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§ THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE, Thursday, February 3, WO Editorials Daily Times-Garette (Oshawa, Whitby) iad 857 Simcoe Street § rv ad by TimesO South, Oshawa, Canadian Concert Groups Deserves Oshawa Support This week, the Canadian Community Concerts Association of Oshawa is con- ducting its annual campaign to secure suf- ficient subscribers to make possible an- other season of outstanding concerts by Canadian artists. This group is deserving of special support because of its very nat- ure. Its concerts, during the past seasons of its operation, have been given entirely by Canadians who have won fame in the concert field. There is a great deal to be said in favor of this all-Canadian type of concert asso- ciation, apart altogether from the fact that the concerts of the past two years have been of outstanding quality and have been greatly enjoyed. It has often been said, and with good cause, that the best of our Canadian musicians and sing- ers have to leave their native country and go to the United States to receive the recognition which their talents deserve. Many of them have won high laurels for themselves in other lands. The Canadian Community Concert Association, howev- er, is determined to have them appreciat- ed at home, and to give them an opportun- ity to present their talents to audiences in their own country. For this, it is té be commended as a movement worthy of strong support from the music-loving public of Oshawa. Oshawa people have shown, in recent years, their desire for cultural entertain- ment such as is provided by the associa- tion. They have taken pride, too, in the fact that they have been listening to Canadian artists of acknowledged talents and ability. For this reason, and because of the pleasure and enjoyment that. can be derived from a season of music and entertainment such as the association provides, it is to be hoped that the mem- bership list will be over-subscribed, and that the local branch of the association will go forward to another successful season. Changes In Election Act Proposed changes in the Ontario El- ection Act, drafted by a special committee appointed for that purpose, have started some controversy. It is apparent, from statements made in the opening speeches divided opinions on some of the provisions in the Legislature, that there are sharply of the amendments. Coming under most criticism is a provision that al' ndidates be - :quired to make a deposit of $200, which would be forfeited by those receiving fewer than 50 per cent of the vote cast for a winning candidate. This is the provision now ef- fective in federal elections. We see no- thing wrong with it. The idea behind it is that it would discourage frivolous and factional candidates. Objection has been made that it might keep some worthy candidates out of the field. Stuff and non- sense! If a man is a worthy candidate, he would find no difficulty in securing sup- port to the extent of $200 to have his name entered as a candidate. And in these days when election expenses run into thousands of dollars, the deposit of $200 would be a small item, even if the deposit were forfeited. . We look with more favor on the pro- vision for greater use of advance polls. The necessity for this was abundantly disclosed in the federal election of last August, and that is probably the reason for extending advance poll privileges. We also note that it is proposed to make it legal to hire conveyances on el- ection day to take voters to the polls. Up to the present, this has been illegal, and not countenanced by the election act. That does not mean that it has never been done. It is safe to say it has been done in every election for many years, so that all the proposal means is that what has been done secretly and slyly can now come out into the open as a legal practice. So it looks as if the new act will make honest men out of many who have winked at the law in the past and have managed to get away with it. No Poaching On Telephone K may be very wicked and naughty and show the wrong public spirit and so on to say this, but we have nostalgic mem- ories of the old-time rural telephone line in which--newspapers being infrequent and radios and television unthought of -- the clicks of a whole series of lifted re- ceivers was the sign and signal of news in the air. In those days "one long ring", or some local signal understood instantly in a score of farmhouses, the general store, and the post office sufficed to make Alexander Graham Bell's name blessed at times when either serious emergency or titilat- ing gossip demanded the most in broad- casting facilities. Nowadays the advance in telephones themselves, and in the service provided by some 500 individual telephone com- panies in Ontario alone, is making such adventures less and less known to the generation now growing up. True, or- dinary two-party lines are common en- ough still in cities and towns, but they offer nothing of the community thrill of the old days when not-too-busy house- Bible Thoughts Time is the fourth dimension which finally measures all things. Wait and see. The way of the wicked he turneth upside down.Ps. 146:9. The Daily Times-Gazette Published By TIMES-GAZETTE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 57 Simcoe Street South Oshawa The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining 'The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby & Chroni « 1863) is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). Member of Ci Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication 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 des- patches are also resefved. T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. Offices, 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, 2883 Tower Bui Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vered Dell by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Part Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By mail (in Provnice of Ontario) outside carrier delivery areas $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year, The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), by Times-Gazette Publishers, Limited 857 Simcoe Street South Oshawa, Ontario. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JANUARY 12,837 wives got all the news that was fit te print, and some that wasn't, without wait- ing for the fortnightly meeting of the Ladies' Aid. This reflection is caused by a new bit of legislation just introduced into the On- tario Legislature. Known as the Telephone Act, 1954. It puts a price on the very human failing of not always minding one's own business on the phone. When royal assent turns the new bill into law, it will cost anyone up to $50 if they are caught eavesdropping on a tele- phone conversation, or talking .too long when someone wants the line for an emer- gency, or telling their mother-in-law in plain language what they think of her. As we have already said, this restraint of original sin--or not very original sin-- is doubtless entirely proper, and any re- grets over it a sign of lawlessness and in- corrigibility. It is certainly true that pri- vacy of conversation ought to be a privil- ege assured by good manners alone. But it isn't, not always anyway. Now the law is going to teach manners at $50 a lesson. Thus the old order changeth. Or will it--much? - Bit Of Verse RAINBOW In childhood's prairie home a cold spring rain had cooped us up all day, flattening noses on wiridow-glass, trying to slow with our fingers the rolling drops on the pane. It was late when the deluge relented; the sun burst forth, and we children burst forth too, and one cried, "There will be a rainbow." Under the sparkling arbor adrip with an encore of showers, we pondered the prismatic miracle, counted the brightening colors, listened to dark Susan's dramatic story of Noah and the Ark and the first bow of promise-- remembering also Hiawatha's flowers." "heaven of -- Mylo Jo Closser Other Editors' Views BARGAINS WELCOME (Camrose Canadian) . We who eat good Canadian cheese out in this part of the country were startled to learn that Canada had sold several million pounds of good old Canadian cheddar cheese to England at 26 cents a pound. Why not sell some to the Canadian people at that price? We could do with a few bar- gains in this eountry, too. a the PARIS LETTER Telephone Regarded As Mysterious Instrument By FRANCES KNECHT Special Correspondent 0 The Times-Gazette " FARIS, France -- It has beeen > enh marks. It is certainly one way of relaxing, and a contrast to the rather formal life of Paris society when it is essential to always be well gr d, amiable, and never dernize the telep exchanges in Paris, and to install 25,000 new lines during the year 1954, in addition -to the 40,000 al- ready in use, making roughly one telephone for every 30 inhabitants. This news will certainly satisfy the many would-be subscribers, w ho have been for a long time on the waiting list. Evidently with the exception of business premises, the greatest number of private lines are in the smart residential quarters. The more modest citisen is contented to have messages left with his concierge (provided he is on good terms) -- very likely the only sub- scriber in the whole of a modest block of flats -- or phone rom the nearest shopkee) r or cafe tobac- conist. The 'Cafe Tabac' or simp- ly "Tabac", as this more or less of a sub-post office is called, is to be found at nearly every busy street corner. It is there that one can buy stamps, post letters, use the public call box, buy cigarettes, newspapers, sometimes oysters -- sold outside the pavement -- make horse - pacing bets at a spe- cial pigeon - hole, sip ap aperitif, and in some of the larger "tabacs" even play billiards. Strangers to France find it very unusual not to buy stamps at the Jost office, In any case the "Cafe 'abac' is certainly very practical and saves a lot of time. To get back to telephones, there is not a "femme du monde' who doesn't pass many hours daily at her tele- one. The best part of the morn- is spent at this little game. try to call a smart "parisienne® rom 9 o'clock in the morning (there is an unwritten law never to phone before that hour; it sim- isn't done, any offender cer- ly being black-listed) onwards, re are chances out of a 100 that her number will be engaged. As the price for a local call of 15 francs has no time limit, the wom- an time on her hands, will gossip indefinitely. It is one way of "letting off steam', and she has the advantage of not be- ing seen. What does it matter if she is wearing an old dressing own, hair in curling pins, and her ace smothered in cream, as long as nobody sees her, and there is no third person to hear her re- say anything but polite and com- plimentary things. Her long gos- sipy conversations are rarely un- kind; the "Parisienne'" has just about the sweetest, nature that exists, and she loves to talk. Monday morning, the ring of the phone bell is a real epidemic; it is the morning the Paris hostess in- vites her guests for the coming fortnight. It is usual to book the friends she really wants at least 15 days in advance to make sure to have them. With very formal le, the phone call is followed y a visiting card "reminder". There exists also a sort o telfe- phone. neurasthenia, very preva- lent with some Paris women, chief- ly the ones who have not enough to Oceupy their minds, who live in a sort of dream waiting for a tele- phone call as if their lives de- pended on it. Try to phone one of these friends for a last minute outing, the answer will inevitably be "I should simply love to, but I must wait in for a telephone call." Another will say "When 1 get my telephone call 1 will ring you back." . . . What a world of mystery surrounds that awaited call. No one asks any questions, It is something respected. It may be romance, or fame, or more likely just the "unexpected" one longs for in a perhaps too conventional world. It might too, be just an easy excuse to get out of doing something disagreeable. Much business is done by tele- phone, thus avoiding tiresome in- terviews, and exchanges of letters chiefly during. the recent postal strikes when it was indispensable. Another rapid form of corre- sponding in Paris is the '"'pneuma- tique'", an old system of sending letters guaranteed to reach their destination in less than two hours. It is a system of tubes through which the letters are pulsated. It costs 40 francs against the 15 for ordinary mail. There is a special letter box, and a special delivery staff. This system is very useful for the people not already on the plone, allowing them to ring ack their friends from a call box ™& within two hours. It is evident that the telephone Days an enormous part in the ife of all Parisiens. MAC'S MUSINGS Today it feels like one Of the early spring days, And we have actually Seen some people walking On the streets without Overcoats as if to hasten The coming of the end Of winter and the first Flush of spring weather. It is delightful when In mid-February we are Able to enjoy a day Like this, because it Does make one feel that Winter is gradually and Surely coming te an end. And as we looked around The garden now bereft of Its covering of snow Our heart warmed to see The first green shoots Of the bulbs which will Produce spring flowers Showing through the ground The first appearance of These green shoots gives Us a feeling of hope That before long it will Be possible to start work On that garden, and also To have the house radiant With the first flowers Picked in the spring. But we have to remember That perhaps we are a Little premature in Already looking for spring, And that it is possible We may still have some Snow and cold weather To retard its advent, Even if today it feels As if our spring days are Just around the corner. Tourists Say Prices Too High TORONTO (CP)--The American tourist, who spends millions of dol- lars annually in Ontario, is not happy with what he gets for his money. The annual report of the depart- ment of travel and publicity tabled in the legislature Tuesday, said Americans generally complain of prices for accommodation and als. "This situation follows from the general level of commodity prices and other cost factors in Canada and no immediate amelioration can be for Russia Sends Out Pioneers By SHERWOOD DICKERMAN LONDON (Reuters)--Russia has sent a wave of pioneers marching toward the Soviet Unmion's eastern Jraities with the ringing words-- n effect--"go east, young man." The great hall of the Kremlin re- sounded recently with praise of frontier life as Premier Georgi Malenkov and other high Russian officials said goodbye to the first contingent of new settlers, and ex- horted other youths to follow them. The mass rally was a send-off for a group of factory workers and technical students who left for re- mote Kazakhstan on the Chinese border. "Campfires under an open sky," and the 'timeless lure of new lands' were thrown into a vision of frontier days by young speakers in the Kremlin's ornate hall, Moscow radio reported. Other speakers claimed that 3.- 000 youths from Moscow province and 8,000 from the vast Ukraine grain belt have volunteered to "go east."' They will work on 125 new state grain farms to be set up , within the next few years in the eastern prairies. Lake Manitoba, covering an area of 1,900 square miles, was discov- ered La Verendrye in 1738. BED WARMER AUCKLAND, N.2. (CP) -- Scien- tists studying the lake in the crater of volcanic Mount Ruapehu spent a night in comfort with snow and ice all around. They perched their sleeping-bags over fissures ging oo steam at an altitude of 9, eet. FALSE SECURITY NEW FOREST, England (CP)-- Wardens in the New Forest, a pop- ular drive for motorists, warn against feeding wild ponies in the park. The ponies have been eross- ing roads to get dainties, and 91 were killed or injured last year. Canada's first highway was the road between Montreal and Que- bec built: early in the 18th century. Complaints over poor food have does in number and it is be- leved that food service in the province "can be said to be gradu- ally improving in general.' The report said it was also be- lieved that Ontario summer resorts and sportsmen's camps offer 'value unmatched on this contin- ent." Americans also complain over the cloging of retail shops on week- days, the non-availability of gaso- line at certain times and in certain areas, high charges for motor re- pairs, Sunday glosing of theatres and lounges, the liquor control board permit and purchase-record system and other restrictive as- pects of Ontario liquor laws. A total of 132 formal complaints were lodged by tourists last year compared with 116 in the previous year. Topping the list was un- DIAL 5-1104 For Information The Investment Dealers Association of Canade THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. N VS EFL A IN DAYS GONE BY 3 YEARS AGO Announcement was made that Oshawa had received a charter from the Ontario Municipal Board allow: the town to be erected wi city at noon on March 8, Sleighing parties on the way to and from skating rinks were fav- orites for entertainment of dis- trict young people: e's Anglican A cheque was found in the pl s of St. Georg urch organ which had been lost ten years previously by Captain C. A. Mason. Mayor W. J. Trick asked the board of trade and the town coun- cil to J tition the government to keep highways clear of snow. The road to Toronto had been im- gassible for seven days and Phil ith of Smith Transport com- plained to the Mayor that he had six trucks stuck between here and the city. The Ch¥ef Engineer of tec Public Works told Mr. ith thay it would be too costly for the gov- ernment to clear roads. Major Crowles of the depart- ment of education opened the new school at Pickering. Engineer Smith expressed his views on the site of the sed new water tower and sta that the suggested College Hill site was unsuitable and in his opinion the only place for it was on the high school grounds. Nut-Krust and Reformer re- ported that the dcast of sident Coolidge from the White House, on their radios. Dr. W. J. Langmaid and Miss Hillier were winners in. a debate with Carl Irwin and Ada Kelly. The winners upheld the negative side of the resolution that "the press has done more towards the achievement of civilization - than the Pulpit". The debate was held a a meeting the Pirect oung People's League. solo- ist was Miss Leah Garrow. Gordon Hutton, Hamilton archi t, told the Rotary Club that Centre Street Public School was the best in the province. of Local grocers were trying to sell their stocks oleomargerine, This product had been introduced for war measures and gove! ent had now banned the use of'it ag of March 1, 1 QUEEN'S PARK Members Thinking Of Pension Plan By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- There is a move. men® among the veteran back- benchers for a pension plan for the members and one can't dis- agree with it. Their thought is that after a cer- tain number of sessions, a mem- ber should be eligible for a pen- sion which would have been est- ablished on a contributary basis. The feeling is that being a mem- ber of the legislature seriously in- terferes with the normal earning capacity of a member, and that there should be some balancing compensation. This feeling is centred among some of the most responsible mem- bers of the House. And perhaps oddly, among a group who don't particularly advocate an increase in the members' stipend at the pre- sent time. They feel that the pre- sent $4,000 a year, or possibly a little more, is adequate compensa- tion, but would like to see some security for later years. To date the government has given no support to the plan. The government's attitude in fact one surmises, would be against any in- crease in any form. However, one feels that this particular proposal might grow, being sound in pur- pose. Nova Scotia, of course, has such a plan now for cabinet ministers. NO FIRE Expected fireworks on the high- ways issue haven't developed to date. The matter got its first thorough goltig over when Opposition Leader arquhar Oliver, spoke in the throne speech debate and Mr. Frost replied. But the anticipated excite- ment didn't develop. It seemed to boil down to a case of two gentlemen discussing a matter that was distasteful to both. Mr. Oliver prefaced his remarks with a lengthy comment that petty graft was an unfortunate, but near- ly always present, incidental of government. One could almost see him, in his own mind, being in the same posi- tion as Mr. Frost was, and suf- fering accordingly. Mr, Frost, on his part, gave an extensive defence of the govern- ment"s record of honesty, which to most observers was completely un- necessary. There has never been any serious question here of the honesty of the overnment, and particularly of r. Frost. One could sympathize with his position in taking to its defence, but had to look on it as unnecessary. As it appears now, the highways matter may blow into fire when it gets before the public accounts committee. But there is the one factor that the opposition hasn't a really sharp financial man its ranks and there is some doubt whether a pertinent discussion will be raised even there. ; ODDS AND ENDS Question of most concern to members: Redistribution. They seemed to know as little as every- one else as to how jt would be handled. Committee chairmanshi again, as always, a matter of fr interest and eagerly sought for. It is said that George Wardrope will be this year's chairman of fish and game, which is one of the prize plums; not moneywise, but a lot of fun. Talk of Sovernment changes is very prevalent, but as in redis- tribution, no-one seems to know what Mr. Frost may have in mind: The next rumored 'scandal' is said to be on mining access roads. The Liberals have a lot of gues- tions on the order paper and it is said they are hoping to uneover some shenanigans. It hasn't figured to date, but it is also expected that Hydro will come in for its usual share of. crit icism from the angle of free spend- ing. However, if the o itiom doesn't get any further than pre. vious years it will be a matter of a lot of smoke and no fire. Polio Vaccine Tried Out On Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The first batch of Pittsburgh school young- sters today received injections of Salk's vaccine--science's hope of conquering polio. Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the vaccine, administered the in- jections personally, as he will 'o all 5,000 first, second and third grade pupils between now and June in 19 Pittsburgh schools. Under terms laid down by Dr. Salk, the names of the children receiving inoculations were wjth- held. They were given no prior warning of the injections. The University of Pittsburgh sci- entist said he wanted the children to approach the tests in a com- pletely normal frame of mind. without the chance to build up mental tensions and fears befare- hand. Blood tests will be given with the injections--which may number as many as three for each child-- to record the progress of the vac- cine in building up immunization to the crippling polio virus. DOCTOR CONFIDENT So confident is Dr. Salk that the vaccine cannot harm those receiv- ing it that he his wife and their two children were among the first to be inoculated. : The vaccine itself is a combin- ation of the three Jaraiysis-pro- ducing strains of polio known to science. It is cultured in laborator- ies and safety-tested before it is administered. The vaccine is quite different from gamma globulin, used widely last summer in attempts to pre- vent polio. cleanliness, bad maintenance and poor facilities. Rates and reserva- tions were disputed. Some com- plained of misleading advertising and information. Five complaints of rudeness were registered. Children A vaccine stimulates the human body to produce its own anti-bod- ies, the natural soldiers against a disease germ. Gamma globulin is a dose of borrowed antibodies, which re- main in the blood only a few weeks. At Ottawa health department of ficials said the federal govern- ment plans to expand its gamma globulin inoculation program this year. Gamma globulin was used on a large scale last summer for the first time in Canada. About 25,000 persons were inoculated and plans are to increase this number te 100,000 or 140,000 this year. A study of the results of last year's program has not been com- pleted. LANDLOCKED STATE / bounded by Bolivia, Brazil and Ar Paraguay has no seaboard, being gentina. FAST RELIEF FOR HEAD MINARD'S mreEil y things like The finest and largest Camlog we have ever issued, now 164 pages, all to help * . ou enjoy the loveliest garden ever. Man: ush Form Sweet , 8 Miracle Flower that changes color every day, Sélvias so early they flower in the seed flac, Son oday. Orchid, New B: gh Ma 0" ew Roses, mon SEE Fraited Strawberries from seed, N nias 'and Gloxinias King Maple, latest Hy o ul Srwbarsie ged, Nursery CADW 101 # i § INE]