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E litorials _ 'Time Is Running Short For Christmas Seals Campaign Time is now running short for the # Christmas Seal Campaign which is under way in Oshawa and Ontario County. Only a scant ten days or so remain before the , campaign comes to an end, and a large response will be required in that period to bring the total of the funds up to the standards of past years. The money derived from the campaign will be devoted to tuberculosis prevention work and diagnostic clinics throughout the city and county. This is a work which will pay rich dividends in better health for the community. In recent years, the death rate from tuberculosis in this dis- trict and throughout Canada, has de- clined steadily. This is because of the improved treatment methods and, most important of all, early diagnosis of the disease. In 1952, the TB death rate of « 17 per 100,000 of population, was the _ lowest in Canada's history. Ontario's rate of 8.14 per 100,000 of population was the lowest of all the provinces. In spite of this, the incidence of the disease still remains high. Health au- thorities estimate that at least 10,000 new cases of tuberculosis are developed each year in Canada. Thys it is imper- ative that, in order to keep on the work of early diagnosis and prevention, the Christmas Seal sale be a success from year to year. Early diagnosis pays ia another way. The danger of the spread of this communicable disease is lessened. Although the Christmas Seal cam- paign'is held on a nation-wide scale, the funds obtained remain for service in the localities where they are raised. Thus generous support of the Oshawa and On- tario County Christmas Seal campaign will be used to fight this dread disease in this city and county. Thus there is a great incentive to all of our citizens to join in making the drive a success again this year. Time is running out; make good use of what is left to help with the sale of Christmas Seals. Court Reporting Worries Americans Canadians, accustomed to a restrained and responsible press, will be apt to raise their eyebrows when perusing a 12-point program drawn up jointly by lawyers and journalists in the United States for the purpose of improving the reporting of eourt trials and criminal cases. The problem came up for discussion at the 75th meeting of the American Bar Association, The objective of the 12-point program is to head off legislation by ensuring fair trials and fair reporting through volun- tary 'action. A good share of the points in the program deal with various forms of news- paper comment before a verdict has been reached. practically non-existent. In Canada, such comment is That court room statements of fact should not be elaborated in the paper with a view te.influencing judge or jury; that lawyers should not give. interviews Christmas is intended to be one of the happiest seasons of the year. Yet the Christmas season never passes with- 2 out homes being darkened by tragedy through carelessness im the use and . ~handling of Christmas trees. These trees, now a traditional part of the-happy and joyful season, can become instruments of death unless , safety are taken. The kind of trees used for the Christ- mas festival, unfortunately, are in them- « . . selves highly inflammable. proper precautions for This is be- cause of their high content of resin and pitch. Therefore it is necessary, because of the number of deaths that can be traced directly to' Christmas tree fires and other hazards, that measures be tak- en to safeguard the lives of children at the festive season. The following rules, if followed, would eliminate. or reduce to a minimum the Christmas tree hazard: Small trees, less combustible than big ones, should be chosen. "Trees should be kept out outdoors un- til a few days before Christmas. Editorial Notes Young people still believe that two can live more cheaply than one, when even the one cannot do it. The Daily Times-Gazette Published By PUBLISHERS GAZETTE 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa Dauy [imes-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) 871) and the Whitby Jl daily The The Oshawa Times! established 1 & Chronicl i 1863) 1s combining The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Provincial Dailies Newspapers Association and the Ontarie Offices. Street West, University Tower Building 'dontreal SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby Brooklin Port "Deli Perry, Ajax and Pickering, Un Province not over 30¢ week. mail Ontario) oatside Je Ix You Pr man DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER 12,583 criticizing either; that the views of indi- vidual jurors should not be published be- fore the trial is concluded; and that the credibility of witnesses should not be im- pugned -- these suggestions are in line with established and accepted Canadian reporting practice. Another point is that im criminal cases the press should not attempt to in- fluence the judge in the passing of sentence. - The practices sought to be covered by the 12-point program in the United States are already more or less definitely banned in Canada, as a result of precedent and practice and the sense of decency of newspapers and their reporters, and by the laws relative to contempt of court, We believe that the law in Canada "is better administered and more gener- ally respected for the very reason that Canada has not yet discovered the too prevalent American practice of "trial by newspaper", Dangers of Christmas Trees Trees should be kept outdoors wm- ators, heaters and fireplaces. 'A container filled with water should be part of the base. . Do not place trees near doorways er stairways. : Cotton or paper decorations unless fireproof, should not be used. : Be sure electrical decorations do not overload circuits. Sockets and wiring of lighting sets should be carefully inspected before in- stallation. Make sure lights are not drying owt Christmas tree needles. Lights should not be left burning when house is unoccupied. Fallen needles should be swept out "regularly. When needles start to fall, tree should be discarded. Gift wrappings should be removed promptly from beneath the tree after gifts have been opened. ; Never smoke or lay a cigarette down near tree or other decorations. Don't set up electric trains near the tree. ; Bit Of Verse In dreams about tomorrows I lost the bright todays. The forward look is a baited hook That on our life time preys . . . In thinking of my yesterdays I missed the throbbing now. What's done is done and it's ne fan The dead past to allow . . . We only have the present, The pleasant and unpleasant, It too is evanescent, We must hang on somehow . . . I wish I had a tryst With all the nows I missed. --CHARLES 8. ADELMAN, Bible Thoughts - Christ took our nature on Him, not that He "Bove all things loved, for the purity; No, but He dressed Him with the human trim, Because our flesh stood most in need of Him. ; . --Robert Herrick "For verily He took not om Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abra- ham, , . that He might be a merciful and faith ful High Priest , . to make reconciliation for the sins of the people." : Gleb. 2M, CIVILIAN | SERVICE . PRIGADE OTTAWA REPORT Trade Blast At U.S. Was Timely By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Times Gazette OTTAWA--The debate in the House on Commons on the reply to the Speech from the Throne, made by the governor-general at the opening of Parliament, is enerally as mediocre as it is . In the first session of a new Parliament, new members tradi- tionally describe their own con- stituency as the dinkiest little Nature-blessed corner of Canada, inhabited by the cleanest and most industrious people in the co , but sadly in need of a new bridge or a new sub-post office or some similar little patron- age handout. Speeches in the past month have run in the groove. But now that the dust of boredom has settled, one speech stands out as a little gem; described by members of all parties and by high government officials alike as a speech. which long since has been badly needed in Parliament. This was the calmly-phrased, well-balanced attack "on United States trade policy delivered by Ross Thatcher, C. C. F. member for Moose Jaw. When Parliament's most social socialist plunges his shirt sleeves into his well-stocked filing cabinet of facts and figures, one can be sure that he is, in his own words, dredging up a speech. And we here have now learned that what That- cher dredges up is not dross. A RED-HAT DAY So when we saw his favorite audience, his politically minded wife, Peggy, sitting up in the mem- bers' gallery facing him, we felt that we were to hear something worthy of attention. Now Mrs. Thatcher is so interested in politics that she is often in that gallery dur- ing the lively hour or so following the opening each afternoon. But when Mrs. Thatcher is in the front row wearing a red hat and red gloves, accompanied by a friend wearing a like red hat and gloves, well, either it's a bad day for ladies' fashions o ra great red letter day for politics. It turned out to be the latter. Mr. Thatcher, speaking with the true voice of the Prairies, pro- claimed that he believes in low fs. "I am a convinced free trader," be said. "But I also believe in fair play." With that keynote, he then ehastized Uncle Sam, roundly and on deserved grounds, for a fair utes. Uncle Sa's post-war siren song to expand multilateral trade in the western world lured Canada away from the Imperial system of preferential tariffs and tempted us towards the Geneva agreements; "Now," accused Mr. Thatcher, 'Congressmen' in the United States look upon the Geneva Agreements on Tariffs and Trade as a scrap of paper which can be ignored at any time, for political reasons." NO FAIR PLAY IN TRADE The Geneva agreements called for a progressive lowering of tariff barriers, he explained. But the Americans have not shown a will- ingness to translate their lofty sentiments, their encouraging words, into tangible trade conces- sions. They have not lived up to the spirit of those agreements, and have in fact flagrantly violated them by restrictions and especially by arbitrary evaluation methods of computing customs tariffs. Mr. Thatcher emphasised this point by quoting an example re- cently describe when ping-pong balls were clas- sified as ammunition, on the grounds that they could be used instead of corks in pop-guns, and were thus subjected to tariff as ammunition which is about nine times the tariff on ping-pong balls. 'I feel that the time has come when this Parliament and the government should object to being pushed around by the United States in trade matters," boldly declared the reformed Maverick from Moose Jaw. Canada should make it crystal clear to Washing- ton, he suggested, that either the Geneva agreements bind all signa- tories, or they bind nome. If Wash- ington permits quotas, restrictions and obsolete customs procedures to keep Canadian goods out of the States, as it has done in the case of dairy products for example, then Canada should declare a cold war in trade. He specifically sug- gested imposing heavy export du- ties on such products as nickel and asbestos which the States must im- port fror - us. He might have added newsprint, an embarge on the ex- port of which would abruptly halt the publication of nearly every daily paper there within a month. These were hard words, but not unduly harsh. They needed to be said. All credit to the member from Moose Jaw for saying them. The only pity is that he did not incorporate his demand for "fair trade play--or else" into a motion, a vote on which would have put the government fairly on the spot where it had to choose between squaring up to Washington or let- ting down every voter. ' PARIS LETTER Unjust Taxation System Still French Problem By FRANCES KNECHT PARIS, France -- The govern- ment, after much display of pub- lic feeling and di i has de- cided to modify the system of taxa- tion (Reform Fiscal), a long-await- ed reform. This question has taken wp columns in the newspapers, and is very near the heart of every French citizen. A very interesting article in "La Vie Francaise," the big weekly economic and financial paper, by Mons. Jean Constant, gives some very pointed details on the sub- ject. He starts by saying: 'We shall no more have a re- vision of taxation in 1953 than we had in 1952. We are simply in the resence of a new text which could labelled 'Pinay-Abelin-Jean Mor. eau-Ulver-Edgar Faure' and all successors, instead of giving it a real name, a unique government project opposed to any real fiscal amendment." This hrilliant economist is a hard hitter and certainly not afraid to say what is on his mind. For the last five years he has led quite 8 erusade against unjust taxation, as far back as December, 1948. In an editorial in the magazine 'Les Industries Mechanique" he "wrote, "In a country without capital to restore her ruins, to renew her industrial equipment, or simply to build houses, one has succeeded in creating a situation in which everyone /wastes happily his all, or what few savings he has. He buys gold and hides it in his cel- lar. First of all France must en- courage her people to save." Unlike most critics, Mons. Con- stant has a constructive program. As things stand, honesty and thrift are not encouraged. Money is expensive. One can invest easily and safely at rates between 10 and 15 per cent, and for specula- tive investment, even more, but no one, so to speak, has a penny to his name. In 1938, an income of 33,300 frances paid 2.68 per ent tax. In 1953, an income of 1,000 000 francs, its equivalent in pur- chase value, pays 11.4 per cent tax. The real' trouble -is Nt it is al- ways the same people who support the burden of taxation, above all in this column, wh MAC'S MUSINGS sitting underneath the glow ) an electric lamp fith the logs burning «aily in the fireplace, something which happens ill too rarely in these lectic modern days, Jne cannot help thinking Jf how we seem to have Lost the art of sitting In quiet reflection And taking the time to. Take stock of life. There has been such A great change in The tempo of living In the fifty odd years Since this century began, That speed has taken First place in the Thinking of most people. We dash for a train, Fly cross the ocean, Flash a radio message Right around the world And everything we do Seems attuned to the Modern craze for speed. Yet in quiet reflection We cannot see that the World has grown better With its quickened tempo, Rather do we find that Many of the troubles with Which we are beset Stem from the advances Vhich science has made Since this centry began, And our civilization Has not bénefitted as Much as we would like From this acceleration Of the pace of living It is good to sit quietly. In a chair before the fire And take time for thinking But the difficulty is That all too few people Have time to do it. the salaried perso. For the others there are many loopholes, far too many. A little idea of what can h p THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, December WW, 2008 ¥ IN DAYS GONE BY 3 YEARS AGO Roland Moffat was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Golf Club. H. P. Schell was elected vice- president, and Thomas Henderson was re-elected secretary-tr ©. H. Millard was in charge of the fireside song service on Sun- day evening at the YMCA. ¥. L. Mason announced that he would retire from municipal office after serving for 13 years on town and county councils. Building permits for the month of November were issued for $52,- 560, which was $44,770, less than the previous year. The local post office received its first allotment of the new three-cent stamps, which were rel. Postage had gone up one, cent. The NCO's of the Ontario Regi . ment held a masquerade ball in the Armouries. Work was progressing favorably on the excavation for the new High Scheol extension. Thirty-four bags of mail were received at the local post office making the staff unusually busy. The Board of Education an- nounced that schools were filled to capacity and available space would be inadequate for another year with the increase in population, QUEEN'S PARK Albert Wren Seeks Grit Leadership By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- Albert Wren from Kenora has now officialy resigned his post as town manager of Sioux Lookout. The reason: To enable him to devote his full time and energies to working for the Liberal leadership and politics in general. This resignation has been in the cards for some time now. The only holdup was finances. While Mr, Wren wanted to devote his full time to provincial politics he couldn't quite manage it. Now things have been smoothed out. We wish him luck. CAM CALDER Cam Calder of London is back in politics we see. Only this time in the municipal sphere. He's been elected to the London public util- ities commission. And while this might seem to end his work in the provincial field, don't be surprised if he makes another stab at the Liberal leadership next spring. Don't sel Cam Calder short, either. He's immensely popular Petsonally and has enthusiasm un- imited. * CCF BUSY Don MacDonald, the new leader of the CCF is already hard at it. He's visited two ridings now and plans a six week tour of the north. He should bring the CCF much more organizations strength. As a professional organizer he realizes this need and hopes to capitalize on his experience. Andrew Brewin, the popular Tor- nto candidate who contested the leadership and lost to Mr. Mac- Donald, is still in the thick of things. Under the new leader's di- rection, Mr. Brewin is heading a well-organized research committee that aims at more grass - roots strength and organization for the party. NORTH IMPORTANT Mr. MacDonald sees the north as one of his party's first objec- tives. It always has been fertile ground for the CCF and Mr. Mac- Donald hopes to win it back. Hence the tour. : That means, of course, that the older parties must also pay more attention to the northern part of the province. Undoubtedly the Li- berals will, if only because of the forceful personality of Mr. Wren. All this means the government, too, must re-examine its positiow and party organization in northern Ontario. With Lands and Forest Minister Welland Gemmell ill, the mines minister, P. T. Kelly, has been just about the sole active minister in the north. The premier and George Doucett were there during the summer but they were looking chiefly at roads, not party organization. PLAUDITS But the politicians don't do all the work. There are civil servants such as Bob Wherry, QC of the attorney-general's department. He's the one that brought order out of chaos in the regulations branch. Prior to Leslie Blackwell's tenure of office at attorney-gen- eral, there was no compulsory fil- ing of regulations, no ceptral reg- istry, and plenty of confusion, 'It's chiefly due to Mr. Wherry that this most important phase of government organization has been carried out. Hes retiring just after the New Year, and we'd just like to point out that he'd done a won- derful job. 3 must make a profit of 15,500,000 because 15,400,000 less 3 per cent equals 10,160,000. "If Mr. Durand could sell his leather at the huge profit of 30 per cent, he would have to aug- ment his sales by 51,300,000 francs, since 30 per cent of 51,300,000 equals his 15,000,000 francs. "But this man being a good cit- izen, and wishing to live up to the goverment suggestion to be satis- fied with six per cent profit, he must now augment his sales by 256,700,000 francs. "At this point, Mr. Durand, with a very bad headache, stops and reflects over the different solut # b: as follows; To sell 10 million francs of leather on the side; to sell 51 millions with a profit of 30 .per cent, or to sell 256 millions at a profit of six per cent. Finally, he resolves the problem of buying the car by putting & on his expense account." > This seems quite ridiculous on the face of it, but it is none the less a true state of affairs with the present system. One can only hope that the crusade for every- one to pay his fair share will eventually bar fruit. is explained by Mons. Constant in an article which appeared in '"'Le Monde": . "Supposing a big business man in the leather business, Mr. Dur- and if you like, wished to sell his old car and buy a nice new one at a cost of, say, 1,500,00 francs, he would study the question as follows: "Sell leather for 10 million §rancs on the side, without invoice. This saves the tax of 15.35 per cent, which would bring him 1,535,000 francs. "Being an honest man, he took out a pencil and worked out an- other solution. To find 1,500,000 francs extra, and as his business has now reached the maximum of progressive super tax of 70 per cent, he calculated that he must bring ip 5.000.000 'francs more, be- cause 5,000, ess 70 per cent i Se a pe! nt is "To get 5,000,000 francs extra ter having paid 18 per cent tax on revenue distribution, it is neces- sary lo Have 8,097,000 francs, be- cause 6,097, ess 18 per 5,000,000 francs. er com. 1 "As Mr. Durand possesses 60 r cent of the capital of his usiness; he must bring in 10,160- 000 francs to achieve this, because per cent of 10,600,000 s 6,097,000 francs. equal "To have 10,160,000 francs after having paid the 3 per cent tax imposed on salaries, Mr." Durand TRAVELLING PUP TRENTON, Ont. (CP)--A roly-' poly husky puppy arrived here af- ter a 2,000-mile rail journey from Churchill on Hudson Bay. The dog was shipped by Pte. Fred Gener- eaux the northern port to his mother here, taking five days to make the urney in a small wooden doghouse, HONESTY REWARDED WATSON, Sask. (CP) -- Bobby Lonsberry, 12, turned in a diamond ring he found while unpacking a case of British Columbia apples. The owner, an apple packer at Rutland, B.C., sent Bobby a box of fhoice Mcintosh apples as a re- ward. GOOD SPENDERS VANCOUVER (CP) -- NH. Lang- ford of Princeton, B.C., a director of the Auto Courts and Resorts Association, Foi an association meeting "prairie people are travel ling these days. hey are am the best spenders we have we see them now three or four times a year, instead of only once or twice in a lifetime." Finest paper is made from rags. | | SHORT of CASH And Christmas near, Let BELLVUE help Bring your problems here. Loans quickly and easily arranged on a pay from income plan. Signature - Car Furniture BELLYUE FINANCE 6. H. WILSON, Mgr. 29% Simcoe S$. Dial 5-1121 OSHAWA For Information DIAL 5-1104 The Investment Dealers Association of Canade THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. PROCLAMATION In accordance with a resolution passed by the City Council, | hereby proclaim SATURDAY, DEC. 26, 1953 (BOXING DAY) A CIVIC HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY OF OSHAWA W. JOHN GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! NAYLOR, Mayor.