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w -'. .-- - -- -~ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JUNE 24th, 1943 ~anm-------------- Establlshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth whlch la Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Contlnuous Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham CountY. Member ~ Audit Bureau of Circulations IjL Canadian wiuv Weekly Newspaperse___ Association Class A IVeeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strlctlYi advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. BEULAH TOMMEY, Associafe Edifor D)usting Off The Sirois Report I t vill be î'ecalled hNv uîaniv of tîll' îealei's thiat TIie Statesiinai took, a str'eîî î stanîd iii favr'ofefoiîside'a tioli anîd ad(optioni of the mia i fati'es of th e Roweil-Siî'ei, rîepeî'! at the tiiune it wîas ndei' îide di kenssie. Whetheî' or îlot it is now coiisiei'eda ea isut e stilî i'oiitiiiie ou1'i-iiterest iii it andl to that endl have î'etaiîîed out' cop.v of '"The Domninion -Pî'ovinicial ('oifer-eîîe ' ' w'hichi took place iin Ottawa. Januar v 14-1--. 1941. Wiiat is more., ve review' it froni tinîe f0 tiîrie as iva' w'eai's on. wvith pleasure and profit. It is au ilîuiniiiating document. It ineasures per-sonalities. \\e do not relal haviîîg read comment upon it for sonie consileî'ab]e timie. \Vhat tlie statesînen and politieiails think of it nowv w~e do) not kniow. But t 1 the very force of çlircumisfances somie of its features have been absou-hed m t te national ecoiloiiny. Our purpose here is to retali some of the îvords tîttered ini the invitations to the conference and in the disctussions themselves. In Prime Miniister Kýing 's letter of invita- tion te ail provincial premiers lie said:'"The Report coiîîmends itsclf strongl-v to our .iudgnient. We helieve no time shotîld be lost iii arranging for a coniferencee. . . ini order to secure, if possible, the adoption of the Commiission 's recommîendations." That was a clearcut statement. The confereîîce asseibled. As ever-vonie know's it ended abruipt],% owing to the attitude of three premiers whom sonie called "wreekers" and Il'saboteurs'-. But not before some notable speechies had becîs made iin favor of the recommendations. By- far the most ex- haustive and brilliant submission ivas made by Hou. Johni Bracken. tiien premier of Manitoba. iîow' leader of the National Pro- gressive ('onservabive Party,. Mr. Bî-ackeîs endorsed Mi'. King's state- ment that : "Adoption of the recommenda- tions is necessary f0 put our coutry iu a position to pursue a poliey w'hici will achieve the maximum war effort . .. and to lav a solid fondation for posb-w'ar recon- struction*'. And iniihis stateinent at the hreakup of the confei'ence, 'Mr. Brackeiî w'arned : - A inew obligtation now' falls upon the Canadian people of one tbousand million dollar's iii one year, on top of the or(liiiai-v goverinasent expenditures. And 10w' much wilI it hlie nxt -'ear and ftie x'ear after?" That w-as oveî' tw'o Years ag-o. This by w'ay of showing that there wîas stafesmansip. the long vien i a fev at that conferenice. Wliat of the otlîe's. the "wýreckers?" Journalists genei'alv hlave failcd to inote or at least r'ecor'd that aIl thire have now' passcd ouf of the l)olitical pic- ttîie. . Hephttrii of Ontario and Mr-. Pattîllo of British C'oiunihia have rîni theit' course. Mr'. Aberliart 's voice ik stilled for- e ver. If 'Mr. Ring's opinion of the importance of the Repor't still prevails. it w'ould seeni thaf a fresli approaeh to considei'ation and iinplenîentation righf bie uiîdertaken nov- and îlot wîait till after the war. -V An lII-Advised Statement Affer Ilearing about the alleged uitteranice of James H. Clar'k, speaker' of the Ontario L4gislature, in Detroit fliat 40 to 45 per cent of Canada 's eitizens would vote foi' tnion *,ifli flecUnited States -%"e aie more eonvinced thaiî eveî- flat more care is îieeded in nselecting cmi' parliaiieici-Nfary r)epr,eelita- If Major Clark visions a documnent like the Deelaration of Indepeîîdence. lie is iiaving lia] lueimations. lion'inmpossibule w'oîîltl 1 1-. J". L'yali'.t' 'vai>le t 'uuula ijst u- biav'e-'feu'guîtfeiu nIiluu H-t--i lIoo,.. i. lit, hu>Illla ve"sii!'îsti i uliitl'l stars" 1111sbiiles. I3uii bîu' <>01 :IiuMajoi' ('bla J a i i i s i i u n f n' î î . i du e h. u î m,î u u i d, u 1 e i liiî,d îiu w'înuiuiio(uu . "l ' i ',' ofu4111ial'a ar1e ,eiglt igii, prC Ciii' i-es i ' 4, I i t j.] ':uuipir anxd toertî'a te a wni 'd in iiîiliu et' lia iolis vial live iii f'eedoi. If 'Majori' (lari'icw a'.ti'x'imx t o ci'catl aiet- fer, feeiix, bu'îîeeii tuo'e utilit ies flint are .ctiî:alîi', ive'cîv il i lit hli eilp. lie îvcîît tutl wiuîi' v abl}îit it, Ilt me cili îîtcîaîîcsa'. is lu'. tai .arit 'ail'S.s. ul iuii'.'iî'.c if tikýen it e'iîsl' c>uild pi'eipitate ua ei\'il îîai'.ne lue îIeel, i thailtiie' ivil îî'uîî expe'ieiut'ud lixiiioui. ~iluuîstoe lcou>îth luit one 'w1lui Iwu'ruiîiî, nd wiftlî v ibli a eî'îîplcte aîîîuiiiiati"iuoet'tlle aliîîîxatioalisb. Pl1iaîîs ilf%\as the pî'îîiliity tthe licF'eili if .1 liiv et' îîîa viu t Ii'ei'a( îil g tovel,'nl- mon'ut '. lec-isiieî tq e 'lebiate ( 'iliia 'zs biu'fl- (la « v on Monudav'. 'Itli' 5, flicdaî on w'liiel A'iocî'iv';iîs îîill iii ail pi'obahiit.y celebî'afe 1 niuiîpeuîdeie Dai'. flat befîîddled -Major' ( 'lar î'> 's lini. ?>aybe wn'l îtle fuirore lias <ie,] down'u. n'c îa\- liavîe a revci'sal i selias n'e lii l îii i uegv'iiut 1ýanuîoîiced t liai t n'c u'euldî t'erit tecelebrafinig oui fli tralmtiial tla..lily -1. Max'lîc n-e sliouild let folk sucli as IF. Moss. ef Tor'onto, dispose of 'Major'Clai-k. He îre t thte Globe anid'Mail : -'1 w'ould like te assur'e the liionrable getntlemianî that 100 puer cenît of nli vfuiends (andti 'myself) w'ould I ike te duck hini iii the îîeai'cst inlillponid. eO' ai' e îeuVutbody of dirbv -watei'. foi' lifteî'intt such i-nf." 1 - V Surplus Milk Aýgain. as demiocratie dii'ectors of otîr desbiîiies. ini theo ' v if nof iii fact. wîe lhave faiied f0 look for-ward anîd lay plans foi' a teîiipi'at' eiergency. The facf seeniîs to be fliat ini somîe districts the miilk distributors liaî'e slasiied nîilk shiients by about 14 per cent or one day 's stîpply pet' week. 'Milk pr'odutifon n'as upped w'hen con's 'ei'e tut'ned ouf to forage in uiistiall I~-lii pas- bures. The dealer's daim bliey coîîldn 'f dis- pose of ftie surplus and the assuipltion wias that farmers could, by feeding if to poultry and livesfock. If the daîry farni economrv. geuierally. îîas s0 arranged it mighft be done. But dairy farmers - the niost w'ýork-riddeni of ail branches of a,,gii'iîtItre-siimplN' caniiot be expecbed to hye iin position. aind should îiof be required to. make pr'ovision ini a r'ushi season to ileft a femporar'x-condition n'hîeh is flic con -ern of ail the people. But as uisual. if seenis tlîev must stanîd the loss-and flic annoyance. The fedeî'al goverinenf with ail ils agencies andI controls. flic provincial gox'- enment andtihficMilk ('oîtrol Board, flic dea.ler's, tIe produei's with their associa- fions andtheficFcdeî'afiouî of Agr'icuilturte, al genei'ally w'ere noi doiilî aw'are of the de- velopiuig sitiafion anîd nothing. apparently, w-as donc abouit it' Now we have te iihilla- baloo n'ifli vei'yoîie passing flic bnck anîd flic fariner holding the bag. Il is jusf mieenmore of flic iaîiy probleuns anîd failures fliat have cliarafete-ized otîr w'arfini-e neaiiderings. Wifli federal and provincial governinetits calliîîg for ahl-onf production, and ex'en tlic co-s i'espondiiig. if w'ould secîn thaf wisdoiamoî noîîauîs, btureauîcratic anîd farmers alike. N'olild be f0 solve tlic problein for sticceediti.g yNeai's. The îiext flîing ive iay look fo'w'ard f0, accord- iiig f0 crop pr'ospects, i.s a milk slîoî'fage iii flall and xiuîer. If thaf occurs the coitsim- crs w'il have space iii the daily press. Mati mio ces in ii s iisfei'iotîs 'ays, lus bluîîlers fo îîerforiii. Do It Now Making 1942 income fax i'efurns ivell be- fore-te iue 30li deadliuic slotîld appeal fo ').010,000 ('auadiaiis foi' pafî'iofic as ivell as persouîal i'easoiis, becauîse ever.v centb of flic estiniated $1 .824.000,000) accr'îilîg frim fis soturce li'igs filial victory- îeaî'er. The cost of collecting inuoie taxes fî'oi aIl soîu'ces ini flicfiscal x-eaî-19:39-40) ias $1.85 foi' cadi $100. anîd iii 1942-4:3 dropped to 40 cenits. Thîis year, alflioîxgb flice aîîouuut dei'ivetl is greafert iaîî the total 'fî'oîî 1915 to 19:39 inclusive, the cosf înay be fuî'tleî' î'edued-if refurlîs ar'e, made p'oinpfly. A sinîgle cent on cadi '$100 collecfed îieans a total saving of îîeaî'ly $2,000,000, or' $1 for evei'x' faxpayer. 'l'lose w'lo secure flic proper fornis fi'oni eiiiployuei' post office or distr'icf iulsI)ecfol now' uili kuion'juef n'liat inftormîationî and receiptse 'cieeded. Wlîile thue forais bave been gteatly sintplified if votld lie folly fur ai 'voie f0 iput flic natter off uiitil flic îasb fen- tay s. 'Worthl ieetliig, fîso, is flic wîarn iii lu a t î'eî uîî'îs ot ini by .Jtulie 30tl iiu'ur a peuiaîby of 5 puer centf. îot juie f tufhli balanice'oniigaf .âmîe lOf bunt offlic FlULL fax. tili lu',,' ruau-uh itizei'sluiî. Ih ils siut liiii&s' l"-k 'tt'u- ttutît belhu 1'i . 1 ' Ii'fli, th s I L'. 1li il u'. Ilit il \vi. utundîil j-N titi ~ l lii totii>'I iie't ilit r i :i'i'nii i What The C.C.F. Plans To Do With Canada THE LUC..AND LADOR ARTICLE NO. 6 "When ail the achievements of the unions have been noted, if cannot be said that they have been very effective to protect tlic great mass of Canadian -workers"-it says on page 115 of Social Planning for Canada'. This book, as %ve have said before, is the basic text-book of Canada's socialists, a book written by seven co-authors. amnong them Professor Frank Scott who right now is the National Chairman of the C.C.F. The C.C.F. is Canada's socialist party. After belittling the efforts and the record of Canadian trade unions generally, the book proceeds to attack tbem by individual groupings. Quebec's "Federation of Catholic Work- ers", it gibes. is -completelv controlled by the Cathollc hier- archy; anti-militant, anti-class-conscious, anti-socialist". The "All-Canadian Congress of Labor" seems "more desirable" in its policy, but "too much time is consumed" in criticism and conflict between unions thaf are all-Canadian and those that have American affiliation. The -Workers Unity League" is "Ismall but active" but,, one would gather, doesn't amount to much in the eyes of our socialist authors. The A.F. of L. group, we read, is "exceedingly cautious" in its leadership, its rank and file are "not an effective political force" and they do flot exert "a unified influence on the labor market as a wbole". Ho, hum! Excuse our.yawning; but it makes us a bit tired to think that there isn't a trades union movement in the country worth the proverbial tinker's dam! Or is there? We recal lately that the Canadian Congress of Labor group, tbe group which corresponds in Canada to the C.I.O. outfît in tbe United States, voted some months ago to make the C.C.F. their autbentic voice in parhiament. What they said was the "voice of labor"-which is claiming- a lot of territory; a lot too much te-ritory. Now what would the socialists do about labor-about the trades unions? Well, from their criticism of existing groups, it can be presumed quite fairly that the C.C.F. bas no use for most of those we have. They would have a different set-up. The only labor the socialists have any use for is the element that wlll give itself 'up to the socialist political purposes. Labor must be political, or if amounts to nothing; that, plainly, is the view. The socialists advocate a National Planning Commission of three to f ive members whose policies are to have the force of law after approval by parliament. "Wide powers" we read at page 225 of Social Planning for Canada, "placed in the hands of a central planning board, undoubtedly involve the possibility of interference with personal initiative and freedom; there is always and inevitably a conflict between the demands of personal liberty and the necessities of order and organization". Ai-d again, at page 226: "The price wbich we must pay for this organization is naturally the surrender of some measure of inaiependence of action". Maybe, under socialism, a lot of workers think their labor organizations would have a predominant band in determining wage rates. On the contrary, we read at page 285 that "the income of every Canadian will depend on the size of the national dividend" (whatever that might mean.) At page 368 the unions are scolded again. "Few and divided among themselves", we read, the unions "have so far not been able to make any strong appeal to Canadian work- men to desert the dominant national f aith in individualism." What that means is simply this:-Canada's political labor- ites, the socialists, have been unable to bore into the unions sufficiently to do the average Canadian workingman's thinking for him. He still believes, forsooth, in individualism-in the right to own bis own home and buy with bis wages the sbares of the industries he works for, and take for bimself a slice of the profits! He has not yet been persuaded by his unions that private ownership by hlm of bis own property, should be abolisbed and bis land vested in the State! Poor fellow! What the socialists propose for hlm is abolition of private property, abolition of profits, an income "depending on the national dividend" that a planning board and a bunch of poli- ticians may or may not produce. They propose "a code for labor"; wages determined by a Dominion body; authority over wage disputes to, be removed from the provincial governments and vested in provincial branches of a federal board. And trades unions? Yes, of course-promoted where none exist; used for socialisfic ends where unions already exist. And wnat will these unions do, having little or nothing to do with wages? According to the book, something will have to be left for provincial governments to do-ah! give them jurisdiction over "working conditions". The trades unions, having notbing to say about wages, will be able to put in their time negotiating "working conditions", with the provincial governments. Mr. Workingman, you don't believe it? It's okay by us. Just read the book. Take a look at this, from page 371: "In the socialist state, industry is to be operated for the benefit of the workers and arrangements must be made to return to tbem in wages just as much of the value of their production as is flot required for the great social pur- Pàoses of capital investment, education, governrnent admin- istration and the like, and to divide the wages fund fairly among individuals." The'e if is-a socialist planning board and a socialist government will first determine how much tbey want to spend on their bureaucratic "government administration" and bow much for capital investment and other purposes, and then split up the rest "among individuals"-those who work and those who don't, alike. And read this from page 372: ....the wage boards would have f0 work closely with the National Planning Commission. The Commission wuuld have to exercise a general control over the amount and the proportion of national income going to wages, to see that too much did flot go in this direction when funds were urgenlly needed for social services or capital investment." How do you like that, Mr. Workingman? Did you think the sociplists wou]d let vou, as a trades unionist-, have anything lrocesses-that worktrs maY Or'ganbze infto free and çîemot'ratic uoiu oi-boihe pI)IpIose Of COlleC-tiv'e hargaining i.nd that oW i.erý; ot p'operty may operatc and manage indlustrv. We believe ihat industi y- is entifled f0 fair' and dotent xagus. A- a niaiter of tact. we are just as anxiotis as industrial management thai indusfrY shokild prospeî' andi expand hecause w" knov. that is the ' v more w'oi'k opporfunities are crea'.eh. beffer wages paid and tolerable. hiumane woi'kiiîg tonditions macle possible foi, labor.' Alethal insecticide, produced Swans, geese and brant'rve A new fungicide called fermate, from the Chinese yam bea and dfing ducks, and merganseers f erric dimethyl dithiocarbamate, grown in Middle America, ba h edalwn etbr l tpoises tc, be satisfactory for been discovered at Cornell Uni-Isimultaneously and are uable t, several agricultural purposes, in- versity; it promises insecticide f ly until the flight pinions grow cluding cont roi of the 4owny material for 1944. again. mildew of tobacco. I 'T3,< C3~c~eOf toI~tfC r. T HOUSANDS of years ago, the Chinese used a form of gunpowder-a flaming chemical of defence dumped over battle- ments upon an invading enemy. And from this age-old beginning bas evolved smokeless powder made from high- proof alcohol. Lîke the airpiane, it has dorue much to furtber the progress of mankind-but ini evil hands ih bas meant tyranny and ensiavement. As the tempo of this war for liberty increases and our armed forces in ail parts of the world swing to the offensive, more smokeless powder for our shelîs, bombs, depth charges necessity. and torpedoes is a vital And because we have vast fields of grain and the facilities to convert them into high-proof alcohol, the United Nations shahl have an overwhelming superiority of fire-power to pulverize the enemy intoi unconditional surrender.0% Thus, China's primitive powder of defence bas finally developed into the weapon to drive tyranny forever from this earth. la a way, it is the hand of ancient China reaching out in defence of free men everywhere. Alcooi for Wa,' us also uésed ini the manufacture of Synriietic Rubber, Drug9s and Medicines, Photograpmic Film, Lac quers aîid Varnishes, Drawîing Iîîks, Compasses and Othse" Navigation Instruments, Plastics, Shatterproof Glass and manY Otte,' Proclucts. uEt-y Seagrart plant in Canada and the United States is engaîgedl 100' m n the production ofhiugh-praof Alcoiol for'V'.ar. THE HOUSE 0F SEAGRAM PAGE TWO L. F i ý, - - 1 - - ww