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A? fltfl àv v.' 9Al l1 THURSDAY imu. 20thL, 1945A' ALNbL IJIÂ *D JL~.L I.L~ .ÂIJ k'eL Il- . - - olrInvisAi MUt AW tTTT.rT t' 'T'ARTin Dear Mr. James: How the time files, for it seerns 4ut yesterday that I wrote my y'Uirly letter to you folks at the ieeTown. The weekly paper continues to bring with it a great deal of in- teresting news to me, calling, very often my mind back to things that happened in that good, old town long long years ago. Not that I arn so ancient as all that, but I really arn beginning to see far down the Western Slope now. Perhaps it would be wise for me to class rnyself wîth the Old Tim- ers. However, I have made up my mind that I arn going to take Old Age as pleasantly as it's pos- sible, and keep just as happy as I can, then the folks won't cal à*a Cranky Old Maid, and they'll be pleased to see me oc- casionally. It's delîghtful to read in the Home Paper of the home coming of so many of the boys from over- seas, what stories they could tell us, what narrow shaves they have hàd and how wonder!ul Almighty God has spared them when the position looked anything but good. I rejoice with you all in their safe return. For those whose lads will neyer return, 1 grieve for them, and pray the God of al comfort will help them in this terrible loss. Did not have any too good a summer, had to spend several weeks in bed, but had a lovely trip to the States a f ew weeks ago, and at the moment arn really feeling good. I do hope this finds ail rny friends in Bowmanville in good health. I wish for your paper Mr. James, continued success, and trust you will have the courage of your convictions. I have been MERRY CHRISTMAS from ROYAL THEATRE Bowmanville Dr. Chase's Nerve Food The Viuamn BilTonic- Confains Vitamin 81 and Essenial Food Minerais Extensivelyusedfor headache, loss of sieep, nervous indigestion irritability, anaemla,choi ~fatigue, and exhaustion of the' nervous aystem. 60 pille, 60 ets. Economy Bize, 180 Pill,$10 delighted at the stand you have taken on many matters, and trust you and your paper will have ahl kinds of success. The best o! good wisbes, and may 1946 be a good year, when the world will become a bit more settled. God bless you ail. Com- pliments of the Season. Yours very sincereJl', G. Hollande Brigadier B.S.M. Hubert Hooper Writes Final Letter Before Leaving England Aldershot, England 7 December, '45 Dear George: This will be the last f rom me to you from this side of the world. We sail Saturday, 9th Dec. fromn Southampton aboard the Monarch of Bermuda. So I'rn now in a good position to be home in plen- ty o! time for Christmas. These past few days I've spent hurrying about between London, Portsmouth, Bristol and here say- ing last good-byes and renewing old acquaintances. So most of the news I've read of late has been on crowded trains between cities. London is making a brave at- tempt at celebrating a reaily pre- war Christmas. For the first time in six years, hier shops have taken on an old-time appearance.t Gaily decorated-tbough not so weil lit-the shops have blossom- ed out almost overnight in a real- ly decorative sense. 0f course shops continue to display articles of merchandise which are still1 prîced rnuch too high for the av- erage purse. And those who have managed to set by a few bard- eaàrned shillings are finding it in-E creasingly more difficult to pur-. chase the articles they want. War- tirne restrictions on many of them have not as yet been lifted. Child- ren's toys are stili hard to get, and as usual there's a profitable black market in this line. Sir Ben Smnith, Food Minister, said at a food conference today that there is "a hell of a black market in Christmas turkeys." He confessed "I do not know how to stop it." AIl of which makes for bad news for the Briton at a time like this. Many will have to do without the traditional bottle of wine this year. There seems to be a great scarcity. Most folk seem to be more alarmed at this than at the iprospect of no turkeys. At least they talk more about it. Winston Churchill has at last taken steps to express bis dis- pleasure at the increased restric- tions imposed by the Labor gov- ernrnt. His accusations came as a bit of a sbock to his old rival Staff ord Cripps. Today's "Ex- press" carried large headlines fea- turing Cripps' recent censure of Churchill and the usual arguments ensued. One example of the above is this story of the "Pig," told at a luncheon in London by Sir Frank Sanderson. He keeps pigs at his country home in Lewes, Sussex and wanted to kill one to give a Christmas dinner to bis employees and their wives. For three weeks hie and one of his men filled out forms, wrote letters and interviewed officiais. But . . . "The pig," hie saîd, "can only be kiiled on condition that we cut it exactly in hal! and seli hall ta a butcher, leaving only the rest for the dinner-which, wili not be enougb. "Also we must collect coupons from ail the people who take part." He bas decided ta reprieve the pig and let it die a natural death. To folks at home this may al sound like so much trash, but such is the case in a country wbich chose to tbrow away its freedom -and Winston Churchill. Lon- doners especiaily are beginning to tread wanily. The New Year' should see even more restrictions and impositions. -And Attlee stili won't talk. In Portsmouth the city seems to be alive with sailors and mar- ines. In this naval port are many o! the warships that halve made ail the news in these papers for the last six years. Some o! tbem have only recentiy returned a!- ter years away from home wa- ters. And each day one can see such cheering sights as a home- coming sailor or P.O.W. by walk- ing down to the docks. It's very refreshing ta one entertainîng the sarne fond hopes as these rnen dis- play s0 openly. In the restaurants, the chie! supply is stili fish and chips. But no one seems to complain. The anly wonder is where ail the ment goes. Each day the. papers report another large shipment o! ment from the Argentine, Canada or Australia. But no one seems to get it. Now that the bulk o! the Canucks have gone home the ci- vilian is beginning to look round for a new "goat." We took a ma- jor share o! the biame-and the meat-during the war. However with ail the restric- tions and shortages, these folk still manage ta plan and do the things tbey most want to do. And aîl seem intent an a really peace- time Christmnas, despite strikes, coal shortage and the demob. de- lay. This last bas corne in for Lconsiderable discussion o! late. At the moment, only 3 Tommies in every 10, still in the forces, wiU DON'T FORGET CHRISTMAS ..... .. SEALS ON YOUR SHOPPIN'G'LIST CHRISTMAS SEALS be home for Christmas.a "Years ago," it seems when wer first came here, one o! the firsts tbings I noticed was the lady con-t ductress on the bus. Due to theE manpower shortage, she had beena pressed into service as an emer-c gency measure. And it turned out to be one o! the best moves.1 She was pleasant, accornmodatingc and very understanding. And shet stuck to ber job like a real vet-1 eran, ail tbrougb the blitz. Her1 job wasn't an easy one. And inz winter it was one o! the coidestt tasks women were calied on to do. The various companies rig- ged themn out with uniforrns con- sisting of a peak cap, a long coat and blue siacks. Generally the1 girls were quite attractive. But now, 5 years inter those uniforms have become frayed and worn. And likewise the girls. Most o! them talk like a band o! soldiers at a "brawl" and they've lost that distinctive feminine touch, so charactenistic o! thema. They've grown tired now. Some o! them have even grown old and it's tirne they went back to the kitchen. I'm certain they would feel mucb more at home. Well in any case, there aren't enough Ca- nadians bere for thern ta insuit. Now I think I had better stop since supper hour is here. Sa until I see you . . . on or about 15tb' Dec., I'il just say s0 long and ail the best ta every- body. As ever, Hub C51296 BSM. Hooper, Hubert R.C.A. 625 CD - M.D. 4 5th Cdn. Repat. Depot, C.A.E. Consulting Economist Agrees with Views of Durham Federation Ottawa, Dec. 10, '45 Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. I have a recent copy of your paper in which there is a state- ment of the Durham County.Fed- cration of Agriculture. I arn glad to see it. It puts forward clear- ly and fairly a statement of what ought to be the basis of the atti- tude of the farmers of Canada ta- wards labor. Farmers as well as labor should have the right to organize. Any group may organize. This is not a privilege it is a right, but when the attitude of one organization confliits with the interests of oth- er groups or with the general in- terest of the nation as a whole then their actions mnust be open ta public discussion and public cnit- icism. There can be no doubt what- ever as to the attitude of labor. It is making mistakes, plenty of thern. No single group in the na- tion can organize with the idea of feathening its own nest in callous disregard of the attitude of others. This is true o! capital and labor. as well as agriculture. It hap-I pens that capitalism, despite the sneers against it, is a moral sys- tern. It wili not function under group pressure. Time and time again I have pointed out there can be no denial of the facts- when wage rates are shoved up beyond the capacity o! the econ- omy to pay it mnust lead to loweri total wage payrnents and unern- ployrnent. The farmers are doing labor, as a whole, and the nation1 a definite service when they make this point clear. in the sarne issue there was an editorial entitledr "What Makes i Ernployment and Unernploy- ment?" It struck the right note, full employment cornes from the i work of men with ideas who gaze into the future, see an opportun- 1 ity in the production of new com- modities or in the establishmnent of a new service, or in the devel-i oprnent of new ways of doing things. These men create empioyment, spend rnoney. build an industry, pay taxes. Let me take one ex- ample, it is much in the public eye. I refer to General Motors- the parent company. Certain men had an idea that they could build a good car. They made progress with it and in 1942 the production of that industry, (part of this of course was war mater- ial), amounted to a surn equal to more than haîf of the entire na- tional income of the Dominion of Canada prior to the war, the sumn total of sales was $2,250,548,859. In 1917 it amounted to less than $100,000,000. What this country needs, and what we ought to de- velop, is the capacity for insight which sees the need and carries with it the courage to provide the market with a product which fits that need. Have ail the dernands been fu- filled? Is. there any furtber op- portunity aiong these lines. Ra- dar last year was a billion dollar industry, o! course that was a war necessity. We do not see the im- mediate chance of deveioping that along a gigantic scale in the same sense as the motor-car but who in 1904 could have dreamed of the present size of the motor industry? In the public school of Canada today there is a boy who is learn- ing how to writ# and add. He is Young, very Young, red headed and freckle faced. Those who are living will see his picture in the papers 40 or 50 years from now as the head of a great industry which has added to the bealth and prosperity of the people of the Dominion of Canada. What in- dustry will it be? God only knows, but he wili be there pro- viding that, in the intervening years, we do not stifle bis ambi- tion and render hopeless bis effort or tax him to deatb if he cornes close ta success. There is too rnuch of that in modemn thought and action. -R. J. Deachrnan .11// * 6014 149 3061 3081 321 General General General General General 748 Eveready 740 Eveready 385 Eveready 385 Eveready 386 Eveready1 AB Battery Pack A Battery .. Heavy Duty B Battery Super Built B Battery Plug-in C Battery AB Battery Pack A Battery Layerbilt B Battery Round CeIl B Battery Super B Battery. Portable Radio Batteries No. 741 Eveready Standard A Battery No. 745 Eveready A Battery .. ..... No. 482 Mini-max B Battery .-...... 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