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OPINIONS DA LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES ---- THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY TE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) ! MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dallies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mall, 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. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Can. Net Paid Circulation prackiacn, oe 7 , 910 MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1948 An Industrial Fair To investigate the possibility of holding an industrial fair in Oshawa this spring, a special committee has been named by the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. If sufficient interest on the part of industrialists and businessmen is shown, the committee will carry on with the organization of the event, 3 It seems to us that the holding of such an event would be in the interests of local industry as well as the people who reside in the city and surrounding district. We feel also that 1t would tend to promote a wider knowledge of the products manufactured here as well as advancing civic pride. We would venture to state that many people residing in Oshawa, not to speak of those in the rural communities in the neighborhood, are not fully conversant with the wide range of items produced here, which in 1946 amounted to over $80,000,000. An employee of General Motors, for in- stance, is well acquainted with the products of his own plant but the same cannot be said of his knowledge of the goods produced by the Ontario Malleable Iron or Fittings Limited. During the war years, General Motors of Canada, Limited, sponsored a showing of the war weapons it pro- duced at the Oshawa Arena. This display attracted a large number of spectators. A few years ago the Town of Cobourg, as part of its centennial celebration, held a showing of the products manufactured in the town. Cobourg firms co- operated wholeheartedly with gratifying results. If careful thought and planning is given the proposed fndustrial fair, there is no reason why it should not be a great success and be the means of creating much interest. Canada's Problem Also President Truman's proposal last week that $11,000,- 000,000 be spent during the 12-month period beginning July 1 on the defence of the United States, an increase of $279,000,000 of the contemplated spending during the current fiscal year, is of more than passing interest in Canada. In recent months, President Truman has been receiving reports from agenty of the State Department abroad; while the attitude of Russia's delegates to the United Nations has not heen indicative of harmony among the nations. It is logical under the circumstances that the United States should take every precaution to see to it that her military and naval personnel and equipment are not allowed to deteriorate to the point where they would not be in a position to success- fully withstand an attack. Due to her strategic position in North America, Canada cannot afford to rely entirely upon the United States. She must for that reason take reasonable steps on her own behalf to be in a position, should the need arise, to shoulder her share of the burden. Canada is, in fact, the cornerstone of North American defence since she is on the direct air routes connecting the far corners of the world. To the "have nots" of the world she would be an acquisition of great importance due to her vast store of natural resources. British Industries Fair The second post-war British Industries Fair will be held this year from May 3rd to May 14th. The lighter industries will again exhibit in London at Earls Court and Olympia, while the Engineering Section will be held, as usual, at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, . Plans are already well advanced, and there is every indi- cation that the 1948 British Industries Fair will prove fully as successful as its predecessor of 1947. This year, visitors will find an immense range of the latest products of more than 3,000 manufacturers, representing eighty-seven trades in Britain. By the end of last September, applications for space at Earls Court and Olympia had exceeded by 80,000 square feet the 531,000 square feet occupied by exhibitors at the 1947 Fair. Reports from Birmingham show an equally large demand for space from potential exhibitors in the en- gineering and hardware groups. Priority in space is being given according to the export potential of the industry, aad the exporter concerned. Leather will be the highlight of the 1948 Fair. A Leather Section will be organized at Earls Court as a special feature, just as the Textile Section was given prominence in 1947. Britain has a world reputation for high quality leather goods, and the 1948 display will provide world buyers with the opportunity of seeing the best of Britain's post-war production. In 1947, 15,174 overseas buyers attended the London Section of the Fair; and 2,366 visited Castle Bromwich. Home buyers numbered 94,495 and 28,351 respectively. Members of the public brought the total attendance figures to 167,099 for the London section and to 164,427 for Birmingham. A By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Jan, 19.--If you eat white bread you'd better read this column, for most of the flour used by Canadians today contains a nerve poison, according to the evi- dence on dogs and other experi- | mental animals. But read along without too much alarm for Dr. Lionel B. Pett says nitrogen tri-: chloride has been used in bread and other flour for 15 years to his personal knowledge and probably longer. nitrogen trichloride--and Dr. Pett is chief of the nutrition division of the Department of Health and knows more about such things than probably most other men in Canada. If you feed a dog enough white flour he'll go crazy and eventually die. Thus far there has been no direct evidence about experiments on human beings for the obvious reasons that you can't experiment with poisons that readily. But there's no question about the ef- fects on animals, and Dr. Pett says he has seen the experiment in Wisconsin and. in London. The trichloride is used as a bleaching agent. It's used, ac- cording to Dr. Pett, in practically all the flour consumed by the housewife today. It isn't used in whole wheat bread, if that inter- ests you. If we all use white bread and white flour products, why don't we all up and go crazy or die? The answer's quite simple. No human consumes enough and his diet is so varied that the effects--if there are effects on humans--are not noticeable. But U.S. bakers and manufact- urers got quite concerned about this subject and now they have curtailed the use of trichloride and are campaigning to find another bleaching agent. The British Medical Society and the British Research Council were quite alarm- ed about it at one time and recom- mended that the millers should at once cease using the stuff, Whe- ther they did or not, I have no in- formation, There was a startling theo publicized a short time ago whic said that this stuff in bread was probably a contributing cause of alcoholism. The story was carried by the British United Press and was attributed to Dr. Avton J. Carlson, a Chicago physiologist. Obviously this opens up a very large field of speculation. If you eat a lot of bread are you therefore more susceptible to becoming an alcoholic ? Dr. Pett doesn't agree with this, but he doesn't disagree, either. He doesn't know, he says, the evidence on 'which his friend Dr. Carlson bases his, theory. If this stuff is a nerve poison to dogs and a long list of other ani- mals, is it a poison to humans? Our varied diet has probably miti- gated against any obvious symp- toms, but this does not necessarily mean that there are no ill effects whatever. It would take a con- siderable amount of experimenting to determine this. And, as Dr. Pett points out, you've been eating this stuff for 15 years to his personal knowl- edge? How do you feel? * + STORM BLOWING.--The Asso- ciated Press correspondent in Ot- tawa filed a 600-word story to New York the other night on the storm brewing over Canada's bad public relations in Washington and other U.S. cities. This publicity is the kind that veally hurts and there will be much agony in the East Block about it. The great "agitation started when Mr. Abbott went to Wash- ington and barely anyone knew about his visit but a couple of second secretaries, But Canadian RewspaADers can chew and rage about this bad publicity ani noth- ing is ever done by the spécialists responsible. When things blow up and become important enough for the AP to pay attention, then those in the East Block sit up in a hurry and take some notice. Dick Sanburn of the Southam Bureau put his finger accurately on the publicity fiasco when he Placed the blame as high as the rime Minister, Mr. King sets the tune for publicity and, in the words of Sanburn, Ottawa officials dance to the tune and it is a melancholy. dance, STARTING EDUCATION (Smiths Falls Record-News) Now that colleges have resumed for a new term, after the Yuletide vacation,- here is a tip to students: A college education never hurts anyone who is willing to learn something afterward. SILENT HUSBAND (Lethbridge Herald) - A California woman has received a divorce because her husband, al- though living in the same house, refused to speak to her for three years. To some women that would almost be grounds for murder, oA Bible Thought A moment in the morning--a moment, if no more, Is better than an hour when the busy day is o'er. "And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai, and present thyself there to Me in the top of the mount," (Ex. 34:2.) When we pray, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee," He promises, "Those that seek me early shall find me." (Psa. 63:1; Prov. 8:17), That the name of the stuff--| David And Goliath Seibel In The Richmond Times-Dispatch eo 15 Years Ago Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin was re- elected president of the Oshawa General Hospital Women's Auxili- ary at its 25th annual meeting. Others named to the executive were: Mrs. G. D. Conant, first vice-presi- dent; Mrs. J. Archer Brown, sec- ond vice-president; - Mrs. R. L. Grey, third vice-president; Mrs. C. A. Kinnear, secretary; Miss M. Whitney, treasurer. Police Chief Owen D. Friend in his annual report to the Police Commission said the rate of crime had decreased as compared with 1931. The record showed 625 char- ges laid and 489 convictions regis. tered in 1932 as compared with 778 charges laid in 1931. Re-elected president of the Osh. awa Horticultural Society was A. L. Bouckley. Named to other execu- tive posts were: W. R. Alchin, first vice-president; Thomas Wragg, sec- ond vice-president; R. S. Morphy, treasurer; Miss L. Bowman, secre- tary. Rallying in the last three minutes of the third period, Varsity swept to a 4-3 victory over Oshawa Sen- for B hockey team. Sweeney scor- ed the tying goal three minutes from the final whistle and a minute la- ter Wells, on a pass from Sweeney sank the clincher, Conlin fired two goals for Oshawa and Leachman got the other. A. W. 8S. Greer was elected presi- dent of the Ontario County Law Association at the organization's annual meeting. Louis S. Hyman was elected first vice-president and A. G. Browning, K.C., second vice- president. Miss Mary Brawley was named secretary-treasurer, e Readers' Views TIME FOR COMMON SENSE IN > RE MARGARINE Editor, Times-Gazette. Dear Sir: In the United States, for sixty-one years, ever since 1886, margarine has been for sale, but under the handicap of restrictive and disgriminatory law. Dairy and farm interests, affecting a tearful and altruistic concern for the con- sumer's welfare, have managed to block at almost every step the ef- forts made through the years to lift this yoke laid down in Federal and State iaw) Now Senator Ful- bright of Arkansas is defermined to try again. He has introduced a bill in the 80tlr Congress to repeal all Federal taxes on margarine on grounds that they are directly op- posed to the spirit of free enter- prise. He sees these taxes and license fees as the only levy made on a domestic product for the benefit of a competing product. With butter at about one dollar a {pound retail id the U.S.A, with hospitals, schools, and other insti- tutions struggling to keep their heads above water because of high prices and either forced by law to serve no margarine or otnerwise handicapped in its use; with some states (as in Canada) barring en- tirely #he' sale of coloured margar- ine; with the people of low income who are the heaviest users of mar- garine bearing the chief burden of the unjust, discriminatory tax-- surely, thinks - Senator Fulbright, this is the time to stop heeding the lachrymose stories of the interests fighting margarine and to begin listening to the people as a whole. Congress in Washington and Parliament in Ottawa need no long hearings to get the facts on this old story; if they need to do any more than consult ccmmon sense they can examine the 317-page rec- ord of US. Senate hearings held in 1944, Margarine should be plainly identified, It should be subject to the same pure-food regulations as anything else to be eaten. It should be produced, sold, and used as a supplement to butter, ARTHUR SLYFIELD Columbus, Ont, January 17, 1948. » For A Laugh More Publicity Movie Star: "I've decided to dee mand a new trial." Interviewer: "But why? You won the case." : Movie Star: "I know, but I'm not satisfied with the publicity." Very Distant "I hear youre related to our wealthy parishioner?" "Distantly." "How distant?" "As far distant as he can keep i 4 A Resemblance A slightly hilarious guest at a party embraced a strange woman by mistake, He apologized, "Ex= cuse me, madame," he said, "but I thought you were my wife." "You're a nice sort of husband for any woman to have, you clum- sy, tipsy brute," said the woman angrily. "There," exclaimed the convivial one, triumphantly, "you talk like her too." 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