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Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 2 9 1 (1) DECEMBER, 1947 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1948 T4E OSHAWA (Established Insurance Ceiling Raised Some little time ago an announcement was made by the Minister of Labour that the "ceiling" for monthly-rated em- ployees, for purposes of Unemployment Insurance, had been raised to $3,120. Some misunderstanding appears to have followed this announcement and it is felt that a brief state- ment of the reasons for the change would be helpful. The Unemployment Insurance Commission desires to emphasize the fact that this action was taken in order to preserve the rights of people who, as a result of increased wages, had ceased, or would cease to be eligible for un- employment insurance. When the Unemployment .Insurance measure was first enacted there was a flat ceiling of $2,000, for all insurable employments. Since the Act was passed, a number of changes have been made in the wage ceiling. The object was to meet the situation resulting from the increased working hours and overtime which were a feature of wartime employment. It was felt that employees whose earnings were temporarily increased, but who might later drop back to something ap- proximating their pre-war scale of earnings, should continue to receive unemployment insurance coverage. At the same time it was felt that the ceiling should be raised somewhat for salaried employees in view of the general rise in the scale of salaries. In September, 1943, by an amendment to the Unemployment Insurance Act, it was provided that any person in an insurable employment whose rate was hourly, daily, weekly or a piece rate (including mileage rate) and whose earnings consequently tended to fluctuate from year to year, should be insured regardless of the amount of earn- ings. For salaried employees, paid monthly rates, the ceiling was raised from $2,000. to $2,400. 1 Consideration was given to further changes from time to time, but none were actually made until 1946. It had then become apparent that further changes were required, but it was not considered necessary to deal with these by way of amendment as they could be handled by the Commission itself under provisions of the Act. The only change made in 1946 was by regulation which imposed a ceiling of $3,120. where the rate of pay was weekly. Information in respect to the index numbers of wage rates for certain main groups of industries in Canada from 1935 to 1946 was considered in connection with the un- employment insurance ceiling. It was found that the index had shown a very marked advance in the eleven-year period. It was felt that if the wage ceiling of $2,000. was con- sidered adequate in 1935 when the wage index stood at 88.4, a much higher ceiling was required in view of the advance. The Commission consequently recommended that the wage ceiling should be raised. Veterans At College Since it was opened in the fall of 1946, residents of the southern part of Ontario County, in common with people throughout the country, have watched with interest and approbation the success which has attended the Ajax Divi- sion of the University of Toronto. Taken over by the Uni- versity from the government, this section of the School of Practical Science provided the means for thousands of vet- erans to further their education. That this opportunity is appreciated is to be seen in the extremely low failure rate. While Ajax boasts the largest veteran enrolment of any university in Canada, similar facilities are being provided by other Canadian universities. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that for the 1947-48 academic year, there are approximately 32,300 veterans enrolled in the universities. The distribution of these veterans according to the year of study is as follows: first year, 7,1,7; second year, 10,696 3 third year, 8,653; fourth year or subsequent year, 2,862. In addition, 878 are taking post-graduate work in Canada, 800 in the United States and 200 overseas, while 538 are attend- ing final prematriculation classes. The distribution of the veteran-trainees according to the faculties in which they are enrolled is approximately as fol- lows: arts and sciences, 12,000; engineering, 6,000; com- merce, 2,600; agriculture, 1,500; law, 1,600; medicine, 900 and dentistry, 500. The energy with which these students are applying themselves is indicated by the results of the 1946-47 aca- demic year. 77 per cent. passed with no conditions attached. 10 per cent. passed with one condition and only 13 per cent. failed. This would infer that veterans are having to meet the normal high standard of university scholarship and are not being passed unless they are thoroughly competent. Their success also speaks well for their ability to step into the shoes of those now in positions of responsibility with credit to themselves, when that time arrives. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ott. Correspondent Ottawa, Jan, 21.--Mr. King was a nervous young man 26 years and a month ago. He was facing his first Cabinet meeting and he knew there were men around the council table who were, to say the least, not entirely kindly in their mood '| toward him. He had just defeated Mr. Fielding for the leadership, and by only a few votes. George Graham, his militia minister, was not entirely happy, so the legend goes; and there were other mini- sters. . The story is told that just before his first Cabinet meeting the young Mr. King phoned Sir Allan Ayles- worth (now senator) to ask his advice. * Sir Allan advised the young man to be firm. There existed, he said, a list of the pre- rogatives of the prime minister. Mr. King should obtain a copy of it and read it to the new Cabinet. Then there would be no doubt who was boss. Further, Mr, King should read that list at the begin- ne of each parliamentary year. ell, from somewhere Mr. King obtained the list and went into the Cabinet meeting and laid down the law. There were grumblin around the table, it is said, but the Young Prime Minister stuck with is. guns. "I've never heard of such a thing," one minister is said to have snorted. The Prime Minister replied smoothly that it was not his own list of prerogatives that he was reading, but the list of a previous prime minister, and that he was merely following precedent. But that he intended to follow that precedent from that time on. Eventually he obtained harmony, as Mr. King almost always does. The prerogatives include the ap- senators, and certain others. Mr. King's mastery of the Cabi- net has been challenged, at least once overthrown, But such inci- dents were rare in his career. In 1985 the Prime Minister had decided to Fe. appoint Jack Elliott as Minister of Public Works and so announced it. But Mr, Cardin, who had just helped sweep Quebec solidly back into the Liberal fold, was not having any such nonsense. He wanted the portfolio of public works and said so. Mr. King said he couldn't have it; he could have a lesser Cabinet post, "Very well," Mr, Cardin is re- ported to have said, "then I'll put on my hat and coat and get out." . Apparently Mr. King did not be- lieve he would carry his intentions to such an extreme and indicated his decision about Mr. Elliott was final, Mr. Cardin thereupon rose, took his hat and coat and departed. That afternoon he caught the train to Montreal. He was half way to his destination when he got a A g telegram from the Prime Minister asking him to return, Mr. Cardin, as everyone knows, won his point and became the Pub- lic Works Minister. When he got to Montreal he switched to the Ottawa train. In the meantime the swearing-in of the Cabinet by the governor-general was delayed until late that evening, until the rebel was back in the fold. Minister King remained secretive about his ways and his dealings with the Cabinet. He often shift- ed men from job to job with never a word of consultation and barely a word of warning, But in his recent decision to shift Hon. Ian Mackenzie, this habit of years was not in force. The story told in Mr. Mackenzie a Senate post any time he wished to take it, and that quest, and received approval, quite a long while back. ne ® 25 Years Ago A. O. Hogg, president local firm of Hogg & Lytle, was elected head of Toronto's Board of Trade. Pastor of Presbyterian Church here for nine years, Rev. George Whitby Presbytery and a promin- ent worker in the Ministerial As- sociation, Mr. Yule had. succeeded Rev. E. C. Hodges at the Presby- terian Church, A debating team from Bowman- ville High School defeated Oshawa Iigh School debaters, carrying the affirmative of the subject, "re- solved tha: strikes in industries es- sential io 1i'c should be prohibited by law." Bowmanville was repre- sented by Helen .McGregor and Lawrence Mason while Kathleen- McLaughlin and Arthur Slyfield took the negative side of the ques- tion for Oshawa, Jackson Smith, resident of East Whitby Township, was appointed acting harbormaster to succeed the late W. T. Henry. It was undes- stood that a permanent appoint- ment would be made later: In his annual report Fire Chief A. C. Cameron said there had been 19 major fires in Oshawa during 1922 with a total loss of $106,748. Of this total, $100,000 could be at- tributed to the fire in the old Thornton Rubber Co. plant, he said. e A Bible Thought "Alleluia: for the Lord God om- nipotent reigneth!" (Rev. 19:6) most comforting doctrine outside of salvation."--Col. F. J. Miles, pointment of ministers, deputies, | Down through the years Prime | Ottawa is that Mr. King promised | Mr. Mackenzie had made his re- | of the | Yule, died in Wellesley Hospital, | Toronto. One of the leaders in the ' "The omnipotence of God is the |. "The Three Bears" --Lewis in The Milwaukee Journal CNR Auto Cars Much Improved Over Old Types Montreal, Jan. 21 -- The deliv- ery of the first of a fleet of 600 new automobile cars to the Canadian National Railways was made known today by N. B. Walton, Ex- ecutive Vice-President of the com- pany. Built by the Canadian Car and Foundary Company, it will be followed by others at the rate of 28 dally. These cars are larger and differ in construction from any of this class previously built for the C.N. R. The loading capacity of the new type car is 86,000 pounds and it has a cubic capacity of 3,900 cu- bic feet. It will carry four stand- ard size automobiles or six of the smaller English type, The construction conforms to a design approved by the Association of American Railroads and intro- duces special all-steel side doors |g with an aepening nine feet eight in- ches high and 15 ft. wide. These are staggered to facilitate loading op- erations. An additional all-steel corrugated door at one end of the car provides a clear opening the full height and width of the car. A newly designed loading rail supported by a strong roof struc- ture rung -the length of the car un- der the centre of the roof. 'This rail is equipped with four moveab- le trolleys so that supporting hoists may be used during loading operations. Sixteen lifting brackets eight on each side, are rivetted to the inside ton side plate to give additional assistance to the shipper. The interior of the car is coat- ed with a special insulating mix- ture to prevent condensation and side doors have been made water- tight with special copper weather- stripping, The floor is made of smooth sanded B.C. fir with additional supports in the underframe to withstand the heaviest loads, Stabi- lizing devices of the latest type have been installed in the trucks to insure easy riding at high speeds. eo A Bit of Verse CINEMA Across the silver screen the puppets ass Moving and mouthing each its little a; Strange foreign grass, And heaven and hell appear through mo art. Sometimes the lover dies for the ador- ed, mountains rise, far gardens, S as we knew loves it would; The reels run on, and faery charm is poured Through filmy streams invoking mood on mood-- Over the blended faces of the crowd, A smile sweeps on, a chord of laugh- ter's heard ' Now horror grips them in' its icy shroud wl Now tears fall softly as a lighting bird view Are wey not angels too who bring re- e: ase From time's dull thrall, though it be brief surcease? ~Clara Maude Garrett, (Montreal Star) ® Other Editors "EXERCISE SNOWSHOVEL" (Brockville Recorder and Times) "Exercise. Moccasin" is the lat- est Canadian military undertaking in the Northland. Meantime "Exercise Snowshovel" is occupy- ing the attention of civilians in southern Ca SURELY THE LIMIT! (Ottawa Citizen) 'Sir Oswald Mosley, with a camp following of a few hundreds is al- ready talking of the day when he will take over the government of Britain! Egomania could go no further. AFTER BAD NIGHT (Brantford Expositor) . An old English saying has it that "as many mince pies as you taste at Christmas, so many happy months will you have." But that's not a sound reason for insuring a most unhappy night full of mares and indigestion. SO FAR, 80 GOOD (Windsor Star) "World Enters Sixth Year of Atomic Age." To the confusion of those who predicted the end of the world within the first year. Maybe weTe going to pull through after all! ONLY ALTERNATIVE (Ottawa Journal) The Coalition Government is to continue in British Columbia, with four Progressive Conservative and six Liberal Cabinet Ministers and a Libexal Premier. This isn't be- cause anybody loves a coalition, but because the alternative might be C.C.F. Socialism. CHANGED ENOUGH (St. Catharines Standard) The Woodstock Sentinel-Review suggests that Christmas be fixed to fall on a Monday every year. Christmas has been changed enough from the Christian day of worshiping and rejoicing it was supposed to be, without now changing the date, too, in order to suit our convenience. SAME OLD STORY! (Edmonton Journal) Another sign of a gradual return to peacetime conditions is Presi- dent Truman's pardon of more than 1,600 evaders of U.S. war- time selective service laws. That's the way it generally is after wars; offenders against military regula- tions get terrific punishments while the conflict is on, and then are let off easily when the excitement is over, = - i From now on, month by month YOUR WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES ca: be cashed! Tue payoff on War Savings Certificates has begun. If you are among the thrifty people who own War Savings Certificates, NOW is the time to look them over, sort them out by months and as they fall due, endorse them and mail to . Ottawa as described on the back of each Certificate. A cheque for the full face value of each Certificate will be sent to you in due course. But here is another suggestion... Have the Royal Bank of Canada do all this "office work" and sorting for you. Save yourself the bother of searching out the right pieces of paper each month, endorsing them and mailing them off to Ottawa. Here's what you do: Bring all your War Savings Certificates which you have at home or in your safe put them in our vaults owger, automatically. you for this purpose. TAKE ADVANTAGE your nearest Royal Bank Branch. We will , As the Certificates fall due, we will cash them for you and deposit the full face value (which includes interest) in the savings account of the registered account with us, we will open one for The cost of this service, including safe- keeping until your Certificates mature, is low, as the following table shows. LABOUR-SAVING SERVICE. IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ANY BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA OSHAWA BRANCH SAFEKEEPING deposit-box, to For each for safekeeping. If you have no , automatic rede: OF THIS Mone ine SAnibcares dor them p, ings ® €errif; P00eese, $10 $28 $50 $100 $500 oIf your Certificates are already lodged with us for safekeeping, we will arrange for their the Sash recej: ture, Leaye fd you g q, ve WHAT Yop A PART 4 CHARGES FOR WAR SAV- INGS CERTIFICATES, INCLUDING AUTO- MATIC REDEMPTION WHEN DUE-- 15¢ 20¢ 25¢ 30¢ seuss BSE eeese$1.08 $8 Certificate co. seses mption, as described above, at a nominal charge of 5¢ per Certificate, regardless of the face value. er, REMINDER oir Sted in s War e money you ss eat ne, Ss from pic 8g for he se om, A E Most y OF WHAT you Ean ONTANT tes n the THE ROYAL BANK OF CANAD A. R; HUESTIS, Manager LY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE Soviet Shows By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP. Foreign Affairs Analyst Washington's decision to reop- en the wartime American airfield of Mellaha, near Tripoli in North Africa, has stirred the wrath of the Russian press which charges that .this is further evidence of American imperialistic ambition to rule the world. . The accusers choose not to re- call that Russa has made an open secret of her desire to become a Mediterranean power. Indeed, she wants a mandate over the Italian colony of Tripolitania, and is de- manding that Turkey give her a hand in the control of the strategic Dardenelles which provide the Sov- fet Union access to the Mediterrn- nean from the Black Sea. One of the theatres in which the abligations and, Interests of the United States are heaviest is the Mediterranean. This vast area, which washes the shores of many countries on three continents, 'has become one of America's front-line defences--one of the front-line de- fences of the Westery heemisphere, for that matter: \ Out of that zone pould come an- other world war. Moreover, the United States has committed her- self to the. assistance of distressed countries like Greece, Italy and Turkey--a commitment which is partly altruistic and partly a mat- ter of self-defence. The United States fully recogniz- es Russia's right to free access to the Mediterranean, but it doesn't recognize exclusive rights which should permit Moscow to adopt Oppesition To U.S. Airport Operation Italy's proud distinction of "Mare Nostrum"--our sea, : But to get back to the Mellaha airport: Defence Secretary Forres tal has stated that this port is merely 8 way station and has no relation to any system of bases in North Africa. And United States air officials in Europe have ex- plained that Mellaha is being ree opened because of additional sup- ply-carrying transport flights nec- essary to serve American missions in the Middle East, including the air base at Dhahran in Soudl Arabia. Washington secured per- mission for re-opening the port from Britain, which administers Italian Lbya where Mellaha is situated. While the United States plans to use Mellaha merely as a way sta- tion, it is interesting to note that it does command the central and |-eastern Medlterrarean. Within a radius of 900 miles lie the capitals of Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania. Bul- garia and Greece, as well as West ern Turkey. So on the whole it perhaps isn't unnatural that some other countries should view Ameri- can possession of Mellaha with keen interest. 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