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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-Gazetts is & member of The Canadian Press tae Canadian Dally Newspapers Association the American Newspaper Publishers Assoclation the Ontario Provincial Datlles Association and the Audit Bureau ot Circulations The Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches In the paper crodited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the local news published therein All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Mauaging Director M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Edivor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering. 240 per week By mall outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England $700 per year. UBS $900 per year Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY 10,209 FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950 Ritson Road Crossing Agreement has been reached between the city of Oshawa and the Canadian Pacific Railway as to measures to be taken for the protection of the railway crossing on Ritson Road south, and it is indicated that these measures will receive the approval of the Board of Transport Commissioners. That body held a hearing in Oshawa this week, and verbally gave its sanction to what is proposed. The agreement between the railway and the city calls for the construction of short- arm gates on both sides of the Ritson Road crossing. These will be operated automatical- ly when a main line train is approaching the crossing, and manually, by pushing a but- ton switch, by a member of the train crew when switching operations are in progress on the other two lines. While this arrangement cannot be regard- ed as perfect, and is certainly not as satis- factory as the construction of a subway would be, it will at least give a reasonable measure of protection to motorists and pedestrians approaching the crossing. It is not what should be provided on a thorough- fare which carries the heavy volume of traf- fic which passes up and down Ritson Road south on the connecting link between High- ways No. 2 and 2A. That there will be a slow- ing up of this traffic, due to the time factor in the operation of the gates, goes without saying. However, the presence of the gates should be a positive safeguard against ac- cidents, except in cases of wilful disregard of them on the part of motorists and pe- destrians. There is the possibility, of course, that when Highway No. 2A is extended east to Newcastle, under the plans laid out for this year, there will be a slackening of traffic on Ritson Road, due to vehicles going through preferring to follow the four-lane highway as far as it goes. Should that happen, the provision of gates should give ample pro- tection for a limited period. But as Oshawa grows and develops, the time must inevitably come when there will have to be a subway at that dangerous crossing. Sound Procedure It is encouraging to read in news des- patches of the action taken at Sarnia to avert a strike of the employees of the Poly- mer Corporation of that city. After a break down in negotiations between the employees union and the company, and a conciliation board had endeavored to bring about a settle- ment of a wage dispute, it appeared as if a strike was inevitable, This was avoided, how- ever, by an agreement between the two parties to accept arbitration of their dispute by a Supreme Court Judge. It has now been announced that Mr. Justice G. A. Gale has been appointed by the Minister of Labor to arbitrate the dispute. This is a pattern of action which could, with benefit to both labor and management be employed in many cases of dispute. An impartial and fair-minded judge of the Supreme Court could surely be depended upon to produce a formula to satisfy both parties in labor disputes, If this method of arbitration were to be more generally adopt- ed before strikes are called, there would, possibly, be less reason for unions to resort to the use of the strike weapon. It is true that under the present labor-management arrangements strikes are at times inevitable and are necessary. But how much wiser it would be for both parties in labor disputes to agree to submit their differences to a tribunal such as has proven acceptable in Sarnia. The results would probably be very close to what might be achieved after a pro- longed and costly strike, and at che same time, there would not be the impairment of labor-management relations that inevitably follows strike action, particularly if it should 'be d#awn out over a long pericd of time, v Lotteries Rampant It is always surprising, every time an Irish sweepstakes draw is announced, to find a long list of Canadians who have drawn prize-winning tickets, and who have the chance to win substantial amounts of money. Under the laws of Canada, lotteries such as the Irish Sweepstakes are absolute- ly illegal in this country. It is a criminal offence to use the mails for the purposes of such lotteries. Yet these restrictions im- posed by the laws of Canada are totally in- effective in preventing Irish sweepstakes operations on a large scale to be carried on 'in this country. It is apparent that the law enforcement authorities must be operating under serious handicaps when law-breaking on so large 'a scale can be carried on with little difficul- ties. Hundreds of thousands of these sweep- stakes tickets are sold in Canada, in nearly every town and city in the country, and one seldom hears of anyone being prosecuted for breaking the law in this regard. The mails are used indiscriminately for distribution of tickets, and the postal authorities seem to be helpless to prevent it, It would appear that while the law is clear, the difficulties of proper enforcement are insurmountable. So we will probably have to go on allowing the law to be broken, and giving publicity to the few who are for- tunate enough to be winners in the Irish sweepstakes. So long as so many people are willing to take a gamble, and in so doing, to break the law, there are going to be diffi- culties in enforcing it. Editorial Notes U.S. State Department 'is considering launching a war of ideas against the Russian Communists. Doesn't it know that this war has been in progress, from the Moscow head- quarters, for a long time. + i * Orillia Packet and Times comments on a suggestion that, in order to combat com- munism, industry should share its profits with labor. How about letting the consum- ing public have a share, too? 'A * » All we need now is a good steady rain to clean up the unsightly mess left behind by winter and then some bright, warm sunshine to promote the growth of grass and spring flowers. Perhaps the weather man will ob- lige. * * + Christmas toy manufacturers have now developed a junior atomic energy set for boys to amuse themselves. That seems rather a contradictory sort of thing to promote as a gift in honor of the birthday of the Prince of Peace. ® Other Editors' Views @ DINING ROOM TABLE (Hamilton Spectator) Moving pictures, the radio and the automobile have done things to the dining room and the spa- cious table that used to grace it. All the same, the room and the table were an integral part of family life. On festive occasions like Christmas and New Year's they might ravish the eye with their decora- tions, napery, crystal and generous board, They put much of sweetness and love into a home. The child- hood that knew them both has memories that are worth cherishing. * * L§ RISING MUNICIPAL COSTS (Toronto Financial Post) All across Canada municipal taxpayers are receiv- ing bad news. Expenditures are going up and so are tax rates. In the ten years as a recent survey in the Financial Post revealed, municipal expenditures have jumped almost 60 per cent with a 40 per cent gain since 1945 alone. And after a substantial period of steady decline, municipal debt is on the way up, too, thus also adding to the burden of the taxpayer. Members of municipal councils--who are supposed to protect and watch the interests of the municipal taxpayers--should watch these trends closely. This is not the time to see how much money they can spend or what new projects they can start, There are few bargains indeed offered the municipal shopner in the present market. eo A Bit of Verse @ SILENTLY SPRING COMES How silently spring comes each year, how quietly the flowers are growing! Throughout the night warm rains have washed the snow and ice away, and now, a little crocus sends its shoots above the very spot where snowflakes fell but yesterday. No sound it heard until a child calls out: "Oh, see the flowers!" My thought goes weeks ahead to happy hours when, strolling down some lane in lilac-tinte, I'll hear a hermit thrush. How silently spring comes to earth, bringing fresh hope with each re-birth. --MARY H. OLIVER e A Bible Thought e "Let a man examine himself . . , . for if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged." (I Cor. II: 28, 31.) Criticiem, like charity, should begin at home. The President's Map of Europe --Long, in The Minneapolis Tribune Defend the Marshall Plan (Christian Science Monitor) The cheapest wars to win are those that don't begin. The United States has been fighting such a war for two years now, and win- ning it. Yes, we are talking about the Marshall Plan. But we are not because of its tremendous achieve- ments. These are generally recog- talking about it a tthis moment nized, We are talking about it be- cause, despite its accomplishments for European well-being and Am- erican security, the European Re- covery Program is in immediate danger. It js endangered not by any swing of majority opinion against it in the United States. The threats come from several different mi- nority interests. ' They come from members of both houses of Congress who know the American people are weary of many of the government's spending policies, but who are not too cour- ageous about tackling spending where their constituents can feel it. These legislators look on Furo- pean aid as providing a field in which savings can be made with- out the voters feeling it, at any rate without Jeeling it this side of new troubles with communism in- volving stepped-up military prep- arations or maybe war, The Marshall Plan is also en- dangered by interests who are de- termined to make aid to Europe aid to themselves first. They are producers of crops and other goods in which surpluses are expected to be more burdensome in the near future. 'They want more and more strings attached to the Marsall Plan, strings that will force Europeans to buy certain products in American markets, These interests would, whether intentionally or not, in- sist on new provisions in Marshall Plan legislation which would tend to perpetuate the "dollar gap" be- tween Europe and the United States instead of closing it. There is also a move afoot to alter the form of the aid from grants to repayable loans. This would intensify the European dollar problem, since the recipients of aid | would have to find dollars to pay back on principal and interest, and there is no way for them to get | dollars except by selling goods to the United States. Which brings us to another less direct danger to the Plan. Now that the "sellers' market" is disappearing in the United States the demand for protection against European competition could frus- trate some of the important aims of the Mars: all Plan. We do not believe the American people are willing to risk a failure in so important a field of their foreign policy to satisfy sectional | demands for drastic cuts in money aid to Europe or for special bene- fits from that aid to certain Am- erican producers. These attacks on the Marshall Plan would cut severely into Am- erica"s peace program just as the Soviet Union is embarking on what promises to be an unprecedented "peace offensive." In the battle for men's minds one of the most im- portant influences on world opin- ion will be the ability of the Uni- ted States to stick to its aims, To seem to back away from the Mar- shall program just as. it reaches halfway house can be neither good statesmanship nor sound economy. | But it may take the voices of an enlightened citizenry to convince the politicians of this fact. Looking Around The World By DeWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Bitter is the battle being waged in Belgium over whether King Leo- pold shall be recalled from exile in Switzerland and permitted to resume his throne. The country still is without a cabinet. The coalition government of Social Christians and Liberals under Premier Gaston Eyskens fell last week because of its inability to cope with the crisis. Since then efforts to form a new government have failed. The situation is so critical that the country's distinguished elder statesman, the 81-year-old Count Henry Carton De Wiart, has been called back into active service to preside over a council of state. This is composed of old-time political personalities who will attempt to solve the problem. The gravity of the position is seen in the fact that this is the first time a council of state has met since the Germans invaded Belgiufh in 1914, Count Carton De Wiart also presided over that council, Monarchies Fare Badly One wonders whether the mem- bers will take cognizance of the dangers which surround the mon- archial form of government in these parlous political days. - It isn't a good time for any monarchy fo be be involved in a quarrel, for num- erous kingships have fared badly since the advent of the second world war. One hastens to add that the form of government hasn't been at stake in Belgium. The question is wheth- er Leopold should resume his throne, and the unhappy country is split wide open on that proposition. The slender majority which the King received in the recent nation- al plebiscite was too small to settle the issue. It may be necessary to hold a new general election before the problem is solved. The way things now stand, Leo- pold cannot resume his throne with- out permission of Parliament. He can abdicate in favor of his young son -- 19-year-old Prince Baudouin -- and many Belgians are calling for this. Another alternative also has been suggested, and this is that Leopold be called back to the throne with the understanding that he will abdicate in favor of the Crown Prince in due course. These explosive points will come under the survey of the council of state, It's interesting to pote that Count Carton De Wiart himself is a staunch Royalist and personally favors Leopold's unconditional re- turn to the throne. BIG MILK OUTPUT Australia produced 1,206,000,000 gallons of milk in the year ended June 30, 1949. > PORTRAITS IN By James J. Metcalfe A LIMIT TO LABOR ome people worry while they work . . . Because they. have the fear . . . That life will vanish in a day . . . Or in another year . . . They want to .do their utmost and . . . Acquire all they can . . . Before they meet the limit of . . . Their temporary span . . . And it is very possible . . . That in their daily grind . . . They only have the welfare of . .:. Their fellowmen in mind . . . But in their eagerness to be . . . The winner in the race . . . Too often they are tempted to . . . Pursue a killing pace . . . And then they lose and then too late « « « They learn the other side . . . And see the sense of resting and . . . Of taking life in stride. Capr.. 1950, Sun and Times Co. All Rights Reserved Marshall | Mac's Musings" Robins have been' seen Around the city and The immediate district; Crows and sparrows And the starlings Are showing signs of Vigorous activity, And these are surer signs Than the fixed date On the year's calendar That spring is here. There are other signs That spring has arrived In the water rushing Down the streets, The pools which have Replaced sheets of ice On lawns and gardens, The lack of icicles Hanging from the eaves, And perhaps most of all The human inclination To throw aside the heavy Winter overcoat. Every day we look In the garden borders, Watching hopefully For the first signs Of the spring flowers Peeping tiaarough the Water-drenched ground, To bring our first reward For the labor 'involved In planting them Last fall. Yes, spring is here, And we feel it in the air, In the heady intoxication Of breezes that have Lost their winter spring, And by their balmy nature Make us feel the urge To throw aside much Of the winter inertia And start the rush Of spring cléaning, Spring gardening, With all the zest That comes at this time Of every ye: | Rolls-Rovee Story Told In New Book | ee By DON GILBERT Canadian Press Starf Writer March 24.--(CP)--Lord Beaverbrook might have switched | his business genius from newspaper | publishing to the automobile field had the Rolls-Royce Company | heeded his advice to go into mass | production A disclosure that shortly after the first world war the Canadian i financier hyiefly held control of the |'concern is made in "The I a Name," the story #£ the ¢ 3 car whose name is sysenpomous with | wealth. "The Beaver" argued the merits of | Henry Ford's methods as against | the painstaking ways of Rolls-Royce | craftsmen, But he soon gave up the | fight "The Magic of a Name" is by Harold Nockolds, motoring corres- pondent of The Times. It sketches {the history of Rolls- from | 1904, when a onetime London news- paper boy, Henry Royce, built his | first car | This Nockolds tells of Lord Beaverbrook's brief connection | with the firm: | "An incident which might have drastically changed the very nature of the company occurred behind | London, Royce is how at Conduit Street; no whisper of it leaked out. "This was none other than the acquisition of the financial controls of the company for a short time by Lord Beaverbrook. "Unlike Lord Northcliffe, who acquired a similar British institu- tion in The Times, and was content to let that newspaper remain un- changed in character, Lord Beaver- brook immediately urged the direc- tors to abandon their hand-made methods of construction and employ the mass production he had seen | used with such success in the United States by Henry Ford and others. "This suggestion was firmly re- jected by the board with such con- vincing arguments that 'The Beaver realized he was wasting his time trying to press the change, for he had the greatest respect for the business acumen of the directors. "Before he gave up his control, he nevertheless did much to improve the internal organization of the company." Nockolds discloses that in 1940, after the fall of France, a complete | set of 20,000 drawings of the Rolls- Royce Merlin aircraft engine was sent across the Atlantic in a war- ship to ensure the design would not | be lost were a German invasion of Britain successful. As minister of aircraft produc- tion, Lord Beaverbrook arranged produce Merlin engines in Detroit. | But the late Henry Ford later back- | ed out of the agreement and the contract was takin over by the Packard Company. Almost Luxurious Fort Frances, Ont.--(CP)--Paul Bunyan would call camp a lumberjack's paradise. in the remote Flanders area, almost opulent. summer and haul it out in winter, have shower baths, hot and cold running water, real mattresses, and other things never dreamed of the old lumbering days. for radios and electric razors, and a two-way radio set links the camp with company headquarters. Even the jacks' laundry is done in large, city=type tubs. Behind the neat, bunkhouses, a 'small lake serves as a landing strip for mail and pas- senger aircraft, TRADE Sweden SWEDEN BALANC Stockholm (CP) achieved a virtual balance in her foreign trade during 1949. The ex- cess of imports over the country'se overseas sales was cut by 'almost | 90 per cent from the previous year. | the closed doof of the board room | for the Ford Motor Company to | Modern Woods Camp | today's logging Sven | 60 | miles east of here, the diggings are | A camp generator provides power orderly rows of Written fo~ the Canadian Press By J. U. BOYER President, Canadian Bankers' Association Montreal, March 24--(CP)--The first 50 years of the 20th century saw a truly remarkable expansion |in the Canadian economy. If we {have faith in our country and its destiny and have the wisdom to follow the same economic laws and principles that guided us in the { first half of the century, there is | nothing to prevent us from attain- | ing still greater stature and a still | more abundant life. | Fifty years ago Canada was as a child compared to ner status to- day. For instance, total bank de- | posits in Janua 000,000. On Sept. 30, 1949, they touched $6,915,000,000. Current loans, a measure of commercial ac- tivity, were $301,000,000 at the turn of the century, compared with $2,- 408,000,000 on Sept. 30, 1949. Secur- ities held by banks tothlled $36,000,- 000 in 1900 and on Sept. 30, 1949, they represented $4,463,000,000 The banking figures demonstrate ahle growth of the anadian conomy in 50 years. The increases stem from many among them being the opening of the west, the gradual industriali tion of the country, the discovery d development of mineral and rest health -- all combining [create jobs, distribute wealth and produce a standard of living no worse than second among the na- tions of the world I expect to see, in the next years, \steady, perhaps growth of the Canadian economy The oil fields of Alberta, titanium dep in Quebec and the iron ore lof 1 ador and Ungava should remind us that we. still have great | raw material resources to and turn into jobs and wealth. Depend On Worla It should be ever, that Canadiz nds largel 50 spect ; Markets how- rity de: d markets. We ourselves from out- and events, the forces, as we learn- two wars and are learn- through d play of ed thr c ha pone from of view was the creat mark here in Canadd var, Canad- to Lon- and were them substantial buyers of bonds and stocks. No loan of even $5,000,000 had been subscri- bed in Canada. until Sir Thomas White, the M ter of Finance; launched the first war loan in 1915 Another highlight of the first half of ther Va lishment of Can 5 a central and fisca t f the n regulatory : conomy of economic and also It in Surity the of t ada i bank profound wartime and in peace. As for banking developments in the next 30 years, I would exp see many more. branches oj as the population increases demands grow for banking se There may even be new band | tablished because the existing insti {tutions hold no monopoly of the | field. | In the last been, partici what have be western county pation by the there Canada known a wider average n and as the part persor WATERLOO JRDEN alps 1900 were $269,- | causes, | to | develop | internationsa® Bank Association Head Sees Continued Expansion In Economy of Canada | the general field of finance and a | sharing in the profits of industry {and development, You might call |it an extension of the democratic process, and I have every reason to | believe it will continue and expand |in the years to come. | You can follow this general prin | ciple in other directions. Fifty | years ago in Canada public partie cipation in finance was practically, unknown. Today it is the accepted, {indeed the desirable, thing and I | fully expect it to grow in the years to come. ° 45 Years Ago | The annual ice skating carnival | brought out a large attendance land a galaxy of beautiful and | amusing costumes. | Application was made to the On- | tario Legislature for an act to in | corporate a railway from Toronto |to Ottawa, passing through Ontario |and Durham Counties. "The robins are here, so spring Imust be near", says a note in the |Oshawa Vindicator of March 24, | 1905. | King Street .was badly flooded when the Oshawa Creek overs flowed its banks, and vehicles had [to be provided to take pedestrians | through the flooded area. D. M. Tod transformed his fore mer residence over his candy and ice cream store into a large bane quet hall. CK TOURIST ROAD Geraldton, Ont, (CP). -- Town council will negotiate with officials at Napinka, Ont., on construction of a road between the towns. 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