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Oshawa Times (1958-), 16 Feb 1965, p. 4

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ean aba Sic ll. nw Hannon ie She Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1965 -- PAGE 4 US. Opposition To Auto Free Trade Is Strange At the time when Prime Minister Pearson and President L. B. John- son signed the agreement of free trade in automobiles and auto- motive parts between Canada and the United States, we pointed out in this column that, before it be- came effective, the agreement would have to be ratified by the United States Congress. Such par- liamentary action is not required in Canada, where the government could ratify it by order-in-council. We suggested that because of the necessity of security a favorable vote in both houses of the U.S. Congress, it was possible for the pact to be rejected by that body. This has become important in view of the fact that a lawyer representing the Automotive Ser- vice Industry Association has given hotice that the United States auto- mobile products manufacturers will ask Congress to reject the agree- ment made with Canada. This notice is being served on the ground that the Canada-U.S. agreement threat- ens American firms and their em- ployees. This ereates the situation which we anticipated, but which becomes rather incongerous in view of what took place before the agreement was signed. Before that happened, the Canadian automobile manufac- turing companies all expressed their approval of it. In one instance, that of General Motors of Canada, the signing was delayed because of its objections, but finally it concurred. Since the major automobile manufacturing companies in Can- ada are subsidiaries of United States corporations, we thus haye the peculiar situation of the Cana- dian subsidiaries concurring in an agreement which the parent come panies in the United States are now asking Congress to reject. It looks like a case of these corporations taking specific action to ensure that the tail does not wag the dog. Unpopular Royal Visit There are mixed feelings in Great Britain regarding the forth- coming visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin. This visit is to last for 10 days, during which the royal couple will tour Germany and include West Berin: in the itinerary. A large body of public opinion is strongly opposed. to. the Queen making a state visit to Germany. This is because there are so many bitter memories of the Rattle of Britain, in which London and so many other British towns and cities were subjected to barbarous bomb- ing by the German Luftwaffe. These memories die hard, and strong feelings of enmity to the Germans sstill persist. This royal visit will not be popular in Britain. The Queen, however, has for six years been committed to making a state visit to Germany. It is that length of time since President Theodore Huess of Germany made a ptate visit to London, at the close Separatism Taking part in a French-Canada Week at the University of Alberta, aimed at informing Alberta resi- dents of the aspirations of Quebec, Maurice Sauve, federal forestry minister, made some remarks which can be interpreted as being decidely encouraging. There are strong in- dications, said Mr. Sauve, that the people of Quebec are taking a keen- er interest in what is happening in other parts of the country. He added: "That is why separatism has lost the interest of Quebec people in the last six months. The accent in Que- bec is on provincial because Quebec is trying to solve some of its own problems. And Quebec is participat- ing in federal-provincial discussions on such topics as constitutional reform, pension plans and fiscal matters." There does seem to be some sup- port for this view expressed by T. L. WILSON; Publisher &. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, McCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette ond ronicle 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 Associction. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des potches are also reserv GUttices;, Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Whitby. Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hdmpton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpeo!, Teunten, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drono, Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rogion, Blackstock, Manehester, Pontypool end Newcostie not over SOc per week. By mail. in Province ot Ontarin) outside corriers delivery oreos 12.00 per yeor Otner Provinces Commonweoith Countries .15,00, USA, end foreign 24,00, of which he invited the Queen to return the visit by going to Ger- many. The fact that this return visit has been so long delayed was due to the strong feelings of antipathy shown by the British public when President Huess was in London, There, as he drove through the streets of the city seated beside the Queen, he was subjected to a stone silence and obvious signs of hostility. This was the subject of much comment in the British press at the time, and this caused the government to be in no hurry to have the Queen visit Germany. British feelings of enmity tow- adrs Germany -- on the part of the people -- die hard. They still exist, and are mingled with dis- trust. Because of this there will be many who will object to the Queen visiting Germany. But Her Majesty; ever sensible of the im- portance of her public duties, will nevertheless make the visit be- cause it is essential in. the in- terests of state policy. e e Declining? Mr. Sauve, -- that the separatist demands have quietened down since last summer. There has been a' great deal less of anti- English demonstrations. In fact, they have ceased entirely in recent months, The reason for this is not apparent, unless it be that, as Mr. Sauve sug- gests, the people in authority in Quebec have been doing a good job in trying to solve by themselves, some of the problems which face the province. It has also been the case that responsible government figures in Quebec have stated very clearly that separatism would be a very bad thing for Quebec, as well as for Canada as a whole. The University of Alberta ven- ture in which Mr. Sauve took part was an inspired effort on the part of the.university students to im- prove the flow of communication between Quebec and the rest of Can- ada, And we quite agree with his suggestion that an English-Canada week sponsored by Quebec students would be a good idea in the same direction. Other Editors' Views CAR PRICES (Regina Leader-Post) The Canadian government will be expected to keep a watchful eye on the automotive industry to make certain the coming of price equal- ization is not prolonged unduly. If it should happen that Canadian con- sumers are being denied the reduc- ed prices to which they are entitled, the government has a weapon to force the hands of the auto makers --elimination of all auto import duties, i] PROBLEM CHILD NEW LABOR DRIVE | Urgency To Organize White Collar Workers By BEN WARD OTTAWA (CP) Labor's drive to organize the elusive white-co!iai worker is taking on new urgency this year. Launched quietly by the Ca- nadian Labor Congress about four years ago, the .campaign is just beginning to develop into its payoff stages. Much of the early pessimism that developed among union leaders has been overcome. Larry Sefton of Toronto, dis- trict director of the United Steelworkers of America, and chairman of the CLC's national committee on white-collar or- ganizing, says a definite trend towards union organizing has become apparent in white-collar ranks, "We are gaining some of the bridgeheads we need, and we are gaining them much faster than the optimists said was pos- sible just a few years ago," he told a conference. in Toronto recently. The campaign that has been mounted is a far cry from the rush-in-and-sign-'em-up atti- tude that unions used to depend on in this field, an attitude that failed in most cases. A modern approach has been adopted, breaking the problem into four stages. These are: Re- search, co-ordination, program- ming and service. Most of the research has been completed. It has entailed iden- tifying the number and location of white-collar workers, their working conditions and their needs, Next came the task of co- ordinating the work of the var- ious unions involved, defining the jurisdiction of each union and assessing its ability to con- tribute to the total program. Current emphasis is on the third stage, iaying out the pro- gram for attack. This entails training tne right kind of people in the right kind of techniques, developing on-the-job organizers and preparing special literature. The final stage will be to make sure that a high level of union service is maintained. Mr. Sefton calls it a new era in trade unionism, "We are no longer just talking about white- collar workers, their problems and their status within indus- trial society. We are beginning to act and they are beginning to act." During the last two years un- ions have made slow but steady progress in the white - collar field, recruiting perhaps 4,000 a year. Most 'of this has been among government employees and office staffs in industries already organized at the blue- collar level. One of the areas Mr. Sefton znd his committee intend to tap is the trade and finance indus- tries where less than one per cent of tne huge clerical force is organized, Banks and insur- ance companies are expected to be the toughest customers, but their 240,000 employees repre- sent a major portion of the white-collar force. Mr. Sefton said the idea that white-collar workers are not interested in unions, is. rapidly being dispelled, "The truth is that they are interested and they are joining unions in larger numbers than ever before," he says. "The experience of my own National Law Is Needed An interesting piece of law is contained in a Kirkland Lake news story. A former Kirkland Lake man, now living in Brit- ish Columbia, was fined for driv- ing in Ontario while disquali- fied. His Ontario driving licence was. suspended before he moved to British Columbia. He obtain- ed a permit in that province and returned to Ontario for a holiday. The court. ruled the British Columbia licence did not permit hin to drive in Ontario -- even after the date of his Ontario licence suspension had expired. He would have to un- dergo re-examination to obtain & new permit after the prohi- bition ended, At first glance the law might appear to be ridiculous. How- ever, it should be noted that an Ontario resident. under licence suspension could easily slip across the Quebec or Manitoba border to obtain a driving li- cence in one of those provinces, He would then return to On- tario and drive unmolested, It shows a reason for police checks on out-oi-province drivers. In the Kirkland Lake case it was accidental that the driver was caught. Police stopped him be- cause of a defective muffler and he produced a British Colwmbia licence, How many other "sus- pended" Ontario drivers might be driving around under the authority of a licence from an- other province? The case provides one reason universal traffic laws are need- ed in Canada. Ten provinces with different traffic laws in one country is a situation that calls for correction. Perhaps the whole question of motor vehicle traffic should be brought under Ottawa's jurisdiction,. Federal traffic laws would eliminate evasions of the law from prov- ince to province. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 16, 1965... Fidel Castro, after months of guerrilla fighting, became premier of Cuba six years ago today--in 1959 -- taking the office from Fulgencia Batista, who fled inot exile, Initial reaction to Castro's ainis drew sympathetic re- sponse from many democ- racies until the Cuban leader turned towards the Commu- nist world for support and military backing. 1871 -- The Franco-Prus- sian War ended with the de- feat of France. 1949--- Dr. Chaim Weiz- mann was elected first president of Israel. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- forty Allied aircraft bombarded Ostend, Middel- kerke, Ghistelles and Zee- brugge; French troops in Champagne took two miles of trenches between Perthes and Beausejour; the British government decided to send the 29th Division to the Dar- danelles. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- Sweden re- fused to allow foreign'troops to march through Sweden to Finland; Finns said Russian troops had advanced farther into Finland after bitter fighting: in Washington, a record $965.779,438 for U.S. Navy appropriations: passed the House, union, the Steelworkers, along with the Auto Workers, the Ca- nadian Union of Public Employ- ecs, the Office Employees Inter- national Union and many others is that conditions have never been brighter for white-collar organizing." Worry about automation is not as big a factor as some believe, he adds. : "Many of the established privileges of white-collar work- ers--sick pay, pensions, vaca- tions and security -- now are rights enjoyed by most produc- tion workers, But while produc- tion workers have attained these rights, they have also achieved a much higher stand- ard of living. Office employees have been left behind." Willlam Dodge, executive vice-president of the CLC and its chief of organization, is en- thusiastic about the prospects but cautions that "it is still a fairly long-term project.' "It wou't show results over- night. But we are convinced that anyone can be organized if we can create among them a realization of what unions can accomplish towards digni- fied working conditions," MAC'S MUSINGS It has often been said That the reason why Many men refuse to stand For any public office is That they feel they could Not stand the criticisms To which public men are Often subjected, and so They decide to stand aloof From giving their services To their communities, In the case of men who May be too thin-skinned To accept criticism when It is offered, without Taking offence at it, or Losing their tempers, They are well advised To stay out of office Because criticism is so Much a part of it that Their lives would be made Miserable because of The criticism they receive. But the wisest citizen and The one who can render The greatest public service Is the man who can accept Criticism as a challenge, As an incentive to look From the viewpoint of Those who are critical To find out whether the Criticism is justified And is constructive Before resenting it. None of us are perfect, None of us are too big To be immune from the Criticism of others, And the real stature of Any man in office is shown By the manner in which He accepts and uses it For constructive purposes. --Feb. 16, 1965 BIBLE - «+ Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." 2 Corinthians 3:17. God's spirit is the great liber- ator, opening the door to genu- ine ireedom and unlimited power."have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed," WASHINGTON CALLING US. Policies Hit Canada By GORDON DONALDSON WASHINGTON (Special) --- When Washington sneezes Can- ada is liable to catch pneumo- nia. And when Washington tight- ens its belt, its neighbor may get fearful cramps in the stom- ach, So Canadian officials here had a sinking feeling as they awaited President Johnson's cure for the U.S. balance-of- payments deficit. Last year three billion dollars more left America than came in, and Johnson has been under pressure to stop the drain. But the cure when it came was not nearly as drastic as had been anticipated. It will cost Canada several hundred million dollars in tour- ist income and will make Amer- ican loans. more difficult to come by. But on the positive side, it will force Canadians to live more within their means and slow down the sellout of Canadian resources to the, Unit- ed States -- which Finance Min- ister Walter Gordon tried to do a couple of years ago, The big Canadian fear was that Johnson would end the Canadian exemption to the U.S. interest equalization tax which imposes a penalty of up to 15 per cent on American resi- dents who buy foreign securi- ties. This was President Ken- nedy's main effort to keep U.S. money in the country and orig- inally it applied to all foreign stocks and bonds. CANADA EXEMPT After violent protests from Ottawa, Kennedy exempted new Canadian issues -- which meant provinces and municipalities could continue to borrow money in New York for cherished pro- jects. In the final quarter of last year they borrowed about $300 million. This as much as any- thing caused the sad look in LBJ's eye as he surveyed the -balance sheet. However, he agreed to let Canada go on borrowing without penalty so long as this sort of thing didn't happen again. He said he had "firm assurance" QUEEN'S PARK from the Canadian Government. U.S, Businessmen and bank- ers are being scolded and told to limit their investments, bank holdings and loans outside the U.S.A. Congress has been asked to revise tax laws to make in- vestment in U.S. firms more appealing to foreigners. TOURIST DOLLARS LBJ_ skirted the main issue in the balance of payments problem -- the American tour- ist, The U.S. loses one point six billion dollars -- more than half its deficit -- through the "'tour- ist gap." Despite campaigns urging them to "See The U.S.A. First," the tourists gaily sow their dol- lars on foreign fields. The Treasury and Federal Reserve Board had a drastic plan to keep them at home -- plant a $100 head tax on every American every "ime he left the country. Johnson spurned this, well knowing how unpopular it would be. Instead he proposed to re- duce the value of duty-free goods a tourist can bring home from $100 to $50. In effect, this is a two-thirds cut, because duty will now be levied on the retail instead of the wholesale value of the arti- cles purchased. Americans buy more than $500 million worth of Canadian goods every year. Even with an in- crease in smuggling, this is ob- viously going to be reduced by more than half. Johnson also moved to elimi- nate the "free port' system under which tourists could order duty-free goods while abroad and have them shipped later. The new rules would require all duty-free articles to be carried with the tourist when he re- turned, The president's order to his secretary of defense to "Buy American" won't have much effect on Canada, which has a separate defense-sharing agree- ment with the U.S. So Washington's big economic Sneeze may cause sniffles in Canada, but no serious ailment. Program For Development By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--As an indication of the importance he now is placing on regional develop- ment, the economics and devel- opment minister, Hon, Stanley Randall, has scheduled an im- pressive three-day conference here in Toronto. A distinguished pane] of speakers from the U.S. and Europe will be on hand in addi- tion to a large array of Cana- dian experts. The impressiveness stems largely from these guest speak- ers rather than from any poten- tial practical achievement to be expected from the conference. Advance publicity has said it has been called to study On- tario's program of regional de- velopment. Actually what it will do is to study what should be in an Ontario program for regional development; if, as. and when it zets one. The experts are being brought in to talk about experience in their own areas and fields, And this experience wil] be culled for good ideas to be adapted to Ontario. WILL EDUCATE Also the conference will do a substantial educational job. More than 1,000 municipal and development representa- tives from across the province will attend. And the sessions will stimulate their knowledge and interest in development. You don't really take Mr. Randall to task for claiming his conference is to study a pro- gram, After all, as a minister, he can hardly admit that he has no program as yet. And you can be sure that now YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 16, 1945 John William Cornett, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Cornett, graduated from the Medical Faculty at Queen's University, Kingston, ¢ Board .of Works included ap- propriations of $100,000 in the 1945 budget to provide for re- surfacing of Simcoe street from Avenue street to Alexandra street, and for surface treat- ment on other streets in the city. Announcement was made of the Distinguished Flying Cross award to Flying Officer Charles §. Hamilton, who made a crash landing with) a big bomber in Belgium. 35 YEARS AG O Cecil F, Cannon was appoint- ed Inspector of Oshawa Public Schools, The Chamber of Commerce tendered a luncheon to F, J. Skinner, MPP for Gananoque and other officals of Skinner Co Ltd., to mark the completion of its. Oshawa plant. he soon will have a program. At least some program, This is really the first positive step of any promise that has been taken towards regional de- velopment in the province. It is overdue, and Mr. Randall and the government get credit. Not by any means all credit. For they have been given a large push by. the opposition, But at least they are taking the initiative. DEFENDS DYMOND A word should be said in de- fence of Health Minister Dr. Matt Dymond, whom it. was noted here yesterday took a lacing at the hands of NDP critic Stephen Lewis. Dr. Dymond looked bad. But he is in a position where .he really can't defend himself prop- erly. As mentioned yesterday, the problem of the health depart- ment --as with other depart- ments here--goes back some years, The foresight that was needed wasn't used when it was needed, possibly as far back as a decade ago. Now there is a frantic scramble to try to keep up. But the health minister can't very well say this. He can't ac- cuse a former government of shortcomings, for this also was a Conservative government. So he must put up the best face he can. POINTED PARAGRAPHS The anxiety of many people to reduce arises from their wor- ries about living within their seams, Now the holiday season is over, those overweights can go back to their regular program of dieting to reduce. Prime Minister Pearson now has a good reason for calling an early election. He has been voted Canada's Man of the Year on television program. Gold sovereigns are again to be minted in Britain. That will relieve many British uncles from worries about Christmas presents for nieces and nephews. The number of children a man has often makes all the difference in his desire to do some of his work at home. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES READERS: _ WRITE... » VICTORY PARK STORY The Editor, The Oshawa Times, Sir: It was with personal interest that I read in your paper of Feb. 11 an article reporting that a Polish organization in Osh- awa approached the Planning Board to name a park in honor of Poland's Millenium of Chris- tianity in 1966. The park that the Oshawa Planning Board chose to re- name and submit to the city council when it meets in com- mittee next week is Victory Park. The names that were suggest ed at the planning board meet- ing to replace Victory Park were 'Polish Millenium" as proposed by the Polish Organ- ization. and "Chopin Park" as presented by William Woodcock who is a member of the plan- ning board. Why should such an interest be taken in this park in this manner? Mr. Wandless stated that this park has been dormant for many years; this is true. Where were the 4000 Polish people in Oshawa during those years? What is in a name, and what is the history of Victory Park? This park was developed short- ly after the second world war. The CRA was approached by some of the young people who lived in the south-east area of Oshawa to see if a park could be provided for recreation. The CRA went to the parks. board for a report. The parks board recommended this area for a park as it was not suitable for building thereon. Then under the leadership of Mr, "Ted" Bathe of the Parks Board, a tractor was brought in and levelled out an area for a ball field. No sooner was the ground levelled than the young people put up the back stop for soft ball. : Later in the season when the tractor was idle, Mr. Bathe brought the tractor back to level more ground for swings, slides and a basket-ball court. That was the beginning of "The Park' . It should ben mentioned that a park that is not used is deplor- able. This could not be said of this park for our daily attend- ance averaged around the hun- dred mark. The toddlers came and played in the sand box while dads pitched horse shoes or watched the ball games. These ball teams entered the CRA leagues of Pee Wee Bantam and Midgets. As a team they wanted a title of which to be proud, so they chose '"'Victory 'Aées". The park took on the name 'Vic- tory Park' while the "Victory Aces" went to represent Oshawa at Kingston and Toronto and win the cup for Victory Park and Oshawa. Time passed . . .and neglect set in. What happened to these young people? The record is one to be proud of since these people have taken up new places of service from the common house-wife to doctors and teachers, The reason this park went dormant is that the 4000 Polish people did not use it. The poten- tial is still there. May the citizens of Oshawa and the Centennial Committee take seriously the project of de- veloping the present parks and the planning of new parks for which Oshawa could be rememe bered. Signed: Victory Park's first supervisor, TONY PELESHOK 96 Farewell street, Oshawa, OVER $300,000 SOLD JANUARY '65: The Best Place To SELL Your Property Is Where MOST property is SOLD CALL ACTIVE REALTY LTD. 48 Simcoe St. South 728-5157

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