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] THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, March 28, 1883 : Editorials The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), by 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, TY C Ontario ' Oshawa Airport May Become Trans-Canada Airlines Field A few days ago, in this column, in discuss- ing the federal government decision to make the Oshawa airport a customs port of entry, The Times-Gazette threw out the suggestion that the time might not be far distant when Oshawa's airport would be used as an alter- native landing field to Malton for Trans- Canada Air Lines planes. That this was not merely wishful thinking was revealed in a discussion of the subject by the railway committe of the House of Commons on Thursday. Testifying before that committee, G. R. McGregor, president of the TCA, said that with some changes in its surfacing, the Oshawa airfield might well become an emer- gency landing field for TCA aircraft. Mr. McGregor made an admission of a fact which this newspaper has put forward on more than one occasion in promoting. this matter. He agreed that the Oshawa district was much less subject to fogs than was Mal- ton, and that on many occasions when land- ings were impossible at Malton on account of fog, there would be no such difficulty at Oshawa. When it is considered that at the present time Buffalo and London airports are used for emergency landings when Mal- ton is fogbound, the wisdom of using the Oshawa airport, only 32 miles from Toronto, can at once be seen. It is encouraging to note that the TCA, officially, has been taking cognizance of Oshawa's claims to have its airport extend- ed to make possible the landing of TCA planes. All the arguments are in favor of such a step, which would mean a substantial saving to the TCA as compared with hav- ing to make emergency landing at Buffalo where customs and immigration difficulties might arise, or at London, some 110 miles distant from Malton, It is to be hoped that Mr. McGregor does not allow the matter to drop with his statement before the railway committee, but that he will pursue it dili- gently until it becomes a reality. Constitutitional Issue in BC. A constitutional issue, somewhat similar to that which rocked the nation in 1926, has arisen in British Columbia. The Sogial Credit government of Premier W. A. C. Bennett has been defeated in the legislature. He has placed before the Lieutenant- Governor of the province a request for dis- solution of the House and the calling of a new election. On the other hand, Harold Winch, CCF leader and leader of the op- position, has informed the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor that he is prepared to form a gov- ernment and carry on without an election. It is our guess that there will be a new election in British Columbia. The situation is almest exactly what it was in 1926 when the King government was defeated in the House of Commons. Mr. King went to the Governor-General, Baron Byng, and asked for a discussion. Baron Byng saw fit to reject Memorial Park No Citizens who are concerned about preserv- ing the beauty and dignity of Oshawa's Memorial Park, and even park officials who are responsible for its maintenance, are deeply concerned over the way in which the park is degenerating into a playground. There are even suggestions that fence be erected around the park, with entrances at only two corners, in order to keep within bounds the amount of traffic passing through the park and prevent children from running all over it. Another proposal is that one concrete path be laid across it, from the northeast to the southwest corner, and that all other paths be closed up in an ef- fort to preserve its beauty. One of the chief essentials, of course, is that this park should be recognized for what its name implies--as a memorial park. In spite of signs indicating that the park is not intended for sports, it has become a playground for children. They are to be Other Editors' Views PEASANTS' WIN (New York Times) News that Marshal Tito's regime in Yugoslavia has conceded defeat in its efforts to collectivize Yugoslavia's peasantry marks a milestone in the post-war history of that country. Instead of push- ing forward in an effort to duplicate in Yugoslavia the agricultural organization of the Soviet Union, the emphasis is now to be put on voluntary farm co-operatives. The stubborn resistance of Yugoslavia's peasant majority has won out over all the forces of compulsion and persuasion employed in favor of collectivization. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA, WHITBY) The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, di IY Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Cl le ( daily holiday ot The C Daily News papers A t A P 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 the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, and M M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. = Ushveraly SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers In Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, P Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By 4 nada and England, outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in $10.00 per year. US., $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY 12,004 combining The thy Gazette & and 8: Press, the C Vice-F this advice from his Prime Minister, and called on Arthur Meighen to form a govern- ment, which he did. In three days, the Meighen government was defeated, and an election had to be held. This was the famous election in which Mr. King raised the issue of constitutional rights, claiming that the Governor-General had no right to reject the advice of the head of the government. In the election, Mr. King won a clearcut victory, showing that the people of Canada supported him on the constitutional ques- tion which he raised. We do not believe that the Lieutenant- Governor of British Columbia would court the raising of a new constitutional issue in the present instance. The premier of the province is perfectly within his rights in asking for dissolution and new election, whereas the leader of the opposition actually has no status in the matter. Playground seen climbing over the gates on to the Me- Laughlin bandshell. The shrubberies around the park are being badly mutilated and in places destroyed by their depredations. So the Board of Park Commissioners and its employees are genuinely concerned regard- ing the appearance of the park. It is, per- haps, difficult to inculcate in the minds of school children a proper respect for the park as a memorial, although perhaps a few judi- cious words in this regard from parents and school teachers might be of some effect. It is obviously impossible to have the park kept undeg police supervision at all times. The only remedy would appear to be that of education of the public, both children and adults, as to the necessity of preserving this park as a memorial centre, not to be desecrated by sports and games, but to be respected and maintained, as far as is pos- sible, as a place for rest and quiet reflection rather than a location for games and sports, or as a playground for children. Editorial Notes Britain may not have the largest navy in the world now, but she plans to have the best. Quality is usually better than quantity. \ ' A Bit Of Verse NIGHT JOURNEY After a night of wandering barren space, Of roving lunar hill and starry plain, Quixotic questing, out of time and place, How good the coming back to earth again, When morning sun on each deep-rooted tree, Each anchored grass along my homeward way, Relieves past hours of lone anxiety That all my world has changed since yesterday. After the lonely silence left behind, The cold dark quiet of a lifeless sky, How sweet the early songs of birds combined With shouts of school-bound children going by, And when, at last, I reach my own front door, How beautiful the feeling safe once more! Elizabeth-Ellen Long In The Christian Science Monitor, Bible Thought "Casting all your care upon Him; for He eareth for you." (I Peter 57). Let all who are sad take heart again; We are not alone in our hours of pain; Our Father stoops from His throne above To soothe and quiet us with dis love. He leaves us not when the storm is high, And we have safety, for He is nigh; Can it be trouble that He doth share? O r°<t in peace, for the Lord doth care. --Susan Coolidge. NO SHORTAGE OF a a EY QUEEN'S PARK Edible Qil Legislation Will Kill Businesses DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazette TORONTO--Tbe big battle is over. The edible oil people have lost and are rubbing their wounds with oleo. Premier Frost and his govern- ment have firmly established their position. They are the "farmers friends." And the House is solidly with them. Not a voice was lifted against the government policy. There may be some repercus- sions. But no substantial change is looked for in the government policy. And the edible oil industry is stuck--and by its own actions. FROST BLAST There is no doubt the industry is worse off than when it started its lobbying campaign. And Mr. Frost has made it clear that this is its own fault. The premier in backing his leg- islation gave the kind of fighting speech he can make only when aroused. He tore into the edible oil people, accusing them of "dis- tortion" and condemning their line of attack. ALL IN ACT He got full support from Oppos- ition leader Garguhar Oliver, who isn't going to be outdone by any- body as farmers friend and who had some equally scathing things to say about lobbies. LPP'er J. B. Salsberg, in fact, was the only one who had a good word at all to say for lobbies. And even he voted with the government for the bill. NO '"CREAM-PUFFS" The position of the edible oil industry isn't enviable. Certain sections promise to be knocked out completely. Under the old bill they would have been han- dicapped on advertising. But they still would have been able to manu facture. But under the new legis- lation they won't be able to even make their products. This applies particularly to the toppings people who make the fillings for "cream-puffs" and other pastries and the substitutes for whipped cream that are supplied to restaurants and sold widely to housewives through groceries. STAY AMATEUR Out of this there is a lesson on professional lobbies. They usually don't work here. In fact experience in the past, and borne out by the present instance, is that rather than gaining anything they most often mean losses. Of course the dairy industry had a lobby too. But it was in strong contrast to the edible oil effort. It was "amateur" on the surface at least. For the most part dairy farmers themselves quietly con- tacting members and equally quietly making representations to the government, WOMEN HIT The government might well be an eventual loser. There is a sus- picion it was hurried into action that was too drastic. Personally we are waiting for the day when the whipped cream substitutes are removed from the grocery shelves. An amazing num- ber of housewives use them now, many more than the government realizes we imagine. And if they can't get them we imagine the women will get mad as only they can when you take something away from them. OTTAWA REPORT Committee Row Seen As Pre-election Skirmish By PATRICK NICHOLSON (Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette) OTTAWA---The usual good-nat- ured banter bet cen politi" Co emies here has given way to pre- election skirmishing with live am- munition. Unexpected fireworks in a smoke-filled back room in the Parliament Buildings m4» 'his week's meetings of the Co ons railway committee the liveli€st in two decades. Opposition members Jim McDon- nell (Toronto), Davie Fulton (Kam- loops) and Roy Knight (Sas..oioo and others repeated the charge that the manager of the CNR ort Garry Hotel at Winnipeg had had his unblemished career broken by interfering Liberal officials and hangers-on. This jazzed up the normal sleepy calm of committee meetings, and the normal empty seats were more than filled by the overflow aud- ience of cabinet ministers, MPs and others. SOMEONE HAD THUNDERED Government supporters retorted, and CNR President Donald Gordon asserted, that Colonel Robert Pitt had been demoted to the less im- portant and normally lower paid management of Brandon's Prince Edward Hotel because service at the Fort Garry was below stand- ard. It was now they said, merely coincidence that only two weeks previously the clerk to the Privy ouncil, Jack Pickersgill, had al- legedly bawled out Pitt for not rolling out the red carpet for the .argument kept the script Prime Minister and the then Fisheries Minister Mayhew to ge - eral satisfaction. The .flood of let- ters from doctors, lawyers, the Legion and trade unions protesting from wrong information, they sug- gested. It is a pity our parliamentary roceedings are not broadcast. his storm would have outrated "Our Miss Brooks,' currently our most-listened-to program. It is more a pity we have not got col- ored television to broadcast the eruption of that long-bubbling caul- dron. "I admit I lost my temper" Gordon later admitted to the com- mittee. UNREPORTED ADLIBBING There could be no suggestion of lack of Canadian talent when the towering Gordon banged his ham- like fist on the rigid table, rattling ashtrays and tinkling glasses. Nor when Transport Minister Chevrier leaped to his feet to wave his fist in Davie Fulton's face. Nor when Fulton shouted above 'the clatter of the chairman's ignored gavel. Glorious technicolor would have done sweet credit to that tell-tale ebbing pink on white skin only seen on the fat part of a baby or on the face of a man about to blow his top. Interjections by committee mem- bers while Fulton presented his up to "Sit down, you're not a cop." "You don't own this committee." 'No, Brigadier Connelly." The political climate seems to be building up to give us plenty of unusually severe summer storms before the votes fly. Canada Buys Valuable Painti OTTAWA (CP)--Citizenship Min- ister Harris said Friday that three "rather valuable" paintings will be purchased for the National Gallery at a cost of some $267,000. He told the Commons that was the explanation for a $276,000 vote in the estimates for the gallery whose directors had recommended purchase of the paintings as a dis- tinguished asset to the gallery collection. The minister said he would dis- close the names of the artists and details of the paintings to opposi- tion members privately if they so wished, but until the purchase was completed he could make no de- tails public. Portugal, home of some of the great navigators of history, has beén an independent state since the 12th century. MACS MUSINGS There are few appeals For funds which make so Strong an, impression on The minds of individuals As the present appeal Being made on behalf of The Canadian Cancer Society. Everyone is aware of the Deadly nature of this Common disease, and of The suffering it brings To those who are its Unwilling victims, so that Anything that can be done By research and educatior To alleviate their lot, And perhaps save lives Is an imperative duty. Here in Oshawa we have A devoted band of workers Entirely voluntary, who Spend their lives in Caring for cancer victims, Providing dressings and Other comforts, and seeing That transportation is Always available when They have to go to other Places for treatments which Cannot be given here, All the work of research And education are aided By the funds provided By contributors to the Cancer Fund campaign, And we feel quite sure That the people of Oshawa And Ontario County will Want to do their share Towards helping this fund Generously ard promptly. Noted Poet And Author Passes Bway KINGSTON (CP)--Dr. George Hrbert Clarke, 79, author and poet and former head of the English de- partment at Queen's University, died Friday. Dr. Clarke; who had been re- covering from a recent heart at- tack, died of scalds suffered while taking a shower, doctors said. He was professor of English and head of the department at Queen's from 1925 to 1943. Born at Gravesend, Kent, Eng- land, he was educated in England, at Woodstock College and at Me- Master University. He was later given honorary doctorates by Me- Master, Bishop's University and Queen's, Dr. Clarke was a member of the editorial committee of Queen's Quarterly since 1925 and editor since 1944. He was also a member of the staff of the British war trade intelligence department and of the British ministry of information in London from 1916 to 1917, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain), a member of the Royal Society of Canada and was Savarded the Lorne Pierce medal in 943 He was a distinguished poet. Among his works are "At the Shrine and Other Poems," 1914; "A Treasury of War Poetry," two volumes, 1917 and 1919; "The Hast- ing Day," 1930; "Halt and Parley," 1934 and "Collected Poems,' 1947, _ MOUNT CARMEL MRS. WALTER SLUTE Correspondent MOUNT CARMEL -- Mr. and Mrs. Stan Gainer and family vis- ited with the former's mother, Mr and Mrs. Jim Bulmer, Toronto on Saturday evening. On Sunday, March 15, Mr. and Mrs. Panrossel, of Brooklin, were uests of their daughter, Mrs. orderman, and Mr. Korderman, to celebrate their grandson's, little Johnny Kerderman's, first birth- day. Mr. and Mrs. Korderman and children were Sunday visitors at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Panroessel, at Brook- lin. Mr. and Mrs. S. Metherel and family were Saturday guests of the latter's sister, Mrs. Cyril Mur- doch, and Mr. Murdoch, at Beaver- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Metherel also attended the wedding of the for- mer's nephew, Allen Metherel, at Beaverton. The children spent the afternoon with their aunt. George Hooper, Carol and Chris- tian, of Prince Albert, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russ. Cochrane and family on Sunday. Mrs. W, Slute visited with Mrs. Harold Wright in" Oshawa on Wed- nesdgy last. Misses Eleanor and Elsie Scheid- erhauer, of Toronto university, spent the weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Scheiderbauer. There are several mud holes throughout this district. All hope the roads will soon dry up. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jackson and family of Brooklin were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Fin vy We welcome Mr, and Mrs. Bill Wright and children of Pickering to our community. They have mov- ed into the farm home recently vacated by Mr. Long. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Slute were Mr. C. Collett, Mr. and Mrs. G. Vreel and Barry and David, of Galt; Mr. and Mrs. T. Slute and Marie: Roy Brown of Scugog and Stella Chap- man, of Bethany. Mr. and Mrs. Arhtur Noble, of Whitby, were unday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. G. Hubbard. ACQUITTED OF ATTACK TORONTO (CP)--A jury Friday acquitted Velmore Serrie, 21, and Bruce Pollock, 25, of charges of rape. he men, both from Toronto, were accused of attacking a 32- year-old mother at Cherry Beach here last August. : No Modified Plan Delighted guests return again and again becouse at Collen have de i of enj in Manor they re fine living ond luscious food, at robes that afford excep tionol valve. Americon Plan (3 generovs mechs dolly) or European Plan. 250 inviting rooms, seo-water bothe, "Ship's Swn-Deck," Comsbrt Trio. Booklet. Colton Manor ATLANTIC cI Ty Ponnsylvonio Avenue Overlooking the Boardwalk THE MOTEL OF MANY NAPPY RETURNS N PORTRAITS . By JAMES ]. METCA'F1 MY ONE TRUE FRIEND I thought I had a thousand friends . . » Whatever moon or stm +. "But when I needed them I found ... That I had only one . .. I cherished them, I lived for them . . And then they all deserted me . . . . I felt that they were true With one exception--you , . . are the only one today ... Who stands beside me now about the sorrow in + + +» The wrinkles on my* brow . . \ only one who stayed . . . And did not run away . .. My on¥ an faithful friend . . . Forever and a day . faith and love . .. And for your charity . . . » As you have been to me. to Him . . God bless you for yom You are as much a friend Copyright, 1953, Field Enterprises. Inc. All Rights Reserved. IN DAYS GONE BY 50 YEARS AGO Dr. T. E. Kaiser retired after four years service as president of the Conservative Organization. At the annual meeting, one Oshawa citizen was elected to office; F. E. Ellis was made third vice- president. Sir Robert Borden was unan- imously asked to represent South Ontario for the Conservative Party in the next -election. He held his decision of acceptance in abey- ancé until his native maritime constituency should voice its wishes. ' Citizens were complaining that although there had been $2,594 spent the year before on side- walks and sewage repairs, there was little to show for the money. The trustees of Conlin's School in co-operation with Dr. Waugh started a school library by sup- plying a number of books by standard authors, Workers at McLaughlin carriag: factory had been on strike fo five weeks, In the Local and Persona column the following announce ment appeared "Peanut crisp wil be sold at Tod's on Saturday fo: 12 cents per pound' F. E. Ellis and Company an nounced the arrival of new spring hats with maline as the pre dominant material. One hat wa: advertised as being pompadow style, with the edge of white boy plaited maline. Under the brin were twisted rolls of the materia and three large silk medallions edged with maline. An aigrette with a coil of soft green liberty ribbon completed the dainty crea tion, One of the 'Local Items' reac "Ladies of Oshawa please excuse your hucbands from chores to night, they are all going to the . lacrosse smoker. READERS' VIEWS Welshman Proudly Upholds | Leek As National Emblem The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir: I venture the opinion that Welsh folk in Oshawa were more than mildly surprised on Tuesday last, to read a headline on your editorial page which ran, "Daffo- dil, not Leek, held Welsh National Emblem." Apparently, this was inspired by the opinion of one of your letter- writing readers, but most certainly an opinion rarely held, and one that is in no sense substantiated by the tradition of ages. Not merely for fun did Shake- speare, writing in 1599, cause the gallant captain, Fluellin, to wear a leek upon St. David's Day. Or cause him later to thrash the bombastic ne'er - do - well. Pistol and force him to eat that same leek raw, for his truculence. So much for the days of Agincourt in 1415. But origin of the tradition goes back some 1300 years, when Brit- on (Welsh) fought certain Saxon new - comers. Thus in the year 637 one learns of Edwin, the dux Britanniarum, King of Northum- bria, "opposed by Cadwalladar of Wales, just returned after years of exile. On each side the leaders could recall their boyhood days to- gether. On each side the same "ddraig goch' (red dragon) ban- ner waved. On each side similar songs and rallying cries were heard. Presently Welsh scouts reported that the Saxons had even disguis- ed their advanced guards to look like the Welsh and thus make con- fused. Quickly Cadwalladar order- his men to ear up leeks so plenti- ful nearby and place them in their caps as a distinguishing badge. And thus, through bardic songs the years have learned: 'Anon arose the battle shout The crash of spear and bow But aye the green leek pointed out The Welshman from his foe." i Small wonder that through lates | vears the leek has been so proudh incorporated in heraldic burges And not unnaturally, jests, have become traditional features | such as "'eating the leek" in mess es of Welsh regiments and many otjier customs both quaint and lo- cal. i Search in old encyclopedias re | veals the leek, botanically, as "Al © lium Porrum", cultivated for ages | as a wholesome vegetable. Certain ly it is the source of "cawl cenin® | or leek broth, as traditional a dist in Wales as ever "soups aux pois' in Quebec. Moreover, the encyclo | pedia at the end of its botanical reference says that the leek ** . . , is the national symbol or badge of the Welsh nation whose people | wear it in their hats on St, David's Day." A In no place have I found any reference to the "narcissus-pseudo-. narcissus", or the "asphodel'"', or in its French form the 'fleur d'affodile"', or in a final English form the '"'daffodil", as an em- blem of Wales, Boyhood memory suggests only late Victorian snob bery as reason for such a fleeting ancy. Certainly, I cannot imagine cer- @ | tain guardsmen of the Welsh Guards whom I have known, wills ingly changing their proud bad, of a sturdy leek, (roots and all) for the tender, slender, prettified stem of a meekly bending daffodil. Rather would we sing with "Glas ynys" an old bard of North Wales. "And braver badge we ne"s ll seek ' Whatever others may But still be proud to wear the leek A Upon St. David's Day." I apologize for the length of thie letter, Mr. Editor. but remain, Yours truly, FRANK CHAPPELL. 26 March, 1953. \ AUTHOR'S 2ND AWARD TORONTO (CP)--Mrs. Evelyn M. Richardson, wife of a light- house keeper on Bon Portage Is- land off Shag Harbor, N.S., has won the $1,000 Ryerson Fiction Award for 1953. Her winning novel '"'Desired Haven," is a story of the Nova Scotia coast. Mrs. Richard- son won the Governor-General's Award for creative non-fiction .in 1945 for 'We Keep a Light," a sen- sitive narrative of family life on the island. The Ryerson Award is an annual prize given by the Ry- erson Press. SIX YEARS FOR ATTACK TORONTO (CP)--Frank Sullivan, 22, who police said drugged and attacked a woman twice his agen was sentenced Fridav to six vears for rape. Charged in the same case over the incident last September in an office in a downtown factory, Norval Strong was acquitted of rape, convicted of 'common as Fault and given a suspended sen. ence. Monteith Monteith CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Gordon W. Riehl. C.A. 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