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-- ACAI: Detllh YA ORM MAMAN MMH AREA Ack od aad an a om bet Oct A Hct HOLM 20 ce... PO TONTADPE VARIO <Her 2 ormnions ~ DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1283) an---- The Ti of The Canadian Press tae Canadl the American Newsp F the O Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit' Bureau of Clrculations The Canad Press is y d to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and aiso the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher T. L. WILSON, Vice-F and ging Di M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES De! by in C Whitby Brookiin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 340 per week By mail outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England $7.00 per year. US. $9.00 per year Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MARCH 10,483 SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950 is a Daily Ni Reducing Expenditures' Finance Minister Abbott is showing good judgment in announcing that the govern- ment of Canada is giving careful consider- ation to proposals made by Opposition Leader George Drew for appointment of a Royal Commission to devise means of reducing the cost of government. Even if it does not go the whole way by appointing a commission, the government is in agreement with Mr. Drew that there should be a more effective means of checking on government expenditures, and studying how they can be reduced. This could partly be effected if the govern- ment were prepared to devote more time to a study of the estimates in the House of Commons, or by special committees of the House. One grievance for many years has been that the estimates were rushed through without discussion in the dying minutes of the session, and this has applied to provin- cial legislatures as well as to the federal parliament. What is needed even more, however, is a willingness on the part of cabinet ministers to accept sound suggestions, made by the opposition in good faith, for reductions in their estimates. From our observation, cabinet ministers are all too prone to regard their estimates as inviolable, and to consider any suggestions for reduction as a reflection on the administration of their departments. This creates a feeling of resentment on their part against any suggestion for cutting down on any items in their estimates. In making his announcement, however, Mr. Abbott gave a warning that reducing expenditures may not be as easy as it seems on the surface. He said: "It cannot be repeated too often that it is only by reducing services provided by the government, or by reducing social security pay- ments that any major reduction in spending is possible." That is the usual theory of political leaders when they are charged with spending too much money, and there is a definite point to it. If they want to have reduced expen- ditures, the people of Canada have to make up their minds to have fewer services provided for them, or a lower standard of social security payments. We have not seen any recent indications that they are willing to accept either of these alternatives. Reds Among:Unemployed It is apparent that Communist agents are moving in and out among those who are unemployed in Canada and are doing their best to stir up strife and discontent. Proof of this was given at a meeting held recently in Windsor in an effort to persuade workers to form a union. At this meeting, all the indications of Communist leadership were apparent. At the door, every person attending was handed a pamphlet produced by the 'Revolutionary Party -- Canadian Section -- Fourth Inter- national," The speaker of the evening an- nounced himself as a former member of the Canadian Seaman's Union, a notoriously Red organization. The chairman of the meeting was an organizer for the Labor-Progressive party, which is the title under which the Communist party operates in Canada. These Communists are not one bit interest- ed in what happens to the unemployed. The one thing which would suit their purpose would be to have a full-scale depression with all its attendant hardship and misery. Their main purpose is to add as much fuel as they can to the stirring fires of discon- tent, which, in their minds, would hasten the day of the Red revolution, It is unfortunate that those who are un- employed are being subjected to such leader- ship as is being given by the Communist agents in Canada. We have every sympathy for the unemployed. We believe that it is the duty of government to take every measure it can, in co-operation with private business, to create work for them. But we cannot see that the interests of those who are out of work will be served in the slight(st degree by acceptance of the kind of leadership that will come from the ranks of the Communist party. Would Maintain Standards Ontario's educational parliament, the an- nual convention of the Ontario Education Association, through its Trustees and Rate- payers' Section, has taken issue with the Ontario Royal Commission on Education with respect to the qualifications of teachers. In an interim report issued some time ago, the Commission suggested lowering of stan- dards in an emergency training program to meet a teacher shortage. The Trustees and Ratepayers' section, at its meeting in To- ronto, passed a resolution strongly opposing the lowering of these standards, and asking that teachers with lower qualifications than those required at present should not be ad- mitted permanently to the Teachers' Feder- ation, k Those who passed that resolution were, very rightly, concerned about the quality of teachers who would be available in the event of standards being lowered. With all its com- plexities, the modern school curriculum is one which demands the highest of qualifi- cations in those required to teach it. Medioc- rity in teaching standards means that the children subjected to them will suffer in their education. That is something that must be avoided if at all possible. While it may be that the Royal Commission on Education was impressed with the need of attracting more students to teacher training courses, there can be no doubt that educational standards depend on teacher standards, and any lower- ing of the latter is bound to have an undesir- able reflection on the former. Editorial Notes News note says that there will be little maple syrup to sell this year. At the prices quoted, it would seem there will be little demand for it. L J L 2 * The Windsor Star's definition of the prize optimist of 1950 is.the fellow who takes his six children along with him when looking for a house to rent. + * + Russia and the Chinese People's Republic have signed a mutual aid pact. It hardly seems necessary to have any pact at all be- tween a master and his puppet. + RA * An Illinois thief is reported to have stolen 800 boxes of razor blades. He is going to have a real problem on his hands in deciding how to dispose of the used ones. * RA + Newspaper headline of a beauty column says "Exercise Keeps Face Young." With chewing gum and chattering so prevalent, to- day, we are liable to have a new generation of old people with young faces. M RA + Congregation of the Orono United Church has completed plans for rebuilding its church destroyed by fire some weeks ago. This gal- lant effort is worthy of the sympathetic support of church people over the entire district. ® Other Editors' Views o A TRIBUTE TO CHARACTER (Montreal Gazette) For Mr. Churchill the results of the election are a tribute to character. The man who was'too old for such things, who was merely clinging to position, whom the times had left behind, who was lingering on the stage to the impairment of his own reputation, who was great in war but an embarrassment in peace--this man has brought one of the largest of Goverhment majorities in history down to one of the thinnest, And he has done this in a battle fought on the ground of the Government's own careful choos- ing. Mr. Churchill, of all men, could most easily have said that he had done his good part in the strains and dust of conflict and that the time had €ome when he might, with peace of conscience, have withdrawn to the useful and rewarding tasks of retirement. © A Bit of Verse o THE WONDER GREW The wind had freshened in the night and now It talked and talked to me in the chimney throat. Sleep gone, I watched the sun on the apple bough Whose buds and twigs, wrapped in an icy coat, Trembled and burst their seams with a tinkling crash. The wind's voice rose and sharpened as it fled, Turning the creeper of my casement sash Into a necklace hung on silver thread. At last the sun poured in across my face With a fragile glow, more moving in its plea Then any rough-voiced wind, to come and trace The cobweb: crystals and the panoply Of diamonds draping all the shrubs; and still The wonder grew as I stared and stared my fill, ~--CLARE SHELLEY. e A Bible Thought e "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Prov. 22:6.) Children brought up in Sunday School are seldom brought up in court. --Costello, Fertile Earth Gad in The Bristol Virginia-Tennessean By RUPERT JACKSON Canadian Press Correspondent St. John's, Nfld.--(CP)-- Cana- dians for just.a year, Newfoundland- ers are looking over the advantages and disadvantages of union. Leading the whole discussion are the un- doubted benefits of Canadian social security. Millions of dollars have been poured into the province by the fed- eral government since union--$11,- 000000 '1 social security alone and New... .ndlanders appreciate it. Charlie Poole, a fisherman since he was a boy of 10, says: "Well, by, I don't know how I ever got along without the 'baby bonus'. My child- ren now make nearly as much money as I do." He has one son and two daughters all under five and twin sons of seven. They get $330 annually in family allowances. In 1918 their father made only $400 during the entire fishing season, working his nets and lines long house in all weather. With $27 "cash money" coming in every month, Poole has nearly twice the income and he's living nearly twice as well as before. Social security has lifted another burden from this grizzled fisher- man's shoulders. He no longer has to support his aged mother. With an old age pension of $12 per quar- ter before Confederation, "Mother" Poole was almost entirely depend- ent on her son. Now she draws $40 a month and can almost pay her own way. Other Benefits Federal welfare cheques were not the only ones welcomed by New- foundlanders during the first year of union. Never before able to afford any- thing but the most meagre social security measures, the island's gov- ernment now is in a position to do something more for its people. Special mothers' and dependents' allowances have been implemented. Coming up is an insurance scheme for fishermen, whereby the hardy small-boat men who daily risk their lives will be 'insured for $2,000 in the event of death on the fishing grounds. There will be a small, token premium payment, but the government will bear the brunt of the cost. There has been a change of feel- ing, too. Black flags of mourning hung damply in the misty rain wafting in through the narrow, rocky gate- way to St. John's harbor March 31, 1949. Alerted police stood by in case of trouble as bitter feeling be- came a tangible force in Newfound- land's capital. In other parts of the island it was a completely different story. Gay flags and bright bunting waved. Leaping bonfires blazed on high headlands towering over small fishing settlements. Fisherfolk danced old fashioned jigs and reels with delight. Muzzle-loading seal- ing guns sounded salutes to the sky. Families Divided Feeling was running high as the island was split almost evenly on the subject of Confederation. Town was divided against town, families were split, in some cases father fought son. Joseph R. Smallwood, the man who made union possible, walked with a bodyguard. Union Benefits Melt Resistance In Newfoundland Now the scene is different. Bene- fits brought by union have gone a long way toward softening the core of resistance. But the feeling against Confed- eration still flares up now and then. Some Newfoundlanders remain sore at losing their independence, and some of them are not back- ward in showing it. One mainland Canadian learned this the hard way. Coming into a hotel here one blustery day a month or so ago he shivered and shook his head. "What a climate," he re- marked to the elevator girl. "Why don't you give this country back to the Indians? Cracked the elevator girl: "I thought we did last March!" But there are only a few die- hard anti-Confederationists left. The bitter feeling has nearly van- ished and most of the islanders are co-operating to make union work. Many of them, particularly the older generation, still feel a twinge of sadness as they open a letter ad- dressed, "Newfoundland, Canada" but if a referendum were held on the union question today, there likely would be a large majority for Confederation -- much larger than the mere 7,000 voters which turned the tide to union a year ago. AN IDEAL COUPLE Blackie, Alta. -- (CP) -- Mrs. Ray Lowery recently unearthed the 1805 marriage certificate issued to her great - great - grandfather. It read in part: "This is to certify that the bearer and his wife be- haved themselves soberly and hon- estly . . . for nine years in this parish . , . and were legally wed by me." OLDTIMER WEARS WELL Quesnel, B.C. -- (CP) -- Tom Fry, well-known district placer, miner, celebrated his 80th birthday recently by pulling a toboggan load of - turnbuckles 11 miles from his mine to a store. BUILD NEW SCHOOLS Prince Albert, Sask. -- (CP) -- The school board plans to build three four-room schools to meet the needs of an expanding educational program. Mac's Musings It is important That a modern city Should maintain Good public relations With all who come To pay it a visit, And often the intangikle Things can create a Good or bad impression Of a community. It is important That a modern city Should have an atmosphere Of natural beauty Enhanced by the efforts Of citizens interested In horticulture as A means of beautification. Thus our horticulturists, Organized and unorganized Become public relations Experts on behalf of Their own community, Following leadership Always given by a strong Horticultural Society. Oshawa is fortunate In having such a group | Of citizens organized ! Not for hope of reward But merely to play What part they can In making their city More beautiful, Their only reward Lies in working to Make their community A beauty spot, To transform drab streets And dreary vacant spots Into bowers of shrubs And beautiful flowers Which cast their fragrance Wherever they grow. Anything that gives / Visitors a good impress'~~ Of the community Constitutes good Public relations, And in doing that Our horticulturists Are carrying on a splendid Work for the city. ® 50 Years Ago The G.T.R. has abandoned the plan to move its tracks north of Oshawa and will build a double track on its present line. Captain Thomas, with his schoon- er "The Hope" with a cargo of sawdust, was the first vessel to reach Frenchman's Bay harbor this year. Tenders were called for the con- tract for street watering for the town for the summer of 1900. Shareholders of the Western Bank of Canada were delighted with the splendid reports presented at its eighteenth annual meeting. A local option vote in Darlington township resulted in a dry vote of 481 to 129. CABLE-LAYING SHIPS The United Kingdom Post Office operates three oil burning cable- laying vessels, one of which (H.M. T.S. Monarch) is the largest of its kind in the world. This vessel has been engaged on charter work and has operated as far away as the South Atlantic, laying and repair- ing undersea cables. The Monarch, built in 1945, is the fourth cable | ship to bear the name; one of her | predecessors was sunk during the| 1914-18 war and another during the last war, Her length is 475 feet | overall. She has a speed of 14! knots and when on cable laying a maximum complement of 160. WEDDING DRESSES FOR AIR- | WOMEN | Two wedding dresses have been obtained by the Far East Air Force for the use of airwomen who may marry during their tour of duty in the Command. The two dresses are of different design, in white figur- ed satin, complete with veil and coronet wreath of orange blossom. A fee of 5 dollars, to cover the cost of cleaning, is charged for the loan of these wedding outfits. CITY OF TAXES DUE First Instalment -- Monday, April 17th Pay By Mail If Convenient FAILURE to pay any one Instalment on due date empowers Tax OSHAWA Collector to collect by 1 action with costs added. OFFICE HOURS: April 17th 9 am. to 5 p.m. 7 pm. to 9 p.m. of rents" where property is Tenant occupied, and by Division Court y methods i ludi a" + 9 C. L. CO. Tax Collector. my love . . . Forever and a remains. .. With idle snows availing rains . . . Because I Forever and a day. Car, By James J. Metcalfe BEYOND ALL TIME tell . . . Or what the world N° matter what the stars may -- x may say . .. | skell belong to you, day . . . Forever through the years that reach . .. Beyond the farthest sun . . . And when the hourglass is still . . . And all the sands have run . . . I shall belong to you as long . . . As there is any tide ... And after all our dreams are gone . .. And every wind has died «+. When earth and air are melted and . .. The sky along and shadows and .. . With ums love you with a love. . . That will not pass away . . . And I belong to you, my love . .. 1950, Sun snd Tines Co. All Rights Reserved will Still | 'Knock Holes In Vessels London, April 15--(CP)--The Ad- miralty has decided to remain old- fashioned--at least when it comes to sinking ships. They said today that they still cling to the theory that the best way to sink a ship is to put a hole line. . And added the Admiralty, they do not--with emphasis on the "not"-- think soda pop will do the job! Lord Fraser, Britain's first Sea | Lord, recently told a press confer- jence in Ottawa about a scientist who came up with the idea of | aerating water to sink a ship. The idea was tried out on a model and "the damn thing sank." But as for the possibility of :2da- pop now becoming a dangerous weapon of naval warfare ... well, |the Admiralty said: | "Quite obviously Lord Fraser was | jesting about the whole thing." The principle, apparently, was to reduce the density of water, there- |by reducing the buoyaancy of ob- | jects in it. Formidable difficulties, | however, prevent application of the | principle to warfare at sea. | Experts outlined these difficulties | 1. Operation area--"the ocean i unbounded, but a bucket is con- fined," one expert pointed out gra- | tuitously. | 2. The means--perhaps effervesc- ing mineral salts might be more effective than soda-pop or bee: (But, said another expert, "it's not | possible to estimate the number of |tons of effervescent salts it would takes to sink a battleship. Even if the salts were sprinkled on +3 the | difference since bubbles are buoyant | vessels." 3. The conditions--it appeared doubtful that an enemy would al- low any potential "H.M.S. Seltzer" within operating range. "Such a AMontolh vv Monteith CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 KING ST. EAST Gordon W. Riehl, C.A. --a big one--in it, under the water- | surrounding water they'd make little | | course of aggressive action," said | nautical wiseacres, "would require | the willing and able co-operation of | the enemy." BRITISH RIFLE TEAM TO VISIT CANADA | A British rifle team will visit | Canada this summer, it was stated | at the annual meeting of the Na- tional Rifle Association in London recently, The team of 19, captained | by Rear-Admiral F. E. P. 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