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CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES osmvony + DAILY TIMES '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 Canadian Press, the Canadian Dally Newspap A the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers Association, the Ontdrio Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repubiication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news gights of special despatches # RB. ALLOWAY, P: ident and Pi h 7. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HCOD, Managing Rditor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Deve jie Pickering, 30c per week. By mail out- side carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England, $7.00 per year; U.S. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY 10,585 SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1951 Political Double-Talk Workers in the automobile industry must be greatly perplexed by the conflict of ideas contained in the statements issued by cabinet ministers with reference to the restrictions on credit in, automobile sales, and even the conflict in statements issued by the same minister. . On Wednesday evening, Hon. Douglas Ab- bott, in a statement in the House of Com- mons, said the government had no intention of relaxing the credit restrictions, and that if automobile workers lost their jobs in that industry, they could find employment in other Canadian industries. This was in con- flict with a statement made by Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Health, who assured his constituents in the Windsor area that if layoffs resulted from the slump in car sales, the credit restrictions would be reconsidered with a view to relaxing them. * What is even more surprising, however, is that on the same day on which Mr. Abbott made his declaration in the House of Com- mons, he wrote a letter to the Oshawa and District Labor Council. In this letter, deal- ing with the credit restrictions, he writes: "I wish to assure you and the members of your association that the problem is being care- fully studied so that, if and when there is evi- dence of hardship or other conditions that war- rant some relaxation of the regulations, proper action can be taken." The conflict between these two statements »f Mr. Abbott is obvious. In the House of Commons, where he can be called to account for what he says, he declares there is no intention of relaxing the restrictions, and callously suggests that aute workers find other jobs. In his letter to the Oshawa Labor Council, he holds out the definite hope that if there are layoffs in the auto industry, the regulations can be relaxed. 1 One might well ask the Minister which of these statements represents the correct views of the government and of his depart- ment. It is this kind of political double-talk which causes the sincerity of cabinet minis- ters to be questioned, and which tries the patience of the workers in a major Cana- dian industry. And, as we suggested in a previous editorial, it is not good enough to wait until there is hardship before taking action. A wise government would act in time to prevent hardship taking place. . Farm Conservation Visitt of some 500 farmers to the farm of Heber Down of Brooklin on Wednesday to review the results of the farm conservation and soil improvement demonstration held there in September, 1949, was an interesting event. They were impressed with what they saw. They saw how soil erosion could be halted by terracing, strip-cropping and con- tour cultivation, and how crops could be in- _ creased in a spectacular fashion by these methods. They saw how the laying of per- manent. improved pastures could provide more abundant and more succulent feed for increased numbers of cattle. They were shown how the removal of thick and unsight- ly fence rows, and transformation of their area into cultivated land could increase the productive capacity of the farm. Yes, the farmers who were there were greatly im- pressed by the result. . In spite of this, we doubt if any of the visiting farmers will go home and put simi- lar practices into effect on their own farms. In the back of their minds, such things are beyond the capacity of the individual farmer. They cannot forget the great assembly of machinery and equipment, loaned for the day, which worked the transformation on the Heber Down Farm. So there reaction will in most cases be, "Well, that's all very well, but I cannet afford to do that on my own." That is one of the weaknesses in the soil conservation efforts of departments of agri- culture. They preach constantly to the far- mers the -ierits of soil improvement and conservati a practices. They have been do- ing that for years, with little or no effect. Soil conservation methods have not yet caught on with the majority of farmers be- cause they cannot see how the costs of it can be borne on the individual farm. Of course, this is a fallacy, because there are many simple farm conservation measures which can be undertaken at very little cost and with excellent results. But before they are adopt- ed on more widespread scale, the individual farmers must be shown how they can be applied on his 150 or 200 acres of land. Demonstrations such as that on the Heber Down farm are spectacular. They show what can be done when there are unlimited re- sources available. What the average farmer wants to see, and this should be demonstrat- ed on at least one farm in every county, is how soil conservation practices can be made to fit in with normal farming operations' with no great outlay on his part. That is the kind of project the provincial department of agriculture should undertake if its wishes to sell soil conservation and improvement ideas to the farmers who need them most. Exemption for Troops Hon. Douglas Abbott has made some con- cession to those who demanded, and rightly so, that men serving in Korea with the armed forces of Canada be exempt from the payment of income tax. It has been pointed out to him that this was the practice follow- ed in World War Two, and it was base in- gratitude on the part of the government to make the troops in Korea pay the full scale of income tax on their meagre pay. The concession which Mr. Ablott has made goes part way to meet the general de- mand that these men should not pay income tax. The provision is that an exemption of one dollar of income tax will be allowed for every day of service in certain specified areas outside of Canada. These, of course, will include Korea. This means that soldiers in the ranks, serving overseas for a year, will be entirely relieved of payment of in- come tax, because this added relief would be equivalent to an exemption of $1,900 in tax- able income. It is stated that for those with a full year's service, all single men from private up to the rank of captain would be entirely relieved of income tax payments. This is an excellent measure as far as it goes. It will be accepted gratefully by the large majority of those on service in Korea and elsewhere in the designated areas. It has been suggested that it does not give a great deal of relief to those in the higher ranks, but they will at least benefit to exactly the same extent as the private sol- diers, by having $365 knocked off their in- come tax for a full yéar of qualifying ser- vice. So, while it does not meet the demand for full exemption for all on war service, it does give relief where it i" needed the most. Editorial Notes Those new ties, socks and pipes that are being displayed these days are a result of the strict attention paid to the observance of Father's Day. + + # Despite protests, City Council is going ahead with an addition to the dog pound. Residents of its neighborhood have not much faith in the ability of the dogs to keep quiet. + * * Hon. Paul Martin says that credit restric- tions on automobile buying may be reconsid- ered toward the end of the summer. This failure to see that reconsideration and re- laxation are needed at once savors very much of an ostrich putting its head in the sand. + Ku + In spite of the large numbers of nurses graduated this month, there is still a serious shortage. Perhaps too many of them are in too much of a hurry to exchange the gradu- ation flowers for the wedding bouquet. ® Other Editors' Views o BRITAIN IN MALAYA (Ottawa Citizen) < Britain's warning to the inhabitants of Pusing, a Malayan town where Communist guerrillas have been active, is a reminder that British troops are not only actively fighting Communist aggression in Korea, but elsewhere as well, Britain's allies who are critical of the United Kingdom's effort should bear that in mind. ® A Bit of Verse o HIGH MOWING The wind sweeps over the high mowing The hay bends, the grass bends, The trees speak like water, The clouds move by in splendid troops. A hawk swings in the rushing sky, The valley is furled below. Beyond, the rows of mountains stand upright. Here nothing is small, nothing is warm-- The heart of the mountains is generous and fierce. -KATE BESTON e A Bible Thought e We are as an open book to infinite mind whether we like it or not. We cannot deceive him, we should not try to deceive ourselves or our friends. Lord all my desire is before thee.--Psa. 38:9. "There Were Three Bears" --Long, in The Minneapolis Tribune Architects for Oshawa's New Collegiate Hailed As School Design Pioneers (The Financial Post) When the cobwebs of stodgy tra- ditionalism in Canadian building design have been swept away, John B. Parkin Associates will get much of the credit, Only recently the talented Toron- to firm won a competition held by the Ontario Association of Archi- tects for the design of its new head- quarters building. Back in Decem- ber it picked off five of nine medals offered by the Massey Foundation for excellence in architectural per- formance, The gold medal went to the Oshawa Central Collegiate, as Canada's most notable postwar structure, and silver medals to Par- kin-designed buildings in the hos- pital, church, factory and municipal categories. Sparkplugs of the organization are two brothers, John B. Parkin and Edmund T. Parkin, plus an- other Parkin, not related, John C. Parkin. They head an architectural aggregation unique on three counts: 1. It insists on doing excusively contemporary design. 2. It integrates full architectural and engineering services in a single office. 3. It emphasizes youth, not one of the partners or staff members be- ing over 40 years old. The policy appears torhave paid off. In 1945 there were only three or four names on the payroll. Now there are 40, and the firm occupies its own strikingly modern: building. John B. Parkin, the founder, was an honor graduate of the School of Architecture, University of Toronto, and traveled widely in Europe be- fore returning to Canada to estab- lish his own: office in 1937. Son of John Parkir, a former general sales manager of the Otis Elevator Com- pany, he was soon joined by his youngest brother, Edmund, a quali- fied landscape architect and gradu- ate of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege. Later, John C. Parkin, a prize winning graduate of the School of Architecture, University of Manito- ba, and the Harvard Graduate School was admitted to partnership. The firm is being retained in a consultant capacity on Toronto's rapid transit system, but is best known for its school designs. These had their origin in the famous Sun- nylea School 'in Etobicoke, whose first unit was erected in 1942. From this building stemmed inspiration for the vast majority of schools con- structed in Ontario since that time. It may be that the firm's design for the new Humber Memorial Hospital in Weston will have the same in- fluence in the hospital field. Tribute for their success must go to the Parking' genius for promo- tion, design and construction. Archi- tecturally speaking, it has been said they have everything Frank Lloyd Wright has, except grey hair, Time will fix that! Looking Around The World By M. M. H. An important meeting has been in progress in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is the Congress of the International Chamber of Com- merce. It was attended by some 500 delegates from 27 different countries,» and these delegates were the representatives of the business and industrial interests of their own nations. This meeting was made of ex- treme importance because of an an- nouncement made regarding & new United States policy with regard to the stock-piling of materials which are essential to the maintenance of industry in all countries. "During the last year, there has been a growing feeling among the nations of the world that the Unit- ed States was grabbing all the world's resources of essential raw materials, and stock-piling them under the pretext that they that they were needed for defence pro- duction. That was one of the cri- ticisms which Aneurin Bevan made of the United States when he re- signed from the British cabinet re- cently. It was echoed in several other countries, who all had the same story to, tell. Their industries were being crippled, their own de- fence programs rendered ineffec- tive, because the United States had corralled all the strategic raw ma- terials, and they were unable to secure supplies, except at highly in- flated prices, : According to the announcement made at Lisbon, in a report of the operations of the International Ma- terials conference, the United States will not pursue ifs policy of stock=- piling of raw materials to the detri- ment of production at home and abroad. It will confine its buildings of reserves of raw materials to the quantities which were allocated to the United States by the Interna- tional Materials Conference at Washington, : This statement was intended to have a re-assuring effect on the business and industrial leaders of other countries, and it did. It in- dicated to them "that the wild scramble to secure raw materials, caused, in their opinion, by United States stock-piling, would be ended, and that they would have much freer access to the available sup- plies. There are statistics to prove that the United States means what she says. Stock-piling since the beginn- ing of 1951 has been very much less than it was in the last half of 1950. It is intimated, too, that here have been no stock-piling purchases on such major commodities as rub- Loan Curhs To Maintain Dollar Value. Seigniory Club, Que. (CP) -- In carrying out restrictions on bank lending, 'chartered banks seek to preserve the buying power of the dollar as part of Canadian anti- inflation policy, J. U. Boyer told the annual meeting 'of the Cana- dian Bankers' Association Friday. The retiring president of the as- sociation reviewed bank credit re- strictions announced by the Bank of Canada Feb. 22 and called on Canadians generally fo help the pressure off the prices by sys- tematic saving. "Putting and leaving money in savings accounts is anti-inflation- ary in the absolute," said Mr, Boyer, general-manager of the Pro- vincial Bank of Canada with head- quarters in Montreal. Canada's problem, said Mr. Boy- er, "is to fit a large defence pro- gram -- involving a shift of ma- terials and labor from normal pur- poses -- into an economy already close to full employment; and to do it, if possible, without serious inflation. - Inflation "hits first and worst those who can least afford it -- pensioners, people on small fixed incomes, bread - winners, house- wives. The monthly, mounting cost- of-living index becomes a yard- stick of popular protest and nation- al impatience." He said that domestic policies may not wholly arrest the rise in prices, but without such mea- sures the rise could conceivably be higher and faster. BIG MARKET About three-fourths of the pas- senger cars in Brazil and almost all trucks were manufactured in the U.S. and Canada. : ber, tin, copper and wool during the last six months, This change of policy will do much to dispel the attitude of sus~ picion and resentment built up in other countries by what appeared like grabbing tactics on the part of the United States. There was a feeling that she was using her vast wealth to buy up all the available supplies of essential raw materials, and so freeze out countries less financially able to compete for them. With a more reasonable policy prevailing, and an equitable distri. bution of raw materials made pos- sible, there should be a revival of industry in countries in which it had been paralyzed by United States policy. Mac's Musings As we write these lines The rain is pouring down As it has done frequently In these last two days, And the sky is dark with 'Water-laden clouds That seem to presage A continuous downpour Throughout' another day. - The folks who pass by The desk bemoan the Downpour of the rain and Make comments on the Terrible weather that We are having for June, As if it were a sort Of punishment to have A day of pouring rain In the middle of summer, But out beyond the city Where green fields stretch. To the distant horizon, We know the parched soil Is drinking in every one Of the precious drops That fall to the ground, Grateful for their cooling Touch, and for the new Life that they are giving To all growing things, Struggling from the earth, Out 6n the farms where The hlazing sunshine had Baked the earth's crust And threatened to stunt The growth of crops of Grain and hay, the farmers Made idle by the weather, Look from their windows And smile knowingly, Uttering a silent prayer Of thankfulness for that Downpour which is giving New strength and life to The living things on which We and they depend For life and livelihood. So as we think of those Who regard the rain as One of the benefits of Mother Nature in this Time for growing, we feel We have no right to be So critical and selfish When it comes. UAW Facing Stiff Task As Layoffs Boom (By WILFRED LIST, in the Globe and Mail) The United Auto Workers (CIO- CCL), a union that has established a record for militancy, far-sighted- ness and pioneering spirit, faces its first real test in Canada since it won the battle for union recogni- tion. For 12 years the UAW has been riding the crest, through war years of full employment and postwar years of intense consumer demand. Its membership has multiplied both in the United States and | Canada, and it lays claim to the largest union membership in the world, with more than 1,250,000 members and 60,000 in this country. Both the union and the member- ship prospered, and while wages in the Canadian industry were below those paid in Detroit, the scales for auto plants were among the high- est in Canadian industry. Today, the union is faced with a slump in auto sales; mass layoffs at Ford, possible layoffs at sup- plier plants. The big question to- day is how the union will react and fare under these new condi- tions. It doesn't take much figuring to come to the conclusion that a union isn't in the best bargaining position when the industry hits a slump. And at Ford, the UAW is in the middle of new contract demands, including a 30-cent-an-hour wage package, e 35 Years Ago e Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Minister of Labor, F. L. Fowke, MP, and Arthur Hawkes staged a stirring debate on reciprocity at a political meeting held in the roller-skating rink, Mr. L. Stedham was appointed assessor for the town of Oshawa at a salary of $300 a'year. The Lord Bishop of Toronto of- ficlated at the closing exercises of Bishop Bethune College. The village and township of Pickering held .a celebration of the centenary of its settlement. One man was killed and 25 people injured in a wreck of the International Limited train on the Grand Trunk Railway at New- castle, ATLANTIC BATTLE Total number of Allied merchant ships lost by enemy action in the Atlantic in the second world war it away . .. right amount . . . If store em they can read and count . . . «+ » The business for the day 4 PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Cash Register EF IS the capable machine . . . That rings a little bell . . . Whenever -- clerks take money for... The articles they sell . . . It inventories all the cash . .. That to pay . .. Before they get their merchandise . .. And carry Equipped with special levers, it . .. Reflects the people have loyes check the cost . . . And ts tape will show the total of « « » And whether any nickel or... A quarter went astray . . . It is the flawless treasurer « +» That keeps the record straight . , , Not only of the total sum §.. But also of the date. Copr. 1951, Field Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved Toronto -- Fifteen thousand civil servants in the province had a brief dream of prosperity the other day. It was learned here one morning the government intended to give some increase in the cost of living bonus. Reporters speculated on this. Somehow or other it got into the papers that the government in- tended to give an increase of $33 a month. And this news got out through the province via Canadian Press. That afternoon Premier Frost got out his official announcement, and the facts were far from the early reports. Rather than $33 the increase was $5 a month. The rosy hopes of the civil servants took a quick tumble. Mr. Frost says the most recent increase brings the average civil service salary to $2650 a year as against $1550 in 1939, INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK Salary Rumors Exploded The weekly average is about $51 as against $49 in private industry. It is hard to form an opinion on the adequacy of the government salary levels. As Mr. Frost notes they are above the average. But on the other hand the Civil Service Association has figures to show that in most cases they are below those prevalent in the city of To- ronto, where the bulk of the service is employed. It has issued a comparison chart with the wage plan of the city it- self and there are some large dis- crepancies. For a junior clerk, for instance, the starting wage in the city is $1931 a year while the prov- ince pays $1140. While the government is under certain limitations in its salary spending, there would seem to be something wrong when there can be such a differential #s this. German Merchant Fleet Hamburg (AP)-- A new German! merchant fleet is being created on the banks of the Elbe river. Hamburg's building - ways are crammed with the steel skeletons of new ships. Officials say orders from Ger- man and foreign companies will keep the shipyards of this largest German port humming until 1953. Most of the new carriers will swell the war-decimated German merchant fleet. Operators expect 1 million tons of German shipping afloat by the end of this year. They now: have 800,000 tons -- only 120,000 of which were part of the proud pre-war fleet of 4,200,000 tons. | Germans contend that the Allies | are discouraging the quick rebuild- |ing of their merchant fleet even {though all restrictions on ship de- sign were lifted last April. The western occupation powers still control the capacity of Ger- man shipyerds. The Germans say wartime bomb- ing and dismantling cut Hamburg's shipbuilding potential by 50 per cent. The 3,000-man working force has dropped to 16,000. Hamburg still seethes over the dismantling of the big Blohm and Voss shipyard -- Germany's larg- est and oldest. '"This shipyard was not destroyed as a war industry but as excess capacity," a Hamburg city official said. 'Hamburg will never be sa- tisfied until it is rebuilt." The loss of Blohm and Voss leaves Hamburg with three big shipyards. The Economic Coopera- tion Administration has released 85 million marks ($20,200,000) to help- finance reconstruction of Ger- many's merchant fleet. Canada, South America, Scandi- navia, Panama, the United States and the Netherlands have placed orders. SAW PUBLIC SERVICE Harriston, Ont,, (CP) -- Duncan 'Sinclair, 84, died at home Thursday. Mr, Sinclair had been mayor of Harriston, reeve of Harriston, war- den of Wellington County, and a member of parliament for Welling- ton North. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 KING ST. EAST Gordon W. Riehl, CA. Resident Partner Dial 5-4662 Being Rebuilt at Hambirg Heavy Rains New Trouble For Farmers Saskatoon (CP) -- For years Saskatchewan farmers have voiced the same old complaint -- not enough water. This year they're getting too much water. Heavy winter snow and abune dant spring rains have combined to give farmers the biggest water headache in the province's history. Thousands of acres of crop and pasture land are under water for the first time. Ponds that have been dry for 20 years now are brim full. Lakes that were only puddles have come back into their own. The results: Late seeding, trace tors mired in mud, ducks galore-- and the biggest mosquito crop since 1905. Farmers say the water is stay- ing this year because the land was already soaked before the real spring thaw in May. Seeding was held up all through May as farm machinery bogged down. in Now York Wi Be our guest! 400 ROOMS--400 BATHS Free radio in every room, Television available. Aire Conditioned Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant. Fireproof Garage. From $3.50 Single $5.00 Double HOTEL @D President 48th St. « JUST WEST OF BWAY Edward O. Pratt Manager Leon Buch Managing. Director GIVE YOU THE (TTTTTTTTHAALL ALL CARS FULLY CHECKED TO BEST VALUE IN USED CARS...AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. SISSON'S GARAGE 1 Mile South of Orono Highway 33 a er --