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She Oshawa Cimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1965--PAGE 4 'City And County Plans For Tuberculosis Survey Plans are now being made for a mass X-Ray survey of Oshawa and Ontario County by the local district -branch of the Canadian Tubercu- losis Association. While the im- * provement in the incidence of tuber- culosis in this area, and indeed, throughout Canada, has been quite remarkable during the last 20 "years, it is still necessary to exer- cise the greatest vigilance in ensur- ing that this improvement may be - continued to the point of complete 'eradication. The most effective measure which can be taken is that of conducting periodical mass sur- veys, so that any new cases can be detected in their early stages 'and treatment started at once so 'that cures may be effected. The Oshawa and Ontario County "Branch of the Tuberculosis Asso- ciation, and previously the Oshawa -Kiwanis Club, have been active in "promoting anti-tuberculosis meas- "ures. Previous mass X-Ray survey "were made in 1955 and 1960, The increase in public interest is shown by the fact that while 38.5 per cent of the people of the area covered participated in the survey in 1955, this was increased to a 64.5 per cent participation in 1960. Even that figure, however, 18 not good enough, and various com- mittes of the district association are already at work organizing for the coming survey in order to make it as close as possible to a 100 per cent response. It is in the interest of every in- dividual to take part in this effort to check on the incidence of tuber- culosis. The X-Ray method of de- tection of cases in their early stages can save lives, and also enable pa- tients to undergo curative treat- ment early enough to ensure suc- cess. Thus, for their own sakes, it is to be hoped that the people of Oshawa and Ontario County will take full advantage of this effort to keep tuberculosis under control in this district. | Canadian Homes In U.K. - The campaign of the Canadian 'government and the Canadian lumber industry to introduce Cana- -dian-style timber housing into 'Britain has had its first real ; measure of success. As a result of *demonstrations held in England * and Scotland, where single homes «were built in separate areas to t show what could be done with the Suse of Canadian lumber, the muni- * cipal council of the town of Luton, ein Bedfordshire, has placed an order * for the construction of 100 of these * Canadian-style homes. They will be * built as what are known in Britain «as council houses -- homes built by =the municipal councils for rental at *low rents, or for sale. For the last two or three years, «the Canadian government has been 'conducting a campaign to interest "British building authorities in *timber homes. This Luton order is the first break-though into the imass production market, in which "there are tremendous possibilities : for future development if the Luton : homes prove economical and satis- ' factory for British conditions. Cer- tainly the Luton venture will be watched with interest by other municipal] authorities. The demonstration carried on by the Canadian government proved that these timber homes can be built much more quickly than the traditional brick and mortar homes. They can also be built at less cost. The Canadian-style homes will cost the Luton council from $6900 to $8400, which is somewhat below the level of the cost of the brick homes in that rapidly-expanding section of England. Very few homes of comparable size would sell in the Luton area for less than $9000. : These prices seem low by Cana- dian standards, but labor costs in Britain are much less than they are in Canada, and those make up a large proportion of the cost of a house. The test to which these homes will be subjected, however, will be on the basis of their com- fort and convenience for British conditions, and the extent to which they are attractive enough to ap- peal to British tastes. 'Bilingualism In Canada It has taken the Dominion » Bureau of Statistics three years to > produce its report on the extent of - bilingualism in Canada, based on . the census taken in 1961. In view . of the present controversy over bi- ' culturism and bilingualism in Can- 'ada, that report, although belated, * is of great interest and importance. - The surprising figure in the re- * port is that which shows that only "42.2 per cent of the total popula- * tion of Canada claimed that. they bcould speak' both English and } French. Of those who were rated * as being bilingual, 73 per cent were * of Frencn origin. Half of the others Flived in Quebec. Of Canadians + whose ethnic origin was in the f British Isles, only 4.4 per cent * claimed to be able to speak French. But 30 per cent of those who were + of French origin could speak Eng- : She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R, ©. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY. Editor T Jhawa Times combining The Oshowo Times © (esteblisned 1871) ond. the Whitby Gazette and * Chronicle estoblished 1863)° is published daily « tatuto: holidays excepted). y Sundays ond yr ory . : eas 3 of Da ers Association. 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Of the total population, 67.4 per cent could speak only English and 91.1 per cent could speak only French. A significant fact about this language situation is that there has been practically no change in the degree of bilingualism in the census figures compiled for 1931, 1941, 1951 and 1961: If anything the degree of bilingualism, in pro- portion to the total population, has if anything, declined in the period between 1951 and 1961. The num- ber of persons able to speak both English and French 'increased by 29.2 per cent .in these 10 years, while the total population increased by 30.2 per cent. In 1931, 12.8 per cent of the population was bilin- gual, In 1961, that had dropped to 12.2 per cent. Quebec, New Brunswick and On- tario have 92.4 per cent of all Cana- dians of French origin. These same three provinces have 87.2 per cent of all the. bilingual Canadians. Que- bec has the highest rate, 25 per cent; New Brunswick has 19 per cent and Ontario 7.9 per cent. These. figures' are enlightening in that they show the advantage which Quebec has over the other provinces in respect to being bilin- gual. With government appoint- ments now more and more demand- ing that applicants be bilingual, this would seem to give the French- Canadians of Quebec a decided: ad- vantage. over others. And by the same token, it constitutes a warn- ing to Ontario that a great deal more attention should be. paid to having more of its people bilingual, SIMPKING SSS ANZ CANADA EXPECTS QUEBEC VIEWPOINT Sees Atmosphere For Election Unhealthy This is a selection of ed- itorials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. .. Quebec L'Action--. . . It is to be feared that we are al- ready in a pre-election at- mosphere .. . and whether it comes in: the spring or the summer, the next election will take place in a very un- healthy atmosphere. Even. if the Dorion commission clears various cabinet ministers of accusations now dogging them, their party will remain marked The Conservative party is Split. Its Quebec leader (Leon Balcer) is about to resign. Several MPs will follow. So Mr. Diefenbaker's chances in Quebec are near zero. And his stubbornness on the flag has already }argely discredited him. As for Social Credit, it split in two after the 1963 election and no patching is possible. GALLUP POLL . . . Despite the strong per- sonality of Real Caouette, the party is unlikely to have the success it had in 1963. And it is hard to see the Robert Thompson group getting established in Quebec. The New Democratic Party still suffers from two congen- ital difficulties: It has no pro- vincial leader and no _ pro- gram that will appeal to French-Canadians. Rightly or wrongly, the NDP seems a foreigner among us. ; The weakness of the opposi- tion parties reinforces the government. party in Quebec. The government also has to its credit the fact it gave Ca- nadians a distinctive national flag. But will the flag win Mr. Pearson votes in other prove inces? Mr. Diefenbaker is bet- ting it won't. . . . The Con- servative party is counting on rejection of the Red Ensign to win it votes in the next elec- tion. True, some English-lan- guage newspapers supported PUBLIC'S APPROVAL IS REVERSED BY PEARSON By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Canadians show little. enthusiasm for either L. B. Pear son or John Diefenbaker as Prime Minister. Less than half the voters think Mr. Pearson makes the best Prime Minister for Canada and less than a quarter name Mr. Diefenbaker as best PM. This is a reversal since 1957 when 51% ofthe people thought Mr. Diefenbaker would make a better Prime Min- ister than Mr. Pearson, who won support from 26% of the people. When it comes to party loyalty, far more Liberals (84%) believe Mr. Pearson makes the best Prime Minister. Only sixty-four per cent of Conservatives choose Mr, Diefenbaker, The question: "REGARDLESS OF YOUR OWN POLITICAL FEELINGS, WHICH DO YOU THINK WOULD MAKE THE BEST PRIME MINISTER FOR CANADA -- LESTER B. PEARSON OR JOHN DIEFENBAKER?"' 1957 Pearson 26% Diefenbaker 51 Both same 10 Undecided 13 100%, 1 00%, 1960 1963 TODAY 34% 33% 46% 36 40 23 17 14 16 13 13 15 100%, 100% In a breakdown of Party affiliations Liberals give over- whelming support to Mr. Pearson: Diefenbaker ..+.++ Both same . Undecided See eeeeeeessone Liberals Conservatives Other 84%, 9% 35% 64 26 14 32 13 7 100% 100% "100% TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 20, 1965... King George V died and Edward, Prince of Wales, proclaimed king, 29 years ago today--in 1936. Edward, who- never was crowned King Edward VIII, reigned only a few months, how- ever, abdicating later that year to marry twice - di- vorced' Wallis Warfield Simpson. George VI, father of the present Queen, then succeeded to the throne. 1841 -- Hong Kong was ceded to Britain as a crown colony. 1949 -- Harry § Truman took the oath of office as president of the U.S First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--Russian armies began to attempt to prevent Ger- man troops in Poland link- ing up with their armies in East Prussia; Princess Pa- tricia's Canadian Light In- fantry were withdrawn from the front 'trenches for rest after 48 hours constant duty Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- Winston Churchill, in a 'broadcast warned that the war would spread to neutral nations in northern and southern Eu- rope; French and German patrols skirmished in Ger- man territory; Russian planes bombed Finland; the Italian government approved its biggest budget since the First World War. Mr. Pearson on the flag ques- tion, but others fought it. To whatever extent one can say the press mirrors opinion, part of the English population must be expected to react against the Liberals for keep- ing that clection promise. . . « --Louis-Philippe Roy. (Jan. 7) Sherbrooke La Tribune --The revolution initiated by Quebec on the constitutional plane is having effects in all provinces. Its ideas are being adapted to the peculiar needs of these provinces... . A new form of. Confedera- tion is being fashioned in Ot- tawa where all the provincial governments are working to draw up plans to assure themselves of wider and more effective participation in the running of federal affairs. It is in Quebec that this peaceful revolution has really got under. way... . / Aston- ished to begin with, the Eng- lish provinces have watched Quebec in ferment. Until re- cently they have been timid, but one after another they have cocked an attentive ear to these developments and then finally have got around to taking a good look at them- selves.. From Quebec's solu- tions to the problem of im- proving its position within Confederation, our sister provinces have begun to see that there are means of im- proving their own lot, One after another, they have realized that the. federal state can best serve Canada's interests by changing its at- titude toward the role of the provinces. Drawing up their resolutions in their own way, they have unknowingly adopted the pace of quiet rev- olution set by Quebec with the phenomena; result that ail Canada now is in the throes of precisely this kind of revolu- tion.--(Jan. 7) YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO January 20, 1940 The contract for the erection of Oshawa's proposed new post office and customs house was awarded to Frontenac Construc- tion Co. of Toronto at an esti- mated bid of $234,350. David Haverson was honored on the occasion of his resigna- tion from work with the St, Andrew's United Church Sun- day School, following 53 years of service. The Oshawa Junior Chamber of Commerce received its char- ter from the Ontario representa- tive of the Dominion Board of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce at a meeting presided over by Cyril Schofield, presi-: dent of the local organization. 40 YEARS AGO January 20, 1925 Two Oshawa rinks skipped by L./ 0. Clifford and A. G, Lam- bert entered the Tankard finals competition after winning the district Tankard Cup at the Osh- awa Curling Club W. E. N. Sinclair, KC, MPP, was re-elected. president of the Oshawa Red Cross Society. Mrs. F. W. Cowan was re-elected convener of the Executive George Hart and Sons, owners of. Oshawa Dairy Ltd., pur- chased the local coal and wood business of R. C. Henry and Co. OTTAWA REPORT Promise Was Not Fulfilled By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Closure has been described as "'the throttling of Parliament." What is closure Standing Order No, 33 of the House of Commons provides: 'Immedi- ately before the order of the day for resuming an adjourned debate is called, any minister of the Crown may move that the debate shall not be further pm rato In other words, the debate would be ended, and the deciding vote taken, before the House rises at the end of that day's business, 8.0, No. 33 continues: "Such question (of closure) shall be decided (i.e. voted upon) with- out debate or amendment. And if the same shall be resolved in the affirmative, no member shall thereafter speak more than once, or longer than 20 minutes; and if the debate shall not have been concluded before one o'clock in the morn- ing, no member shall rise to speak after that hour, but all such questions as must be de- cided (i.e. voted upon) in order to conclude the debate shall be decided forthwith." HISTORIC CASE This machinery was invoked by the late Hon. C. D. Howe, when minister 'of trade and commerce, in the notorious pipeline debate in 1956. Speak- ing on the very first day of debate on the pipeline, he said that he would invoke closure. the following day. That was in- deed a_ throttling of Parlia- ment, and was considered to have been a major factor con- tributing to the electoral defeat of the Liberal government the following year, In the 1957 election, the new Conservative leader, John Die- fenbaker, stumped the country, blasting the Liberals for abro- gating the right of Parliament to debate. He promised that, if elected to power, he would abol- ish Standing Order No. 33. In his first speech in the House of Commons after be- coming prime minister, he ad- mitted that closure 'has .been proven necessary in times QUEEN'S PARK past", and continued: 'Du the election campaign I sai and I am unchanged in this viewpoint, that having regard to its potential danger} as was evidenced so clearly so short a time ago, we in' at the first opportunity to move the neces- sary motion to remove closure from the rules of the House of Commons, to the end that Par- liament: will be restored to something of its ancient glory." This intent was repeated in the throne speech at the open- ing of several sessions in the Diefenbaker years. Yet this "first opportunity" never seemed to come. In fact in 1959 Mr. D perhaps indicated some doubts on the point, for he told the House that "when the. government has given the matter consideration, it will be brought to the attention of the House." Meanwhile, as any wit- ness of Parliament in 1964 can vouch, the "ancient glory. of Parliament" has been further tarnished by other means. PROVEN NECESSARY AGAIN Last month Prime Minister Pearson chided Mr. D for his failure to implement his prom- ise, although his steam-roller majority could have enacted it. Mr. D in reply confessed. that "we did not in fact abolish closure as we said we would. Though the legislation was ready when defeat came to us." Maybe, if his government had not been toppled on Feb. 5, 1963, he would have intro- duced the very next day or Shortly thereafter the abolition which he promised in that first speech on October 16, 1957. So did the Pearson Govern- ment commit the crime of throttling Parliament by im- posing closure last month on the flag debate? After 33 days of debate and 278 speeches, I think not, But the electors, in the unhappy event that there is yet another election in 1965, may hear more about the crime of the Pearson government in imposing closure, than of the omission of the Diefenbaker government in failing in its promise to abolish closure. Busy Session Seen Ahead By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--When I sit down to write this, it seems the same thing has been said every year. But this year it is more true than ever: -- this should be a@ good session. The writer can't remember a year when there has been such a volume of prospective impor- tant business facing the mem- bers. Heading the list are federal- provincial questions, notably pensions and the repatriation of the constitution. Pensions certainly will be very controversial if Premier Robarts decides to go ahead with his own program.(And we will know this early in the ses- sion as the premier has pro- mised a full statement). The po- sition of the opposition parties, principally in this case the NDP, is not known yet. THEN MEDICARE Then we have medicare. Mr. Robarts has said he is going ahead. This also has some fed- eral implications, though pro- bably not so many as some sources would indicate (This is something we will discuss at another time.) There is the question of a flag. It may or may not, cause a major battle--again largely de- pending on the position of the NDP ' There are a number of com- mittee reports to be received. One will be the report of the committee on consumer credit. It will talk of finance company rates and door-to-door salesmen and should have wide general interest. Then there will be the report of the: Municipal Affairs com- mittee, and a recommendation favoring regional government. And interim reports, at least, from committees on aging, youth and mining. Again, aside from the legis- lation and business before it, the actual day to day action in the House should have more than usual interest--and importance. The Liberals are _ starting out under new leader Andrew Thompson. And the NDP is feeling ex- ceptionally confident after two by-election wins (one federal) in recent months. IN POLITICAL FIGHT This means they will be more than usually avid for each others' throats. But the 'continuing incidental war between these two groups has a more than usual signifi- cance this year. _ For so far as the opposition is concerned we are at a critical point in Ontario public affairs. ° The next election will prob- ably be two years from now. And with recent NDP success and Liberal failure there would seem to bea strong chance of change in the relative strength of the two parties. é This year's session in a sense will mark the start of the cam- paign for that next election. And with the ground ripe for change it will be very impor- tant. BIBLE "The Lord gave the word, great was the company of those that published it," Psalms 68:11. Man's greatest privilege is to partake of and proclaim the gospel. "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away." "And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remain- ed twelve baskets full." Mat- thew 14:20 The Saviour is not only cap- able of meeting our needs, but supplying a surplus. READERS WRITE... The Editor, \ The Oshawa Times ae WANTED r Sir: I'm preparing a brief for submission to the Standing Committee of the Ex- charged. with te oti Ot tbe r w bills C-21 and C-43, In this con- which I am sending to every daily and weekly in wap I uld like people who re- ceived Racist Propaganda to write to me and tell me what their reaction was, what they did with it, etc. ; If someone has a s left, T should like to see it; if not, a description will do, This information is requested for discussion, but any unsigned letters will be disregarded. Yours 7, MRS. YVETTE DECARY 7480 Marquette Street Montreal 35, Quebec OTHER OPINIONS BEAVERBROOK'S LAST GIFT The attachment of Lord Beaverbrook to Canada, despite his long years abroad,. is seen in nothing so much as the terms of his will, The bulk of his estate of nearly $13,000,000 will go to the Canadian Beaverbrook Foundation. Distance and sep- aration proved no barrier to his practical expression of old loyal- ties. Above all, he retained his attachment to New Brunswick. It was not his native province (as he was born in Ontario), but he always regarded himself as a native of New Brunswick "'by adoption', Now, by his will, the chief fruits of his personal success are to come to Canada, as a final gift and gesture, --Montreal Gazette MAC'S MUSINGS As one reads the history Of our own country, Especially, the story Of its settlement By the hardy pioneers One is impressed by The measure of self-reliance That was practised in These early days. It was that spirit of Self-reliance which Animated the early Settlers and for more Than half a century Inspired these people To exercise initiative And develop the country While. still preserving Their independent Spirit. In these modern days it Seems that the quality of Self-reliance has lost Much of its importance . Because so many people Want to Jean upon the Government, forgetting That the government is Only the representative Of our country's people. Too many people, it would Seem today are thinking Of security rather than Of opportunity, are more Afraid of life than death, And are apt to cling To any scheme which Offers an easy means Of security in the Later years of life. These old pioneers made Their own security because They had to rely upon only Themselves when there were No public schemes. for Giving assistance even In times of extremity. Perhaps we need a return Of these old qualities Which helped the pioneers Make Canada the kind of Nation that it is today, PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES HOW TO INVEST YOUR MONEY IN STOCKS AND BONDS An interesting and practical course consisting of a series of six lectures presented by speakers well-experienced in their field. RECREATION CENTRE---100 Gibb Street WEDNESDAY EVENINGS--8:00 P.M. Commencing January 27th. 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