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@ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, March 27, 1853 Editorials The Dally Times-Gasette (Oshawa, Whitby » d by 57 Simese Street South, Oshawa, Ontario Western World Dubious on Russia's Change of Heart One can hardly wonder at the western na- tions of the free world being somewhat hesi- tant about accepting at face value the pro- testations of peaceful intentions now being made by Russia, particularly by Prime Minister Malenkov. Past experience has not been such as to create confidence in the bona fides of words of peace from Russia, because on so many occasions Soviet words and deeds have been strangely at variance with each other. Hopes have been raised on previous " occasions, only to be shattered when the door was rudely shut in the face of specific free world proposals to end the cold war. There does, however, seem to be some semblance of a genuine desire on the part of Russia to reach a better understanding with the western nations, and particularly with the United States. Malenkov was quite specific in his reference to the solution of differences with that country. Reports com- ing out of Moscow are quite definite in their hints that top-level conferences between Eisenhower and Malenkov would be welcom- ed. On Saturday a Moscow broadcast recall- ed the harmonious relationsiiips between Russia, Britain and the United States which brought victory in World War Two, and then went on to say that "The Soviet Union has never had and does not have any intention of interfering in the affairs of the capitalist countries." This is a new pattern in the Moscow ap- proach to world problems, and it has the western nations puzzled. They are doubtful about accepting it at face value, because of fear that it may be merely a ruse to disarm them for ulterior purposes. It may be, however, that Malenkov realizes to a greater extent than did Stalin that a long period of peace is essential for the de- velopment of a better standard of living for the Russian people. That may be behind the apparent approaches to a more happy rela- tionship between the Soviet Union and the western democracies. It does remain, how- ever, for the Russian leaders to show that they mean what they say, and if they can do that, their peace overtures will be wel- comed by the nations of the free world. Edible Oils Bill Modified The government has acted wisely in its withdrawal of Bill No. 71, which would have given it the power to prohibit the manufacture and sale of edible oil products. This bill. gave far-reaching powers, and under it the government could have banned a wide range of nutritious and palatable food products because of the use of edible oils in their production. It could have put out of business a growing industry which has long been recognized as legitimate and necessary. Even the new bill introduced to replace Bill No. 71 is, however, open to question. It gives the government authority to pro- hibit the production of any food product in which a combination of edible oil and milk or milk products is used. For instance, a cer- tain type of whipping cream substitute, made up of sixty per cent full cream whole milk and 30 per cent cocoanut oil, could be placed under an absolute ban by this legislation, and firms manufacturing this would automatically be put out of business. The argument used that this type of industry would ruin the dairy farmers is feeble, first of all because the bulk of the raw material used is whole milk, and secondly, because the extent of its production is not nearly large enough to affect the dairy industry to any substantial degree. There is another point which should not be overlooked. A considerable quantity of skim milk powder is used in the manufac- ture of certain products in which edible oils are components. To prohibit their manufac- ture would rob the dairy industry of a mar- ket for a product of which there is today a huge surplus in Canada. The extent of this surplus is shown by the recent decision of the federal government to buy 10 million pounds of skim milk powder in order to take it off the market, although there are no buyers in sight for it. Thus this would seem like a poor time to close the door to a profitable market for this dairy product. On top of that, of course, there is the great consuming public to be considered. Edible oil products have become popular with the masses of the wage-earners because of the fact that they are much cheaper than dairy products. Surely the interests of in- dustrial workers should be given some con- sideration before placing a ban on food pro- ducts which they prefer to buy because they weigh less heavily on the family budget. Coronation Goes on as Scheduled ish people everywhere. The whole British Commonwealth is involved in the coronation, and any postponement at this late date would It is in keeping with the character of the late Queen Mother Mary that she expressed her desire that nothing should interfere with the coronation of Queen Elizbeth go- ing on according to plans. When she made that request, she knew that her days were numbered, and her wish was that any period of mourning for her passing should not be allowed to interfere with the coronation arrangements. That wish has been respect- ed by Queen Elizabeth, who has decreed a period of court mourning for only one month for the late Queen Mary, thus bringing it to a close well in advance of the June 2 date of the coronation. One can only regard the decision made by the Queen as a common sense one. This is a time when the private inclinations of the members of the Royal family had to be subjugated to the common good of the Brit- Editorial Notes Another sign of spring. The 1953 season crop of maple syrup is now on the market. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA, WHITBY) The Daily Ti (C thy) The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whithy Gazette & Chronicle Son unlished 186%) is published daily (Sundays and ay Member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Dally News papers Association, the American Newspaper Publishers As sociation, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Canadian Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in 6 paper ed is it " hi The Amociated | Press or Reuters, and also oc we lisned rein. rights of cial despatches herein are also ve A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vipe-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 King Street West, 3 ' verst Tower Building. Montreal, ra. Toronte. Ont. 28 Un y SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brookiin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. B al) Fa ae lah I Chia nd hi DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION 'for FEBRUARY 12,004 have meant tremendous losses and incon- venience for millions of people. There is also the possibility that any postponement would have detracted greatly from the coronation participation of the people at a later date. On the whole, the decision of the Queen is one which will meet with universal ap- proval, even if it does mean a departure from the traditional observance of a much longer period than one month of 'mourning for members of the immediate inner circle of the Royal family. And it will, at the same time, enhance, if that is possible, the regard which British people have had for the late Queen' Mary in that she made the request that there should be no postponement of the coronation festivities because of her death. A Bit Of Verse STAR WALKER When a man awakes at morning, he opens his two eyes upon earth's golden parent climbing air-blue skies When a man stands up at daybreak, with his two feet only touching the whirling planet, he walks erect and lonely into light. He travels through space towards love and bread, with constellations burning at his feet and head. Frances Frost Bible Thought "Now once in the end of the world hath He appear- ed to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself . . . By 80 much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament . . . So Ohrist was once offered to bear the sins of many . . . And He is the propitiation for our sins." (Heb, 9:26; 7:22: 9:28; I John 2:2), God will not payment twice demand, First at my bleeding Surety's hard, And then again at mine. 'THE WONDERING WORLD' QUEEN'S PARK Edible Oil Legislation Is Invitation To Trouble DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- The government would seem to be inviting trouble in its new edible oll legislation. This is still "first glance" be- cause the legislation is new and its many ramifications aren't ap- parent yet but even so there are some obvious difficulties. The gist of the government pol- icy is that it wants all present dairy roducts protected against any threat from edible oils. It can't extend this to butter because mar- garine was already approved three years ago, But it does want to erect a fence around cheese, ice cream and the other foods that come from milk and cream, WHEN PURE? To do this it is going to try and prohibit the manufacture of any products which have an edible oil base and also contain milk. The way it was stated on the introduc- tion was '"The bill will permit. the manufacture and sale of imitation products provided they do not con- tain any dairy products." The key to the policy and to the trouble would-seem to be that word "imitation." When is a product a "dairy prod- uct" and when 4s it not? With ice cream, for instance, a pure product hasn't been made by dairies for years and undoubtedly one would be most expensive. Again there are such things as "whipped cream" toppings. They have become widely used by res- taurants--in those bags like a pig's bladder that squirt the stuff on Your banana split. They are preferred by most rest- aurants if only for the fact that they keep much better than regular whipped creams. There's going to be a loud squawk if they are knocked out. BASIC QUESTION . Highways Minister George Dou- cett, acting for Agriculture Minis- ter Thomas gave a strong argu- ment on behalf of the legislation when he introduced it, But he didn't tackle the basic Probjem of the issue of protection at all. He gave the old arguments on the importance of the dairy industry in our economy and stressed the hard- ships it had suffered recently, par- jiculazly from the hoof and mouth an. But he didn't go into the question of the highly controversial point whether there should be protection in any form for any industry. BATTLE YET The debate on the amendments should be lively, There are strong interests against control of edible poils. And they probably will fight. OTTAWA REPORT Rapid Expansion Becomes Municipal Kiss of Death By PATRICK NICHOLSON (Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette) OTTAWA--The 1951 census re- vealed that our urban population had risen by 38 percent in the preceding ten years, while the number of our country cousins had climbed only two percent. he all- Canada increase was 23 percent, or about 2%, percent per year. Today our natural increase (ex- cess of births over deaths) is about 250,000 persons per year andwe are welcoming about 160,000 immi- grants to our shores every year, so our population increase has risen to about three percent per year. Sarnia is, apart from mushroom mining towns and suburban dor- mitory-towns, our fastest growing city, with a population nearly doubled between 1941 and 1951. However Sarnia did not quite equal Timmins' record of more than doubling its population in the pre- vious de 1941. Far behind Sarnia's 85 percent growth, but nevertheless with a staggering 51 percent expansiofl, comes Oshawa, our booming, thriv- ing motoropolis. Such rapid growth may be flat- tering, but it can cause municipal indigestion and flattening of the pocket book. An increase of three percent per year is the maximum the average community can absorb comfortably and without unduly straining its municipal capacities and its taxpayers' resources. CITIES IDEAL GROWTH Chatham, Galt, Port Arthur, Welland, Woodstock and Vancouver all achieved this happy growth, in- creasing their populations from 25- 30 percent in.the past ten years. Guelph and Prince Albert each added 18 percent; Quebec City eight percent and Moose Jaw five percent. cade between 1931 and. Timmins fell into the rare cate- gory of communities which actu- ally shrank in population between 1941 and 1951. As Oshawa so sadly knows, ac- cording to ex-mayor Mike Starr, a big jump in population may bring joy to the statistician and wealth to the groceterias, but it is as comforting as the kiss of death to the municipality. New homes for those new citizens necessitate new roads, water sup- ply, sewers, schools and hospitals; and in general a larger fire service, police force and other facilities provided by the municipality. In- stallation of these services is es- timated to cost $2,000 for each new building lot carved out of raw land. CITIES CARRY THE BABY Municipal revenues across Can- ada have increased from $381,000, 000 in 1939 only to $404,000,000 in 1951 in constant value dollars. This is far less than the proportionate increase which should have been derived from the growth in popu- lation. Federal government revenues in the same period increased nearly fourfold, while Provincial govern- ments' revenues more than doub- led, in terms of constant dollars. Municipal governments rank jun- for to federal and provincial gov- ernments, and get the lean share of our tax dollar. But they provide amenities which probably have the greatest influence on the smooth running of our homes. They get a particularly raw deal from Ottawa, which charges them alone among our governing bodies sales tax on their purchases, yet refuses to pay city taxes on the post office and other federal build- ings in your city. The day is fast approaching when a federal-provincial-municipal con- ference must be called to review the distribution of tax revenues be- tween these three levels of our government. RCAF Brass Says Canada Defenceless TORONTO (CP)--A former post- war commander of two RCAF aux- iliary fighter squadrons here said Thursday the air force, with its present resources, "could not stop one Russian bomber attacking over 30,000 feet in broad daylight un- less it stumbled into the Quebec area." Wing Cmdr. Richard H. Rohmer, 29, who won the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross in operations in support of the Normandy invasion in 1944, said in an address to the Canadian Progress Club that Canada is de- fenceless to an air attack. "After the billions of dollars have been spent, after years of so-called preparation, except for three Sabre jet squadrons under training to | 4 to Europe under NATO, Canada could not put up a single modern aircraft in its own defence." '"There are no fast-moving RCAF jet fighter squadrons guarding the north," he said. "The Russias know that, the RCAF knows that, the government knows that. The only people who don't know are the Canadian people, because they are being told by the 'experts' in Ottawa that there are such squad- rons. ig "It is high time that the people of Canada were told the truth about thémselves and their non- existent defences." Wing Cmdr. Rohmer, a 1951 law school graduate now associated with a Toronto law firm, retired Sunday Sport Issue Dead In Ontario TORONTO (CP)--Premier Frost says Sunday sport is a dead issue in Ontario, Legislation governing Sunday sport is working out well, the pre- mier told the legislature Thursday night, and it would be folly to change it. Albert Wren '(Lib.-Lab.--Kenora) had sponsored a bill amending the legislation to specify the sports to be permitted. The" bill was de- feated without division. Under the existing policy, a municipal council may frame a "by-law specifying conditions under which Sunday sport is to be per- mitted. If the by-law is approved by the municipal electorate, the Jegisiainre passes enabling legis- ation, March 10 from command of Tor- onto's No. 411 auxiliary fighter squadron. ¢ 2 RHEUMATIC PAIN Can Be Costly! "This winter I had to quit work because of rheumatic pain," writes Mr, T. Glofcheskie, Wilno, Ont. "I became fear- ful of being laid up as on a previous occasion with rheumatic pain. My pain became increasingly severe and spread from hip to ankle. Out of bed, the leg felt cold as though in cold water, so I stayed in bed. A friend persuaded me to take T-R-C's and I'm glad I did. In a short while I was relieved of my pain and was soon on the job again." Don't sufier from Rheumatic or Arth- ritic pain. Take Templeton's T-R-C's-- Canada's LARGEST-SELLING proprietar; medicine to bring quick relief from suc pain, Oaly 65¢, $1.35 at druggists. _ 1-848 MAC'S MUSINGS More and more people are Coming to the Relief That the government is The source of all our Progress and prosperity, And in that state of mind They fall easily for the Rosy promises of planners And appeals of demagogues. In spite of the trend In this country and in Some of the old world lands Towards a social welfare State, the average Individual has not been Brought any closer to Security by these means Than he used to be. When one studies the Effects of the social Welfare programs that are Heralded far and wide As the best for all, It is found that the Loss of confidence of The individual in his Own ability and his Willingness to depend bn Government is adding to His sense of insecurity, When the situation is Studied and assessed and Analyzed it is at once seen That there is need for Strengthening the moral Fibre of our people, And a recognition of the Plain fact that the only Sure roads to security Are found in hard work, In self-denial and a Willingness to accept that Measure of sacrifice which Will bring security In the years ahead. RCAF Bid For Speed-up Expensive OTTAWA (CP)--A government official said Thursday completion of buildings on an RCAF airfield at Penhold. Alta. was 'much later than we had hoped for de- spite an air force request that "extraordinary steps" be taken to speed up the work. R. G. Johnson, president of De- fence Construction Limited, told the Commons defence committee $28,254 worth of extra costs were incurred in a speedup operation started in the fall of 1951 at the request of the RCAF but abandoned in December when it became ob- vious the February, 1952, target for completion could' not be met. The various completions did not {othe until late 1952 and early Mr. Johnson was referring to the largest single contract in the $6, 334,000 job of rehabilitating the wartime airfield eight miles south of Red Deer, one given to the Alexander Construction Ltd. for construction of 12 buildings. bod ae 2 a string of rie alrfields be reopened the RCAF. 5 pe by The major causes of delay, said Mr. Johnson, were a very wet summer in 1951 and an early win- ter, slow steel deliveries and in- adequate labor force. PORTRAITS + « « By JAMES |. METCALFE SOCIAL SECRETARY The social secretary is the one . . , Who reads your private mall «+. And travels with you everywhere . . . By auto, plane or rail . , . Who answers all the phone calls and . . o Politely answers "no" . . , Unless there is some reason why . . maybe keeps your business books . « The dialog should flow . .. Who - + And secret diary . . . The guar- dian angel of yofir time . . . To give you moments free . . . Employe and companion and ... A guide in wilderness . . . This person ce promote your name . . . And save you from distress , .. But first you must be able to . . . Afford such luxury . . . Then find someone whom you can trust , , . Who serves efficiently. Copyright, 1953, Field Enterprises, Ine. All Rights Reservea. IN DAYS GONE BY 35 YEARS AGO Oshawa Intermediate team of OHA lost the championship by one oal in a sudden death game in oronto, against a Collingwood team. "Kip" Rowden played despite his injuries sustained in a previous game. Oshawa's customs' returns for the previous year totalled nearly 4 million dollars. George~Sonley, a teen-aged lad. showed great presence of mind when he flagged down a CNR pas- senger train, thus preventing it from falling into a washout near Tooley's mills. G. D. Conant, secretary of the Oshawa Resources; Committee re- ceived more than 30 replies to the appeal for land within town limits to be cultivated for garden plots. An editorial appeared in the Osh- awa Reformer regarding the House Famine in Oshawa. Hogg and Lytle advertised On- jons 60 cents per bushel on Mon- day, 50 cents per bushel on Tues- day, 40 cents on Wednesday, 30 cents on Thursday and 20 cents per bushel on Friday. Martin's Theatre was showing Charley Chaplin in * the Vaga- bond." Admission was 6 cents for children and 11 cents for adults, D. M. Tod resigned as chairman of the Soldiers Aid Committee. ¥. J. Bailes ran an advertise- ment announcing an exhibition of McLaughlin cars. The ad read "The robins are here. The good roads have almost arrived, and it is now 'open season' for cars. Or- der soon." ____HAYDON MRS. HILDA CROSSMAN Correspondent HAYDON -- Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ashton and family, Toronto, visit- ed with relatives in the village on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thompson and daughter, Bowmanville, visit- ed with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Thompson and family. Dora Black, Bowmanville, and Jean Black, Oshawa, spent the weekend at home, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Blackburn and family attended a family gath- ering on Monday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blackburn's, Hamp- ton, when Mr. Blackburn celebrat- ed his 86th birthday. Several from Haydon attended the Fellowship Night at Tyrone Church on Sunday evening. Mrs. Leslie Graham and Mrs. Crossman attended the Sunday School convention, which was held at Maple Grove Church last Thurs- ay afternoon and evening. r, and Mrs. Don Cameron vis- ited Wilbert Mark at Gravenhurst Sanitarium on Sunday. Miss Hay spent the weekend. at her home at Campbellford. Mrs. Olesen, Marion, of Osha. , and Katie, Bowmanville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Olesen, Mark- dale, on Sunday. Several in the village have colds and 'flu. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Walker, Oshawa, visited at J. Walker's on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ashton and family were with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ashton. The roads are very muddy in places especially the side roads. J. Walker and Mr. and Mrs. A. McNeil were recent visitors with Mr, and Mrs. MacAlpine and Mr. and Mrs. Don Fontiano in Toron- to. Concord, capital of the state of New Hampshire, was first settled in 1623. BRANCH MANAGER-- Willard R. Dodd 109 Dundas St. West Whitby, Ont, Regular $299.00. SPECIAL, Only SSSAVES S AT MEAGHER'S FOUR SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY 1 ONLY-WESTINGHOUSE-1952 REFRIGERATOR 1 year old. In first class condition. 8 cubic feet. 4-year guarantee. 236.00 7.9 Cu. Ft. | ONLY -- CORONADO 1953 REFRIGERATOR 5-Year Guarantee Reg. $339.00. SPECIAL $299.00 tee. 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