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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE | FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) ependent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The a Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. ' COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapess Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier In Oshata, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. - By mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and England 87.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. subscriptions $9.00 per year. Net Paid Circulation Average Pa Issue 7 : [3 3 5 1947 MONDAY, JULY 28, 1947 Criticism Of V.L.A. During recent weeks there has been considerable discussion of the project houses built by the Director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs on half-acre plots of land. - It should be remembered, however, that the project houses are only a very small part of the work done, and that as time passes it will become a smaller and smaller portion. At the present time project houses represent roughly $15,000,000 of a total of approximately $145,000,000 which the people of Canada have invested in veterans through the Veterans' Land Act. This makes it quite apparent that the major contribution of the Act to the Canadian econamy is being made in other aspects of the act. y Primarily the Veterans' Land Act is a land settlement act. The Act provides for three types of settlement: full- time farming; settlement on a small holding which the veteran would operate to supplement income earned in regular employment, and a small holding operated in con- junction with commercial fishing. As of May C1, 1947, a total of 27,496 establishments had been approved under these three headings. There was a total of 15,575 approved settlements in full-time farming, including 12,952 farm properties pur- chased and re-sold at cost to the veteran. The average size of these farms was 198 acres. Mére than 24,000-head of livestock have been purchased after inspection and 4,793 tractors have been delivered to veterans; $55,131,610 was approved for land and permanent improvements together with $18,142,798 for stock and equipment. A total of 11,470 settlements on" small holdings were approved. These represented $55,578,304 for land and per- manent improvements and $3,833,814 for stock and equip- ment. These settlements included 2,225 subdivision project douses on half-acre lots. Loans were approved for con- struction of 3,645 homes on small holdings exclusive of subdivision projects. The average size of the small holdings was five and a half acres. In addition 5,600 small holdings with homes already built had been purchased and re-sold to veterans. . . Only 461 settlements for commercial fishing had been approved including $1,183,021 for land and improvements and $521,348 for stock and equipment. It will be noted that the project small holdings which have been the source of so much of the publicity total only 2,225, or less than 10 per cent of total V.L.A. approved establishments to May 31. There are an additional 438 houses nearing completion, rounding out the total program of 2,663 subdivision project houses on 114 separate projects across the Dominion. This is still less than 10 per cent of the total settlements. . There has been serious criticism in connection with 12 projects to date of the total 114 subdivision projects. On the basis of straight mathematics, therefore it would seem that the volume of criticism relates to less than a 5% of the total approved settlements under V.L.A. to date. = Criticisms of project houses of course have arisen from a number of factors. In constructing these homes the Director, V.L.A., was up against the same problems everybody else encoun- ters building under present conditions: shortage of skilled labour and certain building materials; use at times of lumber and lumber products not fully seasoned because none other was available, and rising construction costs for both labour and materials. Construction defects and deficiencies in houses on the subdivision projects are being remedied as fast as competent workmen and required materials can be brought together on the job and these repairs are being made at no additional cost to the veteran. Telegram For Sale : In recent weeks there has been not a little speculation In. connection with the announcement that The Toronto Evening Telegram will be sold on the open market. Among the possible purchasers Lord Beaverbrook; Roy Thomson, owner of a chain of Ontario daily newspapers, and William Wright, godfather of The Globe and Mail, have been men- tioned. There have been rumors also that members of the staff are considering pooling their private funds and secur- ing the necessary backing to buy the newspaper. Under the terms of the will of the late John Ross Robertson, the proceeds of the sale will'be turned over to the Hospital for Sick Children. This is of public interest. Of interest also is the stipulation that The Telegram must continue to be strongly Conservative in its editorial opin- fon. This we believe is as it should be as there is plenty of room for a newspaper which has been so strongly British and outspoken in its views. While it will take, in the parlance of the street, "a good chunk of jack" to make the purchase; the new own- ers will gain a good revenue producer, . Also, from our contacts with members of the staff, we have learned there is a strong staff spirit which contributes to a thorough and efficient job being done, : Ld DSSS IRSRIIRSINAL| ¥ Sl WNT PR UT FUT TV CURIA BY BR SRT By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, July 28--New information: about the magnitude and interna- tional character of the spy ring is now being unfolded before the U.S. Committee on Un-American Affairs, according to information available in limited official circles in Ottawa. It is being claimed in the U.S. capital that the Canadian govern- ment supplied a list of 140 names of Americans described as "higher ups" in the conspiracy involving the transmission of atomic secrets to Soviet agents in Canada. This 'claim was set forth by Walter 8. Steele, chairman of the "National Security Committee" rep- resenting about 84 U.S. patriotid, fraternal and other societies and service clubs. Steele's files on sub- versive activities are said to be re. garded as authentic by the F.B.I. Steele claims that the list of 140 names came from "official sources" and that the men were under sus- picion of having supplied informa- tion to Russia about the Canadian. British-American ator yom pro- jects. They were described as part of a dangerous ring of international' characters. The release of this information in Washington has had the effect in Ottawa of tightening up still fur. ther the slim amount of news the Canadian government is now willing to release. The decisions of the courts in releasing more than half of those arrested, has frozen to utter silence some normal sources of in- formation. There are fresh reports circulat- ing in Ottawa about Sam Carr, the No. 1 agent in the spy plot, but there is no official confirmation. One report here is that he returned, via Cuba, to Russia and took a refresher course aj the Lenin Institute, and thereafter reported for further work abroad for the Russians. The Dedin Institute is a school for conspirators and Carr once be- fore attended and took the course. So did Fred Rose before he became a member of the Canadian Parlia® ment. The institute teaches practical subjects such as the organization of political movements, fomentation or extension or prolongation of strikes for ulterior purposes, sabo- tage methods, espionage, and barri- cade fighting. J The Canadian police regard Carr as one of the principal agents of the 3rd Internationale. He is Russian- born and has been a Communist all his life. He first came to Canada in 1924 and went west to work in the harvest fields, but not for long. He soon turned up in Montreal, where he was still calling himself Samuel Cohen, and became an organizer for the Young Communist League. Four years later he went back to Russia for his training in the Lenin Institute and it was after his return organizing secretary of the Com- munist Party. As such he held far more power and authority than does Tim Buck today, In 1942 Carr took an oath that he would not participat® in any work of the Communist, and as soon as he signed it he resumed his work as an undercover agent for the Internationale. One of the men named as an in- ternational spy in the great round- up here is now on the staff of Anti- och College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He is Arthur Steinberg, a scientist, who was located in Washington during the war and who was known to Fred Rose, the imprisoned trait- or, as "Berger". At one time Rose under instruc- tions from Moscow to go to Wash- ington and give Steinberg the sum of $600 for some nefarious purpose. At that time Rose was known to the inner circle of the spy ring as "Debouz" and the following is one of the set of orders he received from Lt.-Col. Motinov: "Debouz is to tie up with Berger and depending on the circumstances to make a proposal about work for us or for the corporation. Contact in Washington with Debouz"s per- son. To work out arrangements for a meeting and to telegraph. To give out 600 dollars. If Debouz should be unable to go to US.A. then there should be a letter from Debouz to Berger containing a request to assist the person delivering the letter to Berger." STILL "DOMINION" (Sarnia Canadian Observer) On the other hand, most of us rather like the impressive sound of the term "Dominion of Oanada" and would be loath to have it erased from our national vocabulary, It may be done officially, but to the rank and file of present day Cana- dians the name of our nation will continue to be the "Dominion of Canada." HOTTER IN MEXICO (Hamilton Spectator) : Our Mexican guests say that the weather in Hamilton is much hot- ter than in their homeland. It will probably be admitted, however, that tabasco and chile con carne are slightly warmer down there than up here, ' = ® A Bible Thought And he (the penitent thief op, the cross) said unto Jesus, "Lord, re- member me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom." : And Jesus sald unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt 'thou be with me in paradise." ) (Luke 23:42, 43.) One thief repented and was sav- ed in his dying hour--only one that none might presume, only one that none might despair,' © Cloud In The East By JOSEPH LISTER RUTLEDGE to Canada that he became the |" More and more clearly the lines are being drawn in the tragic dra- ma of Europe, More and more it is becoming obvious that the dra- ma is bound to color all our lives. It is a titanic struggle between peo- ple who want peace, and people who want to be prepared for war. On the one side are democracies and near-déemocracies of Western Europe, On the other is Russia, suspicious of every move, believing that the restoration of Europe might mean the weakening of her influence. She is fearful that once these nations that are now under her infldence are committed to co- Operation, they may be able to re- sist the temptation of food and in- dustrial supplies, that might be provided under the "Marshall Plan." So they might move out of the orbit of Russia into that of the United States. In her great campaign of power politics, that is Russia's fear, that she should lose her position of dominance and her control over her satellite nations. It is becoming constantly more apparent that un- der this suspicion and fear she will ce the restoration of Europe and even restrict her own. That has been evident in her at- titude towards the Conference of European Economic Co-operation that opened recently in Paris. It was hoped that the "Marshall Plan," which seemed the most hopeful suggestion yet to appear, might be fully discussed and ap- proved by all the nations of Europe, It is'a reasonable plan, It suggests the assessment of the present re- sources of Europe, the planning of' co-ordinated measures of self-help, such as the eliminating of hamper- ing trade barriers, and that with their own resources known and properly regulated, the nations should then plan how the United States might best serve them 'in helping) themselves. It is not a very revolutionary plan but, for all that Russia is in sharp opposition. Russia suspects that the operation of any such plan would involve the intrusion behind the "Iron Cur- tain" thdt she does not intend to permit, By estab) economic benefits it might loosen her hold, as has been said, over her present sat- ellite nations. But, most of all Rus- sia fears that the "Marshall Plan" would tend to postpone the econ- omic collapse that she believes to be imminent in the United States. Russia does not want it postpoped. If and when it comes, she plans to capitalize it by establishing further dominance in Europe, and so her power position in the world. Therefore, when the appeal was made for united action by Europe, Russia countered by cracking the whip over eight of the smaller na- tions that are definitely dependent on her good will. £o, lined up in Europe, hopefully planning for a new day, are sixteen Western Eu- ropean nations representing just short of 219 million people. Against them is 'the Eastern European block, somewhat reluctantly follow- ing Russia's lead, a total of 280 mil- lion people. To those people who insist on believing that Russia is a much- maligned nation, full of good will for Europe, these facts may be dis- turbing. We can make a choice between thoze who are trying to make a world where people can live happily and at peace, and the autocracy of the few whose dream of power is driving a great nation towards the brink of war. e Other Editors JAPS HAD UPSIDE-DOWN ENGINES (The Rotarian Magazine) The myth that the Japanese ne- ver invent anything is exploded by study of engines they developed for naval craft. The cylinders are below the crank-shaft, giving a lower cen- ter of gravity and better military concealment. Furthermore, the en- gine is lighter--less than half the weight of similar conventional en- gines. EAT APPLES (Edmonton Bulletin) Judging by the scarcity of good apples in Edmonton in late years, Canada should be able to go some distance toward solving the B.C. growers' problem, without seeking new outlets, Other fruit is expen- sive and if loss of the British mar- ket means a surplus of Canadian apples, how better to dispose of them than to Canadians? -- TIRED OF DIVORCE (Windsor Star) Even the Senators who are mem- bers of the Divorce Committee of the Upper House are now propos- ing that dissolution of- marriage be taken out of the hands of Parlia- ment. This is not entirely surpris- ing. They are saddled with a task that is distinctly unsavory, and which is actually outside the pro- per sphere of a legislative body. HOMO CANADENIS (Hamilton Spectator) Wherever you find five Canadians together one of them will be on a | diet; four of them should have | something done to their homes, but will wait until prices come down; two-and-a-half of them don't know anything more about Empire prei- erences than they do about Sans- krit; more of them worry about money than anything else and an undisclosed number say My Good- ness! when they are working with a hammer and hit their thumb in- stead of the nail oe A Bit of Verse LAWN-MOWING SONG Green-sheared spray, foamed with clover, cool moist fragrance breaks over and over the handled prow. Up-row, down-row, ' raythmic as waves, glimsping a secret life below; -- the lacquered cricket, the ant hide . from all-engulfing rush, relentless as tide. --~FRANCES HOPKINS. * For A Laugh " Got Acquainted Patient (in waiting room of doc- tor's office): "How do you do?" Second Patient: "So-so. I'm ach- ing from neuritis." First Patient: "Glad to meet you. I'm Mendelbaum from Chicago." Unemployed A gang of men were engaged on repairing a blitzed house. When the Irish foreman came on his round of inspection he was disgusted to find them all asleep in the only habitable room. | "Slape on, me beauties, slape on," {he murmured. "Whilst ye're aslape | ye're at work, when ye wake up ye're | sacked!" . © 15 Years Ago William Hart brought his dinghy home in first place as the Oshawa Yacht Club staged its dinghy races on a six-mile triangular course, With his one-man crew of Morris Hart, skipper William set a new record of 47 minutes for the course, In second place was Lionel who manned his dinghy along with Jack Hendrick. Gerald Winters, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Winters, drowned in a water cistern at: his grandparents' home in Harmony, He had been playing in the yard wood-pile when his grandfather, Ed Winters, last saw the child, A Public Utilities Commission financial statement revealed that revenues for the first half of 1932 showed a drop from the 1931 total for the same period. Revenue from the sale of electricity for domestic use in the first half of i931 was $76,309 compared with $85,282 in 1931; comparative figures for the sale of electricity for commereial and industrial purposes were: $20, 104 and $32,199; $76,674 and $96,337. City Council was urged by the Police Commission to authorize re- modelling of the lock-up quarters at the police station and a thor- ough fumigation "in order to rid the building of vermin." Mayor Hawkes agreed with the commis- sion, terming conditions at the pol- ice station "awful." Oshawa Dodgers doubled the score on Whitby, defeating the County Town 14-7, Each team got 12 hits in the free-hitting affair with D. Cornish walloping a mam- moth home run with one aboard | for the Dodgers. Hall at third base {for the Dodgers slammed four hits |in five tries. DONT TAKE 77¢ Zroutve ON Jour TRIP... Ride on Goodyears vive . Canada's First Choice Tire! 909%, of tire troubles occur in the last 10% of tire life. Why take a chance on thin, worn tires? Play it safe! Let your nearest Goodyear dealer check your tires right away. If your tires are O.K. your Goodyear dealer will tell you so. If you need new tires he has the tire that's "miles ahead" ... GOODYEAR... by far the most popular choice of Canadian motorists. When you ride on Goodyears you ride on a cool-running tire. And a cool-running tire is a safer tire . . . anytime! AsYa plus you get the extra blowout protection of Goodyear's exclusive, patented, super- twist cord construction. 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