THURSDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1941 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE TWO W»1' 1 t Establlshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch are Incorporated Thse Bowmanville News, Thse Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 Years' Continuns Service To Thse Town of Dowmanville and Durham County. ~> Member Audit Bureau af Circulations Canadian Association ClmAWeeklies cf Canada SUESCRIPTON RATES * $3.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50a Vearin thieUnlited States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. - - - - - - - B3igot,>' Or Freedom It may have astonished a numben of pea- pie to fmnd ail of the Toronto dailies and sev- eral other newspapers in Ontario, going to very considerabie expense ta get at the facts in regard ta the sehool-teacher question at Hampton. Highly placed and unusually intelligent editors are aiways on the alert ta expose intolerance. It is of interest ta note tahaving sent their own trained reporters iuto the district, their tonies coincide min- utely witli the running account secured verbatim by The Statesman 's reporter at the meeting of ratepayers. We shall quote some editorial opinions. The Globe and Mail, in a column editorial, "Misguided Racial Bigotry," is severely .condemnatory. It stands for Liberalism which is the essence of Toierance and Free- ~dom. And it points out that under the Hampton principle, some of our highly »Iaced leaders of foreign extraction would have ta vacate their important posta. The eebrug xmnr in an edit- .orial , "Our Love of Freedom, " asks: " What -coes f tis reeom f wiehwe speak zio often and for which we are presently at "-war?" And it goes on ta doubt that the truth, the entire story, has not yet been fu]1y -told. Witli this opinion, The Statesman is mn entire accord. From Northern Ontario cornes a paper i.that gives an account of the Kazak family as pianeer farmers who have made good, are Canadian citizens, with impeccable characters, and whose daughter, Mae, won highest honors in Chapleau Higli School. In view of the chantpionship of the weight- ier papers of Ontario, it will be supenfluous for The Statesman further ta stress the ethies of the matter. We may content aur- selves with the brie£ observation that it was uinder the Laurier regime when these people fetti the Ukraine were invited ta caome and The Hampton minarity, therefore, set themselves up as superior in intellect and prescience toalal the long line of statesmen at Ottawa who have striven ta bring Canada into the forefront of the.trading nations of . t the world. Immigration was the large fac- tor ini ail that. Under the principle carried at Hampton, Professor Einstein would have no chance of getting a-achool in Canada, behind the barricades of bigotry. And when the matter of Christianity is *advanced, as it was, we intrude this query: "Was not Christ a Jew, who had no other language than Jewish'1" Sa, then runs the unassailable logic of the case, He, as an im- migrant ta Hampton, couid not be accept- able as a teacher under the rigid principle there proclaimed. But there are other factors which have, in ail pnobability, nat entered into the cal- culations of the prime niovers for the peti- tion. There are taxpayers in Daniington who dlaim that the municipality lias received a "black eye" and at the saine time the "for- eign element" lias been antagonized, need- lessly, by one of the agitators wvho is in the public service. They are iikely ta nove for a public apology. They are impnessed, too, with the allegation that forgery was urged and condoned in the compilation of the pet- ition. And. they believe there is a back- ground that needs investigation. There have been cases known where incurable agitators, » even sinister ýspinsters, have "egged" on bumbling figure-heads until the position be- cames one for public concern,- ith result- ant apologies or genenal housecleaning. It is reported that strang feeling has de- veloped between neighboring, hamiets oven the issue. In ail of the above, truc ta its Our obsrvton ]g that tbey are doing just that; feeding al that is available on their farma or within their meas. The term, r "available" takes in coniderable trioy Western Canada for instance. If ail avail- S able keed and fodder could be evenly alloc- ated, taken tram where plextifulta where needed, then ÀLL of tii.o eba ould be fed. le;s'than $79.00 per month. Tlicy claimed that a stay-at-home with sinilar family, avenaged probably, $1800.00 per year, and evcry tirne food went up they gat compensa- tion for it by way of P.C. 7440. Sa they said; "Does this governmcnt that has taken aur breadwinners at $1.30 per day nat recagnize And that ia precisely what the advertisement catis for. What is needed next is anothen advertise- .ment telling farmers just haw they can avail themselves of this governent advice ta, "buy rillfeeds" and "dou't stint," " &stant licavier grain feeding " a nd keep Ûp the flow. "Just what, " as ane farmer ex- pressed it, " are we going ta use for monev'7l" and that, as time gocs on, will be found the crux of the wliole situation. If govcrnments do not take steps ta salve this " feed " situa- tion, aud assist Agriculture as thcy have Industry and Labor, there will be a lot of dairy cattle heading for the stock-yards be- fore winter sets in. At least that is the situation in this typical dairy district. _V Federation Forces Conference Within a nonth of opening its Ottawa office with aggreasive Walter Haskius in charge, The Canadian Federation of Agric- ulture lias moved ta break down the barniers that hald bâek the' movement of coarse grains from West ta East. Last week-end a confereuce was held at Ottawa, comprised of bath Eastern and Western farm leaders and Provincial Ministers of Agriculture with the Deputy Minister and federal of- ficials. It was recognized that a shortage of feed-stuffs exist in Eastern Canada and that if the situation is not reiieved, and promptly, there will be failure ta meet urg- ent wartime comitnents with Bitain. The F'ederation forced the canference. The suggestion is that a negatiated, fixcd pnice be set and that transportation rates should acconimodate fast movernent with low coat. It was apparent that the farin. graups could agree but what the govern- ment and railroads nay do is another mat- ter. It is now up ta then. But there was more on the agenda. The conference discussed farm labor shortage, rising costs, millfeeds, existing gaverument- ai contrais; in short ail the things that bear an Agicultural Eeonony. It was stressed that while the earnings of Labor and Indust- ry are at a record peak, the farmers' net returns are near an ail-time iow. President E. H. Hannam of the Federa- tion said: "If the feed situation is not deait with adequately and plans laid immediatcly, live stock and dairy producers will be farced ta curtail production." He calied for a Na- tional Agricultural Pollcy based upon a prapen relation between farm prices, indus- trial pnices, and labor costs, on Agriculture would be sa handicapped it couid not meet its pàtniotic aim. The Federation simul- taneously backed the demand of Western pools for dollar whcat. Naw it is up ta the goverument. They have, the facts. It may not be amiss ta recali ta aur read- crs that in a twa-colunn editonial in this paper, mare than a year aga, the major points of fthc above discussions at Ottawa wvere outlined, save only the unpredictible coarse grain scarcity. The Statesman then calied for a National Agricultural Policy, and hintcd that complete Natianalism miglit, iu tîme, become the fact. t is with pleasure we find the Federation se pnomptiy and cf- fectively on the job. And do not forget that the Durham County Federation of Agricul- ture is part of the wciglit behind ail this. _V The N eed For Fuel Consumption of gasaline and ail in C~an- ada -heips tawinn the war oniy where it serves ivar industry, and other industrie& that ini turn support the war effort, army vehicles, training planes and naval craft. If Canadians were wholly intent in thein ambition ta leave nothing undone that shauld be doue ta insure a Victory against Hitler, most of the balance of niotar fuel stocks in Canada would ,bc put at the dis- posai of the fighting farces averseas. If Canadianis realiy understood just how preci- nus mator fuel will be in the sehene of oper- 'atians soon ta be launched by the British Empire Forces, they could iîat possibiy use Up gasoline and ail for pleasur'c purposes without great pangs of conscience. In the British Isles, where motor car drivers are so close to military operations that they eau sec the urgent necessity for guardinc, the inator fuel supp]y, private motoring lias become alrnost non-existent. On this continent we need ouly use a littie i-alre native intelligence ta enable us ta sce the picture mare as aur compatniots across the seas do. Then Canada's gasoline con- sumption w-i really drap sharply. -V WILL ENFORCE SPEED IMNIT Provincial Police Receive ]Ln- *structions ta Pros"cîtç Off endors Motorists who think thene la no hanm in stepping up thein speed over 50 miles an hour on -thc highways and over 30 miles an haur iu cities, tawns and villages, or othen restricted zones, are glv- en fair warning by the Provincial Police that they nay expect ta be prosecuted in future. Strict or- dons wene received Fniday by tac Provincial Police from thc Atton- ney-Genenai's department. at To- routa that thc speed imnita on Ontario's highways are ta be en- forced without f car or favon. There wvii be no exceptions, no extenuatig circunistances. A per- san who is caught driving 51 miles an hour or more on open highway, may be expected ta be changed in police court. The same applies ta a penson cauglit exceed- iug 30 miles an hour within a municipal limita or restnicted zone. The instructions have been 18- sued for two purposes: Ifo co- aperate with tac Dom0,inion Oil Controller in reducing the con- sumption o! gasoline and ta cut down tac number o! accidents au the highways. that the coat of aur bread and meat goca up toof', Sa they asked The Statesman quietly ta mention the oversiglit'. . . yes, these brave sud sacnificing ivives of biave and resolute men, dlaim tlîat, surely it mnust be au aven- siglit when these stroug and resolute polit- icians at Ottawva fail ta sec that a cost-of-liv- ing compensation ouglit first of ah ta be paid ont from the national tncasury ta fced the children of the brave. They have came ta sec, asthey read and listen, that farm famulies sud soldier families are in the same boast, neg-lected, forgatten, or simpiy ignar- ed by goverument, by Industry and by Lab- or. It seems ta be everyonc for hinseif with organized Miglit getting the saup-bone. Now then we have deiivened the message. Let us ob)serve resuits. Meàntime, soidiers' wives eau get along, with cheaper cuts. SV _ Canadianizaýion A few years ago a Cliatauqua lecturer who ivas a veteran of the last war, mad.e a tour of Aberta, speakiug on the subject, "Can- adianization." Churches, Service Clubs, C)hambers of Commerce, spansored his tour. t was conccived because Alberta had a large "for'eign-born" population the sons sud daugliters of îvhon wcre winning great dis- tinction iu Universities sud were taking their places as teachers sud leaders in con- mnuity life as fuil-time 100%/ Canadians. The background of the wvholc plan was ta promate a system of "aduit education" that would fuse, associaté snd welcone al cie- meuts of citizenship. This was an offshoot of 'the Department a! Extension of the University of Alberta. its job was ta carry kuowledge to the people. Can anyone couceive a loftier idea? Within the past year aven 475,000 Aibertans were senved by the v'arions programmes sud mare than 127,000 books sud bulletins were distributed. Besides ail this there were an- nual schools: The Farm Young People 's Week; The Sehool of Fine Arts, sud above ail, The Alberta Sehool of ÇCommunity Life. These could be atteuded for a îveek or two weeks where men sud iwamen of Alberta met aud listeued ta national sud international figures.1 . And that formcd the basis of local study groups for the remainder of the year. The "foreigu" phobia daes net exiat alang the enlightened frontiers of the newer prov- inces of Canada. Lt lias been met aud solved bv people of various races who have recog- nized that the basis of understandiug, stems from coutinîîiug educatian. This is a thouglit aud the Alberta exainple is a fact whieh miglit well be pondered by a local xinority which lias lately caused notoriety ini the local and city press. -V Soldier Reemploymient t is time we did some thinking and plan- ning about what we shaîl have ta do when aur soldiers corne home, when this war is aven. As fan back as last Mardi, Prime Minister King announced in the Bouse that we liad eulistcd, active and reserve, 425,000 in the services. That number lias heen since increased. Mn. King in eue of his Westenî addresscs said: "Those who eau serve andl wvho do nat answer the cail will bear through life the stamp of that failure." But the point is, aur soldiers have thus been inveigled sud invited voiuntarily ta give up peacetinie jobs by the very gaveru- nient that sliould have guarauteed, irrevac- ably, the riglit of these lads ta returu, with seuiority, ta the places they vacated. Plans have no doubt been made as they were in the last war. But these, probably, will give way ta indecision sud expeçliency. The sol- diers thenselves will, in the main, have ta take cane of thernselves. To get a perspec- ___________________________ I - - By Capt. Elmore Philpott CANADA'S WAR EFFORIT The magnificent resistance by the Soviet armies has relaxed the war anxîety throughout the wes- tern world. If one reads a cross- section of Canadian newspapers one sees that the same thiag*has happened again as formerly in this war: Public opinion in Canada regis- ers dissatisfaction with the gov- ernment's conduct of the war i direct ratio ta the imminence of the Nazi danger. The more acute the threat the more general and violent the criticism of the war effort. The better the general situation the less the degree of criticism. This state of, affairs, though natuiral, seems to me dangerous. There neyer was a time when it was more necessary for Canada as a nation ta take stock of what she is doing, and why. It is true that Hitler's mad ad- venture in Russia has changed the whole war picture, and that no living soul can now even kz ard a good guess as to whetter the war will last three months or thnee yeans. That is ail the more neason why we should go off the day-to-day basis of making decisions, an2P plan to see the whole dirty busi- ness through to its worst possible end-say in 1944 or 1945. THOSE FIGURLES The Director o! Public Infor- mation now issues monthly f ig- ures which tell mucli about Can- ada's war effort. But infenences already drawn from those figures demonstrate that they are not themselves sufficient to enabie Canadians to make an intelligent judgment about necessary poli- dies in this war. Our moat acuie pnoblem, if the wan lasts, wrnl be that of man- powe-haw ta get the men nec- essary for the fighting services, and how to allot manpower as between the fighting forces and tive of thc difficuities of rehabilitation, anc need oniy give some thouglitta the situation as it exiats in any small camumunity. For instance, in Bowrnanvillc, there is anc large factary sud a few srnall onea. An in- dustrial census will show that there arc a lot of young chaps' naw einplayed therein as weil as others in shops sud offices up- town, who show no disposition ta heed Mr. King 's supplication, lu fact some are brazen- Iy defiant. What then is ta become of themi if we are, in the post-war let down. ta find places fer the 200 odd soldiens who will corne 'back ta this district, without naney, sud necding work? Sucli is the condition whieh every last community in the land must, soon. or later, face up ta. Every em- ployer sud every arganîzatian will be called upan ta assist the gaverument i. its dii- enima. The matter stnikes directly, for instance, at even the rnost humble of institutions... the weekly press. As most readers kuow, thene have been six on The Statesman 's staff who have signed up for thé duration since ivar broke out, which is somethiug aven 60%7 patniotie. We are managing ta limp along in the meantme but the problexu of rehabilitation will have ta be faced. We shaîl have ta accommodate the return of those who went out ta defend us. Juat how ta, do it ia thc probiem. We miglit shelve a few old cracks sucli as editors, but. serionsly, there arc problims of readjustment upan which the thauglits of everyane should bear aud its sumniatian fonwarded te the gaveru- ment. The>' Have The Power Oue of Our readers believes we have at times gone a littie too strong in aur citie- isn of the goverumeut sud aur advoeacy of conscription. He is of the opinion we may wish to retract. It lias been aur habit, first ta become as well informed as we eau upon problemas of thc day; ta mensure them against an histonical backiround sud then consider carefully what we set down an paper. Que fauît, as we see it today, is that more newspapens have net spoken mare plaiuly snd mare forcefuily. Lu any event, aur voice dees natcarry very fan. We set forth here the fact that the gov- erument lias the power iiustantly ta mobil- ize every last resource of this country sud too few people seem ta realize it. But they fail ta use it, sud we therefone with reason, change them witl i tmidity and. inefficiency. Linder the National Resources Mobilization Act, 1940, special emengency powers were conferred upon thc Goveruor-in-Couni cil, (the Goverrneut), te permit the mobiliza- tion of "ail the effective resources of the nation, bath human aud matenial, for the defence sud security of Canada, sud the efficient prasecution of the war." It will be unuecesary ta quote the Section sud Clause; the above is its interpretation. The only exception provided is that pen- sons cannot be forccd to serve in the nulit- ary, n aval or air fonces, outside of Canada sud the territorial waters tbîereof. In other words, the Order-in-Council was so wordcd as ta preserve au election pledge. And this pledge virtually invites the euerny tô these shores ta meet our couscripted arrny. Now then, with the power existing, which can instautly be applied, sud is not, we main- tain that aur gaverument is not into au "cail-aut" war effort. It canuat undertake total effort without implementing in ful the power which it asked sud denived from Parliarnt. As we remember it, the Min- ister said: "This bill covers conscription of weaith just as mucli as that of manpower." And that, prcciseiy, ia what The States- man bas been coutendiug for; "full con- .scription sud ail-ont effort." We shallflot recede, during wartime, from that position. the farmns and essential war in- dustries here in Canada. Yet the government's figures, wîthout ex- planation, actually becloud the manpower issue. .Thus we read in the Victoria Daily Times for August 8th an emininetly sensible editorial en- titled ",Plain Facts Would Help." This caUls for an authoritative analysis of manpower, and re- marks "the Bureau... .tells us that by the end of March next ap- proximately 575,000 men wiil be in uniform of the armed forces."p A few weeks earlier, ail over western Canada there was edi- tonial comment on a manpower analysis by Grant Dexter, out- standing newspaperman of Ot- tawa, who estimated that by Jan- uary 1 next there would be 434,000 men on fuiltime military, naval, or air service cither i Canada or abroad. The facts are very different. If Canada obtains ail the men she now plans to take we wiil have on active service by March 1, 1942, not 575,000 men, not; even 434,000 men but actually 365,000 volunteers plus 40,000 conscripts called Up for home guard service for the duration of the war. The figure of 575,000 includes not; only men we now actuaily have (300,000) plus those we hope to get by voluntary recruiting by March next <65,000), plus con- scripts called for home guard by same date (40,000), but also the so-cailed reserve army of 175,000 men. This reserve army is, of course, nothing but the old reli- able militia, which is doing a use- fui job by standing ready to be called out at any time for home defence. But the officers and men i the militia are not on perma- nent duty. They are not with- drawn from ordinary civilian oc- cupation, except for annual per- iod of training. THE iGOVERNMENT FOLLOWS I personally distrust statistics as the best guide to funl truth. For instance, one could argue from figures that as Canada is spend- ing as much in one year as she spent i the whole four years of the last war that our current war effort is much more effective. What really matters is what you get for your money - what you have on the actuai firing lie somewhere. .In one respect Canada's effort in £his war is already far more useful than in the iast. That is on the sea, where our once much- ridiculed navy has done an ail- too-little understood share in turning the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic. In another respect Canada's war effort might yet succeed i swingîng the whole balance in this war. Most of the men who wili shoot Nazi planes from the skies, and blast Nazi factories frjpm the earth, wili be Canadians ifthe war goes into another year. In the last war Canada supplied 24,095 men of ail ranks to the Royal Air Force, of whom 10,000 were stiinh Canada at the end of the war. Already there are 55,000 Canadians i the aviation serivce. At the peak eighty percent of the personnel turned out by the Com- monwealth Training Scheme wil be Canadians. That means an ac- tuai output of some 24,000 flyig fîghting airmen per year - with ail the other thousands ta stand behind them or below them. on the ground. The actual fighting Canadian army, available for immediate service at the fighting front, wherever that may prove to be, is now approximately of the same strength as was the Canadian Corps at the same period in the last war. REAL DIFFERENCE Not long aga I wanted ta make sure that it was nat just my im- agination which said thene was a wanld o! diffenence between the way this gaverument lias run this war, sud the way the othen anc was canducted. I got porng aven the aid officiai histories o! the con! lict, sud cauld hardly tear myseif away. Evcny time I read the uttenances of the late Sam Hughes I have ta iaugh. I arn convinced that lie is anc of the best subjecets for a really vital biography of a Canadian. An astounding mixture of genlus sud cincus man. Anyway I think there is anc general differeuce which will strike auyone who compares the two struggles. Iu the finst war the gaveru- ,ment gave whatever it was able ta give in the way of inspiration and leadership ta the people. It was ahead o! them, nat behind them. It did not stand between the people sud demandcd action. On more than anc occasion, in- deed, I found documentary cvi- dence a! the fact that the Cana- dian gavcrnment was holding out for a langer wan effort by Canada against the opinions o! profes- sionsis in the British Army Coun- cil who doubtcd Canada's ability ta deliver the goods. Iu this war aur gaverument lias nover seomod able ta make iap its mind. It asks the People "please do not wass g 5 mucli gasaline as wc ueed it for oun planes sud tanks." Appanently it fails ta hean the reply from caast ta caast, iu tac weckly press at least, ,Well get busy sud ration it. What are yau waiting for?" It asks thc people nat ta est quite so much park - sud fails slmply ta take aIl the park need- cd ta slip ta Bitain without any funther toda about it. Lt knaws per!ectly well that withlu six montas or 80 there must be a shawdowu an the man- powcn allotment question - yct does nothing ta propane tae peo- ple with knowledge necessary ta, making o! that decision. If the war goes au tic same thig will surel happen again as ha hapened before. Public dissatisfactian will suddenly and violently bail up. It wlU continue ta do s0 in keepig with events as long as the war lasta, unles the government gets ahead af the procession-not behind it. Eyesight Education And Efficiency Br C.H.Tuck, Dimney BIdif. (Opp. P.O.) Number 188 , «'Eyeuight Conntvation" (part 5) In the iterest of Public health the eye examinationi l found nec- essary bef are wearing or pre- scribing glasses, because o! the many deep seated conditions ex- isting which, if neglected, may becarne more senlous and danger- ans. However, there wif l aways be aprcentage o! negleet due ta th tyng o! expeniments first before gettig the propeir atten- ton. By this I mean the trying o! fit on bargain giasses, the pediar fnom house ta house, the ý.aaii or- der glasses used without 'an ex- aminatian, simple home remedies or the trying o! patent remedies. When these f ail the neglect makes the condition more deep-seated. These connections i the form o! giasses for conrecting any ernon should not be purchased ready made up just as any. luxury on unnecessany article is chosen as the fancy wills. These necessities and a utility ta aid in obtaining comfontable vision and relief o! strain fnom physical defects as shown by examinations, the symp- toms o! the sufferer may be the same as some dangerous and deep-seated eye defect or even disease. You owe it ta yourself and ta your eyes.ta have them examined. (to be continued) Tommy Dorsey, KayK y s er, Benny Goodman and Eddie Du- chin, four o! 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