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© She Oshawa Cimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1967 Medicare Decision Can Yet Be Overruled While the federal of the plan grows stronger. The inconsistency of federal con- cern was amply illustrated at the abortive housing conference held in Ottawa. There the provinces quickly learned the federal government had no new money to offer for housing projects. Across the country, lack of housing has proved to be a prior- ity problem in all provinces. Funds are not available to alleviate this pressing situation but they will be fort of C la heoming for a billion-dollar me- dicare service, a program which no longer has high priority in any area 'anada. The Ottawa Journal says that the raising of a billion dollars for medi- care is absurd with the high prices, increased taxation and Canadians face next year. Other comment has been equally criti The Winnipeg Free Press says: "If the federal government takes its courage in its hands and says that medicare must be postponed for the time being, it will lose the support of those people who want such a program, who want it now and who care-not what it will cost nor what its effects will be on the economy. The government might,, even lose a couple of cabinet mipis-~ ters--and this would be no great loss. The Vancouver Province also be- lieves that postponement of medi- cal. government continues to contend that medicare will be implemented next July 1, public advocacy of a postponement inflation care would be cheaply bought with a couple of resignations. It com- ments: "Two of the ministers who have threatened to resign are known to be Mr. Gordon, now President of the Privy Council, and Health Minister MacKachen. Neither would be missed. Mr. Gordon was a disas- trous Finance minister, and a flop as an election mastermind. His pre- sent position is little more than a sinecure. Mr. MacKachen has done little more than draft the medicare bill that is the nub of the present crisis. J. VY. Clyne, chairman of Mac- Millan and Bloedel, Ltd., a pro- minent West Coast businessman, said in a speech that medicare was not needed in the form now pro- posed and Canadians could not afford it. Most provinces provided medical care for those in need and he was sure that where there were defects in giving this aid legislation to remedy them would be passed. Medicare is an economic con- sideration with strong political over- tones. The Liberals seeking party leadership will be forced to take a definite stand on medicare. In this regard it is of interest that the new Conservative leader, Robert Stanfield has already as much as asked for a postponement. Liberals who believe their electoral strength depends on forcing the program through next year may well be misjudging the sentiment of their tax-burdened fellow Canadians, When Debts Pyramid No one likes being in debt al- though few people can avoid it at one time or another. with debts is that they have to be paid. This is fine as long as they can be paid without undue strain. It's when debts begin to exceed in- come or ability to pay that they become serious matters. Having made this point, The Guelph Mercury enlarges on its im- portance in the realm of govern- ment activity. Although, undo The trouble ub- tedly a great deal more complicated, the pattern remains basically the same. The problem Britain faces in this regard is tragically serio us, Britain has for years been spending far more than she has earned. The nation's national debt today stands at $10,152 billion at the new rate of exchange, not. to mention another roughly 'Bhe Oshata Sines $4 billion 86 K shows, Onterie = et SON, Publisher #. C. PRINCE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor in. borrowing SUBSCRIPTION RATES he Oshawa Times combining The Oshowo T the Whitby Gozette 1863 holidays excepted Press Audit B Press is excius reproduction of a to It or to ond siso the se of in the poper credited Reuters All rights of specio! blished eir provinces and Commonweeolth Countri $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. and foreign $35.00 per yeor. imes and is published daily Newspaper Publish- requ vely news The local des- es. added recently. The amount far ex- ceds Britain's ability to pay. Economic observers point to sev- eral reasons for the present situ- ation. The trading deficit alone is not the only guilty party. The de- ficit is greatly increased by gov- ernment spending overseas which far exceeds what private industry can earn on the export market. This year the difference between the two is expected to be in the neighbor- hood of $600 million. Another powerful factor is the one based on what some economists suggest is a false interpretation of Keynesion economics -- a national policy that railways and other es- sential services should lose money. The economics of John Maynard Keynes applied in times of unem- ployment and _ underconsumption, not in present circumstances, the critics say. Whether they are right or wrong, British Governments have for a long time based their finan- cial policy on this belief. It is because of this, the economic Research Council points out, that the central government has intended increasingly to overspend its in- come. The Exchequer deficit for the 1963-64-65 period amounted to about $3 billion. To appear to be in surplus during those particular years, the government borrowed huge sums overseas and from the Bank of England and printed an extra $1.5 billion in bank notes. In 1965, the country paid itself in- come increases of something $5 bil- lion while earning less than $2 bil- lion extra through increased pro- duction. There ought to be a lesson here somewhere, says The Mercury espe- cially for Canadians who also like to spend more than they earn. STATISTICS DULL CENTENNIAL LUSTRE CANADA STORY Coastal Waters Stormy By BOB BOWMAN In dealings between Canada and the U.S.A. over the years, the trump cards have been the huge American market, on the one hand, and Canada's fishing and transportation resources, on the other. Canadian water may prove to be another very impor- tant trading asset in the future. Most of the disputes between Canada and the U.S.A. have been over fishing rights. There was trouble in 1818 when Can- ada decreed that Americans could not fish within the three- mile limit. Where was the three-mile limit? Was it to be measured from headland to headland, or could an American vessel fish in a bay that was more than three miles wide? Americans were given fishing rights in Canadian waters in 1855 in return for a reciprocal trade agreement that proved to be highly beneficial. When the = Americans can- celled the trade deal in 1866 Canada put the 1818 convention back into effect and seized more than 400 U.S. vessels caught fishing within the three-mile limit. President Grant was so angry that in his annual mes- sage to Congress he referred to Canada as "'the Colonial authori- ty known as the Dominion of Canada." The Americans were given a better deal after the Washington treaty in 1871, but were angry again later when an internation- al tribunal awarded Canada $5,500,000. Later they hit back by declaring that the Bering Sea was the exclusive property of American fur-sealers and seized British Columbian ships between 1886 and 1893. The U.S. claimed the exclusive right to fur-sealing in the Bering Sea be- cause it had leased the Pribilof Islands to the Alaska Commer- cial Company. Eventually the dispute was taken before an_ international tribunal in Paris and it ruled that the U.S. could not claim ex- clusive rights in the Bering Sea, but arrangements were made to protect the area around the Pri- bilof Islands especially during months when baby seals were being born. On Dec. 22, 1897, British Col- umbians were awarded $463,000 compensation for the fishing vessels which had been seized by the U.S.A. Even in 1967 fishing rights off Canadian coasts are causing problems between Canada and the U.S.A. OTHER DEC. 22 EVENTS: 1807--Jefferson embargo prey- ented Canadian ships from en- tering U.S. ports. 1856--Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway opened between Fort Erie and Stratford, Ont. 1869---Confederation with Can- ada was defeated in Newfound- land. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 22, 1947 W. Gordon Bunker, business administrator of the Board of Education has been honored with a life membership in the Institute of Accredited Public Accountants. Mrs. Stanley Gales was re- elected president of the Evening Guild of Christ Memorial Church. 35 YEARS AGO Between 1500 and 1600 families on relief were visited today and presented with a big turkey, compliments of R. §. McLaugh- li n. Miss Stella Lapuk Oshawa, the first and only girl graduate of The Technical Department at O.C.V.I. was presented with her graduation diploma, BIBLE "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9 Man stands helpless to save himself. God stands ready to do it for Him, through Jesus Christ. "The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin." TH THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE 'TO ME -- A FIVE PERCENT SURCHARGE THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS DEUX NATIONS" 'THE THIRD DAY 'TAXES ON DRINKS AND SMOKES 'THE FOURTH DAY A DOSE OF AUSTERITY THE FIFTH DAY A VOLUME oF B AND B THE SIXTH DAY SOME HOUSING EXCUSES EVENTH DAY MORG GHTH DAY SOMA CBSEEING (9) > SEPARATING Ay a Son py} \ am THE SAME iar TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS moter mene tnnrrt et OS KINSMEN OF JESUS V wn Comprehensive Heritage, Immense And Strange The family of Jesus was more than brothers, sisters, aunts and cousins. Jesus also had a universal rela- tionship. The following is the last of a five-part Christmas series on the kinsmen of Christ, By GEORGE W. CORNELL AP Religion Writer A track in the snow winds up the hill. It is night. A man carries a lantern showing the path. "I am the way," He said. There is a big house on the top of the hill and warm light glows through the open door. It's home, as the guide ex- plains it. The paternal manor- house, Humanity's joint es- tate. "Come ..." Jesus said. 'In My Father's house are many rooms."' It's a spacious, mu- nificent abode, the consum- mate habitation, an_ inherit- ance for the family of man. "Behold, the dwelling. of God is with men." That is the greater, ultimate kinship attested by that new- comer of Christmas, His wider affiliation, His all-in-all consanguinity. "I am in the Father, and you in Me, and I in you." He was & man, surely, com- plete manhood, an individual of history, 'made like His brethren in every respect,' Scripture says, with a flock of assorted _relatives--skeptics, allies, the disenchanted, the solicitous, CLAIMED SUCCESSION But He also asserted a larger lineage, of profounder roots and vaster progeny. "Before Abraham, I am... I and the Father are one."' And He claimed a universal suc- cession. 'I am the vine, you are the branches." It was an immense, strange and comprehensive heritage. Although He was a thorough- going man of the earth, of one time, one place, one group, there also was an aura of mystery about Him, His sin- gular drive, His enigmatic sayings, His utter commit- ment to others, "Bar Nasa,"' He called Him- self, the "Son of Man." But also, 'Bar Eloah,"' the "Son of God." A puzzled, pragmatic apos- tle, Philip, wanted some tan- rtm renter tite sete MANY THORNY PROBLEMS Atlantic Area Advances But Remains Behind By DON ANGUS Canadian Press Staff Writer Economic growth in the At- lantic Provinces often. seems as futile as a greyhound chas- ing a mechanical rabbit. The region makes forward strides but the rest of Canada is al- ways a hop or two ahead. "The rich get richer and the poor don't get poorer neces- sarily, but they get poorer in relation to the wealthier prov- inces,' Premier Joseph Smallwood of Newfoundland told the Confederation of 'To- conference in 'To- morrow ronto. The gap remains a major concern as the four eastern partners in Confeder- ation look ahead to Canada's second century. For Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Is- land and Newfoundland, the pointed an accusing finger at The impending shutdown centennial celebrations of 1967 were an esthetic success as a tribute to a historic achive- ment, but statistics of a year fraught with stultified pro- gress are bound to dull some of the lustre. In addition to marking time with or even slipping behind the national growth rate, the Atlantic provinces had to con- tend with some downright thorny problems. The Nova Scotia govern- ment had to do some quick stepping to ward off closure of the Sydney steel plant; Atlan- tic manufactuurers claimed severe pocket-book pains in the wake of increased less- than-carload rail rates; the tourist industry looked -- at shrunken revenues and Expo 67, and a wet summer left-many farmers with soggy crops. TRYING TO SAVE DOSCO As the year drew to a close, either provincial or federal government action provided some respite from the more serious economic troubles, but the Atlantic region was still looking for permanent solu- tions. In Nova Scotia, an an- nouncement by Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. that it would close its Sydney steel mill by April 30, 1968, throw- ing about 3,200 men out of work, cast gloom over indus- trial Cape Briton Island where the eventual demise of once prospérous coal mining {s almost a certainty, was a tough test for Premier G. I. Smitfi? who only a month before had inherited an appar- ently healthy province from the new national Progressive Conservative leader, Robert Stanfield. Premier Smith's immediate course of action was '"'to buy time"--an agree- ment for government take- over of the 66-year-old steel plant. The agreement will keep the mill alive and in full produc- tion until April 30, 1969, but finding a long-term solution may be difficult in view of Sydney's distance from Cana- dian markets and the growing threat of cheap European steel under reduced tariffs of the Kennedy Round agree ments, gible evidence, a spectacular display. "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satis- fied." The request startled Jesus somewhat, took Him aback. "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. . . Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me." Some sensational demon- stration there, some grandiose exhibition, might have stirred momentary excitement, but such fleeting response was not the kind of mark Jesus inbued in men. He spawned a strain that lasted, spread and embraced a world. "For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith," the apostle Paul wrote. ALL INCLUDED "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise." It was a big family, an in- clusive household. It was anchored in man- kind's common nature, which Christ took on, becoming an integral part of it. Since He also is identified fully with God as well as man, it is held that He refused a revitalizing kinship .with the divine into the mutual human stream. In the biblical portrayal, the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec, 22, 1967 ..... President Thomas Jeffer- son got the United States Congress to pass the Embar- go Act 160 years ago today --in 1807--by which all for- eign commerce was forbid- den. France and England were at war and between them were paralysing American seaborne com- merce. Jefferson believed the warring powers would abandon their decrees blockading each other, He was wrong, however, and was forced to repeal the act four days before he retired from the presidency in 1809 1935--Anthony Eden first became Britain's foreign secretary. 1952--The government an- nounced plans to establish a national library for Canada. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--peace negotiations were begun by Russian, German, Austrian, Bulgari- an and Turkish delegates at Brest-Litovsk; Nantieh, Palestine was captured by British; three British de- stroyers were sunk off The Netherlands coast; Italians recovered the southern slopes of Monte Asolene. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--Japanese planes made a light raid on Calcutta for the third suc- cessive night; RAF fighters and bombers attacked Akyab; Russians captured séveral villages in their drive across the Middle Don plains, ae human race had marred Its couplings with its creator, had lost communion with its enno- bling origins, but Jesus is seen as the unflawed repre- sentative of the entire race, restoring godliness to it. Scripture also sees an even wider, cosmic relationship, material and spiritual, tempo- ral and timeless. "He was be- fore all things and in Him all things hold together," says St. Paul. '"'God was in Christ re- conciling the world to Him- self.... "For He has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of His will, ac- cording to His purpose which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, fo unite al things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth." That unifying aspect was a central force in Christ--the drawing together, the harmo- nizing and rejoining of all the fractured segments of men, the broken personalities, the economic imbalances, the di- vided nations and races, the lost love. LOVE WAS TIE And it was love that He in- carnated and dispensed as the animating, binding tie. "A new eommandment I give to you, that you love one another,"' Jesus said. "As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Abide in My love." As St. John's epistle puts it: "Love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God ... for God is love." That love He epitomized is not the desiring love of "eros"' which circles around its own needs and satisfaction, but a love that searches for the lost burning, -resoldering love that makes a unity of the many. Armed with that mightiest of forces, Christ is regarded as having initiated some total reconsolidating process in creation, but He directed His prime concern to individual persons, as if each summed up the pain and need of all. "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and [ will give you rest," He said. And that included the wastrel who had strayed and squan- dered his substance but then came home, as related in the story of the prodigal son. "Father, 1 have sinned against heaven and before you," the young man cried. "I am no longer worthy to be called your son." But Jesus ordained a hos- pitable house, a generous, merciful reception for the run- away returned. WELCOMED THE POOR There was music, feasting and dancing there at that reu- nion. It was the kind of family homestead that Jesus staked out, inviting all sorts of peo- ple, with a particular wel- come to~the poor, the re- jected, the imprisoned, the un- acceptable. "Lord how can we know the way?" asked the du- bious apostle, Thomas. "IT am the way, and the truth, and the life."" The great house towers on the hill. Sometimes, you hear the further music from it. You catch inklings of it, faint, fleeting, exhilarating. In a sudden, limpid moment, you're struck with the splen- did beauty and amplitude of life, GOOD EVENING Boom Spending Trend Observed By JACK GEARIN Of The Times Staff JOLLY OLD ST. NICK will soon be here and it can't be too soon. The anxiety is killing and that is not all. : The pre - Christmas rituals are an exhaustive exercise at best, what with the emphasis on pressure and speed. There may have been a tight- dollar situation around, but it was mighty hard to find. Those crepe - hangers. who predicted grave things for the City's pre - Christmas trade were away out. There were some dark spots, for sure, but early reports in- dicate one thing - i.e. the over- all business picture was heart- ening, much better than ex- pected. "I never saw such spending in my store before,' said one haderdashery merchant; if sev- eral other reports were more temperate, they at least follow- ed the same general trend. Some of the travel agenc- ies had braced for the tight-dol- lar. Their Christmas - New Year's business was never s0 brisk, with heavy emphas- is on air and train travel to the Maritimes. The number of people ready to take air - train Christmas vacations in far-off places was surprising. That chartered Amsterdam - bound plane with 156 aboard this month was an example. It in- cluded many from Oshawa and district, yet the return is set for Jan. 7. Others took a hol- iday hop to the British Isles. What prompts such boom spending in some areas? Could it be that many citi- zens fear a trend of inflation is on the way and that they will get more for their dollar to- day than they will, say, in six months? When will somebody compile an up-to-date census on Mari- timers resident .in this area? Their number is large and one point was illustrated - i.e. they spend more than most peo- ple, as a group, to get home for a brief Christmas holiday by air, bus, car and train. Rail travel, incidentally, was heavy out of here this week, thanks to some new low rates. THERE WAS ANOTHER side to Christmas here this week, a more sombre one. This was a reminder that City Welfare © Administrator Chesebrough's department sent out 250 Christmas needy families. The department also sent out 600 cheques - $8 to married men and $6 to single persons, There are approximately 870 persons on relief currently in the City of Oshawa. The Welfare Department's ef- forts are augmented by several other agencies, such as The Salvation Army and The Christ- mas Cheer Fund (which had its start here in the dark de- pression days of the early 1930's.) Mr. Chesebrough {s no gloom dispenser but he took time out this week to remind the public that families are still living in condemned houses in Oshawa. He ran across one case -re- cently in which 20 people were residing in a small, six-room frame house, including several children. He is planning now for the official opening of the new Men's Hostel on King St. W., which is already operative. This project fills a long-felt need in the community. The response to his appeal for sup- port has been good, but he could use more volunteer work- rH (plus a piano for the chap- el). baskets to © MAYOR MARKS and the Board of Control labored long and hard this week on an im- portant piece of business - the City's 1968 budget. They met with the Board of the Oshawa General Hospital, the Board of Education, the Public Works Department and the Industrial Commission, to name a few. No City Hall business can surpass in importance these sessions. The pressure is great on con- trollers and aldermen who want to hold down the tax rate. This {s the first time in the modern history of municipal work here that such discus- sions have been instituted in December - usually they don't get under way until late Jan- uary. Elected representatives were sometimes asked to vote on important and far - reach- ing measures before they had time to properly study them. One of the pioneers of the new system was Alderman Gore don Attersley whose motion for the early start was adopted by Council last spring. As a form- er chairman of Finance, he knew better than most of his colleagues the pitfalls that ex- isted in the old system. For example, he worked on the 1966 budget (as chairman of Finance) at City Hall for 12 consecutive nights (except Sun- day) after working all day at GM. Mr. Attersley is one of two hardy perennials on Council who survived the New Look revolution in the 1966 munici- pal election. Both he and Alderman Nor- man Down can _ boast of 15 years of aldermanic service, a unique record in the annals of Oshawa's municipal world. The long string was broken but once, when each was out for a year after losing a mayorality race, MR. ATTERSLEY carries as heavy a work load as ever. He is currently chairman of the Social Services, General Purpose and Fire Protection committee (along with Control- ler Margaret Shaw, Aldermen William Paynter and Ruth Best- wick). This group met this morning to make an important decision - fe. recommend to the Pro- vincial government the names of 10 local citizens who have made major contributions to the celebration of Centennial Year, The request was from W. M. Mcintyre, secretary of the Pro- vincial Cabinet. The names will be forwarded to the Secretary of State for Canada and must be in by Dec. 31. The Committees' decisions will not be as easy as it would appear. There are many who made major contributions to the local Centennial celebra- tions. How many of them will " outside the exclusive 10 cir- cle? THOSE WHO DRIVE during the holiday season should listen to today's brief message from Inspector Norman Smyth of the Traffic Division of City Police, whose opinion of general driv- ing habits here isn't too high. "The Traffic division is not out to make Christmas and New Year's an unpleasant one for motorists. We want you to enjoy yourselves, but keep one thing in mind. Our men will be on double duty and we intend to enforce the law according to the regulations. My most im- portant piece of advice to moe» torists. at this time is this: 'DON'T THINK IT CAN'T HAP- PEN TO YOU'. Have a Merry Christmas, everyone, FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS High Costs Of Production AtRoot Of Problem In U.K. By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Great Britain has just an- nounced. her latest . retrench- ment measures. But though these may depress demand at home they will do little or noth- ing for the country's fundamen- tal problem, which is that Brit- ish products cost too much to produce and are, therefore, in- sufficiently competitive on the world markets. Devaluation was supposed to help this: if one had to give fewer dollars, or francs, or marks to buy British pounds, then other countries would be able to buy Britain's goods at lower cost and would buy more of these goods. But though the devaluation re- duced the cost of the pound sterling in terms of other cur- rencies by 14.3 per cent, it hasn't reduced the cost of Brit- ish goods by the same propor- tion. Many of the component parts that Britain puts into the things she manufactures for ex- port, she must import. And what Britain imports now costs more because of devaluation-- just as one needs fewer dollars to buy a pound sterling, one now needs more pounds to buy dollars or francs, or marks. In addition, the British gov- ernment has raised the com- pany tax and abolished the kick- back on taxes earlier paid to manufacturers who exported their products. The manufactur- ers "pass on" such reductions in their profits by increasing the prices they charge. Mr. Wilson also plans to make cuts in spending. One way of looking at this is as a drive to avoid raising taxes further by curbing the increase in the cost of government and we have al- ready seen that higher taxes find their way into the price Britain charges for her prod- ucts. It stands to reason that if the cost of British export prod- ucts increases beyond a certain point, the hoped for advantages of the devaluation will be can- celled out. COSTLIER IMPORTS Already more than half of these advantages have been ab- sorbed by the higher cost of im- ports and the higher taxes on business described above. Labor costs could easily wipe out the rest and the big question is whether Britain can hold the line on wages. The labor unions have served notice they will not tolerate an- other compulsory wage freeze and the Wilson government has promised not to impose one again. Several major unions have declared their intention to ask for wage increases. 6,000 | PAMELA MORGAN, 8, and her sister Linda, 10, peer between the new book. shelves of the Pickering acce-aegongenmnnecaen McKAY stamps the first book, to be number "One" in the new Bay Ridges branch of the REV. W. A. Pickering Township libra- ry, at an official preview opening attended by digni- taries last night. Mr. Mc- Kay is author of "The Pick- ering Story." Looking on is Mrs, Donald Quick, execu- tive secretary of the Pick- ering Township Library Board. Others present in- cluded Mrs. L. T. Johnston, $2,900 Damage | To Three Cars CLAREMONT (Staff) -- Claremont, the scene of two fatal accidents in recent weeks, was fortunate to avoid more of the same when a_ serious property damage accident took Place last night. A total of $2,900 damage was done to the three vehicles in- mi volved in the crash which took) place on the Brock Road south) of Claremont at 8.30 p.m. Mavis Randall, 39, of RR 1) Claremont, had $1,500 damage) done to her 1963 auto. The 1962| auto of Robert Hawthorne, 23, of RR 2, Claremont, received $900 damage and Ugo Orm- strup, 47, of RR 2, Claremont, had $500 damage done to nis 1962 auto. : The only injury was minor euts to one of those involved. lin ich isseeceue ae --"Cco*tbovo ns et ee bac: