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| TEN DTILY TIMES-GASSTTS, Wednesday, May %, 1088 ditorials iy E The Dally TimesGusetts (Oshawa, Whitby) The $7 Simooe Street published Times-Gazette Publishers, Limited, a Mg Government Must Realize Trend Is Against It The Progressive Conservative victory in. Ontario Riding in Monday's by-election was not the only positive indication on that day that the trend of public opinion is against the government. There were six by-elections on Monday. Four of then were won by the Progressive Conservatives and two by the Liberals. Three of the seats won by the Pro- gressive Conservatives were formerly Lib- eral, ag were the two retained by the gov- ernment party. ' The other seat was former- ly Progressive Conservative, and was re- tained. The election in Ontario Riding was dealt with in these columns yesterday. It was to a large extent a personal victory of Osha- wa's popular and capable mayor, Michael Starr over two comparatively little known candidates. That same personal element, however, is not likely to have been the.de- ciding factor in all of the government de- feats, The loss of three seats, one in Ontar- io; one in New Brunswick and one in Que- An Instrument for Signing of treaties by Britain, the United States, France and West Germany, restor- ing the last-named country to full partner- ship in the community of free Europe, can be regarded as one of the most significant events of recent years. It is the first of- ficial 'step towards giving Germany com- plete independence and towards putting an end to the preserice of occupation troops in West Germany. The foreign troops which now remain in Germany will be there, not to enforce occupation regulations, but as partners with the forces to be created by West Germany as a guarantee against ag- gression from the east. {The restoration of full and complete in- Gependence to West Germany was not un- dertaken without some misgivings. There was bound to be suspicion of a country which twice within 25 years plunged the world into a catastrophic war. It was natural that France should be fearful as to future Ger- men intentions. To resolve these suspicions and fears was no small task, and the fact that this was possible is a. tribute to the skill and diplomacy of British Foreign Sec- setary Eden and the United States Foreign Secretary, Dean Acheson. But it should be noted that even these would have failed had # not been for the absolute guarantees given by Great Britain and the United States to guarantee the future safety of France. bec shows clearly that the support which gave the Liberal party its overwhelming majority in 1949 is declining sharply. Even in the riding of North Waterloo, On- tario, which the Liberals won, the majority of over 10,000 gained by Louis Breithaupt in 1949 was cut down to a mere 1500 by an aggressive woman Progressive Conservative candidate. By-elections serve a very useful purpose as straws to show which way the wind is blowing. They can also be useful in indicat ing to the government whether its policies are being met with approval or otherwise. Monday's resnlts should be a warning to the government that its record of the last three years has not been such as to maintain a high level of public support. It has lost seats consistently in by-elections. It looks as if there will have to be a re-assessment of both policy and performance if the government wishes to retain the confidence of the people to a greater degree than was shown in the by-elections of Monday. Peace Of great significance were the statements made by the foreign secretaries who signed the agreement. Dean Acheson welcomed Germany "as a new partner of the United States, France and Britain to establish peace and security in the world." Anthony Eden expressed the hope that "the signature of the treaties marked the end of the German wars that have torn Europe asunder, and opened a wintlow to the future giving Europe a chance to free itself from the wars that have tortured two generations." Foreign Minister Schuman of France spoke of it as a new and bold idea, and said "From now on our nations and governments will have to learn to co-operate, filled with the spirit for the creation of a new world in which we will all have a place, and in which each will have to earn a place, not in order to rule, but to support each other." The German Chancel- lor ended the speaking; and in his words were "We are taking the first step to the reunification of Germany in freedom and peace . . . to inaugurate in Europe an epoch of co-operation and peace." Launched in the spirit of these words from the leaders of the four nations involved, this new agreement might well be termed an in- strument of peace, and, coupled with other measures being taken for the defence of the free nations, should be a potent factor in dispelling the grim spectre of war which still hangs over them as a threat. Comparison In Ownership | There is a popular story concerning the American business man explaining to a Rus- sian counterpart the difference in living conditions in their two countries. The U.S. citizen pointed out that in his country the *boss" generally owned the plant whereas the workers owned all those automobiles parked in the company lot; while in Russia the workers owned the plant and the car in the' parking lot belonged to the "boss." There seems to be an awful lot of truth in this story, judging by statistics recently re- leased by a large American corporation com- paring the cost of living in the two countries. For instance it is pointed out that in the U.S. one out of every four persons has an automobile while in Russia the percentage is one out of 252, That tells quite a story of comparisons in living standards of the two countries, Editorial Notes . That rain came just in time to prevent alarmist reports on the strawberry erop with . resultant high prices. The United States will not allow @ny of its citizens to travel behind the Iron Cur. tain without a special permit from Wash- ington. Canada must be very lax when its Dr. Endicott can make trips to Russia and Communist China at will. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA, WHITBY) _ The Dally Times-Gazette ( ma Times (oapished PD tad Tho "Puity ded g tutors BOdays excopied). mbit aay 4 ays Member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily New: Assoclal pid Ee oe oh he, American Newspaper Publishers As- Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Pre: to for republication of all news entitled th Paver to it or to The espatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. © T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing 'Director. M, MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor Tower Dulane, Moatrents Fa TT Od 39 Universtiy SUBSCRIPTION RATES t Dias, Whitby, Brooklin, Port ; Delivered by carrier in Parry, Ajax and Pickering, not 30c per week. By mail de anywhere in Canada and England, For carrier dalivery areas 00 per year; U.S. $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR APRIL 10,784 £ t 1 1] The Peterboro Examiner says that when we offer to accept American money at par we are suffering from an inferiority com- plex. On the other hand, maybe it is just a ruse to secure a larger share of these Am- erican dollars. A Bit Of Verse TO A PHOEBE With leafy close at hand She settles in above our door, A thing we cannot understand, And then keeps scolding more and more. You'd think she'd learn from year to year How kind a landlord who allows This temporary tenant here, Right on the lintel of his house. Ungrateful, impolite, as though She were the owner, we the guest, She darts out as we come and go, Wings fluttering above her nest. Such agitation and such fuss Are quite perplexing, when she came Last spring and this to pick out us, And next spring will do just the seme. ~SARA KING CARLETON. Bible Thought In the story of the miraculous feeding of the five thousand, we read that Jesus "gave the loaves to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude," (Matt 14:19). The disciples' task was to distribute the food. 'They. could be either channels or barriers. Thou hast no hands, O Christ, as once of ol To feed the multitude with bread divine, Thou hast the living bread enough for all. Sut now no hands to give it out--but mine. THE LAST LAUGH MAC'S MUSINGS We had an election here On Monday, when 46,000 And more of our people In Ontario Riding were Given the opportunity Of casting their ballots And thereby carrying out An important duty of Democratic citizenship. Yet in spite of all The grumbling we hear About high taxes, and High costs of living, For which the governmems Is usually blamed, Nearly 17,000 of th Citizens of the riding Did not take the trouble To go to the polls in Exercise of their duty. This means that more Than one in every three Of the electors failed To discharge that duty, And while there may be Some who were ill, or Had legitimate reasons For staying home, We feel that sheer apathy And callous indifference To the nation's welfare Was responsible for this Poor election day showing. It is dangerous to our Continued democracy, That 37 per cent of the Possible voters show Complete apathy towards portant Our Its responsibilities. Child Killed Nine Injured In Car Crash TORONTO (CP)----Raymond Hill, nine months, was killed and nine ge partom Jdjuding four Shik en wer ur esterday [) collision Between wo automobiles at nearby Woodbridge. Most severely injured was Malott of French River, His (] and two small children were hurt. obleton, : Others injured were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hill, of the fatally- injured child, another Hill child, and Mrs. Kenneth Goodfellow and her daughter Janis, 14 months. The Hills and the Goodfellows live in Nobleton, Hill and his family for Toronto to have their pictures taken. Malott was eastbound from Kitchener, Newspaper Is were. bound. Charged With Law Violation NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Judge Herbert Christenberry ruled yes- terday that business practices of the Times-Picayune Publishing Co. are in violation of antitrust laws and injurious to the rival New Orleans Item. The government focussed its case on a practice requiring purchasers of national and classified advertis- ing to buy space in both the morn- ing Times-Picayune and the even- ing New Orleans States as a unit and refusing to sell those kinds of aaverusing in the papers separ- ately. The Junina river, principal trib- utary of the Upper Ganges in India, flows 860 miles from the Himalave masuntaina OTTAWA DIARY Three Major Parties Are Worried Over B.C. Picture OTTAWA--The threes major poli- tical parties are united temporar- ily and quite unhappily these days in a common bond of acute appre- lies in the general election cam- paign currently in progress out in British Columbia. The way things are going there Liberals, PC's, and CCF-er's alike are beginning to fear that their combined share in the results on polling day may be a collection of uniformly red faces. It's beginning to look, in other words, as though there was a real danger of the Social Credit forces picking up the marbles. GRASS ROOTS MO The threat to the three major parties was first recognized by politicians in these parts something better than a month ago when the Social Credit forces decided to hold a provincial convention in Vancou- ver. In advance of the event, inter- est in it was only mild, The other three parties already had held co- ventions of their own which, al- though falling far short of being spectacular, they considered satis- factory. The Social Credit gather- iny was expected to be quiet and probably 'dull by comparison. The fact that the SC"s had no party funds available for the .purpose and that all delegates would have to meet their own expenses was regarded as assuring a limited turn-out, It turned out to be highly un- fortunate for the three major politi- cal parties that they had so dis- counted the Socred convention in advance. For it made the shock of witnessing a gathering which dwarfed their own meetings into comparatife insignificance all the more demoralizing when it came. Upwards of 1,000 duals swar- med in to the Socred camp meet- ing from parte of the province. It was = as well as dis- concertingly / evident to the other parties that they had a roots movement with which ge And politicians know from. sad exper- ience that a grass roots movement, PORTRAITS - « « By JAMES J. METCALFE DELAY IN MAIL My desk is empty on its face + + + There is no paper there .. . But all the drawers are filled with words . . . That came from everywhere . . . The letters that are waiting for . . . Their answers near and far . . . If just to say hello to them ... And ask them how they are . . . I know I should be writing and . . . I realise I am late .+oBut Tam lasy as oan be . . . And' I proorestinate . . . Until it seems that my replies . . . Will soond a little stale . . . And then one day I get to work . . . And answer all my mail ,.. And thet is why some weeks go by .. . Without & note or'cand . . , When all the while & prompt reply . . . Would not have been so hard, : IN DAYS GONE BY Whit. council an elabora Permits for building 117 new houses were issued by the city en- gineer in one week, Lakeview Park was selected as the scene of a county-wide Diamond Mayor Preston proposed to city te program for planting trees in the city. Head office of the Oshawa Rail- way and the Thousand Islands Rail- way was moved from Gananoque to Oshawa. ! A contract was let for new - ings to double the size of the Cen- tral Spring Company plant on Rit- son Road North. : Emmet Dennis, 5, of Whitby, died in Oshawa Hospital as a result of injuries received when struck by a car, READERS' VIEWS Regarding Immigrants De Editor, The Times-Gazette In your issue of The Times- Gasztte of May 19, you have made reference to D,P.'s ahd the reason somé of them get jobs in prefer- ence to Canadians, A week or so ago you quoted from a St. Cathar- ine's paper which sald that British unskilled labor would not be wel- come here. Now the war has been over for about seven years. Why are there so many D.P.'s still coming over here. They escape military service in the countries from which they come, and as non-Canadians they will not have to join the armed forces here. Our own boys will have to join the army, navy and air force in case of a war, while these same draft-dodgers, (D.P.'s) will get all the best jobs. British im- migrants, on the other hand, be- come Canadian citizens after one year in this country with full res- ponsibilities, including military service. Could it be that the Liberal gov- ernment in Ottawa is interested in undercutting wages in this 'coun- try? Could it be that the trade unions are becoming too strong in the eyes of the manufacturers and their union? Well, whatever the reason, I would say that Canada is not the only country in the western hemis- phere, Why not send some of the D.P.'s to South America or even Mexico, and get a few more British immigrants over here and make sure we are still allowed to speak English. JAMES CORSH, « 67 First Avenue, Oshawa, Ont. BOUQUETS The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir, On behalf of the University Wom- od en's Club of Oshawa and District, FEARED 'The feature of the British Colum- bia 'situation that has the three es worried is the close parallel which it affords to the Al- berta situation at the time when the Social Credit movement swept into power there. At that time Al- berta had tried out the Liberal Party, had discarded it and had failed to find satisfaction in the United Farmers' " voters turned to Soci at least something new, The ex- periment paid off in good govern- ment, Then the discovery of oil rewarded the Manning Govern- ment, That made the province's switch to Socred rule seem like a glamorous political fairy story. In British Columbia the people have experimented successively with Conservative, Liberal and co- alition rule. None of them has las- ted, But just across the provincial boundary line there is the golden example of what happened to a province that dared to experiment with a new party. The British Columbia voters may decide to discover what their luck will be under the Social Credit banner. QUEEN'S PARK Resign ation of Thomson Latest Liberal Rumor TORONTO--Most fascinating ru- mor of the year is that Liberal leader Walter Thomson is to offer his resignation to the annual meet- ing of the provincial Liberal asso- ciation on Friday. The report comes from a well- founded source and appears most likely to be true. Of course this would be the most logical thing for Mr, Thomson to do, even if he wants to continue 'in office as he has indicated. . He can offer retire and then hope that when a convention is called there will be a strong de- mand for him to continue. In the position he finds himself, with strong and bitter opposition in many quarters, this is by far the safest course. Through it he can probably avoid open debate on his failings. With the resignation before it the de- mand that he retire which almost certainly would come before the meeting would be washed out. The resignation therefore is most logical. But the fact that it prob- ably will be made still adds spice to the political picture. As of now it appears quite likely that House leader and former pro- vincial leader Farquhar Oliver may emerge as & background hero of the meeting. There has been quite an a I have been asked to express to you our appreciation for the kind- ness shown to us through the year by the Times-Gazette. We especially wish to thank Mrs, Aldwinckle for her co-operation and interest, and for her splendid re- porting of our meetings. Yours very truly, ALBERTA P. HILTZ, , Corresponding Secretary, Unie versity Women's Club of Oshawa, APPLE PROVINCE . Nova Scotia in 1051 packed 130, 593 dozen cans of apple juice, more than the total pack in all other mazing amount of support rallying behind Mr. Oliver. Your reporter wasn't there but apparently at the Western Ontario Liberal meeting he got a tremen- dous ovation, And this reflects a very. noticeable trend in the party to take another look at Mr, Oliver" and like what they see after the November debacle. His steadiness and general "com- mon sense" appeal are appearing more and more attractive and many men and women in the party are recognizing that he wasn't given a real chance in his fling at the leadership." It is improbable that the house leader will be in the fore-front at the meeting, It has never been his practice to rush into the limelight. He most likely will sit back and let Mr. Thomson and others have the show. But after the 600 or so delegates have a chance to talk among themselves he should be the man to beat at the next Jeader, In the meantime there seems to be good foundation for the rumor that Mr. Thomson is in the field for a judgeship. Those .in inner party circles say he is making a determined bid for the bench. So far, however, Ottawa hasn't shown any enthusiasm for naming him "Mr. Justice Thomson." Trustees Resign In School Row VITTORIA (CP)--Trustees G. W. Oakes and Ambrose Franks re- signed from the school board yes- terday following the board's decis- fon to retain public school Princi- pal William F. Orchard. The two trustees had earlier re- quested Mr. Orchard's resignation. Me. Oakes' wife alan reaizned ves- terday as janitor of the school, a position which pays $60 a month. Following the request for Mr. Orchard's resignation pupils staged a protest parade and ratepayers at meeting last Friday voted to retain Mr, Orchard, Jean Rich- ards and Hilda Houlding, teachers at the school, resigned Monday. Vittoria is 30 miles south of Brantford. About. 'one-third of all Canadian wheat exports goes to the United. Kinsdam MINAK odge In the Lake of the Woods Country There's freedom from care, from hay fever, fishing -- everything for @ happy holiday! 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