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She Oshawa Zimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1967 nai Whitby Seeks Housing For Its Senior Citizens Whitby Town Council is de serving of praise for its efforts to provide residential units for senior citizens. The matter has been under consideration and study for some time and council is now waiting for a progress report from the Ontario Housing Corporation. Several difficulties have been encountered during council's talks with the corporation. Council felt the 14 proposed units should be scattered; while the corporation felt this was not feasible. The corpor- ation, in its talks with council also pointed to the lack of suitable ser- viced land. The corporation also felt the prices being asked for land were out of Jine and would tend to make the project economically unfeasible. One of the important consider- ations of such a scheme is that the rentals be within the ability of the tenants to pay. This is one reason why the price of the land to be purchased must be reasonable. In any event the municipality will be called upon to make up any deficit in operating costs. Oshawa at present has about 60 units accommodating senior citi- zens and is contemplating the erec- tion of an additional 60 units to meet the demand. The difference be- tween the Oshawa and Whitby plans is that the Oshawa scheme is a limited dividend project where- - by the rentals set by Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation take care of the retirement of the mort- gage as well as operating and main- tenance charges. When the miort- gages on the present unit are retir- ed the buildings will become the property of the city whereas On- tario Housing Corporation will re- tain ownership of the Whitby units. Under the terms of the Oshawa scheme, 90 per cent of the capital outlay is obtained on a 50-year mortgage from CMHC, five per cent is contributed by the municipality and five per cent by the Ontario government. The plan is adminis- tered by an unpaid board of dir- ectors composed in the main by laymen. Two representatives of city council represent the munici- pality. Most senior citizens are living on fixed incomes, For that reason this type of. housing enables those able to look after themselves to live within their means and retain a feeling of security which is so essential for persons of their age. The experience in Oshawa has been, and we are sure the same will pre- vail in Whitby, is that the health of the elderly will be better than it was when they were living in rented premises where they were subject to the worry of increasing rents. Discarded Appliances Children cannot be kept under eternal surveillance and, in the course of the day, run many risks about which their parents never find out. One of the cases in point is the interference of small fry with stored or idle refrigeration ap- pliances. Recently in London, a little girl of five squashed herself within the confines of a portable cooler. The lid fell down, latched itself and the child was suffocated. She Oshawa Times 86 King § St. F., Oshawa, Ontario WILSON, Publisher f. c PRINCE, General Manager 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 Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Conadion Doily Newspaper Publish- ers Associaton, The Canodian Press Audit Bureou Associotion, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of reproduction of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Nationol Advertising Offices: Thomson Buildin Toronte Ontario; 40 425 University Avenue Cathcart Street, Montrea!, P.O Delivered py carriers in Oshawa, Whithy, Ajax, n, Port Perry, Prince Pickering, Bowmanville, Br Albert, Maple Grove, Hompton, Frenchmon"s Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, B n, Burketon, Cloremont, Manchester, Pontypoo! and Newcastle not over S5c per week in Province of Ontario putside eorrier delivery oreo $15.00 per year. pr provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 per year, Her mother had the harrowing experience of finding her dead in the cooler. ; More recently, a dealer in De- troit was fined $100 for failing to rernove or immobilize the doors of refrigerators he had stored in the open ready for removal as scrap. Many cases are related in the press of small children who, while playing, lock themselves in these appliances and are asphyxiated. These appliances, to be effec- tive, must be airtight to keep the cold in and, as a matter of course, also keep the air out. When a child has been locked in a refrigerator or a cooler for a short while, the supply of oxygen is consumed and the victim dies. There is no local bylaw gov- erning this particular kind of neg- ligence on the part of the public, The criminal code, however, deals with anyone causing death through neglect or failure to take precau- tions to prevent accidents. We strongly urge everyone to treat discarded appliances such as refrigerators, ice-boxes and cool- ers with the greatest respect. As The Chatham News notes: "Take care, the child you save may be vour own," OTTAWA REPORT B - B Commission 'White Elephant' By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- The royal com- mission on bilingualism and bi- culturalism, which was set up by Prime Minister Pearson in July, 1963, is by far the most costly such white elephant ever inflicated upon the long-suffer- ing Canadian taxpayer. I call it a white elephant not because its field of enquiry is unimpor- tant--it is important--but be- cause its early report suggests that it is not uncovering any- thing new, and because its work could have been performed quicker and slicker, and cer- tainly cheaper, by a committee of the Senate. For every $100 which the Bi- and-Bi commission has to date cost the taxpayer, the average royal commission costs a mere 86 cents. Last year this commission overspent its budget by more than 33 per cent -- taxpayers please note this and weep--and it now is in its fourth year of spending more than $1,000,000. This makes it appear that its staff thinks that Prime Minis- ter Pearson has given them a blank cheque for almost life- time employment in a bed of golden roses paid for by the taxpayer. Its incomplete bill to date is $6,057,053. In contrast, the 15 other royal commissions appointed by Prime Minister Pearson during his four years in office have to- gether cost only $775,260. Al- though all these were appointed later than the Bi-Bi commis- sion, all but three have finished their work and totalled their costs; all these three were set up during the last 14 months. The average cost of these 15 to date is a little over $51,000 each --a long way below Bi-Bi's $6,- 057,053. RELATIVELY CHEAP When someone sits down to calculate the cost of bilin- gualism to Canada--the cost in taxes, sweat, toil and especially tears--the expense of this royal commission will nevertheless be but a small factor. True, it is costing about 120 times as much as the average such enquiry. But that is peanuts compared to the cost, day after day and week after week, of translating and double - printing forms, cheques and regulations issued by the federal government, and every act of, report to, and word spoken in the House of Commons and its committees. Every visitor to our House of Commons must notice the time wasted by statements and an- nouncements which, despite the costly equipment for simultane- ous translation, are made in one language and then repeated in the other. Every MP is fas miliar with the delays and con- fusion caused by the need to translate committee proceed- ings and print them in both lan- guages. Not long ago our whole business community was kept on tenterhooks for literally months while the report of the Carter con-mission on taxation had to be translated into French, and could not be pub- lished in its original English text until the French text was also ready. NEW DEAL IN OTTAWA This is a new manifestation on Parliament Hill. It has been developed over the last five years. Previously the normal working language was English, and although the use of French was authorized by our constitu- tion, Parliament seldom used it. But when there was an out- burst of separatist sentiment in Quebec in the early 1960s, this was accompanied by the legiti- mate demand for full use of the French language on Parliament Hill. One result of this is seen in the immensely increased staff of Parliament, necessitated by the sudden and difficult-to-fill demand for bilingual interpret- ers, translators and stenograph- ers. This has been a large fac- tor in the increase in the cost of the House of Commons estab- lishment, which has soared from $3,450,000 to $7,800,000 per year since 1963. ? Many MPs wonder if this is all worth while. Some MPs have suggested to me that it would not have happened if Parliament had been say in Na- naimo, instead of across the river from Quebec, Knowles Persists In Fight For Civil Servant Pensions By KEN KELLY OTTAWA (CP) -- Stanley Knowles is a mixture of the gaunt angularity of an Ichabod Crane, a large measure of de- termination and the persistence of a buzzing mosquito at mid- night. For 20 years he has been ex- ercising his stinger on the hides of successive governments to boost pensions of retired civil servants, whose fixed-sum_ re- tirement allowances become rapidly out-paced by spiralling living costs. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO July 10, 1952 Mrs, S. Black and Felix Berg, two of the oldest mem- bers of the Hebrew Congre- gation turned the sod for the new building to be built on King St. E., 30 YEARS AGO, July 10, 1937 Mr. George Hart, proprietor of the Oshawa Dairy attended the coronation of their Majes- ties, King George and Queen Elizabeth in England and is visiting with friends. His campaign is a classic ex- ample of how hard it is for a private MP, especially one who as a New Democrat sits in the opposition, to influence govern- ment. The 59 - year .- old former printer, union executive and United Church clergyman is not letting up in his sometimes- scathing denunications of further delay. Nevertheless, the government says, through Revenue Minister Benson, it won't act until next fall on the unanimous recom- mendation of a joint Commons- Senate committee that these pensions be increased. HAS. WIDE IMPLICATIONS The issue has wider implica- tions than the 30,000 or more retired government servants and widows living on pensions unchanged since 1953. He intends to fight for exten- sion to all pensions of the prin- ciple of periodic increases to take care of higher living costs and better standard of living. But this broader issue was a later addition to the Knowles campaign which started for- mally in 1947 and has continued every session that he has been in Parliament since then. (emer terete SWAHILI TEXTBOOKS rman ATTITUDE OF GRADUATES Education A Problem In Tanzania, Too Ry BOB TRIMBEE DAR ES SALAAM (CP)-- Education is. a_ frustrating problem for Tanzania today. Costs are rising, facilities are limited and there is offi- cial concern about the attitude of school graduates. Even bilingualism is a worry. Swahili textbooks are at a premium. Many bright students are more interested in learning English than Swa- hili, believing that if they cannot complete their formal education in school they have a better chance to do so later through available English texts if they can use them. For most Tanzanian stu- dents, school stretches no fur- ther than the equivalent of Canada's Grade 7. This cre- ates frustrations among those who see education as a key to a comfortable adult life. Students who must join the work force after reaching Grade 7 level feel deprived. They have just enough educa- tion to see the promise of what it can provide, but not enough to obtain it. So critical has the debate on, education become that President Julius Nyerere, a former teacher, prepared a detailed study on the subject. He said it is time for Tan- zanians to think about the role of education in a "poor, un- derdeveloped and agricultural economy" and not in terms of personal benefits. Yet without an educated elite the country cannot hope to take advantage of modern technology in its basic agri- culture industry or produce the technicians, administra- tors and professionals re- quired in other spheres, in- cluding government. The current system is a modified version of that. left by the British when Tangan- yika gained self-rule in De- cember, 1961. The former German colony had been un- der British rule since the First World War. Tanzania was formed in April, 1964, when independent Tanganyika united with the island of Zan- zibar. Nyerere said in his educa- tion manifesto: "It (the British system) was not designed to prepare young people for service of their country; instead it was moti- vated by a desire to. . . train individuals for service of a colonial state." Mwalimu or Teacher, as Ny- erere is called, stressed that Tanzania's future involved a socialist society. Therefore, an education system moulded by a capitalistic country was bound to confuse objectives and lead to unrest. He disliked current stress by university graduates upon jobs that meant personal com- fort and security at the ez- pense of the uneducated. About the size of British Columbia, Tanzania has a population of 10,000,000 and depends upon cattle, tea, to- bacco, cotton and sisal for its main revenues. It is not a wealthy land and disease is a major problem. Since Tanzania became the first East African land to gain self-rule it has opened schools to all children, but attendance is not compulsory. It provided greater educational facilities and today 825,000 students at- tend secondary and univers- ity schools compared with with 490,000 in 1961. It also has injected much more Tanzanian culture into its school curriculum. The country pours a fifth of its resources into education and cannot afford more, Ny- erere said. Capital is short, skilled tech- nicians few and Tanzania, with an abundance of arable land and labor, must look to agriculture as the dominant industry for some time to come. "That is what our educa- tional system has to encour- age,"' Nyerere said. "And in particular, our education must counteract the temptation to inteilectual arrogance, for this leads to the well-educated de- spising those whose abilities are non - acaden.ic or who have no special abilities, but are just buman beings." With just 13 per cent of the primary schoo! population moving into secondary schools and a like percentage from there into university, Nyerere feels the system now is geared primarily to producing the se- lected few for higher learning. "The system now induces among those who succeed a feeling of superiority -and leaves the majority hankering for something they will never achieve." The 45-year-old president said something had to be done to ensure that students, in- cluding those siphoned off at various levels, become a func- tional part of Tanzania's so- cialistic society. The entrance age for pri- mary schools had to be raised to eight from six so that those going no further would be old enough to take on responsibil- ities. The curriculum had to be amended so its chief aim is not to uncover brilliance but to prepare the majority for the life they will lead. "Schools must become com- munities. This means that all schools, especially secondary schools and other forms of higher education, must con- tribute to their upkeep. Each should have as an integral part a farm or _ workshop which provides the food eaten by the community and makes some contribution to the na- tional income, un saAaiatcectjtnettnnt FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS "ZUT! FIRST THE IROQUOIS, THEN THE sainbettnist sb -- nn | QUEEN'S PARK Next Generation Of Rulers High Drama By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst American influence in the world generally and in Canada specifically, will increase, the experts agree, as time goes on; we should perhaps take a look at how tomorrow's American voters are shaping up, since they will influence us. Opinion studies of American 12th graders are published every year; the 1967 American high school graduate has alti- tudes to make one lose hope in school systems. But there are bright spots. He fs tolerant in the civil rights field. He is against taking drugs or drinking or unwed mother- hood, or mini-skirts which the boy student finds an intollerable challenge to his self-control He wants more rather than less parental authority and does not like his parents or teachers to be swingers. Alarminly, for experts in merchandising, the American high school graduate this year distrusts all commercials and feels he is in constant danger of being deceived; this, above all, he wishes to avoid. He rejects open-mindedness as dangerous and as leading to every mis- fortune. The open - minded man is doomed, a student said, be- cause the open minded man conforms, speeds like every one else, crashes his car, thus ac- quiring a hole in. the head through which his brains liter- ally drop out. SEEKS SECURITY These youngsters long for se- curity and fear being rejected by their peers, by colleges and by employers. Though they re- ject conformity, they obviously are not clear about its meaning because, above all, they do not want to be thought different since being different might cause one to be rejected. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 10, 1967... Lady Jane Grey, great- granddaughter of Henry VII, was proclaimed Queen of England by the terms of Edward VI's will, which the boy-king had been persu- aded to alter on his death- bed, 414 years ago. today-- in 1553. Jane had _ herself been coerced into making her bid by her father and Lord Northumberland, her father - in - law. Her reign lasted nine days before Queen Mary, Edward's older sister, claimed the throne successfully. Lady Jane pleaded guilty to trea- son and sentence was sus- pended, but when her father rebelled again she was exe- cuted Feb. 12, 1554. 1951 --Ceasefire talks opened at Kaesong, Korea. 1961--Former prime min- ister, Anthony Eden, be- came Earl of Avon. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Russian forces cap- tured Halicz, key point in the defence of Lemberg; Austro - German troops driven across the Lomnica and Luvka rivers BIBLE "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhort- ing one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day ap- proaching." Hebrews 10:25 The person expecting to oc- cupy one of God's mansions had better give some serious thought to attending the Lord's house on earth. Go to church on Sunday, fee) better all week, And 'conformity' is not the only word they find hard to de- fine; they have trouble with definitions generally; they equate open - mindedness with tactlessness and confuse accept with except or imply with infer. They are even more ignorant about the issues they will be presumably deciding in the vo- ting booth. Their history is of the comic book variety, good guys versus bad guys. They believe that originally there were the dark ages which were bad, then a renaissance which was good, then bad Vic- torian prudery which somehow led to Hitler and now the prob- lem is Russia because Einstein sold her the secret of the atomic bomb, a typical instance of Communist treachery. Commu- nism is the great danger and will infiltrate anywhere if one relaxes one's vigilance, hence LJB is right about Vietnam. Before everyone gets alarmed about the future when these youngsters wield power at America's polls, it would be well to remember that high school graduates grow up and learn. It might be well to remember that the naive conservatism of these high school students is balanced by the equally naive swingingness of activist college student nor more than five years older. But one should still worry about how poorly an ex- pensive educational system teaches, Many Sea Battles Waged By Nova Scotians With U.S. By BOB BOWMAN When. the Acadians were ex- pelled from Nova Scotia in 1755 a large number of American planters were given their lands. They came mostly from the New England states, and were sym- pathelic to the U.S.A. in the American Revolutionary War. Although the Nova Scotian par- liament voted against taking part on the American side, two of its members organized a vol- unteer force and tried to cap- ture Fort Cumberland. They were easily defeated. However, one of them, John Allan, told the council of Mas- sachusetts how to go about cap- turing Nova Scotia. He advised the Americans to arm small ships which could sail up the ti- dal rivers and plunder many settlements. The Royal Navy ships would not be able to chase them in shallow water. The tactics proved successful for a while, but backfired. When places like Pictou, Canso, Cornwallis, Annapolis Royal and Lunenburg were raided, the Nova Scotians hit back. They organized a tiny navy of their own to combat the U.S. "mos- quito fleet". Ships including Loyal Nova Scotian, Revenge, Buchran, and Insulater cap- tured 48 U.S. raiders during 1778 and towed them into Hali- fax where they were sold to the highest bidders. LOTS OF SEA STORIES Books could be written about the sea battles between the Americans and Nova Scotians. On July 10, 1780, the Resolution under Thomas Ross of Halifax met the rebel ship Viper off Sambro Lighthouse. Resolution had 19 guns and a crew of 80 while Viper had 22 guns and 130 men. Both ships were crippled in the fight with 18 men killed in Resolution and 33 in Viper. Resolution finally had to strike her flag. French ships were also active on the American side and the famous Admiral La Perouse won a sea baitle off Sydney in July 1781 during which he cap- tured the British ships Jack and Charleston. The following year Perouse sailed into Hudson Bay, captured British forts there, and the famous explorer Samuel Hearne, who he encour- aged to write a book. OTHER JULY 10 EVENTS: 1631--William Alexander was ordered by King Charles I to give Port Royal back. to France. 1827--Chippewas ceded more than 2,000,000 acres including present-day counties of Lamb- ton, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth, Wellington, Waterloo and Hud- son. 1920--Arthur Meighen formed government following resigna- tion of Sir Robert Borden. New Brunswick voted for pro- hibition. 1943--Canadian Army invaded Sicily. 1951--Canada ended state of war with Germany by royal proclamation. As Member Stood Alone By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--One of the most memorable events in recent his- tory at the legislature took place at the last session. And it should have been mentioned here before. It happened at 10 o'clock one night. The house had been in bitter debate all day. Opposition members wanted students at the University of Western Ontario to be able to elect one of them- selves to the board of gover- nors. At private bills committee some Conservative members had agreed with them. But they didn't all take part in this debate--only one said he still believed in a student rep- resentative. Now it was the time for the vote. Most of the agreeing Con- servatives on the committee were not on hand--they had found sudden business else- where. The ones that were here voted with the government. When there is something really at stake a vote in the house can be a solemn and gripping occasion. On this occasion the govern- ment voted first. Which means Premier Robarts stood up and was followed one by one by his supporters. All eyes were on this one member as the count came near him. He didn't stand up. Then when it was the Opposition time to stand and be counted there was a great silence, a cathedral silence. And while his col- leagues on the Conservative benches looked away, the mem- ber stood. The member was A. B. R. Bert Lawrence of Ottawa. And the fact it was Mr. Law- rence made it an act of sealer courage. For this 44-year-old lawyer is a man of sensitivity. His background is Ashbury Collegiate, R.M.C. and Osgoode Hall. He is a gentle man. To go against his party would be a tremendous decision for him, Particularly when his party forms the government. In two decades it has hap- pened only once before. But his decision was made on principle--you - know this when you know Mr. Lawrence. He couldn't dodge, either his conviclyons or the embarrass- ment they would cause him. 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