The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The OSHAWA . THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) (HE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) Daily Times-Gazette | WHITBY - a member of the Canadian Press, Hh Onna ny s Association, the Ontario C Dally Newsp cravineisl Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of uirculations. Pp is y entitled to the use for 5 an of all news despatches in this paper credited Bg or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the ical mews published therein All rights of 'special w:spatches herein are also reserved. . LOWAY, President and Publisher s B® AE ON. Vice-President and Managing Director MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES al Ha na carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Por Si Bh Pickering, 24c per week. By mall, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and England, 2 ear, U.S. $9.00 per year LD Second on Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for OCTOBER 9,135 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1948 T M. A New Prince Born The birth of a child is always an inter- -.ting event to those who are associated, oven remotely; with the parents and fam- y. This makes the birth of a son to Prin- sss Elizabeth, DucHess of Edinburgh, and 1 siress-presumptive to the British crown, a - orld event of major importance, because rere are hundreds of millions of people v7ho, by their associdtion with the Com- -1onwealth of Nations, have a deep inter- st in the line of succession. They have an even deeper interest in the Royal family, . hich has endeared itself to loyal British seople the world over. Naturally, this is an_event calling for the most cordial congratulations to the Princess Elizabeth and her young hus- »and. That their child is a son, thus placing him next in line to his mother in the suc- cession to the throne, has brought about a great wave of rejoicing throughout the length - and breadth of Britain, and throughout the Commonwealth. It has de- .monstrated the solidarity of the British family, in which all the members feel a personal interest in the important event which took place last night. Some day, in the natural course of ev- ents, the new prince will occupy the throne of Great Britain and the overseas Domin- ions and colonies. That is a tremendous destiny to which to be called. It places his birth in the category of major world ev- ents of 1948. And from this day on, the growth, development and welfare of the young prince will be a matter of major concern to all British pedple everywhere. Prime Minister Retires Today, the Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mac- kenzie King gave up the helm of the ship of state which he has guided through stormy seas and quiet waters for a longer period than any other prime minister. For twenty-nine years and three months, he was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and he held the office of Prime Minister for over twenty-two years of that time. . It is an unsurpassed record of public service which he has brought to a close by his retirement, into which he passes with the good wishes of all Canadians, regard- less of their political views. In the twenty-two years during which he served as Prime Minister, Mr. King saw his country pass through many varying phases. He took office two and a half years after the close of the First World War, in a time of slump, and he guided the nation through the boom years of the twenties up to 1930, when the depression was just setting in to, becloud the Canadian scene. The depres- sion years defeated Mr. Bennett, who was Prime Minister from 1930 to 1935 and brought Mr. King back to the premiership. He has held it continuously since then, led the country through a great war, and through the immediate postwar period. Whatever political opponents may have had to say of Mr. King, history will accord to him the place of a great statesman, a great Canadian. It has been said of Mr. King that he was an opportunist in that he always seemed to do the right thing at the right time to keep the support of the people. Yet his skill as a politician stemmed from something more subtle than that. He recognized, from the outset of his political career, that political leaders cannot go far in advance of public opinion, and he was probably the most shrewd judge of public opinion who ever occupied the office of Prime Minister. He knew when the people were ready for ad- vances in legislation, and when they were ready, he also was ready. It was due to this almost uncanny faculty for judging public opinion that he was able to remain in office as Prime Minister for so many years. Canadian unity was very dear to his heart, and on i oA ( a af 3 CLLasSICUS AC Up linen his own position and that of his party by | \ who will take his place, Hon. Louis St. Lau- 'duces a story of a new jet-plane being refusal to take action which might set one | section of the country against another, and in the long run, the majority of the people accepted his decisions by their votes which kept his party in power. A great leader has retired. The man rent, will have a difficult time in filling adequately the place he has vacated. But it is to be hoped that Mr. King will recover fully from his recent illness and enjoy the years of retirement with sufficient health and strength to pen for posterity his mem- oirs of an important and eventful era in Canadian history. Editorial Notes When a United States magazine pro- built in Canada, and which is a top level se- cret, then it is obvious that there has been a serious leak of information. Apparently all the leaks were not closed by the fam- ous spy investigations. * ® Governor Dewey is rated as one of the ten best-dressed men in America. He found out, however, that this was not one of the essential qualifications for election as pres® ident. * %¥ * % % ¥ A newspaper report claims that the ma- jority of those attending meetings address- ed by the Dean of Canterbury are people of foreign extraction. Perhaps we are not as keen on teaching New Canadians the principles of Canadianism as the Commun- ists are in spreading their doctrines. * * % * The best antidote to Communism, says Dorothy Thompson, is a 'more vigorous Christianity. That is the best antidote to all the evils that beset the world today. eo Other Editors' Views eo FOR TOURISTS (Amherst News) Romantic and thrilling advertising and booklets may bring tourists once, but poor roads and worse accom- modation will keep them in their own country the next year. And they can be counted on to pass the bad word along to others. * k FOR WORN-OUT LIBERALS (Windsor Daily Star) If the Senate is ever to play any important function in Canada, it should be made more representative, not only as to Conservatives, but as to other Parties, and even of that large number of Canadians who are non- political. It has become a private preserve for worn- out . Liberals. * ok * * ok DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA (Cleveland Plain Dealer) There is a revealing account of the way elections are handled in the Soviet Union in a book just published, "Political Power in, the US.S.R." by Julian Towster. As we criticize the shortcomings of our own candidates or look askance at the way they were nominated it may be a wholesome exercise to reflect on the demo- cratic process as practised by our Bolshevik brethren. Their elections are intended not so much to choose members for the Soviets, the governing bodies on var- ious echelons, as for propaganda effect. The pur- pose is to show the happy comrades and the benighted outside world that practically everybody is solidly behind the Communist hierarchy. Candidates are se- lected by the party through its stooge organizations. Only a person "devoted to the cause of Lenin-Stalin" and who has shown complete loyalty to the regime is considered worthy to run for office. In the unlikely event that' an unworthy name should sneak in, an election commission will eliminate it. eo A Bit of Verse eo THOUGHTS IN AUTUMN * I do not see what others see When Autumn's punctual trumpets blare: The blazing hill, the blinding tree, The brightness falling from the air . .. (There is a hedge in Normandy, And my dead youth is there.) I do not hear what others hear, Though music murmurs all around: The plum-drunk wasp, the cautious deer, The apple thudding to the ground (For me a Norman field this year Holds still a hallowed sound.) cannot heed what others tell, Though boy and bee bring rich report: The sur-soaked sheaf, the frost-ripe shell, The clover's nectar by the quart ... . (A Norman poppy's scarlet bell Is heavy with my heart.) In market-place, in council hall The bickerings grow loud and hot; But Orfe, who notes the sparrow's fall, By all men, save Himself, forgot Keeps at the crumpled hedge for all The vigil they do not. Joseph Auslander. In New York Times. ® A Bible Thought e "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation." (Psa. 68:19.) His love has no limit, His grace has no measure His power mo. boundary known unto men, For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth and giveth ard giveth again. -- ANNIE JOHNSON FLINT .| sented in 141 registrations at a "He NEEDS BOTH STILTS GOING FORWARD" Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Canada's "white horses"--The once-abundant electric power which drives her teeming industries and brings cheap light to her homes-- are slowing from a gallop "to a walk, For the first time since electricity began to play an important part.in the Canadian way of life more than a half-century ago, this country .is experiencing an acute shortage - of power. Ontario and Quebec, where 80 per cent of the country's power is produced and consuméd, are the hardest hit and Ontario feels it the most. So far, Ontario has met the situation by cutting off power for an hour or more each day in urban communities. However, even this conservation measure may not be enough. More than 97 per cent of all elec- tric energy in Canada is produced by waterpower, the remainder by steam, In 1938, Canada's hydro develop- ments had a capacity of 8,000,000 horsepower. By 1947, they had passed 10,500,000 and another 500,- 000 is being added during this year. In 1952, the total will have reached 12,000,000--one "white horse" for each of Canada's 12,000,000--odd population. The people are asking why the shortage has developed when scores of waterfalls and rapids remain un- harnessed. The publicly-owned Ontario Hy- dro Electric Commission, respon- sible for supplying the needs of the province hardest hit, has been busy explaining, It owns the power de- velopments and distribution services in Ontario and alsq buys and dis- tributes power fromr adjacent Que- bec plants, | It says the immediate reason for the shortage is the lack of water. In the highlands in Ontario and the Laurentian Mountains in Que- bec, where the 500-mile Ottawa River and the 300-mile Gatineau and many lesser streams rise, the rain and snowfalls of the last 12 months has been the lowest in 50 years. With a normal precipitation, says the Commission, it would have been able to get by without ration- ing. However, others say that "wrong" guessing was the cause of the fail- ure to keep waterpower develop- ment ahead of demand. They say the experts estimated that demand for power would slow up after the war, on this basis, they delayed embarking on new developments. But, instead of slackening, power demands bounced ahead after the war as the whey: of industry turn- ed as never before. Now, new developments are being given top priority. Hydro plants are cheap to operate once they are in production. You just open the valves and let the water turn the turbines. ; But the capital investment 'is heavy. Before the war a develop- ment which cost more than- $100 per developed horsepower wasn't considered economical. With the value of the dollar shrinking, new developments being brought into production this year are costing around $200 per horsepower. Markets Saturday The longshoremen's strike caused declines in the Chicago and Win- nipeg grain exchanges. The New York stock market coasted through a slow session. Only minor price variations were noted. --- ® 15 Years Ago, Hundreds of citizens assembled in St. Andrew's United ,Church fer funeral service for the late George W. Henley, organist of the church. Financial report presented at an- nual meeting of the Oshawa Gen- al Hospital Board showed-a deficit of $9,714, Alex Storie was appointed chair- man, Harry Wallace, secretary, and | 000. orley Jacobi director of a cam- to raise a welfare fund of $30,000. Eight local churches were repre- Leadership Training School for young people's workers. A special committee was appoint- ed by Knox Presbyterian Church to make arrangements for comple- tion of the church building, with J. L. Beaton as chairman. WINS $30,000 New York, Nov. 15 -- (AP) -- An Attleboro, Mass., housewife Sunday night won $30,000 in prizes for cor- rectly named the "mystery melody" on the American Broadcasting Company's "Stop the "Music" pro- gram. Mrs. Edward Easton, 34, a jewelry salesman's wife, identified the program's mystery melody over the telephone as "The Minstrel's Return From the War." LEAVE FOR HALIFAX New York, Nov. 15 -- (AP) --IA total of 444 passengers left Sunday night on a 38-hour trip to Halifax so they can begin a journey there they were supposed: to start: here. The passengers left by two special trains for Halifax where they will board the liner Mauretania. The ship normally docks at New York. It was rerouted because of the long- shoremen's strike here. # 'Looking Around "The World" By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst. Those who espouse the belief that Communism will "blow "up "in due course because of its undemocratic structure (and they are many) have recéived plenty of encouragement for this view in the efforts of the 58-country social committee of the United Nations 'assembly in Paris to draw up a charter of human rights. * Progress in 'writing 'this all-impor- tant document has been marked by a fierce battje between : Russia and the anti-Communist countries. 'The efforts of the Muscovites have been aimed at limiting the rights of the individual and making him a puppet of the state.: "4 New and Old Jo am In order to understand the signi- ficance of 'this, it 'is' essential 'that we recognize the structure of pres- ent day Communism, -"- . The current so-called Communism is Bolshevism. It is a cold-blooded philosophy of totalitarian dictator- ship in which the individual is wholly subservient to 'the state---a cog in a machine. It is an ism which expands by strong- aggression. Basic Freedom That is the background for the manoéuvres of Soviet delegate Al- exel Pavlov in the social committee --and He has fought doggedly for the totalitarian code. For example, he sought to delete freedom of reli- gion from the declaration of human rights. Naturally 'this aroused hot opposition among the democracies, to which freedom of religiontis a cherished right. ot Fhe Russian position in this argu- ment about religion is easy to under- stand. One of the cardinal™tents of Bolshevism is that -religion is the dope. of 'the masses and must be destroyed. The reason is obvious:: A religious -person can't subscribe' to the evils of "aggression and totalit- arianism. Hitler -followed 'a similar line ' with- his totalitarian 'Nazism. He tried his best to destroy religion in Germany. | Looking Ahead In Ottawa By the Ottawa Stiff of the Cang- dian Press. Ottawa, Nov. 15.--(OP)--Well-in- formed quarters believe the govern- ment will soon come up with some relief for Canada's hard-pressed shipbuilding industry. The Canadian Marine .Commis- sion; it is learned, had a glum pic- ture placed before it at 'a recent meeting with its: national advisory committee, and spokesmen for builders were - insistent. that the government. do something 'to shore up this failing business. At present, the industrialists pointed out, there is no. business in sight for 'the, industry beyond next year--perhaps beyond the first half of the year. The big post-war backlog of orders has pretty well dwindled away. i "Belief in the industry is that the Dominion: will probably come to its help with a system of. accelerated depreciation on ships built for Ca- nadism. . operators. This" "would make it easier for:the operators to buy. vessels, as they could. divert part of their revenue from taxes toward paying Off the cot' of ships. An announcement, of plans to expand. greatly Canadian. iron and steel production is- - expected to come around the. end. of the year or--at the latest--early in the next session of parliament. a Government sources say the plans are still being worked out in dis- cussions between 'members of the steel industry gnd. the government but thére has been no clear picture of 'the cost inyplved. - Some sourc- es have suggested that it 'might, over a period, amount 'to $100,000,- . "There is no point in 'increasing your capacity to produce. basic iron or steel," 'a government source 'de- clared, "ufiless you increase the capacity: of the' plant to handle 'it. There aren't many plants in' Cana- da which can 'do anything with an ingot: of "pig iron." 1 : FUNERAL TODAY + Phoenix, 'Ariz, Nov. 157--"'(AP)-- The 'funeral' of Richard ' J. Gullen, 73, chairman of the board' and di- rector of the International 'Paper Company, will be held here today. Cullen died in a' Phoenix hospital Saturday. He was stricken with ap- pendicitis Idst. week. 'As:a. young mechanical . engineer. he : helped to reconstruct. the Riordon - Pulp. Mill at-Merritton, Ounit., 'and later he de- sizned and supervised. the; construc- tion of the Riordon mill at Hawkes- TIGER, ESCAPES » Stoneham, 'Mass., Noy: 15 -- (AP) --A full-grown male tiger Sunday broke loose 'from cage in the midst of 150 persons: at the Spot Porid "zoo "and cla a. Zoo 'official whs-trapped'a ot ce. "James MoCarthy, 57, "assist and several deep: face 'cuts: while trying vainly fo hold" the-cage door Mac's Musings We seldom think About the man Who daily Brings the mail, Right to our doors. How many things in life We take for granted Because they come to us Day in, day out,. And only when A day is missed. Do we wonder. what Has happened To break the even tenor Of Life's ways. The man who. brings the mail 'We take for granted, For we know - That rain or snow, Fierce storms.' Or blazing. sunshine, Pind him on his way Going from home to home Bringing the maijl That may contain News of joy or sorrow, Tidings of loved: ones Far away. ; The man who brings the mail, Lives by a code' That has come down Throughout. the years, Since first Someone conceived The idea of . The daily mail Going to every home. That code is simple, Only that storm or rain, Or snow or ice, The mail must: go through. How well these men Observe that code, But yet we seem to take For granted, That they will be there, Day in, day out. We seldom think Of how The man who bririgs the mail, Risks health and strength, In every kind of weather, And spends his life n seeing that e mail goes through. AUTUMN STORM Charlottetown, Nov. 15--(CP)--An autumn storm, worst of the season, disrupted power and telephone ser- vices in Prince Edward Island early Sunday. Winds of gale force caused tnly minor damage. Power and communication facilities were all back to norma' within a few hours. 4 16 KILLED Saarbrucken, Nov. 15-- (Reuters) -- Sixteen persons were killed and 21 injured five of- the severely, when a truck carrying soccer players crashed Sunday into the Blies River near Breitfurt in the Saar, the Ger- man news service RPD reported. Cause of the accident was not known, - British Writer Denies Report London, Nav. 15--(CP)--Charles W. Cain, a British aviation expert, Sunday night denied he was the author of an article in a United States aviation magazine in which information about the new Canad- ign C-100 twin-jet fighter plane was disclosed. Interviewed in his home he said: "1 probably; am suspected of be- ing the weiter because recently I went to- Canada to cover a story about the C-102, a fo et -trans- port made by the makers/of the C- 100--A. V. Roe at Malton, Ont. "While I was there I asked about the C-100 but they would tell me nothing." The magazine, Aviation Week, early this month published a story giving a detailed description of the twin-jet C-100. In Ottawa Air Marshal W. A. Curtis announced that the R.C.M. P.' is making an investigation and the R.CAF. is "most anxious" to prosecute the person responsible for the leak of information about the secret aircraft. Kensington Legion Requests Canadians Take Part In Lift Ottawa, Nov. 15--(CP)--Canad- ian participation in the Berlin air- lift was requested by the Canadian Legion in a three-fold brief presen- ted to the cabinet Saturday. The meeting, made a part of his- tory by the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mackenzie King who re- tires Monday, saw a 25-man dele- gation of the Legions Dominion Council ask: 1. Participdtion in the Berlin air- lift because air force personnel of other Commonwealth countries were doing so; 2. Increasing the rates of war veterans allowances from $40 to $50 for a single person and from $70 to $85 for married personnel; 3. Switching administration of veterans' wartime housing from Central Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration to Veterans Affairs De- partment; allowing veterans first opportunity to buy such homes or allowing them to remain if they carry out rental agreements, A spokesman for the delegation said that Mr. King decided to pre- side over the meeting when he paid a surprise Visit to the Parliament buildings Saturday to say goodbye to his staff and members of the Privy Council, U. of T. Will Award King Scholarship Toronto, Nov. 15--(CP)--Ontario friends of Canada's retiring Prime Minister have endowed the W. L. Mackenzie King scholarship - for Master of Arts in External Affairs in his honor at the University of Toronto, where Mr. King won an Edward Blake scholarship in Arts and Law in 1893. Frank N. Walker, member 'of the scholarship committee of which Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Pearson is honorary chairman, said today the scholarship would be worth $1,000 annually, The scholarship is designed to en~ courage research in Canadian ex- ternal relations and to obtain through extended Investigation, an understanding of the questions arising from the Dominion's grow= ing participation in this field. "The first duty which Mr, King performed in external and home relations began over 50 years ago," said Mr. Walker, "when in 1808 he received a government commission to enquire into methods of carrying out government contracts in Can- ada and Europe. "From that time forward an in- terest in that field grew each year and when he became Prime Min- ister in 1921, he also became Min- ister of External Affairs. This post he held until two years ago and his activities in that regard are a matter of history, especially those associated with the late Franklin D. Roosevelt." The scholarship will be open to students who are Canadians by birth and who hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from any Canadian university. Students must have in- cluded in undergraduate studies at least two of geography, political science, economics and history, over a period of at least two years. The award will be made by the inter- departmental committee on inter national relations. U. S. PUZZLED fim Berlin, Nov. 15 -- (AP) --A small but steady dribble of Russian army « deserters into Western Germany has suddenly and unaccountably stop- ped. United States Army sources said Sunday they are mystified by the abrupt change. For a long time, scarcely a week went by without a few Russians "going over the hill." TUG SAFE Erie, Pa., Nov. 15 -- (AP) -- The fishing tug Teal, which had been drifting helplessly in Lake Erie sev=- eral hours, was towed to the port of Eire Saturday by the tug Mizen« er operating out of Long Point, Ont. The tug had drifted nearly to the Ontario shoreline when it was sighted by the Canadian tug. What kind of world will your children inherit ? ® Probably it will be a better world in every way. Certainly it will be a healthier world. For science is working ceaselessly to devise more effective ways of treating and preventing disease. But the task is enormous--and costly. That is why the life insurance companies in'Canada have contributed large sums of money for many years toward the work of medical science -- particularly in the field of preventive research. As a result, more men and women are enabled to work in well-equipped laboratories waging war against cancer, tuberculosis and polio. More facts are 'being discovered in order to promote better nutrition, prenatal care and dental hygiene. And, the skill and devotion which these scientists bring to their work promises new freedom from sickness in years to come.' By supporting their efforts, the life insurance companies help to raise the health standard of the nation. By owning life insurance, you help to children. create a healthier world for your A message from the Life Insurance Companies in Canada and their agents sgt sistipoon. LIFE INSURANCE