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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, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1967 Persistence Pays Off In Back-Bencher's Bill A back bench member of parlia- ment has proven that, with persis- tence and patience, he can influence the course of government legisla- tion. Eugene Whelan, Liberal MP for Essex South, was a happy man here recently when section 88 of the revised Bank Act was approved. The section: gives protection to primary producers of agricultural products in instance where a food processor goes into bankruptcy. In the past, banks had priority in col- lecting money owed to them with the result that farmers who pro- duced their crops for the processors were often unable to collect money owing to them, Under the new section, which in- corporates the private member bill introduced by Mr. Whelan in 1962, the producer has priority against the bankrupt company to the maximum of $7,500. "Through my experiences in farm organizations ] knew the effect that a local bankruptcy had in my area on primary producers," Mr. Whelan explains. "Little attention was paid to my bill in 1962 so I re-sentered it in the 1963 session." He learned that his brainchild was headed for the usual fate of most private bills. When they come up for debate on second reading, they are "talked out" in the hour allotted to them. This alarmed the Edsex member, and he started to lobby everyone from prime minister Pearson to back benchers in all parties. His effort paid off when his bill was sent to the banking committee for study. The Whelan bill was the most im- portant business before the commit- tee in 1963 and it was reported back to the Commons in mid-December, The committee recommended that the grievance disclosed by the bill be dealt. with in amendments to the Bank Act. The government drafted an amendment to the Act in 1965 but it was never acted on because of the 1965 election. The amendment appeared again in 1966 and was referred to the committee and fin- ally approved when the Act was passed in March. "As a farmer and an MP who has finally achieved success in a piece of legislation many said was impos- sible, I feel proud!" Mr. Whelan declared. He's proved again does have its reward. persistence Odds One To 1,200,000 Are you one of the millions of Canadians who dream of retiring with a fortune won on the Irish Sweepstakes? Your chances of ever doing so, says an article in the April issue of Maclean's Magazine, are as lousy as drawing a royal-flush in poker -- about one in 1,200,000. The problem is not so much that lotteries are illegal here. They are-- but police confess that they don't work particularly hard to enforce an unpopular law. Buyers of Sweeps tickets are seldom prosecuted and sellers usually get off with a light fine. What really makes the Sweeps a She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontarie T. L, WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette ond Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays ond Statutary holidays excepted). Members of Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press. Audit Bureou Associotion. 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 local news published therein. 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One Montreal in- vestigator says it is common prac- tice for a distributor to pocket all the money he receives for his tickets and never send the stubs off to Treland. : After distributors, agents, sub- agents and sub-sub-agents take their cuts, police estimate, 30 to 50 percent of the purchase money for each ticket remains in Canada. Why are the Irish Sweepstakes so popular? One reason is that most Canadians like lotteries. Polls show that 73 percent of them favor legalized sweepstakes. Another reason is that the Irish Sweeps are nominally for a good cause: the Trish Hospitals' Trust. Ticket buyers can excuse greed with selfrighteous- ness, Other Editors' Views TOO MANY SWEETS A British candy shop proprietor offers this bit of applied psychol- ogy in explaining why he always had more customers than his com- petitor: "Nothing to it. In the other place they always put too many sweets in the scales and then take some away. Here we put in too few and then add some." --Ottawa Journal OTTAWA REPORT Irish Banter Prevaded House By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The census re- veals that 9.6 per cent of our population is of Irish extrac- tion. Maybe it is the power of the Blarney Stone which gets them elected, but it is no blar- ney to say that the percentage of Irishmen in the House of Commons is much higher than the national average. It cer- tainly appears that way on St. Patrick's Day. MPs with Irish blood include Prime Minister Pearson, Hugh John Flemming, Dave Pugh, Doc Rynard, Wally Nesbitt, the three Horners, Paul Hellyer, Ron Basford, Bert Cadieu, Mac Percy Noble, Ralph Cowan, Reg Cantelon, Dick Southam, Cliff Smallwood, Bob Coates and a baker's dozen of others 1 can think of. The Irish tenth of our population will be inter- ested in the unreported by-play when the Irish and other wear- ers of the green called a halt to the customary exchange of par- liamentary discourtesies, and exchanged some St.. Patrick's politeness. John Diefenbaker gave our Irish-French acting prime min- ister, Paul Martin, the rough edge of his verbal shillelagh when he declared that he "would not be diverted by his rataplans."' But then he paid tribute to Irish-Canadian Bryce Mackasey MP, saying he would be the first to congratulate him on his predicted promotion into the cabinet, because he knows that--here's that Irish attribute again--"with his eloquence and powers of persuasion, all will be well." WHAT? NO RETIREMENT? To which Mr, Mackasey-- fresh prasied for a great speech to the Irish Society of Montreal ~--replied that "God willing we are both here on March 17 next year, I shall invite the Right Honorable gentleman, Mr. Dief- enbaker, to attend the Irish functions in. Montreal with me on that day, to march in the parade and, all in all, to wear the green." This, he hinted, might also be the role of the Hellyerized armed services, in their new green cola truckers uniforms. That little persiflage was on the record, but behind it was an interesting echo of history. Bryce Mackasey, as a keen student of politics, says that he admires the parliamentary per- formance of John Diefenbaker, even though as a Liberal he does not endorse his ideas. "He is a past master, and I always like to attend his per- formances in the House be- cause I can always learn from him," he said. It was as a real tribute that he sent his master some shamrock -- 'with good wishes from Nicholas Flood Davin," LAST CENTURY GREAT That name unknown on Par- liament Hill today is classed by connoisseurs as one of the greatest orators ever known here. He too was an Irishman, born in Tipperary. He had been a journalist with the Irish Times, and when he emigrated to Canada he established the Leader newspaper in Regina. He was elected to Parliament for Assiniboia West as a Con- servative in 1887, and was then succeeded in 1897 by another journalist, Liberal Walter Scott, who had acquired his Leader and also published another well- known newspaper known then as The Times of Moose Jaw, North West Territories. Davin repeatedly urged "a broad and generous policy for developing and peopling the Prairies.' One of his wisest speeches, but not Irishly lam- boyant, was made when "the nest of vipers'? was rebelling within the Conservative cabinet in 1896. "This Parliament gov- erns Canada," he said, 'and not just the committee of this Parliament which we call the government. I must enter my protest against the tendency that is detectable in parliamen- tary life in Canada, for Parlia- ment to efface itself before the government of the day." That still is true. As to that shamrock: Dief knew at once who had signed himself by the name of that famous Irish orator, and he penned a thank-you note to MacKasey. By chance, he hap- pened to have in his office at that time an oil painting of a good-looking red - haired' young man--"rather Byronic, wasn't he? His name was Nicholas Flood Davin--a great orator-- he was once MP for 'Pile o' Bones.' " Common Market Format Talked In Latin America By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- Lofty aspirations have never been lacking in Latin America and a new one--perhaps the most challenging yet --is being shaped under the vigilant eye of the United States. The format, to be unveiled with considerable fanfare at a hemisphere summit conference, April 12-14, is a Latin American common market. But despite official U.S. opti- mism, the Latin American rec- ord does not encourage expecta- tions of quick or easy solutions for political, economic and so- cial progress among the 230,000,- 000 peoples in the 20 nations ad- hering with the U.S. to the Or- ganization of American States. The U.S., while not proposing to join the common market it- self, has been working fever- ishly behind the scenes to pre- pare accord for the summit con- ference at Punta del Este, 'Uru- guay. RED-CARPET APPROACH President Johnson this week- end is having the Washington envoys of the Latin American states to one of his Texas ranch barbecue extravaganzas. Few foreign plenipotentiaries are so honored. He has sweetened the path with a pledge of another $1,500,- 000,000 in aid to Latin America in the next five years, above and beyond the annual contribution of about $1,000,000,000 under the Alliance for Progress launched by the late president Kennedy. As now envisaged, there is agreement in principle to create a common market--with a com- mon tariff structure against out side goods and free movement of trade within--no Jater than 1985. The U.S. had been pressing for an earlier start. There already exists a five- nation Central American com- mon market. The objective is ambitious anywhere; in Latin America it may be doubly -so. President Johnson's offer of another $300,- 000,000 annually in aid has been coolly received as inadequate. FREI PESSIMISTIC Official U.S. assertions of con- siderable progress in Latin America are confronted with this recent disclaimer from Pres- ident Eduardo Frei of Chile, spokesman for Latin America's few democratically-elected lead- ers. "Less than half of the Latin American countries have started serious programs of agrarian re- form," says Frei. 'Drastic changes in the tax system are even scarcer, while the number of democratic regimes, far from increasing, has actually de- clined." By Jack Gearin The Political Pot Is Starting To Boil Here THE POLITICAL POT is starting to boil at a high tempo an early election possibility, but of lieved that was a distinct President the party's William A. Selby, riding associa- Oshawa was the high cost of living; in the south there was in Oshawa riding provincial. The campaign is swinging into high gear. At least two of the parties are acting as if that upcoming provincial election is an early certainty -- the PCs and NDP's. One of these days the Lib- erals are almost certain to call a nomination meeting to select their standard bearer; then we will know that things are really serious, that an election campaign is on. Clifford Pilkey, the NDP's hardy and enterprising candi- date, is knocking on doors across the city at a rate that would put a far younger man to shame. He works half-days at GM, then campaigns for the balance. He recently called at no less than 100 homes in a four-hour period, but his pace is not always so accelerated (Remember, there are 24,000 dwellings and apartments to call on," he quips facetiously). Returning Officer' George Martin also acted this week like a man who sincerely be added a cautionary note: "Re- member, I have received no of- ficial word, but I believe in pre- paredness for a big job like this. The more we do now the less we will have to do if an election is called any day now." Martin's first jb, after he gets the word, will be to pre- pare the official enumeration list. He will then sign up 560 workers to get his election ma- chine operative (280 enumera- tors, 140 DRO's, 140 poll clerks). He will also have to obtain 140 voting polls in the new riding. About 350 voters is ideal for each polling sub- division, but this is not always possible, especially in heavily- populated areas with apartment houses where the total some- times reaches 1,000. THE LIBERALS were ready to call their nomination meet dae last week, but there was one hitch -- one of their poten- tial candidates asked for more time to see if he could get his business in order before mak- ing the big decision, tion, does not feel that the local party is losing valuable time by its failure to name a candi- date. He feels the Liberals will be in the clear as long as their candidate is named before an- nouncement of the election date. "The thing that counts pri- marily is the quality of the can- didate," he explained. "There is such a thing as being over- prepared. We don't want to over-tax our workers before the campaign starts -- what we want to do is to keep up mo- mentum once the race is on. That is what wins elections."* Liberal Claude Vipond rolled up 10,071 votes in Oshawa in 1965 when he lost to 'Mike' Starr (10,760). Candidate Pilkey was learn- ing much, meanwhile, about what was on the minds of the voters as he systematically canvassed across the city in what he called 'weak and strong'"' areas (determined from 1965 federal election re- sults in Oshawa). He said the favorite topic in north and south 'after a second predominating topic-- that was concern felt over the recent GM layoffs. THE NDP PLANS to step up its local campaign considerable next Sunday, April 9, when a mass meeting has been called in the UAW Hall, Bond St. E., to set up a_ workers committee. The party hopes to have at least 200 out for this pow-wow when scrutineers will be appointed for the polling booths. As another indication of the NDP's strong belief that the provincial election is imminent, William "Bill" Cumpsty, the party's full-time organizer in this area has been instructed to remain here indefinitely ('I will remain until. victory is won in the next election -- then [ will proceed on to Ottawa head- quarters,"" he said last week). Candidate Pilkey said he was "certain" that the election will be held in June, between the 3rd. and 15th, Time alone will tell, en OLD LADY WHO LIVED IN SHOE FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS LBJ's Choices Liability By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst 'Johnson has made the most significant contribution to the U.S. of any president--he has tripled the federal funds for ed- ucation--yet he has such a ter- rible reputation that he gets no credit for what, after all, in the long run, is the most important reform of his administration: An acceleration of learning." This was said to me by an eminent U.S. man of science who, typically, admires these accelerated educational efforts yet dislikes the American pres- ident. Johnson's low popularity might well be due to a certain type of man he chooses for his staff. Recently, he appointed Robert Komer to be the czar of the pacification program in Vietnam, the program of win- ning over the countryside. I have watched Mr. Komer in ac- tion in the past and far from pacifying allies he most likely drives them >to resentful frus- tration. A newly appointed pro-Amer- ican official of an allied gov- ernment was once hectored by Mr. Komer who laid down the law, explained that '"'you guys had better learn what's best for you, get into line, give us no trouble." Mr. Komer further "explained" that the pro-Amer- ican foreigner's problems were not really important for Wash- ington but more like a "fleabite TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 3, 1967... England's last possession in France, Calais, was: lost 408 years ago today--in 1559--when the French war with the Holy Roman em- pire of the Hapsburgs was settled by the Peace of Cateau Cambresis. The English had joined in the war to support Spain and their fortress of Calais was captured after English vic- tories at. sea. When Queen Mary of England died she said if doctors were to open her body they would find the name Calais engraven on her heart. 1865--Gen. U.S. Grant oc- cupied the Confederate cap- ital of Richmond, Va. 1946--Canada took over the Alaska Highway from U.S. control. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--eight German and six British aircraft fell in com- bat over France; the French occupied three vil- lages on the Western Front; Germans defeated a Rus- sian force at the Stokhod River. / Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--U.S. Flying Fortresses bombed Japa- nese ships in the Andaman Islands; Charles A. 'Lind- bergh, transatlantic _ pilot and former isolationist leader, started work at a Ford aeronautical labora- tory; the losses of USS Langly, USS Peary and HMS Heythrop. were an- nounced. CHILD WINS PRIZE BANWELL, England (CP)-- Lisa Wells, an eight year-old Somerset schoolgirl, won the £10 first prize given by a brewery for naming a new pub. She suggested The Whistling Duck. to an elephant."" There were also several hints that the U.S. was running short of patience and would cut aid if '"'you guys don't go along." WAS NOT WELL LIKED At the time, Mr. Komer was the responsible White House ad- viser for countries east of Italy and all the way to the Pacific; their officials disliked his blunt- ness and _ instinctively mis- trusted his judgment--so they told me. Nevertheless, this man has been promoted quickly and now is going to handle the most important long term effort of the Americans in Vietnam. Why does Johnson who is far from unintelligent, choose such a person? The president is look- ing for solutions, for answers, and men like Komer believe there are solutions and answers, attainable within specific time limits and at a predictable cost. Komer also proclaims, as some other Johnson advisers have, that the main purpose of policy should be to discover what suits the U.S. best and not "fuss"' about the sensibilities of others: He who pays the piper calls the tune and the less affluent will dance as directed and respect the strong, rich Uncle Sam. At a time when every piece of ad- vice he receives is heavily qual- ified with reservation about the complicated psychological re- sponses of other nations, it must be a relief for Johnson to hear Komer's brand of rugged nationalism. Komer comes by his attitudes naturally; he is an ex-CIA man of a group which believes that a little force, a little money can make predictions come true. William Lyon Mackenzie Was First Toronto Mayor By BOB BOWMAN Although William Lyon Mac- kenzie King was one of Can- ada's most distinguished prime ministers, and remained at the helm longer than any other prime minister in the British Commonwealth, he did not feel slighted when people asked him, "Are you a grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie?" On the con- trary, he was proud of the tur- bulent reformer who led the 1837 rebellion in Upper Canada. It was on April 3, 1834, that William Lyon Mackenzie was chosen by his fellow aldermen to be the first mayor of Tor- onto. In March, /the city had been incorporated and managed to get rid of the name of York that Lieutenant Governor Sim- coe had imposed on it. W. L. Mackenzie had played a leading part in that struggle, and his colleagues rewarded him with the mayoralty. There was also another rea- son. It was an intended afront to Lieutenant Governor Sir John Colborne, a veteran of Water- loo, and the members of his council who were known as the Family Compact. They refused to give Upper Canada respon- sible government, and Macken- zie attacked them consistently in his newspaper. Mackenzie served only one year as mayor, and got into hot water right away. One of his first steps was to order wooden sidewalks to be built and drains dug. When it became known that this work would increase taxes by threepence a pound, there was a riot in which six people were killed and many others injured. 'Toronto the good" got away to a turbulent start. Other April 3 events: 1815 North West Company tricked Selkirk colonists into handing over canon 1858 Americans from Seattle to San Francisco began to join Fraser Rivér gold rush 1875 Construction of CPR transcontinental began at Thun- der Bay, Lake Superior 1907 University of Saskatch- ewan received provincial char- ter 1940 Earl of Athlone appointed Governor-General of Canada 1946 Canada paid U.S.A. $108,- 000,000 for Alaska Highway in- cluding airfields QUEEN'S PARK Milk Pool Organized For South By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The latest erup- tion in the mixed-up situation regarding milk in the province was in Hamilton. The Borden Co. gave notice to its producers in the area that it would be discontinuing milk processing in that city and that in future the milk would have to be shipped to Toronto. This involved extra shipping charges to the producers and there was an immediate strm from them. It was said this happened be- cause Loblaws had switched its account from Bordens, Actually this was not the point. LOBLAWS BUYS DAIRY Loblaws had switched from Borden's, having bought an- other dairy. But before this happened, Bordens had already said it in- tended to close down its Hamil- ton and Niagara processing operations, This is part of the modern- ization of its distribution pro- gram. It is cheaper for the company to have one big pro- cessing operation in Toronto, to bring the milk in an then ship it back, than to have local pro- cessing operations. The long-term significance of the Hamilton situation is that it reflects the great instability which has harassed milk pro- duction in the province. It is good to know that under plans now due much of this in- stability will disappear Due in this case means about a@ year from now. PLAN MILK POOL As a result of the reorganiz- ation which has been under way in milk marketing -- coming from the Hennessey report--all fluid milk in southern Ontario is to be pooled. This will mean an end to di- rect sales by producers to dairies. All fluid milk wilt bi chased by the Gites: Milk Marketing Board, And the board, in turn, will then sell the milk to the dairies. This will mean that the pro- ducers will have a constant market, Their sales of fluid milk won't be cut down if the dairy they are shipping to runs into a drop in business. They will ship to the one agency, and purchases of fluid milk will be averaged across all producers in the area with fluid milk quotas, This pooling system is al- ready in operation in Northern Ontario and apparently is work- ing well, It had been hoped that It could be started in southern On- tario by June, But the extensive organization necessary is taking time, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Miss M. Kerr, Mrs. FE. A. Mounce, T. C. Cotie, E. H. Winter and Wallace Young, all of Oshawa, participated in the 92nd annual convention of the Ontario Educational Association. Revenue at the Customs and Excise Department at the Port of Oshawa amounted to $435,- 855.87 during the month of March, 30 YEARS AGO April 3, 1937 In March there were a total of 9,327 books read by adults and 4,351 books read by juven- iles at the Oshawa Public Lib- rary. BIBLE "Be not deceived; God {s not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7. A person has to be careful of the seed that he sows. The day of harvest will come. IT HAPP MANY PRAIRIE SETTLERS WORWED ON THE CONSTRUCTION of Jie CPR. WITH THEIR MEN THUS AWAY, AND HAVING NO HORSES, MULES on OXEN (BOR WOMEN I SASKATCHEWAN PULLED PLOUGHIS THEMSELVES oD 3-25 a" ENED IN CANADA KEITH M¢KENZIE - CHIEF TRADER fon Ale HUDSONS BAY C0. 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