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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, June 7, 1951 Secretary-General Lie of th Un- 1ted Nations has called on the hin- ese and North Korean Communists to declare whether they are ready to ag- ree to a cease-fire in the vicinity of the Thirty-eighth Parallel as a prellm- inary to negotiations looking to the establishment of a united, ,free and independent Korea. Mr. Lie is frank to say that he does not know whether the Communist leaders are ready for such a step. This suggests that the alleged Soviet peace feelers â€"- which, incidentally, have been denied by Mr. Malik â€" are still too indefidnite to provide any basis for optimism on Mr. Lie’s part. But he holds that the time has come to make a new effort to achieve a cease-fire. At the same time he warns the aggressors that if they refuse to make peace the United Nations is bound to continue the struggle “with all the forces that can be safely committed” to this action. Specifically, he calls upon all members of the United Nations to review the situation and to increase their own contributions to the forces now fight- ing in Korea. We don’t suppose that any person of average intelligence would bet on a horse-race or anything else, if com- pletely convinced that the total result would be loss. A relatively large pro- portion do lose, of course. So, it is obvious that if the chance-taxing public is to be kept as interested and active participants, there must be a reasonable percentage of wins, and these wins, on occasions at least, must return better than bank interest. Mr. Lie’s proposal, made in a speech at Ottawa, comes on the heels of the disastrous defeats of two Com- munist spring offensives â€"- deIeats Cost of a basic weekly food bud- get for a family of four was $10.80 in March 1939, and is now up to $25.95, according to Margaret Smith, Ph. B., M. Sc., director, Nutrition Division, Health League of Canada. Writing in Health Magazine, Miss Smith points out that-Lathe wage earner in such a family, working at the current average industrial wage of $45 per week, must now work for two and one-half weeks in every Obviously there is more skill in volved in the average adventure into business than in the haphazard selec- tion that is the norm Of all betting. Also, granted intelligence and energy and skill and devotion, the odds on success are immeasurably better than the chance of any horse-race. But it is equally a fact that no system yet devised has been proof against all 'An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 Subscription Rate, $2.00 per year; To the United States $2.50 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, M.P., Publisher Telephone, Richmond Hill 9 ood Dollar Now Worth 40c Tithe liberal hazards. That is true in horse-rac- ing. It is also true in business. There are no investments that can gua..m- tee unfailingly favorable returns. To induce people to invest their time or energy or money in new} undertak- ings there must be some promise of gain. The worker must have the hope of a continuing wage, manage- ment of a continuing position and earning power and the investor of sufficient return on his money that, if one year should go bad, he can look hopefully to better years to recoup his oss. The proposal for a ceasefire in the vicinity of the Thirty-eighth I‘ar- allel vGas accepted by General MacAr- thur as far back as last December and has been endorsed by all our military leaders, including General Ridgwag. But Mr. Lie, like these leaders, insis 5 upon a clear-cut demonstration that Communist aggression has been re- pulsed and makes it plain that a cease- fire should not and would not a1te1 the long-range political or economic ob- jectives set by the United Nations, which call for the creation of a free, united and viable Korea. On these points, Mr. Lie emphasizes, there must be no appeasement, or reward for aggression. Indeed, by limiting the proposed negotiations to Korea, (New York Times) which have driven the Communist ar- miles back beyond the Thirtyeighth Parallel and have raised their estim- ated casualties beyond the mluion mark. In this respect, Mr. Lie ac- cepts the Views of our military lead- ers who have testified in the MacAr- thur inquiry that the heavy Commun- ist losses and the smashing of the Communist spring offensives should have improved the prospects for suc- cessful negotiations, and that the Un- ited Nations is the best agency for such an effort. month just to buy the groceries. “This is a serious situation from the point of View of the health of the Canadian people,” writes the veteran nutritionist. “Many of our people are obviously unable to buy the foods they need for proper nutrition; and the situation is becoming increasingly serious as food prices continue to rise. One particularly unfortunate feature is that inflation seems to hit hardest the home grown foods con- Do you think that is betting on too sure a thing? If you do, the facts do not agree with you. In the year 1948, the last for which complete figures are available,‘ there were 44,320 taxable companies, great and small, filing tax returns in Canada. Of Recouping Losses Guest Editorial this total, 27,997 ended a year With a profit, w-hile 16,233 reported a loss. That meant that more than a third -â€" this investor â€" has also 10st mon- ey. Why should he be so generous? The answer is that the only reason is that he has the hope that next time he may win. If the investor is to be kept interested through the lean years, there must be a time for him, as for the race fan, when he makes enough to suggest to him that he might recoup his unhappy bets. Now the workers in these indus- tries want security in their jobs and wages. So does management. But who is to insure it? Of course the only possible person is the one who puts i1p_the money.‘ But this person taining' proteins which are absolutely essential for health and children’s development." :â€"7 37% â€" of all undertakings didn’t make a profit. In manufacturing alone, 26% lost money. The current Health magazine food budget is one of a'series which has traced the price rise of 55 food- stuffs from $10.80 in March 1939, to $2056 h1January 1948,to $2¢46in Ddarch 1950,t0 the present $25 95.1t leaves the 1939 food donar “dth a rnarket value of a httle over 40 cents today. Mr. Lie repudiates any negotiations based on the Chinese Communist de- mands for a seat in the United Na- tions and‘a surrender of Formosa. And by emphasizing that the Korean issue must be settled in compliance with United Nations objectives he also implies that the unification, dem- acratization and restoration of Korea must be carried out by United Na- tions agencies, which, to accomplish such a task, would need to have free access to North Korea, MrL Lie’s proposal leaves many questions to be settled, including above all else, the future security of Korea, lest the Communists renew their aggression after the United Na- tions forces were withdrawn. More- over, there is no present reason to be- lieve that it would be acceptable to the Chinese Communists, who have spurned all earlier cease-fire propos- als of the United Nations and insisted upon terms which would reward them for making war against that organi- Zation. Whether this contemptuous attitude has been changed by the de- feats which the Communists have suffered remains to be seen. Peiping', or rather Moscow, could stop the fighting overnight if it were so mind- ed. ' This week Parliament has‘been considering - some. revisions in Canada’s postal act and Opposit- ion criticism centred mostly on the increase on postal rates for ne'wspapers. The increasingly complex and varied activities of a modern na- tion are becoming more and more dependent for their success upon reliable, accurate statistics. For that reason Canada’s ninth de- cennial census takes on special importance. The mammoth un- dertaking is designed to gather information for purposes of busi- ness, social welfare, education. justice and political life. Its uses are many. For example, it pro- vides the basis for determining parilamentary representations, as well as federal subsidies to the provinces. It fur'nishes data about the'economic health of the nation; thus it can be a guide bow to national financial policies and the activities of individual business- needs of the country;‘thus statis- tics which indicate an aging popu- lation may be projected into the future to help estimate probable later costs of old age pension schemes. No question is asked for idle curiosity and all are 'on the questionnaire because they have' some definite bearing On our social or economic life. All in- formation is strictly confidential, every census taker being under oath not to reveal any infiormution about anyone. increase In Postal Rates This week census-takeis in North York and in every constit- uency in Canada started on the important task 'of taking the cen- sus. Here the job is in charge of Peter Burt, Census~ Commissxoner and a staff of capable men and women in all parts of the riding and in their work I am sure they will have the cheerful co-opera- tion of all our citizens. In’these days of rising‘costs Post Office operation costs have increased tremendously. It is only common _sense and good bus- iness that the postal service be kept on a paying basis. It is not intended that the Post Office should be a revenue producing de- partment, but at least it should pay its way, especially in these days oflheav‘y taxation. ' Last year the Post Office had a deficit of about $12 million on its business of hari'dling newspa- . Children must be six years' old on or before December 31, 1951, and live within the three-mile school area. . 7:131géisifratidn children wishing to attehd St. Mary’s Separate School will be held in the school on June 18, 1951, in the afternoon. “Birth certificates must be presented at time of registration. Dog Licenses for 1951 are now overdue, Owneus of Dogs who have not secured the required Licenses should do so immediately, otherwise The Township Police have been‘instruct'ed to take appropriate action, after June 16, 195nm»- 4 A . Licenses may be obtained by sending money order or Bank cheque (with exchange added) together with the location of the property of the owner and postal ad- dress, to the Township Treasurer or the undersigned. Fee for a Dog $2.00 Each additional Dog $4.00 Fee for Female $4.00 _ Each addition] Female $6.00 Spayed Female (certificate should be produced) $2.00 {SEPARATE SCHOOL REGISTRATION V TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM 1951 DOG LICENSES St. Mary’s Separate School Board. CLARENCE WIDEMAN, Chief Constable 0T’I‘AWA LETTER by Jack-V Smfth, North York pen and periodicals. The increase in rates is aimed at eliminatng or reducing this deficit and I think will appeal to most of our people as a sound business step. Under the proposed new rates the newspapers will be just pay- ing the cost of the service render- ed. A new feature of the bill is that totally unpaid letters, except of course those covered by frank- ing privileges, will not be for- warded. The intention of this sec- tion is to prevent persons from maliciously sending unpaid letters with the intent of causing annoy- ance and inconvenience to the ad- dressee. Massey Report The Commission headed by the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey was ap- pointed in 1949 to study haw the government may best aid Canad- ian cultural development. The Commission travelled across Cana- da, and heard representations from more than 500 organizations and 1200 individuals. The 600â€"page report is inter- esting and thought provoking. It will receive the careful study and consideration of the government, and while the committee recom- mendations are not binding on the administration. It is very likely some of the suggestions will be translated into legislation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last year Ihad a defi- cit of some $32,000. Income from radio licenses amounted to $5,- 481,488.26, from commercial pro- grams $2,366,400.77 and miscell- aneous receipts $149,762.76, mak- ing a total revenue of almost $8 million. Operating expenditures however were $630,393 greater than the previous year, due in large measure to expansion of service and the general high price level for goods and services. ' The newspapers of Canada. want to stand on their own feet and do not want subsidies from any source, even the government. The long-awaited report of the Massey Commisslon on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences was presented to Parliament this week. The Massey Retort has a lot to say and recommend about Radio and I will have more to tell about it in future letters. One interesting feature dealt with by the committee was the whole matter of radio broadcast- ing. ' Shows Daily at 7 and 9 pm. Saturdays & holidays continuous from 6 Mn. 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