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"PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1949 a Births LER--To Mr. and Mrs. < Harold * "Fowler, of Whitby, a daughter, on Saturday. February 26, 1949, at the Oshawa General Hospital. A sister for Sherronn. Both doing nicely. LEE--Mr. and Mrs, Malcolm Lee (ree Bdris Stewart), are happy to an- nounce the birth of their son, Rob- ert Wayne, on Saturday, Febrary 26, 1949, in Toronto East General Hos- pital. Mother and baby doing weil. RITCHIE--Mr. and Mrs. J. Ritchle (nee Muriel Sturch), are happy to announce the arrival of a son, Erk James, on Friday, February 25, 1949, at the Oshawa General Hospital, Mother and son doing fine. Deaths EYKEL -- At Mrs, Young's Nursing Home, 223 Celina St., early on Mon- 7 * day, February 1949, Clara E. . Eykel, beloved wife of the late Thomas Eykel, and mother of Mrs. William Squires, Oshawa, and M 'Rose Drury, London, England, in her ... 82nd year. ¢ * Funeral from Luke-McIntosh Fun- aral Home, on Tuesday, March lst, at + 8 p.m. Interment Union Cemetery. + In Memoriam FOOTE--In loving memory of our dear == son, Ross, who Jassea away in Ger- ¢..many, Feb, 28, 1945, He paid the debt to his country, In the fight fdr right he has won; And the King of Kings has spoken, {Thou faithful one, well done." __--Ever remembered by Mother * Dad. + HAYWARD~--In. loving memory of our dear mother, Maud Hayward, who passed away February 28, 1943. Many of lonely heartache, Often a silent tear, . + Always a beautiful memory . Of one we loved so dear. --Lovingiy remembered and sadly 'missed by her familly, MATTHEWS--In loving memory of a *"Hear father, Percy Matthews, who #ipassed away February 28, 1948. «. «Nothing can ever take away The love a heart holds dear. Fond memories linger every day. Remembrance keeps him near. --Lovingly remembered by daughters, Nellie, Patricia and Emily VILLIAMSON--In loving memory of _53J. W. Willlamson, who died Feb. 27, ~ 1940 ¥ In a garden of memories We meet every day. .,.~--Sadly missed by his loving wife "and family. and vr (Obituary MRS. THOMAS EYKEL © In ill health for several years, Clara E. Gainsbury, beloved wife of the late Thomas Eykel, died early this' morning at Mrs. Young's "pursing home, 223 Celina Street, in "her 82nd year. 4 'She was a daughter of the late Business And Markets | Farmers | Market LOCAL EGGS :- Prices on the local egg market are quoted as follows: Grade A large, 40; urade A medium, 38; Grade A pullet, 35; Grade B 31; Grade C and C cracks, 27. LIVESTOCK :- Toronto, Feb. 28 (CP)--Opening sales on the livestock market here this morning were 50 cents higher on cattle and steady on calves. Receipts reported by the Dominion Marketing Service were: Cattle 1,470; calves 150; hogs 80; sheep and lambs 560, Some choice weighty steers were $20-$20.50 and good cows were $16- $17. Good bulls sold for export at $19.50-$20.50. © Calves were steady at $28-$30 for choice with plain to medium down- ward to $16. Previous close on hogs was $30.50 for Grade A and 30.10 for Grabe Bl, All receipts of lambs were from the west and there were no early sales, FRUIT:- Toronto, Feb, 28 (CP) -- Whole- sale fruit and vegetable prices here this morning supplied by White an Company follow: uf Domestic: Beets, 75-$1; cabbage $1.25-81.50; squash $1.50-$1.75; car- rots, 76-76; washed $1-$1.10; cook- ing onions $1-$1.25; parsley, 6 qt. $3.50-4; green onions 40-50; pars- nips $1.50; washed $2-$2.25; vege- table marrow 75-81; Spanish onions $2.25-$2.75; hothouse tomatoes lb., 25-30; cucumbers, doz. $4.75-$5. cized the Progressive Conservative Imported: Navel oranges $6-$9.50; Tangerine oranges $3-$3.26; Florida oranges $5-$5.25; Florida grapefruit $4-35.74; California grapes, 28 Ib, $.75-$3.85; Mexican tomatoes $.50- $6; California lettuce, 6 doz.' $8- $8.50. HOGS :- Toronto, Feb. 28 (CP)--Hog prices at Stratford this morning were re- ported unestablished. Other mark- ets unavailable. PRODUCE :- - | Toronto Toronto, Feb. 28 (CP)--Produce | | By FORBES RHUDE Canadian business will be put un- der the microscope when a group of executives get together May 30- June 25 for a study session, It will be called a "management conference" and will be sponsored by the University of Toronto through its graduate course in business administration, with the co-operation of other Canadian and American universities. The group will be limited to 50, |. consisting of persons, who have reached the top in their special de- partments and are regarded as future general managers or execu- tive officers, or who have recently been assigned to general managerial duties, The brochure conference says: "Emphasis will be placed on dis- cussion of current problems and trends in management and will in- volve consideration of and reference to business practices and policies at the general level." The course will be held at Hart House, Toronto, and lecture discus- sions for the most part will be under the leadership of members of Canadian or American university faculties, 'The brochure warns: "The program is intended to oc- cupy the full energies of all who participate and it will not be pos- sible to enter into it on anything less than a full-time basis." Markets Saturday Security markets showed consid- erable recovery power Saturday and the general price level in New York was ahead for the first time in seven days. Grains had weaker tendencies. New York cotton fin- ished 10 cents a bale lower to 10 cents higher, Pakistan Builds New Jute Mills Karachi, Pakistan, Feb. 28 -- (AP) announcing the --Pakistan is fast developing the] industries for which it has abund- ant raw materials. At its establishment as a domin- ion last year the country had vir-| tually a world monopoly on jute] but no jute mills, abundant fine | quality cotton but not one textile mill. Testify Against Canada's Valentino Marshall E. Tulloch, of Wildwood Circle, New Rochelle, N.Y., and his wife, are shown as they arrived at. White Plains, N.Y., to testify against Gerard Graham Dennis, smooth Canadian super-gem thief who police say has admitted $100,000 worth of gem robberies in Westchester County alone. Tulloch was shot in the arm on Oct. 20, 1946, when he grappled with a masked intruder who made off with $9,000 in jewels. Other "Raffles" victims in the section also testified at the hearing. Detectives from all parts of the U.S. are waiting in line to question the slim 29- year-old "lover: boy." "Oh, what's the use of my getting a lawyer to defend me?" Dennis'asked in jail. "They will throw the book at me anyway, and when I get out I'll be taken back to Canada where I have | four convictions against me. I don't want to go back there." Better Health (Continued from Page 1) the C.B.C. broadcast called News | Roundup, a gentleman to whom If shall refer later used that same fig- | ure of 278,000, but left the impres- | sion--at least what he said was | .| housing in this country, but time | it- did not do so.. Now it is trying wanted to see Dr. Davis I would go along the corridor where his office | was and walk in and tell him what | was the trouble. He would give me | the prescription and I would go to this dispensing room in the centre | possible of this construction--that | the private enterprise organization | he represented was responsible for | the building of those 278,000 houses. | In case there is any impression of the building, but my prescription | of that kind prevailing let me point | in through the window and get my | out just what has been accomplish- medicine and it did not cost me one | ¢d by both public 'and private en- | single cent beyond the four pence in | terprise, While it is true that, in- | the pound, the eight cents in the |cluding conversions, 278,000 units | | pound, which was deducted from my | have been built, all the government | wages each week. | has'built or provided from 1945 un- If our children met with accidents | til December of 1948 is 24,763 units. | cn the road, they went to the hos- | These. were. provided through the pital, and they were treated with- | medium of veterans housing, Cen- cut any further bother about pay-|tlral Mortgage and Housing Cor- | and | why the federal government hasn't done more." : Another hon, member of the house is referred to as follows: ° "I'm convinced we've got to have a housing program right now," em- phasized Harold Timmins, M.P. for Parkdale. "The government has to be convinced of it; just now it takes things in its stride, quite content with what's been done. I'm ready to adopt any methods you put forward that will get houses built within the income range of average veterans. Small builders in this city are only waiting for the chance." y I could go on and quote from reports about other people who are similarly distressed at the lack of 4 'will not permit me to do so. I want to assure the house that, if anybody believes for a single moment that this is a problem that can be left to private enterprise, they are mak- ing a big mistake. Private enter- prise never has solved the problem of housing. I know that, and all hon. members of the house: know it. If any further 'confirmation is re- quired, let me refer to the words of Senator Taft, which may be rather impressive. Senator Taft has this ta say: I am a great believer in free en- terprise, but this happens to be one field where it has failed to find a solution. [ Thre was a time years ago, a time we like to forget, when we] did not have housing and did not | have a housing program, but car-! penters, bricklayers, and plumbers were a dime a dozen. They were sit- ting in their labour halls through- out. the country waiting, hoping and praying, that they might hear of a house being built somewhere where they could get a job. Private enterprise had scores of opportuni- ties at that particular time to go ahead with a housing program, but to excuse itself on the ground that materials are scarce and labour is scarce, on the ground that mater-| ials are expensive and labour is ex- pensive. The gentleman to whom I refer- | red earlier, when taking part in a CBC. news roundup broadcast,! Kicking Police Officer Brings Fine Of $50 "A policeman's lot is not a hap- py one" Counsel for defence in police court this morning used this quotation from The Pirates of Penzance in support of the con- tention that a policeman, should be prepared to find certain hard- ships in his work and accept them without demur. The wn on the other hand used the quotation to buttress the argument that, be- cause a policeman's lot is unhappy, he therefore should have the ful- lest support of the courts in nis work. 1 Albert Myles, 269 College Avenue, was convicted of assaulting a peace officer in the performance of his duty. He was assessed $50 and costs with the alternative of a month in jail. Evidence, given by Constable Bill 'Clark indicated that Myles caused a fuss when he tried to ar- rest him on the evening of Janu- ary 29 following a fracas outside the Globe Cafe. Brought to fhe po- | lice station finally Myles really went into his act there and during the altercation kicked the officer several times. | Myles said, on the stand, 'that | he had little or no recollections of the affair., He didn't recall being in the cafe and, although he dimly remembered being walked to the corner by the officers, he recalled nothing following that. He had been drinking all afternoon, he said. He had his last drink at a hockey game before he was picked u Pp. Kelly Creighton, K.C., who de- | fended Myles, said that it seemed strange that the six'or seven offi- cers who were in the police office at the time Myles was brought in could not subdue the recalcitrant | as their "lot was not a happy one," | should expect that sort of thing | and be prepared to cope with it. | "What can police do when they | are attacked," asked Alex Hall, | K.C., the Crown Attorney. They | City. & Dist. Nows. MUSIC FESTIVAL WINNERS District artists 'did well in the annual Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto on Friday. Marilyn Scott of Blackwater placed first In the class for girl soloists, under 10 years; Patricia A. Earle of Whit- by was third in the class for girl soloists, under eight years while Peter Kaiser of Pickering was sec- ond in the class for concert group tenors. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT "Christ Jesus" was the subject of the Lesson Sermon which was read in all churches of Christ Scientist, throughout the world, including First Church of Christ, Scientist, 64 Colborne Street East, Oshawa, on Sunday, February 27. The Gol- den. Text was: "There shall come forth a rod ouf of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots." (Isaiah 11:1) FIRE IN OVEN The Oshawa Fire Department was called out to a fire in a cook stove yesterday morning at the home of M. F. Swartz, 17 McLaugh- lin Boulevard. The fire originated from overheated grease that had smoldered out before the fire reels arrived. More Fords During Next Four 'Months Detroit, Feb, 27 -- (AP) -- Ford | youth. Policemen surely, inasmuch | Motor Company announced Satur- day it would boost production sub- stantially during the next four months, but would not follow Gen- eral Motors' lead in lowering prices, Executive Vice-President Ernest R. Breech also disclosed output of was asked certain questions about| could do one of two things. They | Lincoln cars would be cut sharply Mr. Beatty asked him this question: | What are the chief things that | affect these home prices? | Mr. Johnson, the general man- | ager of the Canadian Construction Crown Attorney, they eould con- Association, had this to say: i There are a lot of factors. Ma- terial prices have gone up 60 per| cent since 1945. | Sixty per cent since 1945, Wages for construction workers are up 33 per cent in the same period. To those .who are always claim- some cases but it was very .poor | practice and a principle which he, for. one, deplored. On the other hand, said the trol their tempers and trust that they would find justice ia the courts. If police officers were not protected in the courts they would | be liable to revert to the first practice and that would not be good. "This would seem to be some- thing in your nature that you will | charge of | said Ford is "not reducing the prices | housing by Bill Beatty of the C.B.C.®could retaliate. That happened in | because "demand in the high-priced fleld has diminished materially," and make more Fords and Mer- | curys. J. R.. Davis, sales vice-president in and advertising, of our cars because of the current high level of wages and material costs." Earlier, the other member of the big three, Chrysler Corporation, said it "welcomed" the GM price-trim- ming. But A. van Derzee, vice president in charge of sales, indi- James and Sarah Gainsbury, the prices on the spot market here this | ment of doctors or hospital bills. | poration, Veterans' Land Act, ing, as I heard some do quite Te- | have to learn to curb," said Magis- | cated that Chrysler did not intend "'déceased was born in London, Eng- Iand. She came to Canada in 1918 and had been a resident of Oshawa for about 20 years. She was a mem- ber of the Church of England. " "She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Squires of Oshawa "and Mrs. Rosamond Drury of Lon- ° don, England. '* "The funeral will be held from the Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home at 2 pm. on Tuesday, March'1, Jollowed by interment in the Union "Cemetery. Rev. D. M. Rose, rector "of St. George's Anglican Church, will conduct the services. MRS. ETHEL L MILLER The death occurred at her home ":in Los Angeles, Cal, on Monday, February 21, of Mrs. Ethel I. Miller, ~wife of George A. Miller, retired president of the Troy Laundry Co. Mrs. Miller, whose maiden name was Oliver, was born near Bramp- ton, Ont, and went to California with her sister many years ago. She was in her 70th year. She was an active worker in the Presbyterian Church women's orgahizations and the Ebell Club. «Besides her husband she leaves one. son, Frank, and one daughter, ,Mrs. Willard D. Ball, both residing ip Beverly Hills, Cal. Mrs. A. R. Alloway of Oshawa is a niece of the . late Mrs. Miller and she and her :Rusband attended the funeral serv- ite which was held on Thursday last at the Church of the Reces- sional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Cal, where entombment followed. : EDMUND E. ROGERS Armada, Mich.,, Feb. 28--Funeral services were conducted from the "A. M. Tiffany Funeral Home last "Friday for Edmund E. Rogers, T4. The Rev. Joseph G. Gregory, of the Congregational Church officiated, assisted by Dr. Charles F. Wolf, of ¥psilantl. fs; Mr. Rogers was- . prominent in \ipusiness, fraternal and social life of | "the csmmunity for the past 43 years. He had been in poor health Hor five months following a major :operation. ii He was born -in Oshawa, Ont, 4the son of the late Mr. ard Mrs. ip. W, Rogers. Mr. Rogers was edu- Rated in Canada and was of United impire Loyalist stock. At one time 'he was in business in Oshawa. He entered the mercantile business at forth Branch in-1904. The same iyear he married Carrie M. Weston, '6? North Branch. Two years later ithey moved to Armada, He contin- Hod in the sam? business until poor 'health forced him to retire last "Dctober, a1 Mr. Rogers was a life member of "ihe. Armada Harmony Lodge No. 143 AF. and AM. He was a director spf the Armada State Bank for more «than a quarter of a century, He Yas also & member of the former Armada Exchange Club and attend- ii % the Congregational Church, i: Besides his wife, Carrie, he is 'survived by a sister, Mrs. Irene Patterson, of Pontiac. A brother, edeceased him on April n 3 Delbert, pr «b, 1937. +: Burial was in the Evergreen Cem- iptery, Detroit. i] ii! VANCOUVER "SOUVENIRS" bi Vancouver--(CP)-- R. D. Baker, % Vancouver Tourist Association man- ihger states that visitors to the city Ugre buying "genuine Indian curios Land other novelties stamped "Sou- #¥enir of Vancouver," only to find +.4n small print at the bottom they {ere made outside B.C." : JH AES Try & Times-Gazetle classified ad oy Foday -- you can be sure it will pay. | was unchanged, morning were quoted as follows: | Churning cream, unchanged. No, | 1, 74 cents FOB; 78 delivered. But- | | ter prints, unchanged. First grade | 702; second grade 68!:. Receipts are up on the egg market but supplies are clearing well at un- changed prices. Country shippers quoted graded eggs, cases free: Grade A large 43; grade A medium 42; grade A pullet 40; grade B 40; grade C 34, Wholesale to retail: Grade A large 46-47; grade A me- | dium 45-46; grade A pullet 43-44; grade B 44; grade C 34. Butter solids, unchanged. First grade 68; second grade 67, GRAIN: Winnipeg Winnipeg, Feb. 28--(CP)--Barley prices moved up narrowly to dis- play firming tendencies in moder- ate trade on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange today. Shippers and pro- cessors were supplying support in this coarse grain while oats came for light overnight shipper demand. Local demand, stimulated by strength in rye on the Chicago market, appeared in Winnipeg rye. Prices: Oats--May ?z higher at 70%; July, not open; Oct. not open. Barley--May '2 higher at 1.041, -- | B; July 4 higher at 97'4; Oct., not | open, Rye--May 1 higher at 1.16%; July 3 higher at 1.16%; Oct. % higher at 1.12'2-B. Flax--May unchanged July not open. ; . Inspections: Wheat this year 340; | last year 249; cars of contract 278; oats 15 - 44; barley 28 - 34; flax 11 - 13; rye 7 - 12; other grains 3 - 2; total 404 - 344. » Chicago Chicago, Feb. 28 (CP)--Grains opened a little lower on the Chi- cago Board of Trade today. Cash corn arrivals totalled nearly 150 cars, | Wheat opened unchanged to % cent lower, May $2.18; corn was J2- "lower, May $.31%, and oats were 1.-3% lower, May 68. Soybeans were 1% cents lower to % higher, marcy $2.35%%-2.35, at 4.01; | More Business For U.S. Mines Washington, Feb, 28--(AP)--Uni- ted States mines are likely to get more business out of the western union pact than American arms plants. Negotiators are insisting that the Europeans turn out as much of their own armament needs as pos- sible, even though they have to get ores from the United States. In particular they Insist that Europe use the fine small-arm fac- tories in Belgium, British aircraft factories and French truck plants (which could turn out tanks). NEW YORK STOCKS New York, Feb. 28 (AP). --A mod- est upturn in the stock market to- day.grew out of moderate demands for a few leading issues. Prices for the most part were fractions to around a point higher with some small losses scattered around the list, The over-all market movement carried through the turn started Saturday which reversed the daily loss record of more than a week. Canadian issues were mixed, Hiram Walker was up %. Distillers Seagrams added '%. McIntyre fell %. Dome Mines was unchanged. | On the curb, Giant Yellow Knife 8s © | Now it has two jute firms for | It was all set up by a bunch of min- | armed services married quarters. In | baling and pressing with a capital | ers, just ordinary people. If miners, | other words, the government, with of $1,200,000 and one cotton mill | or a group of workers anywhere, can | the national resources of the coun- capitalized at $3,000,000, among 33 | fashion a plan of that kind out of | try behind it, has furnished an new major companies. TORONTO STOCKS Toronto, Feb. 28--(CP)-- Prices | ces of the nation at its disposal. | Want to do better than that; and it | forged slowly ahead in light trad- ing on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. Initials showed their best advances in more than a week as key issues partially recovered some of last week's losses. Western oils were the brightest group and base metals improved. Golds were prac- tically at a standstill and the few issues that changed were slightly weaker. Volume was about 656,000 shares. International paper was strong in a mixed papér group and several foods slipped ,lower. International | petroleum and B.A. oil touched new | lows; in refining oils while liquors tightened. Leading western olls showed gains up to 30 cents in moderately active trading. New calumet was in demand at a | higher prcie, base metals following the January production report and smelters, Noranda, Sheritt and Pend Oreille improved. 'Four Pay Fines Result Of Brawl Outside Hotel A punching,' hair pulling alter- cation in front of the Commercial Hotel in the early morning hours of February 12 resulted in four dis- orderly conduct convictions in po- lice court here this morning. Two women involved in the affray (the hair-pullers) were each fined $5 and costs. All paid. The four were divided thusly: Ernest R. Woodward, 46 Elgin Street West and Dorothy Norris, 327 Albert Street, on one side and Arnold and Effie Scott, brother and sister, 1478 Simcoe Street South, on the other. The Scotts pleaded guilty and the other two said they were innocent. All were convicted, how- eyer. "We watched from across the street and saw things were shaping up for a brawl," said Constable Roy Mills today. "Arncld Scott took a poke at Woodward and we moved in, He referred to himself and Con- stable Norman Smyth, By the time they got to the scene of the fray Dorothy Norris and Effie started to pull hair. They were separated and before the cor- tege finally moved off to the police station there had been another scuffle and another hair pulling contest. There was another sporadic outhreak at the police station but it soon was quelled. Woodward said that Scott step- ped upto him outside the hotel and accused him of saying something about his father. "He took hold of my nose," Woodward said. He stated that Smith later struck him. He protested about the way the officer was escorting Miss Norris to the station, Woodward said. He was holding her in such a way as to hurt her. His escort, the other officer, was none too gentle with him either. OUT OF THE RED Victoria, B. C.--~(CP) -- Pattullo Bridge across the Fraser River on the Trans-Canada Highway in New Westminster which cost $4,000,000 to build made net revenue of $482,- 100 from tolls last year. In its early years it did not pay, but now de- ficits are being wined out. - | their extremely limited resources, | | what wonderful . possibilities -there | are for the' government of this | country, with the wonderful resour- | What a wonderful and thrilling | thing it could do too to take this | burden of human suffering and of- tentimes despair from the shoulders of the people. I do not know whe- ther it will be done. I wish the Min- ister of National Health and Wel- | fare (Mr. Martin) was in the house this afternoon. I would not care if nobody was in this chamber but | the minister. If I could talk to him, and plead with him, if necessary, to set an example of that kind of thing, I am as certain as I stand average of about 6,000 units per year. I cannot' bring myself to be- lieve that it is proud of that accom- | plishment. Is am certain it would | | can do much: better if it will step | into the picture boldly. | Why is it that when we ask why | we do not have more houses built | we are always told there is a short- age of materials or a shortage of labour? That is not true; it just is not true. Because while the claim has been made that there have been shortages of both labour and mater- | ials, the fact remains that all kinds of materials and plenty of labour cently in the house, that wages are| trate Ebbs. "If you do not you may the cause of high prices, I say, let| be sure that it is going to get you them remember that here is a| statement by a man who ought to know, the general manager of the Canadian Construction Association, | an dhe says. that the increase in| materials is 100 per cent higher than the increase in wages. The government can take ex- amples from housing programs in other lands if it wishes to do so. I am as certain as I stand here that the government cannot solve the housing problem overnight be- cause the backlog of housing needs is so tremendous, but it could do such a big job that it would rapidly begin to catch up on the shortage of houses. It is not enough merely into very serious trouble." | Motor Vehicle Finances Rise | Ottawa--(CP)--Purchase of 155,- | 853 motor vehicles were financed by | Canadian companies to the extent of $144,907,000 during 1948, the | Bureau of Statistics reported. This | was the largest number of sales since 1941 and because of a higher | financed value, the amount was | highest on record. The 1948 total | compared with 46,700 new units and | $108,745,000 in 1947 and 182.419 units | to follow suit, Cut In Aid 'Would Delay Recovery Washington, Feb. 28--(AP)--The Truman administration advised Congress today that the proposed $940,000,000 in new aid to' Britain is a "tight fight" -- the absolute minimum. "Any reduction in it," declared Paul Hoffman, head of the Econo- have been diverted into other chan- | to lend money. Step into it your-| nels, such as the building of thea- selves and build houses. There is| mic Co-Operation Administration, fin 117, in 1941. wriced Jor $81 oD in 134 "would adversely affect continued here this Friday afternoon that if | tres, pool rooms and the like. | he set aside a block of meney out of In the city of Toronto--and per- | his $30 million and said to me, "Set | paps it Hs Ye useful if po up that example of a health' and | members sitting to my right would | hospital plan in your riding," I| remember this about that city--in | { could guarantee that in five years | 1947 the sum of $16,500,000 was spent | the thing would be self-supporting. | on construction; but of that huge | But you must have the resources |sym only $1,250,000 was spent on | to start with, and I do wish the | Minister of National Health and Welfare would do it. An hon. Member: Oh, oh. | Mr. Williams: Don't indulge in | | these jeering laughs, particularly | you Tories, because you have in On-| tario a government that is not do- | ing the very thing that you say this | government ought to do. An hon. Member: They are trying to do it. Mr. Williams: Don't tell me that, because I hold in my hand a copy of the bill which was introduced by the minister of health for the prov- ince of Ontario, and it is not worth the paper on which it is written. So vou do not know anything about it; and, if you are possessed of the in- telligence that I think you have, you will keep quiet. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order. Mr. Williams: Anyone, if he likes, can see this bill of Dr. Vivian, for- mer Ontario minister of health. I could easily describe it. However, I have only forty minutes in which to speak, and I want to talk about housing. I do not wish to waste my times describing something which, after all, is really no good. Mr. Case: I thought you were ask- ing this government to do it, Mr. Williams: Oh, sit down, sit down. I was at the convention of the Canadian Congress of Labour held last October and sat through twelve sittings throughout the week. I found people at that convention do- ing exactly the same thing as I see the Tories doing here. Up there we called them communists; down here we call them Progressive Conserva- tives. Mr. Smith (Calgary West): Well I will not bother rising to point of order on such absolute nonsense as that. l Mr. Williams: There you are. He just says, "I will not bother to rise to a point of order, because it is non sense"--but he rises, neverthe- less, Mr. Smith (Calgary West): And it was nonsense, nevertheless. | Mr. Irvine: That brought him up. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order, Mr. Smith (Calgary West): I at least have been brought up. Mr. Williams: Then, as to hous- ing, the Prime Minister (Mr. St. Laurent) in his speech following the leade rof the opposition (Mr, Drew), made reference to the 278,000 houses that had been built. I do not be- lieve the Prime Minister intended to leave the impression that thi government had been responsibl for the building of 278,000 housing units, On the very evening -of the day thic sess cd, January 26, in S855iCn Open | enport. housing. Surely this gives an an- swer to those who say that there have been shortages of materials and labour, when they see that there were plenty of materials and labour to complete the balance of this construction totalling $16,500,- 000. There was plenty of labour; but apparently no one was interested enough to stop all the unnecessary building and turn that labour to housing. No wonder there is such an outcry about this kind of thing. The Toronto Daily Star of Febru- ary 14, 1949, gives an account of a meeting of veterans held in the Earlscourt area of that city. Accord- ing to this report Hec Carter, one of the veterans, said: "This meeting's the first real in- dication we're going to fight this situation. The Legion has taken its first stride toward making itself felt in the land." Col. Harvey Lyons, blind chairman of the citizens' rehabilitation com- mittee, said: "I hang my head in shame. I'm Canadian-born, and I say Canada can never claim a lead- ing place among the nations so long as it tolerates the chaos and des- pair that I find among veterans. These lads feel unwanted, They see the federal government invest in anything but Canadians . . subsidize anything but human be- ings. They haven't the courage to invest in Canadians in peace as they willingly do in war." Col. Joe Finney, veterans' infor- mation officer at city hall, said: "Two thousand families will have to be out of their Toronto homes by May, evicted by landlords tak- ing advantage of relaxed controls. To those veterans under notice I say, 'sit tight. Try to get a home, and if you can't, sit tight. By June this year, landlords will be forced to wait months for their applications ot be heard. Sit tight and you may be there to Christmas. Fifty thousand need homes here. Five thousand are veterans living in crowded conditions. Shysters are exploiting them to the limit, Cheapjacks call me with offers of | accommodation. Yesterday it was a Gerrard Street East man who wanted to help a. poor veteran-- offered two rooms at $15 a week. He wasn't looking for some poor veteran to help; he 'wanted some poor veteran to help him. At the same meeting two hon. members of the house were present. The newspaper report refers to the hon. membey, for Davenport (Mr. MacNicol) - as follows: "I'll see your case gets presented to the House of Commons," prom- ised J. R. MacNicol, MP. for Dav- @peaking of low-rental houses, one othing new about that. During this session of parliament I have been rather interested to hear the criticism levelled. by my hon. friends to the right against the govermment for its lack of co- operation with the provinces. I think the account of the Minister of National Health and Welfare (Mr. Martin) about what is being done in co-operation with the provinces throws the lie back in the teeth of the official opposition. As far as lending money on houses is concerned, the federal govern- ment was doing that long before the Ontario government started to do so. There is a degree of co- operation between the federal gov- ernment and the province of On- tario, but in no instance have either the federal government or) the Ontario government actually built houses. They can do it. There is an enormous scope in this field. n way in which it can be done is through building by direct labour and not bringing in contractors and sub-contractors. Surely .the experi- ment at Antigonish, in Nova Scotia, is an amazing example. The guild system of building houses in the old country is something that the Minister of Labour (Mr. Mitchell) is familiar with. That is another example of how it can be done. All kinds -of avenues for direct building are open to the government if it will only follow them. If the government do not look after the health and housing of the people then they deserve the severest condemnation, even at election time, of the people of the country. I am certain that the people will not continue to tolerate a government which has such a grand field before it and fails to avail itself of the opportunity. I plead with the government to take active, vigorous and bold steps in the fields of health and housing. Boka Admits Cash Deals Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 28 (AP) --Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty's for- mer treasurer pleaded guilty to black-market money dealings today. The defendant, Monsignor Imre Boka, admitted to a people's court that he gave dollars and other monies to different bankers and brokers for black-market sale, as the trial of 14 persons allegedly im- plicated in Cardinal Mindszenty's activities opened. Boka declared he always got in- structions from either the Cardinal himself or through his secretary He also asserted the profits made through these black-market specu- lations were used for charity pur- "I just can't understand - poses. Inew units financed for $73,825,000 | Last year's total included 51924 | compared with 46,000 new units and | $65,422,000 the previous year. Used | cars financed in 1948 totalled 103,929 | for $71,082,000 compared with 72,167 | and $43,323,000 the previous year. | Average financed value was also | highest on record at $928 a unit, compared with $915 in 1947 and $464 | in 1941, The bureau also reported a de- | crease in sales of new passenger | cars during the year, A total of | 217,119 motor vehicles were sold for | $421,016,000 in 1948 compared with | 230,255, valued at $416.237,000 in | 1047. The bureau said the number | of units was slightly less than in| 1947 but dollar volume was higher. | Average price of passenger models | rose to $1,948 from $1,779 in 1947 | and $1,548 in 1048, ! recovery in both the United Sta- tes and Western Europe." Because of varying official Brit- ish statements as to how far Brit- ain has recovered from the strains of war, the committee called in Hoffman to justify Britain's sBare | of the new $5,580,000,000 European recovery program. That was the sole purpose of today's hearings. "Until Great Britain's earnings of dollars through exports and ser- vices to the United States and othe er hard currency areas are suffi- cient to pay for the essential ime ports she must have, she will still need American aid," Hoffman said in his testimony. "Any setback to a country so im- portant as Britain would be bound to have the serious consequences. EARLY WEEK "THRIFTY MEAT BUYS" at SPROULE'S "Foods That Qualify At Prices That Satisfy" Sliced Pork Liver » 35: Rib Boil of Beef 24 Beef Cuttings Lean 42. Fresh, Lean Hamburg Steak »39: (Cut from Quality Beef) BEE HIVE CORN SYRUP HORNE'S 2 1b. Tin 25. PANCAKE SYRUP :--»18- AUNT JEMIMA READY MIX «PANCAKES = VEL ~-36- | FAB ~37-