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PAGE TJWO -THURSDAY, NOV. 21st, 1946 ne ganaàan %tateman, Established 1854 With which is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono Nws Ml Years Continuous Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau iili~of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association 'SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. Important Municipal Contracts Require Most Careful Scrutiny Much is yet to be learned in regard to the terms of the several contracts entered into this year by the Corporation of Bowmanville cover- ing various public works. Lack of information has led to much speculation and criticism among ratepayers. Since rumors have been prevalent and the press has been pestered for inform- ation, an attempt has been made to learn some of the details. In one case at least, that of Town Housing, the salient facts have been pub- lished. Without any criticism of the construc- tion of the housing units, which we believe are of good standard, all circumstances considered, we should deal with some of the points found in the signed contract covering the work. It appears that this contract was not sub- mitted to the town solicitor for advice prior to signing. Even to a layman its terms appear to be ambiguous, hastily composed, carelessly drawn, lacking definitions, drafted after prev- ious verbal acceptance on the letterheads of the contractor, and not countersigned by the Town Clerk. Its terms place almost all responsibility on the Town with little if any risk taken by the contractor. Provision is made that the Town appoint a "qualified" building inspector who is individ- ually 'given wide powers to act. There is no definition of what constitutes qualification. Basic unit costs are $3250 on which plus addi- tions authorized, the contractor gets 10 percent overhead and 5 percent profit, nor is overhead defined. ý The town is committed to finance the pro- ject monthly, to bear the cost of Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, cov- erage for public liability and property damage, establish priorities in which no loss shall be shared by the contractor. The Town arranges for the right of way to move buildings, the Inspector selects the light fixtures. The Town cannot sell any part of its own materials while the work is in progress without consent of the contractor and finally the contractor is given first chance in purchasing outright all surplus materials. Finally the Town is responsible for the rental of tools, provide the shrubs for land- scaping, if authorized. and tools must be iri good condition, competently manned. The summation of the thing appears to be that the contractor risks little but time in a- job to be completed within six months of sign- ing the contract. It is clear now that if land- scaping is approved the job will not be com- pleted until shrubs can be planted next year. With the total of 19 houses understood to be in process of erection the total contract will run to more than $60,000 plus any extras author- ized. What arrangement as to resale of surplus materials entered into is yet to be learned. The contract herein discussed leads to con- sideration of the terms and work covering other contracts awarded to the same contractor. It will be seen that much work is yet to be done in restoring the boulevard on Liberty Street. This too appears to be a job that will carry over into next year. It is likely that ratepayers will insist that final payment on ail contracts must be heldwin abeyance until ail work is completed in every particular. It would appear from what has so far been learned that all important municipal contracts should require most careful scrutiny. The Province of Ontario and The Canadian Market Beyond ail question the best text on the resources and industrial development of the Province of Ontario, is the 66 page booklet titled "Ontario in Canada's Trade and Commerce" lately off the press. It is issued under author- ity of Hon. Dana Porter, Minister of Planning and Development, and compiled by F. J. Lyle, O.B.E., Director, Trade and Industry Branch. The booklet came to our attention from Alex Lyle, Clerk of the Corporation of Bowmanville. We hope to retain it as a permanent addition to The Statesman's library, for as a reference its contents are invaluable. Assembled in three sections and replete with maps, charts and up to date statistics, the booklet furnishes a range of information not to be found elsewhere in such concise form. The first section depicts the strategic position of Ontario in the national picture and finally the story of Ontario Hydro describes the unique position of the province in the realm of power. supply. These three sections present a truly amazing story all too little known by the people as a whole. We are not sure whether this publication is available to the general public but we are sure that it ought to be. If we may be permitted a suggestion we would urge the Minister, Mr. Porter, to get in touch with the Minister of Ed- ucation, Hon. George Drew and make sure that a copy is sent to every school in Ontario, both primary and secondary. We believe also that if people generally were acquainted with the value of the booklet they would approve an appropri- ation necessary for the widest circulation possible. Most people, we belieye, wish to be well informed. We have seen few volumes better calculated to meet this end. Reputation Helps Sales Abroad In the postwar scramble for foreign trade, one of Canada's great advantages is that this country's products, where they are known in the markets of other countries, are usually held in high repute. An example of this is the Do- minion's wheat and flour. People who have eaten bread made from Canadian flour tend to remember it as .the best bread they have eaten. This high reputation of our bread-flour helps to sell our wheat. And the combined reputations of the wheat and flour serve to make the way easier in sales abroad for many other of Can- ada's products. The Study of Government Under Federation Auspices This is our last opportunity to bring to public attention the very important meetings to be held at various points in the County on Monday, Nov. 25th, under auspices of the Dur- ham County Federation of Agriculture. The points at which these meetings will be held and the names of the speakers appeared on the front page of last weeks Statesman, and again appear in this issue. The subject to be presented and discussed will be a study of "Government" municipal, provincial and federal. A further, final meeting, with the speakers alternating in presenting the subject matter will be held on the evening of Monday, Dec. 2nd. The purpose of these meetings is to stim- ulate public interest in the affairs that concern them most, namely how.democracy works, how their money is spent in each level of government and to encourage attendance at Farm Forums where discussions will continue throughout the winter season. This innovation by the Feder- ation is on a high plane in the realm of adult education. We believe that those who turn oit at these meetings will find captivating interest and great profit in taking part in the agenda. We suggest checking up on the places designated and arrange to attend. Churchill With Cigar Proposed As National Memorial A national appeal to erect a memorial to Winston Churchill has been launched in Britain. It is felt by many that the statue should include the famous Churchill cigar but others affirm that this would entail a loss of dignity and an affront to the anti-nicotine element. One pro- posal is that the statue be erected on an east coast headland with the cigar lighted by elec- tricity throwing a beam to guide channel ship- ping. Since Churchill appeared in most of his wartime pictures with his cigar ever present we believe it should be included as a matter of factual history for it was part of the illumin- ation of wartime events. Without his cigar Churchill would simply be not Churchill at all. Objections to featuring the weed takes little account that the tobacco industry within the Empire is a very important factor in modern agriculture. With Churchill standing there waving his cigar it might lead back to the good old days and restore a national desire for a good five cent smoke. That Elusive Gentleman Kilroy In Gully Guise Upsets Figures Kilroy has been here, right in The States- man office. We were unaware of it at the time but discovered the fact shortly after last week's Statesman got. into the hands of discerning readers. Over the phone came voices register- ing glee that we were found once again caught in error. We were precisely nine-tenths wrong in our arithmetic when stating that the town's assess'ment was not far short of a quarter billion dollars. We seldom offer alibis but the magni- tude of the error suggests some explanation. So here goes! Our thought was to present a striking case in regard to town finance in the hope of in- spiring ratepayers to turn out at the annual nominations for council. It was so striking in fact that we struck out, swinging. We were busy with the figures when two distractions in- tervened. In cane Harold Gully, the local boy who bas made good in the big city o! Toronto, bifled to speak at the Rotary Club. And in the mail came final figures showing the astronomical proportions of the federal budget. So we sent the town figures back to the accounting depart- ment while we attended Rotary. The figures came back with an OK attached. At Rotary we listened to Mr. Gully take flight on the "proliferation" of rabbits and mic- robes, soaring into the millions with the greatest o! case and we came back to the office to wrestle with federai figures. Little wonder we passed along,.quite casually, the inflated figures on town finance. That, simply, is how it ahi hap- pened. From ail this we .adduce one fact and one surmise. The fact is a happy one in the discovery that so many read so closely the edi- torial page o! The Statesman. The surmise is that Mm. Gully was in fact, none other thán Mr. Kilroy, at least for one day. Now we hope we are back to terra-firma after our fanciful flight in figures. Federation of Agriculture Observes I Ith Anniversary Eleven years ago, in the fall of 1935, during the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto, farm leaders from all parts of Canada met together with the determination to create a pational medium through which the farm producers of Canada in all branches of the industry, could speak with a united voice. The result was the formation of Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Follow- ing that, provincial federations were organized to federate organized groups of farmers in the respective provinces. Today in practically every province, these provincial federations exist, with the organization followed down through county and district associations. In farm families re- presented in the affiliated membership of the 17 member bodies of the Canadian Federation, the national organization today constitutes the voice of some 1,500,000 rural citizens. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture to- day consVitutes the largest single national farm federation in the world, in respect of size of territory and membership served. The respect and prestige it has attained in its il years of history gave it a leading position in the inter- national conference of farmers in London, Eng- land, last May, when the International Feder- ation of Agricultural Producers was brought into being. The Federation also has been con- tinually represented on 17 Canadian wartime advisory boards and committees, has partici- pated in three international food and agriculture conferences as part of the Canadian represent- ation, participates annually in the dominion- provincial production conference at Ottawa, and its president is chairman of Canada's agricul- tural advisory committee to the Minister of Agriculture, and food board, with additional federation representation on the comnmittee. For nearly five years a national office bas been maintained at Ottawa, with the President and Secretary on a full-time basis. More and More Freedom Less and Less Responsibility There was once a time when we thought freedom was all we needed for democracy. Then we decided we needed freedom plus- an educa- tion. And then freedom, plus an education, plus some pretty stiff anti-trust laws. Today, in England, they've decided they also need pation- alization of basic industries. What can we do next to make democracy workable - and still keep democracy? The truth is that, with freedom, more and more people tend to take less and less respon- sibility for their country. Under these conditions democracy can't work. What we need is people willing to take more and more responsibility for their country. And this willingness is some- thing that education, law and nationalization do not seem to supply. Only three things rouse this willingness and fan it into anything like eagerness. One is a common danger. The- second is the promise of reward in money, power or position. The third is love of God. When their country is in danger men still volunteer to take responsibility for it. But we don't want to start another war to make de- mocracy work. Pay men a high enough salary or promise them a powerful position and they'll take re- sponsibility. But bribing men to, be responsible can't make democracy 'work. There seems to be but the third alternative. If we want to keep a nation and a world free from compulsion we must rouse in men again that love for something bigger than themselves. Something which makes them willing and even eager to serve their fellows and their country when there is neither threat of danger nor the promise of reward. Wanted - Voice In Wilderness Joseph Lister Rutledge, publish- er of Liberty Magazine, in his weekly, featured editorials, writes a lot of timely common sense which must inspire his readers to do a bit of honest-to-goodness thinking on their own. Yes, in fact such thinking audible and in many cases to put into real action for the good of the individual and this great country we are proud to claim as ours. For some real thought-provok- ing ideas we therefore are pleased to pass along to Statesman readers an editorial by Mr. Rutledge, un- der the above title,which appear- ed in Liberty Nov. 30, 1946. We quote: Every time anyone mentions the word Communism with even a mildly critical inflection a storm of vituperation falls on his unhap- py head. It seems that there are people who believe that comment on this subject leaves only these alternatives: accept enthusiastic- ally or leave it alone. Now this is not a diatribe against Communism or any other ism. In this instance the word is used merely as a peg on which to hang an argument. The gist of this argument is that we and ev- erybody should have an inalien- able right to sound off on any subject that seems of moment to us, and we believe that the de- clining urge to do so is a subject for concern. There are, of course, many well- ordered souls who contend that only constructive criticism is en- tiled to a voice. For ourselves, in any such argument, we would pre- fer to line up with Mr. Harold Ickes, who in a recent article, and with customary forthrightness, urged the opposite, "I believe," he said, "in totally destructive cri- ticism if the occasion calls for it. If an artist paints a chromo, or an author writes a mess of a book, why should he not be told so, if only to prevent a repetition of the offense? I invite anybody," he adds, "to criticize constructive- ly Hitler or Mussolini or the de- vil." It is surely better that a lot of men should talk a lot of nonsense, garbed as criticism, than that they should remain voiceless. It is better to have men of opinions of their own, even where they may often be wrong, than to have them waiting around voiceless until someone provides words to which they can say yes. There would never have been a Magna Charta or an Emancipation Proclamation or a Sermon on the Mount if someone hadn't thought àhead of his fellows and given voice to his thoughts. We need opinions. We need men with the courage to think, even if they think wrongly. There never was an honest opinion so wrong that other men could not use it as a steppingstone to right thinking. It would often seem that what we need most in this country is for people to get mad enough about some vital issue to raise their voices in protest. We need it to give direction to our political thinking. Politicians, as a prominent industrialist has said, are too prone to forget that constitutions were created to reg- ulate government, but politicians have been busy reversing this practice by removing the limita- tions from themselves and impos- ing them on the people. We need challenging voices to bring about urgently needed reforms. But mainly we see little men bicker- ing about inconsequential issues, while the great multitude of peo- ple look on with a detached com- placency and say nothing. We need voices to winnow the right think- ing from the wrong, so that this bewildered world, may realize whither it is drifting. We need to speak out to maintain our own human dignity. This is the essence of our argu- ment. Everyone should find a voice-not the politicians and the preachers and the publicists alone, but everyone, for words can in- duce thought. We are not school- ed perhaps. We might be wrong. What of it? This is a democracy, and democracy has no other mea- ning than that the people as a whole, where stirred by their own needs, have the integrity and com- mon. sense to select from the choices facing them those in the interests of all. That is what makes the democratic way more worthwhile than anything a police state can offer." Wilson Woodside (Continued from Page One) The Continent Rural France was found some- what slower of recovery, but Paris was still the capital of fashion, unique, shining, almost untouch- ed. Unlike London, people throng- ed thoroughfares, well dressed, carefree, a city where beauty held high priority while exports re- mained secondary. Also in con- trast with England, -the black markets reigned and the tradi- tional overcharging was in evi- dence everywhere. In occupied countries the black markets were a natural development, which car- ried over into the days of libera- tion, constituted a problem of re- storing good citizenship. Brussels, another contrast, was a picturé of people back to nor- mal, fortunately under a more stable government which by de- cree had precluded much of the profiteering peculiar to France and Italy. Finance was greatly strengthened by accretion of wealth fromi the Congo colony in which mines operated during the war with the revenues stored, in New York. Shops everywhere displayed modern electrical equip- ment imported from America and a Montreal merchant was discov- ered in a store selling nylons by the thousands. Germany It was a sombre experience, said Mr. Woodside, in crossing the border into Germany. He re- called his visit in 1936-37 when he was banished from the coun- try following news despatches he had filed telling the truth as he saw it. Today ruin was every- where which both impressed and oppressed. We did ·this; they asked for it; it was win or lose, yet no Christian could view the scene today without speculating on the ravages of war. But there was no feeling of compassion at the just retribution that had ov- ertaken the German leaders. On every side were seen hope- less faces among the most liter- ally conguered people of al Utime. Local Merchants Affected by Action of Foreign Strike How can a trucking strike in a city outside of Canada have any direct bearing on the mer- chants and citizens of Bowmanville and 'district? This question was brought to our attention last week by a circular letter received from the Metro Newspaper Service. This service is used by The Statesman in preparing local advertise- ments for the merchants of Bowmanville. Ad- vertisers use cuts to illustrate what they have to sell which attract attention of their customers. Non-delivery of this Metro service, therefore, disappoints publisher, advertiser and consumer and to that extent trade is restricted at a point far removed from the scene of the strike. The circular issued by Metro, headed "Please Bear With Us", states that its stock of paper and cuts is adequate to supply demand but it is tied up in a warehouse due to a truckers strike, now six weeks old. More than that the regular railway express and parcel post is tied up with an embargo on all outgoing shipments. Hence no service can be extended meantime, save for emergency measures of scurryihg around to pick up any odds and ends available. The let- ter concluded with the hope tha.t normal condi- tions will return shortly. Ail of which is a sidelight on the question posed in the paragraph above. Press Boycott Idea Suggested By Council Member Just a few days ago a member of the Town Council, speaking with. a member of The Statesman staff in the presence of a town rate- payer put forward the suggestion that articles on town affairs recently appearing in the paper might lead to a press boycott. No matter how casually advanced, the thought was there. If seriously entertained we shall, of course, be on the alert to detect any move in that direction, direct or indirect, and be prepared to publish the facts in the case. Any boycott will not come from the public at whose insistence the articles have been pub- lished. The press is regarded as a vehicle of public information and no threats ever have or ever will influence the editor in the fair course he has pursued as a valued tradition all his life. The suggestion is one we should ex- amine very briefly as follows. The implication is that an elected repre- sentative holds a power to dictate whether rate- payers shall be told in the press what can be learned of how ratepayers' money 'is committed or expended. We hoped never to have heard in this community such obvious czarism as this boycott idea. We can well calculate public re- action in the matter and shall leave it at that for the moment. While peasants ploddingly tilled the fields, as many as three mil- lion people roamed shattered Ber- lin. They wandered aimlessly in the evenings, a once proud peo- ple, now servile, leaderless, beat- en. They were incapable of ap- preciating what was meant by Churchill: "In victory, magnan- imity; in adversity, defiance." Their philosophy, "at our throat or at our feet" was well portray- ed today, there was no core left. With the country divided into four zones, each under d.iffering administrations, could there be any hope of the Germans accept- ing democratic government? This conjecture was explored by the speaker in telling of personal ob- servations in the four zones. The British, in contrast ·to the author- itarian Russian methods and the extravagance of the American and the "security" outlook of the French, were found by long odds to be the most sane, realistic and far-sighted.of the lot. The out- come is one for the distant future. Other Countries Proceeding into Czechoslovakia, the people were found making a solid recovery, well versed in de- mocracy, yet falling under com- munist influence, seeking peace through compromise, unlike the Business Directory LEGAL W. R. STRIKE, K.C. Barrister - Solicitor - Notary Solicitor for Bank of Montreal Money to Loan - Phone 791 Bowmanville, Ontario LAWRENCE C. MASON. B.A. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public King Street W., Bowmanville Phone: Office 688 Residence 553 W. F. WARD, B.A. Barrister - Solicitor - Notary 9½ King Street E. Bowmanville - Ontario Phone: Office 825 House 409 MISS APHA I. HODGINS . 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The question of refugees which should have called forth real humanity, was twisted by the Soviet as one in which the demo- cracies sought to exploit labor values and to build a bulwark of manpower against Russia. Even a vote of 46 to 4 became a major- ity nullified by thé veto. In conclusion the speaker ad- vanced the suggestion that if agreement could not be reached there might well be the sort of revolution above referred to, an alignment of Free Peoples in a Free League. He held that ràt must prevail before another bd ý might be released. Mr. Woodside was given an ova- tion following the thanks express- ed by the president. The mem- bers and guests enjoyed tea prior to the address. At the next meet- ing, Dec. 3, the speaker will be Dr. Sidney Smith, President, Un- iversity of Toronto.