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PAGE TWO IT'WTJE.TATVINY Iah 194 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. ýOWMANVILE.T.ON rTARIO gbw 0ambian yhdewmàu Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which'lais ncorporated The lownanvile News, The Newcastle Independent, ana The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Towni otflBowmanville and Durham County. Member » Audit Bureau et Circulations Canadiane Weekly Newspapers Association 0 Clas A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPT0O4 RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. W. G. James <Wounded lni Action) W.O. Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Kilild in Action in ItalY) New Hydro Rates Announccd in f lus issue are fthc ic"', uni- form, Hydra Rural Rates forecasf -some tinue ago by flic Drew Governuient. Tiiese rates became effective Jan. 1, 1944, and the schedules arc set forth for the inîforma- tian of ahl usera of Hydro services. If will be of benefit ta all curcenned to study flic new sehedules and rcad flic explanatary foot- notes and f0 make companisana itl iformer charges in order thaf a camplefe under- standing is obtained. Giving- effeet with such promptitude in an important îîatter ta electian pledges is a lieartening expenience flot only for supportera but oppanenta of fhe, present regime. The fimea paint fa a gen- eral change in flic attitudes of political leaders toward flic elecefors' desires. Thc savings effected, if is esfimafed, will amaunt ta $500,000.00 witlîin flic curret yean and ta those w'hîo question haw flua is ta lie absorbed wifhin provinîcial finance, flic Commission states that expenience shows that flua reduction, paased on ta actual con- sumera, will lic rccovered in a short t ime thraugli incrcased use of lectricify flirougli- ont rural areas. To those familiar with *business practices flic reasoiiiing seema well jusfified. A paralici mi-lit bc drawn in referring ta flhc introduction of penny post- age, or any one of several instances of pub- lic or pnivafe devclopments ini business policy. Before penny postage wvas introdnced, letters carried an impoat in postage fliat was àlmost prohibitive for flic common manu, and revenues were accordingly aual and iiot able ta meet current expenses. A long de- bate found many claiming thaf a reduc- tion would cause chaos and result ini finan- eial disaster. The opposite. of course. prov- ed truc. Incneascd use of the mails f lrougli penny postage not onl>' nppcd revenues ten- fold but put postal sutholit icaini position of exfending facihifies nîl within financial solvency. More than thaf if cantrihufed ta widened intercaurse and general education. The same will bc found true in Hydro ne- ductions. A widcning- use will vield in- Peased revenues and contnibute ta better homes flirougliont rural Ontario. If may lie the firat step ini the grovernment's plan for a general electnification of rural arcas, on wîidli they are naw working. -V- Underpaid Public Servants A subseniber fa The Statesman wlio lolds ta flic theor>' that governments, whether municipal, provincial or national, need con- stant pradding fliraugli fli force of public opinion, ta iglit wrnîgs and correct in- equifies fao long allowed within supposcdly enliglitened, autonamous communities, back- cd up his charge wifh reference ta flic 1943 financial sfafemcîît of flic Townshiip of Clarke. H1e held up two items for particît- Ian attention. One was flic aniual sahar>' of flic Township Clerk. Tîhe other wvas an itcmiz'ed statement of mniys paid ont for slieep damages amaîîîîiîîg fa $1310. Ilis claim was that a more realistie approacli ta preventing mucli of flua damnage could bciecf- fecfed and the money thus saved applied ta a "decent" salar>' for flic Townshiip Clerk. The statement revealcd that Mr. J. J. Mcl- Ion, acting as Cl.erk, Treastirer and Relief Officer, reccived a salary of $720 per vear, whicli is $60 a monfli, for ail unusualh. cap- able and industniaus public servant and a married man faccd wifli fli upkeep of a home wifh cost of living advanced ail along flic ine. Compared witil war-wonlkcrs in- carne or even flic most lowly paid stenogra- plier in Ottawa, aur observer lield, was atm- ply autrageous. Attention is given his opinion in these columns becanse of flic cx- pressed intention of same of aur polifical leaders fa correct inequalifies as a proposi- tion confribufing ta praspenit>', social jus- tice and geneusal public morale. His recommendation for an approacli fa betten conditions in these maffers wvas fliaf a provincial commission shauld lic set up fa review the municipal sefup aven flic whole province snd make flîcir report for the pur- poses of provincial legislative action. The idea as lie saw 'if wvss ta bing flic salaries of municipal officers inita line witli others wherein Clerk 's salaries were at lesaf pan- tiali>' commdttsirate w'ifh he fic eponsible position held as w~elI as their living needa. He observed thîe xîdc d ispanif>' in salaries in neighboring municipalites. He claimed that the province couid enfonce proper standards by iithhalding provincial grants or otherwise creafin1g pressures ta imprave munîicipal conditions. Hlaving flua un- burdened lis mind le vent has way con- vineced that his opinions ulfimafel>' would prevail. Toronto Swamps C.C.F. Iii the recent civic elections in Toronto, accarding ta latest information, flot a single C.C.F. candidate was elected ta office. The vote was considerably more than last year but still under 50 per cent of the registcred electors. Throughiout flic wlole campaign a bitter figlif was wvaged betwveen those wvho sougbf fao prevent a political party gaining contrai of municipal goverlment and those wlio sfood on the platform of "Forwvard with flic C.C.P." Tlie clectoraf e at large fook this slogan ta mean an introduction of party principles into civie government and their rteaetion was most sweeping. Similar resuits have been recorded al across Canada in municipal elections and particularly in districts where the C.C.F. lias shown greafest strengtl ini its bid for power. If lias become quite evident that the socialist 's plan for contrai and power cm- braced the proposition of getfing into of- fice in ftic primary nuits of responsible gov- eriiment, flic municipalities, as ail effective step toward gefting control in provincial and dominion affaira. But the plan lias beenl repudiafed ail along flic une and their spokesmen arc now blaming cveryonc but themselves for tlie debacle. Commcnting on fthc Toronto reanît, the ex-Belg-ian, Professor G. A. Grube, himself defeated for the Board of Education, dlaims tlîaf the resulf vas the triumph of property riglits aven human riglifs and bemoaned the fact that defeaf came jusf as "ive were get- ting inito position wherc somie of aur ideas could ]lave beenl forced on the Board flirougli minority reports.'ý» Mr. Grube is anc of flic leaders of the C.C.F. movemnent and lis idea of "force" ciearly underlines the recent thrcaf of Harold Winch, leader of their party in British Columbia, thaf the parfy is anc of "militant revolufionary cliaracter." This nepudiation of democratie processes, fthc flireat of force, lias been ovcrivhelmingly repudiated in Toronto. V The Heart-Béat of Democracy Reports from the war front suggcsf that while aur men know whiat they 're figliting against, there is same confusion as ta what thcy 're fighfing for. Howevcr inarticulate their war aima may bie, fine out of ten agnec thaf anc thing they are fighting for is their homes. Whaft tc average soidien xants miosf of ail is ta get it aver with and came home. Canadian boys arc sacrificing their homes. But meanwhilc ivhat is happening ta their homes? The wvamenfolk tliey left bce- hind are bein.- called framn the fireside ta flhc factories, ta varions war org-anizations, and ta thc Armed Services. Tinder these circnmstances if becomes increasingly dif- ficuit ta "kccp the home fires burning." A Iligli Sehool boy ivrites: "Our home is greatly, disrupted by the war. Before, 1 used fa have ail my meals af home. Now I only ceaf supper af home, and then some- tim es 1 van 't cat if I have ta get if myscîf. If lias became anl overniglif stopping place. Our home ife lias practically dwindled aivay." This year's offensive a'Vrseas must be mafclîcd Iw an offensive af home ta win flic kind of home front flic men are figlîting for: Souîîd homes!1 Teaniwork in Industry! A Unîited Nation! Homes are nat home iî they become juat "an overniglît sfapping place." The real Canadîan home from flic pioncer days lias been a place xvhere flic family drawvs strength fromif is unity and mutual caring. A womaiî who works ip a bomber factory on flic day shift says: "The unity ive build at home is flic only pattern for unity in aur dcpartment at flic plant." Housewivcs, whatever their occupation, can fighf aide by side wifh flic women next door and the men at flic front fo prafeet Canadian home life. Home-making- cannot be rcgarded as a non-priorify acfivity. If is flie lîat-beat of dcmacracy. -V' Good NewsDper Ethics (From Oshiawa Times-Gazette) Bowmanville Stafeaman, excellent Dur- hani Counfv weekly, rendcred a sig-nal pub- lic service recenfl>' inipnbliahing the com- plefe f ext of the address af Hon. Jolin Brackeni, vhichî flecCatiadian Broadcasting Commission refused fa allow tîme for, In tlic samne issue The Stafesman reporfed fuhI>' a local C.C.P. meeting. The Statesinan lias already nmade if plain fa its readeirs on numerous occasiotîs thaf if likes Mr. Brackeuî and doca uîot like flic C. C.F. But, like ail good newspapers, if -ives space ta hoth for flic disseinination of their views on public questions, reserving the igif (and excrcisiîîg if freely) fa discusa samne iii ifs editonial columns. Some C.C.F. spokesmen, who are saine- w'hat new in the nealm of public affaira, find if liard ta understand and- appreciate these newspaper policies. They scem fa' fhink a ncwspaper should not have any cdi- tonial oNnion, or sliould suppress if if if disagnees wif h their vicws. Locailly, The Times-Gazettfe lias no complaint on flua score and we have fonnd flic C.C.F.ers, as well as flic ofler political parties, quife ready fa recognize these basic pninciples of newspaper publiahiîîg. Abraham Lincoln lad, atrouîg o#nions about things. On ecanomica lie said: "Pros- penit>' is the fruit of labar, propert>' is de- sîrable; is a positive good in flic world. iluat saine sliould bic ich shows fhuaf athens may becoîne ricli, anîd ience is just encourargc- ment ta induatry and enferprise. Let nof liim w~ho is homeless pull daw'îthefli hase af Snotlier, but let him labor dilig-ently fa uîld anc for himacîf, flua b>' example as- suriing tha luis in shahl be sase from vio- lence. 1 take' that if is best for ah fao lcsve'e cd man fcc -to acquire propent>' as fast as lie cani. Som wiil gef vcalthy. I don 'f believe in a lawtI prevent a man from getfing nidli, i woul- o oe harm than good." ijam ASI1 SEE IT.a.. Premier Smuts of South Africa reccntiy made one of the most important speeches of the war. He himseli cail- cd it "explo- sive." Pc haps.\." because of that,- the censors de-:.: laycd its publi-~ wholc wcek that is betwcen.... the time Mcssrs. Churchill a n d Roosevelt i c f t.~ Cairo and fin ished thcir wrk at Teheran with Marshal Stalin Clement Atîe toid the House Smuts' plan did flot represent thc palicy of the present British gov- ernment. Nevcrthless as Smuts is recagnizcd as the British Com- monwealth's "elder statesman," and as he actuaily has n sent in Britain's war cabinet the weight of what he said is seif-evidence. Here in a nutsheil is thc Smuts' argument: Germany and Japan will be campletely defeated in this war. That wili meari that only three great miiitary powers wili survive this war-the U.S., the Soviet and Britain. France will recover slowly, andý neyer regain her position of relative power. But in the surviving great pawers Britain wili be too weak by comparisan with the other two ta maintain her share af world equilibrium. Therefore Smuts suggests absorption into the Bri- t is h "community" of certain demacracies in Western Europe. This has since corne into the open as an international discus- sion as to whethcr Belgiumn and Holland should or would corne formally into the British Com- monwealth or, if not, enter into a stable military alliance with Bri- tain. JMost Canadians Have Been Re- jserved in their judgments, too Idate, on the Smuts proposais. This i is a tacit tribute ta Smuts himseif. For there appeared, at first gacta be two major ilaws in teplan which wouid make ai- moat ail political groupa in Can- ada refuse it support. One was that it nppeared as an attempt ta restore some sort ai the balance of power system, of blocs and counter-blocs, which lias already resulted in two world wars. The other was that this new balance ai power systcm wauld have na sense non meaning unlcss the British power-bloc could swing its weight, from time ta time, as betwecn the other twa af the Big Three-that is as betwcen the United States and the Soviet Union. Thus Canada wouid find hersejf, literaiiy "on the spot." We,wotIl& be the makcweight in the super- dangerous game af super-balance af power. And aiso in the event that the game ended as it aiways has beiore-in war - we would find ourselves the batticfield in the super-battie between aur American neighbor ta the south and our Soviet neighbor ta the north. But it now seema that the pic- turc is not as black as that-and that the Smuts' plan wiii not wark ouf that way. There Are Real Reasons Why the democracies ai Western Europe can and indccd must form themselves into a more perma- nent and effective international organization. The Norwegian gavcrnment-in- exile has already pubiiciy stated its intention of iinking ciosely with Britain. The Netherlands farcign minister has stated that his country will probably do the same thing. Moreover Smuts himself, in half a dozen different speeches, has made it clear that regards the Teheran agreements as the foun- dation af the pyramid of world peace. There is therefore no rea.- son ta regard his suggestion of permanent unity between Britain and the amaller democracies as anything less beneficial than the pact between the Soviet and Czechoslovakia. Bath should become part af the superstructure af peace-extending nat weakening what was built at Teheran. Eyesight Education And Efficiemcy Optèmetri&t ;ŽDisney Bidg. (opp. P.) Oshawa Phone 1516 -290-- If lias been claimed fiaf flic ne- actinon iflice pupil fa liglit waa discovcred b>' an Arabian in flic 9tli century. The eskimos and flic natives aifleic îy nonfl wcre knuwn ta guard their cyca againat extreme sunlight and ifs neflection from flic snow, as weii as irom flic icy wind, b>' honing two 'hales in a piece ai woad or banc which was then used ta guard flic cyca, flic back ai flua guard was caated black. Anoflier peculiar cye correction or aid ta vision yet fa same extent* questionable, flic manicle, sccms ta have came info use about 125 years aga. There is liff le litera- turc giving if an>' mention because if was quife natunaîl>' condemned and wlien sold, was under prafeaf, lawcver if seemcd ta have a cer- tain dlaim fa papulanif>' and mn>' yef be found wonn b>' a certain clasa ai people. <Ta Be Coi ,inued) IL AI Life Insurance Companies Have Confidence of People Winnipeg, January 3: "At law anc desining nuthcntic informa- cast, lufe insurance is serving the tion may always go ta these ne- people efiiciently and in a man- spansibie officiais if the informa- ner worthy af their utmast con- tion they desire is nat readily fidence," H. W. Manning, Presi- available in their valuminaus an- dent ai the Canadian Lufe In- nuai reports." surance Officers Association, said "Canadians buy their lufe insur- jtoay in a fanfliniglit New Year's ance in an unusually wide and message ta Canadians. "Despite campetitive market," Mn. Man- flic handicaps ai war, lufe insur- ning cantinued, referning ta the ance has sfeadily grown in size forty-odd Canadian and Britishi and strcngth" and "is in a stronger and United States insurance com- position taday than ever ta meet panies and ta the numerous ira- the requirementa af the people for ternai benefit sacieties whicli are protection." active in Canada. "In no other "Much would be loat if weiglit cauntry in flic world," he said, "is were given ta same ai the dac- aucli a variety ai insurance or- fnines preached faday," Mr. Man- ganization and insurance contract ning deciared, "and nathing so irecly avaîlable; in no ather wauid be gnincd by the individual ca.untry is campetitian in pre- policyholdera or by the country mium rates, palicy benefits and as a whll. Witliout the spur ai dividenda ta palicyholders mare campetitian, and without flic ex- keen." He concluded, "Cerfainly isfing administrative machinery 'monopaly' is a termi which can and the activities aiflihe agency neyer be seriausly applied ta flic farcés, the volume of lufe insur- lie insurance industry in Canada; ance protection cnjayed by Can- Canadians have ample apportun- adiana wauld cease ta expand. It ity ta abtain flic price advantagcs miglit indeed shrink ta a amaîl always available in a wide ,mar- fraction afitis present magnitude, ket." tliereby leading ta much unneces- sary pavcrty and depriving aur MACKENZIE SETS THE LINE national econamy ai n valuable sfabilizing element." (Montreal Gazette) Appealing for palicylialders' i- Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Federal tereat in ail measures thaf affect Minister ai Pensions, lias plunged lufe insurance, Mr. Manning cm- into the pre-election arena with phasized that the business lias a charge that a "Tary-financiai" steadily developecl into flic Do- conspiracy has been hatched with minian's largest ca-aperafive en- intent ta undermine tlie Liberal terprise. "Upon if naw depend part>' ýn Britishi Columbia. John the plans for financial protection Bracken, Progressive - Conserva- ai mllins i plichalersandtive leader, wha was iinked ta flic flii families. The>' accardingi>' plat," lias firmi>' dcnied that he have a direct intereat in seeing and his part>' have any cannection fliat if is pnotccted from legisia- wifh such a mave. tian or ather activifies whicli The maffer is paliticai and af would have a detrimental efiect littie importance cxcept fon anc upon flic value ai their insurance reason. Mn. Mackenzie has ap- holdigs."parently îndîcated tfeliclne flie holdigs."Libenai part>' expecta ta take in ifs "Palicy awners do nat aiways fartlicaming efforts ta discredit realize fliaf their palicies are titie Mn. Bracken and iesscn his graw- deeda ta valuabie propent>' hcld ing prestige througliaut fli cocun- in trust for them by flic lue in- try. The Progressive-Conserva- surance campanies," lic continued. tive chief ia ta be picfured as a financial interest in pratecfing large corporations, a tool aoflice and preserving their lii e insur- "big interesta." ance praperfy as flic> have in Mn. Bnacken's beat answers ta safe guarding any ai thoir aflier sucli charges can be faund in his valuable possessions, sucli as awn persan and ha aown record. stocks, bonds, martgages or real In twenty years as Premier ai estafe. In man>' cases their lufe Manitoba, lie lias sliown that lic inaurance is flic most desirable wiii nat lie daminated or coerced prapent>' they awn, as if is nof by "big intereats," whether flic> subject ta depreciatian and lislie industrial, labor or farming. realizabie wit haut any del>' His outstanding qualifies anc lis whatever." lionest>' and sincenit>', and these "The prestige aiflteic le in- are becaming mare wideiy knawn aurance industry in Canada," Mn. and appreciated as lie travels Manning decianed, "awes much ta about fli cocuntry. tlic Dominion and Provincial in- Mr. Mackenzie and has cranies surance lawa and fa their rigid will find if exceedingly hlard ta enfoncement b>' experienced and win votes by "smearing" flic nàme compefent public officiais. Any- ai Jalin Bracken. Il Reverse felephone charges accepted on orders fa bu>' or selI. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE.. Re E. GARDINERI COBOURG - - - PHONE 159 1The March of the Hundred Thousands T HESE are ont flnest. 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