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TUE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWàMANVLL. ONTARTfl THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY,- MAY- -... 1945 THURSDAY, MAY 24th, 1945 Charlie Stephenson CIaims Bracken Policies For Canada Mean Security And Prosperity To The Electors of Durham: As the Progressive Conserva- tive candidate for Durhamn Coun- ty it is my intention ta discuss thiaugli the foui local newpapers some of the more impartaAt planks in the Bîacken platform. These issues will be discusscd in a constructive manner s0 that the eleclors wiil be better informed and realize it is ta their inteîest ta support my candidature on June 11. During the past two years, John Eiacken, National Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, has visited every section of the country ta leain at first hand the puableins peculiar ta each. That was precisely the way ta approacli the management of any big busi- ness and the business of running the affairs of Canada is the big- gest business we've gaI. He lias thus prepaîed himself ta become Prime Minister of Canada. Fîesh f rom his Empire record embracing over 20 years continu- ou sl1y Premier of Manitoba, Bracken lias drawn fram that successful experience and his study of Canada as a whole, the knowledge necessary for assuin- Ing direction of the affairs of the entire country. He lias formu- lated policies and lias statèd them, coverimg the whole range of na- tional administration. In the few weeks iemaining before elections take place, this column wiil be devoted ta, brief reviews of the Bîackcn piogiam. Of main concein ta the people of Durhiam County are the matters which affect thein most closely, they are, care and rehabilitation of retuining saldiers, better faim- lng conditions, better labar condi- tions and general social secuiity. In the turne and space available, these wiil be dealt witli as con- * ciscly as possible. They are the policies upheld completely byJ me as the Bracken candidate for Durham. County. Equality For Agriculture As a practical and successful farmei himself, Bîacken told farmeis that geneîally they had1 received over the years, only 13, per cent of the national incarne,1 while compîising anc third of the population and îunning Canada's basic and greatest business. This lie teumed, "Canada's greatesti social inequity." He said: "Il isj oui first and primary objective mand and thus raise purchasing to correct this unfair and inferior power of farmers to a level neyer economic position." before attained. To bring about And he told how lie would set expansion of export markets and about it, employing the same wise higlier standards of living, we and wide-awake business ap- proacli with which for 20 vears he had held the confidence of, Manitoba farmers. In his 30- 1point "Charter for Agriculture," issued before any other leader had taken up the question, Brack- en laid down these principles con- ceived for the security of farmers, for farmers' wives and children, for alI who are dependent upon i. a prosperous agriculture for their malerial welfare. He said: Co-operation The Keynote "To achieve equality for agri- culture, we shahl enlist the co- operation of farmers tliemselves, consuit with their groups to formulate policy, appoint farmers to administrative and advisory boards set up in tlie interests of agriculture. To serve Canada as a whole, if the Minister of Agri- CaleSehno culture is an Eastern man, the CaleSehno Deputy Minister will be a West- shaîl PROGRESSIVELY LOWER crn man, and vice versa. With THE BARRIERS TO TRADE." farmer Boards, they will co- Let us get what that means. It's ordinate and co-operale for a na- the old Liberal slogan, neyer put tional square deal for faimeis." into effect adequnately to serve Could anyone wish for a fairer farmers, but which Bracken, as a metliod of attaining equality? faimer, and a PROGRESSIVE Production and Marketing LEADER, absolutely guarantees, "We shail place upon this backed by a 20-year period o! un- Minisîry and its advisers the broken promises. Whole responsibility of production Home Markets and Surplus and distribution and will create a "We shaîl expand home mai- special foreign agricultural ser- kets simply by increasing the vice, located at ail the strategic puîchasing power of Canadians, points capable of absaîbing our by îaising the standards of nutri- faim suipluses." Not diplomats, tion, developing industrial uses but tiained trade agents, for oui for faim products and even create whole prospeîity de p e n ds on a "stamp" plan for lower incarne forcign markets for faim sur- groups. In the case of expoîts, pluses. Is not this piecisely what establish a floor price and allow expeîienced and successful faim- producers the benefits of the ad- ers have long demanded? Giit, vance thereon. Taday's price Tory or plain disgiuntled, no ceilings Till be compensated by farmer can vote against this plain floors to pievent faim puces statement of policy, guaranteed falling ta unfair levels after thet by a fariner with 20 yeaî s unde- war. By Federal marketing leg-1 feated administratian. islation we shahl set up aîdeîlyj Llvestock and Tarff marketing, and we shail curb thet "We shaîl appoint a Board of professional speculator in na un- Livestock Commissioneis, vested certain manner. with powers the equal of the Land Use and Basic Costs Board of Grain Commissioners "We shaîl introduce a policy af1 which lias warked sa, well for pro- better land use, determine settle- duceis, ta the end that stable ment by scientific surveys, par- puices will be assured. We shail ticuîarîy in the interests of re-i raise faim puices, nat by decreas- tuîned men, and view land settle-1 ing supply, but by increasing de- met rmn té-qintinit n i- DAYS FOR COLLECTION Note the new changes of collection and dellvery li 70ur district. This la made neces.ary by new gevernuaat regulations whlch permit us te cover any one district one day a week oniy We wili, therefore, bec I Bowmanviiie MONDAY ONLY HAVE YOUR BUNDLE REAOY Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning CO. LKIfTUD FOR ECONOMY Seul 7,our cleanlng wlth rour iaundry PHONE - 419 men iomine sianoapo.Jff iL *oi t best economic emphoyment. Thase on subinaiginal holdings will be guaranteed fair puices and na- tional support in times o! stress. To reduce cosîs o! production we shail pass egislatian ta restrain combines, make faim prices truly competitive, revise rates and dis- tribution, encourage farmers te market on a co-operative basis, in short plan and legishate ta achieve a fair share o! the national in- carne. We shail pass a Federal Co-operative Act ta charify the position o! co-operatives in re- gard ta taxation and ta promote the idea o! co-operatives general- Debts and Credits Debts beyond the capacity o! faim lands ta repay after years o! unavailing struggle will le cared for in tle mast effective manner under Federal legqslation,. with adjustment after exaniinatiori under competent jurisdictîon and in accordance with Provincial Enacîments. Better cr edits wil be made available at low rates no 1matter what sources are ~~@flTTê *Tliât the Iargest single steel plant le the.Brtuh Commonwealth of Nations, Including thein iit Klngdom, is the Tata Steel anid Irn Works, a. wholly Indian enteprise flnanced by muit That the future belongs to those who prepare for l . .. Buy more War Savlngs Cerbfictes. *Courte8, "EMPIRE IN'FORMIATION'. Ifpjou deire Io reeve a bookled 40 FacO, about I ndia , fre of charge, write Dept. 'D", Cart:nij'8, WaWotto, Ontario. CO0N TR 18U T ED 13Y 'CARLIN G' S THE CARUNG BftEWEJueq LIMITEO 0-45 soughti This is subscription timel POTrENTIALL"r anc af the most sensations! navels of the season, Les- ter Cohen's COMING HOME. $3.25. Macmillan, ts a rlch, satlsfing big book. It tells the poignant lave starv ni a marine wba came home ta the girl he loved and ai the battle thev had ta figlit on the home front. There ta somcthing Irresistible about thote two nalve but utterlv hane;t Young oeaple. bucklng the whole carrupt machinerv ai a big city-and comirig out an top. The Retait Boakseller savs aii: **Irhas a drive that i's hard ta withstand. Admittedly na hook for the squeamish, It will Inter- est thotsands oi readers . . . a pic- ture ai political skulduggery beside wvhich A Lion In the Streets seems Pollvanna-ish." THE MODERN HOME MEV- IC 4L ADVISER (McClelland ana Stewart) is recoqnized bu medicai men as berna the leadinq book al its kind The 'naterral in its nine hrindred Pages oacked u'ith 'nedical inFormation n'ax ecoiled bu1 twent q-f on worid-fam nus doctors, editM dbu Morris Fis fin. Fellou- ai the American Sacietu and edf top of its famons journal. The book tells how ta treat, recopnize and cantrol contagpions and infections& discus.qes disesses. first -aid met hadts. child. hirth, etc. A FLATTERING FOUNDATION ta a dainty summer castume. Du Barrv Leg Make Up givea the suave appear- ance ai the finest hasierv and at a fraction ai the cost. Even hefore çilk hosierv hecame scarce, wamen were lieginninçi ta appreciate the camiont and "fitting' smartness ai the stockc- ngless fashion. and as a resuit Du Barry has devoted the skill back af a ceebrated casmetic name ta perfect- ng a "stackingless stackinq" for women af exacting discrimination. THERE IS MORE Sloans Lini- ment beinq manufactured in Cen. ade than anq ather liniment Sloan's success stor q cao be writ- ten in liue words . . . 'qulcker act- mng and more soothin. ' Soan's summons healina ta the ares he muscular pains sttack. by nature's ou'n meihod of stlmulated circula- tion. It la flot necessarp ta tub ail ected areas wlth Sioan s. merely, pat it an qently an.d allais the action ta Folow Immediatelu. and if additional credit institu- tions are needed they wiil be cîeated through the agency of a Central Farm Bank. No farmer in Canada will be restricted in his best efforts to produce and main- tain his family over the entire country. 7 Transportation and Rates L Freight rates will be kept in line t o compète with other ex- porting countries, for transporta- tion is a vital factor in regard ta faim prosperity. Overlapping services will be examined, unfaîr competition removed, and a fully integrated system, set up to furn- ish the nation with the cheapest, most efficient service possible, at the same time maintaining the individual identity of the present two great railway systems. Youth and Education To make farm life more attrac- tive for rural youth, we shall, with the co-operation of the pro- vinces, give fullest assistance in vocational training, educat i o n generaily and ahl the amenities too long withheld from the rural youth of Canada. Education costs, based on land taxation for mucli of its revenue, and outside Dominion jurîsdiction, with its total so long inadequate, we shail as a Federal government, with- out interfering with provincial juîîsdiction, provide financial as- sistance to make possible a higli- er standard of education ail across the nation. In the saine manner we shàll employ the n~a- tional resources to strengthen and maintain national health services, modemn rural homes, better liv- ing conditions as a national duty. Support Farm Federations Organization of farmers into a national body is a prime function for having their voice raised in their own interests. To this end we shail by means of Federal legislation, if necessary,, make adequate financing of effective agricultural organization possible, thus to give agiiculture a large share in woîking out its own sal-z vation, in short to help achieve what was stated at the outset, "Equality for Agriculture, a fair and continuing share of the na- tional income." For loo long in an unorganized condition, the Pro- gressive Conservative administra- tion will take farmers into fuill paitnership in the national economy. Footnote: Ail the above is greatly briefed froin Bracken's "Charter for Agriculture". No farmer, anywhere, but wiil agree with the aims set forth. And every last farmer, everywhere, must ad- mit that a man who is a farmer himself, with a record of 20 yeais' achievement, will carry out his promises. Believing this, they can back it up by voting for me as the Bracken candidate for Durham County, when they vote in the Dominion elections, June il, 1945. CHARLIE STEPHENSON. Nesieton W.A. meeting was held at the home of the president, Mrs. John GrieveS, May 17.. Roil Call, a verse of Scripture or hymn. Ladies planned to clean the church, finish a qult and buy curtaîns for the basement. Letters of thanks were read fîomn the sick. Meeting was in charge of Mrs. R. W. Marlow's group. Program: reading, Mrs. N. C. Marlow, "The Bird's Calendar"; reading, Mrs. R. W. Marlow, "Hands Across the Pole". There were nine ladies and some. childien present. Mrs. Grieves and gîoup were given a hearty vote of thanks for a pleas- ant and profitable afternoon. Next meeting in charge of Mrs. Wesley Campbell's group. Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Alf Coul- ter and son, Pte. Jack Coulter, Millbrook, with their cousin, Mrs. M. Emerson. .. Miss Maîjorie Me- Claren with lier parents at Orono . ..Mrs. G. Panke and Marilyn, Green River, with friends. .. Mr. and Mis. C. H. Porteous with friends at Tweed. Mr. and Mrs. Howard McMullen, Lotus, with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele.. Mr. and Mrs. George Johns and BiUly wiîth friends at Marmora... Mr. Merle Thompson, Toronto, with his parents, Mi. and Mrs. Wm. C. Thompson... Mr. and Mrs. George Bowers and family with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson, Oshawa... Mrs. Burke, Mr. and Mis. Gainet Symons, Bowmanviile, with 'Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Fitze. Mis. Burke is staying a few days... Miss Smith and Mr. Johinson, Brooklin, Mr. and Mis. Neil Mal- colmn, Blackstock, with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Malcolm. .. Rev. and Mrs. Unstead, Tyrone, with Mrs. Wm. Steele. . . Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bowles and family and Mi. Malcolm Emerson with friends in Toronto... Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Bird and Nancy, Brooklin, with Mr. and Mrs. M. Emerson... Misses Helen Jordan, Aileen Mc- Claren and Evelyn Campbell, nurses in training, Lindsay, Mi. T. Shirston and Mr. Guy McGill, Janetville, w i th Mrs: Wesley Campbell. Sympathy is extended to Mis. Allan Suggitt in the passing of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Heaslip, [n Lindsay Hospital. JOBS iASSURED BEFORE DEMOBILIZATION Haydon Several from here attended Enniskillen and Tyrone Anniver- sary services. Mrs. Elma Hendricks has sold her car. Mrs. James Dart is very ill. Community mourns the loss of one of its oldest friends and neigli- bors in the passing of Mis. Sam Woodley. Sympathy is extended to the relatives. The tree surgeons have been busy cutting out limbs near tele- phone wires in oui locality. Visitors: Mis. Elma Hendricks and Joyce at Mi. T. Barr's, Tyrone ..Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Bill Cooper, Bowmanviile, Mr. and Mis. T. Adams, Whitby, Mr. Harold Tabb, Tyrone, Mr. and Mrs. W. Black- burn and Wayne, Maple Grove, at Mrs. T. Cowing's. .. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Garrard, Taunton, at Mr. C. Garrard's. .. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Graham at Mi. C. Ashton's, Burketon... Pte. and Mrs. Dottg- las Fontaine, Pte. Arche McNeil, Toronto, at Mr. E. A. McNeil's.. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashton and family, Mrs. John Ross, Toronto, at Mr. E. Bradley's. . . Mr. and Mrs. A. Beech at Mr. Howard Stevens', Enniskillen. . . Mr. and Mrs. Don Carr and Carolyn at Mr. E. C. Ashton's, Enniskillen... Mr. and Mis. Cecil Slemon, Deanna and Danny Bickell, Hil- liard Truscott at Mr. Harvey Mc- Gill's, Eniqiskillen. . . Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson, Mr. Gor- don Martin, Oshawa, Mr. Stewart Hooey, Mr. Edward Strutt, Long Sault, aI Mr. W. Maîtin's. .. Mr. and Mrs. T. Mountjoy, Messrs. Milton and Lloyd Slemon at Mr. T. Slemon's, Enniskillen. . . Mr. and Mis. Milton Werry, Oshawa, Mr. and Mis. J. E. Brown, Orono, Mrs. C. Crossman, Miss Jean Crossman, Bowmanville, at Mi. L. Ashton's. .. Mis. Oliver Beckett, Prince Albert, Sask., with her sîster, Mrs. Len Bradley. . . Mr. and Mis. Nelson Gage and famîly, Mr%. E. Gage, Toronto, Mi. and Mis. L. Johnston and babe, Lind- say, at Mr. C. Aveiy's and Mr. M. Bertrim's. The very first clause of the Progr *essive Conservative plans for the re-establishment of Veterans, adopted at the National Convention of December, 1942, is as follows: DEMOBILIZATION In carrying out the demobilization of Canada's Armed Forces the primary consideration should be the interest of those who have served. Demobilization should be based on the principle that members, of the Arnied Forces should not be discharged until their econornic security is assured by placement in gainful employment or by assisted training and education ta that end. Here, in this simple statement of progressive, realistie policy is the only true solution of the fundamental Probleni by which every ex-service man and woman is faced. It is the only assurance of a square deal for ail veterans. It is the very basis of the Rehabilitation Policies of thd Progressive Conservative Party.. No veteran wil be discharged against his will until he is assured of a decent livelihood. "Platitudes will ,zot fitl empty stomachs," declares John Bracken, "fnor generalities provide jobs for those w/to have fought, nor wordyt declamations about sacrifice ease thte load of the widows and children whose husbandî. and fathers gave lite itself that we miight live in peace and securitl,." Throughout the war, Canadian service men and women have had their fill of platitudes and generalities. Let our veterans now ask them- selves this question. Does the spirit of political partisanship which the King Government has, consistently manifested in time of war, offer any assurance of a square deal for vet- crans in time of peace? Doca the iniquitous manpower policy which split Canada apart reflect the right spirit? Remember in, war, as ini peace, political policies infallibly in- dicate party prînciples. It is significant that more than half of the Progressive Conservatîve candidates are service and ex-service men. No other party can even ap- proach this record. These men. know that no other party has such realistic and comprehensive plans for rehabili- tation. They know that the Progres- sive Conservative Party is the service men's party. They kcnow that John -Bracken, -father of three sons on active service, understands the problenis, the hopes and the fears of veterans. They say, with John Bracken "The cost of winning the war and the cost of re-estabishing those who fought in it, is one and indivisible. In thte plainest words «t my command, 1 say to you that nothing short of full- time gainful employment for eveny man and woman w/to has worn the Canadian unifornt wil be acceptable. Every man and woman must be given an opportunity to eai-n a good living. If existing enterprise cannotdo this, the State Must, awmi will." ,Thèse service and ex-service can- didates, with John Bracken, pledge theniselves that, under no circum- stances, wiIl existing benefits to veterans be Iessened. On the con- trary, they will be increased and ex- tended. They, with John Bracken, pledge theniselves ta revise an out-moded pensions act, ta humanize its admin- istration, ta eliminate red tape and inexcusable delays. Pension rates will be reviewed at once and increased ta bring theni in line with higher living costs. Under a Progressive Conservative governnient, recorded condition of personnel on enlistment will be ac- ceptIed as sufficient proof in determin- ing disability pension. The veteran will be entitled to the benefit of the doubt. The "first'.in, first out" principle wiIl be followed on demobilization - with a job at decent pay assured to the veteran when hie returns ta "civvY" street. In the words of aur leader, we of the Progressive Conservative Party, "caccept thte challenge to demonstrate to yiou who fought that you shall not bc /tandicapped in days of peace be- cause you responded to thte nation'a caîl in days of war." LWIN ITH BACKEN t Vote for Your PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE P4Publ h ed by the Progressive Connervative Party. ottawa. There are rnany times and cir- The beautiful is the most use- Whether zeal or moderation be cumstances in life when "Ou fui in art; but the sublime isth the point we aim at, let us keep strength is, to sit stili." - Týryon niost helpful to morals, for it fire out of the one, and frost out Edwards. elevates, the mind--Joubert. of the other.-Addison. fwE TRUrIelot ROOM FOR RENT? The problem of not enough homes is still acute. Any unoccupied space in your house is urgently needed. The Housing .Registry wil welcome your offer of accommodation. And yau can make a few extra dollars bY turning over that spare room to some horneless wanderer. JOHN LABATI LIMITED London Canada PAGE TWO PAGE FOUR A Square Deal for Veterans Assured by Progressive Conservatives