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6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAIEYTE, Wednesday, January 14, 10858 . Editorials TO REVIVE THE SIAMESE TWINS oo Vedas Gai WY GENET TE Tae Woman of Year Selection Slight To Royal Prestige Some time ago The Times-Gazette, along with probably all other newspapers in this country, received a notice from an Ameri- can magazine, advising that it would be announcing the "Woman of the Year" and suggesting that it would be a nomination of unusual interest to Canadians. The ground work having been done in creating advance interest, the name was sent along later. It turned out to be that of Queen Elizabeth II. If this American magazine thought 'it would produce excitement here, it was mis- taken, and it is probable the same would be true in other parts of Canada. It is quite common to see these publicity - conscious Americans naming a movie star or some other temporary celebrity for the distine- tion they have to bestow, and it is all receiv- ed as a matter of course. The only interest, if any, is in who it may happen to be in any one year. The name will be remember- ed, perhaps, for a few days and then for- gotten. But in our country our Queen is not listed among the eligibles in this sort of contest. She is set apart from these things which never are much more than promotional, pub- licity or advertising stunts. The magazine, of course, is not the only agency that seeks to capitalize on the position, prestige and virtues of the royal family, but all such ef- forts are in bad taste. . She who is Queen of this country and of others in the Commonwealth, neither needs por is complimented by this form of atten- tion from any publication anywhere. It is true she is admired by all as a woman and a mother, loved and respected as a Queen, but such a publicity stunt as that of the Ameri- can magazine referred to neither adds to nor detracts from Her Majesty's distinction. Thoughts by the Fireplace Those who are supplied with fireplaces in their homes feel no resentment as the chilly evenings of late fall arrive, with the promise of colder weather and the winter not far away. The chill of fall can be welcomed be- cause it provides good reason for a blaze in the fireplace with the joy and good cheer possible as the fire crackles and develops, and ashes drop and the fire burns itself out. The family gathers about the fire as the lure is strong and there is promise of a hap- - py hour, It is a proper place te visit, or read, or smoke to relax and dream. The glow of the fireplace is cheerful, companionable and inviting, One may watch the curling smoke, and jets of flame, and ruddy glow and find ever a new picture always interesting. Fireplaces are domestic, being in a home where a family is found. The selfish man and the miser might refuse them, certainly could not hope to see their charm, glimpse the pic- ture or feel the spell. The hour of peace, kindly contemplation and restrospection comes as the evening wears away and the fire burns low, the hour with its soothing effect on life. Those hours come only in the home. They are for the generous, the kindly, the helpful to know and enjoy. Where the Taxes Really Hurt A report from the British Treasury De. partment reveals that millionaires can be counted among the chief casualties of the post war economic stringency in the United Kingdom. It would appear that post-war taxes have done more to thin out the ranks of Britain's millionaires than did the bombs which fell in wartime. The record ef how these wealthy men have dropped out of sight in that country provides an interest- ing comparison with our own country. Today, it is reported, there are only 60 people left out of the population of 50 mil- Mons who can be rated of having the income of a millionaire. They do not, of course, have this income left te them for their own enjoyment. The government, in its income and other taxes, takes the lion's share of it. Editorial Notes Medical men ai> complaining that money fs loaded with germs. That, however, does not detract at all from its popularity. Our wish for Oshawa sports fans in 1953 '--an Oshawa Generals hockey team that will at least finish in the first three on the table. Eight babies were born in the Oshawa General Hospital on January 1. If that average is maintained throughout the year, the hospital will make another new record. We can recall the days when the self- starter was a revolutionary device on aute- mobiles. The cars of today are coming ever closer to being self-operators. Hon. Douglas Abbott has' promised an ~ early budget for 1953. Apparently he in- tends to get that over before the exodus of Canadians to the coronation. And maybe it will stop some from going if the tax reduc- tions donot materialize. The Daily Times-Gaze \ These 60 millionaires are reported to be the only persons left in the United Kingdom who have a net income, after taxes, of $16,000 or more per year. The contrast with the record of this coun- try will be apparent to everyone. In Canada, incomes of $16,000-a year are not considered excessively high. We would say that they have become quite common in recent years. Last year, after paying income tax, there were 9,210 Canadians who were left with net incomes of $16,000 or more. Whea our fec- ord shows that we have 550 times as many people in that bracket as Britain has, we be- gin to suspect that much of the grumbling that is done about our high rates of taxation would bring incredulous smiles to the faces of the victims of the much higher British rates of taxes. Other Editors' Views SAVING FOR LESS (Montreal Mdrtin) Taxed as they are, the English people have lost all taste for saving. As a matter of fact, what is the point in putting money aside if the State grabs the whole of it, or almost? Unfortunately in Canada a number of politicians want us, in our turn, to take the left hand turning, that toward socialism. If they were going to experience more complete and definite successes in their projects than they have so far-- for they have got nothing but checks--we also would not be long in spending more and saving less, much less, because we would be more heavily taxed than we are now and would lose all incentive to save, GETTING MONEY FROM A BANK? (Windsor Star) Occasionally we hear eomplaints about how hard # is to get a loan from a bank. Yet, obviously, the banks are in the loaning business. If they didn't lend, they soon would get cluttered up with deposi- tors' money. Their life blood, indeed, consists in Jend- ing money. Naturally banks just can't make loans to every- one who comes in and asks one. They must ask rea- sonable security. After all it's their depositors' mon- oy. Unless they are prudent in ing loans, they soon would go broke--to say nothing of their deposi- ore. ' A Bit Of Verse CEREMONIAL ODE This, then, is yours; to build exultingly High, and yet more high, 'The knowledgeable towers above base wars And sinful surges reaching up to lay Dishonouring hands upon your work, and drag From their uprig® 'ess your desires to lag Among low places with a eommon gait. That no Man's mind, not conquer'd By his clay May sit above his fate, : Inhabiting the purpose of the stars, And trade with his Eternity, = L. Abercrombie "Yea, though T walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me." Psalm 28:4) ' "The ohild whose hang is in his father's hand as he climbs the ttairs to bed needs mo candle for fear of the dark", Charles Bern. » _ 5 ~~ NOW LETS SEE IF WE CAN SET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET / QUEEN'S PARK Rumors Are Gathering On Government Changes DON O'HEARN ial Correspondent To The Times-Gazeite TORONTO-- Rumors hold the floor. The prospective 'cabinet change is coming to a head. And with it everybody and his ¢ousin has an opinion, There's only one thing positive we can say. This is that no one really knows what they are talking about. At the moment of writing there may be three or four men in the province who know what Premier Frost is planning. We doubt even that. It is a matter which to date most likely has been strictly between Mr. Frost and his pillow. HUSH SHUSH The premier has been most con- servative about the whole matter of the resignation of Col, Kennedy and cabinet reorganization. He still doesn't even publicly recognize that the Agriculture Minister has resigned. All he says is that he hasn't received the resignation yet. Col. Kennedy said ten days ago it had been handed in. This is fencing on the premier's part. Once he acknowledges the resignation he leaves himself open for questioning on his plans. If he hasn't fully made 'up his mind he wouldn't want this. HAMILTON IN ; One piece of good news that seems fairly certain is that Hon. W.E. Hamilton will be returning to the government. ) This would mean a change on Mr. Hamilton's part. When he retired from his important position in the insurance field some weeks ago he emphatically denied he would return to a full-time cabinet post. There are good reasons to believe he has now reconsidered. NOT LCBO . , it is at the instance of Mr. Frost personally. It is known that the premier has great respect for the member for Wellinaton South , and minister without port. folio. Also that he has been ai ..ous to get him back. His persuasion, it would seem, has succeeded. One thing is definite, however. Mr. Hamilton, will not, as has been rumored, take over the chair- manship of the liquor board. He may move into any one of several portfolios. And a possibility worth considering is that he might take over the treasury from Mr. Frost with an additional roving assign- ment as a trouble shooter. The premier has used him in this latter capacity in the past. GOODFELLOW LEADS Heading the candidates for Ag- riculture, the opening causing the most excitement, is Welfare Min- ister W.A. Goodfellow. Orinion swunz away from Public Works Minister Fletcher Thomas who for a long while was at the top of the poll of potential candidates. Mr. Goodfellow is a farmer; which would cater to the most important group to be considered, the agriculturists. He is well-bal- anced, widely known and popular, he has several times been acting minister of the department and_is familiar with its problems, and he has done an outstanding job in his own department. hog READERS' VIEWS Problem of Assimilating Immigrants From Europe The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir: I want to comment on your recent editorial dealing with Euro- pean immigrants. You touched on a subject which is very important to the development of Canadian national consciousness. Editorial prompting or speeches, however, will not change the situ- ation, Canadian national conscious- ness only can be developed by a defiite lead from the federal gov- ernment down to the two major groups in 'Canada. Immigrant groups of non-British or French stock, have a difficult time in adapting themselves to a new language and customs. It is natural for them to associate with their own national groups. Since the colonization of Canada, the nation's two major national Soups have failed to assimilate as nadians. Even to this day they think and act as British or French. How, then, can you expect other minority groups to think and act as Canadians when at everv turn they are not allowed to forget their national origin? Every level of government still continues to gather vital statistics on the basis of your national origin. In the last census, government agents refused to accept your na- tionality as Canadian. They insist- ed on recording the nationalit' of your descent, Thus an Ukrainian living in Canada for 60 years can- not record his ationality as Cana- dian, He must say he is an Ukrain- ian for the purpose of the record. . Local school questionnaires ask parents for their national origin and not their present nationality, This trend to emphasize your past ae so present statue con. tinues indefinitely. ' From time to time_ spokesmen for the two major Canadian nation- al groups emphasize how important ft is to confine immigration to the British or French races. The other national groups are made to feel inferior or second class citizens. Obviously this type of atmosphere 'does not make for easy assimila tion, It seems to me the only way to promote pride in Canadian nation- ality is to say that there is one and insist that it be recorded as such on all public documents. During the national registration at the beginning of the last war, a friend of mine had to list six races as being his national origin. He wanted to list himself as a Cana- dian but this was unacceptable al- though his forbears have lived im Canada for a hundred years. He was outraged at this and listed himself as being English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, German and Indian descent. The registrar accepted this designation rather than list him as a Canadian. How different is the policy in the United States! The minute you are naturalized you are known as an American and no one he © § you about your previous nationale ity. Our problem is not really how to speed assimilation of non-Br sh or French immigrants. We must first provide the opportunity to do s0, as in the United States, and assimilation will take care of itself, Yours truly, ; M. J. FENWICK, 83 Highland Ave., Oshawa, Ont. LEAVES HOSPITAL OTTAWA (CP)--M, J. Coldwell, CCF leader, was discharged Tues day from Ottawa Civic Hospital nere he has been recovering for the last two weeks from an opera- tion. He Is expected to resume nis political duties in about two weeks, Meanwhile, Angus MacInnis (CCF ~Vancouver East) has been lead- ing the CCT in Parliament. MAC'S MUSINGS There is one big mistake Which many people make When they are talking About taxes and moaning About how high they are, Because of the things that They themselves demand. It is hard for many People to understand That a government never Has any money of its own, And the only way in which Any government, whether It is federal, provincial Or even municinal can Give people the things They want by taking Money, out of their pockets By levying taxation. Strange to say when the Government spends the Taxpayers' money to give The people services for Which they have asked, Many people delude themselves Into thinking that they Are being given something For nothing, and then They criticize governments For increasing the taxes In order to pay for it. So before we criticize Governments too strongly For raising our taxes, Don't you think we might Take a look at the things That we have demanded in The way of social services, Old age pensions, and many Other things and then Figure out if we can affor: To pay for them in taxes, Or whether it is better To have them and submit To our higher tax bills. MANCHESTER Club Starts Outdoor Rink MANCHESTER -- Mr. F. Ormis- ton; Brooklin was the sveaker at church last Sunday morning. He brought a very fine m:ssage with ""Prayer" as his theme. On Sun- day January 18, sacrament serve ice will 'be held at 2.45 p.m. with /Rev. Mr. Fisher of Brooklin as minister. The annual congregational meet- ing was held last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holtby. Good reports were giv- en by the different departments of the church, Mrs. Steers resigna- tion as church organist was ac-~ cepted with reluctance. Mrs. M. Wilson was appointed with Mrs. Johnson as assistant. Mr. Roy Hobbs has opened for business. his fine new Service sta- PORTRAITS . By JAMES |. METCALFE ERASTIRES Erasures are the arrows strong ... That hit their target true ++. To splinter and destroy mistakes . » » That could be charged to you... h They are the ones that people make ., . Before they give a speech ..,. And help professors on their way... Each time they start to teach .., For ever thought or made . ., Unless there is no erasure that... Is you honestly believe . ., It will improve your grade ... No one can sing a perfect song ... The first time that he tries . . . Or write a poem that will last . . . As long as all the skies ... There have to be eresures through ... Our struggle and our strife . . . Because we know from our mistakes e+ +» There is no perfect life. Copyrgnt, 1992, field Enterprises. (nc AD Rights Reserves IN DAYS GONE BY 25 YEARS AGO Oshawa Wholesale, Limited, pur- chased property on Mi lan Drive for erection of a $25,000 warehouse. T. A. Joyce was appointed man- ager of the Oshawa Branch of the Dominion Bank, succeeding C. N, Henry. ~ Rt. Hon. L. C. M. 8. Amey, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, paid a visit to his native town of Whitby. T. B. Mitchell was unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Education for 1928. Board of Education adopted a new policy of placing all members of the board on all of its commit- tees. Fire marshall E. P. Heaton issu- ed a decision that the investiga- tion had shown the recent Alger Block fire was of accidental origin, Several Oshawa persons were in- jured when a Toronto to Oshawa bus carrying 25 passengers went into a ditch between Whitby and Pickering. Reports presented at the annual meeting showed a gain of 78 mem- bers in the past year by the Knox Preshyterian Church, Over 1,000 dealers and salesmen from all parts of Ontario attended a banquet in honor of the introdue- tion of the 1928 Chevrolet, with Ross MacKinnon presiding. Plans were drafted for a cam- paign to form and organize an Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce. Oshawa's fire loss for 1927 was reported as $119,134. OTTAWA REPORT Cost of Military Thefts And Fires Still Unknown By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette OTTAWA -- It will never be pos- sible to ascertain the total cost to the taxpayers of theft of army stores revealed by the Currie In- vestigation and brought about by "the 'general breakdown in the system of administration, super- vision and accounting." Before Colonel Currie detailed some of the thefts at Camp Petawawa, Defence Headquarters here had compiled a list of known losses caused by theft, fire and elsehow, in 1951 and early 1952, These totalled over $7,000,000 and fire losses were aptly ineluded be- cause some fires in army ordnance depots were proved or suspected to be arson, deliberately set to cover up previous thefts. Col. Currie's report listed many cases of theft at Petawan.. alone, and declared '"How many more there may have been will never be known because records were in a chaotic condition." Some of the easily computable but incomplete list made by him included: 505 tons of scrap metal were im- pre-erly sold d the ~proceeds pocketed by army personnel; some of the metal thus sold was not scrap, but serviceable Kitchen ranges, heaters, rail tracks and. so on. An electric refrigerator, a boat, seyerdl washing machines and other merchandise was obtained for private use from local stores, and paid for with the taxpayers money. Two freight car loads of pulp wood were apparently stolen; this unpocketable. loot would fetch about $650 only. Gravel from a government pit was improperly sold, and the proceeds pocketed by an army officer as part of his de- falcations estimated at $3,600. Then there was '"The General's Dam" built on Tupper Creek at a cost to the taxpayers of $4,000 and now apparently making a good hobby fishpond. And there was the Gen- eral's Rocking Horse, which was rer-rted to have eben made in 1950 of taxpayers' materials with labor paid by the taxpayers, worth a silver - studded $400. Eighteen months later, when Petawawa was being Currie-combed, army head- quarters announced: 'Bitter be- cause of rumors which had spread about what he had accepted as a Christmas gt from his batman, the officer is now offering to pay for the toy." Col. Currie managed to check just one of the 5,000 items of stores held at Petawawa: cement. He discovered a deficiency of some 18,000 bags-bulky loot which could not be smuggled out of camp under the eyes of alert supervision. An 87-1b bag cost $1.35 retail here; per- haps the army pays $1 per bag buy- ing in bulk, To value this deficiency of cement at $18,000 and multiply i* by the number of of stores items--5,000--would give an estimate for the total oss at Petawawa alone of $90,000,000, or $26 for every average Canadian family. This might be an over- estimate but as Col. Currie says "No reliable estimate of the total loss can be prepared." However taxation at all levels is taking 35.9 per cent of our na- tional income today, or $1,720 in income tax and hidden taxes and others for every average family every year. Tis is enough to give each family a new car every year or a new house in six years. Of the Federal taxes a staggering 50 per cent are spent on defence, mak- ing Defence Minister Claxton the biggest spender of our tax money in peacetime history. He takes from father Johnny Canuck each vear as much money as the groce- teria charges for feeding Johnny and his wife throughout the year, namely $600 from the average father. Our armed gervices are the most axpensive in the world today. We have one man in uniform for every $20,000 we spend on defence each year. This is twice as expensive as Uncle Sam's forces, and four times as expensive as Britain's. Canadian tapayers are burdened with record peacetime taxes paid as an insurance premium against World War III. The Currie revela- tions show that every taxpayer has justification for asking whether such large premiums are neces sary, and indeed whether the in- surance cover promised in retura for those premiums has actually tion south of the village. Mrs. Jones, Brooklin is with her daughter, Mrs. M. Wilson. Mrs. M. Innes, Brooklin was the guest of her sister, Mrs. 8. Arn- old and Mr. Arnold on Sunday. Mr. Joel Alldred, Toronto, call- ed on Mrs. Harold Archer and Christie Bros. on Saturday. The usual good time was enjoy- ed by all who attended club on Friday evening. After progressive euchre, guest artists from Whitby, Oshawa and Port Perry put on a splendid entertainment, consisting of vocal duets by Beity and. Lana, Whitby, tap dancing by Sharon Brown, Oshawa and Helen Innes, Manchester, violin selections by Mr. Alex Barclay, Oshawa: coro- net solos, Garnét Palmer, Port been provided by our government, Dave Spears, Port Perry; duet Alex Barclay and R. Wilbur. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Toombs were responsible for bringing if this fine program, Dancing to music by some of the above artists and Bob Walker concluded a pleasant even- ing. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Don Carnegie are group in charge of next meet- ing on Friday evening, January 23. Work has begun on the out door- rink, a project of the community club. With cold weather, the ice will soon be ready for skating. Mrs. Harold Archer was the guest of Miss Edith Brooks, Port Perry on Sunday. Canada's "oldest building at Sil- lery, Quebec, is a-two-storey stone structure built in 1639. Perry, vocal numbers with guitar, AN ; \ and the Golden West Here's just the opportunity you've been waiting for--a delightful 26-day trip to Sunny California with sightseeing all the way-- Colorado Springs, Cave of the Winds, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, Hollywood and a side trip south of the border to Tia Juana. Homeward bound, you visit Santa Barbara and Monterey, enjoy a thrilling stop in San Francisco and then return via Reno, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne and Chicago. Ask your Agent for more details of this and [G | COACH WALI "14 PRINCE STREET CAUFOR $220 ROUND TRIP FARE FROM TOR CLUDES HOTEL BOOM FOR 20 NIGHTS CORAWA BI