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he Oshawa Gimes 2. 4 Published by Canadian Newspopers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1965 --- PAGE4 Better Relations On Education Essential "The plea made by Mayor Lyman Gifford, and supported by board of education chairman Stanley Lovell, for better relations between the city council and the educational body was sound and very timely. This plea was made at a joint meeting of the two bodies to discuss the addition of an auditorium to the new Harmony Road _ secondary school. As a result of the discus- sions, the two bodies were found to be in agreement that the auditorium should be built, and the board of education certainly presented a strong case for it. Past history of relations between the city council and the board of education has not always been one of harmony and co-operation. On one historic occasion, the city coun- cil refused to accept the board of education budget, and demanded that it be reduced. This impasse was resolved only when the board of education, standing on its statutory rights, initiated court proceedings to force the city council to allow its full budget. With this threat hanging over its head, the city council capitulated with as much grace as it could muster. There have been other cases when the city council and the board came close to being at loggerheads on matters of educational expenditure es. In these cases, which many citi- zens will remember, the principal obstacle was the lack of communica- tion between. these two elected bodies. Where the blame for that lay on these occasions is not now im- portant, But it can. be taken for granted that more frequent meet- ings between them when differ- ences of opinion arise would clear the air and make for harmonious relations, If the ideas of Mayor Gifford and Chairman Lovell can be made fully effective in the future, there will be a greater understanding by both parties of the problems which face each of them. Labor Margin Narrows The British Conservative party had no difficulty in retaining the three seats which it held in consti- tuencies where by-elections were held last week. While they did not make the spectacular gains which were recorded in two Labor-held seats, one of which was lost to the Tories, the opposition party did a little better than hold its own in comparison with the vote in last October's general election. These results, coupled with the death of the Labor member for a Welsh constituency, leaves Labor in an even more precarious posi- tion than before. The standing in the House of Commons now gives Labor a majority of four, with three vacancies for' which by-elections are pending. Two of these are safe Conservative seats, while the other is a safe Labor seats, so that there is not likely to be any change in the standing. But, if as expected, the elections in the Conservative seats come first, because they have been vacant for a longer period, Labor's majority will be cut to two in a house of 630. The creation of a vacancy in a Welsh Labor stronghold will pro- vide another opportunity for Pat- rick Gordon Walker, Prime Minister Wilson's first choice for foreign secretary, to secure a seat in the House of Commons, if, as has been intimated, he is chosen as the can- didate there. While this might create a little embarrassment for Michael Stewart, chosen to succeed Mr. Walker as. foreign secretary after his defeat at Leyton this can quite easily be ironed out. if Mr, Walker is elected to the Welsh seat. Mr. Wilson would then have as his foreign secretary the man he wanted from the beginning, Prime Ministers Meet Announcement that a Common- wealth Prime Ministers' Confer- ence will be held in London in the latter part of June means that the heads of the 20 Commonwealth nations outside of Britain will have their first opportunity to discuss in a body, with the new British prime minister his views on Com- monwealth trade and relations. It was inevitable that there should be such a meeting at an early date, because the British Labor govern- ment has a rather different ap- proach to Commonwealth matters than did the former Conservative government. There are, however, some public mosconceptions regarding the na- ture of a Commonwealth prime ministers' conference. This is purely a meeting for,discussion of mutual problems, of ways and means whereby Commonwealth _unity and progress can be pro- moted: But it is not a decision- making body. It passes no resolu- tions. It does not try to impose any decisions on member countries. But it does, through its process of consultation and discussion, act as Bye Oshawa Simes T L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager Cc. J. McCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times lest@blished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Zhronicle estoblished 1863 is published daily jundays and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Doilies Associotion, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters. and also the tocal news published therein. All rights of special: des- poiches are also reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal P.Q. 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While Canada has in the past op- posed this, this country has con- ceded to the view of the majority, mostly recently admitted countries, that such a secretariat would be useful. And if, as is expected, a Canadian is appointed as its first secretary-general, Canada will have made one more important contrifu- tion to welding the Commonwealth closer together. Other Editors' Views FINE CASUALTY (Ottawa Journal) "Progress produces casualties," says the first annual review of the Economic Council of Canada. The council must hope that the first casualty will be an attitude of mind. It is the attitude common to most of us that Canada can carry on as she is doing and continue to pros- per. Not so, declares this docu- ment produced by a government- appointed council, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH (Detroit Free Press) The International Revenue Serv- ice has finally done it. A tax dis- pute between it and Britain's Beat- les has led the Beatles to announce that they'll be making no more ap- pearances in the United States. IRS can get away with a lot, but when this news percolates through the junior-miss set a revenue col- lector will stand about the same chance as a U.S. Information Serv- ice librarian in Cairo or Jakarta. 4 ARE WE LOST, MUMMY? FLASHBACK TO 1850 Executions In Public Condemned By Dickens By M. McINTYRE HOOD While in the last few years there has been considerable agi- tation in Britain and Canada against capital punishment, back in England 100 years ago the agitation was not against the death penalty, but against it be- ing carried out in public. In the Sunday Despatch of Sept. 23, 1951, mentioned in this column yesterday, there appeared a reproduction of a letter which was written 100 years before by the famous novelist Charles Dickens, who led the campaign against public hangings. This article concerned the public exe- cution outside Horsemonger lane jail in London of a Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Manning, who were sentenced to death for the murder of. Patrick O'Connor, an excise officer, in the hope of getting his money. Dickens was a witness at this execution, and it inspired him to write the fol- lowing letter to the editor of the Sunday Dispatch of that time: "Mr. Editor, I do not address you on the subject with any in- tention of discussing the ab stract question of capital pun- GALLUP POLL ishment, or any of the argu- ments of its opponents or advo- cates. "I simply wish to turn this dreadful experience to some ac- count for the general -good, by taking the readiest and most public means of adverting to an intimation given by Sir G. Grey in the last session of parlia- ment, that the government might be induced to give its support to a measure making the infliction of capital punish- ment a private solemnity within the prison walls (with such guarantees for the last sentence of the law being inexorably and surely administered as should be satisfactory to the public at large); and of most earnestly beseeching Sir G. Gray as a solemn duty which he. owes to society and a_ responsibility which he cannot forever put away, to originate such a legis- lative change himself. AWFUL SIGHT "T believe that a sight so in- conceivably awful as the wick- edness and levity of the im- mense erowd collected at that CANADIANS MORE AWARE OF EDUCATION NEEDS BY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Canadians are becoming more and more aware of the necessity of an adequate education, " About four-in-ten people say the biggest mistake they have made in their lives is "not enough education." Ten years ago, when the same trend question was asked, only 14% said lack of education. The question: "EVERYBODY MAKES A MISTAKE NOW AND THEN WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU CONSIDER THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF ANY KIND IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR?" Not enough education Financial errors Lost opportunities Marital mistakes Wrong choice of job Other No big mistakes Can't say TOTAL MEN WOMEN 39% 42%, 35% 5 7 3 12 1 13 2 1 3 2 3 3 6 5 6 1 1 1 33 31 36 100%, 100% * 100% * -- Some named two mistakes of equal importance. TODAY IN HISTORY Feb. 10, 1965. .'. The politically settled sec- tion of what now is Eastern Canada passed from French to British control 202 years ago today -- in 1763 -- at the signing of the Treaty of Paris by British and French government repre- sentatives. The treaty marked the end of the Seven Years' War which actually ended four years earlier with the capture of Quebec by General Wolfe. The treaty stripped France, of all her possessions. north of what later became the United States, except for the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which she _ still controls 1840 Upper and Lower Canada were united 1939--Pope Pius XI died. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the U.S. government in a note to Britain depre- cated use of neutral flags by British ships and warned Germany against further at- tacks on U.S. shipping in the submarine '"'war zone;" Russian troops continued their retreat in Bukowina. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--French troops repulsed a German attack on the Western Front near Saarelouis; the French Chamber of Deputies gave Premier Daladier a vote of confidence after secret ses- sions; Finns attacked Rus- sian - h sections of the Mannerheim Line and re- ported the destruction of 72 Russian tanks. execution could be imagined by no man, and Could be presented in no heathen land under the sun. The horrors of the gibbet and of the crime which brought the wretched murderers to it, faded in my mind before the atrocious bearing, looks and lan- guage of the assembled spec- tators. "When I came upon the scene at midnight, the shrillness of the cries and howls that were raised from time to time, de- noting that they came from a concourse of boys and girls al- ready assembled in the best places, made my blood run cold. FOUL BEHAVIOR "As the night went on, screeching and laughing and yelling in strong chorus of paro- dies on negro melodies, with subStitutions of 'Mrs. Manning' for 'Susannah' and the like, were added to these. When the day dawned, thieves, low prosti- tutes, ruffians. and vagabonds of every kind flocked on to the ground, with every variety of offensive and foul behavior. "Fightings, faintings, whist- lings, imitations of Punch, brutal jokes, tumultuous dem- onstrations of indecent delight when swooning women were were dragged out of the crowd with their dresses disordered, gave a new zest to the general entertainment, MAC'S MUSINGS We often read articles And newspaper stories Telling of men who have Made a success of life Presumably by their own Unaided efforts, and we See them referred to as Being "self-made men", This is a phrase which We would place in the Well-known category of Terminological inexactitude Because if we really stop To look at the careers of So-called self-made men We will find that even Although they made great Efforts to reach success They were not really made. self- We do not believe that Any man gains success by His own unaided efforts, But that he is helped By a great many factors Outside his own ability, And has had assistance From many willing hands To help him on life's way. If these men were asked What helped them to success They would probably tell Of those who were their Guide and inspiration, Of those whose counsel And often tangible help Lifted them over obstacles And made smooth the road That led them to success. And above all, they would, If they were truly honest, Acknowledge the goodness Of God in making possible The many steps by which They achieved their success, Because no man is ever Successful in anything, Save by the grace of God. OTTAWA REPORT Changes In ; Public Mood By PATRICK NICHOLSON If ever you sought proof of the truth of the old adage about an ill wind blowing nobody any good, or of the similar saying about every cloud having a silver lining, surely the situa- tion on Parliament Hill today is vivid proof. While the two leading heavy- weights are slugging it out--not against each other--the image of Parliament grows daily more tarnished. Prime Minister Pear- son is fighting for the life of _his government against internal weaknesses which should never have been there and should long ago have been excised with firmness; Opposition Leader Diefenbaker is beleag- uered by his own roosting chick- ens as he fights for his political life. And ,Canadians generally are sickened and ashamed by the total picture. But there is a silver lining. If the decline of parliamentary prestige has done nothing else, it has aroused a greater nation- wide interest in politics than we have known perhaps since the First World War. POLICIES OUTDATED The new public mood has evi- dently been sensed by one fig- ure on Parliament Hill. Senator Wallace McCutcheon appealed exactly to this mood when he recently addressed a Conserv- ative meeting in Toronto. When Canadians went to the polls in 1963, we had a number of questions weighing very heavily upon our minds, he said. "First of all, there was a con- cern about Canada's 'image' in the world. Canadians are quite sensitive about our national rep- utation. . . , We tend to think that we are entitled to be ad- mired by all our 'sister nations unanimously, and when we are not, we tend to think there must be something wrong with the way the government has been conducting itself on the inter- national scene." QUEEN'S PARK Real Shakeup In New Seats By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Except for a raise in pay no matter could excite the members here more than redistribution. While it probably has limited interest to the general public, redistribution is of vital concern to the elected representatives. It sets out new fighting ground for them, or many of them, and means they have to change and rebuild organiza- tions, cultivate new groups of voters and otherwise run into a lot of trouble. POLITICS IGNORED The new redistribution which has now been announced is the most extensive in the province's history and has caused a great deal of consternation, Much of this can be traced to the fact that the redistribu- tion for the first time was handled by an independent com- mission Until now the tidings have been redrawn by committees of the members themselves and they have been sensitive to pol- itical considerations and care- ful not to disturb old boundary lines any more than absolutely necessary. The commission, however, ig- nored politics and dealt only with the factors of geography and population. And the result is that some very drastic changes have been recom- mended--and probably will be adopted. And many members are very disturbed, DRASTIC RESULTS There is little disagreement with the broad lines the com- mission has set out. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO February 10, 1940 J. A. Bickell, first motorman of the Oshawa Railway trolley cars, recalled that the first Sun- day School to be transported by trolley to a picnic at the lake was Simcoe Street Methodist SS (Aug, 2, 1895). Ald. Clifford Harman made the following statement in city council meeting: 'no man can make a living working only 44 hours' a week'. George Walsh was appointed director of concerts and parties for the Canadian Legion War Services in military units of MD No, 2. 40 YEARS AGO February 10, 1925 New hydrants were installed throughout the city to replace the obsolete ones at a cost of $122 each. The Thirty Club elected D. A. Valleau as president for 1925, Other officers elected were W. A. Coad, vice-president; Dr, Hoig, treasurer; F. J. Reddin, H. E. Compson, and J. E, Me- Kay, executive committee. At the reorganization meeting of the Oshawa Football Club George Corby was elected as president and Thomas FE. King, vice-president for year 1925, The second point worrying Canada, the senator said, was the present state and the future of Confederation. Storm signals were beginning to show, the most dramatic of which was the rise of a separatist movement in Quebec. Together these in- spired the vague belief among Canadians that some action was necessary to strengthen na- tional unity. The third point, Senator Mc- Cutcheon suggested, was that people somehow felt that the country had not been given the bold leadership which it needed and wanted, although the legis- lative record of the Conserva- tive government had been a productive one. 'SINK OF INIQUITY? Mr. Pearson and the Liberals correctly sensed this vague yearning in 1963, he suggested. Mr. Pearson's answer won him office, and "he spoke earnestly to the Canadian people on the bold and daring days ahead, and of the new kind of. politics he was to usher in." And what happened? 'After almost two years in office, Mr. Pearson has today exhausted the store of goodwill and confi- dence that was his when he formed a government." Instead of a new kind of politics, his government is now "bogged down in the economic theories of the depression era and in the political morals of the prohibi- tion era." So people are beginning to think that national politics is not contemporary; there is not a real grasp of the problems of this age, said the senator. Canadians obviously are hun- gry for effective, competent and imaginative government. I be- lieve Senator McCutcheon is entirely 'correct in asserting that. Further, I think that Cana- dians now are taking a more searching look at their politics and politicians than for very And this is many years past, good, Toronto loses three seats and the rest of the southern part of the province gains nine. And northern Ontario gets an addi- tional three. This will bring a better bal- ance to the house, and the areas getting .new members deserve them. But the indiviiual results have been chaotic, By the time the commission's new lines were drawn practically every riding in the province had been changed -- there were only @ handful not touched. And the consequences in some cases were drastic. Reform Institutions Minister Alan Grossman, for instance, still has a seat but not a riding. The name of Toronto St. Andrew has been kept, but it now covers an area west of the old riding and now largely held by Provincial Secretary John Yaremko. Mr. Grossman will have to find a new seat, and it appears doubtful there will be a good one open for him, Up in the Bruce Peninsula Liberals Ross Whicher and Eddie Sargent will have to de- cide which one will drop out in the next election. Their old rid- ings of Grey North and Bruce have been combined into Grey- Bruce. In the north, Mattawa has been taken 'away from Nipissing and added on to Parry Sound. This means the member for Parry Sound (at present PC Allister Johnston) must travel through Nipissing to get to the other end of his riding. It is a real shake-up. POINTED PARAGRAPHS The weak who know how to play on their . weakness, are strong, This is: the secret of women and of the developing countries. -- M. Couve de Mur- ville, French foreign minister. Family allowances are, of course, quite out of date. How often are they ever spent on the children? -- Lord Massereene and Ferrard, a British peer. There are no objective criteria by which a price can be judged too high or too low.--Mr. Ralph Harris, General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs in Britain. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. -- Abraham Lincoln. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES ) READERS | WRITE... CLOSING WAGE GAP' : Aware that over the last few years Ontario Steel employees were slipping behind with every renewa! wage contract in this community the OSP member: ship on January 31 turned down the company's proposed agree- ment. The cost of living in Oshawa -- taxes, rent and even hair- cuts are tailored to what Gen- eral Motors' emplovees can af- ford to pay. No dollar redue- tion in taxes, rent and hair- cuts are made to others who are paid much less. While the wage-gap between American and GM auto workers in the motor city was gradually narrowed, for the OSP it widen- ed by approximately 30 cents an hour, $12.00 a week, $624 @ year. Someday soon Canadian Union authorities, government and industry should impartially try to close the gap between the lowest and highest paid worker right across Canada. Although Milton and Cha- tham out-voted Oshawa on the master agreement, the OSP branch took a sensible stand to reject the OSP CO-UAW recom- mendation that was acclaimed by union officials (Oshawa Times, Feb. 2) as the best contract negotiated between the United Auto Workers and On- tario Steel Products Ltd. Respectfully yours, ERNST FISCHER Oshawa and District Labor Delegate 635 Hortop Street, Oshawa. OTHER OPINIONS MEATY QUESTION --An announcement reaches us from Air Canada in Mont- real, The company has been granted "a world-wide dispensa- tion for passengers and crew", it says, "from the law of ab- stinence from meat on Fridays and other days of abstinence. The dispensation was granted by His Eminence, Cardinal Leger, of the Archdiocese of Mont- real." This, of course, will give Air Canada the competitive edge it has been seeking for air passen- gers on the North American con- tinent. Pevple will now unques- tionably fly to Canada before making their journeys overseas, simply to originate their flights with Canada's national air line which serves meat on Fridays. Tne trouble now is to prevent the Cardinal from doing the same thing for Canadian Pacifie Airlines. If Air Canada could now gef dispensation from Dr. Mutchmor to serve liquor on Sundays, it would again enjoy the monopoly position it held prior to the Con- servative Government. --Peterborough Examiner QUOTA CONDEMNED Thus it is that the United States stands self-condemned before the world for imposing severe restraints on immigra- tion by men and women from Athens and Rome -- two of the chief sources of glory and great- ness in that Western civilization Americans share and defend to- day. The people who produced Plato, Aristotle and Demosthe- 4 nes are limited to 308 quota -- numbers a, year. The people of Dante and Michelangelo are limited to 5,666. In this fashion the United States solemnly counts and calibrates the poten- tial worth of all mankind, Is there not something terribly ar- rogant -- and also absurd -- in this selfrighteous national pos- ture? --New York Times NOTHING NEW The white mercenaries in The Congo are unusual for this day and age, but they are not some- thing new. Many of the British soldiers in Canada 185 years ago were German mercenaries from Hesse, They were often referred to as the Hessians. They fought well. After the American Revo- lutionary War, the Hessians were offered a choice. They could return to England or they could take up land grants. Much of the land was in Essex County and there are many families in this area who are descended from the German mercenaries. They have made fine Canadians and also splendid Canadian sol- diers.. Many armies in times gone by were composed of mer- cenaries Even in the American Civil War drafted men could pay someone else to go and fight for them. --W. L. 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