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OPINIONS The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA. WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1868) The T te is a ber of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ameri- can Newspap F A lati the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associetion and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news despatches in the paper cred! 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, Presid and Publish T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and M M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 2c per week. By mall out. side 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 Depurtment, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for DECEMBER 11,120 THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1951 Director. Secret Meetings While the City Council has in no way any jurisdiction over the Board of Education, we are in complete agreement with what was said at Monday evening's council meeting with reference to the methods of that Board in doing public business. Council members complained that they were unable to obtain information as to the salaries schedules and increases for teachers, and in the discussion it was brought out that most of the business of the Board of Education was done in priv- ate, with no representatives of the press present. This was strongly criticized on the ground that this being a public body, the people of Oshawa were entitled to full infor- mation and reports on its business transac- tions. : Such information is not now available to the citizens of Oshawa because of the meth- ods adopted by the Board of Education. Practically all of its business is done in com- mittee meetings which are closed to th- press. When the Board is in open session, the committee reports are presented, in a cut- and-dried manner, and are adopted without discussion. There is no opportunity for the press to report the matters discussed in com- mittee, or the reasons for any of the actions of the Board. This has been the practice of the Oshawa Board of Education for many years. Indivi- dual members of the Board have, from time to time, endeavored to have the practice changed and the press admitted to com- mittee meetings, but they have been voted down, Today is an age when an enlightened public opinion is essential to the proper con- duct of public affairs, but that is impossible so far as Oshawa's educational affairs are concerned. The aldermen who aired this mat- ter did a public service in doing so, and it is " hoped that the publicity given to it may re- sult in a change of heart, and of methods, by the Board of Education. - Enlightening The Public Considerable prominence has been given by the press of Canada to the campaign which has been launched by the Canadian Legion to arouse public opinion to demand greater defence preparations on the part of the federal government. The Legion puts for- ward some specific proposals in the program which it would like to have the government adopt, the main suggestions being national registration of manpower, mobilization of industrial resouces for refence production and compulsory training in che reserve forces of the army, navy and air 'or e. There will be much controvers; over these proposals, because they represent much more realistic action *han the government has been inclined to take up to the pres nt. Yet there is a great -imilarity between the conclusions reached at a r=». nt nference of Defence Associations, and t' 5 .atemcnts made by Rhys M. Sale, president ox the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, in his recent address to the Canadian Club of To- ronto. These all indicate that there is 'a growing public opinion in this country in the direction of den ni 'more .x.. ~"'v~ + fence preparctions by the government. What is perhaps more important, how- ever, than the Legion's proposals, is its program to hold public, meetings, sponsored by its 2,200 branches across Canada, to i form the people of this countrr of the danger which they and other f.ee peoples are facing, and how weak this country is in trained men to meet that danger. are matters on which there is a real need for public_ enlightenment. We feel th-t if the people of this country were fully awa"e of the peril which exists to their freedom in the present world situation, they would support the maximum of preparedness, rather than the minimum we now have. If the action of the Legion, through its pro- gram of mass meetings across Cenada, can serve to arouse the public mind on defen.e matters, it will have rendered a commend- able service to this country. Ways To Fight Inflation Banking authorities of Canada in these difficult days are joining with each other in warning the people of Canada against the dangers of inflation. This danger not only concerns the national economy, but is ap- plicable to the individual citizen in his ef- forts to make ends meant, because inflation .means a steady impairment of the purchas- ing value of the Canadian dollar, Speaking at the annual meeting of the shareholders a few days ago, James Muir, President of the Royal Bank of Canada, touched on the danger of inflation to the democratic way of life, and suggested four ways in which inflation can be fought. Sum- marized, they are as follcws: : 1. Voluntary saving through restraint of con- sumption by government, business and private citizens. 2. Encouragement of voluntary saving, discour- agement of borrowing, and a continued move- ment towards higher interest rates. 3. Taxes required to prevent inflation should penalize consumption and reward saving, either through direct taxes on consumption or income taxes that exempt to some desvee the bona fide saving of tl.e public. 4, Direct controls, especially price control and rationing, should be measures of last resort, and treated only as stopgap devices. : It is significant that Mr. Muir should lay stress on the part which the public can play in fighting inflation, by curtailing con- sumption of goods which are in short sup- ply, and devoting more attention to sav- ings. Application of the principles he enun- ciates would, Mr. Muir believes, enable Cana- da to carry out its heavy defence program without undue inflation and without danger to the national economy. Coming from such a source, his words should carry a great deal of weight, not only with the general public, but also with those responsible for the fiscal policy of Canada. Editorial Notes Those who are betting 1000 to 1 that there will be no war this year seem totally blind to the fact that a bitter and savage war is going on right now. * +* + Rent control is an unwanted child. Pre- mier Frost would like Ottawa to retain the control; Ottawa wants to have it passed on to the provinces. : A % * Although farm wages have gone up over 30 per cent since 1939, they are still not comparable with wages paid in industry. What must they have been like in 1939? # + * There is something to be said for the Waterloo Juniors hockey team. It has won only two games and lost 31 this season, but it is still in there fighting every time it goes on the ice. + RA + There is much misunderstanding regarding the Scottish demand for home rule, All they want is a local parliament at Edinburgh, like our legislature in Toronto, with elected members still going to Parliament in London, as our members go to the House of Commons at Ottawa. What is wrong with that? ® Other Editors' Views o RAILWAY RATES (Windeor Daily Star) Canadian railways are asking for another boost in rates, five per cent. immediately and more later, to compensate for the seven-cents per hour wage increase and the 40-hour week. That was to be expected. Railways are large employers of manpower. A large percentage of their revenuer go in payment of wages. If railways are to meet expenses, they must get the | money with which to do it--from the paying public. All Canadian citizens, in varying degree, have td contribute to the wage increases. That is no reason why fair increases should not have been granted, but it is just as well for all to understand the facts, +* * * GOOD MANNERS , (Guelph Mercury) It should not take a law to bring about the dim- ming of headlights. Common decency demands that a motorist practise the simple rule of night driving etiquette, for it is etiquette, and good manners are Just as essential on the road as in the ballroom. ® A Bit of Verse @ GRAMMA MALCOLM Y 4 A sprite old lady -- ninety three. 8its in her rocking chair, Chatting about her offspring. And the weather dull and falr, She has seen 50 many changes In the passing of the years. When things were not as handy As machines now run with gears. She is always quite interested In all the goings on. A healthy state at ninety three, To be able to carry on. e A Bible Thought "Ye are the salt of the earth." (Matt. 5:13.) Notice that Christ says Christians are to be the salt of the earth, not the sugar. ~~ Canon Quintin Warner. --Stockholms-Tidningen, Sweden. Looking Around The World By DEWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst An ambitious Communist China, its confidence bolstered by Moscow's hand upon its shoulder, has (as forecast by this column) rejected the United Nations proposal for a cease-fire in Korea and has coun- tered with demands of a conqueror. retary Dean Acheson announced that "the counter-proposal "is un- acceptable to the United States government and, I have no doubt, will be to the United Nations gen- erally." The Peiping proposal in effect calls for the recognition of Red China to the exclusion of Chiang Kai - Shek's Nationalist regime, which now is .cooped up on For- mosa. This means that the Com- munists would be given China's seat in the U.N. Polished Off Nationalist China is polished off politically by the provisions for a seven-country conference which would be held on Chinese Commun- ist territory. Chiang's regime would be excluded, the conferees besides Red China being the Soviet Union, the United States, France, Britain, India and Egypt. The coup de grace for the Na- tionalist China is contained in the stipulation that the conference must be preceded not only by the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea but by the withdrawal of American naval forces from the vicinity of Formosa. This For- mosan qualification obviously is ject: ! 1. It would render Chiang im- potent to move his forces from the island for an attack against the Reds on the mainland. 2. By stripping the Nationalists of American protection it would lay them open to attack by the Russian-backed Chinese Commun- ists. All of this was, of course, to be expected when the cease-fire pro- posals were submitted to Peiping. As I pointed out several days ago, there has been nothing to encour- age the belief that the Reds would feel it profitable for them to aban- don their invasion of Korea. "They have 1,500,000 fighting men avail- able. That is, they have the United Nations forces outnumbered per- haps six to one, Only a Chinese desire -for peace (which doesn't exist) would persu- ade them to stop their attack un- der such circumstances -- barring bribery by great concessions. Their sweeping counter-proposals contain terms on which they are prepared to bargain. Where Next? Well, that's the sorry story. where do we go from here? The answer is that the rebuffed peace organization presumably will be impelled to pick up where it left off when the cease-fire project was first proposed. That would mean considering an American-sponsored measure con- demning Communist China as an aggressor. The adoption of such grave con- demnation logically would be fol- lowed by some punitive measure, such as economic sanctions. The U.N. is in a tight corner. The peace organization is in the posi- tion of "being damned if it does, and damned if it doesn't." The lesser of these evils may be some positive and constructive action. S. African Color Bar Called Sad London, Jan. ---- (CP) --From a Presbyterian Church pulpit, 75- year-old Miss Mary Attlee, sister of Britain's Prime Minister, attack- ed what she called the "sad and terrible" color bar in South Africa. Miss Attlee, who recently return- ed to England after 40 years as a missionary in South Africa, told her church audience that the way color persons are addressed in South Africa filled her with shame. "I Tegret to say it-is so-called Christians who are at fault in this matter. Even in South African churches our colored friends sit apart." Miss Attlee said she iived in an epartment attached to the. house of a colored friend. "He is a thoughtful man," she said, "and the attitade of the Christians surprises and puzzles him, "I cannot tell you how amazed I am and how deeply I admire the patience of these peopie who are s0 ted." So MAY RECRUIT AFRICANS London, Jan. 18--(AP)--Informed sources sald Wednesday Britain has plans ready to recruit up to 500,000 African native troops to help her ar- mies defend the West, As was to be expected, State Sec-: calculated to achieve a double ob- | HELP PAY FOR ORGAN Coventry, England, Jan. 18--(Reu- ters)--Coventry cathedral, practical- ly destroyed in the Nazi blitz, receiv- ed $21,000 from the Canadian Col- lege of Organists Wednesday for a new organ when the cathedral is re- built, The Canadian organists, who représent all religious denomina- tions, will later send $5,600 more, balance of the cost of the new or- gan. Mac's Musings Every day we hear and Read about what we call Democracy, and we often Wonder if those who talk And write about it ever Stop to consider just What they mean when they Refer to democracy In grandiose terms, In the world today There are two kinds Of democracies with The lines sharply drawn, And the distinction . Between them marked So clear that any who Wish can understand The difference. There is real democracy Only in those places Where the people are DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE rearuses A European View PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Just For Today I I can overcome myself . . . For just a single day . . . Then there will be no obstacle . . . I can not put away . . . There will be no despair of heart . . . Or softness of the soul . . .'To conquer and imprison me . . . And keep me from my goal ... But I shall walk with courage strong . . . Arid with my head raised high . .. And I shall see the sun shine through . . . The clouds that shroud the sky . .. What- ever happened yesterday . .-. Is over now and gone . . . And there is no assurance that . . . Another day will dawn . . . So let me strive and fight to keep . . ! The promise that I say «+ + Not for tomorrow or a year . . . But only for today. Copr., 1951, Field Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Willing to accept their Responsibilities and to Do the work willingly That is required of them In a democratic system. But there are also the Imaginary democracies In which the people lack The character and energy To accept their part in Making democracy real, And leave it to others To think and act for them. In the real democracies The people are able to Get what they want in life Because they are willing To work for it. 70,000. In those that are imaginary The people have to be Satisfied with what Their rulers are willing To give to them, because They are too indifferent To assert their rights, Which can only be done By accepting responsibility. In either case the people Get only what they deserve And that causes us to Wonder just what we deserve In our democracy here. When New France was surren- dered to the British in 1763 its population was between 65,000 and ® 30 Years Ago A minor epidmic of smallpox was reported in East Whitby town- ship. One case was reported in Oshawa. Price of eggs dropped five cents a dozen on the Oshawa market to sell at 75 cents. A heavy snowstorm provided work in clearing the streets for a large number of Oshawa unemployed. The Most Rev. Neil McNeil, D.D., Archbishop of Toronto, confirmed a class of 95 candidates at St. George's Anglican Church. A delegation of fifty Rotarians from Toronto paid an inter-club visit to the Oshawa Club. Ann Page Milk Bread White or Brown Sliced 24-oz loaf 13¢ Custom Ground Bokar Coffee ib 92c A & P Choice Tomatoes > . "2 28-0ztins 35¢ Ann Page Vegetarian .Beans 2 15-02 tins 21c Aylmer Catsup faz bl 17¢ A & P Fresh Candy Gum Drops tb 3 5c Camobell's Tomato Soup 2 10-01 tins 21 Kraft Velveeta Cheese ab pkg 1c Gerber's Baby Food 5-0z tin 9. Fabulous Suds Fab pkg 3 8c Lux Toilet Soap cake 9c Ige pkg 3c Vel Makes Dishes Sparkle pkg 37¢ Camay Soap Bath cake 13¢ - Ivory Soap Large bar 17c¢ Ivory Snow ekg 39¥ Purity Flour 51b bag 3 3c Fs Jewel Which Saves You More Money? 1. 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