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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948 ~-THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THREB t. Laurent Takes Liberal Leadership On F irst Ballot vy ° ® Tesson In Parable Given At Service In Memorial Park The second last in the series of open air services was held at the McLaughlin Band Shell in Memorial Parl: last night under the auspices of the Oshawa Ministerial Associa- tion with a large crowd in attendance. The final service in the series will be held on August 22 when Rev. J. V. McNeely, minister of King Street United Church, will speak and the musical part of the service will be taken by the choir of King Street United Church. Last night's service was conduct- ed by Rev. B. 8. Morwood, minister of Northminster United Church and secretary of the Oshawa Ministerial Association. Rev. J. E. Griffith, for- merly of Bowmanville, who is con- ducting the services at King Street United Church, led in prayer and the address was delivered by Rev. D. M. Rose, rector of St. George's Anglican Church. The musical part of the service was taken by the choir of Albert Street United Church under the di- rection of Mrs. Robert Holden Sr. Mrs. Jean James added much to the enjoyment of the service with her contribution of the solo, "King of Love My Shepherd Is." Basing his adc esc on the parable of the wheat and the tares, Mr. Rose said that a good many people outside the Christian church re- main outside the church for a vari- ety of reasons one of which is that they know so much about the peo- ple who are inside who in their judgment are not following out Christian ideals.. There are also some inside the church who are un- easy as they feel the life of the church does not approximate that of Jasus Christ. These two groups, he said, would have different ideas if they read the parable carefully and understandingly. While the parable is one of judg- ment, that is not the real point, it was stressed. The point of the par- able.is that both the wheat and the tares were allowed to grow together until harvest time. "That is what the people inside and outside the church need to learn," Mr. Rose de- clared. "Jesus Christ came to reveal God. One way was through the parables. This parable illustrates the infinite patience of God. It might be asked why God does not set things right when trouble occurs in the world and men are miserable. None of us should have the effrontery to say we are ready to be reaped in the har- vest of God. God does -not clean things up. It is His infinite patience so we must accept His teaching as we will have countless opportunities to change the tares into wheat." Resort Is Open For Amusements Port Stanley, Aug. 9--(CP)--This «Lake Erie resort was its old Sunday self yesterday, providing a surprise for a holiday crowd. Children trav- elled the merry-go-round and young and old bowled and played miniature golf as owners of amuse- ment booths resumed Sunday op- erations. . Last Sunday Police Chief Xen Brockmeyer enforced closing of all amusement booths on orders from Crown Attorney E. W. Haines of Elgin County, who in turn said he was complying with the Lord's Day Act. Proprietors. of the rides and amusements, prohibited from open- ing on Sunday under the Act, 1aet Sunday and decided to open for business. "We were told by the police to close last Sunday," one operator said, "but our understanding was that the order applied to that day only." Chief Brockmeyer, when queried by reporters, said it was his day off. Crown Attorney Haines said he had no comment. 2 Youths Escape In Car Plunge Peterborough, Aug. 9 (CP)-~Two youths of Keene took an early morning swim Sunday with little harm to themselve s or the car which was driven into the Trent Canal. Ray Hope of RR. 3, Keene, told police that as he approached the Maria St. bridge over the canal, the brakes of his car would not hold. The car stopped when it was about three feet under water. The driver and his passenger, James Houle, also of R.R. 3, Keene, went to the police station to report the dunking. FISHER MISNAMED The little animal called the fisher is misnamed, for he dislikes water almost as much as a cat does. KELLOGGS FOR ASTHMA £ HAY FEVER Liberals Endorse Tax Proposals At Ottawa Meet By WILLIAM WILSON Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9 (CP)--The Liberal party has endorsed the govern- ment's dominion-provincial tax pro- posals. One of the resolutions adopted | Saturday at the party's national convention urges the government to stand by the offer it made to the provinces in 1945, The resolution, accepted after short debate, was moved by Premier Garson of Manitoba and seconded by Attorney-General Large of Prince Edward Island. The proposals the federal govern- ment put forth three years ago cov- er a wide field and are dependent on over-all agreement with the provinces on taxation matters. The general agreement has not been reached, although seven of the nine provinces have signed taxation agreements with the federal gov- ernment, Quebec and Ontario have refused to sign.' The federal government said after the 1945 conference broke up that the proposals placed before it were still its objective, but could not be implemented until "all or most" of the provinces signed agree- ments. In the proposals themselves the federal government offered to pay $30-a-month pensions to persons over 70 regardless of means, share the cost of pensions to needy per- sons over 65 with the provinces and pay the major. cost of a national health insurance program. It also offered to help the provinces with the development of resources and contribute to municipal or provin- cial public works which would be timed to provide employment in periods of business recession. The proposals were dependent on the provinces agreeing to give the federal government exclusive use of the personal income, corporatepn and inheritance tax fields in return for annual payments based on popu- lation. Ancient Bones Found In Prairie Province Eastend, Sask. (CP)--Three pale- -ontologists from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, are camped be- side the Little Frenchman River, in this district in the extreme southwest corner of the province, searching for pioneers. To date, the party has recovered skulls and jawbones of Titanoth- eres--an extinct animal related to the horse and rhinoceros. The relics are reportedly 40,000,000 years old and similar bones are said to have been found in North Dakota and Europe, This Cypress Hills district is fur- rowed with ancient water courses and the present party holds little tiope of finding complete skeletons, They say those being found were washed to their present position by ancient streams and rivers. GOLD ThREAD MINER Yarmouth, N. 8.--(CP) -- Miss Josephine Mulse, 67, is one of the last of Nova Scotia's "gold thread miners." Gold thread is a stringy root, of value to the drug trade, and it provided a little industry in Nova Scotia about 100 years ago. HAS WIDE INTERESTS Lloyd's--an association of under- writers, shipowners and marine in- surance brokers--is famous for its marine insurance, but is even more active in non-marine business. See Defence As Subject Of Forrestal Washington, Aug. 9 (CP)--Some observers in Washington see a great deal more than a "courtesy visit" in the forthcoming trip of Defence i bd James Forrestal to Otta- "Start of a real effort toward joint U.S.-Canadian defence against attack from the Arctic will be made Aug. 15," says the Washington Daily News today in a weekly round-up of speculation on coming events. Forrestal will go to Ottawa Aug. 15 on a once-postponed trip to re- pay the visit made here last winter by Brooke Claxton, Canadian Min- ister of Defence. The News says funds are available to start the first stage of a three- phase North American defence set- up and that Alaskan and Canadian defence projects will get priority over plans for the United States mainland. How To Say It Puzzles Canada Middle Musquodoboit, 'N.S., Aug. 9--(CP)--Dear Mr. St. Laurent: A lot of us here are having trouble pronouncing your name. As youre going to be Prime Minister we need to be straightened out. . The last time we had a French- speaking Liberal leader in Ottawa it took us a while getting around to call him Lorry-eh but now that we have radio we may catch on faster --despite those radio fellows who seem confused as to just what you should be called. Most of us are sticking to plain Saint Lau-rent, just as it's spelled. Others compromise with English and French like San Larrent or Saint Lauron. Anyhow, we can sympathize with you Mr. St. Laurent. You'd be sur- prised how many Canadians still can't pronounce the name of our town. Ottawa, Aug. 9--(CP)--When it comes to pronouncing the name of the new leader of the Liberal party, it's best to think of the French, CBC officials advise, put your tongue against your teeth and say "Sa'Lor'ah," running both words together. 16 Clinics Working Solve Mental Ills Ottawa (CP).--One in 20 Cana- dians will spend at least part of their lives in a mental institution. But despite the fact that in the last 15 years there has been a 60- per cent increase in the population of mental hospitals health and welfare officials arent unduly alarmed over the situation. First of all Canada's aging popu- lation has a lot to do with it. Dr. C. G. Stogdill, chief of the department's mental health division, said in an interview here that about 25 per cent of those now in insti- tutions are aged persons. Then again, more persons are beginning to accept mental hospital care. "While the mental hospital still is under a stigma, it is nothing like it was some years ago," said Dr. Stogdill. He added that Canada's 16 men- tal health clinics throughout the Dominion were: doing much to assist persons in need of specialized treatment, but not hospital care. A shortage of trained personnel-- and especially of social workers skilled in psychiatric treatment--is the main problem holding up post- war expansion of these clinics, par- ticularly in western Canada. Sometimes sponsored by a school board, juvenile court, parent- teacher organization, or other group, the clinic is staffed by a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a social worker, Behavior of epileptics, children, and others are studied at the clinic. Dr. Stogdill described as "a most healthy sign," the fact that teach- ers are beginning to show a great interest in what makes children behave the way they do. As well as providing treatment, workers at the clinics tell teachers and parents how to detect undesir- able behavior trends. Dr. Stogdill said he felt the time was quickly approaching when mental health services should be integrated with other health ser- vices to the community. Diefenbaker, Drew Seen In Conservative Race By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9 -- (CP) --Some Progressive Conservative party sup- porters are predicting that the party's leadership convention next month will develop into a nip-and- tuck battle ween two men--- Premier Drew of Ontario and John Diefenbpker, Saskatchewan mam- ber of the Commons. Neither man has stated that he will accept nomination for the leadership post which John Bracken is giving up. But the supporters claim. its a foregone conclusion that they both will be nominated at the three-day * convention--Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2. Mr. Drew, 54-year-old lawyer and head of the only Progressive Cons servative government in Canada, is given an edge in. pre-convention speculation, But it is not known whether he will accept the job. Some of the Premier's close as- sociates say they believe he would prefer to be head of a government in power, rather than -leader-of a party in opposition in a field that he has never before entered. Mr. Diefenbaker, 52-year-oid criminal lawyer, has had ght years' experience in the federal house. He was first elected to the Commons in the general elction of 1940 for the Saskatchewan consti- tuency of Lake Centre. He contested the party leader- ship in 1942 when Mr. Bracken was chosen to succeed Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, but he did not draw any major support at that time, Since then, however, he has built up a reputation as one of the most forceful and colorful debaters in the Commons. His supporters feel he would give to the party some of the zip and color that marked the leadership term of the late Viscount Bennert. Donald Fleming, 43-year-old To- ronto lawyer, is also mentioned as possible candidate. Those who wold favor him state that possibly he would be opposed because his ex- perience in the Commons dates only from 1945, rt y New Liberal Leader This is a recent portrait study of Louis St. Laurent, Canada's Minister of External Affairs and delegate to the United Nations: Assembly, who was chosen Liberal leader late Saturday afternoon. Liberals Set Platform Geared To Win Election By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9--(CP)--A major cog in the Liberal party's election- winning machinery--its platform-- was geared for action today. The platform, as adopted at the national convention concluded Sat- urday, ranged up and: down the length and breadth of Canadian political issuess. It took in just about everything. A sighificant aspect of this first re-statement of Liberal policy since 1919 was that it contained' a num- ker of departures from government policy, some of them forced on the convention by younger elements in the party. Several of the divergences from the current government line of thought were on major issues. In the freight-rate controversy, the convention = plunged headlong against government policy in advo~ cating a Royal Commission on the problem of transportation rates. This the government had been denying to seven appealing pro- vinces since April, along with me- jecting their requests for a review of the finding of the Board of Transport Commissioners in award- ing a 2l-percent freight-rate in- crease to the railways. There was another collision be- tween government and party policy in the labor plank. The conven- tion called for government mea- Mrs. Lucille Chalifoux turns sobbing from- the camera as a photographer photographs the four children she and her husband Ray, 40, have offered for sale. For long months the 24-year-old Chicago housewife and her hus- band fought a desperate but losing battle to keep their children fed and housed. But now; jobless and facing eviction, the couple' has made the heartsbreaking decision that will part them from 'their children, (Left to right, top step): Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. 4, and Sue Ellen, 2; sit patiently by that they-are up for sale to the highest bidder.' Children for Sale iit 9 sures for union security and gov- | ernment enforcement of labor laws. | These precepts previously had been | rejected by the administration. A third departure in Saturday's platform-adoption was that of call- | | ing for federal subsidization of low- | | rental housing. The . government | | has been against subsidizing hous- ting. | | One more divergence--though to | a lesser extent than the others-- | | was in calling for abolition of court | | appeals to the Privy Council. A major plank was that calling for a North Atlantic defensive al- | { liance. The government has been in favor of this, but up'to now" has | keen waiting for the United States to take the North American initia- | tive. | On dominion-provincial relations, the convention approved of the gov- ernment's current attitude--that is, it endorsed its 1945 .fiscal proposals to the provinces and expressed: the hope they avould be implemented. On the political front, it laid down the policies of four-year party conventions--the last: one was in 1919--no coalition with any other group and opposition to Socialism and Communism. It ran into some difficulties on the plank dealing with national un- ity, but. eventually straightened that out . The "delegates settled | eventually for an "exclusively Can- | adian" flag. (Left to right, Tower step): Milton, as the sign next to them proclaims J FRUSTRATED BANDIT Toronto, Aug. 9 (CP)--The neat young man who demanded money didn't look like a bandit and Jack Alter, clothing store owner, told him to prove himself a holdup man: The intruder whipped out a black revolver and jabbed it into Alter's ribs. But the bandit fled after Alter grabbed him by the coat collar and hustled him out of the store. ST. THOMAS PIONEER St. Thomas, Aug. 9 (CP)-- Effie McLachlin celebrated her 80th birthday Sunday at Dutton and talk turned to pioneer days. Miss MeLachlin, born in a log cabin near the Thames River, was the daughter of Scottish settlers and, until she started to ttend the ity's log school, she knew no other tongue than the Gaelic she can still speak. 5 MUSKIE TOWS BOAT Campbellford, Aug. 9 (CP)--A muskellunge towed a rowboat in an hour-long fight to free itself from a hook but it lost the battle to Allen Taylor of Campbellford. The 46%2- inch fish weighed 27% pounds -- one of the largest caught near here this year. NEGLECTED PETS Toronto, Aug. 9 (CP)--The staff of the Humane Society here were busy last month while many of Toronto's citizens were on holidays. Workers brought to the Society a total of 1,116 dogs, 3,271 cats and 285 horses. RAIL PIONEER DIES Toronto, Aug. 9 (CP)--John Firby, 81, pioneer railwayman and retired Canadian National Railways loco- motive engineer, died Saturday. In his youth, after coming from Eng- land, he worked for the old Canada Atlantic Railway owned by the J. R. Booth Company. Later he was associated with construction of the James Bay Railway (later known as the Canadian Northern) from the Don Valley to Parry Sound. Still later he worked for the Canadian National Railways until his retire- ment 18 years ago. TRIP BY TRICYCLE Toronto, Aug. 9 (CP)--Carl Arntsen, five, and John Storey, six, made a five-mile trip by tri- cycle from thelr homes in cen- tral Toronto to the west-end Sunnyside amusement park. They took a roundabout way. When police found them they had spent their only nickel. HITCH-HIKING FAMILY Toronto, Aug. 9 (CP)--Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery and their children, Gloria, three, and Karen, one year, have just returned from a hitch-hiking trip to Ottawa, Montreal and North Bay. The jaunt cost them $75. Next year they plan to head for Sault Ste. Marie. German Lad Seeks British Pen Pals Margate, Kent, Eng. (CP). -- A 17-year-old German youth describ- ing himself as a clerk in Leipzig Town Hall since 1947, has asked Mayor W. J. Perkins to find him British pen pals. "We become very poor in Ger- many," he wrote. "We have not the simplest things and very few food. The little children get no milk or butter and become very ill "The people get cross to one an- other because they are hungry. Conditions are bad all the way round. It is very terrible . .." The mayor offered. the German's name and address to any one wish- ing to write to him. The waltz became popular in Eu- rope early in the 19th century. Chosen Sucessor To Prime Minister At Ottawa Parley By D'Arcy O'Donnell Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9 (CP)--Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St. Laurent, who two years ago wanted to leave politics to re- turn to private law practice, is the Liberal party's chosen suc- cessor to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Mr. St. Laurent, who entered politics in 1941 to fill a wartime vacancy in the Justic Department, decisively won the National Liberal convention leadership race Saturday. His opponents were Agriculture Minister Gardiner and Hon. C. G. Power, former Air Minister. On the first ballot, the 66-year-old Quebec lawyer who now is External Affairs Minister, polled 848 votes. Mr. Gardi« ner received 323 and Mr. Power 56. The leadership fight narrowed tog three men after nine were nomi- nated. Health Minister Martin, Fi- nance Minister Abbott, Transport Minister Chevrier, Defence Minis'er Claxton, Trade Minister Howe and Premier Garson of Manitoba were nominated but promptly withdrew. Immediately there was specula- tion as to who will become Exter- nal Affairs Minister when Mr. St. Laurent assumes the Prime Minis- tership, probably within a few months. Political sources predict L. B (Mike) Pearson, capable under- secretary for External Affairs, will be the man. Other cabinet changes are likely. One guess is that Premier Garson of Manitoba will be appointed Jus- tice Minister, succeeding Rt. Hon. James Ilsley, who resigned last June 30. Acceptance Speech In his acceptance speech Satur- day, Mr. St. Laurent thanked the convention from the "bottom of my heart." "I pledge my troth to discharge the responsibilities which have been placed upon me," said Mr. St. Laur- ent. He said it was a great honor to be associated in any way with of- fices held by the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. King, retiring after 29 years as leader of the party. It was Mr. King who made a { special trip to a testimonial din- ner for Mr. St. Laurent in Quebec two years ago and asked his French- speaking lieutenant to remain for some time longer at his side. Mr. St. Laurent agreed to stay in the cabinet at that time. When Mr. King announced last winter that he planned to retire from the leadership, Mr. St. Laurent an- nounced he would be a candidate for the post. Born of a French-Canadian f&th- er and an Irish-Canadian mother, Mr. St. Laurent made national unity the keynote of his election address. He said that without na- tional unity no government could have the "authority, strength and stability to carry out any program." He recalled that Mr. King once said no ministry which could not bring men of both races to the council-table could hope to govern and maintain unity in Canada. When the voting was over, Agri- culture Minister Gardiner said the convention had chosen as leader one of the ablest men in Canada. Then smilingly he added: "But I am still ready to be the spark-plug of the Liberal party." Mr, Power asked delegates to sup- port him as a "reform" candidate for the leadership. He urged the party to reform its electoral :ys- tem, its parliamentary system and its administrative ministerial sys- tem. He lashed out at government by bureaucracy and said the Lib- eral party should once again regain its title as the defender of provin- cial rights. To Discuss Date It is not yet clear when Mr. St Laurent will take over the office of Prime Minister. He told news- papermen at a press conference shortly after his election that he will discuss the matter with Mr, King this week. Mr. King has said on several oce casions that the office of Prime Minister is conferred by the crown and not by the party. He has said he would discuss with his successor the question of when he ghould relinquish the Prime Ministership. Some 21 resolutions, sponsored by delegates from various parts of the country and touching on a lengthy list of topics, were adopted by the convention as new planks for the party platform. The convention went on record as saying that the party will stand by the proposals to the 1945 domin- ion-provincial conference which wound up in failure when taxation agreements could not be concluded with all provinces. Mr. Abbott won approval of a resolution recommending '"utmest economy in controlled government expenditures." The approval came after a number of delegates from the floor urged a reduction of per= sonal income taxes. On the question of the cost of live ing, the convention agreed that "selective price controls" should be reimposed in cases where unrea- sonable prices are forcing up 'he cost of living. The question of a Canadian flag was treated in a delicate manner. Although there had been request that the party state its support for a flag containing neither thse Union Jack or the Fleur De Lis, the convention went only so far as to say that it favored an "exclusively Canadian flag." The contentious freight-rate ise sue was thrown on to the conven- tion floor in a resolution, but it came after the mew leader was chosen and there was no discus- sion. The party went on record in favor of a Royal Commission ine vestigation--something the prove. inces have been. asking for--into the freight-rate structure. On housing, the party decided to support, if necessary the subsidizae tion of low-rental house construce tion. $40,000 Robbery On Long Island New York, Aug. 9 -- (AP)--Theft of $40,000 in jewelry from the suite of a New York City manufacturer in a hotel at suburban Lido Beach on Long Island was reported Sune day night. Police said the suite, occupied by David Seigel, a women's clothing manufacturer, was robbed late Sat- urday. A diamond. ring valued at $20,000 was the principal item of loot. ALASKA'S BIGGEST Juneau, capital of Alaska, is the territory's largest city. . s PRICE REDUCTIONS NOW IN EFFECT! With the cancellation of Government Taxes on Electrical Appliances all merchandise now in stock is reduced 'in price. VACUUM CLEANERS HOT PLATES IRONS and TOASTERS RADIOS, ETC. * HILL-CORNISH ELECTRIC ELECTRIC RANGES WASHING MACHIMS ELECTRIC IRONERS FLOOR POLISHERS 50 PRINCE ST. PHONE 341