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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, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1967 What About Policies 'When Tax Levy Higher? Controller Margaret Shaw can report progress in her campaign to get the facts and compare the ad- ministration costs in Oshawa with those of other Ontario cities. What- ever her colleagues may think of her strategy, Mrs. Shaw has inau- gurated an investigation which will have to be persued to a comprehen- sive conclusion. To date, each com- parison she makes poses further questions. Last week during a discussion concerning the city hall car pool Controller Shaw noted that Oshawa has 32 vehicles in the pool while Kitchener has only five. Such a discrepancy certainly demands further investigation. The obvious question of course is whether Kit- chener provides a mileage allowance for employees who use their own cars -- and, following from that the question is if this is a more econom- ical system of operation. This week she reported on her fnvestigation into the staffing of civic departments in- seven other cities. They included Guelph, Sarnia, Kingston, Oakville, Port Arthur and St. Catharines. Her report to council showed that Oshawa had approxim- ately three times as many engineers per capita as the average of the other cities and twice as many em- ployees in the engineering depart- ment as the average for the others. Questions of different policies and different methods of operations again arise. It can be argued that one set of comparisons cannot stand alone as a proper judgment. Yet it cannot be denied that reason has been given for a much deeper examination. The annual report on municipal stati§tics compiled by the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs reveals. a set of facts which under- lines the need. It is a comparison of per capita tax payment in the cities included in the Shaw report. It shows that in Guelph the levy is $139, in Sarnia $147, in Kingston it's $153, in Port Arthur it's $167, and in St. Catharines it's $125. The per capita levy in Oshawa is recorded as $183! This is a statistic-which causes most serious concern to Oshawa residents. The per capita levy is appreciably higher than that of the other cities, And again there may be extenuating circumstances. However serious doubts have now been raised. If policies here are in such variance with other cities and are conflicting with the estab- lishment of a more economic ad- ministration, Oshawa taxpayers are not likely now to be satisfied with less than lucid explanation or speedy reform, Campaign For Safety Accidents in industrial and retail firms throughout Ontario cost great pain and sorrow. Also, they are costing member firms of the Indus- trial Accident Prevention Associa- tions more than 88 million dollars annually, as well as inestimable production man-hours, according to General Manager R. G. D. Anderson. In addition, many thousands of dollars are being spent annually for machinery guards, safety devices, warning signs and other safety equipment, in an effort to reduce accidents and to save lives, Despite the precautions, there were 105 fatal accidents reported in I.A.P.A. firms during 1966. In addition, 53,069 compensation cases -were reported from the 35,000 in- dustrial and 17,000 retail firms She Osharwn Times 84 King St. E.. Oshawa, Ontarie T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. C. PRINCE, General Manoger Cc. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily 'Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Doily Newspaper Publish- "ers Associaton, The Canadian Press Audit Bureou Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled 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 focal news published therein. All rights of specio! des- patches cre also reserved. King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario National Advertising Offices: Thomson B "diay D 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Strect, Montreal, P.O. Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmenville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle not over per week. By mall in Province ef Ontario outside carrier delivery areo. $15.00 per year. er provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per year. momen nna OTTAWA REPORT Farm View Wheat remains the single most significant commodity in Canada's economic picture: it accounts for one-tenth of our total exports by value. So the drop of 12 per cent in our for- eign sales last crop year, and the 69 per cent drop in sales coupled with a 22 cent per bushel decline in August are all matters causing grave concern, Wheat growers were there- fore present in the House of Commons in their hundreds of thousands--in spirit--when'. an emergency debate was held on this topic last week. It was disturbing to hear that the niggers in our wheat wood- pile were our professed friends and close neighbours, who in their selfish interests had bro- ken a moral undertaking to slash the world wheat price, thus enabling. them to unload their surplus onto markets where we had previously sold our wheat THE PRICE STORY On May 15, Trade Minister Bob Winters. the minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board which handles our which compromise the membership. The prime objective is to make October an accident free month, and the theme of the campaign is In- telligent Acts Prevent Accidents. Mr. Anderson stated over one mil- lion pieces of literature will be used to promote the drive. Realizing that special effort is needed he said, a combined safety drive directly to both employers and employees is. being held in October, which has been designated safety month in Ontario. Other Editors' Views HOPE STILL ALIVE The gloom that hangs over the United Nations General Assembly is foreboding. The UN is in danger as the world is in danger. The UN's failures are obvious, and the despair of Secretary-General U Thant must encompass failures of his own. Still the UN has reason to look ahead to an effective role, within its limitations, but in the range of great potential. (London Free Press) PAROLE EXPANSION According to the National Parole Board, it costs about $22,000 a cell to build a modern medium security prison. And this is just the original outlay: to keep a prisoner in that cell costs an average of $3,000 a year. The parole board has here a good economic argument for-expan- sion of the parole system. (Windso Star) QUEEN'S PARK 'Campaign Weakest Ot Eight by DON O'HEARN TORONTO--This is the eighth Ontario election campaign the writer has observed. And it has one distinction. Only one dis- tinction. It is the most anemic of them all. ; The campaign--to date at least--hasn't produced one fresh proposal of any impor- tance, one sign that the election will result in any progress at all, any basic progress, Normally elections can be relied on to move us ahead, The goal of office spurs a most intensive examination of our public affairs and concentrated efforts to come up with answers to the problems of the day. Out of this, advances normal+ ly can be expected. Thus in 1959 we saw the Lib- erals press for portable pen- sions, And the government eventually adopted the propas- al In 1963 both opposition parties pressed for medicare. Also the Liberals had the beginnings of a concrete plan for commuter transportation. And from this developed GO Transit. But this year? The government is campaign- ing in the fact that the prov- ince is prosperous, and leads Aut Rick! WHOS 60ING "To TACKLE (NFLATION : the rest of the country in employment, wage levels etc. All America, of course, is prosperous today. And since the turn of the century at least, renee Ee MEE EN eH IT ALWAYS ENDS UP WITH WATER BOY nsec tennant Ontario has been ahead of the rest of Canada economically. Then Premier Robarts cam- paigns further by outlining the problems of the day. And then giving his calm, chairman-of- the-board assurance they will be met. This despite the fact most of these problems, housing, pollu- tion, etc. were existing or fore- seeable a decade and more ago. And relatively little has been done to meet them. The Liberals? They are offer- ing some practical nuts and bolts proposals, a number of them worthwhile, but there is no real boldness in their think- ing. And these are times that urgently call for boldness. The N.D.P.? They, of course, are too bold. N.D.P. Leader Donald Mac- Donald is talking about the world of 2067, and talking great plans for it. But for now there has to be some doubt whether he and his party are practical enough to have the floors swept properly. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO, Oct. 5, 1952 Ray Dudley, son of Mrs. Reta Dudley of Bowmanville has won the medal for piano forte in the 1952 international music com- petition in Geneva. Health officials say that the epidemic of scarlet fever in Port Perry has been brought under control. 30 YEARS AGO, Oct. 5, 1937 W. E. Phillips Co. has donated a chain fence to the Humane Society and it has been erected around the pound grounds. The Girl Guides Association of Oshawa are the proud pos- sessors of a club room for the first time. The meeting place is located above the Kresges Store on Simcoe St. S. BIBLE "And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?"' John 5:5, 6 The Lord is still able to make our bodies whole and our lives wholesome. "I am the Lord I change not." vem MR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS Mo, | Britain In Serious Trouble By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Britain's prime minister, Mr. Harold Wilson, is in serious trouble with his own Labor Party; the trade unions which, form the party's financial and organizational backbone accuse him of deliberately increasing unemployment as a means of keeping British wages down and British products competi- tive on the world market. In a sense this is true and it means that Britain, since the Second World War has failed to adapt, failed to discover a new nation- al purpose, so that the country is in deep trouble, always on the brink of a financial crisis. Britain, of course, suffered greatly in the Second World War and did not receive free grants for rebuilding as her enemies did, or as did many of her allies. In the first part of the war, Britain had to pay in hard cash for what help she received from the United States. She then had to borrow from the U.S., signing away most of her assets and reserves. Britain's superb war effort left her exhausted. She had borne a burden proportionately much heavier than the one Americans carried and she emerged from the hostilities in a world of revolution, with her colonies demanding independ- ence, EMPIRE IS GONE She released them in circum- stances that allowed friendship to subsist between her and her former subjects. It was a wrenching change, though. It is not easy to be brought up to rule an empire and find, over- night, that the empire is gone and that you have no job. And the wrench has not only been psychological: many of the profitable aspects of being an empire disappeared for Brit- ain while many of the costly ones remained, such as_ the maintenance of bases in Singa* pore and Malta where the bases have tremendous economic importance for the natives but little advantage of any kind to Britain. Such burdens eventually out- weighed what benefit accrued from remaining the world bank- er for former possessions. And LD by Patrick Nicholson Brought Forcibly To Commons exports, announced thal new small handful of MPs who are ing maximum and minimum prices effective orators; of command. for wheat on the international ing presence and blessed with a had Market had been agreed in the powerful voice and a first-class ask GATT negotiations at Geneva. For No. 1 Manitoba northern brain, he is a pleasure to listen to, and persuasive in his argu- the Conservative-obtained markets even expanding, had to reverse its stand and for more production. He spoke of the earlier days, before organized selling, when wheat, in store at the lakehead, these would be $2.35 and $1.95% respectively, in Cana- dian funds. "This," asserted Mr. Winters, "would represent a 21 cent increase over maximum and minimum prices under the cur- rent international wheat agree- ment."' Both prices would be eight cents higher at Vancou- ver, he added, The current international wheat .agreement lapsed on July 31 last, and the new agree- ment is scheduled to come into effect next July 1. In this hia- tus, the price plummetted by 21 cents from the $2.13 in effect in the Spring. Eldon Woolliams, the Conser- vative MP. for Bow River, Alberta, jumped into the debate to express the farmer's view- point and the Opposition ¢riti- cism of the government's short- comings He is prominent emong the ments. Above all, he presents a wel- come contrast to the mum- blings of so many members who stand up and monotonously read a prepared essay. On this occasion, although dealing with intricate facts and detailed fig- ures, Mr. Woolliams had before him merely a scrap of paper bearing four headings: these I read as "government's approach? history; internation- al agreement; questions." With these hints, he delivered * the best review of the whole wheat situation heard in the House in many years. He spoke of the background, how the for- mer Conservative Minister of Agriculture, -had encouraged the farmers to grow more wheat, and then had encour- aged the Wheat Board to go out and make an aggressive sales pitch The Pearson government had first criticized this; then, find- wheat dropped to 20 cents a bushel. SMASHING PRICES He asked what has happened now--why is there a_ hiatus between the end of one and the start of a new international wheat agreement. Has USA broken a moral undertaking, by slashing the price and dumping wheat into markets which were Canada's? Is USA subsidizing grain exports? Won't these cut prices discourage the importing countries from signing an agreement at the suggested higher prices? What assurance did Mr. Winters obtain, on his visit to Washington, that the buyer's confidence will be res- tored? So probing and damaging were Mr. Woolliams' seven questions that the Minister failed to reply. But we can be sure that he inspired the gov- ernment to do something for the farmers--and for Canada. as the costs exceeded the prof- its in the business of being an imperial power in liquidation, the pound sterling was desper- ately weakened. Being the banker for so many people and holding their reserves became a distinct dis- advantage: every time the pound's value dropped, all the nations banking with Britain threatened to exchange the pounds they held as reserves for gold, which further weak- ened the pound. Devaluation would mean that all people holding pounds would find themselves deprived of some of the value those pounds represent; Britain has". been reluctant to so break trust. All these are the external cir- cumstances and perhaps the secondary causes for Britain's troubles. The primary cause has been a postwar inability or unwillingness to face facts nationally. In Sweden, capital, labor, consumers and _ government agree yearly on the aims of the economy and on the appoint- ment of profits; in consequence private enterprise flourishes and so does the labor move- ment and there are no strikes. There is no such agreement on anything in Britain. Naval Loss On Lake Erie Black Day In War Of 1812 By BOB BOWMAN This was one of the blackest days of the War of 1812 from a Canadian point of view. It resulted from the defeat of the British navy on Lake Erie when U.S. Commodore Perry wrote his famous message on the back of an envelope, '"'We have met the enemy and they are ours", General Henry Procter, who had succeeded General Isaac Brock at Detroit, knew he had to withdraw quickly to the main British position at Burlington, or his army would be cut off. Indian chief Tecumseh, who had helped Brock defeat the Americans at Detroit in August, bitterly opposed the with- drawal, He did not understand the gravity of the defeat on Lake Erie. Tecumseh quarrelled with Procter for 70 miles of the march up the Thames valley, and finally Procter agreed to make a stand at the Indian vil- lage of Morwaviantown, near presentiday Chatham. TROOPS SWEEP IN It was a mad thing to do. Tecumseh only had 500 Indians, while Procter had only about 400 soldiers fit to fight, and they were carrying all their ammunition. There were 3,500 crack American troops sweep- ing into Canada led by General Harrison, the victor at Tippe- canoe, and thirsting for another victory, especially over the Indians. y Just before the Americans attacked, Tecumseh put aside his anger, shook Procter's hand and said "Father, have a big heart". The battle was over in a few minutes. Harrison's mounted troops soon flushed the Indians POINTED PARAGRAPHS In view (full view) of the way the typical girl dresses these days, it certainly can't be said she is guilty of deception in packaging. People who say they are op- posed to gambling of all kinds are mistaken with reference to one outstanding form of it, in that they continue to live as long as they can. Fable: Once upon a time there was a mother who. ad- mitted that at times ner teen- age son drove too fast. Note to grammarians: You are fighting a losing battle in trying to keep "whom", "sure- ly" and the subjunctive mood in the North. American ian- guage, out of the woods,. and killed many of them including Tecum- seh. Some of his followers man- aged to buy his body and it was never found. Procter lost 48 officers and men before it was necessary to surrender, although he managed to escape and get to Burlington, accom- panied by his wife and small child. Fortunately Harrison did not try to follow up his vietory at Moraviantown, but sent 1300 of his troops to join the American army at Niagara while he went home to rest. PROCTER BLAMED Procter was blamed for the defeat of both the army and the navy. Some of his critics con- tended that he should have died with Tecumseh. He was sent to command the garrison at York (Toronto) which was a position of little importance, and then had to face a court-martial in Montreal. The verdict exonerated him of all charges of cowardice, but said that he had not taken prop- er measures for conducting the retreat, As a result he was sus- pended from rank and pay for six months. Some historians believe that the verdict was unfair, Other events Oct. 5 1793 Captain George Vancouver. using Nootka as a base explored as,far north as 56' 44. 1835 Citizens of St. Andrews, N.B., held meeting to get rail- way to Canada. 1842 Reform Leader Baldwin was centre of election riot in Toronto. 1871 First sod turned for Prince Edward Island railway. 1903 Alberta Methodist College founded at Edmonton. ~ _ the "military-industrial THEN AND NOW Police Beat Of Earlier Day One Of Togetherness By FORD LINDSAY Of The Times Staff In recent months much has been written about the image of members of police forces in larger Canadian cities in the minds of citizens. Looking back over a quarter of a century I believe that chiefs of police and members of police forces were held in higher regard in those days than they are today. The reasons may be many and varied but it is nice to look back and recall some of the law enforcement officers one has known. One of them was the late Richard Jarvis who. retired in 1928 as chief of police at Bow- manville at the age of 71 after devoting 39 years to his work in the town. Held in the highest regard by all citizens of the town, he took over his duties in October, 1889 from Thomas T. Coleman. Prior to this he had farmed in York County and filled in his spare time as a county con- stable for two years. Later he was a member of the Toronto Police Force for seven years. As was often the case, Chief Jarvis was a jack of all trades in Bowmanville. Not only did he perform his police duties but also was tax collector for 14 years, poll tax collector, san- itary inspector, truant officer and school attendance officer. All these duties he carried on from the small police office lo- cated in the south west corner of the town hall. 'LIFER' CAUGHT Prior to his retirement he re- called one occasion when he received a series of circulars and photos from a penitentiary near Chicago telling of the ex- cape of two "'lifers'". One morn- ing he recognized one of the wanted men on a Bowmanville street and, with the help of a hotel proprietor, took the man and his fellow escapee into cus- tody. During his term of office he worked with five night ser. geants -- John Allin, Joseph Fletcher, Henry Metcalf, Rich- ard Clark, William Adams and Walter Hall. He also worked under three magistrates -- George Haines, William M. Hor. sey and W. F. Ward. I think it is also notable that during my early years as a reporter there was a closer relationship between the press and police Than is the case today, Once a reporter, in those days, gained the confidence of a police officer he often went out on investigations and was a spectator to arrests, While I was in Cobourg the OPP officer in charge of traf. fic supervision on Highway 2 had an arrangement whereby the telephone operator called me and gave the location of bad accidents. This enabled me to get first hand stories and pictures which otherwise would not have been available. SCOOP FOR 'HICK' I also recall, on one occasion, typing the monthly report for an OPP officer when he was "under the weather". His sage advice to wear old clothes and to stand around, refrain from asking questions and look like a "hick" led to a "scoop" in a railway accident case. Indeed the facts were so accurate the public relations officer of a large railway, called to ask on behalf of a superior, how I had ascertained the cause of a collision of two freight trains before the official enquiry was held by the railway. This same advice enabled me to visit the scene of an airplane crash near Newtonville, which took the life of a federal cab- inet minister, shortly after it occurred, 'Military - Industrial' Ploy In Limelight In U.S. Again By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- An American phenomenon called com: plex"--first identified by for- mer president Eisenhower--is back in the U.S. limelight. Republican Senator Thruston Morton of: Kentucky, a former senior U.S. diplomat, says this complex "brainwashed" Presi- dent Johnson as early as 1961 into believing the U.S. could win a military victory in Viet- nam The so-called complex is also being blamed for or credited with, depending on what view is taken, a role in launching the U.S. on a $5,000,000,000 contro- versial defence against nuclear missiles. This what Eisenhower said in 1960 in his final leave-taking speech: "In the councils of govern- ment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-indus- trial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." Noting that even then there were 3,500,000 workers dicectly engaged in defence establish- ments and annual expenditures on arms exceeded the net income of all U.S. corporations, Eisenhower added: "Only an alert and knowl- edgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machin- ery of defence with our peace- ful.methods and goals, so that security and liberty may pros- per together." CREATES JOBS Today, due to Vietnam, more than 1,000,000 more defence jobs have been created, says the labor department. It says defence work now accounts for. 5.2 per cent of total civilian employment while military per- sonnel total 3,400,000. The defence budget amounts te more than $70,000,000,000. 'en of the 50 states, led by Cal- ifornia, New York and Texas, get 65 per cent of the defence jobs and 77 per cent of the sub- contracts involved, says a defence department study. In 1965, about 70 per cent of the prime defence contracts TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 5, 1967.., American forces under Gen. William H. Harrison defeated a combined British and Indian army near More aviantown, Ont., 154 years ago today--in 1813--during the War of 1812. The British commander, Col. Henry A. Proctor, escaped but the Indian chief Tecumseh was killed. Following the battle, the village of Moraviantown was destroyed. 1934--A revolutionary general strike began throughout Spain and fight- ing occurred in Madrid and many other towns. 1950--The United States announced that its troops had suffered 20,756 casual- ties in Korea, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--United States Foreign Secretary Robert Lansing uncovered the intrigues of Paul Bole Pasha, a French-born German spy trying to bring about a sep- arate peace between France and Germany. | Second World War Twenty-five years ago today--in 1942--Russian troops advanced seven miles in the Rzhev area on the Eastern Front. The Jap- anese landed more troops on Guadalcanal. RAF and RCAF bombers attacked the Krupp plant at Essen while a new French-Cana- dian squadron made its first sortie and lost 10 planes. went to 100 major firms includ- ing the leading aircraft makers, General Electric Co., the Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph Co, and the like. The U.S. decision to, start building a new anti-missile defence against enemy rockets was attributed by Defence Sec- retary McNamara as desire for a "thin" or minimum protec: tion against China in the 1970s, The critics say the decision will simply propel the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a costly new arms race,. endanger pros- pects of any useful curb on the spread of nuclear weapons beyond the present five-nation club and lead eventually to domestic pressure to spend up to $40,000,000,000 or more on the missile defence, WILL SPEND MORE Simon Ramo, former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force missile program, says 'when it's discovered that another $2,000,000,000 to $4,000,060.000 will make the system better, that will be spent." The New York Times com- mented: "Mr. Johnson has thrown a $5,000,000,000 fish to the cats. Will it quiet the country's miii- tary-industrial complex and its congressional spokesmen? OF will construction of the pro- posed defence lead to irresistible pressure to build a $40,000,000,000 program for 25 cities, then 50 or more?". Recent events illustrate the Integral role of Congress in the military-industrial complex. Through sympathetic congress- men, the joint chiefs of staff have campaigned successfully for much heavier blows against North Vietnam. These chiefs, who have been urging a start on the missile defence for several years, have had ample support on_ that score, too. Congressional hear- ings were scheduled when McNamara finally gave in on missile: defence, Columnist James Reston of the New York Times com- plained that "what the adminis- tration is doing really is build- ing, not an anti-missile system for the Chinese but for the Republicans." : ATTACK CHEAPER The Christian Science . Moni- tor's Joseph C, Harsch says it actually would be cheaper for the U.S. to concentrate on more attack missiles to '"smother" any Chinese or Soviet missile threat. And that in Itself 'is one rea- son for its unpopularity in Con- 8ress and in the military-indus- trial network," he suggests. Sixteen firms are going to get the first big contracts for the missile defence system. Past experience shows that congress- men have key roles in where production and new factories g0 in defence spending. 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