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' PAGE TWO THUTRSDAY, AUGCST 7, 1941 THE CANADIAN STATESI&AN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO h,î Establiuhed 1854 AN JINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth wblch are Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 Years' Continuns Service To Thic Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. ~ Member Audit Bureau Of circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers% CIM Weklie ofCanada SUBSCIMONRATES $3.0 aYea, tritlyinadvance. $2.50 a Year ln tic United States. GRO. W JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1941 Strikes And Sabotage Three weeks' time has been last in ane plant in Quebec through actions of a mere .handful of men who seized contrai and threw thousands out of wark. Hon. 0. D. Howe infers that it was direct sabotage. There is only one way ta handie that and it is by the ;same laws and niethods that govern treasan ini wartime. It is up ta Mr. Howe ta prave has contention. Moreover, it is up ta Hon. N. A. McLarty, Minister of Labar, pramptly to demonstrate that lei l capable of carry- ing an effective labar palicy with his premier -and cabinet colleagues, or ta resign. Ail across the country there lias been a aerie.s af strikes, elow-downs, walkouts, threats and demands, that means but ane thing and that is a weak Minister with a vacilating policy. About the only way ta present the situation ta enquiring readers la ta sunmmarise the treatment accorded Lab- or, Industry and Agriculture by the pres- ent government, since war broke out. Labar, under P. C. 7440 was guaranteed basic wages governed by those of prosperity days of 1926-29, with provision that if the cost of living rose, then wages would risc propor- 'ionately. That seenis fair enough consider- ing that soldiers' pay remains at $1.30 per day. But it lias not prevented turmail, strife and demands. Industry has been treated with paternal consideration since it gets a gencral "cost plus five percent" together with new plants and machinery and generous writeoffs, al of which, like Labor, la specific guarantee. But in the case of Agriculture, there is no guarantee whatsocver; mercly sanie make- ahift bonuses which'are nuilified by increas- ed costs. Farmers get neither " ost plus" nor "basic wage plus P.C. 7440,'f and they, together with soidiers, have a riglit ta coni- plain when thcy see the two other favored elen*~nts getting theirs and dcmanding more at the expense of the war effort. That is why, in soute districts, the soldiers have openly and forceibly protested. With ail of the above in mind, it is time the government took strong measures ta stop instantly and for the duration, ail of these stoppages of work in wartimc. They have the power ta do sa. Just rementber al' this when next yau wield your franchise. Bible Study In Public Schools Bowmanville Board of Education ba.s ru]- ed that Bible study is ta becoxue part of the curriculum of Public Schools. The Ministeri- ai Association lias offered its co-operation and it is planned ta get the'plan under way October lst. There should be general satis- faction witli the action taken bath by the Board and the Minsterial Association. There is no reason in the world wliy religiaus teaching should not be on the scliool cur- riculum just as mucli as civics, arithnxetic or geography. Up in Fort William sucli a plan ivas put into aperation and the following is a part of the instructions sent out ta teacliers: "The reverent singing of simple hymns should give the child an opportunity of join- ing with lis feliows in an act of common worship. The parable of Jesus and the great human staries of the Old Testament should be made the faiiliar possession of every child. This should be done largely by oral narration, and tlie narradtive sliould be im- bued with the spirit of the original story and animated by the atual words of Script- fear ini the mind of anyone that there will be any attempt ta prosclytize. The Bible is a great book and it should be studied for the message it bas to tell. The place ta teacli the tenets of denominatiofalismisl in the Sunday Sehool and' not ini the Public School, but bath as a work of literary art and as a moral and spiritual influence, Bible study should be included in the cur- riculumn of ail sehoola. Reconstruction There arc some MUSTS for post-war days that we shouid lie thinking out and working out rigît now. Already there have been set up econamic commissions and coîmittees compased of intelectuals- and experts with thearies for blueprints, whicli in tume will report ta the Ottawa intellectuals and in the course of years there îay cierge a final, finished, shining, streamlined znodel of post- war reconstruction. But it won't be the arm-dhair gang nor present day political opportunista that will shape the future des- tiny of this country any mare than the samne sort iill shape thc destiny of Britain. Just wliat will be the set up wlicn this war ends, whether it be tomorrow or ten years hene? Certainly ail of aur mushraom fac- taries making war goodz mu st shut down instanter or switdh ta peacetime production. But what kinds of peacetime production? Have we thouglit that out? And witli aur tivelve millions can we campete industriaily witli our'big neiglibor? How about thatt Lt is not likcly that we shall be almost aver- niiglit forced back upan an agricultural economy? Neyer mmnd the surplus of guns and tanks and the suddenly uneîployed. We shaîl sec, as we have before, a restless, liungry liarde hitdhing ta the country for work at anything or handauts frai farm wives. There will lie work in the countrýy alight. Thc thousands of idle, weed-grown acres caused by war 's demanda will need at- tention and there will be thousands of war- weary frant Britain heading this way. Make no mistake about that. Sa, we sec, if wve pause ta think, that wve have probleis iglit on aur doorstep, that need attention naw. And they will necd the thoughtf ni concen- tration of the hard-headc4 and horny-hand- cd, rather than that of piuk aud white intel- lectuals. Nothing is being donc today, save paasibly a siali amount of researdch, ta meet and master the immense probleis whidli present themselves in the field of agriculture alone, as related ta past-war needs. Nothing constructive is suggestcd here, but we shal very shortly, make bold enaugli ta draft a programme whidh îay hld a littie menit. Bacon For Britain Do you remember, nat so long ago, when Hon. J. Cr. Gardiner, Minister of Agricult- tire, predicted a surplus of hogs, and a uum- ber of fanmera slaughtered their breeding stock? But those werc the days whcn he- devoted almost full time ta thc Ministry of 'National War Services and let the fanmera whistlc. Now lie lias changcd lis tune aud, dheerfully, improvises new policy as the bacon situation becames acute. He lias came ta accept the very things that le was told by the Federatian of Agriculture. And here is thc payoff since thc London canference. May 28, Order i Council: Britain, having agreed ta increase the bacon price by 5 shill- ings, whicli they absorbed, stipulated that further advances bce borne by Canada, s0 thns came the first order. June 2, came another order, upping bacon by 75e a huud- red, and this was followed by still suother of 75c on June 24th. And again,, July 23, the Governient boosted seaboard Wiltshirea another $1,00 which makes the price today $19.60 per liundred Iba. Frai predicted surplus ta this figure is sanie somcrsault. To defeat scarcity, two other arders were set forth: No more hag produets, save lard, could be shipped ta the U.S.A.; and Can- adians must cut down by 25%7 the amaunt of park tliey consume. The Mnster also dlaims that Britain 's requirements for next year ilil be increased by 175,000,000 Iba. Thc question is, wlio gets thc profits? With bacon at 19.60 and thc dressed pnice, Tor- onto, at 14.75 or thereabouts for selects, wlio makes thc killingi And what about.the quantity shipped ta Britain? They are in no position ta maintain epienrean demaud for grade A Wiltshircs, and tlicy dan't Majority grades fail belaw seleets, but the whole output reaches Brîtain sud is paid for sud the profits allocated. Packers, ac- cording ta Friday'smanket report, claini that farmers are getting thc profits at their expense. Thene la ront. here for investiga- tion and a parliamentary committee of ex- perts should be constituted ta get at thc trutli sud also investigate thc feed sud con- centrates graft. _V Township School Boards East Garafraxa, a township in Dufferin County, lias set a worthy example for the rest of the Province. The Township Oouncil attcnded by only a fcw pupils. Thecocst af education lias grown cnonmously in reent years, sud thc principal reason lias been the tre.mendous number af adhools in operation. There is fia reason why we canuot get back a bit of thc pioncer spirit of sixty or scventy-iive ycars aga when childreu lad ta travel soie distance ta selool. It could lardly be a Iardship today with the means af transportation at the disposai af practie- -Courtesy The Financial Post Hitler Halted Thc beginning af tac sevcntli week ai tac Battle for Russia secs swiftly iucrcaslng confirma- tion ai the fact that tac 'Nazi, army lias been fouglit ta a dead hait. That 1 fact lias cuarnidus possibilities for great gaod. But it should also carry its owu waru- ing. Amuu .....st There la no animal which driv- en luta a corner wll flot figlit for it.s 111e. Hitler la no animal. Evcry- tamng in his record suggests that lie will not continue ta waste h wa machine in frultless attacks on tac castern front if those at- tacks affer no rcai hope ai gain- ing what lie wantcd. 1My guess la taat if lei l able- ally evcry fariner. Most townships of Dar- lington 's size for instance could do witli haîf the schools thcy uow have. Truc it îay mnean that a iew children wili have ta travel five miles ta adhool but what is f ive miles in these days ai modern transporta- tion. Up ucan Acton, a school quite near thc town lased sud its hlu dozen pupils are motored iuto town ecdl day. The school section pays for thc transportation sud also the fees far school attendance in Acton. At that the ratepayers save quite a bit, and we. undcrstand that thc cutire coat la leas than thc salany for'mely paid a teadher. It means that the pupils have thc obvions advantagcs ai au urban sdhool, and the ratepayers save on the upkeep ai a school building, its lest- ing and ail the other incidentai expeuses. Other townships migît well investigate the East Ganafraxa plan, sud sec if similar savinga ta the taxpayers could not be se- com.pished by the consolidation of seooal sections, sud the cutting down of the nun- ber of trustee boards. _V Voluntary Military Service Voiuntary enlistient as opposcd ta con- scription is a costly system which iew pause ta assess. There is littie doubt that cvery caîmunity in Canada can provide instances that parallel enlistients within this county whicl includes two moderatcly sized towns and several villages. When war broke ont, there was a rush ta join and a goodly uni- ber wcne men wha lad been on relief, with families, large sud siali, whieh lad becu snbsisting belaw a decent standard of liv- ing. Enlistient oifered a way onttflot only froxu the humiliation of relief, but meant also betten food sud betten living. A wifc witli two childreu was certain of an income ai around $80.00 per month, for the dura- tion, or as long as thc husbaund remained in thc service. Litcnally thonsanda of sudh citizens were eagcnly lattestcd by a goyernmeut that sougît thc easy way anonnd aclective serv- ice. Instead ai commanding, the services of young mnen in their twenties we fiud.thaus- suds af mannicd men whosc ages range even into thc forties, with their best days bdliind thci, ou active service at a coat ta this country rauging as higli on highen than $720.00 per ycar aven sud above thc max- imum for singie men withont dpeudcnts. Ilad wc adapted selective service we should by now have lad an active anîy of youug mnen even larger than those uaw mobolizcd sud could have savcd millions for the tax- payer. Tînougli thc majority af Post Offices each month thene pour litcrally thotasauda ai dceks for ivives sud chiidren who are de- pendents ai soldiers. These saine soldiers could have witli greater profit ta thein- selves sud ta thecocuntry, been rctained at home sud absonbed into inustry, but bce- cause a "party" governnnent stonily ad- hcred ta an election promise, thia half-and- half poliey is fiow coting sud will continue ta c oat a tremendous amaunt of mouey. Mgny have becu disdharged but they must bc cared for, ncestablished under supervision. It wauld lie intcrcsting if enquiry ou thc floor ai thc Hanse couid elicit the ainount of ssv- ing which conld lave been effected bad Premier King, frai the firet, adopted the logical sud sensible mcthod of enlisting Our anxned forces. and taat if leie l a real an-Ilit- 1er will try ta swltch tac active war front ta tac west, or ta soine other tacatre ai wa where lie can stnike effectlvely at Britain. Experts disagnce as ta Hitlen's ability ta launcli an invasion at- tempt against Britain tala year, even if leie ha s detcnmined. Mn. Churchill thinks otherwise. Iu tais case tac Britishi Prime Minis- ter seems,ta be tac best guide. Defeat-Not Disaster The final proof that the Nazi defeat in Russia lias been real la that tac isolationlats in tac United States who til uaow have kept A Way To Victory Sqneamish souls sufferng frami mdcci- sion sud pessizisi wish oten ta lic reas- surcd. Particularly la this s0 in regard to this savage, warld-widc fight whidh naw engagea us . .. at least, a little. Tume sud again we are asked, "How long do you think it willlist?" but there can lie only anc auswcr. Wedo not kuow sud neither doca anyonc cisc, high or low. -Sa ittie ncwe cames ta us about thc state af ind af the average ian in subjugatcd Europe sud cv- en moreso within Genîauy, thst any pre- diction is mere guesa work. We cauld, howcver, with greater /accur- acy, outhine HOW thc war could be brougît, qnickly sud cruelly toas decisive conclusion. Liet us consider this stratcgy: Seenne quickly sud uttcrly an air-mastcny, tlat cannat be chlalengcd now or in thc future. Make ai Britain s coîpletcly îilitary fortresa. Grow notliing thcre but feed the millions in aria frai the Amenicas. TIen, with Britain as s lisse, send chauds ai planes wiýli phosphorus disks ta amother every asat vestige ai grow- iug crops and gardens aven al ai Europe. And keep it np till Huns au bendcd kueas cry Mercy. It can lie doue. Indeed it is icas- ible sud is a xnercy. Do flot forget that the Hun mast depcnd for ainînen within thc limita ai thc Riesch. Hitler eau draw airmen frai no other source. Air supremacy, is under wsy. Sbhauld Russas ld, even if atcadily rctneating, we know that Aîenicau planes pins aur awn, mauned by pilots frai au inexhaustible source, eau bc in position early ucxt ycsr ta commence a campaigu ai merey sud cruelty. Hitler wonid do it, but lie canuot even retaliste. We eau moat assuredly stanve Europe but Hitler canuot starve ont Bnitain. The point ia we arc too tender- heartcd ta finish tIc war in this manner. _V HeIp Our Correspondents Readers ai Thc Statesman aiten rexnark how ninel space is given to reports frai cammunities in this district, sud how much ai wliat is publislied la news-warthy. Weckly ncwspapcr correspondenta arc doiug splendid work in behlf ai Canada 's victary effort, sud noue are doing marc in that regard in Ontario than are those on thc rural news staff ai this ncwspaper. Readers in thc communities concerned are urged, ou their part, ta liclp Thle States- mau correspondeuts. Tlicy want ta know thc intenestiug thinga whidlh happen as soan as passible aiter the eveuts odeur. Staff considcrcd, thcre is as mcl work or marc in gctting out a gaad weckly newspaper as tîcre is ini publishing s wcll-edited daiiy. Leaviug news items ta the asat minute is anc way ta drive a weekly ncwspapen cor- respondent quietly insane. Wliat adds ta thein worry is thc iact that people wlio want ta use tîci sud thein peu- cils or typwritens are always an the joli. If it is putting a neat bit ai free advcntisiug senoas, there is no reluctance whstcvcr. But wîcn it camtes ta ucwis, to aten the cor- respondent licars about something really worth wîie s fcw lours aiter mxailing thc weckly budget ta this office. In wartime, news is anc ai the cemeuts ai national unity, anc of the things that keep morale high. Sharinq la a good nul. in almoat every walk oa ife, and sharing news items should not be put last ini the lust. chanting in chorus "-Hitier can't lase, Britain had better save what she can fromn the wreckage," have nwstarted ta shout the very op- postethat Hitler can't win as the Nas hv hd500,000 casualties in Russia, and hence are no real menace to anybody. The 500O,060 figure may be ap- proximatelY correct. But the de- duction fromn that figure is a real menace. Most of the reasons which induced or compelled H-it- 1er to strike at Russia have been multiplied by hjis defeat in Rus- sia. But in two important res- pects this is not so. Hitler has failed ta wjn in Russia those things he must have for a long war with Britain. Hie has lost ail, not got more. He has found no food. His panzer divisions have been pounded to pleces. But in spite of that he might conceiv- ably have gained one thing in the east which would be of incalcuil- able benefit to him if he stakes everythiflg on one last throw in the west. There is a real hint of this in Hitler's own apolOgY to the Germnan people in which he tried to explain in advarice the reasons for his plunge into Rus- sia. "There resulted British-Soviet co-operation intended mainly at the tying up of such powerful forces in the east that a radical conclusion of the war in the west, particularlY as regards aircraf t, could no longer be vouched for by the German Hligh command." Hence this point-which seems to me of the greatest importance. The fact that he has been so had- ly defeated in Russia forces Hit- ler ta try even more desperate measures there or somnewhere else. And it is possible that in spite of the defeat on the ground in Rus- sia he has so definîtely improved his position as ta relative air sup- remacy that he might transfer to the west a much larger proportion of his air fleets than he was able to do formerly. WiII Reds Rit Back? It is one thing for the Soviet armies to have fought the Nazis to a standstill. It is quite another thing for the Red armies ta as- sume the offensive to a degree that would be quickly and vitally menacing ta Gerniany. The German arinies might well attempt merelly to fight a defen- sive war on the eastern front, while transferring their whole air power, with a limited seized army for the attack on Britain. This attack. it seems to me, can take one of two forms: If the Nazi high command thinks it can wmn the Battle of the Atlantic the war will quickly be extended to Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and oth- er points like Dakar, which would give the Nazis further strangula- tion bases. If the Nazis choose to stake ev- erything on one desperate ali-out attack on Britain the key to the first stage of this battle of destiny would be in the air. We would be fools to assume that such an at- tack would be no heavier that that of last autumn; nor that the Nais would be beaten and the war ended in a matter of days. Up To Us Hitler may neyer be able ta attempt his knockout against Britain because the armies may keep him too busy in the east; because the simmerings of the army-party trouble in Gerrnany may bail over at any moment; or because the British may beat Hit- ler ta the punch. What seems ta me af the ut- most importance is that the in- vasion attenipt la likely ta bc made,' and thiat it may nat be fin. ally beaten withaut weeks or months of the most critical fight.. ing. If Hitler can gain air supremnacy can ert lanc d0fa considerable sized army in Britain. Whether or not he could get traaps there any other way than by air nobody knows - because not even the,'M Royal Navy is sure Oif the Outcome" of a fight ta the death, in restrict- ed waters, betwcen ses power and air power. The point is that it is this year or neyer for an attack by Hitler on Britain. And if and when he at- tacks lic wiil go ail-out as he lias neyer yet donc in this war-not only with sucli devices as fifth colunins. but wîth poison gas more deadly than any used in 1918. if Hitler tries to attack Brit- ain-as I am sure lie will if lic gets the chaiice-cvery single man in a Canadian uniform may be needed before the outcome is sure. But there às another side ta this whole .war picture. Hitler can anly hope ta win a complete vic- tory over Britain by attacking this year. Yct the war miglit otli- erwise go on for years, and end in deadlack, unless we get ready ta carry thc war right ito Ger- many. Britaîn can only be beaten in Britain. or by cutting off sea lanes ta Britain. Germany can only be 'beaten in Germany. It may be that the Prussian army ciass will run truc ta form and do evcrything hu- manly possible ta get peace once it becomeeca that a German victory la impossible. To this end, Hitler and al l is gang may be bumpcd off wlien the moment cornes. The basic fact is that it is the German war machine that is' the world menace. Unless that la surrendered or destroyed the dis- appearance of the .whole Nazi gang would mean nothing. We may have victory thrust up- on us tais year by Russia or cal- lapse or upheaval i Germany. But we have no right ta gambie on that. We should redouble our war effort, not relax it. BEHAVIOR What a man does, nat what lie feeis, thinks, or belleves, la tac universal yard-stick of behavior. -Benjamin C. Lcaming. Be civil toa ah; sociable ta many; familiar with few; friend ta one; cnemy ta none.-Benjamin Frank- lin. Neyer return civil for evil; and, above ail, do not fancy that yau have been wranged wlien you have not been.-Mary Baker Ed- dy. Let us be truc: this is tac higli- est maxim of art and af 111e, the secret af eloquence and virtue, and af ail moral authority.- Amiel's Journal. What la becoming of behavior is honorable, and what la honor- able la becaming.-Clcero. Oddities and singularities af be- havior may attend genlus, but wlien tliey do, tacy are its mis- fortunes and blemishes.-Sir-Wm.