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6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, August 18, 1008 Editorials Fierce Gasetie (Oshawa, WEitby), published by Timos.Gesetle Publishers, Limited. The Bally 37 Simcoe Sirest South, Oshsws, Ontarie Will Parallel be Continued In King-Pickersgill Tales One of the fetures of the election of a week ago was the public interest in the Hon. Jack Pickersgill. He was reputed to be in line to succeed Mr. St. Laurent as head of the Liberal party whenever Mr. St. Laurent retires. t There is. an interesting parallel, which the Financial Times explores, in the car- eers of Mr. Pickersgill and the late Mr. MacKenzie King. There were the early struggles, the brilliant scholarships, the family misfortunes. in both cases. Mr. King, no beauty even in his youth, might be matched, in the estimate of the Times, by the far from handsome Mr. Pickersgill. Both had a pallor and both were (or are) extremely healthy specimens. Both look in their pictures far from being Men of Distinction. Both have (or had) outstand- ing brains. Barly in his life Mr. King said he was going to be Prime Minister some day. The people laughed. Mr. King made them laugh on the other side of their faces. Mr. Mr. Pickersgill has not yet said, publicly at least, that he is going to be Prime Min- ister, but he is no doubt aware of what many are saying and he has not gone out of his way to deny it. 3 Mr. King was less than 50 when he be- came leader. Mr. Pickersgill is 47 today. Mr. King was a prominent civil servant in Ottawa for eight years before he was made a minister. Mr. Pickersgill's civil service career extends from 1940 to 1953. Mr. King was hand-picked for the cabinet by Sir Wilfred Laurier. Mr. Pickersgill was hand-picked by Mr. St. Laurent -- when Premier Smallwood gave the nod in Newfoundland. Mr. King withstood jokes and taunts, Mr. Pickersgill, 50 years later, has been the subject of some joshing when people mention that he is going to be Prime Minister. Mr. King had the last laugh. Is the last laugh similarly in store for Mr. Pickeysgill? Some Afterthoughts on Election Looking back on the election, there are some thoughts which we feel are worth recording. Much has already been said about the fact that with only 48 per cent of the popular vote, Liberals secured 64 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons. On the face of it, this seems like a negation of the principles of dem- ocracy. Yet it is the inevitable result of the system of the single non-transferable vote by which we elect our members of parliament. And we have an idea that so long as it works so favorably for the party in power, it is not likely to be changed. Another fact worthy of reflection is the complete faflure of the CCF to justify it- self as the political arm of organized la- bor. The failure of the party to gain more than one seat in the industrial province of Ontario, and more than two seats in the whole of Hastern Canada points to the fact that as a political arm for the labor unions, the CCF is deplorably weak. Even in the west, where that party made some gains, most of them were in purely rural ridings, in which there were no industries --other than that of agricure. It would seem, therefore that far from being a national party representing labor, the CCF has become a sectional group, draw- ing most of its strength from the farming areas of the west. So far as securing any decisive part of the labor vote is concern- ed, its campaign had little success. Much has been made of the fact that all of the 100 Communist candidates in the election lost their deposits. Not one came anywhere near being elected. At the same time, it is noteworthy that 55,463 electors of Canada went to the polls and voted for them. This means that there are that number of people in Canada who would like to see the Russian system of dictatorship and slavery of the masses im- posed on the people of Canada. Although this represents only one per cent of those who voted in the election, that one per cent could become a cancer on the body politic, and a cancer of that kind can spread far if it is left unchecked. Do New Motor Cars Last Longer Do the present-day motor cars last longer than those made in the early era of the automobile industry? Despite the yearning of old-time mot- orists for the product of the age "when cars were built to last," the publication Automobile Facts supports the contention that the modern cars are more enduring. According to the publication, in 1926 the average car was only six and a half years old and its speedometer registered only 25,750 miles when it was scrapped. By 1950 the average car was able to stay on the road for thirteen and a half years, or slightly more than twice as long, and piled up in that period 116,000 miles Editorial Notes The French government has reduced from 20,000 to 10,000 francs the amount of money that can be taken out of the country. In real money, that is a reduc- tion from $50 to $25, so it does not mean so much after all. The Communist leader in Canada is afraid this country will come under the economic' domination of the United States. Still, even that would be prefer- able to Russian domination. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA WHITBY) 'The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) bining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gaui &_ Cavdiiivie 1863) 8 daily The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily , the Ontario Provincial Dailies As Saclatian and the Audit Bureau of Cireuiition. Tha Canadian s is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of or to The a. tae Jae: credited 3 it 4 Reuters, also the local, therein. All rights of special despatches are "also Member of Newspapers Assoctation all news Associated 'published T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Bditer Offices, 44 King Street West, Toren tarie, sity Tower ™ ra ou =» SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Bi Perry, Ajax and not over 30e ber week. By tan outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in C and England, $10.00 per year. U.S. $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JULY 12,078 of driving, or more than four times as much. Modern cars as a result of technologi- cal advances are better designed than those of a quarter century ago. They cost more, but ip such matters as comfort and ease of operation they are undoubtedly worth more. Yet, despite the figures cited, the be- lief that the early cars were strongly built will not down. A factor in the situation is that where the car of 1925 when paving was in its infancy had to make its way over all kinds of roads, today's car has -- except for traffic congestion ---- much easier going. . . [J » Other Editors' Views : SHY FLYING SAUCERS (Hamilton Spectator) If there is one thing about the flying saucer men that impresses us mere than their shyness it is their choice of the United States as a landing ground. Apparently, these midgets love remote places, but although Canada has many attractions to offer in this respect, the modest little men have not yet, as far as we are able to discover, visited this country. Can it be that Canadians are in- hospitable to visitors from other planets, or is it that the midgets, like the fairies, demand a belief in their existence before allowing humans to see them? FAITH AND WORKS - (Hanna Herald) The Salvation Army, one of the world's most practical-minded movements, operates by means of powerful twin forces, faith and works. Faith in God and His attributes--mercy, good- ness, truth--is dominant in the Salvation Army's program. Then comes faith in man--his place in the Creator's plan, his ability to rise to higher and nobler things. Without this faith all efforts to re- habilitate men will fail, and the Salvation Army believes that they have both history and experience to support this contention. Faith, of course, must be accompanied by works. Two oars are required to propel a' boat and keep it on its course. The Salvation Army does not move in circles, With faith and works it forges shead. Bible Thought "Men ought always to pray, and not to faint." (Luke 18:1.) "Satan will not mind how we labour in prayer for a few days, weeks, or even months, if he can at least discourage us so that we cease praying, 8s though it were of ne use.,'-~George Mueller, \ QUEEN'S PARK Bars Are Going Out Of Entertainment By DON O'HEARN Special Corerspondent for The Times-Gazette TORONTO--There should be less frivolity in our big city bars from now on. Word is that Hamilton hotel op- erators, who started the experi- ment last spring of stopping all entertainment, are happy with the way things have gone. The operators, who found they were entertaining themselves out of business, made an agreement that for a three-month period all bars would run strictly as bars. The move was so successful that they intend to continue it. Toronto will follow step if they can ever get all bar owners here to see eye to eye. SOME ARE FEARFUL The great share of hotel owners here would like to drop entertain- ment. But there are a few who in- sist they have to keep it. And through fear of losing business to these bars, the balance continue to pay out hundreds of dollars a week for singers, musicians and other entertainers. It's a silly business, of course, and has been from the start. Of all the liquor lounges in the city there would be only three or four that were designed as show bars. But when they put in entertainment their fellow operators (most of whom didn't have any experience) trailed along. The result is that drinks in To- ronto probably cost more than any- where else on the continent. and in some cases operators have had to resort to questionable practices to stay in business. STRATFORD FESTIVAL On the subject of show business, the province can't hold its head too high on thal superlative contribu- tion the Stratford festival. The festival which is now draw- ing to a close has been one of the finest things ever done for the wel- fare of Ontario abroad. It has brought tremendous pub- licity and in its high quality of production has bred equally tre- mendous good will for the prov- ince. It did this with practically mo assistance from the government. The official contribution from here was $500, while private concerns were donating in the thousands. This is an old bogey with us and we're not going to harp on it again. But one of this government's blank spots certainly lies in the field of assistance to cultural pro- jects. It just can't seem to see them and their value. TRUCKERS STRIKE There may have been some sur- prise that Labor Minister Daley didn't call in the striking teamsters and their employers before he did. This, however, was a well-cal- culated move. Mr. Daley could have summoned them some days before. But he didn't feel the time was right. In a strike, experience teaches that at least one side, and preferably both, have to be somewhat weary of it before the proper atmosphere for settlement can be reached. And Mr. Daley didn't consider this time had been reached until Friday, when he acted. Also, of course, this gave the week-end for the two parties to consider their position knowing they would be facing each other across the table again. OTTAWA REPORT Party Disloyalty Is Tory Bugbear By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Corerspondent for The Times-Gazette OTTAWA -- The hierarchy of the Progressive Conservative party are notoriously fair weather fiends to their elected national leader. In good times, which means when he has won an election, he is the blue-eyed boy for whom they can not do too much. But when the chill wind of ballot-box disfavor blows around him, they get in a furious passion like Wonderland's Queen of Hearts and scream, 'Off with his head." George. Drew was brought from his successful tenure of the pre- miership-of Ontario into the fed- eral leadership of the Conserva- tives in 1948. One year later he led them to the worst trouncing either of the two major parties had ever experienced at the polls since Confederation. In the ensuing four years the party has been split by doubts and dissensions, deserted by its back- ers, and handicapped by a mal- organization which would have made a milk route fail. Last week it did a little better in numbers of votes received, but the unfair voting system left it as weak in Parliament as before -- almost. It did a little better than in 1949; a little better than the two great thrashings it got in 1935 and 1940. But still it did not do as well as in 1945, when the com- parative failure led to the re- placement of Manitoba's John Bracken by Ontario's George Drew as its luckless leader. This has inevitably raised the question, is it time for a change? Questioned as to his personal plans, George Drew said that his future as national leader of the Tories will rest with the national executive of the party association. His intimates suggest that he may resign and take up a business ap- pointment, in a return to private life which Mrs. Drew, in common with the wives of most politicians, would apparently welcome. GORGEOUS GEORGE To the public, George Drew has been a failure. To those who have watched him, in Parliament and on the hustings, he has been an improving leader of the Opposition who has done a thankless job at the head of a pitifully small-party with patience and doggedness. On the public platform he is "Gorgeous George," said with 2 sneer. He is too good-looking, too well-dressed and top eloquent to be liked or trusted (by the exact- ing and unpredictable Johnny Can- uck who marks his X on the bal- lot. There is something by con trast which is comforting and re- liable about the homespuh Uncle Louie, with his halting speech, nervous gestures and rather court- ly manners. This is odd, because Drew is not a stuffed shirt. He is, in fact, rather lacking in self- confidence; but the defence mech- anism with which he endeavors to hide this is wrongly judged to be natural arrogance. So there we are, the Tories have a leader who has failed twice in general elections, whose platform presence has little popular appeal, and whose party organization lies in a complete shambles, unrelieved by a single bright spot in any province. If the party runs true to form, it will go get itself a new leader. MONEY DESERTS TORIES Big Business long regarded the Tory party as its friend. But things have changed with the ar- rival of the welfare state, with government orders reaching into every industry, and with govern- ment becoming a very big spender. Now Big Business supports the Liberals rather than the Tories-- perhaps only because th: Grits are the "ins" in politics. Anyhow, business contributions are estima- ted to have put over $5,000,000 into the Liberals' campaign fund while the Tories had to get by on less than $2,000,000 and of course the smaller parties lacked even the sums which a candidate for mayor of New York City spends on his campaign. This means that the Bay Street boys and other business elements will have less power in the Tory organization. It -might be revert- ing to the status of a genuine democratic association of voters. A new era may open with the expected replacement of George Drew and a lively popular new party may arise from the ashes of the old. Syria's Strong Man Reported Killed (This dispatch did not disclose the source of the report of the assassination. News usually seeps quickly over the Syrian-Lebanese border, though an official an- nouncement on an event. of this kind might be bottled up in Dam- ascus for several hours.) Shishekly, Syria's 'strong man," had made his first publft appear- ance Sunday since his election as president last. July 10. He drove 200 miles in his German-built Mercedes armored car to Homs where he addressed a graduating class of 816 military cadets at the school he once attended. As chief of staff and army com- mander with the rank of colonel, Shishekly rose to power by two military coups, in 1949 and 1951. Shishekly at first ruled behind the facade of a chief of state, his military collaborator, Brig.-Gen. Fawzi Selo. But last July 10 Shi- shekly was elected president and a new constitution was approved. Stop The Presses Cry The Strikers PARIS (AP)--The French had only a few provincial newspapers and the English-language European edition of the new York Herald Tribute in. which to read today about the country's continuing crip- pling strikes. Most newspaper workers joined for one day in the walkout in state- run communications and tras- port fields. Some out-of-town pa- pers published under an agreement with the unions which called for them to lay off Tuesday instead of today. The Herald Tribune was exempted from the stoppage There was no evidence of a break in the strikes by government work- ers. Railroads were still practic- ally - paralyzed. The postal, tele- graph and telephone closure went into its 12th day. Coal mines re- mained shut. Premier Joseph Laniel and his top ministers met Sunday to dis- cuss suggestions by Leon Jouhaux, head of the Socialist Trade Unions, for breaking the impasse. Later they handed the labor leader a reply but its nature was not dis- closed. A group of labor chiefs met Sun- day night to study the government reply but gave no indication they were about to end the strikes. The fisheries research board is shipping young eels by air from the Maritimes for planting in Sas- katchewan lakes. . Massey-Harris - MAC'S MUSINGS While away on holidays, In a summer cottage On an Ontario lake, We did some fishing, and Also had some success, But this is not going To be a fish story such As anglers love to tell. We learned while fishing All alone in a boat That it is a pastime Which provides plenty Of time for thinking, Especially when bites From the elusive fish Are slow in coming. Fishermen are usually Given plenty of time For quiet reflection, That is good for the soul, And especially when they Are alone on a lake, Surrounded by all the Beauty of God's nature, To stir within them Thoughts of how fortunate We who live in Canada Are to have a land of Such surpassing beauty To stir our gratitude to Him who created it. As we sat in our boat On this Ontario lake We were ever conscious That we had much for Which to be grateful In the shining waters, Under the blue sky, With the _shores hemming Us in with the green Glory of the trees and The gold ripening fields. And as we thought we Felt that all too few Of us recognize that all Of these things we owe To that Divine creator Who has done all things well. Giant Firms Will Unite TORONTO (CP) -- Two of the world's largest manufacturers of farm implements announced Sun- day they intend to amalgamate. In a joint statement, James S. Duncan, president of the Massey- Harris Company, and Harry Fer- guson, chairman of the Harry Fer- guson Companies, announced their organizations have agreed to unite and will operate under the name of Massey-Harris-Ferguson Limi- ted. The former is a Canadian company, the latter British. The statement said Mr. Duncan will take over administration of Ferguson Limited as.president and Mr Ferguson will be ehajtit an of the board. In addition to farm implements, the new company will continue to manufacture Standard motor-cars. The Ferguson name will continue to be used on all implements of Ferguson design. Body Recovered In Trenton River TRENTON -- Body of C. G. Goode, of Toronto, who drowned in the Trenton River near here on Thursday, was recovered yester- day after being found by Roy Shepherd, of 342 Front St., Tren- ton, whilé fishing. : Shepherd said he was fishing near No. 1 dam when he hooked the body which had apparently been caught between rocks. Police had searched for more than 44 hours. Goode 'drowned while tak- ing a swim after working on a CPR extra gang near here. AUSTRALIAN FIND SYDNEY, Australia (CP) -- The government is keeping its eye on tests of a uranium find at Corona- tion Hill in the Northern Territory but warns that possibilities of com- mercial development are not yet certain. De velopment Minister Spooner said the chief significance was that the strike was made out- side previously known uranium- bearing regions. Close to #9.500,000 worth of paper loose-leaf and other binders are manufactured in Canada each year. . TRAVEL RELAXED AND CAREFREE EXHIBITION AUGUST 28 TO SEPTEMBER 12 Return Rail Fares $180 $2.05 Coach Sleeping and Parlour Cars* *Chair or berth extra Good going Thursday, August 27 to Saturday, September 12, inclus- ive. Return limit -- September 16. Full information from any agent. : Wg CANADIAN NATIONAL dX THIY Xe 1d [o IN DAYS GONE BY 20 YEARS AGO A. E. O'Neill, principal of OCVI, announced that the enrolment at the end of June had been 954. W. F. Ward, Bowmanville bar- rister, was elected zone represent- ative on the provincial command of the Canadian Legion. The elec- tion took place at a district rally held in Oshawa. Fire, caused by defective wiring, destroyed the main auditorium of the Ontario Hospital at Orillia. No lives" were lost. The Ontario Regimental Band, directed by Bandmaster T. Demp- sey, gave a fine concert at Lake- view Park. Y The famous theatrical Marks family held a reunion at the cot- tage of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Marks, Sr., at Christie Lake. Rotarian 'Donald R. Ruddy was the speaker at the Whitby Rotary meeting and gave a fine address on Company Law". _ Local and district farmers were informed the the government would send inspectors to see the apple crops. Eighty babies were entered in % aby Contest at the Oshawa Prominent directors of the South Ontario Agricultural Society were L. E. Osier, Fred T. Rowe, George Hart and Frank L. Mason. Charles P. Davis was the secretary-treasur- er. Hayward Murdoch, a Times car- rier boy, won the Canada Bread Bicycle Race to capture the Gold medal and be eligible for the races at the CNE. Small Rafts Saved 4 In Raging Seas By GEORGE FRAJKOR Canadian Press Staff Writer MONTREAL (CP)--Three United States airmen arrived here Satur- day with a grim tale of some 13 hours on life rafts bucking foul weather and: 15-foot waves in the Atlantic ocean after their RB-36 reconnaissance plane crashed in flames south of Iceland Aug. 4 with a loss of 19 lives. The men--Maj. George B. Parkes 37, of Vacaville, Calif,, Staff Ser- geant Charles M. DeHaven, 24, of Stroudsburg, Pa., and Airman First Class Harold E. Parker, 22, of Fairfield, Calif.--arrived aboard the British freighter Manchester Pioneer which picked them up from the ocean 500 miles west of Scotland. They were met by relatives and U.S. Air Force officers. The only other survivor of the 23 aboard, Staff Sergeant Roy O. Speer of Bennington, Okla., was rescued by the Manchester Ship- per and taken to Liverpool, Eng. Maj. Parkes said the crash oc- curred soon after fire broke out in the port engines. The plane's con- trol system conked out and the other engines failed to function properly. DeHaven and Parker, in the tail section, bailed out with three oth- ers. The major was in the nose section and had no time to bail out before the plane crashed, he said. "All of a sudden I was in the water. I could see a light above my head and I tried to fight my way up to it, but was caught in the framework. The plane seemed to give a sudden lurch and some- how 1 was free." Parkes clung to a raft for 11 hours before a B-29 search plane Fhetied him and dropped a life- oat. Hoard of Old Watches Uncovered By Farmer MAXWELL, Ont. (CP)--An old man's dying gift of a watch gave farmer Levi Duckett a collector's prize. ' At his home near this village in the-Owen Sound district, Duckett treasures a chain-drive "turnip" watch that a relative of James Shipley left for repairs with London watchmakers Mansfield and Son 142 years ago. "When I was a young 'un, James Shipley came out to Canada from England and settled down at Fu- genia where I was born," says Duckett. "We were neighbors and soon fast friends." Shipley brought with him a box full of family heirlooms, mostly watches and coins. HIGHLY PRIZED 'He prized them pretty highly and never let anyone know where he kept them." Duckett married and moved here [is and Shipley, in his declining years, § came to live at the Duckett home, where he died at 102. Duckett just recently ventured to pry out the repair slips from the back covers of his watches, to get some idea of their age, for none of them bear the date of manu- facture. One made by "Jackson, clock and watch maker, High. Street, Horncastle, mourning rings. on short notice," had a circular paper in its back saying: "Mr. Parlin. son, Belchford, repaired by Cart- wright, Oct. 10, 1852." A repair slip in another heavy gold timepiece is dated 1848, and another 1850. The London stock exchange was founded before the end of the 18th century. ITS FUN Jour own ONTARIO vaeationland n \ RANGER BREWING CO. LIMITED The Investment Dealers Association of Canade THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA For Information DIAL 5-1104 POV VIV VN ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. a not an expense! 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