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OPINONS DAILY 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 is a member of I'he Canadian Press, Canadian Dally News, rs Association, the Ameri- he Ni H of the Ontario Pu 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 published therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, Presid and P T. Lo WILSON, Vice-President anc Managing Director. A. McINTYRE HGOD, Managing Rditor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port ny so 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 as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department. Ottawa, Canada. ; DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for JUNE 10,617 TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1951 No Civilian Defence After watching what has been going on for the past year with reference to civilian defence preparedness in Canada, we have come to the conclusion that the federal gov- ernment is not at all serious in its efforts to set up civilian defence organizations, ade- quately equipped, in this country. That is the only conclusion one can reach on all the evidence that is forthcoming. The position in this connection is that there are scores of municipalities in Canada which have set up skeleton civilian defence organizations, and are anxious to go ahead with their preparations to meet emergencies. Time and again they have sought leadership from the government at Ottawa, but be- yond a lot of talk, framed in general terms, and without any specific undertakings as to what it is prepared to do to assist with civi- lian defence, there has been no worthwhile help from Ottawa. It appears as if the government is post- poning the day for active civilian defence organization until such time as war may be upon us, and Canada is in vital danger. That would be following the pattern that was adopted by the government in the second world war. In that war, the federal govern- ment, in its early stages, expressed an in- terest in civilian defence, particularly after France had fallen. The provinces were asked to set up organizations, and this was done. Lack of leadership and assistance from Oitawa, however, negatived the provinical and municipal efforts, right up to the time of Pearl Harbor. Then the entry of Japan into the war caused a resurgence of federal interest in the subject, and the organization made real headway, because there were grave fears of an air attack on Canada. This lasted for nearly two years, after which the federal government abruptly gave orders disbanding the civilian defence organization. Something like the same policy is being followed now. The federal government is not keen for civilian defence organization. It is holding back, probably in the hope that the international air may be cleared, in which case, such an organization would not be needed. Under these circumstances, 'it is not surprising that the 'municipalities of Canada are unwilling to burden themselves with the expense of an organization to which the federal authority is not fully committed. Immigration from Britain Canada is vitally interested in securing as many immigrants from Britain as can be persuaded to come to this county. One of the drawbacks in this connection, however, has been the limitation placed by the British government on the amount of money which could be taken to Canada by immigrants. Up to the present, the limit has been 1000 pounds, spread over four annual instalments. A few days ago, the British government announced the relaxation of its restrictions in this regard. It increased the amount which could be brought to Canada by immigrants by 250 pounds for each dependent member of the immigrant's family, with the wife included as a dependent. It also provided that prospective migrants could buy the tools of their trade in Britain and bring them to Canada, with this country admitt ing them duty-free. On the face of it, these concessions might influence more. people to come to Canada, but there is another side to the story which may be of even greater influence in slowing down emigration from Britain. Britain is desperately short of workers for the great rearmament drive the country is undertak- ing. This is true to such an extent that the older age groups of people are being asked to help. Dealing with this problem, Hugh Cait- skell, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said re- cently: : "It is natural that we should work longer and - retire later. The government now asks employers and workers generally to give more serious con- sideration to the possibility of postponing retire- ments and to removing any obstacles which pre- vent those who are physically capable of continu- ing work from doing so." These two phases of British government policy just do not hang together. On the one hand, financial conditions are being made less severe for migrants, but on the other, there is a vital necessity on the part of Britain to keep her workers in her own coun- try. Until there is some reconciliation of these two viewpoints, Canada cannot ex- pect any large movement of immigrants from Britain to settle in this country. Canada Falling Down Is Canada making all the use it can of its own natural resources and primary pro- ducts? That is a question which comes into one's mind in reading about some of the things which Canada has been importing from other countries overseas. Reports show that in recent times, Cana- da has imported butter from New Zealand and Denmark, and eggs from Europe. Large from Belgium and other countries. Now it is announced that the chairman of the On- tario Hydro-Electric Power Commission has been in Luxemburg making arrangements to import 1000 tons of steel from that country. These are strange things to happen in a country which possesses an abundance of the resources and raw materials for all of these products. Canada has the agricultural capacity to produce all the butter and eggs that could possibly be consumed in Canada and still have surpluses left over for export. Canadian poultrymen proved during the second world war that they could produce i'Hundreds of millions of dozen eggs to be shipped to other countries after taking care of our own requirements. Canada has all the materials necessary for the fabrication of steel and the production of cement. Yet all of these things are being brought in from other countries. It would seem as if we are not taking ad- vantage of the opportunities which exist within our own borders for the utilization of our resources and raw materials. It should not be necessary to have imports of those things which can be produced here just as freely and economically as anywhere else in the world. Editorial Notes A military armistice in Korea would be welcomed by all the United Nations, but that would not necessarily mean the solution of all the Korean problems. ¥ * # Strawberry patches are now reported to be drying up, but we have already had a very successful season of strawberry socials around this district. * + + Industrial pension systems are given the credit for lowering the age of retirement from active work. But we are still not sure whether this should be regarded as a credit or a debit. * * * It is stated that only one in every 100 in- dustrial workers in Canada is a Communist. Judging from the noise they make, one would imagine the proportion would be much larger than that. ® Other Editors' Views o SIGN OF THE TIMES (Wall Street Journal) The other day President Truman asked Congress for another billion dollars as supplement to the bud- get for the fiscal year beginning July 1. It was not so many years ago when we were laboring in the Washington vineyard, that a billion dollars was worth a bulletin and would rate a ban- ner headline. Looking over the exchange newspapers yesterday, we were struck with the fact that two administrations have made us all so accustomed to the passing of a billion dollars that the news of it barely makes page one, e A Bit of Verse ® JEAN Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best; There's wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean, I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair: I hear her in the tuneful birds, I hear her charm the air: There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings. But minds me o' my Jean. ,--ROBERT BURNS. e A Bible Thought e No one can fool all the people all the time. Worst of all carrying the consciousness of a mean, an unworthy deed rots the very soul. There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.--Luke 12:2, quantities of cement have been brought in ' I = i New York Times in The Looking Around The World By M.M.H. Many Canadians are becoming more than a little weary of the. constant clamor from Communists in Canada for a "Bill of Rights" to protect the Canadian people. This clamor has been intensified with the announcement from Ottawa that the Criminal Code is to be amend- ed, tightening up its provisions for dealing with subversive activities in Canada. The reason why the Communists in Canada are howling for a bill of rights and are weeping crocodile tears at the tightening 'of the laws regarding subversive activities is that they want more freedom to carry on their nefarious plotting to destroy the freedom of everyone. They want to be free to plan the de- struction of the Canadian way of living, and to substitute for it the slavery which exists under Com- munism. It must be remembered that in the country to which they give their first allegiance, Soviet Russia, there is no bill of rights. Indeed, there are no rights. The people who live there are forbidden freedom of speech, assembly and religion. Fur- thermore, the people of the Com- munist state: May not own any land. May not be tried by a jury. May not choose their own em- ployment, May not be absent from work, and may not strike or picket. May not employ a fellow citl- zen for labor. May not travel freely. May not own any jewelry, May not ring a church bell. May not be friends with a foreign traveller. If they do not agree with what their government does or proposes to do, they dare not voice their disagreement. If they would like to change their form of government, they dare not vote against the government-se- lected candidates. They dare not hold, address or participate in any gathering unless it is one to extol the wonders of Communism. They dare not write a letter to a newspaper unless it be to praise the Soviet and Communism. Yet those who are followers of the Communist philosophy, who in this country are free, under the law, to do all these things which are list- ed above as being prohibited in the country which they hold up as their ideal, have the audacity to suggest that they have not enough freedom in Canada, and demand that a bill of rights be established which will leave them free to car- ry on all the subversive activity which is meat and drink to them, If they had their way, if their plans to hand over Canada to Soviet Rus- sia should be any miracle succeed, they would have to forget all about their bill of rights, because all the rights which they now possess in Canada would very quickly be take en away from them. e 20 Years Ago Two fatalities marred the Domin- ion Day holiday in Oshawa. Gordon Johnston, 16, was drowned in the Prestonvale swimming pool and Eric Bryon, 18, was killed when his bi- cycle was struck by a car. Oshawa sweltered in a tempera- ture of 98 in the shade, which caused many large heat ils to appear on the pavement of Simtoe Street. East Whitby Township Council passed a by-law granting a 35-year franchise to the Ontario Shore Gas Company. Mayor Ernie Marks was appointed member of a provincial committee on unemployment problems. Contract for the new Public Utilities Commission building was let to the W. J. Trick Company, at a total price of $28,796, not to in- clude heating, plumbing, electrical work and decorating. MONEY FROM U, S. A. Ottawa (CP) The United States postal administration will resume issuing money orders for payment in Canada starting July 1, the post office department an- nounced Friday. This service was suspended last September when of- ficial quotations for U. 8. dollars were withdrawn by the Canadian goverment and rates of exchange were allowed to find their own level in the exchange market. . Brazil, the most extensive state in South America, was discovered in 1500 by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvaies Cavral, Price Index Calculation Ticklish Job By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa--(CP)--Putting out the monthly cost-of-living index that's making you wince these days is a difficult job for the Bureau of Statistics. It could never be done without the co-operation of thousands of business men -- department store owners, grocers, butchers--from one end of the country to the other. Each month for example, 1,600 grocers and butchers provide price quotations for the food section of 'the index. Department stores--handling one- third of the country's clothing trade --provide figures on 33 items that go into. the index footwear section. And that brings us to tomorrow's edition, when the bureau will com- pile price changes for May. The index, based on 1935-39 price equall- ing 100, stands at 182.0--the highest in history--up 0.2 points from 181.8 in March, The Canadian index was born be- fore the first world war and every decade or so it is modernized. That is, its price base is brought up to date to keep it in line with chang- ing buying habits of the family, The last time the index price base was changed was in 1939. Almost 1,500 typical wage-earning families were interviewed in Halifax, Hon- treal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The bureau found that about 31 per cent Of the family budget went for food, 19 per cent for rent, six per cent for fuel and light, 12 per cent for clothing, nine per cent for home furnishings and services, and 23 per cent for a miscellaneous | group including beauty care and street car fare, Doctors bills and pants pressing. That's how the index is made up. Food is counted as more than double the importance of clothing and more than triple home-furnish- ings. A relatively small price Mac's Musings It has been said that The greatest need of Our time is for the Rehabilitation of Our religious faith That this is not only The need of the world But is the supreme need Of the Christian Church. It seems as if today The most prominent Aspect of Christian teaching Is that which places Emphasis on humanitarianism. But sociel gospels lose Their meaning and Christian Philopanthropy can become Only a dreary routine If the springs of faith Become dried up, since While love may be the Flower and crown of Christian life, faith Is its very root. It has been a misfortune For the church that faith Has been so often Confused with belief, Because when Jesus asked For faith He was not Asking men to accept A creed or submit To the authority of ' A church, for at that time No creed had been formulated, No church had been established; He was asking men to have aith in Himself, to give Devotion to a sacred cause, The cause of His kingdom. e Readers Views THANKS FOR HELP The Editor, The Times-Gazette. 8ir: At the request of the mem- bers of the Masters' Association of the Oshawa Public Schools, I am writing to thank you most sincere- ly for the attention and space you have given to our organjzation during the 1950-1951 school Season, and particularly the write-ups prev- ious to and after our 'Annual School Games,' We would also like to particularly thank the following for their in- terest, co-operation and fellowship in assisting to enhance our 'Annu- al School Games' and to the count- less numbers who had a share in our endeavours: Victor's Sports & Cycle Company, Kiwanis Club, Board of Education, St. John's Ambulance, Ritson Home and School Association, City Parks Board, Shamrock Athletic Club, The Lakeland Broadcasting Company, Community Recreation Association, Maracle Printing Company. Yours truly, T. W. COTIE Secretary-Treasurer, Annual School Games Director of Physical Education. Oshawa, Ontario, June 28, 1951. MAN DROWNED Blind River (CP)-- Donat' Save of Estaire, Ont., was drowned Fri- day when he slipped from floating logs in the Mississagi river. Blind River is about 100 miles west of Sudbury. change for food products will outbalance a large change for a piece of furniture. But the buying and consuming habits of the average Canadian are not static. And now the bureau is in the process of revamping its price base once more. Probably begin- ning early next year, the 1935-39 base will be recalculated on the basis of some postwar year--per- haps 1946 or 1947. |was the government attitude. - PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Please, Mr. Motorist EAR Mr. Happy Motorist . . , Please take your time today . . . Please keep your eyes upon the road And do not let them stray . . . Be careful of the hills and curves . . . Obey each traffic sign . . slightest doubt . . . to other cars . . . In country must become annoyed . . . . And if there is the Do not pull out of line . . . Be courteous and in town . . . And if you Please hold your temper down, , , Check every dashboard instrument . . . Make sure your doors are closed . . . thing you do. . \ that ride with you. Inflate the tires properly . . . And keep yoursel composed . . . Remember that your life depends ped +++ On every. . The same as lives in other cars. .. And those Copr. 1951, Field Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved INSIDE QUEENS PARK Wire-Tapping Bill Dropped There was great disappointment here when the federal government withdrew its criminal code amend- ment on telephone wire tapping. The reaction of the Dominion members was not expected. Attorney-General's officials here Lad considered the amendment quite innoccuous, helpful though it promised to be in curbing large- scale bookmaking. And this also One has the feeling that if the Ottawa members had listened in to the testimony before the crime quit e so strongly against the amendment. It was brought out quite clearly in it that only through getting some trace of phone calls was it pos- sible to track down the core of bookmaking. It also was shown what a minor infringement of the rights of the individual, if an infringement at all, this was. There was no question of listen- ing in to conversations, but only of keeping a check on the number of calls from a certain phone and the numbers to which they were going. And before the power could be used at all there had to be a search warrant. hWen it is considered that under a search warrant one can go SO far as to invade actual premises it is hard to see why the great alarm at the new power. In fact, one has to wonder, as many are wondering here, if per- haps the "secrecy of communica- tions" hasn't become an over-em- phasized phobia. There certainly have been few governments more respectful of our essential rights and principles than the present one, but still there also is the problem of curbing law- | breaking (and law which is federal | law, but which the province has to adminster.) i Incidentally, it didn't add to the | government's frame of mind that it was the members of their own party who were responsible for | knocking out the amendment. | It is true the attack on it was | led by members from the west, | where gambling isn't the threat | it is here. But many of the Ontario members supported it. Memories of some of them must be short. It was only a few years ago that there was something ap- proaching a scandal here when it became known that government Lunch Tastes Better With WISHING WELL ORANGE drive in style...for less per mile! Here's a car that is as easy on the eyes as it is on the pocketbook. Your pride in driving this sprightly convertible is only exceeded by your satisfaction at getting 100 extra miles from every 7 gallon tankful of gas hugs the curves like ¢razyl 5 STATHAM MOTOR SALES 59 KING 'WEST HILLMAN minx A Rootes Group Product Rootes Motors (Canada) Limited ¢ Montreal « Toronto « Vancouver Concessionaires for the Rootes Group and Rover Products now on display at DIAL 3-7712 offices were using recording mach- ines on telephones. The discovery was made when an official threat- ened a phone caller to record his conversation, and the government was considerably embarrassed when the telephone company said the equipment was illegal. This practice, which of course was a form of wire tapping, ap- parently wasn't at all out of line to the government which at the time was led by Mr. Drew, who now leads the opposition at Ottawa, But the power to be used in en- forcing the law it seems is a difer- ent matter. A progrom providing small grants for aid of aged and infirm workers was established in Iceland ring yourself a | 1 feeling of ecurity hy saving part of your income 4 anh of \O | STI Your BNS Manager is a .good man to know. In Oshawa he is A. H, , Crockett. * t