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OSHAWA AILY TIME Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TTE WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 81 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, APRIL-6, 1951 Price § Cents EIGHTEEN PAGES BRITAIN-U.S. SPLIT OVER KOREA P.U.C. Adopts New Policy On Cutting Trees Compromise Of Record Lake Shipment of G. M. Automobiles Members Criticism Being Cut Down Do the people of Oshawa Resent of Trees want the best and most effi- cient type of street lighting which necessitates cutting down trees on boulevards or are they content to keep the trees and have inferior lighting? Members of the Public Utilities Commission, who met last night, felt that they were trapped in the middle of these two questions. Having had enough criticism from people who do not wish to see trees cut and taking into consideration a recent motion of City Council which asked that only the most necessary tree felling be done, they passed a resolution covering the subject. UTILITIES In future, according to the resolution, the P.U.C. will re- frain from installing street + lights in areas where trees are involved except on the express directions of the City Engineer a 1 petition from residents concerned. Sick of Criticism "I for one", said Commissioner Robert Mills, "am sick and tired of criticism on this score. We have been in the middle for years and | years. What do the people want? Do they want the best in rid or do they want their trees?" Mayor Michael Starr, at a meet- | ing of City Council on Tuesday night, was instructed to place | council's objection to what. there | | | TREE CUTTING (Continued on Page 2) UAW to Seek Members In Allied Plants Cleveland, April 6 -- (AP) -- A vast organizing drive among newly- hired employees of defence plants mushrooming up around the United States was mapped today by the C.1.0. United Auto Workers. . The U.AW. also drew up plans for intensified member - signing campaigns in the aircraft and agri- cultural implement industries, in Canada, in southern and western United States, and in companies that are "farming out" some of their operations. The ambitious program was out- lined in a report of the union's competitive Shop Committee, which attempts to maintain similar wages | and working conditions in compan- ies doing similar work. A recently-passed $1 a month in| union dues will help finance a big- | ger organizing staff and other | costs, it added. The report said that in Canada, | organization is "urgently needed and long overdue" despite "an ex- cellent job" by the U.A.W.'s Cana- | dian staff. | Valuable Manuscript Is Saved From Fire Toronto, April 6 -- (CP) -- The manuscript of a book on the life of the Duke of Windsor was saved last night when fire destroyed the suburban' Scarborough home of Miss Lucy Doyle, author and for- mer newspaper columnist. The manuscript and two pieces of furni- ture were all that was saved from the home. SURPLUS IS EXPLAINED It was true, said Bien s of the | | Public Utilities Commission who | met last night, that there was an operating surplus in the electrical department of $158,722 in 1950. | What was not however, they said, was that the | amount did represent cash in the | bank, but had all been budgeted | for and had, during the year, been | | absorbed in fixed assets. It was admitted, however, that the electrical department was not only | debt-free, but also in a sound fin- | ancial position. | The Commission last night sub- | mitted a statement showing the disposition of the 1950 surplus, Operating Surplus The statement showed that in 1950 the operating surplus before | depreciation consisted of the actual operating surplus of $158,722.24 plus ! $13,535.32, the amount allowed for | depreciation and bad debts, making a total of $172,257.56. Assets Converted Added to this was the amount of $119,204.70 in current assets whica had been converted into fixed as- sets. This figure included bank bal- ances and cash, investments, ac- UTILITIES (Continued on Page 2) Sheep Population Decline, Tragic Watson Declares Toronto, April § -- (CP) -- The decline of Canada's sheep population was described as "tragic" Thursday by W. P, Watson, Livestock Commissioner for Ontario, Addressing a meeting of Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Ltd, Mr. Watson said that under present conditions, particularly on Ontario farms, it is necessary to concentrate on larger flocks and making sheep husbandry a specialized busi- ness, There was plenty of room for expansion. One reason was the need for more meat to meet de- mands of Canada's higher stan- dard of living, MacArthur's Suggestion To Use Chiang-Kai-Shek Troops Arouses Furore By ELTON C. FAY Washington, April 6-~(AP) Gen. | MacArthur has proved again that he one of the Truman adminis- tration's hottest potatoes. His latest challenge of adminis- tration policy and Washington authority was burning fingers today at the White House, the State De- NET PAID CIRCULATION {The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for MARCH 10,558 | eral, partment and the Pentagon, military | headruarters, MacArthur's letter to a Re- publican leader, representative Joe Martin of Massachusetts, warmly endorsing Martin's de- mand that the thousands of Chinese Nationalist troops on Formosa under command of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek be used in action against the the Chinese and Korean Com- munists, had potentialities in at least three fields: 1. Domestic politics. 2. International politics, in- cluding the United Nations pro- gram in the F- East, 3. Military Strategy. While MacArthur's letter prompt- ly raised speculation about. possible disciplinary action against the Gen- | there was serious question | MacARTHUR (Continued on Page 2) »- generaly realized | 2 The largest Canadian shipment of automobiles in Great Lakes' Tr PRODUCTION OF CARS HITS "HIGH RECORD \ | Ottawa, April 6 -- (CP) -- Fac- | '| tory shipments of Canadian-made | 45 aves Toronto this week for Fort | | William on board the Canada Steamship Lines' Colling wood. The Collingwood, carrying mearly 250 new cars | from General Motors at Oshawa, will be the first ship of the season to clear Toronto for the head of the lakes. | | Two of the cars are.seen here being driven yp the ramp from the dock inte the ship's held, ~--Photo » by John Milne Toronto. | Nine Year Old Homeless Boy In Arson Case St. Thomas, Ont. April 6-- (CP) A homeless nine-year- old boy with a passion for fire engines today was ordered con- fined to a training school for an indefinite period when he appeared in court on charges of setting fires that caused more than $25,000 damage. Inspector L. J. Bishop of the Ontario Fire Marshal's office testified that the boy admitted setting fires at the Granada Theatre and a city mill be- | cause he "liked to see the water come out of the hose." The father of the boy, born in Saint Johm, N.B, lives in Toronto. The rest of the family are under the care of the Children's Aid Society in To- ronto. Apparently he has no place he can really call home, Fire Chief Alex Sutherland said to- day, adding that the lad has wandered about Ontario find- ing haven in homes of kind- hearted people. Police said they had seen him roaming through streets late at night alone. No one seems to know where he comes from, although he has stayed briefly in Toronto, London and other southwestern Ontario cities in his aimless travels. Communist Led Union Is Ousted Kirkland 'Lake, Ont. April 6-- (CP)--An organizing victory in ) on the Central Front last night left a | gains. Surprise Retreat By Chinese Along North Korea Front By OLEN CLEMENTS Tokyo, April 6--(AP)--A surprise Chinese withdrawal "no-man's-land" in front of United Nations forces today north of Parallel 38. | AP Correspondent John Randolph said Chinese who had been | fighting stubbornly for two days suddenly broke contact Thursday night and retreated. Americans thrusting forward Fri- day reported only patrol contact. | All along a 40-mile stretch of | the front, U.N. units forged lid The allied advance had thrust | as much as eight miles inside Com- | munist North Korea, | | Press Advance Elements of four divisions pressed the slow, cautious Un- ited Nations advance on the Central and Western fronts, Northern Ontario gold-fields was claimed today by United Steel- workers of America (C10.-CCL). | Organizer William Sefton said the Communist-led Seton, suid Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Ind. is washed. up od Canada's gold-mining industry as| a result of their defeat in a vote at Macassa Mine. He said workers chose the steel union as their bargaining agent by a vote of 149 to 73. There were 30 spoiled ballots. One doubtful bal- lot was granted the steel union. The steel union obtained more | than the 50 per cent necessary to oust mine-mill as bargaining agent | for the miners. Its officials expect nine other producing mines in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area to follow suit, | American, British, Greek, South Korean and Thai (Siamese) troops fought ahead from Hill to hill. On the east coast, two South Korean divisions rang- ed 15 miles north of the bor- der. All but a few Chinese and Red Korean stragglers had been driven from battered South Korea. The die-hards blocked the Hag- gye-Inje road east of Chunchon on the mountainous central front. Americans battered up that road behind heavy artillery fire, but they' still were south of Parallel 38. The Reds controlled ridges on both sides of the road. Once the road is opened to al- lied traffic, the front will extend from the Imjin river in the West REDS RETREAT (Continued on Page 2) London, April 6--(AP)--Inform- ed sources today said Britain has withdrawn her troops from the strategic Suez Canal zone--but only during times of peace. The pro- posal, reported agreed upon by the cabinet yesterday, was described as a compromise offer to Egyptian government demands for outright removal' of British troops. Sir Ralph Stevenson, Britain's ambas- sador to Cairo, sat in on yesterday's cabinet meeting. The proposed compromise is said to provide for withdrawal of British troops from the vital link between the Mediterranean and Red Seas on condition that British installa- tions be maintained in state of pre- paredness in case of threat of war. It would provide further for the quick return of British troops to take over defence of the canal. British M.P. Makes Motion 'Condemning MacArthur London, April 6--(CP)--Criticism has mounted over Gen. Mac- Arthur's statement that Chinese Nationalist troops on Formosa be used against the Communists in Korea. In the House of Commons, a La- bor M.P. introduced a motion of "no confidence" in the general as Unit- |ed Nations commander in Korea. Fear that MacArthur's interfer- ence in political matters might bring on a full-scale war with his was the basic theme of the criticism. The independent Danish news- paper Information called for the dismissal of MacArthur and urged governments of other U.N. countries to back the move. no troops in the UN. Korea.) Paris newspapers expressed anxi- ety lest some unco-ordinated ac- tion or _statemént by MacArthur might result in extending Korean war, force in (Denmark has the | | motor vehicles in February reached | 40,592 units -- third highest month- | | ly figure on record. The latest figure, the Bureau of Statistics reported, compared with 30,137 a year ago; 41,283 in June, 1950, and the all-time peak of 41,901 units in April, | 1929, | A large part of the gain in Feb- | ruary over a year earlier occurred | in shipments of passenger cars, the month's total advancing to 29,241 | units from 22459 a year ago, but | commercial vehicles also rose to 11,~ 1 351 units {rom 7.678. | Passenger cars for sale in Can- | ada totglled 27,466 as against 21,006, rand commercial vehicles numbered 110,393 compared with 6977. Pas- senger cars made for export to- talled 1,775 against 1,453, and com- mercial vehicles 958 against 701. Korea Naval Chief Given College Post Ottawa, April Jeffry V. Brock, D.S.C., Canada's top sailor in Korean waters eight months, comes home tomor- row with his ship Cayuga with a | shore job ahead of him. The navy announced today that | the 37-year-old Winnipeg and Van- couver officer "will come ashore to take up the appointment of naval | member of the directing staff at the National Defence College in King- ston," starting Aug. 1. The destroyer Cayuga is due back in Esquimalt, B.C., tomorrow. She | was one of three destroyers which | left there last July to join the U.N. forces in Krea. Capt. Brock was In command of the three-ship flotilla and more than once had ships of other navies under his wing as well. On May 25, he will turn over com- mand of Cayuga to Cmdr. James | Plomer, D.SC. and Bar, 39, | Winnipeg and Saint John, N.B, Cmdr. Plomer will also becmes com- mander of the Canadian destroyer division on the Pacific Coast, Tories Win Safe Seat In By-Election England, Ormskirk, Lancashire, tive party today retained a safe | seat in the House of Commons by an increased margin over Labor. | here showed Conservative candidate Sir Arthur Salter received 24,190 votes to 8269 for the Labor stan- dard bearer, Lt.-Col. H. A. Kelly, and only 686 for Fred G. Barton | of the Independent Labor Party. The election was caused by the | appointment of Sir Ronald Cross, who won the seat in last year's Retention of the seat by the Con- | servatives reduces the Labor Party's working majority in the Commons to seven, not counting the speaker, and on an Irish Na- tionalist who has not yet taken his seat. The standing in the Commons: Labor 314, Conservatives and allies 296, Liberals 9, Irish Nationalists 2, Independent 1, vacant 2. French Open Drive In Indo-China War Hanoi, Indo-China, China, April 6 (Reuters)' -- Strong French forces launched a powerful drive today in mountainous Indo-Chinese terri- tory about 30 miles west of here. A large force of Vietminh Com- munist rebels are believed to be in the area. But up to late afternoon the French reported no opposition though some prisoners had been taken. THE WEATHER Sunny and warm with light winis today. Cloudy and mild with winds south 15 Saturday. Intermittent rain Saturday af- ternoon and evening. Low to- night and high Saturday 40 and 55. Summary for Saturday: Cloudy, then rain SharpDifference Seen Impossible By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Washington, April 6--(AP)--Britain and the Unite® States are reported to have split sharply over a proposed statement of Korean war aims and peace hopes. It was to have been issued here by President Truman. While respon- sible informants here today said the way is still open for talks to continue, the project has been virtually abandoned | as far as a statement by Truman is concerned. What now | appears likely is an early Washington speech by State Secre- tary Dean Acheson defining the political problems and pur- poses of the Korean conflict. GM WORKER SUCCUMBS TO HEAD WOUND A 16-year-old General Motors night-shift employee, Ronald Bur- nell, was fatally shot in the bed- The difference between Washing= ®ton and London is said to have ccme over how far to go in trying | to induce the Chinese Communists to open peace talks now. Britain is said to favor am appeal for Chinese participa- tion in peace talks, while the U.S. has insisted that many doors are already open to the Chinese 'and "that the U.N, countries would not really ad- vance by showing what Wash ington considers to be political weakness. MacArthur Involved The whole affair, reflecting the considerable differences of attitude a between London and Washington room of his home near Uxbridge on Far Eastern policy, is involved Tuesday when his riflle discharged, with the widening rift between Gen, sending a bullet into his head. Pro- | MacArthur and Washington over 6-- (CP) -- Oapt.| for | of | April 6--(AP)--Britain's Conserva- | Results of yesterday's by-election | vincial police said today the shoot- | the conduct and broad political ing was an accident. No inquest | strategy of the Korean war. 2a be held. Coroner Dr. Stanley | Several weeks ago as United Na- B a) Lt Sr outvilie aided in the in- | tions forces began approaching the Police theorized that young Bur- nell, who returned to.his home from | working in Oshawa early Tuesday morning, could not sleep due to the chirping of a number of birds perched in trees outside his bed- room window. They believe he got out of bed, picked up his .22 rifle intending to shoot into the trees to ! scare away the birds. ] There was a scatter 'rug on, the | well waxed bedroom floor. It is be- lieved Burnell was raising his rifle to fire it when he tripped on the | rug, discharging the rifle. He was found at three o'clock in |! the afternoon. The Burnell home is located on | the Fifth Concession of Uxbridge Township, north of Claremont. Provincial Ccnstable. Victor Proc- | ter of Uxbridge investigated. BRITAIN--U. S. (Continued on Page 2) British Meat Ration Raised London, April 6--(AP)--Food Minister Maurice Webb today announced an increase in the fresh-meat ration, which he said was made possible by increasing quantities of domestic supplies. As of April 15, Britons will be able to get their entire 10 pence (about 12 cents) meat ration in fresh meat. At present, each person is entitled to eight pence worth of fresh meat and two pence worth of corned beef. Resume Shipments Buenos Aires, April 6--(Reu- ters) -- Britain and Argentina agreed early today on resump- tion of meat shipments to Bri- tain, Argentina sources said. They said an announcement will be made later today or to- morrow. Burlinzion Post Office Is Robbed | The women protested they did! Hamilton, April 6-- (CP) --Bur- not receive pay increases given | lington Post Office was entered many. civil servants across Canada. | early today and $8,000 in stamps Toronto District D.V.A. adminis- jand money orders and $180 in Sunnybrook Waitresses Go On Strike Toronto, April 6-- (CP) -- One | hundred . waitresses, kitchen and cleaning aids at Sunnybrook Mi- | | litary Hospital stopped work for an { hour yesterday in demanding a | wage increase. election, as Governor of Tasmania. | trator Harold W. DeGuerre said he | will ask the federal labor depart- | | ment to make a survey of salaries] | of the group, listed as exempt from | | Increases granted certain civil ser- | vant classifications. | cash was stolen. A few weeks agb $5,000 was stolen from the same post office. Police stopped all cars on the roads approaching Hamil ton in an effort to catch the thieves in the latest robbery. Guaranteed Annual Wage Highlights New Demands Made at UAW Convention Cleveland, April --A revolution- | ary program highlighted by de- mands for a guaranteed annual wage from industry, a proposal for a union-operated insurance com- pany and company-financed hospi- tal and rhedical care, went before the 13th annual convention of the United Auto Workers last night for approval by the delegates, And on the collective bar- gaining horizon were also union demands for an increase of pensions from $125 a month to $200, as well as a month's paid vacation for each employee. The biggest fight will be staged for the guaranteed annual wage, when the program is approved by the membership. Although the contracts do not open up for four years, the union is preparing to set up a study commission to go into the question, and will ask in- dustry to do the same. "We are going to serve notice | far enough in advance so that the | ioe corporations have to be ready when we come to the bargaining table," UAW" president Reuther told the delegates earlier this week. "The surest way to guarantee that you will have full employment in your plant is to make the com=- pany pay you if there is no work to do, and when they have to pay you for not working, they'll find a way to keep you working," he de- clared. Dealing with the recommendation for a union-operated insurance company, Mr. Reuther stated earl- "lier that the great insurance com- panies were tied in with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, and he claimed they were getting hundreds of millions of 'dollars in profits from the workers. "I hope the convention will au- thorize the executive board to set- up a non-profit UAW-CIO -insur- ance company to take care of our UAW CONVENTION (Continued on Page 2)