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Sas saabnc aint =. nn. seer eR Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Council Owes Judgment To Those Represented A request: that the city establish & policy on the purchase of goods from strike-bound firms this week was referred by council to commit- tee for consideration. It is a proposition on which com- mittee members might well make haste slowly. It would be decep- tively easy for them to decide "yes we will" or "no we won't" and let the chips fall where they may, How- ever neither decision would neces- sarily be in the best interests of the city which they serve. Most councils have a rule-of- thumb policy which has precedence in the purchase of goods and serv- ices for their cities. All things being equal they'll usually purchase from the firm which tenders the lowest bid. They make the best deal they can for the taxpayer's dollar. This is rarely. a blanket policy, however; it can be influenced by the circumstances of a particular situation. On a construction con- tract, for instance, the lowest bid could come from an out-of-town firm with no continuing interest in the community while a higher bid is made by a local firm which has long contributed taxes and business to the city. This could well be a rea- son for accepting other than the lowest bid. Thus we have an exception to the general rule based on the judgment of the council on a particular in- stance. The general rule would re- Before Next The Financial Post reminds us that among the statutes more hon- ored in the breach than in the ob- servance are parts of the Canada Elections Act. Section 49-8, for ex- ample, which declares that on elec- tion day, and for the 48 hours pre- ceding it, the wearing of party badges is forbidden. The use of loudspeakers on vehicles is also pro- She Oshawa Times T.. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C, ROOKE, General Moneger C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawe Times combi The Oshawa Times {established 1871) ond the itby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily fundeys end Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish ere Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the tocol news, published therein. All rights of special des patches ore also reserved. Gttices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Rewmoanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mage Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpoé!, Teunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Ennisiitien, Orono, Lestagrd, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool, and Newcastle, not over 50c, per week. By mail in Province of Ontorio cutside cartier delivery oreo, $15.00 per year. her provawces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. end foreign $27.00 per year, main to get the best value council can for the taxpayer's dollar. A similar situation could apply in a particular case with regard to strike-bound plants. To lay down a more definite policy could be dan- gerous. Councils then could con ceivably be open to charge of high- handedly interfering with the rights of labor and management to conduct their affairs free of governmental pressure. Another important aspect of mun- icipal life cannot be overlooked, Council members are elected to work in what they see as the best inter- ests of all taxpayers in the com- munity -- included, of course, are members of unions, those with no union associations, and even those paying taxes from salaries earned in strike-bound industry (a situa- tion which could continue intermine ably). If any taxpayer or group of tax- payers does not approve of the man- ner in which council members con- duct their business, elections are held for them to do something about it. Meanwhile the comment made by parliamentarian Edmund Burke more than 200 years ago would seem to have current application. He said: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judg- ment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion", Election... hibited during the election week- end, though the law says nothing about putting a loudspeaker on a building right opposite the polling booth and blaring away. The important thing, of course, is for the spirit of the law to be ob- served, requiring that there shall be no last minute pressuring. But the big trouble, as the Toronto pa- per points out, is to head off last minute political charges made too late to be properly answered before voting takes place. The statute should be given a thorough overhauling by the next Parliament. Its worst shortcoming, probably, is its failure to deal ade- quately with the need for enlighten- ing the public on the sources of campaign funds, There is far too much secrecy about where the nest eggs come from, and the price tags attaching to them, The early election call this time held up action contemplated by Commons on recommendations of committee which was reviewing election campaign procedures. After the current. campaign, such action should rate high in priority of par- liamentary considerations, GOOD EVENING... ae ae ca a She Oshawa Eines eg SG "ALMOST WAY OF LIFE' Revolutionary Regime In Brazil Fights Inflation RIO DE JANEIRO (CP)-- 'To us, inflation has almost be- same 2 way of life." The speaker was Sepastiao de Sant'anna e Silva, secretary- general of Brazil's newly-cre- ated ministry of planning and economic co-ordination. In a humid Rio office packed with graphs, blackboards and economic reports, Mr. Silva talked about his country's lat- est battle to control rising prices, a battle aimed at stabi- lizing the economy and making Brazil more attractive to for- eign investors, including Cana- dians. "The statistics are these," he said, opening a weighty survey. "Prices rose 15 per cent a year between 1941 and 1946, 20 per cent a year between 1951 and 1958, 52 per cent in 1959 and, after dropping in 1960, reached 55 per cent in 1962 and 81 per cent in 1963." Economists estimate that if the inflation had gone un- checked, it would have resulted in an annual price rise of 150 per cent by the end of 1964. But then came the revolution. Inflation grew at a staggering rate under the leftist govern- ment of Joao Goulart, which took office in 1961, and in April, 1964, it was swept out by con- servative military forces. Pres- ident Humberto Castello Branco, a former army general, took over, Since then, it has been the president's most urgent con- cern to control inflation, His restrictive' measures have not always been popular, but the government feels if... present trends continue the Brazilian economy. will be relatively stable by 1966 or 1967. The first thing President Cas- tello Branco did was appointed Roberto Campos, an energetic young economic planner now said to be one of the most powerful men in the Brazilian government, as head of the ministry of economic co-ordina- tion. Campos prepared an action program for 1964-65 containing a series of priority measures designed to cheek inflation gradually. *q very quick sttack on in. flation would have meant a depression and greater unem- ployment than we have to deal with now," said Mr. Silva, who is Campos' chief assistant in the planning ministry. He says the causes of infla- tion were easy to isolate: "There was a budgetary def- icit of more than 50 per cent of the government revenue, the Bank of Brazil's uncontrolled easy credit policy during the Goulart regime, and the govern- ment's salary policy which al- lowed the minimum wage to increase far faster than the cost of living." The Brazilian monetary unit, the cruziero, which had been valued on the exchange market at 80 cruzieros to one U.S. dollar in 1956, reached a record 2,000 cruzieres to one U.S. dollar just before the 1964 rev- olution. Something had to be done quickly, The new president, who has a reputation among his people of being quiet but extremely stubborn, made an immediate cut in all public expenditures. SLOWS BUILDING This meant a slowdown in construction in Brasilia, the country's impressive but ex- pensive new capital in the heart of the country. But since work on Brasilia had all but stopped during the Goulart re- gime, this move came as no surprise to the people of the capital district. I n the last few months, con- struction has been cautiously begun again, but the president and Campos are keeping a tight hold on the purse strings. Castello Branco asked the Brazilian parliament for a change in the constitution which allowed him to increase personal, excise and corpora- tion. taxes. A number of other measures designed to halt the breakneck price rise gradually were put into effect. Eleven-Hour Voting Period For Third Time On Mnday OTTAWA . (CP)--An_ 11-hour voting period prill be in effect for the third time in the Nov. 8 federal election, In line with a 1960 amend- ment to the Canada Elections Act which added an extra hour, polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. local standard time, Voters in this country are spread across seven time zones, meaning that when polls are closing in Newfoundland the electors in British Columbia still have 4% hours left in their voting day. The time zones use Green- wich Mean Time as the base. Newfoundland Standard time is three hours and 30 minutes be- hind GMT, Atlantic four hours, Eastern (Quebec and Ontario) five hours, Central (Manitoba) six. hours, Mountain (Saskat- chewan ane Alberta) seven hours, Pacific (B.C.) eight hours, and Yukon nine hours. A 1938 federal law prohibits publication of election results before the close of local polls because it was claimed that re- ports from the East influenced late voting in the West. Since then the federal elec- tion report of The Canadian Press has moved into. news- papers and broadcasting sta- tions across the country em- bargoed against publication until local polls close. In 1963, when there was a close race, The CP reported at 9:21 p.m. EST that the Liberals would have the largest group in the Commons and at 10:52 p.m. EST that the Liberals won the election with a majority unlikely. The record for fast reporting of the election result came in 1958 when the Conservatives won by a landslide. In that year, with polls closing at 6 p.m, under the elections act, The CP reported re-election of the Conservative government at 7:02 p.m, EST--62 minutes after polls closed in Quebec and Ontario. Before the present 11-hour voting day wa' introduced, poll- ing svas for 1° hours in 11 elec- tions from 1921 to 1958--8 a.m, to 6 p.m. In 11 elections from 1874 to 1917, the voting day was eight hours--9 a.m. to 5 p.m, There were no standard voting hours in Canada's first two elections, 1867 and 1872, which ran over several weeks, differ- ent constituencies voting on dif- ferent days. Where a constituency lies in two or more time zones, its returning officer decides the times for elections, subject to the approval of the chief elec- toral officer in Ottawa. Nine of Saskatchewan's 17 constituencies straddie Central and Mountain time zones, but as in the 1963 election voting will be conducted on Mountain time. ea HP ... By Jack Gearin Ridings Advance Poll Vote Tops 1963 80 THE DRAMA of the rid- ing's 1965 federal election race draws to a close! The final scenes are to be enacted today in a campaign that was marked by general apathy, a lack of controversial issues. The hour of truth will come on Monday when 78-468 voters -- a record high and an Increase of 8,165 from 1963 -- will have an opportunity to answer the inevit- able question: Will "The Golden Age of Toryism in Ontario Riding", which started away back in 1952, come to an end; or will it be extended for another four years by the re-election of PC Michael Starr, the first Cana- dian of Ukrainian descent to ever hold a Federal cabinet post? Will Monday's vote be heavy or light? The recently-concluded = ad- vance polls drew a heavier vote than was the case. in 1963 rid- ing race; these ballots will not be counted until Monday night, There will be last, desperate attempts at political fence- mending tomorrow, which will also be marked by the appear: ance of Mr. Starr in a 100-car cavalcade scheduled to take off from here at 10 a.m. for the traditional riding tour there will also be another. important "Mike" in the City at that time for a press meeting at the Lib- eral campaign ttee room, the Rt. Hon, Lesier B. Pear- son, Prime Minister of Canada, The 48-hour period before elec- tion day calls for a general tightening-up by parties of cam- paign activities, according to The Canada Elections Act and a little booklet called, 'General Election Information for Re- turning Officers". For instance, no party my legally distribute badges, flags, buntings, lapels or other propa- ganda material on or within two days of the election. A spokesman for Federal Re- turning Officer Roger Conant of Ontario Riding emphasized this week that it was not the duty of the RO to enforce such regulations, or to lay charges for any alleged infractions. This would be the duty of opposition parties or private individuals, The returning officer and is pri- marily concerned with the con- duct of his own staff and with the operations of the subdivi- sions and offices under his juris- diction All reasonable signs indicate a cliff-hanger riding race Mon- day, but ¢iections are some- times unpredictable things to forecast. One ofthe big in- ponerables will be Independent Dr. Edward Rundle (who could help to shape the final result, if he gets anything like the § 909-9.000 votes he expects). His bizarre brand of - campaigning (via 1922 vintage Packard be- decked in racoon coat beard) has attracted much at- tention. Some members of City Coun- cil still act as though they have not made up their minds irrev- ocably on the Creek Valley ex- pressway. They act as though they are willing to hear the other side, that of the Oshawa citizens' com- mittee. Such naive. But one point must be stress- ed -- Council accorded Nelson S. Starr (the suave, soft-spoken Toronto lawyer representing the committee) a courteous hearing Monday, Let's hope this spirit of toler- ance continues. The issues are far-reaching, involving the expenditure of mil- lions of dollars. There is no easy way. to find the right an- swer as to what should be done. There is still a need for much enlightenment if an intelligent final decision is to be made. This point was eloquently spell- ed out by Alderman Clifford Pil key when he said: "We are making a major decision on this Creek Valley expressway. We want to be enlightened. As a layman, I can't refute Mr. Starr's statements, I think 'Nick' Damas, author of the Smith- Damas report should attend a meetne here to answer these questions."' The aldermen did not abide by this request Monday, but impressions may be they did ask Mr, Starr to submit a written brief of his remarks, which he agreed to do. In essence, Mr. Starr asked the City to "go slow" on the Creek Valley proposal; if the Smith - Damas figures are cor- rect, he added, no decision is necessary before nine years. He said it would be "the height of foolhardy extravagance' to build the expressway at this time. Mr, Starr, with his low-pitch sell, sounded intelligent, highly plausible, especially for a-pre- liminary effort on a most come plex subject with which he be- came familiar only recently. Perhaps 'Nick' Damas will punch holes through the brief; until he does there are some big questions to be answered. Mr. Starr visibily irritated Mayor Lyman Gifford when he suggested that the City could "ill-afford" the expressway as proposed and failed to find the statistical evidence for this in the City budget when requested to do so by Alderman Richard Donald. Despite such fumbling, there are thousands who think he can find such evidence, if he only perused the municipaliti's fiseal_statements more _care- fully. What Mr. Starr stressed was this -- the citizens' committee has only started to fight. de. spite the late hour, which n- dicated that every possible legal recourse would be taken if the failed. appeal te Council -back to life 7 IN THE FALL THE BRIGHT COLORS APPEAR (rere rsa CANADA'S STORY Old Friend Best John A. By BOB BOWMAN Politics can destroy old friendships even without the heat of an election campaign. The most notable Canadian ex- ample is that of Sir John A. Macdonald and Donald A. Smith, who later became Lord Strathcona after helping to build the CPR. Donald Smith had been one of Sir John's best friends and most capable assistants. Dur- ing the Red River uprising in 1869, Sir John sent Donald Smith to Fort Garry to try to make a deal with Louis Riel, and this intervention probably prevented a more serious situ- ation from developing. However, in 1873 there was great competition among groups of businessmen to get the contract to build the CPR. One of the groups was headed by Sir Hugh Allen of Montreal, and he contributed $45,000 to Sir John's election campaign fund. In the heat of the campaigning Sir John needed more money and made the mistake of send- semen rarer: repeat syne amt ing a telegram to Sir Hugh ask- ing for another $10,000, Sir John won the election, but weeks later the story of the campaign funds leaked out. Sir John was charged in the House of Commons with bribery. He defended himself well, on the floor of the House, pointing out that he had not received any of the money personally, and it seemed that he might be able to win the vote of non-confidence. There was only one more speaker to be heard, Donald A, Smith, member for Winnipeg. When Smith astounded the House by saying that he could not conscientiously support the Prime Minister Sir John A. jumped to his feet and. yelled that he 'could lick that man Smith quicker than hell could frizzle a feather." It was the end. Sir John had to resign on Nov. 5, 1873 and was out of office for five years. Donald Smith became of the the direc- tors of a new company formed to build the CPR and when the railway was completed on No- Me ainanintietet neat ie eminem vember 7, 1885, Sir John A. Macdonald, although Prime Minister, was conspicuously absent. OTHER EVENTS ON NOV. 5: 1653--Iroquois signed peace treaty with French at Quebec 1803--Weekly public markets established at York (Toronto) 1814--Americans destroyed their base at Fort Erie and re- treated 1856--Violent Montreal 1889--Quebec paid Jesuits $400,- 000 and Protestants $60,000 under Jesuit Estates Act 1905--Liberals won first election in Alberta 1917--Use of grain for manufac- turing liquor prohibited for duration "war 1923--Alberta voted for govern- hurricane struck "ment control of liquor after seven years of pro- hibition Saint Joh, N.B., Dry Dock opened: then. longest in world a a 'Qornnramarnasnnn sont itisguam cents ntP enn OTTAWA REPORT 'Old Hands' Merit Moment Of Glory By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The people of Can- ada never presented a quarter- century gold watch to Elston Cardiff, Conservative MP for Huron. And now he has quietly moved away without fanfare, to close his political career which was launched in 1940 and con- tinued since without a break. It would be a decent touch for such men in public life to en- joy a moment of glory with a formal and official "farewell" in the House, even if no watch were presented. I don't recall Elston ever being away, from Parliament Hill for long--not even 'When he fell off a ladder while painting his barn and had to carry a broken leg around in a cast, He was a conscientious MP, quietly exemplifying the virtues appre- ciated by the 19th Century in which he was born. He and his qualities will be missed on Par- liament Hill as wil five other 19th century babies who have retired from Parliament with him. WORKED WEEKENDS One such is Dr. W. H. Mc- Millan, Liberal MP for Welland for 15 years, who drove himself mercilessly to work through the parliamentary week in Ottawa, and then rushed home to a long weekend of work in his surgery. "Doc" McMillan was popular with MPs of all parties, and won respect' in his role as financial spokesman for the Liberal op- position in the Diefenbaker years, But I shall best remember him as the only man I have met who has brought a dead person I say that in no tone of mock-religion. He con- firmed to me the story as I long ago heard it in Welland, that while he was: performing an operation, his patient's heart stopped beating. This is norm- ally the point at which life ends. But, with quick perception, "Doc" McMillan opened the chest and by hand massage re- stored the halted heart throbs. The patient was restored to full bealth, and later safely gave birth to the child she had been carrying at the time. Dr. Charles Wifloughby, Con- servative MP for Kamloops briefiy;-is aiso retiring: He-and his charming wife Marjorie will be 'greatly misséd by a com- munity which has grown fond of them in their own right, and not as mere place - warmers for Davie Fuiton whiie he was en- gaged elsehow. The other 19th century babies who now have retired from the House of Commons are Conserv- ative George Doucett of Lanark, Liberal Jim Forgie of Pembroke and New Democrat Arnold Web- ster of Vancouver. That now leaves only 18 mem- bers of the last House over the age of 65 who are seeking re- election. Most prominent of these, of course, are Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker. MOST SEEK RETURN Others include New Democrat Colin Cameron of Nanaimo, Lib- erals Bert Badanai of Fort Wil- liam and Rodger Mitchell of Sudbury, and Conservative Dr. P. B. Rynard of Orillia. When one considers the immense amount of work performed for their constituents by this quar- tet, and their significant contri- butions to the work of the House and of its committees, and on foreign delegations -- and out- standingly in the case of Dr. Rynard, the other ways in which he helps Parliament and _ its members--one hopes that -they will all win re-election Nov, 8. Only 17 others who were MPs at dissolution are not seeking re-election. Of these, 10 are from Quebec, and most, of those retirements are associated with their own change in party' al- legiance or the withdrawal of party support from them. One interesting candidate seeking re-election is Lucien Lamoureux in Cornwall, who was 'the effec- tive and respected young dep- uty Speaker of the last House. yhether Mr. Diefenbaker or Mr. Pearson is prime minister when the new. Parliament meets, if Lucien is re-elected he may reasonably ta YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1945 Mrs. Leslie Guy was. elected president of the Oshawa Horti- cultural Society succeeding F. O. Kirby who retired after two years in that office. A five-day membership cam- paign was launched by the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce with Cyril E. Souch as chair- man. Allin F. Annis was presi- dent and George W. Garner, sec- retary of the organization. 35 YEARS AGO Nov, 5, 1930 Baie and Mcbellan, Oshawa contractors, made a start on the construction of the subway under the CNR tracks on Sim- coe st. s. George and Thomas Miller, proprietors of the Arcade Dry Goods store, started a new venture as owners of an indoor miniature golf course -- the Elite Club. be appointed Speaker, and shortly thereafter to be consoli- dated in that position as Can- ada's first permament Speaker, I think. One remarkable feature of this campaign is that no less than 46 past and present Cabi- net ministers are candidates. So Canada's 27th Parliament might have at least an abund- ance of experience, even if many electors are rightly some- what critical of the sort of tal- ent too often of late displayed in the House. One of Canada's 3 Gre READERS _ WRITE... VOTING QUESTION Mr. Editor: I've just been asked by @ youngster: "Who are you going to vote for, and why?" My ques- tioner was a high-school cantent who wished to learn more about politics and next week's elec- tion. Briefly, despite the Oshawa Times editorial on debunking I had to debunk the youthful that politicians are essentially learned and respected pillars of society. 1 gently retold what I had gleaned from the news- papers. Here's a sample: an Oshawa Times headline (30th July 1965) -- "Diefenbaker Charges PM - Benson Lied". In the reading matter below the headline Revenue Minister Ben- son "described as 'an absolute lie' Mr. Diefenbaker's conten- tion', ete. In 1958 Prime Minister Diefen- baker had the biggest parlia- mentary majority since Confed- eration. He had a_ wonderful chance to legislate for decency -- "To grasp this sorry scheme of things entite and build our nation nearer to our heart's de- sire." (Sorry, Omar!) But did he? No, Sir. He flunked it. He finally dithered and bickered so much that, except for one or two sycophants riding on his coat-tails, the competent in his Cabinet took to the woods or the ' ski slopes. They couldn't stand him any longer. But, worse still, when seeking re-election in 1963 the Globe and Mail (8th Feb. 1963) suggested Mr. Diefen- baker and his yes-men would go into the coming election "with lies on their lips and a dual standard of morality in their hearts." "What about Starr?" asked my student. Well, what about him? I've been studying the, phenomenon for sixteen years and the more I see of him the more I'm con- vinced that most of the people are fooled most of the time. "OK. Diefenbaker's useless and Starr won't get your vote. What about Mr. Pearson, the Liberal?" Mr. Pearson? Funny thing, I've been thinking of him lately as the Crime Minister. Anyway, his image-makers show. him as a fine honorable person, but if he isn't he's a consummate shyster. There was no urgent need to double the salaries of MPs, They weren't hungry. The flag question was not an issue when the Liberals were voted in. Now it is. Honorable Mr, Pearson was possibly elected under false pre- tences. He begins to look as shabby as his own pennant. In- deed, the Liberal label or Pear son pennant should be kept as a symbol of government corrup- tion. It certainly resembles no- thing so much as a bloody mess, About here my young seeker after knowledge left to do a homework assignment without me saying a word as to whom I should vote for -- or why. Or ee MOL kt PAT SULLIVAN 218 Cordova Road, Oshawa TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 5, 1965... The Jervis Bay, a 14,164- ton passenger liner con- verted for war with eight 6-inch guns, was in charge of a North Atlantic convoy of 37 ships. 25 years ago today ~--in 1940--when attacked by tie~ German - pocket~ battle- ship Admiral Scheer. Ignor- ing the odds Captain Fogarty Fegen steered straight for the enemy until all his guns were knocked out and the Jervis Bay sank. Only 65 of the crew of 255 were saved. The sacrifice of the Jervis Bay allowed all but four of the unarmed freighters to escape. Cap- tain Fegen was posthu- mously awarded the Victoria Cross. 1872--Susan B. Anthony of Rochester, N.Y., became the first American woman to vote in a presidential elec- tion, for which she was fined $100. 1951 -- The 22nd amend- ment to the U.S. constitu- tion, limiting presidents to twoterms of office, was ratified. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- Lord Kitchener left England .for the Gallipoli front; Bulgaria occupied Nish, the old capital of Ser- bia; Russia claimed large gains on the eastern front. it 4) hisk 1@S ia penne iy aegis