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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 1883) The Times-Gasette is & ot The OCanadl Press tae Canadl Dally Ni the American Newspaper P A the Of Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulstions The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper crodited to it or to The A Press or and also the Jocal news published therein. Al rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A R ALLOWAY. President and Publisher T. L. WILSON, Vice-P and gL M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by in O Whitby . Port Perry. Ajax and Pickering. 240 pet week By mall outside cairier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England $700 per year. U.S $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY 10,209 SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1950 Tribute To Canada Despite the scarcity of newsprint in Britain, and the manner in which it is strict- ly rationed, the London Times has felt it worth while to devote a thirty-two page supplement to the International Trade Fair which is being held in Toronto at the end of May. The supplement is also dedicated to informing the people of Britain on the mag- nitude of Canada's trade potentialities. Profusely illustrated with pictures of Canadian industry, one of which is an aerial photograph of the General Motors of Canada plant at Oshawa, and with specific sections devoted to the industry, trade and commerce of every province, the whole supplement might well be regarded as an up-to-date textbook on the development of Canada. Many special articles by federal and pro- vincial cabinet ministers and others prom- inent in the commercial and industrial life of the country, add to the authoritative pature of the material which is presented. Very seldom does a British newspaper undertake so ambitious a project in the in- terest of publicizing Canada to the people of that country. When so influential a news- paper as The Times sponsors it, and does it as well as has been done in this instance, it becomes a matter worthy of the highest commendation. With its wide readership in business and financial circles in Britain, it will serve a very useful purpose in calling direot attention to Canada's International Trade Fair and what it can mean to British industrialists. This Seems Strange Recently Hon. James G. Gardiner, federal Minister of Agriculture, urged Western Can- ada farmers to effect a substantial reduction in their acreage of wheat. He suggested that there be a reduction of 3,000,000 acres this year as compared with 1949, which amounts to about eleven per cent of last year's acreage. Diminution of possible overseas markets for Canada's wheat siirpluses is said to be the reason for the suggested reduction in the amount of wheat grown on the western prairies. At the same time as this plea was being made to the western farmers, stories were appearing in the press to the effect that some 30,000,000 Chinese people are threat- ened with starvation, They lack wheat or any other kind of food. One story said that many of them were reduced to eating grass in order to maintain a spark of life in their bodies. Somehow, these two stories do not seem to tie together. It seems paradoxical that we in Canada should be cutting down on the pro- duction of so essential a food product as wheat at a time when millions in other countries are starving, because China is not the only part of the world in which there are food shortages. We have the productive capacity in Canada to feed a large proportion of these starving millions, but the chief dif- ficulty is the lack of any effective method of making Canada's food surpluses available to those who need them elsewhere. One of the major problems that has to be solved by some world organization is that of making the surpluses of countries like Canada available to the people who are starv- ing anywhere in the world, But it will never be solved by cutting down our wheat pro- duction. in this country while millions are starving in China, India and other lands. Nonsense From Moscow Dr. James Endicott, chairman of the Cana- dian Peace Congress is in Moscow, capital of Soviet Russia. He is there with a delegation from the World Peace Committee, presum- ably in the interests of world peace. This committee is being received with open arms by high Soviet officials, which at once arouses some conjecture as to the nature of ghe delegation. It is known that Moscow does not welcome such parties unless there is some assurance that they are, at least, fully sympathetic to Communist doctrines and principles. The most interesting thing which has come out of the visit so far, however, is the reply which was made by high Soviet officials to a brief presented by the World Peace Committee asking for reduction of armaments and outlawing of atomic wea- pons. This reply shows so naive a disregard for facts as to make it seem nonsensical to people of the Western world who are kept fully informed on international events. One paragraph in it reads as follows "The proposals of the Permanent Committee of the Partisans of Peace for the universal re- duction of armaments and for outlawing the atomic weapon will find full understanding and support among the peoples of the Soviet Union. These proposals meet the immutable strivings of the Soviet Union to strengthen peace throughout the world. Also in the United Nations Organi- zation the Soviet Union is bending every effort to carry out this aim, in spite of the obstacles put in its way by certain states." J ' In view of the repeated use of the veto by Russia to block progress in the United Nations, in view of the persistent refusal to accept effective control of the development of atomic energy, in view of the action of Soviet delegates in boycotting United Nations meetings, this statement does not deserve a moment's serious consideration, It is another instance of the Soviet habit of saying one thing and doing another. It makes nice propaganda for the people of Russia, who are kept in the dark as to what is hap- pening in the outside world, but it will not fool the people of the Western democracies, who, through their free press, are kept fully informed on the Russian tactics in inter- national affairs. Editorial Notes We have an idea that one of the things which makes canasta an interesting game is the facility with which players can think up new rules to suit themselves. # * * Telephone television is said to be one of the new things coming in the not too distant future. That would put a crimp in many tele- phone conversations. RK $e * Anxious as we are to see the crocuses, daffodils and tulips in bloom, there is always the danger, in these days of uncertain weather, that they may be nipped off by April or May frosts. + RA * Quebec's hospital lottery law is going to be very embarrassing for the federal gov- ernment. It will probably embarrass other provincial governments, too, when the tick- ets start circulating right across Canada. + $ * try a great service by deciding not to return as king, rather than having parliament set- tle the question. The head that wears the crown of a country divided within itself is bound to be uneasy. e Other Editors' Views @ (Henry Hazlett, in News Week) Yet you do not help the people to meet their needs by taking away from them the earnings on which they depend to meet those needs. You do not main- tain high employment by putting further tax burdens on the industries that provide employment. You do not encourage production by burdening the productive to subsidize the unproductive. You do not create an expanding economy by killing incentives and drain- ing industry of the very capital by which productivity is increased and an economy expanded. * +* 4 RURAL VIEWPOINT (Hanover Post) In the towns and villages, and on the farms, most folk work a six or seven-day week. In the cities, many people now work only five days a week. Much of what city people buy is produced by a long work week in the country, Much of what rural folk have to buy is produced by a short work week in the city. Yet earnings in the town, villages and farm hamlets are, on the average, lower than those of city dwellers. This means that most country folk are working longer hours for less money so that some of their urban neighbors can earn more money working shorter hours. Equal pay for equal work might lead to an economic revolution and a consequent decentralization of commerce and industry which would yield major benefits in trade, health and citizenship. * A Bit of Verse ® THE BUD How firm in the small green fist Lies folded the blossom, the leaf; Only a fool would pry Green fingers apart, For they cover a heart, And the sheltered time is brief. On a day of mist after rain, Under a softer sky, Look! and the bud is gone. Opening sunward there, The leaf, no longer alone, Lost in a host of leaves, Moves on the tides of alr. --GERTRUDE CLAYTON e A Bible Thought e "He careth for you." (I Pet. 5:7). It matters to God about you, Leopold of Belgium would render his coun- | Sorry To INTERRUPT Ides of April --Justus, in The Minneapolis Star Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Did you ever check back to de- termine the most fateful moment of your life, and what you were thinking in that fleeting instant? I often have wondered what has passed through the mind of some individual whom I have seen en- counter a fast-moving crisis. There was for instance the poor devil I saw go to the electric chair. The sight haunted me for days, and I kept wondering what--if anything --dominated his thoughts during that last minute when he was ap- proaching the chair and being strapped in. ' Was it fear? (I didn't think so.) Regrets? His sins? The hereafter? Some loved one? War Experience Several years ago when my wife and our young son and daughter were in England, Mrs. Mac got trapped in a burning passenger train and for a bit there seemed no escape. She says her dominant thought was whether the children could get along without her. War naturally produces many personal crisis and my experience in two World conflicts was no ex- ception. One day William Phillip Simms (then of the United Press) and I, war correspondents during the First World War, climbed to the top of famous Vimy Ridge, north of Arras. From the razor-edge top of this ridge one could look for miles across the plain on which a host of Ger- mans was entrenched. Phil and I got into a small shell- hole on the crest and proceeded to look the field over with binoculars. We must have been careless about the reflection of the sun on our glasses, because the Germans spot- ted us. Nasty Explosive A 59 shell landed and exploded with terrific force just to our right. A moment later another shell blew up an equal distance: to our left. The German gunners were bracket ing us, that is, placing a shell on either side of their target before putting a third in the middle. "The next one will be in this shell hole," I said to Phil. I had hardly spoken when we heard the devil screaming towards us. As we flung ourselves flat on our faces in the hole the big shell landed right beside us and threw dirt over us. I dont know what Phil was thinking, but in the split sec- ond as that shell landed I wonder- ed vaguely what it was going to be like to be blown to pieces. It was purely an academic appraisal. This was followed instantaneously by realization that the shell hadn't exploded on contact as it was sup- posed to do. We jumped out of the shell hole onto the skyline and ran for the back of the hill. HONEST ABE Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 86! » Readers Views ROOTING OUT THE REDS The. Editor, The Times-Gazette. Sir: In view of the criticism of your editorial "Rooting Out the Reds" as expressed by an unsuc- cessful candidate in Local 222 UAWA Executive elections. last month, I feel sure there other points of view which should also be considered by your readers. Your editorial says that the re- sults of the union elections in Osh- wa and Windsor indicate that right-thinking members "are aware of the damage that can be done to the labor movement by allowing Communists to take place of lead- ership "in the union." Your critic does not state whe- ther he agrees with this or not, but takes exception to your 'aditor- ial by suggesting you unjustly im- plied that all candidates who were not on the right-wing slate were all Red of left-wing nominees, and that such a so-called implication was unwarranted. He says he pre- ferred to stand as an "independ- ent" and asked no support from any group. The role of the independent may be a splendid ideal, but it is not the realistic approach when you are facing an organized force. The struggle between left-wing groups and the democratic forces in. the Trade Union movement is very bitter. The situation is re- gretable, but unless our unions are to become the tool of the Commun- ist party, the struggle must go on. The threat to our unions is not something which can be met by individual action. The left-wing is a well-disciplined group. The story of the activities of this group within the Trade Union movement in our own and other countries shows clearly how the welfare of the membership becomes secondary to the party line. Their aim is to con- trol the union, to develop the poli- tical strife and techniques of the general strike which, as stated in their directives "becomes at the time of a political crisis the fateway to revolution." In union elections the role of the so-called independent is not alwa as independent as appears on th surface, First, the "independent" is of- ten urged to run for election by those of like opinions or by those who see advantage for themselves in a long list of candidates. There is also the "independent" who be- comes a front for the left-wing, and whose name appears on their slate, knowingly or otherwise. In such cases it is hard to conceive such all-out communist support un=- less it is to be of political ad- vantage to the party. Slates are as common in Union elections and sometimes as numer- ous as political parties in federal and provincial elections. They don't tell people how to vote, but do make recommendations. They are groupings of people who, to varying degrees, support a common program. The independent may have a program of his own, but in my box . . . dream about the past. PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe MY FRIENDSHIPS y friendships are the homing ships . . . That touch the evening shore . . . And they are all the flowers fair . . . That blossom at my door . . . They are the stars that twinkle when . . . The sun has slipped away . . . They are my windows and my roof . . . Against a rainy day . . . My friendships warm the winter snow. .. And cool the summer breeze . . . And bring to life the pages of . . . My book of memories . . . They are the jewels 1 The hopes that fill my chest . . . The courage of my effort and . . . My comfort when I rest «+. And I shall keep and cherish them . . . As long as | may last . . . To live for some tomorrow and . . . To Copr:, 1950, Bun and Times Ca. All Rights Reserved Mac's Musings Human life is precious, So we are interested In reading day after day In newspapers from All across Canada About lives being saved By Boy Scouts and By members of the St. John Ambulance Corps, Because they made use Of the training received In their organization. It is not by chance That those young people Have been able to save The lives of others, But rather because They have acquired Knowledge of what to do In time of emergency, And have spent their time And their capabilities In acquiring that knowledge Through arduous training. Organizations like The Boy Scouts and the St. John Ambulance Corps And others like them, Serve a great purpose In making it possible For boys and older folks To be trained in how To act in emergencies, And since the facilities For training are open To all who desire them, It is unfortunate that More people do not take Advantage of them, Citizens who have this Knowledge and training Are valuable assets to Their own communities Because of the lives They can save by using Their skill and initiative When emergencies strike And no community can Have too many people Trained for such occupations. often he is so torn between sever- al loyalties that he hasn't yet de- cided where is going on basic is- sues, DEMOCRAT Oshawa, March 24, 1950. ® 50 Years Ago William Patte, old resident of the town, passed away suddenly as a result of influenza, Several farmers in the Oshawa istrict are leaving Ontario and migrating to the western provinces. Butter sold at 18 cents a pound and eggs at 22 cents a dozen on the Oshawa market. Dr. F. L. Henry, anticipating the establishment of waterworks in the town, had an elaborate system of plumbing installed in his new resi- dence and offices. The residence of James Found, in Darlington township was com- pletely destroyed by fire. PROTEST RAIDING Port Colborne, March 25--(CP)-- The Niagara United Labor Com- mittee, after a meeting which heard officials of various trade unions, Friday passed a resolution protest- ing against the alleged raiding of other unions by the Canadian Con- gress of Labor. It said such tactics were directed against the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and the United Electrical Workers, JUDGMENT RESERVED Kitchener, March 25--(CP)--The Supreme Court of Canada has re- served judgment in an appeal by Mrs. Evelyn McKee asking the court to set aside an Ontario Su- preme Court decision which grant- ed custody of her son, Terry, to her former husband, Mark T. McKee, 68 Bills Get Royal Assent Toronto, March 25--(CP)--Pre- mier Frost of Ontario, faced with a heavy list of pending legislation, said Friday the current session of the Ontario legislature will run until the first week of April and might noi finish until April 8, the day before Good Friday. Lieutenant-Governor Ray Lawson Friday gave Royal assent to the first batch of completed legislation, 68 bills. The Legislature passed through committee stage measures to allow civil marriage in Ontario and to ealablish a provincial rac- ing comm!ssion. Members of the 90-seat Legisla- ture are beginning to show the strain since night sittings started last Tuesday. During the second night sitting on Thursday tempers bécame frayed and members at least six times were ordered to withdraw unparliamentary remarks. Premier Frost has. called another night sitting on Monday to discuss the report of the conservation com- mittee, To speed up proceedings Premier Frost has agréed with opposition leaders on a method of dealing with opposition bills. The bills are introduced, then debated briefly until the debate is adjourned. The opposition leaders have agreed that such bills. will not be called again but will be left on the order paper when the session is prorogued. This eliminates time spent going through the motions of voting down the op- position bills. Principal piece of government le« gislation still to be debated is the new Ontario labor code. Debate on second reading was adjourned and Premier Frost said it will not be resumed until after the budget and the estimates have been approved. There was little debate on the marriage and racing commission bills Friday. Attorney-General Por= ter deleted from the Marriage Act a provision providing fines of up to $100 for persons who perform the marriage ceremony before the three- day waiting peiod expires. The amendment however did not re- move the three-day period. Else where in the act similar fines are provided for anyone violating the act. Premier Frost said the section was unnecessary and might appear to be directed against the clergy, judges and magistrates. Monteith CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 KING ST. EAST Gordon W. Riehl, CA. Resident Partner Phone 4911-R FOR WANT OF A BOLT... « « « You'll never lose time in a repair shop when you drive THE STANDARD VANGUARD The Standard Vanguard uses standard American thread nuts / and bolts and small parts. 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The above will include the villages of Pickering, Ajax, Greenwood, Kinsale, and also the section of the Markham 25 Cycle area bordering Highway No. 2 which is connected to the Oshawa R.0.A. during frequency standardization. G. F. SHREVE, Area Manager,