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OPINIONS DA LY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Times-Gazette is a member c' the Canadian Daily News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Datlies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, tby, Brookdin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $ per year. By mall, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in 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 Average Per Issue 8,01 8 JULY, 1948 MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948 C.C.F. Platform Plank At its convention recently in Winnipeg the Canadian Commonwealth Federation Party, or C.C.F., adopted its plat- form. One of the planks of the platform was the socialization of the Canadian Pacific Railway, one of the leading trans- portation systems in the Dominion. Despite the repercussions which would result from such action it was interesting to note that a very short time was devoted to the discussion of this all-important question. Admittedly there are duplications in Canada's railway services which need ironing out. At the same time one won- ders if the full significance of the socialization of the C.P.R. was considered by the C.C.F. In the first place a large number of men would be laid off, if duplications were eliminated, while there is no guarantee that the railway would be oper- ated any better or any more economically than it is today. ; Temple Fielding, in the first of a series of articles in The Saturday Evening Post, entitled "Giant of the North", points out that the C.P.R. is neither a trust nor a monopoly of the rich as the ownership of its stock is spread among 91,5600 separate stockholders in the Dominion, Great Britain, the United States and other lands. Although it is the coun- try's largest taxpayer, it stands for more than money and power. It represents the only case in history where a ranking nation was in a sense created by a construction project. Responsible for the opening up of the prairie provinces and the bridging of the Rockies, the C.P.R. has been of neces- sity forced into widely diversified lines. Today the company operates turkish baths, a dance palace, fire stations, a bus - company and has a force of 377 professional policemen. It is in the insurance business, operates a north-south airline, a fleet of 42 ocean, coastal and inland steamships, and a chain of 14 hotels. Since its inception the C.P.R. has been fortunate in its executives to whose ability and initiative can be traced the development of the company into a great public service organization. We doubt that it could be managed and oper- ated more advantageously by the C.C.F. A Billion Dollar Crop Reports from the dominion and provincial departments of agriculture, obtained largely through agricultural repre- sentatives scattered throughout the country, indicate that new records in summer crops are expected. Some papers have gone as far as to say that it will be a billion dollar crop. Fall wheat has already set a new record--the first of agriculture's new achievements to be announced--witk an expected production of 27,000,000 bushels or at the rate of 32 bushels to the acre. In fall rye, those who have looked up the figures and made comparisons have, says The Ontario Intelligencer, Belleville, "had to go back to third of a century ago to match the 2,150,400 acres that will be reaped in Ontario in the next week or two." The acreage itself is the highest in about a quarter of a century. Spring grains are likely to exceed 175,000,000 bushels, about 70 per cent higher than last year. The huge crops in Canada come at a time when there is a great demand for food in many countries of the world and for grain and feed at home and abroad. Canada has rightly been called the world's granary, and it is to be hoped that surplus food stocks resulting from such large crops may find their way to lands where there is so n:uch need. The people of Canada have every reason for thankful- ness for such a bumper crop, more so as we realize that hunger stalks in many lands, and millions do not know where their next meal is coming from. . ; Selective Service Answer (Woodstock Sentinel-Star) Field Marshal Montgomery gave Britons a cold dash of reality the other day--although the chances are that the British need it a lot less than we do, speaking from the stand- point of national defence. Warning that "we cannot hope for a breathing space, as in 1939, at the outbreak of another world conflict," Viscount Montgomery called for greater preparedness. One of his statements should be engraved, framed, and tacked up in Canada's defence ministry: "Given a disciplined man with a general knowledge of soldierly duties, it is a very quick and easy matter to teach him to use new weapons." Canada could have a pool of such men, "disciplined . . . with a general knowledge of soldierly duties." What is neces- sary is a Selective Service measure. The Permanent Forces are hardly big enough to form even a hard core of trained men and the Reserve Army program does not appear to be any too successful. The answer we come back to in any con- sideration of this problem is a form of compulsory training. It is argued that a selective service program would cost too much money, that it would postpone indefinitely the day when present top-heavy taxes could be reduced. This argu- ment is valid only if we concede that all present expenditures are justified and that the present weird Federal budgeting system js justified. : i We can talk all we want about Social Security, but the talk is hollow indeed if we neglect our national security. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Aug. 30--Newspapermen will be barred from the Tory cau- cus that is being held in Montreal today (Monday) and from a politi- cal point of view there is probably a good reason, It may not be all cakes and ale in the smoke-filled room; there is likely to be some discord. My information is that a very determined effort will be made to line up support in advance of the leadership convention for Ontario's Premier George Drew. Indications in the past few days show that al- ready many Quebec delegates will vote for Drew (if he decides to run); and an equal number have expressed a desire to see Diefen- baker get the leadership; and some want a Qubec delegate. The influential men of the Que- bec party are solidly for George Drew, I am told, and will likely ask for blanket endorsation. And it is expected that an official of the federal P.C. Party will be on hand to add his further persuasion. The strength of the pro-Diefenbaker men and the other group will de- termine how peaceable will be to- day's caucus. What will be the final outcome of the meeting no one in Ottawa cares to predict. A solid Quebec Bloc for any one candidate could swing the leadership; and more particularly if that candidate could control a majority of the Ontario delegates. Premier Drew, I am informed, has already been to Montreal to get the lay of the land; and was able to send an emissary from Montreal to Quebec City. to see Premier Duples- sis. But since then L'Action Cath- olique, the French-language news- paper which is ofen regarded as the voice of the Quebec government, has said there will be no alliance of Duplessis and Drew. : Premier Drew's decision -- to run or not to run -- may hinge up- on this meeting today and in the net too distant future he will make his announcement. Diefenbaker, for his part, will be in Ottawa soon to outline his cam- paign. It is likely he will come to the parliamentary press gallery to meet the 80-odd correspondents who serve the National and Inter- national Press. Most of the corres- pondents on Parliament Hill are his personal friends which will likely result in sympathetic treat- ment of his efforts, A FRENZIED DREAM -- Why did Mackenie King "cook up" the espionage story of 1945-46 and the subsequent spy trials? The Canad- ian Communist Party publishes the answer in the current issue of its official organ, "The Tribune": "To cover up the plan to keep the monopoly of the atom bomb in Washington." That's the answer in direct quotes and Communist dupes in this country are supposed to make sense out of it and believe it. Why is there a "spy scare" in the US. teday? To destroy the powerful tradition of Roosevelt "which is. now carried on by Henry Wallace." Who taught the Washington au- thorities how to manag: a good spy scare? ' Mackenzie King and St. Laur- ent are past masters at spy scares. Tey have taught Washington a ot." The Tribune thereupon offers its readers "the truth" about the spy scares, This truth consists of ex- cerpts from The Daily Worker, Moscow's New York mouthpiece; and excerpts from propaganda put out by Henry Wallace's Progres- sive Party, ® Readers Views FAVORS LASHES The Editor, Times-Gazette, Dear Sir: I see in your paper that the United Church's Hamilton Con- ference does not approve of hang- ing mankind. I think the hanging at 'Whitby some time ago was a disgrace to this good district. To torture man- kind after he has been disarmed and shackled is a display of weak- ness and poor judgment. To put them to death by the most scientific and humane methods known would show strength and intelligence, but I would empty the jails except for trials; give them the lash and let them feed themselves. Today it is the taxpayer who is in jail. ' A. E. FISHER. R.R. 3, Oshawa. -- CRIPPS PLANS VISIT London, Aug. 30 -- (CP) -- The Sunday Express said in its political column Sunday that Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, has made "a definite de- cision" to visit Canada and will leave for Ottawa "about the 16th of next month." The Express said the purpose of the visit would be discussions relating to Anglo-Ca- nddian trade and the unfreezing of £62,000,000 ($248,000,000) which remains of the Canadian loan. : . SEEK BIRD POISONER Vancouver, Aug. 30 -- (CP) -- A Sparrow-poisoner was sought by police today after more than 100 birds died in downtown Victory Square Saturday. Police said the sparrows were poisoned with bread dipped in strychnine. -- a. - -- Ep ~ -- Justus, in The Minneapolis Star Interpreting The News (This column is presented as an indication of American opinion on major world events.) By DeWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Washington's approval of the movement headed by France to cre- ate an all Western European parlia- ment with advisory powers may well give the added impetus necessary to bring this historic project to ful- filment. Establishment. of such a parlia- ment might be a seven-league stride towards creation of a United States of Europe (or at least of Western Europe)--dream of many genera- tions of statesmen. However, apart from such a long-range develop- ment, an advisory parliament would be an invaluable aid to the Marshall Plan, This encouragement from the United States State Department comes at a moment when France needs it, Britain has indicated she may net want to take part now, and of course her participation is vital. Only last Wednesday Winston Churchill released a recent exchange of letters in which he proposed to Prime Minister Attlee the creation of a European Assembly. Attlee re- plied he was in sympathy with the basic idea but thought this wasn't the "right time for the government to take this major initiative, when their hands are so full already with urgent and difficult problems." Thus far the French proposal has been made to the other countries which have signed the Brussels alli- ance--Britain, Belgium, the Nether- lands and Luxembourg. However, American officials assume the invi- tation ultimately would be extended to all the 16 countries which are participating in the Marshall Plan. A union of all these. countries would go a long way towards guar- anteeing the Communist aggression. Could be held along the line which it now has reached through Central Europe. Botta military and economic strength would lie in such unity-- or call it an alliance for self-de- fence. Britain's hesitation is understand- able. She is, of course, a signatory of the five-power Brussels alliance, but the broader uniog is something else again, In the first place 'she must, as Attlee has pointed out, consult with all the other members of the British Commonwealth before en- tering into a United States of Wes- tern Europe. Then, too, she not only is in process of overhauling her great empire, but' is in the midst of a fierce econcmic crisis which pro- vides a full time job in itself. Still, one would expect England to co-operate in a project of which she approves in principle and Attlee has pointed out, consult with all the other members of the British Com- monwealth before entering into a United States of Western Europe. Then, too, she not only is in process of overhauling her great empire, but is in the midst of a fierce economic crisis which provides a full time job in itself. Still, one would expect England to co-operate in a project of which she approves in principle and which the United States backs so strongly, As a matter of fact, the economic rehabilitation of Western Europe would be of inestimable value to Bri- tain in overcoming her own crisis. Not to mention the added military security. NEW DIVING RECORD Tarbert, Argyllshire, Scotland, Aug. 30. -- (Reuters) -- A Royal Navy Petty Officer Saturday estab- lished a world-record dive by de- scending 535 feet into the depth of Loch Fyne. The former record was 440 feet, held by an American diver. The record was set from the sub- marine rescue ship Reclaim, for more than two months the centre Looking Ahead In Ottawa Ottawa, Aug. 30--(CP)--There is a slim chance parliament will have a committee on atomic energy at its next session, but less chance it will have one on defence. Opposition members have pressed for both spo- radically since the end of the war. Towards the end of the last ses- sion Howard Green (PC-Vancouver south)' drew from Trade Minister Howe the promise to consider es- tablisament of a house committee on atomic energy. Whether it goes be- yond that is doubtful. Opposcition requests by Mrs. Green and others for a defence com- mittee have et even less encour- agement. On both scores, the government, feels the threats to security in a troubled world are too large to have its ace experts exposed to a flood of questions that could easily, if inad- vertently, let loose some facts that shouldn't be loose. There is also, to a greater or a lesser degree, the fear that question- ing would bring out some facts or opinions that could embarrass the policy the government is following. There are those, for instance, with- in the three regular forces who con- sider Canada's present and contem- plated standing strength inadequate. Top government officials here feel the coming session of the United Nations General Assembly. in Paris may hold the key to the future of U. N. The dissention-wracked organiza- tion will have up for consideration a number of controversial issues, and on their disposal may turn the UN.'s fate, After it 1s over, one official said, "We'l] be in a better position to spe- culate on the future of U.N." Shuffle: There is some speculation here that Transport Minister Chev- rier is headed for the External Af- fairs portfolio when Hon. Louis St. Laurent leaves that job for the Prime Ministry. Observers consider it significant that Mr. Chevrier is going to the United Nations General Assembly in Paris next month as No. 2 man to Prime Minister King. He will take over as head of the Canadian de- legation when Mr. King leaves in mid-session to attend the Empire Prime Ministers' Conference in Lon- don. e A Bible Thought "Defend the Bible! Defend a Lion? Would you? No, no. Open the cage and let him out and he will de- fend himself."--Spurgeon, "For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and 1s a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb. 4:12.) "The Canadian Press Regrets.." | By Joseph Lister Rutledge We have no thought of making a particular case against the Can- adian Press. We use the illustra- tion because its customary correct- ness makes any slip a shining mark, and puts it, momentarily, on a par with all sorts of organiz- tions and people who, possibly with no ill intent, give publicity to ill- considered and ill-informed judge- ments. To an item about a transaction in nails, reporting that a Sydney, N. S. magistrate had found no evi- dence of excessive profits, the Can- adian Press appends this para- graph: "The Canadian Press regrets that it erroreously reported, July 27, that the firm was said to have made a profit of between $3,000 and $4,000 on sales totalling $11,000 The eyidence before the magi- strate was that the firm 'in ques- tion had sold 1,454 kegs of nails for $14,682, a gross profit of 33 1-2%. An investigator for the Price Board had hopped on this figure and hauled the firm into court. The press comment followed. Neither had taken the trouble to distin- guish between "mark-up" and "pro- fit", or to discover that when all the reasonable charges had been applied against this "mark-up" the resulting net profit averaged 6.2 per cent, surely a reasonable enough figure. We don't know about the in- vestigator for the Prices Board. We know that the Canadian Press made the amende honorable. Most people would have thought the set- tlement satisfactory. But was it? The original charge remains. The original comment is on record, per- fect ammunition for certain groups of citizens who are eager for any fact or comment that can be made to suggest that there is something sinister in profits. They may not see, or need not recognize any re- traction, Years ago Rudyard Kipling wrote a story that he called "The Track of a Lie." In it he showed how a very simple misstatement, as it passed from mouth to mouth, grew and took on adornments that built it into such proportions and chang- ed its character so much that no retraction could ever catch up with it. It is imperative to recogni: that thoughtless confusion in terms and their import may create the indestructible lie that, one day, might destroy us. Mother and Babe In Death Plunge Off High Bridge Toronto, Aug. 30--(CP)--Police said a young Toronto mother, car- rying her three-year-old son in her arms, Sunday plunged from the parapet of the Bloor Street viaduct in East-Central Toronto. Both were killed on railway tracks below. The victims were identified as Mrs. Pearl Israelson, 28, and her son, Gerry. Police said the woman apparent- ly had been brooding over the death of her husband, an amateur softball player, in a traffic acci- dent near Thessalon in Northern Ontario several weeks ago. 'William Tell' Played By Father Kills Son, Aged 14 Montreal, Aug. 30--(CP)--Provin- cial Police said Sunday night that Alexandre Ayotte, 51, tried to play William Tell by shooting a hat off the head of his 15-year-old son Guy but instead fired a fatal . bullet through his forehead:" Alotte was held as a material wit- ness after the shooting at dusk Sat- urday outside his one-room shack in suburban Ville Lasaile. Police said that Ayotte, father of 12 children, was sitting out side the house with his wife when Guy hand- ed him a rifle and asked him to shoot a hat off his head. Te father agreed. The boy covered his head with his raincoat, balanc- ed a board on top of his head and placed a battered fedora on top of that. Then, as Guy's mother watched, the father took aim from his chair. six feet away and fired. The boy fell to the ground wounded, and died shortly afterward, CCF HOLDS SCHOOL Haliburton, Aug. 30--(CP)--A 10- day C.C.F. summer school is in session here, with 90 leaders .and officers of Ontario riding associa- tions and C.C.F. clubs attending. Officials said the objective of the school is to acquaint the leaders with all phases of the C.C.F. fed- eral policy drawn up at the recent Winnipeg convention. STRUCTURAL STEEL © GENERAL CONSTRUCTION @ PLAIN STEEL SECTIONS © BUILDERS' IRON @® LINTELS Tronton, Ontario of deep-diving tests. | (GENTRAL BRIDGE (Toronto Saturday Night) The ban on exports of cattle to the U.S. came off 'at the beginning of this week and meat prices jump- ed upwards, although not as high as some of the more alarmist fore- casts had suggested. Much of the increase of prices here into line with U. S. prices had been anticipated as a result of recurrent rumors and nearly-official statements from Ot- tawa during past months. : We do not like paying more for our meat, any more than anyone else, but we do not think that this step, which is almost the last along the path from wartime. price con- trol, should be regarded as a cat- astrophe. It is about the final dose of the rather bitter but necessary medicine that we have been swal- lowing since decontrol began in earnest a year and a half ago. It would be the sheerest folly to go on refusing to sell to the United Taking Our Medicine (Toronto Saturday Night) Nor can we afford to be choosy about the sort of exports we send to the U.S. We must send them any-§¥ thing they will take from us. This is more important now, with the virtual certainty of a Republican president and a Republican con- gress this fall, than it has been under the more liberal trade regime of the Democrats. Our ability to earn U, S. dollars indirectly, by ex- porting to Britain and other overe seas countries will remain very lime ited; the Marshall Plan is a teme porary helo, so that our earnings are being kept up instead of fall- ing disastrously this year, but even it will come to an end. And we must earn U. S. dollars somewhere if we are ot keep up our North American standard of living. We cannot have our beef--in the 'sense of having it available to earn U.S. dollars--and eat it too. To talk, as the C.C.F. has been doing in the States while that country is hun- Regina convention, about continued gry for Canadian meat. Anyone: price control and rationing, is with any knowledge of our efforts, !largely beside the point. Does the at various times in our history, to | C.C.F. seriously propose to ration build up our market for cattle south meat permanently in order to have - of the border will from farm groups down there. It is hopeless to try to break into the American market when it is glut- ted with local supplies and when prices are low. Wé simply have to do it at a time when cattle are in strong demand and prices are high. realize what an export surplus with which to strong political opposition we meet | earn U.S. dollars? The only effec- i tive way to get cattle moving steadily to the U.S. is to allow the high U.S. price to do its double joi» of pulling supplies southward across the border and making Can- adian housewives economize in their purchases of meat. Manitoba Hopes To Get Industry Through Province Winnipeg, Aug. 30--(CP)--Mani- toba, long considered by the rest of Canada an expense of prairie suited only to agriculture, soon may provinces in an industrial way. "There is not a single community take its place alongside her sister FACES MURDER CHARGE Toronto, Aug. 30--(CP)--Stanley McLaren, 23-year-old 'western Cane ada boxer, today faced a murder charge in the fatal beating of a Calgary Chinese storekeeper during a $13 holdup in September, 1945. McLaren was arrested Sunday night by police after a street corner brawl during which police said he struck his wife. Later, detectives learned from Calgary police McLaren was wanted for the shooting of Lem Young Wing: and the murder charge was laid. in this province so barren in possi- bilities that at least one industrial plant could not be promoted with success," Hon. J, S, McDiarmid, Minister of Mines and Natural Re- sources said Saturday. He was com- menting on a two-year survey, just completed, of the province's indus- trial potentialities. The Bureau of Industry and Com- merce, which conducted the survey found that rural Manitoba commun- ities, "almost without exception," were "vitally interested in indus- trial development." Started in 1947, {he survey cover- ed more than 70 towns and villages throughout the province. Scme of the survey's findings: 1. Since 1940, 2% per cent of the new industries established in Mani- toba were located outside Greater Winnipeg. 2, Inui ll the province has: grown from "a-$150,000,000. business employing 24,000 persons ih 1929 to a production of over $350,000,000 in 1947 employing 40,000 persons. In line with the commerce bu- reau's project is the publication of an industrial booklet. Main purpose of the booklet is to point the way for rural] communities to develop their own industries to supplement income from agriculture. TWO PAPERS MERGE Indianapolis, Aug. 30-- (AP) -- Merger of the Indianapolis News and Star, Indiana's two largest newspapers, was announced Sat- urday. 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