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3 She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited » 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965--PAGE 4 Highway Name Change Brings Court Confusion When Premier Robarts of On- tario on January 11 announced that ' {nm future Highway No. 401 would ' be designated the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, it was obvious that for a time at least this change would result in some confusion. But a court case in Prescott, Ontario, in which a motorist was charged with speeding, has provided a most biz- arre judgment from a magistrate. It is a judgment which might well ..have motorists who have received summonses for traffic offences on this highway scurrying to study the phraseology of these official docu- ments. In the case in point, the motorist was charged with speeding on Highway 401. For the defence, it was pointed out that when the new name of this highway was officially put into effect by the department 'of highways six weeks ago, High- way 401 legally ceased to exist. It was a dead letter. The magistrate agreed with this, and dismissed the charge because the information did not spell out the proper location of the alleged offence, the Macdonald- Cartier Freeway. One can well imagine the flurry that this will cause among court officials who have the duty of deal- ing with traffic cases involving this particular highway. Wholesale dis- missal of charges in which the old name of Highway 401 is used can reasonably be expected. Offenders who. have been convicted since the new ,name became effective might take a second look at the charges laid against thém, and if the loca- tion is cited as Highway 401, they would have reasonable grounds for appeal. This sets up an interesting situ- ation, and it may well be that a number of Oshawa motorists will be involved by being convicted and fined for offences listed as being committed on Highway 401. On the other hand, police officers and jus- tices of the peace will probably by now have had specific instruction on seeing that the new name, the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, is used on all future summonses and in- formations, New Position For Drew Some time ago we suggested in this column that some post should be found in which Hon. George A. Drew, former Canadian. High Com- missioner still devote his exceptional talents and undoubted «bility for the public good. It is therefore gratifying to note that Mr. Drew has been ap- pointed as Chancellor of the Univer- sity of Guelph. He will be installed at that university's first convoca- tion on May 21. It is highly appropriate that George A. Drew should be ap- pointed to this post. He was born in the city of Guelph, and went to school there before attending Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. He began his practice .of law in his native city. At the age of 27 he became an alderman She Oshawa Times T L. WILSON, Publisher R..C. ROOKE, General Monager Cc, J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 187!) ond the Whitby Gozette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and 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 exciusively entitied f> the use of republication of ali news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and aiso the local news published therein. All rights of special des potches are also reserved in London, could Gffices: Thomson Building 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Onterio: 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal PQ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Oreno,. Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypoo! and Newcastle not over per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per yeor. Other Previncees and Commonwealth Countries 15.00. U.S.A. and foreign 24.00 of Guelph, and he became mayor of- the city when only 31 years of age. Since then, Mr. Drew has held important offices, including the premiership of Ontario, and leader- ship of the opposition in the House of Commons. But he has always remained essentially loyal to the city of Guelph which was his birth- place, and in which he served, in municipal affairs, his apprentice- ship for the broader public life which was to follow. The honor of being the first chan- cellor of the new University of Guelph is one which is well-merited by the meritorious career of Mr, Drew. This university, created by the amalgamation. of the Ontario Agricultural College, the Ontario Veterinary College and Macdonald Institute last July, will benefit greatly from the experience, the ability and flair for leadership of its new chancellor. It is as much honored by his acceptance of the office, as he been in being offered it. has Other Editors' Views SNOW-BATTLERS (North Bay Nugget) Motorists and pedestrians gen- erally have earned themselves a pat on the back for the good- natured patience they displayed during the ordeal of battling with snow. It was a 21-year record storm. It is a curious fact. that people become friends when they meet a foe. In this case the common foe was snow. End Hanging -- Or Grab Steel? London Observer Although the bill to abolish the death penalty is not an of- ficial measure, many people's attitude toward the government will be affected by what minis- ters now decide to do about it. There will be great disappoint- ment if the government fails to come to its rescue. It will ob- viously be extremely inconven- ient for ministers to set aside House of Commons time. The result would be to lengthen the queue of legislation still further, Moreover, abolishing hanging is far from being a vote-catcher, In the circumstances, it may be tempting for the government to wash its hands of the measure, But this would be to alienate those who support the govern ment. less because of its spe- cifically Socialist policies than because of its general attitude toward social questions: who at- tach more importance to abolish- ing hanging than to say, the na- tionalization of steel. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO April 22, 1950 William Manning of Brooklin, clerk of Ontario County, was elected chairman of the Whitby- Pickering Township Planning Board. General Motors planned a $346,000 plant extension here to build Buicks and larger Oldsmo- bile models, The 8th Oshawa Sea Scouts marked its 21st anniversary un- der the leadership of Scoutmas- ter Donald A. Houlden 30 YEARS AGO April 22, 1935 A $40,000 blaze destroyed the Dunbarton residence of W. H. Moore, MP. L. V. Disney was elected chairman, and Ald. Stewart Al- ger as secretary of the new Osh- awa Public Welfare Board. H: F; Schell was appointed to fill the vacancy on city council created by the death of Ald. Thomas Hawkes. MAC'S MUSINGS The fact that the freedom Of South Viet Nam is being Challenged by Communism, And that the United States Is meeting that challenge At tremendous cost reminds Us that freedom is not free. The freedom which we enjoy, And wish others to have Has been won for us At great cost by those Who have fought for it Down through the centuries Ever since the days when The men of Greece evolved The ideology of a free And democratic state, and Ever since the barons Of England made King John Sign the Magna Charta. Men of many genérations Have sacrificed their lives And all their possessions In the struggle for that Prize we call freedom Which has come down to The generation of today Because of that, sacrifice. Now that men's freedom is Again being challenged by Evil forces, free men are Finding that they today Have to fight for it, And be prepared to share The cost of maintaining it For the coming generations, Freedom is not free, Because others have Bought it for us, and We in our turn must Be preparing to make The sacrifices needed To maintain it if we Believe it worth, having. ~--April 22, 1965 EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK Britain's Race Problem Near Explosive Stage By ANTHONY WHITE "LONDON (AP)---Britain, long a haven of political and racial tolerance, now has explosive race problems of its own The old tolerance is cracking. Racial stresses are building up. Some politicians warn that mass immigration of coloreds to Britain must be halted--or the nation faces a social disaster. These are pethaps the most vital social questions facing Britain today: Can it develop a multi-racial society and does it want to? Or will the growing white-col- ored division lead the country into segregation and continuing racial enmity? There are estimated to be be- tween: 850,000 and 1,000,000 col- ored, among Britain's popula- tion of 54,000,000 -- 'the dark million" they have been called. Though a sma}l minority, their presence is exerting a political and social influence greater than ever before. They are largely Pakistanis, Jamaicans, Indians and Africans. Many Britons express fear that unless the tide of immi- grants--now running at around 50,000 a year--is checked the nation's whole way of life, its very British character, will be lost NOT RACIS The whites who cry "keep coloreds out' are not all racists. They do not necessarily object to a colored man eating in the same restaurant of riding the same bus. But they are afraid that Britain will lose its ancient identity. The whites fear social economic pressures, "There are not and cannot be in Britain first- and second-class citizens," Sir Alec Douglas - Home, Conservative party leader and former prime minis- ter, recently told a party meet- ing. '"'But that these kinds of social barriers will be erected is certain unless we can integrate the immigrants into the life of the local communities and, while we are doing that, keep the strictest control of the num- ber of new entrants," Government action in a bill of 1962 stemmed the tide a lit- tle. Immigrants are admitted to and FRENCH - CANADIAN VIEWPOINT Balcer And Fulton Undermining Leader This is a selection of 'edi- torials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Trois - Rivieres Le Nouvel- liste--Leon Balcer has left . the Progressive Conservative party and become an inde- pendent. As independent member of the Commons for Trois-Rivieres, he will doubt- ; In the course of his Commons career. and as transport minister in the for- mer Diefenbaker cabinet, he has acted as a mediator in many difficult situations and this come up with solutions to seemingly 'impossible -- prob- the lems. On the other hand, we have Davie Fulton's return to fed- eral politics and his ambition ing the constitution, he counts on. public 'opinion to support his acceptance of it; he said broadcast earlier that it if not impossible problem for public, conference in which the' pre- mier was commenting on an editorial by Claude Ryan of Le Devoir, he replied to re- a recent television Yet he had stated is a difficult son During a press Montreal Metro - Express--_ Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957, Lester B. Pear- last .week received the "Peace Prize' of Temple Uni- versity in Philadelphia, On that occasion Mr. Pear- son set off a bomb, and a very courageous one, let it be said, The "temporarily at should halt, least," he Americans join relatives, 'attend school, or if jobs and housing are guar- anteed, In practice, this has slowed entry of the uneducated and unskilled from Common- wealth countries, who were mostly non-white, White Com- monwealth immigrants haye lit- tle difficulty in qualifying SEEK MORE CHECKS But there are still big loop- holes and almost every day at some airport or liner pier the thousands of hopefuls crowd in. Now some legislators are call- ing for tighter checks. Spurred to action, the new Labor government has named Earl Mountbatten to head a commission which will _ visit Commonwealth countries to urge them to check emigration to England. Until late 1964, Brifain had lived with its problem, knowing it was there, but appearing not to worry too much about it. Then something happened that shook the country. This was the "Smethwick Affair," Smethwick, an ugly, indus- trial area just outside Birming- ham, had traditionally elected a Labor party member to the House of Commons, In last Oc- tober's election the Labor can- didate was again Patrick Gor- don-Walker, one of the party chieftains. One in 12 of Smethwick's 60,- 000 citizens ts colored. The two communities, mixing as little as possible socially, live in a kind of watchful isolation. At the election the white vot- ers of Smethwick ousted Gor- don-Walker and elected Con- servative Peter Griffiths, cam- paigning on an anti-immigra- tion ticket. DENIED SLOGAN During the campaign, pamph- lets appeared saying "if you want a Nigger neighbor, vote Labor." Griffiths denied having anything to do with them," Marshall Street is the racial focal. point of Smethwick, It is about 200 yards long, a dreary prospect of identical tiny houses linked together with common walls. One third' of the houses are owned by coloreds. Even without its 1,000,000 mi- grants, Britain would still face a serious housing shortage. And it is the housing shortage that is causing one of the biggest single sources of racial dis- cord--the formation of all-col- ored areas. A still unknown factor is the effect 'of the color question in political terms. Smethwick was the first sign of a backlash vote, If the colored population ex- pands, and enmities and mis- understandings grow with it the colored vote could become a powerful weapon in British politics, 76,000 Canadian Women Cannot All Be Wrong (Hamilton Spectator) More than seventy-six thou- sand. women have signed a petition and sent it to the government demanding that the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- ation be cleaned up. The petition asks Parliament to "end the domination of a minority who misuse the CBC to spread propaganda for per- version, free love, blasphemy, dope, violence and crime." It is not so easy to dismiss this heavily supported petition as merely the work of a well- organized pressure group. Many of the women who signed it are outstanding representatives. of their sex. Nor is it going to be easy to scoff at the nub of their com- plaint, which is that CBC night- time programming often comes very close to being a televised version of the Kinsey report. Many men, in fact, are going to find it very difficult this time to look down their noses at the ladies, For the CBC, one has to admit, does stand guilty of foist- ing much that is sickening and distasteful upon its viewers. The sad thing is that many of the people who support the rights of these "cool-cool-man" young Turks of the CBC per set do not because they know what the devil the programs are all about but because they don't want to be accused of being ignorant, stupid, or behind the times, What they really are, of course, are culture snobs. The ladies know better, God bless 'em. : BIBLE "T can do all things thfough Christ which strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13. The Lord is looking for peo- ple through whom He can do the unusual and even the unex- plainable. The man who has Christ in Him and appropriates the power that goes with it can live the most exciting life ever. 'With God nothing shall be impossible," TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 22, 1965 . . . First World War Fifty years ago today--in * abol OTTAWA REPORT Observer Figures Not Conclusive By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA (CP) -- The latest plea for the abolition of capital punishment comes in the eur- rent issue of The United Church Observer. In its April Ist (AIL Fools) edition, it announces that "For the past month The Observer has polled the 262 MPs asking where they stand." There are in fact 265 Members of Parlia- ment; can it be that this organ of the United Church, which ad- mits to its '"'typical WASP. (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) fashion," does not recognize the two MPs who are Hebrew, and the one who proclaimed himself an agnostic? Be that as it may, the 262 MPs polled total up this way: 59 say they are in favor of abo- lition, 49 would retain the pres- ent death penalty, 35 will make no comment; and 25 say they are undecided. Presumably the balance of 94 did not reply. These totals prompt the voice of the United Church to declaim editorially "There is a con- vinced number, not far from a majority, who are definitely for n of capital punish- ment."' To declare 59 out of 265 MPs as being not far from a majority is elastic arithmetic; I hope the good pastors--if pas- tors. they be--who edit The Ob- server are stronger in theology than they are -in. mathematics. CHURCH OF GREY FLANNEL Much more Serious than its phony arithmetic is the mani- festation of a respected church, with a large following across Canada, permitting itself to in- dulge in what impresses me as being close to the dishonest and unbiblical Madison Avenue type of brainwashing. The implica- tion of the Observer's writing is that abolition is a bandwagon which all MPs should ride, and that MPs who "'plan to vote as their constituents wish' are moronic and specifically irre- sponsible If all MPs vote on this issue as the majority of their consti- tuents wish, the latest public opinion polls make it abun- QUEEN'S PARK Right To Counsel Is New Concept By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The report of the legal aid committee could be the most important to be re- ceived here this. year. For the report adds a new concept to the role of govern- ment: The concept that every- one has the right to legal coun- sel And it seems certain that eventually the government will recognize this right. In fact Attorney-General Ar- thur Wishart already has said he probably will bring in draft legislation this year. This would be let stand for study and comment and then brought before the house with revisions a year from now. And then this right to legal counsel would be added to the long list of other social rights we now enjoy. HOW MUCH Briefly the committee pro- poses there should be a panel of lawyers available to every- one, no matter how small their means. The lawyers would be paid fees at a rate of 75 per cent of the regular tariff, with in some cases the government subsidiz- ing some or all of the cost. The only legal aid there has been until now has been a vol- POINTED PARAGRAPHS The constitutional system in Canada cannot remain as it now is. Something must be done. We cannot go back to chronic sectional hostility and discord -- George Brown, one of the Fa- thers of Confederation, in 1865. It may indeed by hypocrticial nol to practise what you preach, but it is equally hypocritical al- wayy to preach what you hap- pen practise, --Anthony Che- venix-Trench, Headmaster of Eaton. Canada has regained from Sweden her position as the sec- ond most affluent nation in the world. That was affluent, not effluent, Mr. Pearson, dantly obvious that a huge ma- jority of MPs would vote to re- tain capital punishment for con- victed murderers, The aboli- tionists do not want MPs to echo the majority wish of elec- tors across Canada. The small number of definite replies to the Observer's poll can be attributed to the very proper reaction of responsible MPs: They do not propose to an- nounce now their voting inten- tion on an as yet unpublished i at some as yet unspecified late. To do otherwise would damn themselves as performing seals, admitting that they will be in- fluenced neither by the text of the bill nor by arguments ad- vanced in the debate. "Don't confuse me with facts; my mind is made up" could be the motto of those seals who do perform, THOU SHALT NOT KILL The sixth commandment gives the specific order: 'Thou shalt do no murder." This is implicit in the constitution of the United States, which pro- claims--and this applies equally to Canada--that certain truths are self-evident: That all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights . . that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness and that govern- ments are instituted among men to secure these rights, So one of the prime functions of our government is to secure the right of each individual Ca- nadian to life; to protect us against murder, for instance. Our recent governments have not carried out this basic obli- gation very successfully, Just 10 years ago, in 1955, 118 Cana- dians were known to have been murdered; today that rate is nearly double--217 murdered in 1962, 215 in 1963, MPs are not heartless when they urge that the government should first act to suppress crime and protect Canadians. When that has been achieved, those same MPs might be will- ing to consider alternative ef- fective punishments or deter- rents--but certainly not before. untary program run by the Law Society in which the lawyers have not been paid. There has been no chotce of counsel, And the services of the plan have been limited, Under the proposed program the person needing help could choose his own lawyer. And the range of service would be much greater, particularly in such fields as domestic relations and appeals, There are still many unan- swered questions about the sug- gested program. The committee's full report hasn't been made public yet, and even its own thinking on some points isn't known. For instance it isn't clear as yet just how it would apply fi- nancial aid and how far this would extend. It seems it would have indi- gents fully covered at govern- ment expense and beyond this would .give graded assistance based on need. But it hasn't explained at what proportion assistance might be given to those qualify- ing for only partial aid. HOW MANY? Then there is another big question in how many lawyers would agree to serve under the plan, In England it is said that practically the entire profession makes itself available for legal aid. But probably only time would show how our lawyers here felt towards a plan. And the relative value of any plan would depend largely on the size and quality of the panel At least, however, the prin- ciple of the right to counsel will be established. | JAMES | 'O'MALLEY! ; Construction Ltd. l 723-7122 ) | @ Homes @ Additions less give support to the Pear- to become. nationa eade porters who had asked about said, their bombings of North oa e 1915--the first military use son government on measures of the fet io socal the possibility of a referen- Viet Nam, in order to ease THe Valtad Stes. Set Op of asphyxiating gas heralded Man will succeed in going to } : acy seem to him just and in though he doesn't say as dum on the formula: "How the opening of negotiations to a naval blockade round the Second Battle of Ypres; the moon before he learns how @ Offices @ Remodeling e interest of Canada and much: And we have the recent am I supposed to explain this end this sad conflict. Cuba 67 years ago today-- French territorial and Afri. '9 cure the common cold -- § U | Quebec. And' he is perfectly vote of confidence in. Mr, to uneducated people?' He Exploding as it did on the in 1898--~in the second overt can troops panicked and re- Welland Tribune free to vote against other gov- Balcer by the Quebec Con- held up a copy of the white eve of the Johnson-Pearson ; Sg treated, exposing the left i ernment measures that seem ative cauc rior F the amending for- meeting, this bomb brought a action of the Spanish-Ameri- flank of the Ist Canadian Di- } to him to be to the detriment Bervenye. Caucus pror to his gy ia vas ts : < pele mee can War. The first had been se shi ae f of the province of Quebec. In quitting the party. this mula whic h was tabled in the coolness in Washington, where : Heh vision, but the Germans did CAR @ word. Mr. Balcer has left could very well be the result House of Commons. they were not expecting such the explosion, Feb. 15, of the not exploit this advantage we me | ; the party led by John stiles: of a strat y for undermining £ Later. when asked about a stand to be taken U.S. battleship Maine, in until two days later. NTH ; i baker because he places cece ae ' -- sip I a pepe ey wih 3 rom whet dean a my Havana harbor, with the mgotitns teen tes sa DAY -- WEEK -- -- ie Geilig bac to bons ig effect of forcing him to ster He was not referring to the Pearson, as the' visitor, had loss of 206 lives. mm four day -- in 1940 -- the British 55.00 PER DAY - MILEAGE CHARGE j Si tha Wate inlereats ie this down for good: and all. Only mass of the population, he to accept that he had no say months of war, Spain lost admiralty announced that, } province. 'e time will show the true sig said, but to Opposition Leader in the matter, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the since the war started, Ger- 725-6553 j What now is Mr. Balcer's nificance of these complex Johnson and his group, He It would have, been hard for Philippines to U.S. supervis- many had lost 24 surface : , | future' in "polideet' e"nas e¥emts. (Anat 9) hardly had any ather way out him to act otherwise, But his se varsnios and nino «| RUTHERFORD'S | Migeed Ai hin Cards on tie wis 4. A than' this twist, a it will orate = Camp or "for sag Sa ge first in Rdg rageriyge sg ; N i ca s ' R re onvince no one. For it was diplomatic reasons" which are Sighted, by Pedro varez ritain had lost one battle- | 4 ered Bac ee yo Pet eae er rd lemma. in reference to a réferendum quite understandable should Cabral ; ship, one aireraft carrier, 10 CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS | ' man who springs back to his Chae as on raid 4 on hence to an appeal to all elec not prevent the Canadian 1870--~ Vladimir lvich Ulia destroyers, five submarines, 725 6553 14 ALBERT ST. feet whenever he's floored aurea: torwidi Fultor tors, that he used the ill- prime minister from corttinu- nov, later known as Lenin, and one armed merchant- = Oshawa . rmula for amend- advised expression. . . . ing his efforts. was born, man,