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OPINIONS [S FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA THE 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 spes:ai despatches herein are also reserved. The Times-Gazette is a member of the Cenadian Daily papers Association, the (Ontario Provincia! Dailies Association, and the ulations. 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 months. $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. $9.00 per yecr. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, Can. Audit Bureau of Circ DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE WHIVBY News- Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 8,144 MARCH, 1948 MONDAY, MAY 3, 1948 School Testament Program The Gideons, which is the name of the Christian Com- mercial Men's Association of Canada, are to be commended for their program of distributing copies of the New Testa- ment to the school children of Canada. The organization has long been known for its work of placing Bibles in hotel rooms and more recently in hospitals and public institutions. Now they have taken on the added responsibility of placing these copies of the New Testament, with the Books of Psalms and * Proverbs included, in the hands of every boy and girl at about the age of nine years, when their appreciation of the scriptures is highest and their memorizing ability keenest. Acceptance of this gift is, of course, entirely voluntary, but it is said refusals to accept same are very rare. We know of no better antidote for Communism, child delinquency and juvenile crime than the Word of God, with its unique message of the gospel and its high moral precepts. Everyone should welcome and heartily endorse every sincere effort to restore the authority of the Scriptures. When God's Word is not held in respect and ceases to be believed then it is difficult to maintain moral standards among young people. Today, and tomorrow distribution is taking place in Oshawa Public Schools, with fitting ceremonies, to all Grade V pupils. Members of the Gideons from the headquarters in Toronto, assisted by local @ideons and Oshawa ministers, will take part in the distribution. : We heartily commend this work and hope that it will be continued year by year as other pupils reach the fifth grade. We are sure the citizens will approve the action of the Board of Education in giving its consent and co-operation in this crusade for Christian citizenship. Reporting Sex Crimes Like many of its contemporaries, The Kingston Whig- Standard has been confronted with the problem of what to print and what not to print in the reporting of sex crimes. Recently one of its readers wrote to the editor expressing objection to a story of the murder of a six-year-old girl by a sex criminal. In reply, The Whig-Standard presented a lucid and fair explanation of the problem and the policy followed by the newspaper. We think The Whig-Standard voiced the opinion held by all responsible newspaper publishers when it said: "The entire question of reporting revolting or bestial crimes is one which has long caused deep concern to news- paper editors. It is largely governed by two factors. "First, newspapers have a responsibility to the public to put on record a true picture of events of the day. "Second, newspapers are read by people of all ages; such stories may well shock and upset many readers. "We feel, therefore, that there is no excuse for publish- ing unnecessary details of such affairs. But we do sincerely hold that simply to ignore such cases, by a publishing 'black out,' would be to fail in our responsibility to the public. "The Whig-Standard has a definite policy which governs this field. It is to publish such stories in no more detail than is required to present a clear picture ef all pertinent facts. Lurid sensationalism is deleted whenever it creeps into such reporting; nothing that is not essential to a factual report is published. "Many workers in the field of social service contend that proper publicity of these deplorable cases is a deterrent; 'further, they hold that publicity can also serve to -impress upon parents of younger children, particularly, the need for unceasing vigilance in protecting their own loved ones from these sex-ridden creatures. "The Whig-Standard is earnest in its aim to present a newspaper which is welcome in the homes of its readers. To suppress news, however, no matter how distasteful it may be to some, would be a negation of that aim, we believe. : "Most of us would, with the writer of this particular letter, much rather not read' about these sex cases. Hiding one's head in the sand, however, is a futile gesture which would only add to the existing danger. Unfortunately, the twisted freaks who commit these crimes are ever with us. Only by careful, proper recording of such affairs can the pub- lic be constantly re-warned of this inescapable fact, and by such warning, remain always on guard and, in time, devise public safeguards more effective than those presently used." Canadian Firm Must Show Books To Court In U.S. New York, April 30 -- (AP) -- A fedreal judge toddy ordered Con- solidated Paper Sales, Ltd. a Can- adian firm, to make records of its New York office available to a grand jury investigating the news- print industry. The grand jury probe is part of & widespread inquiry into the news- 3 'quash the subpoena, | John W. Clancy denied it { print industry. It began in 1947 after the Department of Justice | received complaints from publishers throughout the United States al- leging violations of anti-trust laws. Consolfdated Paper Sales, Ltd. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, May 3--Disabled veterans may be able to thank politics for a boost in pensions. This despite the fact that the Veterans Committee of the Commons preens itself with more or less constant reiteration of the claim that political considera- tions do not enter into their think- ing. The story is this: the government was driven by Liberal behind-the- scenes.pressure to raise the 10 per cent increase it offered last Decem- ber up to 16.6 percent. There, Vet- erans Minister Gregg said recently, it intends to stop. Buu the Progressive Conservatives came out for 33 1/3 percent in their new election platform. They also moved for that amount in commit- tee. The CCF backed them. Then came Maj. A. J. Wickens, president of the powerful Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Association, to de- mand the same amount and warn that any vote on party lines would be "a catastrophe for those respon- sible." Maj. Wickens is a prominent Sas. katchewan Liberal. Walter Rucker, Liberal leader out there, wants him to go on the stump for him. Wick- ens told Ottawa friends he couldn't consider it when some veteran might ask him why he was supporting a government that offered such small pensions increases. Add those facts and consider three federal by-elections and possi- bly four provincial elections coming up; add also the 400,000 pensions recipients, -men, women and chil- dren, and what do you get: A unanimous Liberal vote in com- mittee for 24 percent. Boge MORE FROM THE BIG HOUSE --There are small riots, and threats of riots, almost continuously and tension is high. : The convicts are exercised less than an hour a day -- about a half hour in winter and about 40 min. utes in summer. Abut 200 men go into the exercise yard at one time. On make-shift courts six men play handball; about 12 play volley-ball and about 10 play horseshoes. There are no other facilities and the oth- er 170-odd men just mill about or walk around. From Saturday at 4 p.m. until Monday at 8 a.m. they are locked in their cells except for their brief, compulsory visit to the prison church. The monotony and contin- ual lockups and lack of exercise drive the men.almost to madness and there have been frequent at. tempts at suicide. The prison hospital has room for about three dozen prisoners. There are four sinks and two bathtubs in the hospital. There are no sinks or toilets in the cells. They use disin- fectant buckets. Men sentenced for sex crimes are not segregated from the other con- victs, but are allowed to mix freely, contributing to the general atmos- phere of demoralization, Few men, if any, ever learn a trade in the Big House although many a judge when imposing a long sentence will say 40 a prisoner: "I | am sending you to a place where you can learn a trade." But morale is low in Kingston and there is little encouragement to learn. The prison library is fair but men sentenced to long terms soon ex- haust it. They are not allowed to have books or newspapers sent in. Magazines are permitted but are censored of any political articles or other material considered doubtful by prison officials. The pipeline says the Big House is ready for a big bust. Colorful Names Abound In Gaspe Douglastown, Que.-- (CJ) -- Of picturesque names, little fishing settlements along thes northern re- gion of Quebec Gasp Peninsula claim an abundance. They reach back into colorful legends of my- stery, tradition and history. You have only to consider such villages as these: Anse Pleueuse (Weeping Cove), Manche-d 'Epee (Sword Handle), St. Maurice-de-I'Echouerie (St. Maurice of the Stranding) and Cap-aux-Os (Cape of Bones.) Anse Pleureuse is a settlement of little importance except perhaps for the way it got its name. There was a legend or tradition among the early settlers of mysterious weeping and moaning in the near- by woods. . Then in 1814 a missionary priest Father Charles-Francoise Pian- chaud expleded the legend. He | found two trees, their outlines | forming a St. Andrew's Cross, had | so grown that their trunks pressed | against each other. According to | the strength and direction of the | wind--as well as the listeners' imagination--the rubbing trunks caused sounds like moaning and bawling. Manche-d 'Epee gets its name | from the finding, on a rocky coast ledge, of an elahorate hilt of an old rapier dating back to the early days of Canadian history. The re- gion, incidentally, is noted for"the great schools of porpoises that formerly the St. Maurice Valley! Papers Company, Ltd., of Montreal, ! contended its New York office was | maintained for public relations purposes only, that all contracts were executed in Montreal and | that the grand jury lacked juris- diction to subpoena the records, The company filed a motion to but Judge swim close to the shores in sum- mer. L'Echouerie, last part of the name St. Maurice~-de-1I'Echourie, the place where the boats become stranded." But it was given to the settlement because at low tide the fishing smacks were often left ly- ing on their sides. They were rais- ed to keep level again when the tide returned. Sg if | [NI PRICES COMMITTEE EE: DAIRY MAN DIES Cornwall, May 3--(CP)--George A. MacNighton, 64, prominent dairy man and a former official of the Stormont Holstein Breeders Associa- tion, died in hospital Saturday. He was secretary-treasurer of the Stor- mont Cheese Producers Association, DIES ON PLANE Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, May 3-- (CP) -- Angus MacDonald, 65, of Goderich, former captain of a Great Lakes vessel, died yesterday while flying from Fort William to Toronto. He suffered a seizure and was pro- nounced dead on arrival here. ® Readers Views DEFENDS LOBBY Editor, Times-Gazette. Dear Sir: I take exception to your editor- ial on Thursday, April 15, in which you comment on the Ladies Auxil- iary of the UAW taking part in the Housewives Consumers Association with a Icbby at Parliament Hill, Otitawa, and terming the action as "Communist Propaganda." I want to say here on behalf of our Auxiliary of the UAW, that be- ing a democratic organization; we do tot look twice at the person joining our group, to see whether or not they black or white, nor do we question whether the person in question is a Protestant or Catho- lic nor do we question anybody's politics. That my dear sir, is true democracy. You would do more good in this world if you practised some of these democracies instead of labelling people. If lobbying our government against the high cost of living is being labelled a communist move, then I would like to know just how many Communists there are in Ca- nada, because my experience proves that practically every housewife is complaining about the high cost of living, even though she may be a A] Liberal, Conservative, C.CF. or Let us not be quite so foolish -- there are always the people who find no fault with our principles, attack through some other malic- ious means. Mr. King and his government in refusing a hearing of our -delega- tion did himself far more harm that he did those of us who were on the lobby. Let me tell the good readers of your paper that when Mr, Abbot made the statement in the house that he would not see a delegation from the housewives, both the Liberal and Conservative members of the House cheered. That my friends, is the action of people you elected to represent you. When asked through a petition of 705,000 signatures to roll back pric- es. Because we ask for this roll back of prices and because we were insistant at having an interview with Mr. King or Mr. Abbott we were immediately labelled Com- munists, Let us not be so confused, your everyday living was what we were fighting for in Ottawa. Bread, milk and the essentials necessary to raise healthy children in Canada was what we asked for in our brief to the Government and all this was scrapped because we have people who are more interested in politics than in the affairs of our great country. I will finish by saying, none of those present from Oshawa on the lobby at Ottawa went with a thought of politics "in our minds, but .we did go to help maintain our standard of of living and to ask that the children of this country be given a fair chance to eat. Thank you for your valuable space, I remain, . Yours truly, MABLE MAYNE., 138 Hillcroft Street, Oshawa, Ont. AUTO MOGUL DIES Wiesbaden, Germany, May 3 -- (AP)--Wilbelm Von Opal, 76, Gere man automobile manufacturer, who once 'was called the "Henry Ford of Germany," died yesterday. Von Opel built more than 1,000,000 auto= mobiles, but said last year in an interview that since the war he occasionally had to hitchhike to get from one place to another. 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