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THURS., FEBRUARY 24th, 1944 119 CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO ne %~mbi-an ~u Establlsbed 1854 AN DNDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch la Incorporated The Bowmanvife News, The Newcastle Judependent, and The Orono News. 89 Year's Continuous Service Ta The Town of Dowmanvlfle and Vurham County. Member » Audit Bureau of Circulations EIIA Canadian lW Weekly Newspapers Assoclatio7i' SUDSCREMTON RATES $200a Ytar, ataictly in advance. 12.50 a Year tu the United States. GOo. W. JAMES. Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ]ROLL -On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. w. G. James (Wounded In Action) W.O. Donald Cameron Serai. George Grahamn CpL A. Living (Kilied ln Action lIn iy) The Legisiature Meets Ontaria 's Legisînture convened on Tues- day with Premier George Drew at the lisla for the first time. The Speech frons thc Throne outlined his advanced prog- gramme of egisîtion. He is on record as stating that lie will stand or fall on his pre-election pledges. The effective stand- ing dIf the parties in the Hanse is Progres- sive Couservatives, 35, COF 34, and Liberals 17. Since the election, three of Premier Drew 's folowers have been removed £rom active participation in the Hanse affaira. One bas since died, another is overseas and W. J. Stewart bas been elevated ta the Spcakcrship. A by-elcctiou lins already been called ta fi the vacant sent. It is cear tliat the Liberals hld t'he balance of power, for the CCP lias an- nonnced it is solidhy in opposition. How tie Liberals vote wiih determine the life of the goverument. Debates on thc Address may not reveal the ultimate trend ta be taken but wlicn tlie legisîntive prograff cones for- ward thc cleavage, if any, iili be clearly defined. It la ikely tliat no one of tlie parties would welcame another general election at once, least of ail the CCF, which would have ta be returned with a clear mn- jarity ta form a goverument. Events wil be foilowed witi close attention tbroughout bath the Province and the Dominion Federation M embershiD There are two main thinga tntamy not be genernhly understood in regard ta the Connty Federation of Agriculture. Oue is tlie matter of individual memberahipa. The other is lu connection with the political pic- turc. The latter was clarified in n letter appearing in last weck's issue> written by the Federation 's firat County President, Forbes H1eyland. He made it quite clear tint tlie Federation la not, by virtue of its Constitution, inked up or affîliated in any way witli any polticai party. To have that impression devclop would mlitate against securing thc f ulleat membership possible, and a campaign is naov going forward ta secure individual mcmbersiips. The stand of the Federation on politica waa expresscd by National President Han- nmm:Candidates for office would be acrut- inized, no matter of wliat party,, on the basis of "personal iutegrity and ability and record of performance." Inu other words they must stand the test witli full accord ini the aima of organized agriculture and with fairness for ail other economic nuits. Tic National Federatian la the at of the four main economie units ta become or- ganized and it la already making, its influ- ence felt in national affaira. And its posi- tion is ta le mamntained according ta its constitution. Tint onglit uow ta be quite clear.' In regard ta mcmbrsiip, farmers arc gen- erally affilinted througli commodity or ng- ricultural organizationa and over 50 per cent o! ail Canadian farmers are thus rep- reseuted tirougi the national office. But finance is necessnry and ta become dircctly conuected ns members it is essential that an- nual fees be collected. Provincial legis- latures have mmdc if possible for fees ta le eoleeted by ndding 1-5 mii ta tax bills. Oun the basis of asacasment the average fee must le madc, but for the aftermath. For Canadian Ried Cross services, cou- trary to some erron-eois belief, will not ease down alter the battle la won . . . the Armistice si gned. Iiu rcnhîty tic drain upon rcMoures will bc expanded înany times over. This ig nat like tise Iast Great War, wlien nome of the coqujtries hi Europe went un- scathed. ziurope 18 devastated, ravaged, atrippo4 9$ iïWpPUseI5IO as by aswarm of locuste. The peoples of Europe are home- less. Their possessions are what they ean carry ini their pockets, or a pitiful littie -bundie. They have nothing 1 Not one item of suppiy turned out by Canadian women volunteers in Canadian Red Cross workrooms shall go ta waste. Everi- smallest strip of material available wilgo toward the making of lothing and hospital supplies, and ahl the manifold neces- sities of just everyday living. The Canadian Red Cross next week will ask for Ten Million dollars. This money will be dispensed with scrupulous care. It wili be made ta go a very long wny. When you give, give for now, and what cames after. Canadian Red Cross needs your help. Be generous! -V Rehabilitation In this issue of The Statesman appears a very short summary of a handbook issued by the Minister' of Pensions and National Health, which outlines gavernaient plans for the reestablishment and rehabilitatian of those iu the armed services when the war is won. To get a reilly comprehiensive pic- turc of these plans it is necessary ta get a copy of the booklet. Ini the fullness of tisse since the last war, the inadequacies of the former schemes of rehabilitation have be- came widely known and it la evident that the present Minister, Hon. Ian Mackenzie, and the gavernment are determined ta im- prove on former deficiencies. It is generally conceded that the present Minister has devoted constant and con- structive efforts ta make the preserit post- war plans for service personnel tlie best ini the world. The Hansard debates show that lie is always ready ta adopt constructive suggestions offered by any party or group. When individual cases of hardship have been brought ta his attention lie lias invar- iably taken personal steps ta correct theai. The Minister is known ta be a strong poli- tical partisan but that does not stand in his way wlien soldier's interests are concerned. There have been many modifications and enlargements in lis rehabilitation program ta date, and no doubt there will be many others as events develop. For instance the original ciothing allowance on discharge wvas only $35. Thnt lias since been raised ta $65 and may yet be incrensed. On the whole the booklet is replete witli an astonishing apprecintion of thec needs and the riglits of those w-ho have borne tlie battie. Since the column summary herein is ail too inadequnte ta do justice ta the plans it is suggested that parents of soldiers write and obtain a copy of the booklet so that full understand- ingmamy be lad and furtlier suggestions formulated. Advantages of Rural Life The reports of Farm Forums nppearing weekly in tlie coluains of The Statesman have beeome a popular feature, widely rend and commended. Sponsorcd by the Federa- tion. of Agriculture, the Canadian Associa- tion for Aduit Education and the CBC, tliese forums have captured popular support and have become a vital force in tlie rural com- munities. The rural press gcnerally views it as n high duty ta report as fully as pos- sible the discussions and findings of Farm Forums. In seeking menus for 'a general betterment in rural community if e nothing finer bas developed since the days of Con- federation. Recent discussions in tlie Forums had ta do with the advantages and disadvantnges of rural life as compared witli city life. In general, the advantages overweigihed the dis- ndvantages. The fundamentals of living with nature wiich stimulated clear thiuking and n sense of responsibility, despite liard work and long hours wcre the great re- wnrds. Forums lad incrcased the com- munity spirit, defeated tlie tendency ta lhi- bernate, rcvived neigliborliness. Handicaps were viewed, as mensured witi urban life, ini poorer sdhool buildings, lack of vocation- al training, libraries and amusement and the gencrai comforts of electrification. In general it is likely these contraste do not occur ta city people except on occasions thev visit in the country. Iu most cases they express deliglt at being on farms for brief vacations but lapse back into forget- fuhncss whcn tliey return. There is room for improvement ini the relationships be- tween rural and urban citizens. Tic thing is ta achieve a dloser understanding of com- wealth's place in the world economie struc- ture, Finance and Reconstruction and varions other pertinent world topics. Therc are research reports and a very extensive ('hapter of Book Reviews. To those engnaged in studying world probleais, pnrticulnrly 'Forums, "International Affairs" is almost indispensable. Single copies are $1.50 s0 an annual kbscription saves $1 a year. What The CCF Plans, To Do Wlth Canada (New Series) Every Man His Own "Monopolist" ARTICLE NO. 6 This is the sixth in a series of articles reviewing the latest book and the current speeches of the CCF. We said in a previous article that Canada's soclalist party had reaily placed a spurious meaning upon the word "democracy." Another word that they have distorted equally, if not more so, is "monopoly." In alse their literature, inciuding their latest book, "Make This Your Canada," it is their conslçlered and consistent practice ta use the word "monopoly" and the phrase "monopoly capitalism'" ta condemn ail sorts o! free enterprise, without any regard ta the facts. Let us have a look at it. The CCP says that we are living under a system, not o! demaocracy-<they are the only true democtats to hear them tell it)-bu't of monopoly capitalism. There are more than 90 daily newspapers in Canada- monopoiy-controiled, according to «"Make This Ypur Canada." Take a look at the Toronto Star, the Toronto Telegram and the Globe and Mail, pursuing the most violent competîtion in what is probably Canada's most highly competitive newspaper city. The press is no monopaiy. But the CCF would strangle it. To take their view o! it, Canada's 90 odd daiiy newspapers, 800 odd weekly newspapers and many national magazines, ail com- peting against each other and owned by a variety of share- hoiders, are "monopolistic."1 Canada's life insurance companies, some o! them aowned by tens of thousands o! sharehoiders but a large number o! themn mutuai, being owned by millions o! policy-hoiders, are monopo- istic. Just take a look at it: 47 life insurance campantes, fighting each other taoth and nail for business, with a vast pro- portion of the profita going ta the policy-holders, are, ta the eyes o! the CCF, a "monopoly." The trouble is the CCF sees "monopoly" around every corner and under every bed. Canada's banks are a monopoly, according ta the CCP. The fact that they are owned by more than 50,000 individual share- holders doesn't menu a thing to Mr. Scott, ta Mr. Lewis or Mr. Coldwell. A few weeks ago a "wildcat" gold mine in Narthern Ontario ta which people had bought shares at 5c each, jumped overuight ta $1.50 a share bid on Bay Street. Why? Because the com- pany, drifling on its property, had obtained a "drill core" that showed remarkable gold values. Ail the little people wha had invested at a nickel a share and who suddeuly !ound themnselves enriched through havtag helped ta finance this instance o! free enterprise, are "monopoiists" in the eyes of the CCP. Ail Aibertans and others who subscribed ta penny shares ta Alberta ail companies and cashed in-ail the tens o! thousands of people ta Ontario and Quebec who furnished the venture capital wýhich brought ta Lake Shore and Wright-Hargreaves and Kerr-Addi- son and a score of others-well, according ta the CCF, they are "monapolists." Destroy individual enterprise, take over the natural re- sources, remove venture opportunity, compensate the share- holders and then tax back the compensation, remove personai initiative and the hope of gain, wipe out prait--even ta the individual on mining shares-that la what the CCP proposes ta do ta this nation of hated "monopalists." It is siguificant that in their discussions of monopoly capitalisrn, IVIr. Scott and Mr. Lewis, especiaily extol the co-op- erative movement as an alternative ta present-day capitalisai. First, they forget that co-operatian exista side by side with capitalisai and is part o! the national econamic systeai in this and other countries, notably Smreden. Next, they extol at page 80 the Canadian Wheat Pool as the high example o! Canadian co-operative effort. 0f course Pro- fessor Scott and Mr. Lewis omit ta mention that these great success!ul co-operatives achieved their success by being !inanced- by our wicked "monopalistic" banks. How can the CCP for one moment conteud that "monopoly capitalism," which they say is inherent in aur banking system, thwarts, con- trois or frustrates the wiil of the people as mani!est in these great ca-operatives. The very reverse is the case. Soldier's Letter C6020, Sgt. W. H. Bates, Hast- ings and P. E. Regt., Canadian A.O., C.M.F., Italy, Jan. 14. Dear Mr. James: I just got a breath a! Bowmanviile taday when I was hauded The Canadian Statesman. It was quite an aid anc. Aug. 26th. Anyway I rend it from cend ta end and it scemed as if I was standing on the post office corner. Sa many names of peo- pic you kncw look right back at you. Bowmnnvilc seains ta be just about tic same. It's so long since I was there it's hard ta imagine tic aid tawn juat the anme, when we have had sa many changes and travchicd so far and have gane througi town after town shclied and kuockcd ta pieces. But here we are, driving ahead ail the time and regardiess o! mud, raid and cold, the 8th Army atiîl gocs ou. The Cana- dians are ccrtainly doing thcir siare. I remember readîng about sunny Itaiy. I sure would like ta get hold a! tint persan. Right naw we are sitting in n house tint, if yau could sec it, you wouhd wonder how it stands, but for some reason it doea and we're here witi it, despite ail tint Jerry thraws over and he has tirowu picnty, but not near as ninci as we throw back. Tinnk goadness we have pieuty o! ar- tilhcry and as f or aur air faorce, weli, they ccrtainiy do a reai job. It does yaur heart good ta sec aur baya go in anc after the otier and give .... ... Jerry cames over but he draps his at random but ic still makes it ratier hot for a few minutes. Jan. iti. Antier day and it looks as if we are gaing ta be able ta get warm, and maybe dry up same o! the mud. I sec n few Bowrflan- ville boys now and tien. Ros McKnight, D. Bickeli, Matthews, Dick Wright, Dick Little, Denny Densem and Coison Woahner wha is with the Tank C. and Sgt. Hol- lingsworth wio la weli known around Maphe Grave. Sa far we are ahi here and stihi going strong. You know fighting bas its good spots, for instance, on 24th Dec. wc put in au attack about 10 o'clock and reached aur objective around 1 o'ciock. We have no treuches lu this war - ditches, sheli haies, ravines, sometimes even a biade a! grass looks pretty good. Anyway wc endcd up inaa ravine with lots o! mud and ramn- ing ike the dcvii with Jerry tirowing plenty aver with the prospect o!faod mat even tiaught of until dark. When anc of the section saw chickens running around a biawn down hause. Seconds inter 3 o! us ie!t of! hunting Jerries and went a!ter chickens. Shells and s0 on were amaii matters ta us tien, nthougi we did duck a few times-5 ice yaung hcns wc caught. The beat we had ever accu in aur lives and in record time they wcre in.the bottom hai! o! a petrai tin cook- ing, but iuck wasn't with us, it gat dark quickly and firea lad ta go out sa wc finiahed coaking themanad hmd thea for dinner Christmas Day. Were they good? Try it sometimea, especially witi liard tack! Thc tanks arc doing real work here wliem thcy can move far muti, but sametimea we don't feel1 too friendlytowards theai when,, aftcr dark, tiey mave around ta aur positions and Jerry tries ta get theai. Wc get lots o! laughs !rom differeut thinga. I wouid like, before chosing, ta tiank ail the people in Bawman- ville who have ieiped tawards seudiug me cigarettes and parcc]s. They are very wchcomc. Here's hoping ta be back soon. Cheeria. BILL BATES. CANADIIAN RED CROSS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: What proof la there that the food parceis packed lu the five paakiug planta lu Canada, actuai- iy fali into tic handa a! aur men in enemy heid territary? A: Into cach f09d parcel gocsaa white pasteboard card. This the prisaner aîgns ns receipt o! tic parcel. Over half a million auci "thank yau" acknowicdgmcnta are now on filinluthc Enquiry Bureau at Ottawa. Q: What do rcpatrîatcd men say about thc parcels? A: W. O. Westwood, in a recent interview, atated that he got bath Canadian and British food par- cela when lie was a patient in prison camp hospitai in Italy. He praduced for his interviewer the top !iap a! a Canadian foad parcel which hie had saved as a souvenir. He said the Canadian parcels weré the "niceat"! Q: Do the food parce]s arrive every weck in ahi thc campa. A: They siould. They are dis- tributcd lu suci numbers as ta arrive weekiy, but dependa en- tireiy an transportation problema. Tiere may be gaps wien travel la disrupted (i.e. heavy air raids). Repatriates tate tint if thc par- ceis usunliy arrived on a Wed- neaday. for intance, and didn't turu up, ail thcy couid think o! was "wheu wili they came, and how long wiil it be before wc get antier parcel." Q: Arc the men sntisfied with the contents o! the regulation Red Cross food parcei? A: 99 per cent o! tic commenta evideuce compicte satisfaction. Occasîouaily ticre wiil be a sug- gestion for varying the dried fruit or beverage. This is mot aiways practicabie, and stace the parcel is campoaed o! foada chas- em for their baianced and high nutritive value, it rematas con- sistentiy standard. Q: What doca the detaining power suppiy lu tic way a! food- stuffa? A: From tic repatriatcd it is learned thnt watery soupsanud vegetabies amd umpalatabie black bread forai tic basis of' enemy diet. Q: la it truc tint many o! aur prisoncra wouid die witiout Can- adian Red Cross food parcels? A: Tiere is littie doubt tint many wouid showiy starve ta deati. Oticra wouid become so ruu-down and dcpleted in vitality that a lifetime would mot be long emaugi ta recînai ticaita nor- mal vigour. Canadian Red Cross food parcels are tic difference betwccn rensonably good health mmd misery! Q: How muci of the Red Cross budget for Ten Million dollars wili go for food parcels this year? A: Five million, five hundred thousaud dollars, wti au addi- tiomal million dollars a! our Allied Red Cross Societies. --------------* Inl The Editor's Mail h 1umu S& J, Courtice, Leamington: En- closed fini! subscription for The Canadian Statesman. Apparently we value its wveekly visits more and more aw the years go by. One reason may be that we have more tinie to peruse its pages now than ini former years. Geo. A. McMurtry. 621 Talbot St., St. Thomas: Enclosed please fmnd Money Order for The States- man for another year.. Your paper has been coming to our home weil over fifty years, al- though neariy ail of the aid friends and acquaintance of the home town are gone your paper is a welcome visitor. Sorry ta, hear of your son's misfortune but pleased to know that he is re- covering. Dear George: I ami accepting the invitation in iast week's Statesman, and amn enclosing our circular for Janu- ary. Therein you wiil note that I have had the honor of being elect- ed W.M. of University Lodge for 1944. The other narnes you men- tion are quite familar to me and I meet them occasionally in our Masanic visita. If any members of the Craft fram the "Oid Home Town" are in Toronto on the second Wed- nesday o! any month I would be tery glad to welcome them into University Lodge. I have, periodically, students of the Coilege o! Education teach- ing for me at the Coilegiate. Last week I had a young lady teaching for me, in the person of Miss Marion Scott from Bowmanviile. It was a unique experience and I can assure you that she upheld the fine traditions a! the old B.H.S. and did a splendid job. NORMAN, W. REYNOLDS, No. 2 A.G.T.S., Quebec, P.Q. Dear George: Please note the change of ad- dress. Yes I have moved once more and am most happy about my present appointment. I have charge of the P.T. & D. Section at this No. 2 Aircrew Gradluate Training School. It is a new venture and I find it most inter- esting.1 We have ail newly commission- ed aircrew officers to train. Our job is to teach themn the duties and responsibîlities o! their commis- sion; and what is most important, to lick them into shape with final thoroughness before they go over- seas. Kindest regards, George, and please remember me to ail my good friends in Bowmanvilie. EARL CUNNINGHAM. Greatness, after ail, in spite of its name appears to be not Sa much a certain size as a certain quality in human iives. It may be present in lives whose range is very smal.-Phillips Brooks. Nothing can make a man truly great but being truiy goad, and partaking of God's holiness. -Matthew Henry. GOVERNMENT NOTICE NATIONAL WAR LABOUR, BOARD X Incorporation of Cost of Living Bonus into Wage Rates jIHE A=TNTION af ail employers in- Canada, subject to the wartime wages control order 1943 (P.C. 9384), is directed ta the provisions of the Order requiring thera te essablsh for each of their occupational classifications, not above the* rank of foreman, a single wage rate or range of wage rars as prescribed by the rules set out ia Schedule "A" of the Order by adding ta the previous autuorized single wage rate or previaus autborized range of wage rates the amouat of previous authorized cost of living bonus, and that suci established single wag rate or range of wage rates ahail be effective for the lieut payroil period beginniag on or after Fébruary 15, 1944. Emplayers çvbo may sot be paying previaus autbarized cost of living bonus as required by General Orders of the National War Labour Board, issued under dates of August 4, 1942, and Noveoe- ber 3, 1943, pursuant ta the provisions of thc Wartime Wages ControI Order, P.C. 5963, are required ta include sucb amouats of cost of living bonus in the establishxment af wage rates of their esnployee under P.C. 9384 effective for the first payrail period bcgmnning on or after February 15, 1944, as stated. C. P. McTAGUE, Cbairmau NATIONAL WAR LABOUR BOAR1D NORANDA MINES MHE SHARECS YIELD 8% AT THE OVRIET PRICE Noranda shares offer an. opportunity ta invest in one of the world's lowest cost, copper-gold mining and smelting enterprises, and, in addition, give an imxport- ant participation in a well-managed pool of venture capital. - INFORMATION ON REQUEST- Mliler, Ross- & Cou Members the Toronto Stock Exchange 330 Bay Street, Toronto Telephone Waverly 1701 Reverse tehepione charges acccptcd ou orders ta buy or seli. LOCAL RERPRESENTATVE .. . R. E. GARDINER COBOURG - - - PHONE 159 ALife and deatk motter for LIKE MANY ANOTHER lie fouglit the good fight on tic field-now he fights for lis life in a field hospital. An insmedjate blood transfusion offers his only chance. Tnk God for the Red Cross whici puts tie vital blood serum in the nrmy doctors' hands . .. saving countiess precious lives. But £rom tic expanding battie zones cornes thse urgent cali for MORE blood serum. Volunteer Donors stand read3f to donatetheir blood. But thse Red Cross must have YOUR FIrJANClAL AID to equip and maintain the necessary Biood Donor Clinics aeross the Country. Blood Donors must be baeked by Money Donors.' Give generously-a gift froma the heart means life to tjbe wounded. DLOOD DONORS MUST BE DACKED BY MONEY DONORS Local Campaiga Ileadquarters Phone 791 ~ANADAN ~RED CROSS ~e /eea 4~a#~ ad ~ / OMM4 PAGE TWO ottaw,4 C>na" D4b."W