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OPINIONS DA LY. TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES "THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE OSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) 3 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 republication: 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. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, Can. Net Paid Circulation A P : A v8 2 034 SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1948 Successful In Defeat Oshawa's bopes for further laurels along the Memorial Cup trail faded with the defeat of the Generals at the hands of the Windsor Spitfires on Wednesday night. It was a bitter pill to swallow for a large number of faithful followers of the team but the disappointment will be tempered with time and there will be other seasons. The players and fans can gain consolation from the fact that the team was not disgraced even in defeat. They | gave of their best and while it was not good enough they. know that they were beaten by a better club. A different story might have been told had it not been for the unfortu- nate injury suffered by George Izaat early in the season and the departure of Phil Samis to play professionally. It is nice to look back on the season and think of the victories and the scoring records attained. Tommy Ander- son, in his first year as coach, made a hit with the players and the fans. The fact that the club finished so well up in the standing is a tribute to his ability. We sincerely hope he will be back again next fall. The results of the hockey season have left one thought | with us on which we think action should be taken, namely rough play. There was far too much of it during the regular | season and again in the play-offs. It is our candid opinion that the players are not as much to blame for this situation .as the rules. The "Pitch-and-Heave" style of game, adopted from the professional game, is not in the best in- terests of young players as it tends towards injury and does not promote the sportsmanship which should be evidenced | by contestants. Either the rules must ke changed or the officialing more strict if Canada's national pastime is to escape the stigma which has always followed undue roughness. "th Britain's Coal Costs The financial statement on the first six months of Britain's nationalized coal industry, which was issued on January 10th, provides good evidence of the quick start that has been made on the industry's reconstruction program. From the normal commercial point of view the returns are at first glance far from encouraging, since they show an overall loss of £1.75 million--and this does not take into account considerable compensation paid to the former coal- owners, The short-term position is not, however, decisive. The important thing is that the foundation should be laid during this period for high and economic production in the future. When the National Coal Board took over the adminis- tration of the coal industry last year, it had two principal objectives. The first was to modernize the industry by in- creased and improved mechanization. The second was to make coal production a worthy and attractive occupation. The initial period of increased mechanization cannot be expected to bring quick profits, for heavy outlay on equip- ment must swallow up any immediate returns from the new machines. For the National Coal Board this item has more- over been increased by a general rise in the prices of equip- ment. Thus while in the first quarter the returns for the group including new machinery show total costs of approxi- mately £24.5 million, corresponding returns for the second quarter show a total of more than £27 million. It is in implementing the second part of the program, however, that the N.C.B. has incurred the major part of the loss. The introduction of the five-day week bonus system for miners last May has meant considerable increase in costs which are not covered in these financial returns by price increases. Higher coal prices did not in fact come into effect until September. The London "Times" comments editorially that "it would be wrong to attempt to draw from this first half-year of operation any hard and fast conclusions". Certain facts are undeniable. Total output and output per manshift are very high: the miners have beaten seven-year-old produc- tion records; and coal from Britain is once again 'being shipped overseas. But there are still many problems ahead before the coal problem is decisively overcome. NATIONAL HOUSING ACT BUILDING LOANS We are official Representatives We also arrange ordinary loans for buyers and builders _ Dhome 4400 chofield INSURANCS iii. AGONY 8 Simcoe St. North Real Estate Brokers i @ By HAROLD DINGMAN - Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, March 6--It is not so long ago that "Oncle Louee" was up here in our Press Gallery lounge talking about margarine. That is Louis Stephen St. Laurent's nick- name among the irreverent, just as we have been calling Mr. King "Willie" these many years. ,"Oncle Louee"' said he was not stopping the people of Canada from eating margarine. The people could get margarine if they wanted to, he said, but they would have to vote for it. The mystery remains, though. How are we going to vote for margarine unless the govern- ment holds a referendum? When he journeyed to Quebec to talk about margarine "Oncle Louee" said, the responsibility fest- ed with Parliament. "The act will remain as it is unless and until Parliament sees fit to change it," Mr. St. Laurent is quoted as say- ing. That, of course, is true; but again it isn't true. The executive government (Cabinet) controls Parliament and if the executive government wants Canadians to have a go at margarine, Parlia- ment will vote for it. If the execu- tive says no, then Parliament will say no. 1t still leaves us a long way re- moved from what 'Oncle Louee' said in the Press Gallery--that if the peopel wanted margarine they could vote for it. How do we vote for it, Oncle, unless you give the word to put it on the ballot? MASARYK WAY -- The only time I ever saw Jan Masaryk, the Czech foreign minister, was when he spoke on the high podium of the United Nations in New York last fall. The issue then, as now, was Communism vs. the rest of the world, and it seemed to me Ma- saryk spoke under a great strain. He was trying to bridge the gap between the two worlds, speaking very-carefully. It was apparent he did not want to offend the Russian bloc, nor did he want them to think that he was wholly with them. He knew he had to work with the Russians, vet he still wanted to retain his country's friendship with the West. And last week when the revolution came to his country, Masaryk ob- served that the crisis was started by persons who wrongly thought it was possible to govern without --*"or even against'--the Com-= munists. How long will Masaryk, son of the great Thomas Masaryk, foun- der of Czechoslovakia, stay inside the Iron Curtain? How long can he remain, and remain alive? Ma- saryk says he'll work for the "new democracy" as long as 'necessary' and as long as his strength is with him, Along diplomatic row in Ottawa the international people have their own views about Masaryk. They believe he will remain inside Czechoslovakia as long as his in- fluence is of any assistance to the democratic people, but they doubt that the Russians will want him. His strength may be put to the test very soon. Masaryk's loyalty is not with Russia or with the Communist In- ternationale, The Communist con= cept of life is that you are with them or you are against them. How long cay Masaryk walk a middle road ? Not long, it is thought here. EUROPEAN HUMOR -- The New York Sunday Times tells a story of an old lady in Yugoslavia kneeling before an icon praying with great fervor. A Communist ! passes by and views the scene with great dissatisfaction. "For whom are you praying?" he asks. "For Tito," she replies, but the Communist is suspicious. "You used to pray for the king before, didn't you?" he demands. She nods her head and answers: "Sure enough, and now look Where he is." e A Bible Thought "Every believer is either a libel or a Bible."--Thomas Waugh. David said, "Thy Word have I.hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee." (Psa, 119:11). 'ture. During the war, under his "LAFF-A-DAY © MARRIAGE LICENSES i \ Cope. 1948, King Features Syndicate, loc, World rights reserved. ' "Hasty marriage? Why, we've been engaged two years." . 3-4 Other Editors. ® 50 Years Ago CLUBS WERE SIMPLER (Edmonton Journal) We don't understand this politic- al manoeuvring in Ireland. It was simpler in the old days when they settled their disputes with a shil- lalah, MOTHS ARE RUGGED (Brockville Recorder and Times) An optimistic cleaner declares that moths are on the way out as a result of new cleaning processes. We have an idea that they will linger ona bit longer in other ar- ticlés if not in clothing, for the moth is a rugged insect and dies hard. LET EM GO DO IT! (T.D.F., In Ottawa Citizen) Stratford Beacon-Herald says the world is "full of people who think they can do everything better than anyone else." Okay! What are they waiting for? Let 'em go to it and demonstrate. They couldn't possibly make any bigger mess than we're in already, DOUBLE OR NOTHING (Windsor Star) Canada can double her popula- tion within 15 years if "all Can- adians get busy and boost," and if there is a good influx of immi- grants, declares Rt. Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agricul- 9 direction, Canadian farmers got busy and boosted the value of their production by more than 100 per cent. How about making him Minister of Population? eo A Bit of Verse e PRIMROSE PREST Poor wee prest flowers with all your sweet life shorn But bearing yet your gold to bring to me Primroses tangled in a silver morn In Southern England = by the Channel Sea. For there my sire was bred, and there he ®an A joyous lad down Spring em- blossomed ways Of Roman walks; and there he grew a man, In ancient Dorset in the distant days. I know not from what dim seques- tered glade You fronted dawn, beneath what beechen green; But not in vain your sacrifice was made To bring a breath of England to this scene. Dear little flowers, from sea girt Britain's shore, Coins of the realm minted by nature's skill, Now Hardy's Wessex with Druid lore Seem far more real than this New Hampshire hill. --Clara Maude Garrett. (Montreal Star). its To Farmers! I'am on the market to purchase your Holstein cows; fresh or close springers of good size and condition. No blood test is required, Prompt pick-up at the highest possible prices. Phone evenings or write to... . DUNCAN SPANG CLAREMONT, ONT. PHONE STOUFFVILLE 6616 NOTE: Small thin cows not wanted. Oshawa business men were up in | arms over an advance of 30 per cent, in fire insurance rates an- nounced by the underwriters, The increase was due to the refusal of Town Council to provide additional appliances and a night patrol. Charles Calder, Conservative standardbearer, won Ontario Riding by a majority of about 300. He de- | feated Hon. John Dryden. | In the roughest game of the Mid- | land League season, Bowmanville | defeated Whitby at Whitby by a | score of 6 to 3. The Vindicator commented that if such rough games continued it would mean the end of the league. Among the winners at a big ice carnival were Miss Grace Pedlar, | Katie A. Rowse, Billy Luxon and Garfield Patte. Rev. Father Jeffcott, secretary- treasurer of the Separate School Board, asked council for $475 for the board for the year. The public school board asked for $8,100 for the public 'and high schools. | REVOLUTION AFTERMATH After the Russian revolution typhus killed about 3,000,000 people. King Re Affirms Intention To Quit Ottawa, March 6.--(CP)-- Prime Minister Mackenzie King Friday re- reiterated his intention to retire from the leadership of the Liberal party . Speaking to delegates of the Ca- nadian Congress of Labor, which had presented its annual represen- tations to the government, the Prime Minister said: "It does give me a feeling of | deep regret that the time is coming to change the order of one's life, I have felt increasingly since the war that the task has not become any easier. In times like these young- er men are taking over posts in gov- ernment. "This is the reason that I felt I should inform the party that the time had come that it should choose another leader." The several hundred delegates present generally interpreted Mr. King's statement as a somewhat firmer and clearer declaration on his retirement than the lenghty and rather equivocal one he made to the National Liberal Federation here last January. This was the first time that the Prime Minister has mentioned his retirement publicly since that time. Mr. King went on to say that in his retirement he hoped to do some of the things he wanted to do for a | considerable time. Out of politics, he hoped to be able to survey some of the broad trends .of the times. "I went into public life from la- bor and when I reitre my interests in albor will not be forgotten." King And Queen To Visit Australia Early In 1949 = London, March 6 ---- (CP) -- The King and Queen, who visited Can- ada in 1939 and South Africa in 1947, will tour New Zealand and Australia early in 1949, Bucking- ham Palace announced last night. Princess Margaret, who travelled with Princess Elizabeth and their parents to South Africa, will also make the Antipodes tour, but Princess Elizabetn and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will not go. The tour is in response to invita. tions frcm Prime Minister Fraser of New Zealand and Prime Minister Chifley of Australia, issued in the same way Prime Minister Macken. | zie King issued his invitation to the King an dQueen In 1939 and as Pritne Minister Smuts . of South Africa did for last year's trip. The visit, the first of a reigning sovereign to the Australasian Dom. inions, will make history as did the visit to Canada a few months be. fore the Second Great War began. The palace statement said: "In response to a suggestion made by his Prime ministers in New Zea- land and Australia, the King has graciously . consented to visit these countries in the early part of 1949. "His Majesty will be accompanied by the Queen and the Princess Mar- garet." The invitation came a few weeks ago. The departure date and the length of the tour have yet to be | decided. The wording of the official an. nouncement put New Zealand ahead of Australia, although the latter is considered a senior dominion, but informed sources said this possibly was Insignificant. The Royal party will "travel by sea. There is no definite indication that the Royal ship, possibly the battleship Vanguard, will go to New Zealang first. But the 42500.ton Vanguard, which carried the Royal family to South Africa, might have trouble in negotiating the Suez Canal, and the route via the Panama Canal would make a first call at New Zea. land convenient. Under the Statute of Westmin. ster, the King in the southern hem. isphere will be King of New Zea- land and King of Australia, just as during the Canadian visit he was King of Canada. 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