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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1948 wes THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE "= ..... 4 PAGE THREE Unemployment Insurance Payments Boosted By New Bill ® Ministers Threaten Judge's Comment Ottawa, April 20 (CP)--A judge of one of Canada's highest courts said yesterday that official powers, if not used wisely, may lead to "dictatorial" rule. The warning was in a judgment by Mr. Justice E. R. 'Angers of the Exchequer Court. He said he believes there > Powers Freedom, are "far too many" cases of cab- jnet 'ministers, assistants and offi- cials overstepping the limits of their authority. "If they are not curtailed, the government may in a not-too-re- mote future be ruled by a dictator- jal government," he said. The decision' was on a case in which the powers of a cabinet min- ister and one of his officials were questioned. The minister is former Health Minister Claxton, now Defence Minister. The official is Col. C. H. L. Sharman, former chief of the Health Department's Narcotic Di- vision, now Canadian delegate to the United Nations Narcotic Com- mission. The plaintiff is Paul Belleau of Montreal, a veteran of the first world war who was discharged with a 100-per-cent disability. The case arose after Col. Shar- man, with Mr. Claxton's consent, ordered doctors to cut down the morphine dosages Mr. Belleau was receiving. This: was to continue until it was no longer necessary for him to take the drug. Mr. Belleau asked a ruling that Mr. Claxton, Col. Sharman and the Health Department were legally unable to interfere with the pre- scriptions of a doctor in good standing. Mr. Justice Angers said he could not make that ruling. He added: : "The actions done by the Min- jster of National Health and Wel- fare in the administration of the Opium and, Narcotic Drug Act are not subject to review by the court if done by the minister in his ad- ministrative capacity." He was "loath to admit" the cabinet should be allowed to violate the rights of judges. But the court had no power in law to prevent a minister from entering the field of law. Montreal Loses Old Art Gallery Montreal.--(CP)--If only for a short time, Montreal's old Art Gallery again had its day in the sun. Workmen demolishing the ancient building at the southeast corner of Phillips Square over- looking busy St. Catharines Street removed a huge sign that had cov- ered the grimy facade for years. The sign advertised underwear. But underneath, suddenly bared to the public, were the sculptured words "Art Gallery." Above them appeared illustrious names chisel- led into the mansonry nearly 70 years ago--Wren, Raffaello, Ti- ziano, Velasquez, Handel, Michael Angelo, Rembrandt. The property, owned by a Mont- real business man, will be replaced by a nine-storey office building. The Art Gallery was opened May 26, 1879, by the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise. The building formerly contained private homes. Through a bequest of $8,000 and the lot, both by Benaiah Gibb, the gallery came into being. Art lovers sent other contributions. Pictures, bronze and other items were be- queated by Mr. Gibb. After the gallery moved to its Poesent home on Sherbrooke Street est, part of the old building was converted into a restaurant. Sev- eral ornate pilasters are still standing. But they, and what ap- pear to be frescos, visible here and there beneath worn layers of paint and whitewash, were doomed when 'the building-wreckers went to work. KNOCKS OUT LEOPARD Capetown, South Africa--(CP)-- When a leopard attacked his moth- er, 30-year-old Andries van Rens- burg, a farmer, struck it down with his fists and then finished the ani- mal off with a club. Mrs. van Rens- Ontario WORLD GOV'T GROUPS Toronto, April 20 -- (CP) -- Six branches of the World Government Association were set up here last night at a public meeting attended by about 200 persons. The Govern- ment advocates a single interna- tional goverament. BNGINEER RETIRES Owen Sound, April 20--(CP) --Retired from the Canadian National Railways after 39 years, engineer Wilfred (Bill) Phillips is planning a trip to Vancouver and Idaho. He's go- ing by automobile, ON TRAINING CRUISE Kingston, April 20--(CP)--A con- tingent of 22 members of Queen's University Naval Training Division have left for their annual two weeks' training .cruise .with the Royal Canadian Navy. They will sail from Halifax. BEER PLEBISCITE Chesley, April 20 -- (CP) -- A vote will be taken here June 16 as to 'whether beverage rooms may be established in the town. The town council has received a petition favoring the plebiscite which contains the required number of signatures. METERS PAY OFF Kitchener, April 20 -- (CP) -- Gross revenue from parking meters, including fees for parking space permits, totals $14,785.73 . since in- stallation of the machines last fall, city council was informed last night by Louis Dahmer, city treasurer. At cost of the system will be paid in full within a year. Should Publicize Wholesale Meat Prices, Board Told Ottawa, April 20 -- (CP)--Whole- sale meat prices should be regular- ly published for the information of both housewives and farmers, the special, prices committee was told Monday. The recommendation came from W. E, Tummon, secretary-treasurer of the Ontario Hog Producers' As- sociation, who originally made it in a brief presented to the committee last week. : Monday, when committee counsel H. A. Dyde questioned him about it, Mr. Tummon renewed the sugges- tion forcefully. '"¢ made the suggestion because I believe the more publicity you can get on things the more confidence there is," he said. "The housewife, knows what the producer is getting, I don't see why it wouldn't be pos- sible to publish wholesale prices twice a month." He said he had read in a Toronto newspaper of a retailer admitting that his gross profit on bacon was 23 cents a pound. "We can't realize that it takes 23 cents a pound to retail bacon," he said. "It makes us feel there must be something wrong with the distribution system." : Mr, Tummon told Ross Thatcher (CCF-Moose Jaw) that he had no evidence of any collusion between packer in setting prices to con- sume rs "You believe then that there is competition between Swifts and Canada Packers?" Mr. Thatcher asked. . "I think one big company sets the price to the producer and the others follow," Mr, Tummon Te- burg recovered in hospital. plied. $30,000 Found In Rooms Where Aged Recluse Died Toronto, April 20 -- (CP) -- A broken-hearted 85-year-old recluse was found dead in his seven-room- ed house here yesterday -- with $30,000 worth of cash, bonds and various other valuable papers hid- den in different rooms. Doctors said Henry Metcalfe died of "natural causes" and neighbor - David Ellis' accounted for. his shutting himself out from the rest of the world. "He was a woman hater," said] Ellis. "No woman 'ever went into that house and he lived there for © 25 years, I guess. He must have been disappointed in love--terribly disappointed." Ellis yesterday forced a window in the Metcalfe home because he had not seen the old man since Jast Saturday and his knock went unanswered. He found Metcalfe lying dead in bed, full dressed. Detectives searched the house and discovered bills and bonds in with $2,300 in bonds. They found about $600 in cash all told, also mortgages, deeds and bank books. "He owned at least two houses in the city but he didn't bother to furnish his own, home with any- thing except hte bare necessities," said Ellis. "Most of the rooms were filled with stacks and stacks of old magazines and newspapers piled up to the ceiling. There were many boxes of junk." Metcalfe was born in England and worked: for years as a farmer and carpenter near Brampton, 20 miles west of here. v "We often talked over the back fence," said Ellis. "He told me many times, however, that if any- thing happens to him an old friend in Toronto, a Mr. Sanderson, would take charge. His estate, he said, would go to two nieces in Eng- land, but he didn't say much abou. , them." H _Metcalfe's only companion was his radio, but two years ago he stopped playing it even though he histories of the war are based. » Part of 30 tons of Canadian Army war diaries are taw office building where he is tabulating, sorting, Sorting Canadian Army War Diaries inspected by Sgt.-Maj. Eric A. stewart in downtown Ot- rearranging and filing the diaries on which official army --Canadian Army Photo Child Health Centre To Open At Brougham Pickering Township's am on Wednesday, April 28. of the Women's Institute. health nurse. Hope To Open Motel In June MRS. K. FLETCHER Correspondent for business sometime in June. self. Little Mary Huff, long «as anticipated. with his new Metropolitan Insurance new home in Peterboro. recent guests with Mr. Frank Michael and family. evening at 8 pm: stitute the Columbus, - Harmony. Mrs. of Harmony, ages 5 fo 16 years. cal playlets and other A. & P. store. East Whitby Welfare about these classes. RELEASE DEPORTEES Praceicaly every room. Under the d they found an old handbag renewed his radio licence. (= rangements. : first child health centre will open at Brough- Opening of the centre has been | made possible through the gener- osity of the North Pickering Branch of the Red Cross and co-operation Purpose of the centre is to pro- vide health teaching and supervis- ion of infants and pre-school chil- dren; regular weighing, and immu- the present rate it is expected the nization. Medical officer of health for the township is Dr.. N. F. Tomlinson and Jean Ross Rhoten is public Harmony, April 20 -- Because of the difficulty in securing necessary materials with which to go ahead, work on the "motel" on Highway No. 2 at Harmony, being built by Joseph Arvay, is proceeding quite slowly. Mr. Arvay hopes to be open We were surprised and glad to hear Frank Michael's familiar voice over the telephone when we called to enquire this morning whether he was home from the hospital. Frank has been in the Oshawa Hospital for the past week or ten days, and now that he is home we are hoping that he will regain his strength quickly and be more like his old foster-daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lambe, Harmony Road South, entered the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, last Saturday, where she will re- ceive treatment for a foot ailment. We hope Mary will respond to the treatment prescribed for her and that her stay there will not be as George Miller is in Ottawa where he is taking a course in-connection position with the Company. Mr, and Mrs. Miller and Allan will be leaving shortly to make their Miss Frances Harris, Madoc, and Miss Esther Wicks, Toronto, were and Mrs. All those interested in playing on or otherwise supporting an inter- mediate : softball' team to represent the Harmony area in a Township of East Whitby League, are requested to meet at the school on Wednesday It is expected that teams from the following communities will con- league: Westmount, North Oshawa, Thornton's Corners, Stephen Harkin, music and dramatic teacher, has been organ- izing special classes for the children These classes consist of singing, rhythm bang, folk dancing, musi- dramatics, and are held each Saturday at 2 o'clock in the union hall, over the The very small fee charged for these lessons, merely helps to pay for music and other material need- ed in. this work, All money. earned through concerts put on 'by these children will be turned over to the Association and used to provide recreation fa- cilities for our community. Anyone interested may call Mrs. Harkin at 5274W and receive full information Montreal, April 20--(CP)--J. M. Langlais, chief immigration officer in Montreal, said last night that arrangements made to deport five Jewish aliens who entered Canada illegally could not be carried out on schedule and that five had been released again pending new ar- By MICHAEL O'MARA | Canadian Press Staff Writer London, April 20.--(CP)--British authorities 'are spreading .the wel- come mat for Canadian and United States tourists this summer. As much hospitality as post-war | austerity permits will be offered travellers from the dollar area -- "| partly because North Americans are will liked in Britain, but also, as governmeat spokesmen are the first to admit, because the United King- dom hopes to make. more than £10,000,000 ($40,000,000) out of them in 1948. Bigger source of profit in Bri- tain's export drive than in 1947 ov- erseas sale of Scotch whisky or textiles was last year's "invisible export" of tourism --which realized from 300,000 visitors about £30,000,- 000 of which about 40 per cent was in hard currencies. his year, with the Olympic games as the chief added attrac- tion, the British Travel Associa- tion hopes for 500,000 guests with a proportional increase in dollars. "Frankly," Harold Wilson, Presi {dent of the Board of Trade, told a {recent luncheon of hoteliers, "We lare going to discriminate between | tourists who are bringing us dol- ilars and those who are not." These are subsequently-announc- Fatal Accidents Drop in Industry But Others Rise Toronto, April 20-- (OP)----Ten per cent fewer fatal industrial ac- cidents were reported in Ontario last year than in 1946 but other accidents were up 21 per cent, James Preston of Stratford said Monday in his President's report to the annual meeting of the Indus- trial Ascident Prevention Assocl- ations. . Other reports included one by General Manager R. B. Morley on safety inspections and another by H. V. Kenerson of Paris on accident causes. T.. A. Rice, of Hamillon, Vice-President of the International Harvester Company of Canada, Ltd., told of safety activities at his plant. Mr. Preston said fatal accidents last year numbered 396 and other accidents 168,768. Compensation paid by the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board amounted to $17,760,743, an eight-per-cent in- crease over amount ever paid in one year. During the year the number of companies seeking IAP.A. help in reducing accidents increased 15 per cent. Accident prevention courses Wyre held by the University of To- to and Carleton College in Ot- tawa. A course will be held in Hamilton later this year. Mr. Morley reported 20 IAPA. inspectors last year made 9,183 in- spections of the nearly 18,000 mem- ber companies in Ontario in addi- tion to special calls, In all, they made 15,588 recommendations for safety measures. Workers between 20 and 30 years of age are the most likely to be in- jured, Mr. Kenerson told the group. Statistics show those over 30 usual- ly suffer the most severe injuries. "Frequency declines and severity increases almost in direct ratio to age," he said, adding that he based U.K. Sets Welcome Mat | Out for Tourists Influx ed steps to implement the "discrim- |ination:" | 1. Visitors may obtain tourist voucher books after May 1 on pre- sentation of a passport aad cash- |ing of £25 in foreign currency. The | books, available on major trans-At- lantic liners enable the holder to make six purchases of rationed articles of clothing for delivery ia the United Kingdom. his conclusions on examination of last year's accident statisties. Mechanical defects or lack of guards, falls of persons and wrong handling of materials together re- sulted in 75 per cent of the indus- | trial mishaps. Brewin Outlines 'C.C.F. Platform Toronto, April 20--(CP)--And- | res Brewin, Ontario C.C.F. Presi- dent, said last night in a broad- cast over a CBC Ontario network that housing and health services will be planks in nis party's On- 92. Visitors bringing automobiles into the country will be allowed enough gasoline from port of de plus a graded fortnightly allowance starting at. 300 miles' fuel weekly. 3. Visitors using hired cars will be permitted to disregard the 20- mile radius limit which applies to British hirers. barkation to farthest destination, | tario general election campaign platform. He said others would be govern- ment automobile insurance at "greatly reduced" rates, "fair and adequate" labor legislation an in- crease in old age pension to $40 a month, a "generous" increase in mothers' allowances and free me- Britain's visitors will find most on view--the Tower of London and | Houses of Parliament; thel.ake dis- | | trict, the Scottish highlands, roy- al garden parties, a lengthy list of international sports topped by the | Olympic games, the Shakespeare festival at Stratford-on-Avon and the hundred-and-one other things that tourists come to see. There is also the Edinburgh In- | ternational Festival of Music: and Drama, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, which will present many noted British and European artists to packed houses. Rival Unions In Conflict On Vessels . w Toronto, April 20--(CP)--A ju- risdictional dispute today saw rival seamen's unions in open conflict along the lower lakes. On the surface the differences between th independent Canadian Lake 'Seamen's Union and the Ca- nadian Seamen's Union (T.L.C.) arose from the question of which union was going to hold the work contract for Great Lakes sailors. But behind that question lay po- litical bitterness between the un- ions as well as between the C.S.U. and three shipping companies. The C.S.U. claims bargaining rights but Canada Steamship Lines, Sarnia and . Colonial teamships and Northwestern Steamships refuse to recognize the C.S.U. because they declare.it Communist-con- trolled. . Latest development in = the struggle which has been developing since Friday was last night's re- moval of a C.L.S.U. crew from the Northwestern Steamships freight- er A. A, Hudson at Wallaceburg. About 20 men said to be C.S.U. members boarded the freighter as it loaded trucks. They routed the crew from their stations and quart- ers, ordered them to pick up their gear and herded them ashore. Only the ship's officers were left aboard the vessel. The C.L.S.U. sailors passed und- er police protection through a C.S.U. picketline at Goderich early Sunday to go aboard the Hudson. Meanwhile, Dewar Ferguson, C.S.U. business agent, swore out an information here against the steamship lines. with the C.L.S.U. while the C.S.U. remained bargaining agent. The C.S.U. served notice it would reinforce picket lines at Thorold today. The pickets were scheduled to try to stop the John A. France from sailing for Chicago with newsprint. . . NEW WORLD METHOD About 35 per cent of tea drunk in the United States is brewed in tea bags. y = It accused them of entering illegally into agreement | KINGSTON MAYOR RESIGNS Kingston, April 20 (CP).--Mayor J. Stuart Crawford, 56, has tend- ered his resignation to city council on the grounds of [ll health. In a letter read to council last night, Mayor Crawford asked that his resignation be made effective April 30. He served as alderman from 1941 to December, 1945, when he was elected mayor for a one-year term. The following year he was given acclamation for a two-year term. EH AS HAD TO BE SMART A professional reciter or enter- tainer was often kept by medieval households of the wealthy to en- tertain the master or his guests. of her pre-war tourist attractions | dical, dental and hospital care for both old age pensioners and re- cipients of mothers' allowances. "The C.C.F. has pledged itself to build at least 20,000 homes to be rented at reasonable rates. This will be the province's own contri- bution to housing, in addition to | providing low-cost loans and co- operating with municipalities, with co-operatives and with the domin- jon government in further housing projects . . « "A C.C.F. government will intro= duce a plan for complete hospital services on a basis similar to that already in effect in Saskatchewan, where, for the payment of §5 a year, or a maximum of $30 a fam- ily, complete hospital services are provided. It also will come to an agreement with the dominion gov- ernment to share in fiancing a pro- gram of complete 'medical and dental services as personnel and accommodation become available." Mr. Brewin also pledged the party to enactment of legislation for two) weeks' vacation with pay and a 40-hour week. NAME C.C.F. CANDIDATE Peterborough, April 20--(CP)-- Jack Morton last night was chos- en €.C.F. candidate for Peterbor- ough in the provincial general elec- tion. 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With that in mind, the chamber gave preliminary ap- proval to two pieces of legislation aimed at easing the shock | of unemployment. One will broaden the scope of vocational training by extending it !to persons who bave exhausted un- | employment insurance benzfits and {others who have not been working |at jobs covered by insurance regu- | lations. « The other will increase the maxi- mum benefit, for married persons | !under the Unemployment Iasur- lance Act from $14.40 to $1830 a week, The payment for single per- Isons will be boosted from $12.30 to | $14.40 a week. | Both bills, introduced by Labor | {| Minister Mitchell, were advanced through the early stages and given first reading. Final reading was given two other bills--one extending the gov- | ernment's power to control exports and imvorts for one more year and another stiffening penalties for violation of the Animal Contagious Diseases Act. A resolution prelim- inary to minor amendments to the Prairie Farm Assistance Act was approved. Second reading was given a bill to iron out kinks in the Veterans Rehabilitation Act. It was referred to the veterans committee. Today, the chamber will resume debate no two opposition non-con- fidence motions which arise from the 21-per-cent inerease in freight |rates. The motions, one from the CCF. party and the other from the Progressive Conservative oppo- sition, may come to a vote. Annuities Rate At the house opening, Mr. Mitch- ell announced a reduction from four to three per cent in the interest rate the government allows on money paid by Canadians for pur- chase of annuities. This is the same rate paid on long-term government boads. External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said the government will not launch prosecutions for an al- leged "invasion" of the Argentine Embassy's diplomatic immuaity. The Embassy had been "incon- venienced" by two Humane Society inspectors but there would be no court--action. The Senate, returning from its Easter recess, heard Senator Arthur Hardy (L-Oatario) protest the upper chamber's delay in debating the oleomargarine question and warn that he intends to proceed tomorrow, whether or not others are ready. Mr. Mitchell introduced the voca- tional training legislation with the observation that it has mot been necessary to make much use of the training provisions because there has been little unemployment since the end of the war. Now, however, it was desirable "to make provision for such train- ing so that it may be available when required." The changes now being proposed had been approved by the provinces and the provinces were willing to co-operate. No changes were plan- 4 [ned in connection with training of |aischarged veterans, youths and students. i Asks More Aid | M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. leader, en- idorsed the legislation and suggest= ed the government give the prov- linces more generous ald in the 'carrying out of such projects. Garfield Case (PC-Grey North) 'said vocational training should be ion a voluntary basis. The indivi- dual should not be "told" what |training he should take. This was { planned economy. Introducing the Iasurance Act ! amendments, Mr. Mitchell said the legislation also will increase the in- surance annual ceiling from $2,400 to $3,120 for monthly-rated employ- | ees. The shift of many workers to {higher earning brackets makes this | necessary. 'Another change will speed the payment of benefits by authorizing the local insurance officer to pay a claimant a maximum of 36 days benefit on the production of an un- employment book showing 180 con- secutive contsibutions. He reported that, the plan now covers approximately 3,000,000 work- ers. 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