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OPINIONS DA » LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY yar OSHAWA TIMES Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. : SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c ver week, $12.00 per year. By mall, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere 'n Canada and England $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. $0.00 per year. 'Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, Can. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 ' A'S 1 a DECEMBER, 1947 MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1948 Ontario's Newest City Oshawa, which became a city 24 years ago, extends a welcome to Waterloo, the latest community to attain the rank of a city. A bustling, thriving, industrial centre, Water- loo was given the right by the Ontario Legislature to enjoy the rights and privileges of a city early this month. It was in 1805 that John Erb left Pennsylvania and established a sawmill and grist mill near the mouth of the Speed River. In the following year, his brother, Abraham, followed with 48 other immigrants. From these primitive days, the district hag grown and thrived. Today Waterloo is the home of 40 well equipped factories and is known from one end of Canada to the other as the location of the head offices of six insurance companies whose annual business totals $200,000,000. The cultural side of the community is enhanced by Waterloo College, which is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. Residents of Waterloo may well feel proud of their new {atus in the province. They have planned well in the past nd the fact that the community has now become a city means their contribution to the life of Ontario will be that much greater, Treatment For Criminals Addressing a service club at Kingston recently, Dr. C. M. Crawford, psychiatrist on the staff of Portsmouth Peniten- tiary, predicted the dawn of a new era with regard to the federal penitentiaries and looked forward to the very great changes which will be introduced in the years to come in the handling of criminals. It was pointed out that since the three prisons in King- ston's suburbs alone, with a total population of more than 1,000, cost at present about $1,000,000 a year, it is in the public interest to take steps to make prisons more than places of safe custody and punishment. Of the inmates of Portsmouth Penitentiary; 95 per cent., sooner or later, would be discharged back into society and only a small percentage would be the same or worse. The average criminal presented an unhappy picture, according to Dr. Crawford. He was between 17 and 30 years old, had not passed his Entrance, came from a poor family in which one parent was missing, lived in a slum area, gave his leisure time to gambling, excessive drinking and sex, had attended Sunday School at best irregularly, his parents did not attend church, was a habitual thief, did not belong to any yrganization such as Boy Scouts and had a police record vhich began in boyhood. Prison inmates could be divided into three classes, the prison psychiatrist said: the self-adjustable, adjustable and non-adjustable. The first group were those caught by cir- cumstances. In the second group were those who, with help, stood a good chance of going straight. The third was almost hopeless. Those who committed murder in marital triangles, sometimes invoking the "unwritten law" came in the first class as did bank clerks who gambled, got in debt and stole bank funds to cover losses. These, Dr. Crawford said, stood the best chance of readjustment. Classification of both inmates and institutions and an adequate system of early parole were best reform methods in Dr. Crawford's opinion. The United States, with many penal institutions, was able to specialize in prisons to suit the types of prisoners they received. In Canada. were only seven penitentiaries for men and one for women. Classifica- tion of these had gone only 0 far as to Hesignale Collins Bay and Prince Albert for young and reformable offenders. Kingston and Stony Mountain are for habitual and recidivistic criminals. ' Curbing Quick Sales Commenting upon the desirability of curbing the "new" used car racket as a means of assuring a more equitable distribution of hard-to-get motor vehicles, The Times-Gazette some time ago endorsed the procedure put into force by dealer organizations in Detroit and Windsor of asking new auto buyers to enter into a contract whereby the vehicle must be retained for six months before being resold. Although there was some question at the time whether the courts would uphold such contracts, clarification has come with the handing down of a decision by Judge J. A. Legris, ordering a Windsor motorist, who disposed of his new auto almost immediately after purchase, to pay $300 to the firm from whom he made the purchase. His Honor de- clared in his judgment that the terms of the bond were not unreasonable. | The judgment will no doubt bolster the hand of dealers Who have had their customers enter into similar contracts. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Lake Success, N.Y., Jan. 12-- We ate in the delegates' dining room the other day. Stuffed eggs Romanoff, rice; followed by a rather New Yorkish French pastry (sticky), and of course, strong coffee. Con- sidering the importance of the place the dining room is rather small and unimpressive. But the food is superb and the price is not too high. Lunch was $2, but the same meal in a midtown Manhat- tan hotel would cost $4.~ The se- cret to learn about New York is where to eat. At famed Toot Shor's, (a Winchell hangout) lunch is still only 95 cents and dinner is $1.25. But it costs a packet of money to learn the right places. Lake Success is a paradox in many ways. Here on this factory site they are still producing pre- cision instruments which, without stretching a point, could be de- scribed as instruments for war. And here the nations of the world are struggling for a formula which will outlaw these instru- ments or the necessity for them. People talk with more confidence now about the future of the United Nations. Tne dark pessimism is gone. When Vishinsky was scream- ing his head off in September and October, people here were pretty shaken. Not now, although there is a faint Hngeriig thought that it may not last. y own opinion is that the United Nations will get stronger and stronger. No one noticed Canada's slight embarrassment at the opening of the Security Council didn't have a permanent delegate on hand; and when Mike Pearson was acting as a stand-in. No one noticed because the Ukraine's seat was empty. They didn't even send a stand-in. Remember the big fight about the Ukraine's seat? All the outraged cries against the West- ern powers? So the Ukraine was elected, but when the council met there was no delegate present, Bad timing. It was good to see Mike sitting in: there for Canada. When his turn came he spoke about a min- ute and a half or two minutes, Just straightforward stuff. Noth- ing flowery. Then he sat back, relaxed, and scratched the side of his nose and listened to the French translation of what he had said. There is no easy explanation for Mike's popularity among the dele- gates. They like him the way men like a good poker player. A quick thinking guy; no baloney served. You've seen pictures of 'the Security Council The delegates sit at a big horseshoe table, their advisers ringed around them. More advisers sit off on each side. The room is like a large theatre; with the Security Council itself the stage. The public watches in rows of slightly elevated seats, as in a movie, and the press behind the public, elevated a little high- er so that everyone has a clear un- obstructed view. A crew of in- terpreters sits in the centre of the horseshoe. , The place is wired for sound so you hear everything clearly. It bogs. down. The Security Council with only 11 members is a clumsier, slower machine than the whole General Assembly of 57 nations. Why? The tricky busi- ness of languages. In the Gen- eral Assembly there are instan- taneous translations in three lan- guages, via the walkie-talkie ra- dio, But the radio sets are not used in the Security Council. Therefore if a man speaks in, say, Spanish, his speech must be trans- lated into French, then into Eng- ish. . My friend Andrei Gromyko, for instance, when he is in a stub- born mood, speaks in Russian. He may speak as much as 40 minutes or an hour. It requires at least the same amount of time to trans- late into French and then again into English. Gromyko could, if he really wanted to, speak in Eng- lish. But he uses his native Rus- sian tongue and when he is in a really bad mood he heckles the in- terpreters. And so it goes. o 15 Years Ago Thomas C. Young, president; Leon Osier, chairman of the direc- tors; Cliff Palmer, registrar; and Dr. Lou Hubbell, secretary, were in- stalled as chief officers of the Kinsmen Club for 1933 by Past President Russell Storks. Frank L. Mason was named gen- eral chairman of a projected three. day Bast "hitby welfare campaign. Col. F. B. © th was selected as campaign director. Professor E. Goggio, M.A, Ph.D, opened a series of extension lec tures at Hotel Genosha with a sketch of Dante. Hon. Dr. J. D. Monteith, Ontario Minister of Labor and Public Works, was guest speaker at a Rotary Club meeting, He was introduced by G. D. Conant after Rotary Club Presi- dent Dr. G. L. Bird had welcomed members of the newly-elected civic bodies. Oshawa's Blue Imps were edged out by the league-leading Native Sons, 3-2. Maundrell and Good- child were the Oshawa marksmen, e A Bible Thought "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:19). Our prayer--"Fill our hearts with a sense of our deep need and of Thy great sufficiency." shrimps Creole with |. when we |, "Look Behind You!" ~Sweigert in The San Francisco Chronicle e A Bit of Verse MOUSE"S SONG Hid in the windy grass Watching the tomcat pass, Cat with the whiskery Smirk on his mouth, Mouse has been ragging him, Coaxing him, dragging him Through the wet grasses to North and to south. Cat with the lashing tall, Cat with the cocky male Arch to his back, and the Strut to his walk, Who is the pricker Of egos, the tricker Who puts the fine swearing In' tomcatty talk? I am the little mouse, I in my grassy house Rustling in roots when the Tomcat goes by; TI am the master Who leads to disaster Cat Jushing brook-ward. Herel Cat, it 18 I --Blanca Bradbury. In Washington Post. LR A AMEN a, It is over. What is over? Nay, how much is over truly!-- Harvest. days we tolled to sow for; Now the sheaves are gathered newly, Now the wheat is garnered duly. It is finished. What is finished? Much is finished known or unknown: Lives are finished; time diminished; . Was the fallow field left unsown? Will these buds be always unblown? 1t suffices. What suffices? All suffices reckoned rightly: Spring shall bloom where now the ice 1 8, Roses make the bramhie slightly. And the quickening sun shine brightly, And the latter Wiad blow HEnuy. And m arden teem Ww. spices. Vi8 --Christina Rossettl. WHAT THE WORTH . . The florist sets ths prics upon Each bud and blossom that he grows, The plowman estimates his yleld When autumn's golden bugle blows, But what the worth of a flame-bright ream, None but the heart of the dreamer knows Inez Clark Thorson. In The New York Times. e For A Laugh He Deserves It The dramatic critic started to leave in the middle of the second act. "Don't go now," sald the man- ager, "I promise there's a terrific kick in the next act." "Fine," was the retort: "give it to the author." + Quite Smart "You know, old man," said 'Brown, "that fellow's too smart for me. Do you know what he did?" "No," sald Green. "What?' "Well, he sold me a plot of land that was two feet under water. I went round and demanded my money back." "Did you get it?" "Get nothing! He sold me a mo- tor-boabl" His Tdea "What's the first thing you do when you clean your rifle?" asked the corporal. "Well, sir," replied the . recruit, "first I look at the number to be sure I'm not cleaning someone else's." Not Telling Mrs. Henpeck went to the bank. "I want to know," she said to a teller, "how much money my hus- band has drawn out this month." "Sorry, madam. I can't give you that information." "Aren't you the paying teller?" she rersisted. "Yes, he answered, "but I'm not the telling payer." SE ! Cause and Effect 5 The baby car was speeding along the road, but every fifty yards or so it would hop a few feet into the air and then rush on again. At last, a puzzled policeman halted the car. "Am I crazy or is there some- thing wrong with your car?" he asked. ; "The car's all driver. "It's me. coughs." right," said the I've got the hic- : A Give-Away The class" had bee] given a rather difficult sum{to do for homework and, strange to relate, Tommy, the dunce of the class, was the only one with answer. the correct "Did your big brother help you with this, Tommy?" teacher. asked the "No, sir," truthfully replied Tom- my. "He did it alone." Looking Aiead | In Ottawa Ottawa, Jan. 12 (CP).--Renewal of wage negotiations between tiie major rail companies and their 115,000 employees, under federal government auspices, are expected to open in Montreal Wednesday. Unable to reach agreement on the men's wage demands, the dis- Juan's now will have the aid of . R. Pettigrove, labor department industrial relations officer for the Maritimes and one of the govern- ment's ace conciliators. He has a long string of successful settle- ments to his record. Some quarters here feel that the negotiations will go on cautiously, while the parties await the Board of Transporé Commissioner's ver- dict on the companies' application for general freight-rate increases. The decision, which will critically affect railway revenues, is ex- pected some time this month. Appointment of Gen, McNaugh- ton as head of the permanent Canadian delegation to the United Nations has stirred speculation as to who will succeed him as chair- man of Canada's Atomic Energy Control Board. It will be physically and geo= graphically impossible for Gen. McNaughton to retain the atomic chairmanship as his new post will demand that he spends most of his time in New York, where he also will represent Canada on the Security Council and U.N. Atomic Energy Commission. Because of its vital importance the Atomic Energy Control Board post likely will be filled by a sci- entist and those already being mentioned as possible appointees include Dean Mackenzie, President of the National Research Council, and Dr. O. M. Solandt, Director of the Defence Research Board. While troubled Palestine pro- duces daily reports of strife be- tween Arab and Jew, Canadian Jewry turned over in their minds how they cold help fellow Jews. In Ottawa, the Cmmadian Zionist Organization, 600 strong, met last Time for Decision BY GEORGE W. JAMES The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont, NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 11 + This new series of articles 'has attempted to get readers to think for themselves on whether federal govrnment policies have led to a prosperous condition across the oard in Canada. Facts have been quoted from official records that clearly show a false prosperity. This view is now supposed by The Montreal Gazette, Dec. 12, which states in part: ; INDIAN SUMMER "The worse deception in Canada today is the belief that we are Prosperous, Granted that never fore were more people employed at higher wages; that factories are producing and selling more than ever and we seem to be at the peak of unprecedented prosperity. Yet we are living in an Indian summer and some sort of winnter cannot be far behind. But the broader view ig the truer view." "How have we been apparently prosperous ? The answer is we have done it by not really paying our way, nor really balancing our books, nor getting along in the sound way of busines, e have been living not upon our earnings but upon our savings, and what is even more artificial, upon our loans." . The Gazette, like this series, simply attempts to get ople to see the whole picture in its true light. TEST THE PAY CHECK Now having shown in previous articles that farmers, factory workers, white collar employees, pensioners, business, indeed the whole people are in a less favor- able position to save and main- tain former living standards, it will be generally admitted save in government circles, A simple test is to take the week's wage check and find what it will buy today. That will measure personal pros- perity. ) 5 BILLION DOLLAR COMPLEX Now let us get the broad picture on a national scale. The govern- ment's Billion Dollar complex has run away with its judgment and has led the pubic into its own state of confusion. Now, belated- ly, in sm attempt to recover some semblance of sanity, Mr. King and his ministers bring in a bill plac- ing Canadians uider a control never before experienced in peace= time, GIFTS AND LOANS Having given Britain loans and gifts of more than 3% Billions to Support buying our food products under signed, long-term contracts, the government permitted buying in the U.S.A. until we went in the hole another Billion and ran short of dollars, Then we clamped down by government decree and started borrowing. A loan of 30 Million was followed by an attempt to get more. It was declined. BILLION HIDDEN TAXES At the same time the governe ment, this year, collected one Bil lion, one hundred Million in hid- den taxes from Canadians aside from income tox, and in November the Minister of Finance added a rew excise tax of 25 per cent on many home necessities. While all this was going on the Minister boasted that the current surplus would run to some 600 Million | dollars, INDUSTRY AND FARMERS But out of all this muddle, the government compelled farmers to lose over $300,000,000 on food shipped to Britain while closing outside markets. At 'the same time Canadian private enterprise on its own, plowed back into plant and equipment, this year, over one Billion, 800 Million dollars to keep employment and production at a high level. It would be well just to study all this, week to map out plans for aid to their brethren in Palestine. Present here were such noted Zionist leaders as Rabbi Philip Bernstein, former advisor on Jew- ish affairs to United States Army Commanders in Europe, and Ab- raham Harzfeld, an official of the Jewish National Fund and the Palestine Foundation Fund, EVERY MINUTE OF ELECTRICITY 1S URGENTLY NEEDED! The Following Letter from The Ontario Hydro Commission Is Self-Explanatory: To All Municipahiies In Southern Ontario: Re: POWER CONSERVATION Although there has been a substantial reduction in the demand for power, arising out of voluntary conservation'and the application of restrictions, heavy cuts are still being made in the delivery of power to industry. Moreover, system power resources have recently been reduced owing to lack of rainfall causing poor water conditions. Winter has now set in and little improvement can be expected in the replenishment of water storages, with the result that system power resources may be expected to progressively, deteriorate throughout the remainder of the winter. In these circumstances, it is evident that unless additional voluntary savings can be obtained the Commission will be obliged to order municipalities to reduce their load from time to time by as much as 15% or possibly more. The Commission's engineers are now drawing up such reduction schedules in order that any neces. sary reductions may be equitably distributed amongst the municipalities. Ap active campaign should be undertaken immediately in your municipality to acquaint all industrial, commercial and domestic consumers with the situation, pointing out to them that unless they are prepared to increase their saving of electricity on a voluntary, basis their power may be cut off entirely at intervals throughout the day. Your Commission should also draw up load reduction schedules for your consumers so that you will be in a position to put into effect, on short notice, any reductions to your total load which may be ordered by the Commission. Yours truly, Gaborne. Mitchall Secretary 'Hydro Commission of Ontario Oshawa Public Utilities Commission S. J. BABE, Chairman GEORGE SHREVE, 'Manager