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'Che Oshawa Gimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1967 'Marshall Plan Recalled As Project That Worked While diplomats at the United "Nations met in marathon emer- gency session last week, endeavoring to keep the Middle East conflagra- tion "localized", prominent western statesmen gathered in Paris and Brussels to pay tribute to the Mar- shall Plan. It was the 20th anni- versary of the introduction of the American program that contributed so much to the building of the re- building of Europe after the Second World War. It was 20 years ago, on June 5, 1947, that Secretary of State George C. Marshall said during a speech at a Harvard graduation ceremony "Tt is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, with- out which there can be no political stability and no assured peace." What the United Sates was able to.do toward getting Europe back on its feet was considerable. It poured $17 billion in grants and loans into Europe over the next four years to aid friend and foe alike, It marked the United States at that time as a mature and able world leader. Europe made a rapid economic recovery, which could not have happened without the U.S, help, and the trend toward a more united continent, less torn by old wounds, was set in motion. The plan did not ensure peace in the rest of the. world, but it went a long way toward achieving General Marshall's 'stated goal in Europe. It was a grand and noble gesture, carried out on a_ scale never before attempted in history. The United States has not won many friends with its policies in recent years but it has, as it had 20 years ago, the capacity for greatness as well as awesome power as a nation, comments The Guelph Mercury. The spirit of the Marshall Plan, recalled at this time, may help some remember that neighborly helpfulness in a world grown frighteningly small offers more. hope for the future than all the nuclear bombs put together. The Tax Priority of CBC In the weeks prior to bringing" down his budget, Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp noted that one of his greatest problems was endeavor- ing to decide priorities for the spending of tax dollars. When the proposed spending and past spend- ing of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are reviewed, Canadians can see that Mr. Sharp is still having a great deal of difficulty with his priorities. The CBC, the figures show, pocketed $112.5 million in govern. ment grants in 1966-77. In terms of government income that is almost double every penny of excise tax paid by Canadians on She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarie T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. C, PRINCE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times festeblished 1871) and the itby Gazette ond Ch 1 lished 1863) is° published dally (Sundays and Statutary holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- @rs Association, The Canadian Press Audit Bureau Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despotched in the paper credited to It er te The Associoted Press or Reuters, and also the lo news published therein, All rights of special des- potches are also reserved, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario National Advertising Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 646 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q. Delivered by corners in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Auat, Mavis Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypoc!l, and Newcastle not over BSc per week, By mail in Province of Ontario putside corrier delivery creo, $15.00 per yeor. Other_ provi 'ond th _ Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 pe year. ' a variety of goods excluding only general sales tax and tobacco tax, The Vancouver Sun notes. In terms of priority over other government spending the CBC grant is even more astonishing. It is, for instance, $11 million more than that for the RCMP, $8 million more than for the Indians, $6 million more than for the unem- ployment insurance commission. If the size grants reflects value to the community -- as Mr. Sharp's Toronto speech seemed to imply -- the CBC, according to the white paper, must be considered three times more valuable than our fish- eries, twice as necessary as the prison service, The Sun comments, Of the 48 government depart- ments listed on the white paper only 15 received more than the CBC. The other 82 each received con- siderably less. And the outlook seems to be that this free-spending fat cat will get fatter. On the heels of the white paper come the CBC spending estimates for 1967-68 totalling $143.9 million, an increase of $29.5 million over this year. This includes another $302,000 for the board of governors who, it is officially explained, need even more people to do the job. All this almost two years after the Fowler commission on broad- casting reported there is "room for very substantial economies in pro- duction and administrative costs." J V LAKEFRONT SETTLED DURING SECOND ERA (EDITOR'S NOTE: As a Centennial feature The Times is publishing a series of artic- les tracing the development of Ontario and Durham Coun- ties. The historical back- ground sketches have been prepared in the regional stu- dies research program of the Central Ontario Joint Planning Board.) fuel wood, they stacked and burned the remaining wood. To those located near enough to a market potash was extracted from the ashes used as a bleach, it was a source of rev- enue and could be considered the first manufactured procuct of the settler. After clearing the land the settlers grew crops for their own use. The practice of self- After the war of 1812 immiz,.sufficient- agriculture continued gration from the Unjted States declined. Immigration from Eur- ope continued, primarily ships from the British Isles. Early Settlement in the townships took place along the lakefront and was largely confined to the southern three concessions. Con- ditions imposed by the Crown required that settlers clear a certain amount of land before a patent would be granted. Settlers had little regard for the forests mainly because trans- portation was poor and the market for lumber limited. Fol- lowing the construction of their homes, and the setting aside of an TM until the late thirties as the result of an inadequate trans- portation system. BARTER SYSTEM Prior to 1820 most commerce was carried out by a system of barter. The currency of the day was flour, pork and potash and in exchange for these pro- ducts, the merchant supplied the farmer with goods from his store. The position of the mer- chant was a powerful one as he determined the value of pro- ducts received from the settlers. Money remained very scarce, particularly up to the war of 1812. By 1820 concentration of set- tlement had reached the ham- let stage. The low density of population retarded the build- ing of good roads. This in turn kept the population in isolated groups. ~Communication with Montreal and the ocean was difficult and as a result, trade developed slowly. LAND POLICY Flaws in the disposal of pub- lic lands, contributed to the Sparse population. According to the Constitutional Act of 1791, one seventh of a township was set aside for clergy. reserves in order to promote the cause of the Anglican Church. In 1819 a tax was levied on wild lands in order to force their improvement. However, this tax was not very effect- ive as there were many ways of evading it. It was also rec- ognized that in general the sys- tem of free land grants with the attendant obligations had not been too successful. In 1826 a sales system was instituted by which land was sold by public auction, Land could be bought at reasonable prices but the purchaser still had to per- form certain duties, Roads and bridges were to be constructed out of the monies obtained from land sales and taxes. Members of the armed forces and loyalists remained eligible for fre grants and the clergy and crown reserves continued to handicaps development. In 1854 a survey made by Lord Durham brought to light the fact that less than one tenth of the lands granted had been occupied by settlers, and much less had been cleared and cul- tivated. In 1850 a stricter tax policy on wild lands led to the desired results. INDUSTRY Manufacturing prior to 1820 was of a minor nature. Trade had not accumulated surplus capital and foreign capital was not interested. Manufacturing remained as part of a self « sufficient farm economy. Grist and saw mills were erected wherever suitable water power were operated in many areas in relation to grist mills, but most of these establishments employed only one or two peo- ple. Wheat was becoming in- creasingly important by 1825. Peas, flax, potatoes, barley, oats, rye and corn were also grown but were mainly consum- ed by the farmer. Wheat was the only crop which could be sold. There was an early demand in Ontario and possibly within the Planning Area for pine and oak trees to be used in the con- struction of British ships; how- ever, the demand for lumber was not extensive in the area up until 1830: TRANSPORTATION In 1815 - 16 Dundas Street, sometimes referred to as Dan- forth's Road, was improved. For most months of the year how- ever, this road continued to be practically impassable in cer- tain sections. There were only two seasons in the year when one could hope to travel in com- fort - mid - summer and winter, In January of 1817 Samuel Pur- dy inaugurated the first stage line between Kingston and York. It was a three day trip and the stages carried mail and pas- sengers. This service encour- aged the development of inns and taverns along the route and local establishments included "Posts" in Pickering, "Fare- well's" near Oshawa, "'Waverly" at Bowmanville, 'Marsh's" near Port Hope and the Albion" and "Globe" at Cobourg. For sev- eral years the service operat- ed only during the winter, ceas- ing operation upon the opening of the navigation season, Transportation by land and water played an important part in the location of settlements. Initially canoes, small boats and rafts were the only means of locomation other than walking. The opening of Dundas Street motivated settlers to move back from the lake. ity Of Vancouver Burned o Ground On Anniversary i By BOB BOWMAN It might be said that Vancou- ver did a slow burn after it was discovered by Captain George Vancouver. in 1792. It was on June 13 that he named Point Grey, now the site of the Uni- versity of British Columbia and millionaires' homes. On the same date 94 years later, the new city burned to the ground. 'The fire was started by young George Keefer, whose uncle was building the C.P.R. extension from Port Moody, the official terminal, into the city itself where deep water would enable trans-Pacifie ships to berth and unload their cargoes. Young George had been in- structed to clear some land along the waterfront near Eng- lish Bay to provide camping space for a band of Stikine In- dians who were coming to do construction work. Big trees had to be cut down and hauled away, and Keefer decided to burn them. He lit some fires at strategic places but, unfortu- nately, a brisk wind blew up and the flames carried into the residential district. The entire area was destroyed within an hour. NOT PUNISHED Keefer was not punished al- though it was a heart-breaking development for the new city. The next morning Vancouver TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 13, 1967... King Umberto II of Italy went into exile 21 years ago today--in 1946--to save his country from a threatened civil war. Umberto was king for only one month. He was enthroned in May, 1946, when his father, Victor Em- manuel III, abdicated in a last-ditch stand to save the monarchy on the eve of a national referendum held to decide whether Italy would become a republic. The ref- erendum, held on June 2, went against the monarchy by 12,717,923 votes to 10,719,- 284. 1502 -- Christopher Co- lumbus discovered' the is- land of Martinique. 1886 -- Fire destroyed a large part of Vancouver. First World War Fifty years ago today -- in 1917 -- 15 German air- planes made the most des- tructive raid of the war on aldermen erected a tent and city council got to work. First on the order of business was to obtain the city's: first loan, so it could buy a fire en- gine! Two days later 20 new buildings were under construc- tion. A. visiting newspaperman reported "I never saw such en- terprise amidst so much desola- tion." OTHER JUNE 13 EVENTS: 1611--Champlain met Etienne Brule with Indians at Hoche- laga (Montreal). 1673 -- Cataraqui (Kingston, Ont.) founded by La Salle. 1687 -- Governor Denonville left Montreal to fight Iroquois. 1799--The name 'Prince Ed- ward Island" was first issued on an official document. 1818--Richard Talbot brought Irish immigrants to Canada to found St. Thomas, Ontario. 1853--Northern Railroad from Toronto to Bradford, was first in Upper Canada to use a loco- motive. 1854 -- Sod turned from bee tween Halifax and Truro, N.S. 1895--Manitoba legislature de- clined to alter status of schools. 1895--Canadian canal opened at Sault Ste. Marie. 1898--Yukon Territory was ore ganized with Dawson the capi- tal. 1916--Western National Rail- way inaugurated service be tween Quebec and Winnipeg. HISTORY London, killing 104 persons and injuring 432; one plane was shot down. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the Germans launched a major offensive on a small sector of the Kharkov front; American reinforcements arrived in Britain in the largest convoy until then; Axis armored forces thrust toward Ac- roma, 10 miles west of Tobruk, BIBLE "Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber to- ward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime." Daniel 6:10 God give us more Daniels who prefer praying under pressure to the easy life of surrender. mn GOOD EVENING By Jack Gearin u ntti "MOVE OVER" y Z CRIME STUDY IN U.S. Drinkers Turn To Drugs WASHINGTON (AP)--A con- sultant to the U.S. president's crime commission suggested to- day even moderate drinkers might turn to potent drugs if sources of alcoholic beverages are shut off. Richard A. Blum explained that most persons will not stop drinking, since it "gives more pleasure than pain and ordinar- ily does not lead to trouble." And problem drinkers "with- out anything else but alcohol as a focus of life source of pleasure or tranduilization, may well ask us whgt we have that is better than their spiritous familiar." Blum, a research director at Stanford University's Institute for the Study of Human Prob- lems in California, made the comments in a report to the president's commission on law enforcement and administration of justice. Downtown Parking Needs A New Look Did you see where President Stanley Lovell of the Oshawa Downtown Businessmen's As- sociation will lead a special pil- grimage to City Hall Wednes- day night? They will confer with City Council's Traffic committee. They will discuss some of the downtown's major traffic - park ing problems which have been too long unsolved. The hour is late and much remains to be done if this area's parking set - up is to be up- graded to meet current de- mands, but there is an air of optimism about this get-togeth- er. For one thing, the ODBA ap- pears to be better organized as a group than at any time within the past three years; not only have they been hold- ing numerous meetings, but their roster includes the names of some people with a repu- tation for getting things done. One of the big problems to be discussed will have to do with the proposed new parking f@arage in the Prince - Bond area for 300 cars. The annual Operational cost alone of this project would be $136,000 (which includes such things as repay- ments on debentures, interest, ete.) Estimated annual revenue from the project would be $82, 000 annually. Some $56,000 an- nually would be raised from a special assessment against a group of downtown property- CMHC said then that it could Th see no 'real need" for an U-R study. CMHC at the time was Eugene Henry mended in 1959 when he urged is is the kind of study highly recom- owners east of Simcoe street to make up the balance. The assessment, of course, would fluctuate according to the rev- enue. It is now estimated that the downtown Oshawa area is cur- rently 600 spaces short on car parking, which is based on es- timates of the famous Smith- Damas report prepared some four years ago. Downtown civie parking lots with attendants fare better than the other variety, The average over - all oceupan- cy on downtown city lots for parking is only 35 per cent, but one of them has hit 84 per cent. The City did remove the gruesome CNR tracks from King St. finally after years of municipal bickering and name- calling, but otherwise little has been done to improve the down- town. Perhaps Wednesday's meet- ing will mark a turn of events for the better. Let's hope so. HOW TIME changes the mu- nicipal picture in some ways! In 1960 Oshawa was turned down by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation on its Ur- ban Renewal request, (after Ci- ty received.Province approval). concerned only with sub-stand- ard housing. The National Hous- ing act, however, was later re- vised to include all civic lay- outs -- residential, commercial and industrial. The City and CMHC are all ready to sign an agreement which will give life to an U-R study here, over - all cost_of which will be approximately $40,500 during a 10-month per- iod. The terms of reference will be far - reaching and, accord- ing to City Planning Director G. A. "Bert" Wandless, the general idea behind this U-R study is to try and avoid slum developments. The survey is to be conduct- ed by Murray V. Jones and Associates Ltd., Toronto, Urban renewal consultants, and one of their jobs will be to identify areas which are of blighted. or substandard nature. The municipality shall under- take a general examination of the regional and urban charac- teristics of the community in relation to its economic, phys- ical and population growth. Such things as income ranges, rent levels. and market values will be mentioned in the final U-R report. the Oshawa Downtown Busi- nessmen's Association for an U-R plan. "Act now, with dispatch, "he would shout at the meetings," or downdown Oshawa will be- come a blighted area, a civic eyesore which will haunt us to our dying day." TWO "OLD Sweats" who went overseas from Oshawa with the 116th. Battalion is the First World War had a re - union at the Armories Saturday night as memories of an era long past ran rampant. Lt. - Col. R. B. "'Bob" Smith, commanding officer of the bat- talion, was one of them and Lt. - Col. Herb Cook, now the Honorary Colonel of the Ontar- 'io Regiment, was the other. Col, Smith remembers Col. Cook as '"'a mere stripling. of a lad who went overseas as a private and returned as a sergeant"'. Col. Cook started out in life as a baker's assistant here, but eventually became vice - president of the F. W. Wool- worth's international chain of stores. He was recently appoint- ed Honorary Colonel of the Regiment to succeed Col. R. S. McLaughli» In a teleph interview, he added that because nearly all human cultures use drugs--and he considers alcohol a drug-- "there's a reasonable guess that if we went back to prohibi- tion we would, of course, try to find other drugs that were ac- ceptable and use them." 'We're so heavily committed to drug use that it would be in- conceivable that we could re- duce the use of drugs," Blum said. Blum's report was one of nine on drunkenness prepared by consultants to the crime com- mission. The papers made pub- lic today comprised the sixth of the commission's nine special- ized reports to be published. All were summarized in the com- YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, June 13, 1947 The 125 voice Public School choir under the direction of Wal- lace Young and the Kinsmen's Boys' Band will be guests at the band concert at McLaughlin Band Shell next Thursday, 35 YEARS AGO June 13, 1932 Jimmy Bartiett of Oshawa will be one of ihe starters in the marathon road race _ being staged by the Monerch Athletic Club of Toronto. Burns Presbyterian Church, Ashburn celebrated its 75th an- niversary last Sunday. Services were conducted by Rev. D. Fere guson. mission's report issued last Feb- ruary. The commission, noting that the 2,000,000 persons arrested yearly for drunkenness com- one-third of all arrests, rec- commended that drunkenness no longer be considered a crime and that drunks not be consid- ered criminals. But it said "disorderly and other criminal conduct accom- panied by drunkenness should remain punishable as separate crimes," Blum said any suggestion to reduce drinking is futile and "unnecessary, for there is no reason for the normal drinker to stop." "His drinking is controlled, need not become a progressive disease, gives more pleasure than pain, and ordinarily does not lead to trouble." Some benefits of alcohol, he said, include its value as a tran- quilizer and sedative, food for nutritional use and treatment of disorders of appetite, obesity, diabetes, nutritional deficiencies and some heart diseases, "It's beneficial social and psychological effects, including tension reduction, social inter- action facilitation and direct euphoria, are better known," he added, But alcoholism, he noted, is associated with early death and a high frequency of heart dis- ease, tuberculosis and cirrhosis of the liver. 4 Blum noted that Italian, Greek and Jewish families introduce their children to wine and other mild. beverages early in life as part of family dining or religious rituals. On the other hand, Irish and New England offspring began drinking later in adolescence and more often used hard liquor and drink outside the home, he said. Generally, Irish Roman Catholics drink more than Protestants and Jews drink least of the three, Blum said. Among religions, Jews, Epis- copalians (Anglicans) Catholics and Lutherans drink more than Baptist and other anti-alcohol groups, his study noted. QUEEN'S PARK Politicians' Promises Perplexing By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--When politicians get to talking about each oth- er's financial promises it is often a case of "his promises are no good but mine are'-- and with neither of them stand- ing very close inspection. Such a discussion is under- way at the present time, with NDP Leader Donald MacDon- ald criticizing the Liberal prom- ise to take over 80 per cent of the cost of education. He says the party claims it could do this through extra rev- enues that will be received from the growing wealth of the province, But, he declares, that would be possible only if the budget for every other department were frozen. Which would be an impossible proposition, and therefore is irresponsible. OUTLINES PLANS But then the NDP leader out- lines his party's plans. And in these he goes the Liberals quite a bit better. He says it also will take over 80 per cent of the cost of educa- tion. And it also will relieve the municipalities of the costs of services such as health, welfare pt the administration of jus- ce. And how is he going to pay ? for it? Well, he mentions three poe tential sources: a natural re sources tax, a weight-distance tax, and more tax dollars from Ottawa. COUNTS GROWTH Then there's a fourth: the in- crease in revenue that will be coming in from the natural growth of the province. With the NDP at the helm the impossible proposition ap- parently becomes possible. This type of confusion unfortus nately marks the fiscal posi- tions of both opposition parties. In all their promises there is no clarity as to how the money will be raised. BOTH VAGUE This is not a new develop> ment. It has long been a hall- mark of both the Liberals and the NDP for a long time. Both have been vague, And as long as it exists it will be hard for them to get the public to give any real credit to their promises, The proof of the pudding is in the eating. And with political promises this means how much they will cost and from where. Both parties should give more thought to this. And in turn the public may give more thought to them. Na en i ep FLATHEAD BEAUTY . THE COAST SALISH, NOOTKA, AND KWAKIUTL INDIANS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ATTACHED To INFANTS CRADLES A PAD OF CEDAR BARK, THAT BY SLOW PRESSURE FLATTENED THE BABYS FOREHEAD. THEY CONSIDERED THIS DEFORMATION A MARK OF BEAUTY: reer ALoon PLATURES = Loxpen, cwrame IT HAPPENED IN CANADA We AEMMSYLVANIA DUTCH WHO SETTLED IN SOOTHERN ONTARIO IN THE EARLY 18005 WERE N07 DUTCH, fy BUT GERMAN: IT'S A COMMON ERROR Td CONFUSE DUTCH WITH THE GERMAN WORD For GERMAN~WHICH 1S "DEUTSCH". BECAUSE THIS WORD HAS A SIMILAR RING TO THE WORD "DUTCH" THE TWO ARE OFTEN CONFUSED. * le $0 CALLED "DDTCH" SETTLERS WERE IN REALITY NATIVES OF POMERANIA, ALSATIA, THE PALATINATE ANO OTHER GERMAN PRoviNCES. WHITBY D Counci. Senior WHITBY (Staff) Town Council, Mo took action which i result in the erec housing units for se in the not too distan Council unani proved a motion as! tario Housing Cor implement a progr delay to provide fo citizens' housing = same time asked f of a land assembl3 the presentation of council on the tow for the constructior rental units. Reeve George Bre three representatis corporation attendin ing the most impo of the housing pro} erection of the sen units. Council was told | Stephen | The naming of R ham, Toronto new umnist, as the wil Stephen Laycock A\ formally protested Town Council. Councillor Tom E who moved this act day's council meetii committee which Council John Porter and | who won provin speaking competitic honored by Whitby cil at its Monda While their parents bers of their familie Mayor Desmond pre with a suitable me memorate their ach "We are delighted that two Whitby stt brought honor to and to the town, A | of The Hydro News WHITBY Head table guests Whitby Brownies 1 daughter banquet at United Church hall Alvin Lintner, local representative; Nan gold cord Guide ar Mrs. John Smith, M Wilcox, Brown Owl Taylor, Guide Capta Gerritson, Tawny anie Whale, Guide and Mrs. R. Hutchin secretary. Guest speakers we Kring, Stephanie ° Nancy Polloard. Tak the "Talent Show' duced by Norma Gr rine . Broughton pil: selections, Susan M dered solos, Leslie gave a tap dance an presented by Lori E Mary Ellen Akey Brownies and the C Brown Owl, Mrs. 1 cox and badge secr R. 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