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¢ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, August 5, 100% Editorials (Osha Whitby), 'The Daily Times-Gasette 0niva, Whitby): Booth, Oshawa, Ontaris Churchill Finds Economy Comes Before Rearmament The government of the United Kingdom has found out that great as may be its de- sire to play its full part in rearmament for defence as a partner in the North Atlantic alliance, there are limits to what a country can do in that direction. Prime Minister Churchill has told the House of Commons guite frankly that the rearmament pro- gram laid down by the former Labor gov- ernment is impossible of attainment with the British economic situation as it is today. He therefore proposes to cut down the pro- gram to keep rearmament within the limits of the economic strength of the nation. This will be done by extending the program over four years instead of three. Recognition that the United Kingdom has get its defence goals too high is of great political significance. Not only does it af- fect the defence planning of the NATO partnership, but it also forces recoghition that Aneurin Bevan and his followers were right in their assertions that the defence program laid down by Attlee was too ambi- tious and too expensive for the country's present condition. Churchill's statement, however, is signifi- cant from another viewpoint. He pointed out that there could be no assurance of lasting military strength without a firm economie foundation. No defence program could stand up without the economic resources to see it through. Therefore he proposes to spread the impact of rearmament over an additional year. In this statement, Churchill has struck at the core of the success or failure of the whole European Defence plan. The WATO program is not likely to be completed on schedule for the very reason that he cites, namely, that no country can rearm at the expense of a sound economy. And some of the European countries are in exactly the same position as Britain. Perhaps it would be well for 'the Canadian government to take a look at its defence program in the light of Churchill's analysis of Britain's position, so as to make sure that this country is not overtaxing its economic resources, and the tax-paying powers of its people in the program now being under- taken. Canada and the Conference Prime Minister Churchill has announced a conference of Commonwealth Prime Min- isters to be held in November. He expects that all the men now holding that office in Commonwealth countries, except India and South Africa, will be present. Its purpose is plain--to discuss ways and means of im- proving the financial and economic situa- tion of many of the Commonwealth nations, and particularly those in the sterling area. With reference to this forthcoming con- ference, the Manchester Guardian makes a very pointed comment on Canada's part in it. It suggests that Canada abandon its Olympian attitude of holding aloof from Commonwealth affairs, and come into the meeting with a whole-hearted desire to be helpful in the solution of the many problems confronting it. Whether this barb is deserved by the Canadian government is a matter for debate. Canada's Exports Canada's export trade picture for the first half of 1952 shows how the trade of Canada is going ahead by leaps and bounds. Dur- ing the first six months of the year, the favorable trade balance was $164.2 million, of which $60 million were accumulated in the month of June. For the same period of 1951, there was a trade deficit of $339.8 millions, so that the improvement over last year totals well over. half a billion dollars. This gain in exports is all the more re- markable because of the fact that since February, Canada was barred from shipping livestock and. meats to the United States, a market normally worth over $100 million a year. Therefore it is significant that the combined exports to countries other than Editorial Notes An Ottawa observer says Canadians are off on another buying spree. We can think of no better way to bring back the spectre of inflation, with its attendant restrictions. It looks as if the best way to secure a presidential nomination in the United States is to stand back and let others do the run- ning. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA, WHITBY) The Dafly Times-Gazette i Whitby) Sombiving The Oshawa Times (established 1871) Chronicle (established 1863) is published he, rg Member ot The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily News papers the American Newspa Py sociation, the Ontario Sills kg wl er a Audit Bureau of 'The Canadian Press is Sxtiasvely satitied to the use for. republi cation Of Al Dawe dereioy Ihe paper crediied tot OF to The Associated ress or fievters also local Fos therein. rights of special A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 Street Te Tower Bliding, Montrea: rar ont, 229 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES period 27 gier tn Omawa, Whitby. Brookiin, Port T'02 England, Ajax and fi Fd DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR JUNE 10,633 It does express, however, a feeling that has beén growing in Britain for some time, that Canada is drawing further away from the Mother Country and the rest of the Com- monwealth. As a wealthy country, free from the difficulties which beret coun- tries in the sterling area, Canada is looked upon as standing aloof and as being un- willing to make much of a contribution to the solution of the Commonwealth 'prob- lems. The November conference will give Prime Minister St. Laurent an opportunity to show whether the implied crit" ~ = ig a. .rved or not. He can go into it with a whole-hearted attitude of co-operation, or he can remain in the Olympian position of which the Man- chester Guardian complains. And we be- lieve that it would be the wish of most Canadians that he adopt the former attitude as being more expressive of public opinion in this country. Booming the United States and Britain increased by some $58 million. This puts Canada in the position of being a world trading nation on a large scale, with a wide variety of outlets for its surplus products, something which is highly desirable. The only doubtful feature in the record is that while exports to the United Kingdom have increased to a very large degree--by $30 million in June alone--there has been a substantial decline in imports from Brit- ain. This, of course, cannot continue, in view of Britain's desperate shortage of dol- lar exchange. It would therefore appear that Canada must buy more and more of its import requirements from Britain if the satisfactory figure of exports to that coun- try is to be maintained. Other Editor's Views CANADA LEADS WAY (Edmonton Journal) The Cobalt "bomb is a fine example of Canadian leadership in turning atomic energy to humani- tarian purposes. The outstanding character of the development work thus being done by Canadian work- ers deserves public recognition. Although our atomic projects are devoted primarily to the advancement of the arts of peace, the odd use of the term "bomb" to describe this particular instrument of mercy is a sharp reminder of the harsh realities of a divided world loaded with atomic explosives, A Bit Of Verse IF I COULD PLAY If I could play as some men play I'd touch the chords of pain And from their throbbing depths draw forth A sliver-toned refrain. I'd gather in the lonely hours And make them sing for me-- For in earth's silences is born Immortal melody. --ISOBEL McFADDE. IN CANADIAN POETRY CALENDAR. Bible Thought If we are occupied with the world, we become workily; with self, we become selfish; with Christ, we become Christ-like. "We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." (II Cor. 3:18.) "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not en things on the earth." (Col. 3:1, 3.) MIDSUMMER'S NIGHTMARE 58.99 IT'S ONLY A BAD DREAM ! OTTAWA REPORT Government Again Defers Saskatchewan Dam Plans By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA --- The golden future of Saskatchewan, glimpsed through the rose-tinted vision of Canada's greatest irrigation scheme, has been described as an electoral football by Roy Knight, Saska- toon's farm-son M.P. "It is promised at every election, and then after the election the government pussyfoots," he said. The Special Commission now studying the South Saskatchewan Dam project will submit its ex- pected unfavorable report in Oct- ober, Then it really will get kicked around. The $175,000,000 project tempts with glorious prospects. Farmers would sell their crops for about $150 per acre instead of their pre- sent dust-bowl average of $12. The decline in Saskatchewan's populat- ion would be halted, and farmers in the irrigation area would be quadrupled. Cheap hydro-electric power would be doubled for the whole province. And consequently Saskatchewan's economy would be strengthened through the diversi- fication of industries coming to supply that enlarged market. SELF-FINANCING WIALTH This project could pay for itself, but the 10 year construction cost would -be less than the govern - ment's surplus of revenue over ex- penditure in the past three months. The "government is timidly reluc- tant to commit itself to this de- velopment although the annual con- struction loan would be the equi- * valent of three packets of cigarets per Canadian, The waters of the South Saskat- chewan River now flow untapped along its 300-foot deep chasm. They withholdy the life which they could give to the Palliser Triangle, re- ported 90 years ago as unfit for agricultural settlement owing to its aridity. Under this project forty million cuoic yards of gravel and clay would dam this chasm up to its top at Coteau, creating a reservoir 140 miles long. The usable water could give the surrounding 450,000 acres eight times the farming min- imum of 12 inches of annual rain- fall, a minimum which most of the Palliser Triangle now lacks. WATERING THE DUST BOWL Nearby a power station would harness some of the demand water. Canals would irrigate the arid acres in a 125 mile radius. Ade- quate water supplies would be available for Regina and Moose Jaw. What Mr. Knight calls the Min- ister of Agriculture's "unfulfilled promises in pre-election speeches' seem no nearer fulfilment. "The government will not commit itself to this project until there has been a report that it is sound economically," says Prime Minis- ter St. Laurent. The Commission however is not asked to make such direct re- commendation. it is only drawing up a balance sheet, counting costs rather than planning a Greater Canada, and finding these costs uneconomic. Alberta has opposed the project, suggesting that greater benefit could be derived from its own Red Deer plan. Manitoba is afraid that its own future power developments would suffer from some of this harnessable water being spilled over Saskatchewan farms. Agriculturalists here predict that the suitcase wheat farmers on their 1,000 acre farms would be replaced by irrigation farmers 'after the dam.'"' These would slop in waders around little 160 acre farms growing sugar beet, canning vegetables and other specialty crops. Each acre now worth $10 would become worth $300. It is by manifestations of faith such as this South Saskatchewan Dam that our farmers could meet the target set by Mr. St. Laurent. "Canada must triple 'her farm output to feed the 35,000,000 people who might be expected to inhabit this country by the end of this century," he said. New Hydro Project to Give Quebec 500,000 Horsepower QUEBEC (CP)--A $1,00,000.000 power project on the 260-mile Ber-' simis River is expected to be com- pleted by the Quebec Hydro-Elec- tric Commission in 1956. Premier Duplessis said yesterday the project will boost by 500,000 horsepower Quebec's installed cap- acity which was 6,753,51 at the end of 1951, and will supply Gaspe Peninsula, The development is where the Bersimis River empties into the St. Lawrence about 30 miles west of Baie Comeau, a north shore pulp and paper centre, and involves lay- ing submarine cables across the St. Lawrence--40 miles at the spot --to feed power to all corners of Gaspe. Pians also include construction of a $20,000,000 village which will become a permanent site in the virgin territory. Preliminary work has begun and 1,500 men will be employed when the project is in full swing. The project will tap only one-third of the Bersimis' potential. RAILROAD NEEDED Duplessis said Gaspe residents were asking that a railroad be built on the north shore, a thing that appeared "more urgent than ever" because of mining developments and civil defence. Quebec's industrial expansion was "colossal'"' said the premier. At present 12,000 persons were emp- loyed in various development jobs. Ungava's- iron ore development alone employed from 3,000 to 4,000 persons. A $350,000 12-mile road will be built by the government to link the Chibougamau Explorers Ltd., mine in Dauversiere township with the main '120-mile Chibougamau road. He said a fall session of Quebec's 24th legislature will be held but he discounted any cabinet reshuffle. HAAKON MARKS BIRTHDAY OSLO (AP)--Norway's King Haa- kon VII turned 80 Sunday and thou- sands of celebrating Norwegians came to Oslo to salute him. Roars of cheers greeted the king, the old- est reigning monarch in Europe, as he rode through the capital's an- cient streets in an open car, Jefferson American ond European Plans ® Plantation Room ® ® Cocktail Lounge ® ® Coffee Shop . TELEVISION @ SUN DECKS Telephone Atlantic City 5-0141 MONTICELLO AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS Coach-and-Four Cocktail Lounge BOSCOBEL EUROPEAN PLAN ATLANTIC CITY'S POPULAR PRICE FAMILY HOTEL MAC'S MUSINGS The conference in Toronto Of International Red Cross Has shown once again that This is a world in which Strife abounds because Of the many hatreds and Jealousies which exist Between the peoples of Various nationalties and Diversified racial groups, Yet these countries are All made up of individuals Whose thinking influences The course of their nations. So those things which Divide the people of a Nation into opposing camps Are the same things as cause Divisions, misunderstandings And finally bring war Between nations, In Individuals, suspicion, Selfishness and jealousy Are the enemies of good Character, and they destroy The best traits in men, And too frequently cause Them to lose position, Friends and contentment. This is worth remembering In these times of unrest And dissatisfaction, when The times are out of joint, And their very uncertainty Seems to fan the flames of Doubt al misunderstanding. When a man goes about With a chip on his shoulder, And a grouch against everyone, He is liable to become The enemy of everyone, and Just as that happens with Individual people, so It is happening with nations In these troublesome days. RAIL CONCILIATION OTTAWA (CP)--Labor Minister Gregg announced last night a con- ciliation board is being named in an effort to settle the multi-million- dollar wage-labor negotiations af- fecting 125,000 non-operating rail- way workers. He has asked that one representative be nominated by the workers and one by the rail- ways and expressed the hope that these two spokesmen will then be able to pick a third man as a chairman, HAMILTON POWER BACK HAMILTON (CP) -- Hamilton's downtown power circuits were re- stored to full operation yesterday, five days after underground trans- former blasts first disrupted ser- vice. The series of blasts which began Thursday injured two fire- men and kept hydro men busy replacing more than 150 sets of high tension fuses. ~ PORTRAITS . By JAMES J. METCALFE FAITH IN FRIENDS 34 Jie to say hello 10 all ++. The Solks that1 Hate SUVS +4 + | Including all the boys and girls . The ones who shared the world with me . + + +» With friendship and with sympathy . . And those in later years . . ., With In happiness and tears . ..I wish we And talk about our schemes .., And how it might be possible . . . To realize all our dreams The ones I met as I grew up ... wisdom and companionship . .. all could meet today . . . a . When I was just a kid |. In everything Tid . . . . + + Because at least I'm sure that they ... Believe the same today . .. That we must live the human and . . . The democratic way. Copyright, 1992, Field Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved IN DAYS GONE BY 20 YEARS AGO Warehouses at Oshawa harbor jammed with goods and demand de for extension of facilities ere. A display of winning coaches in the Fisher Body Craftsman's field Sompeviiton held at the Hotel Gen- osha. A large audience attended the performance of the comedy 'The New Broom" on thé opening night of the Chautauqua season. ) . Dr. R. L. McTavish arrived in wa from Saskatoon to take ove¥ the pastorate of King Street United Church. The annual reunion of the Henry family, at which Dr. F'. L. Henry was elected a vice-president of the family association, drew guests from many parts of Canada and the United States. Laying of pavement was started on Highway No. 12 between Sunder- land and Beaverton. J. E. Bennett and Mike Bouckley wom the Horticultural Society trophies for the best vegetable and | flower gardens. Mrs. H. Howlett won the two out~ standing cups at the annual show of ie Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety. Home of Nick Lopuk, Ritsc Road South, was badly damaged by fire. Stanley Carkeek of Oshawa won the grand prize of a Pontiac car at the Whitby Street Fair. QUEEN'S PARK Premiet Frost Shows Up Well At Red Cross Dinner TORONTO--At the province's dinner for the Red Cross confer- ence last week, John Rogers of the New York Herald Tribune made a remark which impressed us. It was samething which had struck us many times before. John is staff correspondent at the U.N. for the Herald Tribune, But before that he was their bureau - man at the New York State Legis- lature. And his remark was that he hadn't found any substantial dif- ference between reporting the legi- slature and the U.N. They were both political, he said, and the basis of politics seemed to be the same whether on a state or prov- incial basis or the international scene. This struck us strongly before when attending the U.N. ourselves, as old readers of this space will remember. The "back-benchers' at the U.N. or other major league political gatherings are more pol- ished but substantially their argu- ments, and particularly the politi- cal road-blocks they throw up are the same. For those of us who believe Mr. Frost is a man of exceptional stature, it was a pleasure to watch him with the delegates of practi- cally every country in the world, and representatives of their top citizens, at the conference. Mr. Frost easily was one of the most outstanding men at the con- ference. He was completely poised and at home despite his distinguished audience. It was also notable that -$- addressing it, he used the same approach and adopted the same attitude as if he were addressing an audience in a small Ontari¢ town. Nothing patronizing, hut at tha same time no "big-league" talk, Just plain, ordinary English from | an essentially plain man. Yet at the same time he was able to give this great international humanitarian organization which is having trouble adjusting itself to the modern world and its divisions | of political a lesson on good living. | At one time, he pointed out, Canada was a country with ten- : sions of all sorts. Aside from the | two races there was strain between Canada and the United States. But the two countries had managed to reconcile their differences in the common good and worked out a means of living together in unity. "Sleeping Beauty" Rwakened After Special Treatment VANCOUVER (CP)--Vancouver's 21-year-old "sleeping beauty" sleeps no more. Edna Achtymichuk, who left here a month ago in a coma, returned yesterday from the Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minn. full of hope and thanks. After the pretty co-ed from the University of British Columbia suf- fered brain injuries in an automo- bile accident, she remained uncon- scious for 93 days. Even after she regained semi - consciousness, she could neither walk nor talk. Van- couver doctors held little hope she ever would. Her parents, however, with finan- cial aid from many Vancounver residents, sent her to the clinic. To- day, speaking slowly and smiling, Miss Achtymichuk said: "People have been so good to us, and it's so nice they've been think-' ing about us so much while we've been away. I just want to say thank you to everyone." Her mother, Mrs. Fred Achtymi- chuk, said her daughter spoke her first word,, "Mama," about two weeks ago. "Now it's a matter of re-education." "The doctors at the clinic haven" promised she will walk again, bu then doctors told me here she wouldn't talk again, either." More than 1,000 men were lost when the Germans sank the British troopship Rohna off Algeria in November, 1943. The In ot Canado THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA For Information DIAL 5-1104 ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. = oy [iy very hour of every day the telephone in your home stands ready to serve you for a fraction of a cent an hour. What else in Your daily living means so much yet costs so little?