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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Monday, January 26, 1953 Editorials The Dally Times-Gazette a ivy: blished by Times-Gazette Publishers, Limited, Sos. Oshawa, Owario n Bloor Street Likely to be 'A Major Traffic Artery Citizens who make a close study of the ad- ministration of Oshawa appreciate the fact that the City Council has many difficult de- cisions to make during the current year. Its responsibilities can be divided into two main categories. First, it has to exercise all the economy possible in deciding on policy. Sec- ond, it has to show foresight and vision and look to the future welfare and development of the city in its planning. Sometimes it is difficult to reconcile thése two fields of re- sponsibility. One instance in, which this occurs is found in the proposal which is coming before the City Council that the width of thé new pave- ment 6n Bloor Street be reduced to 33 feet. Last year, on the recommendation of the city engineer and the Oshawa Planning Board, it was decided to make it 44 feet wide. Some work towards carrying out that decision has already been done. The catch basins have been installed and some of the necessary grading carried out. Now, there is a move- ment to change the plan to that of a nar- rower strip of pavement. From a long term viewpoint, it would be unfortunate if the plan to provide a 44 feet wide pavement on Bloor Street avere to be abandoned. The development of the indus- {trial area of which the new General Motors plants and warehouse are at present the central features, will make Bloor Street a major east and west traffic artery. It will have to carry heavy traffic, and the volume of traffic will be intensified when the ex pansién plans of General Motors of Canada are advanced in the next few years. This will become a very busy thoroughfare. Furthermore, Bloor Street is the only com- plete through traffic artery running east and west in Oshawa between King Street and the lake. It connects with all the chief north and south streets--Park. Road, Sim- coe Street, Albert Street, Ritson Road and Wilson Road. Therefore its importance as a future main thoroughfare is obvious. From the, standpoint of its future place in Oshawa's traffic picture, it'seems logical that Bloor Street should be treated as a major traffic artery, and the plans for a 44 feet wide pavement should be carried out as originally intended. ,It would be a penny wise and pound foolish policy to restrict it to 33 feet now, and then find a few years hence that it required to be widened at a great deal higher cost.than the present plans involve. Placing Country Before Self It has often been said in these columns that men who place their services at the dis- posal of their country in places of govern- ment do so at great personal sacrifice. There have been many instances of this in our own: history, and in the history of the country to the south. Nome, perhaps, has ever been as striking as the sacrifice which is being made by Charles E. Wilson, presi- dent of the General Motors Corporation, in order that he 'might serve his country as its Secretary for Defence. To accept his -appointment as Defence Secretary, it was necessary for Mr. Wilson to resign the presidency of the General Mo- tors Corporation. But that was not, enough. He had very substantial holdings of Gener- al Motors stock, and the laws of the United States prohibits any government servant holding stock in a company with which the government does business. As defence sec- retary, Mr. Wilson would be in the position , ted that he would sell all his of placing orders running into huge sums with General Motors Corporation, and he would therefore be violating the law. To meet this situation, Mr, Wilson intima- holdings of General Motors' stock. He will also dispose of the stock which would normally come to him in the next three years by way of bon- uses he has earned. This will involve consid- erable personal loss. Further, since the stock has risen in value since he acquired it, he will make himself liable for a very con- siderable payment of capital gains tax. Since the salary which Mr. Wilson will receive as Secretary for Defence will be only a small fraction of his earnings as president of the General Motors Corporation, the sac- rifice he is making to serve his country is a major one. In doing so, he shows a com- mendable public spirit, a praiseworthy de- sire to place his services at the disposal of his country regardless of the cost to himself. Only Wasting Time and Effort There is probably no more overworked words than "public relations." Like most other branches of human endeavor "public relations" has its good points and its poor ones, and for the most part the effective- ness rests with the firm which engages the help of people who can or think they can get messages into print because they are writ- ten in news form. When there is an announcement of par- ticular interest concerning a company or an association, newspapers have the happy faec- ulty of learning: about such developments' and going after the facts for the story. Therein public relations people can be of great help. But when voluminous cdpies of the presi- dent's speech to the board of directors are distributed, there are few editors who have the time to wade through them in order to get to the main facts of the speech. And when these so-called "releases" bear a note "Not to be released before..." the Editorial Notes : One Ontario municipality has already fixed its 1953 tax rate. It apparently believed in getting the bad news over quickly. The Daily Times-Gazette The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whithy Gasetie 1863) is daily y ay ). Member ot he Canadian Press. the Casadian papers Association; the American Newspaper te Mme #ociation, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association ano the Audit of Cir The ( Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news despatches - the paper credited to It or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news therein. Al rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vice Pr and M. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 King Stieet West, Toronto, Oot., 225 University ower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whith, rookltn, Sa, in een, 28 Se pen £2 $10.00 per year. US. $15.00 per vear. Canad Sad DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION a for DECEMBER be. 11,683 Di bie 22 wastebasket is the designation for the tons of mimeograph paper. This is all because The Canadian Press can carry the digested story, including what the auditors think about the Korean war and women drivers. The good public relations man doesn't clutter up editors' desks with releases. When he has something of interest he does an ef- ficient organizing job which puts the work- ing press into the act because it is of news. The PR man who is kowtowing to his client or his boss figures that all he has to do is to keep the office duplicator going at full speed all the time. Some clients and businessmen think they are scoring headlines when all they are doing is providing extra work for the waste paper baler. If news of national or regional importance develops, The Canadian Press will not pass it up. If it is just so much puff for a commer- cial enterprise, with the president's ego very well fed the newspapers don't want it There's too much lively news available to waste space on trivia. Other Editors' Views UNAWARE OF ANOTHER MENACE (Peterborough Examiner) We talk too much about the communist menace; we are too little aware of the menace that is in her- ent in our own highly-organized society. Commun- ism is merely fascism; fascism can spring from any society where the will and intelligence of the people has been subdued to a pattern. We want the bene- fits of planning, of course. But we can possess them without danger only if we sharpen our wits and take care that the lullaby of the planned, secure society does not rob us of 'intelligence and the infinite v..- iety of the human spirit. HISTORY OF JEWISH PERSECUTION (W. L. Clark in Windsor Star) In Czarist Russia the Jews became the whippiig boys. In the Kaiser's Germany the Jews were pushed around, In Hitler's Germany, the Jews became the whip- ping boys again, Hitler set out to exterminate them. In Stalin's Russia the Jews are the target for ar- rests and accusations. Stalin should reflect on what h Czar, the old Kaiser and then i og 1 Yo Me Bible Thought "Thou art the God of my salvation: on Thee do I wait all the day." (Psalm 25:5.) Do we spend the d- Fy es the Psalmist did? WHO SAID THE AUTO REPLACED THE HORSE? SA I * ~ Uy WHO ELECTED EISENHOWER? Ike Voters Say Corruption, Korea Most Decisive Issues By AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION PRINCETON, N.J. Completion this week of Institute post-election surveys, in which people who voted for Eisenhower were asked which one of the many campaign issues had the most effect on their vote, reveals the overwhelming impo- tance of two issues, co and the Korean war, Among persons who had voted Democratic in earlier elections but who switched to Eisenhower last November, two out of every three cited either the scandals in high places in Washington or the Kor- ean stalemate as the issue of great- est influence on their vote. The same ratio held among In- dependents as well as regular GOP voters. In the period since the election, Institute interviewers talked per- sonally to Eisenhower voters from Maine to California asking them which issue had the most effect on their deciding to vote for the General. Each Eisenhower voter was handed a list of six campaign is- sues and was asked to rate the in- fluence of these issues on his own thinking, leaving aside the person- cent The Korean war, 24 per cent. Communism in government, 9 per cent. U.S. Foreign policy, 9 per cent. High prices, four per cent. High taxes, three per cent, Other, five per cent. Don't know, five per cent. Total, 101 per cent** Among these persons who nor. mally consider themselves Demo- Corruption in government, 42 per alities of the candidate themselves. crats but who voted-for Eisenhow- The survey question: 'Leaving aside the candidates themselves, here are some of the issues which were discussed during the presidential campaign. Which one of them would you say had the most effect in your deciding to vote for Eisenhower?" "er, the Korean war had a relatively larger influence than it did among persons who are normally Republi- can. Column adds to more than 100 per cent because some Eisen- Jowsy voters named more than one ue. . Victoria Day, Queen's Birthday Both On May 18; Claims Foreclosure Laws Cotonoliod Day Holiday OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada will observe the Queen's birthday this year on Monday, May 18, the same day as Victoria Day, the federal government announced in a special proclamation issued Satur- day. The proclamation, set out as a special issue of the Canada Gaze- ette, also officially set June 2, Coronation Day, as a ay holi- day in Canada. The Queen's birthday and Cor- onation Day will be legal holidays, with banks and government offices closed. No reason was given why the observance of the Queen's birth- day was combined with Victoria Day this year, but officials said it would help spread two national Toiigays over a longer 1y of . ume. example, last year Canada observed the Queen's birthday on June 9. This year, this would have meant two national holidays in two weeks, June 2 and June 9, The Queen was born on April 21, 1926, but the observance of her birthday is fixed each year by Cabinet decision. Lieutenant-Governors To Open Motor Shows TORONTO ~-- The lieutenant- governors of Ontario and Quebec will open the National Motor Shows Toronto and Montreal, respec- ely, next month. Hon. Louis O. Breithaupt, lieu- tenant-governor of Ontario will of- ficiate at the opening of the Toron- to Show at the city's Automotive Building on Friday night, Feb. 13. The Montreal Show will open two weeks later, on Feb. 27, at the Show-Mart Building, with Hon, Gaspard Fauteaux, lieutenant governor of Quebec, officiating. The shows this year are a re- vival of meotordom's annual clas- sics that were a feature of pre- war Canadian life. Started as an annual affair in 1932, the Nation- stabilize and uplift the Canadian economy during the depression years. The last show was held in Toronto' in 1939 and the two this year are the first to be staged in the intervening 14 years. Bold, new methods of display will be used to exhibit the latest in passenger car achievement, and the Toronto Show will be sparked by big names of the entertainment world. Other features of the eight-day Toronto exhibition, which closes six days before Montreal opens, will be the largest showing of antique automobiles ever seen in the city, a display of trucks, and a fashion show highlighting the latest creations from Paris and New York. al Motor Show did much to help DP To Hang For Murder Of Immigrant PORT ARTHUR (CP) -- George Gregory Hladiy, 33-year-old immi- grant, will be hanged April 25 for the murder of a man he first met in a displaced persons camp in Europe. Hladiy was convicted Saturday of the murder of Joseph Panok last July 26 after a Supreme Court jury deliberated for more than seven hours. Mr, Justice R.I. Ferguson passed the death sentence. Hladiy, who .was joined here by the 34-year-old Panok after their original meet- ing in Europe, showed no sign of emotion as the senténce was han- "ded down. It was the Second time he had been sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Panok, whose body was found last Aug. 8 floating in the Mcintyre river, weighted down with railway plates. Hiadly was FORMER PUBLISHER DIES VANCOUVER (CP)--Mrs. Bern- adette Grace McKay, 62, widow of R. J. Cromie, founder of the Van- couver Sun, died Saturday in hos- pital after a long illness. For a short time after Mr. Cromie's death in 1936 she was president and publisher of the Sun, In 1941 she married W. R. McKay, who predeceased her in 1950. Among survivors are four sons including Douisld Cromie, publisher of the un. convicted at his first trial last De- cember but was later granted a new trial, The jury-in the second trial re- turned once during its deliberations for additional information concern- ing the differences between mur- der and manslaughter. It then re- tired again and returned shortly with its verdict. On the witness stand Friday Hlaidy testified he struck Panok in self-defence. Speaking througn an interpreter, he said Panok tried to slip a rope around his neck after they had gone to the railway. yards to look for wheat in box cars. Hladiy said he hit Panok back, weighted the body and threw fd in the river. = MAC'S MUSINGS If we wanted some proof That our winters are much Less severe than they Used to be, it is found In the files of our Newspapers of 40 and 50 Years ago, in which we Read about sleigh parties Which were very successful Because of the depth of Snow that was available. These were great events As we recall them, in which Sleigh loads of people, Both young and cld, went Out into the country and Stopped at some convenient Home or public hall, and Enjoyed games and dancing And abundant food before Starting back through The starry night to ride Over snow-covered roads. It is apparent to all That our winters have now Become so uncertain so Far as snow is concerned hat it is futile to Even think of organizing A sleigh-ride party. Because more likely than not The roads would be bare Of snow when the night Arrived to hold it. There is also another Peason which shows that The advent of automobiles Has done away with that Type of outing which Was so enjoyable, because Motorists now demand That the roads be cleared Of. snow, so that they can Drive all winter long. And the bare mpads just Make sleigh-rides impossible. URGE HIGHER GRANTS . LONDON, Ont. (CP)--Increased provincial grants for rural and urban municipalities to help meet rising costs of education were urged Saturday at the 31st annual convention of the Middlesex School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Associ- ation. Meeting at nearby 'Arva, delegates passed a resolution ask- ing- for more aid. we ' PORTRAITS . By JAMES ]. METCALFE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER He drives his hus ments . . and nisks ang pics He carries them to school and back . . . And they get on and off without . . . Because they. know that he knows his . . fear . ; . . And he is careful at the wheel . . , loves to hear their laughter and . . . But first of all he tries to keep . . . . Before and after school , . . With cau- Each golden traffic rule. is their special guardian . . tion and adherence to . . . un all "pd . Along familiar country roads . .. all... The boys and gitls he Or on the city streets . . , . The whole scholastic year The slightest doubt or . responsibility As anyone can be , .. He The chatter they unload . . . His eyes upon the road . .. He Copyrignt, 1932. field Enterprises, tne AD Rights Reserved IN DAYS GONE BY 15 YEARS AGO Appointment of Walter Bilsky to the Oshawa Public Welfare Board was protested at a mass meeting of "New Canadians." County Council planned to spend $6,000 on Oshawa suburban roads in 1938. Fire Chief Elliott reported Osh- awa's fire losses for 1837 amount- ing to $30,000 were caused Ly care- lessness with cigarette butts. The County Councillors increas- ed their own salaries from $4.00 to $5.00 per day. Arthur A. Gates, one of Oshawa's best known sportsmen and baseball executies died in his 38th year. City Council rejected a proposal to establish parking meters on Osh awa streets on the ground that they were not practical. A visiting team of curlers from Scotland came to Oshawa and played against six Oshawa rinks, H. M. Gilohrist was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society. The farm home of Moses Shields near Whitby, was completely des~ troyed by fire. QUEEN'S PARK Many Ramifications In Ama DON O'HR&RN Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- There are many, many ramifications to the Toronto amalgamation report. Its 200 pages contains many recommendations which if adopted will make great alteration in Toronto's municipal structure. Most of them haven't much bear- ing outside the city itself. The city itself. The Toronto situation was a reorganization of existing municipalities which were seld- administering and most of which were of substantial size. This isn't the same problem as in the rest of the province. With other centres the difficulty is that they have to expand and take a bite out of adjoining municipalities. There is little likelihood of the Toronto situation being r ted in the foreseeable future. The other large centres are expandng bit by bit as they grow and there are no large self-contained centres near them which they will have to ab- sorb. BE CLOSE The reasons for turning down the Toronto application do have some general implication, however. They set a base of the municipal board's future thinking. There were four of these. Most important probably was stress on the principle that in our democracy government should be as close to the people as possible and carried on by duly elected representatives. RESPECT PEOPLE Another important one was recog-, lgamation Report nition that there was bitter oppos- ition to the amalgamation on the part of most of the subsidiary municipalities. This gave basic recognition to the principle that the wishes of the people are important even when other considerations might make changes desirable, In commenting on this the board report said in view of the opposition it had to decide whether amalgamation was 'the only acceptable solution." hat was the test on which it based MORE TAXES Two of the other objections ool with details of administration was the difficulty in reorganizin the administrative machinery o the 14 muncipalities concerned into one efficient unit. The second was that if they were all united salaries would be forced up to. th Toronto level, generally higher than) in the suburbs, and that this Wo mean a big tax boost. single all-powerful council. There were both metropolitan as) well as local problems, it said, and a single council couldn't be expeo ted to deal wisely and adequately with both. This is an principle our system of government: th separate spheres of governmen handle different problems of go ernment at iiorom levels and i was good to see the Board a blow for it. READERS' VIEWS Unfair To Equity Holders The Editor, The Times-Gazette. Sir, We live in a world, do we not, of live and let live, and pro- fess the Christian ideal of doing unto our neighbor as we would he should do to us? How is it that the owner of the greatest equity in a property, who because of sickness or layoff from work or some other reason, cannot keep the balance of payments up to_date--after work- ing as I did many years to ac- cumulate the capital and had two- thirds of the purchase price paid-- must lose his entire equity through foreclosure, just because. the law reads in that manner? Is it any wonder that men think there should be a change in the system of gov- ernment, I myself do not this neces- sary. But the go! of Can- ada should oy for a referee to hold foreclosure in abeyance until at least some of the money paid in is paid back to the man who worked hard to y off two- thirds of the purchase price. That should be quite simple. "Who can call our governments Christian as long as this opportun- ity for robbing the poor man exists. It is not time for our law- makers to reform these archaic laws and take care of the uninform- ed public, who are dismayed when circumstances like these appear to make life miserable. There is also another question. Why is it that a man working for low wages or on the farm is now allowed to count his time for un- employment insurance benefits? He works for low wages An the harvest, as I did, and yet that time does not count for benefits, thereby driving the man to town or city, probably against his own inclinations. The man working on construction for big wages does not need th benefit half as much as the man who, from sickness or otherwise, may be obliged to work where I can, and who may be getting on in years, but is able to do somethin in the harvest season? Yet thi automatically robs him of a nece sary benefit. I think these poin should be taken up with our gov: ernments. HAROLD WAKEMAN. 223 Athol Street East. Oshawa, Jan, 22, 1953, Rids River Search, ~ Nearly Drowned PARIS, Ont. (CP)--John Cardy 16, fell into the Nith river Satur day while helping in the search for Paul McKenna, 4, missing since Jan. 19 and feared drowned. He said a grappling hook he was using caught on a snag and he was pulled off balance. Terry Prine, 13, pulled him out. The McKenna boy's body still has not been found. BACKACHE May beWarning Backache is often caused by lazy kidney action. When kidneys get out of order, excess acids and wastes remain in the system. 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