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he Oshawa Gimes 86 King St. E,, Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 Action Taken In Ontario 'Scoops Bi-Bi Report Nearly three years ago the royal commission on bilingualism and bieulturalism warned that Canada was passing through the greatest crisis in its history. In the preface to its first main report made public this week, the commission says "this is still the situation". It is not facetious to note that the much-maligned commission (and Canada, too) is indeed fortunate that this crisis persisted without irreparable incident until the com- missioners got around to making their recommendations. Now that they have at last begun to. publish, over the next two years we can expect further reports deal- ing with the working world of Can- ada, education, the federal capital, Parliament, the cabinet and the Supreme Court. of Canada, minor- ity ethnic, arts and letters, the mass media. If Confederation were to flounder in the interim we'll have the most carefully researched and statistically backgrounded breakup in history. Happily, however, pro- vincial governments such as that of Ontario took the warning of two years ago seriously. While the com- mission has cogitated Queen's Park has acted. The commission report pinpoints particularly Ontario and New Bruns- wick as areas where official re- Highway In The prospect of further improve- ment to the provincial highway sys- tem in the Whitby area was indi- cated at the last meeting of the Whitby Town Council when council agreed to assume the functional planning only for any future con- tract for reconstruction ef High- way 2 between Brock St. and the western limits of: the town. Town officials have been in com- munication with the department of highways regarding the project and have recommended, from a finan- cial standpoint, that the department be responsible for the planning, design and supervision of the work. It h Iso been suggested that the department give the town assurance that it will use the same engineer- ing consultants for design and supervision. She Ostyanoa Sines 8&6 King St , Ontario TL, Wi F B.C. PRINCE, Ge C. J. MeCONECt SUBSCRIPTION RATES ning The Oshawa Times Whitby Gozette and Publisher ral Manager Y, Editor The Oshawa Times corr (established 1871) and the Chronicle (est (SuKdoys Saeki Associated news published ther patches cre als 86 K Other vinces $18.00 per year. 'J.5 OTTAWA REPORT cognition of the French Language is essential. "What is less and less acceptable is not so much that Quebec, with its large English-speaking minority, . is bilingual, but that, despite their sizeable French communities, On- tario and New Brunswick are not." So saying the commission advocates that Ontario should not only declare an official recognition of the Eng: lish and French languages but accept "the language regimes that such recognition entails," in govern- ment administration, education and the courts. Ontario has gone quite a distance toward making the recommenda- tion anti-climatic. The education policies in this province already ap- pear in line with the commission views. French can be used in Ontario elementary schools where the size of the French-speaking population warrants it. Premier Robarts has announced that the government is moving toward the establishment of French-language secondary edu- cation. French is often used in. the legislature now. While complacency is certainly not in order, it is well to recognize the initiative taken by this province in the crucial matter of bilingualism. In Ontario it will largely be a case of giving legal status to the changes already in progress. Whitby The town's share of the cost of reconstruction of the section of the highway within the town limits has been estimated at $150,000 for capi- tal budget purposes in 1971. The assumption of the planning and de- sign of the highway by the depart- ment would mean a saving to the municipality. There was a time when Highway 2 carried all the traffic between Oshawa and Toronto. However, the opening of the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway diverted the greater part of the vehicular traffic at a time when the older highway was be- coming a menace, With work al- ready proceeding in the Dubarton- Rouge Hills area, it is evident that the department intends eventually to improve the old road to Whitby. One fact bothering members of the Whitby council is why the de- partment is giving priority to the improvement of Dundas St. W. when residents of the town know that a much heavier volume of traffic uses Brock St. from Ross- Jand Rd. to. Highway 401. This situation is particularly evident on summer weekends when thou- sands of motor vehicles from the metropolitan area stream through the town on their way to and from the Kawartha Lakes and Halibur- ton resort areas This situation has been discussed on a number of occasions by council. In fact an effort was made. during the past year to have part of the traffic flow diverted down Thickson Rd. from the point where it inter- sects with Highways 7 and 12, north of Brooklin. This would have re- lieved the situation through the centre of the county town. QUEEN'S PARK Medicare Would Boost What Costs? By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- pected, medicare is turning into a key issue in fiscal relations between Ottawa and the prov- inces. A few days after Finance Minister Sharp's special budget, Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton released one of the sharpest rebukes against Ot- tawa delivered here in recent years. And Mr. MacNaughton con« centrated on medicare. He said the budget statement suggested "a determination to pursue this costly measure of social security in the face of recognized need for a cutback in.government spending." He said further that the feder- el government's insistance on pursuing medicare in the face of a "'clear indication" from the provinces that they didn't want it at this time was "annoying". THE COST? One valuable point of informa- tion Mr. MacNaughton could give in what obviously is to be a continuing controversy is just what the cost will be of this "costly measure"'. The treasurer, and other gov- ernment spokesmen on medi- care, have never gone into the actual figures. And it would be a big help to everybody if they did--to their own case, if it is as strong as they feel, and to the public; which is bound to be confused without them. For, as has been noted by the writer in the past, on the sur- face at least no great amount of new spending should be in- volved in medicare. The country's doctors are as busy as they can be now. And they are being paid by individu- als or insurance plans. All that medicare apparently would do would be to shift this payment partially from individ- uals to the public purse. It isn't evident where there should be any important in- crease in actual cost. Ottawa's intention to pay 50 per cent of the cost out of feder- al revenues is another matter. That it should deal this money out in a form, of subsidy is open to question. And the suggestion Mr. MacNaughton made a while ago that it should only contrib- ute to cases needing public as- sistance seems more practical. But nevertheless so far as ac- tual "cost" is concerned, where is '"'new" money involved? Where is there new spending, which would tend to be infla- tionary? The provinces don't have a really strong case until, and un- less, they can make this clear. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO, Dec, 7, 1952 The new United Church at Harmony was dedicated on Sun- day by officials of the Bay of Quinte Conference and Oshawa Presbytery. A silver tray was presented to Trustee L. M. Souch who has completed 10 years service on the Oshawa Board of Education, by Trustee E. A. Lovell. 30 YEARS AGO, Dec. 7, 1937 City Council passed a bylaw last evening making Ontario and Vict ria Sts. one- way thoroughfares. A fifty dollar fine will be levied on anyone convicted of breaking the new bylaw for- bidding noisy horns, blaring radios and sound amplifying ve- hicles. BIBLE "But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not." Matthew 25:12 This is the reception that the man, who has. been keeping his distance from God, can expect at the judgment. "If ye deny me, I also will deny you." Haag As was ex: vii tsa tM é Fits FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS TIC DAC TO cnn Niven eit OL | One Crisis Sets Off Another By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Cyprus has been and contin- ues to be a trouble spot because each successive settlement fol- lowing each successive crisis simply replaces one form of im- balance with another, in the eyes of the Cypriots, the Greeks and the Turks. All the protagon- ists are imbued with a strong fear of being unjustly treated, bested, defeated, and not one of them seems able to accept any- thing but the. unattainable and perhaps impossible perfect eq- uity. And even if one individual statesman seems prepared to make a genuine concession, his political opponents then have cause to hang him in effigy if not by the neck. A small British garrison in the "50s faced a large rebellious Greek population on Cyprus. To make the balance a little less unfavorable to themselves--as they saw it--the British mobil- ized the Turkish population of Cyprus against the Greeks. It was not enough to preserve British rule, but it was enough to revive the centuries-old blood feud between the Greek Cy- priots who form 80 per cent of the island's population and the Turks who account for 18 per cent. So when independence came to the island, the Turkish minori- ty felt it needed to have the bal- ance restored in its favor so as not to suffer retribution at the hands of the Greeks. The first constitution of Cyprus gave the Turkish minority an absolute right of veto over the Greek majority which, according to the Greeks, tilted the balance unfairly in favor of the Turks who could and did block every piece of legislation. VETO ABOLISHED To restore the balance--as they saw it--the Greek. Cypriots abolished the veto power enjoy- ed by the Turkish minority which rioted and, being outnum- bered, got the worse of the sub- sequent fighting. To restore the balance, Tur- key, 40 miles away from Cy- prus, prepared to invade. The UN stepped in to prevent a war, but the Greeks felt that the ease with which Turkey could invade tilted the balance in her favor. So, at the request of the Greek Cypriots, the Greek Army SANNA By Patrick Nicholson Liberals Lose In 'Postage'~Stamp Caper This resolution stage is nor- fore the adjournment for sup- mally a mere formality; the per, New Democrat Max Salts- ministermakes a short man walked up to the chairman the explanatory statement, a few to protest that he he had been that MPs offer brief general com- trying without success to catch but ments, and the House carries his eye as he wanted to speak. the resolution without a vote "There are only two other MacEACHEN SENSES DAN.. Members trying to speak, then GER nee : I'll call you," the chairman ble; 4 promised But since nobody rose Chairman Batten asked: "Shall to speak, resolution pass?"' Normally would have been agreed, Mike Starr's sharp eyes no- ticed numbers; he insisted "Call the vote, Mr. Chairman." Postmaster Cote sensed trou- he rose to his feet to speak. Mike Starr snapped: "The OTTAWA -- 'How the Pear- son government was humbled over the One-cent- Bill."' This could be the title of a vivid ex- ample of the sla-happy incompe- tence of the government, and of the shameful disdain of their prime dv by Liberal MPs, especially cabinet ministers. The episode was the receut defeat of the government in the House of Commons on an insi- significant .procedural vote re- lated to the proposal to raise our normal postage stamp to six cents As this bill involves a charge \ upon tH. public its normal three readings had to be preced- ed by a resolution and receive the recommendation of the Gov- ernor-Genera! Thus in this case Postmaster General Jean-Pierre Cote moved: "that the House go into committee to consider the fol- lowing resolution which has been recommended to the House by His Excellency; that it is ex- pedient to increase by one cent the postage rates for letters see in Canada for delivery in - . At 3:35 on a grey November afternoon, the House resumed debate on this particular resolu- tion. Several MPs spoke at some length, but generally rath- er fulsome in their praise of the quiet inconspicious postmaster who has, as the House was soon to see, got plenty to be inconspicious about During the afternoon, Liberal House leader Allan MacKachen asked Conservative House lead- er Mike Starr if the opposition would try to defeat the govern- ment on the resolution. His Suspicions aroused by the answer, Allan MacEachen alerted the Liberal whips to make sure their MP' were at hand to vote. The debate droned on all af- ternoon..At 5:45, 15 minutes be- Social Credit leader Alec Pat- terson had just begun to speak; he is a lengthy speaker and could be expected to take his full permitted 20 minutes. Then two others, so Max reasoned that he would not get the floor before 8.30. What Max did not know was that, in the remaining 15 min- utes before supper, the three other speeches were unexpect- edly completed. So when the House reassembled at 8 p.m. he was sitting in his office, putting the finishing touches to his speech, LIBERALS STILL EATING NDP House leader Stan Knowles at once phoned Max's office to tell him to hurry down the Chamber. Meanwhile, vote has been called." If Cote had known how to get out of a wet paper bag on a dark night, he would have said: "Mr. Chairman, I rise on a point of order ..." and adopted any one of a half a dozen possible tactics to postpone the vote for a few minutes while Liberal MPs--alerted to be ready to vote--were summoned. Instead, the vote was counted. Ten Liberals were present to vote for the government mo- tion; the lone Creditiste voted with them. "Someone has to support this government," quipped one of his colleagues. Then 12 Tories and two New Democrats stood to out-vote the government, and the postal rate increase was deferred indefi- nitely, mI smuggled 12,000 troops into Cy- prus which could have badly mauled an invading force before it established itself. Naturally this was seen by the Turkish Cypriots as tilting the balance to their disadvantage, and with this Turkey agreed. So in the last few days when the right shooting accident came along, Turkey threatened an in- vasion of Cyprus and war with Greece unless Greek troops READERS AN UNUSUAL SWITCH! Mr. Editor: For the first time in thirty years residence in this area, I have allowed my name to stand for election to the Board of Education of the amalgamated Town of Whitby-Township of Whitby, to become effective January 1, 1968. My action was mainly due to the fact that for the past ten years I have been employed by a larger Board of Education as Supervisor of Building and Maintenance and for many more years, have been engaged were withdrawn from Cyprus. Still weak internally after its coup, and with little internation- al support, the Greek military junta felt obliged to give way. The withdrawal of Greek troops leaves the Greek Cypriots much more vulnerable to a Turkish invasion, which, in their view, represents an unfavorable bal- ance. The pendulum will continue swinging its bloody strokes, WRITE... date and my name being on the ballots for the December 9 elec- tions, I am unable to withdraw, which I would do if the news of the proposed changes had been made public ten days earlier. I feel that I am now in the unique position of having to ask my supporters and the electors of the North Ward NOT to vote for me, but to vote for one or more of the other candidates in order to assure my defeat, Isn't this a first; a would-he politician asking people NOT to vote for him! Thanking you in anticipation of your publishing of this letter in the Building and Maint Industry. I felt I had something different to offer than most other candidates. Now, however, I find myself in a dilemma that is difficult to solve, and I am confronted with a most difficult situation. In the Oshawa Times of No- vember 29, an article appeared quoting some official of the De- partment of Education and stat- ing that all School Boards and Boards of Education in the County of Ontario are to be welded into one unit and im- plying that this is to be in opera- tion by January 1, 1969. Because of my position as an official of one board involved, I feel that should I be elected to the new Whitby Board, I would immediately be confronted with a conflict of interests and un- able to make a worthwhile con- tribution to the New Board. I would also be eliminating a can- which would assist in carrying out this and would be doing a service to the new Town of Whitby, I am, Yours truly, Russell H. Lunney Brooklin, Ont. ° EXTRA REVENUE Mr. Editor: Mr. Sharp stated that the purpose of his tax is to check inflation, so what's he going to do with the extra revenue? As for rising government costs, these should be offset by additional tax revenue re- received due to rising taxable income of employees and bus- iness - and consumer spending. I imagine that anyone receiv- ing a $1,000 wage boost would pay $200 more income tax un- der the old basis and be hit again by the taxes on extra ding - such as the 12 per didate who would not be ham- pered as I. Having qualified as a candi- TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 7, 1967 ..... Canada formally declared war on Japan 26 years ago today -- in 1941 -- only hours after Japanese aircraft bmbed the United States air and naval base at Pearl Harbor. The prompt action made Canada the first of the Western Allies to enter a state of war officially. The United States and Britain declared war Dec. 8. 1542--Mary Queen of Scots was born. 1815--Marshal executed. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the United States de- clared war on Austria-Hungary; Monte Seisimol on the Italian front was captured by Austro- German troops; British forces improved positions at La Vacquerie in the Cam- brai area on the Western Front. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--about 20 Japa- nese aircraft were de- stroyed by Allied planes in New Guinea; Russians drove deep into German de- fenders northwest of Stalin- grad; RCAF Spitfires at- tacked a German military Ney was camp at Bolbec, in northern France, oe wil cent federal sales tax and ex- cise taxes. Might I suggest that the-wind- fall be used for medicare as promised. It has been wisely said: "Nothing will ever be at- tempted if all possible objec- tions must first be overcome." Yours truly, John Gilbert THEN AND NOW Hospital Campaign Held 50 Years Ago By FORD LINDSAY Of The Times Staff The calling for tenders and plans to turn the sod for the Whitby General Hospital, on the Base Line, near the Ontario Hospital, bring to mind the ef- forts put forth by a group of public spirited citizens in the county town almost half a cen- tury ago to establish a hospital. The efforts of the committee, headed by the late John Thom- son, got under way in 1920 when a deputation unsucessfully sought aid from the Ontario County Council. The county ap- parently thought the first move to support the hospital should come from the town council. In March of the following year Dr. Alex MacKay, in- spector of public charities and Hames Govan, of the provin- cial secretary's department, paid a visit to look over the Perry property and the resi- dence of the late Dr. Warren. The latter property was located on Dundas St. W., opposite what is now the Whitby Hotel. Regarding the Warren prop- erty they said the residence would require considerable re- modelling before it would be suitable for hospital purposes. They estimated the purchase price, together with the cost of , remodelling, would amount to about $25,000. Such an expen- diture would provide about 10 beds whereas a need for at least 25 beds was foreseen in the near future which would en- tail an expenditure of about $50,000. THE GOVERNMENT officials said the Warren residence lent itself to enlargement but that the dust and noise from Dun- das St. would be detrimental to patient welfare. If the resi- dence were used to accommo- date nurses a new building would have to be built at the rear as the existing buildings in that area were unsuitable. The Perry property, they said, would provide the opportunity to erect a building which would make for more economical ad- ministration, As the site was free to build on they could not see any substantial reason why the committee should not take advantage of it. The cost of providing 20 beds would not be any greater and when the ac- commodation was established it would be all new and up to hospital standards. Mr. Govan, who was responsi- ble for the design of the Whitby Ontario Hospital, spoke at a meeting of the Whitby Women's Institute when he dealt with the desireability of furnishing hospital accommodation of a suitable nature in smaller cen- tres for the care of common ailments at a cost within the means of patients in the com- mon walks of life. He stressed that the work of the Victorian Order of Nurses might be ex- tended as a hospital in Whitby could not hope to take care of all its own medical work. At its May meeting the town council decided to submit a by- law to the people seeking ap- proval of the making of a grant of $5,000 to the hospital, spread over 15 years. This amount, it was said, would entail an expenditure of $514.81- annually for principal and interest. ~ The plebiscite was held June 6 with W. E. Rice, F. Landon, George Robb, W. J. H. Rich. ardson and J. W. Wilson as dep- uty returning Officers. The electors approved the bylaw by a majority of 139. A SHORT TIME later a dep- utation of 20 citizens waited on the Ontario County Council ask- ing a grant of $5,000 toward the establishment of the hos- pital. The main speakers for the hospital committee were John Thomson, A. W. Jackson, Dr. C. F. McGillvray, Col. J. §E. Farewell, Dr. R. T. McLaren and Magistrate James Willis. Mr. Thomson said the sum of $15,000 had been raised by pub- lic subscription; while Dr. Mc. Laren stressed the need for a hospital as the Oshawa Hospital was crowded and unable to take care of the demands being made upon it. Magistrate Willis said it was the duty of the county to look after the health of the community. Warden Frank Thompson, who recommended the matter be referred to the finance com- mittee, said the county paid out $47,000 to the provincial gov- ernment in 1920 for highways and in 1921 expected to be bill- ed for $74,000. NO OPPOSITION to the hos- pital was voiced by Reeve Vick- ery and Duputy Reeve McBrady of Oshawa, who suggested it would take only one - fifth of a mill levy to raise the $5,000, After due deliberation the county council approved a grant of $2,000; while the follow. ing month Whitby Township de- cided to make a grant of $1,000, The files of The Ontario Re- former do not give any further information regarding the hos- pital proposal so apparently it was decided not to proceed with the venture, Names Roblin, Macdonald Prominent In Early West By BOB BOWMAN "Like father like son" does not often work out, but Hugh Macdonald followed in the foot- steps of his illustrious father, Sir John. He also became Sir Hugh Macdonald. Hugh went to. Manitoba in 1870 as a member of Lord Wol- seley's force which was in- tended to keep order in Red River after the uprising led by Louis Riel. He believed the country had a great future, al- though it took a long time to convince his father, and he re- turned to Winnipeg to practise law. The Manitoba Conservative party had fared poorly since the Separate Schools controversy but began to take on new life when R, P. Roblin was elected leader. A_ provincial election was due to be held in 1899 and he felt that the Conservatives needed additional prestige in order to win. Who could give them greater prestige than the son of the great Conservative, Sir John A. Macdonald? Roblin tion because the powerful Liber- al, Sir Clifford Sifton, went to Manitoba to support his party. When the votes were counted on Dec. 7, 1899, the Conservatives had 23 seats, eight more than the Liberals, and Hugh Macdon- aon became premier of Mani- a. He gave up the leadership the following year to run as @ feder- al member of Parliament, and R. P. Roblin went back in as leader of the Manitoba Conserv- atives, and premier. He was the grandfather of 'Duff' Roblin who also became premier of Manitoba and was a recent can- didate in leadership of the feder- al Conservative party. OTHER DEC. 7 EVENTS: 1649--F a thers Garnier and Chabanel were murdered when Iroquois destroyed Huron mis- sion at St. Jean. : 1729--Mississauga Indians ceded 3,000,000 acres now Nor- folk, Haldimand and Wentworth counties of Ontario. 1770--Samuel Hearne, search- ing for Coppermine River, es- t persuaded Hugh to take over the leadership of the party and stepped aside. Hugh Macdonald worked en- ergetically, and made a good appearance on the public plat- form. He had plenty of competi- blished base at Cumberland Lake, first settlement in Saskat- chewan. 1782--Governor Parr of Nova Scotia announced arrival of 501 Loyalists from South Carolina. 1961--Name United Kingdom was changed to Britain. unc. 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St. John the Evan held its Christmas ning at St. John's | room last night whi tended by more tha bers and friends. president, Mrs. Jam roll, welcomed all p1 lowing a buffet suppe tainment program w ed by Mrs. Anthony The County Town Sir the direction of Jan rendered several.sel companied at the pia Sheila Smith. Ber master of ceremonie sisted by Joe Wainw Theodore Fourni priest, also took pa program and gave si ditions. Miss Angela the winnér of the sv Other prize winne Mrs. Carl Parise, | Lynde, Miss Marjor and Mrs. Donald 0'F Whitby Whittlers ' elected the followir for the ensuing tern Lynda Barry; co-le McKay; secretary, A treasurer, Loraine W ed guests were Whit ing Violets and Pound Peelers. A wi pieces demonstration . CANA PETE | FRID Dancing 9 P.M. Ti MA' RICHARE of the | Profes