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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVIILLE, ONTARIO PAGE T WU r Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEW&PAPER With which la Incorporated The fBowmanvife News, The. Newcaste ludependent. and The Orono News. 91 Year'u Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanviffe and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau Canadian <* .j Weekiy New9papers SUBSCIMONRATES $2.0 a ear strctl inadvanoe. $2.50 a Year In the iUnited States. Gzo. w. JAMES. Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James <Wounded In Action, Back at the Front) capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron CSM. George Graham * CPI. A. Living (Killed i Action In Itali) Victorv Is Proclaimed But Let Us Pause to Consider People of Canada and indeed of the whiole world were electrified with the nlews, an- nouneed officially by the leadingy govern- ments of the Allies on Mondy. ay 7, that the war in Europe ivas over. I'nconditional surrender ivas the proclamiation that came to countless thousands bv radio. later to be con- firuîed l'y the respective governmnents, key- noted bi- Prime Minister Winston Churchill, supremne leader of the Allied cause. There was, naturally. universal rejoicing, and pro- perly so, aniong ail the people of this entire commun ity. Conditioned by piecemeal announcements for days and weeks prior to the officiai dec- laration. the people at home and the troops jabroad have waited iu high expectancy for the final word from the rilitary command- ers. Now it bas corne. Now we know def- initely, that the casualty lists are elosed; that iiot a single Canadian henceforth, will b>e wounded, killed, or imprisoned. As soon as slips are available, they will be returned to their country and their firesides. It is a comforting thought for ail who have. borne the battie and for the parents who have SO willingly sent them. But in all the ridst of our rejoicing, we must at once accept the fact that we have won onlv baîf the battle. There is yet the task of beating the Japanese; heating them ultiniately and finally into unconditional surrender. We must take our part, without question. to see to it that the last vestiges of totalitarianl world dominance are eradicat- ed from the face of the globe. This war bas been a double-header with only the first half won. In the midst of it all we are faced with general electiouus at home. There- fore, we are doubiy eoncerned with con- siderations of the most vital significance. So with ail our flag-waving, at the moment, let uis keep our eyes on the hall and follow through to final, complete victor:. Inflated Waistlines On Parade Public Menace No. 1 At the recent annual dinner of the Adver- tising and Sales Club of Toronto, xhch the Editor of The Statesman attended. guests at the head table were resplendent inI tux- edos dug from the moth balls whiere thev ]had lain since the outbreak of war. 'Most of the b.>edecked diners also wore a look of resigna- tion. They admitted thev lhad experienced some difficulty in persuading the buttons of their resurrected suits to ineet witlhout strain. Ail confessed they !lad put on weighIt. The comment whieh this depressing- fact suggests necd not be confinied to gentlemen of the advertising profession. A number of tailors interviewcý-d on the suibjeet revealed that the male iidriffi generailly blas increas- ed ini girtlu during the so-ealled rig-ors of wartimie. Doctors and corsetieres also al- lowed that tiiere are today more femnale curves in the wrong places tluan thiere uere in 1939. Th;e fact is that w-e have been faring suin- ptuously in wartimie. Ritioniîîg and short- ages hlave beguiled ils iuto eatung hiall as mululag-ain as we waîîted or needcd. Let himi or lier) iv\ho~ is withioit extra weîghit cast the first stonie. Deîied oui stints of kick. Ljet uls rtu to pea*e, and pleuity andi so recover ouîr oiiee-faned spaireness and virilit v. 0Only thus ivill individual enter- prise and private initiative inake good. The postwar years are going fto be brighit with- hcad tables. As the bead table is, su> is the eountry . Inflated postwar waistl mes on parade are Public Menace No. 1. Teachers. Preachers Rampant In Political Arena Today 'We helieve one of the reasons underlying the falling off iin eburcli attendance and the questioîîing of whither religion or politics is h)egining to goveril the thinking, and ex- pressions of mnany ordained preachers of the day. is their failuire to separate facts and bistory froin iunrealistie sentimientalisun. The sainue observations apply equally to teachers anud professors in alI branches of education wlh-re their sustenance is proviqed by pub- lic funds. As w-e view it. hoth teacher and preachier. dr'awin g their living from mroneys provided hy their comununities, are iii duty bounnd to heed and respect the views even of tlhe least humble member wvho puts per- sonal funds into their pockets. We hold that any inceumbent of pulpit or school whio accepts personal funds fromn the comnniuniity purse and w-ho wishes to express party political propaganda, shduld resign froin lis charge and preacli lis doctrines openly as ail individual or as allied with the p)arty favored. To voice political opinions wvhile accepting a living froun funds provid- cd froin many w-ho are opposed to those views is a matter. causing increasing unirest and dissention. We see mnuch of this state of affairs locally. So far as the churcli is coneerned, niany ministers of the day, ini their undouhted sinu- cerity, are doing lunuch to undermine not only church attendance, but ini some cases are lesseingi respect for the Sahhath Day. We refer particularly to Dr. Lorne 'McTavish. CCP candidate il; Ontario Couiity. and forun- ci' well kuown uiiister in Oshawa. On Sunday, April 26. this preacher addressed anl out-and-out political meetinug in the Gen- oslua Hotel. Oshawa, attacking businuess in g"eneral and lauding the Socialist CCP party. To iiaii- this is consideu-ed almiost a desecra- tion -lien w-e have been taughlt that Sunday is a day for Christian w-ousip, not for poli- tical propaganda. The w-iole mnatter is onle tluat is causing deepeingi resentment. Political Confusion WiIl Be the Next Issue to Face Following the great hackw-ash of public exuberation occasioiied hy the enud of war iii Europe, it is to he expected that thousauuds of Canadians will find relief hy takiuug timie out for mest; for brief repose of mmnd. body and soul. Lu a great surge of thankfulness they will want to forget the long years of horror and confusiomn that have haunted their daily existence. But ail this natural reaction carnies at the samne timie a latent warniing of the dangers of forgetfulness. of complacency- Tliese are the very things that basicall- led to the w-ar. Now iin the hour of thankfulness, again we nust arouse ourselves for w-e are faced with issues at -home niost fateful in the life of the nation. We turn at-once to scenes of politicai con- fusijon, which will spread and deepeuu in the immdiate weeks ahead. Governucuts are to becluhosen both for the Dominion and On- tario. The final choice of the electorate niay w-cIl mean ceontinuing, stahîity or change to ailuunridled experimient iin social philoso- phy, a system proved stenile, impotent anud utterly subversive to iudividual liberty wherever em.braced. Its adhereuits in Can- ada bave hased their whole hopes for suc- cess on eieating political confusionu. To incet this threat of strangling iiidividual liberty, -ar-tired people nust arouse thenselves fu-om the state of rest thcy bave eariied fol- lowing the fail of Hitler and bis supermenu. Whaât are the imain issues hefore us at the moment? We nuiust peusuade ourselves imi- ueclately to grasp thue essential picture. t is this: Fiu-st, that the war is i over; it is only haîf w-ou, for Japan muust he beatexu as de- cisively as Germany. We have beenl too proue to for-get this great faet. Second, even as w-e niai-ch against Japaiu. we inust iiînuediately tuu-n to probleins of reconstruction and reliabiitation. for the Germian capitulation lias brouglit this righut to our doorstep. These are thue central things to keep in muiiid as we tui-n to fil-lit our 1olitieal hattles. They are tlue basic i-casons for chioosing stri-(>i. sauue and vigorous goveru-nmcnts- While luis is not a party- political editorial. future political editorials iii these columunns w-i be g-overiied b-v these essential cousideu-a- tions. The main thoughit is to arouse voters to exel-cise their riglit aiud duty to chioose strouug goveriinieuuts. Problem for Mana0lement and Emlovees to Solve iii order to find a market for lis goods. Aîîotluer persouî preseuit pi-otested agaiuist the cuttiuîg of wages, siuîce le said thiat iluis would ueduee purchasiuîg pow'er, bîut our bus- iniess friend merelv observed to that ueuark thiat ie liad a clean idea tliat a manu whuo as wor-kiig fulil ime at 50 cents an bour, be- cause lis employer could produce goods anud seli thein, w'ould have a great deal more purehasiuig power than a mai w-ho was ont of work, because le wanted $1 an hour and bis .mployer could not produce goods and seli themu under such conditions. t looks as thougl this business manl lad aworking, idea of what business is ail about. Bank Clerk Weil Treated Camadiauu dhatered baniks are not soulless corporations, iunr does ingratitude seep int batik policies.nr failure to recognize menit anîd true worthî among faithuful employees. On April 12, tle Police Commission of To- ronto gave ai award of $200 10 Douglas S. Kimng of the Bank of Toronto w-li. -ounded lîimself hy a shotgun charge, shot a bandit, who later died. The inference came from the Police Commission procecdimugs that thue Canadiaîî Baukers' Associatiomn should be ap- pro4chied for a similar money award to Mn. Kinig. The fact is, tuat iii ail cases of em- pîny-ees. cachu batik takes care of ils 0w-n. If soîueoiîe auuonugthe public, not conneetcd -ith a batik. made a banîdit capture or kill- iuîg, as the case may be, the association would coune across generously, for an act committed ini hehaîf of ail the banks. Iii the case of Douglas Kinîg, the Bank of Toronto management-and ah other hanks do the sanie thing. it heing only a question of degree and circumstauces - paid al l e hospital bis, ordered Mr. Kinog on an ex- teîîded holiday trip covening tbree montîs and compcnsated huim with a gift of $2,000. Wlen le returned to employment, le was promoted and reccived a higler salary. AUl this for tle courage of resisting and liquid- atiug an armed bank bandit. The publicity, duc 10 mîsunderstanding lu the Toronto Police Commission, ivas at fîrst uufavorable, as it gave tle impression that the hamuks themselves w'ere indiffercuit in suich cases anud the omus -%vas carnied hy the Canadian Bankers' Association. The facts of thue case, and there have been mauuy in thc hast ten or more years, speaks volumes for thie Caîuadian banks individualhy and colece- tively. And hy the same token ail have souuud and generous provision for cvery cm- ployee whuo las served lu thc war. man wlo would Iitenally stop aI nci wa Br Capt. Elmore Philpett T] in MY PROPHECY of advance planning put int ________tIem by Ileir sponsors. i San Francisco, April 26. - The *in great San Francisco conference Surely No ]international Gath- me las pene, ad îl whoe w rld ng ever lad tle preparation oa] bas thal Ihîsnonee lad. Therwlof knows of ils împosîng ceremonual thtti n ad h hl - send-off, but notîing las yeî îap- weight and power of thc grealest pened ta give a dlue as ta tle suc- mass production nation on carîhly cess or failure of the gatlering. las gone int mass production of I lereby register my prediction success for this conference. Jusi lIaItle conference will succeed as calmly as bull-dozens are made complt e 1y. Iand sent int action ta uproot compel ei y. I ~stumps or trees, sa tle US. las bat se lI itnto made its plans for thls conference. wlat s wrltenThe U.S. people are not tnying in an draf ta steam-rollen" Ihis convention plans. I base il in tle slady sense, but tle wlole on îe fat Ilt *nation is "behind il," as 111e say- tle greal Amer-.....g.is ican RepulicIt was one of the wisest choices las taken this un hîstory ta stage this conference planunde ils-~in San Francisco. Had il been own eagle's ' h~t eld in Europe tle people would wings. Il las, in h lve egarded the delegates with effet, ade his.ii~~.:a mixture of curiosity and aloof- a Mae - n-U.. .i~ rness. But here, lu Ihis nation of A. Peace Plan. ~~boru boosters, everybody from To permit fail- tle President down ta tle cop on ure wuld cme .thc corner or tle girl behind tle ta most Ameni- uews stand, does lis or lier bit ta cans, I believe, as a humliating make the affair a succcss. It is a setback ta llemnselves. malter of national and local pnide I Have Changed My Mmnd10lptIpansced dnastically on thls malter since HTE OSHM coming lene. At home 1 figured HITER _OESHOM lIatiti would be easier ta gel sub- stanlial agreement among tle San Francisco, May 3 - The forty-odd Allied nations Icre tlan wlole civilized world reacted ta il would be to gel Ilat agreement tIc passing of Frankln Roosevelt ratified aler by tle United States witl sorrow unsunpassed un al Senate. hislory. The wlole wonld accepîs I conclude now lIaI ratification the passing of Hitlen will relief. by tle U.S. Senale will be aà fore- The most significant thing thal gone conclusion if agreemient is can be said about tle deatl of reacled lere. this cvii genlus is tlat, aI tle end, It is quile plain Ilat an historic even lis closest associates in tle and fundamental change las world's worst criminal gang lad laken place in tle thinking of the 10 gel id of tle living Hitler, wîo American people since World lung like a milîstone around tle War L. Partly because of tle veny necks of tle surviving Ger- long delays and disillusionmienls, man armies. Therefore, Himier but, even more, because tlose ne- and Co. lad ta dispose of hlm. gotiations wcrc lcld across tIc ocean amid au almospîcre of Whether He Reaiiy Died of a foneign intrigue and old-world Braîn hesuon, or olnerwuse, us be- cynicism, tle people of thc Unit- side tle point. The important ed States neyer undcrslood the points are lIaI Hitler is officialiy League plan, even at the begin- dead; and lIaI tle Nazis will run ning. truc tb form and try ta use lis * * *passing ta perpetuale tle Nazi When The Politicians Got Fin- mytl-and try ta make a corne- isîcd will il in tle Senale their back. non-undcrstandirig lad been Hitler was nol great excepl lu clangcd ta deep distrust and an- lus capacty ta mduce ollers 10 do tagonism. But now îhings lave evil. His acîs wlll, of course, loom clangcd. Hitler, Mussolini and large lu history, for le was un- lle Japs lave taugît île world a doubtedly the greatest upsetter ln permanent lesson. history of man. Everything Hit- So tle American people are de- ler did was upsîde dowu - lu re- termiued ta gel a peace organiza- verse like tle swastika symbol lion whicl suits 11dmr present for good iuck, whicl le tunned mood. A'nd, believe me, lley wlll backwards. gel it. I lave been 10 pleniy o! The secret o! thc "success" of conventions. Tley arc ail alike lu Hitler was tIatlile litcrally sold one i aspect. Tley succeed or fail lis soul to the dcvii. He was thc in direct proportion ta the amount first leader ln the entire hislory of ta ho 0oataînlis eudystpere as no crime 100 appalliug. There vas no treacleny too nack. Tîcre as uolhing 100 sacred 10 violate. ,hcre was to e nolhiug 10 stand " tle way of lis world mastery. Actuaily There la Nothing New "ail this tllnking. The man was usane if even tîcre was an lu- une man on eartl. But, inslead )f putting hlm lu a mental hs- ital, tle Germans enîlusiasîlcal- y, exalled hlm to tIc grealest po- THURSDAY, MAY lth, 1945 air- Dre W ovt'S. rz0m'se un School GrantsCarried Out Relief of haîf the cost of education in public and secondary scbools in Ontario, 10 lessen the tax burden of property owners, was one of the planks in Premier George Drew's manifesto la the election of August, 1943. Hepburn claimned it couldn't be doe. But il has been doe; the budget balanced and a surplus declared. In this district, as will be seen from the figures below, these grants lave mun as high as '75 per cent relief with thc overail per- cetage levelling off exactly as promnised. The figures herewith, secured from the Dept. of Educatiof, Toronto, represeul lhe area under the inspectorate of T. R. McEwe, Bowmafville, Darington, Cartwright and Manvers. SUMMARY 0F GRANTS - 1945 Section Cost Cartwright: 1. $1,394.89 2 1,554.82 3. 1,257.30 4. 1,264.86 5. 1,298.39 6. 1,454.87 7. 1,898.62 8. 1,257.32 9. 2,227.43 Darlington: 1. 2,278.46 3. 1,580.58 4. 1,470.45 5. 1,546.04 6. 3,902.66 7. 1,303.58 8. 4,738.76 9. 1,592.12 10. 1,307.23 il. 3,254.65 12. 1,535.81 14. 1,531.08 15. 1,379.05 16. 3,346.36 18. 1,920.45 19. 1,515.42 20. 1,709.38 21. 1,548.58 Manvers: 1. 1,304.43 2. 1,206.60 3. 1,177.71 4. 1,576.43 5. 1,546.69 6. 1,339.60 7.- 3,330.47 8. 1,278.46 9. 3,151.56 10. 1,350.22 il. 1,169.13 13. 1,356.71 14. 1,378.37 15 and 16 3,772.69 16. 1,299.82 20. 1,325.71 Bowmanville $697.45 777.41 754.38 632.43 649.19 727.43 949.31 628.66 1,113.72 1,139.23 790.29 735.22 773.02 2,34 1.60 977.69 2,843.26 796.06' 653.62 1,952.79 767.90 765.54 689.52 2,007.82 960.22 757.71 854.69 774.29 652.22 603.30 706.63 788.21 775.35 669.80 1,998.28 958.85 2,363.67 675.11 701.48 814.03 827.03 2,263.62 649.91 994.28 14,025.04 silion of uuclecked power thal millions. Numbed, as a bird hyp- notised by au approaching suake, any ruier ever leld in any coun-i try at any lime. The paradox of al Ihis was lIaI Hitler rulcd by tle assent or consent of tle overwlelming mass of the German people. This great nation-long tle world's leader in many of tle sciences and ants- followed Hitlen and his Nazi gangsters mucl like tle rats, and then tle children, followed the legendàry Piper of Hamelin. They Foliowcd Hitler Becamuse le appealed shamnelessly but pow- erfully 10 everything lIat was bad lu tle splil pensonaiity of tle German nation. He would make themu "Der Master Race". To prove their "rigît tb ruie" they lad 10 Ireat ail other lumans, especially tle Jews, tle French, the Pales, tle Russiaus, as lesser crealures. The Germans were tle master race. So olhers lad 10 be lreated as no decent luman bcing would Ireat a dog, iet alone a fellow luman. Cruelty was made a science, murder was calculated by tle 50 $310.92 50 268.57 60 323.37 50 .314.24 50 243.40 50 304.76 50 188.02 50 316.79 50 238.20 322.46 274.39 324.03 1,165.03 428.74 1,034.83 287.03 227.36 1,157.70 336.75 29 1.11 315.68 1,39 1.66 504.61 351.56 231.37 331.14 273.32 253.76 30 1.53 287.15 271.22 246.88 959.01 386.75 1,102.30 357.58 344.96 346.12 372.13 1,170.05 295.95 455.09 2,320.62 $386. 508.84 431.01 3 18.19 405.79 422.67 761.29 311.87 875.52 460.83 448.99 1,176.57 548.85 1,808.43 509.03 426.26 795.09 431.15 474.43 373.82 616.16 455.61 ,406.15 623.32 443.15 378.90 349.54 405.10 501.06 502.13 422.92 1,039.27 572.10 1,261.37 3 17.53 356.52 467.91 454.90 1,093.57 353.96 539.19 11,704.42 tle rest of humanity waited for Hitler 10 do what he had plaiuly told us le would do. It we can flot yet understaud how a once great people like the Germaus could worship tle leader of~ gang more unbelievably vileta any other in hislory, lct us ask ourselves this: Wly did we fail to stand together lu time againsl Hitler lu spile of thc facl thal he had plainly written in a big.book exaclly wlal le intended to do witl us? Hitler's two most typical state- ments werc: "The noblesl spirit can be dissolved under tle beat- ing of a rubber lose," and "Wlen you tell a lie, make il a big one". His greatest lic was Ilal le was a proteclor of western civilization. He was the grealesl wrecker of ail limes and lis work will fol- low hlm. "The Melling Pot" was 10 fuse ail races mbt one big family. But it thrcatens 10 become a powder magazine 10 blow us up. k iii i'V I3UGT fW - ,JIM> AND HER.>S NE tOLJGT MY ANOTfHER LOAC) 0F QUOTA 0F TH VCTR 48-TtH-BOND SN RIH -ISSUE BND RE H Non' thn k wÉAIIOur uôd '~~WiN wîth all Canadians in giving thanks for the Victory ini Europe whc has delivercd us from the perils of dictatorial domination and brutal ruthlessness. Our hcartfelt thanks go out to ail our fighting men who, by their courage. devotion and sacrifices, h ave once again made us al proud to be called Canadians. ]BANK OF MONTRIEAL ~:iI - . - - -.fý