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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OBHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) b of the Canadian Press, and the Audit Bureau of The Times- es the Canadian Daily pap Provincial Dailies Association Circulations. Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for Tn of all news despatches in this paper Stecitad to ft or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the local news published therein. All rights of despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L, WILSON, Vice-F and M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES in Osh Delivered by carrier Oia gg Tog : outside A mall, i! Oatiads' and England, $7.00 He oy $0.00 per year. y 00 per » ., $9. s Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for SEPTEMBER 8,592 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948 Where Are They? It is often said that statistics can be made to prove almost anything that the person using them wishes to prove. But at the same time they are puzzling to people who read the results of the mathe- matical calculations of the statisticians. For instance, the Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa comes out with its findings on the average rent of dwelling places in Canada, and they have been productive of not a little amusement and some indig- i report of the Bureau states that the average rent in February of this year for dwellings of all classes except farm buildings was $27.43 per month. One- family detached dwellings had the low- est average rate at $24.27, and apartments and flats rated highest at $30.27. How these averages were arrived at is not indicated, but the question that many: people are asking is where they can find living accommodation with rents at that level. Certainly not in Oshawa, Toronto, or indeed, in any of the 'cities of Ontario. It would be interesting to know where the low cost homes, of which there must be plenty to bring down the general average to' $27.43, are located. Further figures show that 31 per cent of the homes were rented at from $20 to $29.99 per month; 28 per cent between $10 and $19.99 a month; 19 per cent between $30 and $39.99 and only nine per cent between $40 and $49.99. Five per cent were paying less than $10 a month; four per cent between $50 and $59.99 and four per cent $60 or more. ) These are truly amazing figures from the standpoint of those people in Oshawa, To- ronto and other Ontario centres who find rentals far beyond the averages which have been set up by the statisticians. Back To Niagara Announcement by Robert H. Saunders, chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commifflion of Ontario, that the Commis- sion proposes to build a' steam generating plant in either Toronto or Hamilton, is bound to bring a feeling of amazement and surprise. Plans also been made to erect a steam generating plant at Windsor. |. One wonders what happened to the battle-cry of "Back to Niagara" which was heard so loudly in political circles in On- tario some ten or twelve years ago. Both parties used it. The Liberal government used it in the argument over the cancella- tion of Quebec power contracts in 1985. The Conservative opposition used it to taunt the Liberal government when it re- negotiated contracts with Quebec com- panies in 1938. : The term "Back to Niagara", of course, is not to be taken as literally as it sounds As a matter of fact, Ontario has reached the limit of the power it can develop at Niagara Falls without making a new agreement with the United States. But the term generally was used to indicate that Ontario should develop its own water power resources before buying from Quebec. The situation today is that with all the power coming from Niagara Falls, the Quebec companies and other water sources in Ontario, there is a drastic shor- tage. Building huge plants in Toronto, Hamil- ton or Windsor will not help the present situation. They will take from two. to three years to complete, and by that time, we are assured, there will be an abundant new supply of power from the Des Joach- ims plant on the Ottawa River. But the point is that Ontario should not have to depend on steam plants for power whe: there are still great sources of water power ® undeveloped in the province. The cost of producing steam power is so much high- er than that of hydro-electric power that there is no comparison, and there is al- ways the chance that the power made available from water sources yet unde- veloped will make the steam generating plants a useless fifth wheel to the coach. That Huge Surplus Government sources in Ottawa are pointing with pride to the huge surplus of $469,683,000 which has been piled up by the federal treasury in the first six months of the-current fiscal year. This is slightly less than the amount of surplus which was forecast in the 1948 budget for the entire fiscal year. While there may be some merit in hav- ing a surplus of this size in the nation's finances, it is not entirely to the credit of the government. It indicates either that the Minister of Finance is an extremely bad forecaster of revenues and expenditures. or that he deliberately under-estimated the Surplus in order to make a record showing at the end of the year. In either case the fact that the government has taken from the people of this country some $470,- 000,000 more in taxes than required to run the country's business for six months will not be accepted with equanimity by the citizens as a whole. It is true that this may be an anti-in- flationary method of financing, and that it is good business if large sur- pluses can be used to reduce debt, but the man who is paying heavy taxes today is not apt to look too kindly on financing which takes from him fifty per cent more than the country's needs of the day re- quire. Editorial Notes W. A. Wecker, at a dinner the other night, said 111,892 voted for the Commun- ist candidates in 1945 elections, as com- pared with 1940's total of 14,616. That - does not mean all these people were com- munists; probably most of them were fel- low travellers who had been hoodwinked by the false title and claims put forward by the reds. %* ok k k Liberals in Great Britain are pinning their hopes on the floating vote to bring the party back into prominence. We are afraid they will need a more substantial foundation than that for their hopes. %* % %k % While Britain and the United States were condemning Russia's blockade Berlin before the U.N. Security Council, the Russian foreign minister only sneezed. That probably expressed as well as any- thing else the Soviet contempt for the Council. kk k % Field Marshall Montgomery always be- lieved that high morale in his troops was necessary to win battles. Perhaps the enthusiasm of the Progressive-Conservative party over its new leader is animated by the same idea. e Other Editors' Views * CONSUMER CONFIDENCE NEEDED (Sarnia Canadian Observer) The so-called butter shortage is aggravated by repeated scare announcements which prompt con- sumers to hoard. Consumer confidence would be quickly restored by an announcement from the gov- ernment that sufficient butter would be imported to meet Canadian needs. If that is not done the situa- tion will continue to worsen, rl . * * + \ FREE SPEECH (Guelph Mercury) The most valuable single adjunct to liberty yet won by humanity in all its thousands of years of struggle is free speech and free press. Despotism cannot thrive where these exist. So long as men can speak and print the truth no Stalin can drive them like cattle in directions they do not wish to go. "Give light and the people will find their own way." eo A Bit of Verse o WHITE EGRET . He seemed enchanted with his unfamiliar place, White as cloud, with lifted foot, he showed no fear, Taking for granted sumac bush and Queen Anne's lace Goldenrod, late 'Susans' growing near. He had forsworn dark pools, wild orchids, hanging Yet for the moment, as we passed him by He seemed to triumph in his loss, Lone loveliness beneath New England sky! ~Katharine Adams, 2 in the New York Herald Tribune. e® A Bible Thought e "The Lord shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him." (Psa. 37:40.) Our part is to put our trust in Him. Nothing more is possible; nothing less is enough. Don't Let The Surface Fool You, Joe FOREIGN a REET $0 a ATi pe Raa ARNT LE tzpatrick, in The St. Louis y. % . aged, «8 4 908 L AEE BR Id | Poitie Post Dispatch Report From Westminster By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Oct. 20--(CP) -- Parlia- ment opens Oct, 26 with a full.dress ceremonial, a warm' prelude to the hard-fisted debate which is certain in the months ahead. , Instead of the relaxation hard- driven members of parliament hop- ed for in the later years of the pre- sent parliament, they are faced with 2 new rush of controversial legisla- tion. Both Labor Government and Con- servative opposition enter the fray with new zest. The general election is two years away and battle lines now are being drawn for thé con. test, . To open the new session, the King, wearing his crown for the first time in 10 years, will be sur- rounded by officials, ministers and soldiers in bright uniforms or for- mal dress. Then the parliamentar- fans will get down to sterner tasks. 1, The government will introduce a controversial bill to nationalize the iron and steel industry, The bill is expected to authorize the government to acquire interests in firms and create a steel corpora- tion. The extent of proposed govern- ment interference in the actual op- eration of the industry is uncertain, for the iron and steel industry is generally looked on as efficiently managed 2. Both Houses of Parliament will be asked to agree to a judicial in- quiry into alleged irregularities at the Board of Trade, following Scot- land Yard investigations. J. W, Bel- cher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board, has been given leave from his official duties at his own request until the inquiry is conclud- of | ed. 3. The Commons is again expect- ed to pass--for the third time--the parliament bill' to reduce from two years to one the Lords' power to veto Commons' legislation. 4 Extension of compulsory mili- tary service for men called up in 1940 and now liable for one year's duty is in prospect. This is likely to stir up opposition from some back-bench laborites who dislike conscription in any form, 5. There will be more harmony on a bill to reorganize civil defences in the light of the uncertain world situation, This measure probably will be given priority in the govern- ment program. Ontario Workers Buy More Bonds Ottawa, Oct. 20 -- (CP) -- Series three of Canada Savings Bonds-- the peacetime successor to Victory Bonds -- show purchases through the payroll savings plan amounting to $15,380,100, compared with $12,- 906,800 at the same date last year, the Bank of Canada announced Tuesday. Payroll savings sales indicate purchases from 78,007 individuals, an increase of more than 11,000 over the number of employee pur- chases at the same date last year. Average purchase is $197.16 com- pared with $193.32 Highlights of early returns include sales to railway employees totalling $1,902,200 -- an increase of nearly $1,000,000 over sales at the same time in the series two offering. A total of $1,066,850 have been contracted for by Civil Service em- ployees, an increase of more than $500,000. In the sales by provinces, Ontario leads with an increase of more than $1,000,000 in sales through the payroll savings plan, WIDOW SENTENCED Prague, Oct. 20--(Reuters)--The People's Court Tuesday pronounced sentence in absentia of life im- prisonment on Margarete Heydrich, widow of Reinhardt (Butcher) Hey- drich, whose assassination during the war resulted in the massacre of the Czech village of Lidice. Mrs. Heydrich, now said to be living in the British zone of Germany, was charged with demanding a special court martial for all persons con- nected with her husband's death. FLEE EUROPE IN BOAT Recife, Brazil, Oct. 20--(AP)--A sailing ship carrying 66 refugees from Eastern Europe to Argentina put' in here Tuesday for food sup- plies. Arvids Bertins, Lithuanian commander of the 75-ton craft, Fiza, said they were fleeing from "dangers of Communist expansion in Europe," : Business Spotlight BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stock markets continued their October advance Tuesday as trading rolled along at a steady clip. What traders consider a good omen -- upturn in prices as volume expands ~~ was evident in the two trading days to date this week. The market has been jerky with volume and prices fluctating from one hour to the next, but despite disturbing international news, prices have re- mained on an upward trend. Monday was a strong day in New York, with volume exceeding 1,000,- 000 shares but to some observers it appears that the public did not move into the market Tuesday as action was fitful and volume was exactly the same. However, the slow rise continued, and the Associated Press 60-stock average chalked up a .3-gain at 69.5, to near the high- est for the year. In Toronto, trading climbed stea- dily Tuesday to 1,246,000 shares, highest since early September and the industrial component of the Exchange's index showed a good gain over the two days. Speciaities were in the limelight in Tuesday's trading with several issues touch- ing new highs. Base metals moved ahead on fav- orable news and their price level climbed to Feb. 1946. The group rol- led ahead at the opening of trad- ing this week, and despite some profit-taking, continued to show strong advances. Golds were true to form, slipping slightly as the re- mainder of the market improves. Grain markets showed a slightly | From overseas easier tone Tuesday. Mac's Musings How difficult it is These days To understand The news that comes On world affairs, The ordinary simple man Hag little chance to know The twists and turns That mark the path Of conferences And assemblies When nations meet To plan the fate Of millions Yet unborn, And harder still to figure why In, 1948 But nine years after The Hitler push For world dominion Brought on a war More terrible, ghastlier by far 'Than any other In all history's book; Why should nations live in fear That once again the dogs of war Will be let loose? "Tis ignorance breeds fear And hate and spite, And suspicion that will end In war, Unless those who lead the way Turn back in Faith To Him who brought To earth > Peace and goodwill, The only hope of man today, Is still that message from the hills Of Bethlehem; In its rebirth in hearts of men, So that they may, In seeking paths on which To walk together Towards a better day Of lasting peace, See as their leader Not the man of Paris, Of London or of Washington Not the man of Moscow, But as leader, guide and friend, The Man of Galilee. ® 30 Years Ago Schools closed and other emer- gency measures taken as an epi- demic of Spanish influenza strikes Oshawa. Several factories have 50 per cent of their staffs stricken with this disease. Six rinks took part in the Thanksgiving Day tourney of the Oshawa Bowling Club. Rev. E. C. Hall resigned as the official agent of the Ontario Coun- ty Chidren's Aid Society. Mayor F. L. Mason received no- tice that Oshawa is being sent a German howitzer captured by the 116th Battalion at Amiens as a war trophy. The Oshawa Reformer was cut to four pages on account of most of the staff being ill with Spanish influenza. CHINESE GENERAL CAPTURED Peiping, Oct. 20--(AP)--Govern- ment officials confirmed reports to- day that Gen. Fan Han-Chieh, com- mander of the Manchurian Corri- dor, had been taken prisoner by Chinese Communist troops. Fan was one of three key men in the gov- ernment's defence of North China and Manchuria. He was captured in the fall of Chinsien last week, the informants said. Looking Around The World By RELMAN MORIN Associated Press News Analyst (FOR DEWITT MACKENZIE) "If you give up Berlin, you give up Europe," the German said.' "It is as simple as that." He is a Berliner, a member of that group of newspaper men who have been in the United States studying American newspapers and their methods, His reasoning, I think, is worth reporting, asa counterpoise to the arguments of many Americans who believe the United States blundered terribly by clinging to her perilous toehold in Berlin. They say the United States should have pulled out, because: 1, Berlin is untenable, strategical- ly; the air lift can be stopped just as the trains were stopped. 2, By staying, the United States permitted the importance of the city to be ballooned to such proportions that they cannot afford to quit Ber. In, and the Russians cannot afford to let us stay there. 3. Thus, the Americans in Berlin are, in fact, at the mercy of the Rus- sian Army, and the United States, as a whole, may be dragged into war by "The actions of any trigger- happy corporal," and over an issue that is intrinsically unimportant to America. ; German Answer Now comes the answer of the Ger- man editor: "In the first place, if you get out of Berlin--suppose you withdraw to the Anglo-American zones of occu- pation in the west--then you mere- ly transfer the point of friction. He estimated that less than one per cent of the German people, even those who live in the Russian zones, are Communists or even commun- istically inclined, at this point, "Statistics, of course, would show a much higher proportion. But you must remember that, for a German living in the Russian area, it is much wiser to pay lip service to the Russians and their ideas than it is to openly speak one's mind. "There is a matter of ration- cards, living quarters, and employ. ment. It might even be the differ- ence between life and death." Standing Firm Nevertheless most of those people are, as he put it, "standing firm in the dark." Throughout the rest of Germany, there are millions of other Germans who not only pin their hopes on the Western democracies but have put {heir lives on, the line by taking jobs--such as his-- under the wes- tern military governments. "It is not difficult to picture the fate of these people if all Germany comes under Russian control." To a lesser degree, the same was true of all Western Europe, Again, he argued, it includes those "satel- lite" nations that are now in Rus- sian hands. Their resistance, he believed, will vary in direct ratio to the amount of resistance the United States pre- sents, FREED OF CHARGE Toronto, Oct. 20--(CP)--An As- size court jury Tuesday freed Mich. ael Walsh, -40, of a manslaughter charge. He had been arrested after Edwin McIntosh, 67, died in a brawl in Walsh's rooming house last April, Lo i By MICHAEL O'MARA || Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Oct. 20--(CP)--London"s | West End is all set for another big theatrical season. : In some respects the entertain' ment belt still hasn't got over the war; a ban on outside lighting keeps i marquees gloomy and curtains go! # up around 7:15 p.m, as they did [J during the blitz. i Among the toughest shows to get | into, ticket agencies report, remain the "Big Three" musicals--the im- | ported "Oklahoma!" and "Annie Get Your Gun" and the home-bred § "Bless the Bride." | Another song-and-dance sellout | is the new Arthur Askey show, "The Kid from Stratford." Askey | addicts say he's never been funnier | than in this lighthearted affair, | plot of which presupposes = that ! Shakespeare wrote musical come | dies as well as straight plays. There's been one major retrenche 4 ment along the Shaftsbury Avenue: The Casino Theatre, one of the prime movers in London's current craze for American vaudeville § stars, has given up its policy of "international variety" and swung over, to ballet. , That leaves just one big vaude= ville house in London, the Pale ladium, where an American' is still usually the topliner, But fans-- who may be tiring of the Betty Huttons and Martha Rayes--gav Gracie Fields a huge welcome hom. when she opened there recently. In the drama division, major ire i terest centres on the Old Vic, which opened its speare's "Twelfth Night" and fole § lowed up with Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus." Acting standards remain high and the company -- although without its standby stars, Sir Laur- | ence Olivier (touring Australif) and | Sir Ralph Richardson (filming in | Hollywood)--has been bolstered by | the addition of Sir Cedric Hard- | wicke. The famed Paris Troupe, the | season with Shake- § Comedie Francaise, has been book- |f ed into London for a limited sea son and Italy's "Biennale of Ven- ice" group is here too. Still on the If heavy international side, Eileen Herlie (the Queen in the film ver- sion of "Hamlet"). is starring in British John Gielgud's production of American Robinson Jeffers' translation of Greek Euripides' classic, "Medea." The Covent Garden Opera Come pany has most of the conventional works in its 1948-49 repertoire in addition to Benjamin Britten's modern "Peter Grimes." Ballet shares the stage with opera at Sad- ler"s Wells, Modified burlesque is still o view at the Windmill ("we nev: close") and a new ice show has been unveiled at the Stoll. It's still business largely as usual, but prob ably on a bigger scale than most seasons. U. K. COAL OUTPUT UP London, Oct. 20--(Reuters)--Bri. tish coal production last weel reached the highest figure for near ly five months, with a total of 4, 228,000 tons mined, according to provisional estimates of the Minis- try of Fuel. This compares with 4,166,200 tons for the previous week. ~~ A rrer DAD DIED, it was Uncle Jim who saw me through college and gave me a start in life. I'd do anything for Executor of his estate . . « well, frankly, I don't even know how to start!" Before you leave your estate in the hands * of a relative or friend, no matter how trusted and loyal, consider these questions. him! But as experience. Ap Will he have time to give your affairs proper attention ? Will he know how ? Can you be sure he will never be absent or ill when urgently needed ? And what dies? CoM happens if he Executor in your will. 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