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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES- GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE | FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE SOSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE : (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The Thies Puslishing Gempany of Oshawa, Liniltad, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Geazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. x SUBSCRIPTION RATES by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and England $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. subscriptions $9.00 per year. Net Paid Circulation J Average Per Issue 7,73 é APRIL, 1947 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1947 Peace, Perfect Peace In the days when we went to school our teachers were prone to insist.-upon quiet as one of the factors which induced concentration and study. Since then we have read addresses by famous nerve specialists and scientists who gauge the effects of noise upon the human system and the intensity of sounds necessary to bring on nervous break- downs, We only wish some of our teachers and a selected few of the scientists had paid a visit to the news room of The Times-Gazette last week. We would hazard a guess. that they would not have survived the ordeal as well as those who strove under most adverse conditions to meet deadlines and at the same time produce a newspaper with a minimum of eITors. In the first place we had contractors running about with tape measures, 'They were the least of the staff's worries. They did not make a great deal of noise. However, these same contractors had in their employ a group of car- penters who were tearing down and moving'partitions. The noise of hammers and clouds of dust were something else again. Then there were the plumbers who insisted on shouting into holes in partitions to hidden companions. By way of variety workmen chose the same time to operate a floor sander upstairs with such good effect that several reporters went on a safari to find out if a tribe of South African savages had moved ini with their' war drums. If anything more was needed to add to the general confusion, it was supplied by employees of the contractor for the Public Utilities Commission who were using pneumatic drills to dig a trench in the goncrete sidewalk outside. i Unless you have guessed it already, The Times-Gazette is in the process of renovating and altering its premises con- tingent upon the occupation of its new addition. Soon quiet will fall again with the members of the staff in new quarters and in a position to serve the public more efficiently. Not Teachers' Obligation The registration for the Kindergarten and Beginners Classes held recently at Centre Street School brings to mind that some parents are remiss in their duty to. their children by sending them off to school before they have been given the minimum requirements of home#raining. It is admitted that formal education is the duty of the schools but at the same time it is not the duty of the teacher to instill the primary requirements of cleanliness and feed- ing. By the time the child is ready to start to school he should "be able to feed himself, put on his clothes, cross streets safely, use the ordinary eating implemetits, and keep hands and face clean. Parents should realize that these are things they are in the best position to teach. Teachers have enough problems in teaching the prescribed subjects of the curriculum with- out having to take over that which is properly 4 the duty of the parents. Right Hand Drive A number of our friends who served in the armed forces during the war, and who had occasion fo drive motor vehicles with right hand drive, have come forward with the suggestion that this type of vehicle is just what is needed in Canada to make our highways safer. However, they would not have them operated on the let) hand side of the road, as is the case in the British Isles and on the European continent. Rather they feel that with the driver sitting next to the side of the road he would be better able to judge his position on the road than he can now when he sits next to the centre line. Too many drivers today hug the centre line through fear of running off the road on to the soft shoulder and as a result are a menace to others. All too often accidents are re- ported in which either one or both vehicles have wandered over the centre line into the path of traffic moving in the opposite direction. ' : 25 Years Ago 'The Private Bills Committee of the provincial house approved bill, sponsored by the town of Osh- awa, providing for an equalization of water main frontages at seven and a half cents a foot. ore © into force, the bill ratification by the House and as- sent by the Lieutenant-Governor. L. O. Clifford, M.P. for South Ontario, voiced strong objection to Wesley Langmeaid, who had successfully completed his course at the College of Dentistry, Uni- versity of Toronto, announced he would open his office above Engel's Store on June 1. With 1,700 fans on hand, Osh- awa trounced Port Hope 11-0 in the local opener of the Central On- tario Baseball League schedule. The locals pounded away 5 freely at the Port Hope flingers while "Ted- dy" Gallagher limited Port Hope to three hits. In the pre-game ceremonies, Mayor Stacey hoisted the Central League pennant, cop- ped by Oshawa the previous year, to the top of the flag pole. Then he hurled the first ball of the new season to George Miller with E. Parsons on president of the league, al e Other Editors OUT WITH THE JUNK (Niagara Falls Review) The annual spring clean-up is now in and all household- ers should see to it that their ac- cumulations of no-longer needed things and rubbish about theix pre- mises are-cleared out. Now is the time to get rid of useless things in homes and backyards. » WHY DUCK SOUP? (By Bruce Chapman) What is the reason we say a task is "as easy as duck soup?" A pond or puddle of water is, by humorous analpgy, called "duck ." A puddle caused by rainfall will materialize without human ef- fort. Thus "easy as duck soup" in- Sj0ni0e a project requiring no special 'ART UNDER A CLOUD (Windsor Dally Star) « Mr. Paul Robeson is a great ist. What a pity it is that he is doing so much to lessen the joy he could bring to\ thousands with his glorious voice. It has come to the point that, to hear him sing, one must also listen to .a political speech. Other splendid artists have de- cided political and social beliefs, to which they have a perfect ¢ al. They do not, however, try to tie them to their other talents. They know that an audience which turns out to a concert wants to hear music, not a lecture. Mr. Robeson should acquire a similar discrimi- nation. Without it, he is ruining the effect both of his genius and of hus, Sfusade's on behalf of his peculiar efs LIKE A ONE-WAY STREET (Montreal Gazette) A Socialist party undoubtedly has the right, in Great Britain as in other democratic countries, to ap- pear among other parties and to attempt to persuade the citizens to become its supporters. But the socialist experiment in Britain demonstrates that such a party can- not be regarded as just ameng others. Once in power, such a Party can hdrden a flexbile system of government into a rigid one." It can impose its will permanently upon a nation. Its policies can survive even their public rejection. Socialism may or may not be a dead end. But the people of Bri- tain are finding that it is much like a one-way street.' The farther any nation goes down that street, the harder it is going to be for it to find the way back. FEED SHORTAGE ACROSS ONTARIO (Farmer's Advocate) The feed shortage across Ontario is putting a damper on increased hog production in the Province, More than the usual number of | brood sows dre being sent to the packing plants. The delay in seed- ing won't help matters, as from ex- perience farmers know that the as. good in a late as in an early seeding season. Continued cold wea- ther has held back the grass and in many barns the bottom of the hay mow was showing at the end of April. Ontario, Canada, the world need bumper crops this year, but spring work was late in starting and the indifference of labor to farm work is t. eo A Bit of Verse THE PRODIGAL'S' RETURN The loving watchful father he Espi od 1 him from afar, his rodimaiity To Ne were no .barl a | form a government, neither can the to | tion by endeavoring to be com- in | determine the issue when an elec- quality and yield of grass is seldom * The Canadian - In this series which is designed to arouse public interest in national affairs before a general election is called it has already been made clear that the CCF party can- not command enough support to Social Credit party. Hence ' the contest lies. between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives. It is therefore up to the public to de- cide which party can best serve this country during the next several years, which due to the universal upheaval following the war, will be the greatest testing time in our history. Fair Approach These articles approach the ques- pletely fair, by substituting cool reasoning against harsh political harangue, which it is believed is the approach welcomed today by rural readers whose votes will tion is called. Granted therefore, that the contest lies between the two old-line parties, the question then revolves about leadership and the policies of Liberals versus Pro- gressive-Conservatives, One Strong Leader Before discussing policies or ex- amining the present state: of the nation under the Liberal govern- ment of the day, the public will be interested in who will lead these contending parties, what their past Decision By GEORGE W. JAMES Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. ARTICLE No. 8 record, where do they trend? It has already been asserted that John Bracken will lead the Progressive- Saaselvatives in the next b Slecuion, ving already increased ouse following by more than 70 percent. 'That point is clear and settled. That party has thus a strong, ex- perienced leader whose personal story will be told later. Leadership Uncertain On the"other hand, Prime Mini- ster King has made it clear he will not lead the Liberals in another general election. Nor has he given any indication whom he 'wishes to succeed him, although Liberal stal- warts have approached Mr. Cold- well, oye leader to lead the itvers] party. The prospect, therefore, is a virtually leaderless Liberal party coming up to a general election. It is a prospect which the public must accept in" view of the following statements by Mr, King. Confirms Retirement Speaking at his 25th anniversary | a banquet, August 7, 1944, he declared he would lead in only one more general election which took place in June, 1945. Speaking in Prince Al- bert, May, 1945, where he was de- feated, he said the same thing. He repeated the assertion at a non- partisan dinner, June 18, 1946. Elected in Glengarry, August 24, he sald it was his last contest and when turning over the Department of External Affairs, once again the same statement was. made, Ministers Resign All this is fiom the esd, It has been particularly urbing to his followers who are becoming openly critical of the situation. Five of his most able Ministers quit from his cabinet: Hon. P. J. A. Cardin, Hon. J. L. Ralston, Hon. Angus Mac- donald, Hon. T. A. Crearer and Hon. C. G. Power. Each has been out- spoken in criticism since retiring. The staunchest Liberal of all, Hon. C. G. Power, 30 years in the House of Commons, writing in Maclean's Magazine, February 1, 1947, said in part: Mr. Power Speaks "All my life T have been a Liberal; now I am looking for a place to vote Liberal. What the party ur- gently needs is a house cleaning the traditional party. of progress: reform has gone off the track and is travelling in the ditches of ex- pediency and improvisation, first Right, then Left . .. a resurgence must come upward from the ranks." Leftist Warning "From what does it require sav- ing? From opportunism at neglect of principle and from the possibility of coalition with the followers of any other political philosophy. Both ents are begotten of what can only be called the office-holding mania. The fact is in the Liberal ranks across Canada the old, healthy grouses have given way to pessimism, disappointment, de- featism and despair." Case Strengthened There was much more this staunch Liberal had to say which may be quoted later. It was pub- lished after this weekly series was | and | from begun ina sm as will be seen is ene tirely in with Mgr objective stated in rer 1, which declared the need for an informed public opinion and the need to Testore sound responsible government with full freedom for everyone. Hon. Mr, Power has immeasurably strength- ened the case which these articles seek to develop. Non-Partisan View As this series - progresses other witnesses will be called whose posi- tions in public life mark them as authorities much concerned with this question of responsible leader- ship. In quoting prominent figures such as Mr. Power a non-partisan, reasoned view will be thus achieved. SHIP'S "LAZY GUY" J A lazy guy aboard ship is a light TOPE bY Wish & boul Prevented swinging - around. date, of additional cipalities and of in the survey. gPRIN c. onic) cr Bask in sunshine and sea air ot hospitable Colon Manor. 250 fine rooms, sea-water baths, Ship's Sum' __ Deck, famous food. Booklet. 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