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opNIoNs DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE Ey a FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1868) The Tim tte is a m of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Dally Newspapers Association, the Amer- joan Ne Pp F 0 ( Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news es In the paper ¢ to it or to The Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All sights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, F ident and P T. L, WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, 30c per week. By mall out- side carrier vary i A anywhere in Canada and .00 per year; U.S. $9.00 per year. Authol ana, Chass Master, Post Office Department, a Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER 11225 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1951 Should Not Have Happened In the year that is now drawing to a close, there have been over 1200 traffic ac- cidents in the city of Oshawa: In these, scores of people have been injured, and tens of thousands of dollars of damage has been done to cars and trucks. Yet, in the words of Police Chief Owen D. Friend, in report- ing this number of accidents, about half of them "should never have happened." One reads, from day to day, of these ac- cidents on the streets of Oshawa. Usually, every Monday morning brings quite a list of them, particularly in the winter months when there are icy conditions on the streets. Yet it comes as somewhat of a shock to re- alize that in the aggregate they amount to over 1200 for the year. And when the Chief of Police makes the statement that half of these accidents should never have happen- ed, it makes one wonder just what steps can be taken to impress on car and truck drivers the fact that they can do their part in cutting down the number of such mishaps. One can say quite frankly that many of the motorists one sees on the streets invite accidents by their disregard of the rights and the safety of others. There is far too much driving at excessive speeds on Simcoe Street at the northern and southern extrem- ities, and on King Street in the eastern and western outskirts. Many drivers seem to think that once they have passed beyond the business and main residential sections, they can forget about speed limits. That can be considered a contributory factor in many accidents. There is also too much careless- ness at intersections, consisting of neglect to look out for traffic coming on the cross streets. This is evident from the number of accidents which occur at such intersections, Oshawa's traffic accident record is far too high. It can be cut down in 1952 if mo- torists and truck drivers will give some thought to courtesy and safe driving prac- tices in the city, and give proper considera- tion to the fact that others have some rights in the use of the streets Disarmament Not Enough The Christmas message of Pope Pius to the world struck a note which is much need- ed at the present time. It was a clear call to the world to depart from its ways of war and strife, and return to the gospel of peace and goodwill. To a world which is strug- gling with problems of rearmament and building up defences against possible ag- gression, there was much food for thought in what His Holiness had to say about the monstrous cruelty of modern weapons of war. The following sentence stands out in bold relief in his message "Disarmament, which we have always desired, would be an unstable guarantee of lasting peace if it is not accompanied by abolition of weapons of hate, cupidity, and of over-weening lust for prestige." f In that sentence the Pope strikes at the root of the grave troubles which are beset- ting the world at the present time, and it was particularly appropriate that it should have been uttered in conjunction with the celebration of the natal day of the Prince of Peace. We can never hope for permanent peace and goodwill in the world until men as in- dividuals root out of their lives malice and envy and distrust and hatred. These things, when 'deeply rooted in individuals, become the creed of the nations to which they be- long, and result in policies which inevitably in the past, have led to wars. They will do so again unless they can be brought under control. , The words of the Pope were timely. They were a direct warning to the world that the course it is following can lead only to dis- aster, They were a call to return to those principles which were enunciated to the world at the first Christmag, and which are needed in the world today even more then they were then. Not In A Hurry Political commentators in Britain and some in the United States, are becoming some- what critical: of Winston Churchill because he cannot seem to be in any hurry to tear down the structure of Socialism that was built up by the previous government. They point to the fact that while he was before the recent election, a dyed-in-the-wool Con- servative, he seems to be acting now as if he were a captive to Socialism, and is not anxious to shake off the policies of the So- cialist party. f These critics are calling attention to the fact that Churchill seems to be in favor of Aueurin Bevan's policy of slowing down re- armament. He is employing the policy of cut- ting down imports to improve Britain's economic position, as the Socialists did. He has left the food subsidies untouched. He is not asking quick action to remove controls and restrictions on business, nor to denation- alize the steel industry. Those who criticize Churchill because he has not, in the two months since he came into office, upset everything the Socialists did during their six years in power, are showing a misguided impatience. It should be obvious to anyone that just as the Socialist program of the Attlee party was imposed by gradual steps, so it will be neces- sary to undo that policy in the same way, and not by rushing at it like a bull at a gate. Churchill is a wise politician, and he knows that the major problem at the mo- ment is to get his country back on its feet economically, and that this must be done before there are any drastic changes in economic policy. We are not surprised that Churchill has not been in a hurry to remove the shackles of Socialist policies from the British people in one spectacular move. He knows that might be disastrous, and_ that far more satisfactory results are likely to follow a policy of going at it slowly and removing Socialist restrictions and controls by such steps as seem justified by the con- ditions of the hour. Editorial Notes Outdoors it was a white Christmas, but in many homes it was a black day because of loved ones being lost in the long list of traf- fic accidents across Canada. We + + Ontario and Durham County farmers raised crops worth over $17,000,000 in 1951. And these crops were an important factor in maintaining the prosperity of communities like Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville. + + + 'When one reads of the many acts of kind- ness done to those in need at the Christmas season, one is convinced that the true spirit of Christmas was not forgotten at the fest- ive season. * * + A new steel plant is to be established at Welland, Ontario. This is one more step to- wards making Canada self-sufficient in steel supplies. '® Other Editors' Views @ CANADA'S WORLD TRADE (Montreal Daily Star) The inevitable development of sterling and dol- lar blocs weakened the old position of Canada as a big trading nation selling its goods freely all over the world. Circumstances which have nothing to do with the basic factors of price and quality have kept us out of markets once available to us. We have tended more and more to trade inside the dollar area, simply because old and valued sterling customers could not convert the funds they had into dollars. eo A Bit of Verse ® 'WINTER -- OLD AND NEW Snow over rail-fence tops, the narrow roadway filled, The fields a soft white blanket, and waist deep! In younger years, I recall how joy-thrilled Each winter was, how time would hardly keep | Until the skates, snowshoes, toboggans and the sleighs ® Came out in force, to enjoy wintry days. Years do make difference; now I see the snow Like Christmas cards, as pictures on the naked trees Outside the window panes, and so dislike to go Where I can féel its cutting coki around my knees. Sidewalks to shovel! Coal to keep the heat Racing up to preserve warmth I love to meet. The seasons come and go. The one we used fo welcome " Always arrives, in order, after the lovely autumn An interval before the burst of new-born spring, An interval of resting before nature's awakening, A few months those of older years endure With fervent hope they may not be severe, -- T. G. BALLANTYNE e A Bible Thought e "And the shepherds returned, glorifying and prais- ing God for all the things that they had heard and seen as it was told unto them . .. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds." (Luke 2:20, 18.) Ohristmas. doesn't end with the tearing of a leaf from the calendar or the conclusion of a season. Christmas goes on living as men go on telling of the Saviour, and others go on hearing and believing. ! ---Moody Monthly. Time Out for Consideration' on MDMA 2 1 5. om, a" ARSRISD By mm 27777) vs, CONGIESS INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK Changes in Reform Dep't Toronto-- One depariment which will be starting the new year in exceptionally good shape is Re - form Institutions. This department has been quietly undergoing reorganization and planning which promise interesting developments. C. F. Neelands who, as deputy minister, has been responsible for many of the advanced steps taken in the past few years is retiring, though staying on as a consultant. Replacing him will be Colonel Basher who enjoys a wide reputa- tion throughout the province for his penal institutions work, and also stepping up to new responsi- bility will be A. E. Vergin, who has been director of institutions. Under the new program there will be two important additions to the activity of the department, which already is recognized as outstanding on this continent. One will be extension of the work started just a few months ago of rehabilitation of alcoholics at Mim- ico Reformatory. This work appar- ently has been singularly success- ful and in the opinion of the gov- ernment has shown enough results to justify expansion. There is the possibility it will be made avail- able to inmates in courts who ask a magistrate for the treatment. The second step is establishment of a pre-discharge centre at Bur- wash Reformatory. It will be a separate centre in this huge establishment where men |: within a few months of discharge will be separated and made ready for entry into the world again. These are both advanced steps and reflect again the progressive administration that this large de- partment has had over the years in so many directions. Not that it is perfect. Like some other departments of government, mental institutions particularly, more attention could be paid to its employes. With all the thought that has been given to the inmates, welfare of the staff in some institutions such as Burwash would seem to have been overlooked. Guards and other workers in these institutions have jobs which aren't the most pleasant at best. When they are located in one of the more remote institutions such as Burwash consideration should be taken of this. And neither in pay or the comforts of living would it appear to have been done so. This is one direction in which the department can make a good New Year's resolution, ' Canada In Forefront Of United Nations Dealings With World Tensions By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER Paris (CP) -- Canada was in the forefront of United Nations efforts during the year to build up the world organization's anti- aggression elements. This work, most obvious in Can- adian fighting forces in Korea, went ahead parallel with the country's efforts towards strength ening defence forces in Europe under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, for which another Canadian brigade is in Germany. Throughout the year however the Canadian delegation to the U.N. worked both in public and behind the scenes in efforts to end the Korean war and to calm East- West tensions. L. B. Pearson, Canada's exter- nal affairs minister, was a mem- ber of the first small group of leading U.N. figures appointed as a committee to seek a cease - fire in Korea. This group's efforts during the 1950 session of the U.N. General Assembly, stretching into early 1951, were rebuffed by the Chinese Communists, but probably had their effects in leading to later negotiations in the field. As one of the first contributors to anti-aggression forces in Korea, was a leading member of the U.N. collective measures committee ' which has labored through the year to work out a system whereby the U.N. will not be caught napping in the event of future aggression. Under com- mittee proposals, the U.N. will be able to go into action without any of the fumbling which marked the early days of North Korea's attack on South Korea. At the current U.N. assembly, Canada took her place beside the big powers on the proposed new U.N. commission to seek world disarmament. The new commis- fon would replace the old U.N. atomic energy and conventional arms commissions where Canada was a member because of her contributions toward development of atomic energy. The Dominion was a member of the committee which worked out proposals for merging - the two old commissions in the light of atomic develop - ments. Canadian personalities were as popular as ever when it came to choosing able men for top U.N. posts. T. A. (Tommy) Stone, Can- ada's minister to Sweden, was unanimously elected chairman of the budgetary committee at the 1951 U.N. assembly. Pearson had been sought as assembly president but declined to stand for the post since it would keep him away from pressing duties at Ottawa for too long a period. However, he was being sought as a candidate for the next assembly session to be held in New york, where he would be able to keep in close touch with Ottawa. And George David- son, Canada's representative to the Economic and Social Council, was being mentioned as possible president of the council at its next session. The Canadian delegation suf- fered a great loss in March with the death of R. G. Riddell, head of the permanent Canadian dele- gation at U.N. headquarters in New York. Herbert Norman be- came acting head of the delegation and D. H. Johnson, formerly Can- ada's minister to Pakistan, was appointed to head the permanent delegation. Canada's recognition of responsi- bilities far afield was shown in a number of aid contributions. For Korean reconstruction work, the Canadian government set aside $7,250,000; for the International Children's Fund, $500,000. These were among other material grants to ease suffering in various coun- tries around the world. ® 25 Years Ago A fund of over $1,600 was raised to provide Christmas cheer for needy families in Oshawa. City Treasurer, P, A, Blackburn predicted a reduction of three mills in Oshawa's tax rate for 1927. Three candidates were nominat- ed for mayor, 40 for city council and 20 for Board of Education for 1927. Robert Bull of Highland Creek was seriously injured when he was knocked from a load of hay which was struck by a car driven by Ernest Dixon of Oshawa. OC. A. Kinnear was unanimously elected president of thd Thirty Club for the year 1927. CALLED TRAITOR Glasgow (Reuters) -- Lord Pro- vost Sir Warren, who told a Mon- treal audience about two weeks age that Scots don't want self-gov- ernment, last night was branded a "Quisling." When he came home after an evening out, he foud this slogan, splashed in foot- high red - painted letters, on his white garden wall: "London's of- fice boy, Scotland's Quisling -- traitor." Phone The Times with yours today. Classified ads are sure to pay. Mac's Musings Some of the older folks Will remember the days When the favorite pastime When visitors called was to Drag out the old family Album of photographs and Pass pleasant hours looking Over the pictures in it And telling the story of Who they depict and when And where they were taken We wonder what has become Of these old family albums That recalled memories of Bygone happy days and built A fine pictorial record Of the average family, And provided many hours Of pleasant conversation, Certain it is that this Once popular indoor pastime Has faded away so that Only a few of the more Elderly people can Recall it and chuckle over The fun that it created. The old family album, Could, of course be the Cause of much embarrassment To folks whose pictures Taken in childhood days Revealed what they looked Like before they grew To be men and women, And provided a source Of amusement for bashful Folks who would rather Have the record hidden Than displayed for others. Like so many old things The family album has Passed into disuse because With so many distractions In modern life, people would Rather listen to the radio, Or watch the television, Than dig back into the past As revealed in its pages. Reds Were Ignorant Of Dean Capture By BILL SHINN Punsan, Korea (AP) -- The Communists were unaware they had captured Maj.-Gen. William PF. Dean for some time after he was taken prisoner, a South Ko- rean official who saw Dean in a prison camp said today. Lee Byung Ho, prosecutor for the South Korean ministry of jus- tice, was in the prison command at Chonju when the former com- mander of the U.S. 24th Division was questioned. Lee escaped and brough infor- mation given him by Park Whan Sang, a South Korean pressed into service as an interpreter by the North Koreans. At the time, his data about Dean was not believed because of the general opinion that Dean was dead. Lee's account: Dean hid in the hills for more than a month after he was cut off from his troops after the fall of Taejon. On Aug. 25, 1950, he approached a Korean farmer on the road near Sedong to ask for food. Dean's face was swollen. He was tired and dirty. As he was, talking with the farmer, two Communist guards happened by and took him pri- Foner, But they did not recognize m. Dean was taken to the Sang Chun police station near Chinan where security -police questioned him at length. Lee said the general refused to answer questions and told his cap- tors: "I am an American soldier -- a professional soldier. .All I need to give you is my name and rank." The Reds thought they had an important man, but for a long time they had no idea he was a general, even though he had a calling card in his pocket. The general was taken to the prison commander's own home and kept there until Sept. 3, 1950. Then he was moved to Taejon and later sent to Seoul and on into North Korea. Canada's most valuable flatish, the halibut, sometimes reaches a weight of 600 or 700 pounds. . out the day . . . With burdened with her tasks . . . Including gifts to be exchan +. . The house looks display . . . With disarray and the chills . . . of Christmas bills. Cc 1951, Pied E: 1 4 We all enj ed resents The children had their fun . . . 4g ry Jus «14nd go to work again. . . And slave ad toil through- m: y fellowmen '=, M ife is And with i extra le a PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Day After Christmas morning after Christmas Day Should be a happy one . . But now I the ged . . . At certain local stores Jor from being like . . . A palace to every room e thing . . . . + « And now and then I Ser tay in utter seem to get . . . The fever That magnify and multiply . . . The stack Ine. All Rights Reserved. By COLIN FROST - London (AP) -- A grey - haired they left behind in Germany. Miss Isabelle Granger, general secretary of the British national council for the unmarried mother and her child, has found it a tough fight against apathy, prejudice and -- toughest of all -- the law. However, now she has won the church and some members of par- liament to back her. On their sup- port she pins her hopes of getting means that a Briton can be charged in German courts if he damages German property "but he can't be charged if he ruins Ger- man women," "We want the occupation law changed to allow German women to cite the parents of their children before a competent court," she said. "Then the court could made an order for maintenance against the father." Miss Granger explained that the German maintenance order prob- ably would not be valid once the father left Germany. "Even 80," she said, "it would certainly strengthen our hand when spinster in her 50's is leading a ren. campaign to get British soldiers to Miss Granger collects about $1200 support the illegitimate children a year from former soldiers and | occupation staff in this coun.ry. She a change in a law. which, she says, --_ Campaigns On Behalf Of Illegitmate Children Of Soldiers In Germany we go to these men in Britain ana ask them to support their child- sends the cash to a German bank | which distributes it to the mothers. | She realizes she is touching only | the fringe of the problem. ) "I can't proceed witn a mother's case unless she can give me evid- ence which I think would be ac- r by a British court," she | have to be fair to the men as | .dreds of girls write to me | but . . .we just can't do a thing 'The real number of cases in- ' volved is legion. Nothing can be | done to get to the heart of the mat- | ter while this shocking state of the | law continues." | Last month the Anglican church assembly unanimously asked the government to start legislation compelling British soldiers to pay | allowances for their German child- | ren. | One of Miss Granger's strongest | supporters is Richard Wood, Con- | servative member of parliament and legless war veteran. His father, Lord Halifax, was wartime British ambassador to the United States. Hope Held For Accord In Trieste The Russian protest to the west- ern powers against the continued 'occupation' of Trieste comes at a moment when an equitable solu- tion of the problem of the Free Ter- ritory seems more possible than at any time during the past six years, says a writer in The Times of Lon- don. The two main protagonists in the dispute over the future of the ter- ritory, Italy and Yugoslavia, have, in fact, both announced their read- iness to negotiate an agreement on the subject. There is a wide- spread desire on all sides to see the present anomalous situation changed. AID TO BRITAIN Britain has everything to gain by a speedy solution. Three bat- talions of British troops are tied down in the area, and the continua- tion of present conditions is bound to cause serious damage to future Anglo-Italian relations. They have already suffered from the strain which has developed between the Allied military government and the local Italian political parties. It is generally agreed that what- ever the immediate advantages, the prolongation of the present sit- uation would be ruinous for Trieste. New solutions are being sought, and there is a growing number of Triestines who no longer see the simple restitution of Trieste to Italy as the best settlement, even from the Italian veiwpoint. Four years ago a large majority of the population here ardently wished to be reunited with Italy At that time Yugoslavia was Rus- sia's strongest satellite, while Italy was prostrate after a disastrous war. The Triestines, fearing the aspirations of a Communist Yugo- slavia backed by the Soviet Union, believed that the only safezuard for their continued democratic estistence would be toeir return within the frontiers of Italy, fron- tiers which could not be violated without unleashing a new war. SITUATION CHANGED Today the situation had changed. Trieste is no longer threatened by Yugoslavia, and the new Italy is considered sufficiently strong to be an efficient guarantor of Trieste's democratic future. Freed from the all-pervading fear of Slav expan- sion, the Triestines, most.of whom are undoubtedly are sincere Italian patriots, are now able to consider the situation from other than pure- ly sentimental aspects. This is one of the reasons why the movement for an "independ- ent" Free Territory has gathered strength among the middle classes. Until recently this was regarded as an offshot of the pro-Yugoslav movements, and it still lacks good leaders; but it is symptomatic that pounded by the '"'independence" parties are being discussed by Italian politicians who officially still. cling to the uncompromising demand for the return to Italy of both zones of .,the Free Territory. Such a return can hardly be hop- while a solution on ethnical lines would be both unjust and unfeasible A true ethnical line would have an Italian corridor about a mile wide at the northern approaches to Tri- este and would cut a sizable slice out of the city's suburbs, transform- thing resembling a curv and rat- her thin boa constrictor with © solutions very similar to those pro- | small goat--Trieste--bulging undi- ! gested in its middle. An injudiciov' frontier was drawn at Gorizia witty | very sad consequences, and fit | would be foolish to repeat the | same error. 1 SECOND SOLUTION The second solution which has often been broached--a partition of the Free Territory along the present boundary line, with the Anglo-American zone going to Italy and the Yugoslav zone to Yugoslavia--would be equally un- fortunate. There are economic reasons why Trieste must not be separated from the Anglo-American zone; it is the city's only immediate hinterland, and the 10,000 British and Ameri- can soldiers stationed there pro- vide purchasing power to balance | the loss of Istria, which largely | forms the Yogoslav zone. A settle- ment which would involve their withdrawal and at the same time would place an international fron- tier between Trieste and its agri- | cultural district would result only in another depressed area on Italy's eastern frontier. The third course--leavgggggssss The third course--leaving things as they are--would be unfavorable to Italy, since it would allow the administration in the Yugoslay zone to complete its process changing the nationality of th. area. This process is very real, and has been facilitated by the still con- finying exodus of Italians from Is- ria. Economically, Trieste's outlook is not satisfactory. Industrial employment depends entirely upon shipbuilding, and the port's trade is entirely dependent on Austria. Faced with these economic dif- ficulties, and with experience of a slow moving Rome bureaucracy, many Triestines feel that left to themselves, but with a friendly} support from Italy, they might find it easier to solve their problems. | SMILES UNTIL END Buffalo (AP) -- A few weeks ago, Santa Claus came to Sunny Jim/ Hauser, leukemia victim. But Robert James Hauser kept smiling and earned the nickname Sunny Jim. There was a shiny new train and a toy gasoline station by Sun-, ny Jim's bed, when he died this morning. BRING FRENCH PROPAGANDA London (AP)--The Chinese Reds have assigned a team of radio monitors, equipped with 1000 se' to Korea, apparently to- boost morale of their frontline troops. One job of the men will be to produce mimeographed and printed news and other program sheets from broadcasts. The, fabulous Waldorf-Astoria Without Stepping outside this amazing hotel, you can buy a $14,000 mink coat; undergo minor surgery; eat buffalo steak; board a train; or bump into the Duke of Windsor, Gen. MacArthur, or ex- president Herbert Hoover . . . all of whom live there. January Reader's Digest brings: ed for in the present circumstances | you the story of this fabulous city- within-a-city . . . where you can get your ope 93 different ways, or oi { a $66 bottle of champagne. ! Read fascinating facts about the world's biggest hotel. 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