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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ONTARTO THURS.. DECEMBEH i6th, 1943 gb iubÎirn detuu Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch ta Incorporated The Bowmanvifle News, The Newcastle Independent, ana The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Member <* Audit Bureau of Circulations ujA Weekly Newspaperse Association Glass A Weeklles of Canada SUBSCRITIO14 RATES $200. a Year, strlctly ln advance. $2.50 a Year hi the United States. GEO. W. JAMES. Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. Wm. G. James Warrant Officer Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham Cpi. Arthur Living (Killed in action in Italy) Our Reply to the C.C.F. A recelît C.C.F. meetimg held in Bowman- ville is reported with careful accuracy in1 this issue. The editor wvas present, listened carefully, heard the press criticized in the tberins reported. He heard one speaker dlaim the press wvas "Iyiig or unintelligent and should be put in its place." Another speak- er recog-nized the -power of the press"' that its duty vas "f fell the frutli""that nmost weeklies were against the C.C.F., anîd he favored forcing the press to reveal for publie inspection a statement of ownership and backing. The Statesmanl is ivilliug to ac- comodate and to reply, so far as it is con- eerned to ail the abo;ve allegations or any others that socialists or any parfy,' azywhere, anytîme, ean bring agaînst it. The Statesman is owned and confrolled solely by the family that buiît it under a systern of free enferprise. It is baeked by no interests, save the intelligent people who pay subseriptions for it. If bows to no in- fluence of advertîsers, subrnits to no dicta- tion, yields to no demagogues' threats, calîs ifs shots as if secs them, speaks with convie- tion, maintains the best acduracy possible in ifs columns, ini short is strictly independ- ent and upholds the system under which it has thrived. It is against the C.C.P. because of its threat to free enterprise to farmers and business mnen. If we be "unintelligeit" we have no quarrel with our Creator. We rest our case on that score with our subscrib- ers who,so far, have flot deserted us. If we are to be "'put in our plice" if can only bc done, at the moment, by wholesale desertion of our long--time frîends whose names honor our subseription lists. We shall risk that fi the day of Utopian Millenniuni. Meantime, unabashed, unjittered, we shall carry on. But there are a few observations we should make in regard f0 the above at- tacks. People expeet the press f0 print the news. They are interesfçd in political news. They resent seerecy of political movements. The news of the C.C.F. meeting was learned only accidenfally by The Statesman. If was advertised in an onf of town paper, but no C.C.F. 'er informed Tlie Statesinan. Me felt our presence was not wanted, 50 we promptly atfended in the iuteresfs of our readers. For fhem we reporfed proceeding-s. The editor of The Statesman took early occasion to read and comment upon two original books outlining, C.C.F. doctrine. That comment took form in seven articles in The Sfatesmap which were a sineere exposi- tion of our interpretation of that doctrine. Those articles were lëter reprinted in book- let form and close to one million reprints have been made and diitributed. We have since read the new C.C.F. book, "Make This Your Canada " and our opinion of C. C. F. aims has not changed. Jndeed, having lis- tened to fthc speakers Tuesday evening our impression of the tlireat to individual in- itiative and freedom of the press bas deep- ened, but not to the extent of bein.- at al aiarmned. We are open to print at ail times, aceurate reports of ail the news. And we shall at ail times dlaim the priviiýege of fair comment upon thaf news. -V Attack On Crown Attorney A member of one of Darlingfoîî's best re- rnily nor any of their wide circle of Durham County fîriends will lie disturhed hy this tirade. And Mr. Apiiis ivon 't be dismissed hecalise lie lias (lonie and will continue f0 do a fine job of law enforcement. His, many speeches on juvenile delinquency have made a deep impression. No doubt the war plant referred to ivas the one where infractions of the law and court prosections appear almost weekly in the press. Onîe of the recent sordid cases involved jiiveziile dcb auchery and proof ivas addiiced, followtýed by punislinîciît of an in- di vidual 'not wantcd ini any civ iiized comi- munif *v., IThîe Crovii Atforney presenfs the facts adducced by law 'eîîforcement offi- cers. The Judge pass~es sentence. If is al aninatter of piiblic duity. Plant people do not feel 'iinsuili (l ' fhey feel relieved and pro- teeted at prompt la enforeement and, gcnerally, wouild uphold flic riglit of the Croiî Prosecutor publicly f0 rcfer to these 'drcgs of humanitv.' Illegal "'union~ strikes inspired by union leaders refufe flic edaimi thaftiîcey are as mucli iinferesfed ini prevenfing crime as a sworni Crowni Attor- neyv. W'e naiîifain our faith in bofli tîhe f- ficîency anîd dignity of Mr. Annis. -V Mr. King Aids Socialists Prime Minister King has w'on for bimself an impcrishable place in Canada's bistory. Hlis siiiccrify as a great publie figure is universally recognized. His astuteness as a practicai politician lias been likewise 'vidcly acclaimed. But iii our humble judg- nient his political wisdom is slipping. This may be due to lus intense absorption in Caiiada 's wvar effort. W'e have occasion, personally, f0 knowv that hie believes deeply iii the propositions of individual initiative freedom of speech, a free world. le is opposed to a socialist sfate. But lie lias beeîî "giviig -aid f0 flic eneiny." His power over lus parfy rernaiîîs unquesfioned. A nodl from imn is a conmmand f0 bis follow- crs, f0 lus governmenf creafed ageîîcies. His pofent weapon for discipline anîd obedience is "flireat of resignation." No follower is îrcpared adequately f0 don bis toga. H1e has yef fa publicly denouncee a prime flireat fo bis continuaîîce iin office. Iiistead lie lias ir gîiven eneouragement and impefus f0 fhe socialisf movement ini Canada ini af least two important instances. Spok-e-meii for flie C. C. P. openly admit thaf flie first greaf boosf in socialisfs' upslîrgc came wifhî election of Mr. Noseworthy over Mr. Meigiien in Southî York. Iin that election, Liberals aided ac- fivcly in flic resulf. Mr. King 's reaction wvas expressed ini the Hanse. Lafest i- stance of a inissing "nod", as refusai of flue Government comîfrolled, nafionîal beam, for flie broadcasf of JIohn Brackelii's great Hamilton speech affacking socialisf doctrine. If wvas a speech Mr. Kin,-lîinîself would have been glad to make. People everyw'lere will recognîze these instances of lack of po- liticai wisdom. Their reactiomi will lie cx- pressed, decisively, in fthe fulîneas of time. -V Faith ln The Future Anything that destroys faifl ini our future strikes riglit at flic bcart of the nation. Witbout hope wve are washed up. Hope is basic f0 any creative planning. No progress is possible witbaut if. Some people remember only flic failures. The first World War won, but objectives nof achieved; flic buildings af Lake Geneva empty shelis. Palse prosperity and ivide. spread unemploymenf. Today's global con- fliet. These arceflic background for gioomy hopelessness unless we dig deeper. Happily there are alsa those, and thciî number grows, who flirougli fli fogs of today, sec signs of a durable peace and decent world. Tbey know why fhcy ean face a crumbling civilizafion and stilil be positive and constructive. Paifhu is believing in flic evidence of a few sound homes foday fliat a nation of sound homes is possible. If accepfs flic princîple, against a mass of negative evidence, thaf sound labor and management can co-operate because they have succedcd once or twice whcre they have honesfly fried. W. E. Hocking of Harvard said, "In a question of poasiblity neg-afive evidence counts for nofhing, if fliere is one single posi- tive success. " Three fliousand miles of un- fortified boundary in a world at war be- cornes a proof. The factual basis of a feder- afed peaceful world acfualiy exista because Ontario is frec 'from confliet with Manitoba. Through our failures ive leara fliat cerftainu things won't wvork. Prom flic ashes of many a pioncer campfire greaf cities have sprung. Todav 'sýwar is mot a refufaf ion of Chiristian democracy, but raflier a confirmation. If is a result of our failure fa square our living wihflic moral principles democracy de- manda. -V CalIed To Account Our undersfanding of the remarks of two speakers af a recent C.C.P. public meeting in fown, where we wcre personally present, was fliaf wc should, wîtli other represenfa- tives of flic press, "corne cean" with a stafe- ment of ownership, management, backing, and "'feli lichefrufl."Elsewliere in flua is- suie we have, prompfly and unequivocally, obliged. We believe flic C.C.P. speakers f0 li ecnfirely sincere and conscientiaus in flicir beliefs. When flua 50 publicly edlaienged, ive feel, in aIl fair justice, fliat a like sinccrifv shîould bic accorded and flie "tmufli"rcvealed on flic ofler side. WVe have soungit if and shuall eoniume fa do so. Our source will continue fa becflic puiblislicd utfrances and personal pronoimcements of flie adhcrenfs of flic C. C.P. Wc say ifhi Voltaire:" We do flot agrec, wifh wliat voum say lut Nve shaîl defemîd f0 flic deafhi vouir riglif f0 sav if." Ouîr position flius fairly sfafed we shall contfinue fa publisli our findîngs and con vie- fions. If our personal business affairs are fa lîe puliicly dcmnamdcd we shaîl enqumîre n- Io flic personal luusiucss hackçgroindls af Ilose îuho make flic demauudsana(]i ie alali expeef equal frankuess. Wc siaîl scek fa dletermine in flic pulicienfereaf, wlietlier or mna. iii flue words- of Johmn Brackcmi, wc shal faîl iimder flic paflielie (lellisiomi of lîin "transformed into ordcred perfection by a cominiftee of very ordinary lîuman beings." TRANS-ATLANTIc FLIER fiRANT 1ACDoNALD, noted Canadian artist whose sketches of members of U anda's armed forces and Canadian transportation workers have won acclaim fhroughout the Dominion, chose Captain J. M. Barclay, Trans- Canada Airlines pilot, as the subject of this drawing. Captain Barclay flies one of the big Lancasters in the Trar.s-Atlantic service operated by T.C.A. for the Canadian Government, carrying mail to and fromn the members of Canada's overseas forces. He established a trans-Atiantie record when he and the mem- bers of his crew mnade a non-stop flight fromn Montreai to Great Britain in il hours and 56 minutes with Hon. C. D. Howe, Mînister of Munitions and Suppiy, and H. J. Symington, K.C., president of T.C.A., as passengers. This was 30 minutes faster than the previous record which had been set by one e! Captain Barclay's feilow pilots, Captain R. F. George. By Capt. Elmore Phiipett VAIRO SOUNDS DEATH yef able f0 take their places in KNELL 0F ASIATIC the world as mature self-govern- IMPERIIALISM ing entities. ,e Some wili say: But fIat is jusI The Cairo Declaration of Deter- multiple imperiaiism, instead of mination to strip Japan of ail hier forcible one-power mile. tliefts made in the past hall cen- In a sense that is true. But oi every basis of humanify anc tury is one of the most important morality an international guard- international moves ever made. ianship is preferable f0 one-pow- If is a body blow-probably a er colonial mIle. For internation« ýs deafli blow-not oniy at Japanese ai mile would have f0 be under a imperiaiism but at ahl imperial- previousîy written internat ional ism. law. For Brifain and the United If so-called "backward" native States have bound themselves, people are told in advance the y not just f0 liberaf e ail the non- exact conditions whidli they musI Japanese terrifories now held by fulfili before fhey can take over Nippon, but also nof f0 grab these their own governmenf the whole territories tliemselves. relationship can be helpful fa * Thc primary effect of this lib-. everybody and harmful f0 none. d eration, when completed, wiil be It is when a foreign power takes f a wipe ouf forever fIe Most by force and keeps by force flie vcious and backward of existing government of another people e empires. But the secondary ef- that fIe whole thing becomes bac fect will surely be f0 speed fIe and vicious. v now hastening dissolution o! al ___________ *empires, or their transformation into free commonwealths. APPLICANT FOR * * *NATURALIZATION t It la Fascina.ting to Study The WAS OPERA SINGER e swift rise and faîl o!fIe modemrn___ e empires, as fhey affect East Asia. Among tîose applying for Na- Wîen Japan started hier career furalization at tIe Counfy Court of international burglary, China and General Sessions in Cobourg held Korea; Russia îeld Port lasf week were Martin Budisky af e Arthur and other nearby points: Hampton, 0ftto Freund of Tyrone Germany Ield a whoie complex and Michael Karas of Bowman- of Pacifie isianda, and then or ville. lafer got lier foothold on the An interesting sideligît on the mainland. AIl the others were life o! Otto Freund before coming there too. f0 Canada was revealed when hie Japan kicked ouf, one af fer an- was asked by Judge German as oflier, al her imperial rivaIs. De- f0 why one of his children had cadent imperialist China was a been born in Germany. Freund pushover. Czarist Russia was a is himsel! a Czech. tougher nut f0 crack, but not fao Freund replicd that at ane t ime fough-for it was then aimost as lie was an opera singer and had decadent as China under the Man- traveiled thmough most of the chus. Germany was completely countries of Europe. He married eliminated in Worid War I. The a German woman and a child was new revolutionary Rsi a born while they weme in Germany. »deprived of ail remaining points of international power in the dis- putcd zone. SOLE SURVIVOR OF BIG Ail this war befome this present BOMBER GOT EYE-FULL oufriglit World War IL. If would OVER GERMANY be a bold propliet who wouid say fIat any non-Asiatic power, ex- The following dispatch from cept possibly Britain; is going fa the Toronto Star refers f0 a son have any territorial possession in of Harold C. Tuckcr, formerly o! East Asia when this war ends. Bowmanvilie, son o! Mrs. Sarah Will France, for instance, get Tucker and brother o! Dolph, back titie to Inda-China? Frank and Arthur Tucker: * * *Pilot Officer Donald Tucker, 27, Statesmen Often Build Better son o! Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Tucker, than fîey know when they are Lakeview, lias compieted 30 op- building. I think thaf Churchill, erafional trips over enemy oc- Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek cupied termitories. Once wîen did just that af Cairo. knocked unconscious by flic ex- They did f wo things which will plosion of an anti-aircraft shell necessitate a third. TIey guar- near lis bomber while over Ger- antecd flie libemation of a vasf mnany, le was fIe only member o! empire, now under Japan's lied; the crew to survive. they pledged tliemseives not f0 "Don neyer fells us mudli about take if aver. lis flying," said flic fiier's mother. But samefhing will have to be "He did say lie is finished now, donc wifh these t errifories. It affer liaving been transfemmed f0 was that fact whidh made flic anofler cmaa." Versailes Peace sudh a farce and A recent issue o! an officiai tîrcat. The Wilson 14 points caîl- R.C.A.F. overseas paper described cd chiefly for "no annexafions and the Kassel raid and îisfed Pilot no indemnifies."l But when flic Officer Tucker as one of flic Can- fime came f0 stip Germany of adian airmen faking part. lier vasf empire somnething liad ta "I'vc rcaliy been gefting a gaod lie donc wîfh the spoils. The eye-full," said a ecent leffer from "'mandates" face-saver was de- Pilot Officer Tuckcr f0 lis par- viscd. Under this camouflage ents, as lie described flic great there wcre more land transfers fires over a German cify whicli than affer any previaus war in they had jusf bombed. history. We arc fighting desper- A bomber navigafor, Pilaf 0f- afely now f0 take away fmom ficer Tuckem !irsf cnlisted in flic Japan wliat she annexcd affer Lamne Scots, in flic summer o! Wold War I-mn plain violation 1940, but transfcrmed toaflic R.C. o! flic 14 points. A.F. in December, 1940. He ieft * * * for overseas on 'lis 25fli birflday, There WiIi Have To Be Some Mardi 16, 1942. A brother, Pilot kind o! international autliorify Officer Murray Tueker, 21, is a tcmporari]y to administer terri- flying instmuctor for thc R.C.A.F.- tories taken from Japan, but nof at Oshiawa. st id te st What Service Clubs Are Doing to Help Win the War What are service club organîz- ations doing to inelp win the war? How have wartime conditions af- fected membership of these clubs? Some answers to these questions are contained in a report released today by Charles L. Wheeier of San Francisco, Cal., president of Rotary International, world-wide service club organization. Rotary meribership figures are at the highest point in ifs 39-year history despite the fact that large numbers of Rotarians are in the armed services of their countries. In the lasf Il monflis, Rotary lias had a gain of 10,221 members and in this samne period 127 new Ro- tary Clubs have been organized in 13 countries of the Amnericas, and in China, England, India, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Sweden. Today there are 213,500 active Rotarians who are members of 5,008 Rotary Clubs. Because of the war, Rotary Clubs have been disbanded in 20 countries of Europe and Asia, and are probably not functioning in 14 additional regions, but Rotary is stili active in more than 50 coun- tries tliroughout the worid. In war-torn China, for example, Rotary not only-continues f0 carry on but f0 organize new clubs. A cablegrami just rcccived from C. T. Wang in Chungking, China, brouglit the news that flic Rotary Club 0f Lanchow, China, has been organizcd with 22 charter mcm- bers. Wang, former Chinese Am- bassador ta flic Unitcd States, is Rotary Internatîonal's represent- atîve for the clubs in China. Among the numerous Rotary activities throughout flic world are community betterment under- takings, work for undcrprivilegcd children, the promotion of high ethical standards in businesses and profefsions, and the develop- ment of international good will and understanding. Rotarians are making many vital contributions fa flie war ef- fort in their respective countries. They are assisting their govern- ments in selling war bonds and in the execufion of the various ra- tioning programs. T h ey a re stimulating business adjustmcnts f0 flic war effort. They are active in ail phases of civilian defense work. They are salvaging and conserving essential war material. Tliey are helping in fund-raising campaigns for the Red Cross and other relief organizations, and they are part icipat ing in flic active work of these agencies. They are planning now for the problems of post-war reconstruc- tion, with especial emphasis on the "Work Pile" plan for discover- ing and cataloging jobs which will be available for demobilized sol- diers and war workers when vic- tory has been won. Somewhere A Boy Died Last Night (From Lion News) Somewliere a boy died iast nîglit. Maybe he hurtled f0 earth, slumped over the controls of his plane. Maybe he was trapped bclow decks when hîs ship was struck by a torpedo. Maybe a bullet "had his name on if" in Italy. But one thing is sure -- somewhere a boy's life was fer- minated by an officiai statement -"missing in enemy action." What, we wonder, were his last fleeting thoughts ere he sped into eternify? Most likely they were o! "Dad" and "Mom"ý-would they know liow he died? The last good-bye when they said: "God bless you, son, corne back safely." His plans for flic future when he got home again. The little girl who waited-what would she do? Too bad he hadn't written that letter-no time now-no time for anything-just darkness. And so, Lions, anoflier young life wiil become a sad memory in some home. Somewhere a motheri and father wili look at a picture SECURITY REGISTER $ for Victory Bond Owners Mail This Coupon for it. Miffland Securities Lirited àM Donanou Bank Bldg., Toronto SPlease send me a Security Register l'Name ...................... . Addreu .................... fear-dimnned eyes and murmur: "Please, God, why did it have to be our boy?" Somewhere a girl will go about her daily tasks with an ache in her heart, thinking of ail the brave littie plans they had made together, that now wouid neyer be. This we fhink of every time we sec in the paper "missing in action"-"killed in action." To us if means somewhere a boy died last night. Soon we wili have the Christmas season with us. To those of us who are God's fortu- nate-al of us here-Chrisfmas will mean a festive season, but fa our boys "over there" what? The answer fa that we don't know, but what we do know la that we can send parceis now. We can send cigarettes through the Overseas Tobacco Fund. We can buy stamps and VictClo Bonds. We can give another pifT 'of bloo4 f0 the Red Cross. Then, nd oniy then, can we begin f0 feel ye have kept faith with the "boy wo died last night." Goodness and benevoience neyer tire. They mainfain themn- selves and others and neyer stop <(aiu . N . . LTTEtS If You Own Victory Bonds Send For This Security Register Enables you to keep a complete record of your Victory Bonds and other investments. It lias columns for interest and dividends; and is lielpfui in making Tax Returns. Mail thic coupon above or write for a copy. Huron & Erie nldg., London ~)Dominion Bank Bi1dg., Toronto p >~ m â THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURS., DECEMBEH 16th, 1943 1