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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDIT ORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) by the Canadi Press, = 3 the Ontario. and the Audit Bureau of is exclusively entitled to the use for despatches In this paper credited Reuters and also the rights of special The Canadian Press republication of all news tor it or to The Associated Press or local news published therein. All despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L, WILSON, Vice-President and M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES klin, Port ered carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Broo y Dents ol Pickering, 24c per week. By atl, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada an $7.00 per year, US, $9.00 per year tei Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Depar ent, " ada, OT AILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for SEPTEMBER 8,592 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948 ing Director Canada Like Heaven The words uttered by two Polish children who arrived in Oshawa a few days agoy having flown from Warsaw to Montreal, and then come to stay with their aunt in this city, should make Canadians realize what a fortunate people they are in this land of plenty. "It seems like heaven here" was the comment of Sophia Bozak, 14, the older of the two children, the other being her seven-year old brother Stanis- laus. ; : The story of these children is a pathetic one. Their parents died in a German con- centration camp, and they lived with an aunt at Cracow, Poland. There the fourteen year old Sophia had to work from early dawn until night on the farm to help support the family. One of the great surprises she experienced on arriving in Oshawa was to find that she did not have to rise at five o'clock in the morning to go to work, but that she was to go to school. It will be a changed life for these two children. Here they are amazed to find an abundance of good things in the stores. They had never before seen oranges or bananas; they did not know what ice cream was. Small wonder that this little girl felt that Canada was like heaven, and in speaking of her homeland of Poland, added "I've nothing to miss there except bad memories." Canadians for the most part know noth- ing of the kind of conditions under which these two children have had to live prior to their coming to Oshawa. They know nothing of the cruelty and oppression which comes from living under brutal dictatorships. They do not appreciate that their own country seems like heaven to those who come to it from behind the iron curtain. Perhaps the words of this little Polish girl may lead some of them to thank God for the high privilege which is given to them to live in a land of peace and plenty. Insurance For Taxis Report of the discussion by the Oshawa Police Commission of the matter of com- pulsory public liability and public damage insurance for taxicabs operating in the city must have surprised many citizens, who probably were of the opinion that such provisions were already in effect. It is hard to believe that taxicabs have been operating in Oshawa: without insurance for the protection of passengers. If, as it seems, there is no regulation which compels insurance protection for taxicab passengers, there should be no delay in rectifying this situation. It is not difficult to imagine what would happen in the event of accidents causing death or serious injury to such passengers if there were no insurance carried and the taxicab owner were not in a financial position to meet damage claims. Of course, it might be argued that the unsatisfied judgments fund of the Ontario Department of High- ways would take care of such cases, but that act calls for protracted court proceed- ings before it becomes effective. Mayor McCallum was on sound ground when he remarked that if taxicab owners could not afford to insure their cars for public liability, they would hardly be in a position to pay damages that might be assessed against them in a civil court. The Police Commission has a duty to the public who are using taxicabs to require that public liability insurance be carried by every taxicab that is licensed in this city. What Happens Then ? In Toronto the other day a young man was sentenced to seven years in prison for brutal attack on a girl in a lonely sec- 'Both were dressed in white. of the Rosedale Ravine. But for the géourage in fighting him off; he might | have been charged with a more serious of- fence. The judge did not mince words in condemnation of his brutality when pass- ing sentence. This young men has gone to prisoh for seven years. On the evidence as submitted to the court, he richly deserved the pen- alty imposed on him. But this case brings up a point which is of much interest to so- ciety in general. When he has finished his term, this young man will again be free. He will have paid his present debt to so- ciety, But will anything be done in the meantime to make sure that when he is released, he will not be free to roam around looking for other victims for the sort of offence for which he was convicted? Is there any provision in our penal system for an honest effort to change the youth's at- titude to society? It would seem that more than punishment is required in cases of this kind. Surely the profession of psy- chiatry has advanced to a point at which it could be called in to probe at the root of the trouble in this man's mind and bring about a readjustment that would give him an opportunity of living down the past and becoming a useful and self-respecting member of society. Editorial Notes Anthony Eden believes the time has come to stop trying to appease Russia, and make a stand against her aggressions. He is saying today exactly what he said about Hitler three years before the Second World War. % %k % x Canadians have more money in deposit in the savings banks than ever before. This should make plenty of money avail- able for investment in Canada Savings Bonds at a good rate of interest. * k k *k Teaching New Canadians the English language is splendid, but considering the countries from which many of them came, they should'also be taught the true mean- ing of Canadian citizenship. %* %k % % "In India, employees of the Hyderabad government have 116 holidays a year, a. thirty day vacation, 15 days casual leave and Sundays off." One other question is --are they agitating there for a five-day week. %* dk ok ok Fotirteen senatorships are vacant, but no applications are being asked. These are not filled on the basis of what a man knows, but rather because of who he knows. %* % 3k Xk Department of Highways records show that the first few hours after sundown are the most dangerous for pedestrians, es- pecially in fall and winter. That should make pedestrians as well as motorists more careful when on the streets and highways. ® Other Editors' Views eo HOPPED UP TOO MUCH ("Newsweek" Magazine, New York) Recently an officer of the British Cyclists Union suggested that his country might withdraw from future world cycling championships. The reason: an allegedly pronounced spread, among other countries' contestants, of the use of stimulating drugs, including a combination of benzedrine, strychnine, and caffeine. * % 2% BENEFIT TO FARMER (North Bay Nugget) Probably no single group has benefited more from the march of modern science than the farmers. Science has given them a multitude of labor-saving machines. It has developed new varieties of crops capable of withstanding drought, frost and other elemental scourges. It has come forward with chemicals to feed their starving soils. It has developed a great variety of weed and insect killers which have resulted in increased yields and therefore increased profits, It has created new strains of farm stock infinitely superior to the old standbys of a fading era. Where agricultural science is leading only tomorrow will tell. But we may be certain of one fact -- that no intelligent farmer who wishes to remain in the business can ignore its significance in farm economics. ® A Bit of Verse e HALLOW EEN A wee knock at the door We go to see who's there. Standing dressed so fantastic We see a little Pelt; Couldn't tell boy from girl With false face and headgear. They made a fancy sight. Sang they a pretty song To entice us to shell out. Gave them apples and some candy, Off they go with a shout. This last night of October fs always Hallow E'en Only at this time of year That fairies can be seen. --W. J. Brown ® A Bible Thought The fear of the Lord tendeth to life . . . the fear of man bringeth a snare." (Prov. 19:23; 29:25.) "With A Fringe On Top" Page, in The Louisville Courier-Journal Commonwealth Defence (Editor's Note: This is the fifth of six stories in a Canadian Press series on Commonwealth defence. It describes the steps being taken by Canada in the face of growing international tension.) By DOUGLAS HOW Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Oct. 20 -- (CP) --Equip- ped with a meagre people and con- fronted with an embarrassment of geography, Canada has reacted to the decaying international situa- tion with a gradual but not spec- tacular tightening of defence pre- parations. Faced with Russian hostility on her northern flank, with a land mass she couldn't hope to defend alone, and caught between the Am- erican and British military con- cepts, she has become, apparently successfully, an advocate of collec tive security. Although there have been official fears that the huge U.S. rearma- ment program would provoke wide demands for a sweeping Canadian counterpart, the government has adhered resolutely to its basic three-point program: 1. To provide a standing force to defend the country against any di- versionary attack that is seen as the only immediate threat. This would include a 7,000-man Airborne Bri- gade and an interceptor wing of aircraft. There also is a small pri- marily anti-submarine, two-ocedn' navy with an aircraft carrier and cruiser. i 2. To provide the nucleus that could be expanded into the same sort of expeditionary forces Canada sent overseas in the two world wars. Any war in the comparatively near future is seen as another long slug- ging match. 3. To combine with other nations to preserve peace and resist ag- gression. This will culminate in an Atlantic security pact, involving Canada in her first formal guar- antees of foreign soil and in steps to help arm Western Europe. Recent months have indicated a steady hastening of effort within a $252,000,000 budget for the 1948- 49 fiscal year, A clvilian defence chief has been appointed. Coastal artillery train- ing and army winter training are being expanded. A Northern radar network is under study. Plans for mobilization have, been drafted. A special advisory board is preparing the way for industrial readiness. The alr force says it is just get- ting its air crew training into full stride. The navy, only one of the three forces ready for immediate organized action, has been exercis- ing with British and American ships. The staffs of the army's five regional commands haye been train- ing to become combat divisional staffs. Canadian-American co-operation is at an unprecedented peacetime level, enough in fact to indicate a considerable degree of basic re- orientation of military policy. The joint defence board continues. While Ottawa presses for stand- ardization, soldiers are being taught both British and American techniques, more than half Can- ada's warplanes and some of her artillery are of American design and similar communication sys- tems, battle procedure and orders have been adopted. : Two-way co-operation allows Canada to concentrate on certain phases of preparedness because she knows she will never fight alone. In a vast tract of Alberta badlands, British and American scientists join Canadians in studying chemical and bacterial warfare, In addition, Canada prides her- self on having carried unification of her forces farther than any other country, on unsurpassed of- ficer training, on getting on a full peacetime basis ahead of others a year ago. Contacts with the civilian world are plentiful. The atomic energy pilot plant at Chalk River, Ont. is working only towards peaceful ob- jectives but would be a vital seg- ment in war. The government has said Canada could make atomic bombs. A small aircraft industry is functional, A program of shipping construction is coming up. Finan- cial ald for training civilian pilots has been offered by Ottawa. The Polymer artificial rubber plant is operating and five wartime arsen- als are kept ready as a nucleus for war industry. Services co-operation has seen two cadet colleges open on a tri- service basis, a combined operations schicol for paratroop and invasion training set up on the prairies at Rivers, Man., a staff college estab- lished to train not only officers but key civilians. ; t Looking Around The World (Editor's Note: This column is presented as an indication of American reaction to major world events.) By ROBERT HEWETT (For Dewitt Mackenzie) Associated Press News Analyst London, Oct. 29--(AP)--Britain can thank Soviet Russia for one thing in these days of tension. The communist threat seems to be tight- ening the links of the common- wealth that Moscow denounces so bitterly. That's the view of British offi- clals who praise the "extremely suc- cessful" conference of Commcia- wealth Prime Ministers that ended last week. Only a year ago India was firmly set on pulling complete- ly out of the Commonwealth, Last spring South Africa elected a Nat- fonalist Government regarded as strongly anti-British. But the 12-day conference of the nine self-governing members of the Commonwealth was marked by a surprising atmosphere of friend- ship and warmth. A joint communique said the nine leaders "have shown a substantial community of outlook." They recom- mended still closer co-operation in foreign affairs, economic' policy and defence. Common opposition to communism was one of the main reasons behind the solidarity shown by the Prime Ministers, informed sources said. Second Thoughts ..India, lying near the Soviet Uni- on's southern border, has shown signs of second thoughts about cut- ting loose from the Commonwealth, particularly at a time when neigh- boring Burma is torn by commu inst revolt. Burma turned down an offer of dominion status and be- came completely independent last year. Indian Prime Minister Jawahar- lal Nehru told reporters that India hoped to retain "close association" with the Commonwealth. A similar problem has arisen with Eire. The Irish republic has an- nounced it will cut the last legal link with the Commonwealth in November by repealing the External Relations Act. Prime Minister John A Costello has said Eire still wants close relations with Britain and the Commonwealth, however. Pakistan and Ceylon have indi- cated they are satisfied to remain as independent dominions. India's loss would be the biggest blow. Her wealth of natural resources, strate gic position and 250,000,000 people make her potentially the most im- portant member of the world- gird- ling association. Stumbling Block The stumbling block is a fromula that will satisfy Indian Nationalist desires and still retain ties with Britain and the other Common- wealth members. South Africa presents a different problem. Feeling between settlers of British stock and descendants of Dutch colonizers has long been divided over Commonwealth mem- bership. Last spring a Nationalist Government led by Afrikaners who talked about parting from Brit- ain came to power with a narrow majority. But Premier D. F. Malan has shown little inclination to agitate for withdrawal from the Common- wealth. Fear that communist in- fluence might cause unrest among South Africa's overwhelming native population has lined up the Malan government solidly with Britain in opposing communism, ® 45 Ycars Ago Culhane, Chace and Weston's Big City Minstrels visited the city, and held a big street parade at noon. The Dominion Government, hav- ing bought the Oshawa Harbour, is planning a substantial programme of improvements. W. T. Henry has been appointed by the Dominion Government as harbour master for Oshawa at a salary of $200 a year. It is reported that the C.P.R. is considering building of a line to pass through Port Hope, Newton- ville, Newcastle, Bowmanville and Oshawa. H. T. Carswell was elected pre- sideng and L. G. Cassells secretary of the "Oshawa Curling Club. WEEKLY PAPER Preston; Oct, 20 -- (CP) -- The Preston Times hits the street to- day with a 16-page.edition--giving this Central Ontario town of 7,260 its own 'weekly newspaper for the first time since the Progress folded more than 26 years ago. Walter I. Baulk is the publisher. [4 Mac's Musings New Zealand is shocked, The papers say Because in London, The Prime Ministers At their conference Decided to drop the word "British" And call the Empire Merely the Commonwealth Of Nations. New Zealanders, The story goes, Are proud to bear The name of British; 'They love the ties Which bind them close To Mother Britain, And refuse To thus be cast Outside the title proud, Of British nations, But strange it is That Canada Of all the lands that bear The stamp of British stock The greatest Makes no protest, Sounds out no alarm At losing that great name, Revered o'er all the earth And is content To be a member of The Commonwealth of Nations, Without the tag of "British". Has it become a thing of shame, To be known as British? Have men forgotten in this day, What ties of kinship, Ties of blood, Bind us to that isle Across the sea. But if we know our Canada, And those who dwell therein, We know that men Will not forget that this Our land so blessed, Is British still, And will shout with loud acclaim, No matter what the heads Of other states may say, "We always shall be British." Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Steel, vital to the needs of indus- try in peace and war, today has the attention of industrialists in Bri- tisha Columbia. Paramount is the need for a large- scale steel mill to serve Western Canada. A major plant would cost from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000, Ottawa plans a boost in produc- tion in eastern mills, and from re- ports in business circles, it is indi- cated the federal government might consider establishment of a major plant on the west coast. To meet the critical steel short- age, federal authorities have order- ed a search of shipyards for scrap metal, and plan to seek additional supplies in an almost wagld-wide hunt. There is no major steel plant in Western Canada. There is a small plant in Vancouver, and a rolling mill, but- beth are insufficient to dent the present shortage. Possibility of Canadian or United Kingdom interests building an elec- ric smeling furnace has been men- ioned. Surveys have been made of iron ore deposits, it is reported. Markets Thursday 3 Trade slackened on Toronto an Montreal Stock Exchanges, with a broad decline reported in New York. Most Canadian shares were lower on the New York board. The Chica- go grain market was easier. Trading was active at Winnipeg on coarse grains with American houses in the market. FORD ESTATE Detroit, Oct. 20 -- (CP)--Henry Ford left an estate valued at ap- proximately $70,000,000. This was indicated by a probate court ac- counting filed by his widdw, Mrs. Clara J. Ford, and a valuation of his Ford Motor Company holdings for tax purposes. RECOMMEND INCREASE Toronto, Oct. 29--(CP)--Toronto Board of Control yesterday recom- mended a $5 weekly increase for the city's 6,500 employees, an annual cost of $1,600,000 yearly. Previously school teachers and policemen were granted salary boosts. CASH LOANS $50 * $500 - $1000 FOR EMERGENCIES When you need money, borrow from HouseHoLD FINANCE, Canada's oldest and largest consumer finance organization: You may borrow $50, $100, $200 or up to $1000 on your own signa- ture without endorsers or bankable security. Repay monthly --6, 12, 18 or even 24 months, depending upon the repayment plan you choose. Loans are made to single persons or married couples. Borrow for Any Good Reason HFC customers borrow to consol date past due bills, pay medical expenses, repairs, seasonal or emergency expenses, and for many other purposes. 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He may not think of it as an essenntial public service. But public service is truly the business of every good news- paper and every good newspaper- man, What is the public service of a newspaper, beyond the bare world news? Well, it is a condensed daily history of the world, a chronicle of human activity and thought at home and abroad, activity that is important or interesting or amus- ing. It is a messenger and town crier, and much more than that, for its history of a day's happenings is solid and tangible. Its printed word invites study and reflection. The reader does not hear the news, he sees it--and there is a consid- erable difference in the two means of assimilating information. The newspaper brings the news speedily, and it almost brings al- most as speedy interpretations and explanation of events in its col- umns, written by persons whose thought and experience may stimu- late the reader's thinking as well as enhance his knowledge. He may be stimulated to violent disagree- ment, but the stimulation in any event is of some value. The newspaper is perhaps the most important watchdog of the people's government, local, provin- The Canadian press is actively and overwhelm- ingly on the side of good govern- ment, The newspaper is a daily shop- ping guide. It is an employment agency and a channel of trade and barter. It is a guide to reading, a help in home-making and a forum for the expression of public opin- fon. It recounts the doings and as- says the merits of athletes and art- ists. It contributes to the making of an alert, informed body of citi- zens in an exclusive manner which no non-scholastic medium can ap- proach. The Canadian press is not with out its faults and its critics. But it is significant that the most viol- ent critics are to be found among the bigots of the extreme left and | right. Their attacks, not unmixed with fear, are a compliment to and a proof of the vital public service which a free, competitive press performs in a free country. Postpone Voting In Parry Sound Torono, Oc, 20--(CP)--The On- zrio government Thursday fixed Dec, 6 as the date for a by-election in Parry Sound constituency--then called it off when ib learned that municipal elections will be held in the area that day. The cabinet will meet today 'o reconsider the date for the by-elec- tion, caused by the death of Char- les Cragg, Progressive Conservative member elected last June, Premier Kennedy sald Cochrane North by-election, caused by the deathh of John Carrere, Progressive Conservative, would not be held un= til next June. LO.D.E. ATTACKED Ottawa, Oct. 29--(CP)--Efforts of national officers of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire to have the Dean of Canterbury barred from Canada were attacked Thurs- day by Rev. J. Gregory Lee of St. Peter's Anglican Church here. 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