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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 6 Wednesday, April 10, 1957 No Outstanding Issue Seen Yet In Federal Election With the federal election pot be- ginning to boil, we have been looking " {nto the crystal ball for outstanding {ssues which might have an effect on the general result. So far, we have not been able to come up with any- thing that looks like a red-hot election {ssue that will arouse the electorate to fever heat. There just is not anything like that on the horizon, at the mo- ment of writing. Of course, such is- sues might crop up as the election campaign develops, but they are not within the range of our vision at the moment. Had the election taken place last year, immediately after the vicious House of Commons battle over the loan to the Trans-Canada Pipe Line Company, that might have been an ef- fective issue. But today it is as dead as the dodo for election purposes. Subsequent events have proven that the actions taken by the government, violently opposed by the opposition parties, were justified by their results, and so that ends that. The opposition is not likely to make an issue of some- thing that might redound to the credit of the government. There may be an attempt to make. an issue of the often-heard-charges that the government has usurped the prerogatives of parliament, but that is not a question that is liable to get the public excited. Their reaction to such academic issues has never been pronounced. They are likely to feel that if some other party had been in power, it might have acted in exactly the same way as the present govern- ment has done in that regard. Of course, much will be heard of the argument that the present gov ernment has been in power too long, and is becoming flabby and effete, There might be some truth in that. In fact, we suspect there is, but to tell the people that because of this it is time for a change is not going to arouse the people into any degree of hysterical enthusiasm. No, as we see it, there is nothing on the horizon that looks like a major election issue, but there is no telling . what might transpire when the party leaders really go to bat. Pembroke Protest Unwise Action taken by the town council of Pembroke, Ontario, reminds us of what happened in Oshawa some 20 years ago when plans were being made for the building of Highway 401. The On- tario Department of Highways is do- ing work on construction of part of Highway 17, between Ottawa and North Bay, as a secondary Trans- Canada route. In its plans, there is provision for the new road to by-pass the town of Pembroke. So the town council of Pembroke has decided to make a protest to the highways de- partment against the town being by- passed, using the old familiar ery of merchants losing business because of that. Our advice to the Pembroke town eouncil would to be take another look at the plans before lodging an offi- eial protest. They might well take a lesson from what happened in Oshawa. When the plans for Highway 401 were being developed, there was great out- ery because it was to pass through Oshawa near Bloor street, instead of through the centre of the city. Busi- ness people wanted it on King Street. Others suggested that there be an east- bound highway on King street and a westbound highway on Bond street. Protests were sent to the highways department. The city council became involved in the protest. Yet today it is realized that the by- passing of the business section by Highway 401 was a mighty good thing for Oshawa. One can visualize what would have happened to the business section if any effort had been made to drive that broad four-lane highway, with its boulevard and shoulders, along the line of King street. The business places on that street would simply have been wiped out. Once it was realized what kind of highway No. 401 was go- ing to be, however, the protests died out and the departmental plans were accepted and approved by the city council. ; With Oshawa's experience in mind, we feel the Pembroke town council should be commending the highways department on its foresight rather than making protests. Trading With Commonwealth Membership in the British Com- monwealth of Nations may seem at times an intangible sort of thing, con- noting only a common allegiance to the crown and voluntary association of free nations. Yet it has proved to be more than that. It has proved to be a very substantial factor in promoting the welfare of the various countries which are within the Commonwealth. One aspect of this is seen in the re- port that in 1956, British Common- wealth countries provided a market for over a billion dollars worth of Cana- dian goods. This was an increase of give per cent over the 1955 figures. At the exact total of $1056 million, these exports represented more than sne-fifth of the total exports of Can- ada, and more than half of this coun- try's shipments to countries outside of North America. This Commonwealth trade picture "$s in' resting. The greatest relative in- clease were in exports to Pakistan, the Union of South Africa, and the Brit- ish West Indies, and there was an increase of $44 million in shipments to the United Kingdom. On the import side, 1956 brought a The Daily Times-Gazette T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager, M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Editor. 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DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR FEBRUARY 14,268 ily Press, Audit Bureau of 168 per cent increase in Canadian pur- chases from the Commonwealth, This was largely because of larger ship- ments of manufactured metal goods and textiles from the United Kingdom, and a good growing movement of bauxite and alumina from Jamaica and British Guiana to smelters in Can- ada. Most of Canada's imports of sugar came from the British West Indies, Mauritius and other Common- wealth countries. One of the interesting aspects of this trade was the relatively high propor. tion of manufactured goods among Canada's exports to countries other than the United Kingdom. These in- cluded farm implements to British East Africa, gas engines to Mauritius, watches to Rhodesia and Nyasaland, synthetic resins to South Africa, chemicals to Ghana, tires to Ceylon, fountain pens to Malaya and Singa- pore, whiskey to Bermuda, textiles to British Guiana and iron pipes and tubes to Australia, And all of this makes it seems quite obvious that there are great economic benefits which this country derives from being a member of the Common- wealth, Editorial Notes One thing is sure--that if we had all the things we want to have, we would have a hard job finding where to put them. Other Editors' Views CHOICE NEHRU OR CHAOS (Philadelphia Bulletin))) ) It is sometimes fempting to outsiders to find a wry pleasure in seeing Mr. Nehru em- barassed at home by the same nationalistic tendéncies he delights in his bald teid NOT OUT YET GALLUP POLL OF CANADA cat MAC'S MEDITATIONS Square Dancing And Education By M. McINTYRE HOOD We believe that when a person has strong convictions on a sub- ject, he should have the Suurage of convictions and be wil ing to Supless them nels, ess o many people may agree with them. So today we are vioing away out on a b yitte 2omuthing that nay not ar, a ough we an idea that down in hearts, a great many of the parents of Osh- awa will agree us, even if they may not so . We peo) A Ring letters to the. editor on what may become a controver- sial subject. And here is the subject -- "Is an instruction in square essential or desirable cation in should square dancing. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Square danc| has been intro- duced into the el of Oshawa under the hysical education. It does not, owever, fall in line with our con- cept of physical education when it is allowed to dominate the thinking and monopolize the time of staff and students as it is do- ing today. We believe that this week competitions in square dancing, between teams from all of the public schools, is being held. It will doubtless be quite a colorful display. But we wonder how many hours of basic educa- tion in the fundamentals have been lost beca: sity of for these Bh, school children think of it all, We do room teac! of them -- have talked have oul 8 838285158 fae Bek 28g" Fic , g AL i week 80 ago, because of the classrooms, the children had come in from the mud outside, and, after Back the desks, went into a plastered with mud en & ify i Hi § i § gs E ® hb £ lt he SEE oF 8 8 EE 2 2 g Ji i ii : Sours of hard labor to scrape it ma off. This is not imagination. An irate caretaker insisted that some H members of the Board of Educa- tion go down to the school and see the mess for themselves. some of them went. BEING OVERDONE We have nothing against square dancing in itself. But we do be- lieve it is being overdone in our public schools today. And we also OTTAWA REPORT Poll Taken Across Canada Debate Involves Reveals Personal Facts By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Who has fallen in love at first sight? Fallen asleep in church? Lied about their age? When you come down to it, how many Canadians know what it is to light the wrong end of a filter cigarette? Who has fallen in love at first sight? How many have been patients in a hospital? And who has fallen asleep in church? As its own Enquiring Reporter, the Gallup Poll set out to discover how many Canadians have actu- ally experienced a range of ex- periences covering the give and take of day-by-day life in any nation. Men and women, twenty- one years and over, in a scientific cross section of the nation ans. wered a quiz on a host of per- sonal and not-so-personal ques- iota, with many surprising re sults. Here are some of the findings. Only one in ten has served on a jury, with eight times as many men having this experience, as women. One in three knows what it is to light the wrong end of a filter cigarette,' About three in ten have fallen in love at first sight -- a propor- tion fairly closely divided as be- tween men and women, _ About eight in ten know what it is to be a patient in a hospital, with more women likely to be there, than men. . Four in ten have seen a bur- lesque show, But there are likely to be almost twice as many men in any such audience, as women, One in four Canadians have been interviewed by Gallup Poll reporters, an experience divided evenly between the men and wo- men of the provinces. The honesty of the average citizen is shown in the codlestin by one third of the nation, that they have fallen asleep in church while about a quarter have over. drawn their checking accounts. How many men have whistled at a strange woman, sometime in their life? Four in tem men boast that' they have done so, with a bare majority denying it. But eight in ten women have never, never winked at a strange man. Who has been out on an all- night party? Among men -- 62 per cent; among women only 47 per cent, Women, however, take the lead in mis-stating their age, and don't mind. admitting it, About a third of the feminine population frank- ly agree they have done this. as compared to about a quarter of tiie nation's men. World Copyright Reserved QUEEN'S PARK MacDonald Affair Seen As Delicate By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Dally Times-Gazette TORONTO--At some later date when not too close to it, there shall be comment here on the "MacDonald" incident. At time of writing, it is much too fresh. It was one of the most delicate matters that has been handled in this House in many years, The integrity and reputation of four members, including the CCF leader, were put on a platter for the public. Inevitably there were many ac- cusations, including some very strong statements, cast back and forth. Equally inevitably there was politics involved, and political con- siderations played a part. And finally it was a very com- plex incident. SOME BASIS At this stage one can say there is no question there was some right on the CCF leader's side, nd one can't dispute the fact that he probably had some form of censure coming to him. If one were so inclined, how- ever, it wouldn't he hard to find full justification for either side. It Is an emotional matter, and even in a straight report it would be difficult to state a case with anything like full fairness. TRENDS REVEALED The incident revealed certain trends, and perhaps weaknesses, in the 25th Legislature which have been becoming more and more apparent, hey are trends which to some degree have also been evident at Ottawa where there also is an over-balanced House. They are part of the basic strue- ture of our democratic system and merit discussion. And at this point it would ap- pear that the MacDonald incident perhaps reflects many, if not all of them, : One of the very trends in ques- tion is a tendency to rush in and ive rash judgments, opinions and ecisions. On a serious matter such as this it is better to look at it from the coolness of distance. FINAL SESSION CLOSED "Coolness" particularly 'because one of the actions of the privileges and elections committee which passed judgment on Mr, MacDon- ald was to close its final session to the public and press, This is an action which gets any newspaper man "hot." "Hot," perhaps firstly, because he is being denied news. ) But also because he feels it is an infringement of our principle that public business should be done in public and that it is {'cow- ardly" to evade public discussion by meeting behind closed doors. Later, we will report to you on the whole matter, BYGONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO G. F. Shreve was ap) general manager of the ublic Utilities Commission as successor to the late Charles T. Barnes. inted shawa The annual dinner of the offi. cer's mess of the Ontario Regi- ment was held at the Genosha Hotel with about 100 persons pres- ent, many coming from Toronto, Brampton, Georgetown and Whit- by. Major Albert Stroud, presi- dent of the mess, presided over the gram and among those toasting the officers were Major Pat Hennessey of the General Headquarters staff, Toronto; Lt.- Col. F, J. Picking, provincial president of the Canadian Le- gion; M.- M. H provincial vice - president, Canadian Le- jon; W. H. Moore, MP; Col. . 8. McLaughlin and Lt.-Col, R. B. Smith, W. E. N. Sinclair, KC, MPP, donated a handsome silver cup to be competed for among the own baliwick. But this is a dangerous indul- gence. Troublesome as he may be, Mr. Nehru is infinitely to be preferred to the chaos which would ensue if his hand ceased to guide India ia these formative years. hecker players of South Ontario. The cup was on display at 8. S. Roblin's store at Whitby and en- tries to the contest were receiv- ed by William Stone. John J. Burns, mushroom grow- er of Oshawa, announced his lans for the establishment of a arge mushroom growing plant in Whitby. Mr. Burns acquired, throngh Reeve Albert W. Jackson of Wh by 125 acres of land, part of the .W H, Balsdon farm on Dundas street west, just inside the Whitby town limit. The plans of Mr. Burns called for the erec- tion of two large one-storey bulld- ings of a 'specially constructed pe and the contract had been let to Albert V. Swail of Oshawa. At a meeting of the club coun- cil of the Oshawa Rotary Club, announcement was made of the results of the election of directors for the next club year, The fol lowing members of the club were declared elected: A. F. Annis, Dr, . F, Cannon, T, K, M. Gilbert, D W. J. Langmaid, L. F. McLaugh. lin, C. E, McTavish, R, 8. Mor- phy and Dr. S. .J Phillips. The Vimy Ball held in the Armories brought to a close a season of dances sponsored by the Oshawa Branch of the Cana- dian Legion as well as the cele- bration of the victory of Vimy Ridge in which the Canadian Corps played so great a part. Bowers of ferns and pots of mauve schzanthus from Park- wood Conservatories, kindly do- A host of yo le Just finishing poss Y Courses in the Teachers' College and seeking their First appointments to Start out on their Careers as teachers, We were impressed by the Eager young faces of the Applicants, who saw before Them Spportunities to Meet and conquer their New world of service in Which they would be able To utilize the skills And knowledge which had Been imparted to them. But what was even more Important was the fact That they seemed to know They were important people And that the tasks which Lie ahead of them in Educating our children Were a challenge to them nd they seemed eager measure up to it. We liked the attitudes And the great aptitude For self-expression in Thess young people whe Will be teaching in our Schools of Oshawa, because They showed intelligence And an ability to speak For themselves that will Stand them in good stead As they make a start on Their teaching careers, And we only wished that There had been many more That could have been Secured for Oshawa. Speech Freedom By . PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazeite OTTAWA--It is strange how an obvious truth can remain over- looked for years, and then sud- denly some trifling little episode will catch the imagination, and focus everyone's attention upon that one example of the long- neglected truth, So it is with freedom of the press in Canada, and the two famous letters written by Prime Minister St. Laurent to CBC chair- man Davie Dunton. We have heard a lot of double- talk in Parliament, with the prime minister hardly living up to his reputation as a brillant lawyer. He has alleged that he can write a letter to the CBC expressing his displeasure at a broadcast pro- ulous. free ev fam and cons, machines, to be succeeded by one less scrup- The essence of democracy is speech, and 'that includes ireedom of the radio. In our life one of us discusses with or friends the point for and the points against any course of action. The same free discussion and open examination should be permissible in the case of any na- mal policy. It is not hea'thy for any government to atempt to stifle consideration of the pros It is certainly not healthy for any country that news- papers and radio stations should be forcibly converted from public forums into private propaganda And dancing did not originate with this year's Board of It simply inherited it, but I something will have to be done about it. Go by bus. Relax. Enjoy the gram, and Bt have that letter treated just like any other listen- er's comment, say from that less widely known Cana called John Canuck of Punkeydoodles Corners, When the prime minister writes to the chairman of a Crown ecor- tion, that BEE a eu of the boss A a call such a letter * ve compulsion." The lackey receiving it would the implied com- mand. In case, the broad. caster complained of has never since been employed by the CBC, so the effect has been the same as if the prime minister ex- pressed a direct command. It ap- pears indeed to have been "con- structive compulsion." For law- yer St. Laurent to pretend anmy- thing less is either foolish or kna- h. vish. : ATTRACT PUBLIC EYE That episode has attracted wide attention. Yet it is nothing new. ARE EASY LURHAN SUPERIOR FINANCE EXAMPLE OF LOANS LOANS It is in fact a mere continuation of the totalitarianism which has Jong been effective, and with time has been strengthening in Canada. The skunk-hole of this undemo- cratic growth is of course right here in Ottawa. It is a widely- recognized and oft.r d truth You Receive $506.94 Monthly Payments $22.00 $1,52672 || $60.00 - $2,500.00 $98.25 that the plums await those writers or Bend revel who will trans. mute thelr independently eritical faculties into brazen propaganda trumpets for the government, Conversely, newsmen here do not forget that the late W. L, Macken. gle King, while prime minister, took steps to arrange the dis missal of a distinguished news. paper man who was writing erith + the Liberal government's policies, This situation, of course, Is dictatorship. It may be a benevol- $50 - $3,000 WITHOUT ENDORSERS OR BANKARLE SECURITY 17 SIMCOE ST. N. RA 5-6541 OPEN FRIDAY TILL 9 P.M, SATURDAY TILL 1 RM, beauty of the open country side from a comfortable reclining chalr in a luxurious Mighway Traveller and arrive it for fun. f 800000000000 0000a .€ NEW YORK § doys -- $55.51 (From Toronle) Includes return fare by bus, hotel room 4 nights (2 in a room) and 6 sightseeing { tours. 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