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elected) ation) ymation) lamation) 5 ation) lamation) lamation) ation) Common Market Shut Door Seen Permanently Locked By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer President de Gaulle's latest pronouncement on Britain's bid to join the European Common Market is in effect a veto which likely will withstand all the complaints and protests which his market partners can mus- ter. The door has been shut even though the Common Market council of ministers is still to meet in Brussels in three weeks to give a decision onthe British application and Prime Minister Wilson insists the decision must come from all six Common Market members, in accord- ance with the Treaty of Rome which founded the economic community. Wilson as well as the Euro- pean leaders are aware that the pattern of the Common Market is too firmly sealed to be unra- yelled at this stage and, as much as some European coun- tries may wish to see Britain in, they have too much at stake to begin a serious quarrel with de Gaulle. POSITION WEAKENED Wilson's own position has been weakened by financial and economic problems. All his ar- guments that Britain has great benefits to offer Europe through advanced computers and other sophisticated machinery tend to offset by questions about ritain's economic future, Her critical testing time is still to come. But while de Gaulle has se- cured an unprecedented ascen- dency over Europe, his desire to challenge the United States for the Western leadership appears! to be herymed in by European} doubts about some of his more| radical goals. It appears certain that as long} as he so chooses, the French) door to Britain. But events have shown there is a good deal of doubt that he can force the U.S. to double the price of gold and devalue the American dollar. WORKED AGAINST FRANCE When French policy supported the huge wave of gold market- ing that followed devaluation of the pound, some of France's own European partners worked behind her back to put the lid France expressed resentment that this action was taken with- LBJ Brewed With McNamara Shift By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presi- dent Johnson has stirred a new political storm by his perform- ance in assigning Defence Sec- retary Robert McNamara to the presidency of the World Bank. If there was anything Johnson didn't need at this point it was a controversy over the retirement from his cabinet of the last in- fluential dissenter to the mili- tary chiefs' advice to go all-out in the effort to win the Vietnam war quickly. But a combination of the pres- ident's inherent secretiveness and the requirements of interna- tional protocol led Johnson into a political quagmire bound to remain sticky throughout his ex- pected 1968 bid for re-election. Despite the valiant efforts of New Storm concurred in the defence secre- tary's belief the "'fresh person" might relieve the president of some political liabilities in next year's campaign. REMOVES LIABILITIES Johnson's war policy critics compared McNamara's exit with the retirement several months ago of George W. Ball, a Vietnam dissenter, from the state department. They conclud-| ed there is almost no one of im-| portance left to argue within the} administration against the} adoption of stringent war measures. The ungracefulness of the president's turning of a once-fa- vored adviser into a banking monk, who no longer could offer any opinions on Vietnam poli- cies, left Johnson open to politi- McNamara--in ing ac- ceptance of the aunanimously roferred bank post, to absolve fis chief of putting him and his possible critical voice in dry- dock for next year's campaign --it seems likely Johnson's anti-war critics will seize on the action as precisely so moti- vated. McNamara suggested in a Wednesday night acceptance of the bank board's election of him as president that this was a magnanimous reward by the president to a bone-tired official) who had served his country well for nearly seven years. UNAWARE OF CHANGE Two days earlier, according to friends, he had no thought of leaving his defence post in the forseeable future. He was amazed when the news leaks in- dicated he was on his way out. Yes, he told friends, he had discussed with the president the bank job about which retiring President George D. Woods had approached him in the spring. But it had been only a casual conversation at a social affair. McNamara's private version was that he had not heard from the president again. This con- flicted with an administration version that before he told Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler--who put the Mc- Namara nomination in the inter-| national mill in October--John- son had called the defence sec- retary and asked him if he was still interested in the job. The administration version is that MeNamara replied that he was. There seemed little doubt the president's political instincts RECEIVED SUGAR South Africa's new $6,400,000 sugar termina! at Maydon Wharf in Durban received its first intake of sugar recently, nine months ahead of its sched- uled completion date. cal tions that he was un- willing to entertain even mild dissent to what his opponents had characterized as a headlong course. Johnson's observance of the protocol that the 20 World Bank directors must approve the McNamara nomination before he could announce it did nothing) to dispel the political opinion that he is so secretive in his op-| erations as to suggest he would rather embarrass a faithful ser- vant than let the average Amer- ican get a glimpse of what is really going on in the White House. leader can bar the European) « out consulting her. But despite a continuing temporary rise in gold buying in France, the spec- ulation seems to have subsided. In effect, with the exception of France, the Common Market members threw their support behind the U.S. This would suggest that the economic unity of the Common Market has not been completely solidified. Wilson may feel there are still breaches to be ex- ploited, es pecially once de Gaulle, who is 77, leaves the po- litical scene. The inability of Ontario: County to award a grant to Oshawa General Hospial until at least 1973 will not hinder the hospital's proposed expansion, William Holland, administrator, said today. "We understood the county was committed until 1973 and this was the basis of our ap- proach to them. The result fits in with our plans," Mr. Holland said. "It will mean a little addi- tional expense because we will have to finance it," he added. Although the Ontario County Hospital Plans Continue Despite Delay In Grant Council's 10th report of the standing committee on finance and assessment made no men- tion of specific figures, it did say that a formula for hospital grants would have to be fol- lowed. The formula puts an annual ceiling of two mills or $360,000, whichever is lesser, on hospital grants. The amount of the grant is determined by the per- centage of hospital usage by county residents and the propor- tion which is paid by municipali- ties; William Manning, county clerk, said the amount of the grant by the county could not be determined until it was learned what amount Oshawa would be donating. Presently Ontario County is committed to hospital grants in Ajax and Uxbridge. Starting in 1969 they will pay grants to Whitby and Port Perry. When the hospital approached the council in October it sug- gested that on the basis of 21 per cent of the patients being from the county the grant yshould be $630,833. Mr. Manning said he did not know how much the grant would be but did not expect it would reach the requested figure. He said it would be paid in three instalments over a per- iod of three years. $ POUND SENDS WHISKEY UP GLASGOW (AP) -- The export price of scotch whis- ky will be increased due to devaluation of the pound, the Scotch Whisky Associa- tion announced today. It recommended that members increase prices 11.5 per cent on orders re- ceived after devaluation day, Nov. 18. The increase, less than the 14.3 per cent which the pound was devalued, will cover increased costs of im- ported raw materials and overseas promotion, the as- sociation said. a mH OsnAwA TIMES, Friday, December 1, 1967 7 ' New Trial Postponed that date to Nov, 30 because an essential witness was ill. Mr. Gloin said Wednesday the witness now in hospital is not the same one who was {ll ear« \lier this. month. ST, THOMAS (CP) -- Tingss| toes 2. ce aga +, | Unite urch minister in Cha' to key witnesses has agen am, was convicted in. 1964 on forced the new trial of Chatham | five charges of contributing to minister Russell. D. Horsburgh|juvenile delinquency involving to be set back "to sometime injalleged sexual intercourse be- the new year," Peter Gloin,|tween teen-agers in his church. Elgin County Crown attorney,| He served 107 days of a one announced Wedresday. year prison term before the Su- Mr. Gloin, who has been ap-/preme Court of Canada ordered | pointed to prosecute in the new/a re-trial. trial, said a key witness is in| re hospital. | PART IN TROPICS The re-trial, scheduled to} One-third of Australia is in start Nov. 15 in Chatham's juve-| the tropics and the remainder in nile court, was adjourned atithe temperate zone. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE Why Not Call TOM FARQUHARSON SUN LIFE Assurance Company Of Canada RESIDENCE: BUSINESS: 668-4371 725-4563 i? EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST. 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