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She Oshawa Zimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by en Newspopers Company Limited L. Wilson, Publisher & Whew OSHAWA, Associate Publisher ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1967 Extravagant Campaign Unlikely To The Progressive Conservative leadership convention next. week has all the advance billing of a really big show. And, indeed, in the enor- mous amount of money being spent in just the warm-up it should be a political "spectacular". The notable exception is the cam- paign of Michael Starr of Oshawa which is admittedly and responsibly a shoestring effort. For the rest money has been spent "like it was going out of style'. Cross-country campaigns such as have been con- ducted by most candidates are high- ly expensive. And that it but part of the cost. Each candidate has a campaign organization headed by what must surely be a high-priced director. The tab for the printing and distri- bution of personal propaganda must be gigantic. Then, of course, the big spending will start when the con- vention begins. There'll be the cost of badges, of bands, of decorations, the outlay for committee rooms and hospitality. For perhaps two of the candidates the expenditure will be out of pocket personally. Senator Wallace McCut- cheon and Hon. George Hees have Buy Mantle the financial backgrounds to sup- port such campaigns. For the others, as they say is show biz, there must be an "angel" or two in the wings. This is not an innovation. There have been cases in the past of rich men willing to devote huge sums to gret their men elected. But whatever the reason for the largesse -- be it public concern, personal vanity or some other motive -- an obligation is certainly implied to that man who has footed the bill. The extravaganza represents in- fluence from the south of the border, And the merit of such high-spend- ing on campaigns can certainly be questioned. The monetary influence could be classed as undemocratic if it were a decisive factor. But it is unlikely to be that -- the net result probably is. that one high-priced campaign cancels out another high- priced campaign. And, in the end, the candidates will stand as equals for the judgment of the delegation. Whatever the outcome of the leadership convention may be, the worst consequence would be the impression that the leadership was purchased by the contender spend- ing the most money. Conquest Of Arthritis The Canadian Arthritis and Rheu- matism Society is doing work of which its thousands. of volunteers are justly proud. Yet they need more help, for arthritis is some- thing which can affect anyone, at any time, anywhere. There are pre- sently more than 1,000,000 Cana- dians affected to some degree by arthritis, or the other rheumatic diseases. The conquest of arthritis is something which will benefit every man, woman and child in Canada. 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The purposes of the research program are twofold: the development, at Canadian medi- cal schools, of research trained groups capable of apprehending, evaluating, applying, disseminating, and contributing to knowledge, as part of an international research program; and, secondly, an increase in the supply of clinical rheumato- Jogists, so that there will be suffi- cient specialists to meet the needs of patients, referring general practi- tioneers, and hospitals throughout Canada. It is by a combination of the fore- going that the society is striving to improve standards of medical care, leading to earlier and better diag- nosis and the application of the best possible means of treatment. As a result, the prospects for the preven- tion of disability in a steadily grow- ing number of arthritis patients will be improved. September is "Arthritis Month" in Canada, The work of your Cana- dian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society in the fight to conquer arthritis requires and deserves our support. DRIVE AND DETERMINATION QUEEN'S PARK All Prepared, Whenever Election Held y DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There was a cau- tus of PC members a few days ago and inevitably out of it there was election talk, The most prevalent rumor was that Premier Robarts would call the election about Sept. 15, for Oct. 24 or 25, It was said this timing would give an opportunity for the post-mortems of the Conserva- tive leadership convention to die out (the convention. ends Sept. 9), and open up the news- papers for the election. This seems logical. But, howe ver, it is just a rumor. There have been so many false leads on this election that nobody, but nobody wants to be foolish enough to predict a date in advance of Mr. Robarts actually announcing it, MACDONALD HOPES When the election comes the NDP will be going into it with high hopes The party--and its CCF pred- ecessor--always has had con- siderable optimism in advance of elections This: has been particularly so since Donald MacDonald has been the Ontario leader In the past the optimism has never been justified This time there have been signs it might be a bit more reasonable. But then you have to wonder whether the party isn't just riding high on its own false hopes For instance, Mr. MacDonald nue 'LOVES ME -- LOVES ME NOT' i a OTTAWA REPORT recently returned from a swing through the North. And he was bubbling! Among his predictions was that all four cabinet ministers in the north were in trouble By These ministers are George i ; Wardrope, Rene Brunelle, OTTAW Wilfred Spooner and Arthur consumer Wishart. soarec DON'T BELIEVE IT In other Knowing them and their polit- ical hold on their ridings it is just too much to believe that any one of them is in serious trouble, let alone all four. When you hear predictions such as this you tend to dis- count the other claims the party is making about possible success While the NDP is doing its boasting it seems there may be weekly to the War, childhood 15,000 45 a good chance that the Liberals 19 : ble that are actually making the gains $5,002 The Grits, under leader Rob- *" ert Nixon, have been campaign- 50) 5 ing intensively all summer. Intensively but quietly. Theirs has been largely grass-roots level work, And there are some indications it may be paying off. In most opinion polls, tor instance, they have been make ing a good showing. fine were demobilised. your expected family, out a life insurance policy for But the consumer price index stood at 75 in the fall of contrasted to exactly dou- protection purchasing power of only $2,- PATRICK NICHOLSON A--Our steadily rising price index, with a base of 100 in the year 1949, vas above 150 this summer. words, it needs a wage of $90 today to live as you lived on $60 in 1949, Going back four end of the Second World suppose you married your years more sweetheart when you To protect you took figure today. So the today has a Economists are worried; poli- ticians are worried, so are you and I, And we have plenty to be worried about, not on'y destroying the value of our wage eroding the value of our sav- while inflation is increases, but also There was a slight reduction in prices when index YEARS AGO oom tizz 20 YEARS AGO, Avg. 29, 1947 Jamey") Ross of Mary St. celebrated his 85th birthday to- day by playing 9 holes of golf with a score of 46 Bruce Sadler, Oshawa has won the Williamson Scholarship in Physics and Chemistry at Queens University, Kingston. have TODAY'S The those 16 35 YEARS AGO Aug. 29, 1932 The members of the 116th Battalion were out in full force at the presentation of colors to the. Ontario Regiment. between spring 1948; lar inflation between 1949 and today. In measured by the the Korea war led out, but it was so slight and so brief that it can be disregarded long been on a upward spiral uneqalled in Can- ada's records. Otherwise, we steady FAST GALLOP wartime and post-war booms associated with the First World War together moved the index from 49.2 in 1913 to. 75.8 in 1929; up by one half during years. In contrast, prices suffered a similar infla- tion in the World War If boom, September 1939 and and again a simi- other words, the upward climb of prices during Mr. Duncan Campbell a photographer from Oshawa had one of his pictures accepted and War. has hung in the International Photo- War graphic Salon at the C.N.F. History and after the Second World been double that dur- ing and after the First World shows us interesting ry) TURBULENT YEARS IN FINANCE Fleming Bounces Back For Third Title Bout By TOM MITCHELL OTTAWA (CP) -- Donald Methuen stancs a lot taller than his five feel, 749 inches and car- ries more weight than his 170 pound The nickname Wee Donald, applied to the former Conser- vative cabinet minister by political friends and foes alike. is a reference to paysi- cal e only. It is not inteaced a measure of his abilits, drive and determina- tion The 62-year-old lawyer, who handied the finance portfolio through five turbulent years in the Diefenbaker govern- ment, is making a political comeback bid with a third shot. at his party's leadership post at the Sept. 5-9 conven- tion in Toronto, The man who retired from politics in 1963 for personal reasons has made winning the leadership his immediate political goal Asked in an interview whether he would be a candi- date in the next federal] elec- tion if he did not emerge as party leader after the conven- tion, he replied: "T will be elected leader in September and your question is based on a faulty premise." The answer was delivered in typical Fleming fashion~ directly, forcefully and in lan- Political- Fleming guage just a bit stilted, But it was accompanied by a slight grin that added a mellowing touch The tendency to formal lan- guage, coupled with the fact thats he neither drinks nor public a peanut Stand, liament," before he was expelled from after gradu victions underlying Donald tion jobs and in factories Fleming's dedication to each summer from age 13. life He went to the University "This is not any way to run of Toronto and studied law at let alone Par- Osgoode Hall. He is proud he snapped shortly that he repaid his family ation for the smokes, has given Donald Fleming a sort of straight- laced public image. A deeply religious United Church member, Mr. Flem- ing poured himself almost completely into politics. In one of his budget speeches he referred to working 100 hours a week for Canada as a privi- lege. . He had the reputation of refusing to delegate authori- ty, preferring to do some- thing himself to ensure it was done to his taste. He thrived on the awesome work load, seldom suffered as much as a@ heed cold. Tennis, swimming and row- ing filled his few leisure hours. He walked part way to the office for daily exercise. These spartan habits left little time for development of any close personal attaches ments in Ottawa, although he had cordial relations with his cabinet colleagues and won widespread respect from finance department officials for his grasp of the complex factors affecting the econ- omy. STOOD UP FOR RIGHTS There are deep-rooted con- the Commons during the 1956 pipeline debate. He was arguing his right to be heard on a question of privilege, objecting to the way the Liberal government was acting to force the pipe- line bill through the House. Just before being expelled for the rest of the sitting day, he stressed his respect for the position of the Speaker but added that he was asserting his right to be heard because of a higher duty, to the insti- tution of Parliament, "TL assert it for all members . to stand up against dis- criminatory decisions, in fact, abuse of the rules of this House and denial to members of the clear and proper con- Stitutional rights to discharge their responsibilities to those who sent them here. . I abide by the consequences." BEGAN AS TRUSTEE Shouldering responsibility came early to the boy born May 23, 1905, at Exeter, Ont. His father, teacher, moved the family to Galt, Ont., when Donald was four. Illness overtook his father and young Donald worked on farms, construc- - and | a mathematics. money spent on his education, While a lawyer in Toronto, he served as a school trustee, then as an alderman from 1939 to 1945 His first federal bid was in the Toronto riding of Eglinton in 1945. He won easily and retained the seat in five other electoral contests until his retirement shortly before the 1963 election that turned the Conservatives out of office. Mr. Fleming came to the finance portfolio with the country in a recession. The government undertook some heavy public spending as stimulation for the lagging economy and the minister, although a firm believer in thrift and a tight rein on gov- ernment largesse, went along. RESIGNED POST As economic conditions improved, he began clamping down and made anti-inflation measures the theme of most of his speeches, But the Dief- enbaker government contin- ued to pile up deficits each year, In 1962, Mr. Fleming was switched to the justice portfo- lio and replaced in finance by the late George Nowlan, comparisons of: price move- ment: in the past. A study has been made of the cost of living in England over the past seven centuries. Owing to the very different way of life--no auto- mobiles, no frozen foods and no holiday travel in the year 1250 --this comparison has been based on the prices of essen- tials such as food, clothing, fuel and light. Even with these sta- ples, the contents of the shop- ping basket has changed; for example, today we use electric- ity and gas in place of the char- coal and candles of the 13th century, PRICES WERE STEADY "This reconstructed consumer price index shows that prices in England remained generally steady from the year 1250 until 1500, subject only to minor swings up and down. Then for a whole century prices climbed steadily to a plateau five times higher This yas followed by another two centuries in which prices remained practically steady up to the year 1800. Then the industrial revolution doubled living costs. After that, with minor fluctuations such as the 1914-1918 war boom, they 10, OR Value Of Savings Eroded remained at that' level until 1930. But in the past 35 years they have soared fivefold, with a rate of inflation unprece- dented. Can any lessons be learned from these figures? Could it be coincidence that, over two long perioas each lasting two centu- ries, prices in England remained yirtually stable at a time when gold was the chief currency? Is it perhaps rele- vant that during the past 35 years, when governments in Canada, England and elsewhere have used printing press money rather than gold, prices have soarea out of control? In these past 35 years, the price of gold has been artifi- cially fixed. It is around $37 per ounce in our money today, unchanged in a world of soaring prices. A well-educated rumor on Parliament Hill is that the United States will shortly raise the price of Gold to U ounce--but that won't check the widespread political chicanery of cancelling the worth of our pay raises and roding our sav- ings. Somehow somewhen poli- ticlans must call a halt to such inflation. Gigantic Quebec Bridge Collapsed On By BOB BOWMAN When the Quebec bridge was completed in 1917 it was the biggest in the world. Although it no longer holds that distinc- tion, it is always a_ thrilling moment for passengers on boara ship when they pass under it No bridge was ever complet- ed witii more trial and tribula- tion The first plans for it were made in 1853. but no engineer would undertake its construc- tion. Hopes were revived when Sir James Brunless built the Firth of Forth bridge in Scot- land, and he was asked to come to Canada to act as consultant for the building of the Quebec bridge The work proceeded so slowly that it was handed over to a New York firm, On Aug. 29, 1907, seven years after the work began, the Que- bec biidge was completed. Thousands of people were watching when. there was a souna like a rifle-shot and the southern cantilever collapsed. Sixty workmen were killed as thousands of tons of steel worth $1,500,000 sank to the bottom of the St. Lawrence. One work- man was trapped inside a gird- er, ard a priest administered the last rites as the water rose. There was no device available to cul the steel quickly enough to get him out. ENGINEERS BLAMED The tragedy was investigated by a Royal Commission, who laid the blame on two engineers for faulty design. The Laurier government then placed the Department of Rail- ways and Canals in charge of building the bridge and the cen- tre span was ready to be raised into position in September, 1916. When it was. about 15 feet above the water it collapsed and fell into the river. Thirteen men were killed. A broker casting was respon- sible, By this time the bridge that was originally to have cost $3,000,000 had gobbled up close to $15,000,000. However the end was near. Almost exactly one year later, Sept. 20, 1917, the new centre span had been lifted into place and the Quebec bridge was completed. Opening Day OTHER AUG, 29 EVENTS 1708--French and Indians from Canada massacred Haver- hill, Mass 1758--Wolfe, ordered by Amterst, began destroying French settlements in Gulf of St. Lawrence area. 1812--U.S. government reject- ed armistice and War of 1812 resumed 1845--Toronto, Sarnia, and Lake Huron Railway received charier, 1860--Governor Simpson of Hudson's Bay Company took Edward, Prince of Wales, on canoe trip in St. Lawrence above Montreal. 1864--Canadian delegates left Quebec to sail to Charlottetown for Confederation conference. 1883--First Salvation Army service in Canada was held at London, Ont. Various Methodist denominations were united. BIBLE "Six days shall thou and do all thy work." 20:9 The man who is too busy for God's business is too busy. Go to church on Sunday, feel better all week. labor, Exodus THEN AND NOW Storms Of Last 30 Years Can Put 'Hazel' To Shame By FORD LINDSAY of The Times Staff The memory of the October. night not too many years ago, when the eye of Hurricane Ha- zel passed over the Oshawa dis- trict, accompanied by high winds and torrential rains is still bright in the minds of many residents of the area. While the barometer dropped to the lowest level ever record- ed here and. considerable dam- age was done to power and telephone lines due to falling trees, the impact of the storm was not as great as several others in the past 30 years. I well remember the night of April 5, 1929, when a cloudburst resulted in the deaths of four persons in the Oshawa area and isolated the city for a number of days. Railways and roads in the district were closed until conditions could be brought back to normal. Robert Milne, Belleville, the engineer of an eastbound CNR passenger train, was killed when his train hit a mud slide near Darlington Station, east of Osh- awa; while Robert Kennedy, Toronto, the engineer of a CPR freight, was killed when his lo- comotive hit a washout three miles east of Bowmanville. Fortunately the passenger train was travelling on a-"slow" or- der and only the locomotive and baggage car were derailed. The passenger cars remained on the rails. Closer to Oshawa two people were drowned in the raging waters of the usually placid Harmony Creek. The body of Walter Northrop, Peterborough, was recovered the same day but that of Miss Helen Wright, Pet- erborough, was not found until May 4. Returning to Peterborough, after attending a Boy Scout concert at Rotary Hall, Mr. Northrop was accompanied by Miss Wright and his two sons, Harry and Stanley, was driving along Highway 2. They passed over the bridge on the west branch of the Harmony Creek but found the bridge over the east branch washed out. After turning around they tried to re- turn to Oshawa. Mr. Northrop's vision was ap- parently obscured by the driv- ing rain as the touring car he was driving plunged into the water where the bridge over the west branch of the creek had been 20 minutes before. The force of the flood carnied the car a quarter of a mile down the watercourse after the pas- sengers had been tossed out. Harry Northrop was saved by members of the Oshawa Fire Department; while his brother, Stanley, who was a good swimmer, managed to swim with the current to a point about a mile below the highway and finally gained the shore, Harry Northrop managed to cling to a large tree and stand- ing waist deep in water stood until Fire Chief Wesley Elliott, and Firemen Milton Oster, Geo- rge Wilson and William Loge- man ran a rope to the tree and pulled him ashore. The body of Mr. Northrop, Sr., was found a half mile south of the highway. A search for Miss Wright was started by police, firemen and citizens and continued until May 4 when the body was spotted by Wesley McKnight on the bank of the creek on the Gifford farm, near the lake. We can remember two other bad storms in the area. One of them occurred on the day the Oshawa Generals were sched- uled to stage a play - off game at the Hambly Arena. The tort- urous course of the Oshawa Creek resulted in blocks of ice blocking the channel with the result that the field at the Kins- men Stadium, at the rear of the arena, was a foot under water. Arena employees spent most of the day filling sand bags and piling them around the north doors of the arena to protect the ice surface. A 10-hour rainfall early in Jan- uary, 1937, resulted in every creek and stream in the area going on a rampage. It was one of the worst January floods on record. Duffin's Creek at Pickering overflowed its banks. Three and a half feet of water flowed over Highway 2, west of the Pick- ering bridge. Water in the creek bed was 15 feet deep and buse es and cars were forced to de- tour to the Base Line Road, In the hollow on King Street West, Oshawa, water two feet deep flowed over the road during the morning. Merritt's Body Shop, a gasoline station and the Brewers' warehouse were flood- ed. Firefighters used a pumper to ferry people back and forth through the flood. The flats, south of King Street, looked like a lake with water lapping the gardens of homes on Queen and Nassau Streets, M. Oilgeisser and his family, who operated a store on King Street West in the hollow, were marooned for hours. Such was the volume of water being carried off by the creck that the road on Thomas Street was under water. The flats, west of Thornton's Road, resembled a mill pond; while two feet of water at the CPR subway on Dundas Street East, Whitby, blocked traffie for hours, New Zealand Reappraises Whole Basis Of Defence By J. C. GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent AUCKLAND (CP) -- The whole basis of New Zealand defence is undergoing a search- ing reappraisal as the result of events in Southeast Asia--often callec in this part of the world not the Far East but the Near North. Until the Second World War, New Zealand felt its defence task was to support Britain :n the. Furopean theatre--not so much in Western Europe as in the Mediterranean. The Japanese threat in the Secona World War caused a shock which New Zealand fee!s to this day. Abruptly military thinking switched from the Mediierranean to the Pacific, For the last 20 years New Zealand. has considered South- east Asia to be its first line of defence. It has sent troops to wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam, Three major factors now ere exerting conflicting influences: 1, British plans to withdraw troops from east of Suez threaten to create a_ military vacuum in Malaysia and Singa- pore, 2. The United States is mak- ing no secret of its hope for greater support in Vietnam, 3. A serious economic crisis in New Zealand makes it diffi- cult even to maintain present levels of military effort without taking on any new commit- ments, MID-1970s DEADLINE Britain has announced its intention to withdraw entirely TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 29, 1967... The Quebec Bridge on the St. Lawrence River, six miles above Quebec City, collapsed, carrying 75 work- men to their death 60 years ago today--in 1907, The bridge was started in 1900 as the world's largest can- tilever bridge. After the tragedy, construction start- ed again and both cantiley- er spans were completed when the centre span, as it was being hoisted into posi- tion Sept. 11, 1916, fell inte the river taking an addi- tional 13 workers' lives. 1901--C arrie Nation attacked saloon in New York owned by John L, Sul- livan, 1961--Six tourists killed when a French jet fighter 'slammed into a cable-car lift on Mont Blanc. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the Italians advanced on the Bainsizza Plateau. Germans continue Roma- nian offensive. All quiet on the Western Front. Second World War Twenty-five years ago today--in 1942--British sub- marines sank Axis' tanker and supply ship in Mediter- ranean, Stalingrad defend- ers held off Germans north- west, west and southwest of city. Berlin, Koenigsberg and Danzig bombed by Rus- sian planes. from Malaysia and Singapore by the mid-1970s. Malaysia and Singapore have indicated they hope Australia and New Zea- land will take a large part in helping to fill the gap, New Zealand has officially defined Malaysia and Singapore in successive white papers as the areas of primary defence responsibility in the region. For more than a decade -sea, air and land forces have been maintained there, New Zealand has an infantry battalion at Terendak Camp, Malacca; as part of the Commonwealth Bri- gade. Britain' makes the largest contribution to the brigade, in which Australia also has a bat- talion and supporting troops. If Britain withdrew, Australia and New Zealand alone probably could not maintain the camp of keep the brigade as a major operational formation. Simijar considerations appiy to othe: arms of the services. New Zealand has a transport squadron, and at intervals a@ Canberra squadron, based on Singapore and also maintains a modern frigate as part of the Far Kast Fleet, While pressure is being applied for increased defence contributions to replace depart- ing British, forces, pressure is also mounting for greater help in Vietnam. New Zealand has been willing to stand up and be counted as a combatant ally in Vietnam, but its contribution has been little more than token. Until thi year it consisted of one artil- Jery battery. N.Z. SENDS 360 The ending of Indonesian con- frontation of Malaysia led New Zealand to agree a few months ago to send an infantry com- pany from the battalion at Ter- endak to augment the Vietnam force. The total strength in Vietnam now is about 360 men. Because of financial difficul- ties, any further increase in strength in Vietnam would probatly have to come from existing forces rather than from the raising of new units. Economic stringency caused the government to reduce defence. estimates from $96,- 000,000 ($144,000,000 Canadian) last year to $87,333,000 this year It has little room to move in undertaking new responsibill- ties. The transfer of any more men from the already depleted battalion at Terendak would raise problems. WHITE The Whitey Pickering T mains in oper years. The m livestock feed, OPP I As Scl Officers at | ment of the On Police last we $2 accidents in son was killed, jured and 10 d The officers p bined distance and checked 12 96 drivers bein 33 warned. Al: were 88 gener the most notabli fice cases of b! theft. The OPP rep "Next week o! 5, our schools their doors to a er members of To help ensur here are a few "TO PARENT are spending ti in preparation return to scho supplying him ' clothing and br your responsibi him of all the his safety in 1 he travels on ! or by school life saving rule low and it is impress upon } ance of followi "TO. 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