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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspopérs Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, DECEMBR 16, 1964--PAG 4 Should Reconsider Fate Of Old Robinson House It was unfortunate that the city council, in the last month of its period in should have suddenly de- cided, by motion, to demolish the "old Robinson House" near Lake- view Park in the south end of Simeoe street. This decision was takén in spite of urgent requests from the Oshawa Historical Society that the house be turned over to it, to be preserved as one of the city's historical places, and to provide for an extension of the collection of historical museum in the old Henry House. Officers of the Society are quite shocked at this sudden de- cision being made, without any pre- vious warning thatthe subject was going to be dealt with at last week's council meeting. Before any final action -- which would be a start at actual demoli- tion of the house -- is undertaken, it would be only fair that the His- torical Society have the opportu- nity to make representations to the 1965 council, setting out its plans for the Robinson House, and pro- viding an opportunity for further consultation on the future of the house, : The Oshawa Historical Society, made up of hard-working officers devoting their time and energy to preserving the worth-while histori« eal aspects of Oshawa, deserves some consideration in this matter, 'The Society is actually a child of city council, because it was organe ized in 1957 under the sponsorship of a city council committee. It is therefore natural that it should look to the council for support in the important work that it is trying to do, as a service to the community. The Robinson House - project which the Society has in mind is one of definite historical value to the city. It should be fully explored by consultations. between the city council and the society's executive before the house is irrevocably turned over to the wreckers. Socialist Resurgence? Conservative party leader John Diefenbaker has uttered a solemn warning to the people of Canada to which out for a resurgence of social- ism in this country. His remarks, it would appear, were inspired by the success of the New Democratic Party in two recent by-elections. Coupled with this factor, there are reports of increasing activity on the part of Canada's Socialist party in the province of Quebec. It is quite possible that Mr. Diefenbaker may be attaching too much importance to the NDP suc- cesses in two isolated by-elections. By-election results of this kind are quite likely to be reversed in a gen- eral election, in which all the re- sources of the two major parties are thrown into the fight. And be- cause of its position well to the right politically, the Conservative party is not likely to suffer from defections to the Socialists to the same extent as the Liberal party is likely to do. It is interesting to look back to what happened in the United King- dom when the Labor.party resur- gence took place following the first world war. As a result of the swing to Labor there, the Liberal party practically disappeared as an effec- tive political force. Labor took over both as the government and as the official oposition. Liberal represen- tation in the House of Commons went down almost to the vanishing point, and even today it holds only nine seats out of the 630 in the Commons, But the growth of Labor support did not make anything like the same inroads on the Conserva- tive party, which has more than held its own over the years. We are not suggesting a Labor upsurge in Canada sufficient to un- seat the Liberal party. Canada has so far not been fertile ground 'for socialistic principles. Yet tha are many people who, disappointed by the record of the present Liberal government, might turn to the Socialists rather than to the Con- servatives as an alternative, Britain's Sunday Laws A special committee of the British House of Commons, after three years of deliberations, has recom- mended to parliament extensive re- forms in the Jaws concerning obser- vance of the Sabbath Day. In its report, the committee came out with the statement that the coun- try's old Sunday Observance Act is arbitrary and its provisions ill-de- fined, and no longer serves its original purpose of encouraging people to go to church, The committee apparently wants the British people to have more entertainment and amusements on Sunday, not necessarily more games, particularly of the profes- sional variety. It recommends that theatres, variety shows, dance halls, circuses and fun fairs should be allowed to open on Sunday. It asks for a relaxation of the curbs on amateur sport on that day. But it comes down against having pro- fessional foothall and cricket, horse- racing, dog-racing and other sports Tye Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C.. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted), Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- iare Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation and the. Ontario Provincial Dailies Associotion, The Conadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, arid also the local news published therein. All rights of special des patches ore also reserved. Offices: Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, 640 Cathcert Street, Montreal P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PM eo cing by cerriers in Oshowa, Whitby, Ajox, , Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpeo!, Tounton, Tyrone, Dynborton, Enniskillen, Srone, Leskard, Brougham sf ah 'on, Claremont, Colurnbus, Greenwood, Kinsole, Raglon, Blockstock, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over SOc per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) cutside begiget delivery ereas 12.00 per year, Other Countries 15,00, USA. end Faces 24,00, Thomson Ontario; Sicert, haple Grove, which attract large crowds of spec tators on Sunday. There is another aspect of the re- port which is needed even more than its provisions for a more wide-open day. That is in respect to what can and what cannot be legally sold in the country's shops on a Sunday. This aspect of the law is in a comp- Jete tangle, and includes many ab- surdities, For instance, a razor blade can be sold on a Sunday as a "surgi- cal appliance for cutting corns", but not for shaving, Sunday billiards may be played in a public house, but not in.a pool parlor, And ordinary household items, which cannot be legally sold as such, can be sold if: they are imprinted with the words "Souvenir from Bournemouth" or any other place. The British people are strongly behind any move which will ration- alize their Sunday laws, remove their anomalies and provide greater freedom of choice for the subject. But there is still an impressive opinion opposed to the wide-open Sunday, and the government is cer- tain to make a. thorough test of public reactions before acting on the report, Other Editors' Views VICTORY FOR REASON (New York Times) The Soviet-American agreement to avert a showdown in the United Nations and open negotiations on peacemaking -assessments is a vic- tory for common sense. The nego- tiations can now proceed without prejudice either to Russia's claim that it retains the right to vote or to the United States view. that Mos- cow automatically loses its: vote unless it pays its arrears for the Congo and Mideast operations, NEEDED IN OTTAWA AS WELL AS WASHINGTON MUNICIPAL REFORM -- 3 Differences In Regions Bring Divergent Views Special to The Oshawa Times By GWYN KINSEY (Third of Four Articles) TORONTO -- Any moves by the Ontario government to- wards building county councils into regional governments will have to be strong enough to meet acute present needs yet flexible enough to permit dif- ferent rates of progress to- wards the regional objective. The differences in the stages of county development are re- flected in the areas represented by the members of the Legis- lature's select committee on municipal law, now preparing its final report. Lanark, a big squarish chunk of lovely but often intractable real estate smack in the middle of the eastern counties, has not felt the pinch of rampant urban development. Its MPP, Progres- sive Conservative George Gomme, speaks strongly in favor of traditional county, township, town and village gov- ernment. He doesn't think the committee should recommend anything more than the amalga- mation of services. NO SPRAWL WORRY ' Similar views have been ex- pressed by Morris Whitney of Prince Edward-Lennox. Prince Edward county is in effect an island; it has a strongly. agri- cultural.economy and does not have much worry about urban sprawl or the whiplash of neigh- bors' problems. On the other hand Metropoli- tan Toronto and York members, such as Hollis Beckett (York East), Alf Cowling (High Park) and Louls Hodgson (Scarbor- ough East) have been able to study at first hand the successes and failures of metro govern- ment and the relations between a rapidly expanding urban com- plex and a declining rural area. Allan Reuter (PC, Waterloo South) represents an area tee- tering on the edge of a metro- politan system. Waterloo is as unlike Lanark as Prince Edward is unlike York. They are a generation of economic development apart, But still there are facts of life in common, The biggest single common denominator is the multiplicity of municipal units Of the 978 Ontario municipali- ties, 276 have less than 1,000 population and another 384 have less than 3,000. The select committee was told the obvi- ous: Many of the municipali- ties are too small to support the amount of services being demanded, and. almost all of them are too small to plan on any coherent area basis. POPULATION RATIO Moreover, the rural-urban population ratio has changed drastically. In 1911 Ontario was 47.4 per cent a rural province, Fifty years later the rural pro- portion had dropped to 22.6 per cent, Between 1951 and 1963, in- U.S. Majority Still Opposes China In UN BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Red China's nuclear break-through will likely intensify the pressures, seat for that country. in the current United Nations session, for a UN Although American opinion is almost 3-to-1 against giving Red China membership in the UN y, it is also true that opposi- tion today is the lowest recorded since the first Gallup Poll on this issue in 1950, The following question was asked in the United States: | "DO YOU THINK SHOULD NOT BE UNITED NATIONS? Should 11% seeeneeoves 10 1950 1955 1961 .srcceccees 18 TODAY ssooves 20 COMMUNIST CHINA ADMITTED AS A MEMBER OF THE SHOULD OR Should Not No Opinion 58% 31% 67 23 65 17 57 23 Last year this same question was asked in Canada, and among those who knew Red China was not a member of the Jnited Nations, 53% were in favor of seating her in the world organization. Thirty-five per cent were against it and the rest (12%) had no opinion, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 16, 1964... An amendment to the British North America Act, giving the Canadian Parlia- ment power to amend the constitution in matters lying within 'federal jurisdiction solely, was passed by the British Parliament, 15 years ago today--in 1949. The amendment did not apply to provincial and educational rights applying to English and French languages, 1773--The so - called Bos- ton Tea' Party was staged in protest against a tax levy on the American colonies 1809 -- Napoleon Bona- parte was divorced from Josephine _ First World War Filty years ago today--in 1914--the English east coast towns of Scarborough, Har- tlepool and Whitby were bombarded by German cruisers, killing 113 and wounding 400 persons; Ger- man troops evacuated Dix- mude in Belgium, advanced in the Argonne and were re- pulsed in Alsace. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939 -- Germans were thrown back with heavy losses in a bitter Western Front engagement; the British health ministry reported that almost half of 1,230,000 Britons evacuated at the start of the. war had returned to their homes; Russia reported advances fm oorthern Finland, creases in assessed acreages of cities ranged from 20 per cent in Woodstock to 1,842 per cent in Cornwall. The shift from rural area to city has caused enormous strains on both -- strain which successive provincial govern- ments have attempted to ease by enlarging grants and, through boards and commis- sions, taking an ever more di- rect role in municipal govern- ment itself. The net result, how- ever, has not-been an appreci- able lessening 'of the strains but a confusion. of the provincial and municipal roles -- to the extent that a municipality can block a regional plan but a pro- vincial body, the Ontario Muni- cipal Board can tell a munici- pality whether a nursing home can be placed on a_ certain street. Town planner Norman Pear- son, now professor of geography at Waterloo University, says bluntly: "The grassrvots are dying in Ontario because of the lack of nutriment. -People forget that local government in Ontario is not a set of independent em- pires and petty principalities; it is set up by the province to do a job, and the piecemeal adjust- ments we try to make now from the local level upwards will sim- ply not work in a system which has always been set up from the top downwards; local gov- ernment is a creature of the province, and only the province can set it right. Far too much detail is now thrust upon the provincial government by the virtual collapse of local and re- gional government," Dr. Edward Pleva, head of the University of Western On- tario's geography department, SAYS: "Ontario has too many gov- ernmental units now and any system of administrative re- gions must be justified by the number of units it eliminates, not by the number of units it adds ... Basically we are in- terested in larger administrative units and the pattern may be derived from the best of "metro- politan', "amalgamation", "urban district', "conservation authority" thinking. I believe only the areas under the "urban shadow" should be subject to municipal re-organization now. In predominantly agricultural areas, the county has not out- lived its usefulness. "What is needed is a frame- work in which the best brains from both the county and the urban centres can work out solu- tions to problems that are neith- er urban nor rural but which are related to something en- compassing much more than either rural or urban. We no longer can permit ourselves the luxury of packaging 'urban' and 'rural' into separate boxes. Cer- tainly in Southern Ontario we no longer can deal with regional development on a Swiss-cheese basis." BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Dec. 16, 1939 Alderman Finley Dafoe and J. C, Anderson, KC, announced they would be candidates for mayor in the forthcoming muni- cipal elections. Oshawa received a subsidy cheque for $39,241 from the Ontario Government. It was personally delivered by Attor- ney-General Hon. Gordon D. Conant to Ald. J. C. Anderson, KC, chairman of finance The Oshawa Citizen's Commit- tee for assisting troops decided OTTAWA REPORT Caouette Great Admirer Of Queen By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Canadians who did not have the opportunity to witness the visit of Queen Eliza- beth to Quebec City in October probably tend to recall the oc- casion as one of bloody riots inspired by separatist or repub- lican rabble-rousers, The truth, we are beginning to learn, 'was something quite different. "French - language newspa- pers and the CBC gave pe torted publicity to the separa- tists," Real Caouette, Social Credit leader, told me in his office here. Blaming the CBC for much of the misunderstand- ing, he added: "Radio Canada took more pictures of riots in front of Quebec's City Hall than of the Queen during her visit." A spokesman for the St. John the Baptist Society urged Que- becers to stay home, Mr. Caou- eite. said. So people did stay home, because they were afraid of becoming involved in dis- turbances. But one individual, calling himself a representative of the SJBS, was not speaking for the members. "I have been a member for 25 years, and I would not have suggested that Canadians ,should not go out into the streets to cheer their Queen," Mr, Caouette said. REAL MEETS ROYALTY Mr. Caouette himself enjoyed a long talk with the Queen, and he described this to me. On Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 12, a state banquet and reception was given by the Queen at Gov- ernment House in Ottawa. Among the guests were cabinet ministers, the leaders of politi- cal parties, provincial premiers, and their wives. Madame Vanier, the wife of our governor-general, was talk- ing to Premier W. A, C, Ben- nett of British Columbfa. She asked him to point out to her Mr. Caouette. Mr. Bennett did so, and asked if he might intro- duce him to her. So Mr, Caou- ette soon found himself in con- versation with Madame Vanier, QUEEN'S PARK Child Welfare who then presented him to the Queen. They had an animated conversation together for ° be- tween 10 and 15 minutes. 'The Queen speaks beautiful French" Mr. Caouette told me. "I understand that you and your party achieved a consider- able success in the last elec- tion,' she remarked. But that was the only mention of poli- ties in their conversation. Soon in a folksy way they were discussing the weather in their respective homes. "I was talking to my mother on the telephone last night, and she said they have had two inches of snow in the north of Scot- land where she is living." "T have just come back from Rouyn, Quebec, and we have three inches there already," re- plied Mr. Caouette. SAYS QUEEN WISE What had impressed him most about the Queen, I asked. "She made a very wise re- mark, She said that one's own patriotism should not stop one's understanding of another's pat- riotism. And she showed wis- dom also when she said in Que- bec City that a dynamic state must not be afraid of revising its political philosophy. There is nothing surprising, she said, that a constitution set up nearly a century ago does not meet all the problems of today." Unlike, for example: 'the Lib- eral MP from Lotbiniere, Aug- uste. Choquette -- who stalked out of the House of Commons when the Queen was being men- tioned recently--Real Caouette is not a republican. He repeated to me that she represents the way of life, the individual free- dom, which we enjoy and want to retain. And he repeated his philo- sophy that when the Queen, a woman and a visitor, was in Quebec City, as the» honored guest of the province, nobody had the right to insult her, even if they harbored separatist am- bitions. Changes Coming By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Maijor changes in legislation will result from the report of the minister's 'advis- ory committee on child wel- fare, Welfare Minister Louis Cecile has already announced that he hopes to be able to bring'in a new Child Welfare Act at this session, There were a large number of proposals in the report. But essentially what it should bring about is a basic change in approach to child welfare. Historically the emphasis in eare of children 'who for one reason or another have been under the protection of the state has been at the local level. The responsibility has been mainly in the hands of local or- ganizations, almost entirely children's aid societies. The report recommends that now this should: be. changed; that the main burden of re- sponsibility in future should rest with the province. The care would still be local. The children's aid societies would 'still handle the actual work with the children. But the province would be- come the official guardian of all children under protection, And it would take a much more ac- tive direction of their care than it does now. SYSTEM DATED In making its recommenca- tions the committee didn't find any flagrant shortcomings with the present system. In fact you have to pretty well read between the lines to find any reasons at all. But you know that. what it really wants is a system that is in keeping with our times. And particularly one that is equal across the province. The present approach to child welfare is outdated, This is so principally be- cause the system of care has grown up on a "charity" basis, The children's aid societies, which dominate the picture, have grown up as voluntary or- ganizations which initially were based principally on charitable donations, Now almost all of their funds come from government sources, but they have been operating on the old voluntary concepts. This has meant that personal ' opinions of voluntary officers in some cases have had a large, influence. It generally has meant that standards of care to supply sports equipment for the Ontario Regiment. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 16, 1924 The Board of Education ac- cepted the resignation of Miss F. E. Hislop, for 42 years a member of the public schools teaching staff. Fred Bailes was elected pres- ident and Ewart MacKay secre- tary of the Oshawa Baseball Club for the 1925 season. have differed province. And above all it has meant that the provincial authorities have not had enough say, There throughout the particularly has been a fear of ~ offending those people who have been voluntarily working for the societies. This difficulty still won't be entirely overcome, but there should be a very important im- provement. MAC'S MUSINGS The events of these days Through which we are all Living are so filled with Portents for future good Or evil that there never Was a time when it was More important that people Should read their daily Newspapers and try to Understand the meaning of What is happening in many Countries of the world. Many people do not try To consider what events In far-away countries Can mean to their own Lives here in Canada and To the future of the Country in which we live, Yet it is a fact that When in far-away places The peace of the whole World is threatened, Everything we do here Is greatly affected. We pay higher taxes, We submit to controls On what we can make and How much we will have To pay for what we buy And our whole Canadian Way of life is influenced Because of the actions Of the Communist world. We cannot escape that Influence which comes from Events anywhere on earth, So it is necessary for us To try to understand What is behind the news As it is given daily In our newspapers, So that we may be better Prepared for what may come Should emergencies arise To change our way of life } Because some other country Thousands of miles away Wills it to be so. Dec, 16, 1964 READERS. WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times, ? AUTO INSURANCE o- Sir, To my mind, the article "In. surance Costs Need Exposure 'by Don O'Hearn, (Dec. 10), ey followed to its logical conclu- sion, would demand that the Ontario government take 'over the manufacture of automobiles and thereby eliminate money "going out in, selling and other incidental expenses, It makes little sense to re- duce the cost of insurance at the expense of some men's liv: ing, when one of the main rea- sons costs are so high is that people must have big cars full of costly chrome, etc. I call it vanity; others like to call it im- proved comfort and an appreci- ation of aesthetic values. It would be reasonable to cut costs of insurance as much as possible if corresponding auto- motive costs were reduced with the maximum use of automa- tion. It is obvious that no one bites the hand that feeds him, and consequently one leader knocks automation and another knocks salesmen. It-might cost me a few more dollars in insurance, 'but. the benefits I could derive from a capitalistic private enterprise society will always be more desirable. Yours truly, ». SAM CLEMENTS. 43 Wentworth street west, Oshawa. OPINIONS OF OTHERS MLF FLEET DOOMED Reports from West Germany indicate that country no longer believes the controversial Multi- lateral Nuclear Force (MLF) will ever be built. Lip service is still being paid to the idea, but the forces opposed to it seem to have the upper hand. President de Gaulle has made it clear that he will take any steps available to him, even in- cluding blows at NATO and the Common Market, to destroy the MLF. Prime Minister Wilson of Britain has made a number of incompatible statements, but he seems basically to be opposed to the MLF, or at best 'un- enthusiastic. President Johnson has said recently that the Amer- ican attitude to the MLF is "flexible", which could mean that the United States though once insisting that the MLF must be built, has changed its policy. (Montreal Gazette) on CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - An interesting and heartening aspect of the Oregon referen- dum abolishing capital punist- ment is that the decision was taken despite a potentially strong emotional provocation to the contrary. Just 13 hours before the polls opened, the state was shocked by news of a particularly hor- rible crime, A 16-year-old high school girl had been raped, mur- dered and her head nearly torn from her body. Even so, the vote to make no further use of the state's gas chamber was better than three to four, which was a_ bigger majority than the Eisenhower landslides of the last decade. In part this can be attributed to the leadership of Gov.. Hat- field and Senators Morse and Neuberger in the educational campaign for abolition; in part to the fact that there was. no organized opposition and per- haps in part to the mature sout- look of present-day Oregon voters. (St, Louls Post-Dispatch) LADY LUCK BUSY Carelessness in winter driving doesn't earn too much. 'ym- pathy should accidents. @ccur but as.in every December our accident rate is rising sharply and the only reason for it is that drivers of too many ve- hicles think they can 'be care- less because Lady Luck will see them through. The lady, some- times Jets them down. because she is too busy with others. --Sarnia Observer PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES WHEN YOU NEED MEDICINE FAST !! have your DOCTOR phone your PRESCRIPTION to Easiview 573 KING E. 725-3594 2 Cor delivery Pharmacy