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OPINIONS DA LY TIMES GAZETTE EDIT ORIAL PACE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA 'TIMES : (Established 1871) CHRONICLE ) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PEESS Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue #4 a 2 3 3 JUNE, 1948 SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948 Houses Or Permits? Leslie Kirby of Bracknell in England, is really deserving of a place in history with people like John Hampden. Mr. Kirby is a carpenter, with some savings, and, being a man of industry and enterprise, he did not propose to go without a house indefinitely, waiting for the clumsy mach- inery of government housing scheme to provide him with one. He bought the necessary materials and built a house, a four-room cottage in which he lives with his wife, his son, and an ailing mother-in-law. Mr. Kirby, for some reason which is not given, did not first go to the local authority in the rural area in which he lives, and get a permit to build this house. As a result, Mr, Kirby was suddenly faced by 'the arrival of a gang of workmen, employed by the local Rural Coun- cil, and under instructions to tear the house down. They actually started to do that. Neighbours of Mr. Kirby appeal- ed to the Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning stopped the actual pulling down of the house, at least until Mr. Kirby could offer some defence. Of course, Mr. Kirby has no defence. Britain is a Socialist country, and, in a Socialist country, it is less im- portant whether people get houses or not, than it is im- portant whether they get permits to build houses or not. Obviously, the local Rural Council could not help itself. If there is to be a system in Britain by which no man can build a house without permission from the government, then Mr. Kirby should have got that permission. To let him get away with building a house would upset the whole system, and that would not do at all. Bh HQwever, the case of Mr. Kirby may be making a lot of people think whether Socialism is really such a happy arrangement as the Socialists claim that it is. There must be a lot.of people in Britain who would prefer more building of houses, even if this meant fewer permits. Not That Easy (Hamilton Spectator) ' Commenting on a clean sweep in three Federal by-elec- tions by the C.C.F. the Prime Minister of Canada had this to say: "The lead which the C.C.F. has gained in the recent by- elections reflects the inevitable dislike felt by persons of all classes for high living costs and privations and restrictions of any kind." This is a nice, plausible explanation. But if it were to bear up under any searching analysis it might be wondered why other countries like France, Italy and Holland which have suffered fifty times the hardships, high prices and re- strictions of Canada have all swung away from the panacea- touting hucksters of the left to more moderate, conservative governments. One thing that has happened in Canada is that the pre- sent Government deserted its duty of providing leadership and intelligent interpretation in the inevitable post-war in- flation and left the way wide open to scurrilou$ and distorted attacks on "free enterprise' as entirely responsible for rising prices. After high Government claims of almost magic price controls (which were a postponement and nothing much more) there was a deathly official hush while self-appointed crusaders played on natural resentments of Canadians by laying it all to some conspiracy of our "system." So far as we recall there has not heen at any time a single, courageous admission by any Government leader as to why the war must be paid for by a period of high prices, as it is being paid for in England, Russia, Holland, the U.S.A. and Timbuctoo. The physicians who should heal themselves are those who have ignored the true Canadian majority and run in panic before every nose-thumbing minority that marched up to the steps of Parliament. When Canada wants socialism, Canadians will say they want it. Until then a Government that is elected to carry out its obligations in a free economy, maintain law and order and leave some shred of pride among 'its people, should fear only its own fears. There is a dif- ference, even to-day, between caution and paralysis. Proportional Assessment Against the custom which prevails in many towns and townships of allowing lower assessments on homes and lands which are in a poor or rundown state, and increasing the as- sessmengs on properties which are improved, the St. Mary's Journal-Argus raises its voice. Says our esteemed cotem: "The fact of the matter is, that under the present sys- tem of land and property taxation the ne'er-do-well and his properties and the careless or lazy are being bonussed while the industrious and prideful citizen is being soaked. Look- ing over Western Ontario it seems time now for assessors and municipal officials to make a change in such things as values on properties. For the good of the country, the pre- sent procedure should be reversed and those who show ini- tiative and have pride in their homes and farms should be assured of a more or less equitable assessment while those backward citizens who allow their properties through neglect or design to run down and the soil to deteriorate, should have their levies increased. This may sound a little rough on the so-called poor resident, but circumstances could be taken into account in certain border-line cases and in this way there would be an incentive to improve all lands and buildings everywhere, This idea is now being tried out by the Labor Government on British farms and it is said to have resulied in a great improvement in farm conditions and Yea © By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, July 3.--We have our old friend Mr, King over a barrel, so to speak. Mr, King is mot easily caught, mind you. In his vast experience the Prime Minister has learned to choose his words with care. He has always liked to use expressions and phrases that could be interpreted at least two ways, and, if possible, three. Thus if you thought you heard Mr. King predict that it would be a cold week-end, it would be better to examine his exact phraseology. Probably you would find that he said there were some indications of a cool wave beginning on Friday and that other meteorological for- mations were showing. If it proved to be cold, Mr. King would be right, If it turned out nice again--well? As everyone knows, Paul Mar- tin's special investigation of prices has concluded. The committee which did the job made certain recommendations. At once there was a quarrel in the House. Mr. John Diefenbaker, among others, reminded Mr. King that he himself Athe Prime Minister) had specifical- ly withheld from the committee any authority to make recommenda- tions. Mr. King denied this. On June 26 he said: "I said the committee should not be instructed to bring in recommendations, because they might take their time debating in political policies. I never said the committee had not power (to make recommendations) ." But on February 2 of this year Hansard has Mr, King speaking thus: "May I say that hon. gentlemen opposite have taken exception to the resolution mot specifying that the committee should bring in recommendations. May I say at this stage the obligation was left out deliberately by the government and for this reason. If it had been added that the committee were to make recommendations we would not be hearing from hon. gentle- men opposite, and they would have been speaking correctly, that the minute you give to a committee of this kind the business of making recommendations, that minute you are certain to start all kinds of political controversy. You start is- sues of policy making." And so on. Still later, speaking on February 10, Mr. King said: "I hope I have made it plain also that if, as the committee pursues its investigations, it is thought ad- visable to have its powers enlarged so that it might be given an op- portunity to make recommendations with respect to certain matters, the government will be quite prepared to consider any request of that kind at the time it is brought. for- ward." The committee never asked for power. Not once. The committee simply made its recommendations. If there is any doubt remaining as toshow Mr. King felt five months ago, another paragraph from his speech of February 10 should end the matter. Still speaking of recommendations, he said: "The rules of this House have been framed, and the practices of Parliament up to the present have been framed, amongst other things, to protect the public treasury, and not to make it possible for any group in Parliament to have large sums of money taken out of the public treasury because they them- selves wish to have it spent in a particular way." All clear so far? Well, the Martin committee recommended (and got approval) of the expenditure of an additional $50,000 to continue the work of prices investigation, Ah, well, 'tis all done in good faith and for good purpose. But to catch the old master himself with his own words--words that could not be twisted three ways from Sunday--now that is some- thing in a day's work. And as we said rlier, Martin did neither himself nor his government any political harm with his recom- mendations. BANDITS GET $4,000 Vancouver, July 3--(CP)--Bandi who held up a branch of the Roya Bank of Canada here Friday es- capéd with $4,000, bank officials reported. The two masked and armed gunmen passed up another $20,000 in their hurried dash from the bank. COME TO THE FETTER FAMILY HOTELS On S. Kentucky Ave., near Beach TLANTIC CITY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS Delicious Meals Sun Deck & Solarium' overlooking Oceon. New Modern Tile Baths with Showers ii ""Couch-and-Four" Atlantic City Popular Family Hotel PLEASANT ROOMS POPULAR RATES guests may secure meals at the Jefferson, if desired, ae JOHN H FETTER, Gen. Mgr. § "Howto Close the Gap?" Fitzpatrick, in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ® 50 Years Ago The Town Council took over the Mechanics Institute and appoint- ed Dr. Kaiser, L. K. Murton and Rev. J. H. Talbot as a board of management to be known as the Oshawa Public Library Board. Concern was voiced by the Town Council over the lack of efficiency of the fire alarm, John Galt, Toronto consulting engineer, advocated the use of the springs in the watershed, north of the town, as a water supply. He estimated it would cost $65,000 to instal a complete system, On the motion of Councillors Dillon and Grierson, the town coun- cil agreed to have the solicitor bring the bad condition of the Osh- awa Railroad roadbed on Simcoe Street to the attention of the com- pany with the request that imme- diate action be taken to rectify it. Law enforcement in Cedar Dale was facilitated by the acquisition of a bicycle by the constable. * Readers Views PRAISES OSHAWA BAND Editor, Times-Gazette, Dear Sir: At the moment I am vacationing at my old home at Springfield, Ontario. On Saturday, my uncle (Dr. Baker) and I visited the Waterloo Band Festival and had the supreme pleasure of hear- ing your . excellent Oshawa Regi- mental and Civic Brass Band, under the direction of Mr. Jack Broad- bent and the management of Sgt. R. W, Martyn. Although my uncle is a retired MD. and I am Associate Professor of History at Western Reserve Uni- versity, Cleveland, Ohio, we both are band enthusiasts of many years standing--participants as well as listeners. Although past 78 years of age, my uncle still plays fine euphonium in the band of Mocha Temple Shrine at London, Ontario, and although I have few oppor- tunities for such activities, I play tuba (at least at rehearsals) with our university concert band, which I conducted for several years as a vocational interest. Your Oshawa Band is an excel- lent one. It is something of which your city and county should be proud. And I am sure that Messrs. Broadbent and Martyn will more than justify any assistance prof- fered them. I came from Cleveland this year especially to hear brass bands. There were, unfertunately, only two--yours and another, but| the other was insignificant by con- | trast. There is no better way of | fostering good music in a com- munity or of advertising the com- munity than through a gaod band. You people have one. I hope you make the most of it. Yours sincerely, JOHN HALL STEWART. June 20, 1948. ® A Bible Thought "There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour. .. Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. . .Unto Me every knee shall bow." (Isa. 45:21- 23.) 1 Why not bow now with rejoicing instead of then with remorse? Kingsville Vote Leaves Town Dry Windsor, July 3--(CP)--The re- sult of the Kingsville, Ont., liquor election of last May 19, when the voters turned down a proposal to establish a liquor store in their town, remains unchanged as a re- sult of the recount conducted by Senior County Judge A. J. Gordon. In the count 'election night the wets failed by two-thirds of a vote to make the two-thirds majority re- quired by law. As a result of the recount, the drys improved their margin. Judge Gordon gave the result as 799 for the store, 538 against it + leaving the wets three and three-fifths of a vote short of the number requir- ® Other Editors ---- tte 1 eam -------- To Bow wows (Windsor Star) A Toronto man is deseribed as a mental case because in recent weeks he has become obsessed with the idea that everything has been go- ing to the dogs. Boy, if they start putting people in the booby-hatch for thinking that! SECRECY AND VEGETABLES (The Farmer's Advocate) Canadian vegetable growers can supply the markets if they know in advance that their product will be needed. The only reason for a shortage of vevetables is the une certainty and secrecy that sure rounds the tariff and dollar policy of Canada. : THEY NEVER MISS (Halifax Herald) Seven Nova Scotia boys have set records for perfect attendance, and they will get special recognition, the Department of Education tells us, One lad has not missed a sin- gle day's schooling in 10 years. An other has been at school every day for nine years. And so on down the list. A FRIEND OF WEEKLIES (Cornwall Standard-Freeholder) The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association is reported to be plan- ning a permanent memorial to the late Andy Clarke, famed for his broadcasts of "Neighborly News." He was a great friend of the weekly newspapers, and the tribute would be well-merited. In town next Tuesday . . . the Meteor! Beautiful to look at with its long, low-to-the- ground lines and its solid, substantial look. Meteor is only 63 inches from road to roof line. You'll love all the roominess in a Meteor. Rear seat is a full 5 feet wide. Take the wheel and relax. See that beau- tiful instrument panel illuminated with "black light'. You'll drive refreshed. Dual duct, built-in ventilation system brings in fresh air as desired. Top performance and power with V-type, 8-cylinder 100- horsepower engine, SEE 17 AT" YOUR MERCHRY AND LINCOLN DEALERS" SENSATIONAL IN DESIGN AND. PERFORMANCE £F bo il You'll be thrilled the way Meteor streaks away from a dead start--how it swoops hills. And over streets, up igh- ways or dirt roads you'll thrill to Meteor's "'glide-ride" with advanced type springs and shock absorbers. A PRODUC T OF FORD OF Settle down in that great wide Meteor seat . . . next Tuesday. In its deep- down comfort you really relax. Beautiful, rich up- holstery and fittings. And when you look around, it seems as though there's just one big safety glass window from front to rear and back to front. Ladies are specially invited to see the Meteor Tuesday: Smart new styling, beautiful interior trim. It's so easy to handle and to steers Touch-toe brakings CANADA BRAMLEY - MOTOR SALES North Oshawa "Phone 4695W WILLIAMS MOTOR SALES Port Perry Pl N SEE L A. BIL. Phone 14 irn