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She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Published by Canadian N T. L. Wils Oshawa, Ontario lewspapers Company Limited on, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1967 New Democrats Confer To Same Tired Refrain The first of two and _ possibly three national political conventions to be held within the next year has started in Toronto this week. The New Democrats are holding their routine biennial convention with little prospect of leadership or pol- icy changes. The youth wing of the party created a bit of a stir in advance of the main oaNaition by coming out strongly for nationalization and the Communist position in Vietnam, This will be disturbing to the On- tario section of the party which re- cently drafted a new manifesto in which it successfully avoided any * motion of nationalization of indus- try as such. However it relented not at all on the socialist bent on ever-increasing government con- trol. The thesis appears to be that as much control can be gained by rigorous regulation as can be ach- jeved by outright government own- ership. The scope of government dling contemplated by the NDP in this province will likely be a key subject of discussion at the conven- tion for Ontario represents a prime target for the socialists. The regu- med- So Continen Contemplating modern maps, and studying fossil records, scientists have been impressed with the fact that present-day coastlines, now thousands of miles apart, if drawn together would, apparently fit like sections of a jig-saw puzzle. The outcome of such superficial ~ observations has been the evolution of the "continental drift" theory. Thus, one geophysicist seriously argues that southern Florida was once part of Africa and eastern New England was once attached to Eur- ope. Scotland and portions of Nor- She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E.. Oshawa, Onterie T. L. WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, Generel Menoger €. 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Advertising Offices 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Cathcart Street Montreal, P.O Delivered by corners m Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Broughom, Burketon, Cloremont, Manchester Pontypoc!, and Newcostie not over SSc rw week, By mail in Province of Ontario eorrier delivery ores, $15.00 per yeor. Other provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor, U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 pe year. latory machinery proposed includes a price review board, a rent review board, a milk marketing body which would audit the books of dairies, a government review of all advertis- ing. A Central Planning Organiza- tion to operate directly under the premier (NDP) is proposed to con- trol all aspects of growth in the province. A rider, either ominous or highly naive, is added to this proposal: "All companies," it says, "incorpor- ated in the province will be expected to operate in harmony with the plan". ' In the light of the program for socialism outlined in this province by the New Democrats the party can lay claim to a consistency of policy unmatched by the other maj- or parties. The socialists remain in- tent on clobbering or penning to a stifling degree the goose that lays the golden egg -- the economic sys- tem which has made Ontario the most prosperous and_ industrially progressive province in Canada. As the Toronto convention con- tinues to advocate such unrealistic approaches to Canadian affairs, it will be relegated to another busi- ness-as-usual socialist session, t Shifting.. way and Ireland may at one time have been part of North America. The west coast of Africa may have been part of Georgia and the Caro- linas. If they were thus attached orig- inally, and later separated, the break occurred some 500 million years ago. The upholders of the continental drift theory go farther and argue that the process is still going on, Europe and America, it is claimed, are still drifting or being pushed apart. The process is so slow that no- body is disturbed by it. The separa- tion, increasing a couple of inches in a year, is not terrifying. A separ- ation at that rate of speed comes close to maintaining the status quo, Present-day New Englanders will probably lose little sleep over the possibility that their Pilgram ances- tors having fled the Old World, really did not reach a New World. Or that Plymouth Rock, given its head start, arrived from Europe some little time before the immi- grants from the Mayflower made their historic voyage. All things are relative and com- parative. So while a new dress may cause infinite excitement, people manage to take such matters as the shifting of continents pretty much in their stride. OTTAWA REPORT Martin Out Front In Liberal Contest By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Manitobans en- joyed the rule of one premier so much that they voted to re- tain him in office for more than 20 years. The federal Conserva- tives noted his political longe- vity and were fascinated by his success to the point that they chose him to head their party. But they were not confident about the capabilities on the sophisticated and brutal federal stage of a mere provincial per- former, even one who had come out on top for 20 years in that humbler arena. So for 24 years they would not let their new leader onto the floor of the House of Commons: They set him in the gallery as an ap- prentice-observer. When he at last made his debut, after three. unspectacular years as Con- servative leader in the House he was ditched. That was John Bracken, the farmers' friend. This fitted the well - known pattern, that provincial pre- miers always fail to shine in federal politics. Yet the suggestion now is be- ing put forward that another Manitoban premier, Dufferin Roblin, should be chosen by the Conservatives to be their leader. This suggestion is sup- ported by a dwarf"s handful of immature Conservatives, and by a massive array of mature Liberal supporters. One Con- servative political realist ob- served: 'We want to get him out of Manitoba, but surely not as far as Ottawa." CAMP'S CHOICE Who is Dufferin Roblin, who apparently Dalton Camp has dubbed as his candidate, to ride out of the West as saviour of the Conservatives? He is a na- tive Winnipegger, a car dealer, who has been premier of Mani- toba for nine years. Viewed from Ottawa, his most outstand- ing characteristic has been a deafness to siren songs from Ottawa. In the fall of 1961, in the election of 1963 and again in the election of 1965, he was urged by Manitobans to seek election to join them at Ottawa, But to all these entreaties, his answer was no. So too, reportedly, his answer was no to his hard-pressed fed- eral chieftain, Diefenbaker, seeking his support in the face of Dalton Camp's long knife at last year's stormy Conservative convention. Had Roblin heeded those ear- lier invitations to enter the House of Commons, Conserva- tives now could judge his capa- bilities on the federal stage; in fact, he would have had ample occasion to strengthen any weaknesses. As it is, he must be as suspect as that long line of provincial premiers who have not become stars in Ottawa, and he must be classed as "a pig in a poke." With half John Brack- en's leadership experience and half his provincial popularity, he could turn out to be only half as good as Mr. Bracken as fed- eral leader. THE KISS OF DEATH But apart from its poke, that pig is not helped by the blessing of Mr. Camp--a blessing frankly regarded by many Prairie MPs as the proverbial kiss of death. Roblin, these say, would not be calculated to reunite a party now divided into pro- and anti- Diefenbaker factions; on the contrary, he would raise the Irish among the massive regi- ment of those who are avowedly pro - Diefenbaker and also of those who feel that, even though Dief's day may be done, nothing justified the savage mauling he suffered at the hands of cor- poral Camp's guard. This reflects the viewpoint of those Conservative MPs who would not applaud Dufferin Roblin's entry into the leader- ship battle. It does not reflect the opposite viewpoint--but that is being amply voiced by some mature Liberal supporters, for motives which make interesting speculation. US. July 4Once Celebrated In Victoria, Of All Places! By BOB BOWMAN Strange as it may seem, the U.S. Declaration of Independ- ence was once celebrated in what is supposed to be the most English part of Canada: Vic- toria, B.C. In the 1860s the people of British Columbia were trying to decide whether to continue as a colony, join Canada, or become part of the U.S.A. Those in favor of becoming Americans used to whoop it up on July 4. Even Governor Douglas, who represented the British government, did not ob- ject. On July 4, 1865, the U.S, Con- sul at Victoria read the Dec- laration of Independence to a huge picnic throng at now fash- ionable Cadboro Bay. NEWSPAPER COMMENTS The Victoria Colonist com- mented: "Eyery thoughtful American must have been forcibly impressed with the lib- erality of Englishmen, quietly giving ear and suffering to be read aloud on their own soil a declaration once regarded as high treason, and which caused the blood of their ancestors to be freely shed." When the members of Con- gress at Philadelphia signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, John Hancock of Massachusetts wrote his name in big letters so George IIL would be able to read it with- out wearing spectacles. Then he turned to the others and said: 'We must all hang together'. Benjamin. Franklin, who had just returned from Montreal where he had tried to persuade Canada to join the U.S.A, addee quickly "Yes or we shall all hang singly." OTHER JULY 4 EVENTS: 1609 -- Chan.plain discovered Lake Champlain. 1634 -- Three Rivers, Que., founded by La Violette 1648 -- Father Daniel killed when Iroquois destroyed St. Jo- seph, a Huron village 1696 -- Frontenac and Vau- dreuil led an expedition against Iroquois 1836--W. L. Mackenzie issued new paper, the "Constitution" 1838--Lord Durham left Que- bec on tour of Montreal, King- ston, Toronto, Niagara 1840--Steamer Britania sailed from Liverpool to inaugurate Cunard 'service to Halifax and Boston 1873 -- Montreal Herald pub- lished letters which led to resig- nation of Sir John A. Macdon- ald over CPR campaign funds scandal 1886 -- First CPR transcon- finental train arrived at Port Moody, B.C. nem ABT ert GOOD EVENING an By Jack Gearin Political Campaigning Hard-Driving Pursuit Provincial politics has a new look The way things are going the candidacy field could soon be restricted almost exclusively to super-physical specimens. It has to do with the current trend to have candidates per- sonally call on hundreds of homes in their constituency in an abnormally short period. This calls for a rare breed of campaigner, one endowed with the stamina of a tiger The Oshawa NDP's current battle-cry eloquently reflects this new spirit and goes some- thing like this: "Remember Sudbury! We won in Sudbury because we knocked on doors. This is the one sure way to get our party's messsage across. Let's knock on every door in Oshawa before the next provincial election." Donald C. MacDonald's local cohorts already have made size- able progress in this regard. Their canvassers blitz a spe- cific area one night weekly. They are a small, but dedicated group, ready and eager to an- swer questions. They also dis- tribute literature from provin- cial headquarters, including the brochure, Put The NDP In Your Family ¥Picture (which also in- cludes biography of Clifford Pilkey, ]@eal candidate). Their frequent companion is Candidate Pilkey. He has a new and deep respect for the knock- on-doors theory, exhaustive as it may be. He has visited hun- dreds of homes since his nom- ination last April. His personal campaigning has been some- what curtailed since his recent appointment as an international representative of the Canadian UAW; but he says his new post will help, rather than hinder, his campaigning and that he will soon be on the degtio-door swing again. THE NDP HAS no exclusive patent on the door-to-door policy. Premier John _ Robarts preaches it incessantly. This was the case when he recently summoned 43 new party candi- dates to Toronto for indoctrina- tion. He told them also to get to work immediately -- a clear indication that the election is almost certain to come in the fal Albert V. Walker, the PC's candidate and MPP for Oshawa riding, hasn't yet followed the door-to-door trail. Walker, an astute politician with a good sense of timing, prefers the soft sell. But he's not wasting time. He has done prodigious work in re-vamping his new riding machine to meet the demands of redistribution. He turns up religiously at all sorts of social functions, public meetings in his official MPP capacity (which gives him an advantage over his opponents) Walker is a mild-mannered; self- effacing man who beams cor- diality. He believes he can repeat his narrow and unexpected 1965 vic- tory, but he is most cautious, He instinctively knows (as a man who has campaigned suc- cessfully for more than 14 years in the ciyic and_ provincial arena) that this will be a rugged, down-to-the-final-wire, cliff-hanger race (as was the case in 1965). Liberal candidate James Pot- ticary has dropped his weight 10 pounds to 180 the past month following the knock-on-doors campaign ('This would be a good job for long-distance walker Alex Oakley," quips Pot- ticary, "but it warms the cockles of my heart to get such wonderful receptions, to get to know the people first hand."). Potticary has personally dis- posed of more than 5,500 pieces of Liberal literature since his recent nomination. He estimates he has spoken to half that num- ber of prospective voters. Potticary has visited all Osh- awa shopping centre at least twice in his campaign. He can be found almost daily--starting at 6 a.m. --. outside the GM north and south plant gates. He prefers the evenings for the door-to-door canvass ('That is when little groups frequently assemble in front of the homes chatting amiably I have found them most receptive."), OSHAWA NDP's will keep a close watch on the party's na- tional convention in Toronto this week to see how city members fare in their bids for top execu- tive posts. . Douglas Wilson will seek the vice-presidency of the national party, Jim Kinlin will try for an executive board place. President Don Nicholls of the local party's Youth sector, will seek an ex- ecutive Youth post with the national organization. Other delegates are Fred Up- shaw, Mrs. Viola Pilkey, Mrs. A. Cobb and William A. Ruther- ford, Jr. The efforts of William "Bill" Cumpsty on behalf of the local NDP were deeply appreciated by the party's rank-and-file; but few suspected that his recent departure for Ottawa to join Tommy Douglas' national head- quarters staff would create a problem, Cumpsty was the first full- time party organizer in this area (his salary paid on a per capita membership basis by all city and district unions). The party has been unable to find a suitable replacement. As President Victor Ayling of the riding association said last week: "We are anxious to find a replacement for Mr. Cumpsty, bit it is difficult. Organizers of his calibre are rare. He had an enviable record of achievement here."* unre attceeone tee " ADERSHI THE LONG HOT SUMMER i anon Pcas. a P EASe": e . FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS ney a dF Attn tT nt Economic Slump In Israel By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Sooner or later, when the emotional effects of the Middle East war wear off, Israel will again have to cope with the eco- nomic depression into which it had sunk just before the hos: tilities; unemployment had reached 18 percent and the gov- ernment was worrying ahout a new exodus--of Israeli univer- sity specialists to the United States and Europe. Economic chickens had come home to roost; for many years Israel had a great deal of money to spend from German reparations, from fund raising in the U.S. and Canada. The money was spent rapidly but the spending had not always been well planned. Israel covered itself with the brand new, shiny badges of eco- nomic sophistication -- automo- bile plants, steel mills, enor- mous textile factories, luxury liners, and hotels. The bureaucrats of planning couldn't think up spending schemes fast enough. And one day not only did the inflow of foreign funds slow down but someone added up the figures Cyprus Political Situation Unaltered By By DAVE McINTOSH NICOSIA (CP) -- The barbed-wire barricades are a little neater and there aren't as many Sten guns in evidence but the political situation in Cyprus has not changed at all since the Canadian - initiated United Nations. force came here in March, 1964, In Paphos Street in Nico- sia's old walled city, the same burned-out trucks form road- blocks on the Turkish side of the ceasefire line. Turkish shops remain barred and shuttered as they have been since communal rioting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots began in December, 1963. The Ottoman Bank on the Greek side of Paphos Street has had to move because many customers were afraid to approach the ceasefire line, known as the green line. In the northern suburb of Trachonas where Canada's Royal 22nd Regiment first set up battalion headquarters in 1964, weeds and grass now are growing out of temporary earthworks bulldozed by the Turks for protection against Greek rifle and machine-gun fire. The flour mill on the green line in Trachonas is still idle and the UN still patrols the sandbagged roof. In the Kyrenian mountain range, Canadian soldiers still occupy the Tjiklos camp es- tablished by the Van Doos more than three years ago. Political: time stands still here. "There is no sign of any re- conciliation,"' says Lt. - Col. N. A. Robinson, commander of the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, which has responsibility for keeping law and order in the most sensitive area of Cyprus. "There is a double layer of fear: fear on each side of the other and within each side a fear that a faction may want to make concessions." Thus four times a day, Ferret scout cars of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, among their other duties, es- cort convoys of Greek cars from the Greek area of Nico- sia 16 miles to Greek Kyrenia on the north coast through the Turkish enclave. In this enclave are about 3,200 Turkish guerrilla fight- ~ers as well as a 650-man con- tingent from Turkey. Sur- rounding the enclave are at least 2,000 members of the Greek-Cypriot national guard and, just south of it, an 850- man contingent from _ the army of Greece. These contingents from Tur- key and Greece are in Cyprus- as part of the treaty under which Cyprus achieved inde- pendence from Britain in 1960 UN Presence It is estimated as well that there are about 5,000 to 6,000 armed nationals from Greece in Cyprus. They rotate, just like UN troops. The Greeks and Greek-Cyp- riots are kept from trying to destroy the Turks more by the threat of Turkey's air force, only 40 miles away, than by the UN. But there are only a few shots a week now compared with the thousands in early 1964, This is the busiest time of year for the Queen's Own be- cause farmers are harvesting their grain in the no-man's- land between the Greek and Turkish lines patrolled by the Canadian riflemen. A Greek farmer now can approach safely within 100 yards of Turkish fortifications and vice-versa--if the Canadians are hard by. Col. Robinson said some tourists are a problem. They wander into the UN positions and ask to be shown around as if they were taking guided tours through _Bellapais Abbey, Kyrenia Castle or other historic ruins in the is- land. and discovered that a great number of Israel's enterprises were running at a considerable loss, depending on government subsidies. Reirenchment became 'the or- der of the day but retrenchment is always difficult, especially in countries run by coalition gov- ernments whose parties repre- sent contending interest groups. ¢ COSTS PUSHED UP So while some factories were being closed down to cut costs, costs were being pushed up be- cause workers in other factories could demand and _ politically impose higher wages for them- selves. The crisis revealed that in many respects Israel's economy was artificial, depending on im- ponderables such as donations by Jews abroad and on non-es- sential exports. There is no reason to believe that the economic crisis before the hostilities was endangering Israel's life; the country's econ- omy, after all, has been theo- retically artificial and precari- ous for 20 years yet it has absorbed during that period an increase in population of over 100 percent maintained a huge defence establishment, superior Public services. and provided rising living standards. The strains, in fact, were mainly political; each party in the coalition government wanted its supporters to make sacrifices last. The cohesive- ness of national political pur- pose was thus being eroded. The war may have solved this; the Israelis won militar- ily, principally because of their unity and national spirt in war; these attributes may now be harnessed to the difficult task of taking stock economically and making the necessary radical BIBLE "Neither give place to the devil." Ephesians 4:27 The life that is pre-occupied with the presence of the Saviour, will have no place for satan. "Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world." FREEDOM GREATEST ASSET, MOST CANADIANS DECLARE By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (Word Copyright Reserved) With Canada's 109th birthday upon us, Gallup Poll inter- viewers went across the country to find out what people thought were the hest things about living in Canada. Regarding the best thing about living in Canada, one word shines forth like a beacon light -- "freedom." Nearly half the population (43 percent) name one freedom or another -- personal freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom; of thought, freedom of expression, political freedom. Second best things, named by 13 percent of the people are "working and living standards, good wages, easy to get jobs, great opportunities and good food." A fifth of the people (20 percent) could not think of any good things about living in Canada. The question: "Taking everything into consideration, what do you think is the best thing about living im Canada?" 1. Freedom; best country in the world; a great future 43% 2. Working and living standards; good wages; 13 easy to get jobs; great opportunities; good food 3. Canadians respected; pride in country; 7 independent; has stability 4. Many rescurces; a big country; plenty of 5 space 5. A peaceful country; no draft; no war 3 6. Other 9 7. Can't say 20 100%, Among the 'other' reasons for approval are .. . "good laws, a tolerant country, best for youth, free education, medicare and old age pensions," QUEEN'S PARK 'Rest Home' Program Fills Big Gap By DON 0'HEARN \ TORONTO--What should de- velop into a big and valuable program is on the verge of get- ting underway. A year ago, legislation was put throuzh to provide for "rest homes," 'a new type of institu- tion in the province. Now, the minister of social and family services, John Yar- emko, has announced that a number of municipalities are considering setting up one or more of these homes. Sarnia will probably have the first in the province. The land for the home there has already been purchased. And now it is a question of finalizing plans for the building and putting it up. WILL FILL GAP id These homes will fill a gig ing gap in our present machi. "al institutional care. They will take occupants who are bed-ridden, but who don' require the intensive care of either active or chronic hos- pitals, Some of these people now are in hospitals, which means their care is costing more than is necessary. And others are in homes for the aged, which properly should not be given over to bed pa- tients. In other words, they are in accommodation now which is not suitable. INVOLVES MONEY Some municipalities probably are hanging back because this type of home is new, and also, of course, because they involve spending some money. The federal and _ provincial governments, however, are pay- ing 50 per cent of the building cost. And then they will subsi- dize 705 of the operating cost, In another announcement, Mr. Yaremko has straightened out an old controversial which has marked many homes for the aged and other care in- Stitutions. It is the rule with these insti- tutions that when occupants have welfare allowances or pen- sions the bulk of these is taken towards payment of the cost of their care. Normally, however, some of the payment goes to the person for pin money. There has been a wide dis- parity in the amount of this allowance, however. The minister has now ordered that all institutions shall retura $15 a month to the residents. It is said that actually they have little use for this money. In most homes, practically everything is free, from haire dressing to cigarettes. But the allowance gives them a sense of some independence whch is important. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 4, 1967... The independent Republie of the Philippines was pro- claimed 21 years ago today --in 1946 -- in accordance with an act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. The Philippines were visited by Magellan in 1561 and con- quered by Spain in 1565. Following the Spanish- American War the islands were ceded to the United States by the treaty of Paris in 1898. Japan took the Philippines in 1942 but was ousted in September, 1945, 1904--Construction of the Panama Canal began. 1940 -- President Eamon de Valera reaffirmed the neutrality of the Republic of Eire. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--14 German airplanes attacked Harwich on the English east coast, killing 21 persons and injuring 36; two German planes shot down; Germans launched major offensives on the left bank of the Meuse and north of the Aisne. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942-600 Germans were taken prisoner in fighting around El Ala- mein; Russians counter-at- tacked in Kursk sector on the Eastern Front; U.S. Navy announced four new attacks on Japanese forces in the Aleutian islands, YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, July 4, 1947 <A peony bush in the garden of Fergus 'Fred' Shaw on St, pha St. has over 90 blooms on it. Andrew Murdoch and his son, Hayward, have taken over the insurance business of George W. Finley. 35 YEARS AGO, July 4, 1932 Oshawa Sons of Ulster Band have won the trophy for Class A2 bands at the competition held recently at Hanlan's Point. N. F. Mechin, collector of Customs and Excise for the Port of Oshawa reports that total receig's for June were $191,395.38. question . PICKER - +» Portion Invited gues United Church buffet lunchec Church house » Price, the pre Miss Ila Ne\ and Mrs. Sue | from Austra members ans call. Mrs. R. leader, opene with a reading Canada". Mrs chose as her tt ship service, " Members were next general m 2 p.m., and [ Sept. 21 with M in charge of | auction sale b ing to a close Miss Cathy her brother-in Mr. and Mrs. Dunbarton, an the guest of h in-law and sist Ronald Rickar Robert Mur Street South, gery at the Hospital. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Rosedale Drive month's vaca' Home: Group WHITBY (St: Cross Homem; ed July 1, 196f bers and a |} Frank Sevcik. There are n ers on the st Sevcik still su the year, spon: Cross, evening homemakers \ supervisor at! Cross seminar ston Red Cros Members att taining to thei ing the past people needing vice has triple The -homem many occasior day for elderl ing care of th preparing hot them assistanc The supervis letters express homemakers. Any women the homemake Mrs. Sevcik. ' are: To be al home well; to ily while the at least 25 yea be kind and u children. BROt WHITB it Paut Hue: "DEST Starr