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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1950-08-24, Page 2ti (Suittittli Oignat-ettir'' IftJEONCOI NTY'S 'OREndoST WE14LY Published by Signal. -Star, Limited Winlisari ti. n Bateh-4Oanada anal Great Britain, $2.00 a year : to United p.4 • States, $2.50.,, .,,►d;v,artieng Rates on request.,Authorized as second-elass mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Telephoai,1,'11. �• lismber of Canadian Weekly Newspapers. Association Weekly Circulation Over 2900 RABERT$QNGEO. L. EILLIS ' D w OUST 24t13,, 1950 TaHE WAY, :STRIR.E• The -railway strike is on. y The " Tt'n,ion• leaders and the railway heads,. • failed) to 'conn; to -,,an a,greentei1t, 'aid 'the result is `the' paralysis• of the ateatstratiSportation systems of Canada. 'Scores of thousands of Arlen are -Idles -not railwaymen` of l3'i loot others .whose empl'o'yment de- pends upon the normal operation of "the railways.. Systems of com, iaunication .throughout the country ' are . disorganized, travel .is made difficult, food- supplies in ,many com- munities threatened, and hundreds of smaller inconveniences caused= - because the .leaders of the railway .employees concerned could not be satisfied without a .,demonstration • 'of their power 'to win a victory. The ' ordinary , citizen is not-- in a position to say just what , Wages and just what terms.. of 'employ- ment • could justifiably have been • asked' '.by the railway employees. • Railway men- .generally have been looked' upon . as rather 'a .privileged • ' clasa in. • the matter of wages and ' hours, but • whether this applies to- -, 'ail grades of ',railway' epnployees We do not 'know. The people of • Canada,recognizing the value,. of railway service, have • not been ant-. .generous in their treatment of the men, and -any 'reasonable denla.nd :on. the part of those who are bow -eat, ono strike could have. been met r-' '•without- the- disorganization . Of' the entire railway system; and, we have •,no doubt, would have been. met without ' the interference of union • leaders . recklessly etermined to shoav their power. Even if, the men had been suffer- -.., , ing from some slight inadequacy in .their Conditions of eiuploymbiit _this. was sot., sufficient -'to bring on .,'ga strike t. hen other "thousands. of • Canadians are offering themselves • tor. privation and suffering and •passible death ,ii.. .tile• far,frVliy land of Iiorea,•and when the trouble that has been brought .about will be a matter of rejoicing to the enernies •• of our country. ' Anri what will 'it briiug 'the melt? If, they :should he"successful," it 1v6•wi11 mean higher railway rates and forIl t t articles xl time ev.erythin;"they drove ;;:lined j concinerc(1 China, anti campaign which almost succeeded, delivered by , Lord. :Mackintosh, i)f fw in --ringing t:he whole country into halifaX. England. •t)elegates 'thin I, the rapnehius Rii::.,irin inatty. i Indio Angola, Germanv, Fiji, ;end clan charged , t**ith pro-Communist leanings, cannot stoni,ach the Red plea that they invasion of South Korea �tbas not' an act of aggression on the apart of the, Ctammnnist in- vaders. A,nd henry could- stgz xacb: quit0-'a •lot, A Chlcngq businessman, leader of the "Christian • Action': party, has volunteered to fly over Moscow and drop an atomic- or hydrogen bomb on the Kremlin. , He says his pro- posal is to save Christianity and must have been a wonderful place world freedom from "the forces of to meet 'old friends and make new ones. One night we met Rev.. W. H. and Mrs. Moss, who were at Benmiller some years ago; and another night -Rev, J, .A: and Mrs. Walker were -'beside us. I believe they • were stationed at Dungannon.. And we • certainly met some very charming, interesting.,. and intensely sincere people._ ---There were aver 5,000 delegates from sixty-two nations of the world, of • mny colors and creeds, from adherents of the formal litur- gical- denominations to the • spon- taneous informality' of some of the evangelical groups and tbe Sal- vation, .;Army. :Many wore their native Costumes and they Certainly added distinction' and• color to the. gatherings.. The . daytime . sessions were• group meetings in and. arotind the University and the 'evening e at the World, Council �h� Cou�ttr„y Mous ". on Religious Education The Sunday night, service was a Dear n ondas - .t of 'youth service of witness in Maple. Toronto has been. the scene y the `11id-Century • World 'Convention I,eaf 'Gardens. There "must hare Christian, pduc1Ition, the titst been wore Chap , ed meni- cu • 'verntion since 193ti° "i .t�114n1C the sent. 'The music was 1 band can c ofce of 'Toronto wash great haunt bens of .they Salvation Army Al, those h in, the and the cunt entions cho for Canada.' The. hymns ro rant were" printed. in .English" taking ..partwere relatively rder of oung Gergman% and Spanisht ` ini English youth leader s. sers was the official language used for vice was a. finely balanced . combin- all open sessions. 1 beard several ,ration of - the liturgy and the. 'non - nen -English speakers and I 'mar- liters ical was forms. The' gmu by fie. CAW in ad - veiled at their liuenc.. Not many. of our University graduates could of China. 1e ' ata pt e t but study - do any better --if as well. 1 thin g act that' din fish has, b'econie spoke with the voice h of A diets the f Christian .south and is ad the" second -language• of So, many, religious leaders should .be, a chat- was a challenge -to everyone. Ile lenge to the English-speaking ,ba- over 'erred to t thedarut k cloud dglit ging tions o lead. -But there Were 'times wh the fordefill, talks • of .seine that ,:connection he . said slavery is o "he people from Asian and Africa fo i o edom iY obedience e voluntary too . mon 'but made some of our own' sound more o like "Te tgou 'rpm failing hands• we God, I finest ILi W .one heard: of throw the torch; be` yours to hold the it high." The second part was a .Very lm - Before I tell you about the eon- pressive service ofd Christian wit- vention, I would like to say that it nets• and intercession led by three young people. The 'first was Miss Julia Vi sotte from Brazil,- a full- time church worker. The _'second witness r a's Mr. Joel 'Sorenson of Sweden." ,He is a Baptist minister greeting frorn the Queen 1Igtlter of the Netherland ' Iii. icatitimo; was i'ntrodneed as the .:of the• three wise' -mien Of bur day::• Ilea began his Christiaan, ministry aforty-two` years ;nest ost of it among the children of the Tokyo slums. He said that Ghristiau education houid'begin as Soon as `children can. talk. It seems a . slow start but blinds a firm fouadation, and it is tetter neves Ttr to withstand the in- fluence of Communist youth organa;,- ationa: -fro told about Japanese crowds attending concerts of Christ- ian in.usie of Bach and. Handel, and also the invtlaenee of the books of Christian countries and his .wish for more Christian stories. He arses a new. method of approach to people ho do not come to church -4-that of ?rod in nature and beauty: Of, course the Japanese are 'essentS; ally a .beauty -loving nation and getting out to 'the; country 'away from sordid, ugly slum candittons must make a great appealto the poor with whom he works. He tells the story .of when the became a Christian himself in his teens. He had learned from' the theory of evolution that he was descended from a monkey and that was why he was a bad boy. Then he learned to 'pray and rend about the lilies of the field and Solomon, and he became a Christian. So he was a monkey on the outside and a child and takes, a very active part in the of God, in- his heart.-.-..•-.,.,* political life of his city. His talk The closing serviee was one of was a . challenge to Christians to allegiance and dedtation and was witness in politics. 'One thing 1 vei'.y solemn and impressive from • sonde .direr mystical. eXperience, . Ae- oiording 1» St, Jehus'oue of 't ilrist'4 iiirst /4.ets "'nater the. Resurrection was ,tire practical. one.'of',preparing breakfast. Surrender is just be- tween e-tween man and Christ, and then comes the dedieation, '1HeSe -am I, sena me." At the' tend of the service the huge congregation, passed reverently gad quietly out of the building. Outside; however, tongues, were loosened as new friends reluctantly said goodby. and parted, probably. forever. They must Kaye received great, inspiration and their influence is bound - to 1 felt. all over ;the world: • . anti -Christ." There seem. to ,be different kinds of Christians. . • s The loss. oLtha'C1-anada'Steamship. Line's ' passenger ship Quebec—the third major loss 1 y ,the C.S.L. in_ five- years,, all by fire—puts • a big crinip in the water tourist business. It is quite a number of years since there was a regular passenger ser- vice oh this side, of Lake Huron, arid' now it looks as if it may not be_ long before similar conditions °prevaij. throughout. the Great Lakes system: ' The common use ' of, auto- mobiles has done away with the need of' passenger ships ; set for .a Pleasure trip in slimmer there is i meetings in• the Coliseum; I. 'at- something In a well-appointed 'ship . tended evening Meetings only .and. I that ..the 'finest automobile .cannot give. It is'• to be hoped that the. C.S.L.,"or some other company, will replace one or'.itjore- of the fine vessels that Piave been destroyed. , Korean North, Where do all the e soldiers came from? is °' a question sometimes • askedl. or the l twin divisions 'of "Korea the' southern remember ,he said: "Some people say politics are dirty.' Politics., are neither cje.an nor dirty, • It is the people- in them that make them what they are." He. called on Christian youth' to wake up and take part in 'politics. He also stressed. the ',need for 'ability and proper training ,as well as Christian character. in the youth leader's. • The third .speaker was. Miss Epifania Castro of the, Philippines. She is ,a teacher land her talk teas a ' chfallenge._ to all teapiers. She spoke about the influence of educa- am going to tell you about them. They followed a fairly set -pattern, dignified and.'serious, but not stiff. There were always several people on the platform and most of them took spine' in the service." There was an .electric :organ,.with' chimes. and a choir • of a't least 200. voices-= .delegates, all of them. Majiy were negroes from the States and . you could hear it in their singing, The co'hvention hymn' was "Fairest Lord �' I JeSu>," known as "the crusaders portion has the larger population ; ' hymn." 'It is very„ beautiful mnsie Tet when thousands of the men of and was sung ,;or played .it every the nor tli are killed in battle there I service. And Hie. closing` "amen" _ are' always 'thousands to take their, was a lovely seven -fold amen, which ® �®�0 !®�®li �o�erl�ilti pa IC'( ',' -Koreans are not a Warlike I }�lil ,ne t'(} Ill e: The (le1e ;heti T , x • • sail • ministers or 'Sunday : to start to finish. Again many na- tionalities had a part; but the,•chtef speaker was Rev. Stephen. C. Neill, assistant to the • Archbishop of .CJanterbury-.' Mr. Neill spoke oil the Cross as the symbol 'of dedication —reaching up to God and out to the fellowmen, and a proper Meeting of the .two makes a geed life., The Cross is necessary for us, to, under- stand and bear; suffering. Suffer- ing is indispensable because. glory is beyond the suffering. Obedience and' surrender to the • wil'i of God are necessary and consecration tion, on the -destiny of nations. must take .4 practical :form, not '.. After . the • el9sing hymn. the band Sincerely, •THE COUNTRY '.:11OPSE. Toronto. _ '' Carl: '`That horse knows as much as Ido." • „L, ldenry "Well; don't tell ui'}i y - body. . You might want;" to sell 'him sonte day." • _- played "Onward, Christian Soldiers,". and .soon the ,thousan.dss were . singing, -it `as'. they., left` the Gardens and it eehol'd all 'up 'and ,down' Yonge, College and 'Cariton,- probal�ly• in many tongues,: as the, - crowds .went their -,several •ways...'• 'The_ service--wl1i(�li drew the larg- est • crowd to the Coliseum was the one at...which. Dr. Kagaw.,a• was • the main speaker•.' We were particular- ly interested•beeause the guests at our hope -were apt • The clhairua:l1' read .•greetings. from Iirng. (ieoi'ge and the heard a recorded 1 ti�iMPYM ..-mss Numariimisionsmarir MAZE IN ,GcPERICH GIFTS FRED'S RENDEZVOUS -tf wilLsON u DitENNAN Summer Clear• oncespEola Sale 'Slacks. Sizes 3.7, Reg, $2:59 $1,98 Children's $2.09 " lacks. Sizes .844. Reg. .$2.69 G�x'ls S sizes 2-8. • Reg. $3.85, '. Boys Suits, s$3.40; Reg. $2,08, $2.4ri; e• Re $2.25, $1.98. - 2.59; Reg. $2,45, $2.20, Reg: Reg. $2.80, $ t 8' 'ldren's Dresses. Bathing Suits, Sport Shirts, Chat • Phone 1Q19W• m. All prided to clear • AMP' - SWOP • Good Insur- ance H. M. ' FORD Get Insured-- Stay Insured— Rest ,Assured North St. Tel, 268w, •, Mete people, and. without .the training t,chool and 'young people's workers- by ('hinese ¶ ormmnnists -which they whfi hall come for inspiration and CABINET MAKING AND � � guidance. T think the Majority • G. GRIST tut \ e do doubt had the} }� ould not „1 .. A - J young people, • . t GENERAL WOODWORKING .• put 'up the right that has driven the were fairli t , 1,, • , l ;..l•h' first night there was pro- • ,10 W TERLOO ST. • Southern' Korean ,and U.S.. armies (.(,scion of the nation;, malty in • Pltorie :3"r5VV: 4tf �. into -a pocket at the• extreme, end•of I nal Jona I ..costume, including- al very YO'O.iO..ife(ll•........9��A• the Ko'reani. peninsula. Nor .could tun y(iung highlander in a :kilt: . thea' tics this and 'take up the losses It was like 11 :=ir)1ll) al' .loci trori�t.L' --" r come ' tai 1i£e. ' t1s 1Jo' • Itiarncd they have suffered tva(llout outride I clown the 'centre aislw the f i�ngrega- hc'lp, and this iniuoithteclly. loos '• tine slug "The •('hutch's (Yue a tallsanc, at a es come front Ohlua . sand Itus is • ----:1 I oululatloh." The invocation w•as higher prices ,.. .,; thht b;)- the Lc s I'rra��croeach thus 'affected, so that in a short' Chinese 'front the fled •arnaics that in his i )i tolagl It 'tut. t ba',o Ratssia• ui of-' sounded like Pentecost. X °-ma.y -he svcall+)t%ed .up in the k)igher. cost of living. ' We dislike_ Government iuterfer-, '.once in business, but there :would be some just11i iation for price con - trots iii the face. of the cont'i'nued �n srrar11'uf' prices that has been. [leers.to coach, thein •and plan the , `1'lie, luesidc*iitlial, `iile;�iig(' tvlas Ag o going an. • A ceiling on wages would be popular afuong ''_.,farmers ; and demands are heard -40r a ceiling en :the prices of farm products. There' cannot ' be one :without the either, a'nd; ii'' all-round. control, is to be avoided it "would be well for 'all parties to exercise restraint.- ' Cer- tainly the constant pressure of ,i:ng 'prices_ is something, that should - be stopped before it brings disaster, and at any. rate a strike.that means IosI.s to all concerned is apoor way sof settling grievances. The sties cessfui, union leader .fes the• one who „,,S gets what, is needed without re ca'urse- to a strike. Parliament is being called to -deal With the' crisis that has developed as the result of the railway strike,. but what it can do or vitiil.. do in the circumstances is. hardly even a matter for conjecture: • EDITORIAL -NO -TES ' Well, we don't hear the 'track seen • complaining of ' the railway strike. . t e • • If the strike Lasts long enough, the proper thing hill be a flying e'li ei+ery..'_ wan'5 ilarkY'n,t'd. * ' * * a Argentina each gave as testimony I of' tt tart,.\ s, ,all ltl very n linee English, 'IS 'THIS FOR PEACE? i aind the benediction'was pronounced (Christian ,Science Monitor) by 'aa'nlinister from France. ' Coinmtanisf publications all round. The Sundayy afternoon service the world have put great gusto „was a rally. i ClgiPfl,einor.Iti0n• of into talking up their so-called i the work of iobert Raikes, the Stockholm peace petition, whichl founder of .the Sunday. school Wove - calls for. ''sbanning' of the, .atom. moue. There is a , statue in iris weapon."; . • honor in Queen's park, but, in. all The signers:.oypr1oo1c the fact°that the years' I halve been •h'ere 1 had the' U.S.S.R., by reflrstrl to permit I -Not known that before. 'Lord Mackin - the ,paid a tribnfe to Robert Raikes,' and • Mrs. Sumei Kiku•ta of ` Japan placed, .a wreath • heside ate. statue. Dr. Luther Wesley Smith of the. , United States gave a short address,: stressing- -the • Im- provement in -all phases of life since the beginning of the Sunday school movement.. Same interesting figures he gave' were: :Ate,' '40,000,000 teachers and- Sunday school scholars in the world standing hand in hand could• encirlce the globe, 'or walking three abreast would, require two years •'to pass the -statue. lrle also mentioned three ways• • of =doing .work—extraordinary. Work. in an e raordinary •w7'ay, ordinary *Work in an._extraordinary way, and ordin-. ary work' in an ordinary way,- which applies' too religious work the same as" any other.• - effective inspection, has prevented international control, of atomic weapons. - "Bu.t as interpreted by 'Leonid Sobelev in Pravda, the resolution has little to .do with atomic war- fare once„ it .has been signed. He says it means.; I shall do my utmost to pre- vent.. war. 'I shall stop the trains; I ;shall refuse to unload the ships carrying •war ma- terials; I shall not supply fuel for .the planes ; "I shall.seise the arms of the mercenaries ; - I shall net. allow my son,. or .. shy husband to go to war ; I shall deprive .the ministers • of food, 'drink, telephones, 'transport, and coal.' This.4pledge plainly is not in- tended to be observed inside Russia. Just how. peaceful is this avowed "peace" move? Three recent in- cidents in.the British Empire throw a flame -lighted. meaning on So- belev's-'w'ords. One 'was the explosion of 'nine ammunition barges in the harbor, of Portsmouth, England, ; which Prime .Minister ' Attlee says was t ie result- or sabotage... " Another was the" -Setting nfire.,'of' .t ming of oil tankers on a river in Burma by incendiary bullets. A 'third, the. starting, assertedly by Communists, of a fire which burned $1,400,000 worth of rubber in Singapore, 1'Iala°ya. Are 'these' acts .of,• peace? They are apparently part of the name pattern with„ a "peace -petition srlaic'h Seeks to preve t the demos • Hbw do our readers think the railway dispute should have been Handled?` Now 'don't all speak at onee, • * * Among'the advantage.' of Gode- ricli, as per, Board or Trade latera - tire, • • this crate" neither working. 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