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he Ostyaroe Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Bombs For Viet Nam Create Controversies A Washington dispatch states that the U.S. has acquired 18,000 bombs from allies so far this year for use in Southeast Asia. It is not officially stated that these arma- ments are going to Viet Nam to boost what are described as bomb inventories now near minimum ley- els, but that is the general belief, It points up, dramatically, the fact that this is indeed a real war in which our American neighbors are engaged taxing even their enor- mous productive capacity. Secretary of Defence McNamara recently met disturbing reports of bomb and other shortages overseas with an emphatic denial. But the New York Times finds his state- ment unconvincing. Almost 250,000 U.S. troops and 100,000 tons of sup- plies, it notes, have been sent to Viet Nam from all parts of the world. There has been "draw-down," as the services call it, on military supply inventories throughout the world. Virtually all ready combat units have been committed to Viet Nam or other foreign stations; the strategic reserves of the country have been reduced to training ca- dres. In a military sense the U.S. has been skating on thin ice for some time, and the danger is not ended, In the past few weeks the evi- dence of strain has become pro- nounced. Seven hundred and fifty- pound bombs, sold as "surplus" some years ago to a German com- mercial traveller, have been repur- chased by the government at more than ten times their sale price for use in Viet Nam. More than 33,000 officers, experienced non-coms and specialists are being transferred from Germany to Viet Nam or to units being trained in the U.S. They will be replaced by 18,000 green pri- vates. Aircraft sorties in South Viet Nam have been materially re- duced in recent weeks because of local shortages of bombs, matching fuses, tail fins and other ordnance, There are undeniable scarcities, ac- tual or impending--maintains The Times--for many military items, including trained military man- power. It is true, it concedes, that no war ever has been fought with- out some shortages; but Mr. Mc- Namara does himself no credit by denying the obvious. Greater can- dor, it suggests, would provide greater assurance to the nation that the men who are doing the fighting and dying in 'Viet Nam get all the support they need. Grounds For Divorce Although it took New York State 179 years to get around to broaden- ing its grounds for divorce through a new law passed at Albany this week, there is encouragement for Canadian advocates of similar or broader changes in the fact of its final enactment. As in Canada, the only ground for divorce there has been adultery. Under the new law, to become fully operative on Sept. 1, 1967, addition- al grounds will include cruel and in- human treatment, abandonment for two years, imprisonment for three consecutive years, living apart for two years, after first obtaining a court separation decree or entering into a routine (written) separation agreement, and extension of the The Oshawa Times &. C. PRINCE, General Manager C, J, MeCONECHY, Editor g The Oshawa Times ' by Gazette and published daily established 187) t chronicle (estetlished 1863) is (Sundays and Statutory holidays e Members of Canadiar ers Association, The st Girculation and the ¢ The Cana entitied to the use of r detpatched im the paper c Associoted Press or Reuters, news published therein Sotches are also reserved Offices: Thomson Building, 4 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreol, P.Q. ene SUSCRIPTION Delivered by carr Association. ATES ee ers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, 7ickering, Bowmanvilie, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, -iverpoo!, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, DSrono, Leskord, Brou r Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Ponty r Newcastle not over SOc per week. By e of Ontario outside corrier de r $15.00 per year. Other provinces and Commonwealth _ Countries, $18.00 per year, USA, and foreign $27.00 per yeor, fmeonime definition of adultery to encompass homosexuality and sodomy. The significant thing, The Wel- land Tribune says, about the new law in New York State is that its passage, after extensive debate and considerable disagreement on _ its provision, almost unanimous. In the state's Senate there was just one dissenting vote, while the vote division in the Assembly was 152 to 7. It was a Sweep of such propor- tions that it amounted to an ack- nowledgment that the old organized opposition both to divorce itself and to divorce reform either has dwin- dled into ineffectiveness or has ceased attempting to function as a restrictive force. : In large part, of course, this old opposition came from Roman Cath- olicism. It is improbable that any such sweeping change as has been adopted would have been possible in New York if it had not been precid- ed by a very large change in the cli- mate of opinion within that church, When this part of the background is entered into the reckoning the basis can be seen for the statement this week -by Senator Roebuck that growing demand may bring about a broadening of Canadian di- vorce laws this year. As chairman of the joint Senate-Commons com- was mittee studying proposed changes he is ina position to gauge the weight of public demand. And ac- tion this year still could put Canada ahead of New York State, where changes approved do not become operative for more than a year. Dt Lt Te KINGSTON WANTS GREATER TRADE... MAJORITY IN U.S. OPPOSE BOMBING NORTH VIET CITIES By THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) About six Americans in every 10 are opposed to bomb- ing big cities in North Vietnam, A majority of 61 per cent, however, would favor having the U.S. step up its bombing to include industrial plants and factories in that country. One of the basic issues of the Vietnam war; and the subject of considerable controversy in Washington, is whe- ther the U.S. should step up its bombing or continue the present policy of bombing only miilitary-related targets, stich as bridges, railroads, power stations and the like, The present U.S. policy is supported by a large majority of the American public, but many would favor increasing the targets to include North Vietnam factories. ' These two questions were asked in a current survey: "Would you favor or oppose bombing industrial plants and factories in North Vietnam?" Favor 61 per cent; 13 percent. "Would you favor or oppose North Vietnam?" Favor, 28 per cent; 12 per cent. OTTAWA REPORT Oppose, 26 per cent; Oppose, 60 per cent; No opnion, bombing big cities in No opnion, Circus On Hill Had Five Rings By PAT NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Parliament's cir- cus had five days, and each day had five rings: the Commons, the Munsinger inquiry, the Landreville inquiry, the broad- casting committee and the con- traceplives committee. Among switched -.on back- bench MPs, membership of the new committee on broadcasting, films and assistahce to the arts is the siatué symbol, This dis- proportionate focus on the cul- ture council is an eloquent com- mentary on Parliament Hill's political judgment. Two of Quebec's three new Liberal wise men are members: Gerard Pelletier, who is chair- man, and Pierre Elliot Trudeau, professor and _ parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Pearson. The four Tory bom- bardiers-with-brains are on it: Eldon Woolliams, Gordon Fair- weather, Heath Macquarrie and Erik Nielsen. The Liberal ex- minister of culture, Maurice Lamontagne, is of course on it; but so is the Liberal high priest of no-nonsense, Ralph Cowan. Socialist newspaperman Barry Mather is a member, so is the socialist MP who was lawyer to Hal Banks, David Lewis. Sask- atoon's forging - ahead rookie MP, Dr. Lewis Brand, is a member, as is the Creditiste shrill-voiced lawyer Gilles Greg» oire. In fact the 25-man commit- tee is top-heavy with the hill's headliners and brains. SEVEN DAYS CRISIS This new committee began its work at the height of the long- incubated CBC row. Despite its brains, it fell flat on its face. It began to enquire into the dis- missal of some CBC producers --not, as it should have done with a_ significantly different emphasis, whether or not, when their present bilaterally-agreed contracts expire, they should be offered new contracts. Jude LaMarsh, as the minis- ter answering for the CBC, let it be known loud and clear that she would. like the committee to talk about any other subject un- der the sun, during the few days when the management of the CBC was holding its regular meeting with its board of direc- tors. After that meeting, she hoped, the committee would in- vite CBC management to ap- pear before it; and then those MPs representing the financial supporters of the CBC--you and me--might, if they thought it desirable, give the employees a hearing. But one Liberal proposed, and another seconded, a motion that the employees should be given the rostrum at once. Ralph Cowan, showing his usual sound sense and Liberal loyalties, in- dicated that management. still has some rights, especially svat iE RN when it is spending the taxpay- ers' money, and urged that the employees be not heard before management. "What century do you think you are living in?" Lewis demanded. DESERT PARTY 4 vote was called and at least three Liberals voted against their minister's wishes. The motion carried and the ros- trum was at once given to the producers. Gradually the widespread but shallow emotion about Seven Days subsided. The tide of pub- lic opinion, indicated by letters reaching MPs, turned. The pow- erful drive to 'Save Seven Days"--how much was it in- ternally inspired?--ran out of steam; sympathy swung to management; and_ sentiment supported the soundly - based bandwagon of the average Ca- nadian who wants to 'save our children'? from the horrors and vices exhibited on the controversial program. weekly But in front of the committee, the producers went on and on and on, talking about them- selves and their creative ability and the frustration of the bosses giving them orders. Long after outside observers had deplored the puerile exhibition the pow- erful committee was making of itself, its MP members at last began to ask what they had done to deserve that tedium. Even Lewis had had enough. MPs on and off the committee wondered why $18,000 - a - year statesmen were involved in an internal hiring-and-firing row, POINTED PARAGRAPHS Probably 'the majority of people don't plan their lives, but just make them up as they go along. Man is supposed to be an intelligent being, but one doesn't gain that impression from reading the daily news of his doings. Armstrong and Scott had = such hair-raising experience when aloft it's a wonder that when they return- ed to earth their hair wasn't standing up like Phyllis Diller's. Astronauts It is gen bombs in planes be flotation collars. Suggested that hydro- being transported equipped with nd ...MORE LOANS, EMIGRANTS Canada Well Established, In Jamaica By CY FOX KINGSTON, Jamaica (CP) Jamaica wants Canada to buy more, lend more and take in more Jamaican immigrants, says the man in charge of this Caribbean is- land's government. However, acting prime min- ister Donald Sangster adds, his country already is "closer to Canada than it has ever been." His remark is underlined by the multitude of signs and shingles here advertising the active presence of Canadian banks, insurance companies, factories and retail firms Altogether, the Canadian commercial investment in Jamaica has been estimated at about $250,000,000. There are big bauxite mines and processing . plants here, too, which inyolve an invest- ment of $120,000,000 by a sub- sidiary of Aluminum Co. of Canada, This is the largest of the Canadian enterprises. There is at least one Cana- dian - owned hotel in tourist- teeming Jamaica, and a large slice of land on the beach- day-to-day. lined north coast is earmarked for tourist development by Canadian interests. ARE OLD FRIENDS "Canada and Jamaica are old friends," Sangster said in an interview in the office of Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante, who has desig- nated him acting government head during a long illness of the 82-year-old chief. 'We have sought not only to continue developing these rc- lationships dating from before our independence in 1962 but to. move closer to Canada as a fellow - member of the Com- monwealth." What did maica want ada? "Buy more sugar, was the reply. "Trade with more us, Make soft loans." Leaders of other West In- dian countries have said the question of emigration from their nations to Canada is one needing discussion and actiun. "We are not having too many difficulties though .we would want more emigratiog to Canada," Sangster said. developing Ja- most from Can- 'This wan especially the case with casual or agricultural workers, factory labor and domestics, Sangster was asked whether his country is contemplating joining the recently-concluded free-trade agreement among British Guiana, Barbados and Antigua, "Not at the moment," he said. "We produce the same things as the others prodtice." However, the feeling seems general that in gradual fash- ion this country and others of the Caribbean will move into some form of economic co- operation. In Canadian trade, Ja- maica's chief export is alu- mina, processed bauxite ore from which aluminum is made. Alcan Jamaica Ltd. has bauxite mines and processing plants on the island. The alu- mina exports to Canada are worth about $30,000,000 a year, compared to $16,000,000 for sugar. All| Jamaican exports to Canada total around $50,000,- 000 while Canada sells an av- erage of $30,000,000 in fish and { " varjous manufactured prod- ucts. The imports from Can- ada dipped last year because of Jamaica's burgeoning sec- ondary industry and attend- ant import restrictions. Another factor was the long time taken in 1965 for Jamai- can and Newfoundland . bar- gainers to agree on a price for fish. "The fish. people in New- foundland wanted to increase their price," said an official of the Jamaica trade depart- ment. "Those Newfoundland- ers are pretty strong people. It takes time to slug out an agreement with them." At the moment, Kingston officials are eagerly awaiting top-level talks scheduled for this summer between Cana- dian and. West Indian repre- sentatives. The official said a current complication that will have to be cleared up involves trans-shipment of West Indian goods bound for Canada. "To get the Canadian pref- erence on our goods, they have to be shipped directly to Canada or through a West In- dian port." PLENTY Te WILDLIFE |S To 8B& THe THEME OF THE DESIGNS ON CANADAS CENTENNIAL COINAGE -- REPORT FROM OTTAWA THE RABBIT--arter arc LooK HOW TAXES ARE MULTIPLYING & pete Ame WITH STRIK ENes AWS PRICES THe TA -- Ppoer Fish | HIGH FLYING COST OF LIVING CANADA'S STORY THOSE WILDLIFE COINS fives iii Att a AU ET Ten Bob For Winnipeg By BOB BOWMAN A few days ago the story was told of how Alexander Mac- kenzie's journey from the At- lantic to the Pacific inspired Napoleon to try to recapture Canada for France. Another great man was also inspired, Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk, Scotland. In those days Scottish landowners were get- ting rid of their tenants so they would have more property for raising sheep. Selkirk took pity on them, and also many people in Ireland who were having much of the same experience. He decided to get land in Can- ada and try to settle them there. His first experiments were in Prince Edward Island and Up- per Canada, in 1803 and 1804. They did not work out well, although the descendants of those people are still there. The Upper Canada settlers arrived at Baldoon, 'near present-day Chatham, on May 4, 1804. Most of them came from the Isle of Mull. For some reason they found it difrtcult to raise crops although Baldoon now is one of the most nrosperous corn-grow- {ng areas in Canada. It was then that. Selkirk, in- spired by Mackenzie's book, de- cided to develop a colony at Red River, present site of the city of Winnipeg. In order to get the land he bought a controlling in- terest in the Hudson's Bay Com- pany. He was granted an area bigger than the United Kingdom for 10 ings, about $2.50! Lord Selkirk felt that it would ann anit amin nti TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 4, 1986... A bomb was thrown and seven policemen killed 80 years ago today--in 1886--in Chicago, when city officials attempted to break up a strikers' meeting. Among those arrested, eight an- archists were sentenced to hang, although the evidence was slim and the jury packed. Tuis Lingg blew himself up in prison, four were hanged, and three re- prieved for life imprison- ment, They were released in 1893 when Illinois Gover- nor John P. Altgeld investi- gated their conviction. The act of ciemency ended his political career. 1626--Peter Minuit ar- rived at Menhattan from Holland. 1961--Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross, USNR, set a balloon altitude record of 113,729.9 feet over the Gulf of Mex- ico. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Germany ended its policy of unrestricted sub- marine warfare, -- following strong protests from the United States; fierce fight- ing began at Hill 304, Ver- dun, Second World War Twenty - five years ago today -- in 1941 --. Iraq blocked the British oil pipe- line from Mosul to the Med- iterranean; Liverpool was bombed for the fourth suc- cessive night and eight Ger- man aircraft were shot down; Britain doubled day- light saving time to save dual. have a population eventually of 30 million. It was a long way from Brit- ain to Red River via the Hud- son's Bay route. The first ship- loads of settlers reached York Factory in September, 1811, spent the winter there, and finally arrived at Red River on August 30, 1812. It had taken them a year to arrive. That was only the beginning ° of the trouble. The rival North West Company resented the land being developed for agri- culture. It would spoil its fur raising capability. The rivalry between the Northwesters and Selkirk's settlers developed into civil war, with the Northwesters having the upper hand. They destroyed the settlements sev- eral times, and Selkirk then re- taliated by raiding the North West Company post at Fort Wil- liam. He took some of its direc- tors prisoner, including Simon Fraser. The North West Company had greater influence in Canadian courts than Selkirk did and the result was that Selkirk was fined two thousand pounds for his raid on Fort William. Eventually the Selkirk settlers were able to get established at Red River, but the effort cost Lord Selkirk his life and much of his fortune. OTHER EVENTS ON MAY 4: 1639--Mademoiselle de la Pel- trie and nuns sailed from Dieppe for Quebec 1783--United Empire Loyalists from New York landed at Shelburne, N.S. 1852--Prince Edward Island got responsible government 1859--Parliament moved from Toronto to Quebec Royal Bank, La Banque National, and Bank of Western Canada incor- porated 1891--Bureau of Mines estab- lished in Ontario 1908--Cotton mill workers at Quebec went on strike until June 1910--Canadian Northern Alber- ta Railway chartered with government aid Royal Canadian organized 1915--Canadian troops with- drawn from Ypres with 5700 casualties Navy (ein tint tte RAN HE ) ! 1 ne Canadian Aid In Caribbean Grants, Easy-Term Loans By CY FOX KINGSTON, Jamaica (CP) A combination of grants and easy-term loans to Jamaica finances a Canadian program of help for this Caribbean country. Canada currently has 17 "technical assistance" ex- perts in Jamaica while 60 Jamaicans are in Canada studying everything from tel- evision techniques to restau- rant management. The projects come under Canada's external aid pro- gram, run by the external affairs department. Technical assistance is fur- nished by the grants part of the program, 'This also in- cludes the Jamaicans study- ing in Canada. Of the Canadian experts here, six are teachers at the new campus of the University of the West Indies near King- ston and another 10 are either teaching at lower - level schools or are training local teachers. The other is an ad- viser with the Jamaica edu- cation department. LEARNING TO TEACH Some of the 60 Jamaicans sent to Canada are enrolled in universities with the pur- pose of eventually returning home to teach, Others are taking courses in dadio-television and hotel restaurant management at Toronto's Ryerson Polytech- nical Institute. External Aid also has ar- ranged for courses to be given some of the Jamaicans in public administration, un- ion management and co-oper- atives. There's training for future forest rangers, too, and in food research. Equipment for schools, fish- eries development and water- supply projects also is com- ing here from Canada under the grants scheme. The loan program began for Jamaica in 1964-65, when $2,500,000 was allocated. The figure is about the same for 1045.48. Under the 1964-65 program, projects financed with loans included a bridge along the main road running through Jamaica's southeastern sec- tion and a new sewer system for a Kingston low-to-middle- income housing development. The development--Harbor- v--is one of a number of projects aimed at overcoming the capital city's most visible problem -- slums. Though Kingston has its glittering Suburbia, many _ thousands still live in what by North American standards are shacks. Vigorous But: | Mellowing . TORONTO -- The "oléd- bomber" is mellowing, Although he's 68, he still moves with the vigor of @ 55- year-old in a hurry, : But Kelso Roberts, minister of lands and forests, hasn't been in one good fight in the. house this year. In fact he has » hardly even come close to los- ing his temper. This isn't the have known, , For two decades, the member* -- for St. Patrick's, and long-time altorney-general, could be relied « on regularly for moments of excitement, ' He stood out particularly in the days of former premier Leslie Frost. J in the tea-cosy aura of gov- ernment of that era, he was fiery and colorful, RODE BICYCLE When he wasn't making & rousing speech he would be rid- ing a bicycle to work or having his picture taken behind jail bars. He was fun, But now the fire have dimmed, Under his guidance, lands and forests estimates went through' the house this year without even * one good row. The minister exuded courtesy. and balm, long a familiar trait except when he is annoyed. However in the past he has been aroused often On the Metro Toronto bill he had some disagreement with the plan of the government of ge of course, he is a mem- per. Roberts we seems to He spoke with some criticism of the bill, but it was sweet' criticism, The "majority view," he said, had to be considered. ' MAJORITY HIS In the old days his view avas. the majority view--no matter! how many might disagree, Mr. Roberts was defeated for the leadership by Premier Ro-, baris in 1961. Since then pre- sumably his desire has been slowly waning, ; Color is rare in politics these days. There are a few bold spirits, but not nearly enough of them to make the game inter- ' esting. ' And a session here without a. battling Roberts is like baseball | will be without Casey Stengel. | BIBLE From Troas we came with a Straight course to Samothracia. © --Acts 16:11. It matters not where we may: go or how at any time, it does | not change our calling of the» Lord. } Harborview is a grouping of 3,000 houses to accommodate | 18,000 residents. It is still not fully built but its septic tank ' system has proven so inade- quate that a serious risk of disease developed. Canadian aid came into the picture because the incomes of many of the Harborview families are insufficient to al- low of a tax-rate increase to finance the necessary sewer change. Expectations are that Ca- nadian aid will be channelled in future into the program Jamaican officials tend to emphasize --development of the country's educational fa- cilities. The coming year may see 25 Canadians here as technical assistance person- nel, NOW... Is the time to switch . , . It's that time of the yser when interest is paid on savings accounts . . . 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