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DAI OPINIONS LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMLS 17 (Established 1871) ; TRE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Esta' lished 1863) An independent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The Times Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette is 8 member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dallies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, \jax of Pickering, 24c per week. By mail outside carrier delivery ares anywhere in Canada and England $7.00 per year. United States subscription $0.00 per year. - Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 8.1 6 6 FOR NOVEMBER MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1946 Lewis Saves His Face As was to be expected John L. Lewis has backed down and called off the soft coal strike. Confronted with op- position from the White House and the overwhelming power of public opinion there was little else he could do. Mr. Lewis did his best to save his face when he called a hurried press conference and announced that he was calling off the strike so the Supreme Court would be free of pressure in the making of a decision in his appeal from the 'conviction handed down last week in which he was fined £10,000 for contempt of court and his union was fined $3,500,000. This is so much eyewash. He was confronted with the united force of opinion of all classes of citizens of the United States. Although unionism gained strength by leaps and bounds during the war years, it could not withstand even with its laxge mem- | bership and financial resources the full impact of a nation angered by cold and hunger. x It is indeed a sad commentary on democracy that one man or group of men can disrupt the economy and life of a nation. We don't think it could happen in this day and age anywhere but in America. Hitler successfully duped Ger- many to his whims only to have the structure topple down around his ears. Lewis has shown himself to be something of the dictator. He could have played a great role in the reconversion period had it not been for his greed of power. No matter what their feelings toward unionism may be residents of Ontario will welcome the decision to call off the strike. The handwriting was on the, wall for industry in Canada even as it was in the United Stites. just could not have continued to operate without With the Christmas season close at hand there must have been real soul-searching among union adherents as they saw the possibility of closed plants and no wages, ", Commendable Record : The announcement recently by the Oshawa Public! Utilities Commission that its debenture debt will be retired | by 1952 is one that should meet with general approbation. When the Commission was set up in 1931 it shouldered a debt of $603,524. The fact that the last electric depart- ment delenture was retired on November 1 of this year and that only $95,000 remains to be paid by the water depart- ment is a feather in the cap of the Commission. Indeed, it i+ a tribute to the able management given the business of the Commission by its competent staff of employees and the sound business policies which have be2n pursued over a period Of years by the elected members of the Commission. It has always been the aim of the Commission to sell water and electricity at cost. = This policy has been adhered to as closely as possible, keeping in mind that replacements and extensions havé to be provided for from time to time in a growing community. # Today the facilities of the local Commission are being taxed as never before. This summer an all-time high for pumpage of water was established. With the steady increase in the number of consumers not only in the city but also in . East Whitby Township the gallonage may be expected to continue rising. The same applies to electricity. To meet the cost of improvements and extensions for both systems, the Commission must plan carefully well in advance. Plans and specifications must be prepared while provision must be made to meet costs. Due to wartime restrictions there was a serious shortage of materials. This has hindered the Commission in the carrying ou of its plans for better service to consumers. With the return of normal conditions residents of the Oshawa area may expect an even better service thar they receive today. Better Rural Service To ascertain the opirions of telephone users in rural districts with the idea of improving its service, the Bell Telephone Company has conducted a canvass of the farm areas in the provinces of Ontaric and Quebec. K. L. Carruthers, Bell General Development Engineer, reports that the most specific point which stands out most clearly as a result of the surveys is the need for reducing the number of telephones on a rural line. To reach a , satisfactory level the Company alone must increase the number of its rural circuits by some 2,500 or 35 per cent. The surveys also showed the importance of adding new subscribers in those areas not sufficiently developed and the desirability of certain general improvements such as the elimination of the magneto (hand crank) systems. Most of the complaints received related to the fact that there were too many users on a line with the result that the line was often busy when needed cr there was interference with calls in progress. Forty-six per cent. of the non-users look upon the telephone as a necessity while some consider it more important on a farm than electricity. . What Lewis Is Cooking With 1, D/, i Wo Looking Ahead In Ottawa By The Carcadian Press Ottawa, Dec. 9 (CP).--Widespread changes in Canada's old age pension legislation are being fore: :t in parliamentary circles, but Federal authorities are not yet prepar.d to say. just what alterations will be made. For instance, Health Minister Claxton said today the question of a $5 wartime bonus to pensioners would be made statutory was a matter of government policy which would be announced (n due caurse. The $5 increase--boosting pen- sions from $20 to $25 a month-- was authorized under wartime legis- lation which expires nevt March 31. The increase was granted '» help and Investments Association con- tested a section of the legislation passed by the C.C.F. Saskatchewan government in 1944. The contested section provides that in any year in which a farm- er"s crop yield is less than $6 per acre, the principal owing on all mortgages or bills of sale shall be reduced by the amount of interest due. At the same time the date for the final payment of principal would be postponed a year. y > > % The validity of the section was chajlenged on the grounds that it conflicted with matters of intere.t, bankruptcy and insolvency which fell under federal jurisdiction. The Saskatchewan government, supported by Alberta, argued that the legislation uid not conflict with Federal acts. The act made it clear that interest rates were not to be interfered with. The rate of in- terest. was to be used as the yard. stick by which the principal was *o --Talburt in the New York py World-Telegram ® 15 Years Ago Thousands of citizens turned out to inspect the new Public Utilities Building which was officially open- | ed by Hon. J. R. Cooke, MLA. | Chairman of the Hydro Electric | | Power Commission. Officers and teachers of St. An- | drew's Sunday School paid tribute | to the loyal and devoted service of | J. C. Young, Superintendent of the | | Men réad what you write, whether School. . Col. B. J. McCormick, Govern- ment Wharfinger, reported 63 ships had entered Oshawa Harbor during | the year and that 40,000 tons of | freight had been handled. Two beautiful windows were un- veiled at St. George's Anglican Church by Rt. Rev. Bishop J. F. Sweeney of Toronto. One commem- orated the work and ministry of Rev, Canon C. R. de Pencier and the other was in memory of the late Francis Henry Carswell. The Nurses report for November, presented to the Local Board of Health, showed a total of 102 cases of measles, 18 cases of chickenpox, 12 cases of whooping cough and three cases of scarlet fever. Rev. Alexander MacMillan, D.D., of Toronto, introduced the new hymnary at the Sunday services in St. Andrew's Church, ® A Bible Thought "Ye are our epistle . . . known and read of all men" (II Cor. 3:2.) "You are writing a gospel, a chap- ter each day, By the deeds that you do and the words that you say; false or true-- Say, what is The Gospel According | whiteness, Sir Jack Drummond, to You?" Canvass Electors, Ask Yes Vote on Community Plan ' pa Wiarton, Dec. 9--(CP) -- High school students in this Georgian Bay community can't vote them- selves but today they made a house- | to-house canvass to ask ratepayers | to vote "yes" Monday to a $40,000 community centre question. The plan calls for a building with an artificial ice rink, an auditorium and space for arts and crafts groups, Post-War Bread In UK Darker London (Reuters).--Britain will | never again have flour of pre-war former scientific adviser to the ministry of food, told the Food Education Society, Highest nutritional value came from 85 per cent. extraction, but Britain would probably adopt the present 80 per cent. rate as a per- manent standard "because the color of the flour is more acceptable." Psychological objections militat- ed against' any higher rate be- cause "darker flour is associated | with the hardships of war." Sir Jack Drummond was one of | the British feeding teams which | went through the lines of the First Canddian Corps toward the end of the war and, with permission of the Germans, conducted a rapid preli- minary food survey of the Nether- lands enabling adequate relief mea- sures to be taken before the coun- MARQUETTE be reduced in a year of crop failure. Gateshead, England--(CP)--Old- est acting vicar in Durham diocese, Rev. John Croft, 95, has celebrated his 70th weliding anniversary. His wife is 91 pensioners meet increased living coster Forecasts are that the government will make the increase permanent. In recent sessions of parliament there have been widespread de- mands from opposition members Says Most DPs Back In Own Land London (Reuters).--Eleven mil lion of the more than 12,000,000 dis- placed persons at the end of the war have returned to their own countries, says Sir Herbert Emerson, vice-chairman of the Christian Council for Refugees. Of the remainder, "no less than a million could go back but are quite unwilling to do 50," he reported in a statement, Many displaced per- sons believed themselves far more comfortable in their displacement camps than in the unsettled condi- tions of their own countries. Prospects of emigration to other countries has begun' to open up, especially in South America, but much financial assistance would be needed to get them to their new homes. He expressed hope that United Nations action in accepting the re- fugee problem as urgent would re- sult in the International Refugees Organization becoming operative within six months. AFL To Stand By Striking Printers Hamilton, Dec. 9--(CP)--Hamil. ton and District Trades and Labor Council has received a letter from William Green, American Federation of Labor, say. ing in jyesponse to a letter Council that it could not "legally or constitutionally" deny the rights of the delegates of the print- ing pressmen's local union to at- tend council meetings. A special committee of Council had investigated the matter as a result of a request from Local 129, Typographical Union, which is on strike against the Hamilton Spec- tator. ! GRAHAM BICKLE ACCOUNTANT Auditor Government reports and income tax forms prepared, y. Phone 1004J, 295 Arthur St. and government supporters for more generous treatment of pen- sioners. Changes are also due in the ad- ministrative regulations of old age pensions legislation, At a four-day meeting here last week, the Domi- nion and the provinces drew up recommendations for the changes The possibility of Canada adopt- ing a contributory old age pensions plan was understood not to have been discussed by the meeting. In- auguration of such a plan would hinge mainly on the signing of new taxation agreements with all the provinces, CHRISTMAS > PB ship that can obtain some Court: The Supreme Court of Canada judgement on the validity of the Saskatchewan Farm Secur- ity Act will not be delivered before Dec. 20 at least. Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rin- oretically, master of the NAVAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS No. 10 [ AT SEA: All hands enjoy the Navy's memo- rable Yuletide customs. Every ever- green -- tree or sprig -- fastens it to the masthead. And the youngest rating becomes, the- ship, replacing the real Captain, who discharges his duties for him. Tradition also demands that fret, now is on a tour of France. % the Captain personally serve Judgment on- the validity of the act has been pending since early October, when the Federal govern- ment and the Dominion Mortgage | LOW - PRICED SUGGESTIONS WiILWOOD (adjoining Goldhawk) RAYMOND TiB (adjoining Chimo or West) NEWROY (adjoining Chimo on East) PELANG!O (adjoining. Chesterville) BIROCO (adjoining Queenston) (adjoining ittle Long Lac) MOOSEWOOD (adjoining Amal. Larder) GEO. CHAPMAN & CO. 200 BAY ST. TORONTO PLAYER'S try's liberation was complete. Christmas dinner to the crew! At Christmas and Always 9 'Play NAVY CUT oar? CIGARETTES You know how difficult it is to buy many of the things you need to run your home today. Then imagine the head- aches we run into trying to keep up a steady supply of the materials and parts needed to build automobiles. More than 25,000 parts and pieces go into the build- ing of one of our 1946 passenger cars. The lack of just one item can mean a hold-up in our production. What are the facts? The present de- mand for cars has been building up for four whole years during which Ford of Canada did not produce a single passen- ger car for civilian use. And this year's "stop-and-go" production can obviously fill only a portion of that 4-year backlog of demand. What are we doing about it? Expedi- ters from Ford of Canada are covering thousands of miles every week trying to keep supplies coming our way. In spite of our best efforts we cannot secure enough materials to keep our assembly lines moving at anything approaching capacity. And that is the sort of thing which is holding up your family car. Nothing would please us more than to be able to tell your dealer how many automobiles we will ship him next month, or even next week, so that he could tell ypu when to expect your car. But the situation right now is such that no one can give you an answer. For this reason, we suggest that it is wise to main- tain your present car in good running order while you are waiting. Of one thing you may be sure: Ford of Canada will build just as many cars and trucks as the supply of materials will permit. There's a long way to go yet-- and we join our dealers in appreciating your understanding of an unusual and unwelcome situation. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED FORD & MONARCH DIVISION Ld MERCURY & LINCOLN DIVISION president of the _-