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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942 Establlshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAFER lVlth whlch is Incorporated The Bowmanvllle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau o f Circulations WekyNev&spapers j <* Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIFTION RATES $2.00 a Year. strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. The Man 0f The Flour John Brackeil, Premier of 'Manitoba, by unanimous endorsement of 931 deleg-ates of the federal Conservative party. in conven- tion assembled at Winniipeg-, Dec. 9-12, wvas chosen leader of that party. 'Mark the date and mark the man, for a iiw and revitaliz- ing element now enters the national arena. John Bracken is a manl of destin-r. His whole history in private and public life is the story of positions seeking the man. Follow- ing a brilliant college carcer whiere bis tal- ents were souglit in alniost ail phases of college life, hie vas souglit out and begged, even pressed, to aceept eachi and every one of the tasks that lie lias successively and successfully unidertaken. It is probable that mo6t Canadians now know the sort of man lie is for his name lias taken precedence of spot war news in Canada's newspapers over several days of the past week. The Statesman congratulates the conveni- tionists in choosing tlie man of the hour. We congratulate John Bracken for lie lias aehieved, unsouglit, the esteem and tumuit- nous acclaîmi of representative people fromn aIl walks of life and fromn every section of the Dominion. And w-e congratulate, gen- erally, the people of ail Canada and partic- ularlv the farmers and the humble workers of this youngr nation, for wve now find opposed, politically. two of Caniadas most profound thinkers, each with an envions record of performance. It means that, ve shall have firmer, more stable government when two friends, Mackenzie King- and John Brackeni, meet across the aisles of parlia- ment. Onily tw-o. men in Canada's parlia- mentary Iistory have hield office longer tlian John Bracken. His record, Ilierefore. augurs well for respect for the righits of Parliament. In our searel for public reaction as voiced in the press we have yet to find a sing.le shaft aimed at the niew- leader. The press well knows that lie cannot be assailed. in al truth, either privatelv or publicly. O-rer twenty years continuously as premier of Manitoba, 'undefeated in bis constituency, in itself virtually confutes criticism. especially when the whole record is free of back-door, slusli-fuiidpolities. It mav lie recalled that The Statesman of Dec. 3 carried an editorial strongly suggest- ing John Bracken for leadership ini-thie fed- eral field. Now, aftcr bis election as leader of the Progressive Conservatives, wc are dai.Iy receiving letters and telegrarns and clipping.s commending our stand, wvicli wvas inspired from the national view1)Oint. It seeîns ve lhad gauged the eventual. For tliose wlio may- fot reniember we should also recail that for the past two years The Statesmian lias. periodicallY.nin its editorials. referred wholelearte(ily to tlie great qualities of M1r. Brackeni and urged that lie be drafted into the federal service. There xvas mucli talk of the "best brains" hein-giieeded at Ottawa. Our choice was John Brackeni. Not onlv in this but ini manv other instances since early in 1940 we are now pleased to find that w-e were lucky enougli to gauge publie reaction and fore- east events. Now, in tlie public initerests, it would seem our duty closely to fol]ow events -week by week in the federal sphiere and to interJ)rit them for our readers. Tliere xiii corne, in time, a contest that wlll decide upon wliose shoulders must rest the burden -of reconstruction anîd reliabilitation in this country. Our interpretation will coneern it- self, ,as alivays, witli tie interests of farnuers and %orkers within this conmnunit-,. -V Farm Program For 1943 lias followed pretty closely fthc press re- leases on agriculture emanating from Ot- tawa. There has been something new almost every week and our columns have carried and interpreted the news for the benefit of readers who are into the war effort 100 per cent and are anxious to know, in time, just what is most needed the coming season. In regard to the farm manpower issue, flic report states thaf autliorities recognize thhere are spots w-lure labor is short but they mefuse ho concede tînt lack of manpower xii be a serions brake on ataining tlie increases souglit. They maintain tInt 50 muany faetom-s emter flue farnu labor question tîatntuo one can snv vithi certaiuity- hat a farmn labor shortage noxv exisfs. Yet wluen it is poinfed out fIat hîog produictionu in 1-94*2 feil off ini casterii Canada liv 300,000 hiead. Iiuey coîeede if xvas "partly iaek of feed amud partiy lack of blep* If iglf ite a g-ood idea for farmers ho 1go rm-it aliead as always anud neyer mind flic panuuers. Avoid Multiple Parties Mr. S. B. McýlCready- of Toronto, in,. a letter appearing recemtiy iuu The Globe and 'Mail, offers somue crihicism of our edihoriai oui Tohui Braeken w-heh aiso xvns houuored wifh space in tue same paper. He charges "tw-o faliacies", firsf. our desîre for flue fwo-partx- s'tstemn: second, flie choice of M.Nr. Brnckeni a s leader of the Comservatives. Bracken's poitical record itseîf argues against multiple parties. He took ox-er flic '4isms' inu Manitoba and lad flic tradihional igoverunient v.s. opposition"', in the buse. Thme experience of France and Holland xith multiple parties got tliem wliere they are hoday. The convention chose Bracken. "Neiflier grit mor tory". The Stafesman said lie would write hlis 0w-n ticket. He did. lie demanded"progressive" on the banner -and got if. _V The Church Will Survive From tirne ho ime in our nexspapcrs and eisew-lere w-e read rather doleful accoumuts of flue absolute deca3- of religion, the falling off in churcli attendance and other signs of the times which arc causing serions people mucli comîcermu. As puliisimers, ve lhav-eueessarily spent many years in fthc study of hnman if e and condixet, and the varions influences wîich affect it; if is part of our calling. We are not so scriously concerned as many are about fthc sigmuis of the times. Nor do w-e believe fliat flic fhings xxe sec and depiore, thouglu meuacîng ah the moment, xiii lasf. TlueY are fthc by-produchs not only of w-ar but of flic strange processes fluroughu whicl: human nature lias ho figlit its xvay froin thIecradie t heic-rave. It is a phase fliat xviii pass as a haie that is told, and(iwlien ail this tyrnnuy is over- past aîd flic spirit of exil fiiialîx- crushcd thîre xvi le ba lealthy returii ho normal ife. Not. of course thIe kiuud of life in xvhicli flic older gemuration grew' up. If xvilibe somefhing fu-cer. stmonger anud more hommesh. There i.s a great deal of nonsense taiked about flue good old imes and mucli exag- geratiomi of flueir quality. There xvas just as muclu-reed and selfishuucss. unore indeed, asoay, pehsoite ddmor alk w s opel s tmay ny bmcacesole m or; al la' s telc about tliem. Now- tIc free wind bloxvs to clear flue air. We feel thnt religion in tfli somexvlai imperfeet formxx-c lax-e knoxvn if is on its trial and tînt it w'îll yet emerge triuumpliant as flue oilly sure refuge for the luman soul. In a word, religionu is a personal thing. lt luas ho be lîxed as Christ Iix-ed it before it can produce its ricli liarxest of happiness amud hruc pence. -V For The Duration How off emuw-c hucai-these xvords. "He lias takeuu a iiexv position for fIe duration" - 'SIc lias inox-cd witli lier fnmilv f0 ... fou fthc duration" - "Rules amud reg-ulafions fou flue durationu'. How- are w'e doing our job~ and accephing our transfers for flue dura- fion? WIat we do and flic way we do if ean set thue pace and quality of lixing and xvork- in- for flic duration and aftervards. Bcin- clucerful, keen imu our work and full of ideas for if,,wxill buiîd a firm fouudation for re- construettion. Leader-s of our Empire and nation arc ai- rcndy planning liow ho solx-e agriculturat educational anud labor problenus; nnemploy- mnt, and placement of nmen and w'omen in w-ork for w-lucli fhey are fraincd. The re- building o! manyv Enghislu cities is moxv umder xvnx. Tluat is flue maferial side. WIat can xvc build iinto oui' natiomu? In al reconstruc- tionu fhire iiil lute necds for tcannxork bce- tu-cen empînycu' and emplovee, do'4or amud muurse. feacluc-ernnd home. Thunt is xvhcre w-e comne ini. Thme employer camu take a friendiy i euest in hlis employees, in tfîeir peu-sommai xvelfa-e and lappiiuuss: fli employce can saxc tine amu(l muateial by doinig perfect w-ou-k. 3oth eati -et togýethcu-inu fle morniug ho chieck plans. Fix-e muinutes of fennixork mn thceo-inoiii- ill snxe hune and tcmpeu-s dumu-imug tlue day. and enable boflu xvorker and emuploy er ho sec luow' fleir induusm-x eau serxe thc nation. Farnuers daim plan ftogetie- hox tîcy camu share impiernemufs amud manpow'er. We may be short of manpow-cr but woukers free of confliet and 'iniccndiary,' fempers dan produce more. If isn'f only more inan- poxver xvc need, but nmore powver in flic Man. Nex'er miud flue othet- fellow' J)o voum- job perfectly and ie xiii soon catch flue spirit. There ai-e 11,000,000 of us ho (doflic joli. )Ve ail have a parf-ex-ery mamn, uoman and child. Tcamxvork in thIehonme, iu office, facfory, and on flue famnu. Don't leaxe flic joli ho our leaders alome-thueY need oui- luelp and co-operatiomi. They- are plauiingil for oui-, 'hlbiug:tîe lenst wec(-an dIo is ho nunke their fnsk casier- Iv leari ng tý, o pufll fogeticu-. TIhe ees of flic world are omu Canada-grccdy ;nues and eagem- oues. Wc mmist ci-ente anud give leadersmip ho other na- tions. A xvar-weam-v xorld look,; ho Canada for dimectiomu, pr-oxvision anud hope. Wluat a challeng-e! WhIy are "baffle-pate lues'" being per- uuuîffe(ionu fle uniforms of sonule of flue unîits of our "home-dcfeiuce" army? Thuaf questiomn us being asked by soldiers who have long since volunteered for the ACTIVE fronts. From rumors w-c Icar flere is cyuicisrn and rescntmcnt sprcading xidely among flie "cactive" men. .AsI0SeeIMt. By Capt. Elmore Phjlpstt DARLAN DEAL Tbe news frorn the milihtary fronts is bether than ah any ime during the war. If is clear that the ide bas turned. That ide may hake us ho mil- itary victory over Gerrnany far sooner than nuost people sus- Yet thc gener- ai war picture is not complehely brigbt. For the deal which ele-. vated ho power ....-.- Admirai Darlan i as virtual AlIied . viceroy in North h Africa is one o!f the mosh as- hounding chap- hers in this war's bistory. If is flot only bad in it- self. But, as an indication o! a possible blind spot in our polit- ical leadership, it sbould arouse the common people o! the dem- ocratic worid tho appreciahe a pos- sible danger: We could wmn mil- ihary victory on the battle-front amnd sili be cbeahed o! real victory by flue wbolesale application o! the sarne sort of policy wbicb led ho the recognition o! Hitler's ex- number hwo Quisling in France. FAIRY TALE Let us examine the successive explanations we bave been given o! the elevahion of Admiral Dar- lan ho the position o! Allied Gov- ernor o! Frencb Northb Africa. The worid is thrilled ah the news o!fluhe American landing in North Africa. The !ighting is al- mosh bloodess-on the point of being over in a matter o! bours. Then flue world is told that the American military commander on the spot, General Eisenhower, irn- pressed by Darlan's "dense fire" order, bas agreed ho recognuze hum as ternporary head o! the civil authorities there. The ashounded world reels from the sbock. Be- cause for more than hwo years Darlan bas been, on thbe ladder o! Vichy infamy, just one rung be- low Lavai hinisel!. 1h was Darlan who bad the deata sentence passed on the Fighing French. 1h was Darlan who resished the British and Fighing Frencb ah every point frorn Oran ho Madagascar. 1h was Darlan wbo staged the infarnous Riomn trials. 1h was, in brief, Dar- Ian wbo was ah Ieash Scoundrel No. 2, and possibly even Scoundrel No. 1, in tac catalogue of Vichy- Frencb betrayal and crime. So the democrahic world is as- hounded even athbis ternporary recognition. The Fighing Frencb are outraged. Frorn ail over France !rorn underground celîs fluere' corne messages in code ask- ing wbethcr îh can realîy be hrue that Darlan, arcb-enerny o! free- dom, bas becorne tbe pseudo-Ally o! American dernocracy. In the United States, interna- tional figures like Wendell Wilkie =. muz = -----------------M *U IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST Promn The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesman, December 20, 1917 Birtbs: Mutton - In Bowman- r ville, Dec. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mutton, a daughter. Ebenezer: Gay Bros. are corn- pleting a harge barn ah Brooklin. . ..Fred Courtice was down Sun- day and voted early Monday.... Miss Hattie Osborne gave a capi- tai report of Peterboro Conven- tion at Sunday School. . .. Oldest j resident does not recaîl such an early and severe winter-l4' be- elow zero. -... W. R. Courtice was e in Port Hope Friday to procure a ballot box. . . . S. A. Burgess has put up a nice driving shed. t "Art" is certainhy improving the old place. Enniskiilen: Pastor Wilkinson e gave a rousing pre-election ser- mon Sunday, speaking on the sacredness of the ballot which was purchased by our ancestors wih bhood - the contemptibleness of t the man or woman who sold their S vote or who voted certain ways ho secure a job or hold one down. t Hampton: No. 4 polling sub- division has the proud distinction t of giving the largest mai ority ho t the elected candidate, Hon. N. W. Rowell, in township of Darling- S ton. Enfiehd: Norman Bray lefh To- ronto for overseas where lie will imanage some of Britain's fast aeroplanes. . . . C. Niddery has purchased a gasoline engine and S circular saw. . . . James Stark * disposed of a horse for a good fig- ure. . . . Santa Claus is expected lucere Thursday niglut when flue r children will render recihations, dialogues, drills, etc. Tyrone: Richard Hatherlcy has moved back into bis home in the village. ... Allin Annis is spend- ing bis Christmas vacation ah borne. Darlington: No deaths have oc- curred in the township from con- sumptuon or huberculosis, nor have any cases been reporhed. FIFTY YEARS AGO Prom The Canadian Statesman, Decenuber 14, 1892 There was a big surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. William Painton on the fifth anniversary of their wedding, ah which S. W. Sanders and Abel Scott made the presen- tation. Who remembers "Scotty"? He was another of Robert Beitb's clever horsemen. Among those mnentioned as can- didates for local Council were John McMurtry, J. C. Vanstone, John Percy, J. K. Galbraith, Lou Cornish and C. M. Cawker. Eacb of tbem served their town many times in the thirty years follow- ing. Charles Chapple heft for Bill- ings, Montana, ho accept a posi- t tion in bis brother's drug store in that growing city. There was an epidemic of stable burnings that destroyed the build- ings o! J. B. Mitchell, S. Hui and F. F. McArthur before the incen- diary stopped bis dirty work. Tbe last one was the only one carrying insurance. Sohina Sons o! Temperance ranked fourth in activity and im- portance in the entire province. Miss Nancy Williams had the honor o! being elected Grand Conductor of the Grand Division o! North America. The editor and lis family were often entertained ah Division meetings ah Solina and Mapie Grove, where hhe well known Foley brothers obtained their first experience in public speaking, for which hhey have been famous ever since. W. Moore and James Walters, Tyrone, emigrated ho Grand Ra- pids, ih TheMtwo' local papers were us- ai a odds on many topîcs and the presemnh bone o! contention was the efficiency and conduct o! the fir ebrigade, The Shahesman for and the News againsh, thougb it wa neyer more capable than ah that hume. Man local Sons o! England Tennyson Lodge ah Newtonville. J. X. Kiveil ached as Supreme Chaplain. The most popular books haken frorn fle Mechanics Institute Lib- rary ah this time were Dr. Conan Doyle's Sberlock Holmes stories, and Edua Lyai's "We Two," "Don- ovan" and "A Hardy Norseman." Henty's advenhure shories o! Eng- lish soidiers in India, Kipling's verse and yarns and F. Marion Crawford's stories o! life in Italy were rapidly becorning popular reading. Stanley Stapies was one o h get personal requests from Cordel Hull to delete from public speeches references ho Darlan as "Hihler's tool". Over the press wire services of the United States there corne requests frorn the U.S. War Office ho "play down" on shories or edihorials about the Dar- lan recognition on the grounds that it is purely temporary and ho be undone the minute military pressure relaxes. Then cornes Act 2 of the drama, the tragedy, or the farce. Darlan proclairns hîmself "Chie! of State" of French North Africa. He pro- dlaims bimself Chief of State in 'he name of Marshal Petain. He takes unto hirnself aIl the powers of a dictator and the ashounded world realizes that the Darlan deal was not quite s0 temporary after ail. MR. HULL EXPLAINS Mr. Cordeil Hull's explanahion of the Darlan deal is not good enough. 1h would be flot only foolish but dangerous to demo- crats in Canada or other Allied countries to contend that iA is bonest or satisfactory. Mr. Hull frankly shates thaf bis departmenh intends to make- deals with Dar- lan, Arcliduke Otho or anyone else, if such deals wili contribute ho the winning o! the war. Thus we have the prospect of havitig drovers who were friends of the stock raising farmers of Durhamn County for many years. He was advertising for Dressed Hogs for the Christmas trade at this wrih- ing, but later disappeared be- tween hwo days and was neyer beard o! again. Dave Tod had opened a bakery in Oshawa, and had just been incapacitated by an înjured knee. Patent medicine advertisemenhs and dlaims sili occupied the best positions in daily and weekly newspapers, even during the rush of Christmas adverhising. Many of their dlaims seem ridiculous now, but human nature does not change much from generation to generation, and people stili fal for promises o! miraculous cures. They will always buy hair tonics from bald headed salesmen. The repaired and improved church at Hampton had just re- opened with sermon by Rev. Dr. Potts of Toronto, and an evening meeting at which the Revs. Rob- erts, McCulloch, Strike, Jolliffe, Houck and J. J. Libby, the pastor,i ail took part.1 Christmas Tree Lighting (Section 2-d) "Inherior or exterior ligbting for decorative or advertising purposes" Christmnas tree lighing shal lic permitfcd within the home but hherc shahlieb no Christmas hree lighhing on outside trees or in- side or outside o! commercial establishments. The interprehahion is as follows: Christmas rec iiglting shah be permittedi connection wita churches, on Christmnas Eve or on Christmas niglut. Inside Christmnas trees only rnay lie ligbted and these trees may lie located in churches, Sunday-schools, parisb halls or other buildings connected wih churches of any recog- nized religmous organizahion. Show Windows Section 2, Sub-section (b): Show-windows shal not lie lighhed by flood ligluts locahcd within thec store nor shahl additional ligbting lic instaiicd in the store, adjacent ho the window, for tac purpose o! lighing show-windows; nor shahl pendant f ix- hures un show-windows be swung back inho the store. Show-case ligluting shaîl not be pcrrnitted. This includes show-cases in the form o! counters and wall cases. EXTERIOR OR INTERIIOR SHOW WINDOW AND SHOW-CASE LIGHTING (But Not Iumludlmug Stock Wardrobe) (Section 2-b> The foregoing regulations are interpreteh as follows- Glass ment cases in butcher sluops shail be con- sîdercd ho be "show-cases" and may not be lighhed. Juke Boxes Omnarnenhai phonograplus, known as "Juke Boxes" may be operated but the liglut on these boxes shahl be reduccd ho a point wbere if is suf- ficient only ho permit flue operation o! the "box". Ornamenhal lighfing in these boxes shahl be dis- continued cntircly. Electrical Appliance Displays Floojr lamps, table lamps, chandeliers, wall brackets and other forms o! lamps andl liglting fixtures for sale, if lighed continuously would be classed as "Indoor display or advertising," and therefore fluese must not be continuousiy ligbted; but there would be no objection ho iigbtinýg these lamps individually wbile a custorner is iooking ah tluer for flue purpose of purchasing. W. R. STRIKE, Chairman WAR-TIMB TRAVEL TIP NO. 41 CANADIAN NATIONAL sprung upon us flot only one Dar- ways have dernanded and got any ian deal but a succession of thern. form of goverfiment they wanted. Soon we rnay learn that Musso- In fact, they could only get it if lini's chie! lieutenant was ail tbey could overcome the power o! aiong our secret friend and po- the bullets and bayonets at thue henial ally. Soon we rnay have commnand of Admirai Darlan. In Goebbels or even Goering dlaim- the hast analysis, they could only ing, "I arn a Darlan dernocrat now get ih by overcorning the power too,,. which upbeld those Darlan bay- It us completely deceptîve for onets-that was the German Mr. Hull to say that our task is arrny then-that is the American ho win the war, that the countries army now. It is an insuit ho the hhernseives can settie their own intelligence of the democratic form of governmenh when the war people to pretend that any people is over. can freehy choose dernocracy when That was tbeoreticafly true in a dichatorsbip is thrust upon tbern. Unoccupied France when Darlan Ih is an outrage to ahhemph to win was collaborating with Hitler and the war against dictatorship by not with us. In tbeory Frenchu- compounding felonies wihh lesser men and Frenchi wornen couid al- dictahors as we go along. Gasoline Service Stations (Section 2, Clause E-3) Sucb exherior lighting o!fluhe facilities o! gaso- line service stations as is necessary for the safe and proper operation o! outsidc equiprnent up ho but not exceeding one bundrcd watts per active gasoline purnp. .If is understood tant tac amount o! 100 watts permihted shahl be for enclu active gasoline purnp standard (sorne standards bave two pumps). The 100 watts perrnitted shahl be exclusive o! the power for the motor o! the pump and suclu interior ligbts as may be necessàry in the standard ho illuminahe flue various opcrating diais. Ih is understood that suclu interior ligluts as are continued shaîl be the minimum size, iLe., 25 watts for enclu socket used. Where ouhside lighhs are used ho illuminahe thc indicating dials, not more than .25 watts shahl be used for each sockeh but this dm1l illumination shahl not be îndluded in the 100 watts permissible for general lighfing for eadh pump standard. Ih is further decidcd that the glass globe on top o!fluhe purnp standards may be coninued as at present even thouglu fle narne o! tac gasoline is sbown on such globes. The amount o! ligbting bowevcr, in suclu globes shahl be indhuded in the- 100 watts permissible for enclu pump standard. If is definifely understood that ail gencral out- side lighting of service stations shahl be discon- tinued wlucn the gasoline pumps are dlosed for flue day. Electric Heaters Clause 2, Sub-schion (f) probibits tae operation o! elechrîc air heahers or electric gmahes in a store or office building, and permission bas been re- queshed for flue use o! clectric beahers in shelters for news-stands operahed by the Canadian Insti- hute for the Blind, and also suclu news-stands as are operated by cripples or disabled returned soldiers. The Power Controller bas approved o! tae use of beaters for the above purpose if these shelters bave no other means o! beating. Care should lie taken ho sec that permission is not granted in cases wluere tacy arc ah present bcahcd by coal, oil, gas or whlure other types o! heating could be uscd without structural alterahions ho the shelter and without danger ho the blind or disabled vendor. Permission is granhed also for flue operation o! elcctric air beahers in ticket offices o! theatres whlure no other form o! heahing is already obtain- able. This permission sbould not apply ho suclu ticket offices as now have other forms o! heating. The size o! tac electric lucahers uscd for the above purposes must lie in ail cases kept ho a minimum. GEO. E. CHASE, Manager I U, CONSERVE POWER FOR WAR INDUSTRIES SOME PROHIBITIONS and INSTRUCTIONS The Public Utilities Commission of the Town of Bowmanville, as a service to its customers, calîs attention to some of the main regulations of the Hydro El- ectric Power Commission of Ontario with respect to the conservation of power for war purposes and for victory. Some of these are prohibitions and others are instructional. At this season of the year, particularly with the approach of Christmas and longer hours of darkness, the local Commission feels that the public should be well informed on ail power conservation matters. It also calîs attention to the fact that there are penalties for violations of prohibitory reg- ulations. Here are some of the main power saving regulations: DO WMAN VILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PAGE TWO TRURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO