the georgetown herald wednesday evening april 30th 1941 the georgetown herald news of georgetown norral glen william llmehoose stewarttow balllnafad and term cotta subscription rates canada 1 50 a year united slates s3 do a year single copies 3c advertising rates will b quoted- on application walter c bihkn garfield l mcoilvray leslie olark reginald broomhead phone no 8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and toe ontario quebec division of the o wna the editors corner the press and the government no 2 of a wries of articles dredared for c wna melhber papers by b h mortlock associate editor of the brampton conservator misconceptions relating to i he tlirht of the pres to cri iclze com mend oruggest to government bodies civic provinciil or federal is often assailed pox that reason it is essential that the position of the press ui its relitlonshlp to governmental bodies should be examined many well meaning people conscientiously believe that the press should express no conviction upon civic provincial or feaenl affairs they assume that to offer criticism is to become partisaif they confuse the meaning of the word independent and neutral there is a very real and vital difference between the two to be independent is to reseve the inalienable right of every citizen to approve or disapprove of anj pub lie matter without thought of servitude to on particular party or group to be neutral s to avoid reference to any cont n lous matr to sum up the two it would be fair to ay that indepen iei ce was that same privilege of the individual to decide for him elf for which party he shall vote or which church he shall attend without pressure from pa ly exec ilives or religious dignitaries to be neutral is to admit that one is not irepared to come for a decision or make a stand on a mattei and therefore to leave it alone members of civic bodies scmeumts pollt out that nepapers have such a tremendous influence in lhe community and that ther circulation is so widespread that they have an advantage over those with whom they disagree this is true only in so far a the hid vid lal refuses to ake id vantage of the privilege granted by almost eery newspaper of us ng the column- of the press to expiess his or hei views there is however a much more important angle to this question newspapermen are equip ped to give more adequate study to municipal affairs thw most ndhi duals at their fingertips they have information which l not readily available to every citizen their representatives attend mee ings of civic bodies and therefore have the opportunity of getting a better understand ing of municipal affairs than the average voter of even greater tmpor taice is the almost universal attitude of lhe public to exjiect advice aid leadership from the press the newspaper is of en the only medium through which citizens may keep in touch and abreas of the nffair o the community they expect and have the right to expect that their newspaper will keep them advised of what is go ng on and will aliso through the information at its disposal endeavour to interpret the news the newspaper which fails to do this is failing in what often amounts to its supreme task in the community another assumption of some men and women in public office is that any criticism ofered in a newspaper is personal rather than objective that s not true newspapers have been known to conduct violently per sonal campaigns but it is the exception rather than the rule and if any criticism violates the laws of defamatory libel the individual alwas ha recourse to the courts the newspaper which comments on public affairs far from being presumptlous is bit fulfilling one of the most important and vital func tions of the press if it is genuine in its desire to be of service to the com munity t will open its columns to signed letters from those who disagree with its editorial opinions but all too often those who have this privilege fail to avail themselves of the opportunity preferring to carry on a street comer or platform feud against the newspaper by intelligent comment on public affairs the newspaper presents the rise of unscrupulous men who seek office for private gam and it often brings to light factors in a situation that have been entirely overlooked by the civic administrators find the public in this service alone newspapers have saved their com tmmltles from colossal financial lots and from racketeers who would use public office to enrich themselves personal postal messages to enemy and enemyoccupied countries the honourable w p mnloek k c postmaster general announ cos that arrangements have been made by the canadian post office de pertment for a system of personal postage messages to foctltate the bending of brief messages between persons in canada and relatives and friends in enemy and enemyoccupied countries including germany aus tria italy caechoslavalda german occupied poland belgium holland luxembourg norway denmark occupied france and the channel is lands such messages are to be written on an official form and are to be confined to simple messages not exceeding 20 words which are purely per sonal in character relating to family news or enquiry as to the well being of the addressee or his relatives and friends nothing of a political eco nomlc or military character is permitted messages should be written in block letters and if possible should be in english french or german the messages will be transmitted through the intermediary o the international red cross committee at geneva switzerland on the special official forms which may be obtained through any postmaster the fee for a personal postal message is 25c which pays postage to final destination as well as postage from geneva to canada on the ad dressees reply the scheme will go into effect tom rrow may 1st snuff it out 11 rim allri 1 t so what if he is going down for the third t me i go a right to prictise m duck dive sometime ain t i bomb shocked little minds i how the daughter of famous psychia j triit dr sigmund freud is working tnglands most hrtrtbreaklnr- casualty d ly and night to salvage the young read how the bla tin oi cites b i iunan wrecks as told in a feature jazi air a tacks is not half so de irticlc n the am riean weekly with r icthe as u e jmtering of shf mi n lhe may i issue of the detroit sun l iit of limdj ds of chlldien mid di times u s shocked by nazi world slavery plan secret speech disclosed a political sensation of the first order was created in united states recently by the publication of a speech by richard whither darre germanyb minister of agriculture and a key man in the nazi party with extraordinary frankness vie outlined german plans lor mmwofld including the united states hrae- scribed how the populations of the conquered countries would be forced to work as slaves for the germane in the united states he said nazi sympathisers already held many key posts and we have in the american police an organization operating with the same exactitude as in berlin or prague the speech which was delivered in may to a gathering of high nazi offl clols who were warned that it was as much as their lives were worth to di vulge it was printed recently tin the now york times and the magaslne life both declare that after thor ough investigation they believe it to be authentic on invasion eve darre began his review of nazi alms by dealing witlj the situation in eur ope on the eve of the attack on the low countries and france but it is his reference to the united states and the avowed intention to secure amer leas total capitulation which cause inte est and concern there he said i have been asked about my opln ion on america especially the unl ted states and the danger of this pseudodemocratic republic s possible attempts to hinder us in our histori uil development there is no fear that this demor altsed country will mix in this german war in the first place as in france and other countries aisointhe united states we have many of our compatriots and even more friends among the citizens of the united stttlcfe who are favourably disposed to wards us many of the latter hold most lm portant positions in political and eco nomlc life and will not permit public opinion to allow something so sense less and insane as war against oer many eyes onus gold moreover after germany s occupa tion of england and france such a war would be entirely hopeless i may say that at the outbreak of war or even at the beginning of this year a declaration by the united sta tcs of war against germany would iiave caused serious difficulties lnag much as jie moral strength of france f r watsqn d d s md s georgetown office hours 9 to 5 except thursday afternoons monuments i a m nielsen markers and lettering pollock ingham gait ont designs on request phone 2046 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery dr j burns milne dental surgeon x ray georgetown phone 80 gray 1 clifford g reid ld s d d s j dentist phone 410 1 main street 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encouraged the western powers to an offensive on the other hand we germans have an account which wo must settle with this country in this war not to mention the last war the united states holds all the gold of europe which was and lndisputabljt is our pro perty germany being the successor state of the subjugated nations gold alone is practically of no val ue but the insulting fact that it is something which god intended for us which we were robbed of and which is intentionally withheld from us must not remain unpunished the united states also will be for ced by germany to complete the fi nal capitulation our superior in dustrial products will be sold at very low prices to the whole world and will cause the united states to have not 7000000 but 30 000000 to 40000000 unemployed mr rosenfeld a nazi leader will then beg the fuehrer on his knees to purchase from the united states not manufactured products but raw mat erials at prices we shall dictate the united states is at present so demoralised and so corrupted that like prance and england it need not be taken into consideration as a mili tary adversary s no fear of ijs we have in the united states pol ice an organization operating with the same exactitude as in berlin or pra gue and we have no fear of any ac tivities on lhe part of the united sta- the only purpose of our offensive against the united states is for ever to t rid of another bulwark of plut ocracy to regain what belongs to us and lo teach americans to respect germanj darre started by predicting the de struction of france the french he said are a nation of idlers and the fists of our good soldiers will teach these greedy pleasure seekers and rot ters to work hard for us germany had many friends in france belgium and holland these friends are not only our kinsmen res ident there but also many members of those nations some of them have adopted hie fuehrers doctrine some are displaced officials of the former regime some are ambitious to gain prominent posi tions some won t resist the tempta tion of money all however will ren der our cause the most faithful ser vice accursed england after the complete defeat and hu miliation of the western continental powers it will be easy to crush con temptible england isolated and in our power england must be destroyed as once carthage was destroyed the centres of this perfidious plu tocracy must be turned into ruins so that this punishment might serve as a lesson to all who will attack this na tion thousands of our planes will fly over proud albion and the thunder of bombs and fires will shake to the very foundations this accursed island that has hindered for centuries our development our ss regiments lth the rest of the army will finish the work of destruction without any sentimentality by good or evil we shall subjugate especially rumania because of its sources of noptha jugoslavia bui garla turkey and greece then our way is open to immeasurable supplies raw material in africa it may be assumed that before the autumn sets in we shall be absolute masters of two continents with uie exception of soviet russia we shall introduce in our new liv ing space completely new methode all the soil and industrial property of inhabitants of nongerman origin will be confiscated without exception and distributed primarily among the worthy members of the party and sol diers accorded honours for bravery in this war thus a new aristocracy of german masters will be created this aristocracy will have slaves assigned it these slaves to be their property and to consist of landless non german nationals please do not interpret the word laves as a parable or a rhetorical term we actually have in mind a modern form of medieval slavery which we must and will introduce be cause we urgently need it to fulfil our great tasks these slaves will by no means be denied the blessings of illiteracy high er education will in future be reserved only for the german population of europe we have selected this form of sla very for several reasons the most important reason is that we are abol tshing the gold standard and replacing it by work this work must be as cheap as possible so that our eco- lomic conquest may spread exfcen vcly and rapidly jack you don t love me any more this is de third time you have gone i before dad has made you go norway under hitler daily life under the nazis as re vcaled in a letter from friends in norway yes keeping house in times like these is certainly difficult for ration ing is very strict meat can scarcely be found anywhere and even farmers who have pigs arc not allowed to use them for their own families it is al most impossible to get fish because the fishermen have no gasoline for their boats you can t think of buying anything without a ration card not even thread yarn or a tiny piece of cloth we get 300 coupons per year m our card but a dress re quires 150 cqupons and a little yarn 30 coupons men can buy only one suit or overcoat a year i am in defer pair when r think how many coupons it takes just to buy stockings for the boys even with a bread card we have to buy 9 kilos of coarsely ground rye meal in order to have one kilo of wheat meal as for real flour that cant be bought in uie stores its a daily problem to know what to prepare for meals fortunately we have en ough rntlk at least up to now i could write a great deal more about difficulties in housekeeping about having to stand tn line at the market place for hours m order to buy flvt eggs and so ori but x snoufcmt com plain too much for we have not suf fered real hardship yet