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OPINIONS The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) The Times-Gazette is a member of The Ni A iation, the Ameri. the dian Dally P the Ontario can Newspap Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau ct Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited 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, President and Pi T. L. WILSON, Vice-Presid and M M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 30c 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 os Second Class Matter, Post Office Dapartment, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for APRIL 10,591 FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951 Intolerance Rebuked A sharp rebuke to intolerance which went beyond legal bounds was administered to Premier Maurice Duplessis of 'Quebec in Superior Court in Montreal this week. Mr. Justice C. G. Mackinnon ruled that Frank Roncarelli, restaurant owner had had his liquor permit for his restaurant cancelled, without cause, through the intervention of Premier Duplessis, and ordered the Pre- mier to pay $8,123 damages to Roncarelli. This case has implications that do not all appear on the surface. It was tied in with the Quebec Premier's attempts to suppress the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses movement in Quebec Province. Roncarelli has shown sympathy with the Witnesses who were being prosecuted for distribution of their literature without a permit, and had provided bail funds for some of them. Be- cause of this, his liquor permit as a res- taurant operator was cancelled, and the find- ing of the court was that this cancellation had been brought about because of the inter- vention of Premier Duplessis. Premier Duplessis stands condemned on three counts in this case. He undertbok to punish a respectable and law-abiding citizen for exercising what is the legal prerogative of any citizen of Canada, that of supplying bail for friends. He interfered in the oper- ations of what is supposed to be a non- political body, the Quebec Liquor Commis- sion, in having Roncarelli's license cancelled. Finally, and perhaps the most serious of all, he allowed religious prejudice and intoler- ance to become weapons of an effort to ruin a citizen with religious views different from his own: Such intolerance, such interference with the legal rights of citizens, have no place in Canada, and it is astounding that they should have been used by a man holding the high office of Premier of a Canadian prov- ince as a means of punishing one with whom he disagreed on religious matters. As we have pointed out in these columns previously, religious freedom is one of the keystones of Canadian liberty, and even the chief execu- tive of a province cannot with impunity dis- regard that vital principle of the laws of Canada. The decision of Mr. Justice Mackin- non can be interpreted as a stinging rebuke, not only to Premier Duplessis, but to all others who would interfere with the re- ligious freedom of Canadian citizens. Racing Information One of the most surprising pieces of news ever presented to the Canadian public came to light in court in Hamilton this week, when a Provincial Police inspector testified that the Canadian National Telegraphs made a business of supplying racing information, in- cluding results and betting odds, to clients under a contract fee. This evidence was given in a case in which two individuals were charged with keeping a common betting house and supplying and transmitting rac- Canadian Press, awspa p Director. ing information. His evidence was corrobor- | ted by that of a Provincial Police special con- stable who was formerly a C.N.T. tele- grapher. It is more than surprising to find a pub- licly-owned communications system carry- ing on a traffic of this kind, a business which is used almost exclusively in the breaking of the laws concerning betting and gambling, It opens up the question of the ethics of the Canadian National Telegraphs in carrying on a practice which its officials cannot help but know is necessary to illegal gambling on race horses. These officals cannot claim to be so naive that they were not aware this information was being used for illegal pur- poses: This traffic of the Canadian National Tele- graphs is on a par with that of the Bell Tele- phone in connection with the intallation of a multiplicity of telephone lines in premises which could not possibly require them for 'any purpose other than the operation of a betting ring. In many such cases, when court proceedings have resulted, the telephone of- DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE rearuses ficials have taken the view that they do not know for what purpose the telephones were used, and that it was none of their business. Even that excuse, however, will not stand up in the case of the telegraph company sup- plying over its wires race results and prices which could be used only for one purpose, and that an illegal one. Letters to the Editor The columns of The Times-Gazette are al- ways open to those who wish to express opinions or discuss matters of public interest in letters to the editor. We welcome such let- ters, and are glad to publish them on the editorial page, because they reflect a desire to use the newspaper as a public forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions. We therefore extend to our readers a cordial in- vitation to make use of our columns for this purpose. There is, however, one rule which is often ignored, but to which all letter-writers must adhere if they wish to have their letters published. All letters must bear the signa- ture of the writer. This does not mean that the name will be published in all cases. If the writer expressed a desire to use a nom-de- plume for publication, that wish is respected, but in all cases the signature and address of the writer must accompany the letter as a guarantee of good faith. Anonymous letters received find their proper place in the edi- torial waste-paper basket. Editorial Notes Tonight sees the opening of the big an- nual Kiwanis Karnival at the Arena. Every dollar spent there helps the Kiwanian- to carry on their splendid community services + KA + Mortgage and Investment company of- ficial says rent control is being maintained for a minority of the people. But if controls were removed entirely, how that minority would suffer. * RA + Sixteen thousand immigrants came to Canada in March and April and 10,000 more are expected in May. They will be welcome additions to Canada's working and produc- tive force. _ * * + Canada's 25th Brigade is to be rushed into action as soon as it lands in Korea. It is not going to have the benefit of the behind-the- lines seasoning and training given to the P.P.C.L.IL } # + * The Attlee government decison to end free glasses and false teeth for Britons, one of the main causes of the split in the Labor ! party, was upheld by the Commons by a vote of 263 to 3. Apparently the split could not have been as serious as was supposed. ® Other Editors' Views eo GREAT INHERITANCE (Vancouver Sun) Our main inheritance from a bountiful nature is our forests. We are using it up at a prodigal rate and we are not doing nearly enough to maintain it in perpetuity. Mr. Kenney points out that 20,000,000 acres were worked over by the loggers last year but only 10,000 acres were replaced this spring. Last year, 4,600,000,000 feet of lumber were cut--a new record. And new records are such wondrful things. But som time ago the future of the forests was carefully considered and it was decided that a safe annual cut would be 3,500,000,000 feet. ® A Bit of Verse © FROCK FOR A ROBIN What shall I make, Poem for a robin Or frock for a child? Robin will not care: He will sing as loudly Either way. \ But Alison will wear A new frock proudly; Pretty hands will stroke Candy-striping, Tiny fingers poke Every fold. But Robin's chirping Will be just as gay With my verse untold. What shall I take-- Pencil for a robin Or needle for a child? It matters not A jot To a robin. So I'll tack and I'll tuck And I'll make a pretty frock For Alison--and she Is like to a robin As can be. --UNA R. LIAS e A Bible Thought e "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God!" (I John 3:1.) That Thou shouldst love a thing like me And be the God Thou art, Is darkness to my intellect \ But sunshine to my heart. --Plesse in The St. Louls Globe-Democrat Native of Port Perry Makes Success of Bracebridge Business Phillip Stone, former Port Perry resident and son of Mr, and Mrs. Louis Stone, of Orillia, was the subject of a recent sketch in the Bracebridge Gazette, as follows: "The subject of this week's sketch, Phillip "Phil" Stone was born in Port Perry, one of two bro- thers in his family. It wasn't too long, though, after Phil arrived on the scene that the Stone family moved to Orillia, where Phil's father operated a store for many years. "Phil received all of his school- ing in Orillia until the time when he decided he would like to become a doctor. With this in mind, he hied himself down to Varsity in Toronto to see if they could teach him what makes the human body tick. How- ever, one year of this was enough for Phil and he left University and went home where he was with his father for a couple of years. "He is not sure whether the coun- try farther north beckoned, or whether he just got itchy feet. However, in 1938 he came to Brace- bridge where he bought out the business then owned by Simon Nas- ser. In a little 'over 12 years Phil has built the business up into one of the busiest little stores on the Main Street of Bracebridge. Was Road Runner "When asked about his sport ac- tivities, Phil' reluctantly admitted that he had gone in for road racing in his younger days, and that al- though he had never beaten Nurmi, he has a couple of trophies at home to show for some of his faster runs. He ran a variety of distances ran- ging from 100 yards to three and a half miles. "As far as sports go at the pres- ent time Phil can be seen, almost any winter night that is cold en- ough, gleefully wielding broom and stone up at the curling rink. Other than that he is content to occupy himself with the odd game of bridge down at the Bracebridge Men's Club. "A year before coming to Brace- bridge Phil took a trip down to Toronto one day and brought back with him the former Pearl Kates as Mrs. Stone. They have one youngster, a boy, who is now 12 years old. Phil is not yet certain whether or not he will be able to convince him to go into the cloth- ing business." Mr. and Mrs. Stone, who have resided here for many years, have another son, Carl, who is a law- yer in Toronto. Ontario Synod Names Officers At 80th Annual Kingston, Ont, May 4--(CP) -- Clergy and lay delegates to the Synod of Ontario closed its 85th annual session after two crowded days of work. Clergy elected to represent the diocese on the provincial synod are: Archdeacon N. R. Stout, Gananoque; Canon J. D. Mac- Kenzie Naughton, Kingston; Canon J. B. Creeggan, Belleville; Arch- deachon F. A: Smith, Belleville, Rev. W. J. Robinson, Napanee; Rev. W. J. Minto Swan, Portsmouth, and Canon H. K. Coleman, Brockville. Alternates are: Very Rev. A, T. Briarly Browne and Canon L. E. Davis, Kingston; Rev. A. S. Mc- Connell, Trenton; Rev. F. Payne, Prescott; Rev. W. L. Simmons, Athens; Canon W,. E. Kidd, Deser- onto, and Canon Ernest Teskey, Kingston. Lay delegates to the provincial synod are: Lt. Col. M. L. Douglas, Brockville; R. H. Phillips, Brock- ville; Lt. Col. T. A. Kidd, King- ston; Frank Greegan, Belle- of Chicago; says that "far more than I who likes the well-ordered ife." Alternates are:"Prof. P. G. C. Campbell, Kingston; H. Beaumont, Prescott; John Sibbitt, Kingston RRR.; W. E. Grateau, Prescott; W. S. Wilson, Napanee; Lt. Col. E. O. Geen, Belleville and F. A. Deeby, Belleville. Canon Davis, the secretary, an- nounced Col. Douglas had been ap- appointed by Archbishop John Lyons to replace Maj. Gen. W. B. Anderson on the executive council of the General Synod. MAY CALL EISENHOWER Buffalo, N.Y.,, May 4--(AP)--Sen. Charles W. Tobey (Rep.-N.H.) said Thursday night that Gen. Eisen- hower may be recalled from Europe to testify before the Senate Com- mittee now questioning Gen. Mac- Arthur, 'Open' City Fails to Pay Off What really happens to a com- munity that makes gambling a legitimate, regulated industry? says Albert I. Maisel in Magazine Digest. What's happened in Las Vegas, for example, where gambling has been legalized for nearly 20 years? Have the citizens been relieved of their tax burden by the presence of wide- open gambling houses? Nearly 11,400 slot machines are licenced in Las Vegas. Each pays a $30 state licence fee every 90 days. Crap tables are taxed at $150 every 90 days. Similar fees fall upon scores of roulette wheels, blackjack tables, faro banks and horse books. $286,087 in Year All in all, gaming licences netted Las Vegas $286,087 last year. That's a solid sum for a small city. Yet it comes to barely one- fifth of the total municipal budget. Gambling imposes tremendous ex- penses upon "the city, that go a long way toward canceling out the gambling licence income. Normally, municipalities require one police officer every thousand of their population. But in Vegas, with the gambling clubs drawing thousands of people of every type into the downtown rea, 60 officers are required here -- ordinarily 20 would do -- three in- stead of one per thousand. To police Las Vegas last year, the city commission had to set aside more than a quarter of a million dollars -- $160,000 more than would be normal in a similar-sized non-gambling town. Draws Criminals Merely declaring the operation of a gambling hall a non-criminal act does not seem to separate the gambler from his criminal pals. Gunmen, stickup artists, safecrack- ers and confidence men flock to Las Vegas whenever their home towns get too hot for them. Totaled up, Las Vegas police handled nearly 4,000 crimes last year, a sizeable load indeed for a town with a population of little more than 20,000. Couldn't the gamblers be taxed more heavily? At first glance it would seem so. But gamblers, like nearly everybody else, run away from high taxation. In Las Vegas they run out to the County Strip, the area on the Los Angeles high- way just beyond the city limits. Expensive Hotels Here have been built the mag- nificent hotels -- the flamboyant Flamingo, El Rancho Vegas, the Last Frontier, the Thunderbird and the new Desert Inn. Their bars pay licence fees only one-third as high as those within the city. Their slot machine and crap table licences cost, less. Strapped between growing needs for civic improvement and the dan- ger of driving the gamblers out of town, Las Vegas is chronically on the edge of bankruptcy. The record of Las Vegas is a sorry contrast to the picture that gamblers and their political lackeys paint when urging legalization of gambling in your home town. CONVICTED OF CONTEMPT Washington, May 4--(AP)--Phil- ip Bart, general manager of the Communist Party's newspaper, The Daily Worker, was convicted Thurs- day of contempt of Congress. No date was set for sentencing, The in- dictment was on his refusal to ans- wer questions put him by the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee in an inquiry into Communist activities. Wool Growers' Organization WOOL SHIP COLLECT TO Our Registered Warehouse No. 1 WESTON, ONTARIO Reliable Grading Prompt Settlement Shippers may- obtain sacks and twine without charge from BOYD AYRE, Hampton RALPH HEPBURN, R.R. 2 Oshawa WM. 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The Festival of Britain, Undertaken during a time When clouds again hang Over the whole world, Is a symbol of the Nation's abiding courage And strong vitality, A sign that Britain may Bow before adversity But has an eternal spirit Which is never broken. ® 35 Years Ago Board of Health requested the town council to install a.water fil- tration plant at the lake, at a cost of $15,500. Private Harry Moore, of Osh- awa, who died after being invalided home from Belgium, gassed, was accorded a military funeral attend- ed by 800 soldiers. Four rooms were opened in Osh- awa's new public school and 112 new pupils enrolled. The 116th Battalion, C.E.F. start- ed on a two weeks' route march around Ontario County. The McLaughlin Carriage Co. and W. F. Cowan each contributed $500 to a fund to provide necessary field supplies for the 116th Battalion. Marriott Named In Conant's Place Toronto, May 4 -- (CP) -- Arthur 8. Marriott, presently master deputy has been appointed master of the supreme court, Hon. Dana Porter, Slory general announced yester- ay. Mr. Marriott will succeed Hon. Gordon Conant, former premier of Ontario, who resigned last month to resume private practice. The new master entered the of- fices of Osgoode Hall as a cerk and later studied law and was called to the bar. MARK 150TH' YEAR Gibraltar, May 4-- (Reuters) -- The Gibraltar Chronicle -- the pa- per that scooped the world on the death of Lord Nelson -- celebrated its 150th anniversary today. It pub- lished its first special edition Oct. 25, 1805, to announce the victory of Trafalgar and Nelson's death. Brit ish papers published details of the battle 13 days later. Z_ PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe . Grain Broker " DEALS in corn and soyb. 4 pe 7, J H oybeans 7 A : t « « « In wheat and oats and rr, +. And other grain pine nh Te That people sell and buy . . . He moves the products o field .. . For merchants and for millers . . or grocery : bri and auto firms . . . Investors and distillers . . . He has to watch the market price . . . Of each and every grain .. . To get for all his customers . . . Their best financial gain... His ivelihood depends upon . . . The sum of his commission . . . And his success is equal to . . . His public recognition . . . A buyer and a seller and + + + A business go-between H does his part to stabilize... . Qur economic scene. Copr. 1951, Field Enterprises, Ine. All rights reserved, Mr. James Sinclair, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance, has made a statement of great in- terest to the automobile industry and to all who work in that indus- try. He says the Government doesn't consider automobiles as luxuries. To the extent this represents gov- ernment thinking, it marks a change. Up to date, in taxation and other matters, federal governments have treated automobiles as though they are non-essentials. And, as au- tomobiles became more and more 'prevalent, they became more and more wrong. One has only to contemplate the chaos in municipal and other trans- port systems if automobiles were to be abolished as mere luxuries. This Essential Automobiles (Windsor Star) continent has learned to travel om wheels, and no amount of sophis- try can talk that fact away. Mr. Sinclair states in respect to budget taxation, automobiles were regarded with refrigerators and washing ma- chines as products containing a large amount of essential materials, which is true. But if the Government hence- forth regards automobiles as essen- tials, not as luxuries, it will have a different attitude to the industry than in the past. Admittedly, many automobiles are luxuries in the sense their owners could live and work without them. But try telling doctors, salesmen, public officials and farmers that cars are luxuries, and listen to their replies! Greek POW Finds New Life In Canada Toronto, May 4 -- (CP) -- Rev. Christos G. Vals, a prisoner of war in Greece for 11 months, has, found "new life" in a Canadian pulpit. Rev. Vals, attending the Toronto and Kingston and Kingston Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Can- ada, says he finds preaching in Can- ada "just the same as it was in Greece, perhaps a little better, be- cause my concern is the salvation of souls." He was minister a! the Nicaean Presbyterian Church in Athens and brought his wife and three children to Canada two years ago. He was imprisoned by the Germans during the Second World War. His first charge was at Braeside, near Ottawa, after he answered a call from the Presbyterian Church of Canada. "Gathering together at this Synod means already accomplishment be- cause we are working for the same end," he said. CHARGES GENOCIDE United Nations, N.Y. May 4-- (AP) -- Col, Ben C. 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