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Fhe Oshawa Tunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E.,, Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Thursday, March 24, 1960 Shooting Can't Prevent South African Violence The free world has been shocked by the bloodshed in the Union of South Africa. When crazed mobs roam streets, des- troying buildings and attacking police stations, stern action is required to res- tore order. Somebody is bound to get burt. That, undoubtedly, will be the position taken by the South African authorities, and up to a point we are forced to agree. Rampaging mobs must be dispersed. The real cause of the disorders, however, is the harshness of the authorities themselves. As long as the South African govern ment continues its repressive policy in the handling of the blacks, there will be disorder and There will be more mob action, rather than less. The blood of every native killed in the demonstrations will be an incitement to the survivors. Premier Verwoerd and his colleagues are trying to hold up history with guns. It cannot be done. All over Africa, natives are gaining their independence, going through the painful, difficult but exhilarating process of learning how to govern themselves. The breath of free dom cannot help but blow southward, dcross the broad plains and through the violence. settlements and cities of the Union. It cannot be shot down by jet planes and it cannot be destroyed by bullets. So far the mobs have been largely disorganized, but one of these days they will produce the leaders who can change them into disciplined masses. It may not be tomorrow or next month or next year -- but leadership there will be. Africa has shown it can produce such native leaders, alert, intelligent and aggressive, The Union natives are either leaderless or divided by schisms of leadership, but how long can the Union government hope for that condition to continue? What happens if a leader emerges who can discipline the mobs and perhaps arm them? One must as- sume that there would be a bloodbath in South Africa. The latest riots may persuade the Union government to deal less harshly with the natives, but there is nothing in Mr. Verwoerd's record to suggest that he will soften~--~any more than did the conquering Nazis he so admired not so many years ago. It is dangerous to try to assess a situation at a distance, but from here we can see nothing but con- tinued and increased violence in South Africa. Optimistic Churchill Trade Minister Churchill, repudiating warnings that Canada is living beyond its means, takes the view that the rate of foreign borrowing by Canada in the past few years has been amply justified by the increase in productive capacity and the ability of the economy to sus- tain a higher level of interest and divi- dend payments abroad. He gave the Commons a recital of increases in the production of minerals, pulp and paper, chemical products, and so on, and said: "Taking into account all these factors, the size of Canada's deficit in relation to the foreign capacity, the size of the debt in relations to the productive capacity and the trend of consumption and investment in relation to total resources, there is little in this picture of substantiate the claim that Canadians have been living beyond their means." We hope Mr. Churchill is right. But phrases such as "productive capacity" and "trend of consumption" can be mis- leading; they if goods cannot be sold or if people cannot afford to pay for the goods that are offered for sale. mean nothing There are two kinds of foreign in- vestment in Canada. One is capital in- vestment ---- the building of factories and other productive facilities. This in- creases our ability to produce. But the other kind is in the form of loans -- bonds, mortgages, debentures and so on. Sooner or later all of the loans must be paid back: we are in debt for the total amount of We can earn money by selling the goods and services we produce. Because of our comparati- those loans. vely small domestic market, we must rely a great deal on sales to other countries. But if we buy more from the other countries than we sell to them, we go into debt. Our debt so far has been covered by the inflow of foreign capital, about a third of which is in the form of investment loans. What happens when, for one reason or another, foreign capital finds more attractive outlets in other countries? We would have to take drastic moves to adjust our trade balance and at the same time try to pay off our loans. That is the essence of the warn. ings being given by such men as Gove ernor Coyne of the Bank of Canada. A family can live beyond its income in the expeftation that its income will steadily increase enough to meet its obligations at some future date. But if the income does not increase as rapidly as expected, the family is in deep trouble, Mr. Churchill is convinced that Canada's income will increase without fail. Mind An Uneasy Thing We are living in a society that has a passion for finding the easy way of doing things. There is no particular virtue in work simply for work's sake, and in theory the society that can free itself from the burden of heavy and prolonged work should have the time and oppor tunity to develop a wonderfully enligh- tened civilization. Unfortunately, it also runs the danger of becoming a soft civilization. During his lectures at the University of Toronto, Dr. Jacques Barzun said: "The art of reading and writing is being lost. Even in education recent we find an increasing emphasis on what are called visual aids . . . In entertainment there is a virtual monopoly of the eye." Fhe Oshawa Times TY. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ona the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily Sundays and statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Conadion Fress, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches are aiso reserved Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenus Toronto, Ontario. 64D Cathcart Street, Montrecl, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool Tounton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono Leskard, Brougham; Burketon, Claremont Columbus ch, Greenwood, Kinscle, Roglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 45¢ per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery creas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per yeor Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 , 16,560 He thought there was something primi- tive in this picture concept, which leads to "vagueness of speech and thought, and in the end our capacity for judg- ment is impaired." The trouble is that thinking is never easy -- and when a man does not know how to think, he becomes little better than a dumb animal. We can relieve ourselves of physical work as much as we. like, but when we try to rid our- selves of the stern discipline of mental work we undermine our whole capacity for fruitful living. When we let our in- tellectual ability decay, we cannot help but suffer a similar decay of morals, of sense of responsibility, even of our en- joyment of leisure. If, for example, we make learning easy in our schools, we produce easy minds -- minds without the toughness to grapple with difficult problems, minds that will always seek the easy solutions. Unfortunately, there are seldom easy solutions to important problems. The easier we make it for a citizen to dodge the responsibilities of citizen ship, the less will be his regard for the benefits of citizenship. And so it goes. Our labor-saving de- vices have freed us from an enormous of tiresome work. But the Creator gave us minds and consciences, and these are not easy things to live with. If we make them easy, we be- come something less than men. Bible Thought We were comforted by your faith « + . For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. -- I Thessalonians 3:8. The life that is invested in teaching another is preserved or destroyed by the response of the pupil amount GALLUP POLL HE'S SICK, SICK, SICK Party Support Little Changed BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Is the political picture across the nation stabilizing? Today's report on how Canadians would vote if a Federal election were held shows a national popular vote almost the same as that re- ported in August a' | November of last year. This position puts the Tories 7 per cent below their election figure in March, 1958, and the Liberals 3 per cent high- er, PROGRESSIVE March election, 1958 January 1959 August November TODAY Regional patterns shown below reveal that since last August the Tories have held their own in the Maritimes, gained in Quebec and Ontario, lost some favor in the West. The Liberals, in the same PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES LIBERALS C.CF. Maritimes January 1959 % 45 Using the question which has proved a sound measure of basic party strength, interviewers for the Gallup Poll asked a national sample of voters. "IF A FEDERAL ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY WHICH PARTY'S CANDIDATE DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD FAVOR?" The table below compares Party standings today, with those at the last Federal election, and at three points last year, Jan- nary, August and November. CONSERVATIVES LIBERALS C.C.F. OTHER 34% 9% 3% 30 9 4 38 11 4 37 12 4 37 10 L} period of time have gained in the Maritimes, dropped in Quebec and Ontario, gained a little in the West, Some of these changes, however, are within normal sam- pling error. SOCIAL CREDIT AND OTHER % To 1% August 50 4 November TODAY Quebec January August November TODAY Ontario January 1959 August November TODAY The West January 1959 August November TODAY ® Less than one per cent. 1959 Earlier this month the Gallup Poll reported that proportion of the voting public which approves of the way the Prime Minister is handling his job remains at almost the same level as it was last May--51 per cent. Propor- tion disapproving his work drop- ped from 30 per cent to 2 per cent in the same period. World Copyright Reserved REPORT FROM U.K. Industrial Plans And Beauty Spots By M. McINTYRE HOOP Special London (Eng.) Correspondent for The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Lord Chorley, honorary secretary of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, has made an appeal to Prime Minister Macmillan to take into his own hands the decisions on whether to allow electric power stations to invade national parks and other beauty spots. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Chorley complained that the obligation to take natural beauty into account was being disregarded by the electrical authorities. He cited as examples the bnuilding of a jyuclear power station in the Snowdonia country- side of Wales, and the news that a gigantic radar station is to be erected in the North Yorkshire National Park. CITES PRECEDENT "It seems that the Minister of Power will never put his foot down," said Lord Chorley, who is one of the Labor members of the House of Lords. "May we appeal to 'the ' Prime Minister himself to act as arbitrator in these crucial cases." Lord Chorley claimed there was a precedent for such action. Earl Attlee, when Prime Minister, he asserted, took such decisions out of the hands of the service departments "In creating national parks," he continued, "'we 'are creating a series of Nooth's vineyards, at which all sorts of developers are , casting longing eyes. They have become almost an invitation to anyone requiring a large area for industrial schemes. The Brit- ish people deserve better treat- ment at the hands of the author. ities than they have been getting. Is there no way of stopping this steady desecration?" ASKING TOO MUCH Earl Waldegrave, speaking for the government, said it was ask. ing too much to suggest that, when the Minister of Power was making an inquiry, the decision should be the responsibility of the Prime Minister. All proposals for power stations and grid lines were scrutinized to reduce invasion of beautiful areas, but some invasion there must be. Electricity was Die of the greatest amenities of e. Varied opinions were expressed by members of the House of Lords in the debate, but Lord Chorley received some strong support. Lord Mottistone, surveyor to St. Paul's, said there was much tc do in the way of securing joint consultations on the locating of power stations. In two villages near his home, and adjacent to the church towers "was a terrible thing high up on a post which looked like an outsize gas meter with whiskers." Lord St. Oswald, in reply said it was unfair to suggest that only lip service was done to natural beauty. Nuclear power had introduced an entirely new factor, Some disfigurement of the countryside was inevitable, but the safeguards were stricter than many people supposed, and the sacrifice of beauty was kept to a minimum, BY-GONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Hon. W. D. Ross, Lieut.-Gov- ernor of Ontario, visited Oshawa and was entertained at the Curl. ing Club. The name of North Simcoe Unit- ed Church was changed to that of Northminster United Church. A General Motors Engineering Club was organized with A. R. Williams as its first president. W. A. Dryden, Brooklin, and L. 0. Clifford, Oshawa, were elected to the executive of the Royal Winter Fair. Oshawa Ukrainians entertained Anglo-Saxon residents of the city at a special concert. R. D. Preston was appointed chairman of the Oshawa Town Planning Commission, replacing G. W. McLaughlin, who retired after many years of service, Duffin's Creek overflowed over Highway 2 at Pickering. The Oshawa 'Creek flooded the flats south of King street. City council was asked to build a bridge over the Oshawa Creek for the use of Lakeview Gar. dens school children. Gerald Edmundson, Mary street School pupil, was the win- ner of the public school speaking contest, held in the OCVI audi torium City of Oshawa purchased 11% acres of land adjoining the har- bor for industrial sites. The pur- chase price was $6500. Leon Fraser, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, arranged the program for the second radio broadcast by Oshawa citizens over the Toronto station CKGW. Council decided to pay D.' J. Brown, jeweller, the sum of $125 a year for maintaining the clock over the fire hall The choir of Simcoe Street United Church under the direc. tion of John Renwick, organist and choirleader, presented a can- tata entitled "Ruth". Soloists were: Mrs. Stewart Alger, so- prano; Mrs. .P Maybee, alto; Miss Marion Ross, alto and George Fleming, baritone PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM The mother of a marriageable daughter never passes up an op- portunity to advertise, even though she may be talking to a 95-year-old misogynist. An astronomer is worried be cause one of Jupiter's moons is revolving in the wrong direc- tion. .We believe he could find something nearer home to worry about if he'd try. All cars should be equipped with a mechanism that would de- tect the odor of liquor, and upon doing so, kill the motor, apply the brakes, and swallow and digest the ignition key It is predicted that 150 million babies will flock to earth in 1960 -- and nobody is taking steps to warn them of what they will be letting themselves in for. How to get more laughs from TV: Turn off the sound when the commercial spieler is on and en- joy a comical pantomime. Warming Against B.C. Forage Crop GUELPH (CP) -- A research officer at the Ontario Agricultural College here has warned Ontario farmers to steer clear of a forage crop promoted by a British Co- lumbia seed firm Dr, William Tosell, OAC forage researcher, sald Wednesday that the crop, sorghum almum, was tested under ideal conditions in Ontario last year. Its yield was below that of corn for silage apd it had a lower feed value. He advised farmers to use the crop only in small experimental plots because the gyerage farmer cannot afford to' 'risk a crop failure. READERS' VIEWS Pilkey Backer Criticizes Burt Dear Sir: In a letter to Mr. Jack Gearin by George Burt recently puclish- ed in your paper, Mr, Burt made reference to the Democratic Right Wing caucus and the meet- ing at which Paul Siren was a guest speaker, He also made ref- erence to the UAW policy as far as not going to the public press to air internal problems, He made reference to the 1955-56 strike and mentioned the name of our present chairman of the GM Shop Committee, one Nelson Wilson. Last year, when our 'great president, Walter Reuther, visited our local union, he urged all the UAW members not to.go to, the public press to air internal prob- lems. When Mr. Burt returned from the UAW convention last fall, after being opposed for the Canadian Directorship by Cliff Pilkey, he went to one of the most anti-union papers in Can- ada and started the red-batinng and smear campaign which he and his followers are carrying on now in the Canadian Region against everyone who voted for and supported Pilkey at the con- vention. In Burt's letter, he mentions the fact that Paul Siren was a guest speaker at a meeting of the Democratic Right Wing cau- cus. We of the Right Wing caucus asked Paul Siren if he would at- tend our meeting and explained why he was fired as an inter- national representativé of the UAW. Paul Siren charged that, following the UAW convention in Atlantic City, Mr. Burt called all international representatives to a special meeting and that at this meeting, Mr. Burt gave specific orders to all international repre- sentatives that they were to go back to the local unions they were servicing and form caucuses where there weren't any or to join openly any caucus that was in opposition to the people who sup- ported Pilkey when he opposed Burt for the Canadian Director- ship, They were told to use any and all means possible to make sure these Pilkey supporters were knocked out of positions they now hold in their various local unions and to do everything possible to see that they are defeated in fu- ture elections In Local 222 here in Oshawa, we have two international repre- sentatives who have joined openly the so-called Unity Group. If there ever was a word misused the word "Unity" certainly is in this caze. Paul Siren said he told Mr, Burt re was prepared to service the local unions to the best of his ability, and he has done so for the past 17 years. But he was not prepared to go back to local unions he serviced and carry out smear campaigns to oust people who were demo- cratically elected. What Mr. Burt didn't mention in his letter is that two weeks prior to Paul Siren speaking at the Democratic Right Wing meet. 1 ing, Tom McLean, assistant-direc- tor and Burt's chief hatchet man in the Canadian Region, was a guest speaker at a meeting held by the so-called Unity Group. At this meeting McLean reportedly outlined the program necessary to eliminate the Pilkey supporters whio represent the militant or progressive element of our local union . . You would think Mr. McLean was in some other world when our strike took place. He was the chief negotiator for the Oshawa section in the GM chain, and you would have thought, after his militant speeches in the high school, he was going to run Gen- eral Motors out of town if they didn't meet our demands . . . You see, it wasn't anyone but General Motors that was respon- sible for a prolonged strike be- cause it took 149 days on the picket line to change one word, That was from "No" to "Yes" on our collective bargaining de- mands. Also at this meeting held by the so-called Unity Group, it was suggested by Mr, McLean they should change the name of their caucus because it had a certain stigma of left wingism, Apparent- ly Mr. McLean hasn't heard of that old saying, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". It isn't their name they need to change -- it's their policy of silencing anyone who dares speak out his convictions against the present administration and their ability to fight properly for the workers in the plant. In my opinion their policy could be summed up this way -- "Politics first and servicing the member- ship second", At all costs, the Burt forces must maintain their job. In other words, the means justify the end. In Burt's letter he mentions Nelson Wilson, who is now chair- man of the GM Shop Committee, quitting the Democratic Right Wing caucus to run against Sut- ' ton. Well for Mr. Burt's informa- tion this was not the first time Nelson Wilson quit the Right Wing caucus. We have a bylaw in our caucus 'that states, "No known communist or communist sympathizer may join or partici. pate in any way with our func- tions."" At this meeting there were people in attendance who had a reputation of leaning to- wards communist policy. These people were asked to leave the meeting. Nelson Wilson, coming to their defence, said if they were leaving he was going too. With this, they all left the meeting. This is the same Nelson Wilson who urged the members of our local union to reject the accept- ance of our present collective agreement at the Ratification Meeting. This is the same Nelson Wilson who charged that Walter Reuther had our settlement in his back pocket months before the end of our negotiations, It is very amusing, if not confusing, to see some of the people Mr. Burt is clutching to his bosom and singing praises for in his efforts to suppress and eliminate any opposition, In his letter he mentions the ICFTU and the paying of per cap- ita tax to this organization, One of Mr. Burt's staunch supporters, Mr, smith, has been president of our local union for the past year and in years previous to the time when Pilkey was president. Mr. Smith has had plenty of op- portunities to bring the question of the ICFTU and the paying of per capita tax to this organiza- tion before the membership of our local union. This Mr. Smith has not done, Could it be that Mr. Smith does not share the same views as Mr. Burt insofar as paying per capita tax to this organization? In closing, Mr. Editor, I would suggest that Mr. Burt is playing the bosses' game in splitting and dividing our union the way he is trying to do." DON POWLESS, Member of Local 222 and the Democratic Right Wing Caucus, Oshawa. QUEEN'S PARK Rutocratic Process In Two Instances By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Can you build anything through law? Traditionally in a democracy law is an instrument of control. It is a device of protection for sc ety and the community. This is in contrast to autocratic countries where the law (and this of course, is referring to "law of the person") is used to build the economy through regulation and direction of the individual. TWO CASES We now have two instances where we are moving into the autocratic process, One is in farm marketing where traditional individual rights are being taken away. The second is in labor rela. tions where the trend is to shield trade'unions behind a wall of aw. MANAGEMENT SAY? In the amended Labor Re- lations Act before the House there is a clause which would permit management to have some say to its employees on the question of union organiza- tion. The clause has been severely objected to by both Liberals and CCF. And there would seem to be a chance the government will bend to them. MANAGEMENT RIGHT? The argument of the opposition parties is that a labor union is and should be a free association of workers and is no concern at all of management, The first point, of course, is not open to dispute. But there must be considerable question whether management neverthe- less does not have some right. A union, and particularly the type of union, reflects on its op- erations in a number of ways. 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