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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The 'Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) The Times-Gazette 1s a member of The Canadian Press toe Ca Dally pap A the American Newspaper Publishers Association. the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all pews despatches In the paper credited to tit or to The A d Press or R and alsb the local news published therein. Al rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L. WILSON. Vice-President and Managing Director M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby. Brooklin, Port Perry. Ajax and Pickering, 24c per week By mall outside carrier delivery areas anywhere In Canada and England $7.00 per year U.S $9.00 per year Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Canadh. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for JANUARY 10,146 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1950 Al What is Brotherhood? Next week, under the sponsorship of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Brotherhood Week is being observed across Canada. In Oshawa, a program of special events has been arranged to mark the ob- servance of this week. Service clubs and other organizations are uniting in this effort to place before our citizens the meaning and significance of brotherhood. Brotherhood is giving to others the rights and respects that we want for ourselves. This definition rests squarely on the basic principles of religion and is the practical expression of religion in democratic life. Respect for all people is an essential part of our teachings from early childhood. As a result, the concepts of equality and brotherhood are imbedded deeply in our Western civilization. The bedrock of fellowship and the source of hope are found in the fact that the human race is one family. As within the family, all its members are not alike; they differ in many ways. But they are still one family, and the well-being of any member depends on the status of the whole family. That which harms one member hurts the whole group; what is good for one is good for all. Democracy grew out of these great re- ligious traditions. It is natural, therefore, that respect for each and every person should be paramount in the democratic society. Brotherhood is a personal thing. It is involves our attitudes, what we feel and think about others. If we are to be religious and true to Canadian ideals, we must prac- tice brotherhood, and not only talk about it. We must be ready to give to others the respect and the rights we want for ourselves. Value of Population It may be somewhat unusual to find the head of the Canadian Exporters Association talking of the value of the domestic market for Canadian products. Yet that is what was done by J. A. Roberts, president of that organization in an address in Toronto. He pointed out something which has been over- looked by many people who are bemoaning the loss of export markets. Mr. Roberts pointed to some salient facts. First, the population of Canada has increas- ed by 3,000,000, over 25 per cent, since 1940. The expectancy of life has been lengthened. People today have 25 years more of life ex- pectancy than their grandfathers. This also tends to accelerate growth of population. The natural effect of this is that there is a much greater domestic demand for all "kinds of Canadian products than there was in the pre-war years. That demand has been further accentuated by the improved wage position of labor, by the introduction of pensions schemes, baby bonuses and other plans for providing incomes for fam- ilies formerly in the low-income bracket, so that they have more money to spend on the yroducts of Canada's farmg and factories. This additional market of 3,000,000 Ca- nadians, with more money to spend than ever before, is a significant factor in main- taining prosperity in this country, and it is a factor which is very often overlooked by those whose sights are trained solely on export trade. ; Depression Talk Unjustified Communists and Socialists in Canada are fond of talking of a depression being just around the corner. They feel that the com- ing of a depression would strengthen their particular left wing ideologies. They usual- ly find it easier to coax members into. their ranks during a period of hard times. This depression talk is by no means justi- fied, if we can put faith in the declarations of our leaders fn commerce and industry. These men have every confidence that this country is not on the road to a large scale economic slump. In fact, they point to specific conditions which point in the other direction. One particular instance of reasoned opti- mism is that found in a recent review issued by the Bank of Montreal. Its management sees no cause for pessimism in connection with Canadian business. It gives the fol- lowing three reasqns for its spirit of confi- dence. "1. Dangerously speculative positions in inven- tories have Leen avoided by the great bulk of business firms of this nation. ' "2. Private debt, while following a rising trend in post-war years, is still not unduly high in re- lation to income and resources. "3. There is no large volume of stock market speculation precariously poised on a foundation of borrowed money." When one recalls how the three factors mentioned above played a large part in bringing about the depression of the thirties, it can be seen that there is good ground for confidence in the immediate future. That confidence should net be shaken by the wishful depression talk of those who would destroy our free economy. Editorial Notes In another week the British election will be over. But the effects of its result will be felt in Britain--and in Canada--for many years to come. 2 &* * If betting figures are any guide, the election in Britain is going to be close. Per- haps the handful of Liberals may end up holding the balance of power. 4 fi * * A United Press despatch sent out from Toronto the other day referred to Brantford as a small town. The storm of protest might very well be heard all over Ontario. RA * * We wonder how many citizens of Oshawa are sufficiently interested in the proceedings of the House of Commons to subscribe for Hansard and read its reports carefully. LJ * * Oshawa's street cleaning department de- serves a bouquet for the way in which the main streets were cleared of snow after the recent storm. An excellent job of work was done is a very short time, * » There is a strong feeling that the impor- tant parts of the new Russo-Chinese treaty are those which were not revealed to the public. That is why there is so little tendency to put much faith in the words that come out of Moscow. ® Other Editors' Views @ CATER TO LEISURELY TOURIST (Winnipeg Tribune) Perhaps in our tourist publicity we are placing too much emphasis on the visitor who goes charging alung the highway on his way to some place else. Maybe it would be a good idea to cater a bit more to those who are content to jog along the highways of the Province in search of quiet spots, to commune with nature for a few hours. LJ * + PUFFING ITS WAY OUT (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) The steam locomotive is progressively being replac- ed by the Diesel type. The Canadian railways are making increased use of Diesel-electric power. The C.N.R. has placed orders for 46 Diesels this year. When they are delivered, the C.N. will have 174 in service on its lines. As the steam locomotive puffs and hisses its way out, there will be fond recollections of how it fasci- nated us in our youth, but later in life many of us came to regard it as a contributor to the smoke nuis- ance that tests one's tolerance. . * * * GET MORE FOR THE MONEY (Cardston (Alta.) News.) As our educational costs mount, we are prone to complain and find fault. We should dust off our minds, go to the schools and see the difference in at- titudes between today and our day on the part of the students. The atmosphere of the school creates a desire for learning and for the finer things of life. The understanding between the teachers and the students is healthy, and the interest of teachers in their students, continues long after the school house doors close behind the student. Yes, we do pay more, but we get more. In the final analysis, the work of our teachers in pointing out boys and girls to the road of success and useful- ness in life is beyond price. o A Bit of Verse @ NORTH LIGHT He sees morning over the green lawn His wife is walking on; Beside her, the two chiliren, seven and nine; Her whiteness brought down to a firm line, As seen Against the green; And the slow curve of throat A value, for hiz eye to note. 4 Not now the woman loved, but art; Color and line and movement -- in a frame -- Having a title, "Morning," not a name, And happening on the eye, not in the heart.' --DAVID MORTON e A Bible Thought e Life's greatest gifts are all free Parenta' love can- not be repaid, nor can uod's love. We cannot repay but we can pass them on. He that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat.~Isa. 55:1. Getting Back On His High Horse --New York World-Telegram and Sun | Field Marshal Was Canada Just Found Under A Cabbage Leaf? (An Editorial In The Edmonton Bulletin) If it were not darkly tragic, it would be hilariously funny to hear the Canadian State Department an- nouncing to| other Commonwealth countries that she will never again claim priority in Commonwealth af- fairs as "Senior Dominion," because she no longer accepts the theory that she is "eldest daughter of a Mother Country." "This solemn pronunciamento is in line with what the Rt, Hon. Er- nest Bevin said in Ottawa last year when he insisted that Britain is no longer a "Mother Country." LS SE It is interesting to see the poli- ticians thus shaking their little fists at the facts of life. And while it may be true that, under the So- cialists, Britain has graduated into a sterile spinsterhood, there seems to be no real reason why Canada should feel it necessary to round out the nonsense' by proclaiming that she was found under a cabbage leaf. We call it nonsense because, while nations do grow up and go their own way like human prototypes, not even a Government hysterically in- tent upon establishing its adult- hood can pass a law to alter the inalterable facts of procreation and birth, LE This test tube meritality, now prevalent in Ottawa, ignores a set of circumstances which we always thought were inescapable. We had looked to Britain as our Mother because she gave us freely her magnificent conception of law and equity, her devotion to free- dom and justice, a tremendous liter- ary and artistic inheritance, her money to develop our resources and, for a long time, a wise and kindly colonial Government. We looked to Britain as our Mother because we were of her blood and lived in her traditions, LE But the new passion for equality, which exists nowhere else in Na- ture, has been too much for us. We must assert our nationhood. We must spit in- Britain's eye. For like Topsy, we had no Mother. We "jist growed." Looking Around The World By DeWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Warning that if a third World war breaks we shall have to scurry ito the bowels of the earth for security isn't so strange after all. It will be history repeating itself on a 'bigger scale. Those who can remember the First World War will recall that millions of soldiers, on both sides, lived underground during much of the four years. The opposing front-line defences were great trenches which ran more or less parallel to each other, Na- turally the troops manning these trenches ..ad to have places in which to "live." So great chambers were dug down into the earth at the back of the trenches. The most famous trench was the Hindenburg line which ran across France southward from Lens to the Aisne. This was built largely of concrete and was sup- posed to be impregnable--until Bri- tish, Americans, Canadians and Australians smashed through it ir 1918. This line was fitted in many places with elaborate rooms, Offi- cers' quarters were so comfy that some occupants used to entertain their lady friends there. In one sector which the Germans evacuat- ed on the run we found much fem- inine finery, indicating that the girls were in the trench when the surprise attack was made. The most elaborate bomb shel- ter I ever saw was that built for Von Hindenburg deep under the lawn of his head- quarters at Spa, Belgium. This concrete refuge, which was reach- ed by a long tunnel from the house, was a large room, elabor- ' Portraits By James J. Metcalfe Resignation As God may give so God may take . . . And life must come and go . . . Whatever weather may prevail . . . Or how the rivers flow . +. It is not ours to question Him . +» To murmur of complain , Or criticize Him for the tears . . . That mingle with the rain . . . Our sorrow and our tragedy . . . Are His divine command . . . And in the deepest darkness we , . . Must try to understand . . . God rules the whole wide world and all . + The universe He made . . . And. if we love and honor Him . . . We need not be afraid . . . And if He wants us to be sad . . . And undergo a loss . . . Then let us do His holy will . . . And let us bear our cross. Copr 1949, Sun and Times Co All riights reserved ately 'fitted out with fine furni- ture and Persian rugs. It had electric lights, electric fan and electric heat. Incidentally, on the lawn was a trench with a parapet along which the Kaiser used to strut and pose in the midst of "shot and shell," while movie cameras ground out the story of his, heroism for the folks back home, Capital Close-Ups By MEL SUFRIN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 18 (CP)--A poli- tician with mike-fright will have a tough time in the parliament of the future. The curious affliction which robs a person of ability to talk coher- ently when placed before a mirco- phone will have a fertile field if present plans are carried ou. to in- stall a modern amplifying system in the Commons. The session which started Thurs- day may be the last in which mem- bers will have to depend on the natural power of their voices to make themselves heard. Forest of Mikes A Montreal company has been hired to wire all 272 desks as well as the speaker's dais and the clerk's table with microphones hooked to an amplifying system. Work is expected to begin this fall and the set-up will probably be ready by the time Parliament meets again next spring. Ea~ of the microphones, under present plans, will be operated by a button on each desk. An operator in a booth under one of the galler- ies will listen at all times, turning ur the volume fo. soft-spoken members and reducing it for those with lusty voices. A number of members, among them George Cruickshank, Liberal for Fraser Valley, have been cam- paigning for years for installation of the system. Hard On Hecklers But Mr, Cruickshank also likes to heckle on occasions and the p yschological effect of a micro- phone in front of him and other hecklers ..ay prove interesting. . What it will do to the tir.e-hon- ored custom is 'questionable. A strong-voiced heckler will be able to make himself heard without turning on his mike, ut the less audible ones may be discouraged. ~ Monboilh onledlh CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 KING ST. EAST Gordon W. Riehl, CA. Resident Partner Phone 4911-R Mac's Musings. Today we are dedicating This little bit of space To pay sincere tribute To a native of Oshawa Who has gone out into The world of education And has made for himself An honored, revered name In which aot only he, But his native community Can take pardonable pride. Last night in the city Of St. Catharines, Wesley J. Salter, Born here in the Vicinity of Oshawa, And educated here, Received a gift of His own portrait From fellow-teachers, And the students of The Collegiate and Vocational School Where he was principal For twenty-five . years. We have known him well Since back in 1920 We found him as principal Of the Collegiate Institute of Woodstock, And learned to admire Those qualities which Made him outstanding As an educationist And won for him The unstinted love And admiration of all Attending that school. The same attributes That made him loved By Woodstock folk Endeared him also to those With whom he associated In St. Catharines. Now he has returned To his native community To live in retirement, Carrying with him The sure knowledge That he contributed much 'To the building of youth Wherever he labored, To make better citizens For the years ahead. Well he has earned Rest and retirement, Still more he has achieved That crowning glory Of the highest esteem And fond affection Of those who knew him best. ® 50 Years Ago "It has been raining and freezing alternately every day for a :couple of weeks, and every other man you meet has a ¢old."--Oshawa Vindi- cator, Feb. 16, 1900. Isaac Thomas had one of his horses killed when struck by a coal car on the Oshawa Railway. Wil- liam Lane, its driver, had a narrow escape from injuries. R. Beith, M.P.,, Bowmanville, was elected vice-president of Canadian Horse Breeders' Association. Metcalfe Street Methodist Church extended a unanimous call, which was accepted, to Rev. J. J. Liddy. A concert held in aid.of the South African War Patriotic Fund resulted in over $150 being raised. The art of heckling in Parliament may be on the way out. While the amplification will be a boon to listeners, there are some members who fear it might have ad- verse effects on the debating per- sonality of the commons. Stanley Knowles, C.C.F. Member for Winnipeg North Centre, said he's afraid it might lead to more preparation of speeches, removing the spontaniety of present debates, giving them an artificial air, Biblical Figures Vividly Depicted In Striking Book By the Canadian Press Collaboration by a newspaper pub- lisher and a noted artist has pro- duced - a religious book that is at once orginal and arresting, "In Our Image" (Oxford Univer- sity Press) is a collection of Old Testament narratives selected by Houston Harte, newspaper publisher of San Angelo, Texas, and illustrated by Guy Rowe, noted American painter. The book contains. 32 four-color reproductions of Mr. Rowe's paint- ings of Old Testament figures. Be- cause of his unique delineation of ancient characters familiar to Bible lovers, "In Our Image" has caused considerable discussion in religious and artistic circles. Houston Harte, with the help of a group of cergymen, selected 26 famous stories from the Old Testa- ment, including those of the Cre- ation, the Flood, Abraham, Moses, David, Saul and Samson. Told in the language of the King James version of the Bible, only unimpor- tant material has been omitted. The publishers ht on the idea of presenting the Biblical figures as living persons and in 1945 Mr. Rowe undertook the unusual commission. At the time he says he was only a Good Jobs For All But Not By Magic (An Editorial in Maclean's Magazine) . For the first time in nearly 10 years there's enough unemployment in Canada to be worth talking about. Maybe it's because the sub- ject has grown unfamiliar that so much of the talk has a woolly, un- realistic ring. . Here's a labor leader saying the answer to unemployment is to le- gislate for a flat 40-hour week with no reduction in the worker's take- home pay. Here's another labor leader saying the answer lies in government relief projects at full union wages. Here's the Ontario AFL. demanding a double-barreled Utopia: higher wages for those who have jobs already and relief em- ployment for those workers who haven't jobs. Viewed individually, on their in- dividual ,self-contained merits, we wouldn't dream of quarreling with any of these suggestions. We work for a living ourselves. We look for ward to the day when, with the help of those technological advances we're always hearing about, nobody will have to work more than 40 hours a week and the lucky and the inspired will have to work only, say, 20 or 30 hours. We agree, too, that government spending ought to be geared as much as possible to the needs of labor. We are also a fear- less champion of the buck of which we contend everybody ought to have a respectable supply. Just the same, we dispute the easy assumption that unemploy- ment can be cured or avoided by tossing wages, hours and govern- ment polices into some cosmic jug- gler's 'turn and rearranging them in a magic pattern under which every- body gets a job at excellent wages. When and if we run into serious unemployment here--and we have not yet, thank heaven--we'll no longer be in a period of general prosperity. Maybe the causes will have originated outside this country, but anyway most of us are num- bered among the nation's hired help will be running short of money. So, by and large, will the nation's em- ployers, So will our various govern- ments, Unemployment means hard times. In hard times there are necessary palliatives, but there are no quick, automatic cure-alls, If there were cure-alls they would not be the sole responsibility of employers and gove ernments, nor would their applica« tion lie solely within the power of employers and governments, The workers would have to participate too. And when and if we run into hard times the workers will never ease them by insisting that more people do less work for more money, nominal Christian, but he settled down to a three-year study of the Bible before undertaking his task. He found subjects for his Old Testa- ment greats among - his friends, casual acquaintances, great world figures of today and in his own family. In some cases his models were images created in his mind by the words of the Bible and the peo- ple he met. Worked As Cowhand The 55-year-old artist was born in Salt Lake City and had little formal schooling. He worked as a cowhand, acrobat and. lumberjack before seriously studying art. After a period as a commercial artist, Mr. Rowe did portraits for private col- lectors and cover pictures for Time, the news magazine. Kent Cooper, executive director of the Associated ress d an old friend of Mr. Harte, in a ioreword tells of the Texas publisher's great interest in the Bible and the de- velopment of the idea that led to publication of "In Our Image." "The man wii. conceived the idea of this book and the motive that led him to act should te known to the vast company of grateful strangers who, through this imposing volume, may find new interest in the Great Religion, the literature of which this work so fairly typifies," writes Mr. Cooper. He emphasizes the importance of the illustrations: Their style had to be so timely that readers would see the Biblical characters "as great leaders of old but also as men of today with a message of today ... "Guy Rowe's portraits make use of a great deal of symbolism and an extraordinary amount of detail. They are today's faces, but they are also yesterday's and tomorrow's. There is about them a universality that is found only in great art. Rarely has an artist, and perhaps never before has a Biblical artist, been able to bring to his public such extrnv jant use of brilliant color." WANT ONE IN 10 Atikokan, Ont. (CP).--The Ati- kokan chamber of commerce has started a drive to increase its mem- bership from 133 to 200. Population of the northwestern Ontario town is 2,000. ULL SAVE MONEY MY OWN WAY! --_---- But will you? We'll all agree that when you're raising a family, it's the hardest thing in the world to save money. Most of us promise ourselves that next month, or next sear things will be different--but the months and years go by and we never seem to be able to get started. 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