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She Oshawa Tunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1964--PAGE 4 Volunteers Are Needed For Historical Society It is now exactly seven years since the Oshawa Historical Society came into existence. It was organ- ized as the result of the assistance and leadership given to a group of interested citizens by the city coun- cil of that year, and particularly by Alderman Walter Lane, Christine Thomas and Cecil Bint, Among the interested citizens who also gave leadership in starting the society was Mrs. G. D. Conant, who was its president for the first four years after its organization. In its seven years of existence, the Society has accomplished a great deal-in promoting its, aims of preserving the history and histori- cal sites and relics of Oshawa and the surrounding district. Its main achievement has been the establish- ment and operation of the Henry House Museum at Lakeview Park, carried out as a labor of love by zealous workers, It has also gone a long way-in.setting up an archives section to preserve documents and papers relating to the early history of the community. This work has been done quietly and effectively by a devoted band of workers, actu ally all too few for the tasks under taken. This week, the Oshawa and Dis- trict Historical Society will be hold- ing its annual meeting. On that occasion, it will have one plea, but a strong one, to make to those who are interested in historical affairs locally. The Society is on the verge of initiating new projects. It needs more members who are willing to become workers, and take part in what lies ahead. This is an appeal which we feel is worthy of an im- mediate and strong response from community - minded citizens. The cause of preservation of the things worth while in Oshawa's past is a challenging an intensely interest- ing one. We would urge all those who are interested to attend the annual meeting in the McLaughlin Library on Friday evening and be- come volunteer workers for the Societies. Air Pilot Shortage According to aviation authorities, there is a serious shortage of air- line pilots qualified to fly today's giant jet passenger airliners. This is a new situation. In the years im- mediately: following the second world war, there was an ample sup- ply of former RCAF pilots able to qualify for posts with the airlines. Unfortunately, that source of supply has now dried up, and not enough recruits are coming forward for training to meet the growing demand. There is not in Canada an air training school for civilian pilots at the level of the modern jet air- craft. In Britain, where the same problems appeared two or three years ago, immediate steps were taken to keep up the supply of pilots. A three-way project, in } the ministry of aviation, BOAC and BEA are partners, was undertaken, and an Air Training College was established at Hamble, near Southampton. At this residen- tia] college, 200 students are con- tinuously under training in a two year course. When they graduate, these students are ready for the airlines' orientation course, after which they become full-fledged jet pilots. While this training college has so far been confined to young men from Britain, it's doors are open for any candidates who might be sponsored by Canadian airlines for training. This provides an excellent opportunity for helping to cope with the' shortage of pilots. Unti] such time as Canada has its own Air Training College of this type, it would be worth while looking 'into the possibilities of having young Canadians sponsored to take the course which-is offered them at Hamble. Lord Harewood Resigns the limits of anticipated revenue. The Edinburgh International Fes- tiv Music and Drama event which arouses world-wide in- al of is an sst, and which every year draws of thousands of overseas sts to the Scottish capital. It is therefore a matter of more than purely local note for Edinburgh that the Earl of Harewood, cousin of the Queen and son of the Princess has submitted his resigna- the post of artistic direc- tor of that festival. He was ap- pointed that position in 1961, when he indicated that four of five years was possibly the limit of his appointment. After three years, however, he has decided to give up the artistic direction of the festival. To those familiar with the situ- ation, Lord Harewood's resignation will not come as a surprise. He has more than once indicated his dis- pleasure at the conditions laid down by the [dcal officials over festival arrangements. He opposed the policy of limiting the festival to a fixed budget, which would come within She Osan Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, Generol Manager Cc. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshowo Times shed 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Associotion, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cireusation, 'and the Ontario Provincial Dailies ssociation, The Canadion Press is exclusively ent fled to the use of republication of all news hed in the paper credited to it or to The A iated Press or Reuters, and also the tocol news published therein. All rights of special des- potches cre also reserved. Royal, tion from to Building, 425 University 640 Cathcart Street, Offices: Thornson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; Montreol, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by 'corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon,* Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Monchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 50¢ per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside eqrriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, U.S.A, ond foreign 24.00, As artistic director, he felt he should have a free hand in the plan- ning of festival programs. 3ehind all this, however, is the stark fact that the 1963 Edinburgh Festival incurred a loss of $341,229, the largest since it was founded in 1947. Voluntary donations: and grants reduced this deficit to $64,- 000. The inescapable fact is that the fare provided for the festival under Lord Harewood's direction was not of a type to draw popular support. Perhaps in setting his sights too high in the world of music and drama, Lord Harewood arranged programs over the heads of the people of Edinburgh. Cer- tainly it can be said that they did not give festival events in the top bracket the patronage required to make ends meet. This does not in any way detract from Lord Harewood's position in the world of music and drama. He is a perfectionist. He aims for the best. But unfortunately, there was a clash of ideas between the perfec- tion he wanted and the results at the box office. So he has given up the effort to reconcile the two. It will be interesting to note who will succeed him in a most difficult post in which it is impossible to please everyone, Other Editors' Views TRADITION PRESERVED (Winnipeg Free Press) It is saddening to see the dis- appearance of many famous militia units, although the names of some will be kept on the army lists in case the regiments should ever need to be reactivated in a future emer- gency. But there can be little argu- ment with the wisdom of the gov- ernment's militia policy, LOOK WHO MENTION TOPLESS BATHING SUIT CRUCIAL ELECTION British Guiana Seeking. Way Back To Stability By BURCHELL 0. WILLS Canadian Press Correspondent GEORGETOWN, British Gui- ana (CP)--This British colony, wracked by more than a decade of political unrest, strikes, riots and racial violence, will seek a road back to stability through a change in its system of electing a government. The election has been fixed for Dec. 7 and Britain has or- dered that it be held under a system of proportional repre- sentation. The 53 seats in the new parliament will be alloted to parties according to the num- ber of votes they receive, and the whole country will be one constituency. Britain is hoping the system will lead to the election of a government truly representa- tive of the colony's multi-racial population of 600,000. GALLUP POLL Low Rating Descendants of East Indians brought here in the early days of the colony to work sugar plantations make up approxi- mately half of the population, The remaining half is made up of descendants of African slaves, Chinese, Portuguese and other Europeans In the past, been fought and along racial lines. INDIANS FOR JAGAN The East Indians voted for the People's Progressive Party, headed by leftist Cheddi Jagan, an East Indian. The Negroes yoted for the People's National Congress, headed by © Forbes (Tom) Burnham, a Negro. Other racial groups split their votes, With some going to splinter parties. Twice in. the troubled years since 1953 Britain has stepped elections have won largely Is Given To Current Session By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) The ciimate of public opinion is disenchanted with the work and lack of progress in the current session. Parliamentary About the same number of voters (more than six-in-ten) disapprove of both the Liberal Government's record in Par- liamcnt and the Conservative Opposition's record Thirty-eight per cent of the people say the work of the Opposition has been. only fair; approve. 24% rate it as poor; 23% Gieatest criticism of the Conservative Opposition comes from Ontario. Almost seven-in-ten claim the work of {he Opposition has been fair, or poor. The question: "HOW WOULD YOU THE, PAST SESSION?" Excellent Good Fair Foor, * Less than 1% RATE THE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION TOT. AL East 100%, WORK OF THE IN OTTAWA DURING Ontario West 23 38 24 15 100% 100% 100% TODAY IN HISTORY By THE een PRESS Nov. 21, 1964 . General James Murray was appointed governor-in- chief of Canada 201 years ago today--in 1763. He had been made governor of Quebec when the territory had been occupied during the Seven Years War, but under the Peace of Paris treaty, Quebec was ceded to Canada and he occupied the greater office. Because of charges of partiality towards the French he was recalled to England to face charges of partiality. These were dismissed but he never re- turned to Canada, though he held the post until 1768. 1938--The announcement was made' that former Ca- nadian prime minister R. B. Bennett would retire to England. 1950 -- Twenty-one per- sons were killed in a collis- ion between a troop train and a transcontinental train at Canoe Lake, B.C. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--British airmen raided an airship plant at Fried- richshofen, causing heavy damage with direct hits; a British force.occupied Basra on the Persian Gulf; French armies scored an advance against the Germans in the Argonne. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939 -- Britain ac- cused Germany of illegal 'mine warfare; German au- thorities announced the cap- ture and confession of a man charged with planting a bomb in 'the Hitler assas- sination attempt; French downed three German planes on a scouting mis- sion of the Western Front; a new sector'in Alsace un- derwent German gunfire. Noy. 22, 1964. . First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914 -- Austrians .made a successful crossing of the Kolubara River in north west Serbia following a Ser- bian withdrawal; German armies were reported within 4 miles of Warsaw; Turks advanced near Port Said, and reached the Suez Canal Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939 --. two Britons were captured -and accused of complicity in the Hitler assassination attempt; the German airforce was re- pulsed in raids on England's east coast and on the Shet- land Islands. in to take power away from Ja- gan because of the threat of up- heaval.in the colony, situated on the northeast coast of South America. Britain took over in 1953 when evidence was uncovered of a Communist plot to seize the country. Limited self - govern- ment was returned in 1957 and Jagan was again elected¥ New elections in 1961 gave Jagan's People's Progressive Party 20 seats to 11 for the 'People's National Congress and four for the United Force Last. May Britain took over Once more, declaring a state of emergency in the wake of more than 100 racial killings Jagan has protested Britain's action and» reiterated demands that the colony be given its in- dependence. He has also pro- tested introduction of the sys- tem of proportional representa- tion and has nominated only 35 candidates, There are only 35 seats in the present legislative assembly, compared with 53 planned in the new assembly. NAME FULL LIST The opposition People's Na- tional Congress and the United Force have each nominated a full list of 53 candidates. The Justice. party is running 36, the United' Muslim party 14; the National Labor Front six and the Peace and Equality party three. The regulations covering the system of proportional repre- sentation set only a top limit on the number of candidates. A party may name as few as it wishes, but not more than 53. The Guianese voter will not vote for a person, but for a party. Party titles and pictorial symbols--to help illiterate vot- ers--will appear on the ballot. The system of proportional representation, practised in France and elsewhere but rare within the constituency - based British "parliamentary -- world, assures that a party will never win 2n election with fewer votes than one of its rivals. It also gives the bottom names on the party slates even slimmer chances of getting into the legislature than the under- dog candidates in British or Canadian elections, To get into the race a party needed only 200 supporters' signatures on its list of candi- dates. The system will] roughly result in each party getting a percentage of seats equivalent to its percentage of the popular vote. DIVIDED BY 53 : Assump, for example, that all 222,750 registered voters were to cast their ballots. The num- ber of votes would then be divided by 53 (the number of seats). The figure of 4,023 would then become the unit of elec- tion for each seat. Then the total vote received by cach party would be divided by this unit--4,203--and the re- sult is the number of seats cach party gets, counting down from the top of its list of candidates. For instance, if one party were to get 42,500 votes, it would have 10 units plus 297 extra votes. It would get 10 seats and might wind up with one more if the 297 leftover voles were more than the left- over votes of other parties. BIBLE THOUGHT The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.--II. Chron .16:9 Firm trust in the Lord bears the promise of His rich benedic- tion. REMEMBER WHEN Discussion Groups Were Active In City By M. McINTYRE HOOD One of the great weaknesses in the public life of Oshawa to- day is that opportunities for dis- cussion of civic affairs, and even provincial and dominion affairs, are practically non-exis- tent. So far as the general pub- lic is concerned, there are no forums or groups for such dis- cussions. Only at municipal election time are there meet- ings for this purpose, and these are limited to those sponsored by the Jaycees and the Oshawa and District Labor Council, This is much to be regretted. We believe that public interest. in municipal, provincial and do- minion affairs would be greatly stimulated if there were some kind of forum, or discussion group, meeting regularly dur- ing the year to talk over these matters fully and freely. NOT ALWAYS SO It was not always so in Osh- awa. Within my own memory | of events in the city we have seen various groups operate for discussion of public affairs. Some of them were quite active and vigorous and met regu'arly. Their meetings were stimulat- ing, with keen discussions and sometimes heated arguments. They had their hey-day during the depression days of the 1930s, at the time when Oshawa's city council was elected on the ward basis. I can recall, for instance, the Oshawa Property Owners' Asso- ciation, which was a really live organization for many years, It was well organized and had a large membership. Indeed, for some time its meetings had to be held in the Piccadilly Room of the Genosha Hotel, The meetings were always lively and full of interest. Men like John Stacey, Alex McLeese, Admiral Nelson J. Sharpe, Sid Carnell and Uriah Jones were among those who engaged in keen verbal battles. They discussed municipal af- fairs, federal and provincial is- sues with equal facility. They passed resolutions for submis- sion to all three levels of gov- ernment. They provided reams of newspaper copy that made informative reading. RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATIONS About the same time, each of the five wards then in the city had. its own Ratepayers' Asso- ciation. They met once a month, sometimes more often, to dis- cuss municipal problems. Some of the meetings lasted until the QUEEN'S PARK Learn Lessons In By-Election By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There's a_ politi- cal lesson to be taken from the federal byelection in Waterloo South. The lesson is in the changing nature of campaign- ing. The NDP won the byelection by a massive attack on door- bells. The party flooded the riding with workers who. canvassed all homes not once but several times, This repeated the same type of campaign used here success- fully in the provincial Riverdale byelection, ALWAYS IMPORTANT The lesson is that the can- vass is now becoming all-impor- tant in political campaigns. Personal visiting of the vot- ers has always been important. Over the 'years when you noted a candidate who was a hard worker, and who had a hard-working team behind him, you marked him down as a probable winner. And you have seen hard work lead to. some surprising upsets for all parties, And all parties, of course, have realized the value of the neighborhood canvass. In taking Windsor-Sandwich, for instance, the Conservatives put on the same type of cam- BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Nov. 21, 1939 New motor buses arrived in the city to inaugurate a bus service to replace the old street cars Norman H. Daniel succeeded Dr. Grant L. Bird as president of the Oshawa District Univer- sity Alumni Association. The Ontariq (Tank) Regi- ment was highly commended by the District Commanding Offic- er Brigadier-General R, 0. Alexander, on its efficiency on his visit of inspection. 40 YEARS AGO Noy. 21, 1924 Lord Byng, Governor-General of Canada, and Lady Byng, visited Oshawa where Lord Byng opened 'the new Centre Street School, the Oshawa Gen- éral Hospital extension and the new Curling Rink. St. George's Women's § Aux- iliary raised $1,500 at its annual bazaar, which. was convened by Mrs. F. W. Cowan. Oshawa Amateur Athletic As- sociation entered junior and in- termediate teams in the On- tario Amateur Hockey Associa- tion ' midnight hour as knotty sub- jects were threshed out, and the findings of the group were erystallized for submission to the city council. At municipal election time, each ward held meetings to allow its own candidates to speak. This practice continued even after the ward system was discarded in favor of city-wide voting for aldermen. OTHER FORUMS I can recall also the meetings of the Workers' Educationai As- sociation held every Friday night in the E. A. Lovell School auditorium. Each week there would be a speaker on. some phase of public affairs. Then would follow a long period of argument and discussion, We ean think of men like Ed, Cheetham, Frank Watkinson, Arthur Cook, Ed, Kitchen and others who were prominent in these debates. For a time the same group sponsored what was called the Christian Social Brotherhood, which met on Sunday after- noons in the Marks Theatre. It brought splendid speakers on so- cial questions to the city, but some internal dissension de- veloped, and this venture died an early death. CRACKER-BARREL CLUB There are no groups like these functioning in Oshawa today. Some 10 or 12 years ago, the YWCA made a valiant effort to develop a_ discussion group under the name of the Cracker- Barrel Club. It had many fine evenings of discussion of local, dominion and world affairs, al- though its numbers were never large. After a fitful existence of three or four years, it gave up, solely because there were not enough people interested in at- tending and taking part. We surely need a revival of these discussion groups today. One of their great functions was that of keeping the city council aware of the thinking of the citi- zens on municipal affairs. I would not claim that the city councils of these days were any better than those of more re- cent years, but they were at least kept much better informed on public opinion on civic af- fairs, and that is a good thing which is. lacking in the city to- day, just because there are no organized forums or discussion groups from which these opin- ions can crystallize and be put forward to the city's official bodies. paign as the NDP did in River. dale. But now the personal canvass promises to be the main weapon in a political campaign. ONLY WAY One good reason behind this is that such a canvass is now about the only way in which a candidate and a party can get and keep contact with the vot- ers, In the old days we used to have the big politica] meeting. And a candidate for potitical of- fice was always assured of a lot of\ space in the local press. Times now have changed this, Only the dedicated and the desperately bored now go to political meetings, except in ex- traordinary cases. And space in the become very tight. There was some prospect that television and radio might be the new means of communica- tion. But they don't fill the need, partly because they are so ex- pensive, partly because of their nature they don't have the Jast- ing impact of a meeting or a report in the press, There has been a_ growing worry among politicians about losing contact with the people. And now, it seems, they have beer given their answer. They can keep contact, by getting out and meeting people. This is a trend, you will see, that will grow. Hand - shaking will be the big art in politics. press has Opinions Of Others CONFUSED SITUATION Montreal Le Devoir -- The successors of Khrushchev are up against a terribly con- fused and difficult situation. Without doubt, they can pre- serve a semblance of unity in the international Communist movement only at the price of recognizing an almost total freedom of action among the national Communist parties. This freedom of action and choice would be recognized first in the Chinese party. It would seem certain that con- tacts were set up or restored with Peking even before the fall of Khrushchey and that the Chinese leaders were in- formed of the. imminent fall of their sworn enemy in re- turn for their advising Fr cow about their first "stand blast, The results of this series of developments would rank among the~ most important happenings of the post-war period. In the first place, there would be a radical transformation of the psycho- logical and political positions of the Communist parties in the West, above all in coun- tries like Italy and France, The subordination of these parties to Moscow has, up to now, enormously falsified and hampered the actions of the let, 2 Already a rapproche- ment is shaping up in Italy and France between social- ists (and members of the non-Communist left generally) on the one hand and the Com- munists on the other. In countries considered un- til now to be satellites but which are less and less so, the desire for autonomy on the part of the Communist parties and governments feeds off a legitimate nation- alism, the signs of which are multiplying. THE WINDS OF CHANGE Several trial balloons on re- vamping municipal and county government have recently float- ed out from Queen's Park, Al- though there is variance in the programs enunciated each sug- gests that the century-old lower governmental operation of the county system is outmoded, that the wind of change must strike soon. --(London Free Press) MAC'S MUSINGS The lists aré now closed And the electors of Oshawa Know who are the citizens Who have offered their Services as candidates For the elected bodies Which will carry on the Affairs of the city for The next. two years. These citizens are to be . Commended for their Willingness to sacrifice The time and labor which Are. involved in giving Service of municipal bodies, With nominations closed, We must now turn to the Duty which rests upon the Electors of Oshawa to make Their choice from the List of candidates o° those They consider best fitted To administer the affairs Of our growing city. When these. candidates are Willing to give up much Of their. tigge fc. the Next two years to guiding The affairs of Oshawa in All fields of municipal Business, surely it is Not asking too much of The rest of us to take The few minutes required To turn out to vote, The right to vote is a Precious' privilege which All eligible should. use, And the kind of civic Government -we have depends On how the people vote, Because after all, we only Get the kind of government We deserve to have. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. 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