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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 5th, 1945 Provincial Election Forced Bv GrouDed Obstructionists Before fie budget could bho adopted and the current business of the Provinîce coin- pieted, the Ontario Legisiature lias heomi dis- soived and anather election is ta be held at fie earliest passible date. The late session wvas marked from the start wlth a continu- ing filibuster and dlîberate obstructionist factics by ail three Opposition graups, the 00F, the Hepburn Liberai rump and ifs al- lied Cbmmunist remnamit curmently called>i fhe Labar Progressives. Finally, fthe tire disruptive elements ganged up lu a solid vote at fie conclusion of fhe debato on flic Speech from the Tîrane ta defeat fie Drew Goverumont. The Premier, constitutianally, tiemi souglit and obtained dissolution of the House. People of Ontario are uoxv faced with fhe task of sotthing the issue of wliether we shall have soumîd and stable goverument or whe- fier we are ta continue with quarreliug fac- tions concerned mast apparently wifh jockeyiug for political advantage raflier flan with fie vital business affaîrs of fie Province. We appear ta have reached ami ail-time low lu Provincial affairs jusf wien events everywhere are crowding in upon us. With fie war lu Europe lu ifs concluding phases, with moment ous decisions ta ho taken at San Francisco, the pieture is com- plicafcd wit h twq general eletions, Domimn- ion and Provincial, following i1 qck suc- cession. If ever xve nceded clear eu~ thiuk- ing if is at fils very finie. Little cami ho said at the moment lu re- gard ta Opposition platfarms lu the Provin- cial contest for mnone have been annaunced. But muci eau ho said conceruin- iviat tic Drcw Government lias done and what if bas pianned for flie nexf five years. For fie past 19 montis if lias given vigyorous, pro- gressive and positive goverumont. Equaliy positive are fie plans if bas announced for the post war period. These were outlined iu Tic Statesman of Mardi 22 and fiex- were prinfed primarily-ta give fie public a con- structive view on which ta base ticir dcci- sians wvien tbey- go fa the polis. The reac- fian of flic Provincial press gonorally lias been ta coudemu f lie -rouped obstruction- ists wlo forced fie election. We believe the' publieceau ho trusted wisely ta decide fliat tie goad gaverument and constructive plans of Mr. Drew and ils colagrues shall prevail at leasf for the next hlaf-decade. Kow Socialism Will Destrov Basis of Democracv Froc speech, a froc press, frcodom of op- inion have every-wiere beemi accepted as ba- sic ta fhe principles and practice of democ- racy. Wien these are affnckod their sub- stitute is fear. Tic Pag-es of history revoal hils ta ho entirely true. And some of these pages are being surreptitiously writfou lu Canada foday. The CCF Socialisfs, hoast- ing tint ticirs is flic oniy real denocîratic party of tie mnation, have of lafe given dem- onstrations fiat they are intoierant of froc- dam of opiniomn and expression. If thero ho any doubf leff lu th- minds of those not yot steeped iin their doctrines if surely must ho- came dissipated by studying the recent maves of fie leaders of their political hic- rarehy. Ont lu Saskatchiewan, for instance, tie 00F Government ivas cbarged by fie Lib- cmil Opposition wifh distributing printed polit icai propaganda touchingfi e seed grain issue among tlie publie sehools. Tic Op- position suggested fliat i)oth sides of fie story bc fold s0 fiat unbiased opinion may lic crenfcd. This as refused and fie CCF spakesman asscrted fiat their plan xvould bc continued anîd even extended. Freedom of opinion and expression was flîus t1irot- tled at the source just as confemptuously ns Hitler carraled and diroctod fie tlîinkiug of the youtb of Germatiy. To flose ivia say, "if cani't happen bore" fhe reply is tint ift bas bappeued, evon as brothers of theso Sas- katch'owan eilidren figif for freodom. Tic other facet of foflitarianisin oxhiiit- cd hy fie ('CF bas been fie expulsion of 4 00F nmembers from the part y for expressing views tending ta givo more lihcm'al expres- sion to C('F doctrines. Tioro again goes a prop of democraey. Thiere can ho mia free- dam of opinion or expression w'itlin this spuriomis demoeratic setup. Rigid, comîfral- ized party discipline, fie infolerance of honost expression or eritical opinionmi isa fouet of ('( 'F conitraI fiat is Hiflerism of fie firsf oîrder. \Vliomiwe sav flic ('F i15 ot a polifical pnrfy ini fie ordiiiair seiise of fie word we need gyooane fartlier fîan ta draw Establfshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WîtII whlch la Incorporated The Bowmanvilie News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 91 Year's Continuous Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham Count7. Member Audit Bureau l of Circulationa ai m Weeky NewsPaperm Assoiatio SUBSCRION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a 'rear la thse United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded In Action, flack aithtie Front) Capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron CSM. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Kilied in Action In Itaiy) leaded 1w the Primo Minister, will reprseont Canada af theecomferemice. It xiii include (laordon Graydon, Ilouso Leader of the Progressive (lonsorvative Party, M. .1. ('aid- wvell, leader of tme ('CF, one of tic leaders in fie 4nate, and Mrs. Castioman, M.P.« for Edmonton. Mamiv will feel that fis is not a strong or represeutative deleg-ation fri inceludes no labor delegate, whici body la In Defence of the Senate Senator J. J. Bencli, speaking before the Junior Chamuber of Commerce lu Ilamiltomi recemtly, told of the functions and the con- tributions ta democratie governmont of the Sonate of Canada. His address was s0 com- prehiensîve in character that it ivas by iîna- nimous consent inicarporated in thlicSenato's Hansard of Mardi 28, 1945. There is nof space lierexvitlî ta give any broad summary of lis expostion but a few higilits ny be of interest ta thoso wlio have claimed tlîat thie Senate should be abolislied. Senator Beuchl gave an Iistorical backgraund of the Federai Governument, tlîe clarity of whichi is îîot appraachied ini any text book we bave se on. He pointed out tint witliout provision for tîhe Senate, there could liave been no Con- federation and no Dominionî of Canada as we know it today. More than thaf, witliout a Seiiate today if is doubtful if Confedera- tion could long endure. The need ta safe- gîiard the minoritjy and sectional riglits and interests of Canada is as great today as ever if xvas and the Sonate as the balance-wlieel in respect ta national legisîntian continues ta jusfify its existence. The Senator ex- plqined that the Sonate is a means of giv- in- "'the people" a chance ta think twice. This is a striking thouglit whidh xvas amn- piified with illustrations thraughout flie whole address. Dealing with the mumber of new parties that have sprung up in Canada of late, Son- ator Bondi said: "The possibiiity of a House of Commons dominated by a parfy or com- bination of parties composed of members fram only two of flic four great regions of Canada cannot ho dismissed. Absence of tlie guarantee of "sober second thouglit" for legisiatian by a body cansciaus of the intorests of ail parts of thie country would givo rise ta anxîety and miglit welresult in demand for soparatian. In these days when legisiation 50 often touchies thie personal riglits and interests of people, the demands put forward an sectional grounds would as- sumo more weight and might canstitute a greater menace were there nat tlie Upper Houise." When so much money is boing spelit today ail so many tliings of mediocre importance, we suggesftlihat public funds be used ta dis- frîbute Senator Bench's address in baoklet form among the Canadian public and in par- ticular ta -educational institutions. Few things we have read give a btter under- standing of constitutional and democratie government lu Canada. When Youth Faces Life Decisions Are Important Every boy and girl reaches thie age at xvhich fairy tales and childish delusions are laid aside, and they face the age-old problems of life. These are mamentous prob- lems - fthc prablem of themselves, their re- actions ta lîfe, the course they are ta choose, and ta what distant goals. Mistakes made lu these early decisions may prove tragic lu later years. Y'outh needs guidance as if cames into this phase of life lunxvhichi it acquires a sense of moral and hu- man responsibiiity for its aets and aims and the course it pursues in life. Its best guide is religion. Tiere is no surer way ta fortify boys and girls against the pitfalls of life, and tendh them ta make wise decisions, than by bring- in.g them up under the influence of religlous tenching. When people thiuk righf, they are very apt ta choose right and net riglit. They go ivrong wlien they think wrong. The Churdli is au assot of priceless value, nat only ta the individual, but ta the com- munity and the State. It is the repasitary of those moral and spiritual teaching-s wliich build cliaracter and promote good citizen- ship. It inspires faifi, xvhich is the sub- stance of things loped for and the evidence of fhing-s mit seen. Religion is the guide of youth and stren- gth of oevery age. Go ta chiurcli on Sundny - wlth vour family. Canadian Delegation Named for San Francisco Conference For the past fwo weeks members of the House of Comuimons have debated whether fhey shîould "approve a resolution ta sond representatives ta a United Nations Confer- once at Samn Framncisco ta prepare a eharter for the maintenance of International peace and securifv." Tic debate closod Marci 28 with ail niembers savo five, voting lu favor. Roy andl aC-.i.- ail1fro ILthoAProvinceZo doue such a grand job in industry; no sol- dier representatives, indeed noue have lad military experience. Canada's voice will be heard, but uiltimate decisions will be shaped by the big three, Russia, U.S.A. and the United Kingdomi. The finality for main- tainiug peace must rest on force with the initiative determinied by these three super- powers. The course of the Canadian dele- gation will be watchied with close couceru. In any comimittments made for peace aud security, Canada must be positive and de- finito iu lier declarationg. This most defin- itely is the time for decisioii. Rural Rate Reduction Announced bv Challies A further rate reduction toalal rural hy- dro cousumers on the first block of energy from .4c ta 3.5e per kilowatt hour, effective on ahl bills rendered on or after May 1, 1945, will result in an estiinated saviug, of $300,- 000 a year. This was announced this woek by Houi. George H. Challies, vice-chairmaii of The ilydro-Electrie Power Commission of On- t aria. The rate reduction was a result of a stimulated programme of new services in- augurated duringr the past year. Uuiform rates for electrical service ta ru- ral areas were introduced by the Commis- sion on January 1, 1944, bringing substan- tial benefits ta 97 per cent of ail farm and hamiet cansumors served by the Commission, and resulting in an estimated saving of $500,000. The now energy rate of 3.5e an the first block, with second and third rates remaining unchanged, will be a substantial saving shared by ail rural hydro consumers, Mr. Challies stated. Shadow Boxing Colonel McCormick is having an exciting time arguing with lis sliadow these days. On one day, hie is Up in arms over the cow- ardly selfîshness of the British Empire leav- iîig the Yanks ta do ahl the figliting in the Pacifie aIl by themselves. The iiext day, when the newvs goos round that the British already are massing ships for a Pacifie ar- mada, the Colonel puts himself in a perfect passion because the arnery British wan't let the Americans have the honaur of finishing off the Japs .bx' themselves. It shows how impossible it wouid be ta came ta any termis of agreement with the Calanel. As A. P. Herbert put it very ueatly in a rhyme recently, "Poor Old England 's Always Wrong! " In fact, the truth of the matter is that the Colonel doesu 't want the British ta do the things hie says he wants thom ta do. If they did lie wouldn't have a decent excuse for hating them. 7th year. How time flies. Our r littie town is growing. When I The WeeklyNewspaper camen1as aout 800.heNopuita- camen17 easagot the.opula-i aot3,000, and there is a move (By R. J. Deachman) turning ta Toronto, after a holi- on for Incorporation. Every littie while somebody day in the country. Neyer pre- I aur a ag aVn p0ps up with the suggestion that viausly had I intervîewed child- I aur a og oVn the country weekly is flot as good ren and I wanted ta find out what couver General Hospital for an as it used ta be. "Punch," once they thought of life in the coun- aPeration and treatment. Put in face ths crticsmcamebac try Itwasinteestng:14 days, and after caming home ta faced thi smcr eo"ticimca e c ry. It wasite reng: do a bit of convalescing a "flu" wita hesar eor:"I ee e ad ie rea nary bug blitzed me and back ta bed was weeklies ev uhbrgt Ter day." te in pgsa again for a few days. Wotta life. er and better, than they were. We the farm where I was." Trjustcn'bl w dome ta care-s are grawing up. Canada is rich- SaIy Mister, did you ever jump sonwthslover three score-n er now. Production has gone up on a load of hay?" I had. stend ihoe h cr n by leaps and bounds. The total "I found a nest of eggs -under The Grand Orange Lodge of contribution of the nation ta this the barn." I have done that too B.C. eiected me ta the office of war is much greater than it was -it would be a taugh bit of Grand Master last May-and that' in the last war. It is only natural crawling for me now. meant a trip shartly after of that out of ail these changes there I spoke ta one little girl, who about 2,000 miles visiting primary should came a better press. couldn't have been more than 7 lodges, besides many shorter trips Then we have mare competi- or 8. 1 wanted ta know what she during the winter. tion, the tempo of life is faster. knew. about men who were Enough about my troubles. The weekly press is less political, prominent in the public eye. She There's a war on; but now that less controversial. The times are had heard of Hepburn. She knew Hitier's theme sang is "Don't different, but the spirit of the the name af the Prime Minister. Pence Me In," we are ail feeling men remains the sanie. The coun- I asked hier if she knew Joe that some big changes are coming try editor is doing a goad job, do- Louis? "Yes, he's a fighter." I during the year. Even the "Sans ing it under difficulties. But in asked hier if she knew who Hitler of Heaven" are expecting a very discussing human institutions was. "Yes," she answered, "lhe's "B-a-a-ad time, as their cities there is only one questian ta ask: in the cast of everything." What and war plants are skyrocketing. Cauld they be better? The an- did she mean? I don't know. She Our aid friend Prime Minister swer is, they could. Progress has couldn't tell me where she gat the King is wandering where his not reached a dead end. The idea. Others might have stated plant is "gaing from here". town paper will search out an it differently but she was close Too bad ail the political parties even larger place for itself in the ta the truth. Hitler, is in, the faîl over backward ta hoid the community, fit more tightly inta cost of everything! Quebec vote, ta keep ; "United that place-do evçn better work, Then the canductor tald me a Canada". That policy ho lowed a in the future, than it has in the story. They had braught out a few years longer and we shall past. child fram the city to a woman have another Irish situation on Political questions may have in the country, but the woman aur hands; also another world little interest for the masses. had passed on and the child was war. Best of health and good luck Ecanamic questions cannat be ig- ta be sent back home. She cried George. Yaurs truly, nored. We are beginning ta real- hier heart out about it. Then (REV.) W. C. FRANK ize that not only national pro- came the express man with his (Native son of Maple Grave) gress, but world progress, de- truck. He just couldn't bear the pends upan the maintenance of sight of the child's tears. "Laak," Part Perry, Ont., agricultural prasperity. There is hie said ta the agent, "we have March 10, 1945. a subject for the weekly papers, eight children of aur own at home Dear Mr. James: a vital prabiem if there ever was and my wife will neyer notice if I was very pleased on tearing one. I slip in anther-so the littie the wrapper from my "Saturday There is another topic almost girl had hier holiday in the tawn Nîght" ta see a very goad picture equally important. The world is and many days in the -country, of you and following it, a very beginning ta doubt the wisdam of two gloriaus weeks. The world kind write-up which, while fiat- averbuilt cities. Why should ai- is full of miracles, staries, stories tering, is nevertheless true. "Can- most a quarter of the population everywhere waiting ta be writ- adian Statesman" was rather a of England be piled into London ten. But the country editor is a flamboyant titie for the young and its environs? We are in dan- busy man-give him a hand, tell country journal nearly 100 years ger of doing similar things in hlm of the interesting human ago but you have caught up ta Canada. We should make clear things going on in your own the name. Next it will be George the relative advantages of the neighborhood. James, Canadian Statesman. tawn, and thus assist in the dis- I well remember the news go- persai of industry. This would --- - - - - - - U ing around when your Tather be- be ta the real benefit of the cîties. gan ta build the house yau refer The glory of the city is not in its T Eitrsta. The way it came ta me was size but in the prosperity of its I iEdtrs Mail that a man was building a "u inhabitants.teevtlqetos. . m .. house". I thought it was some Outside of ths itlqesin kind of unbaked brick and ex- the town editor touches the whole Whiite Rock, B.C., pected ta hear of it being washed broad field of human interest. In March 15, 1945. away by the rains. However,. it the towns even the weather has Dear Sir. seems it was the critics who were its moods and changes. The Arn forwarding my subscrip- not baked as the house seems ta cities are always duil, dead, the tion for this year wîth pleasure, be holding up. You had anly country lives and breathes. Where even though I shahl just niceîy been born a year before I left is the most beautiful spot within get under the wire, as per notice. Bowmanvilie so I do not recal a radius of 20 miles from the Sorry ta be slipping sa badly, that you as one of the boy friands. town in which you live? Ask the it takes a time bomb ta do the I was gaing ta write ta you high school boys and1 girls ta an- necessary. anyway, that is a coincidence. I swer that one. You will marvel We have just gane over the top had written a stary of a ghost that at the divergence of view. Than here in White Rock with the Red caused somne excitement in Bow- there might, be co-operatian be- Cross drive. We should, because mnanville about 1880 and thought tween the teachers and the edi- we have a lot of boys and girls in you might find room for it. it is tors thus'giving the young people the forces; and several have made hardly ready and naeds bailing a chance ta write living stories, the supreme sacrifice. down, I will send it in some day not the dead things most of us The winter has been quite mild. and you can put it in the paper had ta write at school. I believe you have had a real aid or in the stave as you see fit and One day, some years ago, I en- time winter. it wîll nat cause any hard feel- tered a train about 100 miles out This has been an interestîng ings. Congratulating you again of Toronto. In that car there year for me so far . Was elected on your gaad work, I remain, were three grown people and 20 for another year on the Surrey Yours truly, children, from 6 ta 12 years, re- Municipal Council. This la the H. G. HUTCHESON. Political Parties ln Durham Need to Bestir Themselves Pitdhiforked iiita the iap of the voters of Dunrhamu County are two general ,elections, each ta take place within a.matter of weeks. More properly we shouid have said that this political contretemps has been dumped on doorstop of party executives. Sa far as we are aware noa candidates are naov officially iin the field, eithier for the Ontario or the Dominion election.- Furtliermare wve are per- suaded that no general organization for those elections lias taken place. The time is short and muchi is ta be dane. It is almnost boyond the reahu aof conjecture that amiy ac- clamations will be accorded any aspirants ta. office. Therefare nominations at any early date are ta be expected. According ta expectatiaus the aid-line parties will followv tradition and nominate apposing candidates. It is predicted as wvoll that the CCF wilI again cantest for bath bousos lu this canstituency. And there is the possibility that tîme Labor-Progressive Party, formerly called Communists may doecide ta test their strength in this commuuity. If, therefore, all four parties namne candidates we shall have eight naminees contestiug for the two seats, Provincial and Dominion. The least xve can confidently expeet is ta have six in the running. At a time when farmers particulariy are so busy this picture which promises ta be a free-for-ail is one that must -engage their fullest concern and the task of differentiat- ing between the Provincial and Federai is- sues is one likely ta cause confusion. Not oniy this but there wiil be attempts at con- fusion in regard ta issues in their respective splieres. It will be the function of the press as cleariy as possible ta bear on the essen- tials in ail discussions that are hoimnd f0 en- sue for the political decisians now taken wil indeed be vital bath for the Province and tho nation as a whole. The Statesman lapes ta performn its function and duty in this re- gard wholly in the best interests of the peo- pie. We suggest there shouid be no delay in choosing the lest candidates possible. There may be menit in holdinir joint Do- minion-Provincial party conventions. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvilie, i.sues an interesting hookiet entifled "What the CCF Stands For," which presents a weaith of information, set forth briefiy and in chronological order, regarding the atti- tude of the 00F an national issues, with copious quotations fromn comment by the or- ganizations' chief representatives. Nathing of importance lias been overlooked. The Statesman lias kept a keen eye an C C F proposais and developments. - Toronto Globe & Mail. You knaw what it costs you ecsch znorsth ta keep your family. WeUl, thon, how could yaur wife get along if she had to carry tlae lood without you? The answer is, she couldn't poseilbly carry it unleayau leave her a sufficlent raonthly incarne. You know appraxirnately whact thia rnonthly incarne should be. W. cars advis you how rnuch lif. irwuranc, you should owrs to provide it; and ciao, how you can obtain ant adequate incarne for yourself in the event of total disabiitY through sickneau or accident. Think it over.. then talk it over with us ... w. wili gl*adly help you. Before You Insure Consul: C oufedteration Life Association HEAD OFFICE T J. COSTIGANE, Acting Manager T 169 Charlotte Street, PETERBOROUGH ORONTa More than 1,100,000 Canadian fuily occupied. A recent survey women, almost twice the num- indicated that fewer than hall ber working in Canada in 1939,1 the married women now working are in the armed forces and gain- 1 want ta stop at the end of the war. R 1 TAXATION AND PROSPERITY <tHleavy taxation and national ltme poverishment have a definite affinity. Low taxation on the other hand has helped create the unparalleled record of progress and high living standards found on this continent. WVhen taxa- tion lessens initiative it must decrease the national chance of building a sound economic security. <'War bas, of necessity, brought taxa- tion to a point that would have been intolerable in times of peace. Its destructive forces ini times of war are offset by. the people's willingness to pay any price for victory. The situa- tion will entireiy change with the passing of that anxiety, and public antagonismn to a heavy tax load will increase. When war ceases, the tax structure, as a resuit, must be revamped. t'. High taxation puts a premium on economic inaction" From the address o/ A. N. ;Ivitchell, President, The Canada Life Assur- ance Company, at the 98th Annual Meeting. 4A4t -%0# 9/11 on Guaranteed Trust Certificates ISSUED for any amout .... for a term 01 five years . . .. guarantaad bath as ta principal and interest .... Interest cheques maiied ta reacli hoiders an due date, or, at holder's option, may hcalaiowad ta accumulate at compound interest. An ideai investment for individuals, com- panies; authorized by iaw for cemetery boards, executors and other trustees. THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION Sterling Tower, Toronto 33 years ln Business a TFIURSDAY, APRIL 5th, 1945 2 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ÔNTARIO 1',~