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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) ber of the Canad Press, Association, the Ontario the Audit Bureau of The Ti ine' Canadian. Duy Newspapers 4 The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for itches in this paper credited Jeputiication of all R03 despe apes Sedttod SUBSCRIPTION RATES ered carrier in Oshawa, .Whitby, Brooklin, Port Dele b and Pickering, 24c pet By mall, outside carrier A ror areas, anywhere in $7.00 per year, US. $9.00" per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION "8592 MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948 Power Quotas Eight of twelve Ontario cities from which figures were available exceeded their power quotas on Thursday, says a despatch from the Canadian Press. Only four of the twelve, London, Kitchener, Owen Sound and Windsor, had consump- tion below the quota set by the Hydro- Electric Power Commission. Oshawa, with consumption 10,400 kilowatt hours in excess of its quota, was among the eight centres using more than the allowahce made. From this record, it would appear that still 'greater efforts have to be made in the direction of saving power to avert feeder lines being cut off by the provincial commission. There have been warnings in abundance to the effect that if cities do not keep under their quota, the Hydro-Elec- tric Commission will cut them off for cer- tain periods each day. That would be a serious situation, because while the au- thority to pull switches remains with the Jocal commission, the power interruptions can be made with a full knowledge of the needs of the entire community. Oshawa has been fortunate sos far in that only the domestic and commercial ser- vices have been disrupted. But if the daily record of exceeding the quota con- tinues, that situation may be terminated abruptly, and more drastic measures over which the local authorities will have no control, may be applied. To prevent this, every possible effort must be made to bring the city's power consumption down below its quota. Canada Doing Well Canada's trade balance with the United States has shown a remarkable improve- ment in the last year. For the first eight months of 1948, the deficit in trade with our southern neighbours has been reduced to $277,000,000 from the large total of $644,500,000 for the first eight months of 1947. This improvement has been accomplish- ed only by the imposition of strict regula- tion of imports from the United States. Many of these restrictions were unpleas- ant, and gave rise to dissatisfaction, but it would appear that the end has justified the means. Reduction of imports and in- crease in exports were the only means by which the situation in which Canada found herself a year ago could be made right, and it is encouraging that in both direc- tions, the balance has swung towards Can- ada. It must not be thought, however, that everything is all right now. There must be continued watchfulness on this exchange situation, or it can deteriorate very ra- pidly. With Hon. C. D. Howe as the watchdog, one can be sure that this will not happen. Desire For Peace Hope'for a peaceful solution of the dis- pute which has for so long created a state akin to war in Palestine is found in a re- port made to the United Nations' political committee by Dr. Ralph Bunche, who is acting mediator in the conflict between the Jews and Arabs. Pointing to the grave dangers attendant upon-a resumption of hostilities between Arabs and Jews, Dr. Bunche suggested that both parties were now ready to accept any reasonable agree- ment, and he added: "Despite the gulf which divides the an- tagonists, there is a desire for peace on both sides. This is spurred by the. fact that war is a costly business and retards the normal growth of both communities." is the most encouraging statement me out of Palestine during the of conflict between Jews and ve jj senvine desire for in order to keep up supplies to peace, then there will be peace. If men are really imbued with that desire, they can sit down around a table and work out a solution to any kind of problem. The Palestine situation has been aggravated, of eourse, by the ill-advised violence of extremists on both sides, and one of the problems will be to keep these extremists under subjection. But there does seem to be at hand an excellent opportunity to put an end to this Palestine strife which has for a long time been a real threat to the peace of the world. "The Law Is An Ass" It was Charles Dickens who coined the phréise "The Law is an Ass," and if he had been living today, he would probably have reiterated that famous saying as he read about the amazing result of the recent li- quor-selling charges in court on Manitoulin Island. There, five charges of breach of the Canada Temperance Act were dismis- sed by the magistrate, although in raiding the premises involved in the charges, the police had seized 3,349 bottles of beer and 36 bottles of liquor. There was plenty of evidence of groups of men drinking beer, but more than 25 witnesses testified that they had paid nothing for the beer, had heard no one order beer and had seen no one pay for it. It was made to appear as if the beer had just arrived there by chance and accident, and that the landlords of the establishments raided had been allowing their friends to have a beer-drinking' orgy free of charge. . On the evidence submitted the magis- trate dismissed the charge. Whether or not he was correct in his judgment is to be decided by the court' of appeal, as the crown has entered an appeal against the decisions. But if under such circumstances it is not possible to secure convictions un- der-the present legislation, there is surely something radically wrong with the law. Editorial Notes Australia is to continue butter rationing Britain. Yet Canada expects our southern cousins to help make up our butter shortage, and that seems a bit unfair to both Australia and Britain. * * * Processed horse meat is to go on sale in Saskatchewan in the near future. We always imagined that this was a delicacy reserved entirely for export to European countries. + * * George A. Drew complains of the ra- tioning of radio time to politicians by. the CBC. But if all parties are rationed on exactly the same basis, there can be little cause for complaint. + + L J Department -of Highways statistics show that October is the worst month of | the year for traffic accidents to children: The early darkness is a contributory fac- tor, and that calls for extra-eare on the part of motorists during the twilight per- iod. eo Other Editors' Views eo HOLDING BACK SLUMS (Winnipeg Free Press) Every town in Canada has the same difficulty-- how to enforce dwelling standards at a time when there is not enough accommodation to go around. It is obviously impossible to order the demolition of premises when its occupants have no alternative place to £0 or cannot afford to pay the amount of rent called for by improved accommodation. But this fact does not deny the imperative need to_continue checking premises, o repairs where necessary, and fighting to Eg ; as far as possible, the encroachment of the slum. eo A Bit of Verse eo FARMING Oh, there are joys in farming You never know until You call some valley land your own, Or some sweet-scented hill, You waken every morning, / In clover-fragrant dawn, To rooster's lusty crowings and The starlings on the lawn. A garden is a lovesome thing, With vitamins to take; But if you save it from the grubs, My lad youll be awake. How nice to have a shady lawn, With cool and fragrant breeze; But take the fly-spray out with you, And watch the dropping trees. And everything just grows, they say, And all that you. must do Is dig or pick or harvest it, And prosper lucky you! . Yes, pick and harvest for eight hours, The eight-hour day you know; Eight hours before, and after noon Is sixteen in a row! Yes, there are joys in farming, Well mixed with troubles, too; But if you've farming in your blood, There's nothing else youll do. we | --LILLIAN COLLIER GRAY. "Modern Children -- 'We're Playing U.N., Papa'." By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Drew'a political associates admit that he would like to make his en- try to federal politics through a seat where there is no C.C.F. organ- ization to worry about, The new Progressive Conservative leader lost his provincial seat to a CCF. opponent in the last Ontario election, Mr. Drew, however, has shown no interest in one Conservative-held seat. which has been offered him. It is generally conceded that he could have the St. Thomas, Ont, seat to contest if he wanted to take it on, There is no significant CCF. problem there and the federal lib- erals have intimated that Mr, Drew can expect to make his entry to the House of Commons without Liberal opposition. There is only one big objection to the St. Thomas riding. It is the home area of a former Ontario premier--"Mitch" Hepburn, The re- doubtable "Mitch" has never shown much inclination to be guided by the wishes of federal Liberals. Despite his health and retirement from politics In favor of farmer, there have been threats that if Mr. Drew attempted to invide St. Tho- mas, the former Liberal premier might regard it as an impertinence and run for parliament himgelf; in the same riding. It is known that Carleton Coun. ty .would please Mr. Drew better. It is held by a Conservative--Russell Boucher. There is no C.CF. organ- ization in the riding at all. There is some trouble in Carletin County, too--Mr. Boucher, Mr. Drew's friends have attempted to reach him with the suggestion that the seat might conveniently be vaca- ted in favor of the new party leader. If you ring Mr, Boucher's telephone number these days, however, you don't get an answer. The Sey is. that Mr. Boucher knows Mr. Drew has his eyes on the seat. Mr, Boucher, reputedly, is uninterested in the idea, When the Conservative convention elected Mr. Drew its leader, the first seat mentioned as a possible route to the Commons for him was aging Mark Senn's Haldimand riding. Mr. Senn is ill as well as elderly and party officials at the convention jumped to the conclusion that he would probably be willing to retire from politics to accommodate a new national leader. The day this suggestion appeared in print, however, Mr. Senn"s con- stituency officials whipped up a quick denial. There was nothing in the idea, they said, and it had not been discussed with them. Since then, the idea has been dis- cussed with Mr. Senn and his con- stituency supporters. It hasn't made CASH LOANS $50 - $500 - $1000 FOR EMERGENCIES 'When you need money, borrow from HouseHOLD FINANCE, Canada's oldest and largest consumer finance organization. You may borrow $50, $100, $200 or up to $1000 on your own signa- ture without endorsers or bankable security. 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The search for a seat for the new leader has reminded the Conserva- tive party of the disadvantages of being in opposition and there have been some envious comparisons with thc easy course the Liberals could follow when it was decided to ele- vate L. B, Pearson from the civil service to the cabinet. A vacancy for him was created easily énough by appointing a Liberal M. P, fo profitable retirement in the Senate. Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press . A trek of businessmen to Van- couver gets under. way this week for the annual meeting Oct. 25-28 of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce. Special trains leave Montreal and Toronto Tuesday night, joining at Capreol and splitting again into two specials at Winnipeg to pick up delegates from across the prair- ies and British Columbia, Two cars from the Maritimes will join the Montreal special. By the time the trains reach Van- couver next Monday morning they will be carrying ahout 500 people, mostly delegates, but including about 75 wives. En route via Canadian National and on the return via Canadian Pacific, delegates will get quick glimpses of western centres, in ad- dition to the threshing out of Canadian topics in the four days of meeting at Vancouver and a fur- ther trip to Victoria. Stops will in- clude Winnipeg, Oct. 21, 12 hours; Saskatoon, Oct. 22, 15 hours; Ed- monton, Oct. 23, 12 hours; Victoria, Oct. 29, eight hours; Calgary, Oct. 31, 24 hours; Moose Jaw, Nov. 2, eight hours; Regina, Nov. 2, six hours; and Winnipeg again Nov. 3 10 hours. Convention subjects include: Building a better Democracy; Can- adian Agriculture; Canada's Trans- portation Problems, and Building Canadian Commerce, The annual dinner on Oct. 27 will be addressed by C. Bruce Hill, President of the Chamber, of St. Catharines, Saturday's Markets Securities moved irregularly in narrow range during dull trading on the Canadian and New York ex- changes. Chicago wheat closed 3% to 7% lower while grains showed a firm trend in the futures market at Mac's Musings Near Lindsay Just the other day The plowmen met To match their skill In contests keen; Their furrows straight and true Cut by the blades By horse and tractor drawn. But on that field Where modern skill and art Vied with each other, In years gone by When pioneers bold Sought to bring the land Beneath the plow, The oxen teams Supplied the strength That bore the share Through toughened sod To turn the furrows Black 'and rich To meet the sun's caress, So while the powered tractors, And the sleek horse teams Peformeq their stint At Lindsay's match The oxen there recalled to mind The trials and the triumphs Of the pioneers. To them we owe Our fertile farms, Wrested by arduous toil From forests deep and dark. With nature's help, They reaped their crops Returning to the soil each year The fertility drawn therefrom. Today we need to learn Once more their ways Of building soil, Of feeding well the land That gives to us and all mankind The food we need. ® 15 Years Ago A stormy scene occurred in a Bloor Street Hall when a meeting of radicals was broken up by a .| group of anti-Communist Ukrain- fans. 5 New York Americans hockey team came to Oshawa to start pre- season training at the Oshawa gor: Oshawa Kiwanians entertained Junior Farmers of the district at a banquet. Pythian Sisters from all over On- tario, to the number of over 200, assembled in Oshawa for a Friend- ship Rally. Memorial Cairn in honour of the Rev. Dr. R. H. Thornton, first Presbyterjan minister of the Osh- awa district, unveiled by his daugh« ter, Miss Josephine M. Thornton, on plot at Thornton's Corners. K-W RECORD HONORED Kitchener, Oct. 18--(CP) -- The Kitchener - Waterloo record won btonorable mention ! in the second annual local news contest of the In- land Daily Press Association. Word of the award was received Saturday from the Association, which has a membership of 500 United States papers and two from Canada. The Record, with a circulation of 21,386, competed with papers from nine stars in the 20,000-50,000 circulation group, The competition was con- ducted by the school of journalism of the university of Wisconsin. EARNINGS HIGHER Ottawa, Oct. 18--(CP)-- Weekly earnings of Canadian industrial workers last Aug. 1 reached their highest point in nearly two wears, the Dominion Burea uof Statistics reported today. Average weekly wages of hourly.rated personnel em- ployed by leading manufacturers it Aug. 1 totalled $39.07, the highest in 46 months, said the Bureau. This was 30 cents above the previous month's figure of $38.77 and $4.52 higher than the average for the cor- responding month a year ago® LLL rr rT LE TT Tr rr rr LT LI TTT LITT ITI ebb dL LL Ld ddd Le dL LL LL LL LL CANADIAN CENERALER ELECTRIC ENERAL ELECT RIC You'll notice the differ- ence in your home and in your office when you switch to General Elec. tric Lamps. They stay brighter longer . . . give you best lighting value. JIT TIT ITTY TToT TE hed ceded rrr rrr rrr ere eee Looking Around The World By DEWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Tue Palestine problem presents many grave difficutlies but there is one well-defined point from which the United Nations can start to fig- ure. The new state of Israel is what Dr. Ralph Bunche, interim Pales- tine mediator, aptly described as "a vibrant reality." It is "a going con- cern," and you can bet your last dollar that the Jewish people will maintain it at all hazards. Dr. Bunche has reported to the U. N. in Paris that Israel can"t be destroyed "by any means other than force of sufficient strength to com. pletely crush the Jews in Palestine." Where is such a force coming from? The Jews are determined fighters who have shown themselves able to cope with any Arab armies (also ex- cellent and brave soldiers) likely to be sent against them, The only other source of strengtty would be the Un- ited Nations, and the peace organ- ization isn't going to destroy any- body. Its business is't to destroy, but to preserve. Negev the Key This doesn't mean that the Isra- eli government isn't prepared to ne- gotiate over the final boundaries. As a matter of fact Israel is anxious to acquire the Negev area original- ly awarded it by the U.N. assembly in 1947 but assigned to Arab Trans- Jordan in the revised plan prepar- ed by mediator Count Folke Berna- gotte just before he was assassinat- ed. Undoubtedly Israel will negotiate, but the immutable circumstances to remember is that the Jewish na- tional home has come to stay, Difficult Task So the task of the U. N, revolves about the acceptance, of a determin- ation which will not be denied. Na- turally it involves not only the es- tablishment of boundaries for Israel but for a new Arab state, since the Arabs also are entitled to their place in the Palestine sun, and their rights must be safeguarded. And along with this divisinon of land between the 'two peoples the U, N. must provide guarantees for the maintenance of peace. Nomadic Land One of the most interesting--and difficult--of the problems is that relating to the disposal of the Ne- gev. "Negev" means "The South" and it comprises the southern por- tion of Palestine, much of which is dry and sandy 'This area an estimated popu. lation of 60,000 to 80,000, most of whom are Arab namads. However, there are a new towns and some agriculture is carried on by means of irrigation. Sheep and goats also are raised. The Jewish agency has maintained agricultural experimen- tal stations in the Negev, and there aye hopes of developing the farm- g. LEGION OFFICER NAMED Peterborough, Ont., Oct. 18--(CP) --Arthur Wagstaff of Peterborough Sunday was elected District Zone Commander of the Ontario Com- mand, Canadian Legion, by about 75 delegates at a special meeting. This followed the resignation of the previous zone commander, Robert Hotrum, also of Peterborough. Mr. Wagstaff served overseas in the first war, Looking Ahead 'In Ottawa By the Ottawa Staff of The Canadian Press Ottawa, Oct. 18--(CP)--George Drew, as newly elected leader of the Progressive Conservative party, has not yet decided where he will seek election to the House of Com- mons. A party official said that Mr. Drew, whose resignation as Premier of Ontario is expected momentarily, has not decided when he will come to Ottawa to discuss the question of his election with Progressive Conservative members of the Com- mons, Shortly after the party's National Convention selected him as suc- cessor to John Bracken, Mr. Drew told a press conference that the question of where and when he would run as a federal candidate would be decided after consultation with the party members in the Commons. Mr. Drew has been ill for the last few days and supporters here be- lieve that may be the reason he has not sent out notices for a party caucus, There were reports that Mark Senn, 70-year-old member of the Commons for the Ontario constitu ency of Haldimand, would resign to make way for Mr. Drew. How=- ever, the Progressive Conservative organization in Mr. Senn's riding have denied the reports. It also has been reported that Hon. Earl Rowe, member for the Ontario constituency of Dufferin. Simcoe and minister without port- folio in the last Conservative government, will give up his seat in favor -of ~Mr. Drew. Mr. Rowe declined to confirm or deny the reports. Several sitting members of the Commons have offered to resign their seats, but so far Mr. Drew has been notf-committal. Before a #aucus Wednesday picked his suc- cessor in Ontario, Mr. Drew ane nounced that Roland Michener, his provincial secretary, will come to Ottawa as his special assistant. Mr. Michener, like Mr. Drew, was defeated in the Ontario election last summer. SET TYPE™BY HAND Until the middle of the 1880's 'type was set by hand as in the days of Gutenberg and Caxton. SPECIAL LOW RAIL FARES T0 OTTAWA WINTER FAIR October 25 to 29 Good going--Oct. 23 to Oct. 29 inclusive, Return--Lyv. Ottawa not later than midnight Oct. 30. From First Class Coach OSHAWA $9.90 $8.55 uovernment Tax xtra Full information from any agent. 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