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She Oshawa Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965--PAGE 4 More Local Centennial Projects Being Planned The fact that the city council has decided to have a new swimming pool built at the Civic Auditorium as an official civic centennial pro- ject for 1967 does not mean that this will be the only centennial pro- ject undertaken in Oshawa. That has become apparent at recent func- tions at which various local organ- izations have indicated their in- terest in having their own indivi- dual projects to mark the centennial year. The Oshawa Horticultural Society is one such organization. At its an- nual dinner the other evening, its president, D. H. MacMillan in- dicated that it was studying and planning for some new civic beauti- fication project: to mark the cen- tennial year. The Folk Festival organization is thinking along the same lines, with its ideas moving in the direction of staging something quite out of the ordinary, and beyond the scale of President In President Johnson of the United States has been forced by the heavy pressures of public opinion to pre- sent his new voting rights legisla- tion to Congress six months earlier than he had intended to do so. The tragic events in Selma, Alabama, producing in their wake nation- wide, indeed world-wide, called for action on his part, made it obliga- tory that he should do something and do it quickly. He has responded by placing before Congress a bill giving the federal government the power to regulate the registration of voters where state authorities are blocking the way. One result of this prompt action on the part of the president, coup- led with his plea that the bill be passed as quickly as possible, will be to cut down considerably the time to be spent in debating it. Had he waited, as he intended to do, another six months before bring- ing in his bill, there would prob- ably have been a lengthy debate. The last civil rights bill was under debate for eight months before it 'was passed. The urgency of the present situ- ation, impressed on Congress by the unhappy events in Alabama, will She Oshawa Times T.'L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily ,Sundoys and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- 'ern. Association. The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Cntario Provincial Dailies Associotion. The Canadian 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- patches are also reserved. Gffices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, ALiverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, ®rono, Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Claremont, Molumbus, Greenwood, Kinsale. Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester Pontypool! and Newcastle not over Oc per week. By mail in Province of Ontorio) 'Outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year, Other eooe ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, S.A. and foreign 24.00. its now annual presentations, to mark the 100th anniversary of Dominion Day. These are encouraging signs of . community spirit being focussed in the direction of making Canada's centennial year a year to be re- membered in Oshawa's history. It is quite open to every kind of or- ganization in the community to plan for some project in keeping with its own endeavors, to make the observance of the 100th anniversary a concerted community effort. Certainly it is not necessary to take it for granted that because the city is to sponsor a new swimming peol, nothing further is needed to make the centennial year one of real celebration. There is abundant scope for imagination and planning on the part of a large number of organizations and societies, and there are plenty of projects which could be undertaken by them for the benefit of the city. A Hurry probably see the bill passed within the next week or two. This may not be a good thing, since it will res- trict the time for debating whether its proposals are sufficient to meet the needs of the situation. A measure of this kind requires the most careful type of scrutiny .by the legislators, since it is more than likely that one or more of the south- ern states will challenge its consti- tutionality in the Supreme Court of the United States. What is hoped for, however, is that the introduction of the bill will calm down the aroused passions in Alabama, and put an end to the demonstrations and disturbances there. If that is accomplished, the president will not be criticized 'too strongly for bringing in his bill in such a hurry. Other Editors' Views IT'S PECULIAR (Windsor Star) Ontario residents and tourists expended more than $421,000,000 on liquor, beer and wine in 1964, reports the Liquor Control Board. In this context the word "control" seems out of place. We don't suggest -people be deprived the right of an alcoholic drink. But do they have to drink that much? We hear much these days of the money spent on educa- tion, or health and welfare meas- ures. Yet, oddly, no one seems to complain about spending $421,000,- 000 on such refreshments. BITTER POSSIBILITY (Ottawa Journal) How many war criminals have so far escaped detection? Estimates vary from "a very few" to thou- sands. Even if there were only one or two, it would be bitter knowing they were safe beyond the arm of human justice because of a law conceived before Nazi barbarism could have been imagined. UNITED KINGDOM VIEWPOINT READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times MP STARR'S NATIONAL LABOR CODE VOTE Dear Sir: Mr. V. C. Ayling, in his let- ter published in the March 13, 1965 edition, takes exception to Mr. Starr's position on the National Labor code; a_posi- tion outlined in the March 3, 1965 edition. , In essence, the Government by implementing '"'this code" has legislated which business will exist and which will not. Unfortunately, for the small businessman and _ his employ- ees, some of these firms will be unable to survive with the $1.25 rate (obviously a good many more would go under if this rate was $1.50 per hour), What is the net effect to us, as consumers, ofthis type of legislation? Well for one, we will probabiy see an increase in restaurant prices (recently, in this city, shirt laundering prices rose 20 per cent). Other service industries, with a high labor content, will also have to increase prices if competition will allow. accept a reduced for marginal profit or, if no profit, go bankrupt. If one believes in the free enterprise system (ours is more a mixed system, now) than it is as improper to legislate mini- mum prices for labor as it is to legislate minimum prices for cars, cigarets, appliances or anything else (resale price maintenance is contrary to the Combines legislation). In our system, prices of most things find their level through the workings of competition. Should it be different with labor? We can sell our labor where we choose; exception: through closed shop unions. Getting back for a to Mr. Starr. True he is our Member, representing, by the way, the city with the highest average weekly wage in Can- ada ($111.00 per week -- recent Financial Post Survey) and, as a piece of legislation, this prob- ably means less to his riding than any in Canada by virtue of the above statistics; but I defend, "partially," Mr. Starr on firmer ground, Mr. Ayling apparently expects his Mem- ber to champion the views of his riding only. A Federal Mem- ber must have his constituants best interests at heart, but overriding this often provincial- istic view is his responsibility to the WHOLE of Canada; to himself, to vote as his consci- ence dictates (we elected him for this). Mr. Ayling seems to begrudge Mr. Starr his $18,000 annual salary, Mr. Starr and the ma- jority of our 265 Members, I suggest, are facing an economic penalty in sitting in the House of Commons. Most of them would make considerably . more if their time was used in other economic endeavors. To conclude, about the only thing I can agree with Mr. Ayling on is his. disposition to reading and learning of Gov- ernment activities, which is ap- parent from his knowledge of the facts in his letter. This country would be still a better place in which to live if more people were so interested. Yours very truly, RICHARD NELSON AUBRY. 887 Simcoe street north, Oshawa. moment Unmerited Slur By Magistrate Magistrate Kenneth Langdon of Burlington, Ont, in sentenc- ing four persons for. theft, de- livered an unwarranted slur to New Brunswick. "The court finds that persons from Quebec, Newfoundland and the Mari- times are more likely to be in- volved in these types of of- fences," he said in a gratui- tous condemnation of five of Canada's 10 provinces, including three of the original partners in Confederation. Magistrate Langdon seems to have been, led into his fallacy by the fact that numerous thefts are committed by transients from outside the province = in- volved. It is no part of his duty to condemn and sentence en- mass: the people. of New Brunswick and four other proy- inces, --Fredericton Gleaner SPRING TRAINING SOUTH AFRICAN CONFUSION Laws On Entertainment Hit At Colored People By BRIAN BARROW CAPE TOWN (CP) -- The South African government has given a virtuoso performance in the art of making itself look ri- diculous to the civilized world-- the world it so earnestly wants to impress with the fairness and integrity of its race-segregation policies. ; It has issued a proclamation prohibiting racially mixed audi- ences at public .entertainments, except on permit. : The proclamation hits directly at the few hundred Coloreds-- persons of mixed racial origin-- in Cape province who patronize opera, ballet, theatre and sym- phony concerts. : They are an educated, intelli- gent and sensitive group for whom the new measure is' noth- ing but a rude slap in the face. Among them are the leaders of the Colored community. The proclamation means, for instance, that unless the govern- ment gives its permission, Col- ored. music-lovers may not at- tend a Beethoven concert in the City Hall given by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. What hurts is that white and Colored music-lovers have been YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Mar. 18, 1950 Oshawa's Barbershop Quar- tet organization. received its charter from the International Society. Harry F. Benson was elected chairman of the General Mo- tors Division of Local 222, UAW. St. George's Anglican Church opened a campaign to raise $55,000. to build a new Memor- ial Parish Hall. 30 YEARS AGO Mar. 18, 1935 The department of highways announced plans to build a new four-lane highway between To- ronto and Oshawa. declared Oshawa con- Drew Jacobi winner of the public schools lest. was annual oratorical The upper storey of the Cana- dian Legion Memorial Hall was compieted and put to use for the first time. Labor And Tories Are Agreed On Viet Nam By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer The Tory opposition's support of Labor Prime -Minister Wil- son's Vietnamese policy points up a marked bipartisan swing in British foreign affairs, One dramatic example of this came in the House of Com- mons Tuesday when Sir Alec Douglas - Home, the Conserva- tive leader, assured Wilson of backing. on his actions so far over the Vietnamese question. The Tories like Wilson, "think it .necessary to support our American allies in this mat- ter," said Sir Alec. It may have given some wry satisfaction to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, vis- iting London, to note that Wil- son's troubles came not from the Tories, buat. from: his. own Socialist 'eft-wingers, who de- scribed United States action against North naked war Viet Nam as The odd drawing - together between the thing is that. 'the that the fighting in South Viet Nam is caused simply by home Edward du Cann, the new chairman of the Conservative party, went if anything further than Sir Alec when he. ad- dressed a meeting of foreign correspondents Tuesday COMMON MAJORITY THIN A questioner noted that Wil- son's Commons majority. at present 1s only threé and he asked whether the Tories would "rescue" the prime munister if the left-wingers, who number 45 or more, came out in.open defiance in a Commons vote 'I think that is possible .. .,"* said du Cann. "However, the left-wing lead- ers have aiready said they have no intention of defeating Wilson in the Hi move that would lead 'o a. new neral Con- 1s¢ ele n nd verhaps a servative victory. 'support leadership of the two main par- ties on foreign affairs coincides with a period of increased fric- tion on dumestic issues, with the Tories attacking harder than at apy time since Wilson came to power last Oct. 15. There is considerable com- ment on how Wilson, once re- garded as a. radical in his party, has apparently modified his stance under the responsi- bilities of power. In June. 1964, he demanded that Sir Alec, then prime min- ister mare it 'lear 'to the Americans that "we would not+ any extention of the war into North Viet Nam." ENDORSES RAIDS He now endorses bombing -- aid the U.S on the ground th North Vict Nam ha d mitied it 1s a protagonist in the struggle, giving up the friction revolutionaries and volunteers. The Labor and Tory positions now appear much closer. on such matters as defence and the European Common Market than they did in the election cam- paign last fall. Wilson, whose most scathing remarks were reseryea for the independent nuclear deterrent built up by successive . Tory governments, now rules over much the same nuclear deter- rent although pledged 'to place it under a NATO-allied body at some time.in the future, ¢ Regarding the Common Mar- ket, Wilson has frequently used the term "bridge-building" to describe nis aim of linking the six-nation .body with the British- led sever nation Huropean Free Trade Association Du Cann uséo precisely the same term Tuesday, attending concerts and opera performances together since the Cape Town orchestra was formed 50 years ago. NEVER AN INCIDENT In all that time and at all the hundreds of concerts there has never been a single racial inci- dent. Yet the reason for the gov- ernment's ban is to prevent "friction between the races." The more likely reason is that the goverument-has yielded to another attack of blind racial- ism that occurs periodically. The insult to the educated Colored is twofold. First there is the humiliation of being "per- mitted" to attend the same con- certs as white. Second are the conditions of the permit which may not be granted unless the Colored lovers of Beethoven sit in a different part of. the hall from th whit lovers of Beethoven. There 'are other conditions, The Coloreds: must have separ- ate toilet. facilities' and a separ- ate booking office. They must have separate entrances and exits and the part of the con- cert hall to which they are assigned must. be clearly identi- fied as "for non-whites only." The same applies to theatres, opera, circuses, agricultural shows, ice shows, pantomimes, carnivals, water follies and even puppet shows, Girl Guide func- tions and church fetes and ba- zaars also fall under the re- Strictions. : OWNERS CONFUSED The result is utter confusion throughout the entertainment world in Cape province, To be on the safe side everyone who runs anything remotely resem- bling an "entertainment" is ap- plying for a permit. There are almost as many opinions on the legal effects of the proclamation as there are lawyers and it seems that the only way to get clarification is to have a test case in the courts, How it all began is equally ridiculous The government of Henrik Verwoerd, in its sensitiv- ity to anything that suggests multi-racialism, allowed itself to be provoked by two "pop" sing- ers, both imports from Britain, who had the temerity to an- nounce they would play to BIBLE "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradi- tion, which ye have delivered: and many stich like things do ye." Mark 7:13. The word of God is effective when it is preached and prac- ticed. multi-racial audiences {n South Africa. They had every reason to hope they would, for many other artists before them had played before mixed audiences in Cape Town's Luxurama Theatre. In fact, Cape Town had always had a tradition of mixed audi- ences in all privately _ owned halls and theatres But 'or some obscure reason the government was offended by the remarks of. the singers, Dusty Springfield and Adam Faith. "Weare not going to be dic- tated to by overseas artists," said Jan de Klerk, minister of the interior, MAC'S MUSINGS There is tremendous force In the: statement that truth Ts the essential and great Foundation on which alone Can understanding and World peace be assured. We fully believe that if All peoples of the world Could learn the full truth Of what is going on in Other countries, without Their information being Controlled by dictators, There would be a greater Hope for lasting peace. Where governments are Concerned only with telling What they want the people To know, regardless of What is the real truth, There can b> no hope Of greater understanding Between all the nations, And those to blame are not The people themselves, But only their leaders Who deny them the truth. The people are able to Learn the truth only Where there is a press Free from control by Government agencies, And a press which itself Disseminates the news Without fear or favor, And without prejudice, And always with honesty, Integrity and accuracy. We are proud that in Canada we have a press, That is free from control By any outside interests, And that is never afraid To tell the Canadian People the truth, even if It may be unpalatable, Because in so doing they Are upholding the finest Traditions of a free press. --March 18 TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 18, 1965... Seven -prisoners, includ- ing six leading followers of former president Juan Peron, escaped from a heavily guarded prison in Agentina and fled to Chile eight years ago today--in 1957. One of the men was Jorge Antonio, a former fi- nancial adviser to deposed president Peron. He was .charged. with -- stealing the equivalent of $800,000,- 000 from the Argentine dur- ing the Peron regime. 1937--More than 440 pu- pils and teachers were killed in 'a natural gas ex- plosion at a school at New London, Tex 1959 -- Hawaii was ad- mitted to union with the United States, making it the 50th state. First World War . Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the Allied fleet met a reversal at the Dardanelles with the British battleships Ocean and Irresistible and the Bouvet of the French navy sunk by mines; Ger- man' airmen dropped bombs on Calais; Russia resumed its offensive in the invasion of East Prussia. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mus- solini held a conference at the Brenner Pass, Italy;; Swedish circles de- clared that Russia had given assurances. she' had no more territorial aspira- tion in Scandinavia. OTTAWA REPORT ~ Atlantic Alliance Vital To Canada By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The battle to cre- ate a strong and true Atlantic Community has been going on for 16 years. This plan to pro- vide for the common defence and common prosperity of the Western world also offers other- wise unattainable strength to aid and woo the developing na- tions of the world, It has prop- erly» been called the noblest political dream 'ot the Twen- tieth Century; it is without doubt the best hope for man- kind through the Twentieth and succeeding centuries, Sixteen years ago, a widely- respected Canadian diplomat said that this plan held out the promise of an. economic and even a political commonwealth of the Western world. 'In this jet-propelled atomic age, noth- ing less will do,"' he added, That Canadian was Mike Pearson. Today and for many years back Mike Pearson and every other Canadian "statesman" has neglected this plan--prob- ably on the short-sighted view that there are no voters in the Atlantic, and Canadians are de- manding bread and circuses to- day rather than security and life itself for our children, MARTIN SPEAKS Earlier this month a three- day meeting was held in Cleve- land, Ohio, to examine The At- lantic Community: Prospects for Unity' The seminar was sponsored by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Chamber of Commerce, the At- Jantic Council and the Cleveland newspapers. The keynote speaker was Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Saying that the Atlantic alli- ance is in real danger of fading away, Mr. Lodge declared that "The great tragedy of our age is the inability of free men to create one well-rounded and es- sentially spiritual view of life by harnessing towards common goals their talents. Sometime, somehow, somewhere, power and responsibility must meet." QUEEN'S PARK U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his Canadian counter- part, External Affairs Minister. Paul Martin, also addressed the . meeting, ~ This was a golden opportun-'. ity for Canada and Paul Martin | to sound a clarion call, Na' other nation suspects Canada of | planning to dominate either the » alliance or the world; so Canr~ ada could take a lead in pro posing the means whereby free men could harness their talents towards the common goals of peace, and prosperity. But Paul sounded no clarion call. Instead he gave his listeners cotton-wool words such as Heber Smith, the widely admired MP from Rarrie, has called in the House of Commons "'Pompous Paul's. pious platitudes." CANADIAN CONCERT Mr. Martin closed. his ad- dress by saying that the Cana- dian concept is that '"'we should each be prepared to subordinate some part of our national inter- est to the general interest of the alliance asa whole." Sixteen years ago this concept was more strongly expressed when Mike Pearson called for co-operation within the Atlantic alliance in the economic and political fields. A federation of the. nations bordering the North Atlantic ocean could have one supra- government handling defence and diplomatic relations, 'and co-ordinating trade within that Atlantic Common Market. Each member - nation, whether big like the U.S. or tiny like Lux- embourg, would be self-govern- ing in domestic affairs. This _ pattern is made to order for to- day's Canada; it is surprising that Ottawa is not vigorously urging it. Quebec could be a member, so could other re- gional Canadian groupings, each internally self-governing yet all loosely federated with the rest of the alliance. But if the At- lantic concept fades, our des- tiny is inevitably absorption and disappearance within the U.S. Constitution Bill Little Understood By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There are two important conclusions to be taken from the debate here on the constitution. 1. That at this point the con- stitution represents a game we don't know much about. But it's agreed by nearly everybody we should bring it home and start playing it. (A few experts op- pose this. Feeling it we should Jeave it.at Westminister until we know more about it.) 2. That it's a game which will occupy us much in the future and could give us some trying times. The main impression one got from the two-day debate is that nobody here really knows too much about the constitution and particulariy about the contro- versial formula for adoption. There was practically no at; tempt at all to argue the form- ula, START ALTERATIONS : In fact. the general attitude seemed to be that the merits of the formula probably would only be clear when a start was made and actual alterations to the constitution got under way. The implications were so in- tricate that only practical ex- perience could uncover them and get them on the table in a practical way. And in the meantime this pro- cess couldn't start until the con- stitution was brought home. Essential:y, of. course, the present proceedings on the con- stitution really are only a cur- tain-raiser. No matter what happens at Ottawa--and it appears the ar- gument there may get into de- tail--the principal fact being accomplished at the moment is the return of the constitution it- self. The formula for changes is important. But it does seem realistic that it can't be prop- erly appraised until actual changes are undertaken, And until this procedure starts the play won't really be underway. TAKE MORE INTEREST One certain factor is that in the next aundred years we will have to take much more inter- est in the constitution than in the past hundred. The lack of knowledge of constitutional matters' in the province is really amazing. This, of course, is largely due to the circumstance that we are a prosperous province which: for the most part has lived com- fortably under the B.N.A.. Acts It also is due to.the. fact that the provinces have, not had.a clear voive in changes as @& matter of right. Their place has been. unim- portant. But that place now is to be changed. They are to be piven a clear and positive voice. And this means we will have a more active concern, Flags Galore Across Canada In Newfoundland Premier Smallwood refuses to accord the Maple Leaf any but an equal status to that of the Union Jack. The provincial flag. in Nova Scotia is the well-known cross of St. Andrew. Quebec's separatistes current- ly sport with the replacement to the Red Ensign by burning our distinctive national emblem. Ontario toys with the idea of rejuvenating the Red Ensign with the provincial coat of arms, In Manitoba, all public schools as well as the Legion fly the former flag of Canada through legislative enactment. Saskatchewan topped even its Federal counterparts by produe- ing its own provincial flag bear- ing a sheaf of wheat. Premier Manning in his yet to be defined role in the Con- federation Party might use a symbolic oil derrick, Out on the west coast British Columbia has solved the matter of serving all interests by fly- ing no fewer than four official flags -- the Union Jack the.Red Ensign, the Provincial flag, and the Maple Leaf -- in that order; The only people in Canada not complaining are the flag-mak- ers. Continental STEAM BATH and MASSAGE 16A Ontario St. 728-2460 725-2109 $3630 POST OFFICE For full particulars concerning East, Toronto 7, Ontario. LETTER CARRIERS - $4380 OSHAWA, ments ond application forms, see posters on display at the Posi Office and National Employment Service Office. Apply IMME- DIATELY to the Civil Service Commission, 25 St. Clair Avenue QUOTE COMPETITION 65-T-750 DEPARTMENT ONTARIO residence, qualification requite.