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TR BEAY NINA NE CERN QuRER OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY T4E OSHAWA TIMES (Established = 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press is 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 $uereln Al vgn of repubicatior. of Spesial despatelies Bsseln are reserv Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 4 4 9 5 + ~ JANUARY, 1948 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1948 : Putting House In Order The Council of the Township of East Whitby is to be commended upon its decision last Saturday to make a con- certed drive to reduce its tax arrears. If the program is carried on diligently, the amount outstanding will not only be reduced, but the Township will be in a better position to put into operation its work program for the year. A The amount of taxes outstanding in East Whitby is not i alarmingly large. The total is approximately $35,000 of which *' pointed out by Councillor N. C. Fraser, it is high time the "$23,000 represents arrears of taxes from 1947. As was Township took vigorous action to get the arrears caught up "as it is no favor to individuals to allow arrears to lag. /The City of Oshawa has enjoyed much success in the "collection of arrears in recent years. Aggressive methods, 1 combined with a high employment rate, have contributed to dine success of the drive. We are sure that wholehearted iassistance by way of counsel will be forthcoming should Township officials consult officials of the city tax collection department. The New Look Since its introduction some months ago much comment, both pro and con, has been heard regarding the new long .8kirt length so popular among certain sections of the female 'population. It would seem that the new type style has much _to commend it as in our opinion skirts have been too short 'for modesty. [] - At the same time we would like to point out that from . pur own observations, certain conclusions have been reached. In the first place, the new style is such that the woman adopting it must change her manner of walking as she does not enjoy the same freedom of movement as with the old styles. We recently watched with trepidation as one young woman so attired sought to negotiate the aisle of a fast mov- ing train. Her passage through the car was slow and, to say 'the least, not very graceful. The Guelph Mercury sums it up very nicely when it says: y '" An automobile club executive has taken a long look at i the New Look and, professionally speaking, has found it bad. t Long skirts are a traffic hazard in and out of a car, he says. * They interfere with operation of the car's pedals, and are «likely to trip up a pedestrian if she has to scoot out of the | path of an oncoming vehicle. "It may be that the New Look also promotes safer city | driving by diverting fewer motorists' glances from the street ahead. But, by and large, we'd say that the auto clubman 'makes sense--at least as much sense as the new fashion." Winter Beaches For a number of years past it was the custom of thé6se in y & position to indulge themselves to spend at least a part of | the cold weather months beside the warm ocean sands in | Florida. This winter, the practice of going south is not as | prevalent due to economic restrictions. To the middle class Canadian one of the joys of life is to visit our own seashores. Those of us who live inland usually make this trip during the summer holiday season. While the seashore is beautiful 'at that season, we are told that it is ordinary as compared with its grandeur during the winter months when frost and spray combine to transform the shore into a wonderland. A gripping word-picture of the winter beauty of the beaches as expressed by a New York Times editorial writer is as follows: "The seasons follow each other in their appointed rounds. Earth swings on its orbit around the sun. Twice a year the heavenly bodies wheel into ordained formation and the time of the solstice marks the great change. But within each of the major climatic periods there are infinite varia- tions. Factors combine to send great depths of snow, much rain, or strong winds. In Winter when temperature, time, tide and wind coincide in strength there comes one of the beauti- ful and awesome spectacles along the battle line between sea and land. "As great tides recede from their twicesdaily onslaught, the beach is covered with ice forms of fantastic beauty. Each receding wave marks its farthest outpost by an arc of frozen foam. If continuing cold is the will of Nature the ice coating heightens on the sloping beach. Over successive days the waxing tides mold one of the sea's most striking ramparts. "Each wave throws more water against the growing wall. Cakes of ice are rolled into position against it. Spume and spray act as cement. Slushy ice is shoved up and over, and fills the hollows. Sand from the shelf beyond the water line is often mixed with the water. Hour by hour in near zero -temperature the wall heightens and broadens. Then when the "tide reaches its maximum the long, curving rampart stands along the upper beach to repel the high tides of successive days. "Sometimes a great wind comes and other walls are formed above the first. Grottoes grow in the ice barrier; there are beautiful, jagged crystals and smooth, pointed icicles. Stand and look into the heart of the wall on a sunny day, and you will see glowing shades of green, biue, topaz and purple. An ice wall above the ocean is a part of the desolate beauty of Winter beaches." : By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Feb. 17.--"You guys have enough freedom already. Yah! Yah! Yah! A hired scribbler. You and your capitalist newspapers. Yah! Yah!" The idiot's note was in the morn- ing mail. It was unsigned (of course). A lot of people think that publishers are privileged people, and that when they squawk about the freedom of the .press they are merely squawking to protect their own privileges. No doubt the personal privileges of publishers are great. They are usually influential men. But almost always, when you .find them squawking about their rights and because of something some editor or reporter has written. It is the ordinary working newspaperman who, in the course of a day's grind, finds something in the public do- main which he thinks is wrong. And he writes it. And someone whose privileges are equal to the publisher's turns the law on him.. And then the whole sorry mess starts. It 1s not merely the right and the freedom of the man who owns and publishes the newspaper. It is the freedom of the working reporter to write what he' sees. If a reporter knows his publisher has no guts then he, the reporter, develops a blind eye. When he sees something wrong he ignores it. He doesn't want to risk (1) his job and (2) his publisher's money. Law suits cost thousands of dollars. I remember a managing editor who let a city magistrate dictate to him what should be in his paper. The magistrate dictated an apology and forced the managing editor to publish it and the magistrate even dictated the space it should occupy in the paper. It was a sickening time around that city room that day. The magistrate laughed and laughed. He had no intention of suing the paper. He had en- gaged a lawyer-friend to write a letter, and the managing editor grovelled. When the magistrate saw he was going to win easily, he pushed hard. Next day he bought champagne. Such instances are rare. Usually a publisher roars back and the fight starts and a lot of things get said that wouldn't have been men- tioned. And usually the man who starts lawing wishes he hadn't. Fortunately no one tells me what to write or how to write it, al- though not so long ago, an editor sent me a brisk note telling me to read up on the law of libel (it had nothing to do with the babies' case), There was no rebuke for what I had written, and no warn. ing not to touch the same subject freedoms, you will find that it was The Odor Lingers On ~--George R. White, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune again. Just read the laws of libel, he said. Freedom is a two-way street. A man has a right not to be smeared in the public prints. And the pub- lic has the right to know what goes on in the community or the pro- vince or the province next door, or behind the scenes in government. And if people get hurt in the tell- ing, that's too bad. The public benefits and is able to form its judgment. But it is not, usually, the pub. lisher who does the telling. It is some reporter doing a day's work. Then it becomes the publisher's re- sponsibility and his risk of finan- cial loss, or worse. Then he starts to squawk. The net result is that the public is pretty well informed of what's going on. When a re- porter knows he has a publisher who will back him' up, then usually ly youll find there's some trouble astir, and the paper is lively and the readers are well informed. There is no unhealthy fear abroad. Is the freedom of the press in danger? Yes, answers® the (U,S.) Commission on Freedom of the Press. "We do not believe," says the commission, "that the danger is so great that freedom Will be swept away over night. In our view. the present crisis is sinmiply a stage in the long struggle for free expression. Freedom of expression, of which freedom of the press is a part, has always been In danger. Indeed, the commission can con. ceive of no state of society in e A Bible Thought "The arms of Christ outstretched on Calvary are wide enougth to encircle the whole world."--Lewis. "Christ died for the ungodly." (Rom, 5:6) "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only be- gotten Son, that whosoever believ. eth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16.) From Toronto To Shannon - - $299.75 To Glasgow - = $310.75 Tolondon - - $333.75 AD. 523 or your Just lie back in one of the truly luxurious chairs on T.C.A.'s spacious "North Star" sky liners and in a few hours you are in Britain or Ireland, comfortably and economically. Connections at Shannon, Glasgow and London for European points. LOW FARES 10% reduction on round trip tickets. No tax on trans-Atigntic portion of ticket. Bay & Temperance Sts. and Arcade, Royal York Hotel, Toronto TRANS-CANADA Ao fous TRANSCONTINENTAL « INTERNATIONAL « TRANS-ATLANTIC It's only Hours to BRITAIN ~ From Montreal To Shannon - - $278.00 To Glasgow - - $289.00 To london - - $312.00 TRAVEL AGENT 0 which it will not be in danger, The desire to suppress opinion differ- ent from one's own Is inveterate and probably ineradicable." Premier George Drew of Ontario stated that if Canada would let its dollar take its own level in relation to the United States dollar, Canada would gain $500,000,000 a year in U.S. dollars, through increased U.S. investment in Canada, increased tourist dollars and increased returns for Canadian gold. The wartime prices and trade board has increased the Canadian ceiling price of tin from 80 cents to the world level of 96 cents. In Sept tember the board took similar ac. tion to raise the price from 71 cents to the world level of 80 cents a pound. ® Readers Views THINKS CRITICISM UNJUST Editor Times-Gazette: Dear Sir: Reading the article regarding false fire alarms, we do not have to read what you mete out in such cases, that already has been done. One little boy got the strap three times, good sound, kindly advice by two members of the Fire Depart- ment and a good reminder what to expect if he ever touched another fire alarm box. So you see we do not have to have it drilled into us; we know what a serious thing it is and sincerely hope it does not hap- pen again. All the small boys are being edu- cated at Ritson School and certain- ly are being taught right from wrong, both at home and school. Last, but not least, if the snow had been cleared from said fire alarm box neitther would have been able to reach it, so I think this ar. ticle is an injustice to the parents, firemen and teachers, as both pun- ishment and advice has already been given. I remain, "A Reader of the Times-Gazette", Oshawa, Ontario, February 13, 1948. Discuss Prices At Meeting Here The Naitonal Affairs Committee of the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce, which was formed some months ago, is holding a discus- sion meeting at Adelaide House at 8 p.m. on Thursday of this week. The present economic situation in general, with particular refer- ence to prices, a topic which is of particular interest, will be dis- cnssed with W. H. Moore of Dun. barton, former Liberal M.P. for Ontario Riding, leading the dis- cussion. A very hearty welcome is extend- ed by the Chamber of Commerce to all residents of Oshawa and district to attend the meeting as the discussion promises to be most interesting and informative, Eisenhower's Warning Blast To Complacency . Bq DEDITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Gen, Eisenhower, in his final re. port as United States Army Chief of Staff, emphasizes that the solid. arity developing among the peoples of North and South America is a significant contribution to security in this hemisphere, That is 'a gratifying appraisal. However, he obviously isn't saying this as an invitation to complacence. On the contrary, he intends it as encouragement for a strengthening of hemispheric solidarity, because he also gives this grave warning: If the Mediterranean states should lose their independence to totalitarianism, "war. .. would be close to us." And again: "Our traditional friends in Western Europe are in straitened circumstances and some are threat. ened with strangulation by a mili. tant political party whose obvious purpose is to promote chaos and in. | surrection for the advantage of an alien idealogy. Were those coun. tries to give up the good fight for | our common heritage of liberty, and become the pawns of totalitarian. ism, America's security would be in dire danger." In short, if the democracies should lose the "cold war" in Eu. Tope to aggressive totalitarian Communism, the western hemis. phere would be next in line of at. tack. From the military standpoint solidarity means this, to quote Ei. senhower: "It is evident. . that a potential aggressor against any nation in either continent would hesitate to launch an attack which he believes would provoke coordinated, hemis. pheric defence." He also points out that the wes. tern hemisphere is linked with the British Commonwealth and West. ern Europe in common basic pur. pose. The bonds among these "weigh heavily as a stabilizing in- fluence" toward world peace. It would be a formidable task for any power to defeat the democracies-- if they stand together. And Eisen. hower calls upon them to agree that a challenge to the existence of one should be recognized as a chal. lenge to all, So hemispheric solidarity is vital to security and any country which disregards it is inviting trouble not only for itself but for Pan.Ameri. ca This means that every country, big and little, already should be battling the infiltration of Com. munism. If it gets a strong foot. hold in any country of the western hemisphere, that country might be used as a red base of one kind or another in event of hostilities, Former Oshawa People Featured In Magazine The February issue of "Abitibi," monthly magazine for the employ- ees of all units of the Abitibi Pow- er and Paper Co., Ltd., is of _es pecial intesest to residents of Osh- awa. On the back page of the iissue is a picture of Danny Mundy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mundy and grandson of Mr, and Mrs. Frank E. Vice( 28 Gladstone Avenue. Mr, and Mrs. Mundy are well known former residents of Oshawa. Mr, Mundy, who holds the position of assistant divisional wodos man- ager of the company at Smoth Rock Falls, On another page is a picture of Mrs. Doris Wallace, formerly as- sociated with The Times-Gazette editorial department.. Mrs. Wallace conducted classes in elementary leatherwork and jewellery making at Island Falls for four wekes, Need a hotel front... 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