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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA 3 HITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) The Times-Gazette Is 8 member of the Canadian. Press, Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Press is exclusively entitled to the use for news despatches in this paper credited - a" Pre and also_the special or I ar therein. All rights of despatches herein are also reserved. . ALLOWAY, President and Publisher WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor . SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by © in Osh y, Brooklin, Port ickeri k. By mall, outside Ap 354 Bike a Coad and England, ost Office Department, Canads, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for OCTOBER 9,135 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1948 A Worthy Campaign Announcement is made today that the Oshawa Kiwanis Club is once again sponsor- fnig the sale of Christmas seals on behalf of the tuberculosis prevention work done in Ontario county. This is a highly commend- able project for the club to sponsor, and one through which, in past years, some great things have been done in the cause of the prevention of tuberculosis, and the discovery of cases before they have reached too ad- vanced a stage for successful treatment. The work which has been done by the Oshawa Kiwanis Club since it first undertook this project in June, 1945, shows an amaz- ing record. Within three years, 32,000 per- gons in the county were X-rayed, of whom some 500 were found to be suffering from tu- derculosis. Since the early diagnosis of this disease is essential to successful treatment, this activity is a means of saving many lives for useful service. This year, the Kiwanis Club made a note- worthy contribution to the equipment of the Oshawa General Hospital, by purchasing for its use a new and modern photo-Roentgen unit to screen groups of patients in order to ascertain which required more thorough X-rays and treatment. These measures have all been made pos- gible through the funds which have been raised by the annual sale of Christmas seals, which have long been recognized as symbols {ndicating interest in the cause of tubercu- losis prevention. The Kiwanis Club is now opening its annual campaign for the sale of these emblems, and it deserves the fullest possible support of the people of the city and county in this effort. Not Very Practical The city council of Toronto, along with authorities in some other municipalities, has asked that the Dominion Government ap- point a power controller to act in the present power emergency. It is difficult to see how this would im- prove the power situation in the Province of Ontario. Indeed, it is difficult to see in what way the Dominion Government could ac- quire jurisdiction over a matter which is en- tirely in the hands of the province and its governing authorities. ° In effect, the Toronto proposal suggests that the Hydro-Electric Power Commission is incapable of handling the situation which has arisen, and that is a premise with which we cannot agree. The laws of Ontario give the Commission full authority and power to take any steps which might conceivably be taken by a Dominion Power Controller, and if it cannot devise effective measures to deal with the emergency, there is no way in which that could be done by an Ottawa-ap- pointed official. The vexed guestion of provincial rights and responsibilities comes up again in this connection, and since the present power crisis and its solution is entirely the respons- ibility of the Ontario Government and the Hydro-Electric Power Commission, it had better be left in their hands to do their best to untangle it. A New Role It now appears that the Rt. Hon. Will- jam Lyon Mackenzie King, erstwhile Prime Minister of Canada, will appear in a new role in the House of Commons when the next session opens. Mr. King has informed his constituents in Glengarry County that he intends to continue representing them during the life of the present parliament, which means that he will be there in the role of a private member. ' It is a good many years since Mr. King has sat anywhere else than the front benches of the House of Commons, and he may find it a little difficult to accustom himself to. a seat on the back benches. There will be a great temptation for him to rise and intervene in debates when mat- ters with which he was concerned as Prime Minister came up in the House, but which | of the Lord thy God." (Ex. 20:8-10). have to be dealt with by responsible min- | isteys of the crown. Frankly, we believe that Mr. King would have served himself better by retiring from the House of Commons on relinquish- ing the office he filled with distinction for so many years. To go back to the seat of a private member is too much of an anti-cli- max, and in addition, it might on oceas- ions be more embarrassing than helpful to Prime Minister St. Laurent to have Mr. King in the house as a private member. Breaking Last Tie Eire is leaving the Commonwealth of Na- tions. A bill has been approved for intro- duction by the . 'Dail, the pariiame: Eire, which will sever the last ties which bind that country to the British Crown and the Commonwealth, and bring into being an independent republic. While this step is to be regretted from the standpoint of solidarity of the Com- monwealth, it is perhaps in keeping with the trend of the times. Indian independ- ence has been granted, and while the Do- minions of India and Pakistan are still within the Commonwealth, they too, have urges for complete severance of their ties with Britain. South Africa is hovering on the brink of similar action, which has been expected ever since the extreme national- ists there secured power. There is a strong feeling, however, that in the case of India and South Africa, the final step is being delayed because of the menace to world peace of Soviet Russia. In the case' of Eire, however, circum- stances are different. 'Eire has much more to lose than she has to gain by setting up an independent republic. From the stand- point of economic security, the interests of Eire would be much better served by. a closer alliance with Britain than by cut- ting herself adrift. The close proximity of the two countries to each other, their mu- tual need for each other's products and each other's markets, make them natural partners. It is unfortunate that the bitter- ness of past relationships is still beclouding the Irish scene, and that because of these, the Eire parliament is anxious to break loose from the Commonwealth. Editorial Notes General De Gaulle's latest speech seems to indicate that he is anti-everything except Gefferal De Gaulle. i * * * The Big Four nations have been replaced by the Little Six in the United Nations delib- erations over the Berlin impasse. But un- fortunately only the Big Four have the power of veto. "> * * Lord Catto, Governor of the Bank of Eng- land, recently told Sir Stafford Cripps that Scotsmen could not save money and pay taxes, too. That is one more thing which the Scots have in common with Canadians. * % kk How quickly is public service forgotten. A radical group in South Africa is reported to have called for the hanging of Field Marshal Smuts, who did more to place his countfy in its proud position of today than anyone else. . : o Other Editors' Views o VALUE OF AGRICULTURE (Charlottetown Guardian) Hon. Tom Williams, British minister of agriculture and fisheries now visiting this country and the United States, points out that the value of agricul- tural products in Great Britain is still higher than that of all Canada and it is hoped to increase it a further 50 percent. The figures are anything but [ discouraging for Canadians as they indicate the enormous development that is still possible here. % kan MENACE TO SLUMS (Winnipeg Free Press) Every town in Canada has the same difficulty--how to enforce dwelling standards at a time when there is not enough accommodation to go around. It is ob- viously impossible to order the demolition of premises when its gccupants have no alternative place to go or cannot afford to pay the amount of rent called for by improved accommodation. 'But this fact does not deny the imperative need to continue checking premises, ordering repairs where necessary, and fighting to am- eliorate, as far as possible, the encroachment of the slums. eo A Bit of Verse eo LIFE'S AUTUMN . . . Life has its autumn, too, and it may be A golden time of peace and blessedness : For one who, selfish, walked the climbinb road. Then love shines out through faded eyes tc bless, And wrinkled hands, though trembling at their task, Are cloquent of gallant ministry. --Beauty in Autumn, Jane Crowe Maxfield. _® A Bible Thought eo "- Our outward attitude towards God's Day 1s an in- dication of our inward attitude towards God Himself. His commandment -- "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy werk: but the seventh day is the Sabbath * % After The Election Harper, in The Birmingham Age-Herald Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Ana'yst The Chinese government's an- nouncement of a sweeping victory over the Communist rebels in the crucial battle of Suchow, gateway to the capital of Nanking, has been seized upon in 'Central China as giving hope that the terrific red offensive has been smashed. Certainly the report is encour- aging, but we shall do well to await developments before jumping to conclusions. We must bear in mind that this great battle has beea raging with unabated fury for some 10 days. The time has arrived when, even under far more favorable cir- cumstances, the attacking Chinese Communists might be expected to pause to bring up their communica- tions and repair heavy losses. The casualties have been big on both sides. A Nanking spokesman has estimated the government loss- es in men at 40,000. He placed the red casualties at 130,000. Need Replacements Assuming that the estimate of Communist losses is correct, how are the rebels going to find quick replacements for such a great num- ber of men? From Dr. Peng Hsueh- Peh, adviser to the Chinese cabinet, comes an answer: "A lot of people in the western world wonder how it is that the Chinese Communists are able to sustain heavy losses and still keep pouring great armies onto the battle-fields, whereas the govern- ment may have trouble in finding | all the fighting men needed. Some | of these folks take this as meaning that the people of China favor the Communists and consequently are more willing to serve in their ranks. "That is an entirely false idea. The Communists raise their fight- ing men by terrorism under which every able-bodied ma in a red- controlled area is forced to serve. This terrorism may even involve the torture or killing of a man's rela- tives. All the areas under Com- munist control are org#ized through terrorism of men, women and children. Want Peace "The people in the Communist controlled areas are like those under government control. They are simple peasant folk who want peace so that they can go about theri business of farming. They would gladly support the government if they had the chance." The Communists are bound to resume the offensive if it is human- ly 'possible. This is true not only because of the strategic value of this route into Central China but because the capital of all China-is involved. EA | By WILLIAM WILSON Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Nov. 20--(CP)--If you watch enough Prime Ministers come and go, they finally become just like everyone else. At least that's the way Joe Le- vesque feels. Joe has watched them all since Sir Robert Borden ofcu- pied the suite of rooms on the sec- and floor of the east block--the rooms permanently reserved for the King's First Minister. Philosopher as well as civil serv- ant, Joe is the 62-year-old public works' department employee who runs the Privy Council elevator. Joe--as he is called by the cab- inet--has a brief word to say about each Prime Minister he has known, Sir Robert Borden "He was a nice man," recalls Jae. "I wouldn't say anything against old | Borden." There are only a handful of per- sons in the capital who rorhember Canada's Prime Minister of the first world war as well as Joe. He took him up and down, into and from his office, every day from 1916 on- ward. Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen took over from Sir Robert in 1919 and returned to the east block briefly in 1926. "Meighen was a jollifier, he was," said Joe with a smile. "He'd come in and he'd say: 'Joe, what're you lcoking so grumpy about . these days?" Former Viscount Bennett R. B. Bennett was Prime Minister from 1930-1935, Joe recalls, "Bennett was the man to remem- ber his staff," Joe said, simply. "He never forgot anybody." = Mackenzie King Joe probably knows about former Prime Minister Mackenzie King than a lot of persons, but he isn't saying too much. "King was fine, but it was the people Mr. King believed in--he really thought about the people, not his staff." ' And Then St. Laurent When Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent stepped out: of his car, on his first trip back from government house after accepting the premiership a youthful secretary stepped quickly to the curb to congratulate his chief. Then the Prime Minister entered the side door of east block--the Privy Council and Prime Minister's door. The Prime Minister smiled. "Mer- ci, Joe," he said. And then he dis- appeared up the elevator to his office. Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Stock markets edged laboriously ahead to chalk up small gains this week. ; Action slackehed = considerably from last week and recovery from recent declines was slow. Profes- sional traders switched from one issue to another in attempts to turn quick profits and there was some tax selling on Wall Street. Investors continued to be cau- tious, largely ignoring increasing number of dividends and improved company earnings reports. In Toronto, industrials moved slowly ahead for a gain of 1.32 on the exchange's index from last week, Golds showed the 'widest losses, dipping steeply for the first three days and then attempting a recovery. Recent interest in specu- lative issues slackened and senior producers dipped down. Key issues, like McIntyre and Dome, touched new lows as the ex- change's index fell 2.94 from last Friday. Price level of the golds con- tinued to hover at low 1943 levels. Base metals held steady over the five days with several issues re- sponding actively to dividend an- nouncements. Despite a sharp dip on Wednesday, the base metals in- dex showed a gain of .12.. Western olls advanced strongly Friday to completely recover earlier losses and were up .01 from a week ago. Average volume for the five days was 1,205800 shares, as compared with 2,086,250 for the four days last week. Grain markets rolled ahead from last week. In Chicago, wheat forged to the highest levels since April and corn and oats were strong. December wheat showed a seven-cent gain from last week and corn, oats and rye were strong: In Winnipeg, December oats, barley and rye were strong. In Winnipeg, December oats, barley and rye fol- lowed the Chicago trend, showing 2-4 cent advantages from a week ago, Former Premier Visits Council Ottawa, Nov. 20--(CP)-- George Drew, national Progressive Conser- vative leader, Friday paid a brief visit to the Carleton County Coun- cil. It was the first time that a na- tional political leader had visited the Council Chamber while the Council was in session. He said in an informal talk that municipal bodies such as County Councils were "the very cradles of democracy." "I have long held:a very firm belief in the importance of County Councils for it is at the municipal level that we get thc most direct and effective administration of pub- lic affairs." He added: "The more we can keep responsibility for local admin- istration under these local bodies, the better it will be for the county as a whole." He was accompanied to the Council meeting by G. Russell Bou- cher, former Commons member for Carleton, who resigned to give Mr. Drew an opportunity to seek a seat in the Commons. The Carleton Federal by-election in which Mr. Drew will be opposed by Eugenc Forsey, C.C.F. candidate, will be held Dec. 20. : "FULL BOARD" OUT Dunoon, Scotland, Nov. 20--(CP) ~British hotel and boarding-house owners agreed to drop the term "full board" and to tell residents the exact number of meals to be provided daily. Mac's Musings The young folks from the farms, Are fortunate In that they have An organization-- The Junior Farmers-- Through which they learn The many skills Required to earn Success in farming. But that is not all The Junior Farmers learn, As they take part In club activities. The program in their clubs And associations, ' Teaches them to live A balanced life, With education broad, In things that make Life richer in the home And the community. This program is so full Of worth while things, That thousands Of the young people From the farms, Are joining in the movement; To learn that training To accept responsibility Is worth while. So through their clubs, They learn to speak In public; to take part In dramatics, music In recreation, Social and physical; To recognize The spiritual values In life and give The Church its proper place In their program. These Junior Farmers Are fortunate, Not in having All these things Theirs for the taking, But in being ready And eager To take advantage Of what is offered them In their communities, And fit themselves For future leadership Of their vocation And their country. '® 50 Years Ago A fourteen-year-old boy named Edward Elliott has been arrested on a charged of killing William Mur- ray, seventy-year-old man who was murdered at Beaverton. | Four deaths are reported in the | town with diphtheria, and several other cases are reported. Three tramps charged with beat- ing and robbing Harry Salter were committed for trial when they ap- peared in police court. Turkey raisers in the Oshawa district are showing a keen interest in shipping turkeys to the English market. A meeting was called by the Board of Trade to discuss the pos- sibility of securing waterworks for the town. Please To R By C. H. ROLPH In The Manchester Guardian Many Governments have been asked to make it a crime to send anonymous letters. They have al- ways refused. Those letters do a lot of good as well as harm, they say. To outlaw them would be to destroy a vital source of information. Francis Tresham wrote one in 1605 that still strengthens their hand considerably. He was one of Guy Fawkes' confederates, and a last-minute attack of loyalty to King James (or, maybe, of cold feet) made him write anonymously to his brother, Lord Monteagle, sell- ing the whole show. Parliament was to be blown up with gunpowder when the King went to open it on November 5. Lord Monteagle took this letter.to the King, and, Tresh- am's anonymity being too thin, he was arrested, made a full confes- sion, and ambiguously "died before he could be brought to trial." But he had written the mother and father of all anonymous letters and endeared them to Parliament for nearly 350 years. Until 1859 everyone in the coun- try was supposed to attend church on the morning of November 5 to hear the minister give thanks for "the Divine deliverance of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord - King James." They had to "abide orderly and soberly in their pews" while he read to them the preamble of an Act of Parliament of 1605. It told "how malignant and devilish Pa- pists, Jesuits, and Seminary Priests conspired most horribly suddenly to have blown up the whole Upper House of Parliament with gun- powder, an invention so inhuman, barbarous, and cruel as the like was never before heard of--had it not pleased Almighty God, by in- spiring the King's Most Excellent | Majesty with a Divine Spirit, to interpret some dark phrases of a letter showed to his Majesty." The dark phrases sent the Beef- | caters to the Parliamentary cellars | on, November 4, there to discover | Guy Fawkes with his thirty-six | barrels of gunpowder. | By the eighteen-thirties had stopped going to church on gunpowder morning and had turn- ed the occasion into an evening | | saturnalia instead, the best-hated | {man of the day being burned in |effigy to an accompaniment of | squibs and crackers. So Parliament | decided, moving with the times, to | make it an offence to light bonfires or fireworks in the street. Back- yards were scarce then, and "gar- dens" meant places like Vauxhall and Ranelagh, where the fireworks | were called pyrotechnic displays and people knew how to behave. going law that they could no longer {get anyone to enforce. An 1375 enactment that fireworks must not be' sold in the streets, and in any case not to anyone under thirteen, merely added to the responsibilities of Victorian fathers and firmly es- tablished the fireworks industry. In 1859 they repealed the church- emember... This year, you may have noticed, the most widespread industry claim- ing connection with the anti Jamesites was the "nenny-for-the- guy" racket, conducted by hordes of urchins masquerading (this is a guess) as Red Indian chimney- sweeps. The suggestion has been made once again that these are merely embryo spivs flouting the begging laws and ought to be stop- ped. But the law says it is not beg- ging to collect for a charitable ob- ject, or even to "seek assistance under exceptional circumstances for a lawful object in an orderly man- ner"--a delicate phrase coined by a judge who wanted to acquit a number of elderly ladies collecting for a church bazaar. And if the re- volting effigy. in the soapbox is not a charitable object, at least the burning of it in backyards is not unlawful. True, they could all be run in before the juvenile courts for collecting in the street without a permit, but there is a serious short- age of policemen and no shortage of urchins. And this is almost the ante-chamber to Christmas week, when, with the same confident cu- pidity and rather more success, they will be banging on our doors after the first two lines of "Good King Wenceslas" .(or was it?). Anti-Papist fervour has little to do with the Fifth of November now. But before we join the cynics who see in Mr. Fawkes the only man to have gone to Parliament with good intentions, let us remember that it was M.P.s themselves who, two centuriec after King James was safely dead, absolved us from com- pulsory thanksgiving that he died not untimely, and ratified the pagan festival of Mr. Fawkes, who did. NEW PRESIDENT Toronto, Nov. 20--(CP) -- A, F. Lanning of Toronto, a veteran of both World Wars, Friday was elect- ed president of the Ontario come mand of the Canadian Corps Asso- ciation. It was the first time a vet- eran of the Second World War has | headed the Provincial command of people | the Association. J. Lowe of St. Ca- Pp | tharines, and W. G. Ewener of Sar- | nia were elected vice-presidents. DIES FROM BURNS Montreal, Nov. 20--(CP)-- Mrs. | Ferdinand Leduc, 70, and her onc- | year-old grandson, Pierre Henri, | died from burns suffered when a | flash fire damaged their three-stor- |ey frame house on St. De Lane in | industrial St. Henri Ward Friday. | Fire broke out following the ex- | plosion of a container of tar being | heated on a stove in the bottom | flat. J REJECT VOTE | Guatemala, Nov. 20--(AP) --The | Guatemalan government Friday {night rejected a British note offer= ing to submit the dispute over Bel- |ize, now a part of 'Honduras, to the | International Court of Justice on la purely legal basis. * 4 NOW- f77CA FROM TORONTO to Nassau - $101.00 to Kingston - 143.00 § (Plus tox) Buy Round Trip = Save 10% Low "Aircargo" rates in effect to all points throughout the worl Bay and Temperance Sts. and Arcade, Royal York Hotel, Toronto AD. 5231 or your Travel Agent LR to Trinidad - 236.00 Starting December 2nd Now you can fly NON-STOP, SERVICE FROM TORONTO TO NASSAU » JAMAICA » TRINIDAD direct from Canada to the British West Indies--aboard T. C.A.'s fast, comfortable ¢ "North Star" Skyliners . . . You spend your time * there, not getting there when you fly T.C.A. Pressurized cabins . . . delicious complimentary meals aloft . . . roomy, club-like accommodations . . attentive steward and stewardess service. 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