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Ohe Oshawa Sines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1967 Board Of Control Role Thwarted By Council In their devotion to dignity some members of city council could find themselves in the position of the little man who was so busy watch- ing for pebbles that he fell over a mountain. The decision to reject the board of control recommendation that council seek temporary quarters outside city hall for its meetings is a case in point. The move would have eased the overcrowding of city departments which at present poses such a pressing problem. As has been stated previously dig- nity is not necessarily something to be donned like a new spring bonnet. It develops through the decorum and decisiveness with which the elected representatives carry out their responsibilities. In this respect they could meet in a barn and still present the image of dignity to their fellow-citizens. However there could be a greater import to this rejection of a board of control recommendation than the question of misplaced concern for dignity. In the tremendously wide scope of civic affairs in Oshawa this year whether council meets in the city hall or elsewhere, this. par- ticular issue does not loom particu- larly Jarge. Yet it is one to which the board of control must have de- voted a good deal of valuable time, time that it can ill-afford to have wasted, The board of control is a new ven- ture in civic government in Osh- awa. It is intended to speed rather than complicate the course of city business. If the board's work on such a comparatively minor matter "as where council might meet is dis- carded by council what can we ex- pect when the recommendations on major matters are presented? The -board's research and recom- mendation are put before council to expedite business not to open wider avenues for debate. It may be recalled the civic election campaign promised to restore dignity through a businesslike administration. Busi- nesslike by definition still means systematic, practical, prompt, well- ordered, History In News Style Canadian history is a complex yet colorful and exciting study. Particularly is this so when the stu- dent comes to know of the people involved rather than just their pro- posals, the treaties they signed and the dates relative to them. This is certainly the year to give Canadian history some character, or perhaps more aptly, some characters. Unfortunately, even in the wide scope of Centennial projects, it is impossible to disregard the curricu- lum set by the provincial depart- ment of education for the study of history in our schools. Sir John A. Macdonald, for instance, has come more to life for Canadians generally as a human being and chief archi- tect of Confederation this year than ever before. For the school children She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., T. L. WILSON, Publisher & C. PRINCE, General Monager C. J. McCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawo Times combining The Oshawa 'Times {established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundays and Stotutary holidays excepted), Members of Canadion Daily Newspaper Publish- ets Associatiun, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associcted Press or Reuters, and also the local mews published therein. 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This year the co-operative Canadian news service, The Cana- dian Press, has accepted a great challenge. It is providing to the readers of Canadian dailies an ex- cellent year - long series of flash- backs into Canadian history, pre- senting in factual modern news style the stories of the events and the people of Centennial signifi- cance. In The Times, several of these crisply-written and highly-interest- ing articles are appearing each week. They are denoted both in the Front Page index and inside the newspaper by the Centennial sym- bol. As either items in a scrapbook for future reference in the class- room or as worthwhile reading cur- rently, they are highly recommend- Other Editors' Views REASON FOR CHANGE We wouldn't put all the blame on the girls for the cracks that are ap- pearing in the armor of those mas- culine strongholds, the Ivy League universities. If Yale University and Vassar College work out the closer relationship now being offici- ally studied, it will be for economic and academic reasons having little to do with "girl meets boy." --Christian Science Monitor STREET CORNER RALLIES Impressive, Orderly Vote Expected In India By RAM SUNDAR Canadian Press Correspondent BOMBAY (CP) -- By and large, India's approaching general election is expected to be orderly with an impressive turnout of voters. Apart from an incident in which Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was struck in the face by a stone, there have been few disturbances at election meetings. The emphasis has been shifted from the huge mass public rallies of the past to small street corner gather- ings and door-to-door canvass- ing by candidates. The election starts Wednes- day, Feb. 15 and concludes six days later. Counting of votes will begin immediately. The first results are expected to be known by Friday, Feb. 24 and the final party stand- ings should be available two days later. Some 250,000,000 are entitled to vote, nearly 60,000,000 more than in the 1962 election. The Congress party, headed by Mrs. Gandhi, held 375 of the 521 seats in the last par- liament. The election is conducted by a commission vested with in- dependent authority to ensure fairness. Election Com- missioner K. V. K. Sundaram is a British - trained official highly respected for his integ- rity and devotion to demo- cratic principles. AGREE ON CODE Some 500,000 civil servants all over India are doing tem- porary duty with the election commission. Among other things, they will man the thou- sands of polling booths dotting the country, provide technical guidance to the voters and count the ballot papers. Many of the booths are sit- uated in snow-bound Himala- yan areas and in the midst of dense tropical forests. Nor- mally, no voter will have to travel more than four miles to exercise his franchise. In some areas, armed guards will accompany voters to pro- tect them from wild animals. The Indian electorate is largely illiterate. In areas such as Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, illiteracy is often as high as 80 per cent. But Sundaram and other elec+ tion officials say there is a high level of political con- sciousness even among tribal and other backward communi- ties. For the first time since In- dia became independent in 1947, office-seeking politicians are being subjected to heck-. ling at election meetings. All the major parties have agreed, however, to observe an election code _ which forbids "character assassina- tion," breaking up of rival meetings, intimidation of vo- ters and vote-catching through unfair means. SWING IN THINKING Though such traditional fac- tors as linguistic, caste and religious loyalties, the power of village elders and the. in- fluence of wealthy men will continue to play a leading role in the choice of candidates by voters, observers note a marked swing toward sophis- ticated political thinking. Election surveys in the ma- jor newspapers suggest that in urban areas political ideol- ogies rather than caste seem to hold sway. Observers of the election scene also point to the gradual emergence of a new and pow- erful factor -- the emanci- pated woman, Political parties are making a special effort to woo the female vote. The Congress, Communist and Hindu parties have re- cruited thousands of women workers. The Jana Sangh -- People's Party -- a militant right - wing group, is reported to have 50,000 women volun- teers on its pay roll. Women campaigners have been told by opposition parties to concentrate on housewives in the lower-income brackets. These have been hit hard by rising prices and shortages in many essential domestic items. Veiled Moslem and Hindu women numbering some 10,- 000,000 are also a special tar- get of women election workers. In earlier elections, most of them stayed away from the booths because of the fear of orthodox village elders who frown on female emancipa- tion. St. Valentine's Birthday For Two Canadian Cities By BOB BOWMAN Two of Canada's most at- tractive cities were born on St. Valentine's Day. Peterborough was planned in 1826 and now is the home of a giant electrical industry. Its first claim to fame came soon after 1842 when Da- vid Fife developed Red Fife wheat near there. Peterborough had a happy birthday. The other city was New West- minster, B.C., but its St. Val- entine's Day was not happy. Darts were thrown -- not by Cupid, but in anger. Governor Douglas had announced that Derby (Old Fort Langley) would be the capital of British Colum- bia, then only the mainland, not Vancouver Island. People bought land there, but the Brit- ish government decided that the area was too close to the United States border. Colonel Moody, aj royal engineer who had been sent to do the planning, recom- mended a site on the northern side of the Fraser River. Governor Douglas had to agree and announced Feb. 14, 1859, that Queensborough would be the capital. Lord Lytton, British colonial secretary, then objected to the name of Queens- borough which he said was '"'not only prosaic but the quintes- sence of vulgarity." Queen Vic- toria was asked to choose a new name and changed it to New Westminster, which now is known as "the Royal City," However, the people who had bought land at Derby were un- happy. They even accused him of having increased land values there in order to make money for the Hudson's Bay Co. Douglas answered the criti- cism by making it possible for the Derby investors to sur- render their holdings, and ex- change them for land in the New Westminster area. The "Royal City" was also desig- nated as the only port of entry for British Columbia. The price of land in British Columbia in those days was 10 shillings ($2.50) an acre! Later, when British Columbia and Vancouver Island were united in one colony, Victoria became the capital, but only after some amazing manipulations that will be described in a future story. OTHER FEB. 14 EVENTS: 1761--Mackinac Island occu- pied by British. 1826--Col. John By arrived in Ottawa to build the Rideau Canal. 1829--Lower Canada legisla- ture expelled Robert Christie, member for Gaspe. 1836 -- Reverend George Je- hosophat Mountain was made 1st Anglican Bishop of Mont- real. TL TO La GOOD EVENING nn veeisveenteiny NMEA -by jack gearin "Mike" Starr Testimonial Star-Studded Show ONTARIO COUNTY PC'S have long prided themselves on one thing -- they sincerely try to keep their respect riding machines well oiled for that possible election around the corner, : They don't always succeed, but they have acquired -- the knack of rallying to the party's cause, of producing a smash hit when the occasion demands. The party's Ajax testimonial dinner to "Mike" Starr was an an example, a_ star-studded show with plenty of big names from the Tory hierarchy. It was also a fitting tribute to a man who has served the PC's long and well. It was an impressive display of party solidarity in this county, (which, of course, doesn't represent the entire Dominion.) It was more than the PC's biggest social soiree locally in several years. It also served as an important tune-up for the important political tests which undoubtedly lie. ahead. "Mike" Starr, "Ab'" Walker, Dr. Matthew Dymond and Wil- ' liam "Bill" Newman know too much about politics to take the future with complacency. The testimonial was a sort of warm- up, a warning to the opposition that they will be ready. LIBERALS IN THE NEW Pro- vincial riding of Ontario South are also ready to swing into high gear. They will elect a standard- bearer for the next Provincial riding in Ajax, Feb. 24. Two of the candidates will be Alban Ward, from the west-end Pickering district, and Hugh O'Connell, the Whitby lawyer with deep political roots in the east end of the riding. THE NDP'S NOMINEE is not known, but the Liberals know it will be a tough fight regardless --the PC candidate is the afore- mentioned William Newman. The personable Dunbarton SO CITY COUNCIL meetings won't be transferred? They won't be held in another locale outside City Hall. ° Public gratitude should be expressed. It matters not if the decision was won by the narrowest of margins, if it can be revoked next week. There was something sac- rilegious to many in the mere suggestion of the change of venue rightly or wrongly, it seemed tantamount to asking the Supreme Court of Canada to hold sessions in an abandoned schoolhouse. City Council is the municipal- ity's senior legislative body. It should meet, therefore, in an at phere befitting its high farmer ran strong in his first attempt as a provincial candi- date June 11, 1959. He finished second to T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, 10,243 to 8,643. Liberals in Oshawa Riding Provincial (which consists of the City of Oshawa) recently e@ppointed a committee to con- sider potential candidates. No decision has been made, but this much is known --both George K. Drynan, QC, and Hayward Murdoch will give serious consideration to enter- ing the race. ) office, regardless of inconveni- ence to others. Space in City Council Cham- bers has been diminishing about as rapidly as the Argonauts' an- nual win column. The reason for this, of course, predates for several years. For instance, one bygone Council had' a golden opportunity to grab some valuable downtown property for a song in the late 1950's. The price was in the $35,000-$50,000 range. The prop- erty was the old Post Office and Customs buildings offered } to the City by the Federal gov- ernment on a top-priority basis. The Council of that era fubbed the ball badly for some un- explained reason. The property quickly fell into the hands of outside interests. Mayor Ernest Marks, QC, and those who supported him on the let's-move-elsewhere pro- posal are deserving of sym- pathy. They have inherited a problem which is not of their making, but Council Chambers should not be removed for any- thing short of a catastrophe. They belong in the City Hall just as the House of Commons belongs in the Parliament Build- ings. THE OSHAWA CHAMBER of Commerce is deserving of a bouquet or a Good Citizenship award. The C of C will present Mayor Marks with a nine-carat red and white gold chain of office March 8 to coincide with Oshawa's 33rd anniversary of incorporation of a city in 1924, The $1,600 chain has been designed by an English firm and will serve as another re- minder that Council business is serious business, also that it should be regarded with great respect. --E LEFT ON DOORSTEP Ligue, FOREIGN NEWS NAAM VE Arms Curb Scuttled By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst China's anti - Russian cam- paign rules out disarmament for the time being. This is the gloomy conclusion of interna- tional experts from what Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin has been saying in London. Mr. Kosygin appeared to re- ject further progress in arms control through the step-by-step approach when he asked for im- mediate abolition of all nuclear weapons, in effect putting the cart before the horse and advo- cating that the last step be taken first. He specifically re- jected the step most experts think should be taken next: an agreement by the United States and the Soviet Union not to de- velop anti-missiles. Mr. Kosygin knows that the Chinese would not sign an agreement to scrap their bomb in their present paranoiac mood when they see enemies every- where. Consequently, Russia will not scrap hers, nor will she forego the building of anti-mis- siles. (Soviet scientists seem to have scored a break-through in this field, developing a defensive warhead emitting such an in- tense concentration of x-rays that incoming enemy warheads will be vaporized.) It would not sound good from a public relations view to say candidly that Russia will stay armed for fear of China, so Mr. Kosygin simply makes a sweep- ing but unrealistic offer to dis- arm totally and immediately, knowing that no one will go along the onus for refusal falls upon others. INCREASE PRESSURE Considering that the Pentagon has now revised its estimates of when China will have a substan- tial force of intercontinental bal- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 14, 1967... The first United States treaty annexing Hawaii was signed 75 years ago today-- in 1892--but was repudiated by President Cleve- land. Americans had held official positions in Hawai- official positions in Hawai- years and attempted to take over the islands during a revolt against the queen. A republic of Hawaii was set up in 1894, headed by an American planter, and three years later the movement in favor of U.S. annexation was successful. 1890--Fire destroyed $500,- 000 worth of property at the University of Toronto. 1929--The "St. Valentine's Day massacre" of seven gangsters by Al Capone's gang took place in Chicago. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the German ambassa- dor and his staff left the United States on a Danish ship; the British government took over control of all Bri- tish coal mines. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--Gen. F. F. Worthington left the Cana- dian tank brigade in Eng- land to form the Ist Cana- dian Armored Division in Canada; Australian rein- forcements were diverted from, doomed Singapore to fight the Japanese in Java. listic missiles -- by the early 1970s--it is likely that pressures on President Johnson to build an antimissile shield will in- crease, Is it conceivable that the U.S. and Russia will agree to deploy anti-missiles only against China and not against one another? It may not be too long before the Chinese duplicate Russia's feat and _ produce intercontinental missiles that can go around the globe and hit Russia from the west or America from the east. In any case, mounting missiles in the holds of merchant ships and sailing these into positions from which they can turn anti- missile shields is not beyond China's present technical capa- bilities. Secretary McNamara points out. the difficulty in building limited anti-missile defences: Which district will accept to be left out? If the anti - missile race really starts, Russia and the U.S. will have to cover their territories with these enormously costly defensive weapons. Mr. McNamara can discount the ef- fectiveness of Russian anti-mis- siles against penetration by U.S. ICBMs. Can he discount the capabilities of U.S. anti-missiles against more primitive Chinese ICBMs? The world's two richest and most powerful nations may well be on the eve of a monstrous spending spree that will gobble the resources which might oth- erwise be used to fight poverty and ignorance among the world's underprivileged; the abiding misery might bring us many more Vietnams. Lure Of Trade With Bonn Cracks Communist Bloc By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer The cat really has been among the chickens since West Germany and Communist Ro- mania decided to establish dip- lomatic relations. The decision--one of the most arresting diplomatic events since the Second World War-- has been followed by furious ef- forts to close Communist ranks. Russia's Andrei Gromyko and the other foreign ministers of the six - nation Warsaw Pact were first scheduled to meet in East Berlin Monday to con- sider Romania's defection from the Communist line. But the uproar made by the East German regime of Walter Ulbricht so angered the Ro- manians that they refused to go to East Berlin. So the venue was shifted to Warsaw. Even then, Romania would send only its deputy foreign minister. Kurt Georg Kiesinger, the West German chancellor, and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt are being praised in many quarters for moving towards the first diplomatic link with an East European country. REVERSED POLICY The new West German coall- tion government thus did what (aunts ui etan tiene the former Christian Democrat governments under Ludwig Er- hard and Konrad Adenauer re- fused to do. The West German aim, in a nutshell, is to outflank and iso- late Ulbricht by establishing diplomatic relations with his Communist friends. Then West Germany eventually would ab- sorb East Germany. The lure of West German trade is so strong that Kie- singer's diplomatic feelers are reported to have found a warm reception in Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia as well as Romania. Only Poland is, aloff. Russia, of course,is in a special position as one of the major war victors. It has had diplo- matic relations with Bonn since 1955. The one big obstacle in the way of West Germany succeed- ing with its plan is fear of Ger- man militarism--a fear much alive, and not only in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union has led a big diplomatic offensive on this score. Premier Alexei Kosygin urges that Bonn renounce nu- clear weapons permanently. The solidarity of the Warsaw Pact depends in part on fear of alleged West German revenge seeking and Just for nuclear weapons, TUM a QUEEN'S PARK Enrolment Better Basis For Grants By DON O"HEARN TORONTO -- We make prog- ress here; not quick progress, but progress. You now can keep your child home from school without hit- ting your school-board in the pocketbook. For years an apparently silly, and much objected to, restric- tion has been the basis for pay- ment of education grants to lo- cal boards. This restriction has provided that payment is made on the per diem grants only for those pupils in school. One result of this has been that in severe weather some boards have been reluctant to close their schools, for fear of losing their grants. And they also have suffered when pupils for various reasons have been absent from school. Looking back it seems com- plaints about this procedure have been registered, and regis- tered loudly, for years. But the education department, in its high-walled citadel of wis- dom, ignored the complaints and occupied itself with more important business -- primarily the appointment of committees to study committees. FINALLY RELENT Now without any fanfare-- perhaps he's really a down-to- earth person and not proud of the policy he has had to admin- ister--Education Minister Wil- liam Davis in announcing the revised schedule of education grants for this year, reported that in future the grants would be based on "enrolment" rather than "'attendance."" The first hot debate of the ses- sion was on the deposit insur- ance legislation, and it was one of the best sittings in recent years, The presence of Robert Nixon as Liberal leader could have been more responsible for this than anything else. He seems to have tightened the Liberal ranks. In recent years the NDP has gained the reputation of being the hard-hitting group in the house. They have been closely- knit and consistently have launched a concerted attack. In contrast the Liberals have tended to be disorganized and their criticism has suffered be- cause of this. Under Mr. Nixon, however, they now are much more effec- tive than they have been for years. Mr. Nixon himself, of course, has been turning into an un- expectedly good critic and has been setting an example. The over-all result is that the house this year has the best op- position in a long time, and in consequence a more balanced legislature. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, February 14, 1947 Mr. Dave Powless, Oshawa, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Powless won the public speak ing contest at the annual con- vention of the Ontario Temper- ance Federation in Toronto. In 1947 city tax rate has been set at 31.5 mills, an increase of 5.5 mills over last year. 35 YEARS AGO, February 14, 1932 Lt. Col. R. B. Smith, Officer commanding the Ontario Regi- ment was in Ottawa yesterday where he attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Infan- try Association. The seventh anniversary of Knox Presbyterian Church was celebrated last Sunday, Rev. A. C. Stewart of Toronto was the guest speaker. BIBLE " . ,. he is very proud; even of his haughtiness Ae Isaiah 16:6. The man who is proud of his sin ought to be pitied. "Pride goeth before a fall." UE RF IT 'HAPPENED IN CANADA im WARE 1812-14 A HUGE ANCHOR Dunne w WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM KINGSTON, ONT, TO PENETANGUISHENE , ONT, FOR A BRITISH MAN-O-WAR BEING BUILT THERE» ON REACHING HOLLAND LANDING, ONT. THE DRIVERS RECEIVED WORD THAT THE WAR WAS OVER- THEY WENT OFF TO CELEBRATE 44D rh 3M ANEHOR: on f$ STILL THERE! WHI of the the 0; last wi and in icle ac person laid a ment f have t tation motori Deta 220 mi One h charge issued. numbe stop f ported Ther ences, and @e cious | Feb. 2 meetin A bridge ing Cl sectio , Were ners. tables Doree White. 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