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enabiau~un itegmain Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmanvilie News, The Newcastle IndePendent, and The Orono News 92 Years Continuons Service To The Town Ot BOwmanviile and Durham County. Authorized as Second Ciass Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. -- -------- - PA (.li U' THE~ CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Durham's Federal Member Presses Housing Situation Charles E. Stephenson, M.P., for Durham County, who xvas home over the weekend from attending the present session of pari- iament at Ottawa, stated that lie lias had many enquiries from returned soldiers in the matter of building homes in Port Hope and Bowmanville and entering various types of business. Mr. Stephenson finds that the best way to -et action in this re- gard and in fact in many other things is to see personally the Minister or lis deputy. Simply to ask a question iii the House and to get a perfunctory reply is merely to post- pone or neglect the matter. He found this to be true ini regard to lis work in getting facts on the small housing projects at Bowmanville and Welcome aiid particularly in the case of the vacant quar- ters at the Bowmanville interrnent camp. He vent right to the top man and got action with the resuit that the Town Council 's ef- forts completed the deal. This now shapes Up to relief of the housing situation in Bow- manville. Last week Mr. Stephenson disclûses lie went directly to the Central Uç-tga(re Cor- poration regarding the possibility of getting priority for veterans wNiOhing- to build indi- vidual homes. 11e iw,âs4to1d by the Director, Mr. Mansur, tbh 'shortage of materials aiid labor lias ÇWsed the goveriiment to re-ex- amine i,gt'wp'lans in this regard and while no ftol'mal statement caîî be issued now, lie 1 lbe informed of early developments. Meantime the Miniister, Mr. Howe, lias made a lengthy statement on national lions- ing whidh invites a response of public opini- ion. Mr. Steplienson plans to press the cases of returned men w-ho have written him and wishes it to be known that anyone, and particulaî'ly returiied nmen, wlio ill write him on any matter in wlici lie can be of help, le will take it up direct and supply all information by personal letter. "Reflections of An Industrial Lieutenant" One of the finest books tliat lias corne to the attention of the editor iii many years is "Autunîn Leaves" thie 1-line of %'hich is "Reflections of an Industrial Lieutenant." This littie volume, hiandsor-nely bouîid, con- tains lessons drawn from the experience of one of thie greatest of contemporary busi- nlessuien. lt w'as written l1w Paul W. Litel- fleld, Cliairmiani of the Board of thc Good- year Tire and Rubber ýCompany Limited, and was publishieciniii ay, 1945, just as lie foresaw the end of the world's greatest war. Witlî formai dedicatiomi to lus imother to wliom lie ascribes lis success, it is directed to the youth of today wlîo ill shortly as- sume direction of the world's progress. The foreword is written by, Dr. J. C. Ilunsacker of the Massachîusetts Inistitute of Teclinology, from wlîidh Mr~. Litclfield grad- uated as a dhemical engineer. He designied the first pnieumatic tires iii 1899 and joiîîed the Goodyear Coinapny in 1900. During the next 45 years lus gdius projected the Good- year coixnpaiiy to au einînuence second to none ini the world. Dur-iing thiat tinie lie applie(l tîe priiieiples of integrîty imipart- ed by lusinuotiier aînd developed tlie philos- opliy le sets forth inIi is book. Its 125 pages have two sections, Persona I Philosophiy andi Business Pliilosophy-,, wliieli are tî'eated iii ,clapters of intense initerest.. He deals with tthe valuie of tinue, thue in- fluence of family aînd envýiroumiieit, of out- side forces, of chînreli and sehiool and our obligationî to faiih and soeiety. H1e goes ento outlne business principles, tlhe part- nership of Laboî'. Capital and Conisînner, the selection and traininig of nuen, andi enu- merates the five points for sucecess. The timated at $21 nmillions. This is wliolly due to factors arising out of the war. The îîeed for increased expenditures in the fields of education, licalth and agriculture eau be attributed to a changed public thinking as Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Caliadlan Weekly Newspapers Association Giving emmplasis to the campaigil vi1l be foîumud aclvcrtisemucmts iii thc press tluis wieek amnd Apnil Pli amud lth. We particulanly connemud readimîg wluat tluese set forth. Omly by bccominîimiupres.sed witlu thc fact of the drcad scoîrge of cancer ami tîme fact thuat it cati bec ured, if takemu in timuue, w~ill people comuue to realize tluat. tîcir domnatiomîs to tlue cause will give effeet to stauupimug it omnt. Thceiens arc ln the reaclu of ail for the service anud rescue of the afflicted. No home renuainis inmmîune. Donations will le receiv- cd at evcry clartered bauk lu Ontario. Let us nanke tlue uomtlu of April, 1946, a bannmer uuomtl lu our history by attackimug at its source mue of thec great miemaes to civiliza- tiomu. No greater blessimîg camu comuu thaiu througlu the auîotnts we sluall give to tluis g-reat cause. So great is the pressure omu Ottawa to pro- vide mnore priority imn low cost luse building tîat luxury type of comnstruction may be baicd, The Financial Post reports. 0f thue 1,050,113 Bell Telephiomes ini service iu Ontario and Quebec, 681,759 are residene and 368,354 business telephones. Dial-oper- ated telephones number 747,935 - 71 per cent of the total. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year In the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. the war progressed. But the deficit rests almost wholly on the need for repairing and extending highways which xill absorb over $46 millions. This great snm alone brings into view the fact that Ontario must bear an added burden whicl should be partly chargeable to the national war effort. Haulage by trucks of s-ast loads of war equipment over Ontanio's paved highways literally tore tlem to pieces. Upkeep was greatly limited due to channel- ing revenues to the federal treasury. Now Ontanio must bear the fimaucial burden. This is a point that may also be emphasized when the Dominion-Provincial Conference re-as- sembles. Rural taxpayers particularly will be interestcd ini this view of an undeniable Situationu. Hon. Vincent Massey Retires As Canada's High Commissioner Thue Rigît Honorable Vincent Massey lias retired as Canadian Higli Commissioner la London. 11e lias asked to be relieved after arduons duties during six years of war and iu accepting lis resignatiou, Prime Minister Kiug- voiced thc opinion of the Camadian public and thousands of servicemen as well, that Mr. and Mrs. Massey have acquitted themselves with distinction lu the tasks tley have carried. They have not spared tliemselves in amuy way anid have,earned the rest tley now ask for. Lt may be rccalled ht in lal this tinue Mr. Masscy lias luad but tliree slhort holidays. Mamîy Canadiamu soldiers wlio sluared thue lospitality of Mr. amui Mrs. Massey will recaîl that tlueir in spemt alniost four vears inu a Germamu 'Aisomî camp after being shot down ini actioln. TIc position of Higli Comniil~oner miow' ranks imu importanice with thnt of Anuassador. The post was fornîerly con'. dered onue large- 1v coucerncd witl commercial affairs but Mr. Massey lias lad to act as wcll ini the political fieldi ini many ways thuat the war made necessîry. Hec took on lis îîcw burdeuis lu a nanuer wlicl lifted tIc position to a point 0f mudi greater significauce than dur- imug the regnies of any of lis predecessors. iii this lis backgrond as Ambassador to Washimngton and lis prior education amui widc kmowledge of Canadiamu affairs, admir- ab]y fitted hlm for lis tasks. Hie gave thc Britislî people a comnceptiomn of Camada 's im- portance i a wav neyer before presemted. Tlueir reactiouu is sliowmu lu the Britislu press wluiclu regrets tlue retiremeuit of this gifted Canaclian. There is mnuclu of local imterest cemtcrimug about Mr. Massey. Tlue Massey Conupany first established lu tlue village of Newcastle li 1847 and tluese eanly tics were cememted when the Masseys presemted Newcastle -withi a mnuificemut Commuiuuity Hall. Vinucenit Massey further expressed lis affectiomu for Dur~ham Coiumty whli le bonglut a.farmu anud country estate mear Welcouue, whlicli lue still owuis. Now tluat lie lias retired lis muamuv friends of DurinmaC'oumty hope tluat le amud Mrs. 1\asscy vill come back to their coumntry huomne for thie ell deservcd rest thiev uow seek. But Mr. Massey is too valuiable a Camadiami to lose fromu public life. Wluen re- covcrcd after lis luoliday- it is cxpected that thue Prime Mimister wmill agaimu invite tiuis able muanî to lis side. Cancer Can Be Cured If Proper Early Steps Taken Stamuup Ouit Camcer" is thc ;1ogaii lucad- I iiiing t]he April eamupaigmi for finds immder auispiees of the Ontario (Cancer Trcatmîemut aumd Researcli Foinndatiom. 'The Omntario cainpaîim is p)art ofa contiment wide drive to attack tluîs seconud greatest scourge of htimanity. Every muonutii 1,000 Camadians die of cancer. Leadinmîedical authuorities and the Mimister of i-Iealtli for Omntario, Homu. Russell T. Kellcy, have lately stated, enu- phaticallv. tlîat camcer ean lec cured iprovid- ASI1SEE IT a MI By Capt. Elmore Philpott TRUTH ABOUT POLAND Canadians now have tIc bene- fit of a first-hand, authentic, ne- cent report about actual condi- tions in Poland. A panty delegated by the Jew- isl societies of Canada las just travelled over the whole country. This party included Mn. H. M. Caiscnman, secretany of thc Can- adian Jcwish Congress, and Mn. Sam Lipshitz, editor of thc Can- adian Jewish Weekly. The primary purpose of thc vis- it was to get facts about tIc pre- sent pligît of Jews in Poland. Tlese wcre appalling in thc sense tînt of the pre-wan Jewish popu- lation of 3,500,000 only 75,000 ne- main alive. But many families in Canada got glad tidings-some of tîcir own kitl and kmn wene found alive. These Canadians arc trustwor- thy witnesscs. Mn. Lipshitz was born in Poland and knows thc country and language a c cordingly. Mn. Caiserman i s one of thc most ~ \ 7 gunes in tIe life of Canada. Here are tIc. main points the.... former t el11s me It is no lard- er to get into Poland than in- to any other country of Europc-wcst or cast. That mion curtain" whîcl some people say cuts off communication wtl the outsidc wonld s just not tîcre. Conditions are troublcd un Po- land--chiefly duc to thc under- ground w4rfare organized agaînst the Polish goverrnment by Gen- eral Anders' rcactionary gnoup. Aithough these reactionanies nepresent a government long since rcpudiatcd in London, thcy stili occupy at British expense, office space in Bitain totalling two thousand rooms. Thc up- kecp of their army still in Italy costs British taxpayens $7 mil- lions per month. Recently one sudh agent was caught trying to enter thc country canrying neanly a quarter of a million dollars in cash witl which to onganize thc violent sabotage campaign. Iu spite of this, Poland is mak- ing remankable stnides towand re- covery. Thene is no prospect of famine in Poland itself-say these witncsses. "There is just a little more than barely enough food for ahl." Tîcre are, of course, ter- rible shortages of ail things like medicines. Thc towns arc mostly in ruins. Warsaw itself is an un- believable waste. Thc traditional enmity of Poles against Russians still ex- ists. There is one thing upon which ALL Poles are agreed- that Poland must remain an ab- solutcly free, independent nation. Thc Polish Communists, who are a minonity in thc present govcnn- ment, arc quite as cmphatic on this point as ail others. The Poles ail look fonward to thc day tlat tIc Soviet armies will be witl- drawn-just as the people look forward to the evacuation of the Canadians. But ail honest Polcs know that their country was libcrated by So- vict armies and that Stalin's plan for reorganization of casteru Eur- opean boundanies las given thcm a better set up tlan thcy lave cvcr lad in ail history. Soviet hclp now is real and visible. TIc Red Army leans over back- ward to kccp ont of PolisI poli- tics. TIc avcrage Red Army sol- dier tlat one meets on sentry du- ty, and so on, is interested mn thc same thing as thc Canadian or American soldier is in -the west -when he can get home to his, wife and kids, or sweetheart. The Polish government ha.w waged the most successful fight that las been wagcd anywhene against inflation. The new Pol- and las socialized all industries cmploying more than 50 pensons, paying fair compensation. This was donc in the face of the stnong pnotests by the U.S. Thc main change las been the break up. of the big estates. Vast numbers of poon farmens, who fonmerly worked as hircd men, or vintual serfs, on the estates of the feudal landlords, have now got lifetime titles to tîcin own land. One feudal landiord, Prince Radziwill, acted for thc govern- ment in landing ont the titles to the land of his own former es- tate. Jailcd by Hitler, le lad come to know and love the com- mon people. Thc pnince said it C.C.F. Leader Disapproves Continuance of Royal Flouse Achilling, note wvas imtroduced into addresses lu the House of C ommons, Mardi 15, w'hen leaders rose to pay their respects and good wishes to Lord Athlone and lier Royal Highness thc Princess Alice ou their departure for England following lis termi as Governor Gemeral of Canada. Prinme Mimister' King and Johnm Bracken, leader of thc officiai opposition, spoke inu glowiug terms of thc great work anud inspiration of these members of a royal luse who remain- cd lu Canada turouglout tIc war to visit amomug war workers lu ail fields and encour- age them ia their patniotie endeavors to specd the victory at the side of Bnitain and thue Commonwealth. Tley wcre the person- al delegates of our King and Qucen, and on ail sides save those who hold a "luigler loyalty" tluy werc aeclainîed and respect- cd. But tIc forbidding, note came wvIcn M. J. Coldwell, the C.C.P. leader, rose to add lis word. Lt is found on page 13 of Hansard. lic said "I fiud it verv difficuit to discover any logical reason for thec contimunce of a Royal House, " but licemuet 0on to say thuat as long as we have menubers of thue Royal Fanîily wlio comduet tbiýmseves as tluey have domnc, the ix_ctution may serve a use- fnl purp'se ini our commonwcaltli. of fre mationis. In otluer words we shaîl tolerate tluem pemuiiug the furtiier warning, spokemi by Mn. Coldwcll, ilansard, P.59, tlîat: "Rie- volumutiomary chuanges are lu thec making througliut thue world." Lt is assuined tluat iMr. Coldwell', iin thuese prououcements, gives ami accurate appraisal of wvlat thue C.C.F. plamn if tîey ever come to power in this couumtry. Iin comiicet ion witliîtîls iclea of revoint- iomary chuamîge thuat leftists are forecastiug wc recail the words of Ha rold Winch, lead- er of thc C.C.P. ini British Columnbia, that: "'The C.C.P. is a socialist party ; amu i imtcmu to le a miitanut aîud revolutionary goveruu- muiemt." We have tiurned back, too', anud have re-read wluat Mr. Colciwcll said ini thue bouse, Ma relu l8th, 1942: tluat Gcrmaîi socialismn anud also Communmismu, bothu based on comtrol of economuuic resources, "did a rcmarkabhe job lu a short space of time." We feel tluat it us timuîe to recaîl somue of thuese tluimgs froin time to time amnd particuuiarly lu view of Mr. Coldwell's cstimuate of the Royal Hoiusc. Evidently thue C.C.F. are "prepared to pre- sie over thc liquidat ion of thue Empire."' Advertising Self-Absorbing But Non-Advertiser Really Pays In former editorials ve liave dealt with some aspects of newspaper advertising in wlich we liave souglit to initroduce some facts w'hieh go to refute conclusions of some Farrn Forums tliat tlie consumer bears the cost or tliat even the retailer shares ini this apparent overhead. We have maintained that intelligent, legitimate newspaper ad- vertising is a self-absorbing, self-liquidating asset. We have showu that paid-for adver- tising leads to mass production through îniviting wvider sales, whidh in turu lead to lower costs for consumers. A good example xvas given in the case of Hydro, a consistent advertiser. Tlîeir story is one of greatly loweredcosts in both goods and services and a trernendous increase in better living stan- dards. Their case admits of no argument. Lt is riglit bef ore us in our daily lives. But iu searci of an example to bring ont the principle of the, self-absorbing, features of advertising we were aided by a local farmer, a niember of thue Farm Federation anmd of a Farm Forum. 11e gives a striking illustration of how lie used money wisely f~o iuîcrease production and turu unproductive land into an active asset. H1e drained a field that for two decades and more had yielded littie or nothing. Lt vas part of a property worth $200 an acre. Siuuce draining lie lias lad annual, productive, cash crops tluat are wipiug out former deficits. is investment, we observe, ivas self-absorbing, self-liquidatiiug. Tliat is exactly the case of advertising; imcreased productionî, greater returuis, better livingl-. Now wlo really bears tlhe cost of adver- tisiiig-,? \NTIe suggest it is the man -who is a non-advertising merchant. 11e pays and pays as luis overhead goes up and luis sales volumue goes down as luis advertising com petitors get the business. Another wluo pays is the iioii-a(-reading enstonuer who buys blindly, fails to read legitimate ads and gets stuck with inferior, nom-advertised produets for whicli lie pays as mudli or more and then lias to buy ail over again. Without being spec- ifie, we eau point to many cases to prove tluis principle. The real, wide-awake mer- cluandiser wluo advertisesregularly is sell- in-g iii volume the best goods obtainable and at a lower cost than hlis non-advertising conuletitors andI wiclens lis clientele day by day. H1e earns their confidence and trade tirougu legitimate iiewspaper advertising. It is not gencrally known thatc newspapcr and periodical pub-t lishers bandcd tlemselvcs togetl- er early in the recent wonld con-1 fiict to carry ont a particular war1 job. Aftcr Hitler's armies ladt plunged through Holland and Bel-' gium, lad conqucrcd France andk stood across the clannel, an om- inous threat to a Great Bnitaînt virtually unarmed, thc Canadiant government realizcd that Canada1 was faced with a crying need for1 production of weapons and muni-1 tions in quantities far in excessi of anything previously contcm-( plated. To meet this nccd, the1 country had to secure money-i hundrcds of millions of it. Andi the only feasible course open to 1er was to get these funds from her individual cîtizens. To do this, the govcrnment had to make a new and cmphatic approacl to the people. Old me-, thods would not do. Ail of usj had to be made keenly aware that our very existence was at stake. Thus came an appeal to the Press of Canada for help. In an- swer, Thc Canadian Weekly Newspapens Association, the Can- adian Daily Newspapers Associa- tion and the Penuodical Press joined hands, organized thc Can- adian Publishers War Finance Publicity Committee, and unden order-in-council acccpted thc res- ponsibility of planning the pub- licity campaigns in the Press for Wan Savings Centificate and Vic- tory Loan campaigns. Thc complete stony of this war job by Canadian publishers will be told elsewhere. It is introduc- cd here in onder to bring out just one featune of that co-operation betwecn the entire Press of the country and a Depantmcnt of Go- vernment. Thc publishens insistcd at the very beginning that in the accept- ance of this relationship with go- verument, the independence of the Press should not be disturbed, that every newspapcr should ne- tain its right to cniticize any de- partment of government, even in- cluding that of Mn. Ilsley, under whom the War Finance campaigns were conducted. This condition was neadily agnccd to at Ottawa, and as a matten of fact, whilc there wcne several instances dur- ing the ensuing years where ncws- papers cnacked down hard on cen- tain features of Wan Loan opena- tions, not one pnotest ivas made by Mn. Ilsley or his National Wan Finance Committee at Ottawa. Tnouble came from othen quar- tens, however. It was sunprising how many well-meaning Cana- dian citizens there were engagcd in pnomoting the sale of V4ctony Bonds, who could not understand wly some papens would speak was the happicst day in his life, as he felt that the new Poland was being built fnom the ground up on a better foundation. These Canadians agree with him. out against some phase of this na- tional effort to the support of which these papers were com- mitted. Some of them wouiÊap proaclu representatives of th*b liserson heCommittee, asking that the offending publications beà.' "disciplined." Others wrotean gry letters direct to the editors.' Not long after one paper in the Canadian West had assailed the methods used by the National War Finance Committee to senl bonds, there was a meeting in progress, attended by some rep- resentatives of both the Publish- crs War Finance Committee and thc National War Finance Com- mittcc who were gathered from various parts of the country. StiR smarting under the cniti- cism made by thc Western paper, ,one exceptionally keen booster of Victory Bond sales exploded ver- bally. To the newspaper repre- sentatives present le read thc cd- itorial and then dcmanded, "Why don't you fellows put the screws on this paper? This editor is undermining public con- fidence in Vîctory Bonds when le talks like this, and he may ser- iously hurt our sales in thc next campaign. Can't you shut him This man was easily answcred. He was intelligent and quickly saw the point when it was cx- plaîned that in the first place, thc full weight of the Press in Can- ada would not be suifficient to silence one publisher who insist- ed on performing lis duty of speaking his mmnd on public bus- iness; and secondly, that if any- one should be successful in dis- suading a newspaper from saying what it fclt ought to be said in thc interests of the public, that would be the thin edge of the wedge dug into thc very prccious right our men were fighting for overseas-freedom of speech. As a matter of record, Victory Loan sales in the community served by that Western paper in- creased in the following cam- paign. That was a good result, but taking the long view, not nearly so important to Canada as the good effect of that editor's will to preserve thc pninciples of frec- dom for the individual. Enfield Mr. and Mrs. John Smith an~ family, Bobcaygeon, at Mr. Smitî's. Mn. and Mrs. W. Bowman and Bruce at T. R. Bowman's, Port Pcrry. Claude Smith, Enniskillcn, at H. Ormiston's. Miss Merle Ormiston at H. Milis, Enniskillen. There has been no clurcl ser- vice here for two Sundays owing to bad roads. W.A. held their March meeting in the form of a quilting at Mrs. W. Bowman's. THURSDAY, MARCH 28th, 1946 CRUISING ~' < THROUGH THE NEWS BY WILFRED H. GOODMAN PAGE T ir-oktiz Twu IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PASI From The Statesman Files m m FIFTY VEARS AGO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO March 25, 1896 March 24, 1921 Joseph Ruebotham has leased A. E. Luke and Harold Boys of the station hotel. the West End Garage, attended W. N. Tilley, barrister, son of the convention of Retail Auto- Dr. W. E. Tilley, M.A., inspector of Public Schools, and Carnie mobile Dealers in Toronto. Young, daughter of Charles The Methodist choir had ano- Young, Liberty St., were married ther very jolly time at "Norway March 16. Attendants were Ger- Cottage" the home of Mr. and tic Young, Florence Tilley, Lena Mrs. T. Wesley Cawker, when Haddy, H. R. Tilley, Conledera- with music, games and refresh- tion Lif e Association, Toronto; ments the time passcd ail too and Dr. A. S. Tilley of this town. quickly, but very plcasantly. Enniskillen: R. H. Souch, Prov- Miss Queenie Wrenn is leaving idence, has bought the Rogers' the Goodyear office to train as a homestcad ---- W. 0. Herring has nurse at the Whitby Hospital. She moved into Wesley Robbins' cntertained some of the off ice house. girls at her home when thcy pre- Solina: Henry Hooper, oldest sented her with a beautiful purse. resident of the village, having liv- Newcastle: Harry Jose's horse cd here over 40 years, has moved and buggy wcre stolen from the to Oshawa, wherc he continues Methodist Church sheds. his trade as shoemaker. Haydon: Albert Moore and his Orono: Jennie McNcil is home sister Ida are moving to Bowman- from Albert College, Belleville. ville whcrc they have purchascd Clarke: Wm. Ballagh has sold a residence on Church street. his farm to Isaac Stark. Hampton: Harry Wilcox, Jr., Newcastle: Benj. Moise is mov- has cngagcd Gordon Preston, En- ing into the house purchascd on niskillen, to work with him as Beaver St.----- Lewis Bennett, of blacksmith. Port Hope, has bought the Wind- Blackstock: Mr. and Mrs. S. A. sor hotel propcrty and will re- Devitt are enjoying the wintcr in build it. Panama City, Florida.