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the acton free press thursday novmb91 l 1mi canada at no i toe motob indcotxt plays its fakt ia ruit of ntw a dx ittidm by a eri kioe formerly w tktt bprtngftold tim imo pa bonnet maitltoba in this series of articles on can ada at war i propose to deaf with phases of the war effort little known to the general public most people iiavo an idea of the work being done by our army air force and navy but few peope have a real conception of the magnitude of our industrial en deavor had it not boon for the production of motorized units in ca during the last year and a half on a scale unsurpassed anywhere in the british empire general wavell would not have accomplished the victories ofthe army of the nile in libya last year universal carriers heavy four- wheeldrive trucks light trucks tractors ambulances reconnais sance cars and many other types of motorized equipment are rolling ofr the assembly lines of the automotive plants in canada at the rate of more than goo a day besides tljc building of motorized equipment the automotive industry is operating armament plants build ing motors to be used to lower the balloons in the barrages over britain and contributing in many other ways to the war effort vast fbutt the first plant i visited stands on n 200acre site and over 50 acres are under roof it generates its own elec tricity and 320 tons of coal are burn ed dally to produce 65000 horsepower a total of 13000 men arc working here now where prior to the war 7000 were employed at the peak of production today almost one hund red percent of the output is for war purposes in the foundry 100 tons of steel nnd 100 tons of pip iron nre produc ed dally the articles produced in the foundry are sent to the machine shop a hundred yards distant by means of an underground conveyor system we now enter the machine shop where there are 4300 different ma chines running at full blast to turn out 2250 complete motors a week let us look for a minute at two of these machines first a multiple trimming machine trims twelve en gine blocks at both ends in one opera tion to a uniformity of within one onethousandth of an inch the blocks are fastened to a huge revolv ing drum and the cutting edges trim each block as it revolves the boo- ond machine is the multiple boring machine which bores the 84 holes in an engine block in one operation in six or seven seconds when the engines are completed they are transferred by a conveyor system to the plant housing the vehicle assembly line tho military units pass down the assembly line each part ready at hand on a moving conveyor line at the time scheduled as the ulnts move the bodies are fastened on to the chassis the fenders doors wheels etc put in place un til the unit comes to tho last opera tion where a gallon of gasoline is poured into the tank and the unit drives off the assembly line under its own power this one factory turns out 450 military vehicle each 24 hours i think that the two most interest ing types of military mochanlzcd units are the universal carriers nnd tfc four uheel drive artillery trnc- ors the universal carrier former ly called the bren curt carrier is n low slung vehicle propelled by means of tanklike treads they are armour ed against small arms nnd can travel over ctremely rough country ulth great manoeuvrability and speed the fourwheel drive artillery tractor drives the front wheels as well as the tear should the front whens become bogkod down the bock wheils ulll push them out nnd if the hack w hi els hoeotru lugged dov n t he front wheels will pull the umk whtnto out the unit- inn cllmh n grade as sticp ni 60 pi r c nt in other words for eer ten dot th trim i forw in tin nri able to dlmh siv fiei motor men turn out iiiu i otk jruirnc now to nnntticr uito nmtiw i tut 1u u in i mi sembly l sim in principle to the one jwt described the same typo of units are being produced as de- scribed in the previous plant but with a smaller volume of production when tho government was faced with the necessity- of producing field guns and naval guns it turned to the automotive industry for help this factory undertook to direct op eration pt a new armament plant that had just been built and get it lnto- productlon today field guns are rolling off an assembly line for the first time in canadian history is pro ducing heavy calibre field guns all the genius and efflhartryof this auto motive factory has gone into the pro duction of these guns another item that this plant is producing in quantity is motors to be used in britain to haul down the balloons in the barrages over land and sea over 3000 motors for this purpose were delivered in the space of a few months we have time for a hurried visit to one more factory this plant is also producing equipment similar to that in tho other two plants in addition to this however a largo ou mr howes building js under construction cov ering several acret and will be into production in a few months with 2- 700 men- producing small arms for tho fighting forces this plant has already produced a total of more than 112000 motors fungus in woods for wartime use researchers make tests of its ef fects on sulphite liquids ottawa cp lowly fungi- of the sort that live on dent wood and bring about the decomposition of fal len forest trees have been enlisted in n mammoth salvage job set to work on the sulphur liquor which goes to waste in tons at canadian pulp mills they may assist in bringing n part of it to industrial use sequin9 from skeletons czechoslovak refugees open unique british factory sequins the colored spangles used for dress decoration are being made in wales from the bones of dead ani mals by a family of refugees from czechoslovakia their fashion crea tions in sequins are exported to coun tries which used to get them from czechoslovakia in peace time in lovely shades of royal blue em erald scarlet mauve gold nnd silver the sequins are got fronuthc gelatine in tho bones which is pressed into thicknesses sometimes as fine as one thirtysecond of nn inch and dyed the czechoslovak family who run the factory the only one of its kind in britain today came from gablonz in the sudeten and where they had been making sequins far over thlrt years they brought nothing with them but their experience nnd their knowledge of what the united statos south africa india and australia re quired but in the three short cars since the opened nt the treforest trading estate in south wales the hnvc evalxcd their own intrlcnte machines for cutting and threading the sequins trained n compli te staff nnd attained the high stnndard of workmanship for which their clnhlonz and dest ribed some of the fnitorv was famous they have oven r under his jurisdiction developed new lines like collars boleros and other nictsjuvrte dnornt id with simjuins i i the week at ottawa speciallt written for tfca aetoa by alan iiabvev cmnmdlmn staff writer ottawa bp the kirprim an nouncement by munitions minister howe that compulsory gasoline rationing will bo introduced shortly means definitely sacrifices nro in store for motorists if canadas gaso line supply situation deteriorates in wording his announcement to tho house of commons mr howe made clear that the rationing system would be flexible and that rntlons would be just as liberal as our sup plies will permit at the beginning of each month tho oil controller c it cottrollo will announce how many gallons a coupon wl entitle a person to obtain and we hope it will entitle a driver to as many gallons as he will want to use ho said if it does not it will be bo- cause the gasoline is not available and we will be in a bettor position to deal with another shortage should one occur mr howe cald it was hoped coupon books would be ready for issue by provincial authorities with 1942 auto mobile licenses winter trospeeu the announcement of the flmt com pulsory rationing for canadians since formal statement on tho oil situation including a lengthy statistical sum mary i the minister estimated cnnndns crude oil requirements for 1912 at 64- 500000 barrel the pipeline from porunnd me to montreal brlngjng viln oil supplies to canada would be nn operation within a few days unless something unexpected develop ed oil supplies for the winter were reasonably assured vlnnncc minister ilsley preceded mr howe with the announcement lihnt a celling will be plnced on all manngerinl and executive salaries previously the wages stabilization program extended the ceiling only to wage earners up to the rank of fore man mn ilsley said managers ond executives would not receive the costofliving bonus mandatory for wage earners these announcements came at the tallend of n busy week lor commons members prlmo minister mackenzie king opened the session with a war review in which he proclaimed the cnuse of freedom in the present war to be the highest it has ever been given man o defend predicted in creasing bloodshed and human suffer ing nnd stressed the common aims of nil free nations in the face of ger manys military might s mr king wns followed by conser vative house leader hanson who urged immediate steps to utilize every fit man for service whatever system of enlistment is employed he ask ed the government to review the whale manpower policy and declared the question of compulsory nntional service is one transcending party lines the same day angus mclnnls act ing ccf- lender and the acting new democracy leader e g hansel criticized the government s action in bringing its price control nnd wage stabilization program into effect with out submission to parliament mr howe in n review of depart ment activity told the commons that cunndb is nenring maximum produc tion in unr industry although addi tional projects would be taken on ns additional productive capacltv was discovered na minister mncdon- nld gave n description of canada s growing naval strength war services minister iliorson out lined the important role canadian women nre plavlng in the unr effort st rvicts fibewobks saguenay bed granite replaces foreign stone a rack of machine gun cartridges l drnwn from the stores at the jarvls bombing nnd gunnery school whore students of the commonwealth air training plan are taught how to draw n bead on hun nlrcraft and ground tnrgcts budget hazards of fall brides may fade away lois of helps to keep the ncwly- wcds on an even keel fin ancially economist points out 10m0 cp ieeirkt hill eol- enl il umli r sei rotarv told tin house it l miliums more thin 1000 i ih s tun in lnu wrt v rvillk oi htitiitn s tinned fonts in liiliui 1 pe iri jlli u i iisoiu rs the house henrd defence mlnlsttr ttalstnn snv canada s nrmv needs for 111 will lie tlecliuel lis the mlnni t war toninuttii in the light of nun luiwtr sun i i now completed that the canadian corp is rnpi 11 tip pro i iilni uimv s itus tinii that no or s in th i uu1 killkiloni is nwr umnlilili timuled with ois in i nmlllnrv n and that nioliili i i on ins 1 ti ml i int uu iv i l omil f r sin i s mini mi ir mm it t 1 w t on hi lel ih iuiit u clln workmkn oh 1 vcu i i 11 till 111 1 vi inrilimt hi u ho an minsiv- now i i v l 1 mm i lotiomi u i i i its t it i s it is t nutine for t i n il c in i h ii n i- ir ii i m irmd ii tnl i ii ii os tit skv is tl limit lihi i htr io i mill south w 1 s i 1 iwo women anil thre i nniloll dill i tun lot unit liven whin fin hrokt out in evauee i ostt i lure mr maud molgnn the milron jumped to ft c t and fraitured both legs in a i vain attempt to snvi one child ottawa cp budgeting for canadian brides la n subject on which miss ruth rnnsom household economist in tho consumers section of the federal department of agri culture has something to sny the budget hazards of marrying on a small lncome were never less than today in many ways sho told tho canadian press while preparing her address for brides in n lecture series arranged by tho y w c a theres so much free advice to bo had miss ransomv enumerated tho pamphlets and questionanswering services to be had now from depart ments of agriculture educational in stitutions social and welfnre agencies and banks who today tnke an interest in trying to solve the brides problems nnd keep hor nfloat on the sen of matrimony this is the day of flexible bud gets said miss ransom of course part of it is still easy to regulate such as never to pay more thnn one weeks salary per month for rent the old system sho said didnt nl- low for individuality now a more rounded system is advocated after certain fixed items nro paid like rent telephone nnd carfare tho rest de pends much on the taste of the in dividual the main points nro that the income bo wen mnnnged so that one is able to live within it real checkop checks on whether she is a good mnnngor or not can be made by every bride 1 is she broke at the end of the month 2 must she borrow ijwordor to make ends meet 3 is the first week of the month nbundantly provided for and the next three skimped on monls nnd distrnc- tlon r is she nfrnid to face the postman in the morning because of the bills 5 does she know where she is in her management or is each month just one long flnnnclnl vvorrj wonder ing if shes going to make it or not the first thing to do is for the veiling couple to mnke out a fixed i list of tnxes rent insurance instal ments and so on then nhnut li per cent is allowed for dollies it tloes- nt matter whttlitr it is spt nt on i sports things or evening things it de pends on tl taste of the individual miss hansom said in furnishing mid equipping i home the wise lirtti will first make a stulv of h r hous or npartnt nt and thin us tli hlirirx unci micitn s to in lp h r in ike a place nltn live ih w rone suit of town do sn i in srr mil ii in niiri c s mill in w ir i i in in i full to x i rl w n h him i il i e pi nt i c n i i i nt nn i to r p irti ill n l nt- i in i i i sun t the urlian nil o hi i i n ii iv in i 1 ss nsiv 1 lie differ- i in ik in 1 int i ti i tli in i tl nn tips mi t it smi ill i irl will n m i is i in si t i i n li hns folio torn will irolili i for it c i xsorl s i s viivvv- ss safir a iturdy uttl unkorml carrlwr one of the many which hni- bn turned out of cakdh automntlv plants u put thttuih its pactt on tho letting ground koi m jivt moo4llk mkrton enjlnil icp v lts rnrriod nut her failed to sutitnnttntr n ihmry that iumtmu umn when t lit moon in uaxlnu crminnt more quirkb than thou ioud uhen it la unnlnu a m in lrtis is a uonl nil miss li insnm warntd thai m n vfmun i on f us tho two u us m counts inl tnul irt at count ir a rnoril of tho pnt nnd pn sont sho mud nnd o r wmn should k thon 1 ho luulrpt i tho pum for tho futurv i ondon icim tho p an of wtftftmtniitor uiiil in nn neldrosm that although bomb tinning to tho fnmoui abbey iuih iwwmi otonylvo nono ih lr- ropa rob it- war oondltlona have brought av new industry to northern quaboc and sagucnay red granite 1b now coming on the markot aa a satisfactory sub stitute- for stone previously imported from russia finland and sweden be ing shipped across the lino to fill orders nttirunlted status forbdlld- ing nnd monument purposes this rod grnnlto is q untried by national rimnlto limited at alma island hear st gcdcon quebec situated approxi mately 273 miles from montreal on tho chlcoutlml line of tho canadian national uttl 1 ways a visit to tbc quarry uhows umt tho area available for tlilu granite is nbout oho mile long by onehalf mllo wide so far it is impossible to glvo tho depth of tho rock formation but the hlto where work is- in progress hns nlrendy reached a depth of over twen tyfive feet there is a grain to granite the kamc on there is to wood and the sides nro known ns head grain tho bottom and top as lift and tho ends as rift this grnnlto is ship ped on flat cars in blocks weiglilne from five to fifteen tons using tho canadian national ralwray and the central vermont railway unes to the finishing plant at barre vermont granite usuallv weighs 180 pounds per cubic foot there la another quarry at st cedeon which produces black pearl granite and according to eugene kobltallle general manager of na tional granite limited is of the best quality to be found anywhere this quarry has supplied the granite f the fronts of buildings in montreal ottawa toronto windsor port arthur edmonton new westminster victoria hall fax quebec chlcoutlml nnd arvldn 1 with manmjldk hanoi daui foitll england fcp nellie liimhert who los1 hoth hnndu during n raid nnd fitted with artificial hands enn dress wnsh tjat andwrifr nnd knit ijgiits on the bar london c p to twat the mntch shortage some london publl- enns keep gns light hurnlng so cus tomers enn light pipes nnd cigarettes ic0bac jppetob4xcdo look 08t for yoor liver buck h u i and mi ukm mbisat yr lh is tf hqt ujm uh tmi ii lrhl irlumi h uiwjlmptiiurfmk i n ll ckw wl miiwimwmtijntnm0 i hyll hti tu- fruitativesisb i ui ii- ill so ii 1 will 111 t i it ink ii s mi i em tin nl i r n n i c us in iv in m i i hi i i k ii dcii n lift i lit tv s i i nnd tlius ti ulsforme lilt 1 stabilization of prices and wages your country asks your loyal support of this wartime measure two new controls lave now become essential in canadas wartime design for living these are 1 control of prices commencing november 17 1941 there may be no increase in the prices of goods and services generally unlessabsolutely necessary and authorized by the wartime prices and trade board 2 control of wages no employer with certain limited excep tions may increase the basic wage rates paid to his employees unless authorized by a board on which the government employers and employees aro repre sented but after february 15 1942 every employer with the same exceptions will be obliged to pay a cost of living bonus and to adjust this bonus every three months action necessary to stop inflation this government action has been taken to prevent the inflation we knew in the last war unci its subsequent depression unemployment and sutlering every housewife knows that prices arc rising and rising prices unless controlled will make it more costly and difficult to finance thenar ktsing prices unchecked will spread confusion in industry and trade will hinder production and proper distribution of sup plies m make the cost of living rise mon rapidly tlianu jejesand aurtes- the value of savings will result in hardship tor almost everyone and especially those with small incomes and the result of uncontrolled in 1 mon after the war when prices drop will ig tin he depression and uncmplovment prices cinnot be controlled without control eil vv ijes i xcess profits are and will con tinue to he under rigid control coverage of wages stabilization order ihc order is applicable to the following elliplovers jl 1 iverv employer normally subject to the industrial disputes investigation act 2 iicrv employer engaged in the rnanufac lure of munitions of war or war supplies nr the construction of elefenee protcets 3 every buiwinp trades employer with ten or more employees 4 every other private employer with fifty or more employees the order does not apply to employers in agriculture or fishing or to hospitals religi ous charitable or educational associations operated on a nonprofit basis wage provisions except on written permission of the national war labour board no employer may increase his hasic wage rates this permission can only be given in cases where the board has found the wage rates to be low wage rates which are unduly high will not have to be decreased but in such cases the board may order the employer to defer the cost of living bonus cost of living bonus every employer covered by the order must pav to all ins employees except those above the rank of foreman a wartime cost of living bonus effective november 1 5 each employer already- paying a bonus under pc 7440 of december 16 ismo shall add to such bonus an amount based on the rise in the cost of living index for october 1941 above the index number used to determine the current amount of the bonus effective february 15 1942 each employer who has not been paying a cost of living bonus must begin to pay a bonus based on the nse in the index between october 1941 andjanuary 1 12 unless ordered by he board to base the bonus on the rise in the cost of living over a longer period the bonus is calculated on the following basis for each rise of one point in the cost of living the amounr of the bonus shall be 21 cents per week except formate workers under 2 1 years- of age and female workers who if employed at hasicratcsof lest than 25 oil per week shall receive a bonus of 1 percent of their basic wage rates these bonuses will be adjusted regularlv eerv three months administration the orcltr will be administered by 4ve regional hoards under the direction of a national war labour board labour and eniplovers will be represented on each ol thcsehrrards watc tor thirannrmnccmcnttri these hoards to which ineiuines concerning the appiicatton o the order should be direetee wholehearted support required t our government knows that this policy as it affects labour industry commerce and agrieulture demands a elegree of restriction to which anaelians arc nor accustomed and ivtclirectly a wartime measure it will demand self discipline and selfcontrol it will need the whole hearted support of everyone who has the wellbeing of his fellow citwcns at heart but by loyal cooperation canadians can have much more assurance that the fears sense of insecurity thcsumcrmg and profiteering which inflation always brings will neither interfere now in the winning of this war nor in the recovery and reconstruction of canada and the canadian way of living after the war is over issued under the authority of hon n a mclakty