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| She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian -- Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T.-L Wilson, Publicher WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1965 -- PAG 4 Expensive 'Explanation' By Ottawa Still Deficient The turmoil over the co-ordina- tion of municipal pension programs with the Canadian Pension Plan such as was evident at the meeting of Oshawa City Council-this week could well have been avoided had the federal government been more explicit from the outset in its pen- sion promotion. It seems rather ludicrous that after the sizeable amount of federal money which has been spent "ex- plaining" the pension proposal to Canadians, Ottawa should leave the province of Ontario holding such a thorny political bag. The basis of the dispute in larger centres is that municipal employ- ees, or those of them who have been objecting, have apparent- ly been looking on the Canadian. Pension Plan as "something extra". They have anticipated adding it to their present pensions. While it would cost them: 1.8 per cent'a year of their wages it would also cost their employers, the mun- icipalities, a similar amount, In essence, then, it would really repre- sent a 1.8 per cent increase in wages. And no one certainly can blame them for seeking that. However, as being clear now, the federal government could easily have prevented any such misunder- standing of its purpose. It should have stated explicitly when it was promoting the plan that it was in- tended to be integrated with exist- ing municipal programs. Direction in this regard has been sadly lacking from Ottawa. The program was never intended as an extra but as'a means of providing basic. security, a minimal one, for all Canadians. The program was to serve as a base from which addi- tional programs were to be nego- tiated, according to conditions and to need. This, as is amply. evident, has never been adequately explained, Thus it would seem on the eve of its inauguration the Canadian Pension Plan is a thoroughly misunderstood measure causing considerable justi- fied concern where none should have really existed. Opting Out Looms Again An Ottawa commentator predicts, as a strong probability, that there will be a renewal of the debate on the provisions for "opting out" of federal - provincial arrangements when Parliament meets. On the one hand, it is evident that Quebec would like to go beyond the present agreement which covered shared programs. The Lesage government wishes to "repatriate" family allow- ances--now a purely federal respon- sibility--and to fit them into a so- cial security scheme which would take account of income differences. On the other hand, there has re- cently been a revival of the critic- ism that "contracting out" places federa] representatives of the af- fected provinces in an invidious po- She Oshawa Times T. L. 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The problem should have been foreseen when this escape-hatch was carpentered into the shared- cost agreements by Mr. Pearson, but evidently it wasn't. As The Charlottetown Guardian points out, it is likely to cause more and more dissension as the scope of its provi- sions is. broadened under Quebec pressure, abstain on divisions. by into gov- _ Other Editors' Views As parliament proceeds with the country's business, citizens have a responsibility to follow the perfor- mance of their M.P.'s, letting them know, by letter or personal contact, whether or not they support action taken (Cop. C. Newsletter). GOOD EVENING... Idleness Is The great curse today in Can- ada's penal world is idleness Kingston Penitentiary is exception K-P doesn't mollycoddle pris- oners, but it doesn't have enough work for them to do The casual visitor can see it, such. as the 14-man delegation from the Oshawa branch of the John Howard Society, plus this observer, who toured there re- cently for three hours The inmate population that day was 836, including more than 100 convicted murderers. All in view were occupied, but the generabpace was leisurely. The attitude seemed to be: "'It doesn't matter if we take two hours or four to do this job as long as we keep moving". K-P officials admit their con- cern over. the situation. They state that many of their work- shops are more than 40 per cent overstaffed, but the solution to the problem is beyond their cqn- tro] -- it must come from the outside Penal institutions are restrict- ed in their output of manufac- tured goods and produce. They can. manufacture for charitable institutions and Federal govern- ment departments, but they must not be comp ftitive in other fields with outside firms. This makes. a balanced. éight-hour work-day for inmates difficult to maintain on a year-round basis. no HN I GT YHANGPMRIN LOA ER nes s U.S. Finds Answers SAIGON (AP) -- The Viet Cong's favcrite and most feared tactic is the ambush. Thousands of South Vietnam- ese troops and many U.S. sol- diers have fallen before a hail of enemy fire from concealed positions that give the Commu- nists all the initial advantage. But senior U.S. military men draw a careful distinction--it's one thing to blunder into a dis- astrous trap iimaware and ane other to approach an ambush site with your troops well de- ployed and ready for a fight. In the first case, the bush- whacking Viet Cong usually suc- ceeds in crippling or destroying their opponents. In the saeand, the men caught in the ambush 'kill zone" suf- fer terrible casualties, But the main force is spread out so far that the unit can hang on unless the enemy force is too large. Air strikes and artillery are quickly summoned and reinforcements sent if possible It is clear that American troops still are developing their tactics to cope with ambushes and guerrillas tactics in general. How well they succeed may well determine the victor in Viet Nam's jungles VARY THEIR AMBUSHES The Viet Cong have dozens of variations to their ambushes, Often terrain is so rugged that to advance with optimum secur- ity means hacking your way through jungle a few yards an hour. That can be just as dan- gerous South Vietnamese units, numbed by years of war, some- times ignore the possibility of ambush in an effort to reach ob- jectives quickly. American units are experimenting with com- promises that leave part of the unit exposed with the rest hack- ing their way through the jun- gie. Taking turns at machete swinging lets the troops move fairly rapidly with some secur- ity U.S. uniis moving through dangerous country increasingly are using artillery with shells set to explode with air bursts a few hundred yards ahead of the advance troops. If a unit is properly deployed and has 'the 'fighting spirit to hang on, as American units have: proved ready to do, the ambush can be the ambusher's undoing. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO Dec. 22, 1940 Dorcas Beaton and Roger Conant were acclaimed the out- standing girl and boy at the annual Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute Commence- ment Exercises. Other award winners were--Florence Singer, Jack Ledger, Russel] Disney and Helen Stevens. The six boys and five girls wno came from the British Isles during the year as war guests of Oshawa citizens, were entertained along with their guardians at the Oshawa Rotary Club Juncheon. 409 YEARS AGO Dec. 22, 1925 Dr. T. ©. Kaiser was re-elect- ed president, and EF. W. Drew, vice-president, T. H. McMurtry, and F J of the Oshawa secretary Bailes, treasurer Curl- ing Club Albert Street United Church Sunday School's Christmas con- cert was under the direction of the superintendent, H. Lynch, and teachers Mrs. G. Burge, Mrs. A. Ayres, Mrs. A. Samp- son and Mrs. F. Williams. HIDDEN YEARS OF JESUS II CANADA'S STORY SOMEBODY'S SANTA Long Courtship BY BOB BOWMAN Newfoundland voted to Canada in July 1948, but it might have happened long be fore that. In fact the whole problem of Confederation could have been solved as early as 1783 when a number of leading men began urging the British government to unite all the colonies in British North Ameri- ca in one federation. They cluded two Chief Justices of Quebec, William Smith and Jon- athon Sewel]l, and' also Robert Morse of the Royal Engineers, His report is now in the Na- tional Archives. Edward, Duke of Kent, who was commander in chief of British forces in Canada, also supported the plan. Newfoundland delegates at- tended the Charlottetown con- ference in 1864, and reported favorably on the plan when they returned to St. John's. A Con- federation party was formed, but was beaten in an election on December 22, 1869. At the time Newfoundland was enjoy- ing a period of prosperity and most people were not in favor of making a change. Another opportunity came in 1894 when the situation was re- versed. A bank failure caused a great deal of economic distress in Newfoundland. Overtures were made to Ottawa, but on this occasion Canada would not agree to the proposals When Prince Edward joined Canada in 1873, ernor-general went to Charlotte- town, and passed under an arch of welcome that read 'Long Courted, Won At Last."' It had taken seven years The courting of Newfoundland took 76 years. Even then it wasn't easy to get "yes"' for an answer. Two referendumds were held, and the. final vote was join Island Me a . By Jack Gearin Curse Of Penal World Today ables lars Prisoners are sent to K-P, a maximum security institution, to pay their debt to society, but what chance is there for effec- tive rehabilitation where idle- ness exists? a Workshops are closed Satur- days and Sundays The prison- er can spend much of the time in his cell -- three feet by six, with toilet, cot, small writing table, radio and open front grill which allows no privacy (there is also a rear vént through which he can be ob- served). He can also visit the outdoor asphalt recreation yard for two or three-hour periods. The indoor mecca of social and sports activity at K-P is the Recreation Hall, but it has restrictions. The policy now is to allow half the prisoner population to visit there every second night, while the other half remairi in cells It has worked out we The Hall features television, movies occasionally, and a variety of games from basketball to table tennis. The "'bizg game" for pop- ularity is floor hockey which has an organized league The Department of Justice ts tackling the problem of segregation in such institutions, New-penal institutions are now being planned on the drawing board where it will receive top priority, but it is a problem at K-P where young prisoner oauuY MA Witt -eule -unUtait- than cept for the the The trol ately one proper cou An as convicted dope pedd- homosexuals, A K-P official said that more there were ill-equipped to make living in the outside world, ex- made it more difficult to useful technical training courses the groups in the institution K-P's example equipment there was not mod- ern enough to enable an inimate to get a Print Shop job later on outside of several other workshops The Oshawa delegation found guards courteous answer points of interest prisoner counted requiring one The focal point for such tabula- tions is the Prisoner Count Con- Room breakdown is wall boards (designed to accur- reflect the exact location of each inmate) K-P half-hour visit monthly with relatives These are conducted in a small room partitioned with a wire screen with the prisoner on one side and the vis A guard s citizen CALCUL 41 Rd didaey ed per cent of prisoners unskilled This set up jobs widely - spread age Print Shop was a good The training and The same was true he ready to questions and display population is times daily, each hour to complete. five count large where the posted on prisoners are allowed or approved persons. itor on the other, stands nearby contemplating a iia dade da- spect blocks, terior, spend years of their lives is also where the great bulk of the ; prisoner alone a deterrent this provide! tionally unable to stand cell life, are placed in a small dormitory. All prisoners sentenced to pen- itentiary terms do not remain in K-P. Those considered good se- curity seriousness of their crimes, sent to such nearby institu- tions as Collins Bay, or ville security penitentiary 1959 annex, which has a dormitory- type of approach witha fair amount of freedom. The Oshawa group also visited Joyceville found K-P. K-P. is would expect of a mum-security Joyceville is far more cheerful, modern, instead of walls Joyceville is so -- they even have the floor corners painted white can be quickly detected fine. example of what has been achieved in penal reform insti- one but the three-tier high cell- each with its small in- where some inmates This eats What could emo- population three times daily picture Some. prisoners, the can risks, regardless of Joyee- medium- opened in Joyceville also has a farm Canada's first four hours and it in sharp contrast to for depressing as maxXi- but gloomy, penitentiary has wire fences K-P is clean, scrupulously high so dust It is a the-gov=-" 78000 for joining Canada, 71,000 against. OTHER EVENTS ON DECEMBER 22 1807 U.S. ships forbidden to sail to Canadian ports 1856 Buffalo and Lake Iuron Railway opened from Port Erie to Stratford, Ontario. 1897 Bering Sea _ Arbitration Award of $463,000 for seiz- ure of British Columbia fishing vessels. S| WE'RE BETTER OFF THIS YEAR SAY FOUR OF 10 CANADIANS By The Canadian Institute of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) Canadians appear to be serene about their present eco- nomical position in this country. feel as it their personal position was a year ago, Thirteen per cent say they were 12 months ago; off; and 53% is either they 29 per cent feel they are better say about the same, An overwhelming majority better or the same than are worse off today Most satisfied with their present economical position are the educated segments of our society ~ professional executives, off people are better Least managers satisfied are the farmers. About four-in-ten say they Just less than two-in-ten claim they, have progressed economically in the past year. The question "Would worse, you say Better Off TOTAL 29% Professional, Executive 41 White collar 33 + Labor 29 Farmers 19 ROOT your economic or about the same as It was a year ago?" position is better, Worse Off The Same Can't Say 13% 53% 5% 10 46 13 49 13 52 15 61 aaa eae Luck, Rapid Grain Delivery Can Ward Off Famine In India NEW DELHI (AP)--The issue before Parliament was whether, as a Communist charged,. India was mortgaging its interests to the United States to get food for its hungry millions. Some members demanded an immediate end to the flow of American gheat that has come into India for years. "'Self-suffi- ciency" was their cry. A stocky man rose from the government benches. It would be 'dangerous and foolhardy,"' he said, for anyone to say India Can manage in the critical months ahead without imported food And, he added, if. any: man has the courage to say India can manage alone, "I shall gladly request the prime minister to hand over my portfolio to him," It was Food Minister Chidam- baram Subramaniam , OFFER NOT ACCEPTED No one accepts his offer be- cause no, task in this nation is more. thankless than trying to fill 480,000,000 Indian stomachs. With luck and rapid delivery of American wheat, major fam- ine can be warded off in 1966, some experts say, and with hard work and more luck, India can become self-sufficient in food in five years or so When U.S. officials expressed BIBLE. And Joshua* said unto the people. Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him: And they said, We are witnes ses.--Joshue 24:22 A declaration to serve the Lord always needs to be backed up by an earnes st promise of ful- znd copvinn He bisc sb made te ait reservations about India being serious with plans to wean itself from American food, Subraman- iam came up with a detailed "package plan' designed to achieve self sufficiency by 1970-71, President Johnson responded by releasing $50,000,000 to help India buy fertilizer, and ordered 1,500,000 tons of wheat eee to Indian ports. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Why is it that a person who has nothing to do always tries to get somebody whois busy to help him do it? the . have "In 47 years from now, world's population will doubled," says a UN delegate. : Well, yes; double, perhaps -- or nothing. "A cure for the common cold may be on the way," says a physician. So may Utopia and it's an even bet as to which may arrive first. Leaves is what a husband does about leaves on ine iawn -- if fie isn't henpecked, There' is more money to be made in selling Juxuries, as peo- ple skimp on necessities and splurge on luxuries. In many a case you could make a fortune if you could buy a man at the valuation placed on him by his mother-in-law and sell him at what his mother seintn fale math Rustic Village Of Nazareth Home For farried Family What was Jesus iike as a boy? Did He play with toys, did He make practical jokes? Was He ever scolded by His elders? The Scerip- tures don't say. AP Religion Writer George Cornell re- constructs the boyhead of Jesus from non - canonical accounts in this, the third in a series of five articles on the hidden years of Jesus. By GEORGE W, CORNELL A warm hearth a big outdoors... the scampering .. . the tumbles .. ..the duties to do . & school, the budding questions a dependable father and a tender mother. These are the bulwarks of a boy, as they were to Jesus He always cherished 'the per- spective of childhood . To euch belongs the kingdom of God He later described it. iis family, after being har- ried hither and yon for at least the first three years of His life, finally gravitated hack to tribal ferritory, the rustic village of Nazareth in the northern up- i of Galilee This wasn't phat Joseph had considering the past tension he had faced there over hie marriage On returning from exile in Egypt, he had planned to take his family back to Bethlehem, but when he learned that Archelaus, a rapacious son of Herod, was Rome's new ruler in southern Israel, "he. was afraid to go there,' as Scrip- ture notes Turmoil raged in that region, with heathen occupation legions intended. House Lean In executing rebeilious Jew ish throngs en masse, including 3,000 at a riot in the Jerusalem temple. Resistance also smoul- dered in Galilee, but it was more remote from reprisals. SMALL TOWN This was particularly so of Nazareth, @ bucolic little town of plowmen, shopkeepers, field_ hirelings and sheep raisers, sit- uated on a curving mountainside overlooking the Plain of Esdrae- lon to the south. There, as He related in primi- tive Christian writings not ac- cepted in the church's later compilation of the Gospels, the boy Jesus roamed the hills and" wooded draws, gathered fire- wood, drew water, squatted by. a brook and moulded toys of wet clay, romped in the pas- tures "Come; my playfellows," He is quoted as He skipped among. a herd of goats, 'Let us play together." He took falls, once from a. thatched roof; He helped a man who sliced his foot with an axe, prankishly mixed colors in a dyer's vats, scuffled with other children and got hit by a stone hurled by one of them, the ac- counts say; He knew the whirl- ing precision of a slingshot Him- self Joseph at. times reprimanded Him, once for talking back to a cranky woman who objected to His wading on the. Sabbath. "For thy sake," Jesus assert- ediy responded to Joseph, "I will hold my peace."' The boy had spunk, but as Scripture ob- served, He remained obedient to his elders. Possessions But Abundant In Devotion His native tongue was Ara- maic, a common Hebrew dia- lect, and as He grew older, He may have acquired some Greek and Latin from the foreign in- flux. Whenever orange - caped soldiers of "Edom" rode by, His schoolmates spat on the ground. He was part of a big clan of relatives there in Nazareth Scripture mentions sisters and four brothers, terms often mean- ing cousins. Non-canonical lit- erature also lists four brothers and two sisters, describing them as older children of Joseph by a previous marriage, most of them grown up. It is said that the youngest of them, James, was brought up by Mary, along with Jesus, and the two boys worked together with Joseph, their muscles toughening as they wielded the axe, adze and chisel. Other kinspeople also lived nearby, including the more Prosperous Zebedees, avho had TODAY IN HISTORY TODAY IN HISTORY Dec. 22, 1965 . . Francois de Ja Verendrye, the last of the family of great French explorers, was born 250 years ago today-- in 1715--the third son of the Sieur de la Verendrye. He discovered the Saskatche- wan River in 1739 and spent more than 10 years on the prairies, He and his brother Joseph may have' been: the first white men to see the Rocky Mountains. After the British conquest of Quebec he inherited a seigniory and lived in Montreal, With his death in 1794, still un- married, the family died out, 1781--Marquis de la Fay- ette sailed for France after the success of the American war of independence. 1935 -- Anthony Eden be- came Britain's foreign sec- retary. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the Germans re- occupied trenches lost at the Hartmannsweilerkopf the day before; Lt.-Gen. Sir William Robertson was ap- pointed chief of the British imperial staff. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- the British submarine Swordfish was overdue and presumed lost; Viscount Halifax was ap- pointed British ambassador to the United States and was succeeded as foreign secre- tary by Anthony Eden; Greek forces marched on Valona * PRESTIGE DISTINCTION BEYOND COMPARE * UNDERGROUND PARKING * THE ULTIMATE IN LUXURY LIVING!! G@ORGIAN mansions 124 PARK ROAD NORTH OSHAWA a fishing fleet on the Lake of Galilee 15 miles away. Their two highstrung sons, James and John, eventually became apos- tles of their cousin, Jesus. The house in Nazareth was lean in possessions, but abun-, dant in devotion. It was dug into the limestone mountainside, with niches in the walls for oil lamps and utensils, chests for clothing, a grilled fire pit, and floor mattresses of rushes, SIGNAL REMINDER Fixed to the doorpost was a mezuzah, symbol] of divine guardianship over all Jewish homes, It contained a folded parchment -- the great schema: "Here, ¢ Israel: - The Lord our God is one Lord . They ate kosher fonda <esinty. barley bread, cheese, spiced vegetables, fruit, fish and poul- try, and on festival days, mut- ton. Like most women, Mary usually did the grain grinding and cooking in an outdoor court- yard. In devout Jewish households; every meal and every action, no matter how ordinary, evoked, praise to God and thanksgiving, beginning in the morning. "Praised be thou, O Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who hast given the cock intelligence to distinguish night and day." Faith permeated living. The* rabbinical sages set about 100 benedictions to accompany every sort of pleasure, work and activity, as commonplace as ty- ing on a belt. The earth and all its functions were considered sacred, natural and supernat- ural combined. "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof." RECALLED BOYHOOD Not a single sparrow falls, nor hair grows, without God's active. concern, Jesus would later em- phasize. And He gleaned His parables -- teaching lessons ~- from His boyhood surroundings,' sowers, sprouting seeds, shep-- herds and workmen. His exemplar as a "father," the sturdy old Joseph, of cal- loused hands and dauntless heart, gave the boy a new, vivid term for expressing the inti- macy of the divine relationship, "Our Father... As a woodworker and joiner, Joseph would have earned about a drachma (20 cents) or two a day. Jesus must have gone with him regularly to fell tim- ber and drag it back to the shop to be shaped into yokes and plowshares. 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