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QUEEN'S PARK '67 Centre OTTAWA REPORT Headlines Likely The Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Limitea T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1967 Upper House Reform Outlined By Senator One of the very few institutions in Canada which hasn't seen radical change since 1867 is the Canadian Senate. The need for change has given rise to stormy debate periodi- cally which usually recedes to a "much-ado-about-nothing" resigna- tion. Recently, the pros and cons of vatives. Despite the fact that Social Credit is in power in two western provinces and the CCF ruled for 20 years in another, those parties are not represented. The injustice lies in the fact that many Canadians must believe in the philosophies of these parties and thus should have spokesmen in the Senate. From New Novel By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Newspaper head- lines are seldom found in a novel. But a wide readership and vital discussion seem cer- tain to yield headlines, stem- ming from the description of the futile surrender of 'co-operative federalism" in a new novel set in today's Montreal. The Personnel chael Sheldon, just published by McClelland and Stewart at $4.95, describes a giant nationwide corporation bending itself to this wind of change. "Forty per cent of senior posi- tions are to be filled with French Canadians," management or- dered, from its head office in Montreal. Yet this policy posed immediate problems, in human fairness and in corporate effi- ciency b "Kreneh--Cana Man by Mi- living however mediocre they may be, and send their children to college." And all the while they genuflect before "the sa- cred pictures of the company religion: operator working at switchboard while the town goes up in flames, lineman battling with ice-storm, grandmother in tearful joy at the birthday call ffom across the continent." Against the backdrop of mod- ern swinging Montreal '67, Mi- chael Sheldon delineates this huge impersonal corporation, squeezing each employee into its own hypocritical mould of re- spectability. The company is never named, and the word "telephone" is never mentioned; but many readers will assume that the giant man - eater re- ferred to as "the communicas tions company,' and which is the dominant character in this the Sonate were dusted off and di cussed by a long-time member of the Upper House, 76-year-old Sen- ator Ross Macdonald. While the Senator admitted in an interview that times have changed "and the Senate must', he was in favor of reform rather than abolition. Valuable service by the Senate was seen in its role as an advisory body with the wide experience of its members in many different fields such as labor, politics, business and the professions. It also acts as a worthwhile forum through its com- mittee setup. In commenting on the reforms re- quired, Senator Macdonald said he does not approve of the method of appointments. The fact that only the federal government can make appointment at present limits the Senate to only Liberals and Conser- World Just More and more of the world is getting to be no further away than a telephone. At the beginning of 1966. total number of telephones in the world stood at 195 million, an increase from the previous year of seven per cent, which is the largest numerical gain ever recorded in a single year. The world's 200-millionth phone was installed sometime in mid-1966. As the number of people around the world who can be reached by telephone grows at a steadily in- creasing clip, overseas telephone cal- ling increases. There were 8.1 mil- lion calls between the United States and overseas points in 1965, 26 per cent greater than the year before. New conveniences and speedier She Oshaton Fimes 86 King St. E., Oshowo, Ontorie T. L. WILSON, Publisher £. 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Delivered by carriers im Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcastle not over 55c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario outside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per bor. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year, U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 pa year, noes nnn (Wovearaenariyntn area THe also spoke of the need for the Senate to be less partisan and more judicial in nature. When the Senate makes a decision it should be less concerned about what the House of Commons will think or do. '"Con- siderations on a purely poltiical ground should not be involved in the senate." The merit of his suggestions will be immediately recognized. They are not new but basic to refurbishing the prestige and re-enforcing the role of the institution. At the same time it cannot be overlooked, the Senator Macdonald was appointed ~ under the system he criticizes. That he can speak with such objectivity and so forthrightly surely indicates that some appointments, partisan or otherwise, have been soundly in the best interests of Canada. Call Away call-handling are important factors in the growth. The telephone user in the United States or Canada can now reach 188 million telephones. Operator dialing, which greatly reduces calling time, is available in many cases, and even faster connec- tions are just over the horizon. For example, in September 1966 the first overseas call dialed directly by a customer was made between the United States and the Virgin Islands. Earlier in the year, custom- er, dialing of calls to Europe was demonstrated, and it was announced that the introduction of direct over- seas dialing between points in the United States and Europe would begin in 1970. Additions to the existing network of underseas telephone cables' in 1966 made possible all-cable tele- phone connections to South America and Southeast Asia. In addition, more than 65 circuits in COMSAT's Early Bird satellite were in use for public telephone service between the continental U.S. and Europe, and plans call for the use of increasing numbers of satellite circuits across both the Atlantic and Pacific as they become available. Canada is well up among the world's telephone users. The Unit- ed States leads the world with 93.7 million telephones, followed by Ja- pan, the United Kingdom, West Ger- many, Soviet Russia, and Canada in sixth place with 7.5 millions. In terms of telephones per 100 the U.S, is also first with 48 per hundred and Canada fifth with 37.8 behind Sweden, New Zealand, and Switzer- land. dians Ponerally had not the right kind of ability, or the interest." Previously they had been con- tent with their local jobs in the lower echelons--but "they were content no longer; it was a cru- cial change," writes Michael Sheldon. THE QUEBEC CASE The Personnel Man states the case impartially: 'They have never had a fair share"--but "they never contributed either."' At the same time, this new book highlights the dangers in sep- aratism, damaging for Quebec as well as for Canada, "If they want to go off by themselves, let them. We'll join up with the States, and then they'll see how they make out." Michael Sheldon penetrating and topical °com- ments together by a_well-told love affair, a disruptive accident such as could stem from any office party. More vividly, he describes the fear affair, be- tween the employees and "it,"' the huge impersonal corpora- tion. This business, he writes, "exists not to provide service to its customers, not to reimburse its shareholders," but as "a self- perpetuating society of men, en- abling them to earn a decent strings his story, is the Bell Telephone Co. --by which the author, accord- ing to the dust jacket, was em- ployed for 11 years. SKULFUL WRITING Michael Sheldon tells his com- Pelling story in smoothly read- able prose, and he garbs it with details like a man who obviously knows his way blindfold among the good things of life. His depth of sentience does not cor- relate good with materialism; nor does he descend to the Ian Fleming syndrome of brand- naming the accessories to gra- cious living. Yet he acknowl- edges our shallow standards of success by fitting typical Cana- dian totems neatly into his plot: the summer cottage at fashion- able Lake Memphremagog; the successful executive driving what is advertised as 'the car that you would like your neigh- bors to see standing in your driveway;" the smugness of the insufferable descendants of the disreputable English - speaking pioneers based on Montreal; the weight of the beatnik cross borne by a striving rising father who whines "They don't give degrees for guitar-playing, or for wearing your hair down to your shoulders,"' Quiet - Spoken Housewife Leader In Saigon Politics SAIGON (Reuters)--A quiet- spoken housewife who does all the cooking and sewing for her eight children has become South Vietnam's leading woman poli- tician New holder of a place once occupied by the beautiful and flamboyant "Madame Nhu _ is Madame Tran Thi Xa from the Saigon suburbs. Sitting alone in the front row of seats in the former opera house where South Vietnam's 117-member Constituent Assem- bly meets, Madame Xa _ looks much too vulnerable for the rough-and-tumble. of South Viet- namese politics. But looks are deceptive. Ma- dame Xa was the only one of 19 women to win a seat in the assembly, which now is ham- mering out a draft constitution for South. Vietnam. Her campaign symbol was a mother with a child in her arms. Madame Xa has. shown stub- born determination in cham- pioning the rights of South Viet- namese women. She was largely responsible for an arti- cle in the draft constitution which would have the state recognize the family as the foundation of society, encourage and facilitate the formation of families and look after expec- tant mothers and babies. Another safeguard for expec- tant mothers which Madame Xa helped to initiate would have an arrested woman re- leased pending trial if she is more than three months preg- nant and has a steady job and settled home address: Prominent women in Viet- nam's past, such as the Trung sisters who, mounted on ele- phants, led the army to Vietnamese victory against the Chinese some 2,000 years ago, have caught the imagination. In recent times, Madame Nhu, whose husband and brother-in-law, President Ngo Dinh Diem, were killed in a military coup in 1963, rose to power through family connec- tions. But Madame Xa reached prominence through quiet hard word, mostly among orphan children and young mothers in the Gia Dinh province border- ing Saigon. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO February 27, 1952 Mr. T, D. Thomas, MLA for Ontario Riding, has been ap- , pointed a member for the rent control committee, it was an- nounced by Premier Leslie Frost, in the Ontario legislature today. Herbert G. Cole, B Arch., MR, AIC, a native of Bowman- ville, has been chosen as archi- tect in charge of the $20,000 ad- dition to be made to the Lions' Community Cetre in Bowman- ville. 30 YEARS AGO February 27, 1937 The power load and station output for January in Oshawa reached the highest point in the history of the PUC. The power load in horsepower was 14,489 last month, while the station output was 3,551,040 kilowatt hours. CENTENNIAL QUERY IN QUEBEC emma RADICAL CHANGE FAVORED Anti-Separatist Chorus Grows Dominant By CY FOX MONTREAL (CP) --It's easy in Quebec to stir up an argument over Canada's Cen- tennial--simply pop the ques- tion, "Will Quebec separate?" Immediately, in place of the usual revelry, warm or even hot words will start whooshing up. The centennial festival of words lately has been domi- nated by a chorus from the anti - separatist side, which still seems to represent the Majority viewpoint in Quebec, This chorus says in effect, "Quebec 'won't separate be- cause separatism won't work." But spokesmen for anti- separatism often lace their Statements thickly with calls for radical change in the present Canadian constitution. Other controversialists, not 60 certain that Quebec will definitely remain with Can- ada, warn that the present situation is ominous for Con- federation unless constitu. tional changes come fast: The séparatists themselves, though seemingly outnum- bered, insist that independ- ence for Quebec is feasible and inevitable. It will come by 1970, says Gilles Gregoire, the Quebec MP who in provincial politics heads the small pro-independ- ence party called le Reallie- ment national. Creditiste Teader Real Caouette, Mr. Gregoire's former chief, says the Ralliement has no future and separatism no point. PERILS FORESEEN Separatist Pierre Bourgault, leader of the more leftist Rassemblement pour |'inde- pendance nationale, says Que- bec independence will come once the workers realize how much it will be to their ben- ' efit. Many businessmen, as well as leaders of organized labor in the province, have been downgrading the idea of sep- aratism. They have been joined in this by several MPs . from the province. All warn that Quebecers will have to cease indulging in what the anti-separatists consider unreal and frighten- ing dreams of independence. The alternative, they say, Is @ withdrawal of business con- & fidence from Quebec, and with it badly needed invest- ment money "The businessmen report that their warnings have borne fruit. One source in the Quebec Liberal party, now in opposi- tion, cited a fall-off in the volume of separatist drum. beating. He credited the de- cline to the rise of a new "star" in Ottawa---Manpower Minister Jean Marchand. The Liberal source argued that under the former provin- cial government of Liberal Jean Lesage, the spotlight had been on Quebec City and the "Quiet Revolution." EYES SHIFT TO OTTAWA Then, to -virtually every- one's surprise, out went Mr. Lesage and in came the more conservative Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson. The flames kindled at Que- bec City ceased: to crackle with their accustomed and publicity - winning intensity-- to the relief, apparently, of many Quebec voters. The new Quebec star in the nation's capital, Jean Mar- chand, is newly - appointed leader. of the Quebec Liberal contingent in Parliament. Quebec once more had a reason for shifting its atten- tion to Ottawa, the Liberal source said. The seeming primacy of the provincial stage declined, and with it Quebec's preoccupation with everything involved in a pro- vincial perspective, including separatism. An official of the Confeder- ation of National Trade Un- ions suggested that the atten- tion being focused on the Manpower minister by Lib- eral publicity is an indication that Prime Minister Pearson Senses the development of a political vacuum in Quebec and is employing his man- power minister to fill it. CNTU BUILDS LINK The CNTU source said the workers tend to shun abstrac- tions--as separatist ideology sometimes seem to be. They are firmly pragmatic in size ing up. political doctrines, choosing the course that seems to hold the most prom- {se of bread-and-butter ad- vantage for them. 48s Director Defended < ' By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- You probably shouldn't lose friends over peo- ple you don't know, but it seemed a good idea to go to the defence of Dr. George McBeath while talking to a Tory back- bencher the other day. Dr. McBeath, you recall quit the government's centennial centre of science project last summer because he felt people were going over his head and Pushing him around; a matter since brought up in the house, In talking it over with the back - bencher I said there seemed to be a lot on Dr. Me- Beath's side, went back to he beginnings "AND THIS IS YOUR EXPO ACCOMMODATION" Ginwume Hunan nnn m umn FOREIGN NEWS ANALYSIS AUPMUs eo HNP EH WA The Unbelievable Tragedy By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst The killing of Lee Harvey Oswald before he could talk is only one reason why the official version of President Kennedy's assassination will never be be- lieved; there are other reasons. The liberals and most working journalists in America believe that the extreme right wing in the United States was quite capable of organizing Ken- nedy's death. After all, the leader of the John Birch Society has said in writing--and I have the text--that former president Eisenhower was "an agent of the Communist conspiracy." Other right wingers motivated by fogsy alarm blow up tele- phone transmission lines. There are among these people men of enormous wealth and such para- noiac_ thinking that they are considered capable of paying to have Kennedy killed. Yes, but would the Dallas po- lice not have uncovered the plot? To the liberals and to the most working reporters in the United States, Dallas is a twisted city, an overgrown vil- lage blinded by equally over- grown prejudices. At a lecture I was delivering in Dallas last year, a rich and respectable lady said publicly she was glad Kennedy was dead. It is known that at the time of the assassination several members of the Dallas police were also members of extremist right - wing organizations. It would be typical of an extremist mind to pick a deranged man with Communist antecedents like Oswald for some part in a conspiracy--there is no direct evidence that Oswald actually fired the fatal shots, as is pointed out by the New Orleans district 'attorney, the latest in- vestigator of the conspiracy theory. WHERE IS FBI? Yes, but would the FBI not have uncovered the conspiracy? TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 27, 1067... The last big battle of the Boer War was fought 67 years ago today--in 1900-- at Paardeberg, South Africa. The Canadian expe- ditionary force led an as- sault before dawn on the Boer trenches but were forced back, with heavy casualties. However the Boers surrendered the fol- lowing day, after an en- gagement lasting since Feb. 18, because they were sur- rounded, The anniversary is celebrated each year -by the Royal Canadian Regiment. 1933--The Reichstag was burned down in Berlin. 1948--Ontario Hydro qr nounced plans for the con- version of Toronto to a 60- cycle system. : First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--British troops occu pied the abandoned commu- nities of Le Barque and Ligny; the gunboat HMS Firefly was recaptured from the Turks on the River Tigris. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the battle of the Java Sea began as Dutch, American and Brit- ish ships tackled the Japa- nese invasion fleet; British commandos raided the Ger- man radar site at Bruneval, France; the aircraft carrier USS Langley was sunk off Java, a After all, the FBI is a part of the justice department and Rob- ert Kennedy, as attorney gen- eral, was head of the justice department. But the FBI is un- der J. Edgar Hoover and there is no man the liberals and most U.S. reporters distrust more; they believe him capable of anything. They point out that four U.S. presidents -- Truman, Eisen- hower, Kennedy and Johnson-- have wanted, at one time or another, to get rid of Hoover but they could not: The liber- als' surmise, and it is only sur- mise, is that J, Edgar Hoover has a secret personal cache of incriminating evidence against the great men of America and threatens to use it. He is known as a vengeful man with an extreme superior- ity complex, easily slighted and unforgiving; and he certainly sounds obsessively aware of lurking Communist dangers. When President Kennedy died, J, Edgar Hoover never offered condolences to Robert Kennedy, yet Hoover is notorious for sending flowers and notes of sympathy on the occasion of important funerals. So, an assassination financed by a_ right-wing tycoon, con- doned by the Dallas police and left uncovered by J. Edgar Hoover. . . ; It is ynprovable, sounds incredible and probably could not be done because the risk of a leak was too great. Yet it is the liberal belief in the possibility of such a dark conspiracy that casts abiding doubts on the official version of the assassination. Audience With Tiny Queen Highlight Of London Trip-- By BOB BOWMAN When John A. Macdonald, George Etienne Cartier, A. T. Galt, S. L. Tilley and Charles Tupper went to London in 1866 to have the British North Amer- ica Act passed by Parliament, one of the highlights of their visit was an audience with Queen Victoria. It took place at Buckingham Palace on Feb, 27, 1867, and the occasion is com- memorated in a colorful paint- ing. It shows the tiny Queen seated in an ornate room of red and gold, with glittering chan- deliers hanging from the ceiling. The Queen was dressed in black, in mourning for her husband, Prince Albert, who had died five years previously. Princess Louise, who later went to Canada as wife of Gov- ernor-General the Marquis of Lorne, stood beside the Queen, although half a step back, while the five delegates stood facing them. They wore blue court uni- forms, and no doubt it was an exciting experience for them. Two of them were colonial law- yers, two were businessmen, and the other was a country doctor. Although the painting shows them standing together, a writ- ten account of the occasion says they were taken into the recep- tion room one at a time by Lord Carnarvon, the colonial secretary and they each had a brief chat with the Queen. Then she said a few dignified words approving the B.N.A. Act and John A. Macdonald replied: "We have desired in this meas- ure to declare in the most sol- emn and emphatic manner our resolve. to be under the sover- eignty of Your Majesty and your family forever." Then Macdonald bowed and backed out of the room, with Lord Carnarvon backing beside him, across the polished parquet floor and threugh the double doors. Although Queen Victoria ap- proved the B.N.A. Act on Feb. 27, it did not pass through Parliament until March 8. OTHER FEB, 27 EVENTS: 1629--Louis Hebert, first doc- tor in Canada, was made a seigneur. 1660--Abbe Queylus, head of the Sulpicians in Montreal was refused permission to return to Canada after visit to France. 1742--French government is- sued an additional 120,000 livres in playing card money. 1839 -- Upper Canada parlia- ment began session that advo- cated union with Lower Canada. v , of the project. For one thing, while he was supposed to be the "director" it seems he was not told in what direction he was to do his di- recting. For instance, at the initial announcement in September, 1964, a reporter had written that the centennial project would be a centre of science and technology costing at least $5,000,000, but even the men be- hind it know little more than that. DON'T BELIEVE IT "Oh that was just newspaper talk, you can't believe what you read in the papers," the back-bencher snorted. I pointed out the report had been written by Robert Exell, then a reporter for The Cana- dian Press. Tourism Minister James Auld, the minister in charge of the project, evidently thought so much of Mr. Exell's accuracy he since had hired him as his executive assistant. "Well now we can believe what he says," the member re- plied. I then noted that in the origi- nal announcement Mr. Auld has said merely the project would be budgetted for at $5,000,000 with industries and industrial associations to be asked to con- tribute to the project. Then eight months later he had said the cost would be $14,000,000, three months after that $17,000,000 and some months later the contracts had been let at $21,700,000. "Obviously that's industry's fault," he said. "Too many strikes, It didn't have the money to help." "Well how about this," I said. "Tn 1964, Premier Robarts said 'The project will be an inven- tory of the achievements of our people.' But now we're told it will deal mainly with the future rather than the past. How was Dr. McBeatty to steer a course when,there were arrows point- ing in opposite directions." At \this the member was really \indigant. "'That's just damn, putright political talk!" he sholited. '"'And this govern- ment js determined that politics BI 3 going to hold back the 0 progress of this centre. When Jim Auld says 'We have no in- tention of allowing the centen- nial centre to be used as a plaything for political oppor- tunists' we all stand square be- hind him. He may spend a hundred million dollars on it! He may never get it built! But we are going to see it doesn't get messed up by politics.' That man today will tell you I am not only unfair, but he, wonders if I can even add two and two, POINTED PARAGRAPHS A number of women are faires ly expert in lying with their tongues, but it is rare that a woman can lie with her eyes. Many people who don't know what to do with themselves spend much time hemming others up and talking them down to nub. Common sense is a valuable asset, but it can't always be relied upon. For example, it would tell you the earth doesn't move. Gunmen UH LM mnt i Ma enancnte nine mn} IT HAPPENED IN CANADA £ LOTH PACTORY > Tioots TREE BARK fo ISOMED EDGE OF SPINNIN FLAX OR FACTORY AN HEMP, SHE SUBSTI * BY1713 THE LITTLE was ant CALGARY ., STAMPEDE \ w#BIGGEST RODEO IN THE WORLD > O67 ab con FEATURES = LobOG, On TARID At the Banquet h parish hal Re: Or AJAX. 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