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omions DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette , OBHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) of The Canadian Press, A ation, the Ameri. the Ontario can pap P ies Association and the Audit Bureau of Provinsiat The C dian Press is exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news despatches in the lle credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches herel are also reserved. .A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Manag! M. McINTYRE HQOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Dene pi hin Pickering, 30c per week. By mall out. side carrier delivery areas anywhere In Canada and England, $7.00 per year; U.S, $0.00 per year. Authorized os Second Class Matter, Post Office Dapartment, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for APRIL 10,591 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951 Service Still Watchword When a change occurs in the ownership or control of a newspaper property it is an event of more than ordinary interest and im- portance. This is true because a newspaper, though privately owned, is really a public service organization that serves the commu- nity for which it is published, and therefore has a very definite responsibility to that community. The integrity of a newspaper -- its sin- cerity of purpose and advocacy of the pub- lic's interest -- 'are of very proper concern to those to whom it appeals for support. Many people feel this is best guaranteed by local ownership, and perhaps that is gen- erally true. However, there are definite ad- vantages to be derived from centralized ownership of a group of newspapers. Such an arrangement is frequently an even better guarantee of sound business administration and wholesome editorial policies. In the case of The Thomson Dailies, with which The Times-Gazette will now be asso- ciated, the foregoing is true. Mr. Thomson has shown that he has given his newspapers good business leadership while at the same time recognizing that local people in charge of each newspaper are best able to determine news and editorial policies. All he asks in that respect is that the best interests of the individual community be served at all times. We feel that in the arrangements announ- ced today this newspaper is taking a definite forward step in becoming associated with a strong group organization while at the same time preserving its individuality and local character. In fact, it may be stated here, that from the very first approach which Mr. Thomson made with a view to acquiring con- trol of The Times-Gazette he expressed his desire that the present publisher and other executives carry on their work in order that there should be no interruption or weaken- ing of the service given by the newspaper to its city and surrounding district: It is often remarked that a newspaper's editorial independence cannot be maintain- ed without financial independence. While The Times-Gazette has had no financial ob- ligations to outsiders except in respect to banking and business loans, those in busi- ness know that economic pressures are be- eoming constantly stronger, requiring addi- tional working capital. Then too, in a grow- ing community such as ours, business ex- pansion is a definite problem and one that from time to time may require fairly large sums of money. Obviously these situations can be better met with the strong backing of a large organization, with a diversified and widespread interest, Good human rela- tions in business are to a considerable extent dependent upon a strong financial position. Under the arrangements which have been made we predict that readers and advertisers will hardly be aware that a change of own- ership has occurred. That, we feel, is as it should be. Service to the community will still be the watchword of The Times-Gazette, They All Contributed Canada has become a great nation because of the varied contributions which have been made to its national life, to its material de- velopment and its cultural growth by the people of many races who have come to this country to make it their home. Starting with the French colonists who settled in Quebec in the seventeenth century, there have been successive waves of migration to the shore of Canada from many lands, and out of all of these has come the leadership which has enabled Canada to reach its present status. It has been interesting to note in the records of history that nearly all of the major immigration movements into Canada has arisen from a desire on the part of set- tlers to escape from unbearable or at least difficult conditions in their own lands, and to better their own position. The United Empire Loyalists came to Canada because of their The Times-Gazette is a member the Canadian Daily Newspap N lon. Di 4. _ unwillingness to live uthde the conditions prevailing in the United States after the revolutionary war. The Irish and Scottish migrations of the early 19th century pro- vided an escape for these settlers from con- ditions of poverty and oppression in their own countries. Later waves of migration came because Canada offered a brighter future than the countries from which they came, The present influx of people from Europe, where they were known as displaced persons, is a typical movement away from unbearable conditions under which they were living, From all these people, of many nationali- ties, Canada has in its past gained much. They have become welded into a national entity which is distinctively Canadian, but they have carried with them, and transmitt- ed to their descendants, the characteristics of the races from which they have sprung. Through their united efforts they have built Canada into a great nation, but a nation whose highest destiny still lies in the future. As these immigrants of bygone years made their contributions to the development of Canada, so are there great latent possibili- ties in the new Canadians who have come here in recent years, and who will be coming within the next few years. Among them are people of rich gifts, of fine technical skill, and of fine culture, and as they are assimi- lated into the life of Canada, they, too, will play an important part in the future great development of this country. They are people who should be welcomed to Canada, just as were the forbears of our present-day Cana- dians, because of what they and their descen- dants will bring to the national life of Cana- da in the years that lie ahead. Editorial Notes The only kind of gun in which many people are interested at present is a spray gun, loaded with DDT. * KA A Russian scientists claim that human be- ings can be made to live 200. years. As the Windsor Star suggests, perhaps in Russia it only seems like 200 years. + A * A scientist claims that life is possible on other planets. That makes it quite interest- ing to find out which is the most peaceful of them all, as a possible haven of refuge. * * * Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph quotes. a na- turalist as saying that a parrot talks with- out knowing what it is talking about. Per- haps that is where some of our embryo politicians got their pattern. +» * * Newspaper announcement says a jet plane was flown 700 miles to Toronto in 65 min- utes. Which has caused quite a few com- ments to the effect that it would be more logical if the plane were flying away from Toronto. ® Other Editors' Views eo THE COST OF LIVING (St. Thomas Times-Journal) A few months ago Finance Minister Abbott pre- dicted that the cost of living would come down. It has gone up quite substantially, The other day his colleague, Rt. Hon. C. D, Howe, predicted that so far as he could see it would remain stationary, but if it did go up it would not be more than one-half of one percent. Evidently he did not take iato consideration what Mr. Abbott was to do. Having seen that, Mr. Howe says the overgll increase in the cost of living due to the budget will be 10 percent. And the government says it has no intention of establishing price controls, + * IT ALL HELPS (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) Ontario is to change its highway markers to con- form with those used in the United States. Of course, some will regard it as another case of Americaniza- tion, but it will be a help to all in the evergrowing international traffic, : o A Bit of Verse * SONG OF THE HAIR Now when the morning lights your hair Let me lift it and let me pull The strong comb through it while you stare Into the mirror brimming full Of your bright image. Let me brush Flowing waves of it smooth as plush, * Down your impatient back it flows, Over my fingers weaves and pours, While the brush pauses and my heart knows Years when my hair was just like yours, Just like yours, (With a whispering hush Like wind over high wheat moves the brush.) Then it was I who, poised for flight, Held by the fragrance-releasing brush, Leaned in the golden morning light Close to my mirrored sheen and flush, While my mother with murmuring care Remembered years of her shining hair, ® A Bible Thought e the gilt of their Bible care little for the gold within it."--The Presbyterian. yes, I much fine gold." (Pas. 18:9, 10.) "Frequently the people who are most careful of "The Judgments of the Lord are true and righteous | altogether, More to be desired are they than gold, If It Happened In Moscow "Josef Trumanof, you can go wherever you-like." --Opland in De Volkskrant, Amsterdam Looking Around The World By DEWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Iran's seizure of the vast British controlled petroleum industry in Iran creates a serious problem not only for Britain but for the western powers in their defence against Communism. Iran, with its wealth of petroleum, is a key spot in the strategic Middle East. And military operations--and the industries upon which théy de- pend -- must be floated on oil. The development is doubly serious in that it has been inspired by Moscow, working through fifth col- umnists in Iran. Ironically enough, the seizure was achieved by parliamentary legisla- tion nationalizing the oil industry. In short, the socialist government of Britain, which is nationalizing home industries, has been handed a dish of its own porridge. Companion Piece By strange coincidence this Iran- ian explosion was a companion piece to Peiping's confiscation of the Bri- tish Asiatic Petroleum Company of China. The Chinese move, theoreti- cally in retaliation for British cap- ture of a tanker, involves a distribu- tion agency -- the British-Asiatic Petroleum Company -- for oil im- ports into China. Pelping's drastic move naturally widens the breach between Red China and Britain. It is sweet mu- sic for Moscow, although there is no indication that Russia was re- sponsible for the move. The Iranian oil zone at the head of the Persian gulf is regarded as the richest single field known any- where, This nationalization crisis and the general Red-inspired political unrest create a position which might inspire a Communist coup. Russia has been working persist- ently to force Iran into the Red camp, partly because Moscow wants control of Persian oil but more be- cause she wants a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. 19 P.O.W.'s HELD United Nations, N.Y., May 2-- (AP)--The United States told the United Nations Tuesday it has sent all but 19 Second World War pris- oners home by June 30, 1947. The 19 held over in 1947 were individu- als sentenced for crimes after their capture. Warns Synod About Bogus Peace Appeal Hamilton, May 2--(CP)--Rt. Rev. Walter Bagnall in his charge to the Anglican Synod of Niagara yester- day cautioned clergy and laity against signing bogus "peace" peti- tions, He said many "guileless peo- ple" had already become. unwilling tools of materialistic philosophers and propagandists, His Lordship also reported on expanded diocesan work and on expanded demands for its ministra- tions. In connection with the signing of "peace" petitions, he said: "I have no hesitation whatever in saying that many decent-minded, single-minded and guileless people have with the best possible inten- tions signed such petitions. I have likewise no hesitation in saying that there is joy among the angels of the power of evil over each guileless person that signs. ... "Let us realize that true peace does not lie in this direction Let us even more completely realize that by playing into the hands of this materialistic philosophy and its propagandists in our midst we are becoming unconscious and some- times, indeed, unwilling 'tools in their hands." e Readers Views GOOD DEED APPRECIATED The . Editor, The Times-Gazgtte, Sir: I would consider it a favor if you would print the following letter of appreciation. Last Sun- day while driving north of Brooklin with my family, we had the mis- fortune to get stalled in our car. A group of boys in their 'teens came along in a light car, stopped and asked if they could give us a push. They turned around at a nearby side-road and bushed our heavy car up hill with theirs until it started. Such a kindly act from teen-agers is very commend- able and I feel that if our boys and girls have this feeling of good fel- lowship, we need not fear any form of "isms" detrimental to our way of life, JIM CARTER, 707 King Stret East, Oshawa. Mac's Musings The Canadian Beautification Association is launching A campaign to spruce up The Canadian scene, and Particularly the appearance Of the towns and cities, In order to make them As attractive as possible Not only to visitors, But to their inhabitants, This is a subjectron which There can be no two Opinions because most of us Are ready enough to be .| Critical of slovenly and Slum-like areas elsewhere, But neglect to look around Our own community to check On similar shortcomings. If we look at this matter, Fairly and squarely, We have to admit that Some of our city streets Become littered with paper, Broken glass and garbage, That the surroundings of Some of our industries, Are cluttered with debris Of a filthy character, And that there are many Homes which could stand Some tidying up and even A fresh coat of paint, With the coming of bright . Summer sunshine these Faults stand out like A sore finger, and point To conditions that can And should be remedied, By a thorough campaign Of cleaning up streets, And the individual effort Of all our citizens, Including the management Of some industric., In order to make Oshawa A city in whose appearance We will all take pride, And which our visitors "Will find attractive. TO TRAIN IN CANADA London, May 2 (CP)--The third party of British airmen to go to Canada for advanced training will leave Thursday and Friday, it was announced Tuesday night. The con- tingent comprises 31 pilots and 23 navigators. They all are pilot offi- cers who have finished initial train- ing in Britain. Since January, 89 pilots and 48 navigators have gone to the R.C.AF. training schools at, Gimli, PEI Man, and Summerside, i : -- [A PORTRAITS - I Will Not' Rest WILL not lay my pen aside . . . 0) 772} my Cod has summoned me . . . Be. yond the setting sun . . . But I will write of love and stars every page ... Of time and memory . . . And I will write of fertile fields ... That grow beneath the sky. .. Of smiles and And always I will honor God . . . And sing His highest praisg . . . For giving me this life to live . . . And blessing the world my best . . . For other souls to worship Him , .. And be forever blest. By James J. Metcalfe I Until my work is done . . . Until + + » And moonbeams on the sca . . . Of youth and age on tears, of hopes and fears . .. And dreams that never die . . . all my days . .. May I be worthy of His trust . . . And give Copr. 1031, Field Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved, The Pig on the Cereal Bowl (New York Herald-Tribune) The Supreme Court, in the ma- jesty of the law, has decreed that you can't patent a pig that eats cereal. It isn't a real pig, of course, and it doesn't actually eat the cereal, Otherwise the case might be entirely different, The legal facts seem to be these: The party of the first part devised a plastic pig that is fastened to the side of the baby's cereal bowl. When the baby advises the parent that he is opposed to eating cereal, the parent shovels it into the gaping mouth of the plastic pig. Through a trick arrangement, the cereal returns to the bowl, and the baby, determined that no pig can outeat him, is spurred on to consume the cereal himself. The party of the second part thereupon devised a plastic dog which per- forms the same service. The pig party protested that its patent had been infringed upon, but the court has ruled in favor of the dog party, with the result that it now is en- tirely legal to use a pig, a dog, 'an alligator or even a rhinoceros in order to hoodwink the baby. There the matter rests, as far as the court is concerned. . Frankly, we are astonished that any parent would hold his child's mentality in such low esteem as to think he could get away with such a deception. The only thing that saves situations like this is that children, being tolerant folk, invari- ably play along with their parents in such matters. If mama wants to kid herself into thinking that the toy pig is really eating the awful stuff, it's all right with them. Most children take food strictly out of courtesy to their parents anyhow, and a plastic animal more or less isn't going to make any difference. The Supreme Court can order the family's crockery embellished with a whole menagerie of gaping beasts as far as the kids are concerned. It's still spinach. ® 25 Years Ago John Vipond, former warden of Ontario County and promineng horse breeder, died at Brooklin, aged 77, E. A. Lovell was elected presi dent of the Oshawa Rotary Club for the year 1926-1927, The price of milk in Oshawa was reduced one cent to 13 cents a quart. Automobile tariff changes resulte ed in several Oshawa building pere mits being withdrawn. Ontario County Council Reforest- ation Committee announces plans for development of an extensive county forest. The old grain elevator, landmark at Whitby Harbor, has been torn down. Want to buy, sell. or trade -- A classified ad and the deal is made, Fight CANCER Make all cheques payable to Canadian Cancer Society and send your donation to MR. MORTON, Treasurer, P.O. BOX 57, OSHAWA leystone of Main Street Sun, rain, soil, people--these produce those rich crops of peaches, melons, grapes, tobacco : : : and the fine towns growing with thems, But mostly it is people who have added "garden country" to Canada's forests and wheatfields and mines. People like the manager at your Commerce branch. He's at the heart of his town's life-- just as his town is the heart of the districti He knows his job: to give you the kind of banking service that is the keystone of community progress. Get to know him and the people who work with him to give you Commerce service. They're worth knowing! The Canadian Bank of Commerce "The Com merce"