She Oshawa Cimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by 5 dares Newspapers Company Limited L. Wilson, Publisher E c! Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1967 Political Principles Needed For . A political leader requires a personal set of political principles on which he can base his power. A political leader who lacks a funda- mental philosophy is likely to flop around without knowing what he is doing or how to do it". This statement made recently by The Windsor Star is particularly pertinent at present with eight (to press time at least) now in the con- test for the Progressive Conserva- tive Party leadership. With all the fanfare and fierce fighting within the party for the prime post it should not be overlooked that the man finaly chosen will be a Cana- dian leader, possibly the Prime Min- ister. So in the interests of the coun- try it would be well for the Tories to determine not only whether the candidates have been for or against Mr. Diefenbaker, whether they have the support of youth but also wheth- er they have a sound political philo- dophy. The greatest of our prime mini- ster have had such a set of princi- ples, even though some of them are outmoded by modern concepts. Sir John A. Macdonald's were the con- federation and the unity of Canada. And, in the economic field, he evolved the Canada First policy of tariffs for the development of the country, The Star continues. Sir Wilfrid Laurier also had this fundamental fervor for the unity of Canada. He preached it above the din caused by the then extremist Orange elements in Ontario and the ultra-montagne conservatives of: his own Quebec, In economics he was a Gladstonian liberal, believing in freer trade. (He went too far too Leadership fast with this latter idea and went down to defeat in the reciprocity election of 1911.) Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King was the first prime minister to have "radical" ideas about social justice and welfare measures. His prede- cessors had lived in an era of unres- tricted free enterprise, where the devil could take the hindmost and where it was believed the poor would always be with us. Rt. Hon. Louis 8S. St. Laurent was.a kindly liberal of the old school, but not particularly a refor- ming liberal. His political tragedy was that hé didn't recognize the feelings of his own French-speaking people of Quebec, which exploded at the end of the Duplessis era and have given rose to the drastic evolu- tion in that province. Rt. Hon, John G. Diefenbaker had a great Canadian vision. He was obsessed by the need for a "bill of rights," which really hasn't chang- ed anything. But otherwise he has lacked a solid philosphy, which ac- counts more than somewhat for his having floundered about. Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson has a broader and sounder social, eco- nomic and political philosophy. His difficulty has been a certain inepti- tude in translating it into practice, though he has. been handicapped by a lack of majority. The final anaiysis of the shape of government policies must depend on the ideas and ideals of the chief minister. It surely follows that the guiding principles of those seeking political party leadership should be clearly enunciated and carefully considered before a choice is made, Tax 'Gift' For Elderly Bowmanville Town Council has given approval to a provincial gov- ernment plan whereby certain pro- perty owners may be forgiven 50 per cent of their. municipal and school taxes. Ajax Town Council gave similar approval some weeks ago. Under the terms of the plan She Oshaton Times Oshawa, Ontario 84 King St and also the locol ghts of special des- howa, Ontario on, Claremont, Manchester, Pc ond Newcastle not over 55c per v in Province of Ontario outside co $15.00 Other $18 00 per yecr o ia unr GOOD EVENING MEAN AneneNaNEANMENORLARLANET - rain persons 65 and over apply for the discount. The balance will be paid by the provincial gov- ernment, This means the individual municipality will not suffer any loss of tax revenue. The unpaid amounts, however, come liens against the property and must be repaid to the government when the property is sold or trans- ferred, or on the death of the pro- perty owner. It is not likely that residents of the province will avail the new legislation living alone and years may be- too many themselves of unless they have no relatives. Unless a person is in an af- ftuent position, which would pre- clude their making application for the tax forgiveness, we believe most elderly persons would prefer to make every effort to pay the full amount of the taxes so that they would be in a position to leave some equity for their surviving relatives. The fear would always exist that, should they live long enough, there would be nothing left. are > OTTAWA REPORT Cartier Tax Report 'A Complete By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The report of the Carter royal commission on taxation is widely, and proba- bly justifiably, considered a complete bust. The commissioners cannot be blamed for the fact that its scope is too narrow because their instructions were inade- quate. They were asked to de- vise improvements in our taxa- tion systen. which would ensure a sufficient flow of tax money into the federal government's coffers; they should have been --but were not--asked to study and define what would be a "sufficient flow." Secondly, Ottawa's tax needs and tax resources should have been considered in conjunction with the similar needs and re- sources of all provincial and municipal governments, which last year accounted for more than half of total government revenues So to consider the federal tax situation as an isolated problem is wholly unrealistic WIDE AGREEMENT It is widely agreed ness circles, and is becoming recognized on Parliament Hill, that this difficult problem should be approached. from the other end. First, there should be a decision as to the maxi- acceptable proportion of in busi- mum Johnny Canuck's wages which can be drawn away from him by all taxes Then a decision should be made as to the priority of the various progran.s on which fed- eral, provincial and municipal governments would spend the money available The spearhead of the attack on the Carter proposals has so far come from the western provinces, and has especially centred on three proposals The first is that capital gains should be treated as and taxed as income. This, it is argued, would severely curb the incen- tive to form new investment capital, especially that for spec- ulative resource development, which Canada so desperately needs The second is that should be treated as bequests income, Bust' One western premier has de- scribed how a man inheriting a farm could be charged income tax on its total revenue, spread over five years, What would that do to the family farm? he asks, The third would remove the present tax exemption and de- pletion allowances for n.ineral developments. This would sim- ply halt a great deal of our nate ural resource development. "The Carter report is a dead duck. It would destroy jobs all across Canada," commented B.C.'s Premier W. A. C. Ben- nett. Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp called a meeting of the tax structure committee, con- sisting of provincial treasurers, in Toronto last month, to out- line implications of the report. They were not in a position to negotiate or even to debate at that stage but they did report back to their provincial governs ments, who have since dis cussed the situation. EXPRESSED VIEWS Thus, when the provincial premiers met with Prime Min- ister Pearson during the recent Royal visit, they could express their views. Together, they all had a frank discussion behind closed doors lasting 14% hours. "It is remarkable how pres- sure of time makes thoughts crystallize, so a nunvber of mat- ters were discussed suc- cinctly,"" 1 was told. Many pre- miers expressed their own stand on the Carter report; it took only a few minutes, I heard, before it was apparent that there is virtual agreement among the provincial premiers that the Carter proposals are unacceptable in their present form. This was a rude shock for Ot- tawa, which has not gone back to the drawing board and will shortly produce a white paper; this will either modify the pro- posals, or else will be doomed to ducky-deadness. A wholesale revamping of our total tax structure is needed, to remove glaring inequities and to provide for Canada's , eco- nomic viability. But the prov- inces have spoken for the peo- ple--Carter won't do. Zoologist Sees Answers By GEORGE W. CORNELL NEW YORK (A P)--Scien- tists, concentrating on physics and chemistry in trying to ex- plain man's development, still face many puzzling question marks--and a_ noted British zoologist maintains the answers may lie -in the realm of reli- gion He suggests that telepathy, or thought transference, may offer a clue to new, revealing lines of inquiry into the human makeup. He calls for vigorous re- search into "the nature of reli- gious experience' and into the "psychic side of man." And he predicts the results would "show the way to a re- establishment of the idea of both a philosophical and reality." striking God as scientific These views, citing zaps still looming in Darwin's lutionary theory of natural are advanced by Sir Hardy, until recently head of Oxford University's zoology department and a re- nowned exponent of the natural selection theory. However, he says his theory probably will '"'have to be modi- e selection Alister "In Realm Of Religion ences and mechanistic interpre- tations. Presenting his case in a new book, The Living Stream, is- sued by Harper and Row, he says: "If only one per cent of the money spent upon the phys- ical and biological sciences could be spent upon investiga- tion of religious experience and upon psychical research, it might not be long before a new age of faith dawned upon the world." Sir Alister says science has dwelt one-sidedly on physical- chemical aspects, to the neglect of other influences. "The hitherto generally ac- cepted mechanism of a natural selection by only the physical side of the environment is by no means the whole of the evo- lution story." He says that while he is. not religious in an orthodox sense, he is convinced that 'some power we call God" is involved in the process. "IT believe that the living world is as closely linked with theology as it is with physics and chemistry; that the divine clement is part of the natural process--not strictly supernatur- al, but paraphysical."' fied" to cope with still unsolved He says there already is "suf- mysteries' about human life, ficient evidence to prove" tele- and to take into account factors pathic communication among unexplained by physical sci- human beings. 'CAC APORTERTAAR 8) Mr: mt Sh ETM EM PANVEONNNNERETEAATE TY ATNETMPECEMASEAT ERECTED By Jack Gearin "Mike Starr Like Unsinkable Molly Brown YOU SEE some of Osh awa's top Tories entering ihe Alger building on King St. E. in little clusters tonight don't be at all surprised It's just another reminder of the way the political winds are blowing, a clear indication that the tempo is increasing in that PC leadership race Tonight's affair at PC head- quarters will not be open to the rank and file membership. Only the top brass will be there, plus the accredited dele- gates and their alternates The -big star of the evening will be Michael Starr, MP, who !s getting a lot of national publicity these days as he edges closer. to what he calls "the hour of truth." If there have been any out- d of late that Mr. Starr is anything but a dead- in-earnest candidate they are not discernable to those who closely follow the former Fed- eral Minister of Labor. The emergence last week of Premier Robert Stanfield as a candidate was typical of Mr. Starr's usual reaction to such momentuous events ('This an- nouncement has no effect on me at all. The more the mer- rier -- there are 10 provinces. There should be. therefore, at least 10 candidates,' was the way he summarized it.) This was no display of pre- a pienic at Greenwood Conser- school" under the Mott Plan? lence. The official record shows vation. He is the only leader- riefly, it is one that meets that Mr. Starr relishes nothing ship candidate who has been as best it can, and with every- better than a tough, slam-bang invited to attend one's help, the urgent needs of political fight, and why should- the people. Its philosophy holds n't he? Hasn't his dazzling ca- EVER HEAR of the Com- that everything that affects the reer been built on such com- munity School System? welfare of the children and bats with the enemy, often with It's the limelight these their families is of concern. the odds heavily against him? days at City Hall, the Board Where does school life end and Like the Unsinkable Molly of Education life outside begin? There is no Brown, he didn't get where he \ study is being made of its distinction. A community school is without a tough spirit and the will. to fight. use When he embarked on a municipal career as an alder- possible adaptibility for focal is a used place, a place used freely and informally for The question of financing is all a thorny one, but CSS support- the needs of learning. It is, living and in effect, where ~~ oe was ee no less ig ois optimistic. living and learning converge. han ree consecutive times. he spiritual home of the : ae S This would have softened CSS is in' Flint, Mich., and oe SP ee the desire of most embryo that city's set-up is regarded as under the plan ae Usually politicians, but not 'Mike' the best in the U.S. open for general purpose from Starr. Like Ol' Man River, he Thousands of visitors inspect 9 a.m. to midnight, on week- just kept rolling along until vic- it annually. Several Oshawa ends: and in the summertime tory was his. He has never had aldermen, trustees and other as a tpi to look back in defeat since civic representatives (such as It brings young people and and that was 27 years ago Dr. C. E. Mellveen, Stanley E. adults together to work on mat- His |eadership convention Lovell, T. D. "Tommy" Thom- ters of common concern, pro- philosophy was best summar- as and J. Ross Backus) have motes and co-ordinates com- ized when Donald Fleming en- been there in recent weeks. munity action on such items. tered the race recently and The Flint system was started CSS may teach such varied Mr. Starr said: 'I don't care in 1935 and has been subsidized subjects as basket weaving, who enters, but I won't be for more than $26,000,000 since civic politics, adult education, happy until I get this thing out that time, thanks to Charles pottery-making, wrestling and of my system. If I win, I want Mott, the city's 91-year-old phil- cooking to say | won against the best antropist. who is still a director CSS is a philosophy rather in the country, not the second of best." Mr. Mr. Starr will be the guest of honor Aug. 19 when the Ontario Riding 'Federal Progressive Laughlin. Conservative Association holds What A the General Mott, awa several sonal friend of Col. Motors Corp, who has visited Osh- times, is a per R. S. Me- ( 15 a community than a program. Despite its success in Flint, the CSS has not gained wide- spread acceptance, but several US. system. communities have such a MEWS (TEM GOVT. ANNOUNCES SPACE SATELLITE STUDY 'DO nd neon VOLUNTEERS... . r ti et UNE NN FOREIGN AFF AIRS ANALYSIS TU nmin mm MY A Precarious Alternative By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst The hope and the menace in America's racial conflict is the Vietnam veteran. He does not always represent the nick of the crop because the very brightest Negroes--in lesser numbers relatively than the whites-- are studying in univer- sities and exempt from military service. Still, in Vietnam, Negroes are serving in the ranks of an army that has been truly integrated for the first time; Negroes command whites; some of these Negroes have proven themselves to be valorous sol- diers and good leaders. Can they be harnessed to the task of solving the Negro problem in the only way that now seems possible? This way is pragmatic and realistic, combining a modest degree of integration with sys tematic upgrading of the slums; Negroes will not be ex- cluded from any public facili- ties, restaurants, hotels, shops or jobs, while the slums are re- paired so that their inhabitants no longer live in the debilitat- ing, demoralizing atmosphere of poverty and despair. Schools and housing may have to be ac- cepted tacitly from this integra- tion process because there is no way of including them, since the whites simply move out. This, in effect, is the ap- proach that has been tried all these years since the school de- segregation decision by the Su- preme Court in 1954. The hope and the unspoken theory is that once the slum dwellers are up- graded, the whites will stop fleeing and integration will be possible even for housing and schools. The main difficulty is that Freedom Of Press Issue Takes Odd Turn In Mexico BOGOTA, Colombia (CP) freedom of the press dispute here has taken a singular turn. A Mexican newspaper man is on notice that if he continues publishing articles lauding Co!- ombia's guerrillas, the army will make public a tape record- ing in which he allegedly he- trays these same guerrillas Mario Renato Menendez Rod- riguez, the Mexican in question, wrote for the Mexico City week- ly magazine Sucesos a five-part series on almost a month he spent in Colombia with the self-styled Army of National Liberation--ELN. He was on hand with his own tape recorder, and with a Suce- sos photographer taking movies and stills, for the March 9 ELN ambush of'a railroad pay train. Six military guards and three civilians were killed by yguer- rilla gunfire. The Colombian army was not so blatant about its tape record- er, It had it concealed under a table over which Menendez and three army intelligence officers were having a "friendly chat." Maj.-Gen, Guillermo Pinzon Caicedo, commanding officer of the Colombian army, said infor- mation supplied by Mendenez about his guerrilla friends en- abled the army to dismantle the ELN's urban support net- work. FEARED ASSASSINATION Reporters who make some- thing of a career of sharing guerrillas' confidences, as has Menendez, are in an even more unenviable position if they be- tray these gunslingers. Pinzon Caicedo says Menen- dez constantly sought assur- ance, during his interrogation, that his life would be guaran- teed against the vengeance of the ELN. Not only that, but he asked that his airline ticket home be changed from Bogota-Lima- Guatemala City-Mexico City to direct Bogota-Mexico City. He had planned to get togeth- er with Peruvian and Guatema- lan insurgents as he had with the ELN, Pinzon Caicedo indi- cated. But by that time the ELN's support system was being rounded up as a result of Mendendez's disclosures to Co- lombian army intelligence. According to many announce- ments--which are believed to be understated --some 51 mem- bers of the ELN's rear-area or- ganization are in custody, while eight members of the ELN have been killed in action in the field. All this, it is said, as.a result of information supplied by Menendez. Menendez had already done one extensive eyewitness report on the activities of the Guate- malan guerrillas, and an equal- ly sympathetic piece on the Armed Forces of Naitonal Lib- eration--FLAN--Venezuela's equivalent of the ELN. Both reports appeared in Su- cesos, this attitude of the whites amounts to telling the Negro he is low-grade. This may be real- istic in terms of his training but is he in the mood of being realistic and patient? This is where the Negro Vietnam ve- terans come in: If they can be enlisted to work in the slums, providing leadership there and preaching the necessary pa- tience, then the gradual, prag- matic approach will succeed . . if the leadership of the Negro Vietnam veterans proves suc- cessful. But his is not only up to the Negroes. Government must play its part and spend for the upgrading municipal -- govern- ments do not have the funds and state governments do not have the inclimation. The job must inevitably be done by the federal government. Such a role by the federal government will be resisted as an encroach- ment on local self-government, of course. Even if that obstacle is over- come, there is no guarantee that the federal government will do enough. Welfare pro- grams are the first to he cut every time the: nation's eco- nomic situation demands re- trenchment. The pace will be slow, too slow to change the Negro teenagers who have been warped by the bitterness of slum life. The slowness of the progress may also discredit~as it so often has--moderat> Negro leadership. the hands of preach that only vio And how will the l be reorganized 'to give un- trained Negroes the jobs with- out which they will not feel they have a stake in the society so that they will wish to pre- serve rather than destroy it? Hope, in this situation, is a sick- ly. shoot. Blacksmiths Discovered Two Rich Mineral Deposits By BOB BOWMAN Horses are supposed to bring good luck so it is not surprising that two blacksmiths were re- sponsible for discovering two of Canada's richest mineral depos- its. When the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was being built in 1903, Fred Rose, a blacksmith for the construc- tion gang, threw a hammer at what he thought were the gleaming eyes of a fox. They turned out to be a vein of silver that produced $300,000,000 in 10 years. The rush of miners to the area also led to the develop- ment of the rich Porcupine gold mining area. However, the first blacksmith to get lucky was Thomas Flan- agan in 1883. The CPR trans- continental was being built through the Sudbury area and Flanagan. noticed a rock cov- ered with gossan. He didn't know what gossan was but his curiosity was aroused. He began to dig and found copper sulphide, John Loughlin was cutting wood for railway ties and also became interested. He 'got in touch with Thomas Murray of Pembroke and formed a com- pany called Murray's Mine. It was not known then that the copper also contained nickel but Samuel J. Ritchie, an Ohio businessman, heard about the discovery and formed the Cana- dian Copper Company in 1885. He knew the value of nickel for armorplate, and got in touch with the United States war department, Soon there was an abundance of money available but it took years to perfect a process for refining the nickel from the copper. Eventually success led to the formation of the International Nickel Company on July 25, 1916. The Sudbury area now produces about 80 per cent of the world's supply of nickel, OTHER JULY 25 EVENTS 1680--Du Lhut rescued Fa- ther Hennepin from Sioux Indians. 1715--French forts in Hud- son Bay area surrendered to Knight and Kelsey 1755--Acadians refused to take oath of allegiance to Britain. 1759--French fort at Niag- ara surrendered to British; Wolfe ordered Canadians not to interfere in attack on Quebec. 1787--Captain John Dixon named Queen Charlotte Is- lands. 1814--British and Canadians defeated Americans at Lun- dy's Lane, Niagara. 1871--Last colonial gover- nor, Anthony Musgrave, left British Columbia. 1873--B.C. protested federal government's failure to begin building railway. 1899--Bank Ville Marie sus- pended. payments because a large sum of money had been stolen by a teller. 1917--Finance Minister Sir Thomas White introduced income tax bill as "a tem- porary wartime measure." QUEEN'S PARK Important Agriculture Conference By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--There's an im- portant agriculture conference at Kemptville, in eastern On- tario, on Tuesday and Wednes- day. The conference will be a se- quel to the one called at Vine- land last year to assess farm problems and try and work out solutions. This conference was impor- tant in that it stimulated some genuinely new. thought on basic farm problems -- coming up with proposals such as an in- come incentive program to steer production. One particularly welcome outgrowth of it was a study of farm income by a research firm, DISCUSS REPORT The Kemptville conference is to receive and discuss this re- port. Not too much that is specific may develop out of the meet- ing. There can hardly be con- structive discussion of findings that have just been received. But the report itself should be of keen interest. For just what the relative fi- nancial stituation of farmers is today is a worrying question, at least to urban dwellers. We hear the continual com- plaint from the farm commu- nity about hard times. And we are sympathetic to it. But can we believe it? HAS REPUTATION Traditionally, of course, the farmer has a_ reputation for grumbling about money. This leads to some cism. But there are other doubts. For instance, these days the dairy farmers are protesting. COMPLAIN ACTIVELY But then we learn that manu- factured milk shippers--the group that has been doing the most active complaining--are getting 80 per cent more for their milk than they did five years ago The federal department of ag- riculture reports that the cur- rent rate to these shippers of $4.64 a hundred compares with $2.62 then. This looks And it compares to United States So are these dairy-men really in a bad way. Or are they and other farmers only, as always, crying the miseries? When their savings in taxes, food and other areas are con- sidered what ts their true posi- tion? There has never been a real- istic appraisal of this. If this report produces one it will be most valuable. skepti- like a big jump. $4.05 in the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 25, 1967... Italian dictator Benito Mussolini resigned and was sted 24 years ago lo- --in 1943. Throughout It- there were demonstra- tions of popular relief at the end of If Duce's rule. Mus- solini did not stay in prison long; he was rescued ia a daring raid by German paratroops in the Abruzzi mountains, but in 1945 he was captured again by Ital- ian partisans and executed. 1581 -- The Netherlands proclaimed their independ- ence from Spain. 1942--The Duke of Kent was killed in a plane crash in Scotland. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--sthe Russians attacked in the Southern Carpathians but the retreat in the north continued; Allies met in Paris to discuss the Balkan situation; in East Africa the German forces were in full -retreat. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942 -- RAF and RCAF bombers staged day- light attacks on Mannheim and Frankfurt; Japanese aircraft raided Townsville in northern Australia; four German planes were shot down: over Malta, YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO July 25, 1947 A fire at Elmcroft Farm workshop, the home of R. Ray McLaughlin, was put out by firefighters yesterday. There is no official estimate of the dam- age. Mr. Earl London, of Louisa St., has one of the finest dis- plays of Regal lilies ever seen here. He has over 1,000 blooms. 35 YEARS AGO July 25, 1932 The City Pure Ice Co. of Osh- awa has a fully modern plant and supplies ice to customers as far as Cobourg. The Manchester WMS cele- brated their 31st birthday on June 29 and a birthday party was held at Manchester Hall. MER¢ WHITBY (Si amalgamation Town of Whitt ship of Whitby immediately it of the amalgar municipalities, Town counc cided copies o tion decision f Municipal Boa culated to all 1 cil as well a: boards and co two municipali stated, would councils to ir Town On ] WHITBY (Staff)--' cil will press for actia the construction of citizens' housing uni Ontario Housing Cort At its Monday me cil decided it was p subsidize the cost o! chase of land for the the corporation could suitable land within i $500 per unit. In order to speed t Harry Pullen of OH( visited council on se Reconst At Dunc WHITBY (Staff) -- tative of the Whit School Board will r council at its commi ing next Monday nigh details of the recons'! the old section of Dun School which suffered damage on May 12 The board, in a lett cil, suggested the tion of four classi library and resource nurse's room, staff boys' and girls' was! an estimated cost of The board asked ¢ WHITBY WHITBY (Staff) Cser, who won the separate school orato tests, was presented medal by Mayor D. G. at Monday night's cou ing and was congrat the honor he broug! town, Council concurred \ quest from the fire d that a hydrant be in Hopkins and Warrer The recommendation ported by seven firms The resignation of \ Mowat as a membe planning Board was and William D. Winte: pointed to fill the vacz Council received no the Ontario Municip; that it had approved t appeal from a decisic committee of adjustm had approved an a from 'Ernest and Ol ring for a consent to : ance of the property Brock Street South. A letter was recei' the Central Lake Ont servation Authority the . channelization Creek .It said a meeti ing arranged to discu dure and financing. George H. Thwaites ment of social services trator, reported gene fare assistance issue during the first half of was considerably highe the same period of 1966 figures, he said, indi unemployability due tc ity, or absence of the the home, are the m Sons for eligibility for assistance. The amount ed during the six-mon was $21,412.97. Members of council tend an official openin Centennial Caravan, in nial Park, at 11 a.m., The caravan will be or 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. dail; Aug, 14, until Aug. 17. 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