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2b, OPINIONS \ 4 DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES "THE DAILY TIMES.-GAZETT OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1868) COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE 'I'he Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7,4 Q 0 JULY, 1947 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947 New Chapter For India Britain has been urged for many years to give India her "independence". This insistence has come mainly from cer- tain groups in India itself, but in recent years has found a surprising amount of support from sections of the press of the United States and elsewhere. Now the die is cast and India has started on a new chapter in her long and turbulent history. Two self-govern- ing dominions--India and Pakistan--have been created, representative of the two great religious systems and of an effort to partition the country geographically in line with the distribution of population of Moslems and Hindus. The result is far from satisfactory and the bloody rioting which marked the inauguration of independence is likely to con- tinue as clashes occur inspired by religious fervor and class hatred. There is no. doubt that religious prejudice is at the bot- tom of most of India's troubles. There is scarcely any simple act of everyday life that does not have some religious signi- ficance. it seems too bad that the Christian religion, with its enlightenment and tolerance, has not made greater progress. Perhaps the Western World has much to answer for in not taking more seriously the cause of Christian missions in this and other darkened lands where heathen faiths and practices hold sway. Speaking to a great missionary statesman who visited India within the last year, he told us that he found every- where a great foreboding as to what would happen when Indian independence became a reality. We have now reached that point in history and the future is very dark indeed. The conflict is already on and it is possible, indeed likely, that internal strife may cause India much greater hardship and suffering than could possibly occur under British rule. The situation is tragic in the extreme and whatever transpires in the future, one should not forget the reluctance with which Britain finally acceded to the demands for independence both from without and within this unhappy country. Junior Editorials The Elmira (N.Y.) Star Gazette has a very commend- able practice that might well be followed by other news- papers. It is the publication, on each school day throughout the year, of an editorial specially written for boys and girls in elementary schools. ! In these "junior editorials", as they are called, much useful information is imparted in an interesting way and in simple language that children of eight or ten can readily understand. Older folks like them too, and many doubtless read them 'with profit.. For example, one editorial we noted dealt with "infla- tion" and in the simplest language made clear the meaning of that high-sounding term. Another explained "how laws are made" and still another suggested that some who had enjoyed a picnic staged fox the children by Elmira policemen might like to write to the Chief of Police and thank him and the members of the force. This idea was so good that several teachers used the writing of such a letter as a lesson in English. The appreciation of the young people for these junior editorials has been evidenced by many letters received by the newspaper. "I like the Junior Editorials because they make 80 many things clear", said one boy, while another wrote: "We are glad to have a part of the paper that is our own." We think the idea is a good one and would be =~ to have the opinion of parents and teachers as to what they think of it. Perhaps when school re-opens we may try it out in Th: Times-Gazette, Goodwill Ambassadors Guests at Trenton R.C.A.F. station for two days last 'week were forty-six Air Cadets from England, Scotland and Wales. These very fine lads are the cream of the air cadet corps of Great Britain and are on a goodwill tour of Canada. They were given a warm reception 'at the local station. Wherever they have gone so far they have learned something of the depth and sincerity of Canadian hospitality, and they will take back with them certain knowledge that Canada has been glad to hzve them as guests and that the high regard in which the British-people are held in Canada is genuine and deep-rooted. Simultaneously a party of Cana- dian Air Cadets, among them Arthur M. Griffith of Oshawa selected as outstanding in their respective corps, are, accord- ing to press reports, being royally entertained in Britain. These young Canadians will, we trust, see not only some of the historic places and meet some of Britain's leaders in the air cadet movement, out catch something of the spirit of the people of Britain which enabled them to endure the great sacrifices demanded of them during the war--that same spirit which will enable them to triumph over the problems that are now confronting them as a direct result of the war. No doutt they. will "see , at first hand something of the destruction which followed in the wake of bombs dropped by the ruthless Hun, and in their youthful minds they will, per- haps, plan as they return to Canada to follow after the things that woul: were the nations to embrace them, bring about a perianent peace, We think of tLe cadets from Canada in Britain, and the cadets from Britain in Canada, as mutual ambassadors of goodwill. May both enjoy and profit from their rich experi- nce, - By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Aug. 20--One of the strangest letters ever written from one old friend to another is in lim- ited circulation in an Eastern Ca- nadian city. It was written by a prominent Canadian industrialist to a very prominent Canadian news- paper publisher, The whole tone is one of outrage, but not for anything the paper said about the industrialist. It concerns the political approach of the news- per. Pd are too much of a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr, Hyde for me to try to keep up with any longer," says the opening sentence of the letter. And, not being - satisfied merely to tell his friends what he thought of his paper's politics, the industrialist had the letter mimeo- graphed and sent around to his mutual friends. "One moment you are what your communist loving editors describe as reactionary--busy breaking an illegal strike--and the next minute you are okaying pro-communist editorials," the letter reads and goes on: "The leading editorial in today's paper (name left out) is just too much to take. It defends treason against Canada and indicates that those who took part in exposing treason caused 'a blot on the history of Canada.' "You have been flirting with treason for a long time and I have decided tg have nothing to do with you as far as possible until you have your eyes opened either by criminal prosecution or a voluntary return to an undivided loyalty." That's tough language--to sug- gest that a friend could be prose- cuted and jailed for treason. As if the industrialist had not made the rupture complete enough, he added a rider intended to hurt further. In his position as head of his company the industrialist controls a medium of publicity where the newspaper was in the habit of ad- vertising its want-ad section and its various features. The industrial ist told the publisher he would pre- fer not to see" any more advertis- ing from the newspaper. The newspaper has not published any answer, or indicated in any way that the letter was received. But it was received, there's no doubt about that . . , and caused a good deal of speculation among the mutual friends who also found fit in their personal mail without any note of explanation. The newspaper concerned is not leftist or socialist or communist at all. But its editorial page, for con- fused inconsistency, is one of the seven wonders of the publishing world. In its day it has supported technocracy, Social Credit and practically every other brand of new politics that has come along. Then suddenly it is back supporting the Liberals or the Tories. Next month it has something new of its own. What enraged industrialist, ap- parently, was the editorial handl- ing of the affairs of Gouzenko. So far as a steady reader can judge, the paper fell into a snare of its own making. It first damned the R.CM.P. for their secret, fascist- like methods of arresting and jail- ing people without letting them have a lawyer, or even visits from their wives, Even the Liberals were chilled and unhappy when the Minister of Justice embarked on 'police-state roundups. But the paper was not merely satisfied to damn the secret police, it went on to express sympathy for borderline communists; then it found itself championing and de- fending as people who ever had political as- pirations. Many writers who questioned the police methods received hozannahs of praise from the communists; but perhaps a week later when they were still damning the Commun- ists, the Reds blinked in mock sur- prise and shouted "Reactionary!" ® 25 Years Ago After visiting France, Belgium, England and Scotland, Miss Gladys Westaway, Lloyd Street, returned home from a six week trip. Mayor John Stacey told The Re- former that he was motoring to Toronto to gain all possible first hand information at a conference dealing with the fuel shortage, John G. Brown of New York, a well-known heavyweight wrestler, issued a challenge to local sports- men with a view to wrestling any and all comers. A cow owned by Frank Bennett and another owned by James Hay- es were killed by lightning during a violent thunder and rain storm. - Avenue Street and Ritson Road were being graded In preparation for paving. The Ontario County Regimental Band with William Harmer as guest vocalist, gave its final cone cert of the season in Alexandra A figure who attracted much at- tention in Oshawa within recent weeks was that of Charles Gannett who was under arrest in Toronto. Gannett carried the flag of the "Hikers," as they marched through this town on their trek from the Queen City to Ottawa to. demand relief for unemployed veterans. ® A Bible Thought "The arms of Christ outstretched on Calvary are wide enough to en- circle the whole world." Lewis "Por God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten' Son." (John 3:16.) a 1 doubtful a group of: - Th 2g TRINN. o oe "Every Little Bit Helps" ~Stampone in the Army Times UK. Likely To Be Given Concessions @ > By STERLING 8S. GREEN Washington, Aug, 20, -- (AP) -- Britain appears likely to win con- cessions at the Anglo American "dollar crisis" conference here, per- mitting a temporary boost in buy- ing from the Dominions at the ex- pense of trade with the United States. American officials said privately this would fall far short of a pan- acea for Britain's economic ills but is one remedy which may be avail- able without waiting on Congress to amend the $3,750,000,000 British loan agreement. That agreement bars Britain from "disériminating" against United States goods unless she can get bet- ter price and quality on the same items elsewhere. A relaxation would permit her to use her own pounds more extens- ively in sterling countries and thereby conserve some of the dol- lars whose fast expenditure threat- ens her economic stability and that of Europe as well. A lesser concession along the same line, applying to the non-self- governing colonies, has already been granted without Congression- al approval. A major point, how- ever, is that the. Dominions and colonies lack many of the fodti- stuffs and materials needed by the honffe country. As the conference entered its second day yesterday with an af- ternoon meeting scheduled, Sir Wilfrid Eady, spokesman for the British Treasury, still had not di- vulged his specific proposals to the United States National Advisory Council on international monetary problems. The conference was due to get down to brass tacks on the kind of help Britain wants and the kind the United States is willing to give. MORE IMMIGRANTS LAND Toronto, Aug. 20 (CP)--Another 40 immigrants landed at nearby Malton Airport yesterday bringing the total brought here under the Ontario government plan to 358. Of the 40, only two were women and only one of those married. There are 6,642 of the 7,000 yet to come to Ontario under the government's immigrants-by-air scheme. Time for By GEORGE W. JAMES Statesman, Bowman Decision ville, Ont. ARTICLE 19 Since this column began a dis- cussion of immigration there have been some spectacular developments in relation to the government's policy outlined by Prime Minister King, May 1. It seems plainly ap- parent now, that post war immigra- tion will be a major jssue in the election campalgn no matter how long deferred. It should bring sharply into focus what the Liberal government has done, what. the Progressive Consérvative party de- mand as the alternative. FARM LABOR PROBLEM In view of the fact that the prim. ary concern of these articles is to make known to Canadian farmers what they may expect from the next government they will choose, as between these two contenders, nothing can be more pertinent than what is presently transpiring in re. gard to immigration. In order firm. ly to get the entire picture let us keep in mind one central fact; farm labor today can scarcely be had at any price after years of war in which farmers slaved for victory. COMPETITION Let us look at the contrast: In the House of Commons and Bracken party affirmed that if Australia and other outside coun. tries could get shipping and char. ter whole ships to get immigration surely Canada could do the same, especially since, during war, Can- ada had developed a great merch- ant marine. Australia, for instance, planned to take more than half a million MBritishers as immigrants and they were busy recruiting them while the Ottawa government wait- ed in bleak indecision and debated which way to turn. TOO LITTLE; TOO LATE Speaking with great urgency the Progressive Conservative opposition put the proposition squarely before the House. What was said can be summed up as follows: "Upwards of half a million British people have made known they want to come to Canada to work on farms or any kind of work that will per- mit them to live useful lives as free citizens within the British Com- monwealth. The Bracken party warned: "Let us get them out im. mediately- or it will be too late." ACTION NOw It was shown that other outside countries were busy getting the "cream of the crop" by prompt ap- plication' of both immediate and long - range immigration policies. "Let us get at once the 'know how' people of Britain" was the very strong plea of the Bracken Pro. gressive Conservatives. They went on to point out that if we did not act now to get whole shiploads of experienced British farm workers we would find few left to bring out after the best had been taken. MAINLY BRITISH There was no answer to this logic. It was first and foremost to keep Canada British with a supply of experienced immigration from the mother country and was designed immediately to relieve the pressing farm labor problem of this country as well as other industries. In the ab of any ful reply to this statesmanlike proposition, the government set about implement. ing its short-range immigration pol. icy with an amazing improvisation which will be disclosed in the next article in this series. SHUT TWO MORE RESTAURANTS Toronto Aug. 20 -- (CP) -- Two more restaurants were ordered clos- ed yesterday in the city's "clean up or shut up" campaign. They were Letros' Lunch in North Toronto and Sam's Delicatessan Lunch on down- town Yonge Street. By Jap Progress Tokyo, Aug. 20.--(CP)--Gen. H, D, G. Crerar, head of Canada's Far East trade mission now concluding a two-week tour of Japan, has dee clared he was most impressed with Gen, MacArthur's "blueprint for democracy" but did not know how far it had sunk "to the roots." Gen, Crerar said a wonderful job had been done in Japan by be- cupation authorities and the history of the Japanese revealed they were quick to take up new ideas. Changes impressing him most in Japan were in the Japanese police force and the status of women, There had been a great fundamen- tal change in the social structure as far as women were concerned and it might well be this change would prove the most important and have the most enduring effects, APPOINT NATIONAL CHIEF Peiping, a 20.--(AP)--A little= known man who went to Manchure ia last spring has been appointed commander - in-chief of China's Nationalist army in the northeaste ern provinces, where Chinese Com- munists are believed preparing a major offensive. He is General Sun Tu, a native of Hunnan Prov- ince. Now_abgut \ ies in Kiangsi Province, in' the war against Japan. CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE Chicago, Aug. 20.--(AP)--A pil- grimage of 50 invalids, most on stretchers or crutches, or confined to wheelchairs, has left Chicago in special railroad cars for a 10-day visit to Catholic shrines in Canada, ( BIGGAR & CRAWFORD | Members Toronto Stock Exchange 10 KING ST. 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