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6 THE DAILY TIMTES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, Mareh 2, 1955 Editorials The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited 97 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario, Perhaps Private Enterprise Can Do More Efficient Job There has been a great deal of public concern, and not a little criticism, over the decision of the Canadian National Railways to turn over the management of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, now under construction in Montreal, to the Hilton chain of hotels, This is to some extent, because it seems very strange to find an organization dedicated to public owner- ship, sacrificing that principle by turning the hotel over to a private company to operate. Some of the criticism, of course, resolves around the understandable dis- taste for foreign operation of what had promised to be a great Canadian hostelry, What seems to have occurred to few people is that the probable reason behind the transaction is a conviction on the part Why GATT Seems Foundering The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in which most countries inf the world are partners, appears to be founder- ing on the shoals of economic national- ism. When Hon. C. D, Howe returned to Canada from the sessions of the GATT conference overseas, he expressed grave fears as to the survival of those agree- ments designed to promote freer world trade. This was because trends on the world trade front were swinging in favor of higher tariffs and greater restrictions. aimed at curbing imports. Evidence that this is so is found in For- eign Trade, the official publication of the department of trade and commerce at Ot- tawa., Australia, this official publication reports, has increased tariffs on imports to give increased protection to Australian industries. Colombia has imposed new re- strictions on the import of eggs, both for hatching and eonsumption. of the CNR management that private en terprise can handle this kind of job bet- ter that public ownership. Certain it is that state-owned and operated enterprises frequently have to subordinate economy and efficiency of operation to other con- siderations. : Donald Gordon, president of the CNR, is a realistic economist with a keen sense of thrift, It seems entirely likely that he thinks that management of the Queen Eli- zabeth Hotel and other 'CNR hotels by private enterprise would lessen the finan- cial burden of the undertaking which he directs, If that theory as to his reasoning is correct, then sentiment should not be allowed to overrule a commonsense Oute look on what is an economic problem, Greece, according to Foreign Trade, has imposed a new special levy -on im- ports, Ireland has announced further quo- tas and quota periods on the import of electric light bulbs and cotton goods. Mex ico has decreed substantial tariff increas. es. New Zealund is giving consideration to higher tariffs on plywoods. South Afri- ca has increased duties payable on an im- posing list of commodities, Nor do the foregoing by any means exhaust the list of countries, many of them signatories to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that have adopted more restrictive import curbs in recent weeks, It is small wonder, therefore, that doubts are expressed as to the possibility of continuing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. It looks as if narrow nationalism has again taken hold of a world which, for a time, seemed to be will ing to promote freer trade. Twenty-Five Years of Penicillin Twenty-five years ago Sir Alexander Fleming published the first account of his "discovery of penicillin, In the years since that report the wonderful drug has become commonplace and only the first of a mar- vellous series of antibiotics, but it has been the salvation of many a man' life, in war and in peace. One remembers the incredulous stories first told of the healing propensities of penicillin and how precious it was in the first years of the war, Very little was re- leased for civilian use because so little was being produced--and at great cost. Then the American and Canadian govern- ments, on behalf of the Allies, recogniz- ed the urgency of securing the drug in quantities and supported the establish- ment of great manufactories for it. By 1944 adequate supplies became available for use with the armed forces abroad, even the thousands who contracted ven- ereal diseases were being treated quick- Bit Of Verse WATERFALL IN WINTER Suddenly in a woodland place I came upon this winter grace, A waterfall, half frozen now And half, still switt with liquid flow. Dropping upon the ice beneath That covered with its crystal sheath The rippling stream; water was still Except for this persistent rill That, shackled by the chains of frost, Burst forth with sure compulsion, lost Its sculptured immobility And falling, ever falling free, Wore through the ice with water's tool Making in winter one small pool. LOUISE DARCY The Daily Times-Gazette Published by TIMES-GAZETTE PUBLISHERS LIMITED $7 Simcoe Street South, 'Oshawa The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (est 1063) 1s daily Members ot The Canadian 'Press, The Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provincial Dailies \ssociation and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. 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Yet, in 1945, the world production of penicillin was only about five tons, Last year three hundred tons were produced in the U.S, alone, Penicillin seems less wonderful today, and less potent; partly because other new drugs of even more amazing propensities have been discovered, party because peni- cillin is not the cure-all some people claim. for it. Indeed, penicillin has proved to be its own limiting agent, because some strains of microbes have become resist- ant to it. Yet Fleming's discovery will never be forgotten nor can time and other drugs diminish the greatness of its ser- vice to humanity, Sir Alexander Flem- ing, now aged 74, retired last month as director of the Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology in London, but he will continue his research on immunization against infection, Other Editors' Views LITTLE DEFICITS INTO BIG ONES (Winnipeg Free Press) Every politician, whatever his party, finds spending money--in itself--the popular thing to do. In a modern democracy there can be restraint in spending only if everyone understands that each extra item, popular though it may be in it- self, will have to be matched by higher taxes, which are unpopular, That essential restraint will become inoperative if people distort Keynesian economics into the convenient belief that a bit of a deficit, in those circumstances, can be relied on to turn into a big one, QUARTERLY BONUS OF BUTTER (St. Catharines Standard) What to do with this $48 million packages of butter? Perhaps the government could gift-wrap the butter and send it out as a quarterly bonus to the taxpayers, since they've already paid for it, Or it might be wiser to entomb it in a sort of refrigerated Fort Knox, to which cabinet mini- sters would be required to make pllgrimages whenever they get an urge to meddle with the laws of the market place, Editorial Notes Three people died when fires trapped them in their homes in Toronto, How many people have ever tried to figure out in advance what they would do under simil ar circumstances, The financial press reports a hea'thy rush of orders to Canadian steel mills in the last few weeks. The benefit of this ~ will be spread over a large part of Cana- dian industry, right back to the iron mines, . ' : / Il 4 { M : Ri 3)! t 2 ee (7 hl Wine 'ill - FOR WHOM LA BELLE TOILS QUEEN'S PARK Pace Slackens In Legislature By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO ~-- The session is now three weeks old and except for the debate on the highways probe it has not lived up to its early prom- ise of excitement, As already has been noted here, it has been slow in getting under- way and though select committee reports have n presented and the throne speech debate has been comfortable, He also was critical of the hand) matters and in all the speech showed that he had more ability than his colleagues had suspected on performance up till now, OTHERS GOOD Young Robert Macaulay of To- ronto haps wasn't fully up to his fighting and independent stand- ard previous years but he still mate 4 good and constructive carried on, there has been little *P®® that was out of the ordinary with them, The reports were good and had both valuable and interesting mendations, but the deba em recom! te accompanying was not exs throne speech addresses lowed the same tenor, citing. And for the most part, ihe ave fol REAUME AGGRESSIVE An exception was the speech of Arthur Reaume, Windsor's ex-may- or and member for Essex North, Mr, Reaume who in former years has been so indifferent to his mem- bership here that he hardly both. ered attendin year has a changed attitude, He has been steady in his atten- dance and has been taking a real interest in the affairs of the House. And when he took his part in the throne debate, he gave probably the most vigor-us speech of the session to date. ORE ABILITY He launched into the government on the highways probe more point. edly than any other opposition speaker; so much so that the im- pression of observers was that h Premier Frost and Attorney- General Porter were distinctly un. the sessions. this don. One suggestion which could well ace! by the government is that there be a sf of air pol lution in the province. which i. that ou bars in nee be closed at midnight and e present system whereby dining lounges are tted to stay open until 2 o'clock be dropped. There is no doubt that in some cases the latter has been abused, GRUMMETT TOO A member who has shown un. usual fire this year is George Gor. y veteran Liberal from Brantford. He has not been in a mood to take anything In the way of in. teruption from the government and several times had strongly talked back to members on its benches, W. J. Grummett, CCF House leader and usually the mildest of men, also on occasion has shown unexpected fire and has made it clear that he doesn't intend to be st on, ut these are exceptions and on the whole the temor of the House has been mild, IN DAYS GONE BY 25 YEARS AGO George C. Rodd dled of Injuries sustained in an automobile acci- dent on the highway north of Whit. by. Over 9 Oshawa citizens of Ukrainian origin were presented with nationalization certificates at a reception arranged by the city council, C. C. Stenhouse was elected sup- erintendent of Ontario district No. Ii 10, Royal Arch Masons. An appropriation of $50,000 for work of Oshawa harbor was in- cluded in the federal government estimates, Joneph W. Pearson, son of Dr. and Mrs, H, C. Pearson of Picker- ing, was killed in an automobile accident in California. Oshawa Kiwanis club held a highly successful ice carnival at A ee Arena, pv Oshawa Branch, Canadian Le- lon, because of its growing mem- rship, was allowed the use of fhe council chamber for its meet- ngs. Mrs. June Read, aged 87, died from injuries received in an auto- mobile collision on the Whitby- Lindsay highway north of Brook- n, The First Baptist Church of Oshawa celebrated its 60th anni- versary. Oshawa Ukrainians held a mass meeting. to protest against Soviet Atrocities in their homeland. William Allchin, resident of Osh- awa for 57 years, died at his home on Elgin Street. St. Lawrence Channel Duplication Asked WASHINGTON (AP)-The state department disclosed today Con ress will be asked to set aside a aw which would require a $01, 000,000 duplication of a channel Canada is building in the St. Law- rence seaway. The disclosure came in a letter from R. Douglas Stuart, U, S, am- bassador to Ottawa, to External Affairs Minister Pearson. The letter, made public by the state department, set down agree- ments reached in United State- Canada talks last summer, Also re leased was a reply from Pearson confirming that the letter "repre- sents the views expressed In our meetings.' At issue was a 27-foot naviga. tion channel on the St, Lawrence river near Pt, Rockaway, New York, opposite Iroquois, Ont, A 1954 act of Congress ordered the United States to construct this channel, CONTRACTS LET However, Canada wlready had let contracts for building a $14, 000,000 canal and lock for 27-foot navigation at Iroquois, The U.S, roject for a navigation channel ypassing a power dam at this oint would cost an estimated 91,000,000. Stuart's letter said that, to avoid such "uneconomical duplication," the Eisenhower administration: "Will seek congressional action at an appionriste time to be re- lleved of this statutory obligation for such construction and there- after, will not initiate such con- struction until after discussions between the two governments.' The correspondence, dated Feb. 21 and Feb, 22, confirmed also that Canada has decided not to Department Lacks Staff TORONTO (CP)---Albert Wren, Liberal-Labor member for Kenor in the Ontario legislature, s Monday night the province's labor department is understaffed and incapable of placing atough siillsd conciliators into a potential strike area, Mr, Wren spoke over a CBC pro- vinclal network program on pro- vincial affairs. A text of his speech was issued to the press in advance of delivery, 4 He sald the Liberal party in On. tario is concerned about the . ince's relations facilities, There had been a series of costly strikes in Ontario and there was no assurance there would not be UE wd, dr ing a sufficient n conciliators into a potential strike ines area at a given time to reduce as far as possible of a breakdown In bargaining," Wren sald, LJ MAC'S MUSINGS We must have faith In these ity That out And turmoil with which The world is being torn There will yet arise a Brighter, better era, In which all people Wil learn to live at Peace with one another And we can concentrate On making our living Follow the pattern set By our Divine Creator. Without an abiding faith That all will be well, Only blackness and gloom Face the human race, Which sees in the present, wa 1 Only the fearful prospect Of war and destruction, Death and devastation, Because too many of The world's people have Forsaken their God and Lost faith in his power, If our young people are To have before them a Future worth hoping for We must dispel the gloom That lack of faith has Cast over all humanity And that can only come From regarding our faith As a living vital thing. Which impels us to apron The bellef that with In His heaven all can Be well in the world, So long as our faith Is fortified by works To make His Kingdom Come upon this earth, The world will be better Only as we strive, each In his own little niche To make it better with The help that only God can give to us. UNEXPECTED PRIZE ATTENBOROUGH, England CP) -- A pike weighing 26 pounds was caught in a pool in a gravel pit near this Nottinghamshire town, construct navigation facilities in the Cornwall Barnhart island areas "under present conditions.' ACQUIRING LAND It said Canada intends to acquire land there for such future facilities but construction will not be init- fated -until after discussions be- tween the two governments,' Stuart's letter said: "Under these arrangements the Canadian canal and lock at Iro- quois will be the exclusive means for navigation to bypass the power project control dam at that point, "imilarly the Long Sault canal, with two locks near Massena, N. Y., to be constructed by the United States, will be the exclus- lve means for navigation to by. pass the dams in the Cornwall: Bernhart island area, OTTAWA REPORT Lawrence Blast Sparks Furor H HH by - inferiority Souiplex stem- ming from his discovery that he was {llegitimate, " NICE PEOPLE, NICE THOUGHTS This fact of Lawrence's birth is no news to the wide circle of peo- le who had known or studied him, f those had refrained from commenting upon, It so happened that the divorce laws of the Britain of half a cen. tury and more ago had prevented Lawrence's father a mother from marrying. They lived to-ge- ther, in name and apbearance husband and wife, for over years, and raised a large and re- spected family, Hot on the heels of this contro. versy, which has brought the dead Lawrence back into limelight, comes another book, This is "The Mint," written bw No. 343087 Alr- craftman Ross, Jol name was the alias under whic! the hero of the desert war s a peacetime 'life as a humble "The Mint" is Lawrence's ac- hn Hume, That f, obabl i 8, ut as wal senior sl y guilty of, to use hra uct unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman, Their constructive thought, were ever Cap. tion, cen. appropriatiol d "mised: id n_ an vance- ment. These uched, | A dishonest and self-see) men, mostly the castawa private ente and the m of the depression, were unworthy to have command over the young airmen and pilots placed at their authori- he Mint clearly shows that "The Mint" ¢ the Battle of Britain was not the first time that our pilots af, Mi, oes, ect or attle, al Canadian Air Force blished its ng dian mations , and lang ing in the RAV transferred Pols lus into the RCAF, LIVING WITH PEACE OF MIND By KIRBY PAGE It 1s to pray the Lord's sauna lo ta he (0 Jers on. n Yar 1 Prayer words with sincerity and with fer. vor, It is nothing less than tragedy when a ¢ ation Hiougtitiesaly gid Ehris standard for evaluating ev: tom and Svary iltitution will of God? test is not ther this is better than 5 gsi der the light of the mind of Christ us pray: 5co ), our Taclal a Sour our oreign policy must be brought un. The *".FOR BETTER HEALTH Mumps, A Common III, May Be Very Serious MUMPS can be a serious thing for an adult, While children are more apt to catch the disease, you or your shouts may develop complications {f you catch it, Most common complications ac cording to the U.S, Public Health Service, are inflammation of sex glands, which sterility in men, and inflammation of the brain. AFTRMATH OF DISEASE Writing in "Current Therapy, 954," a medical reference w Dr, Archibald L, Hoyne of the Cook County Contagious Disease Hospital here in Chicago, says that about one - third of adult male mumps patients have orchitis, is an infection brought to the testis by the blood stream. This inflam- mation is marked by swelling, pain and a feeling of weight, Dr. Hoyne has found that relief from pain can be achieved by ad- ministering dlethylstiibestrol, a synthetic female sex hormone, two or three times a day. A sling sometimes causes d Fortunately, Ralph $. 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But the value of the Canadian dollar was against them, With sales made on basis of the fixed ve price, the exchange premium on the 'anadian ars results in a Can adian vafue of less than $35 an ounce, complications develop In about one out of 100 cases cases of mumps being so mill one-third of the victims without knowing they have had the disease, While mumps is not so ! ous as chicken pox or nevertheless it is a cate dis. ease. And if someone In your has y is likely to havg it, you should take preca Remember that epidemics cour in the spring. HOW DISEASE 18 SPREAD Mumps is spread by coughing| es and drinking glasses might Hyoived, 100, oe ve with mumps isolated from the rest of gn ily. If you are to nurse the pal keep away from his face, when you enter his room, wear 8 mask and a cotton gown over your ordinary clothes, ! 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