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' OPINONS. AILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAV A ; WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) Times-Gazette is a member of The Canadian Press, Tha Tien Daily Newapapers Assotistion, the Amen: om Hews Dailies A and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches 1» '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 Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 80c per week. By mall out- Be ar 00 por eats U6. 30.00 bor your, Authorised Eagiane. 31.90 per gi A "Post Office Dapartment, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY 10,585 SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1951 Object to Housing Plan We were very much surprised to find that a group of Ontario mayors, attending the annual convention of the Canadian Feder- ation of Mayors and Municipalities, had voiced objections to the new low rental hous- ing plan announced this week by Premier L. M. Frost. Their objections were based un 'two premises, first, the requirement that municipalities provide 714 per cent of the capital cost, and second, that the number of houses provided for in the original scheme was too small, We were surprised to find Mayor Arthur Reaume of Windsor claiming that the people of Ontario could not stand the addi- tional taxation the scheme would impose on them. We fail to see where undertaking the building of these homes under the new plan would cost any municipality a five-cent piece in additional taxation. The contribution of 714 per cent is not a straight expenditure out of the taxpayers' money. It is an in- vestment which will be returned in full from the rentals paid for the houses, and from the purchase price when the homes are eventually sold, as it is hoped they will be. Therefore, this could be undertaken as a capital expenditure, with the annual pay- ments on the debentures being met from the rentals. There is another factor that should make these new homes a means of helping to re- duce taxes. Every one of them will pay full taxation on the assessment at the level fixed by the assessor. Thus the additional assess- ment provided will help to keep down the tax rate to the individual taxpayer. The objecting mayors lost sight of the fact that the actual investment of a muni- cipality need be very small in actual cash. Where the municipality already owns the land on which the homes are to be built, as could very well be the case in Oshawa, its value will be credited towards the 74 per cent contribution of the municipality. Sup- plying the regular services of sewers and water, which is necessary for all new homes being built, might very well absorb the balance of the 714 per cent. Taking it from every angle, we feel that this is an excellent opportunity for a pro- gressive municipality to secure low cost rental homes for its people, at little cost, involving no added taxation, and producing additional revenues for the city treasury. As we said a day or two ago, this scheme cer- tainly looks as if it were made to order for Oshawa. Different Now There is one encouraging factor about the present drive for rearming and building de- fence forces on the part of the free nations of the world. It means that they are deter- mined not to be caught unprepared should another war he forced on them by the ag- gression of dictator nations. In this respect, it would seem as if they have learned some lessons from past experience, and are bene- fitting from them. In each of the two former world wars, the democratic countries which were threat- ened were caught quite unprepared when dictators struck. In 1914, when Kaiser Wil- helm launched his attack on France and Britain came into the struggle, both coun- tries were far from being ready for war. Their forces and equipment were far inferior to those of the invading armies. The sae thing happened in 1939, when Hitler launch- ed the Second World War. It took nearly four years for the free nations of the world to build up forces and equipment capable of engaging the enemy with hope of success. It appears as if the free nations are not going to be caught napping a third time. All of them, with the assistance and leader. ship of the United States, are engaged in gigantic rearmament programs. Staggering sums of money are being provided by the mited States to arm the NATO countries. { tain has launched a great rearma- ment program, and has the largest peace- time forces in the nation's history. Canada has also stepped up the country's defence program to unprecedented heights. Thus the experiences of 1914 and 1939 are being put to good account now that there is a threat to world peace. They are determined to be ready for any force which Stalin might be tempted to throw against them. And the very fact that they are prepared might be the deciding factor which would prevent a third world war. Error Regretted In an editorial in yesterday's issue of The Times-Gazette, dealing with a criticism of service clubs and fraternal organizations by a commtitee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, this was re- ferred to as the General Assembly of the United Church. This, of course, was in error, and The Times-Gazette expresses re- gret at having inadvertently used the name "United Church" instead of "Presbyterian Church. Editorial Notes With interest rates on borrowing going to higher levels, isn't it time that banks raised the rates of interest.on its savings accounts. + i + The advent of higher rates of interest will be a great boon to the insurance companies, which for the past few years have been finding the returns from new investments greatly reduced. Policyholders would benefit greatly by higher returns from insurance company investments. 4 + : Editor of the Civic Administration maga- zine urges municipal heads and officials to maintain good relations with the press and assist it in presenting complete and accurate reports to the public. The Board of Educa- tion, for instance, might do so by opening its committee meetings to the press. # * + Beef prices are soaring in Canada because United States demand is boosting prices paid there for Canadian cattle. From the con- sumer standpoint, the only hope of relief would be in re-imposing the embargo on cattle exports to the United States, but there are too many farmers in Canada for such a step to be taken by any government. ® Other Editors' Views o IT HELPS TO BE "WACKY" (Midland Free Press Herald) If there is a bigger bargain anywhere today than the 5-cent newspaper, we haven't found it. The pub- lisher, after commissions to dealers and carriers and a handsome contribution to the post office, gets back from paper sales absolutely no recompense for edi- torial and news content. For example, on a $3 mail subscription to a house- holder living right in Midland, this newspaper has to pay the post office $1.75 per year for delivery charges, and the paper mill over $1.60 for the news- print. Yes, in this business it helps to be more than slightly wacky. * * + ONTARIO'S URGENT NEED (W. L. Clark in Windsor Star) It's all right to talk about factories and industrial projects, but Ontario needs homes. That is a priority matter, because families cannot be expected to gO on forever living in tents and hovels, In some of the cities people have to live wherever they can get shelter, The conditions under which some families are existing in Windsor are shameful. They have no place to go and they have tp put up with what they can find. These are people who are willing to pay good rents, They are not seeking a castle for the price of a cottage. All they want is a decent home and they will pay any reasonable amount. Ontario is such a wonderful province, much too first class to be asking so many people to live in fourth class housing. ® A Bit of Verse @ THE SIREN CALL OF SPRING "Follow me -- follow me" Whispered the wind As it whisked o'er the elms-- Flipped the willows in passing-- And dipped to tousle The hair of the boy Standing still in the sunlight. "Follow us -- follow us" Beckoned the clouds As they bowed with curled fingers-- Rolled with frolic and laughter-- Then climbed to wander The sky: and the boy's Longing thoughts followed after. "Follow us -- follow us" Chirruped the birds As they flew toward the marshes-- Bits of twiglets and bindweed In beaks--strong beating Wings. And the boy, Moving--never looked backward. --GRACE E, OBORNE Ottawa. e A Bible Thought e Whéther the world ends in a universal calamity in a thousand or a million years it is certain that our bodies will return to dust. Memories and deeds are eternal and these unseen things are important. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.Job. 34:15. rl Growing Too 310 IB ' Ce a aes tit A -- Fast for Him og! ph L { 1 % FY . --Page, in The Louisville. Courier-Journal, Winnipeg--Crop prospects im- proved appreciably auring the past week owing to good rains which oc- curred throughout central and southern sections of the three prairie provinces. Only scattered re- ports of seeding continuing are noted in Manitoba and Saskatche- and frost damage or by reason of wild oats infestation, Seeding of coarse grains continues in Alberta with about 20% of these grains still to be sown. With the warmer weather of the past few days growth is now rapid and, while weeds are fairly general, crops have .a very healthy appearance, Fear of uneven germination of late sown crops has been generaly dis persed because of recent rains, ac- cording to the weekly crop report of the Department of Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways. In southern Manitoba wheat is {up 8 inches in many sections with | coarse grains also making progress. Some flax is still to be | rapid sown between Portage la Prairie and Brandon. Few reports of grass- hopper damage are noted in Mani- oba at this date. Further rains would be welcome between Dauphin and Kamsack but no crop damage is evident in the north. Only a few fields remain to be seeded at Swan River and conditions generally remain good in this territory. Wheat is showing up to § inches, coarse grains up to 3 inches. RAIN IMPROVES SITUATION Good rains occurred in southern and southeastern Saskatchewan, greatly improving prospects. Some grasshopper infestation is noted at Davidson, and further rains are required at Kenaston and Dundurn. Summerfallowing is well advanced in most areas. Rains of from one to two inches have offset the soil drifting which had previously oc- curred. Light to heavy rains fell through- out central Saskatchewan and crops which had been set back by frosts are recovering rapidly except in northeastern Saskatchewan where some coarse grains have had to be reseeded. Grasshoppers are in evi- dence at Laporte and wireworms have done some damage at Eatonia. wan, some being due lo reseeding | Crop Prospects Show Improvement In West Little rain occurred in northern Saskatchewan and harvesting of last year's crop is now practically finished. All crops are reported making good progress, with some grains showing 6 inches above ground, Good. progress is being made also with summerfallow. Continued warm weather and fur- ther rains will be welcome, al- the moment. From one-third to three and one | half inches of rain occurred gen- erally in the Calgary division. Early sown crops are up 6 inches and some rye is up 10 inches. From two to four inches of rain fell be- tween Munson and Viewpoint. Coarse grain seeding is continuing in the Calgary territory with some points showing a decrease of wheat acreage of 10% to 50%, with a 10% to 25% increase in coarse grains. Generally the season is two weeks later than last year in this territory. The heavy rains have de- layed summerfallow at. many points, but crop prospects continue good. SEEDING ENDS AT EDMONTON Wheat seeding is completed in the Edmonton territory and coarse | grains about 80% completed. Wea- | ther was cool with light frosts in the earlier part of the week, but no damage is reported from this source. Light showers were general and early sown grains are now showing six inches above ground. Pastures are excellent and heavy hay crops are anticipated. In the Peace River, weather was generally fair and warm and all seeding is now practically finished. Light rains fell at some points over the weekend and all grains | are showing a good healthy growth, [with early sown wheat being 4 though crops are not suffering at | Mac's Musings The thoughtful action of Hon. George Doucett in Sending .to Gordon Conant The chair he ocupied As Attorney-General, As Ontario's Premier and As Senior Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Shows that there still is Sentiment in public life, And a high sense of Appreciation for services Rendered to the public. Men can become. attached To things which they use Day in and day out in The course of their work, And so it was with the Chair which followed Gordon Conant in the Offices which he held In the public service. We can well imagine That after many years Of using it he missed That old favorite chair, And found it difficult To become accustomed to Another one, even although It might be brand new. Knowing something of the Self-sacrificing nature Of the services which Gordon Conant rendered to The people of Ontario, We feel perfectly sure That right-thinking people Will applaud the action Of the government in Sendinig him his old And familiar chair As a memento of the years He spent in office at Queen's Park and Osgoode, And will wish him many Years of useful service In his chosen profession To make use of it. Broadcast Did Not Tell Whole Story Smethwick, England (Reuthers) Mrs. Olive Osborne, 25, describe over BBC in 1949 how she went about raising a family of seven children. She said she had no trou- ble at all. But something she didn't reveal on that broadcast came out in magistrate's court here yesterday when Mrs. Osborne and her truck driver husband were prosecuted for neglecting their children eight of them now. A welfare of-| ficer testified that: 1. He had been making monthly visits to Mrs. Osborne since 1946, asking her to take better care of the children. 2. Last month he took the chil- ren away from her because they were dirty and ill-clothed. The Os- borne home was also filthy through- out. The judge put Mrs. Osborne on | probation for two years, fined her husband $30 and ordered them to clean up their home so their children could return to it. Teamwork Is Essential | inches above ground. | Only one light shower occurred {in the Okanagan Valley where | | temperatures have been fairly cool. | No damage to tree fruit crops is | reported but the season appears to | be a little later than last year. The | present estimate on apples is ap- | proximately 6,750,000 boxes for | fresh market, whicn is about 10% or 127% lower than last year. Other tree fruit estimates remain at pre- vious figures. Vegetable crops are progressing favorably with slight damage reported from cutworms. Care of Aged Liberal Idea --Thomson Arthur, Ont.--(CP) -- Ontario's Liberal leader, Walter Thomson, told a political gathering Thursday night that care for the aged wll be one of the special concerns of his government if it is elected in the next provincial election, Mr, Thomson was chief speaker at the annual meeting of the North Wellington Liberal Association. The Liberal leader said his policy favors small holdings for aged peo- ple as against millions of dollars spent on institutions. "Call them what you will, they are still poor houses," he said. He cited one such establishment which had cost $1,300,000. As in others, there was the same absence of per- sonal comfort and possibility for genuine enjoyment of the evening of life on the part of the inmates, In many cases there was segrega- tion which occasionally added handicaps. He directed strong criticism at existing conditions with respect to exports of logs and other forest products. "This must be changed," said Mr. Thomson, who charged that under present circumstances, many pub- lishers had to look to other prove inces for supplies of newsprint be- cause of Ontario exports to the US. He sald logs which should become lumber were being used in connection with wood pulp and pulp wood exports across the line. Such assets should be kept for use in Omntarlo, sald the Liberal leader. He described as belated the ac- tion by the Frost government in- valving construction of homes. He sald 75 per cent of the funds for such construction 'will come from the government at Ottawa: New Party By-Election Possibility Victoria, B. C (CP) -- Possibil- ity that a new British Columbia political party will contest the va- cant Esquimalt riding when a by- election is held there was reported last night from two fronts, WAC Bennett to form a independent party which would run its first candidate in the Esquimalt by- election. Mr. Bennett split with B. C's coalition of Liberals and Progres- sive Conservatives at the last ses sion of the legislature and now stands as an independent repre- senting South Okanagan. In Kelowna, Mr. Bennett said: ""The_question of an independent people' party based on genuine free enterprise in favor of soclal reform is under consideration at the present time." s ® 40 Years Ago Rev. 8. C. Moore was appointed the new minister of Medcalf Street Methodist Church. Members of the Ontario County Council made a visit of inspection to the new Oshawa General Hos- pital, and pledged it their support. electric and telegraph wires and levelled many poles in the city. Judge Neil McCrimmon, Senior Judge of Ontario County, passed away at his home in Whitby. Salvation Army Commissioner Rees paid a visit to Oshawa and ad- dressed a large meeting at Pros- pect Park. NO DEDUCTIONS Saskatoon (CP) -- City council has decided to discontinue its post- war policy of granting price re- | ductions on city property sales to In Dietetics Niagara Falls, Ont, (CP) -- Dieti- | cians must develop teams to work together and do away with boun- daires between professions and groups, Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, en- gineer, efficiency expert and au- thor, said yesterday at the con- clusion of the Canadian Deitetic Association's annual convention, "Teamwork is the greates re- source we have today," Dr. Gil- breth said. "Where partnerships comprise people contributing equal- ly, teams comprise a variety of people all contributing, all supple- mented by other persons on the team." She said she had found this to be true in research work where she had put "heads together" with other persons in order to find the solution to a common problem. Work in the field of time and motion study had convinced her that teams can cut down time and energy needed on a job where one person or one organization could not do it alone. Help Wanted For Harvest Prospects for the fruit and vege- table crops in Ontario are good, but help is in short supply and many more persons will be needed to har- vest these crops. This statement comes from A. J. McTaggart, Di- rector of the Ontario Farm Labour Service. He points out that there are two ways in which the ladies can give assistance in this work, For those who are 16 years of age or over, and who can spend a month or more helping with this work, there are some 22 camps lo- cated throughout the fruit and vegetable growing districts. The girls are housed in these super- vised camps and go out each day to farms in the district to help pick fruits and vegetables. This is, of course, outdoor work and the going rates of pay will prevail. Then in the Toronto area, there is also an opportunity for day-to- day workers 14 years of age and over, to help out when some of the crops are ready. For example, strawberries will soon be ripening in volume, and each gmorning transportation will be provided from the corner at Jane and Bloor street to farms needing this type of help. The workers will be brought back to this location at five o'- clock in the afternoon. Mr. McTaggart suggests that anyone interested in helping with this work, should contact the On- tario Farm Labour Service Office at 9 Richmond Street East, To- rontq. The telepixone number is veterans of the second world war. EMpire 3-9461, do « + +» And scattering her color She lightens all my cares. ; do my writing in . .. home . .. But every day Kristina dear . . . Is opening my door PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe' Who's Study? DO not want an office and . . . I not like to roam . . . And so I My study in our books . . . And toys upon my floor . .. She makes herself real cozy in... My great big easy chair . . . And in a dozen different ways . . . She gets into my hair . . . She asks a thousand questions and . . . The way to spell each word . . . And tells me all the funny things .. . I have already heard . . . I have to hug her dollies and . . . To love her teddy-bears . . . But somehow in her darling way... Copr. 1051, Pield Enterprises, inc. All Rights Beserved More on the Toronto -- Dealing further with the new rental program, discussed in this space yesterday, apparent- ly all municipalities will not be so seriously affected as others by 7% per cent contribution required of them. From what one gathers from of- ficials here, in the case of a city, which has enough lots owned by the municipality and suitable for the project, no cash outlay at all may be required. The value of the lots should be enough to compensate for the mu- nicipal contribution. The value to be placed on the lots will be a matter of negotiation between the municipalities and the Dominion and provincial authorities, but with the municipal proportion expected to run between $650 and $700 in most cases the lots should be worth enough to cover this. A city like Windsor, for instance, which has more than enough lots available for its quot of houses will probably be able to partici- pate in the scheme with little if any cash outlay. Other centres where all the available land is either taken up or privately owned won't be in so fortunate a position. They will have to purchase or expropriate the ne- cessary property. In Toronto, as an example, the INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK Housing Plan only suitable land available in the city limits are two race tracks. And if the city were to expropriate either of these it would be a costly procedure. For those cities that have the land available, however, the pro- gram should be a good bet. In Sarnia, for instance, which, thanks to the recent annexation, has lots of available land, it can | take advantage of its quota, have | the rental houses built and secure full taxation for land from which it is receiving little or no revenue at present. Even if the city didn't { own the required number of lots on |a long-term basis it would pay it to purchase ther. Windsor appears likely to be the first city to go ahead with a pro- gram. It has been pressing hardest of the half dozen municipalities which were after rental housing before the program was announced, and, according to reports, is all ready to proceed. It should be closely followed by others. There is hardly a large centre in the province which isn't hard-off for housing and all un- doubtedly will be endeavoring to take part in the scheme, particu- larly those with the land available | to make the program pretty much ot a "gift." | Looking Around | The World Three months ago, the deputy | foreign ministers of Britain, France, | the United States and Russia met |in Paris. The purpose of their | meeting was to iron out an agenda | for a future meeting of their chiefs, the four foreign ministers, at which of the problems which are keeping there would be a general discussion the cold war throughout the world alive. Three months have passed since these talks opened, and there has been no agreement cn what the agenda for the foreign ministers' conference should be. It seems like | | ed, because the deputy foreign ministers of Britain, the United States and France would not sub- mit to the inflexible proposals made by Russia. These three months, have not | been wasted entirely, They have served a very useful purpose. For five years, the free democracies of the world (1ave been trying to paci- fy Russia. They have made com- promises and concessions along many lines. They have given in to Russian bluster and bluffing, in that if they could keep Russia sat- isfied, the peace of the world could be preserved. The Paris meetings showed that this policy has been .thrown over- board, and that the three democ- racies represented there are not going to allow Russia to bluff to secure her own way any longer, Perhaps, with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization now at work building up forces and armaments to meet any Russian aggression, they feel more secure in standing solidly against any further capitu- lation to Russia's demands. The Western Powers are out for peace in the world, but they are not pre- pared to make that peace at any price. That fact is gradually being hammered into the minds of the Russian leaders, who have found themselves unable to impose their will on the free nations as they 'did when these nations were weak and unarmed. That fact is worth noting. The deputy foreign ministers are stand- ing up and trading verbal punches with the Russian delegates in a way which is soul-stirring to those who have deplored past inability to re- sist Russian demands and Russian actions, Perhaps it is a good thing that Russia should realize that the world's democracies are thoroughly aroused to the necessity of stem- ming the red tide of Communism, and are rapidly approaching a posi- tion of being able to do something about it. LAYS A MONSTER Onasterevan, Ireland (CP) -- A Rhode Island red hen owned by V. Maher laid an egg weighing eight ounces. The normal weight is two ounces. three months of valuable time wast- | the cause of peace. They have felt | English Firm 'Will Locate In Port Hope Port Hope--Port Hope has a new { Industry! . | Mooted for some weeks the new plant became a reality on Wednes« | day afternoon when Herbert Long, | Port Hope Board of Trade executive, | disclosed the deal had gone through |last Thursday. | Newest addition to the nearby {town will be the B. Elliott, Com= pany plant which manufactures | precision tools for the entire sterle |ing area. | The Port Hope plant will make the same tools for the dollar coun- |try area and will employ from 300 {men at the start to 1,500 within | five years. | All employees must be skilled mechanics or learn to become skilled | workmen. Thus the reason for the | graduated scale of employ over the | short period of five years. Location . of the plant will . be south of number two highway ope {posits the Brunner Corporation | plant, south of the C.N.R. tracks at Hope and Nelson Streets, i The land area is 15 acres and was {held by the Board of Trade until [the sale was made' to the Elliott | Company whose home office is Lone don, England. | Officials of the company. are now |in Ottawa arranging for the needed | priority on steel from which all theip | products will be' made. | Most of their output will go te {war plants and aircraft companies lincluding A. V. Rowe. | Building will start soon, accorde ling to Mr. Long. LUCKY SHOT Souris, Man. (CP) -- On his se cond try 72-year-old Albert Berry scored a 97-yard hole-in-one in the local service club's contest, winn- ing an electric refrigerator. He said, "I'm not much of a golfer." NO WITHDRAWALS Kitchener, Ont. (CP) The Kitchener - Waterloo Collegiate in co-operation with a local trust com= pany has received permission to open a banking office. 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