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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1951 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE [a ) . PAGE THIRTEEN Rearmament Given Topmost Priority In Labor Platform London (AP) -- The Labor party is sticking to its policy of arming Britain fully, in defiance of leftwing critics led by Aneurin Bevan, former Labor minister. . \ It published a policy statement today which declared the country's three-year $14,100,000,000 arms program is "the minimum required to deter aggression and so prevent:a third world war." "No other aim can take priority®-- over that," it said. The statement, prepared by the party's 27-member executive com- mitte which included Foreign Sec- retary Herbert Morrison among its leaders, will be submitted for de- bate at the party's annual conven- tion at Scarborough in early Octo- ber. It will become the basis of a platform if, as many politicians expect, a general election is called this fall. Approving the policy declaration several weeks ago, the committee over-rode objections of four com- mittee members--Bevan, Ian Mik- ardo, Mrs. Barbara Castle and Driberg. Bevan and two other Labor mem- bers quit their ministerial posts last spring in protest against a budget which provided money for the first year of the arms program, but forced patrons of the statg health sérvice to pay half the costs of false teeth and spectacles. Recently Bevan end his left-wing associates wrote a pamphlet called "One way only," which urged the government to cut arms spending in order to stem inflation and try to protect living standards and so- cial services. The 300-word party statement was called "Our First Duty -- Peace." It said the arms program "can- not be reduced unless there is first a changed for the better in condi- tions which made it necessary." These conditions 'were blamed on the Communist nations led by Sov- jet Russia. "Once there is clear proof of a change of heart in the countries which now threaten aggression," the statement said, "negotiations can and must be undertaken to reduce the weight of armaments in every country. Labor will watch vigilant- ly for that moment." Bevan had urged immediate ne- gotiations with Russia in an effort to end the arms race quickly. The party gaid the arms program "can be carried by our economy without too great a strain," but further taxation "must be levied on the small minority who draw large unearned incomes from priv- ate fortunes." This threat to "soak the rich" again may mean the party is con- templating either a capital levy or a capital gains tax. Other indica- tions of domestic policy were these: The party aims to "extend and strengthen price controls." Rent controls and food subsidies will be continued. The program of building 200,000 hcuses a year will be maintained a"hough a shortage of materials wl prevent its expansion. Capital development of such in- d-tries as coal, "gas, electricity, ccke ovens, railways, roads and oil ref:ning must be expanded. There was also a hint, not elab- orated, of a revision in the man- agement of basic industries owned by the state: "We must take steps to associate the workers much more "closely with the administration of these public industries and ser- vices." Sees Fight For Recovery Of J amaica Kingston, Jamaica (Reuters) -- Jamaica needs every penny it can get to repair the ravages of last week's hurricane, Governor Sir Hugh Macintosh Foot said last nigh t. Latast figures put the death toll at 150 and, weekend estimates re- ported 25,000 persons still homeless. Foot, outlining relief measures in a radio broadcast warned there wil be little home-grown foodstuffs for the next six months. The bulk of the food on the island had been destroyed. The next year would be one of strain and difficulty," he « Plan Support For Pinery Public Park London, Ont. --(CP) -- Represent- atives of Sarnia, Stratford and London Chambers of Commerce will meet here early in September to plan organization of support for a proposal to make The Pinery a public park. Hugh T. Smith, Secretary man- ager, London chamber, said that though a date had not yet been set, the meeting would probably be held "the first week in September. The Pinery is a five mile Stretoh of Lake Huron shore, from one to two miles deep, south of Grand Bend. It is owned by the Canada Land Company. NAKED TOT SCALDED Ottawa (CP) -- Two-year-old Su- san Harris, standing nude in her - family's kitchen, grabbed a cord from an electric grill Monday and showered hereslf with hoiling wa. ter from a simmering po' of vege- tables. She was taken to hospital with severe burns to shoulders, neck and back. Her mother had Just stripped her to change her ¢lothes. MESABI IRON RANGE FOUND BY ACCIDENT THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten I: SEEMS LIKE THE TRAFFIC ON RAGWEED STREET IS ALWAYS LIGHT WHEN ad PEDESTRIANATING ~ P------ necae | OUT OF THE. GARAGE = WOW! LIKE OLE Man RIVER , THEY JUST KEEP ROLLIN' ALONG | . By HAL BOYLE .. Hibbing, Minn.--(AP)--Back in 1892 a lumber camp roustabout named Pete was digging a well near here. He complained that after digging through six feet of sticky red clay his shovel hit a substance easier to spade through but it was "heavy as iron." Frank Hibbing a mining man, went Into the well, sifted the heavy earth and said: "Yep, boys. Iron, for sure--and it seems to be rich." That was the birth o f the world's largest iron mine in the heart of the great Mesabi range, for half a century a wellspring of America's industrial might. Today the spade that roustabout Pete held has been replaced by huge electric shovels that take up 10 tons at a single bite. The well Pete started has grown into a vast pit covering 1450 acres. It is almost 500 feet deep, up to a mile wide, and 3% miles long. Since stripping began here in 1895 the "big hole" has yielded 496,558,000 tons of ore averaging 50 to 62 per cent iron. Today it is worth about $7.50 a ton. At an average price of $6 a ton over the years the tremendous pit's output has been almost $2,500,000,000. Out of all this wealth poor, for- gotten Pete probably never even got the price of a new shovel. His- tory doesn't even bother to record whether his well produced water. but it did help build and arm America. One company, largest of several mining the pit, dug 100 million tons during the war years. This year it will get out only about six million tons, for "the hole" has passed its peak. It is a declining giant, so far as the production of high-grade ore is concerned. 1 But there are tremendous re- serves of low-grade or taconite ore, and ways are being found to pro- cess. it. The pit was begun by Irishmen, Swedes and Cornishmen -- called "Cousin Jacks". Then other work- ers flooded in from south and cen- tral Europe. Now more than 30 nationalities work peacefully to- gether in this melting pot capital of the iron ore industry The ore is so valuable that when deposits were found beneath old Hibbing the entire town was moved two miles away so the shovels could paw up its former site. Some day, of course, the deep rifts of ore will be gone forever. A 'visitor once asked a veteran mining man what would be done with the big hole then. "Well," he said, winking, "We can always plant jit with grass, turn sheep loose in it, and raise steel wool." 4 DIE IN PLANE CRASH Anchorage, Alaska (AP) -- Four persons were Killed and two sever- ely injured Monday in the crash of an Alaska Airlines float plane during a take-off at Seldovia. It ited with Mr. Grainger at Scarborough on Sun- day. Mary Grainger has spent the past two weeks with her aunt and uncle there. ous Heayn who was taken to Oshawa Hospital last week. Two Couples Honored At Prince Albert MRS. F. E. SMITH Correspondent Prince Albert -- A very pleasant evening was enjoyed last Friday when a shower and presentation was held in the school for the newlyweds, Mr, (nee Elva Bond) and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bond (nee Beryl Cook). arrival, Elva and Jack were ushered by Joan Howey to the seats of hon- or which had been decorated with pink and white crepe paper and marked "Him" and "Her," with a background of pink and white streamers and balloons filled with confetti. comed all and offered congratula- tions and best wishes to the bride and groom and then Larry and Kenny Brown, bride, carried in many beautifully wrapped gifts in a tastefully deco- rated basket. and Mrs. Jack On Quite briefly Joan wel- the nephews of Both bride and groom expressed their sincere appreciation to all for the lovely gifts. Immediately following, Alan and Beryl were asked to be seated at the front and a short address was read by Frank Fletcher. were then presented with a beau- tiful walnut coffee table, and satin cushion by Bill McCrea and Bert Raines. most lost his voice for a minute, he thanked all for their kindness. Beryl also expressed her apprecia- tion. They're Jolly Good Fellows." sic was then supplied by the Man- chester orchestra for dancing till ey mirror Though Alan al- All joined in singing "For Mu- unch was served. Miss - Mabel Bonnell, Toronto, spent a few days at the home of her parents. Miss S. Laird, a former teacher here, was a recent visitor of Miss Hazel McCrea. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Jeffrey, Mr. C. Jeffrey and daughter, Jean, mo- tored to Gravenhurst on Sunday where they visited Mr. and Mrs, Fred Jeffrey at their summer cot- ta, ge. { Mr. and Mrs. Walter Webb were in Peterborough on Thursday with their daughter, Jean, making ar- rangements for her to attend Busi- ness College there, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grainger vis- and Mrs, Austin Sorry to hear of the accident to Allan Martyn of Scugog Island re- cently in which he suffered a broken leg. We are sorry to hear of the seri- condition \of Mr. Charles Mrs. Albert Harper and Donald visited with her sister, Mrs. Doris was the seventh fatal aviation ac- | "effrey, and other friends on FPri- cident in little more than a month in Alaska. More than 70 are dead or missing in the string, of acci- dents. The latest plane to crash operates on a shuttle flight be-" tween Homer and Seldovia. day. Mr, and Mrs. E. Eadie have pur- chased a house in Oshawa and ex- pect to move there early in Sep- tember. It-1s understood the Eadie prop- + Now, this 4 book on child psychology has a handle so it can also be used as a paddle." + erty has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. E. Huntley. Mr. J. Ruxton, Dorset, and daughters, Misses Jacqueline and Loretta, nurses-in-t: at the Ontario Hospital, Whitby, were din- ner guests with Mr. and Mrs. B. Smith on Sunday. The Woman's Association will meet at the home of Mrs. Elma Smith (next house to Mrs. Robert Jackson) on Wednesday. There will be a pot luck lunch. All ladies are welcome. The floor of the church kitchen has at last been renewed and is now ready for a finishing touch. Mr. and Mrs, Meakins of Oshawa have taken rooms in the Fudge hame temporarily and are hoping to buy or build later. ... DIES FROM, BULBAR POLIO Toronto (CP) -- Nine - year - old Gary Cosburn died Monday of bul- bar poliomyelitis as he was being driven to hospital here from the family cottage at Minden, 100 miles north of Toronto. Two Needles Removed From Boy's Heart Wall Chicago (AP) -- Larry Hudetz, is recovering after the second needle in two years has been re- moved in a 90-minute operation at Children's Memorial Hospital. How 3 entered his body is still a mys- ery. The needle was partly imbedded in Larry's heart and partly in his ung. His father, George Hudetz of suburban Lyons, said it was Lar- ry's second such experience. In 1949, a needle pierced the boy's chest while he was rolling in bed. It became imbedded in the wall of his heart and was removed in a comparatively simple operation, Hudetz stated. INDIAN CANALS-- The total length of India's boat and irrigation canals is about 60,- 000 miles. Rocky's Leadgrship Pays In High Morale of Troops By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer With the Canadians in Korea-- (CP) -- From army commander James Van Fleet as far down the line as one cares to carry it, one . |never hears here about just '"'the Canadians. "those aggressive Cana- dians." The tone is one of envy among U.N. commanders 'whose concern is to keep troops interested in hostilities that Kaesong might end any day. It is one of amazement among troops thoroughly weary eof the whole business and astonished that with the possibilities inherent in Kaesong "the guys go on sticking their necks out." And do so almost enthusiastically. In large part they do so because they have come to reflect the en- thusiasm of their commander, Brig . John Meredith Rockingham of Vancouver. Rocky's enthusiasm for war and the keenness with which he iden- tifies himself with it--to the minu- test detail and the fighting of the smallest sub-unit--certainly have been the dominating influences in the 25th Canadian Infantry Bri- gade group. The men know him and like him In operations he's seldom far from the middle, and often forward of the command post. He has been known to go to the forward com- pany and on occasion even to the forward section to see how things are going and, often, to make sug- gestions. He scales apparently-impassable mountain trails in his jeep, and when the trails give out makes his way on foot to the infantry he wants to see. But he always gets there--even if it means picking up bullets in his tires and taking pris- Sners on the way. He has done The troops love it. '"'Rocky's here," the word goes around, and the tension or fatigue of the moment seem less acute. If the troops love it, the bat- talion commanders frankly don't. They're running the show, and are personally responsible for it. Hence they are bound fo their command posts, where they can coordinate the operation. They must save their pr lest it be required in a crucial moment to influence the outcome by- rally- ing their men. Yet they are conscious of the men's reaction: "We always see the Brig. when we're in action, but where the hell is the C.0.? (The commanding officer.) Not that command posts are so far back, incidentally... But even at the C.P. the briga- dier has been known to become so enthusiastic over a battle as to take it over holus-bolus. There was one in particular in which he was running the infantry, his chief gun- ner ranging for the artillery and his chief signals officer doing the air liaison work with aircraft put- ting in an air strike. Ignored on the sidelines were the battalion commander involved, together with the major commanding the Y. artillery battery supporting the regiment, : A battalion commander whose troops were slugging over difficult hilly country, sweeping it for Chi- nese, had kept them going with the goal of being the first United Na- tions troops to effect a link-up as their incentive. A U.N. armored force had struck deep into Chinese territory, dug itself in and waited, story written by Alan Randal, then war correspondent for the.Cana- dian Press and now chief of buréau in Montreal. Randal reported that Rocking- ham, a striking six-foot-three tar- gef, was walking through a woods of Germans --supposedly cleared --tfo one of his battalion head- quarters, when he was shot st. Instead of f: flat on the ground the Brig., Was oarry- ing a tommy gun, turned and charged the enemy gun-post. Hé killed two Germans and took a third prisoner. It wasn't until the divisionsl commander told reporters about : "It was just a matter of self-preservation. They were shoot- ing at me, so I shot back." Rocky's technique has so t the fancy of British in the Commonwealth division that they've worked up a song about him, a parody of Nelly Lutcher's paury on down to my house, vy." One verse, which they sing with good-natured apologies (68 U.S. army liaison officers present, runs: "Hurry on up to the front lide, Rocky, There ain't nobody here but us Hurry on up to the front ling, Rocky, And for gosh sakes bring yeur Jump in your jeep and' bring your brigade And when have a e. Hurry on up to the front line, Rocky, : There ain't nobody here but us Ey it's all over we'll impregnable, until advancing in- Yank fantry could reach it. The Canadians were about to start on the last leg of the gap when the brigadier heard the way was open, cheerfully got into a jeep in the enthusiasm of the moment and personally effected the link-up. It's sure hard on the colonels, But the same technique paid well when he commanded the 9th In- fantry Brigade in Europe during the Second World War. Said Col. Roger Rowley of Oft- tawa, soon to be director of mili- tary training at Canadian army headquarters, during a recent visit to the brigade: '"He chased me across half of Europe during the war and now, by gosh, he has had me climbing Korean hills." It recalled a Second World War The 'point is--whatever the tech- nique--it is keeping the Canadians on the bit and aggressive. ...HITS DEFENCE PROGRAM Washington (AP) -- Defence of- ficials said Monday night the coun- trywide copper strike hits the United States' mobilization drive at, its most vulnergble point because if prolonged, it would eut off syp-. plies of the scarcest of all major, metals. These offi said the strike would mean that the output of sulphuric acid -- a vital ingre- dient in the refining of aviation and, high - octane gasoline -- would be. shut off immediately. The acid is one of the chief Byproducts of the smelters. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR DIVISION By aaa f A. A AA \ LIA : Start of a Wonderful J ourney ! . .l . age & . 4 there is no practical limit to its utility. Truly, no mere inter- esting biography could be written than an account of the Well, there it goes--out from the great Cadillac factory into the hands of a proud and happy owner. 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