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OPINIONS ~~ DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE | FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) imes-Gazette {s a member of The Canadian Press, Fl or Daily Newspap Association, the Ameri- can Newspaper Pu the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau o! Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitlea to the use tor republication of all news despatches in the paper credi to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights. of special despatches her are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, Pr and P T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Macaging Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 24c per week. By mail out- w'de carrier delivery areas anywhere In Canade and England, $7.00 per year; U.S., $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for DECEMBER 11,120 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1951 Facts Demanded There is a growing tide of public opinion in Canada demanding that the federal gov- ernment take the people of this country into its confidence to a far greater extent than has been the case so far with reference to the international situation. From many parts of the world come statements indicating that a world crisis is imminent. So far, there has been little indication from government cir- cles in Ottawa of any desire to tell the people fully and frankly what is the govern- ment's estimate of the position and respon- sibilities of this country. There is always a possibility, of course, that those within the government have ac- cess to information which is not available to the public at large. There may be factors and circumstances of which we have no knowl- edge which have led the government to adopt the seemingly complacent attitude that is indicated in the public statements of Cana- da's leaders. If that is the case, however, the public should be told something of these factors and circumstances, so that our people will know the true facts of the situation. On the other hand, the government may feel that it is not wise to tell the people too much, that there might be great uneasiness were the real facts of our position disclosed. They need have no reservations on that score. The people of Canada can face facts, no matter how unpalatable they might be. Indeed, it might stiffen the backbone ofi the people if they were told exactly how serious is the situation which their country faces today. : Next week, Parliament meets in Ottawa. There the whole world situation and Cana- da's defence position will be under debate. It is to be hoped that the government will, in the course of the session, tell the people of Canada fully and frankly, the situation which we face, and at the same time, the steps which are being taken to meet it. India's Food Problem .. Of even more importance to the future welfare of India than the rapid advance of Chinese Communism in southwestern Asia is the problem of feeding the people of that nation. Prime Minister Nehru, returning home from attending the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, finds him- self facing a food situation which may be even more dangerous to the future of his country than what is happening in Korea, Indo-China or Tibet. That is the problem of finding sufficient food for the vast popula- tion of 350,000,000 people in India.. Famine is not a new situation for the people of India. There have been many oc- casions, even in fairly recent history, in which millions of the natives of India have been reported as having died of starvation. But the present food crisis is so serious that the people are having to be put on rations which would be considered practically a star- vation diet for our western way of living. India is turning to other countries, such as Canada, the United States, Australia for im- ports of food to meet the crisis, but until these supplies arrive, the situation will be one that will tax all the powers of the gov- ernment to meet it. With all of Asia in a highly disturbed condition as a result of the advances there of Communism, this state of hunger and famine can be extremely dangerous to the welfare and safety of India. Hungry people form the best possible breeding ground for Communism, and its protagonists are al- ways only too ready to take advantage of human misery and discontent to wage their campaigns of propaganda. Thus it becomes vitally necessary that the free nations of the world which have surplus food products which can be made available to the hungry people of India should accept some respon-. sibility for seeing that they reach India as quickly as possible. Actions of this nature all form part of the effort to keep Commun- ism "from expanding any more than it has done, «and the provision of Canadian food 2 N MP YEE ANNO PRR, products for starving Indian natives may be a powerful factor in meeting 'the Communist threat in Asia. Profits Per Dollar People of strong socialist ideas often fol- low the line of attacking large corporations because of the profits they earn. One of the lines of industry which has, in times past, been subjected to that criticism is the pack- ing industry, which is important since it deals with the food of our people. In the annual report of the packing firm of Swift and Company there would appear to be, on the surface, some grounds for cri- ticism of the amount of profit earned. This company is in the big business class, with a turnover of over $2,200,000,000., But when an analysis is made of the distribution of this huge revenue from the sale of its pro- ducts, it is found that the profit earned rep- resents an infinitesimally small proportion of the whole. For instance, the Swift and Company re- port gives the following breakdown of every dollar of revenue from its products; "Livestock and raw materials, 77 cents; em- ployees, 11 and one-tenth cents; supplies 4'% cents; transportation 2 and three-tenths cents; taxes, one cent; other expenses, 3 and four- tenths cents; remaining as earnings, seven-tenths of a cent." In other words, out of every dollar which the company receives as revenue from the sale of its products, seven-tenths of a cent is the profit on the dollar's worth of busi- ness. Of course, it is the huge volume of business done which enables the company to pay dividends on the investment of its shareholders. But, on the other hand, sure- ly it cannot be said that the percentage of profit earned on every dollar is sufficient to have any great effect on the cost of living. Editorial Notes The United Nations have extended the hand of peace to Communist China, but the Chinese refuse to recognize anything but the bended knee. » + RY al It is a tough war. There is little possibility that Ontario baseball teams will be able to sign on any imports from the United States for their 1951 season. : * * + It would appear that during his tour of Europe, General Eisenhower was given as- surance of everything he needed, except ade- quate troops for his Western European De- fence army. * * * It has been stated that in the event of war with Russia the Communists in Caanda will be placed in concentration camps. But think of the strain on the steel industry to provide sufficient barbed wire to fence them in. $+ + + Those who are apt to criticize General MacArthur for his conduct of the Korean war should not overlook the fact that he has been fighting it with his hands tied--with the cords tightened by the United Nations. e Other Editors' Views o RIDICULE AS PUNISHMENT (8t. Thomas Times-Journal) Shame or ridicule is one of the most effective - modes. of punishment. It was commonly employed in mediaeval times, although other kinds of punishment, including hanging, were frequently imposed for trivial offences that would draw only suspended sentences today. The best known of the ridicule type of pun- ishment was practised in England for generations, consisted of putting offenders in the stocks in the market place. People walked by, or stood close to the victim with his hands and feet stuck through holes in a board and sniggered at him, Perhaps that would be the best method of curing the bad driver, including the habitual speeder. The modern method of fining him $10 to $50 according to the character of his offense, hits his pocket book. only. * * *» AS THE GOVERNMENT TREATS US? ; (Peterborough Examiner) We have often reflected what fun it would be if we could treat the Government the way the Govern- ment treats us. When Mr, Abbott tells us that we are going to pay higher taxes on certain goods, we begin paying them right away. But when Mr. Abbott says that the Government is going to economize, the moment when the economy will begin is left conve- niently vague. e A Bit of Verse ® WAITING When Death, that wistful wind, shall blow my way 1 shall be glad and comc he late or soon, When dull November's skies are dark and grey, Or all the gardens glorious in June, I shall be ready, and when outside my door I hear his low, soft murmurings I'll go Unto that land, that unknown, distant shore, Where fields are ever green and roses blow. Halifax. -- Muriel K, A. Edwards. e A Bible Thought e Our foe may be invisible, but he is not invincible. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual 'wickedness in high places." (Eph, 6:12.) "Thanks be unto G hich always causeth us to triumph in Christ." Cor. 2:14) Balancing Act Mac's Musings This evening in Oshawa Honor is being done To the memory of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns who has Become a world figure Of great stature, honored Not alone by Scots But by many people Of other lands who have Come to understand The significance of The work of Burns, Burns was a shining Example of how genius Can triumph over adversity, Of how from dark and Forbidding soil can come The world's rarest flowers Of poetic expression. | Burns has become great | Because he wrote of the | Deepest emotion and the | Highest aspirations of | The common people whom | He knew and loved during | His brief time on earth, | And because he was the Outspoken prophet of | The brotherhood of man. | And so when Burns is Being honored on the Anniversary of his birth lis fellow-countrymen think not of his weaknesses, But of the strength Which enabled him, In spite of them to rise, To the greatest heights Of literary fame, and | Become the beloved spokesman | Of his whole race and time. We honor Burns because He was a plowman lad Who found in the simple And commonplace things Of hard farm life, And the simple Iriendships With his rural people, Something to glorify in Words that have lived, | A century and a half, | And will continue to live Looking Around The World B DEWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst John Foster Dulles, on leaving Washington for Japan to negotiate a peace treaty, used an expression regarding Japan that invites specu- lation. : The Republican Foreign Affairs adviser to State Secretary Dean Acheson expressed confidence that the Japanese will become worthy members of the free world, "now that their militaristic ambitions have beén buried." One doesn't question Japan's present good intentions. It is in- deed to be hoped that her eyes are fixed on peace. Still it 'certainly is given to wonder whether, despite the best of intentions, she may again encounter circumstances which will shake her resolve. What has impelled Japan to em- bark on her numerous wars? Some of them have been inspired by im- perialistic ambitions, but to a large degree she has been spurred by the lack of sufficient arable land to support her population. It's the old; old story upon which many countries have based their excuse of aggression against more fortunate neighbors, Vital Problem This presents a vital problem not only for Japan but for the United States because American military and economic strength in the Orient rests largely in Japan, Thus not only American security but world peace depends on what happens to her. Japan's present population of 83, 000,000 is more than twice that of France. She not only is crowded al- ready but her population has been increasing rapidly at the rate of about 1,661,000 a year. At that rate her 83,000,000 would be doubled in about a generation, This tremendous increase, record- ed for the post-war years 1947-49, was about 43 per cent above that of United States big baby crops for the same period. Yet Japan is 12 times as densely populated as the United States a 1 square mile of arable land. Her | population -- more than half that of the United States -- is jammed into an area about the size of Mon- tana. : Moreover, only about 16 per cent of Japan's land is arable. Where then is she to get the agricultural products with which to feed her big and rapidly growing population? Emigration to foreign lands won't solve the problem, Uncomfortable Realization comfortable realization that it is such circumstances which have caused many wars of aggression, It all adds up to the question of just how deep Japan's milf¥aristic ambitions may be buried. Are they so well sunk that she won't try to remedy her deficiencies by reach- ing out for new territorities? The answer, as far as one can see now, rests largely in Washing- ton. The U.S. is assuming the res- ponsibility of helping Japan make up her deficiencies, and thereby gain more territory. e Readers Views STEEL NATIONALIZATION The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir: Mr. Miller Stewart is re- ported as 'saying that in Britain steel is to be nationalized because in private hands it is short of capital, too lavish in dividends .and too costly ine production and implies that state ownership will remedy all these things. The facts are: 1. The government has no capi- tal to give the steel or any .other industry except what it draws from the people in taxes. 2. The issue of capital has been ifNd It's.when you reach this point in analysis that you come to the un- removing any urge to use force to | ment for being short of capital or | | one price. ! ------ | So long as there are controlled by the government since | Common people to sense long before Labor came to power. | His high and uplifting 3. The steel industry has been | Message for them. sapidly expanding for years and is! F< | - E PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Down in the Forest F I could be an artist now... With ) all my memories , . . I think that I , would paint the sun . . . That pene- trates the trees . . . The sun that fills the forest at . . . The starting of the day . .. When all the stars have vanished and «+ + The shadows slip away . . . The sun that seeks the flowers out . .. To make their beauty bright . . . And sweeps the darkest corner with . .. A ray of golden light . , . Because it is the symbol true . . . Of courage in the dawn . . . And of the hope that faces life .. With fear and fancy gone . .. It is the hand that heals the wound .'. . And turns the clock of time ++. To draw us ever closer toward. . . The mountain we would climb. |Z ~~ Copr., 1951, Field Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. . Sirens on Ambulances (Peterborough Examiner) Sirens wail calamity: an air raid, is no real emergency, no necessity for a fire, a police raid. Sirens sound | excessive speed. In fact, most of malevolent in themselves, and their | the time the ambulance is itself customary use to signal a dire hap-| wheeling along at a modest rate; pening increases the spine-chilling | it's only the siren which gives, un= effect which the horrible noise has. necessarily, the feeling of fateful not criticized by the Labor govern- | ® 25 Years Ago Miss Minerva Sinclair ana John technically inefficient. | 4. Dividends are restricted and | re Sums 27s Jad yearly to the | Hare, representing Oshawa High Controls have been in force in | School, defeated a Bowmanville Britain in varying degree since (Iii School .team in an Inter- 1914 and nationalization of utilities | Scholastic debate. has been accepted, but nationaliza- | pd tion of an industry such as steel is|C; P- Davis, Oshawa, were re-elect- fiercely resented because it will|ed 8s president and secretary of create a huge monopoly free from | the South Ontario Agricultural any competition or urge to become | Society. efficient or cheap in production, It| Twenty members of the Toronto means one supplier, one boss 'and | Skating Club took part in a skat- The nationalization of | ing carnival at Bradley's Arena. coal and transport has led to| Dr. D. S. Hoig higher not lower prices, | resignation as member of That is why less than half the Board of Education after 25 years voters want nationalization and the | service. rest regard it as a disastrous step| Lieut. W. Culling and Firemen on the way to totalitarianism. Ray Hobbs, George Salter and ALAN MORRIS Milton Oster were appointed as the | first permanent members of the | Oshawa Fire Department. Oshawa, Jan. 22, 1951. Why in the name of humanity are ambulances fitted out with the devilish things? Half a dozen times a day a siren walls past our window. A fire in East City? Perhaps. A police raid on an East City tavern? Hardly likely. The chances are ten to one it is an ambulance heading for the hospital. We know this, but never- theless our hair stands on end and our blood runs cold every time. What effect the siren has on the patient in the ambulance we cannot guess. It would be a very strange patient who got from it any sense of special importance and well-being. Perhaps it is only the ambulance {driver who gets a pleasant thrill | out of it. 'After all, not many drivers in town are permitted to make the big noise he does. Undoubtedly a siren scares an opening through traffic, but there are more peaceful ways of doing it. Anyway, most of the time that the Innis Grant, Myrtle Station and tendered his | the | | ambulance is rampaging through the | streets with its siren shrieking there ee ------------_a i roundings, you'll prefer hospitable urgency. ' | What ambulances need is not a {siren but something pleasant like automatic chimes which play "See | Him Smiling" or a not too dolef 1 | hymn tune; or a well-modulated voice on a. mechanical recorder which says: "Make way, please, baby arriving shortly." 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