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« She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1967 Freedoms For Young Abound, If But Use Them! When talk turns to freedoms, young people today have them by the bushel basket -- many they have yet to use. They're not per- haps as spectacular as 'those the metropolitan newspaper columnist expounded the other day in Whitby but they are endowed with a great deal of personal satisfaction. Some are so simple they may be considered square. For instance, there's the freedom to dress neatly, to be a non-conformist and to wear x shirt and tie, even trousers. that are pressed (that's for the boys, of course). Then there's a way-out freedom to have your hair cut (that's to show individuality, to separate boys from girls). Young people are free, too, to show respect for age. This is a reciprocal ar- rangement: By showing respect you are very likely to gain it from others, perhaps even attain closer understanding. For the more adventurous, there's freedom to work; to work as hard as they like, mentally or physically as you wish. And, in this freedom, real kicks abound. It used to be called the thrill of accomplishment. It's achievement through persever- ance rather than protest. Scholas- tically this freedom to work leads on to the freedom to succeed even to exce] -- and that's a ring-a-ding- ding sensation. Freedom to be neat, to demon- strate and attain respect, to work as hard as you like -- pretty flat stuff? Not at all. The young peo- ple who take advantage of these freedoms -- and fortunately there are still a great many of them--are the ones who are getting the most from the society the others are rising in protest against. Freedom in sex and liquor was the avant garde message brought to the Whitby. students by theif en- tertaining newspaper guest. These freedoms have been around just as long as the others but by compari- son they're negative. They're at- tained by letting down rather than through endeavor. He's made a fed- eral case for "freedoms" most peo- ple of his years have picked up or passed up without particular fan- fare. A columnist to be popular must be. entertaining, And this gentle- man is very popular. Yet for an en- tertainer, he's been remiss in not assessing his audience and its po- tential more closely. The happier attributes of young people are that they're both im- pressionable and irrepressible. He appears to have had them with him and to have missed his opportunity to entertain on a more constructive course. Unfortunately, the young people who made up his audience are the ones short-changed by his sensa- tional but spurious speech. Time Of Political Testing Considerable politicking is as- "sured for the merry month of May whether an election has been called _in Ontario or not. The federal field is where the action will be. The. Liberal government has call- ed five byelections for May 29. They are concentrated largely in Quebec so a cross-country consen- sus will not be presented, neverthe- less two aspects will attract a great deal of attention. Byelections al- ways hold significance for minority governments. And this time as well the success or otherwise of the New Democrats in Quebec will be watch- ed closely. She Oshawa Simes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontarie T. L. WILSON, Publisher @& C. PRINCE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY Editor = SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawo Times combining The Oshowe Times established 187!) and the Whitby Gazette and hronicle (estoblished 1863) is published' doily {Sundoys end Stotutary holidays excepted). 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The NDP has long affected the stance of a national party. To truly fill the bill the socialists must gain representation from Quebec, These byelections can be the party's op- portunity. The prospect of that star of national television Laurier LaPierre standing for the New Democrats in Outremont-St. Jean might provide for such a break. through. He'd have Liberal tradi- tion dating back to the early days of the riding with which to contend. Yet the last Liberal member, Mau- rice Montagne, whose appointment to the Senate brought the byelec- tion, gave but lacklustre represen- tation. This could better the odds for the Gallic charmer of the tele- vision channels. The New Democrats will be play- ing in the Liberals' home ball parks in all four of the Quebec rid- ings, all are or have been in the past strongholds of the Rouge. The socialist party's chances will un- doubtedly be better in the Ontario byelection in Sudbury. Opinion polls show the NDP drawing sup- port from the Tories in this prov- ince, However while the NDP will be out to win its spurs in Quebec, none of the other parties can afford to be complacent about the byelec- tions. With the general uncertain- ties in the country about things politic all will have a great deal rid- ing on them. uvntssneaarigetynnnt SHAN NATH ttt eect nt RETIREMENT AT 65 YEARS HELD MORE PALATABLE NOW 'An End To Blocs In Europe' By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Slowly but steadily Canadians are coming around to the belief that retirement at the age of 65 years, regard- less of health, is a good idea. Today, approval (49 per cent) and disapproval (47 per cent), as expressed by the public on this rule, are almost eveniy divided. Twelve years ago (1955), before increases in the Old Age Pension and the Canada Pen- sion Plan were introduced, a against majority (53 per cent) was retirement at 65 years while less than four-in- ten people (37 per cent) thought it a good idea. Greatest approval for the compulsory retirement age of 65 years comes from Quebec, About six-in-ten in that province -say it is a good idea. In Ontario, on the other hand, the ratio is reversed. More (53 per cent) claim retirement at 65 years is not a good thing than say they approve -- 41 per cent. The question: "Companies insist on a man retiring when he reach- es the age of 65 regardless of health, Do you think this is a good idea or not?" Good idea Not a good idea Can't say Good idea Not a good idea Can't say TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 29, 1967... Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, was first climbed 14 years ago today--in 1953--by Ed- mund Hillary of New Zea- land and Tenzing Norkay, a Sherpa mountaineer of Nepal. The news reached England shortly before the coronation of Queen Eliza- beth II. The celebrated Eng- lish mountaineers Mallory and Irvine attempted to climb the 29,000-foot peak in 1924 but were never seen again after they started out from the 28,230-foot level. 1770--Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian east coast. 1881--131 passengers and crew were drowned aboard the Tararua off New Zea- land, First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Gen. Philippe Petain was appointed French chief of staff; the British took 976 German prisoners in trench raids near Oppy; Bulgarian forces . counter- attacked on the Macedonian front. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the Japanese captured Lashio, railway NATIONAL TOTALS 1955 TODAY 37% 49% 53 47 10 4 100% 100% REGIONAL TODAY Quebec Ontario West 59% 41% 48% 38 53 49 3 6 3 100% 100% += 100% terminus for the Burma Road to China; an explosion at a chemical factory in Tessenderloo, Belgium, kil- led 250 people and wounded 1,000; more U.S. troops reached Australia. April 30, 1967... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the British lines be- tween Monchy-le-Preux and Vimy were counter-at- tacked; an unidentified air- craft bombed Zierikzee in neutral Holland; British units defeated 13th Turkish Army Corps at Shatt - el- Adhaim, Mesopotamia. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--Hitler and Mus- solini ended a two-day meet- ing at Salzburg; Admiral Harold R. Stark took com- mand of U.S. naval forces in European waters; RAF Hurricanes carrying bombs damaged a German de- stroyer off Britanny. BIBLE " ..,. here am J, send me Paes Isaiah 6:8 The greatest contribution is the gift of ourselves in the ser- vice of the Lord. A lot of big jobs are waiting to be filled by dedicated little people. Nitta ct En a QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT ISSUE IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Monarchic Regime 'Archaic And Artificial' LL UT Rw id diate .Montreal Le Devoir -- The first report to the government in Toronto submitted by the Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation included a chapter by Mr. Eugene For- sey dealing with the constitu- tional monarchy and the prov- inces. The author wishes to show the value of this institu- tion which he considers essen- tial and irreplaceable in Ca- nadian federalism. But the text contains nothing convine- ing and brings out, despite the author, the archaic and arti- ficial character of our' mon- archic regime. The competence of Mr. For- sey. in constitutional law is indisputable. And when he says the provinces themselves are not monarchies but form part of a constitutional mon- archy that is Canada, he un- doubtedly is right; the Queen is Queen of Canada, and not of Ontario or Quebec; she is Queen in all the provinces, but as Queen of Canada From that he concludes that @ province could not abandon the monarchy to become a re- public, without breaking from Canada and opting for inde- pendence, because Canada is a political entity. This is probably true within the framework of the present con- stitution, but one can quite easily imagine a constitu- tional change that would per- mit such an exception. The author states that fi a prov- ince favors the status of a republic and wishes to remain within Canada, it has only to carry on a campaign to have the whole of Canada become a republic. Such a conclusion lacks strength and one can very well imagine another formula which would resultin negotiation... . . French - Canadians for the most part have great esteem and a ceriain admiration for the sovereign who carries out a difficult and exacting role with much dignity and devyo- tion. But if certain groups wish to use the Crown to re- tain certain interests and cer- tain clans which persecuted us and which encroached on our rights in the past, if they try to toss the monarchy into the centre of the constitutional conflict that divides the coun- try, they will be the first and main authors of a hostility to the monarchic regime that doesn't exist among us at the moment.--Paul Sauriol (April 25) Quebec Le Soleil--Hon. Dan- fel Johnson was not the only provincial premier not to at- tend the swearing - in cere- mony of the new Governor- General. News trans- mitted by press agencies . . . drew attention to the fact that not a single provincial pre- mier was present. If by chance previous en- gagements had not prevented mr. Johnson from going to Ottawa, his presence under the circumstances would have appeared rather unusual. It can be asked how this would have been interpreted when one considers the interpreta- tion given a brief press re lease distributed last week by the office of information and publicity. It said: "As a result of previous engagements which he could not break, Mr. Johnson re- gretfully could not go to. Ot- tawa to attend the installa- tion of the Governor-General. "Since the federal govern- ment's rules of protocol do not permit the delegation of a representative to sit on the floor of the Senate on this occasion, the Quebec govern- ment will be absent from the ceremony." : On the reading of this press release, which even was given headlines in some French- lang' :ge papers, one pictured the gallery of provincial pre- miers with one single vacant seat--that assigned to Mr, Daniel Johnson. And every- one placed his own interpre- tation on the reason for his absence. Thus a trivial inci- dent was fashioned into a political incident of very great significance, "THERE, THAT'S WHAT I HAD IN MIND!" TOU units INTERPRETING THE NEWS By CARL MOLLINS Canadian Press Staff Writer Two meetings in Czechoslova- kia this week reflect new efforts to end old hostilities in Europe, especially the traditional enmity between European Communists and the Christian church. The heads of 24 Communist parties of Eastern and Western Europe concluded a three - day conference at Karlovy Vary Wednesday with an appeal for "a Europe without military blocs." The plea for a settlement of divisive issues was addressed to all Europeans and specifically called for co - operation with Christians -- 'Catholics, Pro- testants, believers of all faiths." The appeal receives its first test at an unique meeting this weekend in Marienbad, a resort town just 20 miles south of Kar- lovy Vary. About 100 European theologians --Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox --are meeting 80 Communist philoso- phers and scientists in the big- gest such conference ever held, the first in a Communist coun- try. NATO IS FACTOR Western political commenta- tors see the Karlovy Vary deci- Only Handful Of Senators On Record On Abolition By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP) -- A bill to abolish capital punishment gen- erally is expected to win ap- proval in the Commons later this year, but Senate passage is far less certain. While MPs have debated the issue three times since 1960, the upper house has not debated the death penalty for 11 years and only a handful of senators have put their views on record. Opinion surveys and Com- mons "free votes" have shown that older people tend to favor capital punishment for murder. This factor could be significant in the Senate. Out of 97 mem- bers at present, 40 are over 70 and eight others over 65. Senators tough attitude toward law en- forcement. This was demon- strated again this week, when the upper house added a rider to the anti-LSD bill that would make it a crime merely to "pro- mote'"' the drug in TV programs. VARY APPROACH The Commons' next "hanging debate' promises to be differ- ent from the one a year ago be- cause the government has changed its parliamentary stra- tegy. Next session, the vehicle for the debate will be a formal Criminal Code amendment drafted and introduced by the government. There has been no indication when the vote will come, The bill. will have the open backing of Prime Minister Pear- son and most of his cabinet col- leagues. In the 1966 free vote, the House defeated 143 to 112 a res- olution sponsored by four back- benchers and asking the govern- ment to abolish hangings. The generally adopt a, motion would have carried if 16 retentionists had switched to the abolition side. What particularly doomed the 1966 resolution was that 51 Lib- erals, mostly from Quebec, voted no. Many of these Lib- erals personally supported abol- ition but felt they should reflect the pro - hanging sentiment in their ridings. This year they may argue that public opinion 'is swinging to- ward abolition and that voting for a governmfent bill is the right thing for a Liberal MP to do. NO WORRIES In the Senate, party ties are looser and the appointed mem- bers don't have to worry «bout angry constituents. When the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment organized a panel discussion for MPs and senators two years ago, it managed to find only two sponsors in the upper house. They were Senators Wallace McCutcheon and Paul Yuzyk, both in the opposition. Senate Speaker Sydney Smith, one of the most influen- tial senators, has endorsed the death penalty on the ground that the Bible sanctions it. While politicians prepare to make up their collective mind, 18 convicted murderers face ex- ecution. All cases are dragging through appeals courts and the cabinet is expected to continue its practice of commuting all death sentences to life imprison- ment. The last 28 capital cases to reach the cabinet all have re- sulted in commutations, 25 by the Pearson government and three by the previous Diefen- baker administration. Canada's ee execution was on Dec, 11, Travel Records Broken By Liner Crossing Pacific By BOB BOWMAN Many transportation records were broken on April 29, 1891, when the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of India arrived at Vancouver. She had sailed from Hong Kong on April 7, and crossed the Pacific two days faster than any other ship. Bags of mail from the Far East were transferred to a special CPR train and sent to New York in 3% days. The train moved across the continent making as few stops as possible. The mail was delivered in London 26 days after leaving Yokohama, two weeks faster than if it had gone by the customary Suez route. Before leaving on the record- breaking trip the Empress of India unfurled the new red and white checkered house flag that became famous around the world. It had no historical or heraldic significance. but was designed by Sir William van Horne, then president of the CPR, to be easily recognized. Someone suggested that it meant three of a kind but Sir William replied that only a straight flush would be big enough for the CPR. The Empress of India was soon joined by the Empress of Japan and Empress of China and their successful voyages across the Pacific may have saved the CPR during the de- pression years 1893-1895 when many railways in the U.S. went bankrupt. P The Empress of Japan had a Japanese dragon as a figure- head on her bow, and it now is on display in Stanley Park, Vancouver. OTHER APRIL 29 EVENTS: 1627--Company of 100 Associ- established to develop Can- ada. 1742--Sons of Pierre la Ver- endrye began search for route to the Pacific. 1792 -- Captain George Van- couver sailed through Strait of Juan de Fuca. 1903--Heavy loss of life when avalanche destroyed town of Frank, Alta, sion as a plan to arouse Europe against maintaining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization when it comes up for basic re- view in two years. The Com- munists are offering in return to dismantle the Warsaw pact, their counterpart of NATO. Genuine or not, a campaign to conclude 20 years of military posturing in Central Europe will find a response in Western Eu- rope, where the Communist ap- peal for an all-European secu- rity conference has powerful ad- vocates, including President de Gaulle of France. The possibility of accord in Europe is strengthened by moves toward a thaw in rela- tions between Communists and Roman Catholics. Pope Paul's encyclical Devel- opment of Peoples, published one month ago, attacked the selfishness of excessive capital- ism in appealing for social and economic justice. At Karlovy Vary, leaders of the Italian, Irish and Spanish Communist parties all noted 'profound changes in Catholic thought" and urged Communists to join in a dialogue with Christians in seeking peace and social justice. DUBBED DIALOGIANS Dialogue is the description favored for the Marienbad con- _ ference, prompting some Euro- peans to dub the meeting a congress of dialogians. Theme of the private meeting--a re. port may be published some months afterward--is "creative- ness and freedom in a human society."' Leading participants are con- cerned about a problem com- mon to both Christian and Com. munist societies in Europe-- signs of apathy, especially among. young people. Austrian Marxist Ernst Fischer blames industrial so- ciety--Communist or capitalist --for the breakdown in human fellowship and loss sf a sense of purpose in work. "The aim of the dialogue is not simply tolerance, but to en- sure the continued physical and moral existence of manking," Says one. Roman Catholic par- ticipant. _Efforts to replace confronta- tion by co-operation are likely to appeal to Europeans weary of inherited hostilities. The meetings in Czechoslovakia co- incide with the 30th anniversary this week of the bombing of Guernica in the Spanish civil War, the first aerial bombing of civilians and the prelude to years of bloodshed and bitter- ness in Europe, YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO April 29, 1942 Oshawa's new Bell Telephone office has opened on Victoria Street. Mr. Elbert J, Bowman, a General Motors employee, has a unique collection of over 300 auto name plates, some of which are forty years old. 40 YEARS AGO April 29, 1927 The building permits for the month of April total $517,965.00. Three hundred thousand of this total is the permit for the new General Motors North Plant. Butter sold for 48¢ a pound today, the lowest price for many months. READER WRITE... CALLOUSNESS SEEN Mr. Editor: How can you possibly spea in the same breath about th Motors, as you did in your edi- torial entitled, 'Vietnam War Abhorrent But Trouble At Home, Too". The war in Vietnam is caus- ing Untold destruction and human suffering and your ad- monition that we should not waste our time on such a far away happening is to me a most callous position for a re- sponsible person or newspaper to take. That international violence of the scale of the Vietnamese war can be set aside so non- chalantly by you and others is indeed disheartening. We believe that the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese actions in South Vietnam have in no way justified the American ac- tion in Vietnam. Believe me, when we speak out against the American posi- tion in Vietnam, we do so with- out optimism that we will be heeded. We speak out be- cause we believe that the in- sanity of military thinking has been allowed to dominate Amer- ican foreign policy, and not to speak out would make us all parties to this sad and danger- ous war. That the United States can devastate a country like Viet- nam in the name of freedom is horrifying to us. HERBERT HYMAN 86 King St. E., Oshawa. FEES HIGH Mr. Editor: The Oshawa Board of Educa- tion seems to fee] it has made a magnanimous gesture in changing the status of two city organizations. In re-categorizing the Canadian Concert Associa- tion and the Burns' School of Dancing from professional to amateur they have changed their rental of the Eastdale Col- legiate Auditorium from $200 per night to $125 per night. The Canadian. Concert Asso- ciation has struggled for years to bring excellent talent to this culturally barren city. In Pre- vious years they have paid a rental of about $35 per night for the McLaughlin Collegiate Aydi- torium and have barely made ends meet. How can it pos'hly cost so much more for a janitor in Eastdale than in McLaughlin where there is more work in- | volved. ie. All chairs have to be set up and taken down again in McLaughlin. It is a gross indignity to the taxpayer to have the Board of Education making a large j profit at the expense of non- profit making organizations that are greatly benefiting our com- munity. If the Board took a sur- } vey of other school boards they | would find that their fee struc- é ture is outrageously high. 1 " maintain they are happily will- ing to let culture die in Oshawa while they sit back and collect honorariums. Sincerely, (Mrs.) G. L. Smith 100 YEARS LATER Mr. Editor: Well, it looks as though the powers that be are going to make divorce a little easier for all of us, and legalize artific- ial birth control, abortion, the whole works. What a nice cen- tennial project that will be for Canadians! I wonder what our descepd- ants (If we have any) will be saying about us, 100 years from Bi now? Are there not enough broken homes, now, without adding to the situation? I firmly believe that marriage preparation 'cour: ses should be as compulsory af blood tests and driver permits, Since birth control and abor- tion were introduced in the more so-called advanced countries in Europe, their birth rate has dropped to an alarming degree, and their suicides have increas- ed. This is progress? God is the Author of life, and we'll all have to answer to Him sooner or later. Sincerely, Mrs. V. Dalton Burlington, Ont. COMMERCIALS Mr. Editor: A lot of viewers must dislike many of the TV commercials. 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