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OPINIONS - 2 ; The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA . WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) The TL se of The Canadian Pres da Daily N Association, the A N P the O: P Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Olrculations The C Press 1s y to' the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the local news published 'therein. AL rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. g A. R ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director M MoOINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshaws, Whitby. Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 240 per week. By mail outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England #1.00 per year. US $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office De; t. Ottaws. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for DECEMBER 10,100 MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1950 The Employmént Situation While the figure of 1,700 unemployed registered at the Oshawa office of the National - Employment Service is, on the surface, disquieting, an analysis of the state- ment issued by Leonard Coulson, manager of the local office, reveals that the situation is much brighter than that bald figure in- dicates. The 1,700 unemployed are made up of 1,100 men and 600 women, and of the. latter group, over 75 per cent are married women. Twelve per cent of the men are over 65 years of age and eighteen per cent are youths under twenty. Theres the further fact that only a little over 50 per cent of the total reside in Oshawa, although for em- ployment purposes the suburban areas are actually part of the Oshawa community. On the other side of the picture, however, Mr. Coulson states that there is a terrific shortage of female clerical and stenographic help. There are very few skilled men avail- able, outside of some carpenters, for the con- struction trades, in which the unemploy- ment is purely seasona., since winter is the slack season for construction work. While a lay-off at one of the large foundries has been responsible for much of the unemploy- ment, Mr. Coulson says the other plants in the district are carrying the maximum number of employees. One of the unfortunate factors in the situation is that well over sixty per cent of the unemployed are unskilled laborers. The avenues of employment for sv~» workers are of necessity very limited at this time of the year, when there is little construction work in progress. This happens every winter, so that unskilled men have to face periods of unemployment year after year. Little can be done to overcome that seasonal difficulty, but it does emphasize the necessity of young men being persuaded to acquire skills and regular trades in order to keep out of that precarious unskilled labor class in later years. There is every reason to believe, however, that when the spring season opens, there will be little unemployment in Oshawa. There will be a large volume of construction work for both skilled and unskilled labcr, The construction of the new civic buildings, the sewage disposal plant and the trunk sewer system will absorb a large number of un- skilled workers as well 'as artisans. The R. D. Werner Company and the extension of the Skinner Company Plant will open up more employment opportunities. These fac- tors give rise to the distinct possibility of full employment in Oshawa once the seasonal slackness has passed, provided the external conditions which might affect the country as a whole are maintained at or near the 1949 level. A Ridiculous Request The Winnipeg Tribune, in an editorial, gives prominence to a story which seems almost unbelievable, and which reflects no credit on the government of Canada. The story was aired in the House of Commons, and is recorded in Hansard, so that it seems to bear the stamp of authenticity. This story tells of a Canadian woman who was a nurse in Hong Kong when the Japs attacked that colony. Her husband was a Canadian, who seryed with the Hong Kong Volunteers. Both were taken prisoner by the Japanese. The wife was transferred to 'Stanley Camp, and in November, 1943, was repatriated to Canada on the Gripsholm. The husband was sent to Osaka, Japan, and was not released until the end of the war, They lost everything they had, and came back in poor health due to malnutrition and beri beri. The husband until recently was in a military hospital in Vancouver, and has now resumed his peacetime occupation. DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE rearuses claim with the Hong Kong government and that they were willing to pay the Canadian government whatever they received from that claim. \ : On December 1, 1949, however, they were advised that unless their remittance in full was received within two weeks, legal action would be instituted to recover the sum of $863. One would imagine that these people had suffered sufficiently from their ser- vices to the cause of Canada in Hong Kong without being badgered to pay for the woman's return to Canada on a refugee ship. It would be interesting to know, at this stage, whether the government, having had this case brought to its attention in the House of Commons, is still insisting on its much of themselves in a time of dire emergncy. Editorial Notes It might have been worse. The windstorm" might have been accompanied by snow, sleet, hail or ice. : » +* * This winter has had its good points. A check in heating costs so far shows them to be surprisingly below the average. + + * There is something radically wrong when one man can tie up the economy of a whole country by ordering others to stay away from work. '. +* + * The parking meters have turned out to be a nice source of revenue for Oshawa. The amount collected in 1949 was equal to about half a mill on the dollar in the city's tax rate. # RA * February 23 will mark either the end or the continuance of the Socialist government in Great Britain. Judging on by-election per- formances, it is going to be a difficult task to dislodge it. EA * RM Now that devaluation of the Canadian dollar has placed this country in a favarable position with the United States, will George A. Drew be able to resist the temptation to say "I Told You So?" *. * * Canada in November last achieved a sur- plus in its balance of trade with the United States. If that keeps up, perhaps the Cana- dian dollar may again be worth 100 cents south of the border. we Ri RY It is reported that fewer than 900 people out of the whole population of Britain now earn more than $11,000 a year, after taxes. How did the Socialist Government ever miss those nine hundred? + * * Oshawa's citizens are fortunate in being able to hear music by the finest military and brass band in Canada, This is an organi- zation of musicians which should not be without honor in its own community. e Other Editors' Views eo SECURITY FOR CANADIANS (Sherbrooke Record) Canada can provide every Canadian who is able and willing to work hard enough, long enough, with the security of opportunity, but it cannot provide security for those who are able but unwilling to earn it. A civilized community must care for its casualtieg and create opportunities for the hardicapped. Canada will discharge that duty, but it cannot give all of its citizens boun security of opportunity and security payments which reduce opportunity. Money spent wisely in improving the mental and physical fitness of citizens pays dividends in the future. Unneccessary and unwise public expenditures lower the earning power and lessen the opportunities for all. e A Bit of Verse THE PRINTER Each man' lives his measured days In some named form of toil, From the scientist in his quiet retreat To the peasant on his soil. And many are the tasks men do, The greater and the less, Yet none can claim a prouder task Than he Who serves the Press! Saga and song, knowledge and skill, And history' preclous store, All these, the Printing Press sets free, All these and so much more. For homés are blessed by Holy Writ, Set by the printer's hand, And lives enriched and new light brought To this and every land. Mighty its voice, far flung its power, The whole wide world its span, Moulding the life of each passing hour, Servant and master of man! By NORMAN SAMPSON pound of flesh from people, who gave so Can't Agree --Page, in The Louisville Courier-Journal p Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The blunt statement by the United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson, before the National Press Club in Washington regard- ing Russian .territorial expansion in the Asiatic theatre presents a grim picture to opponents of com- munism, but it has a virtue of helping clarify a muddy situation, Acheson accuses Russia of dis- membering Northern China and being in process of absorbing it in- to the Soviet Union. He says the detachment of provinces is com- plete in outer Mongolia and is al- most complete in Manchuria. Inner Mongolia and Sinkiang Province apparently 'are being processed. And what is the significance of these Soviet tactics? The answer to that is clear, It means the Russian offensive in the Orient 1s more than a political drive. It-is aggression aimed at the expension of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics. What's new or strange about that? Not a thing. It is precisely what has been going on in Eastern Eu- rope. Moscow never has concealed her light under a bushel. The objectives of the World revolution for the spread of communism have been made perfectly clear. The goal is to create a Communist World state --one world--one Red /World. Moszow is working methodically so that her expansion southward in- to China moves as a compact mass containing no non-Communist areas. The steam-roller thus has its northern side completely pro- tected. It is a mighty smart job of strategy. Manchuria of course is the most important single item in this pic- ture. Here we have a big country of 404,428 square miles, with a popu- lation of more than 43.000,000. It's soil is among the world's richest. It has great mineral wealth and vast industrial possibilities. Strage- gically it is a base of immense strength. Here it should be noted that it was virtually a part of Rus- sia in the days of the Czars before the Russo-Japanese war. CRIME WAVE Montreal, Jan. 16--(CP)--In spite of a city-wide patrol by reinforced squads of detectives Montreal's crime wave continued during the week-end as three armed robberies, a $2,000 burglary and a $225 theft with violence were reported by police. $60,000 FIRE Campbellton, N.B., Jan. 16--(CP) --The Imperial Oil Company's warehouse, office and sheds here were in ryins Sunday night after a $60,000 e had burned for 18 hours: A gale blew flames toward huge gasoline tanks but these were saved, averting a serious exvlosion. Portraits By James J. Metcalfe Student Jimmie Our Jimmie dear is doing well «+ + « In all his work at school . . . And he is happily inclined . . . To heed the golden rule . . . He writes a neat, attractive hand . . . Keeps up with all the news . . . And every day he spruces up . . . And polishes his shoes . . . Of course he wants allowances . . .- For-dances and for shows. . .-And many are the other ways . . . In which the money goes . . . And we must furnish cookjgs and . . . A special cake or two. . . To help Mac's Musings We are given only A short span of life In this our world. Three score and ten Our years are mumbered, Though there are those 'Who reach four score Or perhaps more,- Yet this is but A fraction of time In the light of eternity. With that short span Our allotted life, How foolish it is 'To waste any of Our years or days In carrying on Quarrels or strife With fellow-humans, In cherishing grudges, Prejudices or hatreds Against one another. Our years are all too few To be wasted in useless Wrangling and bickering, When they should be devoted To find out how best 'We can help to make Every day count for Something worth while In our own life And the lives of others. We have so few years To build for those Who come after us, So every day should Be spent constructively, Towards creating that Better world which 'We all covet for Our children's children. We have too few years For any day to be devoted To emptiness or sham, When a whole world, Which includes our Nearest neighbors In our own community, Cries out for humanity, For kindliness, charity And forbearance, and often Cries aloud in vain, Let us count our days, Looking Ahead In Ottawa By the Ottawa Staff of The Canadian Press Ottawa, Jan. 16 --(CP)-- A for- mer Ontario teacher will probably become a temporary head of Can- ada's delegation to the United Na- tions. The External Affairs Department is expected to name John Holmes, 39, present head of the U.N. Divi- sibn at departmental headquarters, to the post. He would succeed Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton whose term as delega- tion chief formally ended Dec. 31 but who will carry on until about the end of the month in an acting capacity. ' Mr. Holmes, once a teacher at Pickering College, Newmarket, Ont., took over the U.N. Division at head- quarters about a year ago. He is not expected to succeed Gen. Mec- Naughton on a permanent basis, probably acting until a permanent choice is made. He studied at the Universities of Western Ontario and Toronto and was national secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs before joining the Depart- ment in 1943. He has served in Lon- don and Moscow. Copyright Fees The three-man copyright appeal board has set Jan. 20 as the date for hearing the annual representa- tions on fees to be charged radio stations, orchestras, theatres and other establishments for the use of works of Canadian authors and | composers. | The fees are charged and col- lected by the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Can- ada Limited and Broadcast Music Incorporated of Canada Limited. Some of the returns are paid as royalties to the authors and com- posers of the songs, music, plays or movies. The fees are fixed annually but usually vary little from year to year. They are reviewed each time by the copyright appeal board, headed by Mr, Justice J. T. Thorson, president! of the Exchequer Court. The Board's decision usually is reserved for two or three weeks while it studies the representations made and the fees to be charged for the year, ? This year as in the past, radio stations will be charged a lump sum based on the number of licensed radio receiving sets in Canada. List 10,500 Deserters London, Jan. 16--(CP)--Officers of the Navy, Army and R.A.F. police services have completed a new year list of 10,500 deserters who cannot be court-martialled. They re men of the three serv- ices who fled to Eire (the Republic of Ireland) when absent withe leave and have stayed there, : Present addresses of many of them are known, but they are safe from arrest and punishment so long as they do not return to Britain. The Army lists a total of 12,200 deserters. The R.A.F. total is 4,270. Deserters from the Royal Navy number 3,100. Twelve thousand six hundred of them are in the Re~ public of Ireland. In addition there are at least an- other 1,000 deserters--the majority from the Army--living in Italy, France and Belgium. "The number remaining in Brite ain is no more than 8,000 including a few servicewomen," a war official sald, "They are gradually being traced." The R.AF. has issued a list of forthcoming courts martial dealing with cases of alleged desertion. At East Drayton, Middlesex, recently William Alexander Hayes, 42, was charged with the record number of 24 years' desertion, but the charges were dropped last week, Report From Westminster By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Jan. 16--(CP)--A work- ing-class Welshman who became a power in Britain's labor party hopes to settle an old score with Joseph Stalin at next month's , general election. The Welshman is Morgan Phil- lips, 46, secretary of the Labor Party. Four years ago he headed a five-man British delegation to Russia. In a conversation at the Kremlin, Stalin told him Russia couldn't get excited about British socialism because it wouldn't last. Stalin said Winston Churchill wollld soon be back in power. Phil- lips, organizer of Labor's triumph at the polls in 1945, replied that the Conservatives were finished for at least a decade. Today, naturally enough, Phillips still thinks he was right and Stalin wrong. Campaign organizers, unlike some football coaches, seldom issue melancholy statements, Thus it is Phillips' confident prediction that labor will make it two straight in the Feb. 23 ballot. Phillips was born in Aberdare, Wales. Like so many present lead- ers of the labor party, he became a pitboy while still in his teens; at 19 he headed a 12-mile march by unemployed miners to obtain food and clothing for their families; at 24 he went to a labor college with a suit bought, his biographies say, with proceeds of a penny collection By good deeds done, By progress made towards The goal of service Given unselfishly To create a happier And brighter world. ® 15 Years Ago General Motors of Canada an- nounced that it would resume its Employee Savings and Investment | Fund scheme. H. J. Aughe, secretary of General | Motors of Canada, was elected presi- | dent of the Canadian Automobile | Chamber of Commerce. The House of Friendship, estab- lished by a group of local citizens to aid homeless transients, was for- mally opened. DET In the HEART of Facung Grand Cocus Park First thing to do in Detroit Is check in @ Hote! Tuller! You'll enjoy every minute Newly modernized. Beautifully decorated. Within ih d of all d $50 to $1000 WITHOUT ENDORSERS OR BANKABLE SECURITY You borrow $50 up to $1000 promptly at HFC, Canada's oldest and largest finance or ization. Borrow here to take care of old bills, medical or dental bills, repair bills-- for any emergency. Loans on signature You don't need endorsers or bankable seeurity at HOUSEHOLD. This means you get the money you need promptly -- now when you need it! Repayment plans are specially arranged to fit your personal need. Take 6, 12, 15 or up te 24 months to repay. 4 out of 5 choose Household You too will like HFC's courteous, prompt service. 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