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Bhe Oshorn Simes 'ta ; : Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited ; 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1965 ---- PAGE 4 'Queen's Park 'Tip Toes' At Edge Of Municipal Affairs Minister J. W. Spooner said in Oshawa this week 'his department would look favor- ably upon a request by municipali- ties in Ontario County for a study of local governments. This may all be very nice. Yet it ' seems. a little too pat.and preten- tious toever be truly productive, In an interview with The Times, Mr. Spooner also noted such a study wa 'being undertaken in Welland and Lincoln Counties at a cost of $5,000 but with "no particular objective". It seems time the provincial gov- ernment settled on a definite objec- tive in this important matter of municipal reform and regional gov- ernment. Growing concern ex- pressed throughout the province on Queen's Park's tip-toeing around the edge of the issue. The evident timidity in the prov- ince's approach was crifjcized only last week by the head df the town and regional planning department of the University of Toronto, Dr. A. J. Dakin. He suggested the retic- ence stemmed from strong fears of a loss of local autonomy and an ob- session with the political aspects. He also questioned the value of the regional studies being conducted. The'proposition is obtaining more is Vital Issue and more acceptance that regional government can provide more effec- tive means for déaling with the com- plexities of today's economic and so- cial situations. It is becoming evi- dent the present municipal struc- ture falls short in coping with edu- cational, police, fire arid welfare ser- vices, Its boundaries do not always conform with the lines of economic and social development. The Ontario government through its workshops and _ sponsoring of studies such as are contemplated here has indicated it considers there is merit in a regional approach. Yet with a problem so general through- out the province, surely stronger steps are required. N It has been questioned, for in- stance, whether counties can ever provide the proper vehicle for re- gional development. It follows that studies taken on a county-basis could confound development rather than push progress. Dr. Dakin has advocated the ap- pointment of a royal commission to inquire into municipal royal com- Such an approach would seem a constructive course than has been shown to date in the rather condescending attitude of the provincial government, mission. more Cdnadians On The Go If dollars spent is the best yard- stick, Canadians are among the world's greatest travellers. In 1964 Canadians spent $230,000,000 travelling overseas, an increase of $33,000,000 over 1963. Cana- dians travelling in the United States spent another $483,000,000. With a population nearing 20,- 000,000 that means Canadians aver- aged $35 per capita on travel last year and probably spent even more Yhis year. On foreign travel The Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publishe: R. C. ROOKE, Generali Manager C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshowa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established :1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays: excepted). Members of Cenadian Daily Newspaper Publish- 'ere Association. The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian exctusively entitied to the use ot republication of ali news despotched in the paper credited to it or te The Associated Press or Reuters, ond aiso the tocol news publis! therein. All rights of special des patches are Aolso reserved. G@ftices:;_ Thomson Avenue. Toronto. Montreal P.Q. 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More and more Canadians are taking winter vacations and relying on weekend rests from their work in our summer time. The jet plane is sending them to faraway places that are no longer so far away in time. ; For those whose appetites have been whetted by a taste for the for- eign the future is bright indeed. Experts predict lower travel fares in every field of long-distance trans- port. They foresee 200-mile-an- hour luxury trains; cars automatic- ally controlled moving along super- highwayes at 100 mph; huge'liners airliners whizzing across the North Atlantic in 2% hours, As The Kitchener-Waterloo Rec- ord puts it, if to go is to know, the world is likely tovacquire sharply- increased wisdom in 'thé coming years. QUEEN'S PARK Boost Unlikely | In Ontario: By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Increased taxes this' year? Not likely, Now that Premier Robarts has confirmed the starting date of the next session--about mid- January -- thought begins on what it is likely to produce, And when you think of a ses- sion you first of all, of course, think of taxes. One reason why a tax increase this year is unlikely is that the province's needs now are few, Spending is going up sharply, it is true. But the economy of the province has been buoyant. There will still be a deficit-- or what they call a "short+ fall'"'--but it shouldn't be enough to call for new tax action. BETTER BROKE Then we now are going into a round of negotiations on money with the federal govern- ment. These critical discussions. are to produce a new federal-pro- vincial fiscal agreement by 1967. And there is one sophisticated reason why the provinces would react against tax increases in advance -- you're in a better bargaining position if you ap- pear a bit broke when you get into talks such as these It's hard to cry hunger when your bank book is public prop- erty and shows a good balance, So the tendency at negotiation times is to keep revenues down and deficits up ELECTION IN OFFING The most intriguing reason of all, however, is the possibility of a provincial election next year Many believe Mr. Robarts will call an election before the end of 1966, One reason for this, of course, would be to get the election out of the way before the centennial year. The present government will haye been in office three years by next fall, and it would be in order to call a yote then. Most provincial governments are inclined to go to the people at three-year periods. "Another good reason for Mr. Robarts to call an election is that, unless there is a dramatic change of climate in the next year, he should be able to do so with confidence in the fall And if he does have this elec- tion in mind he almost certainly won't increase taxes. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Noy. 26, 1945 was made by Lt.-Col. W. Currell,, ED, Com- manding Officer of the 1lith Reserve Army Tank Regiment, the First Battalion of the fam- ous "'Ontarios" to go overseas, would arrive in the city at noon, A most thunderous ovation in the history of the City of Osh- awa was awaiting them. Announcement Mrs. A. W. Smith was. re- elected president of the Oshawa Christmas Cheer Committee. 35 YEARS AGO Nov 26, 1930 Oshawa Blue Devils won the Ontario Intermediate Rughby Championship defeating Sarnia Wanderers by a close score in a two-game series Jumpers from Parkwood Stab- les won some of the major trophies in the Horse Show at the Royal Winter Fair. wait If nti Wl «| i CANADA'S STORY 2 AFFABLE ADMINISTRATOR. a Progressive Programs Pushed In Penitentiaries -- By GERARD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP)--Five years of running the Canadian Peniten- tiaries Service have left their mark, but at 46 Allen J, Mac- Leod .still has the collegiate charm of a successful sales- man. The tall, silver-haired, affa- ble Jawyer is a radical depar- ture from the militaristic cut of - past commissioners, Photo- graphs of nim jn a snowy prison yard, arm about the shoulder of a teen-age inmate, reinforce the '{mpression of him as a pro- Me "ANT CLAUS PARADE, i) Rebels Lead In Politics By BOB BOWMAN A good question for debate< might be: in this "enlightened" age, would it be possible for a man to lead a rebellion in Can- ada, be defeated, and then go on to hold high political office? The most recent example might be J. S. Woodsworth, who was put in jail for being one of the leaders of the Winnipeg strike in 1919, and then went on to found the CCF party. How- ever, he did not succeed in be- coming a member of a govern- ment. Reference might be made to William Lyon Mackenzie King, who was Prime Minister of Can- ada longer than any other man. He was the grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie who led an armed revolt against the gov- ernment, and lived as an exile in the U.S.A. for 12 years. There were more striking ex- amples in the 19th century. Sir John Abbott became Prime Min- ister in 1891, although he had once signed a manifesto urging that Canada should break away from Britain and join the U.S.A. George Etienne Cartier took part in the rebellion in Lower Canada in 1837 and was exiled to the U.S.A. for a short time. Yet he became Prime Minister briefly and was Sir John A. Macdonald's right hand man for many years, helping to form Confederation. Canada's first Prime Minister after the Act of Union was Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine, who was another exile after the re- 'bellion in 1837. When he was able to return to Canada he be- came the leader of the Reform Party in Quebec and joined forces with Upper Canadian Re- form Leader, Robert Baldwin to form the government in 1842. Although that government re- signed on November 26, 1843, A AT AEE GOOD EVENING... 'NS ..» By Jack Gearin Chief Saw Oshawa Grow From Sleepy Town It won't be the same without Chief Herber Flintoff, but time changes all. He has been with the Osh- awa Police Department 44 years --a good life span in itself--and has served the last 1) as chief. His services predates to 1921. That is when Oshawa, was slow- paced, tranquil town of 16,659, with a police force of six, in- cluding .ex-Chief Owen D. Friend. Today it is a fast-growing city (5.9 percent in 1965) with a population of 74,194, and a police force of 97. It is interesting to note that "Chief" Flintoff, who will re- tire at the end of next month, has been at the department's helm. during the city's greatest population - boom, which put many new pressures and de- mands on his "lepartment. His has been a most-demand- ing job as the municipality sprung up almogt overnight from a 1954 population of 46,071 to its present size For ne thing we can be grateful, and which the. city accepts, with too much compla- cency' -- Oshawa has been remarkably free of major crime. durifig his tenure of office. |t seems able, but the. Motor. City has to have its first bank robbery and this ean not be attributed incone yet altogether to Oshawa's geogra- Metro phical location, snug in between two key traffic arteries of High- ways 401 and 2. The 'Chief,' like most lead- ers, had many personal traits to stamp him as a strong indi- vidualist. He could be gentle and comforting with a harden- ed criminal who scorned aid, but there was another side to him. He could also be a stern disciplinarian and when tough, decisive decisions werag4re- quired (however unpopular) he did not renege One of his predominant per- sonal trademarks was his deep concern for the taxpayer's dol- lar, which never diminished throughout the years. The Police Department never ex- ceeded its budget during his tenure, despite its extensive operation, a record which is not too often matched in Oshawa's municipal world of today. He would not like the title, but he was "an austerity champ' in the true sense of the word, a man who frowned on large municipal debenture debts. What memories Chief Flintoff must have had last Tuesday at the impressive farewell banquet held in his honor in the Hotel its Genosha! More than 200. guests crowded the Picadilly Room, including Chief James FP, Mackie of ' . That tion, force and like that often Secret out in to It 69 Toronto, ter Johnston of the ronto (who will be his sycces- sor) and Judge Alex Hall, with whom he has worked so closely through thé years. was an emotion-packed moment by all standards when the "'Chief" delivered his 'short to-the-point address: of how he felt inwardly at the warmth and depth of his ova- he situation as he expressed grati- tude to the citizenry and "for co-operation years." up from the constabulary io the highest office in the force and he was saying an old pro who always did dis- public mentality, Progress Notes: Clifford City Executive referred Six") meeting since it pointed some six months ago. Could this be because of the numerous protests heard in and of City The committee is a rare .odd- the politics exclude councillors from its sessivus, if wishes, Inspector Wal- Metro To- tion the regardless was master of the his loyal support during my He had worked his way their "good bye," like ing displays of senti- A Alderman said this week Council's six-man Committee (more to as 'The not held a was first ap- top Pilkey nor has his Hall when it was world of municipal because it has powers seyen non-member for International staying tion. He's John W. Hughes All of which" poses the ques- If an elected representative of people finds City Hall doors barred what chance has a tax payer sacred Mayor chairman Council mayor chairman of the standing com- mittees filling (Alderman Clifford Pilkey, doch, John Brady and R. Cecil Bint). Council could quickly regain some quickly and _ officially to crash portals? Lyman through these + Gifford is of this 'exclusive Sele with the acting (Mr. Pilkey) and the' the Gordon other roles Attersley, Hayward Mur- of its lost prestige by disband- the group. district governor of Rotary Says too many leaders in communities-are out of that. organiza- gover- of District 707, who spoke here recently, Mr Hughes didn't say it, but admonition could have been rightfully applied to most units in the service club world today. There is more top leaders - of the changing important not only need for as the role Service club in a fast- world. becomes more there is also need @ xeutigs Membersiup "in- crease. Lafontaine became Prime Min- ister again in 1848. OTHER EVENTS ON NOV, 26: 1663--France created colonial coinage for Canada 1683--Du Lhut forced Ojibwas to hang two Indians at Sault Ste. Marie ' 1691--Port Royal, N.S doned by England 1691--D'Iberville attacked John's, Newfoundland aban- St. 1827--Fort Langley, B.C., chris- tened 1857--Macdonald - Cartier form- ed government 1876--Commissioner Laird ap- pointed Lieut. Governor of N.W. Territories 1917--Theodore Roosevelt at Victory Loan Drive, Ham ilton, Ontario Da 1926--Vincent Massey appointed first Canadian Minister to U.S.A. ne Boom In Hospital Building Sparked By U.S. Medicare NEW YORK (AP)--Medical care, a growing population and medical and surgical. advances are combining to spark a boom in hospital' building in. the United States Many communities are study- ing both present overcrowding and the prospect of a big jump in patients when medica] care becomes operative next July. More people with more money to spend for medical care, and new ways of treating ailments, are putting a strain on current facilities or making them ob- solete. Some cities plan to build new hospitals. Others are_ moving to expand present ones. And still others are studying designs and equipment that offer more and quicker services, meet doc- tor' and rursing shortages Saving time, and adopt some factory techniques for getting the most efficient use of space. The hospital of tomorrow may resemble a computerized pro- duction line. Plans call for spending $2,500,- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN. PRESS Nov. 26, 1965 .., Marshal Soult, with nadotte the most success- ful of Napoleon's marshals died 114 years ago today-- in 1851--at Chateau Sault- berg in France. Successful in Napoleon's Italian, Prus- sian and Portuguese cam- paigns, he was driven back across Spain by the Duke of Wellington. Soult changed sides after Napoleon's abdi- cation but rejoined him on his return from Elba,' Ban- ished until 1819, he grad- ually recovered his titles and was French minister of war from 1830 to 1834. 1703--The first Eddystone Lighthouse was washed 1925 Germany ratified the Locarno Pact fixing France's borders. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- Lord Kitchener con- ferred with King Victor Emmanuel and Italian gen- erals at Rome-'the German army evacuated Mitau, near Riga; French artillery blew up a German ammunition depot in the: Argonne. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940---Bristol under- went a second heavy air raid and the RAF struck back at Berlin and Cologne; Greek units advanced against the Italians in. Al- bania; Nazi and Commu nist students fought at Sofia University. <ic, Dy Ber- 000,000 next year for construct- ing new hospitals or moderniz- ing present ones. This would be $300,000,000 more than the esti- mated outlay this year. In 1964 spending hit $2,000,000,000, com- pared with $1,000,000,000 back in 1959. Some predict medicare and population growth may push expenditures to $5,000,000,- 000 a year by 1970. Despite increasing demand for hospital care, neither the num- ber of hospitals nor of beds has grown startlingly in the U.S, since 1955, although the number of admissions has. The American Hospital Asso- ciation puts the number of hos- pitals in 1955 at 6,956, with 1,604,000 beds and 21,073,000 ad- missions. Last year the number of hospitals was 7,127, with ,896,000- beds, but .28,266,000.pa- tients were admitted. The secret of handling 7,000,- 000 more patients in 392,000 more beds, the association says is in improved handling meth- ods. Since 1946 the number of patients receiving hospital care has gone up by 75 per cent. But just after the Second World War the average length of stay in a hospital was 9.1 days; in 1964 it was 7.7 days. Federal funds have helped in some hospital building, In the fiscal year ended June 30 last, nearly $246,000,000 of federal funds was used this way. In the current fiscal year some -$303,- 000,000 is expected to be spent, And medical Gare could well in- crease federal costs. Even. without medical care the demand for new hospitals has been growing. The rush of city dwellers to suburban com- munities has been a big factor. Among new techniques being installed or planned in many hospitals are computers to be used both for reference infor- mation and for diagnosis. POINTED PARAGRAPHS 'Miss Blank will carry John Smith in the St. Agatha's Church." -- Woonsocket (R.I.) Call, It is rare that the groom is light enough forthe bride to carry; usually she has to drag --him--down--the --aisle. How to prevent thousands of traffic fatalities: Figure out some way to have the use of car seat belts regarded as a status symbol. Parents deserve much praise for entering into college an off- spring who is cockily certain he knows more than both of them. Abo all a person gets who sits arQund and waits for his ship to BG 4b Adah SOU pIe- ae oversized corns, \ gressive penal administrator. Nevertheless, he is engaged in a tooth-and-nail battle with crit- ies of a maximum - security prison design which they say would drive inmates crazy. Mr. MacLeod, a strong sup- porter of the special detention unit for incorrigible prisoners, comes in- for little personal criticism. But reformers say the $17,000 - a - year commis- sioner, despite his progressive veneer, has allowed the old militaristic attitude of the serv- ice to carry on and that this is reflected in an emphasis on 'security rather than rehabilita- tion. Some of the wardens and top men on Mr. MacLeod's Ottawa staff do have military back- grounds, Veterans of a service in which four guards have been slain since 1960 do put emphasis on security. But Allen MacLeod argues that the number of specialists-- trade-training experts, psychol- ogists and the like--is growing as sweeping reforms are ini- tiated BUILD NEW PENS Partly as a result of changes in the Penitentiaries Act, un- precedented parliamentary in- terest and a surprising infusion of money, a broad reform pro- gram is under way. Penitentiaries such as King- ston, which pre-dates Confedera- tion, and St. Vincent de Paul, notorious for trouble since it was built in 1873, will be ripped down by 1970. ; A $120,000,000 construction program is replacing them and others with five clusters of modern prisons placed region- ally across the country. While administering this pro- gram, Mr. MacLeod has initi- ated changes within the system that are of major importance to prisoners. Meals have been im- proved and evening entertain. ment introduced. More than 1,200 of the 7,500 prisoners have been transferred to minimum - security institu. tions where they can have pic- nics with families, enjoy an unfenced feeling and learn something, Even in. the big, grey-walled prisons, -inmates may write more letters, use more facilities and pursue lives far less drab than in past, In the old days, for instance, music blared from corridor loudspeakers at pre- scribed intervals. Now. prison- ers may tune in a choice of radio stations, adjust the vol- ume, or turn the radio off. GUARDS PAID MORE The guards themselves are getting more money and a train- ing program, admittedly lim- ited, is being developed, The commissioner, a sought- after luncheon speaker, told the John Howard Society last year it is hoped the new institutions and programs will close many gaps in the system. : "We hope to change 'many of these offenders into law-abiding citizens by providing a program of training that will make up for many of the deficiencies in their early upbringing." In a recent address to the National Association of Muni- cipal. Judges, Mr. MacLeod listed some major criticisms of the judicial system. It's ridiculous for a judge to send a man to prison to learn a trade, he said, because most prisons aren't equipped "to teach trades to any substantial number of inmates." Nor were most inmates,' who had an average Grade 6 education, equipped to learn. Judges sometimes sentenced men for treatment "even though prisons are notoriously lacking in the professional staff required to provide psychiatric treatment."" Sentences "for the protection of the public' didn't achieve much where there was "no dynamic program" to change the prisoner's attitude, In summing up, Mr. MacLeod said judges seem to know little about the men they sentence and less.about the prisons they are sending them to. They should, he added, have assist- ance in sentencing from psychie atrists, psychologists, sociolo- gists and penologists, Major Criticism Levelled By MacLeod At Judiciary Between critics and prison- .ers, Mr. MacLeod goes to his Ottawa office each day ready for anything. When several guards were held hostage at Kingston in 1962, he was on the telephone almost continuously for 26 hours. A riot that year among St. Vincent de Paul's 1,200 prison- ers left the Montreal peniten- tiary a wreck. Damage was $1,000,000. Eight riots during his tenure have cost $4,000,000, four guards have been slain, several prison- ers killed, and searing criticism of the system has been levelled in the Commons. Mr. MacLeod's current battle for construction of the four special detention units, with their "windowless cells," is the big issue now. He argues that skylights in the corridors. and lighting systems three times better than those of the past won't deprive inmates of anything. One of the units, built to hold 140 men, is going up near St. Vincent de: Paul but Justice Minister Cardin has delayed decision on the others. Basic criticism is that the lack of cell windows would drive prisoners crazy through a pro- cess known as sensory depriva- tion. Opponents, who range from a Roman Catholic priest at the University of Montreal to the United Church Observer maga- zine, say. withdrawal of the variety of sights, sounds and smells that normally feed the senses leaves victims talking to themselves and seeing things, But Mr. MacLeod says the units are essential to separate incorrigible prisoners from those who show promise of re- habilitation. He reacts sharply to some criticism, including that from Rev. Noel Mailloux, the Mont- real priest who is past-president of the Canadian Corrections As- sociation. "Father Mailloux has been one of our severest critics and he has never been in a peniten- tiary. His experience is Bosco- ville, a home for 80 juveniles," Mr. MacLeod's experience in- cludes two tours annually of prisons and almost 20 years with the justice department. He was superintendent of bankrupt- cies, drafted the Criminal Code revision of 1955, and was chief of the remissions service, pre- decessor to the present National Paroie Board, Born in Revelstoke, B.C., he was raised in Sydney, N.S., and graduated in law from Dal- housie University, Halifax. He served with the West Nova Sco- tia Regiment in Italy during the Second World War. .- BIBLE The life is more than meat, and the body is more than ral- ment.--Luke 12:23. How many people in our world are dreadfully unhappy because they believe that true happiness is found only in such things as food and clothing! DON'T Che KRih Room Continental French Buffet Served Daily 11:30 - 2 p.m. -- 5 to 8 p.m. GENOSHA HOTEL FORGET PROUDLY