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OPINIONS ol DA THE DAILY TEI OAR OSHAWA WHITBX THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Times-Gazette is & member c' the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Daflies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES "Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mail, 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. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatcl.es 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, Net Paid Circulation Aver. Per Issue Heer 100 8,592 SEPTEMBER, 1948 MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1948 The New Leader Premier George A. Drew is the new leader of the Progressive-Conservative Party of Canada, winning in a| three-cornered contest for the mantle which John Bracken slipped from his shoulders after his somewhat unsuccessful tenure of the party leadership. Drew's overwhelming majority on the first ballot was a clear indication that his personal magnetism and forthright method of tackling public issues had won for him the support of the great majority of | delegates. His opponents for the leadership were left far behind as the Ontario Premier swept the convention off its feet. George Drew is a man of courage. He has also shown that he possesses a spirit of self-sacrifice in public service. When John Bracken resigned, George Drew had a difficult decision to make. It has been said that he has had his eye on the federal leadership for many years. Yet it took courage and self-sacrifice to give up the Premiership of the Province of Ontario immediately after an election campaign which gave him five more years in office, and step out into the wilderness as the leader of his party at a time when its | fortunes are at the lowest possible ébb. He knew that he would be taking over a disorganized party, that he had ahead of him a difficult period of building, and of sitting in the opposition leader's seat, yet he mide the great personal sacrifice which was necessary in order to lead in the rebuild- ing of his party. Those who know George Drew intimately, know that | he will give vigorous and wise leadership to the Progressive- Conservative party. He is direct in his methods. He never pulls his punches. If he secures a seat in Parliament before the next election, he will inject new life and power into the opposition ranks, and the Liberal front bench stalwarts will know they have a doughty fighter sitting opposite them, A strong opposition is needed in the House of Commons, and it is quite certain that the new leader, if elected to a seat, will | inject new life and vigor into the ranks of those who sit to the left of the Speaker, Conflict In Laws Magistrate W. J. Golden of Manitoulin Island, in dis- missing charges of keeping intoxicants for sale under the Canada Temperance Act, made the comment that there are almost unsurmountable obstacles to be faced in ob- taining convictions under the act. The defence counsel admitted that had the accused been charged under the Liquor Control Act, there would have been no doubt about their conviction. This brings before public attention once again the question of whether the Canada Temperance Act should be allowed to remain on the statute books of Canada. It is a Dominion statute, passed in 1884, and it is in force in only four counties of Ontario, and in exactly seven counties in the whole Dominion of Canada. In many respects, it is much less restrictive than the Liquor Control Act, becguse there are many liquor offences under the latter ac] which are permissible under the Canada Tem- perance Act. A few years ago the Province of Ontario carried to the Privy Council a plea that the Canada Temperance Act, having outlived its former useful purpose, because of the prevailing provincial legislation, be declared ultra vires of the Dominion Government and abandoned. The Province lost its case. But in view of the very limited ap- plication of the act, and the fact that it is admitted that there are 'almost unsurmountable difficulties" in the way of enforcement, the Dominion Government might very well consider its repeal. It may be that a properly-en- forced Liquor Control Act is preferable to another type of liquor law that cannot be enforced, But there must be enforcement. > The Family Of Nations One paragraph in the address delivered by Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King at the United Nations Security Council meeting in Paris stands out as a plain statement of the greatest need of the troubled world of today. In that address he said: "As nations, we are all members one of another. The good of each is bound up in the good of all. This sense of community of interest cannot be too highly, too rapidly or too widely developed." This is a principle which has too long been disre- garded by the family of nations of the world. Had it been a guiding principle in international relationships after the First World War, the depression .of the 1930's would never have happened, because extreme economic nationalism was one of the major reasons for that catas- trophe. Had it been a guiding principle of the peace con- ference at Versailles after the First World War, the whole of the world history since then would have been a brighter and happier one, because* World War Two might have been avoided. Premier King exprtWed a thought that required em- phasis, but in the atmosphere prevailing at Paris, it is pro- bable that his eloquence was quite wasted. 3 By HAROL)> DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Oct. 4.--Handling the "Drew incident" was a delicate business for reporters because there were no working newspapermen in the school hall where the unhappy affair took place. The reporters had to depend upon prejudiced ob- servers for an account of what happened. Everyone was agreed about what happened in the preliminary stages and everyone agreed that it was a mistake. Col. Drew and his wife had been invited to a reception at noon in the Quebec Suite of the Chateau Laurier. When they arrived the room was empty and they were told that "everyone was down at the LaSalle School." But, unknown to Mr. Drew, the Quebec delegates had been: called into an urgent caucus at the school. | The summons for the caucus had | gone out at midnight the night b e. The Colonel and his wife, ting in good faith, went from the otel to the school. It's still not clear what occurred on their arrival. Blair Fraser, of Maclean's magazine, who was out- | side the school, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Drew departed so quietly that he wes unaware of any inci- dent inside the hall. But the whole business developed into a riot of amusement when the various publicity men got hold of it. Brian O'Leary, son of Grattan O'Leary, the associate editor of the Ottawa Journal, was first to repeat the story to the 200-odd newspaper- men, who were out at the conven- tion hall. Brian was working for the Dief- enbaker committee. Brian walking in' his father footsteps -- {he's a newspaperman. But he | doesn't follow his father all the way |P {in politics--father Grattan was | working for Col. Drew. | Brian had one advantage on all | other publicity men--he vas inside the school when the incident hap- pened. He had stripped off his Die- fenbaker badge and his press (pub- licity) badge and had walked in as |a delegate. Brian speaks good French. With him was D. J. Wal- ker, Diefenbaker's campaign man- ager, who also speaks French, Brian raced from the school to the Convention Hall, sat down at his typewriter, and banged out a story saying that Col. Drew had en- countered "prolonged booing" and | that 'he had to get out of the hall. Brian passed copies around to re- | porters as fast as he could type. This sent the Drew followers into a tizzy. Marcel Beauregard, the of- ficial Quebec liaison officer, raced around madly denying that Col. Drew had been booed. Finally Beauregard settled down to follow- ing Grattan's son.' Everywhere that O'Leary went Marcel was sure to follow. This sent some 200-reporters into howls of laughter as the two publicity men tried frantically to get their stories published. Then in walked the Fleming men. Fleming had scores of followers from Quebec. The Fleming agents wanted a pro-Fleming story pub- lished. The Diefenbaker men want- {ed an anti-Drew story published. | The Drew agents wanted no story {at all. In the meantime D. J. Walker, the Diefenbaker manager, had slip- ped quietly pack to the Chateau Laurier and he spread his story and the great lobby of the Chateau, scene of many big decisions, seethed and rocked with rumors. It was a wild, exciting day. Probably no political convention in Canadian history had been so di- vided in its choice of leaders. Then, when it was over, the delegates set- tled down behind the convention's choice. It was a swell fight while it last- eo A Bit of Versee 'ENVOY Go, songs, for ended 1s our brief, sweet play Go, Pl faren of swift joy and tardy SOTTOW : And some are sung, and that was V 0 ' And some unsung, and that may be tomorrow, Go forth; and if it be o'er stony 8, Old joy can lend what newer grief sweet, and that was terday, And sweet is sweet, though purchazed with sorrow. Go songs, and come not back ® a your far way: And if men ask you why ye smile and Sorrow, Tell them ye grieve, for your hearts now a; Tell them ye smile, for your eyes know Tomorrow. " --Francis Thompson THE HUMAN ATOM . Woodstock Sentinel Review Prof. Roger J. Williams, Texas University biochemist, told the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Ecience last week that while scientists have learned a great deal about the atom of matter, they are still abysmally ignorant about the atom of society--the human in- dividual, a much more explosive en. tity than the atomic bomb, He de- clared: "What we lack most of all today is an adequate knowledge of what people are like--ourselves--the real human beings who inhabit our fa- vorite planet, Civilization is not, threatened by atomic bombs and biological warfare today -- it is threatened by ourselves, , . If civili- zation goes down, man will be his own undoing; the instruments and tools that he uses will not be the source of the trouble" LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES "Where Is The Good Earth?" Rhein-Neckar Zeitung, Heidelberg, Germany (U.S. Zone) Looking Ahead In Ottawa By the Ottawa Staff of The Cana- dian Press Ottawa, Oct. 4--Finance Minister Abbott is expected to confer with fellow members of the Cabinet this week on Canada's improving dollar position and the future of the now- frozen Canadian loan to the Uni- ted Kingdom.~ The Finance Minister Serompan. ied the British Chanceilor of t Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, Washington last Sunday to eta the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Mone- tary Fund. While he has been in the United States capital, however, Mr. Ab- bott has met and talked with U.S. officials, , The almost world-wide shortage/ of dollars, the European Recovery Program and Canada's position are believed to have occu- pied a large part of the, conversa- tions, When the Prices Commission be- gins calling witnesses from the lumber industry on Oct. 4 it will be- gin its last major investigation. At least that's the plan of the Royal Commission under Chairman C. A. 5 | Curtis. | The commission still will have | considerable work left when it com- | pletes its examination of lumber | prices but none them is likely to occupy much 'time as the three weeks allowed for the next investi- gation. It 'will probably probe women's and children's clothing, but once lumber is out of the way the big- gest task will be preparation of the | commission's report to Parliament. The two biggest disputes over communism in Canadian trade union history are expected--so say Ottawa sources--to flare up in the full glare of newspaper pub, during the week of Oct. 10, ing Oct. 11. The Trades and Labgr Congress will meet in Victoria. time, the Canadian Congress of Labor will be in session in Toronto. Union leaders have little doubt that communism will be the biggest toria, the quarrel will hinge on the TCLs support for the. allegedly communist - dominated Canadian Seamen's Union in its strike (against four lake shipping com- | panies. * The issue has already led to the suspension of the Brotherhood of * [Railway and Steamship Clerks, and its vice-president, Frank Hall, from the T.L.C. Mr. Hall, leading chief- tain among the railway union of- ficials, organized a merger between the rival Canadian Lake Seamen's Union and the International Sea- farers' Union, an A F.L, affiliate. At Toronto, the communist issue will reach the convention floor when the suspended Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union seeks re- admission to the C.C.L. The union was suspended as the result of an attack made on two powerful labor leaders--President A. R. Mosher of the Canadian Brotherhood of Rail- way Employees and C. H. Millart, Canadian Director of the United Steelworkers of America. Commu- nism itself was not a direct issue in the union's suspension but + - dox labor leaders have charged iree- ly in private that the attack hewed too closely to the communist party line. e A Bible Thought Look away from knowledge, good deeds, or morality as a means of salvation, and accept God's com- plete sacrifice in Christ. "Look un- | to. Me, and be ye saved, all the |ends of the earth; for I am God, |and there is none else." (Isa. 45:22). issue at both conventions. At Vics Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The newly-formed military com- mand of the Western European Union -- Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg -- needn't in any way be taken as a challenge to war but rather as a |" further aid to peace. Had there been well implemented co-ordination of defence in 1939, the second world war might not have developed. Or if the war had to come, it might have been pos- sible to hog-tie Hitler sooner and thus lessen the slaughter and dev- astation. The success of the command is premised on the expectation of these European countries that they will have the moral and material support of the United States. As a matter of fact, the alliance is in line with advice from the United States Government, and. American officials have been predicting that Washington will give the closest possible co-operation. The American attitude towards the alliance isn't a new develop- ment. It was forecast as long ago as last June 11 when the United s senate overwhelmingly ap- proved a far-reaching foreign pol- icy resolution by Senator Arthur Vandenberg (Rep. Mich.). However, no American military support could be given the Western European Union until the United States Congress had authorized it, and United States officials have said it would be months before their country could enter any for- mal military alliance. Meantime the union is going ahead with all the steam it can develop. Field Marshal Viscount Mont- gomery, chief of the Imperial Gen- eral Staff, is said to have been chosen to head the forces of the five-nation alliance. The selection of this world-renowned soldier has been received with mixed emotions in his own. country. The London Daily Express, pub- lished by Canadian-born Lord Beaverbrook, has characterized Lord Montgomery's selection as "a grave blunder." The paper said "an American general, a man of the calibre of Eisenhower," should have been ch The Manchester Guardian, while | paying high tribute to the Field Marshal as an army commander, | suggests that he may not be popu- lar in the United States, and says he is a land soldier rather than a commander of land, sea and air forces. On the other hand, column- ist A. J. 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