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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948 ES ../ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE a oe' PAGE THRER Community At Ajax Taken Over By 86,783 More Join United Churches In Last 3 Years Smiths Falls, May 28 (CP)--Despite the lack of minis- ters, the United Church in members during the last three Canada received 86,783 new years, reports submitted at the Bay of Quinte Conference disclosed Thursday night. Com- municants now totalled 779,680, the highest in the church's history. The 24th session of the confer-® ence heard greetings from Mrs. B. H, Soper of Smiths Falls, President of the Renfrew Presbyterial of the Women's Missionary Society, and Jack D, Campbell of Admaston, President of the Conference Young People's Union. Reports were submitted by Rev. Dr, James Semple of Peterborough on evangelism and social services and Rev, G. Earl Leard on boys' work, Rev, J, Lattimore of Prankville and Rev. W. W, Burnett of Toron- to, presented the report of the pen- sions committee, The opening devotional hour at Thursday's session was conducted by Rey. J. E. Anderson of Brighton, Ont. An address on the "Dignity of Man" was given by Rev. Dr. Har- old Hough of Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J. Delegates were elected to repre- sent the Bay of Quinte Conference at the general council of the United Church of Canada to be held Vancouver, in September, Those elected: Rev. J. V. McNeely of Oshawa, Rev, C. B, McLellan of Napanee, Rev, H, C. Wolfraim of Almonte, Rev. N. B. Neal of Lindsay, Rev. E, B. Pugsley of Norwood, Rev. Dr. N. A, Kent of Kingston, Rev. John Glover of Hastings, Rev. A, L. Shor- ten of Foxboro, Rev. H. G. Lester of Warkworth, Rev. J. F. Lane of Wellington, Rev. J. E. Griffith of Bowmanville, Rev. James Semple of Peterborough and Rev. W. R. Alp of Perth, Laymen elected: W. A, Woodside of Smiths Falls, Dr. Slemon of Bowmanville, E. 8. Fraser of Trenton, Harold Martin of Stirling, E, L. Sackville, I. H. Keefer and R. F. Downey of Peter- borough, Elmer Davis of Kingston, M. H. Winter of Lindsay, W. T. Rogers of Brockville, A. A, Martin of Frankford, C. W. Burr of Belle- ville, F. M. Chapman of Pickering, J. A. Porter of Lakefield and N. E, Zimmerman of Renfrew, in Canada Hamstrung By Ottawa Bureaucrats Diefenbaker Charges Charging that Canadian business is being hamstrung by Ottawa bureaucrats controlled by the Min- ister of Trade and Commerce, John G. Diefenbaker, MP, for Lake Cen- tre, addressed a Progressive Con- servative rally at the O.C.V.I, last night. He rapped federal trade policies and said that although the Lib- "2 erals had always talked of "free 'rade,' the King governmens had instituted a new policy of protec- tion. "The 25 per cent excise fax on Canadian goods, similar to that im- posed on United States products, has worked a discrimination against Canadian manufacturers," he con- tinued. "The imposition of an em- bargo against British goods is a slap against Britain and also a par- adox in that Canada is loaning mo- ney to Britain and denying her the right to export to Canada to repay it. "Industry in Canada cannot ex- pand today without the consent of Mr. Howe so long as it requires im- ports for its purposes. F» is today in a position where he may demand political fitness on the part of ap- plicants for industrial considera- tion -- a power which even if it were not needed, places a danger- ous weapon in the hands of the government." Such action was in line with government policy of "pasing or- ders in council to change laws and amend statutes even while Parlia- ment is still in session," he stated. Monetary Policy "Handcuffed" Asserting that the government's monetary policy has "handcuffed" industry and that the serious prob= lem of high living costs has been ignored, he said that the more the Canadian people struggle, the tight- er become the handcuffs, : The Progressive Conservative par § ty, he continued, believes that low- fi er prices could be achieved by the il removal or lowering of the present . system of "hidden taxes," and by proceeding against profiteers when they are exposed. The failure of © the King government to take action against these characters has been an invitation to exploit present day HI situations and constitutes a discri- | mination against the large majority of business men, he charged. He claimed that Canada's US. dollar shortages could be traced di- rectly back to the government's dol- "Now they dare not admit their ' mistake and are adhering to it re- - lar parity decision of 1946. rdless of what may happen. Our y believes that a major element in the solution of this = problem would be to estabish a free market for gold and the removal of the . embargo on export of Canadian cat- i tle to the United States," he said. . Mr. Diefenbaker attacked the Ab- | bott budget, charging that the Lib- | eral administration is asking endor- || sation on a budget that leaves Can- ME ada in the position where taxation % Ns a whole takes 23 cents out of ery dollar earned by Canadians, Dubbing Hon, C. D. Howe as | "Minister of By-Elections," he de- clared that whenever Mr. Howe _ spoke in a by-election riding, prom- ' {ses were made by him. . |. "The perambulating portfolio of i isheries won the byelection in New ' Brunswick; it has now travelled ] Coming Events T EXHIBITION FRIDAY, film on Canadian Sculp- Pictures". Admission (123¢) RTICULTURAL SOCIETY ,_ Centre Street School TE a BE Tar enough west to be in Edmonton on the Saskatchewan River and it will find its way to Vancouver Cen- tre after® the Yale by-election," he said. "Promises of expenditures on a lavish scale are now being made. Be ready for them when Mr. Howe ariives in this riding." McCallum Attacks Budget .. Mayor Frank McCallum, Progres- sive Conservative candidate in the federal by-election, also attacked the Abbott budget for bringing no relief to an already overloaded Can- adian taxpayer. While the govern- ment is piling up a record surplus the taxpayer is the chief sufferer. He also attacked the federal hous- ing program, citing Oshawa's ex- perience in attempting to obtain low rental houses. At every turn Oshawa's efforts were blocked by Ottawa red tape and bureaucracy, he claimed. T. K. Creighton, K.C., M.P., par- ty standard bearer in the provincial race, reviewed the achievements of the Drew administration. He cited as an outstanding example, the air immigration scheme. While the King government had announced = health program with great fanfare, Queen's Park had already been looking after a similar situation quietly and efficiently, he stated. R. D. Humphreys, K.C., president of the riding association, acted as chairman, Sailor Is Given 3 Months Term For Kidnapping Midland, May 28 -- (CP) -- Al- bert Parrish of Midland, described by police as a member of the Can- adian Seamen's Union (T.L.C.), was sentenced Thursday to three months for kidnapping, John Buck, a member of the rival Canadian Lake Seamen's Union (Ind). At Parrish's trial two weeks ago witnesses testified that Buck and John Pish were taken by taxi to a place several miles from Midland, forced to remove their jackets and shoes, and left to make their way back to town. _ Parrish Thursday elected trial by judge and jury on charges of kid- napping Fish and stealing the Jackets and shoes. Four other C.S.L. seamen--Clar- ence Poole, Montreal; Horace Windsor, Scarboro Junction, Ont., and Edward Day and Leo Delorme, both of Toronto--elected trial by higher court on similar charges. Two Divorce Decrees . Granted At Whitby Two divorce decrees involving Oshawa residents were granted yes- terday by Mr. Justice Gale in Whitby Supreme Court. Both cases were undefended. Mrs, Viola Corrigan, of Oshawa, was granted a decree nisi in her ac- tion against Elwin W. Corrigan, {with costs. Mrs. Corrigan was also |given custody of one minor child. [A W. 8, Greer, K.C, acted for Mrs. | Corrigan, Arthur Walker of Oshawa was granted a divorce in his action against Evelyn A. Walker, also of Oshawa. He was also allowed costs. R. D. Humphreys, K.C., acted for Mr, Walker, LEGION CHOOSES TORONTO Saskatoon, May 28 -- (CP) -- To- ronto Thursday was chosen as the site of the 1950 national conven- tion of the Canadian Legion, Invi- tations ware also received te meet in -Venewmes and Gietrom, L- 5 New C.N.R. Diesel Locomotive In Service Modern transportation -- on the ground and in the air -- is shown in this picture. £5 i The train is Canada's first diesel road freight, No 9000, which rolled through Oshawa Wednesday hauling 52 cars of coal and proud CNR officers. Overhead, in the circle, a TCA plane is flying over. The train drives from either end, and pulls its freight at 50 to 55 miles per hou Would Extend Streets Through Charlton Land A. E, K. Bunnell of the Depart- ment of Planning and Development, Queen's Park, last night encourag- mission to consult him with any of their problems since planning boards, being advisory, could go to any limit they desired, secure in the knowledge that action was the lot of City Councils. Mr. Bunnell briefly addressed the commission regular . meeting presided over by Norman C. Millman. A recommendation is to be. sent to City Council suggesting extension of Richmond and Colborne Streets through the Charlton property un- der certain conditions mutually agreed upon, and a length of Alice Street from Mary to near Division Street will be proposed by the com- mission as a residential section, On- ly other specific move completed last night was a recommendation that City Council accept the Cawk- er property deed so that Athol Street East may be extended in| the future. Microfilm Record Of Early Papers Nears Completion Ottawa -- (CP) -- Deep in a vault in the Public Archives the Canadian Library Association is moving to- ward completion of its newspaper microfilming project. ; Nor is this job of condensing early Canadian news as easy as some may think. Since last September Robert Hamilton, chairman of the C.L.A. microfilm committee, and his three- man crew, have been working over editions of 30 representative papers of eastern Canada. Now they have turned their cam- era on the western papers, and, run- ning against. time, must complete their work inside of a few weeks. The deadline for use of the $15,000 grant, made toward the project by the Rockefeller Foundation ends this spring. : "About 20 more papers remain to be done," said Mr. Hamilton, turn- ing away from a yellowed 1887 edi- tion of the Qu'Appelle Vidette, once published in Qu'Appelle, Sask, "In many cases, chasing down rare copies of some of these papers has caused us more difficulty than filming them, And often we have found the right edition, but it was too tattered for filming." Above the whirr of the micro- film machine, he named some of the papers already finished -- William Lyon Mackenzie's Colonial Advo- cate, published in Toronto beiween 1824 and 1834; the 1811-26 volumes of the Montreal Herald; Louis Riel's Le Metis of St. Boniface, Man., be tween 1871-1881. Then he picked up a spool of film, holding it between thumb and fore- finger. "Three of these are enough to cover 20 years in the life of one of these early newspapers," he said. In some cases it had been neces- sary to go outside Canada for miss- ing editions. At the New York Public Library the committee had come across a volume of the old Upper Canada Gazette. And in Detroit it discovered the necessary copies of the Voice of the Fugitive, published in 1851-52 at Windsor, Ont., by the escaped negro slaves. As far as Worcester, Mass. it went seeking 1810-18 editions of the Kingston Gazette. Provincial governments were giv- ing the association valuable assist- ance in its project, said Mr. Hamil- ton, In British Columbia, the arch- ives at Victoria was using is own microfilm camera to record early copies of B.C. and Alberta papers. "I think the results of our work will be of great value to students," he concluded. "It's the first time many of these newspapers have been brought together . . . history students in one part of the country soon will have early papers from: another part of the Dominion im- mediately available whenever needed." DEPORT STOWAWAY Vancouver -- (CP) --Dennis De- vine, 25, British seaman, awaitg de- portation to Britain after a short Jail term here because he appeared to be making stowing away a hob- by. He was convicted on two charges of stowing away on the Canadian Union Line steamship Walkawa between Onnads and '4 ~ v4 Vino RA AMM IG » r. Housing Plans Outlined By Liberals And C.C.F. Drew Raps Communists ed the Oshawa City Planning Com- Toronto, May 28 -- (CP) -- Far- {quhar Oliver, Ontario Liberal lead- er, said Thursday night that if a | Liberal government is elected in |Ontario June 7 it will immediately {call a special session of the legisla- ture to deal with housing. | He spoke at Timmins to a meet- ing of the South Cochrane Liberal | Association. Premier Drew addressed | gatherings at Simcoe and Hamilton | while E. B. JoJlliffe, Ontario C.C.F. | leader, spoke in Toronto and made |a broadcast over a CBC national | network. Mr. Oliver said lack of materials would not stand in the way of car- irying out his party's housing pro- gram. If elected, he would appoint la minister of housing to co-ordin- |ate private and government efforts [to meet the housing shortage. He called recent government | housing legislation--providing for loans of up to $1,250 on the down payment for persons who wanted to {build a house or buy a new one-- 'too little and too late." At the start of the election campaign the | Liberal party announced a plan to | relieve home owners of municipal tax payments in the early years | of ownership. Premier Drew in his Simcoe speech termed the Liberal party's agricultural policies 'vague and un- ceratin" and predicted that most | Ontario farmers "are not going to accept the Liberal program." hag in Agriculture Minister Ken- nedy "the most able and effective agriculture minister it has ever had," he said. Ontario Growing Dealing with hydro, Premier Drew said Ontario now is develop- ing and growing faster than any other similar area in the world. "In the last five years we have added more power than in all nine years of the preceding Liberal ad- ministration." At Hamilton Mr. Drew sparred verbally with hecklers and said the interruptions indicated that "right here, just as they did in Welland, the C.C.F. are joining with the Communists to try to make this meeting impossible to carry on." He said the Ontario housing program had been described in a Canadian Legion publication as an example for the rest of Canada, as- serted the provincial police had been used in strikes only to main- tain law and order and 'declared {that Ontario has the most ad- {vanced legislation of any Canadian province. Mr. Jolliffe said. in his broadcast that the C.C.F. has as its ultimate objective racial unity built on the basis of co-operation between farm- er and worker, economic security, racial tolerance and equal oppor- tunity for every Canadian, The C.CF. leader told a Toronto meeting the. labor governments of both New Zealand and Great Brit- ain made housing schemes work. He promises 20,000 low-rental houses for Ontario if his party is elected. He attacked the Drew govern- ment for what he called its lack of a housing program and said Can- 'ada wasn't even building fast enough to keep up with the popu- lation, . "In 1946 there were 41,000 resi- dential building contracts awarded ~but 71,000 young couples were married. And, in addition, there were thousands of new citizens being brought from overseas." Mr. Oliver said that in the Pro- gressive Conservative's 22-point platform, in 1943 Mr. Drew had promised to co-operate with the federal government, In the last five years he had done. nothing bup try "to embarrass and harass" the gov- ernment at Ottawa. rges 'Hatred' The only two provinces that had not" signed an agreement, Ontario land Quebec, were led by "the two most reactionary Prime Ministers {in the Dominion of Canada." They | were united only in their "antagon- {ism to and hatred of" the Ottawa | government. Mr, Drew had been making spe- cial promises to particular com- mimities "in order to enhance his party's chance of election" in view of the fact that "the Magna Carta of 1943," Mr. Drew's 23 promises, were still "unfulfilled." It was "most unlikely' that his more re- cent promises would be met. The time had come when "you can't buy people in election time" People were "toa intelligent to be One reason was that Ontario now | | "What mier Drew spoke in support of Charles Martin, Progressive Con- servative candidate and member of the last legislature for Haldimand- nedy knows the problems had brought to agriculture the knowledge of the selves, He also had been devoting more attention in the last five years than had ever before been devoted to the Junior Farmers Associations. "He believes the best way to as- sure the future of Ontario is to train and educate our youth and give them the confidence they need to carry on." Today Ontario was developing and growing faster than nay simi- lar area in the world. "Don't be startled at the thought of this province having a popula- tion of 9,000,000 or 10,000,000 even- tually. It is.not so far off. "We have' 4,500,000 now. Our cur- rent $600,000,000 hydro development program will provide sufficient power for another 4,000,000. But we'll have a new development pro- gram after the present one is com- pleted, and will develop other sour- ces of power in Cntario." Premier Heckled In Premier Drew's Hamilton ap- pearance, heckling - from among some 600 persons reached noisy pro- the Premier's: address but almost portions during the early part of disappeared when he went on the air to deliver a half-hour radio ad- dress. Such remarks as "You can't live in cocktail bars--give us houses?" week?" "Can you live on & dollar a day?" and "Stop using the pro- vincial police as strikebreakers!" were printed on leaflets showered on the Premier as he entered a hotel ballroom where he spoke. Said Mr. Drew: "Every bit of that noise demon- strates why you've got to get out and fight for the free voice of dem- acracy by voting for the Progres- sive Conservafive party on June 7 . . . Right here, just as they did in Welland, the C.C.F. are joining the Communists to try to make this meeting impossible to carry on. . . Every bit of this shows you exactly what the situation would be if they were in power." The Premier mentioned the hous- ing-criticism and said . the critics should look in the Legionary, pub- lication of the {Canadian Legion. It described the Ontario housing pro- gram. as an example for the rest of Canada, he said. The provincial police have never been used as strikebreakers, Mr. Drew asserted. "They're the men upon whom your security and E. B. Jolliffe's (Ontario C.C.F. leader) security de- pends. Almost all are veterans of either the first or second world war. There hasn't been =a case where the provincial police have gone into any area unless called for by the local authorities who feared they could not maintain law and order." Archbishop Raps Arabs Arms Aid London, May 28 (Reuters)--Most Rev. Geoffrey isher, Archbishop of Canterbury, said today many con- sciences were deeply disturbed that Britain should even seem to be sup- plying arms and officers for any fighting in Jerusalem. "I am happy to know, however, he declared, "that the mere seem- ing of that is in process of being corrected." Dr. Fisher, who was addressing the convocation of Canterbury, a meeting of the highest authorities in the Church of England, added: "Our government, I think, and this country feel it is our bounden duty not to prejudice either side, certain not to prejudice the Arab situation, nor to prejudice the Jewish, KILLED IN FALL Newmarket, May 28 -- (CP) -- John Bleury of Newmarket = was fatally injured today when he fell 3p feet from the post office tower happened to the 40-hour | of the |Mwrray Johnston ... farmer thoroughly." He had intro- |Elmer Crouse duced an up-to-date marketing set- [Doc Rowden up and through farmers' committees | lloyd Workman farmers them- [Total to date | Stadium Fund Mounts Steadily With the members of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club starting on their canvass of the first names of Oshawa citizens for do- nations to the Civic Memorial Stadium Fund, the list is mounting all Oshawa industry and businesses | thousand | \ Dominion Government George W. Findlay Appointed Boss Of steadily each day. A full canvass of | War-Born D istrict | is also started and expectations are high as to the results which will be attained. ! Within a short time a letter will be sent to every Oshawa. citizen appealing for their help in boosting this fund nearer the $60,000 objec- tive. The Kinsmen Club is planning several more events to.add to the total while the Canadian Legion, Branch 43, is also planning a street fair and contest to aid the fund. One of the first of Oshawa's smaller industries to come forward with a donation was the Goodfellow Printing Company which boosted the fund by $100.00. The Russell Car Transport sent -in $25.00 as did J. A. Lane. Other donations ack- nowledged to date are listed below. It is hoped that definite work on the construction can get underway shortly when material difficulties and plans can be finally ironed out. The main question at the moment is however, "Is your donation in yet?" Prev, acknowledged .... Mr, A. Wotton Tom Bouckler Hackney Motor Sales .... Dr, Stan Phillips Goodfellow Printing Co. . Arnold Green « $20,933.00 Russell Car Transport ... Percy Kilburn There is something new on Canada's community front. Just a few days ago a federal crown company (Central Mortgage and Housing Corp.) organization to create a new urban and industrial townsite and com- munity in Canada. Ajax is the wartime area .in Pickering Township about seven miles from Oshawa. It was creat- ed during the war as a hig shell- filling plant for Defence Industries Ltd. Right mow it is in the no- man's-land of postwar adjustment. Until May 4 it was technicallly owned and operated on behalf of the Crown by War Assets Corp. After the war it got a "break" in getting a ready-made tenant in the form of a wartime overflow from University of Toronto. The University took over on a. lease which expires May 31, 1949, Dur- ing the pasf) winter session there have been 3,000 students living at Ajax. | By October of this year, this fig- ure will be substantially reduced. In the academic year starting next fall the Ajax population will be down to about 1,600. And the Uni- versity has indicated that it doesn't intend to renew its lease a year from new. That is important be- cause the University presently op- erates the community water pump- ing and filtration plant, the sew- age, steam heating, laundry, cafe- teria and dormitory accommoda- tion, as well as the fire department, staff hotel, recreation hall and $21,152.25 MOUNTAIN-WINE The wine Chianti derives name from a group of mountains in Italy near Siena which have many vineyards on their slopes. its | bowling alley, hospital, mainten- {ance workshop, etc. Who'll Keep Ajax Together? The point is that when the Uni- | versity pulls out next spring, an {important part of the community | 1ife will disappear. It might be dif- | took complete possession of the property in south-central Ontario known as "Ajax." What's afoot is something unique in Canada -- an attempt by a federal government®---- GEORGE W.. FINDLAY ficult to keep the community from disintegrating. That would be a backward step in view of Canada's housing shortage. Because in ad- dition to the properties already listed as being operated by the University, there is a townsite of some 2,300 acres and some 600 war- time housing units--over and above considerable dormitory accommoda- tion. : Being a completely separate AJAX COMMUNITY (Continued on Page 5) ¥ RT. HON. H. GARDINER Minister of Agriculture Hear the Minister of Agriculture discuss the important issues in the Federal by- election. Hear "Billy" Northumberland, spea Elmo Dunn, Provincia LIBERAL RALLY | TOMORROW! Here is your chance Candidate in person . in store for those who attend the Liberal LYMAN GIFFORD Federal Candidate Fraser, ee MiP, from king on behalf of W. 1 Candidate. to meet your Liberal .. A lively evening is . Rally in the Whitby, Town Hall, Tomor« row night at 8.30 p.m. ELMO DUNN Provincial Candidate ! WHITBY TOWN HALL Saturday, May 29-8.30 p.m. ONTARIO RIDING LIBERAL ASSOCIATION {