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NE HR page 8 BEF She Oshawa Times Pubiishad by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E,, Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Trend To Ombudsman Gains Wide Support Canada may soon have a pro- liferation of ombudsmen. Most pro- vinces as well as the provincial gov- ernment are considering the estab- lishment of a commissioner to guard the interests of the individual in this era of constantly increasing bureaucracy. / The irony of the situation can- not be escaped. With more boards and government officials than ever before working in the public in- terest it has become necessary to set up a special office to assist citizens in protecting their rights. Nevertheless the wide consensus is that an ombudsman modelled on the ones established in Scandinavian countries and New Zealand is re- quired not only in Canada but in the United Kingdom as well. In Ontario, the Chamber of Com- merce in a brief to Queen's Park has recommended the appointment of an ombudsman for this province. Pointing out that the growing com- plexity of government requires that justice should not only be done but appear to be done in all the rela- tions a citizen has with its govern- ment, the Chamber recommends: "That the government establish the office of ombudsman or parlia- mentary commissioner who would be appointed by and responsible to the legislature, and who would have security of tenure and an ap- propriate salary and a budget suffi- cient for the effective operations of his office. "That the institution be so con- stituted as to ensure that the balance among the legislative, exe- cutive, judicial and administrative organs of government will be main- tained; and that existing rights and legal remedies will not be des- troyed or prejudiced." The chamber has suggested com- mendable ground rules. In Alberta, the Manning govern- ment has a committee holding hear- ings throughout the province and is receiving numerous briefs con- tending the ombudsman system is the only practical! method to deal with a dilemma caused by the in- discriminate growth of administra- tive tribunals. The setting up of such a system has also been discussed by other prairie province legislators, Prior to the election campaign, Prime Minister Pearson said a royal! mis- sion to study the proposal for federa) application would soon be at work, Britaih, however, seems to have taken the lead in pressing for the establishment of the ombudsman system. Legislation is expected for the purpose at the next session at Westminster. Indications in London are that the Labor government will ask Lord Shaweross, a former Lord Chancellor, who was chairman of the British section of the Interna- tional Commission of Jurists, to take the position. This possible appointment of a man of Lord Shawcross' stature has great significance in considerations of ombudsmen appointments in Canada. While there's agreement ombudsmen can be of value, the real worth of the office federally and in the provinces will depend on the men selected to hold it. More Members Sought The Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations is seeking a 20 per cent increase in member- ship in a campaign throughout the province this month. In promoting its membership drive, the Federation has issued a She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, Generali Manage Cc, 1. MeCONECHY Editor « The Oshawe Times hitby Gazette and ia published = daily The Oshawe 1 ear ay (established Tayi a and the Chronicle ha fag owe wt 1863) Sundays and St Members of stant Daily Newapeper Publish er Association, The Canadien Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Onterio Provincia! Dailies Association. The Cenadion Press is exclusively entitied to hig use of republication ef ell sews despatched in a eroding to it or to The Associated ad or ond ako toca! news published therein. " rights of special dee patches are also reserved, Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toeronte, Onterle; 640 Cethcart Strest, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers Oshewe, Whitby, Foe noe Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooktine Port Perry, 'Ai ond Albert, sep le Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Liverpool, Founten: tyrone, Dunberton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskerd, Broughem, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool, and Newcastle, over jc, per week, By mail in Province ef Ontario outside carrier delivery oreo, $15.00 year, bey provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. end foreign $27.00 per yeor news release outlining reasons for belonging to the Home and School. The questions posed include: Where else can parents learn what is expected of their children under the present educational system? Where else can parents learn how they can stimulate their children to work to the best of their ability? What better organization can there be for parents of similar in- terests to meet to study the child and problems in education which will lead to higher standards -- both in the home and in the school? What better organization is there for parents to meet together with a common interest, to arrive at an understanding of a possible solution to community problems which affect children and youth? In addition to these there seems only one more logical question to ask. Why does an organization holding such potential for parents have to hold a membership drive? sain INSIDE CITY HALL Ot SUPREME "AN Ne ARENA EVERYTHING ON DOUBLE Chief Liberal Organizer Pushes Punishing Pace By KEN CLARK OTTAWA (CP)--Keith Davey seems to do everything on the double, He even climbs stairs at a lope. His energy to burn is chan- nelled into his job as national Liberal organizer. As such, he's the best-known of a squad of backroom § sirategists in all parties trying {o organize a victory in the Nov. 8 election. As a behind-the-scenes politi- cal professional, he is the trade's obvious successor to Allister Grosart, now a senator after playing a key role in the Conservative victories of 1957, 1958 and 1962 Mr. Davey took his Liberal job in. 1961 when the fortunes of the out-of-power party were sagging. He joined up from a Toronto radio station where he was an advertising salesman, Two elections later the Vib. erals were in power as a mi- nority government, Now the party and Mr. Davey are run- ning hard for the icing on the ~ a parliamentary major: ty In the Madison Avenue tradi tion, he sets himself a punish- ing pace MISSES SUPPER "T haven't been home to sup per in a long time," he told a reporter wistfully in his mod est ground-floor office in a con verted three-siorey brick house that serves as party headquar- ters. The red carpet on the floor is the only executive - suite touch "In @ campaign you just have to be available when a candidate or a party worker wants to talk to you," he said The only breaks in his tight schedule are ihe home games of Ottawa Rough Riders foot- ball team, to which he takes his two young sons. The Daveys also have a daughter In his 4% years on the job, physically, 'I've borne up ex- ceedingly well." "TL enjoy being where the ac- tion is," Frequently it's in his office From it, he directs a well-or ganized, scientific operation that had the bulk of party can didates nominated by Sept. 30, three weeks before the first deadline, The other parties were trailing at this stage. Pacing restlessly on: the car- pet, sitting inthe chair for a momen, then jumping up, Mr. Davey said that the two key words in politics today are in- volvement and communication. "T am quite sure we will have more volunteer workers in this campaign than any party in history. The party that suc- ceeds is the one that can in- volve the most people." INFORM WORKERS In communications, it's im- portant to make sure the people inside the party, the workers and others, know as much as possible about the campaign. Mr, Davey has euffered criti- cism for use of the new tech- niques associated with the ad men, such as analysis of voting patterns and public opinion polls He's vigorous in defending his * position "I think that they are both an effective means of assessing your campaign, | think they should be used as fully as your resources will allow." He is an unabashed Pearson man, sometimes to the point of embarrassment "I make no bones about the fact I'm a 100-per-cent Pearson Liberal," Mr. Davey said no gimmicks are planned this time to help his leader stay in office. Such devices as a propaganda color- ing book were severely critl- cized in the 1963 campaign "Once bitten, twice shy," he said He talks with. an occasional touch of candor ina field more noted for double-talk, For in- stance, he freely admits the 1963 gimmicks were a mistake. The glimpses of candor show whether he is dealing with the campaign. strategy, his family or his student days at the Uni- versity of Toronto An aide once said Mr, Davey is sometimes a little too candid, The party organizer sums up the campaign this way "The other parties have come to us, It would be a mis- take for us to campaign solely on our record. We'll talk about our progress, though. But the other parties must. show the people why we should not have a majority." This election may be the "last hurrah" for Mr, Davey, a big, youthful 39--young by political standards The speculation is he'll take his rumpled campaign look--- loosened tie, awry grey-flecked hair and unbuttoned suit vest--- into private business, He doesn't deny the speculation. He says that when he joined up as national organizer he was classified as "new guard."' This became "establishment" when the Liberals took power. Win- ning Nov, 8 would make him "old guard." "T have no desire to be an old guard," he said. Hospital Plan 'Stumbling' From Trouble To Trouble By HAROLD MORRISON LONDON (CP)--Britain's so- cialized hospital system appears to be stumbling from trouble to trouble Amid all the headaches of trying to persuade doctors not to carry out periodic threats to strike and of trying to shore up depleted hospital staffs comes word of bungling in the operat ing rooms Wrong patients have been wheeled in; wrong limhs ampu- tated: wrong parts.of the body opened and swabs, sponges and drainage tubes left in after the patients are sown up and wheeled out Five swabs were left in one patient last year, says Dr, Brooke Barnett, assistant secre- tary of the British Medical De- fence Union His report, delivered at a Harrogate conference Oct, 4, came as a rather minor shock to.a nation steeped in national health troubles of one kind or another "Operation blunders cost £3.- 000,000," thundered The Daily Mail. Both the Medical Defence Union and the national health vino mt department claimed the figure was wide of the mark; that total annual indemnities were never that high NUMBER SAID SMALL As for the number of operat ing errors, the officials argued they were small compared with the -total of about 2,000,000 op- erations performed in 1964 Nevertheless, while both the health department and the med ical defence union claimed that Dr. Barnett's report of bungling had been badly mishandled by the British press, the medical defence union provided a Cana- dian reporter with these 1964 figures --In 17 Gases; operations had been performed either on the wrong limb or the wrong side of the limb. : In two cases, operations were performed on the wrong patients --In 10 cases, surgeons had somehow carried out the wrong operations In 34 cases, swabs, packs or sponges had been left in pa tients' bodies after the opera- tions were completed. RTI PO By Paul Tissington 'A Sort of Rough Justice Seen In City Policy Oshawa's policy on local im- provement charges for pave- ment construction was sup- ported and called "fair and equitable" last week by the On- tario Municipal Board The policy was established by city council in 1963 in the form of a 90-cent per frontage foot annual charge for 10 years to property owners. abutting streets being constructed or re- constructed The local improvement rate represents one-half the cost of building an average 28-foot wide residential street. The other half and any expense over the cost of an average residential street (example -- a 35-foot wide ar- terial street) is paid out of the general tax rate, less a one- third provincial subsidy In Oshawa, the 9-cent rate policy applies -- unless the OMB rules otherwise to all road construction, except roads built in subdivisions (pre-paid. by subdividers, with, presumably 100 percent of the cost passed on to home buyers) and roads designated as connecting links (eligible for a 75 percent provin- cial subsidy). Prior to the 1983 policy, city property owners were charged a fixed percent age. of the total cost of. the work undertaken, which meant that charges on two streets of the same size, but in different areas of the city, could differ because of different soil condi- tions MAJOR ROAD PROGRAM Since Oshawa has embarked on a major road development program, based on recommen- dations in the Damas and Smith traffic planning report, the OMB decision last week (concerning the policy as it applied to Church and Centre strs., prop- erty owners) indicates that oth er land owners, who will in fu- ture be affected by the road pro gram, will be paying the 90-cent per frontage foot rate A. L. McCrae, OMB member and a former mayor of Welland, said in his decision report on the Church-Centre case, that the as 90-cent rate policy applies to everyone and provides that the greater cost of any such. work is paid out of the general tax erty rate. (On the Church-Centre ar elied terial street the city estimated the local improvement share at- about 14 percent of the total cost of the work) Allowance. is made for the fact roads may in vious But quiet thus being that these some instance benefit the general public degree than siding upon them and this pos sibility is reflected iin the rate,' said Mr it does not seem reasonable to expect that the general tax rate should continue to supply surfacing in perpetuity for benefit of those ratepayers who abut on the street, which would have otherwisé¢ long since expired FIXED RATE POLICY The city's fixed rate polic as one insider noted rough justice" more equitable policy at least one Ontario mu nicipality two OMB. decisions duced by one-half its fixed rate it applied to arterial st greater abandoned its established a new based on the principle that prop owners along heavily trav roads improvements residential Ottawa will not levy loca! im- provement charges for construction of arterial 'atreets (Oshawa doesn't have any) or on streets resur- to a those re McCrae, He also said new the per the life of for ty Is, a sort of It is fairer and than the pre Ottawa, prompted by which re- reets, policy and has one. It' is benefit than less from those on streets 3: a the re median-divided streets, thoroughfares; collector maximum for streets, a charge which is about the same as the charge under its ald fixed-rate policy "Compared to denis, land owners abutling residential streets improvements heavily faced bul not completely recon structed (Oshawa has the same policy) mum per frontage foot charge will be levied where a pevious pavement has heen constructed "under local improvements: foot charges for In Ottawa, a $3 maxi- a $6 arterial travelled main $8.50 maximum streets; and $11 residential heavily Ottawa resi- it appears thal Oshawa (no paying the $9 per foot rate) are getting a bit of a bargain land where & previous pavement has been And, it appears that owners abutting -- streets constructed under local and abutting travelled arterial streets (now paying the $2 per foot rate) are being taxed just little But awa city council will change its "fair provement policy OMB changes its decisions. too much it is unlikely that Osh and equitable' local im -- unless the THE ELECTION SYMPHONY Meoienanyyin i! sina CANADA'S STORY sha ut i iil RANMA I yet riMetnnetN Robbery Turned Trick Ne By BOB BOWMAN Confederation's framework was hammered out in a confer- ence at Quebec in October, 1864, The delegates included the com- plete Canadian cabinet and 21 representatives from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfound. land They put in 16 days hard work and drew up 72 resolutions all except 20 of which were said to have been the work of John A Macdonald It was an outside event that spurred the delegates to. reach agreement. The American Civil War was being bitterly fought iii tacts a ENR AEE wud TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct. 19, 1965... A party of escaped Con- federate soldiers raided the town of St, Alban's, Vt., 101 years ago today--in 1864--~ and returned to Canadian territory after robbing three banks and killing a by stander. It was not the first involvement of Canada in the American Civil War be- cause agents of both sides were abundant in Canada and about 40,000 Canadians had enlisted in the Union armies, The raiders of St Alban's appeared in. court but Canadian judges refused to -extradite~them-----to--the United States. Consequent resentment among Ameri- cans increased their desire to annex Canada. 1646 -- Lalande, a lay member of the Mohawk Mis- sion, was murdered by Iro- quois Indians 1936----H, R. Ekins finished the fastest world circumna- vigalon to date begun Sept. 30 by airship First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 von Hindenburg's army advanced to within 12 miles of Riga; Italy de- clared war on Bulgaria: English and French soldiers arrived to garrison Salon- ika Second World War Twenty-five years ago to day--in 1940--two German raiders were shot down as London and the English Midlands were heavily bombed at night; about 50 Italians were killed and 400 wounded in a patrol battle on the Sudan--Eritrea bor- der; Germany and Yugo- slavia signed a new trade agreement POINTED 'PARAGRAPHS Does hay fever ever prove fatal?" the conductor of a medi- eal column is asked, probably by a@ person torn between hope and fear Today's lesson in physics: Space-is the only kind of noth ing into which something can be put. Class dismissed A young courting couple's fall- ing-out isn't usually serious un less it results from their making love in a hammock. Ue at the time. Twenty Confederate soldiers who had been prisoners of war had escaped into Can- ada. On October 19, wearing civilian clothes and carrying new type Colt revolvers, they recrossed the border and raided the little town of St, Albans, Vermont. They killed a man, wounded others, set fire to a hotel and store and took $70,000 from three banks. The northern United States were enraged and blamed Can- ada. During the Confederation conference angry messages reached the delegates, and it was feared that General Sher- man's army might be sent to Ieuytnnet 511 AM ate aaa OTTAWA REPORT attack Canada. The incident im- pressed the delegates that Can- ada could be defended only if united, and they agreed on the Confederation proposals eight days later. OTHER EVENTS ON OCT. 19: 1690---British defeated at Beau- port 1787--Grant of land and 2,000 pounds to Mississauga In- dians 1869----Metis organized on news Canada taking over N.W. Territory. 1871--European and North American Railway com- pleted at Vance boro, Maine. PC YAS nen Douglas Outlines Race Issue Stand OTTAWA Tommy Douglas, national New Democratic Party leader, will celebrate his 61st birthday this week. When he completed his university educa- tion in 1930, he immediately en tered the Baptist. ministry. But - he had won the gold medal for debating at university, so it was not surprising that his eyes turned to politics.In 19385 he was elected to the House of Commons, as was Paul Martin, and these two shared the honor of being the senior members-of our recent Parliament in that respect. From 1944 to 1961, Tommy Douglas was CCF pre- mier of Saskatchewan, and he resigned that post when elected national leader of his party, which had just been renamed and reborn as the New Demo- cratic Party, Tommy still has the facile tongue of a debating gold med- allist and the uprightness of a minister. Because of his smail stature, he is often referred to as the "bantam" of the House; but there is nothing small nor chicken about his attacks on the Liberal government, which re- semble a naval artillery bar- rage, or '"Carronade'--named for the world's first great naval arsenal at his birthplace, Fal- kirk, beside the Carron River, in Scotland Born of Scottish parents, Tommy Douglas is today the most prominent New Canadian of British origin in our public life, | asked him his views on the issues underlying this elec- tion, and, as a member of the British minority, his opinions on the racial issue. This is what he told me: RESENTS OTHERS 'We Anglo-Saxons in the rest of Canada other than Quebec, and even in parts of Quebec, control the business and domi- nate whole segments of the economy. We have roots which give us a sense of security, a sense of being the top dog, which other minorities have never had, and never can at- tain. In parts of Canada there is a feeling against Quebec; one might call it animosity. My own belief is that we have not been aware of the problem of Que- bec, and we have been too slow in growing concerned about Quebec. With typical Anglo- Saxon phlegmatic unconcern for things of that sort, we have let resentment in Quebec grow up, and now we find an undercur- rent of resentment against Que- bec. "The great issue in our pub- lic life, and in this election, is still the issue of leadership. I find as I go sround the country that a very considerable propor- tion of the population is unde- cided and uncommitted. Even those who have regularly sup- ported the old line parties in the past now are undecided. Our leaders have failed to challenge the Canadian people to make the greater effort, and have failed to give a new sense of direction and national purpose Loans Aided In Education Of One Third By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- A little more than a year ago the federal government came out with a new program. It announced that under the program, to be administered by the provinces, loans would be available for university. stu- dents. The first year of that pro jer is now complete. And this a figure which I bet you don't know: A third of all those who got higher education in Ontario last year did so with the aid of these loans During this federal election campaign we apparently are go' ing to hear a lot about "'scholar- ships" for university students, GAINS IMPORTANCE In recent times the student vote has become important, And the politicians apparently think that the best way to appeal to it is through the promise of more scholarships. In the midst of all this talk, it's to be hoped' we don't get too far offbase. For this new lending pro- gram has not only been a spectacular success, It is also the start of a new-and good-- trend, And if we get involved in too much scholarship talk, we could hold back the trend... and thereby hold back progress. The trend is towards what might be termed pay-your-way higher education. Behind the scenes here now it is quite evident. Some officials can see in only a few years time no schol- arships or bursaries as such for first-year university students. USE LOANS Every pupil who wants te will be able to get into univer- sity -- or other institution through a loan. And the present bursary and scholarship funds, in their view, will be held back for the later, more expensive, studies after the students have proven their worth. There will probably be a lot of protest before such a system can be arrived at. We have been on such @ eru- sade for higher education, and along with it the cry for "free education," that the public may not too quickly accept the con- cept that students pay their way through loans, (Undoubtedly it will often be pointed out that in Russia ed- ucation is free.) But there is so much merit te the approach of having students carry part of their cost. The state, of course, will still carry a big share--once students have their basic education, it is al- most inevitable, and certainly very desirable, that eventually it will prevail. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 1945 H. P. Schell was re-elected president of the Children's Aid Society of Ontario County at its annual meeting. The Ontario Regiment made a contribution to the proposed Welch Regiment Memorial Chapel to be built in Leandoff, Wales -- which would include a place in memory of local offi- cers and men who gave their lives in Second World War. 35 YEARS AGO Oct, 19, 1930 Dr. James Moore retired from the presidency of the Progres- sive Conservative Party. He was succeeded by Ald. George Hart The Bay of Quinte Young Peo- ple's Conference of the United Church held its annual meeting in Oshawa with J. F. Anderson of this city as president, BIBLE The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind. -- Psalm 146:8. Cataracts give us great con- cern and we ask the surgeon to cut them out. Spiritual blind- ness comes on gradually too. Ask the Lord to correct your in- sight, For how many years will your Insur- ance support your family? .. . Ask our nearest representative how you can make the protection adequate with low-cost Equitable plans. Tue EQUITABLE LIFE INSU ANCE COMPANY OF CANADA HEAD OF NTAR M. G. SOWTEN, CLU Branch -- er, Suite 308, Times Bidg., 86 King St., E E., SHAWA: