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PAGE "MMIE THE CAINADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941 'Leader Among Leaders" lu Tributs Paid Ca ada's Wartime Premier Klngstn Whisg-Standa rd C ites governmenta have bccn wtchmng Instances ta Support View Ta theni working out witis sucis suc- Canada's Prime Minister 18 On ceas in Canada that in a numben of Demoeracy'a Thmee Greateat1aifinstances they have adopted Leaders. almost exact parmlels ai Uic mea- In a recent issue ai Tise Kings- J tan Whig-Standard, a challenging éditoial appeared on the quest ai Prime Minister Kln's leadership gtUia war, flot merely as Uic MUad ai Canada's Fedenal Govern- ment, but as anc ai Uic free demo- cratic world's thrcc most imiport- at leaders, thse other twa bclng Prime Minister Chsurchill and President Roosevelt. "Thoughout this war," tise Whig-Standard editorial pointcd out, <'Uic qualities ai Ieadeship ai Uic Canadian prime minister have been in dispute in his awn country. "There is a smail graup that- cantends that he nanks as anc ai Uic gmatest leaders af thc demo- cratic side., At tise oUicr extreme tiscre la an cxaspcrated graup ai Canadians who sinccrcly and iram nan-political matives argue that he has fia great qualities ai lead- ership. Partisan Attacks "Along wîth thcm is a mucis larger group ai his political op- ponents who have ircquently made it a mattcr ai political stra- tcgy ta say thse same thing." Thcn, Uic editorial points out there is a middle graup which to some extent listens ta and in part acccpts Uic theory that M. King is not a great wamtimc leader. But in certain fiields, Tise Whig- Standard argues, "thctc is sanie indication that he is a leader ai Uic leaders." "For examplelF tise editanlal questions,- "can aflyone say defin- itely whether' it has bccn IM. King or M. Roosevelt wha has been the ariginatar and prime mover in-Uic devlapment ofUic 'good neighbor' palicy bctwccn Uic United States and Canada, Uic palicy which has now been bnaadened by Mr. Raosevelt ta in- clude all ai Uic British Common- * wcalth and South Arnerica? "lAnother example is pnovidcd by some oi the economic mca- sures adloptcd by Uic Canadian Govermient during the first monh ai war. Thcy arc measures which were then so novel and academic that rnast oaihe Uic c- * bers ai parliament only under- staad thcm vagucly. WldeIy Followed "But Uic British and American sposd ypur neoilos You economize, toc, by buying Hydro Long-Lfe Lumps. They cost nomore -yet deflnltely gîve hun- dr.ds more houri of lIght- 12 ng lifel sres whlch er omlated hýe by Mr. King and Norman Rogers. "One more exaniple was Mr. Klng's speech in Toronto when hé lntroduced Wendell WllIkie ta a Canadian audience.'Tlat speech was Uic flmst braad, basic state- ment oi Uic war alns oaitUicBBi- tishs Commonwealth af Nations by thse iead ai tise gaverrsmcnt af any British country. It was sa emohetic, sa iar in advancc ai its tie, that Uic eigit-paint state- ment issucd by Mr. Chsurchill and Mr. Roosevet alter tiseir Atlantic canference appears ta have bcen ta a large extent a dcvelopmcnt ai it. "'Again theme is the instance ai thc Mansion House speech in Lon- don with its caîl ta Uic United States, a caîl that has already partially been answered by thse thrawing oi thse United States navy into action on aur side. Most necently, tisene has been thse bnoad- cast ai Mr. King whicis was Uic concluding feature ai Reconsecra- tian Week. There is leadership of Uic leaders in that great para- grapis in whicis Prime Minister King caled upon free men evcmy- wisere ta face neality: Freedom of Mankind "Let them recognize tisat it is sometising iniinitely greater Uian the fate aifariy country wisich they are called upan to dcfcnd; that it is the defence ai freedom, flot ai any country, not ai any continent, non indeed of any isemi- sphcmc, but that it la tthe frcedam ai mankind which is at issue. For wc 'are al members anc ai an- other. "No statesman before Mr. King isas fully faccd Uic palitical im- plications ai the iact that 'we arc ail members anc ai another'., As Uic palitical philosopher among Uic democratic leaders, the Cana- dian Prime Minister has been tise iirst ta advance Uiis thouglit. It wiil be coming back ta us shortly witis practical proposais for its realization. irom Mr. Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt. "Wisen such bncath-taking fun- damental ideas are being statcd in Canada," The Kingston Whig- Standard editonial concludes, "it midght be a gaod idea if any ai us wl4o are occasionally inclincd ta question Uic Canadian Prime Min- ister's qualities ai leadership would ask ourselves if we have al- ways hàd Uic capacity ta appre- ciate thc warld- leadership which Mr. King has fomi time ta Urne provided. "«His leadership la flot aiten ai Uic kind that la easy ta descnîbe in lay language or put linscad- Uines or talk about appreciatively an Uic street corner, but it la not dcvoid ai thc quality ai great- ness." CIGARETTES FOR SOLDIERS Cut this out and ead it once a day ýso that vou will be 'reminded ta put what you can in Uic tin box for cigarettes and azanr blades for aur boys overseas. Do not let theni down.-F. C. Pethick. A CIGARETTE, PAL? We're fan away fighting ion Bni- tain and yau, And all tisat man can, we'nc wiil- ing ta do, For tise Empire on wisicis Uic sun neyer qeta, If you'il help us long with a iew cigarettes. Oh, boys, you cai bet that it scems a bit rougis On these long silent marches with- out just a puif. Waiting, watching and figisting, but yetb, Nat a taste an a smcl ai a wee ciganette. We don't mind tise wank and we're neady ta figist. We can do wlthout food if Uic "'Cap" says, "AU nigit," But Uieecs anc thlng wc long ion, please dan't fonget Ta help us by scnding a- amail cigarette. We'vc leit aur home comiants; we've leit aur frienda- truc, Ail we aak ion ls that yau remem- ber us tao. Sisauld we be cisarging the Huns, or cisaslug Uic Wops, We will ride trigit ta dcth for a few cigarettes. And ifit la fate that lu battie we fail, And death havers o'cr us-we hear Uic lest cail, We sisan't icar Uic sisadows, aur isard luck forget If between- aur set teeth we've a lait cigarette. LEST WE BE FORGOTT EN There la no sadder biow to the pride of any human being than to be forgotten. Thse years we have been away from the oid home town are but a day hn our memory. When we return, we exPect to meet famillar smiles ad recelve thse same fainillar greetings BUT WE NEVER DO. People forget easily. Plrms change han"ds People move away. New businesses are estabished. Marketing methods snd conditions are constantiy changing. This le why-to be successful-every buuiness f irn munt keep i constant touch with old customers ad must constantiy strive ta gain new ones. Business agoes where It h ivited and stays where it le weil treated. To keep ln business, blu must continuaiiy INVMT new business. To invite new business, you must first create 'zood wlil'- a friendly and favorable Interest i you and your flrm or your products. . j usually, ail three, for after ail-a business hs but thse iengthened shadow of ONE man. Next you must create confidence ithse minds of your customers and prospects. One of Uic sureet ways ta build good wHI and create con- fidence and in turir, SALES _ l8 through Uic advertlsing columna of yo.ur weekiy newspaper. It la thse lest expensive form of mlsslonary advertlsing . . . of pavlng thc way for Increased sa. . . of holding thc interest of your oid custom- crs (Who are always smre other flrm's prospecta) ... of ex- Danding your business and reaehing thse people you want ta reacis. TodaY. . . selng hs more keen than ever before. Wlth business on the «up-turn', there wli hc a steady and hard drive for business by ail Your competitars as weii as ail those Who are competing for your custamer's dollar. To hoid'Yout present custamers . . . ta wln your new Market .. . It wil pay you now ta, advertlse perslstentiy sud cOnshstently I your home-tawn weekly newspaper. Convictions are habits of thought acquirel from someone cisc who has not been to azy ta, thlnk. **~. UmUmmmUM= -******** :IEmmuErn........ I a -~ Soldiers' Letters From: Pte. C. G. Hood, B89672 No. 1 Transport Coy. R.C.A.S.C. Can. Army Overseas Dear Bob: I have just returncd from a leave in London. Most of the boys prefer Scotland for which we are a2flowed tw o days extra travelling Urne, but I have a cousin in Lon- don. The Scots have a name among the troops as being the most hospitabie race i the world. London fascinates me. We picture it as a place of buildings and shops, but out in Kingsbumy a more rural and peaceful place you would not wish to, find. Very littie evidence of bomb- Ing can be seen, though the place has been subjcct ta frequent raids. People are wcll organized into lire-watching squads and in place af being tcrriiied are very much alcrt when the warning cornes. Most have indoor shelters, reas- suring but a nuisance. Our conipany epresents ncarly cvcry province in the Dominion. I have receivcd smokes from ic Lions Club and a parcel fromn Mrs. C. R. Spencer of the, Wam- cn's Auxiliary - makes thceturne pass more pleasantly. I received a first-class electri- wlnel raloint. Tie for th sh wcian rea t. inrae pay hch at the Garrison theatre 50 will close. te D t tr El ai ai CLIMAX NEAR would be figisting for mere sur-p vival -ta escape outright con- r Tise climax ai this war may bc quest ai Britain. c vcry near. The iaurth month of Uic gigantic strugglc in Russia IfHitler knocks out Russia aur v wil alniast certainly decide Uic chances ai autrigist victary in Uhilat] autcame ai the year's military war can be written off as mere e campaign. It may decide thc fate idie drcams unlcss or until thec9, ai a continent. United States cornes into Uic iigist,v flot "short ai war", but with a Our part ai Uic wold la woe- everytliing she has-moncy pow- M fuily, mimost crminally aven-con- cm, machine power, and above ail,v fident. Tise tide ai baffle has ai- manpower. rcady turned thrce distinct tumes since Hitler sent his millions ta JAPAN AS WEATHERCOCK c ettack Uic Soviet. It could be thatè it would tumn once again UhilaThse best indication of haw Uic autumn, and that Rusalan strength war in Europe is going la in what plus 'arrival. oi Russian wintcr Japan does. If Uings are gomnga would mark Uic beginning of Uic badly for us Uic Japanese swing end of Uic Nazis. back towamd the Axis. If thig But It could alsa be that Uiecocme aur way Uic Nipponese be-t necent sharp tumn would b. ta- gin ta talk again about pcace. ward complete Nazi victary aven Japan's necessity might be. de- Uic Saviet. Tiscre la /a point be- scribcd in a phrase: Sise must end yand which human courage and tise wam on thc winning aide. Thse meme determnhation are ai no attcmpt ta kcep guessing whicis avail. Tise lesson ai modern war ide is Uic more likely to win haai ý is that nations whicis lack or bace leit hem dizzy and groggy.. mecisanical means ta iigist are JHte is h a aa powerless. expccts 'ta be mmdc Sengeant-t As I write these lies Uic Nazis Major for East Asia. If Hitler is are at Uic suburbs ai Lcningrad, beaten Japan nat anly isas ta con- Tisey arc sa f ar past Kicf Uiat Uic ciliate thse democracies but do s0 eanly canquat ai tise wisole Don before ail tise Uiousands ai sur- industnial basin is at least pos- plus. planes and pilota get sisip- sible. Tiscy arc definitely within pcd out ta iselp swccp tise Nippon-' striking distance ai Rostov - cap- csc out ai China. turc ai wiiciwauld cut Uic mam A supply Uine ta tise vital Caucasus Apart .yom this diiemnia, which ail -fields. nust ma#e or less keep ail Jap- Granted that Russia has an ai- anese statcsmcn gucssing, another mast inexhaustible reserve ai neal pnoblcm is how ta make the manpower, and Uiat Russians ai generais and tise Black Dragon ail oigins are îighting ion tiscir sacicty face Uic facts ofai Ui. The isomeland with a morale that can marc reasonable statesmen may only l e dcscribcd as magnificent. know very well Uiat an attcmpted If Uic Nazis campicte their im- further augression against Russia mcdiateiy visible mlitmry objec- an Siam might be Uic likcly last tives Uiey wiil have deprived tise stcp toward final military disas- Soviet ai a very large part ai its ter. Tise gencrals migist neyer- physical ability ta iight. tisciess be ail for shooting the Elghty percent ai Russia's coal wonks, ion death on glamy, espe- camcs îmrntise amca now immi- cially as it will be athers wiso get ncntly Urcatcned. Lass aifitis te dcatis but tisey Uiemsclves arcas naw actually under fime who get Uic giory if thcy win. means approximately thse sanie ta AA ANTWI Russia as tise s fa al Ontmrio's JPNCNTWI industrial power would mean i Sa this seems ta me ta be the an invasion ai Canada. most isapeful Uing on Uic world horizo right naw: Japan cannot OUR FATE IN BALANCE staîl mucii longer -she has ta Tise concrete pisysical goal ai make up herm mmd which way ta Hitler's armies la, ai course, Uic go. ail ai Uic Caucasus egion ai Rus- If sise iinaily takes Uic plunge ia, an ai Pensia and Irak. I da and gocsalal out for Axis world nat beileve that he bas a anc-lu- conqucat wc sisail have tafiîght twenty chance ta capture those ail the Uiing Uirough, and war will wdflz, and f lud then ilfl able ta came at last ta al Uic continents. B noduce. Tise Russians who de- If she secs tUic Ught and decides lberateiy destraycd Uic second ta make mcl peace with Uic de- largeat power dam lu tise world, mocracies she has ta be pnepared r nather than let it faîl into tise tÔ pay Uic price. The days ai ap- handa ai tiscir cnemy, arc certain- peasement'and seli-auts arc over. ly not going ta be sucis numb- She wiil have ta get right out ai !akulls as toalalow Hitler ta cap- China, and as quickly as troaps turceail wells stillin o peratiaii. can be movcd. I pcsonally thinis e Yct in spite ai that we cannat ase migst retain Indô China and tao clcariy ealize that it la aur penhapa even Manchuria. rwar as weil as Russia's Uiat is If Japan mnade final peace she naw.being iaught: and it a ur couîd secure large shipping and *fate far a long tinie ta 'camne supply contracta wicis would do wisicis may be decided an Uic samething ta nedeem hem frorn the ahanes ai Uic Cespian aca, or on1 economie mess"se ias gat herseli Uic sandy plains ai ancient Nine- inta. veis. But if se cisoases wan-and I Tise Russians and Britishs might ami any judge-sie wiil not only dynamilte ever4 ail wel i al the be beaten but definitely and final- Middle East. et if they feil inta îy liquidated as a great power. Nazi hands German ingcnuity She wil bac everytising, includ- wauld have Uic firat ai theni back ing Kamea, whic s aie has abraad. lu production in six manths, and She will proably face revolutian al ai theni within a year. at home. AU aif>wiich bouls dawn ta this: Incidentaily, if Japan chooses That Germany is taking cvery- war and nat peace, tise final end thing an. attaining hem objectives ai thié wanld stnuggie. migist be lu Russia, and paylng sucis a ter- spccded up by ycars. rible price Uiat hem vast war mia- Jalpan, I believe, cauld be chine mlgist iinaily crack comn- knockcd out i a matter ai months pletely;' but that an Uiceallier by Amnerican, Britisis, Chinese, nand se has a mcl chance ta get Dutcis and Soviet pawema. Singiy there befone Uic crack cames. none can bçat Japan soon. To- And if se does tise task ai win- getiier thcy cauld smash farever nlng this war becomes for us a Uic mytis ai Japanese military matter aifrnany long and castiy greatness. years. That la wisy tisere is no stupld- ity qulte so deep as that idea that Canada Ras Everything! t is not a bmd thing Uiat Uic Reds Ontario la a part ai Canada and Nazis are kiulilng cacis ther wisicis daims ta b. tise birtispiace off, and Uiat aur troubles are ai Nantis Anieican civilizatian. really al aven. Twa languages, Uic cultures ai If Hitler gets what his generais twa nations, Uic Frenchs and thé Uink Uiey are gaing ta get in Engluis, are blended here. It is, Rusala thème wlil elthen be a sa- ilu mre wmys, a land more Obd cailed negotlated peace or Uic Wold than Uic Frenchs, marc m prospect af many yeara f ai w n hpire Uian Uic Brltish.--Stanley C. whlch Uic Britishs Empire lone F'anbes, lu Rotarlan magazine. From Lieut. Harold Slemon, Can. Military Hdq., R.C.A.M.C., Canadian Arniy Overseas, his par- ents Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Siemon Lave rccived the followmng let- cers: August 3lst; >ear Folks=- .I just got i from visiting iast night and found your letter with the snapshots waiting for me. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, with whom I visited, are the most hospitable people 1 know and took no end of trouble ta show me the sights of ingland. On the way down I met an English gentleman on the train and he insisted on takmng me to cea when we arrived. .The petrol restrictions here are pretty grim, and becoming more rigid ail the timne. The trains are crowded as it is virtually the only way to travel - first class and third class-but when it gets crowded the third class pile in, so what is the difference! On the way yesterday I rnissed mhy stop and went on to the next town. Prom there I retumned by a de- vîous route changing three times. This is flot as simple as it sounds because there are no sign-posts on the stations. There are no con- ductors to tell you what to do and the trains stop only rnomentarily at a station. The staries wc hear in Canada about the starving English scem Lncongruaus because there is lit- lie lack of an:ýthing as far as I can sec. My usual routine as re- gards eating was to be awakcned by the mnaid at about 8 who would bring me a cup of tea. After 1 shaved and dressed I would go aowvn to brcaktast-ham and cggs. About 10.15 we would have cof- fee; *then would corne lunch and two more pots of tea during the afternoon - dinner at eight and possibly something more before gomng to bed. These Poor Starv- ing English! London is weii blitzed, in many It's the Personal Contact that Counts in advertising as with everything else. The Statesman greets thousands. of people in their homes every week bringing them the news of the people and the stores in which they are most interested ... Thus it pays to advertise ini The Stateaman, as it reaches the hornes within the Bowmanville trading area . .. Watch the National Advertiaing in T'he Statesman. That must mean something - National advertisers are shrewd space buyers. They use only newspapers with satisfactory coverage in the territories they srve .. . The Canadian Statesman ]Durham County's Great Family Journal areas but tise people arc carrying, an with their signs out "Business as usual." I don't suppose wc wiil get any marc icave for tise months and may be anywiserc by then. Septemiser 7 Dean Dad: Happy birthday! You probably won't reccive this for a month but I hope it will convey tise message just tise sanie. We have had no mail this past week except tise cigarettes I sent ta myscîf. I find now it nicans a great demi ta have a word from home once in a whilc. Were it passible I would like ta have Tise Statesman sent 50 I won't lose toucis wi th Kcith's batting aven- age, As yct there is fia indication wisere wc wiil be pastcd thougis it wiilpnobabiy be in Englmid for a while. Tiscre is a paasibility I migist get into a CasumltY Clear- ing Station lu whicis case I migist sec sanie surgcry - I hope sa. Our course consists ai lectures and drill, much tise sanie as lu Ottawa, but it is better organized. We have a nemi tougis "sarg" giv- ing us dmi11 and we have ta do things right or we hear about it. We certainly seeni ta b. spe- ciallyfavored isene and get asked out a lot. My hands arc so cald naw I can hardly write thougis it la midsununer. Had my gloves stolen ta complicate matters. Bis Work "lHow's your business gctting along?" "lIt's on the rocks." "'That's too bad." "Na, it's good. 1 build light- houses." Labor-Saving Idea Firat -Bride: "'Yes, sir, I've got my husbmnd whcnc he cata aut of my hand." Second Bride: "Saves a lot of disis washing, doesn't it?" 0 0 00 MOREPEOPE, RID ýi foi