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Government Promises month to mon h.for so long as re- quired. Dominion to pay all Action on Repairing charges for maintenance and Boys' Training School operation and to restore the pre- mises on ternmation of the lease to the condition whlen taken over, Definîte assurance was given by reasonable wear and tear only the Dominion Government in a excepted. statement issued in the House on Oct. 3, that contracts for restora- The Dominion is to reimburse tion of the Boys' Training School province for salaries of engineers will be called for within the next and firemen, $6,175 per annum two be cad forithithestatn plus cost of living bonus and to two weeks and that restoration pay rental for temporary school should be started within o ne buildings at rate o! $1,260 per month. This news was received annum. with gratification by school au- thorities and will be welcomed by These premises have been va- the general public. But starting cated and declared surplus to and finishing are two different requirements of the Dept. of Na- matters and the promise will be tional Defence and the crown followed up with the same in- assets allocation committee of the sistence that induced the present Dept. of Reconstruction has au- announcement. thorized the Defence Dept. to The Statesman initiated the de- proceed with termmation of the mandfor he etur of hislease and restoration of the pre- mand for the return o! this mss school to its proper use, when mises. after a personal visit of the editor Arrangements have now been over the premises, the story was made with the Dept. of Public told of its progressive deteriora- Works of Ontario for return of tion and the destruction caused the property to provincial control by German officer prisoners who and steps have been taken with had occupied the grounds and that Dept. for the restoration of buildings for 3½ years. The story the premises to their original was widely quoted and copies condition." The statement con- were sent to Cabinet Ministers cluded as above mentioned that thus bringing the matter directly action would commence almost atj to their attention. once. It will be noted that two mat- b Chmatter was further pressed ters taken up by The Statesman y Duarles E. Stephens.on, M.P. and directly pressed by Durham's1 for Duram, who came to Bow- member have received attention manvile personally to view the by the government, the questions premises but a telephone coner- of Small Holdings and the Boys' sation with the government au- Training School. Completion of thorty in charge indicated that the former has been promised by the would not be admitted. He Dec. 15 but the work on the lat- therefore took it directly to the ter wvill probably be a long drawn floor of the House and demanded t wir ubly b and a- a sttemet o thegovrnmet'sout affair unless labor and ma- atstatement o! the government's teris can more freely be ob- intentions. The Ministry respon- tained. m sibie gave the following answers The plant and buildings of the appearing on page 734, Hansard school, outside of the farm are o! Oct. 3: valued at approximately $750,000 "These premises were taken and according to the nominal over at a nominal rental from the rental mentioned, the Dominion Province of Ontario on Nov. 3, has had the use of all this at $1 1941, for the period of the present per year, plus that paid for up- war and 6 months thereafter and town houses. It has been esti-2 beyond the 6 months period, from mated that complete restoration t DAYS FOR COLLECTION Note the new changes of collection and delivery in your district. This Is made necessary by new gvernment regulations which permit us t. cover any one district Three Days A Week We wil1, therefore, be in Bowmanville Mon., Wed., & Fri. HAVE YOUR BUNDLE READY Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning CO. LIMITED FOR ECONOMY Send your cleaning with your laundry PHONE - 419 Men Wanted! TO PRODUCE CASTINGS FOR AGRI- CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND DAIRY EQUIPMENT Steady year around employment Good Wages Good working conditions in Modern Plant Full or part time The Bowmanville Foundry Co., Limited Bowmanville, Ontario Apply to NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Oshawa, Ontario File 2391 36tf dlb, hop, Mar will involve an expenditure of something like $50,000, due to de- struction by the Germans and rapid ýdeterioration since they left in April. Work at present consists of re- moving barbed wire fences and entanglements. A further ques- tion yet to be answered is when and to whom this fencing, to- gether with all the temporary buildings with heating plant will be made available for resale. Farmers in varlous districts have already been given opportunity to buy army vehicles at auctions. There will be insistence that farmers of this district be given first choice in securing the sur- plus materials at the Boys' Train- ing School. Small Holdings For Returned Men East Of Bowmanville Monday, Oct. 1, was private members day in the House of Commons, an occasion when the government is obliged to answer questions on a whole range of subjects. In Hansard at page 639 is the following credited to C. E. Stephenson, M.P. for Durham. Mr. Stephenson: 1, Did the government purchase land on Highway No. 2, about two miles east of Bowmanville for soldiers' small holdings under the Veter- ans' Land Act? 2. If so, (a) how much land; (b) at what price? 3. How many houses will be built and what site? 4. When will such houses be ready for occupancy? Government answer: 1, Yes. 2. (a) 11/4 acres; (b) $1,468.75. 3. Property subdivided into 10 lots. Four bouses are under con- struction. Average size 14,172 cubic feet. Two will have 4 rooms and bath, two five rooms and bath. 4. About December 15, 1945. This is part of the information sought by The Statesman for re- turned men when writing the government's district supervisor. The reply was that there was no authority for releasing informa- tion to the press. The bare land is a corner of a farm backed by a gully, the price $125 per acre. With no indica- tion shown where water is to be obtained. When the ten units are finally built at an estimated unit sale price of $6,000, the develop- ment will have retailed at $60,- 000, with each soldier having ap- proximately one and one-sixth acres. In regard to the question of when the government will turn back the Boys' Training School to its proper use Mr. Stephenson has been unable to get a reply, and as he intimates, "the matter will be pressed until some action is taken." Government Answers Questions of Private Members in House Members of Parliament of all parties have found the Ottawa . government more amenable to Political Egotism answering questions now its ma- jority is down to the borderline. By Lewis Milligan Formerly a stock answer was: Next thing to having a good "Not in the public interest." opinion of oneseif is to have a From Hansard we find these an- high opinion of the political party swers given private members' to which one beiongs. This epi- questions: grammatic gem of wisdom was Old age pensions are paid to inspired by a Labor Day message 188,827 Canadians and to 6,724 delivered by C.C.F. Leader M. J. blind persons. The monthly Coldweli which appeared in the cheques average around $23 plus Manitoba Commonwealth, in small provincial additions in which he said: "To me one con- some provinces. clusion is inescapable. Neyer was Total Canadian troops sent to the need for the C.C.F. greater Europe in 6 years of war, 372,491. than it is today. Mankind is liter- Total GS volunteers 627,688. ally running a race with disaster." German prisoners still in If that statement means any- Canada 30,710 and 1150 have been thing, it means that the only sent home. political party that can save man- Canadians court-martialed dur- kind from disaster is the C.C.F. ing war include 3078 sentenced One could not imagine the leader 1 to 3 years prison, 3 sentenced of any other political party mak- to death, one executed. ing the same sweeping daim. Mr. Zombies still in uniform in Bracken may be strongly opposed Canada at August 14, 1945 num- to certain policies of the Liberal ber 39,950. government, and Mr. King may Contribution to UNRRA: USA, be equally opposed to those of 1 billion 350 million; Britain, the Conservative Party, but 322,400; Canada, 69,369; Australia, neither of those gentlemen would 38,400; New Zealand, 8,476, reck- be so foolish as ta declare that oned in millions of dollars. Ar- if they were not elected Canada gentine nothing at ail and chief would go to the dogs, much less beef competitor of Canada. that their election was necessary hAdrian Arcand, interned for to save mankind from disaster. alleged Nazi activities, has been But Mr. Coldwell is quite seri- released and dovernment won't ous on this lest point. ae even bring him to trial. goes w far as to caim that the Present army of occupation in election of the C.C.F. and like Europe includes 20,265 Canadians parties is essential if mankind is of which 1778 are from the 16,000 to be saved from extermination NRMA troops sent overseas. by theatomic bomb. t e says: Value of 1944 apple crop: Brit- "In the international feld the ad- ish Columbia, $13,730,000; Nova vent of the atomic bomb threat- Scotia $4,872,000; Ontario $2, ens mankind with extermination. 660,000. There is no road to peace except Appointed to jobs in Dept. of through world labor and socialist Veterans' Affairs since 1944 were victories." 5,594 of whom 104 get $3600 a If this be true, then it is inderd year or more. a wonderful thing that ail the Government war plants sold to wisdom of the ages is sifted and date, 10. 1bw many converted concentrated in one political to peacetime production? Don't party or one economic creed. But know, said Mr. Howe. we have had too many recent as Wartime Housing has built to well as ancient examples of that date 18,992 homes since priorities kind of political egotism, and the granted in Aprl 1941, record o! latest example under Hitler led 4 / o years. to the greatest disaster the world Post Office Dept. doesn't give has ever known. When a person preference to returned men for or a party becomes obsessed by mail contracts. Lowest tender the delusion that they have dis- onîy. ________ covered the one infallible remedy prevaling passion is to gain BOWMANVILLE FIRE ALARMS power to Put it into effect. But there is no such remedy to 1-Fire Hall, Church St. be found in the realm of politics 2-Corner King and Division as. or economics, for mankind is 3-Corner King and Ontario ste. madenUp of a great variety o! 660,000. T heraces mixed races, peoples and 4-ConerOntaio DUram te.nations, in various stages of re- 5-Corner King and Liberty Sts. ligous, intellectual and socialide- -Corner Centre and Lowe Sta. velopment. Even within the most 7d-Corner King and Silver Ste.1advanced nations there is a coi- -Corner Prospect and OdeiSt. plexity of wilul individuals that TIIE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO What! War Not Over? REPORT FROM HANSARD The following item from House of Commons debates sent to us by Charlie Stephenson, M.P. for Durham, is to advise that Canada is still at war and it is highly im- perative to give fullest support to the 9th Victory Loan. The information came from Acting Prime Minister Ilsley, when questioned directly by Mr. Diefenbaker who was insisting that government by order in council should now cease as hos- tilities have ceased. Here is the actual exchange: Mr. Diefenbaker: "At the pre- sent time what is the view of the government? Are we still at war within the provisions of the War Measures Act, or are we not?" Mr. Ilsley: "The answer is yes." Mr. Diefenbaker: "What is that?" Mr. Ilsley: "The answer is yes." Mr. Diefenbaker: "The answer is yes?" Mr. Ilsley: "Yes." Mr. Diefenbaker: "That is the legal opinion given, is it?" Mr. Ilsley: "Yes." Mr. Diefenbaker: "That is the legal opinion given by law offi- cers of the crown?" Mr. Ilsley: "Yes." Mr. Diefenbaker: "So at least we have the opinion . . . still in effect and binding upon this country." Mr. Ilsley: "Certainly." Thus in this laconic expression the constituents of Durham Coun- ty are apprised that it is still too soon to plan further peace dem- onstrations and to get on with work and war production. It may be noted there was no spe- cific reference to which war, the one abroad or the one at home. In his prior address on war ex- penditure, demobilization and promotion of trade and industry, Finance Minister Ilsley gave a statîstica ubreakdown, addingcup the amounts required for the cur- rent fiscal year. He said: "One obtains a total of between $4,600 million and $4,700 million. To this must be added certain other cash requirements, particu- larly for export credits and fi- nancing foreign exchange control, which will bring our total re- quirements for the year above $5 billion. These are formidable figures." Among random items of inter- est in the budget are: Total, na- tional defence, munitions, etc.: $2 billion 265 million. Finance dept.: $147 million; Agriculture $101 million; labor $31 million; war services $22 million; national health $9 million; national re- search $3 million; trade and com- merce $2 million, etc. Under departments, Selective Service gets $12 million, Wartime Prices Board $16 million, War In- formation and Films, etc., $3 mil- lion, Censorship $976 thousand. Expenses for Prime Minister King and delegation during a month at San Francisco was $127,700. Mr. Ilsley concluded: "In view of these large requirements I be- lieve we must borrow something approaching two billion dollars or this period." What's Going on in the House of Commons PAGE THM NATIONAL CLOTHINO COLLECTION Clean out your clothes closets NOW/ Take your contribution toyour nearest Post Office or any official COLLECTION DEPOT, now. NC-5 Skinner and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Skinner Mr. P. Hayward, Ajax, at home ---Rev. A. E. TH ROAT SORE? Creswell conducted a baptismal (COMMON SORE THROAT) service at Tyrone church Sun- day morning, when these chil--RUB IN dren were baptized: Brian Ar- thur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Annis; David Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brent; Thomas • Stephen, son of L.A.C. Aldon Hoar and Mrs. Hoar --- Next Sunday will be communion Sun- day -- We welcome Murray e LARGE 6 Tabb home from overseas to his 3 ECONOMICAL SUZ home Tuesday evening. Here's how you can help speed LONg DISTANCE LCAlUs Remeober-Night rates begin at 6 pm Manager. THURSDAY, OCT. llth, 1945 could not conform to any rigid system such as Socialism without compulsion and the loss of free- dom. This may be accomplished in times of national peril, such as war, when a free people will sub- mit to regimentation for the sake of preserving their freedom.eBut, having preserved their freedom, they will proceed to exrcise it when national danger is past and peace has returned. That is the answer to those who dogmatically declare that "What we can do in war we can do in peace." There is no such thing as equal- ity among human beings. One has only to look around at the occu- pants of a street car, or watch the passers-by on a crowded street, to be struck with the physical and mental inequalities of human be- ings. And this inequality of physique and mental capacity is not the result of our social sys- tem, and no system of economics, however perfect, can change it. Human nature is what it is, and human beings are what they are, and if it is all wrong, then the blame must be placed otherwhere than on the capitalists or our sys- tem of government. The same problem of variety and complexity faces us in the international field in an even more intensifed form, and it is not so easy of solution as Mr. Coldwell would have us believe. Indeed it is more than likely that what Mr. Coldwell calls "labor and socialist victories" would only tend to aggravate the situation and speed up the "race with dis- aster". The atomic bomb is no different, except in degree, from any other bomb, and there is more likelihood of its being used with disastrous effect by a fanati- cal totalitarian g o ve r n m e n t, whether it be fascist or socialist, than by a well-balanced demo- cracy of free people who can check the rfse of a one-man or one-party dictatorship. The C.C.F. Party may have its place and purpose in our democratic order but it is by no means the sole re- pository of social or political wis- dom. Tyrone (Intended for Last Week) Mrs. George Arnold, Miss Mary Arnold, Mrs. William Dobson, Mrs. Lock Johnson, Toronto, Mrs. D. H. Fraser, with Mrs. Mina Hughson ---- Mrs. Olive Richter, Montreal, recently from England with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Park and Mrs. Walter Park -- Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stephens, Joan and Louise, Sutton, with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. H. Burgess, and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Park--- Mrs. Stewart and little son, Montreal, with her sis- ter, Mrs. George Alldread Mr. Jack Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Richards, Mr. Roy Rich- ards and Donnie, Oshawa, Mrs. Jack Westlake, Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Findley and Bruce, Unionville, with Mrs. T. H. Richards ---- Mrs. Edith An- derson, Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Hoar .-. Miss Helen Werry, Toronto, Miss Florence Werry and Miss Rowen, Bow- manville, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Werry -- Mr. and Mrs. Don Cameron, Bowmanville, with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Richards. -- Miss Grace Little and Miss Mabel Kennedy, Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Annis ------ Er. and Mrs. H. W. Jones, Mari- lyn Ellenor and Heather Jones, 'oronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Gus- de Rosevear ----Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McCoy, Brooklin, with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Goodman, Mr. L. It 111, FRANK WILLIAMS