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@ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturdsy, May 1, 1084 Editorials The Deily Times-Gasette (Oshawa. Whitby), 87 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario by Times-G Publishers, Limited Plan for Low-Cost Housing For Oshawa's The special committee of the City Coun- cil, set up to study and give consideration to a plan for creating low-cost apartments which could be made available for old-age pensioners and recipients of mothers' al- lowance is adopting common-sense proce- dure in tackling this problem. It would be . very easy to court popular acclaim by going ahead with such a scheme, only to find 'later that it did not meet the city's requirements. : The committee, is therefore, to be com- mended for its action in instituting a com- plete and thorough survey of the local situation, in order to ascertain, first of all, the extent of the need for such a project. This survey is to be made by the Oshawa Welfare Department, so that accurate and full information will be forthcoming as to the number and individual circumstances of aged people who would be benefitted Pensioners by such accommodation as has been sug- gested, and who would be occupants of such low-cost apartments if they were provided. ' The success of the survey, of course, : depends on the public response to the ef- forts of the welfare department to secure information. The department is asking all interested persons to register before May 31, giving all the informgtion that is ne- cessary in order that thé City Council committee can deal intelligently with the problem. The effort will be useless uniess those who are concerned with a project of this type make their needs and circum- stances known. So, while the committee has made an excellent start by arranging for the making of this survey, it will be a useless and wasted effort unless there is a full measure of co-operation from the people concerned, Tribute To Remarkable Mother A week or so ago a resident of Oshawa, Mrs. Hezekiah Murray, celebrated her 100th birthday, as was duly recorded, with her picture, in the news columns of The Times-Gazette, This event has at- tracted attention in various parts of Can- ada, and has brought from the Sherbrooke Record an editorial tribute to this Osh- awa citizen. This is what the Sherbrooke newspaper has to say: "You wouldn't believe it if you hadn't seen her photograph. It is before us now. "It shows a smiling face rather on the long side and crowned with plentiful white hair. Her eyes, behind the spectacles, are unusually observant-looking, their keen- ness softened by a kindly gleam. There seems to be something of placid mockery in the expression. Here, you would say, is a person who laughs quietly at life. "The story bears out the picture. The features are those of Mrs. Hezekiah Mur- ray of Oshawa. Mrs. Murray celebrated her 100th birthday last week, a fact out- stanaing in itself, and in case you should wonder, not having seen the photo, she is keenly interested in world events and reads the newspapers every day. "More, it is reported, and this is the part which may be hard to believe, that she has never said a cross word to her children. They were children, of course, in a literal sense, a good many years ago. "How many youngsters did she have? Most people, reading the record of forbear- ance, would be inclined to answer two or three. The number was eleven. Those surviving were with their mother on her latest birthday. Small wonder. "Few persons live to be a hundred, Those who do are remarkable usually for equanimity as well as years and Mrs. Mur- ray, judging by some of the children we have met, must be among the most re- markable of all." We are glad to pass on to our readers this eloquent testimony by the Sherbrooke editor. - : " 2 Expansion Destroys Farm Land The new industrial and residential de-¢ velopment in southwestern Ontario, hail- ed with enthusiasm in many quarters, has an angle to which too little thoyght has been given. The personal and perhaps selfish view is that of a correspondent to the Hamilton Spectator who writes: "Where is our city going to stop? How many people enjoyed an Aldershot melon last summer? Very few, I might say, as the melon lands have all been cut up into subdivisions. ; ; "Now the move is to the east and the cherry and peach orchards are to disap- pear. Did City Council ever stop to con- sider that fruit trees will not grow every- where? There must be unproductive land, suitable for expansion, near our present Editorial Notes The movement for lotteries in Canada may be based on the fact that one can get so little for a dollar these days that it is worth trying to get something for noth- ing. It has been suggested that younger men should be appointed to the Senate. That, however, would rob it of its value as a last resting place for outworn poli- ticians. The Daily Times-Gazette Published By TIMES-GAZETTE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining Times ( d 1871) and the Whitby The G published dally Ch ( 1863) is (Sundays and sistutory holidays excepted). Member of The C Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers A and the P ailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the iocal news published therein. All rights of special des patches are also reserved. T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 King Street West, Toronto, University Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshaws, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Plekering, not-over 30c per week. By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside carrier delivery areas $13.00. Eisewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR MARCH 13,142 Ontario, 28 city limits. Let us show a little foresight, ore it is too late, ang prefierve the pe and cherry orchards so that the citizens of Hamilton may continue to en- joy fresh small fruits!" The situation is one which affects many parts of Ontario ,including the agricul- tural sections: of Ontario and Durham counties adjacent to Oshawa. As is well known, this area is noted as a production agricultural district, but, with the expansion of residential and in- dustrial building, much valuable farm land is being lost. : Once lost to agriculture, this land is being lost for all time; and there is no possibility of .replacement. That is some- thing to think about when considering the effects of urban expansion on our farm economy, x Bit Of Verse RISING OF ORION Sirius was rising in the east; And slow ascending, one by one, The kindling constellations shone, Begirt with many a blazing star, Stood the great giant Algebar, Orion, hunter of the beast! His sword hung gleaming by his side, And, on his arm, the lion's hide Scattered across the midnight air The golden radiance of its hair. --HENRY W. LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) Other Editors' Views TAXES ON AUTOMOBILEL (Bowmanville Statesman) It's time to take a second look at the tax struce ture carried by automobiles. the tax revenues must come from some place, we feel that the automobile owner has more than paid his share in the past. When it is considered that on the smallest car the 10% sales tax plus 15% excise tax amounts to about $400, it appears to he quite out of line with justification. Automobiles are no longer a luxury. They are essential to everyday life and business. Bible Thoughts Jesus said, "Search the Scripture; for . . are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39.) "These holy pages . . . will give you Christ Himself, talking, healing, dying, rising, the whole Christ in the Word. They will give Him to you in an intimacy so close that He would be less visible to you if He stood before your eyes.' --Erasmus, in the Preface to his first Greek Testament, 'they While realizing that . ~ NOT THAT WE EVER INTEND TO USE THEM === JUST IN BUT CASE ~~ ne DIE REV! Cert. VIEW OF THE BRIDGES OF THE SEINE PARIS LETTER Season Of Spring Racing Is Opened By FRANCES KNECHT Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazeite PARIS, France -- After having tasted my firs strawberries, play- ed my first ghme of outdoor tennis and backed winner at Auteuil, here 1 am, after the excitement of Easter, Hie most Parisiens, back to normal The big sporting event of the weekend was the Auteuil steeple- chase, "Le Prix du President de la Republique," run in the absence of M. and Mme. Rene Coty, before an enthusiastic crowd in no way diminished by the fact that two million Parisians have left the cap- ital. Many tourists took the oppor- tunity of visiting this famous race- course and a medley of different languages was to be heard on all sides. As the yecing is almost se- condary. to the brilliant display of fashions, many mannequins were to be seen parading in the brilliant spring sunshine, wearing the latest creations in hats and clothes. One extremely attractive young person was pointed out to me as Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell, the RAF pilot who became a woman. Looking everything that is feminine, with a "Garboish" hair le, it is hardly credible to think that "she" was once a hus- band and father of two children. The race itself is something of a "Grand National' with the Gifer. ence that the jumps are much less difficult, as the result will show. All the 20 runners came in, not a single one down, which even here is a rare exploit. The Bois-de-Boulogne has two race courses, "Auteuil" and '"'Long- champ." The former is more the people's course, as it is so near the metro and bus stops. Long- champ, twice the size of Auteuil, with a run of over eight kilometres, attracts the motoring public.. On racing days it is no uncommon 'sight to see the roads through the Bois completely blocked with traf- fic. The site of the Longchamp course goes back to the 12th century, when the trees were felled and a clear- ing made, parallel to the Seine, in order to build an abbey (Notre Dame de L'Humilite). As the site was longer than it was wide, the name 'Longchamp' (long field) was derived. Although the abbey was destroyed during the Frenc revolution, the old windmill belong- ing to it is still to be seen at the extremity of the racecourse. LOOKING TO GENEVA The battle of Dien Bien Phu is causing, much anxiety in the minds of the Fench people, and certainly to a great extent. casts a damper on their spirits. However, they are looking forward to the Geneva con- ference in the hope that a solution might be found for their problems in Indo-China. FLOCK TO NEW PLAY All Paris is flocking to see the new play at the delightfully intim- ate theatre "L'Athenee'" (Theatre Louis Jouvet). It was in his own theatre that this famous actor died nearly three years ago after a series of successes, including his interpretations of Giroudoux"s works. "La Maniere Forte," a de- lightful comedy by Jacques Deval, one of the most popular of French playwrights, is remarkably played by Robert Lamoureux and the ov- ernight discovery, Genevieve Page. It is a story of a young man who with determination and courage saves the woman of his heart from the clutches, morally speaking, of a fatuous Don Juan whose chief sport is to play the cat and mouse . with the weaker sex. The scenes are so amusing that the audience literally rocked with laughter. READERS' VIEWS Unemployment Problem And Civil Defence Plans The Editor, The Times-Gazette Sir: I should like to commend the editor, his staff and Don O'Hearn for their efforts of truth- ful and to the point reporting of the facts on the unemployment and civil defence issues. If the federal government would show half the interest instead of their do-nothing appeasement policy it would better serve the country: As outlined in The Gallup poll the Maritimes and Ontario are the hardest hit with from 35 to 28 per cent respectively of persons inter- viewed claimed unemployment the nations most serious problem. To add more coals to the fire the Fed- eral Government is admitting an- other 90.000 immigrants to Ontario alone this year to take jobs of the already 600,000 unemployed Cana- dians. Many thousands more are fleeing Quebec to avoid the extra 15 per cent Provincial income tax imposed on the people by Premier Duplessie of Quebec. With 1 in 10 now unemployed in Oshawa the situation is becoming critical. I sincerely feel all unemployed persons, labor unions, and interest- ed persons should write to Ottawa demanding that all immigration be stopped immediately, and that Ot- tawa further institute building pro- grams to save the country from a serious recession. Unemployment not only affects those out of jobs, . MAC'S MUSINGS IN DAYS GONE BY 30 YEARS AGO i Miss Baird of Essex Centre was hired to teach modern languages in the Oshawa High oo at an an- nual salary \ A barn owned by A. Hindes, at the corner of Albany and Simcoe irects. was completely destroyed y fire. The folowing items taken from the "Local Matters" of the "'Vindi- satop* were published in this exact order: "George Fisher died yesterday." "Try the fresh fruit pineapple Sundaes at Tod's on Saturday. "Word reached here yesterday FA Guy were dead in s week is sucker week for all kinds of suckers." A social was held at the Metcalf Methodist Church at which the band under the direction of Bandmaster Rogers, gave a fine recital. Admis- sion was 15 cents or two for 2Sc. Andrew Annis, who had been in the war of 1837, father of Elgin, by Alfred Ezra, Mrs. 0. Hezzlewood, Mrs. Elwood Lick, Mrs. Pugh and Miss Annis, died at his home on the hill west of Oshawa, in his 70th year, The " rietor'" of the Vindica- tor charged that the town asses- sor lowered the assessment, om houses around $300 to $250 In order that the tenants whose ities were the opposite of his, he unable to vote. E. FP. Cawker advertised as fol lows: "For Breakfast and Dinner, there is nothing like a rich, fe and tender rib * beef .. ste ot warms the cockles of your heart. Local sportsmen, interested im lacrosse, met to make arrange- ments for the summer schedule of the game. Oshawa and district people were loath to believe that pring had really arrived because no frogs. The winter had heen so severe that they had not appeared May Day. OTTAWA REPORT Coming Books Are Eagerly Awaited By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazettes OTTAWA Two forthcoming books are being eagerly anticipated in Ottawa. One is a biography of e late W. L. Mackenzie King, e other is a first novel by Igor ouzenko whose name is famous as the Russian embassy cypher clerk turned spy-ring exposer. The book about our late prime minister has been written by Win: nipeg-born Bernard Ostry, who is now a professor of commerce and social service at Birmingham Uni- versity, England. It is said to be a most scholarly book, based on detailed study of such state papers of the Mackenzie King era as were available. Mr. Ostry's politics are to the left of the al party, and his biography if #xpected to be far more critical/in tone than either of the biographies yet pub- lished. It will shed a new light on the great political controversies of the past thre decades of Canadian history, and will thus present a counterbalance to. favourable re- ports hitherto published about-our long - distance prime minister. Somewhere between the two points of view we may be able to discern a forecast of what the historians of the future will say about the government of Canada in the form- ative years hetween the end of World War I and the end of World War II. FALL OF A TITAN Igor Gouzenko has achieved the remarkable triumph of hitting the literary jackpot with his first at- tempt. His 672-page novel has been selected, before publication, as the August choice by one of the bi Notth American Bind BM clubs. This automatically makes him a rich man. He May sxpett Jo 1 ut a quarter of a i! She ib rs of the book club We were pleased to read The report of an address By a British jurist, Lord Justice Birkett Who was speaking to the Newspaper Society of His land, and uttered Some thoughts which need To be heeded by many Of our public "men. Lord Birkett declared That newspapers must be Given access to facts And must be free to Publish them and make Comments and speak so Long as they observe The laws of the land, That is a brief but Very positive statement Which defines as has Seldom been done what Is involved in the Freedom of the press. In a nutshell, his view Was that there must be and at least 150,000 copies to other readers in Canada, the United States and Britain. On top of that, there seem certain to be transla- tions published in other countries. The author normally receives a royalty of 10 per cent on each copy sold through the book club; this edition is frequently sold slight] below the price of the edition of- fered by book stores to the general public, and the royaly may yield 'about $90,000, Royalty is paid on No closed doors to the Press, because/ publicity Is the greatest aid To truth and ¢ertainly The greatest aid to an Understanding of the Public affairs with which We are all concerned. These are sentiments that Ought to be heeded in These days when some of Our public men feel they Should hold meetings of Public bodies in secret, Ignoring the rights of Our citizens to learn What they are doing. the public edition on a sliding scale, starting at 12 per cent and rising to 17 per cent and 23 per cent as sales rise; this may yield the author a further $80,000. Fin- ally, it seems certain that a film will be made of a story with so much popular appeal, and the author should receive in the neigh- borhood of $30,000 for the film mights, gor Gouzenko has been smiled upon by fate. The publicity created by his interrogation by the Amer- . | ican "Senate committee brought back into the limeliglit a man whose moment in hist seemed to have faded into oblivion. Then the flights into Western asylum of Rastovorov in Tokyo and Petrov in Canberra so closely duplicated the Gouzenko flight that his casé was again revived in our mem- ories. This publicity cannot fail to create wider interest in, and larger sales for, fis book. "The Fag of a Titan" is the title chosen for Gouzenko's novel, which portrays the life of the great Rus- sian writer Maxim Gorki. The book has been described by one reader as "a tremendous and sha¢ tering story of the Soviet Uniom between the wars." It is interesting to note that Gouzenko told the Senate commit- tee four months ago that he felt many more Russians would copy his example if they could be gua- ranteed asylum and security in the Western world. Point will be lent to his belief by the example of his expected $200,000 bonanza from his book about Russia; this is double the sum the Americans have of- fered to a Russian pilot who will bring with him through the Iron Curtain one of the latest Russian et fighter planes. ORD FROM JERUSALEM An attractive colored picture postcard has just reached me from two popular travellers, John and Olive Diefenbaker of Prince Albert and Ottawa. The picture shows modern American cars driving past a fine modern 6-storey apart- ment building on Jerusalem's Ben Jehuda Street, typical of the pro- gress being made in the world's youngest state. "We spent an unforgettable Good Friday in Nazareth and arrived in Jerusalem in £ime to spend Easter Sunday here," writes John. Monteith Monteith Riehl & Co. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 135 SIMCOE ST. N. DIAL S5-4662 but everyone working or not and unless stopped will lower the en- tire economic standards of the country. With the growing threat of the Hydrogen bomb and super guided missiles now is the time for a sen- sible and realistic civil defence pro- gram which should employ thous- ands of men now out of work the building of air raid shelters, the underground stockpiling of food and water in lead containers as protection from deadly atomic rays blood plasma, ample first aid sup- plies, emergency power, light and eating facilities, fire fighting equipment, and the installation of siren warning devices and the channeling of radio and emergency communication systems. I am told the entire network of telephone cable joining Eastern and the rest of Canada and the USA passes through Oshawa. What would hap- pen if it should be cut off? What about our lights and power sup- ply? Would not the nation's larg- est automotive plant be an impor- tant target to the enemy? What about the appointment of wardens and special police to handle the hysteria and traffic congestion. The streets would be so plugged with cars that few would get out. Do we forget so quickly the Pear] Harbor attack Dec. 7, 1941? Those were only ordinary bombs. No warning was given. The H-bomb is no longer a story book fable. .. it is real and terrifying and in the hands of power hungry madmen it could destroy us all. Oshawa is only 30 miles from | Toronto, a prime target. Oshawa could be an alternative. Can we so afford such complacence and apathy? J Most sincerely, DEAN J. KELLY 81 King street west, Oshawa, April 28, 1954. Auto Loans GET $50 TO $1200 at Prsonal | Need money for down payment or repairs on an auto... repairs or down payment on a home... or other worthy purposes? Now you can get that cash on your auto promptly and simply at Bond Drive it to office-- bringing proof of ownership. 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