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OPINIONS $i DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES o Khe Daily Times-Gazette og OSHAWA TIMES (Established Pig WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) -- 5a ber of the Canadian Press, News, Association, the ,Ontario Association and the Audit Bureau of special 5A B. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher : L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES in Oshawa, Whitoy, Brookiln, Port , do got week. id mall, Juside (I) we Riatier, Post Office Department, Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for DECEMBER 9,141 : g WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949 fhe Price Of Milk } Milk producers and distributors serving 1 i Oshawa area have agreed on a new price pt 2 Jo be paid to the farmers for the milk they roduce for this market. The new agree- 'nent provides for a slight increase in price, Sanging from five to ten cents per hundred younds for fluid milk, and also for a re-clas- lification of what constitutes secondary ilk, to be paid for at a higher rate. It is Jeported that the producers are well satis- lied with this new arrangement, and feel hat it will give them satisfactory returns. * The status of the crnsumer, however, has hot yet been determined. The distributors, Lit ust be acknowledged, are having to | ¥micet higher costs in their branch of the |" milk business, and they cannot be expected J to absorb their higher costs and the increas- ed price they have to pay for their milk, ! without passing them on to the consumer. That is the normal way in which business reacts to increased costs. There is another angle, however, which is worthy of consideration by all parties in : e matter of milk production and distribu- tion. A few days ago we pointed out that | due to the higher price, consumption of flu- Lid milk in Oshawa had decreased 27%; per " cent in a period of two years, and that ! f¥om the standpoint of public health, this is not a desirable situation, It is fair to as- [sume that any further increase in the con- L sumer price of milk might accentuate this ! condition and create a further drop in con- * sumption. It is a fixed economic principle | that when prices of any products reach an unduly high point, the law of diminishing re- ] threns begins to operate, and reduces the de- mand to such an extent that even at the higher price, the returns to the 'producers * and distributors go down below a satis- factory level. : «It may be that the point at which the op- | eration of this economic law begins to make "itself felt has not yet been reached in the | milk industry, but it would seem, from all the evidence, that we are coming perilously "close to it. Daylight Saving Time Mayor H. E. McCallum of Toronto has | indicated that the city council of that city will be asked to enact daylight saving time | for an additional two months this year, I extending its duration from the last Sunday © in September to the Jast Sunday in Novem- L ber. Although it was claimed last fall that I this would not result in any significant sav- ' i ing of power, the hydro authorities have . changed their minds, and are now ready to L admit that the power savings by such a " measure would be worth while. I If it is going to help to conserve hydro i power during October and November to have ! daylight saving time, why not extend it to | cover the whole year. One would think that the savings would be just as important in December, January, February and March s in the two months suggested. This is no new idea, although it is put forward for a new reason. During the war Britain had daylight saving all year round * and double daylight saving in the summer . months, not to save power, but as a ' means of counter-acting the effects of enemy air raids. But the system worked all right, and no one suffered at all because of it. So if daylight saving time is to be extended, why not let us go the whole way, at least © until sufficient new hydro power sources are in operation to make sure the supply will be sufficient to meet the demand? 'Changing Alliances ~~ The pages of history" are filled with stories of strange alliances being formed to ¢ oA . meet the special exigencies of some particu- | { lar day and age. The Boers, enemies of - Britain at the beginning of this century, 'fought side by side with them in the first world war.' Russia, allied to Germany by a treaty of friendship in 1939, became an implacable enemy when Hitler invaded her territory in 1941. The Italians, allied of Britain and France in the first world war, | were on the enemy side in world war two. So one could go on to tell of instances of' changing alliances under the pressure of circumstances. It may be that history will repeat itself in the Far East. China, an ally in the recent war, is likely to be completely Communist before very long, and that raises fears for the safety of the Americas, because a China under Communist control and with the back- ing of Moscow, could pose a serious thieat to the Pacific coasts. 5 Under these circumstances, it is quite possible that it might be good policy for the United States, Britain and Canada to take a part in building Up Japan to be an ally and a bulwark against the onward march of Communism across the Pacific Ocean. Stranger things have happened in the long course of history, and from this distance it would seem like good strategy to bring the former enemy country up to a point at which it could at least provide an effective base against further Communist advances. Editorial Notes Hon. Paul Martin has removed the ban on applicants over 35 being considered by the Civil Service Commission for employ- ment in his department of Health and Wel- fare. That age limit of 85 should never have been there in the first place. + + + A move is on foot to iimit the speeches of members of the House of Commons to 20 minutes. Of course, that will have no effect on the scores of members who never speak at all, but just sit, listen and vote as the whip tells them, + + + No matter what conditions seem. to be today, there will come a time when the young people of 1949 will be referring to them as the "good old days." + ® * The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph says few people profit by the experience of others; they just go ahead and get married. We would say that those who do are having the benefit of the experience of the majority of their friends who are happily married. + * + A new device enables a plane to drop 14,000 feet in'22 seconds. And we thought that all that was needed was that the ma- chine should break down. ® Other Editors' Views eo TOO MANY DEFAULTERS (Montreal Gavatte) The very fact that George Drew had in Carleton a direct fight with the Left made the contest inev- itably tough and strenuous. But George Drew should be given the credit he deserves for being willing to take these slings and arrows of political battle. All too many in Canada, as elsewhere, deplore the energy 'and activity of the Left but shrink at any suggestion that they themselves take their place in the line. It is just in this way that the field is now given over to the Left for free manoeuvring. The distaste for ti.e dus' of the battle makes all too many defaulters in their own cause. ; * * + NO CHILDREN (Montreal Gazette) In recent years, era of general housing shortages, there seems to have developed here and elsewhere an almost fanaticalabhorrence of children which bodes ill for the human race. In the classified sec- tions of newspapers, on signs, and verbally at the doors of premises for rent the slogans read: "Adults Only," "No Children," "No Dogs or Children." These legends are the passwords to untold misery for pare ents as well as children; to reduced standards of liv- ing and to the deterioration of environment, so important a factor in the rearing of children in the ways of good citizenship and health, ® A Bit of Verse eo ' _ JANUARY THAW 8ky o'ercast with leaden clouds The smell of rain quite near Valleys filled with grayish fog Almost think spring is here, Icicles dripping from the eves Snow melting everywhere Making the roadways sloppy Ploughed fields almost bare. Weather seems so fickle One day warm next day cbdld Not much like it used to be In the winter days of old. .When it went down to zero And stayed there for a while With a blissard blowing wildly The drifting snow did pile. I suppose we should be thankful For the weather we receive Nature has a way of doing things That man could not believe. ~W. J. BROWN. e A Bible Thought ¢ "I reckon all things as pure loss for the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." St. Paul (Phil, 3:8, Weymouth's translation). Communism In Action Again abode. Brooklyn Eagle Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press New Analyst (Editor's Note: This column is presented as an indication of Amer- ican reaction te major world events.) This new British-Israeli outburst is so complicated and so terribly dangerous that your columnist re- turns to it a second day. One of the troubles in examining a situation with so many angles is that there is a danger we shall let our vision be limited by local conditions. The current quarrel of course is the outgrowth of the Arab-Jewish conflict. And the Arab-Jewish im- broglio, like most other important international developments, has be- come involved in the cold war be- tween Russia and the anti-Com- munist countries. It is one of those dangerous ele- ments which might precipitate an- other world war, because power- politics have become involved. Russia, quietly and slyly, has en- tered the picture. Britain charges that Czechoslovakia is violating the Palestine arms embargo by sending supplies tosEsrael. Since Czechoslo- vakia moves only as Moscow pulls the strings, we are left with the clear inference that these sinews of war. are in effect coming from the 'Soviet Union. Capitalizing on Defeat What is the significance of this? The answer is that Russia appears to be preparing fo try to capitalize the defeat which the Jewish forces have inflicted on the forces of the neighboring Arab states. This whole great middle-east theatre long has been within the British zone of in- fluence--a vastly important feature of her imperial defences. Russia now is manoeuvring for control. Right here it should be said that, so far as I know, nobody has sug- gested that Israel is playing ball with Russia. The Israeli's need arms and if they have bought from Czechoslovakia it has been because of dire need and it has been a non- political business transaction. Its's safe to assume that Israel would fight Russian interference as quick- ly as she would that from any other quarter. Anyway, Russia is aiming at con- trol. of 'the middle east, and her timing may be good. The full effect of the Arab defeat may not yet have registered. The governments of the Arab states in- volved know that their armies have been badly beaten. But the general publics of the states haven't yet learned the full truth. Close ob- servers figure that when these pub- lics do discover just what has hap- pened, they may turn against their governments, It may well be that Moscow Is counting on this contingency. Should such a situation develop it might give Communism a strong foothold in the middle east. Cer- tainly that's a possibility which is worrying Britain, and it would be a heavy blow to the anti-Commun- ist west as a whole/ SAFE VOYAGE New York, Jan. 12--(AP)-- The new liner Caronia sailed into New York harbor Tuesday after her maiden trans-Atlantic crossing. The largest passenger liner built since the war, the emerald-hued vessel was greeted by spouting fireboats, swooping airplanes and shrill whis- Hes Hom tugs and other harbor craft, Portraits By James J. Metcalfe Stepping On Toes When people bump us on the street...Or step upon our toes .+«Qur first reaction is to scowl. ..And punch them on the nose...We feel we are insulted and...No matter what they say... We think it was on purpose that +++They got into our way...But usually a thing like that...Is just an accident. ..And there is no excuse at all...To start an argument. ..Qf course when we are guilty and. ..We hear the others cuss...We think they have a lot 'of gally..To get provoked at us ...And so we ought to be more kind...In what we do or say... Whenever people bother us...By getting in our way. Business Spotlight / By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor The drive which British car manufacturers are making on North American markets was pointed up to of the models of Rootes Motors, Ltd. of Coventry, Sir William Rootes, who, besides heading his own group, is chairman of the British Motor Manufactur- ers' Association, sald he didn't con- sider the British car a direct com- petitor of Canadian and American makes, but rather as one filling a niche of its own. He added that manufacturers over here had been most co-operative. In their approach to the North American market British manufac- turers have been concentrating on ensuring servicing and parts. One criticism of the British car sometimes offered is that its track is rather nagrow for winter opera- tion in Cangda, that its wheels don't fit into the 'ruts. Rootes' experts say there is virtually nothing in this, that American-type cars themselves differ in track width as much as 12 inches and that English cars, through distribution of weight and engineering, have been proven able to take caré of themselves in winter conditions. Whether to meet the criticism or not, one of the cars shown Tuesday, the Humber Hawk, has a track wider than usual, 56 inches front and 57 inches rear, about the same as narrower North American makes, Sir William also showed the Sun- beam-Talbot, racy semi - sports model, the Hillman Minx, both al- ready in this market since last year, and trucks. All have steering-column gear-shift, British manufacturers are trying to take advantage of present car scarcity to establish their place on this side; perhaps especially in the American market, which took 20,000 cars in 1048 against 1,200 in 1947. Markets Tuesday In general, security markets stood about where they were Tuesday, but golds continued ,their advAnce and base metals and western oils also were up in Toronto. Wheat and soy- beans made sharp advances in Chi- cago and coarse grains were firm in Winnipeg. Jdondon Hotton By STUART UNDERHILL Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Jan. 12--Art critics are being sarcastic but sentimentalists are having a field day at the first complete showing of the famous Ohantrey bequest. This is a collection of 437 paint- ings and pieces of sculpture bought during the last 70 years with funds left for that purpose by Sir Fran- cis Chantrey, an artist of some re- pute himself in the early 19th cen- tury. Critics are inclined to be scath- ing about early purchases, mostly canvases either out-and-out senti- mental or purporting to describe historical scenes. Up to £2,000 ($8,- 000) apiece was paid for these mas- sive works in the "70s and '80s. : Worthless "Hot. much would these and sim- lar works fetch today?" moaned a writer in the Yorkshire Post. "Who would buy them? Who would be willing to pay cartage for their re- moval?" There is John Collier's "Last Voy- age of Henry Hudson" with the fa- mous explorer adrift among ice- bergs in an open boat. There is al- so "Love Locked Out" with cupid at a closed door, and Millet's "Be- Two Fires." Most artists 'of the period who now are recognized as outstanding have been ignored. This is an old complaint and one which has led to the selective methods of Chant- rey trustees being revised from time to time. Still Critical In recent years more "moderns" have been included but selectors are still criticized as too conservative. One object in having the present exhibition is to create public inter- est with a view to establishing a centde - where the - works can - be housed permanently. But most critics think it will be back to dusty store rooms for all but a few gems Tuesday with a showing in Toron- | Mac's Musings Sunday was such A glorious afternoon We went for a walk, Down to the Lake; And had a most Hazardous journey, automobiles Which came too close For comfort Although we walked On the left edge Of 'the pavement. This was because Of the constant stream Of automobiles, Going north and south, In quick succession. Ax we walked We wondered why More people do not Use the legs given Them for that purpose; And as we mused on that We realized how little Man really does walk, In his lifetime. He starts his life Riding in a < Perambulator; Then graduates to A go-cart, A kiddie-car, Then a tricycle And a bicycle. As years go on The bicycle serves As substitute for walking Until he reaches The age when he can have An automobile, And his walking days Are over, for at last, He rides to the cémetery In a motor coach. So it seems as if In this modern life, Much energy is spent In devising ways To avoid walking, And yet there is nothing More exhilarating Than a brisk walk, On a crisp winter's day. e Readers Views IS. THE BOUNTY FARCE SYSTEM A ? Editor, Times-Gazette. Dear Sir: Is the bounty system becoming a farce? Will it become a thing of the past? Evidence supports this conclusion, Thirty-three of the American states still pay bounties for the de- struction of = so-called predatory mammals and birds, but the bounty system is in disrepute among wild- life conservationists, The United States Fish and Wild-Life Service has long frowned upon bounty pay- ments on the following grounds: 1. Bounties are not an economical and efficient means of controlling predatory animals. Their applica- tion results in a sudden decrease in predator populations in districts where surpluses exist but proves ineffective in reducing the basic breeding population. 2. Nature, left to her own devices, will strike the most wholesome bal- ance in the bird and animal king dom. 3. Man is not qualified to elimi- nate predators. Man is not selective in his predation; he prefers the fit to the unfit, taking the best head of horns, the healthiest and largest game birds, the biggest and best in everything, Birds and beasts of prey, on the other hand, eliminate the weak, diseased, and unfit first. 4. Predation by birds and mam- mals is a minor factor in determin- ing population trends of upland game birds, such as pheasants, quail, and grouse. 5. Bounty is more of a political football than a serious effort to control destructive 'mammals and birds. ' 6. Predator control might wisely be returned to Nature herself, who practises it with superior wisdom. While on the subject of conserva- | tion, may I suggest the reading of "Our Plundered Planet," by Fair. {ield Osborn. Its subject is Man's war against Nature. Its message is: The earth's resources are running out. Its moral: We must work to- gether to survive, While strong sentiment forgboun- ties exists among farmers and sportsmen, in the opinion of natur- alists bounties are ineffective They cost a great deal of money without producing any important control upon the bountied animals, Short- age of natural food, rather than blood lust or wanton desire to kill is the answer to fox predation. The fox is a trader--you take the rab- bit and he'll take the chicken. A good rabbit crop .or two is much more effective than bounties in re- ducing the damage to domestic fowl by foxes. : Fresh in the memory of most naturalists is the tragic story of overcontrol in Kaibab National For- est. For an account of this catas- trophe, the reader is referred to "Nature Magazine,' November 1048, pp. 482-4, o Regarding gray fox bounties said to be paid in one county of North Carolina, the Commissioner of that State's Department of Conservation writes: "Since the law was passed four years ago, authorizing the pay- ment of bounties, foxes have in- creased as rapidly as in other coun- ties." . The following birds and mammals are the principal targets of the bounty advocates: The crow, the English sparrow, the great horned owl, Cooper's hawk, the sharp-shin- ned hawk, the goshawk, the starling, the wildcat, 'the coyote, the wolf, the fox. Over a quarter of a century ago, when DuPont de Nemours Cartridge Company -sponsored its "Shoot-the Crow" campaign, I questioned the motives behind it and the good that its proponents alleged would result. That was in "Saturday Night" in the Fall of 1923. Nothing that I have observed since has caused me to lose faith in Nature's own brand of predator-control, Indeed, all that has been said and done has but strengthened .the naturalist's point of view on "the balance of Nature." If the proclamation of such a gos- pel earns for me the appellation of which could hold their own in any show. St . "ignorant fool," then I am content Onde or two features of Toronto's municipal elections deserve more notice than has been given them. They were: A Trotskyite Communist, running lor the Mayoralty, received 24,000 votes. A Comunist (Stalinite) organizer, Stewart Smith, running for the Board of Control, received 43,000 votes, Two Communists were returned (one by acclamation) to the Board of Education. It may be impossible to believe that Toronto has 24,000 Trotskyite Comunists. It may be equally im- possible to believe that Toronto has 43,000 Stalinite Communists. -What seems clear, though, is that To- ronto has a formidable corps of | And This Is Toronto! (Ottawa Journal) both Stalinite and Trotskyite Com- munists, that they are supported by a substantial number of pro- Communist sympathizers -- fellow travellers--and, what is just as de- plorable, supported by people who don't understand the danger of vot- ing for Communists, When our R.C.M.P. people tell us there is a hard core of Cor aunism in Canada, we are al too prone to feel that they are under an obses- sion. When a public man like George Drew warns us of the danger of Communism, he is accused of being a "red-baiter." Yet here we have it, written on our brllots, that Toronto alone has tens of thous- ands of Communists, Something, that, for thought by all of us. . (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of three articles on the effects of atomic bombing.) By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Editor New York, Jan, 12--(AP)--You L can't live there if an atomic rain falls on your town. There are two kinds of atomic rain, One is from an underwater bomb. 'The other is from clouds that the aerial r.tomic bomb gath- ers. When atomic rain falls on you, you can live without harm, if you know what to do. If you don't you may perish. Let's take a case of what would happen if an under- water bomb exploded in New York harbor. + First, there are three pleasant surprises. There will be no flash' of searing heat. There will be no killing X-ray flash. There will be no tidal wave. The top of the water spout may explode, as at Bikini, This concus- sion: will. damage the water front. Storm waves will roll high engugh to damage shipping at the docks. The spout will form a cloud, ex- plosively expanding, several miles wide, two or three miles high. Its bottom will be about a half-mile up. It soon will look like any other cloud, and rain exactly the same. If the wind is right, it will move + nt Underwater A-Bomb Causes Deadly Rain north over Manhattan and expand as it goes. This atomic storm will blanket the financial district with a heavy del- uge. Rain still will be fairly heavy in midtown. Northward over West- chester's suburbs, the cloud will spread to embrace everything be- tween the Hudson River and Con- necticut line. The rain will be light er and the showers spotty. The rain and moisture will emit gamma, or X-rays, that travel far in air and pierce thin walls. The drops also will carry atoms emit- ting other rays, that travel only short distances. You will not be able to see, smell, hear or feel these rays. But nowhere in rain or fog will the rays be so strong that you drop dead. They will be so strong that you cannot. face them long. If you are outdoors, your first move will be a dive for the nearest doorway. Then strip naked if your clothes have picked up any mois ture. Atomic rain and fog can't fol- loy you indoors, except as your clothes carry them, On. roofs, walls and pavements, the radioactive atoms will settle in a sheet, incredibly thin, byt in- credibly powerful. Inside you may be safe in base- ments. But watch for leaks. You may be safe in one part of a room but not in another part. Report From Westminster By JAMES MoCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Jan. 12 -- (CP)--British Conservatives hope it will be "48th time lucky." . In the 48th by-election since 1946 they will fight labor in South Ham- mersmith constituency where the government candidate's majority in the last general election was less than 5,000. In previous by-elections which they contested unsuccessfully, the majorities of the Labor candidates in the 1945 election had stood much higher than 5,000. W. T. Adams, Labor stalwart who died recently at the age of 64, won the seat in this London district with a majority of 3,458. In 1936 the Conservatives won with a majority of 6,068 and in 1931 they had a 19,- 628 majority. Conservatives are eager for a clear-out victory to buttress their argument that Labor has lost its popularity with middle-class voters who supported it in the last general election. Their hopes of a South Hammer- smith victory are fortified by a be- lief that this district has many resl- dents who feel the pressure of high taxes and austere rations without knowing the working man's satis- faction in the new social security legislation and higher wages. In 46 by-elections held since 1045 Labor has held 20 seats and the Conservatives 13. The opposition party has won two seats from In- dependents and one from the In- dependent Labor Party. In the Glasgow constituency of Camlachie, Conservatives won a seat previously held by an ILP. member who turned Labor shortly called this a gain from Labor while the Government party said it was a gain from the ILP. In another pending by-election in Batley and Morley, Conservatives have a difficult task of trying to overcome a Labor majority of 11, 502 piled up in 1945. STUDENT AID Halifax, Jan. 12.--(CJ)--Govern- ment subsidies to enable 'qualified students to continue their educa- tion at' Canadian universities were advocated Tuesday night by Dr. A. E. Kerr, president of Dalhousie Uni- versity. to be called a fool for Nature's sake. ah a Chipmunk Codge, Columbus, Ont., 12th January, 1949, ARTHUR before his death. Conservatives | ® 30 Years Ago John Stacey was elected mayor of Oshawa for the year 1019, defeating G. D. Conant, who had announced his withdrawal owing to illness. Word has been received in Osh- awa that the 116th Battalion, C.E. F., may return from overseas as a unit to be demobilized. » E. L. Pelley.was appointed. the new Boys' Work Secretary of the Oshawa Y.M.C.A, and will revive the Boys' Club work. 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