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8 THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE, Menday, December 13, 1954 Editorials Times The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) y 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario Democracy's Great Danger Is Our Own Indifference Democracy can either be a living or ital thing, or it can become as dead as he dodo. Democracy 'can be a dynamic way of life, or it can become only a weak shadow of what was in the minds of the reek philosophers who first propounded as a principle of government. Its fate ies in the hands of those people who live n the countries which are nominally democratic, to a much greater extent han it depends upon resisting the attacks bf dictators who threaten it. The greatest menace which faces the Hemocratic way of life which we in Can- hda take pride in calling our own is the ndifference of far too many of our peo- ble to whether or not it is maintained. True, if they could be convinced that kome great force threatened it, as hap- bened in the two world wars, they would jse up in arms to resist that force. Yet he enemies within our own gates can do rreater harm to our democracy than any hreat that comes from without. Unless t is nourished by a people just as alive to he responsibilities of democracy as they ining Continues The tremendous development in the anadian mining industry is graphically epicted in the annual review number of he Northern Miner. From coast to coast, hining has enjoyed a profitable year, and he Northern Miner predicts that in spite f lower prices record production seems ssured for 1954. For the province of Quebec, big cop- or, iron ore and asbestos developments e swelling mineral production. Indeed, bhether you turn throughout Canada, the hining industry appears to be exuding a egree of confidence that is most encour- ging. The Northern Miner itself is fully ptimistic. It writes: "Time was, in mining, when advances ere made cautiously. There were always out-hearted leaders; but their efforts ere often hampered by the doubts and certainties of those about them. We bn't see much of that uncertainty now- Hays, however. Witness the bold scale h which new camps are being opened up, are to its rights and privileges, democracy can wither and die. The greatest enemies * of democracy are not those who live be- hind the iron curtain, but those who, within our own boundaries, are complete ly apathetic to the duties of citizenship. When we find, in many of our com munities, some 60 to 70 per cent of those entitled to vote refusing to accept that responsibility, we have to consider the extent to which this places our democracy in peril. Just as has happened in some of the European states which are now satel- lites of Communist Russia, under these circumstances it is possible for minority groups to seize control of power. By in- sidious infiltration, they can bore their way into our national life, unless we have an awakened populace ready to discharge its responsibilities for. maintaining our free way of lif&~ The showing made in municipal elections all over Ontario this year was deplorably weak. It is that kind of thing which exposes democracy to the peril of destruction by negative rather than positive means. to Think Big new exploration and prospecting pro- grams planned. Witness the amounts of capital and enterprise being spent on the development of* new and comparatively minor minerals. We doubt if any other industry, in this or any other country on the face of the globe, is undergoing stout- er growth. Canadian miners are thinking big!" We remember Jack Hammill, now a mining magnate, once saying that, to be successful, a prospector needed to have the seat out of his pants and the soles of his shoes. That theory does not hold good in modern prospecting. Canada owes much of its prosperity to the wealth that has come out of the ground. As Canadians we can look with satisfaction on the record achieved this past year, and look to the future with confidence, knowing that with those pri- marily interested in the industry "think- ing big," we may be assured that an equally satisfactory record will be ache ieved in the next and succeeding years. 'aith In Ourselves Wanted - Canadians should have more faith in he future of their country, J. L. Enman, asident of the Bank of Nova Scotia, dressing the Bank's annual meeting, bid there have been too many sales of nadian business to external interests the past year or so, indicating that hreign investors had more confidence in be future of the nation than Canadians. Mr. Enman's remarks point to a char- teristic of Canadians, which while it ay not necessarily be lack of faith, cer- inly is an over-cautious attitude some- hat akin to lack of confidence. The past Lar has not been without its sign of re- ssion. Of that there is no question. Mr. nman looked upon this as a matter of adjustment. Demand for machinery and equip- ent, for industrial construction has de- kned. Farm income also has been lower, ditorial Notes -- Whether or not the United States and ussia agree on co-existence, the Repub- ans and Democrats will have to try it t at home for the next two years. Sir Winston Churchill sees the possi- lity of many years of peace and plenty lead, If the peace can be assured, the enty will follow automatically. he Daily Times-Gazette Published by 2 TIMES-GAZETTE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa Be Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining ¢ Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby s and statutory holidays excepted). ber of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily s Associatioh and the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The » Press is exclusively entitled to the use jor re- on of all news despatches in the paper credited to or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the ai news published therein. All rights of special des- fies are also reserved. F. I. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. M. Me¢INTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. ffices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, (versity Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES betivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port rv. Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By Mail Province of Ontario) outside carrier delivery areas 00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER 12,589 " 223 and this has resulted in a general reduc- tion in retail spending in the prairie prov- inces. This resulted in a contraction in sales of farm machinery trucks and auto- mobiles in the Prairies. We must expect recessions of this na- ture. Our economic advance can never be steady, but will always have its periods of slackened pace. But this should not be a matter for lack of confidence. We should take a new look at the po- tentialities of our land. They are enor- mous, and given wise leadership in busi- ness and in government, there is no rea- son why we should not exhibit as much confidence in our own country as has been shown by the many investors in other lands who regard Canada as a real gold mine. A bit more faith in ourselves is all that we need to insure that the most of our profits will accrue to ourselves. Bible Thoughts "Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do." -- (Phil, 4:9.) The best sermons are both seen and heard. "He that believth on the Son hath everlasting life." -- (John 3:36.) When Dr. John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, wanted to translate the Gospel of John into the native language, he was at a loss for a word to use for '"'believe," until he heard a native use a word meaning "I am resting my whole weight upon." That was the idea he needed. ¢ 'Rest your whole weight upon' the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Other Editors' Views McCARTHY MUZZLED? (Windsor Star) Did the Republican organization take Senator. McCarthy aside and suggest, in unequivocal terms, he would be a liability in the campaign? If not, who did put the muzle on him? It was sound tactics. It prevented him from b#ing an issue in the campaign, and avoided McCarthyism muddying up the political waters. But already he had done much damage to the Republican Party. Even though McCarthyism was not an immediate issue in the campaign, the activities of the committee of which the Senator was chairman, and his own personal attitudes bad influenced many voters, THE DIENARDS WWO JUST wWoukpM'T BELIEVE IT rl Past Year Saw Canada's Armed Forces Consolidate And Modernize Equipment By DAVE McINTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)--After rapid cx- pansion in the three previous years Canada's armed forces in 1954 settled down to a period of con- solidation. 'With the 'crash' program mostly behind them, they could take more time to look after de- tails and oil the works. Defence spending continued at its high level of 1953. More than ,000,000,000 was appropriated lor defence, about one-fifth of it or aircraft alone. HUGE EXPENDITURE When the end of the current fis- cal year is reached next March, Canada will have spent about $7,- 000,000,000 on a four-year defence of this for direct military aid for its European allies. The strength of the armed forces remained fairly constant at about 116,000--50,000 anny, 48,000 RCAF and 18,000 navy. The army exper- fenced some difficulty in avoiding a drop in manpower; the air force found some trouble recruiting air- crew; the navy was still short of its target of 21,000 personnel. July 1 when Defence Minister Brooke Claxton left the cabinet to enter private business and was succeded by Ralph Campney, as- sociate defence minister. One of the more heartening events of the year for the services was the recent decision to bring all soldiers in Korea back to Can- ada--probably by the'spring. Brig. Frederick Clift of Saskatoon, last commander of the 25th brigade, will return immediately and he- come director-general of army per- sonnel at headquarters here. Earlier it had been decided to cut forces in Korea by two-thirds. BOOST IN MORALE Defence officials said the with- drawal would probably mean a boost in service morale, especially in the army, because headquarters QUEEN'S PARK Liberals Showing had been having a hard time to avoid keeping some men overseas beyond their normal tours of duty. Canada was maintaining two brig- ades abroad, one in West Germany as well as the one in Korea. Meanwhile, at home, the army proceeded with formation of the 1st Infantry Division under Maj.-Gen. John Rockingham with headquar- ters at Camp Petawawa, Ont. Ele- ments of the division worked out during the summer at the army's big new training centre, Camp Gagetown, N.B. The 436-square- mile camp, big enough to train an entire division at one time, will eventually cost some $40,000,000. In Germany, the Ist Canadian Infantry Brigade underwent atomic training for the first time, work- ing out under a mock atomic-bomb attack. Near the end of the year, the troops began to move into new married quarters in the brigade area near Soest. The year also saw a reorgani- zation of the 45,000-member re- serve army designed to bring it more in line with the needs of the regular ,force. Names of some famed regiments disappeared in the overhaul. Though a decrease in reerve strength was expected, the number fell little more than 1,000 between March and the end of October, SWITCH IN TANKS In the field of weapons, the army completed its conversion to British Centurion tanks and began de- signs of a new weapons carrier 17 replace the Bren gun carrier. Some 60 soldiers were sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., to be trained on Nike, the U.S. army's anti-aircraft, ground-to-air guided missile. Cold- weather tests of the Nike are to be carried out at Fort Churchill, Man., early next year. American atomic cannon were tested there last winter. During the year, the army formed its first peacetime anti-air- craft regiment. \ Signs Of Revival By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO Farquhar Oliver is smiling these days and with good reason. The Liberals have been having some surprisingly fine meetings. At St. Catharines there was a turn-out of over 400 for the an- nual meeting of the local associa- tion. This is a banner crowd at any time but in view of the apathy towards political meetings in recent years it is spectacular. And the new interest has not been confined to there by any means, At a nomination meeting at Sun- derland -- certainly not a met- ropolis in size -- there was an attendance of 300. And at South- ampton in the Georgian bay area there was (an overflow audience with 100 people outside the hall, FARMERS DOWN What's the reason? Even Farquhar himself doesn't profess to know. There haven't been any unusual efforts by the party organization to stimulate attendance. And Mr. Oliver himself is the same leader who a few years ago was ac- customed to peaking to a handful of the faithful gathered in nearly empty halls. One sign he does see is that the farmers appear to be quite dis- contented. (And of course while a lot of their troubles are probably federal, farmers, being farmers, will vent their feelings in any and all political fields that are at hand. To ab, least one observer this indicates something that has been becoming more and more appar- ent in recent months; that the next provincial election will probably be tougher and closer than many peo- ple think. If Mr. Frost could personally run in every riding there would be no question. He would walk back pro- bably with 100 per cent of the seats. But he can't and there are people who are getting discontent- ed with some members of his en- tourage. HONEST MAN Speaking of political meetings, it was noticeable that at the PC nom- ination meeting in Grey South the other night the main speaker was Bill Collings, the member for Toronto Beaches. Mr. Collings as a strict city type, and a back-bencher, was not a choice one would expect for such an assignment in a predominantly rural riding, Much more likely would be Health Minister Dr. Mac- kinnon Phillips, who is a member of the cabinet and represents the adjoining riding. But, no thanks the Grey South PC's won't want the health min- ister. They had him at their last nom- ination meeting. And at it the first warned them that the man they had to beat was Farquhar Oliver, who has represented the riding for years and he then went on to tell them what a good strong man Mr. Oliver was. He might as well have been forwarding his nomination. There is no more loveable char- acter around here than Mac Phil- lips, and one of the reasons is that most often his honesty ranks above hig politics, The army will likely get two new small arms weapons: the Belgian Fabrique Nationale automatic 300 calibre rifle in place of the Lee- Enfield .303 and the British Patch- ett sub-machine-gun in place of the British Sten. RCAF IN EUROPE Most of the RCAF's hitting power was concentrated in Europe, where the four-wing air division remained on garrison duty at bases in France Germany and England, The one wing in England is to move to France gary next year. The air division received in a steady stream from Canada new Sabre jet fighters equipped with Canadian Orenda engines. At home, final stages were reached on development of an air- to-air guided missile to arm Can- ada's fighter planes. This work, logether with development of the CF-105, designed to replace eventu- ally the two-engine, long-range CF- 100 jet interceptor, cost about $8- 000, during the year. In November, Canada and the U.S. announced they will build a distant early earning radar line across the far north. This an- nouncement came even before start- of construction of the mid- Canada warning line along the 55th parallel, 52 WARSHIPS By the end of the year, the navy had 52 warships in commission: one aircraft carrier, two cruisers, 10 destroyers, eight converted fig- ates, seven coastal escots, eight minesweepers, one artic patrol vessel, one auxiliary coastal mine- sweeper, one repair ship and 13 small craft. Besides this, there are six patrol craft for summer training on the Great Lakes, 56 vessels in reserve and 112 naval auxiliary vessels manned by civilians. Since the defen ce build-up started, the navy has taken deliv- ery of 27 band-new ships and is to get 61 more, Late in November, the first draft of 200 volunteers left for England to take submarine training with the Royal Navy. Most of them then will serve in the RN's sixth sub- marine squadron which is to be based at Halifax. Early next year, the navy and RCAF will start taking delivery of the first of four new types of planes for anti-submarine and con- voy operations, OTTAW. REPORT Postal Services Again Under Fire By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazelte OTTAWA -- Most cabinet min- isters and members of Parliament make a practice of sending Christ- mas greetings to their political supporters and to their parliament- ary contacts, as well as to their innumerable friends, across the country. Last December, when Parliament was sitting, most of this huge flood of Christmas cards went out through the House of Commons post office. The number of out- going pieces of first-class matter mailed jumped from 75,000 in an average month, to about 275,000 during December. Most of this ex- tra mail of course was associated with Christmas, so it appears that each of our 265 MPs des- patched an average of 750 greet- ings. Greetings gre already beginning to arrive here from MPs this year. Perhaps the least redolent of Christmas goodwill is one from the postmaster general himself, Hon, Alcide Cote. Eany this year, Mr. Cote told Parliament his department just could not make ends meet, The minister of finance, Mr. Abbott, had in his 1953 budget been heart- less enough to abolish the tax on cheques; and this would mean that Mr. Cote would lose $7,500,000 this year, because cheque-writers no longer have to buy postage stamps to put on those cheques. For this reason, and because of rising ex- penses, Mr. Cobe proposed that the price of four first-class mail should be raised to five cents for the first ounce. ELECTION YEAR TAX CUT Thus, just after winning the 1953 general election, the Liberal gov- ernment in effect restored one of the tax-cuts in Mr. Abbott's pre- election honey-coated budget. But still, Mr. Cote promised, even if the cost of posting a letter in Can- ada is to be 66 per cent higher than the similar cost in those ex- pensive United States, we could be sure that we would get high-class service for our high price. Forgetting his promise as quickly as the government forgot that tempting tax concession, Mr. Cote's Christmastide message just distri- buted here asks all g Ottawans to do the post office's work for it. But the post office of course will still charge a nickel for doing the MAC'S MUSIN Of In work which the customer is in- vited to perform for it. of "Because of the greatly increas- ed volume of mail at Christmas," says Mr. Cote, 'you can expedite handling by the post office if you will separate your mail for local delivery from hog for Sutatiown and arrange separa undles so that the addresses all face one In trying to way with stamps in the upper right-hand corner position. Your mail may then be tied with one of the attached labels on the top of each bundle to indicate whether for local or out-of-town destinations. Please use strong twine and tie both ways. If your bundles are too large to pass through the slot of street boxes, it will help greatly if you hand them in at the gen- eral post office." COURTEOUS SELF-SERVICE In addition to sorting, arranging, bundling and labelling your Christ- mas cards, and yourself carrying them for part of their journey, you would also of course render the post office appreciable service by - delivering them to the ad- dressees yourself. And no doubt Mr. Cote would be happy if you would affix a postage stamp on the upper right-hand corner all the same. Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to affix the stamp to your shoe. The minister of finance, Hon. Walter Harris, who is attempting to hold down our rising cost of liv- ing, and indeed every employer who is anxiously watching his costs Into them an We want to make a plea To the people of Oshawa A plea which arises out - ast experiences oing Christmas shoppin, In the stores of Oshawa In the last few days Before Christmas comes. These are days when the Employees of stores are Terribly harassed by th Crowds of people a streaming x all asking For service at once, while The clerks in the stores, Working extra hours, are All pressed to the lim Of endurance and patience take care Of customers' needs. Frankly we wonder how These store employees Are able to stand up to The terrific strain placed On them by the crowds Of Christmas shoppers Who, as we have noticed Are entirely callous to The effect on the clerks Of the insistent calls Of impatient people. it We believe these workers In the Oshawa stores Are trying their best to Give all their customers The best of attention, And they do it smilingly, In spite of tired limbs, Aching feet and nerves Almost shattered br the Steady crowd of shoppers Who show them very Little consideration. So we would appeal to all Our citizens to be more Thoughtful and considerate Of the store employees During the Christmas rush. in the face of our worsening econ- omic situation, these will all be horrified by Mr. Cote's adherence to the immoral policy of demand- ny more money for less work. Ps on the Liberal benches, who approved this higher postal rate and pushed it through even in the face of bitter Opposition disapprov- al, are now tasting a little of their own medicine, Last Christmas, as Parliament was in session, they had the right to send out all their TORTURED TO DEATH FRANKFUR, West (Reuters)--The director of a man Catholic haven for priests e pelled from the East said tod Albanian Communists Archbishop Vinzens Prennushi, € of Durazzo, in a wooden cage stu ded with iron points and rolled at regular intervals until he wi dead of his injuries. mail free of stamp under their a liamentary frank. This year, Par- liament is not sitting in December so they cannot use the frank and must instead buy postage stamps for every Christmas card ter send out. With an average of cards each, and if the five cent rate is applicable on each, this will cost them nearly $40 each. That makes it quite an expensive vote of approval they gave to Mr, Cote's higher postal rates. Ottawa Urges Provinces Hurry Trans-Canada Road OTTAWA (CP)--The federal gov- ernment has appealed to the prov- inces to speed trans-Canada high- way construction partly as a means to meet the threat of un- employment, it was learned au- thoritatively Wednesday night. The minister is understood to have expressed regret that work on the highway--now little more than one-quarter complete--hag not proceeded more rapidly. But he admitted some of the delays have been unavoidable. WORTHWHILE PROJECT Mr, Winters is said to have added that at this time when pro- vincial and federal governments want to achieve a high level of employment, it would appear that the trans-Canada highway was a worthwhile project to be pushed ahead. The 5,000-mile coast-to-coast road was begun in 1950. Under the trans- Canada highway agreement the provinces do the work and the fed- eral government shares the eost on a 50-50 basis with the provincial governments providing construc- tion meets federal standards. 75 Men Fight Montreal Fire MONTREAL (CP)--More than 75 firemen using six streams Fri- day night brought a two-alarm fire on east-end St. Catherine street under control, but the three- storey building was described by fire officials as a "total loss." Traffic on St. Catherine street was tied up for more than three hours and smoke at one time cov- ered a two-block area. No one was injured, although three families were forced onto the street. IN DAYS GONE BY 15 YEARS AGO S. C. Brooks was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch, Cana- dian Legion for 1940 by acclama- tion, Work was started on the con- struction of the new Biltmore Theatre on King Street East. Postmaster General Hon: C. G. Poveer officiated at the opening of a new post office in Beaverton, Whitby went over its objective of $3000 in a Red Cross cam- paign. The Oshawa Citizen's Commit- tee for assisting troops decided to supply sports equipment for -the Ontario Regiment, Oshawa's Christmas Cheer Com- mittee launched a campaign for $2,000 to finance its work, Plans were initiated to provide a big Christmas dinner and en- tertainment for the troops station- ed in Oshawa. U.S. GIFT NEW DELHI (CP) -- Medical supplies worth more than $100,- 000 were presented to the Indian health minister by U.S. ambassa- dor 'George Allen as an emer- gency gift for relief of people in India's flood areas Alderman J. C. Anderson, KC, and Alderman Finlay M. Dafoe an- nounced they would be candidates for Mayor for 1940. Oshawa received a subsidy cheque for $39,241 from the On- tario government, the cheque being personally delivered by Attorney- | General Hon. G. D. Conant, Oshawa's Labor Representation Committee named a slate of eight candidates for council, four tor board of education and two for the public utilities commission. CLASSIFIED ADS Times-Gazette Under the split-cost agreement with the nine signing provinces, the federal government committed i- self to spend up to a maximum of $150,000,000 by Dec. 9, 1956, when the agreement expires. HIGH TOTALS Up to Dec. 4 the federal ern- ment had paid a total of 1620, 994 on trans-Canada highway work, matching a similar total from the provinces. Contractural commit- ments by the provinces on that date totalled $172,977,971, and b the federal government $86,488,985, Government informants said that since it is obvious the highway the cannot be finished by the 1956 Will make deadline, another federal-provineial conference must be called to re- new the agreement so the work can be continued to completion. announce Jd. Baker as Toronto, Ont. i ind offices of Thomas | Ltd., 40 Dundas Street East] JACK J. BAKER Thomas Adams Distilless Li oe ert Kt Relations for the Provinee o| Ontario. Mr. Baker the RCAF. d II. He is well known OXI 1 and service organizations i World Wa Jive it dam. M-1 on Y moderation | Jean paul Richter Men who think of tomorrow practice moderation wip] | 3 nly deeds gir strngth to life, | J