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OPINIONS FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette | OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) Tess, ie Sune -cauete a bt of the Canadian, yen. Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of a lusively entitled to the use for -- a re. GospAtonts in this paper credited to it or to The A d Press or Reuters and glso the local news published. therein. All rights of speci despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T, L, WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Port ed by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, gy Wy 4% Pickering, 24c per week. By mall, Swside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and Eng s $7.00 per year, U.S, $0.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for SEPTEMBER 8,592 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1948 Everybody In It In today's issue of The Times-Gazette, considerable space is devoted to telling the story of the Community Chest drive which is to start in Greater Oshawa next Wednesday. It is a story of great achieve- ments in past years, of numerous social, welfare and health services made pos- sible 'and supported through the generous sharing of their burdens by the citizens as a whole. : Oshawa is a better city in which to live, and East Whitby a happier township be- cause of the services which have been ren- i dered to people of all age groups by the sixteen agencies which are united in this single appeal. The care of the needy and aged, of the sick and suffering, of under- nourished children, and of the needs of people of all ages for recreation that will build strong bodies to nurture strong minds, has reached a high state of ef- ficiency because of the uniting of their ef- forts to ensure that they will be adequately financed to do the job that is theirs to do. This is not a campaign in which the appeal is to the few. It is an appeal to every citizen of Oshawa, of every class and creed and irrespective of standing in the community. The mite. of the widow is just as acceptable as are the large dona- tions of those of more pretentious means who are able to subscribe more. The objective of $91,000 is .not beyond the powers of attainment of the commun- ity to which the appeal is made. As more than that amount was subscribed last year, it should be possible to exceed the ob- jective this year. If everybody in the city accepts the Community Chest as a personal responsibility, it can be done. The Church's Power A story in the Globe and Mail the other day does much to replenish one's faith in the power of the church to reclaim human lives that seem headed for disaster. For some months, the newspapers have been telling of the exploits of a group of young people in Toronto known as "The Beanery Gang". Their acts were lawless, they were disturbers of the peace, and several of them have landed in jail and reform- atory. The Globe and Mail story tells how, through the mother of a member of the gang, a Toronto minister, Rev. Gordon Domm, brought the remaining members of the gang together, and after three meet- ings with them, persuaded them to form a club to be associated with the Bathurst Community Centre. They made their own rules, placing a ban on liquor, profane language and destruction of property, three things which were quite common in the activities of the gang to which they had belonged. Already the group has or- ganized and held dances in the Community Centre, and the boys have become models of good behaviour under the influence of Mr. Domm. In this story there is a new challenge to churches which operate in centres where there are gangs in need of spiritual as well as recreational leadership. It shows that the church has the capability of doing the job that needs to be done to bring these gangs into organized and supervised cen- : "rng where they can develop as clubs under 1 'soundeadership. The transformation of the Beanery Gang is an object lesson in what can be done. The. pity is that it was not done before the gang became so notor- fous and its leaders had to be sent to jail. More Potatoes Canada this. year has harvested a near record potato crop, and a news story from ' Ostawa says the government is facing a DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAI, PAGE on in findin markets t-situatio surpluses. In this situation, the Canadian house- wife will benefit by being able to buy potatoes at lower prices than have pre- vailed for some years. The law of supply and demand will operate in lowering prices. This means, of course, that farm- ers will receive less per bushel or bag. for their potatoes, and this may bring some grumblings from agricultural sources. It should always be remembered, how- ever, that the income of the farmer does not depend so much on the price per bushel as on the number of bushels produced per acre. A farmer with a heavy crop of po- tatoes at a moderate price might very well have a higher income for his labour than if there were a small crop and a potato scarcity at a high price. The man 'who grows 400 bushels of potatoes per acre, and sells them at $1.00 per bushel is much better off than the man who grows only 200 bushels per acre and sells them or I | at $1.50. Small crops and high prices are not good. things for the farmer; he is able to make much more when he has a large crop to sell even if he has to accept a.lower price per unit of production. Editorial Notes Hon. Ray Lawson has termed ,the Chatham district "The Garden of Eden of Southwestern Ontario." Down there, they prefer to call it "the banana belt." + RA + Canada's dollar situation has improved tremendously in the last year. Perhaps this will enable Canadians to secure a reasonable supply of American dollars when they have to go to the United States. + * we Registration of fifty New Canadians at night classes of the O.C.V.I. is an indica- tion that these newcomers have a keen desire to become good citizens of their adopted country. Teachers of these pupils have a rare opportunity of performing a national service by combining lessons in Canadianism with those in English. e Other Editors' Views eo TROUBLE-MAKERS OUT Removal of Communist influence from the lead- ership of the National Maritime Union, the CIO sallors' organization, will help the Port of Boston. One of its major handicaps has' been 'unsatisfactory labor relations. Disputes between workers and employers are understandable. But when left- wingers in a union stir up friction with other "unions in the port, there is no excuse. Fortunately the recent elections in the NMU, whereby the party-liners in Boston and other ports were ousted from office, has put an end to that. * + * ROOM FOR INQUIRY (Guelph Mercury) Juvenile crime is admittedly the greatest problem that faces the police and the law authorities today. in this or any other country. Every agency that will ald in its suppression, and better still in its preven- tion, is needed. Is it conceivable that preventive work involves the incarceration in penitentiaries of youths of 17 years of age or less? Just where is our system of crime prevention and punishment as applied to the young falling down? There must be something wrong somewhere, when the home, the school, the church and other agencies for the training of boys fail to save them from a life of crime, There is room Or earnest inquiry into this situation. + +» + HOW LONG WILL THE BOOM CONTINUE (Montreal Financial Times) A prosperous agricultural industry is essential in this country. But no section of the community can for long be overprosperous at the expense of others. And so we suggest to the farmers and their political servants who are riding high in getting price in- creases, and to labor leaders riding high in gaining wage increases, that the cycle cannot continue in- definitely, when the markets for both manufactured products and farm products are dependent in no small degree on the purchasing power of that large section of the public unable to exercise group pres- sure; not to mention those exports which are being financed on credits that might be better regarded as charity. Just glance at the spiral of wages, cost of living, farm prices and consumer prices. Common-sénse says that it cannot go on indefinitely. Common- sense adjustments at this stage could prevent such a "bust" as has marked the end of such "booms" in the past. eo A Bit of Verse eo AND GOLDEN CLAD... My casement opens on a world of trees: Tall poplars, swaying by my window-sill --caressed by every wistful wandering breeze Invite me long to gaze my rapturous fill. And golden clad, slim Najads of the leas,-- The silver birches shiver and are still, Or linking arms, they group in timid ease, While trembling leaves fall in a steady rill. But solemn, stately stands the sombre pine, Winter and spring upright and unafraid, While maples flaunt their autumn colors fine In gorgeous red and gold. like queens arrayed! ©' drinking gentle rain and dew from sod, They lift their arms in praise and thanks to God! 3 --Christine L. Hendérson. "The Frost Is On The Pumpkin" Mac's Musings Oh, what so rare As a day in June, The poets say; While some love spring And April's lure, Or praises raise to May, When flowers bloom And trees send forth Their leaflets green To show The earth's awakening, But what can match The sheer delight that comes When sunsets gay tT Climax in beauty A crisp October day. Then maples wear their brightest ue Their crimson glow blends With brown of oak, The gold of poplar, And behind them all The dark green shades Of spruce and pine and cedar. No artist yet has shown" The matchless skill required To paint those scenes Which make October gay, In all their glorious hues. So should you seek to see The handiwork of Him Who created all things And made all nature beahteous; Fare out on highways And ofi byways, To view in all its glory The gay October scene Which makes this month A tribute to the skill Of the Creator's brush. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Oct. 15--A correspondent was strolling through the main cor- ridor of the House of Commons al- most a year ago and he fell into conversation with a member of the royal commission on prices. The two were friends, old comrades in the political sense, "What's the sense of this?" the reporter asked. "Why are you hav- ing this commission meeting month after month?" The politician smiled. "My boy," he answered, "I'm surprised that you even ask me. We want to keep the subject of prices and inflation out of parliament." That's the whole answer regard- ing the prices commission. I do not think that the members of the commission, who were then appointed, realized that this was a political dodge. They did not know that they were being used by the government of the day to avoid po- litical embarrassment. They did not known that the subject of prices was to be side-traczed into a dismal committee room on the fourth floor of the House of Commons. They know it now. After almost a year of inquiring into the price of everything from fish to lumber they know that this was not really a serious undertaking on behalf of the government. The royal commis- sion sits only three days a week, and only four hours each day. It's a sort of shadow play. One report- er attends each session, 'although there are 80 reporters in the parlia- mentary press gallery. Professor Curtis, the chairman of the commission teaches economics at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ont. Every Tuesday morning he is a half hour late for the opening of the commission . ., why not? It's a 100 mile drive from Kingston to Ottawa. The government is due for a sur- prise, I am told. There is some (if even only a slight amount) resent- ment among the three commission- ers regarding the inquiry. In their private sessions they speak of a serious treatise about inflation. "They have no illusions," an infor- mant says, "That they are to be a rubber stamp for the governmeng." The last time I sat in on the com- mittee sessions Mr. H. R. MacMil- lan, of Vancouver, was the principal witness. Mr. MacMillan is a lumber merchant of 'some importance, which is rather an understatement. Mr. MacMillan gave the impression of being hardboiled aa competent about his business. He didn't seem to have all the confidence in the world in the commission, although he was a willing witness. "Some of these things you write a year ago," he said, "Look a little queer when you read them again." Mr. MacMillan was referring to the annual report (1947) of his com- pany. He did not seem concerned that the government was investi- gating him. His answers were bluff, cléar, curt and with an air of in- difference. Mr. MacMillan sat in a big chair swinging big-rimmed glas- ges in his hand. Prices? Profits? He had knocked off 25 percentson the retail price for veterans. No one asked him about profits on such a deal, Surprisingly, one of the shrewd- est members of the commission is Mrs. T. W. Sutherland, of Vancou« ver. The only woman memben She has asked pointed questions about Surprisingly; I say, because the wit- nesses, mostly technical men or ac- countants, do not anticipate ques- tions from her quarter. Last time I saw her she was confusing a witness about the cost of chemical fertill- zer. * For all this side-show on prices Mr. H. W. ('Sandy') Dyes draws the sum of $100 per day for each work- ing day. boots, shoes and household items. | Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Signs are increasing that the democracies finally have the com- munist aggtessipn in Europe fairly well in hand. ' Your correspondent has been calling attention to this gratifying tendency but returns to the subject because the success of the Western Allies is a much-needed antidote to the dismal predictions of war we have been hearing. Testimony in support of this thesis comes from Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United States military com- mander in Germany, who expresses the belief that "Soviet expansion will not only be halted, it will ré- cede," if the Western powers con- tinue to stand firm in Berlin, Clay further maintains that the rise of democratic forces and eco- nomic recovery in Western Europe Wis create pressure against Soviet domination in the satellite coun- tries. Personally, I believe thei% are likely to be revolts against the Red domination by the liberty-loving peoples of countries like Czechoslo- vakia, An even more sweeping claim of success comes from Paul G. Hoff- man, United States economic co- operation administrator, who de- clares that "The Marshall plan has not only stopped the march of communism but has turned the tide in the other direction." He further says that if Western European countries remain free and stay uni- ted with the United States, "We can, I believe, be sure that no ag- gressor will march against us." However, while the Soviets have used up most of their heaviest am- munition in Europe, we must expect a good deal of hard fighting yet. France and Italy, with their great and powerful communist parties, remain danger spots and the com- munists are- exploiting these un- happy countries to the utmost. Thus it is good to hear from Mr. Hoffman that there have been notable improvements in both coun- tries. j Then, too, we mustn't overlook the great offensive which the Red cominform is pressing in the Orient. It's too early to predict what may come out of that. Still, the democracies have full right to be confident of ultimate success. ® 50 Years Ago There seems to be little excite- ment over the forthcoming provin- cial election, in which John A. Dry- den and Charles Calder are candi- cates. An old lady of kleptomaniac pro- clivities entered the store' of Mrs. Curtin of Cedardale and took a quantity of silk ribbon. She was followed and most of it recovered. W. J. Harris picked a pint of nice raspberries in his home garden. Incandescent lights, fed by acety- lene gas, have been installed in the plant of the Ontario Malleable Iron Ccmpany. 3 "It was noted with pleasure dur- ing the performances at the opera house since its re-opening, that a great many ladies removed their headgear." gy CLEMENT'S SERVICE STATION 102 SIMCOE ST. N. THIS WEEKEND TONIGHT to 8 p.m. Close-Ups By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Oct. 16--(CP)--That rat- a-tat-tat' man is back on Parlia- ment Hill addin and this time, heaven help .the parliamentary ears, he's got helpers. He is Cleophas Soucy, the portly, bouncy, bald stone-sculptor de luxe who appears in the parliameéntary corridors each sessional recess, sets up a cloth-screened scaffold and chisels out gargoyles and other fancy doodads on the granite walls. He slips in quietly, but once he starts work, everyone within hear- ing distance of the bullding--and then some--knows he's around. Cleophds is no ordinary sculptor with muted. wooden hammer and cold chisel. He bites into the stone with a hand-sized pneumatic air drill, The drill may be hand-sized, but the noise it makes isn't. It could be described as a cross be- tween staccato machine-gun fire and a grating, whirrr-rr-ring sound that sets the teeth on edge. On his annual appearances, he shapes gargoyles out of blank stone blocks which were left spaced along the main corridors of the building when it was put up following the first world war. An employee of the public works department, he works from a plaster model of the finish- ed design which he prepares before- hand and hangs up in his little scaffold. Everybody likes Cleophas, the cops 'on the door, the parliamentary cleaning staff, the Members of Farliament themselves. But all shy away from the sound of his drill. And this year something new was added. When Cleophas came, he came not alone. He brought with him four assistants with four more cloth-screened scaffolds and four more drills with just that much more noise. There were whispered protests. This was too much, Then, the pow- ers-that-be solved the situation neatly. They put Cleophas and his crew and their drills on the night shift--working 5 p.m. to midnight when everyone else was home. RARE BUT VALUABLE Est... indicate uranium is present throughout the earth's crust in the ratio of one part in 250,000. Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Security markets moved ahead quietly in a week that saw Cana- dian markets take Thanksgiving Day off and New York stop Tues- day for the Columbus Day holiday. Prices continued their October advance at a slow pace as volume slackened. New York was dull Monday, while Canadian markets were closed, and prices weakened as volume was slowest since mid-August. Tuesday was Columbus Day. A slight ad- vance was evident Wednesday, and Thursday was the most active in the month with the advance con- tinued. The Associated Press 60- stock average held level Friday to Thursday's figure at 69--a gain of 7 from last Friday. Canadian markets followed much the same path with industrial is- sues showing good gains over the week. Industrials moved ahead slowly in Toronto, backing up slightly Thursday and Friday. The exchanges index showed the group up 1.31 from last Friday. Golds and base metals dipped with both groups losing .91 on the index. Base met- als chalked up a mild advance Fri- day as the big four in the list-- Hudson Bay, Consolidated Smelters, | International Nickel and Noranda-- added fractions. Papers were the outstanding group on the Montreal market, gaining 221 on the averages for four days. Other index changes were: Banks up .29, utilities off .3; industrials up 1; combined up .6 and mines up .12. Industrial volume averaged 39,043 as against 45914 for five days the previous week, and mines 132,650 compared with 93,907. Grain markets were steady from last Saturday. In Chicago Decem- ber corn dipped over the week, while rye was ahead slightly, Win- nipeg October barley was down and oats and rye showed fractional changes. Washington Spotlight By CLYDE BLACKBURN Canadian Press Staff Writer Wachington, Oct, 15--(CP)--The most famous and talked of residence in this shortage-ridden country is rent-free and has had 31 different tenants since 1800. It is the White House, home of the President. And if Governor Tuomas E, Dewey of New York has (is way with the electorate it will have a new tenant come next Jan- uary 20, i The idea of building a special mansion in Washington for the chief executive is attributed to George Washington, the father of his country. But he never slept there. Washington picked 'the 'Site and the cornerstone was laid in 1782. But mansion was not ready for occupaney until 1800 when the sec- ond President, John Adams, moved in The building was said to be.copied| in some degree from the Duke of Leinster's palace in Dublin. A muddy canal ran by its front door (now the rear) and beyond was {lie swamp and river marsh from which odorous mists usually arose each morning and evening. During thie wdr of 1812 a small British force captured Washington and burned the inflammable part cf the mansion. After repairs the fire-blackened walls were painted white and ever cince then it has been "The White House." Thomas Jefferson, the third President and a great amateur architect and gadgeteer, added ter- races at the east and west ends of the mansion and greatly improved it, A spacious southern type, pillared portico was placed over the front entrance in 1824 when James Mun- roe was President. In 1820, under Andrew Jackson, the north portico was added and became the front entrance facing on the new exten- sion of Pennsylvania Avenue, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, some of whose early predecessors did their swimming in the river Be. fore park works removed it nearly a mile from (he door, installed a swimming pool, * President: Truman installed a bowling alley and, after a great deal of ruckus from the artistic authori- ties of the capital, hung a private balcony from the second floor under the south portico. The great east room, the blue room, the green room and red room and the state dining room, all on the first floor, are the public enter tainment quarters. The dining rocen seats 104. The President and his family live on the two upper floors and there are smcking and work rooms on the basement floor, one used by President Roosevelt, and later by Truman, for broadcasting. ONE MINUTE NEWS e NA our . JOHNS-MANVILLE ® J-M Employees Are Rated Tops Johns-Manville is often asked: How do your employ- ees rate with the company?" Lewis H. Brown, J-M's Chair- man of the Board, has discussed this many times. Here is his answer: : "I have often said that should hysical disaster ever strike i Bn and tear down in a short time what it has taken years to build in the way of plants and equipment, these could be rebuilt in a relatively short space of time. "But if, for some reason or other, our men and women should be wiped out, Johns- Manville would have to go out of business. Their experience, ability, and loyalty are the key- stone of our success. "Because we have such an ex- cellent team, we can view the future with confidence and can plan for the company's contin- ued growth." AN... }-/This is one of a series of answers to questions frequently asked about Canadian Johns- Manville and Canadian industry. ATTENTION EMPLOYERS .. . 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