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| dah th the apt ae lh ial ee Oe a Be GD She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1964--PAGE 4 4 Outstanding Honor For Grand Old Man '* During his long lifetime, many marks of distinction and outstand- ing honors have been conferred on ' Oshawa's grand old man, Col, R. S. McLaughlin. None of these, how- ever, can have brought him greater personal pleasure than the honor which is to be done to him at the Hotel Genosha this evening. On this occasion, that of a dinner ten- dered to him by Cedar Lodge, AF, and AM. Col, McLaughlin will have presented to him a token of esteem and appreciation that is very rare. He will be the recipient of his 70- year jewel, to mark the completion of 70 years of membership and devoted service to the Masonic Order. The record of Col. McLaughlin's Masonic service dates back to his entry into the order on November 27; 1894. During the years since then, there have been many land- marks marking his progress as a Mason. In 1900, he served as the Worshipful Master of Cedar Lodge. In 1920, he was granted life mem- bership in that lodge, In February, 1945, he was presented with his Veteran Jubilee Medal marking 50 years as a mason, In March of the same year he was appointed a Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge, and was invested with the regalia of that office. Later in 1945 he became a member of the board of general purposes of Grand Lodge. In 1951 he was presented with his long ser- vice medal denoting 50 years as a Past Master, and in 1961 clasps were added to his jubilee and long service medals to mark 60 years as a Mason and a Past Master. These are only the highlights of his Ma- sonic career. This evening he goes a step farther with the presentation of his 70-year medal. This is an event in which his fellow-Masons will take particular pride. Col Me- Laughlin is being honored not only for his length of his service, but for its high quality, and for the keen interest which he has always shown in the work of the Order and its advancement during a lifetime of devoted adherence to its principles and objects. Remedies Quickly Found The medical staff of the Oshawa General Hospital has acted quickly and effectively in making its rec- ommendations to the hospital board with a view to improving the ser- vice and conditions in the emergency department of the hospital7 It will be recalled that, after several strong letters of complaint regard- ing the emergency department had appeared in The Times, the board requested the medical staff to study the situation and bring in recom- mendations for improvements. This it has now done. The plan which has been placed before the hospital board, and has been adopted for trial, should go a long way towards meeting the complaints which had been made regarding the emergency depart- ment. The major recommendation, which should give patients more speedy attention and care, is that the hospital doctors on emergency service duty will be available on a 24-hour basis, and no outside com- mitments will take priority over their emergency calls. That in it- self is a big advance over previous practice, and give the kind of ser- vice that should meet with public approval. The practice of asking patients if they wish to have the attention of their family doctor will be. con- tinued, but the doctor on emer- gency call, or any doctor available, will be summoned as_ individual situations demand. The one pleasing feature in having these changes in emergency department procedure made lies in the immediate action of the hospi- tal board in taking cognizance of the complaints made in letters to the newspaper, and acting at once to remove the causes for complaint, Thus the purpose of the letter- writers has been achieved, and the board. members have shown that they are not averse to accepting suggestions, and even criticisms, and doing everything possible to improve the hospital's service to the public. Britain's Nuclear Policy Prior to the British genera] elec- tion of October 15, there was a good deal of ambiguity about what the defence policies of the labor party would be should it be elected to power. Its insistence that Britain did not have and did-not need an " independent nuclear deterrent was one of the points on which it was attacked by the Conservative party. Now that the Labor party is in power, however, it is becoming clear that it meant what it said when it decried the existence of a separate nuclear deterrent by Britain. Presenting the British gov- -ernment's viewpoint to the NATO Parliamentarians' Conference, Lord Listowel, for that government, said that it would contribute its ~« force of V-bombers, TSR strike air- craft and Polaris submarines, to an Atlantic strike force. The intention was that this force would be more She Oshawa Sones 7. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawe Times combining The Oshowa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily $undeys and Statutory holideys excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Doilies Association... 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Lord Listowel made it clear, how- ever, that the British government expected that the other western nuclear powers would make a similar contribution. This was an indirect reference to the attitude of France, the only other European western nuclear power. Britain, he said, was opposed to a separate European nuclear deterrent. The meaning of this is that Britain wants a combined nuclear force en- tirely under the command and jurisdiction of NATO, but now held in. separate units by individual countries, including Britain itself, The NATO Parliamentarians' Conference is not a decision-making body. It is a meeting for discus- sion only, and for the expression of national viewpoints. But it can be assumed that the program put for- ward by Lord Listowel will be pre- sented to the NATO ministerial meeting next month, at which time it will be given on an official basis. It. will then be left. to the other NATO powers to accept or reject it. Other Editors' Views CURIOUS BYPRODUCT (Edmonton Journal) A curious byproduct of the growth of nationalism has been, a corres- ponding growth in alcoholi¢ con- sumption and alcoholism, This is a report of Mr. Acher Tongue, director of the Interna- tional Bureau Against Alcoholism. In an interview at Frankfurt, Ger- many, Mr. Tongue said that drink- ing has become a mark of prestige in new countries in Africa and Asia, HECK OF A. WAY TO RUN A CONFERENCE FLASHBACK TO 1914 Old Magazine Reveals "Good Old Days' Views hex By M. McINTYRE It makes one look back to the year 1914, six months be- fore the first world war chang- ed the world as being worthy of the term "the good old days" to read an advertisement in a magazine which lies on my desk. It is an advertisement for a Willys-Overland automobile, of- fered at a price of $950, It goes on to say that this remarkably low price is possible only be- cause the company had a pro- duction schedule of 50,000 cars a year, And the advertisement says: "A good many people cannot grasp what 50,000 cars a year means, They cannot understand the numerous and various manufacturing economies which such an enormous production effects." The magazine in which this advertisement appears is the issue of Colliers' Weekly dated February 21, 1914. For it we are indebted to an unknown reader of The Times, who handed it in without (giving his name, To him, whoever he may be, we tender our thanks. He said he GALLUP POLL had found it "lying around the house"' and thought we might be interested in it, as indeed we are. OTHER CAR OFFERS Perhaps the automobile ad- vertisements, occupying -- full pages and double-page spread, caught the eye more than any- thing else. One announced the Studebaker line of cars, and quoted United States and Ca- nadian prices. For the four- cylinder touring car, the De- troit price was quoted at $1,050. For the same car at Walker- ville, Ontario, the price givén was $1375. A Studebaker landau- roadster was priced at $1200 in Detroit and $1550 in Walkerville, just across the river. Another car advertised is one which has long since disappear- ed from the automobile world. It was the Mitchell Six, an- nounced even in 1914 as the product of many years of ex- perience. For these six-cylinder cars, the price range started at $1,895, while a four-cylinder model was priced at $1,595. Even more significant to me, as indicating the changes that Lack Of Unity Named As Growing Problem By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) For the first time in Gallup Poll history the words "lack of unity' are mentioned as a major Canada problem in Unemployment is still named as the greatest. problem, with the economy and trade next. But 11% of the people view lack of unity and separatism in Quebec as our greatest problems, Last year, when this same trend question was asked, unemployment was again named as the major problem, followed by nuclear arms, the cost of living and political instability, The question: "WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, I8 THE MOST IMPOR. 7 . PROBLEM FACING THIS COUNTRY TODAY?" oo 32% of the people claim unemployment and auloma- tion are the major problems, ++. 12% say the economy of the country and trade are worrisome, «++ 11% name lack of unity between the provinces and separatism in Quebec. ++» Other problems mentioned are nuclear weapons, infiation, Canada-U.S, relations, medicare, lack of leadership, high cost of living and the flag issue -- each by less than 10% of the population. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 25, 1964... A strong force of British troops reached Pittsburgh to discover that the French occupying armies had al- ready destroyed supplies and burned buildings of 'the frontier post and left for Canada, 206 yéars ago to- day--in 1758. The abandon- ment of Pittsburgh gave Britain control of the west- ern sections of the settled areas of the American col- onies. C 1922 -- Benito Mussolini was grant ed dictatorial powers in Italy. 1937--B.C, Premier T. D. Pattullo proposed that the province's borders be ex- tended to the North Pole. First: World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914 -- Serbs routed Aus- @rians near the Kolubara / River, taking 500 prisoners; Russians crushed the Ger- man army in southeastern Poland, capturing thou- sands of prisoners and much military equipment; the Germans were pushed back in Belgium near Langemarck and. Zonne- beke. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--the German steamship Adolf Woermann scuttled itself off Cape Town to avoid capture by the Royal Navy; Britain concentrated on clearing its coasts. of German mines; large concentration of Ger- man aircraft were sighted off the Orkney Islands and near the' Shetlands; the new pro-Ally Romanian govern- ment banned the export of barley and vegetable prod- ucts, have taken place in the auto- mobile world since 1914, there was not a single advertisement of any cars produced by what are now the big three of the automotive industry, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. These today between them dominate the Canadian and United States market, MATERIAL DULL By present day standards, the magazine seemed dull and un- attractive, with no eye-catching display to focus attention on any particular article. There was, however, one feature. article which. aroused interest, because it cast same light on some of the conditions prevailing in February of 1914, and con- trasted conditions then with those which had existed at the time of George Washington. the article being tied in with the holiday by which the 182nd anniversary of Washington's birthday was being celebrated. Looking back at this 1914 ar- ticle now, over 50 years later, we find it both intriguing and amusing. One paragraph reads¢ DECADENT COUNTRY "We are a decadent country, our February orators are fond of .asserting. While we are, of course, better than any other nation on earth, and can prove it, we are not what Washington expected of us. We have grown up to disappoint and shame him, It is fortunate that he is dead. Were he to return, as from a long absence, and mingle with his countrymen today, it seems to be the concensus of opinion that he would eye us over once or twice with growing disgust and alarm, and then 'hastily climb aboard the chariot of time and turn the reversed lever," Another paragraph of the article draws even more dis. paraging comparisons between conditions and life in 1914 com. pared with 1784, It reads "Granting, then, that Wash ington was progressive to the bone, how would we affect him today? We admit that he would probably want to drink hem: lock when he saw his fine old home with sightseers scattered all over the lawn and poking umbrellas at his portrait, his army boots and the bed on which he died for Washington was horribly exclusive, JIG-SAW ORGIES "And when he strolied through the average Américan city with its disordered dreams of design, no two alike, like a postage stamp collection, and viewed the numerous surviving relics of the jig-saw. orgies of the seventies in house, architecture, he would undoubtedly yell for opiates. Modern women in dresses much more unconven- tional and audacious that a wink of the eye would horrify him. Modern noise would terrify him, Modern' sex drama, in which language is allowed to run around in an entirely un- clothed state, would cause him to jam his powdered wig fran- tically over his ears and rush from the theatre in shame and confusion." That was the view of 1914 as seen by the writer of the article, George Fitch. One cannot help wondering what he would have to say were he writing a simi- lar type of story in this year of 1064. OTTAWA REPORT. Lengthy Session Hits Attendance By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The House of Com- mons next week will attain its 200th sitting day of this session, which has already exceeded in length the previous record of 174 sitting days in 1961. This long Parliament has been a wrong Parliament too, wrong in approach to the nation's busi- ness, and wrong in respect to its own unbroken deliberations. Our MPs, of course, must spend many weeks of the year in their constituencies, If the House does not recess to per- mit them to do this, they will absent themselves from sittings to visit their constituencies. In years past, when all MPs received free passes for railway travel, there was always a large body of absenteeism known as the Tuesday-to-Thursday mem- ters Club. Its chiefly of MPs from constituencies in Ontario and Quebec, who would conven- iently go home by train jor a long weekend, and return in time for the Tuesday afternoon sitting. But now every MP can also obtain free passes for airline 'travel, so the Tuesday-to-Thurs- day club has broadened its membership to cover the whole of Canada,- This low attendance was es- pecially remarkable during the speech which MPs of all parties have professed to have awaited with eager impatience -- the spelling out of the details of the Canada Pension Plan by Health and Welfare Minister Judy La- Marsh. The bells ring at 2:30 p.m. on Mondays through Thur sdays and at 11 a.m. on Fridays, to summon MPs into the Chamber. The Speaker then reads pray- ers in English and French, after which the doors to the public QUEEN'S PARK Predictions Of galleries are opened. The public streams in, so do tardy and un- praying MPs. By 15 minutes after the appointed meeting hour, the attendance "of the House has reached its maxi- mum for the day--the late, late- comers have arrived and the early birds have not yet slipped out to light a cigaret, Question. period runs quite uniformly for an hour, and then the House gets down to debat- ing the business for the day. This is the signal for a general exodus. Thus, there was a small at- tendance at the time--a little after 4 p.m.--when Hon. Judy LaMarsh rose to deliver her long and detailed announce- ment describing the flesh and bones of the revised pension plan. Did word spread round the House like a prairie fire, sum- moning the early departers back to the Chamber to hear the' eagerly awaited speech? No. At 4:40 p.m. I counted 14 Liberals, 10 Conservatives, six New Democrats, two Social Crediters and no Ralliement des Creditistes MPs in the Chamber, Two cabinet ministers and a 'corporal's guard of other MPs were listening; others were reading newspapers, addressing envelopes, writing letters or sleeping. Miss LaMarsh concluded by saying; "I should like to thank honorable members for the at- tention they have shown in lis- tening without interruption to this statement," and sat down at 4:48 p.m. The object lesson of this 200- day. session, with a daily maxi- mum attendance running around 120 out of 265 MPs, is that Par- liament must agree to the pro- posed fixed dates for sessions and recesses. Changes In Laws By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--These indeed are rare and strange days. Now chief justices are speak- ing to service clubs and flying kites. Even the courts, it ap- pears, are growing into the Beatle age. Chief Justice George A. Gale, the new head of the Superior Court, made a speech to the Rotary Club here a short while ago. And Mr. Justice Gale went against tradition by not deliver- ing a dissertation on the history of the law or some other pro- found and non-controversial lec- ture in keeping with the dignity of his robes, He spoke as a per- son. He didn't quite say "'yeah, yeah, yeah,"' but he did give some thoughts which must have made traditionalists squirm. He forecast some. of the re- forms he thought we would see in the law over the next 100 - MAC'S MUSINGS The report made to city Council members that over 100,000 admissions were Recorded at the Simcoe Hall Boys' Club during The past year is a Convincing testimony to The need which existed for This institution, and the Manner in. which the Need is being filled. The Simcoe Hall Boys Club Will ever be a monument To the splendid service Given to the community By the volunteer workers Who labored so faithfully, And to those who gave The generous donations Which made it possible. It is acknowledged that Harold MeNeill and his Capable staff have done A. remarkable job in the Operation of the ehib With its many activities Which make for better Citizenship for the Future of our-elty, This could not have been Achieved, however, withont The willing work of the Women's Welfare League and The host' af volunteers Who have taken their part Th all the clib is doing These people deserve the Warm thanke of the eilivens, And particularly af the Parents of the hoya who Are finding in the club Activities to interest them, * And to help them become - Better men in the future, Noy, 25, 1064, years. And he forecast them with the blunt admission' that some of them he would actively oppose. The reforms covered a wide field, They covered matters such as abortion, divorce, drunk driving, obscene literature 'and other controversial topics which even politicians, let. alone judges, usually avoid like death. And some of the predictions were an open invitation to cranks to start banging at the chief justice's door. On obscene literature it would be up to the individual to read and watch whatever he wanted. In divorce incompatibility, along -with many other things, would become grounds. Just be- ing drunk could become a crim- inal offence. The judge's judgment on some of his predictions might be ques- tioned. But there are two points he made which have the full sup- port of at. least one observer. One was that preliminary hearings should be closed to the press. The chief justice pro- posed this so as to avoid influ- encing future juries. An even more important reason could be to avoid slander of innocent Persons, who now, even though found not guilty, suffer from the stigma of wide reporting in the press of the accusations against them, The second was that there would be compulsory' voting The first public' sentiment probably would be against this, but the writer is all for it To vote is an obligation of our system, just as much so as pay- ing taxes. If we forced people to follow their obligation we might find they would also come up with more interest in this system And I don't go along with the argument that their votes would be uninformed and, therefore, poor Most of those so indifferent hot to cast @ vote, would prob- abiy be indifferent enough to make podd choices, CHINA'S ADMISSION ' TO UNITED. NATIONS The Editor, The Oshawa Times. 4 Sir: Opinion polis indicate thay. favor, Counaa's" Fasggate today favor 's tion of the People's of China, which is the actual gov- ernment 'of one-quarter of the world's population. The major- ity of Canadians also favor China's admission to the United Nations in order to bring that isolated and powerful coun! into the councils of the worl Many large Canadian organi- zations have formally adopted this view, among them the Ca- nadian Labor Congress, the. United and Anglican Churches, 9 the National Farmers' Un- ion, Most Members: of Parliament also appear to favor this ie tion. Of 21 representativée' interviewed during a parliamen- tary lobby conducted by the Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on Nov, 9 and 10, twenty were in favor, at least in principle, with' only one op- posed. If our Government again votes against China's UN ad- mission and refuses recognition of that country, then our Gov- ernment clearly will no longer express the opinion of the Ca- nadian people. Our Govern- ment will again be succumbing to its fear of adverse American reaction. Yet the American election is now over, and thére are indications of a growing American awareness that their unrealistic China policy must be revised. On Dec. 1, the UN General Assembly meets and will again vote on the admission of China. Prime Minister Pearson and External Affairs Minister Mar- tin have said that they con- sider the present isolation of China dangerous to world peace. Let us, then, as indivi- dual citizens write to Prime Minister Pearson and our MPs before Dec. 1, urging them to act on our shared conviction that we cannot go on pretending that the People's Republic of China does not exist, especially since the regrettable explosion of their first atomic bomb. In- dividual letters are taken seri- ously by MPs. Such letters may yet tip the balance, Yours sincerely, STIG HARVOR, Chairman, Board of Directors, Canadian Campaign for Nuclear : Disarmament. 59 Hastey Street, Ottawa, Ontario, BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO November 25, 1939 Mayor John A, Coleman an- nounced that he would not seek re-election a8 mayor of Oohawe at the conclusion of his one-year term. Dr. §. J. Phillips was elected president of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club for the 1940 sea» son. He succeeded Dr. W. J. Langmaid. Oshawa's Red Cross Cam- paign to raise $25,000 resulted in a total of $37,145 being sub- scribed. 40 YEARS AGO November 25, Proposals were made for | donstruction of a new $300,000 hotel in Oshawa to be known as "Prince Edward Hotel". Prop- erty was secured at northwest corner of King and Mary streets from J. W. Borsberry. The new provincial highway between Oshawa and Bowman- ville was opened for traffic. John R. MeCaffrey, Bond street, 'listened in" on @ pro- gram from Aberdeen, Scotland, and W. 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