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THE DAILY TIMES-GAERWYE, Pridsy, Juousey 6 3008 | Editorials Foe Dilly TimesGaseite (Oshawa, Whitby), published by TimesGesclle Publishers. Limbed 0 Simeoce Strest South, Ontario Increased Air Transport Helping the Trans-Canada One of the most encouraging and There was also an amasing increase pleasing of the many year-end reports which have come to the editorial desk is that of the Trans-Canada Airlines. It is a report that shows the extent to which the modern trend towards air travel and air transport of goods and mail has im- proved immeasurably the position of that company. When one considers that ten or twelve years ago travelling all over the world by air was something of a deluxe nature, and something very special, it is amazing how it has become established in the pub- lie mind as something quite ordinary. That is made apparent in the report of the TCA president, G. R. McGregor, who in his there the number of passengers carried, bring- ing the total for the year 1958 up to 1, year-end statement showed that was an increase of 15 per cent in 800,000. Overseas Nations Hon. W. K. Warrendery QC, Ontario's Minister of Planning and Development, returned recently from a two-week trip #0 the United Kingdom and West Ger- many with the firm conviction that the eyes of businessmen in both these coun- tries are fooused on Canada's opportun- ties, particularly in Ontario, for long-term investment. Mr. Warrender predicts greatly expanded branch plant movement #0 Ontario from both eountries in future years. The coming of the 8t. Lawrence Sea- way and Power Development Project has caught the eye of British and German manufacturers and contractors; they are actively aware of the reverberations this development will have on Canadian econ- omy. the ourrent United Kingdom fovestment in Canada figurés, Mr. War- yonder reveals that, whereas United Kingdom investnient in Canada, since the a, er t------ npr in the tonnage of mail carried by the TCA. so that it reached a total of 5,300,- 000 mail-ton miles for the year. This year, when all first-class mail is carried by air, should see even greater increases in that department of the TCA's business. With larger and more powerful planes coming into service, reduction in the times for crossing Canada and traversing the Atlantic, and tourist fares on Cana- dian air routes, the year 1954 should see even higher records set by the Trans- Canada Airlines. It can be said with as- surance that the operation of this publio- ly-owned air transport system is bring- ing great benefits to the people of Can- ada, and these will be felt to an even greater extent as the use of air travel fa- cilities becomes commonplace rather than unusual. Eye Canada war has been increasing at the modest rate of approximately $30 million per per year, reaching in 1952 a total of $1, 800 million, it is estimated the increase will be five times that amount in 1958, namely 150 million. e nature of this investment is changing, too. British capi- tal in Canada is now being invested for the first time since the war in natural resources, oil, pulp and paper, and min- ing. Mr. Warrender was informed by high Governmental authorities in Great Britain that further relaxation by the British Government on transfers of capi- tal for investment in Canada can be ex- pected in about six months' time. Mr. Warrender "went to Germany to investigate the possibilities of an Ontario office in that country and eame back de- f ly in favor of establishing such an in the near future, likely to be lo- cated in Dusseldorf, the new financial, in- dustrial and eommercial eapital of West Germany. ' Proposal with Many Angles The Canadian Bxporters' Association sold cise tags bearing lower figure for than for Canadian residents. based on the idea that goods tourists be made free of ex- and sales tax, and in the case of goods imported imto Canada, free of duty charges Th eg Exporters' Association believes that such a move would boost Canadian sales to tourists: to a tremendous extent, and even cites a possible figure of two bil- lion dollars annually, as compared with the present level of a bout $275,000,000 in tourist purchases. Such a plan would, of course, involve some tricky manipulation and handling of the details, because no matter how sim- ple the authorities migh$ try to make it, Editorial Notes President Eisenhower has appointed a board to study control of the weather. If it produces the right answers, it will have done sometRing hitherto claimed impos- sible. That those who take up the sword must die of the sword finds some proof in the fate of Beria and his associates. The Daily Times-GGazette 'e "DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID IRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER 12,583 there would be great complications. But apart from that, the chief objection to it would be the furore of protest that would be created if Canadian citizens were ask- ed to pay for goods higher prices than those charged to tourists. # That would be a natural reaction. We can recall how, on our visits to Britain in the last two or three years we found deep resentment in the minds of the people be- cause purchases made by visitors from abroad were exempted from the payment of the burdensome purchase taxes. The people felt this was grossly unfair, es- pecially when many of the articles made available to tourists at tax-free prices were beyond the reach of themselves. We feel the reaction of the Canadian people to the plan suggested would be exactly the same, or even more violent. It is liable to arouse a smouldering volcano of publie resentment that might well blow a gov- ernment out of office. Bit Of Verse FROM "ON GROWING OLD" Beauty, have pity! for the strong have power, The rich their wealth, the beautiful their grace. Summer of man its sunlight and its flower, Spring-time of man all April in a face. Only, as in the jostling in the Strand, Where the mob thrusts or loiters or is loud, The beggar with the saucer in his hand Asks only a penny from the passing crowd, So, from this glittering world with all its fashion, Its fire, and play of men, its stir, its march, Let me have wisdom, Beauty, wisdom and passion, Bread to the soul, rain where the summers parch. Give me but these, and, though the darkness close Even the night will blossom as the rose. --JOHN MASEFIELD. Other Editors' Views USE HEAD, NOT HORN (New York Times) Legislation against horn blowing with adequate provisions for enforcement, can do a great deal to limit the amount of horn blowing not going on in the city, but even more than that it would seem time for drivers to realize how little is really ac- complished by blowing horns unnecessary. Perhaps the slogan "Use Your Head, Not Your Horn" might well spark a campaign to make motorists better drivers rather than more expert horn blowers. 'Bible Thoughts - "Go on joyously as much as you can: and # you do' not always go on joyously, at least go on always eourageously and confidentially." --tvatsiated Som S¢. Francis de Sales. NO WONDER ALICE IS CONFUSED, S77 RE HE 0% / 'TWAS BRILLIG AND THE SLITHY VOTES aS ORL ICND GIMBLE IN THE WABE ALL MIMSY WERE THE COMMITTEES AND NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ANYWAY. (WITH. APOLOGIES TO LEWIS CARROL) OTTAWA REPORT 1953 Seen Record Year For Canada By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette OTTAWA--'"The year 1953 has been another period of record achievement in the Canadian ec- onomy," declares Trade Minister C. D. Howe in his annual review of the state of our nation. New highs were recorded in most of the significant indices or our economic health. Average wages rose by about 6 per cént or 10 cents per hour, in industry; our gross pational product advanced by 4 cent in terms of constant dol- of as has been wonderfully cust- omary since the war; our labor force rose to a new peak of around 5,350,000 of whom nearly all were in jobs; consequently our domestic market also made welcome gains towards the self - sufficient size which must be our objective. There are however, ominous clouds on the horizon although al- most everything is lovely in the garden today. These include high production costs, an over-stretch- ing of our consumer credit, and the irresponsibly selfish economic attitude of the world's greatest creditor nation gext door to us. OFFICIAL WARNING Mr. Howe, who seldom errs on the side of .pessimism, recognizes these factors in the conclusion of his economic review. "The present situation would ap- pear to be one in which adjust- ments could occur in one or in sev- eral sectors," he says. But in his old confident vein he adds "with- out any danger of these multiply- ing into a general collapse." Of course it is perhaps comfort- ing to know that it is part of a eneral collapse if one's own roof alls in, but it is still disastrous for the individual if his roof col- lapses even though that only hap- pens n one or in several sectors. Perhaps more realistic is the qualified optimism of Henry Hos- king, the up-and-coming young lib- eral MP for Guelph, whom I might describe as having head screwed on - without being hard- boiled. The year 1954 will be another good one for Canada, he predicts. But he warned that the next 12 months are likely to be little dif- ferent because of the keener com- petition our manufacturers will meet in export markets. Like Britain, we are likely to find that the miraculously recov- ered defeated enemies, Germany and Japan, are becoming serious economic rivals, Mr. Hosking says that while we are blessed with the highest Living standard anywhere in the world, with more motor cars, television sets and refrigera- tors than in any other country roportionately, Germany has only % per cent of our standard of liv- ing and Japan 11 per cent. Produc- tion costs are proportionately lower there than here in Canada. THOSE U.S. TARIFFS Whether or not we experience those adjustments which Howe mentions is considered here to de- pend on two factors. The first is the conduct of organized labor. Our trade unions can of course go on blackmailing their way into unem- ployment through unreasonable wage demands, as has happened in the deep sea merchant navy. There our sailors have sky-rock- eted operating costs to where our ships have been adjusted out of business. The second is the question mark which will later this year be re- solved into our rich neighbor's for- eign economic policy. If Uncle Sam insists upon retaining his high tariffs, his import restrictions and all the tricks of customs classif- ication--such as reclassifying ping- pong balls into the higher tariff item of ammunition--then Canada is likely to re-orient her trade pattern towards more reliable long term markets. & MAC'S MUSINGS The making of friendships Is a cumulative process, Which goes on from year To year for those people Who are themselves of a Friendly disposition, and Are ready to make and to Accept overtures which Result in the forging of New links of friendship. As we look back over The year that has passed And thing of all the new Friends we now have, Of whose existence we Knew nothing a year ago, But whom we met in Various places, both here And in Britain and France, We realize how much we have Gained by the cementing of These new friendships. Distance does not seem To matter much when real Friendships are formed, And these can give a New thrill to life by the Receiving and writing of Letters to folks whom we Met during the year and With whom it has been A delight to keep In close contact. 'No one is too rich in Friends to be able to Say he needs no more, For every new friend Made and retained helps To make life sweeter, Brighter and happier. Old Painting Found In Atti VANCOUVER (CP)--A painting by Homer Watson, renowned Cana- dian painter of landscapes, has been found in an attic here and will be placed on exhibition soon. One step, likely to be di 1 at this month's Commonwealth ec- onomic conference in Australia, is the possible restoratign of the Em- ire preferential tariff established b the 1932 Ottawa agreements. . his would cut our trade with the States but increase our trade with other Commonwealth countries. Another possibility is that Can- ada may demand that mow at long last our allies in the North Atlantic pact should take steps to fulfil their pledged So-oferation in the Honiinll fields by moving towards integration of the economy of the North Atlantic community. READERS VIEWS Roads and Bridges Seen As Major Need of City The Editor, The Times-Gazette. Sir, May we heartily endorse the sentiments expressed in your col umns "G. R. Economer' re- garding the dubious s nding of money on beautifying the Oshawa Creek while essentials are still needed in other parts of the city. It is good to see that Mayor Nay- lor, too, Judging by his inaugural speech, shares this point of view. 'oc quote -- 'There should not be ...unnecessary spending in Osh- awa for some time to come in view of the fact that many ordinary services such as sewers, roads, bridges, and sidewalks, are at the present time matters of prime im- portance." May we repeat -- sew- ers, roads, bridges, and sidewalks are matters of prime importance. Speaking of roads, we believe the Traffic Advisory Council is ful- ly aware of the needs of the south- west area of the city, but we are uzzled by the apparent temporis- and procrastination of the City Council. Fhe need for adequate out- lets from this area to cope with the increased traffic from the new G.M. plant becomes more obvious each day. If there are doubts, may we, without being facetious, suggest that the Council get a bird's-eye view of thngs. Hire a helicopter, equip qualified civic personnel with camera, notebooks, etc., and assign them the job of hovering above the ew G.M. plant Juring the lunch- Hour or st finishing to take ' notes and make a survey of pre- vailing traffic conditions. As the cars 3 trucks speed to different points of the compass, graphic and statistical information could be ob- tained which would be conclusive. Another aspect. Our aerial ob- servers would be in the unique osition of watching the hazardous Journe s of the yougsters attend- ollege Hill or Cedardale Schools. From their vantage point they would appreciate that the oft- expressed fears of parents in this area are not without cause. In passing, a "Bravo!" to Finley Dafoe for his intention to resur- rect the subject of the 'Ghost Road." It is a pity the road can- not be rolled up and brought over here. It would certainly be put to good use. One end could be tagged to Cordova, and after being un- rolled and thrown across the creek, the other end could be pinned to Simcoe, or maybe stretched to Rit- son. It would make a good parallel to Bloor Street. Of course, this is whimsy, but the significant facts remain. A road was built where none was wanted, and a road is wanted where none is built. Yours sincerely, PAT SULLIVAN. 44 Cordova Road, Oshawa, Jan. 6, 1954 Petroleum jelly or lard will re- move Tipatick or rouge stains from linens. Work the fat into the stain section, sponge .with carbon tetra- 91 chloride, and leundes, Painted 30 years ago, it is a striking scene of an old mill on the Doon river in Ontario. A similar picture, '"The Pioneer Mill" hangs in Windsor castle, having been acquired for the royal col- lection during the reign Queen Victoria. Watson, regarded as one of the 'old masters" of Canadian art, was born in 1855 at Doon. Du a long and brilliant career ended by death in 1936, he achieved a wide international reputation. His works figured in the collections of the late prime minister Mackenze King in Ottawa, and of the Oscar Wilde estate in London. He exhibited at the Royal Acad- emy in London and at other lead- ing art displays, won the gold medal award at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo in 1902 and another award at the St. Louis World's Fair a few years later. Dwan Named Publisher SARNIA . (CP)--Appointment of Tom Dwan as publisher and gen- eral manager of the Sarnia Cana- dian Observer was announced to- day by Roy H. Thomson, president of the Thomson Newspapers. Well known in Canadian news- paper circles, Mr. Dwan was east- ern manager of the Victoria Colon- ist, the Victoria Times and the Cal- gary Albertan. He is also a former advertising and circulation manager of the To- ronto Telegram and a one-time as- sistant publisher and director of advertising of the Edmonton Bul- etin. He is a member of the bureau management and advertising Jo icy committees of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association. FORD DEALERS MEET TORONTO (CP) -- More than 1,000 Ford dealers from across Canada are here for the 50th anni- versary conference of Ford of Canada, Ltd. The three-day con- ference will be addressed Friday by Henry Ford II, company president, officials. d Canadian nited States IN DAYS GONE BY John Stacey for 1010. ¥. L. Fowke of Oshawa, person- ally attended to the presentation of bers of the +O s to crew mem- pia" which had been sent by wa to Halifax where the ship was docked. Word was received that the 116th Battalion would return to Canada as a unit and be demobiliz. ed in Oshawa. . Gordon D. Conant withdrew from ERE i T. B. Mitchell was elected Reeve FORE A Cr Tonkin elected Dep~ was mayor . J. wae . puty-Reeve, A reception . nS ER aw Boys' Club rooms poly the er office in the Mundy Building. Mr, Mrs. William Foley 4 Maple Tove, brated their en wedding Rid The five-mile shretch of doll Joad mas purchased by the at a cost of $8,000. Uxbridge was in the throes idemic of 0 Me tS demic. had passed by the. vhlage, QUEEN'S PARK Municipalities Calling For Help By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent fo The Times-Gaszette TORONTO -- It certainly didn't take long. A few days ago we pointed out that municipal finances were the government's most press- ng problem, 0 date three mayors have started off the New Year by call- ing for more aid, help, assistance, or what-have-you. . . . they still want more money for civic bus- ess. oor TROUBLES our you-just-can't-win de- partment: The new ner of the provincial police, E. V. McNeill, is concerned about his staff's personal feelings. Even when they get in dutch with him. When the investigation off the Sar- nia unit was completed, transfers were the answer. But before the commissioner would make this news public he waited until he'd had a chance to inform the men involved. Then one of them jumped the gun, issued a stalsment tha he'd Deen trans. erred a way whic] lied he'd been Drortoted, Which oy of courte, not the case. is week the commissioner had to tell the press the straight Story, no comment on the and making lack of 2 itude displayed by the NOTE! Sy ed transferee. Eat FEU horny tae al now a tho it probably never a. Archie an, general man- of the province's Ontario orthland Railway, is a man who fulfilling his agree- .80 far from the House this One of those agreements was contract involving strikebound Noro anda Mines. Mr. Freeman's union- ized train crews refused to cross picket lines. Mr. Freeman felt d by the contract and with several other ONR officials he Mins, to. the hooting. and jeancs 8, of the striking miners. Now Mr. Frost and the cabinet both Que and Ontario, and one from his old friend, C. H, Mil lard of the Steelworkers. OE of the ays sion should find SSS jubilant. They expect to be wel- coming a new member from Simcoe East, lacing the late Dr, re three McPhee. The By-election is Feb 8, just a few days before House opens. Nothing spectacular is expected ar, Probably the new addition, Youn planned, for the East Block will be announced in the estimates. Mem- bers of the select committee on re- form institutions may be surprised to learn the department plans three new industrial farms. One of these almost certainly will be near Lone on. 8 Included in the attorney - gen- eral's New Year's list were young members appointed as Queen's counsels. Both have been much mentioned as ris mem- bers with ability to go places in the government: John Robarts of London, and Bob Macaulay of To- ronto-Riverdale. Immigrants Are Hopeful Of Bettering Themselves FROM LONDON (ENG.) BUREAU OF THOMSON NEWSPAPERS LONDON -- Immigration auth- orities consider figures for 1953 will show a 10 per cent increase in the number of New Canadians who traded the United Kingdom for Canadian citizenship during the year. They expect confidently, too, a further increase during 1954. What are they like, these British immigrants who are swelling Can- ada's immigration flow? To find clues to the identity of the people behind the statistics we have in- terviewed L. G. Cumming, chief of the London office of the Cana- dian Immigration Service, and three prospective immigrants for January, 1954. Mr. Cumming reports that to- day's British emigrant in most cases bears little resemblance to the Britisher who came to Canada immediately following the war. The average British immigrant today is much more settled and decided about what he wants and is likely to be a family man. Immediate post-war immigrants $ended to be persons unsettled by the war seek ing any port in a storm. The Eng- lishman emigrating to Canada to- day is willing to work hard to se- cure for himself a future. TYPICAL EXAMPLE Typical of the type of man Mr. Cumming describes is architect J. C. V. Stones who leaves England shortly for work in Ottawa with the Department of National De- uring fence. Young Mr. Stones whose wife and two children, Richard, , and one-year-old Andrew, will follow him once e finds ac- commodation, is emigrating be- cause he feels in Canada he has a greater chance to build a career. "If I work in+England for the rest of my life I can only hope to earn £200 ($600) to £250 ($750) a year more than I make at the moment," he explains. His move to Canada will net him a consider- able increase in salary and even taking into consideration the high- er cost of living he will still , better off. He considers it will take about six months to become fam- iliar with Canadian architectural practice. Another immigrant who feels '» future offers more in Canada is 34-year-old head cowman Rudolf Prietzel, a onetime German prison- er of war of the Canadians. "In Canada there is a possibility that I may once again work for myself," explains Mr. Prietzel. Captured by the Canadians wile a lance-corporal in the German coastguards, Rudolf Prietzel once owned his own farm in German territory now under Polish rule. After the war on his release from an English prisoner of war camp, Pietzel elected to stay in England and since that time has held British citizenship and has worked as head cowman on Suf- folk farms. "I should like some time to own my own farm again and that would not be possible here," he saya. "You hear lots of things about Canada. Some say you can make your way therej some say you can't. I have decided to go and see for myself." Energetic Prietzel considers he has no to lose. "I shall give myself 10 years," he says. '""Then if I have made no progress I musg look somewhere else." Mr. Priet- zel is making the trip to Canada under the auspices of the Coloniza- tion .of the Canadian Pacific rail ways. On his arrival 'he will be Iminegiately bahar off. The mini- mum s e_may expect ao- cording to the CPR Which: will ar- Fangs for his placement on a farm in the Toronto area is 100 dollars a month. With this salary goes the use of a house and free electricity and heat. His Fuplish salary is £8 or approximately 24 dollars a week and out of this he must pay seven dollars and fifty cents for board. Mr. Prietzel will marry shortly before he sails for Can- ada and bring his wife, Magdalene Schutte, 25, of Holen, Gernfhny, Yhom he met in England, with TRAINED NURSE Among the many girls who are now following the example of Brit- ain's young manhood in seeking a new life in Canada is 28-year-old trained nurse Maureen Shipton. Maureen goes to Canada to take a post at the Reddy Memorial Hos- pital, Montreal, and is prepared for many differences--in the life, in the people and in nursing tech- niques. She expeets to like them all, she says. "I am determined to like them," she explains. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Shipton of Sutton, Warwick- shire, Maureen has never before been out of England. While she expects to find Cana- dians different, blond attractive Maureen does not think too mich determination wil be needed to like them: "I knew many Canadians during the war," she explains. While some nursing techniques may have to be relearned, she be- lieves nursing conditions will be favorable. . "Canadian nurses do not worl such long terms of night id she says. She adds too that in Can- ada she will earn $55 a month while in England she made only $20, ~Aliough he cost of living is higher I will still be better off, she says. Maureen has not yet decided to remain in Cand#Ma permanently. "I'm just going to see what hap- pens," she explains. "I'd like if possible to nurse my way across to Vancouver but at the moment I'm looking forward to a winter in Montreal, with lots of skiing and skating." 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