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"opiNIONs DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE 8 a3gOTAn ser FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OBHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLW (Established 1863) Canadian Press, tt of The The Tim wa Association, the Amer- the Canadian Daily H Ontari Pron etal Dalles "Association pr og Iy 'Bureau of incial dian P ™ | led Prov. | .o f : of all news despatches io tion fo We uu for IY to it or to The Associated Press or plo and also the local news published therein, Al rights of special despatches herein are also resorv and P ALLOWAY, P og oo WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. RIPTION RATES Delivered > yEsoR Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port erry, Piokering, 300 per week. By mall out- pho Aine ah areas anywhere In Canada and land yoar; U.S. $0.00 year. Authorised Sugiana, V1.00 BS Matter, Ee Rottice Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for SEPTEMBER 10,897 PRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1951 N Ne nd Provincial Election As has been predicted for some weeks past, Ontario js to have a general election this fall, Yesterday afernoon, it was an- nounced that on November 22 the voters of Ontario will go to the 8 to cast their bal- lote for 'a new legislature. is rather difficult to understand why Premier Frost should have felt it ,hecessary to call a provincial election at this time. The normal term of office of his government would not expire until the summer of 1953, and there are no imporant controversial is- sues on the horizon requiring a direct man- date from the people. Mr. Frost suggests that he has been carrying en as premier without a personal mandate from the people, but he has been quite satisfied to do so since May, 1949, without anyone raising serious objection. The only conclusion that ean be reached is that the members of the government feel that this is a good time to go to the country. We recall in the last provincial election Hon, T. L. Kennedy, minister of agriculture and a veteran politician, making the remark that a government which stays in power until the end of its five-year term of office is usually defeated, and that # was good busi- ness to go to the people well before expiry of that term. Perhaps that explains why there is to be an election now. While it will take two or three weeks for the campaign to warm up, the election will be keenly contested. The Liberals have a new, fighting leader im Walter Thomson, M.P. for Ontario Riding. The CCF party, now the official opposition, wil be making a great bid for enough seats to form a gov- ermment. And the Conservatives, while they will naturally be on the defensive, car- ry strong campaigning power in their ranks. There will be a spate of oratory, and then the people will decide which party they wish to govern after November 22. In their hands rests the fate of the government, be- cause under our system of democracy, the will of the people must prevail. Political Party Funds Periodically an outcry arises against the system by which political parties are pro- vided with large funds by contributions from individuals, and from various groups in busi- ness and industry. This ig the case at pres- ent, and proposals are being put forward that there should be an inquiry into the source and disposition of sums expended for political purposes. There is nothing new in the practice of providing political parties with funds for organization and election purposes. In fact, it is no secret that party organizations open- ly go out and solicit such funds, and oc- casionally receive quite substantial amounts from various interests. This is the system which is now under eriticism, and rightly 80. There is always the danger that when certain interests subscribe heavily to politi- cal party funds, this is done in the expecta- tion that there will be a "quid pro quo" in re- turn. Men in business would not readily part with large sums in support of a political - party for altruistic reasons. They quite nat- urally regard this as an investment, or as a legitimate business expense, and hope that it will pay them dividends and pay them returns. The larger the contribution to %a particular party, the greater the influence the dqnors expect to have with the govern- ment. That is the game as it has been play- ed, and as it is probably still being played today. That is the thing which many citi- zens are condemning in our political sys- tem. Of course, under the present election pro- cedure, political parties must have funds. They require funds for organization work, and for all the expenses incidental to an election campaign. Even the CCF party recognizes this need, as is seen from the ap- or. i a -------- peal to labor unions to contribute to its party funds. But there is a vast difference between individuals giving a dollar or two to the party they support and organized in- terests contribuing tens of thousands of dollars. ; It may be that an inquiry into the source and disposition of political party funds would reveal some interesting information. If it were done thoroughly, it might even revdal that much of the money contributed has come from interests that have steod to benefit from the actions of the political party they support, or even that the same groups have made donations to more than one political party. May Be Action Now: For months the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce has been endeavoring to secure some improvement in the mail service to the downtown business section of Oshawa. The! holding back of the delivery of mail to that section until a late hour in the forenoon has had the effect of dislocating and delaying business for professional and commercial establishments in that section of the city. There is a possibility of that situation be- ing remedied as the result of its being drawn somewhat forcibly to the attention of the Postmaster-General by Walter C. Thomson, M.P. for Ontario riding. It is not surprising to learn from the telegram re- ceived by Mr. Thomson from the Postmaster- General that the latter was not aware of the conditions regarding which complaint had been made. It would appear that some of- ficials of the post office department had been responsible for the delayed service, and the minister in charge was not apprised of what had been done in Oshawa. The tone of the message of the Hon. Edouard Rinfret to the Ontario riding mem- ber leads to the hope that something may be done to remedy a situation which should never have been allowed to develop. One would almost imagine that post office of- ficials think that Oshawa is still in the back- woods village stage; instead of being a busy and progressive city of over 40,000 people. We hope that the telegram of the Post- master-General means exactly what it says, and that his instructions to remedy the postal service in Oshawa will be carried out immediately. y Editorial Notes A credit man advises against buying more than the family budget will allow. That is the kind of advice that is often given but seldom aceepted. > + * If the summer-like weather continues, there will be no need to look for an Indian summer this year. RA RA > Motorists are advised to use their heads instead of the horn. In fact, the horn should be the least used instrument on an automo- bile, even when wedding parties are passing along the streets. *» + * There are some people who will be quite, willing to hand Mr. Abbott a bouquet of orchids for having reduced cigarette smok- ing more successfully than any other man. + * + The question as to whether horsemeat should be sold in Oshawa for human con- sumption has been passed on to the Board of Health for consideration. So far as we are aware, no great need for this has been made evident in this city. e Other Editors' Views o TREND AWAY FROM THRIFT (Montreal Gazette) The general effect of government policy is to discourage thrift and to allow its value to be despoiled by inflation. This seen in the official figures, which show that the proportion of personal incomes in Canada put into personal savings has fallen nearly 50 per cent within four years. 80 far from dropping the contribution it now makes towards the cost of annuities, the government ought to devise a broad and positive policy to reverse the growing trend away from thrift. It would not only be an important con- tribution towards self-reliance; it would have a wels come effect upon inflation. Money cannot be with- drawn from the spending stream in any more use- ful way than to be put into valid schemes of personal saving, Ll * A Bit of Verse @ GOOD OLD MAN O good old man! how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that, do choke their service up Even with the having. --WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE e A Bible Thought ® | "If you say 'I will' to God, He will say 'I will' to you"--Rev. Gerald Gregson. , Jesus says, "Behold I stand at the door and knock: it any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." (Rev. 3:20), CHOICE OF TWO EVILS Mac's Musings This coming week-end Is the time when all Canadians traditionally Are supposed to offer Heartfelt thanks for The many, many blessings Which they have received From the hands of God. There is one blessing That most individuals Never seem to remember And that is the blessing Of still being alive, The blessing found in The fact that we have Passed through the year Without becoming victims Of fatal traffic accidents. Those who are reading This page should realize That they have been chosen To be spared from death On the broad highways And on the city streets, Although this year so far Over seven hundred people Have lost their lives In motor accidents 1In Ontario alone. Let us give thanks For our safety and Even for our lives By giving to all other Users of the highways All the breaks they need Five Minutes for Freedom The Task of Government (Cornwall Speaking in London the other day, General Eisenhower said, '"The bond that joins us--stronger than blood lines, than common tongue and common law--is the fundamental conviction that man was created. to be free, that he can be trusted with freedom, that goverhments have as a primary function the protection of his free- dom." I liked that last statement, "That governments have as a primary function the protection of his freedom." It seems to me we should all see to it that our representatives in parliament un- derstand that their primary duty is to protect our freedom» It is the first and most precious right we enjoy. Now here in Canada, we do have a great deal of freedom: I would say that this is probably one of the freest nations on earth. Bus here and there, we are gradually losing some of them. As one writer put it, "Enslavement, like old age, creeps . . . Gradual loss of liberty is even more subtle." The same writer went on to point out more than half a dozen import- | ant freedoms we have given up in recent years. He pointed out, for one thing, that in Canada prior to 1917, what a man earned was his own. There was no personal in-| come tax. He needed to account to no one how he spent his money. He could keep his office in his hat. Honest gains were gains. But today a man is accountable to government for every cent he takes in, and the government can examine every detail of his per- sonal affairs. Today the farmer, once so very proud of his freedom, cannot sell his own wheat. It must be sold through a government agency and at prices fixed by the govern- ment. So, in point of reality, the farmer can hardly be said to own | his land--because only the pro- duce of the land is important, and that is controlled by government officials. CONTROL OF MONEY But there is a more serious type of threat to our freedom--and it Standard-Freeholder) FETE ------ To avoid accidents. Our own lives and Our children's lives Depend more than ever On use of plain, decent Commonsense consideration For others on the streets And highways, especially During the holiday week-end When traffic will be heavy. | Ottawa can manage it, regardless {of what government might be in A power at any time. And I think | {1t 'is time that more money was At Sl th {left with Canadian families vd A om eu | spend as they see fit. { { I talked with a local merchant T T h | the other day. His average profit | races ras {on a dollar of sales was just a lit- | tle over three cents. He vast D0) () Y ; complaining about that. But he ears pointed out that if he could get as | much out of the dollar of sales a. |as the Government takes in taxes,| Washington (AP)--Corncob gar- he'd be rich. He does the work |bage found imbedded in a New | --the government takes more pro-| Mexico cave has been traced to } a | fit from a dollar sale than he does. | pre-historic Americans of 2000 His profit on the sale of a package |years ago by atomic "signals," a | of cigarettes is very low. The gov- | Chicago scientist -has reported. | Sinment sakes Bround 26 cents in} Dr. W. F. Libby also told how | | taxes. nd many items are the certain secrets of the earth and (same. And then the women won-| its plants, animals and men have Se wy he toss of Hvivg i 50 | peen traced in time to periods up . ey blame the manufac- to 15000 years ago by atomic-age | turer, the storekeeper, the farmer. | getective Ey Ro BY & | oat if they knew what the taxes,| pis atomic sleuthing-involving Guess E00 ivest, Smousted 3 the measurement of radioactivity Bn os pry 1D onder 3 Miley gin ancient remains -- allows, the feel like saying to the Government | Scientist said. the close "dating" of | --*"Here, take all my money and [Sech materials as: . B | Some wood ,and peat samples ¥ from the Lake Bourget region of Then, of course, . re have the all-powerful State where | France. "at least 21,000" years old. freedom cannot exist. | Biblical scrolls from the Book of | Isaiah, found in a cave near Pales- L [Isaiah a ale NL LIRE A sau by quoting | tiie and "dated" by radioactivity i : | as being about 1900 years old; and | General Eisenhower. I would like | | 3 | burned bones of extinct Buffalo {19 Close by quoling him again. He found in Lubbock, Texas, and link- | ald, only last MOR sdom is not | 6d With the life of the "Folsom" {to be compared to the winning of |man of 9800 years ago. !a game--but with the victory re- Libby described these and other | corded forever in history. Free-| findings in the technical Journal dom has its life in the hearts, the Science, official weekly of the aetions, the spirit of man. And so | American Association for the Ad- | {it must be daily earned and re-|vancement of Science. } | freshed--else like a flower cut| This technique, rated by scient- | from its life-giving roots, it will ists as an accurate means of dat- wither and die. ing anthropological, geological and | '""All of us have pledged our other materials, consist of mea- | | word, one to the other, that this suring the radioactivity of "radio- | | shall not be. We have cut the pat- | carbon" in samples studied. {tern for our effort. We fight not! All plant, animal and human {only our own batile--we are de-|systems contain carbon, and a tiny | fending for all | mankind those | amount of this is radioactive, or | things that permit each to believe | ray-emitting. | himself important in the eyes of | {God. We are preserving oppor- | | tunity for men to lift up their | 1} WINS JERSEY TROPHY PORTRAITS . By James J. Metcalfe Let Them Decide WANT to guide our children -) Ww: ~~ - . and . .. To help them on their wa y . . . And we have'dreams of what we hope . . . That they will be some day . .. But let us not be obstinate . . . And force our will on them . . . For we may crush the gentle bloom . . . Or break the tender stem . . . They know the struggle they must face . . . . And where they gather progress or... . Their . + . They have their own ambition and is to gain . fingers toil in vain . + . Their all-important goal . rule . . . And what there . . And only God should ever . The current of a soul . .. So let us leave it up to them , .. While doing all we can ... To mold a better woman or... A more substantial man. Cone. 1951, Field Entervrises, Ine. AN Rirhts Reserved INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK New Ministers Cause Talk Toronto -- Appointment of the two new cabinet minister, Dr. W. J. Dunlop and Fletcher "Tommy" Thomas, has caused even more dis- cussion regarding an election. Pundits are wondering whether this has been a strengthening of the government for a trip to the country or whether Mr. Frost has been shoring his walls for another session. On early surmise one would in- cline towards the former view. Neither of the ministers, able men though they both are, are calculat- ed to add much to the debating strength of the government. But at the same time they both will carry considerable prestige throughout the country. Dr. Dunlop though he has been working for the Department of Education for the past few months, is better known outside than at the buildings here. His activities here haven't brought him into much con- tact politically but in the field of education he has been very promin- ent for many years. his health was not so well, though, and so it has been a cause of some wonderment what portfolio the St. Thomas representative would be given. There has been some talk all along that George Doucett might relinquish public works, which was a heavy load along with his other portfolio of highways. But many observers couldn't see the husky minister who has the reputation of being the best administrator in the government easily passing on the the works department. One would gather that in the end a compromise has been reached. In announcing the new appointment, Mr. Frost made it clear that Mr. Doucett would continue to handle some of the details of the depart- ment while Mr. 'Thomas would place emphasis on the province's after chairing the legislature com- mittee of two years ago he is an expert. The heavy public works spending, one would presume, will still come under the eye of the former minister. He particularly has a tion with the Canadian Legion, as chair- man of the committee on adult ed- ucation, which should be a political asset. The Tommy Thomas appoint- ment has been overdue for a long time. When Tommy ran against Mitch Hepburn in 1945 and defeated him it was common gossip he had been promised a cabinet post. At the time he gave up a secure post as agricultural representative for Elgin county to contest the elec- tion, and to get him to run it was generally believed the P. C's had financial loss he would be taken in- to thé government. All along it was assumed he would be given agriculture depart- ment, however, rather than public works which he now has inherited. Agriculture Minister Tom Ken- nedy has not recently shown the inclination to get out of politics * 35 Years Ago e Eighteen hotels in Ontario Coun- . ty, were granted standard hotel licenses by the county licensing board. R. L. Luke has been appointed Iicense Inspector of Standard Ho- tels for the County of Ontario. John W. Swithenbank, Oriental Textiles Co. employee, was in- stantly killed when his automobile turned over on the Kingston Road east of Oshawa. Town Council passed a vote of confidence in Town Clerk Thomas Morris after a motion asking for his resignation failed to secure a seconder. Police Chief Moffatt was ap- pointed a provincial officer for enforcement of the Ontario Teme perance Act in Oshawa. Centres ROYAL HI TRAVEL BY TRAIN TO visited by THEIR The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and The Duke of Edinburgh GHNESSES affects everyone. That is the con-| hearts and nmnds to the highest | trol of money, no longer backed places--there must be no strag- with gold. I read in the paper the! glers in such a conflict." other day that the federal surplus | --r over budget is something like two | ALMOST FORGET LOOT hundred and three millions of dol- | -------- { lars. And I understand some of | Montreal (CP) -- Two jittery | the politicians smiled about this y Kingston (CP) -- Premier Frost | Thursday presented a silver trophy | at the Kingston fair to Bert Bonnie of Millhaven, owner of the best- | uddered Jersey cow at the fair. During his visit to the city, Mr. SPECIAL REDUCED COACH FARES Tickets ore good going day preceding and day of Royol huge pile-up of money. But I think you and I will not smile about it. Two hundred and three millions of dollars more than were needed were taken from you and me in taxes. Now let us not think of that as money--let us think of it in terms of the fruits of our labor. If that money had been left with Canadians in all walks of life, it could have done a lot of things. It would be enough to start at least 40,000 new small businesses. Think of it. Forty thousand men could have gone in- to business for themselves with that kind of money--taxed away from us. It could have started at least twenty thousand factories, to manufacture" things that you and I need. It eould have built homes, fed cattle, provided hund- reds and hundreds of farms with equipment to prodyce more food. It has been said that when a government tales from the people more than a quarter of what they produce, then freedom is in ser- fous danger. Aren't we getting pretty close to it? Money in the hands of the people is put to work to produce more real wealth. So we should all do a good deal of worrying when it is considered humorous to pile up millions of dollars in tax money--your money and mine--that is not needed to run the affairs of the country. I don't want you to think I am an alarmist. I know very well that things could be a good deal worse. In Russia, the government takes every cent from the people and then dolés it out to them. In every dictatorship, all money is taken from the people and then handed back to them at govern- ment discretion. We are still left quite a bit of our own money to use in our own way. But perhaps it is time we started to keep pretty close track of how much is being taken froom us and given back to us by politicians. And to figure out whether governments spent the money as wisely as we would spend it if it were left with us. HOUSEWIVES BEST SHOPPERS I am of the opinion -- having watched women shop in the stores --that most housewives are a darn sight better shoppers than any government official. I think Ca- nadian. women know how to man- age their money a lot better than ' bandits, following an exchange of | Frost also officially opened the shots with a passerby, almost for- new Cathedral separate school. He ot their $5000 loot Thur: in {commented that it is one of ap- 304 3 hurry to escape Wysday. a | proximately 1000 new schools built | branch of La Banque Canadienne |In Ontario during the last six |Nationale. Bank manager Conrad |Ye8rs. | Lecompte suffered head injuries ay TO MAKE COLOR FILM | when clubbed with a revolver in |the holdup which occurred in su-| Winnipeg (CP) -- Winnipeg bal- burban Ville Lasalle. let's command performance Oct. 16 for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip will be filmed in color by the National Film Board, ballet officials here announced | Thursday. Theatre audiences [across Canada will see the scenes in a film to be released by the board which will record the entire |NEW U. OF T. COMPTROLLER Toronto (CP) -- A. G. 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