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4 A - - OPINIONS \ FEATURES sae THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY oD ™e wabined wy won Net Paid Circulation Aver: Per Issue 8,1 4 4 | MARCH, 1948 TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948 Fitting Honor At its annual meeting recently, the Ontario Educational Association honored Rev. Dr. N. R. D. Sinclair, D.D., of Barrie, by awarding him a life membership in the organiza- tlon in recognition of his long years of service and very tangible contribution to its welfare and advancement. The honor conferred on Dr. Sinclair is of particular interest to residents of this area as he was born in Whitby Township and received part of his education at the Whitby High School. He is a brother of the late W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C. Commenting upon Dr. Sinclair's honor, The Examiner said: "For many years Dr. Sinclair has been active on school boards and he has attended OEA conventions regularly. One year ago he was elected to the highest office in the 3EA and last week he presided 'over the opening session when more than 5,000 delegates were welcomed to the annual convention at Toronto. Since coming to Barrie, Dr. Sinclair has been active on the Board of Education, including several years as chairman. This year for the first time the Public School Board meets separately from the High School Board and Dr. Sinclair is chairman of the Barrie Public School Board." The Times-Gazette joins his many friends in congratu- lating Dr. Sinclair for the 'high honors bestowed upon him for his work in the field of education. Should Know Better On occasion The Times-Gazette has felt that it was its duty to criticize the administration of the Ontario Hospitals. In doing so we have felt that we were justified and that the criticism offered was in the public interest. At the same time we cannot allow misstatements of fact to pass unnoticed. In the Ontario Legislature last week, Mr. A. A. MacLeod, Labor Progressive member for Toronto Bellwoods, charged that certain inmates of the Ontario Hospital at 999 Queen Street West, Toronto, are there for no other reason than that they are aged and that the reason the institution is crowded is because of the housing shortage. Mr. MacLeod is no doubt quite sincere in the stand he took but like many laymen who have no direct contact with the administration of the Ontario Hospitals he is a little off the beam. For that reason we doubt very much that his statement is based on fact. , : Those conversant with Ontario Hospital' matters well know that'to gain entry to one of these institutions is most difficult while it is also quite easy to be released. While there are a number of ways in which a patient ean be admitted, the main point in admittance procedure is to be certified incapable by two independent physicians. Although we do not agree with Mr. MacLeod as regards the type of persons confined to the Toronto hospital, we are in agreement with his stand that the building is obsolete and that such an institution should not be located in a large city. A move is under way to rectify this as patients are being moved to the new hospital at St. Thomas while work "is already under way erecting a new hospital near Smiths Falls 'which will help in alleviating the congestion in other mental institutions in the province. Consider The Ant (Edmonton Journal) Barrie "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," King Solomon advised his work-shy subjects, "consider her ways, and be wise." Ever since his time, this little insect has been held up as the model of ceaseless industry. But Solomon was probably too busy to investigate ant-life thoroughly, and it now seems " he gave the creatures a reputation they do not deserve. American scientists, returning from a survey in Central America--where ants are more numerous and more highly developed than they are in colder latitudes--report that in the average colony only forty per cent. of the insects are real go-getters. Twenty per cent. work occasionally, and the remainder, we regret to say, are no good at all; they spend their time "lolling about the nest." That!is a higher propor- tion of loafers than in any human society. It's all very disillusioning! On second thought, however, this should really occasion no surprise. In many ways ants resemble man more than any other living creatures; they make their living in much the same fashion and they have the same faults. Some types carry on a kind of dairy farming, with aphids as their "cattle"; others collect seeds which they husk and store, as we do 'our grain; some tropical species actually raise crops of fungus in specially planted gardens, : Ants are also the only creatures, except man, who en- gage in organized warfare, and mighty battles rage daily among the ant-hills. Some of them have even developed a system of slavery; they carry off the larvae of other species and raise slaves. Since they resemble man so closely in all these respects, it is not surprising that they share his modern passion for "social security," They seem to have carried it to far greater heights than we have been able to do; even the most promis- ing socialist states have not been able to arrange things so that sixty per cent. of the population is supported by the labors of the remaining forty per cent. 80 wheri"you see an ant scurrying furiously around your picnic lunch, have pity on him. He is probably a taxpayer, and he has a Jot of government officials to support, ' he By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Edmonton, April 13--The day we went on trial before Supreme Court of Alberta on charges of conspiracy, the morning newspap- er frontpaged a story about the murder of a child by its foster mother in a little town south of here. The newspaper said ihe hild had been adopted in Alberta. ¢ (The eriminal- charge against us said we had defamed the Child Welfare Commission of this prov- ince.) That afternoon the newspapers were still enlarging on details of the child murder, but quoted wel- fare officials as saying the .in- fant's adoption had not gone through the provincial department. "We have no record of any such adoption," onepaper quoted an un- named official. Next morning still more details were reported in the Calgary Al- bertan, which gave .an account of the baby's funeral. "After the funeral, the father told the Al- bertan that adoption papers for the boy had 'gone through' only three months ago," said the newspaper. "Asked if welfare officials had ever visited his. home prior to ap- proval of the adoption, Mr. Con- rad (the father) said they had not. Neither had they been there at any time since," said the newspap- e T. In Edmonton these details were carried to officials of the' Child Welfare Commission by Edmonton reporters, but the officials said the adoption had been handled by the courts. The police told the newspapers the baby had been beaten to death. A leather strap was the muider weapon. I think it likely that Alberta's welfage people are innocent in this case, but somewhere along the line the system of adoptions went hay- wire. Then the tragedy. BABIES SCARCE--Dr. Char- lotte Whitton (you've heard of her?) says. today babies are in short supply all over this contin- ent. Her statements about chiid adoption -- a national problem alarming in its scope -- are con- tained in the current issue of Chat- elaine, "For a decade or more," accord- ing to Dr. Whitton, who is the outstanding authority on this sub- ject, "it has been the smart thing in certain circles to adopt a baby. It is true that war's tensions heightened © both marriage and birth rates, yet the long range pic- ture shows that childlessness is becoming - increasingly character- istic. of urban life, and since 1934' adoption applications have trebled. "In Canada there are nearly three quarters of a million homes without children, another 700,000 with only one. Ontario and B.C. are the provinces with most child- less homes. (In the U.S. recent es- timate placed at 2 million the number of childless women thought to be seeking adoptive babies -- with the children available for ad- option about 50,000)." WHO WANTS BABIES? There are many types of would- be adoptive parents, according to Dr. Whitton. There are the un- married, seeking a child for com- pany; the bereaved, wanting a child. to . replace a lost one; the "health" adoptions -- where hus- band or wife is in indifferent health and a child would be a diverting in- terest. At the lowest economic levels family allowances offer an inducement * to some childless couples, while in a higher income bracket a child may be sought for adoption because of its economic value--to hold together a family corporation, to conserve an estate after the parents' death. Among the latter are' those wonderfully "wealthy" homes where a child can grow up In luxurious loneliness, said Dr. Whitton, and such are our social attitudes that too many child-care agencies neg- lect to give such homes or couples the same fine-combing they rigor- ously: apply to a more modest household making application for an adoption. ; Dr. Whitton sets out this opin- ion: "All sorts of motives impel people to adopt children,' among them the highest and finest of hu- man impluses." But on the whole, she says, not more than one in 20 applicants will be approved for a child. ® A Bible Thought "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree." (Psa. 92:12). The Christian is to be like a palm tree with his tap root-.deep into the grace of God, his leaves of testi- mony always green, and his fruit- fulness independent of desert cir- cumstances. "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of wa- ter, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever lie do- eth shall prosper.' (Psa. 1:3.) L TIME TABLE CHANGES Effective Sunday, April 25, 1948 Full Information from Agents CANADIAN CANADIAN NATIONAL PACIFIC DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE --_----_--. -- ® Readers Views © 20 Years Ago THE C.C.F, AND COMMUNISM A. R. Belfry, King Street, drug- . | gist, was bound hand and foot and victimized of $30 when two men entered his store during the lull, Six new men were added to the Police Deparument and started | work A LL : . more than pertinent--It is pernic- | TE Pr ri aney x, ious. George McCammond, William E. We the public, have for years had Spencer, E. Goodwin and Joseph a sense of frustration, conscious |: RY vila of i ihe. enech that we could not have confidence | tive of the OsMhwa District Base- that the statements of the press ball- Association ab Bowmariville, Dear Sir: The intensive publicity being giv- | en to Communism in these days is were the unbiased, unadulterated, | Jouies Lovel of Oshawa was elect- objective truth in any specific po- | ed president. er members of litical problem. Today as never | the executive 'were: Fred Dobney, before we yearn for the truth. | Oshawa; E. W. Goddard, Bowman- That Communism is radical, au-, ville; R. Burnham, Port Hope and thorative, materialistic, anarchis- | Gerald Vivian, Cobourg. . tic and inhuman when developed to !| The Fire Department took five its ultimate, is hardly disputable Men on its permanent staff. They wnen one assesses the present char- Were: E. Ostler, Fred Dervent, C. acter of Russia, There are many Pollock, G. Langton and T. Dalby. evils in the Communism which has | % been offered us over here, not the | Newcastle Thieves least of which is its deceptiveness Find Safe Empty which makes it impossible tor us to tolerass Ph om ens hiv Newcastle, April 13--Thieves broke claim the beneficient results of its ni Se Avams Dumber 10%, Jifics tolleciivian; the material progress carted a safe from the Lorie or the planing mill, cracked it with of Russia can not be gainsaid. Here, acknowledge Communists are el- ected to public office in many Jiogiycerine and departed empty- | handed. i | Officials of the company had left cases, not because the people ap- prove the vicious aspects of the po- | only $2,000 in cheques in the safe and they were left intact. litical group but because these men | have fought determinately for, and obtained the social reforms and in- It was the seventh time premises dustrial security so long denied [of the Adams Lumber Co. had been themby Industry and Government, | broken into by burglars. The com. Communism cannot be irradicat- | pany's offices in Simcoe have been entered three times and the offices in Otterville have been cracked ed by force. Unless the causes of three times. Officials say they no the disease are removed it will spread despite the wholesome de- longer leave cash or negotiable sec- urities in the safes. sires of the people and the futile oom :asuics Of Lae press. + am re. minded of Gamalel's words to the z | ana moved to the St. Anne De where her husband owns a printe v | Bellevue district many years ago ing and publishing company. o A Bit of Versee wld ed. i } GOD-SEEKING God-seeking thou hast journeyed far and nigh, On dawn-lit mountain-tops thy soul did yearn To hear His trailing garments wander y, And where, "mid thundrous glooms at sunsets burn, Vainly thou sought'st His shadow on sea and sky; Or Saaing . up, at noontide, could'st iscern Only a neutral heaven's indifferent eye And countenance austerely taciturn. Yet WHO thou soughtest I have found at last, Netther where tempest dims the world elow, Nor where the westering daylight reels t, In conflagrations of ted overthrow; But where this virgin brooklet silvers past, And yellowing' either bank the king- cups blow. --Willlam Watson. Russia to Free Jap Prisoners Tokyo, 'April 13.--(AP) -- Russia has given notice it will resume re- | patriation of Japanese war prison- | ers next month after long delay, | An estimated 696,000 Japanese | are still in Russia areas. Virtually | all others interned elsewhere -- in | the Far East and the Pacific--have | been returned home. | The Russians halted repatriation | last year because, they said, of bad | weather. | KINGSTON NATIVE DIES Montreal, April 13.--(CP) -- Mrs. James John Harpell, 70, native of | Kingston, died at her home in| nearby Gardenvale Monday. 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When the Democratic Social- ists or labor group was supported by the people, progress, security, and happiness have been greatly increased and the threat of Com- munism reduced, I would like you to note that the Socialists have al- ways been the most courageous op- position to Communism in the countries overrun by the Soviet. Some say that the Communist endorsation of the CCF is embar- rassing to that group. It definite- ly is. When the Labor Progress- ives backed the Liberal party last election, there was no embarrass- ment, Indeed there was the fiendish glee at the opportunity to use the Reds as dupes. Wealthy, powerful, political philosophies as widely di- vergent as the poles, the Liberals had nothing to fear from affilia- tion, and they welcomed it! The CCF has had to solve many diffi- cult problems. in, the past, problems of financial need, division , heretics, opposition and malignment. = Men and women have given years of their lives to obtain representative government for the people only to be denied success by such deception as is presently being employed in preparation for coming elections. But I am confident the CCF party is the true representation of the common will today and that it will emerge from the present conflict valiantly. \ I do not suggest that the present red-baiting is all politically .en- gineered. That would be childish, But it is obvious to everyone, I'm sure, that the reactionists are cap- italizing on the issue to drive the people to the extreme of Red. I'd like to venture the prophecy that when the elections are over the "Red" storm will abate materially, except in its international and na- tional relations. 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