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-- She Oshawa Zimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher ' E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1967 ~ Reasonable Rules Set For Immigration Policy New immigration regulations in- troduced by Manpower and Immigra- tion Minister Jean Marchand spell out for the first time the principles involved in selection of immigrants, This is the main difference from previous regulations which defined who is admissible to Canada only in general terms. There is much to be said for the new approach even though it is still, of necesity, a relatively com- plicated procedure. There are many factors which must still be taken into consideration, but no one factor alone necessarily rules out an applicant. The department will consider in order of importance the following qualifications on .a point system: Education, personal qualities, occu- pational demand, age, occupational skill, employment arrangements, knowledge of English or French, relatives, area of destination. Of these, the main factors will be the first three and if an immigrant ranks high in all three he is almost certain to be accepted. Mr. Marchand answered those who have been critical of educa- tional qualifications required in the past. It has been said, with some justification, that willingness and ability to learn; intelligence and aptitude, are more important than the number of school grades and the minister is ready enough to Ont. Homes The construction of homes for the aged will reach an all-time peak in Ontario during the 1968-69 fiscal year if projects in the planning stage materialize, Noble Drew, a provincial government official, told delegates to the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged last week. She Oshawa Times 84 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C. PRINCE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Newsp ers Associaton, The adian Press Audit r he n Press. is exclusively entitied to the use production of all news despatched in the po di to it or to The ond also the local rights of special des- Associated Press or news published therein. All catches ore also reserved. 86 King $t. E., Oshawa, Ontario National Advertising Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cethcart Street, Montreal, P.O Delivered by Pickering, Bowr Albert, Maple siverpoo!, Taunto Orono, Leskard. Manchester, Pon 55¢ per week wo, Whitby, Ajax, Port Perry, Prince Frenchman's Bay, rton, Enniskillen, Claremont, stle not over e of Ontario outside corrier Pa Vea Other provinces 'ountries, $18.00 per yeor 7.00 per year, admit this. But he points out also that "the most common character- istic of the people who are in a strong competitive position in the labor market is that they are the people whose education is better than average". While there are exceptions to this, Mr. Marchand makes a strong point when he declares that any large scale policy "cannot be based on the exceptions". Occupation demand is an im- portant factor because it links selection standards to conditions within Canada, thus helping to ensure a flow of immigrants more closely related to the economic and manpower requirements of Canada, As The Guelph Mercury em- phasizes, Mr. Marchand faces a hard task in formulating any policy that will serve Canada and those who wish to come to this country best, but it is not difficult to feel that he has done as well with this new policy as could be expected. And he has made special provision for those with relatives in Canada, even when the relatives are not in a position to act as sponsors. He has produced an open-ended policy that takes into account the variety of circumstances which must be weighed, while establishing reason- able limits to protect not only Canada but prospective immigrants themselves. For Aged Mr. Drew said 27 homes and seven additions are in the discussion stage now and that plans are also being develop for three new rest homes to care for 180 people who require long-term nursing care. The homes are located in Sarnia, Port Colborne and Niagara Falls. Seven new muni- cipal homes with a total of 684 beds are being built and plans developed for five others. That Ontario County is in the van in this field is indicated by the open- ing recently of a new home for the aged at Beaverton. Built at a cost of $1,800,000, the home will accom- modate 150 residents. The opening of the new home means that some of the residents of Fairview Lodge at Whitby, whose homes were originally in the north end of the county, will be able to transfer to Beaverton where they will. be closer to friends and relatives. This, in turn, will mean that more space will be available at Fairview Lodge for those in need of this type of accom- modation. The facilities available at the two Ontario County homes as well as at Hillsdale Manor, operated by the City of Oshawa, bear out the con- tention that old folks in the county get the best care in the world. QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT GALLUP POLL Rockefeller Popularity AtNew High By The American Institute of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) PRINCETON, N.J. -- One of the most dramatic political de- velopments of recent weeks has been the growing appeal of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, despite his insistence that he is not a candidate. Rockefeller defeats President Johnson in the latest "trial heat', 48 per cent to 46 per cent, with per cent undecided. The question, put to a na- tional sample of the U.S. voting public: "Suppose the presidential election were being held today. If Nelson Rockefeller were the Republican candidate amd Lyn- don Johnson were the Demo- cratic candidate, which one would you like to see win?" The national results based on those identified as likely voters: Pct. Rockefeller ...scccsesees 48 Johnson 46 Undecided ..........0... 6 President Johnson leads in the East, 50 to 44 per cent, and by about the same margin in the South, 48 to 43 per cent. Rockefeller, however, leads Johnson in the Midwest, 54 to 40 per cent and in the Far West, 52 to 44 per cent. Rockefeller's strong showing in this national test against Johnson is. due to his great an- peal to Independent voters ard dissident Democrats. While he is not the top favor- ite of the rank-and-file of the party, still 8 out of 10 Republi- cans say they would vote for him rather than for Johnson. ROCKY AT A PEAK Never before in his entire political career has Rockefeller enjoyed the respect he does to- day Eighty out of every 100 adults (80 per cent) currently give Rockefeller a favorable rating, compared to only 13 in 100 wno give him an unfavorable rating. Twenty-eight in 100 give him a "highly favorable' rating, his all-time high to date. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, Sept. 23, 1942 The women's auxiliary of the Ontario Regiment cleared over $1,000 during the Mile of Pennies drive. Ross Edward Mosley has been appointed to Command "Second Flight" of the Oshawa Air Cadets (Squadron 151). 40 YEARS AGO, Sept. 1927 Richard Gallagher, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. Gallagher, Oshawa- on-the-Lake was the winner of the baby show at the Oshawa Fair. Rosalie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith, Osh- awa, was awarded the Premier Ferguson silver medal for sub- mitting the best essay on Can- adian History in the South On- tario competition. BIBLE "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Ec- clesiastes 12:1 You can't give God what's left of life and expect His best. Give Him the best and the rest of your life. LAMONTAGNE mn THERE ARE' MANY "WORKING" LANGUAGES FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS nT UN Cannot Aid In Vietnam By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst The UN cannot help make peace in Vietnam because the North. Vietnamese, the commu- nist nations and a majority of UN members believe that the U.S. is asserting its right to be a global policeman and wants the UN to recognize that right over Vietnam. The U.S. denies this, of course, but here is how the oth- ers present the case: two groups of South Vietnamese are contending for power in their country. The U.S. intervened on the side of one group, the weak- er and less popular group. This made it quite legitimate for North Vietnam to interfere on the side of the other group. It is the U.S. which took the next step by bombing North Vietnam and turned the fight- ing from a civil war with for- eign assistance to an interna: tional war. In other words, the U.S. has gone one step higher on the ladder of escalation; the U.S. is doing more to its oppo- nents than they are doing to the U.S, It is up to the U.S., there- fore, to climb down one step, For Washington to assert, as it seems to be doing, that it has the right to bomb North Viet- nam because of what commu- nist South Vietnamese are doing in South Vietnam, is to assert that the U.S. has rights it would not concede to other nations. SUPERPOWER RIGHTS So, at least, say those govern- ments which do not approve of what the U.S. is doing in Viet- nam; they do not want any part of a UN bargaining session in which American bombing in North Vietnam would be equat- BRIEF ANALYSED Special Status, Real And Defined, Asked This is a selection of edi- torials on current topics translated from. the French-language press of Canada. Montreal Le Devoir--In a hty outline present- day to participants in the Liberal conference at Montmorency, Senator Mau- rice Lamontagne obviously tried to make up for certain recent blunders by his col- league (Justice Minister) Trudeau Unlike Mr. Trudeau, who does not want to hear any talk about a spe- cia] status (for Quebec), Mr. Lamontagne admits that such declares himself squarely "favorable to retention of a special status for Quebec within a true federalism, reformed in its functions to méet,.the exigencies of a new society." As far as Mr. Lamontagne is concerned, such a status only "corre- sponds to the nature of things,' and thus it is useless to contest the principle... . Mr. Lamontagne adds that the special status "should remain flexible and vary according to the circum- stances," that it should include only "that which French-Canadians consider clearly desirable for the flourishing of Quebecers," that it is 'necessary to agree at the outset to keep the con- tents to a minimum, to revise it as time goes on and to expand it if necessary." All this is clarified, we be- lieve, by an inconspicuous Phrase which Mr. Lamontagne let drop at the end of his The sole intention of the and his colleagues not allow text "In effect it is a question of assuring Quebecers their kind of life, while at the same time protecting the standard of liv- ing and personal freedom." If that is all that is involved, we could agree with Mr. Lamontagne. But a great deal more is involved. It is a question of ensuring the free development, the dynamic and creative expression of a community which, in the words of the Laurendeau- Dunton commission, forms a truly distinct society. This requires more than occasion- al special treatment, it demands a real status... . The experience of this cen- tury has shown that what is not inscribed in laws is too fragile, that it is too often subject to the rule of interpretation of the stronger, That is why it is necessary to demand today a special status which is real and defined, and written as much as possible into the juridical structures of the country... , --Claude Ryan (Sept. 18) Granby La Voix de l'Esi-- The minister of cultural affairs has just announced a program destined to make French the working language in Quebec province. For once, Mr. Jean-Noel Tremblay is realistic. He does not espouse the cause of unilingualism and he does not condemn bilingualism. He Sticks to the policy enunci- ated by Mr. Johnson: Assert the rigfts of our people with- out Mlisregarding the rights of Othgrs.... ; minister, if we interpreted his words properly, is to engage the government and Quebec in general in a fight to improve the written and spo- ken language and to make its use general in all sections of our society. | To this end, he is creating organizations to purify the administrative language and to improve its image. He is intensifying the work of the French-language bureau and recommends several meas- ures designed to give Quebec a true French visage. Naturally Mr. Tremblay is aware of the difficulty of the task. He stresses, not without reason, that while the govern- ment can do much, it alone cannot arouse the pride of our people and force them to speak their language well. French-Canadians, he said, must take their responsibili- ties and insist on French everywhere. ... If the people refuse to co- operate, the announced meas- ures will give meagre results, in --Roland Gagne (Sept. a Ottawa Le Droit--As was to be expected, some English- language newspapers are run- ning scared in the wake of measures announced by Mr. Jean-Noel Tremblay, in the name of the Quebec govern- ment, to improve the status of the French language in that province. One of these papers, making a show of expressing fear, goes so. far as to invite. fofjeign capital to flee Quebec, y the premier themselves to be intimidated; they should know that those who control capital are not sentimentalists and that they place their funds with an eye on profit, worrying only about possible threats of nationali- zation, but Mr. Daniel John- son and the members of his government are supporters of free enterprise, as is stressed in the Union Natio- nale platform. There is nothing more dem- ocratic, and especially noth- ing more legitimate, than the very realistic outline of the intentions of the Quebec min- ister of cultural affairs. There is nothing vexatious that will result from those intentions. When the Americans instal plants in Japan, in West Ger- many, in Switzerland or any- where else, they voluntarily comply with the laws of the country, more often than not operating an office in the lan- guage of the country. ... They do not seek to impose English on executives or other employees. At this pre- cise moment, everyone knows there are many large indus- tries in Quebec and it is gen- erally not their fault if their French-language employees speak our language atro- ciously or prefer English. The Americans certainly are not going to flee the north shore, they are not going to give up exploiting its natural resources because Mr. Trem- blay rightly desires that French be the working lan- guage in Quebec ...-- Willie Chevalier (Sept. 14) ed with North Vietnamese help for South Vietnamese commu- nists -- clandestine help to revolutionaries is considered less dangerous than the right of one superpower to bomb anoth- er power in the interest of a particular set of international circumstances the superpower favours. For indeed, that is the essence of the American posi- tion: U.S. force defends wha- tever it chooses against doc- trines the U.S. considers unde- sirable. This was seen once as U.S. championing of freedom wherever it was threatened . . . so American apologists used to say. In American eyes commu- nism became the enemy of freedom, to be fought above all other enemies. Eventually this led to the cur- rent absurd situation in which America supports oppressive fascist regimes it. would have fought in World War Two while pposing not all c ist dic- tatorships but only some. For instance, America accepts with no misgivings the election of a Rumanian commu- nist as president of the UN General Assembly, supports Tito but fights Ho Chi Minh who is a communist with Titoist tendencies. What then is the logic behind the law America is trying to impose internationally as a self appointed global policeman, ask her UN opponents? A _police- man's right to uphold the law depends on the existence and general acceptance of such law. The law cannot be merely what the policeman considers his own self interest, and yet, say America's opponents that is the sort of law the U.S. tries to impose. Pressure Rises On Ceiling On Reserves Of U.S. Dollars By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- Pres- sure is building up under the ceiling that Canada accepts on its reserve kitty of U.S. dollars and gold to retain special access to American money markets. That ceiling limits the Cana- dian foreign exchange reserves to the neighborhood of §$2,- 550,000,000, including Canada's net credit position in the Inter- national Monetary Fund. There is provision for 'reasonable month-to-month fluctuation." Canada in effect has pledged itself since 1963 to avoid fatten- ing its store of gold and U.S. dollars. at the expense of U.S. loans at a time when the U.S. continues to try to stem its international dollar drain. This year, signs point to an embarrassment of riches for Canada. For example, the U.S. com- merce department estimates the chronic Canadian payments deficit will be lowered this year to aboyt $750,000,000, compared with $983,000,000 last year. The. Canadian trade balance between imports and exports has been on the credit side. The tourist harvest from Expo 67 and other centennial attractions has been good. Both contribute to the foreign exchange reserves, Over the longer _ haul, Canada's trade and natural eco- nomic growth continue to expand while the foreign exchange reserves are frozen, The subject of a Canadian increase was discussed last June at the annual meeting of Canadian ministers and their U.S. counterparts in Montreal. But the discussion on the eco- nomic review was understood to be academic in nature with no follow-up pressure from Can- ada. It might be raised again at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the annual meeting of the monetary fund and world bank, where Finance Minister Sharp will be seeing Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler, The meeting starts Monday, Sept. 25. Later, there will be another meeting of the Canada-U.S, committee on international pay- ments deficits which is special- ly designed for such exchanges. This committee was formed after Canada was granted a continuing right to raise fresh capital in the U.S. without pay- ing the special tax charged to most other developed countries who do so. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept. 23, 1967... Louis Joseph Papineau, French-Canadian patriot and rebel, died 96 years ago today--in 1871--in compara- tive obscurity. Like William Lyon Mackenzie, Papineau did not regain influence after the rebellion of 1837, perhaps because he fled Canada when the fighting began and tried to negotiate for U.S. intervention. Papi- neau's spiritual descendant was the Parti Rouge and one of his grandsons was Henri Bourassa, founder of the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir. 63 BC--Augustus, the first Roman emperor was born. 1932--Saudi Arabia _ uni- fied. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--a giant German counter-attack northeast of Langemarck in the Ypres Salient was repulsed. Heavy artillery duel devel- oped the Hurtehise and Craonne areas and @n the left bank of the Meuse. A British destroyer was torpe- doed and sunk by a Ger- man submarine in the Eng- lish Channel. Second World War Twenty-five years ago today--in 1942--Indian troop casualties on all fronts placed at 98,388--2,096 killed, 8,521 wounded, 2,938 prisoners with 84,833 miss- » ing, Sept, 24, 1967... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--F rench troops beat off a strong German attack on positions north of Chaume Wood, inflicting heavy losses. German planes raided London and the British southeast coast, killing 15 and injuring 70 persons. : Second World War Twenty-five years ago today--in 1942--Chinese Gen. Chiang Kai-shek pre- pared for a spring counter- offensive against the Japa- nese. Three former mem- bers of the Belgian govern- ment escaped to England. CURRENT COMMENT By COLIN McCONECHY Editor Of The Times The first community chest campaigns in Canada were or- ganized in Toronto and Mont- real in 1917, Through the inter- vening years the concept of giv- ing the united way has gained such wide acceptance across Canada that there are now some 140 such drive for funds opening in the next week or 50. As the idea of united cam- paigns spread, operating pat- terns became more effective. Budget reviews of the member agencies have been developed to ensure that the voluntary contrbutions of individuals and corporations are allocated ef- fectively to meet needs. So efficient, in fact, has the ma- chinery become that the click of the computer threatens to drown out the heart beat of human concern. This is wrong and can become a_ serious weakness detracting from the very effectiveness of which the campaigns boast. Don't misunderstand me, such smoothly - functioning or- ganizations as our community chests are needed. The tempo of modern living, the demands on our time, the much greater number of people involved in giving and in receiving make the role of the chest organiza- tion a vital one. Yet it is essen- tial that the very basic idea that the Community Chest is still people helping people is not lost. FOR THIS REASON the slo- gan chosen for the campaign in Oshawa this year is both sig- nificant and timely. We are be- ing asked to support the com- munity chest because "the community chest is caring and we must care." We do care. We care that blood is available when it is needed by our family and our friends. We. care about the crippled child. We care about the aged and the underprivil- eged. We wouldn't deny a child less fortunate than our own the chance to learn to swim or to go to camp. At Christmas, our very real: concern for others would not permit us to let a neighbor's children be deprived when we have so much. It is a return to recognition that we are still caring in this way by supporting the Commu- nity Chest which must be brought home. The payroll de- duction is a means to that end, not just an accounting proce- dure we are asked to authorize. THE SLOGAN chosen in Osh- awa is an indication of the understanding of this need to return the Community Chest to the people. The emphasis on the individual, the personal ap- proach should raise our enthusi- asm to a new high. All of us, for instance, have questions about the campaign. We're bound to have whena sum of $358,000 is involved. This year particular attention is being paid by the campaign chairman to providing the an- swers. An excellent fact sheet has been prepared anticipating many of the questions you and I may have about the funds and their use. It explains, for instance, what percentage of the funds collected go for the costs of administration. Osh- awa's administration costs are one of the lowest in the coun- try. The average is 54% cents on the dollar. It covers the work accom- plished by the fund in providing the equipment and facilities for the hundreds of volunteers who donate their time to the agen- cies. And it points out that with- out the help of these volunteers, the cost of many of the serv- ices we take for granted would be prohibitive if the community had to hire salaried personnel. ANDTHER IMPORTANT in- novation instituted this year in Oshawa will be the "open house" organized at 12 of the Community Chest agencies for next, Saturday .This is an op- portunity for all of us to visit the agencies and see at first hand for ousrelves why our money is needed and how well it is spent. The effort to put all the facts before us, to give us all the in- formation we want, the open house and the renewed empha- sis on meeting with Oshawa citizens as individuals to ex- plain the operation of the chest can bring our giving back to the personal basis where it be- longs. Approached in such a way, there can be no question about our caring. As individuals we do care, have always cared for those less fortunate than our- selves and those needing our help. Through 'our' Com- munity Chest this year we can see that the help required is adequately provided. Is there an alternative. The Community Chest answers that question too: "We must care for the less fortunate in our community who are just as important to the community as those who are fortunate. If we do not, there will be no community chest ana if we do not care they may not be any community." Plans Mapped To Counter Tough New Liquor Laws By JOHN LeBLANC LONDON (CP)--Top minds in the elbow-bending and allied trades are putting their ingenuity to work to protect customers from Britain's tough new drinking-driving law that goes into effect Oct. Compulsory alcohol tests for suspected drivers are the core of the latest weapon against the rising death toll on the island's crowded roads, and a wide variety of counter-measures are being prepared to keep drinkers out of trouble. They range from do-it-your- self breath analysers that will sellin slot machines to pills claimed to reduce alcohol content in the body. Some publicans will have over-zeal- ous drinkers driven home free. Others plan to offer cheap overnight bed and breakfast. One brewery has ordered its salesmen, who must dip heavily into their wares in line of duty, to carry pocket testers and switch to bus or taxi when they reach the dan- ger point. Under legislation passed at the last session of Parlia- ment, this is 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. In practice, it's when the breath causes chemical- ly-treated crystals in a trans- parent tube to turn green. HAVE WIDE LATITUDE The law allows police con- siderable latitude in calling on a motorist to take a test, but for a starter the home office--in charge of law administration--has told offi- cers they may give it to any driver stopped in connection with an offence involving moving traffic. If a driver refuses the breath test, he can be taken to a station and asked to take a urine test. If he refuses that, he can be fined up to £50 for refusing. In addition, this will count as evidence against him in a drunk-driv- ing charge, for which he can be disqualified from driving for a year, fined up to £100 and jailed four months. Most revolutionary way of beating the tests--if it works --is the so-called A-pill, a couple of varieties of which have been developed on the Continent. One is supposed only to cut down on the horse- power of the drinker's breath, and the other actually to reduce the alcohol in his blood. Peter Kelly, a young chemi- cal manufacturer of Chelten- ham, about 100 miles north- west of London, says he has acquired the right to produce an Austrian pill that speeds up the liver to eliminate alco- hol from the system. "It works all right," he Says. "I tried it out in Vien- na. I took one tablet, had two big gins and four or five coz- nacs, Then I tested myself and found my alcohol level was only 45 milligrams." TO MARKET KIT Kelly proposes to market the pills at about sixpence apiece and also plans to sell combined packs in pubs--a couple of pills and a breath- tester, He already markets breath-analysis kits. However, authorities frown on the use of the pill, and they are divided on the use- fulness of do-it-yourself breath testing. "Home office forensic scientists have tested all the pills on the market," the transport ministry says, "and have yet to find one which gives a non-alcoholic reading for anyone who has_ been drinking heavily. As far as we are concerned, they are useless." Montreal Oshawa Windsor Winnipeg Edmonton /Pshe we DELOITTE, PLENDER, HASKINS & SELLS with whom are now merged MONTEITH, RIEHL, WATERS & CO. Chartered Accountants Associated Firms in United States of America, Great Britain and other Countries throughout the World. Oshawe Shopping Centre Toronto Hamilton Regina Calgary Prince George Vancouver 728-7527 Dire Goa WHITBY (Staff) night, a one-night three - week cam| pected to put the | Appeal over the t This year's bud or 28 per cent ov collected amou Nurse, the campa says the total is reach. Mr, Nurse said good this year fo and that the App are better organiz an earlier start. "These organiz nine agencies) | pinching pennies | previous campaign cessful, have no needs," said Mr. ! This year the ca tors have been m monthly since the the year, The wor goal." VARIETY SHOW For Monday, Oc' variety night has t at the Henry Hig! all citizens invit The town's five : Lions, Legion, 1 wanis and Rotary vide an act, in a will be a calypso ing school, comes orchestra, Whitby Glee Club and ac the three Whitby | The variety eve the direction of Pe nessy, the director Theatre Guild Heaver will emce tion. The variety eve include the Miss | beauty contest wil mond Newman ¢ UA. During the councillors and panies in the tow their pledges to United Appeal. For the campa public school chil duce 3,000 pieces ing the campaign' permission has al ceived to place tl Whitby stores fro! peerres oer errr EMMA\ REFOR 403 Rossland Rey. Harold 10:30 ; English Ser Sunday 5 7 Pl ENGLISH EVERYONE HEART ST. Mé UNITED C Centre & Co Rev. J, M. Smi' Miss tla Newto Mr. Gordon Harle, MORNING ' 11:00 | 'Behold Yo 11;30--Kindergarte mary, Info Congregatio EVERYONE | Feerememrensrrrm emer

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