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ene Seen as. ec Ge as eg * Peart rae eernee She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited * 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario 7 T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1964--PAGE 6 fit P SESE EEE MBSA eee The tributes paid to Douglas 'Fisher, retiring secretary-manager vot the Oshawa Chamber of Com- "merce at a luncheon in his honor 'the other day, were well deserved. 'During the past few years, under his dynamic service in the Cham- ber's top executive capacity, Mr. Fisher has done an outstanding job of work in building the strength and influence of the Chamber as a force for the development of a better Oshawa. The fact that during his term of office its membership more than doubled speaks volumes for the confidence which he engen- dered in the value of an aggressive Chamber of Commerce to Oshawa. The fact that Oshawa now has its own distinctive and authorita- tive automotive museum can also very largely be credited to the un- tiring efforts and keen interest of Mr. Fisher. It was not surprising ~ T Well Merited Tributes Paid To Douglas Fisher that all of those who paid tributes to him at the testimonial luncheon expressed regret that Mr. Fisher is leaving the city, while at the same time wishing him a large measure of success in the new field of work he will occupy in Western Ontario. Mayor Gifford expressed. the thought that was in many minds when he said: "T want to tell you also that your successor will soon realize that he will have a difficult position to fill in following you in the job of secre- tary-manager of the Oshawa "Chamber", Douglas Fisher will be missed in 'the city of Oshawa, because he has been so hard-working and dedicated a citizen of the community. The Times joins in. the expressions of regret at his departure, and in the wishes extended to him for his future success. Reversing Old Trend «More than usual interest can be attached to the report that Tracy Glaspell, the well-known Oshawa sheep breeder whose animals have consistently won the highest honors at the leading agricultural shows, has sold two Cotswold rams from his flock to a breeder in Shropshire, England, Lt.-Col. A. D, Kennedy. The buyer selected these two rams as just the kind of animals he wanted for the improvement of his flock, and as foundation stock. While this sale of breeding stock in sheep to a British farmer is in itself a tribute to the quality of the animals bred and raised on Mr, Glaspell's farm, it represents far more than that. According to agri- cutural, officials, this is the first time on record that Canadian sheep have been shipped to the United Kingdom as breeding stock. It is a complete reversal of the history of the Canadian sheep-breeding in- dustry. Practically all the breeds of sheep now common in Canada had their foundation is the United Kingdom. The original stocks came from Britain, True, the long period of sheep breeding in Canada has given our sheep characteristics of hardi- ness and stamina that have im- proved them. In this respect, Can- ada has been like the great sheep- raising country of New Zealand, the foundation stocks for which nearly all came originally from the Romney Marsh district of the South of England. New Zealand still imports, regularly, Romney Marsh sheep. It is not likely that any large sized market for Canadian sheep for breeding purposes can be deve- loped in the United Kingdom. But our enterprising and - successful Oshawa breeder, Tracy Glaspell, is to be commended for at least re- versing the normal trend. Salaries In Legislature to be available to their constituents 12. months of the year. They have to spend a great deal of time be- tween sessions at the parliament building looking after the interests A movement is on foot, and, it is believed, with the support of Prime Minister Robarts, to increase the salaries of members of the Ontario Legislature. These 'members are at present paid a salary of $5000 a year plus an expense allowance of $2000 a year. The proposal which seems to be finding favor is that this be increased to a. salary of $7000 plus a $3000 expense allo- wance, making a total of $10,000. The new salary level, when com- pared with the level of salaries paid in business, industry and the profes- sions today, cannot be considered excessive: for the responsibilities which rest on members of the legis- lature. There is a tendency to feel that with a short session in the early part of the year, our legisla- tors have only a part time job. That is not so. A member who serves. his constituents conscientiously "finds. : that the demands on his time, and his pocket as well, make it very much a full-time job. Most of the members are posted to committee work between sessions. They have She Oshawa Gimes T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times festoblished 1871) and the Whitby. Gazette ond Chronicle estoblished 1863) is published daily Sundays and Stotutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadion Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. Canadian Press is exctusively entitied to. the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches. are also reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University. Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640. Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawo, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Raglan, Blackstock, Monchester, Pontypool and Newcostle not over SOc per week. By mail in vince of Ontario) wutside carriers delivery orens. 12.00 per year. @ther f ond Co eaith Countries 15.00, U.S.A. end foreign 24,00, -able by of the people they represent. Therefore the new salary level is not at all out of the way for the job to be done. It has been suggested that the higher salary will attract a better class of member. We do not: take this too seriously. The Ontario legis- lature has always attracted men of the highest calibre, who have on too many occasions given their ser- vices at considerable financial sacrifices on their part: Other Editors' Views WHAT STATISTICS DO (Ottawa Journal) Prosperous statistics written large in letters of gold are fine for Parliament. They advertise the con- fidence of investors in the country, At that, every responsible Canadian must be pleased. The danger of sta- tistics is that politicians make too much of them and:in boasting of in- creased capital investment ignore the continuing vexations of unem- ployment, high cost of living, and national divisions which demand from them far more than the ability to proclaim good news made avail- the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Bible Thought Let no man despise thy youth:. but be thou an example of the be- lievers.. -- I, Timothy 4:12. He who would have others cognize his worth must demonstrate that he is worthy of recognition, re- OTTAWA REPORT Harkness Gives Views On Defence Problems By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- "The reorganiza- tion of Canada's Defence For- ces' was the subject of a ser- ies of speeches which our for- mer defence minister, Hon. Douglas Harkness, delivered during a recent tour of Cana- dian Clubs in western cities. On his two-week circuit, Col. Harkness spoke in Winnipeg twice, in Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Regina, Medicine Hat, Vancouver, Victoria and Bran- don. His audiences enjoyed an "Inside Defence Headquarters" view of the foreign and defence policies of Canada, and the kind of forces we need to implement them, "Canada's defence policy for the past 15 years has 'been based on two. nyjajor_ objec- tives,"" he explained. "First, to maintain peace by helping to prevent the outbreak of a third world war; and second, to pre- vent Canada, or any other free nation, from being subjugated by the Communist alliance." He went on to point out that Canada, a smaller nation, could best attain these objectives through active particiaption in alliances, such as the United Nations, NATO and NORAD. The size, composition, and or- ganization of our defence forces have been, and must be, geared to our obligations under these international alliances for self- defence. NUCLEAR ARMS? This raised two points which Col, Harkness reviewed in some detail in all his speeches, "Some Canadians have ques- tioned the value and desirabil- ity of the military contribution which we make tq NATO, and have demanded that we with- draw our forces," he said. "Others, while acknowledging the value of NATO, seem to think that we should have a free ride. Yet others have a re- pugnance to nuclear weapons and appear to think that we can avoid any morat guilt for their existence in the alliance if we refuse to have anything to do with them ourselves. I submit that such attitudes are neither responsible nor realistic." These words echo the nuclear arms crisis within the Diefen- READERS VIEWS ---- ee baker cabinet, which led di- rectly to the resignation of Col. Harkness. He insisted -- and most Canadians would agree with him--that Canada should -not default on_ international commitments, and hence should, honor our actual or im- plied commitment to mount nu- clear warheads on the appro- priate carriers already supplied to our forces. His second topic was the pre- sent proposal to reorganize our armed forces. This, he pointed out, involves two -- processes which are often confused and spoken of as if they were one and the same thing: unifica- tion Of command, and integra- tion of the forces, MEN NOT NUTS, BOLTS The government appears to have retreated from compre- hensive integration. of the for- ces,' which is unrealistic be- cause it implies that bodies are interchangeable. Col. Harkness pointed out--and as a .Second World War commander, and a gallant soldier who won the George Medal, he knows--that men in uniform are not uni- form. An infantry officer can- not be switched wiht a jet pi- lot, he said. Integration of command at defence headquarters offers the attraction of some economies, but this return to the obsolete doctrine of the supreme com- mander will bring the minister possible unbalanced. and mis- leading advice. Col. Harkness was especially critical of the weakening of our defence posture through exces- sive and foolish cuts in our re- serves. To our men in uniform, Doug Harkness as minister was "one of us.' He was familiar with the life and problems in our de- fence forces, and he fought the good fight to protect their in- terests while assuring the de- fence and good name of Can- ada. $ He remaifis today, as he was then, the most authoritative voice on military matters in our Parliament, and this gave substance and significance to his speeches to the Canadian Clubs. Education Minister Explains New Courses The Editor, The Oshawa Times, Dear Sir: I read with inter- ést your editorial of Oct. 5 en- titled, "Doubt Value of Change in Teachers' Training'. During the 11 year period since the two year course was started some 6,000 teachers have graduated compared. to almost 24,000. graduating from the one- year course. The same ratio roughly prevails this year. The decision, to discontinue the two- year course was made only after considerable sons P lk. Grade 13. graduates are, on the whole, more academic, more likely 40 be scholarly, and more likely to develop in their pupils. an interest in learning for its own sake : 2: The two-year course does not contain any -more profes- sional training, with the excep- tion of more practice teaching, than the one-year course The. additional time is taken by providing academic work in the place of the Grade 13 work not taken. . ~--A full course in each' year in Academic English; --A full course in History (Grade 13); +--A full course in Geography (Grade 13); --A_ full course in History of Educations (offered to the one- year course in 1964-65 for the first time). 3. There is little doubt that the one-year course for Grade 13 graduates will be lengthened as soon as the supply of stu- study. was dents makes this possible.. This ~ done for the following four a have to be achieved by Stages as has been the proce-' dure in othér jurisdictions. 4. The great advantage of.ac- cepting only Grade 13 gradu- ates is that they can proceed extramurally toward. university degrees at any of the Ontario universities. This is not possible in Great Britain nor, of course, can the Grade 12 graduates do this in Ontario without obtaining the necessary Grade 13 stand- ing WILLIAM G. DAVIS, Minister of Education MAC'S MUSINGS A newspaper story has come From Moscow telling that Of all the 250 milliom People who live in the Soviet. Union,. only about 11,500,000 are actually Communist party members, Which means that this vast Country is governed by a Party of which fewer inan Five per cent of its Population are members, This information is of Great importance to the Peoples of non-Communist Countries, because it does Reveal how a minority Group under dictatorship Can take control of the Machinery of government And impose their will Upon the great. majority, This makes it necessary in All free democratic Countries to constantly be On guard against infiltration By small Communist groups Into their national life, 3ecause by being subservient To a minority group, all Semblance of real democracy Can be taken from them, In Sovie tRussia, the Communist party of less Than five per cent of the Total population, hang on To power by controlling The armed forces and the Secret police, so that the Majority dare not raise Their voices in protest. This is something that Should always be remembered When minority groups become Loud voices clamoring for Changes in the system of Government, because giving In to them might well be The beginning of the end Of democratic government. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov, 3, 1964... U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected to his second term in a landslide victory, 28 years ago. tonight--in 1936. Only Maine and Vermont were behind his opponent, Alfred M. Landon, The polio-crip- pled Democratic president won an unprecedented fourth term in the 1944, slec- tions, but died in April, 1945, weakened by the strain of the war years which were drawing to a close, 1655--Acadia was restored to the French by the Treaty of Westminster. 1957 -- Russia launched Sputnik II into orbit, the first satellite to carry a live dog into space. g First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914 -- Allied squadrons bombed forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles; Turks claimed successes in Arme- nia and threatened the Suez Canal; Russian troops ad- vanced in Galicia and in East Prussia, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1039 -- German troaps renewed their atiscks against the French armies; the Norwegian Admiralty in- terned a German prize crew sailing the U.S. freighter, City of Flint, in the Baltic and released the ship. PICKED FOR AWARD KANSAS CITY. (AP) -- The late Hugh Fullerton Sr. has been selected for the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Association of America, it was announced Wednesday. Joe Mc- Guff of the Kansas City Star, president of the BBWAA, made the announcement. Fullerton, who died at the age of 72 in 1946, will be honored for meri- torious service to baseball writ-. ing. MAC'S MEDITATIONS Favors Free Education At University Levels BY M. McINTYRE HOOD Providing a free education at all levels for all who are quali- fied.to take advantage of it is a worthy ideal for any country. In a recent speech, Prime Minis- ~ tér Pearson 'set this forth as an objective for Canada. By this he meant that any financial im- pediments which now exist to prevent capable and qualified people .to attend university should be wiped out. But he ad- mitted that the ideal of free education at all levels is a goal which cannot be achieved over- night, and that it might never be possible to attain perfect equal- ity of opportunity for all. Mr. Pearson went on to say: "If we appreciate the value of the talent, the importance of our human resources, then clearly no young man or woman of talent ought to be shut off from university by the gap between what a student can earn in the sum- mer and what it costs to live and study for a year." WORTHY OBJECTIVE That is a highlx worthy ob- jective to be held by any prime minister of Canada, particularly since it must be obvious that while a student loan program doeshelp more people to attend university, that does not really meet the need. It does not pro- vide the complete answer to the problem of the well qualified young man or women whose family does not have the finan- cial resources to provide uni- versity education. True enough, there are many scholarships offered each year, both by governments and by industries and onganizations, and these are available to those students who gain a sufficiently BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO November: 3, 1944 A total of 34,264 ration books were issued in Oshawa and East Whitby Township by Local Ra- tion Board, Fluorescent lighting was in- stalled throughout the building of Oshawa Public Utilities Com- mission, A Boys' Band was formed in Oshawa under the management of the Oshawa Regimental Band and sponsored by the Oshawa Kinsmen Club. Reginald Martyn was named as manager and George Hood, bandmaster, The Board of Education was approached by a committee of Chairman G, T. Brooks, A. F. Annis, W. Boddy, Mrs. O. S. Hobbs, Mrs. T. K. Creighton and Mrs, H. P. Hart to seek use of the OCVI auditorium for the Get-Together Club gatherings. Oshawa and district Czecho- slovakians marked the 26th an- niversary of the Independence Day of Czechoslovakia. Building in Oshawa was valued at..$15,385.as.of Oct..31, and $553,295 for the year. Thieves made off with more than-$400 from the OCVI safe by chopping a hole through the wall of the vault in the princi- pal's office. The Ladies' Section of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club named Mrs. Edward Bradley as president and Mrs. T. Thomas secretary for the year 1945. Wing Commander A. J. Lew- ington, DFC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewington, King- ston road west, was in com- mand of the Canadian Porcu- pine Bomber Squadron of RCAF overseas. P A, W. "Army" Armstrong was re-elected president of the Osh- , awa Minor Hockey Association. Miss Jessie Dillon, a member of the executive of the Women's Missionary: Society of St. Andrew's United Church for 25 years and treasurer for 22 years, was honored by the WMS ata tea at Llewellyn Hall. When you buy more high standard in examinations to win them. But even that is not enough, because they go to the few who are academically brilliant, sometimes regardless e family's financial stand- ing, and still leave a majority of good students on the outside looking in. BRITISH SYSTEM While in England we were very much interested in the British system of university grants-from the government, by which any young man or woman capable of benefitting from a university education, and quali- fying on merit to enter a uni- versity, does not have to worry about the cost. The government provides grants up to 100 per cent of the costs of a university education, on a scale which takes inte consideration the financial circumstances of the family. Where the family exthequer can provide nothing towards university costs, the grants take care of the whole cost. From that level, they are graded down as the family income rises, but in such a way as to provide as QUEBEC VIEWS nearly as is possible a standard of equality for all. \ This kind of system, of course, might not work in Canada, be--- cause of the fact that under the British North America Act, edu- cation comes under the jurisdic- tion.of the provincail govern- ments, This might lead to com- plications if some of the prov- inces raised objections, as Que- bec has. done in the past, to the federal government _ providing funds for university purposes. So far, the direct federal aid, amounting to $232. million this year, to the universities has been used almost entirely for canital purposes, or to supple- ment university staffs. There have been dominion government scholarships to individuals, on a highly selective basis. But, because of the possible conflict between federal and provincial jurisdictions, we are still a Jong way from reaching the British system of doing ex- actly what Prime Minister Pear- son would like to do, and that is to provide a free education at all levels, including university, for all those who are qualified to take advantage of it. Wagner Report Draws More Editorial Fire -- This is a selection of ed- itorials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada, * Trois-Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste: Solicitor - General Claude Wagner's report ap-. parently has ended the series. of incidents surrounding the Queen's visit to Canada. Des- pite the exaggeration of cer- tain episodes by politicians, observers and even govern- ment officials are concluding from it ail that this trip should never have _ been made. It is even surprising that Prime Minister Pearson is not deposed by his own party for having allowed such an unfortunate event... . Mr. Wagner has gone to much trouble to show that not one drop of French-Canadian blood ran in the streets of Quebec City. The night-sticks two feet long that crashed down on the faces and shoul- ders of the students and jour- nalists had this particularity: they did not cause blood to flow. Police techniques have made progress. .. . if Mr. Wagner had proclaimed (at the time of his appoint- ment to the cabinet) that he would attack the underworld and that it would get the treatment once he stepped down from the bench, The only ones he has found to at- tack as underworld types are school children. . . . He has made himself the advocate of those who. dole out truncheon- blows. His report..is too absolute to satisfy anyone. It seems partisan and that will not serve to reassure the calm, sincere population of Quebec. He will have to offer more than the haughty disdain he heaps on the journalists who were the object of his men's truncheon attacks. . , . (Oct. 23). Montreal Le Devoir -- Mr. Lesage said of the Wagner Report on the Queen's visit that "the press had prepared the ground for a riot." This statement calls for many re- servations, First of all, the report did not establish defin- itely that there was imminent danger of a riot... . Even supposing that there was real dahger of a riot, could all responsibility be thrown on the newspapers? This explanation can be only part of the truth. Because if Quebec was ready for a riot that day, it was first of all due to the presence of the Queen, whose visit was inop- portune in the cireum- stances, o.. life insurance stop and think first. Let's say you've decided to-invest an extra $200 year in life insurance. What's the next step ? : Careful now. Don't just order "another $10,000." That's like buying a house without seeing it first. A house has to fit your family, your family activities, your future plans. So does your insurance programme. Your problem is to fit that extra $200 worth into your overall plan for financial security and growth. Should you spend it on more family protection today ? Or on providing cash for a child's education fifteen years from now? ©r on a retirement fand for yourself? @r on a com- bination of these? You can see how, without help, planning such a programme. can be complicated. But there is help. Your Manufacturers Life underwriter has an ingenious device called a Security Graph, which systematically pictures your overall financial position and objectives, and then indicates where that $200 will do the best job. There's no charge for a Security Graph insurance review. So call your Man from. Manufacturers soon. For more than six months prior to the event, its incon- veniences had been pointed QUE kee The competent authorities therefore had all the time necessary to reconsider an unfortunate decision, . . . This error drove us into a trap. The newspapers of the other provinces wrote that if the French-Canadians did not welcome the Queen warmly, English Canada would be more uncomprontising to- wards Quebec's requests. On the other hand, if the wel- come had been enthusiastic it would have been concluded that Quebec was satisfied and this would have hurt our re- quests. Mr. Pearson has said the Royal Visit showed many Ca- nadians our divisions and our discords. These are the real causes of what happened, even if certain newspapers amplified or exaggerated the discontent. And Mr. Pearson and Mr. Lesage know these difficulties, In staying away from Royal Visit events, the population of Quebec acted with logic and dignity. It thus underlined our complaints about the federal system, It is not the fault of the Queen, who did not come on her own initiative, but it is principally that of the two prime ministers that she came here at a badly chosen ---- Sauriol, (Oct, POINTED 'PARAGRAPHS When a speech is reported as being "profound" it usually means that the audience does not understand what a confused speaker has been talking about. The latest prediction of per- manent peace comes from a scientist who says that it will come sooner or later when man destroys all life on earth. Notice to aspirants for public office; the rarest stamp is the stamp of -public approval. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to' 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES Res. 725-2502 MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 4}

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