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She Oshawa Cimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1967 Dr. Shulman Qualifies For Ombudsman Role The adroitness of Dr. Morton Shulman at upsetting apple carts is matched by the timing with which he turns these tricks. The Toronto coroner who has finally agreed to be fired has set off his latest con- troversy at a period which can be least appreciated by the govern- ment which he says "has to go". He has given the parties in Oppo- sition an election issue which must literally have them smacking their lips. His charges that the govern- ment has endeavored to sweep un- der the rug situations he alleges would place it in disrepute are bound to be given full mileage on the pro- vincial election trail inside and be- yond Metro Toronto. Dr. Shulman could have antici- pated neither the fire in the Work- men's Compensation Hospital nor the move to have it investigated by other than his office. But given the situation he moved quickly to make the most of it. He charted a colli- sion course which could have led only to his dismissal. He forced the government's hand in this regard, It is difficult to understand why he didn't maintain the initiative by re- signing and then taking the govern- ment to task as he wished. In pre- cipitating his dismissal, he flouted recognized procedures which cannot be disregarded in our system of government, His outspoken crusades and hard- hitting attacks on what he consider- ed the wrongs he found during his four years as coroner have won Dr. Shulman wide respect. He exhibit- ed a courage unfortunately too rare in public affairs today. It has been strongly indicated that his next adventure will be in provinical politics. As a vote-getter he'll be courted by both Liberals and New Democrats. Once in the fold of either party, the indepen- dent thought Dr. Shulman has shown could well make him a mav- erick of proportions to put Ralph Cowan in the class of a quiet reac- tionary. The future could hold promise of a position more suited to Dr. Shul- man's talents than that of a politi- cal backbencher. With the consci- entious concern he has demon- strated for the public good, is there a better candidate in the province for the role of ombudsman? But what government could risk the wrangles such an appointment would be sure to produce? Safety, Second Hand? The Ontario government is threading a peculiar course on the question of automobile safety. On the one hand, the economics minis- ter placed the onus for adopting safety measures squarely with the automakers, undoubtedly where it should be. But at the same time the transport minister left with the purchasers of second-hand cars, the responsibility for seeing to their roadworthiness. The transporé' minister intro- duced what was termed legislation to ban unsafe vehicles from the highways. It allows used car deal- ers to sell an unsafe vehicle only after he has removed the license plates and sent them to the regis- She Oshawa Simes 86 King St. E., Oshaws, Ontarle T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. €. PRINCE, General Monoger 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 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 itched in the poper credited to It er to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein, All rights ef special des- potches are also reserved, King St. £., Oshawa, Ontario Nationol Advertising Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 646 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q, Delivered by carriers m Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Rickerina, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton. Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over 55c per week. By mall in Province ef Ontario outside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per year. "provinces ond Commonwealth. Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pe year, The new owner will not be permitted to ree register until he has proved the car has been made safe. Under the pres- nt law, a used car dealer must give the buyer a fitness certificate -- stating whether the vehicle is safe or not -- but the law doesn't pre- vent a car branded as unsafe from being driven. The new legislation may well represent an improvement, a step toward greater highway safety, Yet it seems an unnecessarily com- plicated one. As it is a require- ment that automakers produce mechanically safe vehicles for sale, so surely it should also be a require- ment second time round. There's something ludicrous about permit- ting an unsafe vehicle knowingly to be sold. The disconcerting factor is per- haps outside the realm of highway safety. It is a matter of providing adequate protection to the public whether an automatic toaster, froz- en food, or automobiles be the sub- jects for sale. In this respect, leav- ing the onus for safety on the pur- chaser rather than the vendor of a used car is a departure from recog- nized business practice. As the legislation is debated a clearer understanding of the intent may emerge. At present it appears that when safety is being urged so strenuously on the automakers a similar responsibility should be placed with those who sell used cars, trar of motor vehicles. ns aetna GOOD EVENING FL CL ete nie t OTTAWA REPORT Grave Waste Seen In CBC Spending By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is due to be given $140,147,000 of the taxpayers' money this year, in addition to the sums it receives from' advertisers. This is $28,- 000,000 more than the taxpayers had to pay for the CBC last year. That is an increase of 26 per cent, pretty well in line with the infamous 'Pearson pattern" of wage increases which he approved for the sea- way settlement. What is shocking about the CBC bill is not its huge size so much as the huge waste in- cluded in it, Why don't our MPs dig out the facts, and trim the cost down? Why don't we have 265 Ralph Cowans in the House of Commons, instead of just the one turbulent but commonsense MP from Toronto? Item: The €BC hired Stanley Burke to read the 11 p.m. tele- vision news, five nights per week, He does just that; his on-air working week is about one hour, repeat one hour, give or take a few minutes. And that working week, believed to be - the shortest negotiated by any employer in Canada, costs the CBC, which means you and me and other taxpayers, something in the neighborhood of $35,000 per year. The president of the CBC, sometimes known as "Apres- moi l'enfant' Ouimet, is paid $40,000. The vice-president re- cently time expired, Captain Briggs, was paid $25,000. Can a news-reader really be worth $35,000? Why has no MP ex- postulated? SQUEEZED BY UNIONS Of course the pip in the coco- nut is partly the fault of Cana- dian labor unions. The CBC brass decided to copy U.S. tele- vision networks, and use one person to write and to read the news--a sort of "fifty-four forty or fight" Huntley and Brinkley deal. Stanley Burke was hired on that basis. But then, too late, the CBC discovered that Cana- dian unions will not allow a news writer to read, nor a news reader to compose it. Aiffluency In The complete absence of any sense of proportion and respon- sibility within the CBC is well evidenced by the whole Burke case. Is any news reader worth as much to the taxpayers as a cabinet minister, who works not 10 minutes a day on the air, but 10 hours a day on Parliament Hill? | The explanation apparently involves the fact that Burke is a Canadian, now officially sta- tioned in Europe: so he draws foreign service allowance. But he has been seconded from Eu- rope to Canada, so he draws in addition his living expenses in Canada, Did you ever read Alice in Wonderland? GOLDEN HANDSHAKE Then there is the case of ex- vice-president Briggs. He was moved, almost on the eve of retirement, from a local little job down in the Maritimes to be vice-president at CBC head- quarters in Ottawa at $15,000 a year. Then the vice-presidential Salary was upped by a mere 67 per cent, and no doubt Briggs earned his pay. Then came retirement; not only did he depart with a pen- sion comparable to that which Canada pays a former prime minister, but in addition he was given a gratuity of one year's pay, reportedly. This appears to be beyond the terms of the normal relevant employment contract. Many MPs have shown tn- easiness at the way the CBC lavishes the taxpayers' money, Like handing out $800 color tele- vision sets as if they were con- fetti--and then refusing to tell Parliament who. they were given to. But no MP has the courage to do anything. One day some . government might even have the guts to give the CBC guidelines on broadcast ethics, such as any Canadian mother could do: No corruption of our youth, for ex- ample. That government might also make it clear that Parlia- ment is supreme, And it might make it clear that the taxpay- ers' money is to pay for broad- casting, not for Santa Claus and Robin Hood acts. Washington Exceeds Ottawa's By Far By PAUL DUNN OTTAWA (CP)--Capitol Hill in Washington may be living high off the hog but by com- parison the' affluent society hasn't arrived on. Parliament Hill. A recent Associated survey on affluence told of bursting payrolls and salary levels in which $20,000-a-year jobs are commonplace for em- ployees of Congress. Only a handful of the 1,500 or so souls who work for Par- liament here top the $20,000 mark, compared with almost 500 drawing that sum or better in 'Washington. The head doorkeeper of the House of Representatives makes $28,800 annually. The clerks of the Commons and the Senate here draw $24,840--top pay for. parliamentary employ- ees. The other best-paying jobs here: Commons and Senate law clerks, $19,440 annually; Com- mons sergeant-at-arms and Sen- ate gentleman usher of the black rod, $17,490; and clerk assistants in both chambers, $17,490. The parliamentary li- brarian makes $17,280. BARBERS WELL OFF The U.S.-Canada pay differ- ences really show up in the lower echelons. The House of Representatives employs 10 barbers at salaries of $6,000 a year and lets them keep the $1 charge for haircuts plus hefty tips; The U.S. Senate Press omens tc pays its barbers the same sal- ary but doesn't charge for hair- cuts. On Parliament Hill the. three barbers earn $5,080 annually plus tips. Haircuts in the Com- mons shop cost 35. cents, and in the Senate shop 40 cents, With parliamentarians facing ever-busier House of Commons and Senate sessions, and a tre- mendous upsurge in committee work, they would be hard pressed to get. their locks trimmed without the service. Legislators in the U.S. and Canada have their own post of- fices, The postmaster in the House. of Representatives makes $24,500. In Canada the Commons postmaster gets up to $9.470. The U.S. Congress pays its shorthand reporters $22,000 a year, Hansard reporters here with the same duties--recording verbatim the debates of the Commons and Senate--make up to $11,780 a year. BIBLE "Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold." Gold makes a poor God and Exodus 20:23 an overbearing master. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." a an TF By Jack Gearin Jail Terms Would Curb Wayward Motorists "It Is unfortunate that peo- ple sometimes have to go to jail for liquor offences, but when people hecome prob- Jems to themselves and to the public, 20 days in jail may be the necessary shock that will aid in their rehabilitation. "After all, minor consum- ing may lead to other seri- ous charges .. . "Generally the parent pays the fine, but the best deter- rent is the possibility of a few days in jail; as minors, aware of the law and its penalties, they know that they should not be drinking." MAGISTRATE DONALD B., DODDS What an unpleasant task it different to stern admonitions from the bench, heavy fines and traffie-safety clinics you watched the nightly per- formances on such one-way drag-strips as King east and Bond west? There is one thing they re- spect -- the jail sentence. This would be the quickest way to drastically reduce the number of wayward drivers. It would hurt at first, but the re- sults would be impressive. Magistrate Robert Dnieper proved that. It never rains but it pours. Oshawa could easily have two big election campaigns broiling within the next few days, and almost definitely will. must be for a magistrate to For one thing, Local 222's sentence motorists to jail for big executive and standing 6uch offences. committees vote has been The task would be all the scheduled for May 10, 11 and more unpleasant in the case of minors, but one question must be asked: Is there a_ shorter, surer way to restore. sanity to our highways, reduce the annual carnage and unnecessary waste of human life? Our wayward motorists and they are not all minors, are in- 12 (with nominations close set for April 24.) For those unfamiliar with trade union politics, this much should be remembered -- there isn't a bigger local show poli- tically, or one more important to the community than the Local 222 show. This will de- cide who guides the local's poli- Have' tical destinies in the turbulent days ahead The local's 18,000-membership takes its politics seriously. This "'222"" campaign will be a free- ewinging down-to-the-wire show with few holds barred, if tradi- dition is followed. President "Abe" Taylor and his Demo- cratic Right-Wing group will seek their third term of office, but there has been no indica- tion, as yet, as to who will op- pose him for the presidency from the official opposition, the Unity Right-Wing Group. Whatever the division within local trade union ranks over the forthcoming '222'. came paign, there is plenty of evi- dence that solidarity exists within the local NDP over the candidacy of Clifford Pilkey, at the official level at least. This does not necessarily mean that the rank-and-file will fol- low suit and flock to the polls in support of the former city alderman. But it was notice- able in the most recent edition of The Oshaworker that he was sometimes backed. as an NDP candidate by columnists who frequently veer in the opposite direction, President William Selby of the Liberals riding association hopes to call a nomination meeting for Monday, April 24, which would not be at all too soon. Elections are unpredictable things at best, but the Liberals have put themselves at a dis- advantage by not picking a cane didate earlier. WILLIAM MANNING, clerks treasurer of Ontario County, makes a lot of sense when he talks about party politics in mu- nicipal government, and why not? He has served on both sides of the fence, as an elected representative and a civic em- ployee. He says the party sytem is the only means of providing ac- countability to the voters, but (as the Toronto Globe and Mail says) this is why most munici- pal politicians will drag their feet as long as they possibly can before finally being forced to adopt the system. Would the majority on Osh- awa"s City Council display such a strong tendency to continue with the Creek Valley Express- way under the Manning system? Of course not, CT i Tm FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS nviesignae YY QUEBEC PAVILION DOMINATE Mat NEN S FAIR TR ULL nn Mm mn Afro-Asians Widen UN Gap By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst The gap between the Afro- Asians and older nations at the UN has grown wider with the performance of a UN team in Aden. Aden is a mess. In an effort to maintain its position there, Britain tried to create around Aden a federation of tribal sheiks who are considered lick- spittles by the revolutionary leaders of the_ independent movement, Britain now wants to get out and has said she will, in fact, get out on Jan. 1, 1968. The sheiks she has in- stalled as rulers of the South Arabian Federation feel this is too early; they want more time to prepare an army of their tribal retainers so as to smash the revolutionary nationalists. Since the Afro-Asians at the UN have long agitated against Britain's presence' in Aden, Lon- don could confidently expect that they would oppose any postponement beyond Jan. 1, 1968, for the departure of British troops. So Britain arranged for a UN team to visit Aden. With the team's report in hand, in- evitably urging immediate Brit- ish withdrawal, London would be able to tell the hapless sheiks that it was not possible to defy the UN by keeping troops in Aden beyond Jan. 1 QUICK FIGHT STARTS The team finally arrived in Aden after an anti-British brief- ing by Nasser and proceeded promptly to quarrel with the sheik-dominated government of the South Arabian Federation. The leader-of the UN team even asked that he be permitted to broadcast his views to the peo- ple of the federation. When the request was refused, he and his team left in a huff, blaming : Britain for non-co-operation. Now the sheiks can claim that they were not given a chance to present their case; they can generate sympathy among Brit+ TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 11, 1967. . John Galt, founder of Guelph, Ont., died 128 years ago today--in 1839--in Scot- land, He came to Canada in 1824 as colonizing agent for the Canada Company and frontier settlements in southwestern Ontario. The town of Galt was named for him by the company. Galt left Canada for economic reasons but his books stim- ulated immigration from Scotland. 1884--The Amateur Athle- tic Union of Canada was founded, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--British troops counter- attacked near Deltawa, Me- sopotamia, and forced the Turks to retreat; on the Western front, British units captured Monchy- le-Preux and La Bergere. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1942 -- both Hindu and Moslem nationalist groups rejected Britain's offer of post-war dominion status for India; the Japa- nese bombed Corregidor as 3.500 escapers from Ba- taan. reached the island; wounded British prisoners released by Italy reached Alexandria Turkey, ons who are already annoyed by previous UN subs. The British government could be forced by popular pressure to postpone the withdrawal of its forces and stand by the sheiks. Apparently, for the UN's anti- colonalists, denouncing Britain is as important as getting her out of Aden. Having lived in bondage until recently, they are dominated by memories of this experience and still live in a world of protest. They are, moreover, backward edu- cationally, inexperienced politi- eally and still inthe grip of the tribal ethic which accepts and justifies emotions and their con- sequences. This creates a sense of values entirely different from those on which policy is made in Russia, Western Europe or the United States. These older regions, therefore, find contact with the new nations disconcerting and unpleasant, and they certainly do not want important policy matters decided by the UN votes of the Afro-Asians. The Aden episode can only aggra- vate the estrangement between the old and the new and keep the UN General Assembly im- tent. Treaty Signed At Utrecht By War- Weary Nations By BOB BOWMAN Britain should have captured Canada from France easily in 1711 but a huge expedition un- der Sir Hovenden Walker was wrecked in the St. Lawrence off Sept Isles. Even so the ex- pedition could. probably have recovered enough men and ships to have continued, but its commanders. were incompetent and had no stomach for real fighting, They were back in Britain before the people of Quebec knew. what had _ hap- pened. Britain and France had been at war since 1702 and were weary. The result was the Treaty of Utrecht, signed in Holland, on April 11, 1713, after 15 months of negotiations. France conceded the Hudson Bay area, Newfoundland, and Acadia to Britain, but retained Isle Royale and Isle St. Jean, now Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. Acadia com- prised present-day Nova Scotia (without Cape Breton) and New Brunswick, The southern boun- dary of Acadia was disputed. Sometimes France claimed that it was almost as far south as Boston, A BAD DEAL The Treaty of Utrecht was a bad deal for France. Canada was practically surrounded by British colonies. King Louis XIV thought that by retaining Isle Royale he could control the sea-lanes by building a fortress at Louisburg. He tried to make it the strongest fortress in the world, and spent so much money that he once asked if the Streets were made of gold. Some of the work was badly done owing to the crookedness of Intendant Bigot, who later was the bad apple in the barrel at Quebec. Louisburg was cap- tured by an amateur force from New England in 1745, the first time it was seriously. attacked. The Treaty of Utrecht proved to be one of the most important reasons why Britain was able to capture Canada later in the century. OTHER APRIL 11 EVENTS 1617 -- Champiain sailed on eighth voyage to Canada bring- ing Dr. Louis Hebert. 1680--Father Hennepin cap- tured by Sioux Indians. 1768 -- Montreal badly dam- aged by fire. 1785--Sir John Johnson urged that Canada be petitioned into two provinces. 1827--W. L. Mackenzie began making plans for Upper Canada rebellion which took place 10 years later. 1872--Parliament began ses- sion that Liberalized laws re trade unions. 1884--Amateur Athletic Union of Canada formed. 1904--Sydney, N.S., was in- corporated as a city. QUEEN'S PARK Apps Report On Youth Worthwhile By DON O'HEARN ; TORONTO--This wasn't quite air. When old hockey pro and pub- lic zealot Syl Apps presented his report as chairman of. the legislature's select committee on youth, the press incidentally asked him about Yorkville, Tor- onto's beatnik '"'tenderloin". Mr. Apps said that Yorkville had developed too late for his committee to really look into it. He said as his personal opinion, however, that the area should be eradicated, This statement was featured in the Toronto press. And the report itself, more than 250 rec. Ommendations and the fruit of more than 244 years of hard and devoted work by 15 mem- bers, was underplayed. The report deserved better, HAS MUCH VALUE: It isn't a perfect report. Very few select committee reports ever come even close to this ideal. But it is a good report, and will be valuable. When it gets into deep social questions it has confused think- ing. Thus it proposes that the voting age should be lowered to 19, on the grounds that most 19-year-olds today are mature and responsible citizens. But it recommends against lowering the drinking age from 21 Apparently the maturity of 19-year-olds doesn't go far enough to flirt legally with man's great tempter. HAVE STATURE But the body of the report is a worthwhile compendium of steps that can be taken to im- prove the position of youth in the province. ' Many of the proposals are not new. In the very wide area they cover, and including such sug- gestions as the use of schools in off hours for community recreas tion, there are many recom, mendations that are only being repeated from other groups who have made them earlier. But in the committee's find- ings they are consolidated and have the extra weight that while before they were made on a scattered basis, and usually by either individuals or groups without much stature, they now are before the public and the government and the legislature with the backing of the come mittee, which gives them stat- ure. This doesn't mean they neces- sarily will be adopted, of course. Government almost never takes all recommendations of select committees and quite often only relatively few of them. But they are on the public record, and eventually even though it takes time will: de- velop into a program for youth, YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, April 11, 1947 Mr. W. A, Allin, the oldest employee of the Pedlar People has completed 54 years of ser- vice with the firm and is still working. H. R. Marwood Black, 9% Lauder Rd. who served as tech- nical adviser with the 14th army in India, has been awarded the Burma Star and the India De- fence Medal in recognition of his services to the government of India. 35 YEARS AGO, April 11, 1932 A Ukrainian Festival was held at the Collegiate on Saturday, a choir of 60 voices gave magnifi- cent renditions of folk songs while folk dancing was the fea- ture of the program. Mayor P. A. MacDonald today tendered his resignation as mayor of Oshawa, on being ap- pointed to the position of ac- countant of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission. mm i NONE nmetainteesaae IT HAPPENED IN CANADA OWLS ARE THE ONLY BIRDS IN CANADA THAT CAN LOOK AT THINGS WITH BOTH EYES ATTHE SAME TIME 9 OTT ALCOR FEATURES = Lowoom, OHTARIO EACH TIME YOU BREATHE YOU INHALE 30 CUBIC INCHES oF GOOD CANADIAN Al AJAX on the Rd. app cil char "thin ed roachme adjacent Mrs. ' the grot coming ment he nigan C relief fr 20-foot : Mrs. § owners formed \ land tha Achilles was to tI She ac number willing | from th agreeme She sa wanted greenbel infringed Mayor the dele likely th would e said the was to construc sold to t the town Mayor the hom the com bylaw w rights. H Hic use | the hom: fied well Mrs. § owners 1 a view te from the touch wit Orc By Cut AJAX Inspector the Aja: day nigh lots will year or cut by h Appear fore Cou said that spector | the town him th would he town. 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