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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETITE ™ PAGE NINE Cessation Of Subsidies Helped Hike Prices, Probers Told World Conditions Also Responsible For Jump In Canada's Living Cost 8y Ross Munro _anadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 12 (CP)--The inquiry into the causes of 'he recent rises in Canadian prices by the Commons Price Jommittee went into its third sitting today conscious of a warning that "all or even a major part" of the explanation >f this problem wouldn't be fo und inside Canada. It was given yesterday by Ken ® neth Taylor, a Deputy Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Prices Board, who testified as the second witness of the 16-member committee. Mr. Taylor said that Canadian prices were influenced sharply by soaring prices of commodities which Canada had to import. He also said that external prices large- ly determine the prices of the prin- cipal Canadian export commodi- ties. = Another major point made by his government economist was that a continuation of wartime price controls would not likely have blocked the current rise in prices. Mr. Taylor attributed a "con- siderable part" of the price increase wer the past two years to the ces- ation of subsidy payments. The witness stressed the world- wide nature of the jump in prices. "Prices have been rising steadily wind rapidly all over the world for ihe last 18 or 20 months. "It is not a local problem. It is not confined to any country, or to any group or class of countries. [t is a world-wide phenomenon." Mr. Taylor was critical of gov- ernment buying and selling and said that there have been indica- tions since the end of the war that on the selling sidc governments, like private industry, may press for the maximum the traffic will bear. On the buying side they may not always be as careful as a man or a company whose personal fortunes depend on skilful purchasing. What to Do To-Night Recreation Headquarters 100 Gibbs Street Daily 2 to 4 p.m.--Leathercraft (except Mon- d . ay) -Woodshop, shellcraft. .--Colleglate-age gym and woodwork, 4 to 6 p.m.--Crafts and hobbles for boys and girls. --Boys boxing. 7 to 9 p.m.--Adult activities only, --Leathercraft, shellcraft, woodshop, plastic, gym. Weekly and Special Features THURSDAY--Folk Dance course, Au- ditorium Air Cadets, Gym. Happy Doubles Club, 8 p.m, Au- ditorium. C.R.A. Program Committee meeting 7.30, Board Room. FRIDAY--C.R.A. Family Night. (Child- ren must be accompanied by par- | ents). Special movie, "A City Sings," 8.30 .m, Neediework, Club Lounge. S2TURDAY--ORlidrens Art Class, 9:30- 1:30. Children's music and rhythm band roup. oRIng! 9-11. All children's activities In crafts and hobbies. MONDAY--C.R.A, executive meeting. Oleomargarine Question Leads to 'Slippery' Debate Ottawa, Feb. 12--(CP)--Oleomar- sarine proved a slippery topic, po- JAtically as well as literally, in the Commons yeslerday. John Bracken, Progressive Con. servative Leader, tried to get a grip on the government's intentions on the dynamite-laden subject, but they skidded away from him like margarine on a, well-warmed grid- dle, Upshot of diligent 'digging by Mr. Bracken was that the House learn- ed Justice Department lawyers are studying the question of whether Canada eventually will have to lift her import ban on margarine to conform with the Geneva trade agreements. As to the government's inten. tions, Mr. Bracken learned only that the government will do what- ever it thinks should be done when it gets the word from its advisers. Mr, Bracken's questioning came at a time when parliament had be- fore it two bills to remove the mar- garine ban. The senate has the perennial bill of Senator W. D. Eu- ler (L., Ontario), while in the Com. mons a bill of the same nature has been brought in by James Sinclair, Liberal from Vancouver North. Both would permit importation, sale and manufacture of the pro- duct. In view of these, Mr. Bracken asked Prime Minister King did the government in signing the Geneva #greement "agree to remove the embargo against the importation of oleomargine?" Mr, King passed tne question to External Affairs Minister St. Lau- rent, who had come to the House armed with a careful statement on the point. It was loaded with protocals, ar- ticles, treaty series and subsections, But the gist of it was that under the present provisional application of the agreement, no modification of existing Canadian legislation is needed. ~At the ead of "some months," when the general trade agreement becoms fully binding, Canada would have to decide on the mar- garine problem. The Justice De. partment lawyers now were study- ing whether or not the anti-embar- go Geneva provisions left Canada are out. Not satisfied, Mr. Bracken want- ed to know if all this meant the government couldn't say the final effect. Mr. St. Laurent sald he wouldn't put it that way, What he meant 2; cH00 | Yo was that the Justice Department was studying the: problem. 'The government is in the posi. tion that it does not * know what position it is in?" queried Mr. Bracken. It is a question on which the government will have ta act on its responsibility after it has received advice from the legal advisers," Mr. St. Lourent replied. There was a possible exception: to the non-embargo rule in Canada's case, he said, since the product was agricultural and the ban applied to Canadians as well as outsiders, in that Canadian manufacture is not permitted. But that, he reminded the Oppo- sition Leader again, was being stud- ied by the Justice Department. As a final tag-line, Park Man. ross, Progressive Conservative wag from London, asked Ms. St, Lau- rent if he could "spread all that on bread with an ordinary knife." MOVE NOTED STATUE London, --(CP) -- Grinling Gib- bons' statue of James II, "one of the best of the London statues," will be moved from Chelsea Hos- pital to a site outside the National Gallery of Trafalgar: Square, said Works Minister Key, * Charge Reds In US Unions Coming Here London, Ont., Feb. 12 -- (CP)-- Communist labor organizers are running into Canada from the Un. ited 'States, where the Taft-Hart- ley law has mede things "too hot." C. H. Millard, national director of the United Steel Workers of Can. ada and vice-president of the CCF Party in Ontario, said in an inter. view here yesterday. ; He said he agreed with United States Senator Robert Taft, co. sponsor of the act, who was quoted at Gary, Ind., as saying he was in. formed that several mining unions in Canada are being "swamped" with Communists from the United States. "Senator Taft probably is hitting pretty close to the mark in naming mining unions," said Mr. Millard. "In fact, I know of one union where half a dozen Communists already have been "mported from the Un- ited States." The Taft-Hartley law .comgels American - union officials to swear they are not members of the Com. munist Party as a proviso to having access to the United States Labor Relations Board. "That is the reason, said Mr. Millard, "that certain well-known Communists, who are so well known that there is no possibility of them hiding their party membership, have decided to come to Canada rather than sign such a declara- tion." Canadian unions will "curb wage demands" if they can get a guaran. tee that the Dominion Government will put a curb on prices, Mr. Mil. PTIEEEN ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT WORLD FAMOUS FOR RELIEF FROM DULLNESS SICK HEADACHE ACID INDIGESTION CONSTIPATION BUY A BOTTLE OF ENO'S TODAY! £8 "FRUIT SALT' BUTTER ne. 098 , FREE DELIVERY PHONE 1081 EGGS Grade A 49¢ 1ge., doz. Aunt Jemima, 20 oz. pkg. PANCAKE 19¢ Mx 14 oe pes. 148 CORN SYRUP a .... 29¢ low sar orn... BIG - SALMON Fancy Red 38¢ SOCKEYE # 1b. tin vere Re % Ib, tin ,......... TUNA FISH 55¢ 39¢ 2 10. till sen cienss . 23¢ Fancy Pink SALMON Ib. tin ... 1% 1b tin ...0.000i0e0e HIGGINS IEE Cor. ALICE & QUALITY MEATS Wing, Sirloin 47¢ STEAK, ROAST Ib. ROUND STEAK Boneless, 1b, . 49¢ ROUND STEAK Minced, 1b. . Fresh PORK SHOULDERS, Ib. Regular Side BACON, Ib. 36¢ 43¢ | | SUGAR Redpath, 5 lbs. Monarch Flour 7 Lb, Bag ......... eres Jelly Powders Assorted Flavors York Brand Pork and Beans Potatges, 7 lb. bag .... Grapes, 1b, Ji... yap Spy Apples, 6 qt. bskt. Grapefruit, 96's, 6 for .. Lemons, 6 for Carrots (washed) 3 lbs." 23c | 1 Lb. Coffee, Li cote, 47 0 | LI" onanee riick" 1 00 | lard told an audience of University of Western Ontario students to- night. "If 'the national economy were a fair one, the unions would be quite prepared to share equally with the company owners -- to take losses just as we seek to take our share of profits, But so far we haven't been allowed to share the profits. We don't know why we should un- dertake to take on the losses, if there are losses ahead." 'MEANEST THIEF' Fort Erie, Feb. 12--(CP)--The title of the meanest thief goes to the person who stole a fire extin- guisher, a tool box and other equip- ment from Robert F. Dennis' trans- port truck while Dennis was dis- covering that his 20-month-old daughter Judy Ann had been killed by coal gas fumes. Two doctors revived his wife also affected by the fumes. f Royal Pair Visit With Danny Kaye London, Feb, 12 (AP)--Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip turned up among the fans of comeulan Danny Kaye, now the toast of the London stage. They paid a surprise visit to his show at the Palladium and after- ward shared a half hour with Kaye in his dressing room, chatting, laughing and sipping champagne. With the royal couple was the Marquis of Milford Haven, who was Philip's best man at the wed- ding in November. Elizabeth and Philip called fit "one of the most "entertaining evenings" they ever had passed in the theatre. Kaye said: "They were grand sports, all of them. They even join. Drug Store May Keep Own Hours Hamilton, Feb. 12--(CP)--A drug store is not a shop in the ox- | dinary sense of the word and the man who runs it belongs to a pro- fession, Magistrate Harry Burville ruled here Wednesday. He dismissed charges against Joseph Finkelman and George Down accusing them of keeping open their drug stores after 9 p.m. contrary to a by-law. The magistrate observed the On- tario Factory, Shop and Office Building Act "does not apply to shops of the class known as drug stores." ed in singing the words of 'Minnie The Moocher.' " Cotterill States Taft All Wrong On Reds Here Toronto, Feb.. 12--(CP)---Murray Cotterill, President of the Toronto Labor Council described Wednes- day as "completely cockeyed" a statement by United States Sena- tor Robert Taft that Communists have been driven olit of the Ameri- can labor movement and now are "swamping" unions here. "Senator Taft's information is as inaccurate as most of the informa- tion on countries outside their own | possessed by leading United States ' politicians," Mr, Cotterill said. | Cleve Kidd, Secretary.treasurer | of the Ontario Federation of Labor (C.CL.) said he did not know of i any "border raids" by Communists. | Senator Taft failed to realize that Canadian unions have the situation "completely under control." CLOVER LEAF FISH and CHIPS 568 Simcoe St. S. - ... for LENT We Fry Halibut Only FREE DELIVERY! PHONE 3459M creations. a saving too! M. COLLIS FEBRUARY SALE Special 3 ELEGANT PIECES CHESTERFIELD SUITE ¢ 1009, SPRING-FILLED! REGULAR PRICE $239.00 This handsome Living Room ensemble is one of our smartest Rich, lovely all-over fashions top off this billowy spring-filled suite. The detailing and workmanship are of the rest. Reversible spring-filled balloon cushions Whatever you do, invsstigate this lovely suite 139.00 . . . 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