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'Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for SEPTEMBER 8,592 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1948 Di Let Us Give Thanks Monday next is a day set aside by the Parliament of Canada as Thanksgiving Day, a day on which the people of this country are called upon to give thanks to 'Almighty God for the safe ingathering of the harvest and for the many blessings they have enjoyed during the past year. There are no people in the whole wide world today who have as great cause for a sincere and heartfelt observance of the [Thanksgiving festival than the people of Canada. A kind providence has in this Year of our Lord 1948 blessed the country with bountiful crops, with more than suf- ficient for our own needs, and substantial surpluses with which to help feed the hun- gry millions in less fortunate lands. For that blessing of God -- let us give thanks. That is only one phase, however, 'of the way of life which we enjoy in Canada, and for which our people ought to be grateful. The postwar period for Canadians has been one of continuing prosperity. The country's economic position has improved progressively. There is no sign of a slump such as followed the First World War, and employment and earnings are at high lev- els. For this continuation of a good stand- ard of living, let us give thanks. Here in Canada we know and enjoy a peace which is sadly lacking in many oth- er parts of the world. For over 135 years this country has never known the actual impact of war, has never had blood shed within its borders in conflict with a foreign power. This has helped Canada to become great and influential. For the continued blessing of peace in our land -- let us give thanks. Monday is Thanksgiving Day Let it be observed in the spirit in which it was created by statute. Let is be not merely a day for holiday-making, but a day on which all of us spend some time in reflec- tion on the blessings for which we have so much reason to be thankful. A Good Customer "A report issued by the agricultural specialist of the Department of Trade and Commerce in London, England, for Brit- ish imports from Canada during the first six months of this year shows the extent to which Britain depends on Canada for foodstuffs, and the value of the British market to the Canadian farmer. Imports of foodstuffs from Canada during these six months, totalling 48,600,- 000 cwts., represented 57.9 per cent of all provisions purchased from abroad by the United Kingdom. This is slightly less than the 62.2 per cent recorded in the first six months of 1947, but is far ahead of the 25.4 per cent of all imports of food in 1938. Britain's dependance on Canada for food is further shown by the fact that Canada supplied 82 per cent of all wheat and flour imported, 78 per cent of the cheese, 75 per cent of the bacon, 40 per cent of the eggs and 69 per cent of all canned salmon. It is well for the British people that Canada is able to supply these great quantities of food to Britain, but on the other hand, it is a good thing for the farmers of Canada to have this ready mar- ket for their surplus production. History's Warning History of politics in Ontario seems to indicate that it is dangerous, for the indi- vidual 'involved, for one Premier to name _his successor in office when he wishes to retiré, without that successor having been chosen by democratic processes. In 1930, when Premier Ferguson retired, he passed on his jnantle to Hon. George S. 'Henry, who went down to ignominous defeat in his first election campaign as Premier. In October, 1942, Hon. G. D. Conant was named by Mitchell F. Hepburn as his suc- cessor in the Premiershin, and he passed +o anih, ang MNAanrine Aa aats VY AdApy AVAEL § while Harry C. Nixon, who came in as Premier at that time, survived only until August, when he was voted out of office. He suffered from the sins of Hepburn in arbi- trarily passing on the Premier's office. These are events which might very well be studied by any aspirants who seek the mantle of George A. Drew as Premier of Ontario without their preliminary selection for that office by a democrétic convention. Paying Off The Debt The Financial Post, in its current issue, comes out strongly in favour of the Dom- inion Government continuing to pile up large surpluses and using them to pay off as much as possible of the national debt during Canada's yeass of affluence. It points out that if Canada is ever to reduce its national debt, now is the time to do it, when revenues are buoyant and money cheap. Every million knocked off the nat- ional debt is a permanent saving of the in- terest on that million for all years to come, it says. . That is a sound argument and a sound policy to advocate. It was the policy be- hind the last federal budget, and one which is worth continuing so long as eco- nomic conditions warrant it. Sound policies, however, are not always popular policies, and this is a case in point. When the budget was brought down in the early summer, it was condemned from many sources because the Govern- ment preferred debt reductions to income tax reduction. The 1949 budget will in all probability see a reversal of the 1948 pol- icy, and substantial measures of tax reduc- tion, including income tax cuts.. There is an election in the offing, and a sunshine budget has always been a much better vote-catcher than an austerity budget. So even if the suggestion of the Financial Post is absolutely sound, it is not likely that it will be followed by the Government in the pre-election year. Editorial Notes It is now suggesied that it will require special legislation to have the railway tracks removed from King Street West. The job of South Ontario's M.P. is to con- vince the House of Commons that this legislation is necessary. + RA * Mayor McCallum was greatly impress- ed by the fact that all the sessions of the Progressive-Conservative convention start- ed exactly on time. Perhaps he can insti- tute a movement to have a similar condition exist at public meetings in Oshawa. + * * Before any increase in bus fares is granted in Oshawa, the city council ought to make sure that there are sound reasons for granting it. We have not noticed any rush of other bus lines to ask for higher fares. * + * Five teams of boys and girls from Dur- ham County will take part in the Provincial Inter-Club judging competitions at the 0,A,C, this month. Durham has had an en- viable record of success in these competi- tions in past years, and with E. A. Sum- mers coaching these teams, further suc- cesses can be anticipated. ® Other Editors' Views eo INCENTIVE GONE (London Sunday Times) In England there is no incentive to bold under- takings . . . Today, it is safer to be & bureaucrat than a maker and the young men know it . . . Socialism is competition without prizes, boredom without hope, war without victory, and statistics without end. It takes the heart out of young men . . . It is not only politically false but morally destructive. REVERENCE (Chatham Daily News) Reverence is not one of the characteristic graces of this age. Irreverance is a fruit all too common. What is necessary today wre a few wholesale re- minders that reverence for sacred things and a de- sire to cultivate cleanliness in speech are marks not only of true Christian character but of real manli- ness. A GOOFY RULE (St. Catharines Standard) The goofy way in which socialism is working in England is told in The Readers' Digest, taking just one incident as an example. A man was permitted use of his motor car to get to work on time, but was re- quired to take the bus home. eo A Bit of Verse eo THANKSGIVING Father we thank Thee For all Thy gifts so free. For man's health: for man's pleasure For his work and for his leisure. In thankful adoration we adore Thee Thou great spirit of man's destiny. Keep our minds from worldly strife Hold us in Thy way of life. Take from our hearts the sin of pride May we walk humbly by Thy side. We thank Thee God that Thou dids't give Thy beloved Son that-we might live Forever with Thy saints above By Thine alone redeeming love. ---W. J. Brown. 3 "Big Four Conferences" oF we 3 Se oMEIDus Jn } Somerville, in The Denver Post By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Oct. 9--The seven old men sit in the finest public build- ing in all Canada. The Supreme Court, on the south bank of the Ottawa River, is a superb example of new architecture; big and clean and majestic. As you mount fhe steps and enter you step into a monster lobby as big as a public auditorium and its ceiling 40 or 50 feet above you. In all that huge room of stone and marble and steel and glass there is only one tiny desk, lost in all the immensity. It is for the reception clerk and he directs you to mount still further stairways where a scarlet-coated mountie opens the doorway to the Court. The Supreme Court of Canada is a tiny beautiful room where only about 30 spectators may find room to sit. There are desks for 16 law- yers and six reporters; and two rows of benches, like pews in a rich church, for the public. The walls are dark panelled and the windows stretch from floor to high ceiling. After the first day of the mar- garine case the seven old men dis- carded their scarlet and ermine and wore the regulation black gown with white throats. They oc- cupy a high bench that stretches almost completely across one end of the courtroom. The room is like a tiny cubicle built into the heart of the big building. The windows on each side open onto a court and there is no view to distract the judges except coid stone and glass. Although the case is vital to millions of Canadians, the argu- ment is dull and tiresome. The judges sit sombrely, chins on hands, staring morosely at the lawyers. As each lawyer argues he steps to a lectern and quietly pleads his case. On the first day the room was crowded. On the second not a dozen spectators stayed. Occasionally a tourist would enter, stay a few moments, then leave, his footfalls soundless on the deep: carpets. dg FANTASTIC OTTAWA -- Now 200 officials are going across the country trying to find out how you spend your money. It's more interesting to 'see how the government spends our money. Suppose we pay each official $10 a day, that's a tidy sum of $2,000. Then we must pay expenses for the 200 snoopers. If the investigation lasts only 20 days it will cost $40,000 in salaries alone. Allow another $10,000 for expenses and you have the nice tid- bit of $50,000. But $50,000 is nothing these days. Not when you remember Mr. Howe's famous remark to the effect that the government was now so accustomed to dealing in millions that he had difficulty in bringing himself down to talking about hun- dreds of thousands. A sum below a hundred thousand is hardly worth mentioning. LE GUILTY COLLECTORS -- The | government now reveals that 51 percent of the total income tax of $647,700,000 was paid by people earning less than $3,500 per year. Previously the government boast- ed it had a half-billion dollar sur- plus. It will be more before the year is up. . A fabulous surplus, and it could be argued that all of it came from the little fellow on a small salary. + + * HOPE ON HORIZON -- Despite a denial by Mr. Abbott that the government planned a pre-election reduction in taxes, there are un- doubtedly some big cuts coming. The next budget should see both income and sales taxes reduced. No government would have a chance in an election even a year from now if current high levels were continued. Grain markets strengthened from last Friday. In Chicago, December rye and corn led the way. In Win- nipeg, October rye and barley showed strohg gains. | ® A Bible Thought "Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His! wonderful works to the children of | men! And let them sacrifice the sa- | crifices of thanksgiving, and declare | Jie Works with rejoicing." (Psa. 107: | 22.) busi or for pl Reduced Fares to BRITAIN and Continental Points Effective October 1st, 1948 to March 31st, 1949 Fare and One-Third Round Trip - 30 Day Return Limit Now is your opportunity to visit Britain for 28 days in Britain. T.C.A.'s spaci 40. places, do things . . . with a 30 day limit you have Have more time to see "North Star" skyliners take you there overnight . . . save you time . . . save you money. And for comfort too you will enjoy flying with T.C.A. the "North Star" way. 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Beneath the trees, By lake and stream, in groups, The picnic parties sit, Strewing the grassy shore With refuse foul, With all the littered sod, Left just like a garbage dump, A sacrifice to heedless acts Of holidaying folks. Let us give thanks! For that alone, Our legislators wise Have set aside this day; That men may turn to God, Their voices raise in thanksgiving, To make this rare October day, « A Holy Day And not a holiday. Looking Around The World . By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Did you read that speech by the Assistant State Secretary, Charles E. Saltzman, at the University of New Hampshire in which he em- ployed the language of shirt-sleeve diplomacy in dealing with Russia? If you didn't read it you missed an important development. Saltz- man declared that "The eyes of the American people should now be fully opened." He said the real aim of the Russians "is world domination through the instru- mentality 'of Communism", and that "They will stoop to any strat- agem of coercion, subterfuge, dup- licity or double dealing that serves their purpose." He: maintained that the aims and methods of the Soviet rulers "Are a direct threat to the national security of the United States." The United States seeks peace with Russia, he added, and the state department will proceed "on the assumption that it is possible" to avoid war, although it "may not be possible." . John Hightower, Associated Press diplomatic expert, cites this speech as one evidence that the United States appears to be casting aside the last restraint in its propaganda wa with Russia. He also points out that State Undersecretary Robert A. Lovett has revealed the receipt of orders from Paris, where the United Nations meeting is being held to "debunk" the latest Russian proposal for dealing with atomic energy. These orders, Says High- tower, presumably were given by State Secretary Marshall himself. Meantime Marshall was making a two-fisted speech hefore the Amo erican Club of Paris. bluntly that the Russian blockade of Berlin "Is a threat to the peace of the world if there ever was one short of shooting cannon." So the kid gloves finally are off. Well, that's all to the good because, strange though it seems there are many well-meaning folk in the United States and in the other democracies who don't yet realize that the Communists are out to destroy their way of life and sub- stitute Communism. In order to achieve this they will resort to any methods, as witness this quotation from the sayings of Lenin himself, repeated by Stalin: "A Communist must be prepared to make every sacrifice and, if essary, even resort to all sorts of schemes and stratagems, employ illegitimate methods, conceal the truth, in order to get into the trade unions, stay there, and conduct the revolutionary work within--we say that our morality is entirely sub- ordinated to the interest of the class struggle of the proletariat." A Communist, no matter what his birth-right, is a citizen of Red Russia. His orders come from the Kremlin. This is just as true of the United States as it is, say, of France or Italy. The difference is that in those European states Communism is more powerful and they lie with- in the forward areas of the cold war, ' So a debunking policy would be rendering a vast service to democ- racy. An ounce of debunking now may be worth a ton of high ex- plosive later on. Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Prices climbed this week as se- curity markets fluctuated over five days spotted with stronger corpora- tion news 'on Canadian markets and bursts of professional trading on Wall Street. Markets exhibited a strong un- derlying» tone that swung ahead strongly and decreased slowly so that the general price level has im- proved so far this month. New York rose steadily Monday to advance to the general lovel of early September and then slowed up Tuesday for the qufetest day in two weeks. Small gains were chalk- ed up early Wednesday and a mod- est rise Thursday extended the re- covery streak. Canadian markets also showed improvement over the week. In To- ronto, industrials and base metals shared the limelight. Announcement of payment of $28 dividend arrears for B.C. Pulp preferred sharehold- ers pepped up action. Canadian Vickers preferred "sold ex-dividend $71.75 Thursday and at one point was down $65 at a new low for the year at $126. The industrial index of selected stocks rose over the week and was, ahead 3.50 from last Friday. Base Metals moved ahead strong- ly for four days and were up to the highest level since February 1946. The overall gain for the list was 488 on the exchange's index. Canadian security and livestock markets will be closed Monday, Thanksgiving Day. United States markets remain open. He said | | VTA py 4 (| Vty mata d Close-Ups By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Oct. 9--(CP)--A tall, silver-thatched, soft-spoken lawyer, who has had a fling at politics, a term on the bench and a hand in governing a country, heads the Newfoundland delegation now dis- cussing terms of confederation with Canada. He is 48-year-old Albert J. Walsh, who plans to close the chapter of his life in public service as soon as his native Newfoundland's union with Canada is completed. One of the many Newfoundland- ers who has graduated from Dale housie University Law School in Halifax, Mr. Walsh is vice-chair- man of the Newfoundland Com- mission Government. When he re- linquishes that job he plans to return to private law practice in St. John's. But, with an engaging smile and a twinkle in his dark brown eyes, he admits it is a little early yet to forecast how long he will remain out of public life. Some of his friends in Newfound- land are predicting that he will be among the first Senators appointed from the Island to the Canadian Senate. Newfoundland will be en- titled to six senators under the present provisions of the British North 'America Act--the Canadian ! constitution. Mr. Walsh -- he pronounces the name Welsh -- stepped into politics in 1927 a short while after he graduated from Dalhousie. He is the only one of the three Newfoundland = appointees to the government' who has not come out publicly in favor of confederation. He remained silent throughout the campaign preceding a referendum in which the Newfoundland people voted in favor of cqnfederation. But Mr. Walsh's friends say he is in favor of confederation. The same friends described him as meticulous, over-cautious, reticent, colorless and a quiet family man. "But you will 80 a long way to find a cleverer or finer man," they hasten to add. Mr. Walsh is married and has three children. ® 50 Years Ago East Whitby Township Council struck its tax rate at 2 1-2 mills, exclusive of the school rate, the lowest ever known in the township, Seventeen South Ontario men were disqualified from voting for eight years for corrupt practices in the recent election. The Ontario and Durham annual fair, formally opened by Sir Oliver Mowat, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, was a very successful two. day event, (Editor's note--For the informa- tion of readers interested in this daily feature the following is the schedule followed in presenting these notes from bygone days; Monday, 15 years ago; Tuesday, 20 years ago; Wednesday, 30 years ago; Thursday, 35 years ago, Fri- day, 45 years ago; Saturday, 50 years ago). WIRE NOW SE ------ eave eet EMERGENCY APPEAL TO MANUFACTURERS The extreme seriousness of the power shortage makes it essential that every means be used to relieve this critical situation. If you have steam-driven or standby generating equipment of any kind that is not at present in full- time use, which could be utilized to augment the Commission's available resources, please wire us collect, giving full particulars. The gravity of the situation can not be over em- phasized. Your co-operation in this respect is vital if the present high level of production is to be maintained. CHAIRMAN, THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO Address all communications to the Power Co-ordinator, The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontarle,, 020 University Avenue, TORONTO 2, Oniwrie. lH N YAl3d4dVS