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DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for AUGUST 10,408 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1950 to 1s a Lay N pap A 10D, New Collegiate Opened Yesterday, without fuss and ceremony, the new Central Collegiate Institute, Simcoe Street South, opened its doors to the young people who will be the first pupils to receive their secondary school education there. Later, we understand, there will be official ] opening ceremonies to mark the inaugura- tion, of this new and splendid addition to the education facilities of the city. But to the | pupils who will attend the Central Collegiate in its first term of operation, yesterday was the opening day. It must have been something of a thrill to these young people to enter the doors of the new school for the first time, and to rea- lize that they were the forerunners of many successive classes of boys and girls who will pass in and out of these doors. The 0.C.V.L has behind it a long and honorable history, but while the new Central Collegiate Insti- tute may acquire some of these traditions by the transfer of staff and scholars, its his- F tory will be made in the future. Its tradi- tions have yet to be built. On those who have the privilege of belonging to the first classes in the new school, there rests the responsibility of laying the foundations of the future traditions that will grow up around it. : These young people are fortunate in hav- ing at their disposal a new and modern build- ing, equipped and furnished in the most ap- proved style known to present-day education- ists. School-days will be made pleasant by the comfort and beauty of their surround- ings. But the effectiveness of a school does not depend solely on its buildings. More' im- portant are the principal and members of his staff, and in H. E. Murphy and his staff the school has a faculty of capable, ex- perienced teachers to take charge of the educational program there. Of importance, too, is the spirit of the pupils, their willingness to become part of the school and work in harmony with the teachers for their own benefit. Given a strong school spirit, and pupils fully aware of the privilege whith is theirs in attending it, the Central Collegiate Institute can be assured of a useful future. Resuming Price Controls Prime Minister St. Laurent has admitted in the House of Commons that the govern- ment is considering the imposition of new price controls in Canada with the twofold purpose of putting the brakes on inflation and holding down the cost of living, which has been rising at a somewhat alarming rate. No one likes controls, and least of all do the producers of primary products have anything to gay in their favor. In view, how- ever, of the new program for rearmament, and the possibility that a fairly wide range of civilian goods may be diverted into mili- tary production, the re-imposition of price controls may be a necessary step. Should the government decide to institute a system of price control, there are several factors which should be taken into consider- ation. One of these is the level at which the controls will be fixed. During the two months since the beginning of the war in Korea, prices of many products in every day use have seared to new high levels. It would be of little benefit to the consuming public were these levels to be maintained. It would be much more equitable to take the prices which were in effect at the time the war started, and use these as the standard for control. On the other hand, prices should not be fixed at a level below the costs of produc- tion. This is particularly true in the case of farm products which are in common use as human food. During the second world war, in some instances, the controlled prices were too low to allow farmers to make a reason- able margin over their costs of production. In other cases, the prices fixed were far be- low the world price for similar products, and the government had to resort to sub- sidies to even up the returns to the farmers. So, in fixing prices, the government should sidize either producers or consumers. 1t is difficult to see how there can be ef- fective and equitable price control without some measure of wage control. That is an aspect of the situation which is being ignor- ed by the C.C.F. and other labor groups which are demanding price control. Yet if prices are to be controlled, then the costs of production, in which wages play an import- ant part, would also have to be frozen. It is not an easy matter to embark on a "control policy that will be just and fair to all parties in a country like Canada. But if price control is necessary, then it will have to be accepted. The task of the government is to formulate a policy which will work out in the best interests of all classes of the population. Editorial Notes Employment and wages in Canada con- tinue to soar to new high levels. But so does the cost of living. RAY * Now that rugby has started, with base- ball still going strong, all we need is a hockey game or two to give up the whole range of the year's sports at one time. + RK 2 General Motors employees are already en- joying some of the benefits included in the new contract made this year. The three cents an hour increse in pay will be most acceptable to the workers. +* * +* British government officials have come up against a stone wall in an effort to abolish the practice of tipping. Apparently the only thing to do is to go on tipping, as we found out over here long ago. * # * We wonder when the Ontario Municipal Board is to give its official decision in the Oshawa-East Whitby annexation application. If it is to be made effective January 1, 1951, it is about time the official sanction came along. ® Other Editors' Views @ BEHIND THE CURTAIN (Sudbury Star) In one of the rare glimpses of life behind the Iron Curtain, Pravda -- the voice of the powerful Politburo --has called for elimination of theft and embezzle- . ment in agencies selling goods to Soviet consumers, and the uprooting of bad management and ineffi- ciency. The impression created by Communist literature in Canada is that all is joy and light behind the Iron Curtain, and there were no such things as theft, embezzlement, bad management and inefficiency. As the sale of goods is reportedly handled through state-controlled retail outlets, the Red newspaper's voice leaves no doubt as to the graft and corruption that is present in the government administration. True, the officials occupying such positions are quite minor, but when Pravda feels it necessary to turn the spotlight on the practice, it must be of more than minor consequence. * +* +» BLAME GOVERNMENT (W. L. Clark in Windsor Star) When, and if, taxes are increased to pay for added defence, it will mean that further deductions will be made from pay cheques. It should be made plain that these increased de- ductions are due to Dominion Government taxes. Many of the people will be inclined to blame the employer and say he has cut their pay. The present method of deducting taxes before the taxed individual even sees the money he has earned makes it safe for the Government. They get that just as surely as the unions get their union dues by having the check-off. Before the check-off was established, union collectors had to hound members to collect. In the same vay, before taxes were deduct- ed, the Government had. to hound some citizens to collect taxes. Now, that people think the tax deductions are just holes in the pay cheques, not taxes. They blame the employers for not paying enough, when so much is taken to appease the tax-gatherer. eo A Bit of Verse ® EVENING ON THE LAKE Here the slow oars dip and dip and rise, Breaking the mirror of the skies. The sun, retreating, wakes the green Along the further hill, bringing is suddenly near. The lake is summer-still. The water-lilies wait, Their petals yellow and star-white. We are the voyageurs before the night. We drift into the harbor on an unseen .ide, Our only guide the fragrant constellations of the light, The closing amber, the folding star of white. --SARA VAN ALSTYNE ALLEN eo A Bible Thought Could we with ink the ocean fill, Were the whole sky of parchment made; Were very stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky. "In this was manifested the 'love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the word, that we might live through Him." (1 John 4:9) not get into the position of having to sub- | Looking Around i The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Professor Clarke Goodman, Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology scientist, advances the highly-explo- sive' thesis that Americans should be graded for admission to atom- bomb shelters "on the basis of their importance to the United States." The professor explains that "we can't build shelters for everybody," and that selectivity is necessary be- cause 'some people are more im- portant than others." Whether we look at this proposition from the standpoint of making a choice be- tween communities or between in- dividuals in a given community, we come up against the problem of who is to decide on the grading in this question of life or death. I'm reminded of an incident in the First World War, During the height of the German submarine campaign a Japanese convoy Was proceeding 'through the Mediter- ranean with Australian troop ships. They were carrying both soldiers and women nurses to the fighting in France. Etiquette A German submarine registered a direct hit with a torpedo on one of the transports which quickly start- ed to sink. The Japanese Admiral in command gave the order: "Save the men first, and then the women!" A young Japanese officer on the bridge with the commander diffi- dently said to his superior: "You mean, sir, save the women first and then the men?" "No," snapped the admiral. "The Allies need troops; they have plen- ty of women; save the men first." So the order was executed in that fashion, but fortunately they man- aged to save both men and women. However, such good luck couldnt be expected in the atomic selecti- vity because, as the professor says, we can't build shelters for every- body. Somebody would be inflicted with the tough job of choosing sides. And what a job! Let us hope we never come up against any such de- cision. Still, Professor Goodman in- directly has given us what should be a useful reminder. That is to check and see whether we are con- tributing all we can to the general welfare in these difficult times. Certainly a lot of us would be expendable if it.came to making a choice for atomic shelter. But there will be-a mighty sight less chace that an atomic shelter will 'be need- ed if everybody turns too and finds useful civic service to which he can contribute. Red Poll Cattle Hold C.N.E. Attention Toronto, Sept. 6--(CP)--Ontario cattlemen had their first look Tuesday at the show-ring ability of Red Poll cattle. Red Polls, a dual-purpose breed originally imported from England, were judged at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition livestock show Tuesday with the Hann-I-Gay Farms, Holland Centre, Ont, and Leonard W. Coulson, Milton, Ont. sharing top honors. It was the first time the breed, popular in some Western Canada and United States centres, had been included in an Ontario show. Bred for beef as well as for dairy products, the Red Polls entries caused wide interest among cattle- men at the show. Bloom's Boy, entered by Hann-I- Gay farms, took the grand cham- pion bull award, while Mr. Coul- son's Rose Ruth Blossom 4th was named grand champion female. The Edwards Brothers Waterford, Ont, made a clean sweep of the Aberdeen Angus class. NAMED TO INDIAN PARLEY Ottawa, Sept. 6 -- (CP) -- I. Nor- man Smith, associate editor of the Ottawa Journal, has been named a member of the Canadian delegation to the forthcoming conference in Lucknow, India of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Edgar McInnis, history proféssor at University of Toronto, is chairman of the dele- gation, TO REORGANIZE POLICE Montreal, Sept. 6--(CP)--Le Can- ada says today in a despatch from Quebec that the Quebec Provincial police, three of whose members were acquitted of robbery conspira- cy charges in Montreal yesterday, will be reorganized to come under the jurisdiction 'of Solicitor-Gen- eral Antoine Rivard of Quebec. e 30 Years Ago Enrolment at Oshawa public schools was 1,725, an increase of 225, and 218 registered at the high school. . East Whitby Township council rejected a proposal that an isola- tion hospital be built on the Gif- ford property at the corner of Ross' Road and Simcde Street. Frank S. Beckwith was appointed boys' work secretary of the Oshawa YMCA. Stanley Shupe was appoint- ed town engineer, and N. Goebel assistant town engineer, Mr. Shupe succeeding W. G. Warden. John Stacey was awarded a con- tract for renovating and remodel- ling the Oshawa Fair buildings at Alexandra Park. His Honor Duncan John MecIn- tyre, retired oounty court judge, died at his home in Whitby. Historic Building Victim of Progress Montreal -- (CP) -- A dirty grey stone building -- the fortress of early French Canada and possibly a pre-Confederation seat of gov- ernment -- will soon be demolished to make room for one of Montreal's new express highways. Situated at the waterfront junc- tion of Youville and Common Streets, near the landing place of Champlain and Maisoneuve, the Royal Building has been condemned as unsafe. Already engineers have removed the imposing 30-foot tow- er and heavy stone facade to pro- tect pedestrians walking below. Around the waterfront it is gen- erally believed that the building was briefly the home of colonial government in the stormy days of the mid-1800's. Montreal Punished The rebellion in Lower Canada in 1837 and the subsequent riots over the 1849 Rebellion Losses Bill prompted the British Government to punish Montreal by moving the colonial capital at Ottawa. In the transition period, tradition has it that the legislators made the Royal Building their head- quarters. Even before that the building had a history. In the cellar are the intricate passageways and iron- doored prison cells or Maisoneuve's old fort built to beat off Indian raids. In one corner are the 20- foot square tanks used to store water for defenders when the Iro- quois surrounded them and tried to starve them out. 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Hours 9 fo 5 or by appointment Loans mode fo residents of nearby towns SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1878 Mac's Musings The coming of September Means the waning of the Long summer days, with All their warmth and glow Of sparkling sunshine, Although it is true That this year we have Had a sorry sample Of Canadian summer, In three weeks more Officially the fall Season will be here, So perhaps the fates Which deal out the Weather will be kinder Than they have been And may allow summer To close its record In a blaze of glory. September's arrival Means holidays are over For the school children, And so with mixed thoughts They have flocked back to Classrooms and books, Some eagerly to meet their Old school friends, and Others hesitatingly, Wending their way to school For the first time. And workers who have spent Their holidays as they will Are back at their toil, Ready for the long pull Of fall and winter work, Which lies ahead now That summer has nearly gone. Before long the trees Will shed their leaves And turn their colors To all the shades Of red, gold, brown, That please the human eye. But let us not forget There still are three More weeks of summer, By the calendar, And perhaps we may be Given three weeks of bright And warm sunshine to Compensate for all the Unseasonable weather We have had since May, GOT WRONG BAD NEWS London, Ont., Sept. 6 -- (CP) -- The Army had the wrong Pte. Ryan when they advised Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Ryan of London their son had been injured at Camp Peta- wawa in a mortar explosion last Thursday. A Pte. Gerald Ryan was amongst those injured in the acci- dent, but he was from the East Coast, not from London. Mr. Ryan was advised by the army of the ac- cident and went to the Petawawa Hospital, only to find the patient a complete stranger. PORTRAITS wre So" And wish their glory would have been By James J. Metcalfe \ Hate Not the Great ETIMES we envy and begrudge The people who are great . . . «+ « Our fortune and our fate . . . We do not know why praise should go ... To them instead of us . . . Or why t limousines . . . While we go on the hey ride in "orl vr ov the facts are simple and . . . The truth is all too plain . . . That .it is through their guidance that . . . We make our greatest gain . ". . It is their leadership in life . . . That golden way . .. To more enduring comfort ves the vs TO brighten hopes each day . . . However unintentional . . . The efforts that they give . . . Somehow they help the world to Jind . . . A better way to live. Copr., 1950, Sun and Times Co. All Rights Reserved Report From Westminster By E. 8S. JOHNSON Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Sept. 6--(CP)--Specula- tion has cropped up again about the possibility of a general election in Britain before the end of the year. + Latest reports are that secret preparedness instructions have been issued to Labor Party elec- tion agents and that Conservative Party organizers have been told to be all set for an appeal to the country in November. These reports, however, have been bluntly brushed aside by government sources as "unadulter- ated nonsense, based on wishful thinking." The government, these sources say, must obviously be prepared at all times for such an eventuality but they deny that election orders have gone out. Political observers close to the government are inclined to agree with this view. With the even bal- ance of strength in the House of Commons, they admit that a snap division might conceivably sink the government during the ap- proaching special session, or later. But as long as the government re- mains in the driver's seat the date of the next election will be defer- red until a favorable time of its own choice. Meanwhile, cabinet ministers have been in almost daily consult- ation in preparation for the meet- ing of Parliament next Tuesday. Details relating to far-reaching departmental commitments under the country's mammoth rearma- ment bill, have been their main concern, The expenditure of £1,135,000,000 annually on defence for the next three years, has involved a sudden switch-over and the transition has inevitably posed a crop of problems. The major headache confronting the government is how to defeat the spectre of inflation, And be- hind that bogey lies the problem of how to keep wages pegged in the face of rising living costs. Resolutions before the Trades Union Congress meeting now at Brighton, show that rising prices are causing increasing concern among the affiliated unions. There is a growing agitation for lifting of the government's wage res- traints, spurred by the recent pay boosts for the armed forces. Warn- ings of similar demands have been given in an agenda drawn up for the annual conference of the Labor Party in Margate next month, The impact of the new rearm- ament program on industry has al- ready aroused fears that inflation is one the way. Warnings have come from financial authorities that the country is on the verge of a sharp rise in prices of many necessities with the external pres- sure on cost of raw materials steadily growing. 'The general view is that the re- armament program. not only has limited possibilities of an early wage hike, but will also reduce the scope of further social benefits for the next three years at least. WANTS HIGHER PENSIONS Winnipeg, Sept. 6 -- (CP) -- Re- vision of the Pensions Act to take into account higher living costs was urged Tuesday at the conven- tion of the Army, Navy and Air Force veterans in Canada. 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