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LIBERALS GAIN MAJORITY OF 77 Daily Average Circulation for July, 1953 VOL. 12---No. 186 12078 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, AUGU 11, 1953 Price Not Over S$ Cents Per Copy Weather Forecast Sur will shine on all parties today, tomorrow. Low. tonight, 60; high Wednesday, 80. SIXTEEN PAGES MICHAEL STARR IS RE-ELECTED VICTOR AND VANOUISHED SHOW FINE SPIRIT AS ELECTION RESULT ANNOUNCED STARR, acknowledging his thanks to the electors of Ontario Riding for his re-election as - ent in yesterday's election, i Bir of 1284 votes over John Liberak-o, EAST RIGHT BEHIND HIM St. Laurent Leads Grits which y, his MRS. MICHAEL STARR, wife of the member of parliament-elect for Ontario Riding, was tired but happy last night as she came to The Times-Gazette office to share in the congratulations being showered on her husband for his election. To Fifth Straight Win Wins of Other Parties Have Only Small Effect By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer The Liberals today start an unprecedented fifth term of Canadian government. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's party lost some of its record-shattering Com- mons majority in Monday's general election but came up with a solid working margin over all parties. The 71-year-old prime minister, who staked the Liberals' future solely on their Libera: -brought home 171 of the Commons® 265 to give him an over-all prey at least 77. In his record 1949 win, 193 Lib- erals steamrollered into office. That number had been cut to 181 by the time the 21st Parliament was dissolved in June. Monday, all the House parties sliced further into that representa- The CCF made the biggest / gains, > their number to 23 rom 13 chiefly on the strength of a Socialist onslaught in Saskatche- wan that overthrew the Liberal majority from that province. George Drew's Progressive Con- servatives added hing two to their dissolution total of 48, failing to make the sweeping Ontario gains the; had looked for to start them on the way to power. . The official Opposition added a half-dozen to its Ontario member- ship and gained one extra seat in Quebec, but lost most of that ad- vance on the Atlantic seaboard where the Liberals swept New- Pee foundland and snatched PC seats in the Maritimes. The Social Credit group tacked on five to its former representa- tion of "10 members. It took one away from the Liberals in Alberta and cracked the British Columbia field federally for the first time by getting four members in that | province. The Canadian Press final party standing: Elected 1953 13% 1 265 Social Credit's British Columbia showing was an evident let-down for that party in the light of its two provincial wins there since the last federal electior. For Prime Minister St. Laurent, who first entered politics in 1941 by exchanging his lawyer's shingle for a cabinet portfolio. It was the Liberals Got 48 Per Cent Of The Vote By THE CANADIAN PRESS Liberal candidates polled 48 per cent of the vote in Monday's Dominion election, it was shown in incomplete compilations today. With 36,356 of 40,575 polls re- ported, the national vote totalled 5,230,469. This compared with 5,- 848,766 votes cast in the 1949 elec- tion when the Liberals obtained 50 per cent of them. In 1945, they received 39 per cent of 5,246,130 votes. The Canadian Press compilation showed that the Progressive Con- servatives polled 31 per cent of the vote. This compared with 30 per cent: in 1949 and 27 per cent in 1945. The Communist Labor-Progres- sive party, which put a record 100 candidates in the field without electing one, polled 55,463 votes. This was 1.1 per cent of the na- tional total. Social Credit, with a total vote of 270,447, got 5.2 per cent of the national total. The party concen- trated its candidates in the West. second win of the two campaigns he has led. The white-haired gov- ernment chief, now the grandfather of 17, took over the Liberal leader- 5TH WIN (Continued on Page 2) Yanks Bitterly Hate The PoWS § By FORREST EDWARDS PANMUNJOM (AP)--A bitter band of diehard Americans came back from their Red prison camps today, vowing vengeance on weaker comrades who turned to communism under pressure. They spat out "progressive" as a dirty word, and wore with honor the badge of "reactionary" fast- ened on them by Red Chinese who clubbed and tortured them but did not break their spirits. : One to American had to be held back by force when he spotted a 'progressive' at the Freedom Village reception centre. 4) get that S.0.B. when 1 get he said. The. latest group of Americans released won the "reactionary" honors. the hard way. There were bitter men among the first groups last week, but few matched the anger of the last groups, They spoke with passion of those who have suffered. "If any progressives get on the boat with me," said one; "they'll be shark Fait. They are hated worse than the Chinks." "If I met one in a bar, I'd hit him in the mouth," said another. "One of us wouldn't walk out, and it wouldn't be me." U.S. officers and newspaper men were startled at the violence of the reactions and immediate steps were taken to keep some of the groups separate to prevent pos- "Who Turned Traitor For Reds | sible bloody clashes. After months and years behind the Fed curtain, many still had courage to defy the Communists. For mocking at Red propaganda lectures, disputing Communist lies, and standing up for their legal rights, these men received special attention of their guards: The "ice bath," standing bare- foot. for hours on the frozen Yalu river . . choking confinercent in crude, one - man dungeons ro beatings and clubbings . . . hanging by the arms with ropes . vw StAr- vation . . . and deliberate with- holding of medical care. But bitter as the men were against. the Chinese Communists, they hated the "progressives'" more. Hold Prospector In Gasp QUEBEC (CP) -- Solicitor-Gen- eral Rivard said today that Wilbert Coffin, 37-year-old Gaspe prospec- tor, is being held as a material witness in connection with the deaths of three Pennsylvania hunt- ers in the Gaspe wilds. Mr. Rivard said a coroner's in- At one time results of the local THERE WERE NO HARD FEELINGS between victor and vanquished in yesterday's election in Ontario Riding. Here two of the defeated candidates, Wesley Powers, (left) the CCF standard-bearer, and John L. Lay (right) the Liberal candidate who made a splendid e Case quest into the deaths of the hunt- ers will be re-opened next week. The delay, he said, Is necessary to permit witnesses to be called from the United Statec and Mon- treal. He indicated the inquest would be re-opened in Gaspe where a tr one ------ coroner's jury ruled July 27 that two of the hunters had been mur- dered and a third had died from unknown causes. Mr. Rivard declined to say where Coffin, an important witness, at the coroner's inquest, is being held. Reports circulated during the week-end that police had Socated a revolver and some of the per- sonal belongings of the hunters during a search of a Montgeal home. Police declined to con or deny the reports. The stegosaurus, a species of dinosaur, was 30 feet long and heavily armored but had a tiny ead. A TENSE MOMENT IS CAPTURED short lead over John Lay. Mr. contest were quite close with and Mrs. John Lay (left), Mich- Michael Starr holding only a | ael Starr and M. Macintyre Hood, Managing Editor of The Times - Gazette, watch closely as the results are tabulated in The Times-Gazette news room. A run, are seen extending genuine congratulations to Michael Starr (centre) on his victory in the voting. The picture demonstrates the fine spirit in which the election was conducted. ---Times-Gazette Staff Photos, Heavy Local Vote Despite Vacations Peel And Powers Forfeit Deposits Michael Starr held Ontario Riding for the Progres- sive Conservative Party in the federal election yesterday, with a plurality of 1,284 votes over John Lay, Liberal standard bearer. Mr. Starr received a total of 12,696 votes while Mr, Lay received 11,412. J, Wesley Powers, the CCF. candidate, received 5,524 votes while Lloyd Peel, the Labor Progressive candidate, secured 390 votes. -- 4 910. PLURALITY HERE few moments after this picture was taken, Mr. Lay offered his congratulations to Mr. Starr. --Photo by Dutton, Times Studio. In scoring his victory Mr. Stare was accorded majorities in Osh- awa, Whitby, Whitby Township, East Whitby Township, Reach Township, Scugog, Port Perry, Uxbridge Town and Uxbridge Township. Oshawa gave him a lead of 910 over Mr. Lay while his leads in the other municipalities where he led the poll were as fol lows: --Whitby, 193; East Whitby, 11; Whitby Township, 76, Reach, 70; Port Perry, nearly 100, Ux- bridge Town, nearly 200 and Ux- bridge Township about 150. Mr. Lay held a lead of 60 over LOCAL VOTE (Continued on Page 2) 13th Time Not Unlucky For Starr The federal election on Monday was the 13th contested election in which Michael Starr, M.P.-elect, has taken part in his municipal and political career. In addition he stood in two election in which he was elected by acclamation as Mayor bf Oshawa. Of the 13 con- tested elections in which he has been a candidate, Mr. Starr has won nine and lost four. Three years in succession, Mich- ael Starr was defeated in the election for Alderman in Oshawa. Then for five years he was elected Alderman, and in the succeeding four years he was elected Mayor of Oshawa, twice in a contest and twice by acclamation. In 1951 he ran as a candidate in the Ontario Riding provincial election, and was defeated. In May of 1952 he was elected Member of Parliament and in Monday's election repeated that performance. "Now that my 13th contest is over, I feel my luck is holding good," said Mr. Starr in comment. | ing on this record. _