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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURS., DECEMBER 7th, 1944 Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which i. Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, andl The Orono New. 89 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanvlfte and Durham County. Member » Audit Bureau of, circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers $2.50 a Year Ini Uie United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded Ini Action, Back at the Front) Capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Kilied i Action I Italy> Premier Drew Fulfilis Promise To Cut Sehool Tax In Hlaf The coînplex problem of wyorking ont de- tails ini connection with Point 9. in Premier Drew 's 22-point platforin have now been solved according to information he present- ed in an address before the Ontario Trustees and Ratepayers Association in Toronto last week. The pledge in Point 9 ivas that the Government would assume 50 per cent of the gross costs of education. Premier Drew gave assurance thlat at the next session of the Legisiature, an enactment will permit haiving taxation on reai estate for school purposes for 1945 and thereafter. W\itli this definite assurance the dlaim. is now made that the whole programme of 22 points has been impiemented within a year and a haif of assuming office. Notices expiaining the entire system wil he maiied to ail the 5,827 school boards of the Province by Dec. 15, in time for discus- sion at annual meetings. The Premier pointed out that no similar number of peo- pie in the worid have so many administrative umits of education, hardly any two of which have exactiy the saine local probleins em- bracing wide variations in assessinent. These considerations give some idea of the comn- plexity in solving the problem. But it is flot alone the economic factor that lias en- gaged tlic attention of the Premier, w-ho is aiso Minister of Education. Changes in the system of teaching have been conceived which are designed to develop children's minds inteilectuaiiy, moraiiy and spirituaily, wi*th every chid given equai opportunity to obtain vitalized education. Opposition critics w-ho have ciamored for fulfiiment of this educational plaiîk, believ- mng, no doubt, that it was insoluble, have !iow been disarmed and must seek another issue for criticisin prior to flic election to- ward which they have been manoeuvering. Speeches by Nixon, Hepburn and Joliffe have indicated that anv "truce" is off for the comîng session. Those holding office at Queeu 's Park have by no means been idie and in the portfolios of Education, Health and Agriculture particuiarly, the depart- ments that affect the whole population, both grounidw-ork and legislation have been wve1l laid for publib appraisal. Completion of Point 9 marks the climax. -V_ Legion Doing SDlendid Work For the Returned Soldiers The Canadian Legion, ever since its in- ception, lias been doiag a splendid work axmong ail w-ho foughtitnl the last war, -whether members or not, and for flic Cana- dian public as a whole. For what affects -one, affects aîl. Affiliated with the Brit- ish Empire Service League, the Legion, strictly non-political in ifs constitution, lias souglit af al l imes, under wise and inform- ed leadership, to create a real Canadian conscîousness with the strong belief thaf under British institutions and among Eng- lish speaking peoples lie the hope of the world for real freedoin and lasting pence. 4WVhii.e aloof from partisan politics, the Le- gion lias neverthelcss exerted influence up- resuit of thieplebiscitv,,thli anidate w-as 10 carry out conscription. Thiat is an entire falsification, Mr. Speaker." Tlere iieed be no0 furthier comment. Ve belie-ve no man can fool, or seck lu fool old soldiers aiid get awa.y witlî il. TVie Legion is doing -re at w'ork for soldiers of Ibis war, fou. Thir iii- telligence ought not 10 be thus flouued by aiiy manî, anywhere, anytime. Raiston Sold Down the River \Vhen the real story of tbis îvar is written if should include flic speech delivered in Parliamnent, Nov. 29, of Col. J. L. Raîston, former Miniister of D)efenice, double winner of flic D.S.O. in tfle last w-ar, w-ho îvas liter- allv lioote(l ouf of flie Cabinet by Prime Minister Kiig. In Hansard o1n the above (dite the w-hulc storN is told. The speech w-as ini auswcr lu Mr. Kýiing's broadeast to the Caîîadian p~eople and lus 3 hour impassioned appeal onthie floor of tlue House. Raiston didn 't mince mnatters. He stared the Prime Minister dow-n and time and again showcd w-lure Mr. King w-as not oniy wrong but ap- parcntly desirous of so beclouding flic issue fliat lie resorted 10 devions falseboods. Time and again Col. Raiston in bis speech said, "flat w-as the wroug impression,""i must correct that statement," "The Prime Minister gives an entirely wrong impres- sioni," and 'These are flic facts." And so if went all rougli the course of an address that brougli euliglîtcnmcent and even dis- may lu ail w-ho iistened. To ail those w-ho have nof the opporfnnity of rcading Han- sard, t hese fhings ouglif f0lbe told. Raiston w-cnt flirougli the last wvar, w-as wounded 1wice in action, w-as decorafed and recoin- mcnded for thue Victoria Cross. His whole pica was for reinforcement s for the boys in this war. He faced a man w-ho neyer saw a drop of blood on any baffle field and lie faced him dow-n. Raîston said: "The basis of my resignafion w-as flue refusai f0 accept my recommendafionis.' If is known now- ho ail tluat Mr. King and bis new Mînister have now- acccpfed Rals- fon's reconmcîidafions (or tluey profess f0 have so done) but in concilusion, Col. Ral- ston warned: "Jl want f0 empliasize that this bouse and flic people of thîs country and 1, myself will hold the governiment and par- ticularlv flic Prime Minister and the Minis- fer of National Defence to strict account for carrying ont vigorously and witluout wavcr- ing. fheir declared intent ion to reinforce the armv wifh wel-trained men froin the N.R. M.A..fu fthc fullest and fastest extent pos- sible." This from tfli maîi soid down flic river. -V "Our Executive" Thue Winnipeg Frce Press cails attention to a significaiît stafeinent made by BRey. Stanley Knowles, M.P., aI flic annual con- vent ion of flic CCF lield in that cift- reccntly. In flic course of a discussion on a resoluf ion favoring round-table conferences bctw-ccn CCP locals anîd other organizations, Mr. Knowlcs is reported 10 bave said: "Had the CCE unit cd wif hflic Labor Progressive party, wliat silly fools wc would have been iin Ottaw-a with our -executive fell- in- us f0 do one fhîng and their's telling us tu do another." Commeiting ou this statement, The Fre Press says: "No one will take exception lu the CGF choosing ifs 0w-n company. The re- markablc tbing about this statemeul, how-- ever, is thal fli cGCF members of Parlia- ment acf, not of their 0w-n volition as mcm- bers of Parliament, but under flic prompting of flic national CCF executive." The inference froin Mr. Knowics' stafe- ment is fliaf lic and other 0,CF members of Parliament arc merely deleg-ates of their parfy's executive, and fliaftliey must wait for instructions from that central body be- fore flicy vote on any public question. -"Would a CCFgovernmýent," asks The Free Press, ciattempt f0 govern this country under instruction of sôme other unelecfed, irres- pon§ible group of people like flie national executive of a purely parfy organization'?" If w'as recently eliarged in flic press fliaf COF candidates for Parliament or other pub- lic bodies arc requircd f0 sign an agreement to abide by flic policy decided by flic centrai executive or be.subjeet lu recali1. This w-as denied. but Mr. Knowles admits fliat lie and bis fellow- CC members at Ottawa must dd w-lat they are fjiid by "cour executive."' National Government PrinciDile Now Given Effeet No section of the press, su far as w-c are aware, lias yct faken cog-nizance of a vcry significant passage ini Prime Minister King's speech in flic buse on Monday, Nov. 27. We find in reading Hansard (a favorite past- ime w-e cannot rcsist) af page 6763, this pas- sage froin Mr. King: 'i did not know- flen and I do îlot know yct wliat General Me- Naughtoni's polies ai-c. I do not think lic lias been identificd with any political party." - l. euspuefor. a tile mrnment could be formcd short of an appeai lu flic elcetorate. ]But aI flic samtine lieli dcmonsfî-ated liow- une could lie formed. That w-as by takiuîg ini personnel other flan ou parfy lunes. Ah flic finger pointiin w-as nuulificd iii flic MeNaugiton appuiinîment. Tliere need be no "anarchy" w-liien i able as McNaughiton w-cre ou the sidelinèes; for instance, Brackeni, Graydon, MeTague, Bor- dcii, Macdonnel], or even, i f you wish, Cold- w-cii anud Blackmorc and dozeîis more. In THINK OF THE MORNING AFTER .As .Çee t. By Capt Eluiore Philpott jREAL ZOlMBIE MENACE Surely No Country Ever Had more stiking proof of the insane folly of refusing to face facts than Canada has just liad. Consider flic anti -conscription outbrcaks at Terrace, British Columbia, rising lu the crisîs on Tuesday, November 28. There were tliree drafîce baltalions more or less involved. But the crux of the trouble w-as a French- Canadian unit. This unit nul only organized a.. d e monstration whicli came per- ilously close ho being mutiny. It did soin away wbich flireaten-' cd to involve an'-, other regiment quite willing f0 carry out ils or- ders. For boums theme w-as a situ- ation wheme one fool's finger on flic friggem of a Bren gun miglit have precipital- fragic situation in ail the hîstory of Canada. The French-Canadian Group wbicb tried 10 bold flic gun ho the bead of flic men in the other egiment by prevcnting departure of a tmoop train w-as tcribly sym- bolic of the whole recenthistomy of Canada. Frenchi Canada is not willing ho accept cbeefully the decisions of the Dominion of Canada in ac- cordance wifb the epirit and letter of the constitution. But, in mc- fusing to do su, and in clamoring for exemption from tfli obliga- tions of cifizensbip, some Frenchi- Canadian extmemsts are even willing f0 go to flic lengîli of prcvenfing other citizens of Can- ada f romn obeying tlie laws of flic land. The hagic folly of Canada's army policy since 1940 is Iliat il cossed thie T of flic pevious pus- sibilities for trouble. We bave always bad, and will always have, flic racial problcmn in Canada. Il miglit just as w-l be called the Englisb-Canadian problein as flic Frencli-Canadian. Ib springs from the fact tbat 1w-o sepamate peuples bave been des- f mcd ho live fogeflier, but that even af 1er a hundred and fifty yeams w-e still bave nul achieved a foundation of genuine agree- ment. Unless and until w-e are able lu reacli such an agreement, w-hich is solid enougli lu stand the stresses of boli w-ar and peace, w-e sball continue lu oscil- lafe between long pcriods of un- cordial deadlocks, broken by sharp bursîs of angry clash. We liad that backgrouud w-len this w-ar began. We bad the na- tional fissure typified by flic 0f- tawa River. But w-e drew a Une riglil across the country from easf lu west. We sel up, in addition lu the state within a state, an army within an army. Because w-c could nul, or would nul, grapple witb the racial splif-which ran une way-we sel up the zombie army, which split the army auj, the country anoîher w-ay. lit Qulte Clea.r Front Mr. King's speeches Iliat lie fails lu undcrsland flic eal driving force behind the lidal w-ave of public opinion w-ich compelled lin lu make bis conscription somersault. Whcrevem the peuple weme in con- tact wifh any considerable num- bers of flic zombie army thcy were w-dl aw-ame of 1w-o things: 1. Thaf nu amount of furt hem pleading, pushing, coaxing or coercing w-as going lu, induct any cousiderable number of these men to volunteer-but Iliat most of them would go obediently if con- scripted. 2. That a sinaîl but bard cure of real "b ad actors" w-as in almost every une of these zombie units -and bad every intention of making trouble. Thal is wby flic dcmand for wiping ouI sîl distinctions be- tween the draftce and overseas army came wifh sucli ovemw-lelm- iug pow-er frorn provinces witli the most zombie soldier guests. Surely The Conunon - Sense thing lu do is 10, sepamaf c these two problems. An incident in- volving an insubordinate drafîe unit is une tbiug. An incident involving an insubordi n a t e Frendli-Canadian daftee unit lu Englisli-speaking Canada is quite anoflier. Frencli-Canadian units should be liandled as f ar as humauly possible by Ibeir 0w-n Fenc-speaking supeior officers. Thc concentration' of Frenchi- speaking units in Quebec, as sug- gested by Frenchi - Canadians Ihemselves, secins like plain borsé sense. The zombie systein skimmcd off layer afler layer of thebetcter men. Tliey weut active. Wbat w-as lef t became a happy hunting grouud for seditionists. Il ouly fakes a few-inlu cdiunit lu gel the great majorify imb some nasfy jams. ]Investiture In A Garden Whcn the parents of a Vancou- ver Boy Scout were unable Ilimougli illness in tlie home, lu witness their son's investiture ah Tmoop headquartems, the Troup visited the home wheme the boy w-as invested on the law-n w-bcre his parents could witness flic ceemony. The father w-as hlm- self a former Boy Scout and possesses a Certificate of Merit prcsenled f0 lin by Lord Baden- Powell personally in recognition of meritorlous work in cunnec- lion with a disastrous fime aI Portage la Prairie in 1922. u-iew- of bbc MeNauglîton appoinhint al] fuis rlietoric and finger poinling appears ho lie su muci cyc-w-ash. The pinciple of Na- tional Govemnmcnf bhas becu given effeet. Il w'on'f, of course, lic exfendcd. But men- f me, w-c believe Ibis sideliglil froin Hansard is nul apropos. - V Great 0ODDortupitv lor The Junior Farmeris In ahI Ibis currenl falk of a "New- Order" in bbc post war w'orld, many events point ho flic conclusion fliaf Ilire is nu greafer field for bbc application of new- ideas than on bbc old farm. Whetlicr coîscîously or nul, young farmers of today appear fo be pre- paring for the trend in chaîugiîg conditions- Burdeued as klicy bave been during flicw-ar willi xceedinghy liard w'ork and long lîours, thcy bave been most responsible for increas- in- production bu an unprccedented figure anud aI bbc saine lime bave kepf abreast wifli eurrent happenings. In Ontario flic Minis- ter of Agriculture lias laid duwn flic policy of placing agriculfural probleins and direc- lion in bbc hands of fammers fliciselves. bis plans, -which embrace establishimeut of Counîy Commiîfees, give opportunity for junior fammers bu take bold for bbc future and work out, witb guverumeul assistance, Ontario Weekly News in. Brie f The Ontario Department of Ag- riculture revealed last week there is a scarcity of turkeys for Christ- mas. Fortunately the poultry market is firm. The first of several district j ails in Ontario to be closed through lack of prisoners and criminal activity is the Gore Bay jail for the District of Manitoulin. Pro- vincial Secretary G. H. Dunbar announced the closing of this jail last week as his department continues with its survey of jail conditions throughout the pro- vince. Provincial Secretary Georg e Dunbar declared last week there is a strong possibility that the Department of Games and Fish- eries will have its own airplane service after the war, to protect the fur bearîng areas from poacb- ers and to assist the tremendous tourist trade wbich will flourîsh in every section of our north- lands. Resolutions asking that both parties applying for a marriage license produce a certificate from a Government-recognized labora- tory that tbey are free from venereal disease, that pre-natal blood tests-be a routine procedure in every case where a physician is in ettendance and that sex in- struction be approved by the On- tario Department of Education for public and high schools have been submitted to the Ontario Govern- ment by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Ontario bouseholders are warn- ed by Coal Controller E. J. Brun- ning that there will be less an- thracite available this winter but the supply of coke will be greater. New rental restrictions design- ed to check evasion of rent con- trol tbrough the sale or rental of furniture, cbarging of commis- sions or collecting of rewards have been announced by the Prices Board. Persons are now Prohibited from charging or de- manding payment of a commis- sion or reward from a terrant and can collect not more than one month's rent in advance. 1ýueen's Park officiais have an- nounced there will be no increase in the 26 ounce monthly liquor quota for December as a survey of. liquor supplies, based on federal restrictions, shows that there is not sufficient liquor to warrant such an increase. Attorney-General Leslie Black- well has requested York County Council to prepare a brief on the number of busbands who have deserted families in their 26 municipalities. The council had requested that the Domestic and Family Court pay tbe cost of bringing back for trial husbands cbarged witb desepting. The National War LIbor Board last week dismissed an appeal by the Canadian General Motors against an Ontario War Labor Board wage order .affecting f e- male sanders in the aîrcraf t di- vision of the Oshawa plant. The Ontario Board bad ordered that the wage of 51 to 62 cents an hour be stepped up to 55 to 66 cents an bour. Pointing -out there are ap- proximately 15,300 persons in mental hospitals in this province the Ontario Department of Health, in a report released last week, predicted a 30 per cent in- crease in mental patients in the next 20 years because of increas- ed population, greater longevity and modern trends in hospitaliza- tion. The Ontario Agricultural In- quiry Commission last week called upon ail rural young people to form one strong Provincial or- ganization for the furtherance of production projects and to pro- vide educational, cultural, social and recreational activities to the rural communities. G. B. Whitfield, for, 20 years postmaster at Whitby, bas tender- ed bis resignation, to take effect Dec. lst. Last month Mr. Whit- field purcliased the Pbarno Drug Co. of Toronto, manufacturers and wholesalers. He will take possessinFriday next, December programmes most vital for their future suc- cess. Projeefs- nlmcady in evidence whidi liold greaf promise for the future iuciudc Swinc and Potalo Clubs, soil analysis, crop impruvement, permanent pastures, artificiai inseminalion, land fertilization and many more. Tic trend is hicre. Aside from tfli great w-ork of Agriculturai Represeulatives, there is opportunity for making farm voîces articulahe tirougi bbc Federation of Agri- culture, lu alliese lhuuugs if will be found that tie local press will give fuilest publicity and sustained support. Turne and again The Statesman lias stres- sed fiat tic big thiug for a prosperous agri- culture is oubside markets. Granîcd tint w-c eau maintain producion w-e must face bhe fact tint w-c have lu sdi fihat production most largely abroad. Thc lime is uîot far distant w-len uve shall meet competifion of flic Baltie counîries for lie baconi Irade of Bmitaiu. Tint is jusl une factor of niany. Su, if w-e may presume lu give advice, w-c mugît suggcst bu young farmers fiat tliey look wider blian mere local projects and give mucli Ibouglif ho markets, lu costs of produc- lion as w-cii as improvcd quaihy. Junior faurmers have a greal chiallenge and a greal uppurtuniîy hoday. Iu all thiy underlake thcy wi]l have fuilesl support in flic columus of The Stafesman. N -THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 12, 1919 *Among local prize winners at Guelphi Poultry Show w-ere: C. F. Rice, Roy Dilling, Harry Brock, Noble Metcalf and A. Ayre. Jury & LoveIl announce the pujize winners of children guess- ing the 10 articles they sold most of during their Anniversary Sale: Marjorie Stevens, Lavemne Clem- ens, Lola M. Welsh, Jessie Hooey, Viola Shortt, Helen Osborne, Clarence Hockin, Nelson Wilkins. Miss Myrtle Wilson, Maple Grove, w-on the teachers' prize. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Slem- ou, Haydon, announce the en- gagement of tbeir deugbtcr, Lena Arvilla, lu Russel Herman Gil- bert. Mm. Robert Me Lauglilin, Osh- aw-a, w-as guest at a banquet aI Welsb's parlours on bis 83rd birthday anniversary. Capt. C. W. E. Mealli, Dept. of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishmnent, Ottaw-a, appointed Fred Cryder- man local representative to look affer the interests of the retumned men, in securing employment and straiglitening ouf their affairs. Tyrone: Welcome home Lance Phair and Garnef McCoy froin overseas. - . Congratulations lu Hazel Hodgson on winning firsf prize for essay on flhe Viclory Loan at- B.H.S. Solina: A car of coal arrived at C.N.R. and w-as quickly unloaded by the fariners. . . R. J. Fowler and Geo. Norîlicotbad auclion sales with Hoîsteins selling bigli. Long Sault: Scbool report witb Mabel I. Wight teacher, confained Iliese names: V e r n a Davey, Mabel Abbott, Ruby Virtue, Don- ald Davey, Morley Houper, Mor- ley Farrell, Rena Farrell, Arche Virtue, Gordon CoWling, Stuart Hoocy, George Smith, Ted Abbott. FIFTY YEARS AGO December 12, 1894 The subject "Resolved thal the daily newspapcr does more barin than good" w-as debated by the Higli School Literary Society witb Misses E. Couch and Florence Tiley on the affirmative and wi-- ning side, and Jesse A. James and Miss E. R. Brown, the negative. Mrs. Jane Hibbert, Bowman- ville, eceived a large lègacy from lier bmothem-in-iaw, George Hib- bert, wlio died in England. Officers of Durham County Ag- ricultural Society for 1842 were: Pres.-David Smnart; Vice-Presi- dents-Alex Broadfoot, R. W. Robson, John Knowlson, Jolih Smart; Treas. - Wm. Sissol Sec'y-Morgan Jellert. West Durhiam Conservatives seleched David F. Walsli, a near neiglibor of W. H. Reid, M.P.P., Clarke, as candidate in the next Dominion election. Tlie Misses Webling gave an en- joyable entertaininent although some persons, w-ho understood tbere would be no dancing, were not pleased because tliey gave by special request "The Dance of flic Roses." New Haven: Ira Pearce bas se- cured the seiÉvices of John Brighit . . . Albert Manning lias moved into tbc bouse vacated, by J. Carr w-ho bas moved ho Chiathamn. Courtice: Newly elected officers and teachers of tlic S.S. are: Supt. -Jas. Courtice; Ass't-R. E. Os- borne; Bible class teachers - W. Everson, R. Courtice; Intermedi- aIe feachers-Misses E. A. Court- ice, P. Worden, M. Everson, C. B. Littlejolins, L. Annis, Mesdames R. Courtice, S. Everson, A. E. Rundle, Messrs. W. Rundle, S. Everson, A. E. Rundle, S. J. Courtice, A. J. Courtice, W. R. 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