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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1965--PAGE 4 ' gotiations when a Teachers' Hours Not As Short As Supposed The theme of the annual meeting of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, to para- phrase a well-known Gilbert-Sulli- van opera ditty, seems to have been: "A Teacher's Lot is Not a Happy One." Judging from the results of a survey prepared for the Federa- tion, the all-too popular idea that school teachers have an easy time of it, with very short working hours, is quite erroneous, Equally erroneous is the idea that the teach- er's working hours are confined to those actually spent teaching in the classrooms. That, the survey shows, is far from being the case. Among the facts elicited by the survey are these: Half of Ontario's high school teachers spend at least- 16 hours a week studying, prepar- ing lessons and presiding over ex- tra-curricular activities. Forty per cent of the teachers are carrying a work load "far beyond that from which even adequate. teaching could be expected." Eighty-seven per cent of the high school teachers spend 86 school periods a week teaching, carrying out supervisory duties or on office duty. The survey recommends a maximum of 30 teaching periods a week, but only 10 per cent of them now have that few classes, Harrison Murphy, principal of the Central Collegiate Institute in Oshawa, expresses views which seem to agree with the survey re- port. The trend to diversification of courses in high schools means that teachers have to prepare more les- sons, The increased number of op- tions now being taught has result- ed in a sharp increase in the time teachers must spend in preparation. And Mr, 'Murphy also __ believes teachers should be relieved of time- consuming clerical work. All of this adds up to the conclu- sion that the life of a school teach- er is not the short hours bed of roses which too many people be- lieve it to be. Dedicated teachers spend time in their work far be- yond the call of duty, because of their earnestness in preparation, and their devotion to extra-curri- cular activities. We doubt if there are many of them whose working time is down to the 40 hours a week level generally accepted in in- dustry and business. Plans To Avert Strikes A labor-management panel which was set up 18 months ago by the late President Kennedy to study the evils of labor-management strife has come up with some recommend- ations which are very much in line with views which have recently been expressed in this column. One plan which the report of the panel favors can be given in brief in these terms: Instead of holding only crisis ne- labor union's " contract is about to expire or has expired, employers and unions should hold continuing discussions, ' exploring complaints and means of = solving problems of the age of auto- = mation. The report says: - tive traditional "However successful and effec- bargaining have been, management and labor today are confronted with bargaining problems far more complicated than ever before, Their very complex- ities defy the quick and easy solu- tion, and more stubbornly resist the pressure tactic of the impending deadline. "For such problems, time and study are among the~essential in- gredients needed, and the normal period of contract bargaining need- ed, by itself, doés not provide enough of either." ¥ Although these proposals were made by a United States Board, they apply with equal force to Can- adian labor-management relations, particularly in view of the inter- locking nature of both industry and labor unions in these two countries. Were they to be put into effect, and the logic of continuing discussions accepted by both sides, there would be very few occasions on which drastic strike action would be nec- essary to solve disputes. Indeed, there would be few occas- ions in which serious disputes would arise if there were closer consulta- tion and more effective avenues. of communication between manage- ment and the labor unions in the major industries. Quebec Break Dangers The rift in the Conservative party between its leadership and the Quebec group of Conservative mem- * bers could lead to a very undesir- able situdtion in Canadian politics. In the records of the past, while * Quebec has usually shown a strong partiality to the Liberal party, there have been occasions when the Conservatives broke through to * break the Liberal hold in the pro- - vince in the federal field of politics. In the reciprocity election of 1911, Sir Robert Borden broke the " solid Laurier Liberal bloc, only to ~ Albert, Mople Grove, © Oreno, lose the province's support in the conscription election of 1917, when Laurier won it back for the Liberal party. Tbe Oshavwn Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C, ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawo Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays ond Statutory holidays excepted). 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Other Provinees and Commonwealth Countries 15.00, ~ USA,,ond foreign 24.00, In 1930, R. B. Bennett managed to pick up enough support from Quebec province to. put his party in power for a period of five years. But from then until 1958, the elec- tions regularly gave handsome mar- gins to the Liberals. John Diefenbaker, in the 1958 overwhelming victory of the Con- servatives, took 50 seats to 25 for the Liberals. But in 1963, this number was cut down to eight, while the Liberals won 57.and the Credistes 20. The revolt of the Quebec Conser- vatives against their party leader- ship aparent at the present time, will go strongly against the party's hopes in that province in the next election. There is, indeed, a grave danger that Quebec might for a long time to come, become a one- party province, unless the Credistes can regain what they lost in the last election. This would constitute an undesir- able. situation in Canadian politics, because a solid bloc from Quebec, supporting one party, could place the balance of power in the House of Commons in the hands of the French-Canadian. members. That would imperil Canadian unity, be- cause it might in other provinces create an anti-Quebec feeling and harden political attitudes there. For the ultimate good of Canada, it" is highly desirable that the breach in the Conservative ranks be healed BS soon as possible, 2, ay 6 WAX Wii a --il MAYA igh t yy Wit Hy) WILL THE REAL NEW YEAR STAND UP ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD Board Was Developed To Help Municipalities By GWYN KINSEY Special to The Oshawa Times (First of Three Articles) TORONTO -- You've bought a house on a residential street. One day you learn that the zon- ing 'classification may 'be changed to permit. the construc- tion of a gas station or an office block on the corner. You object, but probably be- cause they want the extra assessment, your local 'munici- pal officials ignore your objec- tions. You persist -- and by and by you find yourself putting your case to the Ontario Municipal Board. Or you think you are being grossly over-assessed, or you're not being paid enough for that slice of your property taken for a new road. Again, if there's no local adjustment of your griev- ances, your case goes before the OMB. Then you begin to realize how deeply this tribunal, the Ontario Municipal Board, affects the lives of Ontario's citizens. FAR REACHING POWERS The realization would. grow if you went into. municipal politics. You would then find the Board policing your municipal finan- cing, ruling on your. official plans, deciding"on any special tax levies you may have thought up or any capital spending you've planned You might damn the Munici- pal Board for its "'inter- ference'. You wouldn't be the first to do so, and certainly not the last. You would be in the company of such as North York's. former reeve Norman Goodhead, who called the OMB "the most undemocratic mal- function ever foisted on a dem- ocratic society', That was after the Board had turned down an apartment project. But in your calmer and more thoughtful moments, you would undoubtedly agree that if there were no Municipal Board, some- thing like it would have to be invented. EARLY DEVELOPMENT The Ontario Municipal Board is rooted in necessity. Its origins go back to the early fumbling efforts. at provincial govern- ment. It was an established body before the Department of Municipal Affairs was thought of. The Ontario government set up a Bureau of Industries in 1882. It was authorized to de- mand from municipal officials such information as it required --the first attempt to compile municipal data in the province. Fifteen years later a provin- cial municipal auditor was ap- pointed. He had authority to prescribe the system of book- keeping to be used by munici- palities and school boards, to audit municipal accounts and investigate municipal affairs. The present deputy minister of Municipal Affairs, Palmer, comments: "It appears that the potential control was much closer than was ever practised." In 1906 the Legislature set up the Ontario Railway Municipal Board. It was to take the place of the railway com- mittee of the Executive Council. Its duties were to help munici- palities to pass and enforce leg- islation in certain areas without having to obtain a special act of the Legislature, and to pro- vide some control over the many provincial railways in operation at the time The first Board had a chair- man and two members; the chairman had to be a lawyer and his opinion on legal ques- tions prevailed. Later the Board was increased to five/ Today it has a chairman, three vice- chairmen and eight members. FUNCTIONS CO-ORDINATED A bureau of Municipal Affairs was established in 1917. It elim- inated the provincial municipal auditor and the Bureau of In- dustries. The director of the Bureau was to be a member of the Railway and Municipal Board. This brought about the co-ordination of statistical, auditing and supervisory func- tions with the municipal work of the Railway and Municipal Board. The new Bureau, incidentally, was required from time to time to report on such specific mat- Canada Should Follow A former Conservative cabi- net minister helped a Labor back bencher win his- 30-year fight to abolish capital punish- ment when the British House of Commons voted by more than {two to one te end hanging. The Tory is Henry Brooke, who as home secretary six times had the responsibility of deciding whether a condemned murderer should mount the gallows or be reprieved. It was that experi- ence, he told a hushed Com- mons which had. persuaded him that there should be no more executions, at least for a- five- year trial period. The Laborite who sponsored the bill is Sidney Silverman, 69. He condemned the death pen- alty as "a grotesque barbaritw" and "this cold, callous, brutal ritual,"' And so it is, It is to be hoped that when the Canadian Parliament passes judgment on comparable legislation and also under a free (no-party) vote, it will decide as humanely. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 5, 1965... The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the govern- ment's. right to delegate some of Parliament's au- thority to wartime control- lers under the War. Mea- sures Act, 22 years. ago ta- day -- in 1943. The unani- mous opinion placed a stamp of approval of the system of wartime adminis- "tration, 1799--Turkey and formed an alliance 1933--Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge died ,__ First World War #ilty years ago today--in Britain 1915--heavy fighting contin- ued in Alsace; Russian troops captured Uzsok- Pass in the Carpathians . and gained control of valuable Austrian oilfields; a British naval squadron bombarded Zeebrugge Seeond World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- British War Secretary Leslie Hore-Be- lisha resigned during a ma- jor cabinet shake - up; French guns pounded a Ger- man village 10 miles behind German lines; Finns told of a second victory over Rus- sian troops in the far north and- ters as municipal housing and slum clearance. The next big change came in the early 1930s. With depres- sion-hit municipalities going bankrupt, there had to be a drastic revision of provincial control over municipal affairs. The Ontario Municipal Board Act was passed in 1932. It replaced the Railway and Mu- nicipal Board Act, the Bureau of Municipal Affairs Act, the Mu- nicipal and School Accounts Act, and Section 304 of the Municipal Act which provided for approval of money bylaws. It gave the Municipal Board authority to appoint a commit- tee of supervisors to manage the affairs of municipalities unable to meet. their financial obliga- municipalities were placed under supervision, DEPARTMENT CREATED The work was too heavy for the three Board members, and in 1935 the Department of Mu- nicipal Affairs was created, and took over the 'administrative duties which had been handled by the Board. Now the much enlarged Mu- nicipal Board carries out. statu- tory duties only. Its procedures and general powers derive from the Ontario Municipal Board Act, but its actual duties and functions are also found largely in the Assessment Act, the Plan- ning Act and the schools acts, and .there are many other statutes which in a lesser de- gree confer some authority or function on the Board, MAC'S MUSINGS As we start to count off The days of a New Year, We have before us .the Thought that if a man Lives to attain the allotted Span of life, which is Seventy years, then his Lifetime will consist of About 25,500 days. As we look back over The years that we have Already spent in the world We realize, with something Of a rude awakening, That our days are numbered, That we have used up our Allotment, and have left Only a scant portion Of the days that were Ours when life began, As we ponder the fact That life's normal span Has only 25,500 days Should we not also think Of how we have spent The days already gone? Have they been used Wisely and well, or have They been squandered in Living for ourselves alone. As we think over the days We have wasted or perhaps Those that were well spent, Should we not also count Those that would normally Be left for our use, and Decide how to make the Best use of those that Are still left to us? Should we not resolve That 'as we strike off Eacy day of our portion, That will be lived As if it were our last, In doing what we can To make the span of life A blessing to those with Whom we come in contact, So that when all of our -- Days are spent, we will: Leave behind a precious Memory in the hearts and Minds of all those who Called us their friends --Jan. 5, 1965, WASHINGTON CALLING Great Society Ambitious Plan By GORDON DONALDSON WASHINGTON (Special) This year President Johnson begins his drive towards the "Great Society' -- a dream place where all Americans will enjoy the fruits of the fantas- tic U.S. economy, freed from ignorance, want and injustice. The ancient Greeks founded a civilization through a privileged class which had the time to think while slaves did the dirty work. In Johnston's version, every- one will belong to the privileged class and automated machines will serve as slaves. He will try to wipe out pov- erty, care for the old people and, through _ massively- financed research, cure killers like cancer and heart disease. His idea is not new but, John- son says, 'for the first time in man's history we really have the resources to make it pos- sible." According to present esti- mates of the state of the Ameri- can economy, the president is right. The gross national prod- uct -- the sum of all goods and services produced rose by forty billion dollars to an esti- mated $624 billion in 1964 and should go up by a further $34 billion this year. The increase alone' was almost as big as Canada's gross national product of $45 billion. WILL CUT TAXES Mr. Johnson, who likes to think of himself as a moderate conservative, does not plan to cure poverty by redistributing the wealth. Instead he will cut taxes by chipping odd _ billions off the one hundred billion dol- lar federal budget. He hopes to do for the backward areas of America what the Marshall Plan did for shattered postwar Europe. The key to his 'Great Soci- ety' is education. If he can train the school dropouts in the rundown areas to fit themselves for an automated society, they will not just be carried along by the economy but will power it. At present QUEEN'S . PARK the "Great Soci- ety" is a dream. Before the end of the Johnson administra- tion it could become a shop- worn slogan like John Diefen- baker's "vision" of the Cana- dian North. Mr. Johnson doubts that he will achieve the golden goal in his lifetime. All he says is that it-can be reached if the nation is willing to try. JUNKYARD DILEMMA There's nothing like a wifely nag to get things moving. So when Lady Bird Johnson told Lyndon she couldn't stand the sight of the auto junkyards that fester along the highways, LBJ had to say he'd do. someting about them. But what? In the past Ameri- can cars progressed from the roads to the used car lots to the wreckers, then to a proces- sor who would melt down what was left and ship it back to the auto factories as new steel. Now the scrap market is dry- ing up. More than five million cars are reaching the junkyards each year, The junkmen, hoping eventually for higher prices, are spreading wrecks like crops across disused farms. They spoil the tourist busi- ness. And, says Mr. Johnson "they drive my wife mad." So his task force on natural beauty is looking for a solution. One suggestion: Dump them into the sea to form artificial reefs which will attract. fish. RIDE 'EM, FISH BOY! The fisherman of the future will be an underwater cowboy riding a midget submarine and herding fish into a corral with the aid of trained dolphins. This is the vision of Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, oceano- grapher and dean of the Insti- tute of Technology at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. In an article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists he says dol- phins could be trained as under- water sheepdogs to help in the round-up, He estimates that the harvest of food from the sea could be increased five to one hundred times by raising "aqua- culture" to the level of modern agriculture, Man Of The Year In Legislature BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO--In talking about a 'man of the year' around here most people would auto- matically turn to Premier John Robarts. Mr. Robarts has had a good year. He has figured promi- nently on the national scene. And his province has had a booming 12 mionths. However the writer does not choose Mr: Robarts Firstly, because though Mr. Robarts has led good govern- ment, very little of it yet can. be called his government. Most of his major accomplishments to date have been inherited--they were initiated by the Frost re- gime. Then secondly it is my. belief, at least, that these times and particularly the times that are coming, call for vigorous, im- aginative and bold leadership. And as yet Mr. Robarts hasn't shown he has those qualities, He has given some indication he may have at least a touch of them. But whether he really does, and to what degree, still has to be shown. : CHOOSES LEWIS Rather my choice is a very young man. And I choose him BY-GONE DAYS | 20 YEARS AGO January 5, 1945 One hundred and_ sixty-six city-owned lots, representing a total assessment of . $58,560, were sold during 1944. 3 The Oshawa Railway Com- pany buses transported 3,684,- 404 passengers in 1944 for a record year, with 20 buses oper- ating. This number showed an increasé of 647,702 over the previous year with 16 buses in operation, according to Super- {ntendent J. H. McDiarmid. A. E, 'Ted' Johnston was in- Stalled as president of the Osh- awa Kiwanis Club. 35 YEARS AGO January 5, 1930 Russell Gay won top score of 22 out of 25 at the annual Osh- awa Gun Club shoot held on New Year's day. The 1930 civic elections for council resulted as follows: Wil- liam Boddy, S. H. Jackson and W. J. Sulley,. southwest ward; George Hart, Thomas Knox and George Gummow, southeast ward; George. Morris, A. C, Cameron and .Clifford Harman, northwest ward; Thomas Hawkes, Peter MacDonald and W. G. Bunker, northwest ward; Edmund Jackson, J. B. Water- ous, Cedardale, Mayor T.. B. Mitchell was returned to office by acclamation. John Stacey, Frank Mason, Gordon D. Conant and W. H. Ross were elected to the' first Oshawa' Public Utilities Com- mission, principally because of the hope he has offered for the future. This man is Stephen Lewis, the 29 - year .. old rookie NDP member from Toronto-Scarbor- ough. Mr. Lewis in one year has shown there is or could be, a new political breed on the way up which will be able to handle the problems which lie ahead: and which probably will be of a better political standard than the generation immediately pre- ceding it i Mr. Lewis was elected to the legislature in the fall of 1963 and sat through his first session last winter. In' his. very first speech he made a dramatic impression. And soon he stamped himself as probably the most able orator in the House. He also soon showed that he was exceptionally well informed and had a back - ground of breadth, Then this summer he scored in another area when he master- minded the NDP's successful byelection in Toronto Riverdale. And a short while later he played an important part in the party's federal by-election vic- tory in Waterloo South, GOOD COMBINATION In other words he is a com- bination of a good parliamen- farian and a good ground-level politician. And he is likable. He has con- fidence, but with it a tone of humility, He has shown himself to be a strong fighter, but, so far at least, not a dirty one. And he undoubtedly has sincer- ity. _ There are things you can cri- ticize in him, An important one is that he has the zeal of the idealist, and with this some apparent blind- ness to practicalities. He ap- pears so immersed in what should happen that he ignores the hows and whys. But he is still developing and maturing. And he is a bright spot in this House and province. OPINIONS OF OTHERS POVERTY AND PARKING The news that 20,000 univer- sity students have borrowed nearly $20. million in the first few weeks of Ottawa's new student loan program may sur- prise some Canadians. They might wonder that so many students are so desperate for money as to go into debt to this extent, They may wonder, too how these students and their pre- decessors got by in all the years before the federal loan scheme came into being, especially since Canada is now said to be on the crest of its greatest- ever wave of prosperity, If they are taxpayers, they may wonder how fast and how high this tide of borrowing will rise. Meanwhile, we have a new and surprising assessment of student stringency. In view of this pressing pov- erty, it seems strange that overcrowding of student park ing lots remain such a problem. --(Vancouver Province) HEIR'S HAIR Prince Charles of England (not yet, though soon to be, of Wales) is the heir to the British throne. He has come under criticism lately for having hair unruly and long, resembling that of a theatrical group called the Beatles. This is not unusual in a youth of 16 years. Nor is the fact, unearthed through. palace gossip, that he has been heard listening to the type of music the Beatles play, A considerable number of Vancouver people of his age do seem to be interested in it, however incomprehensible -- it may be to their elders, To the prince's critics it seems fair to point out that drawing parallels at this stage of the game is a rather flimsy basis on which to assess the prince's qualification for high office. That, in time, will de- end not on his hair, but what is underneath it. --(Vancouver Sun) WEAPONS SENSE Defence Minister Paul' Hellyer's $1.5 billion defence weapons program makes sense in most phases. The fact that he carefully skirted the politically-thorny question of nuclear weapons is disappointing. That he should commit the government to the purchase of a rocket-assisted, homing torpedo delivery sys- tem (ASROC) and say "these weapons are not intended to be used as nuclear carriers under present government policy" is an indication of how carefully he chose his words. All three servics now Hav th green light to develop a weapon armory necessary to make them. effective in the years ahead. In all probability they can do so if they are left alone to get on with their job. In the implementation of some of Mr. Hellyer's drastic policies there have been indications that the service chiefs were dragging their feet. The excuse that the top commands were divided can no longer be used now the three services have been integrated. ' --Hamilton Spectator DISCOURAGING THRIFT With the Government promis- ing everyone the old age pen- sion, a contributory pension, making inexpensive hospitaliza- tion. available, with the promise of some sort of medical plan in the offing, it appears as though the future and old age is pretty well taken care of in this favored country. When every- thing is taken into considera- tion, what real reason is there for thtift any more? --Rodney Mercury BIBLE THOUGHT "For unclean spirits, erying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city." Acts 7 8 The Lord is still able to rid lives of the devil, disease and destruction, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and for- ever." PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES quality workmanship ae We guarantee the our own Service staff. Why don't you trust your oil furnace to their care? 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