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6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, October 17, 1953 ditorials The Bally TH Whitby), 87 Simcoe Street South, by Times-G L; Oshawa, Ontario Sir Winston Churchill Winner Of Nobel Prize Seldom has the award of the Nobel prize for literature been made to a citizen of the world so distinguished as the man who has been chosen for the year 1953--. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. In his long career, Sir Winston has received many honors and awards, most of them, however, in the political field. The award of the Nobel prize, however, gives him recognition in his calling as a writer, in view of the brilliant contribution he has made to con- temporary literature in his volumes on the Second World War. While he is best known as a wartime leader and one of Britain's great elder statesmen, Sir Winston has always had writing as an avocation. His first intro- duction to warfare was as a war cor- respondent in his younger days, in the Boer War in South Africa. His next ef- forts were histories of British military campaigns in India, the Sudan and South Africa. He has one novel to his credit, "Savrola", and he declares he is not proud of it, although it was quite a financial success, Nothing he has ever written, however, can compare with his monu- mental effort in compiling for posterity his memoirs as wartime premier during the Second World War, five volumes of which have already appeared, with the sixth to be published soon. Because of this, it is likely 'that Sir Winston will prize this latest interna- tional honor as one of the most import- ant of the many which have been be- stowed on him during his lifetime. The Nobel Prize is not lightly given. On occa- sions it has been withheld because no author had come up to the high standards set by the committee of judges. There- fore it is all the more noteworthy that this year's award should go to a man for whom, in his latter years, writing has been a sideline to the more important tasks of governing his country. Defending Bulwark Of Freedoms A singular event occurred during the week when particular honor has been paid to The Press. It was the decision rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada in the matter of religious freedom in the case of the Jehovah Witnesses in Quebec City. The matter before the Supreme Court was the appeal of the Witnesses against decidions of lower courts, and they sought to have the by-law of the city of Quebec prohibiting the distribu- tion of pamphléts without a permit from the chief of police invalid. It is highly important that the re- marks of Mr, Justice Kerwin, in making the decision of the Supreme Court, should be understood and appreciated. He stated that even though the Witnesses may at- tack religion, they are "entitled to the free exercise and enjoyment of (their) religious profession and worship." These remarks may be interpreted to mean that the citizens of Canada, even though they do not believe as do the Witnesses, should defend to the death their (the Witnesses') right to exercise and enjoy religious free- dom, else they imperil all freedom. The citizens of this democracy enjoy the right of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of worship or religious belief. However, every liberty and freedom involves obligations. In ef- fect the decision of the Supreme Court means that the freedom of religion is in- violate in Canada. The freedom. which we enjoy must not be abused, nor interrupted as a li- cence under which freedom can be used without reckoning, : As a free people Canadians must stand constantly on guard against any attempt, by governments or others, to restrict the essential freedom, be on guard against direct censorship, against more insidious encroachments. Nominal free- dom is not enough. But men must also guard just as jealously against the abuse of freedom, for in that there is as great a danger to us and to our way of life, Worry Bane Of Business Men According to Mayor Romuald Bourque of Outremont, Quebec, worry is the cause of the high mortality rate among busi- ness executives, Undoubtedly the mayor, who was ad- dressing the Montreal Rotary Club, un- leashed a truism but the catch appears to be how to avoid this stress and strain on the human system in thése days of high competition. Nevertheless, the Outre- mont mayor contends that executives have it within their own power to arrest the cause. Physical exertion has a lower batting average in the mortality race than Lorry about the future. The latter, caused by the uncertainty within which the future is olways surrounded, is said to be num- bering its victims by the thousands. Worry is described as a killer even in the midst of plenty, for the reason that the executive burdened with the re- sponsibility of maintaining a business, worried the most when business was best. Editorial Notes We may regard education as expen- sive, but it is not nearly so costly as ig- norance can be. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA-WHITBY) The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining The Oshawa. Times( established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette & Chronicle d 1863) is bl daily [¢ s and y b y )e of The C Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The C Press is ely to the use for re. publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news pul ed therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor . Offices, 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, 225 Un Tower Bull 2ontreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin Port Perry, Ajax and, Pickering, not ores 30c per week. By mail Province ario) outside carrier deliv areas $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. oy DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR SEPTEMBER These mén, with the habit of worrying, worried as to how long business would re- main good. « Mr. Bourque put the blame on the executives, who in nine cases out of 10, were themselves responsible for the un- certainty that caused the worry that was killing them, i The businessman who is overcome with ill-health or is stricken in his prime, in nine times out of 10, drove himself day and night believing, "it can't happen to me." Then it does happen. In a portion of the cases where the executive is restored to health and re- turns to the job, he has relaxed and has looked at h'mself, his work and his life. These are perhaps in a position to ease up and they do. The others are soon worrying whether they can keep up the pace and what will happen to the busi- ness if they cannot do so. The next time ill-health comes to them they will either be on the shelf, for the rest of their days, or will have joined the "vast majority". Other Editors' Views SO THIS IS CANADA! (Camrose Canadian) Our attention was drawn to a certain incident in Camrose earlier in the summer, A gang of eight artisans was engaged in finishing off a new resi- dence job, There were eight automobiles parked outside the new building, three of them being 1953 models. Two of the workmen were immigrants from war-torn Europe with less than a year's residence in Canada. When we see such incidents right at hand we are given to wonder why the Communist cause can draw a single vote in Canada. Par from criticizing these artisans for spending their money on cars, we glory in the fact that this community, this Canada of ours, can give its citizens such a high standard of living, Bible Thoughts "Satan is out for total war; there is no neutral area. He attacks body, soul, mind, heart, morals. As we submit to God, we are in a position to resist the devil. If we don't submit to God, we are in no position to resist the devil. Without the first we dare not try the second." --A. 'W. Tozer, *'Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:7.) EVERYWHERE YOU WANDER : EVERY WHERE YOU GO--- 17-10 I GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Only Three In 10 Canadians Are Reading Book This Week By CANADIAN INSTITUTE Of PUBLIC OPINION Happen to have been reading a book last week? Not a good book, necessarily -- just a book? No? Well there's no need for em- barrassment, says the Gallup Poll. Only about three in ten Canadians were doidg so. There's been a considerable drop in the number of citizens who were enjoying a book in any given week, since 1945, reports the Poll. Fears of those who believe that less and less people will be reading books, while more and more are watching TV shows, or listening to radio, seem to be justified in the results of two national studies made seven years ago and today. Young people are reading books less. So are old people. Proportion of the population with a nose in a bok, even briefly, is lowest in On- tario and the Maritimes. Greatest interest in books is in British col- umbia. Question put to the people by Gallup Poll interviewers was ex- actly the same as that used in 1945. Comparable results show a definite decrease in the reading of books. "Are you reading any book now or have you read any in the past week?" 1945 © Today 1 cent -- were Montsarrat's The amount of reading done by citizens in the various provinces is strongly contrasted. Seven years ago pearly nat ios young people (48 per cent.) in their doin Ls were reading a book. To- day the figure drops to 40 per cent, But, as 1945, young folk are reading considerably more than men and women who are fifty and over. There's not much difference in the degree to which men and wom- en take, or make, time to read. But there is a very strong con- trast between people with varying degrees of education, as this table shows: Public or no schooling, yes, 18 per cent; no. 82 per cent. High School, yes, 37 per cent; no, 63 per cent. University, yes, 61 per cent; no, 39 per cent, Among that third of the popula- tion which had been reading a book, for two to one it was fiction. But the interest in non-fiction is evidenced by the healthy slice of readership it is getting in Canada. When interviewers asked those who said they had been reading a book during the previous week, 'Was it fiction or non fiction?" this was the national reply: Fiction, 19 per cent; Non-fiction 10 per cent; Don't know 2 per cent; 31 per cent who said 'Yes." Two books which attained most mention -- and that only one her "The Cruel Sea' and "The Silver Chal- ice" by Thomas B. Costain. In the study made seven years ago, "The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas and Betty Smith's "A Grows in Brook- lyn" were top of the list. In the . current report 'The Robe" is in Maritimes Quebec Ontario Prairie fourth place -- still a high favorite. This may be due, in part, to its current release as a film spectacle on Cinemascope. OTTAWA REPORT Rir Service Helps Reduce Egg Cost By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Housewives can buy flower growers, bringing the rich central Canada market within their reach. At the peak of the eggs more cheaply today as a di- rect result of the develop t of an air cargo service between Ca- nadian cities. - Chicken farmers used to replen- ish their poultry flocks by buying and hatching eggs, of which one in two proved a failure. Now thanks to air express they can buy day old chicks with less than a 10 per cent loss. This service gives the poultry farmer greater exactitude in build- ing up his flock; and it saves him the ®trouble of handling eggs and the expense of hatching them. This has proved an important factor in keeping today's store price of fresh eggs down around 80 cents a dozen. Without this economy, the retail price of eggs would have risen in parity with other farm prices in the post-war years, and the average housewife would be paying $1.10 for eggs today. NEW AIR AGE HABITS Air freight could revolutionize our living habits in many ways. Canada led the world in establish- ing the all-up air letter service, which carries our letters by air on long hops such as between Ot- tawa and Vancouver. So a letter between these two cities can now be delivered in less than 36 hours for the same. 4-cent price which we used to pay for the 5-day rail delivery. : : Air mail makes up an insignifi- cant proportion of the total freight carried in air liners today. Baby chicks and baby turkeys are quite an important item. But cut flowers is the largest traffic, totalling 10 times the second biggest class. Air shipment of fresh flowers has developed a very profitable new business for British Columbia they can produce daffodils for 10 cents a dozen, fly them to Toronto for 25 cents a dozen, and sell them there for $2 a dozen. In the Easter peak month this year, Trans-Canada Air Lines car- ried 53,000 lbs. of cut flowers. NEW FREIGHT BY AIR Nobody can forecast what en- tirely new traffic may be created by the ning of more air freight lines. e experience of TCA in the past seven years is that the bulk of their air freight is not taken away from existing carriers, but is entirely mew business made possible by the speed of air trans- t port. This question mark of new busi- ness is of immediate interest in view of the an lication by Cana- dian Pacific Airlines for a licence to operate an air freight service across Canada, in competition with the monopoly now enjoyed by TCA. Many politicians are opposed to the idea that TCA should enjoy r- petual monopoly in a meth of communication which obviously has an unlimited future. The air transport board is understood to have adopted the same stand, and to favor granting the licence to CPA. But the final approval must be given by the cabinet, which is now split in its opinion and unable to agree whether or not to grant the licence to CPA. WHAT'S REAL BELIEF? The principle at stake is whether the cabinet consists of true Lib- erals favoring free competition, or of disguised socialists favoring na- tionalization and monopoly. But the reason given for their disagree- ment is that they do not know whether there would be sufficient MAC'S MUSINGS (By special request, this column is reproduced from the editorial page of The Times-Gazette for Oc- tober 19, 1948.) Call it not giving, When the challenge comes To melt the debt one Owes to fellow-men, To one's community And to those who labor Unceasingly to ease The load borne by Those less fortunate, Call it not giving When the cry of need Goes forth to fill The chest from which Sixteen noble groups Of men and women Serve their communtiy. It is not giving To share the burdens of others To share the good with which We have been blessed, So that the sick, the aged, The children and the youth May know that here In Oshawa there Are those who care, Let us then share In fullest measure So that when the drive To fill the chest is over, It will be filled to Overflowing by those who Feel the high privilege Of sharing, and of Paying in full the debt We owe to others. air traffic to keep two air lines busy, CPA, who belong to the giant Canadian Pacific transport: an- ization, are convinced that there would be plenty of traffic for them. ney have backed their judgment y buying ton air fi rs costing $1,000,000 each. eign With their experience, their judgment is likely to be more re- liable in this matter than t of the 11 lawyers, two ex-ci ser- vants, and assorted ex-teachers, ex-farmers and ex-motor car sales- men forming the cabinet. IN DAYS GONE BY 50 YEARS AGO E. 8. Edmondson, manager of the Electric Light Co. offered $10 reward for information regarding the theft of incandescent lights on the streets. Edward Mundy, "'Ontario Ref Tr tion in the Rockies. Robert Mackie was appointed Li- cense Inspector and . William Purves of Columbus was appoint- ed License Commissioner. The Oshawa Vindicator printed the following remarks Jegarding a Guy Brothers show at the Osh- awa Music Hall, "the band and orchestra were first class, their singing fair, their specialties splen- did - but their song pictures and 'other stereoptican work was poor." publisher of the ', spent a vaca- Local citizens were greatly in- terested in 'sun spots' which could be seen plainly smoked glass. Officials of the athletic fidld were concerned about the amo vandalism being practised thei; R. A. Little announced that he would provide classes in his store for ladies who wished to learn the art of silk embroidery. Poultry prices for the com festive season were quoted at 9 to 10% cents a pound for chicken, 24 30 13 cents for turkey, 4 to cents per pound for geese 10 to 11 cents per pound for ducks. Ma trate Major Harper impos- ed a fine of $50'on a Whitby cit for selling hard cider without a cense. QUEEN'S PARK N.W. Ont. Chamber Like Parliament By DON O"HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- The annu:' meet: ing of the northwest Ontario Cham- ber of Commerce is something that well might be copi ° in other sections of the province. The Chamber conclave is re- garded as a parliament' of north- western Ontario and offers a forum for wide and free discussion of sectional, as well as general, prob- lems. We don't know of as rep- resentative a group mieeting any- where else in Ontario. And the ' ity for general discussion of ocal problems is valuable to the whole community. An elaboration along this line of the town meeting principle couldn't help but make a contri- bution in other areas of the prov- ince. And with a good represen- tation from the government. Not one but several cabinet ministers. And who would not only give for- mal speeches but sit in and listen and be talked to. RESORT LOANS One disappointment of the cham- ber meeting was lack of any men- tion of loans to outfitters and re- sort owners. This to us has long been one of the key questions of the north- west. Some approach that would make it possible for Canadians to own and operate our resorts. Failure to recognize it showed even the northwestern cham can stand improvement -- though it should be noted the chamber OP still has appointed a committee to make a major study of the tourist in- dustry. TRAVEL TOPICS One of Canada's memorable sights: Pouring the slag as seem by night in Sudbury. ¥ Biggest surprise: The fine high- ways roadside park, complete with swimming pool, at Middle Falls on the road to the lakehead from the border. Certainly the best we have seen in the province, and the finest of its type anywhere. We talk about a lot of things in our {ravel publicity. But there are many, many others we can be proud of. SAME PROBLEMS It's the same story everywhere: In New York City with its elec- tion campaign, 'one of the main topics is housing, Governor Dewey in a speech ex- plaining that hospitals are one of the state's greatest worries, par- ticularly mental institutions. One- third of the stage budget is spent on them hut it can't catch up to the need. El Paso, Texas, trying to solve the problem of school rooms and coming up with an unusual answer. It is building "cottage schools." Regular houses built without any inside walls or fixture. Each "cot- tage' serves as one .school-room, and the schools are built' in units of four or five houses. The cot- tages are much cheaper than regu- lar school rooms and can be sold for residential use (to be finished, of course) when the demand has been met. Duke's Cushon Stolen Hours After Crowning LONDON (Reuters)--Police dis- closed today a crimson cushion on which the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of Britain's nobil- ity knelt to pay homage to the Queen at her Coronation June 2 was stolen a few days later. It now has been returned just as surrepti- tiously as it was taken. The cushion, placed at the tok e of Elizabeth's throne duri ceremony in Westminster bey, vanis| that afternoon while the Queen was riding in triumphal progress through London. The abbey at the time was closed to the public. Polige blame the theft on a souvenir-hunter, haps among the congregal y whose conscience has just caught up with him. Monteith & Monteith CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37. KING ST. 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