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DA OPINIONS LY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAG FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES: GAZETTE OSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Times-Gazette i= a member of the Canadian Dally News papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repablication 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. : 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 'n Canada and England $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 mouths, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Chae Maiter, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Can, Net Paid Circulation Average Per us 8, 2 i] 7 | MAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1948 v An Awesome Thought Several weeks ago residents of the Oshawa district * watched almost breathlessly as two "Vampire" jet propelled planes from the Trenton Air Station roared across the Osh- awa Airport and performed what only a few years ago would have been impossibly steep climbs for the edification of the crowd attending the. Ontario County Flying Club's third an- nual air show. The sight 'was awe-inspiring enough but even more sobering is the news that one of these marvels of human | invention' plunged with terrific speed into Lake Ontario | yesterday only a few miles east of Oshawa, making a terrific | "splash" and bearing its pilot, a distinguished R.C.A.F. vet- eran, to a watery grave. Another jet plane was lost in a crash | at Rockecliffe airport, Ottawa, on June 11. There is reason to stop and think when one -- that even these fast planes are today "out of date" as faster | aircraft have been developed both by the United States and | Great Britain. Russia is keeping pace apparently as it is | announced that she has produced a jet plane capable of 760 | miles per hour under ideal weather and temperature condi- tions. In fact this never ending march for perfection is seem- | ingly unsatisfiable as each new model is outmoded almost as | soon as it, is finished. Each new war is more ghastly than the one preceding | it. New weapons more awesome than before are introduced | which provokes the idea that the end is not yet. Indeed | it would seein possible that man's desire for supremacy may | in time lead him' to his own extinction. . It'seems to us that | it is about time that some gre force, than war must b@| evolved to settle differences and "that a realization must come that victory is a hollow thing unless it brings real peace and contentment to the world. Back To The Land? Perhaps it is the strain of tabulating two elections within two days, or probably more logically the eleven months which have passed since last year's vacation, but in any event we are prone to agree with The Galt Reporter which suggests that a back-to-the-land movement may be something to be expected within the next few years as people tire of the rush and bustle of city life. The Reportér says: ' "If it comes, it will not be an organized movement. It will be the result of some imdependent thinking by many different persons, rich, poor and mediumly well-to-do, who for different reasons will decide that for the one life they have to live, the small town of the farm offers a better return in satisfaction than the big city can possibly give. "This is not to prophesy that the cities will become depopulated overnight. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and the rest will still attract from the country- side the same types of girls and boys that have flocked there in the past. They will come because some careers require a city atmosphere for both training and practice; because there are more opportunities for making a fortune; because there is a greater variety of choice in the matri- monial field; and generally because life in a city is more exciting and therefore more appealing to adventureus youth. "Those who return or emigrate to the countryside from the city will be those who have sampled the metropolitan delights that appeal to them and have calmly decided that they are not worth the trouble they involve. The noise, traffic, smoke and crowds, they will decide, are not bal- anced by the museums, art galleries and libraries that may | be reckoned to the credit of the city. "The dweller in the country or small town, they will also discover, has virtually all the amenities of living that can be found in a city home. Electrification of rural areas has made even farm chores much lighter than they were a generation ago. The rural dweller gets much more land for his money than the city neighbor and has more time to cultivate it. If he drives a car, he is not worried by parking fees or fines, and he commonly uses less gasoline and oil. | If he is a golfer, the cost of 'slicing his drive into the rough | _at the local nine-hole course is infinitesimal. "A chief factor in-driving out the present city dweller, however, will not be financial. It will be the desire to get away from the pressure of too much history, too many events. Even if one restricts one's reading to the headings, the grief of the world keeps pressing on one's private life. It can't be ignored, but few individuals are in a position to do much to relieve it, beyond contributing to organized charities. The country weeklies, quite properly, do not force their readers to become excited about things in which they cannot take part. The hard luck of the area is relieved without elaborate organization. The hard luck of the world | takes second or third place to the abiding verities of seed- time and harvest, birth, marriage and degth,* = ® Other Editors BETTER OR WORSE (Detroit Free Press) It is rumored that the most pow- erful atomic bomb yet has been de- tonated at Eniwetok. The moot question is whether it should be re- ferred to as a better bomb or a wors¢ bomb, SAFETY AT SEA (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) All passenger ships of every na- tion are likely to carry at least one motor propelled lifeboat. This im- portant recommendation has been made at the International Confer- ence-on Safety of Life at Sea, now meeting in London, England. SURE--WHERE ELSE? (Niagara Falls Review) Rather small even for a pet, Mrs. | Elizabeth Beirne, Austrian bride, arriving at Durban, South Africa, aboard an Italian liner, lost her tiny Gypsy mouse dog, a few inches high and 18 inches long--and found it unharmed in her handbag where someone apparently had put it and snapped the catch. SUCCESSION DUTIES (Owen Sound Sun-Times) Increases in succession duties, if imposed solely because of the need for additional revenues such as ex- ists in war-time, should be a last resort, because the effect of such increases is likely to out-live the emergency which caused them, De- creases in succession duties are only defensible if there is a long-term and apparently permanent decline in the interest rate and in the pur- chasing power of money, "MEN OF DISTINCTION" (Christian Science Monitor) Untouched portrait, not in de- mand for advertising purposes: The Baraboo (Wis) man now in a Minnesota county jail charged with arson, He admits, says the sheriff, that after a few drinks he feels the urge to slash tires to hear the air hiss and to start fires because he likes to put them out. Accomplish- ments claimed to date: $33,500 | worth of fires, $400 worth of tires. eo A Bit of Verse SPECULATION By G. B. Alford I'm told that our solar system Could in the star "Antares" abide And yet leave room for a thousand worlds And many planets and stars beside. I'm told "Arcturus" is a sun To which our sun is a candlelight, That "Dube's" distance we'll never k now Nor the strength of "Vega's" dazzling light, The "'Pleiades" is the grandest sight whieh we can see with the naked In He centre of the celestia sphere Where charm and order will never e. The "Aurora Borealis" too Resplendent in its northern sheen Is a magnet for us to view the sky And contemplate the changing scene. The Milky Way" with its billion Like a road across the starlit sky Is in itself a road to heaven What glory awaits us bye and bye. Do you believe in another world, Somewhere amid that glorious scene, With a Jace more pleasing in g sight Where genuine friendship reigns supreme? I like to look when the sky is clear Toward 2 million worlds I cannot And think of a land beyond the sky And of Him from whom such grandeur came. --The Northland Quartely. ® 30 Years Ago Gas company raises $1.75 per 1,000 cubic feet. Golfers enthusiastic about new daylight saving time scheme. Electric storm breaks power lines. Thieves get $1,000 loot in burg- lary of J. C. McGill store. King Street Methodist Church marks sixth anniversary. ® A Bible Thought Jesus said, "My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." (Matt. 1130.) His "burden" is "light," but He weighs us down with blessings. "Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits." (Psa, 68: 19.) rates to $50 to #1000 MONEY FOR EMERGENCIES, OTHER PURPOSES When you need extra money, borrow $50 to $1000 from HFC. You can borrow with- out endorsers or bankable security; Up to 24 months to repay. Loans made for almost any good reason. "Phone or come in today. Prompt service. Tunein* The Whistler" -- Canada's Top Mystery Show, CBC-- Wednesday nights 15 Simcoe Street South Over Kresge's Phone Oshawa 3601 OSHAWA, ONT, Hours 9 fo 5 or by appointment Loans made fo residents of nearby fowns "History Won't Forget" "I know exactly how you feel, they did the same to me." The South Wales Echo (Cardiff) * _® Readers Views SOUND TRUCKS Editor, Times-Gazette: Dear Sir: Your leading editorial of June 11th, "Sound Truck Nuis- ance" was discussed at some length by Local 222, U.A.W. Executive Committee. We wish to draw to your attention certain facts rela- tive to sound trucks. You state it vould now be an ex- cellent time for our city council to make some regulations regarding the use of amplifiers. Without voig- ing our opinion on the licensing of free speech or as to the possible reasons for you charging that sound amplifiers are a nuisance, we wish to draw your attention to City By- Law 272 "Regulating and Control- ling Noise and Licensing Sound Amplifying Devices." This by-law deals with several well known noise- makers such as bells, horns and also sound amplifiers. Sections dealing with sound trucks, and there are several, limits the volume which eral defined areas of the city and also limits the hours during which may be used on the streets in sev- | city of world) diplomacy: sound trucks may be used. If the amgiifier is used for hire or com- mercial advertising a license must be secured at a very high price. We feel therefore, the City Council has already dealt with this question in a rather restrictive manner. Trusting this information will be conveyed to the readers of your paper and thanking you on behalf of Local 222 Executive Committee, I remain, Yours truly, A. G. SHULTZ, Financial Secretary June 15, 1948. SURPLUS OF MUD (Windsor Daily Star) The University of Western On- tario is investigating a mysterious mud hole bubbling up on a' farm near Watford. No mystery at all; it's just the reserve supplies a cer- tain political party had in case it needed more mud to sling'in the campaign. TAKING BIG CHANCE (Winnipeg Tribune) Always a bit startling is this new ex- tending the right hand of fellow- ship without removing the brass knuckles, COME TO THE FETTER FAMILY HOTELS Ave., near Beach ucky ATTANTIE CITY ib Rll Hh LATRTION B50 AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN Delicious Meals Sun un Deck 2 5 Sehorivm: Gilt Atlantic City's Popular Family Hotel J PLEASANT ROOMS POPULAR RATES guests may secure meals at the Jefferson, if desired, JOHN H FETTER, Gen. Mgr. ¢ | Time for Decision BY GEORGE W. JAMES NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 33 The previous article digressed from a discussion of domestic poli- cies advocated by Jchin Bracken, leader of the nationa] Progressive Conservative Party, to take up his stand on the more immediately pressing problem of foreign affairs. We have seen that his campaign to force the government to take a stand against the thrust of Russian Communism was at last heeded. It took over a yéar to accept Bracken's advice bufy finally the, government outlined afiew and stronger foreign policy. New Russian Offer Now we have seen that the Rus- sian Foreign Minister announced only 10 days after Canada had spok- en, his willingness to again meet with leading democratic statesmen and try to settle existing differences. It is reasonable to conclude, there- fore, that this development is relat- ed to Bracken's long campaign to urge the Canadian government to take a stronger stand. Linked with it is the resurgence of Churchill, ral- lying the free European countries to a unity of purpose in calling a show-down with Russia. Conssrvative Leadership It should be of great significance to Canadians that the leaders of the Conservative Parties of Britain and of Canada are in the van in inspir- ing free peoples to move more re- solutely against the imminent threat to their freedom. It will be recalled that a leading C.C.F. member of the House of Commons at Ottawa, said: "We'll have to get rid of the Chur- chillls when the war is over." Now that party and the Liberal govern- ment, as Hansard debates show, have come once again to realize that "appeasement" and '"do-nothing" has been seized upon by Russia to enslave millions in Europe. Caution Advocated It remains to be seen whether this | |} | The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. | | new Russian "line" may be accept- ed as genuine or whether it contains | the "lulling' elements employed by | Hitler to pursue his unremitting ag- gression, As John Bracken has | pointed out, the Communists care- fully calculate every move and have made profitable use of our tempor- izing. We have been outwitted time and again since the war closed. It is time to quit fooling ourselves. This || new Russian approach will have to be examined wifa extreme care. Harvest of. Appeasement Ever since 'Felifnaty 8, 1947, John Bracken has followed up his warn- ing that we must take strong mea- sures to force a mutual agreement on equitable terms with Russia in order to establish a lasling peace, Meantime we have drifted along to see Czechoslovakia overrun, Fin- land suborned, Italy plunged into turmoil, the Marshall Plan derided, the whole of Europe shuddering un- | der the "cold war" horror constant- ly pressed by the hard core of im- perialist communism centred in the Kremlin at Moscow. Amgng free people it has been an awful year of indecision. King and Bracken From February 3, 1947, down to April 2, 1948, was a long period and a fateful one. What happened on the latter date? Prime Minister King was in Williamsburg, Virginia, was Canada's Governor General and President Truman where they re- ceived honorary degrees. 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