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4 k. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942 THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942 How Goes The War? During the li and the impatience pre- ceding the taking of the plebîscite there seems litile point in probing into ocher mat- ters save those dealiing Nvith the war and nationîal safety. At the moment the picture presents no improvement save in headlines and iiew-s reports that credit both Russians and Chinese with better than holding, their 0w-n. Japan. whom w-e proved iii Ieading journals. to be at the end of lier tether and bogged dow-n in China, bias now enveloped hlai the Orient and hias penetrated To tbe very gates of Inidia. No wvord has cone as to how tbey caui be stopped or w-heu the at- tempt rnay be expected. There is vast con- fusion. 'Japan bias captured the spotligbt fromt Hitler and niow appears as a greater threat. No vast territories have been reclaimed by the Russians yet tbey are hammering away, causing casualties iu Huit ranks. Theè Ukraine w-eat lands are stili in Hun hands and aIl the vast European industries are compelled to serve tbe ueeds of Hitler and his tribe. And ahl the w-ile over '200 million Anglo-Saxons seem unable to launch ant of- fensive of auy proportions, anyw'bere. How goes the war? may be answ-ered bv "not well at ah"* at the montent, yet bei-e in Canada there seems littIe disposition to do much about it. Somietbing seemns terribly wrong- and uts liard 10 say w hy. Howv goes the war on the homte front? It eati be said even at this date that people are not vet impressed. generally speaking. witlb the seriousness of the w-hole thing. Onlyi witlîin the past tw-o months have restrictions beeni apparenît and even then their applica- tions are but a minor annoyance. That wvord, annoyance. is still part of the feeling-s of the rank aud file but scarcely that of the higher ups where money buffers thec incon- venience. People pursue their cbeap pleas- ures, demaud higher pay and shorter hours. flot to the end that it helps the war effort but merely for transient leisures. What the country needs is leadership . . . or domini- ation. Vote "YES" for the plebiscite. -V Leadership is Needed Writing in 'New-s%-eek, Ernest K. Lindley calîs attention to w-bat hie calîs the psychîo- log&ical deadlock which lias been created ini the United States by- the Administrationi, s failure to initerpret accurately thme pub)lie le- sire to share fuly iin the w-ar effort. Hle put il. this wav "There is no lack of patriotisin.. But there is clearly a fear on tlic part of niearlNy every economîr group thiat its patriotisin is being or nay be exploited for the private econ- omic gain of another g-roup. The seat of the trouble is a sense of unequal sacrifice. Wlien labor is asked to make concessions. it points 10 higyh salaries and bonuses of managyers and to corporation profits. Management points to thie trade-uiiioniism-as-usuial'of la- bor. The farmers point to both management and labor and they in turn point at the farmers. The resuit is a psychiological dead- lock . . Administration spokesnien complain of public coniplacency rather than of dis- content. The main ing.redient of Ibis discon- tent cannot becitie bardships imposed by the war hecause onlv a few- hav-e feit tlîem and tbey are iiot complaining. One suspects that the root of the trouble is that the Adminis- trationi is tî'eating, American civilians as if tbev %vere soft and selfisl w-heu theY vant to live like lieroes . . . Light and hesitant taps will not break the psychological dead- Iock in whicli the American people are grip- ped. Perbaps they cati be lifted out of it by au inspiring leadership wbich assumnes that the great majority are eager to sacrifice un- til il hurts." Substitute the uame of the Canadian Gos'- erniment for "Administration" in the above and it applies with equal force to this Do- minion. WVe bave eveni copied the United States method ini putting our most pow-er- eful propag-anda campaigus behiiid bbc war finance programn, trying to sel! the people War Saviuigs Certificafes and Victoi'v Bonds and rnakingl themt feel tbey are discliarging their dîity to bbc w-ai'w-heu thev hny these, whichi represent no sacmifice wý-iatsoeve'. The policy crops out again lu thie iighly-ad- vertiseil plant to mol)ilize iiiailhower, whidli attempts lu force menx of iitar-Y age mudo the services instead of taking th'em under a draft plan., and ini doing so causes fat- îîoure dislocation of ordinary business than w-ould the draft îtself. It i- evîd ent again iii the plebiscite.-whidhi ndirectly attemnpfts to 'se- cure a mandate for ail intensîfied wvax' effo ît Estabiished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The BoWmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanvillie and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations(I 1 > Weekly Newspaperse Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictiy ini advance. $2.50 a Year ini the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. and w-hite European, w-ere raped and mur- dered, et." And so, witli these few-tig to pondex', wly îîot get out on the 27thi and vote to end ail uncertainty? in w-e have maximum effort withi idle mnen waitingy for soinething tu do? Have we a reserve armiy? Well then, get out anà vote YES and then demancd a show'doiv-n on this alleg(ed "ail- out" effort. out seekingç to placate powerful sectional and class initerests or influential inorities. Equality of sacrifice can only be attainied by Compulsion for the duration of the emier- gelleV. The whole psycholog-y of the present method is to appease those sections and groups whichi how-l loudest wheil they think thev are bein g called upon for sorne sacri- fice whieli another section or another group is escaping. Suchi a policy leads only to re- sentiment and a feeling- of frustration, and slows down inistead of accelerating the war effort whîch the majority feel should be prosecuted to the limit of our capacity as a Sna t ion. Hobbies Build Character A -vise observer once said that a man without a hobby is like a ship without a rudder. Look arouîid and you'll see how true this is. Hobbies have a direct bearing upon the course of a man's life. Psycholo- glists have sliowu that boys and girls who have some definite hobby turn out.to be bet- ter citizens than those who just drift along. The skills acquired, the discipline entailed. the pleasure enjoyed in achieving some worthi while hobby leave an indelible îm- print upon the character of the hobbyist. That idea is the basis for the present day educational concept "learn by doing". In by-gone days, every boy was taugyht a trade -to do something with his hands-along with his academie learning-gradually the "baud work- gave way to '"brain work' until its quite recent retnrn in the field of vocational education. Hobbies have flour- ishied from the days of early mani-the de- gree and the extent onlv have changed. To realize this we strongly recommend that adults visit the Hobby Show sponsored by the Lions Club at the B.H.S. auditorium on April 25. The pupils and exhibitors, the teachers and the club have prepared an in- viting and inspiring displa-y of ing-enious hobbies. You wilI find this Hobby Show both entertaiing)( and a real eye openier. -V Strike Off The Shackles UEnder date of April 9th the editor re- ceived a letter fromn the Director of Publie Information at Ottawa whichi says:"The governmnent is most anxious that every pos- silble vote he registered on the plebiscite on Moniday. April '27. Accordîng-ly I amn writ- ing to ask if. through editorials and any other means at your command, vou will im- press upon the voters in vour communitv, the seriousness of this vote and urge themý to go to the poils on April 27. Your assis- tance wîll he appreciated and . ou will be perforingo a fine public service." It will have been noted by readers gener- ally that this paper had already thrown its columius open for thîs particular purpose. Mr. NV. F. Rickard. M.P.. wâ granted free space to place before the eletorate the views of the government on the plebiscite and hie availed himself of that opportunity last week. Iiideed previous to that our ex- pression w-as for a YES vote. Now wve are asked jfficiallv from Ottawa for help through our editorial columns. To those who read the editorials it will be observed that most. of thein urge a YES vote and give facts and acts and reasons wh-v. To us it seems a matter of stark necessity to vote YES. And while we say 50 it mavbe noted that Mr. King-ivas " bounid ' to a spur- ions promise only by tiiose w-ho voted for hiim. Those who voted againsi him bound hini to nothing. Yet they should g-et out and undo the handcuffs lie placed around his wvrists. AIl the politicians, in reaching for votes. mnade sirnilar spurious pre-election promises. So the simple national necessity " strike off the shackles" and thus per- mit even the most hiesitant of hands to sigui a- conscription"" order or another order, in- stanter, in the interests of national survival. We are glad thus to comply with this g-ox- eriunient request. Again we sav vote YES. -V On With The War No better means could be emiployed at the moment than that of puttitng i)efore the pub- lic some of the things said officially, ini par- liamient. by those w-ho have the facts hefore them to bring home the seriousness of the situation and persuade everyone of the im- portance of gettiing out to vote on April 27, and of sustaîning the plebîscite. Let us re- fer. briefiy to what w-e have fouiid in Han- sard, lately: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesmanp, April 19, 1917 Darliagton history conlinued by Rev. J. Sprague Williamson, D.D. He tells of bis father mak- ing 1000 lbs. of maple syrup on the 9th concession; o! shooting deer, bears and wild pigeons. Rev. W. G. Clarke, Methodist pastor, resigns to go overseas as Chaplain of 235th Baît. Good Friday's storm smashed a thousand poles 10 the ground be- tween here and Ottawa. Editor's note: Congratulations to the Renfrew Mercury and Mr. W. E. Smallfield, on acquisition o! new machinery. Il is thebst printed local paper ln eM- Ontario. Sgt. Dan Douglas was in Que- bec this week trying again 10 gel overseas but the Board turued him down. Editorial: Farm help was neyer s0 scarce. One man 10 a farma is about the average. People over- seas werc neyer so hungry and prices wcre neyer 50 high. The caîl is for people in towns and cilies 10 gel out and hclp farmers with their secding and harvcsting. Everyone should become enthusi- astie for production. Mass meeting o! Liberals eall- ed for Orono, May 1, 10 omial a candidate. Frank Allin, Pres. Miss Eva M., fourtb daughler o! Mn. and Mrs. Geo. Wilson, was married 10 Mn. Clarence N. Mountjoy. Nesîlelon, April 4th. New wing on the bospital com- plctcd: Donations were, reception room furnished by W. F. Allen and daugbters; Mn. and Mrs. Fred C. Vanstone and M. A. James and family a ward cach, and Mn. and Mrs. J. H. H. Jury, the maternily opcrating room. Locals: Mrs. Fred R. Foley is visiting in Michigan. -... Mns. Ed- mondstone altended millincny convention in Toronto. . . . J. H. and Mrs. Fred Cryderman are in Ottawa visiting Sgt. Fred. . - Weathen is cool but gandeners are busy. - - -Mns. W. H. Jordan has officiai word that Pte. Arthur Living has been killed in action. Chie! Janvis is nounding up sev- enal who work a few weeks aI Goodyean and then skip, owiug board bis. Magistrale Horsey will put the scnews 10 sucb cul- pnits whea they come before hhrn. Three are alneady caugbt. Dr. Chase's Nenve Food will. make you beautiful, neads an ad. Enniskillcn: Congratulations 10 Major Lonne McLaughlin on ne- ceiving the D.C.M. presented by the King at Buckingham Palace. . . Congrabs 10 Mn. and Mrs. J. E. Virtue, a daughter. . . . Mrs. F. W. Lee is unden the doctor's cane. Ebenezer: Suekers are up and manv are fishing. . . . Otis 0. Worden. Toronto, is home. . - Misses Marion VanNest, A. Lear and N. Allin have resumed teach- ing at their schools in this district. Ride a Raycycle; sec Barb Pethick, agent. FIFTY YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesaman, Apnil 13, 1892 Taunton: Jas. Leask, whilc op- enating a sawing machine, was scverely cul but is rccovering. Mt. Vernon: Scbool n e p o r t, honons: Jr. 4, Lillie Gilbert; Jr. 'J, Ella Rogers; Jr. 2, Hcrb. Rogers, Willie Tordiff; Pt. 1, Shenwood Brunt, Hanry Annis; M. C. Rogers, teacher. Courtice: Wm. Staccy and Wm. White have succeeded Dempslcr & Brooks in business here. Hampton: S. Thompson, Ash- ton's Corners, is removing 10 To- ronto... . -Mns. H. J. Hoidge and son and Will Cryderman arrived in B. C. aften a jounney o! 6 days. New Haven: Wild geese are honking nortb. . . . Plowing bas begun. ... Average attendance aI. school 33; N. S. McDonald, teach- er.% Lcskard: Juo. Law has moved 10 Newcastle. Mn. Saundens has moved on the hili whcre he ex- pects 10 gel pure air. Solina: Patrons o! Indusbry or- ganized wilh these officers-H. Argue, E. G. Pascoe, Wm. Werry, Jno. Ashton, J. T. Rundle. Bethesda: Honors aI school: 5th, Ethel Cole; Sr. 4, David Roy; Jr. 4, Edith Hoar; Jr. 3, George Werry; Sr. 2, Edith Potter; Pt. 2, Maude Rundie; Jno. Lee, teacher. Bradley's: S. E. Sandenson, teacher, lists Ihese houons: 5th, N. Heathie, A. Hardy; 41h, A. Milson, H. Tink; 3rd, C. Heddon, M. Souch; Sr. 2, E. VanNest, Myr- île Millson. Altendipce 23. Haydon: Neighbors have losI hens lately; the fox carricd a bag and got caught aI hast. The owu- er o! the ghoslly pigs had better ring 'cm or others will. Enuiskihhen: Rumor is thal T. Evans and J. Nesbitl are hiable 10 a f ine for contempl o! Court. No danger o! our ieadiug basso being similarhy commilted. Editonial: We find 100 many taking advantage o! our good nature. In future aIl those 3 mos. la arrears for Ibis paper must pay $1.50, and oven a ycar, $2.00. Darlington Council is advised that Mn. Climie's Sun has not 100 bona fide subscnibers among Dan- linglon natepayers, and "1wc have $25 W. R. to back oun dlaim." Ed: Thc only way 10 treat a tiger 15 10 kili il. ln like manner, kill the whiskey business and lalk compromise haler. Locals: W. Boyd paid W. T. Lake, Clarke, $400 for a leam o! Oliver Twist horses. . .. Auditor Genenal's report: Salaries, Bow- manville P. O. $1775, revenues $4630; Customs, salary $1828, re- venues $6572. . . . High School Lit: Poem, W. Inch; rccitalious, Miss M. Jolliffe and Miss E. Wash- ington; solo, C. E. Brown. Dominion Line Sleamships, M. A. James, agent. Cabin round trip $90.00; Second Cabin $70.00; Steerage $50.00. Notes: Over 14,000 settlers an- rivcd in Manitoba hast wcck. . - Hamilton's assessmenî reduced fromn 20 ta 181½ mills. - -. Eggs on the local market now 9c and 10c doz. Tynone: Wedding at bbc bnide's home - Miss Marlon I. McNeil married 10 Mn. RobI. Moore. Vote "Yes" Says M.P. For East Simco. Riding Opens Campaign On Plebiscite Urgiug bbe people o! East Sim- coe 10 vote a Ihunderous "yes" in the forlhcoming plebiscile, George A. MeLcan, M.P., dechared 10 thc Packet and Times Ihat only by an affirmative vote could the Gov- crament honourably lake sleps 10 prepare for any eventuality Ihat mighl arise. "The wan bas reachcd such a cilical stage aow and il is a graver situation than wc ever fac- cd ln the hast war or aI any lime la Ibis present wan. I do notlike 10 see the Governmenl's hands lied by a promise il gave 10 the electors aI the hast election. Thene should be no restriction o! any kind on whal the Governmcnt can do should the need arise. We don't know but that Alaska mîght be altacked aI any lime, and wc must be ready 10 defcnd our- selves there or any other place thal is decmed proper." He said that he undcnstood Ibat the sevcnth and eighth divisions, 500fl to be !ormed for defeace of the Eastern and Western coasts wonhd be composed o! men callcd up unden the present home de- !cnce system, and felt Ail ikely that conscripîed men would con- tinne ta join these divisions. But in the presenl grave situation il could not be stated wifh any cen- tainty whcre these men might be required 10 go. STILLGROWING A checkup on subscniptions for The Statesman during the past 8 monlhs shows 241 new subscribers who have come voluutarily te behieve they cannoI afford te be withoul Ibis vigonous and oulspoken journal which bas so long championed ail worthy, local causes and bas become a real communily farmers journal. During thal lime, 24 have stopped Iaking il. Somne have died, some have gone else- whcre, a few simphy faded away, but oaiy one, te oun besl knowlcdgc, bas canceled because o! whaî we printed. Our defeuce o! bbc ighls o! a worlhy Canadian citizen cost us but one subscriber. To ail o! our new supporters we cxleud thanks and our assurance thal we shail try te earn and relain their con- fidence. A weekly review of develop- ments on the Home Front: April 2-9, 1942. 1. The Prime Minister an d members of the Goverament urge electors to vote for "yes" in April 27th plebiscite. Question before electors: "Are» you in favor of releasing the gov- ernment fromn any obligation anis- ing out of any past commitments restricting the methods of raisirxg men for military service?" 2. Headquarters of Canadian Army in Great Britaia formed under Lt. Gen. McNaughton, 0f- ficer Commanding. Army consists of two corps. Acting Lt. Gen. Crerar, former chief of General Staff, commands one of the corps. Officer commanding other corps not yet appointed. 3. Maj. Gen. B. W. Browne appointed Director-General of Reserve Army in Canada. Re- serve Army will have most mod- ern equipment and weapons, with il brigades across the coun- try, equivalent to approxiniatelY four divisions. This year, Reserve Army will train 40 days, over week-ends, and at military camps during the Summer, with 55 days for off i- cers, N.C.O.'s and specialists. It trains men 19 10 35 in medical categories lower than "B"; men fromn 19 to 35 granted or entitled to postponement of compulsory military service, such as farmers and key men in essential indus- tries; men from 35 to 50. and men from 30 to 35 in medical cate- gories "A" or -"; young men be- low the enlistment age for the regular army. 4. Forty guerilla units organ- ized among outdoors men along the Pacific coast. 5. Canadian soldiers to receive intensive training in commando and anti-paratroop bactics. 6. Financial aid up to approxi- mabely $300 a year per student to be given science, engineering and medical students in Quebec's universities, through plan worked out by Training Branch (Federal Department of Labor), the Pro- vincial Government and the De- fence Department. Off er to par- ticipate in plan made to aIl pro- vinces. So far, Quebec alone has accepted. 7. Income tax collections dur- ing fiscal year ended March 31 btotalled $652,344,801, an increase of $380,492,114 over collections in 1940-41. 8. Five- cents -a-bushel maxi- mum increase in prices of pota- tocs to be permitted in each of the three monbhs o! April. May and June. Increase is to, cover waste in storage from sprouting, rotting and shrinkage. 9. J. R. Nicholson, Deputy Controller of Supplies, will man- age Polymer Corporation Limited, the newly formed Government company chargcd wibh production of synthetic rubber in Canada. 10. George S. Gray appointed Transit Controller in succession to W. J. Lynch, resigned. Mr. Gray was formerly deputy Traff le Controller. Jules Archambault, Montreal, appointed Associate Transit Controller. 1l. All orders on booksC0 Canadian steel producers a& Deë~ cancelled and must be treated as new orders subject to approval of Steel Controller. About 500,000 tons affected by cancellation. 12. To ensure maintenance of essential communications in war emergency, telephone services placed under stringent priority ratings. To conserve Canadian supplies of essential materials, over 300 additional commodities placed under export control regulations. 13. Bureau of Statistics index of physical volume of business for first two months of 1942 stood at 137.5 representing a gain of 7.2 per cent over same months one year ago. 14. Further slight decline in employment of 0.3 per cent on Feb. 1, as against Jan. 1. Crude index on Feb. 1, however, 22 per cent higher than a year ago. 15. Dominion Bureau of Sta- tisties cost of living index increas- ed from 115.7 on Feb. 2, to 115.9 on March 2. Wartime increase: 15 per cent. 16. Operating revenues of Ca- nadian railways for 1941 amount- ed to $533,332,774, the second largest revenue earned in any year and only 4.6 per cent below *peak year of 1928. 329 CHAPLAINS IN ARMY Chaplains in the Canadian army number 329, with 156 serv- ing in Canada and 173 overseas. in Canada there are 89 Protestant chaplains and 66 Roman Catholic chaplains, with one Jewish chap- îain on full time and two on part time. The overseas chaplains are 114 Protestant and 59 Roman Catholic. Protestant chaplains in- clude: Church of England, 88; United Church, 52; Presbyterian, 37; and Baptist, 22. CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL Conversion of the Fourth Divi- sion to armour is proceeding satisfactorily and the officers and men of that formation are taking up their new duties and trades with zest. The division is sche- duled 10 go overseas this year. The conversion of an infantry di- vision to an armored division is "a big job," Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Stuart, chief of the general staff, said recently. At the same time he indîcated the troops are show- ing all the adaptabîlity for which Canadian soldiers have become noted both in this war a1 n previous conflicts. _____ J PAGE TWO SIN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files The Man Behind the Men Behind the Guns LOYAL CITIZENS Hoarders are people who buy and store away goocla beyorid their immrediate, needs. They want to be in an unf air position over their neighbors. Hoarders are traitors to their country and their fol- 10w citizerw, because by creating excessive and un- ziecessary demnands for goods, they slow down the war effort. There is no excuse for "panic buying" and hoardirig. Everyone will have enough, if nîo on~e tries to get mnore than a fair share. Hoarding mnust stop! Every urrnecessary purchase makes it mnore difficuit for Canada to do a full war job. It is against the law ta buy mare t}ian current needa. Violation of the law is punishable bY fines up ta $5,000, a.nd imprisanment for as long as two years. AVOIO Att UNNECESSARY BUYING - AVOIO WASTE MAKE EVERYTHING LAST THE LONGESI TIME POSSIBLE ' In cases where itla1 advisable for you ta buy in advance of your imnxediate requirements-sucli as your next season's coal supply-you wiil be encouraged to do so by direct statement from responsible officiais. AB s s i £ i : e * OTTAWA, CANADA