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.-~..! ~: ( k k Eatablished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEW&PApER WIth which te Incorporated The Bowman'vile News, The Newcastle IMIependentama The Orono News. 89 Year'a Continons Service To The Town of Downiyfte ad Durham County. Member Audit Bureau et Circulation@ Canadian < <~ Weekly Newapapera SUBSRIM 114RATES &tOOa Var, tritly na&vance. $2.50 a Year in the Unitedl States. GEO. W. JAMES. Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - on Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded lu Action, flack at the Front) Capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Killed lu Action lu Italy> Why Not Tri' Courtesy As A New Year Resolution? Courtcsy and goodw-iil is the ke)-note in a latter tiat came ta the editor the othaer day from tic sales manager of thF&Detroit-Le- land Hotel of Detroit, Michigan. This per- soîîal message says: "Wc are stihi saiciting goodwill and w-ll neyer have a surplus of this prieelcss asset. In tiese days xvhen there arc more customers than merchandise, more guests than rooms, wtî less hcfp, we don 't want ta forget clients who io ll bc ln business long after victary is won and tic world rcturns to normal. If you came this way anid w-a arc filled, w-e shali make every effort ta tuck yau ini somcwhcre." Enclos- ing an engraved Credit and Caurtcsy Card, the writer concludes with the motta:""Ser- vice today sa yaur doons xiii bc open ta us tomarrow. (Jalus w-iencvcr we can be of help." That is tic kind of spirit that renews anc 's ~, e;faiti in humanity-. Tiat is the policy that pays dividends of greater value tian dol- lars. It is a growing ciaractenistia of tic peopias spaaking tic Englisi language lu Amanica. -It is friandsiip personified and is assuredly a pnicaless attribute. In tic midst q f wan, witi war-frayed nerves, muci can be oyenlooked in tic iasty word and tic lm- "--patient attitude y-et we realize tic golden value of tic pleasant smiie and tic cheerful word of gnaating. Tiare is a warmth ta it that dissipates tic gloom of tic day and brigitans ticexvhola surrounding atmos- phare. And it can be conveyad in a message lanci as we have just rcccivad from aur friand across tic lina. * Sa wiy not try courtcsy as a New Yean's resolution? It wiil be found that in trving tic effort bacomes effortiess, and in tic spaca of time tic thing becomes contagious. Dikkns pictured it in hus stany of Serooge and in practice it wiii be found ta ba no mare fiction but a i iving reality. MTe repall eiothan occasion when wc gave editoniai expression ta tic patience and countesv dis- playad lacaliy by tic young ladies in busi- ness places, ahi doing a war job, ta w'hom custamans hava bean neadiessly and thougiht- *lassly rude and impatient. For 1945 tien, * we suggest, just take a good long look inj tha mirroneanci morning before taking up tice burdeus of tic day, coax a smile and wear it ail tirougi tic year. Tiare can ba P no finar nasolution. XN Good Job Done On Town Roads and Streets Now that tic Town Concil has wound up tic business undertakan during tic year it dan be said tiat ail committees have car- ried out thair tasks witi cradit and affici- ency. It is likaiy that faw realiza tic cx- tant of tic added bundens falling on tic Mayor and membars of tic Town Council through tic incidence of wan. 'This dan ba undarstaod wian 50 few taxpayans attend negular Council sassions. Outside of dale- gations appeaaing on occasion asking for funds wecannat nacail a single instance dur- ing tic yean whan aven ona taxpayer lias bean on iand ta istan ta proceedings. Wie- tien this indicatas suprema confidence in alected napresentatives or downight general apatiy af citizens, ive leave ta public ap- praisal. Formai Council meetings arc but a smaii part of tic wonk invoived. Commit- tee chairmen and mambers devota, most of thaiir tima to outsida activities. 1 0f tiase outsida activitias, xve baiava tic haavicst job has fahian ta T. A. Garton, Ciairman of Roads and Streets Committea. .And tic Roads and Streats programma has been pnobabiy tic most important single undentaking of Council for tic curnent yaar. Facad constantiy witi siortagas of labon and mateniais, nevethelcss tic long-range sceme of building up municipal roads has bean weli cstablishad and it is ta bc ioped tiat it will bc carried on cansistautly until thc programma is completed. Considering prasant conditions and tic quality of wonk doue by ail committeas, tic excass of expen- ditures.aven estimatas is iower tian most people expectad, but it is naw gcnenally ac- captad tiat intelligent upkeep is real econo- my. Tic net aven budgeting is ouiy $2,766 for tic yaan. Iu this aditonial wa set out ta express gen- anal public approval ta the xvork of tic Ciairman of Roadsanad Streats. 0f ail com- mitteaca, this one usually gats tice most kicks. Some people faci disgnuntlad tiat smre parts of the town ana favonad aven others. Many are quîck ta nagisten cam-j plaints tiat street.. are not. claaned more promptly of summer debnis, quite obliviausI -t j -- - -~ 1 THE CANADIN STATESMA. CEMANVILW.th, 1944 4~PAGE TWO Canadian Cattie Not Wanted In United States rhy hen bis Lme ked lob .nd air- de- (I 'pi, hi' t Bracken Clubs Stand for ComDflete Demnocracy The Bracken Clubs of Canada were or- ganized after John Bracken, for more than 20 years Premier of Manitoba, accepted leadership, under his own termis, of the Progressive Conservatîve Party at the Win- nipeg Convention. These Clubs were form- ed to conduet discussions, largcly among younger people, with the aim of stimulating knowlcdge and thougit concerning the de- mocratie principles underlying Canada 's po- litical setup. Pundamcntally they are flot concerned with partisan politiegJ delibera- tions but seek to present facts which will enable members intelligently to form opin- ions èoncerning government in ail its phases, municipal, Provincial and Federal. lh? a leaflet, " What Makes Politics Tick 1" the club for instance, suggests for discus- sion: "What happens wien an election is called? What do you know about party or- ganizations? What is a party nominating convention? How are candidates chosen? Can you choose your own candidate? What contrai hias the elector over party organiza- tions?7 and sa forth. It is safe to say that but 1 out of 10 could give clearcut answers to these apparcntly simple questions. And yet théy are vital to thc exercise- of demo- cratie institutions. Through this kind of approach the Bracken Clubs take direct ac- tion to undermine "machine polities" and bring to beaîr a publie opinion conccrned with selecting the best possible candidates as contestants for public office. How are candidates ciosen? The ques- tion goes deeper than its mere superficial termis. Too often in the past and even too frequently today the matter is one that bas been engineered or determined in advance tirougi closed conferences among the party politîcal exe@utive. Delegates are sometimes manoeuveifed into a position whcre they are flot accorded an expression of a considered choice. The Bracken Clubs therefore are rendering a vital service .iii seeking to clarify and break down this old and undemocratic conception of politics. There is at present a movement ta create a Bracken Club in this district and with its linderlying objectives The Statesman is in full accord. Fullest support w'ill be given in this paper to a democratic movemento this character. -v We hean people fnequcntly mentionî tic "Best Things in Life." Wiat are same af tic best things? WVe suppose ecd persan migit have a diffeenut ansxven. banc is a list of the best things mnade by Heny F. Kobs: Tic Best Law - Thc Golden Rule; Thc bast education - Self knowledge; Thc bcst music - Tic laugiter of a ciild; Tic bast miedicine - Cieerfuhuîess and tenîper- ance; Tic Best waî' - Tic figiht against ana 's awn wcakncss; Tic best science - Extracting suîîshine fnom a cloudy day; Tic beat art - Painting a smile lu tic face of a ciild; Tic bcst talegnaphy - Flasiing a nay of sunshiiu into gloomy icants; Tic bast biognaphy - Tic ife tiat writes char- ity in tic largeat.lattans; Tie bcst matiem- atics - Multipiying tic jays, and dividing tic so rows of othére. ~L..wJ '1 The CCF and 'Conscription of the siortage of help. Others wonder w~ snow is flot shovelled in some places wi others are promptly cieared. The fact that citizens themselves are much to bla: w-hile the3- pass the buck to the over-work Chairmanl. It requires the patience of J to absorb ahl these undescrved squawks a 've are pleased to record tiat the 1944 CiE mail has show-n that hie can take it and liver the goods. With dail- c arryovers running inta tiaus- ands of hcad of cattle over a pcniod of montis, farmers have bc-en angered and per- plexed tiat no statement had been made by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. J. G. Gard- iner, concerning government poiicy designed ta relieve tic situation. In view of the fact tiat beef is stili rationed in the U.S.A., pro- ducers w-ena of opinion tiat tie difficulty could be surmounted by tic goverfiment ne- nîoving border restrictions on beef as they did on sheep and lambs. The beef mnen feit sure tiat, particulariy in vicw of U.S.A. ra- tioning, Canadian cattie xvould becxelcomed across thec hue and stock.yands congestion would consequcntlv langeiy disappean. Now thc situation bas largcly been clear- cd up by a staternent made in tic bouse by Mr. Gardiner. Dec. 5. He said ha had just concludeci consultation with Wasington and found that processing plants in tic U.S.A. are expenicncing similar difficulty ta those in Canada and they could flot take Canadian cattie. He said that xvas tic at- titude taken by uis dcpartment and it is tic wisi of Amenicans that xve siouli pnocess aur beef liere and send it ta Britain aur- selves ratier than send it ta tic U.S.A. ta bc fonwanded under ticir lend-lease arrange- ments. Meantime the minister is concluding arrangements witi Britain ta take Caîiadian beef during 1945-46. Mn. Gardiner blamed farmers theinseives for congcsted conditions. He said the extra cattle on thc rnarkets arc not finislîed beef. Blockades have ncsulted from marketing cows, youngen cattie and plain beef cattie and nonie of these anc in demand in tic I.S.A. at aiiv time. 'An attcmpt is bciîig made ta proccss these for shiprncnt ta Bni- tain. Since tiaere is now an assured market in Britain for a lonlg pcriod abead tic Miniis- ter adviscs ta hold unfinished cattle, off tic mnanket and feed tiem till tic- rencfit for market. Tic gavcrnment's position is at last made dlean. Meantime tic snow storm bas tied up delivenies whici ought ta have same affect in clearing tic stockyards. It w'ouhd hav~e helped greatiy if tic Minister had made his pranouncement late in tic They mistook tuis war fan an impanialistic and capitalistic war. It neyer aven dawned upon ticm tiat tuis was an as- sault by an encmy a! ail humanîty, upon individual0freedoni througiaut tic world. And tiese, by tic way, anc tic people wia propose ta tell us from ticir awn divine insight, foresigit and hindigit, iaw ta nuit Canada after tic war! Ticy are tic people wia now profasa ta upiold con- scription (becausa it is "tic law a! tic land") and ta ba 50 tremendously intercsted in iow aur raturning men and wo- men are ta be raiabilitatcd after tic war. This editan considers tiat an the subjact of conscription, an tic subject o! iow ta figit tic war, an tic subjcct of iow ta nahabilitata aur rcturning soldiers-and nat hesa an tic subjcct o! iow ta nun Canada in tic peace-tie leaders of tic CCF have tataliy disqualified themacivas as adviscrs to tic bady politic. As tic editar bas said before, tic CCF would be glad ta forget and wauld ba glad ta have tie public- fonget tic horrible boners tiay have pulicd lu tic wan issue up ta naw. And as tic editor has likewisa ramankad, ha has no in- tention whatsaever o! permitting tic CCF ta forgat. Had tic CCF attitude nuled Canada and han Allies when this war was tinuat upon us, British frecdom wauld have beau wiped from tic face a! tic carti and wc should ail by now ba undar tic mron heel as slaves a! Hitler and Mussolini. It la a bit late for the CCF now ta climb aboard the band Wagon. Mn. Çoldwahi, in is radia speech o! Decemben 20 spoke great canccrn for tic soldiers. Ha admitted being in France and Balgium and cong back blind on tic subject of reinforce- ments; itier hae knew tic situation avarseas or ic waa so un- observant as ta cast seriaus doubt an hus awn capacity for perception- a capacity useful ta a public man iu gaining public confidence. Ha made great to-do about "aur fighting man- ycs, figiting men ha fougit against Canada's sendtag aven to figit., And lie indulgad a bit of cheap damagogueny about the lateat V.C., as having beau uncmployed befara the wan. In tic sama day's paper was a story about antier soldien, juat rcturnad, wio was a praspactor befona tic war and cama back ta ftad tic formeriy wartiless wildcat mine ha iad stakad ta be wonth $70,000! Frac enterprise would secm ta have taken cana o!- that fellow, Mn. Coidwell! "«THE GUY IN THE GLASS" Wien you gat wiat you want in your struggic for self And tic world makes you king for a day, Tien go ta yaur mirror and look at yaurseif And sec wiat tiat guy has ta say. For it isn't yaun father, an mother Wiose judgmcnt upon yau must pass Tic fclhow wiose verdict counts moat lu your lifa Is tic guy staring back from tic glass. ÂflUI~b., IJL~L1VLbLI~ ~Utfl, 1h44 encoragmen awy bck n tc u 1 ARTICLE NO. 3 This la the third article of aur senies on the CCF conventiar and platform. David Lewis has seen fit to dlaim that he ww misquated in his supposed statement that he did not take second place ta anyone in advocating ultirnate camplete sacializatiar but that "at the present time I am concerned with winning av electian." It took Mr. Lewis more than a week after the origina publication ta issue is rathen curiously wordcd disciaimer- but if he were misquated it appeans from his awn statemenl that he was misquotcd in his own party and in his own con- vention for, he indicates, one of the other convention delegates used the wonds in question in criticizing Mn. Lewis and sum- marizing what that gentleman iad said. We intend ta deal in a laten article with the party's new declaratian an sacialization of industry, but befare wc do so we proceed 'now ta deal with the CCF party's pronouncements on conscription, reinforcements and rehabilitation. The convention which closed in Montreal on December1 passed a resalution that "ail members of the armed farces" Jb made "available for general service." It is truc that they addcd the usual platitudes about mabilization of material and financial resources. Howcver, we do flot intend ta go- into that except to say that profits are alnaady canscripted - "mobilized," if the CCF prefers the word. Mr. Coldwcll _recently returned fromn a trip overseas. He was tiere about the time that Colonel Raîston was there and he visited aur troops in Europe. Yet his strongest state- ment when he returned was ta the effcct that reinforcements sccmcd quite al igit. It was anly aftcr Colonel Ralston's return and the question of conscription became Canada's livesi political issue that the CCF found it had ta declaa-c itscîf. Sc at this Montreal convention they held a closed session and then issued a statement in which it was recognizcd that "con- scription was already in force and that the arder-in-counci] which made conscription operative was the law of the land.' The convention therefone resolvcd in favor of conscription. More downrigit humbug! Does the CCF accept the capitalist ownership of business because company charters are "aiready the law of the land"? What smug hypocrisyl The situation la that the CCF's record oný the war question is SO very bad that the party bigwigs had ta find some way ta climb aboard the band wagon; something that the late J. S. Woodsworth neyer would have done. If acceptance of tic "law of thc land" is thus ta be the cnitenion of CCF policy it puts the whole CCF agitation against the present social and economic system, based on the law of the land, camplatcly out of l n The Editor's Mail )n Mrs. Il. E. Asle, 17 Old Forest as Hill Rd., Toronto: Encloscd please id find $3.50 ta caver bath Clara's )n m and my own subscriptian for The al. Statesman. In a lettr from - Clara, who is in Halland, she it states The Statesman of Aug. 16 1- arrived on Dec. 3. She said ai- newý news ta me. I hope you are having good news from William. I know how anxiaus you bath wj must be. Clara la very well. re n Shaunaven, Sask., Dec. 16, 1944. Dean Dearge: We are bath fine 1 and cnjay thc paper, but do flot ;e always agree with you on youn y' views f the CCF and the King d Governmcnt. You may be right 0 but came and live here and under - thc conditions we have Îoa at times and you will change your view- L point. In the last provincial elcc- e tian in aur palling booth at the Powennix School, tic CCF had S 66, Liberal 3, and P. Conservative s 3. Mrs. Martyn and myseif wish t ta be remembered ta al aur rela- tives and friends in and araund Bawmanville and wierever The Statesman may go. Find enclosed $2.00 and thank you. HARRY LORNE MARTYN. Dear George: Happy New Ycar ta yourself * and yaur staff of helpers! 1 won- der if we ail realize what The 1 Statesman has donc during 1944 as a gatherer of news with the home tauci and at times as a ne- minder of happenings long aga. With same of us it has been anc way cornespandence. We get but don't give. I arn promising myseif ta do better in 1945. Reading with sympathetic in- tereat of Durham boys in the arm- cd forces, I think back, for I was principal of Bowmanville High School frorn 1906 ta 1913 and many boys *of those« years went aven in the other world war. Some of them whom I could name did nat came back, and I think of them with tender memory and a wisi titat the brave lads of thc present generation may came safely home ta their loved anes. To change my thougit, at the Generai Council of thc United Church held here in London, I had pleasant meetings with Dur- ham aid boys. At anc session in particular, I met three wio are daing very fine work in the Christian ministry. Tiere was .R. H. Rîckard, B.A., M.R.E., from Palmerston in the Hamilton Con- t- ference, and two of my former students, Milton R. Sanderson, B.A., of North Parkdale, Toronto, a commissianen ta the' Council, and ,S. L. Osborne, B.A., B.D., Mus.« Bac., of Part Credit, To- ronto West Prasbytery. Witi greatinga toalal former B.H.S. students, JOHN ELLIOTT. 800 Willian St., London, Ont. Fenelan Falls, Ont., Decemben 19,' 1944. Hella! Mr. James: Sa sarryI amn a bit bcbind witi My payment for tic Home Paper for 1945, but, have juat rcturncd fromn a fiva weeks' trip. My friend and I, (Major N. Robinson who knows tic Home Town a bit) have been ta the far West, travelling as fan as Victoria. Wiat a gloniaus tîme we have had, and God has been very mindful of us, bringing us back ta aur home aftcr travelling over 8000 miles. Haw wonderful, for I fully realize that the trip was dotted with many a danger- aur spot, and anything cauld have happencd. Any. of us who have been tirough tic Rocky Moun- tains know full well tic dangers of tic way. Tiank God for jaunneying's merdies. One of the greatest tirills I have ever cxpenîenccd was, in meeting sa many people whom I had been instrumental in bring- ing ta Christ. There they wcre, standing truc, and tnying by the help a! God ta lead others ta Him. I saw those having grown into womanhoad and -manhoad, hold- ing important positions in tic variaus Corps, climing too that they wenc there daing work for Jesus bacause of tic influence and We k now everything can 't be as you'd like it, ta feel it 's a truly Hlappy Nexy Year. But ecd of us stililihas mucli to be grAteful for - espe*cially for the riglit to worship as we pléase in this lanid of freedom. So season's greetiiigs to you - and may the coming year bring peace and happinesg to ail our customers and their friends. GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666, Bowmanville Greetings and Sincere Thanke At this scason wa appraclate, aven in fuhlen mea- sure, tic meaniug of that invaluabia assat, Good- will. And- witi these tioughts in mind wa seluta ana and ail of aur many friands with tic Tima Honounad Graating HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL I-iý He's tic man. yau must pleasa, nevr mnd a .1 ll the re For he's with you clear up to the And you've passed your most dif- ficuit, dangerous éest LIf the man in thevglass is your friend. You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum And think yau 're a wonderful guy, But the man in the glass says you're aniy a bum If yau can't look hlm straight in the eye. You can fool the world down the 'pathway of years, You can get pets on the back as you.pass, But or 1 reward willl b. dtçars the uyn the - i.. I '*~~i - J' mining town of Fernie, B.C., in 1910, when they were very, very young. I praise God for it ail, and I still f md fna greater jay than when I arn leading and help- ing people ta the Christ of Cal- vary. Again, I went ta the Corps where I was appainted in 1907, my fîrst appaintment. The aid hall was the same. The same oid pulpit. The same old Mercy Seat. What a thrili it gave me. I look- ed at the Mercy Seat where I knew that my tears mingied with the penitents - the place wherc wrongs were made right-where folks left it with a knowledge of sins forgiven. No greater jay could corne ta anyone than ta wit- ness a scene of that kind. I saw it ail again, and God came won- derfuily near to me. This town was Nanaimo, B.C., another min- ing town, but today is quite a military centre. So much for the trip. I hope this finds you and yours Tic Regina Manifestao! 1933 taok abjection ta Canadian participation "in Imperiaiistic wars". It was said that "Can- ada must refuse ta be entanglcd in any mare wars fougit ta make tic world safe for capitalism". Tien in 1935 tic Bible a! tic CCF, "Social Planning fan Canada," was issued. Oun readars wili remembar tiat we analyzed it before. In it tic socialîsts dcclarcd: "We shouid made it dlean ta London and ta Geneva that we intend ta fertilize no more crapa o! pappies bloom- 't . in the best of health, and if you'll groups of ten peaple wonk as a through your paper give my medical stores and transport unit. Christmas -Greetings and tic best wishcs toalal for the coming year, I will appreciate it. May God be very graciaus ta us ail in these days of stress and sarrow, and may He came to thc dean hearts that are sornowing because of loved anes that have been taken. still want the beauty of Jes, life shahl tell for Jesus ail alor the way. That is my testimon, and it's quite fitting that I shauI give my testimony, I arn a Sal- vatianist, and a follawen af the Christ af Christmas. God blcss you, and- Seasan's Gneetings ta yau and your family. Sincercly yaurs, G. F. HOLLANDE. It la reparted fram England that British Boy Scouts raised $150,000 in a one-day campaign when every Scout was asked ta carn anc shilling ta pravide funds for sending Scout relief parties ta liberatcd Europe. The relief 1 1 M 1 - Tien Mn. Coldwcll in Septamber, 1939, durng tic debate an Canada's declaratian o! war, put tic CCF an record againat Canada sendjng any troopa averseas, and prapased tiat Cana- dian participation siould be limitad ta eccnamic aid. Our neaders can find it ail in Hansard, tic officiai record o! tic debates o! tic House o! Commons. Eariier tian tiat, Mn. Coldwcli iad made a speech in Toronto in whiciha i ad said tiat ha would ratier secis son in jail tian in uniform- and tic son iad endorscd tiat view. As wc have said, tic CCF record isn't dlean. Tiey weren't going to fight any wans for British Impcniaiismn or any wars in tic inteneat a! capitalism. Tieyr weren't gaing ta, have Canada entanglcd at ail. Tiey wauidn't have sent a man aven- scas this time. Tie4r iad clearly foneseen and iad said lu ticir book in 1935. tiat a ncw big war was iu tic making. But did tiey propose ta figit? No-not ta tice xtent o! scnding THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO rrmzTTlr)cn rlmcvlgnlLý" nO&U 1- 1 ejLmÉýý