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OPINIONS M . vo. DAILY TI ES- ar § CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OBHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) Times-Gazette is a member of The Canadian Press, I Cnadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ameri- can Newspaper F A jon, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of - Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitiea to the use tor republication of all news deapaisbel in the paper cred! to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news ublished therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and P h T. L. WILSON, Vice-Pr t and M i M. McINTYRE HOOD, Mapaging Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Pelve: hd and Pickering, 30c per week, By mall out- side carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and Bngland, $7.00 per year; U.S., $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for JANUARY 11,152 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 Scouting Progress The Recognition Dinner held at Camp Samac the other evening by the Oshawa Boy Scouts Association, at which 31 local boys received the distinction of being named King's Scouts, was an historic occasion. It also served the purpose of bringing into prominence the great strides which have been made by the Boy Scout movement in Oshawa in recent years. A few years ago, it was a rare honar to be invested as a King's Scout. Those who qualified for that distinction were few and far between, because the standards required were high and can'only be attained by great devotion to the laws of scouting. It was, therefore a remarkable record that in the past year 31 Oshawa scouts have qualified, and have received their certificates entitling them to the rank of King's Scout. This shows that scout work in Oshawa is not only grow- ing in the number of young lives touched by it, but also in the quality of the work that is being done. The message given to the new King's Scouts by Mr. Jackson Dodds, Deputy Chief Scout for Canada, gives an indication of the . fine training which is inherent in the scout movement. He said "You will find that you will get more real happiness out of life by helping others than in many other ways. I am sure there is no conceit about your achievement among. you. Don't do your good deeds so someone will see them. Do them all the time." That is a fine philosophy of life, and it is a good thing that ever-increasing numbers of young lads in Oshawa are being trained to make it their chart and guide. War on Cancer Premier L. M. Frost's announcement that Ontario has declared war on cancer, and pro- poses to spend two and a half million dollars in setting up a cancer research and treat- ment centre, is news of far-reaching impor- / tance. It is doubtful if there is any disease to which the human frame is subject that is more dreaded by people generally. It is doubtful if there is any field in which there is greater need for research, diagnostic and treatment facilities than there is for cancer. Therefore the leadership which is being given in this field by the government of On- tario is important. Medical science has a long way to go be- fore it can be announced with assurance that cancer can be prevented and cured. This in- sidious disease continues to be one of the major causes of death in Canada because so little is known about it. Therefore there is a wide field open for research, and the pro- vision of proper and adequate facilities, backed and financed by the government, is a step which will receive widespread ap- proval. Men of Many Talents We read an interesting bit of comment on the versatility of politicians in a news- paper from Glasgow, Scotland, the other day. It pointed out how surprising it was to find men who were one day Minister of Health and the next day Minister of Labor. It speculated on the feelings of a man who went to bed at night holding the office of Solicitor-General and woke up the next morning as Chancellor of the Exchequer. One could not help looking over the Cana- dian political scene and noting how aptly the same comment might apply to similar cabinet juggling as it has been carried on in this country in years past. There have been cases in which men have been shifted from one cabinet post to another with the same ease as they change their suits. There have been those who switched from being Minister of Veterans' Affairs one day to Minister of Labor the next. We have seen a Minister of Planning and Development be- come' Provincial Secretary and Liquor Com- missioner in turn. The obvious comment is that these men must be supermen if they €an so quickly turn from one post to another Direct. to suit the political needs of the moment. The Glasgow newspaper rightly asks whether a man who has spent his time as head of a manufacturing plant could be ex- pected, overnight, to become the manager of a retail establishment, and suggests that in business and industry such changes as are made 2ffective in cabinet posts would be unthinkable. There is much to be said for that argu- ment. The saving factor, of course, is that the departments are not administered, in actual i Dg ministers, but by the senior civil servants who hold posts of ad- ministrative responsibility, and who as a rule have spent their lives reaching these high positions. The job of the minister, with his cabinet colleagues, is to lay down policies which the civil servants administer. But at the same time, one cannot help wondering if the present method of Cabinet appointment does not result in many square pegs being forced into round holes. Editorial Notes British Conservatives condemn Attlee's defence plans as being inadequate; left wing Laborites attack them as going too far. Pos- sibly then, they are just about right. » * * * The New York World Telegram and Sun says Canadians are distrustfyl of Washing- ton's leadership in the world crisis. We sug- gest that newspaper will find more who dis- trust it in its own city than in the whole of Canada. : + * + Canada's Princess Patricia's regiment has moved up into the war zone in Korea: Soon we may hear of its men living up to the finest traditions of a grand regiment. * + * A Georgia newspaper has published a special edition of 246 pages, consuming eighty tons of newsprint. What envy that will arouse in the minds of British pub- lishers who are restricted to four or six pages. + +» + One of the needs of Canadian railways is the provision of iluminated signs telling the names of railway stations. Travellers who have strained their eyes trying to identify a railway station at night will agree with this proposal. * + * The United Nations has appointed a com- mittee to begin talks on control of atomic energy and reduction of world armaments. That is a worthy objective--and it can be at- tained if Russia will co-operate with the free world to make it possible. ® Other Editors' Views eo U.S. LAST BEST HOPE (Winnipeg Free Press) The United States, because it has stood, unyield- ingly, for the principle which is vital to the United Nations--resistance to aggression--has taken a good deal of unjust and unwarranted abuse in recent weeks. But where, it may be asked, would the United Nations, the best hope of mankind, be today if it were not for the idealism and devotion to a grcat cause of the United States people and the courage of their troops in Korea? * +* + MISSION TO EUROPE (The Times, London) As supreme commander, Atlantic forces in Europe, Gen. Eisenhower acts on behalf of 12 governments, and he has been discussing with them, in private meetings, what forces they can offer him, the scale ol their rearmament work, the structure of his com- mand and international staf., and the location of his headquarters. It is in the courage and character required to reach and make right decisions that Gen. Eisenhower has excelled. This will be only the beginning, Perform- ance in the European countries themselves has to match the plans . , . The Atlantic power: collectively have the man- power, the material resources and the techniques. They need only the will and the confidence in their task, The strongest of them as President Truman promised in his economie report tr congress will bear part of its allies' burden. But the United Stafes will not and should not be expected to do for them what they can do them- selves. e A Bit of Verse ® THE MAPLE TREE Hurrah! for the sturdy maple-tree! Long may its green branch wave In native strength, sublime and free, Meet emblem for the brave. May the nation's peace With its growth increase, And its wort! be widely spread; For it lifts not In vain To the sun and rain Its tall, majestic head. May it grace our soil, And reward our toil, While the nation's day is sped! ? --SUSANNA MOODIE e A Bible Thought e "Be not proud of well-doing: for the judgment.of God is far different from the judgment of men, and that often offendeth Him which pleaseth them." © = Thomas A. Kempis. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," saith the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than our ways. (Isa 55:8, 9.) ! "PACE THAT KILLS" Mac's Musings There is a danger In these difficult days Of Christian Churches And ministers becoming So obsessed with the Magnitude of problems Facing the whole of our Society and civilization That they consider it Their duty to train their Guns on these objectives And leave untouched what Is their greatest work. 'When churches turn to The seeking of legislation And the making of broad International treaties As their objectives they Are travelling far from The simple fact that the Way to exalt a nation, And make nations peaceful, Is to exalt individuals, By the preaching of The gospel and not by Any process of legislation. We have been reading Some words by an eminent Minister of Kansas City Which express very well Our thoughts on this, Words in which he says; "The confusion of the church And its official spokesmen Today is that we are trying Looking Around The World By . DEWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The Moscow press, marking the first anniversary of the Russo-Chi- nese alliance, makes much of the claim. that the joint actions of the two countries will have a powerful influence on the future of human- ity. Whether this 1s a correct forecast depends heavily on whether Bol- shevism grows in strength or -- as | many democratic observers believe --blows up because of mankind's refusal to be regimented. However, it strikes me that the Moscow pre- | diction isn't to be tossed aside light- ly without consideration. | Certainly, as things now stand, the vast Asiatic theatre, which con- tains more than half the world's population, presents a grave prob- lem for the democraties. It could be the decisive battlefield of the ideological struggle. Generations Behind Many of these peoples still are living in primitive conditions, lit- erally generations behind the west- ern world. Poverty and hunger are the general rule. Such conditions provide a fer- tile field for any sort of ideology which holds out big promises of betterment. 80 the combination of the Soviet Union and huge Red China com- prises a formidable alliance, espe- cially since much of their territor- les actually lie within Eastern Asia. China, to be, sure, suffers from the common ailment of poverty and hunger. But she has a vast reser- voir of manpower which is backed by Russia resources -- military and otherwise. This enables the Russo-Chinese combination to use force (as in Ko- rea and French Indo-China) or threats of force, with which to drive home the ideological spike. Revolutionary activities are being inspired and backed by the Russo- Chinese alliance. It is, of course, too early to ar- rive at any final conclusion regard- ing the Asiatic situation. A long, hard col t may lie ahead. reatly Altered Much will depend on the trend of the struggle in Western Europe. Should war: develop there, and hould Russia overrun the conti- nent, the picture in Asia would be greatly altered. Such a European outcome would provide Moscow additional resources with which to press the Far Eastern conflict. And the democracies nat- urally would be correspondingly weakened. In short, Russia would be pretty well queen of the globe -- a cir- cumstance which this column doesn't expect to develop. The Asiatic struggle may take on a different complexion as Commu- nism increasingly comes up against the Moslem countries. We may expect sturdy religious resistance on the part of the Mos- lem peoples against atheistic Com- munism. The Moslem takes his be- lief in God seriously, and will fight for it. that the outcome of the Russia- Ohinese operations in Asia is bound to have a great influence on the fu- ture of humanity. And there is, as I see it, no reason why the democ- racies shouldn't look forward con- fidently to the outcome. ® 30 Years Ago Fire Chief Cameron reported only 18 fires in Oshawa in 1920, with a loss of $7,633, the lowest for many So we get becak to the premise |. ears. 4 Edwin Henry, won the Tamblyn prize for oratory in a contest at the, Oshawa High School. | F. G. Attwood, P. H. Beattie, Clar- ence Sadler, J. C. Young, S H. Buck- | ler and Frank Guy were ordained! as elders of the Presbyterian Church. | A start is to be made soon on new, premises for the Bank of Montreal ] at the: corner of Simcoe and Bond, Streets. | Provincial Deputy Fire Marshall) Lewis, after an inspection 'tour of Oshawa, condemned several public! buildings as fire-tr.ps. 4 DIE IN CRASH-- Sidney, O., Feb. 15-~(AP) -- Four men were killed and a fifth was in. jured critically - late Wednesday when their car was struck at a rail crossing two miles west of here by the New York Central rallroad's streamliner, the Southwestern Lim- ited. The men were drivipg home from work, More than 60 bridges span the many canals in Hamburg, great German seaport. To save institutions And social orders and, Civilization, whereas God commissioned us To save men." One of the most famous haunted houses in Britain is Newstead Abbey near Nottingham, former home of the Poet Byron. PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Calling All Books DEAR friends of mine, please look around . . , Your crannies and your nooks . . . And see if you still have on hand . . . Some old and borrowed books . . . And see if any of them are . . . The ones that came from me . . . One when you and I enjoyed . . . Each other's company . . . One pleasant day or evening when . . . You visited my shack «+ And promised that the book you took . . . Would soon be coming back . . . For there are spaces here and there ...On nearly every shelf . . . That should be filled with volumes that . . . I treasure to myself . .. So please return them now * and please . . . Be not afraid to say . . . That you intended all the while . . . To bring them yesterday. Copr., 1951, Pleld Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Churches and ministers Have a great task in Presenting the Christian Gospel to all mankind, But they can do more Effective work by doing it At the individual level Rather than by trying To make people better By legislation dealing . With them in the mass. AMALGAMATION PONDERED Toronto, Feb. 15--(CP)--Whether Toronto and 12 surrounding munie cipalities will' amalgamate probably will be known by June or July, Lorne Cuming, chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board, said Wed- nesday night. He added that the board is still to receive 10 deposi tions from municipalities opposing . amalgamation. The board hoped to conclude the hearing, now in ses Ferguson tractors have already sion here, in two weeks. earned $20 million for Britain. Seventy more are on the high seas, bound for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Canada has 1,000 chemical plants employing about 44,000 persons. 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