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sale ti VX Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Candidates Come First For Civic Campaign That names make news is axiom- atic in the newspaper business. It is equally true that names make an election campaign. Thus, the forma- tion of a Civic Affairs Association to promote new candidates for city council is an important develop- ment in Oshawa's municipal affairs. While there is much generalized rumbling of dissatisfaction with the present civic administration, until such time as citizens step forward to volunteer their services in the responsible positions on council, we'll not get down to the specifics of what are seen as the city's prob- lems. When knowledgeable and inter- ested citizens put their names be- hind their criticisms and sugges- tions for improvements the city will be on the road to a useful, enthusiasm - generating election campaign. The encouragement of strong candidates to enter the elec- tion contest is therefore a matter of priority, not only for the Civic Affairs Association but for all civically - concerned citizens in Oshawa. At the same time, it is certainly not too early for the present mem- bers, of council to declare their in- tentions. Word is that the reticence stems from the possibility of the inauguration of a board of control. Members of the board could be eli- gible for a salary of $10,000 while the scale for aldermen ranges around $4,500. Admittedly the dif- ference in remuneration will be a consideration. Nevertheless, those who'll be represented are surely entitled to know as soon as possible who's running for what 'stakes'. The Civic Affairs Association has charged that "conditions as they exist today at the city hall will have to change. Councillors have to be elected who will run the city's af- fairs and not be run by civil service as is now the case". This statement has serious implications. It calls for an answer from those on council whose names are already news. Yet none seems to be forthcoming. Council members seem to operate on the premise that if they ignore or are indifferent to criticism it will die down and "go away". With the formation of the Civic Affairs Association there's little likelihood of this 'happy situation' continuing for city council. Argument Academic The growing argument as to whether Canada should make a long-term agreement with the United States to divert water to the south may be a completely academ- fe one. This is the opinion of federal minister of mines and technical surveys, Jean-Luc Pepin. The con- tention is that the U.S. may never need to buy additional water from Canada. "It has not been demonstrated the U.S. needs more Canadian water and the official policy of the Ameri- can government is that de-pollution and de-salinization will suffice to solve the water supply problems of that country in the foreseeable fu- ture," Mr. Pepin points out. She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays end Statutary holidays excepted), of Canadian Daily Publish- ets Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau 9f Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Conadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news itched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local mews published therein. All rights of special des- potches are also reserved. Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Aion. Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry,' Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's 5 Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcostle not over 55c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario outside carrier delivery orea, $15.00 -per year, f provinces and Commonwealth Countries, i ag per yeor, U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 per re If this situation should change, Canada's policy would be governed by consideration of Canada's own needs, at the time and in the fu- ture. In addition, there would also be the question of the capacity of the U.S. to pay for any sizeable volume of Canadian water. The vital issue, as he sees it, is whether the U.S, may need water to sustain community deveiopment, or whether it would seek additional southward flow for high consump- tion purposes such as irrigation. And Canadians can hardly be expected to feel morally bound to provide water for the opening of arid areas in the United States. In the case of an emergency situ- ation, due to a temporary climatic change or a major failure of a source of water in a region close to Canada, every effort would be made to make water available. While a river could not be diverted over- night, the minister says that tem- porary pipeline, and pumping facil- ities could be improvised in a few weeks, Other Editors' Views POTENTIAL STRATEGY The decision to make the mayors of Ottawa and Hull ex-officio mem- bers of the board of trustees of the new National Arts Centre brings the whole project closer to this com- munity. However, the mayors will probably want to waive responsi- bility for any more cost increases on the undertaking. --Ottawa Citizen PCM LOOU Te A CHURCH ADAPTS TO NEW CONDITIONS OTTAWA REPORT Confusion Created _ By 14 Calendars BY PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--On what day of the week will Christmas fall this year? Haw many working days will there be in Novem- ber?) Which wiii ve tie next month to contain five Sundays? These are the sort of bugging questions which are caused by our present disorganized sys- tem of using 14 different calen- dars: Seven for a 365-day year, with the year starting on each day of the week, and similarly another seven for 366-day years or leap years. That is our Christian variety of calendars, commonly used in the Western world. How many different calendars are there altogether in use throughout the world? Nobody knows; but in India until recently over 30 dif- ferent calendars were used. URGE RATIONAL CALENDAR This worldwide confusion could all be ended by the adop- tion of the suggested world cal- endar. This would be the same calendar every year, and would be adopted for use in every country, To businessmen every- where, it would be an immeas- urable boon. As one example, how can monthly figures of production and earnings be compared under our present calendar, with quarter-years of different length and when a month may have variously 20, 21, 22 or 23 working days in it? Three times the adoption of this world calendar has been proposed at the United Nations: By Peru in 1947, by Panama in 1949, and by India's former prime minister Nehru himself in 1953. One keeps bumping into this proposal around Ottawa, be- cause the headquarters of the International World Calendar Association is here, and its re- markable president, Mr. A. J. Hills, lives here where he is widely-known and widely-liked and respected, and ever ready to hand one a specimen of his world calendar from his pocket. Arthur is a tall man, impres- sive in appearance and with a charming old-time courtesy of manner. Quite a golfer, always expressing his hope one day to "go round in his age." And mow, in his 88th year, he fre- quently completes half a round in half his age. He was long a big wheel in the Canadian Na- tional Railways, assistant to the president. Now, appropri- ately for an ex-railwayman, he is ting that old inconven- jence which is a bugbear to railwaymen and all transport siatis ever: more than t6 biusi- nesemen--our inconsistent cal- endar. Arthur Hills tells me that he is optimistic that the new inter- religious co-operation evidenced from the Vatican will assist the adoption of the world calendar. Objection to it has chiefly come from religicis groups, especi- ally the Moslems and the Jews because this calendar would throw out the hebdomedal or seven - day cycle scrupulously observed in. their religions. On the whole, other religions would have no objections; these include the 780,000,000 Chris- tians, of whom 480,000,000 are Catholics; the 600,000,00 Budd- hists; the 40,000,000 Hindus; the 325,00,000 Moslems and the 100,000,006 Africans worship- ping in tribal religions, USE EVERY YEAR In the world calendar spon- sored by Mr. Hills' association, Jan. 1 wouid always fall on a Sunday. Every quarter - year would contaiii 91 days. Any month would contain the same number of working days every year, since each date would fall on the same day of the week every year. We would have a fixed Easter, always falling on the same date. But we would have a "non" day every year, and special World's Day holiday, tucked in between Saturday, Dec. 30 and Sunday Jan. 1, And in leap years we would have an extra non day, or World's Day holi- day, falling between Saturday, June 30 and Sunday July These days would be worldwide holidays dedicated to world har- mony and unity as represented by the new calendar. In every year, the first month of each quarter, namely Janu- ary, Apri!, "aly and October, would contain 31 days; every other month would always con- tain 30 days. We would never need to change our calendar on New Year's Day; we could have really "permanent" calendars. And think how travel timetables would be simplified! But there would be one minor objection: Nobody already born on 3ist day of March, May or August would ever have an- other birthday. French Communists Told To Soft-Pedal Opposition By HAROLD KING PARIS (Reuters) -- The French Communist party has been given a strong hint by Moscow to soft-pedal its offi- cial opposition to the Gaullists, usually well-informed left-wing sources here say. Apparently the party leader- ship has assented, but with some reluctance. These sources say the Krem- lin has suggested no particular line on home policy but has made it clear that it wishes President de Gaulle's foreign policy to be maintained as an effective contribution to world peace and to keep the war in Viet Nam from spreating. French observers said this would appear to mean the So- viet government would like to see a Gaullist majority returned to the National Assembly in next spring's general elections. Theoretically, the French Communist party is pledged to help return an anti-Gaullist ma- jority. In the election for the presi- dency last December, the French Communist party une- quivocally backed the left-wing candidate, Francois Mitterrand, who polled 44.8 per-cent.of the votes cast against de Gaulle's 55.2 per cent. Since then Mitterrand has formed a new group of parties, called the Socialist and Demo- cratic Federation, which in- cludes the Socialists led by Guy Mollet, the left-wing Radicals and a scattering of keen and ambitious politicians organized in' a half-dozen so-called polit- ical "'clubs."' Mitterrand big problem is how to persuade the Commu. nists to join with him in de- feating Gaullist candidates where possible without throw- ing away the chance of right- wing support for the same ob- jective in other constituencies. The Communists' official or- gan, L'Humanite, has reminded Mitterrand that he must make up his mind quickly what terms he is peepared to offer for fu- ture Communist support. There are irreconcilable dif- ferences between the Radicals and the Socialists in Mitter- rand's federation on the one hand and the Communists on questions relating to the Com- mon Market, the organization of a united Europe, and attitudes towards the United States and the Atlantie alliance, UT NSROUTn aL FLU ant OR} ANOTHER CANADIAN ABROAD Brother Romeo Supervises Vintage Wines The Roman Catholic Church ras had to adapt to new conditions since Mos- lem Tunisia became inde- pendent 10 years ago. A Canadian Press reporter tells how one order fits in under the new regime. By PETER BUCKLEY THIBAR, Tunisia (CP)-- You get used to finding Ca- nadians doing unusual jobs around the world but it's still @ surprise to discover Brother Romeo supervising production of vintage wines on a remote Tunisian farm. He is supervisor of the cellars at the Domaine de Thibar, a combination agri- cultural estate and school 65 miles inland from Tunis, where up to 225,000 gallons of wine are produced annually. Brother Romeo, from the Eastern Townships of Quebec, is a member of the Roman Catholic White Fathers order which operates the Domaine. A short man with an infec- tious smile, greying hair and an unmistakably Canadian ac- cent to his French, he has been in North Africa wth the order since before the war, working at missions in Algeria and Tunisia. He was appointed to work in the cellars when a vacancy arose for an assistant. "I learned the operation grad- ually over the years and when the former supervisor retired I came into his job." The Domaine was founded in 1895, a dozen years after France imposed its protector- ate over Tunisia. It grew in size and prosperity until, at the time of independence in 1956, it covered some 3,700 actes--handsome green fields and crops set among low hills a few miles south of the pro- vincial capital of Beja. FRENCHMEN DEPARTED After 1956, the church in general had to adapt to new circumstances, with its role diminished and altered as the 190,000-strong French colony drained away to 25,000 a frag- ment of the country's 4,600,- 000 people. Christianity has never held much attraction for Arab peo- ples, and converts have been rare. Although there has been little religious rancor, inde- pendent Tunisia felt there was too much external evidence of the minority Christian pres- ence--with its inevitable asso- ciations with the colonial past --for an overwhelming!y Mos- lem country where Isiam is the state religion. Church steeples no longer dominate the skyline of Tu- nisian Shorn to roof level, they are overshadowed by the squared minarets of Arab mosques. With a sharply reduced Cath- olic population to serve, some churches have been aban- doned and others put to secu- lar use. The great cathedral at Carthage now is a mu- seum. At the Domaine de Thibar about 2,500 acres of largely unused land were removed from the White Fathers' con- trol and the whole estate was nationalized. The religious community was left to handle operations under government supervision. The dozen priests and broth- ers of various nationalities at Thibar--assisted by a small community of nuns--have a staff of about 150 Tunisians working full time on the es- tate. A third of them are un- der Brother Romeo's direction in the cellars, wine that ranks among the best in a country where wine is a major industry. TEACH TUNISIANS Besides the farm there is. an apprenticeship 80 young Tunisians learn such trades as auto mechanics and cities and villages. Tug - makin are in such demand that there is a two-year waiting period for delivery--and other prac- tical arts. Operations however, by a shortage 'of materials. The brothers speak wistfully of the need for such basic items as pencils and carpentry. The nuns give girls = instruction in g--their designs ait hampered, copy books, not to mention turning out ° more formidable items such as tractors and engine models for apprentices to work on. Despite the new repime, the future of the Domaine de Thibar seems secure. Its oper- ators say their relations with 'the government have re- mained exceiicnt and observ- ers in Tunis feel there is no reason for the situation to change. "The church made mistakes under the protectorate in its relations with the Tunisians,"" one French Catholic said in Tunis. "Most of the mistakes have probably been corrected, either by government action or voluntarily, mainly a question now of and it is adapting to a new role--a role school where which perhaps should have been adonted from the start. "It is a more humble role and in a sense a more satis- fying one." THE POCKET-BOOK PICKET CANADA'S STORY Overlanders Deluded By BOB BOWMAN Even in recent years there have been instances of Amer- ican tourist entering Canada in the summer carrying winter clothes and sports equipment. However, the British also rank high among the most misin- formed people about Canada. One group of immigrants late in the 19th century were ad- vised to bring oxen as they would provide milk as well as work in the fields! The most deluded group of all - time were probably the "Overlanders". They came to Canada in 1862 to look for gold in British Columbia. News- papers in Britain had been ad- vertising: 'The British Colum- bia Transit Company will punctually despatch on the 2ist of May at 12 noon from Glasgow in powerful steamship United Kingdom, 1,200 tons, a party of Ist"and 2nd class pas- sengers for Quebec, Canada and over the Grand Trunk Railway to Chicago and St. Paul, and via the Red River settlements in covered wagons to British Columbia," This is the speediest, safest and most economical route to the gold diggings. The land transit is through lovely country, unequ- alled for its beauty and salub- rity of climate." Instead of safe transport and salubrity of climate, the '"'Oy- erlanders" suffered hardships and dangers almost beyond be- lief. The story of their journey is an epic. On September 9, 1862, one of the "Overlanders" recorded in a diary "all we TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 9, 1966... Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the Frencharmy was convicted by court-martial for the second time 67 years ago today -- in 1899 -- and condemned to 10 years on Devil's Island, where he had been since 1895. The finding of "guilty with ex- tenuating circumstances" to treason caused _ public amazement, because the forger who had had Dreyfus first convicted had already been detected and had com- mitted suicide. The French government pardoned Drey- fus at once, but it was not until 1906 that an appeals court quashed the 1894 con- viction and rehabilitated Dreyfus. He served in the First World War and was made an officer of the Le- gion of Honor. 1776 -- The Continental Congress adopted the name United States of America instead of United Colonies. 1850--William B. Robin- son signed a treaty with the Ojibways to settle coloniza- tion of the north shore of Lake Huron. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916--Ist Canadian Division captured Pozieres Ridge on the Somme front as part of a big British attack; Bul- garians captured Silistria on the Danube. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day --in 1941 -- the Iranian Parliament accepted British and Russian terms and the expulsion of Axis diplomatic staff; Churchill wished the United States "might be a greater help" in escorting Atlantic convoys. have had since Sunday is about a pint of soup made of pem- mican and carrion crow divid- ed among four of us. I thought it made remarkably good eat- ing." One group tried to herd 130 horses and cattle through the Rockles to the North Thomp- son River and then get to Kamloops on rafts. Among the party was a pregnant woman with three small children. An- other group tried to run the Fraser River on rafts! The story of the '"'Overlanders'"' is told in a number of books in- cluding 'From Sea Unto Sea" by W. G. Hardy and "The Fraser" by Bruce Hutchison. Strangely enough the pregnant woman and her small child- Quist ccN ren were among those who sur- vived the journey. Few of the "Overlanders" ever did any mining but they made new lives for themselves in British Columbia. OTHER EVENTS ON SEPT. 9: 1864--Confederation delegates left Charlottetown for Halifax 1895--Sault Ste Marie Canal opened after being re- built 1912--Vilhjamur Seasson re- turned after spending four years in the Arctic 1959--It was announced that Canada's first nuclear po- wer station would be built near Kincardine, Lake Huron at a cost of $60 million, Teachers Largest Group Contesting Viet Nam Vote A Canadian Press re- porter in Viet Nam finds that, as in Canada, many candidates for the constitue ent assembly are profes- sional people. The difference is that teachers, instead of lawyers, are the largest group. By DOUGLAS AMARON SAIGON (CP) -- Qualifica- tions of the 540 candidates in South Viet Nam's Sept. 11 election for a constituent as- sembly are much like those of Canadians who run for Par- liament, with the emphasis on, men and women with profes- sional. background. But where candidates with legal background usually top the list of professions in Can- adan educationists predomi- nate here. More than 90 pro- fessors and school teachers are running; 25 lawyers and judges are in the field. Businessmen, members of provincial and village coun- cils, civil servants, doctors-- including four described as "Oriental medicine practition- er'--and servicemen make up the bulk of the remaining candidates. There are 64 serv- icemen. Nine newspaper men, in- cluding a publisher, are in the field and there is an interest- ing assortment of other occu- pations such as village chief, painter, fisherman, artist, me- chanic, printer, nurse, adver- tiser, policeman, gardener and peasant. Of 18 women candidates, half are business women and housewives; most of the oth- ers are teachers or in the medical profession, Minimum age for a candidate is 25 and there are five of that age; a landowner and former civil servant share oldest-candidate honors at 72. Average age is 45. PLAY DOWN POLITICS Two types of seats are among the 108 at stake--as- sociated ticket and single ticket. In associated - ticket districts--those with the heav- jest population--voters elect a slate of from two to six candi- dates; in single - ticket dis- tricts it is man against man. Unlike multiple ridings such as Halifax which conceivably can send one Liberal and one Conservative to Ottawa, the vote. in the associated-ticket districts here goes to the slate, not to its individual members, and all those on the winning slate are elected to the as- sembly. While politics are not sup- posed to be a major issue in this election, which is merely to choose the men and women who will determine South Viet Nam's future form of govern- ment, many symbols and slo- gans being used by the slates have political connotations. Some being used in Saigon for instance are 'For the People," "Independ- ence," "Democracy Recon- struction," 'Viet Nam's Map," "Labor Independence," "South Renaissance," 'People in the Nation," '"'Army People Reconstruction," "Building of Democracy," "Chinese Viet- namese,"" Other slates merely use symbols that will help to identify them to illiterate vo- ters -- flowers blooming on hammer, palm leaf hat, dragon, buffalo, torch. These symbols appear not only on posters throughout the dis- of savings as well, * THESE ARE: day Saturday. ment growth, The 5th ""C"" Of Saving COMMON SENSE; meaning that now is a good time to be setting aside money. just in case. At present, conditions generally are unsettled, to say the least and people who have money on deposit at 442% (Like OUR saving depositors) are realizing the full benefit of the first 4 C's COMFORT: that feeling that comes from knowing that you have cash ovailable when you need it. CONVENIENCE: Longer saving hours daily and all CONFIDENCE: Knowing that you are receiving the best rate of interest paid more often. CENTRAL ONTARIO TRUST: dealing with a COM- MUNITY Trust Company, local savings invest- Central Ontario Trust & Savings Corporation 19 SIMCOE ST. N. OSHAWA, 723-5221 23 KING ST. BOWMANVILLE with righteousness and ing the other side. Ps MACDONALD CITED As an example, there was a reported statement from Don- ald C. MacDonald, the secre- tary-treasurer of the Canadian Labor Congress on the inflation MacDonald said "at- tempts" to blame recent in- creases in the cost of living on workers wage demands were "ridiculous," And he said that such things as excessive profits, exorbitant prices, dividends, interest rates and capital investment contrib- uted to the increases, The use of the inflammatory words "attempts" and "ridicu- lous" would be only part of game to Mr, MacDonald, He knows too well that when goods are in amplé supply ex- cessive wages can be the most important inflationary factor, But his job is to defend wage increases, And he uses the ap- proach and techniques of the F times in doing it. The trouble, however, is that though he knows this, and those close to public affairs know it, those people whom he is lead- ing don't have the experience and understanding to know it. TAKE HIS WORD They take what he says as Bible. They even believe there is no danger at all in wage levels. And we have still another dis- tortion throwing out the timing of our economic--and social-- machine, If Mr. MacDonald had taken the approach of reason and said, 'Yes, wages can be in- flationary but there are also all these other factors involved," he might prepare the ground for rational consideration--and in turn invite reason from the Gaisr sice. This is not to single out the secretary-treasurer of the CLC. He is only an example of the temper and practices e mre in consideration of polis affairs, POINTED PARAGRAPHS Bet you didn't know that the inia is closely related to the susu. A physician says women live longer than men because they eat more vegetable salads than men do. The game is scarcely porth the candle, BIBLE And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man be- came a living soul. -- Genesis 2:7. Man came from God and through His faith in Christ, re- turns to God. tricts but also will be on the ballots, The government, inci- dentally, foots the bill for posters, pamphlets and other printed promotional material so no slate or candidate has an advantage over another in that field of campaigning be- cause of wealth. 1 Ww. 623-5221