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OPINONS AILY, TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) The Times-Gazette 1s a member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Dally pap A ion, the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exciusively 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, Pr t and P T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HCOD, Managing Rditor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and 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 #8 Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY 10,585 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1951 Bus Fare Increase The application of the Canadian National Railways for permission to increase bus fares in Oshawa, by giving three tickets for a quarter instead of four, will not be receiv- ed with good grace by the people of the city. They look upon it, and rightly so, as another increased item in the cost of living, since for many of them bus travel is essential in going to and from employment. Therefore permission to make this increase should not be granted lightly or automatically. The City Council took the proper stand when it decided it was not in faver of allow- ing the increase requested unless the Osh- awa Railway Company could show that it would be operating at a loss without it. That is an entirely fair provision. It may be that the company can show that the increase is not only justified, but necessary. No one expects any service to be operated at a loss. No individual or company would stay in business very long under such conditions. But when a public service vital to the people, and part of a system owned by the people, is involved, there should be clear-cut and unequivocal evidence that there would be a loss before the increase is allowed. There can be no questioning the fact that the costs of operating the bus service, like all other costs, have increased. The recent new contract signed with its employees adds considerably to the company's annual wage bill. Equipment and materials all cost more, gasoline and oil costs have advanced con- siderably, since the present rate of four tickets for 25 cents was established. These facts all support the application for an in- crease. But on the other hand, there has been a very substantial increase in patron- age of the buses, and the question which arises is whether this increased revenue is sufficient to take care of the extra costs. In making its application, the company must be prepared to show, by provén facts and figures, that the increase asked for is absolutely necessary to keep it out of the red. That is what the: City Council has, in effect, asked it to do. ,And that is what should be done, whether the issue goes to the Ontario Municipal Board or not, before the right to increase fares is granted. A Political Straw When a government loses a single by- election, the result might not be much of an indication of public feeling towards it. But when four by-elections are lost by the gov- ernment on a single day, three of them in- volving the loss of former government seats, this might very well be regarded as a straw showing how the political wind is blowing. Your federal by-elections were held in Canada on Monday. There were two in Mani- toba, one in Ontario and one in the Mari- times. In Waterloo South, Ontario, a former | Progressive Conservative seat was at stake. In Brandon and Winnipeg South: Centre, Manitoba, and in Queen's, Pringe Edward | Island, the seats were formerly held by Lib- | erals: All four elections were won by the Progressive-Conservatives. This can be taken as evidence that there | is a strong tide against the government in full flow at the present time. While there may be some difference between by-election trends and the general trend in an over-all federal election, the unanimous rejection of government candidates by these four con- stituencies should be taken by its leaders as a rebuke to their policies, and the effect of these policies on the people as a whole. The rising tide of taxation, the steady increase in the cost of living, the fear that the gov- ernment's control of supplies and materials might cause unemployment, and that the de- fence production program is not materializ- ing in such a way as to offset unemploy- ment, are all matters of great concern at the moment, and these by-election results show that the government is out of step with public opinion. J There is a strong feeling, too, that the 1 . . government, because of its overwhelming majority in the House of Commons, is be- coming autocratic and dogmatic. That might have been a factor which influenced many voters in Monday's elections. These defeats cannot be taken lightly by the government. They show that there is obviously a wide gap between government policy and public sentiment, and that it is time for-a stock-taking to assess what is re- quired to bring it more into line with what the people of Canada are thinking and what they want. ; Dangerous Practice A decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal has drawn dramatic attention to the dan- gerous practice of many car drivers of using the left hand door in leaving their cars, and stepping out into the line of traffic. In a case which has just been decided, in which a fatal accident was caused by a driver do- ing this, the appeal court awarded $34,000 damages against the driver or the insurance company. In this particular case, the driver of a car opened the left hand door of his car. A cyclist swerved to avoid hitting the opened car door and fell from his bicycle beneath a bus and was killed. When the case went into court, the jury awarded damages of $34,000, and assessed them 90 per cent against the car driver. The case went before the Court of Appeal, which decided that he was solely responsible for the fatal accident and must pay the full amount of the damages awarded. The judgment of the Court of Appeal con- tained the significant sentence, "Had he not opened the door, there would have been no accident." This decision should serve as a warning to car drivers who have a habit of using the left hand door of their cars that it is a very dangerous practice which should be abandoned. Not only do they run the risk of injury to themselves, but by their thoughtless action they imperil the lives of others, as was the case in this instance. This is not a practice that can be changed by making it a violation of the law. What is needed is just that additional amount of thought on the part of car drivers that will make them pause and consider the risk be- fore they open the left hand door of their cars. Editorial Notes ° A columnist says that fools are making more money than ever before. We wonder if he is speaking for himself and others of his kind. * » * The Chinese Reds have proved apt pupils of their Russian masters. They are now en- gaged in wholesale liquidation of those who do not agree with them. * * * In the year since the Korean war started, there seems to have been a lessening of world tension. Perhaps that is due to a clos- ing of the ranks of the democracies. # # * A United Nations officer in Korea says that the Chinese Communist soldiers are getting tired of dying. Can it be that these Chinese have been, in the habit of dying more than once? : ® Other Editors' Views o THE UNIVERSITIES SEEK AID (Vancouver Province) The universities need $10 millions a year apd are looking to the federal government which, under the constitution is relieved of the legal, though not of the moral, obligation to contribute to education. There is no other source to look to. The provinces have done about all they can do. ® A Bit of Verse @ THE THUNDERSTORM Darkening clouds come rolling up Covering the western sky. Silver tipped at the edge Rising majestically on high. A stillness comes o'er the land, E'er the storm will break Gusts of wind break the calm The trees wave and shake. Distant rumblings can be heard: As the storm draws hear. Shafts of light cleave the sky Filling mankind with fear. Drops of rain start to fall Followed by lightening flash. Then the rain comes rushing down With a thunderous crash. Soon the storm has passed away. And sunlight comes again. The air quite clear and cool Alter the splash of rain. --W. J. BROWN e A Bible Thought e Would we respect athers if they had lived as we live? We should judge our deeds impartially and live nobly. He that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. --Prov, 12:8. : . His Ear's To The Ground Messner, in the Rochester Times-Union INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK Rent Committee In Tangle | Toronto -- There has been little comment about the rent control committee in this space. The reason: The committee has seemed to be in such a tangle most of the time it has been hard to figure out just what it has been getting at. One day it would seem to make up its mind on something or other, and the next day (probably after the members had had a few phone calls) it would reverse itself. The cabinet seens to have found the same difficulty, When the com- | mittee asked it to set a schedule of increases it sent the request right back to the committee. Lay down the schedule and we will consider it, it said in so many words. That is your job not ours. One can't be critical of the com- mittee, however. It has been hand- ed an unhappy mess. Ottawa tried to provide fitting controls over rent for several years and managed to pleased practically nobody. The committee has the job of taking over its leavings. And as anyone who has watched its sesions at all knows, it takes a great deal of its time even to find its way through the maze which they represent. Attorney General Porter, who, though not the chairman, is one of the leading lights of the com- mittee, says he believes there will be new regulations ready by Sep- tember 1. There may be. But one can't have much confidence they will provide much in the way of an ac- |ceptable answer to the problem. | There have been reliable reports that the government is worried about the problem of E. E. John- son and his battle with the Lands and Forests Department and the | pulp companies over timber rights. | A recent development here would bear this out. This is a series of articles which has been started in "'Conservation Corner,' the weekly press bulletin of the L. and PF. Department. The series is announced as de- voted to 'integrated forestry oper- -ations'"' and aims to tell what is going on in the province along this | line. | This of course, is one of the main points in the Johnson argument: That there is no proper integrated logging in the Lakehead area, meaning that there is no proper selection of trees which are suit- able for saw-logs and those suit- able for pulp. For a long time the department made no good defense at all against his charges other than to proclaim that it believed in "inte- grated logging" and to make the broad statement it was being prac- ticed now. The series presumably is intend- ed finally to give this statement some weight. One would feel more reassured about it, however, if it had given these facts and figures long ago and not only after Mr. Johnson had been able to create a political tempest. River Crossin Launched Giant Patrol *> ° By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer With The Canadians In Korea (CP) -- The vast patrolling opera- tion now under way northwest of the Imjin river was launched by the Princess Patricias infantry. The Patricias emerged briefly from quasi-retirement to do the job, then returned to a rear area to complete the re-equipping ne- cessary on their reunion with the Canadian 25th Infantry Brigade group. The Imjin crossing" was a 28th British Commonwealth Brigade operation. It was expected to be opposed by the Chinese, the cur- rent was swift, and Brig. George Taylor had been promised a bat- talion of Canadians to swell his force. The Patricias, as the freshest troops in th¢ Canadian brigade group and as old hands in the 28th were made available. It was their first river crossing, but there was nothing to it. The Chinese did not intervene. The stiffest opposition was from the Imjin itself. The current was strong, and sturdy rowing was needed to take the rubber) rafts across the 200- yard w way. The kick - off was at first light. Two hours later the operation was complete. The Patricias had a solid foothold across the Imjin from which patrolling forward could begin. While U. S. Army engineers were building the pontoon bridge behind them that would link the Canadians with the rest of U.N. held Korea, the Chinese finally re- acted. They pummelled the area with the heaviest artillery and mortar concentrations the Patricias had experienced to that point. By then, however, the Canadians were well dug in, and the enemy fire claimed | but one casualty. After three days' holding the po- sitiod and patrolling forward the Patricias were relieved, and re- turned to the 25th Brigade. In a masterpiece of organization, they conjured up that same eve- 'ning as though by magic a mess party to "welcome the brigade to the battalion," as Capt. J. K. Val- lely, the Roman Catholic chaplain, expressed it. Officers from brigade headquart- g By Pats Accuse Pair 0f Abducting Young Bride Arlington, Va.(AP)-- A 19-year- old bride of 10 days was abducted from her bed early Tuesday by two gunmen who, she told police, took her to a scenic spot 10 miles away and attacked her. Mrs. James Hotchkiss said that after the alleged attacks she was driven back near her ground-floor apartment and dumped out of the car. Records indicate 'she is the daughter of a socially - prominent Winnetka, Ill., family. She was found by - police, who had her taken to hospital where she told doctors each man had at- tacked her twice. Less than an hour later police picked up John Robert Polk, 19, of Arlington, and charged him with kidnapping. Police said Polk admitted that both he and his companion at- tacked the young bride. Shortly afterwards, William Ro- bert Payne, 19, of Bethesda, Md., was picked up by police and also charged with kidnapping. Payne, police said, had left Polk and Polk's car after the alleged at- tacks. BIG CAVERN Largest cave in the world is be- lieved to be one 300 feet high in the Carlsbad caverns of New Mexi- co. ers and other units of the forma- tion were entertained to a buffet supper incredible in Korea, forti- fied with suitable liquid refresh- ment. Two nights later RSM. Legs Grimes of Edmonton and the ser- 'geants' mess entertained warrant officers. and sergeants of the bri- gade to a beer fest which Brig. John M. Rockingham also attended. Maj. Pat Tighe of Victoria is commanding the Patricias in the absence of Lt. - Col. James R. Stone on compassionate leave in Canada. Mac's Musings There is nothing quite So exhilirating on days When things go wrong, When one feels depressed And overburdened with the Cares of the modern age As getting out into the Open afr and taking Advantage of the golden Opportunity to get rid Of the depressed feeling By sojourning with nature. Different people have Different ways of Using the time they Spend in the open air; Some visit the golf links, Others dig in the garden, Many like to go fishing While others, although They are all too few, Just enjoy taking a walk Where there are trees, And perhaps a stream, The man who is willing | To make the time away From work or business To inhale thé fresh Clean air of the country, To find exercise in his Walks among the woods, Or along a stream with a Fishing pole in his hand, Will find many of his Troubles disappear and Become less important, Because the physical Stimulus he receives in The great outdoors will Stimulate his mind, Make him see things Much more clearly, By letting him get Away from himself, So, when things become Just a little difficult, Get out into the open, Forget all about yourself And find peace of mind Under God's blue sky. Looking Around By M. M. H. Jacob Malik of Russia made a speech on Saturday. Two brief para- graphs of it, at the conclusion of the speech, have set the world buzz- ing. In them, he made what seem- ed to be a definite proposal for ne- gotiating a ceasefire in the Korean war. To that extent they were im- portant. They were 'also important in that the stress laid on them ob- scured the rest of the lengthy ad- dress. And the rest of that address bears some analysis. Malik's address, except for these two paragraphs at the close was devoted to holding up Soviet Rus- sia as a paragon of peace and peaceful intentions and making a scathing denunciation of the Uni- ted States as a warmonger nation. We have become accustomed to talk of that kind from Malik. But this speech is so full of mis-statements of fact, of distortions of the truth, that it should not be allowed to go unchallenged. Of particular interest is a state- ment by Malik that Russia, during the whole existence of the United Nations Organization, has been taking steps to strengthen that ore ganization, and has resisted any and every attempt by certain states, especially the United States to by-pass the Security Council which was given the main respon- sibility for the maintenance peace and security. A statement of this kind may be believed by the people of Russia, who are not told the truth on world affairs, but only what their leaders want them to know, but to the people of the free world it will be just so much froth. The fact {of the matter is that the Securiy | C ouncil was rendered impotent, and was unable to carry out its functions of maintaining peace, be- cause of the Russian use of the veto on every possible occasion to block Security Council action, If the other nations have found it necessary to bypass the Security Council and have decisions made by the General Assembly, in which there is no power of veto, that has been dgne solely because Russia made it impossible for the Security Council to function, even in such a matter as the re-election of the UNO, Malik also made statement: "The U.N. branded as an aggressor the People's Republic of China, which is defending its own frontiers and endeavoring to secure the return of the island of of | Trygve Lie as secretary-general of | i the following | PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe " Swiftly or Slowly Way I am looking forward to « «+ A very special day . . . 1 ; watch the clock and calendar . . . For 'ime to pass away . .. And then the minutes linger and . . , The hours seem to crawl . . . And never were the nights so 'ong ... That I can now recall . .. But if my mind is worried and... My heart is filled with dread . . . Because some likely trouble or . . . Some danger lies ahead . . . The days and nights are all too swift . . , The seconds seem to fly... And suddenly and certainly , . . That fearful time is nigh ooo It seems my clock and calendar . . . Are either fast or slow - + « According to my prospects and . . . The way the wind may blow. Copr. 1951, Field Enterprises, Ine. All Rights Reserved ® 25 Years Ago Oshawa Board of Trade repre- sentatives took part in organiza- tion of an Eastern Ontario Board of Trade at-a meeting held in Belleville. Three Oshawa young people, Nel- son Cheeseboro, Norman Armour and Miss D, Cutler, narrowly es- caped death when their car turned turtle in a ditch near Whitby. Canada Bread Company called for tenders for the construction of a distributing plant in Oshawa. The new bridge over the Nar- rows of Atherley, in Northern On- tario County was formally opened by Premier 77, H, Ferguson. Oshawa Rotary Club sponsored a movement seeking appointment of an industrial commissioner for Oshawa. FIND OLD COIN Charling, .England (CP) -- A sixpence bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth was found in a garden here. The coin was dated 1573. Taiwan (Formosa) which had been seized by the American forces." This is a typical example of how Malik distorts the truth. He would have it appear that Korea is part of China, but the 38th Parallel is certainly not one of the frontiers of China, His claim that Formosa has been seized by the American forces is, as the free world knows, a deliberate untruth, because the only forces occupying that island are those of Chiang Kai-Shek, the head of the Chinese Nationalists. These are only a few examples of the mass of misrepresentation which appears all through the text of the speech. It indicates why it is that the free nations of the world are not inclined to place much trust and faith in Russia. Any country which will deliberate- ly distort facts, and do so with an apparent show of sincerity, has only itself to blame when the rest of the world regards it with sus- picion. New Method Is Advocated By Engineer Toronto (CP) -- A new type of electric railroad, one-fifth trolley and four-fifths storage battery, was proposed to the American Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers here Tuesday. : The report was made by Llewel- lyn Evans, chief consulting engin- eer of the Tennessee Valley Author- ity, Chattanooga, Tenn. He said invention of the new silvercel stor- age battery has made this new step possible for railroading. The battery weighs one-fifth as much as conventional batteries. The | silver does not wear out. Evans said these batteries will drive electric lQcomotives. And to keep them charged it would be necessary to hgte trolley lines, but only intermiffently. 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