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+; v | ' Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited H : . 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1964 -- PAGE 6 | History is repeating itself in the United Kingdom. In 1945, when the Labor party came into power, it found itself face to face with an economic situation which demanded strong measures of austerity in order to keep the country on an even keel. It was only by securing huge loans from Canada and the ; United States, loans which are still a long way from being completely _| repaid, to bolster up the nation's ' finances. i The Labor party under Harold | Wilson has come back into power type of problems. British exports have fallen so far behind imports i that drastic austerity measures will } be necessary to maintain the coun- i try's gold and dollar reserves at a satisfactory level, and preventing * a run on the pound sterling. Already the Labor government has had to take emergency measures History Repeats Itself For British Labor Party to keep the bogey of inflation and currency devaluation away from the door. Large credits from Inter- national Monetary Fund and bor- rowings from the central bankers of other countries are bridging over the serious situation, but these are only temporary measures. Today's Labor government, how- ever, will not be in the same dan- gerous position that the Attlee gov- ernment was in after the 1945 elec- tion. It knows the meausres that have to be adopted to cut down imports and increase exports. And it will not hesitate to take them, although some of them will be rather distasteful. Mr. Wilson finds himself in an unfortunate position, as with a majority of only four in the House of Commons, he will have to risk unpopular actions in order to bring the national economy back to a comfortable position. Canada And Olympics Canada's Olympic team has re- : turned from Japan, and while it did '| not exactly cover itself with glory, : it at least did better than the team }! which went to Rome in 1960. In " Tokyo, Canada won one gold medal, '| two silver medals and one bronze. '! At Rome, Canadian athletes had to be satisfied with a lone silver medal. In 1960, the Canadian team amassed '} only 16 points to finish in 26th : place in the Olympic standing with '! 4 countries competing. This year, ' the Canadians had 40 points, and ' stood 21st among the 94 countries represented. Thus it can be said that | our country's athletes improved ' considerably on the 1960 showing. The results of the 1964 Olympic Games, so far as Canada is con- :) cerned, however, cannot be viewed ! with any measure of complacency. ! It must be recognized that there is ' no sense of urgency in this country ) so far as providing adequate facili- ; ties for the development of promis- i} Pickeri With a budget surplus of $400 * million dollars reported for the first > half of the present fiscal year, compared with a deficit of nearly { $100 million for the same period ! last year, there are strong hopes that the government will be able 'to end the financial year next March with at least a balanced budget. ' This has brought many sugges- ! tions that there should be plenty of room for reductions in federal government taxation when the 1965 budget is introduced in the House of Commons. The half-year surplus of $400 million was. achieved because the government's revenues' in nearly every department increased, while expenditures, particularly on de- fence, were lower than had been estimated. Before being too opti- mistic about a balanced budget and tax reductions, however, it should | be borne in mind that the budget- ' ary picture may-change a good deal before the 1965 budget is introduced. It is a matter of record that govern- ment expenditures are always much | Bhe Osharon Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher ? R. ©, ROOKE, General Manager ? €, J. MeCONECHY, Editor $ The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily ; Sundays ond Statutory holideys excepted). ; Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- 4 ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies ' Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively + 'entitled to the use of republication of al! news | despatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. 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The only bright spot on the horizon is the ambitious program which -has been under- taken by the Royal Canadian Le- gion, which brought to Canada Britain's outstanding athletic coach, Geoffrey Dyson, to carry out an in- tensive program of training Cana- dian coaches all over the country. The full effect of this program has not been able to make itself felt in time for the 1964 Olympics. Perhaps with four years ahead of it, and with greater public support, the Legion's program may help Canada to produce more world-class athletes before the 1968 Games in Mexico. Budget Expectations heavier in the last few months of a fiscal year than in the first six months. Indeed, the present surplus of $400 million may well be wiped out before the fiscal year ends as the government's obligations in- crease in the remaining portion of the year. So it is not wise to be too optimistic at this stage. The most that can be said with as- surance is that the country's finan- cial position should certainly be much better next March than it was last March. Other Editors' Views AWAKENING (St. John Telegraph-Journal) The sleepwalking days are over in the Atlantic region and there is a daily quickening of pace and pulse in the commercial field. It is to be hoped that any who are still naping will be roused, but all too often the people who most need advice are the ones who are not paying attention. How about you: Is opportunity knocking -- or knocking you out? FROM BATHS TO BOMBS (Charlottetown Guardian) unexploded bomb, still live, was unearthed during ex- cavation work near St. Paul's Cathedral, London. A few days later, the diggers turned up the remains of a Roman contribution to. civilization -- large baths that were one of the most complete portions of a Roman building to be found in the city. reverse, as it were, Recently an Evolution -- in 4 : z % GREAT LAKES ANOTHER AIMS -| St Cawrence | WATER SHORTAGE seEmeTy" SURVEY WITH LIMITED 2: Bow ANOTHER PLUMBER FORGETS HIS TOOLS QUEEN'S PARK Study Of Finances Could Be Helpful By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--There is to be a federal-provincial study of the tax structure in Canada which will have the time and scope to do an important job. Credit that it has this scope partly goes to Premier Robarts. When the federal. government conceived the study it had a first hope that it might report by the end of the year. However, Mr. Robarts, prom- inently among other premiers, said that in such a short time any committee could do only a shallow job. And this was agreed to at the recent federal-provincial confer- ence. The study now is not due to be completed until mid-1966. NEED CLARITY The study is brought about firstly by our very unsatisfac- tory situation regarding govern- READERS' VIEWS ment revenue sources in Can- ada; where both the provinces and the municipalities rely greatly on other government for their money. And secondly, by the pres- sures of education, health etc. which have resulted on great growth in spending by govern- ment, particularly by the pro- vincial governments. It is a recognition, finally, that some clarity is needed, SOME IDEALS In advance you can't say just how a study such as this will turn out. But in terms of ideals these are some of the things it could produce. It could return the provinces to self-sufficiency. It could get them away from the hand-out system, where they Praises Emergency Service At Hospital The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Sir: The writer would . be pleased if you would insert the following in your reader's com- ment column of your newspaper of which I am a subscriber, A week or two ago the Osh- awa times printed a letter from a reader complaining of the lack of attention he was accorded. at the emergency ward of the Osh. awa General Hospital. The writer feels that there are two sides to each coin and would like to present his experience on presenting himself for treat- ment at this hospital. Having been involved recent- ly in an accident I applied at TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 28, 1964... The Statue of Liberty, the massive bronze gift of the people of France to the U.S. was unveiled in colorful cer- emonies, 82 years ago to- day -- in 1886. Present for the occasion on Bedloe's Is- land in New Yor City har- bor were President Grover Cleveland and the statue's sculptor, Auguste Bartholdi. 1954 -- Writer Ernest Hemingway was + awarded the Nobel Prize for litera- ture. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--South African rebels under General Ohristian Beyers were routed at Com- missie Drift by General Louis Botha;' the German naval raider Emden sank a Russian cruiser and a Jap- anese gunboat en route to Singapore; German armies admitted setbacks against Russian armies in Russian Poland, e Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--Britain's first soldier was killed in France during the war; the British Admiralty announced total British merchant shipping losses at 51 ships and 29 neutral ships to German raiders; Lithuanian troops marched into Wilno; France reported executing Nazi avies. the emergency ward for treat- ment, and within five minutes I was being treated, by the doctor on call, at that time and within 15 minutes I was being X-rayed, and within a very short time I was given medication and sent home to bed. Another time my son was rushed to the emergency ward for an acute asthma condition. As our doctor was not immedi- ately available, he was given immediate attention by the effi- cient nurses on duty, until the arrival of the doctor on call, which was no more than 16 min- utes, (This was at 11 p.m.) I believe credit should be given to the wonderful job, that the nurses, doctors, and offi- cials of this hospital do, in the cramped quarters that we the citizens of Oshawa supply them, considering that this one hos- pital has to supply services to a population including surround- ing towns of over 85,000 people. Yours ruly, DOUGLAS R. CARMICHAEL, 901 Colborne street east, Oshawa Quebec City Police Under Investigation QUEBEC (CP) -- Conduct of Quebec City police during the Royal Visit is being investi- gated by the chief of the mu- nicipal force, Roger Lemire. Indications are it will cover more ground than one reported on last week by Solicitor-Gen- eral Claude Wagner Quebec's acting attorney - general, after @ personal inquiry. Mr. Wagner's report mini- mized stories of police rough- ness and inferred that '"'exag- gerated and imaginative' news was largely the result of stories written: by a few Quebec re- porters .who were separatist sympathizers. Mr. Lemire said in an inter- view. Monday he is making a comprehensive inquiry and will publish his findings 'as soon as I have all the facts." The chief said he has gath- ered .every news photo and story he could find on the inci- denis of Oct, 10-11. rely on Ottawa, and put them in a position to raise their own revenues, It could put government spending on a path of reason. Mr. Robarts and other prem- jers have said they want a sound forecast of potential gov- ernment spending for a consid- erable time into the future. Along with this, they want an assessment of potential govern- ment revenues, an allocation of these, and then some basis of priority--an estimate of how much should be, and can 'be, spent on education, health and welfare, roads and the other fields of responsibility. In the ultimate the study would work out a_ philosophic basis of raising revenue: who should pay for what (Should real estate pay such a big share of education cost?) You can say now these ideals won't be reached. In a society constantly 'mov- ing ahead, you can't operate government on absolutes or pos- itive patterns, particularly in this liberal federation. But there is the promise that out of this study we could know much better where we are go- ing and why. MAC'S MUSINGS Oshawa is quite a different City from what it was When first I came to it Nearly 36 years ago, and Because it is different And so much larger than It was then, it stands to Reason that the methods Of municipal government Which were in vogue then Might not be applicable To the larger city of today, But back in those days It did seem as if the Men who held important Positions in industry, In business and commerce Took a greater part in Civic government than The same type of people Are inclined to do today. 1 It may be that these men Fine life much more busy In their respective fields Of business and industry And in the professions Than it used to be, and This gives them a good Excuse for not rendering Service in civic bodies, This makes us feel that All the more credit is Due to those who are Willing and ready to serve Their fellow-citizens in Public office, because no Matter what their private Vocations may be, these Citizens give their time And service to the city At great personal sacrifice And for doing so they Are to be commended. GALLUP POLL MAC'S MEDITATIONS Toronto And Montreal. Incidents Contrasted By M, McINTYRE HOOD From a reading of the press over a period of months, I have gained the impression that Montreal was a hotbed of sep- aratism and anti-British feeling. On the other hand, Toronto could be regarded as the cor- neérstone of the British connec- tion, the most loyally British city in Canada. These ideas re- ceived a rather severe jolt, so far as I was concerned, over the past weekend. On Saturday afternoon I was at the University of Toronto Stadium to see the great annual football tussle between the Uni- versity of Toronto and Queen's University. There I saw some strange and surprising inci- dents, quite apart from the game itself. BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO October 28, 1939 St. Andrew's United Church acquired the late Robert Mc- Laughlin residence on Simcoe street north as its new manse. Oshawa Railway Company ordered nine new buses to re- place the street cars by January 1; Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin was chosen as president of the new- ly formed citizen's committee to provide recreation and com- forts for the soldiers who were training in Oshawa. Christ Church, Oshawa's youngest Anglican Church, marked its ilth anniversary with W. R. Stringer conducting the services, Rev. R. B. Patter- son was its first rector. Whitby's population was re- ported as 6,244, an increase of 360 over the year 10938. The newly-formed Whitby Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. was granted an official charter. G. M. Gond- fellow was president of the organization. Oshawa police reported the city was suffering from an epi- demic of burglaries. Among the Oshawa firemen attending the Firemen's Train- ing School at the Universiy of Toronto in co-operation with the Ontario Fire Marshall were Fire Chief W. R. Elliott, Capt. H. R. Hobbs, and J. T. Dalby. Mayor J. C. Coleman pur- chased the first 1940 Chevroiet which went on display in Oshawa. An increase of one-half cent per gallon on gasoline went into effect here to put the price of standard grades up to 27 and 29 cents, Oshawa"s relief lists were re- duced by 519 to 2,639 persons on Oct. 23. W. R&. Strike, chairman of the Bowmanville Public Utilities Commission, was elected presi- dent of the newly-organized Red Cross Branch at Bowman- ville. POINTED PARAGRAPHS The time may come when ap- plicants for jobs may be asked what they can do better than it can be done by automation. Knowledge begins with won- dering. Set a child to wondering and you have put him on. the road to understanding -- Sam- uel Langley. Peaple who can afford to gam- ble don't need the money, and those who need money can't af- ford to gamble. A physician says that by 1970 a hospital room will cost $50 a day. Then we will have to de- cide whether it is cheaper to live than to die. The only way to be really safe on the highways is never to have an accident. A Kitchener truck driver has his first accident in 25 years, but it proved fatal. Approve P.M.'s Handling Of Foreign THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Prime Minister L. B. Pear- son's reputation as an able dip- jomat has suffered no set-back since he became a politician. 'early six in ten Canadians 'approve of the way Mr. Pearson is handling our foreign prob- lems. Little more than one in ten disapprove. Greatest admiration for his Approve Disapprove No Opinion Programs prowess in diplomacy comes from Ontario where 63 per cent of-the people approve his hand- ling of our relations with other nations, The question: "Prime Minister Pearson has two main jobs. One concerns outside this country, the other concerns problems here in Can- ada. Do you approve or dis- approve of. the way Mr. Pear- son is handling our foreigh prob- lems -- that is our relations with other nations?" National East Ontario West 58% 55% 63% 54% 14 18 9 18 28 27 28 28+ 100% 100% 100% 100% Before the game, there was the usual parade of cheer-lead- ers. The University of Toronto party was headed by a color party of six girls. Not one of them carried a Union Jack or even a red Canadian ensign. In fact nowhere in the Stadium did either of these traditional flags appear, One of the color party, how- ever, carried what has come to be known as the Pearson flag, with three red maple leaves on a white background and a broad blue bar down each side. An- other carried a flag with a single, large red maple leaf on a white background with the blue vertical bars at either side. The other four carried flags of various colors, representative of nothing, unless it might have been that they were the colors of some of the colleges making up the University of Toronto. They were not recognizable as national flags of any country. "OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM" Just before the game started, an announcer said 'The band will now play our national an- them". The band struck up the strains of "O Canada'"' and si- multaneously the whole of the Toronto student section in the ground sang lustily and en masse the first verse of that national song. We waited for the band to follow with '"'God Save the Queen", but we waited in vain. That apparently was no longer Canada's national an- them so far as the University of Toronto Athletic Association was concerned, DIFFERENT AT MONTREAL On Sunday afternon, I watch- ed a television broadcast of the Eastern Canada football game between Ottawa Rough Riders and the Montreal Allouettes, played at Montreal. Before the OTTAWA REPORT Prime Ministers Seen In Retrospect By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The 97 years of Canadian Confederation have been described from a_ fascin- ating angle by the well-known journalist Bruce Hutchison in his latest book, Mr. Prime Min- ister, 1867-1964. This is a de- scription of Canada's political history as seen from its kernel, the prime minister's office. The author aptly describes this as "'a tale of adventure at the apex of Canadian power-- a narrative of alternating suc- cess, failure and sometimes bit- ter sorrow." 'And he truly adds that it is "much less plausible than fiction." Bruce Hutchison is al- ways readable, always interest- ing. To these qualities, he adds in his new book (published to- day by Longmans at $7.50) an intriguing peep behind the scenes, as he highlights the careers of our 14 prime min- isters, Starting of course with Sir John, A. Macdonald, whom he calls '"'The Myth Maker', he brings us right up to the minute with Mike Pearson--"The lonely Extrovert" -- on whose unfin- ished career he poses the good question: "Will he prove to be our sixth success or our ninth failure?" Of his 14 subjects, he judges, all except perhaps two had an insatiable appetite for power. HEROIC FAILURE I count myself fortunate to have known Arthur Meighen, who I have 'always thought was treated with savage unfairness by the record. Bruce Hutchison goes far to redress the balance by describing him--at 46 years of age, our youngest prime minister--as "perhaps the most brilliant in mind, with lavish talents, and certainly the most unfortunate in politics." Of his relationship with his arch rival, Mackenzie King, the author says that 'the mutual detestation of these two men has no parallel in Canadian politics." Meighen called King "the most contemptible. charla- fan ever to darken the annals of Canadian politics." The reader will certainly feel contempt for King when read- ing Bruce Hutchison's account of the Ralston crisis. 'The prime minister reminded the cabinet that two years ago Ral- game started, the band In at- tendance played the* chorus ot ' it immediately with "God Save the Queen". And while this was © being played, there appeared on the. television screen, . floating © high over the grandstand, Can- - ada's red ensign with the Union ; Jack in the corner, and the Canadian coat of arms in the. fly. : These two incidents, seen: in contrast with each other, struck ' me as rather peculiar. It seem-« ed as if the University of To-« ronto students had prematurely taken it for granted that the Union Jack and the Canadian red ensign no longer meant any- thing in the ultra-loyal city of Toronto, and that were, also prematurely, anti ting the passing of legislation making "O Canada" the na- tional anthem of Canada to the entire exclusion of 'God Save the Queen'. A Queen's University graduate who had been at the Queen's- Varsity game in Kingston on the. previous Saturday, told me that when the band there played "God Save the Queen", there was a hushed silence throughout the crowd. But when "O Can- ada" was played, in a secondary position, the whole Toronto cheering section again gave a lusty rendition of that song. Just what all of this signifies in the thinking of the student body of the University of To- ronto I am not prepared to even guess. I am merely reporting the facts as I saw and heard them. But the unavoidable infer- ence which can be drawn is that there is some kind of concerted and organized effort on the part of i least many of the students th to denigrate the British connection, and to ignore the fact that Queen Elizabeth is still the Queen of Canada. ston had submitted his resigna- tion (from the Cabinet)... The resignation would be cepted immediately ... The cold ferocity of that blow struck the Cabinet dumb." COOL JUDGMENT As one looks back down the corridor of history, passion and personalities cease to s judgment, and thus we find Bruce Hutchison according R.. = rage a ber niche. Mac* enzie King could not precipi- tate the fall of his rival; but the Great Depression was his ally. No man or government could survive the nation's tra-' vail, says Hutchison. Voters will be interested by Hutchison's views on what he calls the tragedy of the Lost Prophet, Canada's 13th prime minister, John Diefenbaker -- "a tragedy for the man and for the nation that he had mis- governed." "The significant and costly result of Diefenbaker's rule," the author concludes, "was the disorder of public business, the breakdown of the two-party sys- tem, the loss of national confi- dence in the parliamentary sys- tem itself, and hence the grave damage to the office of prime minister." : Finally, Bruce Hutchison beiees his Poe ig to Mike earson's 'dismal i which he says may ann total failure for a government whose greatest asset is 'the weakness of an Opposition restive under Diefenbaker and quarreling within itself." 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