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y™ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE A Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S. Oshawa, Ont, Page 6 Wednesday, November 20, 1957 British Farmer Wins World | Championship For Wheat, A British farmer has given the wheat growers of the Canadian West a very severe jolt. For the first time since world championships were inaug- urated at the Royal Winter Fair, the world wheat championship has gone to England. A. Davidson, of Manningtree, Essex, England is the new wheat champion. He sent his entry ovef to Canada, and walked away with the title in competition with the top wheat grawers of this country and the United States. - Another unusual factor in this con- test is that previously the world champ- ionship had always been won by a hard spring variety of wheat grown on the western prairies. This year, it was awarded to a soft winter wheat vari- ety grown in England. Never since the Royal Winter Fair was started in 1922 has this sort of thing happened. It is small wonder that the western grain growers were shocked at losing a title they had thought was exclusively their own. Mr. Davidson of England--although he went to that country from his nat. ive Scotland--is to be congratulated on achieving this remarkable success. It is indeed a feather in the cap of British agriculture to have produced the world's finest wheat. At the same time, his victory is a challenge to Canadian wheat growers. It shows they no longer have a mon- opoly on the world's wheat title. This means they will have to make greater | efforts than ever before in selection, growing and cleaning of wheat if this championship award is to be brought back to Canada. Suggest New Job For Pearson We are very much intrigued by to- day's column on this page by Patrick Nicholson, special Ottawa correspond- ent to The Times-Gazette. In it, he springs a story to the effect that a new United Nations post is likely to be tendered to the Hon. Lester B. Pear- son, former Canadian minister for ex- ternal affairs, and winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize. Mr, Nicholson suggests that Mr. Pearson is in the running to be appoint- ed chairman of a new United Nations standing committee on disarmament. This would be a permanent, full time post, and its acceptance would move Mr, Pearson out of the realm of Can- adian politics. «We see some ohyious flaws in Pat Nicholson's reasoning on this touchy subject. For one thing, if a Canadian is, wanted for that United Nations' post, we just cannot see the govern- ment of Canada agreeing to the nam- Threat To Unity One finds it very difficult to under- stand the reasoning of the British and United States governments in sending shipments of armaments to Tunisia over the atrong protests of Irance. Coming at a time when the need for complete unity of the NATO nations is a paramount consideration, this a.- tion, to us, looks like a piece of block- headed folly. Why Britain and the Un.ted States should deliberately, and in agreement with each other, embark on a course bound to antagonize and infuriate the French government is incomprehensi- le. The excuse that if the west did not supply tre arms required by Tu- nicia, they would come from Commu- nist sources by way of Egypt does not seem sufficient to risk incurring the enmity of one of the most vital mem- bers of the NATO partnership. Tunisia, until recently, was a French colony. After long and bitter fighting, it won its gndependence and secured Bits Of Verse CAMPUS PARK I will bring the young child, I will sit under dn oak, under the green, leafed morning, 1 will watch how child-attention flits along with butterflies, deriving meaning from each acorn husk, each blade of grass, from leaf-shadows shaken out of sun, how his ear detects the fountain's plash long before his eye, so that he runs erratieally toward it, though he knows I must catch him part way, as he goes DAISY STIEBER SQUADRA The Daily Times-Gazette 7. L. WILSON, Wublisher ena General Mcnager. C. GWYN *'NSEY, Editor. M. McINY JRE HOOD, Editor (Editorial page). The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), com- pining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gozette ona Chronicle (established 1863), is published Joily (Sundays and statutory nolidoys ex- cepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Assoglation, The . Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cifetilation and the Ontario Provincial Bailles Associo- tion The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches In the pape credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and aiso the local news published theein, All rights of special despatches are glo rwaerved ices: 44 King Street West, Toronte, Ontarles othcart St, Montreal, P.Q. - 40. SUBSCRIPTION RATES livered carriers In Oshawa, Whitby, ith Ph Mo Brooklin, Port Perry, icke: Bhar Mo le Grove, Hampton, Frenchmom Liverpool, Taunton, tyrone, rion Orono, Leskard and Newcastle not over 30c ail (in province of Ontario) outside carrier Bivens areas. 12.00. Elsewhere 15.00 per yeor. AVERAGE DAILY NEY PAID CIRCULATION AS AT OCT. 31 15.095 Alax, Prince ay, Enniskillen, per week. ing of a strong political opponent, even if it should be Mr. Pearson. So long as a Conservative government is in power, such rich international plums wil! be reserved for the party fuithful, and not for its opponents. Further, we believe Mr. Pearson is fully committed to being a candidate for the Liberal party leadership at the January convention. He in fact, out in front as the candidate most like- ly to be elected. We cannot conceive of him removing himself from the Canadian political scene at this junce ture to take a U.N. position. So we are wondering if our friend Pat Nicholson has picked up a rumor being circulated with a view to helping Mr. Pearson's opponents in the Lib- eral leadership contest. Such a rumor might, for instance, be very helpful to the chances of Hon. Paul Martin, In any event, we do not take the rumor very seriously. Of Nato self-government. : France, however, would not supply arms for the newly- organized Tunisian army, because of fears thet these arms might find their way across the border into Algeria to stiffen the rebel forces fighting against France there. It is not at all surprising tha. the French government should regard the supplying of arms to Tunis- ia by Britaii. and the United States as an unfriendly act. At the present juncture in world af- fairs, preservaticn of complete unity and co-operation in the NATO partner- ship is vital to the safety of the west- ern world, Anything which imperils that unity is to be deplored. The dang- er of Tunisia accepting arms from Egypt does not weigh in the balance as nearly as important as keeping NATO together. By imposing a threat to NA- TO Britain and the United States have done a distinct disservice to the cause of the free world. is, Fa) Editorial Notes The cynical newspaper reporter says an orator is a public speaker whose audience would be better off if he were addressing envelopes. Other Editor's Views PICKED BY WINDSORS (FROM TIME) Baltimore's most exclusive cemetery, Green Mount, was rumored as the place where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arranged to be buried. The Duchess' family, Baltimore's Warfields, has long owned a plot in the now sold-out graveyard. Though the Windsors de- nied any plans for the final repose in Green Mount, Warfield family sources confirmed that the Windsors had negotiated for space. If the duke indeed becomes the first ex-king of Eng- land to be buried in the New World, one of his near neighbors will be Lincolns' assassin, John Wilkes Booth ? WILL SPEEDERS SEE IT? (Sherbrooke Record) City employes were out the other day paint- fng "Slow" im large letters on Sherbrooke's most popular speedway, Portland Avenue. The only trouble is that most motorists who use the street go so fast they won't be able to read the warning. Bible Thoughts We do not hear much about Andrew but we hea¥ much of to Christ his I'hat was brother. whom he' brought a big day's work He first findeth his own brother and brought him to Jesus.--John 41:43, / / WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE 3 MAC'S MEDITATIONS GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Security Said First Wish For Nearly Nine In Ten By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Interest among Canadians in "job security" continues at an even higher level than it did ten years ago. Today well on to nine in ten adults would prefer a steady job, with moderate pay, to a more insecure job, even though the earnings were larger, Overwhelming concern with se- curity changes very little with the experience of age or with the type of work involved. In 1949, when the Gallup Poll assessed the attitude of the pub- lic on job security, versus highe er wages, 85 per cent chose se- curity. Today the figure has ris- en to 87 per cent The study shows that there is a rather higher degree of con- cern for-job security among skil- led and unskilled labor segments of the population, than among citizens in executive and profes- sional work. Question put to a national cross-section of the voting public, in 1949, and for today's report was the same: "Some people like a job which pays well even if it is not secure, others prefer a steady job that may not pay so much. Which would you prefer -- The secure, or the better paying job?" Steady job even if 1949 Today pay moderate 8% 87% Better pay, even if job insecure Can't say 2 4 Among young Canadians in their twenties, there is slightly less €bncern with - security but not . much. Men and women in their twenties pick security first by 86 per cent. This rises to 87 per cent in the thirties and for- ties, and 89 per cent when citi- zens are fifty and over. An analysis of how those with income in the various major oc- cupational groups feel shows that there is little difference in the point of view of men and women whether they are in clerical and sales work, in skilled or unskilled labor categories, or whether they earn their living on the farms of the nation. Only among profes- sional workers, business execu- tives and self-employed citizens is the proportion somewhat low- er. QUEEN'S PARK Cheaper Hydro In Fringe Areas By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazette TORONTO -- There seems to be considerable misunderstand- ing regarding Hydro's new rural rate reductions No one seems too clear as to just who they will cover, when they will apply and how many people will be affected. So far as a reporter can tell, there is a lot that Hydro itself still has to figure out. But essentially, it would ap- pear, the reductions are designed primarily to cover essentially su- burban users in rural rate areas. With the expansion of so many ¢ommunities taroughout the province, there have been a large number of consumers who have located in fringe areas just outside the regular rate zones. They are not farmers, and they aren't as costly to service as is the regular rural user. But they have had to pay the high rural rate. ' To compensate for this the com- mission has now gives them a special_rate structure. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER The new rates will be effective as-of Dec. 1; but it will be a few months before the saving is shown on custoniers bills With raral billing, which Hydro handles itself, set over two and three' months periods, it will be Jan. 31 before some customers FOR BETTER HEALTH see the reduction and Feb. 28 for others. Still to be settled is exactly what users' will be granted the new rate. So far as can be found out there is no exact formula, as yet, for classifying those who are eligible and those who aren't. At the present time, officials report, a review of rural users is being made and those who are to get the reduction will be desig- nated. Presumably this will be done through some formula on density of population, but it will have to be elastic to cover a variety of situations. MORE FARMS The further change in rural policy is the extension of the free line distance from one-third of a mile to two-thirds. This will be particularly help- ful in sections of Northern On- tario and other sparsely occupied areas It means that many farms which can't get service now, be- cause .of prohibitive . cost, will have the benefit of electricity. The extension of the limit is something that has been asked for for years. Incidentally, credit for the im- provement in rural service un- doubtedly goes to the presence on the commission of the Hon. Ray Connell, a working farmer who lives in a fringe area himself. New Chemicals Can Be Threat To Your Health By HERMAN BUNDESEN, M.D. I don't think any informed person will question the fact that many new chemicals, such as DDT and others with which you are familiar, have made life a good deal easier and more pleas- ant, ¢ At the same time, however, hey have complicated the over- all heatlh picture. As more and more chemicals are brought into- fumes, everyday use around the home, inn the factory and on the farm, the number of potentially harm- ful exposures to chemicals in- creases, too SERIOUS PROBLEM Actually, a recent discussion on the problem by the American Medical Association's Committee, on Toxicology and Committee on Pesticides reported that the prob Jem is more serious than the average person realizes, Many of us, for example, have very small amounts of DDT stored in the fat in our bodies. There appears, however, to be ly no danger in such a situ m" even though {t is so widespread. Rtndise fndioate Thad wa san store DDT in additional quanti. ties only for about a year. After that, our bodies store no more, no matter how much we take in. One particular survey failed to vield a single case of an illness related to DDT. : Other chemicals, however, do present a certain . amount of danger. We can breathe into our lungs such substances as vapors, dust, gases and mists. We. can swallow other substances along with water and food. And we can absorb - still © others through the skin, eyes and ears I can't begin to describe all the possible dangerous elements, There are more than 500 of them in household use alone, CONSTANT EXPOSURE All along the line, from indus- trial workers to processors, to distributors, to agricultural or household users, persons are continually exposed to them. It's almost impossible to avpid them, So the best way of protecting vourself is to 1 labels and .in- structions care Whether vou ate processing food or cleaning the house, follow instructions srovided by your bosz ar the MAC'S MUSINGS RY We '¢annot help feeling As we note the great Indifference of Canadians Towards public affairs That most of our people Do not always appreciate The privileges they enjoy In our life in Canada. By living in this country Our citizens enjoy the Right to think and to Vote as they please, The right to worship in The way they think best The right to walk the Streets as free men who Are the equal of those Who sit in seats of power, Among our privileges are The right to be secure Against arbitrary laws; The right to trial by Judge and jury instead Of having to submit to Court-martial or military Courts with sentences of Exile to concentration Camps where death comes From simply rotting away. We have the right to live Under a government which Derives iis power from The popular vote of The people it governs; The right to follow Under out own ideas, The pursuit of liberty And search for. happiness. These are ideals we have Won because men have Fought and died for them, But we must ever be on Our guard and cherish Them so that no one Wil] take them from us. BOUQUETS Enjoyed Trip Through Plant The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir, The Grade 4 pupils of Mrs. Valleau's room of North Simcoe School wish to thank you for the opportunity of visiting the print ing department of The Times- Gazette last Friday afternoon. 'We also wish to thank our guides, Mrs. Dawson, Mr. Cline and Mr. Young, for explaining the use of the machines and answering our questions. We enjoyed our visit very much as it proved very helpful in. our social studies work. Yours sincerely, BARBARA BURR, (On behalf of our class and M Valleau.- manufacturer of the chemical you are using. In other words, follow the age- old advice: 'Use according to directions." QUESTION AND ANSWER ¢ E. D.: My 10-month-old daugh- ter sweats profusely on the soles of her feet. What do you advise? Answer: The sweating may be due to some instability of her sympathetic nervous. system. No cure is known. It is not a matter for great concern, for it will not cause permanent disability in the ehild, AN Sees Winter Fair 'Glamorous Event By M. McINTYRE HOOD The Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, held in the Coliseum at the Toronto Exhibition grounds, is as glamorous as ever, and holds its place of pre-eminence as the greatest annual show of its kind on the North American continent, if not, indeed, in the world. For some years past, we have made a practice of attending on the opening day of the big Fair. We were there as usual this year, and found that the Winter Fair still holds a tremendous popular appeal, and rightly so. There are so many facets to this great agricultural show- window of Canada that it is dif- ficult to take them all in on a single visit. We have always found it so, and yet there are some features to which we are irresistibly drawn year year. GREAT FLOWER SHOW The flower show is one of them, It is superlative in its beauty and its magnificent sweep of color. Each year we say we have never seen anything like it. Pro- fessional flower growers and aorists vie with each other, and with parks departments and outstanding amateurs in provid- ing the ultimate in the floral beauty of the season. One stands amazed in front of the wonder- ful displays of huge chrysanthe- mums, in a wide range of colors and of many varieties, They take one's breath away. Our own ef- forts to grow hardy chrysanthe- after gp mums seem; so insignificant when one sees what can be done with this flower. The rose display is also breath- taking, This year, it was cen- tred with a large operating fer- ris wheel of which each seat was a glorious basket of perfect roses of many shades and colors. In fact, the whole flower show alone would absorb much more than the average visitor has to give to it. WONDERFUL CATTLE We like wandering through the cattle barns, and seeing the finest specimens of beef and dairy battle to be found on the North American continent. In addition to herds from every province of Canada, there were scores of the best animals from the United States, to make the oyal a truly international show. The huge cattle building was filled to capacity, and all of the Canadian breeds were rep- resented. GLAMOROUS HORSE SHOW The evening horse show is, of course, the most glamorous fea- ture of the Royal Winter Fair, In addition to being an agricul- tural feature with the emphasis on horses, "it is possibly the big- gest social event of the year for the upper ten of Toronto society, The boxes are filled with men in full evening dress with silk hats, hunting pink providing a relief from the sombre black of the evening coats. The ladies appear in the latest evening dress crea- OTTAWA REPORT Pearson May Get Important Post By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazeite OTTAWA -- A perstent report has been circulating here to the effect that Hon. Lester B. Pear- son will be offered a very im- portant post at the United Na- tions. THe job: Chairman of a standing committee on world dis- armament whose job would be first to negotiate a disarmament agreement, and then to ensure that all nations observe that agreement. This would be perhaps the most important job of any kind any- where in the world: It would be a fitting task for the winner of the Nobel peace prize, as Mr. Pearson is. Being a permanent job, it would necessitate, Mr. Pearson withdrawing from the Canadian political scene; but this is the third serious rumor of a job for Mike which would cause that withdrawal. The first con- cerned the secretary-generalship iid | oa the 40th anniversary of the Rus- sian revolution. But I saw our first Ukrainian-Canadian cabinet minister sitting in his seat in Parliament, where he was at. tendng to his business as minis- ter of labor, at the time when perhaps somebody like him was seen sipping vodka at the Com- munists' celebration. I appreciated being invited to that party myself, but was un- able to go at the last minute as I wanted to hear the debate in Parliament on the proposals to increase and broaden the applica- tion of war veterans' allowances, The most noticed rookie in the new Parliament is the new Social Credit member from Okangan Boundary Frank Christian. Three things win him this palm: his great height, his loud voice, and that screaming tie. The tie will wear out -- we hope; the height we will get accustomed to. But that voice is likely to be in- creasingly respected and wel. comed as it is heard more often. tions, topped with ermine and mink. Thus the audience in itself . provides 3 colorful spectacle. Attention was focused on the opening ceremonies, in which Rt. Hon, John Diefenbaker, prime minister of Canada, was the cen. tral figure. His address was brief and to the point, As a wes- terner, he expressed disa ment that the world wheat cham. pionship, for the first time since it was established, was not won by a western wheat-grower. This award, the most important of the grain classes in the show, went to an English grower from Essex county, England. Mr. Diefen- baker congratulated him warm. ly, but intimated that his success should be challenge to Canadian wheat-growers. to recapture . that crown for Canada. SEVEN COUNTRIES 3 This year, the international Jumping Sompetitions are more glamorous than ever. Seven countries are represented --- Are. gentina, Chile, Mexico, Ri of Ireland, Great Britain, the .. United States and Canada. Their horses are the pick of their coun. tries, the riders their most skill. ed. We were interested in seein; Miss Pat Smythe of England, who has won the repmtation of being the leading winner of jumping competitions in Britain and Europe. On opening night, the interna- tional competition was at the in- dividual level, Seven competitors had a clean performance. Miss Smythe showed wonderful form, but kfocked down one obstacle for a score of four faults. In the first jump-off, four of the seven again were perfect. In the final test, in which time was taken into consideration, there were two perfect performances, but a United States horse: had the fastest time and took first place, with Great Britain second, an- other United States horse third and the Pepublic of Ireland fourth. These jumping competitions are tremendously thrilling, and the huge crowd rises magnifi- cently to the occasion when a horse completes the course with- out a fault. The ovation given te the winner is tremendous. SIX-HORSE TEAMS Another spectacular event of the opening evening was the dis- play of six-horse teams of Bel- gian horses. Six teams, drawing heavy wagons, and with their harness a mass of shining brass and polished leather, entered the ring, while their drivers gave a remarkable exhibition of skill in driving them around the arena. The horzes were beautiful in their massiveness. , Even ale though the two top awards went to teams from the United States, the placings were popular w the crowd and drew sustained applause,' There were many other events, such as a large class of trotters avith their * sulkies, which ca reened around the ring at racing * speed and aroused the '€heer and probably raised the blood pressure--of the great audience. Truly, the Royal Wfnter Fair- is well worth visiting. We would hate to miss it each year as opening night comes around. Our only regret is that in this busy life in Oshawa there are not more days and evenings to spare of the United Nations; the the similar work at the Paris headquarters of the North Atfan- tic Treaty Organization. YOUR INCOME TAX Evasion of the payment of the due amount of income tax is so widely practised that the depart- ment of national revenue has to use other methods in addition to the returns®which each taxpayer compiles himself. One of these "'other methods" is said to be the registration of new motor cars. If you buy a Cadillac, your in- come tax returns are automati- cally investigated, according to reports here. This system of checking on the tax payments by people who hove a high visible way of life is not new. In fact in France there has long been a system of revising tax returns so that in- dividuals are taxed not on their declared income but on their vis- ible standard of living. REMEMBER BARBARA ANN? Several years ago this capital produced a preity little girl who rapidly became Canada's sweet- heart as a skating champion: Barbara Ann Scott. She won every honor open to her as an amateur skater, and then drew enormous crowds to see her per- form as a professional exhibition skater. After a short but meteoric career, she married a wealthy young business man in Chicago and settled down as a happily married woman. In her career, she earned a total figure reported to be just short of $1,000,000; the grasp of the tax collectors in many coun- tries, and her incidental legal and other expenses, Jusitied way those fabulous earnings. the Yn of it all, Barbara Ann was left with something ap- proaching $200,000, That is not a bad figure as net earnings after tax for a person in her 20s, but the tax collectors and others took some $750,000 as their share of the Barbara Ann "gate." Has Hon. Michael Starr got a double? A Toronto newspaper re- ported that he was seen attend- ing the reception at the Russian Embassy- here held to celebrate "If you say 'aint', dangle a participle and split an in- finitive now and then -- so what!" says authority Dr. Evans. "So did Shakespeare and Kipling!" This week in the Star Weekly read what is happening to our English language -- also, the per- sonal story of the Bank of Canada's J. E. Coyne,~Star Weekly is on sale every- where} 4 to re-visit #. get there LAST get there RELAXED Leave Toronto 6.15 p.m. Daily Only 1 night on the train te Only 2 nights on the train te SASKATOON EDMONTON JASPER Only 3 nights on the train to VANCOUVER Information and reservations from C. E. CORNELIUS, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, ks 3 King St. W., Oshawa, Ont Ce a Rh mT Rts a Bs wg Phone RA 3-4122