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FONDAY, MAY WI, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Ottawa Toadies to U.S. In Matter of Taxes, Gordon Graydon Holds A charge that the King govern- ment is toadying to the United States in the matter of taxes, was made at Pickering Saturday by Gordon Graydon, M.P., for Peel, at a Progressive Conservative rally here tonight. Mr. Graydon spoke on behalf of Frank N. McCallum, candidate in the federal by-election and T. K. Creighton, K.C., provin- cial candidate. "A cabinet minister sald the oth- er day that we couldn't reduce tax- es in Canada because it might dis- please the United States," Mr. Graydon said. "Our job is to please Oapadiany petore we please any- one else. e high taxes in Cana- da are becoming little less than a national scandal. "While the King government piles up a surplus of three-quarters of a billion dollars, the people are piling up personal deficits in their personal budgets all over Canada." Mr. Graydon declared that social security measures must be expand< e. and developed. "This can be done with a reduc- tion of taxes by a forthright pro- gram for the development of nat- ural resources, creating new wealth and ushering in a new era of pros- perity. Out of the creation of this new wealth, our social services and | all our humanitarian legislation | | | | tion at Ottawa. There have Leen | symptoms showing for a consider- | | able time that the King government | is suffering from phlitical harden- | ling of the arteries. There are signs | ion every hand In Parliament, ever | since the announcement by the | Prime Minister of his retirement, | of government weakness and dis- | intergration. On at least three oc- casions In receni times, their own forces in Parliament have been | able to muster less than a majority of ten." i Mr. Graydon said that govern-| ment weakness snows itself in many | ways because of lack of forthright | action in grappling with major | problems. He cited as an example | "the helpless and futile" prices committee, which he claimed had | done next to nothing to solve the pressing problem. The speaker urged his listeners {to give their full support to Mr. | !| McCallum and Mr. Creighton. a Mr. McCallum attacked the King | administration's handling of the] housing problem. He has come to | the conclusion that to give resi- | dents some type of housing, the | | City of Oshawa will have to take | Whatever type of housing Ottawa | ! has to offer. HE After seven and a half months of dickering, Oshawa still has receiv- Chosen Blossom Queen at Thornbury Phyllis Mary Webb, centre, 21-year-old Toronto girl, was chosen Blossom Fe: Fy 3 P.GE ELEVEN Lo stival Queen for the second annual | Smuts' Defeat May Snarl British Plans By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The fall of an heroic figure from his political pedestal always is a matter of regret, and so it is that we find the world at large, Irrespec- tive of ideological beliefs or inter- national leanings, shocked at the disaster which has overtaken Field Marshal Smuts. A measure of his stature may be seen in the fact that the average student of international affairs probably thought of the personal misfortune first, and afterward of its significance to the British Com- monwealth and Empire. Prime Minister Smuts' United Party, which stands for imperial unity, was swept from power in last week's voting by the Nationalist- Africaner coalition which stands for separation from Great Britain. Not only that, but the 78-year-old Smuts himself was defeated for re-election to parliament. Dr. Dan- iel Francois Malan, leader of the victorious coalition, was called upon to form a new government. i The result of the election natur- ally is a terrific shock to England. Its significance is well described in the comment of two London dailies. Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Stand- i ard said: "This is a grave hour for | | the empire." The Daily Mail said | the Nationalists would "like to | sever the British connection and | set up a free republic," weakening empire defence lines. | This mention of defence linse has reference to the fact that since the end of the war Britain has under- taken a revamping and extension the darkest hours of the conflict, | Lloyd George, Britain's Prime Min- dcter, called Smuts to London and {made him a member of the Imper- | ial War Cabinet, in which he serv- led with distinction. | Great in peace as well as war, | Smuts helped create the League of dle East, she has been in process Nations and make the treaty. Then of supplementing these defences | when conflict once more swept thio with others in the East, West and world he took the helm as Prime South Africa, : [Minister in South Africa and led An isolationist union of South his country to the support of Eng- Africa presumably would mean dis- |land, despite strong opposition hy ruption of this military program. | Nationalists at home. He was made Worse yet, from England's stand- |a Field Marshal in 1941. Again when point. it might mean the loss of a | war ended he had a hand in build- rich and important unit of the ling the new peace organization at British Commonwealth of Nations. |San Francisco. Field Marshal Smuts has been an outstanding imperial figure for half | a century, It seems strange to re- | cord that this great imperial per- | sonality started on his road to [party 'of 20 laymen and ministers fame as one of the leaders of the | spent a whole day clearing away Boers in the war against England the debris from the ruins of the in 1899-1902. The first world war, (United Church camp building, however, found him with the South | which collapsed under heavy snow African forces on the side of [last winter. The church is appeal- Britain and the allies. Then during |ing for $2,000 to rebuild the camp. 5 Si in Africa MINISTERS PITCH IN Darlingford, Man. -- (CP) -- A covld be expanded and paid for, ed no housing aid from Ottawa," he without the present rate of taxa- Said. "I will be surprised if any tion which takes away the umbrel- | houses at all are built. The heus- la from most citizens so that they | ing program o: the federal govern- are unprepared for a rainy day. | ment is definitely a flop." "The dead hand of time is tap- | Mr. Creighton outlined the ping heavily on the shoulder of achievements of the Drew admin- observance of the event at Thornbury yesterday afternoon. Her nearest competitors were also Phyllis Williams, right, came second, and Evelyn Fell third. of her defences. Instead of placing Toronto girls, . reliance on domination of the Mii- 'Highway 2A Said | the present worn-out administra- | istration in Ontario. 14 Dead Over Week-End From Accidents in East By The Canadian Press Fourteen fatalities were. reported as residents of Eastern Canada took to the roads and waterways to en- joy the last week-end in May, a Canadian Press survey today show- ed Nine deaths were attributed to traffic accidents. Drowning took four lives and a Maritimes child was burned to death. In the only multiple fatality' re- ported, a couple from Exeter, lost their lives. They were Harold Mac- Donald, 38, and his 27-year-old wife, fatally injured in a three-car collision 17 miles northwest of Lon- don, Ont. Three others suffered in- juries. Couronna Theriault, 19, of Anson- ville, Ont.,, was killed and Guy Rious, also of Ansonville, was in-] jured when the jeep in which they were riding collided with a jeep near Timmins. Two companions from Timmins, Mary Burton and Jean- nette Infilse, escaped with cuts and bruises. When an automobile left a road- way and ran into a fence 20 miles east of Ottawa, John Raymond Bri- en, 28, of Ottawa, was killed and william McQueen, 20, also of Ot- tawa, suffered injuries. Near Joliette, Que., Roland Dur- and, 26, was killed and Mrs. Rol- land Bournet, 26, and Gerard Rich- ard, 28, were injured when a car driven by Durand went out of con- trol and plunged into a ditch, Other victims of traffic mishaps were: A man tentatively identified as Lucien Joaniss, about 21, killed near Ottawa when a train hit his truck; Gerard Belanger, 50, knock- ed down by a car at Welland; Lise Marcil, six, of Montreal, struck by a car as she crossed a street; and Kathryn Bossert, five, hit by a car at Wainfleet, near Welland. Drowned were: William Wilkin- son, 26, of Oakville, who dove into Lake Ontario to retrieve a friends hat; Gerald Lee, Jr. 13, who fell from a boat while fishing near Am- herst, N. 8.; Clinton Webster, nine, victim of a swimming accident near Port Dover; and Hubert Peltier, 48, who plunged from a bridge into a water-filled dredge cut near Jean- nettes Creek in Southwestern On- tario. Left in a neighbors home while his parents went to a nearby town, Yvon Michaud, 2%2, was burned to deathh when fire levelled the house of the family who had been caring for him. Heavily Travelled | Picton, May 31 -- (CP) -- Hon. | George Doucett, Ontario Highways | Minister, said here Saturday night | that "as long as I am Minister of | Highways, I will do everything pos- | sible to abolish and correct danger- ous and over-travelled roads." | He was replying to Liberal lead- | er Farquhar Oliver's criticism of the | 8 dual highway built by the Drew | government from Highland Creek | to Oshawa. | "It is one of the most heavily tra- | velled roads in Ontario," he said. | "On. old No. 2 highway fring the | last five years there was an aver- | age of 20 lives lost every year along | that stretch. A yearly average of | 200 motor accidents occurred with | $1,000,000 property damage." C C F BULLETIN No. 17 Had Enough? VOTE CCF Elect THOMAS June 7th Elect WILLIAMS June 8th FOR THE BEST IF IS A MAN YE BE WANTIN' RTHUR WILLIAMS = BES JUDGED BY ANY STANDARDS, ARTHUR WILLIAMS, OUR CCF FEDERAL CANDIDATE FAR EXCELLS HIS OPPONENTS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MAN OF VAST POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, WHOLESOME CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, DEEP, HUMANE PASSIONS, HUMBLE AND HELPFUL DEMEANOR, FEARLESS DETERMINATION AND EXCELLENT SPEAKING ABILITY--THAT'S ARTHUR WILLIAMS. NEXT WE'RE PROUD TOMMIE THOMAS C CF PROVINCIAL CANDIDATE Zealous, Sincere, of Sterling Character, He Has Given the Lie To the Red-Baiting of the ~~ Die-Hards. Everyone Who Knows Him is Confident That « He Will Give Us the Best Repre- sentation at Queen's Park We've Ever Had. WITH THE REST VOTE TUESDAY WILLIAMS Yale By-Election Polls Open Today To 38,000 Voters Kelowna, B.C., May 31--(CP)--A record of 38,000 voters in the fed- eral constituency of Yale today will choose a successor to Hon. Grote Stirling, Progressive Conservative member since 1924, resigned be- cause of ill-health, Flood waters and washed-out bridges may prevent some of the 23,000 rural voters from reaching the polls, but the 15,000 in Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon and other urban i are expected to turn out in full, The constituency has been a Con- servative stronghold since British Columbia joined confederation in 1871, except from 1893 ot 1908 when Yale turned Liberal. The three candidates are W. A.C. Bennett of Kelowna, Progressive Conservative nominee; E. J. Cham- bers of Penticton, Liberal candi- date: and O. L. Jones of Kelowna, C.C.F. candidate. One of the strongest issues at stake is the National Products Marketing Act, by which the gov- ernment assisted in the marketing of farm products. It was introduced by the Conservative government when it wag in power. The Privy Council later declared it ultra vires - . The Progressive - Conservative party, seeking re-enactment of the Marketing Act, charged the govern- ment with using present powers to set a price "less than the farmers could get for themselves." Yale is on the first of two federal by-elections in B.C. The second « =e will be held June 8 in Vancouver Centre. UGLY BUT USEFUL Each common toad is said to be worth about $7.50 annually to farm- ers because of the harmful insects they eat (TLE Youre U. S. Patent Office. 7 I CAN MAKE MY OWN RUBBER ¥ STAMPS AND PRINT MY OWN COMIC BOOKS --THIS IS FUN! I'M A PRINTER NOW, PAPA-- LOOK AT THE PICTURES T STAMPED OUT- GIVE ME A CHANCE TO TAKE MY HAT OFF~ WHERE'S MOTHER 2 TEE TTTIESIY IT'S A MAN + A ELEPHANT STAR AND 2) - 7. Ny 2 2222) TSK~ TSK TOUCHY, ARENT WE? MY, MY! ARTISTIC /[] TEMPERAMENT / i { ¥ i THE ART DISCUSSION IS CLOSED. 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