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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942 nJe natarntteui EstabUshed 1854 AN' DDEPEDETNEWSPA FER Witb which is Incorporated The Bowman'vllle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Tow~il of Bowmanville and Durham CountY. Member »* Audit Bureau of Circulations I Canadian u Weekly Newspaperse Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a 'Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year In the United States. GEKO. W. JAMES, Editor.----- New Year's Resolution The New Year is always a tinie of niew resolves and nlew d eterninlatioîîs. Perhaps of ail years in oui' h itorNv as a nation more hanga 0on this ncw onilitall on ail vother. At the cost of (aîîadian biood on Dieppe beaches and Eg-yptian sand(s, and the sweat and tears of iiiinnamd tbousands 0o1 the home-front, Canjada lias earned lher place on the strategy board of the 1United Nations. Therefore ini thi.s -New Year we, as cit- izens of Canada, must declare our three- fold purpose: to xiiit]îe war, to secure the peace, and to l)uild a new Nvorld. We re- affirmi the destinyý of democracy, a soeiety of free mnen governcd by God. HistorY shows that change is fthc condi- tion of survival. Peopie, and nations musf change or die. Some people have refused to change; instead they hiave fried to change the whoic world to conform f0 their xiii, their grced. tiîeir lust for power. 7rhey eall if a new~ order. It is agrainst this that we are figbtin g. In a truc demoeracy, change sfarts with the individuial. He does flot sacrifice fthc na- tion for bis own selfishiness, but lus self- ishncss for his nation. Lasting total xicfory xii bc not oniy a victory of arnus but the victor * - of a newv spirit. We must ourselves produce that spirit. Denîocraey must be the expression of a great unselfisliness, for that is the ail-conquering wea pon. Thaf xviii mean (elian.-e. Democracy xi i n-uthe right f0 lead the nations ag-ain to an era of last- ing peae-îîot oniy hy armced migrht, but by a williîîgness f0 reetifx- pasf failures. And then to build a new xvorld. Thaf worid begins noxv. Before flic blood and fears are ended we must beg-in f0 lay ifs foundations. And xvhen they are ended we mnust continue to xvork for if. If will nof corne by chance but by change, by fîghfing and bard work. In fhe ncxv xorld ex-ery-one wiil care enough and everyoîîe xii share enougb, so that everyone will have enougli. Statesmeni led by- God xiii eal forth a new responsibilify from the people. The people led by God xiii demaîîd a nexv quality of leadershîip. Tbe-xvorid xiii be governed- flot by a super-class or a super-race, but by flic super-force of God's spirit. Mr. King's Successor We propose to say sonthing hiere that xnay appear startiing and presuniptuous f0 manv of our readers. It is this: Were if possible to searcli Prime Miîister Mackenîzie King,'s innermosf flîouigbts we should learn that, ini the eveîit of bis retiremient for any reason wiîatsoex'er, now or ini the immediate post-war vears, lus first chiuir as successor would be flie Honourable John Brackeiî. '1'lere are many reasons for so assuming. Botb are farsccing men xvho stand ont ai- inokf alone iin tbeir rnasfery- of the science of govertiment. Bofli are of deep sineerity. 'The3- have îîever quarrellcd. Indccd Brack- on was tbe prime champion af flhc side of IMr. King, in the Sirois coifercnce. Their political differences are infinîfes- imal. Bracken, indeed. even ini his niew~ roie, is a greater Liberal tiiaî Mr. Kin"g xho in- clines to caîîtiousiness to the extent of bcing r'eaily conservative. Bracken is a low- fariff man wxvo said at the Winînipeg coni- vention tf0 massed Conservati Nes, "if that agrieultural piank xvere not in tfle platform I wouid îuot bcholeue', anud lie xveut on, "I have other idoas too; if you take i, you take flienualso". Vbich vas straiglîf falk, . frai. 1t-deain_,_andnot cethat,_as The giaîîcc baek for a nmoment f0 sec just hîox far xve have comie siuîce 1939 and thon face up fo the faef that we mnusf, itiin flic space of monflis, expeet to read fhe bloodiest cas- uaity lists Canada has experieiiced in the pasf fwo and a haif decades. W<' have bal- anced on fhe political tighf-rope f0 the end of the string. Now we must gef unfo if. If may surpr imany 'eaders as if has us, fo Oum Up juat what w ve done in this war s0 far. Ve have lîarpcd on îuîdustrial xvar- tinue production ad nauseam. Certainiy xve liav-eproduîccd: -et nof nearlv - i afxe iniighft have. But on tfli fitiuîg fronts wliaf arceflic reports thaf lîisforY vil i poruse ? The Air Force and flic Navy have borne the baffle as tlie casualty lists atfesf. Oui' vasf arfiiy,' active, ioiie defeuice, and re- serve, lias simpil- uot beon ini it yef, as flic easualit3- lists attest. Lot us amnîd fliaf, sligiitly. Tliere xvere Hong Kong -and 1ieppc. In tfhese slaîglitcrs wviere fivo- sixtlis of onue per cent of our total land forces wcîif into actionî,flic casuaities xvore 100 pcr cenît anîd 70 per cent, respccfively. lu flic one case, flic figlifing lasfed about 14 days; ini the othien, jusf a fexv lours. In bofli, Canadian soidiers won fame anîd reowxn f0 nmatch tflaf equaily lîopeless, nîad "Charge of tue Li-lit Brigade". The simple facts are fliat onf of an arîny of over 600,000 mnen, 0h13- about 10,000 hýave seen action. Their record, and thle maddeninîg stand-f o for ox'er flîrco vears of otiier active nunits, is mosf coiiiigiç expeefafion fliaf wilen tliey do ,etf roluîg. îothiuig can stop flîcîî. But tliere are other armies. Tiiere are flic sadîr dcîuicfod ranks of flic fanîners and tlîe joxeralied mnîaudJ ionien of flic factories. We seeni iiilied f0 turn flic spof-liglîf cIsc- wlicre whien asscssiuîg fliir contributionis. \Vclîar, îndccd, morec about flic 'ox-erburd- cned offiiais" af Ottaw-a than about tiiose wiio actualix- fou and sxveat outside of flic îniiiforined ;srieics. Aiid ini oir opinîioni, wcigiiing allich factors, b3- far flic grcatcsf piiysicai strain of fuis xvar. falis uipon age- il]g. overburdenod, farmers. If la iikeiy fliere have becîî more physical casuaities on flic farmn front iii this xvar tlian amiong Can- ada 's infant ry units. So, in realify, as flic records seem f0 reveal, there are four serv- ices xvhicli, so far, have carried fli cgreafest burdens: Airforco, Navy; Farmn and Facf- ory. The Arnîy is soon fo corne info ifs own. Begfin îîoxv f face up fo if ini 1943. Political Hatchet Men The polit ical hisfory of bofli oid-iine parties iii Canada is cloquent o "mud- sliininiig", vifuperafion and inîiucndoes. Aul this iras "legifimate" doctrine ini the oid da3-s and for reai, fiîîished, performance flic Tories oufslioîe flic Grits. Ridicule foul upoîu bofli flecplaffonm and performance. Even scauîdal of persouîal character ivas whispemed aînd spread. The samne heid truc ini fli U.S.A. It iras prctty dirty business anîd ve have been, graduaiiy, cmerging iinto enliglif- enmnenf and decency in flic poliiical reaim. But there are stii flic diehards, flic dis- grunfied and flie politicai. rodents wlîo bare flicir fangs w-len brouglif f0 bay. Lincoln eonfended witli fli copperheads. Now if appears exidenf fliat John Bracken must confend wifli Liberal dieliards xvho are ai- ready sniping af him. Leadoff man is Hon. J. G. Gardiner, fed- erai Minister of Agriculfure, wlio in a pre- pared statement, aecused Mr. Bracken of "frading on flic Progressive label for flic pasf 20 yoars" and was flie man ieasf likeiy amoîg flie group availabie f0 iead flic parfy f0 victorv. Those xvho knoxv Mr. Gardiner and of lus defeafs in thle Wesf, especially af flic banda of John Bracken on flic xheaf- pnice issue, are nof at ail surprised. Were it possible for flic fxo f0 test flicir political sfrengtl inithfic West, tliere xould lbe no confesf. Brackeî, flic farmer, xvould simpiy overxvheimflie politicai opporfunisf. Af- facks of this ebaracter mereiy make votes for John Bracken. Hard put f0 if for legifimate citicism of flic uîw leader flic diehard press begfiîs ifs' campaign. The Torontfo Star foiioxvs Mr. Gardinuer xitlî an -editonial "Wlen Brackeli Attacked Ontario'" xifli eheerfui disregard of ifs professed wisli for national unity. To set flic East ag-ainaf flic West is poor bus- iness. There can be only one conclusion; fliat flic partisan press, xormiike, wil slitlier and insiuîuate for parfy adx'antage lie- fore considerations of national xefare. We hîave seen but flic beginning. There wiii be other tirades, increasing in x'enom as fime goos on. There are fwo mat fers, lioxever, that the defamers won'f mention: Firsf, Brackcn 's stand for flic farmors of Canada; aud second, fluat lic was Mr. King's prime chainpion on flic question of flic Sirois Re- port. Wliatcvor Mi-, Bracken saià iniitfli WVest lie xill repeaf iinOulanio. He's fliaf kinid of man. He differs x'er3- greatiy from Mr. Gardiiier in that respect. And if mig-lîf lic fonud cuîighfeuing fo read xviaf1Dr. . N. Ilutcluisouî, a Durhiam old boy and a Lib- Ioxvd iIr. lînelul slad and gave hini flic biame. On ])ce. 12, 1942. on orders of Mn. Kinîg fliclocaillHunîs xveîre nshackled and prayers iveut up fliat Hlifler would relentf and do iikewise for our Dicppe lîcroca. The Statesman condemuîed flic move in thie first place, liaving had an observer wifness flic baffle. We seem to have been right again. By Capt. Elmore Philpett j CANADA AT CROSSROADS BORDER LÈSSON In the closing sentences o! lis Nof ail Frencli-Canadians live in speech on liquor curtailment, thie Canada. Many more than a million Prime Minister rose to rare of that racial origin live just over heights o! rhetoric. Next year, the border in fhe more norfherly he said, wouid o! the United States. Do we ever see ALL o! Can- . stop to consider that there have ada's forces des-v been no profests from fhem about perafely engaged being conscripted for service any- againsf flie worid where in the world? enemy. We in Canada sliould ask our- Pro b a b 1ly' selves why. The truth is that t hous a n ds of.,. French-Canadians who are Unit- listeners imnxed- ed States citizens are now serving iately asked on battiefronts in the far corners Ihemselves wMaf of thie earth. They are serving I di: Dî Mrwithout profet-as wîllingiy and King really mean well as ail others. faaia h ntre When we ask oùrseives why, Canaian arm ~"we may get fIe answer to fIe was f0 be fîrown question as to wîat wu shouid do into the fîgîfabutimi Cnaa earnest, or did »e Maoti i aaa mean thaf ail STEF UP- GIRLS volunfeers were f0 be permifted in fhe future to go and figlif Hif- 1 .had a calfhe ofher day from ler if fhey feif like it. a lard working army brigadier. No one knows as well as does He wanted us newspapermen f0 fIe Prime Minisfer thaf Canada's do whaf we couid f0 fry f0, make armies are divided int o fwo dis- fhe people of Canada undersfand tincf groups. There are fIe sold- fIe nature of the army's mosf iers, fIe sailors and airmen who pressing need. have voiunfeered for active serv. TIaf need is for girls, and ice anywhere in flie world. Tlese more ginls. The army can use number many hundreds of thous- tens o!f housands o!flem. And ands-the overwhclming mai orify if the army gefs enougli o!f hem o! whom are from Engllsl-speak- soon enougl flie Canadian army ing Canada. overseas may flot mun ouf of men But there is anofher army. It af fhe mosf crucial part o!flice big consisfs o! men who have been baffles due nexf year. drafted info uniform but who Alliaf any Canadian girl lias lave refused so far f0 volunfeer fo do f0, join flic army 15 f0 apply for active service. f0, the nearesf recruiting agency. No newspaper man - nobody Any healfliy woman from 19 outside the inner governmenf years upward is eligible. The circle - knows exacfly liow large nominal top brackef is "about'" fhis parficular army* is. The rea- 44 years. But, as ini the maie son why no one knows is because brandi of the army, flere are flic governmenf keeps if the deep- robusf women in their fiffies sfill est kind o! a war secret. It is doing fine work. part o! the policy of wlat fIe The reason why women sliouid governmenf cafls "mainfaining join fthe army is obvious: f0 lielp national unify in Canada." But win the war. putfing fwo and fwo fogeflier, and Chances o! promotion are good making confidenfial enquiries in -indeed mucli beffer relatively certain quarters, I calculafe thaf flan for flic men. The pay this part of our grry numbers af is mucli more fhan flic vast major- leasf 125,000 iMMààpossibly scores ify o! women ever mnake in civil o! fliousands life. As ini fIe case o!flice men, Thus we e ridiculous if is complet eiy mislcading f0 spectacle no f a nation fhink o!f te pay only as being flic wifhin a nat adanot 90 cents per day pocket money only of a sfafe wi Iin a tate-bUt thaf flie girls gef. The iowesf rate acfuaily o! an army wifhin an o! pay in flic Canadian Women's army. Wlere fliaf condition is Army Corps is af leasf equal f0 taking us, no man can ftell. But $125 per monfli in any peacefime ail persons who face flic facts job. Women are enfifled f0 flic must realize fIat before this fime same pensions as men. Moreover nexf ycar, Canada will have womcn are almosf certain f0 be passed thie mosf dangerous cross- given legal preferences over civ- road in 1er liisfory. Either we ilians in civil services and other shail have donc fliose fhings jobs after flic war in Canada. which miglif make us a unifed na- tion, able f0 live at peace wifiuin MEN AS WET BLANKETS ifsel!. Or we shaîl have lef un- A few years ago fthc professional donc fliose fhings-we shaîl hav soldiers werc liorrified at flic sef flic stage for somefhing worse prospect o! having f0 ftake girls than a more cleavage liere in Ca.n- mb fIte Canadian army. Tliey ada. hinfed at ail sorts o! horrible DANGEROUS HUSH-HUSH WIat fie King governmenf completeiy fails fa sec is fiat its own lusi-husi policy-thle af- tempf to kccp Englisli-speaking Canada in ignorance o! whaf is being said and donc in French- Canada-is in itsel!flice most dan- gerous factor in fIe increasingiy perilous situation in Canada. Nof long ago Englisli-speaking Canadians were delighfed f0 read flic newspaper reports o!fie speeches o! Major Gen. LaFleche in fie Monfreai by-eicfion. Nof one sudh Canadian ouf o! a flous- and-probably not one out f o!a hundred tlousand - knows thaf flic grcafesf Frenchi - Canadian newspaper, "La Presse," cam- paigned for flic election o! La- Flecle on preciseiy fie opposite grounds suggesf cd f0 Englîsh- speaking Canada. Over and over again, tIc Frencli-Canadian clecf- ors werc fold thaf fthe besf safe- guard againsf conscription was f0 keep fIe King governmenf in of- fice; and fie surest way ta, kecp flic King government in office was f0 elect Gencral LaFleclie. For thaf and similar publicify, flic proprictor o! "La Presse" was prompfly appoinfed ta fIe Senafe. Thus we sec a glaring example o! fie kind o! tact ics-o!flice same kind o! vicious political pandering -whicl lias been !ollowed for several decades in Queice, with flic esulfs wc ail now know, fo our cost. tings f0 corne. Tiey !omesaw army camps becoming somcfiing befwecn a sergeant major's nigif- mare and a Moslem's dmeam o! leaven. But fIe girls came, saw, and conqucred. I fook the trouble nof long ago f0 ask army camp lead- ers across Canada liow fie .nixing o! the sexes lias workcd ouf. Wifh- ouf a single exception fIe answem was fIe same. The army is a better army in evemy way since fie girls came in. Sfrangeiy enougli, fie biggesf obstacle f0 ecuiting o! womcn is tIc attitude o! tic men in fie prospective ecruif's own famiiy. Tic more vétérans o!fie lasf war f lere are thé more voices fliere will be raised against sis or daugîter joining fIe présent army. Somebody eise-yes, even flic Churchill girls-but nof flicir sweft liffle sisters or fleir daugli- fer. Pmobabiy tley do not flcm- selves understand ficir easons for fleir own opposition. But in practice fley !rown on their nice liffle girl bcing tlrown ouf on hem own in fIe cruel, cold world. Outside family.circlcs fie silly kind o! malicious gossip which is always dircctcd against women doing anything brave and ncw in this world is still sometimes aimcd at flese fine women in Canadian uniform. There arceflic whispers about ahl the illegifimate babies. Thc frufh is thaftich rate o! un- * married prcgnancy among girls in IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files 1~~-3UU U M *~nru m FIFTY YEARS AGO From thc Canadian Statesman, December 28, 1892. Mayor W. F. Allen retires and tle Mayoralfy contesf ls f0 be between Lawy.er R. R. Loscombe and Edifor M. A. James. Names o! chidren faking part in fIe Public Sciool concert on Friday nigîf will interest you, Mrs. Bauglman's kindergarten ciass gave some pleasing games and songs. TIc present editor o! TIc Stafesman was one o!fIte "ýcapening kids." Everctt Brown took flic part of Santa Claus. Guy Biikey was Litt le Boy Blue. Frank Kaigît, Jimmie Jarvis and Lenni Fen- wick were prominent in a panto- mime, "Keeping House," led by Miss M. Crawford. Instrumentai music was given by Nellie Hall, Leta Poffer, May Vanstone and Willie Cawkem. In fIe Motier Goose Spçctacle were Gordon Beath, Frank Bailey, Herbent Ellinor, Clarence Meath, George Mann, Frank Nosworthy, Norman Laing, Mabel Locklarf, Stella Mason, Annie Lyle, Gertie Giover, Mary Crydemman, Efliel King, Susie Aluin, Hilda Rced and Helen Wai'bmidge. A dialogue, "Tirougli Chl- dren's Eyes," was given by Kafe Murdoch, Beryl Edsall, Don Gal- - b' hA.. t braifli, Nellie Hall, John Me-Clel- ian and Norman Nonflicofe. Among oflers wlo contributed wcre: Carnie Martyn, Coralie Adair, Charles Frank, Arthur Hambiy and Willie Goard. If flose lists o! names do flot carry you back f0dhidlood days, fien I do not know wlat will. Children o!fliceSouthi Ward also celebrated witl fIe following taking part: T. Richards, May Hooper, Imene Holland, Annie Tapson, Fred Bannes, Norman Spry, Mabel Kniglif, B. Gibson, Millie Hughes, May Saper, E. Richard, F. Dilling, Nellie Spry. We fake picasure in copying a leffer wriften ta tIc Editor by Col. Charles R. McCullough o! Hamilton, fifty years ago when le was head o! tIc Hamilton Business College. Af fIat fime agitation was nife among many people for, some type o! annex- ation or economîcal merger wifi fie U.S., the, same as to-day. Thc pitl o!fIe letter is containcd in tuis sentence: "A Canadian Nation may be only a dream; if is, nev- crthless, faim, sweef and noble; annexation is a nigltmamc, dis- tasteful, distorfcd, ignoble. Tic dmeamn may in course o! timne, flirougli peaceful revolution, rc- solve itsci! info rcai.ity. Tic nightmare can oniy becomne a reaiity fîrougli tic sledding of mucl biood and thc defeat o! a liberty-lovlng people." .1 the armed services is less than hli!wiaf if is in similar age gmoups o!fie civilian population. Tic normal, sensible girl can look affer lersel! beftcm in fie army service than sIc can-outside if. Already fIe army girls are brcaking down fie ignorance and prejudices sucli as was formerly ditecfcd againsf fie nursing pro- fession. GANGWAY GENERAL So fan tIc girls are jusf doing non-combatant jobs. Mùcl o!flice womk is unmomanfic, like washing disies or working af laundry macines. But theme are a thous- and specialties. Also flic girls will soon crash fie gates o!fthe figlif- ing branches as fliey have al- ready in Britain-not f0 menfion Russia. For flic girls lave found fliat they can do many things beffer tlan fie men-and alnxost every- fIiîg as well. Tieme wiil be women generals ycf. Corne f0 fhink o! if, Elizabeth and Boadicea did preffy weil as generals. Meanwhilc fie cali is for priv- ates. So girls, if you wanf f0 ftel youm chidren and grandchildren whaf you did f0 hcip beat Hitler, step up now. Canada lias a big job for a little girl like you. NEWSPAPERS ESSENTIAL (Renfmew Mecury) Newspapers are recoLrnized as "ýessenfials" in wartime, but al o! fhem must keep within mca- sonable bounds as f0 size and number o! pages. *The Mercury, like ofler newspapers, lias been allotfed a certain tonnage o! news- print, and we hope f0 carry on by making evcry economy o! paper, and by seeing that tieme is no wasfe. If is, o! course, under- 675,000,000 Pounds of. BACON FOR DRITAIN At least eight million hogs shouid be produced in Canada in the next tweive months to meet the requirements of Briàn, the Armed Forces and the workers at home. Ontario ý-il endeavour to increase production 20 per cent. Within the next six weeks, breed every SOW whose litter can be cared for or soid to other producers. It requires ten months or more from breeding to marketing. Mortaiity in winter litters is from 25 to 30 per cent. Re- duce this by more exercise for the s0W aiong with balanced rations before and alter farrowing. We appeai fe every Durham County farmer to breed at least one, extra sow before February 15th, 1943. Producers can help win the war by converting the 1942 surplus grain into more Bacon for Britain and Pork for Canada. Write your Agriculfural Representative for the new pamphlet "Save the Litter and Handy Feeding Devices". HON. P. M. DEWAN, Minister o! Agriculture for Ontario. . E. A. SUMMERS, Agricultural Represenfafive Bowmanville, Ontario. stood, fiat a newspaper is classed ers. Mr. Zeller put'if riglif, wlien by our Otfawa Masters as being le said Canada cannot play "ýessenfial" if wc can gef enougl around wifh Confrols o! this and revenue from advcrtising f0 keep thaf wiflouf creafing a destruc- if going. If nof-weli, if simply ftive Dictatorship. folds up like any ofler industrial or mercantile Soncern and there The besf way f0 stop a mumor is is no comebacE on our Confroil- nof f0 starf one. p .~ ,.' ~> . 4 jM j, mou- --mP-IMW ýWW-- -,Rmww»w UMW wQWjýý -unir - 'MÉ 1 - --j - .. là-À - - -- - -- a,., é'.* ý ', - ý - 1 --j -A-- ý 1- PAGE TWO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO