoi a choice: Either there could be a com- pletely secret and unconditional peace meeting, or there could be a secret meeting preceded by a cessation of bombing of the North and the "stopping of further augmentation of U.S. forces in South Vietnam." Also required was an assurance from Ho that "infiltration into South Vietnam by land and sea has stopped." RECONSIDER SINCERITY Some critics in Britain and Europe as well as in the United States are wondering whether they have been 'unjust in ques- tioning Johnson's sincerity for getting Hanoi to the conference table. The question now is why did Ho give Johnson. this apparent propaganda gift? One ready answer is that Ho wanted to drive a wedge be tween the U.S. and South Viet- nam by showing that Johnson was prepared to negotiate-- moving toward the position of the doves. But surely 'in that case Ho would have released the letters before or during the Guam meeting between John- son and Premier Nguyen Cao Key of South Vietnam. Conceivably, Ho wanted to clear all doubts about his posi- tion following a confusing se- ries of so-called peace state- ments from North Vietnam in recent months. He may. have sought greater clarity, now that U Thant, United Nations secre- tary - general, is apparently making or considering another peace initiative. INDICATE SURPRISE Follow-up statements in the official Hanoi newspaper Nhan Dan indicate that the North Vi- etnamese may have been taken by surprise by world reaction. The newspaper accuses the U.S. of taking advantage of the publication to make people be- lieve that the bombing of North TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 27, 1967... William Lyon Mackenzie was elected first mayor of Toronto, the capital of Up- per Canada, 133 years ago today--in 1834. The city then had fewer than 10,000 people. Mackenzie was a leader of the reform move- ment, with Robert Baldwin and Egerton Ryerson, against the Tory "family compact" of rich families which ruled the province and in 1837 led an unsunc- cessful rebellion against the lieutenant - governor. 1512--Ponce de Leon dis- covered the east coast of Florida. 1794 -- President Wash- ington authorized the first U.S. naval fleet. Vietnam constituted no obstacle to peace talks. The publication by Hanoi was intended to demonstrate the correct stand and fair attitude of the North Vietnamese gov- ernment and people. Tho letters were expected, apparently, to show up U.S. deception: Studies of Ho's letter for some encouraging sign garner a few crumbs when the letter is ex- amined in conjunction with sub- sequent comment in the official newspaper, The whole thing revolves around what exactly Ho meant when he demanded an uncondi- tional end of bombing of North Vietnam as a prelude to peace talks. Did he mean this to be apermanent or temporary halt? Hanoi's previous demands had been in terms of perma- nence, A condition Hanoi itself has never accepted is the U.S. de- mand that North Vietnam re- frain from assisting the Viet Cong during negotiations. Buffalo Hunter Campsite Became Capital For NWT By BOB BOWMAN Regina replaced Battleford as the capital of the Northwest Territories on March 27, 1883, when the act was proclaimed by the governor-general, How- ever, the site had been chosen in May, 1882, when the CPR sur- vey crossed Wascana Creek. Lieutenant - Governor Dewdney saw its advantages and re- served the area for the capital. The CPR railway tracks reached there on Aug. 23, 1882, an occasion of great excitement because a number of notables were on hand. Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Dewdney poured a mag- num of champagne on the tracks applauded by CPR direc- tors Van Horne, Donald A. Smith, R. B. Angus and a num- ber of financiers and members of parliament. Until then Regina had been known as Pile 0' Bones be- cause it was a favorite camping place of the buffalo hunters, and the carcasses of the huge ani- mals were strewn all over the place. The first homesteaders were six young men from Co- bourg, Ont., who travelled there in horses and wagons: from the end of steel in Manitoba. When it became known that the CPR would go through Pile O'Bones instead of Battleford to the north, hundreds of settlers ar- rived. A better name than Pile 0' Bones had to be chosen for the capital, and most settlers wanted it to be Victoria. How- ever, that name had already been chosen for the capital of British Columbia, and other suggestions were sought. Prin- cess Alice, wife of Governor- General the Marquis of Lorne, came up with the happy solu- tion. Why not "Regina" the Latin word for Queen? The entire area had to over- come the effects of adverse pub- licity. As late as 1865 John A. Macdonald had said that it was "of no present value to Can- ada."' The British government had also received a bad report from an official surveyor, John Palliser. He had marked a huge area including Regina as being unfit for settlers. Fortunately dominion botanist, Dr. John Ma- coun, and a few others, dis- agreed with Palliser. Although they were "voices crying in the wilderness" they were heard, and respected. OTHER MARCH 27 EVENTS 1647--The first political con- stitution was drawn up for Can- ada. 1756 -- De Lery and Indians captured Fort Bull (now Rome, N.Y.) and brought prisoners to Montreal. 1813--U.S. Commodore Perry arrived at Erie, Penn. to fit out naval squadron for war against Canada. 1848--Fredericton, N.B, was incorporated as "the celestial city." 1906--Prince Arthur of Con- naught arrived at Victoria, B.C., after visit to Japan. QUEEN'S PARK 'Need' Basis For Boost In Cheques By DON O'HEARN TORONTO One of the in- triguing points to watch in the balance of the session is what the government does about the Warrendale controversy. Since the House first convened, observers have been watching to see what course it intended to take regarding this centre for emotionally disturbed children in Metro Toronto, At the time of the removal of the former director, NDP can- didate John Brown, last fall, Warrendale was a stormy po- litical issue. Subsequently the government ordered an inquiry, in addition fo direct investigations it was making on its own. And the air was full of ru- mors. SENSATION FORECAST It was said the results of these inquiries would be sensa- tional, and that government spokesmen were ready to land on Mr. Brown and the NDP. But then nothing was heard about them. Once the session started the government didn't seem to want to talk about Warrendale. The only development was the ta- bling on the day the session broke off for Easter of an audi- tor's report on Warrendale which had been commissioned by the government. This report made various charges, such as that Mr, Brown had been given extra va- cation pay (a charge which the former director quickly re- butted) and heated up the argu- ment once again. But the report had been asked for by the opposition, and the tabling of it didn't indicate whether the government intends to get into a full-scale battle on he issue. : TO FIGHT? It is known that some mem- bers of the government have felt that this is one of the cases where there would be nothing to gain by such a battle, no matter what the rights and wrongs might be. One reason for their feeling so is that Mr. Brown is recog: nized as an able and free-swing ing fighter. A second is that on this emo- tional question a section of the public, and possibly a large one, would probably be against the government .no matter what facts it brought out. The government, however, Possibly is just holding back. It could be planning to keep the Warrendale question until the very last stages of the session and use it as a major weapon against the NDP. A consideration here would be that its two best rough-and- tumble House fighters. Welfare Minister John Yaremko and Health Minister Matthew Dy- mond, would be handling most of the argument. If it does come, it should be a good fight, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO March 27, 1952 Revenue from Oshawa"s park- ing meters to the city treasury is showing a steady increase and for the year 1951, con- tributed the sum of $17,661.99. A fully grown raccoon was knocked down and killed by an auto- in Oshawa's main shop- ping centre at rush hour yester- day afternoon. 30 YEARS AGO March 27, 1937 Mr. C. H. Millard has been elected President of the Oshawa Branch of the Auto Workers' Union. For the second consecutive year Phoenix Lodge No. 22, IOOF, has won the McCullough Cup, in the degree competition of Ontario district No. 41. 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