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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1965 --~ PAGE A 4 A Better Blend Possible Efficiency, Democracy? Close co-ordination of the many facets of municipal operations is always of prime concern to tax- payers and those who represent them on council. It makes for an efficient administration in which civic funds are well spent. Thus the reports were encour- aging last week of the enthusiasm and optimism stemming from the first meeting of the special co- ordinating committee in Oshawa. The committee composed of mem- bers of council and school boards were reported as seeing rea] value to the city arising from such joint discussions. At the same time this matter of co-ordinating ciyic operations was also a subject of discussion at Kit- chener. There the speaker was the man considered the dean of city managers in Canada, Royden Colter of Windsor. ; His view is that 'one man, the city manager, directing the adminis- tration, and one man, the mayor, exercising positive counci] leader- ship, can achieve the maximum co- ordination of the municipality's ac- tivities with a minimum of delays, duplications and disputes". More Work The Senate seems to have pretty well escaped its usual election-time panning in this campaign. Yet sug- gestions for Senate reform are still being made -- one of particular in- terest came recently from a member of the august body itself. Much of the work now performed by royal commissions could be undertaken by committees of the senate is a change advocated by Independent Liberal Senator Donald Cameron of Banff. "The Senate has demonstrated its capacity and ability through special committees on manpower, the prob- lems of the aging and on the joint Senate-Commons committee on con- sumer credit, "Senator Cameron points out. "Many of the problems She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. C. ROOKE, General Maneger C. J. MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshews Times comb The Oshowa Times (established 1871) ond the hitby Gazette ond Chronicle established is published daily Sundeys end Statutory holideys excepted). Members of Canadien Daily Newspaper Publish ers Association. The Conodian Press, Audit Bureau of Cireuletion end the Ontario Provincial Ocilies Agsseciation. The Conadion Press is exclusively entitled to the" use of republication ot ali-news despatched in the poper credited to It er to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local mews published therein. All rights of special des petehes are also reserved, Gffices:, Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Onterio; 640 Cathcort 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, Liverpoc!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton. Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool, ond Newcastle not over 50c, per week. By mail in Province of Ontario outside corrier delivery area, $15.00 per yeor. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per yeor. aL se Ln INSIDE CITY HALL '8 LRN il "Council and the manager must work together on the same subject matter and their aim must always be for the total benefit of the com- munity and all personal considera- tions must be put aside," Mr. Colter said. He made the point that the man- ager system gives elected council- lors more time with ratepayers but councils should always have the last word on policy. The manager pro- vides the link between the council and the city's administration, Oshawa's step toward closer co- ordination is worthwhile. The mem- bers involved will undoubtedly work for the best interests of their fellow citizens as they see them. But at best it must be a cumbersome and time-consuming program for those involved. Many will see it as perhaps but a stopgap measure on the path of progress toward a city manager system. Such a system cannot be promoted necessarily as a money saver but as one which will assure money is well spent. In all it has been described as democracy and efficiency blended", For Senate now sent te royal commissions at considerable expense and time, could be tackled by Senate committees." The outspoken Banff Senator ad- mits some Senators do not relish additional work and are quite con- tent to do as little as possible. But there are many others who are will- ing and anxious to be given greater responsibility. He agrees with some of the critic- ism of the upper house of parlia- ment, and says there should be a change in the method of Senatorial appointments. He feels that perhaps half of the Senators should be ap- pointed by provincial governments. In this way, some of the parties not now represented, such as the New Democrats and Social Credit, would have some representation. Such a simple solution as Senator Cameron suggests is commendable. All that is required is to give the senate more to do, and it becomes more useful. Other Editors' Views A FACT OF LIFE Rebellious young people are a hard fact of life, and it would be a foolish man set down either a cause or a cure for what they are doing. Their revolts, in whatever form, may be as insoluble as our highway fatality problem -- part of the price we are going to go on paying for living in an ever- who could changing world. --(London Free Press) (AMM TET Ma WASHINGTON CALLING He's Out To Sink Lindsay But Doesn't Want To Win By GORDON DONALDSON WASHINGTON (Special) Good jobs are hard to find in New York and you have to take what comes along. The worst job of all is that of mayor of the city. Yet three men are vying for it and two of them actually want i New Yorkers go to the polls tomorrow to decide this, the big U.S. political contest of the year. And Canadians should take some time out from theirS lime-pit murders and current scandals to have a look at it. For there is more at stake than the mayor's red - leather chair. The future of the Repub- lican Party, the presidency of the United States and the sur- vival of big cities -- all these are involved somewhere. THE STAR Until a few weeks ago the star of the show was congressman John Lindsay, the handsome blond Republican challenger who believes he can beat the age old democratic machine and save the city from the disaster which is about to engulf it. Lindsay started stumping the sidewalks last spring and never stopped. He was little known outside his own "silk stocking" congressional district in Man- hattan and he needed to show himself in areas that had never even seen a Republican. Lindsay, of course, is no or- dinary Republican. He has a lib- eral voting record, he refused to support Barry Goldwater in last year's presidential cam- paign and this spring he won the support of the New York Libéral Party which usually backs Democrats, To some Republican leaders and a great many editorial writ- ers Lindsay looked like a new white hope. He was fresh, ac- tive, untarnished and the party would need a new face to head its presidential ticket in 1968 or 1972, If Lindsay could win New York and somehow manage to overn the place, he was White ouse material, But could any- body govern New York? BIG PROBLEM The problems are enormous. The streets are filthy, public services are run down, The traffic is jammed solid. The subways, like large areas of the city are infested by thugs and bandits. By next spring the water mains may dry up. The city administration is broke and has to borrow millions just to pay day to day expenses. Now money, too is drying up. Mayor Robert Wagner who is quitting wearily after 12 years says he would advise his suc- cessor 'Get the hell out of this job'. However Lindsay is an optim- ist and his staff of experts have produced detailed plans to deal with the major problems. His principal opponent is Abraham Beame, Wagner's City comptroller, a small, uninspir- ing Jewish bookkeeper, Beame is a Democrat, though in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one, and he has the backing of the big political machines. In a two-way fight, Lindsay could win easily. But there is candidate number three, Conser- vative Republican William Buckley whose main aim is to sink Lindsay. RECOUNT Buckley. doesn't want to be mayor. "If elected I'd demand a recount,"' he says. But he wants to save the Republican party for Goldwaterism and stamp out any trend to liberalism before it gets going Also, Buckley thinks elections can be fun, While Lindsay tramps flyblown eyesore areas in the Bronx and Brooklyn, Buckley is at home writing ele- gant prose for his newspaper columns of the magazine "Na- tional Review" which he edits. He eats no political bagels and kisses no babies. Although he speaks good vote-getting Spanish he refuses to use it before Puerto Rican audiences. He does use his savage wit and flamboyant debating style to puncture the fine plans of Lindsay. What the city needs, he says, is less government, not more. He has damaged Lindsay badly. Newspaper polls suggest the race between Beame and Lindsay will be very close. And Buckley will get between 12 and an incredible 31 per cent of the vote. Not bad for a candidate who doesn't want to win. Canada Lengthens Lead As Biggest Customer OfU.S. By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- Can- ada has widened its lead as the biggest customer of the United States both in value and the percentage of total goods im- ported. Canadian purchases of U.S. goods in the first seven months of this year totalled $3,454,000,- 000, or 71.2 per cent of total Canadian purchases abroad. In the 12-month period ended July 31, Canadian purchases from the U.S. have risen 15 per cent compared with a rise of 11 per cent for all Canadian imports, say U.S. Commerce department figures. So far this year, usual continues to run closest to Canada in value, with U.S, imports worth $1,385,000,000. But this is only 28.8 per cent of all Japanese imports, and Ja- pan in the last 12 months has bought three per cent less from the U.S. Mexico maintains its second- place position in dependence on U.S. purchases. Mexican im- ports -- the figures apply for six months only -- were vyal- ued at $501,000,000 or 67.5 per cent Generally, American sales to its 50 top trading nations have increased and the figures re- flected higher rates of import- ing by most nations But while this was accom- Japan as unit LAN holdings of gold and dollars in most de- veloped countries, including Canada, these reserves vital to future trade were lower in the less-wealthy countries. The figures for India, Paki- stan, United Republic and some other nations also reflect large- scale sales of wheat and other food, 5 Canada's increased buying here in the last 12 months is described as "'largely a result of heavier purchases of machin- ery and transport equipment to satisfy demands of a rapidly- growing economy." Japan, by contrast, has been pinched economically and Italy is another country where im- port restrictions have resulted in a decline of 17 per cent in U.S. purchases for the year ended June 30. Taking the caléndar" year 1964, Canada had purchased $5,214,000,000, or 69 per cent of all her imports from the U.S., while Mexico's margin was 68.5 per cent. Canada held better than a 2-to-l1 advantage over Japan, however, in value of imports, with Germany third and Britain fourth. Yugoslavia is the only Com- munist country listed and its American purchases for the 12- month period up to June -30 were up by 62 per cent. That includes food aid. panied by higher DU UL LD By Paul Tissington 'Co-ordinating' Can Save Time, Money For City Oshawa taxpayers should be pleased with the attempt to improve co-operation being made by city council, public and separate school board members. The three municipal bodies have formed a_ five- member co-ordinating commit- tee By discussing topics of mutual interest and concern at informal meetings, elected representatives hope a climate of harmony, under- standing and increased co-oper- ation will he promoted Mayor Lyman Gifford's pub- lic criticism of the board of education in April for its "public statements" and "poor public relations' on a_ side- walk construction disagreement, can be cited as an example of what the elected representatives wish to avoid in the future The mayor suggested at game time that issues of this type might better be discussed at a council.- board: meeting Joint meetings of all members of council and the board have been' and will be held But, they are often difficult to schedule with a packed calen- problems and the 4 dar uaually facing members of both groups, Significantly, side- walk construction, was one of the many matters discussed last week at the new committee's first meeting. Insiders feel the co-ordina- ling committee discussions will result in time and dollar sav- ings by eliminating misunder- standings and encouraging co- operation in such things as the location and purchase of school sites. However, some of these siders also feel the same "co- ordinated" results could be achieved if 'ouncil adopted the city manager form of civic administration It With a city manager co- ordinating "attacks" on the ever-growing mass of detail work, these insiders feel that elected representatives could divert their energies almost entirely to their primary func- tion - decision and policy making (a LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS It appears that Oshawa's fixed-rate local: improvement charge policy is fairer and more based quiet in- cent for fares fairer equitable cated. Reference was made in this space two weeks Ottawa's new policy of assess- ing property work costs on a sliding scale, on property owners along heavily travelled roads benefit less from improvements residential streets. A comparison of Oshawa and Ottawa charges was made, One conclusion was policy of charging a fixed 90- per frontage foot rate for 10 years was fair and equitable, as by the Ontario Municipal Board. was Ottawa's rates at $5. where a previous pavement has been constructed under local improvements arterial heavily travelled main through- $8.50 for collector streets; and $11. rate same as the fixed {ts previous policy), Subsequent vided by Fred Crome, than was first indi- ago to owners for road the principle that the than those on that Oshawa's annual had been stated that fixing concluded policy also new ting $6. streets which are on residential streets was about the rate under was even for which fair information pro cily tawa's fairer. works commissioner, shows; the Oshawa figure used in the com- parison was the wrong one. The Ottawa charge, excluding interest, The Oshawa figures: of $9. included interest. Excluding interest, the Oshawa figures represent the charge is local $6.60. (If total improvement charge is paid in cash by a property owner, the city does not have to borrow money - « or pay interest on the loan - « to finance the work.) Comparing charge charges,- it awa residents on residential and collector .streets are getting a real bargain and possibly should be paying more. And, it appears that city property owners abut- the $6.60 Ottawa's that city new Osh- with appears streets where a_ previous pavement has been constructed under local improvements and heavily streets, are paying only a little more than their Ottawa counter- parts But, same travelled arterial the conclusioins are the Oshawa does have a and equitable policy; Ot policy still seems a little 'PULSE, TEMPERATURE, UNDECIDED VOTE ... ALL UP' QUEEN'S PARK | Colleagues Honor Fine Fellow By DON O'HEARN TORONTO (CP)--They threw a party for Lex the other night. PC members of the House, in town for a caucus, had a din- ner at the Albany Club in honor of Major°"A. A. MacKenzie, MC, VD, member for York North since 1945. The party was to. celebrate the major's 80th birthday, It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And this time you really mean it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. There may be some question, of course, whether you should call an 80-year-old a "guy". But with Lex it's all right. For you would no more take him to be 80 than you would take your- self to be queen of the May. Despite his title and his war decorations--won for extreme valor--Lex is a mild, likeable little bear of a man. JUST LIKE PIE ' There is no side to him at all, He is as plain and unassuming as the apple' pies he likes to bake in his bachelor homestead, a small, old house in the mid- dle of his riding. A small, old house, inciden- tally, in which he was born, and which was built by his grand- father more than a_ hundred years ago. Lex MacKenzie has never been a prominent member here. He has not been much in the public eye. He has seldom spoken in the House. And even in committee he has not had much to say, ex cept when there was a question with some bearing on his rid- ing. Yet he has been one of the best -private members in the House; best at least in the sense that he has been a prodigious worker for his riding and his people. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS NOVe Ty Ree s: 6 Lord Durham sailed for England 127 years ago to- day--in 1838--after only four months as governor-in-chief of British North America. A mixture of eccentricity and acute political intellect, Lord Durham solved his main problem, what to do with Papineau's French - Cana- dian rebels, by banishing them to Bermuda. Because the island was outside his jurisdiction, the British gov- ernment was persuaded to challenge his decision, and Durham resigned. There re- mained only his report, the keystone of responsible gov- ernment within the prov- inces and their union in' con- federation. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the Serbian arsenal at Kraguivatz, 59 miles from Belgrade, was captured by Central Powers forces; an Allied attack on the Bulgar- ians at Uskub was planned. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- it was an- nounced 300 Greek civilians had died in Italian air raids; German aircraft attacked London, Liverpool and Scot- land, and Italian aircraft bombed Matruh, Egypt; President Inonu announced Turkey was collaborating with Britain while remain- ing neutral. Me Me Le Ie allt CANADA'S STORY yecreeenne NHN St. John's Captured By BOB BOWMAN Pierre LeMoyne was one of six brothers born and raised in Montreal and it is doubtful that any other family in the world ever left a finer record of military achievement. Pierre was the greatest of them all and it is said that if his ex- ploits had taken place in Eu- rope rather than in the wilds of Canada be would have ranked with Napoleon as one of the greatest leaders in French mili- tary history. One of his exploits began on this day in 1696. "D'Iberville," as he became known, had con- vinced Louis XIV that he could capture the New England states, including Boston, but first it was advisable to cap- ture Newfoundland and destroy the English bases there. France had a base in New- foundland at Placentia, but Gov- ernor De Brouillon was a jeal- ous man and did not want to share any glory of an attack on the English with d'Iberville. When a fleet of seven ships Computer, For First Time, with 1,000 sailors arrived from France De Brouillon took them himself, and sailed to attack St. John's. D'Iberville was forced to march his men across the Avalon peninsula often wad- ing through swamps in bitterly cold weather, It wasn't until November 26 that d'Iberville caught up with De Brouillon and after a bitter quarrel got the two forces unit- ed for the attack. St. John's was defended by Governor Miners who was ex- pecting the arrival of two pow- erful ships from . Britain. He used every means in his power to stall the French attack until this help arrived, but D'Iberville also suspected what was going on, It was essential to trick Governor Miners into surren- dering quickly. D'Iberville had his Indians give a '"'scalp"' treat- ment to William Drews, a set- tler who had been captured. They cut all around his scalp and then pulled off the skin from the forehead to the crown. Drew was then sent into St. John's with a message that un- 6 Pa For Armed Forces Vote OTTAWA--For the first time in a federal election, a defence department computer is being used to improve the intricate system for taking the armed services vote. Besides providing the first permanent list of ,service vot- ers, the computer is expected to reduce' the chances of ballots being assigned to the wrong ¢on- stituencies. The service vole, announced several days after civilian vot- ing results are known, changed the winner in the Newfound- land riding of St. John's West in 1962. But the election there wvas declared void when evi- dence was produced in court that 34 servicemen should have voted in other ridings. For this election, the number eligible to vote under the Cana- dian Forces Voting Regulations totals 122,614. This includes 108,- 532 servicemen, 8,726 service- men's wives at bases outside Canada, and 5,356 veterans in veterans affairs department hospitals across the country. The over-all total of 122,614 is a drop from the 141,210 eligibles in the 1963 election. ONE RESULT UPSET In 1963, the service vole changed the winner in one rid- ing, Hastings South, where Lib- eral Robert Temple wiped out Conservative Lee Grills' elec- tion-night margin of 92 votes. A lengthy voting period--from 1 to 6--is provided to allow time for servicemen at sea or on troop movements to vote. Civ- ilian voting is Nov. 8. The armed forces vote system is often criticized because the voting behavior of a_particu- lar group is isolated from the general vote. But officials see no alternative to counting the ballots after general voting ends because a security leak might affect the main civilian vote. The computer has helped im- prove the system even though it probably will not cure all dif- ficulties. The system starts when the serviceman fills out Form 16 in duplicate, giving his name, age, rank, service number and place of ordinary residence. He may change his ordinary residence once a year, in the months of January or February. The place of residence may be the home of a spouse, depend- ent, relative or next-of-kin, his current base: or the place he lived immediately before enlist- ing. (The riding of the veteran in a DVA hospital is determined from the address given on his admission.) One copy of Form 16 goes to the serviceman's commanding officer, the other to Nelson Cas- tonguay, the chief electoral of- ficer, Using detailed maps and the postal guide, Mr. Caston- guay's staff determines the cor- rect riding and stamps its name on the form, The form goes back to de- fence headquarters and into the computer. After the election writ is issued--Sept. 8 this time --the computer spits out a master list which in this elec- tion is expected to be 85 to 90 per cent up to date, Recent en- listments prevent a complete list being compiled. A copy of the master list is Sent to each of the four special returning officers, in Edmonton for the four western provinces and the northern territories, Ot- tawa for Ontario and Quebec, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1950 Byron S. Edmondson was re- elected president of the Osh- awa District Boy Scouts Associa- tion. Enrolment of the Central Col- legiate during September was 396, reported by the principal H. E. Murphy -- 914 at the Osh- awa Collegiate and Vocational Institute, reported by M. F., Kirkland, principal. A. L. W. Smith announced the 'enrolment at Oshawa's eight public schools during the same month was 3,312. 30 YEARS AGO Noy. 1, 1935 At the executive meeting of the Oshawa Juvenile Hockey League Harold Luke' was ap- pointed manager of the "Mer- cantiles,'"' Matt Leydon, Junior "A", and Frank Black, Junior "B" teams. Mrs. John L. McGill (Jennie L. Henry) born in the old Henry homestead at Oshawa-on-the- Lake in 1852, died at her home in Harmony. less the fort were surrendered immediately, all its inhabi- tants, including women and children, would be treated the same way. If the garrison did surrender D'iberville promised that everyone would be treated honorably, and that two ships would be provided to take them back to England. The ruse worked. Governor Miners was glad to accept the terms, and get his people away from there safely. OTHER EVENTS OF NOV. 1: 1793--Jacob Jehosaphat Moun- tain, first Anglican Bishop of Canada, atrived Quebec Sailing packet service opened Britain to Halifax Bishop Inglis opened King's College at Windsor, N.S. 1838--Lord Durham left Canada for Britain 1847---Normal School opened To- gonto; T. J. Robertson, headmaster 1850--Joseph Howe sailed for Britain to raise money for railways 1869--Louis Riel Garry 1893--Statute to Sir. 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