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She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1967 WHETHER A TIDE OR WAVE PC'S SHOWING SOME GAINS BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Is the tide, which has been running against the two old- line political parties, and in favor of the New Democratic Party ative last summer, beginning to turn? Or is it just a@ wave? 'Spoon-Feeding By TV An Educational Disaster Some school systems are buying such, can provide some unique com- closed circuit TV without first as- sessing the educational which it will be assigned, according to the publication laboring under the ing that educational hands of skilled cra tional television is not a universal answer. It can be one answer to Eugene Baker, director of curricu- some specific, clearly defined edu- cational problems. Television does 'Ill., schools concluded in an inten- task to "School Pro- misunderstand- television will: television." ftsmen, educa- munication functions. "Instructional television will not May improve a poorly conceived curricu- lum or weak teaching methods, A gress." Many administrations are school system should survey its total educational program, includ- ing general curriculum, to find out solve the shortage of qualified which educational tasks could be teachers; help alleviate over-crowd- ed facilities, save time and money; be educationally fashionable. Many school systems are investing in in- structional television because they think it's the fashionable thing to do; some school officials are quick to jump aboard a new handwagon. "Instructional television is not a ducting research toy," the writer continues "It can methods of teaching grade school be an effective means of solving some educational problems. It can' never become a serious educational also be an expensive educational disaster if not intelligently used. Television is a dependent variable relative to the solution of educa- tional problems. Just as tools, to that's been traditional for the past serve their purpose effectively, must half-century. Dr. Robert R. Rat- be appropriate for the job and the cliffe, an assistant professor of edu- cation at the University of Illinois' Chicago Circule Campus, .and. Dr. more effectively accomplished by employing educational television. It should know the focus, scope and specific objec#ives of its instruc- the tional program before considering the implementation of educational Two educators who have been con- the best into children, believe that television will medium as long as it continues to spoon-feed information and opinions to children in the same old "drill and druggery" method of teaching Jum, and instruction at Lincolnwood, Experienced poll-watchers will agree that it is far too ;early to come to rigid conclusions, but the facts, from the latest national political survey by The Institute, show that the Progressive Conservative party has made some gains since the last study in February, and that the NDP's upward trend, a conspicuous feature of the Gallup Poll since last fall, has edged downward. Here is the picture since the 1965 election, based on national surveys taken at various times, as indicated: Soc. Cred. Liberal PC. NDP. And Others Election, Nov. 1965 ...... 40% 3% 18% 9% January, 1966 ...... o 44 7 July ... September .. November .... February, 1967 TODAY ....eeeeeee sueate . 36 29 26 9 Only future Gallup Polls can reveal how significant the four point gain for the P.C.'s is. Regular Gallup political surveys are not geared to give reliable per- centage figures for various provinces, but there is evi- dence for believing that much of the conservative gain stems from the Province of Quebec -- a traditionally turbulent sea for opinion samplers. Another point of interest in the Poll's latest results is lly large ber of undecided voters. This all- important block of electors now numbers more than one in every three voters. Experience has shown that these are not necessarily the non-voters, and that their election- eve decisions can greatly influence the outcome of an elec- tion. If this segment is included in the results, latest findings compare as follows: Soc. Cr, & Liberals P.C. NDP Others Undecided November, 1966 .. 25% 18% 17% 7% 33% February ......+.. 25 17 19 7 32 TODAY .... os ae 19 17 5 35 Standard question used by Gallup Poll interviewers across Canada in obtaining the above results, is: "If a Federal Election were held today which party's candidate do you think you would favor?" READERS WRITE... MR. NEEDHAM Dear Sir: I would like to congratulate Mrs. A. W. Prescott and the group who wrote your paper con- cerning the speech made .by Mr. R. J. Needham in the Whit- teed annual 'income passed re- cently by the federal parilia- ment. I think I would reflect the thinking of all old people who still hang on to their property when I say they won't buy that kind of a deal, not supplant the teacher. It is a_ sive study that children learn best medium of communication and, as by doing research. Realities In Quebec When the question of the separa- tion of Quebec from Canada is bandied about, quite often the realities of the situation are over- looked. Some of these are contained in an article by Wilson Woodside, writer and lecturer, in the current issue of the United Churc server, in which he express h Ob- es the view that French Canadians of Que- bec are not going to pull out of con- federation. "The main reason why Quebec will not pull out of Canada is that it would have to leave behind, other provinces, a million in the and a quarter of its French-speaking com- patriots," Woodside claims. He points out that Quebec sep- aratists could not take the St. Law- rence Seaway with them. speak glibly about the secti tween Cornwall and the sea "They ion be- falling She Osawa Sines 86 King St. £.. Oshawa, Ontorie T._L. WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES combining The Oshawa Times The Oshawa Times a {established 1871) and the it Chronicle (established (Sundays an Se itby Gazette and 1863) is published daily itutary haan excepted) Publishe 1 iy ers Association, The Canadian Press, Aud A iati Cc jie Press is it Bureau fusively le 8S entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the Paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or ters, and also the local news published so ah rights of special des- botches are also reserved, 86 King St. £., Oshawa, Ontario National Advertising Offices: Thomson 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q. Building Ontario; 646 i} ers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton Enniskillen, Leskard, se ye Pontypool, and Newcastle Burketon, Claremont, not over 55c per week. By mall in Province of Ontario outside carrier covey area, $15.00 per year. Countries, into their hands. There is not the slightest indication that Canadians in Ontario and the prairies are pre- pared to permit that; but if they were the Americans certainly are not", he continues. Woodside argues that another factor operating to keep Quebec in Confederation is the prospect of a brain drain far more serious than that which Canada as a whole suf- fers today. Would not many of their most ambitious and highly-trained people look for wider opportunities, in the States, perhaps in France, which has chosen the opposite course to separation and has joined a larger economic unit, or even in English-speaking Canada? The warning is clear, says Wil- son Woodside, that if Quebec did separate, outside investment funds would be held back until the policies of the new state became clear. Al- ready the general unsettlement has driven a number of head offices separation many of the biggest including the big banks and insurance companies, would have to move to Canada. from Montreal. With Other Editors' Views FLATTERY FOR YUKON If it's accepted that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Yukon has nothing to fear from Alaska's temporary appropriation of Robert W. Service. That state's community of Fairbanks is featur- ing him as its poet laureate and the Yukon doesn't like it. by High School. Yes Mr. Needham, I agree that youth should involve them- selves in politics and would go further by saying we should all , join a political party of our choice, be there to put in our vote at the nomination and stand by our. parties principles and policies, but there is a more im- portant group that youth and we all should join and that is the church of our choice. We ought to know its principles and poli- cies and stand by them. All the laws of our land come from the word of God including the two that Mr. Needham wish- es to uphold, murder and prop- erty damage. A man such as Mr. Needham or any other who would make such a statement that he breaks our laws on drinking, sex and gambling, every chance he gets, in one of our high schools should be kept out from all our high schools at public speaking en- gagements. If he wishes to pro- mote a society of gamblers, drunkards, lawbreakers and adulters, let him hire or build his own meeting place. It appears very easy and simple for many school boards to refuse religious education in many of our schools, It ought to be just as simple to refuse such men as Mr. Needham, therefore I would call upon our school boards in Oshawa, Whit- by and surrounding areas that Mr. Needham be excluded from any further speaking engage- ments in our local schools. If he should appear and make such statements in any of our schools I would call upon the students to campaign immediat- ely to keep him out of our schools. Students, you can count on we your parents and the church. I am confident both will back you and give any help that you request, Yours truly, Rey. R. H. James 1042 Rossland Rd. W., Oshawa. TAX EXEMPTION Dear Sir: The new act passed by the provincial government of On- tario dealing with exemption of property: taxes up to $150 for people over 65 years old is pure eye-wash. This cut is in the same cate- The people who have spent their whole life acquiring a home are not going to have it mortgaged now. Younger people may be con- tent (and have to be) to have their homes mortgaged but after you get a clear deed to your property nobody is going to go back to owing money again on your beloved home. So city council members, please forget about this' phony tax relief and try with might and main to get the provincial house take on the full cost of education. In this way you would be doing a real service to all the taxpayers in Oshawa. There are very few houses for rent at a reasonable figure in Oshawa now and part of the reason is high taxes. We had prided ourselves on being a city where everybody owned their own home. With houses now at the price asked how long will this last. So don't worry too much about the old people. After all they've managed to pay their taxes so far. The main thing is try and keep taxes down to where everybody will benefit. JAMES CORSE 67 First Ave., Oshawa. MINORITY RIGHTS Mr. Editor: You are to be recommended for informing your readership in your paper about the annual convention of the Christian La- bour Association. While it was not clearly stated in your re- port, it must be noted that the objective of this resolution is to ensure one of man's basic freedoms, the freedom of assoc- iation, which in this respect means the right of employment. Unfortunately, many people in the labor movement would deny others this basic freedom and advance this idea by erroneous- ly applying the slogan "Major- ity rule'. However, we must realize that we live in a plural- istic society where not all men think alike; hence a society in which the rights of the minor- ity must be upheld. TED HOGETERP 271 Oshawa Blvd. N. Other p "ani $18.00 per year. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pe year. --Windsor Star gory as the so called guaran- Oshawa NHAC Hg WESTERN VISITOR IN RUSSIA IV Sochi, Sort Of Kussian Riviera On Black Sea By GWYN KINSEY Special to The Times SOCHI -- This resort on the Black Sea is on what the Rus- sians like to call their Riviera. There is a similarity in vege- tation and building styles with the Italian Riviera. The hills rise sharply form the blue sea to the shining backdrop of the snow - capped Caucasus. Here is one of the preferred holiday. spots; complete with mineral springs. And here the Soviet Union has built big white sanatoria to house large num- bers of its ailing. But it is a summer rather than an all-year resort. Its win- ters are mild, tea plants flour- ish on the lower hills, cabbages and other vegetables grow all year round, But it gets frost, too much of it for the growing of such fruit as oranges. Which helps to explain why an orange in Moscow or Leningrad or Sochi costs the equivalent of between 30 and 35 cents in Canadian money. And here, too, just as in any other city or airport where the tourist might happen to light, is the Berioska shop. Anyone can buy in the Berio- ska -- if he has dollars, British pounds, French francs, Dutch guilders or some other hard cur- rency. He can't buy anything there with Russian money. Tourist traps, you say? Noth- ing of the sort. The prices are lower, often 30 per cent or more lower than the prices of similar goods in the for - the - Russians stores. And in many cases, the quality of the goods is better. Some of the prices are shock- ingly low-well-made 35mm ca- meras for $18 or $19, watches from $6 to $10, cigarets for a few cents, caviar at about a third of what we would: pay. The variety of Berioska goods extends from rugs to bracelets, fur hats to motorcycles, in Mos- LOWER PRICES FOR TOURISTS cow. Esewhere, the choice is more limited, Curiously, prices do not ap- pear to be standardized between cities. Prices in Moscow, for example, were slightly higher than in Leningrad or Sochi. In many of the hotel bars, too, only hard currency is ac- cepted. Drinks averaged 40 to 50 cents, Canadian or American, and the change might come in francs, kroner, shillings and so on -- never in roubles or ko- pecks, Why the hard-money. stores and bars? As a convenience to the tourist, says the Intourist guide. There isn't any doubt that the Soviet Union wants tourists from the hard-money countries -- and particularly the hard money they bring with them. A tourist could actually get along quite well without chang- ing any monet into roubles. But if he does, he had better be prepared to account for the money changed. Possibly because of the exis- tence of the Berioska, there is an active demand -- a black market -- for hard money, In Moscow, much more than in Leningrad or Sochi, the tourist is approached by Russians wan- ting to exchange roubles for dollars. They'll offer four or five times the official rate which is $1.10 in American or $1.20 Candian to the rouble. Interestingly, too, the tourist is invited by these furtive char- acters to sell clothing. Yet there is no evidence of want. The people are obviously well - fed,'and there is plenty of food with considerable var- iety in the stores. They are also obviously adequately clothed. The answer may well be found in style and quality, ingredients clearly lacking in many Soviet products for general sale, yet found in many of the goods in the dollar stores. TALKING ABOUT BOMBING BACK TO STONE AGE FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS Philippines Are In Danger PHILIP DEANE "Weed ee Affairs Analyst The Philippines are in danger, or some would say in need of a revolution. Their population grows faster than anywhere in the world and faster than the gross national product. They have the lowest agricultural yield per acre in the world and cannot feed their 30,000,000 peo- ple. With the same number of acres under cultivation, Japan feeds 100,000,000. In The Philip- pines, three per cent of the population owns 98 per cent of the land. Landlords have no mo- tivation to be efficient. The pro- prietors, however, own so much land, that even with record low yields they make fortunes for themselves. These fortunes are not gener- ally used to create new indus- tries and promote national growth; when the landowners put money into anything outside agriculture, they speculate in urban real estate where their profits are huge. And, of course, they are hardly taxed on those profits--first because the rich control the legislature and do not pass tax laws they would find fortable, and d because they avoid what tax laws there are: Taxes on imports, for in- stance, are a mockery; smug- gling is practically a national sport; luxurious motor cars are openly brought in described as tax exempt 'books' on the ship's manifest. The loss in ex- cise taxes yearly is calculated at $350,000,000. SUITS RULING CLASS The system may be rotten, but it suits the ruling class which maintains it with the open purchasing of votes and with patronage. All the fine- sounding projects for village improvement are immediately turned into agencies for dis- pensing largesse to the party faithful; "village improvement workers" for instance have been appointed, are paid sal- aries--but all live in Manila. Oligarchical rule by the very rich is the system under which TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 15, 1967... Gen. Philippe Petain was made commander - in - chief of the French army 50 years ago today--in 1917 --after Gen. Nivelle's at- tacks in the First World War in Artois and Cham- pagne turned out disasters. There were mutinies in hun- dreds of French units which Petain gradually controlled, waiting for U.S. troops to reach Europe and enter the fight. In 1940, Petain was appointed premier of France and became chief of state of Vichy France, for which he was imprisoned from the Liberatio nuntil his. death in' 1951. 1559--Queen Elizabeth I was proclaimed "governor" of the Church of England. 1912--The present bound- aries of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba were pro- claimed. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917 -- Austtian destroyers sank 14 British gunboats in the Adriatic; Gen. Petain replaced Gen. Nivelle as French commander - in - chief and Gen. Fefdinand Foch became chief of staff. The Philippines were run_be- fore they were conquered by the U.S. some 70 years ago. The Americans superimposed demo- cratic trappings, but did not al- ter the basic structure of power. American businessmen have merged into the pattern of fa- vors bought and sold, or author- ity perverted, of officialdom corrupted. Being foreigners as well as loud evangelists for political virtue, and having been the rulers in The Philippines for years, the Americans are given the blame for all that is wrong. Some of the loudest anti-Amer- ican accusations come from the educated unemployed; the 150,- 000 university students graduat- ing each year for whom there are no jobs, who are born Cath- olic by relgion, American in manner and claim they want a French rather than a Russian revolution. The standard Amer- ican retort is to accuse such critics of being Communist-in- spired. It is all alarmingly like many situations in Latin America where non-Communist critics of the status quo wilted without American support, leaving rev- olutionary leadership in the _ of Communists or Castro- tes, Canada's Last Rebellion Ended 82 Years Ago Today By BOB BOWMAN Canada's last rebellion ended on May 15, 1885, although Indian chiefs Big Bear and Pound- maker still had to be rounded up. It was also the last time that Canadian Indians wore war paint in anger. Gabriel Dumont and his Metis had put up an amazing defence against the military force led by General Middleton. They were concealed in ridges along the river bank, and held off the soldiers for four days. However, on the second day it was known that they were using slugs and duck-shot in their muzzle-load- ing guns. On the third day, they were firing iron nails and peb- bles. Canadians under Middleton's command were impatient of his slowness. On the fourth day, when he planned an encircling movement, Colonels A. T. H. Williams and H. J. Grassett took matters into their own hands, and led a direct charge. They drove the Metis from their hiding places, and then Middle- ton rushed in supporting troops. Gabriel Dumont tried to gather his men in the woods for a counter-attack, but Louis Riel decided that he would surren- der, He gave himself up to two of Middleton's scouts, and Du- mont rode across the plains to Montana where he was granted political refuge by U.S. resi- dent Cleveland, While Riel and Dumont had a force of only 500 men, of whom perhaps only 200 were armed, Canada _ mobilized nearly 8,000 men to put down the rebellion. The campaign cost the government $5,000,000. Dumont, honored and re- spected, died in his own bed in Saskatchewan 12 years later, but Riel was hanged in a Regina prison in November, 1885. However, the penalty was more for having shot Thomas Scott at Red River in 1870, than for leading the 1885 rebellion. OTHER MAY 15 EVENTS: 1650--Iroquois defeated pow- erful Neutral Indians 1669--French minister Colbert announced there would be free trade to Canada 1760--Admiral Swanton and fleet arrived at Quebec ending siege 1789--United Empire Loyal- ists received final payments for losses 1814--U.S. forces burned Port Dover, Ont. BIBLE "Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do het than I say." Philemon The degree of our depth is measured by the gauge of obe- dience. "Obedience is better than sacrifice." QUEEN'S PARK Tax Report Required Desperately By DON 0O'HEARN TORONTQ--Mr.. Lancelot J. Smith, please get out your ball- point and start scribbling. And scribbel fast. Premier Robarts must be mouthing such a prayer these . days, And we in the public can echo him, The need for the Smith report = taxation is getting desper- ate, Without it there can't be a major tax revision. And without this revision, the way things are going, it can't be said what mightn't happen. With municipal financing, Particularly, in a mess--a mess that everyone admits to -- we are getting some far-out think- ing on the problem. Any day now, in fact, we may expect someone to suggest we should. sell the province back to the Indians, WHOSE HAND? The height of the irrational thinking on finance to date came on second reading of the government municipal! tax credit bill, the measure which will permit municipalities to give elderly property owners a credit on their taxes. The opposition parties stoutly --I leave it to you to say "'stupidly"--opposed the credit aspect. Under this there will be a lien on the property for the credit granted, and this eventu- ally will be. collectable. They just couldn't see this at all. They wanted the credit to be a straight handout. But from whose hand? This they just didn't consider. Didn't consider that a hand- out in this case would be paid by the other property owners in the community concerned. That they are only a section of that community, And that there is no reason in the world, why they should be expected to subsidize the elderly group. In fact, no logical argument has ever been put forward why they should. Also, of course, there has never been reasoned debate of the other objection put forward to the credit bili--that it-is un- fair to the elderly people con- cerned. The only "unfairness" there actually could be in the great majority of cases would be that the estates of these people would be ced be | amount of ie lien. And who is this unfair against? The heirs. And surely the state, or in this case a group of other property owners, should not subsidize heirs. Any inher- itance they get is found money for them. PAID WAY In realistic terms, of. course, there is a strong argument for giving the elderly a rebate on taxes, 5 This is that they already have paid their way on education, and that as they have no chil- dren to educate now they should not be paying education tax. But any such rebate should be borne by all the public and not by fellow property owners only, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO May 15, 1952 Mrs. Madeline James Hoare, daughter of Mrs. W. A. James of Oshawa has graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Mechanical Engin- eering. She is one of the two women who have ever gradu- ated in that course. An Indian axe, believed to be centuries old, was found in Tooley's Mill, east of Oshawa, by Frank McLellan. 30 YEARS AGO May 15, 1937 ushawa residents had to be up at 3.30 a.m, if they wanted to listen to the Coronation cere monies of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the radio. The Provincial Grand Master of the Orange Order, George McCombe laid the cornerstone ; the Orange Temple on Bruce t. IT HAPPENED IN CANADA Tole POLES - z = LIKE TiS ALL COME FROM > q 'SAME DART of THE : 3 JOURNALS LETTERS, prc... Seo, + OF AS EARLY DAYS ARE FILLED Wi word' 'ores TO POPULAR ats TW Anew ~ "YB" WAS PRONOUNCED "THE". HE "Y" IS MERELY THE WRITTEN FORM OF THE ENGLISH "TH" SOUND. TODAY EVERYBODY SAYS "YEE" ; ed Seon ert SHOPPE THAT'S ALL IF you WENT BACK TO THE Cay ed ELIZABETH L AND SAID "YEE OLDY ANTIQUEY TABI Be CONES HO od ae ay nen WHCH MEANS DOP INO 1S PRONQUNCED "Yee?" " We LARGEST ICEBERG m Tle ARCTIC 1S THE 200-FooT-THICK ICE ISLAND T-1 vam (40 SQUARE MILES)~ DISCOVERED IN 1946. | WHITBY DA\ Scouts | Route 0: WHITBY (Staff) -- the most ambitious ¢ Projects of the area undertaken by the Fi by Venturers Scout g1 The scouts, 15 in all trace the route of t fur traders from Port the site of Expo '67. Group leader Ben L; Whitby said present p for 15 boys and five to make the 480 mile 15 days paddling and | an average of 32 m day. Mr. LaHaye said th major operation for -- whose ages range be! and 18. He said all t of the boys had exper canoe trips 'in Algonq and the Ottawa Rive! TRAINING PLANNED The new boys will training before the jor side trips to the Cred and other fast runnin ways, LaHaye said Centenn mittee Chairman Vern is planning a reception by on July 8 before tl departs for Port Pe Friday July 7, four s the crew will portage the canoe's 23 miles fro by to the Port Perry point. The eight canoes, wl be followed along the ; a station wagon, will through lake Scugog a1 the Trent Canal system say. Through the Trent Cz Venturers will portage locks and expect to t north cannel and Bay o into Kingston. RIDEAU CANAL From Kingston the of white canoes, carry Centennial symbol | bows will proceed up th aqui river to the Ridea and Ottawa. From the the voyageurs will tray the Ottawa river to the Two Mountains river i Lachine Canal an The party will have stopovers starting at and an overnight at St. "LAWN BOWLE WHITBY (Staff) -- A siastic group of Whitb Bowlers met for their spring meeting at the n tennial Centre to prep their summer activities greens, The President, Vic Ig called the meeting te asking those present to observe a moments sil memory of Mrs. Frank and Dick Adams, two tl bers who will be sadly 1 The secretary, A. Ar gave a detailed report of ecutive meetings held si fall, with considerable di following on a proposal executive in future years A committee was set 1 vestigate ways and m improving the clubhou: make a report to a mer meeting later in the yea WHITBY, MONDAY, May 15 Co-Op Credit Union night; Whitby Baptist Explorers; ist Whitby Girl Guide of Canada District Association; Bla Vista Ratepayers Asso St. John's Anglican CI Men's Club; St. Andrew byterian Women. Group Saints' Anglican Church ing Guild; St. Mark's Church, Women Unit Mark's United Church Unit 9; Gardenview U Church Women. TUESDAY, May 16 Al-Anon Family Group by Whittlers TOPS Club by Shrinking Violets Club; Whitby Duplicate Club; Red Cross work Faith Baptist Church | Girls; Women's: Christia: perance Union; The . Club; Almonds United Women Evening Group Kinettes; Pickering Poun ers TOPS Club. WEDNESDAY May 17 Whitby St. John Amb Salvation Army Prayer Bible Study; St. John ! Cadets; Knights of Co Council 4895; Benevole: bekah Lodge 132; St. Anglican Church WA; Aj ior Citizens' Friendship Ajax St. Paul's United CGIT; Ajax Holy Trini glican Women Church Y . BROCK | WHITBY Pr onere E LEVINE BEGINS AT 8:50 ALSO--S: "KILL HER G Starring -- MAUREI