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'OPINIONS DA » LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITB T4E 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 8 member of the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario "Provincial Dailies 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 mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere n Canada and England $7.00 per, year, $3.50 for 6 month, $2.00 for 3 months. US. $0.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept., Ottawa, Can. Net Paid Circulation | Average Per Issue 7 ' v4 (| (1) DECEMBER, 1947 MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1948 Big Job To Be Done Provincial authorities are not a little concerned over the fact that the Dominion's program of conserving dollars has given residents of the United States the idea that Cana- dians are short of gasoline and food. There is fear that unless this mistaken idea is counteracted many of those who might otherwise spend their vacations in Ontario will decide to go elsewhere, The effect which the rising cost of living and the "austerity" program have had upon Canadian spending south of the border, was indicated in a press report from Florida recently which said the hotel, restaurant and general retail business is down from 10 to 30 per cent. as compared with last year and the "lush" days for the glamor spots of Miami Beach are a thing of the past. The trend in Florida should be taken as a warning by Canadian resort: operators who were laying plans for a boom season. Americans are just as hard hit by increased living costs as are Canadians. Therefore they will be just as economical. Many will stay at home whilé those who have the money to spend on a vacation in Canada will be inclined to be more particular about where they stay and what they buy. It seems to us that the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity, headed by Hon. George A. Welsh, of Sunder- land, has a big job on its hands to sell Ontario as a vacation- land. At the same time the operators of tourist camps and hotels must play their part by refraining from "gouging" their patrons and giving full value for their rates. Commendable Suggestion In a letter to the editor, published in last Friday's issue of The Times-Gazette, a resident of the east end of the city put forward the suggestion that the Oshawa civic authori- ties should consider the construction of a trunk sewer along the Harmony Creek rather than along Wilson Road to provide drainage for the area. From conversations we have had with those close to the situation, the suggestion is a very commendable one. In time the city will embrace the area east of Wilson Road and it will become a desirable residential area. One of .the factors which will enter the picture will be the ques- tion of sewage and drainage. The area, east of Wilson Road, is in the main lower than Wilson Road which will mean that sewage would either have to be pumped to the Wilson Road trunk sewer or a new sewer built on the lower level of the creek valley. This in turn raises several interesting considerations. We are informed that the contours of the land in the east end of the city are such that proper drainage for the desir- able, but isolated, Hills and Dales area will not be available until the Harmony Creek valley is utilized. Then, again, the Harmony Creek drains into thé second marsh which means that the construction of the proposed sewage disposal plant at that point would seem to be indicated. Limited Winter Street Services Neither the municipality nor the Department of High- ways is responsible ior the sanding of streets and highways. Contrary to what may be the popular belief, there is no law to compel the sanding of icy streets. When highways are sanded it is done as a couriesy sci ice offered to the public, ~ but entailing no responsibility on the part of the municipal- | man ity or the Departrfent of Highways. To many people this information may be surprising, but it is nevertheless a fact. In Toronto a transport firm attempted to sue the High- ways Department for damages resulting from an accident in : which one of the firm's trucks went out of control on an icy surface and crashed through a bridge, taking the driver to his death. The Highways Department promptly entered a counter claim for damage to the bridge. The case was finally settled out of court for $1,800 and the withdrawal of the original claim by the transport company. If Oshawa, was responsible for sanding of slippery streets, teyhen an accident occurred on some slippery spot, the efty could be sued. However, an attempt is made to keep the streets sanded as well as possible. The city is responsible for the sanding of sidewalks under the Municipal Act, and this in it3elf is quite a task. The municipality is also - responsible for snow removal from streets that are nat pro- vincial highways, "Trying Out Some Slogans" BY \ yes Fi US 5 iis Alexander, in The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent ENROUE EDMONTON, Jan 26-- Newspapermen are often larrupped and whopped for the things do and, it is very rare indeed when men in" high offices admit that pub- licity is a good thing and works against social evils. Mr, King, as an example, has of- ten been disturbed, to say the least, about newspaper reports, but when public conditions get really bad Mr. King will admit that pub. licity is a good thing indeed. In his wind-up speech the other night in Ottawa the. Prime Minis- ter had this to say: "In those classes of social evils which affect the happiness of homes and the well-being of hu- man lives, publicity is generally much more effective as a remedy than penalty." He was talking about prices and was all set to ap- point a special committee which would expose the inside story of who put the prices up. When social conditions become evil the men responsible hate and fear publicity more than any other thing. TRAVELLING TROUBADOURS --The case of the starving fisher- men on the Atlantic seaboard was once drawn to our attention and we wrote some pieces which were given wide publicity. Angus L, MacDonald was premier then, as now, and he condemned us as one of a small group of "travelling troubadours". Everything we wrote about his na- tive fishermen was quite scurrilous, he thought, and said so at a public meeting. But what happened? Many of the evils we wrote about were corrected. At that time fishermen were getting 1% a cent a pound for fish and in an entire year a fisherman would never earn as much as $75 in cash. In one village we visited tuberculosis was everywhere, Doctors would not visit the village from Halifax because, it was explained, the people could not pay anything, not even the cost of the gasoline required to trans- port the doctors. The provincial government of that day was doing little for the miserable fishermen. We spent a month in the mari- times on that visit and although the premier denounced, us, the church upheld us in everything we said about the poor. Once standing on a little fisher- man's dock we watched the old fisherman preparing his gear. A couple of small boys stood near, and one had ugly black scales on his neck. It was a disease we had never encountered before, ' "Whe! (te matter with your boy?" ve inn ired of the fisher- "He's sick," he answered, "But what's the matter with him? Of course he's sick." "Why," said the fisherman, be- wildered, "he's just sick, that's all. I Sort know what's the matter with The fishing families of those days were eating fish and potatoes three times a day, a terrible diet. But conditions have changed for the better. Publicity, as Mr. King knows, is very often a good thing. | > FREEDOM WHITTLED -- Mr. King of course, is not wholly a paragon when it comes to public virtue, and we won't think Mr. would ever enter that claim. In fact some of his critics, includ- ing this department, have long held wa the federal government has 8 ly worked against the freedom of the individual. It is less than a year ago that the Canadian Bar Association became Lord incensed at what was going on.in Ottawa, and about the things that were gradually appearing in the statutes of Canada, We remember a lawyer named R. M. Willes Chitty who claimed (last fall) that in a single volume of law he had found 6 statutes that en- croached on fundamental freedoms. Mr. Chitty cried out that there were "kangaroo courts" operating in Canada to please a few men who liked to run things. Of our personal liberties, the lawyer said they were being "whittled down and stolen from us later", e 15 Years Ago Edgar Bradley was re-elected chairman of the Oshawa Board of Park Commissioners for the 1933 term. Engineers from Ottawa and To- ronto were in Oshawa and were employing a small gang of men staking out lines and making soundings at the harbor, This move wag believed to be the first step in a contemplated harbor expansion program which, it was said, would see extension of the west wharf and a thorough dredging of the entire harbor. Appearing before Ontario County Council, Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith ap- pealed for a county grant to the Ontario Regiment. The regiment was the only unit in Military Dis-s| trict No. 2 which did not receive monetary support from its county council; he said. Seventy-year-old Mrs Hannah Jack, of North Oshawa, was almost instantly killed when she was struck by an auto as she walked along the Oshawa-Port Perry high- way about three miles north of the city. Scoring once in the second over- time period, Oshawa Maroons nosed out 8t. Michael's College, 2-1, to take a firm hold on first place in the group. * After scoreless play in regulation time, both teams scored in the first overtime session, St. Mike's getting one by Regan from Kuntz while Oshawa tied it up with a goal by Black from Bradd. Auth- ors fired the winning goal on an assist by Johnson. Finds Prospecting Healthful Pursuit Victoria (CP). -- Cecil Rhodes, who has been panning B.C. streams since he was discharged from the army. in 1918, advises those sus- sentivle to colds and other similar ailments to go prospecting. "There's no life like it," he said on a visit here. "It's a crying shame that prospectors are virtu- ally old-timers. What we need is new blood. It would be a good idea if some of the young people got out into the hills. "Anybody who takes my advice will be healthy. A day's panning in almost any point on the Fraser River will bring four dollars and one can always get sufficient money for a grubstake. There's plenty of game in the forest, fish in the rivers and lakes--and ber- ries grow Rrofusely, Take alon a sleeping- g a good rifle is several pans.' : Mr. Rhodes said he was prepar- ing for his last trip into the hills-- into the Pitt River country this time where legend has it that there is a lost mine. Though getting on in years, he said he would make the trip alone. "An old soldier never falls down. I'll be all right." FINE RURAL TONIO (The Farmer's Advocate) During the Christmas holidays 800 Ontario young people took short courses at thrée educational institutions and what they took home will be good tonic for rural communities. e A Bible Thought 'If you're low at the foot of the Cross, you've nowhere to fall"-- Rev. Gerald Gregson. "For who- soever exalteth himself shall be abased; . and - he 'that humbleth || himself shall be exalted. . , Hum- ble yourselves in the sight of the » and He shall lift you up." (Luke 14:11; James 4:10.) . vr e Other Editors FOR SAFETY'S SAKE (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) The - Ontario Department of Highways points out that if ped- estrians will put two and two to- gether--two watchful eyes and two careful feet--they will find the sum equals safety. SERGEANT'S PET (St, Catharines Standard) A Samoan Prince is said to pre- fer serving out his enlistment as a private in the United States to go- ing home and ruling over 30,000 of his people as a chieftain. He must have a good stand-in with the sergeant. MING EAST? (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) A Vancouver newspaper has an item about a woman there being sentenced to six months for vag- rancy, the commitment to be held for 48 hours, "to give the woman an opportunity to leave town." As the only way to go conveniently from Vancouver is East, this wo- man, unwanted there, might quite well, in due time, reach Port Ar- thus or Fort William. Winnipueg at least will be willing to help her on her way. Fear 'Terrible Conflict' If India Goes To War By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The dominions of India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Moslem) are resum- ing negotiations under auspices of the United Nations in an effort to settle their dangerous differences, after a warning in the Security Council by Philip J. Noel-Baker, British Minister of State for Com- monwealth Relations, that the al- ternative to agreement may war. "If war happens," declared the minister, "It may be the most terri- ble conflict in the history of man- kind." Now that's strong language, but your correspondent, having spent much time in that Oriental land, | can testify that Noel-Baker could have stated the case in much strenger language without exagger- ation. The immediate difficulty is the bloody quarrel over the Princely State of Kashmir -- one of the world's dream lands. When the two dominions were formed, the many ruling Princes were given their choice of joining their states to ei- ther dominion or of remaining inde- pendent. The Maharaja of Kashmir, Sir Hari Singh, is a Hindu, while the great majority of his subjects are Moslems--a bad combination, since these two religions have been warring for centuries. The Maharaja tried to remain in. dependent, bult Moslem tribesmen from neighboring Pakistan terri- tory invaded the state. Thereupon Sir Hari cast his lot provisionally with Hindu India and called for military help, which he received. The result has been strife with- in the state, complicated by religi- ous fanaticism. Thus we find Noel- Baker telling' the U.N. Security Council: "This Kashmir business brought these governments (the dominions of Pakistan and India) very near to war. As long as the fighting goes oft there is danger that the parties may drift into war." When we talk of such a war we aren't dealing with any ordinary conflict at arms. As the minister in. dicated, there would be communal strife. That would mean wild butch- ] # For A Laugh Triple Eni "Can you do dotible entry?" aske ed the employer of the applicant for an accountant's job. J can «do triple entry!" was the reply. "Triple entry?" "Yes--one entry for the working partner showing ttie true profits, another for the sleeping partner showing small profits, and a third for the income-tax collector show- ing a loss." Inexperienced Police Judge: "Well, Sam about your son stealing those chickens, I've decided to let him off this time, but why don't you show him the right way?" Sam: "I tried hard, Judge, but he goes and gets himself caught anyhow." Talented Amateur Performer: "I can pick up a cent with my toes." Bright Spectator: "That's nothe ing. 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