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The Oshawa Gunes Published by Canadien Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Centennial Planning Calls For A There was no mention in Mayor Gifford's inaugural address of any arrangements for planning the part Oshawa will take in the celebration of Canada's 100th birthday, now just four years away. The oversight 'was understandable. Until the recent appointment of John Fisher as chairman of the National Centen- nial Commission, there was a re- markable lack of progress in cen- tennial planning at the federal level, and provinces and municipalities gannot go ahead with firm plans until they know just what help they are going to get from the federal authorities. Mr. Fisher, we hope, will spur the federal people into action. Back in 1959, when Prime Minister Diefen- baker was still feeling the exhilara- tion of a smashing election victory, the federal government was full of centennial plans. Ottawa was to set aside $100 million for centennial projects, municipalities were urged to form committees and submit ideas, grants of a dollar per capita would be made available to com- munities with approved projects, and everything was to be nicely Speedup co-ordinated through a committee headed by Mr. Diefenbaker. That was three years ago. Since then, not very much has been done, until the appointment of Mr. Fisher. There have been plenty of ideas, and requests for aid with centennial projects have a total value of around $3 billion. But less than $10 million of the proposed $100 million has been specifically allocated, and pro- vinces and municipalities are still not sure of what grants, if any, will be available. As one newspaper noted, "at the rate things are going, the celebration of Canada's Cen- tennial in 1967 may well be confined to whisker-growing contests and 'Old Home Week' ' parades." Mr. Fisher, then, has a big job on his hands. In the meantime, Oshawa could be doing more thinking about its part in the celebration. There have been ideas and suggestions. This would be a good time to weed them out and select some practical possi- bilities--while awaiting more de- finite action by senior govern- ments. It would be a pity if Oshawa had to settle, finally, for a whisker- growing contest. It's Up To Me In 63 BY MAJOR FRED LEWIS The Salvation Army, Oshawa The acquisition of nuclear weapons for Canada's armed forces has emerged as a political issue and our government must make a de- cision. What is the correct decision to make? Canada, a young forceful nation in the world today must decide for truth and peace and then abide by our decision and convic- tions. If we look back into history we read of Nehemiah the prophet of the Old Testament rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in the face of their enemies. These men while working had their armaments along side of them, the bow, spear and shield, in preparation for any even- tuality: The enemy did not attack, due to the constant vigil of Nehe- miah's men and their being fully prepared. Is this a sign that we should be © fully prepared for any crisis? How- ever, when we make our decision we should keep in mind that we are a nation of peace loving people, with a standard of living to be envied by all. We must live, act and make de- cisions sanely in this insane world of ours. In a world where the food supply could be adequate and suffi- cient clothing is possible for every- one, most people are cold or hungry most of the time. In a social order where economic security is within our grasp, literally millions have little real security. In a world where there could be peace and blessed- ness for everybody, man is the only animal that organizes for the pur- pose of killing his young. At last we have perfected our scientific methods to such a degree it is easy to dispense with most of the human race in a matter of hours. Minutes for millions, we say -- that is, to dispose of them! We are smart where brains seem more important than common sense. It seems foolish to talk of living 'She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher Cc. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lertoulished 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Members ot Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers. Association. The Canodion Press, Audit' Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associotion. The Canadjon Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. 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This is the pat- tern of procedure Jesus Christ re- commends when He frankly states that conditions are far from what His friends would desire. Quite candidly, He tells them, there is so much trouble it is necessary to refer to it as tribulation. There is no coercion here, saying, "I am getting better and better in every way:" There is no hoodwink- ing the mind, saying, "God is good. All is God. Therefore, evil is an illusion of the mortal mind." Jesus never suggested that we try to escape troubles in any way. Rather, He insists we are to remain in the social order and make our contribu- tion to it. This is the courage of a daring mind and an honest. heart. When he became a devotee of Christ, Paul caught and cultivated this same spirit of mental integrity. That is why he says there is no need to consider the evil in our world until we face the inadequacies in our lives. He urges his friends is Corinth: "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith." The examined life is the only safe life, but it is also the most difficult. Just as soon as we understand our needs, we shall realize the desperate necessity of 'something above and beyond ourselves. The more clearly we see our inadequacies, the more certain we are that we need God. Mental peace that lasts is impossible unless we find some force that will hold us together. We can keep calm by gaining the assurance that there is a power that makes for righteousness and peace. Jesus stated the purpose and result of inner assurance: "That ye may have peace" is one of the founda- tional faiths of Christianity. Therefore let us make our deci- sions with the help of God and stand firm in our convictions, proving to the world we are a nation of peace loving people with the fear of God in our hearts -- but will not, tolerate any threats of aggression against our way of life. It's up to me in '63 to make Canada The Nation of The World. Bible Thought I am the vine, ye are the bran- ches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -- John 15:5. Spiritual fruitfulness is impos- sible without a recognition of the source of life and an assimilation of that power which maintains life. ~ -- ahead we pip ry abd UNSCHEDULED ATTRACTION WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Defenders Of Largesse Miss Commission Point Ottawa Journal: There was a Parkinsonian. inevitability that the third section of the Glassco Royal Commission report should receive more attention than the two previous volumes. As long as the Commission was dealing primarily with in- ternal government organization, newspapers in far-away places like Toronto were either bored or they cheered any exhibits of civil service inefficiency. But now that the Commission has turned to government serv- ices to the public, the defend- ers of federal largesse grow like mushrooms in the night. Hear the Toronto Star speak- ing up for the common man: "At times, one gets the im- pression of a team of mid- Victorian accountants going over the books to eliminate all 'frills', and to prevent amy cod- dling of the common people Hold a minute now! Whose side does the Star think Mr. Glassco and his associates are on? The Commission is out to save the common man's money. The common man pays for super- fluous or extravagant services whether they are supposed to be "free" or not. The Commis- sion is out to make the service he receives more effective. The critics of the third report have missed this key statement of purpose: "Your Commissioners favor those modes which assign to other agencies the actual provi- sion of a service to the public, leaving to the federal govern- ment the definition of goals and standards and the provision of financial support or other in- centives. In this way, the day- to-day control of the service can be brought closer to the beneficiaries and made more responsive to their needs." Is there any Victorian laissez. faire about that?" Peterborough Examiner: The Ontario Police Commission has found it either advisable or necessary to appoint two inspec- tors who will do nothing but in- vestigate complaints about municipal police forces. In the nine months the Commission has been in existence, it has been asked to scrutinize 20 of Ontario's 296 municipal forces. Although only a few of these inquiries have revealed irregu- larities, it is clear that the patchwork police service with which the Province is protect- ed is unsatisfactory. What happened to the sug- gestions put forward by the Chairman of the Commissic, Judge Bruce Macdonald, after his visit last year to Europe? He recommended the amal- gamation of all small forces into large area forces. Admittedly, this would reduce the control and authority some municipal bodies exercise over their police forces, but perhaps this is desirable. By maintaining a handful of large police forces instead of 296 separate forces, it would be possible to pay uni- form wages, demand uniform qualifications, provide much wider opportunities for advence- ment, and provide efficient crime prevention and detection. Perhaps the Royal Commis- sion on Crime in Ontario will make a_ similar suggestion when it makes its report soon. If it does not do so, Premier Robarts should consider Judge Macdonald's plen at the same GOD'S SHARE In France a portion of the cake eaten at Epiphany is often set aside as "God's share" and is given to the first poor per- enn athe aalla time as the Commission's recommendations. We cannot hope for first-class police pro- tection in the Province until we are sure we have first-class police forces. Sarnia Observer: Trade Min- ister George Hees has hopes for doubling the revenue from the tourist industry to $1,100 mil- lion, by 1967. He is doing this by beefing up the Canadian Travel Bureau and _ sending travel experts into the United Kingdom and Europe. Cana- dian trade commissioners spread around the world are ow talking up travel to Can- ada, This is the kind of promo- tion Canada has long needed. For too many years the con- centration of effort has been in luring tourists from the United States. There should be a con- tinuance of the campaigns to attract Americans but Europe represents a whole new source of tourists and the traffic has been chiefly one-way in the past. It needs to be pepped up. It is interesting to note that at Windsor a huge sign is be- ing erected so that visitors to Detroit can be made aware of the proximity and features not only of Windsor but of Can ada. How would a similar sign, built along the unattractive riv- er-front of downtown Sarnia ap- peal to those who have long been complaining of the water- front, When the idea was put to Mayor Henry Ross he said he would like to see the Windsor experiment and find out how successful it was. He believes, however, that most must be done to keep motorists from whizzing through Sarnia as socn as they pass Customs at the Blue Water bridge. With the tourist season only afew short months away we should all be working hard to- ward every possible attraction we can give. It is a big task and cannot all be done either by federal or provincial govern- ments, tourist councils or tour- ists associations, There must be considerable work dcne by the individuals in providing the best of accommodation, features worth visiting, goods that are characteristic of the nation and of an area and above all a genu- ine cordiality. OTTAWA REPORT Regier Picks New Campaign Ground By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--One of the better veterans of our last Parliament, who disappeared from the House of Commons following last summer's election, has hit the come-back trail. Erhart (Ernie) Regier, the Mennonite former teacher, won the British Columbia riding of Burnaby-Coquitlam four times for the CCF-NDP. He is re- membered as the victor of last June who had considerable dif- ficulty in resigning from the new Parliament so that his safe seat might be offered to his de- feated leader, Tommy Douglas. Mr. Regier is now planning to run in the nearby riding of Fra- ser Valicy, a sprawling fast- growing constituency which has thrice elected a Social Credit, twice a Liberal and once a Conservative since the war, but Mary a socialist. Nevertheless, this swing riding is good fight- ing ground for all four parties, and it could go any way depend- ing upon the national mood and the personalities of the candi- dates. Last June, Social Crediter A. B. Patterson. recaptured his former seat from the incum- bent Conservative. In a t otal poll of 35,000 votes, less than 2,000 separated the victorious Social Credit from the fourth- running Liberal, while the Con- servative dropped from first to third position. GREAT CAMPAIGNER Ernie Regier was born at Liard, Sask., 4% years ago this week, A graduate of the Uni- versity of British Columbia, he had acquired a deserved reputa- tion as one of the deep thinkers of his party during his nine years in the House of Com- mons. And in contrast to his prairie farm upbringing, he had moved up into the field of in- ternational affairs as a Cana- dian delegate to the United Na- tions at five annual assemblies. Less publicized than his role as financial critic in Parliament hia narty was his function as national organizer. He has proved himself to be one of. the most efficient campaigners in Canada today at the constitu- ency level, able to marshal the maximum active support at the ballot box for his party. This ability was vividly reflected by his own record at Burnaby-Co- quitlam last June, where he pyramided his winning margin of 1,500 votes in 1958 to an avalanching majority of 9,100. This overshadowed the trend of his party's gain. PERSONAL FACTOR? What is the personal factor of a eandidate worth in an elec- tion? This is the most teasing 'question among political cam- paigners, and: one impossible to answer accurately. It is generally accepted here that up to 90 per cent of the men and women in our public life are "'average", with the re- mainder equally divided be- tween those who are outstand- ingly successful or the opposite. So only one candidate in every twenty is likely to attract votes over and above the national trend, by his personality or in- dustry. Then too, the individual be- liefs of the voter are strong. To a great extent, although per- haps less than in our grand- fathers' day, party loyalty di- rects how the individual will mark the ballot. There is a floating vote estimated at per- haps one in five, most of whom are swayed by country-wide is+ sues or by their own situations: If they 'have a good job, they will vote for the party in power if they have a gripe, they will vote to throw the government out. Only if one of the candi- dates is the rare brilliant per- sonality will some of these float- ers be. influenced by that fac- ; tor. In Fraser Valley, a good out- sider will challenge a_ well known and securely entrenched insider. The close fight of 1962 could become a hard fought dual in the next election. UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Railway Chairman Pins Hopes On Fast Freight By M. McINTYRE. HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Dr. Richard Beeching, chairman of the Brit- ish Railways, believes that by spending money he can make money. He has given the go- ahead signal for a plan under which, by spending millions of dollars to set up a new system of express freight trains, he can bring in even more millions to put the railways on a paying basis, Pe intends to couple with this mew service, in direct competi- tion to road transport, the sav- ings from pruning the branch lines and services that are run- ing at a loss, to make Britain's tailway service show a profit. Last year its estimated loss was i the neighborhood of $400 mil- on, Gerrard Fiennes, the railway board's chief operating officer, has been named to head a com- mittee of six experts now work- ing on the express freight train project. He estimates that the railways will be able to offer freight rates from one-third to one-half below the current range of road transport charges. SPEEDY SERVICES The new express trains are in- tended to give 2 regular nightly service between London and the large provincial cities at 55 - miles an hour. There will be special cross-ccuntry services between the most important pro- duction centres. Some of the trains will run non-stop from London to Scotland. Others will stop at key intermediate points. They will be diesel-drawn, and each will have a_ carrying capacity of 600 tons. Mr. Fiennes estimates that more than 90 million tons of goods, excluding minerals, are transported annually by road. About 70 million tons are car- ried by road for more than 100 miles. This is the business for which he is going gunning. He has set a high target. He aims to grab about 60 million tons of it. This would require 500 trains a day. And there lies the way towards taking the British rail- ways out of the red. Road " transport companies, however, are not likely to take all of this effort lying down, and I can envisage a great com- petitive battle between the two transport systems, The government has started the New Year of 1963 with the Opening guns of a drive to stim- ula'e capital expenditures, boost industrial production and reduce unemployment. It is a drive which, if successful, could re verse the trend of 1962 politic- ally, and again install the Con- servatives as favorites to win the next general election. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 19, 1963... Prime Minister Diefen- baker three years ago to- day--in, 1960--announced the resignation from the cabinet of State Secretary Henri Courtemanche at the age of 43, for health reasons. Mr. Court he was app d a senator but resigned late in 1961 after a Quebec in- quiry reported he had re- ceived large sums of money for helping a Montreal hos- pital get government grants. 1942 -- The Japanese be- gan the invasion of Burma. 1933 -- The British gov- ernment was asked to send a royal commission to New- foundland to investigate its depression problems. Mr. Maudling has fired the first gun by reducing the bank rate to four per cent, and by cutting the 45 per cent rate of purchase tax. or a wide range of goods, mainly home electrical equipment, to 25 per cent, In the offing also is legislation to increase unemployment pay, pensions and other social wel- fare benefits. On top of this, there will be a greatly acceler ated program 'of public con- struction, of schools, hospitals, toads and other amenities, to give the domestic economy the boost that it needs to bring down the unemployment figures, now standing at 569,000. Defence spending, on the Polaris submarine and on stock- piles of the Blue Steel missile, will provide lucrative contracts for the shipbuilding and engin- eering industries, UNEMPLOYMENT MINISTER Another major move is the appointment of Lord Hailsham 'as a special minister to deal with the heavy unemployment in the depressed areas of north- east England and Scotland, This is a great challenge to Lord Hailsham, but no better-equip- ped man could be appointed to do the job. His dynamic force and vigor and his flair for get- ting things done should in the not too distant future make a beneficial impact on the prob- lems of these areas, There are still doubts as to whether Britain will enter the Common Market. Whatever way the negotiations go, the govern- ment will come out of them with credit. It has been made clear that Britain will not enter un- less the terms 'are right for her and the Commonwealth. If the concessions wanted are secured, ali will be well. But if there is a complete deadlock and the nego- tiations are broken off, the gov- ernment will receive full marks for its determination to safe- guard British agriculture and the essential interests of Com- monwealth countries. So the government has a great opportunity to restore a favor- able image in the public mind if it puts enough energy and determination into all that is on its plate as the year begins. It will take some months for tie effects of its program to be felt. And if these effects are what the government hopes them to be, it will face an election with a great deal more optimism than has been apparent in re- cent months. MISS GAITSKELL _. ' It is a tragedy for the Labor party, and for the country as a whole, that Hugh Gaitskell, its leader, has been laid aside by a serious illness at this critical time. Suffering from pleurisy, plus a virus infection of the lungs and pericarditis, Mr. Gait- skell has been in critical condi- tion, and-it will be many weeks, perhaps months, before he is fit again, Newspapers of all shades of political - opinion regerd Mr. Gaitskell's illness as an unfortu- nate thing for the country, The Daily Telegraph, for instance, says editorially that the political world will be much the poorer for his temporary absence from the leadership of Labor. This, it says, must focus attertion on the disarray within the party which his own qualitie: as a leader have done so much to cloak and to mitigate, if not to dispel. Mr. Gaitskell will be particu- larly missed in the House of Commons. Three is no one in the upper echelons of his party with anything like his stature as a parliamentarian, And with George Brown, the deputy lead- er and Harold Wilson, his re- cent challenger holding widely divergent views on many sub- jects, including Common Market entry, the outlook for an effect- ive opposition, without Mr. Gait- skell, is not bright. Because of this, his speedy recovery and return to duty will be warmly welcomed by ail parties. NURSERYLAND No wonder immigrarits want to come to Britain. A couple landed in London from Jamaica. Straight away, the woman had a baby. But they have no money and nowhere to live. At a Marylebone, London court the other day, the family was put into official care -- at a cost of $60 a week to the taxpayers. Another fact noted. Out of every 100 unmarried mothers seen by London's moral welfare services last year, 44 were not even British. As a weekly newspaper puts it, the British people are suckers for a sob story. QUEEN'S PARK Robarts Outlines Party's Position By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Who's on first? One of the difficulties in fol- lowing politics is in trying to figure out what everybody fun- damentally stands for. Realistically there should be dis"nct separations between the three major parties. But there haven't been. The PCs have been a bit to the right, the NDP a bit to the left and the Liberals somewhere in the middle. But the lines of difference have been not at all distinct. Rather it has seemed that all parties have been trying to tag all bases all at the same time. TWO FUNDAMENTALS Premier Robarts 'apparently realizes the weakness in this so far as his party is concerned. And in a speech at Vineland to party delegates he outlined at least two of the fundamentals of the.PC party as it stands under his leadership. BY-GONE DAYS 40°-YEARS AGO A tower for the new St. George's Anglican Church was donated by Mrs. T, E. Houston of Cincinnati to house the chimes she had previously do- nated as a memorial to the late Edward Carswell. The Christian Science Society of Oshawa purchased a building on Colborne street east to be used as a church. Bishop Bethune Old Girls' As- sociation held a college reunion at the school on Simcoe street south. A community skating rink for children, under the auspices of the Rotary Club, was opened on vacant town property on Bagot street. Senior Boys' Section of the YMCA organized a club known as the Aces Square with E, Cornish as president. Others on the executive were R. Bell, hon- orary-president; Nels Chese- brough, vice-president; Bert Sal- ter, secretary-treasurer and F. Hearst, athletic convener. Over 1000 members joined the new Oshawa Athletic Associa- tion in the first few days of its membership campaign. Rev. George Yule, minister of the Oshawa_ Presbyterian Church, died in a Toronto hos- pital after a brief illness, SAVE $20.00 ON '63 LICENCE get liability coverage from McMURTRY INSURANCE King St. W. 723-3722 21 Week of Prayer was observed in the town churches with spec- ial services. Addresses were given by Rev, E. T. Cotton, Rev. J. L, Harton, Rev. J. H. McBain, Rev. A. M. Irwin and Rev. J. S. McMullen. Oshawa Intermediate OHA team headed its group standing sind four victories and no de- eats. The ratepayers of Harmony voted 54 to 23 in favor of erect- ing a new $25,000 school. East Whitby Township Clerk, P. G. Purvis released figures showing that more than 90 per- cent of 1922 taxes were collect- ed. John McGregor was re-ap- pointed township assessor for 1923 at a yearly salary of $225. Dr. T. E. Kaiser outlined prep. arations to have Oshawa incor- porated as a city. The town council was faced with a serious problem to pro- vide sufficient office space for its staff. In one of these he quoted~ from Sir John A, Macdonald: "In a young country like Can- ada I am of the opinion that it is of more consequence to en- deavour to develop its resources and improve its physical advan- tages than to waste the time Legislature and the money of the people in fruitless discussions on abstract and _ theoretical points of government." In his second point he said, "We believe fundamentally that government must play a positive role in the economy and that role must be to guide develop- ment, not direct it." From these statements, it would seem, we can assume that the PC party, at least that sec- tion of it led by Mr. Robarts, believes that the practical is more important than the prin- ciple and that government should steer, rather than chart the course. This may be not to accurate an analysis, but from Mr. Ro- barts' remarks it would seem to be the broad lines of his party outlook. OTHER PARTIES? 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