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WP issue which has beén before it for } TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1948 THE- DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE "Proud To Do Something For Queen's" --R.S. McLau dl * Opening Of McLaughlin Hall, Queen's University, Was Impressive Ceremony Col. R. S, McLaughlin, donor of McLaughlin Hall, as he addressed the large gathering of University officials, students and guests, at the opening ceremony for the new building at Kingston yesterday afternoon. --Photo by George Lilley, Kingston Shown together, discussing the new $500,000 building are, left to right, Hon, Charles Dunning, Chancellor of Queen's University, Col. R. S. McLaughlin, donor of the new building, to be known as McLaughlin Hall, and T. A. McGinnis, Chairman of Queen's building committee. U.S.N. Faces Photographer Big Problem In China Washington, Nov. 16--(AP)--The southward surge of Chinese Com- munist armies poses immediate pro- blems for the United States Navy which may have a long-range effect on its position in the Western Paci- fic. One decision hinges on the fate of Tsingtao, important Yellow Sea port which the®Navy has its China headquarters and maintains a fieet gi. anchorage. )) Based there is the 12-ship 'ask force 38 which left the United Sta- tes late in September on wha' the Navy termed cruise to the Orient. In recent weeks Tsingtao has pro- vided a haven for an increasingly | large number of Americans fleeing | from Peiping and other North Chi- na cities menaced by Commuiist troops. But last Thursday, United States consular officials urged all Ameri- a "routine" training | Construction --Photo by George Lilley, Kingston & Digs In Crash sray, Me., Nov. 16--(AP) A flying news photographer presum- ably was killeq Monday while fly- ing on his day off. A light plane rented to Paul W. Libby, 46, crashed in little Sebago ply Lake. With Litby was a friend, Ned | T. Marion, 38. Police couldn't which sank in 30 feet of water. Libby, who held a private pilot's license, had flown thousands of miles taking aerial pictures for the Gannett newspapers of Maine, by raise the craft, | h Aniat . | an honorary of the which he had been employed since | 1929, No Subsidies For Housing Ottawa, Nov. '16--(CP)---Prime | Minister St. Laurent said Monday the point had not yet come in | housing construction where govern=- cans in the port city to leave im- | mediately "unless there is some compelling reason to remain." onday night the United States ment subsidies were needed to sus- tain it, So far, he told a press conference, | lack of money was not holding back embassy in Nanking broadened the | evacuation warning to include all of China. If the Chinese Reds take Tsing- tao -- and officials here says its | capture might not be difficult -- that would pose these problems for | the American high command: 1. Should United States naval strength be maintained by keeping the carrier task force -- or a re-| placement -- stationed there? building. All possible manpower and material was going into it. In fact, the defence 'department had not been able to spend all money allotted to it for married quarters. Mr. St. Laurent was first asked what his views were on subsidized { low-rental housing. He said it de- pended on what the term meant. 2. Or should the Navy abandon | its China headquarters base and move it elsewhere? If the Reds take the city, or cut | off its food and water sunplies, they would pose a major problem for the naval command there. But abandoning the Navy head- quarters site would pose even grea- ter problems than "loss of face." On the practical side, the nearest naval base is at Yokosuka, Japan, and a move there would mean pul- ling up a strategic anchor which Tsingtao has held down for many years, London' Council Orders Meters London Ont. Nov. 16--(CP) RCity Council apparently settled an more than two years when they ordered 1,100 parking meters Mon- day night. After a two-hour preliminary special meeting which ended in confusion, council got down to bus- 'Iness at the regular session and agreed to the installation of the ! meters for a trial period of one year starting Dec. 15. | construction was Two types of meters were order- | ed, 600 will be the automatic type and 500 manually operated. ¥ | If it came to the point where lack of money was an impediment to construction, he would be prepared to consider the question. Some people thought if the gov- ernment would pay a share of build- ing costs, more homes would be built. He didn't agree. There might come a time when government funds would be the an- swer, but that time had not yet come. The high costs so far were not retarding construction. All government- housing was being co-ordinated, inc; ding de- fence building, and th agency would determine where and how its construction should go forward in fairness to all. If might be that controls could dictate the building of two $6,500 homes instead of one $13,000 home but there had been no decision .that any controls of that kind were planned. There might be something to be said for preventing the well-to-do from getting new houses but the situation now was that all possible going forward. Every home was being filled and each ofie meant 'one rin debe looking for a homie. SWIFT COMPANY FINED Toronto, Nov. 16--(CP)--Swift Canadian Company was fined $200 and costs Monday on a charge of forcing small merchants to buy goods they didn't need. Three shop- keepers testified they had been forced to buy quantities of canned pork and beans in order to get canned corn, the | less family | Shown above following opening ceremonies of the new $500,000 McLaughlin Hall at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., are, left to right, Hon. Charles Dunning, Chancellor of the University, Dr. R. C. Wallace, Principal and Vice- Chancellor, and Col. R. S. McLaughlin, donor of the new mechanical engineering building. They are inspecting some of the equipment provided building, {In appreciation of Col. McLaughlin's contribution to Q; 2cn's Univr~sii~, | Mater Society, student government body at Q 's, prc by Col. McLzaughl'n for the --Photo by George Lilley, Kingston Eric Jorgenson, president of the Alma to Col. McLaughlin, making him ted a "Q" pl --Photo by George Lilley, Kingston McLaughlin Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., built and completely equipped at an estimated cost of $500,000, the gift of Col. R. S. McLaughlin to Queen's. The building will be used for mechanical engineering. --Photo, Courtesy Kingston Whig-Standard City Council Wants Hydro Controllers Toronto, Nov. 16--(CP)--The To- ronto City Council, seeking an in- creased hydro quota for Toronto, wants the Federal government to appoint a power controller for all {Ontario to ensure fair distribution of shrunken supplies of electricity. The council made its request af- ter a six-hour discussion on hydro problems Monday night, Mayor Hi- ram E. McCallum contended that Toronto, as a supply centre for many other communities, deserved special consideration in its power allotment, national leader of the Progressive Conservative party and former On- tario Premier, in a prepared state- men! released lo the press, chal- lenged Trade Minister Howe to de- bate publicly Ontario's power situ- ation. Mr. Howe said in a speech in London, Ont. Saturday that Mr. Drew was the author of Ontario's power shortage. The, Toronto council discussion o Al the same thue, Géorge Drew, | came at the end of the day on which Ontario's capital and' largest city standardized its three-a-day week-day cutoffs so that the pow- er is interrupted in all "sections simultaneously. The downtown area served by the hydro's "network system" still is exempt from cutoffs due to techni- cal difficulties in arranging the breaks. But it was anounced Mon- 'day night that power cuts will start in that.area, too, in 10 or 12 days. g Mayor McCallum said he felt pro- vincial hydro eriginers' should have made 'provision for 'possible short- ages by constructing steam generat- ing plants for use throughout the province, "Our industry in Toronto feeds a number ' of .other industries throughout the country," he said. "I'-could mention our hospitals which serve those' from all over the {provind®, the provincial goyernment | buildings located here, and comp- anies such as bread concerns in Toronto which serve" many oth municipalities and which should be taken into consideration in allot- ting power to this city." In a message to the Niagara Falls | City Council, Ontario Premier T. L. Kennedy said the Ontario 'Hydro- py Electric. Power - Commission -is do-. ing everything it can to provide more power. He_ added: ' "The situation simply boils down |to two things. We have demands {for more power from the municipa- {lities than we ever had before. Each |year there is an astonishing in- |crease over the year .before. Sec- |ondly water levels have gone down {and some #plants are generating only 27 per cent of their capacity due to lack of water." Middlesex Team Captures Trophy Toronto, Nov. 16--(CP)--A Mid- dlesex County team won Monday's intercounty livestock judging com- petitions for junior farmers at the Royal Winter Fair. The Middlesex group carried off the Jeffrey Bull Memorial Troplly as champion judges of heavy horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and swine. Team . members were: Albert | Lawson, Douglas McLean and Ron- ald White. The: Robert 'Graham 'Memorial Trophy for the contestant under 26 making the highest marks in judg- ing two classes of Reavy horses and two "classes of light hbrses. went to E. A, Starr of Guelph. St. Laurent Tells Press Of Problems Ottawa, Nov. 16--(CP) -- Prime Minister St. Laurent Monday dis- cussed informally with reporters some of the problems facing his new government, ranging from freight rates to negotiations with New- foundland. In response to questions at a press conference about dominion- provincial relations, he said: "I would like, fo see dominion- provincial relations dealt with on their merits and not as a sort of "handle for election issues." Freight rates would also have to be "dealt with on their merits," he said. "No: cne expected common carriers to operate at less than "fair cost." A commission was be- ing appointed to study the impact of the cost on the national econ- omy. Mr. St. Laurent declined to be drawn into controversial statements in connection with charges that George Drew, Progressive Conserva- tive leader, is partially responsible for Ontario's power shortage. "I don't think this is the occasion for controversial statements," he replied. "I think Mr. Drew, like the rest of us, regrets there isn't more power at present. There may be times when it would be appropriate to discuss where the responsibility rests but it would not be here." Provincial Tax Revision Discussed St. Thomas, Ont., Nov. 16 -- (CP) --Premier Thomas L. Kennedy Monday night promised Ontario taxpayers complete revision of the provincial tax system and assured Canadians that his government will seek to weld wealthy Ontario into a uniting link joining Eastern and Western Canada. He urged hearers at the Kiwanis Club farmers' night to take an active interest in other parts of Canada, and be prepared to help the relatively weaker Maritime Provinces and the west. He looked forward to increasing strength and prosperity in the do- | minion, and suggested that her new ! northern mines might spark indus- | try here "just as the Minnesota coal | mines were the basis of United i States industry. | The speech, made before some | 350 Elgin County farmers and 10d St. Thomas Kiwanians, was his first statement of policy since he | assumed the premiership. Premier Kennedy also strongly | advocated completion of the trans- Cantda highway. Mr. Kennedy said. the tax struc- ture had build up gradually and not always in the best way. Re- vision was long over-due. The government "has formed a committee to find a better system of taxation. The committee, with representation from municipalities, rural areas and the provincial gov- ernment, would formulate a better system of taxation in which the people will have a fair share of the dollar, which would then come to the right place, said Premier Ken- nedy As an instance, he said, succes- sion duties claimed by both the province and federal government, were unsatisfactory. ; "The tax question has gone all out of proportion to what was intend- ed," said the Premier, "We hope to get it back through the work of our | committee." | A larger share of the taxes | should be returned to the munici- palities, he said. hlin McLaughlin Hall Formally To Serve President of Queen's his address at the opening of versity, Kingston, which bears deal of meaning for me. Opened Science Col. R. S. McLaughlin Honored at Opening Cere- mony, With Presentation of "Q" Plaque by Alma Mater Society "In this nation of ours we have the right to think, to do and to progress -- every man to the limit of his desire and ambition," said Col: R. S. McLaughlin of Oshawa, chairman of General Motors of: Canada, Ltd., yesterday afternoon in the new hall at Queen's Uni- his name -- McLaughlin Hall, "Fortunately, there is no ceiling on imagination, hard work and perseverance -- and that is what makes our country great and will keep her great." Founder and donor of the huge building, for which he made a gift of almost $500,000, Col. McLaughlin told the large gathering which assembled for the opening ceremonies that it was "a great honor indeed to have done something for this grand old institution. Queen's has always had a great this world, and being half Irish, I have my share of it. I have always Queen's," he continued. He spoke of early associations his family had had with the University, and of his pleasure in sharing the early ar- rangements for the building. "I am sure that through this hall will flow students who will make their mark in the history of this country," g¢he grey-haired speaker declared, "Already, Queen's has turned out some of the greatest men in this country, and I hope she will continue to do so." He pleaded his inability to speak, attributing it to the fact that his father before him had done most of the speaking. "However, I do like to talk a little bit in a friendly fashion to my friends." Does Things Thoroughly He had been brought up to do thihgs thoroughly, he said, and had equipped the building with its machinery and other apparatus for that reason. He begged leave to quote from a speech delivered by | Col. W. W. Goforth, former deputy- director general of Defense Re- search, Ottawa, at Sault Ste. Manie in April, 1047, "There is one word only in the basic message which I wish to leave lence, Not perfection, not scholar- ship, not prilliance, not genius, not even originality or independence of thought, worthy as these qualities are, but just excellence. "Sir William Osler, the greatest physician and scientist whom Canada has yet produced, once told an audience of students that excel- lence was: the difference between genuine merit and charlatanism, between the true and untrue, or only half true, between the real and unreal, or only half real . . . that the greatest pride of any school or college, the only claim to immortal- ity which it could ever earn, lay not in the beauty of its buildings, or in the number of its students or even in the dignity and degree of its teachers, but rather in those passing through its halls who achieved the rightful claim to excellence, "Thesé were the boys and girls who have deliberately forsaken the easy primrose path of cheap popu- larity and mediocrity, rather to tread, with patience, courage and endurance the thorny road through toil, to the serene "There is a lot of sentiment in® had a sentimental attachment to | with you today. The word is excel- | who chose | | abode of fame, rising like stars to | their appointed place. "Yet excellence lies within the |grasp of any boy or girl who is prepared to pay the price. It is not just the perogative of genius, or of | high birth, or of good luck. It is | the gift which Providence holds for | each one of us, like the crown which | the interpreter held above the head of the muck-raker in Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress,' waiting to place |it on his brow if only he would look up." Following Col. McLaughlin's ad- |dress, a group of final year | mechanical engineering students | gave the Queen's yell, "Oil thigh na | Banrighinn gu-brath, Cha gheil!" | J. M. Macdonnell, MC. M.A, | K.C., M.P., chairman of the Board | of Trustees of Queen's, voiced that institution's formal acceptance of the gift. He said that "highest praise and gratitude was deserved by such a munificent donor" and |that "sextuple tribute should be | given" to "the man who had given | three times as much" as "he gives twice who gives 'quickly." Tho building would be dedicated "to the glory of God, and the advancemen: of true education," he concluded. Presented With Plaque Eric Jorgensen, president of tho Queen's Alma Mater Society, pre- sented Col. McLaughlin with a "Q' | plaque signifying honorary mem- ! bership in the Society. {| Dz. R. C. Wallace, principal and | vice-chancellor of Queen's, reac | several congratulatory telegrams to | the gathering, including one fron | the Honorable Ray Lawson, lieuten- ant-governor of Ontario, and Mr: Lawson. "I think that I hav" | never experienced anything happie- | than entertaining and being enter - | tained by Col. and Mrs. McLaughlin." | He spoke of the wealth of generos- | ity of mind and spirit that wer: | attributes of the couple, and--th- | sincerity with which Col. Mec- {Laughlin had made such au { "extensive gift to Queen's." Dr. Wallace briefly introduce ! !Colin A. Drever, architect of th: building, M. J. Sullivan, contracto:. land T. A. McGinnis, chairman c' the Queen's building committec. | "who had devoted so much of 'hi time and energy to the project." The Honorable Charles Aver- Dunning, P.C., LL.D., chancellor ¢: Queen's, was chairman of th: | program, Wife, Two Sons Shot To Death Wilson, N.Y. Nov. 16--(AP) Farmer Herman F. Ganshaw craw- led through a window of his locked and dark home Monday night and found his wife and two baby sons shot to death. The bodies of Mrs. Mary Gan- shaw, 23, and the boys, Peter, 1, and Richard, 2, were on the living-room floor, Nearby lay a shotgun and a long note that State Police said in- dicated the mother had been de- pressed. Coroner Mabel Carmer Wwith- held death certificates pending in- vestigation. : . State Police said the shooting ap- parently took place late in the af- terngon, while Ganshaw was milk- ing at the nearby home of his par- ents. The Ganshaw farm is five miles south of this Niagara County community, According to the troopers, Gan- shaw said 'he came home wo find the door barred and all the win- dows but one locked. Contents of the note weirs not disclosed. The coroner would not say. early today to whom it was ad- dressed. . CASE DISMISSED Cooksville( Ont, Nov. 16--(CP)-- Magistrate Kenneth Langdon Mon- day overruled a decision of the Su- preme Court of Alberta and ruled that a blood test taken without warnine tn the person concerned was admissible as evidence. The test showed that John Coward of sub- urban New Toronto, charged with dangerous driving following an ac- cident in which Peter Herd of near- by Lakeview was killed, had 14 parts of alcohol per 1,000 units in his system--equivalent to seven ounces of liquor. The charge against Coward was dismissed and the Crown withdrew a second charge of careless driving, New Leader Discusses 'King Era' Ottawa, Nov. 16--(CP)--The year- 1919 to 1948 will be known to futurc historians of Canada as "the Mac- kenzie King era," Prime Minister St. Laurent predicted Monday. A reporter asked Mr. St. Lauren' at a press conference after he wa sworn in as Prime Minister if he had anything to »hout the lead- er he had succeeded. "I haven't prepared anything anc I don't want to be coniroversial, the new Prime: Minister replied. "Tc us Liberals it appears that Cana- dian history since Confederatior falls into three fairly equal per- iods." The first period ran from 1867 to 1891 and was dominated by the country's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, a Conservative The second was the period from {then until 1919 and, although hr | was not in office during the full | period, was dominated by Sir Wil- frid Laurier, Mr. St. Laurent said. "To us Liberals it seems that the period from 1919 to the present time will be looked on by historians of the future as the Mackenzie King era. It is remarkable not only be- cause of its length, but because of the achievements." He enumerated the achievements of the "Mackenzie King era" as the developraents in Commonwealth re- lations which took place in the 1920s, the country's emergence from the depression, the war policies and post-war developments. "None of us feel we have any rea- son to blush for the war job that was done under Mr. King," he said "Early in the war they used to say he was a peacetime Prime Minister but wasn't a war leader. Later in the war, we didn't hear that so much. , , " -