The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE TWO THE CANDIAN SATESMA 1OWMAVTT.T. C~T~TA1~TC ~'l'Il U.CfL)V.M TT 01~1A Ibe aubiun <îhxIe9u Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch in Incorporated The Bowmanvlfe News, The Newcaatie [udependent, ana The Orono News. 91 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of flowmv¶Jle Md Durham County. Meniber ___ Audit Bureau et Circulations ~eeky Newspaper Associtior SUESCRIPTON RATES $2.00 a Ycar, strictly in advancc. $2.50 a Year In the United States. GEO. W. JAMES. Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded In Action, Back at the Front) ICeapt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron CSM. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Killed i Action In Italy) President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies On Active Service it is fitting that the weekly press o( Can- ada should take note and pay tribute r the memory of a truly great President of the United States of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wvho died suddenly at Warm Springs, Georgia, at 4.35 p.m., Friday, April 13, 1945, at the age of 63. When the llews came by radio to the people of this quiet Canadian town and countryside,' the shock- ed expressions on the faces of ail was gen- uine expression of the esteem in which lie was held on this side of the line. At meet- ings of service clubs, schools and other ga- therings, peolge stood spontaneously in silence and prayer. There was no interna- tional border liue associated with the coin- mon affection for one of the world 's great- est figures. Among the namnes of those who have fal- len in battle which appear in this paper, week by week, we feel that the name Frank- lin Delano Roosevelt should bc included for there can be no question that lie too feil in line of duty after more than 12 years con- tinuions service in the cause of liberty and freedom. Long will we remember his speech ikt Kingston, Ont., when lie plcdged that the U.S.A. would flot "stand idly by" should Canadian soil be threatened. We watched bis mouldîng of public opinion that neutralized the Neutrality Act, the introduc- tion of lend-lease. 'heard bis demand that aggressors be "quarantined" and finally saw his triumphant leadership in war across two oceans, with victory now ini siglit. Now lie lies dead in the tradition of other wartime presidents whose lives were taken incident to war. Lincolin, McKiniley, Wilson, and niow Roosevelt lie buried. two shot by assassins, two broken ini bcalth in the service of humanity and the world's greatest Repub- lic. Widest sy mpathy also is accorded Mrs. Roosevelt, who as suddenly confronted with the new's of his passing as the people of America, contained bier grief to ask at once of the new President. in' what mnarner she miglit aid bimi. Only tiîne will reveal the ex- vbent and beneficejice of the social changes wroughit under the influence of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt for theirs and future generations. People of the United States will understand fully when we say that Canadians gencrally share their grief and sorrow in the passing of their wartime Commander-n-Chef. Deliberate. Calculated Confusion la King's Election Manoeuvre Friday the 13th, a date of ominous super- stition, held no terrors for Prime Miîister King, who at higli noon on that April day of 194.5, announced that the Dominion elec- tions would be held on Mondav, Juîie 11, the verýy day previously announced by Premier Drew for the Ontario Provincial elections. When'%the radio announced Mr. King's de- cisioin, The Statesman set out immediately to canvass public reaction along the street. Many. believed the report untrue, but alI agreed that if true, the aimn xas deliberate. caleulated podtîeai conifusioni of the Ontario electorate. Some -,ý,ho still beld that Mr. Kingo was a man who would not break lus pledged work, were amazed when shown the record in Hansard, April 9, 1945. Mr. King's pledge at page 677 was that latest mianoeuvre holds distressing, implica- tionîs fpr a pledlge riven thore mnust lie in the name of Canada, not a politipal party. Belief is now general that the in-Hepbiirti-Ieft- ist group deliberately planned this wbole confusing setup with no regard for the war and ini contempt of Ontario voters as a whîole. Between the issue of writs and polI- ing day the time is reduced to 56 days. Canada's Deleoiation Named tc Consider Price of Peace For the next two înonths Canadians w bc faced with a series of events tbat will t; thveir capaeit-, *. i a manrier jiever beforee perienel sixice Confederation. Aside frc tixir conoern with the war abroad and pi duction at homne, there will be the need sup)port tlhe Sthi Victory Loaii, the largE yet called. the decisions to be made in1 double-election, the deepening pockets iuinployment, the formis to completef familv allowances, the fierce political bý tle on the bustings, but of greater and wid eoncern the decisions f0 be made at the wor conference at San Francisco. If is fearedt little attention can be given the conferen but the press cannot escape ifs dufy in a vising Canada's delegation in any develo ment of public opinion at home. Names of the delegates were annournc by Mr. King on April 9. They are, Dr. Ma kenzie King, government leader,, Dr. J. King, Senate leader; Minister of Justice Laurent; Mrs. Cora Casselman, M.P., Sen tor Lucien Moraud; Gordoni Graydo House Leader, Progressive Conservativx and M. J. Coldwell,' 0CF leader. Wifh tbe seven will go seven Government apointe as advisors. There is not a single militai authorify. At least five have a pacifist ai a no-commitment background. The spokE man and final authoritv will be Prime Mi ister King. Among the deliberations will1 the question of providing force f0 ensui world peace and security. Hence if will be the duty of ail who ca find fime and access to events to watc closely the course of the Canadian deleg; tion. Informied leaders in the U.S.A. hai openly stated this: "We must recognize o1 responsibility to furnish part of tbe poli( power of the worid f0 back up th&~ Unite Nations in a system of justice and law gra( ually to be developed." On the oflier han( Mr. King emphasized in parliament fbi Canada, as matters now stand, would bei no way commifed to send a single soldiE outside of our national frontiers. With delegation of non-military c haracter, man are already exprcssing doubts that Canad may again be let down at San Francise( Despite ail the pressure of domestie concer if is expectcd that the press will fulfil it dufy arnd condemn any move f0 seîl Canad short at tbis momentous conferen.ce. Preserve the Intehrity of The Familv Farm The attempts of the socialists to create class consciousness among Canadian farm ers and linik them rip with certain labo unions in the fight against capitalisin is no< meeting witb mucli success. The reason fo this is vers- clearly stated by an Ontari( farmer ini a letter f0 The Familv Herald anc Weekiy Star. The farmer wrifes: "I have been wodering if the sanity of country opinion is duc so mucl ito a rural environmient as to the fact that most country people still live on their own farmis, do their ownr work as tbey sece fit and are, fberefore, capitaiist, employer and laborer ail in one. There is littie trouble bet-ween labor and capi- tal ini the countrv because bofli are one; and a mani cari t very wvell figblt with Ilimself." This desirable condition, the farmer point, ouf, is "hitcbied ciosely with the old insfî tiition of the familýy-sized farm. Here w' have just about the last place in our coin plicafed inidustrial age wbere a man can b( bis own boss for a moderaf e irivestment. Aý both economic and political stabîlity arE closely dependent on the proportion of self employed people in thie country, it seemç to me that the first concern of our ler-islaE tors should be f0 preserve tlie iiitegrity of the familv farm." Farming. like every other industry. must be modernized if if is to keep up wifh tf1 trends and the dcmands of the times. but under collective farming 'the fainily farn w'ould evenfualy disappear, and with it that sense of personial ownership and indepen- dence wbich bave been at once the basis and the incentive of agricultural progrcss in Canada. It is said that many of our figliting mer bave a liankering after the laîîd and are wondering bow~ small a farm tbey w-ou]d be alble to make an independent living. from afler the war. Affer figbhting for freedom, what -wouild fbey have f0 say f0 a Govern. ment that denied tbem frecdom and offcred tbcm a Job as a farm laborer? a law allowviing this. Parliamnent cami repeal ifs laws at any inient, and the authorifv f0 mun Canada remains, af ail timies, witb Parliament, unilcss we are going f0o abolish parliamentary government. If would have been most impl'oper for the Government of Saskatchewan to have allow'- cd the decision as f0 what industries aref be taken ov'er to be made by anyone except 0 Mil tax ex- )ro- 1to est L a of for 'at- der rld too ne ad- ýop- cd lac- H. st. ,na- ýon, 'es, ese ýees arvy Lnd ,es- ïn- be Lire ,an ceh Lve ur ce :ed the Cabiiiet, with. the backing of the Legis- i ature. That~ is really the reason for belicving that aIl fuis talk of fthe CCF iritroducing a new~ sysfem of society is rather silly. It could inftroduce exactly* as much of a'new system of sociefy as elecfed represenfatives of the people w-ould let if. That is, every decision w-icli the CCF Government makes lias to be like flic decisions which any other party ,overnment would make, a matter of poli- tics. If bappens thaf politics in a democracy is merely another name for the freedom of the people to elect represetatives f0 pass laws. Take away that power of elecfed representes of the people and we have a f otalitarian state over niglif. That is wby, after a few more absurd ex- periments, Sociailsm will cease to be of mucli intcresf to the Canadian people, Juvenile Franchise It is perhaps too niuch to expect political parties f0 be strictly consistent in their policies, which may be modified from time to tîme in accordance with public opinion. But we can at least expecf thcm to be con- sistent with tbpir basic principles. For in- stance, if a party stands for the principle of the franchise, and proposes f0 extend the voting power to juvenies, if could scarcely, at tbe same time, stand for the abolition of our present parliamentary system. Yet thaf seems to he the position of our "demo- cratic socialists." In a recent issue of News Comment, the chief journalist organ of the CCF, the edi- for hig-hlv rccommnended Bernard Sbaw's latesf book. "Everybody's Wli'1at's What," iin wbichî that famous author stated that the Russian sysfem of society is "genuine de- mocrafic socialîsn," and that fthc parlia- mentary- sysfem now operative in Britain (and iin Canada) "can easily be a frustra- tion of socialisîn." -Mr. Sbawv furfher de- clares that adult suffrage is îniscallcd demo- cracy and is ail illusion as a metbod of foun;ding a new society, and thaf govern- ments by parliaments modelled on the Bri- f isli party system must bec"mufhlessly dis- carded." These view-s are endorscdl by the OCF of- ficial journal, whicli says: " Parlianients must survive as a place for leather-lungcd ralible-rousers f0 let off steam, but the work of legislation must be doue by people qualified by kiiowlcdge of and aptitude for ftic fask. Not more than five per cent of flic population - any population - are capable of bcing governors. The real prob- lem of governmenf, then, is liow f0 select flic capable and then limit Mr. Everyman's choice to those who demonstrate that they are amoîîg the politically compefent five per cent.'" This tbeory of government is not new, if dates back. af least, to Plato, and if operat- cd ini the Dark Ages, and flic CCF lias a perfect rigbf f0 advocafe if. But flic lead- ers of that party sbould be consistent and not, af the same time, advocate an exten- sion of the franchise fo young people of 18 years of aze. If if is truc that onlv five per cent of our adult population arc politi- cally competent, then surcly that percentage would be greatly rcduced if flic franchise w-erc extendcd to juveniles. The only possible explanation of this in- consisfencv is thaf flic CCF leaders regard flic juveniles as more gullible and better prospects for vofe-catdhing than flic adults. Hitler rcalîzed that wbcn lie organized bis youth movemenf - lie caught them young. iaS MI1SEE IT.. er By Capt. Elmore Philpott a FRIEND 0F ALL w- da The ObVious Thing That Can o.be said of the passing of Presi- rn dent Roosevelt is that scores of ts millions of people in ail parts of da the earth wilI regard if as an actual persanal mss. Here was nof just a great statesman wlio ranks wifh Lincoln among the grcatest of buman liberators. Here was a man witli a quality for fricnds b i p a that rcached ta a- v e ry nation and evcry corn- or er of the cartb. ot It is safe ta r say - and the o profoundcst tri- d bute ta bis char- even i nem countries mil- 1liftfl1e childrcn will feel some pang of anguish at the passmng of this man of undcrstanding beart. For there is flot an honcst human being in ahi the world who does nat know thaf, ta fthc best of bis great abihities, Franklin Roose- velt staod for wliat hie believed to be besf for every part of flic ts human family. Thcy Said of Roosevelt That ,, lie was flic only statesman who t- ever thought of calling aur Can- e adian Prime Minister by bis first Ls name. That was nat just a poli- 'e tician's trick, like kissi.ng flic babies at election time or slap- ping vaters on the back. Roose- lS velt was like that. If came riglif - from flic bcart. )f This great paf rician came ta affice in the darkest hours of flic great depression. He became flic ;t personification of the liopes and ýe champion of the rights of flic tt common man. n If you like civil war and bloody Srevolution, then yau may say thaf the late President made anc of -the great blunders of history by Idoing what lic did f0 kecp flic ri whale social and ecanomic sys- tcm from "going through the ri wringer". But if you believe that if is always the duty af statesmen e ta try evolution then yau cannot e quarrel with what Roosevelt did i in thec deep depression o!flice thirties. If was rank opportun- îsm. But if worked, chiefly be- cause the great man bchind if was far bigger than bis awn mis- takes. How Wili the Passing of Frank- lin Roosevelt affect the greaf causes for whicli le fouglit? He had already donc bis war job. The day of victory in Europe >is very near-and Roosevelt was, as much as anyýbody else an earfb, ifs engincer. But what of bis peace job? It is no secret fliat if was the late President's genius for friendship that made the Conferences af Tebran and Yalta s0 successful. >If was bis friendly outsfretched hands fliat rcacbed anc way fa Mr. Churchill and the other way ta Marshal Stalin, and that linkcd flic flrce as understanding fricnds. And because thcy be- came frîcnds alI the peoples of flic world got at least a better chance ta get a just and lasting peace. Fate, or Providence, or the Hand of Almighty God, moves in mysterious ways. It is because the~ whole world regards the passing of President Roosevelt with such apparent but profound regret, and as a political tragedy, that those causes for which the greaf iberator stood may, go aIl the more powerfully marching on. Roosevelt, alive, would have liad fa face aIl the captiaus criti- cism whicb wrecked and ruined and finalhy killed flic hearfbrok- en Wilson. But Roosevelt, beyond this mortal sphere, stands as a miglitier champion of flic cause of organizcd peace than even he could bave donc in bis mortal capacity. IN THE DOM AND DISTANT PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO April 22, 1920 R. H. Hamley bas sold his brick yard and complete manufactur- ing equipmcnt to John W., Hamb- let T., and Albert E. Hircock and Thos. Bassinger of Cobourg. Dr. J. Benson Reynolds, native of Solina, succeeds Dr. G. C. Creelinan as the new president of fthc O.A.C., Guelph. Tom Ellenor, once a member of the Statesman staff, who now conducts a book and stationery store in Toronto, visited bis par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ellenor. Principal J. W. Morrison grate- fuily acknowledges contributions to the Memorial Tablet fund from these former students: Prof. John Squair, Toronto; Ida M. Elliott, London; Dr. T. C. Clemence, Lindsay; Mrs. F. A. Fitchett, Outremant, Que.; Viola Gilfillan, B.A., Ripley; Dr. Neil S. McDon- ald, Inspector of Schools, Toron- ta; W. N. Tillcy, K.C., Wm. Prow- er, Bank of Montreal, Toronto; John C. McClellan, Bassano, Alta.; Norman C. Hockcn, Pres. Hock- en Lumber Co., Espanola; Edith A. Hiler. Kate M. Stephens, Margaret Trcbilcock, Minnie Trcbilcock, Geo. A. Stepliens. Haydon: Mr. and Mrs. Rd. Mc- Neil and Mr. and Mrs. Frier arc wclcomcd ta the village. Tyrone: H. McRoberts bas sold bis property to R. Hodgson... Miss M. M. Young is training for a nurse at Bowmanville Hos- pital. Solina: J a c k Reynolds is critically ill at Toronto Western Hospital. . . Mr. and Mrs. Tbos. Pascoe cclebratcd their 58th wcd-i ding anniversary. greatncss. lIE luAs YoU 0 You have reason for just pride if you have donc ail you could do, on the home front, te support the gailant effort of our mcn in active service. If you have denied yourself plcasures and cemforts te buy Victory Bonds ... you, tee, have played a part in helping your country's war effort You have worked and saved and lent your savings te your country. Witb- eut this help from you.i; and from millions cf lier citizens, your country could net have maiinained the premi- nent place she now occupies among the freedom-loving nations. Canada lias the use of your savings te help te win victory. (You will have this money te use for your own needs later.) Perhaps you wish you could have donc more. Well, yeu wiII be asked te do more. Mcn who have corne back wiil tel you that there is lots te do yet. Canadians are on active service, on the fighting fronts. More money is needed te support their effort You are asked te keep on working and saving and you will be asked te put more savings into Victory Bonds. They are. the best investment any Canadian can make; an investment that every Canadian should make. FIFTY YEARS AGO April 17, 1895 G. M. Maxwell has movcd bis business from Horscy's Block ta Haines' Block in rear of Standard Bank. Fred McClung, Franklin North- cote, Norman W. andt H. Tillcy, Fred Brimacombe, T. G. Bragg, T. M. and R. li. Fairbaimn, W. Adams, W. T. Frccland, C. F. Los- combe, Fred Pethick were home from Toronto. Miss Cynthia Cryderman left for Port Townsend City, Washi- ington, U.S., wbere she will sfay with lier sister, Mrs. Dr. Gleason. S.S. No. 9 Clarke: Jesse Wood- ward andfamily are now located an fthc Billings farm. . . Henry Bowcn bas been at Washburn Island. Mapie Grove: The S. of T. have raiscd their ncw hall. . . There was a barn raising at Mark Mj- day's. Ncwcastle: Miss Cherry, mlA mner, Bowmanville, bas been cm- ploycd by Miss Wilson. .. Meet- ing ;was beld ta consider the ad- vîsability of scparating Newcastle from Orono Methodist Churcli. Hampt on: Andrew Penning- ton and family have moved f0 their farm soufli of the village and Peter Leask and family have fak- en possession of the bouse vacat- cd by bim. . . D. Taylor, of flic Cambrian Woolcn Milis, bas been on business at Toronto. Blackstock: Mr. Cartwright bas been dismisscd from the posi- tion as station master af Burke- ton due fa an unpleasanf encount- er with D. Hooey. Dr. Fish drew up a petifion to the C.P.R. for his reinstatement. If is envy or indifference whîch makes us blind ta con±emporary qa tdf e4 &«, VICTORY BONDS SthVictory Loan Opens April 23rd NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMIMTE .4 -'e THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE- ONTARIO TMTRI.;T)AY. APRIL lgth. 1045