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| | The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1965--PAGE 4 'New Decision Reached On Centennial Project After many months of discus- sion, argument and differences of opinion, with many minds changing in the process, it would appear that the city council has decided at last that Oshawa's centennial project is to be a swimming pool, It is to be located at the Civic Auditorium on Thornton's road. That is the latest "decision" to come out of a city council meeting, and with it several other facts emerge. The total cost of the pool is now estimated at $333,000. The city's centennial grant will amount to $183,000 of this total. The directors of the Civic Auditorium will be ex- pected to raise the additional $150,- 000, although as far as they have gone, at the moment, is to pledge themselves to raise an amount of $100,000, according to their chair- man, E. R. McLaughlin. To raise this balance will involve another canvass of the citizens. When it was agreed, about two or three months ago, that a swimming pool for children would be the most desirable centennial project, no location was selected. The slogan of the proponents of the pool at that time "Bring the pool to the chil- dren." Various locations in central and heavily populated areas were suggested. These, apparently, have now been scrapped in the face of the stern facts of economic neces- sity. A suitable swimming pool could not be built at any central location within the amount of money available in centennial grants. So now the children will have to go to the pool, instead of the pool being brought to them, and many of them will have a long way to go. The chief objection to the auditor- ium site, of course, will be that of its location and the uncertain trans- portation facilities. But we suppose that in these days of affluence, with two-car families on the in- crease, that will not be a serious objection. No One-Province Control The internal dissension within the Conservative party over the leader- ship of John Diefenbaker has taken on a most unhealthy aspect. It is obvious that the main centre of the anti-Diefenbaker movement is the Conservative group of members of parliament from Quebec. In their demand for a national convention to deal with the party leadership, they spoke as a Quebec unit. And the terms of their demand were such that it was apparent that these 10 Quebec members were try- ing to dictate to all the rest of the Conservative party from the other nine provinces. This is the most unfortunate feature of the whole Diefenbaker leadership controversy. These 10 Quebec members must know, and if they do not know, they must be told, that no one province can con- trol the political destiny of a major party. Were the national executive of the party to capitulate to the demands which these Quebec mem- bers have made, it would be tant- amount to surrender of their res- ponsibility to represent the whole of Canada and not one single pro- vince, For that reason we cannot con- ceive of the national executive letting the Quebec members have their own way, which means let- ting them dictate what party pro- cedures should be. So far as Quebec is concerned, the Conservative party must be prepared to write it off as a political loss, for the present and for some time to come. And it is most unlikely that this position would be altered by giving in to the demands of the Quebec group in the face of expressions of support for Diefenbaker from party leaders in the nine other provinces of Canada. Food Markets In U.K. William Stewart, Ontario's minis- ter of agriculture, gave some very timely and good advice to the an- nual meeting of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association on the possibilities of the market for their products in the United Kingdom, Mr. Stewart was speak- ing from first hand knowledge. Last fall he went over to Britain and made a personal survey of the market which exists, and of the way in which Canadian food processors were failing to measure up to the requirements of that large and prosperous market. One of the factors which detracts from the popularity of Ontario can- ned fruits and vegetables in the British market is the uncertainty of supply. For some years now, the Ontario government has sponsored food exhibits at the International Food Fair and the Idea] Homes Ex- hibition in London. These exhibits have been tremendously popular with the people who visited these large exhibitions, and they have created an instant demand for many of the products on display. Unfortunately, there was been no She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher RB. C, ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays ond Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, The Canadion Press is exclusively' entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the. local news published therein. All rights of special des- potches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mopie Grove, Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone,' Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale. Ragion, Blackstock Monchester, Pontypool and Newcastle 'mot over SOc: per week. By mail in Provihce cutside corriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA, end 24.00, 't Ontario) intelligent follow-up to take advan- tage of the demand thus created. British people who sampled these food products found that only in very few cases were any further supplies available in the stores of Britain. This is one reason why there was good reason for Mr. Stewart to advise the growers to look on the British market as a continuing one, and not merely as a dumping ground for surplus pro- ducts at certain periods. We can testify that there fs an excellent market in the United Kingdom for canned and processed Ontario food products. The people there like them and want them, What is needed more than anything else is to have exports of these products organized so efficiently that it will be possible at all times to supply the demand which has been created. Surely that should not be beyond the capacity of the Ontario marketing organizations, Other Editors' Views WILSON'S PRIVATE EYE (Hamilton Spectator) Prime Minister Harold Wilson has shown very clearly that what- ever pitfalls await his minority Labor government, the twin de- mons that bedeviled his predeces- sors -- sex and security -- are un- likely to be among them. It wasn't -by chance that Mr; Wilson singled out George Wigg for the .role of "private eye" in the government giving him the somewhat nebulous title of Pay- master General -- for it was the MP's. persistent questioning that pricked the bubble of the Profumo scandal, }. UNITED NATIONS VOTING MACHINERY W SITTING MEMBERS MINING INDUSTRY NEEDS Too Few Young People Taking Mining Education By GWYN KINSEY Special to The Oshawa Times (Third of Four Articles) TORONTO--Canada leads the world in the production of four minerals, is the second largest producer of two minerals, the third largest of five, the fourth largest of four and the fifth largest of four, The mineral industry is re- sponsible for one third of Can- ada's total exports. Its produc- tion last year had a total value of $3,438 million. The. Canadian Institute of Mining's general committee on education told the Ontario Leg- islature's select committee on mining: "In view of the importance of the industry, it is regrettable that so few young people dem- onstrate an interest in educating themselves for careers in the mineral industry." FEWER STUDENTS How few Dr. A. V. Corlett, past chair- man of the education commit- tee, said in his brief to the legis- lators: "There are fewer men enter- {ng the industry as mining en- gineers now than there were 30 years ago. There were 40 in 1935 and only 34 are expected in 1965 ... The fall-off started about 1950 and has fluctuated about a nine per cent per year down- ward trend." Professors Morrison and Yates of McGill University surveyed mineral and metal plants to assess the demand for engineer- GALLUP POLL ing graduates. Part of their re- port reads: '2861 professionals with a uni- versity background are record- ed. Death and retirement re- quire 75 new entries per year only to maintain this number. If these are added to the 323 estimated as the desired in- crease for 1964 the requirement becomes 398 new entries, or about 14 per cent of the present total. In the universities in 1964 there are only 298 in all mineral industry courses and many of these are not likely to enter the industry. "Consider more specifically mining engineering and the total of 712 with a university back- ground. The desired increase for the years 1964-65 is 131 which, with allowance for wastage, is raised to 169 -- a 24 per-cent in- crease in all. "In these two years only 67 mining engineers can graduate from our universities. "With due regard for the com- plexity of the problem these re- marks can be summarized in the categorical statements: "1, The professional education stream is dangerously thin; '2, The industry can define its educational standards but, in the long run, it cannot win with less than a representive cut through the professional stream. This demands an image which cannot be left to chance and the responsibility for developing it rests solely with the industry." TWO MAIN CAUSES The CIM's education commit- tee appointed a sub-committee MONARCHY IMPORTANCE IS SEEN DECREASING By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Six-in-ten Canadians think the importance of the- mon- archy, represented by Queen Elizabeth, is decreasing in this country. Only 17% say it is increasing and the rest are either undecided or claim the monarchy's importance is about the same as it has always been. It comes as no surprise to find it is in Quebec that the greatest number of people (73%) feel the importance of Queen Elizabeth to Canada is decreasing. On the other hand, 22% of Ontario people say the monarchy's impor- tance is increasing. Even more Maritimers are of the same opinion. The question: "ON THE WHOLE DO YOU THINK THAT THE IMPOR- TANCE OF THE MONARCHY -- REPRESENTED BY QUEEN. ELIZABETH -- IS INCREASING OR DE- CREASING IN CANADA?" TOTAL Increasing 17% Decreasing 61 Same 16 No Opinion 6 100% + Quebec Ontario West 7% 22%, 18%, 73 57 56 14 13 22 6 8 4 100% 100%, 100%, TODAY IN HISTORY By THE. CANADIAN PRESS Jan.°27, 1965... Ottawa became the fed- eral capital of Canada 107 years ago today--in 1858. Four other cities -- Que- bec, Montreal, Kingston and Toronto -- had been in the running for the federal cap- ital but Queen Victoria chose Ottawa because of its location, away from. the U.S. border and at-that time safe from possible American attacks. 1901 _-- coinposer died Italian Giuseppe operatic Verdi First World War Fifty years ago today--in } 1915--German attacks were repulsed all along the West- ern Front; Austrian troops battled hard to regain con- trol of Carpathian passes be- tween Hungary and Galicia. Second World War Twehty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--the Canadian government set March 26 as the date of the general elec- tion for civilians, with troops and other defence forces voting earlier; Win- ston Churchill termed the Germany of the First World War a>"stronger enemy" than Nazi Germany; RAF Stat stics showed 58 German planes had been destroyed since the start of the war. ) to examine the causes of the shortage. Prof. Riverin, of Que- bec's Ecole Polytechnique, re- ported: "Worse yet, a high percentage of our graduates leave the min- ing field at an early stage of their career to enter some other discipline, In my opinion, two main causes are creating this abnormal situation: 1, inade- quate remuneration; 2, lack of interest in their assignments and therefore lack of incentive." Professors Morrison and Yates, and. consultant Dr. George Collins, set out the same factors. Dr. Corlett told committee bluntly: "One result of the low input is that the industry is staffed main- ly by men who have been out over 20 years. They have been so occupied with their day-to- day tasks that few have been able to keep abreast with the advances. in science: and engin- eering that are available to them in mining engineering. In any other profession many would rightly be considered as obsolete'. the select "He went on: "The young man goes out hoping to make use of his knowledge of rock mechanics, systems analysis, critical path planning, reporting progress, linear programming, allocation, time study, sampling and 'sam- pling evaluation. Then he finds that his boss does not believe in rock mechanics, and the rest of mining engineering is referred to as industrial engineering, or geology. Mining engineering seems to mean surveying. "That is the reason that one engineer, when quitting to take a job with a firm of manage- ment consultants, said, 'Now they can pay three hundred dol- lars for what they have been getting for thirty dollars'." The bare statistics would indi- cate that mining engineers are as well paid as other engineers. The young mining engineering graduate starts off with a higher Salary than his classmates, ac- cording to Dr. Corlett, and the senior engineers are, according to labor department reports, slightly higher paid than other engineers. But their living costs, in remote areas, may be sub- stantially higher; they may have to move their homes fre- quently; education of children becomes an expensive matter. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 1940 Hon. Gordon D. Conant, KC, Attorney General of Ontario, was one of the guest passen- gers on the bus making the in- . auguration of the new trans- portation system in Oshawa. He was also a passenger on the first trolley run in Oshawa in June, 1895, Mrs... Elizabeth A. Martin, oldest Oshawa woman, died in her 96th year, The Oshawa Skeet and Gun Club held its annual dinner with George Robertshaw acting as chairman. Charles Robson was elected president for 1940. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 1925 Oshawa Horticultural Society reorganized following a lapse of two years. William. Merritt was named as president; W. H. Tonkin, vice-president, and Mrs. E. J. Jacobi, secretary. John G. Nott. was clected president of the newly-formed Durham and Ontario Baseball Association, / OTTAWA REPORT Diefenbaker Party Split By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- January has be- come "Dump Dief" month by tradition. Now for the third con- secutive year this January rite is rife--in fuller spate than ever before, Tory MP Gordon Aiken, the 46 year old honours-lawyer from Gravenhurst, Ontario, has re- cently replaced the Quebec leader, Leon Balcer, as the headliner of the 1965 drive. He made the widely quoted remark at the University of Waterloo that he and "'at least three other English - speaking Conservative MPs favour dumping Dief be- fore the next election." "Aiken's Trio" is the most overcrowded bandwagon ever to roll up Parliament Hill. Its standing - room - only throng seems to include English-speak- ing MPs from nine provinces; Newfoundland is all-Liberal. TORIES SPLIT FOUR WAYS One Conservative outside the Commons suggested to me that there are four groups within his party's MPs, There are the out- spoken and convinced critics of the leader, who consider him to be the only obstruction between their party and a sweeping vic- tory in the next election. There are the equally critical MPs who are tight-lipped because they consider that a party should be openly loyal to its chosen leader, and would prefer the dumping to be arranged and decisively executed under cover, as has been done previously. Others have lost faith in Dief as leader, but are silenced by their per- sonal loyalty to him. And there is a hard core of those "not to reason why, their's but to do and die with Dief." Former Defence Minister Doug Harkness is obviously a charter member of the 'Aiken Trio", Leon Balcer, Paul Mar- tineau and Remi Paul are self- proclaimed members of it. So are Alberta's Ged Baldwin, New Brunswick's Gordon Fairwea- ther and Ontario's Gordon Aiken. One might expect to find the balance of the 1963 nearly- resigned ministers in it. I have not discussed this point with any MP, but probably the thinking QUEEN'S PARK Legislation For Farmers By DON 0'HEARN TORONTO--This session will be an important one for the province's farmers, First of all, the government apparentiy intends to make a major effort to try and bring order into the dairy industry. Talking about this is some- thing you avoid. You might as well try and explain to the wife where, last week's pay went, The dairy question is the most complex problem we have here. As complex as any we've ever had. At some time, when it has to be done, I will try and give some explanation. But in the meantime, it is of vital interest to many farmers. And attempts of the government to resolve it should be closely watched. TO AGRICULTURE Then it has been announced that workmen's compensation will apply to all areas of agri- culture. MAC'S MUSINGS When we compare our lot With those in slavery Behind the Iron Curtain And think of the many Things we enjoy which Are denied to them, We cannot help but feel That it is worth all The effort we can make To retain our freedom. Here in this land we are Free to choose our own Way of life, to follow Our chosen vocations, To move about freely Anywhere we want to go Without the fear that An evil secret police Will dog our footsteps And make note of every Word which we utter. Here we are free to say What we want to say, To think what we like, To criticize government And what it is doing Without fear of being put Against a wall and shot, Here we are free to worship Our God as we see fit, To use our own ability "And initiative for our Own advancement, and reap The rewards of our labor Without having them Confiscated by an evil Dictatorship which sends Into exile or liquidates . All who dare oppose it, These are the things that We prize here in Canada, And we will not exchange Them for vile slavery So long\ as our people Have the will to accept The responsibilities and Duties that must carry out To preserve that freedom. --January 27, 1965. men, who look at their party down the vista of history, are in this group: such as Heath Mac- quarrie (PEI), George Muir a Sig Enns (Manitoba), Tom Bell and Hugh John Flemming (NB), Marv Howe, Jean Casselman Wadds, Alf Hales and. Heber Smith (Ont), Dave Pugh (BC), James Ormiston (Sask), Frank Fane (Alberta) and many others. To these. names should be added, I assume, most of the . former ministers who are no longer in Parliament, such as Don Fleming, Davie Fulton, George Hees, Jim Macdonnell, Ernie Halpenny, Howard Green, Dick Bell, Raymond O'Hurley, Noel Dorion, Pierre Sevigny. THE DIEFENBACKERS The strong Dief supporters tends to be concentrated in the more rural districts, especially in Saskatchewan. They are typi- fied by Bert Cadieu of Meadow Lake, who says simply: "Dief is masterful as prime minister and masterful as leader of the opposition." This opinion is not Shared by the 1,384,188 voters, more than one-third of the total who voted Conservative in 1958, who withdrew that support in subsequent elections. Polls show that the wastage in Tory support has increased since the 1963 election; but with about two in every five voters "undecided", it is apparent that the Liberal government is not inheriting this swing vote. : No candidates for the succes- sion to the leadership have emerged. But this is not surpris- ing when one recalls that Dief has not only omitted to groom a successor, but now has neither past rivals nor ambitious suc- cessors around him, Don Flem- ing and Davie Fulton stood for the leadership against him in 1956; George Hees was at one time regarded as the Crown Prince Charming; Dick Bell and Pierre Sevigny have dreamed their private dreams of glory-- all have departed from Parlia- ment Hill. No wonder Dr. P. B. Ryhard made the pregnant and study-worthy reply when asked if he supports Dief: "There isn't anyone else to support." This could be dynamite, or it could be relatively innocuous. Compensation now is optional for farmers. It is: up to them whether or not they carry this form of insurance on their em- ployees. And not many of them do. Just what the government's intentions are hasn't been made clear, If it plans to make compensa- tion compulsory for all farmers there could be a tremendous protest. Farmers, always sensitive to any control] measures or any- thing which takes away from their independence, have been particularly touchy recently about the threat of trade union- ism. Compulsory compensation would be moving them a step into the industrial field, they would tie it in with the dreaded controls, and they would resent However, if the government only intends to extend the pres- ent optional provisions, perhaps to cover farm owners as well as hired help, this would be welcomed. OTHER STEPS There are other measures pro- mised which ensure that this legislatively will be a good farm year, Certain farm marketing amendments are planned, And though these do not appeat as too significant in general terms, they will have their importance to agriculture. Then new procedures for ex- propriation also are projected. The promise here is of a sim- plified and inexpensive process of arbitration. ' With the expansion of conser- vation projects, oil and gas lines, highways and now the new Lake Huron - London pipeline, expropriation has become a matter of keen interest to farmers. And one of the big complaints is that it has been too legalistic, to fight for a good deal READERS WRITE... . The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir: As a Canadian citi- zen I wish to express my sur- prise and consternation at see- ing a flag of one of our ethnie groups flying on Friday and Sat- urday at the City Hall. Canada comprises many eth- nic groups and has been cul- turally enriched by them. How- ever I feel that if one is recognized in this way, all should be treated so. } Naturally, each new Canadian will have a love and respect for his homeland, but nationalistic tendencies s:ould be kept Cana- dian. After all, it has taken Can- ada 100 years to achieve a flag of its own, Yours. truly, E. RICHMOND Oshawa, Ontario OTHER OPINIONS HIDE DUPLESSIS STATUE The fashion in Quebec's new order is to downgrade the mem- ory of Maurice Duplessis whose rule is regarded by the govern- ment in power as a relic of the dark ages. In one respect, the posthumous treatment of the Union Nationale leader resem- bles that accorded to Stalin after his death by his country- men. A statue of the former Quebec premier, commissioned after his death by the Union Nationale government but delivered after its fall from power, has never been put on public display, The Lesage administration has spirited away the 14-foot, 15-ton bronze memorial fabricated in Paris at a cost of $33,000. Montreal Star reporter Peter Desbarats has, however, man- aged to unveil some informa- tion about the missing monu- ment. Following up a rumor that it had been shipped to Po- land in 1961 with Polish art treasures held in safe keeping in Canada since before the out- break of war in 1939, Mr. Des- barats tackled members of the Polish delegation at the United Nations about the story. It seems after all that Duples- sis it not. ----s on a pedes- tal in some Polish square. The bronze statue classified as be- ing a semi-strategic item cannot be shipped even as scrap to an iron curtain country. His statue is still in the custody of the Lesage government, While he remains under wraps, Duplessis in bronze is at least spared the rude treatment accorded to some other relics of Quebec's ancient regime stich as the memorials to Queen Vic toria and General Wolfe. --(Brantford Expositor) TAX ON LOVE Is the provincial government becoming a kill-joy administra- tion Just as we get used to the abominable sales tax, the Liquor Control Board boosts the price of draught beer. You will be drinking from a seven-ounce glass instead of an eight, but the price remains the same-- 15 cents. Now there's going to be a tax on love. The marriage li- cence is going to be increased from $5, the fee which has stuck for 25 years. The Municipal Association has suggested it be increased to $7 with the issuing muni- cipality retaining $3 of the fee for its services. Provincial Sec- retary John Yaremko. says he wouldn't be surprised if the in- crease comes this year. There you are, gals, you have a fair warning. Of course, Premier Robarts says that the forthcoming legis- lature will be a-long one, and the lawmakers may not get to amending the Marriage Act until late in the session, in which case June could continue to be the popular marrying month. But if the amending comes sooner, it gives rise to the thought that the marrying sea- son could be at Eastertide. There may be a risk there, for Easter. comes late this year -- April 18. --Chatham Daily' News _ PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES. SAVE $ $ ON AUTO INSURANCE See... DIAL 668-8831 If you are an Abstainer you save up to $18.00 on your auto insurance. JOHN RIEGER 218 DUNDAS ST. E., WHITBY ee